Lyrics
At Mount Zoomer
Soldier’s Grin
Call It a Ritual
Language City
Bang Your Drum
California Dreamer
The Grey Estates
Fine Young Cannibals
An Animal in Your Care
Kissing the Beehive
Apologies to the Queen Mary
You are a Runner and I am my Father’s Son
Modern World
Grounds for Divorce
We Built Another World
Fancy Claps
Same Ghost Every Night
Shine a Light
Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts
I’ll Believe in Anything
It’s a Curse
Dinner Bells
This Heart’s on Fire
Others (With thanks to Karpe and Marshy)
Disco Sheets
Killing Armies
Lousy Pictures
Secret Knives
The National People’s Scare
Wits or a Dagger
No One Saves The Day
Things I Dont Know
You are a Runner and I am my Father’s Son
I got a number on me
I got a number
Won’t make it through the high noon sun
Well I am my Father’s Son
I am my Father’s Son
His bed is made
I was a hero
Early in the morning
I ain’t no hero
In the night
I am my Father’s Son
And I’ll build a house inside of you
I’ll go in through the mouth
I’ll draw three figures on your heart
And one of them will be me as a boy
And one of them will be me
And one of them will be me watching you run
Watching you run
Into the high noon sun
Watching you run
Farther than guns will go
You are a runner
With a stolen voice
You are a runner
And I am my Father’s Son
I am my Father’s Son
I am my Father’s Son
I’m not in love with the modern world
I’m not in love with the modern world
It was a torch driving the savages back to the trees
Modern world has more ways
And I don’t mention it since it’s changed
While the people go out and the people come home again
It’s gotta last to build up your eyes
And a lifetime of red skies
And from my bed saying your haunted hissing in my bed
Modern world don’t ask why
Cause modern world will build things high
Now they house canyons filled with life
Modern world I’m not pleased to meet you
You just bring me down
Modern world I’m not pleased to meet you
You just bring me down
Modern world I’m not pleased to meet you
You just bring me down
Modern world I’m not pleased to meet you
You just bring me down
You said you hate the sound
Of the busses on the ground
You said you hate the way they scrape their brakes all over town
I said pretend it’s whales
Keeping their voices down
Such were the grounds for divorce I know
On the radio
And the bouncing body’ drone
Found eighteen reasons I can’t pick up on the phone
I said look at the clouds
It’s a show all on its own
Such were the grounds for divorce I know
But the darling is dead
We hit her on the head
It looked like a wedding cake
Though the darling is dead
We hit it on the head
It looked like a newlywed
But look at the lovers
And they way they stand
And the way they move and the way move their hands
And look at their babies
And their tiny little hands
And the way they get loved and the way they get loved oh
Oh look at the lovers
And they way they stand
And the way they move and the way move and the way move their hands
You said you hate the sound
Of the busses on the ground
You said you hate the way they scrape their brakes all over town
I said pretend it’s whales
Keeping their voices down
Such were the grounds for divorce I know
Looked like a newlywed
On the radio
And the bouncing bodies’ drone
Found eighteen reasons I can’t pick up on the phone
I said look at the clouds
It’s a show all on its own
Such were the grounds, such were the grounds, for divorce I know
At the party we got chained at the wrists
Outside there’s girls saying falling bricks
It’s not gonna be just only a kiss
Everyone’s disguised just a little bit
I had a bad bad time tonight
I had a bad bad time tonight
Bad things happen in the night
Where we built another world
Styles surround you here comes the night time
Where we built another world
Evening time
I made a loud sound and shake some teeth
Outside the lights pale across the street
It’s not gonna be just only a kiss
Everyone’s disguised just a little bit
I had a bad bad time tonight
I had a bad bad time tonight
Bad things happen in the night
Where we built another world
Styles surround you here comes the night time
Where we built another world
Evening time
Where we built another world
Hang ghosts from the trees and that’s what I saw
Where we built another world
