seats is soft
on the very first day when the world was new,
girl wouldnt wait and the boy was blue.
he said 'i got a new lincoln and the seats is soft'
but she went and blew the boy off.

under shady trees where the light is dappled,
he sat and counted all her freckles.
and she said 'color is just the suffering of light'
it went on all night, there was time to spare,
they had a long conversation about the color of hair.
she said 'you dont have to leave if you dont want to'

payday- got you on the other line
but youre sleeping
payday- got you on the other line
but youre freezing

its good to be hard,
hard to be good...
tell the truth.


take me if you want me
without sayin a word,
im ready for a party tonight.
my fire is on the front burner-
cant you tell by the mood im in?
you have no need to doubt-
do i have to spell it out?
just read between the lines-
tonight we gonna unwind.
ill make you see: maybe we can work it out.
everything- every little thing that im thinkin about.
turn out the light
pull out the phone
do not disturb
nobodys home
ill make you see: ill be good to you,
why not be good to me?

ill go she wont mind
the spirits wont ever find me there on the low hill side
even if the coast is clear ill hide in her room where the soft is sweet
where the sugary fortress meets with the warriors of time
all in her mind.


feel you sighing
i can feel you sighing.
breathless, almost crying.
love is so amazing-
guess you will be staying.
i have been downhearted,
ever since the whole thing started.
all my dreams are dying-
aint no use in trying.

on the beach were walking.
holding hands and talking.
all that war theyre making-
all our time were taking.
but heavens getting farther.
my world is getting darker.
just want to know youre alright.
send me your thoughts tonight.


turn out the lights
turn out the lights
sleep wont come
im thinking about babe
whats goin on wrong
lyin so close
so alone
please turn to me babe
im almost gone

hold on- i feel our love is changing
hold on- please dont let me disappear
hold on- theres time to rearrange things
hold on- im not me without you here

put out your hand
touch desire
where theres a spark
could be a fire
open your arms
and let me see
if there is still love
in you for me

hold on- i feel our love is changing
hold on- please dont let me disappear
hold on- theres time to rearrange things
hold on- im not me without you here

you dont have to be rich
to be my girl
you dont have to be cruel
to rule my world
theres no particular sign
im more compatable with
i just want your extra time
and your kiss

all we can do is hold on
all we can do is hold on
all we can do is hold on
all we can do is


cold is foot
dont kiss me and i wont kiss you
1+1+1 is 2
in the place where i live
on the back forty where the places are fenced
cant pay the rent but the air is good
im on a permanent diet like i know i should
and theres a reason to smile
and death is too near
swallow the fear swallow the funk
shake your right leg and make your left leg jump
its a showdown and were
winning without hands
death to the man death to the lady
think about your nooners and its covered in gravy
each time i go down and dig back to the beginning

lovers lost in time
revenge riding on the wind
myth of mathony caught in the mane
wind princess from ireland sent
cold is foot
long is climb
cold is foot
long is climb

who am i to say-
how women are supposed to play?
you claim not to deceive me,
but now you wanna leave me.

aint no love lost
aint no love lost
aint no love lost
aint no love lost.



im for real
doin the best i can,
tryin to get over.
im broken hearted,
its my fault.
treated you wrong so many times-
i just wanna talk.

i get lonely-
night after night.
wonderin if im doin wrong,
or if im doin whats right.
im for real...

im mad
you get down with my girlfriend
that aint right
holler and fuss
wanna fight
wanna fight
im mad
you get down with my girlfriend
that aint right
holler and fuss
wanna fight
wanna fight
doin the best i can


picnic queens and kings
wish i was in the land of cotton
old time friends is not forgotten
look away look away look away
look away dixieland


irish moss
if i see you out tonight
dark light upon your mortal body
if i see you out tonight-
oh no
emerald blue your smile so stylish
irish moss- african violet
if i see you out tonight-
oh no

if i see you out tonight
dark light upon your mortal body
if i see you out tonight-
oh no
emerald blue your smile so stylish
irish moss- african violet
if i see you out tonight-
oh no

this is what the fortune teller meant by disconnection
63 lifetimes- no real direction
lost like the secret pain in the tears of a shark
but if i go through the fire i will go to her heart
trace these veins with fingers till they reach the source
and the royal fleet is drawn into it mythical course
slow though the gantlet- blood screaming "i want it"
hold it up like a curse in the face of the gods that taunt me
when they say you dont want me

oh for a storm tonight- to quit the pain
lost we are in wine again
i have to kill for freedom i have to raise the flag slow
you know we always said wed never go

if i see you out tonight
dark light upon your mortal body
if i see you out tonight-
oh no
emerald blue your smile so stylish
irish moss- african violet
if i see you out tonight-
oh no

this is what the fortune teller meant by disconnection
63 lifetimes- no real direction
lost like the secret pain in the tears of a shark
but if i go through the fire i will go to her heart
trace these veins with fingers till they reach the source
and the royal fleet is drawn into it mythical course
slow though the gantlet- blood screaming "i want it"
hold it up like a curse in the face of the gods that taunt me
when they say you dont want me



meet you at the stairwell
you and me we ought to go outside
downtown, across the river
let the hours last long into the sunset

dont disturb me sitting in my rocking chair
you love another- we dont have to go there
count the numbers between zero and one

what real difference between yes and no
the willow signs and casts her pollen
three o-clock...met you at the stairwell

dont turn your eyes onto mine-
i cant be trusted
besides..truth aint the only way to be busted.


