The Hearing & The Sense Of Balance

By the garbage cans the sits
In her hands she holds a plastic bag
She borrowed from the supermarket
Her eyes starring holes into the night
Open windows are her radio
Luxury for her backyard bed

She knows every story
Of all the gloom and glory
This city wrote through all the years

You can't miss her cause she is
Always talking to a mailbox
Whispering secrets right into
The darkness where you can't hear her
Speak or talk but believe me that she is
The princess of new york

Down 5th avenue she walks
Dragging her body round the block
Trying to collect her meal
The parking meters are her friends
For each one she's got a name
Hello eddie how are you today ?

A million dollar baby
Has lost its father today
The fallen angel stays in bed
With a bullet in his head
Success makes you horny
And pills calm you down
No more excuses silent cries the clown

Your wife will light a candle
To guide you on your way
Hope that you'll find
What you've been looking for
On a rainy april, rainy april day

The public wants answers
They don't wanna hear
And every kiss of yours is public property
You gave it all
But noone wants to own your fear
And fear is all you've left for your baby

She took you up to the seventh cloud
You had time to fall
Is it that what you've been dreaming of
A promise big as the universe
And all the best for free
She ripped you off just when you fell in love

I know how it feels
I know how it hurts
It's the disappointment
That makes you feel so sad
I know you can top it
I know that you will
A smile in your face
One last embrace
To kiss the judas
To kiss the judas

Mom is dead and dad's in buffalo
A long way to go
You paid the ticket but she does not come back
Enjoy a night under candlelight
If you pay the cheque
Her lips so red
And the future looks so black

Burn a candle set a light
Keep on going against the stream
Be as mean as mean can be
As long as you're not to extreme
Read the papers watch the news
Be informed an get the blues
Collect your garbage use the subway
Swaying you stay on the roof
Search for solutions for the future
Find resources drill for oil
Raise some powerplants and then
Burry them under the soil
Rome is burning the emperor sings
Waiting for what time may bring
His body caressed by the virgins
Laughing shy he turns around
And spits into the fire

And hopes that he can calm it down
Fight the flames with words
Cause they're cheaper than water
Thinking he can heal the world
But the only thing he really does
Is sitting on a sofa
And spit into the fire

Rabbits hopping on the green
And jump directly in your pan
Turtles transform into soup
Enjoy them as long as you can
Silent sitting writing songs
'bout all the idiots that pretend
That their words can change the world
I think i'm right but in the end
I spit into the fire

And hope that i can calm it down
Fight the flames with words
Cause they're cheaper than water
Thinking i can heal the world
But the only thing i really do
Is sitting on a sofa
And spit into the fire
And spit into the fire
Spit into it

(tell me, how do you spell dj ?)

160 beats per minute
Is the only thing that i hear
Everybody is dancing with themselves
No whispering in each others ear

Being hopeless at the dj's mercy
I told him once and i told him twice
To play a slow song for me and my baby
But he didn't wanna follow my advice

Loving couples all over the world
United there is hope
Let's get some drinks for the boys and girls
And for the dj a rope

Hang the dj hang him high
Kill this bastard kiss goodbye
Hang the dj hang him high
Kill this bastard kiss goodbye

Another night another dj
But somehow everthing's the same
Flashing lights and my baby smiles
I saw the dj and i knew i'll loose this game

She's got that look something in her eyes
The music starts and snap it's gone
You've killed my dream now it's on you
You bloody ignorant bastard son

Loving couples all over the world
United there is hope
Let's get some drinks for the boys and girls
And for the dj a rope

Hang the dj hang him high
Kill this bastard kiss goodbye
Han the dj hang him high
Kill this bastard kiss goodbye

The dj lynchmob says goodbye
To all the jerks that made us cry

I tell you complicated girls
Are complicated lovers
And mostly later they become
Complicated mothers

You say you love me, i don't care
'cause you're love won't take me anywhere
You're love won't take me anywhere, babe
You say you love me, i don't care
'cause you're love won't take me anywhere
Oh yeah

Come on not another try
'cause the time is really wasted
Crap declared as first class meal
And i paid before i tasted

You say you love me, i don't care
'cause you're love won't take me anywhere
You're love won't take me anywhere, babe
You say you love me, i don't care
'cause you're love won't take me anywhere
Hmm, hmm
Yeah

Empty tea cups and the look of angry mothers
A lonely angel hidden inbetween the others
With wings so white much to white to fly
A handicaped angel in a wheelchair passes by
Soken wet i awake you are away
A smile comes in my face and suddenly i say
Jippee yo jippeyay
Jippee yo jippeyay
Jippee yo jippeyay

You're love won't take me anywhere
You're love won't take me anywhere, babe
You say you love me, i don't care
'cause you're love won't take me anywhere

Anywhere, anyhow
Yeah yeah
Anywhere