She Likes the Weather

Oh, people on the train to Eden
The circus girl, after all the rodeos,
she settles down alone.
She planted flowers in her basement
so she has a little color when the sky runs low.

chorus:
She likes the weather today
She said "It's rainin' in my head"
All of the flowers I've raised
Come up a little cloudy

Life is bitter. Life is cheap.
The cowgirl settles down alone.
Yeah, ten years out of Eden now
She's got a little garden of her very own.

Now, now, now, now, now...

Step right up! Step right up!
All the circus fires are gone
and the basement lights are on.
You know that all she really wants is just one flower,
clear of color, in a garden,
in a room of her own.

(chorus)
Hey Hey Hey Hey
"Let's go down to the underground", she says
"I wanna wanna wanna shake shake shake shake shake my blades"
All of a sudden she says
"I feel a little lonely"

Oh my darlin' Oh Oh Oh my darlin' girl.
Oh my starvin' Oh Oh Oh my starvin' world.
Life is bitter. Life is cheap.
She rises from the circus seat
leaves the flowers all alone
now everything is overgrown!

(chorus)

She likes the weather today
She likes the weather today
She likes the weather today

Maria quietly talks to me
She says, "Adam, what do you see."
The people lying in the ---- hours of imperception
And I believe I --- the ground
She says, "Hey, what have you found?"
And everything I see is only walking on my way home

chorus:
Look at all the silly people out there
Can't you see?
Oh, all the silly people lying, crying, dying

Believe me and this is what I see
And if you don't, amuse me
We walk in circles and we walk back between indecision
Between the currents we will swim
And then it's over my friend
And everything I see is only walking on my way home

Look at all the silly people out there
Can't you see?
Oh, all the silly people lying, crying, d-d-d-dying

Maria she belongs to me, in between the garden and the sea
I walk in circles and the women walks right here beside me
And if we talk about this town, I must say, "I've been feeling down."
And I've been sliding all the falls, I've seen currents on my way home.

(chorus)

Jaded. Faded.
I don't wanna be afraid.
Jaded. I hate it.
I don't wanna be your slave.

Saw you peakin' round my garden gate
I thought you'd liked what you'd seen
So I said, "Darlin' if you want a little of these peaches,
just come on and shake my tree."

Jaded. Faded.
I don't wanna be your slave.
Jaded. I hate it.
I don't wanna be afraid.
Every wakin' hour
We break down in different combinations.
We spin around in smaller constellations.

Took a ride on the love wheel
Scary, scary go-round and around.
Honey, Honey I don't want none of your money.
I just want off before we hit the ground.

Jaded. Faded.
I don't wanna be your friend.
Jaded. I hate it.
I don't wanna be your slave.

Saw you hangin' around the avenue baby
So I got down outta my tree.
I think I need a little animal honey.
Come on and shake a little monkey with me.

Jaded. Faded.
Oh. I don't wanna be afraid.
Jaded. I hate it.
I don't wanna be your slave

Every wakin' hour
We break down in smaller combinations.
We spin around in different constellations.
Wanna be right there to carry you away
Knowing that our love will last through the day.
It's the same thing.
Gonna be here on the light, on the light
I wanna see me, see me going away
I've been gone such a long time.
Leavin' again today.
Leavin' someday.

Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog
Where no one notices the contrast of white on white
And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right
I walk in the air, between the rain, through myself and back again
Where? I don't know
Maria says she's dying, through the door I hear her cryin'
Why? I don't know

Round Here
We always stand up straight
Round Here
Something radiates
Round Here we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
Round Here
She's slipping through my hands

Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
And she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she's walkin' on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside my warehouse, takes her clothes off
Says she's close to understanding Jesus
Yeah, she knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal, when she's nervous

Round Here
We're carving out our names
Round Here
We all look the same
Round Here
We're cool as kittens, out there the dogs, they cry
Round Here
I'm running out of lives

There, on the violent tide of sleep
She's fast asleep and dreamin'
Here, on the lightenin' side of me
She comes awake

She says, "It's only in my head."
She says, "Shhh...I know, it's only in my head."
The girl on the car in the parking lot
Says, "Man, you should try and take a shot
can't you see my walls are crumbling."
Then she looks up at the building, says she's thinkin' of jumping
She says she's tired of life; she must be tired of something

Round Here
She's always on my mind
Round Here
Hey man, I've got lots of time
Round Here
We're never sent to bed early, man, nobody makes us wait
Round Here
We stay up very, very, very, very late

I said, "I'm under the gun Round Here"
I said, "I'm under the gun, under the gun, Round Here"
She says, "Why you gotta always..."
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog
Where no one notices the contrast of white on white
And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right

I can't see nothin', nothin' Round Here
Said I can't see no
No, no, no Round here
I can't see nothin'...
Round Here

Have you ever seen my face
Fast asleep and dreamin'?

