The days are okay I watch the TV in the afternoon If I get lonely The sound of other voices Other rooms are near to me, I'm not afraid The operator She
I don't want to ride the milk train anymore I'll go to bed at nine and awaken with the dawn And lunch at half past noon, dinner prompt at five The comfort
Would you like to learn to sing? Would you like to sing my song? Would you like to learn to love me best of all? Anyone can learn the words and the melody
I hear your voice in every corridor I see your face in every picture frame I feel your eyes in every starry sky Lover, am I coming home again? Now am
I'm leaving by night, I'm leaving alone I'm leaving it lie when you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me as I would not beg for you Though I'd like
Bright lights and promises A pocket full of dreams That's what they pay me to be Gold lame' and diamonds I'm a hometown queen Honey, would you sing it
I haven't been loved by a man in quite a while You know it ain't easy making me smile Friends have their lovers, men on a string There must be something
Lay down now and slumber Mama's boy is torn asunder All the fields have gone grey All the leaves are gone brown Let me tell you a story Lay down, I know
I REMEMBER PHOTOGRAPHS WATERCOLORS OF THE PAST HE TURNED AND SAID, YOU ASK MUCH OF ME THEN, WHEN WE'D MADE OUR PEACE WE LAY BETWEEN THE SHEETS HE TURNED
Well, I came home this morning there was a note hanging on my door She said, ?This time I'm a leaving you and I won't be back no more? Yeah, yeah, and
Said you'd found a way to end it peacefully I remember finding shoes near the lake under a tree And I'm sittin' on the shore I thought I saw your charm
He was sitting beside me in the passenger seat As I looked through the windshield at the quiet little street He was smiling so proud as he gave me the
Someone and someone were down by the pond Looking for something to plant in the lawn Out in the fields they were turning the soil I'm sitting here hoping
Paranoia posed in saintly rows outside my windows Cacophonous caws, bacterial ponds flap Pavement moans Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Caustic alarmed cavernous
(What it tis it taint, & What it taint it tis Its the theme of where we're goin') [Verse 1: Slug] See the police man, notice the lonely man How do you
Late afternoon, the sun's goin' down A ca-ca-call on the cell (Why's he in such a hurry?) Leavin' the room, he's mumbling too Now, now lookin' for his
I've got some mighty tall tales from livin' hard and fast I'm a walkin,' talkin,' livin,' breathin,' portrait of my past I've double-crossed the devil
I hung up the telephone and turned on the television After you told me we were through In a little while I'll think about the things that you said But