1. SHAKEDOWN

I used to get sick with solitude
I was always better in the multitude
But now I like it up here all alone in my ivory tower
At the end of my rope
I watch it all through a telescope
I think I'd have a better chance to see the pope
I get so bored with his shtick and his mini-minute dick
And all his high and mighty shit, I'm a witch
Well, well, well a wish wanna throw it in a ditch
I'm concentrating on the big laugh
You just acting like that damn old riff raff

Shakedown baby

I don't want to have to see
What you got hiding in your body cavity
I'm so sick of your Jersey rap
Your slab rat white as a tic-tac
Why don't you take a dirt nap
You make me laugh and I know who I'm laughing at
Big Jersey
Like your style, like your freedom of speech
Like your dirty thoughts, like your Cream of Wheat
Tuesday is out
Never may be great, level down and read them
From the Garden State, this is a Jersey plate
Saturdayin' pretty driving in the city

Your boom is a distortion
Your act is a contortion
The perfume and pretension
Your hair in invention
The hive is humming
I thought I heard it all
But there's still more coming
Put it in, put it in, put it in, why don't you put it in
You said your name was what
What kind of a name is that
Shooting past me on the turnpike
Should have told you to take a hike
But there was something
I don't know what
That I guess I kind of like, that nasty attitude
Mediterranean lastitude

I guess you did give me a rush
You gave me a thrill
Felt so hot and flushed
I even had to take a pill
And your pattern yeah your method
The way you deliver long and slow
The way you get your percussion going
Going strong, and it's my turn to be blowing
Yeah singing my song
You think you know me
Think again
Who's your friend
Who put this freak flag in the mail
Why you sending me this pig tail
You back in Jail
I got your post card saying
How it is in that pen your in
Signed don't forget me, lot's of love from adrenaline
Give it a rest, give it a rest

You got one dimension pure pretension
Cross the river start to shiver
Over to the big smoke, and it's no joke
I told you one more word from you
About Jersey and your dead
Let me lick that
Can I kiss that, no
Let me kiss that
Let me lick that come on
Let me lick that
Uh huh it might be too sweet
It won't be too sweet


2. GOOD BOYS

Satellites are falling down tonight
I see you far away
I'm floating into this inescapable bliss

Changing light, I know the symptoms of
I got myself to blame
I'm needing you, I just don't care anymore

Good boys never win
Good boys always fallow
Good boys never win
They all fall away and you remain

Fear of flight
I'm so afraid of heights
Why are you asking why
I'm walking but my feet are never touching the ground

Good boys never win
Good boys always fallow
Good boys never win
They all fall away and you remain

Eyes wide in the middle of the night
Got more money than a body got right
Riding on the L 'til the sun comes up again

You got me on your face
A big disgrace
Shaking your feathers all over the place
You woke face down on St. Marks Avenue

What a pity for you


3. UNDONE

Was that an invitation
Can you explain I'm so impatient
Hey rise to the occasion
Can you explain the reason
Why you took a second look, a second look

I saw you once, met you twice
Oooh your presence feels so nice
Your silent, get your tongue untied
When the night goes still you open wide
You've got to say
Before I come undone

You got a sweet expression
Is that the spot that I should kiss on
Hey tell me, can you hear me
You've got to raise your voice because the music's loud
You've got to shout, spit it out

It seems like you've got a funny way
Eyes that tell her you can't say
I sure would like to read your mind
Your speechless and I've tried and tried
You've got to say uh huh
Before I come undone

Right from the start your kissing lips are undone
If you just say something,
I won't tell you to shut it up

It's like an application,
You fill it in the open spaces
Because I've been over taking,
And I'm so sick of waiting
One, two, three, answer me, answer me

I saw you once, met you twice
Oooh your presence feels so nice
Your silent, get your tongue untied
When the night goes still you open wide
You've got to say uh huh
Before I come undone

I saw you once, met you twice
Oooh your presence feels so nice
Your silent, get your tongue untied
When the night goes still you open wide
You've got to say
Before I come undone


4. GOLDEN ROD

As sure as anything
As sure as I can be
That 99%, pure as Ivory
I caught the scent, followed the smell of it
Couldn't Ignore
Hey, why did you pick on me

What's that pretty flower I see
Tall and wild it waves at me
Mother says it's just a weed
Golden Rod, Golden Rod

Growing Wild, not in the city
Gave me an allergy
And my reaction's, what's gonna happen
It gets no help from me

I can't explain it
Maybe I shouldn't try to
That old genetic code,
Had a hold on me
We go inside it, ran head long into it
And mothers' warning, useless to me

What's that pretty flower I see?
Tall and wild it waves at me
Mother says it's just a weed
Golden Rod, Golden Rod

Another blonde, not from the city
Gave me an allergy
And you can see me drinking the poison
Taking it happily.

