Grandaddy

Adrift again 2000 man
you lost your maps,
you lost the plans
did you hear them yell,
"land damn it land"?
you say you can't
well I hope you can
I hope you can
How's it goin 2000 man
welcome back to
solid ground my friend
I heard all your controls
were jammed
well it's just nice
to have you back again
But I guess they still
dont understand
and they can never understand
and they said go find 2000 man
and they said tell him
we've got new plans
but instead I'm here
to tell you, friend

I believe they want you to give in

Are you giving in 2000 man?
(did you love this world and did this world not love you?)

Are you giving in 2000 man?
dont give in 2000 man.

Hewlett's daughter
loved her father
and I think she loved me too
for a little while.

Hewlett's daughter
I forgot her
now I'm treating watter
and waste at night.
High above the wrecks
on ice shelves and glaciers.
I spy below the mess
and measure the pressure.
Where sofas float on roads
and somebody stole your guns
well sir I'm the only one
to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son.

High above the wrecks
on ice shelves and dressers.
With crash united sewn
on all of my dress shirts.
They firefell the roads
and somebody stole your guns
well sir I'm the only one
to get back your stolen guns
I should have been your son.

Last night something
pretty bad happened
we lost a friend,
all shocked and broken
shut down exploded
Jeddy 3 is what we first called him
then it was Jed,
but Jed's system's dead
therefore so's Jed

We assembled him in the kitchen
made out of this and,
made out of that and,
whatever was at hand

When we finished Jed
we were so proud
we celebrated,
we congratulated
at what we'd created

Jed could run or walk sing or talk and
compile thoughts and
solve lots of problems
we learned so much from him

A couple years went by
and something happened
we gave Jed less attention,
we had new inventions
we left for a convention

Jed had found our booze
and drank every drop
he fizzled and popped,
he rattled and knocked,
and finally he just stopped.

Should never have left
the crystal lake
for parties full
of folks who flake,
italian leather winter games
retired by the duraflames.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
it knows you'r just a modern man,
it's shining like the chandelier,
shining somwhere
far away from here.
I've gotta get outta here (x4)
and find my way again.
I've lost my way again.
Should never have left
the crystal lake
for areas where trees are fake,
and dogs are dead with broken
hearts collapsing by the coffee carts.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
it knows you'r just a modern man,
it's shining like the chandelier,
shining somwhere
far away from here.
I've gotta get outta here (x4)
and find my way again.
I've lost my way again

yeah I traded laughs
in for chartsengrafs
but all of that is only fun
until evening comes
your guess is as good as mine
as to just what kind
of trouble I might find
tonite out of my mind

I wanna sleep underneath
the weeping willow
as it cries all night quietly
it's tears all around me
I'll sleep there so soundly
until I'm allowed finally
to wake and be happy again
to wake and be happy again

sit on the toaster like a rock
no need to worry about a shock
all of the microwaves are dead
just like the salamander said
the refrigerators house the frogs
the conduit is the hollow log

broken household appliance national forest
air conditioners in the woods
broken household appliance national forest
mud and metal mixing good

meadows resemble showroom floors
owls fly out of oven doors
stream banks are lined with vacuum bags
flowers reside with filthy rags
a family of deer were happy that
the clearing looked like a laundry mat

broken household appliance national forest
air conditioners in the woods
broken household appliance national forest
mud and metal mixing good

you said I'd wake up dead drunk
alone in the park
I called you a liar
but how right you were
air conditioned t.v. land
20 grand
walk to the bank
with shakes from
the night before
staring at the tiki floor
high school wedding ring
keys are under the mats
of all of the houses here
but not the motels
I try to sing it
funny like Beck
but it's bringing me down
lower than ground,
beautiful ground,
beautiful ground
(test tones and failed
clones and odd parts made you.)

found your house and
I saw your car
but I've no idea where you are
from the dial-a-view
tire scraps on the federal roads
look like crash landed crows
from the dial-a-view

hello welcome to dial-a-view
to locate the area in
which you wish to observe,
you must program in the
longitude and the latitude.
For a closer more detailed
picture use either the zoom
or the micro-zoom controls
.........good luck

I dream at night
of going home someday
somewhere so far away
so dream, alright,
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday

Fifteen years is almost done
and I don't recognize anyone
from the dial-a-view

My home, my friends, and you
I watched them fade
but what can I do
from the dial-a-view

hello welcome to dial-a-view
to locate the area in
which you wish to observe,
you must program in the
longitude and the latitude.
For a closer more detailed
picture use either the zoom
or the micro-zoom controls
.........good luck

I dream at night
of going home someday
somewhere so far away
so dream, alright,
I know it's gonna take some time
I'm going home someday
I dream.........

so you'll aim toward the sky
and you'll rise high today
fly away, far away
far from pain

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money for people with minds
that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman
Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

Now that the cay's in place
Where the sea is to
beIt seems that
I'm seasoned to be In a season
of the old meI wouldn't trade
my place I got no reason to be
Weathered and withering
Like in a season of the old me
Bust the lock off the front door
Once you're outside you
won't want to hide anymore
Light the light on the front porch
Once it's on you're never wanna
turn it off anymore
And now it's on Now it's on

