The Mr. T Experience

See the people playing the punk game. Now it's over ain't that a damn shame. Like a brick that smashed through the window get a gun and show them what they know. Zero, that's what it means. Talk about the girl with the blond hair wake up one day and she's not there. There's one looking just like her but it's the wrong part of the picture.

You're the only one for me
I tell you three or four times a day
When you're with me, I'm happy
I'm lost and lonely when you're away

Every night I have to spend without you
My suffering grows ever more and more
I wouldn't suffer like this for just anyone
You're the only one I wanna suffer for

You're the only one

Now we've established something precious
But chances are it could go awry
When we find how weak the flesh is
Shattered, scattered, hung out to dry

It'll all come out when it's discovered
Clearer than the teardrop in my eye
But I don't wanna get screwed over by just anyone
You're the only one I wanna get screwed over by

You're the only one

My heart is a mess, yes it's true
I've tried to fix it up, just for you
It's not done yet, but it will have to do
Ooooh

I know there are so many others out there
Who might like a chance to get a crack at it too
But if my heart's gonna get broken anyway
You're the only one I wanna get it broken by

You're the only one (x20)

It's funny how I'm running into you again
And how you're asking me how I've been
I keep running out of girlfriends 'cause they keep running out on me
It wasn't so long ago when you were one of them, I know
And I still miss you even though you ran away from me

Now you're something that I'm not allowed
That I had to learn to live without
But every so often I still think about you, you, you
'Cause some part of me expects to see more agony than ecstasy
And I still can't stop thinking of me and you, you, you

I had a speech written for this day
You're within reach, but I can't think of anything to say

Running into you today meant running out of cards to play
And running out of things to say
Though they're running through my head
Like why I still don't understand why we're not still together
And how I'd like to hold your hand one more time
Imagine if we were to make that spectacularly bad mistake
How many times is my heart gonna break over you, you, you?

I'm bored today, and everything's there to be ignored today, scattered everywhere out on the floor today, and I don't care about you. I lost my job today, which used to be the way I could afford to live to hate another day and now I can't afford to even be bored anymore. It's kind of good to feel bad again, mad again, sad again. I'll be doing that again. I don't have to tell you I do it really well. You said goodbye today, and I'm just here still asking why today, and not another year, I'm gonna cry today, but I don't care about you. Maybe it wasn't bad to do, and you did what you had to do. Maybe I'll believe it too, if I keep saying I don't care about you, today I don't know what I'm gonna do today and there's a lot to get through today, but I don't care about you, today.

You alone
can make me act this way
explaining things I didn't do
and things I shouldn't say
I'm far from home
but I've been up to my own tricks
creating these catastrophes
that you alone can fix
Tell me where to take it
everything I'm thinking
like oh, oh oh,
I love you so
and I'll put my life on hold
and I'm ready to go
and how my love is true and everything I'm ever doin
when I get you alone
Now me alone
is a most pathetic site
making up excuses
just to not come down at night
And you alone
would clearly be a waste
of all those questions of your life
that could never be replaced
Setting up your high horse
get on my horse
I dream of you
and I'd spend a small fortune
just to make it come true
I may not have enough to do
a lot of screwy stuff
but I will never leave you alone
hey hey hey
hey hey hey
For you alone...
you...for you
You alone are the one I leave my prayers
or at least that I'm without you in my heart
this whole theory falls apart
You alone
could clearly be a waste
of nights dead after endless night
and meaningless charade
All I ask
is that you were alone to be
and nights dead with me alone
and you alone with me
you alone with me
you alone with me
you alone with me

So far, there's no doubt, things are working out
Between us we can cover every base
You're cute; I'm not
I'm sharp; you've got a certain way of spilling all over the place
But you just keep me warm and I'll fill out that form
And when they kick me out again, tell them to let me back in
Look nice and they won't think twice about it, baby
Because there's no stopping us

With my brains, your looks, your bait, my hooks
We could catch a thousand gravy trains
But it would be bad if all we had was my looks and your brains

So hold my hand just like we planned
So you won't get lost and I won't get thrown out
If they get wise, just flash those eyes
And I will give them something to get wise about

You just make your splash and I'll supply the cash when some comes in
It's looking kind of thin and glum but some will come along
You'll be glad we stayed, 'cause we'll have it made

With your looks, my brains, your tracks, my trains
We're re-writing all the record books
Just study the floor-plan, and be glad
We've got more than your brains and my looks

I wonder if under pressure we could make it on our own
Could we stand it, empty handed and stranded and all alone?

But let's not find out what that would be about
I'll stick with you
You let yourself be stuck too
You and me have a legacy that we can pass on to our kids
They could get lucky

With my brains, your looks, your nights, my rooks
They could really win a lot of games
But just think, what if they end up
With my looks and your brains?

I see that gal comin' down the street
all decked out in her dress so pink
with her eyes so blue
and her hair so gold
she's whistlebait, she's the one for me
she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah she's the one for me
Her heels are clicking as she walks by
her dress so pink sure fills the eye
and I'll bet if you look inside
she's whistlebait, she's the one for me
she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah
she's the one for me
She's the woman that I love so
when she stops to powder her nose
All te fellas just go whoa!
she's whistlebait, she's the one for me
she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah
she's the one for me

I've got nothing left to believe in or suspend my disbelief in even
I lost my last one when I lost you
I've got nothing left that I care for
Now there's no one there to be there for
I lost all that stuff when I lost you

When I lost you, my world was smashed up
When I lost you, my life was slashed up
When I lost you I lost much more than you will ever know
I'm calling to a heart that there's no room in
And now I'm feeling barely human
I lost everything when I lost you

And now everything is so much to lose and not enough to hang on to
And what I do and what I think of you is never what I want to

And now the advice squad is saying that it's all for the best
How there'll be better ones to fall for, how I'm so lucky now to be free
But every word of wisdom is dumb
Freedom, freedom: you're just gonna be dumb
Because it doesn't matter to me

When I lost you, I started drifting
When I lost you, was only fifteen days ago
But still you know that I've been trying for so long
To make it through this fog that I've been lost in
That we had our love holocaust in
I lost everything when I lost you

All men have secrets and here is mine
so let it be known
for we have been through hell and high tide,
I can surely rely on you?
and yet you start to recoil,
heavy words are so lightly thrown
but still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you
So, what difference does it make?
so, what difference does it make?
it makes none
but now you have gone
and you must be looking very old tonight
The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why?
because you asked me to
but now you make me feel so ashamed
because I've only go two hands
well, I'm still fond of you
So, what difference does it make?
oh what difference does it make?
it makes none
but now you have gone
and your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight
The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and then I lied just because you asked me to
But you know the true about me
you won't see me anymore
but I'm still fond of you
But no more apologies
no more apologies
I'm too tired
I'm so very tired
and I'm feeling very sick and ill today
But I'm still fond of you

We used to be so happy
Now it's wearing out
that's why they say I have
To break with the past
do something new
Sounds so good
I wish I could
Cause now it's wearing out
I always say
We'll find a way
Doesn't matter now
Cause it's wearing out
And I'm wearing out
I wish tht I had another try
Without wearing out

TWe would always dream of things that we could never touch
and in the scheme of things we never mattered much
nobody knew what a nobody could do
so don't you feel so sad
when you think of the times
they've tried to tell you that you're no good
over and over again
we were no one then
but we're together so we're not no one now

And in this mad affair, they're onto us again
who never had a prayer of ever fitting in
we're nervous wrecks
we've got the world breathing down our necks
but your hair looks great, and that's the main thing
so come on down
the show has just begun
for two audiences of one
I'll be yours if you'll be mine
and we'll do just fine
because we're not no one now

I suppose no one knows where it all will lead
who will care, who we'll spare, how we're gonna plead
I don't know, I don't know where we're gonna fail
In their notes, down their throats, up against a wall?

because there's never ever gonna be enough time
to pay them back for what they did and said
soon the subjects will be dead
but who cares about them
'cause we're not no one now.