Hang ghosts from the trees and that’s what I saw
Where we built another world
Where we built another world
Where we built another world
Here comes the night time
Where we built another world
Here comes the night time
Oh behold
The parapet’s falling out
We’ll behold
When it reaches the ground
We’ll behold
We’ll behold, when
We can sing
To cracks in the crossbeams
We can sing
Very very quietly
We can sing
We can sing for each other
Until then don’t tear your hair out
I won’t tear it out if you don’t
When I die
I’m making you my feet
When you die
You can stand up for me
Make a lie and all they can do you can put me in your hair I’ll be happy there
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh behold
When my parapet’s fallen out
You’ll behold
When we’ve picked it up off the ground
We’ll behold then
We’ll behold then
We can sing then
We’ll behold then
When you’re on your own
Spread out on the mat, dead
The highway’s endless drone
Something familiar
How we love the seasons that hide in our stomachs
That howl and howl and howl as if dropped from a great height
And I thought the hours that lie in the kitchen
They drag him drag him drag into black night
Dropped from a great… height
Dropped from a great height
It was strange
Cops turn blue
And the same ghost every night
It was strange
Cops turn blue
And the same ghost every night
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
Dropped from a great… height
Dropped from a great… height
It was strange
Cops turn blue
And the same ghost every night
It was strange
Cops turn blue
And the same ghost every night
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
We are raised up very high
We are raised up very high
My own breath
I keep my head uptight
I make my plans at night
And I don’t sleep I don’t sleep I don’t sleep ’til it’s light
Something’s flowing, someone buried alive
There is an awful sound
This haunted town
And it will not it will not it will not just be quiet
Some ghosts sing, someone get called to the life
Spend boring hours in the office tower
In a bus on a bus back home to you and
That’s fine I’m barely alive
It’s just a matter of time
No one gets out alive
And I’m content I’m content I’m content to be quiet
It’s only six. Someone get called to the life
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They’re waiting for something that’ll never arrive
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They’re waiting for something that’ll never arrive
I keep my head on tight
I make my plans at night
And I don’t sleep I don’t sleep I don’t sleep ’til it’s light
Pulse flowing, someone buried alive
And if that head opens we built a life of work
Where we’re chain chain chain chain, chained to the life
But that’s fine, our blood is alive
You know our hearts beat time out very slowly
You know our hearts beat time
They’re waiting for something that’ll never arrive
Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts
I got a hand,
So I got a fist,
So I got a plan
It’s the best that I can do
Now we say it’s in God’s hands
But God doesn’t always have the best God damn plans, does he?
I ain’t quite the beauty
Who holds up two guns and shoots at the pretty pretty view
And God I keep thinking things of hunter and kings
To block out the view
I gotta get a new bell to ring
A new song to sing
A steady hand to ring
A readiness of things
A new plan to bring to the people
People, I can trick ‘em into thinking anything
‘Cause you know
Rust sits just right in the light it’s gold
It’s gold and you know
I got watering holes in my hand
I’m a digger of holes in the land of holes
And you know it’s the easiest way
And you know it’s the easiest way
And you know it’s the easiest way
And you know it’s the easiest way
So I go
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Dear Sons and Daughters of hungry ghosts, oh
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Dear Sons and Daughters of hungry ghosts oh go go
La la la la la la
I got water and I got holes, oh
La la la la la la
Dear Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts oh go go
I got a hand (La la la la la la)
So I got a fist
So I got a plan it’s the best I can do
Say is it in god’s hands? (La la la la la la)
But god doesn’t always have the best god damn plans, does he?
