Artist: Bob Schneider Album: Lonelyland {2001}

I am metal and I am steel
I don't mind cos I don't feel a thing
I'm a diamond ring

I'm not flesh and I'm not bone
I'm not sad and I'm not all alone
I'm a stone

The king is dead and the queen has flown
Left me here in the twilight zone
Lost and looking for a way to get back home
But there's no right and there's no wrong
And I'll be good and I'll be strong

I'll be silver and I'll be gold
Without a heart, without even a soul
I'll be coal

I won't be blood and teeth and skin
And I won't feel the pain I'm in
I'll be tin, no heart within

The king is dead and the queen has flown
Left me here in the twilight zone
Lost and looking for a way to get back home
But there's no right and there's no wrong
And I'll be good and I'll be strong

The king is dead and the queen has flown
Left me here in the twilight zone
Lost and looking for a way to get back home
But there's no right and there's no wrong
So I'll be good and I'll be strong

I'll be metal and I'll be steel
I won't mind cos I won't feel a thing

Woke up in a stupor
Guess it's time to face the pooper
Sometimes I feel like superman
Sometimes I�m just recuperating, yeah
My head is twisting in its cage
My mind feels like a twenty gage
Hope it's just a passing stage
My hearts not red, it's beige

Its days like this that burn me
Turn me inside out and learn me
Not to tell you anything I think I know
But I think I�ll tell you all that I know

I tried to tell you all about it
Thought you might've heard, I doubt it
Everyday�s a a waste, I know
And everyday's funeral
Cutting out I�m feeling lost
Lost my mind I�m Mr. Frost
Collected all the evidence
I'm off the edge, I�m on the fence

And its days like this that burn me
Turn me inside out and learn me
Not to tell you anything I think I know
But I think I�ll tell you all that I know
I wanna be alone, I want to be a stone
I wanna sink to the bottom of the ocean
Lie there with you till I'm gone
At the bottom of the big blue sea, just you and me
At the bottom of the big blue sea
At the bottom of the big blue sea, just you and me
At the bottom of the big blue sea

I know I�ll never know nobody 
Better than I know myself
But I can't even figure out
Just what the fuck I�m all about

I'm sinking, I�m swimming, no wait a minute
I�m drowning, I ain't kidding around
Sometimes I think I'm gonna make
Sometimes I fake it

And it's days like this that burn me
Turn me inside out and learn me
Not to tell you anything I think I know
But I think I'll tell you all that I know

Anywhere and everywhere
Made up my mind it's getting weird
It's queer to think it might not 
Get much better than today I fear
Won't know true happiness 
I tried so hard I did my best
My best just wasn't good enough
Oh god, I hate this stuff

And it's days like this that burn me
Turn me inside out and learn me
Not to tell you anything I think I know
But I think I'll tell you all that I know
And I wanna be alone, I want to be a stone
I wanna sink to the bottom of the ocean
Lie there, lie there with you, lie there with you till I'm gone
At the bottom of the big blue sea, just you and me
At the bottom of the big blue sea
At the bottom of the big blue sea, just you and me
At the bottom of the big blue sea

I say it's days like this that burn me
Turn me inside out and learn me
I say it's days like this that burn me
Turn me inside out and learn me
Yeah, it's days like this that burn me
Turn me inside out and learn me
Not to tell you anything I think I know

I said I got a little monkey - his name is Jingy
First name's Paulo, his middle name is Joe
I call him Paulo Joe Jingy, he's my little monkey
Crawl on my back and make himself at home

I said Jingy, Jingy, Jingy won't you leave me alone
Jingy, Jingy, Jingy just leave me alone

I said I got a little monkey - his name is Jingy
Oh, yes a pretty little monkey, he's got teeth like dimes
Oh, they'll be shinin' in the moonlight
Yeah, they'll be shinin' just like diamonds
Well, they'll be coolin' my skin, cut me to the bone

I said Jingy, Jingy, Jingy won't you leave me alone
Now, Jingy, Jingy, Jingy just leave me alone

I got a little monkey - his name is Jingy
I got him buried up in the backyard underneath the onion tree
I can hear him crying, oh yeah, I can hear him laughing
I can hear him want to come on after me

Jingy, Jingy, Jingy, won't you let me sleep
Jingy, Jingy, Jingy you won't let me be
Jingy, Jingy, Jingy just let me be
Jingy, Jingy, Jingy never let me be
Jingy, Jingy, Jingy just let me be
Jingy, Jingy, Jingy just let me be

