Steve Shelley

Stand behind his drunken amp
Stand behind his light of love
Hear him yowl his bloody tounge
Hear him yell 4 blood and war

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
Do you believe in his sweet sensation
Do you believe in second chance
Do you believe in rapture babe

A terrible hit strikes today
A terrible hit for the parade
Burnin' eyes seek jesus comin
Jesus comes to pave the way

<i>[Chorus]</i>

Can you tell me what to feel
Open up yr tender soul
Can I drink yr drunken mercy
Wine burns the devils hole

<i>[Chorus]</i>

Helen Lundeberg...
Illusory landscape, five decades of paint.
Helen Lundeberg...
Illusory landscape, four expressions of elegance, elegance.

Blue river, open door,
Landscape white and orange.
Daybreak by the sea,
A narrow view sloping horizon.
Marina, the poet's road.
Sundial cimerrian landscape,
A quiet place, moon, sea and mist.
Desert road tree in the marsh,
Biological fantasy,
Ocean view, water map,
Ambiguity estuary.

Helen Lundeberg...
Illusory landscape, five decades of paint.
Helen Lundeberg...
Illusory landscape, four expressions of elegance, elegance.

Blue river, open door,
Landscape white and orange.
Daybreak by the sea,
A narrow view sloping horizon.
Marina, the poet's road.
Sundial cimerrian landscape,
A quiet place, moon, sea and mist.
Desert road tree in the marsh,
Biological fantasy,
Ocean view, water map,
Ambiguity estuary.

Helen Lundeberg...
Illusory landscape, five decades of paint.
Helen Lundeberg...
Illusory landscape, four expressions of elegance, elegance.

[Thurston]
I ripped your heart out from your chest
Replaced it with a grenade blast

Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate

The firefighters hose me down
I don't care, I'll burn out anyhow
It's four-alarm girl, nothing to see
Hear the sirens come for me
You doused my soul with gasoline
You flicked a match into my brain

Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate

The firefighters are so nice
I remember you so cold as ice
The flames are licking at your feet
The sirens come to put me out of misery
You wave your torch into my eyes
Flamethrower lover burning mind

Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate
Incinerate

Blasted Earth, om immersed.
Gold in cave, the blondes come first.

I love the way you move.
I hope it's not too late for me.
It's too good on the sea,
Where the light is green,
Where the light is green.

Jagged brain, slow refrain.
We love the jams, and jams run free.

I love the way you move.
I hope it's not too late for me.
It's too good on the sea,
Where the light is green,
Where the light is green.

Jagged brain, slow refrain.

When the rats run riot
And the screen door slams
When the trees grow quiet
Nothing but cats and cans
When the breeze says try it
But you can hardly see
When your love has died
And you rat on me

I see your eyes in the half-light
I see the number on your wall
Endless strange things I see at night
You don't see anything at all

Shine a light into your soul
City streets so freezing cold
City shadows wander out
When they let the rats out
Rats
You call it love alright
That was the catch
A cold suicide
Let me place you in my past
With other precious toys
But if you're ever feeling low down in the fractured sunshine
I'll help you feel the noise

Shine down
You can go on home
Shine down
Go
Go

Rats
You're working overtime
You are the moon beyond your mind
When the rats run riot
And the screen door slams
When the world goes quiet
You'll know where I am

You could be my open road
You could be the reason why
You could ease my heavy load
But I want to freeze you out now

You can let it shine
Keep that in mind
When they let out a rat next time
You could move a little closer
Until you're leaning all up around my shoulder
See these shadows walk around
When they let the rats out

In yr mouth a wad of cash
Moist roll of hundreds
Fingers thru yr hair
Silver quarters drop
To yr pleated skirt

Cannisters of whipped cream
In yr sweater pockets
A look of space and total life
Ready or not
The plan is to go to dc and hang out
Go see girls rock
How long's the tour?

What time you guys playing?
Where you going next?
What comes first,
The music or the words?

I just come by to run you over
I just come by to see you quiver
You can come you can slip inside babe
Killer eyes and a burnin heart babe

Don't you know you need no other
I'm the man who loves you mother
Open up your arms to me girl
Let me feel your wild heart beat girl

Sweet lips flowers + cream
Deep in love surrender pink steam
Deep in love you need no other
Deep in love yr lonely lover

Feel your wild heart beat
Lonely lover
Open up to me
Lonely mother

Yr sweet lips on mine
Like flowers + cream
O killer eyes
Surrender pink steam

When the rats run riot
And the screen door slams
When the trees grow quiet
Nothing but cats and cans
When the breeze says try it
But you can hardly see
When your love has died
And you rat on me

I see your eyes in the half-light
I see the number on your wall
Endless strange things I see at night
You don't see anything at all

Shine a light into your soul
City streets so freezing cold
City shadows wander out
When they let the rats out
Rats
You call it love alright
That was the catch
A cold suicide
Let me place you in my past
With other precious toys
But if you're ever feeling low down in the fractured sunshine
I'll help you feel the noise

Shine down
You can go on home
Shine down
Go
Go

Rats
You're working overtime
You are the moon beyond your mind
When the rats run riot
And the screen door slams
When the world goes quiet
You'll know where I am

You could be my open road
You could be the reason why
You could ease my heavy load
But I want to freeze you out now

You can let it shine
Keep that in mind
When they let out a rat next time
You could move a little closer
Until you're leaning all up around my shoulder
See these shadows walk around
When they let the rats out

You keep me comin' home again
You keep me comin' home again

When you were gone,
I met a friend
She taught me how to
Live in the end

You keep me comin' home again
You keep me comin' home again

Are her eyes
Brown or blue?
How does she keep her
Static cool
My heart and soul
Are rocked up in her eyes
A little blink I recognize
A little blink, yea, that's my prize

A white horse
Sittin right there by her side
Hard to ignore
Hard to disguise
She'll never ever
Realize...

You keep me comin' home again
You keep me comin' home again

When you were gone
I was out of my mind
I had a friend who laughed all the time
I had a friend who cried all the time
I had a friend who screamed all the time
I had a friend who lied all the time

Sleepin' around sleepin' around
What will the neighbors say
Sleepin' around all over town
What will the neighbors say

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
What you did was wrong
What did you good is gone
Nothing you do is right
Always ends up in a fight

Sleepin' around sleepin' around
What will the neighbors do
Sleepin' around all over town
What will the neighbors do

<i>[Chorus]</i>

Sleepin' around sleepin' around
What will the neighbors think
Sleepin' around all over town
What will the neighbors think

<i>[Chorus]</i>

He's not a dreamer or a schemer,
Running away from me
He's not a singer, an entertainer
With no follow thru
He's not a poet or a mystic
With his cgarette unglued
He just neutral, and he's weary
Not even brand new.

It's a perfect sin
Close yr eyes and loose the rest
It's a perfect sin
Close yr mind and feel the best

Everyone has a headache
Imprecise , hard to cure
Got a shake it, what ails you
The lines are a blur
Is it a pain in her heart
Dark and gray from the start
You won't seduce me, or attract
Just cause yr a stray

It's a perfect sin
Close yr eyes and loose the rest
It's a perfect sin
Close yr mind and feel the best

Why won't you tell me what's inside yr head
Why won't you show me yr secret bed, secret bed?

