B i o g r a p h y
 (by Official Press)

If security is a kind of death, as Tennessee Williams wrote, then Rilo Kiley are doing their damndest to elude mortality. They have spent their young career going all over the place — literally, metaphorically, thematically, and emotionally — in an almost obsessive fight against predictability and stagnation.

"More Adventurous" is the brand new Rilo Kiley album, and it is — from the very first minute — simultaneously bold and understated, bombastic and intimate, and tragic and triumphant — an 11 track tribute to instability as a virtue. It’s an album full of uplifting songs of heartbreak, traditional pop from the future, country music from the city, and all other manner of oxymoronic perfection -- RK’s stock in trade over the course of their bright lifetime as a band.

After the release of their last album, "The Execution of All Things" (which got raves from sources as diverse as the smallest cut ‘n’ paste ‘zines, to the Village Voice, to the New York Times, who called it "impressive" and "self-assured"), the band crisscrossed the country on a series of several far-reaching headlining tours (including one where the band pulled double-duty as the backing band for Merge Records troubadour M Ward). When the tours ended, side projects kicked in: Jenny Lewis sang on the The Postal Service album and toured with them; Drummer Jason Boesel recorded with Bright Eyes; and guitarist/singer Blake Sennett recorded, released, and toured behind his solo album under the name The Elected (on Sub Pop). But where many bands would then stop to take a breather, or at least let the events of the last couple years soak in, RK instead decided to kick things UP a notch. They started to work on a new album, with one clear goal in mind: This disc would be their best album yet.

The songwriting began simply enough, from the hushed and lightly picked acoustic guitars on "The Absence of God," where Lewis offers some of her most insightfully fierce lyrics yet ("And I say there's trouble / when everything is fine / the need to destroy things / creeps up on me every time," she sings, giving in); to the punchy new wave sheen of "Portions for Foxes." The rhythm section of drummer Jason Boesel and bassist Pierre de Reeder anchored the songs with carefully assigned gravity for the new material’s often expansive and soaring melodies.

They went back into the studio with an array of hot producers, including Saddle Creek mainstay Mike Mogis, Dntel/Postal Service genius Jimmy Tamborello, Beachwood Sparks/All-Nite Radio’s Dave Sher, and Mark Trombino (who cut his teeth on legendary records by Drive Like Jehu and Rocket From the Crypt, and then oversaw Jimmy Eat World’s massive breakthrough). String arrangements, by Bright Eyes’ Nate Walcott, were incorporated. "This is definitely the album where we were finally able to truly understand how to use the studio," explains Blake. "There’s a lot more going on in all the songs; moments where these little subtle details rise to the surface." It’s these flourishes — Jenny making the "salt shaker" noise in "It’s A Hit" to reference the deployment of troops into battle; or the cracked A.M.-radio production hiss of "Rip Chord" — that back up Blake’s claim.

On the album’s title track, Jenny Lewis sings "and it's only doubts that we're counting on fingers broken long ago / I read that with every broken heart we should become more adventurous," and it’s clear that with this record, the band have continued to be driven by the fierce independence that has brought them on such a sweeping journey over the course of their career — from the self-released e.p. and album that was then picked up by Barsuk Records, to being welcomed into the Saddle Creek Records family for their last full-length, to deciding that it would be appropriate to do something new for this album. As another challenge, Rilo Kiley decided to release the new album themselves. They founded their own label and called it "Brute/Beaute Records" -- (fitting, considering RK’s propensity for unlikely combinations) — and then secured major label distribution for the imprint. The band is set to tour all over the country in support of the record.

The great irony of Rilo Kiley is that as they begin to become better known — they are now one of the true constants in indie rock, dependable and confident, and selling out shows all over the country — it would seem that their songs are becoming more and more personal. Listeners can’t help but believe that Rilo Kiley is singing just for them, but the fact is that the world at large could use these songs right now. In these unstable times of love and war, with countless miserable personal and political histories threatening to repeat themselves every day, we could all benefit from Rilo Kiley’s charge to lead by example and live a life more adventurous.




Self-Titled / The Initial Friend EP
- 1999-2000 -

 

The Frug
Papillon
Always
85
Glendora
Teenage Love Song
Sword
Asshole
Gravity
Troubadours



Take Offs and Landings
- 2001-07-31 -

 

Go Ahead
Science Vs. Romance
Wires and Waves
Pictures of Success
August
Bulletproof
Plane Crash in C
Small Figures in a Vast Expanse
Don't Deconstruct
Always
We'll Never Sleep
(God Knows We'll Try)
Rest of My Life
Salute My Shorts
 


The Execution of All Things
- 2002-10-01 -

The Good That Won't Come Out
Paint's Peeling
The Execution of All Things
So Long
Capturing Moods
A Better Son/Daughter
Hail To Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You
My Slumbering Heart
Three Hopeful Thoughts
With Arms Outstretched
Spectacular Views
And That's How I Choose to Remember It
 


More Adventurous
- 2004-08-17 -

It's A Hit
Does He Love You
Portions For Foxes
Ripchord
I Never
Absence of God
Accidntel Deth
More Adventurous
Love and War
(11/11/46)
A Man/Me/Then Jim
It Just Is

 

Under the Blacklight
- 2007-08-21 -



Silver Lining
Close Call
Moneymaker
Breakin' Up
Under the Blacklight
Dreamworld
Dejalo
15
Smoke Detector
Angels Hung Around
Give a Little Love
 
RKives
- 2013-04-02 -



Let Me Back In
It'll Get You There

Runnin' Around
All The Drugs
Bury, Bury, Bury Another
Well, You Left
Draggin' Around
I Remember You
Dejalo
(Zondo Remix)
A Town Called Luckey
Emotional
American Wife
Patiently
Rest Of My Life
(Demo)
About The Moon
The Frug
Quickmark
(Hidden Track)
Non Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Jenny, You're Barely Alive
Patiently
Pull Me in Tighter
Rained the Day
Room 8
Somebody Elses Clothes
Steve
XMas Cake
You Are What You Love
 

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Self-Titled / The Initial Friend EP

The frug

And I can do the frug
I can do the robocop
I can do the freddie
I cannot do the smurf
And i can hate your girl
I can tell ya that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love

And i can do the frug
I can do the robocop
I can do the freddie
I cannot do the smurf
She cannot do the smurf

And i can watch tv
I can shuffle off to buffalo
I can do a back bend
I will not call you back
And i can start a book
I can make some mac 'n cheese
I can sleep twelve hours
You'll never see my eyes

And i can do the frug
I can do the robocop
I can do the freddie
I cannot do the smurf
She cannot do the smurf

And i can hate your girl
I can tell ya that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love
You'll never see my eyes
I will not call you back
I cannot do the smurf
I cannot fall in love
I'll never fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love

And i can do the frug
I can do the robocop
I can do the freddie
I cannot do the smurf
She cannot do the smurf

Papillon

Papillon busted free
Though it took him 'til he was sixty-three
And nobody cared about the goddamned inquiry
And daga stayed on the farm
Though he found no cause for alarm
It was a hell of a swim but he still had two good arms

Gorillas are for eating
Don't you know it's true
I fell in love with you
And don't you think it's sad
'Cause here we both stand
Amidst the wreckage of our past

And i'll spend the day with you
We'll meet at your house after two
You're the most exhausting girl i ever knew
And when you let me leave i'll go
I'll let you get back to your phone
You mean well, mel, but you're all talk and no show

Pick you lips 'til they're bleeding
Don't you know i fell
The lair of the queer devil
Is deeper than you thought
The computer's still on
And the webpage is alt.com

And i hope you'll come back soon
And i feel like a million buck today, a million bucks today
'Cause i know it can only go up from here
'Cause she says it's so much better after all

After all we been through
I can't get my mind off of you
It's a hell of a way to spend the whole day through
And you left your name on the bar
You hopped your little brown car
You moved in with gramps and you got yourself a job

And the room is slowly sinking
But i can play guitar
And morgan you're so far
Away from me tonight
And i'll try to make it right
By putting you in this here song

Oh yeah
Okay
Okay wait
Oh my god, blake
That's what she said
In bed

Papillon busted free
We watched him at 4:53
And i'm glad you chose to spend the night with me

Always

I should've known
With a boy like you
Your middle name is always
I'd always love you
Uh-huh yeah
You let the needle drop
I think that you could do so much better
Those conventions are taking their toll on you

The phantom is disguised
It's horrifyin' right before your eyes
The phantom is inside

And i should've known
With a boy like you
Your middle name is always
I'd always want you
Uh-huh yeah

The phantom is disguised
It's horrifyin' right before your eyes
The phantom is inside
It's hideous right before your eyes
The phantom he's watchin' you
The phantom is watchin' you
You

85

I'm just of real sad folk and
'85 was our best year and
She says it gets much worse 'fore
It gets any better

So i take it with a grain of salt
For the other means i
Wonder why it doesn't keep her
Up at night night
Like it does me.

We talk the way you do and
I have a sweet or two for
My only plus you say they're
Gettin' bigger everyday

So i take it with a grain of salt
For the other means i
Wonder why it doesn't keep him
Up at night night
Like it does me.

