wingman flying high again
you've got me grounded
with one foot in the quicksand
the mirror on the wall, i see you
even when you're feeling small, you
are trying to push to prove the punch
how could we ever love again?
we're up here wasting away
you're looking at the years gone by
i catch you in the light
i see a man i know must have been there all along
but you never let me in
you never let me meet him
how could we ever love again?
we're up here wasting away
wingman flying high again
you've got me grounded
with one foot in the quicksand
2. The Weary Traveller (A duet)
One:
they say she travelled so far
beyond the universe of ghostly scars
for he was as beautiful as the sunrise
and as dark as the burn
she felt on that night
all alone on that night
the weary traveller, the weary girl
she's petty old and petty sold
she's wandering in the winter
she says: pretty boys will kill ya
pretty boys are death
all you need's a pretty boy for your final breath
for your final breath
she said: I'm as dark as the underneath
as dark as Manny Blu
you must admit it's a greater defeat
then the rest of you
the weary traveller, the weary girl
became the weather woman
in January when the clouds are always round and sad
she says: pretty boys will kill ya
pretty boys are death
all you need's a pretty boy for your final breath
for your final breath
like little billow mellow of periwinkle blue
you must admit a greater defeat
than the rest of you
she says: pretty boys will kill ya
pretty boys are death
all you need's a pretty boy for your final breath
for your final breath
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Two:
they say he travelled so far
beyond the universe of ghostly scars
for she was as beautiful as the sunrise
and as dark as the burn
he felt on that night
all alone on that night
the weary traveller, the weary man
he's petty old and petty sold
he's wandering in the winter
he says: pretty girls will kill ya
pretty girls are death
all you need's a pretty girl for your final breath
for your final breath
he said: I'm as dark as the underneath
my name is Manny Blu
you must admit it's a greater defeat
then the rest of you
the weary traveller, the weary man
became the weatherman
in January when the clouds are always round and sad
he says: pretty girls will kill ya
pretty girls are death
all you need's a pretty girl for your final breath
for your final breath
like little billow mellow of periwinkle blue
you must admit a greater defeat
than the rest of you
he says: pretty girls will kill ya
pretty girls are death
all you need's a pretty girl for your final breath
for your final breath
3. Torrential Breeze
The air had a slight chill
the sun was hid away all week long
shone on us just as we were leaving
But it's fine with me anyway
it's not like I counted on it
and it's always all we desire
Now the wind is all I remember
and a ruby-red wine
only the wind and a ruby-red wine
Sweet wind across my lips
easy like, easy like I never knew
Evening heat, in your light
in your eyes a torrential breeze
I was looking for morning
you saw dead in the morning
and your evening was not the same as mine
But it's fine with me anyway
it's not like I counted on it or anything
and it's always all we desire
Now the wind is all I remember
and a ruby-red wine
only the wind and a ruby-red wine
Sweet wind across my lips
easy like, easy like I never knew
Evening heat, in your light
in your eyes a torrential breeze
4. Hourglass
Sweet nothings
Whispering sweet nothings in the hourglass
precious somethings, holding precious somethings
in the hours past
Fission fission lighteningbolt
Kitten kitten light up the night
And you are written across the sky
you are written across the sky
Sweet nothings
Whispering sweet nothings in the hourglass
precious somethings, holding precious somethings
in the hours past
Mr. Fusion fuse your heart inside the night
I'm your kitten in the waking light
And you are written across the sky
you are written across the sky
5. Children's Hour
Where are the kids? They're playing out in the wilderness
with bottle rockets in their shoes
the pitter patter of these tumbling little actors
distract from missiles to a mistletoe kiss
The owl and the pussycat
fight for the top of the ladder
climbing over eachother
climbing all over eachother
when daddy walks in
when daddy walks in
The steps he takes one right after the other
are paper thin and masquerading in a decent cloak
with a folksy curtsy and a gentleman's rope
he bumbles around the bumblebee hive
Mother, where did you put the lamp?
the kids have run away again
their stockings are needing mending
and their shoes are wearing to the bone
wearing to the bone
The owl and the pussycat
they're running through the brier patch
they're on the brink of combustion
as their laughter is swimming up to the moon
when the thunder rolls in
the thunder rolls in
6. The Rusting Run
Run man run
leaving's all you got
find the seas to conquer
don't give up a drop
the jigsaw's crawling over
the simple life we had
they say we ain't so young no more
prime to be looking back
we've still time
don't rob us of that yet
full of linger full of love the clocks behind our backs
will we change, will it change?
yes, it's gonna change.
things will always change
but how come, it never seems in the same way?
how come, it never seems in the same way?