Now that the lake's in place
Where the dead sea is
to beIt seems that
I'm seasoned to beIn In a season
of the old meI wouldn't trade
my place I got no reason to be
Weathered and Withering
Like in a season of the old me
Bust the lock off the front door
Once you're outside you won't
want to hide anymore
Light the light on the front porch
Once it's on you're never wanna
turn it off anymore
And now it's on And now it's on
And now it's on And now it's on
Now it's on Now it's on

I'm rolling down a well worn road
I'm wondering if I'll ever know
If I'll be better than I was before
When I surface through the service door

Bye
I'm on standby
Out of order or sort of unaligned
Powered down for redesign
Bye bye
I'm on standby
According to the work order you signed
I'll be down for some time
I'll be down for some time

I got good at saying

The talk- it got so loud
the songs cut out
well that's when i'd had enough
of all their talk and stuff

i had to bring it down
to more level ground
where my only company
is wind blowing through the leaves

my head they tried to wreck
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it

when they expected that
they instead got this-
the broken but pretty mess
what they care i could care less

my farewell e-mail reads
farewell to thee
i'll pass through your world with ease
like wind blowing through the leaves

my head they tried to wreck
and i just laughed and said
guess who lost the go in the go for it

despite the facts ??
i shook my head and went
guess who lost the go in the go for it
the go in the go for it

Trouble with a capital T, "Tie him down" they said
But tired ain't for me, Let this one fly...
I wonder what they'll make of me, When i'm good and gone in song
In God's country, Let this one fly...

Off on a merry way, Often alotta days, Lost on yer merry way
Cause unrevealed and never known...And never known...

Trouble with people like me, Tie 'em down and then they vanish instantly
Let this one fly...
Its really no problem, you see, When the sky ignites and your days crash quietly, Let this one fly...

Off on a merry way, Often alotta days, Lost on yer merry way
Cause unrevealed and tucked away
Often alotta days, Lost on yer merry way,Cause unrevealed and never known
All that i'm askin tonite, is that i make it back home alive
No explosions, no crashes, no fights, i wanna get back home...
Back home...back home...back home tonite

Doo doo doo

So there's my baby
Laughing at me in the sun
Wonder if I'm the weaker one
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

The Pacific will pacify us when we're done
If only we weren't always spun
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness

Doo doo doo

Here comes the chaos
Perfectly on time again
Is it ever gonna end
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

The demolition still can be a lot of fun
Someone should tell me that I'm done
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away

From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness

Doo doo doo

Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood
Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood

Now I walk alone through howling winds
Fast food bags wrapped round my shins
Remembering (remembering)
Wondering

In this life
Will I ever see you again
In this life
Will I ever see you again

Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood
Yeah is what he had
No, we never knew
Good, good is what we understood

Data files and dinner dates sumday
Telling me that I, I best be on my way
Remembering (remembering)
Wondering

In this life
Will I ever see you again
In this life
Will I ever see you again...

She's in the kitchen,
Crying on the oven
It seems she really loved him

He's so drunk he's
Passed out in the Dartsun
Parked out in the hot sun
In the saddest vacant lot in all the world

Boldly going
Where he rarely knows
But he'll miss her when he goes

What a shame
As she drifts out of reach
While he's still drunk asleep
In the saddest vacant lot in all the world

supervisor guy turns off the factory lights,
so the robots have to work in the dark.

and theres a car load of kids, with beer and cigarettes,
burning out and doin lawn jobs in the park.

and theres a shitty limosine parked in front of the bar,
it never got to drive, any movie stars.

but the guy in the drivers seat don't care,
with his wierd cologne and his magic hair, its magic!

the sofa and the frige are on the car,
but they're not strapped down,
and we'r drivin all over town.

and the used up krylon cans that the farmer found,
were used to paint the foot-hills brown.

so there's a high school football coach sittin on the couch,
with a toothe pick in his mouth.
and the stray down won't forget the day,
he tricked him with a chocolate shake, a little trick!

I woke up Tuesday morning
to coming down
without a sound
coming back down

The pressure put upon me
it goes and goes
til it thinks it got me
it tries and tries
as it might to trick me
into breaking back down

I'm OK
In truth I say
I'm OK
In truth I say
I'm OK
With my decay
I have no choice
I have no voice
I have no say
On my decay
I have no choice
so I'll rejoice

I'm OK
With my decay
I have no choice
I have no voice
I have no say
On my decay
I have no choice
so I rejoice

I'm OK
I'm OK
I'm OK
I'm OK
I'm OK
I'm OK

In a dream
You were sitting there waiting by the door for me
And I got the opportunity
To experience the experience once again
How it could have maybe been

But in real life
You're in another world
You're with another guy
Who doesn't have to cheat
And never has to lie
And all that stuff I didn't get
Comes so easy to him
He doesn't even have to try

But do you ever ask yourself
How it could have maybe been

I haven't been that bad
But I haven't been that good
Overmisunderstood
Oh I wish I really could
Enjoy the warming sun
Enjoy a warm someone
And end the need to hide
Away alone inside

No I haven't been that bad
But I haven't been that good
Overmisunderstood
Oh I wish I really could
Enjoy the warming sun
Enjoy a warm someone
And end the need to hide
Away alone inside

In a dream
You were sitting there waiting by the door for me

I never know their names, But i smile just the same
New faces...Strange places, Most everything i see, Becomes a blur to me
And i'm wasted because, The fast pace is too much
Here at the final push to the sum
If my old life is done, Then, what have i become? What have i become?

