Tapin' Up My Heart
You're probably wondering why I've called you here
I think the time has come to make it clear
my heart can't make our love bloom and grow
while you're kicking it to and fro
accusing it of things it never said
or stepping on it like a cigarette
how can I be the answer to your prayers
if I'm always making minor repairs?
I've been doing most of those things I'm supposed to,
you've been tearing me apart
and I can't compete with you
you keep doing what you do
and I'll keep tapin' up my heart.
What we have is difficult to explain
it's equal parts of boredom joy and pain
it's delicate like an angel's wings
based on trust and a couple of other things
my heart is young and black and proud and bold
you better eat it before it gets cold
one more thing I can't overemphasize:
it's not to be used as a flotation device.
I've been doing some of those things you make fun of
you've been laughing way too hard
I'll salute your lofty goals
while you poke me full of holes
but I'll keep tapin' up my heart.
I'm not what I used to be mostly cause I refuse to be.
I'm the new kid on the the chopping block
so take a little bit off the top
there's really nothing you can throw my way
that I can't ignore and hope it goes away.
I know I've done a few of those bad things
in lieu of those good things that I should start
but we need something to do and it might as well be you
so I'll keep tapin' up my heart.
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My Stupid Life
I've been doing nothing in particular
I've been figuring out what I was gonna do
now somehow the time has gone by
and I didn't do the things that I wanted to
looking back it seems like I should have known
walking down and up and down the avenue
wasn't such a smart way to go
but it's all I knew how to do
and you're gonna say isn't it okay
cause you kept on trying and I'm gonna lie
and explain how I've been a value giant
or I don't care like Pierre waiting for the lion
to eat me up
while I think about my stupid life.
I've been told I spend too much time alone
and asked why I never take this jacket
off I'm either caught in the headlights
or running around like a chicken with its head cut off
I recall I once heard a story
it might be apocryphal but anyway
there's this guy who got so bored
that he chopped off his own head
well I won't do that
but it seems like at some point something should happen
there's got to be some sort of redemption
or at least some French in Action
but there's nothing yet
and I can't get no disaffection
not even that
so let me tell you about my stupid life.
Whoa. My stupid life.
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I Believe in You
I can see that you're discouraged
like you think that it's never ever gonna change
and maybe I'm to blame
there's not a whole lot I can do now,
though I should have seen it coming
when I saw you go
but I want you to know there's nothing wrong with you
you just need to follow through
on the things you set out to do long ago
it sounds odd to come from me
and I can fake sincerity as well as anybody can
but that's not what I'm doing this time
and I don't really know the best way to convey it
I'm just gonna say it
I believe in you.
I think about it so often
the little things that I could have done differently
if I'd known what they'd be
I don't know why it surprised me
I should have seen where it was going when you came apart
but there's nothing wrong with you
you just never made it through
all the things that were done to you long ago
I hope you realize how you figure in my eyes,
and how much worse the world would be
if there wasn't anything like you in it
and how you're someone well worth knowing
I hope you keep on going I believe in you.
I know you're lonely
and you don't really understand
why things haven't worked out as you planned long ago
but you will find your way
and I'll run into you one day
and you'll tell me that you're okay
and all about the tremendous things you've done
and how you've won the day
and where you plan to take it
I think you're gonna make it I believe in you
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All My Promises
I guess I should say thanks for having me
and now that I've been had what have we got?
Something that survives
casts a shadow on our lives
turns our promises to lies
and second thoughts
we've had a lot of time to think it over
to readjust our expectations even lower
I suppose we'll think it over till we think it's over
I still think about you all the time.
I guess I'll straighten out as everything progresses
I guess one day I'll know what I'm supposed to do
from now on I have to go on guesses
cause I've used up all my promises on you.
I wonder why I'm still waiting here
trying to turn everything around
and piece together how
things that seem so silly now
once were everything I ever thought about
you'd go crazy if you tried to take it all in
how far we've come as opposed to how far we've fallen
I wonder how long it'll be till we start to call them
things we used to think long ago?
Whether they are failures or successes
one day I'll figure out what I'm supposed to do
but till then I'll have to go on guesses
cause I've used up all my promises on you
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Checkers Speech
Once upon a time,
life was sweet and everything was fine.
