Better Than Ezra

Allie woke up 8AM, Graduation day Got into a car, crashed along the way And we arrived late to the wake, stole the urn while they looked away And drove to the beach 'cause I knew you'd want it that way And you were standing On the hood of the car Singing out...

Kelly was a blackjack dealer living on the Gulf of Mexico Kelly had a taste for guns and pills; he was looking for a mark to roll Sarah was a Kappa from Tulane; she was looking for a little change of pace When a cop pulled 'em over on the interstate, Kelly ble...

This Grey room, This bunker, The air is humming Us to sleep While outside, The city hurries; The endless worries Are out of reach Promise me we'll never leave this room, A million years from now would be too soon. The world is spinning turning day...

All in, All in You got me all in Crank the music up Let it never end All in, All in You got me all in Til the sun come up And we start again. ? likes Peter Peter likes Paul She caught em making out In the cubicle She ran and told her girlfriend T...

"Calmly, like a razor I got us on the door," Or "I got a tape of 'Clerks' Someone left the night before." So I come over later, You're sitting in that chair Smoking on your cigarette Fingering you hair So I get drunk and stoned, Every time you come around....

She was a midwestern prom queen Got her boyfriend headed out West They ended up in the valley In a one room apartment A disconnected phone Yeah Now five years later she's single She's got two kids and a note And if she gets a moment to herself She can remembe...

The sigh The color Chestnut skin And ends alone you hide the color That's inside a hundred rivers Here divide your heart in two Just like the land, so many pieces that don't fit That make a cloth for her to wear She mends the rip But you still see the...

MAYBE I SHOULD DROP YOU AT YOUR DOOR. OR LEAVE TONIGHT AND VANISH UP THE SHORE. ANYWHERE BUT HERE. IT'S THREE O'CLOCK WE'RE DRIVING IN YOUR CAR, YOU'RE SCREAMING OUT THE WINDOW AT THE STARS, "PLEASE DON'T DRIVE ME HOME!" [CHORUS:] BLAME US BECAUSE WE ARE W...

Baby It's so close Heart to heart We won't be torn apart Lately it's so hard Try to feel my way in the dark Still I question, wonder why The world is spinnin' round and round Half the time I'm upside down Nothin' holds a castle to build to the ground...

PHOTO STILLS IN YOUR WALLET WITH THE UNPAID BILLS AND YOU SHOW IT LIKE IT MEANS SOMETHING YOU COULD NEVER KNOW THE PAIN IT BRINGS AND HERE YOU ARE STANDING IN OUR DRIVE (WHEN ABSENCE SUITS YOU BEST) LETTERS AND YOUR CARDS WITH NO RETURN ADDRESS [CHORUS:] NO...

Red lights and caffeine Shaping up like any day Same familiar routines Everybody's on their way Shuttered and cut off I thought I was shatter-proof Lost and marooned Before you Standing in that open door Before you Never had been here Before you...

I'm on, 2, 3, 4 Wanna do your best tonight Check, check Cold day, stuck in my head Wargames, interstates Restless adolescence Presidential motorcades You know daddy's blowing words Made of cigarette smoke Mommy's always down on her knees Late night,...

Here you are now Fresh from your war Back from the edge of time And all that you were, Stripped to the bone I thought you­d want to know That when you feel the world is crashing All around your feet Come running headlong into my arms Breathless I'll never jud...

Wake me up Slap my face Draw me closer in To your embrace Cause nobody wants to be the butt of every joke And nobody wants to be the one to pull the rope So you harden your shell Slowly losing yourself And now I'm close But not touching And I'm cold But not...

On a Tuesday in December, When you walked out I remember. You were smiling as you turned around, In the hallway, you lingered in the doorway. And still the words you said to me, make me think of how we used to be. Hand to my heart, I want to be the one who al...

Lay down your hair, The blue in your hair. Hold everything, That you have in your life. And I think you'll find - That I'm not sure what this means. When you realize - You start lettin' go of things. Burnin the map, Lightin you up. Light comes agai...

