Versus lyrics

Update, 7/14/2010: I typed these lyrics up many years ago, I hope they might still be useful. Versus are putting out a new album this summer! I have seen them perform twice in the past 6 months! I will try to say something about that soon, and if I get the time, maybe I will clean up this site a little. In the meantime I have posted some otherwise mostly unavailable mp3 files here.

Hi. This is my collection of Versus lyrics. There seemed to be a serious lack of them available online.

If you have any corrections, please let me know and I’ll be glad to change them. At some point I may add lyrics from related bands, and maybe guitar tablature; the other day I sat down and picked out a nice version of “Crazy-Maker”...

Warning: If you try to print this, it will be something like 50 pages long!

For more information about Versus, go to Paul Phillips’ Versus page.

Let’s Electrify!

Silver Vein
That Girl’s Gone
Noogie
Let’s Electrify!
Seaweed Rising
Sea Girl

1. Silver Vein

(R w/occasional back-up vox by F) 
Tongue deep inside the soil, empty pan in hand,
silver now I found, it brings me back to earth
Sun will shine

I’m deep inside my vein where everything looks the same
Red blood cells roll by
They can’t even say hello, it’s nice to see you again

(R w/F on distant back-ups)
Buried, bless the neighbors say (?)
Mine oh my let anyday (?)
I want to, I think I want to
Someone call an ambulance
I just struck the silver vein
I wanted to, I know I wanted to

(R) Frost backed in my plane, find that silver vein
And don’t mind watching the tears rolling down your face
I will follow you, silver vein.
I will follow you home.

2. That Girl’s Gone

(F) Turn the light on I think I’m scared
The lampshade’s taken the form of a head
My doctor says, oh you’re all right
Take these pills and you’ll sleep all night
I feel as if I’m ten feet tall
I can’t keep my balance at all
One more drink and I’ll be ok
Where’s my guardian angel today? Let’s go!

I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care

One more hangover’s come too soon
I’ll never have another drink again
My stomach’s got a creature inside
I think I’ve just lost all my pride
My boyfriend’s got a girlfriend now
I hope she gets hit by a car
I won’t get out of bed today
I’ll sleep my whole life away

I, I didn’t think that it would be like this, why should I?
Now I finally lost my mind, and all they say is, that girl’s gone

I won’t get out of bed today
Sleep my whole life away, let’s go!

I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care

I don’t care
i don’t care

3. Noogie

(R) So if you stay at home all by yourself
Don’t bother to lock your door for me
For your guidance look to the stars,
Get drunk hanging out at bars,
And if you need a friend don’t take him home
I need to be there

You need a noogie to get through the day
You need a noogie to make your troubles go away
You never seemed so heavenly
When you’re at home watching tv
And if you feel like killing yourself
I need to be there

I will be there I will be square (?)
I will be there if you’re still in

I want to be sly I want start trouble won’t you let me in?
I want to get lost I want to get caught so won’t you let me in?
I want to be sly I want to start trouble won’t you let me in?
I need to sleep a long time
I need to get by
I need to sleep all night
So won’t you let me in?

So if you stay at home tonight
Don’t bother to lock your door for me

4. Let’s Electrify!

(R w/some back-up croons from F) 
Electricity’s what I need
And I need to feel the speed
Lightning strikes when I’m alone
Cuz you were always dark (?)

I could tell you about a heart attack
Cuz I’ve been there and back
You just need a mini-jump start (?)
Cuz everything else was falling apart

Let’s electrify
Write it in the sky
all I really want I wanted for you
Lightning strikes again
Strikes not once but twice
I just need to hear your heavenly voice

I’m just searching for a sign
A sign that you were mine
I know it’s hard to take it seriously
but everything else was good (?)

So let’s electrify our hearts
Just tell me when to start
I never think that I’ll hear it from you
Cuz everything else was falling apart

Let’s electrify
Write it in the sky
All I really want I wanted for you
Lightning strikes again
Strikes not once but twice
I just need to hear your heavenly voice

I know what you want
I know what you need
You just to take a little more speed

5. Seaweed Rising

[I don’t have this full song. I have searched for this album for ages and only have downloaded versions and still haven’t tracked down this one in toto.]

(R) Seaweed rising here
Lies are lying here
Seaweed rising there
Secrets come up for air
(R w/F echoing) Seaweed rising here  		
Truth is what you fear
Seaweed rising there
Justice comes up to there

(R) If I go to sleep
I’ll read your secret plans, read your secret books
If I stay awake
Your girlfriend’s at my throat, she only wants to know
Seaweed strangling you
Cut it away from you, it’s all that’s left to do

Now I’m telling you
Don’t lie to your friends, don’t lie for your friends
Silent till the end
You’re your own firing squad, condemned yourself to die
Seaweed suicide seaweed
Truth and justice aside, liberty is a lie

[cut?]

6. Sea Girl

(R) I stare out the window over the sea
I need to tell her don’t forget about me
Under the waves in the quiet secret place
I know she’s out there waiting for me, 
My sea girl

I’ll bait my line with a heavy heart
Sink it down below sharks
She’ll stay down there in her own private place
I know just how to fish for her,
My sea girl

Seaweed eyes, dark green hair
Sea girl
Casting my line, losing my mind,
Sea girl
Seaweed hair, dark green eyes,
Sea girl
Casting my line, losing my mind,
My sea girl

The Stars Are Insane

Thera
Circle
Fallow
River
Mirror, Mirror
Be-9
Deseret
Blade of Grass
Janet
Solar Democrat
Wind Me Up
I’ll Be You

1. Thera

(R) Check the records for Thera
and find that she had swallowed the sun
and begun to spit it out at everyone
so mark the change of the seasons
cuz for no particular reason
she’ll blow up and toss you
up and down around around the block

(F) Thera
volcano groove(?)
Thera
blow up with you

(R) We need to stop, look, and listen for trouble
we need to find a release for fear
oh, before she starts to lose her top
so mark the change of the seasons
cuz for no particular reason
she’ll get up and kiss you, ba da ba da da bam ba ba da ba

(F&R) Thera
volcano cruise(?)
Thera
blow up with you
 
(F) (ooooooohhhh)

(R) So I asked her to marry me
She said write it in a song
as long as it doesn’t take long
we know she’s just a girl
we know she’s not a volcano
Thera - she thinks that she’s god.

(R&F) Thera 
volcano cruise
Thera
blow up with you

(R - choosin’ right from wrong)?

2. Circle

(F) All my friends 
starting to push me along,
soon i’ll fall
i hope that my fall 
doesn’t shatter me to bits
like a star

not a single soul 
in that circle knows just why
they’ll fall too

i’m falling
they’ll fall too

hello selfish friend
where have you gone this time
i’m near the end
you know what to say,
said that cuz you know i’ll cry
say it again

let’s not talk today
words just get in the way
let’s go out and play

i’m falling
they’ll fall too

i’m falling
they’ll fall too

3. Fallow

(R) Hello, I’ll be your husband tonight.
See for yourself.
I can be simple, I can be horrible
I can be silent, I can stay out at night.

Hello, I’ll be drunk tonight.
This one’s on me.
I can be with you, I can be against you
I can be in you, not even see your face.

(R&F) I will follow if you want me.

(R) Say goodbye to the life we lead.
Cuz we’ve run out of time.
I was just lost, lost in a fallow field
But I will follow if you call my name.

(R&F) I’ll fall fallow if you let me.
F: I’ll fall fallow (R: I will be the sun and I will be the moon)
If you let me   (I would be your sun and I will be your fool)

4. River

(R) This is the story of your life.
Play Captain Fantastic at least for tonight.
Please believe me when I say 
Ten bucks won’t last you a very long way.

(F) You’re not my only friend
Save that for someone else.
The sun was bright but your face was white.
When I saw you in L.A.

(R) Last time I saw River
He was lying face down, he fell down face down
So please believe him when he says
Ten bucks won’t last you a very long way.

(F) You’re not my only friend
Save that for someone else.
Sun was bright but your face was white
When I saw you in L.A.

(F) Ooh - ooh Ooh - ooh Ooh - ooh

(F) You’re not my only friend
Save that for someone else.
(F&R) You’re not my only friend
Save that for someone else.
You’re not my only friend
Save that for someone else today.

(F) Ooh - ooh.

