JIMI SHARP, MAN OF MYSTERY
Independently Released
Side A:
Shredded Pants, Stinky Breath, Palm Trees, White Foam Water
Teeth
Josh Young
Untitled, Unlisted
Nightly
Retarded Twin
Beautiful Face
Painting Of A Cat
Moog Town 2
Dem Hard Blues
Mouth & Eye Disease
Teenage Moustache
So Wrong
Perfect Situation
The Creeps
Club Theme (From Zombies Ahoy)
Iceberg
Katy Song (Red House Painters Cover)
Side B:
October
In The Way
Florida Land
Blizzard
Come See About Me (The Supremes Cover)
Manhole Pie
My Sweetie
Ghost Town
Heart Day
Hot Chocolate
Sun Window
Radio Beach (Piranhas Cover)
Pain Runnin' (Karl Blau Cover)
Coach Fuckhead
Sunglassez
Riverboat Man
Pre Amp
Feedback Love
Shredded Pants, Stinky Breath, Palm Trees White Foam Water
I had this dream where I figured out how to breathe underwater by blowing my mouth full with an air bubble and then re-breathing that old air. I was swimming around someplace tropical and I saw the ripply image of three of my friends playing on the beach. 2 boys and 1 girl. They were throwing rocks at each other and pissing in the sand and the girl kept talking about how she thought she was pregnant and how her mom was so scared. These friends were years younger than me, middle school and totally nuts. Super-duper teenage riot with obsessions and grudges to spare. And the contrast between their shredded pants and stinky breath and the palm trees and white foam water. I saw this from underwater, I was settling in. Closed my eyes even, but like a big rumble in the distance when a jet flies over or when the crickets stop, a tidal wave lifted me up and I swam through it, watching its shadow gobble up my friends. My watery yells were worthless. The wave smashed them and I saw the girl cry. She broke into pieces and fell down in between the white coral and turquoise fish, her multi-colored hair still contrasted the beauty there. I woke up and missed them because I hadn't seen them for so long.
Teeth
(Instrumental)
Josh Young
(Instrumental)
Nightly
Daily I wake up like clockwork
My head buzzing around the room
Sweaty squinting in the sunlight
Nightly, it hits me like clockwork
I miss her so bad
Shadows from the moon
On the back of a car seat
Where she sat once
Retarded Twin
Diaries and the clothes we wear
Seven days a week
Everything used and permanent
Permanent
Good
Beautiful Face
When I go to sleep in my bed
I am lying there almost dead
Floating above my little head
While I lie there in my soft bed
A beautiful face right above me
Floating there, staring down at me
Watching me and loves me dearly
I see her face every nightly
When I go to sleep
Floating above me
A beautiful face
Watches me and loves me
Beautiful face
Painting of a Cat
Late at night in a house, I fall asleep in a chair
Right in the middle of very important things
Right when I wake up, and a little bit before,
I always feel a little bit crappy
Because of this girl who's not with me
All of the time
But I'd like her to be,
But I know she'll never be,
Hanging out with me
That one time in the tree
Was the only time with me
I sit here in the dark
In this soft chair, I fall asleep sometimes
Underneath the painting of a cat
Moogtown 2
(Instrumental)
Dem Hard Blues
I woke up this morning
I don't got a shirt
(Tattoos)
I don't got no pants
‘Cause they caught on fire
(Sing it brother)
I woke up this morning
I was lying in my bed
(Oh yeah)
My face is on fire
And I got the blues, yeah
My face is on fire
I got the blues, yeah
I got the blues
Yeah
Down by the river, I knew this old man
He got a stump where there used to be a hand
He got lotsa’ diseases from sleeping with whores
If he don't quit it, he's catching some more
That boy got the blues
He got them hard blues
Don't know what to do
My feet is on fire
I got a feed
The chickens are after me
I got the blues
My woman just left me
Alone in the swamp
Got bit by some gators
Got the blues, yeah
My face is on fire,
I got the blues, yeah
The blues
The blues is in all of us
Let me tell ya’
We got the blues in the air we breathe
And the birds that are flyin' in the sky
And the fish swimmin' in the sea
The blues
The blues is a part of all of us
Let me tell ya’
(Don't tell me)
I've been playin' the blues since 1942
In the back of a juke joint
In the back of Mississippi
In the Biloxi
The blues, it's in all of us
Mouth & Eye Disease
Schemes fill up my head, though not word for word
I try to tell you how I understand real hurt
My stupid mouth
I can't talk now
Please show me how to say or do
Each time I sing to you
I crack my voice or lose a tooth
You never know
Never know
My stupid mouth
I can't talk now
Please show me how to say or do
I've got a tragic case of mouth and eye disease
Teenage Moustache
What could be more weird than young kids with yellow beards?
