John Kirtland

listening, listening
and every hand is framed
that gang of hours
still call themselves a day.
call it shades and subtleties,
enraged, grey generalities, whatever
'cause I'll still call it plain

I'd like to get enough to get by



string along and wave goodbye
a train will lull any soul to sleep.
you'll wake to find you're still alone
with every lie you know.
come with me and waste another hour.

Yo listen up here's a story
About a little guy that lives in a blue world
And all day and all night and everything he sees
Is just blue like him inside and outside
Blue his house with a blue little window
And a blue corvette
And everything is blue for him and hisself
And everybody around
Cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

I have a blue house with a blue window.
Blue is the colour of all that i wear.
Blue are the streets and all the trees are blue.
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue.
Blue are the people here that walk around,
Blue like my corvette, it's standing outside.
Blue are the words i say and what i think.
Blue are the feelings that live inside me.

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

I have a blue house with a blue window.
Blue is the colour of all that i wear.
Blue are the streets and all the trees are blue.
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue.
Blue are the people here that walk around,
Blue like my corvette, it's standing outside.
Blue are the words i say and what i think.
Blue are the feelings that live inside me.

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

Inside and outside blue his house
With the blue little window and blue corvette
And everything is blue for him and hisself
And everybody around cause he aint got
Nobody to listen to

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...

I'm blue (if I was green I would die)

Everything just right, sugar and old spice
Under the thumb for the last time now
He exits his old cell
There's a priest casting old spells

Then he takes the walk
On his way down, Vinnie turns around
And he says

If you never love then you never live
And that's hell in itself
'Cause we all will be judged
By the love that we give, don't lie to yourself

Those were the old days
Intermittent with old ways
Take the risk with the blame
Even he knew that his old lady's upstate

Does her best just to get straight
Still cries everyday
Now that Vinnie is gone
We carry on and we say

If you never love then you never live
And that's hell in itself
'Cause we all will be judged
By the love that we give, don't lie to yourself

If you lead the way
I will follow
Although it's not the way
I would go

They said don't take it
Well, I won't
They said don't fake it
Well, I won't

I would take you there
I would, I would take you there
But you wouldn't care

Early in the morning, freezing
Just to say
Early breakfast on the park bench
Everyday

I won't regret it
And I won't forget it

I would take you there
I would, I would take you there
But you wouldn't care

But you know everything
At least you said so
Would you know everything

At least the music made you smile
And even laugh awhile
And the words, they made you cry

I would take you there
I would, I would take you there
I would take you there
But you wouldn't care

Crawl to the window
Whisper to me if it snowed
We'll plot to murder each other
And I'll be your alibi.

Bind me with wire
Tell me your favorite vice
And I'll discuss my childhood
If you need a sedative

[Chorus:]
I like rain,
The innocence in praying
The faded faintly childhood
Smell of plastic
When it's set to burn,
Angel dust, the two of us,
Fresh-faced reminders
Of lessons that we'll
Never learn.

I see you're sleeping
You always can cry if it helps
My soul is by the telephone
If you're needing sympathy.
And the rain won't wash away
All that you hold to be true
It remains somehow indifferent
Regarding the weatherman.

[Chorus]

Who am I to say what I believe i
s the way things should be
What am I to think what I've got
Is what everyone wants

So what makes you so perfect man
What makes you think that you're so special

She is everything that I could ever be
She is everything that I believe in
Can't you see that she and me
Are the way things should be

I'm the type that thinks that
Everything will somehow work out
So I'm inclined to think that
Maybe she really needs me

So what makes you so perfect man
What makes you think that you're so special

She is everything that I could ever be
She is everything that I believe in

Can't you see that she and me
are the way things should be
Can't you see that she and me
are the way things could be

Everything that I am
Everything that I'm not
She is

Everything I can do
Everything I could ever need
But everything that I can do
Is everything everything you've done

Everyday you're in my way
And everyway you're in the way
and everyway you're in the way
you're always gettin in my way

She is everything that I could ever be
She is everything that I believe in (4x)

Mi hijo,
I know she make you psycho
Add to that, my son,
We all believe, she's freaky freaky

Out of the mouth of a child:

[Chorus]
I am alive
I live my life only to ask
And be denied.

