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2006-03-16T05:57:00.000-08:00

Elevator [2005]

01 Introduction
02 Running Out of Time
03 Goodnight Goodnight
04 Ladies and Gentleman
05 You Owe Me an Iou
06 No Jokes - Fact
07 Jingle Jangle
08 Pickin' It Up
09 Island of the Honest Man
10 Middle of Nowhere
11 Dirty Mouth
12 Soldier in a Box
13 Untitled
14 Shame on You
15 Elevator

Split CD [2004]
01 The Case That They Gave Me
02 Haircut Economics
03 Tokyo Vogue
04 Minimalist Impressions of the Circus Maximus
05 I Blew a Fuse in My Personality
06 Cork Up the Stink
07 Plastic Cigars?... Then Why'd I Bring the Ashtrays?
08 Baconated Grapefruit
09 Hot Dogs! Hot Dogs!
10 Why Do Kamakaze Pilots Wear Helmets?
11 Ora Lawson
12 God Damn, Will Somebody Tell Me Why I Read These Damn Spy Novels?

Scenes One Through Thirteen [2002]
01 Keep My Name Out of Your Mouth
02 Word to Water
03 Haircut Economics
04 The Case That They Gave Me
05 Paco Pena
06 Circus Maximus
07 I Blew a Fuse in My Personality
08 Tokyo Vogue
09 Fashion Fight Pause
10 Spelling Live Backwards
11 Matador at the Door
12 Tourist in Your Own Town
13 You're Ruining It for Everyone

Make Up the Breakdown [2002]
01 Naked in the City Again
02 No, Not Now
03 Get in or Get Out
04 Bandages
05 Oh, Godamnit
06 Aveda
07 This Town
08 Talk to Me, Dance With Me
09 Save Us S.O.S.
10 In Cairo

Elevator [2005]

2006-03-16T05:53:00.000-08:00

Running Out of Time
Witless, humorless conversation
Has filled me up like an old gas station
I'm wallowing in a pool of gasoline

Self appointed sheriff of a popular ghost town
I'm open to bribes but I've arrested no one
I'm galloping off to meet my bride to be
She'll woo the saloon then sing us both to sleep

But... I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I've run out of time

Drop dead gorgeous art history drop out
Thought her father ought to pay for her to clear the whole shop out
She carries her cameras in hand to complete the look

Screenplay players co-writing a screenplay
Cotton candy for the eyes but cotton balls for the brain
He thinks to himself, "Thank God the bar's not too high."
Just look at his face and then you'll see why

But... I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I've run out of time

Hollywood waiter with a chip on his shoulder
Only break has been his back and yet he's just getting older
He's washing his clothes in a sink of self-pity

Retired ball player guest-hosting a talk show
Earned a trophy and a wife and twice he's won the lotto
I'm running away but don't know who from or why
Just look in his eyes and then you'll see why

I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I've run out of time

I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I'm running out of time
I've run out of time

Goodnight Goodnight
It's not enough to hear me say you've won,
you only wanted me for havin' fun.
but now I think you've gone and had your way,
and left me with a pile of bills to pay.
I can't even rewind the tape machine,
to listen to your drunken reasoning.

So here it is, your final lullaby:

So goodnight, goodnight.
You're embarrassing me,
you're embarrassing you.
So goodnight, goodnight.
Walk away from the door,
walk away from my life.
So goodnight.

I've given up on social niceties,
I threw 'em out when I threw out your keys.
Along with all your records I can't stand;
you never even listened to any one of them.
You're never gonna drag me out again,
with all the people that were never ever even your friends.

So here it is, your final lullaby:

So goodnight, goodnight.
You're embarrassing me,
you're embarrassing you.
So goodnight, goodnight.
Walk away from the door,
walk away from my life.

A little bit of rain I’d say is fair,
But when it starts a thundering I'm scared.
This isn't goodnight, this is goodbye

So goodnight, goodnight.
You're embarrassing me,
you're embarrassing you.
So goodnight, goodnight.
Walk away from the door,
walk away from my life.