go into a hare
i shall go into a hare
with sorrow and sighing and mickle care
and i shall go in the devils name
ere that i be fetched hame

i cant not go
but i love you so
we cant not try
who knows what the mystery hides

i shall go into a trout
with sorrow and sighing and mickle doubt
and show thee many a merry game
ere that i be fetched hame

i cant not go
but i love you so
we cant not try
who knows what the mystery hides

i shall go into a bee
with mickle horror and dread of thee
and flit to hive in the devils name
ere that i be fetched hame

i cant not go
but i love you so
we cant not try
who knows what the mystery hides

i shall go into a mouse
are haste me unto the millers house
there in his grain to have good game
ere that i be fetched hame

wrote this song for my girl
my one true other in this world
and death leans on the kiss i use
when im dreaming of her smile
she knows it wont be me
to front the price of destiny
i cant help but wonder how
well get out of this shit now



dirty carpet
went to your door
you sent me away
i know you want me
to come back every day
call you on the phone
your momma told me not to call back
i know you didnt really mean that

traditional lovin
traditional lovin
traditional lovin
girl youre as hot as an oven

that time by the river
you wouldnt let me carry you across
i know you want me
take alot of this and melt your frost
i keep waiting around/making a fuss
lady its just-
its just i hate to see you chained up

traditional lovin
traditional lovin
traditional lovin
girl youre as hot as an oven

she said "what you want me to do"
i said "i want you...to want me to fuck you"
she just lay there, as if to say
"we can only do it my way"

traditional lovin
traditional lovin
traditional lovin




travelin tan
im not well baby, come take my hand-
lets work on our travelin tan.
south thailand, north hong kong-
i know were not in love but it wont be long.
dont pack nothin, dont bring a thing-
cause you and me are goin out on the wing.
and all of the good things to do...
learnin to love the real you.

about goin back home again-
im not gonna promise and i wont say when.
time gets the best of me-
my lousy old heart is like a factory
thats lost in the heat of the jungle,
raidin gold, buying souls-
and never any shade.
dreamin downtown about the lemonade.

the form and sound of memory fragrant,
and touch-laden.
wandering seems futile-
the goal remains unset.
of every day and night
i make wasteful use.
though i hear the ruffling close by
of my unearthly sister.
the descent into matter,
the prodigal daughter,
the terrible clouds, the horrible water...
dear futuristic lonely maid,
and maiden that land of.
darken the scroll to the tune of the final frozen portal.
fear the native strength and fate of it.

one baby to another said
"im lucky i met you"
i dont care what you think
unless it is about me.
i travel through a tube and
end up in your infection.
because i like you.

one baby to another said
"im lucky i met you"
i dont care what you think
unless it is about me.
i travel through a tube,
end up in your infection.
because i like you.

one baby to another said
"im lucky i met you"
i dont care what you think,
unless it is about me.
i travel through a tube...
end up in your infection.
because i like you.


hold back-shot
baby its a shame we had to meet this way.
the pilgrims are high and dry and theyre down by the river
and theres soldiers in the distance.
and im not where you are:
havin dreams like a runaway fountain
that never gets very far-
theyve got dreams but its whats been allowed them.
still not where you are:
waitin round the shore for another bad starfish-
a bad one like you.
i didnt want to do it but i had to.

not another dream where the knife moves slowly
through the wool by the riverbed.
she says its sad how the wind in the trees
calls real softly for her and me.

not another dream where the knife moves slowly
through the wool by the riverbed.
she says its sad how the wind in the trees
calls real softly for her and me.



no path
no form
no eyes
no color
no mind
no sound
no touch
no increase
nothing to attain
no stopping
no path
no connection
no death
no obstacle
no accumulation
no compassion
no annihalation
oh jah

i aint funnin-
hold back the curtain,
im a-comin.
baby dont slow-
dont stop tryin.
put your foot on the rock and
keep on risin.

the shipwrecked pages that a month divides
what a mouse can climb, how an elephant hides
under ferns as long as the heavenly arm that the muses abide.
from up on high, the single bloom of the frozen iris,
and the greenhouse that hides it:
held under and down by the ivory crown of the pirates.

no form
no eyes
no color
no mind
no sound
no touch
no increase
nothing to attain
no stopping
no path
no connection
no death
no obstacle
no accumulation
no compassion
no annihalation
oh jah

i aint funnin-
hold back the curtain,
im a-comin.
baby dont slow-
dont stop tryin.
put your foot on the rock and
keep on risin.