Slanted And Enchanted

Ice baby,
I saw your girlfriend and she was
Eating her fingers like they're just another meal
But she waits there
In the levee washes
Mixin' cocktails with a plastic-tipped cigar

My eyes stick to all the shiny roses
You wear on the protein delta strip
In an abandoned house but i will wait there
I'll be waiting forever...
I'll wait and wait and wait...

Minerals, ice deposits daily, dropped off
The first shiny robe
I've got a lot of things i want to sell, but
Not here, babe-- tortuuurreeee...

Every time i sit around i find i'm shot
Every time i sit around i find i'm shot
Every time i turn around i find i'm shot
Every time i sit around i find i'm shot
Every time every time...
You're my... summer babe
Summer babe

I can't sing it strong enough
'cause that kind of strength i just don't have
If you watch the light change
Don't hold them hanging
You think it's easy, but you're wrong
I am not one-half of the problem
Zurich is stained and it's not my fault
Just hold me back or let me run

What does it mean, a mistake or two?
If it's the kind of mistakes no one can trace
To the fountain where we sold it
And held them hanging
You think it's easy, but you're wrong
I am not one-half of the problem
Zurich is stained and it's not my fault
Just hold me back or let me run

You think it's easy, but you're wrong
I am not one-half of the problem
Zurich is stained and it's not my fault
Just hold me back or let me run

I was dressed for success
But success it never comes
And i'm the only one who laughs
At your jokes when they are so bad
And your jokes are always bad
But they're not as bad as this

Come join us in a prayer
We'll be waiting waiting where
Everything's ending here

And all the sterile striking it defends
An empty dock you cast away
And rain upon your forehead
Where the mist's for hire if it's just too clear
Let's spend our last quarterstance randomly
Go down to the outlet once again

Painted portraits of minions & slaves
Crotch mavens and one night plays
Are they the only ones who laugh?
At the jokes when they are so bad
And the jokes they're always bad
But they're not as bad as this

Come join us in a prayer
We'll be waiting waiting where
Everything's ending here

And all the spanish candles unsold
Away have gone to this
And a "run-on piece of mount on"
Trembles, shivers, runs down the freeway
I guess she spent her last quarter randomly
I guess a guess is the best i'll do
Last time last time
Was the best time

Two states!
We want two states
North and south
Two, two states
40 million daggers! [x4]
Two states!
We want two states
There's no culture
There's no spies
40 million daggers! [x4]

Lies and betrayals
Fruit-covered nails
Electricity and lust won't break the door
I've got a heavy coat- it's filled with rocks and sand
And if i lose it i'll be comin' back today
(i've got a message for you)
I'll be comin' back today
(i keep it in my hand)
You know i'm comin' back one day
(i've got a sister or two)
And i'll be comin' back today

Ex-magician, still knows the tricks
Tricks are everything to me
Until it's free- i've got a trigger cut
And i can't pull it back
But if i learn how i'll be coming back today
(i've got a message for you)
I'll be coming back today
(i keep it in my hand)
You just look at me and say
(i've got a sister or two)
You know i wish you went away

I learned the truth
The truth of the words
Truth i made for you
Because it's just as good
And if i spit it out
Before i chew the ring
I'll rearrange it
'til it looks just right today
(i've got a message for you)
And i'll be comin' back back my way
(i keep it in my hand)
You will look at me and say
(i've got a sister or two)
You just wish i went away

Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
Watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame
I've got a secret for you, i cut your angel in two
I left her bleeding and soaked it with a dry sponge
No life has singed her now [3x]
(i can see it fade)

We've got a license to live, it's our only one
If it expires we float up to the dust haze
I've got a picture of you, i cut your angel in two
I saw her spinning and dripping on your new dress
No life has singed her now [3x]
(i can see it fade)

I've got one holy life to live
I've got one holy life to give
I've got one holy life to live
I've got one holy life to give
[repeat]