IS
THIS IT?I
tried as hard as I could
But there was no way to avoid
We walked the plank
of silence
We stumbled to the celluloid We
all trip, we all fall
The barn was full of birds
Put your hand in mine
And
let go Is this it or is there more?
Feel
my wrist, feel the pulse
We are praying for the sign
Is this it or is there
more? I wrote a lot of pages
I want to sum
it up
I have a graph for sages
Your flowchart telegraph You
fumbled for perfection
You got lost on Byzantine
You waved hello to kindness
You
searched through magazines Is this it or is
there more?
Feel my wrist, feel the pulse
We are praying for the sign
Is
this it or is there more? Are we dying in our
beds?
Are we pushing for perfection?
Is there something to be learned?
Did
we get lost in our discretion? Is this it or
is there more?
Feel my wrist, feel the pulse
We are praying for the sign
Is
this it or is there more? If someone has an
answer
Please pass it on Is this it or is
there more?
Feel my wrist, feel the pulse
We are praying for the sign
Is
this it or is there more? WHEN
YOU BEGAN You
camped out on the mountain
Set up your tent and roasted some food
You hoped
the time alone would
Turn you into something special
Is there wisdom on
the mountain? The animals and birds are around
you
They make you feel young again
Just like you did when you began Can
we swim in the lake?
Can we drink from the stream?
Can we reach new heights?
Can
we let out a scream?
Or should we relax
And just let it flow The
city is so far away
The mountain is the mouth
We are sitting in the lap
of destiny In the gale we lost a lot
There
was time and memories
Dissolving like sugar in water Loads
of memories
Loads of dreams
We watch them float by on the wind
Scratch
your head and pray for him Grab a walking stick
Take
a hike
We are all in this tonight
For the same reasons
That we had in
the first place The animals and birds are around
you
They make you feel young again
Just like you did when you began The
animals and birds are around you
They make you feel young again
Just like
you did when you began I
CAN'T THINK OF WHY I DID THAT I
left the kitchen full of bats
I can't think of why I did that
I dropped
my thermos on the tracks
I can't think of why I did that
I can't think of
why I did that I saw the morning sun
I saw
the heavens, high they hung
I saw the simpering saxophones
I was lost but
not alone My mind is full of weight
I can't
remember why I stayed
So confused Into the
great and open world
You were just a crazy girl
You thought of ways to make
it right
We talked about it through the night My
mind is full of weight
I can't remember why I stayed
So confused I
left before we stopped our spat
I can't think of why I did that
I gave my
fortune to a cat
I can't think of why I did that
I can't think of why I
did that
I can't think of why I did that VAMPIRES
IN PARIS There
was the creature in the restaurant
He was looking suave and debonair
He
was gracious in his manner
He was operating with flair Vampires
in Paris He is creeping through the alley
He
is hemming his pants
He is meeting in the patisserie
He is scamming the
boulangerie Vampires in Paris He
does a turn and a swivel
He knows how to pivot
He knows how to excise
He
sets his site on his target Vampires in Paris He
was over by the Louvre
He was talking of Verlaine
He was fomenting a riot
He
was drinking up the wine Vampires in Paris EVERYTHING'S
ALL RIGHT FOR US NOW I'm
feeling good for once, everything's all right
There is a clear path before
me
No more murky thoughts, no more stilted models
Everything's all right
(right), right, (right)
For us now
Everything's all right (right), right,
(right)
For us now I'm feeling happy right
now, everything's all right
There is a ship to sail the open seas
The sun
hits the house in most lovely way
Everything's all right (right), right, (right)
For
us now
Everything's all right (right), right, (right)
For us now Up
in the sky, look at the light
Look how green the trees are I'm
feeling good for once, everything's all right
There is a clear path before
me
No more murky thoughts, no more stilted models
Everything's all right
(right), right, (right)
For us now
Everything's all right (right), right,
(right)
For us now
Everything's all right (right), right, (right)
For
us now
Everything's all right (right), right, (right)
For us now IOWA
Summer,
Des Moines, Arch Point school
That's where I began
She was like a vision,
her skin was soft
Kindergarten, Mr. Fielding
I fell from the monkey bars
We
fell on the bark
I walked her home from school
I beat up a bully to show
that I was cool
We walked by her Grandma's on the way home
She looked out
the window and waived
Afternoon class, rolling in the grass
Brought lunch
in a sack
My mom pulled me along real good
I heard Lisa grew up
And she
still stayed in Des Moines
I heard she was 19 and still feelin' green
I
heard she got married then left the scene
A few years after me
I hear she
has some kids
And she's takin' them to class
I have not met them
But
I can deal with that
I can deal with the time that I can't get back WHAT
WAS SHE THINKIN'? Beautiful
girls, babes, ambling in the barrio
Simple melodies playin' on the stereo
I
get some coffee, I get some tea
I see those big boys, stirrin' up mystery (Who?)
