Sophomore Jinx
give them what they want when they want
when they know what they want
i'm sick of thinking for myself so i'll play along
stick me in a room full of books, suits, and record deals
be sure to make some coffee with your cream
and ask me how i feel
it's been a long, lonely wait oh,
we can hardly wait to hear the tunes you have made
i'll bet their really great
there's something to the way you find time to create
the second album is late where is it anyway?
here i am believe the sound you breathe
i'm in up to my knees disregard everything
because now i'm over my sophmore jinx
you're crowding my dollar signs
(make everyone sing)
your little songs i'll call mine
(my sophmore jinx)
get to the back of the line
(love turns to hate)
when i stand a million to one
(to one)
x amount of dollars for my head
should i say "commodity"
help me get madonna off my bed
she's just too drunk to sing
management's explaining
entertaining to the industry
they've heard the same spiel a million times
maybe two or three the illusion is sealed
the band's all wrapped in chains
wish their vibe was still real
now it all sounds the same
and all the grooves that they steal
all the blues down on beale
prolific wisdom english poets often write here i am
believe the sound you breed
i'm in up to my knees disregard
everything because now i'm over my
sophmore jinx
you're crowding my dollar signs
(make everyone sing)
your little words, they don't rhyme
(my sophmore jinx)
you've wasted all my precious time
(love turns to hate)
when i stand a million to one long
lonely wait instant replay

Stewardess
north eastern southwest mississippi
i'm going to reach my destination alone
north eastern southwest mississippi
i'm going to reach my home
i'll wave to the river as i'm flying over
north eastern southwest mississippi
never mind the times and as a matter of fact
your just the kind- alone and tempramental
so rewind the clock, the machine
and your one-wheeled unicycle
and as a matter of fact
you're underpaid for all that you can offer
so tell the boys that they can fight over your
one-starred uniform

So Low
Hello
meet my problems
i only miss you when i m with you
i gotta fly car
to jet around town
gone sour to the bone
gone bad to the morrow
financial situation's depleted
guess a slap in the face
is what i really needed
from a strong hand to
make me a man
what more could i ask?
what more could i stand?

i'm so low
that i wish i was dead
with a knife in my chest
and a bullet through my head
i'm so low
that i wish i was dead
must i go on?

sold all my friends today
i'm so low that i wish i was dead
I gave everything away
now i'm bound only by twine and thread

just give me time
don't give me time to miss you
just give me time
don't give me time to miss you

on a short leash
yet she was earthbound
so i threw her in the lost and found
now she's scaring me
a fine charity
with a pink trombone
and a tuning key
so just ignore my footprints
and just ignore the sand
my epitaph stands before me
so wear your ego
to the funeral of a
frightened man

saw her standing in the doorway
fade away and i believe in it
if i were dead
she wouldn't love me anymore

Marathon Shirt
tell me who's to blame for the ink spot
blood-stained sleeves in the parking lot
i've had it since i was tweleve
and i wear it like hell
wash it when it get worn, dirty, tattered,torn
fell in love with me and wears me with pride
we bathe in ultra tide
when i start to feel guilty and everyone's jealous
cause they wish they had it
i'm half a man without it i'm the king of style
and i'll keep on wearing my marathon shirt
and i'll wear it everday til it hurts
and i got no lady over her
confidence-a-plenty in my marathon shirt
once loaned her to a friend for a party and
i worried all night like a mother does
and when she returned, all wrinkled and helpless
she smelled of cheap cigarettes and other drugs
i'd wear her in any season
i'd wear her for any reason
the only promise in my life's
that shirt of mine and day after day
as her colors fade away
i'll remember what she felt like the first time
now i've come to lay you down
you can soak into the sound and i'm so elated
she can't be recreated and
the water's turning brown
my baby she's no hand-me-down

Lucid Anne
and in the simplest of words,
she knew about forgiveness and
in passing, something true cried out
as the wheels began to turn,
there it loomed and burned in the akwardness at hand,
i don't understand lucid anne,
lucid anne lucid anne, lucid anne
and when she woke up from the day before
no recollection of events which took place somewhere laughing
only at the lines that now traced her eyes
looking backwards through the glass,
i think i missed the point and in the simplest of words,
she spoke the only answer and in passing,
something new cried out as the wheels began to turn,
there it loomed and burned in the akwardness at hand,
now i understand

