I spend the afternoon in cars I sit in traffic jams for hours Don't push me I am not OK The sky is blue most every day The lemons grow like tumors they Are tiny suns infused with sour Lonely as a cloud In the Golden State "The coldest winter that I ever saw Was the summer that I spent..." The only substance is the fog And it hides all that has gone wrong Can't see a thing Inside the maze There is a bridge adored and famed The Golden spine of engineering Who's back is heavy With my weight Be still this old heart Be still this old skin Drink your last drink Sin your last sin Sing your last song About the beginning Sing your song loud So the people can hear Let's Go Be still this sad day Be still this sad year Hope your last hope Fear you last fear Your not the only one Let's Go My falling shape will draw a line Between the blue of sea and sky I'm not a bird I'm not a plane I took the taxi to the gate I will not go to school again Four seconds was The longest wait
14 Rue de Savoy that's where the flat was let We shacked up in Paris two days after we had met
Eighteen bars of the sonata and you were mine This music gig doesn't pay that well but the fans are alright
Darling come home I can't take the apartment alone You left your beret behind and your croissant is getting cold
Visa, Mastercard, discovered that I was spent Took my heart, my best jeans, and left me with paying the rent A user, abuser, a loser but I didn't care I've always been a guy with a sweet tooth and that girl was just like a king-sized candy bar
Pick up the phone Meet me at the Sorbonne You keep turning me on With those French words I can't pronounce
Milkshake n' honey yeah Milkshake n' honey yeah Milkshake n' honey yeah Milkshake n' honey yeah Milkshake n' honey yeah Milkshake n' honey yeah Milkshake n' honey yeah Milkshake n' honey yeah
And then one fine morning she woke, she knew one long look at her life It was you (What you want you might never have Wait for it until it forms a scar)
Come hell or high water Her heart was made No friend and no lover Will get in the way
For six long years happiness spoke but then the time was up the spell was broke (Take your time, no hurry up Change your mind, go back to the start)
She said that I have done to get my way What I have done to get this day
Fortune weary love Fortune weary love Baby don't you dare give up on me now Baby don't you dare give up on me now
You're gonna find out You're gonna get low It's gonna darken your soul You're gonna find out You're gonna get low It's gonna darken your soul You're gonna fall down You're gonna grow old It's gonna darken your soul
Fortune weary love Fortune weary love Baby don't you dare give up on me now Baby don't you dare give up on me now
The swimmer is so far from the distant shore The only time she never feels alone On the land her body distorts In the water lines are true to her mind I can hardly see you now Are you getting closer and Do you know you're the one? They will never understand How washed up you feel on land The spot light of the sun, it shines on
The Swimmer knows she'll never touch the floor She can float unharmed by murky wars And the land is as plain as her skin But the water shines like the star in her mind
I can hardly see you now Are you getting closer and Do you know you're the one? They will never understand How washed up you feel on land The spot light of the sun, it shines on
I'm a bubble in a sound wave A sonic push for energy Exploding like the sun A flash of clean light hope All you scientists can hold your breath Can I decide to show myself, oh oh
Oh oh oh... (Take me to the source of chaos let me be the butterfly oh my, imperfect symmetry has underlying poetry in rhyme)
If you think like Thomas Edison Could you invent a world for me Now all that's on the surface Are bloody arms and oil fields Could I turn this place all upside down And shake you and your fossils out, oh oh
Oh oh oh... (You can't predict everything with Newton like certainty, why Oh my, coz it floats around all we see with oscillating energy on high)
And you soothe yourself with the sounds you know You tune out out out the hypnotic drone Perfect hexagon of the honeycomb And you soothe your soul with the shapes you know
Should I come outside and run your cars Should I run your rockets to the stars Could you invent a world for me I need to hear a symphony If I'm to run the future You've got to let the old world go, oh oh
Oh oh oh... (Take me to the source of chaos let me be the butterfly oh my, imperfect symmetry has underlying poetry in rhyme)
