LEFT
OF THE DIAL
Read about your band in some local page
Didn't mention your name, didn't mention your name
Sweet Georgia breezes, safe, cool and warm
I headed up north, you headed north
On and on and on and on
It's sad to move on
On and on and on and on
It's sad to move on
Weary voice that's laughin', on the radio once
We sounded drunk, never made it on
Passin' through and it's late, the station started to fade
Picked another one up in the very next state
On and on and on and on
It's sad to move on
On and on and on and on and...
Pretty girl keep growin' up, playin' make-up, wearin' guitar
Growin' old in a bar, ya grow old in a bar
Headed out to San Francisco, definitely not L.A.
Didn't mention your name, didn't mention your name
And if I don't see ya, in a long, long while
I'll try to find you
Left of the dial
KISS ME ON THE BUS
On the bus, that's where we're ridin'
On the bus, O.K., don't say hi, then
Your tongue, your transfer,
your hand, your answer
On the bus, everyone's lookin' for it
On the bus, I am lookin' for it
And everything ain't O.K.
I might die before Monday (I might drive home one day?)
They're all watchin' us
Kiss me on the bus
Kiss me on the bus
If you knew how I felt now
You wouldn't act so adult now
Hurry, hurry, here comes my stop
On the bus, watch our reflection
On the bus, I can't stand no rejection
C'mon, let's make a scene
Oh, baby, don't be so mean
They're all watchin' us
Kiss me on the bus
Kiss me on the bus
If you knew how I felt now
You wouldn't act so adult now
Hurry, hurry, here comes my stop
If you knew how I felt now
You wouldn't act so adult now
They're all watchin' us
Kiss me on the bus
Kiss me on the bus
Kiss me on the bus
Kiss me on the bus
BASTARD OF YOUNG
God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons
Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom
Elvis in the ground, there'll ain't no beer tonight
Income tax deduction, what a hell of a function
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons
Unwillingness to claim us, ya got no word (war? no one?)
to name us
The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest
And visit their graves on holidays at best
The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons
Young...take it, it's yours...
HERE COMES A REGULAR
Well a person can work up a mean mean thirst
after a hard day of nothin' much at all
Summer's passed, it's too late to cut the grass
There ain't much to rake anyway in the fall
And sometimes I just ain't in the mood
to take my place in back with the loudmouths
You're like a picture on the fridge that's never stocked
with food
I used to live at home, now I stay at the house
And everybody wants to be special here
They call your name out loud and clear
Here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one here today?
Well a drinkin' buddy that's bound to another town
Once the police made you go away
And even if you're in the arms of someone's baby now
I'll take a great big whiskey to ya anyway
Everybody wants to be someone's here
Someone's gonna show up, never fear
'cause here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one who feels ashamed?
Kneeling alongside old sad eyes
He says opportunity knocks once then the door slams shut
All I know is I'm sick of everything that my money can buy
The fool who wastes his life, God rest his guts
First the lights, then the collar goes up, and the wind
begins to blow
Turn your back on a pay-you-back, last call
First the glass, then the leaves that pass, then comes the
snow
Ain't much to rake anyway in the fall
SKYWAY
You take the skyway, high above the busy little one-way
In my stupid hat and gloves, at night I lie awake
Wonderin' if I'll sleep
Wonderin' if we'll meet out in the street
But you take the skyway
It don't move at all like a subway
It's got bums when it's cold like any other place
It's warm up inside
Sittin' down and waitin' for a ride
Beneath the skyway
Oh, then one day, I saw you walkin' down that little one-way
Where, the place I'd catch my ride most everyday
There wasn't a damn thing I could do or say
Up in the skyway
Skyway
Skyway (sky away)
ALEX
CHILTON
If he was from Venus, would he feed us with a spoon?
If he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool?
Standing right on campus, would he stamp us in a file?
Hangin' down in Memphis all the while
Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes
'round
They sing "I'm in love. What's that song?
I'm in love with that song."
So we will (Cerebral?) rape and pillage in a village of
his choice.