Cannon
Cannon
are you unnecessary noise?
cannon
firing on all of your toys
cannon
thinks we're the same
but we are
cannon
destinys towing your car
when fire meets powder
you take your cover
i fly over and
when fire drowns water
it spreads it farther
out of my hands
asking advice from all the clowns
Cannon
take your frustrations to the ground
cannon
they wait in the wings for you to fall
cannon
can't you make dust of them all
when fire meets powder
you run for cover
i fly under and when fire drowns waiter
don't even bother
out of my hands
in some untimely way
the world asks us to leave
suddenly we're afraid
no longer can we stay
the thread of life was strung to each
and everyone
i knew it all along
your call to arms was wrong
Cannon
are you just unwanted noise?
loose
Cannon
remember all those you destroy
when fire meets powder
the strongest cower
half heart, underhand
when fire drowns water
it spreads it further
out of my hands

Missed The Friction
unwrapped and bitten an invitation to your side
i missed the friction if it's in my head
it's in your size you are
you're making me mad afraid you've been had again
you are, you're singing so bad you're singing so sad
again scratch the hideous melody scrap all the harmonies in 'e'
can't help but spell it out if it's in my head
it's in your mouth hang up the phone
jaded hand take a piece of everyone
the day is done the bread is stale and silence suits me
that well i'm a bitter scale with broken trust
found the liar in all of us cause you're better off
you're better off when no one's starving for your company
i think a sour note is a luxury crass information
spread it infect somebody else inspire a nation
if its in your head
it's in yourself

Superstar
cement hands - she comes alive on my poster
cement band - and i'm in love
i know the things you must think and feel
you've been left out in the cold
she's a superstar
she'll never see you in the crowd
no matter who you are, you can't forget a face you know
plastic friends
subliminal plastic motives
have you reached the end
or just tied not's to your own rope
and from day to day, the actors and scenes change
and when you're a memory, greedy ones remain
i know the pain you've been subject to
you've been left out in the rain
she's a superstar
you can find me at her feet
she's still a superstar
while i'm alone at home
what is a superstar?
can you count them on your hands?
does it effect who you are and what everybody says
and does or thinks about you anyway?
does she smoke crack burn buildings or just plain strange
caught in the public eye, we get paid to pry

Mother Nature's Fault
the master of deception woke the devil and then set him free
she turned from an ocean to an ogre and selected me
i can't help but stay away
when your so damn evil i don't care at all
assuming that it's mother nature's fault
it's funny how a part of me ceases to be
i waited all summer just to see her leave
mother nature she hated all my lyrics, so i lied
and said i threw them out
the only one who knows this is me
but now the record's out
i can't help but paint a perfect picture with a double rhyme scheme
i don't care at all, assuming that it's mother nature's fault
a sentimental part of me that ceases to be
i waited all winter just to see her breath
show me your best kept secrets
and i'll never ever tell all your friends that you know
well you let me down, down
i'll never listen to another heartfelt love song
cause this time of month
it's a drag you know the're dead wrong
i can only comprehend the half of what i hear
cause you know we're all doomed

Big Important Nothing
you've got alot to lie about all the angles you covered up
we've got plenty to talk about because some of them
you just can't block pretend
you're the daughter of elvis and
you're married to the king of pop without worldwide belief
you step up to the mic and blow it off
you're in over you head this time
you're in over you head
you're in over you head
this time you're in over you head
if it's any indication of what it's really like to be you
if it's any consolation
i guess i wouldn't want to be you
can't say that i'm crazy about anything that you do
with out concrete belief
you step up to the dege and follow through
you're in over your head this time
your in over you head
just when you thought it was safe
you got raped a fickle incision from the hand that fed you
in the first place ten million opinions in your skin
color face contrary to popular belief
this time you caught your foot in the grave

Lost My Senses
all of my senses are turning away
and all that i touch is turning to waste
i mark indifference in various ways
but all of my senses have gone out to play
my tongue tied and twisted
my eyes wouldn't blink
decisions were made for me
i couldn't think
tattered old heros where saving my grace
but i lost my senses to feel
i don't wanna touch, taste, feel
i don't wanna touch, taste, feel
all gone to waste a stranger in my hat
or under my skin my hair is a welcome mat
now it begins it splits and divides and feeds on itself
and i lost my senses i don't want your help
all my pretenses collectively face the left hand
of decency patiently waits through an unbarable show
of restraint my ears won't play my eyes coudn't paint
my tounge tied and twisted my eyes couldn't blink decisions
were made for me i couldn't think
i thought my friends were saving my place
but i lost my sense and i lost my friends