MORPHINE

Empires

Crash around her

I was there

For some time

just a taste of pain

that drips accross her lips again

was gone a long long time Before

A long way back again

And when its done

she goes away

Empires

fall around her

a vast dominion in her eyes

and in the end when all is done

she paints her eyes to hide the sun

was gone a long long time Before

A long way back again

And when its done

she goes away

Empires

fall around me

broken toys lie in the sand

the Venom weeps of heaven now

of circles round her eyes

I may choose to loose control

but only she decides

And when its done

she goes away

SISTER TRANSISTOR

(a robot love song)

hey there sister

sweet transistor

where you goin with out no soul

so synthetic

photogenic

she’s got a face and a mind of her own

Look out

hello sister

ruby slipper

Kansas calling they couldn’t twister

she’s fantastic

automatic

so hard to hear though all of that static

xray vision

blocked transmission

hard luck stories that seem so strange

hands on fire

electric wire

I’d stay on the phone but im all out of change

OPEN SEASON

I see the stars fallin down from the sky now

i see the moon and the sun in the sea

seven times

seven times

seven times now

its open season

its open season yea

i see the sky turning red in the night now

i hear the angel of death at my door

seven times

seven times

seven times now

they keep on knockin

they keep on knockin yea

i hear trumpet of God in the sky now

the heavens shake and they cry and they moan

Get in line

Get in line

Get in line now

its open season

its open season yea

MY DALILA

Blinded by your eyes

Draw the curtains down

Cut the ropes around my head

Cut them to the ground

And no one digs your song now

my Dalila

And no one sings along now

my Dalila

And you, steal away

stare into the sun now

And you, steal away

stare into the sun

Crush you in my arms

Let the curtains down

Deaf and dumb and blind and weak.

Hair cut to the ground

And where you go tomorrow

my Dalila

Lie and beg and borrow

my Dalila

And they, steal away

steal away the sun now

And they, steal away

steal away the sun    

Hey now now sister

Hey now now

Hey now now sister

yea

Hey there maker

come and take her.

lies drip from her skin

Same old words again

The way it’s always been

And no one digs your song now

my dalila

And no one sings along now

my Dalila

Hey now now sister

Hey now now

Hey now now sister

yea

HEAD IN A HOLE

a coming attraction

thats two for the show

a common reaction

my head in a hole

seems like something less is

more than she can give

thers a box down in  the floor

she keeps it hid

I thought I would to tell her

I thought I would know

going blind inside my mind

my head in a hole

up high on the mountain

down here on the ground

the minutes are countin

its up and its down

Head in a hole now

hea d in a hole now

now something from nothin

no faith no more

a kind of corruption

a hole in the door

seems like something less is

more than she can give

thers a box down in  the floor

she keeps it hid

I thought I would to tell her

I thought I would know

going blind inside my mind

my head in a hole

SUPERNOVA

i can see your war paint in the shadows

i dont think that im the only one

So put on your lipstick

Put on your face

I’m all out of words

Lets get out of this place

every thing about it is a cryin shame

I said it before

I’ll say it again

Drive to the sun

in my supernova

My supernova

It’s 1961

In my supernova

My supernova

the Satalight is calling from the sky now

I dont think that we’re the only ones

the mercurys risen

transmission dead

The speeds a narcotic

It will go to your head

every thing about it is a cryin shame

I said it before

I’ll say it again

this thing goes at lightspeed when you drive her

something tells me im th only oner

That’s one for the moneyr

two just for more

keys on the dashboard

four on the floor

Reach for the sky now

Reach for the stars

She’s a solar eclipse

From the surface of Mars

40 DAYS

sing

birds of prey

40 nights and days now

shadows fall as angels

to the sand

you

only you

Know its true

the sky is blue as heaven

up above now

And I just sit here

waiting on the man

and i feel alright

like a cowboy junkie

and i feel alright

Im a wanted man

and i feel alright

yes i feel alright now

yes i feel alright

im a seventh son

hey

whats the plan

neither rocket ship nor man

can follow where im going

pray for rain

sing

birds of prey

and i feel alright

like a strung out monkey

and i feel alright

im a setting sun

and i feel alright

yes i feel alright now

yes i feel alright now

pray for rain

sing

birds of prey

40 nights and days now

shadows fall like angels

to the sand

And I just sit here

waiting on the man

sing

birds of prey