My Little Shirtwaist Fire
Oh, so sadly
The terrible flames of
My best friend
Such a sweet face
Terrible flames of
Glow baby glow as the embers they died there
Yes, we're burning can you help us please?
Girls work hard for
Or one kind word from
The terrible flames of
Glow baby glow as the embers they died there
Yes, we're burning can you help us please?
Once it started
The frail and fainthearted
Just withered to the floor
We examined hands burned badly
By that which no man fears more
All that remains of
My Little Shirtwaist Fire
Was alone in the alcove
Does anyone see her there?
Trapped in a staircase
By the smell of her own burning hair and the
All that remains of
My Little Shirtwaist Fire
Nobody knows what we saw inside there
Twisting and burning
the girls' fine young bodies
Yes, we're begging, we're on bended knees
Oh, My Little Shirtwaist Fire
Small rewards or
Invitations to dine.
One who loves them but
What I have earned is mine
All that remain of
My Little Shirtwaist Fire
Nobody knows what we saw inside there
Twisting and burning, the girls' fine young bodies
Yes, we're begging, we're on bended knees
Oh, My Little Shirtwaist Fire
Stumpside
Face tied together with three times used string
Fixing a fencepost or feeding a cow
Face tied together with three times used string
We come alone and leave alone and look the horse in the mouth
By the side of the stump where she told us these things
I saw a wishing well down by the stream
We come alone and leave alone and look the horse in the mouth
By the side of the stump where she told us these things
All that I have is this dull paring knife
Peeling potatoes for the rest of my life
Dirt floors make dust so I hope for the best
I carry candies with pains in my chest
Follow me see what I mean
Two penny saltlick I never ask how
Animals like me though folks turn away
I like the pigeons I like what they say
Follow me see what I mean
We scratch the skin and break the bone and see birds migrating south.
If you hear a bell ring you get some wings.
Don't bother looking for what I've neglected to bring.
By the side of the stump where she told us these things
If you hear a bell ring you get some wings.
She's fallen farther than feathers that float in the wind.
I never understood what wishes mean
Just ask for nothing you get what you get.
I asked for something I've not got it yet.
Face tied together with three times used string
Follow me see what I mean
We scratch the skin and break the bone and see birds migrating south.
If you hear a bell ring you get some wings.
Don't bother looking for what I've neglected to bring.
By the side of the stump where she told us these things
If you hear a bell ring you get some wings.
She's fallen farther than feathers that float in the wind.
Nozzle
Nozzle, nodule, eraser, chip: a few thoughts on the subject by a little nothing.
What was so obviously strange, yet mystifyingly true about the whole situation, was Miss
Connie Pallups failure to grasp that the time was indeed now if she was to ever
recover vitality to her immortal envelope. Oh sure, she liked perfume and she had a lot
of it, too. But pampered wisps do not a clothdoll make. And there we have a lesson that is
easier to speak of than it is to, how you say, live by?
Transylvanian Concubine
Meet and converse with them
Teeth and hair are beauty
Minds that have to whisper
Transylvanian Concubine
Sorrow is their master
Cakey is their make up
Dead, their sighs, their songs
Candelabra's lighted
This is what they wanted
Thin, the blood has run out
If you want to know how
To fly high, then go now
To the place where all the concubines....
Marvel at their pale skin
Wonder how they chew on their pointy....
They know it's their duty
To be countess in their hearts and their....
See in them a sister
Look into their eyes and you'll be a
You know what flows here like wine
Cackling with laughter
Now he's having just one piece of....
Catholics try to shake up
All the things that form their lives, but they're....
They know what they do is wrong
Stay here with us
it's just time
Transylvanian Concubine
Satan has been sighted
Never has there been an evening like....
Always to feel hunted
You can never be too rich or too....
Fangs ruin any cute pout
Morning has come now they've flown
What have you learned from what has been shown?
Why Don't You Do Right?