Every now and then, The memories creep in
A breeze and blue skies, The trees and you and i
But if my old life is done, i guess that i've moved on
To new faces and strange places, Here at the final push to the sum
If my old life is done, then, What have i become?

What have i become?
What have i become?
What have i become?
What have i become?
What have i become?

Well hello good morning sir
The results are back
And now it's time to pack your things and go
Seems you came up rather short
Of the average sort
Now I must inform you've no reason left to remain here
Now surely you'll understand that only gifted hands
Will receive the chance to touch down on fortune
Now we'll gather up your things
And lead you to the gate
And you will go away
And never attempt to return here
Nonphenominal Lineage

Don’t change your name keep it the same
for fear I may lose you again
I know you wont its just that I am unorganised
And I want to find you when something good happens
if you come down we'll go to town
I haven't been there for years
but I’d be fine wasting our time
not doing anything here
just doing nothing
We’ll sit for days talk about things
important to us like whatever
well defuse bombs walk marathons
and take on whatever together

Here I sit and play guitar
Drink beer out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town and now it's sunday
So here I sit and play guitar
Count stars out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town, and now there's no one around

Here I sit and play guitar
Drink beer out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town and now it's sunday
So here I sit and play guitar
Count stars out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town, and now there's no one around

After she lets you glide around
finally hit the ground like a paper plane
take a trip join me in the sun
but not really though, I aint having fun
Cause summer here kids
summer here totally lies
tourist info said id have a good time
summer here kids
all of them awful lies
tourist info said id have a good time
Do as I didn't do because
I’m a picture of imdumbivinity
stay alone put a record on
listen to the songs keep yourself at home
Cause summer here kids
summer here totally lies
tourist info said id have a good time
summer here kids
all of them awful lies
tourist info said id have a good time
I’m not having a good time

We do believe it ends right here
the orchestration and the dream is clear
shuttle departs and they're all there
everyone's cracking up but we don’t care
And we agree it's what we need, orchestra real
Whisper the cymbal ride on in
though this time we'll trade the strings for
old 110
headphones will assure position when
the crowd fades and the overture begins
And we agree it's what we need, orchestra real
I don't believe the way this feels
slight alteration leave enraptured ears
headphones will insure possession when
the crowd fades and the overture begins
And we agree it's what we need, orchestra real
and we agree it's what we need, orchestra real

He just finished
Eating dinner
And stepped outside the cave to smoke
A cigarette he'd made
From rolled up photo paper
They were pictures of things back on earth
He looked out
On the grayish white expanse
Of uninhabited terrain
He now called home

He'd seen plenty
Mirages and imaginary visitors
Up until then
So he wasn't sure what to think when
He saw swans
And they were wading on the shores
Of a pale white lake
He had never seen there before
And it was quite beautiful
And it was far away
Cause everything beautiful is far away

He knew he was as good as gone
But gone was somewheres
He really didn't mind going to
Since the shuttle had crashed
Many years had passed
And the pictures of his loved ones
That he drew on the walls of the cave
Had finally faded
He put out his smoke
And proceeded towards the lake
Repeating to himself
Everything beautiful is far away.

Mister Heartson came over and asked
What the heck's going on
The both of them began to throw up
All over the photos on the table
Billy spilled his Pepsi
Chandler, she was laying on the floor
Nobody knows where poison goes
Or where it came from
Nobody knows, poison Heartson.

Go progress chrome
They paint the moon today
Some brand new future color

Go progress chrome
I aim to shoot the scaffolds
I like it how it's always been

Go progress chrome
Nocturnal glare confusion
The night owl and I
Will hunt the contractor

Go progress chrome
I won't be at your unveiling
I like it how its always been
How its always been.

I took your advice and turned my cable off
You said you'd do it too
How come you never call?

I took your advice and fixed my radio
But I can't find anything
That sounds good anymore

I took your advice
And bought the microscope
But I can't find anything
I wanna see up close

Why took your advice
Why took your advice
Why took your advice

How come you never call?
How come you never call?

Don’t change your name keep it the same
for fear I may lose you again
I know you wont its just that I am unorganised
And I want to find you when something good happens


if you come down we'll go to town
I haven't been there for years
but I’d be fine wasting our time
not doing anything here
just doing nothing


We’ll sit for days talk about things
important to us like whatever
well defuse bombs walk marathons
and take on whatever together

Take that hand crank transmitter
Turn it upside down
And ride it like a bike
You best reserve your strength
It might just show tonight
It could go cold and slow
They might show tonight

Wake that anemonitor
Ask it what it dreamt
And write the details down
You better stay awake
It might just come around
It could go cold and slow
And they might come around

You best reserve your strength
For the handshakes
You best reserve your strength
For the luncheons
You best reserve your strength
For the telethons
You best reserve your strength
For the world's fair
You best reserve your strength...

