BRAZILLIANT

LE TIGRE

LIKE A TIGER I KNOW YOU HAVE CLAWS TOO BIG FOR A PET.  DANGER DANGER IT’S A LIE YOU HAVEN’T HURT ANYONE YET.  ALL OF THE TIMES WE LIVE LIFE LIKE WE’RE IN A CAGE NEVER BELIEVE IN SOMEONE ELSE.  YOU CAN CHANGE THE DAY.  LIKE A TIGER I KNOW YOU HAVE SKIN SO SOFT I CONFESS.  PITTER PATTER.  ALWAYS BUY A PET YOU LOVE TO CARESS.  SO YOU’VE GOT YOURSELF A BIG OLD CAR AND A SUNKEN POOL IN THE BACK YARD WELL IT DOESN’T MATTER MUCH TO ME.  IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME IF YOU WANT A TIGER.  IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE.

DRESS STRESS

EVERYBODY I KNOW, THEY HAVE NO SOUL.  EVERYBODY ASKS ME TO UNDRESS.  EVERYBODY I KNOW, THEY AIN’T GOT NO SOUL.  EVERYBODY TELLS ME TO UNDRESS.  LIKE LOVE ON TV AND MOVIES.  MANAGE TO MAKE MYSELF A MESS.  LIKE LOVE ON TV AND MOVIES I’M SO, I’M SO OBSESSED WITH YOUR DRESS STRESS. WHATCHA GONNA WEAR WHEN YOU GONNA GET THERE?  WE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE.  I’M A MESS YOU HAVE TO PICK UP.  YOU’VE GOT TO BELIEVE.  SIXTEEN AND PINK WHAT DO YOU THINK?

RAZOR NEW NEIGHBORS

IF ONLY I KNEW KNOWLEDGE SO KEEN TO RAZOR NEW NEIGHBORS I KNOWING ME WOULD…  ISN’T IT BEAUTIFUL?  ASK HER ASK HIM ASK AND ASK AND ASK.  I GUESS I LEARNED A LESSON NOT TO QUESTION ANYMORE AT NINETEEN.

FUTURE SCARS

LOVE IS LOST LIKE POLIHED BRASS.  LIKE YOUR YOUTH IT NEVER LASTS.  YOU HAVE TO QUIT THE CON AND THE KID.  CAREERS IN CRUSH NEVER DID PAY OFF.  YOU’RE ALWAYS AIDING IN THE BREAKING OF MY HEART.  IT’S ALLRIGHT IT’S ALLRIGHT.  TURN TO AIR INSIDE MY ARMS.  IT’S ALLRIGHT IT’S ALLRIGHT.  I WILL FIND MY FUTURE SCARS.  ANGELS SIT ON FINGER TIPS AS PRAYERS ARE PURSED ON PAINTED LIPS. YOU’RE ALWAYS AIDING IN THE BREAKING OF MY… WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM GOT TO PICK IT UP.  WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP THEN YOU’RE STUCK THERE.  YOU’RE SO SCARED.  ALL OF THE TIMES IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE WASTING YOU’RE JUST WASTING YOUR TIME.

400.000

SKELETON ME.  SKELETON YOU.  IS THERE ONLY ONE IN THIS WORLD FOR YOU? AND AT NIGHT, I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE.  I STAY UP TO WATCH THE BONES BREAK.  EVERYTIME I TRY TO GO TO SLEEP.  I ALWAYS FEEL YOUR EYES.  THEY’RE RIGHT ON ME AND I LIKE IT.

 

 

 

 

 

SO YOU THINK IT’S HOT HERE?

CADILLAC OF HIGH HAIR

SO I THINK YOU STARVED YOURSELF AND I THINK THAT I DON’T CARE.  IT’S THE WAY YOU SMOKE A CIGARETTE.  I SIT AND STARE ALL NIGHT AT THE WAY YOU ALWAYS SIT AROUND.  WELL, TODAY YOU’LL GET YOUR CHANCE.  DO YOU THINK YOU’VE GOT JUST WHAT IT TAKES?  IN YOUR 32 PANTS LETS DANCE.  BECAUSE EVERYTIME I SEE YOUR FACE IT GETS LIKE I DON’T CARE.  DANCE LIKE A BOMB, EXPLODE, YOU WOULDN’T DARE.  I JUST THINK THIS KIND OF LIFE IS NOT MADE FOR ME.  I DON’T THINK THIS WORLD IS MY CUP OF TEA.  SO YOU THINK YOU STARVED YOURSELF TO DEATH.  WELL, TODAY YOU’LL GET YOUR CHANCE.  DEAD WEIGHT IS WHAT MAKES US SHAKE.  WEAR YOUR PANTS LET’S DANCE.  EVERYTIME I TRIED TO TAKE TOO MUCH.  LOOKING BACK I NEVER GOT ENOUGH.  ALL THE TIMES I THOUGHT YOU NEVER CARED WERE ALL THE TIMES I CALLED YOU THE CADILLAC OF HIGH HAIR.  I THINK YOU STARVED YOURSELF TO DEATH. I GO AROUND.