He's not a dreamer or a schemer
Running away from you
He's not a singer, an entertainer
With no follow thru
He's not a poet or a mystic
With his cigarette unglued
He 's not a cowboy or a loner with nothing to do
He's neutral yeah he's weary,
Not even brand
He's neutral yea he's weary
And he's so in love with you.

When the rats run riot
And the screen door slams
When the trees grow quiet
Nothing but cats and cans
When the breeze says try it
But you can hardly see
When your love has died
And you rat on me

I see your eyes in the half-light
I see the number on your wall
Endless strange things I see at night
You don't see anything at all

Shine a light into your soul
City streets so freezing cold
City shadows wander out
When they let the rats out
Rats
You call it love alright
That was the catch
A cold suicide
Let me place you in my past
With other precious toys
But if you're ever feeling low down in the fractured sunshine
I'll help you feel the noise

Shine down
You can go on home
Shine down
Go
Go

Rats
You're working overtime
You are the moon beyond your mind
When the rats run riot
And the screen door slams
When the world goes quiet
You'll know where I am

You could be my open road
You could be the reason why
You could ease my heavy load
But I want to freeze you out now

You can let it shine
Keep that in mind
When they let out a rat next time
You could move a little closer
Until you're leaning all up around my shoulder
See these shadows walk around
When they let the rats out

Hey gimme hollow stimulation
It's so sleazy to be free
Lets invest in dull creation
Thrill city cheap legacy

What a waste
Yr so chaste
I can't wait
To taste yr face

Vapid signals lead me to you
A sublime spectacular dud
Safe and sound from chatter confusion
Get the picture yes it's clear as mud

Single fold sick insert design in junk
Grocery bag sleeve all the colors drunk
Texts of confusion and joy
Pink plastic pressing for bratfink

That's right
He's gone
Wrapped up
Chiffon

Sealed tight
Hung up
Street mouth
Sad pup

Shards of sweet shine of voice and flute
Street mouth decodes the blue sking
Dude
Girlfriends will love the way we clip
Our split release on the thrashman

On top
A drop
Fake blood
Fresh mud

They're gone
For good
Except
This one

Howling scriptures to the mother earth
O mother Africa awake your son
To all the mommas with the money eyes
This kind of love comes as no surprise

Caught shadow
In sex meadow

Little darlings describe the scene
Purring notions of the dripping dream
We've been searching for the cream dream wax
Lathe killers make the meters crack

Caught shadow
In sex meadow

Purring notions of the dripping dream
The kinda girls with the money eyes
Howling scriptures to the mother earth
O mother Africa awake your son

Caught shadow
In sex meadow

Little darlings describe the scene
To all the mommas with the money eyes
Purring notions of the dripping dream
This kinda love comes in any size

Sensation shaking us from sleep
Hey Ethiopia were free
The dripping dream in cream-o-wax
Disk drops from yr hand and it cracks

Keep on running in the dark
Dude ranch dream has fallen apart
Stolen kisses let's pretend my friend
You play sick and I will mend
Let the action begin again
You be patient and I'll attend
Let's rehearse let's do it again
Dude ranch nurse yr brand new friend

Let nurse give you a shot
It's something to do
Took my pulse
Let nurse give you a shot
It's something to do
I could love you
I could have you
Deep sleep coming along
Like a newborn colt you found
I'll wrap it around with gauze
Dizzy reminder
Ouch, you found
Let nurse give you a shot
Don't sleep too long

You be cowboy and I'll allow
Let me ride you till you fall
Let's pretend there's nothing at all
Nobody knows the shape I'm in
Kiss me now it's just a sin
Nobody knows the shape I'm in

Dead boy stares
Strange to meet you
Dead boy cares
So great to see you

Is it time to go
It's a place I know
I can't read your mind
I can't find the time
I can't feel the thrill
I don't have the will

Dead boy dares
Believe in you
Dead boy stares
Afraid that you will see him

Is it time to go
Is it a place I know
I can't read your mind
I can't find the time
I can't feel the thrill
I don't have the will

I love you
A metallic blue
I love you
Golden blue
I miss you
Shine all alone
I miss you

Don't know what to do
I don't glitter like the stars above
I don't glow like neon alone
Don't blush it's just the wind outside
Don't rush to be by my side

Your bounce to the ounce makes us want to pounce
You're just being totally perfect
On Larry King you said you weren't tired
Time to put to bed the competitive edge
They say you can't say no to drama
Now you don't have to try so hard

The label says, "don't have to wear less clothes"
Next time you take a bubble bath
Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone

You say you need privacy
Broken glass everywhere
Maybe you need an emo boy
No underwear on the director's chair

You are seemingly unconscious
Of what your body's doing
Like miss Monroe your head don't know
Exactly what your body's doing

Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone

On TV your soft and whispery
Delicate like angel food cake
They say if you press too hard on it
It'll squish into a dense ball
It will lose its fluffiness
That's what you get when you use a boxed mix
Can you get some satisfaction
How much are you willing to pay for

Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone

What's your gut feelin' about the new deal
How's the label gonna remake you
How was your date with Eminem
Did he bake you and then forsake you
Is innocence gonna still overtake you
Like Arthur Doyle they can't fake you
Ah Mariah your endless
Like the wind, your feelin' defenseless

Hey hey little baby break down
Button-up baby you come undone
Hey hey little baby get down
Before you fall and hurt someone

Trace paper fly onward
Trace paper fly onward
Wake, city's too high
City's too high-up

Kill us your scumbag youths
Kill us your scumbag youths
Youths

Johnny winter
Johnny winter no-show
B.B. King just turns on

The New Hampshire boys
Steve and Joe
They're gonna lead on
They're doin' it for life
On my body got who has
Decimitated gone with that?
With one hypertonic
We'll lead on
Lead on

Skimmin' the tops of tall trees
Through the clear light of free speech
A sudden memory disease
Claims the air all around me

I'm gettin' lost in the slipstream
Maybe relive the same dream
Of comin' in from the cold
And losin' half of my soul

Memory disease
Across United States

That I had told the truth
Feel so high
Architectural
I look to the skies
To see our bodies
They were rising up
Out of the paper cup

A sea change is due
I don't seem to (?) you
Touchdown on the new mason-dixon
Line-up map was ripped and torn
Jilted frame with all hope gone
And I don't mind if you sing a differnet song
Sing a different song
Just as long as you sing
Sing along

It's later than it seems <i>[x3]</i>
Time everyone came down (?)
It's what you didn't say it's what you didn't say
Don't wanna be a slave
It's what you didn't

Skimmin' the tops of tall trees
Through the clear light of free speech
I'm comin' in for a landing
I've got a soul (sole?) understanding
It all comes down to a word
It's just like nothin' I heard
Over the rainbow in time
Will be one hell of a climb
Eye lights bright
The lights sweep high clear sky
Sky
Reminiscent
Of money in your eye
Unwind

I don't mind if you sing a different song
Sing a different song
Just as long as you sing
Sing along
It's later than it seems
It's later than it seems
It's later than it seems

