(September '91)
(I'm Glad I'm Not a) Rock Star :: Saw some rock stars on the tv last night They all had funny clothes on Saw some rock stars on the tv last night They laughed a lot and acted stoned I'm glad I'm not a rock star wearing funny clothes I'm glad I'm not a rock star laughing and acting stoned I'm glad I'm not a rock But I wish I was anyway Saw a politician on the tv last night He was sucking every cock in sight Saw a politician on the tv last night He was dicking cunts left and right I'm glad I'm not a politician sucking every cock in sight I'm glad I'm not a politician dicking cunts left and right I'm glad I'm not a politician But I wish I was anyway Saw a famous ex-killer on the tv last night He said he was sorry for what he'd done Saw a famous ex-killer on the tv last night Said he'd found Jesus in prison I'm glad I'm not a famous ex-killer Sorry for what I've done I'm glad I'm not a famous ex-killer I wouldn't want to take it up the ass I'm glad I'm not a rock star I'm glad I'm not a rock star I'm glad I'm not a rock But I wish I was anyway. (June 18-19, 1991)
No Time For Love :: She doesn't waste her time on foolish games And love's just one more game that she don't play She says the men she knows are all the same They love to look but they don't like to pay Her conscience's bought off but her heart's bankrupt She counts her lovers just like coins in a cup I'd like to love her but it costs too much Look all you want but don't you try to touch her Cause she's got no time for love I asked her once if she would marry me She laughed and said 'Oh baby can't you see? I got big plans and they don't include you The car I drive ain't even built for two But if you'd like to hang on for a while the line is forming please single file I'd like to go along for the ride But when I'm with her something's missing inside Because she's got no time... (June 12, 1990)
Dear Annie :: Oh Annie dear now you're an inspiration Never seen such dedication And you never take vacations How did I deserve you Would it possibly unnerve you If I told you I love you and we'll always be together And yes that means forever Through fair or stormy Whether or not we ever part You will always be in my heart Days of our lives for you and me And I know they don't come easily I'm just like you and you're just like me But don't look too hard 'cause you just might see You'll understand love has had its day When all is said and done I guess it just gets in the way Oh Annie dear tonight you came so late And I was made to wait And you know how I hate to be left waiting in the cold Won't be long before we grow old And then Annie dear I'll hate to see you go And you'll have to go alone It's the only way we know so please make sure that you take it slow Let's take time to let our love grow. (June 18, 1990)
The Sound of a Door Closing :: She said 'Today I feel like Jesse James Like Kon Ichikawa or maybe Ian Drury An obscure object of my desire I want to tell you of the bones that broke inside And how it feels to heal' She said 'I want to tell you what it's like to die' Dreaming lips a doctor in the horse But can she bake a cherry sky Ecstatic don't look back stigmatic Black and white in color The sound of a door closing somewhere A black shoe rising in the air Di morti nil nici bonum Kira credo que absurdum She turned to me and laughed Her mouth was bigger than the sky She said 'I'd rather be a dreamer than the dream I'd rather be the bullet than the gun' Our heads were flying She said 'I'd rather be a theory than a fact I'd rather be hello than goodbye' Just then vague shapes of tiny fishes Falling through the hole inside my spine The air turned hard and rainbow Cracking open like an eagle's egg When I awoke this bird had flown There's still time to escape Because it has no name It has no name Di morti nil nici bonum Kira credo que absurdum. (July 11, 1989)
Simple World :: I'm receiving erotic messages on my shortwave And i don't know what to do about it And my neighbor peaks through my window when he thinks I'm not looking It's a simple world of right and wrong A child's nightmare a mother's song It's a simple world of black and white A little bit of day a little bit of night I don't know why my mother likes to call me Julie Sometimes I think she wishes I was a girl Don't bite your toes Julie, she once told me You can catch really horrible diseases from your toes It's a simple world... When the cat exploded on the rug A wave of silence swept over the dinner party Then someone said, Hey the cat just exploded And I went and got a roll of paper towels from the kitchen It's a simple world... There's sheep scattered up and down the highway And the wolves are gonna be here pretty soon Better hide the sleep sofa Better lock the Cadillac in the garage It's a simple world... (August 29, 1991)
I Hang Heavy :: Thoughts break in my mind like glass Next thing you know I'm in the oven dreaming You wake me when they turn the neon on Morphine at five a cold dawn breaking I hang heavy in the universe I hang heavy in the universe I hang heavy in the universe The coming is bad but the going is worse You love me tighter than the ropes that bind Your palms and soles 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 I hang heavy in the universe I hang heavy in the universe I hang heavy in the universe The coming is bad but the going is worse. (July 13, 1990)
Everything To See :: Tell me you've seen everything to see oh yeh Tell me you've been everything to be oh yeh But have you ever been in love Really ever been in love Have you ever been in love Really ever been in love Now listen to your heart It's breaking all apart have you ever been in love really ever been in love Tell me you've gone everywhere to go oh yeh Tell me you know everything to know oh yeh But have you ever known love... I can't say it in a way that's new (Why do I have to?) You think it's strange the things I say and do (Girl I know you do) But everywhere word I say Oh girl I swear is true So now it's up to you And what are you gonna do? Tell me you've taken everything to take oh yeh Tell me you've made everything to make oh yeh But have you made it in love... (April 1990)
Revelation :: We were still sleeping when the sky fell It drifted down onto our eyes as gently as bird wings She rose from the crystal capped grass stretched her arms up to the moon With a voice like splinters of the night she began to sing Snakes shed their skin I want to shed mine Leave it on the rocks in the heat of the summertime Let my life unwind as simply as a ball of twine Above us the shadows began to weave The angel's voices clearer than the wind Rolling off the frozen sea like tiny balls of foam If horses ran free upon the sand If birds still cried on the shore Tip me south with your white wing The revelation's at hand Snakes shed their skin... (April 1990)
Wild Hog in the Woods (Traditional - Additional words and arrangement by Jim Shelley) :: There's a wild hog in the woods Diddle o down o diddle o day There's a wild hog in the woods Diddle o Diddle o There's a wild hog in the woods Kills a man just to drink his blood Cam O'Kay cut him down Kill him if you can There he comes through yonder marsh Diddle o down o diddle o day There he comes through yonder marsh Diddle o Diddle o There he comes through yonder marsh He splits his way through oak and ash Cam O'Kay cut him down Kill him if you can Bangum drew his wooden knife To rob that wild hog of his life They fought four hours of the day At length that wild hog stole away They followed that wild hog to his den Diddle o down o Diddle o day They followed that wild hog to his den Diddle o Diddle o They followed that wild hog to his den They found the bones of a thousand men Cam O'Kay cut him down Kill him if you can. (September 1, 1991)