Yeah
I got to freak, I gots to flow
I gotta throw my ass overboard, baby don't you know
Tip I�m on, man, it's the bomb
Did I ever tell you you look a lot like my mom
And your smart, I can tell you pull me apart as well
And put me back together, hey don't break my heart and sell it
For ice cream and fudge, give me the nudge
It's live or dope honey, you be the judge

You got bullets, I got the time
You bring the bullets, I�ll bring the wine
You bring your bullets, I�ll bring my bat
Cos I can tell you where it is but I can't tell you where it's at

Money honey's your only friend
You know your friends may take a walk but money'll be there in the end
You're in a spin, oh, it ain't no sin
Drink some gin and have yourself some fun every now and again
Oh man, I�m bleeding so, I�m going to bed bro
Because mad hatter's crazy and having a party in my head
And though I don't mind big baby I'm getting kinda sleepy
And baby that look that you've been giving me is getting creepy

You got the bullets, I got the time
You bring the bullets, I�ll bring the wine
You bring your bullets, I�ll bring my hat
And we can get the hell out before they find out where we're at
You got the bullets, I got the time
You bring your bullets and I�ll bring the wine
You bring the bullets, I�ll bring my bat
Cos I can tell you where it is but I can't tell you where it's at

I got this big pig P, it wears a big wig C
It tells me every single morning, "Boy you're going to be big B."
It's kind of a cutie, it plays the flute G
And that flute playing, wig wearing pig's a fucking hootie
Ain't no blowfish, damn, I'm light as air so
I got a million dollar smile, I take it everywhere I go
Now I keep it hidden deep inside my big ol' head
I only take it out at night when I�m all alone in bed

You got bullets, I got time
You bring your bullets, I�ll bring the wine
You bring your bullets and I�ll bring my bat
Well, I can tell you where it is but I can't tell
You got bullets, I got the time
You bring your bullets, I�ll bring the wine
You bring your bullets and I�ll bring my bat
And we can get the hell out before they find out where we're at

You got bullets
You got the bullets
You got bullets
You got the bullets, oh baby
You got bullets
You got the bullets
You got the bullets
You got the bullets

There is a universe that can't be seen
Just a feeling if you know what I mean
A delectable dimension undetectable by sight
It'll fill up your heart in the dead of the night
Some say that it's an astral plane
Can't be described, can't be explained

The world exploded into love all around me
The world exploded into love all around me
Everytime I take a look around me
I have to smile

Oh, is our life just an illusion
There's no need to figure it out
The separation exists not in your love filled heart
But only in your mind
The real story's all around you
Even now it surrounds you 
Even now I feel the power

The world exploded into love all around me
The world exploded into love all around me
Everytime I take a look around me
I have to smile

The world exploded into love all around me
The world exploded into love all around me
Everytime I take a look around me
I have to smile
I have to smile
I have to smile

When your head falls off your neck
Hits the ground with a smack
And you're back on the wrong track where your at
Lost you're head, better get out of bed
That's what I said, you're seeing red
Feeling like the dead
Feeling reborn, where's my porn
Pants are torn up
Put my body in a pine box, baby
Bustin' clocks, changin' my locks
I know the time, it's time to get up
And get out and get over this
But I don't know how and I don't know why

That the world goes round
While the world goes around
The world goes round and around

When your best's been beat and they turn up the heat
And you feel a little weak and you can hardly speak
And the coconuts come to your house with a bomb
Blow up the cake that you got from your mom
And your diapers aren't dry and you feel a little high
Higher than the big blue sky
And you wring your hands but the blood pours out
And the blood pours out

And the world goes round
While the world goes around
The world goes round and around
And the world goes around
While the world goes around
The world goes round and around

When your friends evaporate, you're tied to the stake
And everything you hate comes crashing down
On your big, round, golden, greazy crown
And your feeling like your drowning
Stumble through the dark
And the dogs start to bark and you're fired on a lark
Skin starts to spark and you're burning up inside
And your dentures start to slide

And the world goes around
While the world goes around
The world goes round and around
The world goes around
While the world goes around
The world goes round and around

The world goes around
While the world goes around
While the world goes round and around
The world goes around
While the world goes around
While the world goes round and around

