All words by Bill Callahan.
"All Your Women Things" All your women things All your frilly things Scattered 'round my room Right where you left them When you left them Scattered 'round my room All your hardness All your softness And your mercy All your bridges and bras Your cotton and gauze All your buckles and straps Releases and traps All your screws and false nails Oriental winks and Egyptian veils Oh all of these things I gathered them And I made a dolly I made a dolly A spread-eagle dolly Out of your frilly things Why couldn't I have loved you This tenderly When you were here In the flesh So tenderly How could I ignore Your left breast Your right breast How could I ignore Your hardness Your softness And your mercy Well it's been seven years And the thought of your name Still makes me Weak in the knees How could I ignore Your left breast Your right breast
Back in School i saw you standing there with your hand in his hair and his hand in your back pocket i couldnt help but stare i wanted to tell you that i was back in school but in the dark of the club i knew it wouldnt carry much weight well, i'm trying to learn your language i'm trying to learn your language i came to your party empty-handed i came to your party, uninvited i came to your party, a headstart on the drinking i wanted to tell you that i was back in school but in the chit-chat, chit-chat should that... well, i'm trying to learn your language it's like a fly learning how to bark i'm trying to learn your language it's like a fly learning how to bark that smile on your face that smile on your face that smile on your face i try to erase that smile on your face but a kiss was not the answer a kiss was not the answer a drunken kiss was not the answer
"Bathroom floor" Bloody rag and a broken string of pearls on your bathroom floor when I overheard your mother say "maybe she's just a late bloomer" but what she didn't know was oh, what she didn't know was you'd already bloomed and died bloomed and died bloomed and died bloomed and died
"Bathysphere" When I was seven I asked my mother To trip me to the bay And put me on a ship And lower me down Lower me out of here Because when I was seven I wanted to live in a bathysphere Between coral silent eel silver swordfish I can't really feel or dream down here And if the water should cut my line (*2) Set me free And if the water should cut my line Set me free, I don't mind I'll be the lost sailor, my home is the sea When I was seven My father said to me 'But you can't swim' And I've never dreamed of the sea again
"Be Hit" Every girl I've ever loved Has wanted to be hit Every girl I've ever loved Wanted to be hit Every girl I've ever loved Has wanted to be hit Every girl I've ever loved Left me, 'cause I wouldn't do it. Got some advice for you friend Ba-ba-bruise 'em, you'll never lose 'em Ba-ba-bruise 'em, you'll never lose 'em Alright now Seems my sensitive touch Can be given by, any old shmuck Alright now (repeat chorus)
BLOOD FLOW Hold on Hold on Hold on Hold on Hold on hold on with a grip so tight it dams my blood, makes my head feel like... Oh hearts will start and hearts wills stop, and the blood will flow untill we drop. Blood flow, Blood Flow Blood flow, blood flow No time for a tete da teddy can I borrow your machete? In this wonderful world In this beautiful world...Hold on Blood will spill and blood will spurt Enemies keep the m ind alert Blood flow, Blood Flow Blood flow, blood flow No time for a te da tetty can I borrow your machete? In this wonderful world...Hold on In this beautiful world...Hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.... hold on hold on with a grip so tight it dams my blood it makes my blood feel like...Blood flow, blood flow Blood flow, blood flow (backup: ) B-L-double-O-D-F-L-O-double_U BloodFlowBloodFlow (3X) Hold on hold on with a grip so tight it dams my blood ?like it makes my blood feel like Hey! Hey! (2X) No time for a te da tetty can I borrow your machete? Hey! Hey! 4X B-L-double-O-D-F-L-O-double_U BloodFlowBloodFlow (4X) Slow it down now. Hold on...