DAS WOLF

I LOOK INTO YOUR CLASSIC EYES.  ALL BETS ARE OFF I’M NEVER GONNA LOSE.  WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?  WHAT WOULD YOU DO?  EVERYONE SAYS THAT YOU’RE SO CUTE.  FEELS LIKE A CURSE BUT IT COULD BE WORSE.  YOU COULD BE UGLY THE WORLD AS YOUR HEARSE.  I LOOK INTO YOUR CLASSIC EYES ALL BETS ARE OFF I’M NEVER GONNA LOSE.  WHAT WOULD I DO?  WHAT WOULD I SAY?  I’M ON MY KNEES I PLEAD MERCY.  DOWN HERE I PRAY, PRAY THAT YOU STAY, PRAY THAT YOU STAY JUST ONE MORE DAY.  I LOOK INTO YOUR CLASSIC EYES I’M NEVER GANNA LOSE ANYONE.  ANYONE IS JUST A DAY AWAY.  EVERYONE, IT’S ALWAYS UNDONE.  I WAS ALMOST LEFT FOR DEAD

SILVER

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?  WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?  OK.  I LIE IN THE DARK I LIE IN THE PARK WITH PICTURES OF YOU AND PICTURES OF… NOW WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I CALLED OUT YOUR NAME?  WOULD YOU LAUGH JUST THE SAME?  I LIE IN THE DARK I LIE IN THE PARK WITH PICTURES OF YOU AND PICTURES OF…  WHAT WOULD YOU SO IF I GAVE YOU MY LIFE?  YOU, YOU’RE TAKING PICTURES OF ME. SING LA.  A DAY IN THE DARK WAS A DAY IN THE PARK WAS A DAY LEFT FOR ME.

HEART FULL OF NAPALM

WE’RE HERE AT THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING WHERE ALL THE ANGELS SIT AND SPIT ON THE SINNERS THAT WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN.  IT’S A PLACE YOU AND I WILL NEVER GET, TO THE TOP, WHERE ALL THE ANGELS SIT AS THEY SPIT ON THE SINNERS THAT WALK THE STREETS DOWNTOWN.

CEMETARY CITY

TODAY IS THE BEST DAY THAT YOU’LL EVER HAVE.  SO, WON’T YOU FEEL GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT?  EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A SHOT TAKER.  EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A BRICK BAKER.  WHAT ABOUT YOU?  YOU’RE ON THE RIVER OF LOVE.   YES, WE’RE GOING TO THE CITY TONIGHT.  IT’S ALLRIGHT IF YOU WALK BY.  THE FACE YOU SEE, THE PLACES YOU SEE, ARE UNDER STRIPLIGHTS.   GOODNIGHT LADIES.  GOODNIGHT CITY.  WHEN I WALKED THE STREETS LAST NIGHT I ALMOST GOT IN A FIGHT.  IF EVERYONE WOULD DIE TONIGHT WHAT ELSE COULD I SAY?  WHEN I WALK THE STREETS AT NIGHT I JUST TRY TO PRAY FOR DAY.

DRIVER

EVERYTIME YOU CALL IT’S FOR NOTHING.  SO WHY DON’T WE KISS A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT MORE?  IT’S HARD TO ADMIT, THAT IT’S FOR NOTHING.  SO WHY DON’T WE KISS A LITTLE MORE.  IT’S FOR SOMETHING.  IT HAS TO BE FOR SOMETHING.  I REFUSE TO ADMIT THAT IT’S FOR NOTHING.  WHY DON’T WE… JUST LEARN TO DANCE?  WHY DON’T WE? I’M WIDE AWAKE.  I’M DRESSED TO THE NINES.  IT’S NINE O’CLOCK AND I LOOK FINE.

LT. PETERSON

I FEEL SO COOL WHEN I’M WITH YOU.  GIVE ME MORE

GOODBYE

THIS IS THE ONE, UNDER THE GUN.  EVERYBODY FAKES IT.  I WANT TO ASK YOU. NOW TELL ME THE TRUTH.  DEVIL, DO YOU LIKE IT?  DO YOU? THIS IS THE TIME, OVER THE LINE.  STUPID KIDS CAN’T TAKE IT.  BYE BYE BABY BLUE.  NOW, DARE TO BE TRUE.  BABY, IT COULD HAPPEN.  HAPPEN TO YOU.  THIS IS NO TIME FOR A GOODBYE.  THERE’S NO GOODBYES.  YOU’VE GOT TO WAKE UP TO WHAT’S GOING ON.  THIS IS THE TIME, THE FINISH LINE.  STOP IT I CAN’T TAKE IT.  I’VE LEARNED WATCH YOUR BACK FOR BLOODY ATTACKS.  TRUST ME IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.  TIME TO WAKE UP.

