Freedom Parkway near the river's edge covered with song lost, young defeated, war-wittled deciet, coming begging in the busk wind, wild waves that powerful stage beastly deliverance from tatters torn lovers lost looks not and guns dropped I Know You lowels, river, wind, east, west best the best The beheaded god idle of the city cratering the comfortable white-bread needless orb That needless orb, O I know You sanction, the terrible discontorted thing thing! thing! thing! thing! that wonderful all-engrossing thing I Know You that wonderful all-engrossing trickling light

lyin' in bed the hair on your head eyes sunk back wake up! wake up! Not so blind you, just can't see walkin' instead it's shortly ahead sign your name wake up! wake up! you just signed your life away to me now we are sending you overseas good luck!

trees bend to my will the lawn is dying flowers fading, still and she's the only one crying Huh? / What? sunny day rainy month something in this room weighs a ton gold, silver, smooth O, to be with you Huh? / What? ailing, waiting here it comes sailing, waiting havin' some fun Huh? / What? Who? / When? Where? / How? Huh? / What?

I'm gonna live longer than the president didn't see nothin' he just came and went once was there, then no more what do you think he did that for? fire and burning coal say your sorry I'll throw the bone you can't be serious in this day and age I got the key You got the cage seen it comin' all along don't want nothing gone gone gone I realize that I'm a nasty fellow don't scrutinize with the master's cello pretty thing with a real big laugh just like the past you're a gas, O seen it comin' all along don't want nothin' so long! seen it coming, mama dead and gone don't want nothin' so long!

takin' off and looking out at the only one left to talk about smilin' and laughin' and cheering you up let me know when you've had enough high flyin' just dyin' nothing making any sense and I'm starting to look like a crooked fence sighing' and coughing and spreading the news I've given up on singing the blues high flyin' just dyin' terrible people in a beautiful world needless to say I'm gonna uncurl thinking nothing, making the best when I've had the best I don't want the rest whose gonna love me when you're gone whose to know what plane you're even on killin' something and holding the gun smoke break's over now run, run, run high flyin' just dyin' oh high flyig' just dyin' insides cryin' my outsides they just lyin' high flying'' just dyin' high flyin' just dyin' oh

Said the presidential skeleton, "I won't sign the bill!" Said the speaker skeleton, "Yes you will!" Said the representitive skeleton, "I object" Said the Supreme Court skeleton, "What do you expect?" Said the military skeleton, "Buy star bombs" Said the upper-class skeleton, "Starve unmarried moms" Said the yahoo skeleton, "Stop dirty art" Said the right wing skeleton, "Forget about your heart" Said the gnostic skeleton, "Human form's divine" Said the Christian Coalition skeleton, "No it's not, it's mine" Said the Buddha skeleton, "Compassion is wealth" Said the corporate skeleton, "It's bad for your health" Said the old Chirst skeleton, "Care for the poor" Said the Son of God skeleton, "AIDS needs cure" Said the homophobe skeleton, "Gay folks suck" Said the hertiage policy skeleton, "Blacks are out of luck" Said the macho skeleton, "Women in their place" Said the fundamentalist skeleton, "Increase the human race" Said the right-to-life skeleton, "Fetus has a soul" Said the pro-choice skeleton, "Shut up your holes!" Said the downsize skeleton, "Robots got my job" Said the tough on crime skeleton, "Teargas the mob!" Said the govenor skeleton, "Cut school lunch" Said the mayor skeleton, "Eat the budget crunch" Said the neo-conservative skeleton, "Homless off the streets" Said the free market skeleton, "Use 'em up for meat" Said the think tank skeleton, "Free market's the way" Said the savings and loan skeleton, "Make the state pay" Said the Chrysler skeleton, "Pay for you and me" Said the nuke power skeleton, "And me and me and me" Said the ecologic skeleton, "Keep skies blue" Said the multi-national skeleton, "What's it worth to you?" Said the Nafta skeleton, "Get rich - free trade" Said the Mafiadora skeleton, "Sweatshops, low pay" Said the rich gat skeleton, "One world, hi-tech" Said the underclass skeleton, "Get it in the neck" Said the world bank skeleton, "Cut down your trees" Said the IMF skeleton, "Buy American Cheese" Said the under-developed skeleton, "We want rice" Said the developed nation skeleton, "Sell your bones for dice" Said the Ayatola skeleton, "Die writer, die" Said the Joe Stalin skeleton, "That's no lie" Said the Middle-Kingdom skelton, "We swallowed Tibet" Said the Dali Lama skeleton, "Indigestion's what you get!" Said the World Corp. skeleton, "That's their fate" Said the USA skeleton, "Gonna save Kuwait" Said the petro-chemicals skeleton, "Roar bombers roar!" Said the psychedelic skeleton, "Smoke a dinosaur" Said the Nancy skeleton, "Just say no!" Said the Rasta skeleton, "Blow Nancy blow!" [INTRO 2x] Said the demogog skeleton, "Don't smoke pot" Said the alcoholic skeleton, "Let your liver rot" Said the junky skeleton, "Can't we get a fix?" Said the big brother skeleton, "Jail the dirty pricks!" Said the mirror skeleton, "Hey good looking" Said the electric chair skeleton, "Hey, what's cooking?" Said the talkshow skeleton, "Fuck you in the face" Said the family-value skeleton, "My family-value makes" Said the New York Times skeleton, "That's not fit to print" Said the CIA skeleton, "Can't you take a hint?" Said the network skeleton, "Believe my eyes" Said the advertising skeleton, "Don't get wise" Said the media skeleton, "Believe you me" Said the couch potato skeleton, "What me worry?" Said the TV skeleton, "Eat sound bytes" Said the newscast skeleton, "That's all, goodnight"

