Billy’s drums were loud (So loud)
He couldn’t hit them hard enough to shut them up
Billy’s drums were loud (How loud?)
He couldn’t hit them hard enough
He couldn’t hit them hard enough to shut them up

Oftentimes (Sometimes)
In the solid meter of night
A rent in the fabric of his sleep
Would alert him to the sound of his snare
Turned prowling carnivore
Rumbling iambic like heavy footsteps
Punching holes in quiet

And in the puzzling moments of solo
Before the crash
He would reconnoitre with the feel
Of her skin
He felt skin brought to tension
Then break
To uncover a roaring silence
A silence that kept sounds in hiding
And all the little boys awake

And it echoed
Like a cold…
A cold damp tangled tango

All I ever wanted was to do a little playing
Suck it up for a buck
Have a good time
Then I got caught up in this little adventure
It changed my priorities
That’s the day everything went wrong

All I ever knew then was a sea of smiling people
Tearing down the borders that enclosed them
And all I really cared about then
Was if Keith Moon would have been the best bus driver
London ever seen

All you ever really want is to do a little playing
Then you get caught out
Maybe do a little praying instead
Ask, “What are you looking for?”
What are you looking for?
Is it love?
That would make it all worthwhile
It wouldn’t just be…

Helpless here in Fuctup, Middle of Nowhere
Sitting on a time bomb that’s ticking away (Ticking)
Helpless here in Fuctup, Middle of Nowhere
As Vishnu chokes on an M&M Van Halen threw away

I don’t know what happened to me
I’m not that much fun anymore
Is that what happens when you’re old?
You get colder

And it’d be real nice
If this voice inside my head would shut up
Just shut up and say
“Everything gonna be okay”

All we really need to do is be good to one another
Now tell me
Tell me
Why is that so hard?

Cause Vishnu chokes on an M&M Van Halen threw
Vishnu chokes on an M&M Van Halen threw
Vishnu chokes on an M&M that Keith Moon would’a ate

Ate?
He’d ‘ave eaten it gladly
That’s bloody likely
There’s nothing like an old M&M
Reminds me of me rabs at home
Keith would’ve liked ‘em would Keith
Like a tossed M&M
Don’t care what fucking colour it were
Neither would Keith
Not so long as it tasted good

I’ve been hanging around
I’ve been taking my time
I been home all alone
In a house full of people

It is not easy to see
That what you want you have
That what you want you have
Already

Yeah

I’ve been wonderin’
I’ve been wonderin’
I been a-wonderin’ why

It is so easy
Ooh!
It is so easy
For you to say goodbye

Petal by petal fall away
Till there’s nothin’ left of the flower
She love ya’ love’ ya love ya not
Till you’ve been hanging around
Too long

Wonderin’
I been wonderin’
I been wonderin’ why
Why?

It is so easy
Ooh!
It is so easy
For you to say goodbye to me

Petal by petal fall away
Till there’s nothin’ left of the flower
She love ya’
Love’ ya
Love ya not
Till you’ve been hanging around
Too long
Too long

Well, there’s a light on in her window
You can see a half-read book on the living room floor
Next to her hand
The pillow that muffled the sound
Captured her breath in the night

Dark dark night sometimes
But sometimes beautiful

Thanks to a little bit of small talk at the table
And some pseudo-nutrient seemingly pasted there
Beside the place where there should’a been a reminder
You’ve got to take a little bit
But don’t let it get to you

Well there’s a headline and a story
And a couple of pictures
She was pretty
You can see the sad smile of a memory on her mama’s face
Remembering another day
Probably a sunny day

Not a dark dark night like this
Like this
Like this

Thanks to a little bit of small talk at the table
And some pseudo-nutrient seemingly pasted there
Beside the place where there should’a been a reminder
You’ve got to take a little bit
But don’t let it get to you

Ending in a ruthless feeling
And a path of blood leading out of the room

Like words of love that were put down there then
Especially for you
Which you disregard before the message gets through
Before you decipher all the letters

Huh!

Time slips behind ya but that’s how it goes
House burn down long before you get your pants on
Ann
If you can’t see they put these flowers here for thee
Well I’m so glad they’re gone
Before they wilted too
What went wrong?
I would’a been here sooner but…

Forgetting that what you do is waiting there expecting you
You
Like a flag in the wind
Broke all the rules
You got lonely too
Sent all the rules away
All the rules but one
To figure which way is better (Better)
The tune now or later

You wouldn’t have believed that they’d put these flowers
Here for thee
But if you did things might have been different
Maybe there wouldn’t be any roses piled here
To take anywhere

Well, it’s like you died before you knew
That it doesn’t matter (Matter)
So it matters

Like words of love are petals scattered there
Especially for thee
Which you crawl over to pull out the tree
By taking it home where it dies
By taking it home where it dies
By taking it home
Taking it home (All the way)
Taking it home
Taking it home (All the way)
Taking it home
Taking it home (All the way)
By taking it home
Taking it home, too
What wilted you?

