6'1"
I bet you fall in bed too easily With those beautiful girls who are shyly brave And you sell yourself as a man to save But all the money in the world is not enough I bet you've long since passed understanding What it takes to be satisfied. You're like a vine that keeps climbing higher But all the money in the world is not enough And all the bridges blown away keep floating up It's cold and rough out there And I kept standing 6'1" Instead of 5'2" And I loved my life And I hated you Yeah It's cold out there And rough And I kept standing 6'1" Instead of 5'2" And I loved my life And I hated you
Help Me Mary
Help me Mary please, I've lost my home to thieves They bully the stereo and drink They leave suspicious stains in the sink They make rude remarks about me They wonder just how wild I would be As the egg me on and keep me mad They play me like a pit bull in a basement And for that I lock my door at night I keep my mouth shut tight I practice all my moves I memorize the stupid rules I make myself their friend I show them just how far I can bend As they egg me on and keep me mad They play me like a pit bull in a basement And for that I'm asking will you, Mary, please, Temper my hatred with peace Weave my disgust into fame And watch how fast they run to the flame
Glory
He's got a really big tongue Rolls way out Smaking around in the club It slicks you down Scratching his face like a bum He pulls you back Circa 1981 He pulls you back You are, you are Shinings of Glory You are, you are Shinings of Glory on me On me You are, you are Shinings of Glory You are, you are Shinings of Glory on me
Dance of the Seven Veils
Johnny my love, get out of the business It makes me want to rough you up so badly It makes me want to roll you up in plastic And toss you up and pump you full of lead Johnny my love, get out of the business The hards are getting fatter by the minute That I have got a bright and shiny platter And I am gonna get your heavy head I only ask because I'm a real cunt in spring You can rend me by the hour I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing Entertainers bring May Flowers So Johnny my love, we got us a witness Now all we gotta do is gt a preacher He can probably skip the until death part 'Cause Johnny my love you're already dead I only ask because I'm a real cunt in spring You can rend me by the hour I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing Entertainers bring May Flowers May Flowers, May Flowers To you
Never Said
I never said nothing (4x) I don't know where you heard it DOn't know who's spreading it around All I know is I'm clean as a whistle baby I didn't utter a sound I never said nothing (4x) Don't know what they told you Don't even care what about All I know is I'm clean as whistle baby I didn't let the cat out So don't look at me sideways Don't even look at me head-on Don't look at my hands in my pockets baby I ain't done anything wrong I never said nothing (5x) No not to anyone I never said nothing (2x)
Soap Star Joe
He's just a hero in a long line of heros Looking for something attractive to save They say he road in in the back of a pick-up And he won't leave town till you remember his name He's just a hero in a long line of heros Looking for some loney billboard to grace They say he sprung from the skull of Athena Think about your own head and the headache he gave He's just a hero in a long line of heros Looking for action at a price he can pay They say he's famous but no one can prove Make him an offer just to see what he'll say Check out the dashboard lights Glowing all green and white He feels safe in the dark He wears his blue-jeans tight He's just a hero in a long line of heros Looking for something attractive to save They say he rode in in the back of a pick-up And he won't leave town till you remember his name Check out the thinning hair Check out the aftershave Check out America You're looking at it babe
Explain It to Me
Head underwater, keeps getting hotter Give 'em the medicine, vein injection Tell them to jump higher Tell them to run farther Make them measure up decades longer than you Piece it together, it's like wetter Watch 'em travel, kiss the gravel Tell 'em to jump higher Tell 'em to run farther Make 'em measure up decades longer than you Ever could You never could explain 'em to me Explain it to me
Canary
I learn my name I write with a number two pencil I work up to my potential I earn my name I come when called I jump when you cicle the cherry I sing like a good canary I come when called I come, that's all Send it up on fire, Death before dawn Send it up on fire, Death before dawn I clean the house I put all your books in an order I make a colorful order I clean my mouth 'Cause froth comes out Send it up on fire Death before dawn Send it up on fire Death before dawn
Mesmerizing
You said things I wouldn't say straight to my face, boy You tossed the egg up and I found my hands in place, boy After backing up as far as you could get Don't you know nobody parts two rivers met Don't you know I'm very happy? You know me well, I'm even happier I like it I like it With all of the time and the world to spend it Wild and unwise, I wanna be mesmerizing to Mesmerizing to Mesmerizing to You With all of the time and the world to spend it Wild and unwise, I wanna be mesmerizing to Mesmerizing to Mesmerizing to You
Fuck and Run
I woke up alarmed I didn't know where I was at first Just that I woke up in your arms And almost immediately I felt sorry 'Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this would happen again With or without my best intentions And whatever happened to a boyfriend? The kind of guy who tries to win you over And whatever happened to a boyfriend? The kind of guy who makes love 'cause he's in it And I want a boyfriend, I want a boyfriend. I want all that stupid old shit like letters and sodas Letters and sodas You got up out of bed You said you had alot of work to do But I heard the rest in your head And almost immediately I felt sorry 'Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this would happen again With or without my best intentions And whatever happened to a boyfriend? The kind of guy who tries to win you over And whatever happened to a boyfriend? The kind of guy who makes love 'cause he's in it And I want a boyfriend, I want a boyfriend I want all that stupid old shit like letters and sodas Letters and sodsa And I can feel it in my bones, I'm gonna spend another year alone It's fuck and run, fuck and run Even when I was 17 Fuck and run, fuck and run Even when I was 12 You almost felt bad You said that I should call you up But I knew much better than that And almost immediately I felt sorry 'Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this would happen again With or without my best intentions I can feel it in my bones, I'm gonna spend my whole life alone It's fuck and run, fuck and run Even when I was 17 Fuck and run, fuck and run Even when I was 12
Girls! Girls! Girls!
