 UNDER
THE TABLE AND DREAMINGProuduced by
Steve Lillywhite
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see, you and me
have a better time than
most can dream
have it better than the
best
so can pull on through
whatever tears at us
whatever holds us down
and if nothing can be done
we'll make the best of what's
around
turns out not where but who
you're with
that really matters
and hurts not much when
you're around
and if you hold on tight
to what you think is your
thing
you may find you're missing
all the rest
well she run up into the
light suprised
her arms are open
her mind's eye is
seeing things from a
better side than most can
dream
on a clearer road i feel
oh you could say she's safe
whatever tears at her
whatever holds her down
and if nothing can be done
she'll make the best of
what's around
up and down the puppies'
hair
fleas and ticks jump everywhere
'cause of original sin
down the hill fell jack
and jill
and you came tumbling after
'cause of original sin
rip away the tears
drink a hope to happy years
and you may find
a lifetime's passed you
by
what would you say
don't drop the big one
if you a monkey on a string
don't cut my lifeline
if you a doggie on a chain
don't bite the mailman
what would you say
i was there when the bear
ate his head, thought it
was a candy
everyone goes in the end
knock knock on the door
who's it for, there's nobody
in here
look in the mirror my freind
i don't understand at best
and connot speak for all
the rest
the morning rise a lifetime's
passed me by
every dog has its day every
day has its way
of being forgotten
mom it's my birthday
what would you say
satellite in my eyes
like a diamond in the sky
how i wonder
satellite strung from the
moon
and the world your balloon
peeping tom for the mother
station
winter's cold spring erases
and the calm away by the
storm is chasen
everything good needs replacing
look up, look down all around,
hey satellite
satellite headlines read
someone's secrets you've
seen
eyes and ears have been
satellite dish in my yard
tell me more, tell me more
who's the king of your satellite
castle?
winter's cold spring erases
rest high above the cloud;
no restriction
television we bounce 'roudn
the world
and while i spend these
hours five senses reeling
i laugh about this wetherman's
satellite eyes
Oh well oh well so here we
stand
but we stand for nothing
my heart calls to me in
my sleep
how can i turn to it
'cause i'm all locked up
in this
dark place--
and i do not know i'm as
good as dead
my head aches--
warped and tied up i need
to kill this pain
my head won't leave my head
alone
and i don't believe it will
until i'm dead and gone
my head won't leave my head
alone
and i don't believe it willl
until i'm six feet under
gound
how long i'm tied up
my mind in knots--
my stomach reels in concern
for what i might do or
what i've done
it's got me living in fear
well i know these voices
must
be my sould i've had my
grave
lying wired and shut and
quiet in my grave
leave me here
leave it to me to waste
here
so young and here i am again
talking to myself
a tv blares
oh man
oh how i wish i didn't smoke
or drink to reason with
my head
but sometimes this thick
confusion
grows utnil i cannot bear
it all
needle to the vein
needle to the vein
take this needle from my
vein my fiend
i said
in my grave
lying, lying cold in my
grave
the reason--my reason
take my head off this terror
the fearing won't come back
i can't see my mind's all
wiped clean
the needle
make my great escape
i seem caught in time
my head leaves me behing
body fall cold
and i have seen heaven
ten fingers we have each
nine planets around the
sun repeat
eight ball is the last if
you triumphant be
seven oceans pummel the
shores of the sea
it's a typical situation
in the typical times
too many choices
everybody's happy
everybody's free
we'l keep the big door open
everyone'll come around
why are you different
why are you that way
if you don't get in line
we'll lock you away
it all comes down to nothing
six senses feeling
five around a sense of self
four season turn on and
turn off
i can see
three corners from this
corner
two is a perfect number
but one
everybody's happy
everybody's free
we'll keep the big door
open
and everyone'll come around
why are you different
why areyou that way
if you don't step in line
we'll lock you away
it's a typical situation
in these typical times
we can't do thing about
it
could i have been
a parking lot attendant
could i have been
a millionaire in bel air
could i have been
lost somewhere in paris
could i have been
your little brother
could i have been anyone
other than me
could i have been oh, anyone
other than me
could i have been anyone
he stands touch his hair
his shoes untied
tongue gaping stare
could i have been a magnet
for money
could i have been anyone
other than me
twenty three
i'm so tired of life
such a shame to throw it
all away
the images grow darker still
could i have been anyone
other then me?
then i
look up at the sky
my mouth is open wide,
like and taste
what's the use in worrying,
what's the use in hurrying
turn turn we almost become
dizzy
i am who i am who i am well
who am i
requesting some enlightenment
could i have been anyone
other than me?
and then i'll
sing and dance and i'll
play for you tonight
the thrill of it all
dark clouds may hang on
me sometimes
but i'll work it out
and then i
falling out of a world of
lies
could i have been dancing
nancy
dancing nancy
could i have been anyone
other than me?
