Fred Abong

Poor thing, poor thing
Do you have a sister?
Would you lay your body
Down on the tracks for her?

Step one, tiptoe in hell
For her?

Don't you have someone you'd die for? (5x

Give it to me please
I said to God
It's only fair
Instead, he sent three Angels
To move the river
So now it flows by my house
So now it goes by my house

Angel. Angel.
I'd still rather have the moon

I've had bad dreams
So bad I threw my pillow away
Move the river
So now it flows by my house
So now it goes by my house

Angel. Angel.
I'd still rather have the moon

Baby's playing dead in cellar.
Gave her water just got paler.
Grass stains, backburns, she's a screamer.
She's just dusted, leave her.
If you see her, don't upset her.
Never seems to get much better.
Grass stains, backburns, she's a screamer.
She's just dusted leave her.
Mmm mmm, goes to your heart.
Mmm mmm, sticks in your head.
Mmm mmm mmm mmm, yeah.
Baby's playing dead in cellar.
Gave her water, she got paler.
Grass stains, backburns, she's a screamer.
She's just dusted, leave her.

So you go to leave
More room for me.
Oooo... you gave me too much room,
So I filled it up with chairs,
You can't sit on,
But if you want to stand there,
Stand there.
Oooo... you told me too much.
You thought I would leave you.
I heard every word X3
So you go, and it all grows darker
Like these chairs,
These eyes,
This room
Closes it's windows.
These chairs,
These eyes,
This room,
This heart.
I heard every word X3

So he's lying on top again
Just like Gepetto and his doll.
And he's running around again,
And I can't get him out of this house.
And if you bore him,
You lose your soul to me.
So that kid from the bad home
Came over to my house again,
Decapitated all my dolls.
And if you bore me,
You lose your soul to me.
Hey Gepetto,
Where'd you put it?
Oh Gepetto, poor boy.
Hey Gepetto, where'd you put it?
Oh Gepetto, poor boy.
And if you bore him,
You're gonna lose your soul.
Hey Gepetto, where'd you get to?
Oh Gepetto, poor boy.
Hey Gepetto, where'd you get to?
Oh Gepetto, poor boy.
Hey Gepetto, what'd you get me?
Oh Gepetto, poor boy.
So he's lying on top again,
Just like Gepetto.

You're not safe
In this house.
You're not safe.
Here, here,
In some witch's bed,
In some witch's bed.
You know the one.
She lies all lit up.
She lies all lit up.
She lies all lit up.
You're not safe
In this house.

Meet him by the road.
There's a dog went running,
Picking through spit out leaves
A dog won't even touch.
Meant to shoot that dog long ago,
Just can't leave that dog alone.
Maria carry a rifle.
Maria carry a dog on her back.
That dog is hit again.
That slow dog is hit again,
With his see-thru skin,
The kind of skin you can see through.
He's shot again.
He's shot again.
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a.
He's shot again.
He's shot again.
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.
Heal me by a river.
Man retires his wife says,
But she was so sad and sick.
His heart breaks in the mud.
Thought I'd leave this world by twenty-one.
Couldn't leave that dog alone.
Maria carry a rifle.
Maria carry a dog on her back.
That dog is hit again.
That slow dog is hit again,
With his see-thru skin,
The kind of skin you can see through.
He's shot again.
He's shot again.
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a.
He's shot again.
He's shot again.
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.
Maria carry a rifle.
Maria carry a dog on her back.
Maria carry you on her back.

So what, you think this is usual?
Strange moon, strange land, strange man.
Hold the hands of tiny horses,
Hold them, hold them kindly, man.
Low Red Moon,
How can you sleep like a baby,
Sleep like baby?
But you shine so different on another.
You shine different on another.
I look up, and I see
The raising of an old hope,
Brave and tattered.
A shining knight with shining eyes,
He shines around me brightly.
So now, I say this is beautiful.
I think you are strange.
Low red moon, how can you sleep like a baby,
Sleep like a baby?
But you shine so different on another.
You shine different on another.
Strange moon, strange land, strange...
You made me cry when I was young,
And I was young.
Now I got strong arms,
Strong arms for a girl,
And I say,
"He belongs to me.
He belongs to me.
He's a human bed of roses."

This old man I've talked about
Broke his own heart,
Poured it in the ground.
Big red tree grew up and out,
Throw up its leaves,
Spins round and round.
I know all this and more.
So take your hat off
When you're talking to me
And be there when I feed the tree.
This little squirrel I used to be
Slammed her bike down the stairs.
They put silver where her teeth had been.
Baby silvertooth,she grins and grins.
I know all this and more.
So take your hat off boy
When you're talking to me
And be there when I feed the tree.
Take your hat off boy
When you're talking to me
And be there when I feed the tree.
This old man I used to be
Spins around, around, around the tree.
Silver baby come to me.
I'll only hurt you in my dreams.
I know all this and...
I know all this and...
I know all this and more.
So take your hat off boy
When you're talking to me
And be there when I feed the tree.
Take your hat off
When you're talking to me
And be there when I feed the tree.