Say ‘La la la la la la’
I can’t believe in the guns
I can’t believe in the view
I say ‘La la la la la la’
I can’t believe in those hunters and kings
You know
Say ‘La la la la la la’
I got a new plan to bring
I got a new song to sing it goes
La la la la la la
I got a new plan to bring and you know
And you know it’s the easiest way
And you know it’s the easiest way
And you know it’s the easiest way
And you know it’s the easiest way
So I go
Give me your eyes, I need sunshine
Give me your eyes, I need sunshine
Your blood, your bones, your voice, and your ghost
We’ve both been
A very brave
Walk around with both legs
Fight the, the scary day
We both pulled the tricks out of our sleeves
I’ll believe in anything and
You’ll believe in anything
I Said
I’ll believe in anything and
You’ll believe in anything
If I could get the fire out from the wire
I’d share a life and you’d share a life
If I could take the fire out from the wire
I’d share a life and you’d share a life
If I could take the fire out from the wire
I’d take you where nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn
I said nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn
And I could take another hit for you
And I could take away the trips from you
And I could take away the salt from your eyes
Take away skin and salt in you
And I could give you my apologies
By handing over my neologies
And I could take away your shaky knees
And I could give you all the olive trees
And look at the trees and look at my face and look at a place far away from here
So give me your eyes, I need sunshine
Give me your eyes, I need sunshine
Your blood, your bones, your voice, and your ghost
We’ve both been very brave
Walk around with both legs
Fight the, the scary day
We both pulled the tricks out of our sleeves
But I’ll believe in anything and
You’ll believe in anything
If I could take the fire out from the wire
I’d share a life and you’d share a life
If I could take the fire out from the wire
I’d share a life and you’d share a life
If I could take the fire out from the wire
I’d take you where nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn
I said nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn
I said nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn either way
About your blood, your bones, your voice, and your ghost
Because nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn either way
You know I’ll believe in anything and
You’ll believe in anything
Because nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn either way
Just the other night
Body twisted in a pattern
You know they stare at the light
They are too dead but the body don’t mind
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
You know a neutral sky
And nothing to do at night
Little highway lights
They shine
From the top of the mountain to the rock and sand
Drive a dead farther west til they ran out of land
We walked five whole minutes to the dark edge of town
Took a long look at nothing and turned back around
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
You know the neutral sky
And nothing to do at night
Little highway lights
They shine
From the top of the mountain to the rotten sand
Drive a dead farther west til they ran out of lead
We walked five whole minutes to the dark edge of town
Took a long look at nothing and we turned back around
I heard all your reasons
I heard all your plans
I have seen the seasons
Clutched up in your hands
You’re the one eyed feather
You’re the lion’s mane
Swear you’ve heard the weather
Calling out your name
There’ll be no more winters
There’ll be no more spring and
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Left for you to ring
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring
Maestro learns the music
Musicians learn to dance
There’ll be no more trumpets
There’ll be no more flutes
No more clapping hands
I’ve heard all your reasons
I’ve heard all your plans
I heard of your treasons
and I’ve heard all your pleas
And i’ve made friends with the hang man
So there’ll be no more winter
There’ll be no more spring and
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Left for you to ring
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring
There’ll be no more dinner bells
Dinner bells to ring
Sometimes we rock and roll
Sometimes we stay at home and it’s just fine
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
I have my Mother’s hand
Left the body in the bed all day
We don’t know what to do
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
A thousand little gloves
What makes you know you’re alive
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
It’s getting better all the time
It’s getting better all the time
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
And now my favorite thing
Tell it everywhere I go I don’t know what to do
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
Sometimes we rock and roll
I’d rather stay at home and build a life
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
It’s getting better all the time
It’s getting better all the time
It’s getting better all the time
It’s getting better all the time
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
This heart’s on fire
I saw a secret place
Oh yes, show it to me again show me to
Your secret place
Oh yes, show it to me again, show it to me.
I know everybody’s got something disgraceful
Everybody, that’s what the sake of
It looks so pretty in the light
In the night’s light
Show it to me again, show it to me again,
Show it to me again, show it to me, oh
I’m sorry about the dark
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
I’m sorry about the dark
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum [bum]
You breathe (clapclapclap)
Deeper than I do, (clapclapclap)
I do. (clapclapclapclapclap)
He breathes (clapclapclap)
Deeper than I do, (clapclapclap)
I do. (clapclapclapclapclap)
I breathe shallow like I could’ve spied on spite
One time I spied on you.
I’m sorry about the dark
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
I’m sorry about the dark
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Everybody got their lid on tight,
Everybody says, “Come with me,
I’m easy, and then we’ll see who’s got the secrets.”
