Violent Femmes

You can bump and grind, have a good time
You can twist and shout, let it all hang out

But you won't fool the children of the revolution
No you won't fool the children of the revolution

You can tell a plane, in the falling rain
I gotta Rolls Royce, 'cause it's good to my voice

But you won't fool the children of the revolution
No you won't fool the children of the revolution

You can bump and grind, feeling fine
You can twist and shout, knock yourself out

But you won't fool the children of the revolution
No you won't fool the children of the revolution

No you can't fool the children of the revolution
No you won't fool the children of the revolution

No you can't fool the children of the revolution
No you won't fool the children of the revolution

You can bump and grind, have a good time
You can bump and grind, have a good time

Bump and grind, have a good time
Bump and grind, have a good time
Bump and grind, have a good time
...

I'm gnawing on the knowledge
That I have been burnt
And I'm learning things that I
Should've already learnt
Everyone I ever knew
Was so kind and coy
I was with a girl
But it felt like I was with a boy
I can't even remember
If we were lovers
Or if I just wanted to
But I held her in my arms
I held her in my arms
I held her in my arms


But it wasn't you
I will not kill
The one thing that I love
In this world of wreckage
I look above
Help me Lord
Help me understand
What it means to be a boy
What it means to be a man

Three women
in thirty days
tell me seriously
our dating days
are over and done
are dead and gone
it seems that no matter how much I drink
I seem to still stay sober
it seems that no matter how young I am
I seem to still feel older
three men are going to hell
thirty women are going to jail
Jonah swore he swallowed the whale
thirty thirsty women
three hundred women in three hours
told me boy forget the flowers
Christ told a man called 1 legion
come into the fold and start preachin'
your devil days are over and gone
your weary days are dead and done
your happiness has begun

I hope
you got
fat
cause if you got
really fat
you just might want to see me come back
I don't care
how heavy or how skinny
just gimme
something to love
a little extra weight would never look no nicer on nobody else but you
and I could always use a little bit more
to hold on to
and if I get a fright in the middle
of the night I'll cling to you

I've been following women all afternoon
don't turn around
too soon
I've been following you all afternoon
following you a fool in the full moon
something's got a hold on me when I get a hold of you
following women
after dark
nobody knows what's in my heart
let your loving be
I'm a lechery
I do not spread leprosy
I will not touch but let me see
my building's burning down and i cannot breathe
following you
who won't believe
perfect peace I cannot perceive
when I'm following you I'm a fool in the full moon

I'm just like my father
but I am much worse
he hurt his mother
I hurt mine worse
I'm just like my brother
he hurt his wife
I hurt mine first
it hurts to be like Cain
ain't no way
I'm not able
y'know what I mean
he hurt my mother
I hurt her worse
never stop the
never stopping

Well I'm reading this poem
and it's so profound
and I like its rhythm
and I like its sound
it's by a very famous poet
no critic can criticise
and then I pause a moment
and I start to realize
he's tellin'
lies lies lies
on the motel TV.
I dig the evangelist
he'll tell you all about that
and then he tell you all about this
he's preachin' up a storm
by the sea of Galilee
he's mixin' up the truth
with something funny I start to see
he's tellin'
lies lies lies
I never had this problem
with nobody in the government
I guess I always figured
they never mean what they meant
and GOD help us all
not to be so stone surprised
when we wake up in the stars
with the skies in our eyes
if we keep tellin'
lies lies lies

You look like you could be the mother of a girl
a girl I hated more than any other girl in the world
the way I let her treat me was totally a disgrace
I wanted to permanently wipe that smile off her face
no I'm not joking
yes I was choking
You look like you could be the mother of a girl
a girl I loved more than any other girl in the world
the way that i treated her was totally a crime
I wanted to permanently wipe the joy out of my mind
no I'm not joking
yes I was choking
You look like you could be the mother of a boy
who bored me more than any other man in the land
the way that he dogged me like I was totally a jerk
I wanted to permanently pound his prick into the dirt
no I'm not joking
yes I was choking

It seems that the problem is very deep
'cause everytime I try to sleep
I have nightmares
thinking about
getting together with you
no no I wouldn't say so
I would not call it a curse
but what worries me then
is when I wake up if it might be worse

There's nothing worth living for tonight
Tell me that there's something worth living for tonight
Don't let me down
Don't let me drown
The pain is somewhere very close to me

I've been outside the palace
I've been outside the gate
I still don't feel that I made any mistake
when I got off that train
I felt my feet hit the ground
I didn't want to go
where that gravy train was bound
GOD help me to see
I've been loved all along
and not to get too confused
between the moonlight and the dawn
if I go back to the palace
I'll walk right thru' the gate
nobody knows how much here was at stake
I might get on that train
in feel the wheel on the train
move it on up the mountain like a foregone fact
GOD help me to know
I've been in love my whole life
and not to get so confused
between the struggle and the strife

