"Hang down your head just like Tom Dooley, Poor boy, you know you never once fooled me. You put your trust in the thought that grace was on your side It’s such a beautiful day to die."

"Now the whisky’s unforgiving It burns right on down That’s right, it’s a living But it ain’t worth a dime."

"Don’t talk they whisper in their ear They mouth paradigm dear See the thought, hear the auctioneer They bargain on your time, dear."

"Here comes Paul Revere with a broken reaction With his latest brand of beer For his newest fixed attractions If the overhead’s over our head In this state of stale air We can pick up from anywhere And incorporate in Delaware But remember all the things you reassessed through your god Will someday be repossessed by the mob."

"I’m not a poet, nor a prophet, though I dream from time to time I’m an artist of illusion, and I sketch a strange design So don’t pay me with respect, just pay me with attention And when I bounce a check, don’t forget that I had mentioned that I’m mad at someone, I’m mad at someone."

"Nature is a terrorist God is mean with this And I ain’t no optimist But I’ll be all smiles tonight."

"Now morning hangs over the engines of time The streets flood with desolation But the one I love, she clasps her tiny hands around me And everything under the sun."

"Don’t want to die alone A repeat offence, a vagabond I will serve my time and then I’ll come for you I will make you mine in time I always do."

"Now the crowd is always fleeting And the minutes of the meeting Will be taken by a very shaky hand If you're not around when it's written down They'll be taking all the laughter from the can."

"But a fight breaks out And all the innocent they hit the ground Don't look for me, I won't be anywhere to be found."

"I have no money, but I can be cute And I can be funny If you just grant me the time of year I will change And I will appear to be"

"When I was younger I used to get angry at the girls Then I grew a little older and got angry at the world For a while I spent my time getting all pissed off at traffic lights But even that got boring you know it seemed so trite These days I’m reserved to fulfill a quota From a list I received from a man from Minnesota ....I got it off the internet, it read...."

"Pass that girl, cause she doesn’t seem to mind. Pass that what’s in your hand, cause we all need to kill some time Better get drunk quick, cause our ride is leaving soon, And maybe on that judgement day, I won’t be in the room."

"See i don't believe in you But i want you to feel that i do How can you care when From way over there Your sure taking your sweet time to So this is the way we move kick off your sunday shoes."

"Your momma don't know And your daddy don't get it I'm up on the stage singing Don't you forget it Don't touch me, I'm a live wire And I'll be singing this song Till these lines grow tired."

"Heaven help me I don't believe in man Never spoke to god And the devil won't shake my hand."

"Well, I hurried down to the station With drunk bags and a sober smile But this tip-worthy elation It only lasts for a while It's a temporary medication Yeah, it's medicine for the poisoned vial."

"I'm gonna die someday That's all that you never can say You can listen close to me Or just ignore my plea But either way I'm gonna die someday."

"Movie stars and waitresses, and fantasies and facts"

"Why don't I ever see any old punks? I guess they change their minds or die Beaten by the greetings of "Enchanté" By the girls who read Oscar Wilde Now I was always one of the serious sort But I let the comics show me around I know I didn't laugh much but boy did he try And all the time I'd be frightened by the sound."

"I tapped out time on a bottle of rhyme I watched you side-step across the thin-laced line Both foot for foot, both fake with the feel Two forgotten myths, both Achilles heels So how can I say So how can I ever run away."

"What's in my pocket? You never knew You didn't know me well, So well, as I knew you"

"And I know, and you know too That a love like ours is terrible news But that won't stop me crying No, that won't stop me crying over you"

"There's thieves among us Painting the walls With all kinds of lies, and lies I never told at all"

"Can't get up in the morning lately And I'm just sunk in a dream I'm always the ship in the stream"

"All I know is that I'm tired of being clever Everybody's clever these days Take a win Take a fall I never wanted your love But I needed it all…"

"I can feel your heartbeat, Where I lay my head ‘Cause you’ve got me Yeah, you’ve got me"

"When I was a little bit younger The strain I was under could make me cry Now I’m a little bit older, A little bit bolder Never so shy Sweet darlin’, come hold me, Just a little bit longer now"

"It’s hard to be ignored When I look at you, you look so bored My baby, my darling, I’ve been taking a beating… Well alright (Well alright) It’s okay (It’s okay) We all get the slip sometimes every day I’ll just keep it to myself in the sun In the sun"

"Speak slowly, I can't hear you My mind keeps spinning closer and closer to the rain on the roof, And the rain in my head, and the things that you said People take it further ahead And it just gets so foggy It's nowhere in here And it's everywhere else that I don't wanna be, But I'm stuck here getting misty over you I'm alone on a bicycle for two."

"We are all made of air There's stars in my eyes and there's sun in my hair And I'm runnin' away, it makes me feel better"

"If you can't sleep, I'll be there in your dreams. I'll be there in your dreams if you can't sleep at all. And in your dreams, I'll touch your cheek And lay my head on your shoulder. Goodbye shadows"

"I was takin' a walk When I saw you pass by I thought I saw you lookin' my way So I thought I'd give you a try When I saw you smile I saw a dream come true So I asked you, maybe, "Baby, whatcha gonna do?""

"'Cause I have been waitin' for a long, long time For a boy like you I won't be waitin' any more cause I know Baby, baby I was made for you"

"I had some brand new shoes They were all red but they gave me the blues And they're runnin' away, they left me a letter It's just like you told me it'd be It's nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin' at all"

"Shut your eyes, there are bluer skies For you're embraced in my heart"

"I don't wanna wonder whether you love me I don't wanna wonder whether you care So don't try to woo me Don't try to fool me Oh, I know all of your tricks It's a possibility of staying in my corner"

"Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone, but I never had yours I followed you back to the end of the path, but I never found the door"

"The world’s been waiting, they’ve been waiting for years And they’ve just gotta hear it The kids are waiting, they’ve been shedding tears So open your arms and sing for us"

"I thought I saw your face today But I just turned my head away Your face against the trees But I just see the memories As they come As they come And I couldn't help but fall in love again No, I couldn't help but fall in love again"

"I somehow see what's beautiful in things that are ephemeral I'm my only friend, am I? Love is just a piece of time In the world In the world And I couldn't help but fall in love again"

"Hair got caught in the sunlight darling But I just wasted the day. I knew it would happen this way."

"My eyes are so bleary I guess I'm young but I feel so weary I've tried to express it But I think it's all a bore It's at the heart of me, A very part of me."

"Why do I always want to sock it to you hard? Let you know what love is like when I’m keeping all my cards up on the shelf Where you can’t see them Why do I always want to keep it to myself?"

"I was never no, never no, was never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up. I listened when they told me "If he burns you, let him go." Change is hard, I should know."

"Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you can't control There are so many things we'd like to have But we just cannot hold You've got to be kind to yourself You've got to be kind to yourself"

"California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted ’til it was already gone"

"Why don't you sit right down and make me smile? You make me feel like I am just a child Why do you end it? Just give me credit I'm just sitting on the shelf"

"For those of you who tried but didn't make it, Settle down--it's never what you think. The summit doesn't differ from the deep, dark valley, And the valley doesn't differ from the kitchen sink."

"Well I'm back in your good graces again Remember when you told me that I was your only friend?"