Talkin' to You

There’s only so much I can take 
Of the same mistake
And I’m talkin’ to you
And nothing can soften the ache 
When I lie here awake
And I’m talkin’ to you

I’m talkin’ to you
I talk in my sleep 
I fall in my dreams
When there’s no one to care what 
No one to hear what I… 

Do you hear what I say? 
Do you hear what I say?
Do you care…  
Do you care anyway?

There’s only so much I can fake 
When I look at the break
And I just see the glue
No matter how hard I explain 
All the rust on the chain
I’m still talkin’ to you

I’m talkin’ to you
I talk in my sleep 
I fall in my dreams
When there’s no one to care what 
No one to hear what I… 

Do you hear what I say? 
Do you hear what I say?
Do you care what I say? 
Do you hear me? 
Do you hear me?
 

The Apple 

You, you could do anything and me
I could be anyone, and we
We could be anywhere but here
And you, you could have diamond rings, and me
Put on my pretty things, and then
Then you and I could disappear

And I’ll go hand in hand with you
And we will do as lovers do
And I will promise to be quiet
Cuz, you’ll say it isn’t true

You say, hay
You are the apple, I want you
You in the chapel, me and you
Walk in the shadow of his smile. Yeah you
You are the apple, I want you
You in the chapel, I won’t do
Anything evil in the aisle, if you smile
We’ll do like lovers do

You, you in the long majestic dress
Everyone thinks that you’re the best
But you want to do what they confess
And me, I want to get it off my chest
I want to find a cozy nest
I want to be sure I pass the test

So here I am with you
About to do what lovers do
And I have to promise to be quiet
Cuz, you’ll say it isn’t true

You say, hey
You are the apple, I want you
You in the chapel, me and you
Walk in the shadow of his smile. Yeah you!
You are the apple, I want you
You in the chapel, I won’t do
Anything evil in the aisle if you smile
And do like lovers do
We’ll do like lovers do
We’ll do like lovers do
 

Turn on a Smile 

When you’re lost in space, with a smile upside down on your face
And you’re all, all alone and lonely, hiding your head in disgrace

You can make someone happy, and you can turn on a smile
When you’re nice to yourself, It’s good for us all

When your heart is down, and you don’t feel like clowning around
And you’re so far away from heaven, soaking your soul in a frown

You can make yourself happy, you can turn on a smile
When you’re nice to yourself, It’s good for us all

Look at yourself, tell me what do you see 
So many reasons to laugh and feel free
Your troubles are only as bad as you let them become 
So c’mon, turn on a smile

When you’re all alone, you can think of the friends that you’ve known
Then you’re not all alone and lonely, trudging through life on your own

You can make someone happy, you can turn on a smile
When you help someone else, it’s good for us all
You can make someone happy, you can turn on a smile
When you’re nice to yourself, it’s good for us all

Turn on a smile
 

U Changed 

I don't wanna be cynical, I don't wanna be a pain in the ass
I don't wanna be the one to make you come down
I don't wanna kill a miracle, I don't wanna put your hope in the trash
I don't wanna be the one to bring you around, and around, and around

But it hurts so deep, to see you walking in your sleep
'Cause I just can't forget the bruises in my heart, it's so funny, how

U changed, now the world is always beautiful and bright
U changed, you're an angel overnight
You say u changed, now your demons have dissolved into the light
But I know you'll understand it, if I need a little time
To believe this change is real

I don't wanna be negative, I don't wanna be a thorn in your side
I don't wanna see your heaven tumble and fall
I don't wanna be tentative, I don't wanna be afraid of your pride
I just wanna be the mirror, mirror on your wall

But I played all the games, and I've taken half the blame
And I bandaged all the pieces of my heart, now suddenly

U changed, now the world is always beautiful and bright
U changed, you're an angel overnight
You say u changed, now your demons have dissolved into the light
But I know you'll understand it, if I need a little time
To believe this change is real

