I don’t need wet bark and baby
I don’t need a bong
I don’t need your depressing poetry
I don’t need another song
I don’t need all these possessions
I don’t need to eat my food
I don’t need all these illusions
Maybe all I really need is you
You know I can’t stand to be alone
You’re always in my thoughts
You make life worth living, girl,
For you’re all I haven’t bought
I don’t need a TV to be happy
I don’t need Siouxsie Sioux
I don’t need to hear I sing crappy
I don’t need to hear what I should do
I don’t need to buy Love & Rockets
Don’t need to buy any more records
I don’t need to buy my contentment
Money can’t buy what your love is worth
And now I know, I’ve come to see
That it’s you I always sought
Now I know why I wasn’t happy
‘Cos you’re all I haven’t bought
I don’t need any shallow helloes
I don’t need any more new clothes
I don’t need to play their game
No, I don’t need Madonna’s fame
I don’t need all these things
I don't like alligators
People think she's crazy
But alligators don't wear pants.
Felicia makes a castle
Everybody thinks she's crazy
But alligators don't wear pants.
Alone
Alone
If there’s a God that loves us,
Amen to the Lord
If there’s a life beyond this one,
Amen to the glory
If there really is a Heaven above,
Amen to the Lord
I wanna say I love you
I know you know I need you
Why do I love you?
I can’t put into poetry
All I’m trying to say is I love you
I looked
I head down
I wait for the day
Any day now
I will walk the last mile
Do not look
I pray
For the wind on my back
Any day now
I see you there all wrapped up
All I know is I don't even know that
Apple song needs a lot to get by on
A second sun explodes by the sea
If plants are alive then I believe in ghosts
Apple song needs a lot to get by on
Tulip-borne but under rosary rule
Red-eyed giant worm with birdy in his sights
Apple song needs a lot to get by on
Are you into the groove
Are you shaking your hips
Are you into the groove?
Are you shaking your body?
Happy day
Cloudy day
And then the monkey screams
Boy loves girl
Delicate hands
To a lake
And then some children scream
Boy loves girl
Can we be friends, to the end?
I see you every day
I think of you, my dear
Can we be friends, to the end?
I know you pretty well
You think you're pretty smart
Can we be friends, to the end?
Take me far away
Stay with me night and day
Can we be friends, to the end?
Can we be friends, to the end?
In a room with windows drawn
Outside I hear them laugh at me
Can you hear me?
I sit here in my face of gray
Can you hear me?
We’re taking a vacation
God, I hate cars
Nothing but black in the sky tonight
City limits
Barb-wire fences all around me
City limits
You don't understand
You never gonna learn
City limits
City limits,
Well,
Took her out
Darlin I just love to see you laugh
Darlin I just love to see you laugh
How many men have died my friend?
How many men have we fought?
All these questions fill my mind
Did you look outside today?
Did you look outside today?
All these questions fill my mind
Little child lying in the dirt
Little child don’t look around
Did you look outside today?
Did you look outside today?
Did you look outside today?
Flower in a jar
Watch me out the door
Use one off the street
Say you don't mean it
Watching out the window
Zombie-eyed
Steadily
I'm going down
Empty, empty
Let me tell you about our boys overseas
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
O' say can you see by the dawn's early light?
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight! Uncle Sam needs us to conserve
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
Cobblestoned and hashbrowned stew
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
Snottish webs and face of glue
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
Crusting piggish appled-tart
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
Long locks of white
Ends up skipping class
Leads you by the hand
Nothing's as it seems
Flower, flower girl
Take me on a trip
Let's lie in the earth
Gimme some green
But don't wilt away
Flower, flower girl
Gasman (Gasman, gasman) [voice: "Gasman!"]
Mr. Meter Man
Gasman (Gasman, gasman) [voice: "Gasman!"]
Mr. Meter Man
Gasman (Gasman, gasman) [voice: "Gasman!"]
And man is he a gas!
Heaven help me
It’s enough to make a strong man cry
What am I gonna do?
I love Louise, I swear I do,
Heaven help me
Heaven help me
Hello Mr. Monday
Hello Mr. Monday
Hello Mr. Monday
Hello Mr. Monday
I'm so tired
I've given up
Can it be
All I need is your honesty
I'll sing my song
So don't pretend
All I gave was my honesty
Now can you do
What I need is your honesty
I can't stand it anymore!
Once
Now
I can't stand it anymore!
Hon,
Yes
I can't stand it anymore!
It seems
So
I can't stand it anymore!
[chorus #1]:
[chorus #2]:
You can be such a jerk
I hate your guts
Oh my God you're getting on my nerves
I hate your guts
I hate your guts
You said you're true
That isn't right
I'd rather be with you
I wanna leave
Perhaps you're right
I'd rather be with you
Let's show our cards
I need you, Jill
I'd rather be with you
Freedom has got a name (AMERICA)
Where is the land of the free? (AMERICA)
I'm an American
I'm an American
I'm an American
I'm an American
[explosion, segues into "Bomb-Bomb Iran" for remainder of song]
In the garden
And the sun shines bright
Honey, all that sky
On the grass hill
Deep in the earth
Listen, grass will grow
[bridge]:
I can see angels in the stars
I'm falling
You know my name
I heard your call
You made amends
I might go around
Why do you wait
I'm fading fast
You know how I feel
I'm getting better and better, better and better
I been wishing every night
I been wishing all of the time
It sounds so stupid, but I know it's true
I been wishing every day
It sounds so stupid, but I know it's true
I been wishing and I've tried
I been wishing days on end
Wishing for you again
Streaks of dawn upon the lawn
Nine months of waiting, anticipating
Oh baby don’t feel alone
The doctor frowned and sat us down
Yet God’s above with our love
Oh God how can you kill?
Oh baby in the sky
Jessica?
