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1ST KISS

It's a little push pull 
It's a battle of our wills 
You will want and want more 
Like water washing on the shore 

It's a type of tug of war 
What's the body there for 
Hips like an open door 
Ego trip rich and soul poor 

It felt like we were making love 
It felt like you were in my head 
Like you knew all the thoughts I never said 

And oh how I wish that we could stay like this 

A part of you that feels like mine
Sink into my Valentine 
God's got a perfect design 
Right along our fracture line 

It's a little push pull 
It's a battle of our wills be still 
You will want and want more 
Like water washing on the shore 

It felt like we were making love 
It felt like you were in my blood 
Like there was something we both understood 

And oh how I wish that we could stay like this 
First kiss  
​2 CLAY FEET

The smell of burning and silence fills the air 
And all that I can do is think of you alone in there 
I call you on the telephone small miracle I get through 
But when your voice comes on the line it's not you 

You are no longer you and I am suddenly not me 
The ground's been ripped from underneath our 2 clay feet

It's like a movie but it's true 
And everything sad has turned a deeper shade of blue 
Oh ashes ashes from steel and concrete 
We all fall down we all break down on 2 clay feet 

2 clay feet 
2 clay feet 
Life is a dream life is a dream life is a dream 
Are we awake or do we sleep on 2 clay feet 

Where are our other lives she cried to me 
Something has changed everything has changed way down deep
The devil take them the devil is me 
There are no devils there are no angels on 2 clay feet 

2 clay feet 
2 clay feet 
Life is a dream life is a dream life is a dream 
Are we awake or do we sleep on 2 clay feet 
Are we awake now

ANYMORE

Everybody's got a secret 
that they don't want to keep 
Say something that you might regret 
but come clean 

We're sitting in a restaurant 
You're telling me to keep it down 
You're worried what the waitress thinks 
Tell me I talk too much 
I always take the long way around 

But soon everybody is gonna know what I know 
I couldn't give you everything 
so you're letting me go 

Because my love is not enough for you anymore 
My love is not enough for you anymore 
anymore 

We're driving in your car at night 
You've got both hands on the wheel 
You watch the road your jaw's clenched shut tight 
You won't tell me how you feel 

Well you can keep it all inside yourself 
You're no mystery to me 
Run that red light hit those brakes 
I can hear your anger whispering 

I just want you to tell me 
Something I already know 
I couldn't give you everything 
so you're letting me go 

Because my love is not enough for you anymore
My love is not enough for you anymore 
anymore 

You don't have to tell the truth 
but don't think I can't guess 
You've used up your last excuse 
so why don't you confess 
anymore 
BEFORE GOODBYE

You’re a shadow on my wall
A sound outside my window
You’re summer into fall
And every time the wind blows
 
I hear your voice
Whispering to me
 
Before I say goodbye
There are things I need to do
There are records I must set straight
Before I say goodbye to you
Before I say goodbye
Before I shut the light
 
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah
 
You’re a number I still call
When I’m feeling laid low
You’re every dream I dream
When I hit the pillow
 
Those nights when I still sleep
You’re whispering to me
 
Before I say goodbye
There are things I need to do
There are records I must set straight
Before I say goodbye to you
Before I say goodbye
Before I shut the light
 
Before I say goodbye
There are things I need to do
There are records I must set straight
Before I say goodbye to you
Before I say goodbye
Before I shut the light
 
Before I say goodbye
No, I will not go quiet-like (ah, ah)
I will not leave; I will not go
Until I see your face once more
Until I know (ah, ah, ah, ah)
That you’re okay (ah, ah)
 
Before I say goodbye (ah, ah, ah)
No, I will not go quiet-like
I will not leave; I will not go
Until I see your face once more
Until I know (ah, ah, ahh)
That you’re okay (ah, ah)
 
Okay (Until I know, until I know, that you’re okay)
Okay (Until I know, until I know, that you’re okay)
Okay (Until I know, until I know)

BREATHE

When I'm lying in your arms again 
I won't be able to remember when 
I was without you 
When I'm diving down in my deep end 
You're the only one who gets through 

What I want 
Your hands on me 
It's the only thing I can feel 

You breathe me in 
I breathe you in 
You breathe me in 
I breathe you in 

When I'm with you I can feel the heat 
1,000 summers beating on the street 
Where I've been walking 
I don't care if I burn both my feet 
Put your lips up to my ear just keep talking 

