Fastball

Well I spent all my money at the record store Bought a copy of "Revolver" and some Gang of Four Singles going steady Billie Holliday They had it all on vinyl And I was blown away Then I walked around the corner to my favorite bar I do a lot more walkin...

Airstream, big chrome airstream Leave the world behind me They won't find me in my airstream Free, I don't wanna be stuck in the city With the cars and people downtown Waiting in a line Wishing I was far away Where no one knows my name Ocean, big blue ocean...

Altamont, now, won't be the same When we see each other again If it all falls apart, who is to blame? Don't you think it's time to get real? I want to scream out the way I feel I'm so tired of watching you bail.. Hey, don't try to tell me it's okay Don't tur...

Here come Dick, he's wearing a skirt Here comes Jane, y'know she's sporting a chain Same hair, revolution Same build, evolution Tomorrow who's gonna fuss And they love each other so Androgynous Closer than you know, love each other so Androgynous Don't get h...

I was wondering how you're feeling i thought I saw you kneeling And holding your gut last night It looked like you were praying But I heard someone saying You had been in an awful fight You get the worst of it everytime Lashing out with no reason or rhyme To l...

Brown skin in the kitchen, china white Washrag and the dollars, on the table Keep it quiet, quiet They come and go through the back door Who's keepin' score Who's keepin' ... Pension, weren't no mention, medicaid? Sorry, and the g-men, got the word in Gettin'...

Once I had it all planned out My dirty fingers moved about To make a mess of everything around me I don't claim to know my way I still run in circles every day Running around half blind Life can be unkind But it's better than it was But it's better than it was...

Amy's going out with John Now she's dating Paul Paul was dating Kelsey And Kelsey used to go out with me After I broke up with Amy Everybody's had, everybody's had everybody Everybody's had, everybody's had everybody once or twice Hey, you better watch what...

Living to get his freak on Sporting his leopard skin thong Charlie the Methadone Man Plays Sunday nights in a rock and roll band Charlie the metronome, the methadone man Patience - the name of the game Waiting on Dr. Kinkaid Charlie the Methadone Man Fills ou...

Try to stop the world spinning 'round My phone bill will tell you she lives outta town It's been a long, long time but I still dream Of warm sunny days on 12th and Lorraine I wish you were here right now...but then Chorus: I know I should just leave you alone...

When will it stop raining? When will these dark clouds go? some days I get so low, but you turn me around, you turn me around won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light 'cause I need your sweet sunshine Won't you come down to my dark street, and...

Riding down the freeway, I've got to stay free I need a little leeway and an angel to watch over me don't give up on me don't give up on me cause I know I let you down girl once, twice, or maybe three I fell into temptation won't you tell me that you'll wait f...

Got nowhere to stay Got nowhere to go Got no one to blame for lettin' myself get so low It's right on the tip of my tongue What's the word I'm thinkin' of It's right in the middle of good and bad So how can it be love My brain is too soft My money's no good I...

Watch me, make you Let me, take you Follow down, I will penetrate you baby Run you to the ground I will make you hate you baby I'm an eater, I'm an eater, I'm an eater Your cheeks are red and rosy I'll keep you safe and sound I'll keep you warm and cozy Fatt...

Emily shrugs and drags her heels as she takes the guided tour It seemed like such an amazing deal when she was looking at the brochure Stuck on a bus with strangers wishing she could be ay home with me Poor little Emily how does it feel to be free? Lyin' in...

Long before I ever saw your face I got to know you in a dream But things aren't always what they seem You learn along the way I just can't stop myself from breaking down It's just no good unless you come around I turn into a monster all my friends agree So g...

Well I don't wanna be President Superman or Clark Kent I don't wanna walk 'round in their shoes 'Cause I don't know who's side I'm on I don't know my right from wrong I don't know where I'm going to I don't know about you I'll be the rain falling on your fir...

Freeloader Freddy got a cold chevy nova Where he got the papers-don't know. Got a line on sweet act, sheer heart attack We're sticking close to the floor How you feel, all right now I'm king of the road How you feel, red lights fading King for an hour, I need...

