[verse]
Learning Chinese, so here is "wine"
It goes like jiu
And your lucky numbers are
"10, 45, 20, 21, 26, and 30 flippin 5"
So turn it on it's back

"Let's finish this up right now,
Someone is waiting for you on that,"
Said the dessert's prediction
Oh, these thoughts will stray
That Highland Height's wind will blow my way
And it will take me there...

[chorus]
A graveyard gazebo, found by a fountain where geese will lay
I saw your ghost down there, it haunts me to this day
Learning Chinese

[verse]
Used to say that I was, "no good"
Silver tongued Wurlitzer machine
"They outta give me a medal, for listening to this"
Were your last words
But, your thoughts will stray
You'll wander by in wonder one day
And I will meet you there...

[chorus]
A graveyard gazebo, found by a fountain where geese will lay
A blind-folded trip down there, my headstone counts the days
Learning Chinese

Learning Chinese

[verse]
They say that I haven't really got that long 
If I'm to play you one last song
Play you off to the great beyond
Flashback to a conversation we had
I said, "you can't be smoking that"
He said, "isn't that the left lung calling the right one black"

[chorus]
I don't think it's right, but that's life x3
Frank Sinatra sang it right
I don't want to die, but that's life x3
I don't want to cry no more

[verse]
The apple-pipe doesn't fall far from the tree
Especially when the wind cries... Jane
I'm sorry that i never really learned to play
"Classical Gas" for your last day, but I will play... anyway

[chorus]
[bridge]
I hate you so much, but I love you to death
Goddamn, I'm gonna miss you, Dad

[chorus]

8:00p.m.

[Verse]
The walls here are blank and wearing a coat of snow
We are all looking for a place our eyes can go
Bio-cameras, fix their lens onto something new
Target all description, 1,000 word framed addiction
You can only listen, as silence eats nerve endings

[chorus]
Falling into another "did-I-mention," surplus dimension
Small talk discussions, pseudo placed emotions
Weatherman predictions, pocket screens commotion
Miles from the ocean, drifting through expressions
An awkward sensation, from words not spoken
words not spoken, words not spoken

[verse]
Words don't come out like they used to so they say
"I'm just quiet," seems to be an excuse these days
I am a secret, no one will know my shame
Discrete my feelings, an expert of, "No Opinion,"
This time with feeling, oh apathetic minions

[chorus]

[bridge]
oh timid mouth, tongue tied trips teeth in a silent shout
Stare on in vacancy, let lips leave labels of transparency

Elevator Music

I will tell you anything
I solemnly swear to up-hold the truth
I am not sworn to secrecy
Broadcasting clues to any that will hear
I know no enemies, I am not afraid
An older me, will call a younger me, naive
I am not sworn to secrecy
Broadcasting to and that will hear
I am not sworn to secrecy
Broadcasting to all that will lend an ear

When your skin is a mirror, do they see you any clearer?
Hey Chameleon kid don't you remember, all of the times you were a pretender? 
Don't matter the color or the texture, these scales will judge your character
If you don't like what you see, well, that's your problem, as you can tell

Hey chameleon kid, where have you been? 
All that sight-seeing, and all the skin you could bathe in
Hey chameleon kid, where's your dinosaur dad? 
Who's extinction, defines your distinction

I will tell you anything you want to hear 

Chameleon Kid

"I'll tell you what I hate most,"
The old man began to gather a toast
He said, "the candle's fickle flame, 
it bothers me that it never, ever, ever takes the blame"
"Well, I must disagree!" Came a voice from the balcony
They screamed in unity, "Take aim, steady your rifle, listen on my mark,"

Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!

"Let me tell you what, the dead hate most
Are all those living that talk to ghosts
They hate their guts, they said their good-byes
So, live and let live and die and let die."
"But who are you to give us these ques, standing on pews,
You think you're righteous, you think you're pure
You've got your faith and all those rules you've chosen to ignore!

cause you're a
Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar
Pants on fire, Liar, Liar
I ain't calling you no truther

But, the truth it hurts, the truth it hurts
A lie could kill, a lie, could kill ya
A web spun tight, with lies of white
So, swoon, swoon, swoon, swoon
Swoon your little heart away

Climb a mountain to the tallest tree
I don't know what came over me
I started falling for you there
But it wasn't meant to be
It's been such a long a lonesome year
I need to overcome my fears
Initiate some words and verbs
Oh, Crimson Mother haven't you heard?

It don't bother me, it don't bother me none
Sure, it will sting, it'll hurt like a son of a gun
We had a great day, a beautiful Saturday
Cruisin' around getting high off the ground

Take a white-ribbon trail
Spit on a page by Mr. Frost
Love is a fickle little flame
Misshapen, molten wax to blame

Swoon Tunes

[verse]
Bang the drums and call forth a crowd
Play it in tune and sing it loud
Put on a face and approach the stand
Check 123 check with mic in hand
Shall you succeed, the crowd will applaud
Take it from me, just smile and nod
If you should see, the glints in their eyes
There drama to be, and that's no surprise

[chorus]
No surprise, No surprise x2

[verse]
Call in your favors, one through twelve 
Three handed machine that counts so well
You've got to get the hell out f dodge
Create an image from a desert's mirage

[bridge]
The show must go on, it's no surprise
The show must go on, It's no surprise 

Show No Surprise

[verse]
I don't know where to go, amidst the crowd, I stand alone
I just wish that I knew, how to speak to you
I just wish that you'd call my bluff, believe me, I've had enough
Call me crazy, call me what you will, but these chemicals are starting to thrill

[chorus]
Please take me home!
These chemicals have a mind of their own
I'll come back for my car in the morn
But, please take me home!

