unknown

You see the big fat man with a skinny, skimpy blonde
Who lets him kiss her hand
Because he, ooh, breathes diamond rings when he sings
He talks like columbian coffee with cream
It's not, ooh, too, ooh, sweet

Money (x10) yeah
Money makes the world go round round round round
Bom de-dooble dooble bom.... etc.....
Doo bow mow

A blur of cheap hotel rooms and a vibrating bed
It's hot feelings, cold feet, hey, yo, gimme some
Head into the bathroom just to powder her nose
Clip her fingernails and paint her toes
And it's all, ooh, for, uuh, money

Money (x10) yeah
Money makes the world go round round round round bom de-dooble dooble
Bom.... etc.....(again, but different)

She used to be pretty with a real cute face
Dreams and morals and an eternal fireplace
Then in came the shadow man he blew out her light
And now there like so many her life is just a fight
[and now, like so many, there's just a little pilot light]
It's a fight for money

Money (x10) yeah
Money makes the world go rooouuuund

(vocal pains for a solo :)

You see the big fat man with a skinny, skimpy blonde
Who lets him kiss her hand
Because he, ooh, breathes diamond rings when he sings
He talks like columbian coffee with cream
It's not, ooh, too, ooh, sweet

Money (x10) yeah
Monet makes the world
Money (x10)
Money makes the world go rooooooouuuuuuund.

Transcribed by tom proven

Lasciatemi morire
Lasciatemi morire
E chi volete
Voi che mi conforte
In cosi dura sorte
In cosi gran martire
Lasciatemi morire
Lasciatemi morire
E chi volete
Voi che mi conforte
In cosi dura sorte
In cosi gran martire
Lasciatemi morire
Lasciatemi morire


Translation:
Let me die, let me die
Why do you want to console me
In such a bitter fate?
In such a great torment?
Let me die, let me die...

I went out a-wandering
Beneath an unknown sky
The heavens all shook violently
You caught my eye

A strange fruit fell
And struck me to the core
My heart became a single flame
It wanted nothing more

Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place
And hold me..........hold me

The clock became a bullet hole
Cruel and unkind
It hurt me with its second hand
Alone another night

Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place

Blue.....is that you?
Well, don't bother knocking on my door this time
Blue.....
Go be true for someone else
There's no room inside this heart of mine
My heart has four empty rooms
Three wait for lightning and one waits for you

I must have you all to myself
Feel the full weight of your skin
I'll hollow out my insides
To place you in

Stranger, enter from the east
Stranger, step inside this place
And hold me.......hold me
Hold me

* jewel and atz together

A little yodeling song
For my man yo
And i know that yo don't know
That i wrote this song a late one night
He'd heard me yodeling down at hobo gin's
And we were hanging out at the putter inn
He was beggin me to yodel
And oh yo he wasn't half the type
He held out his hand
I said "what's your name?"
And he said "yo"
So i asked him again
And he said "yo" again
So i figured it must be his name
Well i was having some perculiar thoughts
But you can't say much with a name like atz
So i settled back
Tried to figure out yo-yo's game
Now yo was sailin three sheets of the wind
With a frozen stare
And an ear-to-ear grin
He kept beggin me to yodel, sayin
"g-gget up there and yodel with the band"
It was my good friend rod with a hired gun
So i stepped up to have a little bit of fun
With the lead, and the bass and the drummer and the rhythm man
Now yo he staggered right up to the stage
He had this angelic smile on his face
That sucker looked like he floated up to heaven and he died
While i never had a fan quite like yo before
He stood there mesmerized on the floor
He started stompin and clappin when he heard my yodeling cry

(chorus)
And i said
*yo this yodeling song's for you
No matter where you go
No matter what you do
Remember that time spent yodeling's time well spent
I've never had myself a fan club before
But yo don't you know that one thing's for sure
If i do i'll make you my fan club president

And i said
*(yodel)


Well when i got through
I said "there you go yo"
And he was still smiling but his eyes were still closed
And i thought i was going to get away from him
But then he opened them wide and said
"i-ii want to hear some more"
Well i was wearing out my welcome and i was running out of time
But i decided that i'd yodel up another line
Cause i thought it was the only way i could get yo off the floor
Then i got to thinking
I realized
Suddenly i realized
Why old yo liked yodeling
Because everytime i yodeled i was saying yo's name
Well then i got to thinking it probably wouldn't work too well
In fact it downright sounds like hell
If you ever try to yodel using anybody elses name

Try inga
*inga-lay (etc.)

See what i mean it just doesn't work

So in this whole wide world
No matter where i go
One thing i've learned
I've finally know
I'll never yodel again if there's anyone in the audience named yo

And i said
*yo this yodeling song's for you
No matter where you go
No matter what you do
Remember that time spent yodeling's time well spent
I've never had myself a fan club before
But yo don't you know that one thing's for sure
If i do i'll make you my fan club president

And i said
*(yodel)
(long yodel)

"i went to school here in michigan at a place
Called interlochen, and, uh, there's a lot of dancers there.
About 60% of the dancers were either anorexic or bulemic.
And i often blamed it on their boyfriends.
So i wrote this about that.
I didn't agree with that, by the way."

Gonna walk down the street
And seduce every man i meet
Because i'm having a bad day.
I am
Not size six.
My legs are not
Skinny as sticks
And dammit, someone's got to pay.
(that's the power of a woman, ohhhh)

I feel unattractive.
I'm gonna see if it's true.
I'm going to break a heart or maybe two.
I'm gonna put on a sexy red thing
Gonna run very late
I'm gonna pull some strings
Cause my strength is in my
Power over you.
(the power of a woman)

But i'm afraid that i can't satisfy myself
And that my happiness depends on someone else.
I feel weak, so you're gonna take the fall.
You're so small, you're so small, you're so small.
You're so small, i feel fat, you're so small.
You're so small, i don't feel anything, cuz you're so small.

There's a man on the front porch
Says he's related to me
But lately i'm finding
It hard to believe
This house is filled with
Spooks and ghosts
They say they're family
But they are strangers at most

They're strange fishes of the deep blue sea
And absolutely nothing like me
They swim around their little treasure chests
When it comes to loving me they give it their fish best
But it's hard with all those scales
Of good and bad you see (2nd time: of morality)
They're my fish family
My fish family

They may try and hook me
Or put me in a tank
They may try and book me
For robbing a fish bank
'cause misunderstanding comes easily
But they're blowing bubbles
And i can hardly breathe

And when will they understand
I just wanna marry a man
Without seaweed in his teeth,
Without barnacle for hair
Without seaweed in his ears
But their fish ears won't hear me
They're my fish family

They're strange fishes of the deep blue sea
And absolutely nothing like me
They swim around their little treasure chests
When it comes to loving me they give it their fish best
But it's hard with all those scales of morality
They're my fish family
My fish family.

Transcribed by silver kat

The weathers getting cold
But its ninety degrees outside
It feels like i'm driving so slow
But this old ford is cruising ninety-five

I thought i could hear your cold words
After all, they were just words
I thought i could see your sad eyes
After all, eyes won't lie

I thought that i could just take this hatred in
Let it back out and see love again
But know i'm giving up
But i'm never giving in

So you can take my life
And you can keep this heart
But you never can take my soul
No never can take my soul

It feels so good like i'm laughing
But theres these tears running down my face
I dry my eyes to see the sun rise
Only to find its set, its too late

So i sit there and listen to you scream
After all, i never would
But i cry before i go to sleep
After all, i knew i wasn't what i should be

I thought that i should just take this hatred in
Let it back out and see love again
But now i'm giving up
But i'm never giving in

So you can take my life
You can keep this heart
But you never can take my soul
No never can take my soul

I tried to say goodbye yesterday
But we ended up in bed instead
*(i don't understand this entire line)
But i couldn't, had to turn away, turn my head

Give me the strength to let you go
After all, i never could
*(i don't understand this entire line)
After all, i knew i wasn't what i should be

I thought that i should just take this hatred in
Let it back out and see love again
But know i'm giving up
But i'm never giving in

You can take my life, you can have this heart
*(don't understand this entire line)
You can have all my hands, my feet and my head
And all of those good things i did everywhere
But you never can take my soul

You'd think that you could posses
All of my looks, all of my prettiness
All of my feelings and my lovings too
But don't you know that you were the fool

But you never can take my soul
No never can take...
Can't take my soul.

