Once upon a time They called me the bleeder Well swimmin' up this river With sentimental fever But this ain't my first ride It ain't my last try Just got to keep a-movin' on If they catch me ever They'll throw me back forever I guess I should be ashamed But I forget to be vain Well I did the best I could I guess But everything just bleeds They say you're only sad and lonely And no one is impressed
I sent it off in a letter I need somethin' better Than a nail and a hammer To put me back together But this ain't my first ride It ain't my last try Just got to keep a-movin on Got to keep this together Maybe next time is never I guess I should be ashamed But I forget to be vain Well I did the best I could I guess But everything just bleeds They say you're only sad and lonely And no one is impressed
Sometimes I must confess I do feel a little over dressed Sometimes it's hard to tell the wishing from the well Where you threw the penny and where it fell I guess I should I should be ashamed But I forget to be vain Well I did the best I could I guess But everything just bleeds I guess I should be ashamed But I forget to be vain Well I did the best I could I guess But everything just bleeds They say you're only sad and lonely And no one is impressed
I could break free from the wood of a coffin if I need But nothin's hard as Gettin' free from places I've already been
I've been waste-deep in the burnin' meadows of my mind In the engine In cold December shootin' fire from the hose
Now turn off your lights 'cause I'm not comin' home 'til I'm delivered for the first time
I was first-born to a parade that follows in rows down a narrow cold black river faceless shadows movin' slow
I would move swift when the sounds of a trumpet would blow I've been the puppet I've been the strings I know the vacant face it brings
Now the bells of curfew They may ring before I'm through But soon I'll be delivered for the first time
You might keep clean in the back of an angel motorcade It doesn't matter who walks in you know, the joke is still the same You'll just wake up like a disposable lover decomposed I've been gone I've been remembered I've been alive I've been a ghost
So now, if downtown explodes I'll still be on this road 'til I'm delivered for the first time
I have drawn blood from the neckline when vampires were in fashion You know I'd even learn to cut my throat If I thought I could fit in
'Cause I, I once heard that you gotta learn how to blend in to this mess Where nothin's hard nothin's precious and nothin's smooth or flawless
Now, no more amused just screaming to be delivered for the first time
Now I'm 10 miles in the deep and mighty blue sea Looking back, towards a long white beach burnin' up into yellow flames
And I just wave back like a little boy up on a pony in a show 'cause I can't fix something this complex any more than I can build a rose
So just keep on letting go 'cause I must be close to being delivered for the first time
Now I'd rather bleed out a long stream from being lonely and feel blessed Well than drown, laying face down in a puddle of respect I was once lost in the corridors of the arena in blindfolds I've been the bull I've been the whip I just pulled down the matador
So now, turn on your lights 'cause I'm comin' home I've been delivered for the first time
Maybe I could be the one they adore That could be my reputation It's where I'm from that lets them think I'm a whore I'm an educated virgin
Sleepwalker, don't be shy Now don't open your eyes tonight You'll be the one that defends my life While I'm dead asleep dreamin'
Cupid, don't draw back your bow Sam Cooke didn't know what I know I'll never be your valentine The sleepwalker in me And God only know that I've tried
Let me in, let me drown or learn how to swim Just don't leave me at the window I could be the one to be your next best friend You may need someone to hold you
Sleepwalker, take this knife You may see someone tonight You'd be the one that saves my life When I'm dead asleep dreamin'
Cupid, don't draw back your bow Sam Cooke didn't know what I know I'll never be your valentine The sleepwalker in me And God only know that I've tried
I'm in your movie and everyone looks sad But I can hear you, your voice, the laughtrack But you never saw my best scene The one where I sleep Sleepwalk into your dreams
Now, sleepwalker, what's my line It's only a matter of time Until I learn to open up my eyes When I'm dead asleep dreamin'
Cupid, don't draw back your bow Sam Cooke didn't know what I know I'll never be your valentine The sleepwalker in me
Now, the sleepwalker in me Now, the sleepwalker in me And God only know that I've tried
Whatever I know too much You won't be anyone Now tell me what you are thinking of How could think you'd be enough It's not that you've stayed too long It's not that you've done something wrong It's not your fault But you embarrass yourself
Hand me down It's better when you're not around You feel good And you look like you should But you will never make us proud
You've been used by a army of cues You've been touched by the lips of a queen Now we've all made good use of you But you won't be needed again So don't you move and let someone else in Make some room for a new harlequin It's never enough So don't disappoint us again
Hand me down It's better when you're not around You feel good And you look like you should But you won't ever make us proud
Hand me down It's better when you're not around You feel good And you look like you should But you could never make us proud Hand me down
So look at you with your worn out shoes Livin' proof evolution's through We're stuck with you This revolution's due
Hand me down It's better when you're not around You feel good And you look like you should But you could never make us proud
Hand me down It's better when you're not around You feel good And you look like you should But you won't ever make us proud
Now coming down Out of this swandive to your arms I make no sounds WhenI move thru your reservoirs I wake up quick I wake up sick As you abandon me Into these fields of rank and file Thru this cloudI hear you breathing Thru these barsI watch them bring more in
NowI send back letters from the wasteland home Last slowdance to this romance on my own May take two to tango, but boy it takes one to let go It just takes one to let go.
