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Prettier Than You
Zasu Pitts
That sun had beat him down
From ear to ear he wore his favorite frown.
His throat so dry it made no sound.
He's his only source of truth
That he's bending for his use.
He found a map to show the route
To ZASU PITTS
He is the stranger here,
His sweaty brow can sense the danger's near.
He feels the highway in his ears.
He needs just a neeting glimpse
That's a temporary lift,
And relief from who he is.
Where's ZASU PITTS
Oh god, I'm all alone here
Surrounded but not a drop to drink.
I'm shod in walk on water shoes,
But tripped up in the wind that blew,
And have to care about what you think.
And I know you stink.
Where's ZASU PITTS
Oh, I'm a relic and an heirloom
Handed down to see how long long long I keep.
I'm the silent movie actor who
Took a chance to talk to you.
And you said that it would pollute your ears.
Oh, like your air's so clear.
Where's ZASU PITTS
That sun had beat him down
From dirty looks down to the sandy ground.
His poverty's a long commute.
He's his only source of truth
That he's bending for his use.
He bought a map to show the route
To ZASU PITTS
Oh god, I'm all alone here
Surrounded but not a drop to drink.
I'm shod in walk on water shoes,
But tripped up in the wind that blew,
And have to care about what you think.
And I know you stink.
Where's ZASU PITTS
Disillusioned Days
Hey, come with me even though you think you're tired.
Let's drown in miracles and exquisitely expire.
In our pockets all our change was kept.
It's burnt a hole and we need something else to spend.
But just like swallows all our troubles came to take
The brightness from our lives that once they wouldn't faze
In less disillusioned days.
Through the ether that our dreams can make,
Some could trickle down to what's making up these days.
When all seemed possible and was coming true.
If today wasn't long enough, then tomorrow we could use.
But just like swallows all our troubles came to take
The brightness from our lives that once they wouldn't faze
In less disillusioned days.
Hey, come with me even though you think you're tired.
Let's drown in miracles and exquisitely expire.
But just like swallows all our troubles came to take
The brightness from our lives that once they wouldn't faze
In less disillusioned days.
Mixed Up
For this they had to wait,
This play that was supposed to be a hit.
The sets and decorations wasted
On an idiot's script.
On an idiot's script.
The costumes draped in shame
On player's backs who had to wear them
Through a plot that was a bore
To everyone except me,
Who found it true.
But I'm all mixed up.
I'm all mixed up.
The director hid his face,
A work this poor just had to be a trick.
He'd been set up for a fall
And this writer will be made to pay for it.
And he's all mixed up.
He's all mixed up.
These people must be paid and nothing can be saved.
It's your failure that you're going to have to face.
Like the critics that make you squirm and bury you in verbs
And some that you are certain must be fake.
But you're all mixed up.
For this they had to wait,
This play that was supposed to be a hit.
I'm all mixed up.
I'm all mixed up.
I'm all mixed up.
Every Night She Glows
I got lost
From the top
And I'm behind
From a breath
To a breeze
I wait in line
But the toss and turn despair
Is affecting how you fare
You get left back in the dark
While she's leaving all her marks
And your mark is just a bruise
From a pinch
To a squeeze
She glows
Turn a cheek and start to plead
'Cause fighters only bleed
They never really hurt
They want just desserts
For when they come to
Every night she glows
With a head
Like a rock
She glows
She has never failed
She shines above the rest
She took a shine to me
And then blinded me I guess
If fortune favors bolder
Even aiming low
Then every night she glows
Another night is cold
She glows
Every night she glows
From a shine to a sheen
She glows
Every night she glows
But the toss and turn despair
Is affecting how you fare
You get left back in the dark
While she's leaving all her marks
And your mark is just a bruise
Every night she glows
From a pinch
To a squeeze
She glows
She has never failed
She shines above the rest
She took a shine to me
And then blinded me I guess
If fortune favors bolder
Even aiming low
Then every night she glows
Another night is cold
Every night she glows
Every night she glows
Every night she glows
Every night she glows
The Piper
Never been one to be reckless,
Unless he knows it's ok,
Never lets on that he knows it,
'Cause it would ruin the game.
He's got a credible witness,
Like a picture from space,
Cigarettes burning like incense,
'Cause all he wants is the taste.
He's the piper
And he'll take you through the wild and blue.
Just a spoonful of anger,
And a pinch of release,
Just enough that will shock you,
And get you back in one piece.
He's the piper
And he'll take you through the wild and blue.
Just a spoonful of anger,
And a pinch of release,
Just enough that will shock you,
And get you back in one piece.
He's the piper
And he'll take you through the wild and blue.
He's the piper
And he'll take you through the wild and blue.
Comets
I knew the ugly truth but was afraid to say.
I could get the boot and in a sensitive place.
I saw my future, I knew where'd I'd go.
So you know why I chose the way I chose.
If you would take me, I just had to know.
I had to know.
It looked far too bleak, it looked harder to move.
From the gutter I'd leap, my menthols would be Kools.
I'm incidental till I stretch out my arms,
But don't want to stretch too far from where you are.
It's coincidental that I'm right on the mark.
I want to show my mom.
Like looking up in the sky right over your head your head
And to never see that comet pass by again.
Right over your head,
And to never see that comet pass by again.
I'm a broken glass held up for some more.
But crumbles in a grasp, and falls to the floor.
