Friction Baby

(written by kevin griffin)


Got an angel on the stairs
As if you'd even care
When the lights are up
And the sun had nearly gone... down

Did you see him on the street
Did you pass him at your feet
Did you think at all
How dare they even look me in the eye

And he loves the girls
And he loves the boys
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over

So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Got a ticket to a show
Did you see him take a blow
When the drunk one said
Cat stevens was the greatest singer

Did you kick him in the head
Did you see the blood run down
Did you laugh at all
When the people walked right by and said aloud
Gutter punks, you're all the same
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over

So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Set him up
Let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Radio in my head
Radio in my car
Goin' down again
He's goin' down... again

Any way you look
Any way you talk it over
It's easier
To let it slip out of your mind

But it rips your heart out
Then it kicks your head in
Wouldja you give him one more chance
Try and see the beauty in his world

All the way in on my hands
In on my feet and shoulders
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over

So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans
Yeah

(written by kevin griffin)


Are you lost?
Do you find life turning out
Not quite the way you planned?
Come around stay awhile

That's okay
That's all right
Couldn't get to sleep so talk about it.
Let's talk about it right now.

Here it comes on my head again
I guess i'm born to be the long lost friend.
(a-woo-oooh)
Friend
Long lost friend

Are you cold?
Is there no place better, safer, friendlier than this?
Call me up, i'm alone.

That's okay
That's all right
Rather it be me than go without it
So don't think about it right now.

Here it comes on my head again
I guess i'm born to be the long lost friend
(a-woo-ooh-hooo)
Friend
Long lost friend

I've given ballast
Held you up when you were falling down
What happens when i'm not around?

Friend?
Friend?
Long lost friend.

(written by kevin griffin)


Strong hands
Big plans
All reduced to this.
Hard won freedom
How could you have missed?

Scared, are you?
You do it on your own
You do it all alone.
We all did.
Scared, are you?
Half the lines we make up dear
The best that we can do.

Everything you would be
Passed you like a ghost.
And kind words are scarce at best
When you need them the most.

Scared, are you?
You do it on your own
We all did.
Scared, are you?
Half the lines you make up here.
The best that we can do.

Hope brings you luck
Doors open up.
And if you should fall,
I'll catch you dear.
It must be!
It must be!

Scared, are you?
Finally on your own
You do it all alone
We all did
Scared, are you?
Half the lines you make up dear.
The best that we can do
And we do....

(written by kevin griffin)



Past the road to your house
That you never called home
Where they turned out the lights
Though they say you'll never know

I remember running through the wet grass
Falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting

When they pumped out your guts
Filled you full of those pills
You were never quite right
Deserving all the chills
They say the worst is over
Kicked it over and ran
Then they ask what went wrong
When they turn you on again
They turn you on again.

I remember running through the wet grass
Falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting

Kick them right in the face
Make them wish they weren't born
And if they bring up your name
Well they'll say you won the war.
Baby burst in the world
Never given a chance
Then they ask what went wrong
When you never had it right

Oh, the letters have dropped off
Though they say you got them all
I finally figured out some things you'll never know.
Take back your life and let me inside
We'll find the door if you care to anymore.

I remember running through the wet grass
Falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting.

(written by kevin griffin)



If they calm you down,
Then excite them
If they call you out,
Then ignore them.

You're speeding up
You're speeding up
To slow down

When they all believe,
You reject it.
When they all are for,
Be against it.

You're speeding up
You're speeding up
To slow down

If they call you out
They will tear you down
When your world falls in
Then they'll leave you dry

You're speeding up
You're speeding up
To slow down
Down, down, down

(written by kevin griffin)



Ten-cent lovers
Beneath the covers
Riding on a wet dream
Silver tonic free

High stool sweet tarts
Equipped with green cards
Chomp their 401k's
Semi-chocolate brie

Digging in las cruces
For an army drab container
Carbon dating clothes
For the last time they were washed

Shelby and sheila
Onomatopoeia
Catch hang nail on banlon
Shiver martin sheen

Preschool mothers
In technicolor
Are fire-bombing dresden
Stanton, harry dean

Feeding line caught tuna
To a neutered bodhisattva
Writhing peaches for the president
Out on the white house lawn
Beating herbert hoover
With a leather tipped pi