1. LIVE IT OUT

Hold on, live it out

On the day we were supposed to leave
You changed your mind at the station
You had a nice apartment
There was a good bar downstairs
Your old friend worked there

I'll go anyway, I'll go anyway
They won't refund the ticket
It's a good story

But I don't want to live it alone
Crash to take a chance
I wanna live it out
Look at you, I know I'm already dead
No concrete adversity
Only traps of our own actions
How we wanted it to be
Now I'm never gonna see you again
You checked out

Vertabrae by vertebrae
Roll your way out of a coma
Look up, the nurse is smiling
What luck, the nurse is me
Your old body is dead
Your body's dead, you're a word instead
In my sleep I repeat it
It's a good story

But I don't want to live it alone
Crash to take a chance
We were gonna live it out
Look at you, you're already dead
How will you remember me
Digging ditches out of boredom
Said you would never leave
Now you're never gonna be here again
You turned off


2. GLASS CEILING

Only know what I'm told, only know what I'm told
Fast asleep daydreaming
Start to push, break your own glass ceiling
Can't count, can't catch the pieces falling

Who let it end up on the ground
How am I gonna know you're letting me down
How did I end up on the ground

Only do what I'm told, only do what I'm told
Last to leave cold calling
You're gonna lose your arms, amputate plasticine
There's no knight in silver armor shining

Who let it end up on the ground
How am I gonna know I'm letting you down
Who let it end up on the ground
How did he end up on the ground
Face down on the ground

Only go where I'm told, only know what I'm told
Inch to inches crowding
We can't leave, it's the last road open
Every speed on our knees is crawling


3. WET BLANKET

Falling for the creep the body leech here he comes
Vicious hypnosis, a clenched fist saying it’s wrong
To want more than a folk song
Underneath the shaker knit he’s a brick wall
She keep falling for the trick vegetariate sing-along
Give a little kick with your fine thigh high

We’re on to you
Tearing her down, talking her down under your breath
Making a mess, see she is happy you wanna break it

We’re on to you
Your phony roots, borrowed guitar
Telling her what to think we are
You the number one wet blanket
Hardly a day goes by you don’t try to break down
No I don’t buy it
You’re still around I wonder why
She just keeps

She keeps falling for the creep, the body leech coming on
Vicious hypnosis, clenched fist saying
It’s wrong to want more than a folk song
I’m wrong to want more than a folk song

We’re on to you
Your bathing suit, borrowed guitar
Telling her what to think we are
You the number one wet blanket
You’re still around I wonder why
You the number one wet blanket


4. TOO LITLE, TOO LATE

You can burn your paper fingers in the ashtray
Place your swollen lips on mine
You can shave your heavy head in my carpeted hallway
Sure for the first time you're wearing the right clothes

Now take them off
Meet me on the band room rug
Tie my right hand to the ride

You can take a live wire into the bath with you
For a feeling you can't find
You can entertain your childhood friends with a tour of the bedroom
Laugh to erase the dirt on your mind

Oh let's move out
Meet me at the motel
Tie my right hand to the bible

Too little too late but we can't say no
It's too much to feel
Tie my right hand to the bible


5. POSTER OF A GIRL

Can't stand by myself, hate to sleep alone
Surprises always help, so I take somebody home
To find out how I feel, feel like just a baby
Portrait of a lady, poster of a girl

Satisfy myself, avoid beginners
Who long to shut my mouth
Till I take one of them home
'Cause I know how it feels
Filling in the blanks
Looking on the bright side
When there is no bright side
Coming in your pants
For the off chance
With a poster of a girl

Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ma réalité
Personne ne sait ce que c'est
On ne peut pas fabriquer la vérité


6. PATRIARCH ON A VESPA

Promiscuous makes an entrance
Her mouth is full of questions
Are we all brides to be
Are we all designed to be confined
Buy ourselves chastity belts and lock them
Organize our lives and lose the key
Our faces all resemble dying roses
From trying to fix it
When instead we should break it
We've got to break it before it breaks us

Fear of pretty houses and their porches
Fear of biological wrist watches
Fear of comparison shopping
Dogs on leashes behind fences barking
Pretty little pillows on floral couches
Until our faces all resemble dying roses
Stop trying to fix it

Patriarch on a Vespa
Runs a red and ends up
Crushed under the wheel


7. MONSTER HOSPITAL

Monster Hospital
Can you please release me?
You hold my hands down, I've been bad.
You hold my arms down, I've been bad

I fought the war but the war won

Monster Movie
Daddy Warbucks up against Bobby Fuller
And he beat them hands down, lead in his head
They put a little lead in him
In his head

I fought the war but the war won
I fought the war but the war won't stop for the love of god


8. HANDSHAKES

Say you wanna get in
And then you wanna get out
When you get the money
To buy yourself a castle
How will you wear your leisure
Zipper back and front
On the fence together
Weekends in leather

