eels--Electro-Shock Blues

ELIZABETH ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR

laying on the bathroom floor
kitty licks my cheek once more
and I could try
but waking up is harder when you wanna die

walter's on the telephone
tell him I am not at home
cos I think that I am going
to a place where I am always high

My name's Elizabeth
My life is shit and piss


GOING TO YOUR FUNERAL PART I

Going to your funeral now and feeling I could scream
Everything goes away
Driving down the highway through the perfect sunny dream
A perfect day for perfect pain

Look at all the people with the flowers in their hands
They put the flower on the box
that's holding on the sand that was...
that was once...
that was once you

Honolulu Hurricane I knew that you were not insane
Living in the insane world
Smiling like it's no big deal
Scabby wounds that never heal
the woman was only a girl

Look at all the people with their heads down in their hands
When everything I'm feeling makes it hard to understand
that, uh, what I need to miss...
It's what I need to miss...
Is you

Going to your funeral and I'm feeling like a fool
No one's gonna take the blame
Thinking bout the days of hanging out behind the school
Everything goes away


CANCER FOR THE CURE

The kids are diggin' up a brand new hole
Where to put the deadbeat mom
Grandpa's happy watching video porn
with the closed-caption on
and father knows best
about suicide and smack
well, hee hee hee

cancer for the cure
cancer for the cure
buckle up and endure now baby
cancer for the cure

'Ol blue eyes is back again
but he was never here in the first place
A heart attack may be something to fear
but take a look out back
cos Courtney needs love
and so do I
well, hee hee hee

Cancer for the cure
cancer for the cure
my baby
buckle up and endure now sweet thing
the cancer for the cure


MY DESCENT INTO MADNESS

Springfield's looking pretty dusty today
I see their dreams coming undone
the view from inside ward nine afford this much
a town teeming with the unloved
close the window and lock it so it's good and tight

la la la la la la la la
la la la la la

turning eighteen and trying not to look too lost
have a not so nice day
the jacket makes me straight so I can just sit back and bake
you know I think I"m gonna stay
talking very loud but no one hears a word I say

la la la la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la

Come visit me tonight at eight o'clock and then you'll
see how I am not the crazy one
voices tell me I'm the shit

Twenty days go by and every day looks the same

la la la la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la

I'm the shit


3 SPEED

Got a 3 speed and banana seat
sitting back on the sissy bar
went to Sev and got a drink
wish I was driving in Daddy's car

And I looked up at the sky last night
and I thought I saw a bomb
And why won't you just tell me 
what's going on?

riding down on Springhill road
meeting Alfred out in the woods
Dogs bark and mosquitos bite
scratching the itch that makes it feel good

And I looked into the mirror last night
all I saw was a pretty blonde
And why won't you just tell me
what's going on?

Life is funny 
but not ha ha funny
Peculiar I guess
You think I got it all going my way
then why am I such a fucking mess?

Want a pony and a birthday cake
Want a party with a scary clown
kneel down and bow to the princess
kneel down for the queen of the town

and I looked up at the sky last night
and I thought I saw a bomb
and why won't you just tell me 
what's going on
tell me what's going on


HOSPITAL FOOD

coming through the alley
trying to walk without a sound
It doesn't really matter
cos there ain't no one around
tip toe through the alley and
tip toe through your life
you still got it coming
be it gun be it knife
next thing you know
you're eating hospital food

Karaoke castration
take the wasp alive
he's gonna sting you anyway
and take you to the hive
yesterday was suckin' and 
tomorrow's looking bad
who knew that today
was the only thing I had?

Hospital food
want some hospital food
hospital food
delicious hospital food

in your tribute album to the world
you must never forget
to sing the one about the cat 
who's always getting wet
he's always got a problem
he's a very bitter dude
and now he is complaining 
'bout his hospital food

hospital food
It's gonna help the medicine go down
Want some hospital food
gonna take a walk without a sound
a little hospital food
helps the spoonful of sugar come up
I want some hospital food
In your blender and in my cup


ELECTRO-SHOCK BLUES

Feeling scared today
write down "I am ok"
A hundred times the doctors say
I am ok
I am ok
I'm not ok

Skin is crawling off
Mopping the sweaty drops
sticking around for this shit
another day
another day
not another day

pink pill feels good
finally understood
take me in your warm embrace
I am trying
I am trying


EFILS' GOD

Efils good and the time is right
I'll bundle-up and slip away
the count is down and the drip is up
it's time to split this hunk of clay

now you can bring back my suitcase
but you can't bring me
and you can have all the money
cos you say that you must
but if you think that it matters
take a look at me
and don't close your eyes
as I turn into dust

Efils good

Don't tell me that I can't do this
As if you knew
But you don't know
How efils good


GOING TO YOUR FUNERAL PART II

(Instrumental)


LAST STOP:  THIS TOWN

You're dead but the world keeps spinning
take a spin through the world you left
It's getting dark a little too early
are you missing the dearly bereft?

