- Paul Robeson
Joy beats oppression,but oppression will make you pay,cause our joy is fleetingoppression never goes away.you look them right in the eye,you stare and shout them down,but joy, our joy,don't really care for...
- Jeffrey Lee
Star struck like a gongscreaming like a choirsetting everything on firebleached black and bluea beaten blond.There but for the grace of Godhere I come.The fire of loveis burning methe fire of lovewon't let me be.Steal...
- All Of California And Everyone Who Lives There Stinks
Good Luck, Bad LuckIt's invisible tides of highways.Don't you think, Charlie?It's random shit like waves.Yeah, *** you Charlie.Across this country filledwith islands of disaappointment,we seek family, we find...
- The Expatriate Act
What America do I live in if not this one?What do they think they're exporting? It's not me.This land is my landWherever I standOnly that money belongs to theeThe riot of history, our history of riotsThe life you're...
- My Ancestral Homeland, New Jersey
When I die they're gonna bury me in Jersey,I just know it man.I'll be a cold-cocked bag of bonesweighed down with stonesand sunk in the swamps of Jersey.There aon't know way I'm moving back there now."Never trust a...
- Fiend In Wein
I dropped out of the old school.I got kicked out of the new school.I got drunk with some girlsfrom the local art schooland got caught painting on the walls"Gustav Klimt Rules!"I chased after sugary spoonfulsshot them...
- All The World Is A Stage (Dive)
Quiet desperation ainÂt my goddamn scene.I donÂt know if you can follow me,but you bought a ticket so i guess weÂre gonna see.My friends!To the wine and to the stage!If you squander your precious beautiful...
- Friend To The Friendless
I'm not above drinking alonebut no good ever comes of it,unless you count me talking to you nowSo, have you been hurt?Did you hurt someone?Did you get all crashed down upon?Me, I'm a friend to the friendlessnot that I...
- Ich Erinnere Mich An Weimar (I Remember The Weimar)
Pirate Jenny, she got her revengehey boys hats off to her.Sally Bowles got her man, and he got really hurt. Yeah, me and my friends had some good ideas,but i swear that town got so damn weird,i got out in time in '39,...
- Millicent Didn't Want To Wait For It To Get Better
its over, boysand i think i might dieand if i do it'll be okit'll be alrighti know it ain't been longbut i seen morethan i need to decidethat things are going to changeand i'm not,remember me notto the other sideoh...
- Secret Service Freedom Fighting U.S.A.
Relax MomI been in a lot more trouble than this beforeyou knowBesides there's a way out of every damn situationjust give me a sec and I'll go.It wouldn't be right for any mother's sonto be sitting all around at...
- Glamour Ghouls
Glamour ghouls can't be boughtand they never will win.Glamour ghouls aren't what they thought they werefrom beginning to end.Glamour ghouls got great hypebut that's all they really haveand that's fine if that's the...
- The Models And The Mannequins
Movie stars and crashed carsboth receive the same regard.Movie stars and stolen carsboth set off the same alarms.Star ***er's stroke magazine cover gloss awaycontest speed dialingfor radio airplay.The papparazzi's...
- Tattoos Fade
There are rumors going around,you can feel history coming about,you're never sure just where it's going to stay.You suffer through lingering doubt,you wish someone would spell it outbut things don't work that...
- Pumpkin Time
Why don't you rise me up?Down by the pumpkin patchI've been waiting all year just to get myself born,I've been waiting all year just to meet you.It'll be a real special occasionif you'd come on along,'cause we're...
- Incendiarism
Time for the old Smashy, Smashy!through the ceilingand over the streetsthe astral planecan't be beat!for crime!my mindtotallyleaves my feet"Son, do you have an alibi"?anytime-got me officeri was asleep!We're...
- The Naughty Little Rat Makes New Friends
off she went there i stayed.staying drunk for a couple of days.there were other girls,friends of hers of course.they circled like sharks andfought like whores.but when the one you love loves you no moreit don't matter...
- The Evil Dance Of Nosliw Pilf
Wake up Jon Gilch! My name's Nosliw Pilf!I'm going to teach you a jig and it goes like this:Left, Right, up down, heel toe, to and fro!Up down, left right, heel toe, here we go!The evil dance of Nosliw Pilf!We're not...
- Brother Of The Mayor Of Bridgewater
I've seen you in my face as I've aged.You beautiful *** up, so casually brave.It made me less lonely, it helped me.The conventions that broke your noseI find quaint. I look for you in crowds now thatI don't know...
- Our Candidate
I Promise revenge for everyone!And no more electionsVengeance will be the forefront of our platformAnd no more nominations!Eyes and teeth will fill the streetsAnd you and me we'll be able to sleepEveryoneThese are...
- Go With It Girl
"i'm a go-with-it kind a girl," she said.and she did.hopping onto the party oh what a kid!olive skin. marble eyes.combat boots. out of her mind.i never can really keep up with the ladies,though i try. oh, i tried...
- Tarot Americaine
i believe in a world of endless possibilityi believe i'll have another cocktail pleaseour tactics are vividthey take a lot out of mebut thats what i signed up for sonI believe in a world of endless possiblitythe queen...
- Lust For Timing
you thinks this is about drugs it's not.its when my 13th bad idea turned rightand i made up my mind to exploit itit wasn't quite as hard as you'd think it mightbut the timing was real importantand i had made up my...
- I Wouldn't Want To Live In A World Without Grudges
Oh I wouldnÂt want to livein a world without grudges.IÂm waiting for you in the back of some bar.In some city where IÂm living at the top,life clear and skin taut.IÂll be sitting at the bar there...
- A Night In The Woods
i plan to outlive my enemies,so i'll stick around till that's done.Why don't you come and take a walk with me,I'll tell you something.You would have liked some friends of mine,they made accidents happen,they'd dig a...
- Just The Best Party
one time i went to just the best party.the music was good. the girls were pretty.the booze flowed and it lasted so long thati got a part time job around the corner telemarketing.it evolved as the months went by.it...
- Heart Attack '64
It's hard to remember that one SeptemberAll the frontiers through which I crept,well the displaced we forgetBut the dope and the girls and the wine,oh hell, they were so fineWhat a wonderful, wonderful worldNo, I...
- Charming Side Of Drunk
stay on the charming side of drunkand leave without saying goodbyesometimes i'm sentimentalif you know what i mean.i can't stand the musicbut i love the scenewe will always find ourselves in bars,where it's always...
- One For The Witches
you could become very dangerousand i wouldreally like itthis could become very seriousman it would be a laughand a kissall this-like on the streetwhere the kids yelled'what the hell are you supposed to be?'at my...
- Peter Lorre
HeyPeter Lorre!Where'd all the money go?I come to the stage with a tale of woeOf suffering and faith and insolent prideyou must hear every word before you godo not try to run away and hideI come to the stage with a...
- Joe Tennis Redeemed
Joe Tennis chased the one good ideahe'd had his whole life.And when he finally caught up with ithe did what he thoughtwas right.So he watched the idea's tail-lightsfade down the highway,and with them the hope thathis...
- Zen And The Art Of Breaking Everything In This Room
The cops and the kids and the cats and the robbersand the stolen moments from the out of tune guitarsskipping out of school and sneaking into showsall kissing on the lips while we all playall the wonderful ifsmy pulse...