Hey,
I can’t find nothing on the radio
Yo!
turn to that station
The
world is collapsing
Around
our ears
I
turned up the radio
But
I can’t hear it
When
I got to the house
And
I called you out
I
could tell that you had been crying, crying
It’s
that same sing song on the radio
It
makes me sad
I
meant to turn it off
To
say goodbye
To
leave in quiet
That
radio song
Hey
hey hey
I’ve
everything to show
I’ve
everything to hide
Look
into my eyes
Listen
When
I got to the show
Yo
ho ho
I
could tell that you had been crying, crying
It’s
that same sing song, and the DJ sucks
It
makes me sad
I
tried to turn it off
To
say goodbye my love
That
radio song
Hey
hey hey
The
world is collapsing
Around
our ears
I
turned up the radio
But
I can’t hear it
Yeah
I
tried to sing along
But
damn that radio song
Hey
hey hey
I’ve
everything to show
I’ve
everything to hide
Look
into my eyes listen to the radio
I
turned up the radio
But
I can’t hear it
No,
I can’t hear it
Hey
hey hey
Check
it out
What
are you saying
What
are you playing
Who
are you obeying
day
out day in?
Baby
baby baby
That
stuff is driving me crazy
DJs
communicate to the masses
Sex
and violent classes
Now
our children grow up prisoners
All
their lives radio listeners
Life
is bigger
It’s
bigger than you
And
you are not me
The
lengths that I will go to
The
distance in your eyes
Oh
no I’ve said too much
I
set it up
That’s
me in the corner
That’s
me in the spotlight
Losing
my religion
Trying
to keep up with you
And
I don’t know if I can do it
Oh
no I’ve said too much
I
haven’t said enough
I
thought that I heard you laughing
I
thought that I heard you sing
I
think I thought I saw you try
Every
whisper
Of
every waking hour I’m
Choosing
my confessions
Trying
to keep an eye on you
Like
a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh
no I’ve said too much
I
set it up
Consider
this
The
hint of the century
Consider
this
The
slip that brought me
To
my knees failed
What
if all these fantasies
Come
flailing around
Now
I’ve said too much
I
thought that I heard you laughing
I
thought that I heard you sing
I
think I thought I saw you try
But
that was just a dream
That
was just a dream
Dusk
is dawn is day
Where
did it go?
I’ve
been laughing
Fast
and slow
Moving
in a still frame
Howling
at the moon
Morning
found me laughing
Up
and down, down
Low
low low
Night
suits me fine
And
morning suits me fine
I’ve
been so happy
Way
up high, high
In
between
Down
below
Low
low low
I
skipped the part about love
It
seems so silly and low
Low
low low
Low
low low
I
said the morning
It
isn’t your time
Barefoot
naked
I
can see your lines
It
doesn’t bother me
That
you are right
Your
grass is grassy wet
Your
light white is bright
Light
white light
I
skipped the part about love
It
seems so shallow and low
Low
low low
Low
low low
You
and me
We
know about time
We
know how things go
They
come and go
They
live and grow
They
pass and go
And
glow and glow
Up
and down
High
and low
Low
low low
Low
low low
I
skipped the part about love
It
seems so silly and low
I
skipped the part about love
It
seems so shallow and low
Low
low low
Low
low low
I
like your hands
All
full of glory
All
full of glory
Whenever
we hold each other
We
hold each other
There’s
a feeling that’s gone
Something
has gone wrong
And
I don’t know how much longer I can take it
House
made of heart break it
Take
my head in your hands and shake it
In
this near wild heaven
Not
near enough.
Living
inside
Living
inside
Near
wild heaven
Whatever
it takes I’m giving
It’s
just a gift I’m given
Try
to live inside
Trying
to move inside
And
I always thought that it would make me smarter
But
it’s only made me harder
My
heart thrown open wide
In
this near wild heaven
Not
near enough.
