1. SPINNIN'

Follows me wherever we go
Undermining all that we know
Suddenly starts thinkin' been fooled from the beginnin'
When the cause is lost you find there is no point in winnin'
Then it's hard to think straight when your head it keeps on spinnin'

If I lost my mind, would you help me find it

Maybe it's you, maybe it's me
Things aren't quite the way they should be
And now it seems my peace of mind has come up for the biddin'
All those I respect and trust I guess they were just kiddin'
And they will say it's me who's lost, and you sit there grinnin'
My little world has lost control but still it keeps on spinnin'

If I lost my mind, would you help me find it
If I lost my mind, I wouldn't have to be reminded

If I lost my, mind I'm not sure I wouldn't mind
Would you help me find it
If I lost my mind, would you help me

Spinnin'


2. BITTER PILL

At the end of the track theres a two-bit shack
When you die, that's where you go
Down the lines up from this pit
At the end of your rainbow

That's one too many flights of stairs

One more stair and I will sail
One more dose close
One last glare at the bottom of the stairs
One more heart echos

Keep coming back to haunt you
Got no place left to go
Meet me on the street
A stupid lost trader that'll strip your car to the bone

We did a scene, checked out a gown
The justice started laughing
The second you said remove their head
I guess that's what you get for laughing

One last laugh and lived to tell

One more pomp and circumstance
One more fool to follow
Another finger down my throat
It's a bitter pill to swallow

I see my train coming
It's moving much too slow
Who it is asleep at the wheel
I don't want to know

Just around the corner there's
Somebody there to take you there
Don't worry child you're sure to be scared

One more drink before I go
One last good luck kiss
One less thing to call my own
That's one more thing I miss

Make the world go crazy
Took the world by storm
Most of 'em either in a dark jail
Or wishing they had never been born

And just around the corner there's
One more pomp and circumstance
One more fool to follow
Another finger down my throat
It's a bitter pill to swallow


3. VEIL OF TEARS

Well, a fascinating sensation
No I can't even feel it
I just had to let you know
I can't conceal it

I was recently considering
Taking the pain with the pleasure
Just to find my way to the bottom of this
I'll have to dig forever, and it's no small measure

Lift up your veil of tears

Don't be disappointed, child
If your prayers go unanswered
We are not responsible
For these sad circumstances

Secret agents and freedom fighters
On those impossible missions
Better put your toys and games away
Maybe take the kids out fishing for a family treasure

In your early years
Behind your veil of tears

So frustrated
Get up anyway
So complicated
Changes every day

So the darkness fades
And the light, will come shining through

I heard the eyes that look to a better world
Always hide beneath the veil of tears
And you hide no more

Lift up your veil of tears
Hide no more
Behind your veil of tears

Now the executioner must be executed
No I think we'll set him free instead, watch him run

And you hide no more

(Veil of tears)

Lift up your veil of tears

(Veil of tears)

You hide no more

(Veil of tears) (×2)


4. NICE GUYS (DON'T GET PAID)

Well, they packed up their violin cases of the finest artillery
Hopped in a big black Studebaker, they were acting pretty scary
And no one talked as they synchronized their watches
And they drove past the train station

Well, the train rolled out with a passenger car
Filled with retired millionaires and movie stars
Two twitching men clutched six guns in their sweat-drenched coats
With a fail-safe holded up plan and that would be all she wrote

And the gangsters, cowboys, gypsies, and freewheelers
Sold out their trades to become drug dealers
There ain't no money in doing things straight
Your community thanks you, business is good, and nice guys don't get paid

Outside the train window fast as he could ride
Was a kid on a horse with a head full of lies
And the tears of excitement couldn't put out the fire in his eyes
For the house he was riding to burglarize

All through the house they were dancing and singing
An extended family with fiddlers and magicians
A juggler and a chemist who'd invent a potion
To pacify all the killers and rapists

The chemist died in the burglary and they sold the prescription
For a case of cheap red wine to a traveling salesman
In a three-wheeled jalopy he bought and sold potions
To the city that looked over the ocean

And he sold the last drop, it was big with the rich kids
And soon the city would be crawling with addicts
In back rooms, dark alleys, basements and attics
Where a fly is trapped in a spider's web but a bat's got the spider

And no one knows what's going on
But you gotta show up for yourself at the end of the day
And nice guys don't get paid
Nice guys don't get paid