What I want 
To be with you 
It's the only thing that's true 

You breathe me in 
I breathe you in 
You breathe me in 
I breathe you in 

Oh breathe me in... 
What I want 
All that you've got 
Here it is ready or not 

You breathe me in
I breathe you in 
You breathe me in 
I breathe you in 

Oh breathe me in
CANYON

I want to take you 
To the Canyon 
Show you the red rocks and we'll walk 
Down below the rim 

I want to see you 
Touch the dust and feel the dirt 
Make you remember that under the stones 
There is the earth 

All of these things I want for you 
And something else I'm gonna do 

I'll take you home and I will lay you down 
I'll take you home where you can touch the ground 
And I'll fill your bath I'll brush your hair 
Let me take you there 

I want to show you how the mountains 
Carry shadows on their backs 
Climb down the canyon walls where rain falls 
Then disappears just like that 

All of these things I want for you 
And something else I'm gonna do 

I'll take you home and I will lay you down 
I'll take you home where you can touch the ground 
And I'll fill your bath I'll brush your hair 
Let me take you there

CLEAN GETAWAY

Long brown hair 
Straight ahead gray stare 
And tattooed arms 

Meet me in Los Angeles 
Come for breakfast 
And bring your guitar 

There you can lie to me 
Till I believe you 
Stay for awhile 
But when you leave 

You'll make a clean getaway 

Your songs about my life 
Cut me like a sharp knife 
It's so bizarre 

Meet me in Atlanta 
If you won't or can't 
I'll come to where you are 

There you can lie to me 
Till I believe you 
Stay for awhile 
But when you leave 

You'll make a clean getaway 

Yeah you can lie to me 
Till I believe you 
Stay for awhile 
But when you leave 

You won't leave nothin, no souvenirs 
Just a note that says I'm so sorry dear 

​Clean getaway
COOL RAIN


Cool rain
Cool rain
Cool rain
In the summertime, anytime, anytime
 
When I met you
Just to see was not enough
Or to touch
I wanted you, I wanted you; I love you
 
And when I kissed you
Just a kiss was not enough
Now you’re just
My fantasy, our fantasy, fading fast
 
What makes love last?
I search my past, and I find
Things stay the same
Somehow, I thought they’d change
 
Cool rain
Cool rain
Cool rain
In the summertime, anytime, anytime
 
Cool rain
Cool rain
Cool rain
Cool rain

DAMAGE CONTROL

​
Carry me across the threshold 
Push me down the rabbit hole for tea 
Smiling while our lips and teeth grow cold 
We will walk a plank into the sea 

And over the years you'll be bored with me 
And over the years I'll threaten to leave 

And so the story goes 
I try to fix it 
Damage Control 
Then you give me your lips to kiss 
Oh that's low 
You say "I love you" 
We both know it's true 

You will where a suit of armor 
I will keep a secret up my sleeve 
Suspicion is a crawling spider 
Oh what a lovely web we weave 

And over the years we'll have separate beds 
And over the years you'll say it's all in my head 
And so the story goes 
I try to fix it 
Damage Control 
Then you give me your lips to kiss 
Oh that's low 
You say "I love you" 
We both know it's true 
DON'T LOOK AWAY


Hear you’ve been traveling
Looking for that one thing
Everybody wants
Like a ghost, it haunts you
 
Hiding just out of sight
Summer mornings, winter nights
Your “Moonlight in Vermont”
Like a ghost, it haunts you; don’t look away
 
Don’t look away
 
Found it with the boy next door
Diamonds at the jewelry store
Starlit restaurants
Still, that ghost, it haunts you
                                   
Falling for pale reflections
Boot heels grinding out perfection
All that pretty taunts
But the ghost still haunts you; don’t look away
 
Don’t look away
 
It’s always been a part
Intersection of your heart
Birds they got a song
You had it, all along
 
Corner of your eye
You caught it just in time
Middle of a dream
Tugging at your sleeve, don’t look away
 
Don’t look away
 
Oh, hey, don’t look away; don’t look away
Oh, hey, don’t look away
I’m telling you don’t turn your head, don’t even blink your eyes
Or you’ll miss it
 