Living
inside
Living
inside
Near
wild heaven
I’m
holding my hands together
I’m
holding my feet together
I’m
holding myself together
In
this near wild heaven
Not
near enough
Shiny
happy people laughing
Meet
me in the crowd
People
people
Throw
your love around
Love
me love me
Take
it into town
Happy
happy
Put
it in the ground
Where
the flowers grow
Gold
and silver shine
Shiny
happy people holding hands
Shiny
happy people laughing
Everyone
around love them, love them
Put
it in your hands
Take
it take it
There’s
no time to cry
Happy
happy
Put
it in your heart
Where
tomorrow shines
Gold
and silver shine
Shiny
happy people holding hands
Shiny
happy people laughing
Her
world collapsed early Sunday morning
She
got up from the kitchen table
Folded
the newspaper and silenced the radio
Those
creatures jumped the barricades
And
have headed for the sea, sea
Those
creatures jumped the barricades
And
have headed for the sea
She
began to breathe
To
breathe at the thought of such freedom
Stood
and whispered to her child, belong
She
held the child and whispered
With
calm, calm; belong
Stood
and whispered to her child, belong
She
held the child and whispered
With
calm, calm; belong
These
barricades can only hold for so long
Her
world collapsed early Sunday morning
She
took the child held tight
Opened
the window
A
breath, this song, how long
And
knew, knew; belong
This
could be the saddest dusk
I’ve
ever seen
Turn
to a miracle
High
alive
My
mind is racing
As
it always will
My
hand is tired my heart aches
I’m
half a world away here
My
head sworn
To
go it alone
And
hold it along
Haul
it along
And
hold it
Go
it alone
Hold
it along and hold, hold.
This
lonely deep sit hollow
I’m
half a world
Half
the world away
My
shoes are gone
My
life spent
I
had too much to drink
I
didn’t think
And
I I didn’t think of you
I
guess that’s all I needed
To
go it alone
And
hold it along
Haul
it along
And
hold it
Blackbirds
backwards forwards and fall and hold hold.
Oh
this lonely world is wasted
Pathetic
eyes high alive
blind
to the tide that turns the sea
This
storm it came up strong
It
shook the trees
And
blew away our fear
I
couldn’t even hear
To
go it alone
And
hold it along
Haul
it along
And
hold it
To
go it alone
And
hold it along
Haul
it along
To
go it alone
And
hold it along
Haul
it along
And
hold it
Blackbirds
backwards forwards and fall and hold hold.
This
could be the saddest dusk
I’ve
ever seen
Turn
to a miracle
high
alive
My
mind is racing
As
it always will
My
hands tired my heart aches
I’m
half a world away and go
20,000
miles to an oasis
20,000
years will I burn
20,000
chances I wasted
Waiting
for the moment to turn
I
would give my life to find it
I
would give it all
Catch
me if I fall
Walking
through the woods I have faced it
Looking
for something to learn
30,000
thoughts have replaced it,
Never
in my time to return
I
would give my life to find it
I
would give it all
Catch
me if I fall
All
alone
Waiting
to fall
40,000
stars in the evening
Look
at them fall from the sky
40,000
reasons for living
40,000
tears in your eye
I
would give my life to find it
I
would give it all
Catch
me if I fall
This
flower is scorched
This
film is on
On
a maddening loop.
These
clothes,
These
clothes don’t fit us right
I’m
to blame
It’s
all the same
It’s
all the same
You
come to me with a bone in your hand
You
come to me with your hair curled tight
You
come to me with positions
You
come to me with excuses
Ducked
out in a row
You
wear me out
You
wear me out
We’ve
been through fake-a-breakdown
Self
hurt
Plastics,
collections
Self
help, self pain,
EST, psychics, fuck all
I
was central
I
had control
I
lost my head
I
need this
I
need this
A
paper weight, junk garage
Winter
rain, a honey pot
Crazy,
all the lovers have been tagged.
