From the top of the ocean, yeah From the bottom of the sky, goddamn Well I get claustrophobic, I can, you know that I can, well From the top of the ocean, yeah From the bottom of the sky, goddamn Well I get claustrophobic, I can, you know that I can
And he said, I am not allowed much danger Well, keep in line you're an old friend, stranger You'll burn me in effigy and I'll burn you in effigy Well, a rattlesnake up in Buffalo, Montana He bit the leg of the old sheriff Ha, that boy fell down on his harelip, ah-ow, ah-ow well I, I might be wrong But you, you tag along And we, we all been wronged And I feel dizzier by the mile I said hell yeah the money's spent Went to the county line and paid the rent I said uh-oh, I said uh-oh
Oh, if you could compact your conscience Oh, and you might Oh, if you could bottle and sell it you might've done Oh, and you might Oh, if you could compact your conscience and sell it Save it for another time, you know you might have to use it
And the television's on Go to the grocery store, buy some new friends And find out the beginning, the end and the best of it Well, do you need a lot of what you got to survive? Here's the man with teeth like God's shoeshine, he sparkles, shimmers, shines Let's all have another "Orange Julius" thick syrup standing in lines The malls are the soon to be ghost towns well, so long, farewell, goodbye
Take'em all for the long ride and you'll go around town No one will be uptight anymore You could be ashamed or be so proud of what you've done But not no one, not now, not ever, anyone Take'em all for that sad, sad happiness That comes from deep down inside Or you could add it up and give a shit, give a shit Go to the family doctor, it's all worth it, all worth it And it's all, all wrong and it's all, all gone Or you could add it up and give a shit, give a shit I'm on the corner of this and this and this and this All, all wrong and it's all, all gone
Here's the man with teeth like God's shoeshine he sparkles, shimmers, shines Let's all have another "Orange Julius" thick syrup standing in lines The malls are the soon to be ghost towns well, so long, farewell, goodbye
And the telephone goes off pick the receiver up, try to meet ends And find out the beginning the end and the best of it
OH MY GODDAMN Take them all for the long ride and you'll go around town No one wants to be uptight anymore You could be ashamed or be so proud of what you've done But not no one, not now, not ever anyone
Slow walk It's a land mine It's a coal mine It's a bad thought
I'm on my way to god don't know My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal I'm trying to get my head clear I push things out through my mouth, I get refilled through my ears
I get refilled through my ears I get refilled through my ears
I'm on my way to god don't know or don't care My brain's the weak heart and my heart's the long stairs My heart's the long stairs My heart's the long stairs
Inland from Vancouver shores The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward Inward and outward
In this place that I call home My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo My heart's the bitter buffalo
We tore one down, and erected another there The match of the century, absence versus thin air I'm on my way to god don't know My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
In this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow The days go so slow The days go slow
I'm on my way to god don't know My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal I'm just trying to get things clear I push things out through my mouth, I get refilled through my ears
I get refilled through my ears I get refilled
I'm on my way to god don't know or even care My brain's the weak heart and my heart's the long stairs My heart's the long stairs My heart's the long stairs
Inland from Vancouver Shore The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward Inward and outward
In this place that I call home My brain's the cliff and my heart's the bitter buffalo My heart's the bitter buffalo
They tore one down and erected another there The match of the century, absence versus thin air Absence versus thin air
In this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go slow The days go so slow
Soon the chain reaction started in the parking lot Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store and sell these rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in the parking lot? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store and sell these rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in the parking lot? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out ontp the highways And off to other cities, built to make and store these rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in your car with nothing? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store and sell There's nothing
Convenient parking is way back, way back Convenient parking is way back, way back Convenient parking is way back, way back
Soon the chain reaction started in the parking lot Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store and sell these rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in the parking lot? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store these plastic rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in your car with nothing? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store and sell these rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in your car with nothing? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store and sell This nothing rocks you
Convenient parking is way back, way back Convenient parking is way back, way back Convenient parking is way back, way back
Soon the chain reaction started in the parking lot Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to others cities, built to store and sell these rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in the parking lot? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out onto the highways And off to other cities, built to store and sell these rocks
Well aren't you feeling real dirty, sitting in the parking lot? Waiting to bleed onto the big streets that bleed out on the highways And off to other cities
He don't remember how it got there he had a number written on his forearm it spelled disaster