Smash that hand crank transmitter
And head for higher ground
And watch the red search lights
And please reserve your strength
It might just show tonight
It could go cold and slow
And they might show tonight
It could go cold and slow
It could go cold and slow
It could go cold and slow
It could go cold and slow
And they might show tonight

We went to Reno
When I was a kid
We saw a lion
With closed eyelids
It was an MGM

It was an MGM
It was ridiculous
We felt so sorry for him
It was an MGM
It was an MGM
My dad got teary-eyed in front of his new girlfriend

We grabbed the lion
The place went nuts
We took him up the elevator till we were high enough
It was an MGM

It was an MGM
It was ridiculous
We felt so sorry for him
It was an MGM
It was an MGM


It was the grandest show we threw him off the patio

And to the fog suspended in the air
It makes it so you can't see shit and it will frost your hair
It was an MGM
It was an MGM
It was ridiculous
We felt so sorry for him
It was an MGM
It was an MGM
His eyes were not open

If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him
If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him
If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him
If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him
If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him
If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him
If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him
If he surived the fall my dad would have killed him

Hello my name is on my shirt...pocket,
I'd rather not speak right now,
I'm remembering... something.

Most typically my dreams are dreadfully
boring,
therefore i go to these places just to
see the girls ...
with hair like hers,
with clothes like she wore,
with smells like hers,
with handwriting like hers .....

You wrote me little letters and,
you brought me lunch that time,
at my work and that poem you left,
on my windshield wrapped in plastic,
to protect it from the rain.

Protected from the rain (several times)

Ten million pounds of plastic baby stuff there beyond the doors

Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore

Knee-highs riding little pink bikes in the middle of the road

Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore



Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow

Where I'm anymore

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow

Where I'm anymore



There was a punch-out

Happened at the take-out, a tweaker and a dog

It seems that the dog stole a blanket

From the tweaker in the park



But cheapshots happen

When thermometers are yellin' one-o-four

Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore



Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow

Where I'm anymore

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow

Where I'm anymore



An icecream truck each night plays 'don't believe the hype'

For oil stained driveways with exercise equipment piled high

All this seen from a yellow lawn hittin' eighty-four

Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore



Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow

Where I'm anymore

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow

Where I'm anymore

Branches waving madly in the air
Waving 'round like they don't even care
Last time i considered leaving here
The roads caught fire and I drank all our beer
Out here at my post I've learned a lot
I've learned that the fruit on the ground is gonna rot
There's more ATM's with air conditioning then there are birds on the wing
Out here at my post I've learned a few things
Like the sun ain't afraid to bleach out a dream
And the way that you were ain't the way that you will always be
Please believe me
Branches wave and ask for change to spare
Once I did, but now I barely care
Last time I considered leavin' town
Something dumb came up and I turned around
Out here at my post I've learned a lot
I've learned that the fruit on the ground is gonna rot
There's more ATM's with air conditioning then there are birds on the wing
Out here at my post I've learned a few things
Like the sun ain't afraid to bleach out a dream
And the way that you were ain't the way that you will always be
Please believe me
Out here at my post

On the beach, within arm's reach
There's nothin' more this shore can teach
The maltreatment of the sun
You've lost a valley son

He was down with bein' done
But now he's done with bein' down
Mis maltreatment has a sound
You've lost a valley son

You've lost a valley son
You've lost a valley son
You've lost a valley son

The engine in his heart
Gets dirty, then don't start
Man, it all just falls apart

He can't watch his other shine
As he's rottin' on the vine
This maltreatment over time
You've lost a valley son

You've lost a valley son
You've lost a valley son
You've lost a valley son

Outdated dreams have kept
Your friends around
I've seen them sad and wet
In cast off gowns
I don't know though
I've been wonderin
Who wrote that rule?
Seems a lie and
So untidy
It's downright cruel
Remember Cinderland
Once was our town
But since you went away
It's barren ground
I don't know though
I've been wonderin
Where did you go?
Seems one sided
So untidy
It's downright cruel

Siamese, Portuguese, dirty knees, look at these
Rookies around us, aren't you glad you found us?
Now if you are who you say you are, get up here to the bar
We'll plot out a plan to take down the man

We'll start with that new future superstore and steal all their
Decorative rocks, we'll fight all their rent-a-cops
And for the freeway maintainers who assist our escape
We got sandwiches, chips and cold Gatorade

We'll expose all the bicyclists who really are
DUI students who can't drive their cars
And we'll take stucco dust and wet drywall sludge
Combine 'em just right to make fuck the valley fudge

Apple bee's, Chuck E. Cheese, dirty deeds
Don't you see? 'Fuck the valley' fudge, it's my hate, my love

Nepalese, antifreeze, calories, can't you see?
'Fuck the valley' fudge, it's my hate and my love