And you soothe yourself with the sounds you know You tune out out out the hypnotic drone Perfect hexagon of the honeycomb And you soothe your soul with the shapes you know
Your word for me is fusion But is real change an illusion Could I turn this place all upside down And shake you and your fossils out
If I'm to run the future You've got to let the old world go Could you invent a world for me I need to hear a symphony, oh oh
If you're tired of the big so so Get yourself into some self control Play the game by putting on the brakes Slow down and make less mistakes
Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart Nobody figures like you figured me out I would be lying if I didn't say to you No one comes close don't worry you got it! (There's fire if you want it let me know, I'm sick and I'm tired of letting go)
The way I feel when you call my name Makes me go crazy to sane The way I feel when you're close to me Finally not drifting out to sea
Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart Nobody figures like you figured me out I would be lying if I didn't say to you No one comes close don't worry you got it! (There's fire if you want it let me know, I'm sick and I'm tired of letting go)
It's all in my pocket (I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind) I call it, my rocket (Come a little closer, hit the one go sane)
Come on now I wish, you would I'm the one who makes you feel good Never mind those things they say They don't know it but I'm here to stay
Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart Nobody figures like you figured me out I would be lying if I didn't say to you No one comes close don't worry you got it! (There's fire if you want it let me know, I'm sick and I'm tired of letting go)
One and one and one is two All this and more you said was true And if youd left me ground to stand on Id run so far away from you What do you do with a remainder? You round it up or round it down And if youre scared by what youre left with Destroy the answer that youve found
You were the one When the day had begun The sun was shining on us Blinding me such That I couldnt see There was a hole beneath me And then you watched me fall With no expression at all
There is an absolute zero But you wont find it on your own Only someone else can show you nothing And leave you with a gaping hole
You were the one When the storm rolled in The sky was grey like your heart With no color at all I dont know you like this Youre as reckless as wind And I couldnt predict Just the way this would end
Will you come knocking on my door? Pull me pick me off the floor I might need something to get me going Feel it one time IT ROLLS dig it When I feel worn out when I feel beaten Like a used up shoe or a cake half-eaten There's only one way to keep on feeling Move it up one time IN TIME
This mama works till her back is sore But the baby's fed and the tunes are pure So you'd better get your feet on the floor Move it up one time TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT
These times are troubled these times are rough There's more to come but you can't give up Why don't you shake a tail for peace and love Move it up one time FOR LOVE JANET CARRIE CAN YOU FEEL IT Knife through the heart of our exploitation LADIES ONE TIME CAN YOU HEAR IT Disassemble your discrimination When violence rules the world outside And the headlines make me want to cry It's not the time to just keep quiet Speak up one time TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT
They tell us there are only two sides to be on If you are on our side you're right, if not you're wrong But are we innocent, paragons of good? Is our guilt erased by the pain that we've endured?
Hey look, it's time to pledge allegiance I love my dirty Uncle Sam Our country's marching to the beat now And we must learn to step in time
Where is the questioning? Where is the protest song? Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent's not treason, but they talk like it's the same Those who disagree are afraid to show their face
Let's break out our old machines now It sure is good to see them run again Oh gentlemen, start your engines And we know where we got the oil from
Are you feeling alright now? Paint myself all red, white and blue Are you singing let's fight now? Innocent people die, uh oh
There are reasons to unite Is this why we unite? If you hate this time Remember we are the time!
Show you love your country, go out and spend some cash Red, white, blue hot pants doing it for Uncle Sam Flex our muscles show 'em we're stronger than the rest Raise your hands up, baby, are you sure that we're the best?
