Nothing Rhymes With Woman


Indecision
Long days, come alive I take it in through my eyes Long days of paper tigers They ate all the words of the wise Now my spirit and bones take me Straight to a fork in the road Now my spirit and bones take me Somewhere I've never known And if I face indecision Don't let me face it alone Just take me straight to Virginia Back to the faces of home Long days, fade away I take it in through my eyes Sometimes survival's the milestone Electrified like a lightning tree Take these spirit and bones And catapult from the ground What doesn't throw you or burn you Will surely turn you around But if I face indecision Don't let me face it alone Just take me straight to Virginia Back to the places I know And if I face indecision Don't let me face it alone Just take me straight to Virginia Back to the faces of home Long days, come alive I face the trail of Old Lonesome Pine I catch a glimpse, flickers of brilliance Straight ahead for what's left behind Long days, fade away I hope to see them again Sometimes survival's the milestone I may get lost But I will know where I've been Know where I've been I know where I am right now
Another Man's Woman
I fell in love with another man's woman, Another man's woman's got a hold on me I'm on my knees, I cannot see, She came out of the sun just like a deity She came out of the cold and she is melting me I fell in love with another man's woman, Another man's woman's got a hold on me She's swarming in my head just like a buzz of bees She's hit me like a cyclone on the seven seas She came in from the rain and she is drowning me Adrift in the room, gonna splinter at sea Washed up in the desert, and there's nothing to drink And it's no surprise that nothing rhymes with woman Adrift in the room, gonna splinter at sea Washed up in the desert and there's nothing to drink Well oh Lord I'm sure, you've put off forgiving me But don't you see... I fell in love with another man's woman, Another man's woman's got a hold on me A match in the rain, a moth to the flame A pleasure-seeking yahoo with a penchant for pain A double-decker bus of trouble, I'm in the way I fell in love with another man's woman, Another man's woman's got a hold on me I made it over truth with my tear-stained lies I take a look of honey 'til the honeycomb dried These fantasies can make a dead man rise Adrift in the room, gonna splinter at sea Washed up in the desert and there's nothing to drink And it's no surprise that nothing rhymes with woman Adrift in the room, gonna splinter at sea Washed up in the desert and there's nothing to drink Well oh Lord I'm sure, you've put off forgiving me I fell in love with another man's woman, Another man's woman's got a hold on me She came out of the sun just like a deity, She came in from the rain and she is drowning me Adrift in the room, gonna splinter at sea Washed up in the desert and there's nothing to drink And it's no surprise that nothing rhymes with woman Adrift in the room, gonna splinter at sea Washed up in the desert and there's nothing to drink Well oh Lord, I'm sure, you've put off forgiving me Well oh Lord, I'm sure, you've put off forgiving me Well oh Lord, I'm sure, you've put off forgiving me
Miss Hollywood
Shootin' stars, guilded age, The edge to spill your dreams to me and we just hide away You can stay, if you believe, Just a leap of faith across a busy boulevard of broken dreams And I dream about her even though I never should, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Yeah I would ride into the sunset if I could, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, So slow to fade... Check on the hill, across the street, Taking turns unlocking doors, to fame by proximity Golden dreams, flow like water, And the water always wins for good or bad, once you let it in And I dream about her even though I never should, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Yeah I would ride into the sunset if I could, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, So slow to fade... Don't you cry on us goodnight, Lifted off from mother earth to find her elusive smile You can't buy authentic vibe, But you can check out all the detours off the 405 But you can stay if you believe, But spinning gold is never easy when shooting stars, all your dreams Up in the sky, star's just a star, But funny thing - when looking up, it seems to follow you wherever you are And I dream about her even though I never should, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Yeah i would ride into the sun like Clint Eastwood, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, Miss Hollywood, So slow to fade... So slow to fade... So slow to fade... So slow to fade... So slow to fade...