So goodnight, goodnight.
You're embarrassing me,
you're embarrassing you.
So goodnight, goodnight.
Walk away from the door,
walk away from my life.
so goodnight.

Ladies and Gentleman
There's a gentleman who's not so gentle cuz he's too generous with his chit and his chat
So lately we've been discussing a way to rid this disgusting example of ample gossip and gab

All we hear is La La La...

He's a gentleman who plays a caricature of a character he wishes he was
So lately we've been ignoring all his stories as we smile and nod
and let him simply do what he does
So watch out

And everybody's got the same story:
We never wanted him here
He showed up anyway
He never would leave us alone
We never wanted him here
He showed up anyway
But maybe that's ok

Soon this gentleman was barking louder when his biting harder didn't earn him respect
But lately we've been too proud to admit that we all might miss him just a bit
now that he's packed up and left
What did we do?

And everybody's got the same story:
We never wanted him here
He showed up anyway
He never would leave us alone
We never wanted him here
He showed up anyway
But maybe that's ok

We never wanted him here
He showed up anyway
He never would leave us alone
We never wanted him here
And now he's gone for good
But maybe we've made a mistake

You Owe Me an Iou
He was in the habit of taking things for granted, granted there wasnt much for him to take
and the only thing constant was the constant reminder he'd never change
Tight fisted with his compliments it didnt seem to bother him
that talk he's been cheaper by the bulk(?)
and the only thing constant was the constant reminder he'd never change
and so she yelled at him:

You owe me an IOU,
owe me an IOU,
You owe me an IOU,
Dont think that i'll forget,
You owe me an IOU,
owe me an IOU,
You owe me an IOU,
Dont think that i'll forget,
I know what I should get this time

She was in the habit of re-applying make up, make up
Eating up my crocodile tears
And the only thing constant was the constant reminder she'd never change
A barely individual cleverly traditional she couldnt seem to make up her mind,
And the only thing constant was the constant reminder she'd never shine,
And so he yelled at her:

You owe me an IOU,
owe me an IOU,
You owe me an IOU,
Dont think that i'll forget,
You owe me an IOU,
owe me an IOU,
You owe me an IOU,
Dont think that i'll forget,
I know what I should get this time

Oh, What isnt real,
I dont know,
but I have this feeling,(?)
Whats the deal,
I dont know,
but I have this feeling,(?)
heres what I think,
that it is if it is,
and this might just work

They were in the habit of taking things for granted granted
they never quite knew what they had
And the only thing constant was the constant reminder they'd never change,
And So they yelled out loud:

You owe me an IOU,
owe me an IOU,
You owe me an IOU,
Dont think that i'll forget,
You owe me an IOU,
owe me an IOU,
You owe me an IOU,
Dont think that i'll forget,
I know what I should get yeah I know what I should get this time.

No Jokes - Fact
Watch your children around the abandoned well
Don't ask me to tell if they slipped and fell
I'm just a salesman with my suitcase in hand
And the perfect plan that should pull me out

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Jingle jangle that's the sound of coins
Spent on useless toys made for useless boys
I'm just a salesman with my suitcase in hand
There's a piece of land that I got my eye on

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Friday night I'll raise my glass and say
"Tomorrow things will change! I can't afford to wait."
But by Monday morning my alarm clock knows
How this story goes and the ending's the same as the start

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Watch your children around the abandoned well
Don't ask me to tell if they slipped and fell
I'm just a salesman with my suitcase in hand
And the perfect plan that I'm working on

Jingle Jangle
Watch your children around the abandoned well
Don't ask me to tell if they slipped and fell
I'm just a salesman with my suitcase in hand
And the perfect plan that should pull me out

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Jingle jangle that's the sound of coins
Spent on useless toys made for useless boys
I'm just a salesman with my suitcase in hand
There's a piece of land that I got my eye on

