If the day wants to begin, you can let the day in If the darkness has no end, light up the darkness It ain't on what you can depend, it's who you can depend on
If the rain wants to come in, you can let the rain in If the darkness is your friend, you can hold the darkness And if it ain't what you got, you know you gotta have it
The grass gets greener all the time for creatures of habit
Look out, here comes one more morning Habits form without a warning Love it can be habit-forming
Make your enemies your friends, and leap standing naked It ain't how much you can take, it's how you take it
Look out, here comes one more morning Habits form without a warning Love it can be habit-forming for creatures of habit
Look out A habit's forming It's just one more morning For creatures of habit
Doorways open up and close more ways to a punchline They're all laughing at your clothes, standing in the lunch line You're the talk of the town cause you're up and you're down It's a cycle, I've found, it always comes around
But I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing
Air raids in the afternoon, the children are playing Switchblades, colored red balloons, no one hears your praying And it comes back to you, all the things that you do Will come looking for you, will come looking for you
But I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing
Doorways lead to other rooms, always leave you lying Face down in a stranger's tomb, didn't know you were dying And you rise and you fall, and you wait for the call You're watching the walls, you're watching the walls
But I will still be laughing I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing I will still be laughing
Almost gave up yesterday, almost made it to the top Short of dying just the other day, fell short of picking up a mop
If it's the thought that counts, you can always count on me I think about it all the time It's going to hit me like a bolt of white lightning Here it comes, my peace of mind
Cause I'm close, so close, so close I'm close, so close, so close
Falling short of proving it, just a hair from the truth Little shy of improving it, here I come, I'm coming through
Pretty soon I'm going to shed this skin I'm wearing I've been keeping it inside No one cares just how you got there No one cares how hard you've tried
But you're close, so close, so close You're close, so close, so close
Well I've known you forever, we complete each other's thoughts Ain't like we never got in trouble, it's just we've never gotten caught
And if you've got a secret It's in me you can confide And if we ever get split up I'll always be on your side
Cause we're close, so close, so close We're close, so close, so close
I guess I'll see you later Sweet manipulator And how I thank you dearly For helping me see clearly
Yes sir no sir let me go Sir I don't even want to know Sir I've had all that I can take today
But I found out so long ago It don't matter if it shows And it's up in the air tonight Yes it's up in the air tonight
Now you're anticipating That nostalgia's waiting With your social statement Boxed up in the basement
Yes ma'am no ma'am let me go ma'am I don't even give a damn Ma'am I suppose I'll stand another day
I booked my flight despite my plans I hope this flight it never lands And it's up in the air tonight Yes it's up in the air tonight
Cause i've got all night To lie here on the floor I got all night Just like the night before So make it soon And I guess I'll see you later I guess I'll see you later I guess I'll see you later I guess I'll see you later We're so up in the air tonight
It's enough to make you stay It's enough to make you go away But you don't understand how I'm feeling You don't understand no no
It's enough to make you sick It's enough to make you wanna quit But you don't understand how I'm feeling You don't understand my life It's sad when you can't cry It all comes down to time keeps flying by Time keeps telling me
There's no time for waiting For the river to wash into the sea And when I reach some understanding I'm gonna let it wash all over Wash all over me
It's too much to make you say That you always wanted to be this way But you don't understand this feeling So why do I even try It's sad when you can't try It all comes down to time keeps killing time time keeps healing
I've no time for waiting For the river to wash into the sea And when I reach some understanding I'm gonna let it wash all over Wash all over me
But I know one day you'll see The person I wanted to be And there's no time for waiting There's no time for waiting
Can't find the time Can't find the time There's no time There's no time There's no time Can't find the time
Nothing happened, it's just two people passing through Hearing voices in my head, hope they never lie to you
Why's something always gotta be up with you Whatever I do is never enough for someone like you Passing through you all the time Turning blood into wine Turning blood into wine
Who'll forgive me, who's to say if it's right or wrong And you won't see me in a light that shines on me
And how come something's always gotta be up with you Back on my feet but the night's getting long, do you think about me too Turning blood into wine It's passing through you all the time Turning blood into wine
Three more days and you'll be hanging on the line And if they ask you how I'm doing Just tell 'em that I'm fine
Staying out all the time Is turning blood into wine Turning blood into wine Blood into wine
You make me fall from Lies of hate You make these walls from Lines of a face
Nobody's watching so why do you act like a fake You make me crawl from Lies of hate You wake me up from The lines that seperate
