- 1880 Or So
O rose of my heart, can't you see
I don't belong to misery
Though she speaks fine with subtle art
Such misery clothes the rose of my heart.
Now what I see in the long twilight
A star falls down on a hill so white
On a hill so white.
- 8.Torn Curtain
Torn curtain reveals another play.
Torn curtain , Such an expose!
I'm uncertain when beauty meets abuse.
Torn curtain loves all ridicule.
Tears... tears rolling back the years
Years... flowing by like tears.
Tears holding back the years.
- Beauty Trip
(Verlaine)
De Soto
Has a cool shark fin
My humble abode
Hey, uh, where I've been
Poochie Poochie,
No, no applause,
Four enchiladas, Senor,
- Blank generation
I was sayin' let me outta here before I was even born,
It's such a gamble when you get a face,
It's fascinatin' to observe what the mirror does,
But when I dine it's for the wall that I set a place.
I belong to the blank generation,
And I can take it or leave it each time.
I belong to the generation,
- Call Mr. Lee
(Verlaine)
We did good on an inside job
But now I'm down to wait
No I can't get out.
But you could get across with ease
Dial 45-41-000
Call Mr Lee,
He'll know the code is broken,
- Carried Away
Last night I drifted down to the docks
The water... glittering and black.
The snow fell lightly and disappeared.
I felt the old ropes grow slack.
I thought I'd dissolve when the beacon revolved.
I just get so carried away.
Once I had a ship, yes I had a map
I had the wind like a tree has sap
- Days
Up on the high, high hills - with my floating friend -
Watchin' all the silver - no one can ever spend
I feel the touch of her hand and all it will erase;
These footprints I followed tho they followed my every pace -
Days, be more than all we have.
No matter how much I cross I always see the same stream.
I'm standing up on these bridges that are standing in a dream.
- Elevation
(Verlaine)
The last word
is the lost word
Why don't you say so
I sleep light
on these shores tonite
- Foxhole
Soldier boy stands at a full salute.
He wants your orders to execute.
Send him out - 'neath the screaming red lights
In a narrow ditch for the funny fights.
Foxhole, foxhole too much danger
Where's my guardian angel - oh no
You show me the war, I don't know what for.
You show me the war but the war 's such a bore.
- Friction
I knew it musta been some big set-up.
All the Action just would not let up.
It's just a little bit back from the main road
where the silence spreads and the men dig holes.
I start to spin the tale
you complain of my diction
You Give Me Friction
- Glory
I was out stumbling in the rain staring at your lips so red
You said, "'Blah, blah, blah" you got a pillow stuck in your head"
How could I argue with a mirror
She looked at me. Yes, I hear her.
When I see the glory, I ain't gotta worry
She said, "There's a halo on that truck, won't you please get it for me?"
I said, "Of course my little swan, if ever and ever you adore me."
- Guiding Light
Do I, Do I?
belong to the night?
Only only
Only tonight.
All the ladies
Stay inside.
Time may freeze,
A world could cry.
- In World
(Verlaine)
I could just sort of not be there
Know what I mean? Not be anywhere
Wa-hoo
Wa-hoo
Crawl out a cage jump through a hoop,
Oh my gosh I'm living in a loop
- Little Johnny Jewel
Now Little Johnny Jewel,
Oh, he's so cool,
He has no decision,
He's just trying to tell a vision.
Some thought that this was sad,
And others thought it mad,
They just scratching the surface,
JJ can do the floor kiss.
- Marquee Moon
I remember
how the darkness doubled
I recall
lightning struck itself.
I was listening
listening to the rain
I was hearing
hearing something else.
- Prove It
The docks
the clocks
a whisper woke him up
the smell of water
would resume.
the cave
the waves
of light the unreal night.
- Rhyme
Lonely man
in a lonely town yeah
Key words: overseas factor
Heavy duty
Love you baby
Now I'm ready
I'm ready for the duty
Love is calling upon us to perform
- See No Evil
What I want, I want now
And it's a whole lot more than "anyhow"
I wanna fly, fly a fountain
I want to jump, jump, jump, jump a mountain
I understand all (I see no)
Destructive urges (I see no)
But it seems so perfect (I see no)
I see, I see no
- The Fire
Storms all that summer we lived in the wind, out in some room in the wind,
Your hands they were folded. You knew no demands.
My tongue, it clattered like tin, My eyes repeat. They take my seat.
Your eyes they say you resigned from the heat.
We leaned in the cold, holding our breath, watching the corners turn corners.
Coins on the table, the cards in the air, the face at the window kept smiling.
Storms all that winter we stayed locked away.
Waiting. Watching. Falling.
- This Tune
She bought a wig
It was all scrunched up
Then she put it right on my shoe.
You're a crocodile,
That's what you are,
With a crooked smile
That I like so much,
You know I just can't think
- Torn Curtain
Torn Curtain reveals another play.
Torn Curtain, such an expose.
I'm uncertain when beauty meets abuse.
Torn Curtain loves all ridicule.
Tears ... tears. Rolling back the years.
Years ... years. Flowing by like tears.
Tears ... tears. Rolling back the years.
- Venus
Tight toy night, streets were so bright.
The world looked so thin and between my bones and skin
there stood another person who was a little surprised
to be face to face with a world so alive.
I fell.
Didja feel low? No, not at all. Huh???