"Blood Red Bird" I was not woken by the rooster nor by the crow's tough song but the midnight cry of a blood red bird brought this sleeplessness on threw open the window monlight on a black garden of thorns and the cool wind on my sweat what cries home where cries from a blood red bird lies in the woods weeping into dead leaves with wing torn and jutting bone what hand bent it to bust to be ueseless what hand I could have done it with two fingers a blood red bird a blood red bird we can continually sink into each other just deep enough to rip out a bit more flesh when we move away a scarf of skin trailing out behind like an arrow I was only passing through a blood red bird a blood red bird
'came blue' there's a hunger in my hands. i try to rub into your body. but i don't believe in this. i don't believe in you. and i don't believe in me. your eyes are drunk. why don't you close them like i pictured you to do? (i came blue...) 27 years and there is still a hunger.
"The Candle" I was on her body he was on her mind I progressed her he possessed her I was there every day he was there one day and then went away well, I'm gathering these splinters to make a raft someday she gives me so little I'm gathering these splinters to make a raft someday and sail away but the candle, she still burns a candle "a light", she says, "I need a light" and it's the only light in our room tonight and she fills her face with bananas and plumbs yoghurt and crumbs and sexual (drums her fingers, comes, numbs?) and the vibrated ..?.. and my dumb smile
"Chosen One" Oh whoa (x4) Well you're a wild horse On a collision course With the sun (repeat) I wanted to ride that wild horse Into the sun (repeat) But I no longer think that I'm your chosen one On no, I no longer think that I'm your chosen one Oh whoa (x2) Maybe it's best for you to ride Ride into the sun Because I no longer think that I'm your chosen one Oh no, I no longer think that I'm your chosen one Oh whoa (x4)
"Cold-blooded Old Times" Cold-blooded old times Cold-blooded old times Cold-blooded old times The type of memories that turn your bones to glass turn your bones to glass mother came rushing in she said we didn't see a thing we said we didnt see a thing and father left at eight neraly splintering the gate cold-blooded old times Cold-blooded old times Cold-blooded old times Cold-blooded old times the type of memories that turn your bones turn your bones to glass and though you were just a little squirrel you understood every word and in this way they gave you clarity a cold-blooded clarity Cold-blooded old times Cold-blooded old times Cold-blooded old times though how can I stand and laugh with the man who redefined your body? how can i stand and laugh with the man who redefined your body? those cold-blooded old times cold-blooded old times cold-blooded old times
"Connections" I hate men with connections I hate your connections I said, I don't like your connections I don't like your connections I hate men with connections I said, I don't like your connections I hate men with connections (I whoo-bop) I don't like your connections (I can't stop)
"Confederate Bills and Pinball SLUGS" Saving all your money for fame Giving everything, giving everything You hate ones face and hope that others will love the other So many shadows under my eyes Hiding me in the shadows You hate ones face and hope that others will love the other Saving all your money for fame Giving away everything You buy fame with Confederate bills and pinball slugs you hate ones face and that hope others will love the other
'The Desert' I'm crawling through the desert without water or love I'm crawling through the desert without water or love then it starts to rain big buckets of rain so I open my mouth for a kiss and to drink the rain but it's just an illusion oh it's just an illusion yeah love's just an illusion that keeps you crawling through the desert
DRESS SEXY Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife for the first time in your life Wear your blouse undone to here and your skirt split up to there Ah dress sexy at my funeral my good wife for the first time in your life dress sexy at my funeral my good wife Wink at the minister blow kisses to my grieving brothers Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife and when it comes your turn to speak before the crowd Tell them about the time we did it at the beach with fireworks above us On the railroad tracks with the gravel in your back In the backroom of a crowded bar And in the very graveyard where my body now rests Ah dress sexy at my funeral my good wife dress sexy at my funeral my good wife for the first time in your life dress sexy at my funeral my good wife Also tell them about how I gave to charity and tried to love my fellow man the best I could and most of all donıt forget about the time on the beach with the fireworks above us
