Drive
Smack, crack, bushwhacked
Tie another one to the racks, baby
Hey kids, Rock and Roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby
What if I ride, what if you walk
What if you rock around the clock
Tick, tock, tick, tock
What if you did, what if you walk
What if you tried to get off, baby
Hey kids, where are you
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Hey kids, shake a leg
maybe you're crazy in the head, baby
Maybe you did, maybe you walked
Baby you rocked around the clock
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Maybe I drive to get off, baby
Hey kids, shake a leg
maybe you're crazy in the head, baby
Ollie Ollie Ollie Ollie Ollie
Ollie Ollie in come free, baby
Hey kids, where are you
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Smack, crack, shackalack
Tie another one to your back, baby
Hey kids, Rock and Roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby
Maybe you did, maybe you walked
Maybe you rock around the clock
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Maybe I drive to get off, baby
Hey kids, where are you
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Hey kids, Rock and Roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby, baby, baby
Everybody Hurts
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on.
Don't let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes.
Sometimes everything is wrong.
Now it's time to sing along.
When your day is night alone,
(hold on, hold on) if you feel like letting go,
(hold on)when you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on.
Everybody hurts.
Take comfort in your friends.
Everybody hurts.
Don't throw your hand.
Oh, no.
Don't throw your hand.
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life,
the days and nights are long,
when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on.
Well, everybody hurts sometimes, everybody cries.
And everybody hurts sometimes.
And everybody hurts sometimes.
So, hold on, hold on.
Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on.
(repeat & fade) (Everybody hurts. You are not alone.)
Losing My Religion
Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream
Shiny Happy People
Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd
People people
Throw your love around
Love me love me
Take it into town
Happy happy
Put it in the ground
Where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Everyone around love them, love them
Put it in your hands
Take it take it
There's no time to cry
Happy happy
Put it in your heart
Where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Daysleeper
receiving dept., 3 a.m.
staff cuts have socked up the overage
directives are posted.
no callbacks, complaints.
everywhere is calm.
Hong Kong is present
Taipei awakes
all talk of circadian rhythm
I see today with a newsprint fray
my night is colored headache grey
daysleeper
the bull and the bear are marking
their territories
they're leading the blind with
their international glories
I'm the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night.
I see today with a newsprint fray
my night is colored headache grey
don't wake me with so much.
daysleeper.
I cried the other night
I can't even say why
fluorescent flat caffeine lights
its furious balancing
I'm the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night
I see today...
don't wake me with so much. the
ocean machine is set to 9
I'll squeeze into heaven and valentine
my bed is pulling me.
gravity
daysleeper. daysleeper.
daysleeper. daysleeper. daysleeper
Find The River
Hey now little speedy head, the read on the speedmeter says
you have to go the task in the city
Where people drown and people serve,
Don't be shy, your just deserve is only just light years to go.
Me, my thoughts are flower strewn, ocean storm, bayberry moon.
I have got to leave to find my way
Watch the road and memorize this life that pass before my eyes,
nothing is going my way
The ocean is the rivers goal, a need to leave the water knows.
We're closer now than light years to go.
I have got to find the river, bergamot and vetiver
Run through my head and fall away.
Leave the road and memorize this life that pass before my eyes,
nothing is going my way.
There's no one left to take the lead, but I tell you and you can see
We're closer now and light years to go
Pick up here and chase the ride. The river empties to the tide;
Fall into the ocean.
The river to the ocean goes, a fortune for the undertow.
None of this is going my way.
There is nothing left to throw of ginger, lemon, indigo,
Coriander stem and rose of hay.
Strength and courage overrides these privileged and weary eyes of
River poet search naivete.
Pick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tide.
All of this is coming your way.
Ignoreland
These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v. Them years.
Wrecking all things virtuous and true.
The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal
Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool.
They hypnotized the summer, nineteen seventy-nine.
Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
heartless, and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The information nation took their clues from all the sound - bite gluttons.
Nineteen eighty, eighty-four, eighty-eight, ninety-two too, too.
How to be what you can be, jump jam junking your energies.
How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes.
They amplified the autumn, nineteen seventy-nine.
Calculate the capital, up the republic my skinny ass.
T.V. tells a million lies. The papers terrified to report
anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon,
I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this. So, fuck you, man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
If they weren't there we would have created them. Maybe, it's true,
but I'm resentful all the same. Someone's got to take the blame.
I know that this is vitriol. No solution, spleen-venting,
But I feel better having screamed; don't you?
They desecrated winter, nineteen seventy-nine.
Capital collateral. Brooding duplicitous, wicked and able, media-ready,
heartless and labeled. Super U.S. citizen, super achiever,
mega ultra power dosing. Relax.