The world goes around
While the world goes around
While the world goes round and around
The world goes around
While the world goes around
While the world goes round and around

The world goes around
While the world goes around
While the world goes round and around
The world goes around
While the world goes around
While the world goes round and around and around

The world goes around
While the world goes around
While the world goes round and around
The world goes around
The world goes around
The world goes round and round

I like the sun when it shines
On the moon at night
I like the waym the way that you smile
When you feel just right

I like the wind when it blows
Me close to you
I like the way that you hold
Me the way you do

And I like the way that you say
That you'll always stay
And I like the sun when it shines
On the moon this way

I've been out for so long now
I feel the cold wind dragging me down
I'm blown away, lightning strikes me
There's a whole lot of craziness in this town
It's a shadowrealm inside the head of mine
And it's getting harder and scarier with time, oh
I met a lover, I put my money on the long shot
Came out smelling like a dog, ain't feeling so hot

And I'll take anything that you got, now
Anything you've got, now
Take anything
Madeline, Madeline, Madeline
Save me from myself

Gas station prophets keep giving me the sign
Say tell it like it is, boy, lay it on the line - so I did, so I said
This simple life holds no reason
You play the game and turn the dial

And I'll take anything that you got, now
Anything you've got, now, now
Take anything
Madeline, Madeline, Madeline
You save me from myself

Alligator shoes, tarantula breath
All looked good on paper, now it's scaring me to death
I'm all wrung out and nowhere to go
Just your second string Romeo

And I'll take anything that you got, now
Anything you've got, now, now
Take anything, anything
Madeline, Madeline, Madeline
Just save me from myself
Just save me from myself

I went where the girls are beautiful
Golden hair and radiant smiles
Cocaine high, oblivion to pain
It made me feel so inadequate
And insane for that feel good feeling
High inside the helium
Therancemade vapor feeling grim and grimy
Oh, Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today

Lonely ain't a word with me
It's absurd you see in crowded rooms
That's where it hits me
It splits me right in half and out spills the emptiness
And no one wants to talk with someone
Cut in two and acting werewolf crazy
Hairdooed and out of control
Would you like some company
No thanks I�ve had my fill today
Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today
Oh no, cos Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today

Oh, I wanna ride this party off in the sunset
It's a, a mystery to see that girl over there
With the beer and the queer looking so debonair
And she don't care about this, this looking so good and feeling so fine
Motherfucker that I be - cold chilling in the place
The taste I�ve got it any more, have to call me Dinty Moore
And I be dental damns, Irish ham and rocket jam
Oh, cos Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today
Oh no, cos Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today

I done my fake fur feather boa, just like Noah
And I'm tiger skin and I'm fucking mackin'
The clones ain't got no style
Just wait a while, turn the dial
And see my face with cuties gettin' so much booty
It be my duty to, to rock this fucker like Stan Getz
Just get your paws off my cigarettes, so
I smoke Sherman you German looking vermin, you're squirmin now
Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today
Oh no, cos Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today
Oh no, cos Tokyo�s not far enough away
To where I wanna be today

Under my skin I�m all wet
Under my skin I�m all bloody
Under my skin my hearts lies broken
My mind is acting funny
Under my skin there's a bad day
Under my skin there's a rattlesnake
Under my skin where the infection sleeps
I bend and then I break
Under my skin

Under my skin it's a sticky mess
Under my skin I�m turning to stone 
Under my skin there's a thousand demons
And I�m always alone
Under my skin the bones howl
Under my skin the nightmares explode
Under my skin I can't stop crying
It's a long black road
Under my skin

Under my skin the itch is unscratched
Under my skin I�ve met my match
Under my skin my dreams die unhatched
Cos there's always a catch
And under my skin I never surrender
Under my skin the past's in debate
Under my skin love's a curse that you lend her
And every night I make love to my hate
Under my skin, under my skin, under my skin, under my skin

Under my skin there's never a tomorrow
Under my skin I�m lost in the dark
Under my skin I�m a master of sorrow
And every night i swim with the sharks
Under my skin I�m ready to run
But under my skin there's nowhere to hide
Under my skin the world is a stranger
And I�ve already died
Under my skin, under my skin
Under my skin I never let you in, I never let you in
Under my skin, under my skin
Oh no, no, I never let, never, never
Under my skin, under my skin, oh, I never let you in

