The Valley of Jezreel
In the Dawn I wrestle with my love,
in the grass of the valley of Jezreel.
We wrestle to be the god,
of the first light of morning
if she wins I'll hear the birds sing
and watch her come in glory
The pure light of morning pouring down
makes a gold light on the mountain
In pink rays and purple flame
In Jezreel we will be chosen
Either of us could win
and take up the robe.
and we're locked together here
twisting all in the grass
You will take hold of my arm
I'll grab the softness of your leg
we will move with the push and pull
as the sun spills down
and the dew is cool
and my foot will slip
in the cool, cool grass
now we are the morning...
Rise up and spill down
press flat the grass of the valley.
And the Falcon, he looks out
as we wrestle on the plains of Jezreel
Our sweat mixed with dew
as the mountain retreats
do I take the upper hand?
Or should I give her victory?
In the Dawn I wrestle with my love
In the grass of the valley of Jezreel.
In pink rays and purple flame
In Jezreel we are chosen!
In a one-piece (on the high dive)
I see you on the diving board,
you're in my head in a never-ending loop.
You were twenty feet above me
in a gorgeous one-piece bathing suit
on the high dive!
In a one-piece!
With a Big splash
Off the high dive
In the deserts of the East
In black robes made of wool
We'll walk
Underneath the flaming sky
You get so much hang time
the waves are throwing water over me
That's the way I picture you
Jumping off to crash down into blue
on the high dive!
In a one-piece!
With a Big splash
Off the high dive
now I'm taking off my suit
and balling it up in my hand
to throw,
at the head of the one I love
(Instrumental break)
I see you on the diving board,
you're in my head in a never-ending loop.
You were twenty feet above me
in a gorgeous one-piece bathing suit
Sneakers and Skirts
She said, “I need a new pair of shoes,
cause I'm on my feet all day long.”
I said “I've got something for you”
“ Something that can not go wrong”
Get some low tops with a long skirt and the boys will fall
at your feet.
Cozy on the job and hot as shit out on the street.
I think you're some kinda magnet
and I'm pieces of Iron
leaning in towards you.
From my store I watched as the thief
he took off down the mall.
The other girls ran after him,
but they tripped at every step
You came down on him like you were a mountain side
Underneath, in satin, I saw what your skirt tried to hide
And she wore her sneaks everyday
and she wore her long skirt too
until I let her go
(Instrumental break)
Well. What I need to know,
Is if you've though about kissing me
and I'm scared to ask you this
in your calf-lengths and low tops
You can come down on me like you were a mountain side
Keep your sneaks on and hitch your skirt up high.
And she wore her sneaks everyday
and she wore her long skirt too
until I let her go
Opening The Mountain
Joseph got hit, and he went down.
Those dirty little shits, they kicked his nose.
We told him over and over that nobody cares
That he started to cry.
"Give me a break." He said, "Everyone was watching.
Do you think that she's heard?"
Well, If she's heard, and she cares, then you're gold.
If she doesn't, then it doesn't really matter.
Open up the Mountain
And let the hero loose
On to the plain.
We will drink snake blood
and chew iron
and we will burn hotter
than the living flame.
Stacy got a D in calculous,
Now she wants to smoke.
She said she couldn't imagine dating one of us,
And that hurt Jeremy to the quick.
He's never, ever told her how he feels and its been two years.
He always sits across from her and he's late when he rolls
his dice.
Tonight he's brought eight packs of ciggarrettes,
and politely asks Stacy to choose.
Open up the Mountain
And let the hero loose
On to the plain.
We will drink snake blood
and chew iron
and we will burn hotter
than the living flame.
A Major American Poet
The French who write,
Only drink wine.
Americans drink rye,
and drive all night.
And park down, by the lake side
and their heart moves on a dark tide.
Dirt burns in the black oil,
overwhelmed by the fumes and the engines heat.
Paper slides in the back seat,
and the crickets drown out every sound.
When you park down by the
lake side
sunlight leaving the passenger side.
Heat lightning crawls fast across the sky,
Pushing everyone so far away
like the oil slick out on the water
and the ticking when the car cools down
when you park down by the lakeside
and your heart moves on the black tide
The french who write
only drink wine
americans drink rye
and drive all night.
If Your Daddy Hadn't Pulled That Knife On Me (Your Mama Wouldn't
Be Crying)
If Your Daddy Hadn't Pulled That Knife on Me
your Mama Wouldn't Be Crying
Ain't no use in making no kind of scene
My old '38 done told its tale on me
Too much liquor will make a man much too mean
Like that old bull snake swimming in the stream
I had hoped we'd see each other again
But now, I'm not so very certain
My old Chevy is blowing black smoke
The sunlight is fading
I'm headed into the woods again
I can already hear the hounds howling
{Yeah!}
Separating Dark From Dark
Moving towards the ocean
through the blue moonlight
the Dark in the Darkness
It will pull us in
The greatest sound is a girl's laugh splashing
exstatic in the waves curl and crashing
let the dark water carry you
as it tugs and pulls you through the night.
See how the stars rise.
See how they linger,
never leaving your side.
Every wave moving
across the face of the deep
tumbling all around us
flowing around our feet.
The greatest sound is a girl's laugh splashing,
exstatic in the waves curl and crashing.
let the dark water carry you.
let it carry you.
Pillow
Listen to me close,
Through the chaos and confusion
I need to say this clearly,
but my jaw won't move.
in five minutes flat,
I broke apart my senses.
I was caught in the blast
and now everythings in splinters
{yelling x4}
On the beach in the darkness
We were crashing through the waves
The sky rushing above us
Stars touching skin.
We are swimming
Burrowing deep in the sand
Pale skin glowing
through the lights in the water.