Sleep in now, now.
Sleep in now, now, now.
It's still night out.
Sleep in.
Don't look at me
Looking back at you,
Out the window backwards,
Out the window backwards.
Sleep.
See this child twice stolen from me,
Out the window backwards,
Out the window backwards.
Sleep in now, now.
Sleep in now, now, now.
Sleep now.
Now fall to the bed,
Put your hand in your hair.
Now fall to the tile,
Stick your finger in your eye.
That's the only way you cry.
Hey now.
Hey now.
Full moon pass the window sideways.
Hey now.
Hey now.
Sleep in now, now.
Sleep in now, now.
Sleep in now, now.
Sleep. Sleep. Sleep.

That was some hurricane,
Rode in on the back of a heart attack.
Made a mistake on the fire escape in San Francisco.
Made my way back in a hallway in L.A.
Put on your black dress.
Float on your back.
Too long, too lame,
Now I'm gone.
Somewhere to sleep,
Somewhere to sleep,
Somewhere to scrape your body off my feet.
Put on your black dress.
Float on your back.
Too long ,too lame,
Now I'm gone
White belly up in the sun,
White belly up in the sun.
Still diving for the big one.
Put on your black dress.
Float on your back.
Put on your black dress.
Foat on your back.
Too long, too lame,
Now i'm gone
White belly up in the sun,
White belly up in the sun.

Sour Me. Ouch!
I was friendly with this girl,
Who insisted on touching my face.
She told outrageous stories.
I believed them 'til the endings
Were changing from endings before.
She's not touching me anymore.
Untogether, I couldn't help her I got hard.
You can try your life.
You can't save the unsavably untogether.
I was shipwrecked with this frog,
Who was endlessly on testing my faith.
He made outrageous demands.
I ignored him
'Til I strapped on my boat feet
And surfed into shore.
He's not touching me anymore.
Untogether, I couldn't help him I got hard.
You can try your life.
You can't change the unchangably untogether.
Now the bird nest on my back
Keeps me turning and straining to see.
We threw outrageous parites.
We were golden.
Now the bird keeps it's distance,
And I keep my speech.
Sometimes there's no poison like a dream.
Untogether, I couldn't help it it got hard.
You can dry your eyes.
You can't hold the impossibly untogether.

It's hard for a star.
Sweet sweet sweet wind
Burn off this skin.
Get it to reach sachuest beach.
I can never win
With this body I live in.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's all right.
I'll just stand up pick up my stuff and...
Sweet sweet sweet wind
Burn off this skin.
Get it to reach sachuest beach.
I can never win
With this body I live in.
Sweet sweet sweet wind
Burn off this skin.
Sweet sweet sweet wind
Burn off this skin.
I can never win
With this body I live in.

Think about dixie
She ducked when she ran
Made up these bad reasons to stand by her man (he goes)
Miss the vein once
Try try again I swear
(I just went) my my your dress says so sad

Stay, oh oh oh stay (x2)

Salmon dives for that big dusky pearl
Salmon sighs, he knows he's older than me

Sleeps with the fishes soon

Stay (stay), oh oh oh stay (x2)

Salmon crawls on the belly of God
Salmon falls on his face in love with me.
He grows as old as the sea
Deep where the fishes are.

Stay, oh oh oh stay (x4)

He lives in the yard, he keeps himself hard
He keeps himself homeless and heartless and hard
He sleeps under stairs along with the heirs
Of nothing and nothing means no one who cares
But I love him dear and I love him dear
And I've loved him hundreads of thousands of years.

Stay. Stay (stay with me) oh oh oh stay.
Stay. Stay (stay with me) oh oh oh stay.

It's not time for me to go. (x3)

Stay.

She wears her dress high
As high as she pulls her hat down low
She's seeking out the places
those other people can't go and hold her
Untouched by the sea
(Untouched by the sea)
She's walking on water when she walks in her sleep
She's dragging me through places
I didn't want to be seen


She's a liar
As I am a thief
Because of you I came,
because of you I leave

I wanna know
(I wanna know)
Why the monsters that hurt you so
don't look like those things that
we battled so long ago

And I thought I did my part
when I pulled you out of there
that night you left boot marks on my wall

You are my liar
So I will be your thief
Because of you I came,

Because of you I leave
Because of you I leave
Because of you I leave - yeah

Wake up baby,
We are home now
Wake up baby,
We are home now
Wake up baby,

We are home now
We are home now
We are home now

We are home now

If you can just get your mind together,
And come on across to me.
We'll hold hands
And then we'll watch the sunrise from the bottom of the sea.
But first, are you experienced?
Have you ever been experienced?
I have (I have). I've.
I know you probably scream and cry,
But your little world won't let you go.
But who in your mealsy little world are you trying to prove
To you that you're made of gold.
So, are you experienced?
Have you ever been experienced?
I have (I have). I have been.
Trumpets and violins I hear in the distance.
I think they're calling our names.
Maybe now you can live and that you would.
If you're lonely,
Hold my hand.
But first, are you experienced?
Have you ever been experienced?
Are you experienced?
Have you ever been experienced?
I have.

