No Quarters Some Some people hurting Some people crying Some people trying Some people loving Put expression in your eyes Some people dying Put feeling in your sighs Some things meaning Some things being Some things tough Enough stuff What's in a name? The same. The blame. The fame. The shame. The flame. The fun stuff Again. Bare Necessities It wasn't meant to be And then it came Like a bolt of light out of the blue Who knows what it would do A crazy rule Made like you True, too true One simple thing you must remember Bare necessities, bare necessities, bare necessities Asleep In the middle of the day in the middle of the night In a world where no one understands I think I'll undertake to be human Perhaps in time I'll even be myself If that makes you laugh You might say I weep Once in a while And that means to me Someone I love Or maybe just a friend Comes along And denounces me! Someday 1. Someday the universal fire will swallow up the truth The mighty earth will snap And what is precious to man The path divine, the fact of mind Joined in the chariot of life Will end 2.. In spite of wars Perchance God in his heaven The universe really at large A short dance-like structure Forever Tunes this world 3. Beautiful empty laughter Beautiful empty lung The noble song and game Some injured one Will just resent them 4. Grief without lightness Wondrous machine Beyond dispute Good for use Though used to conquest Just because to yield Must be caused to yield 5. The melody will end... Born to Kill — Goodbye and thank you for everything. — I'll laugh as much as I want to in my own house. Who cares? — I probably won't see you again before I leave. — Shall we run along and try our luck somewhere else? — Murder is my business. My only business. Have a cigarette? — We haven't been able to notify her yet. — Things like this are new to him, I guess — All of a sudden life was swell again — Feel closer to every part of our fascinating world — He could have been mentally unbalanced! — It was them, all right. Those faces in the night... — What do you suppose made him do it? The pictures of those dead people? — Totally broken-hearted too. The Night Has Eyes A seething madness rages inside Another sordid affair I won't hear a word I always say the earth's like a human being You find yourself with your leg under the mud It seems to draw him somehow Does no one know the path across? I suppose I'm not the first visitor you've had here Walking back the way she came He's of no more use in the outside world A little bit of fluff He's almost human though, miss She could have helped you if you'd only loved her You're still buried alive I'm flaying myself to be here like this You mustn't be late. Goodnight. This is a bad house You look like someone who might listen I'm like a dog that's whistled both ways I've done everything I can and said all I could I throw my noble robe about my shoulders Something hidden and permanent recurring at certain intervals I was beginning to feel my confidence creep back when it happened again I came here and fooled the world I dislike death I want to be by myself What is all this Exterior decorating Corny sunlight after the gloom A town full of gorgeous beasts I've got to hear everything I've heard This is the path that goes across Takes Covered now with lines of pieces All alone I imagine for you the in-between I'm trying to find my name on the wall Have you been frank with me? This wheel of mine is rusted With love so strong and old-fashioned I grow impatient at the very name Sometimes I lose the struggle to control I have so much to do and I don't want to do any of it I am on call After Honen Spring In mists of spring everything is beautiful and bright. Can they hide the true, imperishable light? Summer I gaze on a geranium sweet I hope someday to meet. Autumn Beautiful bough with crimson stained From my heart its coloring gains. Winter In the winter call And warm rays will fall On the snow and all. The Exclusive Practice That work is bad That doesn't help. Rest Me Among Beautiful Colors Rest me among beautiful colors I want to see Let me remind myself I want to rest in memories The dark deed done The moment has past We see that it is more than sexual I guess it must be fate Luckily I haven't done anything yet I am inert. Cover me now with beautiful gases Picnic Kids, kids, would you hold it down please? (My friend, my hobby...) Make it happen, dear Lord, make it happen (That thought escaped me) They laugh until their hearts burst (You're neat) The eye at the heart of the storm (They have so much and it all means so little to them) What pointless remarks (Who will ever feel?) Bring back the old days! (Beyond remembering) Two