The Wonder Boys
lyrics

NEW START [DL]

I´m sad! I´m unhappy!
So sad! I´m not happy!
I feel mad! And unhappy!
Too bad! I won´t let me
be glad! And be happy!
So I´m sad and unhappy, but

I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, better than yesterday´s

I drink! in the morning
I drink! at night
I think! every evening
about what´s wrong and what´s right
But I drink every evening
and always end up starting a fight, but

I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, better than yesterday´s

I lose... control...
I refuse to play my role...
and I´m too much into rock and roll! Yeah,

I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, better than yesterday´s

I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, better than yesterday´s

I´m – sad
Never – glad
So – blue
and that´s because of you

I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, better than yesterday´s

I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, listen to what I say
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, but I said the same yesterday
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change my ways
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, or maybe some other day

Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright!
Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright!
Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright! Allright!


JUNKIE FRIEND [DL]

Hey let me tell ya ´bout this friend I´ve got
he likes to drink and he drinks quite a lot
he´s always drunk and sometimes stoned on pot
yesterday he O.D:d in the parking lot

Now let me tell you ´bout a friend of mine
he´s shooting speed & smack all of the time
snorting coke, line after line, line after line
it´s like he is dying to be dying
to be dying

Now let me tell ya ´bout a friend I knew
when he was 13 he was sniffing glue
I saw his face when he was turning blue
He said ”Hey man, why don´t you join me too?”
join me too
join me too

Hey let me tell you ´bout this friend I´ve got
he likes to drink and he drinks quite a lot
he´s always drunk and sometimes stoned on pot
yesterday he O.D:d in the parking lot

Now let me tell ya ´bout a friend of mine
he´s shootin´ speed & crack all of the time
snorting coke, line after line, line after line
it´s as if he´s dying to be dying
to be dying
to be dying
to be dying
sniffin´ glue – turnin´ blue
sniffin´ glue – turnin´ blue
sniffin´ glue – turnin´ blue
sniffin´ glue – turnin´ blue


I WAIT FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE TO HAPPEN [DL]

(wait, wait, wait, waiting, waiting, waiting, wait...)

I wait for the impossible to happen
No less is what I´m waiting for
I wait for the impossible to happen
I wait for the coming of the Lord

A man sat down in the middle of the street
He had no clothes, not even shoes on his feet
an angry man opened his limo-door, screamed:
–What are you waiting for?! He said:

I wait for the impossible to happen
No less is what I´m waiting for
I wait for the impossible to happen
I wait for the coming of the Lord

–Hey man, d´ya think he´ll come soon?
–Will he be here by breakfast or noon?
–Well, with the Lord, you can´t be too sure
But if I have to, I´ll wait some more, ´cause

I wait for the impossible to happen
No less is what I´m waiting for
I wait for the impossible to happen
I wait for the coming of the Lord, yeah

Yeah, I wait for the impossible to happen
No less is what I´m waiting for
I wait for the impossible to happen
I wait for the coming of the Lord

I guess the guy is still waiting
He must be really dying to meet him
To give the Lord his best greetings
to date him, he´s waiting
and waiting – and I´m waiting

I wait for the impossible to happen
No less is what I´m waiting for
I wait for the impossible to happen
I wait for the coming of the UH-UH
I wait for the impossible to happen
No less is what I´m waiting for
I wait for the impossible to happen
I wait for the coming of the Lord
Coming of the Lord
But I ask you: how do you avoid getting bored?


WHILE THE NIGHT IS TURNING INTO DAY [CK/DL]

May I have this dance?
The floor is empty of romance
The band is playing out of tune
and our song will be over soon
Finish your glass of wine
´cause we don´t have much time

Please, may I have this dance?
There won´t be no second chance
Then we can both go home
as usual, all alone
or maybe, maybe not
(so come on)

Can´t you hear them play?
While the night is turning into day
and if you then would like me to stay, just say so
otherwise, I´ll go my own way
(guitar:)

Don´t you hear the band play?
While the night is turning into day
and if you really want me to stay, just say the word
otherwise, I´ll go my own way
I´ll go my own way
I´ll go my own way
I´ll go my own way

So may I have this dance? (May I have this dance?)
This is your last chance (May I have this dance?)
May I have this dance? (May I have this dance?)


GO DOWN BELOW [CK/DL]

I want bad things to happen now
so I´ve got deep things to talk about
´cause now I feel just too alright
and I´ve got nothing low to say today
I can´t think of a word to say
to outrage this sunny day
I really feel awful nice

So I need to go now, go down below
to reach myself and reload my soul
I need to go now, go down you know
I really need to go now, go on my own

So break my heart, leave me to cry
right now I´m in need of a heavy mind
and my guitar
I write lonely troubled songs
I write them just for you (about you)
and I guess I´ll call you
Yeah, I guess I´´ll call you
the day when I´ve broken all of my strings

So I need to go now, go down below
to reach myself and reload my soul
I really need to go now, go down you know
I need to go now, go on my own

1-2-3-4-5-666

So I need to go now, go down below
to reach myself and reload my soul
Yeah, I need to go now, go down below
to reach myself and reload my soul
go down you know
go down
go go go, go
I need to go down below
I really need to go on my own

But why did you smash my guitar
against the wall, against the wall
when you could have just as easily
shot me right through the heart, right through the heart
You pulled the plug on your telephone
and all I can do now is sit and moan


NO MORE LOVE [CK/DL]

You give me sad days
You give me bad days
You give me saturdays full of grief

That’s what he wrote on her birthday card
That’s what he wrote trying to be hard
That’s what he wrote on her birthday card

Then he gave it to her
Then he gave it to her
Then he gave it to her

No more love
No, no more love
I have no more love to give to you
To waste on you

That’s what he said in his tiny voice
That’s what he said when he’d made his choice
But still the tone of love was in his voice

So he gave it to her
He gave it to her
He gave it to her
(you give me sad days, you give me bad days
and saturdays full of grief)
He gave it to her
He gave it to her
He gave it to her
He gave it to her
He gave it to her...


BLACK & WHITE PICTURES [DL]

She looked like a bimbo
He looked like a swine
But they did look happy together
very happy indeed

But it´s all in the black & white pictures
Yeah, it´s all in the black & white pictures
It´s all in the black & white pictures
when you´re dressed in grey

The badge on your shoulder
says ”ugly girls need it too”
well, maybe that is a fact
maybe that´s true for you
But I have no use for you
No, I have no use for you
And you have no use for me
No, you have no use for me
I have no use for you
And you have absolutely no use for me

But it´s all in the black & white pictures
Yeah, it´s all in the black & white pictures
It´s all in the black & white pictures
when you´re dressed in grey

I wanna know what you feel for me now
Let me know what you feel for me now
I wanna know what you feel for me now
If I get to stay – If I get to stay
If I get to stay – If I get to stay
If I get to stay – Do I get to stay?