Turn out
Ya really wanna turn out
Ya really wanna turn out
You really wanna turn out
You really wanna turn out
Ah!
You really wanna turn out

When I was young
I did not know what I was doing
And I did not know what to say
When life would hand me flowers
I would push them out of my way and sneeze

Well, I can see that it’s the same with you
But I don’t wanna go alone
I’m flaggin’ you down
We’ll wipe off the drool left by the sweet kiss of life

You always said if you could complain
You were doin’ alright
Added that if you were wondering
The jig was already up

Now there’s a hole here where she kissed me
Now what do you do about that?
Now what do you do about this whole thing happening here?
It’s ridiculous
Think of it come of a sweet little kiss like this…

Somebody said you borrow your life
Somebody said that about being here
Bring it back in good shape and get another one
It’s never happened to me

It’s only ever been some lipstick on the rim
Sweet kiss of life has kissed me
Kissed me again
You said I wouldn`t know when
I still don`t know what you meant
I was thinking of putting it back together
When she kissed me again

Now what do you do about this hole thing?
Where she kissed me good
Left petals scattered everywhere
And everywhere it`s the same old story
It`s ridiculous
Think of it come of a sweet little kiss
A sweet little kiss
Like this…

It`s not a little house facing the wind
With the door kicked in
Where somebody used to live
But they ain`t in
It`s such a foolish heart that chases the wind of love
Almost as stupid as the one that never does

So what do you do about this hole here?
Where she bit me good
Now what do you do about that?
Now what do you do about a heart break cave-in?
It`s ridiculous
Think of it come of a…
A sweet little kiss
A sweet little kiss
A sweet little kiss
Like this…

A-ha!
Like that
That`s right
Uh-huh!
Like this
Oh yeah!
A little like that

Hey Lynn
Would you please hold on?
I wanna talk to you

Hey Lynn
I feel alone
I don`t know what to do

I wanna know
Will you be here tomorrow?
I wanna know
Could you be here today?
I wanna know
Were I to drown in sorrow
Would you?
Would you rescue me?

Hey Lynn
Do you feel alone?
I wanna talk to you
Hey Lynn
It`s dénouement
Do you know what to do?
And the sun filtering down through your hair
And the sun lighting your eyes of blue
Is it your free-flowing hair?
Your electric eyes?

Don`t know what happened to our love
One day it was all there
Something we could count on

Next day I`m a-standing there
With nothing to say
But I never let those little things
A-stand in my way

No I don`t

I got to work later that day
Boss said, “Sorry son, ain’t no work, ain’t no pay”
I said, “What’s the problem, man
In this whole big life?”
He said, “In this whole big life you were only a day late”

Well I came home to our house burning down
I looked for you but you weren’t around
I sat there on the curb wonderin’ what you’d say
You’d say, “You shouldn’t let those little things get in”
(You shouldn’t let those little things)
“You shouldn’t let those little things get in”
(You shouldn’t let those little things)
“You shouldn’t let those little things get in your way”

So I went to the doctor ‘cause I had a pain
Doc said, “Ya better hurry, boy, you ain’t got but a day”
You’re probably wonderin’, “What did I say?”
(What did ya say?)
I said, “I never let the little things stand in my way”

I got to heaven like I was hoping I would
I was still laughin’ when the gavel came down
(Still laughin’)
I used that list he had to swing out of the way
Just when some angels came and said to me
“Boy, there’s been a mistake. Back down you go!”

So here I am and nothing could be finer
Fatter than a hungry rich man at an all night diner
I got resolutions
More than I seem to need
But I never let those little things stand in my way

You should never let those little things get you
(You shouldn’t let those little things)
You shouldn’t let those little things get you
(You shouldn’t let those little things)
You shouldn’t let those little things get you down

She sees him walk in
All tight and trim
A beauty
He would be
“Oh, I hope he can see me
I hope he can see his way
Through this haze to the beauty inside”
She said to herself as he walked by
“I hope he can see me
I hope he can see that…

Fat girls can make for good lovin’
Fat girls
You’ll be so proud of ‘em
Ya need a woman who won’t lead you into trouble
And she won’t love you like I will”

It’s too late
He’s seen another
Through the smoke and in the mirror
“A stiletto”
“Cold steel”
She plucked his eyes like heart strings

“But if you take her home
She’ll do better than that
Cause if you go ‘round there
You better beware
That she won’t love you like I will
No, she won’t love you like a…

Fat girl
Who’ll make for good lovin’
Fat girls
You’ll be so proud of ‘em
You need a woman who won’t steer you into trouble
And she won’t love you like I will
No, she won’t love you like I will

How did I get here?
And how do I find my way home?
How did I get here?
And how do I find my way home?
(Through the burning inside)
How did I get here?
And how do I find my way home?
(Through the burning inside)”

Hopelessly blind it’s coming to mind
I see that we’re coming apart
But what can we do?
We both know it’s through
Tell me where will we start?

