jimmy stewart follows kim to where your portrait hangs on a wall
such a haunting vision he forgets his partners fall
jump into the sanfrancisco bay
ill follow you in
i know you cant swim
when youve been dead 100 years, carlotta
carlotta valzez, i will make you her
everythings subjective, nothing lasts for johnny o.
kiss kim novac where the redwoods grow
i ll bleach her hair and pretend she didnt die
go up the mission stair
ill follow anywhere that is, untilyou climb too high
cause i get vertigo
carlotta valdez, i will make you her
what a thing to be the center of attention all the time
he isnt really falling for this, is he? hes getting dizy and so am i
carlotta valdez carlotta valdez carlotta valdez
I had visions i was in them
i was looking into the mirror
to see a little bit clearer
the rottenness and evil in me
fingertips have memories
mine cant forget the curves of your body
and when i feel a bit naughty
i run it up the flagpole and see who salutes
(but no one ever does)
im not sick but im not well
and im so hot cause im n hell
been around the world an dfound that only stupid people are breeding
the cretins cloning and feeding
and i dont even own a tv
put me in the hospitals for nerves and then they had to commit me
you told them all i was crazy
they cut off my legs now im an amputee god damn you
im not sick but im not well
and im so hot cause im in hell
im not sick but im not well
and its a sin to live so well
i wanna publish zines
and rage against machines
i wanna pierce my tongue
it doesnt hurt a bit it feels fine
the trivial sublime
i d like to turn off time
and kill my mind
you kill my mind
paranoia paranoia everybodys coming to get me
just say you never met me
im going under ground with the moles
hear the voices in my head
i swear to got it sounds like theyre snoring
but if youre bored then youre boring
the agony and the irony, theyre killing me
im not sick but im not well and im so hot cause im in hell
im not sick but imnot well
and its a sin to live so well... -
all i ever wanted to be was a woolly muffler on your named neck
double wrap me when its cold
but you pulled a little tight just now
and im afraid i feel a choke hole comin gon
all i ever thought we might come to was second dates and flirting eyebrows
or maybe even psychic friends
and we could share a secret language
and almost definitely make more of it than it was
but everyone around us would know
everyone watching us would know
this is not a walk with walking wounded
heres the ball heres the pole, now wheres the tether
wheres the tether
hands can grow together
if youre not careful or grateful or whatrever
and i never much cared much too much to begin with
i will not ake your possibilities under my care
i will not see you on the bus
you want me to hold your hand
its a courtship i cant stand
and here i thought you were crying because you were happy but no no no
friends will turn against you people dissappoint you every time
so if youve got greatness in you would you do us all a favor and keep it to your self?
keep it to your self
a labored expat fantasy:
quit your job and move away with me
oh what bliss it would be to pretend we never met
im elated now
im elated now
im elated now
im elated now
im on a private helicopter with my favorite ex girlfriend
tiny little cabin in the sky
now ere alone and we can remember how we felt before we were angry:
we were guilty and we were bitter
(i must admit, i said a few things but..)
im still attracted to you
sorry weve been so cold,s o
eight miles high and three hours to landing,
god, your hair smells really great
im on a hovercraft to paris with my former bestfriend
we have to get to the cinematheque
were not alone but no one speaks english, so were free to lookinto eachothers minds
and see what were thinking like we always used to
i miss talking to you
but you never draw me out so
cast off the ego scars and lets go hit the bars
i reserve the right to hold my grudges
friends like you, you know the rest
but all told, i hold on to my anger far to long
until its ajoke
the night is cold
the joke is old
(and poorly told, i told you once)
im on a private helicopter with my favorite ex girlfriend
no one to keep up appearances for
now were alone and we can remember how e felt at first
the desperate need to be together mustve been good for something, sugar
im still attracted to you
no ones making us do what were supposed to
so lie here in my arms
lie here in my arms
cross through the border states to the wrong side
and look away, virginia
spend everyday like the past is a birdge crossing twenty years
whispers away, not so much
get your poison tongue out of my ear
heres a fact you cannot rise above
we ll have problems and then we ll have bigger ones
from damage to damned control
you wanted to go alone though
i never said no
i never said no
spiteful confrontations, trial separations,
its just another present to get past
the man was very helpful but i knew he wouldnt stay
there used to be a baby but the baby went away
forswear what you undergo
you wanted to go alone though
i never said no
i never said no
it doesnt make me fcry to hear dylan say
most likely you go your way
i ll go mine
i ll go mine
i ll go mine
forswear what you under go
you wanted to go alone though
i never said no
i never said no
rake up all the leaves in pleasant valley
its the last day of my visit upstate new york
to pay respects to the old man
hes still got his snese of humor
but his body fails him
hes surrounded by loved ones
but that only ges so far
and does he know where hie is?
