The Story 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

He had all kind of reasons Why she was unable to love him She was just too young She was too high strung She was afraid of commitment But all of the theories That he recited Played...Read Full Lyrics

You cease to smell the steel plant After you've lived there for a while Smoke is snow is ash are leaves that blow Through the air aloft All our houses dim their sliding To the same...Read Full Lyrics

Up up up up up up points the Spire of the steeple But god's work isn't done by god It's done by people Up up up up up up points the Fingers of the trees The lumberjacks with their...Read Full Lyrics