5. Mirror, Mirror

(R) You may know me cuz I’m your disease
But I need someone to please
(?: Mirror) I will not hurt you
(Mirror) I will not sleep on your roof
I know it’s warm outside
But I need to feel your skin
(Mirror) I will not hurt you
(Mirror) But I will not leave
So stay away baby. Stay away.

(?)	Mirror Mirror
    	Mirror Mirror

Stay away baby. Stay away.

You can’t see me cuz I’m just a mirror
But I need someone to see
(Mirror) I will not fuck you
(Mirror) I will just carry your books
And I know you’re only 16 
But I need to be 16
(Mirror) I’m just a mirror
(Mirror) I will not go 
So look away baby. Stay away.

6. Be-9

(R) So you were nine years old
and let the truth be told
why did you run out on me
taking your toys
you made a fool out of her
but it was one big blur
so why don’t you kill all your friends
and make fun but not pretend, yeah

you live in the past
and save the best for last
why don’t you jump off a cliff
taking your life
cuz this one’s all you got until tomorrow
you’ll be 9 years old until tomorrow

(R&F) don’t apologize
i can’t sympathize
don’t apologize
cuz I can’t sympthize with you

(R) it feels like a force
which you can reckon with
jump back to nine years old
when you had toys
cuz this one’s all you’ve got until tomorrow
this one’s all you’ve got until tomorrow

(R&F) don’t apologize
i can’t sympathize
don’t apologize
cuz I can’t sympthize with you

(R) (c’mon)
(cuz this one’s all you’ve got until tomorrow)
(you’ll be nine years old until tomorrow GO!)
(c’mon)

7. Deseret

(R) the desert sun will take my body,
cleanse me of the dirt that covers me
so I can breathe alright, alright

if you leave today, take care of my things,
send ’em to me,
just put ’em on a plane to Deseret, alright?

(F&R) Deseret Deseret Deseret Deseret

(F) Deseret Deseret

8. Blade of Grass

(R) Right now, now is not the time or the place
To count each blade of grass for you alright
I never lose control, not there
But everything else is gone

(F: "play now richard")

Rip it up and throw it all away
Downwind, we’ll never find it today
And every time, every blade news (?)
Gets lost, lost back there in time a long time ago

(F: oooooooooohhhhhhh)

First time last time
I’ll count each blade of grass for you
First time the next time
I’ll count each blade of grass for you (oh yeah)

Right now, now is the time and the place
To count each blade of grass for you, alright
I’ll never lose control again
But everything else is gone

(F: ooooooooooooohhhhhhhh)

First time next time
I’ll count each blade of grass for you
First time last time
I’ll count each blade of grass for you.

9. Janet

(F) If you take my clothes away will you hurt me
You can call me anything I deserve it
If you said you’d leave this place I would follow you
If you said you’d want me to stay I would stay for you
(2x)

Janet, why do you hide behind your lies
Janet, see yourself without this fright
(2x)

Someday, I’ll be myself, I’ll be myself
Someday, I’ll be myself, I’ll be myself

I feel no devotion, it’s all left up to me (3x)

10. Solar Democrat

(R) America, 1994, the year of love and war
Overland from sea, from sea to shining sea
No one’s more conscious than a churning star
Sun will burn up on the ugly scars
Flash! I’ve got a message, a radio alert
The president was killed today
and his wife was murdered
I’m a member of the solar (sonic?) democrats
Taking steps to ensure it passed

(F: oh - oh - oh - oh)

(R) What will I bring you’ll be okay
I am watching you cry
You’ll be okay

Cuz I’m electable

Don’t, don’t assume it’s me
Don’t think I’m your friend,
so never count on me,
I’ll never ask you
No one more conscious than a churning star
The sun will burn on, 1994,


(F: oh - oh - oh - oh)

(R: 1,2,3,4)

11. Wind Me Up

(F) I sit silently letting you break me down
I feel like a child can’t you see it’s hurting me
Wind me up, turn me around, let them all watch me
I’m the only one. I’m the one you lose.
I’m the only one. I’m the one you lose.
I am not a wind-up doll.

Now I’m all alone you can’t hurt me now that I’m here
My mind cannot stop thinking that I’m someone (?) you mind
Do I warrant this, do I deserve this?
I’m the only one. I’m the one you lose.	(I’m the one.)
I’m the only one. I’m the one you lose.	(I’m the one.)
I am not a wind-up doll.

Wind me up, turn me around, let them all watch me
I’m the only one. I’m the one you lose.	(I’m the one.)
I’m the only one. I’m the one you lose.	(I’m the one.)
I am not a wind-up doll.

12. I’ll Be You

(R) I’ll be you and you can be me.
And I will think only beautiful thoughts
And I will think only beautiful thoughts

I don’t know which side you’re on
So get out of my house
I don’t know which side you’re on
It sure isn’t mine today

So I’ll be you, and you and her can be me.
And I will think only beautiful thoughts
And I will think only beautiful thoughts for you

I don’t know which side you’re on
So get out of my house
I don’t know which side you’re on
It sure isn’t mine today

It’s yours, not mine
It’s yours, not mine
Not mine

Dead Leaves

Astronaut
Forest Fire
Insomnia
Venus Victoria
Another Face
Bright Light
Merry-Go Round
Tin-Foil Star
Cross The Street
Crazy
Sunburned
Flax

1. Astronaut

(R) Time stands still today
Turn off your alarm, go back to sleep
(F) I can never, never, see your face in the mirror
You can never, never look me in my eye
(R) Dream(?), dream all you want
Cuz I’m not there for you

(F) Astronaut, Astronaut   (R) Astronaut, every day
Astronaut, Astronaut        An astronaut’s what I’ll always be

(R) Look, look into my eyes
You see tiny lights on Christmas trees
(F) I can never never see your face in the mirror
You can never never look me in my eye
(R) Peace, all I want is peace
And I’m not there for you

(F) Astronaut, Astronaut   (R) Astronaut, every day
Astronaut, Astronaut        An astronaut’s what I’ll always be
Astronaut, Astronaut        the stars are what i’d rather see

(R&F) oooh - ooooh -ooooh

(R&F) 	go back to sleep, go back to sleep, go back
	look in my face, look in my eyes, don’t look
	i see a star, a tiny private star (?)
	(R) star

(R)Space, space is the place
where I can’t hear your voice, all I see are stars
(F) I can never, never, see your face in the mirror
You can never, never look me in my eye
(R) Stars are where I’d rather be
Where I’m not there for you

(F) Astronaut, Astronaut   (R) Astronaut, every day
Astronaut, Astronaut        An astronaut’s what I’ll always be
Astronaut, Astronaut        the stars are what i’d rather see

(R&F) oooh - ooooh -ooooh

2. Forest Fire

(F) I’m not gonna let you in
I’m right here and you stay there
I’m not gonna let you in
I’m right here and you stay there
Don’t start forest fires
Don’t start forest fires

I saw a bird she couldn’t move
She had burnt her face
Ashes scattered down the road as far as we could see

(F&R) All we’ve got left
Is memories
All we’ve got left
Is memories

(F) Keep your distance
Keep your distance

(F&R) All we’ve got left
Is memories
All we’ve got left
Is memories

(F&R) Keep your distance
Don’t start forest fires
No more talking
See you tomorrow

3. Insomnia

(R) Ahhhhh

The noise of the city is very loud, 
especially at night when the brights go down
Insomnia. Don’t wake me tonight.

Alright and the city come down and kill us all
Insomnia. Wake you up but (R&F) I.....
Read in your mind that you’re asleep
Don’t mind the noise and it’s alright
Go back to sleep, relax your mind
Don’t mind the noise

(R) Relax your mind or read a good book
Watch the TV or jerk off a bit
Insomnia. I’ll kill all of you
OK I’m gonna take my gun and blow your heads
Insomnia. Wake you up but (R&F) I
Read in your mind that you’re asleep
Don’t mind the noise and it’s alright
Go back to sleep relax your mind
Don’t mind the noise

(R) Insomnia. Don’t wake me tonight
Insomnia. Don’t wake me up

I... read in your mind.

