I’m facing my lover in the mirror at three
And at four, broken and sore, I come in lying through my teeth
I said ‘Please don’t you bother’
Still fathers hide their daughters so well
Well oh well, they’re not welcome
I’ve got everything I need

But these lonely streets
Where we still meet
Are playing tricks on our eyes
And people pass
Just a moment, it won’t last
Still we make up stories of their lives

Now I’m taking care
Oh, to take care of myself
When I should be taking care of you
And the people that I see all around
They’ve got everything all figured out
Am I wrong? Tell me I’m wrong
Tell me I’m paranoid and stoned

Now there’s new faces
Filling in the empty spaces on the street
Filling in the empty places where we eat
Filling up this empty home
This empty home is filling up with things that broke

What Happened Mr. Man?

A stubborn hit upon the head
Like a stone sun falling right before our eyes
As mother nature’s in retreat again
I hear the third voice enter into my mind

Never seen her
Baby, she’s hiding
Tune these ears to her frequency
With Venus lost, I know I’ll pay the cost
It’s a wrinkle in time
Straight to the end of the line

Laying under naked stars
I’ve got those hot hands to grasp the sky
There’s a red light set atop the tower calling
It’s gravity is luring, I can feel it pulling

Now the moon is back
But I’d still bet against it
Feeling like a mirror
Broken into too many pieces
In each one I wish
To find something there
Anything at all 
Except a child who’s scared

Venus Lost

Back turned, I’m facing the next morning sun
It’s alright, mama, let me have my fun
Keep an eye out for yourself with all them guns

I can see it with closed eyes
I can feel it in my bones
Bang! Bang! goes the whole kaleidoscope of white folk
‘Cause nobody wanna pray for ‘em
Would I assume being in collusion with the rats
Holed up for choosing to stay in place, if I could

Every day I’m further away
Makes it harder to remember home

I can hear it when you sigh
You’re all tired but you won’t let go
Being so far makes me cry
Wish I could come back
But do I really wanna when the lead clown cries that
Cold facts can’t hold a light to the truth that he beholds
Like fugee boats don’t float they capsize
That’s why they’re sleeping on the ocean floor

Which Way Home

My dark lady gonna let me know
When it’s right for us to go 
They say impossible snow

Grab ahold of your wits son
Or it’ll take the shape of a loaded gun
In impossible snow

And I won’t ever let it show
No, and I won’t ever let you know

Lazy days feed the nights
So I catch a cab up to the point I used to love
And I’m over it now

And this Parisian girl she’s singing a song
Well and she asks me would I like to sing along
I think impossible snow

Oh she walk, she walk, she walk
The time it tocks away

Yeah my dark lady gonna let me know
When it’s right for us to go
Into impossible snow

And that Parisian girl’s still singing her song
She sing it in my ear but it won’t last for long, no no
It’s impossible snow

Impossible Snow

No Show

I'm that song with a haunting refrain you couldn't shake off if you tried
But I'm in need of your daily healing
And the room's always at my call, lord knows I bleed the air from these halls
But I'm in need of your daily healing

Would you go ahead and spin me into the infinite groove

I hear your words, they repeat in threes, and still I'm sitting with a long last gaze
If I could I would love you the right way
But my feet burn when they touch the floor
My mind swerves even when you're needing more
Right now all I see's your daily healing

Before you go away, would you lead me to the infinite groove

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