Now boy keep still Don't spread yourself around Get back in line Eat your bread And just work the ground
'Cause you're not through They're not done with with you Did you think you were The only one who's been let down So sleep tight little boys of the new dam Let them drop in the quicksand
NowI send back letters from the wasteland home Last slowdance to this romance on my own May take two to tango, but boy it takes one to let go
Now another bad idea gets thru Down they send me unto you Every bridgeI should have burned Every lesson i've unlearned When the smoke give way to ruins Incarcerated lovesick fools I wait for you to cut me loose But until then
NowI send back letters from the wasteland home Last slowdance to this romance on my own May take two to tango, but boy it takes one to let go NowI send back letters from the wasteland home From whereI slowdance to this romance on my own
Say when you're alone It's better 'cause nobody knows you When no one's your friend It's better 'cause nobody leaves you So you turned your back On a world that you could never have 'Cause your heart's been cracked And everyone else's is goin' mad
But I hear voices And I see colors But I wish I felt nothing Then it might be easy for me Like it is for you
Now all of these people Come up from deep holes Pullin' you down And it's just no use When all the abuse follows you down By the morning you've gone Leavin' me here all alone Sayin' it's no mystery I know that nobody here needs me
But I hear voices And I see colors But I wish I felt nothing Then it might be easy for me Like it is for you
And I know you believe that you and me don't belong here And the worst we could do Is keep trying to pretend we care
But I hear voices And I see colors But I wish I felt nothing Then it might be easy for me Like it is for you Like it is for you Like it is for you
She knows just what I like The angel on my bike She found me down on a two ton anchor Tangled up in wire She always gets it right The angel on my bike I could be killed if the train goes faster Well angel watch my life
I can't handle a care I want, but I can't be there While angel's a prayer
It's 45 miles on that highway Angel double prayer I have to sleep with my eyes on the white lines Elvis need of repair I only want to believe That angel it's me that you need And there's only, only one heart on that highway Angel double prayer
I can't handle a care I want, but I can't be there While angel's a prayer I can't handle a care I want, but I can't be there While angel's a prayer
Now it's hard time on these wheels These fairytales Turn to rusted steel and it's Gettin' hard now to believe She's seein' me Angel, please, tell me Can't you see Angel it's only me Angel it's only me
Well I can't take a care Man, I want, but I can't be there While angel's a prayer I can't handle a care Well, I want, but I can't be there While angel's a prayer
I feel pretty good, I feel all right And I've been thinkin' maybe, I could spend the night I know you've been sad, I know I've been bad But if you'd let me make you ribbons from a paper bag
Josephine, you're so good to me And I know it ain't easy Josephine, you're so sweet You must taste just like sugar and tangerines
I won't make a sound Sleep on the ground When you wake I will Drive you into town I missed your smile Your schoolgirl style But I never had much fun Maybe the very first mile
Josephine, you're so good to me And I know it ain't easy Josephine, you're so sweet You must taste just like sugar and tangerines
Don't you know I watched you walkin' home from school Your friends on the old playgrounds You never looked so down Won't you come and help me with these cuts of mine? I've disconnected my heart and cut myself on the wires Josephine
I know I was wrong, I knew all along But I got so far from my home I never thought I'd be so lonesome
Josephine, you're so good to me And I know it ain't easy Josephine, you're so sweet You must taste just like sugar and tangerines
One, two boys by the river Down by the water Tellin' riddles in the dark With fireflies under the moonlight Carvin' the insides of a tree with a knife Ever hear the one about the boy's big sister His best friend come along He tried to kiss her
(CHORUS): The only difference That I see Is you are exactly the same As you used to be One boy lives in a tower With bow and arrow And the artificial heart With his girl Late in the summer He loaded the cannon With a jealous appetite They say that children now They come in all ages And maybe sometimes old men die With little boy faces
(CHORUS)
You always said that you needed some But you always had more, more than anyone
Alone tonight in somebody's bed She gone and dyed her hair red She only went and did what she did 'Cause he would drive her home then There's lipstick on her new dress She hadn't even paid yet But it doesn't matter where the money went It wasn't how she paid her rent
One, two, three Marlenas There's got to be someone we can trust Out here among us