'Fuck the valley' fudge, it's my hate and my love
'Fuck the valley' fudge, my hate, my love
'Fuck the valley' fudge
'Fuck the valley'
Fuck

Good afternoon from the bar in the mall
They sent me home from work today
But nobody told me where else to go

My boss was alright at first
But then he said that I fall behind
I like doing things my own way
And I don't take no shit from anyone

Florida
Florida
My ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
Florida
Florida
I got lots of friends in florida

Well, I got pride and it doesn't hide now
I could live at the river, fuck you
My ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
She wants me back but I don't take no shit

It's later on, once again at the bar
I picked this bad company song
And I can play it pretty good on the guitar

I feel like makin' love

Looks like I missed the god-dam bus
Do you think that I could get a ride?
I like doing things my own way
And I don't take no shit from anyone

Florida
Florida
My ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
Florida
Florida
They got lots to drink in Florida

Well, I got pride and it doesn't hide now
I could live at the river, fuck you
My ex-girlfriend's a model in florida
She wants me back but I don't take no shit

Take no shit

Just how
How many times
How many times have I sat right here and seen that skyline at twilight
And told myself I'm gonna be alright
But at the last light after saying goodbye
You can't rest at night inside your head
Yeah at that last light after sayin'goodbye
It's such a sad sight cause of what we said
(Ahh, oh)
[Whistling]
Now just how
How many times
How many times have I sat right here
And again that skyline
And again that twilight
And again tell myself i'm gonna be alright
But at that last light after saying goodbye
You can't rest at night inside your head
yeah at that last light after sayin' goodbye
It's such a sad sight cause of what we said
(Ahh)
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye

Remembering Jeez Louise
And all of the bedroom window screens
Thrown away for our teenage dreams

Shacked up at Modesto Inn
And all of a sudden your mom crashed in
And she said: "No, she's not the one for you"
Yeah, your mom, she always hated me
Grab your keys, your clothes, your shoes
Jeez Louise you should have avoided me

Jeez Louise

Remembering Jeez Louise
A blanket in the summer evening breeze
Secrets shared in our youth released

Then one day they took you away
And all of a sudden your mom called me
And she said: "No, she's not the one for you"
Yeah, your mom, she always hated me
So just leave her broken, please
Jeez Louise you should have avoided me

Jeez Louise
Jeez Louise
Jeez Louise

Summer, it's gone and I don't know
Where everyone went or where I'll go

Summer, it's gone and I don't know
Which way is the best way to go
In dreams I hear voices that say
"Look this way"

But I can't see nothing
So I turn away
To head down roads
Dead ends and holes

And crowds of fools
With common colds
And they live in cars
And their cars don't run
They fight with phones
And despise the sun

The sun of summer
It's gone and I don't know
Where everyone went
Or where I'll go
Where I'll go

Summer, it's gone and now it's clear
That no one is showing up here
In dreams I hear voices that say
"Look this way"

But it's all too lovely
And so I turn away
To head down roads
Dead ends and holes

And crowds of fools
With common colds
They live in cars
And their cars don't run
They fight with phones
And they despise the sun

The sun of summer, it's gone
The sun of summer, it's gone
The sun of summer, it's gone
The sun of summer, it's gone

It's gone, it's gone
It's gone, it's gone
It's gone

Rear view mirror
Rear view mirror
Rear view mirror
Rear view mirror

What the hell
While I've been trying to drive somewhere
Real and nearer
Real and nearer

Rear view mirror
Don't wanna live life looking through a

What the hell, well
I've been trying to drive somewhere
Real and nearer
Real and nearer
Real and nearer

To boldly go no normal Joe or Jack or Jeff had ever been
Pass it slow, it's told you so, it's might as well give up, old friend
To boldly go no normal Joe or Jack or Jeff had ever been
Pass the classic no you never will and which is why we can
Which is why we can
Which is why we can

Don't wanna live life looking through a

To boldly go no normal Joe or Jack or Jeff had ever been
Pass it slow, it's told you so, it's might as well give up, old friend
To boldly go no normal Joe or Jack or Jeff had ever been
Pass the classic no you never will and which is why we can
Which is why we can
Which is why we can

Rear view mirror
Don't wanna live life looking through a

I'm a fan of the animals
Of the ancient films
Of the days of old
Joy to the world
Joy to the world
Hey, guys and girls
It's the animal world

I'm a fan of the animals
Of the ancient films
Of the days of old
Joy to the world
Joy to the world
Hey, guys and girls
It's the animal world

I'm a fan of the animals
Of the ancient films
Of the days of old
Joy to the world
Joy to the world
Hey, guys and girls
It's the animal world

I'm a fan of the animals
Of the ancient films
Of the days of old
Joy to the world (joy to the world)
Joy to the world
Hey, boys and girls
It's the animal world

Joy to the world (joy to the world)
Joy to the world
Hey, guys and girls
It's the animal

Skateboarding ...
Skateboarding saves me twice

Skateboarding saves me twice

Ten million pounds of plastic baby stuff there beyond the doors
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore
Knee-highs riding little pink bikes in the middle of the road
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore

There was a punch-out
Happened at the take-out, a tweaker and a dog
It seems that the dog stole a blanket
From the tweaker in the park

But cheapshots happen
When thermometers are yellin' one-o-four
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore

An icecream truck each night plays 'don't believe the hype'
For oil stained driveways with exercise equipment piled high
All this seen from a yellow lawn hittin' eighty-four
Garage sale sunday and I don't know where I'm anymore

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
Where I'm anymore

Guide down denied
I might drift forever more
But I'd sure like to come ashore
Sometime

Guide down denied
All my friends are home indoors
Reading ‘bout me, feeling sorry for
The guy who tried
But ended up

Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied

(Denied)

Guide down denied
Did you wait for me to show?
Get pissed off and finally go?