Those
girls are fallin' for it
Hook, line, and sinker
Looks like Stan Gable put
a ring on her finger What was she thinkin'
when she fell for him?
What was she thinkin' when she gave her heart away?
What
was she thinkin' when she fell for him?
I'm tired of seeing girls like her
Go
to guys like him The evening falls, the kegs
are tapped
The butts are jutted, the butts are slapped
Someone tried to
attack from the back
He got chased out with a baseball bat
Who is that?
(Who?)
The girl is saddled up to a brand new guy
He had the game, he had
the tales
And he looked her in the eye What
was she thinkin' when she fell for him?
What was she thinkin' when she gave
her heart away?
What was she thinkin' when she fell for him?
I'm tired of
seeing girls like her
Go to guys like him Beauty
is skin deep
There's no objective way to define a creep
I guess bodies connect
and talk is cheap
But still, I mean, really
Can she be serious? What
was she thinkin' when she fell for him?
What was she thinkin' when she gave
her heart away?
What was she thinkin' when she fell for him?
I'm tired of
seeing girls like her
Go to guys like him COME
TO ME When
the wind is at your back
When the sands shift beneath your feet
I will be
here for you, come to me
When the bells of the cathedral
Stop echoing through
the canyons
I will be here for you, come to me Come
to me, come to me
Come to me, come to me
I will be here for you, come to
me When the people who are angry
Are the
only ones you meet
I will be here for you, come to me
When the sunken eyes
of the lost
Are carving out the great mystique
I will be here for you, come
to me Come to me, come to me
Come to me,
come to me
I will be here for you, come to me When
the day is never-ending
And the road is full of sleet
I will be here for
you, come to me
You need some comfort, baby
You need some harmony
I will
be here for you, come to me Come to me, come
to me
Come to me, come to me
I will be here for you, come to me NIPPED
IN THE BUD Look
at the face of the shining star
Bellying up to the rat pack bar
It seems
a might peculiar so far As the phone is jumping
off the bed
And the dial tone is in your head
Things you should have done
instead
Forget about all those instead threads In
rapture you are the hero
Forget about all of the souls on the road
You get
to feelin' superior
Then you get nipped in the bud Don't
you want to know what it is to arrive?
Rather than just to merely survive
You
had those thoughts in a box again
There are not just rosy times
There also
sharp declines
So pistol whip those evil lines
Your pistol is plated like
a shiny dime You don't hear the murmurs in
corners
You don't hear dreams of the dreadful and acerbic fate
You don't
see inches, you just see miles
I think it's time for a run This
napkin of poetry
Sums it up best for me
Those crumpled up Polaroids
Have
left us now In rapture you are the hero
Forget
about all of the souls on the road
You get to feelin' superior
Then you
get nipped in the bud PLOW I'm
plowing the field
I am setting up my shield
The winds are sweeping
They
won't subside
The rain is falling
I'm drenched but I do not relent Seasons
come and they go
Good times and bad times
The ebb and the flow
I remember
the elations of the Alamo
The future is bright
That's what they say
But
I won't notice, I do not relent Cupid shot
his arrow and several lovers fell
They all got caught in high moods, they fell
under a spell
But I do not depart from my plow
I do not depart from my
plow
I do not depart from my plow
I do not depart from my plow I
fell in love and kept it up
I did not let it come and go
The seasons are
so temperamental
But I vow to not relent
I do not depart from my plow
I
do not depart from my plow
I do not depart from my plow
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