Somehow after I got you
I got put in charge of making your dreams come true
well I'll see what I can do
but I can barely tie my shoe

going: maka-bam-pow, maka-bam-pow, maka-bam-pow
rama-ama-lam, wama-lama-barn
maka-bam-pow
we'll get by

You take care of holding our place
and I'll be in charge of not falling on my face
but try to catch me just in case

'cause: make-bam-pow...
we'll get by

and I've been spinning ever since
I've been in charge of making
everything all right

Somehow we slipped by
when the world was young
people like us were just left out to die
but evolution went awry

mmmm: maka-bam-pow...
we'll get by.

She's no beauty queen but she doesn't mind being seen with me I may not be the best but I'm the only guy that she can get and with a love like that you know it's got to last and we're gonna stay together as the years go rocketing past we share everything his and hers like all the things that get on our nerves so she's with me and there's nobody waiting in the wings cause we hate all the same things. Now I'm anticipating we'll spend another lovely evening of complaining about life cause we've discovered it's one damn thing after another so don't try to call us we won't answer the phone we hate to go out in public even more than we hate staying at home we'd just hate anything anywhere and anybody who may be there so I'll be here and she'll be near there's nowhere else to be cause we hate all the same things. When the dog bites when the bee stings when you're feeling some of these things: ennui, misanthropy, wetschmerz, and anomie, just think of all the things you hate and things start looking pretty great if there's someone who hates them too and she's with you the whole night through. If you've had a few lucky breaks and you've made all the right mistakes you can be like she and me in a world that swings if you hate all the same things like we hate all the same things.

We are the future people of tomorrow
We are the future people of tomorrow
we care about our world
we stand for freedom, etc.
we stand for freedom, etc.
we and us man youth
there is nothing you can do
to stop the future people of tomorow
tomorrow future people you and me
genocide is all we get
from the fucking government
they don't care what we've become
all they want is opium in their masses
which sucks
We fight oppressionism for the revolution
We fight oppressionism for the revolution
we might just bite you
One united unity united for the people of tomorrow
tomorrow, future people you and me

Pourquoi pas se raser les jambes
par-ce que peux de cheveaux
peut faire beaucoup de difference
de plus en plus que ce que
tu essais de prouver
je sais que tu as l'orgeil
et on croit alors
tu penses que c'est une declaration
que tu as le droit a posseder
ta laideur la beaute c'est un epiderme
et tout le monde est coquet
a l'interieur et je crois en ca,
alors ne pas le pousser
se tu ne le fais pas pour moi
fais ca pour l'amour
fais ca pour les petits enfants
fais ca pour la paix et l'humanite
et fais ca pour la republique de la belle France
et cherie si tu te raserais les jambes
le monde serait un meilleur monde
pour moi et toi et pour les francais
Vive la France.

Sugar-coated girlfriends don't mean anything to me
This song's about a girl who's soft and warm and cheap
when I held her close to me she melted right away
Velveeta was her name
Velveeta, Velveeta, Velveeta...
All my friends keep telling me
"Frank, you must be sick.
How can you have fun with a gooey processed chick?"
But she's much more than that
she's got a heart of gold
and she does what she's told
Velveeta, Velveeta, Velveeta...
I want to tell her that I'll never go away
but she keeps showing me her expiration date
Girls may come, girls may go, but I know one thing for sure
they stock Velveeta at the local grocery store
and she'll be on the shelf until the end of time
when we have to say goodbye
Velveeta, Velveeta, Velveeta...

Hey Jon, can you count to four?
1, 2, 3, 4
I look up and see a pigeon flying high and free
I look down and then the sidewalk is what I see
I look up and see the sky
I look down and see the ground
I look at you and sing a song about up and down
I look up and see a sky scraper, yes I do
I look down and see my foot and then I see my shoe
I look up and see the sky
I look down and see the ground
I look at you and sing a song about up and down
I look up and see the ceiling and nothing more
I look down and see the rug, then I see the floor
I look up and see the sky
I look down and see the ground
I look at you and sing a song about up and down
Oh, up and down, and down
up and down

Got home from camping last spring,
saw people, places, and things.
We barely had arrived,
friends asked us to describe
the people, places, and every last thing.
So we unpacked our adjectives.
I unpacked frustrating first,
reached in and found the word worst.
Then I picked soggy, next I picked foggy, and
then I was ready to tell them my tale.
'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives.
Adjectives are words you use to really describe things,
handy words to carry around.
Days are sunny, or they're rainy.
Boys are dumb, or else they're brainy.
Adjectives can show you which way.
Adjectives are often used to help us compare things,
say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall.
Girls who are tall get taller,
boys who are small get smaller,
'til one is the tallest and one is the smallest of all.
We hiked around without care,
then we ran into a bear.
He was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear,
we made a hasty retreat from his lair.
And described him with adjectives.
Woah boy, that was one big ugly bear.
Next time you go on a trip,
remember this little tip,
The minute you get back, they'll ask you this and that,
you can describe people, places and things,
simply unpack your adjectives.
You can do it with adjectives.
Tell about it with adjectives.
You can shout it with adjectives.
Oh oh oh adjectives.
Oh oh oh adjectives.
Darn, that's the end.

I live in a little hole with a color tv and remote control and it gets to me
forget the difference between the screen and me and me and the screen. I
think of you when I'm watching channel two but it takes too long to find out
there's nothing going on, so better do it baby as fast as you can cause I've
got a ten second attention span if I could get your skull in my vertical hold if
I could get my pause on your scenes from our last show I think of you when
I'm watching channel two then you start fading and I get so sick of waiting
baby baby baby baby baby Two Minute Itch two minute itch yeah now
listen to this and it's tough to turn away we set things up but the set won't
stay nothing now can make me change. I got a handgun for twenty bucks
from an offer on the back of a cereal box it's got a smurf trigger the bullets
are blue I hope I don't have to use it on you I know I'm crazy but I just want
something to happen baby I think of you cause what else am I supposed to
do two minute itch.

Now there are two of us, instead of only one
Two times as many things get left half undone
We're twice as half-asleep when the new day has begun
And maybe twice as on the run
'Cause some of them will still be making fun of us
They'll say, "The two of you will never be one of us"
But even if that's true
They'll have twice as much to do
When there are two of us
And one of them is you

They'll find the two of us much harder to restrain
Outsmarted by our impressive double brain
If one of us runs dry, still another will remain
And it's twice as hard to pull the chain
Of two of us, against a ton of them
But two of us outnumber every single one of them

Two lives are semi-rough
With half the rent and twice the stuff
There are two of us, and that should be enough

Look at everybody
Everybody's always falling apart or breaking up
But the two of us never will be one of those
And I should know - I have had a run of those

Our love's not guaranteed
But it's growing like a weed
There are two of us
I think that's all we need

This is no time or place to wake up
but there are things to do and space to take up
I'm in love with something I dreamed about
I'm in love, but it's not really there
I'm in love with something I said in a prayer.