Covered in honey
Showered in beer
Now when you spin on your head like a monkey
I won't see you
Sing a bad love song loud in my ear
So when you spin on your head like a monkey
I won't hear you
I tame a bird to light where you live
Light on your arm and bring a wild gift
...

I am my mother's child
I let my fears run wild
Showered in honey
Showered in beer
Now when you spin on your head like a monkey
I won't see you

I tame a bird to light where you live
Light on your arm and bring a wild gift
...

I send a light to shine on you
I send a light to shine around you
I send a light to blind you
I am the light that shines on your eyes
I am the light that blinds

I tame a bird to light where you live
Light on your arm and bring a wild gift

I tame a bird to light where you live
Light on your arm and bring a wild gift

Untame my brain
Give me a name
Hear my faith
Seal my fate
Unholy and dirty words I gathered to me
Thinking the point was keep what's mine for me
While he's laughing


Hear my faith
Seal my fate

And when you breathe, you breathe for two
And if you think you've finally found the perfect light
I hope it's true

Unholy and dirty words I gathered to me
Thinking the point was keep what's mine for me
(and he's laughing)

On every track I fractured every back
Thinking the point was step on every crack
(and he's laughing)

Hear my faith
Seal my fate

Hear my faith
Seal my fate

And when you breathe, you breathe for two
And if you think you've finally found the perfect light
I hope it's true

You say you saw him laughing
I hope it's true
I'd like to see it happen
I hope it's true

'Cause I can feel it
I hope it's true

Red, you look tired
You look older than your mother
Where should I not touch?
What should I not kiss?
Where does it hurt?
Red, in you slumber
You look younger, so much stronger
Honey on your breath
Heaven in your head
Where does it hurt?

redredred oh

So long in this house
It's a big one full of scarecrows, even now
So you look ahead to the edge of a
Big metal sun over sunset
Overheated (over)
Welcome home, our only son

redredred oh
redredred oh
redredred oh

Mm mm c-come open
Mouth like Venus
Mm mm c-come over (the)
Mountain like Vesuvius

Send a rocket for Red, and he goes coo-coo
Mm mm c-come open
Mouth like Venus
Mm mm c-come over (the)
Mountain like Vesuvius

Send a rocket for Red, and he goes coo-coo
Send a rocket for Red, and he goes coo-coo
(Send a rocket to Red)
(Send a rocket to Red)

redredred oh

Will I be the stranger in your movie
Is there a place for me
in the patterns that glow on your skin
and your clothes

Hold him
Hold his thin frame in your arms
When everything flows from his skin and his clothes

I'm flying so over it
Silverfish line his pocket
Silver quick he leaves
(I don't want to know about your ill-fated love affair)

Flying so over it
Flying so over your head


Hold him in your arms
when everything glows on his skin
I've been much stranger
I've watched you from afar
Now everything shows on my skin and my clothes

I'm flying so over it
Silverfish line his pocket
Silver quick he leaves
(I don't want to hear about your poorly-timed
rock career)

Flying so over it
Flying so over your head
...

Silverfish line his pocket
Silver quick he leaves
Silverfish line his pocket
Silver quick he leaves
(I don't want to hear about your poorly-timed
rock career)

Flying so over it
Flying so over your head

On your third broken window,
Your hair full of glass,
Throw your clothes in the hallway,
Just a sheet on your back.
So you're super-connected now?
All the freaks gather around,
And the crowd in your bedroom waits
For a piece of your personal stash.
Are there heart strings connected
To the wings you've got slapped on your back?
Better climb in the window cause I'm closing the door.
On your third broken window,
With your hair full of glass,
Saw your clothes in the hallway,
Just a curtain on your back.
I laugh.
Are there heart strings connected
To the wings you've got slapped on your back?
Better climb in the window cause I'm closing the door.
Now I'm spinning on a dime.
Now I'm spinning on a dime.
Now I'm spinning on a dime.
Like you claim to do,
Like now, like now.
Are there heart strings connected
To the poison coming out of your mouth?
Are you super-connected?
Are you super-connected now?
I'm spinning on a dime.
Throw your clothes in the hallway,
And I'm closing the door.