Now lookin' out across the city lights She thought they'd be a good pair Now he could make a living sellin' cars Maybe she could work there She's gonna pick a star in the night And pray to make it all right She tried so hard not to pick a kite She always prayed to heaven lights
One, two, three Marlenas There's got to be someone we can trust Out here among us One, two, three Marlenas It's see no, speak no, hear no evil about us The three Marlenas
Man, I think I'm gonna buy myself a Rolls Maybe a Chevrolet One where I can pull that top down Just let my radio play Now I'm headin' out on that highway I'm goin' right out of state Now I ain't lookin' back until I'm gone Right through heaven's gates
One, two, three Marlenas There's got to be someone we can trust Out here among us One, two, three Marlenas Ya see no, speak no, hear no evil among us The three Marlenas Three Marlenas Three Marlenas
I'm standing outside your window, baby And there you are Another year, another candle's burning for the party girl No one even knows that you're there Happy Birthday, no one cares
You come around here, You'd better bring a witness Everyone in here's on the guest list And when you're gone you won't be missed Keep one eye open when you kiss
Your wishes won't be coming true this year Now darling don't you cry We're going to teach you everything You'll learn to get by Now lesson number one in homicide is emotional murder is no crime
You come around here, you'd better bring a witness Everyone in here's on the guest list And when you're gone you won't be missed Keep one eye open when you kiss
Now sticks and stones, baby, break your bones But the names, in here, can kill We'd let you leave but no one else wants you Your ransom was not made Now you ain't got to stand up tall But now baby, you must stand up
You come around here, you'd better bring a witness Everyone in here's on the guest list Now we've never been so impressed Keep one eye open when, whenever you kis
Sirens ring, the shots ring out A stranger cries, screams out loud I had my world strapped against my back I held my hands, never knew how to act And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache Below me was a homeless man Singin' songs I knew complete On the steps alone, his guitar in hand His fifty years, he stood where he stands And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache Now walkin' home on those streets The river winds move my feet The subway steam, like silhouettes in dreams They stood by me, just like moonbeams And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache Looked out the window, down upon that street And gone like a midnight was that man But I seen his six strings laid against that wall And all his things, they all look so small I got my fingers crossed on a shooting star Just like me- he just moved on And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache And the same black line that was drawn on you Was drawn on me And now it's drawn me in 6th Avenue heartache
So long ago I don't remember when That's when they say I lost my only friend Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease As I listened through the cemetery trees
I seen the sun comin up at the funeral at dawn long broken arm of human law Now it always seemed such a waste She always had a pretty face So I wondered how she hung around this place
Hey come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me n Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight
She said it's cold It feels like Independence Day And I can't break away from this parade But there's got to be an opening Somewhere here in front of me Through this maze of ugliness and greed I seen the sun up ahead At the county line bridge Sayin all there's good and nothingness is dead We'll run until she's out of breath She ran until there's nothin left She hit the end it's just her window ledge
Hey come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me n Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight
Well this place is old It feels just like a beat up truck I turn the engine but the engine doesn't turn Well it smells of cheap wine n cigarettes This place is always such a mess Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn I'm so alone and I feel just like somebody else Man I ain't changed but I know I ain't the same But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin dreams I think of death it must be killin me
Hey Hey Hey come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me n Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight
On your mark get set let's go You got to move now before she explodes Look out the window Look out below Back away from the glass There she blows The city's been leveled Hills are in flames Streets cracked open and they're pushin' up clay Temperature's dropped Sky is grey And it ain't even over Here comes drivin' rain
It ain't me, that you feel There's something moving Around in here That's blood That's tears This ain't a warning...
