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1. I AGREE, Mother of Pearl
2. I AGREE, Oversure
3. I AGREE, Gin Rummy
4. I AGREE, Livin
5. I AGREE, Identity Theft
6. I AGREE, Galleon
7. I AGREE, Politan
8. I AGREE, Testify
9. I AGREE, Zombie

SONG LYRICS

PRETTY LITTLE HEAD

CUPCAKE

do you know you're always on my mind
i know we seek and we shall find
somewhere to go
mother please
i'm feelin low as can be
when will they see
do you know you're always in my thoughts
i know protection can't be bought
somewhere to hide
mother please
i wanna cry
what a tease
when will they see

come on
now you got some time
i wanna hear it
cuz i need an answer
i know youth dies young
but our youth's just begun
and ain't it a beautiful day
cuz it's true
baby
i need you
and damned if i say i do
gertrude would approve
i need you
in the mornin
i need you
in the silent afterglow
won't you let my lovin show
baby
oh
any
one can tow the line
except for me
cuz i'm a disco dancer
all my life i've been
a gopher with a grin
my smile is fadin away
cuz it's true
baby
i need you
to shatter the status q
truman would approve
i need you
in the mornin
i need you
in the sunshine
rain
or snow
won't you let my lovin show
baby
otherwise i don't wanna hear it
you got me talkin talkin talkin
well it's better than you
cuz i say
i don't wanna fear it
that look that says
exactly what you think of me
cuz that's when you would be free
from my love
my love
baby baby

come on
honey
stop denyin
or i'm forever gonna be a bachelor
leave the steps of your house
get down to the courthouse
gimme a g and an a
y
cuz it's true
baby
i need you
i'm damned if i say i do
jesus would approve

i need you
in the mornin
i need you
in the scarlet afterglow
won't you let my lovin show
baby
i need you
i need you
to sustain my sorry soul
won't you let my lovin show
baby
i need you
i need you
i need you
i said, i don't wanna hear it
you got me talkin talkin talkin
well it's better than you

i need you
i need you
i need you
i need you
to get over the rainbow
won't you let my lovin show

i need you
i need you
to get over the rainbow
baby

i don't wanna hear it
i don't wanna hear it
i don't wanna hear
you've got me talkin talkin talkin
well it's better than you

PINK CHANDELIER

fuzzy are the lights
fuzzy like your smile
fuzzy really nice
suzy like your style
hello stranger
fellow stranger
hello stranger
walkin straight in a fog
blue chandelier
where you go
tonight

dizzy is the trance
dizzy leads the dance
dizzy goes the fan
lizzie likes romance
hello stranger
fellow stranger
hello stranger
stay out late as a dog
pink chandelier
where you are
tonight

penny for your thoughts
penny really cares
penny from the block
jenny likes your hair
hello stranger
fellow stranger
hello stranger
hello stranger

THERE YOU ARE IN ME

every single thing
will only bring
another sad solution
every single hurt
will only curse
another substitution
everyone you meet
secures a wretched seat
within your memory
wipe their filthy feet
upon the yearning of your soul
there you are in me

no one ever loved me
not at school
and home was so sadistic
i don't wanna be
another fool
another sad statistic
everyone you know
secures a wretched glow
within your memory
wipe their filthy toes
upon the yearning of your mind
there you are in me

mother mother
why you tear away
countin up the stars like any other
brother brother
can you hear me say
never far off
just gone undercover

selfish
stupid
so self-serious
bawlderdash
i got no money
shellfish
cupid
so delirious
leave me nuff alone
uptight
upright
long nights furious
darwin asks
you got the money
big cry
big guy
fish eye curious
can this be my home

everyone you tell
secures a wretched hell
within your memory
wipe their filthy smell
upon the yearning of your mind
there you are in me

mother mother
why you tear away
countin up the stars like any other
brother brother
can you hear me say
not long far
i've just gone undercover

dumbass
smartass
so self-serious
what disgrace
i got no money
well-read
dopehead
so delirious
leave me nuff alone
frothin
coughin
right ridiculous
face to face
you got the money
upset
inbred
white trash glorious
can this be my home

everyone you touch
secures a wretched crutch
within your memory
wipe their filthy mush upon the yearning of your soul
there you are in me

YODEL

standin in the break of a yawn
where you done left me alone
there's nothin happenin to hide
sittin in the shade of the lawn
as everybody goes home
there's nothin left here to find
standin with my back to the wall
mindin the sky as it's fallin all around me
listenin for a break in the rain
for it's not drownin my pain
anymore
standin in the shade of a yard
where everybody works hard
and everybody is dyin
walkin to the temple of art
where i'm found out as a fraud
and there's nobody who's buyin

THE BIG ONE

as you're walkin down the street
might wanna skip a beat
and think it over
walkin to the corner store
but it ain't there no more
if you wanna loaf of bread
you try a pharmacy instead
another chain will set you free

when you go to pay the rent
you see it's all been spent
the purse is empty
money money make a buck
but you're all outta luck
this town ain't friendly now
a thousand faces stare you down
each one's afraid of what you seek

slither in your suit
can't deny it
hide behind a view
gentrify it
take a life or two
the revolution's comin round
clingin to the door
quiver
cower
profit off the poor
fight the power
hurt em even more
that's why they took bruce bailey down

lookin like the jack is back
but he ain't gon attack
his hands are flippin
druggies dyin in the halls
they're bangin on the walls
your ma ain't trippin now
it ain't a home if you ain't allowed
what time's the ceasefire
where's the heat

spittin on the old
sister
brother
shittin on your soul
welfare mother
profit is the goal
the revolution's comin round
payin off a loan
mass eviction
elevate the zone
ain't no fiction
breakin up a home
that's why they took bruce bailey down
no more tokens
take a train
you swipe a piece of plastic paper
no more smokin on the plane
you gripe
they'll take you to the jailer
bide your time
it's all in vain
they tell you
as you meet your maker
grief's the mother of invention
pain's the midwife to your labor

turn it
burn it
cure it
endure it
if you are able sucker

people standin in the park
it's gettin mighty dark
the kids are scowlin
shutter up the windows tight
this is an evil night
the wind is howlin fast
another tragedy has passed
another stain on you and me

slither in your suit
can't deny it
hide behind a view
gentrify it
take a life or two
the revolution's comin round
clingin to the door
quiver
cower
profit off the poor
fight the power
hurt em even more
that's why they took bruce bailey down
spittin on the old
sister
brother
shittin on your soul
welfare mother
profit is the goal
the revolution's comin round
payin off a loan
mass eviction
elevate the zone
ain't no fiction
breakin up a home
that's why they took bruce bailey down

G.E.S.

there you are
there you're good and gleaming
there you are
there you're bold and beaming
there you sit
every bit built to last
there you were
there you traveled slowly
there you were
you were life unfolding
now you've quit
now they've broken the mast
doo doo doo doo
the town's for sale
doo doo doo doo
it never fails
and i can make it happen
and i can make it through
and i can watch it flatten out
and i can make it run

I WILL BE THERE

been workin a long long time
see her in the news
callin her on her crime
but she can't refuse
cuz she'd quit it
if she could
knowin that she should
but admit it
she's all right
gotta keep the fight on
and so she cries
through weary eyes we see

i don't have to have you
but you know i want you
and you know i love you
and so i care
but if you won't have me
and if you won't see me
if you ever need me
i will be there

been workin a long long day
now it's gettin dark
april is on the way
see you in the park
cuz she'd make it
if she could
knowin that she should
but she's taken up above
keep on fightin
love on
and so she cries
through wary eyes we see

i don't have to have you
but you know i want you
and you know i love you
and so i care
but if you won't have me
and if you won't see me
if you ever need me
i will be there

i don't have to have you
but you know i want you
and you know i love you
and so i care
but if you won't have me
and if you won't see me
if you ever need me
i will be there