Cinnamindy
She longs for peace, it's her revenge She's a stark-white, pale-horse, rider-in-Hell's just around the bend She's kids to raise, she got bills to feed, And her pride is a higher horse than some bum of a man upon a steed The handle's rough, she works it smooth, Hardened by the pace The hands get tough and it transfers through before the lines can reach her face She flies like a kite, Hell at the other end Tuggin' down on a cinnamon thread, she's shreddin' in the wind But she reads the Bible, she believes the light She thumbs through the pages 'til the good book smolders and ignites She cries late at night, no one to hold her tight like she should be Cinnamindy Hoarse and sore her scratchy voice soars through her song like a rusty cello Now I lay me down to sleep, lights out, it's time to dream And days you'll find she make everybody smile with a last good laugh The days are long, but she blows it all off with a wink and a little sass She flies like a kite, Hell at the other end Tuggin' down on her cinnamon thread, dreams shreddin' in the wind But she reads the Bible, she believes the light She thumbs through the pages 'til the good book smolders and ignites She cries late at night, no one to hold her tight like she should be Cinnamindy But she reads the Bible, she believes the light, She thumbs through the pages 'til the good book smolders and ignites She cries late at night, Mama just down the hall, She cries late at night, Mama curled up like a wrecking ball, She cries late at night, there's no one to hold her tight like she should be But by morning light the cinnamon's on her cheeks But by morning light she's back to being Cinnamindy
Lake Of Silver Bells
Float from the balcony, we ride the pinetop swells Down from the old hotel on the lake of silver bells And leading is lonely when you make alone decisions Leading is lonely when you're dancing through derisions So much left for giving in, the year of living dangerously happy On the lake of silver bells Life flickers by a hundred suns behind the trees Melts us in a lullaby our eyelids are like movie screens And we close our eyes and feel the warmth come into frame We close our eyes until our dreams become one and the same So much left for giving in, the year of living dangerously happy On the lake of silver bells We dance across til we drop, the bells keep time and never stop We sleep and we wake to muffled chimes out on the lake We dance across til we drop, the bells keep time and never stop We sleep and we wake on the lake of silver bells We've reached the secret place to rest and reconcile We close our eyes, the only change is no change for a while We're by the old hotel and we will make this place our own And fill each room with sons and daughters and never be alone And we dance across til we drop, the bells keep time and never stop We sleep and we wake to muffled chimes out on the lake We dance across til we drop, the bells keep time and never stop We sleep and we wake on the lake of silver bells Looking past the love you face, you miss the place you never had What you need's not just the dream, but something on the other end Wake up, wake up Wake up, you're much too fast asleep And we dance across til we drop, the bells keep time and never stop We sleep and we wake to muffled chimes out on the lake We dance across til we drop, the bells keep time and never stop We sleep and we wake on the lake of silver bells The lake of silver bells... The lake of silver bells... The lake of silver bells... Leading is lonely, ooo...
What Have You Learned?
What have you learned, can you remember? What would you like for me to do? Everything you need from me is in your hands And everything else is up to you You're like a butterfly on a windy day You use directions in a roundabout day What have you learned, Now that you've been burned By the guy who used to be the center of your eye And you're blown away by your own hurricane And you wonder why Cast away and you're looking through the wreckage for your pride, But you can't salvage what you don't supply What have you learned, Now that you've been burned By the girl who used to be the center of your world Who used to be your center of gravity And now you're so unsure You're like a squirrel out in the middle of the road You're halfway there but don't know which way to go What have you learned Now that you've been burned By the one who used to be the one and only If you could see your sinking dignity You're like the waves beating on the sandy shore You swear you've been there once or twice before What have you learned? What have you learned? What have you learned? What have you learned, can you remember? Now that they don't know what to do Now that they miss your heart of gold so badly This is what I'd say if I were you It's in a treasure chest that's buried in the sand But the "x" does not mark the spot and I do not need a hand And if I burst out into flames without your guidance anymore Just scatter me across the sea and you can kiss my ashes from the shore [Nananana Nananananana Nananana Nanananana] x4