"Drunk on the Stars" i wasn't made for this you tell yourself as you button up your coat head down to the harbor and standing on the dock your're drunk on the stars and the sea air tell yourself maybe i should throw it all away and be a sailor cause afterall your true home is the sea so you walk down to the water and a big wave crashes on your feet i dont like this you say so you turn around and head back home to some apartment on some main street of a pointless town that you're trying to put on the map and you sit right down and write a big fat check to the gas company you drape your wet socks over the radiator and you laugh at all the sailors and you laugh at all the sailors freezing on the sea
EASILY LED I am not that easily led despite the head I was just trying to cross the street with you I was just a step devoted But I am not that easily led Iım suggestable itıs true, but only by you I lay open jelly-limbed to your smallest whim But I am not that easily fed Iıll turn my head when you come at me with a spoon No, I am not that easily led despite the head I was just trying to get along with you I was just trying to be a human ----------------------------------- BLOOD FLOW Hold on Hold on Hold on Hold on Hold on hold on with a grip so tight it dams my blood, makes my head feel like... Oh hearts will start and hearts wills stop, and the blood will flow untill we drop. Blood flow, Blood Flow Blood flow, blood flow No time for a tete da teddy can I borrow your machete? In this wonderful world In this beautiful world...Hold on Blood will spill and blood will spurt Enemies keep the m ind alert Blood flow, Blood Flow Blood flow, blood flow No time for a te da tetty can I borrow your machete? In this wonderful world...Hold on In this beautiful world...Hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.... hold on hold on with a grip so tight it dams my blood it makes my blood feel like...Blood flow, blood flow Blood flow, blood flow (backup: ) B-L-double-O-D-F-L-O-double_U BloodFlowBloodFlow (3X) Hold on hold on with a grip so tight it dams my blood ?like it makes my blood feel like Hey! Hey! (2X) No time for a te da tetty can I borrow your machete? Hey! Hey! 4X B-L-double-O-D-F-L-O-double_U BloodFlowBloodFlow (4X) Slow it down now. Hold on...
"Everything You Touch Becomes a Crutch" Have I said too much Am I losing my touch. I don't think we should touch. You go with the other men Me I beat myself to sleep Maybe I should have just Left all this in a lock-up box In Boston Never said too much I always tried to save face I never said too much Tried to save my face. Only a few spare incidents Of disgrace. Never said too much I said we shouldn't touch I beat myself to sleep You go with the other men Go with your other men I beat myself to sleep I beat myself to sleep Maybe I should have left all this In an airport lock-up box In Boston
"Ex-Con" whenever i get dressed up i feel like an ex-con trying to make good jean jacket and tie feel like such a lie when i go to your house i feel like i'm casing the joint in the grocery store in line behind a mother and a child i'm going to take take that child i'm going to take take that child i'm going to take take that child see because alone in my room i feel like such a part of the community but out on the streets i feel like a robot by the river alone in my room i feel such a warmth for the community but out on the streets i feel like a robot by the river looking for a drink
"Finer Days" granted passage into the finer days how i got here i do not know and if it were all to disappear i would not know how to return and all of my old friends wat me to stay down down down with them i could extend them a hand but they would only pull it off in their grasp, in their power so i find myself isolated isolated in these fine, fine days
"Four Hearts in a Can" Four hearts in a can Speeding through the countryside And they're driving as fast as they can Four hearts in a can Speeding through the countryside And they're driving as fast as they can Trying to outrun Four thousand problems Trying to outrun Four thousand girls Four hearts in a can Speeding through the countryside And they're driving as fast as they can Trying to outrun Four thousand problems Trying to outrun Four thousand girls And they're headed for Four thousand and one They're headed for Four thousand and one As fast as they can.
