Smog - Letras

SMOG

Sewn to the sky Kings Tongue Pawn broker got all my clothes on And he's looking pretty mean I bought a kings tongue with the money Preserved in fire water

And I'm feeling pretty mean Oh I want to dance With you buckles between my teeth Oh I wanna pull flying birds eggs out of your nest I'll steal your stars Spit comes in turbulent wakes on planet mars (pretty mean) Palm ?Brokers? looking Palm ?Brokers? looking Pretty mean Your past out past by the fire (?black coal?) Doused in fire water Surprised you're not a mother The shape that in you're in Yeah I'm feeling, feeling pretty mean Confederate Bills and Pinball SLUGS Saving all your money for fame Giving everything, giving everything You hate ones face And hope that others will love the other So many shadows under my eyes Hiding me in the shadows You hate ones face And hope that others will love the other Saving all your money for fame Giving away everything You buy fame with Confederate bills and pinball slugs You hate ones face And that hope others will love the other Fruite Bats A symphony of fruite bats Wrapping on my window pane I ask them so gently To go away

Please go away A symphony of fruite bats Wrapping on my window pane You know your What you're doing to the eye Do you have a purpose? Tapping on my window pane A symphony of fruite bats Go away Please go away Peach Pit Went down to Georgia When a wild dog got bit Went looking for a girl With a peach pit With strands all hanging down Between her teeth And that was the juiciest peach I ever saw Went Down to Georgia When the wild dog got bit Went looking for a girl (for a girl) With a peach pit With strands all hanging down Between her teeth And that was the juiciest peach I ever saw A jar of sand I heard the treasure lay beneath the sounds of your (little lake?) (brittle bay?) When I left the shore that day it looked like the moon And the deck on the seas on the storming seas I can see the southern cross, the southern cross Tide pools big enough Tide pools just deep enough to drown in

Lots of drowning girls little hands dived for pearls To wear in your wedding ring I know, I know what's buried under the sands Of your (little lake) Tide pools big enough to drown in Tide pools just deep enough to drown in I gave you a jar of sand from the coast I gave you a jar of sand from the coast I gave you a jar of sand from the coast I Want to Tell You about a Man I want to tell you about a man You won't find him on your MTV He doesn't drop acid He doesn't even read Dick K. Phillips He's not a seminal member of New York's new wave scene He doesn't publish a phantazine His name is Jesus Christ His name is Jesus Christ Don't make me say it twice His name is Jesus Christ The Weightlifter The weightlifter wears t-shirts in wintertime The weightlifter wears no shirt in summertime The weightlifter prays and prays for summertime The weightlifter has a playboy air freshener Dangling from his rearview mirror But something on his mind His car is red he's saving for a water bed Oh what a love nest that'll be The weightlifter wears t-shirts in wintertime

Julius Caesar Strawberry Rash Meet strawberry rash One on each cheek Coins in the crack Meet strawberry rash It's the banquet of a starving girl (x2) She's gonna swallow glass Meet strawberry rash Red eggs and brown apples She's gonna swallow glass Meet strawberry rash Coins in (poison?) the crack It's the banquet of the starving girl (x2) She's gonna swallow glass meet strawberry rash Coins in the crack And beggin' her to piss

Your Wedding I remember Entering you Entering you I'm gonna be drunk, so drunk at your wedding (x4) 37 Push Ups 47 push ups In a winter-rate Sea side motel I feel like Travis Bickle I'm listening to Highway to Hell It's a shitty little tape I taped off the radio 39 push ups In a winter-rate Sea side motel 32 push ups In a winter-rate Sea side motel Not looking too good Not feeling so well 37 push ups In a winter-rate seaside motel I'm going up again (x2) Goin' up to go down again Stalled on the Tracks Stalled on the tracks (x2) No turnin' back I'm stalled on the tracks

A turtle on its back I think I hear that train a-comin' One Less Star So there's one less star in the sky Well, who cares Golden Girl, what you give me is pure gold (x2) Girl, what you give me Makes me feel like I'm four years old It's out of control (x2) What you give me Oh, it's pure gold It's out of control When You Walk When you walk It's a parade With bears dancin' fish swimmin' Monkeys laughin' hard When you walk It's a parade With bears dancing, fish swimmin' Monkeys all around When you walk It's a parade And I'm walkin' too (x2) When you walk, it's a parade (x2) And I'm walkin' too I am Star Wars! I am Star Wars today I am no longer English grey Connections I hate men with connections

I hate your connections I said, I don't like your connections I don't like your connections I hate men with connections I said, I don't like your connections I hate men with connections (I whoo-bop) I don't like your connections (I can't stop) When the Power Goes Out When the power goes out In the grocery store You just take, take, take Just take, take, take When the power goes out In the grocery store You just take, take, take Just take, take, take See a mother with a cart full of pampers Out the door and back for more See the minor with six cases of beer only the finest, spare no expense here When the power goes out in the grocery store You just take, take, take You just take, take, take Chosen One Oh whoa (x4) Well you're a wild horse On a collision course With the sun (repeat) I wanted to ride that wild horse

Into the sun (repeat) But I no longer think that I'm your chosen one On no, I no longer think that I'm your chosen one Oh whoa (x2) Maybe it's best for you to ride Ride into the sun Because I no longer think that I'm your chosen one Oh no, I no longer think that I'm your chosen one Oh whoa (x4) What kind of Angel She's had everyone She made me doubt women She said I could do it without protection That's not a woman at all She says she's an angel That's not a woman at all Well, what kind of angel What kind of angel is that? What kind of angel What kind of angel is that? It's an angel of death The angel of death She's gonna kill someone (x5) The angel of death Ah! The angel of death She says she's an angel (x2) That's not a woman at all What kind of angel, what kind of angel is that? (x2) Stick in the Mud

There's nothin' I'd rather see Than for you to fail There's nothin' I'd rather see Than for you to fail And where is the beauty That I once had? Where is the beauty That I had once? I feel like I'm becoming a stick in the mud I feel like I'm becoming a Lou Reed - Mistrial stick in the mud There's nothin' I'd rather see Than for you to fail And where is the beauty That I once had? Where is the beauty I had just once? I hate songs with questions in them I feel like I'm becoming a stick in the mud I feel like I'm becoming a Lou Reed - Mistrial in the mud Wine Stained Lips Well I woke up this mornin' Thinking about the conversation we had last night All the stupid things I said Through wine stained lips Well I woke up this mornin' Thinking about the conversation we had last night All the stupid things I said Through wine stained lips I don't know why I wanted to tell you everything Why is it so tempting for me to boast? I don't know why I wanted to tell a stranger everything Why is it so easy for me to boast? I turned it into a joke But I still boast