I'll be in your car
I locked the keys in your car
I'll be in your car
For now

You wanna fool around, i ask
I get a sour reply
From the other wheel that always
Rises to the occasion

So i take it with a grain of salt
For the other means i
Wonder why it doesn't keep you
Up at night night

I'll be in your car
I locked the keys in your car
I'll be in your car
For now

I've been a mess for some time
Now i get what i deserve
For someone who leaves behind a
Life i can't do better

So i take it with a grain of salt
For the other means i
Wonder why it doesn't keep you
Up at night
Up at night
Up at night
Up at night
Like it does me

Glendora

It's new year's eve, i'm in glendora
I'm the only living person in glendora
Headin' east on the freeway
I left my prom dress on the busstop in duarte
I switch the rules, you take advantage
You know i always like to play the victim
And would you fuck me? 'Cause i'd fuck me
Am i your wetnap?
Freestyle walkin'

I cry, cry, cry, then i complain
Come back for more, do it again
I cry, cry, cry, then i complain
Come back for more, do it again

I'm on my way, i want to see you
You're in your bedroom with some dancers, i'm beneath you
I come inside, i hear the door slam
You tell me if i really loved you i'd get with them
They make me sick, you make me sicker
But i want to please you so i go and i get with her
I close my eyes, i think about me
I'm just your wetnap
Freestyle walkin'

I cry, cry, cry, then i complain
Come back for more, do it again
I cry, cry, cry, then i complain
Come back for more, do it again
I should find someone better for me
But mom says we're born this way
Everytime i come over to your house
You just shit on my face
And you know it, you know it
You know, you know it really freaks me out

I drove for hours on bad directions
I arrive, there's something you forgot to mention
An afterthought, straight to the tabby
Sorry, angel, went to reno, happy happy
It ain't the rest, why do you jenny
I'm in a booth it's almost twelve, your favorite denny's
Another year, i need a sundae
I'm just your sidebet
Freestyle walkin'

I cry, cry, cry, then i complain
Come back for more, do it again
I cry, cry, cry, then i complain
Come back for more, do it again
I cry, cry, cry, then i complain
Come back for more, do it again

Teenage love song

We were teenagers the first time we met
You were so famous, i couldn't resist
I was your girl then, that's what you said
When you kissed me, kissed me, kissed me

I gave you sweet love, boy, you said it was nice
It was my first time, we did it just twice
Went out for some sodas, when will you return?
But you dissed me, dissed me, dissed me

I went away for reasons disclosed
You broke my heart man, oh you didn't know
But now i'm back to see you again
Did you miss me? Miss me? Miss me?

We were teenagers the first time we met
You were so famous, i couldn't resist
I was your girl then, that's what you said
When you kissed me, kissed me, kissed me

Oh davey, why did you leave me
All alone when we went all the way?
But maybe someday davey
We'll be together for more than a day

I still love you and always will
All those motel rooms, you fronted the bill
I am not bitter, i want you to know
Got yours comin', i've seen it before

So now we're standin' so damn close
You've been in rehab, you think i don't know
I just remind you of yesterday
Places forgotten and friends passed away
But if you want me please won't you say
So i can dis you, dis you, dis you, dis you, dis you
And go away

Sword

He fell on his sword
Not two years ago today
And if you haven't noticed
Been waitin' for you to take me away

If nothin' warrants nothin'
I'll galdly give you away
For every goddamned moment
There's something of mine that gets in the way
It's all in the movies i've seen
It's all in the movies i've seen

Lawrence of arabia
He failed eleven plus
I never went to college
I'm sure it's obvious
I know it's off the subject
And i'm startin' to feel uncomfortable
'Cause when i talk about you
It's just like the movies i've seen

There i go i fucked it up for you i know
I should let you go
That's my reasoning
But there's no reasoning
With a melodramatic fool like me
Aw, fuck it, here's your love song
That you been askin' for
It's the best i could do without
Sayin' i love

Asshole

You woke up an asshole
I couldn't believe my eyes
I really hate my bad eye
And i thought you knew

You woke up my girlfriend
I can't believe my luck
I can't believe my bad luck
And i should've known

You told your friends about me
I'm not as smart as you
And all your stupid questions
I don't laugh at you

And i hope things work out well for you
And i am not comin' back
And you knew all along
And you stole my best line
And you're right
You know i'd go to fucking hell for you

There i go believin' you again
There i go believin' you again

Gravity

Then they came along in their giant truck
And they knocked you, they knocked you down
You shoulda seen yourself lyin' there all broken
Woah, gravity it got you good

I walked away pretendin' not to know you
And i hoped that you were still out cold
And i thought of the time you said i was your favorite
And that i looked like just like a holiday

Woah, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee

I was younger then, barely in high school
When you found me, you took me in
And then one day, you put me on the highway
You said that gravity was gonna do me in

Woah, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee

Troubadours

It was an eight-minute ceremony
Everyone was there
The groom wore a black cape
The bride with diamonds in her hair
They've disappeared like the troubadours
They're not comin' back
We really knew how to have some fun
They're not alive, not one of 'em
Yeah

I sit alone in my room
I'm so damned depressed
I re-enact plays on the polo field
I've never ridden a horse
That's just the trouble with magazines
I get so involved
Recalling my days in north africa
I've never crossed the atlantic
Yeah

My parents lived a life less glamorous
Workin' away in las vegas
'72 vista cruiser
They even lived in it
I'll gladly tell you all about it
I can't remember it
I'll say "those were the days of the troubadours
They're not comin' back"
We really knew how to have some fun
Before my parents got divorced

Take Offs and Landings

Go ahead

If you want to find yourself by travelling out west
Or if you want to find somebody else that's better
Go ahead
Go ahead

If you want to buy a brand new fancy automobile
Or if you want to build a place up in coldwater canyon
Go ahead
Go ahead
Go ahead
I wish you would
Go ahead

If you want to hold your own hand going up that cliff
Or if you want to just hold back cause you ain't up to it
Go ahead
Go ahead
Go ahead
Be my guest
Go ahead

If you want to hold on to the first girl that you meet
Or if you want to settle down and plant roses at my feet
Go ahead
Go ahead
Go ahead
I wish you would
Go ahead

If you want to have your cake and eat it too
And if you want to have other people watch you while you eat it
Go ahead
Go ahead
Go ahead
Be my guest
Go ahead

If you want better things
I want you to have them
If you want better things
Then i want you to have them
Go ahead
Go ahead
Go ahead
I wish you would
Go ahead
Go ahead
I wish you would
Go ahead

Science vs. Romance

I used to think if i could realize i'd die
Then i would be a lot nicer
Used to believe in a lot more
Now i just see straight ahead

That's not to say i don't have good times
But as for my days
I spend them waiting

Crash sites keep me up at night
Impact division it splits in two
Directly underneath you

As for those things (as for those things)
That act as markers in your life
But in between (but in between)
You can't remember
And so it seems (and so it seems)
That you've grown up and over me (up and over me)
And these silly things (these silly things)
I like to dwell on

Test sites keep me up at night
Chainlink and meters
I talk to you
It's cold out there
But i'm telling you
I'm lonely too

Facts versus romance
You go and call yourself the boss
But we're not robots inside a grid

Text versus romance
You go and add it all you want
Still we're not robots inside a grid

Zeros and ones

Wires and waves

There are twelve hours
There's a day between us
And you called to say you're sorry in your own way

There are oceans and waves and wires between us
And you called to say you're getting older

And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier

How did you survive all those fires and floods
How did you survive your insufferable friends
It was the plow that broke the western plains
And its just my heart gets rejected by my veins

And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier
And lonelier
And lonelier
And lonelier
And lonelier
And lonelier
And lonelier
And lonelier

And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier

Pictures of success

Build your own television receiver
Staying home can't be that bad for me
'Cause i'm not scared
But i'd like some extra spare time
Easily earn me big money

I'm a modern girl but i fold in half so easily
When i put myself in the picture of success
I could learn world trade
Or try to map the ocean

When you're dead
In hospitals and freeways
When you're dead
In resting homes and clinics
When you're dead
It must be nice to finish
When you're dead

I've had it with you
And mexico can fucking wait
And all of those french films about trains
'Cause i'm not scared
But i'd like some extra spare time
I'm not scared
But the bills keep changing colors

When you're dead
In hospitals and freeways
When you're dead
In dress shirts and neckties
When you're dead
In apartments and on beaches
When you're dead

They say california is a recipe for a black hole
And i say i've got my best shoes on
I'm ready to go (ready to go)
Ready to go
Ready to go
I'm ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
I'm ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
I'm ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
I'm ready to go

These are times that can't be weathered and
We have never been back there since then

These are times that can't be weathered and
We have never been back there since then

These are times that can't be weathered and
We have never been back there since then

These are times that can't be weathered and
We have never been back there since then

August

August
I'll see you soon
Under yellow moons
Where i'll gather what's left of you

And august
I'm on your side
Or did i speak to soon?
Now we've crossed the great divide

Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
And it'll be away from here
Somebody we'll meet beyond the time and the bars
And it will be away from here

August
August of last year
Before the leaves disappeared
Told me you were not the one

August
Something in your eyes
Or was it that you lied?
Told me not to take it to heart

Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
And it will be away from here
Someday we'll meet beyond the limits of who we are
And it will be away from here

Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
And it'll be away from here
Someday we'll meet beyond the land that you call miles away
Away from here

Bulletproof

If you think you're bulletproof, you're right
Because you've weathered all my slings and arrows well
If you think i'm paranoid, that's fine
Cause i've got evidence on my side

If you want to come over tonight
That's fine because i have no plans
Please be kind, don't drop the rock on me

How many blows to the belly will this thing take
That we refer to as our true love?
We both knows it dead and its been dying for some time
But we refuse to let it go

Please be kind, don't drop the rock on me
Don't go outside and discover that you like being free
Cause if you did you'd be dropping the rock on me

Plane crash in c

If you're scared and it shows cause you're watching them grow
And traveling blows when you're out of road
And when you jump up the earth wants you back

Your resentment grow till you're all alone
But you're so smart how could they not know
When you're standing there in good humored white

And how do you do it?
And make it seem effortless
When its all the stupid things
So overwhelming to me
Like paying my bills
Or showing up for work early
Or laughing at your jokes

When you first said that anything goes
Or a problem is a task disguised in work clothes
That's when i knew i had to move
And do you do it?
And make it seem delicate
When its all the stupid things
So damn confusing to me
Like talking it through
Controlling my temper
Like letting it go
Saying please forgive me
Or laughing at your jokes

I have no idea what's been going on lately
And i just wish you'd come over and explain things

And i have no idea what's been going on lately
And i just wish you'd come over and explain things

I have no idea what's been going on lately
And i just wish you'd come over and explain things

I have no idea what's been going on lately
And i just wish you'd come over and explain things

Why do they do it?
Show up anyway
When they know that damn well
There is no room for promotions out here
And maybe it's wise
And maybe i'm just stupid
For laughing at your jokes