4. Venus Victoria

(R) Venus fell in love today
She’s not shy, she’ll take you all the way
She’s got you in her bed
But she still hasn’t said
That all by herself she’s gonna be someone
Venus knows she’ll get away

Victoria told her secret to me
She told me love was not the smartest choice for me
Beauty doesn’t show, she’s gonna bring you down
And all by herself, she’s gonna be someone
Victoria knows she’ll get away

Venus fell in love today
Victoria told her secret to me
And she said, run away

In her mind there’s a little clock
That ticks away and doesn’t stop
She’s not gonna let you get away
Venus and Victoria fell in love today

5. Another Face

(R screaming something like) Please kneel down
He said to me
Close your eyes and wait for me
Please kneel down
She said to me
Close your eyes and wait for me, me

(F) Please kneel down he said to me
Close your eyes and wait
beads of sweat fall down
I’m so fucking hot

Here I saw something strange
it’s coming close, I can tell
something warm hits me
my face my neck my body

I’m away ?????????????
He has gone away
Another day gone by
Another face

6. Bright Light

(R&F) The light is much too bright.

(R) I skipped a rock across the pond,
It made a splash just like the sun,
Dropping, watch it fade away
And then the rock was gone.

I skipped across the shopping mall
Stacks of food would start to fall
I’m too young to understand
Mistakes are not my fault.

(R&F) La la la la la
La la la la la la la 
(R) We’ll be here we’ll be together

I am nothing please forgive me

I buried truth up in the hills
Mother took the yellow pills
Father bought a brand new car
That brand new car was dope

I’m sick of melancholia
The fever’s bright just like the sun
I threw up seven times a day
Please make it go away

(R&F) La la la la la 
La la la la la la la
(R) We’ll be here we’ll be together

I am nothing please forgive me

(F&R) I’m not here
Shine the light right here

(R) And the sun is much too bright
I’m looking for my lucky star
Try to watch it fall away
And then it disappears

And the sun is much too bright
I want it all too myself
I’ll lose myself in the light.

(R&F) Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

7. Merry-Go-Round

(R) I doubt I can ever wear a business suit
I sure can’t dress like Joe: spiffy

I doubt I can ever hold a serious job
And this I will always know

I never seem to know
And now I gotta go back around the merry-go-round
To circle back around

I doubt I can ever drive a company car
And eat at the cafeteria, suck up to the boss
I doubt I can ever hold a serious job
And this I will always know

I never seem to know
And now I gotta go back around the merry-go-round
To circle back around

merry-go-round
time is running out
And now I gotta go back around the merry-go-round
To circle back around.

and time is running out
and now i’ve gotta go back around the merry-go-round
to circle back around.

8. Tin Foil Star

(R) A tin foil star
is all you’ve got left
A magic wand that lets you pretend
that you’re the same as before

You know you’re right
and you know you’re wrong
You’ll slit your wrists to prove that you’re right
It’s not that simple anymore, anymore

Cuz I’m your little boy
I’m your little girl
We’re stuck in the outway?????
I only want to stay

A tin foil star
is all you’ve got left
that silver star just grinds you again
it’s the truth, it’s a lie

In this white room
there’s no one else
Everyone you know just got up and left
you were never there, never there 
(know that you ought to see
i love the way you breathe to me)

Crying all my life
This straight jacket fits alright???
Insane people are people too???
So get out of my room

9. Cross the Street

(R) I see now what I saw the last time
I saw her crossing the street
She doesn’t even look

In this daydream, in this nightmare
(F) I saw you there
(R) Through the windshield she was standing on her head
(F) I saw you there
(R) Look in the mirror, you will find your light in there
(F) I saw you there, I saw you there

(R) I see her most every day now
I saw her floating away
To come back another day

If I kill myself will you kill yourself too?
(F) No I won’t go.
(R) If I cross the street, will you be on the other side
(F) No I won’t go
(R) If I look at you, I will find a little girl
(F) I saw you there (R: I saw you) No I won’t go 
I saw you there No I won’t go No I won’t go

(R&F) Now I never look when I cross the street
I won’t hear you scream.

10. Crazy

(R&F) 	I’m not crazy
(R) 	forget the shit that you have heard
(R&F) 	I’m not crazy
(R) 	I’ve carried you so far
(R&F) 	I’m not crazy
(R) 	I’d love to hear you cry 
	and I’m just here for you too

(F) I’m not crazy oooooooh (R) like a little tear
I’m not crazy oooooooh     I’m just falling down, rolling down
I’m not crazy oooooooh     Like a little tear
I’m not crazy oooooooh     I’m just rolling down, rolling down

(R&F) 	I’m not crazy
(R) 	I thought I seen my friend
(R&F) 	I’m not crazy
(R) 	but he died a year before
(R&F) 	I’m not crazy
(R)	I think he is coming here to take me away, too

(F) I’m not crazy oooooooh (R) like a little tear
I’m not crazy oooooooh     I’m just falling down, rolling down
I’m not crazy oooooooh     Like a little tear
I’m not crazy oooooooh     I’m just rolling down, rolling down

(repeats for a while)

11. Sunburned

(R) I woke up to the sight 
of the city glowing bright, glowing bright
(F) (wake up again, start at the end)
(R) I’m suspended by balloons, 
and I’m laughing like a loon, like a loon
(F) (wake up again, start at the end)
(R) I’m watching him descend, 
can he see all his friends, all his friends
(F&R?) lake forest flies???? burn out the sky?

(R) My trajectory is set, 
beating way static, way static???
(F) (wake up again, start at the end)
(R) Watch, watch out for the planes, 
their engine props and pain, props and pain
(F) (wake up again, start at the end)
(R) try, try, to to break his fall, his ??????
(F&R?) lake forest flies????? burn out the sky?

(R) watch out for the planes
just don’t crash again

he finally falls with grace 
with a stupid look on his face, a stupid look
(F) (wake up again, start at the end)
i’m sunburned once again, 
a hard-boiled lobsterman, lobsterman
(F) (wake up again, start at the end)
try, try to calm him down, 
least i’m pretty sound to talk and it’s
(F&R?) solid gold, from days of old, yeah

12. Flax

(R, w/sporadic background oooohh’s from Fontaine) 
Keep the wind at your back
The earth will rise beneath your feet
But I’ll stay at home and go to sleep
I will watch the sun race across the sky (and fade away?)

I know you are here
Full of your good cheer
But I can’t decide on you
I can’t decide for you

I turn flax to gold
Spin my spinning wheel
I lost myself in here
Took that key and threw it away
So you won’t see
The empty space inside of me

I turn flax to gold
Spin my wheel for gold
But I want to be over you
But I don’t want to be by myself

I know you are here
To wish me a happy new year
And I could turn flax into gold
But then my spinning wheel broke

Deep Red

Shooting Star
Linus
Lost Time
Dead City
Deep Red

1. Shooting Star

(R&F) Wish upon a star, you might even like it
Hold it in your hands, and you just want to kill it

Sleep the day away, and never see sunlight
Come back to earth, but you don’t even like it
So call on the phone, and act like you mean it

(R) Don’t fall shooting star,
Don’t fall too far       (F) Wish upon a star
Not gonna stay on the phone with you
So come on                 Wish upon a star
Don’t fall shooting star
(R&F) Don’t fall too far			
(R) Not gonna stay on the phone with you
(R&F) So come home				

(R&F) 
Can’t go outside cuz you might see them
Drink yourself to death, your life is too boring
Wish upon a star, you might even like it
You’ll break my heart, cuz you just wanna kill it

(R) Don’t fall shooting star,
Don’t fall too far       (F) Wish upon a star
Not gonna stay on the phone with you
So come on                Wish upon a star
Don’t fall shooting star
(R&F) Don’t fall too far			
(R) Not gonna stay on the phone with you
(R&F) So come home	

(R&F) You can just orbit the sun
Never come back
Tell me I’m the only one
Turn your flame on
You can just orbit the sun
Be your sacrifice (???)
You know I’m the only one
So come home

2. Linus

(no vocals, just meowing by ........)

(at end: R: “Linus, Linus, Linus, Linus”)

3. Lost Time

(F) I feel my insides turn my heart, 
can’t feel my mind
I don’t remember what was said, 
it’s like the scriptures i’ve read

(F&R) no time to know what I feel, right or wrong
no time to know what I feel, what is real

(F&R) i’m lost in time
i’ve lost time

(F) don’t ask me for forgiveness, 
I’ve known you before
you’re a lover I have room(?), an illusionist
(F&R) my thousand miles are not half as long without you
i won’t run so be, be on your way

(F&R) i’m lost in time
i’ve lost time

(F - doo-do-do, do-do-do, etc)

(F&R) i’m lost in time
i’ve lost time 	(R - time is time)

(F - doo do do do, etc)

4. Dead City

(R) Stared at a thousand stars
Drunk at a thousand bars
Come home to fall asleep at your feet

(R&?) Gotta get me out of here
Bring me for a thousand years??
Can’t wait for you

(R) Drown out the sound of guitars
ignore the ringing in your ear
What can you hear when you’re asleep, the alarm?

