Untouchable Face



think i'm going for a walk now

i feel a little unsteady

i don't want noone to follow me

except maybe you



i could make you happy, you know

if you weren't already

i could do a lot of things

and i do



tell you the truth i prefer the worst of you

too bad you had to have a better half

she's not really my type

but i think you two are forever

and i hate to say it but you're perfect together



so fuck you

and your untouchable face

fuck you

for existing in the first place

and who am i

that i should be vying for your touch

who am i

bet you can't even tell me that much



2:30 in the morning

my gas tank will be empty soon

neon sign on the horizon

rubbing elbows with the moon

safe haven of the sleepless

where the deep fryer's always on

radio is counting down the top 20 country songs



out on the porch the fly strip is

waving like a flag in the wind

you know i really don't look forward

to seeing you again soon.



you look like a photograph of yourself

taken from far far away

i won't know what to do

i won't know what to say



so fuck you...



see you and i'm so perplexed

what was i thinking

what will i think of next

where can i hide

in the back room there's a lamp

that hangs over the pool table

and when the fan is on it swings

gently side to side

there's a changing constellation

of balls as we are playing

i see orion and say nothing

the only thing i can think of saying



is fuck you...



Outta Me, Onto You





no no no no no no no no no no no no

no more



it's gonna be sudden

it's gonna be strange

i'm gonna turn on a dime

give you 5 cents change

it's gonna be long

overdue

it's all gonna come out

out of me, on to you



out of me

on to you



one of these days you're gonna push too hard

we'll go on like we've always done

till you go too far

one of these days it's gonna reach the top

then it's gonna start to spill

and it's not gonna stop



out of me

on to you...



no more



some people wear their smile like a disguise

those people who smile a lot watch the eyes

i know cause i'm like that a lot

you think everything's okay

it is till it's not



out of me

on to you...



no more



some people wear their heart up on their sleave

i wear mine underneath my right pant leg strapped to my boot

don't think cause i'm easy i'm naive

don't think i won't pull it out

don't think i won't shoot



out of me

on to you...



no more



most people like to talk a lot

including you

you know there isn't much i have to say

that i wouldn't rather just shut up and do

i'm gonna miss you when you're gone

i'm gonna be torn

just remember that i love you

just remember you were warned



out of me

on to you...



no more

no more.



Superhero

sleep walking through the all-nite drug store

baptized in fluorescent light

i found religion in the greeting card aisle

now i know hallmark was right

and every pop song on the radio

is suddenly speaking to me

art may imitate life

but life imitates t.v.

