Teenager Of The Year

I took three days to drive down one street
The radio on, tuned to the big fleet
Invisible planes are cracking the concrete
That's just what some people say

I put down my blanket on cigarette butt beach
I saw the old man, he was doing ok
He's making his last stand
On old bottles and cans
'round there, calistan way

Used to be sixteen lanes
Used to be nuevo spain
Used to be juan wayne
Used to be mexico
Used to be navajo
Used to be yippy-ay-i-don't know

Went in from the weather when i got wheezy
I play some pachinko i play pachisi
And st. anne is still making it breezy
In the valley of tar that once was l.a.

And my best friend he's the king of karaoke
He struck up a chord and he took it away
Out of the pan
And into japan
'round there, calistan way

Used to be sixteen lanes
Used to be juan wayne
Used to mexican
Used to be espano nuevo
Used to navajo
Used to be yippie-ay-i-don't know

You heard the sun today
There she blows, there she blows
You saw the wind a'shining
You don't know, you don't know
You felt a tree that does fall
You don't know, that's ok
You don't have much taste for bouquet

I'm bored with the valleys and bored with the peaks
So i bought a ticket to the freaks
I saw a chicken with two heads
Saw something else that was headless
Then p.t. said see the egress
'cause you move when the salesman speaks
I superabound
But i still got nothing to do

A space is made by telephone
They thought time would be overthrown
And they compiled a wish list
From mars duels to a dish kissed
I tried to talk to the ishist
But he was debating with his clone
I superabound
But i still got nothing to do
Well, they thought it was a coup
But they still got nothing to do

You must see my domicile
I had it built in decastyle
The other day at the potlatch
Come visiting was a sasquatch
He said although i'm a mismatch
Could i stay just for awhile?
'cause the likes of us are few
And we still got nothing to do
I superabound
But i still got nothing to do

Hey, sleepy monster in the sand
Time to get up and have a drink
Pacific rim has a tank that thinks
That she is really something grand

Let me tell you about
When i was hanging out
Just in my dothi
Running in the dawn
Right across my lawn
I saw a coyote

Ole', ole', ole' for mulholland
See the water fall
And hooray, hooray the ants are crawling
Down on bradbury's mall
Ole', ole', ole' for mulholland

All waxed in pride
I've got a comfortable ride
And man, she could take us
Out across the salts
Right out of these faults
And on into vegas
So slept a monster in the dune
Woke him up and then he drank
Pacific rim has a think tank
But does she have iq for the moon?

The concrete of the aquaduct
Will last as long as the pyramid of egypt
Or the parthenon of athens
Long after joe harriman is elected major of los angeles

Ole', ole', ole' for mulholland
See the water fall
And hooray, hooray the ants are crawling
Down in bradbury's mall
Ole', ole', ole' for mulholland
Yeah, it's quite a sprawl
And hooray, hooray the sky is falling
Down on bradbury's mall
Ole', ole', ole' for mulholland
Ole'

Have you heard about big red?
They even bought a beebread rig
To help the flowers in mean space
They're trying to make that place green
Hope the trees will take away the storm [2x]

Don't know how this whole thing started
There was a crowd and then we parted
Don't know if i'll ever go back
It's a long way across all of this black
Here i am in my bucket today
In the middle
Here i am in my bucket today
In the middle

They got a mule they call sal
Bulldozing up canal walls
They're gonna tap that icecap too
When they do they're gonna make that green map blue
The weather is finally getting warm
And the weather is really getting warm

Don't know how this whole thing started
There was a cloud and then it parted
Don't know if i'll ever go back
That's how i felt when i left that tarmac
Here i am in my bucket today
In the middle
Here i am in my bucket today
In the middle

Had a bit part
An endless reel
It always played in slo-mo
But now it's fast
A spinning wheel
I know the dynamo
My heart
Is cast

Speedy marie
Ahead of the now
She's better built that's how
She's built for speed
Speedy marie
Speedy marie

Oh, yes indeed
I said to me
And so i sing this romaunt
It's not enough
My liberty
There is a thing i want
I need
I love

Speedy marie
Ahead of the now
She's better built that's how
She's built for speed
Speedy marie
Speedy marie