See my ships
they are sailing
in and out of the harbor
will they go together
or must they stay apart
yes I know it's in my heart
surely you see what's inside of me
Jesus is coming soon
I can hear Gabriel
blow his trumpet tune
this I know
this I know
our lord is coming soon
mercy mercy me
Marvin Gaye he was shot
by his father
o my Father
have mercy on me
cold kane o my cheap thrill
o my shame for Cain
and the devil
momma I need water
I'm thirsty
surely you see
what's inside of me

I look at my telephone book
I look at my telephone book
I can't stand the way it look
I hate to think the way you took
me down into a burnin' rage
I wrote your name on every page
but you don't return my calls
you don't return my calls
you don't return my calls
I'm ready to bust down the walls
I'm going down Niagara Falls
in a barrel of fun
hey ain't I a lucky one
you don't return my calls
my telephone book is the color red
my telephone book is the color red
the red is all in my head
some things are left better unsaid
is that why you don't try
to acknowledge or reply
you don't return my calls
why did you hear from an old friend
I knew once way back when
I did some bad things to myself and my health
or did you happen to hear an old song I once sang
did it make your sweet sweet blood run cold in your veins
and will you never think of me the same

I can't go out no more
I just better stay at home
I just better stay all alone
'Cause what am I gonna do
If I see someone I'd like to do something to
What am I gonna say
If I see someone I want to say something to
If I see someone who'd like to do something too
I can't help being careful
Did you notice the world that we're living in
id you notice, did you see
Something might happen to me
Did you notice a chill in the wind
People are dying just because they had a little girlfriend.....
Is not my girlfriend
My neighbor is not my lover
Boyfriend is not my boyfriend
My brother is not my lover
Behavior is not my behavior
My neighbor is not my savior
Didn't you notice the world that we're living in

Color me once,
Color me twice,
Everything gonna turn out nice.
Everlasting love, you gotta keep me from these false alarms
Alarm, alarm I seem so sad.
Ring, ring I see her I'm glad.
Maybe, maybe the fire of her desire
Patience, patience said ;the man,
Patience, patience, I can't understand.
Patience like a man and a wife.
I got patience on my neck like a coco that.
I say, Jack be nimble, Jack fall dead,
Jack bend over and give Jilly head.
Oh, you gotta help my body heal my soul.

Dead men working, a sinner, a saint.
Mixing up a pail of paint.
Painted the house, black as night,
When the sun came up the house was white.
Gotta go on,
gotta go on,
we gotta go on,
you gotta go on,
we gotta go on

How will I stand the summer
When spring was such a bummer
How will I weather my winter
When my fall was such a ballbuster
It's spring and there'll be no spring fling
When my winter was what a winner
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
How will I stand the summer
When the spring just made me dumber
How will I fare my fall
Will I lose my mind in the wintertime
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-ling
It's summer and I'm just a little dumber
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
I'm not gonna take the spring
'Cause the spring don't mean a thing
I'm not gonna take the winter
My winter is a splinter
I'm not gonna take the summer
Summer is such a bummer
But I am taking the fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
Vivaldi, The 4 Seasons
It seems to me to be a theme of love
With no variations of aggravations
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
If I ain't got you I got nothing at all

The telephone, the telephone
I have an idea
Women always have ideas
Hello...
Here is Agamemnon
Here is Agamemnon
Who? Wrong connection
This is...
I am a moralist
An anti-militarist
I am against duels
I cannot stand seeing
A fly in rage
I cannot look at
A uniform or blood
That woman has seduced me
And now I am done for
Darling, where shall I
Hide you in a hurry?
Here is Agamemnon
Here is Agamemnon
I am coming
Directly from the trenches
And look forward
To a solemn luncheon
Oh, my nerves
I'm losing my find
This damned telephone
Spoils my favorite position
And no I can start
Writing poetry again

Now every once in a while
There's a crack in my smile
Dark voices are talking to me
Dark voices tell me the way
It's supposed to be
They said "Breakin' up"
They said "It's hard to do"
But what they say
About breakin' up
Y'know it's just not true
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Why if you know
Why did you have to go
And leave me on t he floor
About as sick as a dog
I'm feeding my face
Like a bleary-eyed hog
Why'd it have to stop
With so much good undone
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Y'know I break up every time
I break up with you

Don't start me on the liquor
I'll drink it all down straight
I'll make a toast to love
But I drink the most
When I got somebody to hate

CHORUS
I'm an old man
I got an old man's pain
Will the morning
Will the morning ever come again

