She was the head of her class, with a mind of her own
She had a turquoise heart
In the cold, cold, cold, cold, heat of the sun
She died for something... was it nothing?
Jesus was a heretic, trying to overthrow the government
They'd of sold his ass to slavery,
except that son of a bitch, he saved me!
Cry, cry, cry to the wind, baby
Cry, cry, cry in America:
Dump your tea into the sea
Float, float, float on the water, baby
Sink or swim, you're gonna die
For somebody's sins & someone else's lies

When the night is clear, on the sailor moon
You can hear that sweet, soft, distant tune
Rise again from the grave, heat of the sun...
Hold on now, hold on tight, baby
We can make it one more night, mama
Was it nothing?
Head of her class, with a turquoise heart
That bitch is too ambitious,
I wanna see her burn: talking out of turn!
Float, float, float on the water, baby
Sink or swim, you're gonna die
For somebody's sins & someone else's lies

Content

I Remember all those children
Down in the Underground of this nowhere town
Dying to go somewhere in this room without a view
Crowded together like the devil of doubt told us to
Oh lord what did we do
Something we'll never understand
Our tainted past it stains our future with this blood on our hands!

God you're killing me by killing yourselves
You got me believing I'm the reason that you put it on the shelf
You hang em high while leaving lovers so low
You make me wanna cry but for you my friend these tears won't flow
Why the hell did you go
For reasons we'll never know
God I hope you found peace but for now i guess we'll have to clean the blood from the sheets

Lying awake in the dark until the hurt is all gone
Standing against the knight with your blinders on
Can you walk through the water and come out with your feet dry
Blessed sky we are all gonna die
Plastic bonds deceive the steel workhorse
Bound to the ground as blood's final course
Enough believed to fill it's backwater ponds
But keep an open mind receive your sight from the blind

I wonder.........did you see it coming
but how could there have been a way to know
Your dreams to be are now set free
Tomorrow's cure to heal the pain will never last
Beneath the surface of the glass

It came with authority
If you're wondering where i've been
You better check your priorities
To the end and back again
Blessed sky we are all gonna die
The clouds drift away and the sun shines on the other side

Many will come before the night sheds the sun
many will die before the new day is done
Many will cry staring down the barrel of the gun
But Alright is Alright!!!!!

 

Like a world of dreams around me,
I am where I long to be
Like a cloud of mist surrounds me,
Underneath the tallest tree

Beyond the break of dawn,
There is a sunrise
Beyond...

Like a stepping stone of thunder,
I have carved my destiny
Like a wave that pulls you under
'neath the deepest, darkest sea

Like I've been here before
Like I'll be here again
Everything spins
Yes, we're spinning
Round the wheel of creation
Like a tear in your eye
When you're starting to cry
Everything flows
Down the river of communication

The river
Oh, The river
The river

la la la la

Don't you stop it now,
Don't you leave it now,
Lord, the river

The river
Oh, the river
the RIVER

NO I.D.

Content

She walks along the beach
Looking for shells, she is out of reach
And she sells me with her smile
She's clothed in broken dreams
Gentle eyes of sunrise stream through me
As she lets me down in perfect style

Fly on gypsy wind
The winding road will take you home again
No matter how far
The sun is up; the moon is up
They tango in the blue sky
Surrounding an earthbound star

She don't believe it
But, she means the world
To every stranger's face that sees her
Through a hundred-thousand eyes

Gardenia, Let your hair hang down
Everyone knows it, everyone loves you,
Everyone wants to see you hanging 'round

She don't believe in miracles
But maybe that's one thing
That will make her change her mind
She lives in dreams of fifty men
About two times a week
She is a dream by her design

I hope that reincarnation is real
For one more time around the wheel
To touch her once again
I pray for heaven, so that when I die
I can lie beside her in the end

The flowers in her hair
Leave trails of ecstasy in the air
She is the point where all souls blend

Chorus

& Ain't it something when she turns her eyes to you?
She calls on seeds of distant memory
& Ain't it something when she's looking in your eyes...
Butterflies

Chorus

You gotta let it all hang down...

Sitting still in line at the Starbucks
Waiting for a double macchiato
The view through the tinted window sucks
Away all the colors that (swallow) follow
Whose dream did you sell today?
Whose soul did you throw away?
Whose shadow will you follow tomorrow, mister?
Whose magic will you borrow?

All this time you've been looking for me
And I've been tracking you
All the money you've been throwing away
Getting high on yesterday's news
Take me out for the weekend
Buy me dinner at the hot new spot
Call me up for a meeting
Give me some of the green you got

The reign is falling on your daddy's empire
The spider web is gonna kill your pig
You want someone to start a fire
You want someone to make big
You're just a victim in the Devil's bargain
You're just a slave in the USA
You're just a fly on the wall of consciousness
Waiting for someone to get carried away

Every time that I try to kiss your face
There's always gotta be a lot of red tape
We could be (go) sailing down to the Keys, baby
Or we could traverse the Caribbean Sea, baby
Or we could be free...

Send me mixed signals; I'll send you a big rose
Send me a hankerchief
To blow my nose
We could be spending all of our time together
Or we could sit praying for the sunny weather
Or we could be free...

Give me red tape
Lord, I see the red tape
Always gotta be...

Well, I've been waiting on your call
& I've been burning at both ends & all
& I've been praying to my God
& I've been drowning in grain alcohol

& I've been dressing out of style
To try & make you crack a smile
& I've been spitting in my sleep
With wishes you should try to keep

Why does it always turn out the same?
I feel I'm losing at this game
Don't know what else to try
'cept sit where you might walk on by...
& I'll be waiting

& I've been laughing at myself
& toasting to my mental health
& I've been riding 'neath the street
Inside a train that's full of meat

Breathe, Breathe, Breathe with me
Sigh, Sigh, Sigh, let it fall
Breathe, Breathe, Breathe with me...

& I'll be waiting