A
hotline, a wanted ad
It’s
crazy what you could’ve had
It’s
crazy what you could’ve had
It’s
crazy what you could’ve had
I
need this
I
need this
I
sat there looking ugly
Looking
ugly and mean
I
knew what you were saying
You
were saying to me
Baby’s
got some new rules
Baby
said she’s had it with me
It
seems a shame you waste your time on me
It
seems a lot to waste your time for me
Left
me to love
What
it’s doing to me
There’s
a lot of honey in this world
Baby
this honey’s from me
You’ve
got to do what you do
Do
it with me
It
seems a shame you waste your time for me
Left
me to love
What
it’s doing to me
Knocked
silly
Knock
flat
Sideways
down
These
things they pick you up
And
they Turn you around
Say
your piece
Say
you’re sweet for me
It’s
all the same to share the pain with me
It’s
all the same. Save the shame for me
Left
me to love
What
it’s doing to me
Baby’s
got some new rules
Baby
says she’s had it with me
There’s
a fly in the honey
And
baby’s got a baby with me
That’s
a part
That’s
a part of me
Left
me to love
What
it’s doing to me
Left
me to love
What
it’s doing to me
What
about me?
Smack,
crack, bushwhacked.
Tie
another one to the racks, baby.
Hey
kids, rock and roll.
Nobody
tells you where to go, baby.
What
if I ride? What if you walk?
What
if you rock around the clock?
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
What
if you did? What if you walk?
What
if you tried to get off, baby?
Hey,
kids, where are you?
Nobody
tells you what to do, baby.
Hey
kids, shake a leg.
Maybe
you’re crazy in the head, baby.
Maybe
you did. Maybe you walked.
Maybe
you rocked around the clock.
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
Maybe
I ride. Maybe you walk.
Maybe
I drive to get off, baby.
Hey
kids, shake a leg.
Maybe
you’re crazy in the head, baby.
Ollie,
ollie.
Ollie ollie
ollie.
Ollie
ollie in come free, baby.
Hey,
kids, where are you?
Nobody
tells you what to do, baby.
Smack,
crack. Shack-a-lack.
Tie
another one to your back, baby.
Hey
kids, rock and roll.
Nobody
tells you where to go, baby.
Maybe
you did. Maybe you walk.
Maybe
you rock around the clock
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
Maybe
I ride. Maybe you walk.
Maybe
I drive to get off, baby.
Hey
kids, where are you?
Nobody
tells you what to do, baby.
Hey
kids, rock and roll.
Nobody
tells you where to go, baby, baby, baby
I
will try not to breathe.
I
can hold my head still with my hands at my knees.
These
eyes are the eyes of the old, shiver and fold.
I
will try not to breathe.
This
decision is mine. I have lived a full life
And
these are the eyes that I want you to remember. Oh.
I
need something to fly over my grave again.
I
need something to breathe.
I
will try not to burden you.
I
can hold these inside. I will hold my breath
Until
all these shivers subside,
Just
look in my eyes.
I
will try not to worry you.
I
have seen things that you will never see.
Leave
it to memory me. I shudder to breathe.
I
want you to remember. Oh. (you will never see)
I
need something to fly (something to fly)
Over
my grave again. (you will never see)
I
need something to breathe. (something to breathe)
Baby,
don’t shiver now.
Why
do you shiver now? (I will see things you will never see)
I
need something to fly (something to fly)
Over
my grave again. (I will see things you will never see)
I
need something to breathe. Oh. Oh. Oh.
I
will try not to worry you.
I
have seen things that you will never see.
Leave
it to memory me. Don’t dare me to breathe.
I
want you to remember. Oh. (you will never see)
I
need something to fly (something to fly)
Over
my grave again. (you will never see)
I
need something to breathe. (something to breathe)
Baby,
don’t shiver now.
Why
do you shiver now? (I will see things you will never see)
I
need something to breathe. (something to breathe - I have seen things ou will
never see)
I
want you to remember
This
here is the place I will be staying.
There
isn’t a number. You can call the pay phone.
Let
it ring a long, long, long, long time.
If
I don’t pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more.
If
I don’t pick up, pick up... The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
There
are scratches all around the coin slot
Like
a heartbeat, baby trying to wake up,
But
this machine can only swallow money.
You
can’t lay a patch by computer design.
It’s
just a lot of stupid, stupid signs.
Tell
her,
Tell
her she can kiss my ass,
then
laugh and say that you were only kidding.
That
way she’ll know that it’s really, really, really, really me.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Baby,
instant soup doesn’t really grab me.
Today
I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial.
