SET LIST SEVENTEEN
(17)
1 Point of
Reference…………...183
2 Cello
3 That's
That…………………..184
4 Beware of the
Snoogins
5 Dot Dot
Space……………...185
6 Flyswatter of
Love…...188
7 Times
Up………………..189
8 Sunday Morning
Sex…...190
9
Behave…………………...….191
10 Spreading the
Word
11 Tired…………………..192
12 Actress
13 Empty
Room……………...193
POINT
OF REFERENCE
You
keep waiting for your eyes to meet
Two
lives become instantly changed forever
Sometimes
you believe that day may come today
Other
times you think to yourself never
That’s
why god made the Russians black
Or
maybe white depending on your preference
That’s
why when I go out I’m never looking back
Because
by now I’ve lost all point of reference
Ha
ha ha…
(My
plan worked to perfection)
I
was feeling stranded and left
By
the side of the road
Only
seeking tranquility
And
a place to call home
Until
we met when I said,
“Meow
baby, you wanna go roaming with me?”
You
see, I’m just another aimless cat
Strolling
back from combing the alley
But
you and me, we could leave…
Help
cure each other’s disease…
We
could become great friends or family
Hell,
we could even get married
CELLO
I’m
a one night show…Yeah…
I’m
a one man band…Oh
Sometimes
I glow…ya know…
And
some nights don’t go
as
they were planned…
Why’d
you just let go of my hand?
Ahh…So
you think you know
Where
all this is going?
Please,
won’t you understand?
It
was a trap and I was unknowing:
You’ve
come across a desperate man
Yet
you wanna sink my battle ship
Without
seeing the battle plans
All
because of one false radar blip
One
wrong ding in your quick scan
I
needed to silence this silence
Won’t
you please bring in the violins
And
the fellow who plays the cello
And
won’t you kindly say hello
To
all the people in the lobby
Who
all told me I needed a better hobby
Better
than telling all the citizens
That
I’m mostly a dissident
Who
doesn’t trust institutions
That
mainly pitch pollution
Not
to all the gentry and worldly citizens
But
mostly to just the Americans
I’m
a one night show…Yeah…
I’m
a one man band…Oh
Sometimes
I glow…ya know…
And
some nights don’t go
as
they were planned…
Why’d
you just let go of my hand?
THAT’S
THAT
Well,
hey baby…
I
know you’d love to lick my soul
With
those eyes full of fire
Burning
out of control
But
you know me
I’m
the one you can’t have
Because
life is unfair
Oh,
don’t let it get you sad
Just
enjoy these dreams….
They
are all you’ll ever have
Cause
I’m a sexy young thing….
And
you’re you….and that’s that!
BEWARE
OF THE SNOOGINS
I
said beware of the snoogins
—
yeah,
yeah
You
said you knew what you were doing
—
yeah,
yeah
Your
mistakes are far from
few
and in between in
Sometimes
you give the word
fu%&ed
up a whole meaning!
You
say I'm hurting myself
I
say better than
hurting
someone else
Oh
oh you make a little lovin'
Ah
ah bun in the oven
Uh
oh splish splash, get fat
Uh
uh dumpster baby in the trash
Oh
oh drive to the pier
Uh
uh all your problems disappear
Uh
oh daughter in the water
Uh
uh son added to the slaughter
These
crazy kids today...
They
don't know what they're doing
They're
killing themselves...
each
other.... And lives are being ruined
Mom
and dad are too busy working
To
know son Johnny is a real f*&%^@g jerk
and...
It's just more time on this rhyme
That
I got to spend working
Poor,
poor teacher
Stuck
with problem child Billy
What
the little boy needs is some attention
Instead
he gets slapped silly
I
said beware of the snoogins — yeah, yeah
You
said you knew what you were doing — yeah, yeah
Your
mistakes are far from few and in between in
Sometimes
you give the word fu%&ed up a whole meaning!
You
say I'm hurting myself
I
say better than hurting someone else
Oh
oh Ah ah Uh oh Uh uh
you
make a little lovin'
bun
in the oven
splish
splash
get
fat
dumpster
baby in the trash...