So if you’re looking for romance I got answers
Where the dancers evidently say, “Come with me,
I’m easy, and we’ll see who is the deepest.”
And everybody got their hair just right,
And their lips just right, and their eyes say, “Come with me,
I’m easy, and then we’ll see who gots the secrets.”
No one has to see, believe me
Oh, I’m sorry about the dark
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum [bum]
I got a party started up
I let my hair down
I heard she’s ready to start to leave
I heard you’re coming home
I won’t believe what they say
I’m not too good for you
I’m going to leave for just today
I’ve nothing else to do
You’ve got your hair down
I heard that you can kill things
You’ve got your hair down
I heard that you can kill things
You’ve got your hair down
I heard that you can kill things
You’ve got your hair down
I heard you’re killing armies now
So
Don’t let your head get too big
Don’t let your party go
I’m really not going to bed today.
I’ve nothing else to do
But no one said I can’t put up a fight
That’s why she’s breathing like I’m holding a light
Well I never asked for something from you
I got the party ‘PARTY!’ papers and the candles are ready to light
But no one said I can’t put up a fight
That’s why she’s breathing like I’m holding a light
Well I never wanted any but answers
You know you’ve owed me for a thousand nights
You’re holding out, when holding out
When holding out, when holding out
I got a party started up
I let my hair down
I heard she’s ready to start to leave
I heard you’re coming home
So come home
You’ve got your hair down
I heard that you can kill things
You’ve got your hair down
I heard that you can kill things
You’ve got your hair down
I heard that you can kill things
You’ve got your hair down
Where did you go?
Across the sea?
Sat on the beach
With the rusting machines?
Where did you go?
Across the sea?
Sat on the beach
With the rusting machines?
I know there was a time
Before we were born
We stood in the trees
Heads filled with nothing
I know there was a time
Before we were born
We stood in the trees
Heads filled with nothing
An angel with its wings on fire
Become an angel with its wings on fire
I’m in the basement delivering the hours
With famous sticks we
Threw rocks at the sky
Old cities where they built things high
Got famous sticks we
Threw rocks at the sky
Old cities where they built things high
I know there was a time
Before we were born
We stood in the trees
Heads filled with nothing
I know there was a time
Before we were born
We stood in the trees
Heads filled with nothing
They had a photograph (All I wanted were)
A Lousy Picture Of You (Lovely pictures of you)
Just something to remind me (All I have are lousy pictures of you)
They had a photograph (All I wanted were)
A Lousy Picture Of You (Lovely pictures of you
Just something to remind me (Oh, oh, oh, lousy pictures of you)
They had a photograph (All I wanted were
A lousy Picture Of You (Lovely pictures of you)
Just something to remind me (Oh, oh, oh, lousy pictures of you)
They had a photograph (All I wanted were pictures of you)
A lousy Picture Of You (All I have are lousy pictures of you)
Just something to remind me (Oh, oh, oh, oh, lousy pictures of you)
An angel with its wings on fire
Become an angel with its wings on fire
I’m in the basement delivering the hours
I’m in the basement just killing the hours.
Daughter, we stayed up all night.
Hearts drowned in the hollow light
And saved them where rotten bears stood
Down there, there
Dollar keeps me up at night
Cars sound like a ruined choir
And all the songs on God’s radio
Oh, why always
Thousand people scare was a lie
Birds called the country bears over
Bye Bye Bye Bye
Bye Bye Bye Bye
Bye Bye Bye
Dollar, we stayed up all night
Hearts drowned in the hollow skies
Saying down by the rotten bears
Bye Bye Bye
Daughter keeps me up at night
Cars sound like a ruined choir
The sounds of God’s radio, why?
Thousand people scare was a lie
Birds caught the country bears over
Bye Bye Bye Bye
Bye Bye Bye Bye
Bye Bye Bye
I feel the minotaur’s eyes on my tenderloin
I see him looking to bite me
La la la
I see him getting a rise
I see him shaking his horns
I see him gettin’ excited
La la la
Gone crazy in a maze
Oh, dollar signs, and
Trade the days and
I’ve gone crazy in a maze
Bling-bling bling, and
Blood red teeth
Should have had to pull that string
Oh, I know now I should have had it with me
Oh, I know now I should’ve had my wits or a dagger
To cut him
These horns are not for honking.