It's morning time, wonder where you are
Wonder who you're talking to
Wonder if the sun has risen where you are
It's morning time, i miss your hands on my skin
This bed's too big without you
Oh god, what do i do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and i'm lying next to you.

The sun shines golden, and i feel like my car
A little run down, a little beat up, maybe just a little green
Maybe it's my battery, maybe it's my starter,
Maybe my heart's too weak
There's just this feeling, thought i had to get going
Got too scary, got too big, got to get out of here
But now i don't know how to get home.
Oh god, what do i do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.

Mama says take my vitamins,
Daddy says "girl, don't stay out so late"
Sister says "there's other fishes in the sea"
But love is not a rational thing, and my heart is beyond advice
No, love is not a rational thing
Oh god, what do i do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.

These fields stretch out like patchwork, on my granny's quilt
She used to tell me that
"life is a series of strange and mysterious things
One minute you think you're up, the next you find you're down"
Your mind says "girl, you gotta stick around"
But your heart says "i'm too weak in the knees"
Oh god, what do i do?
I'm a thousand miles away, and lying next to you.

Standing in a circle the wolves have come
But they won't bother her, no
'cause dancing with her hands of leaves she'll sing for them
And ease their hungerin'
She's a quiet warrior.

Standing at the ocean's stoney shores
The waves all worship her
She stands in trust and lets the night swallow her
Because she knows that she's a piece of the sun
And a quiet warrior.

You ask her where from the wind blows
She'll say it's how the sky sings
And you ask her how does the sun rise
She'll say 'cause you desire it to be seen
And you ask her how does she make your heart fly
And she'll tell you, you know why
She's your quiet warrior.

Ravens they rest on his golden crown
And steal your soul
He smiles and it feels like you've known him
Yes it feels like coming home
He's a quiet warrior.

And roaring silently he's a lion
And he'll hunt for you
His eyes are warm because his hands they are made of light
And they seduce your soul
He's a quiet warrior.

You ask him where from the wind blows
He says that the earth breathes
And you ask him how does the sun rise
He'll say that she's got wings
And you ask him how does he make your heart fly
And he'll tell you, you know why
He's your quiet warrior.

Transcribed by dan stark

Grew up in the mississippi delta
In a shotgun shack
Washboard for my pillow
'til the tax man took that back
Moved out on my own
I was just eight years old ... top that

You think you got the blues
Look at my life
I've got the blues more than you do ... blues

When i was an itty-bitty baby
I was my mama's only surviving son
She used my head as a washrag
I thought it was fun
Walked to school upway both ways
With no legs ... top that

You think you got the blues
Look at my life
I've got the blues more than you do ... blues



Got so drunk the other night i couldn't find my way home
Had to have a blind man show me
When i finally did get there,
My own dog had disowned me
A womam in a bar just looks at me and coughed and said
"i don't even know you, but i wish you'd die off" ... top that

You think you got the blues
Look at my life
I've got the blues more than you do ... blues

Would you like to ram your tongue down my throat
Would you like to grab my thighs
Yes, i have got nice tits
They are the perfect grab me size

I'm just a nice girl
Thought i had everything
Until you flashed me
And i saw what i've been missing

I've been saving myself my whole life
For some slimeball like you to come along
I am so desperate
I'll do you and your mom

I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When i think about what i've been given
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
Yeah, yeah

I was just thinking that it'd really turn me on
If some guy would drive by and show me his tongue
I was just thinking that it'd really make my day
If he offered me a place to stay with pay

I'm just a nice girl
Thought i had everything
Until you flashed me
And i saw what i've been missing

I've been saving myself my whole life
For some sketcher like you to come along
I am so desperate
I'll do you on the front lawn

I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When i think about what i've been given
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
Yeah, yeah

I was just thinking that it'd be really cool
If i got hit up side the head with a manly tool
That way he could have nothing left to say
And have his way with me all day

Cuz i'm just a nice girl
Thought i had everything
Until you flashed me
And i saw what i've been missing

I've been saving myself my whole life
For some motherfucker like you to come along
I am so desperate
I am writing you this song

And you're so vain
You probably think this song is about you

I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When i think about what i've been given
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women

did you forget about the passion
Of living day to day
We keep our dreams locked down inside
And choking on a lifetime
And never take a chance
Wake up one day wishing you tried

And it ain't about the money
It ain't about the time
It ain't about the love you lost
Or the things you think you left behind
And it ain't about your losing streak
Makes you feel like you're falling apart
What matters is the heart

Lets forget about the notion
That we're not the same
My blood runs as red as yours
We all get angry
We've all been scared
We've all made big mistakes
That can never be repaired

And it ain't about the money
It ain't about the time
It ain't about the love you lost
Or the things you think you left behind
It ain't about your losing streak
Makes you feel like you're falling apart
What matters is the heart

Look me in the eye
Take my hand
We can make a difference
We can make a difference
I know we can
If we forgot about the passion
Living day to day
We kept our dreams locked down inside
And choking on a life time
And never take a chance
Wake up one day wishing you tried

It ain't about the money
It ain't about the time
It ain't about the love you lost
Or the things you think you left behind
It ain't about your losing streak
Makes you feel like you're falling apart
What matters is the heart

And it ain't about the money
It ain't about the time
It ain't about the love you lost
Or the things you think you left behind
It ain't about your losing streak
Makes you feel like you're falling apart
What matters is the heart

Take me down to the water
Where the cold wind blows
Take me out to the wildlife, baby
The red light meets the crossbow
I will take you there, i will take you there........ down

The exit sign always leads to the west
Bar stools begin to cry
Jupiter looks for a cosmic sign
Still you wonder why
I will take you there, will you take me there?........ down

Underneath the twilight
Stars begin to sigh.....still you wonder why
You can't think of any words to say (note: this line changes almost every
Night)

Take me out to the strawberry fields
The sun drips like honey through my hair
Let the warm lights fill me up
L.a. or anywhere

I will take you there, i will take you there........ down

She lived in a trailer out eastern road
Her loneliness was a disease
But my daddy couldn't see it though
Her name was linda her smile was forced
And folks 'round town say she dressed like a divorce
My daddy had a son by her
'though she wasn't supposed to be able
I was eight years old when they told me 'round the table
I looked at my daddy, he looked to the ground

I guessed that we'd be stickin' round ahwile
Might as well smile cause there's no point in being mean
I guess that's just what you get when you forget to dream

Got called to the principal's office
Did i do something wrong?
Doctor on the telephone said,
"congratulations, you've got a baby brother born."
Got sent to a psychiatrist in case i resented their child.
I was bitter in my anguish but my manner was mild.
My daddy got excommunicated from the mormon church.
Guess an illegitimate son in god's eye has no worth
He tried to stick around but he flew the coop in spring.
He loved that baby just not linda it seemed
But still i know we'd be stickin' round awhile
Might as well smile cause there's no point in bein' mean.
I guess that's just what you get when you forget to dream.
So linda got remarried now my brother called that new man "dad"
But it didn't last long i hear his temper was bad
So she said that we could see him on every other saturday.
We all were shocked when he called my daddy "uncle"
She said it was better that way.
They tried to get back together but it was off and on
One day she disappeared, i hear to oregon.
I haven't seen him since. i guess i'm supposed to forget.
That he was my brother too and not just their legal mess

I thought that we'd be stickin' 'round awhile
Might as well smile 'cause there's no point in bein' mean.
I guess that's just what you get when you forget to dream.

