Leaves

at the end of the day – when the sunset is red
i’ll pour a little drink – and sit on the bed
and weigh all the options – about what to do now
but i’m brainless and out of ideas

were we the leaves that fell from the tree
together for awhile then blown separately
you were still floatin’
and I hit the ground
and I feel like i’m still rollin’ around

gather the victims the garbage and lies
pick up your match sticks and start a big fire
watch all the smoke rise up to the air
so the ghosts can gather them there

were we the leaves that fell from the tree
together for awhile then blown separately
you were still floatin’
and I hit the ground
and I feel like i’m still rollin’ around

rollin’ this way blowin’ that way
i don’t know where i will land
and here’s hopin’ you won’t find me
under your feet where you stand

were we the leaves that fell from the tree
together for awhile then blown separately
you were still floatin’
and I hit the ground
and I feel like i’m still rollin’ around

the sky can’t hold the smoke anymore
it’s given us warnings
that we just ignore

Goodbye Game

take your pills

in the time it takes for me to tell you – what’s bothering me I’ll just pass
because if you won’t take your pills I can’t be near you
cause I won’t have the nerves to be your friend

she said it’s hard to be good as you always knew she would
and the pills you take know why
they take away the highs and lows and what’s between too I suppose
have you lost the urge to cry

standing beside me now inside your dressing gown
you’ve signed your release and you’re locked down
please let them give you the help they need to give you
your pride can be nowhere around

she said it’s hard to be good as you always knew she would
and the pills you take know why
they take away the highs and lows and what’s between too I suppose
have you lost the urge to cry

take your, take your pills
take your, take your pills

warm & sane

i saw you through the fence
lived next door to cousin Ted
i wanted you for a secret game
i didn’t know what was your name

you look like you can tell – a present heaven from a future hell
but I don’t think in those terms

home home sweet torture
may sure you know just what you ordered
i like action – i’m sick of words
give me something truly yours

you look like you can tell – a present heaven from a future hell
but I don’t think in those terms

i’m thinking you should go – i’m thinking you should go
but i’m not thinking so
i saw you through the fence
lived next door to cousin Ted
i wanted you for a secret game
i didn’t know what was your name

you look like you can tell – a present heaven from a future hell
but I don’t think in those terms

aftermath fears

i know you are stressed out, but buddy get in line

you’ve got no hands to steer the boat
you’ve got no feet to swim
you’ve placed your faith in your own man who somehow has disappeared
but this was no liberation because no weapons were found
we bought all the stories of our success and spied upon our own

I know you are – stressed out
I know you are – stressed out
I know you are – streesed out, but buddy get in line

you know me i’m like bad news i always return
with a handful of questions all bundled up for my kid
but if you have good information i’m desperately in need
my sive of truth is all gummed up with the dirt of these good times

I know you are – stressed out
I know you are – stressed out
I know you are – streesed out, but buddy get in line

why do we always black out what we what we don’t comprehend
and kill all the good ideas in this neighborhood
i’m going out with my jacket and having with them a chat
this aftermath police state it must come to an end

I know you are – stressed out
I know you are – stressed out
I know you are – streesed out, but buddy get in line

bones snap

i heard what you said it’s ok to ask now
split me open and pull out my black intentions
snap a few bones you know i don’t really care
i was never ever good never good with numbers

and your body has not fallen down it still walks in the world
and your child sings happy birthday to you
come on you know the words

there are no gifts for you today no cards and no ice cream
no bits of wrapping paper to pick up off the floor
your gift today is the morning in your weary socks and shoes
and your contribution of conscience it’s gotten a hold of you

and your body has not fallen down it still walks in the world
and your child sings happy birthday to you
come on you know the words

snap a few bones, you know i don’t really care
snap

all that I don’t know

i know your arms and i know your legs
and that funny little mole on the side of your face
but there’s a lot that i don’t know about you

i know your smile and i know your laugh
and what might be playing on your old phonograph
but there’s a lot that i don’t know about you

on my own these years down the road
the best thing i ever did
was let your secrets go

it’s a bitter reflection in a bathroom mirror
thinking about your face doesn’t may things any clearer
but there’s a lot that i don’t know about you
here are my buttons but your fingers on them
after all baby you helped to install them
but there’s a lot that i don’t know about you

on my own these years down the road
the best thing i ever did
was let your secrets go

i know your arms and i know your legs
and that funny little mole on the side of your face
but there’s a lot that i don’t know about you
yes there’s a lot that i don’t know about you