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I've
finally decided
to
give you a piece of my mind
You've
taken up another hour
of
my precious time
Even
printed it in Braille
'cause
you can be so blind
Now
I'll dictate it to you
one
paragraph at a time
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Thought
I could make it through
this
but I know that I cannot
Feelings
I once embraced
are
now tying me in a knot
Used
to live to see your face
when
my blood boiled red hot
The
light in your eyes has been dwindling
at
this same familiar pace
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I've
given you everything I've got
and
that's a lot
We
were once a team
but
now it seems I'm your mascot
I
guess I've always known
that
we were at best a long shot
Two
hearts once burned
but
there's no more kindling in the fireplace
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You've
become my brace
and
all the good times we've shared I've forgot
I
was going to write more
but
it's best that I ought not
So
I'll leave you
with
this very last forget-me-not
I
fell for you,
we
fell in love
and
then we fell from grace
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FLY
SWATTER OF LOVE
As
my eyes stayed glued to the door
And
the stairs that you'll walk up no more
A
great pain it rang through my ears
If
I cried out there'd be nobody left who cares
After
getting the latest
message
that you sent me
Yes,
this I must confess
My
chessboard was empty
Your
silence sang to me in memory
like
the newly fallen rain
Yet
the pawn moves along
knowing
it's only part of the game
As
I left alone that night on the train
Simply
no longer able to explain
That
the vision I once saw of us
No
longer looked the same
As
inaudible words dribbled
Down
the side of my face
I
wondered what I was still doing
In
this crazy place?
It
seems the wine in my glass
I
could no longer taste
My
fears weren't in haste
This
was all a big mistake
A
butterfly in a web
Inside
this cocoon I'm encased
A
mugged man in Central Park
Without
any bear spray or mace
Still
sometimes inside my mind
You
lay naked on the rug
As
I come closer you extend
Your
arms out for a hug
As
I approach I fall in the hole
That
you freshly dug...
I
got squashed by
the
fly swatter of love
just
like a bug
TIMES
UP
My
misdirected passion
Has
led to many lashes
Put
all my eggs in one basket
As
if you even had to ask it
I
made a rash decision
And
did something I wish I didn’t
Now
everything is broken
All
black with ash and smoking
As
I’ve lost all intention and desire
To
ever again go near or play with fire
I
know I’ve said this all before
But
this time I won’t be called a liar
I
don’t wanna feel
Like
love’s not real
But
I’ve grown sick and tired
Of
being used
And
if it’s self-abuse
I’m
thinking I might retire
Take
up another trade
In
my old age
Hey,
this gun’s for hire
Got
a few bullets left
But
at least I’m outta debt
So
what if my plan backfired?
Sure
you can save for a rainy day
Then
watch as a typhoon comes your way
You
can look around there’s no escape
Right
now you are face to face with the wave
Sometimes
it’s water and sometimes it’s mud
Sometimes
it’s floating debris coming to f*ck you up!
Sometimes
it’s earned and sometimes bad luck
Sometimes
you jump when you should have ducked!
Time’s
up!
SUNDAY
MORNING SEX
Where
is Noah when you need him?
As
the water runs God says,
"We're
even!"
Stupid
humans now see
What
you've done
There's
ten feet of mud
That
now fills the Garden of Eden
Yeah,
you read the book
Never
calling the legend a myth
So
you never believed
That
it would come to this...
With
so many false idols
Just
who could resist?
Went
to church on Sunday
And
then became a hypocrite
As
you stood on your roof
and
you shook your fists
Deceiving
in believing
that
being blessed
Would
be better than this
Oh...someone
free me from this misery
Today,
not unlike yesterday
Is
still not how it should be
There's
way too many people
Gazing
up at the steeple
Wondering
silently
If
this whole damn thing ends violently
Yes...once
they sought to confide in me
But
those days have long gone
They
have passed
Maybe
I was wrong when I asked:
"If
Judas had turned the other cheek
Would
he have been slapped?"
Perhaps
I
am worse than Judas
And
I ain't talking about the priest
'Cause
God sorta sees me as a blasphemist
Just
because I got another belief...
Repent,
repent, repent
I
promise I'll never do it again
Now
may I go in peace?
Finally
I have my freedom
Received
relief so to speak
The
big guy in the sky
Is
the only one to take creed in
Oh
sh$%, this hypocrite just told a lie
She
just walked on by
And
as she batted her eyes
I
looked down between my own thighs
And
only saw with one eye
I
do believe I am gonna die...
Because...
It's
the best stuff on earth
But
it's not made by Snapple
And
to think that Adam
Only
settled for an apple
Oops!
You dropped your fig leaf Eve
I
just heard the voice of God
Say
I think it's time for you to leave…
You
better leave the garden
Now
that you've had your fun
If
Eve came from a rib
Then
you know where...
