Grounded, 5 a.m., the nightlite is comforting
but gravity is holding you.
Once settled into sleep,
you have watched
on repeat the story of your life
across the ceiling
and in review.

You've said the air was singing.
It's calling you, you don't believe.
These things you've never seen.

Good morning, how are you?
The weather's fine,
the sky is blue.
It's perfect for our seminar.

Now close your eyes and start to breathe,
allow the noise to recede,
allow yourself to drift and fly away.
But you just stay.

You've said the air was singing,
it's calling you, you don't believe
these things you've never seen,
never heard.

Did you hear these voices?
Did you hear these voices calling?
Did you hear these voices calling you?

Locked into a conference room,
we're only what our minds assume
and rationale is leaving you. 

This conceit these systems of belief
Your counselor agrees
You always mark these boundaries now you're free
and with relief.

You've said the air was singing,
it's calling you, you don't believe
these things you've never seen,
never heard, never dreamed.

You said the air was singing,
it's calling you, you don't believe
these things you've never seen,
never heard, never dreamed.

Never, never, never...

Once you had a dream
of oceans and sunken cities,
memories of things you've never known
and you have left alone.

Have you seen?
Have not will travel
Have I missed the big reveal?

Do my eyes,
Do my eyes seem empty?
I've forgotten how this feels.

I've been high
I've climbed so high
The light sometimes it washes over me.

Have you been?
Have done will travel
I fell down on me knees

Was I wrong?
I don't know, don't answer.
I just needed to believe.

I've been high
I've climbed so high
The light sometimes it washes over me.

So I dive into a pool.
so cool and deep that if I sink I sink
and when I swim I fly so high.

What I want
What I really wanted
Just to live my life on high. 

And I know
I know you want the same
I can see it in your eyes.

I've been high
I've climbed so high
The light sometimes it washes over me.
Washes over me
Close my eyes
So I can see
Make my make believe believe in me. 

hummin'
all the way to Reno
you've dusted the non-believers
and challenged the laws of chance

now sweeter
you're so sugar sweet
you may as well have had Kick Me
fastened on your sleeve

you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star.
you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star,

wing is written on your feet
your achilles heel
is the tendency
to dream
but you've know that from the beginning
you didn't have to go so far
you didn't have to go.

you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star.
you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star.

you know who you are
you know who you are
you know who you are

hummin'
all the way to Reno,
you've written your own directions.
and whistled the rules have changed.

you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star (star).
you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star (star).
you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star (star).
you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star (star).

hummin'
all the way to Reno
all the way to Reno.
all the way to Reno.

you're gonna be a star
you're gonna be a star
you're gonna be a star
you're gonna be a star 

It's not that she walked away,
her world got smaller.
All the usual places, the same destinations,
only something's changed.

It's not that she wasn't rewarded
with pomegranate afternoons
and Mingus, Chet Baker and chess.

It's not the stampede and fortune
of prim affectations
she's off on a right and she knows now
it's greater than the whole
of the past
it's greater
and now she knows.

She just wants to be somewhere
she just wants to be.
She just wants to be somewhere
she just wants to be.

It's not that the transparency
of earlier incarnations
now we're back on, we're enriched
and loaded
with beautiful vulnerability
and now she knows.

Now is greater
and she knows that.

She just wants to be somewhere
she just wants to be.
She just wants to be somewhere
she just wants to be.

Now is greater
now is greater
and she knows that

She just wants to be somewhere
she just wants to be.
She just wants to be somewhere
she just wants to be.

It's not like the angels
could truly look down
stir up the trappings
and light on the ground.
Remind us of what, when,
why or who?
The how's up to us, me and you
and now is greater than the whole
of the past
is greater and now she knows that.

Now she knows. 

I dragged my feet across the seat
Jumped out the passenger side
The only thing worth looking for
Is what you find inside
But that had not yet appeared

Lost invisible here.
Tel Aviv and Agadir
taroudant or olomouc
Before I learned to see
The vanishing point appeared.

I looked for you everywhere.
I looked for you everywhere.

There is a calm I haven't come to yet
I spent half my life figuring what comes next
I telescoped in I finally win
I finally win the prize.

That now my eyes see
a comic's perfect timing squeezed.
Head first fighting everything
The crushing force of memory
Erasing all I've been
The vanishing point appeared.

