District
Sleeps Alone
Smeared black ink...
your palms are sweaty
And I'm barely listening
to last demands
I'm staring at the asphalt
wondering what's buried underneath
Where I am
Where I am
I'll wear my badge...
a vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
That tells your new friends
I am a visitor here...
I am not permanent
And the only thing keeping
me dry is
Where I am
Where I am
Where I am
You seem so out of context
in this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your
door key explaining that I am just visiting
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth
leaving
Why I was the one worth
leaving
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
Where I am
Where I am
Where I am
You seem so so out of
context in this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your
door key explaining that I am just visiting
And I am finally seing
Why I was the one worth
leaving
Why I was the one worth
leaving
Where I am
Where I am
Where I am
The district sleeps alone
tonight after the bars turn out their lights
And send the autos swerving
into the loneliest evening
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth
leaving
Why I was the one worth
leaving
Why I was the one worth
leaving
Why I was the one worth
leaving
Sleeping In
Last week i had the strangest
dream
Where everything was
exactly how it seemed
Where there was never
any mystery on who shot john f kennedy
It was just a man with
something to prove
Slightly bored and severely
confused
He steadied his rifle
with his target in the center
And became famous on
that day in november
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping in
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping in
And then last night i
had that strange dream
Where everything was
exactly how it seemed
Where concerns about
the world getting warmer
The people thought they
were just being rewarded
For treating others as
they like to be treated
For obeying stop signs
and curing diseases
For mailing letters with
the address of the sender
Now we can swim any day
in november
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping
(now we can swim any
day in november)
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping in
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping in
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping in
Dont wake me i plan on
sleeping
OOo oOo oOo
Recycled Air
I take a breath and pull
the air in 'til there's nothing left
I'm feeling green like
teenage lovers between the sheets
Ba ba ba ba ...
Knuckles clenched to
white as the landing gear retract for flight
My head's a balloon inflating
with the altitude
Ba ba ba ba...
I watch the patchwork
farms' slow fade into the ocean's arms
And from here they can't
see me stare
The stale taste of recycled
air
I watch the patchwork
farms' slow fade into the ocean's arms
Calm down, release your
cares
The stale taste of recycled
air
We Will Become Silhouettes
I've got a cupboard with
cans of food, filtered water,
And pictures of you and
i'm not coming out
Until this is all over
And i'm looking through
the glass where the light bends
At the cracks
And i'm screaming at
the top of my lungs pretending
The echoes belong to
someone
Someone i used to know
And we become silhouettes
when our bodies finally go
Ba ba ba...
I wanted to walk through
the empty streets
And feel something constant
under my feet,
But all the news reports
recommended that
I stay indoors
Because the air outside
will make our cells
Divide at an alarming
rate until our shells
Simply cannot hold all
our insides in,
And that's when we'll
explode
(and it won't be a pretty
sight)
And we'll become silhouettes
when our bodies finally go
Ba ba ba...
And we'll become silhouettes
when our bodies finally go
Ba ba ba...
And we'll become silhouettes
when our bodies finally go
Ba ba ba...
And we'll become silhouettes
when our bodies finally go
Ba ba ba...
And we'll become
And we'll become
Brand New Colony
I'll be the grapes fermented,
Bottled and served with
the table set in my finest suit
Like a perfect gentlemen
I'll be the fire escape
that's bolted to the ancient brick
Where you will sit and
contemplate your day
I'll be the waterwings
that save you if you start drowning
In an open tab when your
judgement's on the brink
I'll be the phonograph
that plays your favorite
Albums back as your lying
there drifting off to sleep...
I'll be the platform
shoes and undo what heredity's done to you...
You won't have to strain
to look into my eyes
I'll be your winter coat
buttoned and zippedstraight to the throat
With the collar up so
you won't catch a cold
I want to take you far
from the cynics int his town
And kiss you on the mouth
We'll cut out bodies
free from the tethers of this scene,
Start a brand new colony
Where everything will
change,
We'll give ourselves
new names (identities erased)
The sun will heat the
grounds
Under our bare feet in
this brand new colony
Everything will change,
oOo oOo... |
Such
Great Heights
I am thinking it's a
sign that the freckles
In our eyes are mirror
images and when
We kiss they're perfectly
aligned
And I have to speculate
that God himself
Did make us into corresponding
shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the
clay
And true, it may seem
like a stretch, but
Its thoughts like this
that catch my troubled
Head when you're away
when I am missing you to death
When you are out there
on the road for
Several weeks of shows
and when you scan
The radio, I hope this
song will guide you home
They will see us waving
from such great
Heights, 'come down now,'
they'll say
But everything looks
perfect from far away,
'come down now,' but
we'll stay...
I tried my best to leave
this all on your
Machine but the persistent
beat it sounded
Thin upon listening
That frankly will not
fly. you will hear
The shrillest highs and
lowest lows with
The windows down when
this is guiding you home
Nothing Better
Will someone please call
a surgeon
Who can crack my ribs
and repair this broken heart
That your're deserting
for better company?
I can't accept that it's
over...
I will block the door
like a goalie tending the net
In the third quarter
of a tied-game rivalry
So just say how to make
it right
And i swear i'll do my
best to comply
Tell me am i right to
think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride
and slowly growing old together
I feel must interject
here you're getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself
With these revisions
and gaps in history
So let me help you remember.
I've made charts and
graphs that should finally make it clear.
I've prepared a lecture
on why i have to leave
So please back away and
let me go
I can't my darling i
love you so...
Tell me am i right to
think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride
and slowly growing old together
Don't you feed me lines
about some idealistic future
Your heart won't heal
right if you keep tearing out the sutures
I admit that i have made
mistakes and i swear
I'll never wrong you
again
You've got a lure i can't
deny,
But you've had your chance
so say goodbye
Say goodbye
Clark Gable
I was waiting for a cross-town
train in the london underground
When it struck me that
I've been waiting since birth to find
A love that would look
and sound like a movie so I changed
My plans and rented a
camera and a van and then I called you
"I need you to pretend
that we are in love again" and you agreed to
I want so badly to believe
that "there is truth, that love is real"
And I want life in every
word to the extent that it's absurd
I greased the lens and
framed the shot using a friend as my stand-in
The script it called
for rain but it was clear that day so we faked it
The marker snapped and
I yelled "quiet on the set"
And then called "action!"
And I kissed you in a
style that clark gable would have admired
(I thought it classic)
I want so badly to believe
that "there is truth, that love is real"
And I want life in every
word to the extent that it's absurd
I know you're wise beyond
your years, but do you ever get the fear
That your perfect verse
is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?
This Place Is A Prison
This place is a prison
And these people aren't
your friends
Inhaling thrills through
$20 bills
And the tumblers are
drained and then flooded again
And again
Ther're guards at the
on ramps armed to the teeth
And you may case the
grounds from the cascades to puget sound,
But you are not permitted
to leave
I know there's a big
world out there like the one i saw on the screen
In my living room late
last night,
It was almost too bright
to see
And i know that it's
not a party if it happens every night
Pretending there's glamour
and candelabra
When you're drinking
by candlelight
What does it take to
get a drink in this place?
What does it take, how
long must i wait?
Natural
Anthem
I'll write you a song
and it won't be hard to sing
It will be a natural
anthem, familiar it will seem
It will rally all the
workers on strike for better pay
And its chorus will resound
and boost morale throughout the day
I'll write you a song
and i hope that you won't mind
Because all the names
and places i have taken from real life
So please don't be upset
at this portrait that i paint
It may be a little biased,
but at least i spelt your name right... |
