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Tomorrow the ground may shake
Like they said it was bound to happen one day
And the Hollywood sign will fall
The final call
Well, don't you fret, and don't be blue
You had me and I had you
It was a good life, it was a good, good life
 

Once I had my poems up on the schoolroom wall
My teacher told my parents that I had something special.
Then she sent my essay to the Iowa Review
I didn't win a prize but got an honorable mention

Almost great, almost great

After I left college, dropped out after two years

Would you have hidden me in your attic
That's the question I'd like to know
Would you have climbed up to serve my dinner
Well I hope so

When the jack-booted men
Wore those great uniforms
Would you have wanted the blackest

Another barren egg, another month gone by
Just more time to do as I please
No one watching over me
I don't have to make my bed I can lay in it instead
With no one there to bother me
'Cause I'm free it's just me

Another friend got caught

You're scary, you terrify me
I should draw the blinds
Do it all the time
I keep my love inside
We'll be a bloody valentine

You're lovely
I've heard such good things

Me and Betty Shelly were at Cinnamon Park
Waiting for the battle of the bands
Betty's older brother had a bad reputation
And a water bed in his van
He said hey Jilly Sue I've got something for you
Something that will blow your mind
We hopped into his van
And he opened his hand

Cindy never burned, she got so dark.
Badges of honor held by strap line marks
Then there was me with the oversized tee
Protecting my tender pink shoulders.
Marco Polo, the younger kids screamed
Cindy yelled back when their splashes reached
Our chaise lounge chairs, but she didn't care
Just reapplied the Coppertone

Blue dreams, blue sleep
Blue trains, blue sheep
Blue lights, blue cars
Running down the highway
Blue room, blue bird
Blue box, blue words
Running down the page
And I can't read what they say

In the beginning when the world was young
The song of life had not been sung
A platypus resting in a stream
Began to dream
He saw the river, the rocks, and the sky
He saw the sun, began to cry
I am, I am, I am, I am, I am

Once I was a bird
I used to fly
Had wings in my back
To hold me in the sky
I flew to the sun
And learned to die
I used to fly

I live like a freshman
I still have a roommate
I even moved to Brooklyn
I still need a roommate
I bet you didn't know
I don't make much for this show
And when I go home

So frail like a dying bird, so afraid
So pale like a ghost in the wind, blowing away

Waiting for someone to find you
Someone carefully kind
Someone strong enough to hold you
Someone to provide

I know everyone's a good person inside
Everyone wants to be loved inside
So whenever I think how you wasted my time
I try to remember the good things inside

Well, you haven't killed anyone as far as we know
And you seem very nice to your sister
You have very good taste in clothes and guitars

I gotta get me some, some of your love
I gotta get me some, some of your love
I gotta get me some, I don't know what
I don't know what, and I don't know what
I gotta get me some, I'm about to burst
The endocrines are angry, and it's getting worse
I gotta get me some
I gotta get me some

One leg in one leg out
What do you get with a half a heart
Part brave soul the rest is not
What do you get with a half a heart?
A half a mind, a half a spine
A half a glass, a half alive
One step in, one step out
What do you get with a half a heart

I could slip, I could fall
Down that mean and awful hall
With the other jealous bitches
And the bitter grumbling men

I could sneer, I could glare
Say that life is so unfair
And the one who made it, made it

The box sites on the bridge
The crowd is waiting
The chains are locked upon my chest
There's no heart breaking

I've done this show a thousand times
This trick's so easy
As they lower me into your waters

Oh my lord, I think I saw the light
It was in the kitchen blinking oh so bright
And standing there was an angel making angel dust
She said go grab your blanket and you can come with us.
I don't wanna wake up, I don't wanna wake up, I don't wanna wake up

Oh my lord, I think I've been redeemed
To tell the honest truth always wanted to believe

I'm in the wings when you push me on
But I never learned the words to the songs
And there I stand naked, they're staring at me, laughing at me

I'm by the locker turning the dial
The hallway is empty and stretches for miles
Then I'm on a boat heading over the falls
You reach for my hand but it just breaks off

Well I saw a cop and she pulled me over
I saw a cop and she pulled me over
She asked for my ID and proof of ownership
She had on dark aviators
She had on dark aviators
Her pants were tucked inside her leather boots

I'd been goin' really fast

I'm so happy, when you're here
And I'm not a happy girl
So like a miracle occurs
I'm happy when you're near
And all my angels appear
And the demons leave my ear
And I want to clean the kitchen
We're two peas from the same pod

I lost my keys, I lost my heart
I lost my car in the parking lot
Lost my voice, but can her sing
From the Island of Lost Things
Island of Lost Things