Well, I'm likin' lickin' a lotta liquor
I'm drinkin' down the drink
I'll take a toast to life
But I drink the most
When my devil start to thing

CHORUS

Oh, I could drink, drink, drink
So I can't think, think, think

I got a hope or a home
In this life I'm all alone
On this long cold lonely night of fright
Followed by a lonely day
'Til there's nothing left I can say
Except I didn't know I was sick
And so I got sicker
He's a low down lying
Peckerwood cotton picker

Don't start me on the liquor
I got nothing more to say
I had a little money
But it all flown away
And I said oh man
Oh, ain't that a shame
Oh, I keep moanin', I keep moanin'
Like I got an old man's pain

Don't
Don't start
Don't start me
Don't start me on
Don't start me on the
Don't start me on the liquor

I saw you in the crowd
I saw you singing out loud
The people were swaying
The band was playing
Something real loud
I couldn't hear one word
Screams were all that I heard
But I saw her face
I saw her eyes
I saw His grace
In the dark'ning skies
I saw you raise your hand
Stretching out to the band
You reach exceeding your grasp
On the beach from the whale
Comes one last gasp
Meet me in my hotel room
Meet me just for fun
And I will not be boring
Some things I been storing
Inside to show someone like you
A few friends just stopped by
I think they wanted to get high
But it wasn't you
Who they led me to
So I bid them all good-bye
I probably would forget
This episode of regret
So I wrote this song
So when you sing along
I hope my message you will get
Meet me in my hotel room
Oh, meet me just for fun
And you will not be boring
Something you been storing
Inside to show someone like me

I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G
I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G

CHORUS
I'm nothin'
I'm nothin'

Are you a Republican or a Democrat
A liberal fascist full of crap

CHORUS

Somebody somewhere might be something
But everybody everywhere
Knows that I'm nothing
Politics and dirty tricks
I got no time for stones and sticks
Politics and dirty dricks
I got no time I'm chasing chicks

CHORUS

Somebody somwhere might be something
But everybody everywhere
Knows that I'm nothing
I'm nothing but I'm not proud
'Cause being nothing it's not allowed
Are you a gay or are you straight
Do you believe in love
Or do you believein hate

CHORUS

Somebody somewhere said he was something
But to everybody everywhere
I'm saying I'm nothing
I'm nothing, I'm like a cloud
I'm free to be alone in a crowd
What's your reality, it's not real to me
What's your anomaly, it is my destiny

I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G
I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G

I'm nothin'
Nothin'
Nothin'

I'm nothing now and I'll be nothing when
This nothing world has its nothing end

Christ the Redeemer towering high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Rio
Where they held a summit to save the world
And to mark the time when development
As traditionally understood-had failed
And the affluent North raping the South
Investment from the North means
Economic bondage for the South
Under the burden of debt payments
I was with a whore in Copenhagan
Drinking eight hundred dollars worth of
Champagne in kroner
She came from Rio
We were trying to save the world
We did not get what we wanted
She wanted money--
She did not get what she wanted
I missed my wife--
I did not get what I wanted
Death sat on my lap
Death sits on all our laps
While Christ the Redeemer
Towers high over Rio
Rio de Janeiro. Rio

Well I was sentenced to prison
To do about one year
They said it isn't so bad
We got a good band here
We play every Wednesday night
Sometimes Tuesday too
It's the music of the future and it will get to you
When I heard the band for the first time
They has no (rhythm). They had no (rhyme)
Well it almost like a dream
I never wanted to have
It drove me (crazy). It drove me (mad)
The man said: "C'mon and play
And here's an instrument for you
It's an ancient flute
It's in the key of 2. Blow..."
I gotta get more time. I gotta stay in here
I used to be foggy
But the music made me clear
Now the jail in rockin' like Elvis never knew
I'm on the inside now. I'm in the key of 2
Now we all are lifers and I'm in the band too
We play my favorite song. It's in the key of 2
And it will get to you
It's the music of the future and it will get to you
And it will get to you
It's the music of the future. It's in the key of 2

I got a machine
And I took over the world
In one weekend
I took over the world
With my machine
I did it because
I was looking for a project
And it was either
Take over the world or learn French
So I took over the world
And next weekend
I can learn French
I got a machine
And I took over the world
But nothing changed
That wouldn't be fair

I see a damsel
In danger and distress
I see that she is pretty
I see a young girl
Dressed in a dirty dress
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
I see a fat girl
With her hair a mess
I see that she is pretty
I see a proud girl
She's pregnant I would guess
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail
I see the school girls
Dressed in their Sunday best
I see that they are pretty
I see the wagon trains
Of pioneer women heading west
I see that they are pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Creature Creature, here the plan
Leads unto the fall of man
I see a matron
Unbuttoning a tightly fitting dress
I see that she is pretty
I see a maiden
She's careless like all the rest
I see that she is pretty
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror do not fail
Who deserves to go to jail
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who's the prettiest one of all
Mirror mirror humor me
Do they see what I see

