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Songs 91 to 85 LyricsSongs 91 to 85 by Amy X NeuburgA musical, technical, and emotional retrogression
Safe loveIt's a windex world My house is glass, my feet are glass Everything shines blue and grey In picture frames and license plates All the rag doll men in wheel chairs Want to blame me and it's not fair Tell me Shhhhh Tell me it's no better out there I could fly through my glass doors I could move to Brazil I could dance in a big field I could watch nature get killed in a cage world It's a brick wall world There's one inside my head right now When you hold me close as skin You are my room, you keep me in But the bad man's gonna get me And my own hand's gonna get me Tell me Shhhhh Tell me there's nobody out there And you feel like a warm bath And you fit like a glove And you charm with a snake bite As you hold my head upright in a safe love It's so easy to be in a safe love It's enough to drive me insane But with you here holding my brain We can make this pain a more comfortable pain than that pain I could fly through my brick wall I could fly to the moon But you keep me in this world And you keep me in this room You burn like a hot bath You contain like a glove You consume with a snake bite As you pull my head upright in a cage love It's so easy to be in a cage love Take your eyes outForgot to take your eyes out last night Did it burn in the morning Did it burn when you woke up Did you tear when I told you to change yourself Forgot to take your feet off last night Did your knees come all undone Did your nerves come all undone Did you fall when I told you to tie your shoes Forgot to turn your face inside out Forgot to turn your name inside out Forgot to turn your tongue upside-down Forgot to turn your whole life around Forgot to take your eyes out last night Forgot to take your temperature Forgot to take one lump or two Forgot to take the trash out Forgot to take the lead out Forgot to clean your fingernails Go home and clean up your fingernails Oh oh oh... Forgot to turn your face inside out [etc.] Forgot to turn me over at night Forgot to ask me if I'm all right Forgot to make your hair grow upright Forgot to wavy up your straight line Forgot to crumple up your next line Forgot to take a number, stand in line Forgot to try expanding your mind Whoops, forgot to stop expanding your mind Forgot to turn your head off last night Did it ache when you used it Did it swim when you kissed me Did it ring when I called you and changed your mind Did I cry when you touched me Did I scream when you kissed me Did I laugh when you told me to change my mind Did you ache when you used me Did you swim when you kissed me Did you ring when I caused you to change yourself Did I cry when you touched me Did I scream when you kissed me Did I laugh when you told me to change myself Turn your head off In a vacuumWalking in a straight line is impossible Walking in a straight line is very hard Walking in a straight line Well maybe you can do it If you really want to Talking in a vacuum is impossible Talking in a vacuum is very strange Talking in a vacuum Sometimes you have to do it When you don't really want to Not dreaming about things you shouldn't Not dreaming about things that make you feel Not dreaming isn't real Sometimes you can't avoid it Even though you want to Is there another chance Are you missing it Is there another dream Does it frighten you What happens if you walk in a wavy line What happens if you hold your breath in a vacuum Keeping up a sweet smile is impossible Keeping up a nice shape is very hard Keeping up a pulse racing What if they make you do it When you don't really want to Making up a nice lie is deplorable Making up a nice bed is very boring Lying in a nice bed is one way to avoid it When you don't really want to Stop dreaming about things you shouldn't Stop dreaming about things that make you feel Not dreaming isn't real Sometimes you can't avoid it Even though you want to Is there another chance [etc.] What happens when you walk in a wavy line What happens when you hold your breath in a vacuum Exhale in another room This is the lastYou're making me nervous What do I do with my hands What do I do with my mouth It talks you don't understand I need these things to keep me awake I need these things to keep me alive I need these things to keep me from breaking I need these things to help me survive But this is the last smoke I'll ever have in my life This is the last smoke until tomorrow You're making me uptight I need to relax again It's gonna be a rough night It's gonna be a drag again I need these things to put me to sleep I need these things to keep me alive I need these things to keep me from breaking I need these things to help me survive But this is the last drink I'll ever have in my life This is the last drink until tomorrow You say it's all right Okay So why do we talk this way Can't even get through one day Without throwing some parts away We believe in simple truth but it's so complicated We believe in overkill but it's so overrated We need these things to keep us in line We need these things to keep us in tact We need these things to run from each other We need these things to cry and come back We need these things to keep us apart We need these things to keep us alive We need these things to keep us from breaking We need these things to help us survive But this is the last fight I'll ever have with you All rightSometimes you try to tell me how I made you a star How if you'd never met me you would not be who you are But then you're always someone else before you've gotten very far But that's all right, you're doin' all right You got a new generation and a new pair of shoes And a new set of reasons for the money that you lose And if I weren't accustomed to it I'd be totally confused But it's all right, you're doin' all right You got a new kind of music It's a new kind of trend A new way of talkin' at the