LYRICS

BLUE TRAIN STATION

You Don’t want to be so nice
You don’t have to ask me twice
I get this sadness every once and awhile
I wanna’ bring you back your smile

Blue Blue Station

Yes I need you all the time
You don’t want to cross that line
It gets better every once and awhile
Now you’re leaving , gone tonight

Blue Blue Station

I can’t make you stay the same
You don’t want to miss that train
If my life was all it could be
I would make you stay with me

Blue Blue Station
Blue TRAIN Station

Blue Station

Blue Station …Blue Station…

ON THE RUN

I don’t need a lot of women, don’t need a lot of girls
‘Cuz there is only one who made my world
She goes by many names, but one disguise
I can see a vision inside of her eyes

we’re so close girl don’t let me go
come on child you gotta let me know

I come home a little late yeah, but she don’t mind
She takes her lazy days one at a time
The moon is very bright, it shines on her face
Then you see you know you’ve found your escape

we’re so close girl don’t let me go!
come on child you gotta let me know……….

I come home a little late yeah, she don’t mind
Takes her lazy days one at a time
Maybe this love will last through the night
It might wear off by the morning but that’s all right
Just hold me baby while I have my fun

we’re so close girl baby you’re the one
come on child you got me on the run yeah oh

ON THE RUN……….on the run ……..on the run…………

Waste Of Time

Tell me your name I don’t want to remain
In the back of your mind
Don’t try to blame what you don’t want to name
In the back of your mind

But I don’t want to know if you were just a waste of time
I don’t really care if you were just a waste of time

Tell me your name I will play any game
In the back of your mind
Don’t go insane if it’s not quite the same
In the back of your mind

I don’t really care if you were just a waste of time
I don’t want to know if you were just a waste of time…..

So Tell me your name , will it still be the same
In the back of your mind?
Your voice will remain like a burning white flame
In the back of my mind but….

I don’t want to know if you were just a waste of time
I don’t really care if you were just a waste of time….

Love me then go Away

I told you baby once before
I don’t need people anymore
But I’m a fool babe, when you call
I guess i still need you after all

Babe I can’t play the games that you play
I wish you’d just love me then go away

I ain’t looking for no wife
You tell me that you wanna build some kinda life
In your arms babe, things are fine
But I can’t stand you any other time

Babe I can’t play the games that you play
I wish you’d just love me then go away

No Way

I cry all the time like I lost my mind
I’m so sad and blue I need to talk to you

No Way I’m Not Going Back No Way

When you say you’ll stay I watch you run away
I can’t set you free ‘cuz you don’t belong to me

No Way I’m Not Going Back No Way

Don’t wanna spend the night in a knock down drag out fight
Leaving’s all I can do to prove my love to you

No Way I’m Not Going Back No Way

Babe look at that door I won’t be there no more
I’m going out on my own this place ain’t no home

No Way I’m Not Going Back No Way

Hold Me Right

When I see a flicker
When I feel a flame
I can’t stop that fever
My senses are slain

I was in the shadow
I was in the dark
Playing with the matches
Waiting for a spark
Hold me tighter baby ‘cuz love hold me right

Gather all your boyfriends
Every one’s a star
There’s no time to question
Babylon the whore
Pan will smash these fetters
You will come to me
Although you might feel better
You know your never free
Hold me tight now baby ‘cuz love hold me right

Why You Left Me

Out in the street the minds will meet
Don’t need no money no charity
We’ll watch the walls turn into dust
And then tomorrow won’t matter much
I still don’t know just why you left me alone

My face is gone it slipped away
And now my body it will decay
I watch the flesh fall from the bone
I point my finger at the sun
Well I still don’t know just why you left alone

I’m out of speed my eyes are black
My whole history comes down to that
Don’t even ask nobody’s home
Except the feeling nobody knows
But I still don’t know just why you left me alone

Dancing on the Wall

Don’t you cry now baby Don’t cry anymore
The moonlight’s trying to creep through the cracks in my door
We know to stand tall We try but we fall
Smoking pipes full of spiders with our backs against the wall

Don’t you fight me baby Don’t fight anymore
Now I’m in the stands and I’m not keeping score
Candle in the rain Dancing drowning flame
Sinking in a sea of wax still burning like your name

You don’t hurt me baby You don’t hurt anymore
Now I’ve seen the truth and I know what you are
I know to stand tall I try but I fall
I’ve no need for writing I’m just dancing on the wall

CREEPIN’

I’m tired of just looking when I never get to touch
Won’t you come a little closer babe I want so much
Every time I see you I just don’t know what to say
‘Cuz my tongue gets tied up when I’m feeling this way

And if I get the nerve to tell you what is on my mind
Will you tell the truth or maybe will you just be lying
I’m searching in your eyes I’m hoping that I might find
Find a way to tell you that I want you to be mine

YEAH!

I see my baby with another guy yeah
See the tears flowing from my eyes yeah
My patience running out on me
I start shaking and I can’t see
Just what you want me to be today

Oh baby you don’t see now
Oh what you’re doing to me now
Oh baby tell me your lies and
Kiss me one more time

I’ll take you baby for one more time yeah
I’m pumped up and feeling fine yeah
Just kiss me like you did before
Knock me out cold on the floor
Maybe I won’t follow you no more

I get drunk baby every night yeah
See the tears flowing from my eyes yeah
My patience running out on me
I start shaking and I can’t see
Just what you want me to be today

I KNOW

See me
I’m walking around like I lost my very best friend
See me
Alone in a town where I got no money to spend
I’m not
Looking for love or someone to adore
You know
I’ve been searching so long I can’t look no more
I know
I believed everything you said

Come now
Come on and melt your body into mine
Come now
I’m gonna’ drink my baby just like wine
I know
I believed everything you said

