Stonewallese
If you dream it
They will speak it

[Got a dream, it won’t quit, you’re standing on top of it]

Sunset Keith
We’ll be with you
If they kick you

Wonders cease
In the silence
Like a virus

Be a siren

Don’t wait
For them
To whisper “when”
Be flawlessly lawless
Again and again  

They won’t wait
For you
To frame
The truth
So be flawlessly lawless
Again and again

[You got so you could not recognize yourself]

A golden gun was sold in the summer
And a one-ton tiger to my ten-ton dad

A golden gun was given to my mother
And a one-ton tiger that my brother fed

A silver pen was given to my sister
And a two-ton tiger napping in his cage

The gift you give to us
Come to me, my pet

A golden gun was used in the summer
And a ten-ton tiger on the prowl on the prowl

A golden gun was buried in the summer
And a ten-ton tiger sleeping next to it

Gitche Gumee like a river pushing out at the seams
A lot of knowledge in the water if you know what I mean
Poison Appalachian trails in the woods of your heart
I see a twinkle in your fangs, so take us back to the start

Say what will, little wolf, little still
But you see so many birds in the trees

Say what you will, little wolf, little still   
Making suppers out of fish in the sea

You look so fine
Look so fine

So sock it to me she was sinking into Joshua Tree
Apologetic as a politician licking her teeth

Hallelujah

I’m living under cover of darkness
Two dozen truths and a lie
I’m living in an infinite weekend
Counting on you like you count down the time

The power, power, power
Your power, power, power
I want you bad

I lost you in the rush of the morning
Left me behind with the weekend drugs

I been up nights
been sniffing out the clues
keep getting pulled at by the gravity
that hovers over you

one hundred feet
with jack and dennis on the door
i saw the angles then, my friend
we poured and mixed them on the floor

loafers, yachts and microphones
the ghost of illinois just bought a home

plants the seed and prunes it right
picks the fruit and names a handsome price

mean as he please
he tightens up the slack
he builds the whole entire scene
with one hand tied behind his back

don't you rock the boat
don't you ape the lights
he's got 'em tuned up like a piano
and he likes 'em nice and bright

sucks on pennies, kiss the boss
shine that blood up double cherry gloss

the cold producer knows his staff
you disappear if you can't make him laugh

don't leave me up to my devices again
my devices are old
and they're boring my friends

don't leave me up to my devices again
'cause they're flooding my heart again

It starts when the shadows press
Down heavy on my sheets
You ain’t looking at me
I am holding my breath

Childlike you answer
Every question with your eyes
Words that paralyze
Words that paralyze

And I try to fight it
But your fingerprints are violent
And they’re everywhere
In vivid black and blue

I start to wonder
How distracted will I get
When every move I make just
Triggers an image of you

Every time that neon light
Ignites on Beacon Street
Every time the war is on the news
Every time it’s deep July
The grinding of your teeth
My God I’ll know
That there’ll be no forgetting you

Fresh starts and easy hearts
Been closing the space between
What I say and what I mean
I been getting my swagger back

‘Round goes the calendar
With good things on my mind (like)
History’s unkind (but)
I inherit no legacies

I can’t believe it
When I turn around and see it:
After all this time
Your ghost between sheets

I try to fight it
But those memories are wild
And their Technicolor shadows start to creep all over me

Sit tight, it’s gonna hurt
Stay right, but let it burn
Bright lights will only set you free

Only in the evening does he make his presence known
A holy rollin' ocean at his feet
Doctor doctor help this man
He's sick on cigarettes again
He's stuck on pulling secrets from the deep

Holy ghost nobody knows why he can't rest his weary soul
"Come and play this part we've built for you."
And I say, "Don't you dare apologize
Just open up those crimson eyes
Keep swimming in that phosphorescent blue."

You are not your badge and gun
Or everything to everyone

Only in the evening do I make my presence known
A holy rollin' ocean at my feet
Doctor I don't wanna fight
I'm out on new frontiers tonight
Best you keep your distance when I dream

Holy ghost I think you know
Why I don't rest my weary bones
I finally found me something I believe
I'll never once apologize
I'll open up my eager eyes

Pick up the pieces of your pride again
Don't mind the voices in your heart
Pick up the pieces of your pride again
'Cause we both know that girl was poison from the start

Pick up the pieces of your pride again
I seen you chasing like a dog
Pick up the pieces of your pride again
That girl's a dancer and she's stompin' on your heart

It stands to reason that you mighta done her wrong
It stands to reason that you mighta meant her ill
Light outta LA, find them San Francisco hills

Leave your peace of mind
It'll wait, it's got the time
It'll wait for you
Now it's time to go
A holy rollin' ocean, Oh
Out there it waits for you

Pick up the pieces of your pride again
They say you're shopping 'round for pearls
Pick up the pieces of your pride again
I hear you found yourself a good Midwestern girl

It stands to reason that you'll never do her wrong
It stands to reason that you'll never do her wrong
So come back to LA where the both of you belong

Back in town, I got some money, got a job for myself
And I can put the piss and vinegar back onto the shelf
Thanks and please, open seas, eggs and toast to your health
Back in town, I got some money, got a job for myself

In a syncopated sun, I have found my place
I can feel it in my lungs and I am not afraid

It's a graceful collection of lights in my head
Of oceans and beautiful heat
Cold is the cowboy with no place to go
And so it's hotels and hometowns for me

