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.

There's a little bird
Somebody sent down to earth
To live along the wind
Blowing on the wind
And she sleeps on the wind
This little bird, somebody sent

Light and fragile
And feathered sky blue
Thin and graceful
The sun shining through
She flies so high up in the sky
Way out of reach of human eyes

Light and fragile
And feathered sky blue
Thin and graceful
The sun shining through
She flies so high up in the sky
Way out of reach of human eyes

Light and fragile
And feathered sky blue
Thin and graceful
The sun shining through
And the only time that she touches ground
Is when that little bird, little bird
Is when that little bird, little bird
Is when that little bird, little bird
Is when that little bird dies

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

Thank you for the flowers you brought me today
And thank you for the kindness you showed me today
No love can be stronger than between two strong women
No man can ever know the dance between two women
We can dance... my lady... may i have this dance?

Thank you for the wisdom the knowing from inside
And thank you for the comfort only a woman can provide
No man can ever know the dance between two women
Love can't be stronger than between two strong women
We can dance... my lady... may i have this dance?

Thank you for the strength without a need for power
And thank you for the rhythym, the sacred circle
Love can't be stronger than between two strong women
No man can ever know the dance between two women
Like you and i
We can dance... my lady... may i have this dance?

I'm not easily scared by things that go bump in the night
Theres not many things that give me a fright
I can walk down a lonely block
And not alot can make my old knees knock

But theres one thing that scares me the most
Its when i think i see a ghost
And i thought i saw you last night

Ive been lately thinking about oujia board
And maybe contacting souls seated by the lord
Cause all the shadows on my street
Bring the sounds of shuffeling feet

But theres one thing that scares me the most
Its when i think i see a ghost
And i thought i saw you last night

Threw salt over my shoulder
I knocked on wood
Dont step on cracks
But it does no good
I drink bourbon to calm my nerves
Read an old book and chant some verse
Hold hot coals in the middle of my fists
Take advice from my exorcist
Hallelujah hail mary
Holy moly this is scary

For instance last night i went to a scary movie
And i tried real hard not to let it get to me
But i just kept looking over my shoulder
The wind got hands and i got colder

But theres one thing that scares me the most
Its when i think i see a ghost
And i thought i saw you last night
I'm not easily scared by things that go bump in the night

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

She is benediction
She is addicted to he
She is the root connection
She is connecting with me

Here i go and i don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Headed for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
It makes me come up
Like some heroine

She is sublimation
She is the essence of thee
She is concentrating on
He who is chosen by she

Here i go when i don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot
Headed for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
It makes me come up
Like some heroine

She is recreation
She intoxicated by thee
She has the slow sensation that
He is levitating with she

Here i go when i don't know why
I spin so ceaselessly
'til i lose my sense of gravity

I'm dancing barefoot
Heading for a spin
Some strange music drives me on
Makes me come up
Like some heroine

Oh god, i fell for you
Oh god, i fell for you
Oh god, i fell for you
Oh god, i fell for you

Last night i heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleeples night for me
It won't do no good to call the police
Always come late if they come at all

Last night i heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleeples night for me
It won't do no good to call the police
Always come late if they come at all

And when they arrive, they say they can't interfere with domestic
Affairs between a man and his wife
And as they walked out the door
The tears were left in her eyes

Last night i heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
I pray that i was dreaming when i saw the ambulance in the road
And the police man said "i'm here to keep the peace,
Would the crowd please disperse"
I think we all could use some sleep

Good-bye baby, i don

"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 k-mart, the bathroom
I'm staring in the mirror
The green lights are bright
It makes the lines clearer
Heard the angel go
Cigarette smoke's all that's left
I've traded in my wings for a string of pearls
And now the string is all i've left

The light bulbs burn
Some ones in the stall
Big white
Brick wall
Makes me feel small
And i take my shirt off
Looking for a glimpse of flesh
I peel back the concrete
Hope there's still some soil left

Cuz i am fading
I am fading
I am fading away
I am fading
Just like fairy tales
Hero loses faith
I am fading

