DOWN COMES THE PERM
London, where my brother lives
I will dive into my grave
Goodbye to your shitty ways
I will dive into my grave
See how i get when I break free?
I was on stage, you were on me
Heaven, in a pharmacy
they have something that i need
Goodbye to a couple things, goodbye
See how I get when I break free?
I was on stage you were on me
Come down to earth
Garden and turf
It starts with a germ
down comes the perm
I KNOW WHERE MADNESS GOES
I know where madnees goes
I saw the way it came
I know where madness goes
I can see it so plain
Always I see it
I know the way to love
I was there once before
I know the way to love
I'm standing at the door
Always I feel it
SURGEON AND THE SLAVE
Down the lane lives a surgeon and a slave
breathing every breath
Master / slave
your master's running out of slaves
He can't break them all
A difficult procedure is the one to circumvent
but as the surgeons hands day
the incision opens up again
Down the lane lives a surgeon and a slave
breathing every breath as one
Master / slave
your master's running out of slaves
He can't cut them all up
RECONNECTIONLAND
Reconnectionland
Priestess from the east
walking down the boards
Little kitty's tongue
licking up the milk
from a wooden bowl
the sun is here for now
and it will remain
through the summertime
a marker
but I wont say she is a marker
Walking on a lake
watching branches break
let me tell you now
when i was a boy
in another land....
(ancient babyland)
LOVE IS STRANGE
where did they go?
where did they go?
where are they now?
where are they now?
love is strange, everywhere
love is strange, everywhere
it takes too long
it takes too long
it takes so long
and where are they now?
love is strange, everywhere
but if i caught you in that place
i'd take you out and smash your face
if i caught you in that world
i promise i would make you my girl
love is strange, everywhere
A STORY OVER THERE
there must be a story over there
there's gotta be one just about anywhere
there must be a story over there
there's gotta be one just about anywhere
there must be a story over there
there's gotta be one just about anywhere
there must be a story over there
there's bound to be one just about anywhere
i wanna read the tale
i wanna be in a cast
but unfortunately i just spent my last
i was walking down the corridor in pairs
jean was waiting by the door
and down the stairs
john was on the phone
and down another flight
i was taking off into the cracking night
but there must be a story over there
there's gotta be one just about anywhere
there must be a story over there
there's gotta be one just about anywhere
BE A SONG
well i wanted, i want to be
and i wanted, i want to hear
and i wanted, i want to be a song
help me along
MESSAGE FROM THE LAW
i received a message from the law
wondering how i was getting along
was i ever gonna write at all?
i received a message from mama
she was telling me about a run
i was just listening to her talk
barely looking back
squarely on the map
(oh yeah you are)
i received a notice from the board
they were telling me
"get out, get out"
but i worked a week my rent was cheap
i died
"you'll never catch me" i cried
barely looking back
squarely on the map
(but he ain't nothing but a crack salesman!)
WHO HAS TIME TO PROTEST?
let's all go where the sea meets the sky
and sun hits the sand
lay down on your back
we''ll have an understanding
i never want no hassle, man
let's not go back to the Viet Nam contract
forget about the poor and the black
it goes 1, 2, 3, 4
they sent them home dressed up in bags
i never want no hassle, man
THE NEWS TODAY
when i heard the news today
felt like i might cry
i knew i had to blaze
i took a plane away from here
and all the while
you were on my mind
standing in the door
saying something kind
i can't recall
did you hear the news today?
