think i'm going for a walk now
  i feel a little unsteady
  i don't want noone to follow me
  except maybe you

  i could make you happy, you know
  if you weren't already
  i could do a lot of things
  and i do

  tell you the truth i prefer the worst of you
  too bad you had to have a better half
  she's not really my type
  but i think you two are forever
  and i hate to say it but you're perfect together

  so fuck you
  and your untouchable face
  fuck you
  for existing in the first place
  and who am i
  that i should be vying for your touch
  who am i
  bet you can't even tell me that much

  2:30 in the morning
  my gas tank will be empty soon
  neon sign on the horizon
  rubbing elbows with the moon
  safe haven of the sleepless
  where the deep fryer's always on
  radio is counting down the top 20 country songs

  out on the porch the fly strip is
  waving like a flag in the wind
  you know i really don't look forward
  to seeing you again soon.

  you look like a photograph of yourself
  taken from far far away
  i won't know what to do
  i won't know what to say

  so fuck you...

  see you and i'm so perplexed
  what was i thinking
  what will i think of next
  where can i hide
  in the back room there's a lamp
  that hangs over the pool table
  and when the fan is on it swings
  gently side to side
  there's a changing constellation
  of balls as we are playing
  i see orion and say nothing
  the only thing i can think of saying

  is fuck you...

 Outta Me, Onto You


  no no no no no no no no no no no no
  no more

  it's gonna be sudden
  it's gonna be strange
  i'm gonna turn on a dime
  give you 5 cents change
  it's gonna be long
  overdue
  it's all gonna come out
  out of me, on to you

  out of me
  on to you

  one of these days you're gonna push too hard
  we'll go on like we've always done
  till you go too far
  one of these days it's gonna reach the top
  then it's gonna start to spill
  and it's not gonna stop

  out of me
  on to you...

  no more

  some people wear their smile like a disguise
  those people who smile a lot watch the eyes
  i know cause i'm like that a lot
  you think everything's okay
  it is till it's not

  out of me
  on to you...

  no more

  some people wear their heart up on their sleave
  i wear mine underneath my right pant leg strapped to my boot
  don't think cause i'm easy i'm naive
  don't think i won't pull it out
  don't think i won't shoot

  out of me
  on to you...

  no more

  most people like to talk a lot
  including you
  you know there isn't much i have to say
  that i wouldn't rather just shut up and do
  i'm gonna miss you when you're gone
  i'm gonna be torn
  just remember that i love you
  just remember you were warned

  out of me
  on to you...

  no more
  no more.

 Superhero
 sleep walking through the all-nite drug store
 baptized in fluorescent light
 i found religion in the greeting card aisle
 now i know hallmark was right
 and every pop song on the radio
 is suddenly speaking to me
 art may imitate life
 but life imitates t.v.
 'cuz you've been gone exactly two weeks
 two weeks and three days
 and let's just say that things look different now
 different in so many ways

 i used to be a superhero
 no one could touch me
 not even myself
 you are like a phone booth
 that i somehow stumbled into
 and now look at me
 i am just like everbody else

 if i was dressed in my best defenses
 would you agree to meet me for coffee
 if i did my tricks with smoke and mirrors
 would you still know which one was me
 if i was naked and screaming
 on your front lawn
 would you turn on the light and come down
 screaming, there's the asshole
 who did this to me
 stripped me of my power
 stripped me down

 i used to be a superhero
 no one could hurt me
 not even myself
 you are like a phone booth
 that i somehow stubmled into
 and now look at me
 i am just like everybody else

 yeah you've been gone exactly two weeks
 two weeks and three days
 and now i'm a different person
 different in so many ways
 tell me what did you like about me
 and don't say my strength and daring
 'cuz now i think i'm at your mercy
 and it's my first time for this kind of thing

 i used to be a superhero
 i would swoop down and save me
 from myself
 but you are like a phone booth
 that i somehow stumbled into
 and now look at me
 i am just like everybody else