New ears are listening
It's what you didn't say
It's what you didn't say
Don't wanna be a slave
It's what you didn't say
Nothing to give away

I'm a cool hunter making you my way
Like a brand name you'll replay
I will know you I won't show you
You're the one (X4)
Heat seeking missile freak
Black magic scared to speak
I will know you I will show you
Will you buy me a shaky heart
Lust brigade has torn me apart
I will know you I will show you
You're the one (X4)
Can you send me yesterdays girl
Cuz everyday I feel more like her
Hey baby baby please don't go
Pattern recognition is coming down slow
Like a cool hunter watch the disarray
Keep yr secret footage heart away
I will know you I won't show you
Close yr eyes and feel the fun
Pattern recognition is on the run
I will know you I won't show you
You're the one (X4)

3 Feb 03 peace
Peace attack
Early book, whistling
Whistling earth
Whistling earth day off
Nature sex
Nature sex, yawn winking
Reminder
Of the great
Of the great anti-hate
Spring time is war time
All eyes to the crime boss
Electric guitar string
Belly flowers

Lights on the stones on backed-up drain
What lovers list on languid stain
We've come together to gather star
Shooting up stones a pallored heart

Dead or alive
There's danger
The dead are alright
With me

We're not gonna run away
We're not gonna leave you stranger
We turn the light on your lonely home

Camera on the haunted stones
Blood-shadow gentle painted scorn
Now it's dancin' ink across your skin
Hieroglyphic-lover nature-friend

The dead are alive
There's danger
The dead are alright
With me

We're not gonna run away
We're not gonna leave you stranger
We turn the light on your lonely home

Look who's come back home again
Loser looking for his lucky break
This time he says he just needs a friend
Ain't on the run he ain't on the take

Can you take this door babe
Will you just undo the chain
Will you take your time before you
Mix up love, his love and pain

Loneliness lays down his head
Wants to get you high, better take it now
A man like that's like an unmade bed
Stained eyes searching for another way out

Does it matter if you even want this
Maybe you just don't care
All I know it takes just one kiss, babe
For you, he's never there

Hey I know it's kinda hard
And maybe this time it will never end
Hit and run lover back in your heart
Answered prayers you should never have sent

Cause now that your in his arms babe
You know your just in his way
Suckered by his fatal charm, oh girl
It's time we get away

DID YOU GET YR DISCONNECTION NOTICE
MINE CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY
THEY SEEM TO THINK IM DISCONNECTED
DON’T THINK I KNOW WHAT TO READ OR WRITE OR SAY
GLOSSARIES INJECTED DAILY
WORDS + NUMBERS SPELL OUT THE PRICE TO PAY
IT SIMPLY STATES, “YR DISCONNECTED BABY”
SEE HOW EASILY IT ALL SLIPS AWAY

THIS IS NOH DIRECTION
PREPARE FOR THE CITY
ANGELS TURN ON HEAVENS LIGHT

HURRY UP THE STAGE AWAITS YOU
DON’T FORGET MEMORIZE YR LINES
MISSED YR MARK NOW WE MEDICATE YOU
OUT OF STEP JUST CANT FIND THE TIME
WILL WE PASS THRU UNDETECTED
EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE INSIDE OUR FILE
NOT SO FREE TO BE UNPROTECTED
A SECRET MONA LISA HIDES BEHIND HER SMILE
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HEARD YR NAME THE OTHER DAY
IT’S BEEN A LONG LONG TIME
ANCIENT HISTORY SOME WOULD SAY
ANOTHER STATE OF MIND
YOU SMELL OF MEMORY
FELT TIP’D ELECTRIC CHILDE

SHE TAKES A PLASTIC PILL/SHE PLAYS THE WEATHERMAN
SHE SCREAMS ‘RELIGION KILLS MORE THAN IT SAVE YA, MAN’
SHE PAINTED FILIGREES/SHE WAS THE ACID QUEEN
SHE CLAIMS SOCIETY IS JUST A FEVER DREAM

NOW YOU LIVE IN THE TREES AND SALTY SEAS
TRIPPING OUT IN THE BLUE SKIES
YOU SHUT THE DOOR ON EVERYTHING
TOO BUSY GETTING HIGH
AND ME, JUST ANOTHER DREAM THEORY
LOST INSIDE YR EYES

SHE’S NOT IN YR HISTORY BOOKS/LOST HER MIND, KEPT HER LOOKS
DOWN BENEATH THE RADAR SCREEN/ SHE’S LIT UP LIKE GASOLINE
BEEN THRU A MILLION KIX/LOOKING FOR THE ONE THAT STICKS
NEVER WOULD’VE KNOWN IT THEN/I MIGHT NOT SEE HER AGAIN

TOP HAT AND TAILS FOR THRILLS
RED LIPS AND FAMOUS HANDS
SIDELONG AND GLANCING STILL
IN TINY DANCER LAND
WE KISSED/TIME SLIPPED
HARD EDGED/TIGHT LIPPED
COME HOME/SOMETIME
ASK ME/IF I CARE
FOR KAREN
MISS COMMUNICATION
KAREN
STUCK IN ISOLATION
KAREN
KAREN

PLASTIC GIRL WITH PLASTIC GUN
PLASTIC SMILE UNDER PLASTIC SUN
YOU BURN MY HEART W/YR FRIGID STARE
RIP ME OFF W/YR GREASEY HAIR
I HATE YOU AND YR FISHY FRIENDS
I HATE YOU AND IT NEVER ENDS

TIRED OF THE TIMES I WOUND UP DEAD
TIRED OF THEDOGS INSIDE YR HEAD
TIRED OF THE NEEDLES BESIDE YR BED
TIRED OF THE CRAP YOU KEEP ME FED
TIRED OF THE PEOPLE YOU KEEP MISLED
YR BLOOD IS TURNING MY BLUE EYES RED
GET YR HANDS OFF MY TOMATO
CHERRY JUICE ON A ROTTEN POTATO
SUBWAY SLASHER IS ON MY ASS
STEALS MY MONEY AND SMOKES MY GRASS
WATCH YR BACK OR YR DEAD MEAT BABY
THROW THE DOG A BONE + YOU STILL GET RABIES.