I know
Don’t tell me I know
Don’t Tell Me I Know

TOOK HER HAND

I walked right up and took her hand
To prove that I am still her man
She turned her head away from me
I ain’t so blind that I can’t see
All of her friends talk ’round and ’round
Now look at her she’s falling down

I’m gonna’ leave this town I’m gonna’ catch a train
She broke my heart I can’t stand the pain
No I don’t need no long goodbyes
They just remind me of her lies
All this just wasn’t what I’d planned
When I walked up to take her hand
Took her hand yeah

ERICA

There’s a girl that I know I say stop she say go help me babe
When she moves it’s so cool I just wanna’ stop I wanna’ thank you babe
Erica in the air everywhere anytime of the day
Every time she screams she takes my breath away

Oh my Erica Be my Erica You’re my Erica Please Erica

Anything it takes to keep you safe and warm
Long black hair with diamond pythons around her arm
I’m so proud say it now she is my baby don’t let me down
I was blind I was crying now I’m fine I was lost now I’m found

Found by Erica You’re my Erica Be my Erica Please Erica

USELESS

When you touch me there’s no fire
When you kiss me there’s no flame
You’re an empty pack of matches
Water down the bathroom drain

You ain’t no use to anyone
You ain’t no use to me
You ain’t no use for anything
You’re useless good for nothing baby

I saw you walking the other day
And you came waltzing out to play
I thought you’re gonna play with someone else
But you keep talking about yourself

Blues In D

Come on baby Show me how
Come on and move me Baby you know how
I’m not about to quit now I’m not about to cry
Honey you don’t know How much I tried

Don’t you know you look very fine
Makes me hurt wish I was blind
Breaks my heart to see you go
I’ll make you love me don’t you know
Don’t you know I’m going out of my mind
The way I love you babe it’s a crime
Just take a look it’s plain to see
The one I love has got no love for me

I’m not prepared to give it up now
I’m not prepared to be the one
Who goes home without trying
Trying to make a little fun
And I need your love And I need your love

BABY WHAT’S WRONG

You didn’t hear me when I tried to tell you
You didn’t see me when I looked so lonely
You didn’t answer when I said “where ya’ going”
You didn’t see the way you drive me crazy

Baby what’s wrong with me?
I can’t seem to turn your head
Baby what’s wrong with me?
I’m always going home to an empty bed

You’ve got my number you never use it
You’ve got my choice but you never chose it
You’ve got those brown eyes they’re hiding something
If I could open up I’d let you in

Maybe someday there’ll a full moon
We’ll be together in the same room
Open our eyes see what we’re missing
If our hearts had ears maybe they’d listen

WAY IT’S GONNA’ BE

Listen now baby this is the way it’s gonna’ be now
If you don’t want my loving now you gotta’ set me free
Every time I get up you wanna’ stay in bed
Better get that thought yeah right out of your head

Now the time has come to see
Little baby that’s the way it’s gonna’ be
That’s the way it’s gonna’ be now

Every time I come home I find you lying around
Your the laziest girl in this whole town
Every time I go out you wanna’ stay at home
Better watch out baby now I’m gonna’ leave you alone

GET MY WAY

I have fun all night and day
I don’t give up until I get my way
I don’t run from fire or rain
What’s the price baby I will pay

I said run I’m gonna’ run around
Sell my soul off by the pound
I have fun all night and day
Don’t give up until I get my way

Get My Way

I’m gonna’ cry all day and night
Because my love don’t treat me right
For my heart I’m gonna’ fight
Cooked or raw I’m gonna’ take a bite

I said love is gonna’ let me down
Every time I see you around
I’m gonna’ cry all day and night
Because my love don’t treat me right

Treat Me Right

TEARS ARE COMING

You don’t know the way I feel
I was drunk and alone but satisfied still
You take those tears and you turn them around
You turn them on and you turn them off again

Too late tears are coming again too late tears they’re coming

And you don’t know what it takes
To make a man lay down and shake
You take those people and you turn them around
You turn them on then you turn them off again

Then you don’t know what to do
When they say goodbye and the game is through
You take those tears and you turn them around
You turn them on and you turn me off again

BUSINESS AS USUAL

I’ve got to fix a blame for this depression
I’m alone I’m alone I’m alone I’m alone I’m alone I wanted it this way
I go out I look around and everything is business as usual
Except me I don’t fit

Feel like I should cry or have a breakdown
Feel tight feel tight feel tight feel tight feel tightness in my head
I visit people I try to read and everything is business as usual
Except me I don’t fit

I don’t know how to act this is a crisis
Can’t see can’t see can’t see can’t see can’t see the cure for me
I think about myself too much I sing about it business as usual
Except me I don’t fit

YOU GOT THE LOVE

You got the looks that make me wanna’ meet you
You got the legs that make me wanna’ feel you
Somebody told me that you’re living upstairs
Up in your room but don’t you feel alone there

I got arms to hold you so tight
You got the love to make me move all night

I’m touching the ceiling baby can you feel me
You got the cure so come on down and heal me
Somebody told me that you’re living upstairs
Up in your room combing down your long hair

I got the arms to hold you so tight
You got the love to make me feel all right

Now I’m alone and things are getting lonely
You got the love so come on up and show me
You went away and now I’m living up there
Up in your room and I can feel your ghost there

You got the arms to hold me so tight
You got the love to make me feel all right

CLOSE TO ME

Every time it rains I’m alone I think of you
Sitting in the park getting stoned with nothing to do
You’re never gonna’ go straight I’m afraid
Your way is clear your path is set your future’s done
Your bed is made

You’re close to me I’m close to you
You’re close to me I’m close to you baby
Close to you babe

