BARNACLES
i don't really need to see
so i don't need to see so i'll paint
i don't know, i'll paint it black
i don't need to see
i don't see how you see out of your window
i don't need to see, i'll paint mine black
i don't know me and you don't know you
so we fit so good together
cos i knew you like i knew myself
we clung on like barnacles on a boat
even though the ship sinks you know you can't let go
i was talking like two hands knocking
yelling 'let me in, let me in, please come out.'
black glass, dirt-based soap,
tell yourself what you know.
my friends, oh my friends,
bury your head i'll help you bury your plans.
hard hit, hard to miss, problems are what a problem is.
my light came up quick, call it your asterisk,
buried like boys in a boys first book of the stars
saw it as satellite
constant unblinking as
buried in the bottom of a bottom of a brackish lake


CAT FACES
my heart's stopped pumpin but my blood is still alive.
the rain hits the ground and the trees they dry it up.
my eyes wake up but my brain is sleeping fine.
one more thing for you and i to do before we shut our eyes
that you blame me and i'll blame you, and we're both right.
cuttin cat faces in the pines.
they say his teeth are wood and they want pictures of him.
the rain hits the ground and the trees they dry it up.
my chain hits the wood and the wood it turns to dust.
i picture you as if you were a pine.
my heart's stopped pumping but my blood is still alive.
we're wood screws [all of our lives]
and we're wood screws [all of our lives]
well my heart's stopped pumping but my blood is still alive.
i lay down with the southern range.
swallows drop in and dash the sky,
tracing lines of cursive on the horizon.
cutting cat faces in the pines.
mark the path back to the point of departure.
two by two and four by four the pines they lay down,
and i lay down with the southern range.


DIAMONDS ON THE FACE OF EVIL
she forgot to lay the eggs
[awe shey shaw shey shaw]
penny didn't have no whistle
[awe shey shaw shey shaw]
diamonds in the horses stable
[awe shey shaw shey shaw]
the dancers didn't have their feet
on the families in the graveyard.
diggin diamonds on the face of evil.


DIGGING HOLES IN THE WATER
i wish that you would move to the sun
cause you're like diggin' holes in thin air
and we know that can't be done
i wish that you would cheat with someone
cause you're like diggin' holes in water
and we know that can't be done
bravery and stupidity go hand in hand
i guess that makes me the bravest man
i was quick to learn but slow to understand
well, what can you do
my theories are borrowed from somewhere else
and i never had too many to talk about
but you were real quick, you were quick to point out
well, that was borrowed too
i wish that you would move to the sun
cause you're like diggin' holes in thin air
and we know that can't be done
i wish that you would cheat with someone
cause you're like diggin' holes in water
and we know that can't be done
bravery and stupidity go hand in hand
and i guess that makes me the bravest man
i was quick to learn but slow to understand
well, what can you do
rhetoric and smalltalk are marching on
and i probably am the biggest pawn
cause i was quick to talk and the first to carry on
well, what can you do
you need a permit if you're gonna build shit
and you can't get one so nothing gets built
and your house is standing on a foot and a half of silt
i wish that you would move to the sun
cause you're like diggin' holes in thin air
and we know that can't be done
i wish that you would cheat with someone
cause you're like diggin' holes in water
and we know that can't be done
rhetoric and smalltalk are marching on
and i probably am the biggest pawn
cause i was quick to talk and the first to carry on
well, what can you do


