And I'm wonderin' where the hell you all are...
Johnny feel good
Johnny right on
Johnny miss you
Johnny light on
Johnny makes me
Feel strangely good about myself
And I've never met a man I was so crazy about
It kinda has become an obsession to me
I hate him all the time but I still get up
When he knocks me down
And he orders me around
'Cause it loosens me up
And I can't get enough
And I pay to spend the night with him some more!
And I liked him
Let me tell you I liked him more and more
I liked it
I liked it yeah
I really liked it...
POLYESTER BRIDE
I was talking, not two days ago
To a certain bartender I'm lucky to know
And I asked Henry,
My bartending friend
If I should bother dating unfamous men
And Henry said:
"You're lucky to even know me.
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free
'Cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes"
And then he said:
"Do you want to be a Polyester Bride?
Do you want to hang your head and die?
Do you want to find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"
And I was sitting not two days ago
Feeling lonely 'cause I'm just feeling low
And I asked Henry,
My bartending friend
Why it is that there are those kind of men
And Henry said:
"You're lucky to even know me.
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free
'Cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes"
And then he said:
"Do you want to be a polyester bride?
Do you want to hang your head and die?
Do you want to find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale?
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"
"Princess, do you really want to flap your wings and fly...
'Cause you've got time."
He keeps telling me
"You've got time."
But I don't believe him
"You've got time."
I keep on pushing harder...
I keep on pushing farther away
He keeps telling me "Baby"
He says "Baby"
Yeah
And Henry said:
"You're lucky to even know me.
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free
'Cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes"
And then he said:
"Do you want to be a polyester bride?
Do you want to hang your head and die?
Do you want to find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale?
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"
And Henry said:
"You're lucky to even know me.
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free
'Cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes"
And then he said:
"Do you want to be a polyester bride?
Do you want to hang your head and die?
Do you want to find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale?
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"
(Away from here) etc...
LOVE IS NOTHING
You thought I was something from afar
You thought I'd totally excite you
I guess it's just another thing to stand up close and ignite you
Love is nothing, nothing, nothing
Like they say...
You gotta pick up the little pieces every day
You were telling me the friends we have in common...
By the time I figured it out you were yawning
Love is nothing, like they say
You gotta get up and work the people everyday
And I thought, "Who am I?"
"Who's this guy?"
"Would I lie
To make the day blur into the night...?"
BABY GOT GOING
Baby got goin' on a southern train, you know
Fired up pistons drivin' below
And the whole vibration, seat upholstery
Silky underwear, oh conductor let's roll!
Baby got goin' but I can't complain, you know
It knocks me out when she acts so strange,
It's like a Big Mac truck cut across three lanes in my soul,
Conductor let's throw some metal down, roll!
Squeeze her knees underneath a book, you know
A real good shakin' is all it took
Cause my baby's hooked on me, and as you can see
I'm wild about her!
She gets mad when it goes too slow, so I'm beggin' you man
Keep a-shovelin' that coal and let's roll!
Dinah, blow your horn!
UNCLE ALVAREZ
There's a portrait of Uncle Alvarez
Hanging in the hall
Nobody wants to look at it
But Uncle Alvarez sees us all
Ho ho ho imaginary accomplishments
Hey hey hey you visionary guy!
You might even shake the hands of presidents
Better send a postcard and keep the family quiet
He's not really part Cherokee Indian
He didn't fight in the Civil War
He's just Eugene Isaac Alvarez
We feel sorry for the wall
And it's a long way down,
You're hoping for a heart attack
Running around, investing in this and that,
And your beautiful wife keeps your life on a shelf for you
Save in the bedroom where there's no dust or mildew
And it's hard to believe you were once a beautiful dancer...
Better just to shake it off
As you write your resume
Don't think of Uncle Alvarez
And the price he had to pay!
You might even shake the hands of presidents
Better send some money to the Alma Mater
ONLY SON
ALl these babies are born
To the wrong kind of people
And I wish I had known
I was not good enough
I'm the worst kind of son
Bringing shame to my family
And I know I have worn
My mother's heart out, believe me
I saw it
I saw it coming
All these things I have done
To my little little sister
When I try to support her
She don't believe me
Why should she?
I hurt her
I mean I hurt her
So goodbye, so long, I'm gone already
I'm running out of time
I'm losing my mind
Won't you come take me home?
Wont's somebody hold me?
All these babies are born
Like a field full of poppies
Who's gonna know which are torn?
I believe I'll soon leave the meadow
I see my shadow
I think I'm losing my soul...
