Zebra Crossing
‘Zebra Crossing’ Lyrics
eddie’s old album’s on the stereo my friend is at the stove food in the making we have returned in from parisian cold the sting in my hands feels like needles of joy warmth is telling me it’s tale over a red bottle of wine candles in the corner won’t you bare your flicker here? my bread lies half eaten accompanied by my vacant stare here i am stumbling over my thoughts of you my mind is elsewhere stumbling over my thoughts of you my mind is elsewhere my life in between one place and the other soon i return to finish replace it with another i will sort through documents i will file away the hurt i’ll sign over ownership and i will leave without my heart a period of my life is at end you know i’m a zebra crossing standing on the street edge i am ready to start walking i’m stumbling over my thoughts of you my mind is elsewhere stumbling over my thoughts of you my mind is elsewhere my mind is elsewhere my mind is elsewhere cats and their colors leopards and their spots and all the changes we don’t think we’re capable of well i was a boy in the pacific yeah inside i think i still am i’m speaking to the seagulls i am standing in the sand then there was no confusion with an ocean god as my sun the whales passing in the night on their migratory run here i am stumbling over my thoughts of you my mind is elsewhere stumbling over my thoughts of you my mind is elsewhere my mind is elsewhere my mind is elsewhere
Pretty Good Effort
‘Pretty Good Effort’ Lyrics
he said he said he said pretty good effort pretty good effort for a guy with little talent pretty good effort pretty good effort for a guy with little talent pretty good effort you made a few people smile hey they probably want more of you even though you’ve not paid any dues and though you might be on the tips of they’re tongues right now they’ll forget you in a second you’ll never reach the sky sky sky sky and some of us have been plugging this circuit we been years in the making ourselves get up for years and there are few opportunities to get a deal doing what you love so we all got a killer instinct why don’t you beware of it why don’t you stay clear of it why don’t you beware why don’t you stay clear well i said i think i’m making a pretty good effort at using my limited talent and if i’m ever to reach the sky first i got to get by and i know you been plugging this circuit i know you been getting up for years as a rookie i got nothing but respect for you or anyone who gets up here but i’m using my talent
Sarah
‘Sarah’ Lyrics
oh come on sarah pull us together we’re not defunct just under weather and i’m not the man for this job no i’m not the man for this job oh come on sarah tell me it’s not true you’ve the strength of will to carry us through and i’m not the man for this job no i’m not the man for this job i’m a man who used to land jet aeroplanes solely responsible for three hundred lives but somewhere out there my abilities crashed to the ground my nerves put me off you know they’ve never been found oh come on sarah don’t run off on me now you’re the one way i handle what’s going on in my world and i’m not the man for this job no i’m not the man for this job i’m a man who used to land jet aeroplanes solely responsible for three hundred lives but somewhere out there my abilities crashed to the ground my nerves put me off you know they’ve never been found sarah sarah sarah sarah i’m that man used to land jet aeroplanes and when we made love i swear we’d burn in flames oh but somewhere out there my abilities crashed to the ground my nerves put me off they’ve never been found no no no no sarah sarah sarah sarah am i still your man? am i still your man sarah? am i still your man? am i still your man sarah?
Fire Escapes
‘Fire Escapes’ Lyrics
since i met you i’ve been standing in fireescapes i’ve been screaming at the top of my lungs just to get it out but all it does is bounce up ten floors and back down stops in front of me says hey! daniel hey what is wrong? are you are you too scared to wear your face? are you too scared to use your voice? are you too scared to be yourself? are you too scared to be yourself? be myself be myself now when i walk out my door since i first had that little talk with you it’s been following me like another in my head and upon my shoulder asking are you too scared to wear your face? are you too scared to use your voice? are you too scared to be yourself? are you too scared? are you too scared? well yes i’m scared are you gonna laugh and break my balls? yes i’m scared but this corner’s getting too small yes i’m scared ‘cause i don’t want to be your window shopping you don’t have to buy me no you can leave me hanging hanging hanging hanging hanging in fire escapes well yes i’m scared are you gonna laugh and break my balls? yes i’m scared but this corners getting too small yes i’m scared ‘cause i don’t want to be your window shopping you don’t have to buy me no you can leave me hanging
Look Mama! (A Postcard From NY)
‘Look Mama! (A Postcard From NY)’ Lyrics
i yelled look mama no hands! as i was riding down mount airy road and i know you were not there but you’d have shaken your head i’m just a dreamer mama still riding my bike i’ll be middle aged soon mama i’ll still not be grown up i’m the reject of many relationships mama i’m difficult and better off on my own i’m the reject of many job prospects mama any skills i have this world’s outgrown i know you wish i’d steady on there mama but balance is something i’ve never never known i’m just a dreamer mama still riding my bike i’ll be middle aged soon mama i’ll still not be grown up i was yelling look mama! look mama! as i was riding look mama! as i was riding look mama! as i was riding look out son! look out son! then a state trooper cited me for peddling reds said i could of been hit by an oncoming flatbed mama i been dabbling in things i shouldn’t a had all of my life for the thrill of it
Are You A Free (Wo)man?