We’re never gonna’ fall in love that’s what you said
But now you’re lying next to me I feel your breath on my head
We’re never gonna’ wake up that’s how it seems
Just stay in here you’re close to me we’ll live a life
In our dreams

Every time I go home I’m alone I think of you
Sitting in a room getting stoned with nothing to do
We’re never gonna’ grow up I’m ashamed
Our way way is clear our path is set our future’s done
Our bed is made

DIFFERENT WORLDS

Waking up I shake the dirt out of my hair
Break my head trying to shake off these nightmares
I had fun but baby something is wrong
We had a ball but it won’t last long

I guess we’ll never see
What a real love can be
I guess we’ll never know
‘Cuz we’re from different worlds

Someday something comes but something is missing
There’s a strange taste on the lips I am kissing
There’s a weird feeling in the arms I am holding
I know that someday I will be old and

You look for love but baby tell me what you see
I need the devil to give me what’s do me
You need a friend and a constant companion
Don’t look to me ‘cuz baby I am not your man

NOW I’M ALONE

Well you’ve got no money and you’ve got no car
The only time you’re happy is when we’re in a bar
I was gonna’ love you the rest of my life
I was gonna’ ask you to be my bride

I don’t know what happened in the meantime
I don’t care what you’re gonna’ do now
I don’t remember I don’t remember you girl
I don’t remember you at all

Now I’m Alone

All my clothes are on my back
All my money is in this sack
Everything I have without a home
I live light carry no load

Now I’m Alone

Well I got some money and I bought a car
I got a reputation at the corner bar
You didn’t realize all the things that we had
Now I’m happy and you’re so sad

Now I’m Alone

WHAT YOU GET

There ain’t nothing in here that you can’t see
I’ve got my face in the mirror I’ve got my heart on my sleeve
I’ve got a hole in my hand I’ve got a scar on my head
I’ve got a girl on my arm I’ve got a kid in my bed

What You See is What you Get

Because I drink all night I’ve got the shakes all day
I’m gonna’ end up dead and if I get my way
We’re gonna’ dance ’till dawn and then I’ll drag you down
I’m gonna’ swim in your love until I drown

What You See is What You Get

Every time I see you baby looking at me
Every time I see you I don’t know what I see
Going to those parties always wearing your mask
What you’re really thinking I’m afraid to ask

What You See is What You Get

I’m never falling in love because I ain’t no fool
I’m gonna’ live my life just like I’m in high school
We’re gonna’ dance ’till dawn and then I’ll drag you down
I wanna’ swim in your love until I drown

What You See is What You Get

THE ROOM

An open space
A vast expanse
A wilderness
So take the chance
But what keeps it burning?
A dog barking at a light in the sky

The same old room
The same old face
Do something about yourself
Throw something around the place
It will pull you down , Sameness keeps you bound
A cycle never ends , Even when it gets stupid but
What keeps it burning?
A dog barking at a light in your room

You reel around
Against the wall
We thought we heard you hit
We thought we saw you fall
An open space a vast expanse a wilderland so
Take the chance , It will pull you , It will pull but
I am still happy , Still laughing at your face

You tell me it’s o.k.
But I’ve seen this room before
It’s full of awful lies
It’s full of memories
You say that it’s o.k.
There’s ashes on the floor
They’re full of terrible lies
They’re full of memories but
But what keeps it burning?
A dog barking at a light in the sky
What keeps it burning?
A dog barking at a light in your eye
It’s in your room
It’s in the room

NEVER AGAIN

You hurt me one too many times
But in my heart I know
The day will come you’ll pay for your crimes
And then those scars will show
I am not the kind of guy that likes to see revenge
But when it comes I find it’s a very sweet way to end

Never Again no Never Again I’m not in love anymore
Never Again no Never Again I’m not falling no more

You broke my will to love
You broke my back and then
You broke my bank account and
Laughed about it with your friends
I will not forget the way that you would turn and smile
I didn’t know that you were laughing at me all the while

WHEN YOU’D GO

I didn’t know I’d feel so alone when you’d go
I didn’t know I’d feel such a hole when you’d go
I thought that I would be all right when you’d go
I’d be tired I’d sigh but I’d never cry when you’d go

This boy was fine when I thought you were mine
But I didn’t know that you had to go

I’d pray and ask the angels who is to blame
I’d toss and turn all night and call out your name
I’d sit in my room and patiently wait by the door
Won’t you tell me who am I waiting for

I didn’t know I’d feel so alone when you’d go
I didn’t know I’d feel such a hole when you’d go
I’d pray and ask the angels who is to blame
I’d toss and turn all night and call out your name

HOW COULD I

I had waited for so long
Just to find somebody like you
But you just tore my dreams apart
And you broke my heart in two
You’ve got a lock on your heart
You’ve got a chain on your bed
You’ve got bars on your windows
And I’m out on the ledge

How Could I Be So Blind
How Could You Be So Mean
How Could You Be So Unkind
And Let Me Fall Apart at the Seams

I planned these words for so long
But I stopped when the telephone rung
I turned red when I heard your voice
I choked and the words were all gone
You’ve got a lock on your bed
You’ve got a chain on your heart
You’ve got bars on your windows
And I’m falling apart

How Could I Be So Blind
How Could I Be So Deceived
How Could You Be So Unkind
Let Me Fall Apart at the Seams

RIGHT HERE WITH YOU

Sitting in my room hating myself
I’m not going out for anybody’s help
Living in sin dying from within
Every emotion’s as deep as my skin
If all of my dreams would come true
I would stay right here in my room

Ain’t got no TV ain’t got no guitar
Ain’t got no map to show you where you are
Ain’t got no records no radio
Ain’t got no heat and it’s getting pretty cold
If all of my dreams would come true
I would stay right here with you

Right here with you
With a bottle and You

SOMEONE LIKE ME

You sure do walk like a girl
Like your head is in another world
But when I saw you last time
I start cryin’ and I don’t know what words to rhyme

You sure do talk pretty tough
About the boys and guns and knives and stuff
But when the gang is all gone
And your home in your room and your all alone

Where do you go and who do see
And what do you think that means to someone like me?
Where are you now and who are you with
And what would you do if you knew I loved you like this?