"Fruite Bats" A symphony of fruite bats Wrapping on my window pane I ask them so gently To go away Please go away A symphony of fruite bats Wrapping on my window pane You know your What you're doing to the eye Do you have a purpose? Tapping on my window pane A symphony of fruite bats Go away Please go away
"Golden" Girl, what you give me is pure gold (x2) Girl, what you give me Makes me feel like I'm four years old It's out of control (x2) What you give me Oh, it's pure gold It's out of control
"Goldfish Bowl" With all your health tips and your guilt trips I can't even walk you're watching me like a hawk with all your guilt trips and your health tips I can't eat at all you're watching me like a hawk you know this appartment is so small oh, how can I expect a wild love to grow oh, how can I expect a wild love to grow it's like a fish in a goldfish bowl it's like a fish in a goldfish bowl it's like a fish in a goldfish bowl
"Hangman Blues" Ha ha ha Ha ha ha Life's a joke A waiting game now. A juggling of vices Tiny tiny vices And they don't anchor me To the ground I know who the hangman is So life's a joke Ha ha ha Ha ha ha The clocks on the wall Creeps higher. Save save Restraint restraint. It's a joke And I know who the hangman is A ship in a vial A headstone on the wharf And it will pin me To the ground Ha ha ha Ha ha ha All the lights look green So unbend Your toughest smile I think we've got I think we've got I think we've got One more mile
THE HARD ROAD I'll take the hard road I believe Iıll see you there In a cyclone of stones, wooden spikes in your hair Or maybe you'll be restin', leaning up against a busted fence Pluck a bird from your coat Then we're back up on the hard road We could sleep in a barn, bathe in a lake, steal a pie, let hunger dictate The steps we take along the hard road and when winter comes we'll borrow from the nearest washing line And when summer comes it's almost impossible not to have a good time Out on the hard road
"A Hit" It's not going to be a hit So why even bother with it? It's not going to be a hit So why even bother with it? Just lay it down, and forget about it Lay it down fast, forget about it I'll never be a rock and roll saint I'll never be a rock and roll saint Cause I can't sing Oh no I can't sing That's not the only reason That's not the only reason I'll never be a Bowie I'll never be an Eno I'll never be a Bowie I'll never be an Eno I'll only ever be a Gary Numan I'll never be a rock and roll saint
"I am Star Wars!" I am Star Wars today I am no longer English grey
'I Break Horses' well I rode out to the ocean and the water looked like tarnished gold I rode out on a broken horse who told me she'd never felt so old she asked me if I'd feed her and ride her now and then no no no, no no no, no no no, I break horses I don't tend to them I break horses they seem to come to me asking to be broken they seem to run to me I break horses doesn't take me long just a few well-placed words and their wandering hearts are gone at first her warmth felt good between my legs living breathing heart-beating flesh but soon that warmth turned to an itch turned to a scratch turned to a gash I break horses I don't tend to them tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island and I don't want to see you swimming behind tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island and I don't want to see you swimming behind no I break horses I don't tend to them
"Inspirational" if you're living the unliveable by loving the unloveable it's time to start changing the unchangeable be leaving the unleaveable come on if you're living the unliveable by loving the unloveable it's time to start breaking the unbreakable and replacing the irreplaceable
"It's Rough" When you're down on your luck and you just can't cope When the times are bleak and the friends are few Don't turn to me cause I'm no hope Don't turn to me cause I don't know what to do Maybe you should have a drink I don't know why you ever stopped anyway Oh, it's rough baby, to live Oh, it's hard baby, to survive Everyday lately my mind feels like glass Ready to be smashed Ready to be smashed Oh well, my best friend took a bullet through his eye First he had a patch now he's got a glass eye One hard, glass eye He says sometimes he wishes both his eyes were glass Well, it's rough baby, to live And it's hard baby, to survive Everyday lately my mind feels like glass Ready to be smashed I'm ready to be smashed At times I lock myself up in my room Don't come over While I listen to a record I stare at the cover Don't come over Don't come over Cause I'm no hope to you I'm no hope to you
'I Want to Tell You about a Man' I want to tell you about a man you won't find him on your MTV he doesn't drop acid he doesn't even read Dick K. Phillips he's not a seminal member of New York's new wave scene he doesn't publish a phantazine his name is Jesus Christ his name is Jesus Christ don't make me say it twice his name is Jesus Christ