I feel the minotaur slide right beside me in the room
I see him looking to ride me
la la la
I see him getting a rise
I see him shaking his horns
I see him getting excited
La la la
Gone crazy in a maze
Oh, dollar signs, and
Trade the days and
I’ve gone crazy in a maze
Bling-bling bling, and
Blood red teeth
Gone crazy in a maze
Oh, dollar signs, and
Trade the days and
You are going crazy in a maze
Bling-bling bling, and
Blood red teeth
I know, I know, I know
Oh no, Oh no, oh no
La la la la la la la la la la la la
The way he wanted it to go
Is the way it went
Don’t think we’re letting him
Get away with it
You say you saw him on the hillside
Well I swear I saw him in the meadow
Do you believe in ghosts or do you
Believe in fate
So don’t throw the bones away
We’ll find a place to pray
Because I can see him and
You can see him
but no one saves the day
I say don’t throw the bones away
We’ll force them into place
Because I can see him and
You can see him
but no one saves the day
He sent you to the east and he
Kept Me West
Ive got a compass and
You’ve got a compass
To see with
And I know you’ve heard of such authors
Do you think the judge will ever die?
And captains are cruel when captains are cruel
You can’t blame the horses they ride
So don’t throw the bones away
We’ll find a place to pray
Because I can see him and
You can see him
but no one saves the day
O C’mon
O C’mon
O C’mon
O C’mon
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
I sing in ways
Youll never hear
i am a christian on sundays
i am looking for ears
if i could turn turn 100 songs i could turn 1 but I dont
there are things i dont know is my claim just piss in the snow oh oh
is the air between lovers when you measure it out that close?
and things i dont know
i sing you in houses
with the television on
if i keep getting the sunset down or just falling the sun?
in the coming of nothing boys will be boys
and they will gaze on
but i dont
there are things i dont know is my claim just piss in the snow? oh oh
is the air between lovers when you measure it out that close?
but how does it feel
how does it feel
to be sung in songs
how does feel
oh how does it feel
to be sung in songs about kicking the sunset down or just pissing you off
sing you in songs
i sing you in songs
and you have my hand
string me along
i sing you in songs
i sing you in songs
and you have my hand
and you my hand
you string me along
you string me along
well i sing you songs
well i sing you in songs
and you have my hand
and you have my hand
string me along
In my head it’s a city at night
Static gauge with the rush and the lights
And on this concourse you look very fine
But this place here is no friend of mine
And what you know can only mean one thing
And what you know can only mean one thing
Rooted to the place that you sprang from
And this dirt was a building before
Tore it down before they opened the door
Don’t shout, don’t holler, don’t you cry
What’s past we’ll just leave it behind
and i rode
horse-shaped fire draggin’ stereo wire
and we rode
chemicals until the breaking of dawn
and i rose
over a town, raised up by the sound of its drum
and i rose
out on the porches, again making horses lay down
and this place here is no friend of mine
what’s past, we’ll just leave it behind
and what you know can only mean one thing
and what you know could only mean one thing
rooted to the place that you sprang from
Well, into the desert we must go
So into the desert we go
Call it a ritual
Call it whatever you will
And you will grow out of me
As naturally as branches from a tree
Call it a ritual
Call it whatever you will
But you know they will swing
Swing their swords for show
While you turn your flower pedals so slow
You said the desert will eat us alive
I said I make the decisions
You just drive
You just drive
And I saw the windmill raise from the ground
And I heard the wind come creeping around
Call it an act of easy mercy
To tear the structure down
Call it whatever you will
Call it whatever you will
‘Cause you know they will swing
Swing their swords for show
While you turn your flower pedals so slow
But I am amazed at how they go
I am amazed at how they go
I am amazed at how they go
So call it whatever you will