Small figures in a vast expanse

Let's try a new change
Let's try a new change
Let's try a new change
Then we'll go on back to the old one
Like we've done so many times before

And i'll buy a new brain
I'll buy a new brain
You'll administer new pain
Then we'll go on back to our old school
That we left so many times before

And you'll ask for more
And more

I've just begun a new phase
I'm trying these days
I've watched you close
I'm versed in all your ways
I'm just beginning to realize
I'll get you one of these days

But in the end
If it was all pretend
Isn't that what friends are for?
But this is real life
It's supposed to be real life
So let's pretend that we're not bored
That we exist and that we're resolved
To real things happening to me

(2, 3, 4)

Don't deconstruct

Something is changing inside of me
Colors seem darker in light
And i don't know what that means
But it's not a good sign

You can just add them upthen you could memorize prehistoric bones
All of those old memories you can push them out and prep yourself for brand new information

Don't deconstruct and then fill me in
I'm not that basic i swear
I've had enough of break downs and diagrams

Judging from picture books apparently heaven is a partly cloudy place
And if the sky opened up and they let you in and gave you a formal invitation
Would you go?
You can work for home

Always

I should've known
With a boy like you
Your middle name is always
I'd always love you
Uh-huh yeah
You let the needle drop
I think that you could do so much better
Those conventions are taking their toll on you

The phantom is disguised
It's horrifyin' right before your eyes
The phantom is inside

And i should've known
With a boy like you
Your middle name is always
I'd always want you
Uh-huh yeah

The phantom is disguised
It's horrifyin' right before your eyes
The phantom is inside
It's hideous right before your eyes
The phantom he's watchin' you
The phantom is watchin' you
You

We'll never sleep (god knows we'll try)

Stealing away into the night
Won't get you any higher
We'll never sleep
God knows we'll try
The hospital is closed

And how long will it last
Before we go insane?

We circle your uncle's parking lot
Just to se how many
Times that we can before we get caught
You guessed on twenty

And how long will you stare
Before i look away?
I don't wanna go

Begged them to stay they're on holiday
Just close the door
You can watch final four
And just fall away

Sailing away just isn't right
Just because you're angry
If you go
I think i might
Lose it all together
And how long will we last
Before we go insane?
I don't wanna

Rest of my life

There are worse ways for a guy to spend his time
Than to sit and think of you
I think i'd marry you
Just your smile
Leaves me satisfied
Though you're not mine

So for the rest of my life
I'm gonna search for someone just like you

And we tend the garden all day long
Watching history unfold
And i'd be enough
And you'd be enough
And we'd grow old

So for the rest of my life
I'm gonna search for someone just like you

For the rest of my life
I'm gonna search for someone just like you

Yeah, for the rest of my life
I'm gonna search for someone just like you

Salute my shorts

When we broke down
In that small mining town
I was ready for quitting
My guard was down
It was summer all day
In your dad's chevrolet
And so we decided to stay

And we want spectacular views
If we're to stay for the weekend
And you swear
There'll be no bad news
If we stay, if we stay without looking back

We'll take a small private room
With a window please
If it opens that's fine
To let in the breeze
We've been waiting all year
For someone to just say
Everyone fucks up it's going to be ok

And the prop planes
They fly overhead
You can hear them returning
And maybe it's all in my head
But i'll save my complaints for tomorrow

And when you got sick i was sad for some days
But i'm feeling much better
I just sleep it away
Now it's just like
We never was
Some things go bad just because

And the freeways
They go coast to coast
They've taken away all my good friends
And i don't care if you're broke
You can't stay here tomorrow

And the dreams have come back again
But this time i'm not just watching them
It's me as pilot instead
And i land the plane all by myself
No you can't stay here tomorrow

The Execution of All Things

The good that won't come out

Let's get together and talk about the modern age
All of our friends were gathered there with their pets just talking shit
About how we're all so upset about the dissapearing ground
As we watch it melt

It's all of the good that won't come out of us
And how eventually our hands will just turn to dust
If we keep shaking them, standing here on this frozen lake

I do this thing where i think i'm real sick
But i won't go to the doctor to find out about it
'Cause they make you stand real still in a real small place
As they chartup your insides and put them on display
They'd see all of it, all of me, all of it

All of the good that won't come out of me
And all the stupid lies i hide behind
It's such a big mistake, lying here in your warm embrace

Oh, you're almost home
I've been waiting for you to come in
Dancing around in your old suits going crazy in your room again
I think i'll go out and embarrass myself by getting drunk and falling down in the street
You say i choose sadness, that it never once has chosen me
Maybe you're right

Let's talk about all of our friends who lost the war
And all of the novels that had yet to be written about them

It's all of the good that won't come out of them
And all the stupid lies they hide behind
It's such a big mistake, standing here on this frozen lake
It's all the good that won't come out of me
And how eventually my mouth will just turn to dust
If i don't tell you quick
Standing here on this frozen lake

Paint's peeling

The paint's peeling off the streets again
And i'll drive and close my eyes in michigan
And i feel nothing, not brave
It's a hard day for breathing again
The heat is chasing off all of your friends
And their scattered bodies part to the shore again
And i feel nothing, not sane
It's a hard day for dreaming again

I'm not going back to the assholes that made me
And the perfect display of random acts of hopelessness
I wish i could stay here
But i think we're all ready, i think we're all ready

And i feel nothing, not safe
It's a hard day for dreaming again
Now that you've seen almost all of america
All you can say is, "where is all the water?"
The war has been over for years since you gave up

Last night, where the road had started
And last night, when my hands were choking you
Last night, when the room and your mood was dipping
And last night when the ropes were pulling you in... You said,
"hey, how could you love me this way?"
You said, "hey, i think we're all ready..."
I think we're all ready

The execution of all things

Soldiers come quickly, i feel the earth beneath my feet
I'm feeling badly, but it's not an attempt at decency
And if you're well off, well then i'm happy some for you
But i'd rather not celebrate my defeat and humiliation here with you

Someone come quickly, this place was built for moving out
Leave behind buildings, the city planners got mapped out
Bring with you history and make your hard earned feast
Then we'll go to omaha, to work and exploit the booming music scene and humility
And we've been talking all night

Oh god come quickly, for the execution of all things
Let's start with the bears and the air and then mountains rivers and streams
Then we'll murder what matters to you and move on to your neighbors and kids
Crush all hopes of happiness with disease 'cause of what you did
Lastly, you're all alone with nothing left but sleep
But sleep never comes to you, it's just the guilt and forever wakefulness of the weak
It's just you and me

The execution of all things

So long

Watch me fly away
Through the night sky yeah
Now that all you touched
Has finally turned to gray
And roads can't hold us down
Winds will move us around
With no need to return
To this gray town
Want to bet i can tell
You've been in bed for too long
So let's just say so long
And i watched you at the cove
You read on rocks below
And i turned home
Without so much as hello
Want to know where i go
I've been away for too long
And it's hard to leave
When i haven't seen
You in so long
And if we
Had just held out for tomorrow
We might have seen
What seemed so far away
We didn't even bother to stay
There it goes i can tell
You're going to keep
Your eyes on the ground
Waiting for someone
To finally come around
And tell you what you knew
That you weren't wrong
And it's finally time for so long

Capturing moods

Moods don't command you if you don't know what you're going through
There's love for you up where the population grows
There are friendly people in cities too, just ask them where they are going to
There's life and work up where the clouds meet the snow
And i don't waiting
I'm always one step ahead of you if you don't know what you're going through
There's laughs and fun up where the conversation flows

I don't mind waiting if it takes a long, long time
I don't mind braving the coldest winters of our time
I don't mind racing through our goodbyes

This is your last line of defense
You can sell your baseball cards just to pay your rent, yeah

I don't mind waiting if it takes a long, long time
I don't mind wasting the best years of our lives
I don't mind racing through our goodbyes

A better son/daughter

Sometimes in the morning i am petrified and can't move
Awake but cannot open my eyes
And the weight is crushing down on my lungs i know i can't breath
And hope someone will help me this time
Your mother's still calling you insane and high
Swearing it's different this time
And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
And that godnever blessed her insides
Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things
And crawl back into bed to dream of a time
When your heart was open wide and you loved things just because
Like the sick and the dying

And sometimes when you're on you're really fucking on
And your friends they sing along and they love you
But the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap
And it teases you for weeks in its absense
But you'll fight and you'll make it through
You'll fake it if you have to
And you'll show up for work with a smile
And you'll be be better you'll be smarter
More grown up and a better daughter
Or son and a real good friend
And you'll be awake and you'll be alert
You'll be positive though it hurts
And you'll laugh and embrace all your friends
And you'll be a real good listener
You'll be honest you'll be brave
You'll be handsome you'll be beautiful
You'll be happy

Your ship may be coming in
You're weak but not giving in
To the cries and the wails of the valley below
Your ship may be coming in
You're weak but not giving in
And you'll fight it you'll go out fighting all of them...

Hail to whatever you found in the sunlight that surrounds you

Hail to those who have come from the sunlight that surrounds you
Pray for those who have gone from the sunlight that surrounds you
Hail to whatever you found in the sunlight that surrounds you
Pretend all the good things are for you
Pretend all the good things are for me too
And the weather changes not halfway between your house and mine

My slumbering heart

In my dreams, i see myself hitting a baseball
In a green field somewhere near a freeway
I'm all tan and smiling and running from third base
It's hot and the kids keep on playing the driving game
And they're singing the same goddamn refrain
And the sky is a bluish gray

It's become just like a chemical stress
Tracing the lines in my face for
Something more beautiful than is there
I've barely been gone

In my dreams, i see you at the foot of some mountains
And we're taking some pictures or something
And we'd better hurry up
It's late and the sun keeps shooting through pine trees
And the grass stains are wet on your new jeans
And we'd better hurry up

I've become just like a terrible mess
Searching the lines in my face for
Something more beautiful than is there
But the crowds keep me coming back
Cheering

In my dreams, i see you asleep in a twin bed
The covers pulled up over your head
Am i asleep or awake?
It's morning and the captain is playing the radio
And he's just put the paint on his new boat
Am i asleep or awake?