You see it hurts so deep to see you walking in your sleep
And I just can't forget the bruises in my heart
Now suddenly

U changed, now the world is always beautiful and bright
U changed, you're an angel overnight
You say u changed, now your demons have dissolved into the light
U changed, now your heavens have aligned
U changed, now the world is always beautiful and bright
U changed, you're an angel overnight
U changed, now your demons have dissolved into the light

But I know you'll understand it, if I need a little time
To believe this change is real
 

Willy Nilly 

Hey there Willy Nilly walkin' down the road
I see you've been carrying a big mother load
Black sunglasses and a big black coat
Big black beard growing down your throat

Hey there Willy Nilly, where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when it starts to snow?

Big back pack and a long black cane
Fried your mind on window pane
Knee-high boots and a black felt hat
They say, "How does a boy get to be like that?

Everybody runs away from you, you see the terror in their eyes,
A victim of a world they never knew, and no one ever told you why

You once had a job, the front line
Sent back home when you done your time
A moonlit morning and he stepped on a mine
Your buddy's in a box and they say you're fine

Hey there Willy Nilly where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when it starts to snow?

Everybody runs away from you, you see the terror in their eyes
A victim of a world they never knew and no one ever told you why
Everybody runs away from you, you see the terror in their eyes
A victim of a world they never knew and no one ever told you why

I see a runny nose hidin' in your hair
It's how come I know you're livin' in there
Runnin' from the devil and the demons in your mind
Livin' on a level where the sun don't shine

Hey there Willy Nilly where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when it starts to snow?
 

Your Sister 

And when I crack you open like the spoils of war, 
I want to know that you've been waiting
I want to know you're wanting more
And when I crack you opened like a treasure chest
I want to savor every moment; I want to know I've done my best

I want to be your sister, share the secrets sisters do
Yeah, I want to be your sister, yeah, I want to play around with you
I want to be your sister, share the secret sisters do 
Yeah, I want to be your lover, yeah, I want to fall in love with you, with you

And when I hold you crying like a little girl
I want to make it all feel better, I want to see your perfect world
And when I brush your body and I paint your toes
I want to be your favorite artist; I want to go where no one goes.

And I want to be your sister, share the secrets sisters do 
Yeah, I want to be your sister, yeah, I want to fool around with you.
I want to be your sister, share the secret sisters do 
Yeah, I want to be your lover, yeah, I want to fall in love with you, with you

And when I see you smiling there 
I want to gaze into your eyes and share what’s deep inside 
I wanna listen deeply

And while the world is going mad
I want to share the love we have
I want to sing about it

And when I feel your armory dissolve in me
I want to take the place of dreaming; I want to be the one you see
and when I tend your garden and I stoke your fire
I want to pull you to my bosom; I want to hike my dress up higher

And I want to be your sister, share the secrets sisters do 
Yeah, I want to be your sister, yeah, I want to mess around with you
I want to be your sister, share the secret sisters do 
Yeah, I want to be your lover, yeah, I want to fall in love with you, with you
 

Automatic Forest – for Allen Ginsberg

You made it through the automatic forest
You carried it through the skyscraper canyons
And floating incandescent in a motor home
Out on the freeway, you took the highway

Tripping through an ocean of symbols
You flaked and peeled like the rocks of eternity
No Jupiter juice, no brown rice cocktail can take the edge off now

So go in peace now brother, go to where the rivers lead you
And go where angels bathe you, go wherever freaks will need you, hey hey
Close your eyes, hey, hey, close your eyes

You rode the motor elevator mood swings
Rockin’ around the melancholy merry-go-round and round
You knew the ultimate pain
The ultimate high, the ultimate groundswell

You wrote about the ghetto kids burnin’ the indigo brothers
Back in the hope fields
You dreamed about the Matterhorn boys
And the great wide open, the great Grand Canyon

So go in peace now brother, go with all your flower power
You sowed your seeds now brother, leave the world your final hour, hey, hey
Close your eyes, hey, hey, close your eyes

