Pup Tent

IHOP

Is there a doctor in the house?
In the house of pancakes?
You got a banana split
Personality
Lately it's been happy house
All day long
Sip it slowly and leave the olive
She is very fond of you

You stand accused
Of smoking english cigarettes
That's a provocation
If ever one was
Brother number 1
Brother number 2
Why are you fighting?
What are you gonna do?

And at the weekly meeting
Of anonymous cads
You shuffle your feet
And whistle out aloud
Listen to what they're saying
What a load of crap
You ain't no Caray Grant
But then again, who is?

Beautiful View

Your pockets are full
Of stolen glasses
But what's the point?
You've had your fill
You've had your fill

You shed your skin
You're one of them
That somber fool
Escape while you can
Escape while you can

You're coming out of your shell
You've got a beautiful view
You're gonna shake it off

This is the place
That you were born
It's making a comeback
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

Don't waste your time
Learning kling-on
It ain't no use
Escape while you can
Escape while you can

Pup Tent

Sneakin' a kiss
On the fire escape
A little game of pup tent
With a blanket and a broom
My mind is taking photographs
Of every little thing
Exhibit number 2 ...
A piece of white chocolate

And if you want me to,
I'm gonna cry you a river tonight
And if you ask me to,
I'm gonna crawl right into your dreams
And did you know,
I feel a chokin' in the back of my throat

I see you walkin'
Walkin' on tippytoes
Swayin' like a sunflower
On a Spanish afternoon
My mind is taking photographs
Of every little thing
Exhibit number 8 ...
don't be late

You crept in
Underneath the radar
Living in a glass house
Sleeping on a glass bed
But my mind has taken photographs
Of every little thing
Honey turn around
And the shame remains

Bobby Peru

I told lies to your family
Concerning your whereabouts
They feel so sorry for me
I invented jealous stories
My imagination ran wild
I made myself so angry
The night that you insulted me
I lay awake thinking
Clever things I could have said
My thoughts kept turning to Bobby Peru
How would he handle this one

'S' is for sorry for all that I did
Now is the time to turn it all around
I know what is the matter so why can't I fix it
Forgive me please

I had lunch with an old girlfriend
Who knows all my faults
And pretends to want to help
She said I really don't mind
Your keeping secrets from me
But please don't keep them from yourself
Murder is bad, and suicide is sad
Why would a girl like that put her head in the oven?
You have your theories, and I got one too
It's such a waste

Beggar's Bliss

Woman made of paper
Understand me now
This time they got you by the ears
You might be nothing
Or just a footprint
But they been watching you for years

It's a strange
fascination
It's a bliss
It's a beggar's bliss

A double dance
For 20 dollars
You may be crooked but not cheap
Go ahead make a mistake
That's what you're made of
They been watching you for years

And in the shadow of a candlestick
You face appears
Quickly now's the time
Why are we waiting?
Uptown, downtown
I could care less
I been watching you for years

Tracy I Love You

Tell me stories on my birthday
Buy me gifts on Halloween
She's pretending not know me
But I know where she's been

Change your name and change
Your number
I'm gonna find you anyhow
I have been through all your things
Asking when and how and why

I spend too much time in airplanes
Eating peanuts
And getting high
Don't know why I can't stop smiling
When I only need to cry

Whispers

There's a train of thought
Making all the local stops
Here's where I get off
That is where I fall
There's a rule of thumb
That comes in handy
It isn't just your word
It's who you give it to

Can you hear the whispers?
The deafening whispers
Can you hear the whispers?
Ganging up on me

Airport time
Moves so quickly
In the airport lights
We look so sickly
Remember the caress
Of your magical fingers
I did a foolish thing
I must be a fool

My mind is playing tricks on me,
My life is catchin' up with me
It's so damn hard to disentangle
My emotions
If we ask for the impossible,
Maybe they will give it to us
Could it really be...
Our luck is coming back?

City Kitty

In rented tuxedoes
The guests will arrive
Smiling and smoking
Chewing and choking
Women int heir favourite shoes
Thinking dark disturbing thoughts
All of them together
Making trips to the bathroom
Blackeyed susans
And chilled potatoes
High balls and low
A pinch and a punch
Invisible to mirrors
You fly around the room
Tell me the password
Banana cream pie

So get up off the floor
And play with me some more
Come down to my side
And tell me green-eyed lies
We'll find a magic spell
To turn this much to gold
Well promises don't grow on trees

Playin' the oujia board
In front of the fire
It told me to do
Unspeakable things
Mixed in a cocktail
Of muddles emotions
Stinky and winky
Drinky and stinky

They made me dance
They made me sing
The boring bibble babble
The dreary dibble dabble
The bustle and the vanity
The hustle and insanity
Clowning and towning
Frowning and drowning

The Creeps

Tell me who it was
Let the creeps into my life
Tell me who it was
Let the creeps into the house
Well I guess that it was me
Who handed out the key
I gots to be more careful
Next time
Some very clever people
Have got it figured out
Let me say now
You are in grave danger
I'll open all the drawers
And look behind the socks
So where are you
This time

Does anybody see it?
Does anybody care?
A hideous trick
Has been played on all of us
A saddle of deception
A sauce of nasty lies
Greetings from the chateau
For the very last time

Loose joints loose joints
Symphonic vaseline
Loose joints loose joints
Say exactly what you mean
Daddy run through the forest
See the goblins all around
Daddy run through the forest
Daddy doesn't make a sound

Sexy long sweater dresses
Chocolate knee high leather boots
Maybe tonight will be the night
I could see your fuzzy wuzzy
Say goodbye to the frogs
Say goodbye to the lake
Say goodbye to the chitchat
Everything's falling into place