It just feels good when we're waking up
It just feels good when you're next to me
It just feels good when you're coming home
It just feels good when it's waking up
My slumbering heart

It's become just like a chemical stress
Tracing the lines in my face for
Something more beautiful than is there
I've barely been gone
I'm not a failure i swear
I wish you could see it from over there
I've got a lot over here without you
I've barely been gone
Dreaming

Three hopeful thoughts

All this talk about your sweet girlfriend
Is starting to pay off
And the charms that you got from travel
Are starting to wear off

And i hope that you
Smile tonight
Watching the last of your friends arrive
You'll smile and shake their hands

And the hero that you'd hoped you'd be
Never seemed to show up
And if i can keep from talking
There won't be time to give up

And i hope that i
Drive tonight
Into the last of the great sunrises
I'll smile and wave my hand
Goodbye

If things don't work out
Quite the way you planned
It's almost half past two and
I've begun to hate the way you
Smile so smile

And i hope that you
Close your eyes
Block out the pain
Of a thousand lives
I hope that you
Die tonight
Just close your eyes
There goes the light
Smile i'll brave it
While you wave your hand
Goodbye

With arms outstretched

It's sixteen miles to the promised land
And i promise you i'm doing the best i can
Don't fool yourself in thinking you're more than a man
'Cause you'll probably end up dead
I visit these mountains with frequency and i stand here with my arms up
Some days last longer than others
But this day by the lake went too fast
And if you want me you better speak up
I won't wait
So you'd better move fast
Don't fool yourself in thinking you're more than you are
With your arms outstretched to me

Spectacular views

In steep cliffs with rocks all piled up mysteries of your passing luck
Ages past shells and bits of bone forming new limestone
To give things their turn
There are no bad words for the coast today
You never knew why you felt so good
In the strangest of places
Like in waiting rooms and long lines that made you late and mall parking lots
On holidays
There are no bad words for the coast today
When we hold our breath until nothing's left
It all starts to fade
We can see the stars from where the birds make their homes
Staring back at us
Indifferent but distanced perfectly projected endlessly
It's so fucking beautiful
There are no bad words for the coast today
Then you ask what's a palisade
And if we're too late for happiness?

And that's how i choose to remember it

When dad moved out to a frozen land
The tv was jumping and it didn't quite feel right
The cards they came with pictures of frozen lights
And giant frozen sculptures
So big right beside him
Carved out of snow
We traveled all night
The clouds fooled us into seeing snow
As far as we could see
But it was summer and the sun came up
And never went down for two whole weeks

My mom she cried about money and time
And how she felt older
I didn't understand much
She left and i stayed
My dad played in the bar
I wondered if i looked like him
He was small evevn with boots on
He looked like an eskimo
And we were in alaska
In the airport i had seen or imagined a mural of an arctic scene
With seals and people that seemed nicer than me
Where they smoked and talked about the dissapearing ground

My dad was nice and seemed sorry for not being around
He left work early and took me to a skating rink
Where all of the kids in the world could have been
I was scared and tall with skates on
And my favorite jeans
There was a boy who wanted to skate with me
He held my hand
And we went around
More times i counted
By a mural of an arctic scene
I was looking at my feet because
It was perfect and the air was clean
My dad was there
It was summer's last eve
And that's how i choose to remember it

More Adventurous

It's a hit

Any chimp can play human for a day
And use his opposable thumbs to iron his uniform;
And run for office on election day;
And fancy himself a real decision maker,
Then deploy more troops than salt in a shaker.
But it's a jungle when war is made,
And you'll panic and throw your own shit at the enemy.
The camera pulls back to reveal your true identity.
Look, it's a sheep in wolf's clothing,
A smoking gun holding ape.

Any asshole can open up a museum;
Put all of the things he loves on display
So everyone can see them.
The house, the car, a thoughtful wife;
Ordinary moments in his ordinary life.
But if she blinks or smiles, she'll give you away;
'Cause no one wants to pay to see her happiness.
No one wants to pay to see her day to day
And i'm not buying it either,
But i'll try selling it anyway.

Any idiot can play greek for a day
And join a sorority or write a tragedy;
And articulate all that pain,
And maybe you'll get paid.
But it's a sin when success complains,
And your writers block- it don't mean shit.
Just throw it against the wall and see what sticks.
Gotta write a hit -- i think this is it.

It's a hit.

And if it's not,
Then it's a holiday for a hanging,
Yeah it's a holiday for hanging
Yeah it's a holiday for hanging, yeah
Shoo-bop-shoo-bop my baby

Any fool can play executioner for a day,
And say with fingers pointed in both directions
'He went that way,
It's only a switch or syringe,
I'm exempt from eternal sins...'
But you still wear a cross,
And you think you're gonna get in...

Ah, but the pardons never come from upstairs;
They're always a moment too late,
But it's entertainment; keep the crowd on their toes,
It's justice, we're safe.
It's not a hit, it's a holiday.
Shoo-bop-shoo-bop my baby

It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah

I'm a holiday for hanging,
I'm a holiday for hanging,
I'm a holiday yeah
I'm a holiday for hanging,

It's a holiday for hanging, yeah.

Does he love you

Get a real job, keep the wind at your back and the sun on your face.
All the immediate unknowns are better than knowing this tired and lonely fate.
Does he love you, does he love you? Will he hold your tiny face in his hands?
I guess it's spring; i didn't know; it's always seventy-five with no melting snow.
A married man, he visits me. I recieve his letters in the mail twice a week.
I think he loves me and when he leaves her,he's coming out to california!

I guess it all worked out; there's a ring on your finger and the baby's due out.
You share a place by the park and run a shop for antiques downtown.
And he loves you, yeah he loves you, and the two of you will soon become three.
And he loves you, even though you used to say you were flawed if you weren't free.
Let's not forget ourselves, good friend. You and i were almost dead.
You're better off for leaving, you're better off for leaving.

Late at night, i get the phone. You're at the shop sobbing all alone.
Your confession, it's coming out.
You only married him because you felt your time was running out.
Now you love him, and your baby. At last, you are complete.
But he's distant and you found him on the phone pleading, saying
'Baby i love you and i'll leave her and i'm coming out to california...'
Let's not forget ourselves, good friend. I am flawed if i'm not free.
Your husband will never leave you, he will never leave you for me.

Portions for foxes

There's blood in my mouth 'cause i've been biting my tongue all week.
I keep on talking trash, but i never say anything.
And the talking leads to touching,
And the touching leads to sex,
And then there is no mystery left.

And it's bad news, baby i'm bad news
I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news

I know i'm alone if i'm with or without you,
But just being around you offers me another form of relief
When the lonliness leads to bad dreams,
And the bad dreams lead me to calling you,
And i call you and say "c'mere!"

And it's bad news, baby i'm bad news
I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news

And it's bad news,baby it's bad news
It's just bad news, bad news, bad news
'Cause you're just damage control
For a walking corpse like me,
Like you,
'Cause we'll all be portions for foxes.
Yeah, we'll all be portions for foxes.

There's a pretty young thing in front of you
And she's real pretty, and she's real into you
And then she's sleepin'inside of you.

And the talking leads to touching, then the touching leads to sex
And then there is no mystery left.

And it's bad news. I don't blame you,
I do the same thing. I get lonely too.
And you're bad news; my friends tell me to leave you,
That you're bad news, bad news, bad news

You're bad news,baby you're bad news
And you're bad news, baby you're bad news
And you're bad news
I don't care i like you
And you're bad news
I don't care i like you
I like you

Ripchord

Pull the ripcord, the ship has lost its sail.
Your momma's got a new man. Your daddy always fails.
And you're eating again, at them, 'cause nobody loves you.
And even fancy things have finally lost their charm.
Wine and diamond rings, they never get you anymore.
You're sleeping again, alone, 'cause nobody loves you.
And ooh ooh ooh ooh, they should have seen you,
Should have known you, should've known what
It was like to be you.
So come on kid, look at what you did.
I don't know if you meant it,but you did yourself in and
I was even havin' a good day when i found out we lost you.
So aye aye aye and a
Oh oh oh and a yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah oh oh
Bad-da-da-da-dada...
And ooh ooh ooh ooh she said "it was in the singing and the
Strumming-- oh man, i even saw it coming"
(whistling)
Bada-da-da-da-da

I never

I'm only a woman of flesh and bone
And i wept much, we all do.
I thought i might die alone
But i had
Never, never, never,
Never, never, never,
Never, never, never,
Never, never met you.
So baby be good to me.
I got nothing to give you, you see
Except
Everything, everything,
Everything, everything,
All the good and the bad,
'Cause i've been bad.
I've lied, cheated, stolen and been ungrateful for what i have
And i'm afraid habits rule my waking life.
I'm scared and i'm runnin'in my sleep
For you but all the oceans, and rivers and showers
Will wash it all away and make me clean
For you
'Cause i have
Never, never, never,
Never, never, never,
Never, never, never,
Never, never, met you.

So lets take a loan out, put it down on a house
In a place we've never lived.
In a place that exists in the pages of scripts
And the songs that they sing
And all of the beautiful things
That make you weep, but don't have to make you weak

'Cause i've
Never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never
Loved somebody the way
That i loved you.

Absence of god

The absence of god will bring you comfort, baby,
And planning's for the poor so let's pretend that we're rich,
And i'm not my body or how i choose to destroy it.
Folk singers sing songs for the workin' baby.
We're just recreation for all those doctors and lawyers,
But there's no relief for the bleeding heart
'Cause they'll be losing bodies tonight.

And rob says "you love, love, love, love and then you die..."
I've watched him while sleeping and seen him crying
With closed eyes.

And you're not happy, but you're funny, and i'm tripping over my joy.
I just keep on getting up again.
We could be daytime drunks if we wanted,
But we'd never get anything done that way, baby,
And we'd still be ruled by our dueling perspectives.
And i'm not my perspective, or the lies i'll tell you every time.

