I wake up in a panic every morning, like there's something I forgot to do. Something so important I start shaking. It takes a lot of coffee to calm me down.
I’ve got every disease known to man Waiting patiently, inside me,
To surprise me, when I least expect it
"Company of Strangers"
“Muscular legs stompin’ out the boulevard, Muscular face and lips about a mile large.”
" Let’s Make Love (on the floor of the liquor store) "
“It takes a twelve-pack of beer just to look in the mirror "
teenage acne
"There’s somebody layin’ in my doorway, They appear to be breathin’, but who really cares ?”
" Another Successful Breakfast"
“If I do what I wanna do, I’ll go to jail for a year or two if I stay in my living room, I’ll never get over the hill.”
" Over the Hill"
“I keep my eyes open and my mouth shut and I don’t take from the till,
You gave me a number but my name is Bill”
"Ideal Employee #743"
Daddy raised his children to believe eccomonical dreams When prices started fallin' that's when Daddy got down on his knees"
‘Lookin' out for rocks and twigs, you know you miss majestic things “
" House of Love"
“Went to an auction, over my head. Old lady died, 40 bucks to get in.
She had some fine stuff, went for millions,
She didn’t get a dime, neither did I.”
" Why Try ? "
“What’s so great about Happiness anyway?”
" What’s So Great About Happiness ?"
“She makes him toast and irons his clothes
He learns there's things he’ll never know.”
" Another Train"
“I went down to the shopping mall but I knew I wouldn’t buy a thing,
Just walk around with my head held down
Tryin’ to be a part of something”
" Nowhere in the World"
“We never had time for the things that we wanted to do,
when we saved up enough to be happy,
its true in the end all you have is a moment or two.
" Company of Strangers"
“They set you up while you’re still in the swing,
with one big push you could have anything.”
"An American Bum"
“It feels so good sometimes, to reset your mind
to the Universal Time
and simply let your fleshy body go.”
" A Little Livin’ Left To Do"
“Imagine the shocked surprise on your friends and family,
As you leave the comfort of home for the raging sea,
with a guy like me, on an insane trip
to trace the roots of humanity.”
" Voyage to Afghanistan"
“I stole 5 dollars from myself .”
" Off "
“Pluckin out a leaf from a tree as she passes by, I touch greenery a lot , when i walk She's a lot like me . "
" Let’s Make Love (on the floor of the liquor store) "
when I saw myself standin’ next to me
I couldn’t help but see the similarity
had faded like somebodies
two-week vacation summer tan.”
"A Dog Called Man"
I wake up in a panic every morning, like there's something I forgot to do. Something so important I start shaking. It takes a lot of coffee to calm me down. I'm living in an old abandoned drug store. Probably couldn't compete with the CIA. I should've listened to Jim Morrisson. Only lawyers survive the heat in LA
another smoke another drink another dirty magazine another slow suicide attempted
another successful breakfast
There's someone laying in my doorway. They appear to be breathing but who really cares.Summer sun can't cut the fog of air polution. We're all being cooked for breakfast today. another smoke , another drink, another dirty magazine another slow suicide attempted
another successful breakfast
A dollar-thirty-nine, gets me three eggs. potatoes and time,Time to figure out a place to stay, A quarter buys a paper. New statistics on tne Homeless. There's not a whole lot left to say.
another smoke , another drink, another dirty magazine another slow suicide attemptedanother successful breakfast.
the company of strangers
hi, how are you ? how was your weekend ? and what are we going to do. today ? No. I'm OK. It's just that this office is starting to feel like a cage. in the distance, it shines like a beakon. offering shelter to the lost and the weakened. but here. in this room. I've whiled away hours and planted the flowers of doom, in my life. smiles, like they say, can wipe away saddness, but this little game's here to stay. FOR AN INSTANT I thought I knew you. That day you broke down and smashed up the cooler. crystal cool water drencend all the carpet. wild nervous laughter filled out department. as you screamed out, " Hey what you say ? Why don't we start our own company, and we'll call it the Company of Strangers."
for twenty-five years I have sat by your side typing letters and memos for people who hide behind doorways with titles in hallways of horrible crime. we never had time for the things that we wanted to do when we saved up enough to be happy. it's true in the end all you have is a moment or two.
but, "Hey what you say ? Why don't we start our own company, and we'll call it the Company of Strangers."