'cuz you've been gone exactly two weeks

two weeks and three days

and let's just say that things look different now

different in so many ways



i used to be a superhero

no one could touch me

not even myself

you are like a phone booth

that i somehow stumbled into

and now look at me

i am just like everbody else



if i was dressed in my best defenses

would you agree to meet me for coffee

if i did my tricks with smoke and mirrors

would you still know which one was me

if i was naked and screaming

on your front lawn

would you turn on the light and come down

screaming, there's the asshole

who did this to me

stripped me of my power

stripped me down



i used to be a superhero

no one could hurt me

not even myself

you are like a phone booth

that i somehow stubmled into

and now look at me

i am just like everybody else



yeah you've been gone exactly two weeks

two weeks and three days

and now i'm a different person

different in so many ways

tell me what did you like about me

and don't say my strength and daring

'cuz now i think i'm at your mercy

and it's my first time for this kind of thing



i used to be a superhero

i would swoop down and save me

from myself

but you are like a phone booth

that i somehow stumbled into

and now look at me

i am just like everybody else



Dilate

life used to be life-like

now it's more like show biz

i wake up in the night

and i don't know where the bathroom is

and i don't know what town i'm in

or what sky i am under

and i wake up in the darkness and i

don't have the will anymore to wonder

everyone has a skeleton

and a closet to keep it in

and you're mine

every song has a you

a you that the singer sings to

and you're it this time

baby, you're it this time



when i need to wipe my face

i use the back of my hand

and i like to take up space

just because i can

and i use my dress

to wipe up my drink

i care less and less

what people think

and you are so lame

you always disappoint me

it's kinda like our running joke

but it's really not funny

i just want you to live up to

the image of you i create

i see you and i'm so unsatisfied

i see you and i dilate



so i'll walk the plank and i'll jump with a smile

if i'm gonna go down

i'm gonna do it with style

and you won't see me surrender

you won't hear me confess

'cuz you've left me with nothing

but i've worked with less

and i learn every room long enough

to make it to the door

and then i hear it click shut behind me

and every key works differently

i forget every time

and the forgetting defines me

that's what defines me



when i say you sucked my brain out

the english translation

is i am in love with you

and it is no fun

but i don't use words like love

'cuz words like that don't matter

but don't look so offended

you know, you should be flattered

i wake up in the night

in some big hotel bed

my hands grope for the light

my hands grope for my head

the world is my oyster

the road is my home

and i know that i'm better

off alone



Amazing Grace

amazing grace

how sweet the sound

that save a wretch like me

i once was lost

but now i'm found

was blind but now i see



'twas grace that taught

my heart to fear

and grace that fear relieved

how precious did

that grace appear

the hour i first believed



through many dangers

toils and snares

i have already come

'twas grace that brought me

safely thus far

and grace will lead me home



and when this heart

and flesh shall fail

and mortal life shall cease

i shall possess

within the vale

a life of joy and peace



Napolean

they told you your music could reach millions

the choice was up to you

you told me they always pay for lunch

and they believe in what i do

and i wonder if you'll miss your old friends

once you've proven what you're worth

and i wonder when you're a big star

will you miss the earth

and i know you always, always want more

i know you, you'll never be done



because everyone is a fucking napoleon

everyone is a fucking napoleon



and the next time that i saw you

you were larger than life

yeah you came and you conquered

you were doing all right

you had an army of suits behind you

and all you had to be was willing

and i said i still make a pretty good living

you must make a killing, a killing

and i hope that, that you are happy

i hope that at least you are having fun



oh but everyone is a fucking napoleon

well everyone is a fucking napoleon



you say that, so that's the way it's gonna be

so that's what this is all about

i think that that's the way it always was

you chose not to notice until now

oh now that, now that there's a problem

you call me up to confide

and you go on for over an hour

about each one that took you for a ride

and i guess that you dialed my number

because you thought for sure that i'd agree

i said baby, you know i still love you

but how dare you complain to me



oh but everyone is a fucking napoleon

everyone is a fucking napoleon

everyone is a fucking napoleon



Shameless

i cannot name this

i cannot explain this

and i really don't want to

just call me shameless

i can't even slow this down

let alone stop this

and i keep looking around

but i cannot top this



if i had any sense

i guess i'd fear this

i guess i'd keep it down

so no one would hear this

i guess i'd shut my mouth

and rethink a minute

but i can't shut it now

'cuz there's something in it



we're in a room without a door

and i am sure without a doubt

they're gonna wanna know

how we got in here

and they're gonna wanna know

how we plan to get out

we better have a good explanation