A sun-filled memory
of a time cataclysmic gone
shines for me everyday
ever through the rusting run
hey mister, don't compromise
don't send a season south
even if our six turn ten
I'll see you
across the miles
will we change, will it change?
yes, it's gonna change.
things will always change
but how come, it never seems in the same way?
how come, it never seems in the same way?
7. You're gone
so sad
so glad
you're gone
the rooster swings in the wind chime
the sunrise sets in
and i realize that i have to wake
the moon is still there
i can see it
but the sun says
don't go back to bed
so sad
so glad
you're gone
i think of when we sat there
that day on the bench on the porch
and that bumblebee almost landed on your nose
and the honey in our tea
so glad
you're gone
the rooster swings in the wind chime
the sunrise sets in
and i realize that i have to wake
the moon is still there
i can see it
but the sun says
don't go back to bed
so sad
so glad
you're gone
i think of when we sat there
that day on the bench on the porch
and that bumblebee almost landed on your nose
and the honey in our tea
was not as sweet.. as we... were that day
i took off my boots and put them by the door
we went upstairs wanting more
little kisses, little kisses
in the afternoon
so sad
so glad
you're gone
8. Easy
the gauntlet is rusty honey
let's take a breath
you're running around the good old days
and we're running out of...
words are filled with smoke
the kind that kills you slow-like
and we'll be dead long before
we've figured out what's right
you chime in, just in time
i slack off, to make it mine
and you step up
and i give in
and take it right on the chin
but it's not easy
it's too easy
it's not easy to fall
your boots are muddy honey
and your eyes are dimming stars
fading on the ocean surface
from burning up
in the universe
it's awful cold there you say
we should go there sometime
and give it all away
chiming in, just in time
i slack off, to make it mine
and you step up
and i give in
and take it right on the chin
but it's not easy
it's too easy
it's not easy to fall
9. Intelligent Beings
i'm swinging with pyromania for the long ride
if you see me don't say goodbye
i might just have to start a fire
in your honor, in your honor
in your honor
matches are so pretty
i liked to watch them burn when i was young
i burned my carpet right through
to the center of the earth
to the center of the earth
i fell right through the molten lava
and i never came back,
no i could never find my way home
never could find my way home
you say i'm a pyromaniac
i say you're right but hey that's not so bad
i say fire is the fundamental thing
that makes us intelligent beings
intelligent beings
you say i'm strange most of the time
i say i agree but there's someone else sitting right beside me
i think you should meet
before you pass judgment on me
pass judgment on me
you say that's all well and good
and i say yeah well that's all that you really need
and then you say hey let's go it's getting late
and i say that means i'll never see you again
i might just have to start a fire in your honor, in your honor
10. Worth Saying
there are so many things in the world to say
so few, are worth sayin'
and many more days have I
or so at least I think for now, i sigh
but soon as i begin goodbyes
i anticipate... i anticipate... anticipate....
daydreams are more beautiful
than reality, sometimes
i think of you
falling through the clouds and into my sea
i anticipate... i anticipate... i anticipate
(chorus)
at night, shadows erupt
into a symphony of thoughts...
they come to you...
begging you... begging you...
to follow through
(repeat)
... on just one dream
and then you say
everything i say sounds like the wind
blowing cold air, and hot air sometimes
how about i build us a hot air balloon
we could fly for the rest of our lives
around and around the moon
i anticipate... i anticipate... i anticipate...
(chorus)
there are so many things in the world to say...
so few, are worth saying
