one song

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it

Sometimes it gets so hard, you see

I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet

With all these promises you left for me

But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

 

Well, I waited for you when I was half sick

Yes, I waited for you when you hated me

Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic

When you knew I had some other place to be

Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

 

Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously

But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.

 

Well, six white horses that you did promise

Were fin'lly delivered down to the penitentiary

But to live outside the law, you must be honest

I know you always say that you agree

But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

 

Well, I don't know how it happened

But the river-boat captain, he knows my fate

But ev'rybody else, even yourself

They're just gonna have to wait.

 

Well, I got the fever down in my pockets

The Persian drunkard, he follows me

Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it

You see, you forgot to leave me with the key

Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

 

Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed

That a man can't give his address out to bad company

And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad

In the ruins of your balcony

Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie.

[JUDE]

Someone and someone

were down by the pond

Looking for something

to plant in the lawn.

Out in the fields they

were turning the soil

I'm sitting here hoping

this water will boil

When I look through the windows

and out on the road

They're bringing me presents

and saying hello.

 

Singing words, words

between the lines of age.

Words, words

between the lines of age.

 

If I was a junkman

selling you cars,

Washing your windows

and shining your stars,

Thinking your mind

was my own in a dream

What would you wonder

and how would it seem?

Living in castles

a bit at a time

The King started laughing

and talking in rhyme.

 

Singing words, words

between the lines of age.

Words, words

between the lines of age.

[Elixir Sue]

Wake

From your sleep

The drying of your tears

Today we escape

We escape

Pack

And get dressed

Before your father hears us

Before all hell breaks loose

Breathe, keep breathing

Don't lose your nerve

Breathe, keep breathing

I can't do this alone

Sing us a song, a song to keep us warm

There's such a chill, such a chill

 

And You can laugh

A spineless laugh

We hope your rules and wisdom choke you

And now we are one

In everlasting peace

We hope that you choke, that you choke

We hope that you choke, that you choke

We hope that you choke, that you choke

[Aeglos]

The golden sun is ever gentle in the Valley of Making,

Where it's the middle of the Autumn when it isn't high Spring,

There are men of many colors and women of all races

wearing white, white linen

and smiles on their faces -

 

Blue rose...

 

There are roses round the edges of the grand property,

The words

[renic]

With depravity,

I break lots of gravity

Blast past the atmosphere

to the last frontier

I go boldly through space and time

The sky's the limit,

but they're limiting the sky

I break orbit by habit,

I ignite satellites and leave rings round the planets

A flying ace like that beagle,

nevertheless this alien remains illegal

Cause their discovery don

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Songs about self destructive teens by survivors

 

(of local interest to me: Gibby Haynes' dad is a Dallas area celebrity...He is Mr. Peppermint, a noted children's show host in the 70's and 80's ).

 

 

 

Marky got with Sharon

Sharon got Cherice

She was sharin' Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease

Mikey had a facial scar

Bobby was a racist

They were all in love with dyin'

They were doin' it in Texas

Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain

Then he lost his leg in Dallas

He was dancin' with a train

They were all in love with dyin'

They were drinking from a fountain

That was pourin' like an avalanche comin' down the mountain

 

I don't mind the sun sometimes

The images it shows

I can taste you on my lips and

Smell you in my clothes

Cinnamon and sugary

Like softly spoken lies

You never know just how you look

Through other people's eyes

 

Some will die in hot pursuit

In firey auto crashes

Some will die in hot pursuit

While sifting through my ashes

Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain

That is pouring like an avalanche comin' down the mountain

 

I don't mind the sun sometimes

The images it shows

I can taste you on my lips and

Smell you in my clothes

Cinnamon and sugary

Like softly spoken lies

You never know just how you look

Through other people's eyes

 

I don't mind the sun sometimes

The images it shows

I can taste you on my lips and

Smell you in my clothes

Cinnamon and sugary

Like softly spoken lies

You never know just how you look

Through other people's eyes

 

Another Mikey caught a knife

While arguing in traffic

Flipper died a natural death

He caught a nasty virus

Then there was the ever present

Football player-rapist

They were all in love with dyin'

They were doin' it in Texas

Billy caught a bullet

But it only hit his leg

Well, it should have been a better shot

And got him in the head

They were all in love with dyin'

They were drinkin' from a fountain

That was pourin' like an avalanche comin' down t he mountail

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old

Fell from the roof on East Two-nine

Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug

On 26 reds and a bottle of wine

Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old

He looked like 65 when he died

He was a friend of mine

 

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends, and they died

 

G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten

So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan

Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head

Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed

They were two more friends of mine

Two more friends that died / I miss 'em--they died

 

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends, and they died

 

Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room

Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs

Judy jumped in front of a subway train

Eddie got slit in the jugular vein

And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others,

And I salute you brother/ This song is for you my brother

 

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends, and they died

 

Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof

Tony thought that his rage was just some goof

But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof

"Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?"