I looked for you everywhere.
I looked for you everywhere.
Tell me why you're here
I came to disappear.

Look at this face
Can you believe it?
Am I living in the beautiful vacuum?
Because I can't see it
The vanishing point appears.

I looked for you everywhere.
I looked for you everywhere.
Tell me why you're here.
I came to disappear
Tell me why you're here
I came to disappear
I came to disappear 

Easy to poke yourself square in the eye 
Harder to like yourself, harder to try 
These are espouses 
Postcards and neoprene 
Roses a dollar a stem 
Everyone's sleeping or pulling the long haul and 
Keys in the cooler its three A.M. 

And Saturn is beckoning no one 
It's off on its own 
It's offering up 

Late shift can bring in store, burn out the lights 
Telescope roof towards the northwestern sky 
You pulled the ladder and no one's the wiser 
You find your sights and discover 

Saturn is orbiting nothing 
He's off on its own 
He's breaking from home 

Harder to look yourself square in the eye 
Easy to take off 

You found the ladder in the pattern of your wrist 
You've seen and you've marked horizons 
Mother was difficult, she made you cry 
Cover the mirror, look to the sky 
You climbed into your rocketship trying 
Lift up and hold out your hands 

Saturn is orbiting nothing 
He's off on its own 
He's breaking from home 

Saturn is orbiting nothing 
He's off on its own 
He's breaking from home 

Saturn returns when you chase down, it slows 
Throw them into a new gravity 
Harder to look yourself square in the eye 
Easy to poke yourself, easy as pie 
Easy to take off, harder to fly 
Harder to wake Galileo 

the sun reflected in
the back of my eye.
I knocked my head against the sky.

the dragonflies are busy buzzing me.
a seahorse as if we were in the sea.

half way from coal
half way to diamond.
my fall knocked a mean chip out of me.
gathering as far as I can reach.
perched up on the precipice
and this is what I've seen.

this is all I want,
it's all I need.
this is all I am.
this is all I want,
it's all I need.

a bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree.
doctorate in science and the theologians dream.
the dragonflies are trying to lecture me.
a seahorse as if we were in the sea.

but this is all I want,
it's all I need.
this is all I am,
it's everything.
this is all I want,
it's all I need.

beat a drum for me
like a butterfly wing.
tropical storm across the ocean.

but don't explain I'm sure I'll want to know
but don't forget we're just halfway from home.

this is all I want,
it's all I need.
this is all I am,
it's everything.
this is all I want,
it's all I need. 

Charades pop skill
Water hyacinth.
Name by a poet
Imitation of life.

Like a coy in a frozen pond.
Like a goldfish in a bowl.
I don't want to hear you cry.

That sugar cane that tasted good.
That cinnamon, that's Hollywood.
Come on, come on.
No-one can see you try.

You want the greatest thing
The greatest thing since bread came sliced.
You've got it all
You've got it sized.

Like a Friday fashion show
Teenager cruising in the corner
Trying to look like you don't try.

That sugar cane that tasted good.
That cinnamon, that's Hollywood.
Come on, come on.
No-one can see you try.

No-one can see you cry.

That sugar cane that tasted good.
That freezing rain, that's what you could.
Come on, come on.
No-one can see you cry.

This sugar cane, this lemonade
This hurricane, I'm not afraid.
Come on, come on.
No-one can see me cry.

This lightning storm, this tidal wave
This avalanche, I'm not afraid.
Come on, come on.
No-one can see me cry.

That sugar cane that tasted good.
That's who you are, that's what you could.
Come on, come on.
No-one can see you cry.

That sugar cane that tasted good.
That's who you are, that's what you could.
Come on, come on.
No-one can see you cry. 

Mercury is rising still
Turn the fan on high

I won't step on my own shadow
No one wants to cry.

Someone put a pox on me
I spit in their eyes
Summer turns to high.

Lift my bed sheet keep in sandles
Circle search and there are candles
Summer's here but night is raising hopes and dragonflies

If those hopes are overshadowed
cotton-candy, caramel-wafer.