(R&?) Candy answer real shade?????
Drummers tries to force the aid????

(R&?) Our dead city

(R) Try not to leave your apartment
Look out the window at the ants
Blow all the money that you make on a stray?(shrink??)?

(R&?) Don’t pick up the telephone
Need to try to be alone

Can’t wait for you

Blame it on the architects
You won’t receive the skyline from a plane
Spend all your time on a bus
or the train

(R&?) Tempt you all to rollerblades
Taxicabs and modern ways???

(R&F) Our dead city

(F) I won’t go, don’t make me
I won’t go, don’t make me

(F) I won’t go		(R) I will be alright
Don’t make me		Don’t stay up all night
I won’t go			I will be okay
Don’t make me		Don’t stay up all day

(R) I will be alright		(F) I will be okay
Don’t stay up all night		Don’t stay up all day
I will be okay		I will be alright
Don’t stay up all day		Don’t stay up all night

(repeat over and over)

5. Deep Red

(R w/ some backup vox by Fontaine and also 
a string quartet?) 

A feeling, it’s just a feeling
That you’re not alone
Repeating, your heart’s beating
When you get home
Ice cream, he likes ice cream
Cuz it tastes so sweet
Drifting, coagulating on your feet

You like it, you really like it
When he takes off your dress
You need to unwind we need the stress???
He wants to remove her, but look in your eyes
He’s cutting, he’s just cutting the lines on your face

He likes it, he really likes it
Take off your dress, get out of this mess
French guy, he was a French guy
He came in your house as quiet as a mouse
Deep red, c’mon deep red
Saying goodbye, cuz you’re out of time
Feeling too much recension?????
That you’re gonna die
(die die die die die die die die die die die die die)

Secret Swingers

Lose That Dress
Yeah You
Glitter Of Love
Ghost Story
Use As Directed
Double Suicide (Mercy Killing)
Jealous
Shower Song
Angels Rush In
One Million
A Heart Is A Diamond

1. Lose That Dress

(R) Who’s that girl walking like her feet are on fire?
She’s got that pale red skin that the guys desire
You’ve been looking years for a girl like this
But who’s gonna wait around for that single kiss?

(F&R) Yeahhhh.  Yeahhhhh.
					(F)
(R) Lose that dress				Yeahhh
She’s the girl who doesn’t want to act her age	Yeahhh
We’ve been friends for years and that’s why it’s okay	Yeahhh
I don’t know who she thinks she needs to impress	Yeahhh
Girl I know you’re special but you gotta		Yeahhh
Lose that dress				Aaahh
Lose that dress				Aaahh
I can really like you when you’re sleeping		Aaahh
I don’t know what you’ve been dreaming		Aaahh
I guess I’ll just call you up this weekend		Aaahh

					Yeahhh
					Yeahhh
Lose that dress				Yeahhh
I met you when you didn’t know your way round	Yeahhh
You were totally obsessed with that girly sound	Yeahhh
What good it’d do you now I can only guess		Yeahhh
Girl I know you’re special but you gotta		Yeahhh
Lose that dress				Aaahh
Lose that dress				Aaahh
I can really like you when you’re sleeping		Aaahh
i don’t know what you’ve been dreaming		Aaahh
I guess I’ll just call you up this weekend		Aaahh

(R&F) Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh 

[F laughs, R: "yes!"]

2. Yeah You

(F) Don’t say that you’ll call me and then not
You’re always saying those things to me

I just thought that we were friends
But it doesn’t seem to be that way cuz you are always gone

Oooh oooh   ooh oooh
You know who you are
Oooh oooh  Oooh oooh
You - yeah you

Don’t say that you’re my friend cuz you’re not
You’re always talking behind my back

I just don’t want to be your friend
because everytime I see you you are always so cold

Oooh oooh.   Oooh oooh.
You know who you are
Oooh oooh.   Oooh oooh.
You

don’t try to tell me that you are always on
my side because I know, I know that you never are
if you’re going to shoot that in your arm then tell me now
cuz I don’t want to be around, be around anymore

yeah

oooh oooh  doo oooh.
you know who you are
ooh ooh  ooh ooh.
you, yeah you know

dont’ stay around here, don’t call me today
don’t lie to my face and don’t pay my way

i just thought that we were friends
but it doesn’t seem to be that way cuz you are always gone

ooh oooh    ooh ooohh
you know who you are
oooh oooh    oooh ooooh  
you know.

3. Glitter of Love

(R) Star-crossed love      (F: “Aahhhhh” throughout verses)
Right into my arms above the planets
We can stay up all night

Dashboard romantic
Bring your broken heart to your party
Pretend that no one loves you

So you’re an airplane
Flying through the clouds
Back to daddy
There’s a new death in the family

You look real to me
Not just a paper doll,
You’re a gun-totin’ moll
Staring right at the sun
So call the paula ten??
Yeah I’m real stuck on you
And that’s more than the truth
You’re giving me the warm shaking glitter of love

Plastique panic
Wake up  somewhere else, screaming bloody murder
Blame it on your mother

Razor sharp
Cutting up your arm is a bad habit
Hope that someone finds you

You look real to me
You’re Jennifer Jason Leigh
But you’re taller than me

And you carry a gun
It looks like so much fun
I’m really stuck on you, and that’s more than the truth
Give me the chance to prove my star-crossed love

Be my island
Be my lighthouse in dark closet
So look behind the presents

Birthday hands
Tremble with anticipation
Drunken star-crossed love

You look real to me
The warm shaken glitter of love will make a man out of me
With nothing more to say, so let’s just fly away
Yeah, I’m really stuck on you, and that’s more than the truth
You’re giving me the warm shaking glitter of love,
We need to try to tell that we’re still in love
To give me the chance to prove my star-crossed love

4. Ghost Story

(R) The doors are locked and the curtains are drawn
The lights are off but the tv’s still on
A cigarette burning on the desk
I can’t see you but you never left
You’ll still be here when you can

Do you need me to guide you through
the daily disappearing act you put me up to
you soak your cigarettes, you’re up all night
you can call me up and everything’s alright
yeah you will be there if you can

yeah it’s the same old ghost story that never ends
stupid disappearing act and we’re still friends
you light another cigarette and start it agian
i can’t see but you’re never there
and you’ll still be there when you can

I don’t want you to sleep with me
I just need you to set me free
there’s a cigarette burning on my bed
makes it hard to fall asleep with you in my bed
but you’ll still be there when i’m dead

yeah it’s the same old ghost story that never ends
stupid disappearing act and we’re still friends
yeah light a fucking (?) cigarette and start it again
the doors are locked and the curtains are drawn
the lights are off but the tv’s still on
there’s a cigarette burning on my bed
and you’ll still be there when i’m dead

5. Use As Directed

6. Double Suicide (Mercy Killing)

[R: “This song is for all you couples out there. 
It’s called double suicide.”]
[F: “This song is for all you couples out there. 
It’s called double suicide.”]

(F)This time I’ve fallen
And this time don’t you catch me
This time I’ve fallen			(R) (This tiiiiiime)
And this time don’t you catch me 	(R) (This tiiiiiime)

(F&R) Cuz I’ll say what I say
I’ll do what I do
So just say what I say
Just do what I do

[R: “Second verse.”?]

(F)This time I’ve fallen
And this time don’t you catch me
This time I’ve fallen			(R) (This tiiiiiime)
And this time don’t you catch me 	(R) (This tiiiiiime)

(F&R) Cuz I’ll say what I say
I’ll do what I do
So just say what I say
Just do what I do

[R: “Double suicide.”]

(F&R) Say what I say
Don’t do what I do
So just say what I say
Just do what I do

(F) Say what I say			(R) (This tiiiiiime)
Just do what I do			(R) (This tiiiiiime)

[R: “Mercy killing.”]