I sit and watch by the door
Of my apartment on the basement floor
You go walking on by
Tell me why I’m too shy to look in your eye

*alternate line by sparky: “So break out the sponge and let’s have sex”

LEARN TO LOSE

I had lots of honeys baby
When I had lots of cash
But when I had no food to eat
Those honeys were gone real fast
Well I’ve got lots of beer to drink
I’m gonna’ smash this tambourine
I don’t know just what I want but
I tell you what I need

One day baby you’ve got to choose
Someday baby you’ve gotta’ to learn to lose

I’d run around most every night
Just looking for some fun
But when all of the clubs would close
Another night was done
All those so called friends of yours
Are all passed out on the floor
I keep dancing on ’till dawn singing
Lord give me more more more

One day baby you’ve got to choose
Someday baby you’ve gotta’ learn to lose

HAUNTED

The song on the jukebox cut me down to the bone
I’m tired and I’m lonely and I want to go home
But I’m haunted by your face
It’s one thing liquor can’t erase
I’m haunted
Haunted by your face

Look at my life every thing’s out of place
Look at my life

Something for nothing is something I’ll never get
I need somebody like you but I haven’t found it yet
‘Cuz I’m haunted by your face
It’s one thing liquor can’t erase
I’m haunted
Haunted by your face

Look at my life every thing’s out of place
Nothing will satisfy ‘cuz I’m haunted haunted by your face

I’m living in a dream world it’s not easy to do
I look people in the eye but I only see you
‘Cuz I’m haunted by your face
It’s one thing liquor can’t erase
I’m haunted
Haunted by your face

Look at my life it’s all out of place
Nothing will satisfy ‘cuz I’m haunted haunted by your face

I WANT IT ALL

Sitting looking at this glass I finally realized
That when all is said and done I’m not like the other guys
There’s a hole in my heart there’s a hollowness there
That’s deep inside my eyes
When you leave me alone again
A little part of me dies

Looking at this empty glass I do believe I see
That all of the love in the world is not enough for me
I’m not high anymore and my cab’s at the door
So you can set me free
Or maybe you’ll squeeze me oh so tight that
I can hardly breath

I WANT IT ALL – IT’S BEEN SO LONG
I WANT IT ALL TONIGHT – I WANT IT ALL

Looking at this crowded bar I finally realized
That when all is said and done I’m not like the other guys
I am miles away I don’t hear what you say
And every time I come
I forget your name my love and my
Head goes cold and numb

ONE DAY YOU’LL COME

I only saw you one time
I knew you had to be mine
I had a dream in my mind
That we could last a lifetime

One day you’ll come
One day you’ll go
And what we’re looking for
Nobody knows

I thought I’d try to call you
And we would get together
We’ll drink and watch some TV
And then you’ll stay forever

One day you’ll come
One day you’ll go
And what we’re looking for
Nobody knows

PRESSURE

Baby take a look at my face
You’re the only one in the place
That I want to talk to
Then I want to touch you
Filling up an empty space

You know we want it yeah
You know we need it yeah

Baby take a look at me
Tell me honey what do you see
I’m not playing games so
Tell me what your name is
Got my heart right on my sleeve

You know we need some action
It’s a far away attraction

Do you believe in love at first sight
It lasts until the end of the night
Nothing to forget and
Nothing to remember
Baby don’t you put up a fight

You know we need some action
It’s a far away attraction

Honey I’m so all alone
Listen to me while I moan
Now you’re gonna’ get it
Yeah you’re gonna’ get it
Then I’m gonna’ send you home

NO REASON

No reason to live
No reason to die
No reason no reason no reason to get up
No reason to eat
No reason to talk
No reason no reason no reason to get up

You don’t want me I can tell
I’m not a fool but for you I fell

No reason to work
No reason to be
No reason no reason no reason no reason that I can see
No reason to hate
No reason to love
No reason no reason no reason to get up

You don’t want me I can tell
I’m not a fool but for you I fell

No reason to live
No reason to die
No reason no reason no reason to get up
No reason to work
No reason to be
No reason no reason no reason not to be free

PRIVATE SUICIDE

I never waited on the door before
I never counted a second like this
Until she came into my life
Addicted to her poison kiss
She lifts me up but it won’t last

I always thought I had control before
Then she took me into her arm
I felt the weight of the world fall off me
Picks me up but it won’t last she
Stole my head and my heart will follow

I never waited on the door before
And I never counted a second like this
Until she came into my life
Addicted to her poison kiss
She stole my head and my heart will follow

It’s our secret love affair
It’s my private suicide
It’s your business what you do
It’s my life trying to get to you
It’s my life trying to get to you

HAND IN HAND

They’re walking hand in hand
They don’t see me I’m not part of the plan
They’ve fallen so much in love
Fit together hand in a glove

They’re part of the factory part of the big plan
Mess up your mind and steal your freedom

They’re walking down the street
They’ve got each other they don’t need me
You can’t break that ball and chain
Feel no pleasure Feel no pain

They’re part of the factory part of the big plan
Mess up your mind and steal your freedom

That’s the way my story goes
We met down in Mexico
A hot night on the burning sand
Then we left hand in hand

Now we’re part of the factory part of the big plan
Mess up your mind and steal your freedom