Invisible man who can sing in a visible voice.
Feeling like a hundred bucks, exchanging good lucks face
to face.
Checkin' his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place.
(chorus)
I never travel far, without a little Big Star
Runnin' 'round the house, Mickey Mouse and the Tarot cards.
Falling asleep with a flop pop video on.
If he was from Venus, would he meet us on the moon?
If he died in Memphis, then that'd be cool, babe.
(chorus)
THE
LEDGE
All eyes look up to me
High above the filthy streets
Heed no bullhorn when it calls
Watch me fly and die, watch me fall
I'm the boy they can't ignore,
For the first time in my life, I'm sure
All the love sent up high to pledge
Won't reach the ledge
Wind blows cold from the west
I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the press (on their
breath?)
A girl that I knew once years ago
Is tryin' to be reached on the phone
I'm the boy she can't ignore,
for the first time in my life, I'm sure
All the love sent up high to pledge...
(Repeat)
Priest kneels silent, all is still
Policeman reaches from the sill
Watch him, watch him try his best
There'll be no medal pinned to his chest
I'm the boy they couldn't ignore,
for the first time in my life, I'm sure
(Repeat)
I'm the boy for the last time in my life
All the love that they pledge
For the last time will not reach the ledge
CAN'T
HARDLY WAIT
I'll write you a letter tomorrow
Tonight I can't hold a pen
Someone's got a stamp that I can borrow
I promise not to blow the address again
Lights that flash in the evening,
Through a crack in the drapes
Jesus rides beside me
He never buys any smokes
Hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff
Ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes
See you're high and lonesome
Try and try and try
Lights that flash in the evening,
Through a hole in the drapes
I'll be home when I'm sleeping
I can't hardly wait
I'LL
BE YOU
If it's a temporary lull
why'm I bored right outta my skull?
Man, I'm dressin' sharp an' feelin' dull
Lonely, I guess that's where I'm from
If I was from Canada
then I'd best be called lonesome
And if it's just a game
Then I'll break down just in case
Oh yeah, we're runnin' in our last race
Well, I laughed half the way to Tokyo
I dreamt I was Surfer Joe
An' what that means, I don't know
A dream too tired to come true
Left a rebel without a clue
And I'm searching for somethin' to do
And if it's just a game
Then we'll hold hands just the same
So what, we're bleeding but we ain't cut
And I could purge my soul perhaps
For the imminent collapse
Oh yeah, I'll tell you what we could do
You be me for a while
I'll be you
A dream too tired to come true
Left a rebel without a clue
Won't you tell me what I should do?
And if it's just a lull
why'm I bored right outta my skull?
Oh yeah, keep me from feeling so dull
And if it's just a game
Then we'll break down just in case
Then again, I'll tell you what we could do
You be me for a while
You be me for a while
and I'll be you
ACHIN'
TO BE
Well she's kind of like an artist
Sittin' on the floor
Never finishes, she abandons
Never shows a soul
And she's kind of like a movie
Everyone rushes to see
And no one understands it
Sittin' in their seats
She opens her mouth to speak and
What comes out's a mystery
Thought about, not understood
She's achin' to be
Well she dances alone in nightclubs
Every other day of the week
People look right through her
Baby doll, check your cheek
And she's kind of like a poet
Who finds it hard to speak
Poems come so slowly
Like the colors down a sheet
She opens her mouth to speak and
What comes out's a mystery
Thought about, not understood
She's achin' to be
I've been achin' for a while now, friend
I've been achin' hard for years
Well she's kind of like an artist
Who uses paints no more
You never show me what you're doing
Never show a soul
Well, I saw one of your pictures
There was nothin' that I could see
If no one's on your canvas
Well, I'm achin' to be
She closes her mouth to speak and
Closes her eyes to see
Thought about an' only loved
She's achin' to be
Just like me
TALENT
SHOW
In my waxed up hair and my painted shoes
Got an offer that you might refuse
Tonight, tonight, we're gonna take a stab
Come on along, we'll grab a cab
We ain't much to look at so
Close your eyes, here we go
We're playin' at the talent show
Playin' at the talent show
Come on along, here we go
Playin' at the talent show
Check us out, here we go
Playin' at the talent show
Well we got our guitars and we got thumb picks