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Friday night I'll raise my glass and say
"Tomorrow things will change! I can't afford to wait."
But by Monday morning my alarm clock knows
How this story goes and the ending's the same as the start

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Another day, another night, another year
Another smile, another lie, another tear
This better not be all I got
I never thought I'd end up here

Watch your children around the abandoned well
Don't ask me to tell if they slipped and fell
I'm just a salesman with my suitcase in hand
And the perfect plan that I'm working on

Pickin' It Up
Everybody is waiting for everybody to get out
I'll join 'em talking 'bout the people everybody talk about
And all the pretty people party while the petty people pout

Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down

We could have given up early when it was dark still, not light
Now it's the 48th hour of a two-day night
And all the pretty people party while the petty people fight

Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down

A jack-of-all-trades and a master of none
Why do I have to be bored with being foolish and young?
The show isn't over, but I'm long since gone
I feel like I let them down when I don't wanna trade my sunshine for a cloudy night

But everybody's pretending the sun won't ever come out
I'll join 'em talking 'bout whatever everybody talks about
And all the pretty people party while the petty people shout

Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down

Island of the Honest Man
I was picked up and then dropped off in a culture counter-clockwise turned around
Dug a hole in Southern Carolina - took me straight to China safe and sound
Donated my map to the lost and found

While working for a common cause I only got a kamikaze state of mind
This self defeating meeting of the minds is eating what was once so hard to find

But right then the clouds parted in the sky
The horizon took us all a little by surprise
Watch the sky
And as the howling winds subdsided, the locals ran out, all waving their hands and singing:

Welcome to the island of the honest man
Do what you want - there is no need to impress us
Welcome to the island of the honest man
We don't believe in what the big people tell us
Wait here - stay here

I was picked up and then dropped off in a culture counter-clockwise turned around
Rolled a pair of dice in Paris that got me to paradise all safe and sound.

Stole my temper back from the lost and found
No longer needed to be seated on a sinking ship just waiting there to drown
Jump off now - jump off now

And as they lead us to their village, a thousand voices all started to sing out loud:

Welcome to the island of the honest man
Do what you want - there is no need to impress us
Welcome to the island of the honest man
We don't believe in what the big people tell us
Wait here - stay here

From the sunrise up above to the sunset below, they all sing
Welcome in, welcome back, well come on let's go
And all the people on the island they already know why they sing
Welcome in, welcome back, well come on let's go
From the sunrise up above to the sunset below, they all sing
Welcome in, welcome back, well come on let's go
And all the people on the island they all want to show why they sing, why they sing,
why they sing, why they're singing

Welcome to the island of the honest man
Do what you want - there is no need to impress us
Welcome to the island of the honest man
We don't believe in what the big people tell us

Welcome to the island of the honest man
This is the island of the honest man
Welcome to the island of the honest man
This is the island of the honest man
Wait here - stay here

I was picked up and then dropped off in a culture counter-clockwise turned around

Middle of Nowhere
Don't get mad if I'm laughing
Blame the caffeine for all the 5 am phone calls
I haven't slept a single night in over a month
And not even once did you start to make sense to me
Well maybe I'm a little bit slow, or just consistently inconsistent
She said, "Unpredictability's my responsibility, baby."

But you're waiting at the door where everybody's hanging out just like they hung out before
You didn't have to do it but you did it to say
That you didn't have to do it but you would anyway

To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere

They chewed me up and then they spit me out
And I'm not supposed to let it bother me
But maybe I'm a little bit weak - I let my frailty take the wheel
She said, "Maybe there's a bit of me waiting for a bit of you. baby."

