With beady black eyes, the bluebird has died It's feathers have dried, it couldn't survive From the winter's grasp nothing ever lasts But you and I know
Sad, blue, the world is upside down And birds fly backwards Cats, dogs, fall first upon the ground And birds fly backwards Packed bags in the hallway
Fingertips are all I have (Have you heard the sea?) The water's edge is all I have (Have you heard it breathe?) An endless sigh I cannot hear (Here I
If I could only see straight I wouldn't be lonely these days I'd drag my body out of this place And every Sunday I sleep and pray that my soul will keep
Take me far away And make me lose control For now I need to pray Think of forgotten souls Disappear from every sphere Watch them high Then slowly die
When the clock strikes, dead on midnight Books fly through the hall All the lampshades, turn and rotate She walks through the wall With hands in pockets
I wish you all the more success More than I could ever have I wish you most happiness Good friends are hard to find Don't make the mistakes I've made
When you're on your own You walk in the rain You walk around the house Then walk around it again You pretend, you're happy That you've got it all But
Making an appearance at the club tonight Playing some songs that I think are alright I'm not post-modern just a man who can bark And bite with teeth that
For days I've searched for the words So I don't make a mess of this I'll trade my eyes for a fleeting wish I woke at 7 a.m. The cold air was not becoming
Kids, you're our only hope Save us now, we need an antidote Kids, get out on the streets Through the smoke rise through the city heat You loved me like
Be my late night partner Oh, pull me from the crowd With all of your old records We'll drink 'til we pass out Where are the moments that I feel so alive
Well, I hope God protects your soul I don't know if you should leave home alone Maybe you've been drinking from the Devil's bowl I can't express myself
Once I was a shadow of a man Most dark nights my head was in it's hands I begged God to cure my aching limbs But He did nothing, He gave me no advice
In an empty cinema Loneliness When your old friends drift apart Loneliness Wandering 'round the house in the dark Loneliness Faded glory you're a broken
It's clear to us this love affair Has self combusted everywhere And I don't feel so debonair My piano collects dust A funeral with no mourners I wish
Oh baby can't you see when you get mad at me Your eyes light up your face? Oh baby, just admit if both my wrists were slit You'd bandage them with style
Scatterbraine, they smoked you out of the foxhole Scatterbraine, you act like a priest in a brothel Naive charm, the idiot boy from the farm Father tried