Well they almost had you down I was beat back, look in the mirror and Like your thoughtless mother I'm not bound to walk in your footsteps Well this has gotta change I can't go on with the nine to five I gotta rearrange Lord, I swear it's gotta change...

Well, how the times have changed Lookin' back, it seems so clear now Everything you wanted in your life Everything is certain Try and understand Put a checklist on your wall I am not what you think I should be But you're makin' amends Through your ci...

And the morning light was breaking Slowly moving across the bed He gets up without her waking To the voices in his head Through the shadows in the hallway To the room they painted blue And on the inside he is frightened At a loss for what to do Until he ope...

Heading out, your heart beating in your head. Riding on the Texas wind. Raise your feet as you cross the state line. Waking up, the mesa, sun, and the sky. All the way to Tucumcari, and Santa Fe seems a stone's throw away. [To Chorus:] Coyote. Coming down,...

There are six and three quarter billion people in this world And 51 percent of them are girls You roll your eyes like I'm full of it, But I Googled that shit And if the world is four times bigger than the moon Then tell me, how on Earth did I find you Wi...

You cleaned out your room and under your bed, lay a picture long forgotten. With a hand to your head, you sigh out loud as your memory rushes over and buries you. A summer rain storm, but the shed was dry with a girl from Carolina. And you held her so tight...

You're a long walk in a rain storm You're a cut that refuses to heal You're a dull ache that I can't shake You're a cold that's clogging up my head Or a broke watch keeping time still Till you pull me in pull me in And I can't fight If the night is cold And...

Past the road to your house That you never called home Where they turned out your lights Though they say you'll never know I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately wanting When they pumped out you...

Here's a story-- I took a country ride one day When the rivers froze and the sun began to grey It was rainin' I lost control and hit a tree Well when I looked up Saw a house in front of me Well she let me in There was magic in her eyes I wish I could...

Oh I know you love me I got a diamond diamond in my pocket Oh I know you love me I got a diamond diamond in my pocket My little cutie in a leopard print coat She's shining brighter than a Mardi Gras float That girl is such a dime Dancing the second lin...

Baby baby baby tell me why you buyin' them shoes All the money honey in the world won't make him love you Maxing out another credit card don't change how you feel Don't conceal, what is real when you got whatcha you do You sellin' out your soul soul soul s...

CUT ME OUT OF THIS ROLE. I CAN'T PLAY IT ANYMORE. IT MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER HERE. GIVE ME UP, I CONFESS. I FEEL AS THOUGH I'M LIVING LESS. THE STRANGEST GRAVITY AFFECTS MY WAY. BECAUSE I WAS BORN INCOMPLETE, DROWNING IN THE BREVITY. KIND OF LIKE A ROA...

(feat. DJ Swamp) I got a little bit of hope Like a soap on a rope Sweeter than sour But getting thinner by the hour Falling fast, and I'm running out of gas Muggin on your sister! Smart as Bobby Fischer! Still I couldn't get arrested Though I got more hook...

Lay your hands on the ocean Lay your hands on the sea You touch the heart with words Oooh you satisfy me You satisfy me And then you took in hand Pricked by poisoned pin Painted the world one color Oooh you drew me in You draw me in We won't read t...

I want to stop I want to find I need to know Where you go to hide Cause I’m out of breath My air is gone Running with you Being alone Cause you really want to settle the truth Let me be the one to offer you proof Oh how you fit me Oh how you do...

I sit and watch your flowers wilting in the kitchen I felt like I was one of them gasping for air. I go from room to room hoping to find your I play my music louder than you'd like me to Why can't I be your lover? Can there be another? And when I feel witho...

It's 4 am you drunk again Blowin' up my phone You say I know it's late But this can't wait I don't trust myself alone You getting loaded ever night It's getting harder to watch you die It's 4 am and as your best friend I refuse to let you go You know...

