Yellow
River
So
long boy you can take my place,
got my papers I've got my pay
So pack my bags and I'll be on my way to yellow river
Put my guns down the war is won
Fill my glass high the time has come
I'm going back to the place that I love yellow river
Yellow
river yellow river is in my mind and in my eyes
Yellow river yellow river is in my blood it's the place
I love
Got no time for explanation got no time to lose
Tomorrow night you'll find me sleeping underneath the
moon at yellow river
Cannon
fire lingers in my mind
I'm so glad that I'm still alive
And I've been gone for such a long time from yellow river
I remember the nights were cool
I can still see the water pool
And I remember the girl that I knew from yellow river
Yellow
river yellow river is in my mind and in my eyes
Yellow river yellow river is in my blood it's the place
I love
Got no time for explanation got no time to lose
Tomorrow night you'll find me sleeping underneath the
moon at yellow river
(repeat)
Draggin'
The Line
Makin'
a livin' the old hard way
Takin' and givin' by day by day
I dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine
Draggin' The Line
My
dog Sam eats purple flowers
Ain't got much, but what we got's ours
We dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine
Draggin' The Line
(Draggin' The Line)
Draggin' The Line
(Draggin' The Line)
I
feel fine, I'm talkin' 'bout peace of mind
I'm gonna take my time, I'm gettin' the good sign
Draggin' The Line
(Draggin' The Line)
Draggin' The Line
(Draggin' The Line)
Lovin'
the free and feelin spirit of
hugging a tree
when you get near it.
Diggin' snow and rain and the bright sunshine
Draggin' The Line
(Draggin' The Line)
Draggin' The Line
(Draggin' The Line)
Passenger
I
am the passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backside
And everything will be alright
And everything is yours and mine tonight.
La
la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la
I
am the passenger
Yeah I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backside
I ride through the city at night
And everything is yours and mine
And everything is yours and mine
And everything is yours and mine tonight.
Sing
la la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la
I
am the passenger
Yeah I ride and I ride
I ride through the city at night
I ride through this torn-down side
And everything is yours and mine
Mark out what's yours and mine
We'll make what's yours and mine tonight
We'll make what's yours and mine tonight
Everything
will be alright
Yeah everything will be alright
Everything will be alright tonight.
Sing
la la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la
Wichita
Lineman
I
am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road
Searchin' in the sun for another overload
I hear you singing in the wires I can hear you through
the whine
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line
I
know I need a small vacation but it don't look like rain
And if it snows that that stretch down south won't ever
stand the strain
And I need you more than want you and I want you for all
time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line
And
I need you more than want you and I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line
Sponge
Pleasure
is melting like chocolate
My blue ribbon gumption is gone
All my gravy must have soaked into something
And the world...
The filthy steps, the cold concrete
The phony earth below my feet
The ancient odor of the streets
Yes the world it is a sponge
And when the crisis passes
When the coast is clear
I'll be buffed down to a liquid
And the world it is a sponge
Throughout this entire ugly outing
I've been mumbling the convex of what I should be shouting
But I'll soon be silent you'll soon hear nothing
'Cause the world it is a sponge
Dark
Globe
Oh
where are you now?
Pussy willow that smiled on my sleeve
When I was alone, you promised a stone from your heart
My head kissed the ground,
I was half the way down, treading the sand
Please... please lift a hand, I'm only a person
Whose armbands beat on his hands hang tall
Won't
you miss me? Why don't you miss me at all?
My
head touched the ground, I was half the way down,
Strumming the sand
Please lift a hand, I'm only a person
With eskimo chain, you tattered my brain all the way
Won't
you miss me? Why don't you miss me at all?
Academy
Fight Song
Walk
into my room
Ask me jerky questions
Don't mean what you say
Immaculate Conception
Play
by the rules
So close to the chest, chest
Show that all's not lost
This is not a test.
Stay
just as far from me as me from you.
Make sure that you are sure of everything I do.
'Cause I'm not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not
Your academy
The
halls are like piss
The rooms are underlit
Still it must be nice
Such a perfect fit, fit
What's
that I hear?
