Looper

Bug rain
Listen to all the bugs rain
Rain on the van, and watch James
Trying to stay awake

We're shaking
Just as the storm is breaking
And James is hallucinating
Trying to stay awake

In the rain and the rain and the rain and the rain
Rain and the rain and the rain and the rain
Rain and the rain and the rain and all the
Bug Rain

We know
We're two hundred miles from Fargo
And we tune into the radio
Trying to stay awake

Yawning
Through the tornado warning
Driving towards the morning
Trying to stay awake

In the rain and the rain and the rain and the rain
Rain and the rain and the rain and the rain
Rain and the rain and the rain and all the
Bug Rain

In the rain and the rain and the rain and the rain
The rain and the rain and the rain and the rain
The rain and the rain and the rain and all the
Bug Rain

Juniko sent us electronic mail from Japan

In September

She said that the moon was getting bigger there

That the typhoons had passed

And now it was time for moon-watching in Japan

She brought us a cloth rabbit, in a clear box

And wrote on the card that they have a legend in Japan:

That the rabbit in the moon bakes rice cakes

When the moon gets bigger

In September

She told us to sit the cloth rabbit by the window

And to watch the moon from there at night

But the moon didn't get any bigger here

In September

Here comes the girl who changed my world
With a rock and a feather,
Now I've got to tell her-

That when you're stuck and out of luck,
When you can't make the bird sing
There's only one thing to do:

You cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Someone will pay, we'll be okay,
There no need to worry,
We'll get the money.

You know this street has lost its beat,
And people are saying
That we're not paying our way.

So cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

No-one else will care,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

You know it's only fair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

One day in time the sun will shine,
We'll be out of trouble,
Out of trouble.

But today there's bills to pay,
So pluck up your courage,
Grab your courage and cut.

And cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Ah, don't be so square,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

You've got a lot to spare,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Cut your money hair,
Cut your money,
Cut your money hair.

Here comes the girl who changed my world
With a rock and a feather,
Now I've got to tell her-

That when you're stuck and out of luck,
When you can't make the bird sing
There's only one thing to do.

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all of my songs

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all my songs
And I'd send him out into the morning to see what he could see -
Just to roll around the city, and store it all up in his memory
Then when he got back he could cut up the drum breaks
Make the loops

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all my songs
And I sent off for the book that told me how to re-arrange its circuits
I bought all the new bits it said I would need
Then I opened my robot up
And I got to work

I thought I'd teach my robot to write all my songs
And I spent days soldering -
Till the whole house smelt like the Paris metro
In summertime
And I was driving on by the thought
Of how I would have the time just to live
When he made all the loops

And when finally I was finished
And I switched him back on
Nothing happened
He didn't work at all
And now I've spent months on him
Hours and hours every day
And a lot of money too
And he just lies in pieces in the corner of the room
Totally useless

I've got a secret I can't keep
I've been talking in my sleep
Talking to myself in dreams

But I don't understand the code
I've tried, but I don't know
What any of the secret means

I saw a witch in the corner
It haunted me in the day
There's something darker than midnight
Underneath the A

I'd like to sit down in the shade
Maybe drink some lemonade
Sit and just be quiet and breathe

But I'm a vicious little boy
My head makes too much noise
And something there won't let me be

I'd like to sing to the record
I heard the radio play
But I've been stuck on the flipside
Underneath the A

I'm on the flipside of the day
This could be the place to play
But I'm stranded on the flipside here

I'm on the flipside of the sun
Here's the place for having fun
But I'm frozen by a nameless fear

I found a hole in the vinyl
I fell through it one day
There's something filled me with horror
Underneath the A
Underneath the A

These things I've found

This girl

These sounds

These days are alright

These days

These nights

These things almost make me smile

These things almost make me smile

These things

Almost make me smile

These walks in this town

These things

I've found

And this girl, she's alright

For these days

And these nights

These things almost make me smile

These things almost make me smile

These things

Almost make me smile

Seinfeld, and IQU

New York

And Beck too

South Park, and space men

And this girl

Who's my friend

These things almost make me smile

These things almost make me smile

These things

Almost make me smile

There's still no hotel on the moon
(I remember reading there would be a pill you could take, instead of eating a meal.)
And no-one has travelled to Mars
(And everyone would live in things called biospheres.)
This is the year where the future was set
(And everything would be virtual reality.)
There's still no hotel on the moon
(And virtual reality's still only a dream.)
I've not seen a time machine yet

This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world
This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world

I spoke on a video phone
(I read a story from the past.)
I played round in cyberspace too
(I read a story from the past, that was set in the present.)
Here's where the future was set
(I read a story about the future.)
And here are the things that we do

This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world
This is today, but this is tomorrow
Here it is, tomorrow's world

Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray

Drink this to put out the fire
Drink this to put out the flame
Drink this it tastes like vanilla
Drink this to cool down your brain

Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray

Have you guys ever seen a creature?
Have you guys ever seen a creature?
Can any of you guys...
Quite believe your eyes?

Have you guys ever seen a creature?

Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray

Drink this to put out the fire
Drink this to put out the flame
Drink this it tastes like vanilla
Drink this to cool down your brain

Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray
Hey, Uncle Ray, Hey
Uncle Ray

Down there in the wind and the sirens
Down there in the city below
What they need is keeping its silence
Way down under the New York snow
Under the New York snow

And up here I read in the papers
They say the night will fall to seven below
And I read safe by the fire
My guilt is covered in New York snow
Covered in New York Snow

A broken ring is all they have
They never could indict me
And though my brave detective tries
The thing that would convict me
Is under the New York snow

He breaks his back, he lies awake
He tries so hard it moves me
But one thing's still beyond his grasp
The answer to this mystery
Is under the New York Snow

Down there in the wind and the sirens
Down there in the city below
What they need is keeping its silence
Way down under the New York snow
Under the New York snow