Now all the hopeless romantics are wearing white collars
Upstanding assassins, clean hands, filthy dollars
Hijackin' fanatics who kill for religion
In a city full of addicts and colored television


5. SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING

Well, if there's one thing that I know
It's easy to kill what's hard to grow
One thing I might say
No one's gotta know about running away

Trying to make something out of nothing
Leaning hard on yet another crutch
All of these temptations keep me wanting, wanting, wanting
To feel your touch

It's not supposed to make you feel so helpless
Selfless, crying for some tenderness
I miss, miss your kiss
Impossible to resist

Find some budget to support my habit
Suffering an underdose of love
All of these temptations keep me wanting, wanting, wanting
The sky above

Oh, my desperate disposition keeps me bitching
Keeps me wishing, wishing for some shelter from within
There ain't nothing I can't live with
Nothing I can't live without

I want this, I want that
I wanted just a little slack
It's like an itch that I can't scratch
Could you get this monkey off my back?

Trying to make something out of nothing
I can't live without

Wanting nothing

Oh, my desperate disposition keeps me bitching
Keeps me wishing, wishing for some shelter from within

It's not supposed to make you feel this way


6. GULLIBLE'S TRAVELS

Keep a watch out behind you from that which can blind you
And die like a dream in a jar
Forewarned if hindsight is all that makes you right
You're running away but you won't get very far

No, it's not my intention to harbor pretensions
So I told you I hadn't a clue
Took fate by a neck and you'll never look back
You've forgotten more than I ever knew

Everything's turning but mostly just turning out wrong
What's lost is what's burning, the fire made the day seem so long
And it's Gullible's Travels and nothing unravels this way
Just another lost journey where everything's turning away

See the crowds friendly roar from the cutting room floor
Played it at night in his dreams
Woke up, was cold and his manager had sold him
It's louder than love but don't think they know what it means

Nobody's talking and who tells you when to go home
Yes I wore out my welcome, it's better than being alone
And it's Gullible's Travels and nothing unravels this way
Just another lost journey where everything's turning away

Shot in the dark, landing short of the mark
Can't hold a candle to you
Flame's burning brightly and shines in so lightly
By the light of the day it'll all seem so untrue

Everything's turning but mostly just turning out wrong
What's lost is what's burning, the fire made the day seem so long
And it's Gullible's Travels and nothing unravels this way
Just another lost journey where everything's turning away

Turning away


7. BRAND NEW SHINE

I've got something special to show you
But I suppose you've seen it all before
There's something I'm trying to tell you
But then again you've heard it all before

I survived another week just like the one before
When everything you wanted somehow leaves you wanting more
And I looked beneath the carpet, behind each and every door
Trying to find you something like you've never had before

And it seems we're just beginners
No previous experience at all
Just the last original sinners
And if you need me just be sure to call

And they tell you which way not to go and so you go that way
One child plays with what another throws away
Like a kite without string, go anywhere, do anything
I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before

I see something new in each and every move
From your old, old hat to your blown-out shoes
It's tried and true, and it's all I do
And I hope it's not all the same to you

The old and new, they get mistaken all the time
Is that something I've never seen before?

Or just a brand new shine?

Now they're cranking 'em out by the millions
They look and act exactly just the same
And each one's one in a million
And each has got its own elusive game

It's the same old dusty atmosphere just like the other place
I see something familiar in each and every face
Seems to me I've seen you, been here, said this once before
I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before

I see something new in each and every moon
From your old, old hat to your blown-out shoes
When I dropped it and broke it I thought of you
And I hope it's not all the same to you

And the old and new, they get mistaken all the time
Is there something I've never seen before?


8. EASY STREET

Easy Street, down Easy Street, down Easy Street, down Easy Street

Did you hear the one about the friend of a friend
Who tried to end it all?
At the last moment he picked up the phone
And gave you a call

You thought about letting it ring
But you answered after all
You answered after all
You answered after all

And there you were put on the spot
At the end of the other line

For all the questions that you never thought
You'd ever have to answer to
Who do you turn to when the ones you always turn to
Go and turn on you?

It leaves you in the dark
Feeling for a switch to turn it on again
You turn it on again
You turn it on again

There are no easy answers, the questions remain tough
There's no shortcuts to Easy Street, no corners you can cut
Can you cut this, can you cut this diamond in the rough?