I see her walkin' down the street she got pearls wrapped round her neck and no shoes on her feet she's my baby pretty baby yeah woah here she comes all alone staring with those eyes that have been blown up she's blown up O pretty baby she's my baby woah she likes to drink her wine in a coffee cup she never heard about the Tundra but she thinks she's grown up she loves me O my baby O pretty baby yeah she's mine woah

you gotta let it all unfold you gotta undo what you've been told you gotta dance, you've got no hold you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo wanna go do you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo wanna go do you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want you gotta do whatchoo want

I sit alone every morning comin' I, coffee brewin' and martha's dyin' we go walking, lord have no money, I got trouble brewin' in my back yard all day we sit around and play our music sistas saying we got some lovin' but all I'm saying is we need it coming we have more in common than anyone else work is going, so is something I thought livin' was easy too much coffee and I've been alone all day we sit around and play our music hey hey hey we get coffee and sit in chairs and I get uneasy when I'm all alone safe forever getting higher people going for another world all day we sit around and play our music

water I need water one lit cigarette falls to the ground one chance left at turning things around out the window are only ghosts as the statute raises its glass and toasts to hell one lit cigarette falls to the ground one chance left at turning things around don't leave us its cold here faces changing the ground water without any sound ice help, I'm stuck ice, help, I'm stuck one lit cigarette falls to the ground one chance left at turning things around water I need water

She died in his arms lonely days coming snake charmer man they lost their way fellow needs not sounds from a can snake charmer man heart wrenching black wearing snake charmer man down the road i see a twinkle in the sky can't know how to take it when the sand shave lost their time black bones warm air come creeping down the line one more revolution in the youth of the times heart wrenching black wearing snake charmer man they called to him help make us understand I can't do that for you you've gotta do it yourself then again, thin is thin do what you can don't you know who I am I'm the snake charmer man heart wrenching black wearing snake charmer man know this when you doubt I'm come to your homeland tell you to all lie down and roll around in the sand beaters, cheaters, liars beware when they come for you the only thing left is your hair heart wrenching black wearing snake charmer man guns blazing, air tightening snake charmer man gut wrenching, white smearing snake charmer man leg burning, world turning snake charmer man

Hey Mystic… treating my life with this pain all over my tie in the rain o, i see the rain when it shines you don't love me do you? I'm going to cry o, honey dont lie I'm going down to see a mystic mystic… I'm bound to try I'm bound to try bye and bye bye and bye bye and bye mystic… o, I'm going to cry honey don't lie I'm going down to see a mystic… mystic… treating my life with this pain all over my tie in the rain i see the rain but when it shines you don't love me do you honey baby i don't care if you think you do o, honey dont lie that's why I'm going down to see a mystic baby I'm bound to try bye and bye I will know all about you when i go down to see a mystic… mystic…

time is not on my side always lets me down in the darkness of the night when i need it the most fades away like a ghost it got, it got like a ghost so pale drinking summer ales so soft and white shinin' bright it got, it got what is this specter I'm see in' or just another strange vein' lurking down my soul o, it got, it got no one should embark on a journey down there just give him what he wants o, it got, it got like fire and coal in the darkness o, that grassy knoll it got, it got

So, there I was sitting with Jean-Micheal and out of nowhere he just sits up takes his shirt off and climbs the wall, man Jesus fucking Christ! hey, missy wink come over and let me see your lovely hair tonight lets see if you got it I know I got it right pray for us say to us life, go smoothly love, go through me charge me, with what I got my rights are altered but I am not just sitting in a tree k i s s i n g and real time pranksters storming on the pike Calder's ceiling came down in the tike money, don't use it faith, don't abuse it while Porto came crashing down the pavement wild eyed and asleep mimicking the things he saw with no eyes to see the car was found deep down in the valley shook the ground, bang! they all sang, bang bang they all sang bang bang they all reared their fangs and said, pastor brought the news stamped it on a door right out front brother saw what he had to and Jack was already on the hunt crawled low down in the tide they were bound, bang! they all sang, bang bang they all sang bang bang they all reared their fangs and said, hopelessly lost all of us in the heat of the crash none of them can ever get out alive only dead with their cash stuck here where the wind is wild they were sad, bang! they all sang, bang bang they all sang bang bang they all reared their fangs and said, bang bang