THE DOWN LOW

i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin

it isn't bad to know your limitations
that we know can come to good
but if you had to know your situation
i see no reason you should
you don't have to know

and say, if you're in the clear
it's on the down low
and don't you find it
anything you hear
it's on the down low
and don't you mind it
hold your head up high
that will see you through
dry your little eyes
don't mess up your life by seeking truth

it isn't hard to get an education
know you want to come to good
but you can hardly bet on imitation
and i see no reason you should
you don't have to know

and say, if you're in the clear
it's on the down low
and you won't find it
anything you hear
it's on the down low
and don't you mind it
walk right down the stairs
that will see you through
drive the thoroughfare
don't mess up your life by seeking truth

you should live in flowers where the sun does shine
chingata chinga chinga chinga
chingata chinga chinga chinga oh ho lay
i spend all my idle hours bidin time
i know it ends some day

it isn't bad to diss your situation
that we know can come to good
but you'd be mad to miss your coronation
and i see no reason you should
you don't have to know

you say, if you're in the clear
it's on the down low
and don't you find it
anything you hear
it's on the down low
and don't you mind it
hold your head up high
that will see you through
dry your little eyes
don't mess up your life
you're overreaching
trying to find to seek the truth

i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin
i don't see nothin

LONG AND LAZY RIVER

you're s'posed to have a laugh and have a lot to say
you're s'posed to have a gas and make your getaway
but do you know you can't be wrong
how do you know you can't be wrong
you got a long and lazy river to your soul

i wasn't sure about anything
no
i was secure in a rendering
headed west
now i guess i'm a wanderin low
wishin i weren't good at squanderin all i had

you gotta lot that's lame and royal alibis
i gotta lot of shame and things are dead inside
but do you know you can't be wrong
how do you know you can't be wrong
you got a long and lazy river to your soul


i know i wear you down
you're lookin awful bored
but if you're skippin town and say you'll take no more
well do you know you can't be wrong
how do you know you can't be wrong
you got a long and lazy river to your soul
color me damned
feelin petrified
yes
tear up my plans
leave me weatherblind
guess it's past
it's a flash
from the other side
fadin fast
goes the mast
it's a bitter climb
all i had

and now i know you're mad
i know you're filled with hate
i know that as i stand here you know i'm too late
but do you know you can't be wrong
how do you know you can't be wrong
you got a long and lazy river to your soul
to your soul

I AM NOTHING

you
traffic on the line
strangers all around
nothin here but time
i don't see a sound
floating high above
every little town
people who can love
please don't leave me now
i am nothing
please don't leave me out
i am nothing
you
coursing through my veins
pulsing every pound
panic on parade
cutting through the crowd
music fills my brain
know i letcha down
take me back again
please don't leave me now
i am nothing
please don't leave me out
i am nothing
you
footsteps on the floor
do they make a sound
open up the door
please don't leave me now

I AM NOTHING

you
traffic on the line
strangers all around
nothin here but time
i don't see a sound
floating high above
every little town
people who can love
please don't leave me now
i am nothing
please don't leave me out
i am nothing
you
coursing through my veins
pulsing every pound
panic on parade
cutting through the crowd
music fills my brain
know i letcha down
take me back again
please don't leave me now
i am nothing
please don't leave me out
i am nothing
you
footsteps on the floor
do they make a sound
open up the door
please don't leave me now

BEECHARMER

sewed everything he said
together in a thread
repeatin in my mind
each word like a rhyme
like a penny serenade
liltin through a song
he says the records overplayed
where did i go wrong
he never stayed at first
could not commit the time
ignored all the quirks but he still did the crime
and when he goes away
i know you'll call and cry
and when he calls back today
i know i'm gonna try
but i know you're mine
when you're on the line
is it somethin i said
won'tcha let him walk away
got it stuck in my head
don'tcha hear a word i say
is it somethin i said
every night the same old moan it's
eeieeieee
am waitin till my joe comes home

i'm the queen of qvc
you're leanin on my ear
you mean the world to me
though the connection isn't clear
like my inkspot seventh-eights
convenient when you're low
feel like an antelope on a nature show
i guess i gotta go
but i know you're mine
when you're on the line
is it somethin i said
won'tcha let him walk away
got it stuck in my head
don'tcha hear a word i say
is it somethin i said
every time we're on the phone it's
eeieeieee
am waitin till my joe comes home

hey
castaway romance
what's it gonna take
no knights with shiny armor
hey
try a different dance
oh i'm a real beecharmer

well i scold and i scratch to make him stay
but he don't wanna know from me
why that old alley cat he runs away
lock the door and lose the key

is it somethin i said
won'tcha let him walk away
i got it stuck in my head
don'tcha hear a word i say
is it somethin i said
every night the same trombone it's
eeieeieee
am waitin till my joe comes home

hey
last car wreck romance
what's it gonna take
no nights with shiny armor
hey
try a different dance
oh i'm a real beecharmer

SWEPT AWAY

i'm swept away
yes i'm off the ground flyin
swept away
yesterday's all but gone
like a hurricane
you are tossin me round
find i'm swept away
and today you're the one
for society
shimmy shimmy shimmy
and you go
oh no
for propriety
shimmy shimmy shimmy
and you go
no no
but now i'm swept away
yes i'm past the sound barrier
swept away
yesterday's all but done
like a novacaine
shootin up through my arm faster
swept away
and today you're the one

for society
shimmy shimmy shimmy
and you go
oh no
for propriety
shimmy shimmy shimmy
and you go
no no

but now i'm swept away
yes i'm past the sound barrier
swept away
yesterday's all but done
like election day
you are robbin me blind mister
swept away
and today you're the one

REAL LIFE

don't ask me what i'm thinking
i can't handle it
didn't plan on this
don't ask me what i'm drinking
hey utt hey wassup
nothin doin but
if i had a real life
i could break my hands
and maybe feel life
not understand it
as if i had a real life
not a bland and broken false reality
sign up for lie detection
they'll examine me
shine a light and see
won't fight a slight depression
say it can't be done
nothin comes from fun but
if i had a real life
i could break the mold
and maybe steal life
from those who stole it
as if they had a real life
not an old and smokin false reality

girl gone crazy
ridin the wave
ridin it way out
world don't faze me
nothin to save
nothin to save us now
anyhow

buy me a billionaire
and maybe i'll forget
maybe i'll accept
write me a baudelaire
and sign me up a cut
if you're goin up cuz
if i had a real life
i could break it down
and maybe feel life
not just drown in it
as if i had a real life
not a town and country false reality

girl gone crazy
ridin the wave
ridin it way out
world don't faze me
nothin to save
nothin to save us now
anyhow

destroy the government
and set me up as king
i've been wonderin
about the precedent
of pushin me around
goin underground cuz
if i had a real life
i could break the rules
and maybe feel life
instead of foolish
as if i had a real life
not a cruel and chokin false reality

TIPPERARY

we will have a house in tipperary
a cottage by the sea
a cottage on the prairie
a home for you and me
a house in tipperary
a house in tipperary
where we can go
out to our cottage by the sea
you may be wack
you may be intrepid
you pray a lot
to stay on track
you may be accepted
you may have thoughts
but try to make it happen
and try to fight it out
just stick around
you're down for the final count

we will have a house in tipperary
a cottage by the sea
a cottage on the prairie
a home for you and me
a house in tipperary
a house in tipperary
where we can go
out to our cottage by the sea

you may be wack
you may be intrepid
you pray a lot
to stay on track
you may be accepted
you may have thoughts
but try to make it happen
to try to fight it out
just stick around
you're down for the final count
get down
get down