He looked like a bimbo
She looked like a swine
But they looked happy together
Very happy indeed, yeah

But it´s all in the black & white pictures
Yeah, it´s all in the black & white pictures
It´s all in the black & white pictures
when you´re dressed in –
But it´s all in the black & white pictures
Yeah, it´s all in the black & white pictures
It´s all in the black & white pictures
when you´re dressed in grey
It´s all in the black & white pictures
It´s all in the black & white pictures
Yeah, it´s all in the black & white pictures
When you´re dressed in grey
It´s all in the black & white pictures
Yeah, it´s all in black & white


WASHED AWAY [DL. (Guitar solo: CK)]

When everything is said and done
and nothing more comes to mind
and every lie has been sorted out
and nothing more seems to be true
When my blood has been washed away
on your weeping wall
Then I´ll slowly turn around
I´ll turn around and lie to you once more
I´ll lie to you once more
and then I´ll go back to you for good
I´ll go back to you for good
with lies that has been told a thousand times, or more

When I´ve travelled far and seen
that the universe really has no end
I´ll come right back to you, my friend
I´ll come back right through your eyes
I´ll come back with my lies
´cause every road leads back into your arms
every word leads right back into your arms

So please let me hold your hand when you go
please let me hold your hand
I think that if I hold your hand, you won´t go
you won´t go

And everything is said and done
and every lie leads right back into your arms
please don´t go


EASTER CHICKEN [CK/DL]

My medication keeps me high
although inside I feel so low
I don´t mind the disease, I just hate the doctors
pretty on the outside, ugly on the inside
and we´ll never meet again
no, never again

I bought a present
a present for you
It´s a silly Easter chicken
chicken for you
´cause you made my heart start tickin´
but I´ll never give it to you
´cause we won´t meet again
no, no never again
no, no
and it´s got a sound, got a silly sound, sound, got a sound
and it goes like this

And all I dream about is you, Jesus on the Cross, vomits
and silly Easter chickens bought for you
for you

You couldn´t conceal your lack of interest
I couldn´t conceal myself
myself


WHITE & SILENT [CK/DL]

The air is poisoned by yesterday´s thoughts
Shadows growing thicker on my walls
I lost my pride and I´m lost in my home
Waiting for Jesus to throw the first stone

So come on
Come on
Come on

And the great white truth came down from the sky
Giving birth to every ”who”, ”what” and ”why”
It dragged my dignity through premature pain
Then stitched it back together again

The day you get that the joke´s on you
Your silent face will reach the ground nude
I lost myself and my shame weighs a stone
I´m waiting for the Lord to come home
I´m still waiting for the Lord to go home

So come on
Come on
Go back home

And then the great white truth came down from the sky
Giving head to every ”who”, ”what” and ”why”
It dragged my dignity through premature pain
Then stitched it back together again

And the great white truth came down from the sky
Get on the rollercoaster and hitch-hike down to your shame
Come on
Come on
So come on
Come on


FOOL FOR ME [CK/DL]

I don´t remember the sound of your voice
I don´t remember the way that you look
I don´t remember the colour of your eyes
And I don´t remember – what was your name?

But I do remember what you said tonight
I remember what you said, oh yeah, allright
When you told me
that you were such an idiot, such a fool
for fallin´ for me (yeah)

I don´t remember the color of your hair
I don´t remember smell of your perfume
I don´t remember the touch of your hands
I don´t remember your cute little notes
I don´t remember your cute little nose
And I don´t remember how you looked without clothes
I don´t remember much at all

But I do remember what you said tonight
I remember what you said, oh yeah, allright
When you told me that you were such an idiot
such a fool
for fallin´ in love with me
in love
with me
you were a fool, you were a fool, you were a fool for me

Do you remember the sound of my voice?
Do you remember the way that I look?
Do you remember the colour of my eyes?
Do you remember my name?
Do you remember the color of my hair?
Do you remember the touch of my hands?
Do you remember my cute little notes?
Do you remember how I look without clothes?
Do you remember anything at all?

But I do remember what you said tonight
I remember what you said, oh yeah, allright
When you told me
You told me to forget about you
But I do remember what you said tonight
I remember what you said, oh yeah, allright
When you told me
that I was such an idiot
such a fool
for fallin´ in love


MY OLD FRIENDS [DL]

My old friends don’t see me
My old friends never call
And I ain’t got no new friends
I ain’t got no friends at all

And we used to keep in touch
Nowadays I don’t hear much
Why don’t you keep in touch?
(keep in touch, keep in touch, keep in touch)

Tell me what have I done?
Tell me where did I go wrong?
Somebody tell me what have I done?

My old friends never see me
My old friends don’t call
And I ain’t got no new friends
I ain’t got no friends at all

When did this start to change?
And why do I feel so deranged?
(When when when) When did this start to change?
(start to change, when did this start to change, start to change)

But when I thought you turned me on
All you ever did was turn me down
Does it turn you on to turn me down? (down, down, down)

You turned me down again
You turned on me again
And I know what I have done
And I know what needs to be done
Please someone tell me if I was wrong


THESE ROOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING (New Start II) [CK/DL]

Gotta change my address, gotta change my style
Gotta change my hair, gotta change my smile
´cause I wanna start all over again

But what´s it to you, anyway
You could replace me any time of day
and I wanna start all over again

I wanna move – see a new horizon
Get a groove – get a driver´s license
I wanna move
and drive away from here

My self-esteem is about to die
so I say bye-bye-bye-bye-bye-bye-bye-bye
I wanna start all over again

I´m gonna move – see a new horizon
Get a groove – get a driver´s license
I´m gonna move
and no one shed a tear
don´t you shed a tear
no one shed a tear
for me

bye bye bye
bye-bye-bye bye bye
bye bye, bye bye

Gotta buy new clothes, gotta buy new boots
Gonna grab my hat and pull up my roots
This town has died ´cause of all my roots
This town is dead ´cause of all of my roots

Yeah, I´m gonna move – see a new horizon
Get a groove – get a driver´s license
I´m gonna move
ain´t comin´ back no more
I´m gonna move
I´m gonna move
gotta gotta move
I want away from here
and away from you


A LITTLE SOMETHING [DL]

(oh yeah)
She gave me a little something
a little something
She gave me a little something
She gave me her heart

And I´m in love in the morning after
and ever since I´m full of joy and laughter
I´m in love in the morning after

I met a girl
not just some girl
I met a girl
and she, and she and she
and she gave me
she gave me a little something
yeah, a little something
a-a-a-a a little something
Yeah, she gave me her heart

And I´m in love in the morning after
and ever since I´m full of joy and laughter
I´m in love in the morning after
(that´s what I am) (yeah yeah)

And I´m in love in the morning after
and ever since I´m full of joy and laughter
I´m in love in the morning after
(I´m in love) (yeah! yeah!)