ROTTEN APPLES

I DIDN’T THINK WE’D MAKE IT, BUT WE DID.  SOME OF US WON’T MAKE IT.  SOME WILL.  THE REST OF US ARE FORCED TO ROT.  I THINK IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE YOUNG.  THE REST OF US ARE FORCED TO ROT.  I THINK THAT BECAUSE I’M YOUNG.  I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE TONIGHT.  I’M WITH YOU AND EVERYTHING’S ALLRIGHT.  I KNOW THAT I’M FORCED TO ROT.  I THINK THIS BECAUSE I’M YOUNG.  I KNOW THAT WE’RE FORCED TO ROT.   I THINK THAT’S BECAUSE WE’RE YOUNG. I DIDN’T THINK WE’D MAKE IT BUT WE DID.

 

 

SELF TITLED

ONE HEATER

WON’T YOU COME; WON’T YOU STAY WITH ME TODAY?  ALL THE THINGS YOU SAY MAKE ME GO AWAY.  ALL THE THINGS YOU DO, THEY DO TOO.  DON’T YOU KNOW MR. BANG BANG KISS KISS?  LOOK AT THE KIDS DANCE.  THEY’RE ALL IN THEIR BRIGHTEST CLOTHES.  WELL I NEVER FELL THAT FAR FOR YOU.  REGARDLESS OF THE THINGS WE SAY, THE THINGS WE ALWAYS DO.  I NEVER FELL THAT FAR FOR YOU.  I JUST WANT TO KISS YOU.  JUST GIVE ME A KISS.

DATING A DANCER

THERE’S NO MORE BILLIE HOLIDAY NOW THAT THE MUSIC IS OVER.  WHEN WE TRY, WE TRY FOR SOMETHING, PLACES THAT I’VE NEVER BEEN.  WE NEVER SEE THE DAY AWAY.  YOU PUSH AND PULL ME WHEN WE DANCE.  WE DANCE OUR TIME AWAY.  IT’S JUST THE TIME I GUESS.  WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME.  I WILL NOT BELIEVE A SINGLE WORD YOU SAY.  IT’S A SICK SICK SIN YEAH.  WE TRY SO HARD, WE’LL MAKE AMENDS TODAY.

IN THE BACK

EAGER PARENTS GO TO SLEEP.  ALL THE KIDS ARE GOING DOWNTOWN TO MEET.  ANOTHER KID IS ON THE STREET.  ANOTHER KID HE FEELS THE HEAT.  ANOTHER KID HE HEARS THE BEAT.  BUT, WHEN IT HITS YOU IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, THEN YOU’RE DEAD.  GODAMN, LIKE A KISS THAT YOU MISSED FROM A GIRL WITH A CRUSH, THEN YOU’RE DEAD.

WITHOUT EVEN KISSING

land discovery

NOW IT’S RAINING ALL THE TIME.  IF YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES YOU’LL SEE IT’S RAINING.  NOW IT’S RAINING ALL THE TIME.  YOU SEE MY EYES.  I SEE YOUR FACE IN A CROWD AND ILOOK THE OTHER WAY.  AND JUDY THINKS THAT SHE’LL GET A TATTOO AND I THINK THAT I’LL GET ONE TOO, ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.  IT’S SUCH A SPECIAL DAY.  IT’S ALL THE SAME TO ME.  I SEE YOUR FACE IN THE CROWD AND I TRY TO LOOK WAY.  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?  WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY WHEN MY DAY COMES YOUR WAY?  WE’LL JUST DANCE IT AWAY.  DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? THE RADIO IS ON.  YOU STOP.  YOU START.  YOU PICK IT UP. YOU SOLD THE GOLD YOURSELF.  YOU SOLD YOURSELF AGAIN.  IS THIS THE WAY WE’LL ACT WHEN WE ARE ONLY FRIENDS.  NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU THINK YOU ARE. OK.  UH HUH. IT’S HARD.  CAUSE YOU LOOK THE SAME; YOU TALK THE SAME RIGHT NOW.  BUT YOU’LL NEVER STOP.  YOU’LL ALWAYS BE AROUND.  YOU, YEAH YOU, YOU’RE SOLID GOLD.