And morgan says, "maybe love won't let you down.
All of your failures are training grounds
And just as your back's turned, you'll be surprised," she says,
"as your solitude subsides."

And mike, i'll teach you how to swim
If you turn the bad in me into good again.

And i say "there's trouble when everything is fine..."
The need to destroy things creeps up on me every time,
And just as love's silhouette appears i close my eyes
And disappear, tonight...

And something's got to change
'Cause our love's the slowest moving train.

Accidntel deth

You're obsessed with finding a new brain,
But what you need is a new body.
It feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before
And the skin you call your home
Holds a heart that quits,
And knees that buckle in,
And lungs that can't breathe when they're alone.

And the days come to you like sailors;
You watch them as they drift away.
They meet the sunrise out at the horizon
And it's neither sink nor swim;
Least the water's beneath your chin.

There's blood spilled on the floor.
Everyone's staring at you-- what for?
Till you realize the blood is probably yours...

You feel you lost something. You want it back.
You're lying motionless on your back,
And your legs aren't taking anymore requests.

Those disobedient wrecks!
How you cared for them as they carried you
From class to class and coast to coast;
When you owed rent and you were broke,
Through recessions and addictions.

It's just your accidental death;
Your accidental death.
It's just your accidental death.
You're the indian in the cougar's nest.

Your fright gives way to memory;
Having coffee with your love,
Or the story your father told you long ago:
He was hunting with his own father
For deer. He pointed and spotted her,
Then tripped over some roots or some dead trees.
The gun went off; it was a mistake
And my father was only eight.
And as he watched the dying deer, he was changed
'Cause he felt sorry for what he'd done,
And then he put down his gun.

Will you feel sorry for what you've done?
Will you put down your gun?

It's just your accidental death;
Your accidental death.
But there's no accidental death
When you're the indian in the cougar's nest.

It's just your accidental death;
Your accidental death.
It's just your accidental death;
You're the indian in the cougar's nest.

More adventurous

And it's only doubts that we're counting on fingers broken long ago.
I read with every broken heart, we should become more adventurous.

And if you banish me from your profits and if i get banished from the kingdom up above;
I'd sacrifice money and heaven, all for love.
Let me be loved! Let me be loved!

If my brain quits, well, i guess then that's just it.
And if my hands stop working, you can call me lazy.
And if i get pregnant, i guess i'll just have the baby.
Let it be loved! Let me be loved!

I've been trying to nod my head, but it's like i've got a broken neck.
Wanting to say 'i will' as my last testament...
For me to be saved and you to be brave,
We don't have to walk down that aisle
'Cause if marriage ain't enough,
Well, at least we'll be loved.

I've felt the wind on my cheek coming down from the east
And thought about how we are all as numerous as leaves on trees.
And maybe ours is the cause of all mankind:
Get loved, make more, try to stay alive.

I've been trying to nod my head, but it's like i've got a broken neck.
Wanting to say 'i will' as my last testament...
For you to be saved and me to be brave,
We don't have to walk down that aisle
'Cause if marriage ain't enough,
Well, at least we'll be loved.

Love and war (11/11/46)

All is fair in love and we're in love.
Now that everybody's dead, we can finally talk.
Can vanity and happiness coexist?
All the lovers we've taken in direct view of the enemy.

And we shift each other's body to accept the bullet
And continue the pleasure; the treasures of battle.
It's only for the wounded, the purple-hearted.

Why must you try to ruin my peace of mind?
And they were only words and i've never meant them
I never loved you, even in my weakness.
You were fuel for the fire, cannon fodder.

When my grandpa drank, fell and broke his face in two;
When the cops arrived, he exclaimed "i fought in world war ii"
And then they carried him to a darkened hospital room
And said "no modern person here remembers you,
And we can't identify the enemy,
And it could be you, so it'll cost you."
"it already cost me my wife and my job, now what?"

When my mom and i went to identify the body,
And i wanted to see but she wouldn't let me.
I had to wait for the military cemetary
And when we got there, this is what she said to me:
"love and war, in heaven and in hell,
You get what you deserve-- you'd better spend it well.
All is fair in love and war-- and love,
A civil war like this, it always sells itself."

A man/me/then jim

I had one friend in high school, recently he hung himself with string.
His note said,
'If living is the problem, well, that's just baffling.'
And at the wake i waited around to see my ex first love.
And i barely recognized her, but i knew exactly what she was thinking of.
We sat quietly in the corner, whispering close about loss.
And i remembered why i loved her, and i asked her why i drove her off.

She said,
"the slow fade of love,
Its soft edge might cut you
And our poor friend jim,
Well, he just lived within
The slow fade of love."

A woman calls my house once a week, she's always selling things.
Some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine.
And as i turned her down (i always do), there was something trembling in her voice.
I said,
"hey, what troubles you?"
She said,
"i'm surprised you noticed.
Well, my husband, he's leaving,and i can't convince him to stay.
And he'll take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him anyway.
I'm sorry i'm hard to live with, but living is the problem for me.
I'm selling people things they don't want when i don't know what you need."

He said, "the slow fade of love,
And its mist might choke you.
It's my gradual descent
Into a life i never meant.
It's the slow fade of love."

I was driving south of melrose. When i happened upon my old lover's old house.
I found myself staring at the closed oak door like the day she threw me out.
"diana, diana. Diana, i would die for you.
I'm in love with you completely, i'm afraid that's all i can do."
She said,
"you can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, jim.
But my mind is made up, and i'll never let you in again."

For the
Slow fade of love.
It might hit you from below.
It's your gradual descent
Into a life you never meant.
It's the slow fade of love.

It's the slow fade of love.
It's the slow fade of love.
It's the slow fade of love.
Baby, it's the slow fade of love.
It's the slow fade of love.
It's the slow fade of love.
It's the slow fade of love.
Slow fade of love.
It's the slow fade of love.

It just is

Today is the day i realized that i could be loved.
It echoed though the park last night:
'He wasn't our son;
He belonged to everyone...'

And this loss isn't good enough for sorrow or inspiration.
It's such a loss for the good guys,
Afraid of this life,
That it just is.
'Cause everybody dies...

This loss isn't good enough for sorrow or inspiration.
It's such a loss for the good guys,
Afraid of this life,
That it just is.
Everybody...
This loss isn't good enough for sorrow or inspiration.
It's such a loss for the good guys,
Afraid of this life,
That it just is.

'Cause everybody dies.

 

Under the Blacklight

Silver lining

And I'm not going back
Into rags or in the hole
And our bruises are coming
But we will never fold

And i was your silver lining
As the story goes
I was your silver lining
But now I'm gold

Hooray hooray
I'm your silver lining
Hooray hooray
But now I'm gold

And I was your silver lining
High up on my toes
You were running through fields of hitch-hikers
As the story goes

Hooray hooray
I'm your silver lining
Hooray hooray
But now I'm gold

Hooray hooray
I'm your silver lining
Hooray hooray
But now I'm gold

And the grass it was a ticking
And the sun was on the rise
I never felt so wicked
As when I willed our love to die

And I was your silver lining
As the story goes
I was your silver lining
But now I'm gold

Hooray hooray
I'm your silver lining
Hooray hooray
But now I'm gold

Hooray hooray
I'm your silver lining
Hooray hooray
But now I'm gold

But now I'm gold
But now I'm gold

Close call

She was born on a brightened pier
To a gypsy mother and a bucket of tears
Her good looks coulda sailed a ship
But her will alone coulda sunk it

Funny thing about money for sex
You might get rich
But you die by it

It's gonna be a close call
Gonna be a close call

Tell me now what would you do
Hanging back with the brutes
Hustlin' a pickpocket
That's no way to get rich

It's gonna be a close call
Gonna be a close call
Gonna be a close call
Gonna be a close call

Business woman with good sense
If you live at all, you're gonna die by it
Funny thing about money for sex
You might get rich, but then...

It's gonna be a close call
Gonna be a close call
Gonna be a close call
Gonna be a close call

The moneymaker

You've got the money maker
You've got the money maker
This is your chance to make it
Out out out oh yeah
You'll get out out out oh yeah

You've got the money maker
They showed the money to you
You showed them what you can do
Showed them your money
Make you get out out out oh yeah
You'll get out out out oh yeah

You are the money maker
She wants to overtake you
You know you wanna make her
Show her your money maker
She said out out out oh yeah
She said out out out oh yeah
You get out out out oh yeah
You get out out out oh yeah

And deep in my hands
I will if you want me to

She is out out out oh yeah
She is out out out oh yeah
You get out out out oh yeah
You get out out out oh yeah

Breakin' up

It's not as if New York City
Burnt down to the ground
Once you drove away
It's not as if the sun won't shine
When clouds up above
Wash the blues away

Are we breaking up
Are we breaking up
Is there trouble between you and I
Did my heart break enough
Did it break enough this time

Here's to all the pretty words
We will never speak
Here's to all the pretty girls
You're gonna meet

Am I breaking up
Am I breaking up
Is there trouble on the line
Did your heart break enough
Did it break enough this time

Ooh it feels good to be free
Ooh it feels good to be free
Ooh it feels good to be free

Betrayal is a thorny crown
You wear it well
Just like a king
Revenge is the saddest thing
Honey, I'm afraid to say
You deserve everything

Am i breaking up
Are we breaking up
Is there trouble between the lines
Did your heart break enough
Did it break enough this time

Ooh it feels good to be free
Ooh it feels good to be free
Ooh it feels good to be free

Under the blacklight

When you get sober
Will you get kinder
Cause when you get uptight
It's such a drag

When I get older
I won't remember
Until that day comes
I've got something on you

Under the blacklight
Out in the garden
Into the pale moon
I'll be waiting

Under the blacklight
Under the blacklight

Even dead men
Lie in the their coffins
It's been a long time
Since you felt better

Under the blacklight
Out in the garden
Into the pale moon
I'll be waiting

Under the blacklight
Out in the garden
Into the pale moon
Under the blacklight

Somewhere in Laredo
Borders a soft man
Like a black widow
I'll be crawling

Under the blacklight
Out in the garden
Into the pale moon
Under the blacklight

Down in the valley
Up in the dark blue
Under the blacklight
Under the blacklight

Dreamworld

She was the girl with the string around her neck,
With the boy who could only give her less.
It could be more if she learned to never expect,
And now she's her and him and then a baby next.