Tomorrow is a harsh mistress
that I don't want to wake up to.
which I force myself to do
I guess I'm a harsh mistress, too.

I'm what you might call
the once and future nothing at all

I believe in something the cat dragged in
I believe but I think it's a crime
I believe in what tasted all right at the time

Tomorrow is a harsh mistress
but that won't matter anyhow
'cause I stayed in bed all day
who's the harsh mistress now?

Hey yeah, that's right
'cause yesterday took all night
that's right, you bet
yesterday's not over yet.

With each passing day, a world destroyed,
all the things I've worked so hard to avoid
the future's unwritten, so they say
and I'm just trying to keep it that way
OK? OK?

Tomorrow is a harsh mistress
that I don't want to wake up to
which I force myself to do
I guess I'm a harsh mistress, too.

I'm in love with something I dreamed about
I believe but it's not really there.
I'm in love with something I dreamed about
I'm in love but it's not really there.

I used to sit here thinking, 'bout the weird things that I'd see,
And it confused me.
But I have to say, one thing's gotten very clear,
since I've been in here.
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
The doctors keep me here, so I can let them know
If I escape tonight, where will I go?
Sometimes I sit here thinking, 'bout the way things ought to be,
and who is killing me.
But I have to say, one thing's gotten very clear,
I know my enemy.
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
Thanks for the medicine medicine medicine
Take it Frank...

At the age of six or seven I was in my prime and ever since that time it's been a
steady decline I had the brains I had the power had the building blocks and no,
I don't want to have one of our "little talks" I'm looking back now losing track
now thinking out loud why won't you back down so I'm going through a period
of question marks and I know that you're so glad you're doing your part you're
saying if I play my cards right and work hard each day they just might make me
an honorary human someday one reflection three dimensions two no votes and
one abstention There's Something Wrong with Me and I hear it in the way
you say no really it's ok you say there's something wrong with me I know so go
away you'd better get away. I'd like to tell you how I'm doing every now and
then but then it's deja vu all over again and when you lose your equilibrium it's
so messed up you've got no more equilibrium there's something wrong with
me and if you won't play along with me there's no telling what I'll do there's
something wrong with me it's pointing right at you it's gonna follow you.

You are out of sight, but you're not out of mind
I am out of everything, this much I have divined
You're not all that far away
Still and all you are away
I've got a lot to say
There's nothing not to say anymore

Listen my dear, this says it all
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Here's one more invitation that I must extend
To one more disengagement party that you won't attend
Though you may spend some time coming back again sometime
'Cause every time you miss the boat
You try to kiss the boat one more time

You're cold and unclear, that's true to form
The weather is here, wish you were warm

You'll soon have other hearts to leave a stain on
More parades to rain on

It's hopeless. I guess I'm hopeless now, too
Things to express, but no way how to
To whom this may concern: I'm a message you won't return
You're a lesson that I may never learn
But never fear, let this suffice
The weather is here, wish you were nice

The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Homer didn't have a comprehensive word for mind.
the psyche and the conscious self had not yet been combined.
He understood events as repetition of the past,
and individual consciousness was not a part of that.
But early Greek thought played a role in the complicate history
of the concept of the soul.
By the time of Plato these ideas had taken shape.
The Phaedo and Timaeus are works which demonstrate
the consious separation of the knower from the known
and the dual nature of the body and the soul.
Modern thought was possible:
the complicated history of the concept of the soul.
Whoa!
Pythagoras and Orphic doctrines all came into play,
because Plato was a mystic in his own Platonic way.
The pre-Socratic Naturalists saw things in terms of "stuff".
But Plato's metaphysics showed that this was not enough.
This is the incredible complicated history of the concept of the soul.
Rock and roll.

Ever since she said our love was dead
I've come to dread what lies ahead
True, I'm going to miss you
But let's not skirt the issue

From now on, everyting is gonna suck
The future ain't what it used to be
All the same things are gonna happen to me
But they're gonna turn out differently

The future ain't what it used to be
I'll still be bored by the same old stuff
Still falling short of close enough
I'm still gonna breathe air
But you're not gonna be there
Seems like a pointless exercise without you

The future ain't what it used to be
You altered the course of history
Now you're not gonna be together with me
The future ain't what it used to be
I've seen this a lot with you

Now we'll just have to wait and see
If this new kid you've got with you
Honours his big promises
Where will you be if it's too good to be true?
Start all over with a brand new groupie?
It'll be a while before I'll know where I'll be
But when I'm there, then I'm there
Try to find me, I'll get one more wish in

But there's a strong suspicion
Everything will seem a little weak
Now that the future ain't what it used to be
The future ain't what it used to be
If you're not gonna be together with me

Hey hey there Ivy well let's go out tonight there's a punk rock show we can see the Ramones and everything will be all right it's the end of the Ramones we're so sad cause we all know it's the end of the Ramones they're gonna start with the Blitzkrieg Bop and we'll be having fun and when they get to the Cretin Hop we'll know they're almost done it's the end of the Ramones we're so sad cause we all know it's the end of the Ramones Joey is a vegetable Dee Dee's going bald Johnny got kicked in the head but the kids still love them all it's the end of the Ramones we're so sad cause we all know it's the end of the Ramones.

I want to be real cool
I don't want to follow the schedule
I want to eat my TV set
I want to smell like aqua net
I want to know the human race
I want to rub it all over my face

Life is such a fucking joke
I want to laugh until I choke
Thought I saw you when I closed my eyes
But it was just an order of fries
Thought I loved you yesterday
But it was just a TV tray

I want to meet the Aspirin lady
I want to talk to Peter Brady
I want to be on my own
I want to be fully grown
I want to be a celebrity
I want to be like Mr. T
Won't let people fuck with me
Every night on TV

How many times can you read that letter
And what do you need it for?
Can't you see that the salutation
Has no meaning anymore?
And you can't resurrect the body
And the closing's out of date
And if you stumble upon an answer
It will always be too late
You better take that letter
Put it in the boyfriend box

Are you still staring at that picture
Of someone who doesn't care?
Just like you're looking through a window
At a world that isn't there?
If you're trying to reconstruct it
It will only fall apart
'Cause there's really nothing in it
But your late, great, heart
You better take that picture
Put it in the boyfriend box
Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la

There's something dark and dead
Buried in your head and underneath your bed
You're still tempted to believe the world is true
You even almost do

Your little world is a little empty
But the memories never stop
Organizing themselves in layers
The most recent at the top
If you need to go any deeper
You can dig them out again
Just in case you need to be reminded
Of what a fool you've been
You're gonna take those memories
Put them in the boyfriend box
Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la

Take those letters
Put them in the boyfriend box
The boyfriend box
The boyfriend box

I know you're upset with me
But let's just call a truce
'Cause I don't have the energy
To make up an excuse

