The Diner Lyrics

The air comes off the ocean The city smells fishy The air is full of fish and mystery Whispering who, what, when I am warning you I am weightless And the wind is always shifting So...Read Full Lyrics

The slant A building settling around me My figure female framed crookedly In the threshold Of the room Door scraping floorboards With every opening Carving a rough history Of bedro...Read Full Lyrics

I would have returned your greeting If it weren't for the way you were looking at me This street is not a market And I am not a commodity Don't you find it sad that we can't even s...Read Full Lyrics

Your basic average super star Is singing about justice And peace And love And I am glaring at the radio, Swearing Saying that's just what I was afraid of The system gives you just ...Read Full Lyrics

Got a garden of songs where I grow all my thoughts Wish I could harvest one or two for some small talk I'm always starving for words when you're around Nothing on my tongue so much...Read Full Lyrics

We can touch Touch our girl cheeks And we can hold hands Like paper dolls We can try Try eachother on In the privacy Within new york city's walls We can kiss Kiss goodnight And we ...Read Full Lyrics

On the underside of your salutation I can hear you turning inward Hello is such a thin word You're going to have to hide doubletime from me Cuz I read our poetry, and I can see wh...Read Full Lyrics

The sun is settin on the century And we are armed to the teeth We are all working together now To make our lives mercifully brief Schoolkids keep trying to teach us What guns are a...Read Full Lyrics

'tis of thee They caught the last poor man On a poor man's vacation They cuffed him and confiscated his stuff They dragged his black ass down to the station And said, ok, the stre...Read Full Lyrics

Tiptoeing through the used condoms Strewn on the piers Off the west side highway Sunset behind the skyline of jersey Walking towards the water With a fetus holding court in my gut ...Read Full Lyrics