great things
said by
great
beings...
more that are not tori or ani
cuz i got tossed out the window of love's el camino
and i shattered into a shower of sparks on the curb
you were smoking me
weren't you?
between your yellow fingers
you just inhaled and exhaled without saying a word
there's a smorgasbord of unspoken poisons
a whole childhood of potions
that are all bottled up
and so one by one i am dusting off labels
i am uncorking bottles and filling up cups
so go ahead and have a taste of your own medicine
and i'll have a taste of mine
but first let's toast to the lists
that we hold in our fists
of the things that we promise to do
differently next time
cuz the answer came like a shot in the back
while you were running from your lesson
which might explain
why years later all you could remember
was the terror of the question
plus i'm not listening to you anymore
my head is too sore and my heart's perforated
and i'm mired in the marrow of my (well... ain't that) funny bone
learning how to be alone and devastated
where was my conscience?
where was my consciousness?
and what do i do with all these letters
that i wrote to myself
but cannot address?
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some crazy fucker carved a sculpture out of butter
and propped it up in the middle of the bonanza breakfast bar
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they say goldfish have no memory
i guess their lives are much like mine
the little plastic castle
is a surprise every time
it's hard to say if they are happy
but they don't seem much to mind
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and i'm at the end of my little rope
and i am swinging back and forth
about you
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it's a long long road
it's a big big world
we are wise wise women
we are giggling girls
we both carry a smile
to show when we're pleased
we both carry a switchblade
in our sleeves
I say, i think he likes you
you say I think he do too,
I say go and get him girl,
before he gets you
I'll be watching from the wings
I will come to your rescue
if he tries anything...
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if i was dressed in my best defenses
would you agree to meet me for coffee
if i did my tricks with smoke and mirrors
would you still know which one was me
if i was naked and screaming
on your front lawn
would you turn on the light and come down
screaming, there's the asshole
who did this to me
stripped me of my power
stripped me down
From here you're haunting me.
By the Seine
so beautiful, only
not to be of use�impossible
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cutting my hands up
every time I touch you
Maybe...
maybe it's time
to wave goodbye now
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Prism
Perfect.
Honey, bring it close to my lips.
What is termed a landslide of
principle proportion.
Boy, it better be big I said,
It�s gotta be big.
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if you want inside her
well,
boy you better make her raspberry swirl
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girls you've got to know
when it's time to turn the page
when you're only wet because of the rain
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We danced in graveyards with vampires till dawn
We laughed in the faces of kings never afraid to burn
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is there room in my heart
for you to follow your heart
and not need more blood
from the tip of your star?
