HOW THE WEST WAS WON AND WHERE IT GOT US Blood from a stone Water from wine. Born under earplay design. A stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time. Let's fly up out of the lime. The story is a sad one, told many times. The story of my life in trying times. Just add water, stir in lime. How the west was won and where it got us. Canary got trapped, the uranium mine. A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died. a marker to mark where my tears run dry. I cross it, bless it, alkali. The story is a sad one, told many times. The story of my life in trying times. Just add water, stir in lime. How the west was won and where it got us. I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain. Now I can't see anything. I made a mistake, chalked it up to design. I cracked through time, space, Godless and dry. I point my nose to the northern star, watch the decline from a hazy distance. The story is a sad one, told many times. The story of my life in trying times. Just add water, stir in lime. How the west was won and where it got us. WAKE UP BOMB I...was...cool I look good in a glass pack I look good and mean I look good in metallic Sick wraparounds, blackout tease I scud along the horizon Chew some sweet, drink tea I get high in my low-ass boot, cut cheap I like being seen I look good in my tree, eat no sleep Take a leap longevity I look good in my attitude, latitude 1973 I'm in deep My head's on fire in high esteem Carry my dead bored, been there, done that Anything Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Carry my dead bored, been there, done that Anything I had to knock a few buildings over I made an ugly mess I had to blow a gasket, drop transmission I had to decompress I had to write the Great American Novel I had a neutron bomb I had to teach the world to sing By the age of 21 I wake up (I wake up) I wake up (I wake up) I threw up when I saw what I'd done Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Oh, I'd rather be anywhere Doing anything I've had enough I've seen enough I've had it all I'm giving up I won the race I broke the cup I drank it all I spit it up Again, I've had enough I've seen enough I've had it all I'm giving up I won the race I broke the cup I drank it all I spit it up Yeah, atomic Supersonic What a joke And I'm dumb See ya I don't wanna be ya Lunch meat Pond scum My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Oh, I'd rather be anywhere Doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere Doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere Doing anything NEW TEST LEPER I can't say that I love Jesus that would be a hollow claim. He did make some observations and I'm quoting them today. "Judge not lest ye be judged." what a beautiful refrain. The studio audience disagrees. Have his lambs all gone astray? Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper "You are lost and disillusioned!" what an awful thing to say. I know this show doesn't matter. It means nothing to me. I thought I might help them understand but what an ugly thing to see. "I am not an animal" subtitled under the screen. Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper When I tried to tell my story They cut me off to take a break. I sat silent 5 commercials I had nothing left to say The talk show host was index-carded All organized and blank The other guests were scared and hardened What a sad parade. What a sad parade Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper UNDERTOW I know what I wanted I know what I wanted I know how I wanted this to be You go down to the water Drink down of the water Walk up off the water, leave it be This is not my time, brother It is cold in heaven and I'm not sprouting wings. I'm drowning Me I'm drowning Me, yeah Brother can you see those birds? They don't look to heaven They don't need religion, they can see They go down to the water Drink down on the water Fly up off the water, leave it be This is not my time, sister It is cold in heaven And no one's coming after me I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me Breathing ourselves I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me, yeah You know I am tired Cold and bony tired Nothing's gonna save me, I can see I can't say I'm fearful I can't say I'm not afraid But I am not resisting, I can see I don't need a heaven I don't need religion I am in the place where I should be I am breathing water I am breathing water You know a body's got to breathe I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me Breathing ourselves I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me, yeah E-BOW THE LETTER Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry Some of them, they surprise The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 a.m. This letter Fields of poppies, little pearls All the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed Each and every one a little scary I said your name I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras Dreaming of Maria Callas Whoever she is This fame thing, I don't get it I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves I can take you far This star thing, I don't get it I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there I'll take you over Will you live to 83? Will you ever welcome me? Will you show me