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Funeral Genius

The sky below is always falling
a little
Gray cakes of sound
rust
You speak late come
quiet
What space is
between us

The subway fires its shotgun start
And I just love the city a lot
despite you

Don’t go over the yellow
line
And you’ll be just
fine

You have followed me even here
my anger keeps you stalking near

Even though I know
better
Dream in blue but breathe in red-
orange
through exhaust pipe
lungs

Funny how I dream about
living
as much as I dream about
dying
Because you happen to be
a funeral
genius

What good does it
do me?
I feel the devil on my
neck
closing in, quite
a threat
 

The subway fires its shotgun start
And I just think about living a lot
despite you

I Wanna Know What I Don’t Know

I’m going down that road
I wanna know what I don’t know
I’m not listening to you
You can’t tell me what to do
You won’t listen
You won’t listen
You won’t listen to me
 

I wanna know what I don’t know
I got nothing for you
I don’t know how to be
But I got to be free
You won’t listen
You won’t listen
You won’t listen to me

I’m sorry I have to leave this way
But you know I cannot stay
I’ve spent everything I’ve ever had
I know you’re unhappy but I’m glad
Because now I can go down that road
Dreaming of some other kind of gold
 

I’m going down that road
where I go, nobody knows
I wanna do what I don’t know
I wanna know what I don’t know
You won’t listen
You won’t listen
You won’t listen to me

You don’t listen to me
Cause I want to be free
All I’ve got is time
You think I’ve lost my mind
You won’t listen
You won’t listen
You won’t listen to me

I’m sorry I have to leave you this way
But you know I cannot stay
Tomorrow is the day I’m going my way
Tomorrow is the day I’m going my way
I’m sorry I have to leave this way
But you know I cannot stay
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah

Belong Here

I have dreamed more songs than
I’ll ever write
I have done more wrongs than
I’ll ever right
I don’t know how I’ll
sleep tonight
ooooh belong here
ooooh belong here

Who cares about the songs now?
Who can go on
This is not meant to happen
Can’t you see
From this moment
Our dreams may not be
ooooh belong here
ooooh belong here
 

I want to belong here
Who will write the songs, yeah!
I want to belong here
Who will write the songs, yeah!
I want to belong here
Who will write the songs, yeah!
 

We lost everybody
and everything
But this is what matters
To me
What will I do when
you go too?
ooooh belong here
ooooh belong here
 

I want to belong here
Who will write the songs, yeah!
I want to belong here
Who will write the songs, yeah!
I want to belong here
Who will write the songs, yeah!
I will dream my songs, yeah!
I will belong here
I will sleep tonight

Bottle of Beauty

 
Everybody want a bottle of beauty
Pick it up at your local store
Everybody want a little sugar
Everybody want to taste so sweet

 
Luscious bottle
Poison dye
Seeps across the street
Seductress lies
Seductress lies
Seductress lies


Cellulite Celia wants some artificial sweetener
The kind that melts your mind in the neon peep show
Woh oh
Luscious bottle
Poison dye
Seeps across the street
Seductress lies
Seductress lies
Seductress lies
Lies
Lies
 

Everybody want a bottle of beauty
A little something they can hold
Petrified souls and cancer candy
If you don’t mind I’ll keep mine whole
Woh oh
Luscious bottle
Poison dye
Seeps across the street
Seductress lies
Seductress lies
Seductress lies

I Can’t Tell You to Stay

What can I tell you
That I could not tell you today
I said what can I tell you, sugar
That I could not tell you today

I can’t tell you to stay, no way
I can’t tell you to stay, no way
 

I’m going away
Said I’m going away
You won’t see me tomorrow
You won’t see me today
You won’t see me today
You won’t see me today

I know what I know
I don’t know where my heart’s suppose to go
Tell me something mean I’ll be sure to go
Tell me something sweet I just don’t know
I’ll stay if you mean it that way
I’ll stay tomorrow and today

What can I tell you
That I could not tell you today
What can I tell you, sugar
That I could not tell you today

I can’t tell you to stay, no way
I can’t tell you to stay, no way

America Where Are You

The poor get poorer, the rich get sicker
The poor have nothing, the rich want more
Always a good reason
To start a war

This war is more than a decade old
But who dreams of peace
When everyone wants a piece?

Who can stop this madness
When everyone is mad
And God tells them to do it, yeah
I wish I hadn’t been had
I wish I hadn’t been had

No, not me
I don’t listen to the news
And perpetual blanket threats
I live in denial and regret

I’m just as much at fault
As the world is
As America is

Who can stop this madness
When everyone is mad
And God tells them to do it, yeah
I wish I hadn’t been had
I wish I hadn’t been had

America, where are you?
America, where are you?
I dream of peace,
but I don’t do anything

This is no song
This is just regret
There are no more anthems
(At least not yet)

We believe in freedom,
but only for ourselves
We believe in freedom,
but for no one else
but for no one else

America, I don’t believe in you, anymore
I don’t know where you are?
America, where are you?
(maybe I’ll find myself, too)
(maybe I’ll find myself, too)

America, I don’t believe in you, anymore
I don’t know where you are?
America, where are you?
(maybe I’ll find myself, too)
(maybe I’ll find myself, too)

America, where are you?
America, where are you?

Worth It

Is it really worth it?
And do we actually deserve it?
Will we get what we want
when we only know what we don’t want?

I am not a rock star
I can’t quite play guitar
Will we really go far?
And if we do, can we take it
back?