Popular things fly through the air
Kids wear T-shirts, slick back their hair
Hanging out underneath the tallest tree in the world
Sitting there in the shade outside
It's cool
Calls come late at night when I am watching TV or sitting there
I'm so happy to hear her voice
Side two on this tape follows side one
Cool with you and me
Now we'll both be free
Teenage moustache
Zits and cigarettes
Pawn shop gun case
Skateboard rider
Living on an island
Never been to Compton
Giving me dirty looks
Treats me like a piece of crap
Summer's gone, school is done
I stay up late every night
Learning how to make up songs
Without thinking about problems
Chipping paint and plastic cups
Piles and piles of rusty books
Late at night, on a sugar high
Loud car
Young kid
A hundred bucks
You smell like fish
You'll go far
Young kid
You stupid car
Song of a bitch
Grow a beard
And look so weird
Make up games played on an island
In the summer riding bikes there
Hand me down from one to another
Outside of a building
Keen on tons of people outside in the fresh air
She hasn't called for a long time
Playing songs like genetic
Giving up and dropping dead now
A hundred bucks
You smell like fish
You'll go far
Young kid
You stupid car
Son of a bitch
Grow a beard
And look so weird
So Wrong
Everybody's never seemed so wrong
Especially now, when I'm feeling so fucked up
Perfect Situation
Like a dream, right now it seems more secret than before
Rain and dark and chemical skies and wet feet all next day
Who am I to take away this beautiful situation?
You have one chance, don't show it off and pretend that it's not there
Switch between water and land quicker than a weasel
I have to move away pretty soon, or stay there under water
The Creeps
(Instrumental)
Club Theme (From Zombies Ahoy)
(Lyrics are indecipherable)
Iceberg
Plastic palm tree, five miles high
Filling up the skies
Head expanding 'til I blow up
But can't seem to die
Moving closer, staying small,
Messing up my eyes
It takes five minutes though,
Before I feel this way
Katy Song (Red House Painters Cover)
Some escape, some door to open
This path seems the blackest but I guess it's the sanest
But there in the clearing, I know you'll be wearing
Your young aching smile and waving your hands
Can't go with my heart when I can't feel what's in it
I thought you'd come over but for some reason you didn't
Glass on the pavement under my shoe,
Without you is all my life amounts to
A final sleep, no words from my cutting
Mouth to your ear or taut, wicked pinches
From my fingers to your bitter face
That I can't heal
I know tomorrow you will be somewhere in London,
Living with someone
You've got some kind of family there to turn to
And that's more than I could ever give you
(Sung Simultaneously)
A chance for calm, a hope for freedom
Outlet from my cold, solitary kingdom
By the forest of our spring stay
Where you walked away
And left a bleeding part of me
Empty and bothered, watching the water
Quiet in the corner, numb and falling through
Without you what does my life amount to?
October
A whole day of dirty looks, I spent it sorting books
The weather outside here looks so stormy and grey
October
October stormy night
Recording
October
I'm serious, there's too much books
It's messy, so why complain?
The feeling I have is nice, just like the old days
Too bad I can't say a thing
But I've got a tune to sing
It's messy, but why complain?
These feelings are so nice
October
October stormy night
October
In the Way
Plan out what to say
Think of it all day
Want to do things right but know I'm only in the way
So obsessed with speech
And seeming extra smooth
Want to do things right but know I'm only in the way
Florida Land
It snowed for the first time since ten months ago
It's all melted, though
My love
Living somewhere high, she knows I love her a lot
Blizzard
I walked all the way home from the bottom of the hill where I was stuck in the snow
I tried driving up it four times but there was no way it could go
On the fourth time when I got near the top, the back wheels started to slide
I just about fell in a crack in the earth but got out of there alright
I had to just walk, so I parked the car and then put on my coat
When I opened the doors, snow blew in my face and freezing temperatures, too
After a while though, the walk was nice because of the quiet and dark
My body stayed toasty and feet were like coals, and my eyes watered and froze
The grey and the dark all around, the weather felt great and I closed my eyes
But when I thought about it, I knew that something was gone
She's far gone in Florida for three whole more days a love I have in the sun
(I've got) numb cheeks feel hot and she knows just how I feel
Now that I think about it, I miss her beautiful face
The road grew thinner and wound around into the woods
It was so weird there between the trees and there was no feeling or light
Soon I just gave up trying, and I shut my eyes and walked along without a clue
After a while, I couldn't tell whether or not I was dead
All that had happened was that I closed my eyes and all I saw was my head
I felt the sun and the heat of the beach, and my love resting nearby
Although, she probably imagined herself in the cold weather at home
Come See About Me (The Supremes Cover)
I've been crying, ‘cause I'm lonely for you
Smiles have altered to tears
But tears won't wash away the fear
That you never ever had your turn to ease the fire that within me burns
Keeps me crying baby, for you
Keeps me sighing baby, for you
So won't you hurry?
