Annie’s Dream
(B. Wurschum)
In Annie’s dream she was a snail
In Annie’s dream she was a male
In Annie’s dream she was a snail
In Annie’s dream she was a male
Hey daddy, why is my room spinning?
Hey daddy, how come I’m not winning?
Hey daddy, why is my room spinning?
Because snails go so
Because snails go so
Because snails go so slow
In Annie’s dream she was a loser
In Annie’s dream she was a user
In Annie’s dream dad was the loser
In Annie’s dream she pulled the trigger
Hey daddy please don’t pull the trigger
In Annie’s dream her room got bigger
Because snails go so
Because snails go so
Because snails go so slow
Awake, Alone, Alive
(B. Wurschum/L. Hoffman)
Wide awake, alone, alive
Spin me til ‘I die
Makes the ocean come alive
Painted faces lie
Carried halfway through the night
Now you want to cry
Back and forth in perfect flight
Any man can fly
‘Round and round
Was I so brave?
Tombstones crowd my eyes
Nighttime children misbehave
As they wave goodbye
Money is a magic wand
Pointed at the sky
Screaming dreamers walk so calm
House of mirrors die
Money is a magic wand
Pointed at the sky
Screaming dreamers walk so calm
House of mirrors try
Lay your head down in disguise
Devil's chasing spies
Big fat pockets for your prize
Keep to down size
Carousel’s ceramic eyes
Watch the waiting wives
Chorus laughter
Sea of smiles
Running for their lives
Big Black Car
(B. Wurschum)
Now she drives a big black car
She is sure it’ll take her far
But she’s crazy (crazy) crazy (crazy)
Nothing will get in her way
Where she goes is where she’ll stay
Now that time is on her side
She’s crazy (crazy) crazy (crazy)
Now she drives a big black car
Someone told her she’d go far
But they were crazy (crazy) crazy (crazy)
Yes she is crazy (crazy) crazy (crazy)
Now she’s racing off a cliff
Car’s parading into a ditch
The preacher at the wake just said
That bitch was crazy (crazy) crazy (crazy)
Yes she was crazy (crazy) crazy (crazy)
Black Chair
(B. Wurschum)
Wake up and don’t be scared
No one’s hiding anywhere at all
Your happy day’s arrived, you’ve got the things for which you’ve strived
It wasn’t easy
But finally
Finally, you’re free
Join me in that black chair and let me touch your jet black hair
Death is what this must be
I do not know who’s you, who’s me
Finally, finally I’m free
Finally, finally I’m free
Finally, finally I’m free
Bye Bye
(B. Wurschum)
Oh love, my precious love
Why won’t you have mercy on me?
Always out playing
While I am alone
It’s not how I thought it would be
We’re through, I’m done with you and
I know that this may seem unkind
But some smiles just cannot be bought
And that kind of love is blind
Some fights just cannot be fought
And I’ve made up my mind
I’m gone, so don’t even try
Bye bye
I’m done with living a lie
Bye, bye, goodbye
I know you’re gonna be fine
Bye bye
I’m not yours, I know you’re not mine
Bye, bye, goodbye
Oh love, my precious love
You never showed mercy on me
When you were out playing
I was home alone
It was not where I wanted to be
When you were out playing
I was home alone
It was not where I wanted to be
California Skies
(B. Wurschum)
The place I wanna be is under California Skies
Just swaying by the sea and looking into your eyes
I’ve always longed to be under California Skies
There’s only you and me and that big sunrise
You should know by now my darling
I want you for all time
You should know by now my darling
Everything will be just fine
Under California skies
It’s where I’m meant to be, is looking into your eyes
Swaying by the sea under California skies
Holding you close to me and looking into your eyes
The road we’ve been on darling
Has been so long
We’re finally here my darling
Let’s dance and sing our song
There’s only you and me under California skies
It’s where we’re meant to be, I’m looking into your eyes
There’s only you and me under California skies
It’s where we’re meant to be, looking into your eyes
Only you and me under California skies
Call It Home
(B. Wurschum)
You came on just like a memory
Like a song, when I saw you
I was dying
Call it love, call it luck, call it anything you want
Call it home, call it hope, I don’t care anymore
I will gladly sit down on that train
‘Cause I have to find you
Now I’m flying
Call it love, call it luck, call it anything you want
Call it home, call it hope, I don’t care anymore
‘Cause there’ve been lonely days and lonely nights
But they’re gone now, gone now, gone now
You came on just like a memory
Like a song, when I saw you
I was dying
Call it love, call it luck, call it anything you want
Call it home, call it hope, I don’t care anymore
Can You Help Him, Mother?
(B. Wurschum)
Stroll in, striped lime, platform
Keep that rubber girl so warm
Bottles make sight so keen
Hit on any nineteen
Trout breath champ hands down
Public point, laugh at clown
My brother
My youngest brother
He don’t know what is good for him
Can you help him, mother?
So far up there
No one borrows comb hair
Green plaid, so in, Tim!
So in, so in, so…
My brother
My youngest brother
He don’t know what is good for him
Can you help him, mother?
Come With Me, My Beauty
(B. Wurschum)
Come with me, my beauty
Come with me
The winds are wailing and you need some security
I can help you dear
I can make it clear if you’ll come with me, my beauty
Come with me
I will come with you if only you will open up and come with me
Come with me
Drop it all and follow me behind that shady tree and then you’ll
Come with me, my beauty
Come with me
Ah, the rain, come step out of the rain
Share my pain
Here in the dirt, let’s get down here in the dirt
Such a good hurt
Good hurt
Good hurt
Come with me, my beauty
Come with me
Daydream (Do You Know?)
(B. Wurschum)
You were glowing like an angel
And I felt your lips on mine
Chills went rushing through my body
It’s a daydream, but that’s fine
In your eyes, a million answers
In your eyes, the promised land
Did my eyes come out and ask you if you would just hold my hand?
Do you know? Do you know?
Do you know? Do you know?
Hand in hand
The night’s electric amplitudes of love surround
Fireworks explode behind us
As we kiss and squeeze and pound
Do you know? Do you know?
Do you know? Do you know?
Saturdays we stay in bed
And talk of music and old clothes
While we hold each other tightly
Wonder if she even knows
Do you know? Do you know?
Do you know? Do you know?
Do you know? Do you know?
Do you know? Do you know?
Do I Glow?
(B. Wurschum)
My love for you is real and I should know
My love for you is real I know it shows
My love for you is real and you should know
My love for you is real, Do I glow?
I love you
Love you
You might think my love cannot be real
That just means you don’t know how I feel
Ohhhh I love you
I love you
Real love to me is so clear
Certainly it’s not just fear
I do really love you and it shows
Much of what you do just makes it grow
I love you
I love you
I love you…
Don’t Kiss Me Goodbye
(B. Wurschum)
Will you kiss me when I’m injured, please, my love?
When I’m on the ground your affection’s from above
Way up above
When I am bleeding, all I need is love
Just don’t kiss me goodbye
Kiss me as I close my eyes goodnight
“Goodnight”
And kiss me when you see the morning light
But I swear I’d die
Just don’t kiss me goodbye
Don’t Wanna Go Back
(B. Wurschum)
I don’t wanna go back, I don’t wanna go back
The bark on every tree was black
The sky a neverending grey
I sat out in the lifeless land
And nothing led the way
I don’t wanna go back, I don’t wanna go back
I don’t wanna go back, I don’t wanna go back
Music lost its memory
The wind ignored the chimes
It blew right through the hole inside
And killed me for a time
I don’t wanna go back, I don’t wanna go back
I don’t wanna go back, I don’t wanna go back
I know that’s how a story goes
You’re up and then you’re down
But I had never been that low
Where there’s not even sound
Let me sing a song to you and tell me there is meaning
I’ll sing a song for you
Don’t wake me if I’m dreaming
Because I don’t wanna go back I don’t wanna go back
Durant Avenue
(B. Wurschum)
Sweet the sounds and sights
The café, sad, glows bright
I’m all torn up inside and I do not know why
Who will hold me when I cry?
