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Too much time spent thinking of ways to die Sticky liquid filters shield our eyes from the sun I'll try to be more open in my hope for our time Blur the lines dividing what is ours and what is mine Mother Theresa's been working nights Say no more, I'm on...

she's got a penchant for disaster like a rickety old roller-coaster the things that I find in her mind scare me half to death throw things and snakes and rabbit bones but please don't call me names label me enable me to play the game of anonymity 

she woke kissing gypsies passed us lying in the half-light she walked on, her nightfall long gone I couldn't tell if she was singing or crying my makeshift sheets whispered as I rose she glowed ahead creeping towards her secretly I thought she wouldn't...

And if we fool ourselves, we get a lot of help From people, not from G-d Someone gives us choices and we just choose divorces And I just want to know Why you come and why you go? And how you're always right You know you're always right You know you are...

I dreamt that you were alive, really alive I dreamt of your eyes, I dreamt of your eyes They weren't just open, they were engaged Then somebody said, or maybe I read In the daytime we're dead, but at night we live We were inside, sitting inside Ready to...

Take it away, or give it to me You got no control, so you better believe Walking around like you were on fire You're out in the cold You never know, you never know You better surrender, just let go You will never know Kissin the kids, out for the nigh...

You're like kissing lipstick. You're pasty, warm, and dry. You're boring. You bore me. You're such a boring guy. At first I kind of liked it.. The way it oozed out of your mouth.. Then there was more and more and, it got boring... Just another boring...

How can I put it? You're fuckin' dead to me But I'm not scared or sad, I'm smiling, I'm smiling You were on my mind but now my mind is gone Oh, what a relief. What a wonderful war! It left me so jaded Unhappy, all complicated God, sex, politics, money...

To resurrect ourselves, we disembowel our saints We never underestimate the destructive power of change We find another way We dream up stupid shit to while away our days There's time for everything We're always searching for what's wrong No! Never! It's...

There is a love, Doesn't flower, Doesn't die, Doesn't follow, Doesn't try, Doesn't worry, Doesn't cry. Bare in her innocence. Bare in her mystery She knows me I know this I know nothing. I know why, she's wearing a crown of roses Celebrate her. C...

You're one of a kind, Smooth and sublime, A hella cool dude, A wonderful guy. So what is it like To be liked, To be right, All of the time? And every time I wander by, The plastic of smiles, The corners of eyes I wanna race the lemmings Into The s...

It's deafening A little opinion We are professional We've got a right as much as the next guy Fuck up the fast lane Helmets & seatbelts Are different than welfare Are different than guns And somebody's struggle is somebody's headline We're pickin...

Dear enemy, if your tired of me Take your Ambien, I hope it helps you sleep When we toss and turn, if you get dizzy Take your Dramamine, dear enemy Dear enemy I'm trying now It's precious, what we have It's dying, it's dying Let's not let it go Going...

I am not to blame I was a little girl I am still ashamed in a way But you never said You were just a little girl You can always call my name All for love So you said Out of love So I fell Things you never said I was just a little girl Were you sc...

I'm no shape for a new day I'm in no mood for a better place Or a fix or your pretty face I'm not in the mood I got a noisy head, a head in heat A house on fire, a crowded street So sure you're sweet, but I'm not in the mood So c'mon Give me a big, tr...

living in the world of the "I don't understand" treating our machines better than we treat our friends enough! does it ever stop? will we build until we drop? we'll learn to feel no pain we'll manufacture love and then hideaway do you really think th...

feel another day go by ask for everything, get a lie here's another big idea ask for nothing, get the truth there's a lot of people dead and everybody else's hands look red I just can't shake this dream I had where I'm holding the gun steal another d...

If you cared enough, if you cared enough You could walk again, never see me, lie to be If you cared enough, if you cared enough You could make a gun, you could settle in You could break it down and order in If you cared enough, if you cared enough So wh...

Blessed be Messed up me Should I feel different? Was I Crying to get my face wet To discern what I did from what I thought It's hard to discern what I gave from what I got It's part of me. Blessed be. Low lit theatre Quiet crowd I'm on the screen p...

