Prisoners Of Paradise Lyrics

You say you want a revolution Something you can touch Like an age old contradiction With alcohol and lust And all the things you have are broken And you can't go back if they've mo...Read Full Lyrics

The Harlem mammas they are laughing They call me punk rock think they're cute The pizza boys they keep on starin' I guess they finally made it off their stoop I don't even know an...Read Full Lyrics

Opening Lines Standing on the corner Where I first saw her In the summer sunset She came in from the Midwest Books that she's reading We'll all dropouts anyway Tonight she's bleedi...Read Full Lyrics

When the rain comes down Ni this northern town It was a banner year In the world of fear I though I'd drop you a line When you comb your hair And you're unaware And your friends a...Read Full Lyrics

Na, na, na, na, na, na, etc. On a winter's day I don't need anyone On the month of May I don't need anyone Got some cigarettes I don't need anyone And no real regrets I don't need ...Read Full Lyrics

I was that kid in the picture Lost in the green grass and blue skies Gimme a scene on the silver screen Buy me a beer or a love supreme I'm happy the man, in the promise land Hey R...Read Full Lyrics

Wendy left me all alone No postcard or telephone Wintertime down by the beach In a jukebox bar way out of reach She liked Tom Waits and the poet's hat Sixties Kinks and Kerouac Th...Read Full Lyrics

I am the swingin' man perpetually on the lam Free as a bird or the girls in Amsterdam Yellow taxi ride hey I never exercise The devil when I speak or when I rise Buddy Holly told ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm a witness to the sickness In a place I call my home On the weekend hit the deep end With the secrets that I own Like an old song with a new girl She never gets the jokes ...Read Full Lyrics

Calling Mrs. America Have you heard She's out in California writing spoken word Moved in with her parents Gave the kid away She broke needle now she can't play Last year's girl Cr...Read Full Lyrics