Come on boy and see about me
Come see about me
See about your baby
Come see about me
Gave up my friends just for you
My friends have gone and you have too
No peace shall I find until you come back and be mine
No matter what you do or say, I'm gonna’ love you anyway
Keep on crying baby, for you
I want to keep sighing baby, for you
So come on, hurry
Come on and see about me
Come see about me
See about me baby
Come see about me
Some kind of love
My life's so weird but then I run
From my arms you won't be out of reach
But my heart says you're here, is the key
Keeps me crying baby, for you
Keep on crying baby, for you
So won't you hurry?
Come on boy and see about me
Come see about me
See about your baby
Come see about me
So lonely
Come see about me
I want you only
Come see about me
See about me baby
Manhole Pie
Grow back from dead
Spend life in bed
A copy machine and a rabbit made of money
Tear up the street and asphalt turns runny
When lava seeps through the shower stall, all the fish on the curtain don't see it at all
Yo, fax machine and a town of whores
Running out of money and making more
Than the thousands of rocking horses stuck all up and down the street
Break it down for me
Three books left from a hurricane
And all the carbon monoxide's collected on the brain
Through the tube and the window, coated in grease, rubbed off the hair of a super sleeve
Piled up high
Manhole pie
My Sweetie
Secret life and twisted king plays opposite the perfect queen
Such a match in heaven
Forced to feel a certain way or cry for my remaining days
Such a price to pay for our perfect love
Soon though, after cars drive by, we'll have the time to be
Me and sweetie
Ghost Town
Two times in a row
Kicked out of all the trees without making any noise
Who's got the courage for me?
And how can I complain?
It's all on down the drain
Dead life
No one’s waking up
Automatic talk
Petrified and stale
Long life
But not one time's stepped out
A soar covers our necks, writing tricky checks
Ghost Town
All been wired away
Who knows if they'll stay dead like that?
Bombs blast
Open in the woods
Doesn't do any good to make up any words
Ghost Town
Long life
Dead
Heart Day
Having someone by your side
A love to be there too
It took a while for me to decide
And let myself see true
A day made for love like this,
With cards and hearts and sweeties
When me and mine will hug and kiss
‘Cause everything's so good
We're not allowed to spend the night,
Although we really want to
‘Cause waking up with honey there
It's been awhile since we first smooched,
Lots has happened since then
We've come all the way around
And here we are now
Nothing else is sweeter
Hot Chocolate
Road that goes from her house to my house,
Darkened by the long gone sunset
Trees hang over and make it even darker
I pass by them every single time
There's a ghost that lives right above me
Floating dead but never been alive
Not a boy or girl and only at night
Scrapes my tummy out, makes it hollow
She fills me up like drinking hot chocolate,
Sweet and warm and she's my honey
When I have to go home, we're both so sad
After that, I'm awfully lonely
Sun Window
Warm feet pressed on glass, soaking in the sun
Any second though, the clouds cover it up
Water on the stove
Spider on my toe
One split second thought
Says she's all I've got
Radio Beach (Piranhas Cover)
Swimming naked down at the oasis
I'm the piranha biting my friends' faces
I crawl right out and back in again, then I dry off in the desert wind
Who the hell are you and why are you here?
Would you like to sit down?
Would you like a beer?
Would you, could you in a shoe?
Yes, that's fine but not with you
Hey
“I can't feel my legs,” she said
“That's ‘cause they're not there,” I said
I go to the pond at the Radio Beach, is where I sing and swim and play with the leeches
Who the hell are you and why are you here?
Would you, could you in a shoe?
Yes, that's fine but not with you
Hey
I've got a fish stuck in my head
“I told you 'bout the time that I lost the world”
“The time you were down just because of a girl?”
“Yeah, but I'm cool now, I recovered fast”
“You mean you're all better now and it's a thing of the past?”
“Uh-Huh!”
Who the hell are you and why are you here?