Guide down denied
I don't wanna drift no more
I don't wanna be the story
Of the guy who tried
And ended up

Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied
Guide down denied

I don’t want to work all night and day on writin’ songs that make the young girls cry
Or playin’ little solos on the keyboards so the kids’ll ask me how and why
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
And maybe for a little get to where I find it really hard to hate myself
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I don’t want to stare at stacks of paper all the while while the world goes by
tradin’ out the weather for a clever lyric written by an ikea light
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
And maybe for a little get to where I find it really hard to hate myself
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna get up off the shelf
and elevate myself
I don’t wanna be a part of all the quality that falls apart these days
I’d rather make an honest sound and watch it fly around and then be on my way
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself
And maybe for a little get to where I find it really hard to hate myself
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna elevate myself

You don't have to be alone anymore
Good company's a gift
You don't have to be alone anymore
Go ahead, dispel the myth
You don't have to be alone anymore
Sad letters on the drift
You don't have to be alone anymore
That really ain't no way to live

You don't have to be alone anymore
Good company's a gift
You don't have to be alone anymore
Go ahead, dispel the myth
You don't have to be alone anymore
Sad letters on the drift
You don't have to be alone anymore
That really ain't no way to live

Dearest Mom
Your yearling son
Has sent a message through
He's disconected, but he still loves you

Weather lies and motor rules
The color printer blues
On the engine air his thoughts flow through to you

Disconnecty said to disconnect
But has he read the tiny text
That said to disconnect
He'd best decide
The rest of all your life
Will be your right to fly alone
Forever more

Dearest Mom
Your yearling son
Has sent a message through
He's disconected, but he still loves you

Disconnecty said to disconnect
But has he read the tiny text
That said to disconnect
He'd best decide
The rest of all your life
Will be your right to fly alone
Forever more

And ever more

This is how it always starts
All order falls apart
Okay, so who put this key in the mix?

Things were stable yesterday
But now they're blown away
Oh shit, I can't let them see me like this

Nothing sweet
Nothing nice
Nothing kiss, only fights

Nothing clear
Nothing bright
Nothing I'll feel tonight

Nothing great
Nothing good
Nothing is as it should

Nothing rad
Nothing right
Nothing I'll feel tonight

This is how it always starts
Dumb choices from the heart
Oh shit, I can't let them see me like this

Nothing sweet
Nothing nice
Nothing kiss, only fights

Nothing clear
Nothing bright
Nothing I'll feel tonight

Nothing great
Nothing good
Nothing is as it should

Nothing rad
Nothing right
Nothing I'll feel tonight

Take that hand crank transmitter
Turn it upside down
And ride it like a bike
You best reserve your strength
It might just show tonight
It could go cold and slow
They might show tonight

Wake that anemonitor
Ask it what it dreamt
And write the details down
You better stay awake
It might just come around
It could go cold and slow
And they might come around

You best reserve your strength
For the handshakes
You best reserve your strength
For the luncheons
You best reserve your strength
For the telethons
You best reserve your strength
For the world's fair
You best reserve your strength...

Smash that hand crank transmitter
And head for higher ground
And watch the red search lights
And please reserve your strength
It might just show tonight
It could go cold and slow
And they might show tonight
It could go cold and slow
It could go cold and slow
It could go cold and slow
It could go cold and slow
And they might show tonight

Hello my name is on my shirt...pocket,
I'd rather not speak right now,
I'm remembering... something.

Most typically my dreams are dreadfully
boring,
therefore i go to these places just to
see the girls ...
with hair like hers,
with clothes like she wore,
with smells like hers,
with handwriting like hers .....

You wrote me little letters and,
you brought me lunch that time,
at my work and that poem you left,
on my windshield wrapped in plastic,
to protect it from the rain.

Protected from the rain (several times)

Doo doo doo...
So there's my baby
Laughing at me in the sun
Wonder if I'm the weaker one
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
The Pacific will pacify us when we're done
If only we weren't always spun
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
Doo doo doo...
Here comes the chaos
Perfectly on time again
Well is it ever gonna end?
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
The demolition still can be a lot of fun
Someone should tell me that I'm done
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
Doo doo doo...

