I wake up in a panic every morning, like there's something I forgot to do. Something so important I start shaking. It takes a lot of coffee to calm me down.
I’ve got every disease known to man Waiting patiently, inside me,
To surprise me, when I least expect it
"Company of Strangers"
“Muscular legs stompin’ out the boulevard, Muscular face and lips about a mile large.”
" Let’s Make Love (on the floor of the liquor store) "
“It takes a twelve-pack of beer just to look in the mirror "
teenage acne
"There’s somebody layin’ in my doorway, They appear to be breathin’, but who really cares ?”
" Another Successful Breakfast"
“If I do what I wanna do, I’ll go to jail for a year or two if I stay in my living room, I’ll never get over the hill.”
" Over the Hill"
“I keep my eyes open and my mouth shut and I don’t take from the till,
You gave me a number but my name is Bill”
"Ideal Employee #743"
Daddy raised his children to believe eccomonical dreams When prices started fallin' that's when Daddy got down on his knees"
‘Lookin' out for rocks and twigs, you know you miss majestic things “
" House of Love"
“Went to an auction, over my head. Old lady died, 40 bucks to get in.
She had some fine stuff, went for millions,
She didn’t get a dime, neither did I.”
" Why Try ? "
“What’s so great about Happiness anyway?”
" What’s So Great About Happiness ?"
“She makes him toast and irons his clothes
He learns there's things he’ll never know.”
" Another Train"
“I went down to the shopping mall but I knew I wouldn’t buy a thing,
Just walk around with my head held down
Tryin’ to be a part of something”
" Nowhere in the World"
“We never had time for the things that we wanted to do,
when we saved up enough to be happy,
its true in the end all you have is a moment or two.
" Company of Strangers"
“They set you up while you’re still in the swing,
with one big push you could have anything.”
"An American Bum"
“It feels so good sometimes, to reset your mind
to the Universal Time
and simply let your fleshy body go.”
" A Little Livin’ Left To Do"
“Imagine the shocked surprise on your friends and family,
As you leave the comfort of home for the raging sea,
with a guy like me, on an insane trip
to trace the roots of humanity.”
" Voyage to Afghanistan"
“I stole 5 dollars from myself .”
" Off "
“Pluckin out a leaf from a tree as she passes by, I touch greenery a lot , when i walk She's a lot like me . "
" Let’s Make Love (on the floor of the liquor store) "
when I saw myself standin’ next to me
I couldn’t help but see the similarity
had faded like somebodies
two-week vacation summer tan.”
"A Dog Called Man"
I wake up in a panic every morning, like there's something I forgot to do. Something so important I start shaking. It takes a lot of coffee to calm me down. I'm living in an old abandoned drug store. Probably couldn't compete with the CIA. I should've listened to Jim Morrisson. Only lawyers survive the heat in LA
another smoke another drink another dirty magazine another slow suicide attempted
another successful breakfast
There's someone laying in my doorway. They appear to be breathing but who really cares.Summer sun can't cut the fog of air polution. We're all being cooked for breakfast today. another smoke , another drink, another dirty magazine another slow suicide attempted
another successful breakfast
A dollar-thirty-nine, gets me three eggs. potatoes and time,Time to figure out a place to stay, A quarter buys a paper. New statistics on tne Homeless. There's not a whole lot left to say.
another smoke , another drink, another dirty magazine another slow suicide attemptedanother successful breakfast.
the company of strangers
hi, how are you ? how was your weekend ? and what are we going to do. today ? No. I'm OK. It's just that this office is starting to feel like a cage. in the distance, it shines like a beakon. offering shelter to the lost and the weakened. but here. in this room. I've whiled away hours and planted the flowers of doom, in my life. smiles, like they say, can wipe away saddness, but this little game's here to stay. FOR AN INSTANT I thought I knew you. That day you broke down and smashed up the cooler. crystal cool water drencend all the carpet. wild nervous laughter filled out department. as you screamed out, " Hey what you say ? Why don't we start our own company, and we'll call it the Company of Strangers."
for twenty-five years I have sat by your side typing letters and memos for people who hide behind doorways with titles in hallways of horrible crime. we never had time for the things that we wanted to do when we saved up enough to be happy. it's true in the end all you have is a moment or two.
but, "Hey what you say ? Why don't we start our own company, and we'll call it the Company of Strangers."