hope fill up

you’re only as good as your last story
where the girl ran away with all the cash
and nobody knew where she had gone
and i loved that you never explained

where is the sand for the hourglass
why do you feel so raw right now
this is your last chance for a fill up of hope
let’s drive let’s drive

i always expect so much more of you
but you cripple the good things up with pride
it’s the best thing you’ve written in many many years
another volume for you and i’ve nothing to show

where is the sand for the hourglass
why do you feel so raw right now
this is your last chance for a fill up of hope
let’s drive let’s drive

just go ahead and build up a mystery
keep it short and don’t be a bore
like a thousand buddahs buried in the ground
keep looking until you find your face

where is the sand for the hourglass
why do you feel so raw right now
this is your last chance for a fill up of hope
let’s drive let’s drive

home to penelope

careful what you wish for it’s got a room in your house
starts school next week and barks orders for food

ulysses tried to do the right thing
he tried to find his way back home
was the journey worth the trouble
he tried to find his way back home
sirens singing at the shore
he tried to find his way back home
he never found his way back home

oh how sad you’re on drugs again
won’t you ever learn the rules of attraction

ulysses tried to do the right thing
he tried to find his way back home
was the journey worth the trouble
he tried to find his way back home
sirens singing at the shore
he tried to find his way back home
he never found his way back home

the boat’s going down a man is overboard
and love is crashing up against the rocks

ulysses tried to do the right thing
he tried to find his way back home
was the journey worth the trouble
he tried to find his way back home
sirens singing at the shore
he tried to find his way back home
he never found his way back home

new home tonight

he wants the same buzz as before but he know he will never be the same
he’s poking his head out the door cause he wants to circulate again

he knows his heart is hurtin’ he knows that it ain’t right
but he wonders if it would be worth the fight
he knows his heart is hurtin’ he knows that it ain’t right
but he’s got a feeling he’d like to make
a new home with you tonight

well up the elevator he goes to his skyscraper job up in the sky
all day he just stares at the screen
searching for his answers online

he knows his heart is hurtin’ he knows that it ain’t right
but he wonders if it would be worth the fight
he knows his heart is hurtin’ he knows that it ain’t right
but he’s got a feeling he’d like to make
a new home with you tonight

and what he wants isn’t here and what he wants is down the road
can he camp out a bit right here cause he’s go no place to go

he knows his heart is hurtin’ he knows that it ain’t right
but he wonders if it would be worth the fight
he knows his heart is hurtin’ he knows that it ain’t right
but he’s got a feeling he’d like to make
a new home with you tonight
a new home with you tonight, a new home with you tonight

walk there too

she walks in the shadow of the wires to keep her hot feet cool
she walks in the shadow of the wires wish i could walk there too
but i have shoes upon my feet no pebbles in my heel
she hates me making speeches when they feel like they aren’t real

when it’s gonna come, when’s it gonna come down upon us
when it’s gonna come, when’s it gonna come down upon us
well it’s upon us now

roll a pea across the table i will eat with my open hand
a fork has been put through my palm i doubt that it was planned
just buy me one drink and i become a very generous soul
if you could do the buying as always my funds are low

when it’s gonna come, when’s it gonna come down upon us
when it’s gonna come, when’s it gonna come down upon us
well it’s upon us now

she walks in the shadow of the wires to keep her hot feet cool
she walks in the shadow of the wires wish i could walk there too
but i have shoes upon my feet no pebbles in my heel
she hates me making speeches when they feel like they aren’t real

when it’s gonna come, when’s it gonna come down upon us
when it’s gonna come, when’s it gonna come down upon us
well it’s upon us now

bad faith

bad faith splitting the world in two
all our prayers have flown away with you

i am not, i am not, no i am not
so sure

a mission at a poor friend’s request
well it’s a job anyway

i am not, i am not, no i am not
so sure

i’ll see you in the afterlife
look for me i will have a knife

i am not, i am not, no i am not
so sure

goodbye game

in days of olde when the parts were real
and love was something connected to what you feel
i’ll think of you in lovely lovely dreams
where nothing can be relied upon or so it seems

goodbye
to my old hat
i’m through now with all all of that
hello what’s new
i’m so glad to have met you

i know you must get queasy
sniffing around for sympathy
but your question bleeds and your question begs
but i forgive you i do
at least i really want to
but your absolution’s pissing down my leg

goodbye
to my old hat
i’m through now with all all of that
hello what’s new
i’m so glad to have met you

in days of olde when the parts were real
and love was something connected to what you feel
feel feel