Doo doo doo...
So there's my baby
Laughing at me in the sun
Wonder if I'm the weaker one
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
The Pacific will pacify us when we're done
If only we weren't always spun
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
Doo doo doo...
Here comes the chaos
Perfectly on time again
Well is it ever gonna end?
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
The demolition still can be a lot of fun
Someone should tell me that I'm done
I feel so far away from home
Always so far away
From El Caminos in the west
All collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
El Caminos in the west
We're all collapsed and futureless
I'll paint the words a simple wish
For peace of mind and happiness
Doo doo doo...

Now that the "k" is in place
Where the "c" used to be
It seems that I'm ceasing to be
In a season of the old me

I wouldn't trade my place
I got no reason to be
Weathered and withering
Like in the season of the old me

Bust the lock off the front door
Once you're outside you won't want to hide anymore
Light the light on the front porch
Once it's on you're never wanna turn it off anymore
And now it's on

Now it's on

Now that the lake's in place
Where the dead sea used to be
It seems that I'm ceasing to be
In the season of the old me
I wouldn't trade my place
I got no reason to be
Weathered and Withering
Like in a season of the old me

Bust the lock off the front door
Once you're outside you won't want to hide anymore
Light the light on the front porch
Once it's on you're never wanna turn it off anymore
And now it's on

And now it's on
And now it's on
And now it's on
Now it's on
Now it's on

you slept right by the yogurt hut on a painted curb,
wearing nothing but some cut-offs and a muscle shirt.
and at 5 AM the donut girls came quietly to work.
when they slid the trays and banged the bowls,
you woke up with a jerk.
32 ounce soda to start the day off right.
every now and then remembering little things about last night.
hold on, take 5, check out the fox in the corvette
then you said, "you know it don't get any better than that."
he spent all the money on an ornate waterbed,
it had a carving of a tiger right above his head.
and he's embarassed of the fact that he works at pizza shack,
he says he made 90K a year before he hurt his back.
and the money his sister owes him, his cousin has, but he's in jail.
there's all these checks that should be arriving
any day now in the mail.
but mysteriously the checks won't show
and the sticky boombox by the door
will end up getting sold once more,
for a lot less than before.

Adrift again 2000 Man
You lost your maps, you lost the plans
Did you hear them yell,
"Land, damn it land?"
You say you can't
Well I hope you can
I hope you can

How's it goin' 2000 Man?
Welcome back to solid ground my friend
I heard all your controls were jammed
Well it's just nice to have you back again

But I guess they still don't understand
And they can never understand
And they said go find 2000 Man
And they said tell him we've got new plans
But instead I'm here to tell you, friend

I believe they want you to give in
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world...?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Don't give in 2000 Man

Last night something pretty bad happened.
We lost a friend.
All shocked and broken.
Shut down, exploded.

‘Jeddy 3’ is what we first called him.
Then it was Jed.
Though Jed’s system’s dead.
Therefore, so’s Jed.

We assembled him in the Kitchen.
Made out of this and...
Made out of that and...
Whatever was at hand.

When we finished Jed we were so proud.
We celebrated, we congratulated.
At what we’d created.

Jed could run and walk, sing and talk and...
Compile thoughts and...
Solve lots of problems.
We learned so much from him.

A couple years went by an’ somethin’ happened.
we gave jed less attention.
We had new inventions.
We left for convention.

Jed had found our booze and drank every drop.
He fizzled and popped.
He rattled and rocked.
Finally he just stopped.

Should never have left the crystal lake.
For parties full of folks who flake,
Italian leather winter games
Retired by the duraflames.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
It knows you're just a modern man,
It's shining like a chandelier,
Shining somewhere far away from here.

I've gotta get out of here...
And find my way again.
I've lost my way again.

Should never have left the crystal lake,
For areas where trees are fake,
And dogs are dead with broken
Hearts, collapsing by the coffee carts.
The crystal lake it only laughs,
It knows you're just a modern man,
It's shining like a chandelier,
Shining somewhere far away from here.

I've gotta get out of here...
And find my way again.
I've lost my way again.

Yeah, I traded laughs,
in for charstengrafs
But all of that is only fun,
until evening comes
Your guess is as good as mine,
as to just what kind
Of trouble I might find,
tonight out of my mind.
My mind...

I wanna sleep underneath
the weeping willow
As it cries all night quietly
It's tears all around me,
I'll sleep there so soundly,
'Till I'm allowed finally
to wake up and be happy again.

Sit on the toaster like a rock
No need to worry about a shock
All of the microwaves are dead
Just like the salamander said
The refrigerators house the frogs
The conduit is the hollow log

Broken household appliance national forest
Air conditioners in the woods
Broken household appliance national forest
Mud and metal mixing good
...