Juxtaposed in each moment's sight
Everything that i ever saw
And my one delight
Nothing can strike me in such awe
Mouth intricate shapes the voice that speaks
Always it will soothe
Rarer none are the precious cheeks
Is the size of each sculpted tooth
Each lip and each eye

Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought
And softest neck where always do i
Lay my clumsy thoughts
She is that most lovely art
Happy are my mind and my soul and my heart

A lot of people love that jerome
Did you know he missed his comb?
All his life was in pain
Made us laugh he never did complain
Brother sam was more than ok
Returned once more to save the day
Slicked-back hair he did keep
Making a heep, heep, heep, heep, heep

If all you see is violence
Then i make a plea in their defence
Don't you know they speak vaudevillian?
And for what it is hear what my theory is
Some gibberish it is so serious
What we need is more silly men

Though underrated all the time
Louis was so very fine
Without him, imagine
Did you know he could play the violin?
Most important was brother moe
He was the one who made it so
He got a joe and another joe
He would not quit, he would not quit

And mr. white heard bad report
And so it ends the two reeler short
Cause you cannot do what you can't
And mr. white heard bad report
And so it ends the two reeler short
Cause you cannot do what you can't

If all you see is violence
Then i make a plea in their defence
Don't you know they speak vaudevillian?

once stood a man on my face
Ooh yeah, on my face
Gobbled him up 'cause my taste
Leaves nothing to waste
Hear the riddle that i say
Hear the riddle that i say
What is fair is fair
That is fair and square
To me

Piano it marks the good pace
Ooh yeah, the good pace
Don't know if it's right, but i like the bass
So turn up the bass
Hear the fiddles as they play
Hear the fiddles as they play
What is fair is fair
And the guitar player

No metal, no brick, was no trace
Oh, no, was no trace
But machines moved on and still chased
No particular place

Hear the riddle that i say
Hear the riddle that i say
What is fair is fair
That is fair and square
To me

What is fair is fair
That is fair and square
To me

See the scheming behemoth
Licking salt in their cave
Being together is their zenith
It's how they behave
Now we're hanging in tandem
Six trillion miles a year
How can direction be random
When you are so near

I could stay here forever [2x]
And i'm never bored with this all aboard
I could stay here forever

We've got some bills to pay
And when we pay them off
Maybe we'll get away
But if not, so what?

I could stay here forever [2x]

I could stay here forever [2x]
And i'm never bored with this all aboard
I could stay here forever [2x]
And i'm never bored with this all aboard
I could stay here forever

I've had it with this town
I never saw those shifting skies
I never saw the ground
Or the sunset rise
I want to live on an abstract plane

I'm building a frame
A place to put my ten-yard stare
Thinking of that paint
Painted in plein-air
I want to live on an abstract plane

I need a new adress
I want some new terrain
Is it north or south?
I want to live on an abstract plain

I could sit on the roof
On top of that abstract house
See my abstract view
An abstract mouse
I want to live on an abstract plane

I need a new adress
Tell me i'm not insane
Is it up or down?
I want to live on an abstract plane

My name is chip
And i'm different
I don't conform
I wear a different uniform

I'm out of the blue
And so you are, too
Let me sing about one thing that's clear
That nobody owns
The pleasure of tones
That belongs to a guy with no ear

They tried to give me advice
Down at the record shop
I said sit down boys
This may come as a shock
What's all i listen to
It's all freedom rock
How can you free me [4x]
When i'm free?
I am free

My name is chip
And i'm different
I don't conform
I wear a different uniform

I'm out of the blue
And so you are, too
Let me sing about one thing that's clear

That nobody owns
The pleasure of tones
That belongs to a guy with no ear

The vanishing spies
Just something i read
A couple of eyes
From out of the head
And all that was said
Was that's just how some things don't materialize

Could be they broke
And swam like a bird
Fear of spooking the folk
With talk of the third
Or maybe the third
Played a joke

Give me a blip
And i'll totally flip
Say it's nothing but sky
And i'll be a lonely guy

The vanishing spies
Just something i read
Now there were two eyes
Sent out from the head
And all that was said
Was that is just how some things do not materialize

Give me one little blip
And i'll totally flip
Say it's nothing but sky
And i will be one lonely guy