"I Was a Stranger" i was a stranger when i came to town just yesterday i was a stranger they dont come much stranger so why why did you believe all every word I said why did you believe believe a stranger a stranger and why do you women in this town let me look at you so bold when you have seen what i was in the last town in the last town you should have seen what i was if i was a stranger i was worse than a stranger i was well-known
JUSTICE AVERSION happens on a side street maybe happens on a main street maybe lion bites a zebra neck zebra stomps lion head and it's justice justice Aversion the proper way these are dark days Root for the underdog no matter who they are the bank robber, getaway car and it's justice justice Aversion the proper way these are dark days Could stay up all night talking about animal nature and the universe has a tendency to grant our scrapes could happen on a side street maybe could happen on a main street maybe and it's justice justice Aversion Root for the underdog no matter who they are like a bank robber, getaway car
"Kings Tongue" Palm ?Broker? got all my clothes on And he's looking pretty mean I bought a kings tongue with the money Preserved in fire water And I'm feeling pretty mean Oh I want to dance With you buckles between my teeth Oh I wanna pull flying birds eggs out of your nest I'll steal your stars Spit comes in ?tuberculent? wakes on planet mars (pretty mean) Palm ?Brokers? looking Palm ?Brokers? looking Pretty mean Your past out past by the fire (?black coal?) Doused in fire water Surprised you're not a mother The shape that in you're in Yeah I'm feeling, feeling pretty mean
"Limited Capacity" I painted myself into a corner again because I didn't like the colour of my floors after you walked all over them you're full of white lies oh, you're full of white lies but I've got a limited capacity yeah I've got a limited capacity and I'll paint my floors again I'm sure I'll paint my floors again
"Little Girl Shoes" Your little girl shoes I was attracted to your Little girl shoes I was distracted by your Little girl ways And that little boy hat Did you have to wear that In combination with those Little girl shoes Dismantled in the lab Your shoe is cold leather Your foot is beastly calloused Closer to cloven (yeah) But...paw plus shoe Equals I don't know what to do And does the girl imitate the woman Or the woman imitate the girl Your little girl shoes Kick the dust right out of me Your little girl shoes Kicked the dust right out of me Your little girl shoes Kicked the dust right out of me
"Lize" They don't make lies Like they used to They don't make lies Like they used to You don't make lies Like you used to You don't make lies Like you used to In the old days You took pride in your lies You used to pay more attention To details. Not theses flimsy things You hand me Nowadays They don't make lies Like they used to They don't make lies Like they used to You don't make lies Like you used to You don't make lies Like you used to They used to be stronger They used to last longer You used to pay more attention To detail Nowadays the lies that get made Just fall apart They don't make lies Like they used to They don't make lies Like they used to No you don't make lies Like you used to You don't make lies Like you used to I used to be able To live off your lies
"The Morning Paper" the morning paper is on it's way and it's all bad news on every page so i roll right over and go to sleep the evening sun will be so sweet i roll right over and i have this thing red apple falls
"My Family" Mother's smoking pot In the bathroom I can hear her butt Squeaking on the tub As the water grows cold Around her legs And father Is in the study Watching a vague Lesbian scene Don't go in He gets to me Planting foot prints Where I hope I'll never be da da da da da And sister phones to say She isn't coming home She says she'll write to me But I know She won't write to me da da da da da
"My Shell" And you crawl Into my shell Laughed at my jokes It serves you well When you crawl Out of my shell You stole my jokes It serves you well When you crawl Into my shell You laughed at my jokes It serves you well When you crawl Out of my shell Stole my jokes And it serves you well Or should I take you back Into my Shell What you think of What you did How she lay ?Stinking buzzer hands? Oh I left her for dead Stole my jokes Serves you well You can't come back Into my shell Can't come back Into my shell
"Not Lonely Anymore" I'm not lonely anymore I'm not lonely anymore Now that I realized I got two hands not four Cause when the ship goes Oh when the ship goes Down It'll be 1000 rats Swimming to 1000 shores So I'm not lonely anymore If you try holding hands You'll be kissing sweat sand Your pretty wedding ring Doesn't mean a damn thing You're going down I'm not lonely anymore I'm not lonely anymore Now that I realized I got two hands not four I'm not lonely anymore