And we go on after some lip-synch chicks
We're feelin' good from the pills we took
Oh, baby, don't gimme that look
We ain't much to look at so
Close your eyes, here we go
We're playin' at the talent show
Playin' at the talent show
Come on along, here we go
Playin' at the talent show
Hop a ride, here we go
Playin' at the talent show
Well it's the biggest thing in my life I guess
Look at us all, we're nervous wrecks
Hey, we go on next
Talent show
Talent show
Playin' at the talent show
Playin' at the talent show
Wish us luck if you can't go
Playin' at the talent show
An empty seat in the front row
We might even win this time, guys, you never know
It's too late to turn back, here we go
ANYWHERE'S
BETTER THAN HERE
You press your luck
Up against his body
Now you're stuck
But you like it down and dirty
You don't care
Where the hell you're goin'
Anywhere
Is better than goin'
Anywhere is better than
Anywhere is better than
Anywhere is better than
Anywhere is better than here
Your hair is black
Because you taint it
Your life's a joke so tell me, ain't it?
Anywhere is better than
Anywhere is better than
Anywhere is better than
Anywhere is better than here
You press your luck
But you don't care
They play with your head
But they never stroke your hair
Anywhere is better than here
MERRY
GO ROUND
A "hush" was the first word you were taught
and they watched you wear
the clothes they claimed they bought
they brought you down
to watch the merry-go around
In fall, you knew how much
a trouble doll around your neck when you lost
you wouldn't make a sound
but I could hear your little heart pound
and I watched your feet slip off the ground
Merry go round in dreams
writes 'em down, it seems
when she sleeps, she's free
merry go round in dreams
You wake to another day and find
the wind's blow'in out of key with your sky
only you can see
and the rain dancin' in the night
everybody stands around in daylight
Merry go round in dreams
writes 'em down, it seems
when she sleeps, she's free
merry go round in dreams
and everybody thinks she's sick
she's got two worlds she can pick
and she's sad
Hush is the only word you know
and I stopped listening long ago
they ignored me with a smile
you as a child
but the trouble doll hears your heart pound
and your feet say goodbye to the ground
Merry go round in dreams
writes 'em down. it seems
when she sleeps, she's free
merry go round in dreams
Merry go round in dreams
Merry go round in me
Merry go round
round and round in me
Merry go round
round and round in me
repeat
SADLY
BEAUTIFUL
From the very first day that you were born
to the very last time you waved and honked your horn
I had no chance at all to watch you grow
up so sadly, beautiful
up so sadly, beautiful
Baby needs a brand new pair of eyes
cause the ones you got now see only goodbyes
had no chance at all to let you know
oh so sadly, beautiful
sadly, beautiful
Well you got your father's hair
and you got your father's nose
but you got my soul
sadly, beautiful
From the very last time you waved and honked your horn
to a face that turned away pale and worn
had no chance at all to let you know
you left me sadly, beautiful
left me sadly, beautiful
Sadly, beautiful
so sadly
so sadly
NOBODY
Heartaches, on your wedding day
double takes when they look my way
knees quake, there ain't a shotgun in the place
you like the frostin', you just bought the cake
your eyes can't fake
still in love with nobody
and I won't tell nobody
The bridegroom
drags you 'cross that room
said I do
but honey you were just a kid
your eyes said I did
still in love with nobody
nobody, nobody
and I won't tell nobody
Take a look
on your wedding night
in your wedding book
see what name I signed
hey
love nobody,
nobody, nobody
then nobody
nobody, nobody, nobody
repeat
Hips shake
to the band for old times sake
now you make your get away
and you're waving to the stage
but on the last page says
love nobody
nobody, nobody
and I won't tell nobody
nobody, nobody
that you're still in love with nobody
nobody, nobody
and I used to be nobody
nobody, nobody
anymore
more
SOMEONE
TAKE THE WHEEL
Rip out the table
we need room to move
in a life unstable
you're so easily amused
anywhere you hang
yourself is home
throw in a tape, fix the tone
Someone take the wheel
and I don't know where we're going
anybody say what you feel
back home I guess it's still snowin'
The windows are dirty, let's hope it rains
add another newspaper
something to do with my change
I see we're fighting again
it's so fuckin' lame (in some fuckin' land?)