GLADD

it's been a long time coming
but i know you are the one
here at home at last the days have ceased
it's been a long time coming
and i know we've just begun
all the pain has passed and there is peace

if the breath was warm and tender
now the breath becomes a yawn
and i've been returned to sender
and i'm better since i'm gone

it's been a long time coming
but i know you are the one
here with time erased i'm at my best
it's been a long time coming
and i know we've just begun
without a pretty face i can just rest

but the march is still ongoing
i can hear the drummers roll
and it can't show signs of slowing
it is too dear
it's my soul

it's been a long time coming
but i know you are the one
here at home at last the days have ceased
it's been a long time coming
and i know we've just begun
all the pain has passed and there is peace

FOOD

we're gonna get some food in the house tonight
get some food in the house tonight
we're gonna get some food in the house tonight
get some food in the house
for to starve is to hate
is to kill
is to sin
brooo...
better love's on your plate
get your fill
and dig in
brooo...

we're gonna get some food in the house tonight
get some food in the house tonight
we're gonna get some food in the house tonight
get some food in the house

we're gonna get some food on the table tonight
get some food on the table tonight
we're gonna get some food on the table tonight
get some food in the house

hell is strife and confusion
be frightened or fine
brooo...
well if life's an illusion
we might as well dine
brooo...

we're gonna get some food in the house tonight
get some food in the house tonight
we're gonna get some food in the house tonight
get some food in the house

well now we're feelin full in the house tonight
feelin full in the house tonight
oh yeah we're feelin full in the house tonight
feelin full in the house
we're gonna go to sleep in the house tonight
go to sleep in the house tonight
we're gonna go to sleep in the house tonight
go to sleep in the house

WE HAD IT RIGHT

watchin you glide towards me dear
oh ho ho it's clear
rumor was wrong
we were right
swathed in all white as if a dove
oh ho ho my love
you heard it wrong
we're alright
though your ears may hear it all my friend
rumor has it
rumor has it wrong
and though your eyes may see it happenin
rumor has it
rumor has it wrong

watchin you walk towards me sweet
oh ho so complete
rumor was wrong
we were right
clutchin your coat as we depart
oh ho ho my heart
you heard it wrong
we're all right
rumor had it wrong
rumor had it wrong
and we had it right
quit talkin bout it
rumor had it
rumor had it
rumor had it wrong

COLUMBIA IS BLEEDING

another day begins
and there you are
the mother sways her shins
here comes the footstep of the man who'll make your dreams

the tube is fitten in
and there you are
the tepid sedative
then a scream

hold your placard up
cold and coffee cup
after go to a bar
hand your flier out
must admire how
dedicated you are
i don't wanna know
if you're havin fun
or your maddens are on sale
i don't wanna know
if you've got a gun
or a new stepson
or you think you're bonna bail
chris hougan
she had to run
last night been a lot of fun
but now it's french
a little tense
she hadn't done the reading
there she sat
hoped to pass
didn't think to face the fact that
oh by gosh
alas alack
columbia is bleeding
walkin down
off the bus
vickie lucas crossed campus
was thinkin how
she's made it now
that successful feelin
walked by fast
hailed a cab
no clue that she'd passed a lab
and while she's sittin in lit class
columbia is bleeding

the surgeon is in town
and there you are
the clamp is comin down
then a scream

everybody knows
protestors are those
schmoes who don't have a life
see these scientists
seekin differences
have to suffer such strife

i don't wanna know
if you're havin fun
or your maddens are on sale
i don't wanna know
if you've got a gun
or a new stepson
or you think you're gonna bail

generalize
proselytize
words were spillin out their sides
as charles eise
buys his supplies
gets ready for a feedin
tried for track
hit the mat
didn't think to face the fact
that while he's thinkin
man that's wack
columbia is bleeding
quite a snob
he didn't tip
nice guy rob watched the eclipse
then looked around
i've made it now
i'm just so glad to be here

made a pass
got hand slapped
didn't think to face the fact
that while he's machin on that ass
columbia is bleeding

you don't have a religion
but you have fingers ten
they clutch at your incision
you roll them up and
then a scream

they're just animals
make good edibles
fester filth and disease
check the bible son
we got dominion
we can do as we please

i don't wanna know
if you're havin fun
or your maddens are on sale
i don't wanna know
if you've got a gun
or a new stepson
or you think you're gonna bail

tee tee green
mezzanine
ended up beside the team
then gave a cheer
got some beers
with friends who started streakin
back with zach
said 'i look fat'
didn't think to face the fact
that while she's under self attack
columbia is bleeding
rodney j
began to pray
his momma lost her life that day
had been a year
it wasn't clear
if he was safe or screamin
as he jabbed the bible flap
he didn't think to face the fact
that barbarism killed the cat
columbia is bleeding

this is the ivy league
columbia is bleeding

LALI EST PARESSEAUX

avez-vous de la glace ce soir
il est temps de partir ce soir
oui apportez une chaise ce soir
je n'aime pas beaucoup cela ce soir
ecoutez s'il vous plait ce soir
il est temps de partir ce soir
est-ce que vous fumez ce soir
je n'aime pas beaucoup cela ce soir
ooo ...
oui montez-moi
le chmin ce soir
lali est paresseux
ooo ...
oui montrez-moi
le chemin ce soir
lali est paresseux
est-ce aunthentique
je ne sais pas
montez-moi le chemin versa la boutique
j'adore ce soir
avez-vous de la glace ce soir
il est temps de partir ce soir
oui apportez une chaise ce soir
je n'aime pas beaucoup cela ce soir

HAPPY FLOWER

you and me
we sweat
we slave
we gamble recklessly as if a dagger in the dark
me and you
we misbehave
we trample fecklessly upon the bladder of our hearts
but it's a happy flower in the mornin sun
and it'll keep perfumin when the mornin's done
this ain't no tacky flower in a masquerade
and it'll keep on bloomin till it steals the shade
of the garden 'neath our windowpane

you and me
we leave
we lie
we're running through the ramble off the road of sad goodbyes
me and you
we tease
we try
we're cutting off the ample charms put forward from the skies
but it's a happy flower in the mornin sun
and it'll keep on glowin when the mornin's done
and though our happy flower doesn't make a sound
well it'll keep on growin till it fills the ground
of the garden neath our windowpane

happy flower
happy flower
happy flower
happy flower
happy flower
happy flower
happy flower
happy flower

MAMA AND ME

i don't want to be here

i want a pony

it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always survive
we'll never give up the fight
cause we got time
time time time
i didn't wanna go
so far from home
but it was time you know
children got to roam
but now i need her so
she's my mom

there's a lotta things that i'm proud of in this world
i got a pinch of shirley chisholm
and a sprinkle of that girl
are you lookin at me
cuz there's no one else here
i'm a legally blonde 3
the curse of the big hair
and now the critics've weighed in
well it's time to give credit
to the person who's the limit
although she's never said it
to whom i am indebted
who cuts the final edit
it's my mama mama mama and i want you all to get it

it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always do right
we'll never give up the fight
'cause we got time
time time time

so hold on
hold tight
this meetin's adjourned
for people with degrees
you got a lot to learn
we been earnin jack shit man
feelin the burn
lost the girdle
jumped the hurdle
so now it's our turn
see i been livin with my mama
since i was an embryo
never had nintendo
saw a lot of brecht though
i only known you since jewel went techno
you think i'm gonna listen or write you a check
no
i felt so small
barely big enough to crawl
my mother would call me
as i stalled by the wall
of the daycare i was placed in
while she's makin low wages
and my granny's tracin those crazy sad faces
that i taste in my soul
old as coal in the mountains
moldin over me slowly
scoldin me when i'm lonely
and waitin for mama
to enfold me and hold me
as she told me
we were gonna be okay