New times, new times, new times
Good morning, good morning, good morning

I'm the guard
At one time this was rather pleasant
The poets they still had to muse
Over the classicism of clean shoes
But who today still knows a button stick

CHORUS
Well, that's the new times
That's the new times
That's the new times

The girls would lie down before us
First one went dancing, then behind the bushes
Today you have to run through twenty places
Get drunk on saccharin and methyl
And then you still don't get them that far

CHORUS

Now take it easy there in the early morning
If somewhere there lies a cadaver
Or something is foul in the state
You can be sure that a writer is not far behind
With his Excellency I only say
Hands off literature
The laurel wreath one gets today
Second hand so to speak
>From the Empire's stores
Sold underhand at the Alexanderplatz
With all the wigs and costumes
Twitching from the shoulder one is informed

CHORUS

New times, new times, new times

This tea's too strong for me
As I await your company
I had too much sun today
Ocean waters wash away
Nothing but the present
Presenting its presence
This island life
Separate my right from my wrong
No I am not pagan
But my heart has been forsaken
And the hand of God was on my mind
It took some time from time to time
Now in the course I know
Time itself will go when
This island life
Separates my right from my wrong
You forgot your shoes and I
I have sent a message but I
There's so many stars in the sky
It's the truths that will not lie
There's a you wild native maiden
Running mad and barefoot to the sea until
This island life
Separates my rights from my wrongs
This island life
Finally separates my right from my wrong
This tea's too strong for me
As I await more company
I had too much sun today
Dram of lands lying far away
Pregnant with the present
Presenting its presents
This island life
Separate my right from my wrong
This island life
Will separate my rights from my songs
Separate my right from my wrong

Can you imagine
The world at peace
What would it be like
Can you imagine
Such harmony
And what will happen
When everybody's happy
But me

Can you imagine
This headache I have
Writing this song
Can you imagine
The storm inside
ANd the quiet
When everybody's happy
But me

I think that I would really
Like to love
Give and receive
I pray that my spirit
May rise above
And I'll live a good life
When everybody's happy
But me

Add it Up

Day after day, I will walk, and I will play.
But the day, after today, I will stop, and I will start.

Why can't I get just one kiss?
Why can't I get just one kiss?
Believe me there's somethings I wouldn't miss,
but I look at your pants and I need a kiss.

Why can't I get just one screw?
Why can't I get just one screw?
Baby I know what to do,
but something won't let me make love to you.

Why can't I get just one fuck?
Why can't I get just one fuck?
Guess its' got something to do with luck,
but I've waited my whole life for just one...

Day after day I get angry and I will say
that the day is in my sight,
take a vow to say good night.
Oh ma ma ma ma mo ma mum
Have you kept an eye, and eye on your son.
I know you've got problems,
Your not the only one, when your sugar left
he left you on run.

Oh ma ma ma ma mo ma mum
Take a look now at what your boy has done.
He's walking around like he's number one.
He went downtown and got him a gun.

Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
You know you've got my sympathy, but
don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.

Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
You know you've got my sympathy. but
don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.

Looking down kitchen at the top of stairs
can I mix in with your affairs?
Share a smoke, make a joke,
grasp and reach for a leg of hope.

Words to memorize, words hypnotize,
words make my mother exercise.
Words all fail the magic prize,
nothing I can say when I am in your thighs.

Oh mo ma ma ma ma mo ma mother
I would love to love you lover.
The city's restless, its ready to pounce.
When I'm in your bedroom ounce for ounce.

I fear for you decisions to make,
things to lose things to take.
Jessie's about ready to cut it up,
she said wait a minute honey gonna add it up.

Do you like American music?
I like American music
Don't you like American music, baby?

I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me, baby

Did you do too many drugs?
I did too many drugs
Did you do too many drugs too, baby?

You were born too late, I was born too soon
But every time I look at that ugly moon
It reminds me of you, it reminds me of you

I need a date to the prom
Would you like to come along?
But nobody would go to the prom with me, baby

They didn't like American music
They never heard American music
They didn't know the music was in my soul, baby

You were born too soon, I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me

Do you like American music?
We like American music
I like American music, baby

Do you like American music?
We like all kinds of music
But I like American music best, baby

You were born too late and I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me

It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
...