But you're waiting at the door where everybody's hanging out just like they hung out before
You didn't have to do it but you did it to say
That you didn't have to do it but you would anyway

To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere

But you're waiting at the door where everybody's hanging out just like they hung out before
You didn't have to do it but you did it to say
That you didn't have to do it but you would anyway

To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere

But you're waiting at the door where everybody's hanging out just like they hung out before
You didn't have to do it but you did it to say
That you didn't have to do it but you would anyway

To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on when I go off back to the middle of nowhere
To give you something to go on - to go on back to the middle of nowhere

Dirty Mouth
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth

I don't wanna wait anymore

Wake up cinnamon
They can't get in and that's them at the door,
Cuz checkout time is noon and pretty soon it's a quarter to four

I don't wanna wait anymore

Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone

Small town girls and boys make too much noise so I keep to myself
But acting tough is rough - enough is enough - I feel like hell
Tied up in London, you came undone with a two handed tug
With pieces of a phone, thrown at the door, spread out on the rug

I don't wanna wait anymore

Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone

I gotta say I cannot wait
Not even one more night or day
Why don't you fly and get away
And end this awful holiday
Come and play, come and stay, and end this awful holiday
I gotta say I cannot wait
Not even one more night or day
Why don't you fly and get away and end this awful holiday

Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone

Soldier in a Box
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth

I don't wanna wait anymore

Wake up cinnamon
They can't get in and that's them at the door,
Cuz checkout time is noon and pretty soon it's a quarter to four

I don't wanna wait anymore

Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone

Small town girls and boys make too much noise so I keep to myself
But acting tough is rough - enough is enough - I feel like hell
Tied up in London, you came undone with a two handed tug
With pieces of a phone, thrown at the door, spread out on the rug

I don't wanna wait anymore

Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone

I gotta say I cannot wait
Not even one more night or day
Why don't you fly and get away
And end this awful holiday
Come and play, come and stay, and end this awful holiday
I gotta say I cannot wait
Not even one more night or day
Why don't you fly and get away and end this awful holiday

Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone
Wash your dirty mouth
Your dirty mouth
Watch your little mouth cuz you taste like you're already gone

Shame on You
for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?

Running with scissors wasn't smart
I tripped and cut open your heart
I didn't mean to, but I seem to
Have pushed us back to the start

In the wake of my mistake
I felt your voice starting to shake
The timing couldn't have been worse
For me to be this far away

Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?

Traveled the world under your spell
Cast on me in a motel
It turned my rain clouds in to rainbows
But I couldn't even tell

As days apart turned in to weeks
My memory played hide and seek
While I was playing show n' tell
I took your trust and set it free

Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?

Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?

Running with scissors wasn't smart
I tripped and cut open your heart
I didn't mean to, but I seem to
Have pushed us back to the start

In the wake of my mistake
I felt your voice starting to shake
The timing couldn't have been worse
For me to be this far away

Elevator
Blame me for the elevator - I know you will
It's not me who's the operator but you're going down
You'll be sorry when you're singing all alone

But don't take me up
I'll just fall down once again
Don't take me up
I'll just fall down

Wake me when you're educated - I know you will
You'll be self-medicated - you're spinning round
You'll be there, but no one will even know your name

But don't take me up
I'll just fall down once again
Don't take me up
I'll only find my way back down
Don't take me up

It's true I've dabbled at times with confident lines
I was half of a man nearly half of the time
In an innocent way, I thought it could stay with us both on the ground
With us fooling around
Let's just stay on the ground
Let's stay fooling around on the ground

Don't take me up
I'll just fall down like I knew that I would.
Don't take me up
I'll only find my way back down
Don't take me up
I'll just fall down

Split CD [2004]

2006-03-16T05:51:00.000-08:00

The Case That They Gave Me
Gourmet chopping knives to skin away all the hives between you and me.
It's because of me and you.
Still things are hectic and days drag away.
This necktie is gonna get the best of us.
If I'm going out I'm going out like the rest of them.
Here's my name and brain to process.
If I dont come back you can thank the bosses.

Haircut Economics
Tank top bottoms up, you forgot to show up.
Hey man, what's the problem,
what's the scene, why are you so mean to me.
All the time, all of the time.
You need roots, just like mine.
Hard to explain, hard to define.
Situations are satisfaction.
Gimme gimme the name and number of the barber that gave you that haircut.
Let me get all talkative, set it straight up, you know I won't shut up.
Long, longer, longest.
It's just haircut economics.
Don't sell out to those haircut demigods.

