Bottles & Cans it's coming down in bottles and cans if you don't have a cup just use your hands or if you feel lucky, just open wide... but if you need a drink, ask me nice and step inside
nothing is free and nothing is gained when you rely on only the rain to wipe away the harm that you've done look out clouds, have you met this lonely son?
the rain that once brought you to your love drops down like dolly daggers from above
though you were unsure you still put out the fire now you're living in the way you desired among the lonesome, the drunk and the mad welcome to looking for what you once had
the rain that once brought you to your love drops down like dolly daggers from above
streams run ragged down brooklyn streets rain is pooling on your blankets and sheets since you left the window open over your bed don't you wish you were coming home to me instead?
Prince of the Upper West Side (in memory of Ed Zeltser)
... and here I thought you needed something needed someone, needed anything at all but I was wrong and now you've got it all together, got perfect weather, got all these dealings in your kingdom going on
but I was wrong... and now I pass apartments facing central park, light up like lanterns in the dark so goodbye, to our knight off colombus, that treasure among us the prince of the upper west side
... and here I thought you'd been depleted, been mistreated been afraid to leave your tower but I was wrong and now you're all about tomorrow, all through with sorrow, all full of everything you need to carry on
but I was wrong... and now I pass apartments facing central park, light up like lanterns in the dark so goodbye, to our knight off colombus, that treasure among us the prince of the upper west side
we drive with him down the west side highway past the piers and the dock he swore they won't tear down we drive with him down the west side highway we won't breath 'till we get to midtown
LYRICS FROM THE VINYL 45
Buzz Like Houseflies
strange men asking where her daddy's at taller one's a smoker, fatter's in a stetson hat she'll let 'em enter 'cause she knows they'll treat her fine no one looks for trouble knowing daddy's home at nine
like city children to a broken water main like a stitch of bourbon on a shirt without a stain they'll buzz like houseflies to the blue light every time they all want to be there knowing daddy's home at nine
some days the doctor finds he's beaten by a cough and even postmen need to take a few days off long as that yoke keeps rising 'bove the county line all is well and well we'll be once daddy's home at nine
LYRICS FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM, BOSS TWEED
Done Wonders
if I knew you were drowning I would have jumped in but the sun can be blinding and I know you can swim there've been days that I've missed you, more than I've wanted someone else leaving you was painful but it's done wonders for my health
if I heard you were falling I would have asked where so my camera could capture you embracing the air there's been moments I've missed out that count on me plus someone else leaving you was painful but it's done wonders for my health
I was never good at lying but you can't blame a fool for trying spending all these wasted hours with myself is doing wonders for my health
if I heard you were drowning, I would have asked where so my body could sink down 'neath the weight of your stare there's been days that I've missed you, more than I've wanted someone else leaving you was painful but it's done wonders for my health
if I heard you were falling I would have jumped in, one last tumble together before gravity wins there's been moments I've missed out that count on me plus someone else leaving you was painful but it's done wonders for my health
Pretty Violent
take time to think it through before you tell me any bad news 'cause I'm feeling pretty violent this afternoon take care and write it down before you mouth off any hurtful sounds 'cause I'm feeling pretty violent this time around
there's a storm brewing over your actions this tempest has taken my name I'm about to reveal all the heat you can feel from a flame so...
take five, and take it soon, because it's getting hot in this room and I'm feeling pretty violent this afternoon
After Awhile
I was killed on the water, skimmed across the surface of the sun and though I know it's getting harder, I don't know why he had me on the run and it's been about three miles and I can see over my shoulder he has gone after awhile I will redial, I will defile my favorite movie, it's the one... it's the one...
... where your face is on the screen we haven't exchanged dirty looks oh that secret in our hearts that tells you mine's an open book well your face is on the screen we haven't exchanged dirty looks oh that secret in our hearts that tells you mine's an open book
well it takes two to tango, but I can see you dancing all alone and how much better are you now, for the tangled web of feelings you have shown I should have told you from the start, don't be pouring out your heart until it's done after awhile I will redial I will defile my favorite movie, it's the one... it's the one...
Self Made Man
morning breaks like eggs over easy a dog howls like watermellon man each step breaks backs upon the pavement each breath is warmth upon your hands
kick start monday early morning kick back friday afternoons you're not at home around the collar your kind's out braying at the moon
you can't depend on the sun to shine...
smile from a second story window nod from a broken leather brim green lights blush on your arrival street lamps bow your days begins
feet pound a rhythm in the concrete pulse taps a rhythm in your brain wade through all the voices of the city pouring down in eavesdrops of rain
you can't depend on the sun to shine...
chief broke a window in the nuthouse you carved a river in the sand no waiting 'round for any winning numbers, holy rollers, deal made with the devil's left hand man...
you can't depend on the sun to shine...
Then it Hits You
then it hits you, you don't know any more than you did last year, or even ten years before that walking slowly, down weathered halls into avenues that you never knew would grow warmer with the cold
and it's a strange thing when it hits you you're not getting older, just further along oh and it's a strange thing when it hits you you will never be right 'till you let yourself be wrong
then it hits you, spaces inbetween people that you never knew are even closer than before talking slowly, though crowded halls into faces that you never knew would grow warmer with the cold
and it's a strange thing when it hits you you're not getting older, just further along oh and it's a strange thing when it hits you you will never be right 'till you let yourself be wrong
it's like buddy always told me, 'take a look at the grains in the sand and the stars in the sky' there are people you can count on getting older and there are people you can always count on to get you high
Real Good Sell
you're a real good sell but these eyes can tell when a man is still awake so you've got no choice but to hear my voice in response to this last mistake like a newborn child, you're naturally wild and prone to fits of rage and that shows me how we're in the same place now when I used to be half your age
so I'm telling you now that you're leaving... by dawn, by yourself, by any means there ever was though your eyes may be closed I know you're not sleeping 'cause a man like you never does
it was quite some night, you did love me right oh the tales this room could tell but we've had enough of that reckless stuff to send everyone to hell
Cleanin' Upsa Ditty
tell me why is cleaning up so hard never want to do it 'till the mess is so large it just spills over the edge onto the floor... making a mess is the fun part, I don't mind it so much cooking up food is part breaking down and making up... if I let it sit long enough, will someone else come along and clean it up
look at what you started, now we're both broken hearted never got around to cleaning up...