Some people shouldn't go to parties Some people shouldn't drink wine at parties Some people shouldnt've woken up this morning

Wild love Bathysphere When I was seven I asked my mother To trip me to the bay And put me on a ship And lower me down Lower me out of here Because when I was seven I wanted to live in a bathysphere Between coral Silent eel Silver swordfish I can't really feel or dream down here And if the water should cut my line (*2) Set me free And if the water should cut my line Set me free, I don't mind

I'll be the lost sailor, my home is the sea When I was seven My father said to me 'But you can't swim' And I've never dreamed of the sea again Wild Love Wild love Wild love Somebody chopped down my wild love Wild love Wild love Somebody shot down my wild love Sweet Smog Children Well come on Sweet smog children, come on Sweet smog children, come on But I can't really talk to you I can only sing Sweet smog children, I can only sing for you And I don't want to hear from you Sweet smog children It feels like I want to hear from you But I don't really want to hear from you Sweet smog children I just want to touch you Sweet smog children Like the invisible man Sweet smog children, come on To be untouchable, come on As only a child can, come on Sweet smog children Bathroom floor Bloody rag and a broken string of pearls On your bathroom floor

When I overheard your mother say "Maybe she's just a late bloomer" But what she didn't know was Oh, what she didn't know was You'd already bloomed and died Bloomed and died Bloomed and died Bloomed and died Limited Capacity I painted myself into a corner again Because I didn't like the colour of my floors After you walked all over them You're full of white lies Oh, you're full of white lies But I've got a limited capacity Yeah I've got a limited capacity And I'll paint my floors again I'm sure I'll paint my floors again It's Rough When you're down on your luck Aand you just can't cope When the times are bleak And the friends are few Don't turn to me 'Cause I'm no hope Don't turn to me 'Cause I don't know what to do Maybe you should have a drink I don't know why you ever stopped anyway Oh, it's rough Baby, to live Oh, it's hard Baby, to survive Everyday lately My mind feels like glass

Ready to be smashed Ready to be smashed Oh well, my best friend Took a bullet through his eye First he had a patch Now he's got a glass eye One hard, glass eye He says sometimes he wishes Both his eyes were glass Well, it's rough Baby, to live And it's hard Baby, to survive Everyday lately My mind feels like glass Ready to be smashed I'm ready to be smashed At times I lock myself up In my room Don't come over While I listen to a record I stare at the cover Don't come over Don't come over 'Cause I'm no hope to you I'm no hope to you Sleepy Joe I slept through most of April I got up in May and had some toast Then I bedded down again I bedded down again Because I was sleepy In June I made enough chili in my crockpot To last `till the winter

'Cause winter will be here sooner than you think Winter will be here sooner than you think That's when I hibernate Oh, can you hear the bells Can you hear the bells Well neither can I Neither can I And I don't hear trumpets When I enter a room The fire you build for yourself Could be so cold Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe You say you feel like you're dead Oh well, I think it's just those books you read You say you can't feel a thing I'd like to break a chair across your back And throw you in the ocean Then tell me you don't feel a thing When you slept with Jenny You said you couldn't feel a thing Well I did Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Nature abhors a vacuum Nature abhors a vacuum And so do you Especially when you're trying to sleep late Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe Sleepy Joe The Candle I was on her body He was on her mind

I progressed her He possessed her I was there every day He was there one day And then went away Well, I'm gathering these splinters to make a raft someday She gives me so little I'm gathering these splinters to make a raft someday and sail away But the candle, she still burns a candle "A light", she says, "I need a light" And it's the only light in our room tonight And she fills her face With bananas and plumbs Yoghurt and crumbs And sexual (drums her fingers, comes, numbs?) And the vibrated ..?.. And my dumb smile Be Hit Every girl I've ever loved Has wanted to be hit Every girl I've ever loved Wanted to be hit Every girl I've ever loved Has wanted to be hit Every girl I've ever loved Left me, 'cause I wouldn't do it. Got some advice for you friend Ba-ba-bruise 'em, you'll never lose 'em Ba-ba-bruise 'em, you'll never lose 'em Alright now Seems my sensitive touch Can be given by, any old shmuck Alright now (repeat chorus)

Prince Alone in the Studio Prince alone in the studio It's two a.m. and all the girls are gone The girls thought they were going to be able To have sex with him They wore their special underwear Once the tracks were laid down Prince's back turned around Raspberry headphones on his head On his ears Prince alone in the studio It's three a.m. Prince hasn't eaten in eighteen hours Dinner's burned on the stove But Prince, he doesn't even know Prince alone in the studio It's four a.m. And he finally gets that guitar track right And it's better than anything any girl could ever give him Because Prince is alone Prince is alone Oh Prince, you are so alone And when it's all complete He feels like a hunter on the street And when it's all complete He feels like a hunter on the street Goldfish Bowl With all your health tips and your guilt trips I can't even walk You're watching me like a hawk With all your guilt trips and your health tips I can't eat at all You're watching me like a hawk You know this appartment is so small Oh, how can I expect a wild love to grow

Oh, how can I expect a wild love to grow It's like a fish in a goldfish bowl It's like a fish in a goldfish bowl It's like a fish in a goldfish bowl

Kicking a couple around Your New Friend When the conversation is over And there's nothing left to say I know what you're going to do So i'm going my seperate way You're going to call your new friend On the telephone I wonder what you call him When i'm not home Now this has been Going on every night Since that week i left town It really makes me think I shoulda stuck around So i'm.. going to my living room / bedroom You know this is apartment is so small We used to share a bedroom Until you got that call You close your door So firmly That i put up My chinese screen But you know I cant hide a thing at all Now you've got your doors And i wonder What goes on I've got my chinese screen But you know

