- Needle Can't Burn (What The Needle Can't Find)
I don't want to spend the rest of my lifestarin?at a man, Looking down a linewhat's he say? ot my style?Just a stylized version of an obsolete fileI don't want to spend the rest of my timelookin?for the words I'm...
- By Your Side
You had a basement apartmentWe spent the days in the dark thereEverything implied and perfectWe made up our own secret languageWith no word for goodbyeA Remington Rand on your birthdayPages of games weve been...
- Lame
there's a tall, a mulatto. boy i knowand he comes to every party - he stands aloneviewing them the rest, from the corner of his glanceit gets so clear, he's not judging anyonethe way his arms float around his cage,...
- Summer Is Over
Every season has a lesson to be learned.When all the love is piled, pushed aside, and is burned.No more driving with the top pulled down or laying on the beach.When your winter comes you're so out of reach.Summer is...
- What Angry Blue?
I know how the good wind blowsand it gives me my timeDon抰 let them drag your hatred off the lineI know how the anger goes so I bury mineYou know they had me working overtimeI want no part of your blackheart...
- Headstrong
headstrong is willing to live like a rat in a holeheadstrong....unwilling to listening anyone at allkeeps her head above the water,keeps her head upon her shouldersi know, i know, i know she has heard this all...
- My My
my my stomach hurts again tonight she says:and crashes on her floorcuts what she can't untieties it to a doorif mercy was a cattle callshe didn't hearshe didn't want to play the roleof the fool againwon't be fooled...
- First Time Believers
I am a tiny machinist.I have the smallest plans.I have a mind television.The gift of idle hands.I've been re-educated.To bleed technology.Even more complicated than the machines who made me.I'm a wasteland messiah.I'm...
- Favorite Dog
that's my other hand, open and emptyit wants one too I guessthat's my other jaw, swollen and shamelessit talks too much I knowand another singer is born, with every sip I takedrain away my words, just like my flesh...
- Anything
indivisible, you are the oneimpossible to hear what you say to me at nightcan't I have some covers back? It's so coldon the wrong side of the bedare you awake are you aware are you anything?pictures high, high above...
- Cumbersome
she calls me goliath and i wear the david maski guess the stones are coming too fast for her nowyou know I'd like to believe this nervousness will passall the stones that are thrown are building up a wallI have become...
- Faster
As I step out into space.I wonder what you would say.If you knew that I was here.Perfecting my mistakes.I poured that gasoline.Last drop to the machine.And I drove that metal.As far away.Do you really want to go much...
- People Like New
Yeah the roads are right tonitethey are twistingMy mouth is dry - like cool air insideAnd maybe I worrydo things in a hurryand follow the dustof people like newThere抯 people like meand there抯 people like...
- In-Between
Hey man:You're so complicated and meanmaybe your system needs adjustmentShe is a famous people collectorI'm juggling J-O-B The JudgerMaybe the words don't mean a thingThey never fill the dead man's shoesWho killed the...
- Found My Center
My tired eyes are blackened wicksRazor tucked under my chinQuit quit quitters started quittingOne last timeTake me down to the other sideWhere all the lights are handed outMine is empty mine is shattered and powered...
- Where Are You Calling From?
Here beats the black heart of my rancorThe speed of life can dull your nerveI beat no drum for anything anymoreMight have more than I deserveThe golden age of being amusedHas turned into the modern life and times of...
- Still I Find You
You and I have tried to pretend.We both exist inside of a dream.In my life, from beginning to end,no stranger thing has happened to me.I went from highland, straight thru the desert.I had to suffer my own mistakes.I...
- Breakdown
I get you ready for the breakdown. I'm the feeling inside you that just wants to explode.I never sugarcoat a shakedown.So empty all your pockets of the things that you think you know.You can bow to the prophet.You can...
- Dislocated
I had an awful wakeup dream, everything was just what it seemedI had a nightmare soaked in light, everything was cracked from insideIve seen the way I go in the end, I shut my eyes to beginLittle black cars...
- Super-Related
Super-Related andI think it's bigger than books whenreality steps inShe's a gun with a gunSuper-Related andI can feel you pull through meReality surelyleaves the choice in our handsI could be chemical, I could be a...
- Southwestern State
Been draggin' this maskall over townwith my face still in itNo one saw that I did itThings they've done to meyou would never believeBelieve me they're truethings I've had to doTo get next to youI need a straight-away...