Down memory lane, where you and I are sane
And I should have kissed you again and again and again
So I cry
A strange spell has been cast, and chapters end so fast
So I feel all alone, with the feeling of home being gone
Someplace in the past
So I’ll return the smiles and fantasize awhile
Could you be the one, through the snow, rain and sun, I would love ‘til I die?
This should all be through, and life mean something new
But I cannot shake the lack of surprise in your eyes when I drove down Durant Avenue
New flowers bloom, indeed they do
Though life seems unreal, it’s the new things you feel
That make you fall
And you fly
Dusk
(B. Wurschum/L. Hoffman)
Hey, the summer’s gone
All of the days have been long
What could be wrong
The sun is just where it belongs
Night comes alive
Slides in my room like a tide
Cleans me inside
God only knows I have lied
Kings on the hill
One has left me in his will
He shared my path
I gave to him all that I had
Stand all alone
And when you’re done you will come home
And when you’re done you will come home
And when you’re done you’re welcome home
East Village Blues
(B. Wurschum)
I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run away
This life don’t suit me anymore
Freaks on the street, bums on the floor
My friends are phony, too
So I am out the door
I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run away
And sing to people more like me
Not scamps who can’t think, hear, or see
Who think they know, and even worse, that they know me
I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run away
But I can’t run away
First Avenue - the ground ain’t clean and the sky ain’t blue
Finally I’m home
I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run away
A king who’s got no crown to don
A knight of nowhere humming songs
Whose silver spoon is sold as bronze
Who’s forced to fight a thousand pawns
While time just carries on and on and on and on…
I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna run away
Get married and then settle down
In some small place in some small town
We’ll laugh all day and sleep so sound
And let the world spin ‘round and ‘round and ‘round and ‘round
Eleven
(B. Wurschum)
You’re gonna call me at 11
Any moment, it will ring
I wish that I could take a picture of the peace your voice will bring
You’re gonna call me at 11
Now it’s 11:01
Maybe your clock’s a little slow
Maybe you’re having fun
You’re gonna call me at 11
Now it’s 11:02
I’m about to lose my mind
I don’t know what I should do
You’re gonna call me at 11
Now it’s 11:04
Maybe you've got something up your sleeve, and you’re about to walk through my door
Come home, my darling
Come home to me
I don’t know what else to do but beg
So please come home to me
You’re gonna call me at 11
Now it’s 11:09
Don’t you worry about me none
I swear to God I’m fine
Faceless
(B. Wurschum)
Cold, faceless people let you down
So you analyze the ground
And make your way deep into town
Love is such a waste of energy
One and one add up to three
I can live and die for free
God has always been a mystery
Show me where I wander, under, never
Dreaming is not a part of me
Where you go is luck, you see
Just ask anyone but me
So find a place where I fit in
Wandering is not a sin
Camouflaged and I begin, oh yeah
Oh God, what have I done?
Someone in the night must’ve taken all of my time
Oh God, what have I done?
Someone in the night must’ve taken all of my time
Oh God, what have I done?
Someone in the night must’ve taken all of my time
Oh God, what have I done?
Someone in the night must’ve taken all of my time
Oh God, what have I done?
Someone in the night must’ve taken all of my time
Oh God, what have I done?
Someone in the night must’ve taken all of my time
Oh God, what have I done?
Whatever happened to all of my time
Faces For the Clowns
(B. Wurschum)
Here I am again
Again, my friend
I play faces for the clowns
For the clowns
Faces for the clowns
Sharper than the needle I threw into the hay
Almost like the man who prays that he won’t have to pray
I play faces for the clowns
For the clowns
Faces for the clowns
She paints a self portrait
She paints it black
Almost like the one who moves forward by sitting back
I play faces for the clowns
For the clowns
Faces for the clowns
I play faces for the clowns
For the clowns
Faces for the clowns
Finest Hour
(B. Wurschum)
Seems like the goodness is gone
We never met a new dawn
Love is for sale everywhere
Only one way that we care
So many‘ve thrown in the towel
I’ve gotten used to the howl
And now the sun is falling down
Is there no hope at all around?
I knew a man way back when
He said the world was to end
I never could change his mind
He killed himself so to shine
So many’ve thrown in the towel
We’ve gotten used to the howl
And when the sun has fallen down
There’ll be no hope at all around
And now the sun has fallen down
Is there no hope at all around?
Ghost
(B. Wurschum)
Meanwhile as the birdies fly around
Frantic chasing of a frozen sound
Pig man come to front door with a gun
Scars are showing from the empty sun
Passengers of yesterday fall down
Left empty as the wind
Left empty as the wind
Left empty as the wind
Left empty as the wind
Gone, Gone, Gone
(B. Wurschum)
I’m leaving you today
I’ve got to pack my clothes away
I’m leaving you today
I will not even look your way
I’m leaving you today
You scared me the hell away
I’m leaving you today
There is nothing else to say
My mind’s made up
Now I’m gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
I’m leaving here today
I hate this weather anyway
I’m leaving here today
I’m going where there’s thunder
I’m leaving you today
I’m gonna find new games to play
I’m leaving you today
There really is nothing to say
My mind’s made up
Now I’m gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
I have to go
‘Cause now I know the things I know
And please don't be sad
Its just that you hurt me so bad
Im gone today
My plane is landing far away
Im gone today
La da da la da da la da da da da da
My mind’s made up
Now I’m gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Hair Up High
(B. Wurschum)
Please don’t wear your hair up high
It makes me lose my mind
‘Cause I know why you came tonight, and I know it’s not for me
Staring out my window now
I almost hear you laugh
Somewhere in town, you lost your frown
It wasn’t ‘cause of me
But I won’t miss you
I won’t miss you
I won’t miss you
I won’t, I won’t, I won’t
I see and feel and taste that time
But it’s been suns and moons
Since we could fly with fire in our eyes
You’ve long since flown from me
But I don’t miss you
I don’t miss you
I don’t miss you
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t
No, I don’t miss you
I don’t miss you
I don’t miss you
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t
Go on and wear your hair up high
I’ve long since lost my mind
I don’t know why I’m here tonight
I know it’s not for me
Here Are Your Shoes
(B. Wurschum)
Here are your shoes
Try them on
‘Cause it’s time for you to walk
As you go
Wave to me
Rest assured
That you’ll see me waving too
My son, don’t you cry, don’t you cry
Oh my son, don’t you cry, don’t you cry
Dad, what’s a man supposed to do
As he wanders on his own?