This song is for nikos wherever you may be
I know things were tough but you're okay by me
And your momma ain't a bad person, my daddy's ain't no fool
Sometimes parents just need forgiving too.
Ps, i love you, your sister jewel.
Ps, i love you, your sister jewel.

ladedada

ladedada
ladedada da dum

I'm just a simple girl
In a high tech digital world
I really try to understand
All the powers that rule this land
They say Miss J's big butt is boss
Kate Moss can't find a job
In a world of post modern fad
What was good now is bad

It's not hard to understand
Just follow this simple plan

Follow your heart
Your intuition
It will lead you in the right direction
Let go of your mind
Your intuition
It's easy to find
Just follow your heart baby

ladedada
ladedada
ladedada da dum

You look at me
But you're not quite sure
Am I it or could you get more?
You learn cool from magazines
You learn love from Charlie Sheen

If you want me let me know
I promise i won't say no

Follow your heart
Your intuition
It will lead you in the right direction
Let go of your mind
Your intuition
It's easy to find
Just follow your heart baby

You got something that you want me to sell
Sell your sin
Just cash in
You got something that you want me to tell
You'll love me
Wait and see

If you want me
Don't play games
I promise
It won't be in vain
Uh-uh-uh

Follow your heart
Your intuition
It will lead you in the right direction
Let go of your mind
Your intuition
It's easy to find
Just follow your heart baby

Just follow your heart
Your intuition
It will lead you in the right direction
Let go of your mind
It's easy to find
Just follow your heart baby

Follow your heart
Your intuition
It will lead you in the right direction
Let go of your mind
Your intuition
It's easy to find
Just follow your heart baby

Follow your heart
Your intuition
It will lead you in the right direction
Let go of your mind
Your intuition
It's easy to find
Just follow your heart baby

Follow your heart
Your intuition
It will lead you in the right direction

She dreams of the country
Her eyes go far away.
She wishes for flowers
He says, "perhaps in may."

The city always was gray
The reflections of his eyes.
And she knows he liked it that way
And that way he shall die, well...

She's always known,
That there was something more.
There's this hunger in her belly
Like an instinct it tells her that there's something more.

This living shouldn't be called living
'cause it's really only half a life.
She's a flower that grows despite cement holes
And she will survive, she will survive.

She's a rare breed with violet eyes
And leafy limbs.
In conversations she looks for cracks
To dig her roots deep in.

And her ways come up like daisies,
She pushes her head to the sun.
She says "i am content here to grow
Despite the steel frost that consumes everyone."

She's always known,
That there was something more.
There's this hunger in her belly
Like an instinct it tells her that there's something more.

This living shouldn't be called living
'cause it's really only half a life.
She's a flower that grows despite cement holes.
And she will survive, she will survive.

In the end these steel cages will consume us
And like coffins ignorance will take us in and
Fashion don't mean anything
'cause fashion cannot be our friends.

And when all else fades away
And the city falls into its sleep.
We'll still have flesh, blood, bones and
Our soul to deal with so we should
Dig our roots deep.

Always known,
That there's something more.
There's this hunger in our bellies
It's like an instinct it tells us that there's something more.

This living shouldn't be called living
'cause it's really only half a life.
She's a flower that grows despite cement holes.
And we will survive, we will survive, we will survive, we will
Survive.

Seems like that man took my heart
[feels]
Laid it neatly out before him on the floor
Then he put on the biggest
Heaviest winter boots he had
And stomped on it for three hours,
Maybe four
And i hope his sorrells are ruined forever
Cause you know he knows how to push my every button

Get down to my last nerve

Like the other day he forgot to put his beer can
In the recycling bin
And he meant to do it on purpose i'm sure
So i might just have to tell him
Why his dog, ralph, that ran away three years ago
Won't be coming home again
Cause you know he walks around the house
In his underwear
Whenever my girlfriends come around
And perhaps if he were good looking
I might feel a bit jealous, overzealous
But all i feel is embarrassed
Looking at him standing there
And i hope he never finds his left slipper
And my psychiatrist says i should tell him how i feel
He says, "oh great, i gotta listen to her snivel again"
So i have these little unfulfilled fantasies
Of putting arsenic in his teacup
We'd see who'd be laughing then
If only he was the type to drink tea
Now i hear him come up the driveway
In his el camino
With its black with a red-flame firebird on front
He keeps the keys to himself
He won't take me out to the movies
Cause of football
So i'll just hold out on something else
I'll never cook him another single hungry man tv dinner again
I say, "listen man, you better treat me with some
R-e-s-p-e-c-t
Cause i gotta a whole lotta what you need
Then a whole lot besides, and then still a whole lot more"

He said, "yeah, if you were talking about your weight
That might be true - but otherwise all you give me is
Headache and heartburn"
So i took his hungry man tv dinner and his sorrels
So i took his left slipper and his hungry man tv dinner
And i spit on his sorrels as i walked out the door.

And i spit on him as i walked out the door
By the way, your dog ralph won't be coming home again

Gee your mom looked like shit last night
Hope that tinker toy boyfriend tonks her right
Then again, i could never tell a fist fight from fun
Maybe i've never really known anyone

Just sat still and spit in the fire
I thought i might strangle you but i couldn't find a wire
You've never been the type to make your heart clear
Lest someone overhear

Words drown in your martini glass
Entire sentences slowly drunk or not
But before they slipped away i swore i coulda heard
Them say you wanted me, to be your buttercup
Say you need me to be your buttercup

The party reached a feverish pitch
Good time soldiers drunk and in a ditch
Infidelity a bomb that went off
That left the world to swerve and cough

Stepped over bodies strewn like shipwrecks
Love's last call, warning puke reflex
Faith is for that frozen few
That never met someone quite like you

Words drown in your martini glass
Entire sentences slowly drunk or not
But before they slipped away i swore i coulda heard
Them say you wanted me, to be your buttercup
Say you need me to be your buttercup

Fish don't know they're short, they just feel sideways
And words to you are just the same, they shy away

When legs and limbs are all tucked in
You pull me close to you come night
And i just like a fleshy fruit and hung from the bowl of your side
Your lips may not sell or say
What your eyes give away
You're sweet as pumpkin pie
I take the keys from your hand that stutters up
Let the night air sober you up
Driving home, you make me pull over
You press my hand gently as a four leaf clover

You say sweetheart, i'm a foolish man
I'm ornry and i'm stubborn like my coffee from a can
But without you i would shrivel up and die
Won't you be my
Won't you be my
Won't you be my
Words drown in your martini glass
Entire sentences slowly drunk or not
But before they slipped away i swore i coulda heard
Them say you wanted me, to be your buttercup
Say you need me to be your buttercup
Buttercup, your buttercup, ducks, shnucks, shlucks, shucks

Said, "angel, do you want a ride?"
Said, "angel, i'm tired and i'm lonely
And i need somebody by my side"

It's a long road that stretched from vegas to nowhere
But it'd been an even longer time
Since he found some piece of mind
And he lived off of bubblegum and cigarettes
And got his nourishment from all-night stores
Thought he'd just keep driving
Til he outdrove his sorrow

He said, "angel, oh do you want a ride?"
Said "angel, i'm tired and i'm lonely
And i need somebody by my side"

Her feet were warm and tired
But as determined as a soul
She left with no regrets
But also no posessions did she own
Her heart was as fragile as her thin, loving arms
She's praying to god to take away her lonely
When he pulled on aside of the road

And he said, "angel, oh do you want a ride?"
Said, "angel, i'm tired and i'm lonely
And i need somebody by my side"

The highway goes on forever
I've seen a thousand men like him before
And i've seen a thousand angels that
Got into the car
They're just a couple of lost souls
Looking to rekindle some sort of forgotten dream
I hope they find what they're looking for
In the solace of the road

They said, "angel, do you want a ride?"
Said, "angel, i'm tired and i'm lonely
I'm tired and i'm lonely
I'm tired and i'm lonely
I'm tired and i'm lonely
And i need to have somebody
By my angel"

If you see me speak without words
Know that i am speaking of the wind
And if you see my words like wind
Know that soft tongues cut through stone
And if you see my tongue like stone
Know its wisdom lies in silence
And if you see my wisdom in silence
Then with you i will always be

And if you doubt my true love is true
Just see how you have no mockings on your hands
And if you see you wear no chains
You are free like poor men
And if you see your freedom in being poor
Pleased you'll be with the treasure of your mind
And if you're pleased with the treasure of your mind
Then with you i will always be

And if you wonder how it is that i left
Just watch the sun set slip away
And as you watch that sun slip away
Know some things are better left unseen
And if you know things are better left unseen
Then night shall carry you in her arms
And if you see i carry you in my arms
Then with you i will always be
With you i will always be

Good-bye baby, i don

The water is wide i cant cross o'er
And neither i have wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row - my love and i

Now love is gentle love is kind
The sweetest flower when first its new
But love grows cold and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew

There is a ship she sails the sea
Shes loaded deep as deep as can be
But not as deep as the love im in
I know not how i sink or swim

The water is wide i cant cross o'er
And neither i have wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row - my love and i
And both shall row - my love and i

------------------------------------
The water is wide
Original lyrics

The water is wide. i cannot get o'er
And neither have i wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and i

I leaned my back up against an oak
I thought it was a trusty tree
But first it swayed and then it broke
And so my false love did unto me

Oh love is handsome and love is kind
And love's a jewel when it is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew
Morning dew
Morning dew
Like morning dew

"i don't mean to be bad," said the bubble headed blonde,
And it was probably true.
"but what else can you do when looks are all people notice
And looks are all that they want, too."