I got my daddy's jaw for taking punches
I got his rock & roll
I got a girl, she got my heart
I got two mothers with soul
I got half a dozen unrelated brothers
And a real one at home
And California, California, California my home

I'm so tired, I can't find the beat
Of the distant deep explosions in my chest
I can see you're quite the record breaking tease
And a ghost to all this patience that you test

So I break it up and shake it out
And walk offstage
Watch the rain melt the buildings to the street
Run home and peel away all these
Shiny faces that I wore today
And make stupid little preparations for the week

You cut me once, I'm afraid to dance
You cut me twice, this is what I call
A little red line romance
You cut me once, I'm afraid to dance
And my face begins to change

I smoke the wrong end of my cigarettes
And I look for friends
In anything that's easy to explain
Nothing seems to chase the ghosts away
And I swear to God
That this loneliness has got to have a name

Breakdown, crackpot,
Tolerant television 'cause I need a lot
And the price is right when I can't crack a smile
And don't be scared of flights of hundred-mile stares
At your reflection of examples of denial

1 2, 3 4
I count my blessings, then I'm out the door
Gonna pray myself a little ticket out this place
Yes please, two lumps
I fix my tie, then I cock the gun
Gonna blow away all these cobwebs in perfect taste

I rose hell from a jail cell
I couldn't count another crack in the floor
Left blood and sweat on the prison gate
When I ran out the front door
But now I'm free

I done my time as an Other One
But I still can't shake the chill
Gonna squeeze and heat with all my friends
Gonna lose my breath and still
I will be free

When I die, when I die
I hope you pour one out for me
When I die, when I die
I hope you'll be there

Mr. Rigby, he goes and leans against the fence
And he wonders where in heaven's name
His wife has gone

Mrs. Tom believes that her luck is heaven sent
When from the depths of outer space
She hears a song

My lungs were tight in black and white
I could not greet the moon
Now every little drop of blood I taste
Is the greatest little piece of news

I see her there when the river's low
And the streets begin to buzz
The world has tilted on its feet
'Cause I find myself in love
And I'm completely free

Welcome to my renaissance
3, 2, 1, submission
Cigarette butts and a little talk
Are the tickets for admission

everyone kindly get down on the floor
did anyone remember what gideon's bible was for?
take a seat and blow your mind,
it won't be long before you find
some freedom.

it's a matter of triplets to twins
when the end don't know where to begin
i put a finger on both of my lips
and my tongue and my teeth are as tight as it gets

'cause i feel a change in temperature
like pins and needles skin
red sun rise with the mercury
a change without from a dream within

and it's bright beneath these eyelids
there ain't nobody gonna keep me silent
a brand new day's about to rattle & hum
days of grace are what i'm feeling
these winds of change, they got me reeling

hold that thought for a second or two
let the gods take a good look at you
and wind you up for a moment in flight
but your time in the sky will last more than tonight

'cause i found a great spectacular
sweet piece of morning glow
red sun horizon glitters on the cobblestones
to a tune that goes like...

take some time to think me over
take some time to take me in
when you give to me what i give to you
like a shadow i'm back and i love you all over again

here i lie beneath the ocean
blue and green was on my mind
here we drive beside the ocean
mermaids are singing on I-95

fell asleep last night without you
woke the morning pretty much the same
although i dreamed of you in those greens and blues
to me you're a beautiful hue of a color i can't seem to name

thinking of you, wasting my time away
under the sea, wasting my time
i'm loving you, taking my time, you see
i'm loving you

here i lie beneath the ocean

walk, talk
just like an elephant with
hot shocks
of very beautiful and
taut thoughts
that closes eyes to the impossible

dream weave
like a fanatic in your
green sheets
it's automatic, you should
trust me
so pick your possible

'cause i see it in you

thin skin
little formulas
predictions
and all that normal is
all fiction:
the skinny fractions of impossible

see me
as your protection in the
palm trees
and every section of your
hot dreams
as vivid as possible
'cause i see it in you
indelible, beautiful you

month to month and so courageous
write, rip, read and turn my pages
you deserve this introduction:
shoots and leaves without compunction
find a line that shines and cross it
time to stab your albatrosses
time to pen and ink your opus
time can never ever choke us

so smart
a combination of your
head and your art
the education of a
passionate heart
the cultivation of possible

remember, dear
the spell is lifted in
december, dear
when optimistically
assembled gears
spin for the possible

'cause i see it in you
indelible beautiful you

when left alone to do all the things a good boy should
i get to wondering and wandering up above
what about this greenery, these Hollywoods, these vines
that creeped and crawled and carried us
and showed us how to love?

these snowflake words we spoke into the atmosphere
just sucked up solid, dropped, and shattered under us
what about these other ones who by the grace of God
wait in the wings for things, for another one so curious?

bienvenido ray my friend
the midnight ghost, she's back again

and she lets us watch her
from a window up above
she spins the sunlight like a song
we could deconstruct her
but we mesmerize instead
from behind the clouds where we belong

reason one meet season two
there's scientific summer sound about you
you conduct your arms, run off you tracks
that graceful ghost, she's all of that
she sings like angels sick with love,
forgets to realize that we above
have tattooed angels on both our arms
yeah, me and ray we look down from the stars

the borealis cracks my lense
and hypnotized we both begin to descend