We'll Get Along

I took the cigarette from out your lips,
     and gave you our first kiss;
you kissed me back, and then pushed me away
     with this to say:

you wanted me, but we were in the wrong.
I wanted you, so wrote this fucking song;
then you were fucking me, and it was over--
I knew you were a fucker, not a lover.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while other worlds are breaking down,
we'll get along just fine.

You and I were friends, and only just,
     but when has that stopped us?
We two do play the game without a plan,
     because we can.

And even when the clock was striking twelve,
we were both so caught up in ourselves.
Name a reason why I'd take it slow;
this isn't love, it's just a fashion show.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while London Bridge is falling down,
we'll get along just fine.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while other worlds are breaking down,
we'll get along just fine.

We'll get along just fine.

Waltz No. 3

Do you have a moment to spend
hearing out the words of a friend of a friend?
There's something I think you should hear,
just one thing I ought to make clear
If you will lend me your ear
and listen here,
my dear.

I suppose I ought to confess,
I thought of you when I put on this dress,
I was hoping only for a glance
this was no happenstance,
see, I wrote this waltz for a chance
to take your hands,
and dance.

You don't need to humor me,
that will not be necessary
and if so there's no need for making haste
but if you would like a taste
go ahead and place your hands on my waist,
Vienna waits
for you.

The Things I Will Say Are All True

the moon is a cheshire cat
smiling upon you,
the stars are his frozen tears
of pain, joy, and gospel
according to john, you
grow lovelier every year.


the moon is a loveseat
that hangs from a willow,
and i hear the view's mighty fair;
the stars are the cars
that our loved ones drive,
and the headlights that lead them there.

The River

yes, things have changed,
but there's still blood in my veins
so it's still somewhat the same
even though you're not here

I still get up and go
I still put on my clothes
I still love because I know
how to fight against the fear

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes without you,
the river rolls on without you,
the river rolls on.

I still put on a show,
I still feel it in my bones
when the music shakes my soul
even though you're not here

I still consume and create
Still know how to celebrate
I still love because I hate
living lost, alone, in fear

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on without you,
the river rolls on.

Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
Damn I miss you
but life goes on without you
Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
life goes on without you
the river rolls on

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on.

Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
Damn I miss you
but life goes on without you
Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
life goes on without you
the river rolls on

I still know how to live
I still know how to give
I still know how to love
how to fight and forgive

I still know how to laugh
I still know how to cry
And I'm still gonna live
every minute until I die

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

The Cat and the Milkman

The milkman, I tell you,
was all of a dither
when he saw what he'd taken
the pains to deliver
fast in the paws
of a cat black as coal,
sitting atop of
a telephone pole!
Though you'd never guess,
he was nevertheless
sitting atop of a telephone pole!


it was a morning
a regular tuesday
a workday, a schoolday,
and also a newsday;
but key to our story
and crucial to state:
the milk was delivered
each tuesday at eight.
eight ante meridian,
they let out the kitty and
picked up the milk in the morning at eight.


the cat, like a cat, was
attracted to dairy
(you'll notice that fact is
not extraordinary--
but slick was this cat,
he was quick, that was that,
's philosophy was to eat, drink, and be merry),
and he had a plot that
might not get him caught
to make off with the milk, though the prospect was scary


light was his step when
he slipped out the house
quiet as needs be
to reel in a mouse
so everyone feared
when the milk disappeared
that they ought to be on the lookout for a louse
but if they knew the ilk
of who'd taken their milk,
i tell you this truly they'd furrow their brows.


his method was nothing that
you could'na begat
'twas simple as find-
ing a pimple to pick at!
All fast in his paws
he did catch with his claws
a bottle of milk from the step where it sat
one must give pause
maybe drop one's jaws,
"fancy that, look, look at the milk thief--it's a cat!"


Terrified, the verifed
feline thief
ran half in fear and half
in disbelief
climbed to a height where
he knew or 'tleast thought
that he, sure as hea-
ven, would never be caught
by the well-meaning, old, son-of-a-daught-
er who brought the bought milk that the black cat sought


I'm certain you know where
this story is going
if not, then just follow
the sound of the meowing
up that pole where
the cat's sitting owing
to circumstances put in place by th'all-knowing
beyond his control
he's atop of the pole
as sure as the drought-tortured grass is not growing.


The milkman, I tell you,
was all of a dither
when he saw what he'd taken
the pains to deliver
fast in the paws
of a cat black as coal,
sitting atop of
a telephone pole!
Though you'd never guess,
he was nevertheless
sitting atop of a telephone pole!

Satisfied

Eb
I got my passion
F
I got my pride
Dm
I may be a fool,
Bb
but I'm satisfied,

Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied with my life,
Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied with my friends,
Bb                                            Eb
I'm satisfied with my path,
Bb                               F
I don't need to pretend

Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I'm goin'
Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I've gone
Bb                                            Eb
I'm satisfied with my dreamin'
Bb
I keep it comin' on

                     Bb                       Fm                             Fm
Some people need to pretend that they're happy
Bb                               Eb                 F
I don't need that, no, don't need no lies
Bb              Eb         F
I just keep on bein satisfied

Eb
And I will keep my passion
F
And I will Keep my pride,
Dm
If there's a thing I cain't do,
Bb
It ain't because I ain't tried

Bb                                  Dm
But I'll keep-a this life,
Bb                                            Dm
and i'll keep-a these friends,
Bb                                            Eb
Keep-a travelin' this path
Bb                              F
and achievin' my ends


Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I'm goin'
Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I've gone
Bb                                            Eb
I'm satisfied with my dreamin'
Bb
Keep 'em comin', keep 'em comin', keep 'em comin' on

     Bb                       Fm                             Fm
Some people need to pretend that they're happy
Bb                               Eb                 F
I don't need that, no, don't need no lies
Bb              Eb         F
I just keep on bein satisfied

Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied with my life,
Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied with my friends,
Bb                                            Eb
I'm satisfied with my path,
Bb                               F
I don't need to pretend

Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I'm goin'
Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I've gone
Bb                                            Eb
I'm satisfied with my dreamin'
Bb
Keep 'em comin', keep 'em comin', keep 'em comin' on

Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied with my life,
Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied with my friends,
Bb                                            Eb
I'm satisfied with my path,
Bb                               F
I don't need to pretend

Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I'm goin'
Bb                                            Dm
I'm satisfied where I've gone
Bb                                            Eb
I'm satisfied with my dreamin'
Bb
Keep 'em comin', keep 'em comin', keep 'em comin' on

Regret and Happiness, pt. II

I'm done pretending I'm not happy
just to justify myself
done denying smiling, trying,
you do that to me, i can't help
it, if I could I wouldn't, shouldn't,
I'm not dumb enough to try;
I'm not gonna sigh and cry
and hide the twinkle in my eye

I'm in love and it's thrilling, really
i'm in love and it might be silly
I don't give a fuck 'cause it'd kill me, kill me
Chill me, thrill me, fulfill me, fill me, oh!

Deal me in 'cause I'm playin, playin,
I'm in love, I'm just sayin, sayin,
smiling, whiling away the day and
if I get a say then you're stayin, stayin, oh!

I'm done pretending you're the only
one I live for anymore
I'm done pretending that I'm lonely
just because you're insecure
I'm in love with someone else
just like I told you I would be
I never lied to you, I felt
much more for you than you'll believe.

i'm in love and i will be happy
though that's not how you would have me
not what you want, no, not exactly
if you wanted to keep me you could have asked me, oh! (/asked but no!)

i'm in love and it's not selfish
to want to love each moment, relish
every single second of it,
i am happy, i can't help it, oh!

Regret and Happiness pt. I

I'm done pretending I regret
everything I ever said
moping, hoping you'd forget
the girl who's living in my head
I'm honestly on to an opera plot
I'm a girl who once knew who she was but forgot
I love who I love but my heart's a mess
more devil than woman in this crimson dress
I don't have enough small change to second guess
"Forever" is a word that's meaning less and less
"Forever" is a word that's ever meaning less and less
"Forever" is a word that's meaning less and less

r2D2

I confess I fell for you on our first date:
your steel plate
just blew me away!

I love the way you roll along the sand
although you can't
even hold my hand.

Let me always be by your side,
don't ever hide,
I’ll be true to you,
because you R 2 Dear 2 me.

I'd never leave you out in acid rain
it'd be a pain
to have to build you again.

I love you even when you power down
when I'm around,
I have found...

I would never leave you behind,
I think you will find
that I'll be true to you,
because you R 2 Dea' 2 me.

Ooh, my baby, how you fill the void,
you're my favorite droid,
I’ll never get annoyed

when you steal all the covers on the bed,
and from toe to head
I’m in the cold air instead.

When we first met, oh you caught my eye,
and you can bet, you're still my favorite guy,
and if you ever got wet, I would rub you dry
and if you were dead, I promise I would cry!
I'll never forget the cheeky look in your eye
when I said, "this is between you and I" [sic]
I let it get to my head like wine
when you winked your led--I mean, your LED lights!

When you get older I will oil your joints
with droid joint oint-
ment that I will anoint

each night I’ll hook your batteries up to charge
although they are
abnormally large

you can bet that won't bother me
it's easy to see
that I’ll be true to you,
because you r 2 Dea' 2 me.

yeah you r2D2 me...
uh-huh you r2D2 me...
you know you r2D2 me...
because you r2D2 me...

my love, you r 2 Dea' 2 me.

Pilot Lights

Pilot lights
don't go out at night
don't go out when fires are dying
they are there to stay
until the end of days
they will comfort you when you are crying.

Pilot lights
are a lovely sight
to behold after goodbyeing;
they will light the way
back to the path from which you strayed--
they can see that you are trying.

Pilot lights
never get in fights,
never yell at you for lying.
They will still be there,
even when you're scared,
when your eyes show no sign of ever drying.

Pilot lights
are like fireflies:
they can teach you tricks like flying.
If you listen, Dear,
you can almost hear
their music over your sighing.

Old Things

and we've all kept old things
road maps to old dreams
sewn new thread on old seams,
and it seems
your love is secondhand,
but I can love a used man,
my mantra is "I think I can,
I think I can."

No Grievances

I have no grievances--
and no regrets!
I have not sold my soul away, at least not yet!
I like the way I've lived my life so far, as of today,
I cannot think of a single thing
I'd do again a diff'rent way,
which I guess is a good thing, cuz I know,
I'll never get another go at it, but even so:

Never the Same

F    Bb
Why did you go on home?
   C
You didn't have to go,
  F
But you left me alone,
  Bb
and I can't accept you're gone.



F Bb
How could you leave us here,
   C
How could you disappear?
   F
Oh boy we miss you dear,
    Bb
and we can't believe you're gone



F Bb
You were just dancing there
 C
Feathers in your hair
F
I can still see you there
   Bb
and I can't accept you're gone



Bb C
I didn't know you well, was never close
Bb      C
but i loved you just as well, even though
Bb   C
we rarely talked, you barely knew my name
Bb   C
i loved you just the same, almost the same



Bb
i didn't know you well, or your favorite color
Bb
but i loved you just like i love any other
Bb
we rarely talked, you barely knew my name
Bb
but i'll never be the same, never the same



F   Bb
i saw you friday night
C
thought you looked alright
F
knew you'd be alright
 Bb
now i cry because you're gone



F  Bb
i saw you friday night
    C
i never thought that i
F
would ever ever cry
   Bb
would turn to tears because you're gone



F  Bb
i liked the way that you danced
C
you were your own kinda man
 F
we were your own biggest fans
Bb
a bad romance now that you're gone



Bb   C
i didn't know you well or where you lived
Bb   C
but i knew almost too well what you had to give
Bb   C
we rarely talked you barely knew my name
Bb   C
but you left me just the same, almost the same



Bb   C
i didn't know you well or your favorite color
Bb          C
but i loved you just like i love any other
Bb   C
we rarely talked you barely knew my name
Bb   C
but i'll never be the same, never the same



F     Bb
Got to shut down my head
C
So I can go to bed
F
I know you'd laugh at that,
     Bb
that I don't believe you're dead.



