LUBRIPHONIC


PUNK

Hard drugs and tweed jackets,
Khaki pants and tennis rackets;
Careening youth on the subway line
Looking cool, killing time
You ain't nobody in this world
Without an F.B.I. file--
Plan your days in sketchy ways
And they'll write you up in style

But I got a tube full of groove
And a bordello valentine--
Though I am seldom on her mind.
There's beer in the rear
And the coast is clear,
So tell me something's wrong with my life...
Punk

Laughing gas and pace makers,
Post-graduate pill takers--
Hopped-up scalpels cleaning trout
Taking all the insides out.
Well show me to that dotted line
'Cause brother, I want to sign.
Take my jug, pull my plug
But don't feed me to those lions.

Day trades and theatre tickets--
I'll tell you where you can stick it.
Computer screens and naked girls,
Visible kings of invisible worlds;
But I ain't got an axe to grind,
I carry my cross with a smile.
I comb my hair, change my underwear,
Make sure my shoes are in style...

GIRL

All your fine dresses, if I may be so bold,
If you don't mind my asking, girl--
Where did you get those clothes?
I know you're from the neighborhood,
I've seen you around
Cascading down the avenue
Hardly making a sound

How come you always look so disgusted?
How come your car is so rusted?
All your fine dresses, if I may be so bold,
If you don't mind my asking, girl--
Where did you get those clothes?

I wonder if your old man, I wonder does he know
How pretty you are when there's no one to show.
I wonder where you're going, I wonder where you've been
I wonder how in hell you ended up with him.

Maybe it's just my imagination,
Maybe you hold no fascination.
All your fine dresses, if I may be so bold,
If you don't mind my asking, girl--
Where did you get those clothes?

Last night I sat down and I wrote you this song;
Or maybe I wrote it for myself and I'm carrying on.
I've got sand in my eyes and fences to mend.
The truth is such a drag you know,
It's more fun to pretend.

GIVE IT UP

From this day forward I give it up--
I don't know the reason why
I tie myself into a knot
And gaze up at the sky.
Like a traveller who's seen his fate,
Like the moon tells the tide,
Like a bookie knows before a race,
I know which horse to ride...

I give up giving up

I spend time like it's money
And money like it's wine.
I sleep like a scoundrel
And eat like a swine.
My friends from the rubble,
They say I'm doing fine--
I could have done so much more
If I only had the time

I give up giving up

STUFF I USE

I've been franchised and homogenized,
Patronized and televised;
Hid under desks in asbestos schools
Learning about the doomsday rules.
I got miles on myself that I can't get back--
Ten cigarettes from a heart attack.
I eat my dinners out of a can;
I'm six years behind in my five-year plan

And the world keeps turning
And my mind keeps burning
Life's done a lot to make me look like a fool
But I got to keep moving with the stuff I use.

I had a girl but I wanted more;
Had a love but I wanted to score.
Dropped out of school so I could play in a band--
Jump for joy if I make twenty grand.
I watch fires and earthquakes on t.v.--
Hope like hell it don't happen to me
'Cause when I'm old and over the hill
I got no insurance to cover the bill

Like whiskey and power tools,
I find myself mismatched and ill-used
Sometimes when I think about
The way my life is turning out.
But it's jive, okay, don't you hear what I say?
Look outside, it's a beautiful day--
Though the air's like sulfur and it's cold as sin,
Mini skirts are out and sweaters are in...

EYE CONTACT AT THE PALACE

We made eye contact at the palace
While the king looked on with malice
And the queen fixed herself another drink.
Your eyes began to narrow,
They pierced my like an arrow,
And I'll be damned if I didn't see you wink.
I tried to see you later but you were talking to the waiter--
I didn't want to seem rude.

Just can't get close to you
No matter what I try to do
Corkscrew myself right into the ground, 'cause
I can't get close to you.

I got a drink to cradle,
Was headed to your table,
When I ran into a friend at the bar.
He filled my ear with stories
Of unimportant glories
And what he had to fix on his car.
I pushed him aside, with and arrogant stride,
But you were nowhere to be found

Just can't get close to you

YOUR EYES

Your eyes sleeping, barely even dreaming;
Do you picture a face?
Does it melt into a race?
Is it easier?
Your ears listenening, learning and resisting;
Words on a breeze
Spread like a disease.
Is it easier?

