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John Lennon's Nose
03:50
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JOHN LENNON'S NOSE
john lennon's nose
tattoo heart
beat up shoes
yr eyes sure look smart
you hit my target
knew where t aim
bull's-eye kid
up there playin'
i could not hear
the words you sang
i could not catch it all
but the way yr eyes
locked on to mine
i was not sure
coulda been the wine
but ya carried me
ya carried me
away
there was a girl there tonight
she looked like my friend joan
she was pretty n high
she was amazing
but it was only you
the wall's receeding
the roulette wheel
stopped...
2 shots and a beer
2 shots and a beer
jes you and me alone
jes you and me alone
touching...everywhere
C
we own the night
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ALWAYS
always
always
i love you
bitterly
every
night
i hold you close
+ i let you go
always
there's something
dark + impossible
that keeps me comin back
ya keep me comin back
always
always
always
i fight w/ you
bitterly
every
night
i want t say
im sorry
always
there's something
crazy + right
that keeps me comin back
ya keep me comin back
always
fools
pickin thru the trash
shattered + bleeding
fools
laughin in the grass
but they know they're dreaming
always
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Underground
i worked it all out
i had my act down good
i reel ya in easy
make ya feel understood
then i throw ya a curve ball
i throw you a line
but ya get too close
ya get too close
inside i am nuthin
i am empty n blank
i rip off confession
jes like robbing a bank
but here's what's happened
here's what I learned
i'm in hiding from everyone
i'm in hiding from everyone
my heart's goin underground
in this modern world, in the modern city
i wear a smile, but im feelin down
in this modern world, in the modern city
i take a bus
t th' end of the country
i leave all my friends behind
i say goodbye
i tell em i love em
but i don't give a damn
i don't give a god damn
C
i fool my family
i fool myself
fool my best friend
put em thru hell
the whiskey, the beer
the whip i use
buries me deeper
worse than abused
can i dig myself out
can i find my way home?
C
i'm hidin' from everyone...
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HAPPY LESBIANS IN THE SNOW
happy lesbians
in the snow
throwing snowballs
making angels
making angels
back n forth
all the boys
stand around
wishing they
were lesbians
they were lesbians
C
what do they do
when they go home
they lie on the floor
with the labrador
with the labrador
will they close
the iron curtain
+ keep the boys from
hangin' out?
happy world
filled with girls
C
back n forth
in each other's eyes
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HOW CAN I HATE PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW?
why do everybody try t make other people look bad?
make tall make em small call 'em nigger when ya can
yr a faggot a fatso yr a fuckin cunt
it's th same t me
wr all racist pigs
i say wr sunk
how can i hate people i dont know...
it's easy, i do it all the time
prejudice is simple
ya just make up a lie
judgemental is mental
it makes ya die inside
yr old, yr ugly, yr a frisbee freak
i hate you why not?
my face is buried
in the ass
of sheep
C
ya say you r my daddy
well i guess i am yr son
but it's worse than that mister
cuz we jus' fightin' over crumbs
red against the blue
guns shootin up bystanders
arabs killin' jews
victimized r victimizer?
what you teachin' me gang boy?
wr all stupid here
lightin fires...
C
look at Narcissus over there, he thinks he's the cat's ass
check out polyester housewife she do anything her daddy ask
how drunk can you get barfly? yr time is up
mr priest with the acolyte boy take yr dick out fill my cup
C
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E-ll-e
03:02
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ELLE
e-ll-e
in french don't that mean she?
oh your smile 360 degrees
r ya here really?
like a cat in the dark
ya tip toe thru my heart
fireflies in yr hair
suddenly ya r not there
C
a nurse by a bed
nightmare in her head
a ballerina moves
in slow motion thru the room
i wish i may
i wish i might
fly out the window
with you tonight
C
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7. |
House On Fire
04:04
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HOUSE ON FIRE
high on a roof
traffic down below
we wr stoned + we were spinning
feelin everything
everything
we wonder if the moon
we wonder if the stars
wr as clever as the 2 of us
knowing
how stupid
we r
the good ones often
have sadness in their smile
+ the pretty
can never come clean
but you my friend
made a trip
across a wire
all the way
all the way
to me
yr naked with yr clothes on
as fragile as a fighter
you hold me with yr eyes
when yr standing
in a house
on fire
C
you have a secret that inspires you
a secret, sacred place
+ you wr cryin + shakin when ya told me
+ i'll never forget the look
i can never forget the look
on your face
C
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MICHIKO
my room mate michiko
she doesn't eat
i never seen her eat
anything
shoes
she's into shoes
high heel shoes
my friends t- they give me all this shit they say
what's up with yr hooker room mate, dude?