He entered the club scene All hoping, all hoping for dancing He was looking, a looking so stunning His clothes reflecting light, all right she She sat, she sat in the backseat The car was plush but had no heat And no, not no one was blushing Their technique was so damn right, all right and He read the note in the black light He thought he read minds and was not right That line still made him seem charming His clothes were shining, shining
Well, Jesus Christ was an only child He went down to the river and he drank and smiled And his dad was oh, so mad Should have insured that planet before it crashed
Working real hard to make internet cash Work your fingers to the bone sitting on your ass I know now what I knew then But I didn't know then what I know now
Penny found out as her hair was styled You should hide your kids while the dogs run wild
Jesus Christ was an only child He went down to the river and he drank and smiled And his dad was oh, so mad Should have killed that little fucker before he even had
Well, Jesus Christ was an only child He went down to the river and he drank and smiled And his dad was oh, so mad Should have insured that planet before it crashed
Working real hard to make internet cash Work your fingers to the bone sitting on your ass Penny found out as her hair was styled You should hide your kids while the dogs run wild
I know now what I knew then But I didn't know then what I know now
Well, I know what what I knew then Yeah, I know now what I knew then Yeah, I know now what I knew then But I didn't know then what I know now
I was in heaven, I was in hell, believe in neither but fear them as well This one's a doctor, this one's a lawyer, this one's a cash fiend taking your money Back of the Metro, ride on the Greyhound, drunk on the Amtrak, please shut up Another rider, he was a talker talking about TV, please shut up This one's a crazer, daydreaming disaster the origin of junk food, rutting through garbage Tasty but worthless, dogs eat their own shit we're doing the cockroach, yeah
Doin' the cockroach yeah, doin' the cockroach yeah, yeah alright not bad Doin' the cockroach yeah, doin' the cockroach yeah, yeah alright not bad Doin' the cockroach yeah, doin' the cockroach yeah, yeah alright not bad, not bad at all
One year, twenty years, forty years, fifty years down the road in your life You'll look in the mirror and say My parents are still alive
You move your mouth, you shake your tongue you vibrate my eardrums You're saying words But you know I ain't listening
You're walking down the street your face, your lips, your hips, your eyes, they meet You're not hungry though
Well late last winter down below the equator they had a summer that would make you blister Oh, my mind is all made up so I'll have to sleep in it Well late last winter down below the equator they had a summer that would make you blister Oh, my mind is all made up so I'll have to sleep in it Well late last winter down below the equator they had a summer that would make you blister And oh, my mind is all, oh, my mind is all oh, my mind is all made up so I'll have to sleep in it
Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean And he's gonna start a war He's gonna start a war
And he hops in his pickup Puts his pedal to the floor And says, "I got mine But I want more"
Because Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean He drove to the desert, fired his rifle in the sky And said, "God, if I have to die, you will have to die"
Because Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He didn't move to the city The city moved to me And I want out desperately
Can't do it, not even if sober Can't get that engine turned over Can't do it, not even if sober Can't get that engine turned over Don't know, not even if sober Can't get that engine turned over
Standing in the tall grass Thinking nothing You know we need oxygen to breathe Oxygen to breathe
Standing in the tall grass Thinking nothing You know we need oxygen to breathe Oxygen to breathe
Every time you think you're walking, you're just moving the ground Every time you think you're talking, you're just moving your mouth Every time you think you're looking, you're just looking down
Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean He hops in his pickup, puts the pedal to the floor And says, "I got mine, but I want more"
'Cause Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean He drove the desert, fired his rifle in the sky And said, "God, if I have to die, you will have to die"
Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean He didn't move to the city, the city moved to me And I want out desperately
Can't do it, not even if sober Can't get that engine turned over Can't do it, not even if sober Can't get that engine turned over No, no, not even if sober Can't get that engine turned over Yeah, not even if sober Can't get that engine turned over
Eating snow flakes with plastic forks And a paper plate of course You think of everything Short love with a long divorce And a couple of kids of course They don't mean anything Live in trailers with no class God damn, I hope I can pass High school means nothing Taking heartache with hard work God damn, I am such a jerk I can't do anything
And I shout that you're all fakes And you should have seen the look on your face And I guess that's what it takes When comparing your belly aches And it's been a long time Which agrees with this watch of mine And I know that I miss you and I'm sorry if I dissed you
Eating snow flakes with plastic forks And a paper plate of course You think of everything Short love with a long divorce And a couple of kids of course They don't mean anything Live in trailers with no class God damn, I hope I can pass High school means nothing Taking heartache with hard work God damn, I am such a jerk I can't do anything
And I shout that you're all fakes And you should have seen the look on your face And I guess that's what it takes When comparing your belly aches And it's been a long time Which agrees with this watch of mine And I guess that I miss you And I'm sorry if I dissed you
Out of gas, out of road Out of car, I don't know how I'm going to go And I had a drink the other day Opinions were like kittens, I was giving them away
I had a drink the other day I had a lot to say And I said...