Tokyo Vogue
Got hold.
It's powdered gold.
Who's who in japanese prints these days.
These pills still kill.
Making all them kids ill.
If it don't kill them, I know what will.
But they're building backs for all the beat up kids.
It goes up your nose.

I Blew a Fuse in My Personality
Cats got my tongue.
Giving me a nose bleed.
I'm in too much trouble.
Even though I know you, I don't have to like you.
That bullet didn't break my skull.
That dumpster didn't break my fall.
I took yours, now take mine.
Broken nose and a black eye.

Scenes One Through Thirteen [2002]

2006-03-16T05:48:00.000-08:00

Keep My Name Out of Your Mouth
We met doing a dance.
Cha cha cha, cha cha.
It was an encounter I'm not likely to remember.
I said keep my name out of your mouth.
There was sabotage in the fuselage of that 747 heart of yours.
I set the bomb but it went off wrong and my parachute saved the day.
You could have seen your eyes go red like this guy.
I can't swim but I'd watch you die trying.

Word to Water
French kiss the asses of the masses
when they ask which ways the fastest to Hong Kong.
I don't know I've never been, but soon I'll be.
Tell the operator "sell you later", at this point in starving.
Give me a minute and I'll tell you when I'm ready to go underwater.
All of my bastard children knew right from the very beginning.
They knew exactly what I was thinking.
They knew I was sinning and sinking.
Walk a million miles to tell a thousand lies to a smile on the face.
The substitute for what's lacking was far more complete the second time through.

Haircut Economics
Tank top bottoms up, you forgot to show up.
Hey man, what's the problem,
what's the scene, why are you so mean to me.
All the time, all of the time.
You need roots, just like mine.
Hard to explain, hard to define.
Situations are satisfaction.
Gimme gimme the name and number of the barber that gave you that haircut.
Let me get all talkative, set it straight up, you know I won't shut up.
Long, longer, longest.
It's just haircut economics.
Don't sell out to those haircut demigods.

The Case That They Gave Me
Gourmet chopping knives to skin away all the hives between you and me.
It's because of me and you.
Still things are hectic and days drag away.
This necktie is gonna get the best of us.
If I'm going out I'm going out like the rest of them.
Here's my name and brain to process.
If I dont come back you can thank the bosses.

Paco Pena
The empire's plan, is in the windy city.
Feeling like he does, he feels pretty shitty.
His new hat just blew away.
Can't hang it up to another day.
You know what?
He's down and out again.
Paco Pena, no deniro, he went loco.
He's down and out.
He lost his hat.
The middle east's beast, when you're in the wild.
Like a red hot chillie, you can't stand mild.
My new hat just got shot off.
What am I gonna do?
Not a whole lot.

Circus Maximus
Better save the hot hot seat for the emperor.
He's the arsonist, yeah I got the evidence.
Better eat that lion, before that lion eats you.
Rome's getting on like a house on fire.
Where's my kerosene or my gasoline.
I'm here at the gates all alone.
Minimalist impression made of the circus maximus.
Let's start a fire.
A flamming riot.
Between the continents at constinople.

I Blew a Fuse in My Personality
Cats got my tongue.
Giving me a nose bleed.
I'm in too much trouble.
Even though I know you, I don't have to like you.
That bullet didn't break my skull.
That dumpster didn't break my fall.
I took yours, now take mine.
Broken nose and a black eye.

Tokyo Vogue
Got hold.
It's powdered gold.
Who's who in japanese prints these days.
These pills still kill.
Making all them kids ill.
If it don't kill them, I know what will.
But they're building backs for all the beat up kids.
It goes up your nose.

Fashion Fight Pause
Feel this fist, the first time it feels fine.
Can you second guess my second rhyme?
Fashion Fight Pause.
First run really fast, then do a flip;
pistol whip can't beat my kung fu grip.