Oh, hey, don’t look away; don’t look away
Oh, hey, don’t look away
I’m telling you don’t even blink, don’t turn your head
Or you’ll miss it
 
Don't look away

EASILY

​
Guess you can't feel a thing 
That's what you said to me 
When I told you I had to go 
When I said that I was leaving 

'Cause I can't stay here 
In this house with no faith 
I can't live with your fear 
Of looking into the devil's face 

Don't tell me 
I gave up easily 
Don't tell me 
I wasn't ever on my knees 
Don't tell me 
That I never begged you please
Don't tell me 
I gave up 
Easily 

I am empty I am full 
No no I can't decide 
That last weekend I said that I loved you 
I think I was lying 

I have given you up 
No I don't wear your ring 
Now wrapped round my finger 
There's nothing but string 

To help me remember 
My ties to the past 
Except for this devil inside 
Nothing lasts 

​Don't tell me 
I gave up easily 
Don't tell me 
I wasn't ever on my knees 
Don't tell me 
What's inside's a disease 
Don't tell me 
I gave up 
Easily
EMOTIONAL PHOBIC


Emotional phobic 
Get in get out quick 
You don't want to get stuck 
In these arms 

With your cowboy come ons 
It seems like you're so strong 
You'll undress but you just 
Won't disarm 

Carrying 
Your loaded gun 
Underneath your tongue 
And I don't know when it will go off again 

Emotional phobic 
I just need a quick fix 
I think that your game's sick 
But I'll still play 

Wound tight as a tourniquet 
You won't bleed but you'll let 
Me on your monkey set 
Any day 

Carrying 
Your loaded gun 
Underneath your tongue 
And I don't know when it will go off again 

Carrying 
Your loaded gun 
Underneath your tongue 
And I don't know when it will go off again 

And I don't know when it will go off again
I don't know when I will get off

GENTLY

​
To tell the truth 
I'm not okay 
Thank you for asking 
And now will you stay 
Or smile politely 
And just walk away 

To tell the truth 
There's something you can do 
Sit here with me while 
I howl at the moon 
I know that it scares you 
It scares me too 
but help me through 

Gently 
Pick me up carefully 
Gently 
Hold me rock me 
Gently 
Like she used to do 

To tell the truth 
I'm sure I look fine 
You can't see what's hidden 
With the naked eye 
Like trying to find 
Something blue in the sky 

To tell the truth 
Is better than to lie 
But I couldn't tell you 
Before now could I 
I learned years ago 
Not to play with fire 
But not this time 

Gently 
Pick me up carefully 
Gently 
Hold me rock me 
Gently 
Like she used to do
GHOST INSIDE 

​
If we could only see 
Past our bodies 
Look through the blood and bone 
Down through the skin 
Is there a place called home 
What would we find beyond the face 
Is there something there 
Or just an empty space 

The ghost inside 
Sitting like a passenger 
Along for the ride 
God's little spy 
In there with the shadows 
Looking out through our eyes 

If we could only know 
What lies below 
Like the surface of a summer lake 
When the sky's reflected 
Do a double-take 
That's how easily we're fooled 
Our own jester
Keeps us from the jewel 


The ghost inside 
Sitting like a passenger 
Along for the ride 
God's little spy 
In there with the shadows 
Looking out through our eyes 

The ghost inside 
Waiting like a messenger 
Awaits a reply 
God's little spy 
In there with the shadows 
Looking out through our eyes 

GOODBYE IS JUST ANOTHER WAY
 
China teacup on your beside table
Cards from friends that you read and reread
Oh my darling, I’m not done crying
But in these pictures of you…
           
All the pictures in my head
We are laughing; we are together
And that is never, never gonna change
 
Goodbye is just another way to say I love you
Goodbye is just another way to pray
I’m saying goodbye, but you’re still here inside my heart
Like these songs I play
 
In the kitchen Sister lays more trays out
The kids are sleeping on the old sofa bed
We smile encouragement, and raise our glasses
To the pictures of you  
           
In all the pictures in my head
We are laughing; we are together
And that is never, never gonna change
 
Goodbye is just another way to say I love you 
Goodbye is just another way to pray
I’m saying goodbye, but you’re still here inside my heart
With these songs I play         
 
You will always be a part of me
And I want all the world to see
I am your legacy        
                                   
(Ooh, ooh, Hallelujah. Ooh, ooh, pray)
                       