Down all day and up all night
That's the way I've been
Though I've heard you say
That I should try to take control of my life

I would try to do what you said
But sometimes it's a challenge just to get out of bed
And that's as good as it is ever gonna get
And nothing's happening yet

And everybody knows that
Please pass the Prozac
Waiting for that Prozac moment to arrive
I'll adore that magic moment, glad to be alive

Time to find out if it's true
I think I'm in love with you
Now's the time, but all I do
Is pace around the room

So we do need to give it a go?
I've already wasted half a lifetime or so
If I change my mind, how would I know?
I need a Dr. Frank-ectomy though
And hope it never grows back
Please pass the Prozac

Now they're closing in
Everybody's yelling at me
They could take a pill or two themselves
There they go again
Staring at me, swearing at me
Take the whole bottle too as well

Time to find out if it's true
I think I'm all over you
Now's the time
But all I do is pace around the room

So I'm just waiting for that Prozac moment
That Prozac moment to arrive
That Prozac moment
That Prozac moment to arrive
And save my life

You're probably wondering why I've called you here I think the time has come to make it clear my heart can't make our love bloom and grow while you're kicking it to and fro accusing it of things it never said or stepping on it like a cigarette how can I be the answer to your prayers if I'm always making minor repairs? I've been doing most of those things I'm supposed to, you've been tearing me apart and I can't compete with you you keep doing what you do and I'll keep tapin' up my heart. What we have is difficult to explain it's equal parts of boredom joy and pain it's delicate like an angel's wings based on trust and a couple of other things my heart is young and black and proud and bold you better eat it before it gets cold one more thing I can't overemphasize: it's not to be used as a flotation device. I've been doing some of those things you make fun of you've been laughing way too hard I'll salute your lofty goals while you poke me full of holes but I'll keep tapin' up my heart. I'm not what I used to be mostly cause I refuse to be. I'm the new kid on the the chopping block so take a little bit off the top there's really nothing you can throw my way that I can't ignore and hope it goes away. I know I've done a few of those bad things in lieu of those good things that I should start but we need something to do and it might as well be you so I'll keep tapin' up my heart.

If you had wanted to see me today
I assume you could have found a way
But that's not how today went
God only knows what today meant
Take all the time you need
I'm not going anywhere
We're unsafe at any speed
Take all the time you need

If I had the chance to say how I feel I would
Even though it wouldn't make me look good
That's ammunition you lost
While you were trying to exhaust
Each possibility
Until you've exhausted me
The last of a dying breed
Take all the time you need

And I will love you still
But you're hardly even needed now
As a lesson to us all

And I want you back again
But I don't know what I'd do then
Take all the time you need
I haven't prepared my case
I wouldn't know how to plead
So take all the time you need
Take all the time you need
Take all the time you need
And I'll follow your lead

We like playing punk rock music
yeah I guess that's true
But what we prefer is selling
merchandise to you.
So why don't you go get a pencil
while I give you an example
of the many satisfied
customers that we've served fine.
Maurine has a Mr. T shirt
it looks really good
If you don't have a Mr. T shirt
don't you wish you could?
Michelle has our new CD
she's a fan of Mr. T
Tammy drives in her Corvette
listening to our cassette.
We've got records
we've got t-shirts
large and extra-large
we take Visa and Discover
we take Mastercharge.
For further information write to:
the Mr. T Experience
P.O. Box 4848 Shattuck Square
Berkeley, California 94704
Ses habla espagnol.

She's the slickest chick I've ever known
I take her with me wherever I go to rope in all my fears
And open all my beers and to never ever leave me alone
She's tiny, shiny and bright, almost too sharp but not quite
She does it all somehow
She's in my pocket now but I'm gonna take her out tonight

She's my Swiss army girlfriend
She's holding up her end, and she's all mine
So I got a Valentine to send

Do I have to draw a diagram?
When I'm out of luck or in a jam
She can get me hot and out of tight spots
And she's ready whenever I am
She slices, dices and more
She can handle any household chore
And I love the feel of her stainless steel
When we're rolling all around on the floor

She's my Swiss army girlfriend
She's in my dresser drawer
And I'm all hers
And we've got a universe to explore

And I love her so, though she may never know
Just how low I would go
To keep her by my side
And open wide for when our worlds collide

She's the only game in town
She's a thriller that you can't put down
So enjoy this song because before too long
We're gonna run each other into the ground

She's my Swiss army girlfriend
We've barely started yet
But we're all set
And we've got a bassinet to get

There were things I could have told you
But you've heard it all before
And you look so calm and peaceful
When you're passed out on the floor

Swallow everything
Swallow everything
You're the pellet with the poison
You're the hand that holds the pearl
You're an alcohol girl in an alcohol world
Swallow everything
Swallow everything

That's how a little bit of me
Becomes a part of you
And I know I shouldn't be complaining
'Cause I enjoy it too

The eyes of a zombie
And the will of a table for two
Swallow everything
Reject nothing

You plant a new emergency
For every one you kill
It's a fluid, it's a solid
It's a powder, it's a pill

Swallow everything
Swallow everything
Seeing double, feeling single
Weigh the benefits and costs
Double, single, single, double,
Double, single, double-crossed

Swallow everything
Swallow everything
And someone will always be there for you
To tell you what to say

And you know you'll never walk alone
'Cause you can't control your legs
You know you'll believe it
And it's only a weekend away
Swallow everything
Reject nothing

An ugly sound it's all around sound is pain won't go away a lot of noise a sonic scare makes you feel like you're somewhere we know we're nowhere we like to think we're somewhere supersonic idiotic brain-infected disconnected you're high got the evil eye and you're not preaching what I believe in you're always talking I'd rather be deaf and dumb I can't stop that ring I can't hear a thing I can't hear myself think supersonic casualty you think you're cool you make the rules cause you got action and you're in fashion you got ideas you got a theory but I don't hear it I've lost my hearing you're so pretentious I'd rather be daf and dumb it's more fun it won't start an earthquake maybe just give you a headache but we're pretty good at that ultra sonic sound attack.

Stephanies of the world, unite
you've got nothing to lose but face
coordinate, organize, represent your case
they're issuing orders
down at headquarters
the Stephanie Party line
and you can do what you like
with Dwayne and Wayne and Spike and Ike and Mike

Stephanies!

Stephanies of the world, beware
you're running out of space
you've got Stephanies everywhere
they're crawling all over the place

and there's a definite lack of
keeping track of
numbers 2 through 5, 8, and 12
and no one knows what they said
to Todd and Rod and Ed and Ted and Fred

Stephanies!

It was Stephanie against Stephanie
till she thought of joining forces
she tried to be their leader then,
according to my sources
there's a limitless supply
with one born every minute
but she really only wants a world
with just one person in it

no one ever knew
it will hurt more when they do
and they will
you know the drill

Stephanies!

Spider-man, Spider-man
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size
Catches thieves, just like flies
Look out! Here comes the Spider-man!

Is he strong? Listen, Bud!
He's got radioactive blood.
Can he swing from a thread?
Take a look overhead.
Hey there, there goes the Spider-man!

