Even With My Eyes Closed 10000 Maniacs

Even with my eyes closed, Funny how I know it's harder, it's harder now. Young girl in my young girl days, thinking I could live for always.

Orange 10000 Maniacs

Lineage closed Dissolved In its birth Tragedy Prelude a balance Is a synergy Of reason Malicious hope As techno atrocities Lapse their effects Associate these ends Their clarity Demands your revenge

Cherry Tree 10000 Maniacs

Over your shoulder, please don't mind me if my eyes have fallen onto your magazine for I've been watching and wondering why your face is changing with every line you read.

Trouble Me 10000 Maniacs

Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and you worries. Trouble me on the days when you feel spent. Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong?

Dust Bowl 10000 Maniacs

They follow me through the store with these toys I can't afford. "Kids, take them back, you know better than that."

Circle Dream 10000 Maniacs

A volume, a sphere that was the earth, that was the moon, that did revolve around my room. I dreamed of a circle, I dreamed of a circle round.

Headstrong 10000 Maniacs

To your common sense firm arguments I won't listen to your voice of reason trying to change my mind. I mind my feelings and not your words.

You Happy Puppet 10000 Maniacs

How did you learn everything that comes along with slavish funnery?

The Latin One 10000 Maniacs

But limped on bloodshod All went lame all went blind Gas gas quick boys fumbling helmets in time Someone still screaming a man in fire or lime Under a grey cloud dim dark through green light In all my

I'm Not The Man 10000 Maniacs

His eyes have gone away, escaping over time. He rules a crowded nation inside his mind. He knows that night like his hand. He knows every move he made.

Hateful Hate 10000 Maniacs

Bought and sold with a hateful hate. Curiosity filled the breasts of these with some strange ecstasy. Curiosity killed the best of these by robbing their lives of dignity.

Poor De Chiciro 10000 Maniacs

Oh my dear friend My dear friend Giorgio How has this time Breton Discouraged your liaison with the Eye styled metaphysical Incongruous scenarios Dauntly jaunt about through nostalgic despair Within

Poor De Chirico 10000 Maniacs

Oh my dear friend My dear friend Giorgio How has this time Breton Discouraged your liaison with the Eye styled metaphysical Incongruous scenarios Dauntly jaunt about through nostalgic despair Within childlike

If You Intend 10000 Maniacs

If you intend to live again, then open your eyes and don't pretend you're feeling there's nothing worth believing.

Noah's Dove 10000 Maniacs

You were the chosen one, the pure eyes of Noah's dove. Choir boys and angles stole your lips and your halo. In your reckless mind, you act as if you've got more lives.

Death Of Manolete 10000 Maniacs

women holding rosaries On the day Manolette died Teenage girls in soft white dresses Standing silent peace respecting Groups of boys held in their hands The fragments of a shattered idol The old men with

Like The Weather 10000 Maniacs

Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again. With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. A quiver in my lips as if I might cry.

My Mother The War 10000 Maniacs

She borders the pavement Flanks avenues Parades pass white glove attended by My mother the war She'll raise a shaft Lift a banner Toss a rose My mother the war She's made every effort To salvage the

Eden 10000 Maniacs

We are the roses in the garden, beauty with thorns among our leaves. To pick a rose you ask your hands to bleed. What is the reason for having roses when your blood is shed carelessly?

Maddox Table 10000 Maniacs

the legs of Maddox kitchen tables my whole life twisted on a lathe in a foreman's torrent my first English was "faster boy if you want your pay" barking commands loud and simple we could all obey then

Candy Everybody Wants 10000 Maniacs

So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well, hey, give 'em what they want.

Don't Talk 10000 Maniacs

Let me close my eyes. Don't talk, I'll beleive it.

A Campfire Song 10000 Maniacs

A lie to say, "O my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig. 500 men with axes and they all dig for me."

Few And Far Between 10000 Maniacs

'Till you make your peace with yesterday, you'll never build a future. I swear by what I say. Whatever penance you do, decide what it's worth to you and then respect it.

My Sister Rose 10000 Maniacs

Big plans are being made for my sisters wedding day. We'll have a ball at the Sons of Roma Hall. Family, friends come one and all.