Looking around the house. Hidden behind the window and the door. Searching for signs of life but there's nobody home. Well, maybe I'm just too sure. Maybe I'm just too frightened by the sound of it. Pieces of note fall down, but the letter said, [CHORUS:]...

I WROTE A THREE PAGE NOTE SO I COULD ASK YOU WHY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE (DISREGARD THE PRETENSE THAT YOU MADE). COME ALIVE, COME ALIVE, WATCH THE CITY GO BY. TURN ME UP, TURN ME UP, TURN ME UP, TURN ME UP, TURN ME UP YOUR FACE IS CREASED BY THE PILLOW CASE SHEETS...

And though you will say I'm wrong. It's much easier with you along. Sundays were made for this. Seeing Bond give the villain a kiss .... Holding your face in the glow Play on, play on Happy endings I thought that you'd like to know. I'm finally letting her g...

Will you fight for the cause? Can you teach the savage mind, their ways are wrong, Help them see what they want and what they need? And if we have to twist their arms, They know not what they do is wrong. [To Chorus:] And if you said I would go to heaven No...

Put your ear up to the speaker Let your jaw drop Witness this power of suggestion Blow the roof off Gods of war march into battle Make the ground shake Crowd appears, countdown has begun Drop the bomb, 4, 3, 2, 1 Hell No! Y'all, We ain't gonna...

I haven't felt you for a while I haven't had much opportunity to smile I see you in the eyes of couples passing by As soulmates kiss, the innocence, Too long I've been denied. [Chorus] Hey love, where you going Hey love, how you been I wish you'd stay...

I been waitin', Waitin' is the hardest part. Lyin' sleepless, Thinkin 'bout you in the dark. I can ponder, What was like a coiled in spring. And the memory was just fadin now, I close my eyes and it's you I see. I made a promise that I cant keep, I...

Well they say your life was marked And you were wondering if it would ever start Stop Sunlight on a razor blade Three different souls And the lives they made I grew up in the 80's In the pallisades I was listening to Devo And everybody catered to their nee...

They say you're off (a bit confused) But when the day is done I'll be with you I like your eyes They say you're true The others whisper and lie And you framed the sun Shot out the stars You paled the sky And hung the moon They say "your loss" That your mind'...

I got a little bit of reason For everything I've done I might just serenade the moonlight And I get so lonely in this crowd I want to scream but make no sound And yeah I'm lost but maybe I'll be fine Cause when I'm in over my head I hear the words you said T...

And on the day that I was born My mom and dad were overjoyed They wrapped me in their arms Took me home to meet my world A painted room to call my own A place where nothing could go wrong Where they could build their borders That I never would escape B...

When you walk in the noise dissapears Where you begin is perfectly clear All this time I felt so confused Then came you and I just knew Well I fell out when you picked up the phone When we'd go out, yeah, it'd feel just like home Do you think that I'm a...

Can you be so warm? Can you know what I feel? Well, it's the way you move your hands, and it's the way you understand. [CHORUS:] And that's the reason that I'm asking. That's the reason that I want to know. And that's the reason that I'm asking, and t...

(Oh...) Hey... Back and forth, around and around in your head Your big day coming but you're hiding in bed No, daddy's girl's crying in an elegant wedding dress Cause she's starting to show but the baby ain't his If that don't sound insane Here's anot...

Girl, your daddy's knocking on your door I hear your footsteps on the floor to me Stumbling back to your room Pain it is a thing I can't explain I only feel it when you go away I'm waiting for you to return Don't fight it if it feels good (Don't fight it gir...

WE'RE ALL A SCENE IN MONA'S DREAM... A PARIS STREET. A QUIET STREAM. FAR AWAY FROM CABRINI GREEN. FORGOTTEN LOVE AT SEVENTEEN, WHERE HER CHILDREN GOT A CHANCE, NOT A DEAD END STREET. CAUSE SOME GOT RELIGION, AND SOME GOT DRUGS, SOME GOT MONEY AND, SOME GOT L...