Find Lyrics for Individual CD's below
Another Successful Breakfast Voyage To Afghanistan Children of the Milkman Wind is Falling in Love Cruelty of Gravity Other Releases
LEARNING TO PRETEND
When you wake up in the morning,
Can of beer in your hand,
And your mouth feels like a pillow,
And your head is hurting bad,
When the wind comes crawling through your window,
Calling you to follow it again,
You might feel that your life is not your own
It’s always waiting up around the bend,
LEARNING TO PRETEND
As you drive down crowded freeways,
Bright-White-Fear fills your eyes,
And you think you feel so desperate,
But we all feel that way most the time.
Don’t be scared of fantastic new illusions
They may turn out to be your only friends,
Find a groove and
let it
take you down the highway,
You might never find
that kind of groove again,
And the magic of the moment just lasts an instant
When you see it gotta’ grab it, Won’t be hangin ‘round,
Won’t be hangin’ round too long.
LEARNING TO PRETEND
LEARNING ALL YOUR LIFE THEN
YOU’RE LEARNING ONCE AGAIN
LEARNING TO PRETEND
When the view you used to be so used to
Gets flattened by some fat and angry men,
And you can’t remember why you came here
but you’re leaving once again, you’re
LEARNING TO PRETEND
ANOTHER TRAIN
A mother tries to tell her
son,
where she’s been and what she’s done,
She never can reveal a thing
and hates herself for makin such a scene.
The wild enchanted world awaits,
he’s itching so, to cr'ash the gate,
Through all the long and sleepless nights,
she pictures him in senseless bloody fights.
IF ITS ALL THE SAME TO YOU
I’LL JUST TAKE ANOTHER TRAIN
His father who’s been far away,
shows up inside his head one day,
His questions pierce her very soul,
truth is one thing no one can control.
She makes him toast and irons his clothes,
he learns there’s things he’ll never know,
He goes to bed with doubts so deep,
dreams of vengeance, one day they’ll all see.
IF ITS ALL THE SAME TO YOU
I’LL JUST TAKE ANOTHER TRAIN
years fall down like dying leaves,
they never fill a hole this deep,
the need for someone never seen ,
consumes his heart and burns relentlessly...........
Bar to bar and bed to bed,
a child is born the dream is dead,
He never can reveal a thing
and hates himself for creating such a scene.
IF ITS ALL THE SAME TO YOU
I’LL JUST TAKE ANOTHER TRAIN,
A LITTLE LIVIN’ LEFT TO DO
All around this town
they’ve been knockin’ me down,
Sayin’ I’m a hopeless case.
They’ve seen me drunk
on the street too many times,
Fallin down on my face.
I know the drinkin’s gotta go,
But it feels so good sometimes,
To reset your mind to the universal time,
and simply let your fleshy body go.
RAISE YOUR GLASS TO ME
‘CAUSE I’LL BE QUITTIN SOON
‘TIL THEN,
I GOT LITTLE LIVIN LEFT TO DO
Lazy afternoon in the middle of June,
And the sun has been so kind,
Girls are laughing
and wearing next to nothing,
Gotta’ get that next to mine.
I fill my glass like I filled up the last,
I know my life is slippin slowlydown the tube,
Soon Im smilin’ and swayin’ in the breeze
Of an old familiar tune.
Monday morning, though I’ve sworn it all off
I find myself at
the liquor store,
Just a few to round it all out,
Soon Im back for more.
Six beers and a pack of smokes later
and Im back on the phone,
Callin’ friends all around the world
‘Cause I don’t wanna’ drink alone.
