- All About Wires
When I was just a young boy, I wasn't all that smart
I didn't understand that life could imitate art
I had myself a girlfriend that was going on eighteen
She wasn't such a beauty but then I was no James Dean
We'd go out to the theaters somewhere downtown on Vine
She'd never need a reason and she always had the time
I took her to a movie where the guy loses the girl
Then we'd hit the amusement park and ride the Tilt-O-Whirl.
- Big City
a parade of tiny lights moving in a row
and the sound of voices far off in the night
from the rooftop I can look down and see them all below
headin for the brightest spot in sight
big city
everybody I know can be found there
big city
- Capt. Glory
Have you got any ills ?
Have you got any bills ?
That you wanna get taken care of ?
Do you know anyone who would like to have fun ?
Or find a meaning in what they're not sure of ?
Thank goodness, Captain Glory got here in time.
- Get Me To The World On Time
Here I go (higher, higher)
Here I go (higher, higher)
Here I go, go, go, go, go
You gotta get me to the world on time
You gotta get me to the world on time
The minute you walk in the room I break into a sweat
My hands begin to shake so bad I can't light my cigarrette
- Hideaway
When I retire from all those things that make me lose my mind
I go inside myself to see what beauty I can find.
I Hideaway, for just a day
And all those things that turn around me seem so far away
the brightest star on my horizon fell the other day
I'll Hideaway, I'll Hideaway
- I
Aye means yes to a sailor
Eye in a needle I can thread
I is a capiltal letter
But I have to live in my head.
If I say I too often
Then I hear my vanity shows
In I there is no silence
- I Happen To Love You
All my pride has been confiscated
I overestimated my ability to hold out
I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't think
Of anything but you, babe
And it's not that I don't know your kind
Your aim is to mess up my mind
And now I know you'll succeed, yes, indeed
- It's Not Fair
You don't know how much I want to hold you
You don't know how much I really care
When you're so far away, it's so hard to be true
It's not fair, it's not fair.
I'm out with all the other girls now
My broken heart's in need of some repair
When you're so far away, it's so hard to be true
- Long Day's Flight
People run in circles around each other's minds
Aw they're playin games and they're callin' names
Tryin' hard not to speak unless they're spoken to
On their Long Days Flight till tomorrow
Smoke filled rooms with prophets all waiting for
Their day. They philosophise and close their eyes
Drift to deep and dark illuminations on their
- The Great Banana Hoax
Leave me
I know you'll never leave me
I know because you please me
The way no one can do the things you put me through
Believe me.
Trust me
You know you've got to trust me
- Wind-Up Toys
See them walking
Keys are turning 'round in a circle
Feet don't touch the ground
They are coming from tomorrow
Bringing sadness and some sorrow home.
Plastic faces cannt hide their tears
Though they're ageless, moments are their years