Worn out in Juarez Asking the dust for change Worn out in Juarez A punch drunk assassin Getting caught in the rain Driving all the way from Albuquerque Living on Funyuns and beef jerky, yeah Wearing the ages Mining the seats for cash Worn on the edges Faded...

Here we go I got with somebody's date You're like a Soap Opera cover My lover self-automates Juicy You say a-somebody say You're like a salve for a leper You're sweet for somebody's pain Juicy Aw, Juicy Yeah, you got to live for your own You say you got all...

If you could change the choices that you made, Would you do it- today? If you could spin the world the other way, Could you do it on faith? If time would stand still, What would you do? What would you say? If everyone you love came back for just one day...

There's an angel on the stairs (as if you'd even care) When the lights go up, and the sun has nearly gone down. Did you see him on the street? Did you pass him at your feet? Did you think aloud,"how dare they even look me in the eye'? And he loves the girls...

THAT CALLING FROM THAT PORCH AGAIN LOW DRESS BLOWING IN THE WIND (I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I'D REGRET IT LATER) BUT SHE BLOW LIKE A TSUNAMI I LIKE IT LIKE THAT I LIKE IT LIKE THAT I LIKE IT LIKE THAT TERRA COTTA, WINDOW PANE BROWN SKIN SOAKING UP THE RAIN (I...

DON'T FEAR, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE AT A LOSS. I'M NUMB, A SHELL OF EMPTY THOUGHTS. BUT YOU GLOW, YOU STRETCH AND PULL ME OUT. DOES THAT TROUBLE YOU? DOES THAT TROUBLE YOU? [CHORUS:] LOVE ME HATE ME MAKE ME LIVE AGAIN I NEED YOU AROUND HEAL ME HURT ME MAKE ME...

Are you lost? Do you find life turning out Not quite the way you planned? Come around stay awhile That's OK That's Alright Couldn't get to sleep so talk about it. Let's talk about it right now. Here it comes on my head again I guess I'm born to be the long lo...

Talking in her sleep again Reciting lines start to end But she's not crazy (Knock on wood) Just a little misunderstood She takes a walk at 4AM Wakes the neighborhood again And I find myself recalling everything she used to tell me Aw yeah, alright, truth hur...

[A) LOW] I PUSH THE LIMITS OF GOOD TASTE WHENEVER I OPEN MY MOUTH YOU GOT A WORM IN YOUR EAR LIKE CHECKOV FROM KAHN SHAME! SHAME! I HIT A NEW KIND OF LOW. ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH DAKOTA LIKE A GREEN LEPRACHAUN SHE GOT A SUN DRESS IN HEAT HE GOT HIS LATEX GLO...

I can be who you want me to be uh huh-ow Take a chance on a new enemy uh huh-ow uh huh-ow Something different than you felt before But you'll know it when you taste it In the absence of light it's a flash in the night Something that you can feel but...

I still remember you dressed in grey. Working undercover for the CIA You were cursing Silber living in Back Bay Sailing on the Charles when I heard you say Let's go down to Normal Town Right now Down,Down,down I washed you lover and scrubbed your face Runnin...

There's a treasure in the wreckage of your soul, oh A drum machine buried deep beneath the snow, oh There's a blinding light shining through these bloodshot eyes There's a silent sound keeping you awake at night And it's one heart beating, oh, oh And it'...

ONE MORE MURDER IN THIS TOWN, DON'T MEAN A THING JUST LOCK YOUR DOORS AND DRIVE AROUND. ONE MORE MURDER IN THIS TOWN, DON'T WORRY THE RAIN WILL WASH THE CHALK MARKS FROM THE GROUND. SATURDAY NIGHT, SHOTS RING OUT, ADD ONE TO THE BODY COUNT. YOU COME ALIVE T...

I am bending Made of steel I am stumbling Towards something real How can you forget this feeling Of standing straight while the world is reeling? Don't leave me here alone You're as close as it gets to home Don't look down You might fall Life made rookies...

