- American Standard - Headstrong
I know, I know, I know she has heard this all before
She don't break, she don't sink, don't think, don't think a thing of me
Won't be your favorite girl, won't hear your favorite song
She's heard that song before
She doesn't notice the things that I take for granted
Were my own to give, my own to give and take
- Anything
Indivisible, you are the one
Impossible to hear what you say to me at night
Can't I have some covers back? It's so cold
On the wrong side of the bed
Are you awake are you aware are you anything?
Pictures high, high above the shelf
Letters from me to you, you to me, us to them
Do they express? they say anthing? anything at all....?
- Break The Spell
This, with every good wish I will bring to you
The next place we land is the remedy
For you and me
If the part of you that wants to settle down
Wants the part of me that wants to move around
Nothing out there will ever break the spell
- Dislocated
I had an awful wakeup dream, everything was just what it seemed
I had a nightmare soaked in light, everything was cracked from inside
I've seen the way I go in the end, I shut my eyes to begin
Little black cars stretched out In a line
All moving backwards in time
There's no connection
There's no emotion
- Dreaming Against Me
I can tell that your angry with me
By the way that you fall asleep
Its like your dreaming against me
And your body moves to the edge of the lake
I can tell when you've had enough
By the way we move in the dark
- Favorite Dog
That's my other hand, open and empty
It wants one too, I guess
That's my other jaw, swollen and shameless
It talks too much, I know
And another singer is born, every sip I take
Drain away my words, just like they were my flesh and bone
And they're barkin' at me, yeah, they're workin' on me
Just like my favorite dog
- Headstrong
I know, I know, I know she has heard this all before
She don't break, she don't sink, don't think, don't think a thing of me
Won't be your favorite girl, won't hear your favorite song
She's heard that song before
She doesn't notice the things that I take for granted
Were my own to give, my own to give and take
- Home Stretch
Yeah you in your mother's new shoes
Bet you like them as much as her blues
Don't tell anyone - but I plan to move
The first time you look away
Tell me the new apron strings
Taste to you, yes
My pretty young things
You tell me that hatred is king
- Honey of Generation
What's your mother say?
You never listen to me?
I know you want back in
You don't get it for free
You better read the book, and
Hear what they say
Best learn the rules
- Last Kiss
You were my first mistake
And even if thats true
I would take that punch again
If it would bring me back
I thought id changed for you
It turns out just not enough
Distance and telephones
- Lucky
Mean Mr. Mustard says he's bored
of life in The District.
Can't afford the French Quarter high
says it gets old real quick
and he pales up next to me
scrawled on the pavement
It says: Son, time is all the luck
you need.
- Peel
I'm going back to Virginia
If it's not too late, to make my break
Maybe Carolina
near the company of Grace
If I find New Orleans
you know my will just fades
when I see all my people
on the Esplanade
- Settle Up
I'm a False Start on a Jukebox, a broken heart after last call
It's lights up, I'm locked in, and now its time to settle up
No slow emotion anymore
I know the secret of this town
Faster Faster you're to the floor
It sets you up just to knock you down
- Shelf Life
Words keep falling from my mouth,
Trying just to slow them down.
Keep on spilling around,
Saying, "Why do you hurt me?"
And if anger is my gift,
The only gift I'm fit to bring,
Then put me on your shelf,
See the winter in me.
- Southwestern State
Been draggin' this mask
All over town
With my face still in it
No one saw that I did it
Things they've done to me
You would never believe
Believe me they're true
- Wait
I imagine long walks down the road
Things begin to bloom and the sky explodes
The damage is undone, and then I know
This has got to be a
Dream machines and luxuries don't last
I took my sleep for granted in the past
And I woke up half-dead in the hourglass
Now, does that sound funny?