Don’t think of the shine
All the good times
You know how it burns you inside
But these things must be
Like they have to be
You can’t always get cream in your tea

It’s alright
Does nothin’ ever…
Ever change your mind?
Does the darkness always leave you blind?
Yeah, we’ll look again
We’ll wonder (Wonder)

Is this how it ends?
We’re losing again
Caught in that sad dimming glow
Love they say
Is a game you’ve got to play
But you can only ever lose at it in the end

Now you’ll go and you’ll stand by the ocean
Looking for a why in the waves
You’ll question yourself
Hell, you might even blame yourself
But you’ll wonder who took and who gave

It’s alright
Does nothin’ ever…
Ever change your mind?
We’ll look again time after time
Yeah, we’ll look again
Oh, lookin’ for the things we know we’ll never find
That don’t…
It don’t mean it’s not there
That don’t…
It don’t mean nothin’

Stop! I want to do it again
Get it right this time
Get it right this time

They met one summer at an inn near Niagara Falls
He was a hiding-out American
She was waiting tables
And doing check-in

She didn’t like the way he swore
He liked the way she curled her hair
Her long dress
The torture of her gone beyond the pass bar
She said he should have gone to war
He said he shoulda fuckin’ cared less

One day her boss didn’t come in
Our hero slid out his chair and pitched in
He was a good guy but he wouldn’t take a nickel
If a quarter had to do
Everybody knew that
She was a good girl who wouldn’t take a quarter
When a nickel would do
Everybody knew
But they knew too…

Somebody like you
Down on your luck
If you came down real hard on your luck
If you don’t know how it is until you get down close to it

She watched him polish the plates clean
He didn’t rest the pot on the cups to pour
And it wasn’t long before he found his way
Beneath that long dress
At a quiet place in the brown grass of a nearby hill
Under a full sun
She’s there still

They married but when the business ran low in the fall
He went loggin’ instead
She never heard a thing
And many years later
She feels guilty if she isn’t thinking of him
And many years later
She’s rememberin’ the pleasure of a sunburn
Earned honestly
And wonderin’ as she tallies up
Where he’s hiding now
If she’d laugh or cry
If he just walked in
Walked in
Walked in
Would she take him back?

Somebody like you
Down on your luck
If you came down real hard on your luck
Hell, you don’t know what it is
When it gets right down to it

Somebody like you
Down on your luck
If you came down real hard on your luck
And if you’d found that your dreams had slipped away
But you could find ‘em again

Wouldn’t you try?
Wouldn’t you try?
Wouldn’t you try?
Wouldn’t you try, too?

We’ve got to set this fire
We’ve got to set this fire alight
We’ve got to set this fire
We’ve got to set this fire alight

It couldn’t have been me
I was looking for my lighter
It couldn’t have been me
I was looking for my lighter

I’d looked everywhere
Once I found it in my hair
Once I found it in my ass
But I don’t want to talk about that

It couldn’t have been me
I was looking for my lighter
I hadn’t had a smoke in, well it seemed like days
Bloody long
Don’t know who killed the girl
But I agree with you, officer
It’s a crying shame
Have you got a light?

We’ve got to set this fire
We’ve got to set this fire alight
We’ve got to set this fire
We’ve got to set this fire alight

You see it couldn’t have been me
Cause I was hanging by the river
Trying to get a fire goin’
And I was half way there
Which is when you boys showed up
Shining your lights and asking your questions
And making your allegations
About what I did last night

What are you gonna do?
What have you done up to now?
What are you gonna do?

You see the fact of the matter
Is that I met a guy at a bus stop
Whose sister-in-law’s business
Wasn’t makin’ what it should
Which is how I came to be here
Trying to get a fire goin’
I don’t know nothin’ about a body
But if I did
I’d have burned it up too
Wouldn’t you

What are you gonna do?
What have you done up to now?
I bet she couldn’t have been nicer

If you please
Make some room for me
I got to set this fire alight

Yeah

We’ve got to set this fire
We’ve got to set this fire alight
We’ve got to set this fire
We’ve got to set this fire alight
We’ve got to set this fire
We’ve got to set this fire tonight

Living in this day
Could be the hardest thing
Or has it really changed?
And every day
Well I should kiss the ground but I don’t
Cause I don’t know what it means
To have it taken away

You were so young and alive
That it kinda makes me wonder
What could make you choose
Such a dangerous game
And tearing pieces off you, ma’am
Until they had you down to nothin’
With nothin’ inside
Nothin’ except your pride
Passion and pain

But nothing will change
Nothin’ will change Madeleine
Not Madeleine

Well, it’s so admirable
To stand there steely-eyed and say…
“We’re not gonna take it!”
Cause you may not know what your freedom is
Till it’s gone
By then it’s too late to turn it around

I saw a photograph
Might seem a funny thing to you now
But I had to laugh
For what it’s worth
I’ll bet you trembled so slightly that they didn’t see
The ones holding the guns
The ones holding the guns
The ones holding the guns
The ones holding the guns

But nothin’ will change
No, nothing will change
Oh, nothing will change Madeleine
No
Not nothin’ that matters anyway

Not Madeleine
Not Madeleine
Not Madeleine
Madeleine
Madeleine
No
Oh, not Madeleine
Not Madeleine
Oh, no, not Madeleine

And nothin’ will have to do
Just like nothin’ will fill the holes that they put in you
That they put in this tried and turned out world
It’s not the best kind of place to put a little girl