Summer turns to high
Summer turns to high
Summer turns to high
Summer high

After wine and nectarines the fireflies in turn
Move like syrup through the evening with the sweet resign
I won't fight for can't happen
I'm preoccupied

Summer turns to high
Summer turns to high
Summer turns to high
Summer high. 

hey there now young one wholly,
swing along quote the scriptures,
keep them guessing which pit you crawled from

just defy it, just deny it,
was it fun?
your time has come
what have you done?
what have you done?

that's when the insults start to sting
you can't remember anything
the chorus chiming
the greek chorus, the machine of God, singin'

it's the poison that in measures
brings illuminating vision
it's the knowing with a wink
that we expect in Southern women

it's the wolf that knows which root to dig to save itself
it's the octopus that crawled back to the sea.

that's when the insults start to sting
you can't remember anything
the chorus chiming, the greek chorus,
the machine of God sing.....

hammered, shooting plywood in the backyard
laughing 'cause the racket makes the blackbirds sing
write the holy terror
suck the marrow from the bone
singe your own wings burning books,
you got the chorus and the ring

that's when the insults start to sting
you can't remember anything
the chorus chiming, the greek chorus,
the machine sings.

that's when the insults starts to sting
you can't remember anything
the chorus chiming, the greek chorus,
the machine sings.

that's when the calibration brittle
as a stick hits you
the gold ring in the tar museum
che quevera wink,
gold ring
gold ring. 

sing.
sing.
sing.
sing.

the rain came down
the rain came down
the rain came down on me.

the wind blew strong
the summer song
fades to memory

I knew you when
I loved you then
the summer's young and helpless.

you laid me bare
you marked me there
the promises we made.

I used to think
as birds take wing
they sing through life so why can't we?
you cling to this
you claim your best
if this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain.

the nighttime creases
summer schemes
and stretches out to stay.
the sun shines down
you came around
you love easy days.

but now the sun,
the winter's come.
I wanted just to say
that if I hold
I'd hope you'd fold
open up inside, inside of me.

I used to think
as birds take wing
they sing through life so why can't we?
you cling to this
you claim your best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain.

this winter song
I'll sing along
I've searched its still refrain
I'll walk alone
I've given this, take wing
celebrate the rain.

I used to think
as birds take wing
they sing through life so why can't we?
you cling to this
you claim your best
If this is what you're offering
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain
I'll take the rain.

Tonight's alive
The beachball is set to fly
Those well-tequilla'd guys
who smile at strangers.

¨˘ tes souhaits
¨˘ tes amours ch¨Śri
You give a little sneeze and dance the rhu-rhu-rhu-rhu-rhumba

This life is sweet.
You're dancin' in the street.
Who knows who we might meet?
You're too fine.

The little weekend's here.
Thursday has an ear.
Her coffee-clash career, she talks to strangers.

And kissing by the sea.
Particular to me.
'ti punch, mojito, sling and dance the rhu-rhu-rhu-rhu-rhumba.

This life is sweet.
You're dancin' in the street.
Who knows who, you and me
You're too fine.

We flash the seaside sky
with starfish butterflies
to cast a spell and
welcome locals
weekenders and strangers.

You're too fine.
You're too fine.
You're too fine.

Smack, crack, bushwhacked.
Tie another one to the racks, baby. 
Hey kids, rock and roll.
Nobody tells you where to go, baby. 
What if I ride? What if you walk?
What if you rock around the clock?
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
What if you did? What if you walk?
What if you tried to get off, baby? 
Hey, kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby. 
Hey kids, shake a leg.
Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby. 
Maybe you did. Maybe you walked.
Maybe you rocked around the clock.
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
Maybe I ride. Maybe you walk.
Maybe I drive to get off, baby. 
Hey kids, shake a leg.
Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby. 
Ollie, ollie.
Ollie ollie ollie.
Ollie ollie in come free, baby. 
Hey, kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby. 
Smack, crack. Shack-a-lack.
Tie another one to your back, baby. 
Hey kids, rock and roll.
Nobody tells you where to go, baby. 
Maybe you did. Maybe you walk.
Maybe you rock around the clock
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
Maybe I ride. Maybe you walk.
Maybe I drive to get off, baby. 
Hey kids, where are you?
Nobody tells you what to do, baby. 
Hey kids, rock and roll.
Nobody tells you where to go, baby, baby, baby. 

I will try not to breathe.

I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees.

These eyes are the eyes of the old, shiver and fold. 

I will try not to breathe.