Would you like to sit down?
Would you like a beer?
Would you, could you in a shoe?
Yes, that's fine but not with you
Hey
Pain Runnin’ (Karl Blau Cover)
Oh you've never known the road as your country and your home
And your blankets are the fog and you live better than your dog
When you're flying just to fall and your sisters are paying for a call,
Death dances in the night and touches you with cold delight
Oh the pain, we know you well
One verse about the rich man leads to a chorus of the thieves
And the town's people miss the bridge, regarding “Turn the other cheek”
We are lovers of life and we live just to survive
There's a fire in our eyes and we see right through your eyes
The pain, we know you well
Oh, the preacher tells the children “All are equal in God's eye”
Why then are we still running, running 'till the hour we die?
The pain, we know you well
Coach Fuckhead
A pretty day at the carnival
What happened?
My head was full (of shit)
I thought I felt something but it wasn’t love
I need some help from the lord up above (yeah right)
I need to see clearly what’s wrong with me
What is this reason that I cannot see? (*?)
What is this game?
I don’t want to play
Here is a voice, I hear him say:
“Keep your son away from my daughter”
The scene just keeps getting hotter and hotter
I wrestled once, I got pinned every time
But they weren’t trying to take what was rightfully mine (no sir)
But, you see, I don’t want it anymore
You can take it back and walk out the door (goodbye)
They keep blaming me for shit I didn’t do
But I don’t care now ‘cause, fuckhead, we’re through
Get out of my face, don’t invade the soirée
Quit talkin’ to me and don’t ever say?:
“Coach fuckhead”
“Keep your son away from my daughter”
The scene just keeps getting hotter and hotter
Sunglassez
I wear my sunglasses in the sun
They were made for me and I’m number 1
They make everything oh, really orange
And if I had somebody, I would buy me some more
Sunglasses in the summer sun
Sunglasses, kicking their asses
I wear ‘em in the daytime and I wear ‘em at night
I always look real tough, so I never had a fight
And nobody knows where to get my sunglasses
If they ever fell down, I’d be kicking their asses
Sunglasses in the summer sun
Sunglasses, kicking their asses
I used to have a pair that looked really cool
But I lost them in the classroom when I was at school
And some asshole found ‘em and he took ‘em home
So I had to get another pair, I felt so alone
Sunglasses in the summer sun
Riverboat Man
Oh ho, the riverboat man
Do you know exactly where I am?
Oh ho, you’re gonna’ get burned,
Remembering the lesson that you never learned
I once knew a man, for goodness’ sake
Tied his puppy to a rock and threw it in the lake
But when it grew up, it came back for him
And made the old man pay for his sin
Oh ho, the riverboat man
Do you know exactly where I am?
Oh ho, you’re gonna’ get burned,
Remembering the lesson that you never learned
Down by the flowing stream,
Things aren’t always as they seem
Sometimes you have to take a dip
If you want to feel the best devil-fying (*?) drip
Call the name of the riverboat man
Watch him gracefully raise his hand,
Call on the spirits with all his might
Cast forth the puppy into the sunlight
Oh ho, the riverboat man
Do you know exactly where I am?
Oh ho, you’re gonna’ get burned,
Remembering the lesson that you never learned
As you walk down, past the banks of the river,
Behold the (*?) riverboat man in all his mighty power and glory
Know I am the riverboat man
(indistinguishable…trails off)
Pre Amp
I am a pre amp
Plug the cords right in my head
I've got headphones stuck right into my shirt
I'm a guitar amp
I bite the cord between my teeth
My voice is the speaker
And my eyes tell how loud I am
I've got microphone fingers
I don't care about phantom power
And I know the levels
Because I'm a pre amp for everything
We did something to make sure you could hear me,
Where was I going?
Did this sound just disappear?
You were recording
You kept me on auto (*?)
You played it softly inside your headphones
I am a beauty,
I am the voice that sounds sweet
Playing softly, putting you to sleep
I am a beauty,
I am the voice that sounds sweet
Playing softly, putting you to sleep
(I wanted to keep you so I made a tape,
Now I listen to your voice singing to me)
I am a beauty,
You’re plugged into my heart
(I am a preamp,
You’re plugged into my heart)
Feedback Love
Something's in my head
When will I ever let it out?
