Dance of the headless bourgeoisie

THIS STORY MUST BE TOLD

He pushed her in the alley, and he tried to lay her low 

He grabbed her in the dark, this story must be told 

She looked him in the eye and his blood ran cold 

She said, I know a little story, and this story must be told." 

But it's lies, lies, we never heard about it 

Lies, lies, and we don't want to know 

Lies, lies, we'll never listen 

You're a dirty little liar and we don't want to know 

His guts were in a knot but her voice it would not stop 

She shattered with her chatter all his dreams and all his thoughts 

She licked him with her tongue and she tore him with her claws 

He beat her and he begged her but he could not make her stop 

Nine times she bellyed over him, nine times in the foam she rose 

She ripped away his soul like he ripped away her clothes 

She said, I know a little story and this story must be told." 

He tried to hide, he wandered down the road 

He threw away everything that he owned, still he could not bear the load 

He grabbed me when I met him and my blood it ran cold 

He said, "I know a little story, and this story must be told." 

But it's lies, lies, we never heard about it 

Lies, lies, and we don't wannt to know 

Lies, lies, we'll never listen 

You're a dirty little liar and we don't want to know 

He rolled his eyes, he laughed and he cried, he said I'd kill myself if I was still alive 

He reamed me out with a tongue like sand, cursing in a language that nobody understands 

"There she blows!" he turned and he cried, pointing to the centre of an empty sky 

There she is, my Lady true! Her laughter cuts my heart in two! 

Her eyes are blank, her face is stone! Leave me alone! Leave me alone! 

She shattered with her chatter all my dreams and all my thoughts 

She licked me with her tongue and she tore me with her claws 

She ripped away my soul like I ripped away her clothes 

She said, I know a little story and this story must be told. 

In the light I see, nothing left of me, when the dankness falls, I will see it all 

GOING NOWHERE

Hey, buddy, you know me, I guess you've heard my name 

I was the greatest, I had my share of fame 

The girls, they loved me, you know I had them all 

But now, they don't love me, now they don't care at all 

 I thought I could not fail 

 I had it by the tail 

 I thought I owned this town 

 But now I'm headed down, I'm 

Standing by the roadside 

Up against a wall 

Now I'm going nowhere 

Nowhere at all 

I was the strongest, I pushed the world around 

I stood the tallest, I turned it upside down 

I thought I had it, I thought I knew it all 

Why couldn't I see it, the writing on the wall 

 I wanted everything 

 I had it on a string 

 I soared above the ground 

 But now I'm coming down, I'm 

Standing by the roadside 

Up against a wall 

Now I'm going nowhere 

Nowhere at all 

Now I'm going nowhere 

Nowhere at all 

Now I'm going nowhere 

Nowhere at all 

Hey buddy, you've seen me, you know my face and name 

Hey, buddy, listen to me, don't turn and walk away 

I thought I had it made 

I thought I'd never fade 

I thought I'd live forever 

I guess I should've know better, I'm 

Standing by the roadside 

Up against a wall 

Now I'm going nowhere 

Nowhere at all 

IM AN ASSHOLE

I listened hard to all your talk, but with none of it could I agree 

You're deep in the thick of your own bullshit and the smell of it nauseates me 

I've got a grudge that I want to grind in the teeth of your superior sneer 

Step outside or I'll be obliged to spew all over you here 

There is a problem, you see 

You know that problem is me 

Forget your psychology 

What is the problem with me? 

I'm an asshole 

I met your wife, she was very nice, and she really took a shine to me 

We talked about this, we laughed about that, and we shared a drink or three 

My head's in the window, my foot's in the door, my fork's in the mulligan stew 

And with every bite through the moaning night you know UM be thinking of you 

(chorus) 

There is nothing that I wouldn't do to fuck you up royally 

I've got a finger in all your pies and you'll never get away from me 

Look at my face, look in my eyes, and forgel your psychology 

The world may be buying your present disguise but you can't pull the wool over me 

(chorus) 

DISAPPEAR

Nobody has his own place in the back 

He keeps it in order, a neat little shack 

And every day he goes down to the beach 

Looking for a clam or an oyster to eat 

He said, Trn not unhappy, there is nothing to fear 

I'm just trying to disappear 

It's not unusual, the future is clear 

I'm just trying to disappear" 

He said, I know what I'm doing, I know who I am 

I'm the number one fan of the invisible man" 

He's covered in sweat from his head to his toes 

But what he's looking for nobody knows 

lt's not there and it's not here, he said 

'Trn just trying to disappear" 

Nobody stood in the middle of the street 

Where he drew a chalk outline around his feet 

Then he smiled and lifted his face to the sky 

Flapping his arms like he was trying to fly 

He said, "I may not make it to that great beyond 

But I'll never be found with my feet on the ground 

I'm pretty far gone but I'm still here 

Can nobody help me to disappear?" 