I’LL WAIT

I’ll wait, waiting for a chance
To kick up my heels and dance
And have this dance with you
I hope that you’ll wait for me too

I’ll stay up in my room all night
Clutching my pillow tight
I only pretend it’s you
I’ve waited a lifetime

You don’t like giving in but
This time you know what to do
I just can’t believe it’s real
I never thought I could feel
I’ve waited a lifetime

You won’t let me in your door
So what am I waiting for
I’ll have to break it down
It’s breaking me anyway

God knows why I won’t let it go
When everything goes so slow
I’m playing a song for you
I hurt and I need you to know

You don’t like giving in but
This time you know that you’re through
I’ve known you for so so long
I can’t believe this is wrong
I’ve waited a lifetime

You don’t know what I want from you
You know that you need me too
I’ve got skeletons in my past
I know how long lust can last

So I’ll wait, waiting for my chance
To pick up my heals and dance
And have this dance with you
I hope that you’ll wait for me too

I don’t like giving in but
This time I know that it’s true
I just can’t believe it’s real
I never thought I could feel
I’ve waited a lifetime
so I’ll wait…

THAT’S HOW I FEEL

I look up there and there you are
Staring at the screen, sitting at the bar
Looking like a queen, I can’t believe it’s you
Then you looked at me and now it’s coming true

I must be dreaming you can’t be real
Just like a dream and that’s how I feel
That’s How I Feel

Don’t touch my heart, a pain in my chest
Little girl don’t notice I’m doing my best
*To break out of the grunge of generation X
So sick of living ‘cuz your life is a mess

Then I wake up and you are gone
A stain on my bed, you have become a song
You’ll never see how far I go
What you did to me you’ll never know

*alternate line by sparky: “So break out the sponge and let’s have sex”

13 O’CLOCK DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Yeah when I next saw you
You turned your head away
I thought that after all this time
That you’d have more to say

You said that you were happy
You said that we were through
You said that if it happened again
That I might be with you

And after you passed out
You had no promise to keep
I sat up and saw The Simpsons
While I watched you sleep

I LIVE ALONE

I live alone in the center of your brain
Cold grey morning and endless nights in the rain
I live alone in the black back black of your heart
Pull down the curtain and touch my hand in the dark

I Live Alone I Need to Be Free
I Live Alone Don’t Mess with Me
I Live Alone Don’t Bury Me Alone

I live alone and that’s the way I’ll stay
Ain’t nobody touch me ‘cuz I just push them away
Down in the cellar Down at the end of the bar
Looking for someone who doesn’t know who they are

I live alone and I’m getting old alone
I’m sick of myself and I’m sick of everything I own
I’m sitting by somebody Still I’m by myself
I touch my own hand and I feel like somebody else

DAVE V’s CAR

We drove around in Dave V’s car
All dressed in black Down to the bar
Drive down my street by the garbage can
Under the lights An angel stands

It won’t stop and It won’t start and
Let’s burn it UP!

Secret police hot on our trail
They can’t catch me Dave V. don’t fail
I look around I see you there
I’m miles away and you don’t care

I can’t stop and I can’t start and
Let’s burn it UP!

We drove around in Dave V.’s car
All dressed in black Down by the bar
Drive down my street by the garbage can
In dungarees An angel stands

LOVE ME NOW

When I see you standing there
Yellow teeth and purple hair
She’s a punk rock queen to me
A walking talking fantasy
Then I see her coming my way
Think this might be my lucky day

**I make advances to you
I gotta’ win you over somehow
No one turns me on like you do
But you don’t wanna love me NOW**

Then I see you walk away
I think of things I couldn’t say
She don’t even say goodbye
I wipe a teardrop from my eye
Then I see you walking away
Guess this wasn’t my lucky day

It doesn’t matter what they say
‘Cuz I just cannot lose today
The game is right I came to play
So come on out tonight o.k.
Then I see you coming my way
Think this might be my lucky day

ALL THESE STREETS

Look there in the hedges there is a maze
Where we used to play in our boyhood days
Every summer dusk went on for hours
‘Till the sunset behind bells in the towers

All These Streets Are The Same
All These Streets Are The Same
All These Streets Are The Same
As They Used to Be

Look there, there’s a statue without a face
Right where it used to be in our childhood days
Every stone on this street has felt my heel
Walking with no money in need of a meal

I know you’re a world away from me now
But I still see your face in these streets somehow
I know we will never be together
But this town and these streets will be here forever

TIME ALONE

Don’t ask today babe
If you should stay or go
Babe where you gone to
What you got to I don’t know

Don’t ask today babe
If our love will fade or stay
Babe where you gone to
what you got to on the way

Yeah time and time alone has broken the spell
Yeah time and time alone will tell

Don’t ask tomorrow
If our love will fade or go
Some dare to ask her
I assure you she won’t know

Don’t ask today babe
If our love will fade or stay
Babe where you gone to
What you got to on the way

Yeah time and time alone will shatter the spell
Yeah time and time alone will tell

DIRTY TRICK

I’m in love again but I feel so bad
You’re so far away from me it’s driving me mad
I hold you with my eyes and then I close them and I dream
When I open them back up You know what I see
(You know what I see…Nothing there for me)

In the house of heartache I’ve been there before
I fall down every single time you walk through the door
I reach for you I call you to come over to me
How could I have known I’d cry Why couldn’t I see

Took my wallet with my heart
And that is not the horrible part
Took my money Took my ring
Left me with nothing

TWO ROOMS

Two rooms is all I need
That’s where I wanna’ be
I don’t need no one
Don’t wanna see the sun
The lock is on the door
And I am on the floor
I’m never coming out until the night comes down

