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. HISTORY! ROMANCE!
Somber he travels a half-empty lifetime Full only where pain is frozen and still Onward thru goodbyes at edges of pavement Waving downcast to plans unfulfilled
Watching the days drift and go out the window Walking the night late when no one else goes Standing by silent as one dreamy smile (in echoes thru canyons out beyond the highway) finds the adventuresome man-seeking child
History! Romance! Once there were pages and knights Kings and queens All in bright colors The uncommon light of their dreams
Stirring now somehow, ageless, young patterns play Wistful then aimless and then overjoyed Anticipating that each moment maybe like thunder comes Rumbling down from horizons
Advancing these young stallions retake the land Where boys playing army had plundered by hand Without cannon fire without gangrene or spies Battalions die laughing and retreat in sighs
And soon baby winks Chubby mom is all happy And even old daddy is saying hello To lazy things (clouds) Drinking up in the sky
_________________________________________ AND HE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU
There he is again -- lurking. Every time you look in his direction you will see that man; a glass of wine tied to his hand, staring out from shadow-land. He's so dirty now -- don't look his way -- it will hurt your eyes.
And he's in love with you, that's what he is today. I know him well, and this one thing about him I can say: he is no angel.
Soon he will give you a call to get you face-to-face with him. Slimy thing he is, dragging you in and out and up and down and through his passion. Naked. Passion. Naked. And whispering, "please, don't tell my brother about us!"
(chorus)
Some time ago we acted like the best of friends. As boys in daylight we had games, like brothers to play. Yet in one afterglow with dim light from the hallway to reveal it, he was near my bed. In fear then I let him come and he would do things to me . . .
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CAT into the night it's like a cat what do you think, what do you think of that inside the animal is uncivilized what will it take to make it satisfied? he's lookin' for you and where are you at he wants to make you part of his story and what you're keeping underneath your hat wait til the morning to reveal it please. you laugh out loud, you sing a song stand, stare and wonder, then move along. and when he catches up with you he's gonna play and lay with you there in the sack man what are you thinkin' don't you think like that! it's just a common thing: a flirt, a cat. you laugh out loud, you sing a song stand stare and wonder, then move along. it's just a common thing: a flirt, a cat _________________________________________
POETS
poets. poets. poets have always put it like this: love is a flower, a smile and a kiss. poets have always put it like this: forever darling, in heavenly bliss. forever darling - now who can resist so great a temptation is love made of this forever my darling, i'll always be true forever faithful to love only you poets have always put it like this: love is a flower, a smile and a kiss forever darling, now who can resist so great a temptation is love made of this
poets. poets. poets. poets! _________________________________________
WHAT ARE THESE CLOUDS (steady rain and thunder accompany throughout)
you come here and now soon to be leaving or something and you've heard about the so-many ways of being maybe one thing. have you been locked out? or have you lived in fear? I don't mean to get personal, but... what are these clouds doing here? what are these clouds, what's this rain about this feeling, i can do without when you're making love are you putting out in your mind all the images of the lover you wish you could find life-like in a backroom touchin' til it happens and if things go wrong does it mean that you never can have him? (When things go wrong in a dream, are you really unhappy?) what are these clouds, what's this rain about this feeling i can do without
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TRAIN-TO-THE-MOUNTAIN SONG
I want to go to the mountains I want to go their soon I want to know what time I should be here and then what I should bring along with me I have been hard-working all year long producing for a better nation left-handed right-handed two-handed strong now here I am at the station
I want to go to the mountains I want to go there soon I want to know what time I should be here and then what I should bring along with me
what does your hat say you are responsible for hey, stationmaster, say it everyone now - All aboard!
there was a train to the mountains my father lived laying track along ties there was a train to the mountains and now . . . there was a train to the mountains and now . . . what does your hat say you are responsible for once there were trains to the mountains we used to play hide and seek by the line where stock rolling by now has no face or name just goods, this and that for the factory game while passengers rot on the vine
I want to go to the mountains relaxed even with kids who run down the aisles I want to know if it's too much to ask for big bombardiers to make trains for awhile what does your hat say you are responsible for I have been walking for miles today waving to friends driving by no bicycle, bus and no car I don't mind but some days head-down I walk slowly and sigh
I want to go to the mountains I want to go there soon I want to know what time I should be here and then what I should bring along with me.