things at one time (What do you want here?) Doesn't it make your mouth water? The Lost Jungle — I don't think so much of him. — Just the same, you'd like to have his job, wouldn't you? — Come right out and state the facts. — He's different from other men. He's spent his whole life with animals. — It's too big to tell here. May we step outside? — I stumbled myself a moment ago. — A thing with an odor like that... — Don't tell me, tell the world! — From exactly the same impossible causes Like gold changing itself to lead — Please don't fly away! — It's all part of the jungle. — If you see any gaseous cloud, fire at that! — It's beautiful to take a chance and if you fail you die. Sonnet (Children getting on your back) Children getting on your back Blow apart and feel it's you Pardon me for all those years No fun for you Pardon me, pardon you If he would only believe You have to believe in something True I wish romance were true I wish we could all live in a dream I wish something meant everything All these whips I wish my strangeness would meet somebody strange Good morning, sunshine. How are you? There's Always Something to Think About There's always something to think about Like a dark ascending thing There's always something in the air Like a dark cloud I don't care what it is! I have something to say! I wish I could mourn. I wish I could express my sorrow You need not think in despair (Unfortunately the ship is foundering) I can dream, can't I? Today 1
This is not a bad way to feel good. He's working hard. Look at him sweat. A lot of pent-up emotion Holding my hand in the past Ordering the future to hold I interpret it all to mean What my life has in store When grass is dew My heart is sinking like the sun It doesn't exist but it still is My heart is in order to be I don't know what I mean And I like it! Now I lay me down to sleep He goes on pure instinct, not intellect Reflect on that This is the way I feel today You can delude yourself a long while about this. Today 2 Those opportunities are lost to me now Come to grips with yourself I'm really excited by it I'm going back in time to see Goodbye makes the journey harder still Rummaging in anthills Haunted by what might have been Time stands still At last I'm ready But now it's too late. I can't distinguish anything. Depression I've got you under my skin where I can't begin Nothing's going well for me A wishful desire Still the water turns Once I had some meat, now I'm skin and bones It won't do you any good to be remembered after you're dead I got into a thing My heart no longer sings It's wings are broken I became what I never wanted to be. The Great Pretender Do something useless for 20 years I know the meaning of contentment! I'm not your little boy! The bus of life leaves with all your friends Bye bye. Break off the music Its loveliness on high Who can think of spring I melt into the wall Now I'm nothing at all In My Attitude A hardening attitude Sometimes a better relationship. We're getting the attitude here. We're not picking a fight with anybody. It was so neat and tidy That it hurts my attitude. Feeling alone My attitude is yours. To consider the situation very seriously When love comes right through Practical, modern, with a human touch Don't be put off By the attitude. Nobody seems to care Couldn't make you love me Couldn't give you oil Too much for me Like tortured notes. Don't let my tears fall in vain Change your attitude! I don't know what to do My heart is aflame One more time In my attitude. Memory, Memory I take the best of the worst Picture somebody in the rain in a train I used to return To the desolate grave but I don't go there anymore This old heart can't keep my mouth from my face It's not enough to earn alone Portraying a need That's not enough In the cold ground This is a mistake All we make Is tears and grain, tears and grain What a loss Memory, memory, you get in my way Articulated Frenzy Amazing! He's really serious What a big fuss to make over nothing Look where you want Look at the park. See, the lovebird is sleeping. Should I sit here and admire myself? Thanks to you I'm nothing. I don't care if I'm blue Articulated frenzy Someday it'll come true Before the breathing air is gone When laughter comes too fast Magic you can hold Now I understand the strangeness of your behavior (I fought and fought against it) Let me know what's best for you (Treat him as though nothing has happened) It has been a sad, sad lonesome day You have to get into the rhythm of the thing From Every Angle There's no point in making our numbers crunch We're only here for a day You have a heart like a stone And you want me to pray? Why wake up in the morning