A
can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice,
A
candy bar, a falling star, or a reading of Doctor Seuss;
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
The
cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way,
Always
had a smile and a reason to pretend.
But
their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream.
The
sidewinder sleeps on his back.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
I
can always sleep standing up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
I
can always sleep standing up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
Call
me when you try to wake her up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
I
can always sleep standing up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
I
can always sleep standing up.
Call
me when you try to wake her.
We’ve
got to moogie, moogie, move on this one
When
the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When
you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life, well hang on.
Don’t
let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes.
Sometimes
everything is wrong. Now it’s time to sing along.
When
your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If
you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When
you think you’ve had too much of this life, well hang on.
Everybody
hurts. Take comfort in your friends.
Everybody
hurts. Don’t throw your hand.
Oh,
no. Don’t throw your hand.
If
you feel like you’re alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If
you’re on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When
you think you’ve had too much of this life to hang on.
Well,
everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody
cries. And everybody hurts sometimes.
And
everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on.
Hold
on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. (repeat & fade)
(Everybody
hurts. You are not alone.)
Readying
to bury your father and your mother,
What
did you think when you lost another?
I
used to wonder why did you bother,
Distanced
from one, blind to the other?
Listen
here my sister and my brother
What
would you care if you lost the other?
I
always wonder why did we bother,
Distanced
from one, deaf to the other.
Oh,
o, but sweetness follows
It’s
these little things, they can pull you under.
Live
your life filled with joy and wonder.
I
always knew this altogether thunder
Was
lost in our little lives.
Oh,
oh, but sweetness follows.
Oh,
oh, but sweetness follows.
It’s
these little things, they can pull you under.
Live
your life filled with joy and thunder.
Yeah,
yeah we were altogether
Lost
in our little lives.
Oh.
Oh. Ah.
Oh,
oh, but sweetness follows.
Oh,
oh, but sweetness follows.
Monty
this seems strange to me.
The
movies had that movie thing,
But
nonsense has a welcome ring
And
heroes don’t come easy.
Now,
nonsense isn’t new to me.
I
know my head, I know my feet,
But
mischief knocked me in the knees.
Said,
Just let go. Just let go.
I
saw the ocean meet the man.
I
saw you buried in the sand.
A
friend was there to hold your hand,
Said,
Walk on by.
So,
I went walking through the street.
I
saw you strung up in a tree.
A woman
knelt there said to me,
Said,
Hold your tongue, man. Hold your tongue.
You
don’t owe me anything.
You
don’t want this sympathy. [waste your breath]
Don’t
you waste your breath. [waste your breath]
For
the silver screen.
That
nonsense doesn’t mean a thing,
They
tried to bust you in a sting,
But
virtue isn’t everything
So,
don’t waste time.
Now,
here’s a rhyme that you can steal.
Put
this on your reel to reel.
Mischief
threw a rotten deal.
Monty’s
laying low, man.
He
is laying low.
Just
let go, y’all.
Just
let go.
You
don’t owe me anything.
You
don’t want this sympathy. [waste your breath]
Don’t
you waste your breath. [waste your breath]
Monty
this seems strange to me
These
bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v. Them years,
Wrecking
all things virtuous and true.
The
undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal
Lost
lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool.
They
hypnotised the summer, Nineteen seventy-nine.
Marched
into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
Heartless,
and labelled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
Mega
ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defense,
defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
The
information nation took their clues from all the sound-bite gluttons.
Nineteen
eighty, eighty-four, eighty-eight, ninety-two too, too.
How
to be what you can be, jump jam junking your energies.
How
to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes
They
amplified the autumn, Nineteen seventy-nine.
Calculate
the capital, up the republic my skinny ass.
T.V.
tells a million lies. The paper’s terrified to report
Anything
that isn’t handed on a presidential spoon,
I’m
just profoundly frustrated by all this. So, fuck you, man. (Fuck ‘m)
Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
If
they weren’t there we would have created them. Maybe, it’s true,
But
I’m resentful all the same. Someone’s got to take the blame.
I
know that this is vitriol. No solution, spleen-venting,
But
I feel better having screamed. Don’t you?
They
desecrated winter, Nineteen seventy-nine.
Capital
collateral. Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
Heartless,
and labelled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
Mega
ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defence,
defence, defence, defence. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah. Ignoreland. Yeah, yeah, yeah
Keys
cut, three for the price of one.
Nothing’s
free but guaranteed for a lifetime’s use.
I’ve
changed the locks
And
you can’t have one.
You,
you know the other two.
The
brakes have worn so thin that you could hear,
I
hear them screeching through the door from our driveway.
Hey
love, look into your glovebox heart.
What
is there for me inside? This love is tired.
I’ve
changed the locks. Have I misplaced you?
Have
we lost our minds?
Will
this never end?
It
could depend on your take.
You.
Me. We used to be on fire.
If
keys are all that stand between,
Can
I throw in the ring?
No
gasoline.
Just
fuck me kitten.
You
are wild and I’m in your possession.
Nothing’s
free so, fuck me kitten.
I’m
in your possession.
So,
fuck me kitten.
Mott
the Hoople and the game of Life.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Andy
Kaufman in the wrestling match.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly,
Twenty one, checkers, and chess.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister
Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let’s
play Twister, let’s play Risk.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
See
you heaven if you make the list.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey,
Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell
me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey
Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey,
baby. Are we losing touch?
If
you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If
you believe there’s nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Moses
went walking with the staff of wood.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Newton
got beaned by the apple good.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Egypt
was troubled by the horrible asp.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister
Charles Darwin had the gall to ask.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey
Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell
me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey,
Andy are you goofing on Elvis?
Hey,
baby. Are you having fun?
If
you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If
you believe there’s nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Here’s
a little agit for the never-believer.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here’s
a little ghost for the offering.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here’s
a truck stop instead of Saint Peter’s.
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister
Andy Kaufman’s gone wrestling [wrestling bears].
Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey
Andy did you hear about this one?
Tell
me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey
Andy are you goofing on Elvis,
hey
baby, are we losing touch?
If
you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If
you believe there’s nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool
Nightswimming
deserves a quiet night.
The
photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned
around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every
streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still,
it’s so much clearer.
I forgot
my shirt at the water’s edge.
The
moon is low tonight.
Nightswimming
deserves a quiet night.
I’m
not sure all these people understand.
It’s
not like years ago,
The
fear of getting caught,
Of
recklessness and water.
They
cannot see me naked.
These
things, they go away,
Replaced
by everyday.
Nightswimming,
remembering that night.
September’s
coming soon.
I’m
pining for the moon.
And
what if there were two
Side
by side in orbit
Around
the fairest sun?
That
bright, tight forever drum
Could
not describe nightswimming.
You,
I thought I knew you.
You
I cannot judge.
You,
I thought you knew me,
this
one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming.
The
photograph reflects,
Every
streetlight a reminder.
Nightswimming
deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night
Hey
now, little speedyhead,
The
read on the speedmeter says
You
have to go to task in the city
Where
people drown and people serve.
Don’t
be shy. Your just deserve
Is
only just light years to go.
Me,
my thoughts are flower strewn
Ocean
storm, bayberry moon.
I
have got to leave to find my way.
Watch
the road and memorize
This
life that pass before my eyes.
Nothing
is going my way.
The
ocean is the river’s goal,
A
need to leave the water knows
We’re
closer now than light years to go.
I
have got to find the river,
Bergamot
and vetiver
Run
through my head and fall away.
Leave
the road and memorize
This
life that pass before my eyes.
Nothing
is going my way.
There’s
no one left to take the lead,
But
I tell you and you can see
We’re
closer now than light years to go.
Pick
up here and chase the ride.
The
river empties to the tide.
Fall
into the ocean.
The
river to the ocean goes,
A fortune
for the undertow.
None
of this is going my way.
There
is nothing left to throw
Of
Ginger, lemon, indigo,
Coriander
stem and rose of hay.
Strength
and courage overrides
The
privileged and weary eyes
Of
river poet search naivete.
Pick
up here and chase the ride.
The
river empties to the tide.
All
of this is coming your way