- And as Long as I Have Fishes to Feed You
wall warts and wires,
emphatic the (p)liers you hide up your sleeve
the net work delays cant hold me from the day that i lick the bowl clean
you know what...your pistons and pliers
couldn't swear there was some higher ground we'd achieved but
The systems prepared and the tvs are spared as I shake off my feet.
And how they love to talk, how they love to talk talk talk talk talk
And how they'd loved to peek,
- Dying With Decent Music
Maybe better you than me
You’re much weaker, you’re more clumsy
When I forfeit my patience to you
So maybe you’ve had too much wine
Piggy’s flushed up ankles swell up as my lady works the room
“Your sideburns always smell like sex”
Little sister, your big brother, “the fuck” won’t be smothering you
- Neat Manageable Piles
Slip soft that serpintine
And live life off of our knees
Saw tooths and hate
Can edge away ape-man dignity
She said...
"You better leave with what you have
Because when the big one hits 'subtract'
Your no prize like me,
- Now, We Just Slowly Circle the Draining Fish Bowl
I'll come back from the war but everything I touch seems to break
And I won't be the same man I won't be the same man you knew
And I was somewhat tickled by your gauge of your tickertape parade
Now you know and you know that I know
We could dance all night here on their graves
God bless our black souls
Cause the serpent still sleeps
- One Day He Went Out for Milk and Never Came Home
I laid my black heart on the table
It just may make itself at home
Cut short the cord length on the phone
Your smoke alarms and barred windows
Can't save your house, God burn your soul
Is my dinner in the oven?
Lovebird, you haven't touched your bread
- out come the knives
Did sweet daddy die
Square on your birthday?
Some macabrish attempts
To see you'd rue the day
Or appear in the end
And be happy he made it back
To be just in time
- so, how goes the good fight
(This is a little song
A little song about trust)
Don't expect me to fight the good fight for you
And don't expect me to quote myself in quips
Not for you, not for you
So when exactly and precisely
Did I promise all the world to you?
- The House Is Alive And The House Is Hungry
House comes alive, creeks and greets me
The house comes alive and it's hungry
The greedy gills will primp just like some whore
At the bris, at the wedding, at the funeral
My ghost will haunt your house, your dollhouse
‘Cause what do they know, what do they know?
My inky hands will stain your blouse, the good blouse
What do they know, what do they know?
- The Sinking Ship the Grand Applause
Grandfather burned up to ash and returned to the earth which spawned
This nefarious prank that's controlled by the length of his arms
And the kindred is gathered by coffin and chaplain on his behalf
And a discreet tender man clears his throat, waves his hand following a laugh
And the band plays on
Like a fat baby's birth like a cry and curse at the breathing space
While the mother rejoices ten fingers ten toes and a handsome face
- Who Can Deny How Delicious It Tastes
hey, god you'll know Im closing in when the mountains fell when the steeples...they bend
(you want to know how they'll bend?) five times: the width, the glacial, the pace, etc, etc...
at least you know what id give (now) for just one taste, a little taste of it
Never speak of my father again never speak of these plans
Never slip what was said, what'd he say?
"you'll beg to colonize the caves"
one day with a whisk of my hand, with a cut of chin with a wink of my eye
the fax machines come alive. another quick reply
- You Will Never Take Me Alive
let's here it for circuits
lines drawn in the earth
cut to scramble for ramble
little mouse hole to park your new car
& chew off our arms
with teeth we are losing from slow, comfy screwings
three cheers for the backseats
you legs pin that look in your eye
- Your Ankles To Your Earlobes
Shame, shame on you
And your sweet head on the pillow
Take the pills dear let your hair grow
Take a knee, believe you me
With ankles to the earlobes
Bite your lip dear make a wish girl
Bless your heart, bless your heart, bless your heart