Jezebel 10000 Maniacs

To think of my task is chilling. To know I was carefully building the mask I was wearing for two years, swearing I'd tear it off.

Eat For Two 10000 Maniacs

Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed. Now I know lightning strikes again. It struck me once, then struck me dead. My folly grows inside of me.

Because The Night 10000 Maniacs

, here as I am Hold me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now, try and understand The way I feel under your command Take my

Because The Night 10000 Maniacs

, here as I am Hold me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now, try and understand The way I feel under your command Take my

Verdi Cries 10000 Maniacs

I draw a jackel-headed woman in the sand, sing of a lover's fate sealed by jealous hate then wash my hand in the sea.

A Room For Everything 10000 Maniacs

I was looking the other way, voices call from the east, I saw my roots of the trees there planted at my feet.

The Big Parade 10000 Maniacs

Metro line to the Mall site with a tour of Japanese. He's wandering and lost until a vet in worn fatigues takes him down to where they belong.

Girl On A Train 10000 Maniacs

Just close your eyes and you're home

Gun Shy 10000 Maniacs

There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me you won't meet it with your gun. So now you are one of the brave few, it's awful sad we need boys like you.

Scorpio Rising 10000 Maniacs

power dizzy with it stumble detail a chance for us to quarrel anger my head is shaken violent if i could calm or restrain you for the sake of pity save the pistol save the cynics tongue save the cool white

Just as the Tide Was a Flowing 10000 Maniacs

the birds were singing I saw a lovely maiden stray across the fields at break of day she softly sung her roundelay the tide flows in the tide flows out twice every day returning her cheeks were red her eyes

What's The Matter Here 10000 Maniacs

In this city the kid's my favorite. I've seen him. I see him every day.

Stockton Gala Days 10000 Maniacs

That summer fields grew high with foxglove stalks and ivy. Wild apple blossoms everywhere. Emerald green like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me.

Everyone a Puzzle Lover 10000 Maniacs

why are some men born with minds that earn degrees the loving cups gilded plaques grace their study walls hide the cracks while their genius is turned to works of tyranny then off to market to market go

Katrina's Fair 10000 Maniacs

KATRINA'S FAIR (Buck/Merchant) Greta's cedar hope chest Is full of pamphlets Glass shelves of romantic vignettes A journal laced with sedimentary prose Norma gathers and collects vintage photoplays Hair

Planned Obsolescence 10000 Maniacs

Science Is truth for life Watch religion fall obsolete Science Will be truth for life Technology as nature Science Truth for life In fortran tongue the Answer With wealth and prominence Man so near

Planned Obsolenscence 10000 Maniacs

Science Is truth for life Watch religion fall obsolete Science Will be truth for life Technology as nature Science Truth for life In fortran tongue the Answer With wealth and prominence Man so near perfection

The Colonial Wing 10000 Maniacs

crypt superstition superstition beyond belief over mountain, over dune and over sea crude map and compass lead the caravan and lead the fleet here's the loot and plunder they bore home ivory tusk inlaid with

Can't Ignore the Train 10000 Maniacs

be kicked up in the crack faced idle sinister town screen door to the rail station devil in her shoe ran along side the wasted tracks hem pins darted her calves can't ignore the train one spoiled girl with

Grey Victory 10000 Maniacs

their last commands Instantly one thousand flames arising Ill scent the burning hides surrounding A settlement debased entirely Enola Gay had made a casual delivery Please build a future, darling With

Green Children 10000 Maniacs

The strangest sight there alone they stood, with skin of green and words no one had heard. The girl was stronger, the boy was weak, with her new mother she learned to speak.

These Are The Days 10000 Maniacs

When May is rushing over you with desire to be part of the miracles you see in every hour. You'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky.

These Are Days 10000 Maniacs

When May is rushing over you with desire to be part of the miracles you see in every hour. You'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky.

Daktari 10000 Maniacs

Like a weasel in the clover You tilt toss pop turn over Sit down Tremble and weave like a moth By flame deceived Sit down Spill with your words caught up Dance in your room Slide like you're buttered

Cotton Alley 10000 Maniacs

one time you made me cry be proud that I remember my chin is sore the bruise is gone but the spot is tender gave my hand a sister coy to Cotton Alley where you did enjoy your wicked games you curious boy