_________________________________________ THE NIGHT SHIFT
The night shift, oh yes, the night shift; I see people as they crawl along; oh it makes me wonder – am I really all alone on the night shift
I see the derelicts, tossing and turning on the cold concrete; it feels like they're trying to make their beds fit; oh it makes me wonder – do they ever get to sleep on the night shift.
Working the night shift I'm thinking' that I'm making up verse; stretching for some concentration; and it makes me wonder does anybody got it any worse than me on the night shift.
bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah
And my midnight comes at high noon, when I close my eyes in my room; sleeping it off until the streets are lit; sleeping in off until the night shift. _________________________________________
MARS NEEDS WOMEN Mars needs women, mars needs women come on you women, we're taking you to mars
our planet has dried up the girls we once knew the sun has fried them now what can we do?
Mars needs women Mars needs women Mars needs women wah-dah-dah-wah-wah-wah
you can't get babies from men fuckin' men it drives us crazy as we try and try again
yeah, mars needs women mars needs women mars needs women wah-dah-dah-wah-wah-wah
and we will not continue without proper sex on mars the women have become tyrannosaurus rex
we come to earth for peace with female volunteers our reputations must be saved on mars there are no queers
hey, mars needs women mars needs women mars needs women wah-dah-dah-wah-wah-wah
ABOUT "MARS NEEDS WOMEN"
SHOOT 'EM DOWN
Look at you now as you totter on a wall Ready to break and willing to fall What can you say and how will they take it Anybody out there now who thinks they can't make it
[Well, don't you know the rules are just a social game Don't you know the rules are just a little insane Shoot 'em down (1-2-3) (x3) Shoot 'em down shoot 'em down shoot 'em down]
Sit watching people and some people turn you on Run-run to your bed and think about them until dawn Getting up the nerve ain't easy with things in the way Anybody out there wanna try it today [chorus] It's there on your mind – why do you hold it back You can play by it the book or you can jump the track Who's got the time to wait and what's exactly right Anybody out there wanna try it tonight [chorus] _________________________________________
FACTORY BOY
I didn't get too hot in school I couldn't handle educational tools Somebody told me I could be used Working for the men in the factory And now I'm helping them build cars By drilling holes for the dashboards Better getting greasy on a job like this Than frying with the steel and getting covered with ash I wake up early for the swing shift Roll on my baby how I love that woman She does what I tell her yes she minds real well Never hear that lady yelling back at me My buddies on the line think they're doing time Only drugs make them happy I'm high on thanks for what is mine And for the red white and blue that shine Above the factory
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DO THE JERK [With Alin Black]
When your girl ain't home and you're all alone, do the jerk When a magazine puts a lump in your jeans, do the jerk. Do ther jerk whenever you feel life is doin' the jerk.
When your love life's gone terribly wrong, do the jerk. just sit on the can and grease up your hands, do the jerk. Do the jerk whenever you want to do the jerk.
bop, bop, bop-shoo-wop (x 4) oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh bop bop shoo-wop
When you're at the movies, not feelin' groovy, do the jerk. and when you're steady date wants to hesitate, do the jerk. Do the jerk a lot but don't get caught doin' the jerk.
bop, bop, bop-shoo-wop (x 4) oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh bop bop shoo-wop
Some people rock. Some people roll. Some people work. Some people burp. Well you can rock and roll and work and burp but everybody does the jerk. You can rock and roll and work and burp but everybody does the jerk! bop bop shoo - aaaaaah! ________________________________________
HAPPY WANDERER
I was a happy wanderer, carried on like rivers flow thru city and town thru hill and dale I would roll I was a happy wanderer I looked at the skies I listened to waves noticing flowers as they come and go and with my friends so much to say about how things always turn out okay I was a happy wanderer My spirit set on wings to fly over mountains over seas into unknown terr-i-to-ries
I was a happy wanderer I looked at the waves I listened to skies And I'd stay for hours idle was I and from the raven black of night I never hid myself from sight until in one town I found me set down by the meandering river that cast me aside from it's flow and with my friends all walking away words I called to them left each one to say "I don't know."
