1. 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


2. 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)


3. PROMISES BROKEN

Streets are filled with broken glass
You get buried by the past
And give me just a little taste
Lay this mask to waste

Take me home

My mind is racing, take me home
My body's aching, so alone
I'll make you want to stay with me
Befriended by the enemy

One more time

And every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now

Looking outside from my window sill
Throw another coin in the wishing well
You'll never find
What you're looking for

Fifteen miles
Your dim light shines from so far away
Your sad smile is all I see
When I say

Every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I have spoken
Just promises broken now

From the hotel satellite
Don't look like you're living right
Here's a deal you can't refuse
You ain't got as much to lose

Can you tell your troubles to
Someone who won't laugh at you?

It's alright

As I watch you walk away
Hoping part of you will stay

It's alright

And every little thing about this tells me
Nothing out there is ever gonna help me
All these words that I hear spoken
Just promises broken now


4. 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


5. 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


6. 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


7. APRIL FOOL

Quitting after one more last one
Tired of playing the clown
If I want your opinion I'll ask ya
I can get myself down

Night driving without headlights
Wearing sunglasses too
Looking good but sure don't feel right
Anything to be cool

Doing hopscotch with my legs tied
Jumping rope in wet cement
Black leather in midday sunshine
All your mother's money's spent

Doing time on the metal detector
Like to drown in your pool
Covering up everything that's defective
Anything to be cool

A burning heart
Could be so cool
Won't you be my fashion victim?
Come on, I'm an April Fool for you

Holding on to what's left of real life
Anything to be cool (×4)

A burning heart
Like an April Fool
Won't you be my fashion victim?
Come on, I'm an April Fool

I'm a mid-spring snowfall, joke's on you
I'm an April Fool for you

I'm an April Fool for you
I'm an April Fool (×3)


8. 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


9. HOMESICK

I wanna live with you
In the fifth dimension
In a dream I've never had

'Cause I just can't live like this
In a world like this
I just want a kiss goodbye

We are not of this world
And there's a place for us
Stuck inside this fleeting moment

Tucked away where no one knows it
Wrapped up in a haste
And by mistake got thrown away

And, oh, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick
For the home I've never had

And though I sometimes get annoyed
I know just where I'm at
This is my song of joy

And now I know there are no secret tricks
No correct politics
Just liars and lunatics

We are not of this world
And there's a place for us
Stuck inside this fleeting moment

Tucked away where no one knows it
Wrapped up in a haste
And by mistake got thrown away

And, oh, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick
For the home I've never had

Though I would not take it personally
It's just the child in me
Never really knew how much I had

Woe is me, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick
For the home I've never had


10. THE GAME

(Do, do do do do, do do do do, do do do do)

My friend's wife, she plays the game
Plays it with me all the time
Makes me feel pretty good I guess
Hey, that's a pretty dress

But you shouldn't have
No, you shouldn't have
Let me know

No you shouldn't have
Really shouldn't have
Let it show

Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play

Don't you wanna play the game?

(Do do do do, do do, do do)

If I were a renegade
And you were the county line
Will I have to cross it now?
I got yours and you got mine

But you shouldn't have
No, you shouldn't have
Let it go

Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play

Don't you wanna play the game?

(Do do do do, do do, do do)

Jealousy is just a game
It ties you up and wraps around your brain
Makes you feel like you might hurt yourself
Makes you feel insane

Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play
Play with me, don't play with me
Don't play

Don't you wanna play the game? (×3)

(Do do do do, do do, do do do, do do do do, do do, do do)

Do you wanna play the game?