I been warming up this bench all day
why don't you put me in? I'm ready to play
gimme a microphone, I know what to say
I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow you away
livin the dream
why don't you give me a lobotomy
package me as a comodity
like a ticket for the lottery
everyone could take a shot at me
livin the dream

livin the dream

I been walkin these backstreets & alleyways
lookin for better days, turnin my gaze to the sky
when your coach turns to a pumpkin, it boils down to one thing
you better find yourself something that gets you by
in this city we built of broken glass
the only kinda glitter that ever lasts
you know it hurts me how I'm thirsty
for that dirt cheap bottle of liquor we spilt
I'm tired of it all, take a wreckin ball
to every brick wall of this city we built...
...of broken glass
the only kinda glitter that ever lasts
restless soul, never found a way back home

this glittering city we built

gimme somewhere soft & warm, I just wanna sleep
I don't wanna toss & turn, I just wanna sleep
gimme somewhere sweet & clean, I just wanna sleep
i've been havin such bad dreams, I just wanna sleep
gimme peace, I'm too damn tired
peace, I'm too damn tired
are you now or have you ever been?
ever since I can't remember when
cat won't go back in the bag again
now we're out on a limb
gimme peace, I'm too damn tired
peace, I'm too damn tired

too damn tired

one day we'll buy an island and declare it a sovereign state
but soon the sea will encroach the ice caps meltin at this rate
and when our private island is finally out of dry land
I guess we'll find another place
  one day we'll build a tunnel to the earth's molten lava core
  it will cost all our dollars til there's no money anymore
  and when the money runs out thats nothing to cry about
  we should've thought of this before
one day we'll buy an island
one day we'll find another place
one day we'll build a tunnel
one day before

One Day

in the morning you got trouble wakin
and all the good things in life you got trouble takin
in the evening you got trouble sleepin
and all the good things in life you got trouble keepin
 what can you do? if I only knew
 I'd be a better man than I am, understand?
in a crowd you got trouble blendin
and all the foolish rules you got trouble bendin
what you're thinkin you got trouble sayin
and all the foolish games you got trouble playin

A BETTER MAN

easy, do it half awake
no problem, its a piece of cake
simple, nothing left to say
easy easy easy

one moment, be with you right away
tomoro is just a day away
forever, however long it takes
easy easy easy

pay no mind, I don't mind

EASY

a goddess needs a sacrifice
how could I refuse?
pour one out for the thirsty ghost
tie on my dancin shoes
lay down my last dollar
at the corner of High and Main
prayin for a miracle
dancin, dancin to make it rain
  pay to her your tribute
  pile it at her feet
  conjure up a stormy sky
  turn this dust to green
  lay down your last dollar
  at the corner of High and Main
  prayin for a miracle
  dancin, dancin to make it rain
whisper sister
sing to me softly
tell me, tell me
how does your garden grow?
take this offering
I lay at your altar
spillin warm blood
into the winter snow
  make it rain

MAKE IT RAIN

you did the jitterbug
just about ready to bounce
you did the jitterbug
hit me right where it counts
you did the jitterbug
I just couldn't catch your eye
you did the jitterbug
just about to lose my mind
   I tried so hard to tell you
   I tried so hard to tell you
   but you're lookin at me
   like you just don't know or care
you did the jitterbug
showed me the palm of your hand
you did the jitterbug
I'm doin the best that I can
you did the jitterbug
just about ready to bounce
you did the jitterbug
hit me right where it counts

JITTERBUG

out of the sea a creature is crawlin
under a tree an apple is fallin
and when I grow up will I be just like you?
and then there was one, on sunday reclinin
the father and son, you feel his light shinin
and when I grow up I wanna be just like you
but how will I know which of your words are true?
so I'm gonna learn to do all the things you do
and when I grow I'm gonna be just like you
high in the sky a satellite callin
down from the clouds a space station fallin
and when I go up I'm gonna be just like you
high in the sky, fallin down

JUST LIKE YOU

ashes to ashes, dust to dust
you do as you will, you do as you must
 & you'll have your parade
 a flag on your grave & a holiday
 a monument carved with your name
do unto others, duty forbids
rest in peace now, you did what you did
 & you'll have your parade
 a flag on your grave & a holiday
 a monument carved with your name

MEMORIAL DAY

a cup running over ice cold forever
cry me a river of tears
it never goes flat and it never grows old
that tinkling ring in your ear
to the last drop
everyone drain your glass
down to the very last drop
you can drink to your life, raise a toast to your health
but this ain't no fountain of youth
I hope you're not countin on rock candy mountain
to cut you a path to the truth
to the last drop

MEMORIAL DAY

Ben Weiser

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