RAISE YOUR GLASS TO ME
‘CAUSE I’LL BE QUITTIN SOON
‘TIL THEN,
I GOT LITTLE LIVIN LEFT TO DO
(and it never feels out of place)
I’m just lookin’ for a job,
Maybe I could mow your lawn,
Cool lemonade in the warm suburban sun,
After the job was done, ‘cause
I WAS IDEAL EMPLOYEE #743
I KEEP MY EYES OPEN
AND MY MOUTH SHUT
AND I DON’T TAKE FROM THE TILL
YOU GAVE ME A NUMBER
BUT MY NAME IS BILL
I’m just lookin’ for a job,
Somethin’ to keep me occupied,
I wanted to save the world,
But that doesn’t pay,
I’m back on the streets today,
I WAS IDEAL EMPLOYEE #743
I CAN PASS YOUR PISS TEST
THEN YOU CAN PISS ON ME
I’M UNDER THE GUN
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
And I’ll do a good job for you,
Yeah I’ll do my best,
And I’ll do everything for you,
I’ll do my best
I WAS IDEAL EMPLOYEE #743
THEY PROMISED THE WORLD TO ME
BUT I DIDN’T GET ANYTHING
PROGRESS MARCHES ON, AN’ SO SHOULD I
UNDER THE GUN IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
I WAS PROUD TO BE 743
HERE’S TO YOU 744.
SANTA CLAUS (2:46)
I’ve got every disease known to man
Waiting patiently, inside me,
To surprise me, when I least expect it,
But I ain’t got no one to love,
Got a notebook full of words,
Wood guitar, plastic bird,
Got a bus pass to Vegas
And two condoms, just in case,
But I ain’t got no one to love,
“LOVE EVERYONE,”
SANTA CLAUS SAID,
AS HE PERCHED
NAKED ON MY
BED
“LOVE EVERYONE
AND YOU’LL BE FREE,
BUT FIRST YOU GOTTA LOVE ME”.
Do you remember the day
You found out Santa Claus
was just a game ?
Were you angry or afraid ?
Could you ever trust anyone
in your life again?
You just lost someone you loved,
OVER THE HILL (3:41)
If I do what I wanna’ do,
I’ll go to jail for a year or two.
If I stay in my living room,
I’ll never get over the hill.
Sherman Oaks, they got a lot to do,
Shopping malls, swimming pools,
A lotta’ pretty people
an they all wanna’ screw,
But I never got over the hill. .
I tried to analyze this fear inside
breakin’ through.
If you agree to run off with me ,
We’ll run in the sun
‘til the sun finally finds its way out,
check it out,
Met a girl under somebody’s table,
Shared a smile an a mashed potato,
Said she loved me but she just wasn’t able,
She couldn’t get over the hill
Thinking’ back to the days
spent in high school,
Science teachers would always
eyeball you,
Wish I’d seen the left side of the menu,
I might gone over the hill
a dog called Man
when I saw myself standin' next to me
I couldn't help but see the similarity
had faded like somebody’s two week summer tan
one had a problem and one had a dog he called Man
when the king came down to the truck-stop town
there was a big parade and a big let-down
we thought that an answer was there in his uncalloused hand
one had a problem and one had a dog he called Man
meanwhile outside, noone walked alone at night
the missionaries left on ferries bound for foreign sanctuaries
one held a sign that said, " Its Time
to forget your problems and find food for that dog called Man
From the mountain tops to the corner bar
the word went out, it was happy-hour
we all went searching for meaning in tiny little cans
to help solve the problem we called on that dog
he called Man
It was a giant dog, almost 40 feet
as the day went on we knew it had to eat
we offered our lemons we offered our tasty homemade pies
the dog ate religion with soda and large order fries
God
God came down from heaven yesterday
gave me somethin everybody else threw away
found it made my life much beter than before
to tell you the truth I can’t explain too much at all
I can’t tell anybody
what happened to me
I can’t tell anybody
How does that make you feel
Crossin the street and the lights all look the same
but people seem hypnotized and incapable of change
You start up your engines and you run all your life
tryin’ to find somewhere where you finally have time
I can’t tell anybody what happened to me
I can’t tell anybody how does that make you feel
time is a concept, that ruins everything
time was a mistake, everything is
the
whole is impossible to a tiny little mind