You will come down soon too You will come down too soon You will come down soon too You will come down, you'll come down, come down
You will come down soon too You will come down too soon You will come down soon too Soon enough you will come down, come down
Out of gas, out of road Out of car, I don't know how I'm going to go And I had a drink the other day Opinions were like kittens, I was giving them away
I had a drink the other day I had a lot to say And I said...
You will come down soon too You will come down too soon You will come down soon too Soon enough you will come down, come down
You will come down soon too You will come down too soon You'll come down, come down You'll come down, come down
I'm going to Colorado To unload my head I'm going to New York City And that's in New York, friends
I'm going to Arizona Sex on the rocks all warm and red And we bled
And the writing in stall said We write our maps in the stalls I'm going up to Alaska I'm going to get off scott-fucking-free and we all did
This trucker's atlas roads the ways The freeways and highways don't know The buzz from the bird on my dash Road, locomotive, phone
This trucker's atlas roads the ways The freeways and highways don't know The buzz from the bird on my dash Road, locomotive, phone
I don't feel and it feels great I sold my atlas by the freight stairs I do lines and I crossed roads I crossed the lines of all the great state roads
I'm going up, going over to Montana You got yourself a trucker's atlas You knew you were all hot, well Maybe you'll go and blow a gasket
Start at the northwest corner Go down through California Beeline, you might drive three days And three nights to the tip of Florida
Do you speak the lingo? Oh, oh no Do you speak the lingo? No, no How far does your road go? Oh no, you don't know?
I'm going to Colorado to unload my head I'm going to New York City and that's in New York, friends I'm going up to Alaska I'm going to get off scott-fucking-free, and we all did
And the writing in the salt says We ride on out to the stars I'm going to Arizona Sex on the rocks all warm and red and we all bled
This trucker's atlas roads the ways The freeways and highways don't know The buzz from the bird on my dash Road, locomotive, phone
This trucker's atlas roads the ways The freeways and highways don't know The buzz from the bird on my dash Road, locomotive, phone
I don't feel and it feels great I sold my atlas by the freight stairs I do lines and I crossed roads I crossed the lines of all the great state roads
I'm going up, going over to Montana You got yourself a trucker's atlas You knew you were all hot, well Maybe you'll go and blow a gasket
Start at the northwest corner Go down through California Beeline, you might drive three days And three nights to the tip of Florida
Polar opposites don't push away It's the same on the weekends as the rest of the days And I know I should go but I will probably stay And that's all you can do about some things
I'm trying, I'm trying to drink away the part of the day that I cannot sleep away I'm trying, I'm trying to drink away the part of the day that I cannot sleep away
Two one-eyed dogs, they're looking at stereos Hi-fi gods try so hard to make their cars low to the ground These vibrations oil it's teeth Primer gray is the color when you're done dying
I'm trying, I'm trying to drink away the part of the day that I cannot sleep away I'm trying, I'm trying to drink away the part of the day that I cannot sleep away
Well all the apostles, they're sitting in swings Saying I'd sell off my savior for a set of new rings And some sandals With the style of straps that cling best to the era
So all of the businessers in their unlimited hell Where they buy and they sell And they sell all their trash to each other But they're sick of it all and they're bankrupt on selling
And all of the angels, they'd sell off your soul For a set of new wings and anything gold They remember the people they loved, their old friends And I've seen through 'em all, seen through 'em all, seen through most everything
All the people you knew were the actors All the people you knew were the actors
Well, I'll go to college and I'll learn some big words And I'll talk real loud, goddamn right I'll be heard You'll remember the guy Who said all those big words he must've learned in college
And it took a long time 'till I came clean with myself I come clean out of love with my lover I still love her Loved her more when she used to be sober and I was kinder
Well all's not well but I'm told that it'll all be quite nice You'll be drowned in boots like mafia but your feet'll still float like Christ's Well I'll be damned, they were right I'm drowning upside down, my feet afloat like Christ's
I'm in heaven trying to figure out which stack They're going to stuff us atheists into, when Peter and his monkey laugh And I laugh with them, I'm not sure what at, they point and say we'll keep you in the back Polishing halos, baking manna and gas
Well some guy comes in looking a bit like everyone I ever seen He moves just like crisco disco, breath a hundred percent Listerine He says looking at something else but directing everything to me Anytime anyone gets on their knees to pray, well it makes my telephone ring And I'll be damned, he said you were right, no one's running this whole thing,he had a theory too He said that God takes care of himself, God takes care of himself, and you of you He said that God takes care of himself, God takes care of himself, and you of you He said that God takes care of himself, God takes care of himself, and you of you