parties you attend You got a new set of criteria for who can be your friend But it's all right, you're doin' all right Hey, I see you're doin' it your own way Well that's all right, you're doin' all right Keep goin' all right Pay no attention to what I say Cuz it's all right... You can do what you want And you can say what you want And you can be what you want It doesn't really matter to me You can have what you want And you can take what you want And you can want what you want The only thing that matters is that You're doin' all right As long as you're doin' all right Well it's a good thing I met you It's a good thing you're there It's a good thing I never had a problem with your hair And if you wanted to be someone else I wouldn't even care Cuz it's all right... It's a good thing you met me It's a good thing I'm here It's a good thing you realize I won't be around next year And if I wanted to be modest I could try to shed a tear But it's all right, I'm doin' all right Hey, I see you're puttin' up a new front Well that's all right... Pay no attention to what I want Cuz it's all right... You can do what you want... [etc.] You can think what you want And you can drink what you want And you can smoke what you want The only thing that matters is that You're doin' all right... I like the new way you touch me in your new double bed With your new graphic equalizer poundin' in my head And if I weren't about to leave you I might hang around instead But it's all right, we're doin' all right Hey, I see you're puttin' on a new you Well that's all right... Pay no attention to what I do Cuz it's all right... You can do what you want... [etc.] You can laugh if you want And you can cry if you want And you can die if you want The only thing that matters is that You're doin' all right... Real worldThis is not a tourist trap This is not a paradise The people really eat this stuff The people really live this life This is how it is in the real world This is not a photograph This is not a movie star The people really look like this The people wonder who they are This is how it is in the real world This is not a reverb box This is not a party line The people really talk this way The people finally lost their minds This is how it is in the real world This is not a snow machine Or an ultraviolet lamp The people really drive these things And there isn't any exit ramp This is how it is in the real world What to doPut her up on your wall Put her up on your pedestal Put her up on your mountain top But don't leave her there Cuz she won't know what to do without you Hang her up on your wall Hang her up in your closet Hang around her all you want But don't leave her hanging Cuz she won't know what to do without you Hope you learned your lesson Not to get involved with half a person Ruined by the walls and closets Ruined by the industry Ruined by the things you gave her And the things you took away Ruined by the pills they gave her And the sickness that she got from them Push her into your wall Push her into a vacuum Push her buttons and make her go But don't make her go Cuz she won't know what to do... Throw her onto your wall Throw her onto your throne Throw her onto your throw rug But don't throw her out Cuz she won't know what to do... Hope you learned your lesson Not to get involved with half a person Ruined by the elevators And the countless flights of stairs Ruined by the big selections in the big department stores Ruined by the things you gave her Ruined by the things you said Ruined by her own ambition and her lack of discipline Pick her up off the floor Pick her up in a bar Pick up after she leaves But don't make her leave Cuz she won't know what to do... Love her onto the floor Love her wherever you want Love her even more than yourself But don't tell her so Cuz she won't know what to do... Hope you learned your lesson Not to get involved with half a person Ruined by the floors and ceilings And the stuff that's in between Ruined by the zoos and cages Ruined by the animals Ruined by the little boxes Ruined by the big ones too Ruined by the things you gave her And the things she learned in school Ruined by the air she's breathing Ruined by the junk she's breathing Ruined by the words she's breathing Ruined by the thought of you NothingI'd get upset and write a song about it but there's a nothin' a happenin' I only write about a really bad stuff and there's a nothin' a nothin' a I'd get upset and make you talk about it but there's a nothin' to talk about I got a beat and a melody a hey but there's a nothin' a nothin' a I did not get inspired by the thought of a lovin' you It's much too good (when I'm there) to have anything to say about it It's not the sadness of being so far from you actually it's this built in pattern on my drum machine I never though I'd be a sittin' here a writin' you a something 'bout a nothin' at all I never thought I'd be a sittin' here a thinkin' and a feelin' 'bout a nothin' at all I know this isn't goin' anywhere and there's a nothin' a happenin' It's in the same beat the same key the same time the same place the same song But that's a better than a wonderin' a hey what's a wrong what's a happenin' I only wonder if you really are a something' a nothin' my friends say You don't exist you're just someone in my imagination Nothing so good could be so real and so far away You're just a voice I hear now and then on my answering machine I think I just erased you from reality the other day I guess there really isn't anything to say about a nothin' 'bout a nothin' at all I don't see how I can be sayin' all this stuff about a nothin' 'bout a nothin' at all I did not get inspired by the thought of a missin' you I did not get inspired by the thought of a sleepin' alone I had to think of somethin' to say to complain about but now I'm lost cuz everything's okay I never thought I'd be a sittin' here a grinnin' and a laughin' over nothin' at all I never though I'd be a cryin' tears a