You’re the one with all the drive, ambition
I’m the one who watches too much television
There’s so many homeless poets writing verse
So, we’ll never ever get to be the first,
But, I hope we won’t be the last

All the people who have everything
act as if they have nothing
How could it be worth it?
If they feel worthless?

I am not a rock star
I can’t quite play guitar
I didn’t know I wanted this
I never expected music

You’re the one with all the drive, ambition
I’m the one who watches too much television
There’s so many homeless poets writing verse
So, we’ll never ever get to be the first,
But, I hope we won’t be the last

I am not a rock star
I can’t quite play guitar
But who cares if we go far
as long as I keep trying to play
guitar

In the Know

Downtown is where it’s at
That’s where I lay my hat
Uptown can go to
Hell

Tell me where to go, ya know
Are you in the know, ya know
Tell me where to go
Are you really in the know
Tell me where to
Go
I’m cool
I’m cool
I’m cool

West Village wannabees
Chelsea tries hard to please
Trendies are all
around

Tell me where to go, ya know
Are you in the know, ya know
Tell me where to go
Are you really in the know
Tell me where to
Go
I’m cool
I’m cool
I’m cool

You’re so cool
Why can’t I be like you?
You’re so cool
Why can’t I be like you?
Why can’t I be like you?
Why can’t I be like you?
Why can’t I be like you?

Soho’s the artist stop
Bedford is where they squat
That’s where the posers
Go


Tell me where to go, ya know
Are you in the know, ya know
Tell me where to go
Are you really in the know
Tell me where to
Go
I’m cool
I’m cool
I’m cool

When you’re around
Nothing gonna bring me down
When you’re around
Nothing gonna bring me down
Nothing gonna bring me down
Nothing gonna bring me down

Show Me That Look in Your Eyes

When I look into your eyes
Wanna see the sun start to rise
Wanna see that look of surprise
Wanna see it light up my skies
 

Blessing me with all your love
Sent to me from heaven above
When I see that look in your eyes
Lord woman it gets me by
 

Show me that look in your eyes
Show me that look of surprise
Show me that look in your eyes
Lord woman it gets me by
Lord woman it gets me by
 

Woman you get me by
Show me them sweet sweet eyes
Woman you get me by
Your eyes could never lie
Show me that look in your eyes

When I look into your eyes
Lord you know I’m just gonna die
When I see that sun start to rise
Wanna see it light up my skies
 

Blessing me with all your love
Sent to me from heaven above
When I see that look in your eyes
Lord woman it gets me by

Show me that look in your eyes
Show me that look of surprise
Show me that look in your eyes
Lord woman it gets me by
Lord woman it gets me by

Woman you get me by
Show me them sweet sweet eyes
Woman you get me by
Your eyes could never lie
Show me that look in your eyes

When I look into your eyes
Wanna see the sun start to rise
Wanna see that look of surprise
Wanna see it light up my skies

Blessing me with all your love
Sent to me from heaven above
When I see that look in your eyes
Lord woman it gets me by

Show me that look in your eyes
Show me that look of surprise
Show me that look in your eyes
Lord woman it gets me by
Lord woman it gets me by

So Slow

I’ve been waiting a long, long time
I’ve been waiting a long, long time
They say the years will disappear
They say the years will disappear
But they go so slow
But they go so slow

Why can’t it just hurry up
Why can’t it just hurry up
Why can’t it just hurry up

I want to run out of time
I’m in a killing state of mind

I’m trapped between the days
I’m trapped between the days
And they go so slow
And they go so slow

Years seem to bleed out of me
I’m here but not really
Years seem to bleed out of me
I’m here but not really

Why can’t it just hurry up
Why can’t it just hurry up
Why can’t it just hurry up

I want to run out of time
I’m in a killing state of mind

I’m in a killing state
I’m in a killing state
I’m in a killing state

of mind
of mind

I’m so tired of time
I’m losing my mind
I’m so tired of time
I’m losing my mind

Three Times A Midnight

Three times a midnight
I lose my soul
But I’m not the only devil that god unknows

Who am I?
No one who’s ever free
I am everyone crushed into me

I’ll take you on a suicide drive
Still, you’ll remain alive
Even after you‘ve gone and died

Three times a midnight I go, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Three times a midnight Don’t ya know, know, know
Three times a midnight I go, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Three times a midnight, well I go

Three times a midnight
I walk through dreams
Versed in madness I scream

Who am I?
Someone who’s never free
I am everyone crushed into me

I’ll take you on a suicide drive
Still, you’ll remain alive
Even after you‘ve gone and died

Three times a midnight I go, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)
Three times a midnight Don’t ya know, know, know
Three times a midnight I go, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Three times a midnight, well I go

Devil in a Dream

Saw a devil in a dream
Don’t mean a goddamn thing
Don’t mean a goddamn thing

Saw a devil in a dream
Saw a devil in a dream
Don’t mean a goddamn thing
Don’t mean a goddamn thing Yeah Yeah Yeah

Hanging on the window sill
Seemed very ill but I looked further still
Saw a devil
Devil in a dream
Devil in a dream
Don’t mean a goddamn thing
Don’t mean a goddamn thing
Devil in a dream

Tried to kill me three times
Know he wanted me to die
Even though, I need to know, I need to know why
Was his sister
Devil’s friend

Tried to kill me three times
Wanting me to die
Can you ever begin?
Or does it matter why?
Does it matter why?
Does it matter why?

Saw a devil
Saw a devil in a dream
Devil in a dream
Saw a devil in a dream
Don’t mean a goddamn thing!