excuse me but can I be you for a while
my DOG won't bite if you sit real still
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
yeah I can hear that

been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know but NOTHING comes
yes I know what you think of me you never shut up
yeah I can hear that

Chorus:
but what if I'm a mermaid
in these jeans of his with her name still on it
hey but I don't care 'cause sometimes
I said sometimes I hear my voice
and it's been HERE
silent all these years

so you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
what's so amazing about really deep thoughts
boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
how's that thought for you

my scream got lost in a paper cup
you think there's a heaven where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
do you think it's enough
to get us there

Chorus

years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand
years go by if i'm stripped of my beauty and the orange clouds raining in my head
years go by will I choke in my tears 'till finally there is nothing left
one more casualty
you know we're too EASY easy easy

well I love the way we communicate
your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
let's hear what you think of me now
but baby don't look up, the sky is falling

your MOTHER shows up in a nasty dress
it's your turn now to stand where I stand
everybody lookin' at you
here take a hold of my hand
yeah I can hear them

Chorus

so I run faster
but it caught me here
yes my loyalties turned
like my ankle in 7th grade
running after BILLY
running after the rain

Chorus:
these precious things
let them bleed
let them wash away
these precious things
let them break
their hold over me

he said you're really an ugly girl
but I like the way you play
and I died
but I thanked him
can you believe that
sick sick
holding onto his picture
dressing up every day
I wanna smash the faces
of those beautiful BOYS
those christian boys
so you can make me cum
that doesn't make you Jesus

Chorus

I remember yes
in my peach party dress
no one dared
no one cared to tell me
where the pretty girls are
those demigods
with their NINE-INCH nails
and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl...

Chorus

+Winter:

snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
wipe my nose
get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
when I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
I run off where the DRIFTS GET DEEPER
sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice
"you must learn to stand up for yourself
cause I can't always be around"

he says
when you gonna make up your mind
when you gonna love you as much as I do
when you gonna make up your mind
cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
all the white horses
are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
you say that things change
my dear

boys get discovered
as winter MELTS
flowers competing for the sun
years go by
and I'm here still waiting
withering where some snowman was
mirror mirror where's the crystal palace
but I can only see myself
SKATING around the truth
who I am
but I know dad
the ice is getting thin

Chorus

hair is grey
and the fires are burning
so many dreams on the shelf
you say I wanted you to be PROUD of me
I always wanted that myself

Chorus+

all the WHITE HORSES
have gone ahead
I tell you that I'll always want you near
you say that things change
my dear...

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+Happy Phantom:

and I if I die today
I'll be the HAPPY phantom
and I'll go chasin' the nuns out in the yard
and I'll run naked through the streets without my mask on
and I will never need umbrellas in the rain
I'll wake up in strawberry fields every day
and the atrocities of school I can forgive
the HAPPY phantom has no right to bitch

Chorus:
oo who the time is getting closer
oo whoo the time to be a ghost
oo who every day we're getting closer
the sun is getting dim
will be pay
for who we've been

so if I die today I'll be the HAPPY phantom
and I'll go wearing my NAUGHTIES like a jewel
they'll be my ticket to the universal opera
there's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
and then these seven little men get up to dance
they say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I'm still the angel to the girl who hates to SIN

Chorus

or will I see you dear and wish I could come back
you found a girl that you could TRULY love again
will you still call for me when she falls asleep
or do we soon forget the things we cannot see...

Chorus+
will I pay for who I've been...

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+China:

china all the way to New York
I can feel the distance getting close
you're right next to me
but I need an airplane
I can feel the DISTANCE as you breathe

sometimes I think you want to me to touch you
but how can I
when you build the great WALL around you
in your eyes I saw a future together
you just look away in the distance

china decorates our table
funny how the CRACKS don't seem to show
pour the wine dear
you say we'll take a holiday
but we never can agree on
where to go

Chorus

China all the way to New York
maybe you got lost in MEXICO
you're right next to me
I think that you can hear me
funny how the distance
learns to grow

Chorus

I can feel the distance
I can feel the distance
I can feel the distance
getting close...