Your house empty; pacing through it gently,
When you sit in your chair
Are you glad you're not out there?
Is it easier?
Your ears listening, learning and resisting;
Words on a breeze
Spread like a disease.
Is it easier?

SPEED-DIAL

I got the AA on the speed-dial.
I like to ring them up when I'm out on the tiles.
I tell them I'm not drunk, I'm spiritual--
Yeah, like a revelation from the urinal

Funny how people to think I'm so funny anymore,
Yeah, when I'm lying on the floor.

I'm not ugly, I'm exotic--
Like some kind of beatnik narcotic.
Lick me, stick me, roll me, smoke me-- I don't mind.
Gulp me down like a cheap bottle of wine

And I'll float around inside of you for a while,
Yeah, when you're out on the tiles.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU

Appalachian voodoo or super-sonic hoo-doo,
What can I do for you?
You buzz in my brain like funky Coltrane,
I wan't to share my perversions with you.
I'm hear to scandalize the beauty that God gave you,
Carefully neutralize your moral inclinations--
I've been waiting so long to find a way to get into your love

I'm willing and able
To lay my sins on the table
Oh, if it will make you come alive

I'll drive you to the mountains and we'll make love in the sun.
I'll write you lurid love songs, not unlike this one.
Our ancestors will be spinning in their graves
When they hear about the way we've behaved.
What can I do for you?

I find it most disturbing that I haven't seen you naked.
What is it you're preserving? What is in your head?
I don't mean to co-opt you with my gaze
Oh, it's just like me to misbehave.
What can I do for you?

HOLY ROLLERS

Thrill jockeys riding donkeys stuck in traffic on the free way,
Calming their fragile nerves with a dial-tone from a mobile phone.
Twisting their insides into a very thin spaghetti--
Lord knows it won't be long until their cover blows
And their in the throes

It happens all the time
Like holy rollers losing their minds
Don't you get yourself caught up in it.
There ain't no peace of mind in a brand new four wheel drive.
Don't you get yourself caught up in it.

Problem child running wild; got up on the wrong side of the womb.
Give him some happy pills, make him smooth, make him groove.
Equalization driving the nation, turning thoughts into confetti
Lord knows it won't be long before we can't control the overflow.

It happens all the time
Like holy rollers losing their minds
Don't you get yourself caught up in it.
Liquified emotions from bitter tasting potions--
Don't you get yourself caught up in it.

Game show logic, slick hair tonic, and lotto on the weekdays--
You may have already won, just step inside and get inline.
Time for the lightning round-- is everybody ready?
What is your final answer? Do you even know where the money goes?

LOOKING GLASS WAYS

Brother, I'm going home-- I need the sleep.
Been spending my days in looking glass ways,
And I'm going home.
I don't need nothing but a face
So that's why I'm going home.

I need a face not so much like mine
And nothing like yours.
So I'll drink some tea and fall down on the floor
But I'm going home.
When morning comes I'll be new; so will you
And I'm going home.

I'll get the tip before I give you the slip
I'm going home
'Cause I can't let the ugly lights catch me crying.
When morning comes I'll be new; so will you
And I'm going home.

SUPER MONCHO

LEAVING THINGS BEHIND

I'm leaving things
Behi-nd
Mama I've got wings
And a hard, hard climb

Living with kindness and dignity
Walk on and carry my load.
There's things back there I been haulin'  for years;
Gonna leave 'em on the side of the road

Living with anger and shame
Helpless as a kitten in the rain
Stand up straight, carry your own weight;
Be a natural man again.