HOTCHA GIRLS
smells like autumn, smells like leaves
you don't know that you'll rust and not belong so much
and then get left alone
suck it up, take a ride and take a walk
and don't you know that old folks' homes smell so much like my own.
the hotcha girls at the palisades
dime store keets, pretty birds, pretty mouths.
mama's little truck stop rose, her dancy feet her happy laugh.
we were dropping dimes on the ponies in the cul-de-sac,
casting shadows throwing sparks.
we left our teeth marks on the barrel of the gun,
the clipper ship across your chest.
turns out the pony only had one trick, a wink for the truck stop boys.
they learned it all from the polaroids.
smells like autumn smells like leaves,
you don't know that you'll rust and not belong so much
and then get left alone.
suck it up, take a ride and take a walk
and don't you know that old folks' homes smell so much like my own.
time blends light, paint's all peeling, wait outside, take four rights.
the hotcha girls in the palisades
dime store keets, pretty birds, pretty mouths.
glass eyes and the wooden teeth,
the engine's rusting in deep deep sleep, it waits.
the mail came from miles away, the postal man is always late,
and we wait and we wait.
tight lipped with a big ol mouth,
the government workers all headed south while it rained.
glassy eyes and wooden teeth, the engine rusted in deep deep sleep
it waits, and it waits, to awake.

ICE ON THE SHEETS
(deciphered by Aaron Carnahan and a few of his good friends...)
Committing crimes and weıre running down the alley,
I am the captain, youıre in the galley
With this girl she said that she was hungry
We just got done swapping our IDs
Ice on the sheets. look at the floor,
Son as I can walk I walk out the door and never stop.
Ice on the sheets look at the floor,
as soon as I can walk I walk out the door and never stop.
Im look'n at an old photograph,
it looked like we took it at gunpoint so i had to laugh.
Look at the ice, look at the floor ice on the sheets and im on the 
floor I 
never stop.

A wholeness comes and you feel a phenomenon I canıt die, I just keep 
going 
on
Got there and a brand new ______  put Œem by the bed now, bad karma 
beside 
me
Ice on the sheet a weekıs worth of pay and all the Monday
You got to where you look at your shoes and you say hey hey

Im out of breath, Im out of wits,
I'm out of these every day of the week. Oh yeah.
Committing crimes and weıre running down the alley,
I am the captain, youıre in the galley
With this girl she said that she was hungry
We just got done swapping our IDs
Committing crimes and weıre running down the alley,
I am the captain, youıre in the galley
With this girl she said that she was hungry
We just got done swapping our IDs
Like back in the day where everywhere was the sticks
They used to go to bars theyıd dance in lines and get sick
You dance you dance and then youıd dance some more you,
You put on your disco shoes and dance until there were holes in the 
floor.
Back in the days when they died their hair
They still wouldn't ___________ lack of kids that cared.
Back in the days when they danced to death...
Back in the days when they banged their head...
___________________________________
______________________drunk_____ and we laughed.
The disco came and they did some coke.
They didnıt have codine and the biggest joke...
Is their deaf, their fucked, they fucked, they fought, they faught they 
_________
And now a little red lip stick, a red bra, and a cheap cheap trick and 
thatıs me.
I brung your kids to the house to the home to the schools
_____________________________________
_____ didn't know nothin ____ talk isn't cheap
I _____ I got a kid now, I got friends now. How have you been? uh hu hu 
hu
Committing crimes and weıre running down the alley,
I am the captain, youıre in the galley
With this girl she said that she was hungry
We just got done swapping our IDs
Committing crimes and weıre running down the alley,
I am the captain, youıre in the galley
With this girl she said that she was hungry
We just got done swapping our IDs
Committing crimes and weıre running down the alley,
I am the captain, youıre in the galley
With this girl she said that she was hungry
We just got done swapping our IDs 


PACIFICO
they said they'd give me everything,
here's the part that made me laugh.
they didn't give me anything
and then they took half of that.
so sharpen your teeth or lay flat!
you said you'd play clean, oh what a load of crap,
by the time that you were through with me
i had to take a bath
so sharpen your teeth or lay flat!
they said that it'd go good for me,
rain diamonds and all that.
i stood out in the downpour
getting hit by broken glass.
so sharpen your teeth or lay flat.
[pacifico...]


PARASITES
the parasites are excited when you're dead
eyes bulging, entering your head.
and all your thoughts, they rot.
god and satan they gamble when you're dead
beams of light, one sprite, the other's bourbon instead
and all your thoughts, they rot.
it was hot and time was stickin to my skin.
we're all a punchline to a joke that they won't let us in on.
and all your thoughts, they rot.


