JULIA, YOU HAVE NO HEARTBEAT

I remember how angry she'd get at me

Foolish young temper, now beautiful to me

Turning on the shower
the water hit my body
it made me think of Julia
No, no

Read up on a hobby
the third time down at the pet shop
it made me think of Julia
No, no

Foolish young temper now beautiful to me

Cold like her neck
cuddle up boy
cuddle up

Turning on the shower
the water hit my body
it made me think of Julia
No, no

I want to buy a flashlight
or maybe clean out my pocket
but I broke down an thought of Julia
No, no

Cold like her neck
cuddle up boy
cuddle up



BRAVE GIRL

How can you think I'd believe
that you fell down again
I know that he hit you
and you're crying

I don't think I'm here for you
I don't want to deal with it
I'm the one you run to
I don't buy it

Brave girl falling
fall away
Brave girl falling
fall today

Not even a week ago
locked out in your underwear
with a bloody lip
and the baby

You dirtied up my telephone
your mother came to talk to you
I gave away my shirt
and you thanked me

Brave girl falling
fall away
Brave girl falling
fall today

And why even deny
what the makeup cannot hide
the only thing real
the anger you feel

Where will you be in one month
maybe at your funeral
it wouldn't be that hard
to imagine

I know you're up late at night
thinking about killing him
but where will your kid wind up
if you try it

Brave girl falling
fall away
Brave girl falling
fall today

And why even pretend
you control the game when
the only thing real
the anger you feel

the only thing real
the anger you feel



JEROME

I want to
take you home
and prick you with a pin like Jerome
He don't like day

I want to
get you alone
and mend your broken wing
like Jerome

He don't like day, only night
I watch him flicker 'round the light
A moth can cry I've heard it weeping
Jerome you're the only thing keeping me alive

Keeping me alive
Keeping me alive

I love you
and I let it show
with a brand new pig feet jar to call home
You don't like day

I love you
when you fly
but I'll keep you on page three
petrified

You don't like day, only night
I watch you flicker 'round the light
A girl can cry I've heard you weeping
I think you're the only thing keeping me alive

Keeping me alive
Keeping me alive

All the aggravation
when you're under magnification

I want to
take you home
and rip out your ugly heart
like Jerome

You don't like day, only night
I watch you flicker 'round the light
A moth can cry I've heard it weeping
Jerome you're the only thing keeping me alive
I've heard you weeping
I think you're the only thing keeping me alive

Keeping me alive
Keeping me alive


TENDERLUNG

She played a black guitar
hung around her neck in that empty New York bar

With my mind full of make believe
I dreamed I took her home and held her hand and watched TV
then she knew she needed me
then I laughed and went "don't cry"

She played what Garfunkel wrote
navigating troubled water, hitting every note

With her mind burnt and far away
she dreamed the world invited her to come on out and play
but fate cheated her that day
now we're left to wonder why

She breathed hard in the microphone
then a truck horn drowned her out
A teardrop fell through eternity
like a tidal wave it found
Tenderlung

She pulled my ear to her fevered lips
then I heard a floorboard creak
The doctor told me not to drain her
God help her find relief

She played a black guitar
hung around her neck in that empty New York bar

With my mind full of make believe
I don't know if I'm capable of love but what I feel
for her it might be real
but I'm too delicate to try

She breathed hard in the microphone
then a truck horn drowned her out
A teardrop fell through eternity
like a tidal wave it found
A teardrop fell through eternity
like a tidal wave it found
Tenderlung


UGLY TALENTS

I heard you fucking that jerk all night
up there in my old bedroom
with all my toys
and good old Daper Dan

Where'd you get all that energy
I haven't had that much in my whole life
and now I've grown to be a man

But I liked you
from the moment that we met
Junior year you taught me how
to french, Oh God, did I feel proud

Great idea, I'll throw a party
Get real drunk
then everyone can talk about me
when I leave the room

Bad idea, you totally ignored me
then you went off with that guido rat
I'll make you pay for hurting me and you do

But I liked you
from the moment that we met
Remember what you let me touch
how could I know it hurt that much

I want you
and I'll have you in the end
Your ugly talents should be locked away
and never heard from again

I played piano real loud
while he came in your mouth
I felt betrayed and angry
but why re-live that now

You were quite a wreck
the morning after
I made you coffee
then I tried to give you a back rub you told me 'don't"

I went ok, then lit a joint up
and tried to act real cool but then it made me cough
and phlegm caught in my throat

But I liked you
from the moment that we met
You took my poor virginity
It meant the goddamn world to me

I want you
and I'll have you in the end
Your ugly talents should be locked away
Your ugly talents should be locked away
and never heard from again


DADDY CAN'T SHOOT

Train, train bleeding the dirt
comb my hair with a mouth full of cola
drop downtown to pick a girlfriend there
from all the cold-cut pretty and the kool-aid hair

I wanna measure to the pleasure
I've got a sure fire come-on and a two ton feather
in a velvet cathedral, fresh like a needle
puncture my feet like a walk on the shag

I've got a thumb like a crocodile, breath like a fish
hey, pinball gigolo, weren't you an Indian?
people like me and channel thirteen, we're different
different like rain

Daddy can't shoot
tell me where'd I come from?
I want the truth

Daddy can't shoot
tell me where'd I come from?
I want the truth

My mother picked me out of a mail-order catalog
a Jujifruit Jim, a buy one get one
female to female, Angie to Angie
I found out later that a dyke ain't daddy

but a big hunk o' love with a waterproof memory
the devil rode in on a fifth grade pony
and he called me a faggot then laughed like a showgirl
I ran home and turned on the radio

Captain and Tenille were fucking in the living room
a thing like that can change a boy
a thing like that, a thing like that
can change a boy

Daddy can't shoot
tell me where'd I come from?
I want the truth


Daddy can't shoot
tell me where'd I come from?
I want the truth

New York medical called me pathetical
then blamed it all on peanut butter lockjaw
returned me home with a medal for a hero
MTV, generation blowjob

I'm alright with mom and mom
I'm alright, according to Madonna
I've got a record deal, I've got a video
women writing me without wearing underwear

Measure to the pleasure
I've got a sure fire come-on and a two ton feather
and a blackhead, flattop licking at my gumdrop, bring me my money, clap on clap off
people like me and channel thirteen, we're different
different like rain

Daddy can't shoot
tell me where'd I come from?
I want the truth

Daddy can't shoot
tell me where'd I come from?
I want the truth

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