SEND THE MOON THRU THE SKYLIGHT
BELLS TOGETHER OUTRAGEOUSLY
NOISEBALL, FLIRTATIOUS EXAMPLE
BLESS HER SOUL TO FURTHER DEGREE

THEATRE GODDESS, FILM DESTROYER
NEW YORK GIRLS ARE SURE TO ENJOY HER
FUZZY PEACH, TEENAGE COMPUTER
A SHOCKING FIGURE IN THE EYE OF THE UNIVERSE

I AM DEAD BY THE BEAUTY OF STRANGERS
IN HORROR MY EYE-HEAD TRANSFORMS THEM
INTO SMILING, BEATIFIC ROOM MATES
FROM DUST TO DUST THEY CREATE ROCK N ROLL

HERE COMES SOMETHING: YOU ARE LOU REED
TRANSFORMER CRACKED BY THE BACKYARD STREAM
KILLER TUNES, BUBBLEGUM DISASTER
RADICAL ADULTS LICK GODHEAD STYLE

WE ALL HOPE
TO SIGNAL KIN
DAYS OF GOLD
NOW RAIN ON TIN
GATHER ROUND
GATHER FRIENDS
NEVER FEAR
NEVER AGAIN

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
SINCE YOU SAW MY SHADOW SELF
LIVING UNDERNEATH YOU
SHE CAN'T RESIST A TICKLE OUT
I'M A GIRL SCOUT
SEARCHING FOR THE NEW STUFF

DID I MENTION THAT IT MELTS AWAY(ALLGONE)
SHE PUTS A SIGN OUT
OUT OF ORDER (A WANT A BUILDING THAT SAYS)
MAKES YOU STRONGLY DISOBEY
GUIDING YOU AWAY
CHIDING YOU AWAY

SO QUICK TO HIDE WHEN I TURN AROUND
SHE WILL RISE JUST TO EMBARRASS ME
SHE LIKES TO DANCE WHEN IT'S DARK INSIDE
JUST A FLASHLIGHT THERE
FOR A GUIDE
TRY AND CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
FREE AND WILD
WATCH WHERE YOU STAND
BELOW THE NET
DESIRE IT GROWS AND GROWS
LIKE A STRAWBERRY NOT A ROSE
PRICKLY PATCH DON'T YOU STAND ON ME
SQUISHING DOWN
IN THE MUD AHH!

THESE ARE THE WORDS
BUT NOT THE TRUTH
GOD BLESS THEM ALL
WHEN THEY SPEAK TO YOU

BUT THATS ALL RIGHT
ON AN EMPTY STAGE
SING OUT WHEN
THERES NO OTHER WAY

COME DRIFT THE TOWN
WHERE SECRETS LIE
WHERE FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
KEEP DRIFTING BY

BUT THATS ALL RIGHT
YOU’RE HERE TO STAY
SING OUT TONIGHT
THE EMPTY PAGE

I ALWAYS THOUGHT I’D SEE
YOUR NAME IN FLASHING LIGHT
YOU DID IT ALL FOR FREE GIRL
& FREELY RIPPED THE NIGHT
(YR FREE TO FIGHT)

THESE ARE THE WORDS
BUT NOT THE TRUTH
GOD BLESS THEM ALL
WHEN THEY SPEAK TO YOU

BUT THATS ALL RIGHT
YOU’RE HERE TO STAY
SING OUT TONIGHT
THE EMPTY PAGE

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME
WHEN YOU WERE NEW IN TOWN
YOU SMASHED YR HEAD IN THE MIRROR BABY
AND KISSED THE FROZEN GROUND
(YR RIPPED UP SOUND)
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(thurston)

In a free lane
Ghosts passing time
Heat rises
Lights thru the town
Blown soundscapes
Blue city eyes
Black lightning
New angel flies

Make a free line
To the northern sky
Holy rain falls
Ghosts burn to shine
Elevator
Reach for the light
Intuition
Free city rhymes

lightnin'
lightnin' strike
lightnin' strikes me
lightnin' strikes me
lightnin' strikes me down
lightnin' strikes me down
lightnin' strikes me down

best sexy what was it anyway
jean-michel what was it anyway
saw you there what was it anyway
kneel right down what was it anyway
guitar on the ground what was it anyway
lost yr hand what was it anyway
hipsters stand what was it anyway
glitter tongue what was it anyway
gave you a flower what was it anyway
gave you the power what was it anyway
saintly ghost what was it anyway
tingling down what was it anyway
nevermind what was it anyway
soot me over feel me naked
soot me over feel me escape
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars
come on down down to the river
come on down and jump right in
come on down i dare you to win now
come on down and down my friend
come on down and jump in the river
come on down and jump right in yeh

best + sexy what was it anyway
jean-michel what was it anyway
saw you there what was it anyway
kneel right down what was it anyway
guitar on the ground what was it anyway
lost yr hand what was it anyway
hipsters stand what was it anyway
glitter tongue what was it anyway
gave you a flower what was it anyway
gave you the power what was it anyway
saintly ghosts what was it anyway
tingling down what was it anyway
nevermind what was it anyway

soot me over / feel me naked
soot me over / feel me escape

boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
girls go to mars, become rock stars

come on down down to the river
come on down and jump right in
come on down i dare you to win now
come on down and down my friend
come on down and jump in the river
come on down and jump right in

when the phone rang, 3 in the morn, dead middle of night
there was nuthin on the line
i set back the silent receiver / tiny flames lit in my head
hey did any of you freaks here ever remember lenny?
i can't remember his last name
he's turned to dust now, one of the chosen few
left out in the rain, out of town again
left out in the rain, ocean bound i guess

between the matress and a column of hazy faces
i remember every word you said
quite a clear picture ev'ry word you said
the door was open but the way was not lit
and there was no way out of my head

on a crimson hiway by a chrome bumper i last saw you:
alive / inclined to thrive / evening fireflies lit sparks around yr head

but wait a minute let's back up a bit:
some famous stars were busted by the thought police down on fashion avenue
impersonating real men / not knowing who they really were
now here at dark corners all is calm and quiet and good
the kids are up late dreaming quiet questions in a graceful mood:

can you please pass me a jug of winter light?
fold me in an ocean's whim?
in sweet corrosive fire light?
in the city made of tin?

are you famous under the skin?
familiar with the things you wanted?
able now to take it all in?
making peace w/ every hole in the story?

did lightning keep you up all night?
illuminate the soot and grit?
can you tell how high the sky tonight?
dig out from under in spite of it?

can you cover up the one that floats?
can you push back the hours?
i hear yr voice, i speak yr name
among nyc ghosts and flowers
will we meet? to run again?
thru nyc ghosts and flowers

jet black hair
tangled stare
blood inside
silent stare
naked heart
red light night
tangled heart
midnight hair
poor mans bride
moonlight fight
renegade
crystal heart

make way for the midnight princess
make way for the midnight princess
make way for the midnight princess
make way for the midnight princess
midnight princess fight tonight
midnight princess fight tonight
midnight princess fight tonight
midnight princess fight tonight
renegades fight for light
renegades fight for light
renegades fight for light
renegades fight for light
naked stares in the midnight rain
naked stares in the midnight rain
naked stares in the midnight rain
naked stares in the midnight rain
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
gonna fight for yr blood tonight
crystal hearts gonna break you down
crystal hearts gonna break you down
crystal hearts gonna break you down
crystal hearts gonna break you down
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
tangled hearts in a midnight fight
renegade princess fight
renegade princess fight
renegade princess fight
renegade princess fight
fight
fight
fight
fight

meet me on the corner
thursday
wear your
special
underwear
sway side 2 side
automatic
special
underwear

small flowers crack concrete
narcotic squads sweep thru poet dens
spilling coffee grabbing 15 yr old runaway girls
by frazzled ponytailed hair tossing them
into backseats of cop cars
the narcs beat the bearded oracles
replacing tantric love with
complete violence

lights mirrors dot the city
inkstained hippies w boxed lunch marijuana
mystery plays of shit and nothingness
blessed by colors from a black hat

blue lights search thru weeds
searching for the heart of d.a. levy
and the mind he left behind

what didjoo expect? another mystic wreck?
thats whatchoo got crawling inside yr panic net
whatdidjoo bring me? not a goddam thing yeh
whatdidjoo leave me? another tombstone dream yeh
o salacious mansion, the boys held for ransom
didja see where he1s gone? the blasted summers dawn
fucked up in cleveland fucked up in cleveland
short flight to nothing heavens up to something heavens up to something
levys up to something levys up to something

death poems for the living gods of america
plastic saxophones bleat, bleed for nothing, nada
cops crashing thru doors infuriated by silver charms
of suburban smoke
at war with patches of red dirt glitter
and bluejean fucking protest