We were standing in an empty room. The moonlight was falling. You were holding my hand when the car Pulled up for you. And I could have spent a life with you, But those days were over. You were calling my name when Your face faded from view. And wasn't it yo...

North light comes uninvited Through the window to where you lie Disjointed, dust and silence Quite at a loss I feel strange I feel changed I feel strange Overcome Overcome by you I fell in too deep But I learned to swim In an undertow I sense I'm...

YOUR PAIN MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL, YOU LOVE TO LOSE CONTROL, AND MEDIOCRITY'S REWARDED SO SET YOUR STANDARDS LOW. IN AN IMPLODING STAR, OR A BURNED OUT CAR, I IMPLORE YOU. IN A CARBON-ARC OR A DIM LIT PARK, I IMPLORE YOU. SUCK ME IN, I'M WILLING, I GET OFF WH...

Hey, you've got a lot of nerve to show your face around here. Hey, you've got a lot of nerve to dredge up all my fears. Well, I wish I could shake some sense into you and walk out the door. [To Chorus:] But your skin is like porcelain. Yeah, your skin is like...

You come walking like somebody's lover You come talking like somebody's friend You won't be here if I were unable We both want the same thing Pull Pull We both want the same thing Pull Pull We both want the same thing Lover, Sister Anoint me, Absolve me Tak...

I wanna know what's inside I slip into your house Well I can't take for granted How your bones are planted What things appear to be They're just illusions to me I wanna get inside and move around I wanna get inside and swirm all around [Ohh....] Thi...

(feat. DJ Swamp) First thing I remember was lying in the sand When a plague of seven horsemen Came across the desert land They had one good eye between them They were burning up the sky When I asked why they had come for me The ugly one replied He told me A...

Ten cent lovers beneath the covers Riding on a wet dream Silver tonic free High stool sweet tarts Equipped with green cards Chomp their 401 k's Semi-chocolate brie Digging in Los Cruces for an army drab container Carbon dating clothes for the last time the...

Cut a tape of my favorite songs Said what I can't face to face I hoped that you would share all my thoughts We are young and unimpressed, with all you'd recognize. So play it all over Turn it wide. Now there is nothing but a Mix tape left behind Now it won't...

(feat. Toddy) Rain drops bead again They make a tide pool On your summer skin Shoplifting corner store I should have got, Should have got some more. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? Baby I don't know. God, how you look the same. I recognize the...

Where have you gone, my Rosealia? Into the crowd, he'll never find you. If you walk real fast, and you stay down low. So many times, so many chances, this one could be your last. [Chorus:] You say no, no, no, the fighting has left you tired. You say no, no, n...

Strong hands Big plans All reduced to this. Hard won Freedom How could you have missed? Scared, are you? You do it on your own You do it all alone. We all did. Scared, are you? Half the lines we make up dear The best that you can do Everything you would be P...

You're kinda cute but your mouth won't stop You got the moves when the needle drops Oh oh oh I'm livin proof when you're giving me rock and roll Kick drum beats you up inside Lights flashing across your eyes Oh oh oh And I ain't ever gonna 'pologize...

I can still recall The way you looked that fall In your favorite dress The day before you left And since that time I wrote a simple rhyme And I miss you and the things you do The time we had, the good and bad The day we met that I can't forget Signed Sincerel...

1. I don't know what color your eyes are, baby But your hair is long and brown Your legs are strong and you're so, so long And you don't come from this town 2.My head is full of magic, baby And I can't share this with you Feel I'm on the cross again, lately B...

There she is. White light, descending like the color of rain. July or fall, one thing will never change. Down and out, you found this city has you on your back. You long for her to take you away. And I... [CHORUS:] I want a Southern Girl, I need a Southern G...

Are you real? Are you real or just a dream? It's been so long, I don't know. I can feel. I can feel you with me now. Even though you're far away. Some are special. They come back, racing through your mind. You were special. Your light, your heat Will never di...