Nobody sat on a bench in the park 

Waiting for the day to turn into the dark 

Then he waved goodbye to that setting sun 

And did a little dance when the day was done 

He said, "The shadows loom, it will be night soon 

And the stars will shine over a rising moon 

I have nothing to lose, I have nothing to fear 

I'm just trying to disappear" 

Nobody went for a walk in the rain 

I lent him my boots and my walking cane 

The cane they found hanging from a tree 

But those boots will never walk back to me 

He's not far oft but he's nowhere near 

That's obvious but it's not very clear 

Nobody talks, nobody hears 

He said, 'Trn just trying to disappear" 

THE DANCE OF THE

HEADLESS BOURGEOISIE

Listen man, never mind who this is 

We've got your wife 

Yea, your better half, your partner in life 

You'll find her Volvo abandoned at the mall 

Her credit cards are in the trunk 

We don't want that junk 

We want the money, and we want it in cash 

Cause there are ten sticks of dynamite stuck togethe with duct tape 

They're wrapped around her new perm, strapped around her little face 

So don't do anything funny, man, don't do anything smart, or we'll 

Blow up her head 

Listen man, we've got your son 

Yea, your one and only heir 

The scion of your loins the chosen one e picked him up oft the playing field 

You'll get bis short pants by priority mail 

We need sonne cash to finance our political aims 

Put it in your work-out bag and leave it at the gym 

Cause there are ten sticks of dynamitestuck together with duct tape 

They're wrapped around his little skull just to stop the constant snivelling 

And it we don't hear from you by tomorrow, we'II 

Blow up his head 

We've got your daughter, that's right 

Daddy's little girl, the light of your life 

And all we want is every penny you've saved 

Empty out your retirement fund and put it in an old suitcase 

How do you know we've got her? 

We'II send you her little pinkie 

You can shove it up your ass and call it stinky 

Cause there are ten sticks of dynamite wrapped around her golden locks 

And only you have the power to make this stop 

And if we don't get everything that we want, we'II 

Blow up her head 

Forget it man 

We're coming after you 

We have no political beliefs 

We don't want your fucking money 

There's just one thing that motivates us 

We hate your fucking guts 

There are ten sticks of dynamite waiting for you 

They'll cover your eyes 

They'll muffle your ears 

They'll shut your fucking mouth 

They'll 

Blow up your head 

THE WORLD WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY

As I was driving around aimlessly, a waking dream occurred to me 

That everyone I knew had died that day 

That my friends, co-workers and loved ones, had all just suddenly passed away 

Well, there were drunken car crashes, airline disasters, and suicides that were unexplained 

And as I drove past familiar scenes, streets and buildings that were a hundred times seen 

As a wave of contentment washed over me, I wondered what this could possibly mean 

As the sun spilled its warmth over the houses and trees 

I felt that I was finally free 

But you know what they say 

The world wasn't built in a day 

You know what they say 

The world wasn't built in a day (no way) 

I picked up a woman in the parking lot of the local Safeway 

Well, I had seen her face a hundred times but I never knew her name 

And as I drove her home she laughed and she sighed and the strain of the moment passed away 

I explained how my father had died, how I had seen his body and never cried 

She let her hand fall on my leg and there she let it stray 

When I dropped her off she asked me up, I politely said I couldn't stay 

And as she walked to the door, as those bags of groceries gently swayed 

I turned the wheel and muttered to myself, "No way, man, no way" 

(Chorus) 

Sunset over the mountains and on the harbour that beneath them lay 

In long shadows the traffic lights gleamed, red and green, they traced the way 

Through a corridor of sidewalks, where people wandered at the end of their day 

I drove to my space on the waterfront, picked up my guitar and started to play 

Alone I sang for the people that I knew, for my friends and family, and for them I prayed 

That no storm would come and sweep them up, that no winds would bear them away 

I sang, "Your voice from my throat cries, your heart beats in my chest, 

From my head stare your eyes, for you I live and die! 