‘Are You A Free (Wo)man?’ Lyrics
i’m sending a present of someone i like music you should hear in the dark or lying on your back in a spacious place like the desert or a park i thought you might like a wrist-watch but why remind you of time? we’ve talked enough of it running out you of yours and me of mine quarter century quarter century i try not to look and count but i check the scoreboard it’s a quarter century hope you’re near to knowing what you want i’m out of here soon maybe days i’ve seen a little and i’ve lived a lot they’ve cut my contract they cannot sell me they don’t want to hear what i’ve got so i won’t play for them i won’t play for them i will not play for them i won’t play for them but i’ll play for you my flatmate left his steak on the floor lost himself in the night he drags me into all manner of things but i can’t blame him for my part well i’m gonna take a break now from microscopes and fakes i’m gonna lock myself up in a room gonna sweat it out and listen to what i won’t play for them i won’t play for them i will not play for them i won’t play and maybe you’ll hear me sometime if i see you again but don’t ask for surprises because i’m empty of them i’m empty of them
Echoes
‘Echoes’ Lyrics
these are echoes of daydreams space and black oh she slips me inside she takes me deep i’m taken aback candy dissolves in fire oh the sweetness of this bliss blanket wrapped and smooth on the wind i’m blown her kiss i’m blown her kiss oh my freedom cries out and clenches my teeth before simul-gasp this crawling leads on to running and on from life until our deaths until our deaths and on from life until our deaths and on on on and on from life until our deaths oh it seems we’re sight-seers we might just be trying to set up a home but even when we’re fused together we shut our eyes to be alone yet we’re selfish enough to share some of this love this love that’s skipping off these tones of all these lies we say we keep until morning lies that decay my bones decay my bones decay my bones all my lie lie lie all my lies they decay my bones my bones all my lie lie all my lies they decay my bones my bones you see i lied to her i said hey i do not love you i said hey i do not love you i said hey i do not love you oh how i lied
F**k The Gardeners (Tall Poppy Syndrome)
‘F**k The Gardeners (Tall Poppy Syndrome)’ Lyrics
it’s not luck in my life that my friends want to move on they don’t care for this syndrome and they stand tall they say do the best you can don’t matter if you fuck up but don’t listen to those gardeners they’re just out to cut you down they want to cut you down they want to cut you they’ll cut you down they want to cut you down down fair bit of mockery goes down around their house i don’t see them much but when i do there’s no where else you can laugh your head off or admit you messed up without some gardener there just poised to cut you down they want to cut you down they want to cut you they’ll cut you down they want to cut you down down they want to cut cut cut any poppy they want to cut cut cut any poppy they want to cut cut cut any poppy they want to cut cut cut any poppy so many gardeners here i had to see the world i ain’t seen enough yet but enough to tell you there’s so many people proud and out to help they’re gonna walk all over those who are just out to cut cut you down they want to cut you down they want to cut you they’ll cut you down they want to cut you down down they want to cut cut cut the poppies they want to cut cut cut any poppy they want to cut cut cut any poppy they want to cut cut cut any poppy stand tall stand tall stand tall stand tall
Midnight's Gone
‘Midnight’s Gone’ Lyrics
midnight’s gone and i’m still awake i’ve a feeling this has happened to me before midnight’s gone and left me behind my duty seems to be to bring up the dawn i’m losing sleep to a chemical watching the man swim in the moon trees trip up while lamposts walk gutters cluttered with the know of street talk midnight’s gone and i’m still awake and i’m still awake midnight’s gone and i’m still awake and i’m still awake a word to steven at 74 lets me in on the premise i’ll take the floor so i spin a few with disordered pleasure yeah then i hit the lounge to play mr undercover on steven’s break we get on and off and out the rooftop is the only place we can talk he says he knows a girl who’s perfect for me then we both laugh loud and hard ‘cause it ain’t that easy midnight’s gone and i’m still awake and i’m still awake midnight’s gone and i’m still awake and i’m still awake midnight’s gone midnight’s gone so i slide off down the fireescape feeling like i got on me a mask and cape i want to fly this last floor but instead i decide i don’t need a grave for a bed just yet skipping along the boulevard my destination’s become that tall tower i climb up and watch the beginning of light you know the sun is gonna chase away the night next stop five and dimes lined up in a row there’s time for a snack before i head on my way home last stop before the sun is fully up last stop before my eyes seal shut last stop before the sun is fully up last stop before my eyes seal shut midnight’s gone and i’m still awake and i’m still awake midnight’s gone and i’m still awake and i’m still awake midnight’s gone midnight’s gone my mouth is heavy with these tastes i bought my mind in chain letters and unchained thought seems like too much to give up so soon but sleep comes on with a crash and a boom
Good Job?
‘Good Job?’ Lyrics
you have done us wrong and you have stolen our stuff and gauging from the talk around here if you get found out you’ll get messed up now i can’t do physical but i’d like to get inside your head figure out if it was for survival or if you’re just a low-life and a dreg is that all that you are? are you spit in a glass? are you just a thief? steals others keep well bethells is a fine place wild and black on the sea where people should chill out without anxiety but you smashed the car ruined a day in the sun you took my personal thoughts and all of our possessions are you just a fucking thief? are you just a thief? are you just a thief? are you just a thief? oh you’re a thief oh you’re a thief oh you’re a thief oh you’re a thief well bethells is a fine place wild and black on the sea where people should chill out without anxiety but is this all you are? just spit in a glass and though i feel invaded i’m gonna leave karma to take a glance [was it a good job?]