At the Carnival.
Carnival, we'll have a great time
We'll fly the ferris wheel to the moon
at the carnival
carnival, I'll be your scarecrow
we'll drive your father's car down the road
at the carnival

carnival

carnival, you're on my last nerve
I'll be a humming bird, you shall see
at the carnival
cigarette, we'll have a quick drag
I'll boot your bony ass to the moon
at the carnival

carnival
(I need some old times
a place to lay low
and to waste my time
on a mime)

Let's bust out our new piano
play a tune in the corner of your spine
chase the moths away
chase the blues away
and take me to the carnival

superfriend,
I'd like to hear you
it'd make me happier
than a child
at the carnival

carnival.

O What a Nightmare.

I can't believe we got warm by a fire
fed with my manuscript
what a nightmare!
but your hands looked so cold, I was feeling ashamed
so I set them aflame
with a lighter

and I will be calm
while you're blowing your stack
my baby does not want me back.

I can't believe we got stuck in this hole
this whole party's a bore
what a bummer!
when we finally greet earth,
when we're on our home turf
i'm gonna throw such a beautiful rage-er

and I will have fun
while you're bein' a drag
my baby does not want me back
and I'm flying around
head over heels
yet somehow...

Fire, fire, everywhere!
what the fuck is going on?

I will be calm
while you're blowin' your stack
my baby does not want me back
and i'm flying around
head over heals...

Hello Vagina.

coke bottle glasses
tv screens
I am your mother,
amy

this is the end of bollywood
i am your right hand,
i am your best man
i am

mysterious bruises,
whiskey smile
i am your monkey
stay awhile

i am reborn, your favorite son
i am reborn hard
blown through your backyard
i am

i am the way to heavens gate
so pour me a drink, fore we fly away.

I Am a Lightning Rod.

I'll be you
you'll be talkin' to a flowerpot
but that's hardly worth a thought
or a plague of frogs
we will vomit up our chicago luck
and we will dance
on broken sheets of glass
to make our point.

and if this town seems too big
if the traffic freaks you out
i will be your lightning rod
delivering sound to you

he's a charming wreck
and he's a handsome wreck
the kind of rat
that took my woman back to his pad
and i'm not travelin'
i'm not sleepin' in
the clothes i wore
a hundred times or more.

(repeat chorus)

what'll I do?????
what'll I do.....
when my nerves get
topsy turvy

i'll be you
if you want me to
i'll clean your clock

and if this town seems too big
if the traffic freaks you out
i will be your lightning rod
delivering sound
i can see beneath your skin!
it really freaks me out
i will be your camera's flash
delivering sunbeams

Love Song For a Schubas Bartender.

hang that reath. so I can have a happy new year.

you're so pretty, people envy you.

Can you tie a tie?

You're the reason children turn to dope.
pour my drink so we can have ourselves a good time.

you're the reason people lose their minds
and they're all around you but you don't know what you've done.

Mariel's Brazen Overture.

now that we have expired, I should be honest.
Mary, I was unfaithful to you, and it kills me.
And I have a son that I've never met.

Martin, you can be honest with me if you want to, but I don't want all your devils to hold me and haunt me.
'Cause I have a love for you that's absurd.

For 80 miles, oh how we drove.
(I drove) you drove, we drove together!
For 80 miles, puffin; our smokes.
(I smoked), you smoked. We smoked together!

But you loved me. (Yes, I loved you)

For 7 days, oh how we drank. (I drank) you drank.
We drank together! At roadside pubs.
In the rain. (I drank). You drank. Let's drink together.

But you need me. (Yes, I need you)

Mariel! Someone is bleeding the wall.
The house is beginning to crumble!
The baby's on fire. Oh dear!
The zebra's are scaling the roof.
The mice are beginning to scatter. Oh Mary!

You tied my shoes for me.
You tied them tight.
But the roof blew off, and you fell out of love.

I wasted time on you.
I wasted socks.
But the sun went down, and I fell out of love.

Mariel, would you love me if I was a liar?

There's Talk of Mineshafts

There's talk of mines
where we can hide
there's room for you
and me inside
oh mariel,
sweet applepie
you can't be shy
or close your eyes.

You talk of mines
where we can hide
until the bombs
and floods subside
but that hole's a drag
it's not my bag
it's dark and cold
and it smells like mold

There's a world beneath the earth
it deals in blood and lives in dirt
but we'll escape biblical fate
yes, we'll be safe in a miner's grave.

A Children's Crusade On Acid

Sarah settle down,
keep your helmet on
walk through streets of gold
with cigarettes you hand rolled
i don't know you
and I don't owe you a thing

but I smile so hard it hurts
and just when things get worse
you say you've woken from a dream
abandoned by your mother
oh could this be?

satan, settle down!
keep your trousers on
you can warm the globe,
but leave my wretched soul alone
I don't know you!
and I don't owe you a thing

but the children lose their minds
in such uncertain times
I am awoke from a dream
surrounded by my lovers
oh, woe is me!

and a hundred thousand times a day
the yellow lights turn red
and a hundred thousand miles away
i'm turnin' myself in
oh christ, i am!

the children lose their minds
in such uncertain times

German Motorcar

It sure felt nice getting ripped apart
in that junked out german motorcar

I've got you.

Well, the robots cleaned at alarming speed
all the bedroom sheets and the tv screens

but without you
I haven't a thing to do

this is how you ditch someone that drives you mad

I struggled and swam through a panicked sea
I had a backyard gang and I dressed in green.

I had you
so I never had the blues

this is how you ditch someone that drives you mad

I will sit right down and stare at the wall
and pray that you are nothing like your photo at all

(repeat)

Cold, Kind, and Lemon Eyes

Oh God, deliver me from my enemies
these women in green winter coats
working for a tip
don't paint your lips

and don't bite
they're baiting you
and don't cry
'cause they want you to

mamma, I'm sleeping it off
worn thin from red lights and scotch
and I hate being cross,
but you should hold your booze

please don't drop bombs on me
I beg of thee, just leave me in peace
i'll have cold, kind, and lemon eyes
oh lemon eyes. My God!

Don't suck your gut so tight
and don't cut your hair so nice

mamma, i'm sleeping it off
worn thin from red lights and scotch.
I hate being cross,
but you should hold your booze.

don't bite, I'm begging you
and don't leave when I curse at you

mamma, I'm sleeping it off
worn thin from red lights and scotch
I hate being cross
but you should hold your booze.

My Baby (shoots her mouth off)

Hard times, bad breaks
my baby shoots her mouth off

You're stripping naked
in the hallway
not a care in your head
no strip of clothing
no cop in sight
I'd say you're doin' alright kid
you're a tough chick

my baby shoots her mouth off

Come over and convert me
lead me straight to the cross
you're getting vulgar
in the chappel
people are staring at you, please!
good grief

my baby wants to kill me.

(repeat)

As Tall as Cliffs

I tell tales as tall as cliffs
you've got a lisp
kid, those things are hard to miss
like my cripples cough
all your weekends lost by the lake
where you said I needed be afraid
of all those devils on the wall
that make a fella small
and when he's feelin' brave
they take his wine away
there were posters on the wall
I swear my mother saw
I'd been up all night, up all night

You came well equipped
with a gun on your hip
and some poisson on your lips
but when we wake up
in our make up
we'll be clean
and we won't have nowhere to be

but I can't talk to you
the way I've wanted to
I've been tellin' lies,
but I'll tell you the truth

darling, i'm tired, and I should be leaving
you know that I'm tired, I should be leaving

You'll hang like the rest.
we'll leave a noose on the attorney's desk
and take to the streets
chant like an army
and doctor up this disease.