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RAY'S SONG Written by: Jeff Kranz ============================== Adams apple like a potato... He liked to arrive in cognato A guitar guy of unhappy sobriety, He didn't like his place in society. I sang his song like a bird's broken wing. He told me I looked like the demon of swing. I wasted some time kissing Lou Reed. When your mouth is empty, bacteria feed. If the lead singer falls over dead, do the back-up girls keep singing? And if God exists, and he hits you in the head, Do your ears start ringing? Go Na Na Na Ray's on the Prozak, but I'm calling his bluff. He ain't said a word, I think he's had enough. His puzzle is scattered, He's afraid to play... Sometimes who you are just gets in the way. If the lead singer falls over dead, do the back-up girls keep singing? And if God exists, and he hits you in the head, Do your ears start ringing? Go Na Na Na He didn't get famous and he didn't die. It's what he expected, he won't wonder why. Break out the strings, the mic and the amp... Ray doesn't feel good, he's takin a nap. If the lead singer falls over dead, do the back-up girls keep singing? And if God exists, and he hits you in the head, Do your ears start ringing? Go Na Na Na ############################### ATHEISTS Written By: Jeff Kranz =========================== Atheists tend to make me sicker but Jesus-freaks will kill you quicker with their Bible quotes and European liquor Will God save the world with a little plastic sticker? There's a campground inbetween the prison and the dump With a church on the side where the bible goes thump Me, I'm driving in the early morning sun Oh my God, Life is fun... You and I ain't what we used to be Climb the ladder for a flatter TV Wanna hear voices from above Baby, C'mon, Who do you love? I'm the guy who you like to flirt Treat me like your little piece of dirt Mess up your hair, straighten your skirt C'mon Baby, who do you hurt? Atheists tend to make me sicker but Jesus-freaks will kill you quicker with their Bible quotes and European liquor Will God save the world with a little plastic sticker? ############################### FUZZ Written by: Jim Senderhauf ============================ I have never been so out of words yet had so much to say Some things right now are just as good as they will ever be The days they come and go Like the smell of the farm as it passes through my window and the sun beats on my arm. and that's not bad not like it was not like it could be we all need a little fuzz around the edges where it hurts touch me gently be my first I turn the wheel and hear a bang I feel a pulling to my left I almost hit that fucking minivan but somehow I did my best And now I'm jacking up the back watching it all roll by I look up at the clouds and get a stone kicked in my eye and that's not bad not like it was not like it would be without a little love around the edges where it hurts touch me gently be my first Now I'm coming home to you and I know that you'll be there after all that we've been through you still run your fingers through my hair. and we'll talk about the news and the days events i'll tell you you're beautiful and you'll know just what I meant and that's not bad not like it was not like it would be without your love around the edges when it hurts you touch me gently you were the first ############################### Spidermites aka "Do you love the spidermites that live on your cactus?" written by: Jeff Kranz ========================= I have so much I wanna do with my life And everyday there's new DNA They wake me up and they put me away Taste the dirt on the ocean spray -And you come home I have so much I wanna do with my life One's too big, one's too tough Move through me, but please don't touch Like Chlorophyll if you will -I'm emerald green Now that you're here, I know you're late May your roots run deep, may your mind run straight Anywhere she takes a photograph You can look at them but you can't look back A tiny slice of life melts a nation of light So sad and free hanging over me Dripping down my lonely face Like Chlorophyll if you will When I find my place I feel the ropes when they tie me down Are they the arms that pull me free? Changing seasons, changing rooms A dusty cactus on a wooden floor But I want more I want more ############################### CAMERA written by: Jeff Kranz ========================= a photograph of me in line they turned my diet coke to wine kiss my brow and let me sleep i like my religion fast and cheap a cup of water fell over me she shaves her head to prove she's free she stays out late and bites my chest and makes me feel good when i'm depressed blah blah blah - Sunday goes blow my nose, wash my clothes OK Mom, hey I guess I'm fine the January sun is cold when it shines I saw two lovers eating paste they say their pleasure is their own disgrace their sticky little camera gets me hot Guinevere says to Lance- thanks a lot she's a piece of gold left at home a polaroid all alone a heart of mustard about to burst can i taste her lips, can i quench her thirst? ############################### How Far Away is Here? written by Jeff Kranz ====================== I miss