The wedding bells won't ring, but she couldn't care less,
You exist, when you're living in a dream world.

He grew up drinking milk from the cow, from the farm.
He was the traitor's father's father's father.
His father made him go give back to his country.
He gave his both knees, his overseas to fight the disease.

It's spreading fast over maps and it don't look back,
When you're living in a dream world.

It is a lion's science fiction wings,
Just like a jolly dizzy for zero, one, three times
The size of the people that came before.
Me and you and what we'd do for money.

This greed and jealousy turn to need.
See, I'm a man with a plan to use my hands.
I'm touching yours, you're the girl who wanted more.
Now baby, the story has faded from love to lie.

The clover under your feet is shooting stars in the night.
The people under your feet are shooting stars in the night.
The people, all that you meet, they're living in a dream world.

Dejalo

Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa

I got a mind if you wanna waste it
I got a man if you wanna fake it
I got someone if you wanna get wasted
I got a place if you wanna...

Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Just say so

I got a tail if you wanna chase it
I got a tongue if you wanna taste it
I got a place on the east side
I got some time if you wanna...

Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Just say so

Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa

My mama is an atheist
If i stay out late she don't get pissed
I got a place if you wanna go
I got some time if you wanna...

Ready to go
Ready to go
When you're ready to go
Just say so

She sleeps on your right side
She gets nailed, i get tied
I sleep on your left side
Hundred ways to keep love alive

Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Just say so

Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa

15

Twenty-five the season off dope
Three sheets to the wind like a clothes line rope
He's a spider on the web

She's a tiny woman, he could sense
Her developing body was just the beginning
She said is anybody out there

She was bruised like a cherry
Ripe as a peach
How could he have known
That she was only fifteen

And she came to him like a tick on the noose
Little blue eyed soul for his black and blues

T's a new move for the likes of me
Our skin is like grass
Let's smoke it real fast
Is anybody out there?

He was deep like a grave yard wide like TV
And how could he have known
That she'd be down for almost anything

But she was only, only, only fifteen

My oh my you pretty thing
It's about that time
For us to leave
Does your daddy have a shot gun?

He was deep like a graveyard
She was ripe like a peach
And how could he have known?
That she was only fifteen

She was only, only, only fifteen
She was only, only, only fifteen

Smoke detector

My eyes burn, everybody smokes
My eyes burn, everybody smokes
I smoke too, but not as much as you
I do the smoke detector

There is a girl in a tank top
She is not wearing a bra
She looks so hard on the dance floor
She does the smoke detector

She says "danger
"Do the smoke detector"
She says "danger
"I'm the smoke detector"

I took a man back to my room
I was smoking him in bed
Yeah, i was smoking in bed
This is what he said.

I took a man back to my room
I was smoking in bed
Yeah, I was smoking in bed
This is what he said.

I said "danger
"Do the smoke detector"
I said "danger
"Do the smoke detector
(repeat!)

The angels hung around

I been had and I been held
With the ghosts at bay
I been oaked and I been doped
And carried away

I been charred and I been scarred
On my own face
But i never thought I'd see you as I did today

Till the angels hung around
Till the angels hung around
Till the angels hung around
As they carried me away

I been clubbed and I been snubbed
By the dogs of LA
And I been burned and I been learned
In the same city

I been whored and I been gored
I been less and I been more
But I never thought I'd see you
As I did today

Till the angels hung around
Till the angels hung around
Till the angels hung around
As they carried me away

You were stuck in the badlands
Acting like a bad bad man
I been photographed and painted up
And I been in love only once

And I feared the best and loved the worst
And insisted that I go first
And watch your eyes as they poured
And I never really loved you more

And I never thought I'd see you
As I did today

Till the angels hung around
Till the angels hung around
Till the angels hung around
As they carried you away

And they put you in the ground
When the angels hung around
And the angels hung around
As they carried me away

Give a little love

You'll get your money
I'll get my friends
Hard living's forgiven
In the end

You got your troubles
I got mine
On a clear day I can
Read your mind

Oh it's like a battlefield inside

You got to
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love

I know you better
Than you want me to
Inside your pockets
And walking in your shoes

Oh it can get better if you try

You got to
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love

I hope you
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love

I keep you close
In my wildest dreams
My rear-view mirror
And you're waving to me
Our last goodbye

You got to
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love

I hope you
Give a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love
To get a little love
Give a little love
Give a little love

Rkives

Let Me Back In

Let it be printed, let it be known
I'm leaving you, I'm going home
And all you can do is just watch me go

I've put you down, talked you up, defended your honor
And then packed it in and picked it up
And all you can do is watch me go
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
From the Eastern seaboard, the landlocked Midwest
The Keys, the Alps, the Black Hills and Budapest
With my heart in a sling, tail between my legs a-swinging
I'm sorry for leaving

But when the palm trees bow their heads
No matter how wrong I've been
L.A., you always let me back in

And you can bury me when my body breaks
In the earth that created me, in the Golden State
By my mama and her brother and their mama too

'Cause I had a dream I was carried on backs
Of a thousand green birds
And they carried me to a place without words
And there was nothing, but there was everything

And it sounded like this

But when the palm trees bow their heads
No matter how cruel I've been
L.A., you always let me back in

And when the palm trees bow their heads,
No matter how cruel I've been,
L.A., you always let me back in, in

Oh back in, in
Oh back in, in

It'll Get You There

All the trips that you take, they will get you there
All the little white pills you take, they will get you there
All the compliments that you take, they will get you there
All the hearts that you break, they will get you there

It'll get you there
It'll get you there
It'll get you there
It'll get you there

All the hostages that you take, they will get you there
All the hands that you shake, they will get you there
All the conman that you fake, it'll will get you there
All the hearts that you break, they will get you there
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
It'll get you there (x8)
I will get you there

All the pennies that you save, they will get you there
All the hearts that you break, they will get you there

It'll get you there (x8)
I will get you there

Runnin' Around

You know he's always runnin' around
Because he's a runnin' around kind of guy
You know he's runnin' around
And with runnin' around he's fine

He's runnin' around with a bad, bad temper
Runnin' around drinking gold dust liquor
Runnin' around taking dirty pictures
He's runnin' around, he's runnin' around

He works in a crowded room
Where loneliness is a prize
When he's not on the road
He's a real stand-up guy
He's sleeping in his own bed
He's still dreaming with two hands
He's runnin' around, he's not runnin' around
He's runnin' around, he's still runnin' around
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
She's sitting pretty underneath the southern skies
She's so damn pretty, even he forgets he's alive
When he's runnin' around in a hot tub
With a little bit of young love
He's runnin' around until his white shows
He's runnin' around until his heart goes

He's runnin' around with a bad, bad temper
Runnin' around drinking gold dust liquor
He's runnin' around taking dirty pictures
He's runnin' around, he's runnin' around

All the Drugs

All the drugs make you stupid
Paranoid and ruthless
But now you're finally clean
You've been strip-searched
And rung up
Like lights that were strung up
The drugs who've got nothing on me

And you say, stupid I was
And stupid I'll be
Waiting for my beating to come

It's going to be a scorcher
About a hundred degrees
It's burning up your luck it seems
You take creamer in your coffee
At the end of the counter
The free refills keep coming
And the parody of prophets lie
Not to save you
You struck out so you strike them down
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
And you say, stupid I was
And stupid I'll be
Waiting for my beating to come

And you say la, la, la la, la, la la, la, la
But the drugs have got nothing on me

Hiding out in dens
Smoking cigarettes
Playing with the wedding band
You're still losing your mind
It's not something that you'll find
In your pocket or on the courthouse steps

And you say, stupid I was
And stupid I'll be
Waiting for my beating to come
And you say, stupid I was
And stupid I'll be
But the drugs have got nothing on me

La la la la, la la la la
But the drugs have got nothing on me
But the drugs have got nothing on me

Bury, Bury, Bury Another

We had jobs then
We were happy
Because we had jobs that we liked
Now it's just hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry us up
We got to get it done tonight

And the roads that you built
Won't get us there fast enough
And the shadows on the hills
They don't shade us enough from the beating-downs
Maybe distance might wash away your loved ones
That left you all at once, just because
It was bury, bury, bury, bury another
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
You'd wash your feet
As you make your way up
To some overly quiet place
You never looked hard enough
For your own last name or someone you liked at all
To keep you standing there with flowers

We had love then
We had attachments
And we had carelessness on our side
Now all the afternoons between romances
Keep us hanging on
We wish our ex was by our side
And the loves that you had, they didn't please you enough
Now your face is in your hands
And you wonder if anyone ever will, ever will, ever will

Well, You Left

Well, you left
You had to move on
You finally gave it a rest
You said you had to be strong
You bled all you could bleed
You didn't get what you need
So tell the mutual friends
You went and walked out on me

And now the weather gets cold
But you can finally breathe
Seems some things are going perfect
The usual make believe

I heard you found a new friend
Someone else to hang onto
I hope he holds your hand
I heard he's nice to talk to

But if the weather gets bad
And you feel yourself fall through
I'll try not to feel satisfied
I'll try and do what healthy people do

Yeah, I wish the best for you

These are the days
They remember you by
But it's not what you say
But I say it

Did you hear about Scott?
Did you hear that he's gone?
He drowned right off the rocks
Sometimes the current's too strong
And he had friends with influence
And he had friends with influence
And he had friends with influence
And he had friends
Yeah, they knew him

You could say you were there
At the top of the stairs
You'll say I'll repay our mutual respect (yeah)
I guess they're peers
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Finally found a way to
Block the sun
It's not for everyone
These are the products
Of your parents
That grew up
Son
We need sun
In the sun
In the sun
So on
So on
So on
So on

You want
The last one
It's tripping mind up here (?)

