Staple my hand

Staple my hands to my heart

Staple my hand

Staple my lips shut

Staple my hand

Staple my lips shut

I'm staying right here

I won't move 'til I'm dead

I'm staying right here

You can cut me in two instead

I'm staying right here

I won't move 'til you're dead

But you can move me over my head

I'm raking up threats here

I've left the gypsies outside

I'm make bets dear

I just woke up one morning and died

I'm staying right here

Your staples have stitched deep inside

And you can move me over my head

But you can move me over my head

But you can move me over my head

And you can move me over my head

Sister can you hear me now

The ringing in your ears

I'm down on the ground

My luck's been dry for years

I'm lost in the dark

And I feel like a dinosaur

Broken face and broken hands

I'm a broken man

I've hit the wall

I'm about to fall

But I'm closing in on it

I feel so weak

On a losing streak

Watch my taillights fade to black

I read a thing about this girl

She was a hermit in her world

Her story was much like mine

She could be my valentine

And although we've never met

I won't forget her yet

She cut herself off from her past

Now she's alone at last

I feel so sick

Lost love's last licks

But I'm closing down on it

I feel so weak

On a losing streak

Watch my taillights fade to black

Lost my life in cheap wine

Now it's quiet time

Cappy Dick nor Jesus Christ

Could not help my fate

But I'm underneath a gun

I'm singing about my past

Had myself a wonderful thing

But I could not make it last

I've hit the wall

I'm about to fall

But I'm closing in on it

I feel so small

Underneath it all

Watch my taillights fade to black

..Watch my taillights fade

..Watch my taillights fade

..Watch my taillights fade

I've been turned on

In that little room

And I am all caved in now like a cat

I've woken up

'Cause you've spoken up

I'm catatonic but ready to roll

Drift sense of time

Turning round on a dime

Crossed the thin line

As I'm waving goodbye

You saved my life

Now once or twice

And I'm not willing to let it go

Mountains of your head

Come back in dreams

And I'm thinking true pencil thoughts

Hell hath no fury

I'm restless but weak

What's on your mind

If it's on your tongue you should speak

Speak

It's true

She was spinning and

She was hinting at

And sweeping dust in and out of rooms

What could I do?

I'm asking you

I made myself invisible to her

Hell hath no fury

I'm restless but weak

What's on your mind

If it's on your tongue you should speak

Speak

It's true

All spangled up, glittering on

There's a monster in the kitchen - his lights's turned on

Thanks for coming - it meant a lot

But you sure do know how to put me on the spot

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You came into the kitchen - a rose held high

I never want to see young flowers die

And hearing all that made me feel like a spy

To tell you any different would be to lie

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

"Merry Christmas" you said to me

Empty drawers - nothing left for me

We turned around now and what did we see?

All our whispers and transparencies

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

You're so green

So green

So green

So green

I'm not cryin' for ya

I'll let the angels bore ya

I'm just tryin' to understand

1,2,3,4,5 I'm callin'

Julie you just keep on walkin'

I can't laugh at all that matters

I can't sleep at night without a stare

But I'm not cryin' for ya

Is that a big box for ya

I'm just tryin' to make some change

Make some change

I am sick of your goldfish manners

I am sick of being in my head

No one talks about my problem

No one really cares if I'm not here

But I ain't cryin for ya

My greenest eyes are for ya

I'll get up and fly some...

Someday

Hold my hand and hold my temper

Hold my ticket while I go away

Cause all the earth and all the angels

All the crystal crosses are the same

They're the same

But I ain't dying for ya

Built that big box for ya

Ma I'm tryin' to pre..., to pretend

Mom, oh ... MOMMA

1,2,3,4,5 I'm calling

Julie keep on walkin'

Keep on walkin'