Each day was like a triumph of the will,
and every night was even better still.
Now, suddenly you don't wanna do it anymore.
Nothing I could say would change your mind.
I watch you walk away, and scream and whine.
It was worth a try, though I can't deny,
it's a weak reply.
But there's never gonna be another way to say goodbye.
Once I had a dog.
A little puppy dog who was my friend.
I almost lost him when he went away,
kind of like what's happening today.
Let's face it kid,
you never were that kind of friend at all.
You were never there to catch me when I faltered,
or needed to be mind depressed and altered.
But still it seems to me, we should wait and see,
but you don't agree.
And if that's the way you want it
well now that's the way it's gonna be.
And now there's only one thing left to say,
though it's been said before,
you won't have Nixon, to kick around anymore
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We Hate All the Same Things
She's no beauty queen
but she doesn't mind being seen with me
I may not be the best but
I'm the only guy that she can get
and with a love like that
you know it's got to last
and we're gonna stay together
as the years go rocketing past
we share everything his and hers
like all the things that get on our nerves
so she's with me
and there's nobody
waiting in the wings
cause we hate all the same things.
Now I'm anticipating
we'll spend another lovely evening of complaining
about life cause we've discovered
it's one damn thing after another
so don't try to call us
we won't answer the phone
we hate to go out in public
even more than we hate staying at home
we'd just hate anything anywhere
and anybody who may be there
so I'll be here and she'll be near
there's nowhere else to be
cause we hate all the same things.
When the dog bites when the bee stings
when you're feeling some of these things:
ennui, misanthropy, wetschmerz, and anomie,
just think of all the things you hate
and things start looking pretty great
if there's someone who hates them too
and she's with you the whole night through.
If you've had a few lucky breaks
and you've made all the right mistakes
you can be like she and me
in a world that swings
if you hate all the same things
like we hate all the same things
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Now That You Are Gone
There was something in the way you said never to call me again
and now I know I should have read between the lines back then
and there were secrets that you almost kept
that were quite sufficient to show
but it finally hit me when you left my name off your suicide note
I shifted gears I faced my fears I cried some tears I did a lot of heroin
it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone.
A half-full or half-empty shell I was in a nebulous state
a shadow of my former self which wasn't all that great
but I've been seeing you around it seems like you're doing all right
and I only cry about you now every other night
I went astray I lost my way I did some macrime I walked around aimlessly
it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone.
I know we'll meet again one day it'll be strange and outre
and I won't know what to say except for
na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
now that you are gone.
After all is said and done there's not much to say or to do
except for keep on keeping on and start again anew
at least the future's in my hands and life is a thing to live
for cause now I have another chance to screw it up once more
I shifted gears I faced my fears I cried some tears I did a lot of heroin
it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone
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Alternative is Here to Stay
There's a brand new sound that's sweeping the nation,
every mall, every radio station,
kids go crazy to the driving beat,
cars go driving to the crazy street,
the girls look tough and the boys look sweet
dancing to the crazy beat.
The name of this sound: alternative.
And that's the way I want to live.
Alternative, if you'll turn it on,
we'll alternate all night long.
Let's dance to an alternative song
and alternate all night long.
Alternative is here to stay!
It will never go away.
That's another reason why
alternative will never die.
Alternative will never go,
everybody loves it so,
and I think it's safe to say
alternative is here to stay!
Some people like to rock,
some people like to roll,
and that was cool in days of old,
but all the kids where the action is
got to have alternative.
I'm in love with an alternative girl,
she's not like the other alternative girls:
she's pierced and dyed and scarified,
she hates Tom Cruise, she loves Anne Rice,
we're gonna be an alternative sight
when I take her out on Saturday night.
Alternative is something more than number
1, 2, 3 and 4.
It's 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9--
Alternative is doing fine.
Alternative is how we live.
We believe in alternative,
and I think it's safe to say
alternative is here to stay!
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You Today
I'm bored today,
and everything's there to be ignored today,
scattered everywhere out on the floor today,
and I don't care about you.