But Tony couldn't fly . . . Tony died

 

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends, and they died

 

Brian got busted on a narco rap

He beat the rap by rattin' on some bikers

He said, hey, I know it's dangerous,

but it sure beats Riker's

But the next day he got offed

by the very same bikers

 

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends, and they died

 

Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old

Fell from the roof on East Two-nine

Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug

On 26 reds and a bottle of wine

Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old

He looked like 65 when he died

He was a friend of mine

 

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends, and they died

 

G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten

So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan

Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head

Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed

They were two more friends of mine

Two more friends that died / I miss 'em--they died

 

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

Those are people who died, died

They were all my friends, and they died

 

Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room

Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs

Judy jumped in front of a subway train

Eddie got slit in the jugular vein

And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others,

And I salute you brother/ This song is for you my brother

[awatt]

He resurfaced on the sidewalk of my block the other day

yeah it's a fat check sorry charlie, honey, he's back from LA

 

so son you better turn around

yeah christ is on his way across town

he was getting tired of hanging around

yeah he's back jack smoking crack

find him if you wanna get found

 

he's having supper with the upper management of a new regime

he's in a new jacket tax bracket sandals & a dark pair of jeans

he's got deductions right on down the line dippin' ink cleans on all of mankind

have no fear he's right here drinkin' beer just trying to get down

 

he resurfaced on the sidewalk of my block the other day

yeah it's a fat check sorry charlie, honey, he's back from the grave

 

you better turn your frown upside down

christ is on his way across town

he was getting tired of hangin' around

yea he's back jack shootin' smack find him if you wanna get found

 

 

yeah he's back jack smokin' crack find him if you wanna get found

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans.

Well now, Jesus just left Chicago and hes bound for New Orleans.

Yeah, yeah.

Workin from one end to the other and all points in between.

 

Took a jump through Mississippi, well, muddy water turned to wine.

Took a jump through Mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.

Yeah, yeah.

Then out to California through the forests and the pines.

Ah, take me with you, Jesus.

 

You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.

You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.

Yeah, yeah.

You don't have to worry cause takin' care of business is his name.

[mountain bed]

My glance is always darting,when I stroll the avenue

Avoiding all the obstacles that terrorize my view

If you are here with me,I trust you to lead the way

When you're not I follow you,and always go astray

 

Silent in the morning

Suspended in the trees

Lunch time comes,you've found your voice

It brings me to my knees

The volume just increases

The resounding echoes grow

Till once again I bask in morning stillness I love so

 

The target that I shoot for seems to move with every breath

I tighten all my arteries and make one last request

Divine creation hears me,and he squashes me with fear

I think this exact thing happened to me,just last year

 

Silent in the morning

You found your voice that brings me to

Silent in the morning

You found your voice that brings me to

Silent in the morning

You found your voice that brings me to my knees

 

I will not dismiss you,shelter you,speak with you

Smile at you,trust in me

He'd like to brush you off

And I'd agree

[awatt]

Heard this on the radio today and remembered how much I love Petty...

 

Let me run with you tonight

Ill take you on a moonlight ride

There's someone I used to see

But she don't give a damn for me

 

But let me get to the point, let's roll another joint

And turn the radio loud, I'm too alone to be proud

You don't know how it feels

You don't know how it feels to be me

 

People come, people go

Some grow young, some grow cold

I woke up in between

A memory and a dream

 

So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint

Let's head on down the road

There's somewhere I gotta go

And you don't know how it feels

You don't know how it feels to be me

 

My old man was born to rock

He's still tryin to beat the clock

Think of me what you will

I got a little space to fill

 

So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint

Let's head on down the road

There's somewhere I gotta go

And you don't know how it feels

No, you don't know how it feels to be me

[bobbob1313]

we ain't got no place to go

so let's go to the punk rock show

darling take me by the hand

we're gonna see a punk rock band

there's no use in tv shows

radio or rodeos

i wanna get into the crowd

i wanna hear it played real loud

ain't got no money to pay

we'll get in anyway doesn't matter i don't care

it fells good so we should share

we're going to the punk rawk show! oooohh!! ooohh!!

