one song

[tkleist]

It must be the colors

And the kids

That keep me alive

'Cause the music is boring me to death

 

It must just be the colors

And the kids that keep me alive

'Cause I wanna go ride away

To a January night

Built a shack with an old friend

He was someone I could learn from

Someone I could become

 

Will you meet me down

On a sandy beach

We can roll up our jeans

So the tide won't get us below the knees

 

Yellow hair

You are a funny bear

Yellow hair

You are such a funny bear

Slender fingers

Would hold me slender limbs would hold me

And you could say my name

Like you knew my name

 

I could stay here

Become someone different

I could stay here

Become someone better

 

It's so hard to go in the city

'Cause you wanna say hello to everybody

It's so hard to go into the city

'Cause you wanna say hey I love you to everybody

When we were teenagers we wanted to be the sky

Now all we wanna do is go to red places

And try to stay outta hell

 

It must be the colors

And the kids

That keep me alive

'Cause the music is boring me to death

 

it must just be the colors

And it must just be the kids

That keep me alive on this January night.

 

Yellow hair

You are a funny bear

Yellow hair

You are such a funny bear

[wskitche]

Here I am standing at your window again

waiting for you to say go away or come in

I

[candyfloss1214]

When I was born, they looked at me and said,

What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.

And when you were born, they looked at you and said,

What a good girl, what a what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.

We've got these chains that hang around our necks

people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath.

Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same,

when temptation calls, we just look away.

 

This name is the hairshirt I wear

and this hairshirt is woven from your brown hair.

This song is the cross that I bear,

bear it with me, bear with me, bear with me, be with me tonight,

I know that it isn't right, but be with me tonight.

I go to school, I write exams,

if I pass, if I fail, if I drop out,

does anyone give a damn?

And if they do, they'll soon forget 'cause it won't take much for me

to show my life ain't over yet.

I wake up scared, I wake up strange.

I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever going to change.

I wake up scared, I wake up strange

and everything around me stays the same.

 

I couldn't tell you that I was wrong,

chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, sat down and I wrote this song.

I couldn't tell you that you were right,

so instead I looked in the mirror,

watched TV, laid away all night.

We've got these chains, hang 'round our necks,

people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath.

Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same when temptation calls ...

 

When I was born, they looked at me and said;

What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.

And when you were born, they looked at you and said;

What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey

[viatroy]

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

 

When the evening shadows and the stars appear

And there is no one there to dry your tears

I could hold you for a million years

To make you feel my love

 

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

But I would never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

No doubt in my mind where you belong

 

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue

I'd go crawling down the avenue

There's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love

 

The storms are raging on the rollin' sea

And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free

You ain't seen nothing like me yet

 

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

Nothing that I wouldn't do

Go to the ends of the earth for you

To make you feel my love

[jimmyjimmy]

Walk right in, sit right down

Daddy, let your mind roll on

Walk right in, sit right down

Daddy, let your mind roll on

Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'

Do you want to lose your mind?

Walk right in, sit right down

Daddy, let your mind roll on

 

Walk right in, sit right down

Baby, let your hair hang down

Walk right in, sit right down

Baby, let your hair hang down

Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'

Do you want to lose your mind?

Walk right in, sit right down

Baby, let your hair hang down

[lizish]

What can you see from your window?

I can

[la*]

Headlights race towards the corner of the dining room.

Half illuminate a face before they disappear.

You breathe in forty years of failing to describe a feeling.

I breathe out smoke against the window, trace the letters in your name.

Our letters sound the same; full of all our changing that isn't change at all.

All straight lines circle sometime.

You said "Somewhere there's a box full of replacement parts to

all the tenderness we've broken or let rust away.

Somewhere sympathy is more than just a way of leaving.

Somewhere someone says 'I'm sorry.' Someone's making plans to stay."

So tell me it's okay. Tell me anything, or

show me there's a pull, unassailable, that will lead you there, from the dark, alone, to benevolence that you've never known, or you knew when you were four and can't remember.

