Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine Lyrics

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snailYes I would, if I could, I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nailYes I would, if I only could, I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail awayL...Read Full Lyrics

"Good God! Don't jump!"A boy sat on the ledge.An old man who had fainted was revived.And everyone agreed it would be a miracle indeedIf the boy survived."Save the life of my child...Read Full Lyrics

When she goes, she's gone.If she stays, she stays here.The girl does what she wants to do.She knows what she wants to do.And I know I'm fakin' it,I'm not really makin' it.I'm such ...Read Full Lyrics

Old friends, old friends,Sat on their parkbench like bookendsA newspaper blown through the grassFalls on the round toesof the high shoes of the old friendsOld friends, winter compa...Read Full Lyrics

A winter's dayIn a deep and darkDecemberI am aloneGazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snowI am a rockI am an islandI've built wallsA fort...Read Full Lyrics

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snailYes I would, if I could, I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nailYes I would, if I only could, I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail awayL...Read Full Lyrics

It was in the merry month of MayWhen green bugs were a-swellingSweet William on his death bed layFor the love of BarbriallenHe sent his servant to the townThe place where she'd bee...Read Full Lyrics

The night sets softlyWith the hush of falling leavesCasting shivering shadowsOn the houses through the treesAnd the light from a street lampPaints a pattern on my wallLike the piec...Read Full Lyrics

Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes togetherI've got some real estate here in my bagSo we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's piesAnd we walked off to look for Ame...Read Full Lyrics

When you're weary, feeling smallWhen tears are in your eyesI will dry them allI'm on your sideOh when times get roughAnd friends just can't be foundLike a bridge over troubled wate...Read Full Lyrics