You hope to buy yourself a piece of paradise, right? I'm willing to cooperate There's no point in getting uptight. On a great wheel we are burning But we're still not cooked through Everybody has the right to live And face the consequences too. Why should anyone be? The Great Ultimate is not concerned Whether or not it makes a difference To you or to me. His only concern is whether or not We're content with what we got And if we get to give And give what we got. Major Trends / StarDate — from Gersholm Scholem & KUT-FM I cannot of course hope When icy desert is a long evening in the solar system The whole sweep and swirl flares up suddenly bright Darkly it stood in their path occasionally streaked with light as it runs its course through the ages A coming now since centuries past A spirit body also sits Active and alive today A great primordial accomplishment Who knows what their original meaning was? Who will explain the explanation? They do it most out of a vast, central love for astronomy They continuously and bitterly complain. Sonnet (This is a long hard day) This is a long hard day We miss the light You think you're unique But you're just a fright Whose wig is that? I wish I knew. I'd like to borrow that wig And its head too. You know what I like? It isn't a pain My but the air Feels like rain. I should sit and sigh You're a faithful doer in a careless way. Sonnet (These beautiful things) These beautiful things Are they mine? Nothing is ever safe or free Everything has a memory A wondrous array That pleases me When you come to the defense Of what I want to be Oh, say you don't mean it It seems arbitrary to me The quest for certainty Confusion on the ground Trying to find the sun Stand forth and shine Poetry It accelerates my nerves and gives me psychic energy Like a fool I stayed too long. We kiss in the wind and the rain It seemed to be nice The sound of the wind and the rain In a place that time forgot in a land where no one belongs... I reject all these Different combinations! Things connect up in a mysterious way One thing leads to another, I'm afraid to say Author's Epitaph He thought he should be a lyric poet. Fire Because I played with fire Fire played with me. Our radios are vital. I still have a spark of faith. I like the feeling Bigger Events I'm through with you. Are you with me? It always had that mystical air about it She left her lips in the sky Someday you'll realize you've been blind Somber Shadows The somber shadows move. The memory faded as I spoke. It wasn't anything I said. The tumultuous wave passed. Fortunately, I am still alive. My heart is broke. I can't get used to living here. Help me save today for tomorrow. This is too valuable an opportunity to let slip by. You're so wonderful to me. You make me choke. The proof is in front of your eyes. You should have seen the look on his face. It was some kind of a misunderstanding. Don't come to me with your troubles! Actually, I'm relieved. I wasn't looking forward to his arrival. Everything is gone. Just when everything was bad everything got worse. It makes me sad to see you like this. You're always remembering life, Hastening forward. Epitaph for a Comedian He humored them. Shooting Up Out of the Ground It's shooting up out of the ground! We're children playing with toys We're listening for the sound of a smiling voice The percentage of failure is high A gun that doesn't make any noise! An elegant defense I shouldn't be ashamed of anything Did I do something wrong? Spirit is something no one destroys! Get distant as possible A memory that never regrets The sound of old kleenex I don't like your picture, I like your voice! Stand in the bushes over there Do nothing intently for twenty years And don't care Sonnet (The chic mystique) Now I'm here again How precious can you be The chic mystique. Totally detached from where I am May you know peace and plenty and satisfaction A big thing like that. Because I'm hoping for you You won't see me fall apart Tied up in sorrow, lost in the sun You've come to find a shining star You've got a part of somebody else. What a meaningless day It doesn't move me at all Caught up in endless confusion, living a life of illusion. Reconstruction of Today's Background (Sonnet) The engine ran down Possibly a machine. You are the baloney I am the cheese You may not let me in, but you can't keep me out Twist and shout And dance everything Prove these tears that fall Aren't really tears at all Prove that I don't want to die Sweetly singing Looks like we're always saying goodbye I leave flowers strewn in my wake So good, I'll treat them as fact. Sonnet (No more will you care) No more will you care Maybe I can make you cry Totally