What's that pretty flower I see?
Tall and wild it waves at me
Mother says it's just a weed
Golden Rod, Golden Rod

Another blonde, not from the city
Gave me an allergy
And my reaction's
What's gonna happen?
It gets not help from me

You're running wild, not in the city
Gave me an allergy
And my reaction's
What's gonna happen
It gets no help from
Well you will see me
Drinking the poison, taking it happily

You're running wild
You're running wild
Another blonde not from the city
Drinking the poison
Taking it happily
Not from the city
Golden Rod
Golden Rod
Golden Rod
Golden Rod


5. RULES FOR LIVING

I'm another life
When the gods were crazy
And the measurement of time
Were the ending seasons
And maybe we believed
There was anger in the storm

Sometimes the Sky reminds me

And if you think that's wild
There's my dream of Egypt
And the colour of the Nile
You're a Roman Soilder
It's small world after all
But's older than you think

Sometimes your eyes remind me
Don't know why
I'll wait a lifetme till you find me
There are times

Mmmm I've been this way before
Mmmm I'll come this way again
So many things remind me
So many things inside

Sometimes your eyes remind me
Don't know why
I'll wait a lifetme till you find me
There are times

Mmmm I've been this way before
Mmmm I'll come this way again
So many things remind me
So many things inside

In another life
When the gods were crazy
And complaining all the time
And the people look at me
The volocano wants a bribe
And I'm still afraid of fire

I've been this way before
I'll come this way again
So many things remind me
So many things inside

I've been this way before
I'll come this way again
So many things remind me
So many things inside


6. BACKGROUND (MELODY THE ONLY ONE)

I know what I'm made of
By what's inside of me
Maybe science, maybe giants
Maybe just a mystery
Maybe the mother of invention
Is really intensity
And baby when they made you
I was the background melody
A partner to the feeling
Now you're a part of me

So be the only one who cares
The only one who dares
The only one who sees
The only one who dreams
Be the only one who tries
The only one who cries
Be the only one for me, for me

Don't think I'm fantasizing
I didn't make it up
Lots of people tell me things
Things about their love
How the music that was playing low
How they made you in the afterglow
I didn't see 'em do the body rock
I didn't feel the after shocks
But baby when they made you
I was the background melody

So be the only one who cares
The only one who dares
The only one to dance
The one who takes a chance
Be the only one who's real
The only one who feels
Be the only one who loves

You may think I'm egocentric
But I'm only centered some of the time
I want you to remember
I wanna be the tune you can't get out of your mind

I wasn't there to see the pressure drop
I didn't do the momma and pop
Baby when they made you I was the background melody
Was it the lady or the tiger
Who was the bottom who was the top
Oh baby when they made you I was the background melody

So be the only one who cares
The only one who dares
The only one who sees
The only one who dreams
Be the only one who tries
The only one who cries
Be the only one for me, for me


7. MAGIC (ASADOYA YUNTA)

I'm hot as a fire burning bright I feel as empty as air
There is no sense of balance
In the howling wind that calls to me
I can feel it everywhere but it's invisible to me
Distractions and spirit find me floating in a magnetic sea
The nights are phosphorescent
And the days are beautiful and bright
Until whispering mist it comes falling down on me

Oh there's fire burning
Looking for the magic
In the night time all this
Brings the magic back to me
I'm looking for the magic in the places I remember it to be
It's in the night time alleys
Winding through my deepest memory
And just one simple thought brings the magic back to me
I'm looking for the magic in the places I remember it to be
And just one simple thought brings the magic back to me


8. END TO END

Just when our number's up
You smashed the loving cup
It spills out everywhere
It simply isn't fair

We light up fire flies
We kissed on New Years Night
We changed the century
All those romantic things

We changed the light to low
It made our spirits glow
If it were up to me
I'd never let you go

So If By Chance
You Should agree
Ohh tonight
We keep it Real
Tonight
We put an End to the End
And just go on and on

We wrote our name in lights
Made music every night
Heatwaves and rhapsody
Burn In my memory

We changed the light to low
It made our spirits glow
If it were up to me
I'd never let you go

So If By Chance
You Should agree
Ohh tonight
We keep it Real
Toinght
We put an End to the End
And just go on and on

Toinght
We put an End to the End
And just go on and on

Tonight
We Put
An End to the End
And just go on and on and on and
On and on and on and on
To the End the End the End
We try to put the End to End to End
End the End
End to the End the End the End
End To End
End To End


9. HELLO JOE

I saw you taping thunder from your balcony
Saving the sounds
Don't trust your memory

I see you catch the lightning
Hold it up so you can see
Through the open windows
Looking down at me

Let's wake the roosters
Nighttime's gonna go
We'll walk and talk years of
Before the light begins to show
Let's wake the roosters
Nice to know you Joe
Let's wake the roosters
Hola Joe

Catch the sunrise in a glass
If you turn your back you'll miss it
Coming up real fast

Set your trap for nighttime
You lie down in the dark
Listen to the thunder
Listen to my heart