That's too old hat to cover your head
Polish that up, it sounds so plain
Why do you hate them? They love you
Just keep the airheads dancing
The world
Kill me, I'm dying
Oh, kill me, I'm dying
There's so much horror, so much pain
What else can you do but -
Nothing nothing nothing can take the pain away
Please! Kill me, I'm dying
Nothing nothing nothing (can kill me)
Happy is the road that led mine to yours
I am a Krishna man; Krishna, you and me
All along the sighing fields of my melancholy
I am a Krishna man; Krishna, you and me
OM KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA
Say a golden hallelujah and forever praise
I am a Krishna man; Krishna, you and me
OM KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA
All I've seen, all I've known
It doesn't mean much
All you've seen, all you've known
It doesn't mean much
Look at my song printed on the screen
I'm Mister Music and I write my songs
Nobody uses real things anymore
I'm Mister Music and I write the songs
Airheads proliferate the Top Forty sound
I'm Mister Music and I write my songs
Jumping down stairs
See me today
[chorus]:
Precious are the times we’re together
Natalie
Gray are the skies since you left me
Natalie
Nickel and dime, nickel and dime
You might say I'm a short guy
Nickel and dime, that's my line
You might say that I'm not nice
Nickel and dime, I'm feeling fine
You say you're going to go away
No, no, no
You say you have to say goodbye
No, don't go
I need you
I reach out
I don't want your pity
I need somebody
I love you
Why won't you be my friend?
I love nobody
I've seen many a thing in the ocean
I've known people who wait and people who hate
I've seen it all
I've helped those who needed another
I've felt down and out, and up and in
I've seen it all
I've got a dollar in my pocket
We're just trying to find a home
A different motel room a day
We're still trying to find a home
[bridge]
I've learned so much from her
I'm still trying to find my home
Though my feet surely ache
Picky eater don’t need feeding
Creepy Crawler
Chorus for a funeral
Ultranglendocrine flapper
After beef for microwaving seashore
Roland, brother, twin of mine
Hee hee: Laughing Daphne sees me
Picky eater just eats freezing
The great maw of the cave covers me
Pull out, baby
Pull out, darling
The silence between us is like an iron wall
Don't you know it's you I love,
Pull out, baby
Pull out, darling
Pull out,
Here comes Saturday
Underneath the glass
Her name is Saturday
Today I think I might
Saturday's the name
Shatter all the glass to fly
Saturday's her name
Snippet sound of Saturday
Girl against the bricks
Whip against the chain
Can it be?
You’re only mine
She’s the kind of woman in the morning to
be with
(She knows) but she don’t need to say
She’s the kind of woman to spend your life
with
(She speaks) when I want her to speak
She’s the kind of woman to spend your life
with
She’s the kind of woman, oh yes
I remember a time
All day long
How can things be so fine
I'll sing it again
So much for that
She's a girl of the sky
There could never be
All day long
Sing, sing for me
I gotta let you know
Sing, sing for me
I gotta let you know
Sing, sing for me
Sorrow man
I am not a sorrow man
Sorrow man
Across the night
I am not a sorrow man,
Sorrow man
Sorrow man
Across the night
I am not a sorrow man,
Glass will shatter
Everybody calls my name
Take away my mask and you'll
Look inside your bag of tricks
Take a ride to the moon
Doctor, baker, candlemaker,
Orbs of fire growing higher
Swallow me
Tighten your affection
Swallow me
We could talk about the weather
Talk about the weather
Thank the Lord for your life
Thank the Lord for your food
Thank the Lord
Thank the Lord for war
Somebody's trying to stop our song
My songs are evil, my rights are sold
But hey! That's rock n' roll
Call the army, we gotta stop this guy
Rock n' roll, it's a Satanic thing
But hey! That's rock n' roll
(ad lib like this till end)
In the morning
Oh babe in the good times
Honey, I don't care
In the evening
I miss you so
Honey, I should be there
Virginia
I'm marking my calendar, dear
Honey
I'm saving my money
Why does the world have to spin so fast?
For when she's gone, I couldn't go on
Why can't yesterday be tomorrow?
Darlin
Oh darlin
Why does the world have to spin so fast?
Why can't yesterday be tomorrow?
(ad lib to end with the "Hey, hey. Hey, hey." backing)
What's the perfect song?
Gather 'round, I'll tell ya a story
These magazine critics complained
What's the perfect song?
Critics will call you names
What's the perfect song?
These strings can change the world
These strings are gonna rock
When I play my guitar
These strings are my tool
When I play my guitar
When I play my guitar
I want to rule the world
I want to change the world
I want to make a huge pile of money!
Oh, when I play
I told them so
I've been around
Where are you?
Tell me straight
I need you again
Where are you?
Help me friend
It's all rearranged
Where are you?
It's far too late for crying
Our time together is fleeting
Mr. Travers married Ms. Lee
I'm looking for the good day
I'm looking for the new day
You don't have to cry
You don't have to cry
(You know, you know) That I really care
You don't have to cry
You don't have to cry
(You know, you know) That I really care
(You know, you know) You don't have to cry
You don't come around anymore
You don't come around anymore
You don't love me anymore
You don't come around anymore
You don't come around anymore
You don't love me anymore
You don't come around anymore
Mr. Travers knows all about Ms. Lee
Mr. Travers likes to think of his youth
You’re a little monkey sitting in your
cage
Ms. Lee don’t want to go on a date
Ms. Lee remembers as a girl
You’re a little monkey sitting in your
cage
Mr. Travers glances at his phone
Two doors down, but they’re so far apart
You’re a little monkey sitting in your
cage
You sing for Mandela
You think you're right
You make it seem so bad
You're a propaganda man
Issues make you feel bright
You make it seem so bad
‘Cos you’re all I haven’t bought
I don’t need all these THINGS
You’re all I haven’t bought.
ALLIGATORS DON'T WEAR PANTS
(Written in August, 1988)
Alligators don't wear pants
Elephants don't like Felicia
Felicia doesn't like ants
She never combs her hair
She never rides her bike
She never goes nowhere
Felicia eats some dirt
Felicia smiles and walks away
Pretending she's never hurt
Elephants point and sneer
She reads her Tarot cards
To figure out what to wear
ALONE
(Unfinished, written in Spring, 1987)
When there's so many people
All alone
And I can't reach out
I'm all alone
And I feel I want to die
There's so many people in this world
And I'm dying of loneliness.
When I want to grasp her hand
All alone
When I sight her in a crowd
I'm all alone
When I know she's sitting there
There's so many people in this world
And I'm dying of loneliness.