In the chill of night,
At the scene of the crime
Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time

Spider-man, Spider-man
Friendly neighborhood Spider-man
Wealth and fame, he's ignored
Action is his reward

To him, life is a great big bang-up
Wherever there's a hang-up
You'll find the Spider-man

Here he comes
Here comes Speed Racer
He's a demon on wheels
He's a demon
And he's gonna be chasin' after someone

He's gainin' on you
So you better look alive
He's busy revvin' up
A powerful Mach 5

And when the odds are against him
And there's dangerous work to do
You bet your life
Speed Racer will see it through

Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer, go!

He's off and flyin'
As he guns the car around the track
He's jammin' down the pedal
Like he's never comin' back
Adventure's waitin' just ahead

Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer, go!

This is what I vow: She shall have my heart to keep; sweetly will we stir and sleep. All the years, as now. Swift the measured sands may run; love like this is never done; she and I are welded one: This is what I vow. This is what I pray: Keep her by me tenderly; keep her sweet in pride of me. Ever and a day. Keep me from the old distress; let me, for our happiness; be the one to love the less: This is what I pray. This is what I know: Lovers' oaths are thin as rain; love's a harbinger of pain. Would it were not so. Ever is my heart a-thirst; ever is my love accurst; She is neither last nor first: This is what I vow

On your own, far away from home
There doesn't seem to be a friend when you're alone
People stare, you wonder if they care
So, you turn your back on someone with love to spare
Try to see, it's gotta be
Lovin' one another is the only possibility
So, when you're down and losin' ground
Don't get to thinkin' love can't be found

Hey, stop, stop! And look around
Somebody wants to love you
Stop, stop! And turn around
Somebody wants to love you
Somebody wants to love you

Hey, you! It's nothin' new
Love will be around no matter what you do
Or will you try every alibi
and fool yourself some more then wonder why
So try to see, it's gotta be
When you turn your back on love, you miss the opportunity
And once again, you're at a dead end
And nowhere to turn without a friend

Hey, stop, stop! And look around
Somebody wants to love you
Stop, stop! And turn around
Somebody wants to love you
Somebody wants to love you

That girl is fucking crazy
She's so god damn amazing
words are not enough
you know her from the paper
she comes in forty flavors
makes me want to throw up
You can say "but seriously folks..."
you can write her nasty notes
but you know you're gonna choke
anyway
After all you know she's just a SLAGBAG
Look at yourself, you know you're a SLAGBAG
How many times have you called her a SLAGBAG
What would you do if I called you a SLAGBAG
She thinks she's really something
but she is less than nothing
and there is no doubt
they said I should've known her
how she would fuck me over
but it's too late now
you could say she's good in bed
you could say she gives good head but you know that you'll regret
everything

She, shining like a star, like a sun, like a moon
and all that other stuff you know
I wanted everything, she gave me everything
but everything is never enough
what I mean is, she, my kind of fluff.

Like a star or a sun or a moon
like the surface of a still lagoon
like a stainless steel spoon she's shining

reach out to turn her on
she fills the room and hijinks ensue
in dark nights of the soul
I don't mind saying that I think I've had one or two
tried to tell her, she already knew

like an incandescent wish
like a silverplate chaffing dish
like a Siamese fighting fish she's shining
like a blinding brilliant thing
like a turned on electric ring
like a novel by Stephen King she's shining
ooh ah, ooh ooh ooh ah
glowing in her jar
just like a little piece of star

ooh ooh ooh ooh ah

like a blue electric shock
like a radioactive rock
like the hands of a digital clock she's shining
like the Thames or the Rhine or the Nile
like a luminescent radio dial
like a brand new ceramic tile she's shining
ooh she's shining, ooh she's shining
in this endless night
she's my little misguiding light

I've got all of the symptoms
and I don't know wrong from right
I resist the itemized list
but it seems so hard tonight
I don't want to be a sheep
just because I'm told
I don't want to be a sheep
in complete control
you get into my headache
you regulate the pain
but I can't second guess you
you go directly to my brain
I can't believe they're on my side
I've been wrong too many times
I do anything you say
I don't know left from right
I think there's something in the water
because it doesn't taste quite right

She's not a flower
she isn't growing in your garden today
you couldn't cultivate her anyway
you're not a king bee
you like honey and you're packing a sting
but there really isn't such a thing
you're in flight, and she smells all right
but she's not a flower

She's not an ocean
that you're an island in the middle of
and there isn't any prison of love
you're not a freebird
hey you, up on that mountain peak
can't you hear what's coming out of your beak?
you can say you'll fly away
but you're not a freebird

Love's not a poison
you better find a better reason why
you feel like you want to die
a broke heart won't kill you
you might suffer till the end of your days
but that was gonna happen anyways
and even if the love you mourn
is equal to the love you scorn
and fortune mocks the love you gave
and someone lays her on your grave

she's not a flower

Now you see it, now you don't
Things make sense, and then they won't
I can barely see across the bay

She's so distant and obscure
I can't escape from her
Until I'm far enough away

And Alcatraz comes in and out of sight
And Alcatraz is flashing in the night
And I think of the one, a distant blur
A piece of me still lodged in her
Held prisoner - she's my Alcatraz

Things I think I almost know
Discontinued long ago
Once occurred inside her walls

And I can't helping thinking of
Harsh rituals of love
That no one quite recalls

But Alcatraz doesn't really care
And Alcatraz almost isn't there
But I think of the one, so dear to me
Whose face I still can almost see
Distantly - she's my Alcatraz

So un-together
Under the weather
I can't make it out

And Alcatraz is a distant blur
So Alcatraz looks a lot like her
And I almost see her taking shape
And part of me still can't escape
Nobody has - she's my Alcatraz

I met her in the bathroom of some sleazy club
She looked like she was Just My Type; I thought I was in love
If god sent her to punish me for my life of sin
Then he was right on target-because she did me in
She did me in
I didn't think she'd mess with me, I didn't think she'd lie
I thought she wouldn't take it from just any guy
She looked so sweet and innocent, but I found out too late
It turned out she was wanted in 27 states.

I saw you standing on the corner, you looked so big and fine
I really wanted to go out with you, so when you smiled
I laid my heart on the line
You read me my rights and then you said; "Let's go" and nothing more
I thought of my nights and how they were
They were filled with
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then, you'd step in
I had to know so I asked, you just had to laugh
We sat in the night with my hands cuffed at my side
I look at your life and your style
I wanted nothing more
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked you just had to laugh
Walking the line you were a marksman
Told me that love like wine is ageless
Public defender
You had, to admit you wanted, the love of a sex offender
I know you wouldn't go
You'd watch my heart burst then you'd step in
I had to know so I asked, you just had to laugh
My vision in blue I call you from inside my cell
And in the trial you were there with, your badge and rubber boots
I think all the time how I'm going to perpatrate love with you
And when I get out there's no doubt
I'll be sex offensive to you

You owe a lot to self-pity
It got you through your darkest days
And anybody looking at the record
Would say you had a case
You never imagined
That you'd ever really make it through
And now that you have, you don't know what to do
The future has arrived, but where are you?

Ooh wah ooh, I see you crying
Ooh wah ooh, I hear you trying
Though you've got it down to a science
Self-pity won't help you now

Look at yourself
Do you really believe
That the world needs to see
Another aging enfant terrible?