And now she's sitting in the bedroom and she's crying
Now she lies beneath his silver satin
Wings cause she was never raised to know any better
Because he is the best thing she has ever seen

And papa said she's too cute for words
So she never learned how to speak
And mama said she don't need to read
Just a hot mercedes and a decent man that won't (spring a leak)?
So now she's sitting in the bedroom and she's crying
Now she lies beneath his silver satin wings
Cause she was never raised to know any better
Because he is the best thing she has ever seen

In school all she learned that talk is cheap
But looks they come for free
They said "hey, why try and think girl, if you can smile
And get anything you need?"

So now she's sitting in the bedroom and she's crying
Now she lies beneath his silver satin wings
Cause she was never raised to know any better
Because he is the best thing she has ever seen

She said "sometimes there's this fear inside
That cannot sleep at night, though he is sleeping fine
And i used to like the way he talked
Before i knew promises were just other words for 'goodbye'."

See now she's sitting in the bedroom and she's crying
As she lies beneath his silver satin wings
Cause she was never raised to know any better
Because he is the best thing she
He is the best thing she will ever see.

It's time now to leave
Quiet the mind of it's chatter
Still the riot in your heart
Disarm the tongue of it's dagger
Tell your arms not to worry so
And listen.....

Step into it
Lift your face into the strong wind
Least we miss it's meaning
Such cold beauty exists here
Do you see it?

Like the landscape
Frozen & waiting to be born
Let me bundle you in clothing
And soft things
Because i love you
I will not send you out into the night
With teeth marks & pride i have stripped you of

We will prepare each other
We will make up our own ceremony
I will draw a compass on your belly

Tell me that its ok
Before you turn me loose
Into the endless sky
Let me kiss you & then send you on your way
For winters can be long
And i will need a friend

See sassy wake up she's ?????
Thinks/things you tell by the ring on her finger
Can't you tell by her fifty dollar shoes
That she's confusing love with the people she uses
But don't worry about nothing, nothing at all
It's just a temporary conscience?
Even spring's? got to fall

See sassy she's a little girl
She looks so ??? she looks so weak?
Papa says that she's too cute for words
So sassy never learned how to scream

But don't worry bout nothing, doll, nothin at all
It's just a temporary conscience
And even spring's(?) got the fall

Hush you baby don't you cry
Papa's gonna feed you some good advice
Hush you baby don't miss this(?)
Papa's gonna buy you a pretty dress
As though that could mend your heart
As though it could keep you from being torn apart
As though it were your destiny
To face every man you meet
On your knees

See sassy wake up on the other side
Stares at a/her wedding dress and starts to cry
She's got big eyes but they don't see too clear
Otherwise she never would have ended up here

But don't worry about nothing doll nothing at all
It's just a temporary conscience
And even saints/streets/straights got to fall.
Yeah yeah

See sassy wake up she's a lover?
See sassy wake up she's alone?
See sassy wake up she's alone

Gray sky
No one's out there
To help me find
My way home

And half a jar
Of salsa
Is in my fridge
It's been there weeks

But i'm afraid if i wish tonight
My lucky star will be out of sight
It's only when the moon is high
I start to miss you standing by
Oh, be still, my little heart

A thousand things
Fill each day
Grocery lists
???? the ?car?

Now crowded rooms
Make it easier
To forget
I'm alone

It's only when the moon is high
I start to miss you standing by
But i'm afraid if i wish tonight
My lucky star will be out of sight
Oh, be still, my little heart

Oh, be still, my little heart

Went downtown just to be a martyr
But a telephone pole beat me to it
It was covered in barbed wire
Saw a little boy's white teeth
Like wild horses encaged by an iron string

Oh god...does not feel good unless he bleeds

And daily crucifictions are hung up on street signs
They use all sorts of names
Hope they never use mine
These consonants and vowels
That cannot scream nor howl
Only just hang around

Oh god...how'd things get so turned around

And in the office building
9 to 5 goes on trial
The man is startin to crack
But the ceiling stones smile
And the boss comes in
To see what fragile things
His dull and pointless tongue can tear

Oh god...he combed over a baldspot with a bit of hair

Cause everybody needs
Somebody else to blame
They can't curse themselves
They take their doctor's name in vain
They'd rather jump through hoops
And theraputic groups
Than in their own minds delve

Oh god...why don't we believe in ourselves

Sometimes
I think
Life is just a movie
And these
Strangers
Are folks we really know
Sit back
Relax
Enjoy some popcorn
Life's a great big mystery show

Saw tiny faces that are tattered and torn
But there's paint upon the mansion that is hardly worn
I'd like to go inside
But why i don't know
As though i could peel the paint
And feed it to the poor

Oh god...can't live like this anymore

My landlord..no...
My neighbor is as tolerant as a feeding shark
But they tell me that her bite is much better than her bark
She goes ramblin on
From dusk until dawn
Sayin i should try bein' like her sometime

Oh god...think somethin's died inside her mind

Cause
Sometimes...

Life's a great big mystery show

Oh my angel
Sweet sweet angel
Come to me swiftly
Its night so still

The dawn bus come swiftly
I've been gone so long
Your face is so lovely
Its makes my faith strong

My hands are unsteady
I'm so far from home
Just tell me, angel,
I'm never alone

...
(i write them and then i forget them)
...(oh yeah)

Lay with me angel
Speak not a word
Your body is so slender
Like the wings of a bird

Fly from me angel
You see a dawn's a cuup (??)
I'll be with you angel
On the wings of a song

Yodel--ohh--oie
Yodel--ohh--oie--de--you
Yodel--ohh--oie--de--you--ahh
Yodel--ohh--tii-oie--de--you--ahh
Ahhhh ooooo

So much space can fit in a side
More than words can say
I'm left here with my hands all awkward
Trying to mend space

I used to know you
But not anymore
Your substance has been subtracted
Word by word

Silence in my ears
Where once you offered your conviction
Your promises are dried beats
They're cracked with nostalgia

But that's all right
That's okay
Had no business
Giving myself to you anyway
Be careful next time for sure
And i'll
I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
To a carnivore
Carnivore

Your soul is an ink stain
Your perfection is amend
You're as fragile as your thoughtlessness
As strong as you can bend

You could only believe in embryos
Held all your high hopes through a telescope
Lavender haunted you
So i could own your life in yellow

You have a fire down in genius, subtlety
And you slip through the fingers of ambiguity

Well, that's all right
That's okay
Had no business
Giving myself to you anyway
Be careful next time for sure
And i'll
I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
I'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
To a carnivore

Well i didn't know
But i won't do it again
This time i'll be my own best friend
And i'll take back my song and my poetry
This time i won't be so easy to read

And i'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
And i'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
And i'll never trust my pink fleshy heart
To a carnivore
To a carnivore
To a carnivore

A naked thigh has much to talk about
If it's just approached right.
Just like girls who talk too much
In crowded barrooms like last night.
Just like our lisa, ain't that right?
Conversations overheard,
Sacred silver dollars become petty change.
Suddenly red lipstick finds itself
On the wrong side of her age.
Just like our lisa, ain't that strange?

And washed nylons bleed dirty tears
From a stranger's window pane.
The red light cannot change the mood
Of the blue guitar that's played. blue guitar.

The sound of painted nails are playing.
Hi-ho silver, add another glass.
Good intentions can beat up sick attention
And louisa finishes last.
"oh goody, ain't life a blast."
Hollow glance.
May i have this dance?
The face's been worn and thin
'cause she's been wishing on too many stars again.
Washed nylons bleed dirty tears
>from a stranger's window pane.
The red light cannot change the mood
Of the blue guitar that's played.
Blue guitar.
Blue guitar.
Get in the car.

