"I'm on a private helicopter with my favorite ex-girlfriend No one to keep up appearances for Now we're alone and we can remember how we felt at first The desperate need to be together Must've been good for something, sugar I'm still attracted to you No one's around to make us act like we're supposed to So lie here in my arms"

"She wore barrettes of many colors in her many-colored hair. That's not the point -- they only notice what you wear. She said, "The moon is a toenail, the stars are a guardrail. My heart is a sand pail And you're Toluca Lake.""

"It doesn't make me cry to hear Dylan say "Most likely, you go your own way." I'll go mine, I'll go mine. I'll go mine, I'll go mine."

"We could talk about the lives we've led And count the reasons we're not dead, Or maybe we could talk instead about the ways in which we are."

"I want to publish 'zines And rage against machines. I want to pierce my tongue, It doesn't hurt, it feels fine. The trivial sublime, I'd like to turn off time And kill my mind. You kill my mind."

"Paranoia, paranoia Everybody's coming to get me. Just say you never met me. I'm going underground with the moles digging holes. Hear the voices in my head, I swear to god it sounds like they're snoring. But if you're bored then you're boring, The agony and the irony, they're killing me."

"I'm not sick but I'm not well; And I'm so hot cause I'm in hell."

"Culture baron train wreck and it's hard to look away, But I'm yawning like a kid in a carpet store. Refusing to be interesting is a funny way to go, But I guess you know your business -- You're the one who makes the windstorm blow."

"Been around the world and found That only stupid people are breeding. The cretins cloning and feeding, And I don't even own a TV."

"Saint Leonard touched a Philistine, A sacred tongue, a perfect rhyme. But even he was "not much nourished By modern love.""

"Now it's absolutely clear to me That solitude is not the same as singularity."

"Lay me down in the bed that I made, Starved for sleep by the shrill serenade. Singing over and over You die by what you live by."

"A labored expat fantasy: Quit your job and move away with me. Oh, what bliss it would be To pretend we never met."

"We named the constellations; We drew the maps and we divided up the nations. And now I'm so tired"

"You go to sleep," she said. "And I will be there when you wake up."

"The twilight of your amp buzz; I couldn't see how true your aim was"

"Everything's subjective, nothing lasts for Johnny-O. Kiss Kim Novak where the redwoods grow Bleach her hair and pretend that she didn't die. Go up the mission stair, I'll follow anywhere, that is Until you climb too high cause I get vertigo."

"Time goes by and you look back and you just can’t believe what you thought was important. But that is what it’s like to get older."

"I don't get the relevance; I am irreverence. I have no reverence. Show me no deference, I'll do the same for you."

"Hey that's the story of my life I had a good plan but it didn't go right Oh no I'm overdrawn I check my account and the money's all gone Why me? I don't know what to think I finally get aboard and the whole boat sinks Seems to be the story of my life."

"Come on, come on and tell me why you're staring. Come on, come on it must be what I'm wearing. Come on, come on and tell me, Why's it taking so long for you to recognize and stop?"

"I miss talking to you But you never draw me out, so Cast off the ego scars and let's go hit the bars."

"Disembodied ringlets from hair that look like yours Call me the looming shapes of winter dusk impending."

"Like a zero drowning in a sea of higher numbers"

"I forget (I forget) What my friends look like (what they look like) And they forget why they like me (and they forget why they like me) But that's old hat (it's old hat) I'm so happy (I'm so happy) How do you write about that?"

"She barely fits inside my head, but I feel something. Every element but one is in my thrall. Stop traffic as I lie down in your footpath. Like a simile, I paint suggestive pictures (Of me and you)."

"I'm just your average ordinary everyday superhero Trying to save the world, but never really sure. I'm just your average ordinary everyday superhero, Nothing more than that, that's all I really am."

"Have you looked at the stop watch lately? When was the last time you clocked-in? There is a race to be run and a song to be sung There is a fine line wearing thin.So don't look back, the past has past. The future is coming fast. You better make room, we're coming through Loud and clear."

"Well, when you like something, it's an opinion. But when I like something, it's a manifesto. Pomposity is when you always think you're right; Arrogance is when you know."

"Dim innuendos are spoken aloud. The supermodels are super endowed. Fashion is the art of brainwashing the proud."

"What a thing to be the center of attention all the time. He isn't really falling for this, is he? He's getting dizzy And so am I."

"Song, women, and wine: You can't fool all the people all the time. But if you're trying, if you're looking, if you're lucky, You can always fool a few and feel fine. Is the line between shame and dread: One grips the lungs, one brains the head. But either one can crush you, Anyone can crush you."

"And the world's a stage (And the world's a faze) And the end is near So push rewind, just in time Thank anybody You're gonna do it again.The way that you walk It's just the way that you talk Like it ain't no thing. And every single day is just a fling Then the morning comes."

"People who could buy and sell you Sharing a joke that they will never tell you. You think you're dialed in, someone has to win. And you know what that means, it means someone's got to lose; It's probably you."

"Hey now, you're an all star Get your game on, go play Hey now, you're a rock star Get the show on, get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold."

"Not another existential cowboy And no more "California champagne" Not another saddle tramp -- Sick, sore, lonely, and out of place."

"I had visions, I was in them I was looking into the mirror To see a little bit clearer Rottenness and evil in me. Fingertips have memories, Mine can't forget the curves of your body. And when I feel a bit naughty, I run it up the flagpole and see who salutes (But no one ever does)."

"Somebody once told me, the world is gonna roll me I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. She was looking kinda dumb, with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an "L" on her forehead. Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming."

"Don't delay, act now — supplies are running out! Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive. And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow But if the offer's shunned, You might as well be walking on the sun."

"The Marlboro Man died of cancer And he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha."

"I've got time to think about the beauty Of a thousand variations Of the beating of a wing Of a hummingbird suspended In the aspic of the world, Moving slower than molasses, As I'm off to catch the girl Who is falling off the bridge."

"You say that time goes rushing by, It seems so slow to me."

"And I'm there before you know it, I'll be gone before you see me, Do you think you can imagine Anything so lonely?"

"All things being equal, All things being equal, All things being equal, They're not."

"Thank goodness for the pious, who tell us how to behave (Depravity is all around us) With whom we should war, and who we should enslave"

"All we want is everything in real time, all the time."

"I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done, If I'm not under pressure, then I sleep too long, And I hang around like a bum, I think I'm goin' nowhere and that makes me nervous."

"Can't help this feeling, Can't help this feeling. I can't believe it's open for discussion, We've said our goodbyes. I've been a fool not to see the repercussions You've had in my life. I'm at the point of no return, I've finally crossed the line. Don't want to stop and watch the bridges burn, Cause I can't stand to see you stay behind."

"As I was walking down the street one day, A man came up to me and asked me what The time was that was on my watch, yeah...And I said...(I don't) Does anybody really know what time it is? (Care) Does anybody really care (about time)? If so I can't imagine why (Oh no, no) We've all got time enough to cry."

"When I'm with you, it doesn't matter where we are Or what we're doing. I'm with you, that's all that matters. Time passes much too quickly when we're together laughing. I wish I could sing it to you, oh no. I wish I could sing it to you."