3am

she says it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoat
she's always worried about things like that
she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
and she only sleeps when it's raining
and she screams and her voice is straning
she says baby
it's 3 am I must be lonely
when she says baby
well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
says the rain's gonna wash away I believe it
she's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothin'
and in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all
she swears the moon don't hang as quite as high as it used to
and she only sleeps when it's rainin'
and she screams and her voice is strainin'
she believes that life is made up of all that you're used to
and the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days
she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway
and outside it's stopped raining

reach within my isolation
I harbor it, I honor it
you say you'd like to see me closer
of course you would
you have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, all their lives, silly pictures
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, turn us away
you'll build the wall, I’ll build the fountain
we'll wrestle it, we'll conquer it
I think we'll live to see the mountain
of course we will
we have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, all their lives, silly pictures
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, don't turn me away
and I can’t remember, forever december
the sense of it dying
the heart of the pain
the rose in the bottle
thorn’s in the bottom
stars surround me
the cold astounds me
astounds
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, all their lives, pretty pictures
baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, turn us away
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, turn us away
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, turn us away

help me to remember girl if you don’t mind
cause I feel just like a jester when the music died
haven’t seen you lately, but I know that nothing has changed
feeling kinda shaky, but the wounds have healed
there’s a crack there in the doorway where the walls have peeled
well I still see the sun go down on a clear day
here comes horses
and yeah there goes the rain
here goes nothing
here it comes again
I was thinking I was angry, but I let it go
I was waiting on a miracle, but nothing showed
and they say I knew Messiah, was at the local bar
greetings from the homefront, have you heard the news
that daddy bet his paycheck on the horses shoes
and we won’t feel that way for a long long time
a long, long time
yeah can you feel this
sitting in a taxi at the evenin’s end,
I was trying to remember where it was I’d been and
and whether I’ve got someplace else to be
I ask you why you come here, you say just because
I guess I could do without it if I knew it was, well
really doesn’t matter when you look at me that way

there's not enough me well...there's way too much of you
I think I saw some happy people yesterday and that'll never do
never too much violence, ain't it time we had a war
you be on the shirts and i'll be skins and
well we’re flying through the door
these are violent times and I only want to do my part
sing till hatreds depths and smile at what we've both become, cause
I need understanding
just a pack or two
help me with my troubles
and what to do's
and I don’t feel no aging
there ain’t nothin new
yeah well drop me in the ocean and paint me blue
I don’t have a worry, I don’t have a care
I don’t have a sound piece of mind, but I manage to fare
I don’t like my neighbors, well there just not my kind
I think it might be all for the whales and I really don't mind
these are the golden years
well I think it’s time we cash them in
we sit in our rocking chairs and
talk about the good old days, cause
these are violent times and I only want to do my part
sing till hatred depths and smile at what we've both become, cause
baby won’t you paint me, won’t ya paint me blue......

dear joan
I’ve almost forgotten, the pane in the window
blue dress in the doorway
dear joan
help me remember, the face I forget
and the traps that I’ve sprung
I guess I’ve grown tired it’s just what’s expected of me
to tear your heart from the inside to the outside
you know I was wired, I just couldn’t help it
the hundred thousand times I hurt you
dear joan, I wanted to say
that I’m sorry for the screaming last night
and the nights before
well I’ve wanted more from this
than anything I’ve ever known
dear joan
dear joan
your face has a brightness that I’ve never seen
in the years that I’ve known you
dear joan
I pick up the pieces, but some scattered too far
you see they flew when I kicked them
I know you believed when I said it was over
you stood by me patiently waiting and brooding
so deeply in love with every face that I’ve shown
once I forget, twice I’m a fool, three times I've wrapped my hands
around your neck
while you’re sleepin', you’re quietly sleepin', sleepin' and dreamin'
dear joan
don’t walk out that doorway
because if you did
I believe I could honestly kill you