Meadows resemble showroom floors
Owls fly out of oven doors
Stream banks are lined with vacuum bags
Flowers reside with filthy rags
A family of deer were happy that
The clearing looked like a laundry mat

Broken household appliance national forest
Air conditioners in the woods
Broken household appliance national forest
Mud and metal mixing good

Apparently before Jed had left us
He wrotes some poems
Wrote them for no-one
I guess I'll show them
Here's one of Jed's poems

You said I'd wake up dead drunk
Alone in the park
I called you a liar
But how right you were
Air conditioned TV land, 20 grand
Walk to the bank
With shakes from the night before
Staring at the tiki floor
High school wedding ring
Keys are under the mats
Of all the houses here
But not motels
I try to sing it funny like Beck
But it's bringing me down
Lower than ground
Beautiful ground
Beautiful ground

Test tones and failed
Clones and odd parts made you

I found your house and I saw your car
But I've no idea where you are
From the dial-a-view

Tire scraps on the federal roads
Look like crash landed crows
From the dial-a-view

Hello welcome to dial-a-view
To locate the area in which you wish to observe
You must program in the longitude and the latitude
For a closer more detailed picture
Use either the zoom or micro-zoom controls
Good luck

I dream at night
Of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream alright
I know it's going to take some time
I'm going home someday

Fifteen years is almost done
And I don't recognize anyone
From the dial-a-view

My home my friends and you
I watch them fade but what can I do?
From the dial-a-view

Hello welcome to dial-a-view
To locate the area in which you wish to observe
You must program in the longitude and the latitude
For a closer more detailed picture
Use either the zoom or micro-zoom controls
Good luck

I dream at night
Of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream alright
I know it's going to take some time
I'm going home someday

I dream at night
Of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream alright
I know it's going to take some time
I'm going home someday

I dream at night
Of going home someday
Somewhere so far away
So dream alright
I know it's going to take some time
I'm going home someday

So you'll aim toward the sky
And you'll rise high today
Fly away
Far away
Far from pain

Adrift again 2000 Man
You lost your maps, you lost the plans
Did you hear them yell,
"Land, damn it land?"
You say you can't
Well I hope you can
I hope you can

How's it goin' 2000 Man?
Welcome back to solid ground my friend
I heard all your controls were jammed
Well it's just nice to have you back again

But I guess they still don't understand
And they can never understand
And they said go find 2000 Man
And they said tell him we've got new plans
But instead I'm here to tell you, friend

I believe they want you to give in
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?

(Did you love this world
And did this world not love you?)

(Did you love this world...?)

Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Are you givin' in 2000 Man?
Don't give in 2000 Man

The science halls
Have hollow walls
And sodden carpet
At least the cops don't come in
Spare us the legal poems
Broken legs can't run anyway

Some days were missed
Ten kegs at Albers
And Albers turns into gear
And hours become years
Well get back to work
Right back to work I swear
Our beakers are still full of beer

Crotch rockets
and violins
We chisled and we switched
Naw, but their not gonna mix
So please can our dying brains
Take another break

Lasting hopes for love will try again
Goodbye creatures, goodbye human friends
Orchestras on warships in the wind
If we don't reunite this time'

Will try again
Will try again
Will try again
Will try again

Lasting hopes for love will try again
Catalogue the awkward specimen
Stay and wave goodbyes as long as you can
If we don't reunite in time'

Will try again
Will try again

Wives of farmers care about the way their husbands feel
Wives of farmers know the power of a home cooked meal
Wives of farmers grow pretty flowers out in the yard
Wives of farmers know that life is sometimes hard

Wives of farmers decorate their homes with precision
Wives of farmers don't have time to watch television
Wives of farmers pick their kids up at the bus stop
Wives of farmers love their kids so they hug them and talk to them a lot

Wives of farmers like to go out Friday night for dinner
Wives of farmers always find a trusting baby sitter
Wives of farmers know their husbands don't always know what to say
Wives of farmers understand this and love them for who they are anyway

Yeah, I traded laughs,
in for charstengrafs
But all of that is only fun,
until evening comes
Your guess is as good as mine,
as to just what kind
Of trouble I might find,
tonight out of my mind.
My mind...

There was a case of old nasal spray I bought at a thrift store
I ain't left my place in twenty days and I can't get off the floor
Unlike moe bandy mountaineers
Bar stool mountain expiditioneers
I'm done with whiskey, wine, and beer
It's nasal spray from this day here

It seems I'm drunk on drip again
And as usual my head is spinning
Just so I can breathe some more
As usual I've gone too far
Unlike moe bandy mountaineers
Bar stool mountain climbing gear
I'm done with whiskey, wine, and beer
It's nasal spray from this day here

It's probably the fact that that box
Was out in the rain, the cold, and the hot
I guess that's probably why
It ends up getting me so high
Unlike moe bandy mountaineers
Mountain bar stool climbing hat
*drunk* It's nasal spray from this day here
Unlike moe bandy mountaineers
Chop down them corn cob fears
*high* It's nasal spray from this day here'
day here'.
I'm just gonna stay here

It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny

It's a street bunny
He doesn't hop hop hop around
He struts around

It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny

It's a street bunny
He doesn't sniff the ground
He spits on the ground

It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny
It's a street bunny

This bunny snaps at little kids
This bunny doesn't like lettuce
Hey there's a pond to piss
And a mallard duck with a tommy gun

If you could have seen my face
Reflected off
A lone dinner plate

Trying to erase
What can't be erased?

If you would have rung my phone
I would have said
I hate being alone

Trying to erase
What can't be erased?

If you would drive by now
We could sit
And laugh about how

Tried to erase
What can't be erased?
What can't be erased?