"One Less Star" So there's one less star in the sky Well, who cares
"The Orange Glow of a Stranger's Living Room" under stars of violet under stars of green under stars of silver under stars.. of you when i walk the city streets at night i'm scared shitless when i walk the country roads at night i'm scared shitless but still i go out cause i get so restless under stars of violet under stars of green under stars of silver under stars.. of you the orange glow of a stranger's living room looks so much warmer than mine
"Peach Pit" Went down to Georgia When a wild dog got bit Went looking for a girl With a peach pit With strands all hanging down Between her teeth And that was the juiciest peach I ever saw Went Down to Georgia When the wild dog got bit Went looking for a girl (for a girl) With a peach pit With strands all hanging down Between her teeth And that was the juiciest peach I ever saw
"Prince Alone in the Studio" Prince alone in the studio it's two a.m. and all the girls are gone the girls thought they were going to be able to have sex with him they wore their special underwear once the tracks were laid down Prince's back turned around Raspberry headphones on his head on his ears Prince alone in the studio it's three a.m. Prince hasn't eaten in eighteen hours dinner's burned on the stove but Prince, he doesn't even know Prince alone in the studio it's four a.m. and he finally gets that guitar track right and it's better than anything any girl could ever give him because Prince is alone Prince is alone oh Prince, you are so alone and when it's all complete he feels like a hunter on the street and when it's all complete he feels like a hunter on the street
"Red Apple Falls" the widow says it's hard to live with a man a man like me the widow says it's hard to live on the lonely version of love i give and i've seen the way her eyes light up when she looks at the man in a family way he's made of iron and he knows the way and when i think about my brother dying and my parents trying to slowly do themselves in inch by inch, day by day and the telephone's ring is like a banshee wail the widow says i broke her first of course i say, just the reverse and we cant get past this something she did on the 14th of June because of something i said on the 13th of June and we can't get past this and if we could lock our lips and block our noses and swim beneath the barriers and come up clean on the other side but we can't get past this
"Red Apples" i went down to the river to meet the widow she gave me an apple it was red i slept in her black arms for a century she wanted nothing in return i gave her nothing in return i gave her nothing in return the ghost of her husband beautiful as a horse pulled up an apple cart full of millions of red apples for us
"Renee Died 1:45" I really want to like girls But it seems every time I get burnt Is it because They can hurt me Like no other man can Or is it because I'm a jealous bitch All I know is that I want to see her Golden hair shine In the sun again All I know is that I want to see her Golden hair shine In the sun again
"Sleepy Joe" I slept through most of April I got up in May and had some toast then I bedded down again I bedded down again because I was sleepy in June I made enough chili in my crockpot to last `till the winter 'cos winter will be here sooner than you think winter will be here sooner than you think that's when I hibernate oh, can you hear the bells can you hear the bells well neither can I neither can I and I don't hear trumpets when I enter a room the fire you build for yourself could be so cold Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe you say you feel like you're dead oh well, I think it's just those books you read you say you can't feel a thing I'd like to break a chair across your back and throw you in the ocean then tell me you don't feel a thing when you slept with Jenny you said you couldn't feel a thing well I did Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe nature abhors a vacuum nature abhors a vacuum and so do you especially when you're trying to sleep late Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe
"Somewhere in the Night" Have you lost your faith Have you lost your way Have you lost everything You thought you held Yesterday You should leave me behind And devote all your time To kissing the spoon That you once fed him from Do you lose your mind Somewhere in the night While searching the asides And the b-sides You should leave me behind And devote all your time To licking the spoon You once fed him from Have you lost your faith Have you lost your way Have you lost everything You thought you held Yesterday
'spanish moss' anybody else would tell you my face is dead but i say it's a lie. there's only one road in and it's easy to miss. it's surrounded by swamps with green snakey vines. anybody else would tell you my face is dead but i say it's alive.