Goodbye is just another way to say I love you
Goodbye is just another way to celebrate you
I’m saying goodbye, but you’re still here inside my heart
Like these songs I play
                                   
(Ooh, ooh, Hallelujah. Ooh, ooh, Hallelujah)
I SLEPT 

I wanted to know you 
But you always had your secrets 
Like airplanes, tall buildings 
The mysteries that you kept 

So I slept

I wanted to have you 
But you always kept your lips shut 
Like veils, dark nighttime 
The split of the skin when it's cut 

So I slept

When I walk through 
This part of the city 
I can feel my heart my sweat 
And I don't want to know 
I don't want to know 
I don't want to know now 

That I slept

I wanted to tell you 
But that was something you would not permit 
So like sirens, helicopter blades 
blood, regret 

I slept

MONKEY TRAP

He wakes up in the middle of the night 
She wakes up in the middle of a dream 
He sleepwalks through his afternoons 
She girltalks about why nothing's what it seems 

They don't know what they believe 
They share life's little mysteries 
They've got it all but all of it's black 
They've got their hands inside 

The monkey trap 

He wakes up in the middle of his life 
She wakes up in the middle of a scream 
He wonders how did I get here anyway 
She's like a ragdoll ripping at the seams 

And they don't know what they believe 
They share love's little mysteries 
They sleep together back to back 
They've got their hands inside 

The monkey trap 

It's too bad they've got their hands so full 
They can't pull back and they won't let go 
The monkey trap 
THE MOON IS MY FRIEND

The moon is my friend 
She disappears by day 
But she comes at night again 
And that's the kind of game I'd like to play 

But when I'm with you my tongue's in knots 
I can't look away from what you've got 
I need the cover of the dark night sky to say 
The things that I can't tell you in the day 

I'm wanting you so bad 
You're the one thing that I've got to have 

The moon is my friend 
A cool white swinging lantern 
But I'm not like her I don't pretend 
That my reflected fire doesn't burn 

That's why when I'm with you my tongue's in knots 
I can't look away boy from what you've got 
I need the cover of the dark night sky to say 
The things that I can't tell you in the day 

And I'm wanting you so bad 
You're the one thing that I've got to have 
Yes I'm wanting you so bad 
You're the one thing that I've got to have 
I don't need nothing to eat I don't need to sleep 
But if you come any closer I'm gonna go deep 
Wanting you so bad 

The moon is my friend 
Swimming in the sky 
But I've seen her descend 
And that's the light that shines in your eyes 

That's why when I'm with you my tongue's in knots 
I can't look away from what you've got 
I need the cover of the dark night sky to say 
The things that I can't tell you in the day 

And I'm wanting you so bad I'm wanting you

NARCISSUS

​
What are you looking at
I can’t see it’s very dark in here
You’re bending over you’re almost lying flat
Something shimmers and you stare
 
What are you looking at
I come closer but all I see is you
Back of your head front of your face
Your looking in looking out of a pool
 
Narcissus what is this
A pool of blood upon the floor
Close as a kiss you’ll never miss
Your Echo as she’s fading out the door
 
What are you listening for
it’s a sound that only you can hear
Eyes like a slamming door
Shut me out shut yourself in with your fear
 
What are you fighting for
I come closer but all I see is you
With your weapons of war then you dive to the floor
And you’re down and you’re in and you’re drowned in your pool
 
Narcissus what is this
A pool of blood upon the floor
You’re leaning in close to your sin
You know it hurts but you want more
 
Narcissus what is this
A pool of blood upon the floor
Close as a kiss you’ll never miss
Your Echo as she’s fading out the door
NITELITE
 
​
You don't move too much
But I can see your eyes
They follow me they touch
Me on the inside
 
You don't talk at all
You only coo and crow
You're so very small
And I just want to know
 
When you dream at night
What does it look like?
Lying in your bed
Next to the nitelite
 
You don't eat too much
Because it's hard to swallow
High tech silver crutches
To swim the undertow
 
You don't use your voice
So I use mine to soothe you
You don't have a choice
You listen 'cause you have to
 
When you dream at night
What does it look like?
Lying in your bed
Next to the nitelite
 
When you dream at night
What does it look like?
 