When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out

Let me go on like I
Blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one

Body and beats
I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend
She's at the end
She is starting to cry

Let me go on like I
Blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one

When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out

When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out

Body and beats
I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend
She's at the end
She is starting to cry

Let me go on like I
Blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one

I had me a wife, I had me some daughters
I tried so hard, I never knew still waters
Nothing to eat and nothing to drink
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think

Well, I'm a thinkin' and thinkin', till there's nothin' I ain't thunk
Breathing in the stink, till finally I stunk
It was at that time, I swear I lost my mind
I started making plans to kill my own kind
I started making plans to kill my own kind

"Come little daughter", I said to the youngest one
Put your coat on, we'll have some fun
We'll go out to mountains, the one to explore
Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door
Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door

Come little daughter, I will carry the lanterns
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caverns
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caves
Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves
Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves

A led her to a hole, a deep black well
I said, "Make a wish, make sure and not tell and
Close your eyes dear, and count to seven"
You know your papa loves you, good children go to Heaven
You know your papa loves you, good children go to Heaven

I gave her a push, I gave her a shove
I pushed with all my might, I pushed with all my love
I through my child into a bottomless pit
She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit
She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit

Gather round boys to this tale that I tell
You wanna know how to take a short trip to hell?
It's guaranteed to get your own place in hell
Just take your lovely daughter and push her in the well
Take your lovely daughter and throw her in the well

Don't speak to me of lovers, with a broken heart
You wanna know what can really tear you apart?
I'm going out to the barn, will I never stop in pain?
I'm going out to the barn, to hang myself in shame

Come on dad gimme the car tonight
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
I got this girl I wanna....

Come on dad gimme the car
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
I tell'ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna pick her up
I'm gonna get her drunk
i'm gonna make her cry
I'm gonna get her high
I'm gonna make her laugh
I'm gonna make her...shh
woman, woman, woman

she gotta knows she's it
cause I'm gonna touch her
all over her body
gonna touch her
all over her body
gonna touch her
all over her body
gonna touch her
all over her body
and she can touch me
all over my body
she can touch me
all over my body
she can touch me
all over my body
she can touch me
all over my body

time goes by I can feel myself growing old
burning inside makin' this boy turn out cold
What's wrong, What's right
I don't care when I hate my life

What's wrong, What's right
y'know people don't care when they hate their life

but how can I explain personal pain
how can I explain personal pain
how can I explain my voice is in vain
how can I explain the deep down
driving, driving, driving,
weredriving, weredriving, weredriving

hey dad speaking of driving
come on dad gimme the car tonight

so much he don't understand
just might never make it to a man

Come on dad gimme the car
I ain't no runt
come on girl gimme your...

cause I ain't had much to live for
I ain't had much to live for
y'know I ain't had much to live for
y'know I ain't had much to live for

Beautiful girl lovely dress
high school smiles oh yes
beautiful girl lovely dress
where she is now I can only guess
cause it's gone daddy gone
your love is gone
gone daddy gone
the love is gone away
when I see you
eyes will turn blue
when I see you
thousand eyes turnin blue
tell by the way you that you switch and walk
I can see by the way that you baby talk
I can know by the way you treat your man
I can love you baby til it's a cryin
beatiful girl lovely dress
15 smiles oh yes
beautiful girl lovely dress
where she is now I can only guess

I'm gnawing on the knowledge
That I have been burnt
And I'm learning things that I
Should've already learnt
Everyone I ever knew
Was so kind and coy
I was with a girl
But it felt like I was with a boy
I can't even remember
If we were lovers
Or if I just wanted to
But I held her in my arms
I held her in my arms
I held her in my arms


But it wasn't you
I will not kill
The one thing that I love
In this world of wreckage
I look above
Help me Lord
Help me understand
What it means to be a boy
What it means to be a man

Oh my, oh my, oh my, what if it was true?
And oh my, oh my, oh my, tell me is it true
Did He, did He, did He die upon that cross?
And did He, did He, did He come back across?

Jesus walking on the water
Sweet Jesus walking in the sky
Sinking sand He took my hand
He raised me up and he brought me up
I can hold my, my, my head high

Will I, will I, will I be true to my birth?
And will I, will I, will I give what I'm worth?
Oh yes sir, yes sir, yes sir, I come when you call
And yes sir, yes sir, yes sir, Jesus, my all-in-all

Jesus walking on the water
Sweet Jesus walking in the sky
Sinking sand He took my hand
He raised me up and He brought me up
I can hold my, my, my head high

Oh my, oh my, oh my, what if it was true?
And oh my, oh my, oh my, tell me is it true
Did He, did He, did He die upon that cross?
And did He, did He, did He come back across?