(Thurston)

flipped on my perceptik cogs
checked in with the future gods
for melodies of bees and hogs
start my day the perfect way

burned a batch of mazzy funk
poor girl noise and choke style punk
clapped it on and off I slunk
to the streamXsonik subway

first I need my iris scanned
as I smell the breeze of electric tin
w purple lights i'm motioned in
wink the gain to minus 10

fell asleep and missed my stop
got rousted by a low-beam cop
got a ticket-patch for illicit flop
then froze me with his jesus gun

that don1t mean i'm shot down yet
the glow below of the whisper jet
it all means so much to us
we dream below the rainbows rust

clipped on my streetmatik clogs
pushed thru the hyped-out fervent fogs
found my way with sensoid jogs
new radio structure

state my name and locus frame
paid the price for crashing fame
the apprentice sparks his initial flame
the printout signs says

You go to my head.......

Mention of you.......

The very mention of you........

You go to my head........

Yeah, that's right now...

Right...

Okay, okay, I'm sorry...
I did go in there
And I did eat their porridge
And I sat in the chairs
The three chairs
And um, I did break a chair
And um, then I...
I went upstairs, I was feeling really tired
And there are these three beds there
And I laid down on one bed and it was too high
It was just too high...
So then, I um, you know, this ain't a big deal
I went and I laid in the middle-sized bed
And it was too soft
And I was so tired
And I got up and I went to the little bed
And I laid down
And you know it was just right...
And you know, I just fell asleep
And uh...
I'm sleeping
And then, like, suddenly
Somebody wakes me up
And they say "what are you doing in my bed?"
And I just got up and... I...
I just bolted
You know...
It just wasn't cool to say that
And I went to the forest so fast
And I never think back

Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go

You go to my head.......

Mention of you.......

The very mention of you........

You go to my head........

Yeah, that's right now...

Right...

Okay, okay, I'm sorry...
I did go in there
And I did eat their porridge
And I sat in the chairs
The three chairs
And um, I did break a chair
And um, then I...
I went upstairs, I was feeling really tired
And there are these three beds there
And I laid down on one bed and it was too high
It was just too high...
So then, I um, you know, this ain't a big deal
I went and I laid in the middle-sized bed
And it was too soft
And I was so tired
And I got up and I went to the little bed
And I laid down
And you know it was just right...
And you know, I just fell asleep
And uh...
I'm sleeping
And then, like, suddenly
Somebody wakes me up
And they say "what are you doing in my bed?"
And I just got up and... I...
I just bolted
You know...
It just wasn't cool to say that
And I went to the forest so fast
And I never think back

wwwaahhh

[Thurston]
Snake in it
jack into the wall
TV amp on fire
blowin' in the hall
gun yr. sled
close yr. peeping toms
turbo organizer
crankin' on the knob

You got it
yeh ride the silver rocket
can't stop it
burnin hole in yr pocket

hit the power
psycho helmets on
you got to splice yr. halo
take it to a moon
nymphoid clamor
fuelling up the hammer
you got to fake out the robot
and pulse up the zoom


You got it
yeh ride the silver rocket
can't stop it
burnin hole in yr pocket

can't forget the flashing
can't forget the smashing
the sending and the bending
the ampisphere re-entry
You gotta have the time
Got a letter in your mind
Gotta heart injection
That you got yourself a line

You got it
yeh ride the silver rocket
can't stop it
burnin hole in yr pocket

describe the touch, no it's the thought
it's warm and yellow and has a ruffle
it's warm and yellow and...
he's so quiet i forgot he's there
and i think here i am.
????oh alice, come back he's just a kitten...
he's just a kitten????
a thousand leaves for your disguise fall on
the sky and looking up from down is a sea to
realize the leaves are falling up and down
up and round.
and this is from my heart to you
a crazy wind will stir me too and contre de la
sexisme
i am with you.

describe the touch, no it’s the thought
it’s warm and yellow and has a ruffle
it’s warm and yellow and...
he’s so quiet i forgot he’s there
and i think here i am.
“oh alice, come back he’s just a kitten...
he’s just a kitten”
a thousand leaves for your disguise fall on
the sky and looking up from down is a sea to
realize the leaves are falling up and down
up and round.
and this is from my heart to you
a crazy wind will stir me too and contre de la
sexisme
i am with you.

i wanna shut you down
love yr. sight and sound
i wanna spin you round, till yr. underground
i wanna strip you down
till you feel the round
i wanna feel your shine
i wanna waste some time
i wanna paint my face
like a model out of place
cause im supposed to dare
the machine will tear
i'll throw up sometime
and then you'll be mine
i wanna serve you down
while my mind is on the ground
i wanna move your switch
make you go quish
my desiring machine
yeah it's made pretty clean
now i'll turn the dial
and i'll put you ina pile
modern women cry
modern women don't cry
cry don't cry
you hut me with your lie
touch the fire in the rain and
see the children
stop their play and
look for shelter
in the garden of their
make believe and i
i believe
perfection is a
i can see what you're going thru but
i can't melt my head to what you're
whisked away to light the bomb a
thousand leaves are left to stay and...

free time, free time
I have got it gonna get me some
free time, free time
I would spend it forever captivated
free time, free time
would you tell me the secret of yr arm
free time, free time
forever fabulastic, blowup, pleasuristic
I feel combustible
that's my will say it all
mille feuille
mille feuille
mille feuille
now you better take a deep breath
the smell is just the best
i'll transform even yr breast
you are my new weekend guest
I can't believe this could happen to me
caught inside someone's knee
free time, free time
uncovered forever barest endeavor
free time, free time
if you want me splash me forever
free time, free time
let it happen the leisure, enchanting
free time, free time
yr neck is my favorite pleeze don't spare it
I feel combustible that's my will, say it all
now you better cough up the dough
if you want to join the show
exotique is not for free
spend wisely eternity
engine of desire is on the road
don't get stuck without a job
free time, free time
you have got it gonna get me some
free time, free time
wandering, fantastic, sparkling demanded
free time, free time
did I mention that you control me
free time, free time
the merest endeavor slightly forever
mille feuille
mille feuille
mille feuille
mille feuille

never gonna ya do it
a world below
heather angel you are somewhere
on the show
don't you think you would find
where to go
I want to go dancing on the other side
I want to buy a phonograph
but the money's gone
he bought books and records
I don't care about that
I just want to be alive
and go to the other...
I don't want money or books
have to decide
passive
and you were shot in the name of it
and then you'd see yeh, yeh
then you'd see
the relationship
and walking I see you in the clouds
and I fall for
I would fall for you
I would...
forever
goodbye, bye
goodbye
and that is all
STOP STOP