Living with suspicion and lies
Sometimes it's hard to be clear.
Drop the attack, and bring it back,
But don't you shed a tear

STEP CLOSER

Step it up, step around;
Step down and you have found
Something more you adore,
Something overlooked before
Step closer, step closer, yeah

Walk together step aside
Stand apart and then decide
If you will, if you won't
If you don't know
Step closer, step closer, yeah

Step closer now, closer still,
Heaven knows what will follow
It's cold outside and warm below;
Life has changed again and I will follow
Step closer, step closer, yeah

HIPSTER BLUE

Art plow, fashionista
Finger on her lips and another on her keystah
Stay sharp, somebody sees ya
Everybody lookin' but nobody believes ya.
Don't you make a mistake
And get between a tiger and a snake
Before you leave at the end of the night,
Everything gonna be alright

Pout snout, medical drop-out,
Read about it, read about it  now.
Rare bird on a fallow mountain,
Scared nerd by the drinking fountain.
So you've found some taste
And your bets are placed.
Before you leave at the end of the night
Everything gonna be alright

SAFE WITH ME

Yeah, you're safe with me
Nobody gonna let you down
Through the sirens and the sounds
Yeah you're safe with me

Yeah you're safe with me,
Gonna keep you from harm
Hold you in loving arms
Yeah you're safe with me

Yeah you're safe with me
If the future looks blown
And the past is overgrown
Yeah you're safe with me, love
Yeah you're safe with me, love

If I can't be with you everyday,
Don't you worry your life away,
'Cause you know that I tried...

Yeah you're safe with me
Nobody gonna let you down
Through the sirens and the sounds
Yeah you're safe with me, love 

WAITING

I'm waiting like a fool
I'm rusted like a tool
Shoulda seen the way she took me
Shoulda seen the way she shook me, now
Shoulda seen the way she loved me
Right before she dropped me on the ground
And I'm waiting like a fool.

I believe I'm a man
As I breathe, I know I am
Shoulda seen the way she took me
Shoulda seen the way she shook me
Shoulda seen the way she loved me
Right before she dropped me on the ground
And I'm waiting like a fool

DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS

Come out from the forest, come out from the trees--
I know you're out there hiding from the knocking on your knees.
I'm getting to the source, man, deep inside.
I'm diggin' a tunnel, gonna start a landslide
Did I see you flinch dear?
Did I see you bite your nails?
Truth is not so frightning
But the devil's in the details

Come out on the meadow, let's have a look.
You're a walking manifesto I can read you like a book.
Yeah you got your causes and I got mine.
I see your finger's pointed but I'm not buyin.'
Did I see you flinch dear?
Did I see you bite your nails?
Truth is not so frightning
But the devil's in the details.

PARIAH

Busco amigos...pariah
Busco vecinos...pariah
Oh, I am seeking what I had
Oh, don't you understand
Alien pariah
Alien pariah

GO DOWN

I'll take you over to my house
You'll see the inside of my mouth;
It's dark and alive
Transcends space and time--
Grab a beer and a lime and stay a while

Poets, villains, and kings;
Married people with rings;
I want to hear 'em shout it loud
I want to see 'em all go down

So you say it's been rough
In the cuisinart of love, love
It's free but it's not cheap
To find someone to keep--
Might as well keep 'em satisfied

UP ALL NIGHT

Girl you look your best
When your hair's a mess
And your eyes are wild
Before the sun returns
With its pale concerns
On a moonlight ride.

We'll leave that other scene behind--
That heavy metal suicide.
Why don't we stay up all night

We'll jump the velvet rope,
Give the bouncer hope
Of another life.
We live on the brink
Closer than you think
To another life.

SUVIVORS

Supemoncho is a good friend, a friend of mine
If I din't know better, I'd say he looks fine.
Oh, trouble got him down
Oh, down to the ground.
Supermoncho fights the good fight, he's not afraid
Supermoncho is victorious if not unscathed.
Oh, time is on his side.
Oh, he's got to survive.

I hail you survivors, I follow your light.
I hail you survivors in my life.

Willamena lost her best friend, her lover, and her knight.
Now she's trying to remember how to keep things light.
Oh, when she tries to smile,
Oh, maybe not for a while.
Willamena fights a good fight, she's not afraid
Willamena is victorious if not unscathed.
Oh, time is on her side.
Oh, and she's got to survive.

I hail you survivors, I follow your light.
I hail you survivors in my life.





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