I cant hide a thing at all You've got your radio on low To cover the sounds But your voice so soft, so soft It could only be heard by your new friend I've got my radio blasting To show that i dont care about anything You could possibly say to your new friend Now you've got your door And i wonder What goes on I've got my chinese screen But you know I cant hide a thing at all And all that i can think of Is that how you used to be me On the phone to you While your lover died.. outside.. And in this chair tonight I wouldnt mind if i die And left you to your new friend Your new friend Now dont get me wrong I know.. i'm still your boyfriend But that doesnt mean a damn thing at all As long as you've got Your new friend Back in School I saw you standing there With your hand in his hair And his hand in Your back pocket I couldnt help but stare I wanted to tell you

That i was back in school But in the dark of the club I knew it wouldnt carry much weight Well, i'm trying to learn your language I'm trying to learn your language I came to your party empty-handed I came to your party, uninvited I came to your party, a headstart on the drinking I wanted to tell you That i was back in school But in the chit-chat, chit-chat should that... Well, i'm trying to learn your language It's like a fly learning how to bark I'm trying to learn your language It's like a fly learning how to bark That smile on your That smile on your That smile on your I try to erase That smile on your

face face face face

But a kiss was not the answer A kiss was not the answer A drunken kiss was not the answer I Break Horses Well I rode out to the ocean And the water looked like tarnished gold I rode out on a broken horse Who told me she'd never felt so old She asked me if I'd feed her And ride her now and then No no no, no no no, no no no, I break horses I don't tend to them I break horses

They seem to come to me Asking to be broken They seem to run to me I break horses Doesn't take me long Just a few well-placed words And their wandering hearts are gone At first her warmth felt good between my legs Living breathing heart-beating flesh But soon that warmth turned to an itch Turned to a scratch Turned to a gash I break horses I don't tend to them Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island And I don't want to see you swimming behind Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island And I don't want to see you swimming behind No I break horses I don't tend to them The Orange Glow of a Stranger's Living Room Under stars of violet Under stars of green Under stars of silver Under stars.. of you When i walk the city streets at night I'm scared shitless When i walk the country roads at night I'm scared shitless But still i go out 'Cause i get so restless Under stars of violet Under stars of green Under stars of silver Under stars.. of you

The orange glow of a stranger's living room Looks so much warmer than mine

Burning Kingdom My shell (electric version) When you crawl into my shell You're after my jokes They serves you well When you crawl out of my shell You stole my jokes They serves you well When you crawl into my shell Your after my jokes They serves you well When you crawl out of my shell You stole my jokes They serves you well I should have taken them back into my shell When I think of what you did my shell ache Stinking mussel-hands Oh, I left her for dead Stole my jokes They serves you well

You can't comeback into my shell I don't want you back to my shell Renee died 1:45 I really want to like girls But it's seems every time I get burnt Is it because they can hurt me Like no other man can Or is it because I am a jealous bitch All I know is I want to see her Golden hair shine in the sun again All I know is I want to see her Golden hair shine in the sun again My family Mother's smoking pot In the bathroom I can hear her butt Squeaking on the tub As the water grows cold Around her legs And father Is in the study Watching a vague Lesbian scene Don't go in He gets to me Planting foot prints Where I hope I'll never be da da da da da And sister phones to say She isn't coming home She says she'll write to me But I know She won't write to me Da da da da da

Drunk on the Stars I wasn't made for this You tell yourself As you button up your coat Head down to the harbor And standing on the dock You're drunk on the stars and the sea air Tell yourself maybe I should throw it all away And be a sailor Cause after all Your true home is the sea So you walk down to the water And a big wave crashes on your feet I don't like this you say So you turn around and head back home To some apartment On some main street of a pointless town That you're trying to put on the map And you sit right down and write a big fat check To the gas company You drape your wet socks over the radiator And you laugh at all the sailors And you laugh at all the sailors Freezing on the sea Not lonely anymore I am not lonely anymore Now that I realized I got two hands not four So, I'm not lonely anymore When the ship goes down There will be 1000 rats Swimming 1000 shores So I'm not lonely anymore You will try open hands You will be kissing sweet sand

And that pretty wedding ring doesn't mean a damn thing You're going down I'm not lonely anymore Now that I realized I got two hands not four The Desert I'm crawling through the desert Without water or love I'm crawling through the desert Without water or love Then it starts to rain Big buckets of rain So I open my mouth For a kiss And to drink the rain But it's just an illusion Oh it's just an illusion Yeah, love's just an illusion That keeps you crawling through the desert

The doctor came at dawn You Moved In You moved in to my hotel You could have done better But Oh Well I tapped your phones I read your mail We split the rent But you couldn't Make the bail... (Make the bail) Now you never listened to the fables You just danced to the symphony Of the musical sound of Your ever expanding sea (Ever expanding sea) And now with your hair Turning so white You live in your car and drive Drive all night. And you think about J.D. And why he had to leave Kneeling in some bunker Wiping his nose On his sleeve And I hope you don't mind If I grab your private life Slap it on the table And split it With a knife Somewhere in the Night Have you lost your faith Have you lost your way Have you lost everything You thought you held Yesterday

You should leave me behind And devote all your time To kissing the spoon That you once fed him from Do you lose your mind Somewhere in the night While searching the asides And the b-sides You should leave me behind And devote all your time To licking the spoon You once fed him from Have you lost your faith Have you lost your way Have you lost everything You thought you held Yesterday Lize They don't make lies Like they used to They don't make lies Like they used to You don't make lies Like you used to You don't make lies Like you used to In the old days You took pride in your lies You used to pay more attention To details. Not theses flimsy things You hand me Nowadays They don't make lies Like they used to They don't make lies Like they used to You don't make lies Like you used to You don't make lies Like you used to

They used to be stronger They used to last longer You used to pay more attention To detail Nowadays the lies that get made Just fall apart They don't make lies Like they used to They don't make lies Like they used to No you don't make lies Like you used to You don't make lies Like you used to I used to be able To live off your lies Spread Your Bloody Wings And though you've known a thousand men But still A ship never sailed on your sea And though you've known a thousand men But still Briney waters singe their skins Icy waves drive them back again Helmets oars and swords Are washed upon the shore And you gave them all a thousand chances And you'll give them a thousand more In your eyes a thousand challenges The water demon's eyes Are pink and green Scales of silver mirror mesmerize The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Spits bile into your eye Everything You Touch Becomes a Crutch Have I said too much Am I losing my touch. I don't think we should touch. You go with the other men Me I beat myself to sleep Maybe I should have just