AMEN
(Written on November 30, 1988)
then I believe in Him
If there’s a Heaven above,
then I want to go in
Yes time and time I waited,
Time and time again,
To say my Lord, forgive me
To say my Lord’s Amen
Amen to the sky
Amen to the rivers
Amen to our lives
Amen to loving
Amen to what we are
Amen to the wonder of it all
then our love will go on
If there’s a Lord that loves us all,
I need to hear His call
For time and time I waited
Time and time again
To pray my Lord forgive me
To sing my Lord’s Amen
Amen to the kind
Amen to the faithful ones
The most blessed one could find
Amen to the peaceful
Amen to the sunshine
Amen to the goodly side of life
then I want to go in
If there really is a God who loves,
then I know I love Him
For time and time I waited
Time and time again
To seek my Lord’s forgiveness
To sing my Lord’s Amen
Amen to the sky
Amen to the rivers
Amen to our lives
Amen to loving
Amen to what we are
Amen to the wonder of it all
ANOTHER SONG
(Written on August 10, 1988)
I wanna say I love you
I wanna say I love you
But it’s just another song
You know how much I need you
You know how much I love you
But it’s just another song
I could count the ways
But you know if I bothered to try
I’d be here all day.
What I’m babbling on
So all I end up singing
is just another song.
I’m trying to say I love you
I’m trying to say I love you
but it’s just another song
ANY DAY NOW
(Written on December 3, 1992)
in the field
For their cotton
To the well
And bring up their water
I will drink my own cup
For the hill to come down
For the hand to lift up
Any, any day
Any day now
Any, any, any DAY
Will walk past the pain
To see my own child
Will not be born in vain
To the ground
For it is not waiting
For the day
The sky will stop raining
To break free all these chains
When I'll know at last
That the rain's gone away
Any, any day
Any day now
Any, any DAY
APPLE SONG
(Written on November 1, 1989)
You and the CIA are all covered up
You toss and turn in your creaking bed
Your blanket of fears wrapped 'round your head
The earth may be round but my world is flat
Death is pointless if life still goes on
So c'mon boy, sing your apple song
Apple song needs a lot to get high on
Apple song needs a love so come on
Birds above look for you and me
Lightning strikes cities dead
The airpig talks to voices in his head
I'll settle for two if you'll settle for toast
Take me to bed and I'll take you along
Or c'mon boy, sing your apple song
Apple song needs a lot to get high on
Apple song needs a love so come on
Bondage-gear bandit hums Don't Be Cruel
Gladys shivers sadly under purple skies
But who can stop the fiend with the housekey eyes?
Whatever you do, don't mention Jesus Christ
Billy burning baby with the bleeding tongue
Cries out, "Boy, sing your apple song"
Apple song needs a lot to get high on
Apple song needs a love so come on
ARE YOU INTO THE GROOVE?
(Unfinished, written in 1987)
Or are you out of touch?
Are you jamming tonight
Or are you out to lunch?
Because you love to dance?
Or are you doing it all
For some new romance?
Are you on the ball?
Are you new to this game
Or have you seen it all?
Are you ready to party?
Oh I like how you move
Yeah you're into the groove
AT THE ZOO
(Written Spring, 1988)
Sunshine hits your hair
I try not to stare your way
The rain bathes your form
Bathes your form, my dear
And then the lions roar
I wake from these dreams as my thoughts
soar
Girl loves boy
At least they think they do
At least they think they do
It’s just another day at the zoo.
in a checkered dress
Ribbon in her hair
I now confess
my thoughts for her
When the lions roar
When we’re holding hands my heart soars
Girl loves boy
At least they think they do
At least they think they do
It’s just another day at the zoo.
CAN WE BE FRIENDS?
(Written on July 25, 1988)
Can we be friends, and then who knows?
Ohhhhh
You never look my way, but I know
Whenever you're near, and you know
Can we be friends, and then who knows?
Ohhhhh
Your love I'd never sell to another
Cos you've stolen my heart forever
Can we be friends, and then who knows?
Ohhhhh
To your private hideaway in the trees
And I'll love you anyway, if you please
Can we be friends, and then who knows?
Ohhhhh
Can we be friends, and then you know
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
(Written on April 8, 1989)
I sit here so pale and young
I am frightened by the light
So I close the curtains tight
I trace my hand along the wall
I sometimes bleed but that is all
Out the drape I've often seen
Something there that makes me scream!
Laugh at what they've never seen
Shadows guard my silent form
Staring at the bedroom door
Inside I feel my leather tongue
Outside they play beneath the sun
Sometimes I feel I must get out
Sometimes I feel like I must shout!
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
You scare me,
Outside.
I'm alone, it's safe to say
My eyes stare blankly, dead and cold
So they'll stay until I'm old
I hate your world with all its pain
In my dark room, I'll remain
I will live only to die
My lonely heart begins to cry:
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
You scare me,
Outside.
CAR SICK
(Written on November 27, 1988)
Down south
Our lives are threatened
Passing through Columbus
I don’t want to mention it
It’s so long ago
I’m in the back seat
Seatbelt up around my throat
I’m half-asleep
Almost comatose
I don’t feel so well
I won’t tell Mom so
Should stare at the road
Then I won’t get dizzy
I want to throw up
This drives me crazy
All night in a car
is not at all fun
If I could do it again
I would’ve stayed at home
CITY LIMITS
(Written in 1986)
Seems like it gets blacker with every night
Days get longer and the years get shorter in my mind
Every night, dreams so blind
Every day, in my mind
City limits,
City limits
Nowhere to go up
City limits
No one can grow up
City limits
Never letting go or letting free
It seems as though my dreams
Are all that can comfort me now
Mark where I been
City limits
Tying me in
City limits
Pullin me down
City limits
They're all around this town
You don't understand
You don't understand what I been through
You never gonna learn
You never gonna learn until you do
Taking their toll
City limits
They're stealing my soul
City limits
Draggin me down
City limits
At the edge of town
City limits,
City limits.
DARLIN I LOVE TO SEE YOU LAUGH
(Written in Summer 1986)
Baby said yes to goto the show
And we're heading out tonight
Well don'tcha know
Nothing will come 'tween my baby and me
Yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
Well don'tcha know
Like I'm really glad that she said she'd go
Oh baby and me had the craziest time
Brought her home at a quarter to nine
The next mornin' oh don'tcha know
Sometimes wonder if it's me you're laughing at
Oh but I don't care
No I don't care
'Cos you're so fine
And I might find
That baby pleasin' you is the only thing on my mind
DID YOU LOOK OUTSIDE TODAY?
(Written in 1987)
How many men cried to the end?