I lost my job today,
which used to be the way I could afford to live
to hate another day
and now I can't afford
to even be bored anymore.
It's kind of good to feel bad again,
mad again, sad again.
I'll be doing that again.
I don't have to tell you I do it really well.
You said goodbye today,
and I'm just here still asking why today,
and not another year,
I'm gonna cry today,
but I don't care about you.
Maybe it wasn't bad to do,
and you did what you had to do.
Maybe I'll believe it too,
if I keep saying I don't care about you, today
I don't know what I'm gonna do today
and there's a lot to get through today,
but I don't care about you, today
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New Girlfriend
My new girlfriend is better than you
she's got bigger breasts and a higher IQ
and she always knows which fork to use
and she doesn't always have some lame excuse
she's a-wigglin' and a-gigglin' and a-bakin' a pie
and I can tell by the look in her eye
that she's never gonna make me have to wonder why
and we're gonna have a hell of a time
she's better than you
when she's with me and we're hanging around
we sit and talk about how you let me down
and how you always used to make that annoying sound
and how you sure could stand to lose a few pounds
so I really hope you're happy with the way it turned out
cause you made a fool of me but who's laughing now
who's laughing now and who's laughing not
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
she's better than you
my new girlfriend is better than you
she's got higher breasts and a bigger IQ
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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Lyrics coming soon.
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Unpack Your Adjectives
Got home from camping last spring,
saw people, places, and things.
We barely had arrived,
friends asked us to describe
the people, places, and every last thing.
So we unpacked our adjectives.
I unpacked frustrating first,
reached in and found the word worst.
Then I picked soggy, next I picked foggy, and
then I was ready to tell them my tale.
'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives.
Adjectives are words you use to really describe things,
handy words to carry around.
Days are sunny, or they're rainy.
Boys are dumb, or else they're brainy.
Adjectives can show you which way.
Adjectives are often used to help us compare things,
say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall.
Girls who are tall get taller,
boys who are small get smaller,
'til one is the tallest and one is the smallest of all.
We hiked around without care,
then we ran into a bear.
He was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear,
we made a hasty retreat from his lair.
And described him with adjectives.
Woah boy, that was one big ugly bear.
Next time you go on a trip,
remember this little tip,
The minute you get back, they'll ask you this and that,
you can describe people, places and things,
simply unpack your adjectives.
You can do it with adjectives.
Tell about it with adjectives.
You can shout it with adjectives.
Oh oh oh adjectives.
Oh oh oh adjectives.
Darn, that's the end.
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Sackcloth and Ashes
She looks pretty good in blue
she's worn it out alot
you look good on paper too
when actually you're not
she's not looking anymore
for someone to feel sorry for
so don'cha come round no more
she's got pretty fake eye-lashes
slanted plastic glasses
everyone who passes
says she looks beautiful
but don't even think about
asking her to dance
cause in your sackcloth and ashes
you're never gonna have a chance
sackcloth and ashes.
She smeared you with her fingerprints
just because she could
she's not sorry for her sins
as long as she looks good
how can she have so much fun
knowing all the things she's done
she's bad, she's strong,
or maybe she's stupid
but she's got pretty party dresses
manic-panic tresses
she believes that less ls more
where you're concerned
and you can only dream about
the places that she's been
cause in your sackcloth and ashes
they're never gonna let you in
one day maybe you'll be way beyond
this silly habit you've put on
tough and strong enough and wrong
and wrong enough for long
enough to belong there
but till that day comes along
you'll be sullen and regretful
querulous and fretful
carrying a head full of evil thoughts
and there'll be lots of girls and people
who want to know where you stand
but in your sackcloth and ashes
you'll never make them understand...
sackcloth and ashes
sackcloth and ashes
sackcloth and ashes
they're never gonna understand
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Semi-OK
I've got this thing
somewhere in between
empty and dark
always in my heart.
I've got this glitch
on account of which
I don't add up,
but I don't give up hope,
cause if you're a bit demoralized
and kind of devastated
less than optimistic or frustrated
remember
hey hey hey oh baby
hey hey hey oh baby
hey hey hey we're semi-OK
and that's a whole lot better
than we used to be yesterday i
semi-ok is a kinda sorta brand new day
with this development,
distressingly content.