[verse]
There's no place left here to roam, stare at the islands sipping on foam
A message in a bottle, that I will never read, you must have nerves that bleed.

[chorus]

[Bridge]
It's all coming back to me now
A place of my own, where I can think aloud
A couple of cats and a bed to crash
It's all coming back to me now

[chorus]

Homecoming Parties

[verse]
Life may be innocent, blue or irrelevant (uh-huh)x2
Don't put all your eggs in one basket, arriving at your casket  (uh-huh)x2
Don't go picking fights with your fairy-tales, long-winded to no avail (uh-huh)x2
You gotta get the H-E-double hockey sticks, out from under your government (uh-huh)x2
You're gonna eat yourself alive kid, buried by the system (uh-huh)x2
La-Dee-Fucking-Dah

[chorusx2]
You should have killed me way back when you had the chance
You should have silenced back then with muffler in hand

[verse]
If common sense is a myth, then all i got is ignorance (uh-huh)x2
You better start swimming or drowning, in the ocean (uh-huh)x2
The deep starts to sink into the blank-abyss where nothingness is hit-or-miss (uh-huh)x2
Out of the shadows springs a beam of light, beaming gold, future bright (uh-huh)x2
An industrial revolution is on the horizon (uh-huh)x2
La-Dee-Fucking-Dah

[chorus]

[bridge]
At the bottom exists a siren
She just might be the death of me

[verse 1]

Here, At The Bottom

[verse]
I've got miles, I've got smiles
I've got trials, tribulations and piles of files
Of the living Dead
I've got info that won't fit inside your head
I got this and that, I got that and this
Don't ever look twice, because you just might miss
Your flight to the dark-side of the moon
You can't have your pie and eat it too

[chorus]
Oh, Chariklo your ring will glow
You'll fly onward through the cosmos
A wandering eye telescope will tie you down with titled rope

[verse]
Off the isle of crocodiles
The wild child is boiled in a mild stew
Cooked with a little zest
Nothing like the taste of protest
Escaped barely, gasping for breath
Running for your life is all you got left
And now, (and how!) your soaring through the stars
You can't quit now, your freedom isn't far

[chorus]

Chariklo's Ring

[verse]
Wagging a sore finger will get you stung
Green eyes will lust for all of those among
Worlds of the beginning and the after
Locked out, cast away, the people they pilfer
Where do 9am departures encounter? 
At the long-winded end of a dinner platter
The hogs released, greased clad with muddy water
Where are they now? Washed down with OJ and buttermilk
Pancakes and a sunny-side up smiling yolk to embrace

[chorus]
What a breakfast for a king
Served with her majesty
Complacency and intrigue
My obsession with the number 3

[bridge]
Perched in a heated nest, listening to colors portray
Thousands of words sewn into landscapes that whisper
Where do brush strokes grow stale? You can hear red lose his temper
Put on that radio wave, some swirly static flurry...

[chorus]

Art Radio

[verse]
Lagging strides amongst the living, I am beside myself
Stand-up out of my skin, a postmortem struggle begins
I won't or can't listen to reason, my senses are connecting the dots
Here atop "Golf-course hill," I gotta taste of afterlife thrills

[chorus]
Why am I crazy? Why am I sane? Who am I to be the judge of my own brain?
Why am I crazy? Why am I sane? Who am I to be the judge of my own brain?
I just need to be alive! Nobody understands my strife
Oh Baby, I didn't come here to die
I've got places to be alive!

[verse]
I spy with my little eye, horns growing out the top of my head
My shadow's playing tricks on me, in this warped reality
Running away from a devilish spiral, I've got my own fate to blaze
If I get out of this alive, I swear I'll be different, that is if I survive

[chorus]

Devil Man Trance

[Chorus]
Oh my God!? I'm sleeping with the fishes
My concrete shoes are turning me blue
Busted knees caps, twisted toes and a discarded nose
Say good-bye to a face that you have come to know

[verse]
I'm getting nowhere fast, I'm getting nowhere at all
In fact that just sit there and think of all the ways to stall
You got your ticket fast, yeah, I'm sure you needed that
You've got just enough cash so let's blow it all on...

[chorus]
All my drugs! I'm waking up my senses
My eyes are playing tricks with every hue
Busted teeth, adrenaline and a ruptured nose
Here's to life! Dropping penicillin for the soul

[verse]
The smell of the devil's lettuce brought me here, it brought me here
Make a fog so thick, you gotta cut a window to see clearly
The forest from the trees, everyone is slapping their knees
You're so funny, great company won't you come again please?

[chorus]
Oh my word! I'm shaking in my britches
My words are flowing out like molasses 
Six feet of bliss, she's a towering kiss
My inclination
My Intoxication
My Inebriation in D

Jack Nuttall Music

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