Those days when our hearts were as big as the sun turn around with a smile for everyone that feeling's a memory funny how it fades away You won't see those pale grays returning to blues the colors will wash out as I shrink in my shoes and I won't always live a...

I've been thinking about the good old days Decorated in a candy glaze Each pretty ink blot panel Tells a different tale Each photo on the mantle Sweet memories that will never go stale I've been climbing up the walls again Living with a memory that might have...

Digging a hole down in your room I watched you disappear too young, too soon and you run out of stories to keep them entertained all of the vampires forgot your name you forgot why you came here today and so you ran away I said bye bye bye when the world has p...

Turned 'round 6 o'clock and I'm still sleepin' I don't have to work on Saturday But I do anyway 'Round the corner right on up to the shop I come creeping, but it don't matter anyway 'Cause I know it's just as well And even so I feel like hell You can say tha...

Too bad I don't get my own way Want champagne, all they got is cabernet And I'm wastin' all my time I feel good but there's a tear in my eye Rain fallin' from a cloudless sky I get high, forget about it all Red lights flashin' behind my cracked up rearview mi...

Gonna steal your soul By remote control We smell and audience We smell money I don't need a gun I own the network, son And they love baywatch in Istanbul Yeah knock it down, knock it down, knock it down, knock it down yeah knock it down, knock it down, knock...

Peel me off a fiver that stack looks pretty thick Money takes some time to make we spend it all too quick And I'll try to remember that this is just a lender Till I'm on my feet Back in the car I won't forget who my friends are you were always there when I n...

Sittin' here in your room I've been listen' to the freeway and the moon Shinin' through Broken windows I've been waitin' for ya singin' Louie louie louie lou-ee When ya gonna come back home Louie louie louie lou-ii You know I hate to see you cry Sittin' on t...

You can talk to me about powder kegs And how I'm sitting on one right now You can warn me about candles at both ends burning from the outside in But don't tell me about true love 'Cause I don't think you really know You need to pay the cost You need to feel...

I can still recall a time You were not so far behind You were only fifteen And you still had peace of mind Now you're pushing thirty-one Duty calls, you cut and run When will this be over with When will you be gone? Be a man, try to be tough Once is never qu...

Oh Mexico All the time Dreamin' all about Acapulco And a sweet thing on my mind Mogadishu sunrise Low above the sea All of those lawyers in California Won't bring her back to me Back to me Back to me Oh Mercenary Girl Of all the lowdown places in the world To...

As I wake I see a morning star through the window dimly shines its final statement at the closing of the day I've got a few more minutes of night time before I rise as the dawn is breaking through the darkness the morning star will fade but never die morning s...

Well they've been writing your name on a bathroom wall But it don't mean nothing, it don't mean nothing They wanna ruin your life, they wann see you take a fall But it don't mean nothing, it don't mean nothing at all Stupid people say stupid things And it'll...

There's trouble on the subway There's something on the track There's a dead-end waiting and We can't go back So take it to the highway Head back and open wide Step right up and take a nowhere ride It's a nowhere road It's a nowhere road No matter where it goe...

Rip out the trees and plant your flag Now I know just where you stand Nature means nothing to you Something that you can't control And we make ourselves miserable Trying to fill the hole It's sad that our misunderstanding Has turned into a war I don't know yo...

Sometimes I feel Like I am drunk behind the wheel The wheel of possibility However it may roll Give it a spin See if you can somehow factor in You know there's always more than one way To say exactly what you mean to say Was I out of my head? Was I out of my...

You oughtta see you You're always bitchin' about something People wanna be you But they don't know ya like I do now There's always something wrong in you're perfect world Nobody's gonna solve your problems It all comes down to you Open your eyes, and see the...

I went walking through the red light Through the dark night, in the winter Pretty girls in the window Pretty girls staring back at me I went walking cross the St. Charles To the Argyle downtown Met my friends in the back there You know we always have a really...

Ridin' round and round in my car I can't afford to go very far It needs a new transmission and new brakes Parking tickets I cannot pay they're gonna have to tow me away tow me away 'cause I can't afford to drive We're outta groceries again ain't got no money...