This loneliness is a lie! This loneliness is a lie!" 

(Chorus) 

The streets were empty as I drove home, the air was cool and the sky was dark 

Streetlamps cast their mockery of light over ghostly shapes in an empty night 

Should I believe in the things I see? Am I in you? Are you in me? 

What should I believe? Tell me. What should I believe? 

At home, on the porch, the wind in the trees murmured a background for my waking dream 

Where I drive through a city with labyrinth streets, where no one walks, where no voices speak 

Where empty towers above me rise toward an empty, starless sky 

Like a cold wind washing over me, I saw the meaning of this dream 

I felt that I was finally free, I felt that I was finally free 

(Chorus) 

You lie before me sleeping, your eyes flutter in a dream 

Am I in you? Are you in me? What should I believe? What should I believe? 

But you know what they say... you know what they say 

I CAN'T STOP TALKING

I keep myself awake at night 

I try to stop, but I can't fight 

That voice that whispers ceaselessty 

The one that only talks to me 

It tells me what I have to fear 

It spits its venom in my ear 

It calculates and carefully 

Enumerates its strategies 

Round and round its loves and hates 

It endlessly reiterates 

It never stops, I've never heard 

The silence of that final word 

But I've got to stop talking, I can't stop talking 

There is no stopping a brain that keeps talking 

I know it's not healthy, I know it's not true 

I don't even know who I'm talking to 

But I can't stop talking, I've got to stop talking 

All night and all day I have something to say 

I drone on and on, though I know it's not true 

I've got to stop talking, I'm not talking to you 

The truth around my tongue is curled 

A chain of words that binds the world 

In a fever, all I 

Is captured in my commentary 

The why, the who, the where, the when 

Let me repeat them all agai n 

And then again my voice will sing 

The praises of it's babbling 

The arguments that I dissect 

Are lucid, cogent and correct 

And if you foolishly object 

I'll Gram each word back down you neck 

(chorus) 

If I'm the talker, here's the thing - 

Just who the hell is listening? 

And if I am not tongue but ears 

Then whos voice is it that I hear? 

I swallow, choke, and clear my throat 

Here comes another anecdote 

A narrative of restlessness 

Of what's been done and what is next 

Does it love me, does it not? 

Will this seduction never stop? 

Hear the clacking parrot's beak 

That speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks 

THE RAPE

I've been sentenced to all the things I had to do 

And a naked Image grew out of my hands 

A craftsman without tools, I fashioned these for you 

Voiceless words and sketches of imaginary lands 

Always just we two, the bunter and pursued 

With every step I had you and with every step you flew 

I can see the glow begin to fade 

I can feel there's trouble to be made 

My left leg is numb I can't feel my tongue 

She cheats me, I know it I know it, she cheats me 

Sing for us you little shit 

Show us all your dirty tricks 

For the fever we do long 

Sing that filthy little song 

This the rape, the rape, the rape, this is the 

I realize now that all my tears have dried 

All this pain and heartache was just my foolish pride 

What difference could there be, what significance to me 

If the moon should fall or if the sun should rise 

Always just we two, bloody red and thoughtful blue 

The naked image grew and stood before my eyes 

I'm afraid there's nothing left to say 

I can see you turn and walk away 

My right side is dead 

I can't feel my head 

She cheats me, I know it 

I know it, she cheats me 

Now we have you, this is fun 

From yourself you cannot run 

Sing for us that serenade 

What it's like to be afiaid 

This is the, the rape, the rape, this is the 

I walk around like a zombie or a clown 

My feet are yellow clay 

My head is talking all the time, every minute second of the day 

My knees are weak 

My breath, it reeks 

My face is lined 

I have no time 

My lips are dry 

They're red, my eyes 

My palms are viel 

I can't forget 

She cheats me, know it 

I know it, she cheats me 

This is the, the rape, the rape this is the 

GIVE ME THE PUSH

Give me the push, give me the push 

Over the side, over the side 

Look in my eyes, look in my eyes 

Give me the push, over the side 

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alright 

I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alive 

I'm alright, look in my eyes 

Is it Hell below or God on high? 