Jesus walking on the water
Sweet Jesus walking in the sky
Sinking sand, He took my hand
He raised me up and He brought me up
I can hold my, my, my head high

I need someone a person to talk to
someone who'd care to love
could it be you could it be you
situation gets rough then I start to panic
it's not enough it's just a habit
hey kid your sick well darling this is it
you can all just kiss off into the air
behind my back I can see them stare
they'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
they'll hurt me bad they do it all the time
yeah yeah they do it all the time
I hope you know this will go down
on your permanent record
oh yeah well don't get so distressed
did I happen to mention that I'm impressed
I take one one one cause you left me and
two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my lonely and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost god and
10 10 10 10 for everything
everything everything everything

Well I'm reading this poem
and it's so profound
and I like its rhythm
and I like its sound
it's by a very famous poet
no critic can criticise
and then I pause a moment
and I start to realize
he's tellin'
lies lies lies
on the motel TV.
I dig the evangelist
he'll tell you all about that
and then he tell you all about this
he's preachin' up a storm
by the sea of Galilee
he's mixin' up the truth
with something funny I start to see
he's tellin'
lies lies lies
I never had this problem
with nobody in the government
I guess I always figured
they never mean what they meant
and GOD help us all
not to be so stone surprised
when we wake up in the stars
with the skies in our eyes
if we keep tellin'
lies lies lies

Add it Up

Day after day, I will walk, and I will play.
But the day, after today, I will stop, and I will start.

Why can't I get just one kiss?
Why can't I get just one kiss?
Believe me there's somethings I wouldn't miss,
but I look at your pants and I need a kiss.

Why can't I get just one screw?
Why can't I get just one screw?
Baby I know what to do,
but something won't let me make love to you.

Why can't I get just one fuck?
Why can't I get just one fuck?
Guess its' got something to do with luck,
but I've waited my whole life for just one...

Day after day I get angry and I will say
that the day is in my sight,
take a vow to say good night.
Oh ma ma ma ma mo ma mum
Have you kept an eye, and eye on your son.
I know you've got problems,
Your not the only one, when your sugar left
he left you on run.

Oh ma ma ma ma mo ma mum
Take a look now at what your boy has done.
He's walking around like he's number one.
He went downtown and got him a gun.

Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
You know you've got my sympathy, but
don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.

Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
Don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.
You know you've got my sympathy. but
don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me.

Looking down kitchen at the top of stairs
can I mix in with your affairs?
Share a smoke, make a joke,
grasp and reach for a leg of hope.

Words to memorize, words hypnotize,
words make my mother exercise.
Words all fail the magic prize,
nothing I can say when I am in your thighs.

Oh mo ma ma ma ma mo ma mother
I would love to love you lover.
The city's restless, its ready to pounce.
When I'm in your bedroom ounce for ounce.

I fear for you decisions to make,
things to lose things to take.
Jessie's about ready to cut it up,
she said wait a minute honey gonna add it up.

Do you like American music?
I like American music
Don't you like American music, baby?

I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me, baby

Did you do too many drugs?
I did too many drugs
Did you do too many drugs too, baby?

You were born too late, I was born too soon
But every time I look at that ugly moon
It reminds me of you, it reminds me of you

I need a date to the prom
Would you like to come along?
But nobody would go to the prom with me, baby

They didn't like American music
They never heard American music
They didn't know the music was in my soul, baby

You were born too soon, I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me

Do you like American music?
We like American music
I like American music, baby

Do you like American music?
We like all kinds of music
But I like American music best, baby

You were born too late and I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me

It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
It reminds me of me, it reminds me of me
...

When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out

Let me go on like I
Blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one

Body and beats
I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend
She's at the end
She is starting to cry

Let me go on like I
Blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one

When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out

When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out

Body and beats
I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend
She's at the end
She is starting to cry

Let me go on like I
Blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one

People worry
what are they worrin about today
seems like there's a good reason
to worry worry worry
I'd sit around listening to you story
if I wasn't in such a
hurry hurry hurry
and I'm so lonely
I just don't think I can take it anymore
and I'm so lonely
I just don't know what to do
and I'm so lonely
feel like I'm gonna crawl away and die
and I'm so lonely
feel like i'm gonna
hack hack hack hack it apart
seems like theres a good reason to be
lonely lonely lonely
I gotta get someone or something
to make me feel less
lonely lonely lonely
I know I could do it
I know if I wasn't so
lonely lonely lonely
have we got an army
we'll teach you how to act like to act like a man
have we got an army
man I mean to tell you we can fight
have we got an army
and were gonna do it tonight
do do do it tonight
yeah they're gonna
pay pay pay pay it tonight
do do do it tonight
people worry
what are they worrin about today
people worry
na you see I've learned my lessons
and I don't even want to here about your confessions

I had me a wife, I had me some daughters
I tried so hard, I never knew still waters
Nothing to eat and nothing to drink
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think

Well, I'm a thinkin' and thinkin', till there's nothin' I ain't thunk
Breathing in the stink, till finally I stunk
It was at that time, I swear I lost my mind
I started making plans to kill my own kind
I started making plans to kill my own kind

