Teeth Like God's Shoeshine -
From the top of the ocean - yeah
From the botton of the sky - goddamn
Well I get claustrophobic
I can you know that I can
And he said:
"I am not allowed much danger
keep in line you're an old friend stranger,
you'll burn me in effigy and I'll burn you in effigy."
A rattle snake up in buffalo Montana
he bit the leg of the old sheriff
Ha! That boy fell down on his harelip -Ow! Ow!
Well I might be wrong
but you you tag along
and we we all been wronged
and I get dizzier by the mile
Said hell ya! The money's spent
went to the county line
and paid the rent said "Uh-Oh."
Oh! If you could compact your conscience
Oh! And you might.
Oh! If you could bottle and sell it you might have done
Oh! And you might
Oh! If you could compact your conscience
and sell it save it for another time
you might have to use it.
And the televisions gone
Go to the grocery store, buy some new friends
and find out the beginning, the end and the best of it
Well, do you need a lot of what you've got to survive?
Here's the man with teeth like God's shoeshine
He sparkles shimmers shines
let's all have another Orange Julius
Thick syrup standing in lines
The malls are the soon to be ghost towns
so long, farewell, good-bye
Take 'em all for the long ride
and you'll go around town
no one wants to be uptight anymore
You can be ashamed
or be so proud of what you've done
but not no one, not now, not ever or anyone
take 'em all for the sense of happiness
that comes from hurting deep down inside
Or you can walk the line and give a shit
I'm on the corner of this and this and this and this
and its all all wrong, and its all all gone
Well, you can add it up and give a shit
go to the family doctor
Its all worth it
and its all all gone, and its all all wrong
Here's the man with teeth like God's shoeshine
He sparkles shimmers shines
let's all have another Orange Julius
Thick syrup standing in lines
The malls are the soon to be ghost towns
so long, farewell, good-bye
And the telephone goes off
pick the receiver up, try to meet ends
and find out the beginning, the end and the best of it
Heart Cooks Brain
Its land mine
Its coal mine
it's a bad thought
I'm on my way to god don't know
my brain's the burger
and my hearts the coal
I'm trying to get my head clear
I push things out through
my mouth but get refilled through my ears
I get refilled through my ears
I'm on my way to go don't know or care
My brains the weak heart
and my heart's the long stairs
Inland from Vancouver's shores
the ravens and the seagulls
push each other inward and outward
In this place that I call home
my brain's a cliff
and my heart's the bitter buffalo
We tore one down and erected another there
the match of the century:
absence vs. thin air
I'm on my way to god don't know
my brain's the burger
and my hearts the coal
I'm trying to get my head clear
I push things out through my mouth
but get refilled through my ears
In this life that we call home
the years go fast and
the days go so slow
Convenient Parking
Soon a chain reaction started in the parking lot
waiting to bleed on to the big streets
that bleed out on to the highways and
off to other cities built to store and
sell these plastic rocks aren't you feeling
real dirty sitting in your car with nothing
Convenient Parking
Lounge (Closing Time)
She was goin' with a cinematographer
everyone knew that he was really a pornographer
They went down to the dance and grind and everybody
was feeling fine
She was talking with a syllable lisp
and everyone knew she was gonna get the twist
And they all went down and did porcupine
everybody was feeling high
you are so hot
i would like to steal your digits
and I'm so hung up on it
i would like to
move away from it
and we are so caught up with things
we should pull each others triggers
and I'm off
you thought you were smoking
I've got a girlfriend out of the city
i know i like her i think she's pretty
Last call!
It's closing time
I'm on the road to god don't know my brains
the burger and my hearts the coal
It's closing time
Jesus Christ Was an Only Child
Jesus Christ was an only child
he went down to the river
and he drank and smiled
and his dad was oh-so-mad
should have insured the planet
before it crashed
working real hard to make internet cash
work your fingers to the bone sitting on your ass
i know now what i knew then
but i didn't know then what i know now
Penny found out while her hair was styled
you should hide your kids
when the dogs run wild
Jesus Christ was an only child
he went down to the river
and he drank and smiled
and his dad was oh-so-mad
should have killed that little fucker
before he even had
Doin' the Cockroach
I was in heaven
I was in hell
Believe in neither
But fear them as well
This one's a doctor
This one's a lawyer
This one's a cash fiend
taking your money
Back of the metro
Ride on the greyhound
Drunk on the Amtrak
Please shut up
Another rider
he was a talker
talking about TV
Please shut up
This one's a crazer
Daydreaming disaster
The origin of junk food
rutting through garbage
tasty but worthless
dogs eat their own shit
we're doing the cockroach yeah
doing the cockroach
yeah
one year
twenty years
forty years
fifty years
down the road in your life
you'll look in the mirror
and say "My parents are still alive."