 Dilate
 life used to be life-like
 now it's more like show biz
 i wake up in the night
 and i don't know where the bathroom is
 and i don't know what town i'm in
 or what sky i am under
 and i wake up in the darkness and i
 don't have the will anymore to wonder
 everyone has a skeleton
 and a closet to keep it in
 and you're mine
 every song has a you
 a you that the singer sings to
 and you're it this time
 baby, you're it this time

 when i need to wipe my face
 i use the back of my hand
 and i like to take up space
 just because i can
 and i use my dress
 to wipe up my drink
 i care less and less
 what people think
 and you are so lame
 you always disappoint me
 it's kinda like our running joke
 but it's really not funny
 i just want you to live up to
 the image of you i create
 i see you and i'm so unsatisfied
 i see you and i dilate

 so i'll walk the plank and i'll jump with a smile
 if i'm gonna go down
 i'm gonna do it with style
 and you won't see me surrender
 you won't hear me confess
 'cuz you've left me with nothing
 but i've worked with less
 and i learn every room long enough
 to make it to the door
 and then i hear it click shut behind me
 and every key works differently
 i forget every time
 and the forgetting defines me
 that's what defines me

 when i say you sucked my brain out
 the english translation
 is i am in love with you
 and it is no fun
 but i don't use words like love
 'cuz words like that don't matter
 but don't look so offended
 you know, you should be flattered
 i wake up in the night
 in some big hotel bed
 my hands grope for the light
 my hands grope for my head
 the world is my oyster
 the road is my home
 and i know that i'm better
 off alone

 Amazing Grace
 amazing grace
 how sweet the sound
 that save a wretch like me
 i once was lost
 but now i'm found
 was blind but now i see

 'twas grace that taught
 my heart to fear
 and grace that fear relieved
 how precious did
 that grace appear
 the hour i first believed

 through many dangers
 toils and snares
 i have already come
 'twas grace that brought me
 safely thus far
 and grace will lead me home

 and when this heart
 and flesh shall fail
 and mortal life shall cease
 i shall possess
 within the vale
 a life of joy and peace

 Napolean
 they told you your music could reach millions
 the choice was up to you
 you told me they always pay for lunch
 and they believe in what i do
 and i wonder if you'll miss your old friends
 once you've proven what you're worth
 and i wonder when you're a big star
 will you miss the earth
 and i know you always, always want more
 i know you, you'll never be done

 because everyone is a fucking napoleon
 everyone is a fucking napoleon

 and the next time that i saw you
 you were larger than life
 yeah you came and you conquered
 you were doing all right
 you had an army of suits behind you
 and all you had to be was willing
 and i said i still make a pretty good living
 you must make a killing, a killing
 and i hope that, that you are happy
 i hope that at least you are having fun

 oh but everyone is a fucking napoleon
 well everyone is a fucking napoleon

 you say that, so that's the way it's gonna be
 so that's what this is all about
 i think that that's the way it always was
 you chose not to notice until now
 oh now that, now that there's a problem
 you call me up to confide
 and you go on for over an hour
 about each one that took you for a ride
 and i guess that you dialed my number
 because you thought for sure that i'd agree
 i said baby, you know i still love you
 but how dare you complain to me

 oh but everyone is a fucking napoleon
 everyone is a fucking napoleon
 everyone is a fucking napoleon

 Shameless
 i cannot name this
 i cannot explain this
 and i really don't want to
 just call me shameless
 i can't even slow this down
 let alone stop this
 and i keep looking around
 but i cannot top this

 if i had any sense
 i guess i'd fear this
 i guess i'd keep it down
 so no one would hear this
 i guess i'd shut my mouth
 and rethink a minute
 but i can't shut it now
 'cuz there's something in it

 we're in a room without a door
 and i am sure without a doubt
 they're gonna wanna know
 how we got in here
 and they're gonna wanna know
 how we plan to get out
 we better have a good explanation
 for all the fun that we had
 'cuz they are coming for us, babe
 and they are going to be mad
 yeah they're going to be mad at us

 this is my skeleton
 this is the skin it's in
 that is according to light
 and gravity
 i'll take off my disguise
 the mask you met me in
 'cuz i got something
 for you to see
 just gimme your skeleton
 give me the skin it's in
 yeah baby, this is you
 according to me
 i never avert my eyes
 i never compromise
 so never mind
 the poetry

 i gotta cover my butt 'cuz i covet
 another man's wife
 i gotta divide my emotions
 into wrong and right
 then i get to see how close i can get to it
 without giving in
 then i get to rub up against it
 till i break the skin
 rub up against it
 till i break the skin

 they're gonna be mad at us
 thy're gonna be mad at me and you
 thy're gonna be mad at us
 and all the things
 we wanna do

 just please don't name this
 please don't explain this
 just blame it all on me
 say i was shameless
 say i couldn't slow it down
 let alone stop it
 and say you just hung around
 'cuz you couldn't top it

