1. Cringe
2. Cop
3. San Francisco
4. Nose Over Tail
5. As You Were
6. Enjoy Your Day
7. Clavicle
8. My Little Needle
9. Southern Rock
10. Message From
Kathlene
11. Trouble Breathing
12. Sorry About
That
Cringe
Wide eyed. Knee deep
in surprise. Just below your thighs the temperature drops 5 degrees.
Your stand-by flight has just arrived. Tongue-tied, bleeding from
your eyes. Even Christ himself would cringe at the sight of your
scars. While you're counting sheep, I'll count my lucky stars.
You were the last good thing I ever saw. I lost it all. I lost
it all. Burned out on 2 hours of shut-eye. Eyes glazed at the
thought of the next 8 hours. Headwind, cold rain to wake me.
You were the last good thing I ever saw.
Cop
Wonder what it was that made
you this way. Maybe as a baby you dropped your rattle, and it still
rattles you to this day. You better practice your evil looks in the
mirror, they don't work on me. Slowly crawling up from the down low.
The other cops still call you "fatso". Short fuse and a top to blow.
Unhappy wife. Shitty life. Hit the bottle. Your whole
world dropped from under you. Left you with sorry excuses.
Left you with meaningless things to prove, like why you became a cop.
Why did you become a cop? Wonder what it was that made you this way.
Maybe as a kid your toys were taken away. And it still toys with
you to this day. You better practice your evil looks in the mirror,
they don't work on me. Slowly crawling up from the down low.
The other cops still call you "fatso". Short fuse and a top to blow.
Unhappy wife. Shitty life. Hit the bottle. Your whole
world dropped from under you. Left you with sorry excuses.
Left you with meaningless things to prove, like why you became a cop.
Why did you become a cop? Shut the fuck up. After my court
date, I'll forget about you. I'll tell my cellmate. I'll forget
about you. After the jail break, I'll forget about you. After
I'm through singing this song, I'll forget about you (you). I'll
forget about you.
San Francisco
Choking on the thought of
leaving. Drinking to keep from sobbing. 4 p.m., 4 dollar pints.
SFO, the time and price. With all my happiness aborted, the PA painfully
starts boarding. I sink deep, 30 thousand feet into my window seat
electric chair. And I was drinking you goodbye. A heart floats
in the bay. From sour home Chicago. I hear it beating far away.
And there's no telling what I'll do if I don't return to you. Hopeful
thoughts of soon returning, can't put out my stomach burning. Plastic
wings and plastic smiles. Unsalted peanuts stretch my miles.
Choking on the thought of leaving. Drinking to keep from heaving.
5 p.m., 5 dollar pints. Hellbound Airlines, time and price.
And I was drinking you goodbye. A heart floats in the bay.
From sour home Chicago. I hear it beating far away. And there's
no telling what i'll do if I don't return to you. I was drinking
you goodbye. A heart floats in the bay. From sour home Chicago.
I hear it beating far away. And there's no telling what I'll do if
I don't return to you.
Nose Over Tail
Crack my head open on your
kitchen floor to prove to you that I have brains. Meanwhile tin men
are led by little girls down golden roads that lead to nowhere. Fine
time to fake a seizure. To feel your mouth on mine. You're
saving me. Whatever happened to that silly dream you had? I
want to make it real. I'd love to rub your back. Like a plane
crash that never hits the ground, I fall in love with you. I'm nose
over tail for you. Your voice like the sound of sirens to a house
on fire. You're saving me.
As You Were
Stale as a 2 day half full
beer. Cigarette boats float around in here. A field in my gut
lacking sunshine. Put down like a teenagers first drink. I
cough up compliments. I think you're better off walking away while
you still can. She was passing through to climb a hill. As
you slipped and slid on my gut spill. My better half was praying
for you to fall. Rotten like a 3 week half full glass of breast milk.
Drunken off my ass. I would give anything to erase the past nine
years of my life. Put down like a prostitute in court (Whoa).
All liberty soon to abort like my sanity, like thoughts of you. She
was passing through to climb a hill. As you slipped and slid on my
gut spill. My better half was praying for you to fall. Praying
for you to fall. So pitiful. Praying for you to fall.
I'm fuckin' pitiful. Praying for you to fall. So pitiful.
Praying for you to fall. So fuckin' pitiful.
Enjoy Your Day
So where'd you go?
How was your vacation home? Well obviously you were busy, too busy
for me. So this is how you leave me? I'm broken hearted on
the floor. My tears seep through the crack under my door. Where
I am locked in, shut down. I'm so tired of picking myself up off
the ground. So happy Valentine's Day. I hope the sun's out
in New York. I hope he bought you roses. I hope he bought you
roses. So happy Valentine's Day. I hope the sun's out in New
York. I hope he bought you roses. I hope he bought you roses.
Clavicle
I've been on top of the world
since about six months ago, marking the first time I laid eyes on you.
I lost all train of thought as I entered the room. I saw what looked
like really good food, then I saw you and so did you. I wanna wake
up naked next to you, kissing the curve in your clavicle. Kissing
your clavicle. I've been on top of the world since about one week
ago, marking a time when I was drunk enough to talk to you. I lost
all train of thought as your eyes met mine. Told you I thought you
were gorgeous. You gave me your phone number, I gave you mine.