The
snake came from
BEHAVE
I
don’t need to be treated
Like
I’m a superstar
I
just needed to feel needed
And
Honey there you are
Back
seat love – can’t beat it
And
you’re making it hard
To
resist ya - you fine sista
I’d
like to break you like the law
Standing
looking down at you
Wishing
that you were on top of me
You
don’t need to say you love me
That’s
never been my number one priority
I’m
not looking for purity…
On
that you can be sure
Maybe
it’s just the Magellan in me, baby
That
finds the need to explore
Yeah,
I used to go buck wild
Back
in the day
Then
one day my daddy
Took
me aside
He
said, “Son behave…
Stop
thinking like a child
It’s
time to act your age…
It’s
time to act your age”
SPREADING
THE WORD
I
just cracked my first beer
But
I ain’t much fun
‘til
I had about eight more
That’s
the only way
I
don’t think so clear
As
I forget the harsh reality
That
this world has in store
I
imagine it’s mostly the same
For
just about everybody like me
At
least that’s what I claim
At
least that’s what, so far, I see
The
whole world’s going to hell
Because
of money, because of technology
Because
of greed
And
of course it doesn’t help
When
you’ve got six billion people
More
than you need
Man’s
the only animal who takes prisoners
The
only species where
Someone
can get something for nothing
We’re
the only ones who pay taxes for welfare
We’re
the only ones who hold
A
finger on the button
Darwin
was right
About
everybody but us
We
could use another plague…
We
could use another flood
Many
secretly agree with what I say
But
no one’s willing to board that bus
We
could use another world war
So
we can spill some more of our blood
Yeah,
there’s many who agree
But
then say, “What…Who…Me?”
Would
rather be sitting on the fence
Than
hanging from a tree
No,
no, no
They’d
never make that big of sacrifice
No,
no, no
They’d
never take that advice
They
only say, “You first!”
To
which I respond, “Now that’s absurd!”
“If
I was in the back of a hearse
Then
there’d be no one left to spread the word.”
TIRED
We
sat out in the rain because
We
were just so tired of screwing up
A
clap of thunder and she didn’t blink
She’s
been hit with everything but the kitchen sink
Standing
tall when you should have ducked
It’s
quickest way to get fucked up
As
you’re the one left out in the rain
You
think it’s time that maybe you changed
Got
caught in the river and its turbulent flow
Got
used to things that no woman should know
Got
a decision that’s only yours to make
Got
a way out… yeah you got an escape
You
can go live with your brother
He
ain’t been right since mother
Caught
her sister in bed with father
Yeah,
they were all over each other
They
ended up having a daughter
My
family tree’s now is a jungle
Rather
than face the hot water
They
pretended her dad was her uncle
Your
brother has a farm in Topeka
And
you know he would sure love to see ya
You
could stay there and pick up the pieces
Spent
some time with the nephews and nieces
ACTRESS
It’s
time to write you out of the story
Since
most of the lines no longer include me
I
don’t want you to be the star of my movie
I’m
the wrong writer so why did you choose me?
When
you knew you were just gonna use me
I
thought I knew which way I was facing
But
I was the producer that you were directing
Yet
again casting made the wrong selection
But
I must say that you were cast
Because
your talents were vast
You
were the head of your class
It
sure helps to look like that:
And
oh boy… could you act
You
smiled porcelain glass
Leaving
an impression that lasts
I
find my mind awaken from its nap
Blinking
and thinking:
Oh
what a fine piece of a$$
It’s
time to write you out of the story
Since
most of the lines no longer include me
I
don’t want you to be the star of my movie
I’m
the wrong writer so why did you choose me?
When
you knew you were just gonna use me
I
thought I knew which way I was facing
But
I was the producer that you were directing
Yet
again casting made the wrong selection
EMPTY
ROOM
You
live in a box
You
build your walls
And
when you stand up
You
seem so tall
That's
just because
You're
in an empty room
But
it's not your fault
So,
I don't blame you
When
you philosophize
amongst
the dead
I
could imagine the conversations
Going
on in your head
Of
course they're mostly
centered
around either him or her
Or
you and me...
Never
talk about Bolivia,
East
Timor or the Middle East
Can't
sing about the hypocritical
Some
listeners might get pissed
Better
to deal in the trivial,
agreeable
and bliss...
Stick
to matters of the heart
Tell
them what they want to hear
Lull
them to sleep with art
The
best paid musicians are magicians
That
can make the bad things disappear
