And through the speakers
And through the walls
My sounds will travel in spite of it all
To the bunkers
Of my fake brick walls
Pray sister Mary, I can keep my control

For once
Or maybe twice
I was in my prime

The best are made from these
That's what I say to put my mind at ease
The saddest songs are wrote in minor keys
Like Johnny Marr, I want my "Please, Please, Please"

Cancel the meetings
Blacklist them all
My sounds will travel in spite of it all
This is my mission
This is my call
Pray sister Mary, I can keep my control

If I oblige
The odds are I'd find
What makes a man is inside
Inside inside
A crooked tongue
makes for crooked speech
God forbid what I thought
Forgive what I think

I was the fairest of them all
I was the biggest of the small
I was the sharpest in the shed
I was the brightest of the head

To live is Christ
To die is gain
I try and I try
I try and I try
A crooked tongue
makes for crooked speech
God forbid that I thought
Forgive that I'd think

It's time it's time
I've made up my mind
But I've changed my mind
That I've made up my mind.

Rely on your medicines
Made to imitate
For the kids who were never bright
Repeating all their grades

I've got to concentrate

It's never good to patronize
You'll make the same mistakes
Sometimes you're never right
Sometimes you mix up names

Convince a mystic
On how they missed it
I've got some birds for
Another hat trick
So if you murmur
About a movement
You moved a mountain
And made a big dent

So don't try, you'll lose your control
It's never easy to be me
Don't try, you'll lose your control
Who said it's easy? Who said it's easy?

So am I fragile
About my vision?
I never asked for
An opinion

Hey man write it
So they see
It's not tired
My melody
I've been writing
Since [I was] 23
My memorial

Can I rely
(One more time)
Can I?
In the twinkling of an eye
Of an eye
We'll rise

Hey man, you tired?
Yeah that's me
You look worried?
Well yeah that's me
Is it over?
Well we'll see
My memorial

Hey man did ya
Write that for me?
It seems like it
That really spoke to me
But you made it up
You made it up
You made it up
You make it up

Can I rely
(One more time)
Can I
In the twinkling of an eye
Of an eye
We'll rise
So I'll rely
(One more time)
On Christ (on Christ)
In the twinkling of an eye
Of an eye
We'll rise

We'll rise

Sometimes
I tell myself
I should have walked
When they all started leaving
Sometimes I tell myself
Not all the time
But most of the time

Sometimes
In a box
Who to trust
I'm uncertain of
Many things
Everything
Not all the time
But most of the time

Late walks with my mind overworked so
Fifteen has never been the cure of
A broken back
A broken neck
A broken heart
A broken dream

Sometimes
I tell myself
I need to go
Go anywhere
Where?
Man, I don't care
I need a taxi to take me there

Death of a salesman
I still have pride
Because I'm right most of the time
That's the way I would describe

I'm a messenger like Kissinger
Call it what you want it's automatic
With a monotone monotony
Call it what you want it's automatic
It's automatic

I only play what I want to play
I only feel what I want to feel
Because I'm right most of the time
That's the way I would self-describe

I only see what I want to see
'Cause I only hear what I want to hear
Because I'm right most of the time
That's the way I would self-describe

It was a genuine gesture
'cause I'm not your master
I've got to live with these thoughts
'cause you reap what you sow
A home from home
A life support
'cause I'm going other places
And I'm looking for some aces

It's just another altercation, well
And I'm losing control

My puzzle's missing pieces
Yeah, I'm missing key parts
So I hit the reservation
I need a second start
It's my home from home
It's my life support
'cause I'm going other places
And I'm looking for some aces

It's just another altercation, well
And I'm losing control
It's just another altercation, well
(It's just another altercation)
And I'm losing control

Hey Mr. Martin who can I trust
I've been told a lie
For every season and every time
I think I got the punch line

'Cause nobody likes a loss
And nobody can stay on top
'Cause nobody is always in
The fattest were one time slim

Hey Mr. Martin I need a new job
One that pays for my time
Because I'm better than everyone else
I think this is the punch line

I've made up my mind
Is this the time to relegate
No need to remind
Scans are unkind a lot of times
But I've tried
I've tried to write
What was in my head
What was in my head

Sometimes I feel
I feel so obsolete
Because the kids
Want a faster beat
And if I was free
Free to leave
But it's my kids
They need to eat
But it's my kids
They need to eat

I love you, it's true
I love you like the little bird
No need to remind
How life is unkind a lot of times
But I've tried
I've tried to write
What was in my head
What was in my head

But it's my kids
They need to eat
But for my kids

(Vinyl only)

Hey John
I could use your advice
Put my troubled mind at ease
But your dust don't speak
To me anymore

Sometimes the magic works
Sometimes it don't
Sometimes you're always sinking
Sometimes you float

John
Tell me what would you do
And how you make it through
But I know your dust can't speak
To me anymore

Hey John
Tell me what to do
I need someone to talk to
But I know I just can't speak
To you anymore