I was a happy wanderer
Now I wander, day and night all in circles, out of sight and to myself, not much to say for things seem to turn out any old way
still I wander, night and day in circles, where the light is gray and to myself, so much to say how did I let things turn out this way
I was a happy wanderer living as the breezes blow looking at skies listening to waves noticing flowers – look – they come and they go and to fewer friends having not much to say "I don't know if things are really okay" I was a happy wanderer set my spirit free to fly over mountains over seas into unknown terr-i-to-ries looking at waves ears to the sky craving the moments that now pass me by ________________________________________
WHY WE BITCH
We got the good life so why do we bitch. We take it easy so we'll never be rich. We got it made and time is a breeze. We'd like to forget what we don't like to see.
We get reactions, that gets our heads high. When trouble comes we can only live or die. But when we see what some people do, it gets in our way and that's not what we're into.
So we Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch 'cause it's insane!
We don't have answers because it's all been said: the eternal conquest of the eternal dead. What we get sold just melts into lies. So what's the point, and who's asking us why we bitch!
All we can be is independent and strong and true to the feelings that we write in our songs. And if all we can do is stand here and scream, then let's spill out our guts now do you know what we mean when we bitch? ________________________________________
BLOCK PEOPLE
I don't know why that woman's so "oh dear" Oh how she cries without a tear Maybe baby, maybe baby, maybe baby's seen enough. Somebody else is moving upstairs; they're dragging stuff around like nobody cares. Talking in circles; talking in squares; they talk in circles way out there. (bridge) It may come as a shock maybe like a little surprise people on my block are healthy wealthy and wise What about that guy running inside? You know the one who looks like he has been fried. I'll bet he always, I'll bet he always, I'll bet he always wears it thin. The people on my block—they're doing just fine; they keep their houses not uptight; they look in after mine. They teach their kids, too, to help and be kind. The people on my block are doing just fine. ________________________________________ STRANGER IN TOWN
Stranger's in town can you feel it now? Knife's in the mirror, soon the blood's gonna spill. It isn't a woman, it isn't a man. It's a stranger in town, it's getting Dressed to Kill.
Stranger's in town – can you see him now? Violins drivin' him thru hotel halls He plays that game where the joker's insane. Who'll be a pool of blood when he chops thru that wall?
Stranger's in town He's out to get you Stranger's in town He's out the get you
Stranger's in town – it's a family to feed. They just won't settle for U.S. choice ground They'd rather have teenagers, yeah, hang 'em up on hooks and prepare the feast to a chainsaw sound.
break
Stranger's in town, like the one you see in Phantasm. He'll shrink your body down and ship it all the way to Mars, hey You won't believe it when it happens to you but there's a stranger in town and it's no movie star.
