FUCK THE NEIGHBORS

Well I don't fit in with your society And I don't understand your
mentality
No, I don't want no coffee or tea And I don't want the Joneses keeping up
with me

You know I don't care for my neighbor He isn't like you or me
He has a planet all his own It's a flat suburban grassy seed

Fuck the neighbors X12

Fuck!
I don't wanna watch the game I don't wanna know the score
It's not my fault that you live next door
You like to drop off your problems when you drop by me
But that's not my idea of being very neighborly
Ah Fuck! The neighbors
x 4
Gwan! Beat It!

Fuck the neighbors X 12

Fuck!

Dinosaur

Of all the best ideas I saved, modern man came along and took them away
Show me my place to lay, shoved me locked me in a cave
I guess I am just a dinosaur

How can I live like this…How can I ever existe.. Generic
How can I ever exist , with nothing but a stoned cold kiss
I guess I am just a dinosaur

Why don’t you just fade away. Dinosaurs are here to stay
Fossilized energized in every way, Forget about tomorrow how about today
I guess I am just a dinosaur

Ohh Dinosaur

Fueled by the power of imagination the wheel became my obsession
T-Rex my fascination people putting down my G-G- Generation
I guess I am just a dinosaur

The Ice Age settled in my winter coat wore very thin
I guess I am the last of the Dinosaurs

Too Much

Well I’m kinda close to being there, possibly on the brink
Every time I turn around every couple of time I think
I’m liable to say something that is may not be the truth
But it’s all I have to offer why look for more proof

There romance in the city so grab onto a subway strap
Drop your coin right in the slot and don’t you ever look back
Find some time to steal away and offer no resistance
Can you make a living and still make a difference

The junkies on the corner are screaming for your blood
Scrounging for a cigarette amongst the beer bottles and the guns
I never left the moment without thinking of you
And I never had an offer and I never had to choose

(The impromptu stylings of Mr. Spat…if you figure out the words lemme know)

Well I’m kinda close to being there, possibly on the brink
Every time I turn around every couple of time I think
I’m liable to say something that is may not be the proof
But it’s all I have to offer why look for more truth

Things are moving in and out up and down without a sound
Got time moving in many directions got my brain spinning round
It’s a trap you always set its nothing but it’s too much
I trip the latch you met your match I felt the door slam shut!

Last 'Tober

It was a bright night last 'Tober
He was far from sober
Collected all his thoughts
To toss them in the wind
To live without care
But life is so unfair
He too far gone
No time to begin

Well I soak your words in whiskey
They tumble from my tongue as well
My song is turning sour as last hour nears it's knell
We'll meet again at this great inn
After a sober night's repose
To rekindle fleeting friendships
And extinguish fallen foes

Tables are turning
I'm steadfast and steady
I waver in the morning
Evening glass at the ready
Festive and restless
I need no occasion
My liver she shrivels
Shrunk like a raisin

So drink with me brothers
Drink with me plenty
The ashtray's half full
But the bottle's half-empty

The somber sun is amber now
We follow the gas lamp's glow
We drop our voices in unison
And hoist our glasses low
We bid goodnight to the barkeep's light
And anticipate tomorrow
'Til we return to calm an empty burn
And replenish our spirit's hollow
The ale is full of tales
And the wine wants my ear
So I lie near my lager
And confess to my beer
On a barstool not a far stool
Sits old wizened Jim
He's happy with his shanty and his brandy
So everybody drinks to him

No need

Don’t call me a hawk or call me a dove
Because I believe in vengeance, redemption, and love
Thinking is a travesty an idea a crime
The songs you sing have a traitor’s ring
Do you want to do some time?

