POPPIES Long long ago in China I'm told To England was traded some tea And so sealed the fate In pieces of eight All England and all of the world Yeah...poppies When soon his majesty sent soldiers and thieves To India searching for gold Instead from the ground Some magic they found Something far better I'm told Yeah...poppies Yeah...poppies And now this story told from days of our own When gossamer doggies ran ran They'd patiently wait With pieces of eight So everybody could smile one more time Yeah...poppies Yeah...poppies SEX AND CANDY Hangin' round downtown by myself And I had so much time To sit and think about myself And then there she was Like double cherry pie Yeah there she was Like disco superfly I smell sex and candy here Who's that lounging in my chair Who's that casting devious stares In my direction Mama this surely is a dream Hangin' 'round downtown by myself And I had too much caffeine And I was thinkin' 'bout myself And then there she was In platform double suede Yeah there she was Like disco lemonade I smell sex and candy here Who's that lounging in my chair Who's that casting devious stares In my direction Mama this surely is a dream Mama this surely is a dream Yeah mama this must be my dream ANCIENT WALLS OF FLOWERS Ancient walls of flowers tumblin' down Black cat petals and a smiling clown I like to keep them in a jar beside Just enough to mess my mind inside But I never heard you callin' from the sun Did you ever care to shoot your silver gun No I never heard you callin' from the moon Did you ever care to sing your free love tune Ancient walls of whispers falling low Murmur simmer and I'm feeling slow Keep me up but keep me in my head I'll ping a pound of posies 'til I'm dead But I never heard you callin' from the sun Did you ever care to shoot your silver gun No I never heard you callin' from the moon Did you ever care to sing your free love tune Ancient walls of flowers tumblin' down Ancient walls of flowers tumblin' down Ancient walls of whispers tumblin' down Ancient walls are tumblin' all over this town SAINT JOE ON THE SCHOOL BUS Saint Joe he said he's never been dressed up like a woman Saint Joe they said your dad is gay They said your mom she's a whore They said it 'til you were raw They said your mom she's a bore They made her beg them for more My Aunt Mary Aunt Mary Aunt Mary says they have the darkness there in their eyes Saint Joe he said he's never been made up like a woman Saint Joe the time is coming when... when Mary never will return When Mary never will come back here... yeah Mary never will return O' Mary please come home O' my aunt Mary Aunt Mary Aunt Mary says they have the darkness there in their eyes O' my aunt Mary Aunt Mary Aunt Mary says they have the darkness there They have the family disease They have the darkness there in their minds A CLOAK OF ELVENKIND A cloaking robe of elvenkind hangs in my wardrobe behind All those things that mother said were proper for a boy And I know I could not say why On this summer evening Sixteen books on magic spells stacked below the cloak of elves And sixteen books on magic spells so elegantly bound And I know I could not say why On this summer evening And I know something...something about you And I know something...something about you A cloaking robe of elvenkind hangs in my wardrobe behind All those things that mother said were proper for a boy SHERRY FRASER Oo I saw stars falling all around her head Red, gold, and blue Sherry Fraser where are you 'Cause I saw stars falling all around your head When we were young Sherry Fraser where have you gone We're all wondering When will you come back And play...some day. Sherry yeah The mad hatter he waits for Alice To come to tea again He waits forever for his old lover And always wonderin' Will I see stars falling all around your head When you return Sherry Fraser what have you learned And we're all wondering When will you come back And play...some day And please do come back And play...some day Please do come back And play...some day Sherry yeah GONE CRAZY Come back and be Come back for free Come back and stay child Have you gone crazy Molly, it must be fine It seems so dreamy to be sublime Molly has gone to Spain Has gone with Venus to watch the rain And it seems that's not the place where you belong And it seems that's not the place where you belong When there's no sun and there's no moon And there's no stars child have you gone crazy Come back and be Come back for free Come back and stay child Have you gone crazy Molly it must be fine It seems so dreamy to be sublime And Molly the whippoorwill Has gone to space boy, she is there still When there's no sun and there's no moon And there's no stars child have you gone crazy OPIUM Blue like water Blue like heaven is all of the time I'm all right I'm just gagging on all the all right I'm so happy So happy I'm in heaven Yeah heaven Oh the season+s come for opium Mom...mom Mom...mom I'm so happy So happy I'm in heaven Yeah heaven Oh the seizures come from opium ONE MORE SUICIDE Christopher O' Malley went out on a bridge Down in Chehalis And clutching his bible and a letter from her Fell into the river Pity no one was there No angels in the air And the morning paper ran One more suicide His mama stayed by the river side Down in Chehalis And clutching her bible and a letter from him Fell into crying Pity no one was there No angels in the air And the morning paper ran One more suicide Pity no one was there No angels in the air And the morning paper ran One more suicide One more suicide One more suicide DOG AND HIS MASTER Hey little boy see the Johnny and Janes Hey little boy you see them all go insane Look and see Spot run 'Cause he pissed in their hallway Run Spot run Run away from it all And I say you can be anyway that you wanna be How I'll be, that's up to me Hey little girl see them all run around Hey little girl you see them all tumble down Johnny will boss Janey will buy Spot will beg But everyone dies As I said you can be any way that you wanna be How I'll be, tha's up to me One little, two little, three little idiots Four little, five little, six little idiots Seven little, eight little, nine little idiots All in suit and tie One little, two little, three little idiots Four little, five little, six little idiots Seven little, eight little, nine little idiots All dressed up to die, and I say You can be any way that you wanna be But how I'll be, that's up to me THE SHADOW OF SEATTLE Rain Like tin angels falling down Like a mission and we're halfway there From some old dried up fried forgotten town Why Won't they let us be ourselves With our potential we could toe the line And show the bastards up with our divine Light Seize All the records from the past Hold for ransom all the artifacts This ragged town protects them to the last With lies See them running heading homeward to Seattle Deem All the liars in your tribe To be the fires on the western side Of some old front we call the war of art Rain Like tin angels falling down Like a mission and we're halfway there From some old dried up fried forgotten town From some old dried up fried forgotten town To some old dried up fried forgotten Town THE VAMPIRES OF NEW YORK Come see the vampires of New York Come lose your mind in Central Park But don't leave your soul behind Come take in 8th street after dark Such peculiar people you'll remark You might even see a murder And all the whores on Bleecker Street They wear the blissful grin Caused by the drugs they take To relieve them of their sins And "oh lord I think she's dying" I heard somebody say I think she's dying And "oh oh lord I think she's dying" Or maybe she's already dead and maybe she's gone to Mars Maybe we could even write her epitaph in the stars It'd say "If you go away from here... If you go a million miles..." Come downtown to see them go Into the den of the vampires of New York But please watch your step as you're getting off, kids
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