How many wars did we fight today?
How many lives did we take away?
How much hate have we taught?
How many death camps have we filled?
How many children have we killed?
Answers I shall never find
Did you see the bomb?
All the children’s broken dreams
All the love that’s gone
Did you see the sky?
All the loving life we knew
All the love that’s died
Answers I shall never find
Charred and burnt, fried and hurt
Little baby crawling in the sand
Darlin come and take my hand
Gently sleep now in the ground
No more laughter, no more play
No more night and no more day
Did you see the bomb?
All the children’s broken dreams
All the love that’s gone
Did you see the sun?
No place to hide, can’t you see?
There’s no place to run
Did you see the bomb?
All the children’s broken dreams
All the love that’s gone
EMPTY
(Written circa 1992)
Dead man in the park,
So much to lose, so little time to choose it
Heading for a pole
Oh, I think I nearly crashed my car
Give her a good beating
Oh, I hardly know myself today
Don't be that unfair
But I don't get a say
'Cos I'm not even here
Looking in the glass
Watching you sleeping, you know I'll get there yet
I got my .45
All my friends are either dead or dying
Look at me
Mom take a look upon your favorite son now
To my knees
When I'm gone, they'll have to wash this carpet clean
Empty it, now empty me
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
(Written in early 1988)
Deep in a trench as they crawl on their knees
Dodging them bombs that light up the sky
As they fight for our flag, Mom, and apple pie
Never gonna rest til we win the fight
Win! Win! Win! Win!
We're gonna blow them Nazis right out of sight
There's our flag flying high through the night
Just remember Pearl Harbor and then you'll see
Why we gotta avenge that Day of Infamy
Never gonna rest til we win the fight
Win! Win! Win! Win!
We're gonna blow them Nazis right out of sight
Win! Win! Win!
Fight! Win! Fight! Win!
Fight to Win!
The paper upon which you read these words
Your dollar may be for
Buying the bullet that wins the war!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
FIGHT! -- To WIN!!
FILTHY LIL' SOP
(Written on June 16-17, 1989)
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(Buy me my name)
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(His is the same)
Liquid diamondlime for two or more
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(My mean ol' game)
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(Roland's away)
Yacht not a loan alone fortune it sold
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(So be my vein)
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(I'm quite insane)
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(So please don't scream)
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(Beneath the weeds)
Requesting finish of this song so long
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(Safely hid)
Filthy lil' sop
Filthy lil' sop
(Near the bridge)
FLOWER GIRL
(Written on March 3, 1989)
Blue eyes all bright
Flower girl, flower girl
To go sit in the grass
Flower girl, flower girl
Into her flowery land
Flower girl, flower girl
It's just a beautiful dream
Flower girl, flower girl
Into your flowery ship
Flower girl, flower girl
For what it's worth
Flower girl, flower girl
Like I've never seen
Flower girl, flower girl
'Cos I want you to stay
My flower, flower girl
(repeat and fade)
GASMAN
(Unfinished; written circa 1988-89)
Reading my meter again
Another street he must roam
Hoping you are at home
Just trying to make everybody happy
Though he's feeling mighty crappy
Reading my meter again
Probably an ex-con
Hate when he walks on the lawn
Makes me drop everything I'm doing
I'll probably end up suing that
HEAVEN HELP ME
(Written in 1987)
I don’t know where I’m going
Heaven help me
I don’t know what I’m doing
Since I left home
I been living in ruin
And I’ve never been very strong
That’s why I need you to pray to, Lord,
Because I’m not supposed to cry anymore
In June, the baby’s due
And there’s no room for a crib
But it’s times like these
I go through the roof
Everything’s gone wrong:
What am I to do?
If you can
I promise I won’t ask again
I need a favor for the little kid
For my baby to have what I never did
Help me please
I’m begging you upon my knees
Everything’s gone wrong
Heaven help me
HELLO MR. MONDAY
(Unfinished, written in 1989)
He goes on all week
Without a name
But it doesn't seem to matter then
He'll return the tip
So he says
But he doesn't know just when
Skipping out the back
In his Thom McAnns
Tied so snug around his hands
Take me as I am
Or as I'll be
Next time you see me again
HONESTY
(Unfinished, written circa 2003)
Of even trying
To make you see
What I'm try'n to say
On using words
I gave my heart
But it did no good
I lost my nerve
What do you see
When you look at me?
All I need is your honesty
I sing it well
I sing for you
You could not tell
You're still my friend
I told the truth
And said farewell
All I gave was my honesty
The same for me?
Would you describe
What you believe
I don't wanna be
The last to know
What I need is your honesty
I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!
(Written on March 3, 1989)
I can't stand it anymore!
I can't stand it anymore!
Upon a time
I felt just fine
I was a happy bloke
A favorite joke
In everybody's mind
I know not how
But I'll say it loud
I'm in like massive pain
I'm going insane
Stuck in this stupid hick town
I can't stand it anymore!
I can't stand it anymore!
You are no fun
Nor is our son
You'll be the death of me
If I'm not free
I wish I had a gun
I'll go out west
To the forest
Or I could stay right here
With my honey dear
And off the blasted pest
I can't stand it anymore!
I can't stand it anymore!
I need my dreams
More than your screams
So my boring life
With my boring wife
Is not enough for me, it seems
I'll hit the road
Just pack and go
That's what I'll do
I'll start anew
No one will ever know
I can't stand it anymore!
I can't stand it anymore!
I GOTTA FIND THAT GIRL
(Unfinished song written circa 1987-88)
So
I think I'm looking for
A girl I've met before
Somewhere out of time
I gotta find that girl
I want her in my world
She's with me in my mind
I want her to be mine
I gotta find that girl
I gotta find that girl
I know she's in this world
I've seen her eyes before
A long, long time ago
I gotta find that girl
For she knows quite well
How I've often tried
To bring her by my side
I gotta find that girl
I HATE YOUR GUTS
(Written on July 18, 1988 under the title/chorus "You'll Get Yours Yet";
retitled "I Hate Your Guts" on Dec. 4, 1988)
Putting me down at every turn
I thought we were supposed to be friends
But now you're following trendy trends
You're getting so MTV
Well I'll show you, just wait and see
I hate your guts
I'll be famous, I'll make you look so dumb
You'll wanna second chance and I won't give you one
You say you think Lewis Carroll's a perv
Well I'm gonna make you eat those words
I'm gonna buy me a gun then I'm gonna have some fun
I hate your guts
I'll be famous, I'll make you look so dumb
You'll wanna second chance and I won't give you one
I hate your guts
I hate your guts!