"Spread Your Bloody Wings" And though you've known a thousand men But still A ship never sailed on your sea And though you've known a thousand men But still Briney waters singe their skins Icy waves drive them back again Helmets oars and swords Are washed upon the shore And you gave them all a thousand chances And you'll give them a thousand more In your eyes a thousand challenges The water demon's eyes Are pink and green Scales of silver mirror mesmerize The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Spits bile into your eye
"Strawberry Rash" Meet strawberry rash One on each cheek Coins in the crack Meet strawberry rash It's the banquet of a starving girl (x2) She's gonna swallow glass Meet strawberry rash Red eggs and brown apples She's gonna swallow glass Meet strawberry rash Coins in (poison?) the crack It's the banquet of the starving girl (x2) She's gonna swallow glass meet strawberry rash Coins in the crack And beggin' her to piss
"Stalled on the Tracks" Stalled on the tracks (x2) No turnin' back I'm stalled on the tracks A turtle on its back I think I hear that train a-comin'
"Stick in the Mud" There's nothin' I'd rather see Than for you to fail There's nothin' I'd rather see Than for you to fail And where is the beauty That I once had? Where is the beauty That I had once? I feel like I'm becoming a stick in the mud I feel like I'm becoming a Lou Reed - Mistrial stick in the mud There's nothin' I'd rather see Than for you to fail And where is the beauty That I once had? Where is the beauty I had just once? I hate songs with questions in them I feel like I'm becoming a stick in the mud I feel like I'm becoming a Lou Reed - Mistrial in the mud
STRAYED Well its strange the way you walk behind but seem to lead the way oh I know I, oh I know I, have strayed I have taken you for a ride Left you waiting in the car while I play death games inside Oh I know I, oh I know I, have strayed I have loved in haste Iıve been an alley cat and a bumble bee to your panther and your wasp Oh I have loved while thinking only of the cost Oh I know I, oh I know I, have strayed Iıve raised a sick child to your lips and in asking you to kiss what I would not kiss Oh I know I, oh I know I, have strayed Oh I never thought Iıd be one of those men with pin-ups on the wall for all to see I thought that just was mechanics Oh I know I, Oh I know I have strayed I have taken you for a ride Left you waiting in the car while I play death games inside
"Sweet Smog Children" Well come on sweet smog children, come on sweet smog children, come on but I can't really talk to you I can only sing sweet smog children, I can only sing for you and I don't want to hear from you sweet smog children it feels like I want to hear from you but I don't really want to hear from you sweet smog children I just want to touch you sweet smog children like the invisible man sweet smog children, come on to be untouchable, come on as only a child can, come on sweet smog children
"37 Push Ups" 47 push ups in a winter-rate sea side motel I feel like Travis Bickle I'm listening to Highway to Hell It's a shitty little tape I taped off the radio 39 push ups in a winter-rate sea side motel 32 push ups in a winter-rate sea side motel Not looking too good Not feeling so well 37 push ups in a winter-rate seaside motel I'm going up again (x2) Goin' up to go down again
"To Be of Use" most of my fantasies are of making someone else come most of my fantasies are of to be of use to be of some hard simple undeniable use like a spindle like a candle like a horseshow like a corkscrew to be of use to be of use most of my fantasies are of making someone else come on a horse over palms laid on the threshold on the coming day coming day coming day come
'The Weightlifter' the weightlifter wears t-shirts in wintertime the weightlifter wears no shirt in summertime the weightlifter prays and prays for summertime the weightlifter has a playboy air freshener dangling from his rearview mirror but something on his mind his car is red he's saving for a water bed oh what a love nest that'll be the weightlifter wears t-shirts in wintertime