7. Jealous

(R) Try not to make a sound 
while you’re feeling your way around
But you’re tripping the silent alarm  
(F) I didn’t mean any harm, don’t want to let you go far away
(R) I’m not really asking you to stay, 
in fact I’m really wishing you were far away
(F) I didn’t mean any harm, to keep you from running away
(R) Try not to take offense, 
while I’m counting the times down from ten 
when you picked up the phone to this sound
(F) I didn’t mean any harm, don’t want to let you go far away
(R) Jealousy is wearing like a crown, 
and you’re jumping at the slightest sound
(F) I didn’t mean any harm, to keep you from running away

(R) Jealous again, 
jealous like a good American
Yeah we know, 
better to deny it, never know
how scared you are
Baby, please come home
C’mon baby disconnect the phone
Don’t keep pushing me away
C’mon baby promise that you’ll stay

(R)Try not to fall asleep, 
don’t fall asleep while you’re standing guard
You’re locking me out of your heart
(F) I didn’t mean any harm, don’t want to let you go far away
(R) I’m not really asking you to stay, 
in fact I’m really wishing you were far away
(F) I didn’t mean any harm, to keep you from running away

(R) Jealous again, 
jealous like a good American
Yeah we know, 
better to deny it, never know
how scared you are
Baby, please come home
C’mon baby disconnect the phone
Don’t keep pushing me away
C’mon baby promise that you’ll stay

So please come home, please come home, 
please come home, please come
Disconnect the phone, disconnect the phone, 
disconnect the phone, disconnect the phone
So please come home, please come home, 
please come home, please come
Disconnect the phone, disconnect the phone, 
disconnect the phone, disconnect the phone

Jealous again, 
jealous like a good American
Yeah we know, 
better to deny it, never know
how scared you are
Baby, please come home
Come on baby disconnect the phone
Don’t keep pushing me away
Come on baby promise that you’ll stay

8. Shower Song

(R) Caught you hoping that the skies aren’t real??
This kind of logic’s just bury in a field
Come on won’t you take a shower
Just wash your hands of all that power
Yeah your right it’s getting light 
Why don’t you take a chance and make it tonight

I need you to take a shower
I want you to boost the power

I’ll fix a perfect situation for you
Don’t have to answer for the things that you do

You just need to take your clothes off
Just relax and take a load off

Don’t have to fight, don’t have to be right
Take back the night, everything will be alright

Come on won’t you take your clothes off
I want you to take your clothes off

Miiiiiiiiiiieeeeenennnnnnnn! (?)

You’re the lying king, you’re the number thirteen (???)
kriss the dumbell fuck?????
you just are in a rut
i want to save you from the things that you do
I’ll be the heroine and you can just be you

I want you to take a shower,
Come on baby fight the power

You take fright in the middle of the night, but not me
You drive fast and walk on glass, but not me
Don’t think twice, baby, that’s alright, but not for me
You say sorry, and I’ve seen the story, but not for me
Not you, not me, not you, not me, 
not you, not me, not you, not me

Take a shower

9. Angels Rush In

(R) You want to talk about killing your friends
(F) I didn’t mean to disappoint you
(R) Don’t even make fun, don’t even pretend, don’t pretend
(F) I just wanted you to leave me alone

(R&F) Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
(R) Town.
while you’re alive

(R) You’ll rob a bank and make your getaway
(F) I didn’t mean to disappoint you
(R) You need a controversy, one today, one today
(F) I just wanted you to leave me alone

(R&F) Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
(R) Now. it’s alive....  we’re legend???

One, two, preserve???
Three, four, out the door

Five, six, no more tricks
Seven, eight, more today???

You’re making friends with shadows on the wall
It’s just your ego, stretching ten feet tall, ten feet tall
(F) I didn’t mean to disappoint you
    I just wanted you to leave me alone
(R) You drive your car where fools fear to tread
Angels rush in, knowing that you’re dead, 
that you’re dead, that you’re dead, that you’re dead
(F) I didn’t mean to disappoint you
    I just wanted you to leave me alone

(R&F) Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
Already, already, already leaving
(R) Town.

10. One Million

(F) One million dollars won’t buy me a star
Paint a smile on your face, it’s alright

A float (???) disappears, underneath I can’t see
Because your eyes are a pain(???) to the sky

One million.

One million flames will not start a fire
Strike a match, stand in line, sacrifice???
Her drawings of the day, twisted lines????
Til it leaves them what you were wrong to remove????

One million

.....????? can’t you feel it’s cold???
Your decisions are not involved at all

ooooooohhhhhhhhh, one million.

11. A Heart Is a Diamond

(R w/ frequent back-up vox from Fontaine)

Everytime you try to run away
someone’s there convincing you to stay
You’re just gonna bury your heart in the ground,
like a diamond

Everyone is looking for answers to
questions they forgot to ask you
You’re your just gonna bury your heart in the ground,
like a diamond

Dig it up and then come back to me
We can make it work, with a little efficacy???
don’t forget, don’t regret the secret you told me
A heart is a diamond til you set it free

Everyone is looking at you for a sign
it’s hard enough to walk in a straight line
you’re just gonna bury your heart in the ground,
like a diamond

Do you ever feel like you’re too old
To replace the memories that you sold
Tell me all the stories that you never told,
told anyone

Dig it up and then come back to me
We can make it work, with a little efficacy????
don’t forget, don’t regret the secret you told me
A heart is a diamond til you set it free

This memory could last a lifetime
You can just sit there by yourself, silent
A heart is a diamond until you set it free.

Play that song over and over again
don’t pretend you didn’t like it back then
you’re just gonna bury your heart in the ground
like a diamond

when you know your heart is big enough
maybe just let it come to a stop
are you gonna bury your heart in the ground 
until it’s dark??????

Two Cents Plus Tax

(0. Oriental American)

Atomic Kid
Dumb Fun
Never Be OK
Morning Glory
Radar Follows You
Underground
Spastic Reaction
Crazy Maker (I’m Still In Love With Your Eyes)
Jack & Jill
Mouth Of Heaven

1. Atomic Kid

(R w/some background vox from F)
Deco ceiling caving in
It’s the end of the world again
You’ve got the Cold War blues
There’s nothing you can do

Listen to voices in the static
Brace yourself for a panic attack
Past the failsafe point
We can never go back

There’s no demon under your bed
Can’t you see it’s all in your head

So wake up atomic kid
Pass on the 20th century
Take your case straight to the mouth of heaven, 
heaven, heaven, heaven

Blinded by the ozone sun
Even the clouds are radioactive
In your fantastic world
There are never girls

Disappointed the threat is gone
Get nostalgic for bombing runs
But don’t you think it’s true
We’ll be afraid against who

This is not the final scene
And these are not the Elysian Fields

So wake up atomic kid
Remember the 20th century
Hear your sentence straight from the mouth of heaven, 
heaven, heaven, heaven

There’s no demon under your bed
Can’t you see it’s all in your head

So wake up atomic kid
This is not the final scene
And these are not the Elysian Fields

So wake up atomic kid
Nuclear 21st century
Won’t you send me a postcard from Armageddon, 
Armageddon, Armageddon, Armageddon.........

2. Dumb Fun

(R sometimes w/F) Look at what ghosts you’ve become
Failed apartments
You’re sleeping alone, back where you started
One night stands, groping hands
Modern romance
You’re spinning your wheels in your own driveway

But you’re fine/you’ll find/you’ll find, you’re fine
He likes your boyfriend, she likes your girlfriend

At night, sneak out the window
You’re looking for some dumb fun
All day, chasing the rainbow,
You’re looking for your dumb fun
I thought I’d always be with you
But we know that never came true

Climb the vine to the sky
Godspeeding
You’re the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain
Years fly by, look at the time
It’s your birthday
Refuse to grow old
Turning lead into gold

Still find, still fine, still fine , still fine
He hates your boyfriend, she hates your girlfriend
At night, you sneak out the window
You’re looking for some dumb fun
All day, you’re chasing the rainbow,
You’re looking for your dumb fun
I thought I’d always be with you
But we know that never came true

Tonight you’re drowning in day-glo
You’re looking to even the score
What’s next, you’re smashing the stereo
They’re knocking on your front door
I thought I’d always be with you
But we know that never came true

Look at what ghosts you’ve become
Failed apartments
He needs his girlfriend, she needs her boyfriend

3. Never Be OK

(F) You’ve been followed
And now there’s nothing to say for yourself
And you don’t know
How you gathered all the stars into your hands
And threw them out to sea
Laughing as the storm shook the ground under your feet

(F w/R occasionally) Opportunists take just one chance
Throw away with just one more glance
Don’t look back until they fall
And realize there’s no one left at all

I see a small star, flickering goodbye
I see a small star, and it’s gonna die

(F) I went down under
And found my courage at the bottom of the sea
And you know what I mean
Yeah, I was looking for my heart that you threw away
And I am taking it home and you will never get it back

(F w/R occasionally) How could a husband do that?
How could my boyfriend do that?
I think you’re gonna have to pay
For everything that they didn’t say

I’ll jump off an airplane, climb every mountain
I want a coin to throw in the fountain

How could a husband do that?
How could my boyfriend do that?
Though you know the price you’ve paid
You’re a coward who will never change

I need a boy to be good to me
I need a boy, I’m easy to please

It’ll never be OK.	(R: How could they do that? 
		How could they do that?)
It’ll never be OK.	(R: How could they do that? 
		How could they do that?)
It’ll never be OK.