something that nobody else has seen? Smoke it, drink Here comes the flood Anything to thin the blood These corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet Phone, eat it, drink Just another chink Cuts and dents, they catch the light Aluminum, the weakest link I don't want to disappoint you I'm not here to anoint you I would lick your feet But is that sickest move? I wear my own crown and sadness and sorrow And who'd have thought tomorrow could be so strange? My loss, and here we go again I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there I'll take you over Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry Some of them, they surprise I can't look it in the eyes Seconal, spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene Cherry-flavored neck and collar I can smell the sorrow on your breath The sweat, the victory and sorrow The smell of fear, I got it I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there I'll take you over Pulls us near Tastes like fear. Nearer, nearer over, over, over, over Yeah, look over I'll take you there, oh, yeah I'll take you there Oh, over I'll take you there Over, let me I'll take you there. There, there, baby, yeah LEAVE Nothing could be bring me closer. Nothing could be bring me near. Where is the road I follow? Leaving, leave. It's under, under, under my feet. The scene spread out there before me. Better I go where the land touches sea. There is my trust in what I believe. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it, leave it all behind. Shifting the dream nothing could bring me further from my old friend time shifting the dream charging the scene I know where I marked the signs Suffer the dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that and I know it I know it well, ugly and sweet I temper madness, I believe in this dream. That's what keeps me That's what keeps me That's what keeps me down I sent it on an airline plane I sent it off in an airplane that never left the ground. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it. leave it all behind. Lift me, lift me, I attain my dream. I lost myself, I lost them. heartache calling me. I lost myself in sorrow I lost myself in pain. I lost myself in gravity, Memory, leave, leave. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it, leave it all behind. That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it, leave it all behind. Midnight hands, my eyes are still I walk into the scene Shoot myself in a different place Leavin' Longed for this to take me, Longed for my release Waited for the coming leavin', leave. Leave, leave. Leavin', leavin' DEPARTURE Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes, back, back. Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good boy. What a fuck-up, what a fighter. A free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider, Hung on the line like a poison spider. Win a eulogy from William Greider, car crash, ptomaine, disposable lighter, a bus plunge, avalanche, a vinegar cider. Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider. Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes, back, back. Go, go, go, go, yeah. Well, everybody is young forever. There's so much to tell you, so little time. I've come a long way since the whatever, shit, I still see a word, think of you. There is so much that I can't do, yeah. You will be young forever. There's so much that I can't do. There is so much that I can't do. Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes, back, back. BITTERSWEET ME I move across, innocence lost all flashing pulsar I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt I pass satellites "You're so bitter," your complaint I can't give you anything. I don't know who you're livin for I don't who you are anymore. I'd sooner chew my leg off, Than be trapped in this. How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked. I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore I move across, candy floss I move like a tank I move across the room with a heart full of gloom, stronger than you think. Oh my peer, your veneer is wearing thin and cracking. the surface and forms underneath, underneath is lacking. I'd sooner chew my leg off, Than be trapped in this. How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me I couldn't taste it. I'm tired and naked. I don't know what I'm hungry for. I don't know what I want anymore. You move across, innocence lost, all static and desire, you're blue in the face from navel gaze, you set yourself on fire. You strip down and lay yourself out, I know you can't fake it, But are you tire and naked? Are you tire and naked? I'd sooner chew my leg off, Than be trapped in this. How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked. I don't know what I'm hungry for. I don't know what I want anymore. BE MINE I never thought of this as funny It speaks another world to me I wanna be your Easter bunny I wanna be your Christmas tree. I'll strip the world that you must live in of all its godforsaken greed. I'll ply the tar of your feathers. I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet. You and me. You and me. You and me. And if I choose your sanctuary. I'll want to wash you with my hair. I'll want to drink of sacred fountains and find elixirs hidden there. I'll eat the lotus and peyote. I'll