Left all this in a lock-up box In Boston Never said too much I always tried to save face I never said too much Tried to save my face. Only a few spare incidents Of disgrace. Never said too much I said we shouldn't touch I beat myself to sleep You go with the other men Go with your other men I beat myself to sleep I beat myself to sleep Maybe I should have left all this In an airport lock-up box In Boston All Your Women Things All your women things All your frilly things Scattered 'round my room Right where you left them When you left them Scattered 'round my room All your hardness All your softness And your mercy All your bridges and bras Your cotton and gauze All your buckles and straps Releases and traps All your screws and false nails Oriental winks and Egyptian veils Oh all of these things I gathered them And I made a dolly I made a dolly

A spread-eagle dolly Out of your frilly things Why couldn't I have loved you This tenderly When you were here In the flesh So tenderly How could I ignore Your left breast Your right breast How could I ignore Your hardness Your softness And your mercy Well it's been seven years And the thought of your name Still makes me Weak in the knees How could I ignore Your left breast Your right breast Whistling Teapot (Rag) Aw who needs you Lying in your crummy bed While I'm out here in the cold With a hope that is so thin Aw who needs you Lying in your crummy bed While I'm out here in the cold cold cold With a coat that is so thin You're lying in your crummy bed You're smoking your drugs And between the two of you Could not come up with Enough compassion not to screw And between the three of us Could not come up with A single reason And did you have to take My only friend? Four Hearts in a Can

Four hearts in a can Speeding through the countryside And they're driving as fast as they can Four hearts in a can Speeding through the countryside And they're driving as fast as they can Trying to outrun Four thousand problems Trying to outrun Four thousand girls Four hearts in a can Speeding through the countryside And they're driving as fast as they can Trying to outrun Four thousand problems Trying to outrun Four thousand girls And they're headed for Four thousand and one They're headed for Four thousand and one As fast as they can. Hangman Blues Ha ha ha Ha ha ha Life's a joke A waiting game now. A juggling of vices Tiny tiny vices And they don't anchor me To the ground I know who the hangman is So life's a joke Ha ha ha Ha ha ha The clocks on the wall Creeps higher. Save save Restraint restraint. It's a joke And I know who the hangman is

A ship in a vial A headstone on the wharf And it will pin me To the ground Ha ha ha Ha ha ha All the lights look green So unbend Your toughest smile I think we've got I think we've got I think we've got One more mile

Red Apple Falls The Morning Paper The morning paper is on it's way And it's all bad news on every page So i roll right over And go to sleep The evening sun will be so sweet I roll right over And i have this thing Red apple falls Blood Red Bird I was not woken by the rooster Nor by the crow's tough song But the midnight cry of a blood red bird Brought this sleeplessness on Threw open the window Moonlight on a black garden of thorns And the cool wind on my sweat

What cries home Where cries from A blood red bird lies in the woods Weeping into dead leaves With wing torn and jutting bone What hand bent it to bust To be ueseless What hand I could have done it With two fingers A blood red bird A blood red bird We can continually sink into each other Just deep enough to rip out a bit more flesh When we move away A scarf of skin trailing out behind Like an arrow I was only passing through A blood red bird A blood red bird Red Apples I went down to the river To meet the widow She gave me an apple It was red I slept in her black arms For a century She wanted nothing in return I gave her nothing in return I gave her nothing in return The ghost of her husband Beautiful as a horse Pulled up an apple cart Full of millions of red apples

For us I Was a Stranger I was a stranger When i came to town Just yesterday I was a stranger They dont come much stranger So why Why did you believe All every word I said Why did you believe Believe a stranger A stranger And why do you women in this town Let me look at you so bold When you have seen what i was In the last town In the last town You should have seen what i was If i was a stranger I was worse than a stranger I was well-known To Be of Use Most of my fantasies are of Making someone else come Most of my fantasies are of To be of use To be of some hard Simple Undeniable use Like a spindle Like a candle Like a horseshow

Like a corkscrew To be of use To be of use Most of my fantasies are of Making someone else come On a horse Over palms laid On the threshold On the coming day Coming day Coming day come Red Apple Falls The widow says It's hard to live With a man A man like me The widow says It's hard to live On the lonely version of love i give And i've seen the way her eyes light up When she looks at the man in a family way He's made of iron and he knows the way And when i think about my brother dying And my parents trying To slowly do themselves in Inch by inch, day by day And the telephone's ring Is like a banshee wail The widow says i broke her first Of course i say, just the reverse And we cant get past this Something she did

On the 14th of June Because of something i said On the 13th of June And we can't get past this And if we could lock our lips And block our noses And swim beneath the barriers And come up clean On the other side But we can't get past this Ex-Con Whenever i get dressed up I feel like an ex-con Trying to make good Jean jacket and tie Feel like such a lie When i go to your house I feel like i'm Casing the joint In the grocery store In line behind a mother and a child I'm going to take take that child I'm going to take take that child I'm going to take take that child See because alone in my room I feel like such a part of the community But out on the streets I feel like a robot by the river Alone in my room I feel such a warmth for the community But out on the streets I feel like a robot by the river Looking for a drink

Inspirational If you're living the unliveable By loving the unloveable It's time to start changing the unchangeable Be leaving the unleaveable Come on If you're living the unliveable By loving the unloveable It's time to start breaking The unbreakable And replacing the irreplaceable Finer Days Granted passage Into the finer days How i got here I do not know And if it were all to disappear I would not know how to return And all of my old friends Wat me to stay down down down With them I could extend them a hand But they would only pull it off In their grasp, in their power So i find myself Isolated Isolated in these fine, fine days

Knock Knock Let's move to the country Let's move to the country Just you and me My travels are over My travels are through Let's move to the country Just me and you A goat and a monkey A mule and a flea Let's move to the country Just you and me Let's start a... Let's have a... My travels are over Held For the first time in my life I let myself be held

Like a big old baby I surrender To your charity I lay back in the tall grass And let the ants cover me I let the jets fly I'm wishing for their destruction Born to black in a perfect blue sky For the first time in my life I am moving away, moving away, moving away From within the reach of me And all the wild being held Like a big old baby Waouh!! River guard When I take the prisoners swimming They have the time of their lives I love to watch them floating On their backs Unburdened and relaxed I sit in the tall grass and look the other way And when I haul them in they always say Our sencences will not served We are constantly on trial It's a way to be free Most nights I go for a drive To the highest place I can find Stand there on a cliff with gooseflesh Watching the wind rip the leaves from the trees Death defying Every breath Death defying Soon we will all be back in the yard