The air smells like urin
It's getting hard to breathe
I could walk out that door
But no one really ever leaves
I take all my clothing off
Trying not to forget
Stupid things like
The color of rain
And the smell of stone when it's wet
And i am naked in the mirror
With a feather in my hand
The lady comes out of the bathroom
Screaming, "oh, jesus!"
Like i was a man
And i ask her
"hey, what happens to us
When we get old and in the way?"
I guess she answered me cus' they
Took me away

And i am fading
I am fading
I am fading away
I am fading
Just like fairy tales
Hero's loses faith
And i do not know
Why or when
I guess that spring is just a leave me ??
And i am fading
I'm fading

Transcribed by leave the shadows dancing

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

Summertime
An' the livin is easy.
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high.
Oh yo' daddy's rich
An' yo' ma ain't ugly
So hush, little baby,
Don' yo' cry.
One of these mornin's you goin' to rise up singin',
Then you'll spread yo' tiny itty bitty wings an' you'll take the
Sky.
But till that mornin'
There's a nothin' can harm you
With mammy an' daddy standin' by

Refrain:
Daddy she's a goddess
Can we keep her tonight?
Daddy she's a goddess
Watch her move
Her hair so clean when she skin's so smooth
Her nose don't drip like me
Daddy can we keep her please please please
Oh yeah yeah

Saw her walkin' late at night by the liquor store
Set down my lucky lager and followed her out the door

Pretty young thing should know better than to walk home alone
So i saw my duty, hadda take her home

Sister likes to feel her up
Late at night
Use her body for a dartboard
And pin her up right

Oh bullseye there it is again
It's always so fun, cause with you i always win

Read the paper
Check the press
You're never gonna find that
Party dress
She likes it here
She told me so
She cries oh baby
(?)takes all the bowls of coal

Ain't never gonna find us mountain men
Kissing sister got boring, we won't be bored again
She's so fine, she's a hillbillies dream
Up here in the mountains, you can't hear her scream

Daddy she's a goddess..yodel-ay-hee hee
Daddy she's a goddess..yodel-ay-hee hee
(various improv on this until..)
Daddy she's a goddess
Doo doo doo doo doo doo daddy
Daddy she's a goddess
Doo doo doo doo doo doo daddy
Daddy she's a goddess
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo daddy

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

when the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Just let my love throw a spark, baby
Have a little faith in me

When the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try, baby
Have a little faith in me

Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me

When your secret heart
Cannot speak so *easily*
Come here darlin'
From a whisper start
To have a little faith in me

When your back's against the wall
Just turn around, you will see
I will catch ya, i will catch your fall
Just have a little faith in me

Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me

Well, i've been loving you for such a long, long time baby
Expecting nothing in return
Just for you to have a little faith in me
You see time, time is our friend *for you and me*
Cause for us there is no end
All you gotta do is have a little faith in me
I said i will hold you up, i will hold you up
Your strength gives me enough
So have a little faith in me
Hey baby, oh, baby
All ya gotta do is have a little faith in me
All ya gotta do is have a little faith in me
A little faith in me

Come on baby, let's get in the car
I'm gonna take you real, real far
I'm gonna paint your mamma's face on the door
You ain't gonna see her anymore

Cuz i'm gonna be your race car driver
Your race car driver

They gonna paint a red flame, firebird on front
I will be evel kenevil, you can double my stunts
This ain't no malibu barbie corvette
This is a real 350 v-8, fuel-injected engine from a private liner jet

And i'm gonna be your race car driver
Your race car driver

Come on baby, let's get on the road
Let's get on track
And i will grab the wheel like it was your hair i was pulling back
I'm gonna straddle the line
Swear to god it's gonna take you real far
I'm just a real small man in a real big car

And i'm gonna be your race car driver

Got studded tires, excuse me if i'm blunt
I've got ribbed rims for her pleasure up front
Got fuzzy dice with a secret door
Full of flavored serums, breath fresheners and more

And i'm gonna be your race car driver
Your race car driver

Anybody ever tell you you look smashing by the dashboard light
Come on baby gonna make you feel alright
We'll take you at high warp speed
It's better than watching star trek after you smoked weed

And i'm gonna be your race car driver
Your race car driver

Come on baby, let's get on the road
Let's get on track
And i will grab the wheel like it was your hair i was pulling back
I'm gonna straddle the line
Swear to god it's gonna take you real far
I'm just a real small man in a real big car