Siam Sam

Loved the coffee shops in Amsterdam
He say, "You look funny, man"
I say, "That's my plan. I'm freak freak."

Out of the mouth of a child

[Chorus: x2]

What was the point today
It didn't seem to have one
And I could wear anything
And I could be anything

Tonight I don't wanna feel wonderful
Tonight I don't wanna fell bad
Cause tonight will be the night of my dreams
Tonight I won't feel anything

And think the things we did
Took no time at all
Everything we ever did
Feels like a miracle

Tonight I don't wanna feel wonderful
Tonight I don't wanna fell bad
Cause tonight will be the night of my dreams
Tonight I won't feel anything

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Na Na Naaaaaaaaaa
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Na Na Naaaaaaaaaa
Naaaaaaaaa Na Na Na Na Na Naaa
Tonight I don't feel anything

Tonight I don't wanna feel wonderful
Tonight I don't wanna fell bad
Cause tonight will be the night of my dreams
Tonight I won't feel anything

Tonight I don't wanna feel wonderful
Tonight I don't wanna fell bad
Cause tonight will be the night of my dreams
Tonight I won't feel anything

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Na Na Naaaaaaaaa
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Na Na Naaaaaaaaa
Naaaaaaa Na Na Na Na Na Naaaaaaa
Tonight I don't feel anything

It's a waiting game you play.
Still, you think that you can win,
So you play on.
Play on.
And the rush hour weaves you home.
In another day you'll break.
You will break down.
(I know it)
Like me.
Don't be that way, don't act like that.
Please don't be like me.
On the business card you leave
Is a name that you don't own.
Credit given, credit taken.
Take it.
In another day you'll sink.
You're the only one afloat,
And the best move, if you make it,
(You won't make it)
Is to leave

2-You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart

You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
Still I know you just don't care

1-And I said, "What about BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S?"
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it"
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"

I see you, the only one who knew me
And now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong

So what now? It's plain to see we're over
And I hate when things are over
When so much is left undone.
(rpt 1, 2, 1, 1, 1)

Whaddaya do fer fun?
Take it out on #1
Yer time is over, Yer TIME HAS COME.
flipper over man she is dun.
Scuuze me missus right...
Ivhadabit too nuchtonite.
U R such a lovely cite.
Ivhadabit too muchtonite.
* Flipper over, flipper over
* She is dun.
* Inneedof, Inneedof
* Nuthinandeverythin.
It seems I smell of sin.
It seems I seek to smile again...
Caint wait to seeya how haveya been?
Flipper over and fly my friends.

Souls Suffer the landscape
In,shrouds of dew, as ghosts.
Their eternity is for searching
But a certin dissension grows.
I've seen them wander,
Voices raised in prayer
Consorting in whisper,
They curse the ones not there.
If you didn't want this and i didn't need it,
Then how has this interest become addicition?
If you didn't want it, they why can't you do without?

I know I'm not your first one,
I've seen you cry brfore,
But I know I make you laugh.
I know and you know, you've heard this all before...
These arms are holding on.
This heart won't stray from home.
I know, I know...
God tell me, where's my Halo

If I woke up one morning with my memory gone
I'd pick out some clothes and I'd put them on
Then I'd walk down the street and find a cafe
And I'd order a Guiness and I'd sit there all day
Then some kids would come in and start a fuss
About how great their weekend in New Orleans was
I'd look down and smile like their tale was my own
I'd be drowning in memory, and then I would know
How it used to be in summer, so many years ago
When we really didn't worry, or care to know
Where we would be, or how old we had grown
Then I'd open my eyes and I know I was

Home
Where my friends are
Even when I'm not
I wish you were here

Then it would rain, like it sometimes does
And if we were bored it wouldn't bother us
We'd just get in the car and drive through the night
And get lost in East Texas, but no one would mind
'Cause we'd find our way home like we always do
Funny how the time flies in our youth
But with darkness approaching, we will all grow close
In that place we call heaven but for now, we'll just call it

Home
Where my friends are
Even when I'm not
I wish you were here

I'll see you at home

I fear I can't go on, she said,
"I think I would be better dead."
She knelt, she cried, I head her head.
I thought I knew what she was feeling.


