Born Under Punches

Take a look at these hands.

The hand speaks. The hand of a government man.

Well I'm a tumbler. Born under punches.

I'm so thin.

All I want is to breathe I'm too thin

Won't you breathe with me?

Find a little space, so we can move in-between In-Between it

And keep on step ahead, of yourself.

Don't you miss it, don't you miss it.

Some 'a you people just about missed it!

Last time to make plans!

Well I'm a tumbler...

I'm a Government Man.

Never seen anything like that before

Falling bodies tuble 'cross the floor Well I'm a tumbler!

When you get to where you wanna be Thank you! Thank you!

When you get to where you wanna be Don't even mention it!

Take a look at these hands. They're passing in-between us.

Take a look at these hands

Take a look at these hands. You don't have to mention it.

No thanks. I'm a Government Man.

And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...

And the heat goes on...Where the hand has been...And the heat goes

on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes

on...Where the hand has been...And the heat goes on...And the heat

goes on...

I'm not a drowning man!

And I'm not a burning building! (I'm a tumbler!)

Drowning cannot hurt a man!

Fire cannot hurt a man. (Not the Government Man.)

All I want is to breathe Thank you. Thank you

Won't you breathe with me?

Find a little space...So we move in-between I'm so thin

And keep one step ahead of yourself. I'm catching up with myself

All I want it to breathe

Won't you breathe with me Hands of a Government Man

Find a little space so we move in-between

And keep one step ahead of yourself. Don't you miss it! Don't you

miss it!

And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes on...

Where the hands has been...And the heat goes on...And the heat goes

on...And the heat goes on...

Crosseyed and Painless

Lost my shape-Trying to act casual!

Can't stop-I might end up in the hospital

I'm changing my shape-I feel like an accident

They're back!-To explain their experience

Isn't it weird/Looks too obscure to me

Wasting away/And that was their policy

I'm ready to leave-I push the fact in front of me

Facts lost-Facts are never what they seem to be

Nothing there!-No information left of any kind

Lifting my head-Looking for danger signs

There was a line/There was a formula

Sharp as a knife/Facts cut a hole in us

There was a line/There was a forula

Sharp as a knife/Facts cut a hole in us

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...

The feeling returns/Whenever we close out eyes

Lifting my head/looking around inside

The island of doubt-It's like the taste of medicine

Working by hindsight-Got the message from the oxygen

Making a list-Find the cost of opportunity

Doing it right-Facts are useless in emergencies

The feeling returns/Whenever we close out eyes

Lifting my head/Looking around inside.

Facts are simple and facts are straight

Facts are lazy and facts are late

Facts all come with points of view

Facts don't do what I want them to

Facts just twist the truth around

Facts are living turned inside out

Facts are getting the best of them

Facts are nothing on the face of things

Facts don't stain the furniture

Facts go out and slam the door

Facts are written all over your face

Facts continue to change their shape

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...

I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...

The Great Curve

Sometimes the world has a load of questions

Seems like the world knows nothing at all

The world is near but it's out of reach

Some people touch it...but they can't hold on.

She is moving to describe the world

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

She has messages for everyone

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

She is moving by remote control

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

Hands that move her are invisible

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

The world has a way of looking at people

Sometimes it seems that the world is wrong

She loves the world, and all the people in it

She shakes 'em up when she start to walk.

She is only party human being

Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so

She defines the possibilities

Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so

Holding on for an Eternity

Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so

Gone...ending without finishing

Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so

The world moves on a womans hips

The world moves and it swivels and bops

The world moves on a womans hips

The world moves and it bounces and hopsu

A world of light...she's gonna open our eyes up

She's gonna hold/it move/it hold it/move it hold/it move it hold/

it move it

A world of light...she's gonna open out eyes up

She is moving to describe the world

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

She has messages for everyone

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

She is moving by remote control

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

Hands that move her are invisible

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

She...has got to move the world...to move the world...to move

the world

A world of light...she's gonna open our eyes up

She's gonna hold/it move/it hold it/move it hold/it move it hold/

it move it

A world of light...she's gonna open out eyes up

Wanna define...so say so, so say so

Divine to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so

Night must fall now-darker, darker.

She...has got to move the world...to move the world...to move

the world

Once in a Lifetime

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack

And you may find yourself in another part of the world

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile

And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful

wife

And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by/water flowing underground

Into the blue again/after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself

How do I work this?

And you may ask yourself

Where is that large automobile?

And you may tell yourself

This is not my beautiful house!