Oh Shannon
The lightnin' fell
There's an army down by the riverside
But I might be dreamin'
I can see that you don't believe me
And I might be dreamin'

If I dip into your water
Fall through my reflection
I will shadow myself anyway

Have you ever seen my face
Fast asleep and dreamin'?
And it don't seem right
That I don't get no sleep at night
What's the river gonna know about leavin'?

Oh Shannon
The soldiers are comin'
The guns are drummin' the night away
Rain, rain go away
Come again some other day
When I got time for believin'

Have you ever seen my face
Fast asleep and dreamin'?
Yeah! What is there left to believe in?!

Oh Shannon
I might be dreamin'
I might be wastin' my life away
listenin' to you
Down on under the streetlight
You shudder and beat
The edge of the waterway

And I know if I had time
I might dive in your water
Lie right down in the evening rain
I just want this pain, pain to go away
Come again some other day
When I got time for bleedin'

Have you ever seen my face
Fast asleep and dreamin'?
And it don't seem right that I don't get no sleep at night
What's the river gonna know about leavin'?

Oh Shannon
I might be dreamin'

A little discipline can bring you down sometimes
This time I got some other ideas
But I don't want them to hear
No, I don't want them to hear

And it may not seem like a sensible scheme
But I think I'd really like to die
Into the pit of my desire or a bed of fire tonight

"Oh no, this is the last time,
honey" she whispers in my ear
But every time I look at her she disappears

Ahh, this time is better than last time
I feel better today

And the music can plays and the elevator sways
But I don't really feel like dancin'
Because elevator dreams never really have much of a beat

She says, "Oh no, this is the last time,
honey, we just wanna calm you down.
You have nothing to fear,
we will get you out of here."
But every time I look at her she disappears

Oh, this time is better than last time
I feel better today
A little discipline can twist you inside out

This time I think you busted the bubble
And I feel much better today
A little discipline can mess you up inside

This time I feel I need a little lift
And I feel like I am a razor
And I feel like I am a razor

And the T.V. pans and the elephants dance
And the nurse looks like she's angry
So the pills slide down in the septic town tonight
She says "Bad boy, just like the last time,
honey" and bites me on the ear
But when I turn to look at her she disappears

Oh, this time I think you shed a little light
I feel much better today
And the elevator dreams with the hobby horse scream
I feel like I'm goin' home
But the nurse says "Son, you're goin' nowhere tonight"

She says "Oh no, this is the last time
sonny, we're gonna have to tie you down
'cause you gotta see clear to be getting out of here"
But then every time I look at her she disappears

Oh, this time I feel a little bit...
But I feel better today
A little discipline can take you out sometime

This time, I feel I might be better
I feel much, much better today
A little discipline can turn you inside out
This time I think you shed a little light
I feel better today
A little discipline can fuck you up inside

This time I feel a little foggy
A little discipline can weigh you down sometimes
I'm dreaming, underground
A little discipline can suffocate your mind

This time, I'm flying home
A little discipline can drive you into the ground

This time I think you shed a little light
I feel much better today

A little discipline can lock you up inside
A little discipline can lock you up

Angels in America

It took so long
to find my way out of here
out of the warm night, to the hard light
shivering with fear

After you're gone, babies
crawling on the world
touching the souls of all the lonely
carefree boys and girls
daddy needs you
mamma feeds you
and they come until they go
but if I'm lonely, I'm the only one who knows

It took so long
to find my way out of here
out of the warm night, to the hard light
shivering with fear
after the slow lonely waiting
I'm all alone, alone and free
If you see me, please believe me
I wannna be

After you're gone, babies
screaming at the rain
hanging a slow heaven
in the wind again

She's been waiting
270 days
sick of waiting
when you see me
please believe me
I'm the only one who cares at all

(chorus) After the slow lonely heaven
I'm all alone, alone and free
if you see me
please believe me
I wanna be

After you're gone...

"My turn this time," he said.
"Now I can do what I want,
now I can walk away mad."

"Cause last time we tried," he said.
"We never get anywhere
We never solve anything."

"It's my turn this time," he said.
And sticks out his chin like a man
Sticks out his chin like a man

"My turn this time," they cried.
And everyone walks in a line
Around in a circle until they die
"My turn this time," they scream.
And diamonds and babies and cars...
Don't add up to anything

"My turn this time," she says.
"I wish we could talk a bit more,
just give me a little more time."

"My turn this time," she says.
"My children are growing up mad,
they never get anywhere."