That’s what they all say
I’ve heard it before
That’s what they all say
I’ve heard it all before

Well that’s what they all say
I’ve heard it all before
That’s what they all say
And I’ll hear it again

Consumed

If all I wanted was to drink you
Do you think I'd keep the glass
If all I wanted was to eat you
Don't you think I'd let the plate pass
If all I wanted was to drain you
Do you think I'd let you flow into these bands
I'd let drops hit the floor
And let you bleed some more
There goes your heart,your head,your hands

Well There isn't a pill that I can swallow
To make it rush to the place that it needs

When I decided to call you
Did you think it was a split-second decision
I was pondering the aftermath
I dialed your digits with precision
I was hoping your headlights
Would come into my sights
You said two hours, not five
You better have met a nasty accident
Instead of not being here and still alive

Well there isn't a pill that I can swallow
To make it rush to the place that it needs
I can make your outsides
Hunger for my side
But I can't make your insides need
And you know I can go hungry
Abstain from all that blood
My teeth are bared but I'm stripped and scared
As I become undone

I'm not gonna be a tough persuader
I know there's other wolves in your den
I'm not gonna be your love crusader
And have those other mongrels do me in
I'll take my chances with your thorns and branches
And tangle myself up in limbs
That's how my gut reacts
When I feel your scratch
As you get under my skin

WHO CARES ABOUT THE WEEKEND

I BITE MY BILE WITH ANGER AND DARING
DON’T TOUCH ME I’M NOT THERE YET
I PRACTICE AGREEING AND I REHEARSE CARING
I’M PAST READY I AM SET

I GOT MY APPEARANCE ALL SCREWED DOWN
I GOT MY ATTITUDE ON GO
I’M KEEPING MY TOUNGE INSIDE OF MY MIND
AS MY BODY MAKES IT’S WAY THROUGH THE DOOR

WHO CARES
WHO CARES
WHO CARES ABOUT THE WEEKEND

WHO CARES
WHO CARES
YOUR WEEKEND AIN’T MY WEEKEND

I’M MEETING WONDERFUL PEOPLE RIGHT FROM THE START
I CAN TELL BY THE WAY THEY SAY HELLO
THEY’RE CONSIDERATE AND COURTEOUS
PETTY,CHEAP, AND MURDEROUS
THEY’RE JOKES I HEARD A LONG TIME AGO

THEIR PRESENCE IS DISTRESSING
MASQUERADING AS A BLESSING
THEY BLOCK THE AISLES WITH THEIR BLOCKED-UP SMILES
AND I’M STANDING HERE GRINNING AND STRESSING

ACQUAINTANCES FROM THE RETIREMENT PARK
RENEW OLD FRIENDSHIPS IN THE MIDDLE OF WAL-MART
THEY REMOVE GRANDKIDS PICTURES BUT WON’T MOVE THEIR CART
AND I GOT TO PAY THE PRICE

IN THE WANING HOURS OF A DOUBLE SHIFT
I’M PROVIDED WITH MUCH INANE CHATTER
THEY DON’T WANT CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR SITUATION
IT’S NODDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT MATTERS
GEE, YOUR KIDS ARE SO WELL BEHAVED AND INTERESTING
I SURE HOPE YOUR SUMMER WAS NICE
BUT I’M WORKING HERE BETWEEN THE SOAP AND THE BEER
AND I CAN’T GET AWAY FROM YOUR BAD ADVICE

WHO CARES
WHO CARES
WHO CARES ABOUT THE WEEKEND

WHO CARES
WHO CARES
YOUR WEEKEND AIN’T MINE!

THE DAY THE WORLD FELL DOWN

TOO MANY STORIES WILL GO UNTOLD
AS THE ATROCITIES BEGIN TO UNFOLD
GONE FOREVER NEVER TO RETURN
GLOWING IN THE DARKNESS I CAN FEEL THE CITY BURN
I CAN FEEL THE CITY BURN

WHAT DO WE FIND THREATENING ABOUT OUR LIVES TODAY
WHAT’S THIS FOREIGN ENTITY WE ALLOWED TO GET IN OUR WAY
HAVE WE GOTTEN SO COMPLACEMENT HAVE WE REALLY GROWN SO LOST
WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN
WHAT KIND OF WORLD WILL WE DIE IN
WILL WE LIVE AND DIE IN

