Chance of a Lifetime

first of all/ i'm not as down as you/ and there is a better way/ to walk around these days/ i don't believe in cool i went to summer school/ there was a man unknown/ stripped himself down to the bone/ and he said/ hey give me nothing i'm from nowhere/ and you don't know my name/ he doesn't exist/ guess i just missed/ chance of a lifetime/ romance and white wine/ easy living/ a new beginning/ blind as wood/ and there's not a bone in my body that's good/ i watch the tanks go by/ disguising themselves as ambulances/ who will race to the show/ waving flowers and caskets oh no/ it's just another win for hope and a heart made of tin/ if i were alive i would slow dance in the ghetto/ and sleep beneath the street/ doesn't exist/ guess i just missed/ chance of a lifetime/ Christmas and sweet pine/ easy living/ a new beginning/ left all alone/ watching breakups and afternoon drama/ i must have lost my mind/ she was trapped on the bus/ with a kiss in her hand/ and when the screams died down/ her lips were on fire/ spitting magic around/ there was one more mile/ it was long it was long/ i would float on the thermals of laughter/ high where i belong/ it doesn't exist/ guess i just missed/ chance of a lifetime/ lemonade and sunshine/ easy living/ it's just beginning

Wrecking Ball

i said slide back relax/ i want to hold you/ but you break/ please just let it out/ if you think i'm a ghost/ well touch me sweet sheila/ cause i can't take it no more/ every day/ i'm away/ stumbling for what to say/ hey i'm coming down/ like a wrecking ball breaking her heart/ what are you supposed to be/ won't you get close to me/ break that building down/ and you know it's tough to take/ i got to hold you but you break/ please just let it out/ every day/ i'm away/ stumbling for what to say/ hey i'm coming down/ like a wrecking ball/ breaking her heart/ like a plane that's coming down/ like a wrecking ball/ falling apart/ every day/ i always come to find/ everyone's dumb and blind/ i say just fuck it all/ i know it's fairless heartless careless/ hey i'm coming down like a wrecking ball/ breaking her heart/ like a plane/ that's coming down/ like a wrecking ball/ falling apart

Sunfair

grey hair is taking hold of me/ snake charmer's cut my throat and i'm loose again/ fell down drinking wine with him/ stole my saxophone/ stripped me to skin and bone/ sad and lifeless/ red and cruel/ ask myself can i fight this/ hangman standing in my room/ telling me jokes again/ nineteen he was handsome/ a ray farmer spreading sun on the roofs of man/ moon queen she was sexual/ silver hands to hold/ bouquet of marigold/ sad to love her/ lip gloss and rouge/ nothing he had could touch her/ frail arms reaching for the star/ sparkling jewel/ sunfair/ blinds me she's hysterical/ sunfair/ finds my heart breakable/ sunfair/ burns me down/ delia had/ hot pink fingernails/ grey armour bright red shoes/ and a violin/ take care/ cause she's emotional/ loves her alcohol/ hates me when i don't call/ sad to love her/ lip gloss and rouge/ nothing i had could touch her/ frail arms reaching for the star/ sparkling jewel/ sunfair/ blinds me she's hysterical/ sunfair/ finds my heart breakable/ sunfair/ burns me down

Up All Night

i ran around with my head cut off/ and it was frightening to say the least/ crowds of people stood around and stared/ and it was frightening to say the least/ baby i should have come home when i had the chance/ but i was elastic and i was stretching everbody's dreams/ i saw the sun/ stagger up bloody red/ it was fantastic/ took my sip/ i felt my legs buckle down to the brick/ i stand and fall/ walked then crawl/ baby i should have come home when i had the chance/ but i was elastic and i was stretching everybody's dreams/ stay up all night/ gonna get wasted yeah you were right/ cheer up i'll be alright/ gonna fall graceful/ gonna fall light/ i felt insane heading home dressed in sheets/ barely breathing/ shaking freezing/ and now it's all sinking in bitter sweet/ that she won't touch me/ hold or trust me/ baby i should have came home when i had the chance/ but i was a bastard/ and i was wrecking everybody's dreams/ stay up all night/ gonna get wasted yeah you were right/ cheer up/ i'll be alright/ gonna fall graceful/ gonna fall light/ stay up all night/ gonna get wasted/ yeah you were right

