World Of Noise

5. Pennsylvania Is...

1. Your Genius Hand

Jackson met a girl in a valley town They fell into a teenage love she'd grow to hate He's in prison now since he beat her down He got her pregnant and she made it go away Hey hey hey hey Pennsylvania Pennsylvania I got a card today from a girl I know She used to live alone in Philadelphia She had to leave the state for a choice she made She says she feels just like a hostage in her home Hey hey hey hey Pennsylvania Pennsylvania You can close your eyes you can fall and die You can make your laws and make it go away You can close your eyes but you can't make it go away Can't make it go away I just got a call from my uncle Mike He said he left his wife and he's not going back Said she changed her mind about a desire child I asked him if he wants a place mat or a wife Hey hey hey hey Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is wrong

I've seen you shake and I know what it cost you I have heard your words, now I am big on your noise My eyes aren't big enough, because I can't see your hands I can't see what you hold, I am growing now as I watch you fade Now I know what you know and I'll break the chains that you have made These chains you've made for me I will pull you down I know I'll fail in style I long to touch your genius hands I am growing now as I watch you fade Now I know what you know and I'll break the chains that you have made These chains you've made for me, yeah, yeah I will pull you down I know I'll fail in style, I will I swear I'm full of shame Your genius hands, your genius hands

6. Nervous And Wierd

2. Sick And Tired

You know I want to be the way you want me to Big hearted and tall enough to cover you I would break in half if you said it out loud Splinter out of myself just like mercury I think it's better now than how it used to be You were lying in bed and I would levitate I think it's better here, than where we used to be I wish I could go out into the Oregon sun to be alive in the day I would smile at everyone I remember you back in '83 you were dressing insane You were my everything you were so different from all those other girls A blind Electra in drag so cool and casually lame I think I'm better now than how I used to be Always nervous and weird, scared most of the time I think it's better now than how it used to be Always up in the night afraid to live in the day Afraid of being afraid Afraid to live in the day Afraid of being afraid Now I sit alone when you're not around I read aloud just to hear a friendly voice I see you scary dolls they always look at me From the corner of my eyes I see them shake their heads You know I want to be the way you me to Big hearted and tall enough to cover you You know I want to be the way you me to I wish I could go out just to be alive in the day To be alive in the day

I break every day stressed out in every kind of way I am sick and tired of being sick and tired All I need and crave is a loud life with the power to fade I am living because I keep it all, keep it all inside Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside Love won't work for me I want women who are out of my reach I'm sick and tired of living all alone All I need for sure is a big love with the power to make more I am living because I keep it all, keep it all inside Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside I know I'm close to the fall I know I'm dangerous I'm afraid I'm going down I blame my family, their damage is living in me I am sick inside and tired of my life All I need I swear is to go out with the power of a nightmare I am living because I keep it all, keep it all inside I keep it all, keep it all inside Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside I know I'm close to the fall I know I'm dangerous I know I'm not going down alone I keep it all, keep it all inside I know I'm close to the fall I know I'm dangerous I know I'm not going down alone I'm not going down alone

7. Malevolent

3. The Laughing World

Maybe I went too far this time I just go crazy when she says no Angel turns away, pulls her dress back down, slowly washes her face Takes the bus to her job downtown She said: "I'm OK, don't worry about me" Now she thinks for herself: "Hey what happened to me?" I told him that I thought it was over told him that I wanted to leave He used to touch me so nice when we first met I never dreamed he would hit me I never dreamed he would hold me down She said: "Don't worry about me I won't worry about you" "I don't want to be friends", she said, "I'm OK" Just leave me alone, just leave me alone She said: "Don't worry about me I won't worry about you" She said: "I'm OK don't worry about me" I don't want to be friends Just leave me alone, just leave me alone Don't worry about me, don't worry about me

Right now day one I fall hard when I fall I always fall on you Face first, head down, eyes closed, arms out to break my fall, we fall down Like a world of noise we get lost inside the length of our own time And the laughing world will never forget that it's when you jam that I jet I see, I want, I reach, I fail to hold the things that I need I turn out, reach for you I want to touch our life before it fades like a burning car in the sun We flame for the all in plain view And the laughing world will never forget that it's when you jam that I jet The laughing world will never forget The laughing world will never forget

8. Sparkle

4. Fire Maple Song

Turn away from the pain you don't want Turning down to avoid them when they call Strange words I heard a long long time ago I wish I could go back to a summer time I knew more than twenty years ago Lay between the sheets we lie underneath the maple tree Now I can't smile Lying down in the grass with the wind around us as we smile and talk Listen to your Grandma sing those country songs She'd tell us how the maple turns to fire every four years We'd lay in the grass all summer just to watch the autumn come around I can't smile Now I can't smile I live alone and you're so far away I call you every year just around the holiday I still see you in the night lying above me in the grass I can't smile Turn away from the pain you don't want Turning down to avoid them when they call I can't believe this letter that says you died I think I'm gonna go back to the house in North Carolina and lay in the backyard Get drunk and let the leaves just bury me Bury me I can't smile Now I can't smile I don't know what's happening to me I don't know what's happening to me I can't smile

I remember when you seemed real shiny with the sweat of your voice Shaky hands super loud and teenage mouth We were all charmed and taken by your talk Now I shudder when I hear the rhythm of your walk Now I've got no place to go I've got no place to go I've got no one, nowhere, no one I have given up on the sparkle that I saw in your eyes I have sinned the sin of wanting more The belly fire pulls the spirit from the corporate whore I'm embarrassed by the plaid you wear If I were you I'd hide behind that stupid bleach blonde hair Now I've got no place to go, I've got no place to go I've got no one, nowhere, no one I have given up on the sparkle that I saw in you Yeah, that simple minded sparkle that I thought I saw Yes, I have wondered why you changed I like it when you were super loud I have wondered why you changed I like it when you were super loud Now I've got nowhere to go, I've got no place to go I've got no one, nowhere, no one Now I've got no place to go, I've got no place to go I've got no one, nowhere, no one I wonder if you're giving in, tell me why you're giving in Tell me why you're giving in

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