1.It's A Hit
Any chimp can play human for a day.
Use his opposable thumbs to iron his uniform
and run for office on election day
fancy himself a real decision maker
and deploy more troops than salt shakers.
But it's a jungle when war is made,
and you'll panic and throw your own shit at the enemy.
The camera pulls back to reveal your true identity.
Look, it's a sheep in wolf's clothing.
A smoking gun holding ape.
Any asshole can open up a museum.
Put all of the things he loves on display
so everyone could see them.
The house, a car, a thoughtful wife
ordinary moments in his ordinary life.
But if she breaks a smile, she'll give you away
'cause no one wants to pay to see your happiness.
No one wants to pay to see your day to day
and I'm not buying it either
but I'll try selling it anyway.
Any idiot can play Greek for a day
and join a sorority or write a tragedy
and articulating all that pain
and maybe you'll get paid.
But it's a sin when success complains,
and your writers block- it don't mean shit.
Just throw it against the wall and see what sticks.
Gotta write a hit.
I think this is it.
It's a hit.
And if it's not,
then it's a holiday for hanging
yeah it's a holiday for hanging
yeah it's a holiday for hanging
yeah it's a holiday for hanging
yeah shoo-bop-shoo-bop my baby
Any fool can play executioner for a day,
and say with fingers pointed in both directions
'he went thataway',
It's only a switch or syringe,
aww, exempt from eternal sins.
But you still wear a cross,
and you think you're gonna get in.
Ah, but the pardons never come from up-stairs.
They're always a moment too late,
but it's entertainment
keep the crowd on their toes,
it's justice, we're safe.
It's not a hit, it's a holiday
shoo-bop-shoo-bop my baby
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
I'm a holiday for hanging,
I'm a holiday for hanging,
I'm a holiday yeah
I'm a holiday for hanging,
It's a holiday for hanging, yeah
2.Does He Love You？
Get a real job
Keep the wind at your back and the sun on your face
All the immediate unknowns are better than knowing this tired
and lonely fate.
Does he love you？
Does he love you？
Will he hold your tiny face in his hands？
I guess it's spring; I didn't know
It's always seventy-five with no meltin' snow
A married man, he visits me
I receive his letters in the mail twice a week
And I think he loves me
and when he leaves her
he's coming out to California
I guess it all worked out
There's a ring on your finger and the baby's due out
You share a place by the park and run a shop for antiques
downtown
And he loves you, yeah he loves you, and the two of you will
soon become three
And he loves you, even though you used to say you were flawed if
you weren't free
Let's not forget ourselves good friend
You and I were almost dead
And you're better off for leavin'
Yeah you're better off for leavin'
Late at night, I get the phone
You're at the shop sobbin' all alone
Your confession is coming out
You only married him, you felt your time was running out
But now you love him, and your baby
At last you are complete
But he's distant and you found him on the phone pleading saying
'baby I love you and I'll leave her and I'm comin' out to
California'
Let's not forget ourselves good friend
I am flawed if I'm not free
and your husband will never leave you, he will never leave you
for me
3.Portions For Foxes
There's blood in my mouth
Cause I've been biting my tongue all week
I keep on talking trash
But I never say anything
And the talking leads to touching
And the touching leads to sex
And then there is no mystery left
And it's bad news, baby, I'm bad news
I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news
I know I'm alone
If I'm with or without you
But just being around you
Offers me another form of relief
When the lonliness leads to bad dreams
And the bad dreams lead me to calling you
And I call you and say 'come here!'
And it's bad news, baby, I'm bad news
I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news
And it's bad news, baby, it's bad news
It's just bad news, bad news, bad news
Cause you're just damage control
For a walking corpse like me, like you
Cause we'll all be portions for foxes
Yeah we'll all be portions for foxes
There's a pretty young thing in front of you
And she's real pretty
And she's real into you
And then she's sleeping inside of you
And the talking leads to touching
And the touching leads to sex
And then there is no mystery left
And it's bad news, I don't blame you
I do the same thing, I get lonely too
And you're bad news, my friends tell me to leave you
That you're bad news, bad news, bad news
You're bad news, baby you're bad news
And you're bad news, baby you're bad news
And you're bad news, I don't care I like you
And you're bad news, I don't care I like you
I like you
4.Ripchord
Pull the ripchord
The ship has lost its sail
Your momma's gotta new man
Your daddy always fails
And you're eaten again at them
Cause nobody loves you
And even fancy things
Have finally lost their charm
Wine and diamond rings
That never get you anymore
You're sleepin again alone
Cause nobody loves you
They should have seen you
Shoulda known you
Shoulda known
What it was like to be you
So come on kid
Look at what you did
I don't know if you meant it
But you did yourself in
And I was even havin' a good day
When I found out we'd lost you
She said it was in
The singin' and the strummin'
Oh man I even saw it comin'
5.I Never
I'm only a woman
Of flesh and bone
An I wept much
We all do
I thought I might die alone
But I have
Never, never, never (x3)
Never, never met you
So baby be good to me
I got nothing to give you
You see
Except
Everything, everything (x2)
All the good and the bad
'Cause I've been bad
I've lied, cheated, stolen and
Been ungrateful for what I had
And I'm afraid habits rule my waking life
I'm scared and I'm runnin' in my sleep
For you
But all the oceans, and rivers and showers