Spit on the ground, hold your breath
Try to scare yourself to death
Bury your bones under the dirt
And tear at your heart and rip your shirt
Stomp your feet in disgust
Curse the gray sky if you must
But you'll find when you are done
Blue skies for everyone

Drink up your wine, break your heart
And give up the race before you start
Drop your drawers and roll around
Burn your house right to the ground
Go to sleep, hit your head
Scream until your face is red
But you'll find when you are done
Blue skies for everyone

Blue skies, setting suns
Cherry pie, bubblegum
Lullabies to be sung
Blue skies for everyone

So get right down on your luck
Spin your wheels until you're stuck
Wring out the blood and let it dry
Stick a big needle in your eye
Dry your tears, drop your drink
Let me tell you what I think
I think you'll find when you are done
Blue skies for everyone

Blue skies, setting suns
Cherry pie, bubblegum
Lullabies to be sung
Blue skies for everyone

They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies for everyone
I like blue skies, I like blue skies
I like blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies, they'll be blue skies
They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies, they'll be blue skies, blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies, they'll be blue skies
They'll be blue skies for everyone
They'll be blue skies for everyone

To feel your poison tongue, your
Winter lips upon me
To stain the floor with our bodies
Nothing could be any
Better, better, better

Baby, so close to heaven
You like the way, the way I dance
I�m dancing for you and all I need
Is for you to make everything
Better, better, better

For if you were to drop me on the ground 
I don't know if I would bounce back or breakdown 
But don't think I could feel any
Better, better, better

And all I want is a little more
And all I need is your correction
Cos all I have
Is nothing could be, nothing would be any
Better, better, better

The year's two thousand and two
Doing exactly what I wanted to
And baby I don't even think about you anymore
Just thought I�d drop you a line
Let you know I was doing fine
Cos baby it's been a long, long time since you walked out my door

It took me some time, I must confess
For a while there I was feeling less than my best
Had to get out of town so I headed out west, ended up in Seattle
I thought I�d start a brand new band
Thought I might call it Lonelyland
Things got a little out of hand, ended up hooked on heroin

So I ended up moving back over to Germany
Living with the folks baggin' groceries
The time I had was mostly free, spent most of it drinking
I got myself in a jam or two
Guess it's what I had to do
Late at night I�d still think of you, felt like I was drowning

Met this girl at a discotheque
She's a dancer, baby, but not what you'd expect
She taught ballet and she was half-Czech, half-Chinese
But after she decided not to have the baby
Said she might move back to the mainland, maybe
By then I didn't really care, I was half drunk, half crazy

Got arrested but never convicted
My parents eventually had me evicted
Tried your number, it'd been disconnected, guess I shoulda known
Heard you got married and you moved away
Called your folks, but where they would not say
Said it's probably better that way, so I just let it be

Moved back to Austin bout a year ago
Drive a schoolbus, I don't drink no more
Go out every once in a while and see a show but mostly I just watch TV
So I don't know where I�m gonna send this letter
I doubt things are ever gonna get much better
Seems like life's one big whatever anyway

Just thought I�d drop you a line
Lie and say I was doing fine
Cos baby it's been a long, long time since you walked out my door

She came from Oklahoma
Said the end of the world was on its way, Chevy Nova
She came from Oklahoma
Said the end of the world was on the way, Chevy Nova
Oh, now, tied everybody to that chair, danced with baby Jane

Her smile was just a shadow that trembled in the sun
And turned to stone as she grew older
Her smile was just a shadow that trembled in the sun
And turned to stone as she grew older
Oh, she'd cried, "Tie me to the ground, just not today
I need me one more night to fly away."

Bought an El Camino and a pocket full of pills
She called her friends and swore she's found salvation
But the hand grenades inside her were ready to explode
And the pins were pulled long ago by sweet temptation
Oh, she'd cried, "Tie me to the ground, just not today
I need me one more night to fly away."
Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away, fly away, alright

Found herself in New Orleans
Carnival of tears upon her veins in the arms of strangers
Said it's not enough to hold back all the pain
Inside the danger
Oh, she'd cried, "Tie me to the ground, oh, just not today
I need me one more night to try to fly away."
To fly away, tonight I fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly, oh, watch me fly away
Fly away, fly away, watch me, watch me, watch me fly away
Watch me, I gonna fly away, fly away, fly away

When she came from Oklahoma
And said the end of the world was on the way
Came from Oklahoma
And said the end of the world was on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way
The end of the world is on its way