throw in another tape man
Someone take the wheel
and I don't know where we're going
anybody say what you feel
everybody's sad, but nobody's showin'
Show me one night
kiss until a long time/I'm tired
show me one night
show
The music is pounding
out in that rain
and we're standing in the shadow
forever on the brink
turn it up so I don't have to think
Someone take the wheel
and I don't care where we're going
anybody say what you feel
everybody's sad, but nobody's showin'
Someone take the wheel
someone take the wheel
CAN'T
HARDLY WAIT
I'll write you a letter tomorrow
Tonight I can't hold a pen
Someone's got a stamp that I can borrow
I promise not to blow the address again
Lights that flash in the evening,
Through a crack in the drapes
Jesus rides beside me
He never buys any smokes
Hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff
Ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes
See you're high and lonesome
Try and try and try
Lights that flash in the evening,
Through a hole in the drapes
I'll be home when I'm sleeping
I can't hardly wait
I can't wait. Hardly wait.
BIRTHDAY GAL
Wax is dripping from the frosting on the cake
Come on girl, buckle up, and don't hesitate
Take a deep breath and blow 'em all away.
We sang of key and all the dishes China-blue
Remember don't tell a soul, that wish, it won't come true
Hey sad face on your lucky day.
Birthday Gal, Did you wish yet?
Can you handle the turn? The candles are burnin' low
Birthday Gal, Did you wish that..
There weren't quite as many candles that you had to blow?
Hair falls down all around the eyes that close
She might wear them earrings but she won't wear the clothes
Oh, hang 'em up with all the ones that don't fit no more
I thought this was a party, so come on let's lighten up
No one gets a slice until we make the first cut
No, we'll leave the lights down, she's ready now and this
is here.
Birthday Gal, Did you wish yet?
Can you handle the turn? The candles are burnin' low
Birthday Gal, Did you wish that..
There weren't quite as many candles that you had to blow?
Birthday Gal, Did you wish yet?
Can you handle the turn? The candles are burnin' low
Birthday Gal, Did you wish that..
There weren't quite as many candles that you had to blow?
Make a wish, make a wish.......
BEER
FOR BREAKFEST
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TILL
WE'RE NUDE
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ELECTION
DAY
I meant to close the polls
In the chill night, bitter cold
Someone close the polls
On a chill night, in the cold
Election day
I can't stay
Wannabe, wannabe, wannabe, wannabe
I don't care who gets elected
I don't care who gets to find out
I don't care who gets elected
Til I find me a one (to love)
Wannabe, wannabe, wannabe
Election!
Election!
I said election!
I don't care
I don't care
Our election day
JUNGLE ROCK
Well, I was walking through the jungle just the other night
I heard about a rumble and it thought it was a fight
Stopped for a listen and I had to move my feet
It was a jungle drummer and a knocked out beat
Jungle, jungle
Jungle, jungle rock
Jungle, jungle
Jungle, jungle rock
It was a knocked out beat and I had to move my feet
It was a
Jungle, jungle
Jungle, jungle rock
Well, I moved a little closer just to get a better view
I was a chimp and a monkey and little Susie Q
A gator and a hippo was a doin' the bop
And the big black drums was making me hop
Bugs grabbed the rabbit and they did the bunny hug
And the old grizzly bear was a-cuttin the rug
Camel jitterbugging with a kangaroo
And everything moving with a ring-dang-doo
ALL I WANT TO DO IS FISH
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DATE TO CHURCH
I might catch some perch...yeahhhhhhhhh..
