BOX
GUN The
sun came through and I saw the sky
I opened the door and I opened my eyes
Had
goggles and glasses and doodles of D
She pasted a plan on the granary
We
were walking by Porsches and porcelain bars
We were slinging our slingshots
into the stars
Mistletoe memories were making a wave
We were caught is the
magazine maze
The blade was a grade below Columbian fine
It was odd the
way it just destroyed the design
My gun was loaded and the bullets were big
He
had the spaghetti Western and did some Trig
He opened the door of the bathroom
stall
The words of the prophets were on the wall
Homeboys and haciendas
were vilified
We became the solution for the petrified We
run from the man with the Box Gun
We run from the man with the Box Gun
We're
under the moon
He's under the sun
We run from the man with the Box Gun Long
ago
In a galaxy far away
We were looking for truffles and chocolate soufflé
We
were making some mustard
We were handling files
There were skillets and
mullets
On the miracle mile
We played our fiddles in Alabama
We played
some down in Texarkana
We play a little of the Gin Rummy
We played Uno and
Estaban made us feel funny
They were plucking the piano
They were picking
the banjo
They were walking by train cars
With arms full of mangos
So
we got them We run from the man with the Box
Gun
We run from the man with the Box Gun
We're under the moon
He's under
the sun
We run from the man with the Box Gun All
the king's horses, all the king's men
Could not put the Box Gun back in the
play pen
We saw as he shook and we saw as he shot
We saw as the Kiss concert
got smoky and hot
All the fiancés down in Whoville agree
That the
tagline and bio is too short for me
All Hallows in New Haven with the buttoned
ups
And the martini lovers over at Supercuts
Put a band-aid on the wound
and move it along
So we can all sing the same song
It's not a riddle, it's
not a puzzle
It's just the man with the Box Gun needs a muzzle
So we are
on our backs painting our ceilings
And we're looking for a sip of the Darjeeling
DECEPTION
It's
a trick, it's a compromise
I can't figure out the weak disguise
The man
with the moustache
The bilious bloke
The feral waves and the candle smoke
The
ache is real
The muscles feign perfection
It's a kind of deception Hear
the news? What are they saying?
They say the temples are graying'
The cataclysm
is real
There is the thing some men feel The
thing you aim for is not what you hit
The man swung the bar, the hunter was
quick
The scheme and the plan the predilection
It's a kind of deception Here
comes the firing squad!
It's a kind of deception
It's a kind of deception
It's
a kind of deception
It's a kind of deception It's
a trick, it's a compromise
I can see through the weak disguise
The man with
the moustache
The bilious bloke
The feral waves and the candle smoke
The
ache is real
The muscles feign perfection
It's a kind of deception
THE
CROWD IS READY The
crowd is ready
The crowd will continue
The sweaty mess will continue to
pulse
They are searching for something
They are all touching shoulders
They
are locked in rhythm
The earth has a hold on them
As they go away then
return
It's amusing to take it all in
There is a dinosaur on the hill
Gazing
down on the stories The crowd is lost and listless
And tired and bored
With the searching and with speaking
We want a
sound
We want a voice
We want a reason to live
We want to get something
back
We could be better
But we are here
And slow and steady
We are
getting ready
For something around the bend
The art is open for the world
We
just need the time to mold it There is a flaw
in the argument
There is a current in the river
The crowd is homogeneous
The
crowd is mixed up
The crowd is separate but the same
They will eat it up,
they will spit it out,
They will eat it up again They
are standing in a line
They are filling the isles
There are supermarkets
full of animals
There are jungles full of civilians
There are bones and
basketballs
And the squeaking sneakers are saved
By the echoes in the gymnasium
And
the songs the band played The crowd is ready
The
crowd will continue BIG
SUR Apart
from the useless conversations
And alongside the rising of the tides
Apart
from the bones that gather
And pull apart
The tree is green
The season
is changing
There is a sudden crack of lightning
There is a fire in the
valley
And the orange groves divide
We stick a knife in the canvas
We
type along in straight lines
There is a green lamp
There is a smoke-filled
cabin There are thousands of men and women
They
are running by the mountain
The mountain does not notice
The eyes are open
The
feet are sore
Apart from the useless conversations
And beside the rising
tide
The stars come out
And there are a million stars they see
As they
dive into the water
And command a cavalry
Of thoughts and permutations
Transformations
and chiaroscuro
Balanced beneath the blighted
And ruined remains
Of
the useless conversations
They are darning the cabin
They are restoring
the old order
The sun is hitting the trees
There are too many dimensions
As
they dive into the water
And they sail out in the sea
Whatever they were
promised
Is now dissolving in the air
Whatever the old order was
They
cannot find it now
As their dreams disappear
They run alongside the field
They
jog in mimic motion
They matter more than most
As they angle with the coast
Oh,
fortune, like the moon
We think you left them too soon
The green hills rose
And
the runners angled east
Though they could not care to know
Apart from the
useless conversations
And alongside the rising of the tides DIABLO
The
Federales are coming back
They are like that when each hour is saved
Look
at the one on the viola
Meddling a bit, but still playing viola
Don't think
about the things they lost
They love the Digital Underground
Was that crazy
to believe?
That the booty matched the bass line? I
can see you 'cause you dance
With curtains open and lights on
All the homes
along your block
Are dark but they see you rock We
were supposed to meet up to see DMB
But you were not a fan
You liked a few
songs, I liked that
You had photos scattered on the floor
You looked embarrassed
when I saw
The one from summer camp
I think only women feign
But you
were singin' "Sweet Jane" I can see
you 'cause you dance
With curtains open and lights on
All the homes along
your block
Are dark but they see you rock Is
that wrong to assume?
You were rockin' in your room
You were wearing parachute
pants
You were doing the Hammer Dance
Is that wrong to believe?