If you want to see
come along with me
or just stay where you are
yeah, actually, just stay there
but my point is this
if you've got a glitch
you may not add up
but you're close enough
you'll find life can be
kind of cool
and not completely terrible
absoutely sort of almost bearable
wo wo wo oh baby
wo wo wo
we're semi-O
and that's half an "O" more
than we had just awhile ago
semi-OK is the semi-best way
it's the semi-cool semi-swell
semi-all-the-way
kind of semi-superlative
kinda sorta brand new day
new day
kinda sort brand new day
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Is There Something I Should Know?
Originally by Duran Duran
please please tell me now
please please tell me now
I made a break I run out yesterday
tried to find my mountain hideaway
maybe next year maybe no go
I know you're watching me every minute of the day yeah
I've seen the signs and the looks and the pictures
they give your game away yeah
there's a dream that strings the road
with broken glass for us to hold
and I cut so far before I had to stay
please please tell me now is there something I should know
is there something I should say that would make you come my way
do you feel the same 'cause you don't let it show
people stare and cross the road from me
and jungle drums they all clear the way for me
can you read my mind can you see in the snow
and fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door
don't say you're easy on me you're about as easy as a nuclear war
'cause the dream that strings the road with broken glass for us to hold
and I got so far before I had to say
please please tell me now is there something I should know
is there something I should say that would make you come my way
do you feel the same 'cause you don't let it show
please please tell me now is there something I should know
please please tell me now can you see what makes me blow
please please tell me now is there something I should know
is there something I should say that would make you come my way
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We Are the Future People of Tomorrow
Whistlebait
Originally by The Collins Kids
I see that gal comin' down the street
all decked out in her dress so pink
with her eyes so blue
and her hair so gold
she's whistlebait, she's the one for me
she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah
she's the one for me
Her heels are clicking as she walks by
her dress so pink sure fills the eye
and I'll bet if you look inside
she's whistlebait, she's the one for me
she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah
she's the one for me
She's the woman that I love so
when she stops to powder her nose
All te fellas just go whoa!
she's whistlebait, she's the one for me
she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah
she's the one for me
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Crash
Here you go way to fast
don't slow down you're gonna crash
you should watch - watch your stay here
don't look out you're gonna break your neck
so shut up, shut your mouth
cause I'm not listening anyhow
I've had enough, enough of you
enough to last a life time through
so what do you want of me?
got no words of sympathy and if I go around with you
you know that I'll get messed up too with you
na na na na na
na na na na na
here you go way to fast
don't slow down you're gonna crash
you don't know what's been going down
you've been running all over town
so shut up, shut your mouth
cause I'm not listening anyhow
I've had enough, enough of you
enough to last a life time through
so what do you want of me?
got no cure for misery and if I go around with you
you know that i'll get messed up too with you
with you
na na na na na
slow down you're gonna crash
na na na na na
slow down you're gonna crash
na na na na na
slow down you're gonna crash
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Another Yesterday
I'll sit through your replies,
but I've seen the answers in your eyes.
I've still got room for more lies,
but now you're walking away.
We had a lovely day.
You had to cast a spell on it.
I had to try not to dwell on it
with nothing to say.
I'm already far away, trying to forget
another yesterday.
Don't snatch your hand away.
I promise not to bite you
or kiss you just to spite you--
you'll get your way.
And I'm only on the way to trying to forget
another yesterday.
And we've got a ways to go.
What I said to you won't get to you,
but if we had a place to go
I'd stll want to be there too.
And I'm always on the way to trying to forget
another yesterday.
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You Alone
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart
Don't go breaking my heart
You take the weight off me
Honey when you knock on my door
I gave you my key
Nobody knows it
When I was down
I was your clown
Nobody knows it
Right from the start
I gave you my heart
I gave you my heart
So don't go breaking my heart
I won't go breaking your heart
Don't go breaking my heart
And nobody told us
`Cause nobody showed us
And now it's up to us babe
I think we can make it
So don't misunderstand me
You put the light in my life
You put the sparks to the flame
I've got your heart in my sights
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