Grandaddy

Adrift again 2000 man
you lost your maps,
you lost the plans
did you hear them yell,
"land damn it land"?
you say you can't
well I hope you can
I hope you can
How's it goin 2000 man
welcome back to
solid ground my friend
I heard all your controls
were jammed
well it's just nice
to have you back again
But I guess they still
dont understand
and they can never understand
and they said go find 2000 man
and they said tell him
we've got new plans
but instead I'm here
to tell you, friend

I believe they want you to give in

Are you giving in 2000 man?
(did you love this world and did this world not love you?)

Are you giving in 2000 man?
dont give in 2000 man.

Hewlett's daughter
loved her father
and I think she loved me too
for a little while.

Hewlett's daughter
I forgot her
now I'm treating watter
and waste at night.
High above the wrecks
on ice shelves and glaciers.
I spy below the mess
and measure the pressure.
Where sofas float on roads
and somebody stole your guns
well sir I'm the only one
to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son.

High above the wrecks
on ice shelves and dressers.
With crash united sewn
on all of my dress shirts.
They firefell the roads
and somebody stole your guns
well sir I'm the only one
to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son.

Last night something
pretty bad happened
we lost a friend,
all shocked and broken
shut down exploded
Jeddy 3 is what we first called him
then it was Jed,
but Jed's system's dead
therefore so's Jed

We assembled him in the kitchen
made out of this and,
made out of that and,
whatever was at hand

When we finished Jed
we were so proud
we celebrated,
we congratulated
at what we'd created

Jed could run or walk sing or talk and
compile thoughts and
solve lots of problems
we learned so much from him

A couple years went by
and something happened
we gave Jed less attention,
we had new inventions
we left for a convention

Jed had found our booze
and drank every drop
he fizzled and popped,
he rattled and knocked,
and finally he just stopped.

Should never have left
the crystal lake
for parties full
of folks who flake,
italian leather winter games
retired by the duraflames.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
it knows you'r just a modern man,
it's shining like the chandelier,
shining somwhere
far away from here.
I've gotta get outta here (x4)
and find my way again.
I've lost my way again.
Should never have left
the crystal lake
for areas where trees are fake,
and dogs are dead with broken
hearts collapsing by the coffee carts.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
it knows you'r just a modern man,
it's shining like the chandelier,
shining somwhere
far away from here.
I've gotta get outta here (x4)
and find my way again.
I've lost my way again

yeah I traded laughs
in for chartsengrafs
but all of that is only fun
until evening comes
your guess is as good as mine
as to just what kind
of trouble I might find
tonite out of my mind

I wanna sleep underneath
the weeping willow
as it cries all night quietly
it's tears all around me
I'll sleep there so soundly
until I'm allowed finally
to wake and be happy again
to wake and be happy again

sit on the toaster like a rock
no need to worry about a shock
all of the microwaves are dead
just like the salamander said
the refrigerators house the frogs
the conduit is the hollow log

broken household appliance national forest
air conditioners in the woods
broken household appliance national forest
mud and metal mixing good

meadows resemble showroom floors
owls fly out of oven doors
stream banks are lined with vacuum bags
flowers reside with filthy rags
a family of deer were happy that
the clearing looked like a laundry mat

broken household appliance national forest
air conditioners in the woods
broken household appliance national forest
mud and metal mixing good

you said I'd wake up dead drunk
alone in the park
I called you a liar
but how right you were
air conditioned t.v. land
20 grand
walk to the bank
with shakes from
the night before
staring at the tiki floor
high school wedding ring
keys are under the mats
of all of the houses here
but not the motels
I try to sing it
funny like Beck
but it's bringing me down
lower than ground,
beautiful ground,
beautiful ground
(test tones and failed
clones and odd parts made you.)

found your house and
I saw your car
but I've no idea where you are
from the dial-a-view
tire scraps on the federal roads
look like crash landed crows
from the dial-a-view

hello welcome to dial-a-view
to locate the area in
which you wish to observe,
you must program in the
longitude and the latitude.
For a closer more detailed
picture use either the zoom
or the micro-zoom controls
.........good luck

I dream at night
of going home someday
somewhere so far away
so dream, alright,
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday

Fifteen years is almost done
and I don't recognize anyone
from the dial-a-view

My home, my friends, and you
I watched them fade
but what can I do
from the dial-a-view

hello welcome to dial-a-view
to locate the area in
which you wish to observe,
you must program in the
longitude and the latitude.
For a closer more detailed
picture use either the zoom
or the micro-zoom controls
.........good luck

I dream at night
of going home someday
somewhere so far away
so dream, alright,
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday
I dream.........

so you'll aim toward the sky
and you'll rise high today
fly away, far away
far from pain

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money for people with minds
that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman
Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

Now that the cay's in place
Where the sea is to
beIt seems that
I'm seasoned to be In a season
of the old meI wouldn't trade
my place I got no reason to be
Weathered and withering
Like in a season of the old me
Bust the lock off the front door
Once you're outside you
won't want to hide anymore
Light the light on the front porch
Once it's on you're never wanna
turn it off anymore
And now it's on Now it's on

Now that the lake's in place
Where the dead sea is
to beIt seems that
I'm seasoned to beIn In a season
of the old meI wouldn't trade
my place I got no reason to be
Weathered and Withering
Like in a season of the old me
Bust the lock off the front door
Once you're outside you won't
want to hide anymore
Light the light on the front porch
Once it's on you're never wanna
turn it off anymore
And now it's on And now it's on
And now it's on And now it's on
Now it's on Now it's on

I'm rolling down a well worn road
I'm wondering if I'll ever know
If I'll be better than I was before
When I surface through the service door

Bye
I'm on standby
Out of order or sort of unaligned
Powered down for redesign
Bye bye
I'm on standby
According to the work order you signed
I'll be down for some time
I'll be down for some time

I got good at saying

The talk- it got so loud
the songs cut out
well that's when i'd had enough
of all their talk and stuff

i had to bring it down
to more level ground
where my only company
is wind blowing through the leaves

my head they tried to wreck
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it

when they expected that
they instead got this-
the broken but pretty mess
what they care i could care less

my farewell e-mail reads
farewell to thee
i'll pass through your world with ease
like wind blowing through the leaves

my head they tried to wreck
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it

despite the facts ??
i shook my head and went
guess who lost the go in the go for it
the go in the go for it

Trouble with a capital T, "Tie him down" they said
But tired ain't for me, Let this one fly...
I wonder what they'll make of me, When i'm good and gone in song
In God's country, Let this one fly...

Off on a merry way, Often alotta days, Lost on yer merry way
Cause unrevealed and never known...And never known...

Trouble with people like me, Tie 'em down and then they vanish instantly
Let this one fly...
Its really no problem, you see, When the sky ignites and your days crash quietly, Let this one fly...

Off on a merry way, Often alotta days, Lost on yer merry way
Cause unrevealed and tucked away
Often alotta days, Lost on yer merry way,Cause unrevealed and never known
All that i'm askin tonite, is that i make it back home alive
No explosions, no crashes, no fights, i wanna get back home...
Back home...back home...back home tonite

Doo doo doo

So there's my baby
Laughing at me in the sun
Wonder if I'm the weaker one
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

The Pacific will pacify us when we're done
If only we weren't always spun
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness

Doo doo doo

Here comes the chaos
Perfectly on time again
Is it ever gonna end
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

The demolition still can be a lot of fun
Someone should tell me that I'm done
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness

Doo doo doo

Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood
Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood

Now I walk alone through howling winds
Fast food bags wrapped round my shins
Remembering (remembering)
Wondering

In this life
Will I ever see you again
In this life
Will I ever see you again

Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood
Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood

Data files and dinner dates sumday
Telling me that I, I best be on my way
Remembering (remembering)
Wondering

In this life
Will I ever see you again
In this life
Will I ever see you again...

She's in the kitchen,
Crying on the oven
It seems she really loved him

He's so drunk he's
Passed out in the Dartsun
Parked out in the hot sun
In the saddest vacant lot in all the world

Boldly going
Where he rarely knows
But he'll miss her when he goes

What a shame
As she drifts out of reach
While he's still drunk asleep
In the saddest vacant lot in all the world