today i
said goodbye
to my conflicted goddess
her lush eyes
show surprise
at how we could gather knowledge
the painting has a dream
where shadow breaks the scene
and the colors run off
blue is bashful
green is my goal
yellow girls are running backwards
until the nextime
with six hits of sunshine
the lights will blind up with blues in haiku
the shadow has a dream
where painters look to sea
the colors burn out
now i know where
i once saw you
stepping into muddy water
john's reflection
decried perfection
now you walk him through the gardren
waiting in the wings
painters shade their dreams
with falling colors
see me wave good
bye forever
happiness the goddess lover
hurry back re
member last time
the hits of sunshine
the hits of goldmine
i'll see you back tonite
where painters love the light
and yellow shadow girls
today i
say goodbye
to my complicious goddess
her hushed eyes
show surprise
and how we captured knowledge
i'll see you back tonite
where shadows dream of light
let's slip on outside

today i
said goodbye
to my conflicted goddess
her lush eyes
show surprise
at how we could gather knowledge
the painting has a dream
where shadow breaks the scene
and the colors run off
blue is bashful
green is my goal
yellow girls are running backwards
until the nextime
with six hits of sunshine
the lights will blind up with blues in haiku
the shadow has a dream
where painters look to sea
the colors burn out
now i know where
i once saw you
stepping into muddy water
john's reflection
decried perfection
now you walk him through the gardren
waiting in the wings
painters shade their dreams
with falling colors
see me wave good
bye forever
happiness the goddess lover
hurry back re
member last time
the hits of sunshine
the hits of goldmine
i'll see you back tonite
where painters love the light
and yellow shadow girls
today i
say goodbye
to my complicious goddess
her hushed eyes
show surprise
and how we captured knowledge
i'll see you back tonite
where shadows dream of light
let's slip on outside

I put my feet deep in the tracks that you made
walked behind you off into the wood
????We'll know where when we get there' you said
And we both knew we would
high above like a spider
the colors turning brown
freeways passing by us
I took yr hand and we knelt down
wheels paddle wheels paddle movement as we go
trees passing trees passing signs along the road
a view thru the trees to a couple in the snow
a view thru the trees to a couple standing in
the snow
Suddenly the trees were flashing by us
Clouds reflecting fast across your eyes
We turned into a frozen medow
The wind the only sound
????We'll know where when we get there' you said
????We'll know where when we get there' you said

Karen's moving out
out into the sky
Karen trips on a cloud
Sets down w stars in her eyes
She's alone in a room
She's deep inside of her mind
Karen's leaving for the snow
Somewhere to somewhere... blind
She cut the silver lining in my soul
I was tethered to her for a time
are we still together?
will she stay forever?
(will she stay?... beside...
flashlight... Karen stay... etc.)
A LOVE SUPREME
Karen, yr hanging on the line
wraps yr coat tight around
Karen, yr eyes are on the prize
i'll catch you on my way down

im here for you
cant you see what im doin
i bring you news from the kingdom
of disciples in ruin
behold a child
has just been born
into a life
of secrets sworn
hold out yr hands
and take these palms ive been given
they are wild with beauty faded
and they can guide this child to heaven
so rest assured
and understand
how harvest eyes
renew your land
im here looking for you dear
if i could see clear
thry all the sun stained stations
its all up in the air girl
its like a snare girl
in all its manifestations
im here for you
cant you see what im saying
i have palms from the ruins
where disciples are straying
im coming after you
with mercy given
and your secrets out
now youre forgiven
im here looking for you dear
cant you see clear
all these sun stained stations
its you under the stairs girl
with a snare girl
sounding salutations

sunday comes alone again
a perfect day for a quiet friend
and you, you will set it free
I see new morning you your face
everybody sez its another phase
and now, now its coming to me
see the magic in your eyes
I see it come as no surprise
and you, you turn your eyes away
yeah you, you turn it all away
I guess its frue its never too late
still I don't know what to do today
oh why, can't I set you free

sunday come and Sunday goes
sunday always seems to move so slow
to me, here she comes again
a perfect ending to a perfect day
a perfect ending what can I say
to you, lonely Sunday friend
with you, Sunday never ends

cant catch me
i'm syntax free
i'm preconceived
preternaturally
i don't invest
in what is best
your once and for all
means shit to me
hate translator
hate translator
hate translator
you can't catch me
don't mistake her
don't misshape her
you don't mutate her
you can't get me
the radical beacon
the preverbal season
the abstract poetics
immediate treason
do you remember
reductionist lie
fundamentalist
alibi
hate castrater
hate castrater
hate castrater
don't fuck with me
don't you break her
and don't deflate her
don't outdate her
or you'll fuck with me
its a cushy job
a pussy's job
a cum junkie's job
makes my dick throb
feel...ineffable
cant catch me
i'm syntax free
i'm preconceived
prehistoricly
don't be alarmed
don't be alarmed
don't be alarmed
its only me
come back in my arms
back in my arms
back in my arms
the ineffable me

sing yr children
yr children song
sing yr love child
love is on
see thru child eyes
eyes are old
and old is magic growing
see the child lights
spinning gold
everyday girl
they blow away
leaves falling to the water
wildflowers
for you today
sing yr birthday
yr birthday blues
sing yr wild light
wildflowers bloom
they will not forget you
and downthey go
to sleepso slow
awaythey grow
they go
i waiti wait all day
sing yr love child
love is on
sing yr child lights
sing yr child lights
lights are gold
sing yr child life
wildflower soul

wish I could change the way that you feel
standing with him you feel more real
looking so sweet with all your might
trusted in him to put it night (?)

holding his hand like a brand new kite
blue eyes sparkle, open, alright
wish I could see, the girl who'd fight
playing and laughing and trying to show it

running and falling and dying to know it
staring you down with her gaze hold it
wish I could free you but I can't don't blow it

angel, gonna show it
lord
the devil, go on hold it
angel, gonna show it
lord
blow it

becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you

wish I could free you, but I can't, don't blow it
wish I could free you, but I can't, don't know it

a hundred dollars used to be more than enough
and now a hundred times a day and still it's not enough
people always tell me you get what you deserve
all I know is all and all is all I've heard

I heard you say:

ready? go, 1,2,3,4

[Kim Deal] [Kim Gordon]
if you want me to
I will be the one
that is always good
and you'll love me too
but you'll never know
what I feel inside
that I'm really bad
little trouble girl
remember mother?
we were close
very, very close
sha la la you taught me how to fit it good
sha la la flow down life you understood
sha la la curl my hair and eye lash
sha la la hitch my cheeks and do my lips
sha la la swing my hips just like you
sha la la smile and behave
sha la la a circle of perfection, it's what you gave
sha la la then one day I met a guy
he stole my heart, no alibi
sha la la he said: "Romance is a ticket to paradise"
sha la la momma, I'm not too young to try
sha la la we kissed, we hugged, we were close
very, very close
sha la la we danced in the sand
and the water rose - higher and higher
sha la la until I found myself floating - in the sky
I'm sorry mother, I'd rather fight
than have to lie
if you want me to
I will be the one
that is always good
and you'll love me too
but you'll never know
what I feel inside
that I'm really bad
little trouble girl
little trouble girl (what you doin'?)
little trouble girl cross my heart and hope to die,
little trouble girl I can not tell a lie
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu
little trouble girl ah-hu