[Sid Hartha]

It is cruel and blind

and does not compensate

the brutal fracture

leaves sprout all over

out in the heart of the garden

 

Your liver is one

Your brain is eight-twelfths of thought off

Your liver is one

Your brain is eight-twelfths of thought off

 

A quarter of the brain is left

to see it in 25 lines

on your mindset

infra-skunk-structure

 

The editor bedraggled, stumbled

some hurt, some days with film crew

their equipment strewn on the new development

as the rain tumbles down over the riverside complex

still uncovering up the ominous thunder of the hail

 

'chanted by skyscraper tall

Skyscraper tall

World War One soldiers in green coats and picklehaube

Joined by the old singer from Manchester

in the 1990s

 

Brutal fracture

leaves sprout in the heart of the garden

A quarter of brain is left to see it in 25 lines

25 lines

[Analogman]

I didn't know you were the one for me, I couldn't see

But you were waiting,

For someone to come along to help you out to sing your song,

And I was changing;

All I see is you; All I feel is you for me!

 

And I would really like to watch you ride;

And always feel you by my side;

I would really like to watch you ride

All on me!

 

I go stumbling to the sky, and I seem to fly so high

I see you, I feel you;

You have a way of walking 'round your feet they never touch the ground,

And you are shining;

All I see is you; All I feel is you for me!

 

Times don't change; Times don't ever change for me;

And I know that you could be the only thing in my world,

The only thing that my mind would find;

For love, for love and peace of mind, for me, for me; Oh

 

Your Shadow in the morning sun becomes my fun, and we can say,

"I love you, love you;"

My morning shines on silver beaches, your light flashes to the reaches

Of my mind, my mind, of

My mind, and my mind it comes alive with you;

It's all that I can do to sit here and let you blow my mind;

Ah! My mind,

You're so fine, in my mind you're so fine, in my mind you're so fine,

You're so fine, in my mind, you're so fine in mind.

[Lammycat]

I've been good, and I've been good for nothing

I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago

And the dirt beneath my nails is not from some field of flowers

Sown by the April showers and what they may or may not bring

I always get lucky in the spring

I have been good for nothing

 

Loose lips are bound to sink ships

And many times I've watched my own self drown

Clinging fast to my lucidity

Like a life raft that's always sinking down

 

One big drink and then another

Pull my head down far beneath the waves

Where I'm living like a mermaid decked in stolen jewels

From the drowning men I've saved

 

I've been good, and I've been good for nothing

I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago

And the dirt beneath my nails is not from some field of flowers

Sown by the April showers and what they may or may not bring

I always get lucky in the spring

I have been good for nothing

 

Black crows break and scatter wide

The buckshot blast soaring out of sight

Clouds of heat and dust that rise up from the ground

On a slow and gasping flight

 

I'm bound to think about my brother

When August sucks the colors from the air

And Kudzu vines make tangled monsters

Of the trees where we first learned to play fair

 

Forgive and forget are words that never slid across my tongue

Revenge like a fleeting Christmas morning I knew when I was young

Put the toys back in their boxes

Let me tear the ribbons off them just once more

Inside my little box of bones a ray of light shines

Where I'm slowly keeping score

 

I've been good, and I've been good for nothing

I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago

And the dirt beneath my nails is not

From some field of flowers

Sung by the April showers and what they may or may not bring

I always get lucky in the spring

I have been good for nothing

I have been good for nothing

[mountain bed]

Hey...look in the air

There's smoke fillin' everywhere

And hey,look on the ground

There's blood spillin' all around

 

We live in the Garden of Eden,yeah

Don't know why we want to tear

The whole thing to the ground

We live in the Garden of Eden,yeah

Don't know why we want to tear

The whole thing down

 

Hey...look at the green green tree

It ain't quite as green green as it used to be

And hey,look at the cool clear water

It ain't quite as cool and clear

As it ought to be,and

 

We live in the Garden of Eden,yeah

Don't know why we want to tear

The whole thing to the ground

We live in the Garden of Eden,yeah

Don't know why we want to tear

The whole thing down

 

Hey...look at the people

Sometimes we forget

That we're just people

And we're fallin' head over heels

'Cause all of us forget quite how to feel

 

We live in the Garden of Eden,yeah

Don't know why we want to tear

The whole thing to the ground

We live in the Garden of Eden,yeah

Don't know why we want to tear

The whole thing down

[embiggen]

Grannys always ravin and rantin

And shes always puffin and pantin,

And shes always screaming and shouting,

And shes always brewing up tea.

 

Grandpappys never late for his dinner,

Cos he loves his leg of beef

And he washes it down with a brandy,

And a fresh made cup of tea.

 

Chorus:

Have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea,

Have a cuppa tea, have a cuppa tea,

Halleluja, halleluja, halleluja, rosie lea

Halleluja, halleluja, halleluja rosie lea.

 

If you feel a bit under the weather,

If you feel a little bit peeved,

Take grannys stand-by potion

For any old cough or wheeze.

Its a cure for hepatitis its a cure for chronic insomnia,

Its a cure for tonsilitis and for water on the knee.

 

Tea in the morning, tea in the evening, tea at supper

Time,

You get tea when its raining, tea when its snowing.

Tea when the weathers fine,

You get tea as a mid-day stimulant

You get tea with your afternoon tea

For any old ailment or disease

For christ sake have a cuppa tea.

 

Whatever the situation whatever the race or creed,

Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree

It knows no motivations, no sect or organisation,

It knows no one religion,

Nor political belief.

[froggie]

Send an ill wind make it real

Not unlike the broken seal

And you might bury me poor

Pauper's graves have their appeal

Well it's such unsound advice

Which you gave like Vincent Price

It's the pit's sweet pendulum

Those were days remember them

Send an ill wind make it real

Such a lovely clear eyed feel

Send an ill wind make it real

Such a lovely clear eyed feel

 

And the next thing I need more

I want all that's in the store

Time for truth it's time to try

For the times they tend to try

As for you unearthly child

You just did not make B grade

And you did not like the trade

Send an ill wind make it real

Such a lovely clear eyed feel

Send an ill wind make it real

Such a lovely clear eyed feel

[jenbobblehead]

It was the army train that took her daddy from her

It was the bible train that took her momma too

And that high loud whistle made her horse run away

But the straw the broke the camel's back was you

 

It was the government train that took away her childhood

It was the KKK that took away her past

It was the white man's will that hers be broken

But that barefoot girl could run too fast

 

 

Because the world's too cold for a girl like that with a

Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat

Everything she loved went down the dragon track

She had a fear of trains

 

 

In the beet fields of Montana

She's always coming on dead rails

to break the plow and whisper "Honey,

bound to live is bound to fail"

 

And in a park in San Francisco

her momma shrieks about the Lord

And down the dead rails there's an echo

The wind is whistling all-aboard

 

Because the world's too cold for a girl like that with a

Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat

Everything she loved went down the dragon track

She had a fear of trainsCHORUS

 

It was the wagon train that took away her country

It was the oil train that took away her land

She could have been the belle of the ponderosa

but that was not the fat man's plan

 

Because the world's too cold for a girl like that with a

Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat

Everything she loved went down the dragon track

She had a fear of trains

[embiggen]

Somebody pick up my pieces

I'm scattered everywhere

And put me back together

And put me way over there

Take me out of contention

I surrender my crown

 

So somebody pick up my pieces

It's just me comin' down

Well, I sure thought I had her

Lord, I know she had me

What I thought was heaven

Is just falling debris

Well, I may not be crazy

But I got one hell of a start

Somebody pick up my pieces

I think I'm fallin' apart

 

Don't follow my footsteps

Step over my trail

The road is too narrow

And your footing could fail

And the fall to the bottom

Could tear you apart

And they'll be pickin' up pieces

Of you and your heart

 

Don't follow my footsteps

Step over my trail

The road is too narrow

And your footing could fail

And the fall to the bottom

Could tear you apart

And they'll be pickin' up pieces

Of you and your heart

And they'll be pickin' up pieces

of you and your heart

[embiggen]

You know, your mama and your daddy

Saying I'm no good to you

They call me dirty from the alley

Till I don't know what to do

I get so tired of sneakin' around

Just to get to your back door

I crawled past the garbage and

Your mama jumped out, screamin'

"Don't come back no more"

I can't take it

 