James reach, jewel lyric archive

Shut up, sweetheart, i want you to hear
I can no longer love the same thing i fear
I can no longer let myself stay close
To the one thing that hurts me the most
I will not kiss the thorn
Hearts don't need to bleed to know what they're for
There'll be no more heartaches
There'll be no more heartaches for me

I take back my sweetness
It's overlooked by your lust
My song is unseen
Cause your touch is too tough
I don't think your hands know how to adore
The subtlety of me anymore
I unfasten myself from your side
Slip away, quiet as a sigh
There'll be no more heartaches
There'll be no more heartaches for me

Beds filled with suspicion
Hearts filled with spite
We sleep with thieves
And forego our sights
Too quick to hold
Someone's word over our own
You may be cool
You may know how to flatter
In the end (all i have is matter (?))
There'll be no more heartaches
There'll be no more heartaches
No more heartache anymore
Anymore, oh oh oh, for me.

Oh, buttercup
...lives in a cup...
She lost her scream
In a styrofoam dream
And the white horse came
To take her away
But it stepped on her little toe...
...thank you...

Bees are buzzin' in their honey catacomb
All the noise seems to call my head a home
Can't escape the scratchin'
My blood makes a noise
It's hard not to play when there are so many toys
So many toys

Under the water
The total is more than the sum
Under the water
I hear who i'll become

There's a hole inside my head where all the thoughts break out
Sometimes my flesh is filled with forgetfulnes and doubt
It's easy to feel separate, no control of the reigns
Innocence ain't lost it just needs to be maintained
It needs to be maintained

Beside me are strange fish, moody and dark
A tapestry of intention that maintains the spark
And there's a tiny light
A flicker within
Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend
It knows how to mend

Under the water
The total is more than the sum
Under the water
I hear who i'll become

(spoken "rap")
I've decided to hear who we will become
Wanna lay down in the water, go back to where i'm from
Outer space is just a puzzle of stars
Music the mechanics of the human heart
A post that stirs, a shadow that casts
An insatiable thirst drains a martini glass
There's no place sacred, no honest reflection
Our senses made senseless by a lack o' direction
Monks are great with their fists uncurled
But they live in a cave, they know nothin' of the world
I wanna live brave, i wanna love without fear
But it's hard to navigate when i can't even hear

(do do do do do do do,
Do do do do)

Bees are buzzin' in their honey catacomb
All the noise seems to call my head a home
Can't escape the scratchin'
My blood makes a noise
It's hard not to play when there are so many toys
There're so many toys

Under the water
The total is more than the sum
Under the water
I hear who i'll become

Under the water
My flesh is filled with stars
Under the water
I hear who we really are

Under the water
I lay my burdens down, down, down
Under the water
All resistance drowns

(do do do do do do do, do do do do)
(do do do do do do do, do do do do)
(do do do do do do do, do do do do)
(do do do do do do do, do do do do)
(do do do do do do do, do do do do)

Come on, come down, down, down under go,
A-go down on and go down under
Go under the water
I hear who i'll become

Under the water
I lay my problems down
Under the water
All my resistance drowned

I lie so tired in my bed
And moon shows herself to the door
And i shut my eyes.
I pray to god, won't you tell me please,
What's a girl like me doing
Lying here without you by my side?
Lying here without you by my side
Lying here without you by my side

The room fills with moonlight and memories of old times,
But don't worry about me, i'm just fine most of the time.
The hardest part is late night, when i'm home all alone,
And the house is so still nothing better to do than think about you.
I'm lying here without you by my side
I'm lying here without you by my side

How quick my heart wants to believe, i'll never be lonely again.
It's those little things i never thought about much, that i miss most in the
End.
Like those sweet red-wine kisses, and the candlelight,
And the poetry, but mainly, it's just the warmth of your skin,
And having you by my side,
I'm lying here without you by my side

There's this weight in my heart, it's so heavy, so sad,
It felt like a wave that any moment comes crashing down,
And maybe my sorrow will drown tomorrow
When i'm lying here without you by my side
I'm lying here without you by my side


Transcribed by adam longfellow

Sweet man, sweet mystery
Unveil yourself to me
Sweet soul, lie so still
Flesh cup, gonna get my fill
Let me rise and fall
With the wings of your sheets
While the moon's full over austin
The city sleeps below
Only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel
Through the window
Your body be a tender vine
That twists and turns just like mine
Your heart a slender thong
Built of honey, filled with song
'til dawn steals you from me
And takes me to the next town
But tonight the moon's full over austin
And beggars starve below
And only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel
Through the window
There's one thing that keeps me going
It's the slow and easy knowing
You're the kind of man
Who's kind of girl could maybe give her hand
So sweet man in your sweet misery
Lie upon my temporary sea
Love's dressing, i will adorn
To my side your absence be thorn
And i'll rock you gently to sleep
Tonigh is one promise we both can keep
While the moon's full over austin
And the city sleeps below
And only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel
Through the window
Hotel angel
Through the window

I went downtown just to see
If there was a rocker boy made for me.
Tight pants and long brown permed hair.
Preferably zebra striped underwear.

He's gonna rock my world.
Be his rocker girl.
Gonna be his rocker girl.

I love the way that he gives all the guys shiners
'cause it sort of matches my blue eyeliner.
He's so tough, he's so cute, he's a regular dream.
He looks so good in his acid washed denim jeans.

He's gonna rock my world
Be his rocker girl.
He will know all the good movies.
He'll know just how to rock it to me.
He'll be so romantic and that
He'll know every word to spinal tap.
And i'll be his rocker girl... 2 3 4.

If he was russian, he would be the kremlin.
If he was a rock star, he would be led zeppelin.
If he was a month he would be oh say may or june.
If he was underwear he would be fruit of the loom.

He's gonna rock my world
Be his rocker girl.
Gonna be his rocker girl.
Gonna be his rocker girl.

Pop works in the shop til eight
Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate
Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn
Pop slams open the front screen door
Just to scare mom
She says, "what the hell did you do that for?"
He washes his dirty hands in the sink
And things around the table are kind of rough
Mom says it's pa
Pa says, "the times are just tough"
And me and sally don't say much of nothing at all
The garage door light brightens up the night
Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
As though he could figure out that woman by working on that
Old car
He said a car can cure any problem at all
Cause of looking at all them parts makes a fight look so small
But i wish he'd just put me and sally in the backseat and
Drive us away
That's when he sits me down
He says he's gonna teach me about life
He said, "a man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
I got my first taste of freedom beneath the light of the moon
But if it were me
I'd have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
And i'd ride away so fast, so far
Ride away... so fast, so far
Put away our tools
We go back inside
Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
I wonder if all girls are crazy this way
I wish pops would just get a spine
I said i know it's kind of small but you can borrow mine
He just smiled and said, "your mom means well son"
Most times are good it's just some that are lean
But it's love that makes up for those times in beteween
He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand
Said one day i'd understand
But if it were me
I'd have the guts to put to test those bolts and nuts
And i'd ride away so far, so fast
Ride away so fast so far
Ride away

Where do you go
When the cold wind blows
What do you see
When you're staring down victory

Well, hey mister, this one's gonna pass you by if you let it fly
Let it go, oh
You're not here, you're not in love...
You're on cruise control
You're on cruise control
You're on cruise control

You have no taste for
What is too known
You have to ignore something
Once it is shown

Well, hey mister, this one's gonna pass you by if you let it fly
Let it go, oh
You're not here, you're not in love...
You're on cruise control
You're on cruise control
You're on cruise control

You can't get it back,
It's like a heart attack
Once you lose track,
You can never find the track back home
You lost a friend and you lost something great
You sold yourself
Just to save a little faith
Just like a razor with nothing left to cut through
You throw yourself on everyone around you
Oh you're invincble, you (blah blah blah blah blah)
You catch cleverness up around your heart
You were always like the rest of us
?
But you'll be lonely tonight
Lonely tonight
Lonely tonight

You can't comprehend hunger
Before it begins
You can't appreciate good love until it's too late

Well, hey mister, i'm gonna pass you by if you let me fly
Let me go, oh
You're not here, you're not in love,
You're on cruise control
You're on cruise control
You're on cruise control

You come home, you look kind of frantic
Too bad cause i feel romantic
I know you're stressed out again
Tonight - i guess - that we're just friends again
You know i'm really not the type to compete
I hope your meetings were filled with lots of good 'meet'
And your appointments have lots of good 'ointments'
??? what you could never could satisfy

*** chorus ***
Cause i don't carry you like i did a minute ago
I tried to love you but it was just too stressful
It's like leavin' your boots on when you go swimming
But i never will fight for what doesn't want to win

You wake up - i'm doing cartwheels
You're grumpy
Said, "try some how i feel"
"i'm happy" just wasn't no fun
It's hard enough just waking up next to one
You know if you were oatmeal - you'd just look for lumps
If you were sweet i'd call you sugarbumps
If you were the sunshine you'd say i was
Well i am tired of this capricious game

*** chorus

A marital carnival
A marital carnival
A marital carnival
Stop!
I want to get off...

Sweetheart, i'm gonna find myself a ride
One that doesn't bring me down this time
One that isn't always on the run
One that can have good old fashioned fun
Cause you know my purpose in life is nothing more
Is then to simply be a dork
I'm just like a special chocolate treat
I ain't no piece of leftover hot dogs...

*** chorus ***

I never will fight for
No!
I never will fight for
Ruff!
I never will fight for what doesn't want to win (winning)

Babies on beach blankets headed for mars
Cute guys in crew cuts with the day goes to bars
There's a pretty lady in a bikini
Her eyes are clear
But her teeth look like smashed out window panes
She's trying to fix her dreams
With seaweed and sushi and carrot juice and wheat germ

There's a wide wall
That she can't see over now
But that's ok
Because mistakes are allowed when you're a
Satellite

A jog in the morning with some vitamins
Then go to a singles bar
California is sure lovely
It's the home of the stars
And everybody's got a great body, but mine
That's just fine
Cuz everybody's so shriveled up inside
They're trying to hide behind
Power bars and vollyball and valium

It's a wide wall
That we can't see over now
But that's ok
We're still growing
You know that
Mistakes are allowed when you're a
Satellite

No matter where you go
You can't outrun a cold
No matter what you do
You can't escape the flu
No matter how you try
You can't stop a satellite

In hollywood there's all these heroes
They're strung out on grace
Half-skinned gypsies
They're crying to leave this place
There are souls stuck in a bone machine
They are dying in crowded rooms
They are dying of blood on bone
They are crushed by ???
Cigarettes and ?? and high hopes

There's a wide wall
That we can't see over now
But that's all right
We're still growing
You know that
Mistakes are allowed when you're a
Satellite

You can't hold back a satellite
Satellite

Babies on beach blankets headed for mars

Key:
Y - yodel
Ly - long yodel
Rly - really long yodel


Up on a mountain so gay and so free..huh huh
There is a young man and he's waiting there for me
Out on the lake, we'll drift with the tide
And hear those chime bells ring

Chime bells are ringing...y
Mockingbirds they're singing...y
Hush, little lover...y
Up on a summer's eve or eave...
Ly

Moonbeams were shining as i kissed him there. (kiss)
Nightbirds were singing and darkness filled the air
Each little star that twinkled above
Was heaven that smiled on our love

Chime bells are ringing...y
Mockingbirds they're singing...y
Hush, little lover...y
Up on a summer's eve...
Rly
Rly (faster)
Should i go faster?
Rly (even faster)
Rly (faster still, usually a capella)
(by this time your eyes are bulging)
Ly


* chime bells (y=yodeling) *
As transcribed by atz kilcher

Up on a mountain so gay and so free..
There is a young man and he's waiting there for me
Out on the lake, we'll drift with the tide
And hear those chime bells ring
Chime bells are ringing...y
Mockingbirds are singing...y
Hush, little lover...y
Up on a summer's eve or eave...

Moonbeams were shining as i kissed him there.(swack)
Nightbirds were singing and perfume filled the air
Each little star that twinkled above
Was heaven that smiled on our love
Chime bells are ringing...y
Mockingbirds are singing...y
Hush, little lover...y
Up on a summer's eve...

This song was written by jewel and steve poltz--jewel wrote the
Lyrics, but the music (melody) was written by steve for a song with
Different lyrics that appears on morning wood. this was jewel's
Response to that song, told from the female's point of view.

Do you remember when we were younger,
All those crazy things that we used to do?
You'd play my hips like drumsets
And sing all your favorite stevie wonder tunes
When i was with ya.

Do you remember we did everything together?
I'd share my otter pops with you.
And we would sing in all the slimy slimy barrooms
We'd watch for your cousin ed on the evening news
When i was with ya

I'd warm your tootsies up, they're always so cold
And i'd fix you supper from leftovers two weeks old
And i'd read you the classified ads in bed
And you would point out all the miserable lives
That i could have had instead of being with you

Could've been whoopi goldberg's breasts

Do you remember when you wrote all those letters?
Though i admit they were kind of sick
But still i knew i was your honey sugar dumpling
And just like a good line you'd alweys be there to lick
When i was with ya

Do you remember when you took all those classes?
All those crazy gadgets you would fix
I hated how cluttered our apartment was
I hated our landlord harry, he was such a dick
When i was with ya

I'd warm your tootsies up, they're always so cold
And i'd fix you supper from leftovers two weeks old
And i'd read you the classified ads in bed
And you would point out all the miserable lives
That i could have had instead of being with you

Could've been richard nixon's last pair of clean underwear ?????

Do you remember when we went to mexico
And stayed in that cute little place
We were honin' our fine love-makin' skills
And you tattoed "i love you" on your face
When i was with ya

I still remember the last time that i saw you
You left me with a hotdog in my hand
Was it cause i didn't want a pickle or was it a pretty senorita
Oh well, there was always stuff that i didn't understand
When i was with ya

I'd warm your tootsies up, they're always so cold
And i'd fix you supper from leftovers two weeks old
And i'd read you the classified ads in bed
And you would point out all the miserable lives
That i could have had instead of being with you being with you

Being with you

Transcribed by tom proven.

Your lungs fill up with concrete
Her voice is all you can hear
Red lips and a screwdriver
Wrapped around some mink-clad smear
And you know that she's a diamond
And it's damned you for sure (or in this damn juke box hell)
'cause fools gold only fools fools
In two-bit hotels.
But she's cooler than all that
She's a real high-class cat
She's queen of the last dance rodeo.

But under the gas lamp
The air is thick and velvety
Your bones filled with hunger
Your heart filled with longing
You're no longer human
You're an insatiable hole.
You wanna bury your face forever
In the navel of her soul
'cause you know ...

All you need is a heart to call home
All you need is a heart to call home
That's all.

Light bulbs, and nylons
And plastic chandeliers
Objects are only objects,
They can't feel when you're near.
And tangerine lips
And lily-white breasts
These things are eternal
Inside them humanity rests.
The skin is like a seashell
You listen to the soul
Like an old-time radio show.

But under the gas lamp
The air is thick and velvety
Your bones filled with hunger
Your heart filled with longing

You're no longer human
You're an insatiable hole.
You wanna bury your face forever
In the navel of her soul
'cause you know ...

All you need is a heart to call home
That's all.

But don't wander too far
On one constant star
Darkness exists, except where you are
Your feet are filled with wandering
They follow your own
'cause everywhere you are
Feels like home.
So search all you miners
You hunters of dreams
Look in the alleyways
For what you know is not what it seems
And fame, all you maidens,
It don't exist too long
But at least look behind you
And see your own shadow's gone
Don't you know it's the last rodeo
You gotta find yourself a cowboy
Or someone to keep you
Warm when it snows.

But under the gas lamp
The air is thick and velvety
Your bones filled with hunger
Your heart filled with longing
You're no longer human
You're an insatiable hole.
You wanna bury your face forever
In the navel of her soul
'cause you know ...

All you need is a heart to call home
All you need is a heart
All you need is a heart to call home
That's all.

The doorway frames
You a perfect picture silouette
Blue sky of regret
Enough to hang out

Your legs seemed to tremble
At least i imagine that they do
Then again, it's probly easy for you

Please don't open your mouth my dear
I can read all the signs i can take it from here
There's no need to explain
It's perfectly clear

The yellow wall paper peels
A strange halo around your head
It's funny how you notice these
Stupid things instead

You say something awkward
But i wish that you wouldn't
A whole life of you wish you could's
But just couldn'ts

Please don't open your mouth my dear
I can read all the signs i can take it from here
There's no need to explain
It's perfectly clear

I try not to fight too much
It only just makes me mad
Spent half my life loving you
Think of all the love that i could have had

Five years of kisses
Packed in my bags
And this tiny moment fits
All the big things we ever had
I can't quite pinpoint
When it left or what for
Love always steps lightly
Away from the door

Please don't open your mouth my dear
I can read all the signs hell i've known you for years
There's no need to explain
No there's no need to explain
There's no need to explain
It's perfectly clear

She's got nice lips, a seductive smile
She's still as thin as a beanpole,
With a little less class, but a little more style
And she spends all her time trying not to hear you
What she doesn't want to know
Don't wanna know

And there's kellogg's in the cupboard
She takes a heart down from off the shelf
She passes by the mirror
She doesn't like to look at herself
Cause she'd rather lose touch with reality
Than lose her fantasy
Her fantasy

And her smile is as faded as a used pair of jeans
And her heart is frayed around the edges
She's comin' undone at the seams
And it's her last chance to make a statement
It's her last (note/no i've recieved?)

She's a 501 beauty queen

And there's flowers on the table
She's lovely, she's lovely not
But circles only make the hunger grow
So she goes out a lot
And she's out there just a runnin around
Trying to make up some lost time
Lost time

And she sits down for a social call
Like a princess she puffs on a cigarette
Her beauty is all threadbare now
But she's never gonna let them forget
Casue my how she looked smashing in her gold lame tank top
With the fancy beadwork on front
The beadwork's on front

But her smile is as faded as a used pair of jeans
And her heart is frayed around the edges
She's comin' undone at the seams
And it's her last chance to make a statement
It's her last (note/no i've recieved/i percieve?)

She's a 501 beauty queen

And a voice chimes like a bell in the night
That just don't know when to quit
She used to have more options
Now she wishes that she'd already picked
And she wishes she couldn't remember
All those things she'll never forget
Never forget.

And the lines they all go deeper than the days of her youth
She flirts and lies and always denies what to her is no longer of any
Use
But it's not because she hates what she doesn't understand
She just don't understand

And her fire? is as faded as a used pair of jeans
And her heart is frayed around the edges
She's comin' undone at the seams
And it's her last chance to make a statement
It's her last (note/no? i've receive?/at the seat?)

She's a 501 beauty queen

Snow is on the mountain
Winter settles in my heart
Icy fingers are familiar
Smooth and cold and oh so hard
Comfortably numb

Frost bites deep
Tiny birds fly from my heart
White winds scream
As they leave frozen lands of my heart
Comfortably numb

I watch my hands
To see what it is they do
Their dirty, they don't build churches
They don't take risks and they don't remember you
Comfortably numb

Orion was a mighty warrior
Cleopatra was a cheap french maid
He said sweetheart i give you the moon
She says i much prefer jewelry
So in the stars he stayed
Comfortably numb

Me and jesus, we go way back
Cause we used to hang at the mall
He says you can't trust them
They'll just put holes in your hands
So i covered him while he stole a bottle of cheap cologne
Comfortably numb
Lord, forbid, care crawled up my arm
And i killed it right on the spot
For fear it might tear out of my heart
And make me love what i do not
Comfortably
Comfortably
Comfortably numb

Transcribed by adam longfellow

My body is changing
To fit itself around your shoe
And my insides are aching
To be closer to you

You're like a crevice
Like a crack, not a trace
I can't make myself small enough
To fit in your space

If you come down, if you come down, if you come down
Down off your one-legged horse
Your immortal course
Is making me blue, yeah
You're making me blue, yeah

My limbs are changing
My heart is filled with growing pains
But you are so perfect
A brittle vessel filled with rain

You're like a rock
You're like a razor, like a tack
You're pulse is pale
But your humor's always black

If you come down, if you come down, if you come down
Down off your one-legged horse
Your immortal course
You're making me blue, yeah
You're making me blue, yeah

I'm your servant
I'm down on my knees
I'll be wishing you here
After i leave
I would worship you irreverantly
Just meet me half way
And i will lay you down
Come towards me, baby

We fit together
Like a couple of spoons
Although one moment the spell is wrought
Hope no one opens this velvet drawer
Love is always over too soon

But i want to hold you
Forever in flight
'til we're two old flames
There's a mighty thin line
Dancing by a dim light

If you just come down, if you come down
Won't you please come down
Down off your one-legged horse
Your immortal course
Is making me blue, yeah
You're making me blue, yeah

And my body is changing...
To fit itself around your shoe
(line may not be sung- end with "changing..."

When walking underneath the shadows
Where dark and sweet secrets lay
When night tonight falls gently down
Hearts helplessly fall to the ground
Underneath a velvet sky
Only words can lie

[chorus]
I wanna tell*(play) you everything
I wanna make your toes curl
You be my only boy
And i'll be your only girl
This much i'd like to say
But you're in cleveland today

Stewardesses like cosmo magazine
Vogue makes me nervous, i feel so plain
But i could face the world fearlessly
If you would face it here with me
With just our four hands and four eyes
Traffic cops would compromise

[chorus]

Daffodils and roulette wheels and rusty automobiles
Somewhere our things share the same windowsill
Somewhere our hearts exist independent of time
Somewhere we are whole
One body, one body and one mind

>from the air things look so ridiculous
Our fears so small our fight*/hearts*/mall* so vain*
*(our malls so small our fears so frail)
I want to pilot a plane with you
So all our problems look small too
It's just an inch from me to you
Depending on what map you use

[chorus]

I don't care if you leave your name after the beep.
Don't care if those are promises you intend to keep.
Cause lovers are just shadows that disappear with the light
And my happiness don't depend on if you come tonight.
Ahoh-oh oh

I don't think that you're cheap
I don't expect anything
You don't gotta leave what time you called on my machine.
Cause being in love just means calling places
When you can't afford the bill
Cause we all got these tiny love spaces that we need to fill
Ohoh oo

Filling up tiny love spaces
Getting lost inside of insatiable mazes
Looking for heroes in worn-out faces
Looking for a great big love in tiny places

You wake up, it's the next morning
Put my high-powered columbian crystals in the coffee machine
Read the newspaper, drink six cups of cofee, listen to mozart's fifth
Do most anything not to hear the phone ring
Oh oo ooooo

And i don't mind that you're emotionally blind
Don't care if i'm someone you want to see
You don't got to leave your number for me.
Cause i do not need your gosh-darn phone calls telling me how you feel
I only just need to make love to tell me that i'm real

Cause we all got these tiny love spaces that we need to fill ohoh oooo

Transcribed by tom proven

An electric fan
That keeps me company tonight
It's nights like this make
It easy to forget
Why we used to fight
...it also makes it easy
To forget the words...
...right...

An electric fan
That keeps me company tonight
It's nights like this make
It easy to forget
Why we used to fight
Love is an ember
Born to burn out
Well, i wish it would
No, i don't feel that good

Lately they blend
And blur with the scenery
Crowded rooms make it easy
To forget i'm lonely
The cat puked in my shoe
Guess it's fitting it would
But i, i don't feel that good

Regret's a useless word
Usually i try to avoid it
But sometimes it gets so quiet
That i can't remember the morals
But the part i can't admit
When you're thinking out loud
Is just a whisper
That feels like a shout
Oh, god, i made a mistake
I can't breathe without you

The cars driving by
They throw their lights
Against the wall
I should go to bed
Get out of this chair
And turn the tv off
Oh goody! i get to go to bed alone!
If i could get excited i would
No, i don't feel that good

My muffins are in the toaster
I got my raspberry jam
My grandfather was a sailor
That came onto this land
And he was looking for gold,
A pretty hand to hold,
Or some cards to fold.
At least, that's what i was told.

Silver lining
Silver lining, where'd you go?

Turn on my tv
They got talking heads in space
Used to be so easy
To have a little faith
I used to rely on luck
I didn't feel so stuck
Could earn an honest buck
Without lookin round, like jon kruk.

Silver lining
Silver lining, where'd you go?

I used to have hope
Now we got soap on a rope
I used to have dreams
Now we got overplayed baseball teams
We got grocery baggers, grafitti taggers,
Golf-ball shaggers, go team go.

Silver lining
Silver lining, where'd you go?

My landlord knocks upon my door
He's got that payday face
I swear to god he should be payin me
To live inside this place
It's filled with sharks and fins
Whose double chins say
Thicken your skin, child
If you want to win

Silver lining
Silver lining, where'd you go?

I fix myself some herbal tea
Cause it's healthier they say
Well, healthier ain't half as fun
I take a cold beer anyday
I used to have dysfunctional fun
In the cancerous sun
With my co-dependent hon
Eatin greasy greasy hotdogs on a buttered up bun

Silver lining
Silver lining, where'd you go?
Silver lining
Silver lining, where'd you go?