the boys have gone to war
i knew i can't explain
i leaned out over the bridge and saw
them landing on the shore
but something was not right
set down my petafore
gathered up my beads
and locked the door
HEY! SOFIA
hey! sofia
sofia
hey! sofia
sofia
girl in the streets
plays in the streets
says something sweet
i can't repeat-
hey! sofia
sofia
hey! sofia
sofia
my sofia
sofia
up north in
romainia
girl in the streets
plays in the streets
says something sweet
i can't repeat-
hey! sofia
DR. BAG AND THE POMADE NATURE GIANTS
one too many, many trials
to satisfy our mile
but they don't run back, they run in
not do good
up the mountains
and the streams
leaked to the cabinet
or in between
i tell ya hard time's waiting 'round
and you are late
camberwald breaks (eric park)
i'll never be defined
by your words- they were not kind
they stay on the walls
stay up all night
they want to kid you little girls
until they feel alright
but i'm alright
my name is unknown
i have her
well outgrown
but i never had it
((scrambled))
and it feels the same-
"she grew up on a pedestal
i grew up by my old high school
well it's easy now for me
just like a candle won't never be
blown out by the wind
or the rain down the lane
there's no breaking my heart
you can nail it to the floor
finally found how to use it
but i didn't shoot it very far"
STRAWBERRY GUILLOTINE
i won't slowly fade
into the future with you
i'm down in a watery grave
with a commanding view
forth, from the homeless-man cave
down by the shores of Spreckles Lake
there's moss on the casters and the brakes
when the move their carts right around the lane
yeah we need some more muskets
to fight this fucked up war
i won't slowly fade
into the language with you
i'm down in a watery grave
with a commanding view
yeah we need some more muskets
to fight this fucked up war
THE DRAKE
he's got a master list of fakes
rents a room out at the Drake
he's a real cash-carry
momentum works like a curse
where's it gonna take you to?
line the letters, make a word
hold my hand until we run
into the sunset
merry X-mas and what's new?
this year coming should be good
i'll be working at the Standard
forest and plain
lock stock, steep grade
i'm backed up for good
down at the Standard
hold my hand until we run
into the sunset
BRILL BUILDING
in this mansion
that we built ourselves
walls are made of
a new kind of earth
i've been doubling
split in two for you
dripping honey
bags of money too
crummy fingers crawl upon me
shoot the singer, voice ain't working
good impressions
they may last all night
endless patterns
of the inside
and:
TEXAS (IS THE RIGHT STATE)
texas is the right state
if you need to get some work done
it moves at such a slow pace
texas is a big place
so big you could get lost there
and it moves at such a languid pace
t. e. x. a. s.
ARTHUR MACHEN
gone, by sail
3 months, it's bigger here
trees, precious few
something to do
i heard them squeal
"i'll never peel"
black was the night
that I know
Church Steps and bells
fortunes and tongues
a litte pair
but I'm not there
coldly they led
down endless stairs
"you're car is waiting, Sir
abandon your cares"
i was a block of air
just standing there
MAKING PLANS
i've been making plans
for you, for me
down a distant mile
a moth is circling
something in his mouth
moving, slightly pink
a baby, i think
stolen from her bed
i've been making plans
for you, for me
SPEEDS
i was high on the speeds
when i tried to make a calculation
"forward ever, backward never"
got so complicated
i didn't ever go to jail
or strike her
but this one is dedicated
to random thieves
locked all the windows
reading numbers off a spool
but now I'm back
i'm back in denim
yeah I'm back in demin
i'm back, I'm back, I'm back
in denim
hIs name was everywhere
he didn't fucking care
but now he's back again
with an old style
from back when Rocket Science
and the Nigger Loving Faggots
lived here
MICROCASTLE
if i stayed here
inside this microcastle
i might miss my friends
but just the same sometimes
i think they might be bleeding me
til I reach the end
ms. static don't you wonder?