Spelling Live Backwards
Left to go right on a Las Vegas night.
Televise the crisis and crutial accident.
Baby burns bright blue for description.
Babies born with a broken spine.
Take him all apart and put him back together.
Connected by fine wires to a dynamite bouquet.
A is for artist and A is for architect.
Lis for lime and E is for live.

Matador at the Door
Knock Knockin, who's there?
Matado at the door; knocking till midnight.
Sell his soul to hell, he lost the bull fight.
Nothing's okay; everything's no-kay?
Between the matador and his wife.
He's still knocking until the early morning.

Tourist in Your Own Town
Kick, Punch, Fight, Bite.
Who got the news to you?
I got a shiner to show you.
The beat down in my town goes all around.

You're Ruining It for Everyone
You're ruining it for everyone.
Everyone just wants to have some fun.

Make Up the Breakdown [2002]

2006-03-16T05:42:00.000-08:00

Naked in the City Again
Says she's got it all.
I don't wanna be the one to tell her that she don't.

Late night, in a lonely city...
so hard, she tries to look pretty.
Boys don't even notice her though.
She's in need of attention so...

Lost and naked in the city again.
Intoxicated by a quarter to ten.
Lost and naked in the city again.
Begging for a piece of their attention.

No, Not Now
Oh no, she's not a secret now.
But, nobody cares.
Oh no, she's not a secret now.
The wolves have smelled her scent.
Oh no, she's not a secret now.
But, nobody cares.
Oh no, she's not a secret now.

Some of us wouldn't be lying,
If we said were trying too hard.
But, it all works out in the end.
Some of us would be trying,
Too hard to begin lying.
But... but, it seems to all work out in the end.

Oh no, she's not a secret now.
But, nobody cares.
Oh no, she's not a secret now.
The wolves have smelled her scent.
Oh no.

Nobody likes a child who complains and I won't,
Be that child anymore.
Nobody likes a child who complains and I won't,
Be that child anymore.

Some of us wouldn't be lying,
If we said were trying too hard.
But, it all works out in the end.
Some of us would be trying,
Too hard to begin lying.
But... but, it seems to all work out in the end.

Oh no, she's not a secret now.
But, nobody cares.
Oh no, she's not a secret now.
The wolves have smelled her scent.
Oh no.

Nobody likes a child who complains and I won't,
Be that child anymore.
Nobody likes a child who complains and I won't,
Be that child anymore.

Get in or Get Out
He never thought that he would leave so soon.
Passed out in May, but then woke up June,
hanging over July.
Security! Security! Beware:
The cost of living is a one way fare.
I'm pulling the alarm, so get in or get out.

His polyester sticks out in the crowd.
It's true, there is such a thing as too loud.
But I won't let him know.
White lipstick smeared upon my bathroom mirror.
He stuck me with the bill.
But I don't care.
I'm pulling the alarm,
So get in or get out.

Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Make up your mind and get in or get out!
Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Say what you will, but get in or get out!

We never thought that he would leave this town.
We always that he would hang around,
Getting old with the rest.
Jean jackets folded on his closet shelf.
The weather begs for leather coats... Ah well.
I'm pulling the alarm,
So get in or get out.

Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Make up your mind and get in or get out!
Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Say what you will, but get in or get out!
Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Make up your mind and get in or get out!
Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Say what you will, but get in or get out!
Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Make up your mind and get in or get out!
Ugly or pretty, it's still my city.
Say what you will, but get in or get-- UH UH OH!

Bandages
These bandages cover more than scrapes,
Cuts and bruises from regrets and mistakes.
I've been hoping your moping around the street again.
I've been tripping from sipping the dripping dirty water tap.
I've been poking a voodoo doll that you do not know I made.
These bandages are anonymity.
I've been shaking from making an awful decision.
I've been running and running...
Feels like my head is spinning round and round around around around around around around!

Bandages on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!