Seed of Mayhem

this could hurt

what’s another freak walking down my street man I sure can pick ‘em why is the homeless man holding out his hand I’ve got nothing to give him

won’t you even talk to me or can’t you accept what you’ve done I’d like to be your friend just one more time and then we’ll all move on then we’ll all move on then we’ll all move on

I had an idea I would do some good right here man what was i thinking folks don’t want to know they give to the poor then go then they feel so much better

Won’t you even talk to me? Or can’t you accept what you’ve done? I’d like to be your friend just one more time and then we’ll all move on then we’ll all move on then we’ll all move on

stumblebum

hey stumblebum where is respect now hey stumblebum is anyone listening as you soldier on you soldier on you soldier on

got the seed of mayhem you carry it around in the rebel rebellion in the uncivil war that soldiers on that soldiers on that soldiers on

he turned sideways and he disappeared that skinny boy shook my faith in him

he turned sideways and he disappeared that skinny boy shook my faith in him

i know you’re tired you want to hear it no more but the worst cursed word to be called a coward who soldiers on who soldiers on who soldiers on

he turned sideways and he disappeared that skinny boy shook my faith in him

7.5

do the 7.5 keep the family alive and don’t ask questions cause questions will kill you – what was the question

turn in the time sheet and pay the tax and deduct the costs of your transit pass it’s an easy commute

what was that that you said – i’ve forgotten again what was that that you said – man i wasn’t even listening i screwed up again – oh yeah yeah yeah won’t you ever show me something new

build you a future map out the costs you can’t quit now buddy – buddy you’re almost home you’re almost home

what was that that you said – i’ve forgotten again what was that that you said – man i wasn’t even listening i screwed up again – oh yeah yeah yeah won’t you ever show me something new

do the 7.5 keep the family alive and don’t ask questions cause questions will kill you

what was that that you said – i’ve forgotten again what was that that you said – man i wasn’t even listening i screwed up again – oh yeah yeah yeah won’t you ever show me something won’t you ever show me something won’t you ever show me something new

the bottom of the toy box

i gave away diamonds and they all washed down the storm drain i gave pearls and they floated to the bottom of the toy box

so wear your pork pie hat to cover up your balding head because even your old goth dad he grows old – he grows old

here’s your ticket to the train wreck covered with kisses and lies no one is guaranteed to survive except me – except me

the shoes on the wires above – say that we should buy our drugs right here were you always stoned baby – or just having a bad day

i guess i’ll need more room – for the toys i bought for you they live inside your drawer – and they never come out

here’s your ticket to the train wreck covered with kisses and lies no one is guaranteed to survive except me – except me

damned either way (electric)

can’t you see they look for meaning in every word to be or not to be in the end the answer is absurd we’ll be free if we don’t sign up for any team and if it were up to me we’d toss away all of these recycled dreams

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

take my coat it’s colder than it appears your head rests on my neck i think you’ve a little too much beer what season is out tonight well i think you’ve got it right in your hands and i will be polite even if i don’t understand

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

maybe you are just what i need maybe you are just what i need

there’s too much shame were you really just born that way is it the yin or yang in what you do and what you say time beats fast you somehow feel it’s a cheat i might not be good at time but i swear i can follow a beat

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

tranny ignored

tranny ignored – you said you couldn’t be happier to be what you wanted to be

we blend right in – in a misfit town anytown USA – is long long gone

and i don’t care how you piss just as long as you do cause what you wore before never looked good on you and i’ll punch anyone – yeah i’ll punch anyone – gonna punch up anyone who says different

you walk the streets – with your big peace sign in high heels of glory – right down on the corner you’ll never take – that month in the country it’s alright – just go

and i don’t care how you piss just as long as you do cause what you wore before never looked good on you and i’ll punch anyone – yeah i’ll punch anyone – gonna punch up anyone who says different

we want to see you – right down on the corner we want to see you – right down on the corner we want to see you – right down on the corner it’s alright – just go

dough see dough

joanna knows why we are gathered here – we have all drawn knives to carve up your expectations

i am after all his little lies – about the church and the state and how they are all the same

don’t you know your home – is never safe enough to house your inner child – when thieves are at the door

all the sinners please line up right here here are your matches – go burn down all your temples and have the grey all removed from your hair guess you’ll need a head for that body first