[Thurston]
hey! hey! where you're goin' in such a hurry?
take it easy girl and tell me a story
move on over here, slow it down
tell me why you've been, run out of town

I don't give a fuck, why everybody thinks you should shut up
everybody's feat, cause everybody knows that you're the queen of
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

hey! hey! where you're goin' in such a rush
hey girl I think they think you know too much
they can't catch you with me cause I move too slow
slow enough to know that you gonna have to go

I don't really care why the bullshit artists sit and snap
they can never find about me and the queen of
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

I don't really care why the bullshit artists sit and snap
they can never find about me and the queen of
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

[Kim]
don't just stare, `cause she's not wearing underwear
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
oh how rude, at least she's got you're attention square
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
don't you realize, It's just her disguise
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
hey! mum look, no more panty line
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa
i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i
peek-a-boo look into the mirror
now you see her, now you'll be her
hover your lips, twirl your hair
pretend you're there, pretend it ain't there
little girl playing in the closet
first comes walking, then comes talking
peek-a-boo look into the mirror
she says: "who am I?"
inside! outside!
inside, outside, inside, outside, inside, outside,
inside, outside, inside, outside
shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa shoewa
hm-a-hm-a-hm-a-hm-a
da-da-da-da-da

don't just stare, `cause she's not wearing underwear
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
oh how rude, at least she's got you're attention square
em-em-em-em-em-em-em-em
don't you realize, it's just her disguise
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
hey! mum look, no more panty line
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai
i-a-o-a-i-a-a-o-a-i-a-u-a-i-a-i-i-u-a

swirling whirling through the city of ages
you sink a bit whenever angels fly
do you have a feeling for their fuzzy faces?
are you close enough to see into their eyes?

you're magic fit and free
taxi holds on the breeze
a dream's a dream of feelings
that never fall at all
holds his thoughts in chains
and tries to bust up the walls

every day it's just another breath
every night another little death
do you scratch and itch when your head feels tight
or wave it away and just stay out all night?

got your head in the trees
if that's the way you're feeling
it's not good or bad
channels of thought revealing now
some things we all had

I'm having a wonderful vision of the city today
buildings all lined up neat on straight sun lit blocks
avenue canyons stretch forever
handcut panes grooved like a record
flat bridge
peer, boat, docks
I'm slipping round the bottom edge [line echoes]

do you trip and breeze
down city streets
just a little free
with your head in the trees

[Lee]
this she did in public for us to see
she came in here too drunk to do the show
between the trains and cars
broken glass and lost hub-caps, images of a gun
row house row house pass through
let the city rise up to fill the screen
clothes flung out of closets, doorknobs falling off
the guitar guy played real good feedback, and super sounding riffs
with his mild mannered look on, yeah he was truly hip
the girl started out in red patent leather
very I'm in a band with knee pads
we watch her fall over and lay down,
shouting the poetic truths of high school journal keepers
row house row house pass through, let the city rise up
twister, dust buster, hospital bed, I'll see you, see you
see you on the highway
now we're told so merge ideas, of song forms and freedom
miss seafood, miss cheesecake, a couple of miss donuts
the edge of a blade pressed to the throat of your reflected image
poised, yet totally screwed up
yes sir, yes sir, step right up

none of us know, where we're trying to get to
what sort of live where we trying to build
now we're told so merge ideas, of song forms and freedom
seasons out of life, nothing is out of reach
L.A. is more confusing now, than anywhere I've ever been to
I'm from New York City, breath it out and let it in

where are you now?
when your broken eyes are closed
head in a cloudy dream, green and sailboats
borrowed and never returned
emotions, books, outlooks on life

hello 20 15!

hello, 20, 15!

time takes its crazy toll
and how does your mirror grow
you better watch yourself when you jump into it
'cause the mirror's gonna steal your soul

I wonder how it came to be my friend
that someone just like you has come again
you'll never, never know how close you came
until you fall in love with the diamond rain

throw all his trash away
look out he's here to stay
your mirror's gonna crack when he breaks into it
and you'll never never be the same

look into his eyes and you can see
why all the little kids are dressed in dreams
I wonder how he's gonna make it back
when he sees that you just know it's make-belief

blood crystalized as sand
and now I hope you'll understand
you reflected into his looking glass soul
and now the mirror is your only friend

look into his eyes and you will see
that men are not alone on the diamond sea
sail into the heart of the lonely storm
and tell her that you'll love her eternally

time takes its crazy toll
mirror fallin' off the wall
you better look out for the looking glass girl
'cause she's gonna take you for a fall

look into his eyes and you shall see
why everything is quiet and nothing's free
I wonder how he's gonna make her smile
when love is running wild on the diamond sea

lay down your lucky hand, upon her heart
morning becomes a kite, tangled up in stars
laugh in the midday light, and leave - it behind
move out into his sundry eyes, and sing, unwind

hang down your lucky head, a sign to time
morning becomes the sun, for the dandy line
sooner than the midday light, we leave behind
love is out into the sundry light, you sing, unwind

yeah, I take my baby down to the street and I buy him a soda-pop
he's so sweet

alright now, alright now, alright now
you said that

if you want I'll be the one
take you out and have some fun
I never never ever ever tell no one
till the end, till the morning comes

yeah, I take my baby down to the corner and
I buy him a soda-pop
hmm hmm

alright now, alright now, alright now

if you want I'll be the one
take you out and have some fun
flip a quarter for the toss
I'd like mine with apple-sauce

yeah, I take my baby down to the corner and
I buy him a soda-pop
`cause he's so neat, sweet

alright now, alright now, alright now
okay now

if you want I'll be the one
shake my legs and have some fun
my hearts spinnin' round like a washing machine
never saw the devil look so damn clean

yeah, I take my baby down to the corner and
I buy him a soda-pop
and he said: "honey, you look so fine"
and I said: okay, alright, okay, alright