- Roderigo
"he's a real cannibal." she goes:"I think I'll call him roderigo"dress him up in darker clothes, sell him awaystanding underneath her gun"sit up straight or I'll hurt you"you know he's not her only son, just the...
- Make Up Your Mind
Oh yeahshe says: we can抰 tell themOh yeahshe wants up frontI can抰 do thatOh yeahShe抯 got backupBoyfriend and I抦 himWhen you gonna?make up your mind?When you gonna?make up your mind?When you...
- I Could Be Wrong
My good looks won抰 save my kidsfrom their dad抯 predicament.They won抰 see my face like thissee my face as a shadowI could be wrongor I could be strongThe penny-rate my love collectscould set your...
- Without You Feels
Somebody hold me, hold me downSo I don't slip tonight.Punch the clocks outPunch the wall stillSomething's wrong with me.Without you feels like the end of the world.Without you feels like the end of the world.What if...
- Zeroes And Ones
She talks to her television.Changing channels with her mind.When this new world turns politic,she just slips in between their sighs.And we talk when the talking is good.Saying over and over.Maybe we should run.While...
- Subway Tunnel Microphones
Subway tunnel microphonesOpen city overtonesEpic urgency survivesIn every stranger passing byTiny lights go red and fadeEyes go wide to hold their faceAm I done falling or falling stillCan never tell and I never willI...
- Joliet
"Joliet," she says, "is the darkest part of a man?It's angry and slickInto her letters writesthrough herself each timeshe thinks of himTrips her way down southinto mystery's mouthand he follows her thereIt's what she...
- Don't Walk With The Devil
Frequently down at the open-air bar,The regulars run a dirty jukeboxAnd scowl at the weekenders swilled in their mock veneer.And I take my tricks, like a miner for coal.I shake their hands until the slippery...
- Oceans Of Envy
Ive got a photo booth pictureIt reminded me of something you said to meIf everything you want is so far out of reachIf everything that you want is so far out of reachMove a little closer to meI held my breath as the...
- Oven
Get down and pray to the ovenShe thinks that god is there, in thereDo you see Sylvia in the oven?Colossal Fact, Daddy抯 ex don抰 let you read.Here抯 what she sees.In the end her only friend, keeps...
- Margaret
Margaret came to me was all he saidbefore she knew my name she was in my bedshe was only sweet sixteen20,000 days younger than me"marry me" she said I don't reply"daddy said you'd better, or you'll die"she wants a...
- Made To Be Broken
Some things are made to be brokenSome things are made to be keptWere in the space between whats over and whats leftIf I tried too hard to keep youI did it so I could reach youI had to re-arrange the only things...
- Player Piano
(For Tom O. and Kurt V.)Play me like a player pianoroll me from the cornersof your dark and dusty shadowsLike a player piano,I sit uselessmost of the timeThe bar gets darkerit swallows up the scarletThe...
- Steal A Car
I want to know just what you're keeping in your pocket.I want to taste it before anybody knows its name.You can hide in here with me.I'll take all the blame.I need to know just what you're keeping in your pocket.I...
- Honey
Had a dream.And you were my dream.Saw your face.Real in a dream.Sugar mouth.Stings like a bee.Dreams with me at night.Come around.An image of you.And I want.The most I can get.Come around.And I'll bet the rent.You're...
- Times Like These
A young girl give me a good luck charm.Put a snake on my neck and a bird on my arm.Got one good leg 慶ause the other went South.Got a brand new crutch and a brand new mouth.I got a sheriff抯 name branded...
- Lullaby
Angel go to sleepShe says her prayers goodnight Water in the ear to meBut they make 'er feel alright A green gold stretch of road Is what she's dreamin of Roll the windows down on 44 Swear the sky just opens up Angel...
- Tug
Little miss runs away.Didn't think you would ever come back.As I turned my head.I find my newest complication.She won't run.Won't fall.She don't talk to.Anyone at all.Am I your sleepless dream?Can I whisper soft...
- Blue Letter
Tell me why Im hereIn this empty houseMy mind wont changeWill it nowEverything I thought that I put to restEverything wrong always the sameEverything gone Nothing has ChangedBlue letter over my headI still...
- Peel
I'm going back to VirginiaIf it's not too late, to make my breakMaybe Carolinanear the company of GraceIf I find New Orleansyou know my will just fadeswhen I see all my peopleon the EsplanadeIf the O-town humorshines...