Before you left I said that you can bet I'll be bothering you soon.
You said, "No bother, please do." I've called you twice. It's
been a hellish fight to not think about you all the time. Sitting
around waiting for your call. I wanna wake up naked next to you,
kissing the curve in your clavicle. Kissing your clavicle.
I wanna wake up naked next to you, kissing the curve of your clavicle.
My Little Needle
I'll come down to get you
high. Or maybe sing you a lullaby. Sing you to sleep, a sleep
you'll never wake from. Sing you to coma so to speak. And when
I fall down, I'll fall apart. Trade in my bike for a shopping cart.
And beg change from a world that needs some, like I need someone.
So where are you my little needle? The stack's been burned away,
but I'm so inebriated that I... I cannot see three feet in front of me.
Between the moon and you, lunacy is setting in. Lately I've been
feeling dead inside, like my guts have dried up and died. But every
night I water 'em back to life, yeah every night I water 'em back to life.
And when I fall down, I'll fall apart. Trade in my bike for a shopping
cart. And beg change from a world that needs some. I'm tired
of sleeping alone. So where are you my little needle? The stack's
been burned away, but I'm so inebriated that I cannot see three feet in
front of me. Between the moon and you, lunacy is setting in.
Southern Rock
I can't believe my hearts
still pounding. I can't believe how close I came. And meanwhile
heavens falling. The fallen angels flown away. And that'll
be me someday. With stolen wings and evil ways. Straight south
with the keys to the pearly gates. Hard to believe my heart stopped
pounding. Hard to believe I played this game. My worst nightmares
became real. I got so scared that I forgot my name. And that'll
be me someday. With stolen wings and evil ways. Straight south
with the keys to the pearly gates.
Message From Kathlene
I guess I'll always stop
and see you, and we'll run into each other's lives. Yeah, I guess.
Although it tears me up inside. Everytime it burns my eyes with tears.
But I know you're worth the pain. I've so much more to gain by waiting
for you. You're going away, but you're not going far. So if
he decides to leave you alone and crying. You know I'm still here,
the faithful one. Waiting for a message from Kathlene. Then
I'll come... faster... than I ever thought that I could run... cause I...
I need you more than I ever thought that I could need someone, yeah...
someone... one else. That I could need someone else... someone else.
I know I will always stop and see you and we'll run into each other's fucked
up
lives. Yeah, I guess. Although it tears me up inside.
Everytime it burns my eyes with tears. But your waking up is the
start of my lost cause. And then you decide to leave me alone and
crying. But you know I'm still here, the faithful one. Waiting
for a message from Kathlene then I'll come... faster... than I ever thought
that I could run... cause I... I need you more than I ever thought that
I could need someone, yeah... someone... one else. That I could need
someone else... someone else.
Trouble Breathing
2, 3, 4. You told me
that you want to die. I said I've been there myself more than a few
times. And I go back every once in a while. You called me lucky,
you... you called me lucky. You said tonight is a wonderful night
to die. I asked you how you could tell. You told me to look
at the sky. Look at all those stars, look at how goddamn ugly the
stars are. It's one or another. Between a rope and a bottle.
I can tell you're having trouble breathing. Cause you'll never be
o.k. You'll never be o.k. You'll never be o.k. (You'll always
be in pain). You'll always feel this way. Cause things they
never work out right. It never works out right. It never works
out right (The wrong way, the lonely way). You'll always be in pain.
You told me that the daylight burned you and that the sunrise was enough
to kill you. I said maybe you're a vampire. You said it's quite
possible, I feel truly dead inside. It's one or another. Between
a rope and a bottle. I can tell you're having trouble breathing.
Cause you'll never be o.k. You'll never be o.k. You'll never
be o.k. (You'll always be in pain). You'll always feel this way.
Cause things they never work out right. It never works out right.
It never works out right (The wrong way, the lonely way). You'll
always be in pain. Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out.
Don't forget to let your life rot you inside out. Don't forget to
let your life rot you inside out.
Sorry About That
It hasn't been that long
since we drank to the sunset, until it was gone. And down with it
went our pain and fear, as we slowly broke contact more and more, with
every beer. And we passed out in each other's arms, both admitting
we'd never felt better. Never felt so warm. But awoke in each
other's eyes, without wearing a stitch of clothing. We were both
deeply in disguise. And maybe I just set aside the fact that you
were broken hearted. In my own special selfish way. And if
I hadn't set aside the fact that you were broken hearted. Hell knows
where your heart would be today. Maybe with me. It seems like
it's been so long since we kissed through the darkness, until it was dawn.
Up with it came our pain and fear that we'd already lost each other.
Both knew that the end was near. Maybe I just set aside the fact
that you were broken hearted. In my own special selfish way.
And if I hadn't set aside the fact that you were broken hearted.
Hell knows where your heart would be today. Maybe with me.
Maybe with me. Maybe with me. Maybe with me. Maybe with
me. Maybe with me. Maybe with me.