Should I smile very soon, it’ll be
‘Cause I’m thinking just of you
My son, don’t you cry, don’t you cry
Oh my son, don’t you cry, don’t you cry
Should I smile very soon, it’ll be
‘Cause I’m thinking just of you
My son, don’t you cry, don’t you cry
Oh my son, don’t you cry, don’t you cry
Home
(B. Wurschum)
Wake - the songbird has spoken and risen to blue
Shake your fears, only shadows - your demons untrue
Let me out, I want to go home
Still you shout, “I need to go home”
Song that waits to be woken and needs to be sung
Sleeps inside of the weary one behind his tongue
Let me out, I want to go home
Beg and shout, “Oh please send me home”
Let me out, I want to go home
One day I will see that I’m home
Humming
(B. Wurschum)
The storm rolls over from the sea
You hear it coming
Simply out of energy
It goes on humming
A face and feeling come to mind
And stutters slowly
In a world that you can’t find
She’s joined the holy
I Should Be Mad
(B. Wurschum)
I should be mad, but I’m not mad
I should be sad and feeling bad
But I knew it had to come to this
I knew it had to come
And I can’t go on lying
You’re all I had, you’re all I had
It won’t be sad, it won’t be bad
For me to get up off the ground
And see the world around
‘Cause I’m not a weakling, fool or clown
And I can’t go on lying
But I knew it had to come to this
I knew it had to come
‘Cause I can’t go on trying
When I would laugh, you were sad
When you would laugh, I was sad
But I saw me walking in the sun and I knew it had to come
‘Cause this love is blind and deaf and dumb
And I can’t keep on crying
If I Am Not Your Everything, Baby I’m Not Anything
(B.Wurschum)
If I could, baby, I would
I’d tell you all I’m feeling
And yet I fall, words are too small
And it’s hard when time keeps stealing
From the start, so hard to part
I shatter when you’re leaving
And once you’re gone each minute takes so long
That I could die from all the grieving
If I am not your everything, baby I’m not anything
When you smile, it takes a while
For the world to go on spinning
And any prize that’s not your eyes
Is a lie
And not worth winning
If I am not your everything, baby I’m not anything
Is Everyone Lonely?
(B. Wurschum)
Paint it black with greys and blues
Add lightning, rain, and thunderclouds - whatever you choose
Your life may be sunny but you wouldn’t know
‘Cuz many rivers flow
Tell me, is everyone lonely?
Doesn’t all water flow to the sea?
Tell me, is everybody lonely?
‘Cuz I am
And I’ve been
For my whole life
A bed of fine feathers and velvet decor
The moon looms in the window above the sea shore
In brass, I see reflections of butlers and maids
Is this the answer anyway?
Tell me, is everyone lonely?
Tell me, is everybody lonely?
‘Cuz I am
And I’ve been
For my whole life
In the end the answer rises
In the end - the answer
It Whispers
(B. Wurschum)
The hissing of a passing car
It wakes you from a dream
Hands of stars spin webs of light, which make the ocean gleam
Oak trees changing and reshaping in a lantern’s beam
Yesterday, tomorrow, real, or nothing like it seems
It whispers
Oh, the flickering of a fire
The calming, warming sea
Centuries of silences come slipping through the trees
A verse from every universe comes at you like a breeze
I’ve dreamed of this, exactly this
Exactly as I see
It whispers
I’ve Never Had The Mother F#cking Blues
(B. Wurschum)
You broke my f#cking heart
Broke my heart in two
Now I’m so lonely I don’t know what to do
I’m down
I’m down
I’m down
Oh, I’m so down
And you made me realize that I’ve never had the mother f#cking blues
You’ve been with me for years
Every single day
I wake up
I turn around
And you’ve run off to play
I’m down
And I’m down
I’m going down
I never realized that I’ve never had the mother f#cking blues
(Let me share ‘em with ya)
Take that
Take that
Take that
Take that
Take that
I’m down
I’m down
I’ve never been so down
And I wonder if you’ve ever in your life had the mother f#cking blues
Keep Me Low
(B. Wurschum)
Turn that up just one more time
Let’s analyze the second line
It simply carries me away
He’s got so many things to say
I hope to someday be like him
To keep me low when lights are dim
But second rate is how I pass
He stands in an exclusive class
He must be having much fun
As I’m clocking in I notice I’ve got hours
I’m sure by now you know this sound
It’s just a thing I throw around
I need this thing to survive
Please help me keep this thing alive
He must be having much fun
As I’m clocking in I notice I’ve got hours
King of Castle
(B. Wurschum)
I hear a thousand voices
No two are the same
I make many choices
And when it is over, I’m to blame
Help, I’m going under
I don’t know where I fell
I have you to turn to
And you always have the sky to sell
Many of the highways
Lead to a single place
Should I miss the signal
Hopefully I’ll recognize the face
Show me some enchantment
Show me a starry night
Show me where I’m heading
Even if I head elsewhere tonight
Love breeds moon and ocean
Love breeds peace of mind
Become king of castle
When you give away the gold you mine
Kissing Like It’s Love
(B. Wurschum)
You dream a dream I’m dreaming too
It fires from your eyes
This dream I have of kissing you
Should come as no surprise
That “I would go there” thing you mime
Just soothes it all somehow
Reminds me of a simpler time
And nothing’s simple now
All the stars seem lined up in these skies
There’s four-letter words there in your eyes
So with your tongue
Kiss me under this sun
Like I’m the one
So soft
Or rough
It’s up to us
Just kiss me like it’s love
It’s just as fun
Kissing like it is love
From up above
For now
It’s enough
True love’s too rough
So kiss me like it’s love
You smell like every summer should
My favorite time of year
Like Coppertone and firewood
How am I supposed to steer?
The city lights keep spinning ‘round and ‘round
I’m so up now, how could I feel down?
So with your tongue
Kiss me under the sun
Like I’m the one
So soft
Or rough
It’s up to us
Just kiss me like it’s love
It’s just as fun
Kissing like it is love
From up above
For now
It’s enough
True love’s too rough
So kiss me like it’s love
All the stars seem lined up in these skies
There’s four-letter words there in your eyes
So with your tongue
Kiss me under the sun
Like I’m the one
So soft
Or rough
Just kiss me like it’s love
It’s just as fun
Kissing like it is love
From up above
For now
It’s enough
True love’s too rough
So kiss me like it’s love
Know That I Will Shine
(B. Wurschum)
Sometimes in life there are things to fear
With you by me, now nothing can come near
And I want you to know that I will shine
With my love I only want to shine
And so, may you not feel alone
When it’s cold, a blanket for your bones
Soon, a home that we can call our own
Lady Luck Took All Your Light
(B. Wurschum)
You should be in bed tonight
Lady luck took all your light
Nothing turns your quarter bright
You should not be here tonight
You should not be here tonight
Make your way across the floor
It’s evident that you want more
Lesbian
(B. Wurschum)
A big goodbye to all
What a relief
A big goodbye to all
And good grief, yeah
Everytime you dream
You’re supposed to close your eyes
Every time you dream
I coulda sworn you closed your eyes
A big goodbye to all
I wanna tell you it’s for good
It’s for good
What is the boogeyman?
Well I’m so glad you asked
Fear is the boogeyman
But that I’m gonna show you last
A big goodbye to all
I wanna tell you it’s for good
It’s for good
Do you remember me?
I was a child
Can you remember me?
You’re still a child
Oh please remember me
I was that night you spent with wine and candlelights and fights
Let Me Die in Southern California
(B. Wurschum)
I’ve packed my bags, I’m gonna leave the city
The story leading up to this is long
But those big bright lights that sometimes seem so pretty
Lose every bit of allure when you,
You feel the weight of the world
Desert winds, please blow all that behind me
We know it in our hearts when we are home
And jasmine, take me to a place I’ll find me
Where the ocean catches the sun sinking
And takes all that is undone
It ends where it begun
Let me die in Southern California
Big blue sky, you’re golden in the sun
As we fly through Southern California
Down the 101
The winding highway spilling to a canyon
A mission-style tavern packed with fools
Who laugh and raise their glasses up to heaven
As sunlight flickers off the tops of pools
It’s kind of like the sound of spirits thrashing
These waves that kiss this highway up and down
And calming is the calling of their crashing
And all you’ve loved, it just swirls in you
Yes, everything that you’ve loved
Yes, everyone that you’ve loved
Let me die in Southern California
Big blue sky, you’re golden in the sun
As we fly through Southern California
Down the 101
Lie Down On Me
(B. Wurschum)
My heart’s broken
You can’t see
But it’s broken all of me
Seeking eyes appear in the room
Lay down in this lonely tomb
Hear the haunted stallion’s call
Get your bare back off the wall
Poor the poison glass so tall
Tall, tall, tall
Enter large
And feeling small
Virgin crying at the ball
Don’t try to make sense of at all
Lovers in the Sky
(B. Wurschum)
Right now we are just lovers
Now we are just lovers in the sky
Right now we are just lovers
Now we are just lovers in the sky
And I’ll wait for you, I know it’s good
I’ll wait for you I know it’s good
Right now we are just lovers
Now we are just lovers in the sky
Right now we are just lovers
Now we are just lovers in the sky
You’ll wait for me and you know it’s good
You’ll wait for me and you know it’s good
Right now we are just lovers
Now we are just lovers in the sky
Right now we are just lovers
Now we are just lovers in the sky
You’ll be home soon and I will hold your hand
And you’re my woman and I am your man
I know, my dear, that you understand
I know, my dear, that you understand
Lubricant
(B. Wurschum)
It’s the night of vacuous romance
There’s no tour guide for the tour de pants
I can run some circles ‘round your moon
Excuse me ma’am
What is that you’ve in your hand?