It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright (On ice, on ice!) It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright I said it's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright! I said it's not day and it ain't night, it's all nice on ice, alright (Alright, right!) It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice it's all nice on ice It's all nice on ice, alright (it's all nice!) It's all nice on ice, alright, it's all nice on ice, alright! It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright Well it's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright Oh yeah well it's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright! It's all nice, it's all nice, it's all nice on ice, alright It's all nice, it's all nice
Ice-age heat wave, can't complain. If the world's at large, why should I remain? Walked away to another plan. Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand. I move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way. Went to the porch to have a thought. Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop. You don't know where and you don't know when. But you still got your words and you got your friends. Walk along to another day. Work a little harder, work another way.
Well uh-uh baby I ain't got no plan. We'll float on maybe would you understand? Gonna float on maybe would you understand? Well float on maybe would you understand?
The days get shorter and the nights get cold. I like the autumn but this place is getting old. I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast. It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most. The days get longer and the nights smell green. I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.
I like songs about drifters - books about the same. They both seem to make me feel a little less insane. Walked on off to another spot. I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want. Did I want love? Did I need to know? Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?
The moths beat themselves to death against the lights. Adding their breeze to the summer nights. Outside, water like air was great. I didn't know what I had that day. Walk a little farther to another plan. You said that you did, but you didn't understand.
I backed my car into a cop car the other day Well he just drove off sometimes life's ok I ran my mouth off a bit too much oh what can i say Well you just laughed it off it was all ok
And we'll all float on ok And we'll all float on ok And we'll all float on ok And we'll all float on any way well
Well, a fake Jamaican took every last dime with a scam It was worth it just to learn from sleight-of-hand Bad news comes don't you worry even when it lands Good news will work its way to all them plans We both got fired on the exactly the same day Well we'll float on good news is on the way
And we'll all float on ok And we'll all float on ok And we'll all float on ok And we'll all float on alright Already we'll all float on Now don't worry we'll all float on Alright already we'll all float on Alright don't worry we'll all float on
And we'll all float on alright Already we'll all float on Aliright don't worry even if things end up a bit to heavy we'll all float on alright Already we'll all float on Alright already we'll all float on Ok don't worry we'll all float on Even if things get heavy we'll all float on Alright already we'll all float on Don't you worry we'll all float on All float on
Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in. In my head, in my heart, in my soul. And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again. Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so.
Well that is that and this is this. You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get. You get away from me. You get away from me. Collected my belongings and I left the jail. Well thanks for the time. I needed to think a spell. I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile.
The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? In your head, in your mouth, in your soul. And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old. Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I hope so.
Well that is that and this is this. You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get. You get away from me. You get away from me. Collected my belongings and I left the jail. Well thanks for the time. I needed to think a spell. I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile.
Well that is that and this is this. Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed, when the ocean met the sky. You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye. When the earth folded in on itself. And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath." You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? In your head, in your mouth, in your soul. The more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind. Well I don't mind. I don't mind. How the hell could I mind?
Well that is that and this is this. Well that is that and this is this. You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get. You get away from me. You get away from me. Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed, when the ocean met the sky. You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?