choking on each each fine detail
heaven is a place not far
they're crawling on the carpets
feeling stale
MASSIVE PLACE
Although in chains
he sails the earth
"Alone, alone"
I said "I Know"
Out here, or there
I'm in my state
I crawled around but they don't pick up
They played "I'm Here" in Newport Beach
If I could change my mind I would
Out here, or there
I'm in my state
I came across this massive place
SING SONG WAITRESS
Tell you what I never seen-
anything beyond these thieves
Standing upright like a beast
molded in a human shape
Their motives are as clear
as the reeking oceans
Their slogan
doesn't speak for the meat
of the working scum
Hangover-
I can see
the sky gather up and rain over
The brick was slick
so i put my head down-
and strum
And so it works out like a dream
hollowed out another sea
"Save a Bread" melody
coming from
the speakers there
Hangover-
a steady stream from
the house to the cut through
rain over
the brick was slick
so i put my head down
BATHMAN
Holding every beast in your eye
a cat was called, a dog turned head
floating NACO lights
Funny you dont get my idea
They want to be cool
they turned him into:
"Andy never played that way
every little trip turned gray
but I know what they want to hear
killing off the old bastard"
MATER
Don't take it all away
or lead them all astray
Oh Mater!
Don't make it all the same
or lead them all to shame
Oh Mater!
Here they are, your best friends
lying down on your bed
Don't take it all away
or lead them all astray
Oh Mater!
Don't take your love away
or lead them all astray
Oh mater!
My Mater!
Moving in the summer air
there's something there that can't
be named or beaten
Beauty is no evidence
but I still want to take your picture, baby
GELLE ROLL GUM DROP
Gelle roll gum drop, nature's child
don't you know me?
Gelle roll gum drop, sweet goodbye
you wont owe me
Gelle roll gum drop, won't you play fine?
in their minds, in their minds
Sitting on this stop
can you hear they're starting the show?
in their minds, in their minds
Sitting on this stop
it's 1959 forever in my mind, in my mind
Gelle roll gum drop, nature's child
don't you know me?
Gelle roll gum drop, sweet goodbye
you wont owe me
Gelle roll gum drop, won't you play fine
in their minds, in my mind
Sitting on this stop,
can you hear they're starting the show?
in my mind, in your mind
Sitting on this stop,
it's 5999 forever in my mind, in your mind
INVENTING A COMMON RULE
Here comes that old crowd
inventing a common rule
Harbor me and tenderly now
come and here me out
I won't seek real worlds
That song unlearned-
we still play it good
CO/CA (for P.A.)
Here on the old black lipped river bed
factory smoke climbs up overhead
They pay someone to watch over it
and there's a laser to center it
"Carry on, Carrie Anne"
lets get back soon
Don't hesitate,
they're not prepared for you
You are the factory monitor
Hired me on as the janitor
But they'll never fit it all in my bag
"Who gives a fuck if the world is a drag"
"Carry on, Carrie Anne"
lets get back soon
Don't hesitate,
they're not prepared for you
QUAI DES ORFEVRES
Sleepwalking days it gets harder
to wake into life, oh yeah
So I continually dream out these scenes
and delight in any story she tells
Listen: they're wasting our love
they seem to prey on what's stored
deep in our minds
Hoping you'll see just how easy
they lead us to long
long to die or buy in this economy
that's here and then gone away, away, oh yeah
Key any door to see where
this story lives
I won't fear, not for our souls
let it blow away
for today I'm singing-
"I love your pretty brain
unseen like a machine"
L. MANSION
She went to seek adoption
just to see wot she had gotten for me
we bombed that mansion, its gonna be the last one,
its gonna be the last fling
we went to seek a doc then
just to see wot she had gotten for me
mind searching, shes gonna get back at them
gonna gonna get back at them with violence
GRUXXE BATHE BALLADE
Good times fly over you like balloons
out of the Gruxxe Bathe Ballade
Good luck with the performance troop
no rock and roll project could heal those wounds
It's right to destroy any soul myth they employ
Our wave is your grave
hum this tune back and I will
return to your tomb
LONG CHEVEUX
Here is the case it's a house by the sea
Here is the case that's been following me
Arcing the leaves down our broad, empty street
Here is the case that's been following me
Who could I run to
or who could I see?
Marching like bees on Washington D.C.
Home with a girl and a kid on each knee
Marching like bees on Washington D.C.
Now we know how it grows
THE GREATEST
He is the greatest walking
He is the greatest surfing
or in the early morning
He is the greatest walking
He is the greatest surfing
or in the early evening