i dunno, she's got issues
my room mate michiko
i did some recon
she drive's a Beema
she rents out a condo
she's got a fiance
she's got a fiance
he's 70 yrs old
70 yrs old
he's a god damn sugar daddy, you asshole
i dunno, maybe he pimps her out
my room mate, michiko
she doesn't say much
i think i want her outa here
but when i met her
when i met her
i thought she was really hot
i thought she was really hot
but i was desperate back then, man god damn it
+ now i think she's fuckin' disgusting
C
the kitchen is immaculate
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LOVE ON A WIRE
every time i look at you
i jump
out of my skin
everytime i think about you
i smile
like a question
+ ya keep me honest
+ ya keep me sane
+ ya keep me balanced
on a wire
the homeless boy
on a icy street
his smile frozen down
his hands r cold + his pockets r ripped
+ he's starin' at the ground
does he know my song?
does he have a love like you?
who will catch him when he falls?
love love love love love love love love love love...
i been shopping again
in a hardware store
for a socket that won't give out
a pair of pliers
that'll never let go
+ a light bulb like a bible
+ it smells like sawdust
+ it smells like paint
+ i believe if i believe enough
y'll catch me
C
every time i look at you
i jump
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Psycho
03:27
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PSYCHO
are you a psycho?
are you weird?
you gonna fuck me?
are you queer?
see i never take a man home
before
before
my apartment
is a mess
i gotta lotta art junk around here i guess
look, im lonely
that word
says it best
says it best
don't touch me
go away
into that room over there
ok
aah, you can kiss me
here
then go
just go
its snowing
its cold
i stink
yr old
stay
hold me
hold me
then go
are you a psycho...
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The Fan
03:01
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THE FAN
sneak outa the house
steal money from his sister
he feel like a giant zit
drool on his t-shirt
the one with the band
lookin' bad ass
no kid t go with
song burnin up his bed
vodka n coke in the parkin lot
noddin his head
starin at the band
he's their #1 fan
lookin bad ass
he don't read books
don't like tv
watchin porn on the internet
bitin his fingernails til they bleed
starin at the band
he's their #1 fan
they understand
invisible girl
invisible friend
invisible family
invisible dead end
invisible future
invisible flight
invisible drugs
on an insane night
starin at th band...
where'd everybody go?
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Unknown Soldier
04:34
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UNKNOWN SOLDIER
unknown soldier
i will kiss yr feet
unknown warrior
there's a window open
by the sea
hold, hold out yr hand
like a birthday candle
hold, hold out yr hand
like a sparkler
panhandler
where you lookin
w/ yr sissy-eyed stare
sittin on th couch
in yr underwear
can't drink whiskey
can't write letters
wondering out loud
'f things'll get better
we all been there
we all been there
hold, hold out yr hand
like a birthday candle
hold, hold out yr hand
like a sparkler
panhandler
overhearin voices
naked in the park
pettin' a dog you don' know
coughin n spittin
hopin for angels
beggin for someone
beautiful
someone
unknown soldier
i will kiss yr feet
unknown warrior
there's a window open
by the sea
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YR LIGHT IS ON
yr light is on
yr still up
i look out my window
top of the hill
it's christmas
but it ain't sad
smell like trees
some boy been bad
are you awake
are you alone
are you awake
are you alone
like me?
i picture yr face
it's beautiful
lookin at the moon
orchids in the air
what r ya doin in the morning
when ya step outside
will ya think of
me?
if it were possible
i'd call you up
wouldn't say a word
but you'd know me
in yr heart
+ i'd know you
in mine
+ that's enough
+ that's enough
cuz yr light is on
+ so is mine
yr light is on
+ so is mine
a silver star
a scully cap
a can of beer
a sleepy cat
yr light is on
+ so is mine
yr light is on
+ so is mine
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Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND) Jamaica Plain
A giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting + strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s. He continues to make music w/ intelligence + integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Waits + Cohen ... more
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