I'D RATHER BE WITH YOU
(Unfinished song written circa 2004)
To your own life
To explain why you're
Not meant to be my wife
But that don't explain
What you're doing here with me
To think you're like
Some stupid phrase
You read about in Psych
I don't know how to deal with it
I'm going out of my mind
Nothing I'd rather do
Even when we're not together
I'm never far from you
It all behind
I want my words
To waken up your mind
Just because we don't agree
Doesn't mean you can't be on my side
Perhaps it's cool
For you to see
The other boys at school
But even if given the chance
I'd rather be with you
Nothing I'd rather do
Even when we're not together
I'm never far from you
And not pretend
Part of girlfriend
Is still friend
And after all that has been said
I'm still friends with you
Now no more lies
No looking for
More words to disguise
I'm still here for you to see
If you would open your eyes
Nothing I'd rather do
Even when we're not together
I'm never far from you
I'M AN AMERICAN
(Beach Boys parody; written on August 10, 1988)
Around the world, they say the same
(U.S.A., all the way)
Where does everybody wanna be?
(Home of the free, sea to shining sea)
Love my government
I vote Republican
In every election
Love my government
I am a Christian
Christian American
Love my government
Love the red white and blue
And the Constitution, too
Love my government
Mom and applie pie
Firecrackers on the fourth of July
I'M FALLING
(Written on April 8, 1989)
Where the creek stream flows
I can feel your hair and feel your red, red rose
Like candle light
The moon has rose and fell three times tonight
Is waiting for our love
It can hold its rain
But holding's not enough
The moon may fall down
Before the sun comes up
But falling is a long, long way
Where the clouds hang near
I'll run my windy hand through your sunny hair
There's burning heat
Smoking fire, can I be your new release?
And wind will ever blow
Summers shall always be only winters' memory
And when that sky falls
It never ever hurts you at all
'Cos falling is a long, long way
I can see love there in your heart
I can see that golden sky
I can see you in my mind's eye
I can see the field beyond
I can see that you're my only one
I can see just what to do
I can see that I love you, love you, love you...
I'm falling, babe
I'm falling right over you
I'M GETTING BETTER
(Written on March 8, 2003)
And took the blame
I've been changed forever
When I call your name
I'm not the same
I've been changed for the better
I'm getting better and better
Better and better each day
Forgot my flaws
Took up your cause 'cos you saved me
You made things right
You turned on the light
You're outtasite and you made me
I'm getting better and better
Better and better each day
Crossed the fence
Took my sins and made me a friend
Now I'm so amazed
How things fall into place
I even see your face on the internet
It's getting better and better
Better and better each day
Without a crowd
To cheer and shout or support me
If I must stand alone
Go against the flow
At least I'll know you are with me
I'm getting better and better
Better and better each day
To set skeptics straight
For us to celebrate your second coming
You're giving men more time
To fall in line
See you in the headlines and acts of loving
It's getting better and better
Better and better each day
This world won't last
This too will pass and that's the end
But forever you stand
So I'll hold your hand
You died like a man and then rose again
We're getting better and better
Better and better each day
I pray and you heal
You make it real, it's a mystery
I can't do enough
To earn your love
It's all above and within me
I'm getting better and better
Better and better each day
Better and better, better and better
Better and better, better and better each day
IF A WISH
(Written on May 21, 1989)
Praying you'd see the light
'Cos darlin only you
Can make my wish come true
Wishing it'll be all right
Praying you'd still be mine
'Cos darlin only you
Can make my wish come true
Wishing it'll be just fine
Our love is magic and that's you, you, you
So if a wish comes true, I wish for you
Praying you'd see my way
'Cos darlin only you
Can make my wish come true
Wishing it'll be okay
Our love is magic and that's you, you, you
So if a wish comes true, I wish for you
Praying you'd see my side
'Cos darlin only you
Can make my wish come true
Wishing you were by my side
Praying that our love will mend
'Cos darlin only you
Can make my wish come true
Wishing for you again
Wishing for you again
Wishing for you again
JESSICA
(Written in October, 1988)
Memories of our youth
I still can see the rickety swing
Another thing that makes me think of you
A lovely daughter or son
Examinations, complications
Now our lovely child is gone
In our hearts, you’ll have a home
Oh Jessica, you’re not alone
He says he’s sorry she didn’t live
I can’t forget the great regret
All the love we couldn’t give
That baby we shall never raise
The look on your face as we left the place
Shall stay with me to my dying days
Murder our dreams by force of will?
Oh Jessica, we love you still
You will never truly die
You will live in our minds
We will never say goodbye
Oh Jessica, do not cry
Can you hear?
It’s daddy, honey
Daddy, dear.
KEEP THE AIRHEADS DANCING
(Written on December 4, 1988)
Slicken the song, I don't like what I heard
Take it from me, don't trust nobody's word
Just keep the airheads dancing is all I heard
Do better than your last, so do it again
It sells best when you sing like somebody else
So keep the airheads dancing, for your wealth
Or until they find something else to dance to
So stay with the trends but keep yourself new
Just keep the airheads dancing, and you gotta tour, too
Or else they'll forget about you
Will forget
All about you
KILL ME, I'M DYING
(Written in 1987)
Kill me, I'm dying
Dying from the pain
Driving me insane
Kill me, I'm dying
Dying from the pain
Driving me insane
Dying from the pain
I got from you
There's a monster inside feeding on my brain
I've got to keep reminding myself of what you did to me
You killed all my dreams and caused all my misery
Kill me, I'm dying
Kill me, I'm dying
I'm dying from the pain
It's driving me insane
I'm dying from the pain
I got from you
Pain pain pain stabbing at my brain
Same same same as it's always been
Pain pain pain pain pain
Kill me, I'm dying
I'm dying from the pain
It's driving me insane
I'm dying from the pain
I got from you
Pain pain pain (can kill me)
Same same same (can kill me)
Pain pain pain pain pain
KRISHNA KRISHNA
(Written in December, 1987)
As though every trouble at that moment fled the world
A second without your smile is a tormented eternity
But now my eyes have opened, now my eyes can see
I love my mantra and, my baby, she loves me
Days go by, I count them quite unconsciously
I would simply perish, a second without my Lord
Bless my Holy Krishna and I'll never get bored
I love Lord Krishna and, my baby, she loves me
OM KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA
OM KRSNA KRSNA YEAH
The meditative Master and his holy ways
Worm of infernal pride, break out of your shell
Love Lord Krishna and all will be well
I love Lord Krishna and, my baby, she loves me
OM KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA
OM KRSNA KRSNA YEAH
LOVE TOUCH
(Unfinished, written in 1987)
All you've been, all you've shown
All I want, all you say
All I got everyday
All I've told to my friends
That your love never ends
(Without your love touch)
It doesn't mean much
All the loving that I've shown
All I want, things you say
All I got anyway
All you've said to your friends
That my love never ends
(Without your love touch)
It doesn't mean much
(without your love)
MISTER MUSIC
(Written on November 13, 1988)
Computer error? What does it mean?