That song is something we all love
It's born when we sing and shout
We all sing songs of feedback
Whenever we're in love
We all have voices for speakers
But feedback just floats in the air
It's fast and it flies everywhere
The microphone loves the speaker
But they never get to meet,
Singing their songs of feedback
Nothing has ever been so sweet
Side A:
Shredded Pants, Stinky Breath, Palm Trees, White Foam Water
Teeth
Josh Young
Untitled, Unlisted
Nightly
Retarded Twin
Beautiful Face
Painting Of A Cat
Moog Town 2
Dem Hard Blues
Mouth & Eye Disease
Teenage Moustache
So Wrong
Perfect Situation
The Creeps
Club Theme (From Zombies Ahoy)
Iceberg
Katy Song (Red House Painters Cover)
Side B:
October
In The Way
Florida Land
Blizzard
Come See About Me (The Supremes Cover)
Manhole Pie
My Sweetie
Ghost Town
Heart Day
Hot Chocolate
Sun Window
Radio Beach (Piranhas Cover)
Pain Runnin' (Karl Blau Cover)
Coach Fuckhead
Sunglassez
Riverboat Man
Pre Amp
Feedback Love
Shredded Pants, Stinky Breath, Palm Trees White Foam Water
I had this dream where I figured out how to breathe underwater by blowing my mouth full with an air bubble and then re-breathing that old air. I was swimming around someplace tropical and I saw the ripply image of three of my friends playing on the beach. 2 boys and 1 girl. They were throwing rocks at each other and pissing in the sand and the girl kept talking about how she thought she was pregnant and how her mom was so scared. These friends were years younger than me, middle school and totally nuts. Super-duper teenage riot with obsessions and grudges to spare. And the contrast between their shredded pants and stinky breath and the palm trees and white foam water. I saw this from underwater, I was settling in. Closed my eyes even, but like a big rumble in the distance when a jet flies over or when the crickets stop, a tidal wave lifted me up and I swam through it, watching its shadow gobble up my friends. My watery yells were worthless. The wave smashed them and I saw the girl cry. She broke into pieces and fell down in between the white coral and turquoise fish, her multi-colored hair still contrasted the beauty there. I woke up and missed them because I hadn't seen them for so long.
Teeth
(Instrumental)
Josh Young
(Instrumental)
Nightly
Daily I wake up like clockwork
My head buzzing around the room
Sweaty squinting in the sunlight
Nightly, it hits me like clockwork
I miss her so bad
Shadows from the moon
On the back of a car seat
Where she sat once
Retarded Twin
Diaries and the clothes we wear
Seven days a week
Everything used and permanent
Permanent
Good
Beautiful Face
When I go to sleep in my bed
I am lying there almost dead
Floating above my little head
While I lie there in my soft bed
A beautiful face right above me
Floating there, staring down at me
Watching me and loves me dearly
I see her face every nightly
When I go to sleep
Floating above me
A beautiful face
Watches me and loves me
Beautiful face
Painting of a Cat
Late at night in a house, I fall asleep in a chair
Right in the middle of very important things
Right when I wake up, and a little bit before,
I always feel a little bit crappy
Because of this girl who's not with me
All of the time
But I'd like her to be,
But I know she'll never be,
Hanging out with me
That one time in the tree
Was the only time with me
I sit here in the dark
In this soft chair, I fall asleep sometimes
Underneath the painting of a cat
Moogtown 2
(Instrumental)
Dem Hard Blues
I woke up this morning
I don't got a shirt
(Tattoos)
I don't got no pants
‘Cause they caught on fire
(Sing it brother)
I woke up this morning
I was lying in my bed
(Oh yeah)
My face is on fire
And I got the blues, yeah
My face is on fire
I got the blues, yeah
I got the blues
Yeah
Down by the river, I knew this old man
He got a stump where there used to be a hand
He got lotsa’ diseases from sleeping with whores
If he don't quit it, he's catching some more
That boy got the blues
He got them hard blues
Don't know what to do
My feet is on fire
I got a feed
The chickens are after me
I got the blues
My woman just left me
Alone in the swamp
Got bit by some gators
Got the blues, yeah
My face is on fire,
I got the blues, yeah
The blues
The blues is in all of us
Let me tell ya’
We got the blues in the air we breathe
And the birds that are flyin' in the sky
And the fish swimmin' in the sea
The blues
The blues is a part of all of us
Let me tell ya’
(Don't tell me)
I've been playin' the blues since 1942
In the back of a juke joint
In the back of Mississippi
In the Biloxi
The blues, it's in all of us
Mouth & Eye Disease
Schemes fill up my head, though not word for word
I try to tell you how I understand real hurt
My stupid mouth
I can't talk now
Please show me how to say or do
Each time I sing to you
I crack my voice or lose a tooth
You never know
Never know
My stupid mouth
I can't talk now
Please show me how to say or do
I've got a tragic case of mouth and eye disease
Teenage Moustache
What could be more weird than young kids with yellow beards?