Where a small knife tears out those sloppy seams, and the silence knows what your silence means, and your metaphors (as mixed as you can make them) are linked, like days, together.

I still hear trains at night, when the wind is right. I remember everything, lick and thread this string that will never mend you or tailor more than a memory of a kitchen floor, or the fire-door that we kept propping open.

And I love this place; the enormous sky, and the faces, hands that I'm haunted by, so why can't I forgive these buildings, these frameworks labeled "Home"?

[Dude]

See the rain on the street

The way the cars shine

And the scotch that she drinks

With her lips so fine

And her shoulders go weak

As she closes her eyes

Oh, my God, when she was mine

 

See how she moves through the door

How she loses her keys

How she loses her cool

Watching blackbirds scatter through the trees

How she flips from the back to the front

Reading magazines

Oh, my God, I miss those things

And it's a hard way to fall

And this ain't the easy way down

And it's a hard thing to love anyone, anyhow

 

So if it's gotta be you

Treat her nice

Hold her hand

And tell her twice

That she doesn't have to worry

And it will be alright

It's alright this time

It's alright this time

 

See her smiling at him?

That used to be me

I could find her in a thunderstorm

Just by the way that the rain would fall

And we used to be something

But somethin' happened to me

Oh, my God, when I was free

And it's a hard way to fall

And this ain't easy way down

And it's a hard thing to love anyone, anyhow

 

And it's a hard way to fall

And this ain't the easy way down

And it's a hard thing to love anyone, anyhow

[M. (hristine]

I took a picture that I'll have to send

People here are friendly and content

People here are colorful and bright

The flowers often bloom at night

 

Amanita is the name

The flowers cover everything

The flowers cover everything

 

There's something here I find hard to ignore

There's something that I've never seen before

Amanita is the name they cover over everything

 

The flowers cover everything

They cover over everything (Amanita is the name)

The flowers cover everything

 

Don't look into the sun

Don't look into the sun

 

There's something that I've never seen before

The flowers often bloom at night

Amanita is the name they cover over everything

[Elixir Sue]

You angel you

You got me under your wing.

The way you walk and the way you talk

I feel I could almost sing.

 

You angel you

You're as fine as anything's fine.

The way you walk and the way you talk

It sure plays on my mind.

 

You know I can't sleep at night for trying,

Never did feel this way before.

I get up at night and walk the floor.

If this is love then gimme more

And more and more and more and more.

 

You angel you

You're as fine as can be.

The way you smile like a sweet baby child,

It just falls all over me.

 

You know I can't sleep at night for trying

Never did feel this way before,

Never did get up and walk the floor.

If this is love then gimme more

And more and more and more.

 

You angel you

You got me under your wing.

The way you walk and the way you talk

It says everything.

[JUDE]

Johnny's in the basement

Mixing up the medicine

I'm on the pavement

Thinking about the government

The man in the trench coat

Badge out, laid off

Says he's got a bad cough

Wants to get it paid off

Look out kid

It's somethin' you did

God knows when

But you're doin' it again

You better duck down the alley way

Lookin' for a new friend

The man in the coon-skin cap

In the big pen

Wants eleven dollar bills

You only got ten

 

Maggie comes fleet foot

Face full of black soot

Talkin' that the heat put

Plants in the bed but

The phone's tapped anyway

Maggie says that many say

They must bust in early May

Orders from the D. A.