Flip to the right
Slip back to the left
For handshakes at the ranch
Small talk at the crossroads
Rubbing up to the ladder
Sucking on every rung
Coming up forever and hanging on

That's entertainment
Cameras roll
Can you face the pavement
For a happy dog and pony show
Everybody loves you baby
Do you miss me? I miss you

Buy this car to drive to work
Drive to work to pay for this car


9. THE POLICE AND THE PRIVATE

Get straight and wait here while I try to find the exit sign
When will you stop asking strangers, no one wants what we want
Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bag
Never expect to be sure who you're working for

You're working for the police and the private,
the pilots and the pirates
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the hairdresser,
Felt up and fingerprinted waiting for the train

Lord lord mother we are all losing love
Lord listen lover we are all missing mama
Lord lord mother we are all losing love
Lord listen lover we are all missing something I don't got

There's a place that ends here I know
When they close the gates I'll cry
So tired of never sleeping
The whole world wants what we're on

Didn't make this up I learned, I learned it from a friend
My friend is coming clean, she told me
Keep one eye on the bed, keep one eye on the door
Never expect to be sure who you're working for

You're working for the police and the private,
the pilots and the pirates
Fingerprinted waiting for the train
The doctor, the writer, the garbage collector
Felt up and fingerprinted waiting for the train

Got to get to you, the orphanage is closing in an hour


10. HUSTLE ROSE

Behold the fishnet slut tonight
Hustle Rose goes from limb to limb
Fingertip to painted lip she sways her way up to him

Says, Now that your wallet is all lit up
You're gonna wanna wear it out

If you're looking for something life-like
Hit a sardine nightclub
If every surface you touch is cold, Never go home
He says, I can't feel a thing, my dreams are so tight
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?

Now that your wallet is all lit up
You're gonna wanna wear it out

You could throw me a bone

If I get too close you wake me up
remind me softly to go
If I forget won't you wake me up
Remind me not to feel a thing
Keep the dream tight, I can't feel a thing
My dreams are so tight
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?


11. COMBAT BABY

We used to leave the blue lights on, and there was a beat
Ever since you have been gone it's all caffeine-free
Faux punk fatigues. said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
Get no harm done no, none of them want to fight me

Combat baby come back baby
Fight off the lethargy, don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby come back

Get back in town I wanna paint it black
Wanna get around, easy living crowd so flat
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
I want to be wrong but No one here wants to fight me like you do

I try to be so nice, Compromise
Who gets it good? Every mighty mild seventies child
Beats me

How I miss your ranting, do you miss my all time lows?


12. DEAD DISCO

Skip town. slow down, push it to the east coast
Step down turn around, push it to the west
Need less, use less, we're asking for too much I guess
Cause all we get is.

Dead disco, Dead funk
Dead rock and roll, Remodel
Everything has been done

Tits out, pants down, Overnight to London
Touch down, look around, Everyone's the same
World wide, air tight, No one's got a face left to blame
And all we get is.

Dead disco, Dead funk
Dead rock and roll, Remodel
Everything has been done

I know, I know you tried to change things
I know you tried to change


13. LOVE IS A PLACE

There's spring in the air
They're sweeping the streets
Wind is a breeze
The sun becomes her he agrees
What's holding up her face?
Nothing but blue skies
Passage ways to windows
That don't close
Where do you live?
Love is a place
Where are you from?
She says, ask yourself ask anyone
What's holding up her face
Nothing but blue skies
Passage ways the mind's eye
Contemplates


14. POSTER OF A GIRL

Can't stand by myself, hate to sleep alone
Surprises always help, so I take somebody home
To find out how I feel, feel like just a baby
Portrait of a lady, poster of a girl

Satisfy myself, avoid beginners
Who long to shut my mouth
Till I take one of them home
'Cause I know how it feels
Filling in the blanks
Looking on the bright side
When there is no bright side
Coming in your pants
For the off chance
With a poster of a girl

Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ma réalité
Personne ne sait ce que c'est
On ne peut pas fabriquer la vérité


15. MONSTER HOSPITAL

Monster Hospital
Can you please release me?
You hold my hands down, I've been bad.
You hold my arms down, I've been bad

I fought the war but the war won

Monster Movie
Daddy Warbucks up against Bobby Fuller
And he beat them hands down, lead in his head
They put a little lead in him
In his head

I fought the war but the war won
I fought the war but the war won't stop for the love of god


16. EMPTY

There was no way out, the only way out was to give in
How I love to give in
Where no one sleeps, one lays up while the other lies down
Ask the line on your face what the line on your hand meant
We couldn't see what was coming

Shake your head it's empty
Shake your hips move your feet

I'm so glad that I'm an island now

Sickness was fixing me some
Coughed out my heart in the last stall
Now that the damage is done
I never miss it at all