Alienation makes the world go round
And as a fashion statement
It's absolutely sound
But you're not really an alien, as such
Self-confidence makes you seem so out of touch
But self-pity seems like it's a bit too much

Ooh wah ooh, looks like you blew it
Ooh wah ooh, looks like you knew it
Though you taught the world how to do it
Self-pity won't help you now

Overnight only killing only kidding but I know what you're gonna say things
you misconstrue on purpose and it's worthless to try to put it another way I've
been drinking some alcohol I've been waiting for you to call though it's next to
impossible. I can still see myself the way I was the day I might have known
what was in the way must have been stranger than fiction you're gonna make
someone a wonderful wife someday I've been talking myself to sleep the
words wear out even as I speak or it could just be the delivery I can See It Now
can you see it now I can't believe I'm saying what I'm saying and I know it will
mix you up what we got caught up in so close to nothing but not quite close
enough I could get up enouh to call but it makes you uncomfortable and I've
been drinking some alcohol now I can see it now can you see it now I can see it
now.

Won't let me alone
Your constant monotone
I'm trash, I know it's true
But what does that make you?

I want to know what the reason is
Scientific

You thought you knew all along
You thought you knew but you were wrong
You thought that you knew me
But you don't know anything

It's time to say goodnight
To leave it all behind
to take a long walk home
and know you'll be alone
leave it all behind
close your eyes and
say goodbye
goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
when there is no one there
my thoughts go everywhere
I try to drown thm out
and end up freaking out
thought for food
2 more years and
nothing's gonna move
goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
say goodbye
Nothing's gonna move
you know it's true
goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

She looks pretty good in blue
She's worn it out a lot
You look good on paper too
When actually you're not
She's not looking anymore
For someone to feel sorry for
So don'cha 'round no more

She's got pretty fake eyelashes
Slanted plastic glasses
Everyone who passes
Says she looks beautiful
But don't even think about
Asking her to dance
'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes
You're never gonna have a chance
Sackcloth and ashes...

She smeared you with her fingerprints
Just because she could
She's not sorry for her sins
As long as she looks good
How can she have so much fun
Knowing all the things she's done?
She's bad
She's strong
Or maybe she's stupid

But she's got pretty party dresses
Manic-panic tresses
She believes that less is more
Where you're concerned
But you can only dream about
The places that she's been
'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes
They're never gonna let you in

One day, maybe, you'll be way beyond
This silly habit you've put on
Tough and strong enough
And wrong, and wrong enough
For long enough
To belong there
But 'til that day comes along
You'll be sullen and regretful
Querulous and fretful
Carrying a head full
Of evil thoughts
And there'll be lots of girls and people
Who want to know where you stand
But in your sackcloth and ashes
You'll never make them understand

Sackcloth and ashes
Sackcloth and ashes
Sackcloth and ashes
They're never gonna understand

She looks pretty good in blue
She's worn it out a lot
You look good on paper too
When actually you're not
She's not looking anymore
For someone to feel sorry for
So don'cha 'round no more

She's got pretty fake eyelashes
Slanted plastic glasses
Everyone who passes
Says she looks beautiful
But don't even think about
Asking her to dance
'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes
You're never gonna have a chance
Sackcloth and ashes...

She smeared you with her fingerprints
Just because she could
She's not sorry for her sins
As long as she looks good
How can she have so much fun
Knowing all the things she's done?
She's bad
She's strong
Or maybe she's stupid

But she's got pretty party dresses
Manic-panic tresses
She believes that less is more
Where you're concerned
But you can only dream about
The places that she's been
'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes
They're never gonna let you in

One day, maybe, you'll be way beyond
This silly habit you've put on
Tough and strong enough
And wrong, and wrong enough
For long enough
To belong there
But 'til that day comes along
You'll be sullen and regretful
Querulous and fretful
Carrying a head full
Of evil thoughts
And there'll be lots of girls and people
Who want to know where you stand
But in your sackcloth and ashes
You'll never make them understand

Sackcloth and ashes
Sackcloth and ashes
Sackcloth and ashes
They're never gonna understand

I want to tell you about her she's a beautiful gecko she's crawling out on the
counter when I say Ready Set Go say ready set go say ready set go O!
beautiful gecko. Now I'm a man with a mission and it's the normal
progression starts with love and affection, goes on to sick obsession to sick
obsession from love and affection and it never will be the same everything
will be great from now on cause she's got everything in her cage and I've
been waiting for so long. And when I give her a cricket and introduce her to
my heart we'll be watching out eyes glow in flagrante delicto not gonna let
go when I say ready set go.

You've been spilling all over me
ever since I broke your seal
now you're seeping into my memory
and storming my Bastille
the world can see you fell for me
when I unscrewed your lid
'cause I'm the one who told you so
and you're the one who did

hey hey yeah yeah wo wo
re-active your heart

our entaglements and ties
of which we often spoke
they're attracted to us like flies
we drift away like smoke
if they steal our hearts, and other parts
it's only petty theft
but I lost track of all of them
and you're the one that's left.
hey hey yeah yeah wo wo
re-activate your heart

and I'm lost inside a dream
hooked up to your machine
when I hear you screaming:
darling, it's all right

there's someone you connect into
when all is said and done
it's unlikely to be you
so I must be the one

hey hey yeah yeah wo wo
re-activate your heart

She held me by the hand she said don't criticize what you don't understand
she showed me her butcher knife said it taught her a lot about life.
I'm stuck with the psycho girl I think I'm gonna get hurt
psycho girl touch her lose touch with the world
psycho girl psycho girl she scared me half to death said she'd die of loneliness
psycho girl had a psycho dog and they growled at me when they took a walk
psycho girl, touch her lose touch with the world psycho girl psycho girl it's a psycho world
oh woe, oh woe woe woe as if that weren't enough her life was really fucked up
psycho girl just opened her mouth a whole lot of interesting stuff came out.

I know what you're gonna say
You say it every day
And I won't try to understand this time
'Cause you're so predictable
Oh baby you're so predictable
I've heard that speech before
And I've been keeping score
Of what I heard and I can mouth the words
All night we fight
You might as well be still
I know what you're gonna say
You'll say it anyway
Don't scream Don't shout
Cause I'll just tune you out

The local rock group down the street
Is trying hard to learn their song
Seranade the weekend squire, who just came out to mow his lawn
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Rows of houses that are all the same
And no one seems to care
See Mrs. Gray she's proud today because her roses are in bloom
Mr. Green he's so serene, He's got a t.v. in every room
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land
Mothers complain about how hard life is
And the kids just don't understand
Creature comfort goals
They only numb my soul and make it hard for me to see
My thoughts all seem to stray, to places far away
I need a change of scenery
Ta Ta Ta...
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday...

Maybe the world has finally gone so wrong
it's taken all the pleasure out of being right
even ordinary things seem so far out of reach
that they are almost out of sight

so why propose worst case scenarios?
they seem to find ways to come true

we live in an imperfect world
that we must concede
and some things are impossible
take that as agreed
but getting some of what you want
and most of what you need?
perhaps, perhaps

Now that the endless march of bitterness has worn us out
it could be time to call a halt
sometimes even victims of injustice must admit
that something might have been their fault

all the same assigning all the blame
could take all the time in the world

and I don't have that kind of time, forever is a curse
and I don't want to be the ruler of the universe
but staying in a little world that won't get too much worse?
perhaps, perhaps.