Will wash it all away and make me clean for you
'Cause I have
Never, never, never (x3)
Never, never met you
So lets take a loan out
Put it down on a house
In a place we've never lived
In a place that exists
In the pages of scripts
And the songs that they sing
And all of the beautiful things
That make you weep but
Don't have to make you weak
'Cause I've
Never, never, never, never (x7)
Loved someone the way
That I loved you
6.The Absence Of God
The absence of God will bring you comfort, baby
And planning's for the poor so let's pretend that we're rich
And I'm not my body or how I choose to destroy it
Folk singers sing songs for the working, baby
We're just recreation for all those doctors and lawyers
There's no relief for the bleeding heart
'Cause they'll be losing bodies tonight
And Rob says you love, love, love and then you die
I've watched him while sleeping and seen him crying with closed
eyes
And you're not happy but you're funny and I'm tripping over my
joy
But I just keep on getting up again
We could be daytime drunks if we wanted
We'd never get anything done that way baby
And we'd still be ruled by our dueling perspectives
And I'm not my perspective
Or the lies I'll tell you every time
And Morgan says, maybe love won't let you down
All of your failures are training grounds
And just as your back's turned you'll be surprised she says
As your solitude subsides
And Mike I'll teach you how to swim
If you turn the bad in me into good again
And I say there's trouble
When everything is fine
The need to destroy things
Creeps up on me every time
Just as love's silhouette appears
I close my eyes and disappear tonight
And something's got to change
'Cause our love's the slowest moving train
7.Accidntel Deth
You're obsessed with finding a new brain
But what you need is a new body
It feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before
And the skin you call your home
Holds a heart that quits
And knees that buckle in
And lungs that can't breathe when they're alone
And the days come to you like sailors
You watch them as they drift away
They meet the sunrise out at the horizon
And it's neither sink nor swim
Least the water's beneath your chin
There's blood spilled on the floor
Everyone's staring at you what for？
Till you realize the blood is probably yours
You feel you lost something, you want it back
You're lying motionless on your back
And your legs aren't taking anymore requests
Those disobedient brats
How you cared for them as they carried you
From class to class and coast to coast
When you owed rent and you were broke
Through recessions and addictions
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
It's just your accidental death
You're the indian in the cougar's nest
Your fright gives way to memory
Having coffee with your love
Or the story your father told you long ago
He was hunting with his own father
For deer. He pointed and spotted her
And tripped over some roots or some dead trees
The gun went of it was a mistake
And my father was only eight
And as he watched the dying deer he was changed
Cause he felt sorry for what he'd done
And then he put down his gun
Will you feel sorry for what you've done？
QWyou're obsessed with finding a new brain
But what you need is a new body
It feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before
And the skin you call your home
Holds a heart that quits
And knees that buckle in
And lungs that can't breathe when they're alone
And the days come to you like sailors
You watch them as they drift away
They meet the sunrise out at the horizon
And it's neither sink nor swim
Least the water's beneath your chin
There's blood spilled on the floor
Everyone's staring at you what for？
Till you realize the blood is probably yours
You feel you lost something, you want it back
You're lying motionless on your back
And your legs aren't taking anymore requests
Those disobedient brats
How you cared for them as they carried you
From class to class and coast to coast
When you owed rent and you were broke
Through recessions and addictions
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
It's just your accidental death
You're the indian in the cougar's nest
Your fright gives way to memory
Having coffee with your love
Or the story your father told you long ago
He was hunting with his own father
For deer. he pointed and spotted her
And tripped over some roots or some dead trees
The gun went of it was a mistake
And my father was only eight
And as he watched the dying deer he was changed
Cause he felt sorry for what he'd done
And then he put down his gun
Will you feel sorry for what you've done？
Will you put down your gun？
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
But there's no accidental death
When you're the indian in the cougar's nest
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
It's just your accidental death
You're the indian in the cougar's nest
You're obsessed with finding a new brain
But what you need is a new body
It feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before
And the skin you call your home
Holds a heart that quits
And knees that buckle in
And lungs that can't breathe when they're alone
And the days come to you like sailors
You watch them as they drift away
They meet the sunrise out at the horizon
And it's neither sink nor swim
Least the water's beneath your chin
There's blood spilled on the floor
Everyone's staring at you what for？
Till you realize the blood is probably yours
You feel you lost something, you want it back
You're lying motionless on your back
And your legs aren't taking anymore requests
Those disobedient brats
How you cared for them as they carried you
From class to class and coast to coast
When you owed rent and you were broke
Through recessions and addictions
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
It's just your accidental death