Call it a ritual
Call it whatever you will
‘Cause you know they will swing
Swing their swords for show
Language City is a bad old place
We all know
Where eyeballs float in space
We all know
We were tired, we can’t sleep
It’s crowded here, none of us leave
Language City don’t mean a thing to me
Audiences, the same program is always on
I’d infer, it’s best to avoid the law
When your wife wakes up and sees
Shut the blinds and block out the street
Language City don’t mean a thing to me
All this working
Just to tear it down
All this working
Just to tear it down
Language City is a bad, old place
We all know
Eyeballs float in space
We all know
We’re tired, we can’t sleep
It’s crowded in the street
Language City don’t mean a thing to me
I been here so long my heart is a parking lot
Hollow feet rooted to the spot
But the fields are beyond belief
From tower out to where I can see
Language City don’t mean a thing to me
All this working
Just to tear it down
All this working
Just to tear it down
On the telephone
On the telephone
On the telephone
Someone’s counting the hours
In a paper room
In a paper room
In a paper room
Somebody’s counting the hours
Know I know it’s true
From above this room
Somebody’s counting the hours
The hours
The hours
The houuuuurs
Oh the long bitter road
Let us down
Oh the ringing telephone
There’s no one around
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
We are not at home
Hang on the telephone
Hang on the telephone
Hang on the telephone
Hang on the telephone
The dying light was nearly dead
by the time we reached the water’s edge.
We saw the river beating on the river bank
Oh the way that it (something) the riverbed.
It’s cold
It’s dark
It’s not for people with uneasy hearts,
But if you’re with me on the other side
Strike up the band; we have survived.
Oh do they beat that drum to get you back home,
Or do they beat it to keep you away?
Don’t be surprised at your regrets.
Don’t be surprised that the water made you wet.
There’s a shallow down river
Where the water will forgive you,
So spend your lukewarm bets
Follow me, oh follow me;
Allow me to play the voyager.
I’ll try to keep as dry
As the hollowed out tree that
You would be wrapped in another man’s fur
So Take a Dive
Oh Take a Dive
Oh take it out on the stepping stones that make the water rise
So Take a Dive
Oh Take a Dive
Ohohohohoh
Take that hair out of your damned eyes
While the waves are away
Now the sun will fade.
Do they beat that drum to get you back home,
Or do they beat it to keep you away?
Will you burn your bridges down
Singing lalalalalalala
Will you burn your bridges down
Singing lalalalalalala
Will you bang your drum to the blazing sound
Singing lalalalalalala
Will you bang your drum to the blazing sound
Singing lalalalalalala
Will you turn away?
How can you turn away?
California dreamer
Tell me why did you go?
I carved your ever fading figure
Into the ever dying snow
I’ll be around
I’ll be around
I’ll be around
Like a teenager in town
Where all the other young lovers are found
And I think I mighta heard you on the radio
But the radio waves were like snow
And you were dreaming of Los Angeles
While I was singing songs you wrote
You quietly gave away the winter clothes I made for you
While I made angels in the snow
I would have left if you just asked me to
Or come to me before the preacher
Now you’re surviving
And I thought I mighta heard you on the radio
But the radio waves were like snow
And I thought I mighta heard you on the radio
But the radio waves were like snow
Do the young stay pretty?
Do the pretty stay quick?
You know, but you never surrender
The city doesn’t belong to you anymore
California dreamer
You dream of seasons that never die
You go to oceans that never touch the ice
You dream of seasons that never die
You go to oceans that never touch the ice
You dream of seasons that never die
You go to oceans that never touch the ice
I surrender, the city to slender
Creature’s getting younger and younger
And I think I mighta heard you on the radio
But the radio waves were like snow
And I think I mighta heard you on the radio
But the radio waves were like snow
Do the young stay pretty?
Do the pretty stay quick?
