The truth was obscure, too profound and too pure, to live it you have to explode.
Your magnetic movements; Still capture the minutes I'm in.
When there is no more,; You cut to the core; Quicker than anyone I knew.
Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk; Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work.; Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?; You looked a little burned out, my friend,; I thought it might be up to me.
I'm goin' down to Tennessee,; Get me a truck 'r somethin'.; Gonna save my money and rip it up!
Well, they're not showing any lights tonight; And there's no moon.
May you always know the truth; And see the lights surrounding you.
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind; You could have done better but I don't mind; You just kinda wasted my precious time
I'm hungry and I'm irritable; And I'm tired of this bag of tricks.; At one time there was nothing wrong with me; That you could not fix.
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring.
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
Go melt back into the night, babe,; Everything inside is made of stone.; There's nothing in here moving, An' anyway I'm not alone.
You should be made; To wear earphones
While my conscience explodes; The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man.
You say you love me; And you're thinkin' of me,; But you know you could be wrong.
So long, New York.; Howdy, East Orange.
Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial
When you know as well as me; You'd rather see me paralyzed
Just what do you think you have to guard?
I see you kiss her on the cheek ev'rytime she gives a speech
There's no one here, the gardener is gone
Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream.
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies; I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
The way is long but the end is near, Already the fiesta has begun
In the day of confession; We cannot mock a soul.; Oh, when there's too much of nothing,; No one has control.
I must be guilty of something,; You just whisper it into my ear.
I know God is my shield and he won't lead me astray
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously; But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.
They say ev'rything can be replaced
I wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with you anywhere.
Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun?; Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one.
Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more
It ain't my cup of meat.
The pump don't work; 'Cause the vandals took the handles
Tough Mama; Can I blow a little smoke on you?
if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch
Wealth is a filthy rag; So erotic so unpatriotic; So wrapped up in the American flag
She's got everything she needs,; She's an artist, she don't look back
Cities on fire, phones out of order
Well, you're on your own, you always were,; In a land of wolves and thieves.
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take; To find dignity
A saxophone someplace far off played
May you build a ladder to the stars; And climb on every rung.
I don't want to fake you out
And the words that are used; For to get the ship confused; Will not be understood as they're spoken.
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
In your teardrops, I can see my own reflection
Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss; In the valley of the missing link
I'm going out of my mind; With a pain that stops and starts
She said, "Be easy, baby,; There ain't nothin' worth stealin' in here."
Turn your back, wash your hands,; There's always someone who understands
The birds are flyin' low babe, honey I feel so exposed
We sat in an empty theater and we kissed,; I asked ya please to cross me off-a your list.
You could ride like Annie Oakley,; You could shoot like Belle Starr.
He said his name was Columbus; I just said, "Good luck."
Try to be pure at heart, they arrest you for robbery,; Mistake your shyness for aloofness, your shyness for snobbery