Behind the wall Living hard Dreaming of cool rivers and tall grass We are constantly on trial It's a way to be free We are constantly on trial It's a way to be free No dancing There's always some bird-dog Snuffling, choking Looking like you came to collect Something you said you owed There's always some turtle snapping in my head Saying you can't just waltz in here Acting like nothing is wrong No dancing, no dancing, no dancing Not while the road is racing No dancing, no dancing, no dancing Not while the time is chasing There's a poacher on the land I recognize his hand In the mail He's fogging up the glass The bird is on the last And here he comes Here he comes, oh No dancing, no dancing, no dancing Not while the wires are showing No dancing, no dancing, no dancing Not while the time is flowing There's a poacher on the land I recognize his hand

In the mail He's fogging up the glass The bird is on the last And here he comes Here he comes, oh No dancing, no dancing, no dancing Not while the time is flowing No dancing, no dancing, no dancing Not while your wires are showing Teenage spaceship Flying around The houses at night Flying alone A teenage spaceship I was a teenage spaceship Landing at night I was beautiful with all my lights Loomed so large on the horizon So large, people thought my windows Were stars So large on the horizon People thought my windows Were stars A teenage spaceship A teenage spaceship And I swore I'd never lay like a log Bark like a dog I was a teenage smog Sewn to the sky Cold blooded old times Cold-blooded old times The type of memories that turns your bones to glass Turns your bones to glass

Mother came rushing in she said we didn't see a thing We said we didn't see a thing And father left at eight Nearly splintering the gate Cold-blooded old times The type of memory That turns your bones to glass Turns your bones to glass And though you where Just a little swirl You understood every word And in this way they gave you clarity A cold-blooded clarity Cold-blooded old times Now how can I stand and laugh with the man Who redefined your body Those cold-blooded old times... Sweet treat If there where something so Hard and clear It would have been Bought and sold long ago So take your sweet treat In the evening Take your sweet treat In the evening Please to know this Please to know this If someone offers you Some sugar You should eat it

Hit the ground running I had to leave the country Though there was some nice folks there

Now I don't know where I'm going All I know is I'll hit the ground running Only cowboys The Southern gentlemen Betting women That will Never mend They ride the roads as they bend As they bend to there dead ends I had to leave the country Though there was some nice folks there And now I don't know where I'm going All i know is that I'll hit the ground running I was raised in a pit of snakes Blink your eyes I was raised on cakes I couldn't memorize a century of slang Or learn to tell the same story again again and again I had to leave the country Though there was some nice folks there Now I don't know where I'm going All I know is I'll hit the ground running Bitterness is a lowest sin A bitter man rots from within I've seen his smile Yellow and brown The bitterness is rotting down I had to leave the country Though there was some nice folks there Now I don't know where I'm going All I know to do is hit the ground running Hit the ground running I could drive forever To many lines has been broken To many people have crumbled apart In my hand I should have left a long time ago The best idea I've ever had With every mile Another piece of me peels off

and whips down the road all down the road I should have left a long time ago The best idea I've ever had With every mile A piece of me peels of and whips down the road All down the road I should have left a long time ago The best idea I've ever had I feel light and strong I could drive forever To many lines has been broken To many people have crumbled apart in my hand I should've left a long time ago The best idea I've ever had With every mile Another piece of me peels of And whips down the road All down the road I should've left a long time ago The best idea I've ever had I feel light and strong I could drive forever Left only with love I'm left only with love for you You did what was right to do And i hope you find your husband And a father to your children 'Cause I'm left only with love for you You did what was right to do And I hope you find your husband And a father to you children When I lost you I lost my family You did what was right to do And I hope you find your husband And a father to your children

'Cause I'm left only with love for you You did what was right to do An I hope you find your husband And a father to your children

Dongs of sevotion Justice Aversion Happens on a side street, maybe Happens on a main street, maybe Lion bites zebra neck Zebra stomps lion head It's justice Justice aversion In a proper way, 'cause I don't today And root for the underdog No matter who they are At the bank robber in the getaway car It's justice Justice aversion In a proper way, 'cause I don't today I could stay up all night talking About animal nature And universe hesitant And the grand ?? It happened on a side street, maybe It happened on a main street, maybe It's justice Justice aversion And root for the underdog No matter who they are At the bank robber in the getaway car

Dress sexy at my funeral Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife For the first time in your life Wear your blouse undone to hear And your skirt split up to here Oh Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife For the first time in your life Oh Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife Wink at the minister Blow kisses to my grieving brothers Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife And when it comes your turn to speak before the crowd Tell them about the time we did it On the beach with fireworks above us On the railroad tracks with the gravel in your back In the back room of a crowded bar And in the graveyard where my body now rests Oh Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife Dress sexy at my funeral my good wife For the first time in your life Also tell them about how I gave to charity And tried to love my fellow man as best i could But most of all don't forget about the time on the beach With fireworks above us Oh, Oh, Oooooh ... Strayed Well, it's strange the way You walk behind But seem to lead the way Oh, I know I,

Oh, I know I have strayed I have taken you for a ride Left you waiting in the car While I played death games inside Oh, I know I, Oh, I know I have strayed I have loved in haste I've been an alleycat and a bumblebee To your panther and your wasp Oh I have loved While thinking only of the cost Oh, I know I Oh, I know I have strayed I've raised a sick child to your lips And in asking you to kiss What I would not kiss Oh, I know I Oh, I know I have strayed Well I never thought I'd be One of those men With pin-ups on their wall For all to see I thought that was just mechanics Oh, I know I Oh, I know I have strayed I have taken you for a ride Left you waiting in the car While I played death games inside The Hard Road I'll take the hard road I believe I'll see you there In a cyclone of stones Wooden spikes in your hair Or maybe you'll resting

Leaning up against a busted fence Pluck a bird from the coop Then we're back up on the hard road We could sleep in a barn Bathe in a lake Steal the pipe The hungry dictate The steps that you take Along the hard road And when winter comes We'll bottle some The nearest washing line And when summer comes It's almost impossible Not to have a good time Out on the hard road

Easily led I am not easily led Despite the head I was just trying to cross the street with you I was just a step devoted But I am not easily led I'm suggestible at times, it's true But only by you I lay open jelly-limbed To your smallest whim But I am not easily fed I'll turn my head When you come at me with a spoon No, I am not easily led Despite the head