She, she belongs to me But she doesn't know it She comes walking down the street She don't notice me And she comes round She know how to turn me inside out Inside out, upside down She's got the bomb I'm twisted metal tongue When I get around you I stutter in...

She's blood, flesh and bone no tucks or silicone She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound but somehow I can't believe that anything should happen I know where I belong and nothing's gonna happen, yeah. Cause she's so high, high above me, she's so lovely. Sh...

Shortwave Cold gray rainy Sunday BBC world service I found, I found the strangest music But I lost the station Shortwave Pulls in Oklahoma It's too close to home 

Slow drag off a cigarette Slow drag and I'm lying in my bed All the world is sleeping like a baby tonight I wanna lay you down In the ground. Alright. Slow drag and I can't get up now Slow drag. You've been messing with my mind All the world is sleeping like...

Took a ride up to Reno Diamond star halo Lookin' around Pushin' blues at the station I feed the frustration that's kickin' around But you don't even know what day it is You don't even know my name yet Baby take a look at yourself Heaven sees what nobody else...

I'm gonna get under your skin Sooner or later I'll find the key that lets me in Sooner or later Yeah cause you just can't keep me down Yeah cause you just can't keep me down I'm gonna take my time all right Sooner or later You gonna let me treat you right Soon...

It ain't easy as it looks To grow flowers in the dirt All of my friends are living underground Put away your wedding ring Out on highway 63 Let all your worries Take their place in line They love to tear you down Living in this sweet soul town Fall into the...

Telephone calls Apartment A is at it again Paper thin walls she's been sleeping around with other men and other women but right about now her head is swimming he's breakin' up the furniture screamin' and a yellin' about to beat the hell outta her Television r...

I hear the ringing of the telephone No one's home and none of you can reach me I'm alone and I feel fine There's nothing anyone can sell to me Nothing new, none of you can teach me But I'm sure that you will try I'm tired of living in the modern world...

They made up their minds And they started packing They left before the sun came up that day An exit to eternal summer slacking But where were they going without ever Knowing the way? They drank up the wine And they got to talking They now had...

You see this guy, this guy's in love with you. Yes I'm in love, who looks at you, the way, I do. When you smile, I can tell, we know each other, very well. How can, I show you, I'm glad, I got to know you. 'Cause I've heard some talk, they say you think I'm fi...

This, this is not my life This, this is not my life This is not my face, This is not my place, no it's just isn't right This, this is not my life You, do you remember me? Remember, the way that it used to be. Do you remember our car, Do you remember our ho...

time's a teacher yesterday you know I had nothing but time why'd you have to go away I never got to tell you goodbye and time beats up on me life is funny, life is strange you know I'm just trying to get by money, honey, buys you things it can't buy a place in...

She will bring a little box of moonlight To light my way on such a very dark night Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine Until sundown, when she comes She comes just like a daydream And the sun surrenders to the evening I've waited all day long to be with...

I got a warm fuzzy feeling When I saw you on TV You were wearing a piece of me And it breaks my heart to look around And see the unimpressed Who can't believe the emperor is dressed Turn on my TV I want to check some action If you got no video Well then folks...

Picked up the paper Flip through the pages Reach for my coffee cup Yes, I'm still waking up Late in the day now What can I say now? Some folks are morning people I never was one of those All the same I get in the game Give me muddy, muddy water Now I'm feelin...

Where did you leave your baby Bleeding in her bed Her ghost has come to stay Oh, you can try, you can't chase her away In the bar we sit like blackbirds With our broken wings Like clocks without their springs Just like time doesn't mean anything Won't you te...

Funny how I couldn't see this is not at all about you, it's about me everything has happened the way it was meant to be here's an opportunity for us to find a way for me to tell you what's been on my mind please forgive me, I don't mean to seem unkind but you...

Can you make it easier for me to understand, How you're holding my heart, in your trembling hands... Eyes that rise to meet me half way up among the stars, You may be from Venus but I'm definitely not from Mars You're An Ocean, You're An Ocean Settle Down, S...