tomorrow Oh, what a fatal conquest Totally mine To get away from everything Perhaps tomorrow today I wish I was alive I wish I knew what I knew I want to stay up forever Perhaps somwhere I'll be elsewhere That's good enough for me Totally bound Yet free! Lost Opportunities (Double Sonnet) Everybody's got a story to tell Maybe you more than me But I know very well What it is to be Scared out of your wits And frightened to die This happened to me Not long ago With rising impact Spiraling down Trying to stay ahead Find the balance The balance is found And the little bird which stands for my youth... Places I know, people I see Pack me with tears I see strange things, I see funny things You have changed things I've reached the end of my rope There's a memory in everything I see No sign of life at all The valley of footsteps that no one hears How could I ever be you After all is done Although all my eyes were open It was because of the mist We kissed And spun Swinging I'm for breaking down all barriers, I'm for letting everything swing! I want to understand what I have got to do We've walked down this beach a thousand times Nothing here lasts long The same old shit I'm for breaking down all barriers, I'm for letting everything swing! You can cry and weep and pray Seek the holy rapture I didn't mean to desert you I'm headed for a breakdown every day Are there any further revelations forthcoming? You can cry and weep and pray My heart is sore, sick and sore You're near and I'm far away I didn't mean to desert you "Look what you're trying to do!" I'm headed for a breakdown everyday My heart is sore, sick and sore Now everything's in my mind The same old shit I wash my hands of it A simple-minded insistence Like poking your finger Into the chest of America "Look what you're trying to do!" My heart is sore, sick and sore Epitaph for a Comedian He humored them. Sonnet (This is a troubled world) This is a troubled world To prove your love for me Beyond nothing there's something A pointless effort In this old troubled world of faith and tears I pull my dress to my knees I'm slipping back into the old days again Where I long to be I have a head full of stone And a heart like a pea (That was a thrill!) Leave my embrace! If you think that this is just a game Untill the organ turns to dust Two Events Two events have indicated to me the depth of your guilt. Too bad this had to be. I'm astounded at your audacity! To tell the truth, I was pleasantly surprised. Now is the hour This is not affecting me. This children's mental hospital once knew laughter, once knew tears But no more. Getting very old and feeling it. In the Useless Category. Looking out over the ocean, waves of consciousness are drummed up by the wind of objects. Have you abstained? I fell apart with a star deep in my head. All the pain we could have had. What are you trying to do? If I could only make you cry. Memories to Hate In the grip of fate I've got a story to tell, Memories to hate. The quick and easy way What a nasty thing to say. How much more should you specify? The Wall that Wouldn't Fall. The Wail that Wouldn't Fail. I want to know everything Connected with death and striving Don't you don't think I don’t think constantly of that! Don't let your emotions bother you. Your so-called "friends" are hounding me! I'm in trouble because of you! I believe in myself! Who else is there To believe in? It’s time to be a man! At last I'm right! In the magic of moonlight I take swings all over the place. Just give me one good reason. One more time Purple raindrops start blowing I hear the angels singing Over a mound of dirt. I know what that means. Making the Best of the Bad We are all cursed to death! I can't think of a way out! I like to add lines between the lines between the lines Only when you're smiling is a certain dimension revealed. You dabble in everything. Walk right in and out of that machine you're in A strictly limited dream A word machine. I like the old times best Old times are the best. Totally besotten I don't want to hear anymore bad news. Connection or disconnection therapy, Leading me to think It's a phenomenon Interpret it as you can. I'm staking my life on a belief! Don't you understand? I'm not trying to prove anything! You should already know Love is not a gadget. Love is not a toy. Is it God or chance? I must find out! Turning bad to good, Off-handedly like. A poem waiting for a line. It's interesting but stupid. Describe certain things. An alternative spoon. There are some magnificent revelations down here! Get laid. Get paid. Get old. Get fat. That's what it's all about. Nowhere Soon You know I want to be near you You know I want to be kind. I wonder