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| These lyrics/titles are unofficial and have been transcribed by fans. Stuff in []'s are uncertain lines. If you have a clue to what they might be, please email me. |
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| Princess Of Venice/All Night Rave | |||||||||||||||||
Do you remember that night when you put up a fight Saying you could never feel that much You said hold me tight, yeah rub me just right But not where it's too tender to the touch You said epitaph carvers Drank with midnight embalmers Talkin' about how they dressed up their men And the funeral director was another marriage collector Who sang ballads to his biggest fans While throwing headstones at his children Smacking their hands telling them to behave They can keep their eyes open They can keep their mouths shut About that all night rave Now remember that queen at the Burger King Said he'd hook us up from time to time He knew we were short on bread and with nothing more said He poured that appleberry wine And it was a sweet release from that masterful peace That passed through the dance crowd to the other side But how could that evening gown ever outsing the sound Of the prophet mixer spirit guide Now the queen she blasted her cheekbones As her eyes, they melted away But no one tasted the tears as they welled on up Down in her all night rave Now remember that man In his wheelchair my friend He was carefully timing out his fate He said "crossing this road, i |
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| Now the princess of venice She's a panhandling menace She recites poetry in the moonlit alley She said she tried to head For the hills many times before But she always got stuck in the valley She said "would you like to hear one of my songs in Spanish?" I said "yeah, okay, you're gonna to sing one so go ahead sure." Well I didn't know what it meant But it sure did sound pretty In a language I guess I should have studied more But she did not resent me for my lack of knowledge She said "you just pick these things up along the way." Well there are many different schools But there's only one course Down in this all night rave So don't you remember that night When you put up a fight Saying you could never feel that much You said hold me tight, yeah rub me just right But not where it's too tender to the touch Now good writers borrow Great writers steal Actors, poets, painters, politicians, great creators and such But after 2000 years or more of this history my friend You know something original might be asking far too much So this is my confession This is by no means my progression To the past I am enslaved So I turn down the beat Turn up the speed of light And end t |
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