Ahhhhhhhhhhh...keep it rollin here...
Take you on a lurch
On a little date to church
Take you and her
On a, a little date to church
La,la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
Gimme one more
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
Take your honor fast
I'm going to a little bit mass
Come along, it can't hurt
We're on a, a little date to church
C'mon sing!
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
One more
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
Let me tell you now.....
Old Satan's looking out for you
He'll get you by the night's through
Oh, we haven't much time alive
Take me down the hall..
Sitting in a pew
Well ain't we the chosen few
Might not help, but it can't hurt
On a, a little date to church
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
Deliver us, Revernend
What's that?
On a little date to church
CRUELLA DE VILLE
Cruella de Ville, Cruella de Ville
If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will
To see her is to take a sudden chill
Cruella, Cruella de Ville
The glare in her look, the ice in her stare
You innocent children, you'd better beware
The world was such a wholesome place until
Cruella, Cruella de Ville
First, you think think she's a devil (she's a devil)
And after time has worn away the shock
You come to realize, you see it in her eyes
She's watching you from underneath a rock
That vampire bat that in she released
She ought to be locked up and never released
Like a spider for the kill, that's old
Cruella, Cruella de Ville
First, you think think she's a devil (she's a devil)
And after time has worn away the shock
You come to realize, you see it in her eyes
She's babi-bidi-babi-bidi-badi-bah!
That vampire bat that in she released
She ought to be locked up and tossed away the keys
The world was such a wholesome place until
Cruella, Cruella de Ville
Oh! Cruella
Cruella, Cruella de Ville
Have memory!
WE KNOW THE NIGHT
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PORTLAND
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WAKE
UP
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SATELLITE
Thirty more channels than you need
I could tune in free
Some rabbit ears, some foil in a hanger
Static on channel 13 cleared long enough for a scene
A jet flew over head and it faded
Couldn't find you any place upon my screen
Bought a satellite, bought a satellite, bought a satellite
... Satellite
Dug up from the depths of ???, sewer southern flow
A boy I couldn't name, I knew well
??? still a rambler, useless to my call
You're nowhere to be found on the airwaves
Couldn't find you any place upon my screen
Bought a satellite, bought a satellite, bought a satellite
... Satellite
So far from my reach
Close enough to see
I sleep beside the set at night and I can't let you leave
(guitar solo)
Couldn't find you any place upon my screen
Need to (spy???) and I'm coming for your love over there
Nothing along the ?????
Nothing I want to see but your face
Couldn't find you any place upon my screen
Bought a satellite (repeat)
LIKE A ROLLING PIN
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ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET
I always flirt with death
I could kill, but I don't care about it
I can face your threats
Stand up tall and scream and shout about it
Oh no
I think I'm on another world with you
I'm on another planet with you
You always get under my skin
I don't find it irritating
You always play to win
I don't need rehabilitating
Oh no
Another girl, another planet
Another girl, another planet
Space travels in my blood
And there ain't nothing I can do about it
Long journeys wear me out
Oh God we won't live without it
Oh no
Another girl is loving you now
Another planet, forever holding you down
Another planet
WHO
KNOWS
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ALL
SHOOK DOWN
Hollywood cops
shoot each other in bed
and I wouldn't go to see 'em
they put the checkbook to my head
Tinkertown liquors
emperor's checkers
some shit on the needle
like your record
The fifth grippin' weak
an absolute must
one of the years
best ain't say'in much
throw'in us trunks/drunk
as we're starting to drown
we're all shook down
all shook down
shook down
all shook down
She don't do dance
and she don't do us
the black and white blues
oh yeah I got'em in color
The fifth gripping week
an absolute might
one of the years
best in sight
they throw us trunks/drunk
says we're starting to drown
we're all shook down down
all shook down down
all shook down down
all shook down down
Praises they sing
a register rings
one of the time
that nobody brings
Praises they sing
shake my hand as I drown
all shook down
(down down)
all shook down down
all shook down down
(down down)
all shook down down
(down)