And i'm gonna be your race car driver

So come on baby tell me what's your answer, you gonna cross the line
Ah, quit your sniveling, it's no or yes this time
What you're hungry? we'll stop by mickey d's for a happy meal
Eat a regular hot dog or fantasco on wheels

And i'm gonna be your race car driver
Your race car driver

I can see that you're not impressed
By the way that you are fully dressed
Looks like i'll have to pull out all the stops
I'm a sensitive man of the 90's, sweetheart, who cares for your
Emotional being an awful lot

And i'm gonna be your race car driver
Your race car driver

Come on baby, let's get on the road
Let's get on track
And i will grab the wheel like it was your hair i was pulling back
And i will straddle the line
Swear to god it's gonna take you real far
I'm just a real small man in a real big car


And i'm gonna be your race car driver
Yes, i'm gonna be your race car driver

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 was 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

Chorus:
I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When i think about what i'll be giving
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 was 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

Chorus:
I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When i think about what i'll be giving
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

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

Chorus:
I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When i think about what i'll be giving
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

Transcribed by james reach
Corrections by neal copperman and others

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
Filled with honey, built with song
'til dawn steals you from me
And takes me to the next town
But tonight the moon's full over austin
And babies lie 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 thieves all steal below
And only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel
Through the window
Hotel angel
Through the window

I try to recall what it was you said to me just then
But this train keeps on rocking me back to sleep
And i fear come tomorrow i won't even remember your name

I'd make myself remember
Make myself recall
But these promises and these vows i made you now
Seem to have no voice at all
The color of the canyons
When first it was said i love you
But these colors and these canyons
Now all seem silly and small
I don't understand at all
How these colors in my memory just fade
Into such a pale shade of grey

And cold rails remind me of your cold feet
And my eyes expect to see you behind every door
But when i shut my eyes
I can't even recall what it is that you wore
My god was that only yesterday
I can't even remember your face
I feel so far away

I make myself remember
Make myself recall
But these promises and these vows i made you now
Seem to have no voice at all
The color of the canyons
When first it was said i love you
But these colors and these canyons
Now all seem silly and small
I don't understand at all
How these colors in my memory just fade away
Into such a pale shade of grey

*i say to myself my god i used to love him
I wanted to share with him my womb and my world
But now i stare at him as though through a glass wall
I say i used to love him but now i feel nothing for him at all
My god how could this be
Won't you please explain this to me

Now sleep sings to me in a sweet and urgent voice
And i fear that i have no choice but to forget these flowers
These daisies you gave me, the offerings you made me
The vows that we swore by, swearing we'd be together
Always and forever, the children we named and now we'll never have
And i know i'm supposed to meet you
I don't even think i'll remember your name tomorrow

I make myself remember
Make myself recall
But these promises and these vows i made you now
Seem to have no voice at all
The color of the canyons
When first it was said i love you
But these colors and these canyons
Now all seem silly and small
I don't understand at all
How these colors in my memory just fade away
Into such a pale shade of grey

I like the way that you come
Running up to me
It sort of reminds me of
Black and white movies

And i will put a white dress on and
By the window wait
For my richard gere to come
*or
For my marlin brando to come
Crashing through the gate

Sometimes i talk on the phone
Until my ears are numb
My friends all say it's because
I can't face anyone

I know i'm just passing time
I'm just passing time

Saw you walking downtown
To the video store
Saw you with another girl
I'm sure she was a whore

You say she means nothing to you
Thus nothing to me
Excuse me while i get drunk
On too much bad t.v.

Sitting here and i'm waiting
For your mouth to open up
And start overflowing
Like jesus' cup

And i'm just passing time
I'm just passing time

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

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

Valentine's day
Wish i had a sweetheart
It's valentine's day
Didn't even get a stinkin' card
It's valentine's day
I just have to say
I hate valentine's day

It's valentine's day
And i didn't get no chocolate
It's valentine's day
If i had a heart i'd hock it
It's valentine's day
All i have to say
I hate valentine's day

It's valentine's day
And i hope it finds you healthy
It's valentine's day
I'm glad your stinkin' girlfriend's wealthy (?)
It's valentine's day
I just love to say
I hate fuckin' valentine's day

I like to call you my wild horse
(and feed you silver sage ?)
I'd like to paint my poems with
Desert tongued clay across her back
And ride you savagely as the sweet and southern wind
Through green and wild kentucky

I'd like to make you my secret song
Blaze and dark and red in the orchards
And i would steal away to watch the way
Your silver belly bends and bows beneath me

I'd make you my wings in the foothills of montana
My lover in the oceans of the world
I'd make you... of children
And i would scatter you across my green memories of home
I'd make you my hungry valley
And sow your golden fields and wheats my own

If i were a painter
I would paint you with this note
Silver traces on your skin
And if i were a writer
I would write these words on your back
In desert tongue clay, deep in (your wind?)