Popular things fly through the air
Kids wear T-shirts, slick back their hair
Hanging out underneath the tallest tree in the world
Sitting there in the shade outside
It's cool
Calls come late at night when I am watching TV or sitting there
I'm so happy to hear her voice
Side two on this tape follows side one
Cool with you and me
Now we'll both be free
Teenage moustache
Zits and cigarettes
Pawn shop gun case
Skateboard rider
Living on an island
Never been to Compton
Giving me dirty looks
Treats me like a piece of crap
Summer's gone, school is done
I stay up late every night
Learning how to make up songs
Without thinking about problems
Chipping paint and plastic cups
Piles and piles of rusty books
Late at night, on a sugar high
Loud car
Young kid
A hundred bucks
You smell like fish
You'll go far
Young kid
You stupid car
Song of a bitch
Grow a beard
And look so weird
Make up games played on an island
In the summer riding bikes there
Hand me down from one to another
Outside of a building
Keen on tons of people outside in the fresh air
She hasn't called for a long time
Playing songs like genetic
Giving up and dropping dead now
A hundred bucks
You smell like fish
You'll go far
Young kid
You stupid car
Son of a bitch
Grow a beard
And look so weird
So Wrong
Everybody's never seemed so wrong
Especially now, when I'm feeling so fucked up
Perfect Situation
Like a dream, right now it seems more secret than before
Rain and dark and chemical skies and wet feet all next day
Who am I to take away this beautiful situation?
You have one chance, don't show it off and pretend that it's not there
Switch between water and land quicker than a weasel
I have to move away pretty soon, or stay there under water
The Creeps
(Instrumental)
Club Theme (From Zombies Ahoy)
(Lyrics are indecipherable)
Iceberg
Plastic palm tree, five miles high
Filling up the skies
Head expanding 'til I blow up
But can't seem to die
Moving closer, staying small,
Messing up my eyes
It takes five minutes though,
Before I feel this way
Katy Song (Red House Painters Cover)
Some escape, some door to open
This path seems the blackest but I guess it's the sanest
But there in the clearing, I know you'll be wearing
Your young aching smile and waving your hands
Can't go with my heart when I can't feel what's in it
I thought you'd come over but for some reason you didn't
Glass on the pavement under my shoe,
Without you is all my life amounts to
A final sleep, no words from my cutting
Mouth to your ear or taut, wicked pinches
From my fingers to your bitter face
That I can't heal
I know tomorrow you will be somewhere in London,
Living with someone
You've got some kind of family there to turn to
And that's more than I could ever give you
(Sung Simultaneously)
A chance for calm, a hope for freedom
Outlet from my cold, solitary kingdom
By the forest of our spring stay
Where you walked away
And left a bleeding part of me
Empty and bothered, watching the water
Quiet in the corner, numb and falling through
Without you what does my life amount to?
October
A whole day of dirty looks, I spent it sorting books
The weather outside here looks so stormy and grey
October
October stormy night
Recording
October
I'm serious, there's too much books
It's messy, so why complain?
The feeling I have is nice, just like the old days
Too bad I can't say a thing
But I've got a tune to sing
It's messy, but why complain?
These feelings are so nice
October
October stormy night
October
In the Way
Plan out what to say
Think of it all day
Want to do things right but know I'm only in the way
So obsessed with speech
And seeming extra smooth
Want to do things right but know I'm only in the way
Florida Land
It snowed for the first time since ten months ago
It's all melted, though
My love
Living somewhere high, she knows I love her a lot
Blizzard
I walked all the way home from the bottom of the hill where I was stuck in the snow
I tried driving up it four times but there was no way it could go
On the fourth time when I got near the top, the back wheels started to slide
I just about fell in a crack in the earth but got out of there alright
I had to just walk, so I parked the car and then put on my coat
When I opened the doors, snow blew in my face and freezing temperatures, too
After a while though, the walk was nice because of the quiet and dark
My body stayed toasty and feet were like coals, and my eyes watered and froze
The grey and the dark all around, the weather felt great and I closed my eyes
But when I thought about it, I knew that something was gone
She's far gone in Florida for three whole more days a love I have in the sun
(I've got) numb cheeks feel hot and she knows just how I feel
Now that I think about it, I miss her beautiful face
The road grew thinner and wound around into the woods
It was so weird there between the trees and there was no feeling or light
Soon I just gave up trying, and I shut my eyes and walked along without a clue
After a while, I couldn't tell whether or not I was dead
All that had happened was that I closed my eyes and all I saw was my head
I felt the sun and the heat of the beach, and my love resting nearby
Although, she probably imagined herself in the cold weather at home
Come See About Me (The Supremes Cover)
I've been crying, ‘cause I'm lonely for you
Smiles have altered to tears
But tears won't wash away the fear
That you never ever had your turn to ease the fire that within me burns
Keeps me crying baby, for you
Keeps me sighing baby, for you
So won't you hurry?