You're the indian in the cougar's nest
Your fright gives way to memory
Having coffee with your love
Or the story your father told you long ago
He was hunting with his own father
For deer. he pointed and spotted her
And tripped over some roots or some dead trees
The gun went of it was a mistake
And my father was only eight
And as he watched the dying deer he was changed
Cause he felt sorry for what he'd done
And then he put down his gun
Will you feel sorry for what you've done？
Will you put down your gun？
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
But there's no accidental death
When you're the indian in the cougar's nest
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
It's just your accidental death
You're the indian in the cougar's nest
Will you put down your gun？
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
But there's no accidental death
When you're the indian in the cougar's nest
It's just your accidental death
Your accidental death
It's just your accidental death
You're the indian in the cougar's nest
8.More Adventurous
It's only doubts that we're counting
On fingers broken long ago
I read with every broken heart
We should become more adventurous
And if you banish me from your profits
And if I get banished from the kingdom up above
I'd sacrifice money and heaven all for love
Let me be loved, let me be loved
And if my brain quits
Well I guess then that's just it
And if my hands stop working
then you can call me lazy
And if I get pregnant
I guess I'll just have the baby
Let it be loved, let me be loved
I've been trying to nod my head
But it's like I've got a broken neck
Wanting to say 'I will' as my last testament
For me to be saved and you to be brave
We don't have to walk down that aisle
Cause if marriage ain't enough
Well, at least we'll be loved
I've felt the wind on my cheek
Coming down from the east
And thought about how we are all as
Numerous as leaves on trees
And maybe ours is the cause
Of all mankind
Get loved, make more, try to stay alive
I've been trying to nod my head
But it's like I've got a broken neck
Wanting to say 'I will' as my last testament.
For you to be saved and me to be brave
We don't have to walk down that aisle
Cause if marriage ain't enough,
Well, at least we'll be loved
9.Love And War(11 11 46)
All is fair in love and we're in love
Now that everybody's dead we can finally talk
Can vanity and happiness coexist？
All the lovers we've takin' in direct view of the enemy
And we shift each other's body to accept the bullet
And continue the pleasure
The treasures of battle
It's only for the wounded, the purple-hearted
Why must you try to ruin my peace of mind？
And they were only words and I never meant them
I never loved you
Even in my weakness
You were fuel for the fire - cannon fodder
And my grandpa drank, fell and broke his face in two
When the cops arrived he exclaimed 'I fought in World War II'
And then carried him to darkened hospital room
And saw him moan and curse and he remembers you
And we can't identify the enemy
And it could be you so it'll cost you
And it only cost me my wife
And my job
Now what
And my mom and I went to identify the body
And I wanted to see but she wouldn't let me
I had to wait for the military cemetary
And when we got there this is what she said to me
'Love and war, in heaven and in hell
You get what you deserve
You'd better spread it well
All is fair in love and war and love
A civil world like this it always sells itself'
10.A Man／Me／Then Jim
I had one friend in high school,
Recently he hung himself with string.
His note said, 'If living is the problem,
Well, that's just baffling.'
And at the wake I waited around
To see my ex first love.
And I barely recognized her,
But I knew exactly what she was thinking of.
We sat quietly in the corner,
Whispering close about loss.
And I remembered why I loved her,
And I asked her why I drove her off.
She said, 'The slow fade of love.
Its soft edge might cut you.
And our poor friend Jim, well, he just never felt
The slow fade of love.'
A woman calls my house once a week.
She's always selling things,
Some charity, a phone plan,
Or a subscription to a magazine.
And as I turned her down (I always do),
There's something trembling in her voice.
I said, 'Hey, what troubles you？'
She said, 'I'm surprised you noticed.
Well, my husband, he's leaving,
And I can't convince him to stay.
And he'll take our daughter with him,
She wants to go with him anyway.
I'm sorry I'm hard to live with,
Living is the problem for me.
I'm selling people things they don't want,
And I don't know what she needs.'
He said, 'The slow fade of love.
And its mist might choke you.
It's my gradual descent into a life I've never meant.
It's the slow fade of love.'
I was driving south from melrose.
I happened upon my old lover's old house.
I found myself staring at the closed up door
Like the day she threw me out.
'Diana, diana, diana, I would die for you.
I'm in love with you completely,
I'm afraid that's all I can do.'
She said, 'You can sleep upon my doorstep,
You can promise me a difference, Jen.
But my mind is made up,
And I'll never let you in again.'
For the slow fade of love.
It might hit you from below.
It's your gradual descent into a life you never meant.
It's the slow fade of love.
11.It Just Is
Today's the day I realized
That I could be loved
It echoed though the park last night
He wasn't our son
He belonged to everyone
And this loss isn't good enough
For sorrow or inspiration
It's such a loss for the good guys
Afraid of this life
That it just is
Cause everybody dies
And this loss isn't good enough
For sorrow or inspiration
It's such a loss for the good guys
Afraid of this life
That it just is
Everybody
And this loss isn't good enough
For sorrow or inspiration
It's such a loss for the good guys
Afraid of this life
That it just is
Cause everybody dies
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