i hear the driving of the nail
i hear the rain i hear the hail
i hear the laughter of the
people dancing 'round him
as he forces his poor family to set sail

if you don't care you will not cry
if you don't dare you will not try
and now i'm drowning in the dark
with thoughts of building my own ark

i feel my baby's on the rise
sits there examining her thighs
in he comes all drenching clean
and lays upon her hard and lean
she comes when he never even tries

(repeat chorus)

i'm sitting and wishing i were young
the best lines they'd flow right off my tongue
i'd believe that school is social banging in
and banging out and hanging in
and hanging out until were hung

(repeat chorus)

of the envious
i am one

Even the Score

i wish that i could give breath
to the women i've created
in paragraphs and paragraphs
i've written to this date
and set them all upon my desk, choose one to ignore
just to even the score

all the biggest plays i missed
'cause i was sitting over on the sidelines
all the precious faces that
refused to date someone outside the guidelines

well, high school begins with worship for the leisure class
you swear you'll overcome it
but your envy doesn't seem to pass
how simliar the shopping but at different stores
we've got to even the score

(repeat chorus twice)

Brian's Song

so much to say, so little time
the words ring loud and true
bring forth the graceful thought
of benevolence, brightness, and hue

like others I sing with mr. vox
of strong desire burning
for the one and only you

hat pulled down, weight of the world
weight of the world on his brow
heart on his sleeves and swinging fists
swinging fists at what might be broken glass

i don't believe in revolution
or the statesman's ideology
but i believe in you

if i could rethink myself
i might not act this way
we push the cloak of the world
we wait for light but behold obscurity

living in a cold sweat state
cube of sugar singer
i believe in you

Acting as your Slave

my hand asleep for hours
waiting for the needles to begin
i have no control
they proceed to penetrate my skin
acting as your slave i drink for amber waves
i never have embraced
acting as your slave i drink an open grave
an epitaph defaced

killing with compassion
she hasn't heard a word that i have said
swallowing your passion
i can see a thousand miles ahead

acting as your slave i drink for barricades that i have often raised
acting as your slave i numb my head and rave of epitaphs defaced

acting as your slave i drink while she forgave with trials left unfaced
acting as your slave i stumble to her grave an epitaph defaced

Oceanside

she never wanted to talk
she never wanted to argue
but that's the way it goes
when there's nobody listening

eyes straight on the frontline
knee deep in the river flow
keep your chin up, keep your back straight
rescue's on the way

always the keeper of secrets
always the source of confusion
but that's the way it goes
when there's nobody listening

eyes straight on the frontline
knee deep on the river flow
keep your chin up, keep your back straight
rescue's on the way

nobody said this was gonna be easy
but i'll tell you what i'm gonna do

can i take you to an oceanside
can i take you to an oceanside
for a few hundred years
i'm telling you you that's all i ever heard about it
can i take you to an oceanside

never a word of intention
never a hope of reunion
but that's the way it goes
when there's nobody listening

eyes straight on the high wire
knee deep in the river flow
keep your chin up, keep your back straight
rescue's on the way

nobody said this was going be easy
but i'll tell you what i'm gonna do

(repeat chorus)

I've Suffered a Head Injury

vanilla ice man cometh, goeth
sampling, dealing, music stolen
to pre-pubescent girls appealing
re-mix record contract sealing
borrowed lyrics sung with feeling slumping
record sales are healing
concert hall promoters kneeling
keeping grateful deadheads reeling
quite supressed yet quite revealing
influence is far from stealing
i've suffered a head i've suffered a head injury
i've suffered a head i've suffered a head injury
techno-pop kids, stardom's rockets
money in their label's pocket
unrelentless, thoughtless selling
busting charts, atop they're dwelling
lacking substance story telling
lost the message in this yelling
robbing fortunes from the willing
endless posing, mindless chilling
plastic icing airtime filling
instigating art-rock killing
(repeat chorus)

Clean Break

i think you need some assistance
to keep yourself at a distance
it's harder when she's beautiful
it's easy when she's when she's waking next to you
if you're gonna make a break, make a clean break
if you're gonna make a break, break clean
if you're gonna make a break, make a clean break
if you're gonna make a break, make a clean break
i can see the tables turning
homefires lit, your house is burning
it's harder in the evening but
it's easy in the early afternoon
(repeat chorus)
sure there is an easy out by staying in
for one more session
you justify it all by seeing her in moderation
no opportunity for her to start a new relation
you help yourself because you're sensing
obligation
i think it's great the way you handle
both ends of a burning candle
it's harder when she's easy but it's easy
when she's just as hard on you
(repeat chorus)

Monterey

when the sun shine in monterey
i will be there
when the sun shines in monterey
i will be there
i want to be by your side, i felt so lonely
my want to reach out to you
goes out from here
you want to know out of all these people
if anyone might be true
well i'm one.. yeah yeah
i'm the one.. yeah yeah yeah
i'm the one...

Martyr Material

it's different now
i feel that all those looks were just a game
you smoked and choked on cigarettes
and acted cute and lame-and lame
your parting lips that wrapped me up
in promised company
now mumble that each breath i take
takes from the air you breathe-and breathe
you were to share these dreams
but from this bed it's different than it seems
you'll have to drag me everywhere you go
and you're not martyr material
you fell in love, you fell so hard
you said it must be days
i said that i am not quite ready
for your newest phase-your face
conceding, lying, cheating
deceiving relentlessly
my voice got softer
you could no longer hear me-hear me
that ring you wear in fashion
has a chain that pierces through my nose
you'll have to drag me everywhere you go
and you're not martyr material
my life is riding in this chair of wheels
with arms that move too slow
you'll have to drag me everywhere you go
and you're not martyr material

The Freshmen

when i was young and knew everything
and she a punk who rarely ever took advice
now i'm guilt stricken,
sobbing with my head on the floor
stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
i can't be held responsible
cause she was touching her face
i won't be held responsible
she fell in love in the first place
for the life of me i cannot remember
what made us think that we were wise and
we'd never comprimise
for the life of me cannot believe
we'd ever die for these sins
we were merely freshman
my best friend took a week's
vacation to forget her
his girl took a week's worth of
valium and slept
now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his
head on the floor
think's about her now and how he never really
wept he says
we've tried to wash our hands of all of this
we never talk of our lacking relationships
and how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our
heads on the floor
we fell through the ice when we tried not to
slip, we'd say