Sullivan Street

Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street Cross the water and home through the town Past the shadows that fall down wherever we meet Pretty soon now I won’t come around I’m almost drowning in her sea She’s nearly fallen to her knees Take the way home […]


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Black And Blue

Fading everything to black and blue You look a lot like you Shatter in the blink of an eye You keep sailing right on through Every time you say you’re learning You just look a lot like me Pale under the blistering sky White and red Black and blue You’ve […]


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Anna Begins

My friend assures me "it’s all or nothing" I am not worried, I am not overly concerned My friend implores me: "For one time only make an exeption" I am not not worried Wrap her up in a package of lies send her off to a coconut island I am […]


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High Life

All my friends got flowers in their eyesBut I got none this seasonAll of last years blooms have gone and diedTime doesn’t give a reasonHey baby, do you ask yourself sometimesWhat you need to be forgiven?Everything that you’ve ever done wrongIs the reason that I’m drivenStraight to you Waiting here […]


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Recovering The Satellites

Gonna get back to basics Guess I’ll start it up again I’m fallin’ from the ceiling You’re falling from the sky now and then Maybe you were shot down in pieces Maybe I slipped in between But we were gonna be the wildest people they ever hoped to see Just […]


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Perfect Blue Buildings

Just down the street from your hotel, baby I stay at home with my disease And ain’t this position familiar, darling Well, all monkeys do what they see Help me stay awake, I’m falling… Down on Virginia and La Loma Where I got friends who’ll care for me You got […]


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Miami

Guess I think I feel alright You come circling through the lightThe skyline baby is bright tonightOne more perfect rendezvous Sundown paints the shadows through Daylight aiming? on what we do It looks like darkness to me, oh Drifting down into Miami Miami Can I say I wish that this […]


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Speedway

I get so nervous I’m shakingGets so I got no pride at allGets so bad but I just keep coming back for moreI guess I just get off on that stuff I’m thinking about taking some timeI’m thinking about leaving soon I got some things I can’t tell anyoneI got […]


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I’m Not Sleeping

She comes to me at night when I’m sleeping She comes to me when I’m alone She comes to me, she holds my head when I’m crying She comes to me, she shuts my eyes She brings me home But I’m not sleeping anymore, anymore But I’m not sleeping anymore, […]


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Hanginaround

She sat right down on the sofaI said, "Where have you been? I’ve been waiting for youCause last night I had something so goodThese days get so long and I got nothing to do" I been hanginaround this town on the cornerI been bummin’ around this old town so longI […]


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Colorblind

I am colorblindCoffee black and egg whitePull me out from insideI am ready, I am ready, I am readyI am taffy stuck and tongue tiedStutter shook and uptightPull me out from insideI am ready, I am ready, I am readyI am fine I am covered in skinNo one gets to […]


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Kid Things (Bonus)

What’s there that makes you want to be lonelyWhat’s there that keep you sitting at homeHe’d always say no no no as if he wanted you to be hungryWell the same things you’re missing could get you into something else Better leave when to stay is only nothing but being […]


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Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby

Well I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that’s when it all hurts the mostI dream I never know anyone at the party and I’m always the hostIf dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghostsYou can never escape, you can only move south down the coast Well, I […]


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Catapult

All of the sudden she disappears Just yesterday she was here Somebody tell me if I am sleeping Someone should be with me here Cause I don’t wanna be alone I wanna be the knife that cuts into my hand And I wanna be scattered from here in this catapult […]


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Mr. Jones

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr. Jones srikes up a coversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer She dances while his father plays guitar She’s suddenly beautiful We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through […]


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