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. MIDNIGHT
you may call him midnight and say he's sleeping his life away you'll never see him excited by the sunshine and the day
how he always hesitates til it's been dark awhile he likes to wait for the right time to awake and into the night escape
that's when midnight comes that's when the lost at sea and the city life can taste the milky way midnight, my friend, is coming home today
you can tell it's midnight by his jet-black hair you know it's him and when he smiles, ooh that child is wild like a heavenly sin. and if you ask him, he will know where in town the lovers go and where the love-light can be found there shining all around that's how midnight finds his way and how the lost at sea and city life can find his milky way midnight, my friend, is coming home today
it doesn't matter where he goes; doesn't matter who he sees. Midnight always makes his way back home to me. and when my friend midnight comes he brings a midnight smile and the warmth of the midnight sun. That's what midnight brings, when my friend midnight comes _________________________________________ SAFETY ZONE
we live on the outside of the safety zone we don't shop in your boutiques or seek the things inside your homes we live on the outside of the dome we have lost the numbers that you gave us no financial miracle can save us now we live on the outside of the safety zone we live on the outside of the dome heroes we have none in our religion god is a verb have you seen us traversing your lives those of us who will not see with your eyes we endanger some of you because we can be wise living on the outside of the zone living on the outside of the dome _________________________________________
NEPTUNE
ol' man neptune livin in the livin in the sea ol' man neptune livin in the livin in the sea he is the king of the seaweed jungle he is the king of the sea mon-key ol' man neptune livin in the livin in the sea this old man how he loves to fight on the land is where his breakers pound yet there amidst that punch he throws so much peace can be found ol' man neptune livin in the livin in the sea the whales don't crowd him, for they know he is big by far than them and if some dolphin gets too smart, ol' neptune gets a great white shart and then: boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom he is the king of the seaweed jungle he is the king of the sea mon-key (break to the tune of "The Navy Hymn") eternal father strong to save but not when neptune's pulling down even little waters where the little kiddies play is neptune's hunting ground. ol' man neptune livin in the livin in the sea this old man can't be all mean he motions sometimes like a dream and far beneath the ebbs and flows ol' neptune laughs a lot because he knows: we go up-and-down with him like it or not that's how it goes we go out-and-in like tides we come and go ol' man neptune livin in the livin in the sea
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WHEN THE MORNING COMES
(Sung as a round)
when the morning comes, when the morning comes we'll be together when the morning comes
when the sun is high, when the sun is high we'll be together when the sun is high
when the night is cold, when the night is cold we'll be together when the night is cold
when the sun is high, when the morning comes when the night is cold, we'll be as one
_________________________________________ WHERE'S THE FIRE?
where's the fire the one that used to light up every Saturday night the fire you had coming out, the fire of feeling all right where's the fire the one that used to throw off sparks from your eyes and flash at politicians and their passive wives
have you been emasculated is the light now unable to revive within you and bring back that fascination you had with fire, desire, with fire of the finest kind
where's the fire the fever, the heartbeat, the sweat running, bold the fire of love that burns cold when someone so close becomes somebody too hot to hold that all consuming fire we call romance that trial by fire we call romance
where's the fire the torch you would carry for so far and so long the fire that's in smoky places where you'd go drinking, alone faces in shadow, smoke in the beams focused on her: in black to the nines, up there on stage heartfelt, sincere, singing only sad songs; and singing them to only you (a flicker of flame comes to life in your soul a glimmer of hope tha he will return) that all consuming fire that cannot in truth once it has burned truly die aren't we all alive just to dance and live through that trial by fire that all-consuming fire that scorches the earth for romance
Where's the fire? It's there in the light now aglow in your song.
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HOLD ME UP
hold me up and steal me blind got my hands over my head so take my peace of mind hold me up, hold me up, hold me up.
hold me up tie a rope to my neck and give it a tug pull it til i shatter then sweep the pieces under the rug hold me up, hold me up, hold me up.
sneak up on me break into my place at night take what you see it makes no difference everything is out in sight.
hold me up follow me around just like a pup come over here and lap it up i'm in poverty so please hold me hold me up.
hold me up gimme a hug or gimme a drug gimme everything you have oh maybe that's enough to hold me up. _________________________________________ ON THE RUN
I really blew it this time, I feel like I got caught I don't know what was the crime? man I'm feeling' hot
everybody's after me, shadows come to life everybody's telling me, "Stay out of sight!"
I'm on the run (run) I'm on the run (run) I'm on the run (run run run run run run) I'm on the run
I used to have friends I used to have lovers now all that's at an end there'll never be another
is that cop there on my trail why does he look at me oh my Christ I'm bound for jail they'll throw a book at me
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