1979

Shakedown
nineteen seven nine
Cool kids
never have the time
On a live wire
right up
Off the street
you and I should meet
Junebug skipping
like a stone
With the headlights
pointed at the dawn
We were sure
we'd never see
An end to it all
and I don't even care
To shake
these zipper blues
And we don't know
just where
Our bones will
rest to dust
I guess forgotten
and absorbed
Into the earth
below-

Double cross the
vacant and the bored
They're not sure
just what we have
In the store
morphine city
Slippin dues
down to see
That we
don't even care
As restless as we are
we feel the pull
In the land
of a thousand guilts
And poured cement
lamented and assured
To the lights
and towns below
Faster than
the speed of sound
Faster than
we thought
We'd go beneath
the sound of hope
Justine
never knew the rules
Hung down with
the freaks and ghouls
No apologies
ever need be made
I know you
better than you
Fake it to see
that we don't even
Care to shake
these zipper blues
And we don't know
just where
Our bones will rest
to dust
I guess forgotten
and absorbed
Into the earth
below
The street heats
the urgency of sound
As you see there's
no one around-

Cherub Rock

Freak out
and give in
Doesn't matter
what you believe in
Stav cool
and be somebody's fool
This year
'cause they know
Who is richeous
what is bold
So I'm told
who wants that honey
As long as
there is some money
Who wants
that honey
Give in Give in
hipsters unite
Come align
for the big fight
To rock for you
but beware
All those angels
with there wings
Glued on
'cause deep down
They are frightened
and we are scared
If you don't stare
who wants honey
As long as
there is some money
Who wants
that honey
Let me out (let)
let me out (let)
Let me out (let)
let me out-

Tell me all
of your secrets
Can I help
but believe
This is true
tell me
All of your secrets
I know I know I know
Should have listened
when I was told
Who wants that honey
as long as
There is some money
who wants that honey
Let me out (let)
let me out (let)
Let me out (let)
let me out-

Today

Today is the greatest
day I've ever known
Can't live
for tomorrow
Tomorrow's
much too long
I'll burn
my eyes out
Before I get out
I wanted more
Than life could
ever grant me
Bored by the chore
of saving face
Today is the greatest
day I've ever known
Can't wait for
tomorrow
I might not
have that long
I'll tear
my heart out
Before I get out
pink ribbon scars
That never forget
I tried so hard
To cleanse
these regrets
My angel wings
were bruised
And restrained
my belly stings
Today is
Today is
Today is
the greatest day
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you oh
Today
is the greatest
Today
is the greatest day
Today
is the greatest day
That I have
ever really known

Tonight,Tonight

Time is never
time at all
You can never
ever leave
Without leaving
a piece of youth
And our lives are
forever changed
We will never
be the same
The more you change
the less you feel
Believe believe in me
believe believe
That life can
change that
You're not
stuck in vain
We're not
the same
We're different
tonight
Tonight tonight
so bright
Tonight
tonight

And you know you're
never sure
But your sure you
could be right
If you held yourself
up to the light
And the embers
never fade
In your city
by the lake
The place where
you were born
Believe believe in me
believe believe
In the resolute
urgency of now
And if you
believe
There's not a
chance tonight
Tonight tonight
so bright
Tonight
tonight
We'll crucify the
insincere tonight
We'll make
things right
We'll feel it
all tonight
We'll
find a way
To offer up
the night tonight
The indescribable
moments
Of your
life tonight
The impossible is
possible tonight
Believe in me as I
believe in you tonight
Tonight tonight
tonight tonight