Don't use a guitar, don't use no drum
A computer's better than the best human
On my computer and I need no one
But my computer, it's got everything
With which I need for my hit songs
All the sound's from electric boards
The guitar I wear in my video
Is just a prop so you dont know that
So kids dance and don't think about 'em
I'm Mister Music and it's not at all wrong
To have my IBM make up my songs
Bubblegum mentality's getting me down
Whitney Houston is making me sick
Can't she wake up and smell the muzak?
On my computer and I need no one
But my computer, it's got everything
With which I need for my hit songs
MY DISGUISE
(Unfinished, written in late 1990s)
I'm caught unawares
I don't even need to say hi
Gonna make it Omega
And all that I need to ask why
My disguise
Nobody can see through it
How could you ever prove it?
My disguise
NATALIE
(Written on November 20-21, 1988)
Sweet are the words I remember you sayin’
Intense is the conversation
Our relationship should have survived
I know you’re always on my mind
You’re all that my eyes can see tonight
And all that I need is to be with you
Natalie, I need you
You can laugh at my words, but you hurt me
Girl, if you knew for certain that
A love like yours, I’d never find
Perhaps you would have changed your mind
You’re all that my eyes can see tonight
And all that I need is to be with you
Natalie, I need you
NICKEL AND DIME
(Written on November 3, 1988)
I'm having a fabulous time
Nickel and dime, nickel and dime
Who knew money'd make you mine?
But I'm not short of money, my friend
You might say I'm a sad boy
But there's no hurt nickel and dime can't mend
I like this life, where do I sign?
Nickel and dime, millions are mine
If it's you you're selling, then I'm buying
But I know every girl has got her price
Just tell me I'm the boss
And then, little girl, I'll meet your cost
I've purchased my feelings for this rhyme
Nickel and dime, nickel and dime
If you want the time, you'll have to purchase mine
NO
(Written in 1987)
All I can say is no
You say you never loved me anyway
All I can say is no
All I can say is no
No, no, no
All I can say is no
All I can say is no
You say your loving words were all a lie
Oh, all I can do is cry
And all I can say is
Don't go away from me
No, don't go
Don't go away from me
NOBODY LOVES ME
(Written on August 16, 1988)
I need you
You don't need me
Nobody needs me
I reach out
Nobody reaches out for me
Nobody loves me
I just need some love
It don't need to be pretty
Oh I just need your love
I need anybody
They don't need me
Nobody needs me
I love you
You don't love me
Nobody loves me
I really need some love
I want us to be friends
'Cos I just need your love
I love nobody
If nobody loves me
Then I should be the one to love nobody
NOTHING AT ALL
(Written in 1987)
I've seen many a thing in the sky
I've hated and loved and cared with emotion
For those that I thought might die
People who know and people who think so
All sorts of characters in so many guises
All sorts I've known; there are no surprises
But it doesn't really mean nothing at all
I've loved a girl who loved another
I've lost my way and felt so confused
I've been cheaten, beaten, and abused
I've lived my life, don't know where I been
I've kissed and told and told again
Just as would any other man
But it doesn't really mean nothing at all
ON THE ROAD
(Written on November 28, 1988)
She's got a quarter in her sock
If we don't find a home by Thursday
I fear we're gonna be locked up
But we can't find it alone
On the road
A different room every night
We've been traveling for six months now
And you would know it from the sight
One we've never known
On the road
Sometimes you find yourself
You're lucky if you find somebody else
You always wander round and round
Your babbling is the only sound
Happiness is a sad delusion
In your life, there's nothing new
Sometime you gotta stop and wonder
What is it I'm running to?
I think she's learned a lot from me
I pray we'll both stay together
But then we'll have to wait and see
I can't find it all alone
On the road
The best of it I have to make
Grit yer teeth, boy, force a smile
Because there's always that next mile
On the road
PICKY EATER
(Written on November 30, 1988)
Felicia’s heirs are streaming
Abstract sleepy dreaming
Mister Morgan's Monster
The Question is The Answer
Electric Metal Dancer
Chancellor Flaskbirth
Needs a plan to properly plan
for a figure just like me
Roland write the songs, you see
and death is all I sung
Flighty frightening cancer
Cold cryogenic napper
Boats caught in mutant fish no more
King Barfer fought the Slow War: snore,
snore
Lazing Daisy sleepwalks and sleepruns
Master of the songs I sing
The dead twin fell by my hand
and I stole everything
Reporters don’t believe me
Read The Nose and leave me breathing
Food cos it’s so easy
Only instruction reading and heating
Picky picky stick yer vicar around
PULL OUT
(Written circa Spring, 1986)
Sweat runs down my brow
Darkness thus embraces me
No way out, no how --
Can't you see
That your love is killing me?
Don't you know
That I await the day you go?
Regret is what we hide
The facade of our existence
Is all that hasn't died
My lover, when you're near?
Can't you see it's you I love
And not the mask you wear?
Can't you see
That your love is killing me?
Don't you know
That I await the day you go?
Pull out,
Pull out.
SATURDAY
(Written in 1994; guessing from memory on the lyrics here...)