Sitting there wondering what it's all about
Get out of here and
I fell for your jive and I took you in
You had plenty money 1922
You let other women make a fool of you
Why don't you do right
Like some other men do?
If you ain't got no money they are going to
Put you out
Why don't you do right
Like some other men do?
Bring me some money too?
Now all you got to offer me's a fifth of gin
Why don't you do right
Like some other men do?
Why don't you get out of here and
Bring me some money too?
Mr. E. Leon Rauis
Physically he is serene he looks good he looks
clean yeah I know he's dead but I know what he
said and I think I might know what he mean.
With many thanks for your well, well wishes he says
believe me, sincerely yours Mr. E Leon Rauis would say it's sentiment which he abhors.
Seventeen Union Square North did he walk back and
forth in the glass at the shop did he smile did he
stop for awhile did he question his worth?
Seventeen Union Square West dressed up looking his best
Mr. E. Leon Rauis could never know
how this would seem his one small request.
With many thanks for your well, well wishes he says
believe me, sincerely yours
Mr. E Leon Rauis would say
it's sentiment which he abhors.
Regretfully so he still wants you to know of the
things in his heart he can't say.
Oh, Mr. E. Leon Rauis believe me
Picking a shop for the shoot did he buy a new
suit? Was he tall, was he kind, did he finally
find it that day, was his end absolute?
He got old like everyone, was he somebody's
son? Did he fail, did he try to succeed or deny
what he knew or things he had done?
With many thanks for your well, well wishes he says
believe me, sincerely yours
Mr. E Leon Rauis would say
it's sentiment which he abhors.
I keep pictures of him in my mind yeah you know the
kind they curl up on the edges, the corners are bended
into a trick pulled from behind.
His penmenship does a disservice
It's illegible to this day.
I hope it all turned out okay
The Donner Party
The similarities and situations between the Donner Party and the colonial Pilgrims
is both appalling, frightening, and incomplete. In both cases you'll find, one,
a fairly large group of ill-prepared greenhorns pitting themselves against nature
and each other, two, an insufficient willingness to endure the very real hardships
of frontiering and, three, coinsidential misfortune at every turn. Number three,
coinsidential misfortune at every turn. Disasters at both camps were initially
brought about by departure, delay, and desert inertia; which caused our heroes to
begin their journeys at absolutely retarded times weatherwise. If fantasy is the
refuge of a frightened man, and a castle in the air is a safe harbor for a foolish
few, just imagine living in a hut buried twelve feet below the snow, with the sight
and smell of the scattered carcasses of loved ones at your feet; it is the lay of
the land, just another day. I would like to propose that cannibalism was indeed
rampant among America's earliest settlers: The Pilgrims. For what does settler imply,
if not the willingness to settle? To settle for a meal of human flesh if my thoughts
on the subject are to be believed. In conclusion, spread the word of this. Look to
the night sky, and hark back to our forefathers' shortcomings, and your own, as you
cut your meat and lay the groundwork for a new tomorrow.
Endomorph
Guilty was all that I felt until now
I'm known as The Endomorph
Morning has broken and what do I see but
those same bloody fingerprints following me
it don't pay to be careful don't pay to be nice
So it's backwards and forwards and back again twice
I don't think I'll try it again.
Go ahead say I'm wrong
but I'm curious how all you people get up
and then don't arrive late
Do you pray every day and then patiently wait?
I don't think I'll try again
I'm slow, I go back and forth
I'm known as The Endomorph
Punishment comes for no reason I've seen
then it stays for a while keeping quiet
between what you said would take place if my big mouth was shut
and I pray every day, and it's all okay
but I don't think I'll try again.