Two Rooms All my money’s shot
Don’t need nothing
I’m not coming out

I’m safe from wind and cold
Humble Radon abode
On the dark side of the road
When I’m sick that’s where I go
Got the heat on way up high
The lights are low you can open your eyes
Never stop our love until the sun comes up

Two Rooms
Now my girl is shot
Don’t need no one
I’m not coming out

Two rooms is all I need
That’s where I wanna’ be
I don’t need no one
Don’t wanna’ see the sun
Got the heat on way up high
Lights are low you can open your eye
I’m never coming out until the night comes down

Two Rooms
Now my girl is gone
Don’t need no one
I’m not coming out

BEYOND THE CALICO WALL

I don’t have anything to say to anyone
If it don’t stop raining I will buy a gun
I don’t wanna’ go out tonight
I couldn’t even if I tried

I’ve got a job so I guess I have made it
I’ve got a home but I fucking hate it
I don’t wanna hang around with you
I wanna’ go out and find someone new

Sometimes everything it just drags on and on
You look for something right but everybody’s wrong
We can change that for just one night
A night you will remember the rest of your life

TURN ME LOOSE

Well I’m not the lover you want me to be
I’m just a loner man I gotta’ be free
And I don’t know what you want me to do
I can’t change my ways for you

Turn Me Loose I Got to Be Free
Turn Me Loose Cold cold city…

I’m getting sick of what you want me to do
I’m not the one for you I can’t pull through
And I don’t know who you want me to be
I’m just a loner man I gotta’ be free

Turn Me Loose I Got to Be Free
Turn Me Loose In New York City

Turn me loose turn me loose turn me loose…

MARIANNE

I’ll take my love at first sight
I don’t need no promises tonight
It’s just a song it’s sung and it’s gone
I don’t get to play for very long

But you wait for me
Standing at the door
Sitting in my room
Sleeping on the floor

It’s just a kiss and it don’t last
The day is long but the night goes so fast
I put on my boots and I head for the door
I lose again but hey who’s keeping score

If love is learning to say goodbye
I’ve spent all my life just learning to cry
But time will heal the bloodiest scar
No matter how hurt or unlucky you are

THE TONE

Hello hello you’ve reached my phone
Speak to me after the tone
Or maybe we’ve said too much already
My breath is short and my hand ain’t steady
The Tone

I didn’t want you to be alone
So I’ll call you when I get home
I like the way you spend my money
You make me laugh but your not funny
The Tone

I hate your voice I hate the phone
Spill your guts after the tone
I said I’d call but I never do
‘Cuz I got nothing to say to you
Well maybe we’ve
said too much already
My breath is short and my hand ain’t steady
The Tone
The Tone
The Tone

BALLAD OF J.C. HOLMES

Don’t tell them anything
‘Cause they might lock you away
Don’t even sneak a smile
You think that’s gold ‘tween your legs

Don’t show them anything
Don’t even let on you care
They’ll know that you’re insane
Or even worse that you’re square

Better not mess with a skinny little rat like me
You’ll see the depths of cruelty

Don’t stop your night creeping
You’re not alone in that crowd
Spend all the day sleeping
Tightly wrapped in your shroud

Don’t stop your daydreaming
Just stay on top of that cloud
Killers and cops scheming
You stand alone but proud

Better not mess with a skinny little rat like me
You’ll see the depths of cruelty

REVENGE

I’m sick and tired of that radio sound
I need a new face I need a new town
My eyes are looking up but you’re bringing me down
And I’m not runnin’

I try to fit in but you push me away
I go to your club but yo won’t let me play
I gave you my love and you threw it away
But I’m not runnin’ again

I found out living is the best revenge
I found out living is the best revenge
You find some people they’re not your friends
I found out living Is

I tried to get drunk it took me all night
And when I did I got in a fight
Mom said I’m sick I think she’s right
But I’m not runnin’ my friend

I GOT TIME

You’ve got a lot of growing up to do
And if you want me to show you
I’ve got a lot of unlearning to learn
When you learn you can take your turn

Look at me babe
I’m in my prime
Stick with me ‘cuz I’m young
And I got time

You’ve read a lot about misspent youth
Well I’m back and I’ve got the truth
It’s your one big moment to shine
You’re so bright you’re a real young lion

You’ve got a lot of growing up to do
And if you want me to show you
It’s your one big moment to shine
You’re so bright you’re a real young lion

LET ME KNOW

Paper lace and long sad face Sun shining on the pond
I can still remember all the shades of blonde on blonde
She never said what’s in her head
But the writing in her eyes was plain and clear enough

Say So! You’ve Gotta’ Let Me Know
Say So! You’ve Gotta’ Let Me Know

See each other ‘cross the way I sigh and you are gone
Waves of lust consume my flesh ‘cuz I’ve waited so long
Why can’t you say what’s in your way
Open up your eyes ‘cuz what we want it is not wrong

Come down stay down Share the spirit world
I can see the living dolls all strung with lovers pearls
Nothing to fear We’re safe down here
So open up your mind and mouth the words I want to hear

Say So! You’ve Gotta’ Let Me Know

LAST DAY

All my friends are dead or they are in N.A.
They don’t get up they stay right where they lay
Don’t blame me if I can’t save you now
Because I try but I just don’t know how

But now’s the time to make a change
‘Cuz I don’t wanna’ live that way
The morons there are in the past
So I live each day like it was the last

All my friends are dead or they are on their way
I’m covered in their blood and my skin is grey
But this might be the best that it’s ever been
I know I’ll never sing this way again

Like it was my last
I live each day now baby
Like it was my last
I don’t wanna’ see you no more
Girl you’re in my past
I live each day now
like it was my last

SHINE

You don’t shine on me anymore
You shine on me
Don’t shine on me anymore
Don’t shine

