Late Century Dream
well you never did like the way the road stretched out
never knowing where all these oiley black threads are tied
under the lights of a spaceship landed
on the ice of a curve unsanded
theres a clover leaf
that'll wreck your life
and everybody lives in a knot
everybody lives in a knot
everybody's trying to make space around what they think
they've got
everybody lives in a knot
everybody lives in a knot
everybody's trying to make space around what they think
they've got
it was never better
it was never any better
but a nation is not soothed
when they tell her
and the doctors all look shocked
but everybody grows up weened on some sick
late century dream
or the happy face on a shirt smiling "shop till you
drop" - yeah
everybody lives in a knot x2
everybody's trying to make space around what they think
they've got
everybody's trying to hold on to a dream
even as they watch it rot
ta da da da x4
Rainy Streets
and it's you they'd sneak in
and the clouds they hug that bridge just sleeping
when the wind that whistles knocks the panes from old windows
down rainy streets
there's a light that meets the ground
in the warm rush of love to lend - the fire's the same that's
been around
when bags of ice and knives go hard down
on the mercury
and winter's whip of cold kills everything in a nursery
down rainy streets
well there's a light that meets the ground
and the warm rush of love to lend - the fire's the same
that's been around
Phone Sex
rosy cheeks and rolling eyes
on a steamy sunday night
they had a date for phone sex
oh but the princess' phone has been quiet
writes his name on the bathroom mirror while
she waits
in soapy streaks
probably stuck to his couch back east
depressed
but you know he's safe at least
plane crash footage on TV
i know - i know that could be me
plane crash footage on TV
oh yeah - i know that could be me
keep your nose down
i think there's ice on our wings
another sunday night
well it's still dusk
it's still light
phone starts ringing and she's almost dry
well there'll be other nights
but admit this is the worst time
and what ever made you think i had control?
lets scare everybody lets just roll our own
plane crash footage on TV
i know - i know that could be me
keep your nose down either way
dont you ever feel you just survive some days?
keep your nose down
i think there's ice on our wings - yeah
and if you go now
keep the ice off your wings
keep your nose down and the ice off your wings
and the ice off your wings
keep your nose down
and the ice off your wings x2
there will be no sunday nights
lets just roll out own
Florida's On Fire
dont you know that the dirt's on fire down here? - yeah
yeah x2
if you've got the shells build a statue to
yourself down here - yeah yeah x2
dig a tunnel if it's where you want to lie
down here - yeah yeah
sleeping in the smoke 'cuz the dirt's on
fire down here - yeah yeah
dont you want to breathe dont you want to
see where we're going?
dont you want to breathe can't you wave and see nothing's
changing
nothing's ever changing
florida's - florida's on fire x4
Out on the Wing
here's to shutting up
at least until the wheels are off the ground
hum something to yourself for luck
white knuckles and looking for the sign that says "move
around"
she said "i just cant be called just
for this"
but we are not pulling teeth we are just flying mist
well i know but take me to the place where
i can taste the mist
take me there right now x2
make me an example of a world that does not care to know
how
airplanes are heavy
ships deserve to sink
well our needs deserve a levy
well tell me what do you think
well i know we are just flying
when your whole life feels like lying
and things in the rear start to shrink
doctors office wife
makes my teeth hurt like airplane bathrooms
and photo booths she said
i was raised in natural light
nothing could be further than where we are
she said - i just cant be called just for
this
but all the music that i like is out of date
so take me to the place
where there's no such thing as taste
take me there right now
take me there right now
make me an example of the world that does not care to know
how
i never grew up - i just showed up
never know it how
now i want out
out on that wing is where you'll find me
airplanes are heavy
ships deserve to sink
well at least deserve a levy
well tell me what do you think
well i know we are just flying
when your whole life feels like lying
and things in the rear start to shrink
well tell me what do you think? x3
The Animal Has Left
It's Shell
there've been skeletons out of steel north of town
and it'll be at least fifteen years before the comet now