F Bb
You ran with a crazy crowd
    C
You sang your Gaga loud
     F
You left me without doubt
Bb
that we'll never be the same

Mr. Self-Satisfied

Mister
Self-Satisfied
When I said that we were different
don't imagine I lied;
It's complicated
the heat between us,
It's frustrating,
can't tell you I lust
Because the picture frame extends beyond a boy meets girl
Your movie storyline is more a boy meets world.


Mister
Self-Satisfied
When I said I had these feelings
all pent up inside
it's complicated
the heat between us
it's frustrating
don't know how to trust
the ocean of emotion in me motions to speak
but I don't know how to tell you you're just the boy of the week

Memento Mori

You are you
and I am I,
and someday
both of us will die;
and we will both
be laid in dirt,
so while I live,
I'll love and hurt.


You are sex
and I am love,
but I will stay
with you because
I want to give
you all I can,
and prove that I
can love a man.

     You are love
     and I am sex;
     you are roses
     I'm a red dress;
     but I won't stay
     with you this time--
     I can't accept
     your sacrifice.


I am love,
and you are just
another man
in love with lust,
so I pretend
that I don't care
so I can keep
my hands in your hair.

     I don't care
     that much for you,
     but, gods, I swear
     the things you do
     are well worth lying
     to your brain!
     I'm a liar born,
     but I refrain.


This joy and pain
can never last,
so while I live,
I'm living fast.
I cannot speak
for both of us,
but I will live
'cause live I must.

Lunatic

I'm a Lover
I'm a loser
I proudly carry my balloon
thank you, grazie, merci beacoux
a camoflouged parrot flies towards the moon.

regina, regina,
viva
la france!
sparrow: sew calico patch on my pants

build a nest, and lay for to rest
pink easter eggs taste the very best.

feathery, furry, Don't you worry
grab your coat, dear, and let's hurry.
Sing along, dear, at the opera
glasses-- cheers!-- astound the masses

(ooh) faces of broken (ooh) china dolls
(ooh) sing to you their memories when (ooh) you were just a child.

manicurists tie my shoes
rocking horseflies and fake tattoos

bears are dancing, cows romancing
circus show is blinding, entrancing
circling like a hawk above me
photographic mem'ries of me

(ooh) with a bad case (ooh) of the stripes.
(ooh) American Flag, Oh (ooh) my! What a sight!

Frau spots, would you like some sasparilla?
banana hands-- beware the gorilla!

Regina, Regina,
viva
la creatitudes
Beware all the bad girls and girls with bad attitudes

the evil sorceress laughs and she sings
and loves FRENCH fries more than anything

Letter From My Present Future To My Future Past

It's not quite cold enough to numb the pain,
just enough to make me wish I were back in bed again.

I'm not just touching the sky, I'm kissing it,
but somewhere there's a point to all this and I'm missing it.

Yes, I still love you, and I miss you, believe me,
but I still can't decide if I'd cry if you leave me.

You let your hair grow out, you're lookin' like Nick Drake,
and who we are keeps changing like the Swan in Swan Lake.

I'm sitting with my legs dangling over the Seine,
I kinda wanna go back, do it all over again.

I've seen the whole world, almost seen it twice,
and settling down has started to sound kind of nice.

The good days aren't over, but you can't make 'em last--
So ends this letter from my Present Future to my Future Past.

Legal

C

You'd never know from her pigtails and Vans

D

that she was eighteen, ready to stand--

C

No, you never would guess in a long, long while,

D

not from her knee-highs and her warm, bracey smile,

C

That she's legal

D    Em

you'd never know that she's legal

D

No no no no

D    Em

You'd never know that she's legal

C

She's wearing shiny pink glasses and a grin

D

to see her standing there you would think she was in

C

middle school-- she's such a fiery child

D

you'd never know, I swear, I swear on my style

C

That she's legal

D    Em

you'd never know that she's legal

D

No no no no

D    Em

You'd never know that she's legal

C

She's skippin' at your side when something is wrong

D

and she's look in you eyes, say "Why's you face so long?"

C

She'll pause for a moment to pull up her socks

D

And to tie in a ponytail her bouncy brown locks,

C

But she's legal

D    Em

you'd never know that she's legal

D

No no no no

D    Em

You'd never know that she's legal

C

Yeah, she's legal

D    Em

you'd never know that she's legal

D

No no no no

D    Em

You'd never know that she's legal

C

Yeah, she's legal

D    Em

you'd never know that she's legal

D

No no no no

D    Em

You'd never know that she's legal

Kool with a K

you start a conversation with me
just to show me you don't care
and all you can say
is cool with a k
and how much you hate my green hair.

you start a conversation with me
just to prove i'm nothing to you
you might as well tell
me to just go to hell
'cause your making us both look like fools.

Just Like Other Men

I wish you weren't worth it
wish I could blow you off
wish I could stand you up
wish I could let you down
and never think of you again
wish you were just like other men
if you were just like other men
I'd never think of you again


I wish I didn't like you,
wish I could screw you and be through,
forget your name, your face,
wish I could leave this place
and never think of you again
wish you were just like other men
if you were just like other men
i'd never think of you again.

Jealous Girl

I'm a jealous girl
and I got no right to be
cause I'm a wanderer
and I fly free

I am a traveller
but that don't mean
that I've forgotten my love
left him far behind me

I am a wanderer
I'll never settle down
And if I ever do
I'll still get around

I am a traveller
Seen everything to see
___
____

I am a wanderer
I got no claim on you, child
But if you'll let me I'll love you
Just for a little while

I am a traveller
I know this tree ain't my own
but I'm a free bird,
wherever I hang my heart is my home

I love the sycamore
I love the apple tree
Old Man Willow and
Rowan and Beech

I'll find it deep within me
to love the lovers of my loves
Life and Love are the beginning
Letting go is yet to come

I'm a jealous girl
and I got no right to be
cause I'm a wanderer
and I fly free

In the Space

In the space
In the space of a week
By the grace
of a name I can't speak
I was broken
You're the last
piece in place
In the space
In the space of a week

If You Love Her

whether 'tis nobler in the mind
to let a lover leave
or to take up arms
against a seas of sorrows

whether 'tis nobler in the heart
to let her say goodbye
or cough up word swords 'bout the part
you promised me that you would try
(If you love her)

is it my watch? is it my right
to ask that you stay?
to try and help, to try and fight,
when you would walk away?

If you love her,
if you love her,

If I convince you to stay
is that a rape of the heart?
is it consent when you're this spent,
when you're half what thou art?

If I love you
will I let you
will I let you just be?
Will i let you leave,
will i let you leave me?

if you love her,
if you love her

if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go

Hope and Happy Tears

Hope and Happy tears
'sbeen too long since you been here
and I've been so afraid
of losing, losing everything
and now you're saving me
i have faith in me
and faith in faith in everything

Hope and Happy tears
'sbeen too long, been four long years
since we were best of friends
what goes up comes down again
and this went up in flames
when you played fucking games
but now your mice are turning men

Hold Me

Am
Hold Me,
G
Hold My hand;

I'd give up
    F Am
but I can't


Am
Hold me,
G
Hold me tight;

I'd let you leave,
      F    Am
but it doesn't feel right


Am
Touch me.
G
Touch my hair--

At least pretend that
F  Am
you still care


C      G
Just give me one more day with you
C     Am
One more night before I'm lost and alone.
C     G
Just one more day before we're through
C Am
Just one more walk holding hands before you're gone
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...


Am
Hold Me,
G
Hold My hand;

and I will try
       F      Am
to make you understand


Am
Hold me,
G
Hold me tight;

I'll be okay,
     F       Am
just give me one last night


Am
Love me.
G
Here and now

I'd stop holding on
F  Am
But I'm not sure how


Am
Touch me.
     G
Feel Me

Lie to me,
    F   Am
and say that you won't leave


C      G
Just give me one more day with you
C     Am
One more night before I'm lost and alone.
C     G
Just one more day before we're through
C Am
Just one more walk holding hands before you're gone
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet.

Frankenwoman

Em
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
Where's who you used to be?
D
Where's you heart, where's your mind,
Em
Where's your soul?
Em
You've been pieced back together
D
like a bleeding machine--
D
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
You're not whole


Em
Screw your head on straight,
D
Sew your hands together--
D
Far better late
Em
Than never ever.
Em
Can you spirit be fixed,
D
or must you live with no soul?
D
You're a Frankwoman,
D
You're not whole.


Em
Four to the floor!
Dm
Frankenwoman
Am
Frankenwoman
Em
Frankenwoman
Em  D  Em  D  Em
Oh  -  -  -  -  !


Em
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
Where's who you used to be?
D
Where's you heart, where's your mind,
Em
Where's your soul?
Em
You've been pieced back together
D
like a bleeding machine--
D
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
You're not whole

Forbidden Literature (Blue Eyes Blues)

I came to you to write about your blue eyes,
but I could never write about your blue eyes.
I could try "dark," or "clear," or "beauty," or "deep,"
but hey, ceci n'est pas une pipe.

There are a lot of other things, besides,
besides your beautiful deep blue eyes.
Behind every visible thing's another thing that hides,
and there's a gentleman and a laugh behind your blue eyes.

The story of my life is not worth telling,
but the story of your eyes is that I fell in;
and from a completely objective point of view,
I fell into your eyes before I fell in love with you.

I came to you to sing about your blue eyes,
but if i'm honest i'll admit that it's a poor guise;
still I could sing "funny," "kind," or "perfect," or "blue,"
but ceci continue de n'être pas vous.

Ezra

Eb
Ezra
you said your name was
Bb Eb
Chuck, Chuck
Cm   Eb   Bb
What the fuck?


Eb
Ezra
I think it was a
Bb Eb
joke, joke,
Cm       Eb  Bb
but then I broke


Eb
I sang
and you told jokes I
Bb Eb
didn't laugh and in the
Cm Eb Bb
aftermath
Eb
they told me you were
Bb Eb
Ezra
Cm      Eb Bb
Uh-huh, uh-huh


Eb
Ezra
I wish you'd told me
Bb    Eb
your name
     Cm  Eb   Bb
it's not the same
Eb
from someone who's not
Bb Eb
Ezra
Cm      Eb Bb
Uh-huh, uh-huh


Cm
I thought I wanted
G
this but I was
Cm
wrong but I was
G
wrong.
Cm
I don't want to
G
kiss, I just
Cm
want to sing my
Bb
song; and I
Cm
want to be a
Fm
"miss" just a
Cm
little bit
Bb
longer
Cm Gm
Ezra


Eb
Ezra
you tood me on my
Bb     Eb
first date--
Cm   Eb   Bb
you were late.



Eb
you said
"take off your hat," I
Bb    Eb
said, "no,
     Cm  Eb  Bb
I've got to go."
Eb
"You've got a perfect
Bb Eb
nose,"
Cm      Eb Bb
Oh no, oh no.



Eb
Ezra
you're probably a
Bb   Eb
nice guy
Cm Eb  Bb
I wish I
Eb
could look you in your
Bb Eb
blue eyes.
Cm   Eb Bb
why, oh why?


Cm
Did I make this
G
awkward or was it
Cm
like that from the
G
start? you
Cm
masturbate, you
G
like star wars and
Cm
postmodern
Bb
art. you
Cm
think i'm pretty
Fm
and my voice, could
Cm
it be that I
Bb
don't like boys? I
Cm
want to like you, really do,
Gm
I feel so bad for ditching you, but


Eb
Ezra
I was young and
Bb    Eb
frightened, and
Cm Eb  Bb
in the end,
Eb
you've probably for-
Bb  Eb
gotten.
Cm   Eb Bb
mmm, mm-mmm...

Eve

Once I found myself in a heavenly place,
it was duller than the look on your hungover face,
so before I turned dull I got the Hell outta there
and I painted my face and I colored my hair

this Texas kid stretches, and he looks like Thom Yorke,
the taste of this fruit's like a road in a fork,
they said not to eat it, that it was forbidden,
but by the time it really clicked, shit, i'd already bitten.

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a chance with me

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a chance with me



sometimes I confuse my gods with my man
when you look so good all I think is ...goddamn!
oh fuck, I used the lord's name in vain,
well, I'm not as good as Abel but I'm not as bad as Cain.

and, Christ, you're no Christ and I'm sure no Mary
we're sharing a load neither knows how to carry
we're walking a road we don't know where it goes
and the glory we seek is the name of the rose.

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a taste of me

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a taste of me

ERS

The past is what I never care to be
You murder my past, you kill my memory
but murder my future and you murder me

Who am I? Who are you?
in the past we've been two-faced
i'm in god's living room
his clock is too fast-paced

if god and the devil
are one and the same
and Abraxas passes time
by making life a fucking game

then tell me do I have a right
not to be forgotten
when you leave a person overnight
and wake up and they're rotten?

then tell me do I have a right
not to be forgotten
when you leave a person overnight
and wake up and they're rotten?

I suffer from an uncommon disease
I fear that no one will remember me
Like Father Mackenzie or Eleanor Rigby

I'm far too important
though I've nothing done
that makes me really worth
being referred to as someone

i've got too much to do
too many days to waste
my past is full of nightmares
and they've left a bitter taste

so tell me do I have a right
not to be forgotten
when you leave a person overnight
and wake up and they're rotten?

so tell me do I have a right
not to be forgotten
when you leave a person overnight
and wake up and they're rotten?

Easy

One day you walk
through my door
Next day you're what I
wake up for
some people call me easy, oh
some people call me easy, oh

But that's the way
the story goes
I fall in love and
goodness knows
that everything changes, oh
everything changes, oh

I don't have
a fickle heart,
but falling in love
is an art
that I have perfected, oh
that I have perfected, oh

I fall in love
much quicker than
your average girl
or your average man,
but people are so lovely, oh
it's so easy to love them, oh

Disappointed

don't matter that i'm excited,
yeah, i'm excited for this,
feel like you're disappointed,
you're disappointed in me.
and it don't matter that i am oh so proud and oh so happy,
feel like you're disappointed,
you're disappointed in me.

i thought you were supposed to,
you were supposed to be,
supportive and excited,
or not opposed at least.
and it don't matter that i am proud of what i'm accomplishing,
you're not what you're supposed to,
what you're supposed to be.

'nd i guess that's how you feel,
yeah, how you feel about me,
feel like i'm not supposed to,
i'm not supposed to be free.
and it don't matter that i am soaring as i'm spreading my wings,
you think i'm not supposed to,
i'm not supposed to be free.

and i don't know
what you wanted from me
but it was something
that i couldn't give
you wanted someone
for a child but not me
you wanted someone
i don't know how to be

and i'd love to help you
help me succeed
where i've repeatedly failed
and conceded defeat
i'm just trying and vying,
aspiring to be
someone you could love,
and maybe even believe in.

but i was always clever,
and it's clear weather to see,
that you and i were never,
were never meant to be
and it don't matter that i love you and you still say you love me,
it's clear that i don't measure
up, you're disappointed in me.

Circle to Nowhere

We're running
around
and around
and around
in a circle to nowhere

and we
haven't found
haven't found
haven't found
the regrets that we left there

Eb(o) - Bb(o) - Gm3rd

There's a science to finding
our mistakes where we've left them
and there's an art to correcting
the regrets that we had

and there's a science to learn,
and there's an art to be passed on,
so come on, and cast on

and you'll learn how to find
the mistakes you've left behind
and how to correct
and erase your regrets

my papa told me
there's on-
ly so much
you can do
when you're full of frustration

but he said
you can always
make the best
make the best
of a bad situation

and there's a science to determine
where a fix-up is called for
and there's an art to doin'
just what is right

Or you'll be running
around
and around
and around
in a circle to nowhere

and you
won't have found
won't have found
won't have found
the regrets that you left there

There's a science to finding
our mistakes where we've left them
and there's an art to correcting
the regrets that we had

and there's a science to learn,
and there's an art to be passed on,
so come on, and cast on

and you'll learn how to find
the mistakes you've left behind
and how to correct
and erase your regrets

Or you'll be running
around
and around
and around
in a circle to nowhere

and you
won't have found
won't have found
won't have found
the regrets that you left there

my papa told me
there's on-
ly so much
you can do
when you're full of frustration

but he said
you can always
make the best
make the best
of a bad situation

and there's a science to determine
where a fix-up is called for
and there's an art to doin'
just what is right

Bitch In Love With You

Boy, it hurts
my pride to admit
it's all my fault
I been actin' like shit
But that's the only way
I see leadin' back to you
and I'm sorry I'm a bitch,
but I'm a bitch in love with you

and I could say I'm sorry
I could fall at your feet
I could kiss where it hurts,
I'd be down on my knees
if I thought it would help,
but I know that it won't
there is no way to fix
the promise I broke

I was a liar
I was a cheat
I was a scoundrel
now I'm comin' clean
you don't have to forgive me
I don't expect you to
but whether or no,
know that I still love you

It's all my fault,
I take responsibility.
I blame my own
apparent inability.
Yes I'm embarrassed,
yes I'm ashamed;
I don't need to share it,
I'll take all the blame.

I said that I wouldn't
then I upped and did,
Temptation knocked,
and I let her in.
I've been a bad girl,
what I done was wrong,
I don't know how to repent,
'cept to write you this song.

Bad Enough

Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
To want it for the both of us
Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
to want it for the both of us

G D
What do you think will happen?
Em      D
Do you think it'll fall into place?
G D
Do you think that I'll always be there for you,
Em  D
To be sure that you finish the race?

Am    D
Well, wake up! I'm movin' on,
C    D       C
When you open your eyes I'll be as good as gone,
   Am     C D C
So now is your moment that matters the most, because

Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
To want it for the both of us
Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
to want it for the both of us

Am D
What are you thinking in your tiny mind?
C         D       C
Quit the excuses, stop trying to find
      Am     C D   C
a way out and start hunting for another way in, because

Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
To want it for the both of us
Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
to want it for the both of us

G            D
You know the world will spin without you,
Em    D
and right now it might as well!
G D
Until you start in doing something,
Em  D
If you're here, then nobody can tell.

Am    D
So, wake up! I'm movin' on,
C    D       C
When you open your eyes I'll be as good as gone,
   Am     C D C
now is your moment that matters the most, because

Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
To want it for the both of us
Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
to want it for the both of us

Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
To want it for the both of us
Bm
I can't want it bad enough
Em
to want it for the both of us

Argue With a Fool

Oh, you say it's this, and then it's that
Oh, you never know just where it's at
Oh, make up your mind are you a lying fool?
A fool? A fool? A fool?

Oh, you say you'll stay and then you go.
Oh, I know you lie, but I believe--
so, though the truth is hanging over me,
I see only the things I want to see,
think you to be who I want you to be.

Oh, I don't know how to argue with a fool,
a fool, a fool, a fool.

No, I don't know how to argue with a fool,
a fool, a fool, a fool.

You, you, you’re a fool, a fool, a fool.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
sittin', coffee sippin'.
All the boys in Amsterdam
are trollin' or they're trippin'
or they're payin' for their playin'
here Dutch Love is bought, not given.
It's a trip that I'm in Amsterdam,
this is what I call livin'.

Adamant

Capo 1
---------

C G
Chasing after clouds I can't keep
F G
holding on to dreams in lost sleep
Dm7     G7 Am7   Dm7
as the ugly truth comes creeping up on me

I thought this was just beginning
when we kissed when I was dreaming
when I awoke, you were streaming free tv

you live behind a closed door
I wish that you'd come out more
often, and share the story of your

--
C
You invaded
Em
sleep once sacred
    F
now saturated
Dm  G
with the in-between

      C
some combination
    Em
of invitation
    F
and accusation
         Dm   G
left my lips unseen

--
C  Em
and when I woke I woke to see
    Dm7 G G7
my lover lying next to me
    Am7     Em7
and all my dream between us spilt
F   G
coloured with passion and coloured with guilt

C Em
but I remember, even now,
  Dm7 G      G7
remember still exactly how
    Am7    Em7
you sat across from me and said
    F     G
the fairytales that ran through your head
--

C     G
you are the god I can't see
F            G
I pray but you can't hear me
Dm7 G7 Am7  Dm7
 I say I love you dearly and it's true

Daylight, I see your lips,
Adamant, they still insist
 they've never known my kisses, is this true?

--------

C
You invaded
Em
sleep once sacred
    F
now saturated
Dm  G
with the in-between

some combination
of invitation
and accusation
left my lips unseen

----

C  Em
and when I woke I woke to see
    Dm7 G G7
my lover lying next to me
    Am7     Em7
and all my dream between us spilt
F   G
coloured with passion and coloured with guilt

but I remember, even now,
remember still exactly how
you sat across from me and said
the fairytales that ran through your head

----

C G
Chasing after clouds I can't keep
F G
holding on to dreams in lost sleep
Dm7     G7 Am7   Dm7 [lick] C
as the ugly truth comes creeping up on me  

Sea-Dragon

I've been waiting all these nineteen years for you,
for a love I wouldn't let myself believe in,
for a love who's everything and more, like you,
and I can't believe that I am leavin'.

Course, I'm coming back to you when Autumn's gone,
I'll be comin' back if you'll be waitin',
But I'm trav'ling far and wide, and the wait is long,
there's not much worse than the pain of separation.

I read my coffee dregs tonight, my dear:
in the bottom of my cup was a sea-dragon.
Sea-dragons are rare and they love true, I hear,
but the path of one's life it keeps zig-zaggin'.

So forgive me if I appear to stray awhile,
I'll come back at the end of each adventure
and I'll fall into your arms if I can stay awhile--
did you get all the loving that I sent you?

We'll Get Along

I took the cigarette from out your lips,
     and gave you our first kiss;
you kissed me back, and then pushed me away
     with this to say:

you wanted me, but we were in the wrong.
I wanted you, so wrote this fucking song;
then you were fucking me, and it was over--
I knew you were a fucker, not a lover.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while other worlds are breaking down,
we'll get along just fine.

You and I were friends, and only just,
     but when has that stopped us?
We two do play the game without a plan,
     because we can.

And even when the clock was striking twelve,
we were both so caught up in ourselves.
Name a reason why I'd take it slow;
this isn't love, it's just a fashion show.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while London Bridge is falling down,
we'll get along just fine.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while other worlds are breaking down,
we'll get along just fine.

We'll get along just fine.

If I

what would you say, if I,
just to see what you'd say, I
told you that when I,
when I look in your eyes, I
I see the sky, sky,
and the world is mine, mine
and the world is mine?

what would you say, if I,
just to see what you'd say, I
told you that when I,
when I am with you, I
I feel so alive, live,
As if I could fly, fly,
As if I could fly?

what would you say, if I,
just to see what you'd say, I
told you that when I,
When I kiss you for fun, my
my lips never lie, lie,
my lips never lie, lie,
my lips never lie?

what would you say, if I,
just to see what you'd say, I
told you that when I,
when I watch you go, I
I look at the sky, sky,
so that I don't cry, cry,
so that I don't cry?

what would you say, if I,
just to see what you'd say, I
told you that I, I
that I love you?
If I told you that I love you?

Toxicological

Love is not logical
The universe, it cuts no breaks
Toxicological
your love is poison in my brain

and I and I
and I and I

I can't forget you
and I can't let you
forget me

It's neurological
I'll tell myself that's what true love is
a bunch of chemicals
Nothing to do with wonderfulness

and I and I
and I and I

keep crying to myself
and lying to myself
saying I don't need help

when you, when you left me
I got the chemicals out of my bloodstream
but you're still in every single one of my dreams
and I wake up, and I'm screaming your name

your name, 'cause it gets me
your name, your name, your name, 'cause it lets me
pretend you're mine and that you won't forget me
even though you regret everything

It's kind of comical
only because I'm cynical
that you're still magical
to me, though all the chemicals

are gone and I
and I and I

and I still love you
I'll always love you
there's nothing to be done

It's diabolical
How you will always be part of me
Anatomical
I don't believe that you don't love me

though I though I
though I though I

I do believe you'll try
just like I tried and tried
I gave up, crying

I need a hospital
our life is flashing by my eyes
all chronological
a love I love and can't despise

and I and I
and I and I

remember everything
remember fucking everything
and it all is true

Love is not logical
The universe, it cuts no breaks
Toxicological
your love is poison in my brain

The Fall

So there's this thing, this thing I do
that I'm not really allowed to do,
and it's called falling in love,
falling in love with you

and i can't,
i can't fall in love,
i can't fall in love with you,
because i am
already in love
with the man i'm promised to

but when i talk,
when i talk to you,
see the things you do
it is then,
that i fall in love,
that i fall in love with you

i'm haunted by these dreams of you,
i watch the way you walk when you leave the room
i think i'm falling in love
falling in love with you

you ask me what i think you should do with your hair
you never knew i knew that you were even there
but i admired you from the start,
and now i let you into my heart.

but i can't,
i can't fall in love,
i can't fall in love with you,
because i am
already in love
with the man i'm promised to

but when I talk,
when I talk to you,
I see the things you do
it is then,
that I fall in love,
that I fall in love with you ^^(up to bridge)

[BRIDGE yet to be written]

do you know how many times i've almost let it slip?
almost let the words slither off of my lips?
I [space] L O V E [space]
falling in love with you

the problem is i've got a guy on the other line
we're gonna be in love until the end of time
and i know that it's my duty to choose
not to fall in love with you

What I Tell You

Don't tell Everybody what
I tell You
Don't go Talkin' about
All the things the two of us do


Don't tell all your friends
What I tell You
I won't go tellin' all my girls,
so you'd better zip it, too!


Ba-pa da da da-ta-da da-da da...


Don't share all my secrets that
I share with you
I swear to keep your secrets, so
you'd best be keepin' mine, too


You've sworn me to secrecy, and
I've sworn you in, too
So, don't go tellin' all the friends you have what
I tell you.
No, don't go tellin' all the friends you have what
I tell you.


Don't talk to your guys about
my talk with you
why talk when your talkin'
could have me walkin' out on you.


Don't tell anybody
what I tell you
When you get flirty and the talk gets dirty
'cause that's just between us two


Ba-pa da da da-ta-da da-da da...


Don't tell anybody
What I tell you
When there's no more sun and the day is done
and I am one with you


You've sworn me to secrecy, and
I've sworn you in, too
So, don't go tellin' all the friends you have
I tell you.


Ba-pa da da da-ta-da da-da da...

Playtime

i'd be an infamous outlaw
in the wild, wild west
i'd put on my hat and chaps each morn'
pull on my cowhide vest
i would swagger through the swinging doors
of the saloon in tombstone town
and i'd save the indian chieftain
and i'd shoot the barman down
and the sherrif would chase after me
but i was never caught
and when the day was done i had won
every fight i'd fought
and each night when i was tired
i'd ride toward the setting sun
and i'd curl up by my campfire
bein' a cowgirl's pretty fun

some days i'd be a fearsome pirate
and i'd sail the seven seas
and i'd be the most courageous
and my crew would worship me
and i would be the finest captain
who had ever owned a boat
and i'd sail and sail in circles
all around my castle's moat
and then i'd sail to neverland
and fight with captain hook
and i'd win from him the gold and coins
that he'd already took
and i'd wear a great big pirate hat
encrusted with rare jewels
and i'd bury all my treasure,
bein' a pirate's pretty cool

i'd be a queen of diamonds
like in a deck of cards
and I would lounge around in furs and silks,
at tea with the queen of hearts
i would spend three hours bathing
in a tub of wine and roses
and then i would jump on my grand bed
and never stub my toeses
and i'd have the finest gowns
of any queen there ever was
and i would wear a great big silver crown
just because, because.
and i'd take off my crown
and go have lunch when i was done
so i would not get jelly on my gown
queendom's pretty fun

Ice Cream Man

Oh! Here comes the Ice Cream Man
(if you haven't heard the story it's real grand),
so sit you down and maybe hold someone's hand,
because you're gonna hear the story of the Ice Cream Man.


"Jing jingaling ling jing jing ling"
that's the sound that precedes all the ice cream he brings;
"jing jingaling," all the children sing
when they hear that ice cream.


Now they say it happened maybe twenty years ago,
when the ice cream van drove door to door,
and the ice cream sold to every house in the land,
well, he was one happy ice cream man.


jing jingaling ling jing jing ling,
selling out of ice cream


then one fine day as school let out
he spied a gaggle of giggling girly girl scouts
selling thin mints, samoas, and all-abouts,
and that afternoon the drumsticks didn't sell out.


jing jingaling ling jing jing ling
he didn't sell out of ice cream


next day plastered all over the town
posters of four girls who couldn't be found,
then around the corner came that jangling sound:
"jing jingaling" in the heart of town.


"jing jingaling ling jing jing ling"
goes the ice cream van with the ice cream.


so he pulls up next to the newspaper stand
soon every mother with a paper had a cone in her hand,
sales were booming even higher than he had planned
and that made him one happy ice cream man.


"jing jingaling ling jing jing ling"
loud and clear that man did sing.


several years went by without a trace of Roxanne,
and no one ever found Daisy, Maisy, or Diane,
but if you listen to the whispers passed from sir to ma'am,
you'll hear, "we think there's more than ice cream in that ice cream van!"


jing jingaling ling jing jing ling,
four daughters' bodies frozen like ice cream.


yes, the rumor spread as only rumors can,
they said this man was even worse than the ku klux klan,
"it takes an evil man to make an evil plan!"
and that's what they said about the ice cream man!


jing jingaling ling jing jing ling
goes the ice cream van with the ice cream.


now, you don't have to take my word,
after all it's just a small-town rumor i heard,
but when you hear the jingaling of the ice cream van,
remember the story of the ice cream man!


"jing jingaling ling jing jing ling"
that's the sound that precedes all the ice cream he brings;
"jing jingaling" all the children sing
when they hear that ice cream.

Goes So Slow

Gm D Gm Cm D

Gm F Gm F Gm Cm D Gm
Ah...

Gm     D
There she is, knitting, and she's sitting in her porch swing chair
Gm     Cm     D
The stitches go so slow, its the twenty-seventh sweater for her great-neice, Claire
Gm     D
But the sweater doesn't matter to Claire, she's getting high again
Gm    Cm      D
Still, she's knitting and she's waiting, just keeps waiting for her life to end

Gm    Dm
I can't wait for the day to come
Gm   Dm
Goes so slow, will we ever be done?
Gm       Cm  Bbmaj Adim        Gm
Stand the pain, Soon the rain will Wash away the Endless days Again

Gm F Gm F Gm Cm D Gm
Ah...

Gm         Dmaj
Eliza's checking on her myspace, waiting for her life to start
Gm      Cm   D
She's got a gig at a club, but she wants to be a real star
Gm                     D
She takes another smoke, and she's broke, but she knows it will be fine by July
Gm                Cm  D
So she's sitting with her eyes closed, watching all the cars go by

Gm    Dm
I can't wait for my life to kick in
Gm   Dm
Goes so slow, will we ever begin?
Gm       Cm  Bbmaj Adim        Gm
Stand the pain, Soon the rain will Wash away the Endless days Again

Gm    Dm
I can't wait for [the day to come]
Gm   Dm
Goes so slow, will we ever [be done]?
Gm       Cm  Bbmaj Adim        Gm
Stand the pain, Soon the rain will Wash away the Endless days Again


Gm F Gm F Gm Cm D Gm
Ah...
 Gm F Gm F Gm Cm D Gm
Ah...

A Modest Proposal

Captain Hook,
will you marry me?
All it took was a look
to make my knees go weak;
I read of you in this book,
"Paul," or "Peter," or "Pete:"
you're just the crookedest crook,
liar felon and cheat,
so won't you please marry me?


You work the brocade
like you're Louis XIV,
I wonder what you paid
for your seven gold teeth?
I'd price my maidenhead
at your love for a week
so if you're lookin' for a maid
look no further, my liege,
just marry me!


When it comes to the harpsichord
you've got mad skillz;
you make piracy look
like the way to pay bills;
so if you'll let me come on
and be your Red-Handed Jill,
I'll swab the decks, hoist the mizz'n,
and tell stories until
you'll marry me.


I wanna know what you can do
with your one good hand;
but I don't want you
for just a one-night stand
let me sail the big blue
far away from the sand
I bet somewhere in your loot,
you've got two wedding bands,
so marry me!


I'll have my mail addressed
to your beautiful ship;
i'll get your red coat pressed,
and we can skinny-dip
you can watch me get dressed
and we'll be joined at the hip;
and we'll share how i am blessed,
and how you're well-equipped. ;)
don't you wanna marry me?
don't you wanna marry me?
won't you please--jimmy hook--marry me?

Crocheted Cabaret

sue me, sue me, what can you do me?
amigurumi see straight through me
i've got no friends only people who pay
laissez, laissez les bonnes temps roullez
in this crocheted cabaret
in this crocheted cabaret

the men that drink the cabernet
they want to take me all the way
they think they want to feel my pain
but then they leave me with the cheap champagne
in this crocheted cabaret
in this crocheted cabaret

they pay, they drink, they listen, they leave
forever i'll grieve with my heart on my sleeve
i'm only a soldier who makes her own cage,
the war that i wage is the life on the stage
of this crocheted cabaret
of this crocheted cabaret

knit me knit me try to get me
but don't even think about tryin' to forget me
don't try to think about anyone else
i'll see you in hell, oh well, I wish you well

on your wild and winding way
to the crocheted cabaret
oh, this crocheted cabaret
oh, this crocheted cabaret


nobody's watching, nobody sees
only the dolls hear my soprano pleas
stitching my name, weaving my mark
spinning a yarn long lost to the dark

day and night, night and day
you know i've long since lost my way
that's how i found this cabaret
that's how i found this cabaret
oh, this crocheted cabaret