You had
something up your sleeve
Maybe a rap lyric or two
Maybe a rolled up joint
for the few Need to kick over the sand castle
Need
to build a better moat
I need a wall but I'm a vassal
I need a cake but
I'm not old
I saw the light in your eye
I knew you wanted honesty
So
I gave you no reply I can see you 'cause you
dance
With curtains open and lights on
All the homes along your block
Are
dark but they see you rock I can see you 'cause
you dance
With curtains open and lights on
All the homes along your block
Are dark but they see you rock BRANDY
STILES Brandy
Stiles, put on the brakes
You're lookin' tense, you got the shakes
But there's
no hurry, I can tell you 'cause I've been there
Why think about the things
you don't have?
Remember the words of dear old dad
You'll never get it all
done
So why let it bring you down?
You think that the people you meet
Will
make you feel happy
And make you feel cheap
But the key is to know
They
can't make you feel anything if you don't let them
Brandy, this will always
be home for you
Brandy Stiles, look around the place
You don't have all
the white lace
But it can be said that the road is wide ahead
I see the
romantic vision of the escapades
I see the dues you feel you've paid
But
you've got control of a part of your life
And the other part is out of your
hands
So I know you'll figure out what you need
And which road you should
take
So don't feel sad when you should be havin' the time of your life
You
got your home, you got your friends
Some might leave you,
But the good
ones end
Up sharin' all the best times with you
Brandy, this will always
be home for you
Brandy Stiles, your heart is good
So you'll be all right
if you don't do what you should
Everyone's got a different idea about that
I
think you got plenty of time to spare
You're young and you suck in all of this
air
When it comes down to it
You'll make the best choice
You'll search
high and low
Until you find your voice
You'll find a good rock
As the
storm swirls around, up, down
And all the way through
Brandy, this will
always be home for you
Brandy, this will always be home for you FALL
IN WHITE PLAINS Some
have opinions about the age we live in
But they seem about the same as any
other
There are differences but essentially we don't change
We just hang
out in the church
We make sense of our arguments and we read books
We hide
from aggravation or we put up our dukes
It is not the things we want but the
way we respond that counts
There is the water and the ripple Let's
smash some dishes on the floor
Let's settle an argument by keeping score
Let's
see if we are so different after all
Tell me about your lost days
Do you
respond to the things that slipped away?
Are they ready to get out?
Is that
what this is about?
Did we really need to bring it up again?
There is the
water and the ripple I saw you kicking and
scratching
You were locked in your cage
I hope you didn't mind that I stayed
away
And let you punch at the air
Until the aggression faded away
There
is the water and the ripple GREEN
I
got a green sheet on a green bed
I have a green thought in my green head
I
have a green door and a green yard
I have a green light and a green car
Felt
green some, made some green young
Had a green sucker and a green tongue
I
think you know what I mean
It's okay as long as you're green
The
man was yellow and he was mellow
He had a silver fridge full of jello
I
didn't want it, it was a lame trick
I saw the sea shells and heard the limerick
I
had my green wife, and my green knife
I had my green gal, I had my green life
I
think you know what I mean
It's okay as long as you're green
He
gave me sixpence, I gave him one Lent
To give me a summary of experience
I
let him sleep hard in my back yard
He borrowed my tent and paid no rent
I
gave him green olives and some vermouth
We talked of green seas and of green
truth
I think you know what I mean
It's okay as long as you're green The
green time comes when you're just done
And the cold winds blow a green storm
And
it's hard to be a green man
When the train tracks take a green tram
Down
near green lake there's a green quake
There's a girl there, with the green
rake
Eating green beans, bating green men
I think one had a green turban
I
think you know what I mean
It's okay as long as you're green
FIELD
OF FLOWERS
Save
it for the elegy
All the memories of the apartment
And the foggy dreams
of what you thought you'd see
It's not so easy to let it be I
see the cradle and then I see the end
What a short flash, we can't go back
again Driving by fields of flowers, waking
up
Rain hit the windshield coming down
Now the sun lights up wet streets
It's
a beginning and you can feel it now
Don't try to contain it, it don't matter
anyhow Save your energies
You need them
for tomorrow
Soon you won't have much to borrow but you cannot see
It's
not so easy to let it be I see the cradle and
then I see the end
What a short flash, we can't go back again Driving
by fields of flowers, waking up
We would run when we were young
Ring around
the Rosie wrung
You scraped your knee and I fixed you up
Don't try to contain
it, it don't matter anyhow Save it for the
elegy
All the memories of the apartment
And the foggy dreams of what you
thought you'd see
It's not so easy to let it be I
see the cradle and then I see the end
What a short flash, we can't go back
again
What a short flash, we can't go back again
IT'S
UP TO YOU You
got the time so you got the light
You got the day and you got the night
There
are so many ways to be right
I know that you know Your
boat will let you sail real fast
Your boat will let you move real slow
There
are so many ways to row
I know that you know You
know it's up to you
Just do what you do
Your body's not meant to be
Here
permanently
You know the choice is yours
You can unlock all the doors
Your
soul, oh oh oh
Is here for the long haul, oh oh oh
So don't worry no more You
got the bricks so build the walls
You got the phone so make the calls All
your friends will catch you when you fall
I know that you know You
got the hammer and you got the nail
You got the water and you got the pail
You
got the ship so it's time to sail
I know that you know You
know it's up to you
Just do what you do
Your body's not meant to be
Here
permanently
You know the choice is yours
You can unlock all the doors
Your
soul, oh oh oh
Is here for the long haul, oh oh oh
So don't worry no more You
got the time so you got the light
You got the day and you got the night
There
are so many ways to be right
I know that you know
I know that you know
I
know that you know
I know that you know
I know that you know
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