well and the charm wears off at the very first rings of
frost
well this village is littered with beetle husks
and they're rising like ghosts in the dust
and we all shrug "oh well"
well now the animal has left it's shell
and we all shrug "oh well"
but now the animal has left it's shell
but when there's nothing more to consume
for people that just eat land
well then the crickets are drowning out
the sound of dry wringing hands
leafing through numbers that used to belong
to their bankers, mechanics, and newspaper scores
and we all shrug "oh well"
but now the animal has left it's shell
and we all shrug "oh well"
but now the animal has left it's shell
Act Surprised
standing stunned in the hall
while you fumble with your lighter
and i could make sure you recall
but i'm a lover not a fighter
and it's a wonder that you're here
and it's a wonder that i'm still waiting
well act surprised - act surprised now baby
drop your delivery oh oh oh
drop your delivery oh oh
hold still and look at me in the eyes
well i always loved your accent
fake though it was
like you just got back from somewhere
and you could not adjust
well it's a wonder that you're here
and it's a wonder that i'm still waiting
act surprised - act surprised now baby
and drop your delivery oh oh oh
drop your delivery oh oh oh
wake up that stony face with any little smile
the least you could do x4
drop your delivery oh oh oh x2
hold still and look at me in the eyes
and act surprised
drop your delivery oh oh oh x2
hold still and look at me in the eyes
Art Class (song
for Yayoi Kusama)
here we go in spurts
the colors nearly burst
and you may notice a shaking in your eye
mataphors the worst
but are you being driven or do you drive?
on a trip between two points in your infinity
net
obliterate yourself from the scene but please do not forget
cover me with spots - black and red dots
until i'm crowding up your visual field
bare assed and beautiful you're climbing on your art like
a shield
now i want - i say sang - i do
everybody dance now
welcome to art class
forget your acid-free paper and glass
welcome to art class
be a bride stripped bare of the past
why so serious?
why so serious when it's only your life thats at stake
why so serious
when your life is the art that you make
life is the art that you make
sell anything you want
but it's worth no more and no less than a kiss
try not to represent even that
cuz this moment is all that it is
in a garden of glass theres a red plastic tree
so shit in a can but your art is not free
i sang - i want - i do
and everybody dances with me
welcome to art class
and yes it does involve shaking your ass
welcome to art class
always keep your face to the glass
why so serious?
why so serious - when it's only your life thats at stake
why so serious - when your life is the art that you make
life is the art that you make
why so serious?
What Do You Look
Forward To?
i spot a phone
across the lot
just out of the light
and the breeze
familiar ICME
and we drift
like the little bit of dry snow
into these stations
when it blows
the corporation
would like to thank you for your visit tonight
we know it's late and you seek the familiar
now my left eye's leaking
control is sneaking away
and i'm crashing on the phone
my left eye's leaking
the world is creeping out on me
i'm gonna ride this blanket home
i saw anticipation and a smile on the face
of this girl
and her mother through the glare on the glass of the windshield
as they drove away
pale and pretty as the moon
what do you look forward to?
'cuz it can't be today
please forget what i said on the phone last
night
well we were lost
we weren't lost
but it was late alright
and a family - a few suppliers
would like to thank you for your visit tonight
we know it's late but it's cheap to keep on these lights
and now my left eye's leaking
control is sneaking away
and i'm crashing on the phone
my left eye's leaking
the world is creeping out on me
i'm gonna ride this blanket home x5
Drool Collection
i could feel my arms this morning
a little sore - thats just a warning
and i've been getting (?malafoes?)
and it's foolishness i know
but after last night's jibberish i should really sing you
something
and it was just one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection
yeah it was just one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection
this morning i could feel my feet
i was surprised 'cuz i had blisters
from running all night in my dreams
running from some draft
i was relieved to find that i did not accidentally kill
her standing back
one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection
yeah it was just one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection
