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
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
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
you 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
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
(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, oh, 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, 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
ignoreland
these bastards stole their power
from the victims of the us vs. 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 labeled
super u.s. citizen, super achiever
mega ultra power dosing
relax
defense
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
tv 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 labeled
super u.s. citizen, super achiever
mega ultra power dosing
relax
defense
yeah, yeah, yeah
ignoreland
yeah, yeah, yeah
ignoreland
yeah, yeah, yeah
ignoreland
yeah, yeah, yeah
star me kitten
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 possesion
nothing's free 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 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
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
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