I was just trying to get along with you I was just trying to be a human

Bloodflow Hold Hold Hold Hold

on on on on

Hold on, hold on with a grip so tight It dams my blood, makes my head feel light Well, hearts will start and hearts will stop And the blood will flow until we drop Bloodflow! Bloodflow Bloodflow! Bloodflow No time for a tete-a-tete Can I borrow your machete? In this wonderful world In this beautiful world Hold on Blood will spill and blood will spurt Enemies keep the mind alert Bloodflow! Bloodflow Bloodflow! Bloodflow No time for a tete-a-tete Can I borrow your machete? In this wonderful world Hold on In this beautiful world

Hold Hold Hold Hold

on on on on

Hold on, hold on with a grip so tight It dams my blood makes my head feel light Bloodflow! Bloodflow Cheerleader chant: B-L-double O-D-F-L-O-W bloodflow bloodflow! B-L-double O-D-F-L-O-W bloodflow bloodflow! B-L-double O-D-F-L-O-W bloodflow bloodflow! Hold on, hold on with a grip so tight, it dams my blood makes my head feel light, hey, hey! Hold on, hold on with a grip so tight, it dams my blood makes my head feel light, hey, hey! Hold on, hold on with a grip so tight, it dams my blood makes my head feel light, hey, hey! Hold on, hold on with a grip so tight, it dams my blood makes my head feel light, hey, hey! No time for a tete-a-tete, can I borrow your machete? hey, hey! No time for a tete-a-tete, can I borrow your machete? hey, hey! No time for a tete-a-tete, can I borrow your machete? hey, hey! No time for a tete-a-tete, can I borrow your machete? hey, hey! B-L-double O-D-F-L-O-W bloodflow bloodflow! B-L-double O-D-F-L-O-W bloodflow bloodflow! B-L-double O-D-F-L-O-W bloodflow bloodflow! B-L-double O-D-F-L-O-W bloodflow bloodflow! Slow it down now... Hold on...

Nineteen So she washed her cut in the sink And picked up an ulcer along the way Down to the bay, where I did stay I was nineteen And so were we to be beating twenty Without her clothes She looked like a leper in the snow I left her in the snow without her clothes My movements were slow Long, she didn't even know What she was taking away We didn't talk much Oh, it must have shown She must have known The next day, she never called me again The day after that, she gave me a call She was all drunk Her words came slow Oh, I didn't even know what I had I'm taking away

Distance The curtain slaps in the wind A human sound of fleshy flesh Little fists pummel absently To birth the spirit in the room The wind it seems to lick The wind it seems to suck

The wind is a great big woman That makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up My body seems to be lacking something I remember the taste That on a night like this Wa sonly ever shed in haste All these moments have passed through me I have turned them all to waste There are women on the street They shine before me like teeth in a mine And their are voices on the street One of them is mine If I watched from a high hidden window I'd hear myself say Oh I can't make it out I'm too far away But the conversation is like the beating Taken in a dream Where no real blows are landed The only harm is in memory All these women have passed through me I have turned them all to waste

Devotion There are some terrible gossips in this town There are some terrible gossips in this town With jaws like vices And eyes like drains There are some little weasels in this town Scampering around loose With yellow teeth And the beady eyes

We should set a standard amount of words That I am to say to these We should set a standard type of look That you are to give to me When you wanna leave There are some terrible gossips in this town With jaws like vices And eyes like drains I won't tell what they say about you I won't flourish the shit You are my dearest friend And I will protect you Until the end With a will like vices Complete as a drain Cold Discovery I know your teeth have gnashed through death Still you come to me So gently Find a soft place on your body And rub me with it Oh, this I won't soon forget You're the one that will remain You're the one that will remain Bust a lock with a rock Don't need a key to have me This was your cold discovery We needed a fever, we needed a cure The bait no longer lured Say goodbye, if you can The car waits for me Just across the border Wish me luck, no good luck No bad luck, just wish me luck

With my cold discovery You are gone My cold discovery You're the one that will remain Well, I can hold a woman down on a hardwood floor Well, I can hold a woman down on a hardwood floor And your teeth can gnash right through me Looking for a soft place And of this you won't soon forget I had no soft place for you to rest And this was your, your cold discovery Your cold discovery Well, I can hold a woman down on a hardwood floor Well, I can hold a woman down on a hardwood floor This was my, my cold discovery My cold discovery If you saw it for My cold My cold My cold

what it really was discovery discovery discovery

Permanent Smile Oh God, can you feel the sun in your back? Oh God, can you see your shadow, inky black on the sand? Oh God, can you hear the saltwater drying on your skin? Oh God, can you feel my heart beating in my tongue? Oh God, by being quiet, I hope to alleviate my death Oh God, by sitting still, I hope to lighten your load When your shadow covers me from head to toe Curtain every flies, tell me it's mine, my time to go Seven waves of insects make babies in, in my skin Seven waves of insects make families in my skin

(It's just like animals) It's just like animals that play And the flesh...flesh...flesh...rotted off my skull And then I will have earned my permanent, my permanent smile Oh God, I never, never asked why Oh God, I never, never asked why

Rain on lens Rain on lens 1 Rain on lens Rain on lens Boom in frame All is ruin Let's call it a day Song I'm a bit like a soldier In the way I wear no uniform And choose not to fight And fight all night For some other cause I'm a bit like the grave digger

Who wields no shovel And digs no hole But leaves the bodies to rot In the places that they stand For some other cause I'm a bit like the pack mule Carrying no load Into the canyons of your jive For some other cause I'm a bit like the freelance fence painter Then eyes your backside as you leave For some other cause I'm a bit like the peephole That falls in love with all the eyes That look through Watching major things unfold From minor flaws For some other cause (Have Mercy) Natural Decline The mind is always working The mind is always turning The mind is always working The mind is always turning Things over and over and over And over and over The upside the downside The inside the outside The sightside the blindside The wifeside the fightside here is no rest for your brother Pulleys are clinking Ropes are fraying