This decision is mine. I have lived a full life
and these are the eyes that I want you to remember. Oh. 
I need something to fly over my grave again.
I need something to breathe. 
I will try not to burden you.
I can hold these inside. I will hold my breath
until all these shivers subside,
just look in my eyes. 
I will try not to worry you.
I have seen things that you will never see.
Leave it to memory me. I shudder to breathe. 
I want you to remember. Oh. (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
over my grave again. (you will never see)
I need something to breathe. (something to breathe)
Baby, don't shiver now.
Why do you shiver now? (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
over my grave again. (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe. Oh. Oh. Oh.
I will try not to worry you.
I have seen things that you will never see.
Leave it to memory me. Don't dare me to breathe. 
I want you to remember. Oh. (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
over my grave again. (you will never see)
I need something to breathe. (something to breathe)
Baby, don't shiver now.
Why do you shiver now? (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe. (something to breathe - I have seen things you will never see)
I want you to remember. 

This here is the place I will be staying.

There isn't a number. You can call the pay phone.
Let it ring a long, long, long, long time.
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more.
If I don't pick up, pick up... The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil 
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. 
There are scratches all around the coin slot
like a heartbeat, baby trying to wake up,
but this machine can only swallow money.
You can't lay a patchthat it's really, really, really, really me. 
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. 
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me.
Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial.
A can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice,
a candy bar, a falling star, or a reading of Doctor Seuss; 
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. 
The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way,
always had a smile and a reason to pretend.
But their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream.
The sidewinder sleeps on his back. 
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her.
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her.
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her. 
We've got to moogie, moogie, move on this one. 

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,

when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on.
Don't let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes. 
Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along.
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
if you feel like letting go, (hold on)
when you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on. 
Everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends.
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand.
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone 
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on. 
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes.
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on.
Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. (repeat & fade)
(Everybody hurts. You are not alone.) 

Readying to bury your father and your mother,

what did you think when you lost another?
I used to wonder why did you bother,
distanced from one, blind to the other? 
Listen here my sister and my brother
what would you care if you lost the other?
I always wonder why did we bother,
distanced from one, deaf to the other. 
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows 
It's these little things, they can pull you under.
Live your life filled with joy and wonder.
I always knew this altogether thunder
was lost in our little lives. 
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows. 
It's these little things, they can pull you under.
Live your life filled with joy and thunder.
Yeah, yeah we were altogether
lost in our little lives. 
Oh. Oh. Ah. 
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows. 

Monty this seems strange to me.

The movies had that movie thing,
but nonsense has a welcome ring
and heroes don't come easy. 
Now, nonsense isn't new to me.
I know my head, I know my feet,
but mischief knocked me in the knees.
Said, Just let go. Just let go. 
I saw the ocean meet the man.
I saw you buried in the sand.
A friend was there to hold your hand,
Said, Walk our breath]
Don't you waste your breath. [waste your breath]
for the silver screen. 
That nonsense doesn't mean a thing,
they tried to bust you in a sting,
but virtue isn't everything
so, don't waste time. 
Now, here's a rhyme that you can steal.
Put this on your reel to reel.
Mischief threw a rotten deal.
Monty's laying low, man.
He is laying low.
Just let go, y'all.
Just let go. 
You don't owe me anything.
You don't want this sympathy. [waste your breath]
Don't you waste your breath. [waste your breath]
Monty this seems strange to me. 

These bastards stole their power from 

the victims of the Us v. Them years, 
wrecking all things virtuous and true. 
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal 
lost lamb off the precipice into 
the trickle down runoff pool. 
They hypnotised the summer, 
Nineteen seventy-nine. 
Marched into the capital 
brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ignoreland. 
The information nation took their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons. 
Nineteen eighty, eighty-four, eighty-eight, ninety-two too, too. 
How to be what you can be, 
jump jam junking your energies. 
How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes 
They amplified the autumn,
Nineteen seventy-nine.
Calculate the capital,
up the republic my skinny ass. T.V. tells a million lies. The paper's terrified to report anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon, I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this. So, fuck you, man. (Fuck 'm)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ignoreland. 
If they weren't there we would have created them.
Maybe, it's true,
but I'm resentful all the same.
Someone's got to take the blame. 
I know that this is vitriol.
No solution, spleen-venting,
But I feel better having screamed. Don't you? 
They desecrated winter,
Nineteen seventy-nine.
Capital collateral. 
Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready, heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever, mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