Mexico
Perhaps I've never tried that hard to see A palm tree swinging lazy in the breeze Perhaps I looked away too many times Just ignoring all the signs Riding high on a temporary vibe Life and love are messy most of the time Practical minds breeding practical lives Leave it all behind The ocean breeze, the palm trees, and the sunshine Excuses that a pair of eyes can't hide Perhaps this paradise is my decline Riding high on a temporary vibe Life and love are messy most of the time If we were sober, we would know that this is real Beyond a feeling, and I'd never let you go If we were sober, we would know that this is real Beyond a feel, I should have never let you go Down in Mexico We could be drinkin cheap tequila en the playa esquinita And it sure is good to see the sea again We could be drinking cheap tequila en the playa esquinita And it sure is good to see the sea again We both know what this could be or pretend that it's not happening Float forever, take a trip with me Live forever in a postcard where it lives and breathes in blue and green And roaring up a gentle breeze, We're riding high on a temporary vibe, Life and love are messy most of the time If we were sober, we would know that this is real Beyond a feeling, and I'd never let you go If we were sober, we would know that this is real Beyond a feel, I should have never let you go Down in mexico We could be drinking cheap tequila en the playa esquinita And it sure is good to see the sea again We should be drinking margaritas in a foreign buena vista And it sure is good to see you once again
X-Ray
Heidi's chasing rabbits, Max is chasing cars It's summer, it's summer, I cut through the neighbors' yards New seat, new pads, knobbies, chromium alloy, Max It's summer, it's summer, it's summer on riverwood Lawnmowers everywhere I used to live there I used to live there And now I'm lighting fires Out in the garden Out in the summer sun And the best is yet to come I got some X-Ray goggles and an X-Ray gun I didn't see a thing but I sure was stunned When I lost my money to the back of a magazine X-Ray goggles and an X-Ray gun I spy everyone I used to ride my bike My dog by my side (Good girl) Soap box derby car, cardboard fighter plane I'm melting Boba Fett and painting flames all over everything Jumping from the pier and river on the skin And lightning bugs, and locusts shells, its summer, summer never ends Lawnmowers everywhere I used to live there I used to live there And now I'm lighting fires Out in the garden Out in the summer sun And the best is yet to come I got some X-Ray goggles and an X-Ray gun I didn't see a thing but I sure was stunned When I lost my money to the back of a magazine X-Ray goggles and an X-Ray gun I spy everyone I used to ride my bike My dog by my side (Good girl) X-Ray goggles and an X-Ray gun I spy everyone X-Ray goggles and an X-Ray gun I spy everyone I used to live there (I used to live there) (4x) I used to ride my bike My dog by my side I used to run and hide My new dog by my side (Good boy)
Drops Of Rain
Drops of rain Oh the sun wants to break Through April just wants Her lazy saturday New lovers peak From their nesting eves Some secrets to keep The spill out everywhere On the corners. Out in the streets Just a hoody affair A sweatshirt morning everywhere Drops of rain on the Coffee window pane I know I won't get hooked on simple days If ignorance is bliss my love I never would forget What I knew when I was young Man, I know I can't hold on To April drops of rain And then come-what-may... But its hard to look away Life is rich, Life is rich Only if we live through its experience No thought for a while Just a quick dix on a smile Spring is spring, forever young Its just its job... get in and out And then its job is done... Before Summer's born We;re caught between Human Condition fraility Heaven and Hell, Love and Lust Oh well... So much to learn [Chorus] Drops of rain flip flop belly ring Pull back hair I really don't care Just a hoody affair. A hoody affair A hoody kind of thing Drops of rain flip flop belly ring Pull back hair walk nowhere Just a hoody affair. A hoody affair A hoody kind of thing
Meltdown
