1. _ Will You Find Me?
If you ask the man in the tollbooth
Well i'm sure he'd tell you
That on the highways there's a million ways
If you wanna disappear
Should you take a left or a right,
Well i'm sure i don't care
All i want out of life is to hide somewhere
Will you find me?
Each halloween your faces get more frightening
The closer i look the more i can see
Your limits begin to show
The astronaut won first prize,
It was was a ton of moon dust
All i see in his eyes are years of hate and mistrust
Will you find me?
"come out come out wherever you are,"
Said the fisherman to the sea
"oh i miss you, i miss you love. where can you be?
If i have to wait anymore then i won't believe
In the love that i've known
Or in the life that i have known."
Will you find me?
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2. _ Challenger
Back seat over the wing
And i'm the happiest hot potato on the plane
Yeah i'm looking i'm looking it's beautiful
I think i wanna go and live out there right now
Oh stewardess can you fix me some mercury
The city below me shines
I guess i'm part of detriot's shining dream
The ones that forget that i was ever here
The one that's going to forget that i had ever been
Oh stewardess can you fix me
I'll follow the rules if you tell me
With one of those endless smiles
I love all your little bottles of mercury
My throttle's open wide
And i'm wasting my life and i'm wasting time
And i'd give all of hitler's broad oceans
Ready to swallow detriot a million times over
The city below me shines
I guess i'm part of detriot's shining dream
The ones that forget that i was ever here
The one that's going to forget that i had ever been
Oh stewardess can you fix me
I'll follow the rules if you tell me
With one of those endless smiles
I love all your little bottles of mercury
My throttle's open wide
And i'm wasting my life and i'm wasting time
And i'd give all of hitler's broad oceans
Ready to swallow detriot a million times over
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3. _ Over And Done
Capp street is an underwater cave
That's filled with crutches and canes
And faces that were washed away
Away from innocence and pain
They don't care who lost the one
They just wanna get the whole thing over and done
They keep me up all night
They sing songs to the moon
Wishing they could close their eyes
But they're waiting for jacques cousteau
The girls outside they're not waiting for the sun
They just wanna get the whole thing over and done
Seems like bowl history down
To a forty-five minute wait
A big boredom filled with stars
All burning with hate
Yeah we had a good time, we had some fun
And now we wanna get the whole thing over and done
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4. _ Johnny Mathis' Feet
I lay all my songs at johnny mathis' feet
I said, "johnny tell me
Can you tell me how to live?
All my hopes are unraveling and i just lost my lease
On my house without love, doors, or windows
Without peace."
And with a wave of his jewel-encrusted hand
Across the glittering las vegas scene he said,
"you gotta learn how to disappear in the silk and amphetamine."
Johnny looked at my songs and he said,
"well at first guess, never in my life
Have i ever seen such a mess.
Why do you say everything as if you were a thief?
Like what you've stolen has no value
Like what you preach is far from belief?"
And with a wave of his red white and blue hand
Across the glittering hollywood scene he said,
"you gotta learn how to disappear in the silk and amphetamine."
Johnny looked at my old collection of punk rock posters
Anonymous scenes of disaffection choas and torture
And he said, "you were on the right track
But you're a lamb jumping for the knife."
He said, "a real showman knows how
To disappear in the spotlight."
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5. _ Hollywood 4-5-92
My revenge against the world
Is to believe everything you say
Balance as you are on a pile of empty bottles
And even when the world has taken
All your defenses away
There's no way that you can be true
I'll believe you
Don't you get sick of party favors
That start with a whimper and end with a whisper
And even when every single one of your gestures is a lie
To me, you always ring true
I'll believe you
The first time the cops came
They were like brand new friends
The second time they came they were a little concerned
They said,
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6. _ If I Had A Hammer
The love cry of the traveling man goes
No one knows who i am
But i'm as priceless as a brass ring
That's losing the heat from your hand
A quiet man sits quietly learning his lesson
The slwo smooth wheel of disintegration
You don't want them to talk to you
No you don't want to take part
You say, "just get me back to the leper colony
'cause that's where you left my heart."