The sound of marching feet
It has a strange alure,
Has a strange alure
Stay
just as far from me as me from you.
Make sure that you are sure of everything I do.
'Cause I'm not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not
Your academy
Your
academy
Maybe
you're right,
I shouldn't judge
What's wrong or right,
It's all too much
I'm
not judging you,
I'm judging me.
My academy.
Your academy
My academy.
Your academy
Baby
Baby
Mmmm...You're
so pretty
Not to talk to you would be a crime
Let me put my arms around you
Just wanna use up a little of your time
And
I'm going...
Baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Won't you be my girl?
You're
eyes, they're so pretty
The clothes you wear, so fine
Won't you come around to my place
Just wanna use up a little of your time
And
I'm going...
Baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Won't you be my girl?
Come
on, come on, come on
Baby baby baby
Won't you be my girl?
(repeat
above six times)
See
No Evil
What
I want, I want now
And it's a whole lot more, anyhow
I wanna climb a mountain
I wanna jump, jump, jump, jump a mountain
I
understand all destructive urges
It's seems so perfect
I see, I see no evil
I
get ideas, notions
I want a nice little boat made out of ocean
I get your point, you're so sharp
Gettin good reactions with 'BeBo' talk
I
understand all destructive urges
It's seems so perfect
I see, I see no evil
I
understand all destructive urges
It's seems so perfect
I see, I see no evil
Walkin'
hand in hand with the one I love (I see no evil)
Walkin' through Manhattan with the one I love (I see no
evil)
Walkin' hand in hand with the one I love (I see no evil)
Walkin' in Jackson with the one I love (I see no evil)
Walkin' in the world with the one I love (I see no evil)
Walkin' and talkin' with the one I love (I see no evil)
Walkin', walkin' and talkin' with the one I love.
Ghost
Rider
Ghost
rider motorcyle hero
Baby baby baby baby he's a blazin' away
Like the star star stars in the universe.
Ghost
rider motorcyle hero
Baby baby baby baby he's a blazin' the truth
Ghost
rider motorcyle hero
Baby baby baby baby he's a lookin' so cute
Sneakin round round round in a blue jumpsuit
Ahh!
Ahh!
Ghost
rider motorcyle hero
Baby baby baby baby he's a blazin' away
Like the star star stars in the universe.
Baby baby baby baby he's a screamin' the truth
Like the star star stars in the universe.
Baby baby baby baby he's a screamin' the truth
America America is killing its youth.
Ahh!
Ahh!
Ghost
rider motorcyle hero
Baby baby baby baby he's a screamin' away
Like the star star stars in the universe.
Baby baby baby baby he's a lookin' so cute
Sneakin round round round in a blue jumpsuit
Baby baby baby baby he's a screamin' the truth
America America
America America is killing its youth.
Ahh!
Ahh!
Ghostrider
Ghostrider
Ghostrider
Ahh!
Funtime
(Fun!)
baby, baby, we like your lips
(Fun!) baby, baby, we love your pants
All aboard for Fun Time
(Fun!)
baby, baby, we ham to Dracula
(Fun!) oh, and his hips
All aboard for Fun Time
(Fun!)
baby, baby, we want in
(Fun!) we want some, we want some
All aboard For Fun Time
(Fun!)
baby, baby, we want in
(Fun!) we want some, we want some
All aboard for Fun Time
All
aboard for Fun Time
All aboard for Fun Time
All aboard for Fun Time
Fun!
Moon
River
Moon
River, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
You dream maker
You heartbreaker
Wherever you're going
I'm going your way
Two
drifters off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end
Waitin' round the bend
My Huckleberry friend
Moon River and me
The
After Hours
If
you close the door
The night could last forever.
Say goodbye to now
And say hello to never.
I've said it before, I'll say it again.
You know it can happen to me.
But if we close the door
I'll never have to see the world again.