{yelling x4}
Y' Buckle up your pack,
I know that you're not staying.
I picture heaven,
but you get to leave
you are a pillow,
but I'm terrified of this
I am terrified
of everything about you.
{yelling x4}
Setting Fire To The Walled City
We've come to put flame
to this walled city on the hill.
Like the wolves that we are.
Arrows burn with oil,
and dance in the morning dark.
Like eyes at the edge of the woods.
And it's dangerous
in the smoke and the flame
I'm bleeding from my eyes,
and I'm running for the river,
to satisfy the thirst of my fear.
It's cloudy still but I can see,
The flames above and the endless night below
The arms of the river will cover me.
If my breath will hold (Endless night in the cold below)
away from this death and madness I will grow old. (just like the wolves we
are)
Wheels and the soldiers lying in the field (the burning on the river will cover
me)
The arms of the river will cover me (endless night in the dark below)
(will cover me) (will cover me.)
We came to put flame to
This walled city on the hill.
Like the wolves that we are.
The gates swung wide and
Their eyes were dark with fire
and the city burned at the edge of the woods
And it was like Thunder
That would never stop
The burning arrows were flying
The city danced in the flames
and I was running from the river, and falling over rocks
(burn the inside to the edges) Setting fire to the Walled City
(burn the inside to the edges) Like the wolves that we are
(The river runs bloody, slow and hot) Burning inside to the edges
(burn the inside to the edges) Dancing to the thunder in the morning dark.
Sorority Security
He's Sorority
Security.
The midnight shift
is punishment.
The girls avoid him
every night,
But you know that he's keeping them safe.
It's two A.M.
He heard something.
A window cracks
The perverts legs
are dangling
He grabs the wolf
holds him by the ears.
His fist comes down
in the alley way
bloody knuckles
in the bathroom stall
scraping glass
out of every pore.
They say”i'm so glad for everything he does”
“and I'm sure he's great and everything”
“But he creeps me out with those cuts on his face”
They turn their pretty eyes away
cause my hands break faces
I swear to god I could walk away
and let vermin in these sacred spaces
Let's Rock!
His fist comes down
in the alley way
He grabs the wolf
by the ears
The American Haircut
I knew when you came in that something was wrong.
That scarf made you look like a gypsy queen.
You said, "In Spain, this is not a problem. Hairdressers
and doctors, they have a licence."
Well, this is your first American Haircut.
Welcome to the land of milk and honey.
Lets get into my car and we'll drive it out to the dam on
highway 16.
I'll buy you a soda and a hot dog.
You'll fall down, and I'll bury you with leaves.
With your
American haircut.
Welcome to the land of milk and honey.
{repeat second verse}
AMERICAN!
HAIRCUT!
AMERICAN!
HAIRCUT!
They Are So Very Hungry
Every seventeen years we pull ourselves out of the ground.
Crawling into the sunlight when the heat hangs heavy in the air.
All my brothers are going blind and bursting out of their skin.
And I'm pulling off my skin and feel the sun burning down.
I'm splitting up
soft and white
I'm blackening
with burning eyes
Can you hear us?
We are heavy
crawling all over
we are hungry
The heaviest of my brothers split your thickest trees.
Flying down the throats of the hungry dogs.
They choke in the dust and we cover every inch.
Dying in the dust, we breed over it's twitching body.
Can you hear us?
We are screaming.
We are crawing.
Can you hear us?
We are hungry
we are burning
we are hungry
Always hungry
I thought that I'd be beautiful.
all those years in the dark, dreaming.
Now I'm here. And now I'm screaming.
We were in the dirty ground, sucking on sickly roots
now are claws get sharp, as they ripen in the sun
with reddest eyes our hunger never ends
in a living cloud we swarm over everything
can you hear us?
We are screaming
we are crawling
can you hear us?
We are hungry
we are burning
we are hungry
Always hungry
Only One Prophet Can Get This Party Started
Lets Go!
The Prophet came down through the clouds
and lightning snapped all around him.
He said “Son, listen to me good, now
the women in my life were the very best thing that I can remember
That could have ever happened to me
So now I'm cruising for some Honeys
riding shotgun with Elijah
Not looking to score
Taking in in the beauty,
Just outside the Cadillac
The Prophet says “Gather up the girls,
We're going up in the snow, I want to do some sledding.”
“ With those red plastic sheets that cannot be stopped,
steered or controlled in any way.” And the prophet starts Laughing
And laughing, Pushes him self off the top of the hill.
And fireworks explode all around him
ravens nudge the girls down the hill
we fall off the sleds
and roll in the cold,
Laughing with the ravens.
There's only one prophet who can get this party started.
There's only one prophet who can get this party started.
Yeah!
The Prophet, He Says he's got to go
and the chariot arrives in red and gold
Me and the girls are left behind
Saying goodbye until our voices choke.
Never Find A Bigger Word
Amanda takes another sip of her tea,
and drops some acid from her oldest friend.
Puts on a record and it plays so many times,
she's lost track of changing sides.
Her room fades out,
and the songs are humming in her ears.
Her eyes see brightness,
and the color and the sound sweep everything away.
She knows she's heard,
the sound that made the stars.
She'll call it God,
cause she'll never find a bigger word.
The next thing that she remembers,
is watching the sun rise,
and holding her record in her hand.
Jacob's on his eighth hour of prayer
hasn't eaten anything in days.
Sweat drips down his glasses and his nose
the sound of prayers spin around his mind.
The walls fade out.
And a voices is reading alongside his
His eyes fill with light,
and the color and the sound sweep everything away
He knows he's heard
the sound that shaped the stars.
He calls it God.
cause for him, there's no better word.
The next thing he remembers
is watching the sun sink down,
and holding his book in his hand.
