1. |
Kimberly Said
01:55
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Kimberly said don't lose your head
you wouldn't be better off dead
loosen the reigns if she complains
don't get yourself all wrapped up in chains
well, she never really said it
but she might as well have
Kimberly knows anything goes
she tries to keep me on my toes
sometimes she waits or hesitates
sometimes she just blows off our dates
well, she does it all the time
I know she doesn't mean to
she's got her high beam headlamps
and her day-glo eyes
got me diving in a riverbed that never dries
she's got a new wave heart
and a disco mind
I don't know a thing about her
so she's just my kind
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2. |
Taste So Good
03:40
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I can't believe my luck
I stick to things until I'm stuck
I stick it out, I stick it in
I stick around
I can't believe my eyes
The very air solidifies
And I feel like an orphan
In the lost and found
But when I see my Frankenstein
She serves me sweat and turpentine
And no one, but no one,
but no one makes it taste so good
I can't believe the hype
I'm aged but hardly overripe
I'm not about to pucker
For the kiss of death
I can't believe the word
Of all the has-beens ever heard
The bit about retiring
From the world of breath
But when I see my Azrael
She serves me blood and gives me hell
And no one, but no one,
but no one makes it taste so good
I can't believe the time
I've wasted on this uphill climb
I'd buy the time back in a flash
But I'm flat broke
I can't believe in me
At least not how I used to be
So I've returned my diaries
To ash and smoke
But when I see my Lady Jane
She serves me spit and novacaine
And no one, but no one,
but no one makes it taste so good
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3. |
Turn Me On
02:45
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Diamond in a heap of coal
turn me on, don’t turn on me
She is stalked by miracles
turn me on, don’t turn on me
you can see how far it’s gone
don’t turn on me, just turn me on
Her words are birds that take flight
turn me on, don’t turn on me
Inside sat the speed of light
turn me on, don’t turn on me
you can see how far it’s gone
Don’t turn on me, just turn me on
Round and round, she dances in the ashes
Future in her eyes, the fire licks her feet
Round and round, she’s a revolution
she will sow the seed and she will reap the wheat
Violence is not her vibe
turn me on, don’t turn on me
she is not of any tribe
turn me on, don’t turn on me
You can see how far it’s gone
don’t turn on me, just turn me on
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4. |
Tell the Telephone
03:19
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5. |
Tell It to Samantha
02:49
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dig in deep or cruise the shallows
lock the door and man the gallows
flaunt the token symbols of your shame
weight loss project, new sensations
wardrobe habit alteration
everybody turns out just the same
tell it to Samantha and she's hanging by a thread
baby, she's as good as dead
drink you will and drink you'd better
drain your glass you'll forget her
see the cost of freedom through a haze
be it Adam's rib or liquor
vice will surely kill you quicker
but who needs more frustrated, sober days
tell it to Samantha and she's hanging by a thread
baby, she's as good as dead
cast aside assumptions that she'd rather not be told
when her best friends say
she's cold as ice and twice as slippery
proud of weak mystique and frippery
just last night she replied as follows
"go to Hell, farewell, I'm rid of you
if you think I stink, remember to spare the hints!"
and I haven't seen her since
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6. |
Thanks But No Thanks
04:07
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Her passions were impossible
And ill equipped to last
Her weapons were so subtle
That I never felt the blast
Her morals were rejected
They afford no convenience
To a woman who's impaled
Upon the past
And I say thanks but no thanks
I'd rather keep my wits about me
Thanks but no thanks
You were not the first to doubt me
Claiming you could love without me
Now you've got a splendid opportunity
Her talents were considerable
But she preferred to tease
Her greatest pleasure came
From bringing people to their knees
Her ethics were elastic
As befits the sort of hypocrite
Who revises their espoused beliefs
With ease
And when I'm philosophical
I say she's not to blame
All her family ever gave her was her name
But knowing her misfortune
Doesn't change the way I feel
She ought to dry her eyes and take the wheel
Kick those horses into life
And see her hometown
Through the rear view mirror
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7. |
One More Night
03:07
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It makes me smile
Just to see you standing at my door
I'm so alone
And I can't live without you anymore
So come and lay down by my side
I just want to hold you close
And be with you tonight
'Cos I can't take
One more night without you in my arms
You're in my dreams
I go to sleep just knowing you'll be there
When I'm awake
I think about you, it don't matter where
Even the blind can see
I was meant to be with you
And you were meant for me
'Cos I can't take
One more night without you in my arms
One more night without you lying in my arms
One more night would do my heart a lot of harm
I need your company
'Scuse me please for asking you
To run away with me
But I can't take
One more night without you in my arms
When I'm alone
I find myself just sittin' by the phone
This loneliness I feel for you
Had gotten in my bones
I wonder where you are
You're more fun to play with
Than my electric guitar
'Cos I can't take
One more night without you in my arms
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8. |
A Superstar in Disguise
03:56
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when the world starts going your way
you won't know how to react
even in your finest moments
you are just this side of cracked
I've heard all of your excuses
but I can see it in your eyes
you're perfect in every way
too beautiful to betray
a superstar in disguise
just another unpaid actress
dreaming of the Great White Way
feel the well worn stage beneath you
feel the real world go away
there is fortune for the lucky
and hope for everyone who tries
I feel the need to suggest
that you're the best of the best
a superstar in disguise
please stick around for a while
'cos I've grown fond of that smile
please stick around for a bit
'cos I've been counting on it
don't you give in, don't you give up
don't wait 'til the thrill is gone
if you ever make the big time
you could turn the whole world on
compliments aren't legal tender
but rest assured I tell no lies
you're perfect in every way
too beautiful to betray
a superstar in disguise
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9. |
White Picket Fence
03:40
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A self-serving bastard offspring
Of the cesspool that you swam
Fancied you a public cervix
Turned the screws, who gives a damn
Swat a fly and love a maggot
That's the nature of the beast
Vicious circles, mad relations
You're emotionally deceased
Did you ever have dreams
That were more than obligations?