Arms
Of Love
Maybe
tonight you're achin'
For someone you're dreamin' of
Tomorrow you'll be wakin
Into the Arms, into the arms of Love
Maybe
tonight you're cryin
Like a poor wounded dove
Tell me you'll soon be flying
Into the Arms, into the arms of love
Maybe
tonight you're takin
You couldn't get enough
Honey you'll soon be wakin'
Into the Arms, into the arms of Love
Maybe
the world is falling
It wasn't strong enough
Tell me you'll soon be crawling
Into the Arms, into the arms of Love
(repeat to end)
Love
Is All Around
I
feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me and so the feeling grows
It's written on the wind, it's everywhere I go
So if you really love me, come on and let it show
You
know I love you I always will
My mind's made up by the way that I feel
There's no beginning, there'll be no end
'Cause on my love you can depend
I
see your face before me, as I lay on my bed
I kinda get to thinking of all the things we said
You gave a promise to me, and I gave mine to you
I need someone beside me in everything I do
You
know I love you I always will
My mind's made up by the way that I feel
There's no beginning, there'll be no end
'Cause on my love you can depend
It's
written on the wind, it's everywhere I go
So if you really love me, come on and let it show
Come on and let it show
First
We Take Manhattan
They
sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'm
guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd
really like to live beside you, baby
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
But you see that line there moving through the station
I told you I told you I told you I was one of those
You
loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might
win
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I
don't like your fashion business, mister
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to your sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin (chorus)
And
I thank you for those items that you sent me
The monkey and the plywood violin
I practiced every night and now I'm ready
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Remember
me, I used to live for music
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Wall
Of Death
Let
me ride on the wall of death one more time
Let me ride on the wall of death one more time
You can waste your time on the other rides
But this is the nearest to being alive
Let me take my chances on the Wall of Death
You
can go with the crazy people in the crooked house
You can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse
The tunnel of love might amuse you
And Noah's Ark might confuse you but
Let me take my chances on the Wall of Death
On
the Wall of Death
All the World is far from me
On the Wall of Death
It's the nearest to being free
Well
you're going nowhere when you ride on the carousel
And maybe you're strong, but what's the use of ringing
a bell
The switchback will make you crazy
Beware of the bearded lady
Oh let me take my chances on the Wall of Death
You
are going nowhere when you ride on the carousel
And maybe you're strong, but what's the use of ringing
a bell
The switchback will make you crazy
Beware of the bearded lady
Let me take my chances
Let me take my chances
Let me take my chances
I
Walked With A Zombie
I
walked with a Zombie.
I walked with a Zombie.
I walked with a Zombie last night.
The
Lion Sleeps Tonight
In
the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
In
the village, the quiet village, the lion sleeps tonight
In the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps
tonight
Hush
my darling, don't cry my darling, the lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darling, don't cry my darling, the lion sleeps
tonight
Future
40'S (String Of Pearls)
Hey
man I'm making moves
And I am so much stronger than you.
I am so much stronger,
I am so much stronger than you.
Everybody thinks the way that we thought,
We thought ahead and look what we got.
I did not invent this world,
Call my words a string of pearls.
But you will find the sheen
Loses all its luster.
(All
I Have To Do Is) Dream
Dream,
dream dream dream, dream, dream dream dream
When
I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do, is
Dream,
dream dream dream
When
I feel blue in the night, and I need you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you, all I have to do, is
I
can make you mine, taste your lips of wine, any time,
night or day
Only trouble is, gee wiz, I'm dreamin' my life away
I
need you so that I could die, I love you so, and that
is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do, is
Dream,
dream dream dream, dream
I
can make you mine, taste your lips of wine, any time,
night or day
Only trouble is, gee wiz, I'm dreamin' my life away
I
need you so that I could die, I love you so, and that
is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do, is
Dream,
dream dream dream (repeats out)
Tired
of Singing Trouble
I'm
tired of singing trouble
To keep myself alone.
