Blue Album

My Name is Jonas
My name is Jonas
I'm carrying the wheel
Thanks for all you've shown us
But this is how we feel
Come sit next to me
Pour yourself some tea
Just like grandma made
When we couldn't find sleep
Things were better then
Once but never again
We've all left the den
Let me tell you bout it
The choo-choo train left right on time
A ticket costs only your mind
The driver said, "Hey man, we go all the way"
Of course we were willing to pay
My name is Wepeel (?)
I gotta box full of your toys
They're fresh out of batteries
But they're still makin' noise
Tell me what to do
Now the tank is dry
Now this wheel is flat
And you know what else?
Guess what I received
In the mail today
Words of deep concern
From my little brother
The buildin'g's not goin' as he planned
The foreman has injured his hand
The dozer will not clear a path
The driver swears he learned his math
The workers are going home, the workers are going home, the workers are going home, the workers are going home
Yeah

No One Else
My girl's got a big mouth with which she blabbers a lot
She laughs at most everything
Whether it's funny or not
And if you see her
Tell her it's over now
I want a girl who will laugh for no one else
When I'm away she puts her makeup on the shelf
When I'm away she never leaves the house
I want a girl who laughs for no one else
My girl's got eyeballs
In the back of her head
She looks around and around
You know it makes me sad to see her like that
Pleas edon't believe her she says that for anyone
And if you see her tell her it's okay (?)
I want a girl who will laugh for no one else
When I'm away she puts her makeup on the shelf
When I'm away she never leaves the house
I want a girl who laughs for no one else
And if you see her tell her it's over now
And if you see her tell her it's over now
And if you watch her
Watch her, watch her, watch her!
I want a girl who will laugh for no one else

The World Has Turned and Left Us Here
The world has turned and left and left me here
Just where I was before you appeared
And in your place and empty space
has filled the void behind my face
I just made love to your sweet memory
One thousand times in my head
You said you loves it more than ever
You said
You remain, turned away
Turning further every day
The world has turned and left me here
Just where I was before you appeared
And in your place an empty space
has filled the void behind my face
I talked for hours to your wallet photograph
And you just listened
You laughed enchanted by my intellect
Or maybe you didn't
The world has turned and left me here
Just where I was before you appeared
And in your place an empty space
has filled the void behind my face
You remain turned away
Turning further every day
Do you believe what I sing now?

Buddy Holly
What's with these homies, dissin' my girl
Why do they gotta front
What did we ever do to these guys
That made them so violent
Woohoo, but you know I'm yours
Woohoo, and I know you're mine
Woohoo, and that's for all time
Woo-ee-oo I look just like Buddy Holly
Oh-oh and you're Mary Tyler Moore
I don't care what they say about us anyway
I don't care bout that
Don't you ever fear, I'm always near
I know that you need help
Your tongue in twisted, your eyes are slit
You need a guardian
Bang Bang knock on the door
another big bang and you down on the floor
Oh no! What do I do?
Don't look now but I lost my shoe
I can't run and I can't kick
What's a matter babe are you feeling sick?
What's a matter, What's a matter, what's a matter you?
What's a matter babe are you feelin blue?

Undone- The Sweater Song
I'm me
Me be
Goddamn
I am
I can
Sing and
Hear me
Know me
If you want to destroy my sweater
Hold this thread as I walk away
Watch me unravel
I'll soon be naked
Lying on the floor, I've come undone
Oh no
It go
It gone
Bye Bye
Who I
I think
I sink
and I die
I do'nt want to destroy your tank top
Let's me friends and just walk away
Hate to see you lyin there in your Superman skivvies
Lying on the floor, Lyin on the floor
I've come undone

Surf Wax America
The sea is foamin' like a bottle of beer
The wave is comin but I ain't go no fear
I'm waxin' down so that I'll go real fast
I'm waxin down because it's really a blast
I'm going surfin cuz I don't like your face
I'm bailin' out because I hate the race
of rats that run round and round in the maze
I'm goin surfin I'm going surfing
You take your car to work
I'll take my board
And when you're out of fuel
I'm still afloat
My buddies and their homies all come along
They seem invincible as they surf along
The sea is rollin like a thousand pound keg
We're going surfing we're going surfing
All along the undertow is strengthening its hold
I never thought it'd come to this
Now I can never go home

Say it ain't so
Oh Yeah
Ah right
Somebody's Heine
is crowdin my icebox
Somebody's cold one
is givin me chills
Guess I'll just close my eyes
oh yeah
ah right
feels good inside
Flip on the tele
Wrestle with Jimmy
Something is bubblin'
Behind my back
The bottle is ready to blow
Say it ain't so
Your drug is a heartbreaker
Say it ain't so
My love is a lifetaker
I can't confront you
I never could do
That which might hurt you
So try and be cool
When I say
This way is a waterslide away from me that takes you further every day
So be cool
Dear Daddy,
I write you
in spite of years of silence
You've cleaned up
found Jesus
things are good or so I hear
This bottle of Steven's
awakens ancient feelings
Like father, stepfather
the son is drowning in the flood