GO ON AHEAD
You go on ahead, honey
You have a good time there
You make me feel funny
I'm no ordinary lover or friend
I believe we have things to do
I believe in myself and I believe in you
I believe when I sleep you are near to me
When you sleep I am near to you
You walk out of the room with your hands so deep in your pockets,
I don't recognize you
You say you're a ghost in our house and I realize
I do think I see through you
It's a death in our love that has brought us here
It's a birth that has changed our lives
It's a place that I hope we'll be leaving soon
And i fear for the year in his eyes
And it goes around in circles: one night is lovely,
The next is brutal
And you and I are in way over our heads with this one,
It's hard to admit it, but you hold me and I can't feel you
We hurt but we smile
I promise I'll make it back when the summer has warmed me awhile
HEADACHE
I can see the Russian Army rolling through my head
On one side of me lies the enemy, the other half is dead
I've got diamonds and I've got pearls...
And I said, "Hey mister, won't you come for me?"
You can take me home, but I will never be your girl
I won't let your mystery unfurl
That's the whole thing about it...
I'm so in love today
I've been waiting at the bus stop
Come my way?
I'm a psychosomatic sister
Running around without a leash
Snow is falling, January's all across the land
I've got seven other men in the ditches behind me,
And I think I'm the last survivor...
RIDE
As I stumble into bed,
I curse the devil in my head
And if I die before I wake
I hope the lord won't hesitate
To pluck my coffin from the ground
He need not heed the neighbors now
And throw me up for all to see,
The flies of August swarming me...
I get a ride
Right by your side
Under your skin
I'm digging in
Well I don't know, but I've been told
The road to heaven is paved with gold
And if I die before I wake
I need a ride
From you
Well sticks and stones can break my bones
And boys can make me kick and moan
But when I want it autodrive, I get a ride
From you
I get a ride
98.5
Positive T-cell
Regeneration
Regeneration
Regeneration
Positive T-cell
Regeneration!
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY
But don't worry, mom, I met him in a restaurant
And all this time I've been getting to know him
He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena, and sometimes she's a mess
To deal with, but mostly we've been living here uninjured...
There's a silence, and she says,
"Listen here young lady. All that matters is what makes you happy,
But you leave this house knowing my opinion won't
Make you love me if you don't care to."
But mom, I'm sending you this photograph, I swear this one is going to last
And all those other bastards were only practice!
I feel the sun on my back...
I smell the earth in my skin...
I see the sky above me like a full recovery...
She said "Listen here young lady.
All that matters is what makes you happy,
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
It won't make a difference if you're not ready."
FANTASIZE
He's a friend of mine
Kind of special guy
He's a runaround
Hey you've got to hide your love away
I hear people are talking about us
I just have to say
I lie awake every night
Thinking about you I fantasize
All around us people changing
Hey you've got to hide your love away
I hear people are talking about us
He's a special guy
Kind of sentimental
Inside
Hey you've got to hide your love away
I hear people are talking about us
That's okay with me
Get it easily
Inside
SHITLOADS OF MONEY
Louis is probably thirty years old
But he looks like a solid 45
Louis says he's got a headache
I look in his eyes, and I believe him
The big L.K.'s and the gangster disciples
Louis can't think of what else could take over,
But he just can't get up in the morning
A genuine face, braced for survival...
It's nice to be liked
But it's better by far to get paid
I know that most of the friends that I have
Don't really see it that way
But if you could give 'em each one wish
How much do you wanna bet?
They'd wish success for themselves and their friends
And that would include lots of money
Don't know how many times you were stuck in the morning
You just couldn't move, though your mother was calling
You know what you need
Is a Lotto revival
A train flashes by and you're lost in a spiral...
It's nice to be liked
But it's better by far to get paid
I know that most of the friends that I have
Don't really see it that way
But if you could give 'em each one wish
How much do you wanna bet?
They'd wish success for themselves and their friends
And that would include lots of money
Take the train on up to the zoo
Don't look back on what you've been through
Cause everyone's got a Monday...
It looks like shit and it must be America
It burns so quick,
Then it must be America
It's nice to be liked
But it's better by far to get paid
I know that most of the friends that I have
Don't really see it that way
But if you could give 'em each one wish
How much do you wanna bet?
They'd wish success for themselves and their friends
And that would include lots of money
That would surely include lots of money.
You have got to have shitloads of
M-O-N-E-Y, money
GIRLS' ROOM
I'm sleeping in the girls' room
I'm sleeping in the girls' room
I'm sleeping in the sky
I'm sleeping in the water
I'm sleeping in the girls' room
I'm sleeping in the girls' room
I'm sleeping in the girls' room tonight
Here comes Tiffany
My best friend, Tiffany
Wearing a size too small of sweater
Me and Tiffany
Dressing up pretty
We love to ride, we love to canter
My best friend Tiffany,
She is so popular
We're going from site to site and pool to pool tonight
And we hear Terry say
That Tricia's okay
But she ought to learn to shave her bikini line better
And Tauren was born, like her mother, in a storm
And Tracey's been away forever...