THAT WHICH IS LEFT STANDING
BLOODIED BUT UNBOWED
IT BECOMES MORE DEMANDING
STEADFAST, TRUE, AND PROUD

AND WHAT IF YOU KNEW THEM
WOULD IT BRING IT CLOSER TO HOME
NO LONGER A TELEVISION PROGRAM
WITH CHARACTERS UNKNOWN
SAME PARASITES SPORTING STARS AND STRIPES
TAKING CUES FROM A FEW BIG STARS
MORE THAN CLEVER SLOGANS EXPRESS WHO YOU ARE

SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE WORLD FELL DOWN
BUT MY OWN EYES HAD TO SEE
ON THE DAY THAT THE WORLD FELL DOWN
I WAS STANDING, STILL
I WANT THINGS TO MAKE SENSE AGAIN
BUT I KNOW THEY NEVER WILL

OH, ON THE DAY THAT THE WORLD FELL DOWN

BRAVO

THERE BY THE GRACE GO I
BUT I’M NOT ABOUT TO CRY
YOU KNOW I CAN SYMPATHISE
BUT HOW’D YOU EVER EXPECT TO FLY
BEYOND THE TWINKLE OF AN EYE
SETS A PASSION TOO REAL TO LIE
YOU KNOW I CAN EMPATHISE
BUT IT’S A PRETTY GOOD DAY TO DIE
THEY GAVE YOU THE KEYS TO THE CITY
WITH THE PROMISE OF A BRAVE NEW WORLD
BUT YOU CAN’T ACCEPT WHAT YOU HOLD SUSPECT
AS THEY TRAIN YOU FOR THE KILL
THEY PROMISED YOU AN OFFER
NEVER THINKING YOU’D REFUSE
BUT YOU GOTTA REJECT WHAT YOU HOLD CONTEMPT
AND THE OFFER BECOMES MUTE

THAT’S WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS
WHEN YOU STAND TO LOSE IT ALL
THAT’S WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS
SO WHAT’S IT GOING TO BE
AND HOW’S IT GONNA GO
WHAT’S IT GONNA BE
DON’T YOU ALREADY KNOW

A GLIMPSE INTO FALSE HONOR
KEPT IN THE RECESSES OF THE MIND
YOUR BRAVADO CAN WEIGH YOU DOWN
AS YOU REACH FOR ANOTHER TRY
THEY WHITEWASHED YOUR MEMORY
AND PROGRAMMMED YOU BY ROTE
THEY FOUND SOME TEARS IN YOUR BLANK CANVAS
AS THEY ADDED THE FINAL COATS
A CANDIDATE FOR CELIBATE
SO LONG IN THE DROWNING POOL
THE ONLY THINGS THEY LET YOU LOVE WERE THE GAMES AND THE GUNS
AND MOMMY’S FORGED RULE
BUT I’M NOT GONNA BE PARTY TO THIS PARTY
I’M PULLING OUT ALL THEY CONNECT
LET’S SEE WHAT I CAN DO
WITH A DECK OF FIFTY-TWO
TO SHUFFLE YOU OFF IN A DIFFERENT DIRECT

SEVEN PIECES OF SILVER
WHAT A BARGAIN FOR YOUR SOUL
WITH HELLHOUNDS ON YOUR TRAIL
AND THE DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL
POLITICIANS TRY TO HOODWINK
AS THE MEDIA DRAWS YOU IN
SEARCH FOR A FINAL SOLUTION
LET THE PILAGING BEGIN

REMINDER

I KNOW SHE’S LIED TO BOYS
I KNOW SHE’S LIED TO MEN
ALL MY FRIENDS TELL ME THE TRUTH
EVERY WANNA-BE COWBOY HAS JUMPED IN THE SADDLE
TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF HIS YOUTH
IT’S THE DISINTERESTING VS. THE DISINTERESTED
THERE’S A PALOR OVER THE PARLOR
AND THE COURTYARD IS IN SESSION

THE WELL-DRESSED SAVAGE IS TAKING HIS ADVANTAGE
ON THE GIRL WITH HER ENGLISH BROKEN
SHE LIKES TO RUN A CREDIT CHECK BEFORE HER NEW BEAU’S EVEN SPOKEN