don’t you know your home – is never safe enough to house your inner child – when thieves are at the door

don’t you know your home – is never safe enough to house your inner child – when thieves are at the door
possum ate the cat food (another meal)

possum don’t eat the cat food all off the metal tray cinderblock forest cinderblock forest

possum lying on the driveway breathing the last breath another wrong place another place

i know it’s all you can manage i know it’s all you can find but possum i wonder how helpful am i

dead possum by the tail laid him on a bed of trash a city funeral a city funeral

baby at the back doorstep the following year generations generations

i know it’s all you can manage i know it’s all you can find but possum i wonder how helpful am i

possum don’t eat the cat food all off the metal tray cinderblock forest cinderblock forest

possum lying on the driveway breathing the last breath

eyewear (written by sean o’brien, manfred hofer, henry liu and doyle dean).

hey afterglow – where’d you go – where’d you go i wanted a sensation – to stick around my nation

is there any piece of passion – hidden in the mansion can i get a piece of feeling – straight down off the ceiling

because my eyes have blistered from using too much light my knees are now swollen from listening to your rights forgive me – forgive me

hey ray of light – stay tonight stay tonight i want to wave the banner – about when it really mattered and i’ll sing my song of protest – i’ll make it one of my best and i’ll try to make my statement – in the midst of my indictment

because my eyes have blistered from using too much light my knees are now swollen from listening to your rights forgive me – forgive me

because my eyes have blistered from using too much light my knees are now swollen from listening to your rights forgive me – forgive me

torn sweater

put away – all the medicine – the child must never know and volunteer all your time – for causes you can’t win

don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole in my torn sweater

you can’t remember much – now can you the rage inside is still the same and now you lead by example ’cause nothing is convenient today

don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole in my torn sweater

punk rocker – with a walker now your eyes ain’t so good your glasses you need to remove skin pierced used to feel so good

don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole in my torn sweater

don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole – don’t sew up the hole in my torn sweater

the good fight

if only i could believe you if only i could say you were right maybe i wouldn’t notice maybe I could still fight the good fight

are you just what you seem or are you only make believe people always wear me down but nothing comes of dreaming noting comes of dreaming nothing come of dreaming

you say its all about freedom its all about liberation but they want us to go now and they’re keeping all the guns we bought

kiss me once before I go – the homeland must be secure but it don’t belong to us and nothing comes from killing nothing comes from killing nothing comes from killing

fight – don’t fight – fight – don’t fight

if only I could believe you if only I could say you were right maybe i wouldn’t notice maybe I could still fight the good fight

fight the good fight fight the good fight fight the good fight

she wonders (written by sean o’brien and henry liu).

she waits and wonders – if he’ll ever come through with anything greater – than a lie or an excuse

can the sun burn through the stars tonight and give some souls release she thinks she wants to cry tonight but the stars give her peace

he died in his ambition – and he lives again in his greed all the time never knowing – what was his need what was his need

can the sun burn through the stars tonight and give some souls release she thinks she wants to cry tonight but the stars give her peace

and she wonders and she wonders

cleaner that way

let’s get rid of the human beings and turn them into money makers let’s get rid of all emotion and dump it into the toxic sea

yes that’s a good idea it’s cleaner that way

let’s do away with all hopes and dreams shoot them down with our lasers eliminate the terrorist’s threat scrub all the floors and never get wet

yes that’s a good idea it’s cleaner that way

i will break you of your habit of dissent and all of your silly schemes for peace don’t annoy me and boy by the way you are now in my employ

we’ll break the backs of the poor and weak and kill all of their ambition take clubs to protesters heads and kiss all our children good night

yes that’s a good idea it’s cleaner that way – that way – that way you’re so very clean

a bee’s tale (written by sean o’brien and henry liu).

the drone worker – never leaves the hive doesn’t care about his life out there he’s got no ambition – to do the loop de loop never landed on a flower – for a drink

in the skyscraper – the files are the honey in the skyscraper – the worker bee is me on this piece of paper – you’ve signed your life away but the court of opinion – is seeking a delay

heard a rumor – a keeper tends our hive after all that shaking – we’re still here can he stronger than our beloved queen i don’t want to see him – no place – no time

in the skyscraper – the files are the honey in the skyscraper – the worker bee is me on this piece of paper – you’ve signed your life away but the court of opinion – is seeking a delay

the drone worker – is crawling on the ground he’s escaped the hive – on holiday he’s got no wings to fly – still it’s good that he is free let’s hope the human beings will watch their step

in the skyscraper – the files are the honey in the skyscraper – the worker bee is me on this piece of paper – you’ve signed your life away but the court of opinion – is seeking a delay

learned at your knee – Seed of Mayhem outtake – first released on Internation Pop Overthrow Compilation Vol. 9 – Not Lame Records 2006.