I'm incidental till I stretch out my arms,
But don't want to stretch too far from where you are.
It's coincidental that I'm right on the mark.
I want to show my mom.
Like looking up in the sky right over your head your head
And to never see that comet pass by again.
Right over your head,
And to never never never never again.
Like looking up in the sky right over your head your head
And to never see that comet pass by again.
Never again,
Never again,
Never again.
Far From Happy
So you're slipping on the floor you waxed
Just like a far from lucky ant pushed on it's back.
Hired hands give you the stand you lack
While pretending in a glance you never lapsed.
You never lapsed.
Careful steps mark out your recent slip
See the hold you had to grip white knuckles pinch.
Cheerful gestures start to come off stiff
"Why came all of this?" reads on your lips.
Reads on your lips.
And I'm far from happy with you.
Far from happy, happy with you.
Far from happy with you.
Far from happy, happy with you.
So you're glossing over gaping cracks
That are standing hard and fast for what you lack.
In the ruins of your chosen path,
For to have another chance is all you ask.
Is all you ask.
And I'm far from happy with you.
Far from happy, happy with you.
Far from happy with you.
Far from happy, happy with you.
There's no more glitter thrown on this parade.
Brass bands that tarnish don't shine when they play.
'Cause there was something on break
That they had the pleasure to taste.
And I'm far from happy with you.
Far from happy, happy with you.
Far from happy with you.
Far from happy, happy with you.
Far from happy with you
Fall Together
Now that we've come this far,
Now that we've fell apart,
Let's fall together.
Why not?
And see
What we got...
'Cause everything's in its place,
No matter what we've done or say,
Let's fall together in shape.
In form,
In name,
Together.
When the old car seems
A little bit beyond repair,
You know.
And when your lows are
Seeming to drag too long,
Some say."let go."
Let go.
Steal away the hours
That rust and rat and sour,
Let's fall together
And drop
'Til time
Will stop,
Forever
Let's fall together.
'Cause when you're up,
You move around with extra care
Because you know
That it's tough to stay up,
Being well aware
Of what's below.
Now that we've come this far,
Now that we've fell apart,
Let's fall together.
Why not?
And see
What we got
Together
'Cause when you're up,
You move around with extra care
Because you know
That it's tough to stay up,
Being well aware
Of what's below.
Let's fall together.
Let's fall together.
Let's fall together.
In the Pink
You thought you were in the pink.
You were there for so long it was making ya think.
You opened up your big mouth.
As soon as you did you had a big falling out,
And n-n-now.
Now I have to blush
At all that's dug up and all of the fuss.
Just look out below.
You'd think the faster you crashed the more that you'd glow.
But n-n-no.
One eye is on the other,
One foot's inside the door,
And one's in my mouth.
To know that this is closer
Than what you counted on before
Is flipping you out.
One eye is on the other,
One foot's inside the door,
And one's in your mouth.
To know that this is closer
Than what you counted on before
Is flipping you out.
So you're thrown from the pink
And spend all your time getting back to the thing.
And you howl and you pray
For you to be thrilled in the pinkest of ways,
But hey hey hey.
One eye is on the other,
One foot's inside the door,
And one's in my mouth.
To know that this is closer
Than what you counted on before
Is flipping you out.
One eye is on the other,
One foot's inside the door,
And one's in my mouth.
To know that this is closer
Than what you counted on before
Is flipping you out.
The Real Thing
Your lamp burns lightly the night that's lonesome beyond our years.
In cellophane blankets, we're leftovers that might
Make it through June and then maybe July.
Kiss the ether remains still filling our empty rooms.
Trying to tell if the scent is still true,
It's ringing a bell, I think I hear it too.
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing.
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing.
Rest betrays some whose needs of it are beyond its reach.
Separate and longing for shackles to break
That hold us apart just like a mistake.
Your lamp burns lightly the night that's lonesome beyond our years.
What once would have passed with a minimum plight
Makes me wonder if I will survive.
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing.
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing.
Everything is cold or dead
When I get this way,
Like everyone has gone to bed
In contented days.
Contented days.
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing.
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing.
No this ain't messin''round it's the real thing.
No this...
All They Do
This was your life in you flowing unknowing of being.
Oh, yea.
This was tbe plight you were sewing and loathing to see.
Oh, yea.
Oh, yea.
It was your right they were forthright with their might to own.
Oh. yea.
They'll steal what was your life and turn a shy deaf eye that knows.
Oh, yea.
'Cause the hell of their dreams hangs over your beds,
And the right they are faced is what's left of their heads.
And they'll never see you again.
All they do, they do for you.
All they do, they do for you.
All they do...
They're painfully human just like those who choose them to say.
Oh, yea.
In a rise to occasions, mistakens can make some mistakes.
Oh, yea.
'Cause the hell of their dreams hangs over your beds.
And the right they are faced is what's left of their heads,
And they'll never see you again.
All they do, they do for you.
All they do, they do for you.
All they do, they do...
Welcome aboard the brand new Christian.
This is your cherished fate.
There's no room for more, just disappear.
And don't show your bastard face.
Bow to the saints who appoint themselves
To save you from mother's claims.
Crawl through the gates they say are in hell
And go back to where from you came.
All they do, they do for you.
All they do, all they do, they do for you.
All they do, they do, all they do for you
All they do, all they do, all they do...
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