Find Lyrics for Individual CD's below
Another Successful Breakfast Voyage To Afghanistan Children of the Milkman Wind is Falling in Love Cruelty of Gravity Other Releases
LEARNING TO PRETEND It’s always waiting up around the bend, And the magic of the moment just lasts an instant When you see it gotta’ grab it, Won’t be hangin ‘round, Won’t be hangin’ round too long. LEARNING TO PRETEND LEARNING ALL YOUR LIFE THEN YOU’RE LEARNING ONCE AGAIN LEARNING TO PRETEND When the view you used to be so used to Gets flattened by some fat and angry men, And you can’t remember why you came here but you’re leaving once again, you’re LEARNING TO PRETEND | ANOTHER TRAIN Click here to start typing your text |
A LITTLE LIVIN’ LEFT TO DO
(and it never feels out of place) | IDEAL EMPLOYEE #743 I’m just lookin’ for a job, Maybe I could mow your lawn, Cool lemonade in the warm suburban sun, After the job was done, ‘cause I WAS IDEAL EMPLOYEE #743 I KEEP MY EYES OPEN AND MY MOUTH SHUT AND I DON’T TAKE FROM THE TILL YOU GAVE ME A NUMBER BUT MY NAME IS BILL I’m just lookin’ for a job, Somethin’ to keep me occupied, I wanted to save the world, But that doesn’t pay, I’m back on the streets today, I WAS IDEAL EMPLOYEE #743 I CAN PASS YOUR PISS TEST THEN YOU CAN PISS ON ME I’M UNDER THE GUN IN THE LAND OF THE FREE And I’ll do a good job for you, Yeah I’ll do my best, And I’ll do everything for you, I’ll do my best I WAS IDEAL EMPLOYEE #743 THEY PROMISED THE WORLD TO ME BUT I DIDN’T GET ANYTHING PROGRESS MARCHES ON, AN’ SO SHOULD I UNDER THE GUN IN THE LAND OF THE FREE I WAS PROUD TO BE 743 HERE’S TO YOU 744. |
SANTA CLAUS (2:46) | OVER THE HILL (3:41) |
a dog called Man | God |
1974 Jn 1974, the world was destroyed in a nuclear war and no one can remember except for me ‘Cause I was up on a hill as the sky grew white and still adn I felt completely at peace while i was melting I imagine you, and you iimagine me together we’re making love imaginarily It shoook me straight to the bone To be instantlly so alone But one by one the trees all re-appeared I guess every tree lives on in memory] and memories never die , they just fet better I imagine you, and you iimagine me together we’re making love imaginarily I fall in love with you you hate me like you do But Id imagine thats what you’re supposed to do don’t question what we’re feeling one doubt could send us reeling back into the nothingness of 74 In 1975 after a year of wondering if Im alive I finally realize just what my life is anything you dream is alive as you and me and anything you want you already have the children know its true they believe in me and you listen to them laugh their day away back down to the deserts killing floor back in a box looking for something more I imagine you, stand ing in the nude out in the forrest of a million dreams i fall in love with you,. then we’re touching too isn’t that wwhat were supposed to do | OUR LITTLE PLACE you know I run a home for the hopeless formerly good people gone astray Im here to ask you all for some money To keep our little place warm and safe I’d like to thank you first for the dinner the chocolate moose was such a grand delight but do you care about the lost and the forgotten enough to write a big fat check tonight ? our little place we’ve got prostitutes and aids we’ve got burglars. deviant poets, and thieves religious nuts who act out Bible stuff like killin their kids for publicity Im sure you must agree that its our duty To help a fallen Birdie fly again We’ve gotta lift them up, so they can live like us Eat Dorrittos, take vacations and watch TV Our little place we’ve got a man with half a face whose step-dad took a blow-torch to his head in our little home we’ve got a girl who sits alone combing her pubic hair with a chainsaw but its nice in the evening, when everything calms down and you can hear little crickets in the darkness makin that chirpin sound..... Right down the hall you’ll find heroin and tall little vials of a drug you never heard of On a trip to the john You might cross paths with cross-eyed Juan swingin his knife on a three-day binge and though he means you no harm hes hearin voices than alarm and inform him that you have a secret plan Thank god you got me to contain this surly lot or they’d be climbin the walls up onto your yacht but its nice in the evening, when everything calms down and you can hear little crickets in the darkness makin that chirpin sound..... and have you ever known a cricket who went bad ? |
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