i doubt it .
jack the lion roaring his last
like a vision sent from the past
beside crying, holding his hands
strong hands
finally get a moment alone with the old man
hes having trouble breathing and hes not the only one
he wonders where time goes and why we havent spoken for so long
he regrets it
he forgets it
and none too soon
because hes closing his eyes and fading
we thank you for uniting
we thank you for the cause
we thank you for the lion
we thank you for the claws
come see him again
come see him again
come see him again
come see him again
bop bop bop
jack the lion roaring his last
like a vision sent from teh past
bedside, crying, holding his hands
strong hands
call me disruptive say i break your concentration
familiar patterns like waves that break too fast
what do you do when its so brand new that it kills you
came on too strong coulnt stand it slow, now i know she can knock me back like a champ
didembodied ringlets from hair that looks like yours
call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending
she barely fits inside my head, but i feel soemthing every elementbut one is in my thrall
stop traffic as i lie down in your footpath like a similie i pain suggestive pictures
disembodied ringlets from hair that looks like like yours
call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending
call me freaky
call me childish call me ishmael just call me back
call me back
call me back
call me back and i ll follow you around
i forget what my friend loks like and they forget why they like me
but thats old hat
im so happy
how do you write about that?
disembodied ringlets
heres something beautiful
now smash it to bits
save your little wheelchair empowerment films
save your swoons im spoken for
it isnt pretty to think so
but i cant feign interest now
dreaming fo the fistfight i never got into
thinking of the mean shit i wish i d said to you
such a fancy lady, call her secret tina
she didnt get all the good stuff
but she looked like you
like a zero drowinign ina sea of highter numbers
everything you say to me is dumb
(at least its stupid)
twenty heavy hammers smasing down
heres a doorstep you can never darken
you complain about an overflowing cup
dont forget taht im teh one who filled that fucker up
like a zero drowning in a sea of higher numbers i remain as ever intrigued but no more astounded like a zero drowning in a sea of higher numbers i think that i like you better when you just ignore me
so i sit and notice shadows growing
i think of how the clocks are showing
hoping hopes eternal springs will do their thing and save me from myself
like a zero drowning in a sea of higher numbers i remain as ever intrigued but no more astounded
like a zero drowning in a sea of higher numbers you want ego? i will show you ego
im jealous now
tear down the bearing wall
put up a picture window
something to look through
at the bastard colors
burnt sienna
put down the wrecking ball who has a friend, who needs one
ive got a way to get to work in almost any city doesnt matter where
take a needle i wont be there
privileges forsaken there
liberties ive taken take me no wehre
put down the wreckingball dont let a childhood linger
theyll take the world apart and break my baby brothers finger
so he cant shake my hand
guard the dead against my legacy
and lack the wound no more
run from nowhere nowhere follows you
burn down the house
make sure the family is inside
nothing more to tether you
also no one there to catch you crying
nothing but my famous pillow and my fathers rocking chair
(get a sliver when you sit there)
every mess i amke i make a run from no wehre no where follows you
let it sing
let it die
and roll out the carpets
no such thing
musnt pry
all hail to another confession
and its losing me
where have all the merrymakers gone?
some people will suprise you with a real depth of feeling
otheres still may shock you with all that theyre revealing
but ones things sure, theres always more information than you ask for. ask for this:
just enough knowledge to know i dont know anything
some things are personal (at least they should be)
or is it too much to ask you just to maintain a little
maintain a little
maintain a little
maintain a little
maintain a little
maintain a little
(take the cynical saint to the stake and burn it)
its radio radio silence.