The Push Stars

Hey, come this May
We'll be running in the sun again, your time to come
You're just an young broken heart
Been out sleeping in the yard, how could you be so dumb?

All we losers stand in line just waiting for our time
Broken angel take that plane and finger paint the sky
Till everything shines
Everything shines
Everything shines
Everything shines

Old broken clock
Haven't heard your old tick tocking man for much too long
And lonely jukebox
In the corner of the nightclub, man, I need your song

All we losers stand in line just waiting for our time
Broken angel take that plane and finger paint the sky
Till everything shines
Everything shines
Everything shines
Everything shines

A little drunk is better than dead
When they're strapping you down inside your own head
So you hang out with the man on the moon
But why does the morning have to come too soon?

When you get stuck down deep in bad traffic
All your radio is picking up is cheap static
So you reach beneath your front seat
For the taste of something sweet

Well, just remember what the drowning man said
A little drunk is better than dead
Before you put the gun to your head
Remember what the drowning man said
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead

A little drunk is better than dead
When you're tripping down the path that you were led
When your ass has been slapped by too many doors
And you think of all the good things you can't afford
You can't find a good woman, can't find a good job

You look in the mirror and all you see is a slob
You just can't swallow all the shit you've been fed
Been punched in the eye so much you only see red
But before you put that gun to your head
A little drunk is better than dead

Remember what the drowning man said
Before you put the gun to your head
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead

A little lost is better than found
When you always find your hopes just smashed on the ground
But someone's always there to lend you a hand
But too late you're already neck deep in quick sand

And you're sprawled out on some floor
Some one call for help, is he alive? We're not sure
Everybody's screaming, everyone's in a panic
But you, your face is peaceful like it's plastic

And as they roll him away on the stretcher
We knew that he'd be drunk forever
I guess a little drunk is better

Before you put the gun to your head
Remember what the drowning man said
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead

No no

Well, every time you smile
It takes me quite a while to recover
And every time you cry I find I'm searching
For the rock I can crawl under

Oh, this could be any little town
There must be mountains crumbling somewhere
I could take you there
I'd hold you 'til we vanished in the thin air
It's crazy how I love you

This could be any little town, sane when she see me
This could be any little town, sane so she frees me
This could be any little town, sacred and easy

So I went runnin' up the street
Almost forgot that I had feet searching for something
Just peelin' out my crazy eyes
Feeling the full effect of lies left me with nothing

Oh, someone said to me today
Son, you'll run your life away dancin' and dreamin'
But I could hear beneath the haze
Of his hopeless, lifeless days his hart was screamin'

It's crazy how I've run through you
Yes, it's crazy how I've run through you

This could be any little town, sane when she see me
This could be any little town, sane so she frees me
This could be any little town, sacred and easy

So it might take a lot of time
I might be last in a long line of men to love you
Should I kick and twist and scream
Or could I just lay back and dream and think of summer

Oh, there'd be no one else around
Just you and I and the sound of us breathing together
Stuck in this crumbling little town
We'd be happy just to lie down there forever

It's crazy how I love you
Yes, it's crazy how I love you
How I love you, how I love you, yes it's true

This could be any little town, sane when she see me
This could be any little town, sane so she frees me
This could be any little town, sacred and easy
Oh, this could be any little town, sane when she see me
Oh, this could be any little town, sane so she frees me

A little drunk is better than dead
When they're strapping you down inside your own head
So you hang out with the man on the moon
But why does the morning have to come too soon?

When you get stuck down deep in bad traffic
All your radio is picking up is cheap static
So you reach beneath your front seat
For the taste of something sweet

Well, just remember what the drowning man said
A little drunk is better than dead
Before you put the gun to your head
Remember what the drowning man said
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead

A little drunk is better than dead
When you're tripping down the path that you were led
When your ass has been slapped by too many doors
And you think of all the good things you can't afford
You can't find a good woman, can't find a good job

You look in the mirror and all you see is a slob
You just can't swallow all the shit you've been fed
Been punched in the eye so much you only see red
But before you put that gun to your head
A little drunk is better than dead

Remember what the drowning man said
Before you put the gun to your head
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead

A little lost is better than found
When you always find your hopes just smashed on the ground
But someone's always there to lend you a hand
But too late you're already neck deep in quick sand