You made it through the automatic forest
You filtered it through your crazy cool lenses
And floating in a vision you take ‘em all in
Lay ‘em out, line ‘em up for the slaughter
You predicted your own demise
With your pixie twinkle
Your guru fire and trust
And you didn’t succumb to the off-white
Off-key clause of Middle America

So go in peace now brother, go to where the rivers lead you
Go where angels bathe you, go wherever freaks will need you, hey, hey
Close your eyes, hey, hey, close your eyes

 

Bad Experience 

Sit awhile and reminisce about the way we took our fill of bliss
We made a big and mighty sound, as we were raging through the underground
You were on, I mean, really on and you, ya had me in your lovely palm
And I was only tryin’ to keep it up for you, ‘til you were gone, I mean, really gone

So, you had a bad experience, now everybody pays
I guess you were a bit too curious
But now that you regret it, you won't let 'em all forget it
Cuz, you know

You were afraid of growin' old, slowin' down, gettin' fat, and gettin' cold
But you are young, and you are thin, now you're the tragic, angry heroine
Me, I gotta say, I took you to the edge, I held your hand, standin' on that ledge
But you were out of control, and out of sight, and you were so sure it would be all right
You said, "Everything's gonna be fine"

But you had a bad experience, now everybody pays
I guess you were a bit too curious
And now that you regret it, you won't let 'em all forget it
Cuz, you know

It's a crime, to deny it now
Cuz, you know the kicks were cool and all the fireworks were real
But in time, since you and I were bound to fall
You said, "Nothing lasts for long and you ain't no exception to the rule"

And now that you regret it, you won't let 'em all forget it
Cuz, you… 

You say you had a bad experience, now everybody pays
I guess you were a bit too curious
And now that you regret it You won't let 'em all forget it
Cuz, you…

You say you had a bad experience, now everybody pays
Say it made you feel invincible
But now that you regret it, you ain't ever gonna let it go 

 

Belly 

You used to be an animal
You would rip me flesh and bone
And I would lie there prostrate willing and disabled
Until they hit you from behind
And started fuckin' with your mind
And then they drank you under the table

So, come on

Lay your head upon my belly
Mine is yours to feel
Lay your head upon my belly
Everything is real

You used to be okay
Until they put you in that chair
And they said "C'mon now, let's take a look inside you"
And you and I would play
Gettin' into trouble everyday
Until they said we must divide you

So, come on

Lay your head upon my belly
Mine is yours to feel
Lay your head upon my belly
Everything is real

All is fine, is final, baby
Final as can be
All of that is history, baby
So, bring it back, bring it back, come on back to me

Come with me, oh, come with me, so come on

Lay your head upon my belly
Mine is yours to feel
Lay your head upon my belly
Everything is real

 

Perfect Day 

When the sun falls down through cracks in the sky
Like a stone-cold pleasure, I feel you passing by
It’s so intangible, I can hear you laugh, I’m high
It’s just like gravity to pull you from the sky

When it’s a beautiful, perfect day 
Not a single cloud in our way
It’s a beautiful, perfect day
I wanna see you here, I wanna feel you here

Pick up the phone & make the call,
I haven’t been whole inside, since the fall
So much to talk about when you come back from space
Since you flew outta here, there’s nothin’ in your place

And it’s a beautiful perfect day 
Not a single cloud in our way
It’s a beautiful perfect day
I wanna see you here, I wanna feel you here

Sunny with a chance to shine and hold on to your heart
Funny how what’s yours and mine will never fall apart
You left too early baby, I was still asleep
I still hold out, that when I wake, you’ll come back in one piece

And it’s a beautiful perfect day,
Not a single cloud in our way
It’s a beautiful perfect day
And we can see for ever and ever
It’s a beautiful perfect day
I wanna see you here, I wanna feel you here

Funny, now that yours is mine, I’d give it all away
Cloudy with a chance to shine, I’d take that any day