I'm known as The Endomorph
I'm slow, I go back and forth
I'm known as The Endomorph
I'm known as The Endomorph
Brand New Key
I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates
I've been lookin around awhile
I ride my bike, I rollerskate don't drive no car
I asked your mother if you were at home
I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates
I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I rollerskated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you've got something I need
You've got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them on to see
you've got something for me
I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates
You got a brand new key
Don't go so fast, but I go pretty far
For somebody who don't drive, I've been all around the world
Some people say I done alright for a girl
She said yes, but that you weren't alone
It almost seems like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
You've got a brand new key
I think that we should get together and try them on to see
I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates
You've got a brand new key
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Crybabies
So they went outside
but they cry and they cry
One pushed the other down
Bad things happen to babies all the time
but they cry and they cry
Two big babies met
on a winter's day
they thought they'd get
all dressed up to play
never to return
they laugh
they hide
Babies never learn
Who said babies never die?
they cry
Who said babies never die?
into the salty snow
he looked around
no one would ever know
They laugh at who kisses then times nine
Who said babies never die?
they cry
Who said babies never die?
Howard Hughes
He wants you to take a box kleenex and cut it with a knife
Howard Hughes pops a valium blue
He wants you to seal windows and doors of his hotel room with tape
Howard Hughes pops a valium blue
Howard Hughes pops a valium blue
He want you to put this plate of crumbs back into the frigerator
When you do, he wants you to make sure to bring this plate with dessert later
Stand to the right
Give him a bite
Insulate the bed
Shoot him up when he's dead.
Use a stack of tissues for each hand
killing germs could save his life
Climb into the cockpit
He drops his pants to grin
Just act like it's nothing
Just nod and smile at him.
and he reclines the naked chair
and watches just one more movie
Howard Hughes has got something on you
when the fingers grow long
And the toenails they wrap around him
Howard Hughes
What he did
What he'd do
He will be alowed to pee on floors
cause his codeine constipates.
Listen to him moan
About a multi million loan
Don't answer the phone.
It's been a long time since he's flown.
and he reclines the naked chair
and watches just one more movie
Howard Hughes has got something on you
when the fingers grow long
And the toenails they wrap around him
Howard Hughes
What he did
What he'd do
and he reclines the naked chair
and watches just one more movie
Howard Hughes has got something on you
when the fingers grow long
And the toenails they wrap around him
Howard Hughes
What he did
What he'd do
Sister Sleep
We like to smoke pot
We like it a lot
Our small eyes are tearing for what we have not
Our small eyes are tearing for what we have not
The nice pipe is here
A lighter is near
I won't become freaked out
fear not
sister dear
I won't become freaked out
fear not
sister dear
We miss the blue sky
It is cold
we will cry
Our being mind is waning and we now know why
Our being mind is waning and we now know why
We want to feel warm
yet outside the norm
We want to be a cradle held
and then to be reborn.
Five Fleas
Five fleas band together against all odds to form a new company. A new company, performing treachery, translations,
advice to givers, and other varied services. Starting in new business in any climate is always very very difficult.
But these stars had charisma, had it, the extra x-quotient, the pure, unadulterated scheltsbar that put them head
and shoulders above the rest. What they lacked, however, was backing. So if you know anybody....
Any Old Actress
You're a souvenir a darling dear
Don't cry for her now
I saw the sailor talking with the cops
It's one of those things you should not try at home
They saw her break through barriers forty feet high
It was the finest moment in a long life
Young boys would hang her pictures over their bed
They saw her mouth move but they couldn't hear what she said
She used to say that kind of thing
You're a mantlepiece with strong beliefs
Only her black rainbow meant something
Oh yeah
Don't cry for her
Oh yeah
I saw the sailor walking with the cops
First comes the nurse, just got back from war
She had a feather in her cap
That's all she wore
Then comes the mother and she's got a friend
And they start yelling at you and that's how it all began
What's meant by intentional falls can never be known
Any old actress worth her salt outta know
The higher you are you want to see what's below
And old actress worth her salt outta know
The higher you are you want to see what's below
And old actress worth her salt outta know
Dig Ophelia
Your eyes never close
Water spreads the small seed
Cut the stem and you'll see how you feel
Your eyes never close
Water spreads the small seed
Dig Ophelia
consider it dug
Flowers madness and polar bear rug
Here's the water, just ankle deep high
Lay back relax and look up at the sky.
