Crimes Of The Mind

Grass has been greater
Skies have been bluer
I know my soul is down in the sewer

You say that i am selfish
Well you know that that is true
I don't care what you say pretty mama
And i don't care what you do

I don't care about anyone except myself
I don't care about anyone except myself
In the land of the brave
And the home of the free
I don't care about anyone except for me

If you are unhappy and
You have not won your race
Well, there ain't no mercy in this world
And there ain't none out in space

So welcome to the nineties
I hope that you make it through
But if you get in trouble honey
This is what i say to you

I don't care about anyone except myself
I don't care about anyone except myself
In the land of the brave
And the home of the free
I don't care about anyone except for me

This is not the era of roses, peace and love
I must admit i'm the only one
That i'm thinking of

Well, i just make my honey
And i put it in the bank
I buy myself some presents
With no one but myself to thank

Dahlia and i were taking a bath
And dahlia was smoking a cigar
And she said to me
"i bet you've never taken a bath
With a girl smoking a cigar before"

And she told me all about her car accident
She was overdosed on valium
And she made an attempt to cross "the west side highway"

Dahlia, i know i've done you wrong
Dahlia, i know i've done you wrong
Dahlia, i know i've done you wrong
But dahlia, you know you've done me wrong too

She wore an old camel t-shirt
With some magic of its own
And we listened to the stones
Sucking cherry charms blowpops

Sucking cherry charms blowpops

It's really plain and easy to see
The family grows like a fungus on a tree
The fungus keeps growing wide and tall
We're happy while we flourish
And sad when we fall

We're just a bunch of monkeys
That gather around
And you can not draw the line of
Family ground
Smile for the camera
Wait for the flash
There's always room for more
In this family bash

Would you like to be
Would you like to be
Would you like to be in my family picture?

It's getting hard to tell who we love and hate
I think it's time we set the record straight
There are no papers that we ask you to sign
You don't need to stand in a waiting line

The lens is in focus
We're ready to go
The joint'll be jumpin' come rain or snow
So hold onto your honey
And drink up your booze
Just hop into the picture
You've got nothing to lose

Lucy sells her flowers for a quarter apiece
She wound up on the streets
She could not pay her lease
She used to want to save the world
But nothing to her matters now
She lays bout the subway station
Clad in dirty tatters now

Lucy's in the subway with daffodils
She lost all her diamonds
And she sold all her pills
She's been around the block
But she's had too many thrills
Lucy's in the subway with daffodils

Lucy holds a dixie cup
Of sixty cents in change
And if she looks you in the eye
You see that she's deranged
She flew too near the sun
And fried her fragile wings
But to her faithful whisky bottle she clings

Lucy's in the subway with daffodils
She lost all her diamonds
And she sold all her pills
She's been around the block
But she's had too many thrills
Lucy's in the subway with daffodils

The swiss miss girl made her fortune
Doing commercials on tv
But "easy come, easy go" was
Her philosophy
She spent all of her money
She was searching for some cash
So she went to her friend capt 'n crunch
Whom she'd met at a hollywood bash

The second that he saw her
He said, "i bet you're in need
Of some dough"
Perplexed and confused she asked him,
"oh but captain how did you know?"
Laughingly he responded,
"it was really just a lucky hunch"
With tears in her eyes she pleaded,
"will you help me out capt 'n crunch?"

The trials and tribulations
Of the swiss miss girl
She's got a famous reputation
And she's known throughout the world
But life's no bed of roses
She would change things if she could
She plans to make a brand new start
And move out of hollywood

The captain now was grinning
He felt he had her in the palm of his hand
He said, "darlin' you're a penniless woman
And i'm a wealthy man"
You know the rules of the game by now
I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine
He said, "let me take you out
And we'll talk about this
Over a bottle of wine"

The swiss miss girl was disgusted
And she smacked him right in his face
Then she took his hat
And she stamped on that
Just to put him in his place
But the old man was persistent
He would not be undaunted
The more that he'd been taunted
The more she turned him on

Then the captain made a pass at the swiss miss girl
Tryin' to show her his affection
She screamed for help and when she did...
Mr. clean came to her protection

The trials and tribulations
Of the swiss miss girl
She's got a famous reputation
And she's known throughout the world
But life's no bed of roses
She would change things if she could
She plans to make a brand new start
And move out of hollywood