"Come little daughter", I said to the youngest one
Put your coat on, we'll have some fun
We'll go out to mountains, the one to explore
Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door
Her face then lit up, I was standing by the door

Come little daughter, I will carry the lanterns
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caverns
We'll go out tonight, we'll go to the caves
Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves
Kiss your mother goodnight and remember that God saves

A led her to a hole, a deep black well
I said, "Make a wish, make sure and not tell and
Close your eyes dear, and count to seven"
You know your papa loves you, good children go to Heaven
You know your papa loves you, good children go to Heaven

I gave her a push, I gave her a shove
I pushed with all my might, I pushed with all my love
I through my child into a bottomless pit
She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit
She was screaming as she fell, but I never heard her hit

Gather round boys to this tale that I tell
You wanna know how to take a short trip to hell?
It's guaranteed to get your own place in hell
Just take your lovely daughter and push her in the well
Take your lovely daughter and throw her in the well

Don't speak to me of lovers, with a broken heart
You wanna know what can really tear you apart?
I'm going out to the barn, will I never stop in pain?
I'm going out to the barn, to hang myself in shame

Come on dad gimme the car tonight
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
I got this girl I wanna....

Come on dad gimme the car
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
I tell'ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna pick her up
I'm gonna get her drunk
i'm gonna make her cry
I'm gonna get her high
I'm gonna make her laugh
I'm gonna make her...shh
woman, woman, woman

she gotta knows she's it
cause I'm gonna touch her
all over her body
gonna touch her
all over her body
gonna touch her
all over her body
gonna touch her
all over her body
and she can touch me
all over my body
she can touch me
all over my body
she can touch me
all over my body
she can touch me
all over my body

time goes by I can feel myself growing old
burning inside makin' this boy turn out cold
What's wrong, What's right
I don't care when I hate my life

What's wrong, What's right
y'know people don't care when they hate their life

but how can I explain personal pain
how can I explain personal pain
how can I explain my voice is in vain
how can I explain the deep down
driving, driving, driving,
weredriving, weredriving, weredriving

hey dad speaking of driving
come on dad gimme the car tonight

so much he don't understand
just might never make it to a man

Come on dad gimme the car
I ain't no runt
come on girl gimme your...

cause I ain't had much to live for
I ain't had much to live for
y'know I ain't had much to live for
y'know I ain't had much to live for

Beautiful girl lovely dress
high school smiles oh yes
beautiful girl lovely dress
where she is now I can only guess
cause it's gone daddy gone
your love is gone
gone daddy gone
the love is gone away
when I see you
eyes will turn blue
when I see you
thousand eyes turnin blue
tell by the way you that you switch and walk
I can see by the way that you baby talk
I can know by the way you treat your man
I can love you baby til it's a cryin
beatiful girl lovely dress
15 smiles oh yes
beautiful girl lovely dress
where she is now I can only guess

Good feeling
won't you stay with me just a little longer
it always seems like your leaving
when I need you here just a little longer
dear lady there's so many things
that I have come to fear
little voice says I'm going crazy
to see all my worlds disappear
vague sketch of a fantasy
laughing at the sunrise
like he's been up all night
ooo slippin and slidin
what a good time but now
have have to find a bed
that can take this wait
good feeing
won't you say stay with me just a little longer
it always seems like your leaving
when I know the other one
just a little too well
oh dear lady
won't you stay with me just a little longer
y'know it always seems like your leaving
when I need you here just a little longer

I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G
I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G

CHORUS
I'm nothin'
I'm nothin'

Are you a Republican or a Democrat
A liberal fascist full of crap

CHORUS

Somebody somewhere might be something
But everybody everywhere
Knows that I'm nothing
Politics and dirty tricks
I got no time for stones and sticks
Politics and dirty dricks
I got no time I'm chasing chicks

CHORUS

Somebody somwhere might be something
But everybody everywhere
Knows that I'm nothing
I'm nothing but I'm not proud
'Cause being nothing it's not allowed
Are you a gay or are you straight
Do you believe in love
Or do you believein hate

CHORUS

Somebody somewhere said he was something
But to everybody everywhere
I'm saying I'm nothing
I'm nothing, I'm like a cloud
I'm free to be alone in a crowd
What's your reality, it's not real to me
What's your anomaly, it is my destiny

I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G
I-M N-O-T-H-I-N-G

I'm nothin'
Nothin'
Nothin'