Come on boy and see about me
Come see about me
See about your baby
Come see about me
Gave up my friends just for you
My friends have gone and you have too
No peace shall I find until you come back and be mine
No matter what you do or say, I'm gonna’ love you anyway
Keep on crying baby, for you
I want to keep sighing baby, for you
So come on, hurry
Come on and see about me
Come see about me
See about me baby
Come see about me
Some kind of love
My life's so weird but then I run
From my arms you won't be out of reach
But my heart says you're here, is the key
Keeps me crying baby, for you
Keep on crying baby, for you
So won't you hurry?
Come on boy and see about me
Come see about me
See about your baby
Come see about me
So lonely
Come see about me
I want you only
Come see about me
See about me baby
Manhole Pie
Grow back from dead
Spend life in bed
A copy machine and a rabbit made of money
Tear up the street and asphalt turns runny
When lava seeps through the shower stall, all the fish on the curtain don't see it at all
Yo, fax machine and a town of whores
Running out of money and making more
Than the thousands of rocking horses stuck all up and down the street
Break it down for me
Three books left from a hurricane
And all the carbon monoxide's collected on the brain
Through the tube and the window, coated in grease, rubbed off the hair of a super sleeve
Piled up high
Manhole pie
My Sweetie
Secret life and twisted king plays opposite the perfect queen
Such a match in heaven
Forced to feel a certain way or cry for my remaining days
Such a price to pay for our perfect love
Soon though, after cars drive by, we'll have the time to be
Me and sweetie
Ghost Town
Two times in a row
Kicked out of all the trees without making any noise
Who's got the courage for me?
And how can I complain?
It's all on down the drain
Dead life
No one’s waking up
Automatic talk
Petrified and stale
Long life
But not one time's stepped out
A soar covers our necks, writing tricky checks
Ghost Town
All been wired away
Who knows if they'll stay dead like that?
Bombs blast
Open in the woods
Doesn't do any good to make up any words
Ghost Town
Long life
Dead
Heart Day
Having someone by your side
A love to be there too
It took a while for me to decide
And let myself see true
A day made for love like this,
With cards and hearts and sweeties
When me and mine will hug and kiss
‘Cause everything's so good
We're not allowed to spend the night,
Although we really want to
‘Cause waking up with honey there
It's been awhile since we first smooched,
Lots has happened since then
We've come all the way around
And here we are now
Nothing else is sweeter
Hot Chocolate
Road that goes from her house to my house,
Darkened by the long gone sunset
Trees hang over and make it even darker
I pass by them every single time
There's a ghost that lives right above me
Floating dead but never been alive
Not a boy or girl and only at night
Scrapes my tummy out, makes it hollow
She fills me up like drinking hot chocolate,
Sweet and warm and she's my honey
When I have to go home, we're both so sad
After that, I'm awfully lonely
Sun Window
Warm feet pressed on glass, soaking in the sun
Any second though, the clouds cover it up
Water on the stove
Spider on my toe
One split second thought
Says she's all I've got
Radio Beach (Piranhas Cover)
Swimming naked down at the oasis
I'm the piranha biting my friends' faces
I crawl right out and back in again, then I dry off in the desert wind
Who the hell are you and why are you here?
Would you like to sit down?
Would you like a beer?
Would you, could you in a shoe?
Yes, that's fine but not with you
Hey
“I can't feel my legs,” she said
“That's ‘cause they're not there,” I said
I go to the pond at the Radio Beach, is where I sing and swim and play with the leeches
Who the hell are you and why are you here?
Would you, could you in a shoe?
Yes, that's fine but not with you
Hey
I've got a fish stuck in my head
“I told you 'bout the time that I lost the world”
“The time you were down just because of a girl?”
“Yeah, but I'm cool now, I recovered fast”
“You mean you're all better now and it's a thing of the past?”
“Uh-Huh!”
Who the hell are you and why are you here?
Would you like to sit down?