SMOKE LIKE RIBBONS
smoke was pulled like ribbons from the windows of the car.
i followed the flash of silver from your teeth.
above the tarmac the lights were icy green.
buried in patterns in your chest, a quiet shimmering.
little dipper, tiara-shine, song bird shivery, thin thin dime.
smoke like ribbons....
songs were pulled in ribbons from the window of the car...
lost along the shoulders of the highway.
the cake walk dancers unwind from their spin
singing 'lawty lawty loved him'.
stark don't give a flat fuck.


SPILLED MILK FACTORY
tease your neck, kiss your spitless mouth
if you have another taste.
carry my body, drive my rider home
if you take another bad bet.
mumbled had a rumble and i stumbled down the stairs
smellin just like lumber but my baby don't care
we went uptown, downtown, everywhere between
there was so much spilled milk we could've had a factory.
silver poor house, plastic lungs, my bones,
if you take another look.
gills of wine, slow on five,
i know when you're railing on another, baby.
sweet basted teenagers lookin all around.
i see your babies crawlin all over the ground
they go 'goo-goo, gaa-gaa', what the hell's that mean.
not even i know where i am, so don't go look for me.
things go dark, light, dark, light, day after day.
the flies weren't invited but they wouldn't go away.
the blanks were filled out filled in but never complete
there were so many dreams that there was no time to sleep.
not a point to make, dodged a bullet, dredged the lake,
i had one bite of wedding cake and i about threw up.
i see bridesmaids, bridesmaids hunting for a man
one more drink and i think i'll marry him.


THINGS I DON'T REMEMBER - Transcribed  by Justin
Things I donıt remember 
How the hellıd we get here? 
How the hell did we get here? 
Things I donıt remember 
Dressed up alligators. 
Howıd the hell we get here? 
Things I donıt remember 
There was dressed up alligator. 
There was come on the piano 
Disco dancing neighbors 
Who were born in mashed potatoes 
Caught with our pants down 
Hiding in the doghouse 
Figured out what weıre good for 
Youıre the sailor and Iım the port 
Things I donıt remember 
We undressed for the tailor. 
Your skin was lightly salted 
Opened up a can of loud mouth malted 
High fives in your eyes 
Pushed the gas and now Iım kissinı your thighs 
Looking for a purpose 
Howıd the hellıd we get here? 
There were things I donıt remember 
There was messed up alligator 
There were endless conversations 
No oneıs mouths were really moving 
All them dumpsters overflowing 
All my (?) intentions. 
Things I donıt remember 
I figured out what Iım good for 
Making anything look better 
How the hell could I blame her? 
Even then I was a savior 
There were jokes (?) 
Every hand was tipped in subliminal sand (?) 
Things I donıt remember 
There was undressed for the tailor 
There are jokes (?) 
There were disco dancing neighbors 
They were born in mashed potatoes 
There was no town, Motown.(?) 
There were things I donıt remember 
Dressed up alligator 
How the hellıd we get here? 
How the hellıd we get here?  


TO ROADS TO GO, TO ROADS TO GO - From TYler
i hangin water through
im runnin water through, my mind
i runnin water through
im runnin water through, my mind
nothin but shocks
and lots to go wrong bein in america
alls been forgot
and its easy when you try to remember everything youve come across
cant turn nothin off
for the fear that youll be alone with your own thoughts
i runnin water through
im runnin water through, my mind
i runnin water through
im runnin water through, my mind
nothin but shocks
and lots to go wrong bein in america
alls been forgot
and its easy when you try to remember everything youve come across
cant turn nothin off
for the fear that youll be alone with your own thoughts
it was grey and they were watchin no sun set
she said she liked when he spoke in spanish
it reminds her of cells
it was grey and it fast
she said it leaves me feelin flat
i said why dont you speak in spanish
why the fuck dont you speak in spanish man