THERE WERE RUMORS IN THE AIR
THAT FOR MY MONEY WAS ALL SHE CARED
AND SHE WAS SO AFRAID THAT SHE’D LOSE IT
HER ONLY CLAIM TO FAME IS THAT SHE WALKED ON MY GOOD NAME
AND I STILL GOT THE MARKS TO PROVE IT
SHE’S A NUVEAU PRIMMA DIVA WITH ASPIRATIONS OF AN ACTRESS
SHE MAKES LIKE JOAN OF ARC AND PLANTS A FLAG IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR MATTRESS

YOUR EYES BLANK AND GONE
ARE WHAT SHE’S BANKING ON
SHE KNOWS SHE’S MOMENTARILY LOST YOU
YOU’LL PAY WITH A CIGARETTE AND A COMPLIMENT WILL COST YOU

WELL THIS SYBIL IS NEVER CIVIL
SHE’S A LITTLE MORPHING ANNIE
SHE WANTS YOUR CARDS ON THE TABLE BUT SHE NEVER UPS THE ANTE
THERE IS NO RIGHT GIRL SHE DOESN’T EXIST
JUST ISOLATED MOMENTS OF PAIN AND BLISS
SEPERATED BY BOUTS AND FITS
OF LONELINESS WITH EXPLETIVES

YOU COME AROUND IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AND WONDER HOW DID YOU GET HERE
NOW ALL HER FRIENDS ARE NOW YOUR FRIENDS
AND YOUR CAR IS COMMANDEERED
SHE TAKES A POUND OF FLESH YOU BARELY GET OUT WITH YOUR SKIN
IF YOU HAD JUST STAYED HOME YOU’D STILL HAVE A HOUSE TO STAY HOME IN
YOU DRINK TO FORGET BUT YOU NEVER FORGET TO DRINK

Skull Orchard

I wanna propagate the culture
I wanna cultivate and nurture
I wanna investigate the future

I wanna find a space and fill it
Be strong and resilient
Be better than good be brilliant
In the skull orchard
In the skull orchard

Well I’m composing my composure
Decomposing from exposure
And it’s just like I told ya
The casket gives me closure

I’m gonna bury my whims
With a hoe and a grin
Sit back and see what begins

I won’t sterilize posterity
Or euthanize prosperity
Or tell you lies and falsities

I won’t rationalize the rancor
Of the rot and the canker
That befouls the harvest maker

I’m a self-sufficent grower
I’m a reaper and a sower
Mama Earth I really know her
In the skull orchard
In the skull orchard

Well, I’m welcoming precipitation
Nature’s collaboration
With my vim,vigor, and vegetation
Witnesses my elation

In the skull orchard a botanist’s chemistry
Columns of contempt and rows of horrible history
And in the interim of grotesque affairs
In lies the outreach of the common welfare

And I never contemplated all the words of wisdom
That seems to come before this but never to begin with
Rushing to the answer that was really never really asked
The end justifies the question that came before the task

I’m Already Dead

It’s already late
And you missed the boat
Traded in your innocence on a winter coat
Harshness sets real deep and the first is twice as hard
Never mind the exposure it leaves a healthy scar

I’m already I’m already I’m already I’m already dead

And it rises from the city
Despite all behavior
Constitutes a stubbornness
And a will too proud to waver
Primma Donna don’t look so sad
Johnny just could not stay
It’s man’s ambition to destroy
What gets in the way

Limits are always strained boundaries are often lost
Can’t conform don’t belong
It’s a sacrifice outweighed by cost
Please pardon the intrusion but they found him in the lost and found
Well, a tree grows in Brooklyn
Only to be cut down

The wings of the Brooklyn thrush are damaged beyond repair
But that doesn’t stop him from taking two steps at a time and finishing his song before he’s there
Waiting for the chance to the turn the tables into his sparkling opportunity
But the dreams are sick for her his smile doesn’t do the trick for her
Like the beers do for him down at McGarrity’s