They don't care
What we do
And we do

Draggin' Around

Here's to all the luck that pours down on me
Here's to all the melodies that picked us up off our seats
Here's to the younger ones when they replace me
Here's to the bitterness that keeps the sweet so sweet
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Here's to all the words that we'll never speak
Here's to all the pretty girls that you're going to meet
Here's to the little lies I tell in my sleep
Here's to the secrets that you're going to keep

Why don't you raise up, raise up your cup
I've had enough, raise up your cups

Here's to the company that we used to keep
Here's to the certainty of sickness and sleep
Here's to the death of who we thought we were
Here's to all our kids that'll never be born

Why don't you raise up, raise up your cup
I'm choking up, raise up your cups
To dragging around
A cross and a thorny crown
And living because you're willing
And being forgiven, thankfully

*** Thanx a lot to Dragonfly for this one ***

I Remember You

At a party last New Year's eve somewhere downtown
We started talking about how we wanted someone to kiss after the countdown
I went to get us both a drink at the bar and when I came back you were gone
I didn't think I'd ever see you again

Last winter I was working nights and I missed the last train
Nothing unusual, I walk home in the snow again
A car stops, rolls down the window and asks me my name
I replied, I realised "it was you"

And may all acquaintances be forgot but I remember you
And I remember, and I remember, and I remember you
And I remember, I remember you

I don't want you to think that this happens to me all the time
I hope you don't think I make a habit of taking strange rides
The conversation was easy there was glitter on her face
We carried on and talked until dawn

And my heart is breaking, my knees is shaking and I'm just hanging around
And the clock is ticking, the world is spinning, there's nothing that I found
And may all acquaintances be forgot but I remember you
And I remember, I remember when you gave me your word
Gave me your word, gave me your word
Is all that I have
And you gave me your word, and you gave me your word
You gave me your word
And I and now I

And my heart is breaking, my knees is shaking and I'm just hanging around
And the clock is ticking, the world is spinning, there's nothing that I've found
And may all acquaintances be forgot but I remember you
And I remember, I remember and I remember you

And now I
And the world is shakin' and I'm just hangin' around
And now I
And the clock is ticking, the world is spinning, there's nothing that I've found

And my heart is breaking, my knees is shaking, and I'm just hangin' around
And the clock is ticking, and the world is spinning and there's nothing that I've found
And now I

*** Thanx a lot to Dragonfly for this one ***

Dejalo (Zondo Remix)

(Feat. Too $hort)

Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa

I got a mind if you want to waste it
I got a man if you want to fake it
I got some wine if you want to get wasted
I got a place if you want to

Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go

I got a tail if you want to chase it
I got a tongue if you want to taste it
I got a place on the East Side
I got some time if you want to
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Just say so

Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa

My mama is an atheist
If I stay out late she don't get pissed
I got a place if you want to go
I got some time if you want to

Ready to go
Ready to go
When you're ready to go
Just say so

She sleeps on your right side
She gets nailed, I get tied
I sleep on your left side
Hundred ways to keep love alive

Ready to go
Ready to go
Ready to go
Just say so

Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa

'Too $hort' :
I line all the women up in a row
I'm always winning, I'm a pro
Yeah, I'm a pimp but she don't know
I spit that game unless she's ready to go

Imma take her home
I've got another chick on the phone
I never like to sleep alone
Hip(?) buck-naked or keep it on

Do I love her, answer's no
I love things about her, that's for sure
I just wanna tap that ass some more
Drink up baby, you're ready to go

You got things to do
Ex-boyfriend keeps ringing you
Let's play them sex games
In the bed red head on my left side (?)

Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa
Dejalo, nuestra cosa

A Town Called Luckey

Happy birthday
You're halfway to sixty
You have no land of your own
A job you despise and a lover that's mean

And you started noticing a disturbing thing
Birds eating other birds just beyond the screen
So you packed up your things
And you hopped on the freeway, headed east
And you drove for eight days, aimlessly
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Telling yourself to be humble
Singing yourself to be free
Being full aware that it's a middle-aged crisis type thing

And you drove until you saw a sign for a town called Luckey
Spelled L-U-C-K-E-Y
Where the sugar towers rise to line and meet the streets
Checked into a motel, slept on cardboard sheets
That covered the blood-stained mattress underneath
Went to the local bar and you got yourself a drink

Telling yourself to be humble
Singing yourself to be free
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing

It was the most rag-tag group you had ever seen
A splendid man with a moustache on both sides, nothing in-between
Looking like a preacher's son who had given into the devil-worshipping scene
He was a real looker and he bought you a drink
And you proceeded to tell him everything
And you were getting a bit hysterical it seemed
And you laughed like a carburettor and then you screamed
All the doubt and the disbelief

Telling yourself to be humble
Singing yourself to be free
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing

And he told you how he came to be
As an altar boy by his father's knees
And how he came to lose his faith
There was no touching but advances were made
And his father's hand in slow motion, it was approaching him
And the doubt and disbelief crept over his young heart like the black ocean

A stormcloud, a hurricane if you will
A stormcloud, a hurricane

Telling yourself to be humble
Singing yourself to be free
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing

Go home, lady, find yourself happy
It's just a middle-aged crisis type thing
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing

Emotional (Until Crickets Guide You Back)

Christ, you're already gone
And I thought it'd take longer to kill you
And a month is no time at all
No time to reach down and erase you

You're so emotional
In the light of your mom's front room
I'm a thoughtless beast
Afraid of everything
And it's how you choose to see it
Strength or human needs

You're so emotional
In the light of your mom's front room
I'm so emotional
In the unforgiving light of the moon
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
And you lost your way home
And it feels familiar
And crickets guide you back
And you hear them calling
And it sounds familiar
And they might help you out

It's so hard

Emotional
In the light of your mom's front room
You're so emotional
In the light of the marquee moon

American Wife

"Losing your brave," is that what he said?
The flag will still wave even after you're dead
I'll be your American wife

Like the eagle perched atop the globe
We'll climb up above the smog
And live in blissful ignorance
With a dog and a TV set
We'll eat flesh until we're fatter than our friends

But I only play the fool very often
I only bet my heart like a spade
But I like the gambling life
You never know what you're going to get
Bet your shoes, keys, and glasses
You'll be barefoot, free from debt, blinded, and wandering
Maybe then you'll be happier, then
(Then you'll be happier, then)

The wind used to come and nearly blow you over
The wind doesn't move down these parts anymore
And so goes the bartering life
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Caught for food, then they strap you down
You scream, "Miami was pretty, before we were bitter
Before we let our sadness litter the streets"

You offered your father could be mine
We looked at your family tree, and politely declined
You have eleven siblings
Who've had ten broken limbs
Nine divorces
And eight broken hearts
And seven grandkids
And six bypass surgeries
Five college degrees
Four are sick
Three are well
Two are dead
One's in jail
No one here moves away
No one here moves away

"Come unto the grave" is that what I said
(Is that what I said)
My memory fades when I'm drinking in bed
I miss the sobering life
The comforter will not come unto to me
Until I'm a fearless, faithless nothing-at-all
Because no one escapes their life
No one escapes their life
No one escapes their life
(No one, no one)

It may sound depressing
It's just a life lesson
In the bartering, gambling life
I'll be your American Wife

Patiently

A thousand miles from Indiana
But I'm not moving, I'm not leaving
A thousand miles from who I want to be
But I'm not dead yet, I'm still breathing

And patiently, I exist

You stand out in a crowd
But I want you dead, I'm not you yet
You've got friends, you're great with them
But I'm not dead yet, I'm still breathing
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Patiently and with certainty, I wish

It just isn't right
The time of your life spent
Right where you want to be
Impatiently

And you just talk
But you don't stop
But I'm not dead yet, I'm still breathing
Patiently and with certainty

It just isn't right
The time of your life spent
Right where you want to be

Providing for mouths, pursuing a family
Right where she wants you to be
Resigned to these histories, we exist

Rest of My Life (Demo)

There are worse ways for
A guy to spend his time
Than to sit and think of you
I think I'd marry you
Just your smile
Leaves me satisfied
Though you're not mine

So for the rest of my life
I'm gonna search
For someone just like you

And we tend the garden
All day long
Watching history unfold
And I'd be enough
And you'd be enough
And we'd grow old

So for the rest of my life
I'm gonna search
For someone just like you
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
For the rest of my life
I'm gonna search
For someone just like you

Yeah, for the rest of my life
I'm gonna search
For someone just like you

About the Moon

The moonlight won't hide
The moonlight won't hide
The moonlight won't hide
These crying eyes
These crying eyes

The highways are free and clear
The highways are free and clear
The highways are free and clear
They won't take me away from here
They wont take me away from here
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
My folks are long gone
My folks are long gone
My folks are long gone
And my mind is sure to go
And my mind is sure to go (sure to go)
And my mind is sure to go (sure to go)
And my mind is sure to go

The Frug

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf

And I can hate your girl
I can tell you that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf

And I can watch TV
I can shuffle off to Buffalo
I can do a backbend
I will not call you back
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
And I can start a book
I can make some mac and cheese
I can sleep twelve hours
You'll never see my eyes

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf

And I can hate your girl
I can tell you that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love
You'll never see my eyes
I will not call you back
I cannot do the Smurf
I cannot fall in love
I'll never fall in love
I cannot fall in love

Quickmart

Sometimes I stand outside the Quickmart
He said, 'Tomorrow's another day, Laura'
I said, 'My name is not Laura
But thanks for the advice"

There's a jar outside the store here
Donations for Vinnie
Vinnie's got a rare disease
He's melting as we speak
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Sometimes I look into the mirror
God, I'm such a jerk
Put a guitar here, please
One of your shredding leads

Sometimes I stand outside the Quickmart
He said, 'Tomorrow's another day, Laura'
I said, 'My name is not Laura"
My name is not Laura
My name is not Laura
My name is not Laura
My name is not Laura

Non Albums Tracks

A town called luckey

Happy birthday.
You're halfway to sixty.
You have no land of your own,
A job you despise and a lover that's mean.

And you started noticing a disturbing thing;
Birds eating other birds, just beyond the screen.
So packed up your things and you hopped on the freeway headed east,
And you drove for eight days, aimlessly.