Child of May she loved me in spite
Stole the day and left in the night
Stole the gun and left me to fight
For her pride

You don’t shine on me anymore
You don’t shine
You don’t shine on me anymore

Always late she’s my child of May
Stole the night and left in the day
Stole the cash and left me to pay
For the room

She don’t shine on me anymore
She don’t shine on me
She don’t shine on me anymore

Child of May she loved in spite
Stole the the day and left in the night
Stole the gun and left me to fight
for her pride

Don’t shine on me anymore
Don’t shine on me

HERE WE ARE

If no man’s an island
Then I’m not a man
I’m lost in an ocean
Surrounded by sand

Look what you’ve done now
Took it too far
You wouldn’t think it
But here we are

Here we are with ourselves
Here we are with our friends
Here we are again

The air has a perfume
The sky has a sheen
It whispers so sweetly
And comes down so mean

Fall down together
Wake up apart
You’d never believe it
But here we are

Here we are with ourselves
Here we are with our friends
Here we are again

I once was a rover
Now I’m just alone
So seldom sober but
Dry as a bone

Why’d you pass me over
No blood at my door
Except what you put there
So here we are

THE RING

Do what you wanna’ do
Say what you wanna’ say
No more turning your back, no more looking away
No more running around, got my feet on the ground
‘Cuz you know that I feel like I wanna’
Think that I’m gonna’
Feel like I wanna’ come down

Such a beautiful dream
What shall I name
You when you are gone? What a beautiful ring
Shall I put it on? But you know it’ll sting
Back then I felt like I coulda’
Knew that I shoulda’
With you I woulda’ been king

I was the king of this town
I died on a hill
If you don’t come tonight then you never will
You know it ain’t right but you’re loving it still
And now you feel like you’re gonna’
Know that you wanna’
You’re falling under my spell

THE WARNING

My first kiss
Should have been my last kiss
Then I wouldn’t have this
Aching for you all the time

That touch
Should have been the last touch
Then I wouldn’t hurt so much
Crying over you

There should have been a warning
There should have been a sign
Somebody should have sat me down
And said you’re the kind of girl that likes to get around
There should have been a warning

Next time
Could have been the last time
Maybe I could free my mind
From the likes of you

That night
Could have been the only night
Then my whole lonely life
Wouldn’t be in vain

There should have been a warning
There should have been a sign
Somebody should have sat me down
And said you’re the kind of girl that likes to get around
There should have been a warning

SHE FELL

She didn’t jump
She wasn’t pushed to her death
She fell

We didn’t know
And we couldn’t care less
She fell

Like everything
On this earth she will die
Alone

We cut the string
Watch her fall from the sky
A stone

She fell

SLIDE OVER

Slide over, make room for my self pity
Move over and I’ll buy another round
I should have known that love was out to get me
Slide over let this broken heart sit down

Roll over when I hear Jupiter’s thunder
Stand up and rail against the driving rain
The sun ain’t gonna’ lift this spell I’m under
The clouds aren’t gonna’ cover up the pain

Stand ready, prepare for your redemption
Just pack your bags and leave this woe behind
When I’m gone please don’t give me a mention
Just cover up my bones and I’ll be fine

HARD TO PLEASE

I’m out in the black
I don’t have a home
You covered me up and then left me alone

Just down on the chain
Locked in a cell
You say that’s love it’s so hard to tell

I’m living for you
I’m down on my knees
I try to be good but you’re so hard to please

I jump when you say
I come when you call
I’m under your thumb, I’ve no life at all

I’m here when I’m wanted
I’m there when I’m not
Don’t know what my name is, I must have forgot

I’m living for you
I’m down on my knees
I try to be good but you’re so hard to please

I go to bed early
I don’t stay out late
When I’m alone I don’t masturbate

I save it for you
I’m under your rule
When i do wrong I feel the fool

I’m living for you
I’m down on my knees
I try to be good but you’re so hard to please…

WHAT SHE SAID

I was born on the wrong side of ’69
The cold burned and the hot lights made me blind
Before I was walking , I was giving head
I know you don’t believe me but man that’s what she said

oh whoa whoa whoa that’s what she said , I say
I can’t believe you’ve been misled
You’d better keep an eye on your street cred
I said whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

Take a look at the sign hanging on my back
Step away ’cause my knife’s gonna’ cut the slack
The sun was sinking and then the moon was red
My hand was shaking and my legs were made of lead

oh whoa whoa whoa that’s what she said , I say
I can’t believe you’ve been misled
You’d better keep an eye on your street cred
I said whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

ALL ABOUT YOU

Well hello my little darling
My special one
It’s the dawning of morning
And you’re up for fun

Let me kiss you on the forehead
Let me brush your cheek to mine
I’ve got nothing but love and
You’ve got nothing but time

Because Now It’s All About You

You are wild and you are dirty
You are young and you’re sweet
And I knew when I saw you
That we had to meet

I’m not talking forever
I’m not talking a day
Just tell you I’ll keep you
As long as you’ll stay

Because Now it’s All About You

Well so long my little darling
My special one
It’s the dawning of morning and
Your dreams are done

Now I’m tossing and turning and I
Dream only of you
Since the morning you left me
All my dreams have turned blue

Because Now They’re All About You

COURTNEY

Courtney’s last song was good as it’s long
Then it’s over yeah it’s over
Then it’s all gone

Courtney’s last shot was all that she’s got
Now it’s cool and then it’s cooler
Then it’s not hot

Just like on t.v.
Or in the movie
Love only lasts for a while
All of the money
From her dead honey
It only brings her a smile

Baby’s first song rolls out on the lawn
As we stand beneath the cloud and
Then we all run

Nobody chooses the mystery bruises
Remind us of the cruises
We are all on

All of the money
From her dead hubby
It only brings her a smile
Just like on t.v.
Or in the movie
Love only lasts for a while…