I'm nothing now and I'll be nothing when
This nothing world has its nothing end

I need someone a person to talk to
someone who'd care to love
could it be you could it be you
situation gets rough then I start to panic
it's not enough it's just a habit
hey kid your sick well darling this is it
you can all just kiss off into the air
behind my back I can see them stare
they'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
they'll hurt me bad they do it all the time
yeah yeah they do it all the time
I hope you know this will go down
on your permanent record
oh yeah well don't get so distressed
did I happen to mention that I'm impressed
I take one one one cause you left me and
two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my lonely and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost god and
10 10 10 10 for everything
everything everything everything

I danced before I had two feet
I danced before I had two feet
I danced before I had two feet

And sang before I had a tongue
I laughed before I had two eyes
Loved before my heart was young
I swam before I had two hands
And held the distance in my toes
Before I heard the stars I knew
The wild compulsion of the rose

I bore the fruits of many lies
Before I came into this day
I knew before my grave was made
Worms eat only death away
The worms eat only death away

And sang before I had a tongue
I laughed before I had two eyes
Loved before my heart was young
I swam before I had two hands
And held the distance in my toes
Before I heard the stars I knew
The wild compulsion of the rose

I bore the fruits of many lies
Before I came into this day
I knew before my grave was made
Worms eat only death away
The worms eat only death away

I danced before I had two feet
I danced before I had two feet
I danced before I had two feet
I danced before I had two feet

I danced before I had two feet
I danced before I had two feet
I danced before I had two feet

I got a story
A sad sad story
About a girl
Who met a boy
About her mother
Whose vision saw her
Daughter to marry
Another boy
(Nooo nooo nooo...)
They made a plan
To get away
To run away
And though it be hard
To make that day
Freely to live
Without the mother
They'd send a postcard
(Nooo nooo nooo...)
Out on the interstate
That's where they made their mistake
That's where they met their fate
Out on the interstate
They met a monster
The monster of the interstate
Who will not hesitate
Who eats teenagers
Like a shark eats little fishes
Who eats bad kids disobeying parents wishes
An interloper against the elopers
A troll at the pay toll
They stopped at the toll booth
And reached for a quarter
The monster filled the whole booth
He gave them no quarter
"Don't eat me"
Chirped the girl
Clutching to her purse
"Don't eat me"
Croaked the boy
"Or eat her first
I'll turn right around
And take her back to her mother's
We repent of being out of wedlock lovers"
"You should have thought of that before"
And a scaly horny hand
Ripped the car lock door
And the boy
Tried to drive
But oh boy
He was eaten alive
And the girl
Tried to scream
But she was swirled
In the giant's vanilla ice cream
And the boy was yummy
And the girl was yummy
As they slid down the throat
To the monster's yellow tummy
He said:
"Hmm hmm good
Didn't do like they should
Hmm hmm good
Didn't do like they should"
The mother sold the
Rights to the story
It was so scary
This gory story
They made a movie
A horror movie
The mother made a million
And the producers made a billion
"And that other sweet boy
That my daughter has shunned
Now I'm his wife and he's my husband"
The moral of this story
Is clear for all to see
And if clearly all can see
Then it isn't clear to me

Some magnets attract
Some magnets repel
Some magnets say
"Hey, hey, what the hell?"

Take it both ways
First you come and then you go
And then you turn around and P.A.Y.S.
It stays, yes, it stays, no

I don't know what you're doin' here
I don't even want you near
Seem like a, seem like a, uhh
I'm a, I'm a

I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet

I'm callin' all the freaks
From the freak, freak planet
I'm a freak magnet

Well, the birds of a feather
Will fly and flock together
And the letter will come whether
It's good or bad weather

There's a cut on my knees
'Cause I need to freeze
And there's a cord on my coat
'Cause I need to cut that rope

And you're talkin' like sleeze
And you're lookin' like disease
Seem like a, seem like a, uhh
I'm a, I'm a

I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet

I'm callin' all the freaks
From the freak, freak planet
I'm a freak magnet

I don't wanna date you
I don't wanna rape you
I don't wanna kiss you
I will never miss you

Because some magnets repel
And some magnets attract
And some magnets retreat
And then attack, attack, attack

I want it both ways
First I come and then you go
And you're the one of us, who pays
Who says yes? I say, "No"

I don't even want you here
What the fuck you doin' here
Seem like a, seem like a, uhh
I'm a, I'm a

I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet

I'm callin' all the freaks
From the freak, freak planet
I'm a freak magnet

Seem like a, seem like a, uhh
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a
Seem like a, seem like a, uhh
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a

Seem like a, seem like a, uhh
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a
Seem like a, seem like a, uhh
I'm, I'm, I'm

Freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet

I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet
I'm a freak magnet

Callin' all the freaks
From the freak, freak planet
I'm a freak magnet

Hey, I'm callin' all the freaks
From the freak, freak planet
I'm a freak magnet

Hey, I'm callin' all the freaks
From the freak, freak planet
I'm a freak magnet