This time she starts to cry
And everyone stares at the ground
Nobody says a word

"You get one chance each life," she sighs.
"And mine is just passing me by."
He walks out the door and she stares up at the ceiling

"My turn this time," they cry.
And everyone walks in a line
Around in a circle until they die
"My turn this time," they scream.
And diamonds and babies and cars...
Don't add up to anything, at all

"My turn this time," he says.
And he turns the radio on
And he turns the radio off

"My turn this time," she says.
And she laughs at her self
And she laughs at her self

And the sun goes down
And the sun comes up

Sail on Maria, burn her to the ground
Slide your hand between her tears until she comes
Wake up her mother, tell her you're sorry now
All gods children walk before they run

Everything is beautiful in dreamland
Everything is much, much better when we're gone
Think I'm going to write myself a letter
Something you can keep with you forever
Because everybody gets to be perfect when they're gone

Nothing but a child baby
Nothing but a child baby
Nothing but a child baby...
In you're arms, I am

Did you think you were irresponsible
Well I don't see that
One or two children on a workingman's salary
Doesn't seem like a lot to ask
I guess I'll realize in a day or more
I guess I'll realize when her baby starts to cry
Mothers in welfare lines
Husbands who said goodbye
I think I realize
I think I realize, yeah

Didn't you wonder where your bright-eyed babyboy has gone
He's sleeping in the bottom of a wishing well
Wisperin' the ripples through the fates and changes

Did you think you were young and beautiful
Then, I see that
One or two people sliding gracefully together and apart
This sort of thing never lasts
I guess I'll realize in a day or more
I guess I'll realize when I'm twisting in the wind
After I say goodbye, I guess I'll understand why
I guess I realize
I guess I realize

Didn't you wonder where your bright-eyed babyboy has gone
He's a victim in the bottom of a wishing well
Wishing he was anywhere but there and gone
And, didn't anyone wonder where their bright-eyed babyboy has gone
He's sleeping in the bottom of a wishing well
Wishing he wasn't suffering the same dreams all day long

I think I realize
I think I realize
Ahh baby, I think that I realize
I think I realize...

But you wanna talk about this, and talk about that
And everything he says is just impossibly fast
He's never that bad, he's never that good
He's always just a little bit and over understood

And you say, "He's un-American, a little bit."
And you think that that's so cool
You like a little bit, and if he's un-American a little bit
Then you think that he's no fool
Not matter if he is
So alternative, he likes to take our chances

And you wanna talk about this, talk about that
And everything he said is just impossibly crass
He's never that bad, he's never that good
He's always just a little bit and over understood
And you say, "He's not intelligent, we like the way he dances."

He's hearing voices he can't attribute to the ordinary noise
What do you swallow to relax you ordinarily?

He's looking forward to a little rest
But you know that he's so tired
He's fallen in a jar
And everybody's sympathetic more or less even if he's bombed or wired
It's just the way we are
He's so alternative, he likes the blue romances

But you wanna talk about this and talk about that
And everything he does is just impossibly fast
He's never that bad, he's never that good
He's always just a little bit and over understood
And you say, "he's so alternative, he like to take our chances."

He's hearing voices he can't attribute to the ordinary noise
What do you swallow to relax you ordinarily?
Who's gonna explain this mess to the mother of an ordinary boy?
Who was expected to act extra ordinarily

But you wanna talk about this, talk about that
And everything he says is just impossibly fast
He's never that bad, he's never that good
He's always just a little bit ah ah ah ah
I don't wanna talk about it, I don't wanna talk about it
I don't wanna talk about it, I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna talk about it, I don't wanna talk about it
I don't wanna no no no no no no yeah

Hey 99 days out of San Francisco
Headed for Berlin
Hey 99 days left of California
Headed with the wind

If I sail across the water, I'll be floating blind, here beside the wild
Monkey came alive, she's leaving me behind
It's so hard to find

She said,
"I wanna be a plane, I am a red balloon, I'll never be the same
And I'm gone, gone, gone on the wind."
She said,
"You'll never get away, you need a red balloon, you need a better day.
This time, your headed home this time."

Some trips last longer then others, she just said, "Goodbye."
She just float away, I'm gonna die right here this time

Some girls last longer then others,
too few red balloons, too little time tonight

Hey 99 days out San Francisco
Headed for Berlin
Hey 99 days left of California
Setting with the wind, home

Press it among the best years of my heart and my tears
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want
Throw me up on the shore tonight and I'll count the last light
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want...

Come on Ammanda, you know what I mean
You won't be happy 'round here
Got on the wagon the tenth of December
I fell off the first of the year
And I know you wish I was better then that
I know you wish I was dry
God knows I wish I was somebody else
Right now I wish I could die

Press it among the best years of my heart and my tears
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want
Maybe among the earphones of my heart and my soul
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want everything
And I want to be a raider, I want anything
And I want to be a man

What's the matter?
Didn't you think we were trying?
Hey, what's the matter?
Didn't you think I was somebody else who could lie in the wake of you smile?

Spent twenty-six stiffening years down the drain
Women who will spit in your eye
And a drunkard like me gets the worst of your love
Good riddance, good luck and good bye

Press it among the best years of my heart and my tears
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want
Maybe among the hill folds of my heart and my soul
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want
Singing 'till the sky turns and lungs burst and throat burns
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want
Screaming 'till the sun houses my here and my now
And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want everything
And I want to be a sailor, I want anything
And I wanna be a man
I want everything
And I wanna be a sailor, I want anything
And I wanna be a man
And I wanna be a man
And I wanna be a man

Save my Life