for all the fun that we had

'cuz they are coming for us, babe

and they are going to be mad

yeah they're going to be mad at us



this is my skeleton

this is the skin it's in

that is according to light

and gravity

i'll take off my disguise

the mask you met me in

'cuz i got something

for you to see

just gimme your skeleton

give me the skin it's in

yeah baby, this is you

according to me

i never avert my eyes

i never compromise

so never mind

the poetry



i gotta cover my butt 'cuz i covet

another man's wife

i gotta divide my emotions

into wrong and right

then i get to see how close i can get to it

without giving in

then i get to rub up against it

till i break the skin

rub up against it

till i break the skin



they're gonna be mad at us

thy're gonna be mad at me and you

thy're gonna be mad at us

and all the things

we wanna do



just please don't name this

please don't explain this

just blame it all on me

say i was shameless

say i couldn't slow it down

let alone stop it

and say you just hung around

'cuz you couldn't top it



Going Down

you can't get through it

you can't get over it

you can't get around



just like in a dream

you'll open your mouth to scream

and you won't make a sound



you can't believe your eyes

you can't believe your ears

you can't believe your friends

you can't believe you're here



and you're not gonna get through it

so you are going down



i put a cup out on the window sill

to catch the water as it fell

now i got a glass half full of rain

to measure the time between

when you said you'd come

and when you actually come



little mister limp dick

is up to his old tricks

and thought he'd call me

one last time

but i'm just about done

with the oh-woe-is-me shit

and i want everything back

that's mine



Done Wrong

the wind is ruthless

the trees shake angry fingers at the sky

the people hunch their shoulders

hold their collars over their ears and run by

it's a cold rain

it's a hard rain

like the kind you find in songs

i guess that makes me the jerk with the heartache

here to sing to you about how i been done wrong



i am sitting, watching

out the window of the coffee show

and i'm waiting, waiting

waiting for it to let up

i am rocking like a cradle

warming my hands with the cup in between

i am leaning over the table

holding my face over the steam



and before it gets so cold

that the rain turns to snow

there's just a couple things

i'd like to know



like how could you do nothing

and say, i'm doing my best

how could you take almost everything

and then come back for the rest

how could you beg me to stay

reach out your hands and plead

and then pack up your eyes and run away

as soon as i agreed



it just all slips

away so slowly

you don't even notice till you've lost a lot

i've been like one of those zombies

in vegas

pouring quarters into a slot

and now i'm tired

and i am broke

and i feel stupid and i feel used

and i'm at the end of my little rope

and i am swinging back and forth

about you



and before it gets so cold

that the rain turns to snow

there's just a couple things

i'd like to know



like how could you do nothing

and say, i'm doing my best

how could you take almost everything

and then come back for the rest

how could you beg me to stay

reach out your hands and plead

and then pack up your eyes and run away

as soon as i agreed



Adam And Eve

tonight you stooped to my level

i am your mangy little whore

now you're trying to find your underwear

and then your socks and then the door

and you're trying to find a reason

why you have to leave

but i know it's 'cuz you think you're adam

and you think i'm eve



you rhapsodize about beauty

and my eyes glaze

everything i love is ugly

i mean really, you would be amazed

just do me a favor

it's the least that you can do

just don't treat me like i am

something that happened to you



i am truly sorry about all this



you put a tiny pin prick

in my big red balloon

and as i slowly start to exhale

that's when you leave the room

i did not design this game

i did not name the stakes

i just happen to like apples

and i am not afraid of snakes



i am truly sorry about all this

i envy you your ignorance

i hear that it's bliss



so i let go the ratio

of things said to thing heard

as i leave you to your garden

and the beauty you preferred

and i wonder what of this

will have meaning for you

when you've left it all behind

i guess i'll even wonder

if you meant it

at the time



Joyful Girl

i do it for the joy it brings

because i'm a joyful girl

because the world owes me nothing

and we owe each other the world

i do it because it's the least i can do

i do it because i learned it from you

and i do it just because i want to

because i want to



everything i do is judged

and they mostly get it wrong

but oh well

'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged

and the woman who lives there can tell

the truth from the stuff that they say

and she looks me in the eye

and says would you prefer the easy way

no, well o.k. then

don't cry



i wonder if everything i do

i do instead

of something i want to do more

the question fills my head

i know there's no grand plan here

this is just the way it goes

when everything else seems unclear

i guess at least i know



i do it for the joy it brings

because i'm a joyful girl

because the world owes me nothing

and we owe each other the world

i do it because it's the least i can do

i do it because i learned it from you

and i do it just because i want to

because i want to