Nobody’s gonna touch this man
The naked virgin frenchs with her eyes
Conceal it with a delicate disguise
Excuse me ma’am
I said no one’s gonna touch this man
Dress yourself in lubricant and fawn
You want to exercise in wagon ‘til it’s dawn
March On
(B. Wurschum)
You’ve got the destination inside of your mind
You know you’re gonna get there rain or shine
Life quickly turns the pages
You feel the aches of ages
And though the storm is strong
Headlong, you march on
Your soul slowly starts to sleep when heartache’s all you find
Unravels in your favor time to time
Then from the sky, gold trails
Make sure that you won’t fail
The sweetest smells and sounds and scenes
They lead into your dreams
Don’t let go of my hand my love
Don’t let go of my hand
Mercedes
(B. Wurschum)
She doesn’t need much cuz she drives a Mercedes
Baby powder white for a charming child
Monopolize rights cuz she lives in the 80’s
Writing down names and keeping them filed
Those are her tits, she wears them like passports
Admission is free la la dee dee
She doesn’t need much cuz she drives a Mercedes
Lavender seats, gold plates wheels
Supplier of brains when she’s out with the ladies
The dog that she finds will surely heel
And she combs the city
Oh yeah, she combs the city
Well, she comes the city
And makes it pretty
She doesn’t need much cuz she drives a Mercedes
The spoon in her mouth shines like a knife
Broken-legged slut when she’s out with the ladies
Hurricane dog picks her for life
She flushes his face cuz he’s an intrusion
Dirties the mirror that keeps her clean
Her arms they are long and just like a spider’s
A widow she’s not death she has seen
And she combs the city
Oh yeah, she combs the city
Well, she comes the city
And makes it pretty
She doesn’t need much cuz she drives a Mercedes
Baby powder white for a charming child
Monopolize rights cuz she lives in the 80’s
Writing down names and keeping them filed
Merrymen
(B. Wurschum)
Her painting of the Lord sees her all day long
Walking back and forth in her room
Her painting of the Lord is her only song
The rest of her events are out of tune
Merrymen
Smiles at the sun as it falls
Merrymen
Giggles at the world through the walls
She remembers Tom in his handsome days
And Tuesday swore she heard him say her name
She holds her pillow tight, feels him in her arms
But every morning Tom is in his frame
Merrymen
Giggles at the sun as it falls
Merrymen
Winking at the world through the walls
Middle Class Blues
(B. Wurschum)
I’m running from everyone I see
I’m running from everyone I see
It’s got nothing to do with you, I run from me
I won’t believe in anything I hear
I won’t believe in anything I hear
It’s got nothing to do with you, it’s in the mirror
I won’t believe in anything you show me
I won’t believe in anything you show me
It’s got nothing to do with you, I’m just lonely
I happily run from everyone I see
I happily run from everyone I see
The day will come I’ll have to happily look at me
The day will come I’ll have to happily look at me
Mister Night
(B. Wurschum)
Mister Night, you’ve dragged me out of bed again
To share with me your stories and your too tall tales
Mister Night, it’s a good thing that you’re handsome
Someone’s going under and it will not be me
Mister Night, where’d you put my lady?
Don’t you know I love her like the back of my hand
Are you scared?
Of course not, I just love it here
That’s why I am screaming for you, Mister Night
Mister Night, I miss the Mrs’ fist tonight
Bring me back the magic that the clock calls love
Mister Night, it could be just she missed her flight
Imitate the sun before I turn on the light
Moneydumb
(B. Wurschum)
In the morning it is the radio that gives the sunlight meaning
And soon the tune we made is played for everyone
No one laughs at the slamming sound of doors that lead to fortune
And knocking on the door that hides the finish line, hears from inside
Well he pops the tape in, “I like the sound, but I don’t think it’s selling”
“The moon, the moon, I hear it twenty times a day”
I don’t hear what I used to hear
That singer’s barely trying
I sing to bands on tv
They sing back
I sing back
They don’t hear me
When I’m sixty four
Show me to the door
Sometimes the road that leads to hell is paved with parents footprints
To ruin the groom
A doctor needing surgery
Laughing with the teller, I feel glad for paid attention
And whistle while you play
A loud crowd proud a band came out to stay, yeah
My Heart, My Home
(B. Wurschum)
Lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, love, lay down
We have got all night
Whisper in my ear that you are staying here
Darling you are my heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
My heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
My heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
My heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
Lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, love, it’s true
Everything I seen before I never seen ‘til I seen you
And what I’ve seen makes me want to sing, la la la la la la
So please whisper in my ear that you are staying here
Darling you are my heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
My heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
My heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
My heart, my home, my heart, my home, my heart
My Love, My Love
(B. Wurschum)
It’s hard to write a happy song
Within a face and day that’s long
And if you think out loud
No doubt, a crowd will turn on you
It’s hard to dream of giant things
When all you hear are wedding rings
Falling off the fingers of the fools who claim they know
Let’s redefine
Romantic times
Together we can fly
My love, my love, my love, my love
My love, my love, my love
My love, my love, my love, my love
My love, my love, my love
It’s hard to blend into the scene
The ropes and razors lingering
But I relate, I do, you see, it just escapes me now
It’s hard to hear you carry on
It’s not that all my caring’s gone
Let me interrupt you
How’s that for a happy song?
‘Cause I redefine
Romantic lines
Together we can fly
My love, my love, my love, my love
My love, my love, my love
My love, my love, my love, my love
My love, my love, my love
Nevada
(B. Wurschum)
California has a heart
I’ve taken every beating
The gold is gone and I don’t want to follow what they’re leading
I know that I am not a saint
I’ve made my contribution
But I don’t have to lie in wait
To get my retribution
Deep inside the Western world he senses grand illusion
His pockets start to weigh him down and add to the confusion
He can’t foresee a rainy day
The night is filled with chances
And raising every ante
He’ll watch what it enhances
The twinkle in the eyes of lady luck is so appealing
All the virtues turn to vice until he feels the feeling
A man is destitute before he sees the devil’s dealing
Open Up Your Eyes
(B. Wurschum)
Open up your eyes and feel
The things you dream can be real
What you see
And what you know
And what you love
All will grow
Reach for the sky, baby
You’re gonna fly, baby
Open up your eyes and see
That we love you eternally
Reach for the sky, baby
You’re gonna fly, baby
Open up your eyes and see
That we love you eternally
The world’s so big
But it’s small
It’s love and laughter after all
Open up those eyes and know
Our love for you will only grow
Reach for the sky, baby
You’re gonna fly, baby
Open up your eyes and see
That we love you eternally
People Look Scarier At Night
(B. Wurschum)
Gathered in the streets
They’ve got their pockets in their hands
They’ve got their pockets in their hands
They’ve got their pockets in their hands
And all along, the asking
And pretending something’s wrong
Am I pretending something’s wrong?