Naked Days

there will be light in the street/ a cold coffin merry sweet/ one more dead killer/ waiting/ losing his love/ now he lives in seclusion/ counting his days/ he has hopelessly won/ knocked out of breath/ he is facing the sun/ whose drugs are these/ make me colorful please/ diving in summer/ come on come on/ you are a child in wonder/ there will love in the heat/ naked days and jealous weeks/ white shoes in leather/ fading/ losing their shine/ dollar bills made of sadness/ asking you are these things mine/ chasing the stream/ on through the night/ you are standing in stone/ someone turn on the light/ make me colorful please/ diving in summer/ come on come on/ you are a child/ in wonder/ is it true that you can take one/ is it through you i will play on/ i am used to being so done/ all this will change before it is through/ some who will lose and never say/ hold me i'm weak/ break bread with your hero/ listen to jealousy speak/ i will complicate all i meet/ saying life is good and/ death is sweet/ all this in vain/ no wonder i'm older again

Under the Tracks

here is a place it has a face and he was walking out the door/ his mother said she was ashamed/ because he had no place to go/ he was afraid and i was fine he wanted peace of mind/ three times done/ and you're gone/ you are free/ it's a long way home/ what have we done/ was it wrong/ is it me/ can't you see/ it's a long way home/ there is a snake he will awake and he will get you off the floor/ you'll start to shake you friends will sweat/ you are high you will forget/ she is afraid cause you are dying/ but you've got your peace of mind/ three times done/ and you're gone/ you're free/ and it's a long way home/ what have we done/ was it wrong/ is it me/ can't you see/ it's a long way home/ all night long i was wrong/ it was me/ can't you see/ it's a long way home/ it took a million lights to see her smile/ but touch it's too much/ she'll break you and she'll send you home/ afraid of love afraid you might get hurt well good luck/ don't get stuck/ turn around before you can't go back

Dead Man Saloon

running down to the dead man saloon/ drinks are wild in the afternoon/ let her cool down so you can sleep tonight/ holding dear to the lifeless champagne/ she has left you with no sustain/ you are slowing down so you can be free again/ tripping out by yourself/ on the great plains/ go and catch all the falling airplanes/ gonna tear that stadium down/ to the ground/ forever asleep/ my soul will keep/ no one hears from the star crossed dry room/ gotta run can wait i'll die soon/ gonna turn my amplifier on/ like a bell calms me down/ the guitar sound/ running down to the dead man saloon/ drinks are wild in the afternoon/ let her cool down so you can sleep tonight/ holding dear to the lifeless champagne/ she has left you with no sustain/ you are slowing down so you can be free again/ i am afraid of the things you do to me/ gonna stand on a hill of sapphire/ son clara who writes in black fire/ gonna turn that orchestra on/ like a bell/ calms me down/ the cello sound/ running down to the dead man saloon/ drinks are wild in the afternoon/ let her cool down so you can sleep tonight/ she has left you with no sustain/ you are slowing down so you can be free again

Hey Sister

hey sister where you been i'm alone out here it's dangerous/ tell my friends i'm coming home it's a bust/ and they drove me crazy/ don't care what they say i'm stranger now/ brought down this whole town and i'm stranger now/ hey brother who you with/ make her dance hot girls will tame you/ hold your breath how you feel/ the hit's going to change you/ don't care what they say i'm stranger now/ brought down this whole town/ i'm stranger now/ late fall afternoon/ i paid for a room/ i saw her and froze/ her name's apple rose/ rose brought me to bleed/ i couldn't believe/ dazzling scenes/ passed out in dreams/ and now i'm stranger/ hey lover check it out/ i'm a freak with tripped out behavior/ now you know how i been/ and it's great/ cause i've gone insane here/ don't care what they say/ i'm a stranger now/ brought down this whole town/ and i'm stranger now