And it's good to see you alive
Sign your will to survive
Look into your heart before it sees its final hour
Live each day like there is no tomorrow

Beyond this mess ahead there is a street so very hard to find
Though I have thought to lay my head down at this dead end so many times
And if we ever get to Easy Street, you can say with a smile:

I came just for the ride

Easy Street, down Easy Street, down Easy Street, down Easy Street (×9)


9. GROUNDED

When eight turns sideways
You head on down the highway
Say this is my way
Disappearing forever

But there ain't just one way
So you choose the fun way
Sliding down the runway
On a ticket that goes two ways

And by the way that it sounded
You thought that you'd be astounded
But you left it like you found it
'Cause it wasn't yours to take

What once seemed like dying
Soon turned into flying
So you settle for trying
And you wish you were grounded

No, you cannot get much higher
Than your utmost desire
So you bring it down to size and
Now it seems that you are grounded

Grounded (×4)

By the way that it sounded
You thought that you'd be astounded
But you left it like you found it
Now you find that you are grounded


10. BE ON YOUR WAY

Just like the old man in a candy store
The riots across the street
The cold greets the newborn
The neighbors that never meet

No one's making plans here
No one knows for sure
The way to keep it inside
It's just one more door opening for you

And whatever you do
When everything still seems new
It's sure to come to something to change the rest of your life

For a chance to feel normal
But now you're in too deep
Paint some light circles around your eyes
The rest of the world's fast asleep

No sense of direction, no sense at all
No one there to break your fall
No one knows what's happening to you

I never quite got that through
I know what waits for you
And no one calls with something to do with the rest of your life

Stop looking over my shoulder, it wasn't a little boulder
You're going somewhere I might be on your way

This time I don't mean maybe
Nowhere I'd rather be going
If you're coming with me
I might be on your way

I saw you there on the corner
With my name written all over you
I was trying to get your attention
It's all I ever wanted from you

Who will be the victim?
Who will be the host?
Who will you take it out on for not being there
When you needed them most for you?

I'm coming to terms with you
And you can pull me through
I'm settling up with something to change the rest of my life
Something to do with the rest of my life

I need something to feel the rest of my life's not in vain


11. WE 3

I was tapping my foot
On a Friday night
To my favorite band
I was pushed aside

I said, "Hey, don't push me
No one pushes me"
When I was face to face
With the woman I admired

And she gave me this look
I could not believe
And the cold stare remained
I wanted to leave

See, I do believe anger
Is offset by sorrow
What you destroy today
You might regret tomorrow

When you're young and defensive
It comes off offensive
And its hard to repay
The tolerance that you've borrowed

The lasting relationship
Sinks right off the pier
Who wears the pants
It's faded but clear

She's your girlfriend
Seems she ain't too fond of me
I guess that that's the way
It was meant to be

There we were just we 3
You, your girlfriend, and me

I've known you forever
You two just met
So easily amused
How fast we forget

And my jealousy
My self-righteous greed
She's a bit like a book
I'm too farsighted to read

And I wish you the best
I sometimes feel the need
To say "Remember me"

Yeah, she's your girlfriend
As far as we can see
Does she look at you
The way she looks at me

And here we are, just we 3
You, your girlfriend, and me

She's your girlfriend
It's getting harder to see
Better just take her home
Better just let it be

When she walks out that door
You'll come looking for me


12. ALL THE KING'S FRIENDS

The papers read that the king is dead
The people said, "What we need instead
Is to be on our own"

But people they do the strangest things
You never know what they might do
When they are left alone

There's men without gods and gods without men
And a spirit of which none of them can transcend
But something peculiar is happening

We should just be happy with just what we've got
And the problems should be too few to mention
But they're not

Where can I go for some information?
So tired of the big sensation
I need to know, what's going on

Oh well, you're the well-informed
Into your world which I was born
My friend, here's to you

How would I know if there was something wrong
When the weak of heart out-survive the strong?
The truth is almost always confidential
You never know just what you've got until it's gone
And your friends have never seemed so essential
When you're wrong

Remarkably incredible, incredibly forgettable
I know this might sound strange, don't ever change
Amazingly infazeable, entirely replaceable
There's nothing I would rearrange, don't ever change

Out of luck, out of space, out of time, out of place
Don't try to save face, my friend

There was a time and there was a place