want to hear the caged-bird sing. I'll want the secrets of the temple. I'll want the finger with the ring. You and me. You and me. You and me. And if you made me your religion. I'll give all the room you need. I'll be the drawing of your breath. I'll be cup if you should bleed. I'll be the sky above the Ganges I'll be the vast and stormy sea. I'll be the lights that guide you inland. I'll be the visions you will see. Visions you will see. You will see. You will see. You and me. You and me. You and me. BINKY THE DOORMAT This is horror movie stuff. the muffin is peach, you're 'makin' love'. you mean this opera involves handcuffs? I lay defeated. yeah, sour milk mouth, horseradish sweet. she's a girl and she's loving me. but distance is my tendency. I am defeated. have you lost your place? I wore my doormat face. I hung my this or that. I laid my welcome mat. If I'm your oyster, where's the war? you leave me gasping, tattered and torn. I know you can't find a fork. I am just a little acorn. well, acorns grow to mighty trees. you've got sauce, but you don't have knees. now look who's asking pretty please. I lay defeated. have you lost your place? i wore my doormat face. I hung my this or that. I laid my welcome mat. Call your bathroom friends around. I will fake a little frown. I will be your little clown, easily defeated. yeah, shut the door and open wide. seconal and astroglide. fuck with me and traumatize. don't you see i love your hide? all the beauty that's trapped inside. can't you see i love your hide? can't you see i love your hide? can't you see it? have you lost your place? I wore my doormat face. I hung my this or that. I laid my welcome mat. ZITHER Instrumental SO FAST SO NUMB Movin' through rough waters motel boy, and swimming in your sleep. How could I be so blind, mis-sighted, not to see there's something wounded deep. Anyone could scratch your surface now, it's all amphetamine you're blasting yourself into the present learn some vast indignity, say that, You say that you hate it you want to re-create it I've been around, I've been your lover. I let it go at Kill Devil Hill, You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. You're drinking the wrong dream now baby, You do-si-do, saddo You're you in cartilage, shark-eyed, shock horror, all present tense, and boy your blood is running cold. Listen, this is now, this is here, this is me, this is what I wanted you to see. That was then, was that, that is gone, this is past, you cast yourself cast, passed by, gone down fast. You say that you hate it. You want to recreate it. I've played this round, I've played your lover. I've played it out to the hilt. You're comin' on with something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. You love it. You hate it. You want to re-create it. Now, this is here, this is me, This is what I wanted you to see. That was then, was that, that is gone. That is what I wanted you to feel. You love it. You hate it. You spit it out, the bitter pill. I've been around, I've been your lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hill. You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. I've played this round, I've played your lover. I've played it out to the hilt. You're comin' on with something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. you played around, you played me lover, I let it go at Kill Devil Hill. You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb that you can't even feel. LOW DESERT It happened fast, it's over quick. a little dust and the engine kicks. Did your hands drift down off the wheel? roll out, hit your windshield An eyelish or a little bit of sleep? Time stands still. Just call it now and you're on your way (hey, hey, hey) All the ashtrays, cities and the freeway drives Broken casino and waterslide Eighteen-wheeler, payback dice. Gravity pulls on the power line. Jet stream cuts the desert sky. This is a land could eat a man alive. Say you'd leave it all behind. There's a radio tower that's egging me on Back to the place where you never belong. Where people thrive on their own contempt. Whatever meaning is long gone, spent. If you had to guess or make bet, would you place yourself inside of it? the mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh. "Tricked again." Let go, okay. ELECTROLITE Your eyes are burning holes through me. I'm gasoline. I'm burnin' clean. Twentieth century go and sleep. You're plasticine. That is obscene. That is obscene. You are the star tonight. Your sun electric outta sight. You light eclipsed the moon tonight. Elecrolite. You're outta sight. If I ever want to fly. Mulholland Drive. I am alive. Hollywood is under me. I'm Martin Sheen I'm Steve McQueen I'm Jimmy Dean You are the star tonight. Your sun electric outta sight. You light eclipsed the moon tonight. Elecrolite. You're outta sight. If you want to fly. Mulholland Drive. Up in the sky. Stand on a cliff and look down there. Don't be scared, you are alive. You are alive. You are the star tonight. Your sun electric outta sight. You light eclipsed the moon tonight. Elecrolite. You're outta sight. Twentieth century go and sleep. Really deep. We won't blink You're eyes are burnin' holes through me. I'm not scared I'm outta here. I'm not scared. I'm outta here.
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