Somebody to Shove

Grandfather watches the grandfather clock
And the phone hasn't rung for so long
The time flies by like a vulture in the sky
Suddenly he breaks into song

I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up
And tell me I'm not alone

Hello, speak up, is there somebody there
These hang-ups are getting me down
In a world frozen over with over-exposure
Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town

I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up
And tell me I'm not alone

CHORUS
I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me

You're a dream for insomniacs
Prize in the Cracker Jacks
All the difference in the world is just a call away

And I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up
And tell me I'm not alone

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Black Gold

Two boys on a playground
Tryin' to push each other down
See the crowd gather 'round
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd

CHORUS
Black gold in a white flight
Fill up the tank let's go for a ride
I don't care about no wheelchair
I got so much left to do with my life

Moving backwards through time
Never learn never mind
That side's yours, this side's mine
Brother you ain't my kind

Black soldier, white fight
Fill up the tank let's go for a ride
Sure like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside

Mother do you know where your kids are tonight

Keeps the kids off the streets
Gives 'em something to do, something to eat
This spot was a playground
This flat land used to be a town

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Runaway Train

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

CHORUS
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here no there

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Everything is cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

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Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
Little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same

Keep It Up

I'm down here waitin' on a shattered heart
I'm gonna put it back together if it tears me apart
If I can keep it up

I been complainin' like a broken record
Gonna get what I want if it takes forever
If I can keep it up

Though the rain weigs down your wings
Still the caged bird has to sing
I know it seems funny tryin' to understand
It's just things don't always go the way you planned
Still you keep it up

Nothin' in the world's gonna keep me down
I'm just holdin' out, just hangin' around
747 gonna take us away
Gonna take us up to heaven gonna be okay
If we can keep it up

Homesick

I want to live with you in the fifth dimension
In a dream I never had
'Cause I just can't live like this in a world like this
I just wanna kiss it goodbye

CHORUS
But we are not of this world
And there's a place for us
Stuck inside this fleeting moment
Tucked away where now one owns it
Wrapped up in a haste and by mistake got thrown away
Oh, I am so homesick but it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick for the home I never had

And thought I sometimes get annyoed
I know just where I'm at
This is my song of joy
Now I know there are no secret tricks
No correct politics
Just liars and lunatics

[Chorus]

Though I would not take it personally
It's just the child in me
Who never really knew how much I had
Woe is me I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
'Cause I'm homesick for the home I never had

Get on Out

Gotta get on
Gotta get on out
All these worried troubled thoughts
Gotta get on out of my head

Will I beon the streets tomorrow
Will I have to beg and sorrow
Will I have to go back to the job I left behind
Could you still make it
With a guy who never made it
Would you look into my eyes
If I were to go blind

Will you leave me for another
Send me running back to Mother
Will I have the time to tell you
How I really feel
Am I getting slower or
Are you just talking faster
Do we need a bad disaster
To make it plain to see

CHORUS
All these worried troubled thoughts
Gotta get on out of my head

Do I just feel like saying
'Cause I'm sick and tired of trying
Trying to convince you
This ain't how it has to be
The ground you walk on's sacred
The sky above awaits you
So cast all your frustrations
To the bottomless seas

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New World

Lives in a lonely little town
No one's around
Except for the drinkin'
Nobody ever gets around
But those who leave the township sinking

CHORUS
May you rot in heaven
Gotta be home by seven
And the field burns away the sky
Breathes it in so why sit and with for the new world to begin

I'm comin' out across your border
With new orders for you to take
I'd really like to take your daughter
Down by the water, down by the lake
When the cold water's on her skin
I can feel how long it's been

And the neighbors will all be there
And no one will know what to wear
So why sit and wait for the new world to begin

I got a lot
I gotta do just to get through
The end of the day
It hardly ever happens
But I go to sleep just the same anyway

And you can't believe in yourself
You can't believe in anyone else
So why sit and wait for the new world to begin

April Fool

Quittin' after one more last one
Tired of playin' the clown
If I want your opinion I'll ask ya
I can get myself down

Night driving without headlights
Waring sunglasses too
Looking good but sure don't feel right
Anything to be cool
Doin' hopscotch with my legs tied
Jumpin rope in wet cement
Black leather in midday sunshine
All your mother's money spent don' time on the metal detector

I'd like to drown in your pool
Covering up everything that's defective
Anything to be cool
A burning heart could be so cool
Won't you be my fashion victim
C'mon I'm an April fool for you

I'm a mid-spriing snowfall
Joke's on you I'm an April fool for you

Without a Trace

I fell in love with a hooker
She laughed in my face
So seriously I took her
I was a disgrace
I was out of line
I was out of place
Out of time to save face
See the open mouth of my suitcase
Saying leave this place
Leave without a trace

I tried to get a good job with honest pay
I might as well join the mob
The benefits are okay
Standing in the sun with a popsicle
Everything is possible
With a lot of luck and a pretty face
And some time to waste
Leave without a trace

I tried to dance at a funeral New Orleans style
I joined the Grave Dancers Union
I had to file
Trying to do the right thing play it straight
The right thing changes from state to state
Don't forget to take your mace
If you're out walking late
I liked to see your face
You left without a trace
Leave without a trace

Growing into You

You never grow out of mischief making
You never grow out of taking
You never grow out of complicating
When simple things are waiting
I'm growing into you

There's one thing that I know
That's perfectly clear
You never grow out of ear
You never grow out of contemplating
When it ain't worth debating
You never grow out of mistake making
You never grow out of faking
I'm growing into you

There's one thing that I know
That's perfectly clear
You never grow out of fear
Get over it

99%

I don't own you
But I know you're mine
Never disown you
Never treat you unkind
But once in awhile you get on my nerves
Once in a while you get what you deserve
I need you ninety-nine percent of the time

Ninety-nine percent of the time
If I asked you what's on your mind
Would you say me
Would they be thoughts unkind
Once in a while I'm not myself
Once in a while I think you're someone else
I want you ninety-nine percent of the time
Ninety-nine percent of the time

Let's move in together
Happily ever after
I can't touch you
But you feel so fine
Let's just stay like this
And waste some more time
Once in a while you get in my way
Once in a while you know I gotta say
I love ya ninety-nine percent of the time
Ninety-nine per cent of the time

The Sun Maid

Tell me how you get that shine
You must polish all the time
Though I know your job is thankless
They will thank you up in heaven

On the Sun Maid
Looking for the shade
The Sun Maid

Though they say she's not too bright
She takes care of all the light
Without you it's cold and stark
We would all be in the dark

Without the Sun Maid
Looking for the shade
She never gets paid
The Sun Maid

You are so taken for granted
WIth each and every seed that's planted
And the earth is so demanding
All the young girls are out tanning

With the Sun Maid
She's such and old maid
She never gets laid
Oh the Sun Maid

Now you're tired, your day is over
Now the moon is one day older