Look out kid

Don't matter what you did

Walk on your tip toes

Don't try "No Doz"

Better stay away from those

That carry around a fire hose

Keep a clean nose

Watch the plain clothes

You don't need a weather man

To know which way the wind blows

 

Get sick, get well

Hang around a ink well

Ring bell, hard to tell

If anything is goin' to sell

Try hard, get barred

Get back, write braille

Get jailed, jump bail

Join the army, if you fail

Look out kid

You're gonna get hit

But users, cheaters

Six-time losers

Hang around the theaters

Girl by the whirlpool

Lookin' for a new fool

Don't follow leaders

Watch the parkin' meters

 

Ah get born, keep warm

Short pants, romance, learn to dance

Get dressed, get blessed

Try to be a success

Please her, please him, buy gifts

Don't steal, don't lift

Twenty years of schoolin'

And they put you on the day shift

Look out kid

They keep it all hid

Better jump down a manhole

Light yourself a candle

Don't wear sandals

Try to avoid the scandals

Don't wanna be a bum

You better chew gum

The pump don't work

'Cause the vandals took the handles

[Dude]

If not for you,

Babe, I couldn't find the door,

Couldn't even see the floor,

I'd be sad and blue,

If not for you.

 

If not for you,

Babe, I'd lay awake all night,

Wait for the mornin' light

To shine in through,

But it would not be new,

If not for you.

 

If not for you

My sky would fall,

Rain would gather too.

Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,

I'd be lost if not for you,

And you know it's true.

 

If not for you

My sky would fall,

Rain would gather too.

Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,

Oh! What would I do

If not for you.

 

If not for you,

Winter would have no spring,

Couldn't hear the robin sing,

I just wouldn't have a clue,

Anyway it wouldn't ring true,

If not for you.

[Analogman]

Baby, baby, I've been so sad since you've been gone

way back to New York City

where you do belong

Honey, I missed your two tongue kisses,

legs wrapped around me tight

If I ever get back to Fun City, girl,

I'm gonna make you scream all night.

Honey, honey, call me on the telephone,

I know you're movin' out to Hollywood

with your can of tasty foam

All those beat up friends of mine

got to get you in their books

And lead guitars and movie stars

get their toes beneath your hook.Yeah! You're a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star

yeah, a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star,

a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker star.Yeah, I heard about you Polaroid's,

now that's what I call obscene,

your tricks with fruit was kind a cute,

I bet you keep your pussy clean.

Honey, I miss your two tone kisses,

legs wrapped around me tight.

If I ever get back to New York, girl,

gonna make you scream all night.Yeah! You're a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star

yeah, a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star,

a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker star.Yeah, Ali McGraw got mad with you

for givin' head to Steve McQueen,

yeah, and me we made a pretty pair,

fallin' through the Silver Screen.

Honey, I'm open to anything

I don't know where to draw the line.

Yeah, I'm makin' bets that you gonna get

(you man) before he dies.

(John Wayne)Yeah! You're a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star

yeah, a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star,

a star fucker, star fucker, star fucker, star fucker star.

[Elixir Sue]

i jumped in the river and what did I see?

black-eyed angels swimming with me

a moon full of stars and astral cars

all the figures i used to see

all my lovers were there with me

all my past and futures

and we all went to heaven in a little row boat

 

there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

 

i jumped in the river

black-eyed angels swimming with me

a moon full of stars and astral cars

all the figures i used to see

all my lovers were there with me

all my past and futures

and we all went to heaven in a little row boat

 

there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

[M. (hristine]

Louie Louie, oh no

Me gotta go

Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said

Louie Louie, oh baby

Me gotta go

 

Fine little girl waits for me

Catch a ship across the sea

Sail that ship about, all alone

Never know if I make it home

 

Louie Louie, oh no

Me gotta go

Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said

Louie Louie, oh baby

Me gotta go

 

Three nights and days I sail the sea

Think of girl, constantly

On that ship, I dream she's there

I smell the rose in her hair.

 

Louie Louie, oh no

Me gotta go

Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said

Louie Louie, oh baby

Me gotta go

 

Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!

 

See Jamaica, the moon above

It won't be long, me see me love

Take her in my arms again

Tell her I'll never leave again

 

Louie Louie, oh no

Me gotta go

Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said

Louie Louie, oh baby

Me gotta go

 

 

Let's take it on outa here now

Let's go!!