I NEED MORE

I hope this letter finds you well
There’s not too much for me to tell

I mailed it from another highway and I don’t know
what I’m looking for
I don’t know who I am so I’m taking it
door to door
I try to understand but I just can’t
Take it no more

It doesn’t matter what you play
People only pay to hear you say

I mailed it from another highway and I don’t know
what I’m looking for
I don’t know who I am so I’m taking it
door to door
I try to understand but I just can’t
Take it no more

I’ve had as much as I can take
Why does everybody have to break

(hey what’s the score…
you’re such a bore…
and I need more…)

ALL GOOD WOMEN

Now you wanna’ watch me squirm
Toss me on your grill and burn
Am I hurt enough for you to feel
Cut so deep I’ll never heal

ALL GOOD MEN BEAT THEIR WOMEN
ALL GOOD BOYS BEAT THEIR GIRLS

Split my lip and break my rib
Sweeter than the kiss you give
Swear I’m never coming back
Except for just a little smack

ALL GOOD MEN BEAT THEIR WOMEN
ALL GOOD BOYS BEAT THEIR GIRLS

So I watch the world turn
Roasting on your spit I burn
Hurt enough for you to heal
Cut so deep I’ll never feel

CRAWL

Write another line
Burn another page
You’re breaking people
Half your age
For you I’d beg or steal or borrow
I knew you’d only bring me sorrow

But why should I crawl
You said you’d never let me
And after all
I bet you still could get me

Stories fly a
Round a little city
Some are ugly
You’re still pretty
When you were here I couldn’t kiss you
When you’re gone I really miss you

So how could I crawl
I didn’t think you’d let me
And when it’s done
I won’t let you forget me

And so I have to go away
But we’ll be back again someday
You’ll be honest I’ll be lying
But it’s the truth that you’re denying

And I’ll never crawl
How pitiful would that be
And when we’re done
I bet you won’t forget me

GEHENNA

Depths of Gehenna
Steps to the Throne
He travels fastest
Who travels alone

He moves faster than the water
Shadow on the sun
He was wiser than I am I’m
Too old to die young

Time will tell us
Tell us why
Some will prosper
While some will die

Take a fish out of the water
Send it to the moon
I stay longer than I ought’a
But you left too soon

He moves faster than the water
Shadow on the sun
He was wiser than I am I’m
Too old to die young

BELLS AND TRAIN

Oh brother I’m Pale and I’m sickly
I went from funny to sad very quickly
I’ve been off the rails
In bars and in jails
Bells & Train
Bells & Train
Bells & Trains

Bells peel on the hill every morning
While children are stretching and yawning
The day came to soon
I’m drunk before noon
Bells & Train
Bells & Train
Bells & Trains

Bells and trains always take me
To sleep then they wake me
They never forsake me
Like everyone has

Night train shakes the hill every evening
Don’t know if it’s coming or leaving
It goes very fast
Forward into the past
Bells & Train
Bells & Train
Bells & Trains…

ROCK CLUB

I don’t need no doctor
I don’t need a brain cure
Well you made a bad shot
But you’ve got to shoot more

No getting around it
You’ve just got to do it
Take it as you found it
Just got to get through it

I get totally bored when I’m not tripping
I swear to the lord this life I’m living
Has given me more than I have given
Anyone
I’m at the Rock Club

No getting around it
You’ve just got to do it
Take it as you found it
Just got to get through it

No more singer No guitar
No pop sickness No rock stars
No somebody Be who you are
Anyone
I’m at the Rock Club

CIRCLES, ARCS, AND SWIRLS

Circles, arcs, and swirls
On the souls of boys and girls
Will it all take shape
Or fall dead on the floor

We all accept the curse
For battered or for worse
And the ones who love you most
Hurt worst of all

One for all
All for one
All I’ve done
For you

Circles, arcs, and swirls
On the souls of boys and girls
Will it all take shape
Or fall dead on the floor

We all make the call
We’re all dysfunctional
And the ones who love you most
Hurt worst of all

One for all
All for one
All I’ve done
For you

Take the best
Leave the fair
Love is here
For you

SPINNING WHEEL

She was the girl
Who could run
A little bit faster
Dreaming of a place she’d never been

Falling in the grass
All covered
In laughter
Beads of sunlight glisten on her skin

She is the Gringa in the morning
Black in the afternoon
Mexican in the evening
Spanish under the moon

And I know you won’t forget her
You will remember well
Rejecting your advances
In the Spinning Wheel Motel

I’ll stay the course
We can water the horse
In the pasture
She will have to travel after dawn

Riding her well
Like a mad carousel
If you have to
Circle back to the place where you belong

ZOMBIE WALK

Everything I ever loved
is bad for me
Anyone one I really loved
felt sad for me
Everything I want to do
has been done

I see everything a bit too clearly
I think of last night and it scares me
I see your face I see my defects
I see my mirror I’m looking like a wreck
I see tomorrow it makes me tired
I feel electrically wired

I’ve got this burning in my throat
I’ve got bloodstains and liquor on my coat
I’ve got this feeling of power
I’m going to creep into your shower
I’ve got a soul I’ve got a heart
I’m going to rip yours apart

JUNK

Load the ammunition
Fuel up the tanks
Tonight we’re in position
Tomorrow we take the banks

Roll out the junk
Roll out the drum
Bring up the guns
Because here we come

Do as I do
Not as I say
Just watch me close
Don’t ever stray

One day is good
One day is bad
One day is everyday
Everyday is mad

We’re driving fast
Carrying no load
Honest men sleep while
The devil’s on the road

Roll out the junk
Roll out the drum
Bring up the guns
Because here we come