Somebody come and help me, lord
To carry a heavy load
Narrator
When
I was watching TV back in '73
A skinny old man sure appealed to me
His name by now, I'm sure you know
The man who played a starring role in Jacques Cousteau
And
ever since then I've written the dude
Dreaming of swimming around the
coral reef
I'd even bought my camera and my scuba gear
If only Jacques had called to stop a career
I
wanna be a narrator
For the Jacques Cousteau show
Swimming
under water with my microphone
I'd record noises in the aqua-zone
Chasing down the killer whale that's eating our crew
Just to bring the story (facts) back to you
I
wanna be a narrator
For the Jacques Cousteau show
I've
written the networks, sent my picture too
Done everything I could possibly do
I've given up trying to get through to him
Maybe he knows I don't know how to swim
I
wanna be a narrator
For the Jacques Cousteau show
Baby,
I
Baby
I, don't want to be seen with you
Baby, I got better things to do
Baby, I don't wanna hang around with you
Baby, I got better things to do
Cause
I know you're out with other guys
Well I know you're goin' to tell me lies
Baby,
I should have held you when I had the chance
Baby I could have blew it when I never learned how to
dance
Well
I know you're out with other guys
And I know you're gonna tell me lies
I
wait at home every night
I never leave on my back porch light
I'm hoping you won't come back
Cause if you do I'll wanna die
Baby,
I don't wanna hang around with you
Baby, I got better things to do
Well, I know you're out with other guys
Well, I you're gonna tell me lies
Baby,
I should have held you when I had the chance
Baby I blew it when I never learned how to dance
Well, I know you're out with other guys
And I know you're gonna tell me lies
Baby,
I....
Lisa
Sez
Too...too...took
her so long
I was only having fun
I guess I'm really hung
I guess you'd better run
That's
what Lisa said
While
you running all over town
Why don't you settle down
I told her we were just friends
She believed it till the end
That's
what Lisa said
That's what she said
She's
a (cherry?) now
She put me on her
She put you on trial
No I'm in her_______
Too...too...Took
her so long
I was only having fun
I guess I'm not so hung
I guess you'd better run
That's
what Lisa said
That's what she said
A
Girl Like You
I
feel so funny t-t-t-talking on the phone
I
fall apart when I hear you speak
Believe me girl, I just feel weak
I
wonder how I got involved with a girl like...
You want to tell me that I'm not you're kind of guy
You break the news and I break down and cry...I cry
You're
having fun...well that's all right
I'm too weak to put up a fight
I wish you'd just tell what was wrong
instead of leading my on
I
get so disturbed when I'm all alone
I feel so funny t-t-t-talking on the phone
I fall apart when I hear your speak
Believe me girl...I just feel weak
I wish you'd just tell me what was wrong
Instead of leading me on
I
try to call
(call on the phone)
I try to call
(but nobody's home)
I wonder why
(you lead my along)
I
wonder how I got involved with a girl like you
Sheherazade
You
say you make her feel all right
She says she wants you, but not tonight
You know the girl is telling lies
You try some magic in her eye
When
you not there other guys come sticking around
And when you ask her what's going on
She'll only push you around
Say
you don't want to talk about it
She'll tell you stories...she can bet
You
know the girl ...she's telling lies
You try some magic in her eyes
But
when you're not there other guys come sticking around
When you ask her what's going on
She'll only push you around
Put you down
You
can say what you want
but she's SHEHERAZADE
And you don't mind
And you call when she calls
You pay the price
You're bound to fall
And all the lies don't matter at all
You
say you don't want to talk about it
She'll tell you stories
You can die
You know the girl is telling lies
You try some magic in her eye
But
when you're not there other guys come sticking around
And when you ask her what's going on
She'll only push you around
Put you down
You
can say what you want
She's SHEHERAZADE
Mystery
To Me
Living
in cities, living in cars
Living the way you never wanted to
Living in alleys, living it down
Living the way you always thought you'd do
Shakin'
it up shakin' it down
Shakin' the way you never wanted to
Living
in cities, living in cars
Living the way you always thought
You'd do
You
feel so old, I feel so new
Tell me what you want me to...
Do you want me to go all night
Do you want me to tell you you're all
Right
Living
in cities, living in cars
Living the way you never wanted to
Lord,
I feel so new
Tell me what you want me to do
And
it's a mystery to me
And it's a mystery to me
Well
your trying, trying to look so hard
But you want..but you want...but you want to go
Living
in cities, living in cars
Living the way you never wanted to
Shakin' it up, shaking it down
Shakin' the way you always thought you'd do
You
feel so old, I feel so new
Tell me what you want me to do
Body
Count
All
the young kids learn to dance in the combat zone
Never dared to take a chance
Goin' home alone
But
it gets so very cold
When it's late at night
Leave
the foxholes on their own
Do you sleep well at night?