And you're sprawled out on some floor
Some one call for help, is he alive? We're not sure
Everybody's screaming, everyone's in a panic
But you, your face is peaceful like it's plastic

And as they roll him away on the stretcher
We knew that he'd be drunk forever
I guess a little drunk is better

Before you put the gun to your head
Remember what the drowning man said
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead
A little drunk, a little drunk is better than dead

No no

My father spent his days working on the outside
Breaking his back to put clothes on mine
When I think of all, all, all of my heroes
He is the first one that comes to my mind, my mind

My mother filled my head with beautiful daydreams
Someday you'll be a king or the president
You know some days, I still believe her
But today I?m too busy trying to scrape up my rent

Come on Cinderella
Fold your umbrella
Feel the rain
'Cause it ain't so strange

And I got a brother who?s a sinner
He grows a strange crop in his backyard
When the cops come and take him away would they even care
That he taught his little brother how to play his guitar?

Come on Cinderella
Fold your umbrella
Feel the rain
'Cause it ain't so strange

Cinderella
Oh feel the rain
'Cause it ain't so strange
No, no, no

Well darling, I see you
From across the room
And men cling to you
Like soup to a spoon

But you don't look hungry
And they won't feel full
They roll in your thunder
But I never will

'Cause I've got too much pride
To stand here in this line for you

Darling, I agree
That men are pigs
And beauty contests
They're all rigged

So smash all your mirrors
And look into me
'Cause you're the most beautiful thing
That I'll never see

'Cause I've got too much pride
To stand here in this line for you
Yes, I do, yes, I do
Yes, I do, yeah, yes, I do

Summer in the driving rain
I'll never see your face again
The only thing I wish to say
I love you always

Summer in the driving rain
I'll never see your face again
The only thing I wish to say
I love you always

Summer in the driving rain
I'll never see your face again
The only thing I wish to say
I love you always

I know it's late
But I needed to talk to someone
I've been thinking that
What if we never come back?

Wipe off your cheek
Roll down you're window and speak
Words won't break glass
What if we never come back?
What if we never come back?

Aim if you want
But you'll never hit a moving target like me
Aim if you want
But you'll never hit a moving target like me

I know talk is cheap
But I needed something to help me to sleep
I've no ties, no past
This time I'm leaving at last
I've been thinking that

Aim if you want
But you'll never hit a moving target like me
Aim if you want
But you'll never hit a moving target like me

What if we never come back?
What if we never come back?

Aim if you want
But you'll never hit a moving target like me
Aim if you want
But you'll never hit a moving target like me, yeah

Aim if you want
But you'll never hit a moving target like me

There must be some reason why she's letting me go
She says it's the season but I know she knows
That there's spaces between us where no river flows
I wish I could erase her like a change of my clothes

And in an instant this all could end
So lets drink to good fortune
Here's to my friends
'Cause friendships worth much more than the money we spend
And money's worth nothing
Let's not pretend

Meet me on main street
Ducking from the police
Strange the pain is so sweet
It's complete
It's complete
It's complete

I put on my red coat and walk out the door
I'm not the same person that I was before
And yes I feel bitter, yes I feel sore
But she was just a young kid who drifted ashore

Meet me on main street
Ducking from the police
Strange the pain is so sweet
It's complete
It's complete
It's complete

Meet me on main street
Ducking from the police
Strange the pain is so sweet
It's complete
It's complete
It's complete

I made Minnesota my home tonight
It's not like the picture in my mind
'Cause I was so alone it killed tonight
I'd tell any soul if I could find one

'Cause I want to believe her
I want to believe
I want to believe her
I want to believe
I want to believe her
I want to believe

I've been burning down all my yesterdays
I can't stick around to see the smoke
'Cause we're on our way, and we don't care where
There's no time to sit around and mope

'Cause I want to believe her
I want to believe
I want to believe her
I want to believe
I want to believe her
I want to believe

I feel alright it's a Minnesota night
You've got nothing left to show me but you're smile
Stars so bright on this Minnesota night
Can we cut the conversation for a little while?

So please don't say that you don't know how
'Cause if you can talk then you can sing
So lets run away lovely Laura Leigh
And won't you take this diamond ring

'Cause I want to believe her
I want to believe
I want to believe her
I want to believe
I want to believe her
I want to believe

I feel alright it's a Minnesota night
You've got nothing left to show me but your smile
Stars so bright on this Minnesota night
Can we cut the conversation for a little while?

