Don't Ask Don't Ask Jody King of the Blue Glow Litany Rock Goodbye, Baby Speaking of Destiny Steel Dream Suddenly, The Celestials Tantra That's All For Now Turn That Damn Thing Down Don't Ask     All night long the Weeping Fish was singing To the endless line of Strangers on the shore I'm the Stranger, the one who's always writing And she's the one that I am writing for Universal laws of fiction rule us Her on the pages of the heart Love, when it's hot, must be magic So love, what it's cool, may be art "Only a fool, only a fool would care Don't you dare Only a fool, only a fool would dare" Living in a world of two dimensions Don't ever finish what you cannot start It's no breaks and very long auditions If you really want to play the Stranger's part Line after line Dipping the pen Into the blue Moving her lips Making her sing ("What's that supposed to mean?" "Don't Ask!") Jody    Jody always was a little different from the others But I liked his sister and she loved her brother It was one of those white bread kind of family messes I'd come over and Jody'd come out in one of her dresses Jody'd say sometimes he can't decide If there ever really was a boy inside He says he ain't that easy livin' in this world He says somewhere deep down he knows he's a girl No one gets to get into another's dreams And all of us are a little different than we seem The mystery engulfs me, I try to understand What it means to be neither a woman or a man Hey, what's so wrong wanting to be Pretty for you, pretty for me Be all you are, the best you can be Shed your cocoon and set yourself free Tell me Jody How come you wear your sister's clothes Pretty hard row to hoe Tell me Jody How come you wear your sister's clothes I really want to know King of the Blue Glow    The street is down and out there I don't want to hear About that army on the sidewalk Shufflin' through their fear Up here in my castle I'm the man who would be king The constant, silent watcher Of the fate of everything Roll another number Crack another can of beer I can mainline the cable Every channel comes in clear The picture may be moving But it ain't movin' me I don't even b'lieve it's happenin' When I see it on TV Reruns and soaps are all right with me Even the ads and MTV I can watch anything at all Start the revolution sound the chords of doom I got the whole world on the blue screen In my livin' room I'm King of the Blue Glow Bring on a new show Litany    "You're wrong" she tells you with her eyes You're wrong, she cuts you down to size You're wrong, she's caught the scent You're wrong, here's where your future went You're wrong, now the past is back And you're wrong, defenseless in attack She knew how you'd feel Something makes it real wrong To love another "You're right", I say with a cheap grin You're right, to see the kind of shape I'm in You're right, to tell me that I'm wrong You're right, I did it for a song You're right, there's nothing to deny You're right, the truth is I lie I knew how you'd feel Nothing makes it real right To love another Here's where my eyes undo the ties that lightly close her robe Flashing images increase until they start to strobe From the cauldron of the heart passion steams the mind with scents The fuel and fire, the savoring of the spark The sweet and tart struggle of life and art Light and dark Chiaroscuro You're right, it's generous of you to admit I'm wrong, t o be too scared to quit You're right, you're too gracious in your rage I'm wrong, to never act my age You held my heart in trust I'm wrong, to let the hinges rust Now I know how it feels It's making it real to love one another Ah, go on, who's untrue Don't tell me, I'll tell you Who's the one said I love you? Said I did, I still do Yeah, I'm one, you are too Rock Goodbye, Baby    Rock and roll's a salesman's game But you're bound to buy some blues Hustlin' round the country On the road cruise You feel like Willie Loman Goin' from door to door Coverin' the territory Like it's all been done before We're all tough customers I mean what've you got to sell A few square yards of heaven? A couple of pounds of hell? Driven by ambition 'Til the breaks begin to fail And the sign you see in the young girls' eyes Is the sign that says, No Sale Hearts will be broken Leave the pieces where they fall If you can't accept the charges Don't take the call The bus rolls on each morning Faithful as the dawn The only law you must obey Is the one that says, Move On Rock Goodbye, Baby Don't Cry Speaking of Destiny    Like the armor of the angels Scarred and dented The Earth is not for sale But she has been rented The planetary problem And I hear it's quite extensive Is that life keeps getting' cheaper While meat gets more expensive The speaker on the platform Made me catch my breath When he said, "Peace is better than war 'Cause life is better than death" It don't need translation We all know why Any language that you say it Hiroshima means goodbye Who'll take the last picture of the world? Who'll take the last picture of the world? Who'll