4. Morning Glory

(R) Windshields fade to black
When I’m alone with you
Taxi drivers freeze
As we cross the avenue
I was born when she kissed me
Morning glory

Beginning at the end
Safe from all your friends
You can blink your bedroom eyes
Away from all those spies
We won’t answer the phone
We can listen to the dial tone
Blue eyes in the morning
Glory in the end

You paid your respects
To the blow job queen
Watch your parents crumble
In a fortune cookie dream
I died when she left me
End of story

You put away your ring
You packed up all your things
When you walk out the doorway
Can’t follow you anymore
I don’t want to do it again
I don’t wanna be best friends
But left your own devices
You’d pluck out your own eyes

(F) Pick a morning glory
It’s the end of the story
			(R & James??)
			Kissing babies on the street
			Feeling giddy with the heat
(R) No I don’t wanna go without you
			Pouring water on my shoes
			Burning bridges on the loose
No I don’t wanna go without you
I don’t wanna sleep without you	Morning glory, it’s the end
I don’t wanna live without you, 	Morning glory, it’s the end
yeah, yeah, yeah

Sprawling fast like a forest
We never felt a thing
Pulled the plug on daddy’s shotgun wedding
I lived a few weeks
while she loved me

In a lonely place
It feels like outer space
So take it back to the top
And wait for your heart to stop
YOur face in black and white
No time to say goodbye
You only had one moment
A trail of smoke in the sky

(F) Pick a morning glory
It’s the end of the story
Pick a morning glory
It’s the end of the story

(R)			(F)
In a lonely place		Pick a morning glory
It feels like outer space	It’s the end of the story
So take it back to the top	Pick a morning glory
And wait for your heart to stop	It’s the end of the story
Your face in black and white	Pick a morning glory
No time to say goodbye	It’s the end of the story
We only had one moment	Pick a morning glory
A trail of smoke in the sky	It’s the end of the story

Beginning at the end		Pick a morning glory
We’re safe from all your friends	It’s the end of the story
You can blink your bedroom 
eyes			Pick a morning glory
Away from all those spies	It’s the end of the story
We won’t answer the phone	Pick a morning glory
We can listen to the dial tone	It’s the end of the story
Blue eyes in the morning	Pick a morning glory
Glory in the end		It’s the end of the story

5. Radar Follows You

(R) You come to life in the summer
Stretching your toes in the sand
Jump in the water but don’t hold your breath
Feel like your cheating death
Standing on your hands
You are a shipwreck, got no one to trust
Scraping off the rust

Pining for love in the morning
You’re suicidal by nightfall
Lost on the fringes of regular life
We are living together
And we’re worlds apart, yeah
Sneak out the door but wherever you go
Radar follows you

You need a reason to wake up
Kool-Aid therapy
Now you are swallowed by the foaming sea
Do you remember me?
Who else can you trust?
Scraping off the rust
Wherever you go, yeah
Radar follows you

6. Underground

(R) You’re the king of the underground
Where the only sound
Is your hicktown failing heartbeat
and lots of crickets

(R&F) So stake your trailer, bet your life
You’ve got a good home wife
I know she’s out there waiting for you
without a clue

Yeah you gotta see your future through the window
Brave your future, leaving home again

We’ll take you down to New York City
Where the grass is broken glass
And the girls are not that pretty
But we don’t care

So sell your future, bet your past
Because it’s not gonna last
I know you’re out there waiting for me
But you’re just stuck

Yeah you gotta throw your bad luck out the window
Brave your future, leaving home again (kick it)

(R) You like the trouble they’re in
Just give ’em cigarettes and they’ll be your friends

But don’t their bad advice			
They just wanna cut you down to size

Stay inside your room for days		(F) You’re leaving
Wallow in a solipsistic haze		(F) You’re leaving
So won’t you take my good advice	(F) You’re leaving
Get into your car and I’ll be your eyes	(F) You’re leaving
You’re leaving			(F) You’re leaving

(R&F) You’re leaving...... home.

Yeah you’ve gotta see your future through the window
Brave your future leaving home again

7. Spastic Reaction

(R) She will swear a couple of cocktails 
will get you through to tomorrow
You make your man sleep on the couch
until you get over your headache

Take the last train to California
Cuz your looking for someone new
She wears bikinis in the movies
Do the spastic reaction
Have you heard about the new dance craze
Take you back to happy days

(F) Joe Guitar, give him a microphone
And he’ll go the whole nine yards
Dedicate a song to his girlfriend
So she’ll forget that he cheated

I know you’re always looking for
Someone new
Me too
Do the spastic reaction,
it’s the new dance craze
Happy days.

[Then both choruses together, twice; 
in the transition R sings “do you really want to 
take the last train to California...”]

8. Crazy-Maker (I’m Still In Love With Your Eyes)

(R w/frequent backup vox from F) 
Pleased to meet you
And thanks for making the bed
I remember your name
But not a word you said
Spinning against the rotation of the earth
And I’m in love with your eyes

I’ve been living
In the space between your moles
Gliding like a spider
Over lies you told
Crazy-maker,
You never called me back
But I’m still in love with your eyes

I’m in love with your eyes
And every word you said
I’m in love with your eyes
And thanks for making the bed
I’m in love with your eyes
You never called me back
But I’m still in love with your eyes

9. Jack & Jill

(F) Let’s go to town alone at night
I know it’s wrong, but it feels right
You be my king, I’ll be your queen
If luck holds out we’ll make the scene
Hopping in bars, we found our dream
We didn’t need anything more
You can be Jack, i’ll be Jill
now we’re just tumbling down the hill

everyone says you’re ok
just put yourself in my shoes
and you think you’re so happy now
wait till tomorrow never comes

Woke up alone in the bed
you were standing on your head
i kicked you out of your apartment
don’t want to know where you went
crossing the border in the night
if i was wrong, then this is right
i’ll let you in when you come back
but don’t expect me to hold my breath

everyone says you’re okay
just put yourself in my shoes
and you think you’re so happy now
wait till tomorrow never comes

everyone says you’re okay
just put yourself in my shoes
and you think you’re so happy now
wait till tomorrow never comes

10. Mouth of Heaven

(R) In the far-flung future 
you may know me or you may not
I am the mouth of heaven, 
coming at you megawatt
sipping a mercury cocktail, 
cruising through the Southern Cross
racing space and time, 
driving with the headlights off

You’re a drop in the ocean, just rolling with the tide
You’re a tele-preacher with dollar signs for eyes
You’re a torch song singer who’s forgotten how to cry
You’re a blasted flower cuz your conscience never lies

Be my starling
Heed my warning
Be my killer
Speed my future

0. Oriental-American

(voice by Asako Fujimoto) I am oriental american

Afterglow

Crashing The Afterglow
Raining
True Believer
Off The Hook
Santa Maria

1. Crashing the Afterglow

(R w/ some backups by F)
Walking down the yellow brick road, you left a clue
Crumpled up the photograph you had with you
Giving up the suitcase life and leaving your wife
There’s a tunnel at the end of the light

Don’t know what to say to you, 
standing on the windowsill
Don’t know what to say to you, 
now you’ve swallowed your last pill
Don’t know what to say to you, 
firing flares into the night
And everything is alright

Crashing the afterglow in dingy whites
Bleeding from the seven year itch you lie in it
Bathing in the milk of the past and drowning fast
Just pretend you’re colorblind and you’ll be fine

Don’t know what to say to you, 
standing on the windowsill
Don’t know what to say to you, 
now you’ve swallowed your last pill
Don’t know what to say to you, 
firing flares into the night
And everything is alright

Cursing like a four-letter word
Phoney like a three-dollar bill
Sell the ticket to your heart
Baby you’re a one-way street

2. Raining

(F) Red sky at night, an omen of soldier’s delight
And it’s raining all over this town
No one really thought it would

(R) Let them find the grave
No one left to save

(F) Dig it up another day, just not today
Dig it up another day, just not today
You’re holding your breath until the rain stops coming down
Don’t wait for me
You’d better take shelter under the tallest tree

Meet me tonight, two wrongs never make a right
And it’s raining all over this town
I just wanna stop remembering

(R) This is now that was then
Let’s just bury him again

(F) Dig it up another day, just not today
Dig it up another day, just not today
Hell will freeze over before you come back to life
Don’t lie to me
It’s your cemetery you’d better go back to sleep

Dig it up another day, just not today
Dig it up another day, just not today
You’re holding your breath until the rain stops coming down
Don’t wait for me
You’d better take shelter under the tallest tree
Don’t wait for me
And it’s raining all over this town
It’s raining all over this town
It’s raining all over this town
It’s raining.