And you may tell yourself

This is not my beautiful wife!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by/water flowing underground

Into the blue again/after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing

There is water at the bottom of the ocean

Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean

Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by/water flowing underground

Into the blue again/in the silent water

Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by/water flowing underground

Into the blue again/after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself

What is that beautiful house?

And you may ask yourself

Where does that highway go?

And you may ask yourself

Am I right?...Am I wrong?

And you may tell yourself

MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by/water flowing underground

Into the blue again/in the silent water

Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by/water flowing underground

Into the blue again/after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...

Houses in Motion

For a long time I felt without style or grace

Wearing shoes with no socks in cold weather

I knew my heart was in the right place

I knew I'd be able to do these things.

And as we watch him digging his own grave

It is important to know that was where he's at

He can't afford to stop...That is what he believe

He'll keep on digging for a thousand years.

I'm walking a line-I'm thining about empty motion

I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living

Get outa the way-No time to begin

This isn't the time-So nothing was done

Not talking about-Not many at all

I'm turning around-No trouble at all

You notice there's nothing around you, around you

I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.

Never get to say much, never get to talk

Tell us a little bit, but not too much

Right about then, is where she give up

She has closed her eyes, she has give up hope

I'm walking a line-I hate to be dreaming in motion

I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living

Get outa the way-No time to begin

This isn't the time-So nothing was done

Not talking about-Not many at all

I'm turning around-No trouble at all

I'm keeping my fingers behind me, 'hind me

I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.

I turn myself around, I'm moving backwards and forwards

I'm moving twice as much as I was before

I'll keep on digging to the center of the Earth

I'll be down in there moving the in the room...

I'm walking a line-Visiting houses in motion

I'm walking a line-Just barely enough to be living

Get outa the way-No time to begin

This isn't the time-So nothing was done

Not talking about-Not many at all

I'm turning around-No trouble at all

Two different houses surround you, 'round you

I'm walking a line-Divide and dissolve.

Seen and Not Seen

He would see faces in movies, on T.V., in magazines, and in books....

He thought that some of these faces might be right for him....And

through the years, by keeing an ideal facial structure fixed in his

mind....Or somewhere in the back of his mind....That he might, by

force of will, cause his face to approach those of his ideal....The

change would be very subtle....It might take ten years or so....

Gradually his face would change its' shape....A more hooked nose...

Wider, thinner lips....Beady eyes....A larger forehead.

He imagined that this was an ability he shared with most other

people....They had also molded their faced according to some

ideal....Maybe they imagined that their new face would better

suit their personality....Or maybe they imagined that their

personality would be forced to change to fit the new appear-

ance....This is why first impressions are often correct...

Although some people might have made mistakes....They may have

arrived at an appearance that bears no relationship to them....

They may have picked an ideal appearance based on some childish

whim, or momentary impulse....Some may have gotten half-way

there, and then changed their minds.

He wonders if he too might have made a similar mistake.

Listening Wind

Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill

Mojique thinks of days before Americans came

He sees the foreigners in growing numbers

He sees the foreigners in fancy houses

He thinks of days that he can still remember...now.

Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands

Mojique sends the package to the American man

Softly he glides along the streets and alleys

Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover

He feels the time is surely now or never...more.

The wind in my heart

The dust in my head

The wind in my heart

(Come to) Drive them away

Drive them away.u

Mojique buys equipment in the market place

Mojique plants devices in the free trade zone

He feels the wind is lifting up his people

He calls the wind to guide him on his mission

He knows his friend the wind is always standing...by.

Mojique smells the wind that comes from far away

Mojique waits for news in a quiet place

He feels the presence of the wind around him

He feels the power of the past behind him

He has the knowledge of the wind to guide him...on.

The wind in my heart

The dust in my head

The wind in my heart

(Come to) Drive them away

Drive them away.

The Overload

A TERRIBLE SIGNAL

TOO WEAK TO EVEN RECOGNIZE

A GENTLE COLLAPSING

THE REMOVAL OF THE INSIDES

I'M TOUCHED BY YOUR PLEAS

I VALUE THESE MOMENTS

WE'RE ORDER THAN WE REALIZE

...IN SOMEONE'S EYES

A FREQUENT RETURNING

AND LEAVING UNNOTICED

A CONDITION OF MERCY

A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER

A VIEW TO REMEMBER

THE CENTER IS MISSING

THEY QUESTION HOW THE FUTURE LIES

...IN SOMEONE'S EYES

THE GENTLE COLLAPSING

OF EVERY SURFACE

WE TRAVEL ON THE QUIET ROAD

...THE OVERLOAD