The Bears

117 valley drive seemed like heaven when the band arrived with a couple of drums and a couple guitars we'd play our hearts out in my backyard and the people came from everywhere to put their plastic chairs in the summer air down on valley drive p...

over the river climbing up the hill like a digital reproduction a frequency that kills women weep, dogs faint, the police beg but she won't stop that feeling going up and down their legs aches and pains i swear some women have fangs i'll help you coun...

as you are i once was - as i am you will be all over the world are people like you and me a bunch of sour apples on the old family tree and billions of kids - i’m afraid they’re all yours and mine but all we have in common is the way that we whine as...

i am a modern caveman sittin' here by the fire these hands of mine been busy they never seem to tire i am a fearless hunter look at all these bones sometimes i sit and wonder who i am and what I'm for i'm a caveman i painted lots of pictures...

A fat man like me can never bother with tea or brie I must go right to the main source and wolf it down like a rhinoceros but a woman like her can tease me with a warm hors d'ouevre She slices and dices nicely which has a way of enticing me armed with...

he counted up his fears one day and they weren’t worth a dime he cried a lot of tears for her ‘cause he wasn’t worth her time and his life felt like a marathon - man, how long can this last? he slowed down for a little drink and didn’t see the winner pas...

mama's little baby likes fear and torture mama's little darling likes violent sex she thinks she's queen victoria ridin' the pony express oh no trouble now are your nerves failing don't come unglued if your heart skips a beat stay on your feet don't...

(Arduser/Belew/Fetters/Nyswonger) You don't retain your calm either you're an anvil or sell me your aunt and your car is almost gone figure it out My bag's against the wall you knocked me up, you didn't knock me out and I'm God about to brawl figur...

She makes me wait she turns away she pretends she doesn't hear a word I say She's a girl with clouds in her head Her room, the sky she shuts her eyes and she's never alone even when she's by herself She's a girl with clouds in her head 

return to highway 2 the danger zone highway 2, the danger zone highway 2, the danger zone everybody go to highway 2 the danger zone lookout! 

Lord we pray, give us this day our daily bread every week it costs the meek another arm and leg Lord we pray, the American way, cut us a break Who can believe in the lottery or Lady Luck give us some good ol' rent control when times are tough 'cause...

Honeybee, don't look at me that way honeybee, don't look at me that way I've got plans, I'm workin' on being a holy man Honeybee, don't come so close to me honeybee, don't come so close to me an' watch your hands, you can't put a hold on a family man...

nearly everything i wanted everything i ever could have dreamed of got it all right here, oh, in a house full of love nearly everything i thought, everything i thought i might try almost all came true, ooh, i'm satisfied so don't cry, don't cry whe...

all your tears make me shiver sometimes i think you're a little blue river i don't want to see you cry but i've got to leave tonight the floor is filled with all my things now i know what fortune brings all my talk just fills the air it always leave...

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain He knows what's best for you You get what you want what you get what you want what you get what you want what you get what you want what you. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain He knows what's b...

When the sun comes up in the nuclear sky and the life we had has blown up and died we will shed no tear, we will skip no beat and we will walk right down the middle of the street So let the power fail let there be no doubt I wanna be with you When...

how did you get it in your head, mr. bonaparte that everything you did and said would amount to law and all of the players and pieces on the map you drew should be happy to revolve their lives around you i live in my lonely mind i wonder do you ever...

Money to burn, I'm on fire danger danger, I'm hot-wired I'm in the business of pleasure a big demand for leisure I'll have my drink at the pool I'm nobody's fool Roll me over, roll me the rojo life is tough, or so I'm told I'm in the business of ple...

Full color cover shot Self magazine where the limos go people start to scream shiny women on a yacht these are things I ain't got None of the above Top ten well dressed men every hair in place author, skier, millionaire epitome of taste always wil...

a mountain range or a shining sea don't mean a thing to a satellite information sent and received throughout the day and night when will we send a message loud and clear we're in the same boat not worlds apart all in the same boat not worlds apart not...

I wish I had an angel to tell me what I should do with all these troubles stuck on me like Superglue angel, my spirit's so tired oh, my spirit's so tired, yeah I wish I had an atlas to show me where to go to rid my self of these emotional clothes I'v...

ooh ooh oooh lunch with hugh ooh ooh oooh breakfast too up all night, don't you know in pursuit of the big ego o o o rabbit manor up at rabbit manor ah ah aah new sensation ah ah aah sweet young things retired jocks, aging actors courtesans kneel be...

Rain on my face tears on the window water down the drain it's all the same Pain in the sky heart full of thunder now I'm under the weather it's bound to change It's only raining raining raining on me 

if you watch the news on t.v. it's enough to make you sick. think we need a new solution think we better find it quick 'cause we're in acceleration and there ain't much time to think trigger fingers are gettin' itchy now oh, they've got us on the brink....

don't worry about me i'm safe in hell don't cry for my soul i'm living well don't worry about me i'm safe in hell i'm free from my creditors i'm free from your bleeding hearts gone are my responsibilities and every false start and all my good int...

I was a monkey dancing in the trees out where the jungle used to be before the lumber company took my home away from me Save me, save me speaking for those who cannot speak save me It takes a thousand years to make what can be wiped out in a day bul...

sooner or later gravity always wins and the clock on the wall runs down the plates you've been spinning break on the floor and the people edge toward the door you got me going you got me going around you got me going around in circles chasing my...

if a man is centered upon himself the smallest risk is too great for him success and failure can destroy him but if he’s centered on true love no risk is too great - success is guaranteed already the union of creator and creature beside which all else is m...

I see you as a real live Superboy wide-eyed at a world brand new can't wait to get your hands in the machinery make me think there's nothing you won't do Welcome here, dear fearless Superboy never bother with the training wheel off the sidewalk to the mi...

What happened to the sweet love you and me had where did all of that stuff start to go so bad what happened to the sweet love you and me had where did all of that stuff start to go so bad out of control walking on the edge of my soul bad, out of control...

This world hangs by a slender thread, Trust Wrapped up in a treacherous web, Trust And one man pulls the string bring down the whole damn thing don't betray my trust With a surgeons drawing lines on skin, trust when you aboard the plane and strap yours...

hold me closer - keep your distance tell me your secrets - mind your own business - sally we had everything - under the volcano we watched our laughing children sing - under the volcano you thought that i was beautiful - under the volcano a hundred t...

when will I ever grow up when will today be enough when will I learn to be here now? it’s on the other side of the door - that’s what i’m looking for I have what I need - why do I want more? more? put a lot of pavement on my shoes made a lot of pay...

My heart went out to her, it won't return she may be helpless but she's radiant her eyes are clear and full and what a pull she doesn't need to speak, she reaches me on a wavelength 

what's the good of knowing things you'd never miss what's the good of knowing one wayward kiss i cursed myself with knowledge and lost my innocence what's the good of knowing your deepest fear / the end is near now i spend my hours waiting for the past...

strike me down i'm worshipping an image take my eyes they'll never see no better still frames can't justify the shiver and the sigh when she moves when she moves davinci threw his brushes down in anger picasso threw his hands up in defeat a capti...

A squat greek sips his ouzo fingering his gold neck chain robust corn-fed american beauties lick the salty rim of margaritas in the corner lies a comatose musician dreaming on the job again you can't buy love but you can buy friends upon her breast...