Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery,; Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery
And you, you took me in,; You loved me then; You didn't waste time.
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
You think you can hide but you're never alone,; Ask Lot what he thought when his wife turned to stone.
The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen,; But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine.
I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World
Our conversation was short and sweet; It nearly swept me off-a my feet.
I finally realize there's no room for regret
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,; That we could sit simply in that room again.
All the people we used to know; Are an illusion to me now
You're gonna have to serve somebody.
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies; I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
Democracy don't rule the world,; You'd better get that in your head.; This world is ruled by violence; But I guess that's better left unsaid.
Searching for my double, looking for; Complete evaporation to the core
Oh the fishes will laugh; As they swim out of the path; And the seagulls they'll be smiling.
Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road
The pump don't work; 'Cause the vandals took the handles
Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun?; Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one.
I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours.
Don't follow leaders; Watch the parkin' meters
Are you still my friend, baby, show me a sign
Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud; Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood
We sat in an empty theater and we kissed,; I asked ya please to cross me off-a your list.
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,; Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
Have I surrendered to the will of God; Or am I still acting like the boss?
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe
If dogs run free, why not me; Across the swamp of time?
I wasn't born to lose you.
Shine your light, shine your light on me; Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself.; I'm a little too blind to see
Now, a very great man once said; That some people rob you with a fountain pen.; It didn't take too long to find out; Just what he was talkin' about.
People disagreeing everywhere you look,; Makes you wanna stop and read a book.
Saw you drift into infinity and come back again
take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself.
I've already ripped out the phones, honey.; You can't walk the streets in a war
And they're breaking down the distance; Between right and wrong.
Oh ev'ry foe that ever I faced
The cause was there before we came.
I don't want to fake you out
Ring them bells, for the time that flies,; For the child that cries; When innocence dies.
Some things last longer than you think they will; There are some kind of things you can never kill
Satan whispers to ya, "Well, I don't want to bore ya,; But when ya get tired of the Miss So-and-so I got another woman for ya."
You'd better do somethin' quick; She's your lover now.
Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Well, they're not showing any lights tonight; And there's no moon.
I was in your presence for an hour or so; Or was it a day? I truly don't know.
Won't you come with me, baby?; I'll take you where you wanna go.; And if it don't work out, You'll be the first to know
I look into the eyes of my merciful friend
And then I ask myself, is this the end?
Memories linger, sad yet sweet
And I think of the souls in heaven who will meet
A million faces at my feet; But all I see are dark eyes
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory
Guess it's too late to say the things to you; That you needed to hear me say.
I'm going out of my mind; With a pain that stops and starts
It's the ways of the flesh to war against the spirit; Twenty-four hours a day you can feel it and you can hear it; Using all the devices under the sun.
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,; Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,; Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
If you're looking for assistance, babe,; Or if you just want some company; Or if you just want a friend you can talk to,; Honey, come and see about me.
If this is love then gimme more; And more and more and more and more.
Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you; It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
I know all about poison, I know all about fiery darts,; I don't care how rough the road is, show me where it starts,; Whatever pleases You, tell it to my heart.
Oh what dear daughter 'neath the sun; Would treat a father so,; To wait upon him hand and foot; And always tell him, "No"?
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