it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always do right
we'll never give up the fight
cause we got time
time time time

i think back to those days
it makes me so mad
can't even fathom
the chasm she had to collapse
i'm an educated woman
but i wanna attack
wanna slap my grandad
wanna wack my dad
where were you
when we were at the welfare office
the atmosphere's toxic
the clerks are obnoxious
the kids nosh on chocolate
chompin their losses
can't even charge the clothes
so play with osh b'gosh boxes
those bruises
short fuses
of bad guys
and black eyes
the losin
the oozin of blood down your right thigh
the wantin to die
with your nose broken
heart chokin
hitchin a ride with a
chain-smokin
plain spoken
gent who's gonna drive you
as far as he can
but he ain't got the rent
and you ain't got a man
what now mama
tell me you got a plan
we're gonna make it little darlin
with a government grant

it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always survive
we'll never give up the fight
cause we got time
time time time
i didn't wanna go
so far from home
but it was time you know
mom needs time alone
but now i need her so
she's my mom

i hate you mother
leave me alone
i love you mommy
i love you mommy
i love you mommy
i want a suicide pill
get me a suicide pill mommy
i want to die with you
i want to die with you
you bitch, get me a suicide pill

POUNCE

i'm gonna pounce
pounce
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
pounce
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
pounce
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
meow
like a pussycat

i'm gonna pounce
pounce
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
pounce
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
pounce
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
meow
like a pussycat

i'm gonna pounce
you're feelin hollow for the deal is done
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
you hear a rustle but you pass on by
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
you see a shadow stretchin over the sun
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
that's when the cutest little kitty comes and hits you in the eye

meow
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
meow
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
meow
i'm gonna pounce
i'm gonna pounce
meow
like a pussycat

OLD ENOUGH

never thought i'd live to be old enough
to be old enough to feel like this and
never thought i'd figure it out enough
to be loud enough to make you listen
on and on the meadows sing
they ring out merry the view
on and on my conscience blared
and shared my longing for you

never thought i'd live to be old enough
to be bold enough to make a difference
never thought i'd figure it out enough
to be proud enough to take my mission
never thought i'd live to be smart enough
to have heart enough to find a better way

never thought i'd live to be old enough
to have soul enough to pass perdition
never thought i'd count up the years enough
to be clear enough on my convictions
life ain't all it claims to be
it clings to me when it's blue
life brought all it's pain to me
and shamed my longing for you

never thought i'd live to be old enough
to be told enough to lose the bullies
never thought i's able to learn enough
to be firm enough to live life fully
never though i'd live to be strong enough
to be young enough to find a better song
then you came along
never thought i'd live to be old enough

GET AWAY FROM ME

DAVID

hcabnesie, hcabnesie ...
look at you you're young
havin' so much fun
gonna be a star
blah blah blah
and click there goes the phone
I don't wanna know
what my horoscope's predicting
just pour me a drink
cuz i need a kick
i don't wanna think
i just wanna sip

david don't you hear me at all
david won't you give me a call
waitin' here not makin' a sound
david come around

mister bushie says
I'm your president
i have lots to say
hey hey hey
and click goes the remote
there you have my vote
catchin' the next boat out of here
just pour me a drink
cuz i need a lie
i don't wanna think
i just wanna die

david don't you hear me at all
david don't you hear through the wall
waitin' here not makin' a sound
david come around

hcabnesie, hcabnesie ...
chaos pervades the world outside
days offer spades of hurled outcries
gone is the fair and five and dime
but he is there
he's so fine

listen to her play
has somethin' to say
even has a rap
clap clap clap
but click there goes the lid
sorry 'bout the fib
i ain't got a grip on nothin'
just pour me a drink
right outta the can
i don't wanna think
i just want my man

david don't you hear me at all
david dear i'm just down the hall
waitin' here not makin' a sound
david come around

MANHATTAN AVENUE

send a breeze
a pitbull's yelp
a tender squeeze
a cry for help
make it now
and make it fast
such memories
can never last
i long for the days
music and mayhem
mama's a smilin' friend
in the scuzzy hue of the sunlight
manhattan avenue

lionel please
watch o'er our door
the children tease
i beg for more
chipping paint
the ceiling's spent
aw ain't it great
can't make the rent
i long for the days
kittens are meowling
junkies are prowling
deep in the jazzy hue of the streelight
manhattan avenue

how wild it is
what strange a vice
that a mugger and a child should share the same paradise
oh but dreams come true on
manhattan avenue

SARI

sometimes i feel like i shouldn't apologize so much
that it's jive it's a crutch
i just use when i'm judged
bein' fudged by a face i can't erase and can't see
cuz i misplaced a dossier or monty python cd
or somethin' stupid like that
but jesus is that so bad
to make my ego go splat
like a tire goin' flat
or fat on a big mac
i'm bein' attacked
tit for tat
you fuckin' bureaucrats
you can just apologize back

but i don't know
and it comes and it goes
oll the highs and the lows
in this motionless psychosis
and eeieei
and i die fadin' straight away
eeieei and i cry every wakin' day
i don't know what else to say

i'm sorry for the mess
the stupid way i'm dressed
i guess i failed my test
oh don't you know i'm sorry for my views
i musta been confused
and yet you know that really
i'm sorry for you

well now i don't mean to offend
much
just comprehend
when you're female
and you're fenced in
and phen-phened to no end
and no zen guide to men will help you fend off the brethren
and then the pen appears
and better than the oxygen network
or the sword spear or fork
or the bored pork-fed horde
it's a mooring post
the whore you'll miss the most
when you're away
when you're in snowshoe pa
doin' some play from backstage
that deals with aids and race and gays and relationships and ballet
and then you're like hey yay
what'd you say
i can just sing my troubles away
but then you're fucked
cuz you gotta make a buck
and the whole world sucks
and you're like a lame duck
that's dyin'
lyin'
tryin' to sell out
but there's no one buyin'
and there's all this doubt
and you can preen and dream and scream and shout
but your life's affliction is the fiction of faust

but i don't know
and it comes and it goes
oll the highs and the lows
in this motionless psychosis
and eeieei
and i die fadin' straight away
eeieei and i cry every wakin' day
i don't know what else to say

i'm sorry for the time
the stupid way i rhyme
i knew i shoulda chose a life of crime
i'm sorry for my blues
i guess it's all old news
and yet you know that really
i'm sorry for you

i'm sorry ...

i also mirror this apology
this ideology of sorry
in part of the liberal theology
that's leading us to hari-kari
it's like a mythology almost
like a malingering ghost
as we slowly decompose
rotting in the grave of the polls
crying for senator wellstone
and then proceeding to moan
at our own supposed sabotage of the elections at home
oh somebody phone home
the american people have spoken
now is that certain maybe those nice midwestern folks were just jokin'
in any case there's no use in mopin'
dopin'
chokin' and sobbin;'
come on you dishartinin' dobbins
saying sorry is my problem
so to conclude
i'm a little of a prude
so it's difficult for me to have to allude
to all this rude crude veabal baggage
but i manage cuz i'm a savage inside
i may listen to enya's greatest hits
and try to control my hissy fits with pride
won't get my hair dyed
but oh the onus of lyin' all the time
i don't wanna say
die mother fucker
but i wouldn't mind if you did
janet reno has no ego when devoured by the id
so before i flip my lid
my crib
and get myself out of this bind
you can hear what's on my lips
but you don't know what's in mind

i'm sorry f or the mess
the stupid way i'm dressed
i guess i failed my test
oh don't you know
i'm sorry for my views
i don't know how to schmooze
and yet you know that really
i'm sorry for you
i'm sorry for you
i'm sorry for you