 Going Down
 you can't get through it
 you can't get over it
 you can't get around

 just like in a dream
 you'll open your mouth to scream
 and you won't make a sound

 you can't believe your eyes
 you can't believe your ears
 you can't believe your friends
 you can't believe you're here

 and you're not gonna get through it
 so you are going down

 i put a cup out on the window sill
 to catch the water as it fell
 now i got a glass half full of rain
 to measure the time between
 when you said you'd come
 and when you actually come

 little mister limp dick
 is up to his old tricks
 and thought he'd call me
 one last time
 but i'm just about done
 with the oh-woe-is-me shit
 and i want everything back
 that's mine

 Done Wrong
 the wind is ruthless
 the trees shake angry fingers at the sky
 the people hunch their shoulders
 hold their collars over their ears and run by
 it's a cold rain
 it's a hard rain
 like the kind you find in songs
 i guess that makes me the jerk with the heartache
 here to sing to you about how i been done wrong

 i am sitting, watching
 out the window of the coffee show
 and i'm waiting, waiting
 waiting for it to let up
 i am rocking like a cradle
 warming my hands with the cup in between
 i am leaning over the table
 holding my face over the steam

 and before it gets so cold
 that the rain turns to snow
 there's just a couple things
 i'd like to know

 like how could you do nothing
 and say, i'm doing my best
 how could you take almost everything
 and then come back for the rest
 how could you beg me to stay
 reach out your hands and plead
 and then pack up your eyes and run away
 as soon as i agreed

 it just all slips
 away so slowly
 you don't even notice till you've lost a lot
 i've been like one of those zombies
 in vegas
 pouring quarters into a slot
 and now i'm tired
 and i am broke
 and i feel stupid and i feel used
 and i'm at the end of my little rope
 and i am swinging back and forth
 about you

 and before it gets so cold
 that the rain turns to snow
 there's just a couple things
 i'd like to know

 like how could you do nothing
 and say, i'm doing my best
 how could you take almost everything
 and then come back for the rest
 how could you beg me to stay
 reach out your hands and plead
 and then pack up your eyes and run away
 as soon as i agreed

 Adam And Eve
 tonight you stooped to my level
 i am your mangy little whore
 now you're trying to find your underwear
 and then your socks and then the door
 and you're trying to find a reason
 why you have to leave
 but i know it's 'cuz you think you're adam
 and you think i'm eve

 you rhapsodize about beauty
 and my eyes glaze
 everything i love is ugly
 i mean really, you would be amazed
 just do me a favor
 it's the least that you can do
 just don't treat me like i am
 something that happened to you

 i am truly sorry about all this

 you put a tiny pin prick
 in my big red balloon
 and as i slowly start to exhale
 that's when you leave the room
 i did not design this game
 i did not name the stakes
 i just happen to like apples
 and i am not afraid of snakes

 i am truly sorry about all this
 i envy you your ignorance
 i hear that it's bliss

 so i let go the ratio
 of things said to thing heard
 as i leave you to your garden
 and the beauty you preferred
 and i wonder what of this
 will have meaning for you
 when you've left it all behind
 i guess i'll even wonder
 if you meant it
 at the time

 Joyful Girl
 i do it for the joy it brings
 because i'm a joyful girl
 because the world owes me nothing
 and we owe each other the world
 i do it because it's the least i can do
 i do it because i learned it from you
 and i do it just because i want to
 because i want to

 everything i do is judged
 and they mostly get it wrong
 but oh well
 'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged
 and the woman who lives there can tell
 the truth from the stuff that they say
 and she looks me in the eye
 and says would you prefer the easy way
 no, well o.k. then
 don't cry

 i wonder if everything i do
 i do instead
 of something i want to do more
 the question fills my head
 i know there's no grand plan here
 this is just the way it goes
 when everything else seems unclear
 i guess at least i know

 i do it for the joy it brings
 because i'm a joyful girl
 because the world owes me nothing
 and we owe each other the world
 i do it because it's the least i can do
 i do it because i learned it from you
 and i do it just because i want to
 because i want to