Are you pretending nothing’s wrong?
His eyes are of a doll’s
‘Cause he is whistling in the dark
That boy is whistling in the dark
That boy is whistling in the dark
Can we all agree that they look scarier at night?
That they look scarier at night
People look scarier at night
And they sing la la la la la la
And they sing la la la la la la
Gathered in the streets
They’ve got their pockets in their hands
They’ve got their pockets in their hands
They’ve got their pockets in their hands
Can we all agree that they look scarier at night?
That they look scarier at night
People look scarier at night
And they sing la la la la la la
And they sing la la la la la la
Pinnokio
(B. Wurschum)
Big story on the cover of the Times
Cold murder but the murderer was blind
His nose was long
And here’s a song from him
My family up and left when I was young
We’re close today but damage has been done
The dues the planet owes me
Who cares if no one knows me
For I am out to show me I’m someone
And never will I doubt my purity
For every time a finger points at me
Three point back at you
And so much isn’t through
What else can I undo?
This crimson carpet that I walk upon
Was painful but the dignity I’ve won
My tongue was sharp thus all the flavor died
They’re livid over scary scary lies
While I’m attacked by scary scary flies
They grow from my insides
And they refuse to die
My heart’s hung low but now my eyes are wide, wide, wide, wide
With standards stacked a thousand miles high
I jump them every time I want to fly
I recognized the marking
It spun around and parking
It sent my body sparking to the curb
I saw the curb
I saw I was a liar
And I all I saw was fire
Please Wash Away
(B. Wurschum)
That there is the world just passing by
I know it pretty well but right now I want to cry
Try to read your heart in a place like mine
Please wash away the tears
Please wash away
That’s enough, friendly sun, please let me stroll
The days are so long that you’re drying up my soul
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain
Please wash away the tears
Please wash away
Please wash away the tears
Something wash away
Postcard From the Bronx
(B. Wurschum)
Call my mom and dad tell them I’m coming’ home
These people are insane and I’m better off alone
I’ve just gotta get out of here
Yes I really do
I’m so sick and tired of living so far away from you
Out there on Jerome, they would stab me for a dime
And smashing this guitar wouldn’t even be a crime
I’ve just gotta get out of here
Yes I really do
I’m so sick and tired of living so far away from you
Race You To The Sun
(B. Wurschum)
When I need a getaway, I find it in the sun
As it hangs above the meadow when the day is almost done
Take me to the river, so to see where it’s begun
The air is filled with jasmine and you hear the river run
Run, run, run, run, run
Colored by the thoughts inside
Painting every hue
Sometimes all the beauty hides
All the time it’s you
On your mark, get set, and go
I’ll race you to the sun
Run, run, run, run, run
We’ll frolic in the heather
It won’t matter who has won
Let’s climb up the tall oak and we’ll try and touch the sun
Like this land, I hope I do not die before I’m done
Sometimes all the beauty hides
All the time it’s you
You can make the winds arrive
Or make the sun shine through
When I’m just a photograph, remember all the fun
I hope your memories of me will warm you like the sun
I’ve gotta shake the devil off my back or I am done
Run, run, run, run, run
Let’s enjoy the here and now
Through the fields we’ll run
Run, run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run, run
Radio
(B. Wurschum)
I don’t like nothing on the radio
And that’s such a goddamn shame
I don’t like nothing on the radio
Everybody sounds the same
I’ve heard that lick a hundred thousand times
From A to D to E
Of all those people that are playing guitar
Nobody plays like me
I don’t like nothing on the radio
Everybody sounds the same
They make big money and they’re on TV
But their song’s so goddamn lame
Rain Falls
(B. Wurschum)
Rain falls
Not enough to keep me down
Just enough to push me ‘round
Just enough to kick me down
Not enough to keep me down
And not enough to fill the ground that I must walk upon
No one
Will help me get back on my feet
This is something I must beat
I’m the owner of my street
Again I’m sure that I will meet
As soon as I’m above this feat
I will hear a song
Some day
I will get back out of here
I will rise above my fear
The end to all that’s dark is near
Again I’m sure that I will hear the beating of the drum
Soon I’ll
Be back at my home again
Surrounded by a lot of friends
Then I’ll have a chance to win
All the things that I’ll begin
And all the places that I’ve been
Will echo in my mind
Rebby’s Song
(B. Wurschum)
The freaks are on the streets now darling
Soon I will feel your limbs
The world is blind, blind, blind, blind, blind
The clock it never ever lies
Still every morning we say hi
They called it a lie
They called it a lie
They called it a lie
The world is blind, blind, blind, blind, blind
You are all mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
So let’s roll around just ‘cause we can
Not a singer and a teacher
But a woman and a man
And let’s hold and pull as hard as we can
The world is blind, blind, blind, blind, blind
And you are mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
The world is blind, blind, blind, blind, blind
You are all mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
And you are kind, kind, kind, kind, kind
The world is blind, blind, blind, blind, blind
And you are mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
Relate To Me
(B. Wurschum)
Oh, the night’s so young
It’s been so long since I had any fun
I don’t know what’s wrong
I just wanna play another song
When the seasons change
Leaves will still be blowing through my brain
Can you feel your heart ache?
Do you relate to me?
In an empty home
The man inside it never feels alone
‘Cos when he holds the light
He knows there’s nothing that he has to fight
Can you feel your heart ache?
Do you relate to me?
Rolling Sevens
(B. Wurschum)
So this is freedom
Road wide open
I can’t believe the
Things I have been
I’m rolling sevens
It’s in the wrist
I’m moving mountains
With faith I’ve kissed
And in the evening I relax
This breeze is calm and I can rest my back
And all the demons
They fell behind
I left them looking
For tracks like mine
The seas are open
I walk through
Like every day
The seas are open
I walk through
I hope they stay
But no one walks on water
Soon it will give way
Side Zero
(B. Wurschum)
It gets slippery, roses prickly, it aches when breaking candy’s jar
It spins to end up shining on them dancing on your grandma’s car
Tunnel straight into the gate
You’d better run now hurry, hurry
Lapping up the sounds of clapping tapping on a candy bar
Someone sings that dying brings a peace of mind like nothing known
Headless, dreamless, harmless, seamless make the bits that will be blown
Tunnel straight into the gate
You’d better run now hurry, hurry
From the heart to brain to pen to end up somewhere never known
Sister Was Lucky
(B. Wurschum)
The fat man won’t let me answer the phone
Some of them tell you they love you
You feel alone
La la da la da da
La la da la da da
My sister was lucky she lived by the field
My sister was lucky she lived by the field
Riding her horse, she’s just riding her horses
And I hear them running
Fear
Fear
It’s me
Fear
Once upon a time I was dead
To stand on my feet I must stand on my head
As deceiving as a camera
As deceiving as a snapshot
Fear
Fear
It’s me
Fear
Starlight
(B. Wurschum)
There's only you and me tonight
Out here in the sea, tonight
Hooray, hooray, hooray
For many years I've fantasized
About me gazing in your eyes
In starlight
The tiny lights are in the trees
Which hover over you and me
Hooray, hooray, hooray
Wrap me with your skinny arms
Intoxicate me with your charms
In starlight
Floating further from the land
I kneel so I can kiss your hand
In starlight
Your lips resemble pedals, dear
From flowers man's supposed to fear
Alright, alright, alright
Gently kill me with the touch
I need it baby, just that much
In starlight
I wish that life would be that kind
For now, it's only in my mind
Alright, alright, alright
For now this daydream has to end
Wait there, girl ~ we'll meet again
In Starlight
I'm always sad to see it end
My only love
My only friend
In starlight
Talk Hello
(B. Wurschum)
Well it has been a while
Again, I don’t have time
To tell you of my place
My placement of the mind
But I did get this shirt
I’ve got a heart that hurts
I’ve got a lovely friend I’m sure I’ll see again
And did you see that show?
