in my earliest stages, back round the dark ages
before rings, before wheels, just past fire
i used to be a musician, yes, me
i used to be a songwriter, yes, sir
when the grand and the gruesome
burned bright as a new son
and the heart on my sleeve even brighter
i used to be a singer, yes me
i used to be a songwriter, yes, sir
had an idea for a hit i could hatch
bout the gowns i once wore
and the gates i once crashed
as i stepped to the front of the stage for my cut
when the curtain came down
and the house lights went up
hear that drone 'bove my hat as it drops the bomb that
i've become the kingdom's latest hire
oh, but i used to be a true artist, yes, me
i used to be a songwriter, yes, sir
tsk tsk tsk, i cry foul, pal
been pushin' since i pushed my way
out of the canal
i fought to walk, longed to learn
head's got shocked, hands got burned
ya musta felt ice fall, musta smelt smoke rise
have you ever even looked out of those
things you call your eyes
back & forth, beliefs ping-pong
if living is easy, you're doing it wrong
ding ding ding, ding ding dong
if living is easy, you're doing it wrong
ya musta felt a tingling in your ticker
had to get hard hearted or had to get
heart sicker
musta bared your soul or bit your tongue
if loving is easy, you're doing it wrung
ya musta had your fun or had your fill
til ya lost the thread and then ya lost the thrill
and then ya lost your man
and then ya lost your mom
and man if losing is easy, you're doing it wrong
hiss hiss hiss, honk honk honk
if living is easy, you're doing it wrong
doing it wrong, you're doing it wrong
though under the covers at night
i've wondered if maybe you're doing it right
forget it, i gotta run from the thought
i missed the point, i lost the plot
the guns are drawn, the sun it's fierce
the oceans and the streets are full of
trash and tears
and if it's this hard for me
can't imagine it's a piece of cake globally
we breathe 'til we don't belong, if
dying is easy, you're doing it wrong
groove 'til you get the gong, see
grooving is easy, you're doing it wrong
from houston to hong kong, oh
living is easy, you're doing it wrong
heard his words, so loco, so loud
counted the crowd, plenty
same one-liners struck like a clock
but they were not funny
been at it so long should be paid time and a half
working and working just to work up a laugh
if i can't do it alone, i'll hire a staff
working together just to work up a laugh
some faces red, some faces remained
plain like they're playin' poker
is a joke the right word
for what's spoken by a joker
they wanted a conquering hero, they got a hack
working and working just to work up a laugh
quick, catch that comic, he killed, 'twas a blood bath
that bit, it murdered, too bad nobody laughed
hear the kids, they're cracking up
playing tough, breaking
happy madness, or worse
just the earth shaking
clowns to kings and dreamers to dust
dreaming it's just a bad shtick
call the doc, their jokes are all sick
they're lickin' their lips, it's tragic
i'm thinkin' of goin' back to school to study the craft
working and working just to work up a laugh
cuz we wasted centuries on electoral math
and all we had to do's to work up a laugh
never too late to learn to work up a laugh
working together just to work up a laugh
below the ocean's deep
above the hills so high
and up in every building
that grows towards the sky
beyond this spinning stone
and deep within our bones
before the night arrives
there is life
oh jamie, your words are no different
from your blood and your sweat
you give what you can give
take what you can get
there's always someone above
always someone below
you love what you can love
and let the rest go
behind the smallest door
beneath the biggest rock
in every sketchy figure
who stares but won't talk
in all that's left unsaid
in every aching head
in all that's left unseen
there are dreams
oh jamie, your words are no different
from your blood and your sweat
you give what you can give
take what you can get
there's always someone above
always someone below
you love what you can love
and let the rest go
let the rest go
you spy someone other than a loser
in the window blows some kind of future
fit for human beings
you hear a sound like those sweet old voices
looking at a map and seeing choices
pinks and blues and greens
somebody punch me i'm dreaming
kid kick me i must be leaving
head should be spinning, heart grieving
somebody punch me
a safe and new city by the water
playgrounds full of happy sons and daughters
parents still in love
somebody punch i'm dreaming
pu-pu-pu-punch me i'm leaving
i'm just dead weight, just live streaming
somebody please punch me
hit me like a punching bag
i promise i won't hit you back
then hold me like a heart attack
i promise i won't hold you back
my will is weak, your scent is strong
have we been lucid all along
we're smiling, we're screaming
somebody punch me i'm dreaming
come on, just crush me i'm creeping
proudly we hailed twilight's gleaming
proudly we'll punch me
i must be dreaming
it was magic, it was real
we could kiss your wounds and they'd heal
now you seem immune to any easy fixes
did something happen to the wounds or happen to the kisses
just the other day we could squeeze your nightmares away
now each one that comes just stays long as it pleases
did something happen to the nightmares, or to the squeezes
i knew you would rise, fast as wildflowers
but who knew as you grew we'd lose our superpowers
it was witchcraft, it was weird
we could talk to you and you'd hear
now the silence falls like midnight over cambridge
did something happen to your love or just to our language
nine eight point six fahrenheit somehow doesn't feel quite right
ninety eight point 6 somehow doesn't feel quite right right now
now the past is one big blur of healthy human temperature
sun it used to hit the spot, not too cold, no, not too hot
Nine eight point six fahrenheit somehow doesn't feel quite right
a straight 9 8 point 6 degrees makes me shakey in the knees
oil and water, i'm not sold, but she got hotter, we grew cold
coincidence, well don't ask me, god knows my biology
maybe to be a true believer
you need a deep frost or at least a small fever