Hold me tight in your arms tonight
Will our love fade in the morning light?
Hold me tight in your arms... tonight (yeah)

She gave me a little something
a little something
She gave me a little something
and I gave her my heart

And I´m in love in the morning after
and ever since I´m full of joy and laughter
I´m in love in the morning after (yeah)

Hold me tight in your arms tonight
Will our love fade in the morning light?
Hold me tight in your arms... tonight (yeah)


KISS YOU FOR FREE [DL]

C´mon baby, take a chance on me
If you give me money, then I´ll kiss you for free
C´mon baby, don´t you like what you see?
If you give me money, then I´ll kiss you for free
I will kiss you for free

Well allright, you think you´re a failure
but I don´t agree and you´re no drunken sailor
– But what shall we do with you?
What can I do for you?
There´s nothing wrong with you
There´s nothing you can´t do

C´mon baby, take a chance on me
If you give me money, then I´ll kiss you for free
C´mon baby, don´t you like what you see?
Give me all your money, then I´ll kiss you for free
I will kiss you for free

Well ok, now you know that I like you
So cheer up, ´cause you´re a wonderful sight too
So why are you feeling blue?
There´s nothing wrong with you
There´s nothing you can´t do
What can I do for you, tell me

But every once in a while
Everybody needs a good cry
But you know darling
your waterfall-days are over

C´mon baby, take a chance on me
I don´t have much money, but I´ll kiss you for free
C´mon baby, don´t you like what you see?
I don´t want your money, and I´ll kiss you for free
C´mon baby, take a chance on me
I don´t want your money, but I´ll kiss you for free
I will kiss you for free
I will kiss you for free
I will kiss you
I will kiss you darling
C´mon baby, I will kiss you for free
so
C´mon baby, take a chance on me
I don´t have much money, but I´ll kiss you for free
C´mon baby, don´t you like what you see?
I don´t want your money, but I´ll kiss you for free
C´mon baby, take a chance on me
I don´t want your money, but I´ll kiss you for free
I will kiss you for
I will kiss you for
I will kiss you for free


BE MY LORD (Em) [DL]

It’s easy being my Lord
if you can play an E-chord
And make it a minor
’cause it’s so much finer
Amen


...AND IT´S WONDERFUL... [CK/DL]

Oh baby, I guess you know
I suppose you know what I feel for you
You know I love you, you know I love you
now I wonder if you love me too
Well if you do, it would be nice
oh, it would be so nice to hear it from you

I know I love you – that´s for sure
But do you really love me? - I´m not sure
You bet I love you – that´s for sure, that´s for sure

Well baby, I thought you knew
I thought you knew how I feel for you
I thought it was so obvious, so clear
in the way that I look at you
I can´t conceal it, I reveal it all the time
in everything I do
Yes dear, I love you, I love you
and I like everything about you

So do you, do you love me? – Yes, I do
Do you really mean it? – Yes, it´s true
Do you love me? – Yes I do, yes I do, I do, I love you
I love you too

So do you, do you love me? – Yes, I do
Do you really mean it? – Yes, it´s true
Do you love me? – Yes I do, yes I do, I love you, I love you too, I do, I do, I do

Oh baby, well now you know
Now you know what I feel for you
oh, it was nice
It was so nice to finally hear it from you
Yeah I love you, I love you
and it´s wonderful that you love me too
Ooo
Ooo
Ooo


THE WONDER BOYS THEME [CK/DL]

I wanna die onstage someday
then bury me in my guitar case
with broken bones and a gentle smile
Let there be feedback when I die
And bootleggers all around
ejaculate as they catch that sound

A round of applause
means a lot of course
Please tear me asunder
I am your boy of Wonder

Let me be drawn & quartered
by you I´m gladly slaughtered
tear me apart with joy
´cause I´m your Wonder Boy
I´m a Wonder Boy

Hey you kids in the front row
I ´m your souvenir from this show
so don´t just stand there and nod, when you can
eat my flesh and drink my blood
And if then God asks me for my autograph
well – well that´s a worthy epitaph

A round of applause
should lead to more of course
Please tear me asunder
´cause I´m your boy of Wonder

Harpyan audience
makes all the difference
that´s how I measure joy
cause I´m a Wonder Boy
I´m your Wonder Boy

Keep on singin´ my song (how do you do)
Please keep on singin´ my song (it´s all for you)
If you keep singin´ my song – then no one will notice I´m gone

I wanna die onstage someday
then bury me in my guitar case
with broken bones and a gentle smile
Let there be feedback when I die

A round of applause
is a good start of course
Please tear me asunder
´cause I´m your boy of Wonder

Let me be drawn & quartered
by you I´m gladly slaughtered
that´s how I measure joy
´cause I´m a Wonder Boy
We´re The Wonder Boys

Yeah I´m a Wonder Boy
I´m a Wonder Boy
I´m a Wonder Boy
We´re The Wonder Boys

We´re The Wonder Boys
We´re The Wonder Boys
We´re The Wonder Boys
We´re The Wonder Boys
and finally it´s feedback-time!
(we´re The Wonder Boys, we´re The Wonder Boys...)


THANK YOU, GOODBYE [DL]

Thank you for tonight
If we could stay, then we´d just might
But it´s a fact and you know why
Now´s the time to say goodbye

Thank you for this time
In Swedish heart and pain´s a rhyme
We´re so sorry we can´t stay
But we must be on our way

Thank you for your love
If there´s some God on clouds above
Then we´ll meet again up in the sky
But for now we must say goodbye
Yeah some day we will all be one
But for now we must all be gone
We´ll be together when we die
But for now we must say goodbye
We´ll be together when we die
But for now we must say...
Goodbye


And like an image caught in rain
I will never be the same
And there´s no sky when all is blue
And that´s because I love you
No, there´s no sky when all is blue
And that´s because I love you


INTRO [?]

[A lullaby my Mom Gunnel used to hum for me when I was a child. In recent years, I found out the melody is called "Lilla Snigel Akta Dig". /DL]


THE DEFEAT SUITE [DL]

Alone
Alone, at last
Alone
Alone, alas

So this is where the road ends
On a one-way street
That´s called defeat

Feeling so insecure
shaking on the floor
but still begging for more

Every memory of you is aching
I´m still on the floor, sh-sh-sh-shaking
pounding on my head
don´t know how to calm myself down
down

Everybody said we´d make a good couple, that is, everyone but you
Everybody said we made a good couple, that is, everyone but you
Everyone but you
Everyone but you
Everyone but you

Every memory of you is aching
I´m still on the floor, sh-sh-sh-shaking
pounding on my head
but still begging for more
gimme more
gimme more
more
some more

So this is where the road ends
On a one-way street
That is called defeat-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t


You´d better lock up the cutlery, ´cause here I am again
That same old feeling, but now turned up to ten
Might slash my wrists
Might slash ´em twice
Anything to turn this hell to paradise


God bless the Wonder Girls [instr.]


