Saturdays Saturdays I’m reminded of Bombs away Over our house when it could have been, should have been, doves A mind to waste Out on the street ya they’ll sign you up Get a taste Beat you down when it could have been, should have been, love Ex-pats of the Blue Mountain symphony orchestra If […]
A hand off the heart One on the wolf until your lambs itch Life lives in the dark But you joke and you kid about the light switch Lay down no talking Stand up start walking You run and you run and there’s no time to think No time to breathe No time at all […]
Way up in that sky I look up and I wonder If that’s you passing by It’s been a while since I was your man Used to shout up from outside Wake you when you were sleeping Now I walk the streets, I don’t recognize nobody It’s been a while since I was your man […]
What if you woke up in the middle of the night And in your bare feet you walked outside And realizing that you were awake that you could fly Out over the world To places that you’ve only heard of See faces that you were sold as murderers But just like you they’re only lonely […]
Ain’t got a job but the future’s bright Flip off the world you know they say it’s all right You never get what you want to And modern love you just can’t stand That candy coating is just a scam You never get what you want to Oh ya, all right North American for life […]
Line up crooked my eyes straight up at the sun In and out of consciousness Neither is much fun Show down with that head of yours And the book is 10 to 1 Ghetto rock for Princess Sticky Magazine Five nights on the TV and two nights in between To make out in the basement […]
Little terror Pack your stars Here’s a big wind for your sails From the motherland Little terror sings the company song Here’s a big hand to move you along From the motherland Mother Your son he’s a bad boy Mostly a bad boy But he’s the one
In the wilderness uncountable voices earplugs for the birds and the animals and blinders for your beast of burden, the will for learning these books were made for burning in the wilderness beneath the ancient sand lies crushed and tanned those sapphire girls may we never forget you Alert status red but the sun comes […]
Throw away your anger Throw away the sheath Charge and spike your heavy guns Because that ain’t no kind of belief Dream of where it left you When you were still too young To know the difference between the faith in your heart And the politics of looking dumb It’s all I know This empty […]
Go shoot down the sun and moon Close your eyes, live at noon We don’t know what we are But we’re tired of it Go and get your friends We’ll take this city while it’s sleeping Down and out without a doubt We’re down and out We’re so heavy Can’t get out from under it […]