I lost my phone, I lost my way
Lost the hours of the day

Joey, Joey,
Joey was the IT girl at just fifteen
She had short blonde hair that was slightly teased
She made the older men sweat when she dance on TV
Doing the frug, doing the monkey

Joey got a start in the night club scene
Even though she studied ballet under Valenschein

Karen, she's my boss at the shoe store
We sell to the rich on Madison Avenue
I come in late from Brooklyn on the F train
Karen says "honey, make this your last time"
But we like her, she's firm but approachable
Dresses in style, pretty conservative
We ask her, "hey, come out with us after work"
Karen she always declines

I once saw it in a book I had, God was by my side
My name in lights up there on the marquee, and God was very proud
I've been a miner for a heart of gold, a dreamer who just won't wake up
I thought I'd plunge into the deepest vein, it wasn't deep enough
 
And I will fall a hundred stories
And open up my hand
And scatter all my dreams of glory

At first I was a Catholic girl
Loved the mass; I watched the swirl
Of smoke from candles burning
While Mary looked up, yearning
I got confirmed and I confessed
I really felt that I was blessed
Plus, I loved my uniform
So did the boy who lived next door

We get over things faster than we think
A week, a month, a year, I'll get over you
The sadness dies, the pain forgotten
And sometimes along with the better times

[Chorus]
I must remember this
Life goes on without you

Little guy, little guy, such a little guy
Such a little guy, in such a big body

Little mind, little mind, you were once mine
Such a small mind in such a big body
Maybe I'm not so fair to little guys
He stood tall up when he was by my side

You've opened up my careful eyes
Woke up from a black and white slumber
I notice things I didn't before
I dream with you in living color
In living color

Fingertips touch a granite heart
I open up like a flower

Love is never equal
I learned that early at home
Someone always loves more than the other

And ends will always come
So you might as well have beginnings
Love is never equal after all

Margaret, back in Junior High
Margaret, all yellow curled
She was the most popular girl
Margaret, she was beautiful
Margaret developed first
We all thought she had all the luck in the world

She never noticed me, what could I give her?

Right across the border
You can almost hear the trumpets playing
Maybe it's the workers
Who are building up the wall

So take my hand and come with me
Past the guards and tower
No one will ask for your ID

Everybody knows if you ask them the seven deadly sins
But nobody can tell you the seven virtues

And nobody praises the grade school teachers
But everybody has a favorite serial killer

John Wayne Gacy (whispered)

Turn off the Lights, I'll pull down the screen
And turn on the projector and then we'll see
How it used to be, you and me

You in your striped shirt and desert boots
I'm in my blue dress and cardigan
Funny how it comes back again

nothing natural could come between
enamored mortals such as we
the winds may blow us far apart
but nothing will undo our hearts

no matter how far I wander, what stars I'm under
I'll always come back to you

Went to the desert on a mission
To have a vision or write a song
I left real early, I left my cell phone
I took the Prius, it gets good mileage
Something's gonna happen to change my world
I'm on the highway, I pass the windmills
I pass the outlet stores
Soon I'll find the sacred places I've been searching for

I had this dream we were in the resistance
Somewhere in France fighting traitors and fascists
You were my mistress, yes, you were a woman
But I knew it was you by the shape of your mouth
And you called me Maurice and I had a thin mustache
And I played clarinet in a decadent band
Until we

Six in the morning
Been up since three
I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep
The sun won't be melting these snowy white sheets
Wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep
Rock me to sleep
Rock me to sleep
Wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep

I've held you in awe for so many years
Only now do I know what I'm seeing
I've analyzed every word that you've said
To find a deeper meaning

It went beyond curiosity
It almost became an obsession
To find a mere glance of love in your eyes

She shuts the door behind me, waits for me to get undressed
She asks if I need water, I can barely understand her
I think she asks me what I do, and I said that I'm a singer
She laughs and claps her hands, and then she begins
She sings
 
I like to go to San Francisco, I like to go put flowers in my hair
I like to go to San Francisco, I like to meet some people there

Going fishing in the sky
Clap of thunder, I can fly
Lightning bolt and shock of pain
Til I see the sun again

Reel me in on a line of steel
This is how a fish might feel
Rising in a spine of light

Genny came over and told me 'bout Fred
" He's such a hairy behemoth, " she said
" Dumb as a box of hammers
But he's such a handsome guy. "
And I opened up and told her 'bout Larry
And yesterday how he asked me to marry

I'm not giving him an answer yet

I feel like an outline
Where the middle part is missing
And the moonlight is kissing
The details away
I feel like a cliff note
To a novel no one can read
And I feel like such a phony
Like I got 'em all deceived