You move your mouth
You shake your tongue
You vibrate my eardrums
You're saying words
But you know I'm not listening
You're walking down the street
you face
your lips
your hips
your eyes
they meet
you're not hungry though
you're saying everything
you know you don't mean anything at all
you're not hungry though
well late last winter
down below the equator
they had a summer that would make you blister
oh my mind is all made up
so I'll have to sleep in it
Cowboy Dan
Cowboy Dan's a major player in the
Cowboy Scene, he goes to the reservation
Drinks and gets mean. He's gonna start a
war. He hops in his pickup puts the pedal
to the floor says "I've got mine but I want more."
Because Cowboy Dan's a major player in
the Cowboy Scene. He goes to the reservation
drinks and gets mean. Goes to the desert
fires his rifle in the sky and yells
"God if I have to Die, you will have to die."
Cowboy Dan's a major player in
the Cowboy Scene. He goes to the reservation
drinks and gets mean he didn't move to the city,
"the city moved to me and I want out desperately."
Can't do it, not even if sober
Can't get that engine turned over
Standing in the tall grass thinking nothing
You know we need oxygen to breathe
Every time you think you're walking
you're just moving the ground
Every time you think you're talking
you're just moving your mouth
Every time you think you're looking
you're just looking down
Trailer Trash
Eating snowflakes with plastic forks
and a paper plate of course
you think of everything
Short love with a long divorce
and a couple of kids of course
they don't mean anything
Live in trailers with no class
Goddamn I hope I can pass
High school means nothing
Taking heartache with hard work
Goddamn I am such a jerk
I can't do anything
And I shout that you're all fakes
And you should have seen
the look on your face
And I guess that's what it takes
when comparing your bellyaches
And it's been a long time
Which agrees with this watch of mine
And I guess that I miss you
And I'm sorry if I dissed you
Out Of Gas
Long Distance Drunk
Shit Luck
Truckers Atlas
I'm going to Colorado
to unload my head
I'm going to New York City
and that's in New York, friends
I'm going to Arizona
sex on the rocks all warm and red
and we bled
and the writing in stall said
"we write our maps in the stalls"
I'm going up to Alaska
I'm going to get off scot-fucking-free
and we all did
This truckers atlas roads the ways
the freeways and highways don't know
The buzz from the bird on my dash
Road locomotive phone
I don't feel and it feels great
I sold my atlas by the freight stairs
I do lines and I crossed roads
I crossed the lines of all the great state roads
I'm going up
going over to Montana
You got yourself a trucker's atlas
You knew you were all hot
Maybe you'll go and blow a gasket
Start at the northwest corner
Go down through California
beeline you might drive three days
three nights to the tip of Florida
Do you speak the lingo?
Oh No. No no
How far does your road?
Oh no, you don't know
I'm going to Colorado
to unload my head
I'm going to New York City
and that's in New York, friends
I'm going up to Alaska
I'm going to get off scot-fucking-free
And we all did
And the writing in the salt says
We ride on out to the stars
I'm going to Arizona
Sex on the rocks all warm and red
Polar Opposites
Polar opposites don't push away
it's the same on the weekends
as the rest of the days
And I know I should go
but I'll probably stay
and that's all you can do
about some things
I'm trying to drink away
the part of the day
that I cannot sleep away
Two one-eyed dogs they're
looking at stereos
hi-fi gods try so hard
to make their cars low
to the ground
these vibrations oil its teeth
primer gray is the color
when you're done dying
Bankrupt On Selling
Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice On Ice, Alright
Well all's not well
but I'm told that it'll all be quite nice
you'll be drowned in boots like Mafia
but your feet will still float like Christ's
and I'll be damned
they were right
I'm drowning upside down
my feet afloat like Christ's
I'm in heaven
trying to figure out which stack
they're going to stuff Athiests into
and Peter and his Monkey laugh
and I laugh with them
I'm not sure what at
They point and say
we'll keep you in the back
polishing halos, baking manna and gas
Well somg guy comes in looking
a bit like everyone i ever seen
he moves just like crisco disco
breath one hundred percent listerine
he says looking at something else
but directing everything to me
every time anyone gets on their knees to pray
well it makes my telephone ring
and I'll be damned
he said you were right
no one's running this whole thing
he had a theory too
he said that god takes care of himself
and you of you
it's all nice on ice alright
and it's not day
and it's not night
but it's all nice on ice alright