Taking flight and you could be here tomorrow
Taking flight, well, you could get here tonight

I'm gonna fly on down for the last stop to this town
What?
I'm gonna fly on down then fly away
Well, alright.

Get down get get get down get down down get get get down get down

Takin' a spin through the neighborhood
the neighbors scream
"whatcha talkin' bout?
cos they don't know how to let you in
and I can't let you out

What if I as not your only friend in this world?
Can you take me where you're going if you're never coming back?

I'm gonna fly on down for the last stop to this town
I'm gonna fly on down then fly away on my way

Get down get get get down get down down get get get down get down

Why don't we take a ride away up high through the neighborhood
Up over the billboards and the factories and smoke

I'm gonna fly on down for the last stop to this town
Yeah
I'm gonna fly on down then fly away on my way
Fly away

Get down get get get down get down down get get get down get down
fly away...


BABY GENIUS

Baby genius
look how you've grown
where do you go from here?
didn't we have some good times
after all is said and done?

small body and small mind
big head and big headaches
my back is broken
baby genius
find a new ride


CLIMBING TO THE MOON

so I wrote it all in a letter
but I don't know if it came
the nurse she likes my writing
so she keep it just like me
so that it won't get away

I won't be denied this time
'fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon

Got a sky that looks like heaven
Got an earth that looks like shit
And it's getting hard to tell where
what I am ends
And what they're making me begins

And I won't be denied this time
'fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
and I'm climbing up to the moon

Saturday in the yard
they'll bring you by
we'll lay down on the grass
and watch as the sky closes in

I won't be denied this time
'fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon


ANT FARM

Hate a lot of things
But I love a few things
and you are one of them

Hard to believe
after all of these years
but you are one of them

Walk down the street
I'm thinking:
Everybody move along
I've got a sad-hearted needing to belong

Nevertheless
It's all the mess you made
But I can let it go

Walk down the street
I"m thinking:
Look at all the ants in a farm
I've got a sad-hearted feeling to harm

Hate a lot of things
But I love a few things
and you are one of them


DEAD OF WINTER

Standing in the dark outside the house
breathing in the cold and sterile air
well I was thinking how it must feel
to see that little light
and watch it as it disappears
and fades into
and fades into the night

so I know you're going pretty soon
radiation sore throat got your tongue
magic markers tattoo you
and show it where to aim
and strangers break their promises
you won't feel any
you won't feel any pain

and the streets are jammed with cars
rockin' their horns
to race to the wire
of the unfinished line

thought that I'd forget all about the past
but it doesn't let me run too fast
and I just wanna stand outside
and know that this is right
and this is true
and I will not
fade into
fade into the night

standing here in the dark


THE MEDICATION IS WEARING OFF

see this watch she gave me?
well it still ticks away
the days I'm claiming back for me

the medication's wearing off 
gonna hurt not a little, a lot
keep on tickin' you're not lickin' me

step on a crack break your mother's heart
red light green light black
suicide e-mail do not delete
plug it back in teh jack
start to be what they want you to be
and you see yourself as they see you

sunrise on the corner of 
Sunset and Alvarado
I think what the hell do I do now
Watch the day disintegrate
so I can stay up late and wait

See this watch she gave me?
well it still ticks away


P.S. YOU ROCK MY WORLD

I was at a funeral the day I realized
I wanted to spend my life with you
Sitting down on the steps at the old post-office
The flag was flying at half-mast
And I was thinkin' bout how everyone is dying
And maybe it's time to live

I don't know where we're going
I don't know what we'll do

Walked in to the Thrif-tee
saw the man with the hollow eyes
who didn't give me all my change
but it didn't bother me this time
cos I know I've only got this moment
and it's good
I went to the gas station
Old woman honked her horn
waiting for me to fix her car

I don't know where we're going
I don't know what we'll do

Laying in bed tonight I was thinking
and listening to all the dogs
and the sirens and the shots
and how a careful man tries to dodge the bullets
while a happy man takes a walk

And maybe it's time to live