Bodycount...feeling
hot
Bodycount...keeping warm
Friends
are playing with danger
They don't know where it's found
With their casual letters
It's just another chain
You've
lost the innocence
That you've never found
Standing in the DMZ
Don't get turned around
Body
count...feeling hot
Body count...Vietnam
It's
not the game..well, it's a scar
And they won't let you wear your khakis
And your Izods anymore
You
can go get shot to hell
They don't want you anymore because..
All
the young kids learn to dance
In the combat zone
Never dare to take a chance
You're going home alone
Military metaphors
Are metaphors no more
Keeping
up with protocol
You're dancin' off to war
Body
count feeling hot
Body count Vietnam
Do
you sleep well at night?
Body
Count...Vietnam
They
can say what they want
But you have your doubts
It's
not what you've lost
It's what your without
When
I ran so far
And they just turned away
I
doesn't bother me by the light of day
But at night...I hear your call
Late at night...I hear your call
I
saw the mirror that you broke today
I saw the ceiling falling down your way
When
they looked at you, you could turn away
You
didn't bother then by the light of day...you'll stay
But
at night...I hear your call
Late at night...I hear your call
You
said that you could turn away
I knew that you going to stay
The
walls are falling all around
They pinned you down onto the ground
But at night...I hear your call
Vietnam...I hear you call
Permanent
Vacation
Gotta
get away..gotta get away
I'm on a permanent vacation
Nothing left to move
I want a revelation
Nothing left to prove
I
could take it with me
Leave you all behind
Got some kind of feeling
Burnin' on my mind
Sleeping
late in the morning
Stay out all night long
Every day is like the one before
I'm going wrong
I'm
on a permanent vacation
Nothing left to lose
I want a revelation
Nothing left to prove
I
can take it with me
Leave you all behind
Got some kind of feeling
Burnin on my mind
There's
only one thing you can do
This I gotta do
I
got nothing to win...nothing to lose
Nothing left to prove
One thing to do
Well,
I'm on a permanent vacation
Permanent vacation
Action
I
do the dancin'
You do the hoppin'
You do the boppin'
I do the shakin'
I'm
just romancin'
You do the dancin'
I see your sequence
It's looking smashing
You
make the action, action
Happen happen
Action, action
Happen happen
I'm
finger poppin'
You do the dancin'
You do the shakin'
You're looking right now
You
make the action, action
Happen, happen
You make the action
Happen, happen
I'm
finger poppin'
You do the hoppin'
I see your sequance
It's looking right there
You do the dancing
I do romancing
You call it hoppin'
There's no stoppin'
You
make the action, action
Happen, happen
Hey,
Hey, Nadine
Pretty
blond hair swinging as she walks
Child-like smile glistens as she talks
Dangerous eyes in a small town girl
Seen everything all around the world
If
I could only make her see my way
Maybe we could spend a while some day
In a place far away from here
(repeat
verse)
Hey,
Hey, Nadine
She's a good girl
Hey, Hey, Nadine
She's got me in a whirl
Hey, Hey, Nadine
She's okay
(repeat
verse)
Hey,
Hey, Nadine
She's a good girl
Hey, Hey, Nadine
She's got me in a whirl
Hey, Hey, Nadine
She's such a pretty girl
(repeat
verse)
Dangerous
Times
These
are dangerous times
Nothing to care or die for
These are dangerous times
What you want, someone will buy for you
Don't
get away
It's
so easy to wait
You've been wearing the green
I've been wearing the fall
And you said that all was just agreed
But,
don't get away
I
saw a guy out on the street
Said, I know what you need, BOY
I can set you fine
I didn't buy his line, because
These
are dangerous times
I don't want to get old
You say that everything's fine
Then you leave me standing in the cold
All alone
But,
don't get away
It's
so easy to fall
You've been trying to gain
I've been trying to stop
But it's catching up with me again
But,
don't get away
These
are dangerous times
It's a dangerous time
That
Beat
Eastern
calls from way out wherever.