DING DONG

my cat died and i quickly poured myself some gin
did she die from old age or was it for my sins
god i loved her oh so much
miss her little kitty touch
does she miss me does she care
oh i miss her kitty stare
do you have a little time
would you like to easy my mind
talk for hours and never stop
chop your head off
be a lighter person
brighter person
nicer
but you've heard it all before

so ding dong
there's the doorbell
hello man in white
he's gonna make you all well
getcha through the night
but hey now
you don't feel better
as you take your fresh bromide
maybe this man of letters lied

let me tell you 'bout a dream i had the other night
you were in it boy you sure gave me a super fright
i was walking down the street
downtown by the dmv
you popped out behind a door
it was odd you were on all fours
do you have some time to spare
you were barking at a bear
it said hey you'd better stop
chop your head off
be a lighter person
brighter person
nicer
but you've heard it all before

so ding dong
there's the doorbell
hello man in red
he's gonna make you all well
getcha into bed
but hey now
you don't feel better
as you wake and slowly rise
maybe this smooth jet-setter lied

stick around one minute more
i'm smarter than you think
do i sound like an old bore
oh man it's just the drink
i didn't always hit the gin
there were times when i fit in
they'll never know how much i tried
did i tell you my cat died
do you have a little time
would you like to feel sublime
run away and never stop
chop your head off
be a lighter person
brighter person
nicer
but you've heard it all before

so ding dong
there's the doorbell
hello man in black
he's gonna make you all well
there's no going back
but hey now you don't feel better
as you drift off in the tide
maybe this jack the ripper lied
and you died

BABY WATCH YOUR BACK

baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back

i watched you come and go and never noticed
like daily papers, faces, knick knacks
but now i've seen you and you are my focus
baby watch your back
i went my days and nights not knowing of you
but now you fill my every minute
and i can't stop myself from my thoughts of you
are infinite

ahh, i watch you
ahh, you hate me
i don't like you
but i want to have your baby

you ain't got no soul
i don't really get you
you ain't go no soul
like i've never met you
you ain't got no soul
but i'm gonna let you in
for a big surprise, oh

baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back

now you walk down the street and i follow
wearing my wig and funny glasses
and i will follow you wherever you go
baby watch your back
i'll catch you one day in the rain or the fog
and then you'll realize how i care
and i'm invincible for i am like smog
i'm everywhere

ahh, i touch you
ahh, i feel you
ahh, i brush you
soon, i'll steal you

you ain't got no soul
i don't really get you
you ain't got no soul
like i've never met you
you ain't got no soul
but i'm gonna let you in
for a big surprise, oh

baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back

baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back
baby watch your back

THE DOG SONG

i'm justa walking my dog
singing my song
strolling along
oh it's justa me and my dog
catchin' some sun
we can't go wrong

my life was lonely and blue
yeah, i was sad as a sailor
i was an angry one too
then there was
you appeared
when i was entangled with youth and fear
and nerves jingle-jangled
vermouth and beer
were getting me mangled up

but then i looked in your eyes
and i was no more a failure
you looked so wacky and wise
and i said lord i'm happy 'cause

i'm justa walkin' my dog
singing my song
strolling along
oh it's justa me and my dog
catchin' some sun
we can't go wrong
'cause i don't care 'bout your hatin' and your doubts
and i don't care what the politicians spout
if you need a companion
why just go right to the pound
and find yourself a hound
and make that doggie proud
cause that's what it's all about

my life was tragic and sad
i was the archetypal loser
i was a pageant gone bad
then there was
you on time
and waggin' your tail
in the cutest mime
and you was in jail
i said woof be mine
and you gave a wail and then

i was no longer alone
and i was no more a boozer
we'll make the happiest home
and i said lord i'm happy 'cause

i'm justa walkin' my dog
singing my song
strolling along
oh it's justa me and my dog
catchin' some sun
we can't go wrong
'cause i don't care 'bout your hatin' and your doubts
and i don't care what the politicians spout
if you need a companion
why just go right to the pound
and find yourself a hound
and make that doggie proud
cause that's what it's all about
that's what it's all about
that's what it's all a bow wow wow
that's what it's all about
ha ha ha ha ha ha
good dog!

WAITER

oh waiter bring me my check soon
i have a hectic schedule
i'm saddened by the news that we won
i wonder what i'd say to the bomb

ahh
where are you now
where are you going
do you mind
and do you care
that you will die
do you despair
and do you allow
for what you are choking
do you know
just what you do
the fickle snow
it's cuz of you

waiter
i need my change i need it now sooner not
later
it may seem strange but have you seen the paper
maybe it's victory
maybe it's history
maybe it's you

the scuds drop down like butterflies
they're loved and round and very wise
they're just like you and me
as they tend
their incandescent need for a friend

ahh
where are they now
where are they headed
do they see
the little ones
and do they flee
or do they run
and do they feel proud
as they are embedded
do they ask
or do they tell
to mask the fact
they're going to hell

waiter
i need my change i need it now sooner not
later
it may seem strange but have you seen the paper
maybe it's erotic
maybe it's despotic
maybe it's you


waiter
i need my change i need it now sooner not
later
it may seem strange but have you seen the paper
maybe it's victory
maybe it's history
maybe it's you

ahh
nothing could be finer than to be in carolina in the morning
nothing could be finer than to be in carolina in the morning

I WANNA GET MARRIED

i wanna get married
yes i need a spouse
i wanna nice leave it to beaver-ish
golden retriever
and a little white house
i wanna get married
i need to cook meals
i wanna pack cute little lunches
for my brady bunches
then read danielle steele
i wanna escape
this rat race i've created
i'm feelin' enervated
i don't care if i make it
i just want to bake
a sugar cake
for you to take
to work in the morn
and i'll stay home cleaning the dishes
and keeping your wishes all warm
i wanna get married
that's why i was born

i wanna partake in bake sales for the classroom
i wanna hear the sweet tune
of sally's little vroom vroom
as she zooms
around my broom
as i exhume the gloom
of my shallow life
i wanna be simple
and honest
and dimpled
cause i am your wife
i will never tarry
i'm not even torn
i wanna get married
that's why i was born

CHANGE THE WORLD

i wake up
i am bored
to my pictures i implore
should i go or stay
what should i be today
make a leap
go to sleep
should i cry or should i weep
where should i go from here
am i hetero or queer
ah, self destructive
what joy it is
i need recovery
caffeinated fizz
should i run
should i hide
happy pill
or suicide
contribute
or refute
have a kid
then call it cute
ah, self esteeming
in suburbia
my shelf is teeming
a pet ahead



oh ho ho
what should i say
what should i pray
who would care if i went ahead and punched the wall
oh ho ho
what do i care
what should i wear
what does it matter if i change the world at all

i listen to some rap
i give myself a slap
come on use the pain
drink up from the rain
just arise, unsupervised
healthy, wealthy
you know, wise
dance around
make a sound
let yourself become unwound
god i'm so german
have to have a plan
please ethel merman
help me out this jam
ding a ling
ring a ding
anything just do something
feelin' dense
on the fence
civil disobedience
come now's the hour
go and deviate
can'tcha feel the power
hope you 'ppreciate

oh ho ho
what should i say
what should i pray
who would care if i went ahead and punched the wall
oh ho ho
what do i care
what should i wear
what does it matter if i change the world at all

okay dr. phil
ready for my pill
flex my psychic muscle
guess we'd better hustle
people are dying now
do something you ugly cow
sorry for myself again
me, my wallet and my men
jesus i love you
frank i love you too
hit the road together
get out of this zoo
no exist just a pit
apocalyptic and a zit
hurry now
pack your bags
adieu you mall scalawags
got my sneakers velcroed
snap my bookbag on
goodbye little zipcode
how can i go wrong


oh ho ho
what should i say
what should i pray
who would care if i went ahead and punched the wall
oh ho ho
what do i care
what should i wear
what does it matter if i change the world at all
what does it matter if i change the world at all
what does it matter if i change the world at all

