- Cold Snap
He was the king of random fancy
An incorrigible flirt
He liked to try to put her on a pedestal
Just so he could look up her skirt
But he's changin'
And she is nobody's girlfriend--she doesn't mind
Dormant desires which are better kept clandestine
- Cream And Bastards Rise
You're doing everything your people said to.
I'd hate to be the one to break it to you.
It's only sad 'cause it's true;
They misled you when they bred you.
Somebody said some things they had no right to
Somehow they stuck, then you were known as someone who
could simply not follow through if he had to
(but you have to, don't you?)
- defrocked
Away from order, but mind the border
I can't bear another perfect sunrise
A wretch like me, before sleeping
Give me haze displays for days and days on end
We'll find direction, exit place
Insert a fractured space of
A bird or something else with wings
- Diminishing Returns
The king of the swinging moves is back in town
And everybody's tiptoeing around him
Surround him, as he
Pounds a silver hammer
- Flagpole Sitta
I had visions, I was in them
I was looking into the mirror
To see a little bit clearer
Rottenness and evil in me
Fingertips have memories
Mine can't forget the curves of your body
And when I feel a bit naughty
- Little Round Mirrors
All alone
On the floor
Next to your twin-bed box-spring and mattress
The door
Is ajar
From afar
You can hear bands practicing
- Moral Centralia
"You are weak, I am strong,
And I've done nothing but lead you on," she said.
Drove around all night
The stop lights were interminable, but I get along all right
As long as I don't have to interact with anyone else
On a meaningful level I'll be fine
'Cause I don't want to marry my convictions
- My Human Interactions
As I write this song on camera
an extra and some background
resembling the type which I do not.
The scene is a commercial
the product has no function.
Don't bother telling the crew.
But who has time
when we're losing light.
- Old Hat
Call me disruptive, say I break your concentration.
Familiar patterns like waves that break too fast.
What do you do when it's so brand new that it kills you?
Came on too strong, couldn't stand it slow
now I know
She can knock me back like a champ.
Disembodied ringlets from hair that look like yours,
- Paranoia
I had visions, I was in them
I was looking into the mirror
To see a little bit clearer
The rottenness and evil in me
Fingertips have memories
And I can't forget the curves of your body
And when I feel a bit naughty
- Sad Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Not another existential cowboy
And no more California champagne
Not another saddle tramp, sick
Sore, lonely, and out of place
Cryin' in his coffee ice cream
Edith cannot fix another engine
Nor paint another face on a rubber can clown
- The World's Greatest Living Dancer
He cut a stunning figure on the dance floor.
The people came from miles and miles.
A graceful gait, depthless execution:
He elevated every style.
The home town daughters clutched their heaving chests
When they watched him turn his pirouettes.
"Will you forget us when you're famous?"
- Woolly Muffler
All I ever wanted to be was a woolly muffler on your naked neck
Double-wrap me when it's cold
But you pulled a little tight just now
And I'm afraid I feel a choke hold coming on
All I ever thought we might come to was second dates
And flirting eyebrows
Or maybe even psychic friends