Imperial Teen -- Imperial Teen

IMPERIAL TEEN

so sick then take medicine
i'm up to my neck in
party favors, pesticides and pills
the water is broken
the rash is outspoken
and i can smell the fever in the dark

can't go back, can't go straight
can't turn, can't cross the bridge i've
  yet to burn
imperial teen

the lepers are fixing
the hawk bit the chicken
killing boys but giving birth to men
so you're the new messiah
i think you should retire
i'm a fan of liberace too

one fat lip, one black eye, one bat
true love's not worth much more than that

imperial teen

(2-3-4-1)  does it hurt when you scream?
(2-3-4-1)  i remember my dreams
(2-3-4-1)  mister imperial teen

if i only had another hand
i'd cut it off and start a band
imperial teen

(2-3-4-1)  does it hurt when you scream?
(2-3-4-1)  i remember my dreams
(2-3-4-1)  mister imperial teen
(2-3-4-1)  mister imperial teen...


WATER BOY

riding saddle side
stolen body sock
you can crack the whip
have your soul in hock
seven samurai
encrusted ornament
paper scissors rock
why can't you take a hint

bow down to me
bow down yeah baby baby
bow down to me
bow down yeah baby baby

water on the brain
dripping down your thighs
it's quite a waterfall
a sight for soggy eyes
refuse to eat the fruit
those vitamins won't do
i just bite it off
i'm getting fat for you

bow down to me
bow down yeah baby baby
bow down to me
bow down yeah baby baby

you're not qualified
you're not what i employ
give the hand-me-downs
to the water boy
culture is a curse
for the second string
because they pick you first
based on what you bring

bow down to me
bow down yeah baby baby
bow down to me
bow down yeah baby baby...


BUTCH

you ate your heart out
i'd eat it too
it burns and blisters
you want it to
i never swallow
i chew i chew
the darker berry
spit back at you

you can't take what i won't mean it
makes them quiet when you scream it
he was a troubled teen
he read a magazine
the prince wants to be a queen
suddenly

the gun was loaded
it never came
i pulled the trigger
ignored the stain
tying the knot
tightens the strain
and death is worth
the price of fame

you can't take what i won't mean it
takes too long to hear you scream it
he was a troubled teen
he read a magazine
the prince wants to be a queen
honestly

butch is pink
and butch is blue
you like strawberries
and i like you
pop the question
i do i do
you like strawberries
and i like you

i'd wear your dress
i'd burn it too
don't baby baby
i'll baby you
i double meant it
you double knew
the double pleasure
i took from you

left before they came to save you
i want back the time i gave you
you were a troubled teen
you read a magazine
the prince wants to be a queen
honestly

butch is pink
and butch is blue
you like strawberries
and i like you
pop the question
i do i do
you like strawberries
and i like you...


PIG LATIN

i don't mind looking at you
your hair sticks straight up well
the spray can is my favorite
vonnegut to william hell
i don't want to be happy
i wanna mess around
but these drugs have made me sappy
i do love feeling down

(you and i only)  i can't even try
(you and i)       i can't even cry
(you and i only)  your teeth are sublime
(you and i)       so take me i'm mine

let's stop and order pancakes
i don't mind sitting down
if i can't take it to yesterday
it's a new day all confound
i don't know why you alchemists
all spin around yourselves
make fool's gold out of increments
i don't chew what you sell

(you and i only)  i can't even try
(you and i)       i can't even cry
(you and i only)  your teeth are sublime
(you and i)       so take me i'm mine...

rum-ba-dee-da
dum-da-da-dee-da
rum-ba-dee-da
you're the only...

you're the only one


BLAMING THE BABY

i don't want to give you the time that you give me
i don't want to go to a be-in with you
put me in a box and cut into my psyche
you will find i'm done before starting with you

i know that daddy's reached his prime
now it's cradle robbing crime
but i'm too old for whine
just get it over with

i don't want to give you the time that you give me
i don't want to go to the islands with you
put me in a box and make love to my skeleton
we can snuff my soul and smoke after we're through

i can't play your touchy feel
it's not part of the deal
won't die for every meal
just get it over with

i know that daddy's reached his prime
now it's cradle robbing crime
but i'm too old for whine
just get it over with

good boy gone sour
locked in a tower
good boy gone sour
paid by the hour
good boy gone sour
good boy gone sour...