That one about, you know
And have you tried their food?
I’m glad the weather’s good
Do you have me in mind?
Because I don’t have you
I’m thinking of those lights
And polishing my shoes
I know you have to go
But I think you should know
I found a working scheme
I know you have to go
But I think you should know
I found a working scheme
And all the lights are green
And yes, my paycheck’s long
Do you want to hear a song?
I’m sorry I must go
Just stopped to talk hello
Tangerine
(B. Wurschum)
Tangerine and stripes of green
A polyester hero, that is I
My time has gone
Or yet to come
I’ll contemplate this notion til I die
And don’t tell me that this is not profound
Wake me up when you start a fire
Under the ass of any liar
The coffee house is where I’ll be
When all of these “deep thoughts” just flow right through me
And don’t tell me that this is not profound
Room for cream
So I can dream
And overhear and analyze and simplify
I wrote a page
And tore the page
Another worthless day is slipping by
So nothing’s right
And nothing’s wrong
My heart will ache a little less with time
In tangerine and stripes of green
Confused and shy and shattering am I
That’s Why We Like It
(B. Wurschum)
When you look for the sun
It seems so far away
But when you’re with the one
It’s shining every day
Can you tell right now I love you?
Can you feel it, too?
I can tell right now you love me
I feel it through and through
All day and all night
I like it, like it
So wrong that it is right
That’s why I like it, like it
All day and all night
That’s how we like it, like it
So wrong that it is right
That’s why we like it, like it, like it
When you’re looking for fun
It seems so far away
But when you’re with the one
It happens every day
I can tell right now you love me
I can feel it, too
I can tell right now you love me
I feel it through and through
All day and all night
I like it, like it
So wrong that it is right
That’s why I like it, like it
All day and all night
That’s how we like it, like it
So wrong that it is right
That’s why we like it, like it, like it
All day and all night
I like it, like it
So wrong that it is right
That’s why I like it, like it
All day and all night
That’s how we like it, like it
So wrong that it is right
That’s why we like it, like it, like it
Theatre of Laughter
(B. Wurschum)
In the middle of the
In the middle of the crowd that’s gotten too loud to me
In the middle of the
In the middle of the moon where love’s supposed to lie
In the middle of the
In the middle of the message I duck the truth and hide
In the middle of the
In the middle of the middle
In the middle of the
In the middle of your lie your mother shuts her eyes
In the middle of the
In the middle of the day I just break down and cry
In the middle of the
In the middle of our gab your eyes become a dye
In the middle of the
In the middle of the middle
In the middle of the
In the middle of the storm that’s gotten too warm to me
In the middle of the
In the middle of the moon where love’s supposed to be
In the middle of the
In the middle of your tears where love’s supposed to die
In the middle of the
In the middle of the middle
Hey there
Big fat God
Where are you tonight?
The Best Day of My Life
(B. Wurschum)
This is the best day of my life
There’s so much gold here I could cry
I’ve been a bum just bumming
I knew that I had it coming
And it’s the best day of my life
This is the best day of my life
I’m gonna share it with my wife
She thought that I was phony
Now a gold ring, car, and pony
And it’s the best day of her life
This is the best day of my life
Behind an oak door I can hide
My head is filled with song
And all the wine flows on and on
And it’s the best day of my life
This is the best day of my life
I can do anything I’d like
My wife and friends have fled
I’m in a brand new bed
No one came when I bled
The dirt conceals my head
This is the best day of my life
The Canyon Ladies
(B. Wurschum)
So blue’s the morning sky
Ah, the comfort it implies
A sprinkler sings a song
To every lawn
The emptiness it belies
Whisk me to another day
One where guardians gladly pay
Where men can spin them and then pin them down
Exotic in every way
This last verse is for you
Now go and decode it, here’s your clue:
I notice never much
I’m out of touch
And baby, she’s a lot like you
The Dance Floor’s a Runway
(B. Wurschum)
The hallways of my past are made of glass
So don’t go thinking that you’re hiding from me
But I see the lie
See the lie
See the lie that you are
You are like a shooting star, or the fact that
The dance floor’s a runway
Sometimes I call your name
But it’s in vain, it’s in vein, it’s in vain, it’s in vein
But I see the light
See the light
See the light that you give
And it occurs to me
Maybe I haven’t lived
‘Cause love is needing to be loved
You’re walking in the sky and the ocean drips above
Beauty is no lie
And the dance floor’s a runway
The End of Everything
(B. Wurschum)
“Hello how are you? Yeah, the weather’s fine”
I thank the good Lord you can’t read my mind
You guys are crazy and you’re way behind
‘Cause if it’s gold it glitters, silver shines
Yes I’m doing good, yes I’m feeling fine
It’s the end of everything tonight
You little runner flaunt your way through school
Sprawled out inside a glass case by the pool
Yes you’re looking good, yes you’re looking fine
It’s the end of everything tonight
One day you’ll wake up the ocean doesn’t gleam
One day you’ll wake up the river turns to stream
One day you’ll wake up and all of that to steam
One day you’ll wake up and truly dream
You think you get away with everything
But when you whisper know that evil screams
Yes, you’re working hard, working over-time
It’s the end of everything tonight
You should be aware the ticking time
And I should be aware your face is mine
Yes I’m doing good, yes I’m feeling fine
It’s the end of everything tonight
The Funniest Thing That I Know
(B. Wurschum)
I shouldn’t feel so sad
The things you said are true
But love is the funniest thing that I know
The way that it splits you in two
And now that you have gone
I know I’m free to dream
Its hard to dream of things tomorrow might show
I just see the places I’ve been
And with the good and bad
I want again to fall
‘Cause love is the funniest thing that I know
Still it’s the greatest of all
The Laughing Sun
(B. Wurschum)
I got your letter yesterday
I read all that you had to say
I cried and cried and I cried some more
My heart is heavy and my eyes are sore
I don’t wanna know how good you are
I don’t wanna hear that you’re okay
I hope that nothing has filled the hole
I hope there’s lots you didn’t say
Way back when the nights were warm
Your eyes like heaven, your words a storm
You raised your brow above the din
But you have laughed out loud since then
Enough’s been said
Don’t want you in my head
Please let me go to bed without you on my mind
I don’t wanna hear you’re doing fine
I don’t wanna know that you’re alright
I just can’t hear it, not tonight
One more time the foolish one
Forlorn under the laughing sun
I could escape, if I would try
The games with me, myself and I
The Mighty Tiger
(B. Wurschum)
The autumn wind blows violent through suburban small town skies
And he sits inside his living room and wonders where it lies
The queen of time is beautiful
The queen of time is mine
Then he pushes out the tears inside that fill him far and wide
He hopes he’s not forgotten by a god that might be blind
Then he lays back down and suffers
Where the might tiger lies
Someone’s on the telephone with who he thinks is him
Then he stares into the mirror and begins it all again
Someone out there has to know I’m made to stun a crowd
Can you stun them in a fashion that would make your mother proud?
