But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting; That's hanging in the Louvre
How does it feel
Just like you I'm wondrin' what I'm doin' here.; Just like you I'm wondrin' what's goin' on.
People on the platforms; Waiting for the trains; I can hear their hearts a-beatin'; Like pendulums swinging on chains
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation; There are no words that need to be said
Any day now, any day now,; I shall be released.
The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face
I can tell you fancy, I can tell you plain; You give something up for everything you gain
Give me a string bean, I'm a hungry man.
Oh, baby, that god you been prayin' to; Is gonna give ya back what you're wishin' on someone else
She once was a true love of mine
But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
She said, "Be easy, baby,; There ain't nothin' worth stealin' in here."
Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast;
Oh, but what a shame if all we've shared can't last.
Everything passes,; Everything changes,; Just do what you think you should do.
I need a steam shovel mama to keep away the dead
A saxophone someplace far off played
Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
The angels play on their horns all day,; The whole earth in progression seems to pass by.; But does anyone hear the music they play,; Does anyone even try?
Well, I try my best; To be just like I am,; But everybody wants you; To be just like them.
Boys in the street beginning to play; Girls like birds flying away
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
When I met you, baby,; You didn't show no visible scars.
Can't you make any sound?
She knows there's no success like failure; And that failure's no success at all.
My feet are so tired, my brain is so wired
You say you love me; And you're thinkin' of me,; But you know you could be wrong.
I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized
Well, the road is rocky and the hillside's mud; Up over my head nothing but clouds of blood
This wheel shall explode!
Louise, she's all right, she's just near; She's delicate and seems like the mirror; But she just makes it all too concise and too clear; That Johanna's not here
Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress
Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night,; And the diamonds from the deepest ocean,; I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss,; For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.
I couldn't see where we were goin'; But you said you knew an' I took your word
What good am I if I know and don't do,; I If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
Three fellas crawlin' on their way back to work,; Nobody stops to ask why.
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face,; And the dust of rumors covers me.
Did I miss the mark or; Over-step the line; That only you could see?
Not one more night, not one more kiss,; Not this time baby, no more of this,; Takes too much skill, takes too much will,; It's revealing.
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,; Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
If you want somebody you can trust, trust yourself.
Somebody's got to find your trail,; I guess it must be up to me.
Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues; You can tell by the way she smiles
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,; Should I leave them by your gate,; Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
If dogs run free, why not me; Across the swamp of time?
My love for her is taking such a long time to die
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
Are you still my friend, baby, show me a sign
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line,; Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,; That we could sit simply in that room again.
Saw you drift into infinity and come back again
Gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag; Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag; Only a fool in here would think he's got anything to prove
I've already ripped out the phones, honey.; You can't walk the streets in a war
Oh, some of us'll end up; In St. Cloud Prison,; And some of us'll wind up, To be lawyers and things
On the rising curve,; Where the ways of nature will test every nerve,; You won't get anything you don't deserve,; Where we were born in time.
It's all been designed, he said, "To make you lose your mind,; And when you go back to find it, there's nothing there to find."
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