"A world of our own" sounds so trite
but that's almost all right

the way I thought that it would be has vanished in the air
and most of it's impossible, and I don't really care
but reaching out for somebody who's actually there?
perhaps, perhaps.

How long will our love last? I'm very glad you asked, cause if the world don't end, and the sun don't blot out from the sky, and we don't get drive-by shot, and if we kiss each other a lot, our love will last forever and ever.
Love is strong enough, of course, to withstand almost any force, so if the world don't end, and we're not destroyed, and if the earth's not hit by an asteroid (that's something to avoid) our love will last forever and ever.
Oh, here we go. Isn't it nice to know our love will last forever and ever?
I think you and me are valid: we're two caterpillars in the salad, and that's the way it's supposed to be. We're old and weather-beaten. We haven't yet been eaten, but that's no guarantee.
You saw me off at the knee. You got your teeth in me, so if we're not vaporized in world war three, and if there's nothing good tonight on tv and if you don't meet somebody with more money that me, our love will last forever and ever.
So let's hope the world won't end, and let's promise once again that if the world don't end and the sky don't fall, and if there's nothing happening at the mall, and if we have any luck at all, our love will last forever and ever.
Oh, don't get lost. Just keep your fingers crossed, and our love will last forever and ever.

Day 1 started out badly
Day 2 left me perplexed
I would have stopped at Day 3 gladly
but Day 4 came next

and as the days turn into weeks
and as the weeks turn into months
you start to turn into yourself
you only get to do it once
you close your eyes
you realize--

our days are numbered
our nights are, too
there were so many I could have spent with you
we got no credit for the full amount
our days were numbered
but they didn't count

Day 5 felt like it took ages
it seemed that Day 6 would never arrive
but when I looked up from turning the pages
it was Day 365

How did I miss another year?
and what will happen to the rest
as my days all disappear?
no one will process my request
to add a few to spend with you

Our days are numbered
they've always been
events have played out
they can't be pulled back in
some linger with you, some barely come to view
our days are numbered
and out of order, too

la la la

somehow it just occurred to me
I never thought of it before
you know I never thought I'd see
Day 12,034
sounds like a lot
but it's not
no it's not

I heard you I heard you
I hope you hear me
I want to believe you but I can't agree
I won't believe what I can't see
you can't fool me
One big lie
I talked to you all night
you told me your views
you made me an offer I couldn't refuse
but that doesn't mean a fucking thing
just a smokescreen
so don't try to tell us you've thought it all through
because we know the lie and we're smarter than you
I won't believe a fucking thing
you can't fool me

He's incomplete he can't compete can't do a thing he's on the team mom and dad told him that he woul be on the team a hundred and ten per cent a little boy crush kill destroy not to blame not the same chemicals in the brain on the team but you just can't compete can't decide so pathetic moral is you've got to get it in later life you wonder why you always lose and don't improve more new games you can't play you're there just the same you're on the team you're in the scheme you are on the team but you just can't compete that's not the way you think but you're on the team.

You didn't make my crucifixion
I know you had a lot on your plate
but from what I read and what everyone said
I handled it just great
I'm even kind of disappointed
cause I really couldn't feel it at all
well I'll come down to you when I get around to you
all you gotta do is crawl

oh, just have some faith in me
smart things come in stupid packages

when all you hear is the crying
you read a lot into each other's sobs
we're going through a spell
but we're aging well
even if we don't have jobs
and we can't even leave the apartment
cause we live on such a scary street
but I don't mind
I'll risk my life just to try to get you something to eat

oh, just have some faith in me
pure love gets sent in mixed messages
oh, just have some faith in me
smart things come in stupid packages
so come on

bop bop bop...

oh, just have some faith in me
I'll guide you through the obscure passages
oh, just have some faith in me
smart things come in stupid packages

Now we are 21
Now we have to get things done
We can't watch Brady Bunch
We can't eat Captain Crunch
Aaaah!
When I was 17
I used to watch TV
but now I'm 21
I have to
get things done
every day we have to take
everything seriously
I just can't handle it
I still feel like a kid
When I was 10 years old
I didn't drink at all
But now I'm 21
and I drink way too much!
21 Now we are 21
We try but it's no use
Just lost our last excuse
And we'll be on the run
Now that we are 21
21 Now we are 21

There was something in the way you said never to call me again and now I know I should have read between the lines back then and there were secrets that you almost kept that were quite sufficient to show but it finally hit me when you left my name off your suicide note I shifted gears I faced my fears I cried some tears I did a lot of heroin it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone. A half-full or half-empty shell I was in a nebulous state a shadow of my former self which wasn't all that great but I've been seeing you around it seems like you're doing all right and I only cry about you now every other night I went astray I lost my way I did some macrime I walked around aimlessly it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone. I know we'll meet again one day it'll be strange and outre and I won't know what to say except for na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na now that you are gone. After all is said and done there's not much to say or to do except for keep on keeping on and start again anew at least the future's in my hands and life is a thing to live for cause now I have another chance to screw it up once more I shifted gears I faced my fears I cried some tears I did a lot of heroin it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone.

My new girlfriend is better than you she's got bigger breasts and a higher IQ and she always knows which fork to use and she doesn't always have some lame excuse she's a-wigglin' and a-gigglin' and a-bakin' a pie and I can tell by the look in her eye that she's never gonna make me have to wonder why and we're gonna have a hell of a time she's better than you when she's with me and we're hanging around we sit and talk about how you let me down and how you always used to make that annoying sound and how you sure could stand to lose a few pounds so I really hope you're happy with the way it turned out cause you made a fool of me but who's laughing now who's laughing now and who's laughing not HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA she's better than you my new girlfriend is better than you she's got higher breasts and a bigger IQ.

Your days of going through a phase
are finally lashing back at you
there's more to shut up and ignore
but there's even less and less to do
and there's nothing to say, and they're looking away
what have you got yourself into?

One little miss apprehension got you
now they're lining up around the block
to watch you screw yourself up
for this bitter cup, which pains you the most
when it's too late to say you're sorry
and pretend that it's a toast-- Naomi

You struggle with the reality myth
when you're talking on the tv screen
about choke chains and mary janes
in Seventeen Magazine
and you're thinking of your JC Penny lingerie
that nobody has ever seen

No one understands your comments
or why you're so obsessed with undergarments
from multi-cultured pearl to Glamour girl
took less than a day
and your Wonderbra world of Disney
was just a make-over away

Naomi, it's just a matter of time

What's that they're saying now?
Oh wow, she looks good in tears
that you can't allow
but now you haven't looked this young in years

You look sweet walking down the street
but no one's even slowing down
they can't decide, should they offer you a ride
or the head of Helen Gurley Brown

Naomi, it's just a matter of time.

I've been doing nothing in particular I've been figuring out what I was gonna do now somehow the time has gone by and I didn't do the things that I wanted to looking back it seems like I should have known walking down and up and down the avenue wasn't such a smart way to go but it's all I knew how to do and you're gonna say isn't it okay cause you kept on trying and I'm gonna lie and explain how I've been a value giant or I don't care like Pierre waiting for the lion to eat me up while I think about my stupid life. I've been told I spend too much time alone and asked why I never take this jacket off I'm either caught in the headlights or running around like a chicken with its head cut off I recall I once heard a story it might be apocryphal but anyway there's this guy who got so bored that he chopped off his own head well I won't do that but it seems like at some point something should happen there's got to be some sort of redemption or at least some French in Action but there's nothing yet and I can't get no disaffection not even that so let me tell you about my stupid life. Whoa. My stupid life.