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+Leather:

look I'm standing naked before you
don't you want more than my sex
I can scream as loud as your last one
but I can't claim innocence

oh god could it be the weather
oh god why am I here
if love isn't forever
and its NOT THE WEATHER
hand me my leather

I could just pretend that you love me
the night would lose all sense of frear
but why do I need you to love me
when you can't hold what I hold dear

Chorus

I almost ran over an angel
he had a nice big fat cigar
"IN A SENSE" he said
"I think you're alone here
so if you jump
you best jump far...

Chorus

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+Mother:

go go go go now
out of your nest its time
go go go now
circus girl without a safety net
here here now don't cry
you raised your hand for the asignment
tuck those ribbons under your helmet
be a good soldier
first my left foot
then my right behind the OTHER
pantyhose running in the cold

mother the car is here
somebody leave the light on
green limosine for the redhead
DANCING dancing girl
and when I dance for him
somebody leave the light on
just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I come from

I walked into your dream
and now I've forgotten how to dream my own dream
you are the CLEVER one aren't you
brides in veils for you
we told you all of our secrets
all but one
so don't you even try
the phone has been disconnected
dripping with blood and with time
and with your advice
poison me against the MOON

Chorus

I escape into your escape
into our very favorite fearscape
it's across the sky
and across my heart
and I cross my legs
oh my god
first my left foot
then my right behind the other
breadcrumps lost under the snow...

Chorus

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+Tear in Your Hand:

all the world just stopped now
so you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
let me take a deep breath babe
if you need me
me and neil'll be hangin' out with the DREAM KING
Neil says hi by the way
I don't believe you're leaving cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream
I think it's that girl
and I think they're pieces of me you've never seen
maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seem

all the world is all I am
the black of the blackest ocean
and that tear in your hand
all the world is DANGLIN'.... danglin'...
danglin' for me DARLIN'
you don't know the power that you have
with that tear in your hand

maybe I ain't used to maybes smashing in a cold room
I cut my hands up
every time I touch you
maybe maybe its time to wave goodbye now
time to wave goodbye now

caught a ride with the moon
I know I know you well
well better than I used to
HAZE all clouded up my mind in the DAZE of the why it could've never been
so you say and I say you know you're full of wish
and your "baby baby baby babies"
I tell you there're pieces of me you've never seen
maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen...

Chorus

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+Me and a Gun:

5am
friday morning
thursday night
far from sleep
I'm still up and driving
can't go home
obviously
so I'll just change directions
cause they'll soon know where I live
and I wanna live
got a full tank
and some chips
it was me and a gun
and a man on my back
and I sang "holy holy"
as he buttoned down his pants

me and a gun
and a man on my back
but I haven't seen BARBADOS
so I must get out of this

yes I wore a slinky red thing
does that mean I should spread
for you, your friends
your father, Mr Ed
and I know what this means
me and Jesus a few years back
used to hang
and he said "it's your choice babe
just remember I don't think you'll be back in 3 days time
so you choose well"
tell me what's right
is it my right
to be on my stomach of Fred's Saville

Chorus

do you know CAROLINA
where the biscuits are soft and sweet
these things go through your head
when there's a man on your back
and you're pushed flat on your stomach
it's not a classic cadillac

Chorus

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+Little Earthquakes:

yellow bird flying get shot in the wing
good year for hunters and Christmas parties
and I hate and I hate and I hate and I hate elevator music
the way we fight
the way I am left here silent

oh these little earthquakes
here we go again
oh these little earthquakes
doesn't take much to RIP us into pieces

we danced in graveyards with vampires till dawn
we laughed in the faces of kings
never afraid to burn
and I hate and I hate and I hate and I hate disintegration
watching us wither
black winged roses that safely change their COLOR

Chorus

I can't reach you

give me life
give me pain
give me myself again...

Chorus

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.Go back to the Garden.