Let's wake the roosters
Nighttime's gonna go
We'll walk and talk yeaars of
Before the light begins to show
Let's wake the roosters
Nice to know you Joe
Let's wake the roosters
Hey-ho ola Joe

Caught you in the rain
It took you by surprise
I'll take you home and dance with you
Until your clothes are dry

Place your finger on my pulse
I'll keep the sign of you
Keep it nice and close

And when I feel the Breath of spring
On my face
I know the silent sound of you
Won't be erased

Let's wake the rooserts
Nighttime's gonna go
We'll walk and talk years of
Before the light begins to show
Let's wake the roosters
Nice to know you Joe
Let's wake the roosters


10. THE TINGLER

Fate points the finger
It is a double-barreled ringer
You're the one, you're the one
That's been touched by the singer
And then in the night cold as ice
Hi-five you're a co-ed mingler
He leaves no marks in spite of sparks
And so touch has become the winner
Touch is the Tingler
Making me itch
Making me twitch
Touch is the Tingler
Controlling my mind
Climbing my spine
Fate points the finger
What ya gonna bring me
A pretty note from your sweet throat
That's been touched by the Tingler
But in the night cold as ice
Hi-five co-ed mingler
It leaves no marks in spite of sparks
And so touch has become the Tingler
Touch is the Tingler


11. LAST ONE IN THE WORLD

No explanation
No words describe
Serving sentence in your head
You murder time
Some waiting station
One endless night
Take the empty trains to nowhere
In your idle mind
And sometimes I feel like the last one on the planet
Only one, your the only one
Sometimes I feel like the last one in the world
Only one, your the only one
Don't get so near to me
Don't disappear on me
Here comes the morning
Venetian blind
I'll do the haunting
I'm killing time
It's dark on Broadway
It's kind of like
Walking down the lonely streets
In your idle mind
I'm the only one I'm the last one in the world
Only one, you're the only one


12. DIAMOND BRIDGE

Dull afternoon
Pale evening sun
I'm as tense as
A high noon run
I'm gonna cross that bridge
When I come to it
Getting over
Stepping up
I'm at the end of a stretch
Wearing high heels that fit
Crossing Diamond Bridge
The street was straight
Straight and narrow
The bridge was not
I'm gonna burst my seams
Know what temptation means
Days were old
And nights got hot
Feel the difference, it feels fine
It fills my mind field with friendly fire
I'm not throwing my pearls to swine
I'm crossing Diamond Bridge
I don't wanna go there
But I can't stay here
Just a shiny baby
In the bright light's glare
If I cross that line
Break the ties that bind
Stepping over
Wrong and right
Gonna raise the stakes
I'm staying wide awake
Crossing over
Growing up
I feel the difference and it feels fine
It fills my mind field with friendly fire
And melts the ice off my desire
I'm crossing Diamond Bridge


13. DESIRE BRINGS ME BACK

The bliss of the wild
The dark heat of your body
Black in the blackness around me
The fallacy of a dream

The bliss of the wild
The dark raging tide
Deep as the sea
Deep as the sea inside of me

I offer myself to the danger in you
To your fierce electricity
You're the fire in my burning soul
I shake in the wilderness above
I'll always be back
Back to the earth
Back to the earth
Back to the earth
Back to the earth

Desire brings me back
Back to where I've always been
Desire brings me back
Back to where I've always been

The bliss of the wild
And it's a matter of flesh and love
Your warm breath on my face
Your skin drinks my soul

The bliss of the wild
The sound of your blood flowing over me
The irresistible color of the moon
And they make it by your love

How can I feel so free when I'm so bound to you
To the power of our imaging
To the madness of our passion
To the wilderness of our love
I'll always come back
Back to the earth
Back to the earth
Back to the earth
Back to the earth

Desire brings me back
Back to where I've always been
Desire brings me back
Back to where I've always been

The bliss of the wild
The danger is electric
You're the fire in my soul
I shake in the wilderness
I feel you pull like the moon
The galaxy is a dream

Desire brings me back
Back to the earth
Back to the earth
Back to the earth
Back to the earth
Desire brings me back
Back to where I've always been
Desire brings me back
Back to where I've always been
Desire brings me back
Back to where I've always been
Desire, desire
Desire brings me back


14. SONGS OF LOVE ( FOR RICHARD)

All of our days we cry out for love
And we cry for the times that we lost in all
When we had it all, all our hopes and our dreams
All of our days we cry out for love
And we try to create it again, again
To deny the laws and to leave it behind

Sing sweet songs of love to me now
So the night will become one of love
Sing sweet songs of love to me now
For I need to know you're mine

All of our days we long for a chance
To be lost in a trance of a love we share
A romantic love like no other before

All of our days we live on the run
But we try to believe that it's just begun
That we'll have the time to enjoy every day

I love you, you know that I do
And forever I'll sing just for you
Let me know you love me tonight
Let me hold you in my arms


15. GOOD BOYS (GIORGIO MORODER SINGLE MIX)

(See lyrics on track 2)