ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HIT ME
WITH YOUR STICK
I THINK I'D RATHER EAT NAILS
THAN HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR MUG
ANY TIME SOON
SO I CAUGHT YOU BY SURPRISE
DOES THAT MEAN
YOU MUST BE SO CRUEL
ALL THE TIME

SILENCE IS RINGING
YES IT COULD BE
MY HEART IS BREAKING
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE STOLEN
NO MORE THAN A DAY
YOU MY FRIEND
DON'T UNDERSTAND ME
BUT I DON'T CARE
I AM FUCKED UP ON YOU
FROM AFAR

TO ABOUT FIFTY FIVE TIMES
WHAT WE THOUGHT SO
READY FOR THE ONSLAUGHT
WE SPLIT A DRAFT BEER
YOU PASSED THE PEANUTS
TO THE GIRL IN THE BOOTH
AND SHE PUT THEM IN HER BOTTLE
IT MADE THE COKE FIZZ UP
AROUND THE GLASS LIP
AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN
"MAN IF I HAD SOME DOUGH,
I KNOW I COULD HAVE
A CHICK LIKE THAT THERE"
THEN YOU TOSSED A FIN
ON THE BAR
AND WE MADE FOR
THE SLIT OF LIGHT
IN THE DOOR
WITH THE GRAVEL
LOT BEYOND
AND IT WAS THEN I WAS HIT WITH THE SOBER REALIZATION
THAT MY CAR WAS WAITING
MY BABY NUZZLED UP AGAINST A CURB
I'D HAVE TO SELL IT
I'D HAVE TO SELL IT
TO MAKE ENOUGH
TO PAY BACK LON AND BURT

DID YOU MAKE A MISTAKE
RUNS IN YOUR STOCKINGS
A CASE OF THE SHAKES
WHERE JIMI
MEETS MAIN
YOU ERR TOO
TAP INTO WHAT'S GOLD
AND DRAIN THE TRUTH
TO DULL THE PAIN
CAUSE THE VEIL OF TEARS
IS CALLING AGAIN
TO BE REBORN
AT THE TOP OF THE ACT
WE COMMENCE WITH A MAJOR
NO-NO
IT BEGINS AND STARTS WITH
A COMMON REFRAIN
THE NEEDLE IN MY VEIN

A CALL IN THE CLARION MOONLIGHT
I WAIT IN CLEAN WHITE SMOOTH AND TIGHT
TAKEN AS IS AND ONLY JUST NOW IN SIGHT
PLEASURE IS AS DANCERS DO
WITH ONLY THE PARTNER IN MIND
AND WITH SPIRIT AND BODY
WELL THERE'S YOUR TATTOO
THE ONE THAT SAYS
"RIPEN ME
AND DRINK ME
LIKE A FINE WINE"

WAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
A WEEK IN A SINK
A PISS AND A WINKING GERBERA
AND A TRASHY SUPER
SMELLS LIKE HYGIENE
THAT YOU'D BUY
IN A NIGHTCLUB
DENVER WAS CLEAN
BUT THE BAR REEKED
OF PINE SOL
AND THAT ALWAYS PUTS ME
OFF MY FEED

TIMID WANDERER
AND RAGGED
TRUSTY SPOOL
WRAPPED
IN A RACING FORM
YOU COME AGAIN
TRACING A CIRCLE
WITH YOUR BACK
WALLS CLOSE IN
MOVEMENT WAITS
ON YOUR SHOULDER

DOES IT TAKE TO DISCOVER
THE LENGTH OF YOUR LATEST
DO OVER
YOU TRIED IT ONE WAY
I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN
MY LIFE AWAY

SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE TUB
A CONFESSION AND YOUR NAME
YOU INSPIRE MY HEART
TO CONSIDER
BREAKING IN HALF
AND NEVER BEING WHOLE AGAIN

STACKS OF REPEAT REMINDERS
REGRETFULLY ARRANGED
I DREAM OF YOU FROM TIME TO TIME
BUT THEN AGAIN I'M DERANGED

SO HERE'S A 'HOW'D HE DO IT'
RESPECTFULLY WRITTEN IN BLOOD
BENEATH A KIND
OF EROTIC EXCHANGE
OF ALL YOU WERE
AND ALL I NEVER WAS

PASS ON THE LIGHT
NO USE KEEPING EDISON
RICH ALL NIGHT

THE HOUSE IS ABLAZE
AND THE BILLS THEY ARE MOUNTING
I WON'T LET YOU OUT OF MY SIGHT

WELCOME THE NEW AND LET THE OTHERS TAKE FLIGHT
PASS ON THE LIGHT
NO USE KEEPING EDISON
RICH ALL NIGHT

WHEN MARY GETS TIGHT
SHE'S UP STAIRS IN HER PARLOR IN THE DARKNESS
SETTING IT RIGHT

WELCOME THE NEW AND LET THE OTHERS TAKE FLIGHT
NO USE KEEPING EDISON
RICH ALL NIGHT

WHEN JAMIE GETS DRUNK
LET HIM FEEL HIS WAY ALONG IN THE DARKNESS
TURN OUT THE LIGHT

WELCOME THE NEW AND LET THE OTHERS TAKE FLIGHT
NO USE KEEPING EDISION
RICH ALL NIGHT

THE FEELING OF SOARING
AND ROL-LER COAST-ING
OVER THE OCEAN
GIVING IN TO THE RHYTHM
LIKE A TIDE OR A BIRD
ON THE WING OR THE FLY
OR A MR. SALTY CURVE