you say that I sound busy when i call you on the phone

you don’t want my opinions you just want me to let you moan

well hold a seat for me at the celebration of your misery i may or may not show up there depending on my money

*because I learned it at your knee I learned it at your knee and now I’m down here on my knees down here on my knee down here on my knees picking off fleas

you look for inspiration and you say many a prayer but at your age should you still color the color of your hair

consumed for years on the definition of friends I learned to push away what I had come to defend

(Repeat*)

In your heart of hearts you say you wish you knew me better

but everything I had to say I said inside that letter

they’re a one-way conversation yes I beleieve that that is true

but maybe that’s the only way I can get through to you

(Repeat*)

Too Personal

here to serve

hope you’ll stay close one way or another ’til i’m an old man ’til i’m an old man well it shouldn’t be long now shouldn’t be long now shouldn’t be long now

eager to please and here to serve not your kind of man not your kind of man well it shouldn’t be long now shouldn’t be long now shouldn’t be long now

love without the feel can still fill dreams imagine a kiss goodnight goodnight goodnight

sorry for being so personal don’t know any different like a broken jewelbox

love without the feel can still fill dreams imangine a kiss goodnight goodnight goodnight

hope you’ll stay close one way or another ’til i’m an old man ’til i’m an old man

free of deceit

what will make you sing again and draw you out of your room and end the bitter broken light of your days

when you get loaded you get so close to the truth but further and further away from your dreams

no more phoney phone calls no more lies of passion do people stay together to make themselves happy

i wish i could be happy i wish i could be holy but these are idle dreams

free of deceit and bound by the truth better leave the light on and keep the bed warm

sorry doesn’t pay the bills when ashes are spread to the sea write to me from hell fire all about your inner peace

’cause when you get loaded you get so close to the truth but further and further away from your dreams but so so close so very close so so close to mine

their home life

what we need here is an editor to beat this rough draft into shape what you’ve got there is a very good idea late by a century you see they want you to be

their home life their home life their home life

Will we be together or apart either way a little boy gets the idea he’s on the floor he holds back no tears wishing you were around ’cause then he’d have

their home life their home life their home life

used to be so many friends around but nowadays they’re leaving town

well how about that they’ve rented your tape now they keep you upon their shelves once in awhile they’ll pull you down for a play when conversations end now you’re a big part of

their home life their home life their home life

pro-choice
so many times i said i loved you so many times you knew it wasn’t true so many times so many times

so many times we’d leave the lights on and talk awhile all about our freedom and we’d wake to find that there’s nobody home

i want to be the one to say that all my mistakes were ok and i want to be the one to say that i want back what i did not want to stay

so many times we were so relieved every single time that we failed to conceive of any little thing that might get in our way

warm your eyes up with tears and ascend the cold cold stares i want love and trust to appeal but i was born down here in the minefields

so many times i said i loved you so many times you knew it wasn’t true so many times so many times

possum ate the cat food

possum don’t eat the cat food all off the metal tray cinderblock forest cinderblock forest

possum lying on the driveway breathing the last breath another wrong place another place

i know it’s all you can manage i know it’s all you can find but possum i wonder how helpful am i

dead possum by the tail laid him on a bed of trash a city funeral a city funeral

baby at the back doorstep the following year generations generations

i know it’s all you can manage i know it’s all you can find but possum i wonder how helpful am i

possum don’t eat the cat food all off the metal tray cinderblock forest cinderblock forest

possum lying on the driveway breathing the last breath

i married myself (and you)

flowers, colors and heat close your eyes and breathe three times

flower to your mother and one to mine kind of kum bay ya and funny at the same time

your name has the same sound but serious jewelry has gone down

the sun swelled up my finger it put up a fight my ninth finger from the right

i married myself i married myself i married myself and i married you i married you i married you i married you

people watched and you were shy i saw you start to cry

then later on you wanted to do it again that’s a good idea i’ll marry you anytime friend

i married myself i married myself i married myself and i married you i married you i married you i married you

amoral stars (written by sean o’brien and henry liu).

