1. MISERY

(One, two
One, two, three, four)

They say misery
Loves company
We could start a company
And make misery

Frustrated Incorporated

Well, I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you pay to see

Put me out of my misery
I'd do it for you, would you do it for me
We will always be busy
Making misery

We could build a factory
And make misery
We'll create the cure
We made the disease

Frustrated Incorporated (×2)

Well, I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you pay to feel

Put me out of my misery
All you suicide kings and you drama queens
Forever after happily
Making misery

Did you satisfy your greed
Get what you need
Was it only envy
So empty

Frustrated Incorporated (×2)

Frustrated Incorporated
(Put me out of my misery)

Frustrated Incorporated
(I'd do it for you, would you do it for me)

Frustrated Incorporated
(Forever after happily)

Frustrated Incorporated
(Making misery)

Frustrated Incorporated
(Making misery)


2. STRING OF PEARLS

She swings a string of pearls on the corner
The street lights reflect the light in the water
The string it snaps and the pearls go sailing
And they splash and bounce and roll cross the wet street

As she bends to chase the pearls a car swings round the corner
She darts from the eyes of the panic-struck driver
Who's racing to the delivery room
'Cause in the back seat his wife is busting out of her womb

And the sack breaks and out come the siamese twins
Who grow up to become the first president
With two heads
Are better than one

He puts his heads in his hands, says I got to put my heads together
I can become the best president ever
And not just president
Fend for yourself

Signs his name, takes the blame for all of the names with no shame
In their beliefs, they adjourn and they leave
And in walks a man with a broom and a knife and blood on his hands

And he sweeps everything under the rug
And goes home to his kids and gives them a hug
But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter
That said youd be much better off without me

Now his wife took the train to her ex-lover's funeral
Who died in the bathroom, hit his head on a urinal
When they got together, the knowledge was carnal
And the widow was at the funeral, and they had quite a catfight

And they fell into the hole where the casket was resting
And the preacher just left in the middle of the service
'Cause death was one thing, but women made him nervous
And he ran to his car and he drove round the corner

Then something in the street caught the light in his eye
He pulled over, reached down, and picked up a pearl from the gutter
And he didn't know what to think
He brought it home and washed it in the sink

And he gave the pearl to Sister Mary Theresa
Who could not accept it, so she gave it to Lisa
A young prostitute who was missing a pearl
On the necklace that broke late last night


3. CAGED RAT

(Don't know what I'm doing)

Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home and spend some time alone

In the corner I looked across the room
To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon

Caged rat (x12)

In the corner (x3)
I looked across the room
I knew I'd be there soon, in the (other) corner

Caged rat (x12)

(Awoooooooooo)(x4)

Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home and spend some time alone

From the corner I looked across the room
To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon

Caged rat (x12)

(Awoooooooooo)(x8)


4. I DID MY BEST

Holed up in the dressing room
Without a dress
Kneeling at the confessional
With nothing to confess

And I knew all about my surprise party
I was spoiled and depressed
And I acted surprised and I told lots of lies
Yes, I did my best

Stop the truck at the truck stop
I need something to help me crash
Food stamps, checks, and credit cards
But they only accepted cash

There was sweat beading on my brow
My heart was beating out of my chest
So I stole everything they couldn't give away
Yes, I did my best

And I did the best that I could do
With all the mess that I've been through
What did you expect me to do
I did my best for you

I was waiting for a chain reaction
With the missing link
Waiting for that trickle-down
Forever circling the sink

I was tired of being tired
I could not get no rest
So I kept sleepwalking and talking in my sleep
Yes, I did my best

And I did the best that I could do
With all the mess that I've been through
What did you expect me to do
I did my best for you

I did my best for you