Saturday in vain
Painted all in blue
Another day to do-oo
Hiding in back of class
Frozen in polar white
Locked up and out of sight
Her game is Saturday
Saturday in view
Saturday and the moon and you
Be locked up and out of sight
Find her way is cool
Frozen in back of school
Saturday's the game
Anything you wanna say
You say Saturday
Sit and sound of record sigh
Tattered tome of rippled rhyme
Drip summit and crystallime
Saturday's the same
Any way you wanna stay
You stay Saturday
Fragment stand in picture frame
And now she's gone away
I'm lost in Saturday
SHADOW LOVE
(Written circa December, 1987)
Blood against the lips
All the things I ever wanted
All these promises bonded
to my shadow love
Girl without a name
All the loving that you give
My whole life I live
for my shadow love
A love to call my own?
A family and a home?
Trenton’s such a boring town
Cos nothing’s ever goin’ down
You’re my shadow
You’re my shadow
You’re my shadow love
You follow me all the time
You’re my lady
You’re my baby
You’re my shadow love
SHE’S THE KIND OF WOMAN
(Written on November 21, 1988)
She’s the kind of woman that you never
miss
She’s the kind of woman and I never met a
woman like this
(She shows) it in her own special way
(She goes) when I don’t want her to stay
What I want is what she needs
That’s the kind of woman for me
She’s the kind of woman grants your every
wish
She’s the kind of woman and no woman ever
treat me like this
(She leaves) when I want her to leave
(She is) what I want her to be
What I want is what she needs
That’s the kind of woman for me
She’s the kind of woman and you understand
She’s the kind of woman and no woman ever
treat me like that
She’s the kind of woman, oh yes
She’s the kind of woman, oh yes
She’s the kind of woman, oh yes
SILLY GIRL
(Written on November 1, 1989)
Though how long it seems
Remember a rhyme
Y'know how fun it reads
Silly how far away I feel
All day long
With that silly girl
Better than they've ever been
I'm yours and you're mine
And that's all that matters, friend
I never saw a brighter day
I pray it won't end
And be upon its merry way
Silly how far away I feel
It's time I sat
With that silly girl
I swear she must be heaven-sent
I just don't know why
It's better than it's ever been
Nowhere else in the world
I'd rather be
That with that silly girl
Silly how far away I feel
All day long
With that silly girl,
Silly girl,
Silly girl,
My silly girl.
SING FOR ME
(Written on August 17, 1988)
Sing for tomorrow
Sing, sing for me
Of all my sorrow
I gotta show you my heart
I gotta make you see
What it's like to be me
Sing for tomorrow
Sing, sing for me
Of all my sorrow
I gotta show you my love
I gotta make you see
What it's like to be me
Sing just for me
Sing, sing for me
Sing it just for me
SORROW MAN
(Written circa 1987)
What have ya done?
Sorrow man
Ya ruined their fun
Sorrow man
Ya grabbed yer gun
Where's your home?
Sorrow man
Are you that alone?
Where death is a game
I walk these streets
With not a friend to my name
I am not a sorrow man.
Have you ever known love?
Sorrow man
Yeah you know life is tough.
What tricks do they play?
Sorrow man
We'll get 'em back someday.
Where death is a game
I walk these streets
With not a friend to my name
I am not a sorrow man.
SUICIDE, POETRY, AND A RAINY DAY
(Written on March 3, 1989)
I'm the spider on the wall
You know I'm not here for fun
Everybody looks the same
Am I the only one who sees?
Find that I've another who'll
Be the first to take off theirs?
Hearts broken by stones or sticks
Or pictures hanging on my wall
(So far)
See that feature coming soon
Your eyes are hypnotized by the scene
King or cur, saint or faker,
I'm the one who listens to you scream
Dead queen spider in her wire
Suicide, poetry, and a rainy day
SWALLOW ME
(Fragment, written in Spring/Summer 1986)
Up with your love
Follow me
Like a free dove
That cascades across empty blue seas
I'm begging you please
Give me something real to hold
Like your hold on me
Up with your love
Follow me
Far enough until you know you love me
TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
(Fragment only; written on December, 3, 1992)
We could talk about the time
We could talk about the weather
If we only had the time
To...
We could talk about the time
We could talk about the weather
If we only had time
THANK THE LORD
(Written in 1987)
Thank the Lord for your happiness
Thank the Lord for your love
Thank the Lord that you're still alive
When you're not really living at all
Thank the Lord when it's down the toilet pipes
Thank the Lord for the foul, stinking air
And the screams in the middle of the night
You're all right
Thank the Lord for death
Thank the Lord that you'll be dead
Before you see what's in store for us next
THAT'S ROCK N' ROLL
(Written on October, 1988)
They don't listen when we say that's wrong
They don't want you hearing my tune
It'll turn you into a raving loon
I don't want to write for eight-year olds
My good friend Satan tells me what to say
If you believe that, you should be put away
Burn yer Bible and sell yer soul
Hey! That's rock n' roll
Don't blame me, I told you so
Yeah, yeah, yeah
He's singing about Lucy in the Sky
That one, he's got Satanic songs
We'll decide what's right or wrong
But I never seen no devil sing
They say rock will drive you insane
That's the only true thing I've heard 'em say
Listen up, I'm tellin' you so
Hey! That's rock n' roll
So turn it up and sell your soul
Hey! That's rock n' roll
So rock n' roll, just rock n' roll
Hey! That's rock n' roll
Rock n' roll, baby, rock n' roll
TOGETHER AGAIN
(Written on April 8, 1989; to the same tune as "I'm Falling")
Or in the evening
I don't want to leave you baby again
Oh yeah in the bad times, too
I can't stand to be without you, oh babe
To be running on this road
But we need the pay
And I got nowhere else to go
And it's so tough
To tell these big wheels no
But I've had enough
And I feel like coming home
Where I can be with you again
Oh yeah
Where we can be together again
And in the nighttime, too
All I wanna do is be with you, babe
Why did I go
No paycheck is worth my baby you know
Holding your tender hand
No sight is more right
Than seeing your face again
And every day
I dream about your smile
And then awake
To this lonely mountain mile
I can't take it, babe
But I got to for a while
Until I can be back with you again
Oh yes
Until we can be together again
VIRGINIA BLUES
(Written in late July, 1988)
Waiting for the day to draw near
When I can be with you there
Where love awaits and never hesitates,
Never fear
Making your bankbook dreams
Loving is money, it seems
But you're worth every penny
And I hope to make many,
If any
Why do happy moments never seem to last?
Is there some way to stop time
before Virginia stops being mine?