Thank You For The Blues [DL, after B. Andersson & B. Ulvæus]

I´m nothing special
in fact, I´m a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke
you´ve probably heard it before
And I got no talents,
there ain´t such a thing
and nobody listens when I start to sing
I´m so hateful and blue
all I want
is to cry out
for you


Tell me what is wrong, dear

Tell me what is wrong, dear
Tell me what is wrong
Tell me what is wrong, dear
´Cause I can sense something is wrong

Tell me what is wrong, dear (Tell me what is wrong)
Tell me what is wrong
Tell me what´s wrong
so wrong
so terribly wrong

Tell me what is wrong, dear (Tell me what is wrong)
Tell me what is wrong (Tell me what is wrong)
Tell me what is wrong, dear
´Cause I can sense something is wrong
so terribly wrong
yeah, something is wrong

Am I losing my mind, dear?
Am I losing my mind?
Am I losing my mind, dear?
Please tell me what´s going on

Tell me what is wrong, dear (Am I losing my mind?)
Tell me what is wrong (Am I losing my mind?)
Tell me what is wrong
Tell me what´s wrong
so terribly wrong
so horribly wrong

Tell me what is wrong, dear (Tell me what is wrong)
Tell me what´s going on (Tell me what´s going on)
Tell me what is wrong, dear
´Cause I can sense something is wrong
so terribly wrong
so terribly wrong

I´m losing my mind, dear
I´m losing my mind
Am I losing my mind
Or am I losing you?
Or am I losing you?
Or am I losing
both of you
both of you
both of you
both of you
both of you
both of you
both of you
both of you
both of you...


I think I´m beginning to hear voices

I think I´m beginning to hear voices
I think I´m beginning to hear voices
I think I´m beginning to hear voices
and they´re not telling me to be good

So what should I do
and what´s in it for you

I think I´m beginning to hear voices
I think I´m beginning to hear voices
I think I´m beginning to hear voices
and they´re not telling me to be


Voices/Chiquita Chorale

I´m gonna go bananas, I´m gonna go bana-na-na-nas
I´m gonna go bananas, I´m gonna go bana-na-na-nas
no breaks no reverse no breaks no reverse no breaks no reverse
it´s all downhill (hill, hill)


The Gun in My Mouth

The gun in my mouth
oh, it feels light
like the hand of a lover
who slaps you in the face

It´s begging for a kiss
the gun in my mouth
like the lips of a lover
I give a wet one

The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
yeah

Make up and make out
the gun in my mouth
makes me more of a man
more than you ever can

Like the hand of a lover
it feels so light
like the lips of a lover
another
you´re out
you´re out

I give a wet one
yeah

The gun in my mouth
oh, it feels light
like the hand of a lover
who slaps you in the face

Make up and make out – you´re out
the gun in my mouth
like the lips of a lover
I give a wet one

Another blow-job for you
This is a blow-job for you
The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
The gun in my mouth
This is a blow-job for you, honey
The gun in my mouth
yeah
(like the lips of a lover...)


Sax Play (Originally titled ”El Disgusto”) [instr.]


I heard a sax play in the pouring rain
a melody I never heard again
oh well, then I started to think about you
How come noone ever told me this
not only love affairs start with a kiss
but oh well, then I started to think about you
yeah then I started to think about you
then I started to think about you

And then I started
started thinking
I started thinking about you
and how
how you
managed to get through.


Sweet, Sweet Defeat

aaah...
I breath a sigh of relief
take a deep breath and
exhale all disbelief
now you should pay the bill, I think
for all the alcohol I drink
brewed from oatmeal, rye or wheat
to help me contemplate my defeat

Sweet, sweet defeat
out on the street
Sweet, sweet defeat

yeah I gave my OK:s
the wounds won´t show on X-rays
& I don´t know shucks
´bout electro shocks
but when we´ve dried up our minds
let´s see what unwinds
what if we empty our eyes
is there a blessing in disguise?

Sweet, sweet defeat
out on the street
Sweet, sweet defeat

but the stitches still itches (but the stitches itches)
but the stitches itches (but the stitches itches)
stitches – itches, itches – stitches
stitches itches stitches itches stitches itches stitchitchstitchtches...
– UH!

well you could label me blue
and take all the credit too
all the love went corroding
& made way for self-loathing
But when Christ made all our tears into wine
why the hell did he cry?
I had no party when I came here
I´ll have no party when I go

Sweet, sweet defeat
and whenever we meet
oh, sweet defeat


----------------------------------------------

How come I never see things coming?
said the armadillo to the wheel

I got to make you understand
God gives and takes with the same hand
but most of all, he just wants you to kneel


GREETINGS FROM GLOOMLAND [DL]

Back in Gloomland, Loserville
Where everyone´s on some kinda pill
Cats and dogs out in the streets
trying to satisfy their needs
There´s a limb in every culture
fit for stew in this house of vultures

But Baby bro´,
You´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´ve gone too far
Yeah you´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´ve gone far too far

Burning tires, gasoline
Riot rockers rapes the queen
She took the H-train, to score some smack
Lord knows if she´s ever coming back
and I´m her backseat driver to hell

But Baby bro´, Baby bro´,
You´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´ve gone too far
Yeah you´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´ve gone far too far
Aah you´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´re way outta line
You´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´ve gone too far
You always bite off more than you can chew
much more than you can chew
You always bite off more than you can chew
more than you can chew-chew-chew

Sometimes I peek through the blinds
aggressive moods and regressive minds
J. & J. Doe says Killjoy was here
Well if I´m him then I´ve got nothing to fear
Seen the aces, seen the slimes
Children can be so cruel sometimes
If life´s a party, I´ve seen them all
as the guy who passes out in the hall
and it´s all straitjackets in the wardrobe

Baby bro´,
You´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´ve gone too far
Yeah-yeah you´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´ve gone far too far
Aah-huh you´re gonna hate me for saying this,
but you´re way outtaline
You always bite off more than you can chew
much more than you can chew
You always bite off more than you can chew
more than you can chew-chew-chew
You always bite off more than you can chew
Chattanooga chew-chew-chew
You always bite off more than you can chew
Chattanooga chew-chew-chew

now it´s time to swallow...
I´m up to my throat
Yeah, I might take a little retreat for the night (a little retreat for the night)
Perhaps a little retreat for the night, yeah

...and take The Plough, Charles´s Wagon, straight into eternity!

No more Greetings from Gloomland


SLUT-MACHINE [CK/DL]

A long time ago
she used to come and visit me
and we used to laugh
but now all that is history

I don´t know why you´re still waiting
you know deep down that you hate him
What´s the point in this delaying
you get worse each day you´re staying

He makes her dress like a whore
and act like a slut-machine
She shoots mescaline
to forget long-forgotten dreams

You better leave him now
Leave him now
You better leave him now
Leave him now

A long time ago (a long time ago)
She were on top of things (yeah)
And every once in a while (once in a while)
for no reason, she´d start to sing
la la la la (la la la la)
la la la la la la la la la

I don´t know why you´re still waiting
deep down you know that you hate him
What´s the point in this delaying
you get worse every day you´re staying

Come on honey, say goodbye

I don´t know why you´re still waiting
you know deep down that you hate him
What´s the point in this delaying
it gets worse each day you´re staying


KISS ME [DL]