Away I go, anchored in that beat.
Thirsting for us too, three's a ______
Remember,
call that beat.
Remember, call that beat.
Finger
_______, crime to ________
Thirsting for us too, three's a _____
Remember,
call that beat.
Remember, call that beat.
All
The Right Friends
I
know you say
Maybe some day
I need never be alone
I know I say
It's the right way
But you'll never be the one
I've
been so alone now
For a long long, long time
I don't wanna hang out now
With the folks that just stopped by
While
you party
You've been looking
But your searching never ends
You've been going
With the wrong crowd
You've got all the right friends
I've
been walking alone now
For a long, long time
I don't want to spend now
With the folks...that just aren't
mine
I
don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
Rave
on!
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too
I
don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I
know you say
maybe some day
I need never be alone
I know I say it's the right way,
but you'll never be alone
I
've been walking alone now
for a long long time
I don't gotta hang out
with the folks that just aren't mine
I
don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
I don't wanna be with you anymore
I just don't want you anymore
Wait
You
got your problems darling
I got mine too
You know that
Maybe it's time for you to come through
Because I'm fed up with waiting for you
Won't you decide real fast
What are you gonna do?
I've
almost given up hope
Then what else is new?
You know that
I'm at the end of my rope trying to hang on to you
Because my patience is wearing thin just waiting for you
Won't you decide real fast
What are you gonna do
You
better wait (WAIT!)
Don't go away now darling, wait (WAIT)
Why don't you stay?
You better wait (WAIT!)
Don't go away now, wait (WAIT!)
Why don't you stay?
I
know that you're confused
It's no crime
You better hurry Sugar
Cuz we're running out of time
Because my patience is wearing thin just waiting for you
Won't you decide real fast
What are you gonna do?
I
don't wanna walk on the same stage with you
Then the bells begin to blow in my head
If things don't turn out right
It's gonna be all right
Fascinating
I've
latched on
I've been wrong
No one told me what to wear
No one sent me home
Space age party, fascinating
I just don't fit in
Someone throw me anything
The oxygen is thin
If
you just could speak to me
Just throw me a line
Give me just a little nod
I could fascinate you
But
I am out of place
Float in outer space
No one wants to pull me in
It's awful saving face
I could fascinate
I could serenade
I'm opinionated
I'll have Vodka lemonade
If
you just could me speak to me
Just throw me a line
Give me just a little nod
You are fascinating
I
could serenade
We
could throw this party
And take off on our own
Find our own higher place
An odyssey back home
I
could not be less included
You could not have known
In my darkest rose and pennant
I am so alone
If
you just can speak to me
Just throw me a line
Give me just a little nod
You are fascinating
I could serenade
I
could fascinate you
I could resonate
The
Great Beyond
I´ve
watched the stars fall silent from your eyes
All the sights that I have seen
I can´t believe that I believed I wished
That you could see
There´s a new planet in the solar system
There is nothing up my sleeve
I´m
pushing an elephant up the stairs
I´m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground
And
all this talk of time
Talk is fine
And I don´t want to stay around
Why can´t we pantomime, just close our eyes
And sleep sweet dreams
Me and you with wings on our feet
I´m
pushing an elephant up the stairs
I´m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground
I´m
breaking through
I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great beyond
I
want the hummingbirds, the dancing bears
Sweetest dreams of you
Look into the stars
Look into the moon
I´m
pushing an elephant up the stairs
I´m tossing up punchlines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground
I´m
breaking through
I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great beyond
I´m
breaking through
I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great
I´m
breaking through
I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great beyond
I´m
breaking through
I´m bending spoons
I´m keeping flowers in full bloom
