"Find the place where you can be boring Where you won't need to explain That you're sick in the head and you wish you were dead Or at least instead of sleeping here you prefer your own bed, come on You just suck at self-preservation Versus someone else's pain"

"Killing it with close inspection Killing it can only make it worse It sort of makes it breed"

"Talking like a jerk Except you are an actual jerk And living proof that sometimes friends are mean"

"New York, I love you but you're freaking me out ."

"Present company excluded in every way Present company, makes me wanna stay"

"He was leather and he was screaming Swinging chains against the stage And you couldn't have known he was leaving And now more will come with age"

"It comes apart The way it does in bad films Except the part Where the moral kicks in"

"It's hard to find a banjo player up in Heaven — There's some things even Jesus won't forgive."

"Yeah, I'm losing my edge I'm losing my edge The kids Are coming up from behind"

"I wouldn't trade one stupid decision For another five years of life You drop the first ten years just as fast as you can And the next ten people who are trying to be polite When you're blowing eighty-five days in the middle of France Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight?"

"All the good people wanna rescue All the small people wanna talk to you All the clever people wanna tell you All the little people wanna dance, it's true"

"If I never had existed... would you still remember me?"

"I was the first guy playing to the rock kids I played it at Everybody thought I was crazy We all know I was there I was there I've never been wrong"

"You say your God is the one true God but my one God is the one true God, I don't want to hear about your one God, 'cause my one God's the one."

"I was driving down the interstate through , I had on my mind: sloth and avarice fornication, television, whiskey, beer, and wine."

"Jesus loves me, but he can't stand you."

"Us... and them. Over and over again."

"All my friends are buried here, and some of them are dead."

"But have you seen my records? , , , , , The Trojans, , , , , , Sexual Harrassment, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics"

"Like a rat in a cage Pulling minimum wage"

"With no memories To keep you up at night"

"New York, you're perfect, oh, please don't change a thing Your mild billionaire mayor's now convinced he's a king."

"There shouldn't be this reign of silence But what are the options When someone great is gone?"

"There's all the work that needs to be done It's late for revision There's all the time and all the planning And songs to be finished And it keeps coming And it keeps coming And it keeps coming until the day it stops"

"Your city's a sucker My city's a creep"

"the greatest if you get someone to pay the rent Wahoo! North America And it's the furthest you can live from the government uh huh huh Some fat American Christians might disagree Here in North America But New York's the only place we're keepin' them off the street Now we can't have parties like in where they go all night Shut down in North America Or like where they go another night, alright, uh huh uh huh You see I love this place that I have grown to know Alright, North America And yeah, I know you wouldn't touch us with a ten-foot pole Cause we're North Americans"

"I wish that we could talk about it But there, that's the problem"

"Everybody keeps on talking about it Nobody's getting it done I'm tryin', tired, tired of listening, listening Knowing that the shit's gotta run"

"It's like a culture Without the effort of all the culture It's like a movement Without the bother of the meaning It's like a discipline Without the discipline of all of the discipline"

"Here comes the report nothing to report see It's all the same It seems the punk rock as an experiment well It pulled up lame You got the fat guy in the T-Shirt Doing all the singing Straight to the drunk tank doing the research 'n Doing all the blame"

"The coffee isn't even bitter Because, what's the difference?"

"To tell the truth I saw it coming The way you were breathing But nothing can prepare you for it The voice on the other end"

"Wasted and complacent And you about the same But still I want to get it On with you tonight"

"Baby, baby why can't you sit still? Who killed that bird out on you window sill? Are you the reason that he broke his back? Did I see you laugh about that? If I come on like a dream, Would you let me show you what I mean? If you let me come on inside Will you let it glide?Can I have some remedy? Remedy for me please. 'Cause if I had some remedy, I'd take enough to please me."

"Oh good heavens, baby where's my medicine? I must have left it outside with my etiquette. The undertaker's rule of thumb: It's hard to talk with a Novocaine tongue."

"Well the bells ring out for the crimes of the century, By courtesy of your mother. The signs reads welcome to the valley of discovery, Look at what money can buy. Sons & daughters better open your eyes, Tell me what you're seeing. This submission is a tired tradition; It's everyone's sacrifice."

"Says she talks to angels, They call her out by her name. Oh yeah, she talks to angels, Says they call her out by her name. She don't know no lovers, None that I've ever seen. And to her that means nothing, But to me it means, means everything."

"If you feel like a riot, then don't you deny it. Put your good foot forward, No need for heroics, I just want you to show it. Now's the time to shine, Your independence is a half-ass deliverance. The train left the station. The recognition of the same old condition, Your symptoms showing through."

"Ain't as easy as it seems To find a mutual dream. Can you tell me wrong from right? Do you know when to freeze or take flight? Can you tell me more or less? I got to know - confess."

"She never mentions the word addiction In certain company. Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan After you meet her family.She paints her eyes as black as night now, She pulls those shades down tight. She gives a smile when the pain comes; The pain gonna' make everything alright."

"Sometimes I have a ghetto in my mind; Other times sunshine high head fine. In between I get cold, old mean, Intertwined with country pride open and kind. This draws a line, Sorry to coin a phrase. On either side is wisdom and rage."

"On a good day, it's not every day, We can part the sea. And on a bad day, it's not every day, Glory beyond our reach."

"Cheat the odds that made you Brave to try to gamble at times. Well I feel like dirty laundry, Sending sickness on down the line. Tell you why.'Cause I'm jealous, jealous again. Thought it time I let you in. Yeah, I'm jealous, jealous again. Got no time, baby."

"We've been avoiding this for so long. Luxury is temporary, then it's gone. I thought that we would happen; I guess I'm wrong. We'll move along. I know this will be awkward, But not for long. 'Cause soon you'll have a new boy To sing you songs."

"Feeling second fiddle to a dead man, Up to my neck with your disregard. Like a beat dog that's walking on the broadway, No one wants to hear you when you're down."

"I took all I need, I don't need no more. Then I'll take what I want, Until I want some more."