You know, but you never surrender
The city doesn’t belong to you anymore
California dreamer
I’ll be around
I’ll be around
I’ll be around
Like a teenager in town
With all the other young lovers, their mothers have been found
California dreamer
Darling please, let’s get out of here
On a train to who-knows-where
I got a feeling that I can’t explain
We have to leave this place, we won’t go back again
Getting tired of landscapes, were just floating
Rolling past the grey estates
Oh oh, oh oh
We’ll put the fire in your stomach out
Movie tans all across your mouth
Up through the window, the neon sing
It blinks the telegraphs that don’t mean a thing
And we crawl on to our destination
Rolling past the grey estates
Oh oh, oh oh
Rushing through a new world
A new world, a new world,
It’s just a minute away
So let the needle on the compass swing
Let the iron in your heart’s blood ring
Strike up the band as the ship goes down
And if it’s loud enough it will erase the sound
Of a hundred thousand sad inventions
Let them rot inside the grey estate
Oh oh — oh oh
Rushing through a new world
A new world, a new world,
It’s just a minute away
I’m half-awake and the world is ending
All across the border just a minute away
I’m half-awake and the world is ending
Across the border just a minute, just a minute away
In this house
There’s no order
There’s no loss of love out here
If it’s over
And though I call out to you
something is haunting these four walls
Baby, you know it’s true
I will crawl
Right back to you
Under swollen summer sky,
I’ll be there soon
I feel tall, tall,
On new, fast days
There’s no room to breathe but I don’t think twice
We’ll be there soon
Soon
Well I’ll answer my trick of the hour, let me breathe
I’ll answer my trick of the hour, let me leave
I’ll answer my
And we hold it
My heart is clean
Like a cratered moon
And the sea
Of darkling mood
And I’ll be true
True to you
We may consume ourselves but then I don’t think twice
We’ll be there soon
Soon
I’ll answer my
Trick of the hour
Let me breathe
I’ll answer my
Trick of the hour
Let me leave
I’ll answer mine
Then we hold it
Oh, oh
There’s nothing here
Oh, oh
There’s nothing here
Here
Time after time you will forgive me
Like an animal in your care
But give it time and you will outlive me
And take the bow back you put in my hair
Made a parade of myself in the street outside your house
For the New York photographer there
I fell for crime I fell for beauty
I fell for you because you’re the one that cared
And when I die you can put on costumes
In the style of the clothes I wore
And sing the songs your mother taught you
When you were too young to know that this was what they were for
Like some dead relative you will remember me most
By my funeral and all the beautiful toasts you made
Take back the spade
We’ve both been filling up our days like we were filling a grave
You let me hang hang hang around
You put your ribbons in my hair
It’s in this language that I found
I am an animal in your care
Animal in your care
Animal in your care
Animal in your care
It’s in this language that I found
I am an animal in your care
While stumbling where our hearts beat regular time
Where the landscapes dump on rivers flowing by
We’re just drifting all night long, hands to the sky
And our captain, oh, he is never denied
I hear them sinking out from shore, hands at their sides
And we find a rock to hold the head to tear at the sky
We’re just drifting all night long here with the flies
And our captain, oh, he is never denied
As if you didn’t know that it would sting
Kissing the beehive
Pissing down the mountainside while nude in the rain
As if you didn’t know that it would sting
Kissing the beehive
And fucking up your finger from pushing on the ring
Well, we lie on frigid shores of light
We knew nothing of this bitter hand of war
Something strange in the coals tonight
Still we knew nothing of these bitter hands of war
I wish I could believe in you
Crashing all the weddings wearing white
But we all hate the landlord, baby, it’s alright, it’s alright
I wish I could believe in who you are
You held your cap in the air and you called it a guitar
You put your face on the glass and you call it good cinema
As if you didn’t know that it would sting
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Jonathan, Jonathan, waterfalls are running thin
You know here’s a holy grail for you to hold and
Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole
I’m not a wild party, I’m just an evening at the show
Put the ring back on, and take your husband home and
Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole, oh, oh, oh
Radio, radio, why did you leave Virginia’s side
It’s an alibi, we all know how the music died
Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Jonathan, Jonathan, waterfalls are running thin
You know here’s a finger made for me, for you to hold and
Fire in the hole, fire in the hole, fire in the hole
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Estranged from the captain’s light
And his bitter hand
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