I´m looking for answers from the great
Revolution
Your
revolution is a silly idea, yeah
All your friends are feeling had
It's like you need a reason to be feeling bad
You sport an armband when your good and mad
La
la la la revolution (the future never happened)
la la la la revolution
I
don't know why i'm feeling bad, yeah
I picked up a bad vibration
Oliver north is running for senate
Bomb the abortion clinic
Reagan's defense is the deficit
The virus was invented
Black man can't get acquitted
Of the crimes that we committed
The future never happened, it never happened
La
la la la revolution (the future never happened)
La la la la revolution
Your
revolution is a silly idea, yeah
You tried to look like a punk rock girl
A whole lotta sneer, and little curl
I don't have time for your theatrics
Everybody knows that you're a bad actress
I don't know why i'm feeling bad, yeah
But a scum is rising
La
la la la revolution (the future never happened)
La la la la revolution (I picked up a bad vibration)
La la la la revolution
Fretless
He's
got his work and she comes easy
They each come around when the other is gone
Me, I think I got stuck somewhere in between
I wouldn't confide in the Prodigal Son
The die has been cast, the battle is won
The bullets were blanks, a double aught gun
I couldn't admit to a minute of fun
They
come and they come and they come and they come
I accepted with a gentle tongue
No words spoken, no need to speak
Take
it, stomp twice, ring the bell
Tether that ring and phrase
Enough with the rifle and talk already
We all know what it means
Take this conversation to your great divide
I can only swallow what I ate
And I don't hate him
And I don't hate her
They
come and they come and they come and they come
I accepted with a gentle tongue
No heart broken, no need to speak
(Don't
talk to me)
Don't talk to me about being alone
(Don't talk to me)
Don't talk to me about being alone
(Don't talk to me)
Don't talk to me about being alone
Reach
for each other before you leave
Reach peace with a E-A-C
Don't threaten me with a gentle tease
Don't threaten me with angry
Please, please, please
Don't try to tell me what I am
(Talk
to me)
Don't talk to me
(Talk to me)
Don't talk to me
It's
A Free World Baby
I
was hungry when I said
I never got to sleep
You go ahead
You can get whatever you want
There's a feeling in my belly
It's the new tomorrow scene
It's an interesting job
It's the fireworks
CHORUS
I don't need it (I don't need it)
I hit my head (he hit his head)
I can't feel anything
You gave too much away
You came to say
It's a free world baby
And you gave too much away
(get
whatever you want)
Me,
I'm tired of this candy
My teeth ache my head
Boys in bed, girls in bed
All now go to sleep
Sleep, sweet dreams
Wake to a new today tomorrow
CHORUS
Boys
in bed, girls in bed
All now go to sleep
Sleep, sweet dreams
Wake to a new today tomorrow
Sleep, sweet dreams
Wake to a new today tomorrow
Photograph
I
found this photograph,
Underneath the broken picture glass.
Tender face of black and white,
Beautiful, a haunting sight.
Looked into an angel's smile,
Captivated all the while.
From the hair and clothes she wore,
I'd place her in between the wars.
Was
she willing when she sat
And posed the pretty photograph?
Save her flowering and fair,
The days to come, the days to share.
A big smile for the camera,
How did she know?
The moment could be lost forever
Forever more
I
found this photograph,
Stashed between the old joist walls,
In a place where time is lost,
Lost behind, where all things fall.
Broken books and calendars,
Letters script in careful hand,
Music too, a standard tune by
Some forgotten big brass band.
From
the threshhold what's to see
Of our brave new century?
The television's just a dream,
The radio, the silver screen.
A big smile for the camera,
How did she know?
The moment could be lost forever
Forever more
Was
her childhood filled with rhymes,
Stolen hooks, impassioned crimes?
Was she innocent or blind
To the cruelty of her time?
Was she fearful in her day,
Was she hopeful, did she pray?
Were there skeletons inside,
Family secrets, sworn to hide?
Did she feel the beat that stirs,
The fall from grace of wayward girls?
Was she tempted to pretend,
The love and laughter, 'til the end?
Psa
(A.K.A. Bad Day)
A
public service announcement followed me home the other
day,
I bade it nevermind, go away.