she had said, don’t cry
said it only hurts forever, and all we have is time
yeah, she said, she will never know
so close your eyes, turn down the lights,
and I can start this show
yeah well I can’t sleep, so I believe
if the shades are drawn, then the slate is clean
so don’t look at pride, well there is no other way now
don’t try to make no sense of this scene, it’s just between Caroline and me
and we keep changing
yeah we can grow like a board on the shore
she says I’m restless just a little more time
well you know damn well she wants to feel this high
yeah we knew just who we were
yeah well who we thought we’d try to be
and who it’s gonna hurt
oh but if I'd said, if I was strong at all
well then I wouldn’t be with someone else
I know where I belong
yeah well I can’t sleep, so I believe
if the shades are drawn, then the slate is clean
so don’t look at pride, well there is no other way, yeah
don’t try to make no sense of this scene, it’s just between Caroline and me
and we keep changing
yeah we can grow like a board on the floor
she says I’m restless just a little more time, a little more time
well you know damn well she wants to feel this high
yeah well I can’t sleep, so I believe
if the shades are drawn, then the slate is clean
so don’t look at pride, well there is no other way, yeah
don’t try to make no sense of this scene, it’s just between Caroline and me
and we keep changing
yeah we can grow like a board on the floor
she says I’m restless just a little more time
well you know damn well she wants to feel this high
she wants to feel this high...high high...high-high

bring it on baby, what you’re gettin in to
is living on pain, the thing that’s getting to you
write my name, paint it up my picture
say it’s the only thing cause I’m not around, to be around
beaten and battered
what if my dreams get shattered, then
pain gives my the right to be unkind
bring it on baby, what's with sudden devotion
I'd trade a river of tears for just a little emotion
you can curse my name, paint it up my picture
say it’s the last time that I’ll be around, be around
oh well I’m torn and tattered
saw the thoughts in my head be scattered, well
pain gives my the right to be unkind, girl
and it sets me
right back to the heart of it
joan’s crazy is a slight defense from it
joan’s crazy is a place I call my own, when I’m alone
so bring it on on baby, what you gettin' in to
well I swear once it was the little things that mattered
but it all seems true to you
say the hell with my name, and say the hell with my picture
yeah but swear the one time you need me around,
to be around, I’m around right now where
I’ll stand like it matters
only once got screwed and then gets scattered by the rain
and pain gives me the right to be unkind girl
and it sets me
right back to the heart of it
joan’s crazy is a slight defense from it
joan’s crazy is a place I call my own
right back to the heart of it
joan’s crazy is a slight defense from it
joan’s crazy is a place I call my own, when I’m alone
right back to the heart of it
joan’s crazy yeah, joan's crazy yeah
joan’s crazy is a place I call my own, when I’m alone, when I'm alone
when I'm alone

Elvis is alive at your local grocery store
and if you believe that boy well sit down and I'll tell you more
Lee Harvy Oswald, well you know he acted alone
Charlie Manson only wanted to make his house a home
Jesus was an alien, flying through space
God was an astronaut who said boy I like your face, so the story began
girl I love you, and the check is in the mail
found religion inside myself, I drank the blood, the flesh was stale
so reach in your pockets and give us all you can
you know the one that's goin' to heaven is gonna be the richer man
I see you shakin boy, do ya find it hard to believe
that the one you been living for would cut your wrists to watch you bleed
found out the truth is a lie, and it makes you feel unwell
say the church of the all mighty dollar is all we have to save us from hell
so the story began
that's the story from my side to your side
to your side, yeah