I'd make you my secret song
Blazing in the orchard
And i would steal away
To watch the way your silver belly
Bends and bows beneath me

I'd make you my wings in the foothills of montana
Make you my lover in the oceans of the world
I'd make you my calico children
And i would scatter you across my green memories of home
I'd be your hungry valley
And i'd sow your golden fields of wheat my own

If i were a writer
I would make you my wild horse
I'd paint you silver sage and
Ride you savagely through green wild country

(???) swedish verses

And you are the rose on my alter
I worship you eternally in flight
Like the wave ?

I'll dip you in these praises like cobwebs
And watch them....?
For your hair is the rain
And it soaks across the continents of my skin
These hands that worship you so completely

You see this woman standing before you
Naked and seared, true of intent,
I don't need you
I want you near

For you are my love
You are my flower of the sun
You are my lover for all time
You wake in the morning
For your sun(flowers?)
You wake in the morning
With your kiss

I'll be your hungry valley
And sow your golden fields of wheat...?

And you are the rose on my alter
I worship you eternally in flight
Like the wave ?

You be my calico children
I'll scatter you across my green memories of home

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.

Fat boy goes to the pool
Sees his reflection, doesn't know what to do
He feels little inside
Filled with pride
Oh fragile flame
No one sees the same

Fat boy goes about his day
Trying to think of funny things to say
Like this is just a game i play
And i like me this way
Oh fragile flame
No one feels the same

Hush, sleep
Don't think, just guess
Yuo're momma's little boy
You're daddy's pride and joy
You know they love
But not because they hold you

Fat boy says "wouldn't it be nice, if i could mealt myself like ice or

Outrun my skin just to be pure"
Oh fragile flame
Sometimes i feel the same

James reach, jewel lyric archive

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

All the animals
Agree you and me
Should be a team

And they walk on parade
Say that we were made
To be a team

And my flesh melts beneath your tongue
I am your little comunion

And all the rainbows
Tell me that they know
We're a perfect pair

And the birds up in the sky
Say they can see it from way up high
We're a perfect pair

And my wings weaken beneath your will
And before you i am trembling and still

All the birds know it
One and one is two
All the birds see it
Tell me why don't you

And all the light of the sun
Doesn't help me out none
Cuz you still can't see me

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]

Under the spotlight, the neon kiss
Carnival barkers preen & twist
Three for a quarter, 2 for a dime
Broken hearts general store--open all the time

Chorus:
I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely without you

Tennis shoes strung across a telephone wire
The sun sneaks up on my empire
Tent for your castle with a bubblegum crown
Me & my minions make the rounds

I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely without you

Bridge:
I'm a little cocoon just blooming for you
I draw a deep breath, the day is new
I'm brave, i'm a hero, the world's bright & clear
But my insides shrivel when you're not here

Newspaper pile on my front porch
The sun is winding up, its starting to scorch
The air is dust & lungs are hot
I keep making love to what is not

I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely without you

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

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

It's too darn hot
It's too darn hot

I'd like to sup
With my baby tonight
Refill the cup
With my baby tonight
I'd like to sup
With my baby tonight
Refill the cup
With my baby tonight
But brother you'll find
My baby tonight
Cause it's too darn hot

I call into
The kinsey report
Every average man, you know
He much prefers
His lovey-dovey to court
When the temperature is low

Cause when the thermometer
Goes way up
And the weather is sizzling hot
Mr. pants for romance
A g.i. for his cutie-pie
A marine for his queen is not

Cause its too, too
Too darn hot
It's too darn hot
It's too darn hot
It's too darn hot
It's too
Darn
Hot

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

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)