Boy and girl you're not the same anymore
The boy strolls in and makes the girl hold the door
She slipped me a party smile
That I could see thru
I got nothing to lose
Mary what's happening with you

So Mary said lets go get some fresh air
My eyes cut to him, she said "Don't worry he'd never care"
So we left that crowd behind and got lost in our lust
Shook off the dust
Mary what's happening to us?

In the middle of the pouring rain she said
"I'm going to leave him and he'll never see me again"
I said "but you never really know"
We didn't build this city, we didn't paint this town
Seems like we spend half our lives running around
Wanting somewhere else to go

Back to the party after an hour or two
Gone that long and the boy never knew
'Til he looked down and found grass stains on her knees
Now he's chasing me up the street
Mary what's happening, happening to me?
What's happening, happening to me?

In the middle of the pouring rain she said
"I'm going to leave him and he'll never see me again"
I said "but you never really know"
We didn't build this city, we didn't paint this town
Seems like we spend half our lives standing around
Wanting somewhere else to go

Well I see your face
Put on the wrong way
If you want to leave this place
Walk home with me the long way

Boy and girl you're not the same anymore
Boy and girl you're not the same anymore
Boy and girl you're not the same anymore

I want to be back in Sofkuri's room
Where the candlelight's timeless
She sits on the corner of her bed looking at you
Through eyes part coal and part diamond

And I long to feel Sofkuri move
Smooth like a stream in the forest
'Cause I feel stiff like the city in heat
May the road be burning before us

She's sticking to me like the salt from the sea
Sleeping on the shore
In my winter coat pocket, I found a key to her door
It said, "I'll love you more"

And I swear I felt Sofkuri's soul
Climb into mine
And hide it inside a glass of red wine
And sing to me

Mystery is everything
Mystery is everything
Mystery is everything
Mystery is everything

She's sticking to me like the salt from the sea
Sleeping on the shore
In my winter coat pocket I found a key to her door
It said, "I'll love you more, you more, you more"

So give us cash 'cause we're the merchant
And the maker and marine corps
And we're the outcast who's got no team to root for
And we're the dreamers who built the world a new door
And we're the fast man who robs himself a liquor store

Sacred angel, look and see
Are we living like we ought to be?
Or are we loathsome? But aren't we true?
I guess we're both sometimes just like you

"Built to last" said the used car salesman to the fool
He can manipulate a mind like a hand tool
In his mind, in his line of work you live by one rule
You laugh at the world first before the world laughs at you

Sacred angel, look and see
Are we living like we ought to be?
Or are we loathsome? But aren't we true?
I guess we're both sometimes just like you

Strolling to the water with the devil's only daughter
I said, "Can you show me something that I don't know?"
So she set herself on fire in a burst of evil laughter
Might be the last fantastic thing I'll ever see

I think I'm gonna crash if I keep going down
The path that I'm going down
Going too fast and not showing signs of slowing down
Who the hell knows, I might go and do it purposely
And laugh at the world first before the world laughs at me

Sacred angel, look and see
Are we living like we ought to be?
Or are we loathsome? But aren't we true?
I guess we're both sometimes just like you
Just like you

Sacred angel, look and see
Just like you
Are we living like we ought to be?
Just like you
Or are we loathsome?

But aren't we true?
Just like you
I guess we're both sometimes
Just like you, just like you

So she went to the bar on the corner
With some friends who were buried alive
And a man leaned over to tell her
That her luck had finally arrived
Said he drove a Cadillac
They could sneak out thru the crack
And he'd never bring her back here again

Watched her finger twirl a circle in her drink
If you think too much, then you'll never decide
You end up like an ice cube sinking down to the bottom
So you do what you must to survive
So she walked out by his side
To strange shadows in the night
Disappeared in the streetlights and were gone

And here I am
And here I am

"So where's it parked," she said
"We've walked so far and I'm getting so tired"
And he looked like a crook who'd just been caught
He said "I don't own no Cadillac
Don't even own a paper sack
To carry the confidence that I lack and my lies"

So she said "You know I just can't believe this"
He said "Go ahead, just leave, I understand"
But instead she rested his head on her shoulder
But how could he love her with nothing to give her
But empty pockets and a crooked man?
Well she said "You can love me with your hands
You can love me with your eyes
You can love me with your voice and your lies"

And here I am
And here I am
And here I am
And here I am