3. True Believer

(R w/some backups by F) 
Sex, bloody on your dress, spelling out a giddy SOS
Sucking on your thumb, flip the man the bird till it goes numb
You’re wilding in the park, kicking out headlights in the dark
Groping for the switch, you turn the boys on, 
    you’re such a bitch

I’ll be following you
Watching your every move
Cuz I’m a true believer, I’m an idolizer
And I want you

Print of a whisper-kiss, go out on a date with your therapist
Skinning up your knees, asking him to marry you, say please
But you’re just a tease, flutter like a kite stuck in the trees
A human sacrifice, take her if you wanna role the dice

I’ll be following you		(watching your every move)
Watching your every move	(I’ll be following you)
Cuz I’m a star-crossed loser, I’m a colorizer
And I want you

Sun, yellow on the bed, prison bars will taunt you 
    till you’re dead
Where did they all go? Hear the voice of God on the radio
They’re pounding on your door, 
    knowing you can’t leave your room anymore
Faith is all you’ve got, make up memories that you forgot

True believer, I’m an idolozer
And I want you
Star-crossed loser, I’m a colorizer
And I want you

(I’ll be following you)
(Watching your every move)
(Wanting to be with you)
(I’ll be following you)
(Watching your every move)

I want you

(I’ll be following you)
(Watching your every move)
(Wanting to be with you)
(I’ll be following you)
(Watching your every move)

I want you
I want you
I want you
I want you

4. Off the Hook

(F w/occasional backup from R) 
I want our feet to touch the floor
Eyes to caress me, wanting more
Strangers can risk what we couldn’t before

I thought I heard the phone ring
Dial tone
The streets are full of you

Buy me a drink, my next victim
Your place or mine, stay in costume
This is my life and I feel like I’m dying

Talking to you on the phone
No one home
Leave me off the hook

I’m fragile as a figurine
Wolf in the guise of a sheep
Please put me back up on the shelf
I’m stalking you out in the street

I thought I heard the phone ring
Dial tone
The streets are full of you

Talking to you on the phone
No one home
Leave me off the hook

5. Santa Maria

(R) Mother may I take you back to my room
Stars glow from the ceiling, tell you secrets while you sleep

Santa Maria, how could I lose you?
Over horizon, fading to evening star

Don’t tell me who you are, basking in the sun
Love song in haiku, I’ll slant my eyes for you
Slant your eyes too

It’s too late, baby it’s much too late
But we really did try to make it, jumping from birthday cake

Don’t tell me who you are, a woman in the moon
Love song in haiku, I’ll slant my eyes for you
Slant your eyes too
Slant your eyes too
Slant your eyes too
Slant your eyes too

Hurrah

My Adidas
Eskimo
Play Dead
Said Too Much
You'll Be Sorry
Frederick's of Hollywood
The Spell You're Under
Shangri-La
Walkabout
Sayonara
I Love The WB
Mermaid Legs

1. My Adidas

(R) Waiting for the comet to appear
A new beginning, far away from here
Start the countdown we’re going out in style
My adidas laced with cyanide

I think you know it’s too late
I’m flying fast forward, but not with you
To heaven’s gate, I’m rocketing skyward, 
but not with you (F: aaaaahhhh throughout chorus)
Because when I go I’m gone forever
No, I will never come back

Try to wait
Got on the rocket ship, but not with you
We’re walking downhill (???)
I’m going to heaven but not with you

Because when I go I’m gone forever (F: aaaahhh throughout)
And I can never come back to you
It’s too bad that we couldn’t go together
But you couldn’t see the beautiful truth

Now the comet’s come and disappeared
A bunk bed ending (w/F:) for our last hurrah
(R) My adidas laced with cyanide

2. Eskimo

(R) So who’s that eskimo
That you took in from the cold
In from the cold

Well you set him on fire
To try to wake him up
But he wouldn’t wake up

(R w/ F deep in background:)
Trapped in the ice
How will he find you
How will he find you

Trapped in the ice
How will he find you
How will find you

(F and James?)
Find you
Find you
Find you
Find you

(R) So call the fireman
And he’ll climb up his ladder
Right up his ladder

And he’ll say what’s the matter
With your flaming eskimo
Your eskimo’s on fire

Trapped in the ice
How will they find you
How will we find you

Fire and ice
That’s they’ll find you
That’s how we’ll find you

Trapped in the ice
How will we

Find you
Find you

Fire and ice
That’s how we’ll 

Find you
Find you

3. Play Dead

(R) You came in out of the rain
The rescue was in vain
The flowers in the garden were underwater

Tiptoed around the house
While it was crumbling down
By the time we emerged we were strangers

Don’t have to hold our breath 	(F & J(?) na na na na na na)
We don’t have to play dead 	(F & J(?) na na na na na na)
We don’t have to pretend we’re married
But we like the company

You finally opened your gates
A little bit too late
And we were probably meant for each other

Don’t have to hold our breath 	 (F & J(?) na na na na na na)
We don’t have to play dead	 (F & J(?) na na na na na na)
We don’t have to pretend we’re happy
Misery loves company

We never really complained	 (F & J(?) na na na na na na)
Cuz we couldn’t feel the pain	 (F & J(?) na na na na na na)
But maybe if we pull the weeds
Our gardens can grow

And if I knew before	 	(F & J(?) na na na na na na)
That you’d open up your doors 	 (F & J(?) na na na na na na)
Could’ve kept ourselves from getting divorced
But we dropped the ball

Never did complain	 	(F & J(?) na na na na na na)
Cuz we couldn’t feel the pain	 (F & J(?) na na na na na na)
Maybe letting go will save us from drowning
Maybe if we pull the weeds our gardens could grow   
			(F & J(?) na na na na na na)
And maybe now we can come in out of the rain

4. Said Too Much

(R) I hear too much
In this republic of disembodied minds
And shocking headlines
All I want is to go to the end of the world and pan for gold
I’m not sorry
But you don’t have to worry
It’d be hard to get away
I won’t convince you to stay and sacrifice your time
Cuz I don’t really care that much, besides,

I’ve said too much
You are the blackboard and I am the claw
???? Like a mammoth in thaw
  [Just like a man to think far (?)]
All all I want all i need is a desert island with palm trees
I’m not sorry
But you don’t have to worry
If you want to get away
I’m not convincing you to stay and sacrifice your life
Cuz I don’t really feel that much anymore

I felt too much
A flame or love or desire
I’ve got lost in the headlights
You were always right 
And I know I know I know I know it’s true
Yes I know I know I know I know it’s true
I know I know........ it’s true

5. You’ll Be Sorry

(F with backups by herself and some very faint ones by R) 
You’re just a photograph now in my head
And I’ll probably remember every word you said
And genius didn’t make much out of you
How come no one saw what you could do?

Close the door it’s too late
Sometimes stories end that way
You’ll be sorry
Sometimes people change their ways

Take me anywhere away from here
Take me to the green hills where you live
There’s no way I could have changed your mind
A feeling’s just a feeling, it’s not a crime

Close the door it’s too late
Sometimes stories end that way
You’ll be sorry
Sometimes people change their ways

Guess you had to go
Guess you had your way
Guess you had to run so they’d see your way

Close your eyes it’s just a dream
Nothing’s ever what it seems
Don’t be sorry
Sometimes stories end that way

Close the door it’s too late
Sometimes stories end that way
You’ll be sorry
Sometimes people change their ways
And sometimes stories end that way

6. Frederick’s of Hollywood

(R) Irrigate the desert floor
Palm trees galore
Build the city with TV sets
Manipulate the populace

Conducting tests by day
Undercover in lingerie
Frederick’s of Hollywood,
re-inventing your childhood

I came down from the hills
Pouring champagne and popping pills
Yes I’m here to volunteer
I need to believe in you, yes I do!