The shit's so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
The paper wouldn't lie, we assume the loss to mankind
and gloat and jeer with it
Broadcast
me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
Count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you
can't sandblast glisten,
Radio
no, play the game, three words, first one short,
Magazine, book, cinema, N - O - down,
Many fears are gone, step down, step down,
Watch a heel crush, ah this means war
I
saw the light, it can't be right
Broadcast
me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
Count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you
can't sandblast
It's
been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
A
public service announcement followed me home the other
day,
I bade it nevermind,
The shit's so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
The paper wouldn't lie, we assume the loss to mankind
and gloat and jeer with it
Broadcast
me a joyful noise into the times, Lord,
Count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, come one,
what more?
It's
been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
Theme
From Two Steps Onward
If
you hear this...look again
Don't be a stranger
Don't be a shadow to this boy
A
penny on it's side
Write a letter...give a call
Let me know you're alive
And doing well
A quarter past three
The quarter you live in haunts my eyes
I'm
hand over head
I'm held over hand
I'm hand over head over heels over you
Write
a letter, give a call
Let me know you're alive
And doing well
It's everything for two
Don't be a stranger
Don't be a shadow to this boy
A
quarter past three
A quarter past...
The quarter you live in haunts my eyes
I'm
hand over head
I'm held over hand
I'm hand over head over heels over you
Write
a letter...give a call
Let me know you're alive
And doing well
It's everything for two
Don't be a stranger
Don't be a shadow to this boy
I'll
give you a kiss
I'll give you a hug
I'll tell you a secret that's no lie
Don't be a stranger
Don't be a shadow
Don't be a shadow to this boy
Tainted
Obligation
I
saw the shoals at night, with the moon above.
I felt an obligation, and heard your voice again.
If you were here once, you were here a hundred times.
If I reached out tonight, I found I couldn't fight it.
If you were here once, you were here a hundred times.
Ohhhhhh
Best
as a wishing star, I saw you better far away,
And I felt obligation, and heard your voice again.
Hear the rush of water, passing over the shoals.
Hear my heartbeat rather, if I reached out tonight.
If I reach out tonight and find I can't fight it,
And look to the stars, and wander towards a
Heartfelt
obligation, a place that you called home
And heard your voice again, but it's too late.
You left long ago, and now you're probably dead and gone,
And I'm left here with the water and the shoals and a
tainted obligation.
Ohhhhhh
Romance
Nations
call
Par-parallels
Neighbors call
All in all in all in all in all
That's
worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go
Easy
come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Stares
conceal
Par-parallels
Neigh-neighbors call
All in all in all in all in all
That's
worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go
Easy
come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Chance
is yours
And call the shot
Even in a parking lot
With one romance
One romance
Easy
come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Neighbors
call
Par-parallel
Late at night nations fall
All in all in all in all in all
That's
worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go
Easy
come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Chance
Chance,
chance, chance, chance
Friday
bank card yours got stuck
I loaned you a phone quarter, said "Good luck"
Where are you now?
Me
and glasses Saturday slump
You and your shopping, I looked up
Our eyes met, mine are green
You'd had a peroxide thing
Call now, look me up
Sunday
walk, Weaver's Park,
I was on the lakeside
Where the playgrounds meet
In bare feet
You said, "Mighty cold today"
You never see what I think
You didn't like your daytime job
I was born to travel
You
were a camera, I dropped my keys
I'm on the northbound, you were asleep
I said, "Are you holding?"
"You wanna ride the silent sky?"
I wrote a story on the fly
You in the tabletop
I said, "I've had enough of the city."
I
held a bag of apples
You at the last table
I had had a soy dog
Cafe streetside, Tuesday bloom
You wanna be on fire, I said I hung the moon
Wednesday
grocery, corner of Vine,
You were in the checkout line
I dropped my frozen dinners, you helped pick them up
Thursday
cab rush, our block,
You with broken accent, my heart stopped
You laughed, I worry
Chance,
chance, chance, chance
Swarming like a dozen crushing blows
All those glances, midtime dances
Chance
I
never looked it up
You hit the sidewalk talking
Said, "I'd read the ads"
Do you?
Where are you? Will you read this? Can I see?
This is surely moving faster than I can think
A
minute shy, a passing eye
I know I saw you there
Will you read this? Can I see? What did I see?
Chance, chance, chance, chance
Swimming like a dozen crushing blows
All those midtime dances
Chance
Guys,
this is very tedious... stop!