YOU'RE ONE

(you're one you're one)  it's with you i wanna be
(you're one you're one)  peace and love and empathy
(you're one you're one)  tie me off i wanna be
(you're one you're one)  shooting up the enemy
shooting up the enemy yeah

we played a show and no one came
we played and played it just the same
if there's no ears then there's no sound
if there's no tree then there's no ground

(you're one you're one)  it's with you i wanna be
(you're one you're one)  peace and love and empathy
(you're one you're one)  tie me off i wanna be
(you're one you're one)  shooting up the enemy
shooting up the enemy yeah

that crown of thorns you wear it well
you bought it cheap it's time to sell
you say you're sick from altitude
a crown's a crown what can you do?

you take it like a man boy
you take it like a man boy...

(you're one you're one)  it's with you i wanna be
(you're one you're one)  peace and love and empathy
(you're one you're one)  tie me off i wanna be
(you're one you're one)  shooting up the enemy
shooting up the enemy yeah

i'd pump your stomach if i thought
it'd stop the pain your doctor bought
forever now forever then
ignore the flower feed the stem

you take it like a man boy
you take it like a man boy...
you kiss me like a man boy
you kiss me like a man boy...


BALLOON

i have a crate it's filled with bricks and
  pictures of our past
depreciating values and i'm
  losing interest fast
all the hungry mouths i've seen could
  never make me steal
i would rather stand and die than
  have to live and kneel

balloon...

you call me pocket venus but i'm
  really pocket freak
you know i don't need this i have my
  own potholes and leaks
i came into some money i don't
  need you anymore
you can call me superstar or
  you can call me whore

balloon...

[I'm] back in your life
back in your life
we can't even mess up right...

i'm the type of guy who doesn't
  have a type at all
i'm not dressed for this climate someone
  take me to the mall
drink toilet water learn to stare and
  eat the food that rots
we're living in the cloisters where our
  subtext is our plot

balloon...

[I'm] back in your life
back in your life
we can't even mess up right...


TIPPY TAP

i've got a can of shit
can you open it?
i always make my bed
please pick on her instead

this fishbowl does not hold
the killer whale in tow
my dad's a lot of fun
my dad he has a gun

hands up
lay down
don't cry
stick a needle in your eye

i left it all behind
now you own what's mine
that's something that i lack
i think i want it back

hands up
lay down
don't cry
i'm the only reason why...


COPAFEELIA

cop a feel for all your sins
don't get too excited suck down ritalin
fake an interest seven inch
penny for your soul and it's not worth it

runnin' from myself
i don't even know why

cutting out your paper friends
paper doesn't last it burns it burns it burns
camoflauge is on the rise
you're not fashion conscious you're acid washed
  you're acid washed

runnin' from myself
i don't even know why

carbonated blonde couture
drunken hands will kill your pimp and make you
  whore de jour
you're worth more dead than alive
i'm not gonna die here i'm not gonna die here 
  i'm not

runnin' from myself
i don't even know why
sometimes i just get by
i don't even know why
sometimes i just get by
i don't even know why


LUXURY

i licked the lap of luxury
bit off enough to chew
i love the taste of anything
that i can spit at you

i feel bad to be good
and so misunderstood
about bad and what's good
and what's misunderstood
to be had is too good
to be misunderstood
it's just sad that i don't have a friend

i crashed the family limousine
i drove to feel the drive
the chauffer's dead my mother said
and you're the one alive

i can't be what you want me to be
i can't be what you want me to be
i can't be what you want me to be
what you bought was free

the famine hit the laminate
i paid for has expired
i'm braving it i'm saving it
for later when i'm fired
i wouldn't want what's left of you
to be what's left of me
hypocrisy is stalking me
i'm kissing lips and feet

i can't be what you want me to be
i can't be what you want me to be
i can't be what you want me to be
what you bought was free

the pelican brought baby in
i wish the boy was mine
it must have been the heroin
that kept me in my prime

i feel bad to be good
and so misunderstood
about bad and what's good
and what's misunderstood
to be had is too good
to be misunderstood
it's just sad that i don't have a gun

i left my home and family
they still don't know i'm gone
i'm looking for a family that listens to my songs

i can't be what you want me to be
i can't be what you want me to be
i can't be what you want me to be
what you bought was free...


ETERNITY

(my overdrive did an overdrive right?
 maybe i should close the curtains
 or, no
 1-2-3-4...)

what are we supposed to be?
let's watch our friends they're on TV
[we'll] freeze the frosting on the girlie magazines

for (etern-etern-etern-) eternity
and (you turn, you turn, you turn,)
  you turn to me...