Work, Not Play Lyrics

Each night, they surround meWith the lights and the microphones . . . With their bodies and the mile of cableLike a magic ring of boneEvery night I have the same dream:A man behind...Read Full Lyrics

They hit you with their papers when you're living on loan. They're the ones who say nothing when youanswer the phone. You see them in the alleys whenyou're passing late at night, b...Read Full Lyrics

She moves through the black doorShe turns toward the desperate light With her breath like iodineWith her filigree designShe summons the fire from her hipsFlamingo blood melts down ...Read Full Lyrics

Lorraine (OPENING POEM)Seven blonde womenThey gather in the squareThey raise their hands up to the sunTheir skin is so thin and whiteYou know their fathers must surely be wealthyI ...Read Full Lyrics

Jody, what you been doing?It's been a long, long timeSince we went dancing in the schoolyard,With your breasts like bleeding limesJody, are you still hanging with that latin?With r...Read Full Lyrics

We should have left at onceWe should have never stayedNow they have drawn the lineNow there is a barricadeNow there's a barricadeA barricade Who makes promises?Who makes promises t...Read Full Lyrics

EvangelineMy first lady,She wears satin glovesSince her hands got dirty She travels hereShe travels there . . .She's on the "A" list EverywhereI can't take it anymoreIf she calls b...Read Full Lyrics

You're passing,I hear your shadow through the doorIt's outlined on my shadeLike a map of some foreign shore If I could keep that shadow,I could live forever in theseRooms, the room...Read Full Lyrics

I don't believe in sinBut maybe I'll beginA vagrant evil's climbing up my skin The shadows from last weekAre dancing in the streetIn homage to the darkness closing inIt's hard to s...Read Full Lyrics

Hollywood looks good at nightThe TVs get fine receptionBut last night Jean told SteveAbout her imminent conceptionShe wants a plum tree for the house, for their childStevie raised ...Read Full Lyrics