She turned to close the foor and I
Assisted in a suicide.
Now that she's on the other side
I know what she was after...
And I can wait.


A cold and wet November day.
We lowered her into a grave,
-- I'd never seen her look so brave.
Now worms consume her body...
And I can wait.

Take my head out of my hands,
I'll never go through this again.
I couldn't do it without my friends.
Get it out of me,
And I won't,
I won't
Sweat it.
* "Jack Flo and Josey 19
* Come on in I hope you're clean.
* Do you know how to use this thing?"
* I know, I know.
What you do and where you go
And wherever you go, I'll go
We'll never let it come to this
This comforts me, cuz I know
We can do most anything---
To this I toast and go home.
Don't ever let them pull me out.
And I know I'm not alone.
So you think you can change my world,
And the thoughts of my little girl,
All these things are in my head,
And she says, she said...

She said, "I think it's time for winter
And the trains are all here,
I thing I smell a change in season."
I think the time for change is near.
You say that we have no feelings
We feel like we're here for hire.
Packed it up and then you left me,
It seems your plan has back-fired


Follow me in the soft parade
You don't have to learn today
And you're still lying there in your daze.


See the red lights over Denton town,
See them flashing all around.
I hope we never lose this feeling,
I hope we're never coming down.

It wouldn't be so hard to sleep at night
If I could make a day without a fight.
I really think the world would be impressed
If they were equally as blessed...
Trying just to make it through the day,
Sleeping just to pass the time away,
I don't even know who to listen to.
What I need is a song to make love to.
Wasting years at alarming rates,
I can't just leave my life to fate.
If I could just find a new career...
One that involves a little beer.
Trying just to make it through the day,
Sleeping just to pass the time away,
I don't even know who to listen to.
What I need is a song to make love to.

I've got the same Kandinsky prints that my brother's got,
With the same black frames, like he bought.
In between them, on the wall is something my girlfriend calls trashy...
Brownie and the Boo-man got that for me.
On the wall facing us is a balck-and-white of all of us back in Brighton,
I remember it like today, but the sun has made it fade...
Still, I know you know where England is.
* And I know this ain't home,
* But it sure feels like home.
* I know this somewhere is really nowhere.
I've got a black-and-white t.v., but I don't really see
The need to burden it with cable.
0 I got a sofa from the folks, the table I just stole...
With a neon mickey's sign for no reason.

The first thing that I do, when I turn myself to bed,
Is pray that I will wake up
Then sleep enters my head.
Now I'm not afraid of dying, I'm proud of all we've done,
But I think I'll go to heaven
And I'll be the only one.
"A simple man in a complex world,"
That's what I've heard them say.
But I hear little voices and they say we're okay.
And you'll say I'm a dreamer, we'll never be number one,
But I just can't help thinking that the best songs go unsung.


And I wouldn't change a thing if my mother said to,
So why should I change a thing because a D.J. says?
I thought that you'd agree after all we've been through.
No I wouldn't change a thing if a Leper said to.

No I wouldn't change a thing,
Because I don't take chances
With something that's this close to me.
She said, "What are you doing to me?
You don't spend your time like you used to do."
I said, "I don't need this kind of junk,
You're talking to much, and I don't believe in you."
She said, "I want to take you out and break your heart, and bust you down and drag you out, I don't care for one thing about you..."
As she turned to kiss me goodbye.
I said, "I think I'll be alright without you."