bitten by the bug of love infection’s set in now you’ve come to me for bloodletting

all my thoughts are black in the room painted white even the cat knows i’m next for killing

watch the amoral stars fall down from the sky nobody cries are they crashing simply smashing are they crashing down on you and i

head heart and arms are formed the heart beats fast twice as fast as mine as fast as mine

another life in the chute we don’t want the blood leaving too soon

watch the amoral stars fall down from the sky nobody cries are they crashing simply smashing are they crashing down on you and i you and i you and i you and i

damned either way

can’t you see they look for meaning in every word to be or not to be in the end the answer is absurd we’ll be free if we don’t sign up for any team and if it were up to me we’d toss away all of these recycled dreams

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

take my coat it’s colder than it appears your head rests on my neck i think you’ve a little too much beer what season is out tonight well i think you’ve got it right in your hands and i will be polite even if i don’t understand

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

maybe you are just what i need maybe you are just what i need

there’s too much shame were you really just born that way is it the yin or yang in what you do and what you say time beats fast you somehow feel it’s a cheat i might not be good at time but i swear i can follow a beat

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

think about the way we look uptight and the nightmares in our nights it’s not for me to say but I am damned either way

no. 1 grandson

old man with the moving hands look out the window so you won’t have to watch them

over thirty years with the same wife over thirty years with the same life middle of the day and everyone’s at work all except you on this bus that you ride that you ride

do you want something to make love to do you want something for your eyes have you seen some things inside of this world that you have come to despise that you have come to despise that you have come to despise

you make me feel sad because you remind me of my old granddad yeah he liked his bourbon but he always called me his no. 1 grandson

he lived up on a hill with a long sloping lawn my and my brothers fighting all the time never wanting ever to go home to go home

do you want something to make love to do you want something for your eyes have you seen some things inside of this world that you have come to despise that you have come to despise that you have come to despise

well old man you better listen my hands are shaking too

the hatred shop

at the hatred shop downtown there’s window filled with gowns and no one can seem to understand this supermarket built especially for the klan

down at the hatred shop there’s a little booth where you can buy an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth but don’t expect to find any kind truth for sale down at the hatred shop

black woman with a kerchief in her hand she says how can we let this place stand i’m sure she’d to burn it right down like crosses burning on lawns

down at the hatred shop they must have their say ’cause the constitution wouldn’t have it any other way but television should not show this kind of decay for sale down at the hatred shop

down at the hatred shop good buddies sit around and swap that’s where the blood gets mopped that’s where our freedom flopped

the answer is in

the sun is out again today but i don’t really mind i don’t sleep much anyway i’ve got lots of time i must ask my therapist how do i get through the day even though i’m sure i know i know jusy what he’ll say

he’ll say the answer is in the answer is in the answer is inside of you

i’m afraid fear runs my life i’m afraid that it’s true even if you were my wife you’d need some answers too people asked too much of us as little girls and boys you must show me how to laugh and how to play with your toys

we’ll see that the answer is in the answer is in the answer is inside of you

we’ll see that the answer is in the answer is in the answer is in the answer is inside of you

flag and rifle

nothing can be the same as it ever really was and you can’t get back what you never really had all the flags are waving making everybody angry let’s all tear down all these ethical walls

because these are the meager means I use to sing this song for you like santa claus as a hot air balloon untethered and floating toward the sky

how do these ideas ever come to be all the ears are opened but this suspect device confidence will grow as knowledge its own way can you all get by on an eye for an eye

because these are the meager means I use to sing this song for you like santa claus as a hot air balloon untethered and floating toward the sky

these are the meager means I use to sing this song for you like santa claus as a hot air balloon untethered and floating toward the sky toward the sky toward the sky

sure it’s good

stoned stoned everyone here gets their head stoned don’t use the famous name on my grave i’m not after poetry

i’m not a father and i’m not a fatherhood a cliche is it a breath i’m breathing i’ll drink me down another sinking future

talent talent in the womb makes a big comeback to birth and builds me a window clear enough to view itself itself like this

you can’t trust me i’m overdrawn besides you had your chance but cut me a piece a piece of your wisdom and save me a little bit of what what you don’t know

bathe me now and caress you soft and watch the fatigue walk far away that’s the glue of you

it’s like too much too much Christmas time guilty every time you smile stop blaming i can my past

talent talent in the womb makes a big comeback to birth and builds me a window clear enough to view itself itself like this