to feel the seasons like you've been rooted in the soil
maybe you need your flesh to freeze, your blood to boil
cuz if it's singing i can't hear it
mum's the sanctum of the spirit
til she whispers sweet and softly
the phrase that flows through everybody
and nine eight point six fahrenheit suddenly starts to feel alright
98.6 somehow suddenly feels alright right now
goo goo ga ga, spoke the philosopha
ABCs, please, to be or not to bes
she says some tulips bloom, some hide
because we love bibi and she died
cannot claim to get everything he's said
cannot claim i got everything she taught me
but i know it must be so, the trains are under our control
and the heart's like the queen of the body
the queen
goo goo god's great, he who cannot sleep late
boom boom bap bap, droppin' truth like a nap
he knows palaces by their keys
he knows colors just by their speeds
so i see it must be so, the trains are under our control
and the heart's like the queen of the body
the queen
deep blue sea, meet great blue heron
spare the god and spoil the parent
screw the poets, give the kids some
paper beds to shed their wisdom
go go now now, oh no adults allowed
don't fret don't frown, someday dad you'll grow down
he says nights are so long they hurt
she, every pair of things makes a third
cannot claim to get everything he's said
all the fire & folly, everything she taught me
but i know it must be so, the trains are under our control
and the heart's like the queen of the body
the queen
i've heard old records have come back around
i've seen old secrets get dug up from deep underground
watched long-lost stories turned into prime-time TV
seems everything old is new again except for you and me
saw each new saint fall for all the old sins
caught each new king call out all the old made-up villains
spent tonight dreaming some childhood memory
seems everything old is new again except for you and me
so hang a new sail on an old mast
grease up the rudder, scrub off the rust
throw a fresh coat of paint on the past
nothing in these here seven seas
is ever gone for good
except us
but don't worry, babe, a day may soon come
when all the rage is a life that is almost all done
a day the sexiest thing is senility
and everything old is new again including you and me
new again, you and me
somewhere in these shapes and colors
you and me and all the others
gaining space and losing perspective
bed is made and body's mangled
size is wrong and so's the angle
no one has a clue how to correct it
cuz who was ever drawn to scale
it would make the strangest portrait
is it jonah or the whale
drawn to scale
you can't scare her, you can't school her
where's your compass, where's your ruler
giving order to that white canvas
give me liberty or dust or
better yet a caricature
dressed up as some kinda new world atlas
cuz who was ever drawn to scale
he'd need to come with a warning
m'am this is a full-grown male
drawn to scale
who was ever drawn to scale
who wouldn't always choose the tall tale
let's catch the light until it catches
let's stretch the truth until it stretches
who was ever drawn to scale
can't you hear my dear distortion
hell is just the holy grail
drawn to scale
and who was ever drawn to scale
it would make the strangest portrait
so it was to no avail
drawn to scale
reaching out of some rabbit hole
this punk who's playin' a played out role
this kid who's crashing in cruise control
this place so dead it's almost violent
auto auto auto auto auto pilot
that's my motto, auto auto auto pilot
all i got's, oh, auto auto auto pilot
watch me fly by
wanna help him but here's the thing
you cannot wake him he's sleepwalking
cannot call him he's not listening
his line's so old no soul can dial it
auto auto auto auto auto pilot
turn it off, oh, auto auto auto pilot
ya hit the lotto, auto auto auto pilot
watch me fly, why
won't you take the wheel liz
i just wanna feel this
flip that switch and seal it off
now drive it
uh oh, auto, auto what oh auto pilot
casts a shadow, add, oh, uh oh, auto pilot
make it stop, oh, auto auto auto pilot
watch me fly, bye
i was naked and numb, beating that drum, praying for rain
sky she shook loose, christians & jews, pleasures & pains
and i can feel you now, can feel you, wow
i can feel you now
can you feel me, now, can't you feel, now
i can feel you
you were gathering dust, unfelt, unfussed, it was obscene
then the blaze it broke through, cooked until you were gathering steam
and i can feel you now, can hear you out
hear you clear & loud
i can see north south, can make you proud
i can make you
anybody better be disturbed
so go ahead, get on my nerves
let us see if we float, call for a vote or call for a truce
i stand in my birthday suit and you, you stand accused
i can feel you now, can feel you, wow
i can taste your mouth
there can be doubt, it's here & now
i can you feel it
i laid down my arms, i made peace
with my demons and with my defeats
my chin is up and my cheeks are dry
i'm ready to get the goodbye
but how dare their bells still ringing
how dare they break the dawn
how dare the earth keep spinning
how dare the world go on
i laid down the law, i said look
we agreed on the terms and we shook
you'd get my soul, yes, i'd get the cash
til flames came and turned us to ash
but how dare their girls keep grinning
how dare their magic wands
how dare their lights un-dimming
how dare the world go on
how dare god not pull the plug on this place
when he laid eyes on the lines on my face
i laid down my cards all face up
not one diamond or spade, not one club
wanted a pair and i got a flush
so what, champ, the chips weren't worth much
and how dare their swans still swimming
how dare the sparrow's song
the waves, the winds keep winning
how dare the world go on and on
dijo el hombre en el parque
buenos dias a las ardillas
le sorprendio mucho cuando
dijeron hola con sus colas
el pajaro volo en el cielo
para buscar un nuevo hogar
y un gran arbol bajo el sol
el canto hola con sus hojas
di hola con tu cola
y hola con tus hojas
si quieres venir, ven pues
y di hola con lo que tienes
y te encontre en el bosque
queria gritar de alegria
pero dijiste favor no grites
susurra hola con tu boca