My heart would only keep on longing for her
Why can't tomorrow be today? (Hey, hey. Hey, hey.)
Why can't it be? (Hey, hey. Hey, hey.)
Answer me (Hey, hey. Hey, hey.)
Oh, I've got those Virginia blues
You'll never know how much I miss
Your touch, your lips, your kiss
Your whispers in my ear
when you're near
Whenever we're together
Whenever we're apart
I'll love you forever
With all of my heart
Why do happy moments never seem to last?
Is there some way to stop time
before Virginia stops being mine?
Why can't tomorrow be today? (Hey, hey. Hey, hey.)
Well, I got those Virginia blues (Hey, hey. Hey, hey.)
I said I got those Virginia blues (Hey, hey. Hey, hey.)
WHAT'S THE PERFECT SONG?
(Written on November 14-15, 1988)
What's the one you wanna sing along?
Gimme a clue and I'll sing it for you, hey!
What's the perfect song?
About the library one Monday morning
I just had to peruse
Some negative XTC reviews
About how the singers sang
It's too Fab Four, they said
Words I wished I'd never read
Name me one that ain't too long
Gimme a clue and I'll sing it for you, hey!
What's the perfect song?
Jealous of your fame
No matter how hard you try
They'll cut you down to size
Where's the one with nothing wrong?
Gimme a clue and I'll sing it for you, hey!
What's the perfect song?
WHEN I PLAY MY GUITAR
(Written on October 25, 1988)
These strings are gonna get me some girls yeah
These strings are on fire
God I wish there were more record buyers
These strings are gonna make me some bucks yeah
These strings are gonna blow your mind
These strings, you're gonna find that
Your ears aren't gonna be far
When I play my guitar
I'll get enough cash to buy a new car
These strings make me sound so cool yeah
These strings scream so rude
These strings make me look like such a dude
Your wallet ain't gonna be far
When I play my guitar
You'll forget who Clapton and Page are
You're gonna realize that I'm a star
When I play my guitar
I got the world, I got the power
With my guitar, with my guitar
With my guitar, with my guitar
With my guitar, with my guitar
My guitar
WHERE ARE YOU?
(Written on October 8, 1991; 11:45am-12:10pm)
I told them all to go to hell
I would roam
One time after dark
I cried in the park
And went home
I've been around this town
I've seen its ugly face
I've been up every street
I've walked these feet
Every place
I've seen everything
But you
Where are you?
You're never around
Do I make you hate
Everything I am
When you leave me here
I think your care
Is a sham
You other people can
Fill this empty space
So many hours
I watch passing cars
For your face
I've seen everything
But you
Where are you?
You're never around
On the other end
You're so far away
I call you on the phone
So I won't feel so alone
Today
My head is on straight
For the first time at last
Now I gotta put straight
My stupid mistakes
Of the past
But first I need to
Find you
Where are you?
I'm coming around
THE WONDER OF IT ALL
(Written on December, 1 1988; to the same melody as "Amen")
It's far too late for lies
It's too late for denying
Our love of disguise
The sun is going down
There's no excuse for being
So cold and selfish now
I got back my Natalie
Chancellor Flaskbirth's seeing
The wonder of it all
I'm waiting for your call
I'm living for the wonder of it all
I'm waiting for your call
I'm living for the wonder of it all
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CRY
(Written on November 11, 1988)
You don't have to say goodbye
You don't have to hide the tears in your eyes
Just understand, my dear
You don't have to say goodnight
You don't have to hide behind more lies
Just take my hand, dear
(You know, you know) that I'll always be here
(You know, you know) Those that you're near
Always hurt you the most
There's more to life
You don't have to live another lie
Just take a stand, dear
You don't have to hide your eyes
You don't have to try another time
Why cry again?
(You know, you know) that I'll always be here
(You know, you know) Those that you're near
Always hurt you the most
(You know, you know) You don't have to cry
(You know, you know) You don't have to cry
(You know, you know) You don't have to cry
YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE
(Written on November 21, 1988)
You don't even say hello
You don't even give me a sign
You won't even tell me why
You don't come to my door
You don't even give me a call
You don't come around at all
(I guess I should hate you)
You don't love me anymore
(But I still love you)
You don't love me anymore
But I still (I still)
I will (I still) love you
You only ignore
I make you uncomfortable
So you act like I'm invisible
You'll never knock again on my door
The way you act makes plain to see
That you don't care a thing for me
(I guess I should hate you)
You don't love me anymore
(But I still love you)
You don't love me anymore
But I still (I still)
I will (I still) love you
I know we'll never be like we were before
And you won't even tell me why
And I just can't say goodbye.
YOU GOTTA GET OUTTA THAT CAGE
(Written on November 30, 1988)
He has seen all he needs to see
She’s so alone for being forty-three
Oh yeah something’s happening, total
abandon
Someone’s breaking out of the cage
Thinks of what he used to say and do
The places he loved and the people he knew
But something happened, the fancy flight
landed
Someone wants out of the cage
You won’t get no food if you don’t act
your age
Your madness is in check, but your life is
a waste
You gotta get outta that cage
She goes on hoping knowing time won’t wait
She wants magic, but she fears it’s too
late
Oh yeah something’s happening, total
abandon
Someone’s breaking out of the cage
Hope was in her heart; she had the world
She dreamed of fame and tried as hard as
she could
But something happened, the fancy flight
landed
Someone wants out of the cage
You won’t get no food if you don’t act
your age
Your madness is in check, but your life is
a waste
You gotta get outta that cage
Ms. Lee don’t want to be alone
They’re sick of Saturday nights at home
Oh yeah something’s happening, total
abandon
Someone’s breaking out of the cage
Two souls crying for the other’s heart
But no one goes nowhere if no one will
start
But something happened, the fancy flight
landed
When will they get outta that cage?
You won’t get no food if you don’t act
your age
Your madness is in check, but your life is
a waste
You gotta get outta that cage
YOU MAKE IT SEEM
(Written in August 1988)
You sing for hunger
You sing for MTV
And now I'm singing for you
You think that you're so right
Writing down somebody's wrongs
And singing them as hit songs
You make it seem so mean
You make it seem so bad
You make it seem
When your songs are in demand
You gotta have a cause
To make your million dollars
When you can't tell wrong from right
South Africa sells, babe
So you say what you're supposed to say
You make it seem so mean
You make it seem so bad
You make it seem
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