[scat solo]

Repeat refrain. (x2)

I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
The best thing you ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
It's only life afterall
Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till i sank it
I'm crawling on your shore

I went to the doctor
I went to the mountains
I looked to the children
I drank from the fountains
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less i seek my source for some definitive
The closer i am to fine
The closer i am to fine

I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a b-grade movie
He graded my performance
He said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind
Got my paper and i was free

I went to the doctor
I went to the mountains
I looked to the children
I drank from the fountains
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less i seek my source for some definitive
The closer i am to fine
The closer i am to fine

I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as i'd been the night before
And i went in seeking clarity.

I went to the doctor
I went to the mountains
I looked to the children
I drank from the fountains

We go to the doctor
We go to the mountains
We look to the children
We drink from the fountains

Yeah, we go to the bible
We go through the workout
We read up on revival
And we stand up for the lookout
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less i seek my source for some definitive
The closer i am to fine
The closer i am to fine
The closer i am to fine

Go ahead touch me like that
The way you pull my hair back
Go ahead breathe me in
Bite me til i bleed
This love is like barbed wire running through my veins
Nicotine love
Go ahead hurt me like that
I've been hurt before
I won't be fixed again
I'm not afraid to sweat
Cause i like the pain and it's familiar to me
And more gentle than most men will ever be
Nicotine love
*but don't get me wrong
I don't want a friend
Just need you here to help me satsify this childish sin
This insatiable desire, this hunger so deep
You will melt on my tongue
And i will put you to sleep
And i will press you like petals
Til you're fragile and bent
And i'll rid you of...
Nicotine love
It hurts just right
Not to know your name
But feel that body beneath me
Struggling as though it was somehow sane
As when i was with him
Gonna make you promise to me
Than i will crush your heart
Cause i can't
Because it happened to me
Nicotine love
So come here baby
My honey, cutie-pie
Let my fingers swim like pale fish through your hair
So i can tell you that i love you
Your safe, never let me go
You wonder why it i'm here
With patience, soon it'll be all too clear
Nicotine love
*but don't get me wrong...
So go ahead touch me like that
The end is drawing near
Go ahead hurt me that way
You don't even know enough to fear
You don't know how true it is when you say
My kisses are sweet as death
But soon you'll have no more options
It's all you have left
Love is like barbed wire
I'm electric and so alone
So come here stray cat
I'm gonna take you home
I'm gonna press you like petals
Til you're fragile and bent
And i'll...
Well i'll...
Nicotine love

I'm on the edge of my seat
In the soup of my soul
In the center of time
I'm in a sentimental role
You're a stranger of mine
And i'm a stranger of yours
But i seen you in the window
At the goodwill store

And i seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Honey, open up
You don't need to shut down
Cause we're gonna blow the hell
Outta this town

I got these really cool boots
That zip up the side
With a little bit of fur
On the naga hide
And you found a metal
From the vietnam war
And i seen you in the window
At the goodwill store

And i seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Honey, open up
You don't need to shut down
Cause we're gonna blow the hell
Outta this town

And there's a lutheran lady
With blueish hair
We'll show you to the drawer
Of underwear
And i'm wondering if
This camera really works
And then i meet your eyes
Near the fifty-cent shirts

And i seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Honey, open up
You don't need to shut down
Cause we're gonna blow the hell
Outta this town

And you find boxers
With little blue sheep
And i find a tutu
I can finally keep
If we've been here once
You know we've been here before
And i seen you in the window
At the goodwill store

Well wear what you want to
And wear it with pride
Cause it's a big, bad, cold, hard
World outside
And when you're burned out
Heart sick and sore
We can sit down on the sofa
At the goodwill store

And i seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Seen you in the window
At the goodwill store
Honey, open up
You don't need to shut down
Cause we're gonna blow the hell
Outta this town

I'm on the edge of my seat
In the soup of my soul
In the center of time
I'm in a sentimental role

Turn to me with frozen lips
Your hands are icy cold
Your eyes burn bright
Against the frost lit sky
You never seemed more lovely than you do tonight
Pale on the horizon
Like leaves frozen in the snow
Two bodies merging seperately
Time stands still
If its pierced with cold

Chorus:
The moonlight hears
The moonlight knows
What's simple is true
And i love you

Theres a warmth in my heart
It haunts me when you're gone
Mend me to your side
And never let go
Time knows nothing
We'll never grow cold

The moonlight hears
The moonlight knows
What's simple is true
And i love you

The twilight descends
On our sillouhettes
How soon spring comes
How soon spring forgets
I wanna stop time
Say "it'll never begin"
Old man winter be our friend
Old man winter be our friend

The moonlight hears
The moonlight knows
What's simple is true
What's simple is true
And i love you

---------------
October '97 version


Turn to me with frozen lips
Your hands are icy cold
Your eyes so blue
Against the frost lit sky
You never looked more lovely than you do tonight
Pale on the horizon
Like leaves frozen in the snow
Two shadows merging seperately
Time stands still
Its pierced with cold

Chorus:
The moonlight hears
The moonlight knows
Its simple
Its true
And i love you

Theres warmth in my heart
It haunts me when you're gone
Mend me to your side
And never let me go
Time knows nothing
And it'll never grow cold

The moonlight hears
The moonlight knows
Its simple
Its true
And i love you

Twilight descends
On our sillouhette
How soon spring comes
How soon spring forgets
I once talked of time
Saying "it'll never begin"
Old man winter be our friend
Old man winter be our friend

The moonlight hears
The moonlight knows
Its simple
Its true
And i love you

When i was young
I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun
Those days are gone

Living alone
I think of all the friends i've known
When i dial the telephone
Nobody's home

All by myself
Don't wanna be
All by myself
Anymore

Hard to be sure
Sometimes i feel so insecure
And loves so distant and obscure
Remains the cure

All by myself
Don't wanna be
All by myself
Anymore

All by myself
Don't wanna live
All by myself
Anymore

When i was young
I never needed anyone
Making love was just for fun
Those days are gone

All by myself
Don't wanna be
All by myself
Anymore

All by myself
Don't wanna live
Don't wanna live
All by myself

I never needed anyone

You take your coat off and throw it on the floor
Night delivers you to my arms once more
You feel so familiar as you get into bed
Cigarette smoke halo around you head
You lean over and kiss me so sweet...
I could lay with you like this for hours...
Hours and hours
Building a summer home in your arms
I kiss you with the languid adiration of slumber
Landin' random as lotto numbers
One for each eye
And, oops, one on your nose
And ten for each of your cute little toes
You lean over and kiss me so sweet...
I could lay with you like this for hours...
Hours and hours...
Building a summer home in your arms
Am i crazy, do i talk too much?
Sometimes i think your silence is a crutch
Am i mad, are you married?
Oh jesus this love stuff can sure be scary
But so sweet... so sweet
Here in your arms
I'm a bit of a mess and i'm gone too much
But when i'm away it's you i long to touch
And certain things remind me it's such a special treat
As these little things that bring you to me
You lean over and kiss me so sweet...
I could lay with you like this for hours...
Hours and hours...
Building a summer home in your arms
I'm building a summer home in your arms
I'm building a summer home in your arms
I'm building a summer home in your arms
Built with all your charms

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, yeah yeah yeah woh woih woh yeah
(so called cheesy intro vocals)

I'm outside your window
Talking through glass
You throw out some love crumbs
But i've got an appetite bigger than that

I'm hungry for something...yeah yeah yeah
That i can't afford
You dole out your love like foodstamps
Well i want something more

Sick of your foodstamp love
Sick of your foodstamp love
Sick of your foodstamp love

You hand me some paper...yeah yeah yeah
Show me where to sign
If i'm lucky i will get your number
Oh goody i think this is a real good time

After you ask me some questions
Do i qualify?
Well i don't want your handouts anyway
Cause boring stuff is all i can buy

Sick of your foodstamp love
Sick of your foodstamp love
Sick of your foodstamp love

[guitar solo]

I run to my mailbox
Hoping that it's there
Some sort of message telling
Me that you really care

But all there is is junk mail
There's a sale down at the mall
There's some coupons for *canned love baby (?)
But there's nothing from you at all

Sick of your foodstamp love (x6, with guitar work behind)