Keys cut, three for the price of one.
Nothing's free but guaranteed for a lifetime's use.
I've changed the locks
and you can't have one.
You, you know the other two. 
The brakes have worn so thin that you could hear,
I hear them screeching through the door from our driveway.
Hey love, look into your glovebox heart.
What is there for me inside? This love is tired.
I've changed the locks. Have I misplaced you?
Have we lost our minds?
Will this never end?
It could depend on your take. 
You. Me. We used to be on fire.
If keys are all that stand between,
Can I throw in the ring?
No gasoline.
Just fuck me kitten.
You are wild and I'm in your possesion.
Nothing's free so, fuck me kitten. 
I'm in your possesion.
So, fuck me kitten. 

Mott the Hoople and the game of Life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
See you heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 
Hey, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool. 
Moses went walking with the staff of wood. yeah. 
Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey, Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool. 
Here's a little agit for the never-believer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little ghost for the offering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling [wrestling bears]. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
 
Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.

The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight. 
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I'm not sure all these people understand.
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
of recklessness and water.
They cannot see me naked.
These things, they go away,
replaced by everyday. 
Nightswimming, remembering that night.
September's coming soon.
I'm pining for the moon.
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
could not describe nightswimming. 
You, I thought I knew you.
You I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me,
this one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming. 
The photograph reflects,
every streetlight a reminder.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night. 

Hey now, little speedyhead,

the read on the speedometer says
you have to go to task in the city
where people drown and people serve.
Don't be shy. Your just deserve
is only just light years to go.
Me, my thoughts are flower strewn
ocean storm, bayberry moon.
I have got to leave to find my way.
Watch the road and memorize
this life that pass before my eyes.
Nothing is going my way. 
The ocean is the river's goal,
a need to leave the water knows
We're closer now than light years to go. 
I have got to find the river,
bergamot and vetiver
run through my head and fall away.
Leave the road and memorize
this life that pass before my eyes.
Nothing is going my way. 
There's no one left to take the lead,
but I tell you and you can see
we're closer now than light years to go.
Pick up here and chase the ride.
The river empties to the tide.
Fall into the ocean. 
The river to the ocean goes,
a fortune for the undertow.
None of this is going my way.
There is nothing left to throw
of Ginger, lemon, indigo,
coriander stem and rose of hay.
Strength and courage overrides
the privileged and weary eyes
of river poet search naïveté.
Pick up here and chase the ride.
The river empties to the tide.
All of this is coming your way. 

receiving dept., 3 a.m.

staff cuts have socked up the overage

directives are posted.

no callbacks, complaints.

everywhere is calm.



Hong Kong is present

Taipei awakes

all talk of circadian rhythm



I see today with a newsprint fray

my night is colored headache grey

daysleeper (x 3)



the bull and the bear are marking

their territories

they're leading the blind with

their international glories



I'm the screen, the blinding light

I'm the screen, I work at night.



I see today with a newsprint fray

my night is colored headache grey

don't wake me with so much.

daysleeper.



I cried the other night

I can't even say why

fluorescent flat caffeine lights

its furious balancing



I'm the screen, the blinding light

I'm the screen, I work at night

I see today...

don't wake me with so much. the

ocean machine is set to 9

I'll squeeze into heaven and valentine

my bed is pulling me.

gravity

daysleeper. daysleeper.

daysleeper. daysleeper. Daysleeper

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine
Uh-huh, I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream
Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies,magazines
Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
I couldn't understand
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
I couldn't understand
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I couldn't understand
I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh

I know you
I know you've seen her
She's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
Walking down the street
Will I never meet her?
She's a real woman-child
Oh my kiss breath turpentine

I am smitten
I'm the real thing I'm the real thing
Have you seen her come around?
My crush with eyeliner

I'm in like
I'm infatuated
It's all too much, the pressure
She's all that I can take
What position should I wear?
Cop an attitude, you faker
How can I convince her, faker
That I'm invented too, yeah

I am smitten
I'm the real thing I'm the real thing
We all invent ourselves and, uh, you know me

Yeah, she's a sad tomato
She's three miles of bad road
She's her own invention she's her own invention
That gets me in the throat
What can I make myself be?
Life is strange, yeah Life is strange
What can I make myself be, fake her
To make her mine?