you when you came I miss you when you go What's your name? I don't know Cover me When I fall, where I do Call me small Compared to you But I guess Someone had to be better I thought it was you Until I met her How far away is here? Is that exactly where you'll be? I'm staring at the sky The sky is staring at the sea - staring at me Cover me When I fall, where I do Call me small Compared to you But I guess Someone's got to be better I need help With this feather How far away is here? ############################### MELISSA Written by: Jim Senderhauf ============================= I knew that girls adored me, when I was just 15. They called me Pretty Boy, I was a sex machine. There was a girl in shop class, She sat across from me. Her name was Melissa, sometimes she'd look at me... Melissa. Melissa, won't you please... sit by me Melissa, won't you please - take - my Gumball machine that I made for you If you don't, I know I'll die... Melissa. As the winter slowly slipped by At the sander and the lathe Oh sweet, sweet... sweet Melissa Her heart began to cave... Melissa. Springtime came, That was my chance. To ask Melissa to the dance... When it ended, then she'd see. Her dream was only me... Melissa Melissa, won't you please take me home tonight? Take me inside, no, I won't bite. I know your mama's home, your daddy too. I just want, I just want you - Melissa... That night slipped by without... a word. I lost my spine and... my nerve. I will always regret... That day we never met... Cause I could not say these words to you... Melissa, won't you please take me home tonight? Take me inside, no, I won't bite. I know your mama's home, your daddy too. I just want, I just want you - Melissa... ############################### The Nerve written by: Jeff Kranz =========================== nothing is pure except the nerve she changed my life she watched me squirm she said these streets are yours say goodbye, go and haunt them my toes are cold they feed my herd when i stumble down when i breathe the dirt I am ashamed I wish I was stronger nothing is pure except the nerve can i clear the land can i pick the burr can i raise myself all alone I was remembering things i still had I was watering plants i was missing my dad I was looking for a reason to extend life as we know it nothing is pure except the nerve can i use it well can i throw the curve can i be myself if entertainment is provided? ############################### Biker Girl written by: Jeff Kranz ========================== Lovely biker girl in a lovely biker's world oh she goes round our pretty little town but i am not going to mourn her cuz she's right around the corner oh there you are catch me a pedaling star Pedaling pedaling pedaling faster i think i might think i might think i might ask her Lovely biker girl in a lovely biker's world oh she goes round our little urban town and i don't know her name maybe she'll throw her chain oh there I am saying 'can i help you ma'am'? mud puddle mud puddle mud puddle splash her i think i might think i might think i might ask her Lovely biker girl in a lovely biker's world oh she goes round our pretty little town ############################### Unfolding Written by: Jim Senderhauf ============================== let the words come down through me and get me out of the way this is the purest thing that i ever hope to say with all the clutter of my clever thinking jokes to be made the noise has me sinking And though I may have been gifted with heightened awareness of moods as they change she couldn't care less I only wanted to tell her goodbye I only wanted to tell her goodbye I can see myself saying the things that I should be like my favorite resentment it all unfolds before me I am holding your hand as you cry It is what's now showing in my mind as i hover above and float near the ceiling You hold my cold hand and say I'm unfeeling I only wanted to tell her goodbye I didn't want to be unkind I am screaming inside but i think that i'm protecting you from the truth that you're already suspecting So i compose a credible ending with logic and blocking but I am pretending And thanks to my talents you draw the conclusion that it's best for us both but it is i who is losing... you... So close up the curtains and turn out the lights I have poorly scripted most of my life My last run on broadway it's my final call this act runs forever and i'm winging it all I want to walk around corners and see midgets on stilts I want scary music to precede my guilt I want beginnings that end and stars that die I want mysteries that never tell.. why... ############################### Sweet Tart written by: Jeff Kranz ========================= take a walk in brown muddy grass fog is spring rain is glass twist the cap off a soda pop kiss her on the head cuz you love her a lot ahhhhh... show me the button to your heart you got a funny taste like a halloween sweet tart kneel over me take my hand lift me up by your command ahhhhh... sit in your car the radio's low history's gone and I've got to go ahhhhh... wherever you are your hippy love shows lay me down nature slows ahhhhh... show me the button to your heart you got a funny taste like a halloween sweet tart |