"What kind of Angel" She's had everyone She made me doubt women She said I could do it without protection That's not a woman at all She says she's an angel That's not a woman at all Well, what kind of angel What kind of angel is that? What kind of angel What kind of angel is that? It's an angel of death The angel of death She's gonna kill someone (x5) The angel of death Ah! The angel of death She says she's an angel (x2) That's not a woman at all What kind of angel, what kind of angel is that? (x2)
"When the Power Goes Out" When the power goes out in the grocery store You just take, take, take Just take, take, take New mother with a cart full of pampers Out the door and back for more See the minor with some cases of beer Only the finest, spare no expense here When the power goes out in the grocery store You just take, take, take You just take, take, take
"When You Walk" When you walk It's a parade With bears dancin' fish swimmin' Monkeys laughin' hard When you walk It's a parade With bears dancing, fish swimmin' Monkeys all around When you walk It's a parade And I'm walkin' too (x2) When you walk, it's a parade (x2) And I'm walkin' too
"Whistling Teapot (Rag)" Aw who needs you Lying in your crummy bed While I'm out here in the cold With a hope that is so thin Aw who needs you Lying in your crummy bed While I'm out here in the cold cold cold With a coat that is so thin You're lying in your crummy bed You're smoking your drugs And between the two of you Could not come up with Enough compassion not to screw And between the three of us Could not come up with A single reason And did you have to take My only friend?
"Wild Love" Wild love wild love somebody chopped down my wild love wild love wild love somebody shot down my wild love
"Wine Stained Lips" Well I woke up this mornin' Thinking about the conversation we had last night All the stupid things I said Through wine stained lips (repeat verse) I don't know why I wanted to tell you everything Why is it so tempting for me to boast? I don't know why I wanted to tell a stranger everything Why is it so easy for me to boast? I turned it into a joke But I still boast Some people shouldn't go to parties Some people shouldn't drink wine at parties Some people shouldnt've woken up this morning
"You Moved In" You moved in to my hotel You could have done better But Oh Well I tapped your phones I read your mail We split the rent But you couldn't Make the bail... (Make the bail) Now you never listened to the fables You just danced to the symphony Of the musical sound of Your ever expanding sea (Ever expanding sea) And now with your hair Turning so white You live in your car and drive Drive all night. And you think about J.D. And why he had to leave Kneeling in some bunker Wiping his nose On his sleeve And I hope you don't mind If I grab your private life Slap it on the table And split it With a knife
Your New Friend when the conversation is over and there's nothing left to say i know what you're going to do so i'm going my seperate way you're going to call your new friend on the telephone i wonder what you call him when i'm not home now this has been going on every night since that week i left town it really makes me think i shoulda stuck around so i'm.. going to my living room / bedroom you know this is apartment is so small we used to share a bedroom until you got that call you close your door so firmly that i put up my chinese screen but you know i cant hide a thing at all now you've got your doors and i wonder what goes on i've got my chinese screen but you know i cant hide a thing at all you've got your radio on low to cover the sounds but your voice so soft, so soft it could only be heard by your new friend i've got my radio blasting to show that i dont care about anything you could possibly say to your new friend now you've got your door and i wonder what goes on i've got my chinese screen but you know i cant hide a thing at all and all that i can think of is that how you used to be me on the phone to you while your lover died.. outside.. and in this chair tonight i wouldnt mind if i die and left you to your new friend your new friend now dont get me wrong i know.. i'm still your boyfriend but that doesnt mean a damn thing at all as long as you've got your new friend
"Your Wedding" I remember entering you entering you I'm gonna be drunk, so drunk at your wedding (x4)