[Analogman]

Sometimes its hard to be a woman

Giving all your love to just one man

You'll have bad times

And he'll have good times

Doing things that you don't understand

But if you love him you'll forgive him

Even though he's hard to understand

And if you love him

Oh be proud of him

'Cause after all he's just a man

Stand by your man

Give him two arms to cling to

And something warm to come to

When nights are cold and lonely

Stand by your man

And tell the world you love him

Keep giving all the love you can

Stand by your man

Stand by your man

And show the world you love him

Keep giving all the love you can

Stand by your man

[viatroy]

alright, what'd ya do now?

[Analogman]

[viatroy]

[Elixir Sue]

If you hate the taste of wine

Why do you drink it till you're blind?

And if you swear that there's no truth and who cares

How come you say it like you're right?

Why are you scared to dream of God

When it's salvation that you want?

You see stars that clear have been dead for years

But the idea just lives on

In our wheels that roll around

As we move over the ground

And all day it seems we've been in between

The past and future town

 

We are nowhere and it's now

We are nowhere and it's now

 

And like a ten minute dream in the passenger seat

While the world was flying by

You haven't been gone very long

But it feels like a lifetime

 

I've been sleeping so strange at night

Side effects they don't advertise

I've been sleeping so strange

With a head full of pesticide

 

I've got no plans and too much time

I feel too restless to unwind

I'm always lost in thought as I walk a block

To my favorite neon sign

 

Where the waitress looks concerned

But she never says a word

Just turns the juke box on and we hum along

And I smile back at her

 

And my friend comes after work

When the features start to blur

She says these bars are filled with things that kill

By now you probably should have learned

 

Did you forget that yellow bird?

How could you forget your yellow bird?

She took a small silver wreath and pinned it onto me

She said this one will bring you love

And I don't know if it's true

But I keep it for good luck

[Nowhereman65]

On a warm summer

[Analogman]

Lady, when you

[Dude]

At night when the sky is clear

and the moon is shining down

My heart goes running back to you

I love the way

you open up and let me in

So I go running back to you,

Over and over again.

 

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you.

 

Remember the nights of love

and that moment on the beach

That wasn't really too long ago

But we paid the price of time,

and now it's out of reach

And so the broken circle go,

Over and over again

 

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you.

 

Somewhere in a fire of love,

our dreams went up in smoke

We danced beneath silver rain

Upon the fields of green,

where time was just a joke

And now the feeling's

just the same,

Over and over again.

 

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you

Over and over again my love

Over and over again with you.

[viatroy]

In the chilly hours and minutes,

Of uncertainty, I want to be,

In the warm hold of your loving mind.

 

To feel you all around me,

And to take your hand, along the sand,

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

 

When sundown pales the sky,

I wanna hide a while, behind your smile,

And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

 

For me to love you now,

Would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing,

Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

 

When rain has hung the leaves with tears,

I want you near, to kill my fears

To help me to leave all my blues behind.

 

For standin' in your heart,

Is where I want to be, and I long to be,

Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

[M. (hristine]

It's raining down roses on the stop where you stand

As you wait for the morning train

The woman beside you, her shoulders are smoking

Her eyes are filling with flame

 

And it's nothing new, happens each day

Everyone turns away

 

And back on the platform, the wings of the ragman

Are stretching and shaking and shining, shining like rain

 

The street that you live on is brush strokes on canvas

You'd see it if you turned around

The sky fell last wednesday and broke into pieces

And every shard made a sound

 

But it's nothing new, happens each day

And everyone turns away

 

It's the clock in your kitchen, it's the faces of children

It's the rising, the falling, the lost, the lost and the found

 

And it's all around you now

It's all around you now

It's all around you now

Still you don't see

Still you don't see

 

The boy on the porch swing, he left glowing footprints

On the sidewalk as he pased by

Oh, you can't see it, I know you can't see it

And back then, neither could I

 

But it's nothing new, happens each day

And everyone turns away

 

And back in your old yard, the tree from your childhood

Is thinking about you, and shivers a sigh

 

And it's all around you now

It's all around you now

It's all around you now

Still you don't see

Still you don't see