IT'S A POSE

jimmy
you know my love is true
an' davie
you know i love only you
and mitchie
oh, you give meaning to every day
nathan hold on i got somethin' to say

menfolk they need their women
but women don't need their men
ladies can walk away grinnin'
but guys act surprised
i thought i was your man
why'd ya leave me baby
well sir here's a maybe
maybe it's because we can
what the hell do you mean
well for instance
you get a one you want twofold
and what else
you're a fiend
you're tight fisted
got no moral molars
shrug your shoulders
sell your soul to get your gold
but hey hey hey
that ain't nothing to do with you
you're a sensitive joe
i'm forgettin'
but every woman knows
it's a pose
just a pose

you're preenin' in your armchair
and i'm steamin' at your knee
go on pontificatin' like i care
peter lorre then a story
bout ac-dc
harvard educated
frustrated dictator
tyrant with a phd
what the hell do you mean
well for instance
you have started every war
and what else
you're obscene a coincidence
get your pornos from time warner
who is fornicatin' foreign shores
but hey hey hey
that ain't nothin' to do with you
you're a sensitive joe
i'm forgettin'
but every woman knows
it's a pose
just a pose

sammy
oh let me put away the kettle
oh no honey
your arrogance is what makes you special
and manny
of course when you leave you are missed
oheleaydeehooo
fellas can'tcha see i'm pissed

trying to enjoy my readin'
but you insist on interpretin' text
aw go on fuck off i'm pleadin'
every sentence is a pretext for sex sex sex sex
god you went to oxford
head still in your boxers
but you're male so what should i expect
what the hell do you mean
well for instance
you've committed every rape
and what else
i won't heed your insistence
mister copulatin'
populatin'
masturbatin'
denegratin'
birth of a nation instigatin'
violator of my escape
but hey hey hey
that ain't nothin' to do with you
you're a sensitive joe
i'm forgettin'
but every woman knows
it's a pose
just a pose
heaven knows
the world's your ho
but she's getting too old
for your pose
oh -- there she goes

TOTO DIES

and when the dawn breaks through the drums start
beating the morning to the farm
your grimace widens and your lips part
sounding the silent alarm

and when the bells explode they scatter
hitching a hand onto the breeze
the grand bureaucracy grows fatter
whistling the old melodies

oh we oh
goes the buckingham jewel guard
oh we oh
goes the cop on the beat
oh we oh
goes the kid in the schoolyard
oh we oh
goes the kid on the street

hey man what's happ'ning with you
i watched that episode too
maybe i'll get some chinese
i'll have the dumplings no msg please

and when the night breaks through they wonder
if all they lost was self respect
they pass the homes of greed and plunder
still ling'ring on the disconnect

oh we oh
sittin' down for the eve'nin'
oh we oh
through the civil earthquake
oh we oh
safe in bed and they're dreaming
heaven knows if they'll ever awake

yeah i'll have my coffee black
hey look we're bombing Iraq
i guess that's the only way
oh did i tell you we got fifi spayed

and when they get to work they hear drums
the boom fills all the empty space
they file papers la da di dum
trimming their shoebox with lace

oh we oh
but there's somethin' a growin'
oh we oh
through the bustle and hiss
oh we oh
fuck the lawns that need mowin'
oh we oh
there is somethin' amiss
oh we oh
oh we oh
oh we oh we oh

WON'T U PLEASE B NICE

if you would sit
oh so close to me
that would be nice
like it's supposed to be
if you don't
i'll slit your throat
so won't u please b nice?

if you would hug
your arms right 'round me
that would be snug
like it's supposed to be
if we part
i'll eat your heart
so won't u please b nice?

oh don't you love this romancing
know that it's your life you're chancing
dum di da

isn't it nice
now you've married me
sugar and spice
like it's supposed to be
if you go
i'll get your dough
so won't u please b nice?

stop with your jazz oratory
i only listen to top forty
n*sync rules

isn't it nice
together we'll always live
no sin or vice
we'll vote conservative
if you run
i'll pull a gun
give me head
or you'll be dead
salute the flag
or i'll call you a fag
oh won't u please b nice?

INNER PEACE

in high school
it was cool
to say you look funny
you're a retard dummy
a retarded dummy
yeah you suck
outta luck
you're no playboy bunny
hee hee
so you laugh
it's a gas
they're right on the money
they're just bein' funny
hysterically funny
yeah i'm stupid
it's true
now can we be chummy
maybe

but then it hits you
then it kicks you
then you realize you're not unique
and you ignore it
you implore it
just to letcha turn the other cheek
don't wanna think about the schools in bosnia
don't wanna sing about food in somalia
i don't need this
i don't see this
all i want is inner peace

graduate
but too late
college will just hurt you
soon they'll all desert you
get your just desserts you
all essays
mia format
they'll convert you
could they
so you try
it's like pie
just get more alert you
they''ll not try to hurt you
only you can hurt you
so you say
so you play
they would not subvert you
would they

but then it hits you
then it kicks you
then you realize you're not unique
and you ignore it
you implore it
just to let you get on through the week
don't wanna think about the new armed forces
don't wanna sing about no carriage horses
i don't need this
i don't see this
all i want is inner peace

you pretend
it's the end
ah yes i'm all grown now
uh huh i'm at home now
fool you're never home now
even this laugh'll pass
go answer your phone now
you'll see
see i told you you're old
now you're all alone now
look ma how i've grown now
ain'tcha proud i'm grown now
look this head is all dead
see how much you've done now
ya pussy

but then it hits you
then it kicks you
then you realize you're not unique
and you ignore it
you implore it
just to letcha get on through the week
don't wanna think about the fall elections
don't wanna sing about no vivisection
i don't need this
i don't see this
all i want is inner peace
inner peace
inner peace
inner peace
inner peace

SUITCASE SONG

when it says goodbye
you don't hear it sigh
does that mean that it's gone
far far away
is this your day to

buy a paper
draw a mustache
make the mayor a giraffe
try and tempt fate
get pneumonia
recuperate with soy bologna

can you hear the rain a ploppin', slowly
with a soft and soapy thud
don'tcha worry 'bout a moppin', sholy
you'll only find yourself with mud

mayfaita una maleta
mayfaita una maleta

when you go to bed
lay your fuzzy head
by the nightstand where you
turned off your phone
nobody's home now

ride the subway
make graffiti
go to famous ray's
buy ziti
get the paper
no more artwork
make the mayor a dartboard

can you hear the rain a ploppin', slowly
with a soft and soapy thud
don'tcha worry 'bout a moppin', sholy
you'll only find yourself with mud

mayfaita una maleta
mayfaita una maleta
ohhh

WORK SONG

deliver the paper
deliver the porn
deliver the baker
deliver the morn
a quiverin'
jibberin'
shiverin' ass
of sunshine and good times
that i have to pass
on the way to my job
on the way to my work
on the way to that slobberin'
hoverin' jerk
who's my boss today
who's my boss to stay
who's my supervisor when i'm in my grave
a slave on the run
still under the gun
of attila the hun with a cinnamon bun
i don't know son
was there something i missed
i don't think fritz lang was a fantasist
metropolis exists
is this
if you listen close you can hear the piss