Telling yourself to be humble, singing yourself to be free,
Being full aware that it's a middle-aged crisis type thing.

And you drove 'til you saw a sign for a town called luckey
Spelled l-u-c-k-e-y
Where the sugar towers rise to line and meet the streets.
Checked into a motel, slept on cardboard sheets
That covered the blood-stained matress underneath.
Went to the local bar and you got yourself a drink.

Telling yourself to be humble, singing yourself to be free.
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing.

It was the most rag-tag group you had ever seen;
A splendid man with a moustache on both sides, nothing in-between,
Looking like a preacher's son who had given into the devil-worshipping scene.
He was a real looker and he bought you a drink.
And you proceeded to tell him everything
And you were getting a bit hysterical, it seemed.
You laughed like a carburetor and then you screamed
All the doubt and the disbelief.

Telling yourself to be humble, singing yourself to be free.
It's a middle aged crisis type thing

And he told you how he came to be as an altar boy by his father's knees,
And how he came to lose his faith.
There was no touching, but advances were made...
And his father's hand in slow motion, it was approaching him
And the doubt and disbelief crept over his young heart like the black ocean.
A storm cloud, a hurricane, if you will...
A storm cloud, a hurricane...

Telling yourself to be humble, singing yourself to be free.
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing.

Go home late, find yourself happy.
It's just a middle-aged crisis type thing.
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing.
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing.

It's a middle-aged crisis type thing.
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing.
It's a middle-aged crisis type thing.

I love L.A.

Let it printed, let it be known
I'm leavin you, i'm going home
And all you can do is just watch me go.

I've put you down, talked you up, defended your honor,
Then packed it in and picked it up,
And all you can do is just watch me go.

From the eastern sea board, the landlocked midwest,
The keys, the alps, the black hills, and budapest,
With my heart in a sling, tail between my legs a swingin'
I'm sorry for leavin'.

But when the palm trees bow their heads,
No matter how cruel i've been,
L.a., you always let me back in.

And you can bury me when my body breaks;
In the earth that created me, in the golden state,
By my mama and her brother, and their mama, too.

'Cause i had a dream i was carried on backs
Of a thousand green birds,
And they carried me to a place without words,
And there was nothing, but there was everything,

But when the palm trees bow their heads,
No matter how wrong i've been,
L.a., you always let me back in;
And when the palm trees bow their heads,
No matter how cruel i've been,
L.a. you always let me back in, in,
Oh, back in, in, oh, back in, in.

Jenny, you're barely alive

And it's all the treasures that shine in the street
As we drive right over them
And it's all the mornings we missed for sleep
As the sun glides over our apartment
And it's all the subtle change in landscape and business
Reminds you of your limited time
This time you'll listen to the movement of your body
How it keeps on despite you and it frightens you
'Cause you're barely alive

You're desperate in finding something else to please you
You've been searching your whole life
Something to mute, change, or just distract you
Something to put inside you to give the illusion of life
'Cause you've always been barely alive
'Cause you're barely alive
'Cause you're barely alive
You've always been barely alive
Have you not?

And the greatest escape that you ever did make

With your arms by your side left it up to fate
And the coast that you've seen though you're watching them weekly
You've cursed all perfect days as you walked away
I can hear you say, "jenny, you're barely alive"

The metal rods you put in your fucking jaw to keep you from grinding your teeth every night

'Cause you're barely alive
You've always been barely alive
'Cause you're barely alive
Always been barely alive

Pull me in tighter

There's no need for depression. And no, i don't have the blues.
Wouldn't wanna go to heaven if i can't go there with you.
And i still count my blessings when i am standing with you.
And no, i never learned my lesson; i'm still a dedicated fool.

And baby, i will try, for the sake of you and i.
And baby, i will survive all the heartbreak love inspires.

There's no need for guessing when you are faithfully true.
Though my body may wander, my mind is always with you.
And in the depths of destruction, there is but one golden rule:
Look not unto your neighbor.
Save yourself first, you silly fool.

And baby, i will try for the sake of you and i.
And baby, i will get by on whatever you provide.
And baby, i will survive all the heartbreak love inspires.
And baby, i will survive.
Oh, i will survive.

Pull me in tighter, pull me in tighter, yeah.
Pull me in tighter, pull me in tighter, yeah.
Pull me in tighter, pull me in tighter, yeah.
Pull me in tighter, pull me in tighter, yeah.

When you see me coming, take off your running shoes.
No more arms and no more weapons when i am coming for you.

And baby, i will try for the sake of you and i.
And baby, i will get by on whatever you provide.
And baby, i will survive all the heartbreak love inspires.
And baby, i will survive.
Oh, i will survive.
Baby, i will survive.
Oh, i will survive.

Baby, i will survive.
Oh, i will survive.
Baby, i will survive.
Oh, i will survive.
Baby, i will survive.
Oh, i will survive...

Rained the day

Keep it together, don't even start with me
'Cause i am much smarter than you and you know better

All those nights between us could make for a swell parade
You're a little bit jaded, but that's okay

They say it rained the day your mother gave you away
They say it rained the day your mother gave you away

Everybody!

Keep it together, don't even start with me
'Cause i am much smarter than you and you know better

All those nights between us could make for a swell parade
You're a little bit jaded, but that's okay

They say it rained the day your mother gave you away
They say it rained the day your mother gave you away

Room 8

Room 8 the invite says
Come and surpise you're oldest friend
The door's ajar, what's behind
In room 8, room 8, room 8

Cards are found in boxes there
Welcome me in to the earthly air
A baby girl named jennifer
Born here, born here, in room 8

Lock the car
Tremble and shake
Baby the call was just a fake
But there she is spotted through rain
Jennifer she calls your name

On the bed, hip displaced
Broken nose and a toothless face
But she's alive, she's awake
In room 8, room 8, room 8

And she whispers,
We're still working full-time for love underpaid, overworked, uninsured
We'll work gladly with our hands, we'll take off our gloves
'Til it's only love - 'til love remains
In room 8, room 8, room 8

I've never felt this pain before
Doubled over the motel floor
The ambulance it pulls away
With only tears as my alibi

But i'm still workin' full-time for love 9 to 5, weekends, and holidays
Don't lay me off with severence pay
Work me 'til i'm enslaved
By your elusive ways, invisible of

Somebody else's clothes

And you're ridin' in back
Layin' here on your back
You're as serious as a heart attack
All those picturesque moments
The sunsets glowin'
Through the back of the van

And the water is diamonds
There's something you're hiding
It's just your fatal flaw
And you're tryin' to compose
But just being this happy
Is like walking around
In somebody else's clothes

And you all think i'm stupid,
Too nice, too aloof
There's no winnin' here at all
Been on the road for so long
Singing self-obsessed songs
I'm always comin' as i'm goin'

And the water is diamonds
There's something you're hiding
You wish you could just shout it out
"just fucking love me
I'm tired of leaving
And waking up
In somebody else's clothes"

My dad's been in jail
For two halves of a year
I got my first letter today
It was simple and sad
It was painfully clear
And this is how it read:

"my daughter this time well
The water's not diamonds
I'm a fraud and i am old
And they found me out
But just bein' your father
Is like walking around in
Somebody else's clothes
I'll be out by the first snow
Wearing somebody else's clothes"

Steve

My mom has this boyfriend his name is steve
I want him so very much to die
But he wont - he stands strong, he stays all day long
And he fucks my mom even when she cries
And i want him very much to die
And yet he's still alive

So dear god
I believe in you
Believe in me
And make it come true
And i hope that it happens sometime real soon

And i want him very much to die
Yeah i want him very much to die...
... Real soon

All right, thanks a lot
Thanks for coming out

(background chatter)

Xmas cake

(it's almost christmas)

When i take off my make-up i look old and defeated
I'm not so dangerous
Cry into my christmas cake
Starin holes into me all night
You should just give up
'Cause our love's become sellin' secrets
To the russians they don't need
The cold war is on between you and me

25 years old and a bachelor's degree
Your parents helped out with graduation fees
The loans were never enough
The credit cards are calling your bluff
Hold your hand, cut them up, move away
Or you'll payin' them off 'till your kids grow up
And do the same

There's no more runnin' water
Wrappin' presents in the dark
Move into your car
Change where you park
Too bad that job carolin' department stores fell through
But the new year is right in front of you

Cry into your christmas cake
Don't know what else to do
Don't know what else to do
(fa la la fa la la la la)

I fear i'm going deaf
I've got some sense left
Give up some more to be with you (oooo)
'Cause what good is seein' if love's not lookin' back at you (aahhh)
And what good is feelin' if my hands aren't touchin' you

And another angel came down
He was wearin' only a cloud
He said sew up the bad that you've done
Tomorrow christmas day comes
(christmas day)

Cry into your christmas cake
Don't know what else to do
Cry into your christmas cake
Don't know what else to do
The new year's right in front of you
(fa la la fa la la la la)

You are what you love

This is no great illusion
When i'm with you i'm looking for a ghost
Or invisible reasons to fall out of love
Or run screaming from our home
'Cause we live in a house of mirrors
We see our fears and everything's our songs, faces, and second-hand clothes
But more and more we're suffering, not nobody, not a thousand beers
Will keep us from feeling so all alone

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
That's why i'm here on your doorstep
Pleading for you to take me back

And the phone is a fine invention
It allows me to talk endlessly to you
About nothing disguising my intentions
Which i'm afraid my friend are wildly untrue
It's a sleight of hand, a white soul band,
The heart attacks i'm convinced i have
Every morning upon waking
To you i'm a symbol or a monument
Your right of passage to fulfillment
But i'm not yours for the taking

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
So i guess that's why you keep on
Calling me back

I'm fraudulent, a thief at best,
A coward who paints a bullshit canvas
Things that will never happen to me
And at arm's length, it's tim who said
I'm good at it, i've mastered it
Avoiding, avoiding everything

But you are what you love tim
Not what loves you back
And i'm in love with illusions so saw me in half
I'm in love with tricks
So pull another rabbit out of your hat

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