Did you ever see the world
From the driver's seat?
I've heard you contradict yourself
By talking sense
Give up your white picket fence
Give up your white picket fence
Martyrs never get to savor
All the good that goes around
And a lifetime's worth of memories
Will be auctioned by the pound
As you claw from "a" to "b"
You'll see me slide from "b" to "a"
And I hope we'll find nirvana
When we finally meet halfway
Oh no no, got to stop the criticism
It's the one thing you can't take
Oh no no, got a nasty reputation
It's the one thing you can't shake
Oh no no, you're a white trash rattlesnake
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10. |
Naked in Bohemia
02:27
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11. |
Running from the Sun
02:09
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you won’t find your pleasure
wincing at the slightest sign of pain
you won’t see your treasure
peering through sunglasses in the rain
you’re running from the sun
and missing all the fun
you won’t fix your wagon
leaving it to dry rot in its place
you won’t slay the dragon
petrified to look it in its face
you’re running from the sun
and missing all the fun
the road is long, the pavement’s rough
but those who are of stronger stuff
let no one know they’ve had enough
they go to sleep but never rest
knowing the journey is a test
that fails all but the very best
you won’t be a dancer
wasting time by holding up the wall
you won’t find the answer
making like there’s no question at all
you’re running from the sun
and missing all the fun
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12. |
Somebody Else
02:27
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She doesn't like it when I
Spend my time with somebody else
She doesn't like it when I
Spend my time with somebody else
All her insecurities grow small
When I'm with her, but
She doesn't like it when I
Spend my time with somebody else
She doesn't like it when I
Sleep around with somebody else
She doesn't like it when I
Sleep around with somebody else
All her worries disappear
When I make love to her, but
She doesn't like it when I
Sleep around with somebody else
She doesn't like it when I
Fall in love with somebody else
She doesn't like it when I
Fall in love with somebody else
All her fears would scatter
If I made this pledge to her, but
She doesn't like it when I
Fall in love with somebody else
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13. |
Just a Tool
02:14
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I've got a screwdriver in my back pocket
but not for industrial sabotage
I've no intention of poking your eyes out
or building a time bomb in my garage
I just need to tighten up a screw
it's just a tool
and it's only as bad as the use you put it to
I've got a claw hammer here on my tool belt
but not for defacing a statue's nose
I'd never break out a store's plate glass window
or smash in the skulls of some average Joes
all the nails fell out of my left shoe
it's just a tool
and it's only as bad as the use you put it to
I've got a bulge in the front of my blue jeans
but not for committing a violent act
it won't be used to oppress or exploit you
nor as an excuse for my lact of tact
I just want to make sweet love to you
it's just a tool
and it's only as bad as the use you put it to
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14. |
Not the Best
02:24
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I plucked her from the frying pan
and placed her in the file
I taught her how to hurt herself
and taught her how to smile
she signed up for the honors course
full knowing all the while
that she was just in debt to lust
and she was not the best I’d ever have
She served a purpose in my life
as something to ignore
she had the sheer audacity
to ask for something more
she made her case for happiness
I told her it’s a bore
she’d always be a fool for me
and she was not the best I’d ever have
She made no resistance
should’ve kept her distance
thanks for your devotion
but I’ve no emotion left for you
She broke her chains and vanished
and she learned the master’s game
she found a way of breaking me
by dropping the right name
and in the end I’d have to say
it’s all a crying shame
‘cos I was just in debt to lust
and I was not the best she’d ever have
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15. |
Thorazine Cocktail
09:26
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am I Charles Manson, am I John Gotti
am I a lesbian in a man's body
will I be famous or better off dead
please get your people out of my head
you'd better sit down and light a cigarette
I've got a dark side that you ain't seen yet
thorazine cocktail, can't go wrong
if you're going crazy, please take me along
if you're going crazy, please take me along
minds will snap and hearts will break
I do the stellazine shuffle and the haldol shake
been up for three days and I don't understand
where'd I get this shirt and this blood on my hands?
I've got a sadist's smile, I've got sociopathic charm
I wanna carve my initials in your arm
music's getting loud, it's not getting any calmer
don't I look a little like Jeffrey Dahmer
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