every day's another loss
need the pay so please the boss
through the sludge they mingle by the mile
every worker looks ahead
ah the kiddies must be fed
so they trudge along in single file

joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo

and you turn and you toil
and you burn and you boil
in the tourniquet coil
of the white folks' soil
spoiling with a malaise
worse than disses or dope
waking up in a haze
with your wishes and hopes
and your poor little dreams
all wrapped up in burlap
that you carry along for a sniff or a snack
or a taste in your haste to get right back on track
outta wack with the pack
but acquiring the knack
of ignoring the rustle that quietly seethes
in the hustle
the buy-it
the air that you breathe

every day's another loss
need the pay so please the boss
through the sludge they mingle by the mile
every worker looks ahead
ah the kiddies must be fed
so they trudge along in single file

joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo

every day's another loss
need the pay so please the boss
through the sludge they mingle by the mile
every worker looks ahead
ah the kiddies must be fed
so they trudge along in single file

joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo

every day's another loss
need the pay so please the boss
through the sludge they mingle by the mile
every worker looks ahead
ah the kiddies must be fed
so they trudge along in single file

joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo
joo ming boo haa ooo

CLONIE

my oh my
walkin' by
who's the apple of my eye
why it's my very own
clonie
oh if i should
stroll the hood
who knew i could look so good
just talkin' on the phone to
clonie
we are pals
it's cool cuz we're not lonely
shallow gene pool
is nothing to my only
clonie
me and you
hustlin' through
holdin' on through thick and thin
just day by day
our dna
say the olsen twins got nothin' on us
we'll survive
side by side
mother nature don't you call her phony
she's my
clonie
was wealthy
but not healthy
had no one to dwell with me
so look who i got born
clonie
far from broke
bored rich folk
we don't need no natural yolk
our babies come full-formed
clonie
we'll be huggable
get a publicist and show them
be the most lovable
thing since fucking eminem
oh my friend
multiply
we're a franchise
like walt disney or hannibal lechter
we can tell
our cancer cells
are more benign than old phil spector
we'll survive
side by side
should've signed with verve instead of sony
you're my
clonie

oh clonie how i love you
huh -- i'm the only person i ever loved
gee, that's swell
i guess you're just my fatal attractionie
you're my
clonie

RESPECTABLE

there's a rich boy
but he doesn't spend
he just drinks his poland spring
he's a quick boy
walking round the bend
or at home alone reading
and he tries to do good
and he tries to do right
so he does what he should
but he's got to subscribe
to the rules of the tribe

now you're playin' for the team
everybody loves to love a winner
and you're bustin' the beguine
everybody knows you're no beginner
but ah the bums say ohhh
things ain't what they seem

you're the respectable member of society
but you ain't got nothin' on me
you gotcha east side certified pedigree
but you won't have nothin' you'll see
because i warned you
they would scorn you
but you never did a thing

when you go in for the kill
everybody wants to make it happen
and you make a hundred mil
everybody wants to scratch your back then
but ah the freaks say ohh
things ain't what they seem
you're the respectable member of society
but you don't have nothin' on me
you got your uppercrust dinner tux sanctimony
but you won't have nothin' you'll see
because i told you
they would mold you
but you never did a thing

ai ai arriba
are you gonna tell
are you gonna hide
are you gonna join the crowd or split
who are you payin'
ahh what are you sayin'
are you gonna sell
are you gonna buy
are you gonna fizzle out or hit
where are you layin'
ahhh what are you sayin'

ahhh he's a grown man
and he wears a tie
and his laugh is hard and fast
he's an old man
far before his time
and his jacket holds a flash
and he tried to do good
and he tried to do right
so he did what he could
but he had to subscribe
to the rules of the tribe

now you're looking for a queen
everybody talks too much and argues
and it makes you wanna scream
don't these little punks realize who they're talkin' to
but ah the scrubs say ohhh
things ain't what they seem
you're the respectable members of society
but you don't have nothin' on me
you got your caterers
and prada
and your matre'd
but you won't have nothin'
you'll see
because i warned you
they would burn you
but you never did a thing

you're the respectable members of society
but you don't have nothin' on me
you're the respectable members of society
you're so respectable
you're the respectable members of society
you're so respectable

REALLY

am i sad
not sad enough
really
am i mad
not mad enough
clearly
am i complacent
completely
lacking in sincerity
yes indeed i am

am i tough
not tough enough
really
am i rough
not rough enough
nearly
am i lying here
on the ground
watching you get pushed around
yes indeed i am
really

i don't know why
i'm such a wimp
i realize
i'm just your pimp
but what can i do
what can i do

i feel small
not small enough
really
i feel lame and circumspect
i feel your pain and yet
i feel sympathy
empathy
it's just that i'm super busy right now
really

i don't know why
i'm such a shit
i realize
this doesn't help a bit
but what can i do
what can i do

i feel bad
not bad enough
really
i feel angry and upset
i could write you a small check
look i wish you luck
and here's your buck
it's just that i'm a yuppie fuck
yes indeed i am
really

OBLIGATORY VILLAGERS

MOTHER OF PEARL

feminists don't have a sense of humor
feminists just want to be alone
feminists spread vicious lies and rumor
they have a tumor on their funny bone
they say
child molestation isn't funny
rape and degradation's just a crime
[lighten up ladies]
rampant prostitution
sex for money
[what's wrong with that?]
can't these chicks do anything but whine
dance break

[take it off!]
they say
cheap objectification isn't witty
[it's hot!]
equal work and wages worth the fight
[sing us a new one]
on-demand abortion every city
[okay, no gun control]
won't these women ever get a life
feminists don't have a sense of humor
[poor hillary!]
feminists and vegetarians
feminists spread vicious lies and rumor
they're far too sensitive to ever be a ham
that's why these feminists just need to find a man

OVERSURE

have you got some time
have you got some spine
have you got something to begin with
or are you in a sinwich
have you got some nerve
have you got some verve
have you got something to depend on
or do you fender bend on
and if you say no
do you mean to go
down below the earth
with nothing
now you've got my name
and you've got my fame
have you got something to remind you
of who you used to be
or are you happy being me

moonlight and roses
starlight and fairytales that won't come true
good news
for those who pine away
the day comes shinin through
kittens high-hattin
sittin on satin with a host who's catnip fond
for those who seize the day
the way is paved beyond-er
I didn't know
the world was like this
if i'd a known
then i'd be psychic
if i had a clue
then maybe i'd be blue as a mockingbird
why do you think she laughs so much
i didn't know
i had such problems
if i'd a known
then i'd a solved them
but looking down the road
the oklahoma toad's beckoning to me

GIN RUMMY

wake up in a small cafe
sweatshop in the sunshine
set sail and you're far away
never using force
cold coffee or cabernet
brick-hoppin' the daydream
shoe drops and you're bound to pay
gotta stay the course
you just wanna get
you don't wanna give
you may forget but you'll never forgive
and what is the point of live and let live
if they're stealin your cup of joe
it's a slick sham
hot damn
you wind up in a toe jam
you better scram fast, sam
the quicksand's gettin close

say it again if you will
have you got the nerve to give it up at the beginning
and does it hurt you
does it hurt you
does it hurt you
does it hurt you

my time was a miracle
insipid and satirical
a madrigal of lyrical twists
in the fist of a christmas invitational
crisp and informational
it seemed like a good idea at the time
why cry mister magpie
i spy kofi
fee i mean
see i mean
freedom ain't cheap i mean
the first test address
no such thing as good press
the best dressed messer in a washington dc

say it again if you will
have you got the nerve to give it up at the beginning
and does it hurt you
does it hurt you
does it hurt you
does it hurt you