Down to thread Maybe was made wrong Rubbing on the wrong thing Or is it just the natural decline Of a body sister The mind is always working Out ways to see The things I shouldn't see And have the things I shouldn't have I see the night sky as a jewelry store window And my mind is half a brick Keep some steady friends around Keep some steady friends around Best thing you can do Keep some steady friends around Best thing for you Find a little place to go When you want to get away Find a little place to go When you have to get away But don't stay away too long Because we love you too much But don't stay away so long Because we love you so much To build your own house Might be the best Following your own design Like some kind of God With a fence all around A fence all around But don't forget to put in a gate Don't forget to put in a gate So you can have some steady friends come around You can have some steady friends come around

Someone asked me just the other day About souls and such And if I believed in Judgement day Dirty Pants And so I dance in dirty pants A drink in my hand No shirt and broken tooth Barefoot and beaming The crowd is stomping Stomping a song For me to dance to Break glass and give in My head is springing Blood ringing So I walk down to the creek And I slither in I catch my breath Icy cold Then I walk out to your house And let myself in Back you into the corner And I multiply I could toll endlessly Into the bottomless night God does not answer this type of prayer Lazy Rain It's snaining outside Or is it just lazy rain It's six AM and I'm walking home While the city twitches In a sleep of dog dreams

Me and a friend of mine We just cheated death Now I'm walking home For death's rain check I open the door quietly So as not to wake The blue-eyed wedding cake But she's watching me with one eye The sleepy little spy She helps me off with my shirt Because my arm was hurt In a recent fall I slide into the bed Then my leg I thread Between hers I put my good arm on her belly Her hips Her knees She is made of several babies I keep my scratchy cast to myself As I feel our bodies melt Into two drops of lazy rain Snaking down the window pane And when the two drops merge Then there is the surge Of one larger drop We move faster towards the sill Short drive I took your party invitation list And wrote 'enemies' across the top of it Then I asked you To go on a short drive with me So I could point out Some more of our enemies

Drive with me Scowl with me I put my hand on your knee And say to your left you will see Some more of our enemies I dragged you half across the United States I drove for 24 hours straight I would not stop to let you pee On a single bumblebee Drive with me Scowl with me I put my hand on your knee And say to your left you will see Some more of our enemies And 'though this that seems ongoing Ever flowing Will one day when we look back Just be a short drive Made back in our endless lives Live as if someone is always watching you Live as if someone is always watching you In all you do Live as if someone Is always watching you Eventually you will find That both of you will need to come to some compromise Maybe one or the other could agree To sleep at different times Or go off alone Or at least shut their eye Shut your eye off once in a while Shut your eye off once in a while So at least one of us

Can with some conviction say : I am not of this glutty room Or of this flubby body Rain on lens 2 Rain on lens Rain on lens Boom in frame Boom in frame All is ruin Let's take it again Revanchism Sister sister I know you hate to hear me sing Sister sister I know it makes your skin crawl To see my father mouth Do anything at all Sister sister You used to dance as a child Sister sister I never sang back then Until the night you stopped dancing Sister sister I picked up what you dropped Picked it up and ran Sister sister Now we have children of our own Sister sister The boy is so silent There'll be no singing Around the home Sister sister

Is the the daughter a dancer I will not ask her

Accumulation None Astronaut I feel like an astronaut Suffocating on the moon So far from home Encased in this plastic dome I can barely see the earth from here I cut my tether willingly 'Til i realise it's killing me But something always saves my life Wish i knew it's name I should never be an explorer Makes me sick A hit It's not going to be a hit So why even bother with it? It's not going to be a hit So why even bother with it? Just lay it down, and forget about it Lay it down fast, forget about it I'll never be a rock and roll saint I'll never be a rock and roll saint 'Cause i can't sing Oh no i can't sing That's not the only reason That's not the only reason I'll never be a bowie I'll never be an eno I'll never be a bowie I'll never be an eno

I'll only ever be a gary numan I'll never be a rock and roll saint Spanish moss Anybody else would tell you My face is dead But I say it's a lie There's only one road in And it's easy To miss It's surrounded by swamps With green Snakey vines. Anybody else would tell you My face is dead But I say it's alive There's only one road in And it's easy To miss It's surrounded by swamps With green Snakey vines. Anybody else would tell you My face is dead But I say it's a lie Chosen one Well you're a wild horse On a collision course With the sun I wanted to ride that wild horse Into the sun

But i no longer think that I'm your chosen one On no, i no longer think that I'm your chosen one Maybe it's best for you to ride Ride into the sun Because i no longer think that I'm your chosen one Oh no, i no longer think that I'm your chosen one Floating Floating Hear a name From which planet Do you beckon I don't reckon It could be too far from here I'll bet you look like marc bolans girlfriend I've only heard a voice I've only seen your song It keeps me awake It keeps me floating Hear a name From which planet Do you beckon Real live dress She was wearing A real live dress Waiting for a friend of mine She was wearing A real live dress Waiting for a friend to undermime This dress was better than flesh She wore it when she wanted us to look our best She hadn't worn it for a long time

But now we are three One scattered Two fallow Three that's me I mean who really gives a fuck About that dress Not me Or my then friend Or the mess That enlivened the dress There's no subsitute for human flesh Came blue There's a hunger In my hands I try to rub in Into your body But I don't believe In this I don't believe In you I don't believe in me I came blue, came blue Came blue, came blue Your eyes are drunk Why don't you close them I came blue, came blue, came blue, came blue Your eyes are drunk Why don't you close them I came blue Like i pictured you to do? I came blue To do? Twenty seven years I came blue And there is still a hunger I came blue, I came blue

I came blue, I came blue Came blue, came... Little girl shoes Your little girl shoes I was attracted to your Little girl shoes I was distracted by your Little girl ways And that little boy hat Did you have to wear that In combination with those Little girl shoes Dismantled in the lab Your shoe is cold leather Your foot is beastly calloused Closer to cloven (yeah) But... Paw plus shoe Equals i don't know what to do And does the girl imitate the woman Or the woman imitate the girl Your little girl shoes Kick the dust right out of me Your little girl shoes Kicked the dust right out of me Your little girl shoes Kicked the dust right out of me Cold blooded old times Cold-blooded old times The type of memories That turns your bones to glass Turns your bones to glass Mother came rushing in She said we didn't see a thing