My guitar wants to kill your mama

My guitar wants to kill your mama

My guitar wants to burn your dad

I get real mean when it makes me mad

 

Later I tried to call you

Your mama told me you weren't there

She told me don't bother to call again

Unless I cut off all my hair

I get so tired of sneakin' around

Just to get to your back door

I crawled past the garbage and

Your mama jumped out, screamin'

"Don't come back no more"

 

Later I tried to call you

Your mama told me you weren't there

She told me don't bother to call again

Unless I cut off all my hair

I get so tired of sneakin' around

Just to get to your back door

I crawled past the garbage and

Your mama jumped out, screamin'

"Don't come back no more"

 

My guitar wants to kill your mama

My guitar wants to kill your mama

My guitar wants to burn your dad

I get real mean when it makes me mad

[Sid Hartha]

I stumbled out of bed

I got ready for the struggle

I smoked a cigarette

And I tightened up my gut

I said this can't be me

Must be my double

And I can't forget

I can't forget

I can't forget

but I don't remember what

 

I'm burning up the road

I'm heading down to Phoenix

I got this old address

Of someone that I knew

Was high and fine and free

Ah, you should have seen us

And I can't forget

I can't forget

I can't forget

but I don't remember who

 

I'll be there today

With a big bouquet of cactus

I got this rig that runs on memories

And I promise, cross my heart,

They'll never catch us

But if they do, just tell them it was me

 

I loved you all my life

And that's how I want to end it

Summer's almost gone

and winter's tuning up

Yeah, the summer's gone

But a lot goes on forever

And I can't forget

I can't forget

I can't forget

but I don't remember what

Edited September 20, 2006 by Sid Hartha

[Mr. Heartbreak]

I come and stand at every door

But no one hears my silent prayer

I knock and yet remain unseen

For I am dead, for I am dead

 

I'm only seven although I died

In Hiroshima long ago

I'm seven now as I was then

When children die they do not grow

 

My hair was scorched by swirling flame

My eyes grew dim, my eyes grew blind

Death came and turned my bones to dust

And that was scattered by the wind

 

I need no fruit, I need no rice

I need no sweets nor even bread

I ask for nothing for myself

For I am dead, for I am dead

 

All that I ask is that for peace

You fight today, you fight today

So that the children of this world

May live and grow and laugh and play

[Elixir Sue]

Every night I just wanna go out, get out of my head

Every day I dont want to get up, get out of my bed

Every night I want to play out

And every day I want to do ooh ooh oh oh

But tonight I just want to stay in

And be with you,

And be with you.

Ooh

Ooh

Believe me mama

Every day I lean on a lamp post, Im wasting my time

Every day I lay on a pillow, Im resting my mind

Every morning brings a new day

Every night that day is through ooh ooh oh oh

But tonight I just want to stay in

And be with you,

And be with you.

Ooh

Ooh

Believe me mama ooh

Ooh

[Analogman]

I was in your presence for an hour or so

Or was it a day? I truly don't know.

Where the sun never set, where the trees hung low

By that soft and shining sea.

Did you respect me for what I did

Or for what I didn't do, or for keeping it hid?

Did I lose my mind when I tried to get rid

Of everything you see?

 

In the summertime, ah in the summertime,

In the summertime when you were with me.

 

I got the heart and you got the blood,

We cut through iron and we cut through mud.

Then came the warnin' that was before the flood

That set everybody free.

Fools they made a mock of sin,

Our loyalty they tried to win

But you were closer to me than my next of kin

When they didn't want to know or see.

 

In the summertime, ah in the summertime,

In the summertime when you were with me.

 

Strangers, they meddled in our affairs,

Poverty and shame was theirs.

But all that sufferin' was not to be compared

With the glory that is to be.

And I'm still carrying the gift you gave,

It's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved,

It'll be with me unto the grave

And then unto eternity.

 

In the summertime, ah in the summertime,

In the summertime when you were with me.

[awatt]

Call out the instigators

Because there's something in the air

We've got to get together sooner or later

Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right

And you know that it's right

 

We have got to get it together

We have got to get it together now

 

Lock up the streets and houses

Because there's something in the air

We've got to get together sooner or later

Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right

And you know that it's right

 

We have got to get it together

We have got to get it together now

 

Hand out the arms and ammo

We're going to blast our way through here

We've got to get together sooner or later

Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right

And you know that it's right

 

We have got to get it together

We have got to get it together

 

Now