Is it efficient
or does it kill
with the skill of a cluster bomb?
It'll take time
but you know it will
if I happen to live that long

if you would listen to me
things wouldn't seem so gloomy
now you keep jamming up the gears
and I can't see through the smears
and everything's exactly as it appears

more
I love you more
I love you more than I did before
but now it's either or
or neither nor
and when I think about you
I start turning green
and it shakes me up inside
cause it used to be the color of your eyes

everywhere I go
I see your ghost
the spirit of '91
you said you loved me more than toast
but less than a staplegun

is this the wrong direction?
that's such a stupid question
now when you make a sacrifice
you're supposed to get a wish
why does this only work in theory not practice?

more
I love you more
I love you more than I did before
but now it's not allowed
you're not around
I see you going out
and everything goes black
and I start to fall apart
it reminds me of the color of your heart

I miss you more than mud
lost you more than blood
knead you more than dough
I love you more than toast

more
I love you more
I love you more than I did before
but now we're in a war
and what's it for?
I read your horoscope
and everything is clear
and it feels a little weird
cause it used to be the color of your tears.

I never knew till I was told then it was too late how everything you love becomes everything you hate you don't look different but you have changed I'm looking through you you're not the same thanks for the memories thanks for the beer merry fuckin' Christmas and happy new year nirvana on the radio just imagine that you're not getting thinner the world is getting fat it's an ancient Chinese secret that means it's from the past nothing's worth it anyway cause nothing's meant to last.

The Master of the Situation he's impatient concentration disaster hesitation
what's the answer I can't remember the answer will follow will last until
tomorrow but I know my position so cancel my subscription the master of the
situation is losing his patience he's losing his cool you say you're back in the
saddle but you're coming unraveled you're out of control there are no stupid
questions just stupid people disconnections and you're kind of sort of almost
nearly on the border but I know what you're doing you'll run until you're ruined
and I know your answer you'll say it doesn't matter you're going faster and
faster it's total disaster you'll see what you find because you've got a good
reason for feeling uneasy and shaking inside if I only had some time to think I
could plot a course of action too late I can't concentrate today the master of the
situation the whole operation blew up in your face and you need a vacation
you're out of the race and you're taking up space.

took a lot of time but I realized
now it's clear to me Mary you're a freak
Mary Mary you're a freak
don't talk to me
Mary Mary you're so sick
I was doing fine, thought I knew your mind
now I know I don't and I'm all alone
don't look at me
you're a creep and a freak

Sgt. Smiles, marine recruiter
teach you to program computers
teach you all the skills you need
you can die with dignity
I got a phone call from the sergeant yesterday
he had a message from the good old U.S.A.:
"Good grades, high I.Q., you're one terrific guy
we'll let you push the buttons while the other people die."
no way, that's what I say
I don't want to be a marine today
Sgt. Smiles, marine recruiter
teach you to program computers
teach you all the skills you need
you can be a fucking pig
and that's why the sergeant smiles
everyday in high school when I got home
marine recruiters called me on the phone
oh god, never thought it would come to this
I get cards I get calls now I'm on the mailing list
Mom I'm not home if they call me on the phone

I know you can't Make Up your mind I can't make up my mind either though
we know we haven't got time we still keep on digging deeper and I want to
say there's no use in pretending but I could pretend forever cause the more we
pretend the more we get into though we know we know better. You make up
your watery eyes and I'll make up more excuses on beyond believable lies you
really don't think I'd do it but we're only a step away from disaster everyday
brings us closer and the closer we get the more we go after pushing each other
over. And I don't want to see us run over by a truck that would be so pointless
so I'm looking both ways but I don't know why I try so hard to avoid it. Can't
make up my mind I'll make up my mind when you make up your mind.

Love is dead. Love is dead, but I still can't get her out of my head, so she'll be gone from now on and I'll regret everything I've ever done. She wasn't coming close to what she was supposed to do. It really doesn't matter, still there's not a sadder lie than I love you.
Singing la la la la love is dead that's why I'm sighing and crying and shaking my head-- love is dead.
Love is sad. Life is bad when you can't get what you could have had. Days are blue, nights are black. I'd do anything if I could have her back, but I'm just a sap and it's not gonna happen now. It's cold dark and stormy and there's nothing for me out there anyhow.
Singing la la la la love is dead that's why I'm crying and lying awake in my bed-- love is dead.
Emotional vertigo was never supposed to happen this time, but if she ever were to go back to me there's nowhere I wouldn't climb. Still out on this limb there's only me, a damaged dim and lonely me, stepping on my own toes while I rattle my chain of woes.

You're an anomaly that's a thing without a name you're worming it out of me
and this worm you cannot change I want to drive you up the wall I want to
treat you like a doll I want to write it out in blood I want an oriental rug on a
star spangled night my love you can rest your head on my shoulder and by the
dawn's early light my love I will defend your right to cry I want to be there at
your trial I want a Love American Style cause I'm a former young american
and I don't know if it's real or re-run there's something you ought to know
before you think you understand I'm invisible and I've got a robot friend I want
to tie you to a post I want to make you tea and toast I want to be there at your
trial I want a love american style.

You're an anomaly that's a thing without a name you're worming it out of me
and this worm you cannot change I want to drive you up the wall I want to
treat you like a doll I want to write it out in blood I want an oriental rug on a
star spangled night my love you can rest your head on my shoulder and by the
dawn's early light my love I will defend your right to cry I want to be there at
your trial I want a Love American Style cause I'm a former young american
and I don't know if it's real or re-run there's something you ought to know
before you think you understand I'm invisible and I've got a robot friend I want
to tie you to a post I want to make you tea and toast I want to be there at your
trial I want a love american style.

They told you that you could be anything you want to be you just have to choose now your life's a living hell cause you're stuck with yourself and we're stuck with you you're with it hip to it up on it but you're still a wreck and one day someday you'll look back and crack don't say you won't cause you know you will later on you're gonna crack get used to it everywhere you've ever been you've felt cut out and pasted in you think that's gonna change? just try not to think about how everything just fizzled out work with what remains you're thinking, sinking, feel just like you're in a trap all this tension something has to snap don't say it won't cause you know you will down the road you're gonna crack get used to it don't say you won't cause you know that you're gonna crack look back and crack and in fact you may have already cracked.

You have to hate the world
it's required by your clothes
consistency is everything
as everybody knows
it's so cold, baby
you're losing your hold, baby
and you're gonna fold, baby
before too long

but don't tell me your secret lies in London
I already know
I can see your secret lies in London
everywhere I go

There is a sun somewhere
extremely far away
your tired eyes, reflecting the sky,
a drizzly steel grey
there's no light in there
and there's no sight in there
I get right in there, and it's all
dark

but don't deny your secret lies in London
it's not worth your while
you can lie back and think of England
and miss it by a mile ya na na na na

you can't conceal your secret lies in London
obvi ous ly not
I can feel your secret lies in London
deeper than you thought ya na na na na