I don't know what the world may need,
but I'm sure as hell that it starts with me,
and that's a wisdom
I have laughed at.
I don't know what the world may want,
but a good stiff drink it surely don't,
so I think I'll go and fix myself a tall one.
'Cause what the world needs now
is a new kind of tension,
'cause the old one just bores me to death.
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I don' t know what the world may need,
but a V8 engine's a good start for me.
Think I'll drive to find a place to be surly...
I don't know what the world may want,
but some words of wisdom could comfort us;
think I'll leave that up to someone wiser.
'Cause what the world needs now
are some true words of wisdom
like, "La la la la la la la la la."
'Cause what the world needs now
is another folk singer
like I need a hole in my head.
I don't know what the world may need,
and I never grasped your complexities;
I'd be happy just to get your attention.
I don't know what the world may want,
but your long, sweet body lying next to mine
could certainly raise my spirits.
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what the world needs now,
what the world needs now
is a new Frank Sinatra
so I can get you in bed.
what the world needs now,
what the world needs now
is another folk singer
like I need a hole in my head.
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Night time slows, raindrops splash rainbows.
Perhaps someone you know could sparkle and shine.
As daydreams slide to color from shadow,
picture the moonglow that dazzles my eyes.
And I love you.
Just lying smiling in the dark,
shooting stars around your heart,
dreams come bouncing in your head,
pure and simple everytime.
Now you're crying in your sleep,
I wish you'd never learned to weep.
Don't sell the dreams you should be keeping,
pure and simple everytime.
Dreams of sights, of sleighrides and seasons,
where feelings not reasons, can make you decide.
As leaves pour down, splash autumn on gardens,
as colder nights harden their moonlit delights.
And I love you.
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Look at me with starry eyes,
push me up to starry skies,
there's stardust in my head,
pure and simple everytime
fresh and deep as oceans new
shiver at the sight of you
I'll sing a softer tune,
pure and simple over you.
If love's the truth then look no lies,
and let me siwn around your eyes.
I've found my place I'll never leave,
shut my mouth and just believe.
Love is the truth I realize,
not a stream of pretty lies
to use us up and waste our time.
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Pure and simple just for you.
This is a song for the ladies
but fellas, listen closely:
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Sometimes ya got to squeeze,
sometimes you've got to say please.
Sometime you've got to say, "Hey,
I'm gonna fuck you softly,
I'm gonna screw you gently.
I'm gonna hump you sweetly,
I'm gonna ball you discretely."
And then you say, "Hey, I bought you flowers."
and then you say "wait a minute sally,
I think I got something in my teeth
could you get it out for me?"
That's fuckin teamwork.
What's your favorite posish?
That's cool with me,
it's not my favorite
but I'll do it for you.
What's your favorite dish?
I'm not gonna cook it
but I'll order it from Zanzibar!
And then I'm gonna love you completely,
then I'll fuckin fuck you discretely.
And then I'll fucking bone you completely,
but then I'm gonna fuck you hard,
hard.
Back and forth I sway with the wind,
resolution slips away again.
Right through my fingers, back into my heart,
where it's out of reach and it's in the dark.
Sometimes I think I'm blind,
or I may be just paralyzed.
Because the plot thickens every day,
and the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin away.
But I know, there's a picture beneath.
Indecision clouds my vision
no one listens...
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Layin' face down on the ground:
my fingers in my ears to block the sound,
my eyes shut tight to avoid the sight,
anticipating the end, losing the will to fight.
Droplets of 'yes' and 'no'
in an ocean of 'maybe.'
From the bottom, it looks like a steep incline,
From the top, another downhill slope of mine,
but I know the equilibrium's there.
Indecision clouds my vision,
no one listens,
because I'm somewhere in between
my love and my agony.
You see, I'm somewhere in between.
My life is falling to pieces,
somebody put me together.
...
Are my screams loud enough for you to hear me?
Should I turn this up for you?
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The silence is what kills me.
I need someone here to help me,
but you don't know how to listen,
and let me make my decisions.
'Cause I sit locked inside my head,
remembering everything you've said.
This silence gets us nowhere,
gets us nowhere, way too fast.
All your insults and your curses,
make me feel like I'm not a person.
And I feel like I am nothing,
but you made me, so do something.