Kiss me! – on the cheek, on the mouth; Kiss me! – on the cheek, on the mouth
Kiss me! – with the tongue, oh so long; Kiss me! – with the tongue, oh so long
Kiss me! – anyone, anywhere; Kiss me! – anyone, anywhere
Kiss me! – everybody, everywhere; Kiss me! – oh everybody, everywhere
Kiss me! – show me baby that you care; Kiss me! – show me baby that you care
Kiss me! – come on, come on, come on; Kiss me! – come on, come on, come on
Kiss me! – please... Kiss me! – please...
Kiss me! Kiss me!
Kiss me! Kiss me!
Kiss me! Kiss me! – kiss me where it feels right
Kiss me! Kiss me! – but only if it feels right
Kiss me! Kiss me! – passionate
Kiss me! – 1-2-3-
Kiss me! – kiss me where it feels right; Kiss me! – all through the night
Kiss me! – but only if it feels right; Kiss me! – come on
Kiss me! – passionate; Kiss me! – please...
Kiss me! – 1-2-3-; Kiss me! – please...
Kiss me! – all through the night; Kiss me! – !!!
Kiss me! – come on, come on, come on; Kiss me! – !!!!
Kiss me! – please... Kiss me! – kiss me, kiss me
Kiss me! Kiss me!
Kiss me! Kiss me!
Kiss me! Kiss me! – I want you to
Kiss me! Kiss me! – I need you to
Kiss me! Kiss me! – I´m dying for you baby
Kiss me! Kiss me! – come on, come on, come on
Kiss me! – please!
Kiss me! – oh anywhere you like; Kiss me! – I´m waiting for you to
Kiss me! – or else you can take a hike; Kiss me! – I´m yearning for you to
Kiss me! – with gusto; Kiss me! – and I´m burning for you to
Kiss me! – with lust ~oh; Kiss me! – now!
Kiss me! – I´m dying for you to; Kiss me! – aah
Kiss me! – come on, come on, come on; Kiss me! – please...
Kiss me! – yeah
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!
Kiss me!


TAKE TEN [DL]

(–Take 2!)
(–Take 3! Tape´s rolling!)

oh, that was good
oh, that felt nice
and now we can feel normal for a while
now we can feel normal for a week (or two)
but oh, it felt good
it felt so nice
so sleep tight, my darling
sleep tight my love

you don´t know it yet, but you don´t really want me
and I can´t relax with you

but now
now we can feel normal
for a week, maybe two (then it starts again)
then it starts again
with the usual false starts
(–Take 2!)
(–Take 3!)
(–Take 4!)

maybe someday, we can feel normal
maybe we´ll feel normal for just one day
maybe we will be normal, normal for just one day

(–Take 10!)


I MAY BE LIVIN´ A LIE [DL]

I may be livin´ a lie
but at least I´m alive
but God knows how long I will be kickin´

I talked to you on the phone
so tired of being alone
and God knows what´s keeping my heart tickin´

But I know I will find a way

Let´s not dwell on the past
or on love that won´t last
´cause time´s always too busy tickin´

Is this some kinda joke?
And who is this other bloke?
and doesn´t he resemble a chicken?

But I know there will come a day

And at the end of the rope
abandonded even by hope
might take a permanent weekend

Maybe then the pain will go away

I try to make amends
but it makes no sense
and who´s that grave that I am digging?

But I try not to think
I try not to see
I try not to feel
I´m just numb
a mental vegetable
but I´m inventing another wheel

Well enough is enough
but it´s turned into snuff
And can´t you see the ship is sinkin´

And I try not to think
I try not to feel
Lady Lobotomy
you better watch out
´cause I´m inventing another wheel...
...coming for you!


STRINGS ATTACHED [DL]

She said ”No strings attached”
I said: –How can you play guitar that way?
”Well we could just bang away......”

–Well, I´m an old-fashioned kinda guy...
you see,
I want strings
attached
when I play my guitar
I want strings attached
when I make music & love

I want strings attached when I make music & love
I want strings attached when I make music & love
yeah

I don´t wanna ”just bang away”
No, not just bang away......

I want strings


TELL ME WHAT TO DO [DL]

I don´t care what you do or say
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
Just watch me turn into a cliché
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
´cause I got a crush on you
I got a crush on you

I never said I was a slow-dancer
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
but I´d rather fail than be a no-chancer
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
´cause I got a crush on you
I got a crush on you

I saw you at the M.o.M.A.
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
and soon I was singin´ ”Olé, olé”
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
´cause I got a crush on you
I got a crush on you

From the sounds of silence
to the wounds of violence
Never the dumper, always the dumpée
Hey, listen to me ...´cause I´ve got nothin´ to say

I never said I was a slow-dancer
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
but I´d rather fail than be a no-chancer
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
and your moves are so extravaganza
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do
´cause I got a crush on you
I got a crush on you
and I got a crush on you

Tired of the tops, tired of the jive
and too ashamed for being alive


KINDA SAD STORIES [DL]

There was a girl, she had a thing for long fringes
and one day she found a boy with quite a long fringe
She said ”Please let it grow, you´d look even more handsome”
And he let it grow, and grow, and grow
Finally he couldn´t see, but it didn´t matter, ´cause he was happy
But he couldn´t see that she was cheating on him
She was making it with others, everyday, right in front of him

Isn´t that kinda sad, isn´t that kinda sad
That´s kinda sad (sad, sad)
Isn´t that kinda sad, isn´t that kinda sad
That´s kinda sad (sad, sad)

And this reminds me of the fisherman and his son
The father always complained and put him down
”You no-good shit, you can´t tie a net to save your life!
With your sloppy knots, no wonder the fish get away!”
Until one day, the boy couldn´t take it no more
So when the father opened the door to his little cabin
He found his boy, hanging from the roof
And whaddayaknow, he had hung himself with a perfectly tied knot
And for the very first time in his life, the fisherman cried

Isn´t that kinda sad, isn´t that kinda sad
That´s kinda sad (sad, sad)
Isn´t that kinda sad, isn´t that kinda sad
That´s kinda sad (sad, sad)

And all of this reminds me of a couple that I once knew
As a present on their wedding day I gave them a toaster
And they said: ”Oh this will come to good use, you know, breakfasts in bed!”
”Oh that´s romantic, so sweet!”
But in their honeymoon suite they drank champagne in the bath tub
but they also, they also got a bit hungry
you know, they had been making love all night
so they had worked up quite an appetite
But that toaster fell into the bath tub
Yeah, that toaster fell into the bath tub
You know that part ´bout ”´til death do us part”
I think that´s kinda sad

Isn´t that kinda sad, isn´t that kinda sad
That´s kinda sad (sad, sad)
Isn´t that kinda sad, isn´t that kinda sad
That´s kinda sad (sad, sad)
Oh, isn´t that kinda sad, isn´t that kinda sad
That´s really sad


FROST-BITTEN [CK/DL]

...and afterwards, it all seems like some kind of fever
in retrospect, some kinda weird fever

like when people up in the mountains
up in the cold cold mountains
right before alpine climbers get frozen to death
frozen to death
they feel hot
they feel like it´s hot
and they start taking off their clothes
they take off their clothes
and get frozen to death

I took off my clothes
I took off all of my clothes
for you

I took off all of my clothes for you
stripped
stripped for you
I took off all of my clothes
I took off my clothes

(do you see the mountains?)
(can you feel the mountains?)