You've been around enough to know That if I wanna leave you better let me go Because I take full advantage of every man I meet I get away Almost every day With what the girls call, what the girls call, what the girls call What the girls call murder You've been around enough to see That if you think you're it you better check with me Because I take full advantage of every man I meet I get away Almost every day With what the girls call, what the girls call, what the girls call What the girls call murder
Divorce Song
And when I asked for a separate room It was late at night and we'd been driving since noon But if I'd known how that would sound to you I would have stayed in your bed for the rest of my life Just to prove I was right, That's it harder to be friends than lovers And you shouldn't try to mix the two 'Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy Then you know that the problem is you And it's true that I stole you lighter And it's also true that I lost the map But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to I had to take your word on that But if you'd known how that would sound to me You would have taken it back And boxed it up and buried it in the ground Boxed it up and buried it in the ground Boxed it up and buried it in the ground Burned it up and thrown it away He put in my hands a loaded gun and then told me not to fire it When you did the things you said were up to me And then accused me of trying to fuck it up But you've never been a waste of my time It's never been a drag So take a deep breath and count back from ten And maybe you'll be all right And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead But if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am But you've been a waste of my time It's never been a drag So take a deep breath and count back from ten And maybe you'll be all right
Shatter
I know I don't always realize how sleazy it is, messing with these guys But something about just being with you Slapped me right in the face, nearly broke me in two And it's a mark I have taken hard And I know I will carry with me for a long, long time I don't know if I could drive a car Fast enough to get to wear you are Or wild enough not to miss the boat completely Honey, I'm thinking maybe You know just maybe I don't know if I could fly a plane Well enough to tailspin out your name Or high enough to lose control completely Honey, I'm thinking maybe You know just maybe Maybe
Flower
[intro and over the rest of the song] Everytime I see your face I get all wet between my legs Everytime you pass me by I heave a sigh of pain [main part] Everytime I see your face I think of things unpure, unchaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever thought of Everything you ever wanted Is everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you and your minions too Your face reminds me of a flower Kind of like you're underwater Your hair's too long and in your eyes Your lip's a perfect suck-me size You act like you're 14 years old Everything you say is so obnoxious, funny, true, and mean I want to be your blow-job queen You're probably shy and introspective That's my part of my objective I just want your fresh young jimmy Cramming, slamming, ramming in me Evertime I see your face I think of things unpure, unchaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever thought of Everything you ever wanted Is everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you till your dick is blue
Johnny Sunshine
He took the car It was my favorite one Little white dart And drove it to Idaho He took the horse It was a thoroughbreed Saddled it up Out on the interstate He killed the cat Burned it in anti-freeze Dumped in the truck With the rest of the cattle feed He took the house You went and changed the locks Now I am stuck Living out of a box [over] I think I've been taken For everything I own I've been hurt so badly I'm alone, baby, I'm alone [under] He took the car It was my favorite one Little white dart And drove it to Idaho He took the horse It was a thoroughbreed Saddled it up Out on the interstate He killed the cat Burned it in anti-freeze Dumped in the truck With the rest of the cattle feed He took the house You went and changed the locks Now I am stuck You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine [over] I think I've been taken For everything I own I've been hurt so badly I'm alone, baby, I'm alone I'm alone, baby, I'm alone [under] You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing
Gunshy
Rifle in hand, love, two in the bush Three count delay I may need a little push Take out the garbage on Tuesday nights Seems like the small things are the only things I fight Seems like the small things are the only things I fight Gunshy (4x) See monkeys, do monkeys, story of my life Send three bucks to a comic book Get a house car and wife Send three bucks to a comic Get a house, car and wife (Wife) Gunshy (15x)
Stratford-On-Guy
I was flying into Chicago at night Watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke The sun was setting to the left of the plane And the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow In 27-D I was behind the wing Watching landscape roll out like credits on a screen The earth looked like it was lit from within Like a poorly assembled electrical ball As we moved out of the farmlands and into the grid The plan of the city was all that you saw And all of these people sitting totally still As the ground raced beneath them 30,000 feet done It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened The noise just fell away And I was pretending that I was in A Galaxy 500 video The stewardess came back and checked on my drink In the last strings of sunsight, a Bridget Bardot 'Cause I had on my headphones along with those eyes That you get when your circumstance is movie-sized It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened The noise just fell away It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listend The noise just fell away But once I really listened The noise just fell away
Strange Loop?
The fire you like so much in me Is the mark of someone adamently free But you can't stop yourself from wanting worse And nothing feeds a hunger like a thirst Baby I'm tired Of fighting I always wanted you I broke up at the roadhouse I wouldn't know you were alive You hadn't seen me for weeks now It wouldn't shock you if I drove right out of the back of your eyes I can't be trusted They're saying, I can't be true But I only wanted more than I knew Baby I'm tired Of fighting I always wanted you I only wanted more than I knew
Transcribed by Jennie Corman. Corrections? E-mail me
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