'Cause I'm fucked up, because you are;
need attention, attention you couldn't give.
'Cause I sit locked inside my head,
remembering everything you've said.
This silence gets us nowhere,
gets us nowhere, way too fast.
I know your life is empty
and you hate to face this world alone.
So you're searching for an angel,
someone who can make you whole.
I can not save you,
I can't even save myself.
So just save yourself.
I know that you've been damaged,
your soul has suffered such abuse.
But I am not your savior,
I am just as fucked as you.
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Please don't take pity on me.
My life has been a nightmare,
my soul is fractured to the bone.
If I must be lonely,
I think I'd rather be alone.
You can not save me,
you can't even save yourself.
I can not save you,
I can't even save myself.
Save yourself,
so just save yourself.
I'm running out of room,
don't make me say it.
There's nothing left in me,
don't make me say it.
Too much for hotel rooms,
don't make me say it.
Sleeping pills
don't make me.
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There is no love left in your eyes,
there is love between your thighs.
Roll over and say goodnight.
I've had enough of feeling sick,
had enough of feeling sick.
The sugar never helps.
I hate my life, I hate my life.
Never want another wife.
I want the life you think I have.
Seen the carnival at Rome.
Had the women, I had the booze.
All I can remember now,
is little kids without no shoes.
So I saw that train,
and I got on it.
With a heartful of hate,
and a lust for vomit.
Now I'm walking on the sunnyside of the street.
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As my mother wept,
it was then I swore
to take my life as I would a whore.
I know I'm better than before;
I will not be reconstructed.
Just wanna stay right here
on the sunnyside of the street.
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I've waited hours for this,
I've made myself so sick,
I wish I'd stayed asleep today.
I never thought that this day would end.
I never thought that tonight could ever be
this close to me.
Just try to see in the dark.
Just try to make it work,
to feel the fear before you're here.
I make the shapes come much too close.
I pull my eyes out,
hold my breath,
and wait until I shake.
But if I had your faith,
then I could make it safe and clean.
If only I was sure
that my head on the door was a dream.
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I want to reach out over the lough
and feel your hand across the water.
Walk with you along an unapproved road
not looking over my shoulder.
I want to see, I want to hear, to understand your fear,
but we're north and south of the river.
I've been doing it wrong all of my life,
this holy town has turned me over.
A man on the run from what he didn't understand
as the wind from the lough blew colder and colder.
There was a badness that had its way,
Love wasn't lost, it just got mislaid
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Can we stop playing these old tattoos,
darling I don't have the answer.
I want to meet you where you are,
I don't need you to surrender.
There is no feeling so alone
as when the one you're hurting is your own.
North and South of the river.
Some high ground is not worth taking,
some connections are not worth making.
There's an old church bell no longer ringing,
and some old songs are not worth singing.
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Every finger in the room is pointing at me
I wanna spit in their faces
then I get afraid of what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my somach
I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
drive another nail in
Just what God needs, one more victim
...
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it took you to make me realize
it took you to make me see the light
smashed up my sanity
smashed up my integrity
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true
gonna smash myself to pieces
i don't know what else to do
covered in hope and vaseline
still cannot fix this broken machine
watching the hole it used to be mine
just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
of the trust i will betray
give it to me i throw it away
after everything i've done i hate myself for what i've become
i tried
i gave up
...
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We all know impatience
is a sin, so do as you're
told to do, it's so rewarding to...
and you could win the tin man's heart:
be a chiming clock
lie on the chopping block.
Mr. Alphabet says,
"Give me all your money.
Just to cover you
cover you in honey"
...
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No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine,
He's haunted by something he cannot define.
Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse,
Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force.
In his mind, he's still driving, still making the grade.
She's hoping in time that her memories will fade.
Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup.
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns.
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.
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Know that your place in life
is where you want it to be
Don't let them tell you
that you owe it all to me
Keep on looking forward
No use in lookin 'round
Hold your head above the crowd
Don't let it bring you down
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Live for yourself � there's no one else
More worth living for
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will
Only cry out for more
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Well, I know they've always told you
Selfishness was wrong
Yet it was for me, not you, I
Came to write this song
...
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I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Oh, of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way ?
I am Human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
There's a club, if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go, and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home, and you cry
And you want to die
When you say it's gonna happen "now"
Well, when exactly do you mean ?
See I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone
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