Cellophane

some days you feel grand/ and there's games to play/ enter a flame you cannot explain/ she is divine you say/ i am grand and you are mine/ will you dine today/ and she caught my heart with a gentle stare/ soothing me in every way/ while she's slowly slipping away/ calm down it's ok/ she's too fine for you/ go away she's got things to do/ and has no time for you/ and she broke my heart with a gentle stare/ losing her faster than sound/ cause she know no one lives in the ground/ oh don't you walk away/ you're amazing and i'd be/ ooh if you didn't stay/ can you blame me i'm just a fool from another day/ and i'm lonely so won't you be brave/ feeling stoned in a funny way/ i guess it's time to go/ heading north where the days are cold/ and the time is slow/ i would live alone in my house of stone/ staring out at the sea/ wondering what is wrong with me/ oh don't you walk away you're amazing and i'd be/ ooh if you didn't stay/ can you blame me i'm a fool from another day/ and i'm lonely so won't you be brave/ lights out and i cannot sleep/ i guess it rained today/ a blue rose i cannot keep/ has found a way/ to make me change all the things i wear/ fading slowly with time/ is the thought that someday you would be mine/ oh don't you walk away/ you're amazing and i'd be/ blue if you didn't stay/ can you blame me i'm just a fool from another day/ and i'm lonely so won't you be brave

Keep From Moving

take down/ this ragged nest/ you have built off unsteady ground/ bury what is left/ so safely when no one is around/ years past sleeping in winter's place/ waiting deep underground/ rainfalls and so dry again/ is this the end/ keep from moving/ you're paralyzed from trying to recover from that horrible/ breath of chemicals/ you are losing bullets from within in your mind/ are breaking walls of cannibals/ looking to empower you/ devour you/ hold brace/ here it comes like a wind from inside/ spinning around/ let go as you turn you will learn how to live softly alone/ roses on a lover's dress will soothe you from within/ diving away following birds of prey/ like an old friend you're losing again/ gentle are days/ covering warm at dusk/ the moon sings to stars that he lost/ look how awkward strange we are/ in our plain ways/ keep from moving/ you're paralyzed from trying to/ recover from that horrible/ breath of chemicals/ you are losing bullets from within your mind/ breaking walls of cannibals looking to empower you/ devour you/ take your time coming home/ such a clear night/ summer feels right/ hold break/ hear it comes like a wind from inside/ spinning around/ let go as you turn you will learn how to live/ softly alone/ each day/ passed by like a cloud in the sky/ you can't be found/ moses/ has forgiven you/ for quietly living alone/ take your time coming home/ such a clear night/ summer feels right/ i let it all break/ so i can see straight/ i'm on the thin line/ it's going to be the last time/ affection where i can't be/ i wish the light would take me/ can i ask you why you gave in/ did it feel like you're caged in/ i loved you til you ran out/ now it's time to fade out

Lover's Leap

our love is on the fly/ is what you make of it/ and some one's going to die/ well you're saving it/ it's up to you/ what else can you do/ there will come a time/ to put on a brave face/ when everything is on the line/ and we're in the same place/ it's up to you/ to pull you through/ or pull you down/ looking away/ drowning in the sea/ falling from a large cliff/ looking at the world/ watching it all go down/ there will come a time to put on a brave face/ when everything is on the line and we're in the same place/ our love is on the fly is what you make of it/ and some one's going to die/ well you are saving it/ it's up to you/ what else can you do/ all my love/ all or none/ it's up to you

Here We Are

so long to the life you always knew/ was never meant to be/ throw out a kiss and relax/ you're growing away from me/ dance while the music is on/ and the summer days grow long/ take my hand you are lost/ but soon you will be found/ here we are/ come down/ (she's so lovely/ drags me under)/ spend some time away/ here we are/ calm down/ (sea's so lovely/ drags me under)/ you're so fine that way with me/ the captain's drinking port/ and he's sorry to report/ the engine's slowing down/ yeah we're all going to drown/ i think i see the light/ love will make you right/ pull up your head and instead/ let's waltz into the night/ here we are/ come down (she's so lovely/ drags me under)/ spend some time away/ here we are/ calm down/ (she's so lovely/ drags me under)/ you're so fine that way/ spend some time away/ some time away with me/ here we are come down/ she's so lovely pulls me under/ here we are calm down/ sea's so lovely pulls me under