things happen godsmack me down suffering from the blight of infinite praise secluding myself from others bringing me down for no other American longing my American dreaming dead, dead, dead, dead, dead O, this American life such waste, lies and taste O, be careful this vortex surrounds on the TV it is another anchorman fluttering pillow talk to me and my walls shuddering on the picture plane brought up by the ball from whence the beast came he is here among us O, this American life such waste, lies and taste be careful my brother this vortex surrounds on the tv, implode and explode my heart is with you go now without me ill be here the anxiety presents itself in fear O, don't look back halt go no further or a pillar of salt you will become O, this American life such waste, lies and taste

we've been there before tripping and laughing we've carried that weight before loving and happy so push your troubles away cause we are here to stay, O be glad and thank the Lord you're not a kentucky whore, O we've tried to do our best better than all the rest we've won at nothing before can't feel the suspense anymore so push your troubles away cause we're here to stay, O be glad and thank the Lord you're not a wisconsin whore, O we've all been there before tripping and laughing we've carried that weight before loving and happy

Goodbye is not the best word to describe this bitterness we have, it's only the end until next time! I'm sorry for all the things I did it doesn't matter, anyhow it's only the end until next time! it's all over, the end is here I really should have been more clear it's only the end until next time! change matters not not when it's all I got it's only the end until next time! see you later when the next world comes around forgive me later when we meet again it's only the end until next time!

Said the presidential skeleton, "I won't sign the bill!" Said the speaker skeleton, "Yes you will!" Said the representitive skeleton, "I object" Said the Supreme Court skeleton, "What do you expect?" Said the military skeleton, "Buy star bombs" Said the upper-class skeleton, "Starve unmarried moms" Said the yahoo skeleton, "Stop dirty art" Said the right wing skeleton, "Forget about your heart" Said the gnostic skeleton, "Human form's divine" Said the Christian Coalition skeleton, "No it's not, it's mine" Said the Buddha skeleton, "Compassion is wealth" Said the corporate skeleton, "It's bad for your health" Said the old Chirst skeleton, "Care for the poor" Said the Son of God skeleton, "AIDS needs cure" Said the homophobe skeleton, "Gay folks suck" Said the hertiage policy skeleton, "Blacks are out of luck" Said the macho skeleton, "Women in their place" Said the fundamentalist skeleton, "Increase the human race" Said the right-to-life skeleton, "Fetus has a soul" Said the pro-choice skeleton, "Shut up your holes!" Said the downsize skeleton, "Robots got my job" Said the tough on crime skeleton, "Teargas the mob!" Said the govenor skeleton, "Cut school lunch" Said the mayor skeleton, "Eat the budget crunch" Said the neo-conservative skeleton, "Homless off the streets" Said the free market skeleton, "Use 'em up for meat" Said the think tank skeleton, "Free market's the way" Said the savings and loan skeleton, "Make the state pay" Said the Chrysler skeleton, "Pay for you and me" Said the nuke power skeleton, "And me and me and me" Said the ecologic skeleton, "Keep skies blue" Said the multi-national skeleton, "What's it worth to you?" Said the Nafta skeleton, "Get rich - free trade" Said the Mafiadora skeleton, "Sweatshops, low pay" Said the rich gat skeleton, "One world, hi-tech" Said the underclass skeleton, "Get it in the neck" Said the world bank skeleton, "Cut down your trees" Said the IMF skeleton, "Buy American Cheese" Said the under-developed skeleton, "We want rice" Said the developed nation skeleton, "Sell your bones for dice" Said the Ayatola skeleton, "Die writer, die" Said the Joe Stalin skeleton, "That's no lie" Said the Middle-Kingdom skelton, "We swallowed Tibet" Said the Dali Lama skeleton, "Indigestion's what you get!" Said the World Corp. skeleton, "That's their fate" Said the USA skeleton, "Gonna save Kuwait" Said the petro-chemicals skeleton, "Roar bombers roar!" Said the psychedelic skeleton, "Smoke a dinosaur" Said the Nancy skeleton, "Just say no!" Said the Rasta skeleton, "Blow Nancy blow!" [INTRO 2x] Said the demogog skeleton, "Don't smoke pot" Said the alcoholic skeleton, "Let your liver rot" Said the junky skeleton, "Can't we get a fix?" Said the big brother skeleton, "Jail the dirty pricks!" Said the mirror skeleton, "Hey good looking" Said the electric chair skeleton, "Hey, what's cooking?" Said the talkshow skeleton, "Fuck you in the face" Said the family-value skeleton, "My family-value makes" Said the New York Times skeleton, "That's not fit to print" Said the CIA skeleton, "Can't you take a hint?" Said the network skeleton, "Believe my eyes" Said the advertising skeleton, "Don't get wise" Said the media skeleton, "Believe you me" Said the couch potato skeleton, "What me worry?" Said the TV skeleton, "Eat sound bytes" Said the newscast skeleton, "That's all, goodnight"