In the Garage
I've got the Dungeon Master's guide
I've got a 12 sided die
I've got Kitty Pryde
And Nightcrawler too
Waiting there for me
Yes I do, I do
I've got posters on the wall
My favorite rock group KISS
I've got Ace Frehley
I've got Peter Criss
Waiting there for me
Yes I do, I do
In the garage
I feel safe
No one cares about my ways
In the garage
Where I belong
No one hears me sing this song
In the garage
I've got an electric guitar
I play my stupid songs
I write these stupid words
and I love everyone
Waiting there for me
yes I do, I do

Holiday
let's go away for a while
You and I
To a strange and distant land
Where they speak no word of truth
But we don't understand anyway
Holiday
far away
to stay
on a Holiday
Far away
Let's go today in a heartbeat
Don't bother to pack your bags
Or your map
We won't need them where we're goin
We're goin where the wind is blowin
Not knowin where we're gonna stay
We will write a postcard
To our friends and family
In free verse
On the road with Kerouac
Sheltered in his Bivouac
On this road we'll never die...
Let's go away

Only in Dreams
You can't resist her
She's in your bones
She is your marrow
And your ride home
You can't avoid her
She's in the air
In between molecules
of oxygen and carbon dioxide
only in dreams
We see what it means
Reach out our hands
Hold on to hers
But when we wake
It's all been erased
And so it seems
Only in dreams
You walk up to her
Ask her to dance
She says "hey baby I just might take the chance"
You say "It's a good thing that you float in the air
That way there's no way
I will crush your pretty toenails into a thousand pieces."
Only in dreams

Pinkerton

Tired of Sex
I'm tired
so tired
I'm tired of having sex so tired
I"m spread so thin
I don't know who I am who I am
Monday night I"m makin Jen
Tuesday night I"m makin Lynn
Wednesday night I'm makin Katherine
oh why can't I be makin love come true?
whoa
I'm beat
beet red
ashamed of what I said what i  said
I"m sorry
Here I go
I know I'm a sinner but I can't say no say no
Thursday night I'm makin Denise
Friday night I'm makin Sharise
Saturday night I'm makin Louise
Oh why can't I be makin love come true?
Whatcha gonna do?
Tonight I'm down on my knees
Tonight I'm beggin you please
Tonight, tonight please
Oh why can't I be makin love come true?

Getchoo
This is beginning to hurt
This is beginning to be serious
It used to be a game
Now it's a cryin shame
Cuz you don't wanna play around no more
uh huh
Sometimes I push too hard
Sometimes you fall and skin your knee
I never meant to do
all that I've done to you
Please baby, say it's not too late
to getchoo, uh huh
You know this is breakin me up
You think that I'm some kind of freak, uh huh
But if you'd come back to me
Then you would surely see
That I'm just foolin around
To getchoo uh huh
I can't believe i can't believe
What you've done to me
What I did to them
You've done to me, whoa
yeah
getchoo uh huh
getchoo uh huh
getchoo getchoo getchoo
this is beginning to hurt

No Other One
My girl's a liar
But I'll stand beside her
She's all I got and I don't wanna be alone
My girl don't see me
When she's with my friends
She's all I got and I don't wanna be alone
No there is no other one
No there is no other one
I can't have any other one
though I would
Now I never could with one
All of the drugs she does
scare me real good
she's got a tattoo
and two pet snakes
But nobody knows me liker her
nobody knows her like me
We're all we've got and we don't wanna be alone
No there is no other one
No there is no other one
I can't have any other one
Though I would now I never could with one
whoa
No there is no other one
No there is no other one
I won't have any other one
Though I would now I never could with one

Why Bother
I know I should get next to you
You got a look that makes me think you're cool
But it's just sexual attraction
Not something real so I'd better keep whackin'
Why bother?  It's gonna hurt me
It's gonna kill when you desert me
This happened to me twice before
It won't happen to me anymore
I've known alot of girls before
What's the harm in knowin one more?
Maybe we could even get together
Maybe you could break my heart next summer
Why bother?  It's gonna hurt me
It's gonna kill when you desert me
This happened to me twice before
Won't happen to me anymore
It's a cryin shame I'm all alone
Not with you, not her, nor anyone
Won't you knock me on my head
Crack it open let me outta here
Why bother?  It's gonna hurt me
It's gonna kill when you desert me
This happened to me twice before
Won't happen to me anymore