- Lullabye
angel go to sleep.she says her prayers goodnight.its water in the ear to me.but they make her feel alright.a green-gold stregch of road.is what she's dreamin of.roll the windows down on 44.i'd swear the sky just opens...
- RockCrown
Well I haven抰 seen a doctorsince I can抰 remember whenBut she tells me I抳e been a talkersince 1976We went up to the lake and I, I rememberthis: my family secretPits in my skin where I let you...
- Water's Edge
"Don't go there,"I heard her say."You can't stomach what you're gonna see."It's down there by the waters edge,Wasted and bloated and waiting for someone else.Don't know how,These things come about.When you're tied to...
- Sleepwalking
I awoke in a sinking Manhattan.I played in drunken cathedrals.There were businessmen in armchairs.With namebrands and short hair.Detonating with evil.So I scratched out the eyes of all my past lives.And gathered my...
- Over Your Shoulder
There's a mark on my backfrom my last heart attackA whiskeymouthbottleneckcardstackThere's a source, of course,she says: It's whispering at nightlike air leaks from a tirethe truth outruns your lies (life)If you jump...
- Each Little Mystery
She's got a ticketbut you need more than a ticket to get you thereYou need a string of good intentionsand an easy burnMaybe some good luckwith the cash tucked in the back of your pocketMaybe it's still not enough to...
- Wait
I imagine long walks down the road.Things begin to bloom and the sky explodes.The damage is undone, and then I know.This has got to be a dream.Machines and luxuries don't last.I took my sleep for granted in the...
- Houdini's Angels
Do you think that people get tired of themselves?Is that why the T.V.'s on all the time?It don't take much to get it right back on track,but it won't fall from the sky right into your lap.I've made the most of...
- Man In Control?
I count the cracks in the pavement.Where the weeds and wishes grow.Every car is a reminder.That there's someplace else to go.I steal a moment beside you.Can you hear me whispering?I don't know what divides you.And I...
- Gone Away
It抯 not the clothes that she borrowsjust call me out - you know I抣l followBack thru the backdoor into JuneLuck will sleep the October JuneSometimes in deep thought I抦 31she抯 wanting...
- Blessing In Disguise
Everything's a blessing in disguiseYou wear yoursI'll wear mineEverything's a blessing in disguiseFalling to riseThe vanishing meis aching to besomething you needThin?BR>Thin as a strandShe stands at the edgeand pulls...
- Hang On
So you're sticky and you're young and your head is like a spongeGo to keep yourself, keep you from becoming oneGet up off of your knees!You feel a tick in your stomach and it's eating towards your heartA subtle,...
- Punch In Punch Outt
I wake upto beat the sun from her gloryI'm onlyone cigaretteaway from mobilityIt's alwayspunch in punch outgo to work and go back homethere's only one chance leftand I knowand I knowwhere she is waiting
- Flagship Eleanor
I've got a tricked-out receiverand I think it's built to winI've got one chance to receive her voicetranslucent, delicateBreakdown! Breakout! EleanorI think your loneliness is codeIt symbolizes every manwho's empty as...
- This Evening's Great Excuse
Time will pack a bag on you, my loveorganize, re-organize your LuckPretty face, a pretty smile,a pretty shame you can't defileThe message you have made for them to seeAnd it will beAnd it will beH Y P O C R I S Y...
- Shelf Life
Words keep falling from my mouth,trying just to slow them down.Keep on spilling around,saying "Why do you hurt me?"And if anger is my gift,the only gift I'm fit to bringThen put me on your shelf,see the wind turn...
- Lucky
Mean Mr. Mustard says he抯 boredof life in The District.He Can't afford the French Quarter highsays it gets old real quickand he pales up next to meand scrawled on the pavementIt says: Son, time is all the...
- Honey Of Generation
What抯 your mother say?揧ou never listen to me?I know you want back inyou don抰 get it for freeYou better read the book, andhear what they sayBest learn the rulesand sit up straightWhat抯 your...
- Bark No Bite
I cant let you goDont let the darkBe the only place you see meIll try to find you something newThat pulls me back to your armsLittle towns are the way were livingLittle white crosses on dangerous...
- Chasing You
No communication with youWords don't believethe things they meanmean what you saysay who you areNo communication with youThis silence is thickbut listen closeI'm crawling throughyour radioI can't keep a thought?Am...
- Settle Up
Im a False Start on a Jukebox, a broken heart after last callIts lights up, Im locked in, and now its time to settle upNo slow emotion anymoreI know the secret of this townFaster Faster youre to the floorIt...