he wakes up in the morning
does his teeth bite to eat
and he's rolling
never changes a thing
the weeke ends the week
begins
she thinks, we look at each
other
wondering what the other
is thinking
but we nver say a thing
and these crimes between
us grow deeper
take these chances
place them in a box until
a quieter time
lights down, you up and
die
goes to visit his mommy
she feeds him well his concerns
he forets them
and remembers being small
playing under the table
and dreaming
driving along on this highway
all these cars and upon
the sidewalk
people in every direction
no words exchanged, no time
to exchange and when
all the little ants are
marching
red and black antennae waving
they all do it the same
they all do it the same
way
candyman tempting the thoughts
of a
sweet tooth tortured by
weit loss
program cutting the ocrners
loose end, loose end cut
cut
on the fence, not to offend
cut cut cut cut
take these chances
place them in a box until
a quieter time
lights down you up and die
lights down you up and die
oh please lover lay down
spend this time with me
together share this smile
lover lay down
spend this time with me
walk with me, walk with you
hold my hands your hands
so much we have dreamed
and you were so much younger
hard to explain that we
are stronger
a million reasons life to
deny
let's toss them away
see you and me we
lay down look see
she and he
by my lover's side
together share this smile
lover lay down
oh please oh please
please lover lay down
oh please lover lay down
and you weep lover lay down
cause it's over lover lay
down
say love, say love, say
love, say love, say love
could i love you
could you love me
darling it's all the same
'til we dance away
chasing me all around
leading me all around
leading me all around in
circles
say.......
lately i've been feeling
low
a rememdy is what i'm seeking
i take a taste of what's
below
come away to something better
what i want is what i've
not got
but what i need is all around
me
reaching seraching never
stop
and i'll say....
if you could keep me floating
just for a while
'til i get to the end of
this tunnel...mommy
if you could keep me floating
just for a while
i'll get back to you
sometimes a jimi thing slides
my and keeps me swingin'
i'd like to show you what's
inside
i shouldn't care if you
do or don't like it
brother chaos rule all about
sometimes i wlak there
well yes, god knows, sometimes
i take a bus there
shouldn't care i shouldn't
care bereaved as i'm feeling
the day is gone i'm on my
back
string up at the ceiling
i take a drink sit back
relax
smaoke my mind make me feel
better for a small time
what i want is what i've
not got
and what i need is all aorund
me
reaching searching never
stop
and i'll say...
if you could keep me floating
just for a while
'til i get to the end of
the tunnel... mommy
if you could keep me floating
just for a while
i'll get back to you
see i'm leaving
this warehouse frightens
me
has me tied up in knots
can't rest for a moment
soom i'm going i'm slippin'
slow away
hoping to find something
better than
i've got inside of here
the warehouse slips away
hey reckless mind
don't throw away your playful
beginning
you and i will fumble around
in the touches
and be sure to
leave all the lights on
so we can see the black
cat changing colors
and we can walk under the
ladders
and swim as the tide turns
you around and around
hey we have found
becoming one in a million
slip into the crowd
this question if found in
a gap in the sidewalk
keep al lyour sights on
he the black cat changing
colors
and you can walk under ladders
and swim as the tide choose
to turn you
and here is it
life goes on, end of tunnel,
tv set
spot in the middle
state fade, statistical
bit
and soon i'll fade away,
i'll fade away
this i admit
taste so good, hard to believe
an end to it
smell touch feel
how could this rhythm ever
quit
bags packed on a plane
hopefully to heaven
shut up i'm thinking
i had a clue now it's gone
forever
sitting over these bones
you can read in whatever
you're needing to
keep all your sights on
yeah man, the black cat
changing colors
when it's not the colors
that matter
but that they'll all fade
away
this i admit
seems so good
hard to believe an end to
it
warehouse is bare
nothing at all inside of
it
walls and halls have disappeared
my love i love to stay here
my love i love to stay here
in a corner was wondering
if a change could be better
than this
and then i worry
maybe things won't be better
than they have been
here in the warehouse
at the warehouse
how i love to stay here
at the warehouse
every man and woman
get alive
that's our blood down there
seems poured from the hands
of angels
but trickle into the ground
leaves the warehouse bare
and empty
my heart's numbered beat
still echoe in this empty
room
fear wells in me
but nothing seems enough
to defend
so i am going away
work ourselves, fingers to
the bone
suck the morrow, drain my
sould
pay your dues, and your
debts
pay your repects, everybody
tells you
you pay for what you get
you pay for what you get
everybody asks me how she's
doing
has she really lost her
mind?
i said, i couldn't tell
you i've lost mine
words, words, words have
you heard
a bird in hand is much better
than,
any number free to wander
fly away...
stay
you pay for what you get
you pay for what you get
everybody asks me how she's
doing
has she really lost her...
everybody asks me how she's
doing
since she went away
i said i couldn't tell
i'm okay
i'm okay
i'm okay, how are you?
pay for what you get...
pay for what you get...oh...
pay for what you get...
pay for what you get...
oh...
