Nebakanzer never knew He left his needle outside in the rain And it rusted through He had twenty-nine blackbirds but only one flew Spent most of his time making holes And licking his wounds Nebakanezer lost his wife She took her diamond rings and was gone before the light She left one satin shoe and a very dull knife She left one satin shoe and a very dull knife
So tell us what the sorry singer might do All of his friends complain That they got the flu They ain't sick in the head They look like the living dead And that's not cool
You could be so energy Electricity You could be lightening You could be anything A masterpiece A revolutionary You can see what, you want to see Can you let it be? Learn or teach
I'm only halfway to everywhere
I'm thinking positively Positively This is possible They can say right or wrong Never hear this song Or look you in the eye I'm getting rid of negativity Lose the loss in me Call it equality Good luck is a frame of mind Call it humankind And say it's destiny
Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, A girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, Towering over your head. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes, And she's gone. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies, Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers, That grow so incredibly high. Newpaper taxis appear on the shore, Waiting to take you away. Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, And you're gone. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Picture yourself on a train in a station, With plasticine porters with looking glass ties, Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle, The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.
I must have left it outside with my etiquette The undertaker's rule of thumb It's hard to talk with a novocain tongue This room smells like hotel illness The scars I hide are now your business I can't seem to make hair nor hide of this No baby love is not a punishment
Hypnotize by your rotten behavior
This week's fashion is last year's flavor I got a head full of sermons and a mouth full of spiders The politics of the world's greatest liar
This room smells like hotel illness The scars I hide are now your business I can't seem to make hair nor hide of this No baby love is not a punishment
So tell me baby is it true all those things that they say about you
This room smells like hotel illness The scars I hide are now your business I can't seem to make hair nor hide of this No baby love is not a punishment
Kiss me goodnight, shake me awake. The closer I get to you the more I can't wait. Roll on down here; smell my brakes. No time for coffee, just splash water on my face. Kick my tires, count out-of-state plates. Roll down my window, don't the wind feel great. Sunrise my friend, sunset again. The song I keep humming while my four wheels are spinning. Another road, another road, another roadside tragedy.
Wind it down and back it up. I might get there sooner than I thought No warranty or no wear and tear It don't matter just as long as I get there. Another road, another road, another roadside tragedy. Another road, another road, another roadside tragedy.
Another road, another road, another roadside tragedy. Another road, another road, another roadside tragedy.
When you're lost, then I am found. When you slip, I hold my ground. When I fall, please take your bow, And when you're up, just remember I've been down. I'm down.
People looking for fortune and fame, They don't know that it's all the same. Just like any other game You know there has got to be a loser
If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, We can dry our eyes.
I've been over the hill and back Survived every kind of attack. Been a few times at bat, as a matter of fact.
Good luck is just good luck. Can you go hungry if you pot luck? I've been down, but never on my knees. I've seen the forest for the trees.
If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, We can dry our eyes.
If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, We can dry, dry our eyes.
If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, If it ever stops raining, We can dry our eyes.
Dug yourself out of The hole you were in Heard you got a new job Selling half of nothing
Why don't you come to town Ain't seen you hanging round I'm going to hear your new scheme Fill me in on your pipe dream
You're so predictable You're all the same You're so predictable You're all the same
Whatever became of all these years You're like nuts you're so fried Who's wet behind their ears
Why don't you come to town Ain't seen you hangin' round I'm going to hear your new scheme Fill me up with your pipe dreams
You're so predictable You're all the same You're so predictable You're all the same
You're so predictable You're all the same Oh, oh you're so predictable, predictable You're all the same All the same You're so predictable You know you're all the same Oh, you're so predictable You're all the same
I could lay my head down on your floor Empty my pockets to make room for more I can make it bleed or just make it sore
Well I I've got to sing along Never forget this song I've got to sing along Never forget this song
Some day I will find my home in the ground Hand on my bottle and I looked around Some day I'll leave this place for some holy ground
Well I I've got to sing along Never forget this song I've got to sing along Never forget this song
I want you to sing along Never forget this song I've got to sing along Never forget this song I've got to sing along Never forget this song I've got to sing along Never forget this song
One time I was down and out And out and in Well I had myself a little problem But that's not where I want to begin Cause lately there's been a funny feeling That's peering out from inside I thought that I loved you baby but I know I got to survive
And I know, know in my heart It's better that we're apart I love you but you ain't no friend This is where I want to be grinnin'
Grinnin' all the time You're on your way, I'm on mine
Now this sordid little tale Has come to an end All those evenings I was gone and you were Hanging out with your so-called friends But a rumor is a rumor, I want the truth I wasn't born yesterday, I know what you're up to
And I know down in my heart It's better that we're apart I love you but you ain't no friend This is where I want to be grinnin'
Grinnin' all the time You're on your way, I'm on mine
You were so sad you made my dogs howl You kept the ring, forgot the vow You were so sick that you almost died You needed help, but nobody tried
Will this crime ever go to trial My heart's killing me, my heart's killing me This love won't let me be My heart's killing me It's just you, it's just me My heart's killing me
One sad bird, one sad fence I cannot love, I've no defense Staring at two helpless hands And all I want is to hold you again
Will this crime ever go to trial My heart's killing me, my heart's killing me This love won't let me be My heart's killing me It's just you, it's just me My heart's killing me
You're not promised a hot meal It's just another raw deal Just another rainy day, everyday yeah So you say that you cannot relate No, no its not up for debate You know your bills they cannot wait But you still have time
So your bright eyes, they don't shine And your watch, it don't keep time Well guess what, neither does mine Neither does mine It just makes you want to cry Just drink it all and say goodnight But giving up don't make it right Alright, alright
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And well I know that you might get so scared Well, about what you find What it means to you baby when you get there
This is illegal Through an evil eye And I won't deceive you This I testify You all know the reason why I won't enslave you
A little bliss forever I'm not afraid to love you A little bliss forever
Look at the world with an evil eye Your cold heart won't let you cry Try to make a change in the wink of an eye Do you have it in you to even try?
Jesus can't save you Though it's nice to think he'd try This is not to scare you This is to make sense of your time Do prophets speak in rhymes? Then you die!