gotta take the leap of faith and leave death far behind
I can’t tell anybody
what happened to me
I can’t tell anybody
How does that make you feel
I can’t tell anybody
the answer is an obvious thing
I can’t tell anybody
What am I supposed to sing
i understood, i could never understand
thats where faith comes in an takes you by the hand
God came down from heaven yesterday
appeared in the face of a queer an tokd me what to say
the leaf cannot understand its nurishment
just bst to admit you know nothing at all
god invited me to a garden far away
and there was my mother , though i know she passed away
and i had to ask, if anyone at all
had any idea who ,or why or when it was
time is a concept, that ruins everything
time was a mistake, everything is
the whole is impossible to a tiny little mind
gotta take
the leap of faith and leave death behind
what do you do now, you know what can be done
who do you call when the notes have all gone wrong
what do you climb , when the mountain is a word
who do you ask when the answer is a bird
the mob came down from heaven yesterday
to collect a bet that had longgsince washed away
told me i was to do their dirty deed
where to go , and exactly what id need
Jn 1974, the world was destroyed in a nuclear war
and no one can remember except for me
‘Cause I was up on a hill
as the sky grew white and still
adn I felt completely at peace while i was melting
I imagine you, and you iimagine me
together we’re making love imaginarily
It shoook me straight to the bone
To be instantlly so alone
But one by one the trees all re-appeared
I guess every tree lives on in memory]
and memories never die ,
they just fet better
I imagine you, and you iimagine me
together we’re making love imaginarily
I fall in love with you
you hate me like you do
But Id imagine thats what you’re supposed to do
don’t question what we’re feeling
one doubt could send us reeling
back into the nothingness of 74
In 1975 after a year of wondering if Im alive
I finally realize just what my life is
anything you dream is alive as you and me
and anything you want you already have
the children know its true
they believe in me and you
listen to them laugh their day away
back down to the deserts killing floor
back in a box looking for something more
I imagine you, stand ing in the nude
out in the forrest of a million dreams
i fall in love with you,. then we’re touching too
isn’t that wwhat were supposed to do
you know I run a home for the hopeless
formerly good people gone astray
Im here to ask you all for some money
To keep our little place warm and safe
I’d like to thank you first for the dinner
the chocolate moose was such a grand delight
but do you care about the lost and the forgotten
enough to write a big fat check tonight ?
our little place
we’ve got prostitutes and aids
we’ve got burglars. deviant poets, and thieves
religious nuts who act out Bible stuff
like killin their kids for publicity
Im sure you must agree that its our duty
To help a fallen Birdie fly again
We’ve gotta lift them up, so they can live like us
Eat Dorrittos, take vacations and watch TV
Our little place
we’ve got a man with half a face
whose step-dad took a blow-torch to his head
in our little home
we’ve got a girl who sits alone
combing her pubic hair with a chainsaw
but its nice in the evening, when everything calms down
and you can hear little crickets in the darkness makin that chirpin
sound.....
Right down the hall you’ll find heroin
and tall little vials of a drug you never heard of
On a trip to the john
You might cross paths with cross-eyed Juan
swingin his knife on a three-day binge
and though he means you no harm
hes hearin voices than alarm
and inform him that you have a secret plan
Thank god you got me
to contain this surly lot
or they’d be climbin the walls up onto your yacht
but its nice in the evening, when everything calms down
and you can hear little crickets in the darkness makin that chirpin
sound.....
and have you ever known a cricket who went bad ?
all lyrics copyright 1995- 2009 Quazmo-Fate Publishing BMI