My blessed son, you...
You've got a lot to learn.
So I'm your best friend,
You love me, and
Well I'll tell you something:
"we're on the road to messy."
Now the bees behind my eyes sing "beware,"
But my bee-stung tongue wants in there.
Beware, beware, beware of me.
If your heart is not on my side,
If your heart is not on my side,
If your heart is not on my side,
You're not on my side anymore.


I steal a piece of your diary.
I don't think that looks like me.
Am I so cold, now that I'm older?
I tell you stories,
That doesn't mean you know me.
Now the bees behind my eyes sing, "beware,"
But my bee-stung tongue wants in there.
So come at me with mouth open wide,
And i, like a jerk, I crawl inside.
Beware, beware, beware of me.
If your heart is not on my side,
If your heart is not on my side,
If your heart is not on my side, you're not on my side anymore.

Little bird
I won't prey on you
I won't prey on you this time
I'm your faith
I'm your faithhealer
I'm your faithless companion

I'm the seed that made your perfect body
When you sleep, I am awake
...

There is a light under the ocean
Under the ocean, there's things shining everywhere
There is a lightkeeper under the blanket here
Under the blanket, there's things shining down here
Now I see you lay your perfect body down for me
Now we're down
...

Little bird, I won't prey on you
I won't prey on you this time

I'm your faith
I'm your faithhealer
I'm your faithless companion
I'm the seed that made your body perfect
When you sleep, I am awake

There is a light under the ocean
Under the ocean, there's things shining everywhere
There is a lightkeeper under the blanket here
Under the blanket, there's things shining everywhere

You light the ocean from behind
I'll show you mine
(I'll show you)

Baby, I can't fake it
I'd like to see you naked
I'd like to see you take it
I'd like to see you naked

Naked
Naked
Naked
Naked

I want you soft in the middle
I see a strange and furious face
I know your heart
I want your pearly hand in my hair
We make a strange and furious pair
I want you locked in the middle
I know your heart
I know your heart

It's just like mine was

So you wanna know why I can't sleep
You wanna know why I can't sleep
You wanna know why I can't sleep


Unless I've got a belly full of wine
You show up in time for a bad time

Mmm 'less I've got a belly full of wine
You show up and the world is wild
...

I want your pearly little hand in my hair
We make a strange and furious pair
I want you pearly on the inside
I know your heart
I know your heart

It's just like mine was

So you wanna know why I can't sleep at night
You wanna know why I can't sleep at night
You wanna know why I can't sleep


Unless I've got a belly full of wine
You show up in time for a bad time

Mmm, 'less I've got a belly full of wine
You show up in tails for a bad time

Mmm, 'less I've got my belly full of wine
I'm drunk and the world is wild

(You got it)
(Heaven in your hand)

You got it
You got it
Heaven in your hand

I wasn't there
But I heard there were flowers in his hair
Though not yet born to her,
I hear there was something magic about the way she held her own
I know it's hard for the young ones
I know it
Acutely, I heard it

Race me through this heart-broken town
Bang your boots and keep your head down
Race me through the heart of this broken town

I use the voices of sandmen
To bring you home
I know it's wrong, you're a young one
I know it
Acutely, I hear it

Race me through this heart-broken town
Bang your boots and keep your head down
Race me through the heart of this broken town

Now I make you pray
Now I make you pray like there's a God
Till you see it my way
See it my way

Where I live,
there's a blanket of gauze and it covers the scars
Of the drunks who are hungry as ever
Where I live,
There's a blanket of sighs and it covers the stars
In my heart, I'm as hungry as ever
This is the room where we met

Where I live,
There's a lady who walks everywhere on her hands
Doesn't trust where her feet want to take her

Where I live,
There's this lady
who walks everywhere on her hands
She don't trust where her feet want to take her

(not in here)
This is the room where we met
(not in here)
This is the dress I had on
This is not the moment you fear
When you wake up and no one is there

Low hangs the moon
(oh oh)
Inside this room
Low hangs the moon
(oh oh)
Inside this room

So that I'm a witness when you Judas my heart
Judas my heart

Where I live,
There's a blanket of sighs and it covers the stars
In my heart, I'm as hungry as ever

Where I live,
I'm afraid that I walk everywhere on my hands
I don't trust where my feet want to take me

(not in here)
This is the room where we met
(not in here)
This is the dress I had on
This is not the moment I fear
I say "I" instead of "she" now you're here


Low hangs the moon
(oh oh)
Inside this room
Low hangs the moon
(oh oh)
Inside this room

So that I'm a witness when you Judas my heart
Judas my heart
Judas my heart
Judas my heart

Can I get a witness when you Judas my heart again?
Can I get a witness when you do this to my heart again?
Can I get a witness when you Judas my heart again?

Where I live there's a lady who walks everywhere
on her hands Just like me doesn't trust
where her feet want to take her again
and her feet want to take her again
and her feet want to take her... again