So Far In Every Direction
(September '97)

If I Should Fall :: I've ripped my bones I've broken my skin I fall into your silky arms again Pull the sheet up across my eyes When we come I melt into your thighs Run my fingers through your long brown hair I'm so alive I'm so aware I swim into a dream so deep Please don't awaken me from this sleep Oh reason is our enemy A ticking clock a frozen sea A static possibility Don't bother me with reality Lay my head between your breasts Forget tomorrow fuck the rest If I should disappear into your smile Will you let me stay here for a little while?

Starchy :: milky way saturday beds aren't made but that's okay mother's milk crazy quilt father's guilt silky silk east or west second best get no rest ride the crest feely touch but off too much such and such a baby's crutch my boy you were so pretty my boy you were smart my boy you were so beautiful it breaks my heart teenage slut so it shut bust a nut got no guts killing time aint no crime dirty rhyme so sublime mirror eye razor pie cherry sky halo fly give and take heaven breaks wet dog shakes eden snake

Stanley the Steamer :: My name is Stan and I'm a steamer some say I'm a fool some say I'm a schemer maybe I'm mad maybe I'm a dreamer maybe I'm just Stan Stanley the steamer I have some friends they live inside my tv I missed the van now they never come to see me I live with my mum I love her so completely we sit and watch my friends play on the tv would you think it odd if I showed up at your door would you invite me in for candy and a currant bun Would you think it odd if I showed up at your door We could roll my mind up and smoke it just for fun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 knocking on the door to heaven a b c d e f g I hope that there's still room for me I have some friends they're big in architecture they built a house where I can paint their pictures they supply the surface but I provide the texture I have some friends they're big in architecture

Especially For You :: You want me to be whatever I'll be You don't take love so seriously That's why I wrote this song especially for you You smile for free never desperately You put my puzzle together so easily That's why I wrote this song especially for you Sometimes a triangle has more than three sides Sometimes before you come alive something has to die Your hand fits mine so perfectly It's just a matter of time It's good chemistry That's why I wrote this song especially for you It all adds up it's 1 2 and 3 But I need you and you want me That's why I wrote this song especially for you

Fire In Brooklyn :: The blisters are bigger this time around and I can't find my vaseline crown Better not hide in your bed tonight I got the feeling that boy aint right Anyone with half a brain would pull that switch Anyone with half a heart would scratch her itch I heard he's from Texas That explains a lot You can't expect a boy to be something he's not You rattle the cage and the pigeons will sing You talk about morals They don't mean a thing The path to glory leads to a locked door and everyone of our dreams is rotten to the core Copy and print before the colors all run dry

This Time (Maybe) :: It's written down somewhere where the circles look like squares they're coming back for me and maybe for you Silver oval voices cry sew it to the sky They're singing just for me and maybe for you I think I just might head up-town burn all the paper buildings down I'm closer to the flame tonight smoke the silver sweep stakes light

Heartbroke and Skinned Up :: In the presence of nothing amazing let down She had three in the oven I had one in the ground I loved her dearly but she had other plans Always just nearly You would not understand King for a day fool for a lifetime Wish I could say to her the words in my mind Heartbroke and skinned up and way off the line I'll choke down a cup of love's bitterest wine

Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh (Song to TS) :: I understand what you've been through I have been there myself once or twice He only did what he had to do You know he don't get paid for being nice One day he'll catch his hand in the machinery That's when you have to pull him free They'll dress him up in their very best finery You know it won't be a pretty sight to see Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh...

Turn My World Around :: I was drowning in my pain A hurt that I could not explain Going down for the last time Going down for the last time I was living in the past All my bridges burning fast I had nowhere left to turn I had nowhere left to turn You came to me an angel here on earth To watch me like the stars above You showed me what my life was worth You showed me how to love And lately all I do is spend my time thinking 'bout you You came and took my heart by surprise I don't think I can go on if it's without you Oh girl you got me shaking inside I was living all alone I had no one to call my own I was freezing up inside I was freezing up inside...

Kisses of the Crying Cooks (R. Pollard)

Port (Carroll/Shelley) :: The flowers look different in the light and our smiles have all gone to bed Hook on your wings for the ocean flight The home fires burn smoky and red Life is a party Life is so swell The king sucks a shotgun and we go to hell You xerox the past and they make you a star Nothing's built to last The future's a scar We'll pile it high and they'll tear it down Everyone loves a good crash Fly the blue flag when we hit the ground Throw out our flesh with the trash I got pockets full of mumbles and promises to keep I've got miles to go before we sleep If you follow me down I won't lose the way If you wait long enough there'll come a new dayWill you drink three times from the pewter cup Will you swallow my pride down in time Will you take a bow when the curtain comes up Will you promise to always be mine I'm falling in love again

Angels on the Lam@ :: Fish hook sun and a sky full of lead Wake me up when the creek goes dead I got thirty-nine reasons to stay in bed Please make sure that my dog gets fed Never be so low that I couldn't get high I got a belly full but the wheels won't fly Never been so happy that I couldn't cry I got buttons to push I got fish to fry (Kiss me) Because I tell you to (Kiss me) Before we think this through (Kiss me) While this feeling is new (Kiss me) Because you need me and I need you You've had your fill now let's empty the cup You got nothing to say so why don't you shut up I got pockets full of mumbles and promises to keep I got miles to go before we sleep Put locks on your mirrors paint your finger nails brown Punch your ticket when the chips are down Cash your chickens plant your knees in the ground I'm gonna blow this bomb I'm gonna lose this town Got my ducks in a row I been standing in line I'd be in a hurry if I had the time I got bones that rattle I got poems that rhyme I got bridges to burn I got ties that bind (Kiss me...)

When You Wish Upon A Star :: Now I aint no genius and I aint no messiah I'm not your personal Jesus and I aint no liar But I know the truth Do you really want to hear it? It burns like fire if you come too near it You're always grabbing for a hand to lead you Praying somehow somewhere someone is gonna need you When you stand in the light of the judgement day will you have an excuse will you know what to say? Before you take your place in line You better keep one thing in mind Before you wish upon a star You better know just who you are Spend the days of your youth like pennies in the hand of a scared little boy who don't understand That life is more precious than silver or gold You can buy a little time but you can't buy back your soul

Free Assembly :: In the presence of nothing Unsupervised existence The living all look to that day The blue-eyed assassin Accidental power The distance that the dead have gone We wake our smiles familiar The laughter of a made up god