I am smitten
I'll do anything I'll do anything
A kiss breath turpentine
My crush with eyeliner

I am smitten
You know me yeah, you know me
I could be your Frankenstein
My crush with eyeliner

I am smitten
I'm the real thing I'm the real thing
Won't you be my valentine?
My crush with eyeliner

Make your money with a suit and tie
Make your money with truth denial
Make your money expert advice
If you can wing it
Make your money with a power ply
Make your money with a buyout bribe
Make it lie as long as you mean it

I'm not king of comedy
Grease the pig, give a squeeze, squeeze me)

Make your money with exploitation
Make it holy illumination
Say a prayer at every station
Don't forget to ask for mercy
Make your money with a pretty face
Make it easy with product placement
Make it charged with controversy
I'm straight, I'm queer, I'm bi

I'm not king of comedy
I'm not your magazine
I'm not your television

Make your money, make it rich
Make it young and make it quick
Make your money on the jukebox, baby
It's pick up sticks
Make your enemies make your moves
Make your critics humble through
Make it smart and make it smooth
Make it look easy

I'm not king of comedy
I'm not your magazine
I'm not your television
I'm not your movie screen
I'm not commodity, all together now
I'm not commodity, I'm not commodity
I'm not commodity, I'm not commodity
I'm not commodity, I'm not commodity

I'm looking for an interruption
Do you believe?
You looking to dig my dreams
Be prepared for anything
You come in my little scene
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
There's one thing I can guarantee:
You won't have to dig, dig too deep

Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee
but you know what I really need

Are you looking to drive my dreams?
You here to run my screens?
You come, deliver my demons
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
Are you coming to ease my headache?
Do you give good head?
Am I good in bed?

I don't know, I guess so
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee
But you know what I really need

I'm looking for an interruption
Can you believe?
Some medicine for my headache
Hooray hooray hip hip hooray
I'm pitching for a new direction
Pinch me when I wake
Don't tell me my dreams are fake
You leave me to lay, you touch me deep
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee
But you know what I really need
Leave me to lay, but touch me deep
I don't sleep, I dream
I'll settle for a cup of coffee
But you know what I really need

You don't have to take the bar exam to see
What you've done is ignoramus 103
What I've got to hang my hat on
You don't have a pot to pee in
All this just to be your friend
I was there until the end
Extortion and arson, petty larceny

I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I know you hung up my line star 69

I know all about the warehouse fire
I know squirrelys didn't chew the wires
3 people have my number the other 2 were with me
I don't like to tell-tell but I'm not your patsy
This time you have gone too far with me

I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I know you hung up my line star 69

Why'd you put your quarter down on me?
This reads like some dork inside edition hard copy
I can't be your character witness
I can't be your alibi
Doorbell rings it's the FBI
We learned spy vs spy
You my friend, are guilty as can be, be

I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I know you hung up my line
I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I know you called
I know you called, I can't be your alibi star 69

I don't know why you're mean to me when I call on the telephone
And I don't know what you mean to me
But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, I want to take you on
These words, "You will be mine"
These words, "You will be mine" all the time

The fool might be my middle name
But I'd be foolish not to say
I'm going to make whatever it takes
Ring you up, call you down, sign your name, secret love
Make it rhyme, take you in, and make you mine

These words, "You will be mine"
These words, "You will be mine" all the time, oh

I tripped and fell, did I fall
What I want to feel, I want to feel it now

You know with love come strange currencies
And here is my appeal:

I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance,
A fourth chance, a word, a signal, a nod, a little breath
Just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real
These words, "You will be mine"
These words, "You will be mine" all the time, oh

These words, "You will be mine"
These words, they haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat
Make me pray, say, love's confined, oh

Call my name, here I come
90 to nothing, watch me run
You call
I am ashamed to say
Ugly girls know their fate
Anybody can get laid
You want a room with a fire escape
I want to tell you how much I hate this
Don't leave that stuff all over me
It pains me, please just leave it
I should toss that vanity license plate
Toss that make-up painted face
Box those poems, chocolate cake
Scratch that name on the record player
Please just leave me be
Don't lay that stuff all over me
It crawls all over
All over me

Call my name, here I come
Your last ditch lay, will I never learn?
Caramel turn on a dusty apology
It crawls all over me
You turn all over
It pains me
Please just leave it

If you could see yourself now, baby
It's not my fault, you used to be so in control
You're going to roll right over this one
Just roll me over, let me go
You're laying blame
Take this as no, no, no