Johnny Nolan setting his sights on someday
Picking up monkey wrenches ‘long the way
But he’s not every dog and it’s not his day

NOW I WANNA REMEMBER YOU

Now I wanna be by myself
I need some time and nothing else
Reflecting on those crazy days
I wouldn’t have it any other way
It’s a long way back to the Lower East Side
Seems so strange I remember the ride
Remember the excitement as if it were new
All the kids still need something to do

I’m tired of dancing to the same old song
And we knew it all along
The life we live is the life we choose
Too much too soon when you’re born to lose
Reflecting on those crazy days
And it really couldn’t be any other way
You don’t know happiness without sorrow
When you’re here today and gone tomorrow

Now I wanna say goodbye x 3
Goodbye

From the corners to the avenue
It was the only life you knew
Stripping the bass right down to the bone
Fuck off! Baby he’s Dee Dee Ramone
Reflecting back on those crazy days
It could have never been any other way
Now I wanna have something to do
Now I wanna remember you

MINI-VAN MAN

Sherry sure can pack ‘em in
The manual says 7 but she fits 10
We never leave the cooler behind
And there’s always room for a flea market find
Generic drives,Jeremy reads the map
Spat stops to puke, and Timmy takes a nap
The seats in the van move back and forth
To accommodate the drums or the shit I bought
I’m the mini-van man
The mini-van man
The mini-van man
That’s what I am

I’m the mini-van man
The mini-van man
Driving around with a punk rock band

Ba-ba-ba
Nyah-Nyah…(more gibberish)

We got directions to the venue
Some Chinese menus
Shirts,buttons,stickers, and then when you
Hear Luke say the camera’s loaded
Well, so is the band
Generic plays his na-na
Joe who? Joe Mamma!

I’m left lane cruising so get off of my ass
Go to the right if you want to pass
Got my cigarettes and cruise control
Yahoo! Maps show me where to go
I’m lost in Atlanta so get out of my way
I’m a card carrying member of Triple A
We ate everything in the picnic basket
It’s late at noon and I”ve got dark sunglasses

The Go Ahead

So uncomfortable in your own skin
I wonder what’s festering within
Desperate attempts to make you feel alive
Calculated responses are derived

How do you sleep at night?
Do you let your conscience come to light?
And do you make it seem alright?
Tell me how How do you sleep at night?

The sound of your voice truly annoys
Ill-witted lies and all it employs
Hidden truths with an axe to grind
Failed execution Flawed in design

H.D.Y.S.A.N?
Do you lock your conscience up real tight?
And do you make it seem alright?
H.D.Y.S.A.N?

H.D.Y.S.A.N?
When the morning comes around with the same old shite
You know you probably won’t but you think you just might
H.D.Y.S.A.N?

It’s a paranoid braggart’s empty boast
A coward’s life of fear taking hold
Tell Me, How do you sleep in your bed
When the heartless part gives you the go-ahead?

WHATSOEVER

WELL GODDAMN THE SUN FOR FILLING THIS HOME
INTO THIS ROOMFUL OF REMINDERS THE UNWELCOME SHONE
I'M ALONE IN A CROWD AND CROWDED WHEN ALONE
LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER LEFT TO IT'S OWN
AN INDIFFERENT LEARNED ABILITY
COUPLED WITH FAUXED VULNERABILITY

APPROACHING THE MOMENT 'FORE CROSSING THE LINE
ALONE AT DAWN IS A PEACEFUL TIME
A QUICK TRIP TO TIME'S BEGIN
DEFENSES GIVE UP AS THE MADNESS SETS IN
A FONDNESS A SADNESS AND A BELLY LAUGH
LIKE OLD KING SOLOMON CUT IN HALF
THE CRUDE VULGARITY SCREAMING FOR CLARITY

