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The Criminal Years

a rush like a wave,
ice cubes in the glasses on the table start to shake
he must have been a freak

no night in July, ever so lit the sky,
to the delight of the people,
gathered far below

air stripped of sound,
a hush falls o'er the crowd,
as he rises like a statue, 22 feet tall

and with a grin he said "I'm subatomic man",
and streched his fingers like roots into the sand
"I'll find my gravity again,
and when I do the earth will move,
and it goes like this"

one more delay, another planet digs its own grave
I'm not here to save you
I only want to escape

power cells are drained,
rest here for a year or two then
I'll try again, he said "I'll fly again"

then disappeared the subatomic man,
flowing like mercury back into the sand
"I'll find my gravity again,
and when I do the earth will move

The End Of The Story

its like someone gave you a book,
and you never thought to take a look you already knew,
the end of the story

its like every bad movie, you've ever seen,
and every time it ends the stars are you and me

we're on our own, don't let them take you

Crawl to Me

so sad to see her
so real to need her
all the love you ignore
is what put you here

crawl to me
on the day you were born you were given to me
the death you die everyday
is what keeps you here

and I am not sick
and I can't take this
and I know you know we're not through
and I won't go to you
you'll have to

and I am not sick
and I can't take much more of this
and I know you know you want me
but I won't go to you
you'll have to crawl to me

Checkout Girl

There's a market across the way
I go there each and every day
I'm in love, with the checkout girl

I need some soda I need some bread
I need some medicine for my head
I'm in love, with the checkout girl

And I don't care how old she is
I just gots to know what gives
I'm in love, with the checkout girl

Would she be my baby would she be my girl
Would she dare to leave her own little world
I'm in love, with the checkout girl

So simple she could be so deep
She is every girl I sleep with
I'm in love, with the checkout girl

If there ever comes a day
When you give your love away
You only pray it comes your way, again

If We Were Happy

Day I knew you were,
Day you said you were
On my knees you were
Beg me please you were

I know its wrong but I keep holding on

Cry for love you were
Never comes you were
Your unborn you were
On your own you were

I know its wrong but I keep holding on

If we were happy this would all be for nothing

Answer me

Whisper, don't shout at me
It scares me what did I do,
to make you so angry?
Sorry but I have to go,
and I can't talk about it
I'm going back to the place,
you can never follow

Chasing the sky
Can't you hear her laughter,
can't you see her sunny smile?
And I don't want to fall asleep tonight

Quiet, answer me
Are you mad or do you even give a damn about me?
Sorry but I have to leave,
I'm always late, I'm never free
running from what I've become
and what you will always be

Loudmouth

It came to me while I was drinking beer,
or maybe it was Everclear
Christ didn't die he just cashed in
So you can point your little finger at those of us who sin

Preach to me when you need help yourself
You wont hold me back, I will heal myself
Maintain, accept, destroy, deny
So sad to think this could be goodbye

Lie to me
and tell me that you give a shit about me
Don't cry to me
when you run out of those to call your own
Family, you're not my family
you never were
And I'm not your brother
I'm loudmouth

The Riverway

Her gaze tore through concrete
She was close enough to feel
Her hair was black like a tire
Her eyes were green like marijuana

He went down to the riverway
But he didn't get out of his car
She just left him there

Her soft voice a crushing hold
She lured him out into the cold
Her dress was black like a tire
Her teeth were white like piranna

He went down to the Riverway
But he didn't get out of his car
She just left him there

He took her down beside the lake
He should have told her that day
Now his heart is black like a tire
And his blood flow cold like iguana

And he went down to the Riverway
But he wouldn't get out of his car
She just left him there

He went down to the Riverway
Looking for a miricle
Now he's gonna have to pay

Criminal

Last time, tried to warn you
Should've seen it coming this time
No light, just a tunnel
Out of sight and out of my mind
The way you look at me
I have to run away but I'm not guilty
I won't do the time
My life's become the perfect crime

And I'm not gonna take a fall
And I'm not the guy you think I am, at all
I'm a criminal

Sleepless nights, afraid of sirens
Commandos in the bushes outside
Hear a noise, grab a weapon
Its just the cat again
I'm not paranoid, I just sleep with one eye open
If I gotta blow this joint
I gotta see just where I'm going

And I'm not gonna take another fall
And I'm not the guy you think I am, at all
I'm a criminal

Don't Tell Anyone

Jenny don't tell
She don't tell anyone
Jenny don't tell
She don't tell anyone
about me

Tiny Colors

Cousins in the sun
Summers warm and young
You were my hero,
you were my friend

Funny just the same
and man, how you could play
You could've been anything

While we were away,
something in you had changed
You were never quite the same,
but you could remember

The gift you gave before,
left on an English shore
I wish I'd kept it,
you are not forgotten

When I heard what you had done,
I didn't listen
I waited for your call
but you didn't make it

When you left this world to the sound of thunder,
did you see the lights like tiny colors?
A family who just turned their backs,
was there someone there to hold your hand?