When I sleep is when you rise

Get out of bed wipe the sleep from your eyes

I shut my eyes - all the world drops dead

Now's the time friend of mine

With a passage to

A passage from

Your daily missal

We taught that

Cat to crawl

When I sleep is when you rise

Get out of bed wipe the sleep from your eyes

My heart and soul are in your hands

Now's the time friend of mine

With a passage to

A passage from

Your daily missal

We taught that

Cat to crawl

Now's the time friend of mine

And now's the time friend of mine

Here she comes across the street

But I'm already there downstairs to meet with her

She could make my life complete

But I'm already there to compete with her

Climb aboard my velvet roof

And smile showing me one golden tooth

A simple gesture yes or no

Would have been enough to let me know

Scraggly hair and messed up shoes

I'm looking all around for you

Find you in the corner bar

But you can't find the keys to your car

She's as sharp as a razor blade

But she could cut my wrists open just the same

Softer than my velvet floor

Gatherin' up the veil and going home

Scraggly hair and messed up shoes

I'm looking all around for you

Find you in the corner bar

But you can't find the keys to your car

She's as sharp as a razor blade

But she could cut my wrists open just the same

Softer than my velvet floor

Gatherin' up the veil and going home

Hey man what's the matter with

Hey man what's the matter with you

Hey man what's the matter with

Hey man what's the matter with you

Hey man what's the matter with

Hey man what's the matter with you

Hey

Maybe it's only - cuz I'm so poor

That you don't count me - anymore

Maybe I'm tryin' to compare

Take my picture - don't you dare

Maybe it's only - cuz I fall

I'm so much closer - but yer so tall

But I'm no baby - I ain't no child

I'll get to bed soon - in awhile

Hear me crawlin' down your stairs

Count your children - don't be scared

My wooden floor is awful bare

But you can't take me - I'm not there

Cuz I'm screamin' - cuz I'm tired

I'm a little bit lonesome, I'm not so dire

But I'm no baby - I'm no child

I'll get in bed now - just for awhile

Hear me callin' down your stairs

Count your babies - one's not there

One's not there

Broken

By words left unspoken

I thought you was joking

The words you say

Stymied

Please come untie me

You're lying right beside me

Don't lie to me

Lying

I caught you lying

You caught me trying

Don't let me catch you lying

Lazy

Open up the daisies

And lay my so lazy soul to sleep

Hoping

I was not joking

Was merely choking

The words got caught

Lying

You caught me lying

I caught you trying

Don't let me catch you lying

Lying

I caught you lying

You caught me trying

Don't let me catch you lying

Lazy

Daisy

Lazy

Daisy

Lazy

Hey when the need becomes too strong or long

And drawn out for me to take

Like a cigarette burn to the fleshy turbines of my heart

That faded afternoon floats breezily into my memory

Cool shafts of light appear and I'm left here

Standing naked on my own

Your voice is small on my voice mail system

A million miles away

But if I turned it off

I would not hear the little things you say

"The world must chill"

And like a king I ring up old acquaintances

It's like the man says "I ain't here on business"

It's all work anyway

On any other day

They say the light has got no equal

On any other day

The date's irrelevant but she was drunk

In the heat of the June night

The faces in the windows - shouts rang out

Into dawn's early light

The flailing arms and scrambling eggs I fled

On my two shambling legs

"I gotta go" I said - they both looked dead

On any other day

On any other day

They say the light has got no equal

On any other day

On any other day

On any other day

They say the light has got no equal

On any other day

The fire blazed away

The kitchen porch was all that remained

And I'm out here alone - beat up and pissed

Until this very day

That old hotel rang back in fuzzy time

And I was ravaged to the bone

Your voice got smaller 'til I realized

It was gone

On any other day

They'd say the light has got no equal

On any other day

On any other day

I swear the light has got no equal

On any other day

I realize

I realize

It was gone

I'm between the lines just one more time

Read it in a book I almost looked

In the frozen lake she comes and takes

Give up my whole world she's just a girl

In my frozen mind I'm stuck in time

I can't get past this thing for one more spring

See, she fits to me so easily

I, I'm borderline almost everytime

Give up my whole world

She's a translucent girl

In my frozen mind I'm lost in time

I take one more breath it's worse than death

Turn on all the lights alive with fright

See, she fits to me too easily

I, I'm borderline almost everytime

Give up my whole world

She's a complicated girl

In my frozen mind I'm stuck in time

Give up my whole world

She's a complicated girl

In the frozen lake she comes and takes

Can't get rid of this blue sun

It's been so long since I've had fun

She's wearing a special dress

We're in a terrible mess

It's been so long since I've been home

Since I've had fun

I'm coming home

I'll be there soon

I'll be there soon

My retreat's in my head

Take back those things that you said

I might as well have been dead

But I'm staying sane instead

I've saved my face

Saving grace

Saving grace

It's been so long since I've been home

I'll be there soon, soon, soon

My retreat's in my head

Take back those things that you said

I might as well have been dead

But I'm staying sane instead

I've saved my face

Saving grace

Saving grace

It's been so long since I've been home

Since I've been home

I'm coming home

I'll be there soon

I'll be there soon

Yeah, I'm coming home

I'll be there soon

I'll be there soon

Soon

Leaving

She came along

She came a long way to see me

She came across snowy fields

Baby - I've almost grown somehow

I'm in between the coasts

But my mind

My mind must be back in Boston

And you're all above the moon

And you're all above the moon

I'm lying across the tracks

And I'm on the train ride back

Slowly - I turned to him and said

"Well if I'm not yet dead then surely

this must be killing me instead"

Turning - I am turning blue

In this bar with you but my mind

Must be back in San Francisco

And you're all above the moon

And you're all above the moon

I'm lying across the tracks

And I'm on the train ride back

And I'm in between the cars

And I'm in between the stars

And you're all above the moon

And you're all above the moon

Highways - my head is loose at last

The radio's on full blast

And I'm rolling

In a midnight Chevrolet

Snowdust - I'm caught dead in the night

The stars and fire light

The sky a jewel

I believe I'm back in Boston

And you're all above the moon

And you're all above the moon

I'm lying across the tracks

And I'm on the train ride back

And I'm in between the cars

And I'm in between the stars

And you're all across the moon

And you're all above the moon

And you're all across the moon

And you're all above the moon

The Moon