1. I WILL STILL BE LAUGHING

Doorways open up and close
More ways to a punch line
They're all laughing at your clothes
Standing in the lunch line

You're the talk of the town
'Cause you're up, then you're down
It's a cycle, I've found
It always comes around

But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing

Air raids in the afternoon
The children are playing
Switchblades, colored red balloons
No one hears you praying

And it comes back to you
All the things that you do
They'll come looking for you
They'll come looking for you

But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing

Doorways lead to other rooms
Always leave you lying
Face down in a stranger's tomb
Didn't know you were dying

And you rise and you fall
And you wait for the call
You're watching the walls
You're watching the walls

But I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing

Laughing

I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing

Laughing


2. SOMEBODY TO SHOVE

Grandfather watches the grandfather clock
And the phone hasn't rang for so long
And the time flies by like a vulture in the sky
Suddenly he breaks into song

I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?
These hang-ups are getting me down
In a world frozen over with overexposure
Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town

'Cause I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
'Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me

You're a dream for insomniacs
Prize in the Cracker Jack
All the difference in the world is just a call away

And I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
Yes I'm waiting by the phone
I'm waiting for you to call me? come call me
And tell me I'm? tell me I'm not alone

'Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me

Yes I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me


3. BLACK GOLD

Two boys on a playground
Trying to push each other down
See the crowd gather 'round
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd

Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
I've got so much left to do with my life

Moving backwards through time
Never learn, never mind
That side's yours, this side's mine
Brother you ain't my kind

You're a black soldier, white fight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
Sure'd like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside

Mother, do you know where your kids are tonight?

Keeps the kids of the streets
Gives them something to do, something to eat
This spot was a playground
This flat land used to be a town

Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
Sure'd like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside

Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
I've got so much left to do with my life


4. RUNAWAY TRAIN

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am, just drowning in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

And everything seems cut and dry
Day and night
Earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
A little out of touch, a little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Runaway train never coming back
Runaway train tearing up the track
Runaway train burning in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same


5. CREATURES OF HABIT

If the day wants to begin, you can let the day in
If the darkness has no end, light up the darkness
It ain't on what you can depend, it's who you can depend on

If the rain wants to come in, you can let the rain in
If the darkness is your friend, you can hold the darkness
And if it ain't what you got, you know you gotta have it

The grass gets greener all the time for creatures of habit

For creatures of habit

Look out here comes one more morning
Habits form without a warning
Love it can be habit-forming

Make your enemies your friends, and leap standing naked
It ain't how much you can take, it's how you take it

Look out, here comes one more morning
Habits form without a warning
Love it can be habit-forming for creatures of habit

Aww, look out
A habit's forming
It's just one more morning
For creatures of habit


6. JUST LIKE ANYONE

She walks into the outhouse
The cold night breathes into her face
The flies are standing still now
The moon it spills through the place

And she starts wondering it's like to be liked by everyone
And like everyone be just like anyone
And just wants to be so just like anyone
Just like anyone

She reaches through the darkness
Her fingers touch the porcelain seat
She spins and pulls her pants down
The cold air holds her like a theif

She starts wondering what they mean, do they just be mean to be mean
And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen
And trying not to seem so just like anyone
Just like anyone

The door comes screeching open
She walks into the evening air
She disappears in the darkness
Alls left the faint smell of her hair

She's done wondering what it's like to be liked by everyone
And like everyone be just like anyone
And just wants to be so just like anyone

And wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean
And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen
And trying not to seem so just like anyone (just like anyone)

Just like anyone (×9)


7. WITHOUT A TRACE

I fell in love with a hooker
She laughed in my face
So seriously I took her
I was a disgrace

I was out of line, I was out of place
Out of time to save face
See the open mouth of my suitcase
Saying "Leave this place"

Leave without a trace (×3)

I tried to get a good job
With honest pay
Might as well join the mob
The benefits are okay

Standing in the sun with a popsicle
Everything is possible
With a lot of luck and a pretty face
And some time to waste

Leave without a trace (×3)

I tried to dance at a funeral
New Orleans-style
I joined the Grave Dancers Union
I had to file

Trying to do the right thing, play it straight
The right thing changes from state to state
Don't forget to take your mace
If you're out walking late

Liked to see your face
You left without a trace
You leave without a trace


8. LIES OF HATE

You make me fall from
Lies of hate
You make these walls from
Lines of a face

Nobody's watching so why do you act like a fake?

You make me crawl from
Lies of hate
You wake me up from
The lines that seperate

And when you shine
I know how to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of these chains

How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place

You make me fall from
Lies of hate

And when you shine
I know how to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of this chase

How to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of your space

How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place

How to find out about
How to go out without
Living the lies of hate