you can’t trust me i’m overdrawn besides you had your chance but cut me a piece a piece of your wisdom and save me a little bit of what

you can’t trust me i’m overdrawn besides you had your chance but cut me a piece a piece of your wisdom and save me a little bit of what what you don’t know

owes you nothing

you’ve given notice you’ll be leaving your position as the world’s greatest hugger and no. 1 kisser and the person who always put a hand to my brow it’s alright you are released i just can’t hold to anymore what you let go of so long ago

nobody owes you nothing in their arms but you can only give your love nobody owes you nothing in their arms but you can only give your love

we’ll take of our now so little child that’s our committment though the contract is expired bands breaks up and marriages come to an end starting over now whether i want to or not

nobody owes you nothing in their arms but you can only give your love nobody owes you nothing in their arms but you can only give your love nobody owes you nothing in their arms but you can only give your love nobody owes you nothing in their arms but you can only give your love

and thank you i am grateful for the years together

12
pull an elvis

lets pull an elvis and make our deaths fake and watch all the fallout that comes in its wake and watch all the worship begin to grow and watch all the faces begin to glow

the drug of memory it has worn out on me are you tempted easily led does this apply to me

a cult will form to weep at our demise to be loved or to be to be depised converts will come and some will go and for the all the tabloids always a show

lets pull an elvis and swallow this little pill the best we may ever do and ever will
crime spree

pick up the gun pick up the gun we will have a lot of fun (x3)

im going on a crime spree im taking all of you with me we wont have to work hard well use this credit card im so damn tired of working hard hard hard

as a child i was abused now my storys being used drugs are running through my system got a video camera here to capture all of them

now my moneys in your bank and now i have only you to thank thanks thanks thanks a lot

im going on a crime spree better say hello to my ouzi gonna build my own easy street ill have no more payments to complete

its not my fault you see cause i grew up in dysfunctional family family family family
sexcon

ill give you a hand with your sexual confidence man you look like you could use a hand repeat after me i adore thee now take off your clothes as you had planned to dont worry about your size or any compromise well have naked uniforms to hang onto

the dress or the pants or any circumstance i dont want anything i dont want anything i just dont want anything on you

how much does it cost when you wish and then you wash your decisions dont always look good on you youve got a lovely ass but your legs will barely pass my test scores are always based on attitude
tide of chaos

here i am standing alone once again cowardice has infected all my friends theyre all lying on their deathbeds confusion inside their heads and im not where i should start to grieve

have all our friends hit the road are they all now medicated from the world its just an anti depression campaign made of pills and champagne but it can only delay your plans for disaster

the obstacle is the darkness inside of everyone or so you would have me believe ill call you every name underneath the sun as this tide of chaos washes over me

you may die in an avalanche you know made of pixie dust and angel snow to drown yourself in sorrow is your parlor game for tomorrow can you really see me giving a damn at all

if money talks then poverty it mumbles a fortune cookie rarely ever crumbles so much has fallen on your head its little wonder youre still in bed but ill try to stay awake at your wake
a day without worry

give me more of your medicine it makes the world like tv i will drink just a little bit more to get me where you want me to be i am sinking in the grass but i can still feel my hands write it down in your chronicles mr bee he wants my coke can

share a joke with me a recess from stress for me

your sad depression face is the the world the only place you show yourself each day

feels to me like a holiday must we all go back home we couldnt find the restaurant are we in town alone strange people sitting at the bar looks like a film by fellini next day i felt so good a few hours with no worry
observed (lyrics by manfred hofer)

ive seen you on the street where she lives does it mean what i think it does ive seen you on the street where she lives guess it means what i think it does

sometimes shes on my mind sometimes shes in my heart sometimes shes out of sight

but i dont know where shes going anytime she goes anyway

i saw you dreaming as i walked in your sleep did you know that i was coming to i saw you walking as i slept through your dream guess were always coming to

ive seen you kissing someone in the rain did you know what that could do to me i saw you kissing someone in the rain guess you knew what that could do to me
weaving down the street

no communication with planets i wont seek no reputation or scattered bits of mystique ive been known to love my flesh and ive been known to drink and all this mess must be addressed before i can be in your pink

you had your body painted like the princess india but ornaments are carried sometimes out too far and worship can be funny and worship is often sad and praying is for the holy and praying is for the mad

and i know youre disappointed with my lack of amazing feats but i wont be complete until im found weaving down the street down the street