(chorus) Everybody out of the water And up on dry land Take what you can 'Cause you won't be here again Everybody out of the water
Now I'm treadin' high water to get back to you Been looking for a low spot or something to cling to There's too many bodies There's not enough room God help me and God help you They say nobody panic Help is on its way We're already on it, you've got to be brave If you can fix it now then don't make us wait Man there ain't nobody coming Back away from the gates
That bell that you hear That's hell Ringing in your ears I fear That my dear This ain't a warning...
Everybody out of the water And up on dry land Take what you can 'Cause you won't be here again I loved you then Like I love you now That won't matter any how This is the new frontier Everybody out of the water ..
Now I'm looking up and the shit keeps coming Like shooting ducks in a barrel of honey Got to learn how to pray love won't be enough Admit it now Your information sucks As I slip down in I think of us someplace High on a mountain Smoke clears Fog lifts Little by little We rebuild again 'Til then...
Everybody out of the water And up on dry land Take what you can 'Cause you won't be here again I loved you then Like I love you now That won't matter any how This is the new frontier Everybody out of the water ..
Now on your mark Get set, let's go You got to move now before she explodes Look out the window and out below Back away from the glass There she blows The city's been levelled The hills are in flame The streets cracked up And when we're pushing up clay The temperatures dropped The sky is gray And it ain't even over Comes driving rain Maybe you feel There's something moving around in here That's blood, That's tears This ain't the warning Everybody out of the water And up on dry land Take what you can Cause you won't be here again Eveybody out of the water Now I'm treading high water to get back to you Looking for a low spot or something to cling to There's too many bodies there's not enough room God help me and God help you They say nobody panic, help is on its way We're already on it, you got to be brave If you can fix it now then don't make us wait Man they ain't nobody coming back away from the case That bell you hear, That's hell ringing in your ears I fear, my dear, this ain't a warning Everybody out of the water And up on dry land Take what you can Cause you won't be here again I loved you then Like I loved you now That don't matter anyhow This is the new frontier Everybody out of the water Now I 'm looking up and the shit keeps coming Like shooting ducks in a barrel of honey You've got to learn how to pray But it won't be enough Admit it now, your information sucks Sideslip, down in, I think of a someplace high up a mountain Smoke clears the fog lifts Little by little we rebuilt again But till then, Everybody out of the water And up on dry land Take what you can Cause you won't be here again I loved you then Like I loved you now That don't matter anyhow This is the new frontier Everybody out of the water
If you could see yourself the way that I do You might change a thing or two You wouldn't look so angry You'd know it doesnt look good on you So grab your coat And grab your hat There ain't no stayin if we're comin back
Cause something's gone So terribly wrong Here in pleasantville
Do you remember how we'd stay out so late We use to have so much fun We use to wish that the mornin' sun just would never come Look at us now We're tucked in tight We're just praying for a little light
Cause something's gone So terribly wrong Here in pleasantville
I need to tell you now as we leave That it's much worse than you would believe And no matter how far you've been The beginning, that's where you are So I'm using my last match I'll put a fire up on every hill And burn down Pleasantville
We never did learn to use our voices We never thought we'd be heard The only way they'd ever listen If we scream every word Beause there ain't nothing in our walk That just aint the kind of luck that we got So let's move on
Cause something's gone So terribly wrong Here in pleasantville