I was walking up, got to the end of the street
it's real empty
and I looked out and it turned into a big field
and I looked up in the sky
and I looked up in the clouds
and I saw this face looking down at me
and it's a women's face
and she threw a quarter down at me and she said:
"honey, here's a quarter go put it in the washing machine"
and then I looked up at her,
I looked up

hey sad angel walks, and he talks like a girl
out trying to think why it stinks, he's not a girl
now he's kicked in the gut, they fucked him up, just enough
they got me down on my knees, I kiss his ring, God is love
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
hey hey are you gay? are you God?
my brain's a bomb, to turn you on
everything is all right
god is gay, and you were right
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
hey hey it's okay, hey hey it's okay hey hey it's okay, hey it's okay (x5)
hey hey it's okay, hey hey it's okay (x6)
aaaaaaaawwwooooooowwwaaaaaaaooo
god said it's all right, for you to fight
to free yr mind
whose side are you on?
like a bomb, yr free tonite
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
androgynous mind, androgynous mind
hey hey it's okay, hey hey it's okay hey hey it's okay, hey it's okay (x5)
hey hey

dry as a bone, take it to heart
don't look back, you're the one
that's alright, straight from the bone
walk on by, look to the left
touched by none, that's alright
that's alright, dark as ink
you are the one, Lord just thirteen
no matter fun, truth never seen
dry as a bone, dry as a bone
hands in yr pants, tied to the tree
rocked back and forth, hips in the leaves
thighs in the bark, make me free
that's alright
you are the one, don't look back
strength from the heart, walk on by
that's alright, that's alright
white boy say, yr just fine
first to the last, take it okay
momma don't know, walk straight by
look to the left, you are the one
poor little bone, shiver inside
fast talking walk, bone girl go inside
that's alright, that's alright
don't look back, push yr hips up
yr gonna be free, just for a while

10, 20, 30, 40
tell me that you wanna hold me
tell me that you wanna bore me
tell me that you gotta show me
tell me that you need to slowly
tell me that yr burning for me
tell me that you can't afford me
time to tell yr dirty story
time f'r turning over and over
time f'r turning four leaf clover

betting on the bull in the heather

10, 20, 30, 40
tell me that you wanna scold me
tell me that you a-dore me
tell me that you're famous for me
tell me that yr gonna score me
tell me that you gotta show me
tell me that you need to sorely
time to tell yr love story
time f'r turning over and over
time f'r turning four leaf clover
betting on the bull in the heather

take one, to come
doctor's orders, no more borders
take one, make some
feeling bolder, no more disorder
mother's not to blame
she's feeling no pain
doesn't feel the drain
she says it's not her brain
all right, no wrong
she used to be cleanin', now she's just dreamin'
she's right, you're wrong
she thinks it's the weather, feels light as a feather
mother's such a mess
she forgets how to dress
she thinks she's lookin' her best
she's no longer depressed
take one, bake one
used to be tragic, now it's like magic
just one, for fun
mother's new pet, it's not hard to get
mother came home today
wearing a big bouquet
she threw her self away
she's taking up spanish ole

seaside rever gonna rock the boat
gonna roll it up fat superdope
yeah pass it around or stick it on a pin
boyie lover with the bunny skin (?)
my plastic lady here's a glitter roll
straight from my heart thu thy soul
yeah I don't care about dirty hair
all praise due queen and yogi bear
so get back in the boat yeah
vicarious pleasure in my brain
fantastic life never the same
identity come set it free
come set me out to mystery
mistert mind yah
silly rabbit kicks are for kids
yr carrot souffle's got me on the skids
don't care about dirty hair
got a fuzzy finger miss bunny tail
hip hop till you drop yeah
hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop

yr the thrill of a million
walking down the sidewalk
feel like an alarm clock
woke up and dressed up
don't look like a t-shirt
I feel just like a donut
come and take the trash out
what's the use of crying
don't look like a bummer
feel just like a burger
can I make him like me
do you feel like I do
don't look like a slip skirt
I feel just like a poser
I don't look like an angel
I GUESS I'll put some jeans on
make my lips look redder
true you still look better
this is for Lisa
ran away to the west
faxed my mom for the test
couldn't stay for the rest
then I met him Jess
he is just the best
we kissed right under a tree
I felt so salty free
I felt so salty free
I felt nothing like me
I felt so s-a-lty free
all your dreams will come true, all my dreams came true
but now, I have a bunch of other dreams, ta-dum-dum
it's gotta be hot hot (?)
I felt so s-a-lty free

wraaaaaaoooghhaaaaa

SST, superstore
society, Screaming Skull
Lemonheads, superstore
society, SST
I'd go there, I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
let's go there, it's just it's fair
I'll go there, Pat Smear

Superchunk, Society
Sunset Strip, Screaming Skull
society, Husker Du
Lemonheads, SST
I'd go there, but I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
Let's go there, Sister's there
I'll go there, Pat Fear

society, superstore
SST, Lemonheads
Sunset strip, society
Screaming skull, Husker Du
I'd go there, but I don't care
I'll go there, it's just to stare
let's go there, it's just it's fair
I'll go there, Pat Smear

I remember when you first arrived
magic marker on yr belly button alright, alright
I read what you said you said drop dead oh no, oh no
I need you now cuz I know you got nowhere to go

schizo-action baby create a scene
I'm the type-a-guy to boost yr self-esteem
we party all night cuz it's you, you, you everyday
self-obsessed and sexxee all the way

I remember yr bloody trail to the top, the top
took it all too far now you just can't stop, don't stop
I'll help collect yr soul from the lost and found, it's around
and I will build you up while they put you down

schizo-action baby create a scene
I'm the type-a-guy to boost yr self-esteem
we party all night cuz it's you, you, you everyday
self-obsessed and sexxee all the way, all the way

party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time
party party party party all the time

Here, there
Here, there
Down to the bottom around
on the bottom we go

Oh what a bottom it is

Ooh I love you

Kiss beyond kiss me on the lips

Ooh I love you

Ohh baby baby
Kinda crazy, kinda messy too

TURBO GOES TO ROCKET
PUT YR KISS IN MY HAND
SINSATE YR BELLY DOWN
BEN DDOWN ROUND THIS GARBAGE CAN
PLOW POUND DOWN
DIRTY STARFIELD ROAD
HOT HAM SLAP IT MUSCLE SKIN JAM LOAD
BALM BAM I TRANSPLODE
YOU TO THE LAMB
JESUS IS SCREAMING YR NAME
VIOLENT LOVING YEH KISSING GOLDEN
WE'RE GOING INSANE
BUT WHERER IS THE SHAME
WHEN THE STUCK PIG IS TO BLAME
AI YE BUTT CHEECK CAIN'T BE TAMED
AS I SPLOOEY M'NAME
IN FLAME

I hear my angel Mountain baby
Pretend to everlast a lady
Marlboro belt buckle baby
They told me you were crazy
I feel that I could burst
Gimme a lttle drink of yr sweet time
Is it the way you think
or just a pattern of yr glory
Is it just some story
You wrote all for me
You think yr my home
Down deep yr whorey
I know you
I'm from you
I know you
I'm from you
I'm coming home to Swall Drive
Cowboys are languishin
Little girl's are bees
Is it really a green stage coach
Crawling up to me

I dreamt that you're my vacation
Woke up to find desire and dislocation
Yr always heavy in rotation
Coming on, flirting with the nation
I feel that I could burst
Gimme a little drink of yr sweet time
Why is the way you grew
Still leave me wanting you
Smelling the nite jasmine
Hypnotises me
The flower tells me stories
That make me sick and free
I know you
I'm from you
I know you
I'm from you
I'm coming home to Swall Drive
Alice is a chain store
Down past 1st and Vine
You can shop there anytime
It's all very fine
Look his hair is colored
Do you think he grows
Look it's changing colors
It's bigger than a rose
Look it's changing colors
It's bigger than a rose
Look it's changing colors
It's bigger than a rose
Look it's changing colors
It's bigger than a rose