We'll come out with our fists raised The good old boys are back on top again And if we let them lead us blindly The past becomes the future once again
Stay away from the haunted heart Stay away from the haunted heart You swore to yourself that you'd make a new start Just like the demon with the poison dart
There's nothing left to see Turn out the light There's nothing left to see Turn out the light
Stay away from the burning house Stay away from the burning house To get inside, you'll never get out Die together before the flames go out Burn your baby make you scream and shout? Burn your baby make you scream and shout? Build it up just to tear it down Nothing left but ashes of doubt
There's nothing left to see Turn out the light There's nothing left to see Turn out the light
Put it in the ground sing a funeral song Put it in the ground sing a funeral song Have the neighbors over and we'll sing along Lowering the coffin on a love gone wrong Hey there now what did you bury today? Hey there now what did you bury today? Buried the love that I hoped would stay Nothing says 'forever' like my very own grave
There's nothing left to see Turn out the light There's nothing left to see Turn out the light
There's nothing left of me Turn out the light No one here but me Turn out the light
She was a very good girl Did all her homework in school Always came home with top marks Teachers said you will go far So she buried her nose in her books And she never had time for those looks For the boys had noticed her frame Had grown into a figure number eight
Call her your Prisstina Would you put her under glass? Would you like to study? 'Cause she's got such perfect class Oh, you want to tempt her With your dirty rock n' roll Call her your Prisstina She's such a pretty girl
She went on to study ivy-league And to rack up points on her degree While the other girls fondled their dates She fooled around with her Bunsen plate But one night she was walking around She passed a club with music so loud She wondered what it would be like To stay out with a co-ed all night
Call her your Prisstina Would you put her under glass? Would you like to study? 'Cause she's got such perfect class Oh, you want to tempt her With your dirty rock n' roll Call her your Prisstina She's such a pretty girl
The party's already started and the music's drifting in Don't wait on your fairy godmother she's late on her way to you Should you trust that old Prince Charming You know he never did you any good But have yourself a ball, Prisstina, do all the things I would!
Call her your Prisstina Would you put her under glass? Would you like to study? 'Cause she's got such perfect class Oh, you want to tempt her With your dirty rock n' roll Call her your Prisstina She's such a pretty girl
She will go to the head of the class And all you boys need to get a late pass 'Cause she'll leave those dull lads behind Yeah that girl is ahead of her time
You stay on 'til you're good and raw Go back and forth, a little see-saw Hoping that this ride will end But when it does you go again
CHORUS Can't get that monster Out of my mind She's got my hair and She's got my eyes She follows me wherever I go Speaking for me and Wearing my clothes
You hang on 'til your hands are sore Blistering you still want more You think there's something here for you Go out and buy yourself a clue
CHORUS
In Hollywood where all the lights are low And truth's as rare as the winter snow She wanted a place arid as her soul Where her only job was never to grow old
When the lights are shining Will you see my skin Or just the shell that I'm packaged in I've held my tongue And I've hid my sores If I'm less of myself Will you love me more
I know I come to you only when in need Im not the best believer not the most deserving but all I have all I am all I can For him Id beg you on bended knees for him
Precious baby, is your life hanging by a thread? A thread Im standing on, praying on today All I have all I am all I can For him Id beg you on bended knees for him
I've got this curse in my hands All I touch fades to black Turns to dust turns to sand I've got this curse on my tongue All I taste is the rust This decay in my blood
I dont like the doctor with the deep long face Only wants to give us the very worst case Id rather shout out and shake him and do anything For him Id beg you on bended knees for him
When the moment strikes it takes you by surprise and leaves you naked in the face of death and life there is no righteousness in your darkest moment Were all equal in the face of what were most afraid of And Im so sorry for those who didnt make it and for the mommies who are left with their heart breaking
I search for meaning in sores The sentences they might form Its the grammar of skin Peel it back, let me in Look for hope in the dark The shadow cast by your heart Its the grammar of faith No more rules, no restraint
How angry I would be If youd taken him away I wish I was wiser but instead Ill be grateful Ill say thanks For the joy for the love for the smile on his face Id beg you on bended knees for him
I wonder how you looked the day you were erased To look down at your heart and watch it fade Did you disappear or were you just misplaced Left behind with no one else to blame
It's all gone but something lingers on a place i used to call home Now me, you, and the ghost Looking for thing we lost Laughing at the way it was, Looking for the one we lost (are you letting go? Thinking clearer now that it's over There's no one to blame As we walk away Why is it I just feel so heavy What do I take away?)
When you're in a room it's all that i can feel Get so used to loving what's not real There's nothing I can hold, No real tears to cry You can't breath life back into lie