BLUES IN PARADISE [DL]

When Adam said to Eve
–Girl, it´s time for me to leave
I think it´s time for a break
I hear you´ve been messin´ with that snake
and Eve said –Well Adam,
don´t you know I´ve already had´im

No, it ain´t all that nice
to live in God´s paradise

You said –My way, or the highway
We did it my way on the highway
In your late husbands truck
that´s where we used to – hwahwahwa

But Romeo could get off worse
living under Juliette´s curse

yeah!

When Adam said to Eve
–Gal, it´s time for me to leave
I think it´s time for a break
I hear you´ve been messin´ with that snake
and Eve said –Well Adam,
don´t you know I´ve already had´im

Like when Hera left her Zeus
that´s the birth of the blues

that´s the birth of the blues
yeah that´s the birth of the blues
behold the birth of the blues
behold the birth of the blues


LEAVE IT LENNIE [CK/DL]

She broke the news today (oh boy – it´s a drag)
Sometimes it´s hard to keep a straight face
Well, sometimes it´s not
In moments like these
When your only comfort
is that she can´t fuck around 24 hours a day
...or at least not 25
but who´s counting, anyway
When in fact
she was sitting at home like Virgin Mary
watching tv, sitcoms
knitting, and sleeping not before to long

(so go ahead and)
Burn the lyrics, cut the strings, if you really want to give in
Leave it Lennie, just let it be, and I will be your next of kin
No panegyrics, & no jinx, but don´t expect something too grand
Leave it Lennie, just let it be, and read the palm of my hand:
you will get over it

Hell broke loose today
m-hm-hm-hm
Even the blind man
has seen better days
And like some dumb angel
with a crooked smile
I just can´t get myself together
And they nailed a boiled angel
upside down to the cross (– did you recount the loss?)
And that clever devil
who´s always wearing a frown
he´ll take all of us down (down down down)

Burn the lyrics, cut the strings, if you really want to give in
Leave it Lennie, just let it be, and I will be your next of kin
No panegyrics, & no I-Ching, and don´t expect something too grand
But please take my hand, because
It´s kinda sad, it´s really bad, when she´s the only one you´ve ever had
Yeah it must be said, it´s really bad, when she´s the only one you´ve ever had
Leave it Lennie:
this, too, shall pass

Leave it Lennie
Cut the strings, throw your lyrics away
or just let it be

When all doors are closed (Leave it Lennie)
why don´t you try for the wall (cut the strings throw your lyrics away)
All doors were open (Leave it Lennie)
but I tried for the wall anyway (just let it be)
And as an eternal coda to that song
my tinnitus goes on and on and on

Burn the lyrics, cut the strings, if you really want to give in
But leave it Lennie, just let it be, and I will be your next of kin
No panegyrics, & no jinx, but don´t expect something too grand
Just read the palm of my hand:
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you

I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you

I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you

I love you
I love you
I love you


BYE BYE MOODY GIRL [DL]

The first time we did it was on the telephone
You always preferred to do things on your own
I hope you´re happy now when there´s noone left to leave
But you never run out of aces up your sleeve
So I say

Bye, bye Moody Girl
and goodbye to your world
Bye, bye Moody Girl
I hope you´ll get through the night
I hope you´ll get through the night
allright

My self-esteem is buried miles beneath the ground
Because you were the best of pushing me around
If I had a nickel for every ”I´m sorry”
I could buy the whole state of Missouri

Bye, bye Moody Girl
and goodbye to your world
So I say bye, bye Moody Girl
I hope you´ll get through the night
allright

But doesn´t it make you wanna cry?
And stutter, yet again, wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-why?
All the love that we used to feel
Is gone, just like the sex appeal

The first time we did it was on the telephone
The second time you did it – all by your own
If I had a nickel for every ”I´m sorry”
I could buy Texas, New York and Missouri

Bye, bye Moody Girl
and goodbye to your world
So I say bye, bye Moody Girl
I hope you´ll get through the night
I hope you´ll get through the night
I hope you´ll get through the night
I hope you´ll get through the night...


LAST ROUNDS [CK/DL]

Aawh, isn´t it strange
how all these lovestories end?
Does anyone really ”live happily ever after”?
or is it something that just happens in books?
Prince meets princess, & rides off into the sunset
– and then they rip each other into shreds

Well this is my goodbye to you, my love
but first let me tell you a few things I´ve been thinking of
You outta know what you´ve done to me – again
Yeah I´m gonna rub it in really good this time
So go ahead and hurt me back all you can
Yeah, you know this is a duel that´s gonna be cruel, so

Come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Give it your best shot!
Come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Show me what you got!

Yeah this is my goodbye to you, my love
You outta know how you´ve treated me bad all the time
No I don´t remember love, but I remember pain
No I don´t remember no joy, I just remember the strain
It´s strange how all the butterflies just turned to bats
oh, how all lovebirds eventually will turn into rats, so

Come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Give it your best shot!
Come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Give it all you´ve got!

– `^^*æ?œ¶°iüi†µ?߃?¸ç?v¸v駣˜&£™$©[|§±%€*%€”€!€”!€#”%€&/!!!!

– Touché!
– Deuce!
– Uh-oh!
– You lose!

And if I´m lucky we might take this fight into bed
but it´s kinda akward, since our love is dead
so I call you a necrophile and you call me an ass
now this here argument has really run out of class, so

Come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Give it your best shot!
Come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Give it all you got!
So come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Give it your best shot!
Come on! Come on!
Give it your best shot!
Give it all you´ve got!
Gimme all you got!
Gimme all you got!
Gimme all you got!
Gimme all you got!
Gimme all you got, got-got!
Gimme all you got, got-got!
Gimme all you got, got-got!
Gimme all you got, got-got!


THE INFATUATION HIGHWAY [CK/DL]

I gave you my love, I gave you my heart
– but what else could I do?
I took you in, and I tucked you in
– but what else could I do?
I dried your tears, I shared all your fears
– but what else could I do?
I gave you my heart, tried for a new start
– but what else could I do?

But I know
someone´s gonna miss the old me
and I know
that someone´s gonna be me

but oh, all those freak accidents
on the infatuation highway

I moved away, in with you to stay
– but what else could I do?
I took your downs, I payed with my ups
– but what else could I do?
I got rid of my friends, and turned my back on my folks
– but what else could I do?
I gave you my love, I gave you my heart
– ...

But I know
someone´s gonna miss the old me
and I know
that someone´s gonna be me
Yeah I know
someone´s been waiting for the old me

– and that wait wasn´t in vain
no that wait wasn´t in vain
that wait was not in vain
and I´m never going down that road again
No I´m never going down that road again
never going down that road
to you


WONDER ROCK! [CK/DL]

(Let me introduce a band
and please give ´em a big hand!)