You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang
Blame, blame, blame
You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang
It's not my thing so let it go

If you could see yourself now baby
The tables have turned, the whole world hinges on your swings
Your secret life of indiscreet discretions
I'd turn the screw and leave the screen
Don't point your finger
You know that's not my thing

You came to bang, bang, bang, bang and bang
Blame, blame, blame
You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang
It's not my thing so let it go now

You've got a little worry
I know it all too well
I've got your number
But so does every kiss-and-tell
Who dares to cross your threshold
Or happens on your way
Stop laying blame
You know that's not my thing

You know that's not my thing
You came to bang, bang, bang, bang and bang
Blame, blame, blame
You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang,
It's not my thing so let it go
You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang
Blame, blame, blame
You bang, bang, bang, bang and bang
It's not my thing so let it go

You kiss on me, tug on me, rub on me, jump on me
You bang on me, beat on me, hit on me, let go on me
You let go on me

I wore the clothes you wanted
I took your name
If there is some confusion, who's to blame?

I signed your living will
I smiled your face
I'm ready to close the book on NASA in outer space

If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?

I sequenced your arrival
I sealed your fate
I pushed the button and erased your master tape

I wrote the sales pitch
I threw the brake switch
I dragged your big ass daddy roth car out of that ditch

If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?

I crossed your great divide
I stirred your ocean's tide
I called your bluff until I blew your circuits wide

I'll be your albatross, devil, dog, Jesus, God
I don't wanna be Iggy Pop but if that's what it takes, hey
If there is some confusion
If there is some confusion
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
If there is some confusion

Yeah, all those stars drip down like butter
Promises are sweet
We hold out our pans, lift our hands to catch them
We eat them up, drink them up, up, up, up

Hey, let me in
Hey, let me in

I only wish that I could hear you whisper down
Mister fisherman, to a less peculiar ground
He gathered up his loved ones and he brought
Them all around to say goodbye, nice try

Hey, let me in, yeah yeah yeah
Hey, let me in. let me in

I had a mind to try to stop you, let me in, let me in
I've got tar on my feet and I can't see
All the birds look down and laugh at me
Clumsy, crawling out of my skin

Hey, let me in, yeah yeah yeah
Hey, let me in
Hey, let me in, yeah yeah yeah
Hey, let me in

Here comes that awful feeling again
Welcome the ugly animal
I hold my breath to what you sing
My pyro acrobat ball and chain
I'm not afraid, I messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up
I've got my telescope head in the haystack
I'm getting tired of your dodgeball circus act
Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command

Here comes that awful feeling again
Make way for monster jealousy
The strong man kicked sand into my breakfast cereal bowl
I'd spelled your name with Oatios
he messed it, messed it, messed it, messed it up

I've got my telescope head in the haystack
I am tired of your dodgeball circus act
Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command

You're mean, mean, mean
You tease, tease, tease me

If I were you I'd really run from me
I'd really really wish that I were you
When I get loose I'll climb a tree and drop a load on your head
This monster in me makes me retch, you messed it, messed it up

I've got my telescope head in the haystack
I am jealous of your dodgeball circus act
Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark
Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command

You're mean, mean, mean
You tease, tease, tease me

Do you smell jealousy?
Do you smell jealousy, jealousy, jealousy?

Let the sun beat through the clouds
Let me kiss you on the mouth
All my childhood toys with chew marks in your smile
Let me hold your syrup close to mine
Let me watch you, Hollywood and Vine
And I want you like the movies, touch me now
I love you crazy, just keep on
I love you madly, just keep watch
You wipe my lips, you turn me on
My attentions are turned to you

Did I dream you were a tourist in the Arizona sun?
I can see you there with luna moths and watermelon gum
I woke up in the sleeping bag, with nowhere else to run
You're standing in the bathroom telling me it's all in fun
I love you crazy, just keep on
I love you madly, just keep watch
You wipe my lips, you turn me on
My attentions are turned to you

I can whisper in your ear
I can write a calendar year
I can wing around your Saturn smile, shut out the moon
I walked the tension wire line
And I learned to disrespect the signs
And I want you like a Pisces rising, even though
I love you crazy, just kep on
I love you madly, just keep watch
You wipe my lips, you turn me on
My attentions are turned to you, you, you