The birds would laugh at Job, their song would torture him. Always a steady rain fell, soakingand chilling him. He could always see a dry, light place on the horizon. He would walk for miles, muttering, "I'm sure this rain won't last. I'm sure it's time...

Never won a medal for bravery Never won a medal for tact Never thought the truth would enslave me Turn me into something so close to a liar I'm joining the circus I'm going away Waving from the boat I don't cry Looking at the ocean washes tear, away...

pretty, young single mother Buddy and Bean loving, yes...the Brady Bunch, not quite we would fight well, they would I would keep it inside some of the time peacemaker proud pleading "don't get too loud, mom just sing quietly to me..." even when sh...

"I know you," she said, "You're that guy from my TV! You're that guy who killed all those kids!" We got off to a pretty good start. "Oh, boy, look what we've won!" Love, American Style "Ohboyohboyohboyohboy!" Love, American Style Oh, yeah, um...whic...

They are bitter little people The are gonna scream a bit The image of a little troublemaker Animal lunatic Maybe we can stick'em with it Choke'em in solutions Lick a bloody puddle off of faces that were trouble for us Let another motherfucker give anot...

Monkey Gone to Heaven there was a guy an underwater guy who controlled the sea got crushed by 10 million pounds of sludge from New York and New Jersey this monkey's gone to heaven the creature in the sky got sucked in a hole now there's a hole in the sky and...

Like Elvis, like everyone We all die, we all live on in photos And paper blacks, if we're lucky We're coming back Mother Mary over, over Mother Mary over Over me We notice We understand We throw out all we can We're on the market, we're up on racks...

I'm just a bachelor, looking for a partner Someone who knows how to ride Without even falling off Gotta be compatible takes me to my limits Girl when i break you off I promise that you won't want to get off If you're horny lets do it Ride it my pony M...

Seeing it now, when we met I was a stone I wanted to be alone Placing flowers at the foot Of graves Of friends i tried to save They've gone away Now i'm a slave to this promise Dumb or brave, either way I'm a slave to this Saying hello to this slopp...

It wore him down His head was hanging sideways, His lids were slits. This happened almost nightly now. He raised the glove And waited for another round. He waited for the bell to ring, He prayed the lord would save his eyes. He heard church-folk swayi...

Believe this As you convalesce: I'm seasick. I'm bleeding from open sores. Four days ago, you said soon That we'd hit shore... And finally, we've found this land. For all the gifts the people give, Bloody beaches and severed hands Is what we return....

I used to think, "I've never been through it, the deaths and stuff that make us old enough." Old enough to love a boy whose name I still don't know. We traded voices, blurted accidents. Brutal winter froze through spring's slow crawl. In The summers burn...

I had a fight with a ghost The ghost of the one that I loved most The ghost that kept on haunting The one I keep on wanting I had a fight with a ghost The ghost of the one that I loved most The ghost that kept on haunting The one I keep on wanting I h...

"SAVE ME! Wait, want you to know that I don't wanna be your whore I know that I'm supposed to feel good and I don't wanna wreck the mood but only I know what I won't do and one of those things is you." I arrived writing love letters peeled off your...

A while of littles Thoughts & moments Scary weather, but that's alright I sweat a little, scatter fears, smile She'll be there And that's alright When I see such a beauty I get scared Water to wade through I just stare I'm thinking Talking To...

I'm always frightened I wear my helmet every day I'm scared the sky might tumble down from heaven I blame my neighbors I wish that they'd all move away They're all on welfare, kill babies, pass bad laws start all the wars I wait for a miracle I go to...

When rumours of aliens were true When I found out one of them was you Bought fortunes from carnival seers, saw them through Soon, a light on Stand up, turn and face me Believe what you believe Don't just stand there suffering Talking about your freedo...

The best and the worst of me at the same time. Make a tin can with strings to you. Let you know I really mean it all. And the more I say it the more I just sound Like a carnival barker yelling, selling art. Just don't worry about looking dumb. I do it a...

When I could see, I just had to see to believe Knew for sure, but didn't know mistakes were born of need Waited up for love like parents for troublesome teens We fed each other, binged and purged and yearned for sleep Crowded and lonely, lonely Shoulder...