consult the psychic oracle on which path you must take and draw a card from the tarot make sure that its not fake and watch the stars for signs of trouble dont you be late cause i know when the world will end i even know the date
the darkest girl

its wonderful to see whats inside you its tragic then to see what youre denied id like to come along and ive tried to but a private little mysterys implied

shes the darkest girl subterranean underworld shes the darkest girl but she brightens up my day

i havent a clue as to what youre thinking im at a loss for what it is you do but i could spend a lifetime pondering my jealousy that comes from your truth
big kindness

she wants to have a baby i dont blame her not one bit she wants me to be the daddy but im not sure if i can handle it ive got me some bad habits ive got me some familiar traits i figured out my mosaic some of it dont look so great

but its your big kindness inside your little mouth makes me feel i could do things i used to dream about

once again gods not around and personally im quite relieved never blessed me with creation of anything i might conceive but shes taught me to be patient she brings up songs of the past could be the thing to gamble could be the thing that lasts

big kindness big kindness big kindness big kindness
the wheel (lyrics by doyle dean)

its hot out here the wheel the wheel the wheel

i just love the way your wagons run crawling on my knees to oregon

it all turns brown it all turns brown again texas amarillo cactus for my pillow it all turns brown again

i just love the way you let the wagons run when i see your face i see the sun

the wheel the wheel the wheel the wheel
katie wore the patches low

katie wore the patches low oh leave me alone oh leave me alone she said i aint pretty but i can sew oh leave me alone oh leave me alone im in the market to find me a beau oh leave me alone oh leave me alone more of a woman than youll ever know oh leave me alone oh leave me alone

drink liquor pass the time a credit card cost you a dime drink liquor pass the time what will make you feel alright

can of blue gas and a bottle of spam oh leave me alone oh leave me alone your cheap assessment of who i am oh leave me alone oh leave me alone ive been down since im tapped out oh leave me alone oh leave me alone cursing this life since i got out oh leave me alone oh leave me alone

kick the cat that bit the bird the greatest sound you ever heard a punk junkie a police line ill catch you round here next time
on display

youre closer to your past lives than the one that you have now well talk about the meaning of things if your confusion will allow you dont like wimps i dont like egos game set match

what kind of clothes are you wearing today what kind of look is on display what kind of clothes are you wearing today are they your same old self or a new breakthrough day

got the same eyes and skin as all those years ago when disaster walks up to you how do you know how do you know but im ready to sell my soul are you in the market to buy no need to make your decision now take your time take your time

feels like im doing time for a pandora crime youll lose your money in vegas every time every time but dont be angry at me for all of my syndromes ill think of you i often do i wanted you to know
pure substance

you know that her breasts are behind this i got me an ass you might like to kiss ill talk you up a miracle cure never done me a substance quite so pure

ill play your game boy but you got no rules i know im screwed when i compromise with you

maybe ill see you in asia minor i can think of nothing that would be finer but you dont know geography but thats alright with me

you must be content with constancy and disappointed when you are happy and look for answers inside the abyss and close your eyes just like this
crash (lyrics by manfred hofer)

on the highway on the street car nation butchery twisted metal red meat sexual mystery

crash crash crash crash

i never saw it a sorry tale to tell i hear the bodies burning say whats that funny smell

crippled girls missing limbs fuck the leather of her arm stunt drivers act on whims lets go kill a movie star

i never saw it i never looked away automobile accidents just happen every day

battered lincoln seen afar vaughn and ballard in the rear sex the weapon and the car elizabeth taylor must be near

i never saw it i was taking out the trash i heard the tires squealing and then i heard the crash
cactus embrace

give me your cactus embrace let your thorns pierce my skin i dont mind a little bit of blood if it will get me closer to you

out here the sun kills only the old and young explorers who met their ends and made the reptiles all their friends

burn up a martyr scorch up a man who builds his castle on a mountain of sand here comes the wind gonna blow it right down guess ill go rule another dust bowl town

this desert needs no masterplan i suffer most by my own hand plants find the water or quickly die and i may be next if i dont try
night night dolly – (unreleased outtake from 12)

night night dolly now say goodbye to all your truth and all your lies the newspaper compromise and all the love that money buys

shrine built to the buddah’s charm but you shot poison in your arm a child is on her nanny’s arm she looks to you when she’s alarmed

dressed like the baby doll you’ve no eloquence for a fall (X2)

night night dolly now say goodbye to all your truth and all your lies the newspaper compromise and all the love that money money money money buys