The man with 12 fingers
Boy, could he play guitar!
And the guy with no arms at all
Attitude took him far

And if you wanna hear them play
You don´t have to wait another day
They always tour and might be in your town
Playing good rock until the sun go down

The girl with three heads
Sung the best harmonies
And then the guy who was half a fish
He´s still a mystery
And their manager
He has got no reflection
But if rock´n´roll was dead
This is the resurrection

And if you wanna hear them play
You don´t have to wait another day
They´re on tour and might be in your town
Playing rock´n´roll until the sun go down

And they have a following
A bunch of living dead
But forget ´bout them blow-jobs
´Cause some of them ain´t got no head
The band started long ago
And they´re playing on, still
Some wonder if they gonna quit
I hope they never will

And if you wanna hear them play
You don´t have to wait another day
They´re on tour and might be in your town
Playing rock´n´roll until the sun go down

Oh what a racket, what a racket, what a gorgeous racket they were doing
Everyone was up and rockin´ and rollin´, and doin the twist and
generally moving
Oh what a racket, what a racket, what a gorgeous racket they were doing
And everyone was up and movin´, everybody was good-good-grooving, yeah

The man with 12 fingers
Boy, could he play guitar
And the guy with no arms at all
His attitude took him far
And the girl who had three heads
She sung the best harmonies
And then the guy who was half a fish
He´s still a mystery

And if you wanna hear them play
You don´t have to wait another day
They´re on tour and might be in your town
Playing good rock until the sun go down – rock´n´roll!
(rock, rock) – rock´n´roll!
(rock, rock) – rock´n´roll!
(rock, rock) – rock´n´roll!
Rock´n´roll!


I WONDER WHY [LP/DL]

Why
do leaves
Why do leaves fall off a tree?
Just because the summer´s over
it doesn´t mean that life has died
and why, why is winter always so cold
for the alone at heart?

I wonder
I wonder why
Why did you let me go?

You left me all alone out in the cold and I´m hungry and I´m crying and I´m freezing
– bu-huhuu
But when spring comes
it brings life to all God´s creatures
it melts my heart
But who, who sends a thought to the snowman when summer´s hot
and days go by so quickly
Tell me
Tell me, darling
Do you?
Do you too?

I wonder
I wonder why
Why did you leave me all alone?

You know, life isn´t always so easy
Why
Why do time
Why do our time eventually run out?
But just because my time is over
it doesn´t mean that my love for you has died
But if my love hasn´t died
tell me, really, does it mean anything to you?

I wonder
I wonder why
Does it mean anything to you at all?
at all
at all

I wonder – I wonder
I wonder why – I wonder why
Why did you let me go? – Why did you let me go?


OUTRO [?]

[Same as Intro. /DL]

 


BUT WHEN I´M DRUNK I WANT YOU BACK [DL]

You made me feel alive
Then you made me feel dead
You always put me down
Yeah, you treated me bad
And you weren´t that much of a lover

But when I´m drunk I want you back
Back
When I´m drunk I want you back
Oh yeah back yeah

You never would do
What I wanted to do
But I always would do
What you wanted to do
You cheated all the time
If not in body, so in mind

But when I´m drunk I want you back
Back
When I´m drunk I want you back
(Step back for LARS)

You made me feel alive
Then you made me feel dead
You always put me down
Yeah, you messed with my head
Maybe I should stop drinking
To stop this way of thinking
But I guess I´ll never love another

´Cause when I´m drunk I want you back
Back
When I´m drunk I want you back
Oh back back back back
When I´m drunk I want you back
When I´m drunk I want you backeti-back-back-back-back
When I´m drunk I want you backeti-back-back-back-back
When I´m drunk I want you back
When I´m drunk I want you back
When I´m drunk I want you back back back back
When I´m drunk I want you backeti-back-back-back-back
When I´m drunk I want you ba-back
When I´m drunk I want you back
When I´m drunk I want you back
Back

 


BAD LUCK CHARM [DL]

I guess it´s about time to confess
I never believed the story of Loch Ness
But here´s to black truths and here´s to white lies
And nobody knows why the baby cries
no baby, no one
(waa-ah)

But I say Good luck, Jim!
When the medicine is kicking in
(aah...)

We used to say “better safe and sorry”
But now we lost the energy to sit and worry
First time´s first but second is the better
But it´s not my fault for screwing up the weather
not my fault
no no no

But I say Good luck, Jim!
The reaper isn´t all that grim
(when he´s in the mood)

Look to the left & look to the right
Everything´s gone or just out of sight
Beautiful! Beautiful deterioration!
Beautiful! Magnificent desolation!
Beautiful!

But I say Good luck, Jim!
This baby boy won´t neither sink nor swim
- he will dry out the lake

dry out the lake
He will dry out the lake!
He will dry out the lake!
Dry out the lake!
Dry out the lake!


PAWN SHOP BOSSA BLUES [CK/DL]

I left my heart in the pawn shop
Got a fair price
But I’ll be back to get it
someday

I left my heart in the pawn shop
It wasn’t easy to do
I’ll be back to get it
when I’m over you

I left my heart in the pawn shop
To get rid of the pain
Maybe I’ll never see it
again

(scat)

I left my heart in the pawn shop
Because of you
Not because I needed cash

I left my heart in the pawn shop
‘cause it still belongs to you
It wasn’t decent
but it was the only thing to do

I left my heart in the pawn shop
To get rid of the pain
It still stings
whenever I hear your name

I left my heart in the pawn shop
And bought a guitar
Others go downtown to drown their
sorrows in a bar

I left my heart in the pawn shop
pawn shop
(l-l-l-left, l-l-l-left,
left my heart in the pawn shop)

(scat)

He left his heart in the pawn shop, baby
He left his heart downtown
Oh my pawn shop baby
Pawn shop, pawn shop blues
Got a fair price (got a fair price)
Bought a guitar (bought a guitar)
Pawn shop, pawn shop
Oh my pawn shop blues
(scat)
He left his heart in the pawn shop, baby
He left his heart downtown


SHOE PANEL GUITAR LOVE [DL]

Look at that shoemaker
Lacing another shoe
Polishing another boot
Oh, how it shines

But why does he do it?
Makes you wanna ask him

Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love, or
’cause he can´t love?
Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love,
do-do-do-doo
Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love, or
’cause he can´t love?
Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love,
do-do-do-dooo

And look at that comics artist
Inking another panel
Cracking yet another gag (hahahahaha)
Based on his sad life

But why does he do it?
Makes you wanna ask him

Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love, or
’cause he can´t love?
Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love,
do-do-do-doo
Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love, or
’cause he can´t love?
Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love,
do-do-do-dooo

Do they even have a choice?
And aren´t we all the wonder boys
Taking things as they come
Coming just as we go
– and here we go!

And that guitar man on the corner
Playing his life out for 10 nickels a day
10 nickels a day
10 nickels a day

Is it because he wants love, ’cause he lost love, or
’cause he can´t love
Oh, your shoe/panel/guitar love
- Shoe panel guitar love!


THE TOURIST [DL]

I´m gonna pack my bags
I said I´m gonna catch a flight!

Film in the camera, and another address book
Get a map, get a tourguide
and all of the acquired shots (-Aow! -Aow!!)
Where did I put my passport? And what´s the currency?
Now, water the flowers
& say goodbye to the cat

Put on shades in the cab...
And drink a pint of Bailey´s

I´m gonna check out the sights
I´m gonna check out the scene
So put me on the next flight
To the Carribean
Add a bit of sun to my spleen

Check out the sights
Check out the scene
Put me on the next flight
Down to the Carribean spleen

Check out the sights
Check out the scene
Now put me on the next flight
to the Carribean
that´s where I will be seen.