7. The Spell You’re Under

(R) You can’t believe it’s over
Because you never began
To break the spell you’re under
From the magic man

He dressed you up in sequins
And spun you like a top
You didn’t mind the feeling of being sawn in half
But then he broke it off
A disappearing act

Don’t go back

You were collapsing
In the house of cards
Just like a rabbit pulled out of a hat
You’d come running back
Cuz you were falling apart

Now don’t go back

Come out of the shadows
You’re beginning to snap out of it
I don’t mind your scars
I’ll take you the way you are
Don’t jump out the window
Don’t need to run away from it
Yes I’ll be your ending
I’ll take you the way you are

(w/ F)So don’t go back
So don’t go back
No don’t go back
Don’t go back

8. Shangri-La

(R) Teenage groupie’s true romance
Sitting on the sidelines cuz you can’t dance
Buried to the knees
I know the city is vast, it’s a parking lot
It’s safe in the suburbs but you got caught
Hiding in the trees

You were turning their heads when you were young
Cherry stems on the tip of your tongue
And kissing everyone
You were left behind by the boys and girls
Now you’re falling off the end of the world
Who’s your Shangri-La?
(w/F distant backup:)
You’re buried to the knees
And you’re hiding in the trees

(F) Holding out for something more
Do you know what you’re looking for 

(F/R) Holding out for something more
Do you know what you’re looking for 

(F) Holding out 
for something more		(R) Who’s your Shangri-La
Do you know 
what you’re looking for	And who will set you free?

Holding out 
for something more		Who’s your Shangri-La?
Do you know 
what you’re looking for	Might as well be me

(R) Your high rise utopia
Maybe there’s still hope for you
To find you Shangri-La
(w/ F) Or you’ll be buried to the knees
And hiding in the trees

9. Walkabout

(R with some backups by F) 
You were underground
You left without a sound
According to our spies
You changed your face and replaced your eyes
I saw through your disguise
But you’re still hypnotized
By your lucky charm
And you cannot be harmed
Because your past is gone

You’re in shadow mode
You speak in secret code
You’d take her home with you
But you’re afraid of what she might do
A four leaf clover
Tells you that it’s over
She’s one unlucky charm
She needs to do you harm
She’ll take a leg and an arm

Will they lose you in the city
Among all the human beings?

Walkabout

And will they find you walking barefoot
In the desert without shelter?

Walkabout

You are guilty
Of high anxiety
You’ve been calling home
But you just hang up the phone
You’re packing up your tent
And leaving once again
With your lucky charm
You cannot be harmed
Because your past is gone

We will look for you
Walkabout
We will lose you
Walkabout
We’re gonna find you
Walkabout
We’re gonna lose you
Walkabout

10. Sayonara

(R) This is a ballad
For the suicide bomber
Have conviction, will travel
A whining propeller
And whistling tracer
You are about to cross over 
The echoing voices
You never had choices
And I won’t forget you
And I don’t regret you

(F) We will fall together
We can fall forever
We will fall together	(R) Lost you on the radar screen 
We can fall forever	found you ..... (???)

(R) Say sayonara
To the never-ending drama
Of the outside creeping inside
From the hissing of the streets
To the friends you’ll never meet
You have forgiven all of your enemies
Look on the bright side
There’s nothing left to hide
But I won’t forget you
And I don’t regret you

(F) We will fall together
We can fall forever
We will fall together	(R) Lost you on the radar screen 
We can fall forever	found you in the hearts of (???)

We will fall together	(R) Lost you on the radar screen 
We can fall forever	found you in the hearts

11. I Love the WB

(F) The morning sun will bring
Another day it seems
I want the sun to shine on me today

My alarm never makes a sound
And my head is spinning round
I always seem to make the same mistakes

I’m feeling paranoid
Cut out and torn apart
Frustrated, excited, and maybe depressed

But I know one thing for sure
That I’m out of love with you
I’m not confused and I won’t call you back

You are the ship
And I’m under you
You’ve got a way
I sit still for you

You are the sail
And I am the wind
I lift you up 
But you never see

[Don’t break your knee (?)
In the fog] - lyricsheet says "don’t like your new uniform"]
I’ve been with you
Since I was born
I won’t look back
I won’t forget
Won’t even make a sound

You are the sail
And I am the wind
I lift you up
But you’d never see

You are the ship
And I am the sky
Well I’m over you
But you couldn’t fly

12. Mermaid Legs

Ama-ssassin in go-go boots
A bottled blonde not ashamed of her roots
She knows that you came here to find her

About as subtle as a mobile home
You should know when to leave her alone
Cuz she knows that you came here to find her

Big surprise by some twist of fate
She got fired and her period’s late
And she hopes that you came here to find her

Used to be the queen of the deep
Now she’s walking home in her sleep
And she hopes that you came here to find her

Give it up for some other guy
You can’t even look into his eyes
Give it up for some other guy
Can’t even look into his eyes

(w/F) Give it up for some other guy
Give it up for some other guy
Give it up for some other guy
You can’t even look into his eyes

(R) And what did you do
You’re land-locked through and through
On your mermaid legs
You’ll never go home again

Give it up for some other guy
You can’t even look into his eyes
Give it up for some other guy
Can’t even look into his eyes

(W/ F) Mermaid legs coming round the bend
Mermaid legs going off the deep end
Mermaid legs swimming with the tide
Mermaid legs and her long goodbye

(Repeats a few times)

Miscellaneous Songs

Frog
Wallflower
Go Tell It on the Mountain

Frog

(R) I need to be your friend
I dont’ want this to end
I feel an impulse to lie
Take it back cuz I heard you cry

(R w/F) I know that you are here
I know that you can’t hear (R: me now)
(F) I know that you are here
I know that you can’t hear

(R) I’ve got the time to   (F: "got the time")
(R w/F) Leave behind all your lies, leave behind
(R) I realize it’s 4 a.m.
Take a chance and leave it to them
If you really need the truth
I’ll just say I’m in love with you
(R w/F) I know that you’re at home
You won’t pick up the phone   (R: "today")
(F) I know that you’re at home    R:  Pick up the phone
You won’t pick up the phone

(R) And I got the time to   (F: "got the time")
(R w/F) Leave behind all your lies, leave behind

Before I leave tonight
I want to see you stand on your own (head?)
I want to be home before you 
take your shoes off and leave out the door

Before you leave tonight
I want to see you go up and leap for your ........????

I want to see you before
You hop off to the ??????
 

i want to make time for you
but i need to sleep ..... you, frog

i can hear you croak in the pond
you don’t know when to stop
you really know how to hop
hoppy hop and hoppy hop

i know that you’re a frog
i know you live in a bog (today)

i got the time to
leave behind all your lies, leave behind

Wallflower

(R) Hiding in your locker, junior high
I remember you were built like a wallflower
Dressed up like Betsy Ross
In the yearbooks you got lost
Didn’t know that you were a secret star

So save me
Enslave me
Half a penny in the back of a car
So play me
Enrage me
In your eyes I see the stars

Cutting out face in the magazine
I’d confess but I don’t want to bore you
The fashion photographers
Whisper nothings you’ve already heard
You’re not the star you think you are

So bore me
Just ignore me
Dismiss me with an idle hand
So use me
And abuse me
Just play me like a rubber band
I’m a cruiser
You’re a bruiser
We’re loners with nothing to lose
So save me
Tsunami

Take the city like a tidal wave

I passed a note up to you
From the back row
It said will you meet me after school
But you never showed

Go Tell It On the Mountain

Peace and love don’t mean nothing



Tell it on the mountain
You get home I’ll be there

mountain mountain
I lost you mountain
I find you

I know you
Did not mean
To demand
I know 

Birthday sfz klzdfnfdz
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[Obviously I couldn’t figure this one out in the slightest.]

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(Intro)
Let’s Electrify!
The Stars Are Insane
Dead Leaves
Deep Red
Secret Swingers
Two Cents Plus Tax
Afterglow
Hurrah
Miscellaneous

All songs © Versus.

This page is by me, Jeff Gerhard, and obviously has lots of mistakes, so please send me any corrections or additions.