And when he leaves for work today with pure and honest eyes
He’ll be looking under everything for where the tiger lies
The One Who Flies
(B. Wurschum)
Deep inside is the light
And it only means to shine
This whole world has me down
But I want to make it right
You might be the one
You might be the one who flies
Need to find, enter room
There are feathers everywhere
Some are real, some as fake
As the feathers in your hair
You might be the one
You might be the one who lies
You might be the one
You might be the one who lies
I spend time on the bows
Yet the ribbons turn to rope
But deep inside is the light
The direction and the hope
You might be the one
You might be the one who flies
When I try, it’s a lie
Only doing gets it done
Just walk fast past the glass
To the door that hides the sun
You might be the one
You might be the one who flies
The Sinner and the Wind
(B. Wurschum)
The buildings stay the same there
They do never change
It’s us and our angles that are moving
And time, time, time, time, time and again
The music that we move to is alluring
A little further up the road, the land of paradise
He’s sure that he is everything but dreaming
A little further up above, they’re laughing in the skies
The place he’s racing to is always gleaming
Then when the sun falls, it whispers to the moon
The work for you is soon for the sinner and the wind
And with the night approaching, he’s living out his dream
The feeling of the kings must be contagious
He slips his soul sadly in the slot of a machine
And does things even he would call outrageous
Then when the moon falls, it whispers to the sun
The work for you’s begun for the sinner and the wind
The Speed of Fear
(B. Wurschum)
When you tingle on the inside, you think you’ve seen a glimpse of light
And you’re rattling your fist at every driver that is in your sight
Well, it’s good and God-given, and you treasure every chance that comes
And when you’re on the side that has no ride, you put your hand up high
You got a dream but it’s falling, the shooting star is pointed right at you
Now the heavy winds are wailing – when it hits you it just blows right through
And now you’re on the side that has no rights, you put your head down – hide
And it seems we’re in a hurry
We’re just chasing after tails
“Which way to go, which way to go, which way to go, which way to go?”
Once your vision’s gotten blurry
Then you never really know which way to go, which way to go…
The Swirling World
(B. Wurschum)
The swirling world is mine now
I told you not to break my love
Don’t break my love
You’re on a joyride through high tide
I told you not to break my love
Don’t break my love
Murder in the mirror is only suicide
The slippy tongue of ruin licks cocoon
I begged you not to break my love
Don’t break my love
My lightening head of hair, electric chair
I warned you not to break my love
Don’t break my love
Murder what you fear, it’s only suicide
You bask in sunshine with gold wine
I begged you not to break my love
The road is curling and swirling
It’s yours because you break my love
You break my love
Don’t break my love
You break my love
The Wind Has Its Ways (It’s Alright)
(B. Wurschum)
You want the things you want, so you try and you try
You get the things you get, it’s enough, but you cry
You’re dreaming of a castle but you hardly have a home
A friend assures you you’re not alone
It’s alright
You dream the things you dream, so you build and you build
The wind has its ways and the hole’s still not filled
You’re picturing the city filled with long lost friends
There’s good news: it’s that nothing ever ends
It’s alright
There’s a Rainbow
(B. Wurschum)
I wonder what you’re doing tonight
I can’t believe you’re so far away
I see the things we did on that day
The rain, it doesn’t bother me when there’s a rainbow
Look up and see the clouds - they are grey
They bring a little rain down today
I know it all will end up okay
The rainfall doesn’t bother me
‘Cuz you’re a rainbow
This Song is Here For You
(B. Wurschum)
When the world it wears a frown
It all feels so untrue
When interactions bring you down
This song is here for you
The seasons of your friendships change
It all seems upside down
The winds will sometimes rearrange
And turn it all around
But you are stronger than you know
Believe it, this is true
And when the winds of sorrow blow
This song is here for you
When the world seems so unfair
And no sky can be blue
And storm clouds, they are everywhere
This song is here for you
But you have strength you do not know
Believe it this is true
Until the time will tell you so
This song is here for you
Tongues
(B. Wurschum)
Hey, hello you big blue sky, it’s been so long, I’ve missed
It seems to me it’s a thousand lifetimes since you’ve kissed my eyes
I’ve been waiting in the shade there, praying for your rays to come
Me and my suitcase yawning
Oh, and if i should go, I hope that you will stay
Well, hey, hello Mrs. beautiful, you’re dressed up like the summer sky
So, what am I supposed to do but lay there underneath you?
Come on, come on, let's take the things you’ve drawn and hang 'em in the gallery
For every other psychopath to stare at
Oh, and if i should go, I hope that you can stay
Well now that we’re here, I wonder where we’ll stay
And all the flowers they are dripping over fences in your head
Watch avid partygoers rape the night with something someone said
Don’t you be startled by the witches you’ve got dancing on your wall
This constant giggling on your front porch proves there’s no one there now
Dive in a wishing well or sorrow when you pat death on the head, on the head
Here comes the night that you are running from
It talks backwards and in tongues
I am the the night that you are running from
I talk backwards and in tongues
Top Of My Lungs
(B. Wurschum)
Someone please take the wheel
‘Cause I can’t see a thing tonight
I don’t know where I went so wrong
I sing this song to help me through the night
I’ll be alright again, baby
I’ll be alright again, baby
I’ll be alright again, baby
As soon as I get back home
No matter what it is you do
Someone’s there to tell you that you’re wrong
I see my dreams hung by a thread
I close my eyes and I sing this song
I’ll be alright again, baby
I’ll be alright again, baby
I’ll be alright again, baby
As soon as I get back home
I used to swear that by this time
I would have seen it all unfold
Yet still I grind and pray I’ll find
That stone I’ve mined was made of gold
I’ll be alright again, baby
I’ll be alright again, baby
I’ll be alright again, baby
As soon as I get back home
Turn Around and Run Away
(B. Wurschum)
I wanted to call you, baby
I’ve got a new home in my head
It was Saturday, Sunday, maybe
I was inspired while I was lying in bed
When all at once it hit me
I’ve been living backwards and wrong
So put on a skirt and come get me
You’ll be so impressed
You’ll just have to undress
When you hear all the truths
That I have confessed
And slipped into a song
But they’re lies
Lies
So turn around and run away and don’t come back again
It’s all lies
Lies
So turn around and run away and don’t come back again
Remember the five-star swagger I flaunted when we had first fallen in love?
Now I’m a blacked-out dagger
And you are a worried and scurrying dove
Well I know that it’s time to come clean
And give you advice that I don’t wanna give
Hide if you hear me knocking
Let me stay down in the ditch underground
That I dug for my satisfied soul so I’ll drown
Let me die if you want to live
I’m all lies
So turn around and run away and don’t come back again
It’s all lies
So turn around and run away and don’t come back again
Just turn around and run away and don’t come back again
Underville
(B. Wurschum)
Big crowd, I wonder why they’re smiling so
No shroud, I wonder if they’ll let me go
“This way”
A stranger pointing says there’s gold
“Come now, before whatever’s left is sold”
“Follow, we’re your friends and you’re the clown”
“Stay low, make sure there’s no one else around”
“Bring friends, we sure do need them in this town.”
“Our friends are in the sky”
“Believe the place we’re going to is real”
“Come now, you’re not too full to get your fill”
“Let’s go, we’re marching off to Underville”
Up The Graveyards
(B. Wurschum)
I wanna know
Where I’m gonna go
When they dig
Up the graveyards
Up the graveyards
I wanna know
Where you’re gonna go
When they dig
Up the graveyards
Up the graveyards
I wanna know
Where we’re gonna go
When they dig
Up the graveyards
Up the graveyards
We Will Kill You In The Long Run
(B. Wurschum)
How long did it take you to write that?
It rhymes so smooth, when you’re done can we chat?
I have news
No son, that’s no knee-jerk reaction
They clap because they share your attraction to the blues
You’re angry and the room wants to hear it
You’d love to jump, but you cannot clear it
Woe is you
Hope that you have fun
We will kill you in the long run
Yes, you’re having fun
We will kill you in the long run
Weird Thing
(B. Wurschum)
There was a weird thing that happened today
Everybody looked kinda strange
There was a weird thing that happened today
Everybody turned their heads
Come in here and sit
You’re worse than the cat
How could he put up with that?