And when you shine I know how to find out about How to get out of it How to get out of these chains How to get out of it How to get out of it How to get out of this place
You make me fall from Lies of hate
And when you shine I know how to find out about How to get out of it How to get out of this chase How to find out about How to get out of it How to get out of your space How to get out of it How to get out of it How to get out of this place How to find out about How to go out without Living the lies of hate
When you chew my ear off, try and let me know You will never get another piece of me Cause in a New York blackout, things go kinda slow And you miss the things you never thought you'd see
There's still so many things I want to be Sometimes I just don't even want to sleep
In a New York blackout, it's so hard to see All the angels that are looking after me
The lies bounce off the water in your eyes And the dead lift their heads and come alive
And I may never escape this darkened city But still I'm trying to find you in this blackout
Where it's warm inside and always open late And the doors to hell look just like heaven's gate And you never know what's going on inside 'Til you step out in the cold and seal your fate
And you might just stop in and say hello But you've got much more important places to go Make sure you let everybody know
That I may never enlight this darkened city Still i'm trying to find you in this blackout
In a New York blackout, you might think I'm gone But I'll wake up on the front steps of your door
It's a shame you're not here on the cross in my ear Hearing things loud and clear, come outside have no fear And clear the smoke, get some fresh air, someone waits, someone cares In the broad light of day, trouble seems so far away
At the top of the day When the reign sways
Lose the cradle chain Give it up, give it a name The child that remains Nothing's lost, take these chains Take them away
Please don't ask me how I am, a little tired, a little scared I'm not amused, not upset, don't need a leash, I'm not your pet So loosen up, feel the breeze, let me hear, hear you breathe It's better than, bitter now, when you breathe I love that sound
But you know I'll look after You like no one
Lose the cradle chain Give it up, give it a name The child that remains Nothing's lost, take these chains Take them away
If I die before I wake, light a fuse, bake a cake I don't mind if I go, make it quick, don't be slow
But you know I'll remember You like no one
Lose the cradle chain Give it up, give it a name The smile that remains Will take these chains away
They say misery loves company We could start a company and make misery
Frustrated, Incorporated Well I know just what you need I might just have the thing I know what you'd pay to see
Put me out of my misery I'd do it for you, would you do it for me We will always be busy making misery
We could build a factory and make misery We'll create the cure; we made the disease
Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated Well I know just what you need I might just have the thing I know what you'd pay to feel
Put me out of my misery All you suicide kings and you drama queens Forever after happily, making misery
Did you satisfy your greed, get what you need Was it only envy, so empty
Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated (put me out of my misery) Frustrated, Incorporated (I'd do it for you, would you do it for me) Frustrated, Incorporated (forever after happily) Frustrated, Incorporated (making misery)
I've been vindicated I've been loved and hated I've been pulled aside and told that life was overrated No, I don't believe it I just can't conceive it I can write all night but in the morning I can't read it
Oh no, don't know what's the matter Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down If I don't get what I want And there ain't enough to go around I become oblivious to the obvious Just ridiculous
As I flip the pages You're a time that ageless In between us lies a calm before the storm that rages Though we were related Couldn't be separated Tried to get ahead but only got decapitated
If I don't get what you want And you don't get what I need We become oblivious to the obvious Just dysfunctional Shut down
When I can't get keep from getting down And I grow tired of hangin' 'round I become invisible, unlivable Just dysfunctional Shut down
Shouldn't'a got so loaded I damn near exploded Oh Lord, you know I should'a known it
Whatever the price is, whatever the crisis Oh please don't leave me to my own devices Please don't leave me to my own devices Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
She was a pretty good waitress Said she waited on Elvis Said she talks too much
Please don't leave me to my own devices Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
Save it up for a rainy day It just rained yesterday
Whatever the price is, whatever the crisis Oh please don't leave me to my own devices Please don't leave me to my own devices Oh please don't leave me to my own devices
There's just no substitute for fun I've tried every single one And no one can take your place Everybody gets replaced My time has neither come nor gone It just slips out when I yawn Without hope I can't go wrong
Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now
It's so hard to settle down Don't recognize my home town Home is where I hang my head Lost in all these things I said Been holding my breath for so long I don't need air anymore If you never let me breathe I'll never breathe
Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now