We said we didn't see a thing And father left at eight Nearly splintering the gate Cold-blooded old times The type of memory That turns your bones to glass Turns your bones to glass And though you where Just a little swirl You understood every word And in this way they gave you clarity A cold-blooded clarity Cold-blooded old times Now how can i stand And laugh with the man Who redefined your body Those cold-blooded old times... White ribbon I went down to the harbour To meet my new bride She said "i'll wear a white ribbon tied high" She wore a white ribbon tied high on her thigh Dark clouds on the horizon A few spatters on her dress And with my coat buttoned up to her throat From the hotel balcony She stared out towards the sea From the hotel balcony she stared out away from me And if there's one thing i know It's when not to speak She came lay beside me Touched my hair soft as a breeze I was just like a child On christmas day But with the strength of a man And just like snow Falling into hot milk That little woman disappeared Against my skin

When i woke in the morning i walked up towards the balcony I break horses Well i rode out to the ocean And the water looked like tarnished gold I rode out on a broken horse Who told me she'd never felt so old She asked me if i'd feed her And ride her now and then No no no, no no no, no no no I break horses I don't tend to them I break horses They seem to come to me Asking to be broken They seem to run to me I break horses Doesn't take me long Just a few well-placed words And their wandering hearts are gone At first her warmth felt good between my legs Living breathing heart-beating flesh But soon that warmth turned to an itch Turned to a scratch Turned to a gash I break horses I don't tend to them Tonight i'm swimming to my favorite island And i don't want to see you swimming behind Tonight i'm swimming to my favorite island And i don't want to see you swimming behind No i break horses I don't tend to them Hole in the heart

Anyone who's ever had a hole in the heart Knows how hard it is to start a new day Anyone who's ever had a hole in the heart Knows how hard it is to start a new day Anyone who's ever had a hole in the heart

Supper Feather by feather You spent half of the morning Just trying to wake up Half the evening Just trying to calm down And you live for The same things A cloudburst seems rarer every time And it's crow vs. crow A brawl in mid-air Beak click on beak clack No reason is there But for the brawl in mid-air If you're losing your wings Feather by feather Love the way they whip away On the wind When they make the movie of your life They're going to have to ask you To do your own stunts Because nobody nobody nobody Could pull off the same shit as you And still come out alright If you're losing your wings

Feather by feather Love the way they whip away On the wind It's Ali vs. Clay Both pummeling away A champ always fights themself And you are a fighter You are a fighter You are a fighter And Kids got heart Kids got heart Kids got heart If you're losing your wings Feather by feather

Butterflies drowned in wine Butterflies drowned in wine I'm headed into town Where up is up and down is down None of this fumbling around Phantom fingers straighten a phantom tie I'm going to talk to some people there Forget everything I'm told In one ear and out the other An eagle flies right through my mind The shadow skims across the land Some people add and some subtract I love an expert I hate a hack You've got to bust up a sidewalk sometimes To get people to gather round

And I'm prepared to do whatever it takes I'm prepared to do whatever it takes For temporary brother sisterhood Move the tables and the chairs aside And give me some room I'm going to show you something You won't soon forget Butterflies drowned in wine Butterflies drowned in wine I'm headed into town Where up is up and down is down None of this fumbling around

Morality I could kiss you The sunlight coming through your blouse Words wont tell me what your bodys all about I could take you You could take me With hands and hair and eyes and bones and knees But What would What would If I was

hey my wife say my wife say married

I could keep you With money every month Some city apartment where I Where you will stay But hey What would my wife say

What would my wife say If I was married

Ambition I just dropped by to see you as I'm on my way In your bedroom just off the highway Came in through your window Think I tore your ribbons on the way I never use doors no mores I never use stairs just trees And I hear their voices breaking up from down below the toes I just dropped by to see you as I'm on my way Say Are you still tight with that pharmacist Well I've got to get there now don't I And when I get there I've got to sleep well now don't I And when I wake up in the morning I've got to Wake up in the morning now don't I And when I meet with them I've got to be on the ball Now don't I And when I do their dirt I've got to feel none Now don't I And when it's all said and done I've got to celebrate Now don't I And when I'm done celebrating I've got to unwind Now don't I I just dropped by to see you as I'm on my way In your bedroom just off the highway

Vessel in vain I cant be held responsible for the things I say For I am just a vessel in vain And I cant be held responsible for the thing I see For I am just a vessel in vain No boat out on no ocean No name there on no hull And its not a strain at all to remember Those that Ive left behind Theyre all standing right here beside me now And most of them with a smile My ideals have got me on the run Towards my connection with everyone My ideals have got me on the run Its my connection with everyone Such free reign For a vessel in vain

Truth serum Me and some friends of mine We stayed up all night taking truth serum We soon realized the mistake we made And went our separate separate ways. I went up on the roof Where I thought Id find some truth There beneath the stars But questions followed me Do you miss me, when I go Honey I love you and thats all you need to know Well then, what is love Love is an object kept in an empty box How can something be in an empty box

Well well give me another shot Of that truth serum I went back downstairs to check on my friends Because truth has a way of beginning an end Big Bruiser Ken walks in says I like men I excuse myself and go back up on the roof again More questions follow me Is death really the end Honey I love you and that's all you need to know Well then, what is life Well thats a good song (sings) Without you by my side. Taking that serum People people theres a lesson here plain to see Theres no truth in you Theres no truth in me The truth is between The truth is between

Our anniversary Its our anniversary I leave it ajar And go outside To look at the driveway stars The crickets are chirping They stop at my step I stop my step And they start up again Its our anniversary and the bullfrogs And everything that can sing is singing its mating song

The soil is steaming Grass is swooning Guns or fireworks are popping Down in the town A woman is running A man jumps up and down Its our anniversary and youve hidden my keys This is one anniversary youre spending with me I slide in the front seat The drivers side To hotwire and hightail crosses my mind But still in the driveway Fixed like the stars I flip on the headlights And go back inside The climates controlled While the battery dies Clipping the wings of your morning light Its our anniversary A celebration of And heres to next year Maybe youll join me in my car We'll drive together But not too far We are far from flowers Cut and dried So let us thrive let us thrive Let us thrive Just like the weeds We curse sometimes

Driving

And the rain washed the price Off of our windshield

A guiding light The sun peaked at noon I watched it hoping it would rise Just a little higher And give me a guiding light A guiding light I must admit I felt some relief When the sun began to sink I mean who really wants to see Things in blinding white Blinding white It grows dark I feel my way home Sleep Sleep if you can sleep Me I'll be staying up Long into the night Trying to prove wrong All the statements I made All the statements I just made A guiding light You were born in the middle of the night What better time for a guiding light