Would you like a beer?
Would you, could you in a shoe?
Yes, that's fine but not with you
Hey
Pain Runnin’ (Karl Blau Cover)
Oh you've never known the road as your country and your home
And your blankets are the fog and you live better than your dog
When you're flying just to fall and your sisters are paying for a call,
Death dances in the night and touches you with cold delight
Oh the pain, we know you well
One verse about the rich man leads to a chorus of the thieves
And the town's people miss the bridge, regarding “Turn the other cheek”
We are lovers of life and we live just to survive
There's a fire in our eyes and we see right through your eyes
The pain, we know you well
Oh, the preacher tells the children “All are equal in God's eye”
Why then are we still running, running 'till the hour we die?
The pain, we know you well
Coach Fuckhead
A pretty day at the carnival
What happened?
My head was full (of shit)
I thought I felt something but it wasn’t love
I need some help from the lord up above (yeah right)
I need to see clearly what’s wrong with me
What is this reason that I cannot see? (*?)
What is this game?
I don’t want to play
Here is a voice, I hear him say:
“Keep your son away from my daughter”
The scene just keeps getting hotter and hotter
I wrestled once, I got pinned every time
But they weren’t trying to take what was rightfully mine (no sir)
But, you see, I don’t want it anymore
You can take it back and walk out the door (goodbye)
They keep blaming me for shit I didn’t do
But I don’t care now ‘cause, fuckhead, we’re through
Get out of my face, don’t invade the soirée
Quit talkin’ to me and don’t ever say?:
“Coach fuckhead”
“Keep your son away from my daughter”
The scene just keeps getting hotter and hotter
Sunglassez
I wear my sunglasses in the sun
They were made for me and I’m number 1
They make everything oh, really orange
And if I had somebody, I would buy me some more
Sunglasses in the summer sun
Sunglasses, kicking their asses
I wear ‘em in the daytime and I wear ‘em at night
I always look real tough, so I never had a fight
And nobody knows where to get my sunglasses
If they ever fell down, I’d be kicking their asses
Sunglasses in the summer sun
Sunglasses, kicking their asses
I used to have a pair that looked really cool
But I lost them in the classroom when I was at school
And some asshole found ‘em and he took ‘em home
So I had to get another pair, I felt so alone
Sunglasses in the summer sun
Riverboat Man
Oh ho, the riverboat man
Do you know exactly where I am?
Oh ho, you’re gonna’ get burned,
Remembering the lesson that you never learned
I once knew a man, for goodness’ sake
Tied his puppy to a rock and threw it in the lake
But when it grew up, it came back for him
And made the old man pay for his sin
Oh ho, the riverboat man
Do you know exactly where I am?
Oh ho, you’re gonna’ get burned,
Remembering the lesson that you never learned
Down by the flowing stream,
Things aren’t always as they seem
Sometimes you have to take a dip
If you want to feel the best devil-fying (*?) drip
Call the name of the riverboat man
Watch him gracefully raise his hand,
Call on the spirits with all his might
Cast forth the puppy into the sunlight
Oh ho, the riverboat man
Do you know exactly where I am?
Oh ho, you’re gonna’ get burned,
Remembering the lesson that you never learned
As you walk down, past the banks of the river,
Behold the (*?) riverboat man in all his mighty power and glory
Know I am the riverboat man
(indistinguishable…trails off)
Pre Amp
I am a pre amp
Plug the cords right in my head
I've got headphones stuck right into my shirt
I'm a guitar amp
I bite the cord between my teeth
My voice is the speaker
And my eyes tell how loud I am
I've got microphone fingers
I don't care about phantom power
And I know the levels
Because I'm a pre amp for everything
We did something to make sure you could hear me,
Where was I going?
Did this sound just disappear?
You were recording
You kept me on auto (*?)
You played it softly inside your headphones
I am a beauty,
I am the voice that sounds sweet
Playing softly, putting you to sleep
I am a beauty,
I am the voice that sounds sweet
Playing softly, putting you to sleep
(I wanted to keep you so I made a tape,
Now I listen to your voice singing to me)
I am a beauty,
You’re plugged into my heart
(I am a preamp,
You’re plugged into my heart)
Feedback Love
Something's in my head
When will I ever let it out?
That song is something we all love
It's born when we sing and shout
We all sing songs of feedback
Whenever we're in love
We all have voices for speakers
But feedback just floats in the air
It's fast and it flies everywhere
The microphone loves the speaker
But they never get to meet,
Singing their songs of feedback
Nothing has ever been so sweet