Don't know what I was hoping for I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before
My time has neither come nor gone It just slips out when I yawn Holding my breath for so long
Don't want to be bored no more I know there's so much more Don't know what I was hoping for I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before
Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now
Streets are filled with broken glass You get buried by the past Give me just a little taste Lay this mess to waste Take me home
My mind is racing take me home My body's achin'so alone I'll make you want to stay with me Befriended by the enemy One more time
And every little thing about this tells me Nothing out there is ever gonna help me All these words that I hear spoken just promises broken now
Looking outside from my window sill Throw another coin in the wishing well You'll never find what you're looking for Fifteen miles Your dim light shines from so far away Your sad smile Is all I see when I say
That every little thing about this tells me Nothing out there is ever gonna help me All these words that I hear spoken just promises broken now
From the Hotel Satellite Don't look like you're living right Here's a deal you can't refuse You ain't got as much to lose
Can you tell your troubles to Someone who won't laugh at you It's all right And as I watch you walk away Hope a part of you would stay It's all right
And every little thing about this tells me Nothing out there is ever gonna help me All these words that I hear spoken just promises broken now
Why you always want to get the best of me I'm like a seeing-eye dog and I can't even see They're naked and they're following my master who is blind And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind
So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bittersweetheart
Bittersweetheart Better get yourself a little street smart Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure It's just my bittersweetheart
It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end Tired of compliment-fishing and impressing your friends I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell
In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start But you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night
Bittersweetheart Without a shortcut, without a head-start Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure My bittersweetheart It's the hardest part Bittersweetheart
Are you in there, are you beating Beating me up until I'm bleeding How much blood can you spare
Bittersweetheart Think just a drink might get you to the good part Lyin' in bed just a'wonderin' what to do, It's a bittersweetheart that'a a hard heart to cure
In time inside you find you always wind up with a bittersweetheart
She swings the string of pearls on the corner The street lights reflect the light in the water The string it snaps and the pearls go sailing And they splash and bounce and roll 'cross the wet street
As she bends to chase the pearls a car swings 'round the corner She darts from the eyes of the panic-struck driver Who's racing to the delivery room 'Cause in the back seat his wife is busting out of her womb
And the sack breaks and out come the Siamese Twins Who grow up to become the first President With two heads Are better than one
He puts his heads in his hands, says I got to put my heads together I can become the best President ever And not just President Fend for yourself
Signs his name, takes the blame for all of the names with no shame In their beliefs They adjourn and they leave, and in walks a man With a broom and a knife and blood on his hands
And he sweeps everything under the rug And goes home to his kids and gives them a hug But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter That said "you'd be much better off without me"
Now his wife took the train to her ex-lover's funeral Who died in the bathroom, hit his head on a urinal When they got together, the knowledge was carnal And the widow was at the funeral, and they had quite a catfight
And they fell into the hole where the casket was resting And the preacher just left in the middle of the service 'Cause death was one thing, but women made him nervous And he ran to his car and he drove 'round the corner
Then something in the street caught the light in his eye He pulled over, reached down, and picked up a pearl from the gutter And he didn't know what to think And he brought it home and washed it in the sink
And he gave the pearl to Sister Mary Teresa Who could not accept it so she gave it to Lisa, A young prostitute who was missing a pearl On the necklace that broke late last night
You got me going So get me out of here I should be blowin' In someone else's ear
I'm looking forward to looking back On days like today Though I wish you would go away Stay, won't you stay
I'm gonna crawl I never felt better just crawling home I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer I'm gonna crawl home from here
Some respond to pleasure Some respond to pain I'm hangin' out to dry In the pouring rain
Victims of temptation Never can complain I could use the sensation You see I can't feel pain
I'm gonna crawl I never ever said I'd never make it home It's just a stone's throw, a crawl home Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer I'm just a crawl home from here
I could use someone To drag me out of here I am that someone It's all become quite clear So get me out of here
I never felt better just crawling home I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone Good to see you, see you later, and I'm outta here I'm just a crawl home from here