If they calm you down, Then excite them If they call you out, Then ignore them. You're speeding up You're speeding up To slow down When they all believe You reject it. When they all are for, Be against it. You're speeding up You're speeding up To slow down...

Everybody talking saying you will be walking This neighborhood will never be the same You said we'd understand. You found out what's happening now. So we all sat down and you broke the news. Now Daddy don't love her anymore. It's still life with Cooley Now D...

Down by the dock, hot blood in the sun. The body lays up against the reeds. The locals said, the man had it coming, and it's time someone put him six feet in the ground. [To Chorus:] Where did she go that night? Where did she sleep when the morning came to th...

Alligator bitch slap so correct Mississippi love bites on my neck I woke up in L.A., bouncing rubber checks I need you to correct my navigation Brushing your teeth with a cigarette Devil horns growing from your silhouette I know I should run but I can't...

Listen to them fight. Hear your mother cry. Weekend at your dad's. They don't know what they do to you. Teenager. Teenager... Wrap yourself in black. Listen to the Cure. Love line won't call back. They don't know, they don't care, they don't see, but I do. [...

Hannah left for Burning Man With a bag full of contraband She said, "The stars look better in the desert When you're rolling with a friend Ain't got shit to do in Baton Rouge So, what have I got to lose?" Hannah left for Burning Man With a bag full of c...

Well, she believes that I'd be better off without her. And she believes in me. Well, she believes that time can make things right. And I want to believe that there's been a change in me. [Chorus:] And I hope that she believes. Yes, I wonder if she sees the k...

Tell me I'm wrong, You sense a little bit of change, You knew all along there'd come a day you'd have to face. I hear a loud voice in my head, full of the things I never said. [Chorus] So tell me whose gonna love the loveless, whose gonna love the love...

Well, there's a feeling in the air Just like a Friday afternoon. Yeah, you can go there if you want Though it fades too soon. So go on, let it be. If there's a feeling coming over me, Seems like it's always understood this time of year. [To Chorus:] Well, I...

Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV And I'm thinkin' about you and me, about you and me But you talk too much, you say too little You think too hard, you will get a tremble Yes you talk too much, you say too little You think too hard, you will get a tremble...

It's a lot like fire. Taking that the first step on to the street. The whole night before you, spreading out like a techno colored dream. So take this city into your arms and hold it like a kiss. Don't it feel like flying, darling, what could be better tha...

I'll put my head inside an oven If I need some air But you can save me that frustration By just comin' over here Cause you're more than just a little Hypnotic and morose I'm in a compromise position And the doctor at my throat What I want, what I need...

Along the edges colors blur, it seems familiar While you read your magazine I was counting all the markers And California seemed to draw you like a siren From a postcard In a letter Or a frame of film melting Under you, I feel your breath move in and out slo...

YOU IN YOUR COAT WRITING A NOTE, "DEAR SAL, I HOPE YOU'LL AGREE..." THEN CATCHING A BUS, JUST AFTER DUSK, A ONE WAY TRIP TO THE CITY. A COLD WATER FLAT. A HOT PLATE, A HAT. THE WANT ADS ARE STREWN ON THE FLOOR. AND YOU GET SO MAD, WHEN YOUR MA AND DAD REFLEC...

Discarded, left behind Paper-cups and sour wine Candlewax, tablecloth Try to wash, it won't come off Ticket stubs and movie scenes Dustin hoffman has gangrene Ferris-wheel in the park City lights after dark Well I'm goin' home when I find the girl Ma...

I can't tell you why The struggle to survive Falling so hard And all my senses lie I can't believe my eyes Keep on moving With all the blood that i can give I choose to live [Chorus] Tell me why we bother Hurting one another With nothing left to ga...

WWOZ is on in stereo A string of flowers haloed around your head Candle light Ceiling fan Curtains blow away and back again Back again Don't wake me, I think I'm in a dream Sleeping is easy I used to lay in bed for hours I've waited a lifetime now maybe I'll...