LIVIN

oh livin's a bunch of shit, shitin's a part of livin
fartin's a friend a shitin aye and so we carry on
bring me a clarinet
get me a big brown derby
buy me a lie a whale wide and sing a winter song

IDENTITY THEFT

because i'm tired of maturity
airport insecurity
runnin from the thought police
fightin with the go-betweens
hold up let me steal a breath
cause we're dealin with identity theft
you need an education
i don't see why i got to
you need a good degree
as to assimilate
so little time
so much to be bored by
if no one trod along harvard lawn
no one'd make a nuclear bomb
they don't teach you how to care
empathisin if you dare
euthanize your sense of fair play
better to obey
no child is free
why it's queasy to see
is that an elementary or a penitentiary
huh geez
get off my back
beat it
take it to town
man idiots go to college to get dumbed down
oh
it leaves you bereft
oh
identity theft
i may be wrong
i don't know why
i may be wrong but i'll try
because i'm sick of the insanity
watchin horny manatee
feelin like a libertine
dealin with the death machine
hold em up
it's a street arrest
and we're dealin with identity theft
you need a publication
i don't see why i got to
you need a press release
as to assimilate
journo-fascist profiteers
pornotastic pioneers
bonbonbastic puppeteers
get away from me
how can you write what we read
that ain't my reality
you disabuse humanity
humility
and fealty
oh you guess you got an edge
hiding your hedge from the feds
puttin down the little veg
ignorance is a right
not a privilege
i'm finished done and had it
and while you fucks are at it
as far as i'm concerned
pluto's still a planet
oh
you die a quick death
oh
identity theft
i may be wrong
i don't know why
i may be wrong but i'll try
because i'm sick of all the sabotage
where's my female entourage
lookin for some kinda closure
all i'm findin is ray bolger
hold up
hell yeah i'll confess
cause we're dealin with identity theft
you need an occupation
i don't see why i got to
you need a boss to please
blah blah blah blah blah you're late
yakety yak
don't look wack
nellie you're a heart attack
murder murder on the wall
who's the butchest one of all
where'd you get that vegan dress
a flea market
oops i forgot
you design for target
shun violence and religion
don't ever play with nuns
but i punched a man on broadway just to watch him cry
every guy i went to try said i fight him but i can't think way
bent unhinged
and singed
i cringe to watch the main event
but in the end
there's no success like revenge
oh
it leaves you bereft
oh
identity theft
i may be wrong
i don't know why
i may be wrong but i'll try
because i'm tired of hypocrisy
is it them or is it me
if jesus christ is left in ruin
satan buddy how you doin
hold em up it's a street arrest
and we're dealin with identity theft
because i'm tired of being sweet and nice
fuck you once and fuck you twice
show your passport
get that stamp
funny like a nazi camp
hold em up
hell yeah i'll confess
cause we're dealin with identity theft

GALLEON

saturday night in the men's ensemble dressing room
startin a fight in the men's ensemble lair
beware of dreams come true
it means you have to share a room
but tell em i'll be there
it's saturday night
they said we're one big family
but i'm just duckin tangerines
and lookin for my gun
it's saturday night
there's lots of hate and jealous fear and there's no favored nations here
now where's my elf ears gone
it's saturday night
saturday night in the men's ensemble dressing room
watchin the fight in the men's ensemble lair
you may escape the cage
but then you have to share a stage
and tell em i'll be there
it's saturday night
and now back to our new high school
cuz they got me wrong
yeah they got me wrong again
and although you're all talentless fools
can't we get along
can't we get along my friends
i got to be free
i got to for me
and if you can't see well that's enough
that's all that i need
to see you're all insecure
pedicured fucks
it's saturday night

it's saturday night
and now's the time to vindicate
tomorrow's just a matinee
and then we settle scores
it's saturday night
just one more week and then i'm done
just one more piece of chewing gum
and i don't care no more
it's saturday night
saturday night in the men's ensemble dressing room
startin a fight in the men's ensemble lair
you may escape the crypt
but keep your distance from all scripts
because before you're even aware
you'll be there
it's saturday night

it's saturday night
saturday night in the men's ensemble dressing room
startin a fight in the men's ensemble lair
it's saturday night

[omitted:
the wind blasts and the water flows
as the winter closes
at dawn of newborn spring
as each festering light explodes
there's a thorn that grows
in the sun so sweltering
this manifest bore
a blistering sore
long splintering war-torn country massacre
of blood and blue brains
please let the rain break and watch them away
it's saturday night
it's saturday night]

POLITAN

santa maria can you hear me
i've got no reason to live
they say i've been lucky
but it's all relative
won't you make it easy
i've got to erase all the pain
they say it's behind me
but it keeps coming back

but if you knew my love
then you would see my love
never meant to interfere with all your plans
and if you cannot see
why don't you come for me
and escape me to the world of politan

lo que la noche se hace
a la manana parace

policeman please arrest me
i'd rather live in a jail
than have to stay out here
where everything fails
won't you give me something
i'll pay you awfully well
i will reimburse you
if you'll just make the deal

but if you knew my love
then you would see my love
never meant to interfere with all your plans
and if you cannot see
why don't you come for me
and escape me to the world of politan

you gotta say i'm an island
in the pacific
as miss o'day would say the view's terrific
the moral of the story is a doozy
dizzy parade

you gotta say i'm an island
oh you can't fake it
no if everybody knew the way to make it
the laurel and the glory would be taken
man i'd be made

TESTIFY

as we approach fair weather
as we entertain our maiden endeavor
round us still the chorus beats
the schools
the streets
there's always danger there
for men will divest
only to a certain point
for each divines their own experience
and to our own
we must attest
they say authority's essential
they are insincere
they say discipline is fundamental
you will persevere
and when you've lost your fear
then that's when you must
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin

testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin

as you pack the tools of past illusions
you have lost your nerve
set them near you lest they cause confusion
keep some in reserve
to get what you deserve
you're gonna have to
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin

mama you got me my corduroy jeans
do your own laundry if you want them clean
mama the workload they're puttin me through
like i don't know
mama you got me my history books
yeah and i thought me i'd take me a look
but doesn't matter what you do or say because it ain't my history anyway

feast or famine you're cryin at the disco
you have lost your way
the peace they were plannin died in san francisco
floating on the bay
just close your eyes and pray
then stand up straight and testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin
testify
raise your hands up to the sky
clouds are comin closer but a don't you cry because you ain't got time just keep on strivin testifyin

ZOMBIE

should you plan to travel way down south
woman to woman
i gotta tell you bout a curse
the curse that rose out of the deep green swamp
it hollers murder
and it makes you jump
and then it says
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa yeah
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa yeah

when i was younger just a little girl
lennon glasses and a ponytail
uh huh
my mama told me honey pack your trunk
we're goin to mississippi do the bayou bump
where they say
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa yeah
do the zombie
do the zombie yeah yeah yeah yea

one day i set out for a walk
the path soon grew quite dark
i saw my shadow runnin faster
hurry
slow mo
comin after me
after me
and it said
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa yeah
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa whoa yeah

but zombie don't have to dance
and zombie don't dance at your command
but zombie don't have to wait
so come on
do the voodoo shake
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa yeah

one day i set out for a walk
the path soon grew quite dark
i saw my shadow runnin faster
hurry
slow mo
comin after me
after me
and it said
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa yeah
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa whoa yeah

the sun is shinin and you're feelin fine
when you pass the mason-dixie line
the forest echoes and the treeleaves snap
hey what's that sound
spin around
who dat
then they say
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa yeah
do the zombie
do the zombie yeah yeah yeah yeah
do the zombie zombie whoa yeah
do the zombie
do the zombie whoa whoa yeah
do the zombie
do the zombie zombie zombie

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