There was a weird thing that happened today
How could anyone sit through that
La la da la da da da la da da da da da da
There was a weird thing that happened today
Everybody looked kinda strange
There was a weird thing that happened today
Everybody turned their heads
Come in here and sit
You’re worse than the cat
How could he put up with that?
There was a weird thing that happened today
How could anybody sit through that
La la da la da da da la da da da da da da
There was a weird thing that happened today
Everybody stood upside down
There was a weird thing that happened today
Everybody turned their heads
Come in here and sit
You’re worse than the cat
How could anybody sit through that
La la da la da da da la da da da da da da
Were You High That Day?
(B. Wurschum)
I remember long ago, our trip to Lamplight Park
Your hair dripped down your long white dress
We sang until the dark
Our senses stirred
And strangers blurred
Were you high that day?
How could someone know perfection, turn, and walk away?
That place on Palm Street where we changed
It isn't there no more
It made me sad to see it with a gate that blocks the door
We laughed so hard
In that courtyard
Were you high that day?
How could someone know perfection, turn, and walk away?
I remember skipping with you
Just like we were kids
Maybe someone knows you better than I thought I did
And your goodbye
Still makes me cry
Were you high that day?
How could someone know perfection, turn, and walk away?
When I Want To Talk To You I Do
(B. Wurschum)
Lonely is a tower
That I stand inside the top of
With my lonely eyes that bleed and cover possibilities
When I want to talk to you I do
The hands of them can be abrasive
Knives they hold feel sharper than the
Than the flower
The little flower
That grows and shades the good of day
When I want to talk to you I do
When I want to talk to you I do
Lonely is a flower that looks beautiful until it dies
And light it blocked is so much more attractive to my tiring eyes
When I want to talk to you I do
When I want to talk to you I do
Where the Little Girls Still Throw Roses/ Timberville
(B. Wurschum)
There is a place that’s way out West
Its name is Timberville
It used to be home
Now alone, I got homesick
And returned with hopes it stood still
Cruelty had the faces changed
The buildings still stood
But all rearranged
A house without hearts can sure leave you deranged
It’s so strange
Where the little girls still throw roses
And I know I’m king
Where the girls still throw roses
Makes a man sing
Being all there was left, my memories grew tall
And shaded the earth where I stood
Some old yellow sunset I vaguely recalled
And chased to catch if I could
All of those nights right here in this sand
That breathtaking death that you’d feign when you’d land
Some day I’ll escape all this just like I planned
Where the little girls still throw roses
And I know I’m king
Where the girls still throw roses
Makes a man sing
A heartbreaking thunder then woke me again
In the form of, I guess, just plain words
No deed ever done would come rescue me now
Mouths moving where nothing is heard
On Interstate 15 we’ll do it up right
Dear satanic lover, I’m up for a fight
I really don’t care where I wind up tonight
‘Cause it’s gone
Where the girls still throw roses
And I know I’m king
Where the little girls still throw roses
It makes a man sing
So black was the hair on her delicate wrists
That in it, my demons looked at me with fists
You spit your soul into my mouth when we kissed
Whisper
(B. Wurschum)
I don’t know what you’re thinking now but I know what you said
The many miles between us has your beauty fill my head
And I wish that I could hold you now, I know you feel the same
Come home and whisper in my ear and blow out all the flames
I don’t want to be without you
Please don’t stay away for long
We’re in love forever
Without you things are wrong
I’ve got a lot of friends around, there are things I could do
But I just ache and ache and ache
I’ll ache ‘til I’m with you
I don’t want to be without you
Please don’t stay away for long
We’re in love forever
Without you things are wrong
I don’t want to be without you
Please don’t stay away for long
We’re in love forever
Without you things are wrong
I don’t want to be without you
Our love goes on forever
Without you things are wrong
You Are My Home
(B. Wurschum)
You are my home
You are my home
And you know you always were my home
The winds will blow
Yes, the winds will blow
And I’ll be right there by your side so you’ll always know
That you are my home
You are my home
And you know you always were my home
There are stars above
There are stars above
But there’s nothing greater than true love
You are my home
You are my home
And you know you always were my home
You Can Never Know
(B. Wurschum)
Open up with me
I know this life’s been crazy
When you walk with me
Everything is fine
When you talk with me
I hear all you’re crying
And you’re trying
You’re living and dying ~ just like me
When you talk with me
I don’t feel as crazy
When you walk with me
Honey, I feel fine
Can we just agree
to forget tomorrow
and its sorrow?
Just take it, don’t borrow ~ you own me
I love you, but you can not know
I love you, but it can not show
When you look at me
Sometimes I start pretending
You belong to me
God, if you were mine
It’d be constantly
Nevermind, I see it
But can’t say it
So I’ll write this song and play it ~ for me
I love you, but you can not know
I love you, but it can not show
I love you, but you can never know
I love you, but it can never show
It is meant to be
That we are divided
And you don’t need me
Sometimes I lose my mind
And you don’t want me
Insane to even wonder
Guess it’s over
Thought this thunder would pour rain on me
I love you, but you can not know
I love you, but it can not show
I love you, but you can never know
I love you, but it can never show
You Do Not See Me
(B. Wurschum)
I live alone in my mind
You do not see me
You do not see me
The world is so unkind
You do not see me
You do not see me
One, two, three, four go the minutes and hours
The kisses I’m blowing are losing their powers
The gray could be sky blue
But you do not see me
You do not see me
And how can I reach you
If you do not see me?
You do not see me
My heart’s like a garden of unwatered flowers
Unable to blossom and dreaming of showers
I really want to shine
But you do not see me
You do not see me
Could you be that blind?
You do not see me
You do not see me
One, two, three, four fall the minutes and hours
The kisses I’m blowing have lost all their powers
The nights are all so long
You do not see me
You do not see me
Where did I go wrong?
You do not see me
You do not see me
Perhaps long ago this all started unfolding
When I sought to be held without doing some holding
All this time I’ve cried that you could not see me
You could not see me
It’s only when I hide
That you can not see me
You can not see me
You’re in Charge of Driving the Narcotics Trolley, and You’re Doing an Excellent Job
(B. Wurschum)
There you are
Toting Lugar handbags
You’re the star
And stardom’s just a grab bag
We’d better not find you running ‘round the block wasting time
But there you go again, running ‘round the block with a wasted mind
Peplum plaid
Pull the white up higher
You’re a fad
And now the fad is fire
We’d better not find you running ‘round the block wasting time
But there you go again, running ‘round the block with a wasted mind
Sugar milk
Lined around your block now
Superstars
Draw chalk around it somehow
We’d better not find you running ‘round the block wasting time
But, sugar, there you are, running ‘round the block with a wasted mind
In Borchard Park
Flash everyone your hazel
Start up the Skylark
Burn a bag of basil
We’d better not find you running ‘round the block wasting time
But there you go again, running ‘round the block with a wasted mind
You’re Welcome
(B. Wurschum)
The wind is blowing a different way
It’s becoming apparent nothing’s here to stay
And I don’t think it’s funny anymore
And I don’t think it’s funny anymore
And I don’t find it amusing anymore
I won’t carve in the bark of a tree anymore
I won’t save a seat anymore
I don’t think about you when I cum anymore
I don’t think about you when I cum anymore
But I know that somebody does tonight
I know that somebody does
The moon is not romantic anymore
And I don’t buy flowers anymore
I don’t have your name on my mind anymore
I don’t have your name on my mind anymore
But I know that somebody does tonight
I know that somebody does