Defense, defense, defense, defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ignoreland.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
"This is not a revolution, I did not do the revolution, thank you"
Man On The Moon
Mott the Hoople and the game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly, Twenty-one, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Fred Blassie, and a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'll see you heaven if you make the list, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Moses went walking with the staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Here's a little agit for the never believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Monty Got A Raw Deal
Monty this seems strange to me, the movies had that movie thing
But nonsense has a welcome ring and heros don't come easy
Now nonsense isn't new to me, I know my head I know my feet
But mischief knocked me in the knees so just let go, just let go
I saw the ocean meet the man, I saw you buried in the sand
A friend was there to hold my hand, so walk on by
So I went walking through the stream, I saw you strung up in a tree
A woman out there said to me, said hold your tongue, hold your tongue
You don't owe me anything, you don't want this sympathy
(waste your breath)
Don't you waste your breath for the silver screen
(waste your breath)
That nonsense doesn't mean a thing, they tried to bust you in a sting
But virtue isn't everything so don't waste time
Now Here's a rhyme that you must hear, put this on your reel to reel
Mischief through a rotten deal, Monty's laying low, he is laying low
Just let go, just let go
You don't owe me anything, you don't want this sympathy
(waste your breath)
Don't you waste your breath for the silver screen
(waste your breath)
Nightswimming
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I'm not sure all these people understand.
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught, of recklessness and water.
They cannot see me naked.
These things, they go away, replaced by everyday.
Nightswimming. Remembering that night.
September's coming soon. I'm pining for the moon.
And what if there were two side by side in orbit around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum could not describe nightswimming.
You, I thought I knew you. You, I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me.
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming.
The photograph reflects,
every streetlight a reminder.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.
Star Me Kitten
Keys cut, three for the price of one.
Nothing's free, but guaranteed for a lifetimes use.
I've changed the locks and you can't have one.
You, you know the other two.
The brakes have worn so thin that you could hear,
I hear them screeching through the door from our driveway
Hey love, look into your glove box heart.
What is there for me inside? This love is tired.
I've changed the locks. Have I misplaced you?
Have we lost our minds?
Will this never end?
It could depend on your take.
You. Me. We used to be on fire.
If keys are all that stand between,
Can I throw in the ring?
No gasoline.
Just fuck me kitten.
You are wild, and I'm in your possession.
Nothing's free, so fuck me kitten.
I'm in your possession, so fuck me kitten.
Sweetness Follows
Readying to bury your father and your mother
What did you think when you lost another?
I used to wonder, why did you bother?
Distanced from one, blind to to the other.
Listen here, my sister and my brother.
What would you care if you lost the other?
I always wonder why did we bother?
Distanced from one, deaf to the other.
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
It's these little things, they can pull you under.
Live your life filled with joy and wonder
I always knew this all together thunder was lost in our little lives.
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
It's these little things, they can pull you under
Live your life filled with joy and thunder
Yeah, yeah we were all together lost in our little lives.
Oh, oh.
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows.
Try Not To Breathe
I will try not to breathe,
I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees
These eyes are the eyes of the old,
shiver and fold.
I will try not to breathe,
This decision is mine I have lived a full life
and these are the eyes that I want you to remember
Oh.....
I need something to fly over my grave again
I need something to breathe
I will try not to burden you. I can hold these inside.
I will hold my breath until all these shivers subside
Just look in my eyes
I will try not to worry you.
I have seen things that you will never see.
Leave it to memory me.
I shudder to breathe
I want you to remember. Oh, (you will never see).
I need something to fly
(something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will never see)
I need something to breathe
(something to breathe)
Baby don't shiver now,
(I have seen things you)
Why do you shiver now
(will never see.)
I need something to fly
Over my grave again
(I have seen things you will never see)
I need something to breathe
Oh.......... oh....... Oh....... oh.......
I will try not to worry you.
I have seen things that you will never see.
Leave it to memory me.
Don't dare me to breathe
I want you to remember. Oh, (you will never see).
I need something to fly
(something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will never see)
I need something to breathe
(something to breathe)
Baby don't shiver now,
(I have seen things you)
Why do you shiver now
(will never see.)
I need something to fly
Over my grave again
(I have seen things you will never see)
I need something to breathe
I need something to breathe (I have seen things you will never see.)
I want you to remember
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
This here is the place where I will be staying
There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone
Let it ring a long long long long time
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more. Ohhhhhhh...
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Ohhhh.....
There are scratches all around the coin slot
Like a heartbeat baby trying to wake up
But this machine can only swallow money
you can't lay a patch by computer design
Just a lot of stupid, stupid signs
Tell her
Tell her she can kiss my ass, then laugh and say that you were only kidding.
That way she'll know that it's really, really, really, really me, me.
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Ohhhh.....
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me.
Today I need something more sub - s(tub) - sub - substantial.
A can of beans or black-eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
A Candy bar, a fallen star, or a reading from Doctor Suess
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Ohhhh.....
The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way.
Always had a smile and a reason to pretend,
But their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep, but to dream
The sidewinder sleeps on his back.
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her
Ohhhh.....
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her
We've got to moogie moogie move on this one.
Merci à Fanny pour les paroles de l'album 'Automatic For The People'