take the last picture of the world? The camera holds the rose It's okay, it's time exposed Speaking of Destiny Where do we go from here Speaking of Destiny Isn't the answer clear? Steel Dream    Watch your back, you're on your own Take along an extra clip But don't wait for her attack And be careful not to slip This one's the real thing , officer The night's your only friend Your playing with your life So play to win This is not the standard model It's the "Look That Loves To Kill" She's total stimulation You can't afford to pay her bill They designed her software very hard She wasn't built to care She's a never-ending flight Of deadly stares (Look out! Don't waste your life, kid, on beautiful machines that have no souls. This is a mission where a lonely heart could get shot FULL of holes. Shot full of HOLES) They never would have told you You never would have known They could have bought and sold you Out there all alone There's something in the cold truth They got you for a song Runnin' down their steel dream Searchin' all night long Suddenly The Celestials    Jitterbugs out on the freeway Jammin' the car-car dance Tinkin' they can run this edge Like they're in a trance Like it's an insect circus Ants in a line You give me your finger I'll give you mine Shuck the suckers 'Til you think you're tough In this town, baby That ain't enough Money cripples people here It's a very expensive source of fear In this town it ain't funny I mean people get mean When they're losin' money You ask them who they pray to thank They'll say, "The Big Guy The one who runs the bank" Suddenly, the Celestials Come down from the sky They say, "Greetings, Earthlings" We're gonna ride that highway To the stars some day The Celestials are coming Coming to show us the way Open your eyes, kid And take a big look You ain't livin' in no comic book It's a long shot against real big odds To win Paradise you've got to beat the gods Don't you know anything that saves you Gonna be the same thing that enslaves you Wake up, buster! Suddenly, Celestials! Tantra    Everywhere in life no matter where you go You meet those who do not speak and those who do not know Most who never speak are merely being rude Kinda tryin' to chump the suckers by puttin' on the dude Most of those who speak are driven by the Word To leave a trail behind them for those who never heard Searching for answers everyone seeks The only one who tells me is the one who never speaks I'd never hurt the Buddha then again we've never met I search for him on the road but I ain't seen him yet But everywhere in life no matter where you go You keep runnin' into people want to say they told you so The deepest cuts of all are the ones that seem most kind It's wise to hold the tongue when sharpening the mind It's always love (and death) that make the game worth playing All I know I've told you and it goes without saying And I ain't got no answer I ain't got no answer But you say you do Rap that snaky feeling down on me Rap that snaky feeling down on me I'll glow in the coils I'll glow in the coils Of your love That's All For Now    You let me go You know I felt like a man in space I still had a reason to live But I had no place In the distant lands I wandered the reaches of the mind Your face a constant mirage of fate I could never find I got off my knees learning to bow Live for today, that's all for now I'll say goodbye, you showed me how Live for today, that's all for now You picked me up A lonely sailor home from sea You held my heart so close It never came back to me Out here on the land There's no memory before the fall I said, she'll never understand But I had to call Don't break a promise Don't make a vow Live for today, that's all for now All I can say, Time won't allow Live for today, that's all for now Live for tomorrow Pay for today in tears and sorrow Don't save your love, give it away Don't beg and never borrow Over and out That's all for now Turn That Damn Thing Down    Johnny was dancin' in his room Crankin' his BFR Tryin' to be cool and combin' his hair About a thousand times an hour Papa comes in shoutin' His head is startin to pound He says, "Give us all a break, Son So Johnny took his blaster And went marchin' down the street You could hear him comin' for miles around Playin' that awesome beat Buildings startin' to tremble There was a rumblin' in the ground People yellin' out the windows "Johnny! Turn it down!!" Turn That Damn Thing Down Everybody say Turn That Damn Thing Down Turn That Damn Thing Down Thank you, Baby Johhny's just an artist tryin' to draw a crowd But he sure gets your attention when he turns that box up load Using music as a weapon is still the latest sound And Johnny knows you're listenin' when you tell him "Turn it down!" I don't mean to cramp your style They try to shove it down your ears 'Til all you hear is noise You're tryin' to find some peace of mind But please don't interrupt When they hear where you're comin' from They'll turn the volume up
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