A PHOENIX RISING LONGING THE BURN
CONTEMPORARY EXPENDITURES WITH NO RETURN
WHEN THE TIME COMES WHO WILL BE THERE
A MOMENT'S NOTICE WITH NOTHING TO SHARE
WELL I'VE LEARNED TO HATE YOUR HATRED
AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HOLD NOTHING SACRED NOW
I GUESS THE SONG AND DANCE THEY'RE SELLING IS SOMETHING WORTH BUYING
THAT WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE YOURSELF DOING IS NOT WORTH EVEN TRYING
YOU COME ACROSS LIKE A DIAMOND ALL POLISHED AND PLEASANT
YOU MAY THINK YOU'RE A GIFT BUT YOU'RE NOT EVEN A PRESENT
MULTI-TASKING WAS NEVER MY FORTE
I CAN'T LISTEN TO YOU AND BE AMUSED IN WHAT YOU SAY

WELL EUREKA HONEY YOU CAME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT WHEN YOU POUR YOURSELF AN ACID BATH YOU SOAK IN YOUR SOLUTION
ARE YOU SNUG IN YOUR SAFETY NET WHILE I'M AFRAID NOT
YOU HOLD YOURSELF UP FOR RANSOM IN YOUR MANSION AS YOUR PALACE GOES TO POT
THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND HAVE A NICE DAY
IT WAS GOOD TO SEE NOW GET THE FUCK ON YOUR WAY
I'LL SEND YOU A BARBED WIRE OR DROP YOU A MINE
WE SHOULD NEVER REALLY DO THIS AGAIN SOMETIME

WHATSOEVER
WHATSOEVER
WHATSOEVER

No Need

This ain't the end just the beginning
Long as I'm standing I'm still winning

Don't call me a hawk or call me a dove
Because I believe in vengeance, redemption, and love
When thinking is a travesty An idea a crime
The songs you sing have a traitor's ring
Do you wanna do some time?

That's what they all say
I've heard it all before

And I'll hear it again!

Fare Well

The excitement grows around the fire
The soul is no place to be arrested
I ain't never goin' back there man!
I'm tired of being tested
Creeping up on the slaughter
With the innocence of lambs
And the luck of an all-time loser
Complete with diagrams

We were gonna turn this place out
Toss it back on it's ear
Correct injustices and confront all our fears
But complacency breeds contempt
Something I'm familiar with
Putting it out on a limb without hedging my bets

All my colors are cancelled
Time to affix my eyes
I'm keeping my outlets channeled
Straight into a heart that's just the right size
Disappointed in the time it takes the day to occur
And no-one's really ready on one
The start is never finished subtlety inferred
Lame horses breaking into a run

The extradited,the shunned,the excommunicated
They all break bread in no-man's land
Where their next move is imitated
Nativity for the naive,the shamed, and the shammed
When your pages are off-the-books
They move in to blow your cover
They promote you on one hand
And garnish your wages with the other

This is the part where it should all get easible
The hero gets to save the girl
But the premise isn't finished
And the plot isn't feasible
And nothing is resolved in the final reel
Some sick boys never get well
The hour approaches it gets hard to tell
So far,so good,so what,so well
I bid thee due so long fare well
So long fare well
So long fare well

Emergency Release

Some give in right from the get-go
Others spend a lifetime before they finally let go
A moment sooner is a minute too late
No coming back at a later date
TV wanna educate
Daddy wanna learn ya to hate
Mommy wanna irritate
Crap shot to see how much you take
Before you suffocate

Whether it's the regurgitated headlines that you spew
Parroted religious political views
The proverbial moment time's hesitate
It's your intolerance I no longer tolerate
Churches wanna see ya sin
No one wanna see ya win
Demons wanna draw you in
Expectations get you worn too thin
To accept what they're offering

And I think I'm cracking
I'm sure I'm breaking
I could swear I'm in pieces
If I'm not mistaken

It's all or none I'm grinding the axe
Short-termed interest momentary lapse
The counters of bean want to begin with one
Polished constitution omission of fun
Restraints resolve to keep you safe
Pills that promise to keep you straight
Claims that claim to alleviate
Impulses that don't hesitate
It's a self-induced sorry state

I am not wondering
Have no expectations
Of conducting the current
To the next sensation

I dropped my guard down
Let words escape me
Been destined to death
Let the future fate me