Across the Sea
You are 18 year old girl who livein small city in Japan
You heard me on the radio about one year ago
and you're wanting to know
All about me and my hobbies
My favorite food and my birthday
Why are you so far away from me?
I need help and you're way across the sea
I could never touch you
I think it would be wrong oh
I got your letter and you've got my song
they don't make stationary like this where I"m from so fragile so refined
so I sniff and I lick your envelope and fall to little pieces every time
I wonder bout the clothes you where to school
I wonder how you decorate your room
I wonder how you touch yourself and curse myself for being across the sea
Why are you so far away from me?
I need help and tou're way across the sea
at 10 I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
I thought the older women would like me if I did
you see, ma, I'm a good little boy good little boy
It's all your fault mama, it's all your fault
Goddamn this business is really lame
I gotta live on an island to find the juice
so send me your love from all around the world
As if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams
Oh how I need a hand of mine to feel

The Good Life
yeah check me
When I look in the mirror I can't believe what I see
Tell me who's that funky dude starin back at me
Broken beaten down, can't even get around
Without an old man cane I fall and hit the ground
Shivering in the cold i'm bitter and alone
excuse the bitchin I shouldn't complain
I should have no feeling cause feeling is pain
And everything I want is takin away from me
But who do i got to blame? Nobody but me
And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin booty makin sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the good life
It's time I got back
It's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah
Screw this crap I've had it! I've had it! I ain't no mister cool
I"m a pug I"m a dog, so scuse me if I drool
I ain't gonna hurt nobody ain't gonna cause a scene
I just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
hear me?  I want sugar in my tea

El Scorcho
el scorcho, rock and roll!
Goddamn you half-Japanese girls
Do it to me every time
Oh the redhead said you shred the cello
And I'm jello baby
Cause you won't talk won't look, won't think of me
I'm the epitome of public enemy
Why you wanna go and treat me like that?
Come down on the street and dance with me
I'm a lot like you so please hello, I"m here, I'm waiting oh yeah
I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me
I asked her to go to the greenday concert
She said she'd never heard of them
HOw cool is that
so I went you your room and read your diary
"Watching Grunge leg drop new jack do a presstable"
and then my heart stopped
"Listenin to Cio Cio San fall in love all over again"
I'm a lot like you so please Hello, i'm here I'm waiting
I think I'd be good for you and You'd be good for me
How stupid is it?  I can't talk about it
I gotta sing about it and make a record of my heart
HOw stupid is it? Won't you gimme a minute
Just come up to me and say hello to my heart
HOw stupid is it?  For all I know you want me too
And maybe you just don't know what to do
Maybe you're scared to say "I'm fallin for you"
I wish I could get my head outta the sand
Cuz I think we'd make a good team
and you would keep my finger nails clean
but that's just a stupid dream that I won't realize
Cause I can't even look in your eyes
Without shakin and I ain't fakin
I'll bring home the turkey if you bring home the bacon
I"m a lot like you so please hello I'm here I'm waitin
I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me

Pink Triangle
When I'm stable long enough
I start to look around for love
See a sweet in floral print
my mind begin the arrangements
But when I start to feel that pull
Turns out I just pulled myself
She would never go out with me
Were I the last girl on earth
I"m dumb she's a lesbian
I thought I had found the one
We were good as married in my mind but married in my mind's no good
a pink triangle on her sleeve let me know the truth
Might have smoked a few in my time
but never thought it was a crime
Knew the day would surely come
When I'd chill and settle down
When I think I've found a good old fashioned girl
Then she put me in my place
Everyone's a little queer oh can't she be a little straight?

Falling For You
Holy cow! I think I've got one here
No just what am I sposed to do?
I've got a number of irrational fears
that I'd like to share with you
First there's rules about old goats like me
hanging around with chicks liek you
but I do like you and another one:
you say "like" too much
But i'm shakin at your touch
I like you way too much
my baby I"m afraid I"m fallin for you
I'd do about anything to get the hell out alive
Or maybe I would rather settle down with you
Holy moly baby wouldn't you know
Just as I was bustin loose
I've gotta go turn in my rock star card and get fat and old with you
Cause I"m a burnin candle you're a gentle moth
teaching me to burn a little bit kinder
And I do like yo you're the lucky one
no I"m the lucky one
I'm shakin at your touch I like you way too much
My baby I"m afraid I'm fallin for you
I'd do about anything to get the hell out alive
or maybe I would rather settle down with you
HOly sweet goddamn you left your cello in the basement
I admire the glowing stars and tried to play a tune
I can't believe how much I suck it's true
what could you possibly see in little old three chord me?
but i like you and you like me too
i'm ready let's do it baby

Butterfly
yesterday I went outside
with my mama's mason jar
Caught a lovely butterfly
When i woke up today
looked in on my fairy pet
she had withered all away
no more sighing in her brast
I"m sorry for what I dd
I did what my body told me to
I didn't mean to do you harm
Every time I pin down what I think I want
It slips away
The ghost slips away
Smell you on my hand for days
I can't wash away your scent
If I'm a dog then you're a bitch
I guess you're as real as me
Maybe I can live with that
Maybe I need fantasy
Life of chasing butterfly
I'm sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn't mean to do you harm
Every time I pin down what I think I want
it slips away
The ghost slips away
I told you I would return
When the robin makes his nest
But I ain't never comin back.
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
I'm sorry

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