your mind's not at rest
Lay back, get waterlogged
Give us a kiss
Water kills the tall weed
Ophelia
Floating orchids just ain't no big deal
Never knowing's like knowing too much
Tap the table, oh here's more bad luck
your mind's not at rest
Lay back, get waterlogged
Give us a kiss
Water kills the tall weed
Ophelia
Ophelia
Kate Moss
If you think real hard about the aches, the card, the blackboard that you've drawn on for so long.
You realize that it's gone, and with it that swan song, the mirror of your life has turned to shards.
If that means broken glass, you won't have the chance to laugh at those who always laughed at
you. Think back, yes it's cool, to jump up and be through, when even worser things have come to pass.
Rusty The Skatemaker
The cannery fellows would follow her everywhere
And she told herself that this was enough
She had one thing that she liked and she kept around
And she told herself that this was enough
She was born in an oil-drum South side of Chicago
When East St. Louis was not far away
She'd lace knives to her boots and go down to the riverbed
Skate around and around till the night became day
From the grocery store to the B.Q.E.
With their hearts all aglow from her icy back at you stare
Then her teeth became tight when her eyes couldn't see
For a girl who was born in an oil drum
She had her skates didn't need lots of stuff
She didn't need it but she still wanted some
She would take it with her to the riverbed
As she skated around she always thought of a pretty sound that she heard as a girl in her mother's bed
The sound of some breathing another breath in and out when some lungs expand and contract like they do
And she looked at herself in the ice of the riverbed and she saw a girl one which she could see through
For a girl who was born in an oil drum
She had her skates didn't need lots of stuff
She didn't need it but she still wanted some
she still wanted some she still needed some
she still wanted some she still needed some
Trust All-Stars
Time was when this became obvious
Trust all stars
Planets we know do come and go
Alien wishes won
Millions of listeners close their ears
Planets we know do come and go
You're not the boy that you say you are
You come from outerspace you drive a rental car
Thanks but no thanks just the same
You're eyes were never clear
you did not eat enough
Strangely afraid of the rain
Never ask your way around
Buffalo is Venus
Texas is a town
When meltable aliens run toward the snow
Missions are fine but piece of mind
Won't come from a boyfriend who lies all the time
Damn the sight
Scanning those soggy skies
with a small reading light
harder to see late at night
Hoping their dinner's warm
stifling sunny cheers
Wait till dinner's done to start to fight
Trust all stars
Never ask your way around
Buffalo is Venus
Texas is a town
When meltable aliens run toward the snow
Missions are fine but piece of mind
Won't come from a boyfriend who lies all the time
Du bist nicht der Junge, der du vorgibst zu sein
Du kommst aus dem Weltall und faehrst ein gemietetes Auto
Danke, aber nein danke, es ist das selbe
Die Zeit war, als dieses offensichtlich wurde
Deine Augen waren nie klar, du hast nicht genug gegessen
Seltsamerweise hattest du angst vor dem Regen
Vertraue allen Sternen
Frage nie nach deinem Weg
Der Bueffel ist die Venus
Texas ist eine Stadt
Planeten, die wir kennen, kommen und gehen
Wenn schmelzbare Ausserirdische auf den Scnee zurennen
Die Missionen sind gut aber ein teil des Gedaechtnisses
Wird nicht voneinem Freund kommen, der die ganze Zeit luegt
Die Wuensche der Ausserirdischen gewannen Vernichten die Sicht
Suchen diese durchnaessten Himmel mit einer kleinen Leselampe ab
Schwerer spaet in der Nacht zu sehen.
Millionen von Zuhoerem schliessen zu sehen.
Hoffen, dass ihr Mittagessen warm ist, Ersticken sonnige Hochrufe
warte bis das Abendessen fertig ist, bis du anfangst zu kampfen