I feel time pass by like a joy no medicine can preserve somewhere along the line i lost my nerve
Maybe i'm almost there
Give me the keys to your theme park
Bury me under your layer of snow
And watch me ride all the rides
Around and around i go
I don't know if i've reached the bottom yet
And i don't know if the ice has finally begun to set
I feel time pass like a joy i tried so hard to relearn
But somewhere along the line
I passed the point of no return
Maybe i'm almost there
The love cry of the traveling man goes
No one knows who i am
But i'm as priceless as a brass ring
That lost the heat from your hand
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7. _ I've Been A Mess
Lazarus wasn't grateful for his second wind
For another chance
Watch his chances fade like the dawn and leave
I can barely tell you just how pale i get
Without you
I've been a mess since you've been gone
What were the first words that crowd heard him speak
I bet he was cursing at the sky
I bet he wasn't turning no other cheek
And was there still hope and desire left in his heart
For the last word in love
I've been a mess since you've been gone
Your beauty is just a slap in the face
That's gonna bring me back to life
Back to another sky that's blue
It's gonna turn me into another great american zombie
So hungry for you
I've been a mess since you've been gone
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8. _ Keep Me Around
There's so little love left in my heart for anyone
I'm like an ant on your map
You can see me going down the drain
Will you keep me around
I've got nothing to hold on to
The sound the air makes as i fall
Is like a laugh that was torn
From way nothing was before
From when things just seemed the same
How did i get so far down
Will you keep me around
If you don't want me, why don't you say
Why don't you tell me
I've been cut off for so long from anyone
My face is like a broken map and i can't go anywhere
Will you keep me around
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9. _ Dallas, Airports, Bodybags
Shuffling through people like cards
I can't find anyone to take my losing hand
Winning streak left me high and dry
A winning streak that slowly drains from the land
I'm hanging by a thread
Foget me i pray to the day
Tired of being stuck on a pin
Forget me don't see me this way
Jumping out of my skin
Hanging by a thread
Shuffling through people like cards
Let them blow around like sand
Maybe it'll uncover some beauty in their eyes
Maybe it'll give me a place to breathe
Maybe give me some room to stand
I'm hanging by a thread
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10. _ Shittin Me
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11. _ Gratitude Walks
Why don't you be good for something
And draw down the shade
On a sign that sat up all night shivering
On a sign that sat up all night afraid
Well now chains on the oasis that
Leads a man to drink
Drunk on the kind of applause
That gets louder the lower you sink
Gratitude walks on sixth street
Pull it from the air
And they throw it in the blue
And you're spinning under their wheels
Trapped in your room
You're jumpy, you don't want to see
You don't want to see them have their fun
Slap her face if she should laugh
Push him down if he should try and run
Gratitude walks on sixth street
Take a number for your big woman
They sold the rules of dream land
In cotton, wool, and cement
Well it's never what you want
It's just the kind of thing that always happens here
Yeah you watch the good old days pass you by
Leaving your cupboards bare
Gratitude walks on sixth street
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12. _ My Choppa
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13. _ We Ane Askin
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14. _ Baranã³W
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15. _ We So Dirty
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16. _ Make Em Trap
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17. _ Ultimate Husla
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18. _ No Brown Nosing
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19. _ 25 Ambulances
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20. _ Apology For An Accident
When you left you took all memory of me with
Leaving me with no hope of every being loved
And now like the air i'm blowing and blowing
With no hope of ever being seen
Did you hear the one about mr. ed
Well he said,
"i'm this way because of the things i've seen
But i would rather count on your love instead
Daily eating my weight in hay."
And i hate to see a good thing just go to waste
Honey it's a little weak for my taste
Well i've been praying a lot lately
It's because i no longer have a tv
Just a flourescent hangover to light the way
Between the things you say and the things i see
I just called you up to see if you wanted to go out
And drink a little wine
And waste some time on a rollercoaster ride
But you say it's too dangerous to lead an empty life
And i hate to see all your sweet words just go to waste
But honey they're a little weak for my taste
Well i'm an expert in all things that nature abhors
Your look of disgust when i touched your skin
And i try to figure what the world needs me for
So i replay the scene again and again
And i can see you try and put me in my place
Honey that's a little weak for my taste
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21. _ Like Diss
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22. _ Yall Boys
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23. _ The Hopes And Dreams Of Heaven's 10,000 Whores
When i spend too much time alone, i get afraid
Afraid that you're gonna leave me breathing
Afraid of what they'd throw in the way
In the way of something simple like leaving
"forgive me if you can," said the sad cashier
"for the dollars and cents our love has become.
I didn't sell you anything my dear
You were a scarecrow looking for a bonfire to sleep on."
"believe me if you can," said the pile of bones
"i think that this is all there is left to see.
Just waiting for my perscription to come
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24. _ Dirtysouth Nigga
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25. _ Desert Dream
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26. _ Temple's Breath
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27. _ Green Rain
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28. _ From Austin to Seattle
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29. _ She Killin It
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30. _ What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book Of Life
You saw my face fall into a well-worn groove
A child starts playing a role
And ends up type-cast in every movie
I took cold comfort in your touch
And now i'm laughing high and dry
Yeah i felt everything i'm gonna feel
Cried all the real tears i'm gonna cry
I don't care what you dreams you have
I don't care about your second sight
Now that you've cut yourself off
You're not even sure things are clear and bright
Well did you let it take hold of your soul
Was it like moonrise over your desert shore
Tell me is it more evil to lose your heart
Or to go on as before
What could come around
What could make a difference to me now
What could come around
Nothing could bring me down
I get warm to any touch
So why does yours get so cold
At first you didn't mean very much
Now you rule my life
Watch your house of cards take a deep breath
Watch it breathe word for word
Fifty-two secrets the justice would never protect
Fifty-two secrets justice never heard
What could come around
What could make a difference to me now
What could come around
Nothing could bring me down
How thirsty is your soil
Indifferent hearts never keep anything long
I spend my time looking around
For something to bring me down
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31. _ Tuscan Sun
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