This moment's all there is for you
Sorry it's true
We can't undo
 
This thing we've done
We did in love
Sent from above, this sprawling fruit
                       
The nitelite’s glow forms a halo
What does it show?
I'll never know
 
When you dream at night
When you dream at night
When you dream at night
When you dream at night

PRAY

​
Baby got a shotgun 
Bought a black trench coat 
Small town left stunned 
A diary on video 

He went into the classroom 
Hero with a hit list 
Bricks and books became a tomb 
For boys and girls who'd never been kissed 

ooh ooh ooh There is only one thing left to say 
ooh ooh ooh Put your hands together 
Kneel down close your eyes 

Baby in an out group 
Nazi skinhead 
Can't blame the neighborhood front stoop 
Quiet boy white bread 

Baby was a time bomb 
Tick tick ticking boy 
No singular phenomenon 
This suicide kill joy 

ooh ooh ooh There's only one thing left to say 
ooh ooh ooh Put your hands together 
Kneel down close your eyes 
Pray 
SATISFIED LIFE

​
I'm taking all my wishes and all of my desires 
I'm putting them down on paper and I'm throwing them in the fire
Then I'll just walk away I don't need anything 
Swear I'll be satisfied now with whatever this life brings 

Whatever this life brings 
I used to want everything 
Whatever this life brings 
I used to want everything 
Now I'm settling 
For whatever this life brings 

I'm taking all your letters and a the the things I tried 
The things that I did better and the things that I let slide 
I'm watching them all go up in smoke they don't mean anything 
God's little cosmic jokes and whatever this life brings 

Whatever this life brings
I used to want everything 
Whatever this life brings 
I used to want everything 
Now I'm settling 
For whatever this life brings 

I promise I'll be satisfied now 
I swear I'll be a good girl 
I know now I'll do everything everything I know how 
To make this place a better world 

So I'm taking all my mistakes and dark nights that I cried
All my dreams on this stage and the ways that I was tied 
And I'm letting them go forever I won't keep anything 
Baby it's now or never for whatever this life brings

THE ALLIGATOR WAITER


Last night at the restaurant
He pulled out my chair
I wanted to speak
But I did not dare
 
He gave us fancy menus
And pulled out his pad
I turned to my Mom
I turned to my Dad
 
We have an alligator waiter!  
I jumped from my seat
We have an alligator waiter!
With big green feet
We have an alligator waiter!
With breath like steam heat
Nobody noticed  
All they did was eat            
 
I spun in my chair
Then I stopped and I stared
Was it possible?
Not one diner cared
 
They looked at their plates
Their forks and their knives
Their spoons and their cups
Quick, run for your lives!
 
We have an alligator waiter!  
I jumped from my seat
We have an alligator waiter!
With big green feet
We have an alligator waiter!
With breath like steam heat
Nobody noticed  
All they did was eat            
 
He was decked out and dashing
He wore a white tux
A black silk bow tie
Made him look quite luxe
But big shiny teeth
Appeared with his grin
And he couldn't hide
All that green gator skin
 
He made his wicked dark plan
While everyone munched
They had no idea!
They noshed, chewed and crunched
 
They are really quite noisy
When eating their lunch
He said as he winked
And poured my pink punch
 
Mom said, my goodness
Son, you're looking pale
She smiled. Take a sip
Of my cool ginger ale
 
Then we both left the room      
To step out for some air
I looked at her
I had a secret to share:
 
We have an alligator waiter!  
I jumped from my seat
We have an alligator waiter!
With big green feet
We have an alligator waiter!
With breath like steam heat
Nobody noticed  
All they did was eat 
                                                     
He's charming, mom smiled
And very well dressed
Do you mean that you saw him?
Well of course I did, yes!
 
Then the waiter approached us
A towel on his arm
He smiled. There was never
A cause for alarm
 
I'm feeling lonely
Was drawn to your group
So cheerful and chipper
Over salad and soup
This job waiting tables
Was all I could get
I'd much rather go home
With you both, as your pet!
 
Now, we have an alligator waiter in our living room
We have an alligator waiter, he says, drop by soon!
We have an alligator waiter, and he loves this tune
 
Dool ya bop, dool ya bop, doo, doo, doo, doo do
His gaze shining yellow, his green skin aglow, the alligator is waiting...
So let's take him home.
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