I had visions, I was in them I was looking into the mirror To see a little bit clearer The rottenness and evil in me Fingertips have memories Mine can
I have a stinger, I am a honeybee I am a razor, please cut your wrists with me You're supercommon, you flaunt your pedigree You're clear as water, oh
Save it for later Two dozen other dirty lovers Must be a sucker for it Cry, cry but I don't need my mother Just hold my hand while I come To a decision
You're doing everything your people said to I'd hate to be the one to break it to you It's only sad 'cause it's true They misled you when they bred you
Remember Pericles? He democratized the city with his mind A little wisdom never hurt anyone Tell that to Socrates Telling the citizens what they needed
Ariella, 7:30, I don't want to get up yet Listen to the morning music, cursing the alarm you set As you know, I've never been a praying man I don't need
Cannot have this, a perfect conversation Or coast on silence and lowered expectations out the door You've spent half your life talking trying to get a
Not another existential cowboy And no more California champagne Not another saddle tramp, sick Sore, lonely, and out of place Cryin' in his coffee ice
The king of the swinging moves is back in town And everybody's tiptoeing around him Surround him, as he pounds a silver hammer Drops a revolutionary grammar
All alone on the floor Next to your twin-bed box-spring and mattress The door is ajar from afar You can hear bands practicing And when they dream they
Away from order, but mind the border I can't bear another perfect sunrise A wretch like me, before sleeping Give me haze displays for days and days on
I wish the words would fail me just for once (Just once) Keep in incommunicado (You don't say a word) Look for the present tense and come to my senses
This road leads to Rome That road leads to ruin I'm all up in the madding crowd The general's been screwin' us around The land's no longer arable The
When you base your whole identity On reaction against somebody It's the same as being in I tend to forget when I drink I'm doing it again, I think A
?You are weak, I am strong And I?ve done nothing but lead you on?, she said Drove around all night, stoplights were interminable But I get along all
Slow to marry, swift to die We leave disasters where they lie I know these lines look crooked on paper But I swear I got it straight in my head And if
Drive across the country, tell your story walking No one's keeping you captive In the town that let you down, so sorry Blame it on the television, blame
I had a lovely brunch with Jesus Christ. He said, "two words about inanity: fundamental christianity." The food was very nice. But then He had to go