Our Lord loves the family, our Lord loves the saved
Our Lord loves the unborn babies and the NRA
Our Lord hates the liberals, the faggots, and their friends
We're soldiers of Christ and we're here to defend

[Chorus]
The way it used to be
The way it ought to be

Retainers and braces for our pretty faces
And starter-bras, shirts made of gauze
On a soft-focus field with the sunset behind
Strawberry gloss

Older girls with the Sun-In hair
Then my best friend became aware
Of the boys after school

If I was your sweetheart and you were my darling
I'd always remember the way you look now
Even here in this diner your bright eyes shining
And you're always smiling when you're by my side

And that man is rude
He talks to you just like you were his wife
But I would be more kind

I got a spike like an echidna
I got poison in my toes
Me feet are nice and webbed
That's what everybody knows...
They like to call me ""duck bill,""
As if I was a bird
But me existential drama
Is really more absurd

Give me a name
Give me a place
Give me an identity
A strong featured face
Give me a trench coat
Give me a gun
Just tell me I've won
Tell me I've won

Close the door
Don't leave your fears behind
I'll find the tears
You thought no one could find
And when I'm through
I'll give to you
Tender love
Tender love

If I hadn't always been depressed
I'da climbed that golden ladder of success and if I hadn't been so blue
Thank misery for bringing me to you.

If only I'da stayed in my home town
Married my old sweetheart, settled down
Watched my belly swell a time or two
Thank misery for bringing me to you.

He was pulling deep
On his cigarette
Billows of smoke
Pouring out of him
Like a firefighter
Hit by a torpedo

Before the fire

These are some of the people who gave me money to make this record
So I promised to sing their names.
There's Cliff Carmichael, Robert Stavis, David Tanzi, Gary Gelb
Bill Braggin, Ken Eddings and Fred Savage -from the Wonder Years
Rachael and Seth Tiven,  Emma and Mimi Klahr, Randi Poli. 
And Tom Bergeron -the host of Dancing With the Stars 
Steven and Judy Boxer and the kids, Chantel Le Drew
Neil Baer, my cousin, was my baby sitter and created L&O SVU

What a bright girl, what a beautiful girl
She's gonna be somebody someday
We'll take her to the best schools
She will be a prodigy
Nothing's gonna stand in her way

She'll be what they raised her to be
Never had the opportunity

If I had a lot of money
I'd move to another country
I'd disappear, not tell a soul, I'd change my name
Or maybe I'd go back to school
Major in something foolish
And I could do it cause I'd have a lot of money
Here I am holding on to childhood's dream
Sitting in my apple tree

Far away, another time
I was yours and you were mine
Entwined, we spiraled down so far together
Smoke and mirrors and rolled up bills
We had it all and then more still
But it was not enough to last forever

It was the last line

Our love is freedom, our love is free from
All those married things that raise their ugly heads
Our love is distant, there's no commitment
There might be something better up ahead instead
Our love is so safe, you live in another state
It's just the sad, sad fate to be
The girl in the affair

There's nothing I can doAnd what is worseTo break this curseThere's nothing I can do...
I could wipe the smirk off the moon's facePunch a rock its heart would breakWhat difference would it really make?There's nothing I can do...
There's nothing I can doTo make this all untrueNo there's nothingI can do
I could stare down earth reverse its painFall back on my head againEven then I'd never winThere's nothing I can do
I could hold my breath for one whole yearDrown a hammerhead with tearsSo what if I disappear?There's nothing I can do
There's nothing I can doTo make this all untrueNo there's nothing I can doIt will never bring back you
No, there's nothing I can do
There's nothing I can doNothing I can doAnd what is worse to break this curseThere's nothing I can do

I caught you watching me
You thought I didn't see
By the way that you stared
I know there's something there
Your smile sometimes shows
What you don't want me to know
There's a warmth inside your hide (I can feel)
That would start a flame

Tie me to the track with my ear to the rail
But wait for the very last moment to save me
Or we could fight on top like a Western
Jump from car to car, not noticing the tunnel is approaching
And when we're in the tunnel you become another person
And we lay down and let the darkness enfold us

[Chorus]

They stood by the window
And watched the old church
Burn for the second time
The light from the fire
Made her glow like an angel
As she pulled him down and smiled
They lay on the bed
There were shouts all around

Watch me sleep, behind my eyes
What you see is no surprise
Cool gray matter, cool gray air
It's all there, there's nothing there
Watch me dream
What can you see?
The chemicals in me

While you were sleeping
Everything changed
Like a prisoner on his first day out
Everything changed
Fashion's all strange
And the sunlight is blinding
While you were hiding
Everything changed