Why everybody look at my behavior?
Why everybody frown in my direction?
Why would I want to be like you ?
If we start to agree then I've already lived too long

I love my intoxication
It took a long, long, long, long time
getting it down, a'gettin it down
If I get too high you know that I've decided
I'm living longer than I want to

Somebody slipped my man a Mickey
He been face down since quarter to two
I got ten bills to pay and no money to play
And one screaming demon cat

So you don't say !
If I buy your brand for twice the price
But nice to green things
I can have a longer life?
I'm already

Living longer than I want to

If we start to agree
I've lived too long

Up Ahead

Who's that knocking in my head?
I can't see, to me you know it's all ruby red
I know it's all right, I know it's all right,
I know it's all right
'Cuz the light is just Up Ahead

Who's that sleeping in my bed?
Oh my God, there's another one left for dead
I know it's all right, I know it's all right,
I know it's all right
'Cuz the light is just Up Ahead

Don't you think it's funny when a walk in the park
Leaves you running in the dark

Where's my money, who has my car?
This time I think I took it just a little too far
I know it's all right, I know it's all right,
I know it's all right
'Cuz the light is just Up Ahead

Can you feel the light now.

(dialogue)

Hey, there's a party at the Gas Haus tonight, do you want to go?
Oh man, I don't know. My head is killing me.

Did I leave my cigarettes in your car?
Dude, I don't know. I can't find my car.

Hey I saw Fish last night. He was pretty messed up.
Trip.

I think the cops are after me again.
Drag.

Attention all planets of the Solar Federation.
Ha! That was a hot album.

Barstool Perspective

Hello, don't I know you. I really should recall the face
Hold on, it's coming to me. I almost can pinpoint the place

Try not to worry, I'm always this dazzling
Just stop me when I cross the line
Try not to judge me, I'm laughing too loud
As always the pleasure was mine

Soak me down, I'll be around after school on a barstool
No doubt I'll be showing off
my favorite paper napkin trick

Anyway, have I told you my barstool perspective
So glad you are smiling. Do I entertain you?

Try not to hate me I'm seldom this creepy
it's just that I'm losing my mind
It's not necessary that you should berate me
I can put myself down just fine

Soak me down, I'll be around after school on a barstool
No doubt I'll be showing off
my favorite candy corn trick

I'm sure that you know I'm famous in my own mind
I'm a quintessential classic. Have you read me?

It's not enough that I'm gilding the Lilly.
The goal here's to have a good time
Pour me another. I'll drink one to you
and contemplate life for awhile

Soak me down, I'll be around after school on a barstool
I'll be reading my new poem,
it's called the last banana

I'll be singing my new songs.
Sorry no requests now

Suck It Up

I'm a Daisy girl
A mean pistol dandy
Hey bro, can you lay your money down

I'm a dandy lion
Blow me on you
Let me loose I'll fly away

And were you counting on me to stand aside silently
and hand the advantage to you.
And were you cursing my name and throwing blows at my shadow
as I'm leaving you in the wind. So suck it up, yeah.

Clover deep and rover high
Well you can pick the sweetest
Smelling lie

I'm running for a darker red
Black by any other name

And so you run for a rose that ain't so pretty.
And there is blood on the thorn of life.

Cry Out

We watched a TV program on 1965, my friend and me.
It was a different world then said Miss Normality.
Do you ever recall when we were young
and nothing scared us.

And for the first time in my life
I knew that freedom had a price.
It seems to me, the more diverse we are
the more perverse we become.
She said I'll be starting on that family soon.
What am I gonna do now?

Tell me when its over and I won't open my eyes until then.
You're my sweet friend.

So cry, cry out, so Jesus might know your pain.
Cry, cry out in a world that's so insane.

Gas Haus

Cool kitty cool
Yeah daddy o' bingo
Dirty dogs howling, say a rat's in the yard

The word is out, the blues are looking for you
And Peanut's scared and he won't come out tonight
No he won't come out tonight

So get on downtown, times a' wasting
We're gonna rage at the Gas Haus at nine

And everybody here is feeling funky
Everybody here is still alive.

Watcha gonna do, when the
chicken comes scratching?
I got a tune, I say what you got, what you got now

Me and Fish been making friends
with the two-ton gypsy lady
She says the joint is coolsville all night

So get on downtown, times a' wasting
We're gonna rage at the Gas Haus at nine

Electric Love

Spinning round and round
A haze of color fills my eyes
The night is a flame

As I steal
I steal away in my mind

So come with us into Electric Love
It's you and I who bleed for Electric Love
Join together into Electric Love
Trip with us into Electric Love

Singing songs to you
My mind is clear to visualize
The stage it's alive

As I steal
I steal away in my mind

Tribal Soup

Tribal man you are the maker
of my seething current
Tribal man you are the taker
of the spirit in me and I say, yeah

On and on I go
Deep into my soul

Tribal man, you're making music
while the river rises
Tribal man, you're making music
while the river rises above my head

On and on he goes
Deep into my soul

On and on I go
Deep into my soul

Friend of Mine

If I weren't so high I'd be sitting right beside you
Checking our look in pools of yesterday's rain
And if you were stoned I'd keep you in stitches
Pointing out how cool it would be
If our arms were detachable

Then we could wrap them around everybody
Wrap them around everyone for one big hug

You paid attention, I'd like to pay you back sometime
You called me over, I like that you're a friend of mine.

Let's hook up later for some whiskey and a cigarette
You like to hear my stories and don't mind if I lie
And when we get too drunk we can go a little crazy
Change our shoes around for fun, put 'em on the wrong feet

Then our walk home wouldn't be quite so boring
Yes and now it might truly be an adventure

Parade

Yeah we got it all figured out just right
Just me and you and couple of bright ideas
Dreamed up in a dim light

But just how far can we really go
On this bottle of white wine and
All we think we know

Will my face look the same in the light of day
And what on earth makes my lips speak your name
And what if it's cold today

This time of year always feels the same
Bringing on emotions that never really came
When they should have

But I can always find a place to hide in your eyes
When the street lights yellow and ablaze
They can no longer light my way

You see I'm planning my parade for a day in May
And I hope it don't rain
And will you be there when it's said and done
in the summer sun
Or what if it's cold that day

You see I'm planning my big charade for a day in May
And I hope to God it don't rain
And will you be there when it's said and done
after all the fun
And will my lips taste the same,
will you call my name
And why should be dwell in shame
when we can cast our blame
On the weather change