Hey, hey, how's it going? What you up to? How you been? I see you're shooting ducks down in a shooting pen again Yeah, I could use the change, I've scraped the wishing well And I, I bought the excuse that someone's joy should be my hell Thaw me out and warm my heart before I get consumed By the angry bits of broken dreams in my self-inflicted wounds Love, it's in the bones Love, it's in the blood Love, it's in the skin But you can't let it out if you don't let it in Please excuse the way I nickel and dime It seems I spend my tender mercies all the time Should I base my decisions on the feelings that I feel Or base my feelings on decisions and pretend the feeling's real? I'll wait for good times and peace to live and love Pretty soon I'll find my time's run out and my heart's turned to dust Cause the world keeps turning whether you live or you die You can go it alone or leave your footprints on some hearts and minds And sometimes they tear and sometimes they bleed And sometimes a heart-felt whipping is just the thing you need Love, it's in the bones Love, it's in the blood Love, it's in the skin But you can't let it out if you don't let it in Love, it's in the bones Love, it's in the blood Love, it's in the skin But you can't let it out if you don't let it in (Yeah, yeah, yeah...) Oh, love, it's in the bones Love, it's in the blood Love, it's in the skin But you can't let it out if you don't let it in Love, it's in the bones Love, it's in the blood Love, it's in the skin But you can't let it out if you don't let it in
Pink
So, she catches herself When she looks down, or too far away She knows the pain in her side Is just a mirage and mirages will fade And so it begins, the mirage settles in But the sky is like pink before violet Cause everything's now, everything's now She notices everything As she puts on the ring Her world turns to pink So, she shows all her teeth when She's taking the photos, she knows she has friends She wants colors like these to Remind her of being a young girl again She quietly pleads, God just remove Everything that the doctors don't see Cause everything's now, everything's now Please remove everything that's not real And she puts on the ring Her world turns to pink She puts on the ring Her world turns to pink She puts on the ring (7x) She puts on the ring...
Snowfall Music
Nighttime bridges breathe Ebb and flow Cars blink by like a metronome As the head for home City glows up into the sky Winter ribbon clouds Melt down into grey sky night Electric with light And if you're burning like a candle all alone And if we're burning like two candles With no window to call home Let it snow Nighttime evergreens. Fade and glow All the kids smell snow...it will fall The kids know it all Night sky. City sleep Snow globe halos on the lamps in the street Ebb and Flow. Fade and Glow And you never know. You never know If you're burning like a candle all alone And if we're burning like two candles With no window to call home Let it snow. Let is snow over everything When you hear the sound Let it snow. Let the snowfall music Snow its feathers down
Seed
Vagabond or a bag of bones? They lay out loose atop the soil They lay out and here comes the sun And the winds to blow me away Who who are you, who am I Or who are we if not the seed? Fire by the riverside Learn to swim Or no one gets out of here alive Vagabond, a bag of bones A dandelion blown to a thousand homes With no place to go But who is to say and who's who to know? Vagabond a bag of bones A dandelion blown to a thousand homes With no place to grow But who is to say and who's who to know? Wind in the trees The rain comes thundering down It takes some water to make a cloud It takes some seeds to sow the ground 'Cause even a seed Needs to spend its time in the dirt to grow But it takes motion to make a sound It takes getting lost to be found [chorus] A shallow grave Return to dreams It's over my head It's all make-believe In my mind... in my mind When my thoughts have gone to seed I will return them to my dreams Till I return I return to dreams in my mind I can hear the thunderclouds moving on You weren't invited but you're welcome to come along I can hear the sounds of the thunderclouds moving on You weren't invited but you're welcome to come along.
Tip Toe
Tip toe, tip toe... tip toe, tip toe... out of your heart. And I'm not that proud, I'm not that proud at all, But I don't know how to gently break your fall. Forgive me I'm a coward and a stray, And I don't know how to boldly walk away. Forgive me I'm a coward and a stray, And I don't know how to boldly walk away. So I tip toe, tip toe... out of your heart. Once upon a summertime is gone, Wide awake but drifting off and on. I'm a boat without an anchor or an oar, You're a cottage sitting pretty by the shore. When love is on fire, I'm a bird on a wire. It's easier to stay, high above the way, It's easier to stay, high above the way, Of your heart. And I'm not that proud, I'm not that proud at all, But I don't know how to gently break your fall. Forgive me I'm a coward and a stray, And I don't know how to boldly walk away. I'm a boat without an anchor or an oar, You're a cottage sitting pretty by the shore. I'm a boat without an anchor or an oar, Spare me boy I've heard it all before. So I just tip toe, tip toe.. out of my...