you've been talking for an hour
and I swear to God that I can’t hear a word you say
so would you come to me, come to me
well, I get caught up in the waves of conversation, they wash over me
and they cover me, they cover me
should I just pack my things and leave
would I be a bigger man if I
I built a wall around your heart, dared you to come in
I can lie to you, say I didn’t mean it
but hurt’s a funny thing and
it makes you stronger
well all is nothing in moderation
it’s a dirty feeling, it makes you stronger
well I believe I’m just plain tired
there’s a funny way your lip shakes
when I know that you’ve been lying and it touches me
I said it comforts me, it comforts me
well I guess I should be satisfied when you say you love me half the time
well I’ll settle there, we can build from there, build from there
would you be happier if I was only half the man I am
you could shout at me, and dare me to come in
I can lie to you and say I didn’t mean it
but it really doesn’t matter when you stop to think about it
say the end is coming she don’t even feel that
it’s a strange sensation, I’m almost happy
well I believe I’m just plain tired
i’m tired, yeah yeah, yeah
should I just pack my things and leave
would I be a bigger man if I
I built a wall around your heart, dared you to come in
I can lie to you, say I didn’t mean it
but hurt’s a funny thing
hurt's a funny thing
say the end is coming she don’t even feel that
it’s a strange sensation, I’m almost happy
well I believe, I belive I’m just plain tired
well the end is coming she don’t even feel that
it’s a strange sensation, I’m almost happy
well I believe, I believe that I’m just plain tired

still don’t mean nothin'
was written on the concrete
the words weren't on my tongue
cause we don’t talk about it
day or no evenin', fashion or superman
just little warped people
with little black minds
well I wasn’t sure just what to think
say the lights went out
somebody, somebody swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore
somebody swing
don’t wanna talk no...no
what if we’re tainted
who can we lie to
what if we’re dying
would you just walk around it
well I wasn’t sure just what to think
say the lights went out
somebody, somebody swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore
bring boy, can you bring me down
can you swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore
shut your violence, keep your head down,
watch your anger boy, realize you could lose
this is violence, look for reason
this don’t have to make sense to anybody at all
then everybody, won’t you swing
no still don’t mean nothin'
words written all over the concrete
all over the concrete
rage gets you out, so you swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore
bring boy, can you remember me dead
can you swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore
I don't wanna talk no no no no
can you swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore
bring boy, can you remember me dead
can you swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore

she said it's cold outside as she hands me my raincoat
she's always worried about things like that
she said it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
and she only sleeps when it's raining
and she screams and her voice is straning
she says baby
it's 3 am I must be lonely
when she says baby
well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
says the rain's gonna wash away I believe it
she's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothin'
and in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all
she swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
and she only sleeps when it's rainin'
and she screams and her voice is strainin'
she believes that life is made up of all that you're used to
and the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days, and days
she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway
but outside it's stopped raining

I reach within my isolation
I harbour it, I honor it
you say you'd like to see me closer
of course you would
you have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be 'cause all their lives are silly pictures
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby's getting older
I'll build a wall, I’ll build the fountain
we'll wrestle it and we'll conquer it
I think we'll live to see the mountain
well of course we will
we have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
I laugh at the people that I can’t be 'cause all their lives are silly pictures
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, don't turn me away
And it won't take long, we both knew this
and I wasn't quite prepared
for my center of dying
the heart of your pain
all my words get lost and I can't speak
got my head stripped down, well I get weak
and the words fall out like Forever December
soon it won't matter, she won't mean nothin'
she don't mean nothin', she won't mean nothin'
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
I laugh at the people that I can’t be 'cause all their lives are pretty
pictures
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby’s getting older
she don't mean nothin'
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, don't turn me away
she don't mean nothin'
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, my baby’s getting older
she don't mean nothing
hey now now now hey now hey baby
yeah, the tide is turning, don't turn me away

and outside, the sky is falling
people dodging raindrops, staying dry
and inside, I never gave a damn about those outside people anyway
and it hurt me
they don't even know who I am
and inside, there’s no rainbows
and inside, I try I try I try, try to clear my head
and outside, the rain is drying
and inside, i'm dying
'cause in here, I’m staring at the rings my coffee cup has made on the table
and in here, I know I know I know, that this is as good as it gets
and in time I hope to be the one that talks about the other half
until then, I count the cracks on the wall
until it’s time to lay my head
and inside, I play with shadows
and inside, I know I know I know, that I'll feel this way all day, all day
and outside, there’s hope for trying, and inside I’m dying
you walk before me, Lord knows I can’t follow
you walk behind me and I don’t think I can lead
you walk around me, please don’t walk around me
'cause you know how dizzy I get