what is? Is it charitable to be? I just want to make out. You know what I mean? Is it too trivial to mention? This is enough You hear me moaning and moaning. You know it hurts me inside. What will I be, what will I ever do? In the dark I can't see your face anymore Wise Presents He gets right in all the time. When you are rubberized and feel low You got me working like a slave. This old jail has grown cold. He gets right into the picture anytime. When I'm in heaven I get confused. How do you account for it? You just went away (There he goes like a gun again) I wish I hadn't heard it all The world is a hundred percent against me Yet I stand still. You got it right in the end Wanting to be And not trying. Sonnet (Reserves of strength) Reserves of strength, don't fail me now Let the music begin! Every morning makes a contribution Here for the moment I can hold you fast And dream our love will last Discern my memories Lead me to something "Meaningless numbers" Now I know I'm on the mark! You can give up your dreams, but not your money You can give up the bees, but not the honey I take that as a sign Of plenty The Friends I Made The friends I made all semed to drift away Hail to thee, Poetry! You are true blue! Like a stream I waited It wasn't very long All things come together in a song The meaning today is too much sorrow We sailed into the music Just something that you kept inside I couldn't believe the excitement Looks like nothing to me The death of what I feel Debris on the Trail Believe in being free. Believe in free. Mango potato You're like a hot potato Dirty Money Rat in trap Yes, there's a fascination to it. The interconnection of ideas is interesting. My face in your heart Your face in my heart (Is it impossible?) Makes me feel good inside. Someday I'll strike gold with my hammer. How many days and we're no nearer... Sonnet (Oh liberty in you) Oh liberty in you great impact on sorrow Are you a prisoner in vain Nothing for me, nothing for you but sorrow It's a treasure in you Wander off, virtue Beautiful misery Don't let them get away with it! As we walk down the path of tomorrow We are banded together just to die Lying beneath the stars A cloud crawls in under the moon I want you to show me, I want you to say it! What do you think right now? It May Not Last a Beer The clouds brighten for an instant What connection does the music have with the song? I make my own shape as I go along This sickness I feel in an instant Am I a king too much? What makes a man feel blue? Mr. Pitiful, that's you All things won't fail Till you're put in jail And they throw away the key And hand you your hat Well, forget that Sad song A bathtub faucet A brilliant star You turn off Glass Containers Glass containers No-brainers Rough hips Foreign lips What not Hot pot Swing thief More grief Play therapy Hay memory Better than ever Persever Enough rope Too much hope Square shooters Lost rooters Spooked fillies Speak lillies Square coil More moil Splintered spoke Okey-doke Broken steel Organic meal Refuse and burn Stand and turn Strategies for speaking Without leaking Too much toffee Tender coffee Now being Still seeing Punching Bags (Sonnet) Look at the sky turn a hellfire red Slightly sinister This evil hairless imp that ruins everything In victory there is defeat In rectitude there is deceit Unhurried blows I'm saving this one The only thing that matters is Iraq, the only thing that matters is Iraq Are you so good? This is a terrible feeling Incomplete and new When you go to the heart That he stirred right up Punching bags Hit the Sky Some limping, some standing alone It will never leave you alone. O promise me Enough of your self You're a stranger who came here Sunshine through the fiery gems The logic of the thing The statistics are abnormal again The ladies of the sixties have become the mothers of the eighties Unshakeable in the lonely blue You've just got to smile The Watchtower Prominent scholars are sowing seeds of doubt borne along by the holy spirit In my little cocoon I hear the voices of reason Diamonds are oozing from the trees Sleep tastes sweet within the rapture When flesh is pleasantly consumed This is thinking of you in the splendor of your little room Spaced out on zero Sonnet (The Rare Things Today) The rare things today really shine Sweet becomings, heavenly transfers How like tomorrows What you seek you shall find I hope you comprehend That's my highest pleasure Emboldened by the glow A too-much-passion weekend That never comes That's your fantasy You must struggle to find it Tonight you'll not see me again I hate you human beings Your plans to do this or that! |
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