goin' down my face about a nothin' at all I don't see how I can be a sittin' here a happy and a laughin' over nothin' at all I don't see how I can be a cryin' tears a pourin' down my face about a nothing' at all I know you're waiting for a change now but there's a nothin' a happenin' We're in the same beat the same key the same time the same place the same life But that's a better than a wonderin' a hey where'd you go what's a happenin' I know exactly where you are you're a somewhere a nowhere a over there They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder It looks to me like absence makes my song grow longer It's been a slow ascent to wherever we're goin' now but that's from being lost in the excitement I never thought I'd be a sittin' here a groanin' and a sweatin' 'bout a nothing' at all I never thought I'd be sittin' here a thinkin' and a feelin' 'bout a nothin' at all I don't see how I can be singin' and a laughin' and a cryin' over nothin' at all I don't understand why I'm a sayin' all this stuff about a nothin' 'bout a nothin' at all about a nothin' at all Why am I laughin' and a cryin' and a thinkin' and a moanin' and a groanin' 'bout a nothin' at all It never endsIn your mind the deception is devastating In this time there's no time to explain it and Imagination keeps me here And imagination keeps you near And it never ends It never ends In this life why does pain have to be pervasive In this time there's no time to be sad about it In my mind things go too fast But in your mind it's still the past Because it never ends I could stay awake all night and finish what I started But even as I sleep I know that This will still be here because it never ends You could live forever and finish what you started But even if you died tomorrow You would still be here because you never end In my mind there's a drug keeping me from crying In my hands there's a numbness from too much thinking If I stopped and told you now Would it really matter anyhow Would it ever end It never ends Keep us 2You got away from me one time You got away from me two times Not gonna get away a third time Not gonna get away this time Just about to give up hope World fell apart I could not cope But then I went out and bought some rope And now I got you hangin' on a tether Gonna keep us together, keep us 2 You said you loved me that first time You said you loved me the next time This time you didn't say a word but I think I know what's on your mind If you think it won't work out Just listen to me I have no doubt I'm going to make you scream and shout Cuz now I got you hangin'... You can fight but that's not enough You can struggle but I got you handcuffed You can beg, get down on your knees Do what you want but I'm hard to please I got you hangin' and I won't let go now Got you hangin' and it's my show now I don't care what you have to say I promise I'll walk you twice a day I got you hangin... This time we're doin' it my way This time we're doin' what I say No more will I crawl in the dirt This time I'm not gonna get hurt And if you try to wander off I'll pull on the rope and make you cough And then I'll take your clothing off Cuz now I got you hangin... Get you outI want just one thought that's not in the first person Just one thought that's not about me Just one thought that's not about you One that's not about you and me Didn't want to be an egotist But I'm the first person on my list Didn't want to get into this But you're the next person on my list I can't get you out of my goddamn mind Every god damn thing reminds me of you Could have gone to California this summer Could have gone away far away But you made me come back to you And you made me a fool of me Said I wouldn't write a song about it But it all came out so easily Hope you're having a good time baby Fucking up my life for me I can't get you out... Somebody get me out of this place Somebody get me out of here Somebody get you out of this place Somebody get you out of here Either you or I should move it out To some other hemisphere Try not to make it hell for her The way you made it hell for me You can't love anyone The way that you said you loved me No creature on earth deserves to be treated so cruelly No creature on earth deserves to sleep with you except for me One thing I don't understand is why I still have dreams about you I just want to cry about you I just want to scream about you Can't get you out... HOTWhen I first met him When he walked into the room He was nothing special He had his hair all in his face and big glasses And far too many clothes And he walked kind of slow like nothing mattered But when he first spoke When he opened up his mouth I can still hear it I can hear him whisper He said My god it's hot My god it's hot It's too hot I knew I had to have him I knew I had to cool him off I had to cool him down But I couldn't cool him down cuz he was too hot Every time I tried to touch him he got even hotter I could feel it pouring down Oh my god it's hot.. I knew I had to do it But there was nothing I could do Cuz it was so hot I could hardly even move The closer I got the hotter it became I could feel it steaming I could feel it pouring down He was radiating And when he opened up his mouth I knew I had to have him I can still hear it He said My god it's hot... I just looked at him and felt him radiate And heard him talking to me or whoever he was talking to It didn't matter Cuz after what he said I knew I had to have him I'd do anything to have him Oh my god it's hot... Today I can't touch him But some day before I die I wand to burn with him It could be the day I die I want to steam with him I want to melt with him But I can't even touch him in the middle of July Oh my god it's hot... All songs written by Amy X Neuburg and copyright 1992 by spoonerISm music. All rights reserved. These lyrics were uploaded with the permission of the publisher and the artist. This page was last updated on March 3, 2004 by Kristi Wachter. |