Look in my eye's, look in my eye's 

I'm alright, I'm alive 

Give me the push, give me the push 

I'm alright, I'm alive 

Give me the push, give me the push 

Over the side, over the side 

Look in my eyes, look in my eyes 

Give me the push, over the Side 

I'm alright, look in my eyes 

It's Hell below and God on high 

YOUTH

Youth, I see 

In your heart the red blood flows 

Down like a river to the sea it goes 

Youth, I see 

Through all the trouble, the work and pain 

You laugh like a child in a warm spring rain 

Youth, I See 

From the heavens the moon looks down 

And the lapping of the tide is the only sound 

The jungle lurks where the firelight fades 

The stars are swimming in a moonlit bay 

Women cry in their native tongue 

Singing of the days when they were young 

Hear the black eyed women pray 

For all their lovers who have sailed away 

On the altar the incense burns 

For all the men who will never return 

Youth, I see 

Muscles ripple across your back 

As you grab the rope and hold it fast 

Youth, I see 

Laughing faces at the end of the day 

Hands that clap as the music plays 

Youth, I See 

See the temple on the hill above 

A black bird circling a nesting dove 

See the monks in their crimson robes 

Walking single file down a dusty road 

In the market the hawkers sing 

Of aromatic spice and copper rings 

Dice are thrown and rattling fall 

At the feet of the soldiers on er) ancient wall 

And the bones of those who climbed and died 

Lie gleaming in the sand on the other side 

See all of them dream 

Youth, I see 

A clear horizon the colour of lead 

The sea is green like a blanket spread 

Over thee 

On the sheltering shore the breezes sing 

But here the wind like a big bell rings 

Over thee 

A white-haired King with a withered hand 

Bowed to the youth from a foreign land 

Behind the curtains a young girl sighed 

Basking in the light of his deep, blue eyes 

The King decreed that the youth should know 

Alt the secrets of his treasure trove 

But never again would he roam free 

From that kingdom he would never leave 

The young man looked, the young man learned 

And never to his home did he return 

See all of them dream 

LIFE-LIKE

Life-like, a place to live and clothes wear 

Life-like, starting here and ending there 

Life-like, maximising time and space 

Life-like, a happy smile upon my face 

All this and so much more 

Light floods the open door 

Blood’s rushing to my head 

I’m standing on the edge of 

Life-like, crawling up out of the slime 

Life-like, standing in the check out line 

Life-like, eyeing all the pretty girls 

Life-like, dreaming of another world 

Where are my freinds today? 

What gannes shall we play? 

In their hearts I can't see 

Nothing looks back at me but life-Iike 

A million souls await the call to rise and sing 

They stand and fall while in the clouds the angels count the myriad things 

Divinity and grace have etched like lines face of God 

But here it's very odd 

His miracles abound but they arg drown sound of tapping fingers 

Life-like, a face for every double take 

Life-like, the genuine, original fake 

Life-like, in the lies you tell to me 

Life-like, a reasonable facsimile 

Open your hand to me 

In your palm I can read 

Long life and happiness 

It's just like all the rest, it's life-like life 

In the morning I walk beneath a shining 

My steps reverberate in beat with the m humanity 

Those murmuts fill my ears but the voice never heaf 

As I walk along that busy street and though there’s nothing to seek 

The streak of the tears upon my cheeks are life-like 

ONE FINE DAY

One fine day 

When I'm strong enough 

IT stand up out of this chair 

And walk away 

One fine day 

If I live long enough 

You‘ll see the back of me as I'm 

Walking away 

I‘ll go on and on and on 

Across the Porch and over the lawn 

And when 1 reach the street 

See the dust fly off my feet 

One fine day 

I will settle up 

Empty my account 

And give it away 

And on that day 

Conversation will cease 

The arguments and questions 

Will fade away 

I‘ll go on and on and on 

To the edge of town 

I‘ll keep my feet on the ground 

But never again will I look down 

I‘ll be on my ... 

Maybe I have no guts 

Maybe I love you all too much 

But I can't sleep I can't breath 

It's tearing me up, it's tearing me up 

It's tearing the heart out of me 

One fine day 

I‘ll wake up to find 

All my fears and heartaches 

Have melted away 

And on that day 

All the mists will clear 

The sun will shine 

And nothing will stand in my way 

I‘ll go on and on and on 

With nothing to weigh me down