Bloom or Die
(August 1989)

The Night John Lennon Died :: I was in bed asleep While somewhere in New York He lay already dead With three bullets in his chest When my phone rang I dreamed bells were tolling In a night that would never end I awoke finally Stumbled out to the den Where the phone was still ringing Muttered hello into the receiver All I could hear was my friend crying All I could hear was my friend crying 'He's dead' she moaned 'John is dead' When I think back to that night John Lennon died I recall most vividly that moment When I stood naked in the dark My mind dull with sleep And the sound of a woman's weeping The only sound in the world. (Recorded January 1988)

I Hang Heavy :: Thoughts break in my mind like glass The next thing I know I'm in the oven dreaming You wake me when they turn the neon off Morphine at five a cold dawn breaking I hang heavy in this universe I hang heavy in this universe I hang heavy in this universe The coming is bad but the going is worse You love me tighter than the rope that binds your palms and soul to the edge of the bed What couldn't we do on a night like this Don't listen to me 'cause I'm not even close. (Recorded June 1989)

The Big Sleep :: I ain't gonna live the way you want me to live I aint gonna give the things you want me to give Your society's just a bunch of shit I hope I die because of it. (Recorded July 1989)

Face :: (Face) Your eyes rip the smile off my face Gaze lifeless as a corpse (Eyes) Frightened bird flutter in throat I will my eyes dead as live wires (Head) Cock a brow Smile for death The barrel of a gun. (Recorded June 1989)

Believe :: They'll say that it can't be done but you can do it Shut you up inside a maze of lies You gotta break right through it Don't let nobody try to run your life for you Don't let nobody try to tell you what to do Don't let nobody try to turn you around Don't let nobody try to hold you down You must believe in yourself There's so many people living in this world who'd like to suck you dry It don't make no difference to them if you live or if you die Don't let nobody try to turn you around...you must believe in yourself You know that life is so very short now don't you waste it You got to know what you want so bad that you can taste it Don't let nobody try to turn you around...you must believe in yourself. (Recorded July 1989)

Girl Can't Help It! :: She'd like to roll it to you off the tip of her tongue You know she aint well bred but she's sure well hung She's got the boys buzzing like bees around a jampot They try to play it cool but she burns them all 'cause she's so hot The girl can't help it The girl can't help it She's just a bad girl looking for a good time The girl can't help it The girl can't help it She's got her pick of crop but she just can't make up her mind Gonna give you everything then she'll give you what for She don't believe in making choices 'cause you know that's such a bore She's like a compass gone crazy but she knows right where she's headed She's a flirt She's mean and dirty but she aint got time to regret it The girl can't help it...and she just can't make up her mind Fluid french from her hips and fluent love from her lips You know she'll take you to bed and do a dance on your head And when she's finally got you in the palm of her hand she puts the big squeeze on and that's when you finally understand The girl can't help it...but she just can't make up her mind. (Recorded July 1989)

Hold On (Mark's Song) :: Blew him away so what he's just one more What can I say What can I do What on earth should I feel guilty for Good God there's new ones coming everyday
And he's gone yes he's gone yes he's gone and life goes on You never knew me didn't give a damn Crazies like me don't fit into your plan Something in side said not to let it show but when the moment came I let it go Now you're gone yes you're gone yes you're gone and life goes on What am I supposed to do What am I supposed to do Look back and tell me was it all in vain Was it worth the sorrow Was it worth the pain Spend our lives backed up against a wall Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it all You throw sand in the wind and the wind blows it all back again What am I supposed to do What am I supposed to do. (Recorded July 1989)

Bucketful of Sickness :: It's too late to believe in me the dark side of tomorrow over you abandoned everything to see no time for prayer there's just too much there's just so little time I thought we'd never die was it sunlight in my eyes If I could only kids today they teach you don't look back don't speak to me the Beatles sold me tennis shoes There's just so little time what we've done won't go away but no one cares much anyway You're a bucketful of sickness in a meaningless life This is a song about some songs but it don't mean nothing to me don't you think that's very strange nothing's like it used to be I found her groveling in the dirt the fruit is rotten my eyes hurt You're a bucketful of sickness in a meaningless life. (Recorded August 1989)

Sleep's Too Short a Death :: Morning comes cold and bright Eyes that have seen too much too soon Staring at a knife of light From the end of my frozen room Emptiness and pain This is my awakening A lifetime full of nothing Sucking down my dirty drain Sleep's too short a death My face in the looking glass That I smashed to bits last night Turns away from the stabbing light Towards fragments of the past Morning comes cold and bright Eyes that have seen too much too soon Staring at a knife of light From the end of my frozen room Sleep's too short a death. (Recorded July 1989)

(I Just Wanna Be) Normal :: What's wrong with me Why can't I be happy with what I have I got a house I got a family I got a job I got a beautiful wife I got some money I got a car I even got a cd player I got everything I need but I don't want it I hate it I hate I hate that I hate it (You love it) I love it I love it I hate that I love it (You hate it) I just wanna be normal I don't know what I want I don't know what's wrong with me I don't know anything I know too much I just wanna be normal But I don't even know what that is I get tired I go to sleep I wake up in the morning And I'm still tired I wanna rip my fucking brain Out of my head I hate it...I just wanna be normal Everybody wants to know What's wrong with me They say why can't you be satisfied With what you've got Everybody's got a fucking opinion About how I ought to live my life But they don't know me They don't know a goddamned thing Sometimes I'd like to just blow them all away I hate it...I just wanna be normal. (Recorded August 1989)

Live My Own Way :: Everybody's trying to tell me how I oughta live It's don't do this you can't do that That aint no way to live Everybody's got the answer but no one really knows You're on your own you'll find a way It's you and you alone Live my own way Don't care what you say Gonna live for today Don't care what you say. (Recorded August 1989)
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