I've been hoping your moping around the street again.
I've been tripping from sipping the dripping dirty water tap.
I've been poking a voodoo doll that you do not know I made for you -of you- let's see what needles do.
I've been shaking from making an awful decision.
I've been thinking I'm drinking too many drinks all by myself.
I've been running and running...
Feels like my head is spinning round and round around around around around around around!

Bandages on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Bandages, bandages, bandages!

Don't worry now...
Don't worry now...
Don't worry cuz it's all under control.
Don't worry now...
Don't worry now...
Don't worry cuz it's all under control.
Don't worry now...
Don't worry now...
Don't worry cuz it's all under control.
Don't worry now...
Don't worry now...
Don't worry cuz it's all under control.
Don't worry now...
Don't worry now...
Don't worry cuz it will all turn around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around!

Bandages on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Up and down on my legs and my arms from you...
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Bandages, bandages, bandages!
Bandages, bandages have advantages, too!

Aveda
I got my head shaved for her
because she told me it would
do all the right things for my identity.
I never knew that it would;
I never knew that it could;
I think perhaps because it makes no difference.

Hold me down Aveda!
Hold me down... it feels so right.
All I know is what I've been told.

I got all done up for her
because she told me it would
do something to correct my identity.
I never knew that I should;
I never knew that I would;
I think perhaps because it makes no difference.

I can't articulate it;
consistently frustrated;
her discontent over my identity.
I never knew that it would;
I never knew that it could;
I never knew because it makes no difference.

This Town
Gonna walk right through this town and laugh
with a crowd of strangers chasing me.
Never stop to look behind my back,
so tell me what they said because
I fear my life's in danger now
in this town.
How did you get to my motel -do tell soon.

Gonna walk right through this town again
with a crowd of strangers watching me,
picking every little thing apart.
So, tell me what they said because
I get attitude from this town

-in this town.
How did you get to this town?
...Through this town?

Gonna walk right through this town again
knowing that I'm only here tonight.
Never cared to stop and say hello;
so, tell me what they said because
I don't have time to hang around in this town.

Maybe... maybe I should think to stay.
Maybe I won't ever return.
Maybe... maybe I should stop and play.

Gonna walk right through this town again.
But, all I know is I really should be on my way.
Wouldn't mind one more night in town.

Talk to Me, Dance With Me
You are my only girl, but you're not my owner girl.

Talk to me... dance with me here
in the spotlight, girl.
Talk to me... dance with me here.
You're the spotlight girl.

So perfect you paint it...
yet so manipulated.
So calm and so patient...
yet oh so calculated.
So safe and comforting...
this doesn't feel like flirting.
So fun I'm distracted...
forgot you keep track of it.

Save Us S.O.S.
You got to save us! S-O-S!
I'm out of gas. I'm out of touch.
Shipwrecked ferry... marry me
-or take me out to lunch.
Save us! S-O-S!
I'm out of gas. I'm out of touch.

No, I won't be coming home.
Tell her that I still am on the road.
No, I won't be coming home.
Make sure she knows that I would change it if I could.

There's an exit door and it won't open up for me!
There's an exit door and it won't open up! You see?

I heard a tick-tock, tick-tock, tick...
talk to you on the phone.
Ring-Ring... though I know that nobody's home.

Why not? Why not I ask? Why not?
Why can't we be creative?
Why not? Why not I ask? Why not?
Why can't we be together?

In Cairo
Walking oh so slowly.
Don't know anybody.
Feels like I'm in Cairo.
Talking oh so quickly.
Please explain what they mean.
Taking matters too light.
How did this start a fight.
Why did I tie them tight?
Double knotted tonight.
I guess this must be Cairo.
Diamonds and brass hid behind painted glass in the heart of Cairo.
Sinking in way too deep.
I won't care what they think once I've left for Cairo.
Thinking about it too hard.
Shouldn't take this too far or I'll end up in Cairo.
How did I find my back in... Cairo?