RED EYES [CK/DL]

I´d like to dedicate this to my biggest joy and my
greatest sorrow
Wherever you are, looking down from a faraway star
You might catch me waving tonight
While I sing this song to you

You made me feel like a million bucks
And I wanted to spend it in one place
You made me feel like a million bucks
Yeah I wanted to spend it in one place
I wanted to spend it in one place only,
I wanted to spend it on you

You brought something out of me
Like dragging the leaves out of a tree
Oh, how I looked up to you
When I saw what you could do
I thought, well maybe I could do it too

You used to make me smile
Yeah you used to make me laugh
Even with red eyes
Yeah, even through the reddest of eyes
You used to make me laugh
(do-doo)
(do-do do dododo)
Oh, how I chased your tail
You snickered, and said I moved slower than a snail
But when you think about it,
What train could have followed your trail?

You brought something out of me
Well ok, I guess it was me to a degree
But oh, how I looked up to you
When I saw what you could do
I thought, well maybe I could do some of that too

Lalalalalalalalalalalala
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalaa
You could do everything
And how hard you tried to teach me how to sing
“Love won´t conquer it all
But it will conquer you”

(And now I´d like some red-eyed harmonica playing by
Lars...)


SCOTTY MOORE [DL]

Thousands try to be Elvis
They’re gettin’ more every week
But no one can copy Scotty
’Cause Scotty is too unique

Yeah, he´s divine (Scott-Scott, Scotty Moore!)
He´s a favourite of mine (Scott-Scotty Moore!)
He´s the king of rock’n’roll and his name is Scotty
Moore! (he’s Scotty Moore!)

yeah


YOU PUT ON A BRAVE FACE [DL]

You put on a brave face
But that smile was not for me
You put on a brave face
But your fingers fly so free, and they chatter ‘bout
all of our nights, all the flowers and the fights
most of all, how they fit into mine
But believe me my love
You will forget me in time
in time, in time

“One for Jack, one for Daniel
here’s to love, if it’s perennial!”


(WHATEVER HAPPENED TO) ALL OUR LITTLE IN-JOKES [DL]

Now who cares about our little in-jokes?
Hey, what happened to all our little in-jokes?
Yeah what about our little in-jokes?
They turned to dust, all our little in-jokes

You know, I saw a street name today you would´ve
loved...
& I was just about to tell you, when it struck me
You´re not here

I saw an ad in the paper today... and a headline
I was just about to cut them out for you, when it hit
me once again
You´re not here no more

And that eccentric freak we used to spy on
You´d love to hear what I saw him do!
But now I, I can´t tell no one
Now that you´re gone, out of my life
Where do our in-jokes go?

Now who cares about our little in-jokes?
Hey, what happened to all our little in-jokes?
Yeah what about our little in-jokes?
They turned to dust, all our little in-jokes
The joke is on our little in-jokes
(tshihibuk)

 


SATURDAY EVENING SUN [DL]

Well it´s a sunny afternoon
Pinetrees are all around and the flowers are in bloom
I´m walking down to Sugar Square
I hope that I´ll finally meet someone there

And I feel that life has only begun
In the Saturday evening sun
And I don´t wanna waste it away
What if we all could save our special summerday

Well it´s a lovely afternoon
A child chuckles at his bunny balloon
I´m shaking hands with a garden elf
Hoping this way I might catch up with myself

And I feel that life has only begun
In the Saturday evening sun
And I don´t wanna waste it all away
What if we all could save
a special holiday…

…and walk on down the beach
in June
look to see the moving mountain
and look for cash by the fountain
God knows I´ve gotten good at countin´

Well it´s a sunny people´s park
The sunshine keeps you warm even after dark
I´m walking down to Sugar Square
I hope that I´ll finally meet someone there
meet someone, love someone

And I feel that life has just begun
In the Saturday evening sun
Oh how I´d love to save this summer day

Then go into hibernation
At some closed down subway station

 


YOU KNOW I JUST CAN´T HANDLE IT [DL/Tim Ellison]

You know I just can´t handle it
Never could handle it
When you look me in the eye

Haven´t got the time to talk now
Haven´t got the time to chew
Haven´t got the time to stop and stare,
‘cause I get so embarrassed by you

You know I just can´t handle it
Never could handle it
When you look me in the eye

You know I just can´t handle it
Never could handle it
You know I just can´t handle it
When you look me in the eye

You know I just can´t handle it
Never could handle it
You know I just can´t handle it
When you look me in the eye
You know I just can´t handle it
Never could handle it
You know I just can´t handle it
When you look me in the eye


THIS TOWN KILLS YOU [DL/Tim Ellison]

(Se upp för dörrarna, dörrarna stängs!)

So you tried your luck in the big city
Borrowing from Mom and Dad
Left the countryside and the best girl
that you ever had

So you had high hopes for fame and glory
But dreams so rarely turn out true
And the pain was all in vain
Now there’s only one thing to say to you:

This town kills you
This town kills all that’s good about you, yeah
This town kills you
Yeah, this town kills but I won’t move
- I wait for an eviction

So you rent a loft in the big city
But at night you really miss your pad
Thinking ’bout the countryside
and the best girl that you oh ever had

So you headed for the lights in neon
But dreams so rarely turn out true
With your name on Loser Lane
And the winos in the park say hey, hey:

This town kills you
This town kills all that’s good about you, yeah
This town kills you
Yeah, this town kills but I won’t move
- I wait for an eviction (eviction)

And I know nothin’ ’bout honesty
Over here that’s such a travesty
And what about common decency?
Well that’s the kind of stuff you only see on tv
- well, if you watch the re-runs

And the winos in the park sing hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

This town kills you
This town kills all that’s good about you, yeah
This town kills you
Yeah, this town kills but I won’t move
- I wait for an eviction

This town kills you
This town kills all that’s good about you, yeah
This town kills you
Yeah, this town kills but I won’t move

This town kills you
This town kills all that’s good about you, yeah
This town kills you
Yeah, this town kills but I won’t move
This town kills you, yeah
This town kills you

(You better get out of here soon
And find a better place to stay, somewhere else
Go pack your bags and then realise
That if you only had one friend to say goodbye to,
you wouldn´t be leaving in the first place
No, you wouldn’t be leaving at all)

Yeah this town kills you
Yeah this town kills you
Yeah this town kills


DON’T ASK ME HOW IT IS, IT JUST HURTS [DL]

Don’t ask me how it is, it just hurts
All this sorrow, I’m reduced to sadness
Don’t ask me how it is, it just hurts
wo-o-oe

Don’t ask me how it is, it just hurts
All is sorrow, I’m reduced to sadness
Don’t ask me how it is, it just hurts
So, please don’t ask

Don’t ask me how it is, it just hurts
All this sorrow, I’m reduced to sadness
Don’t ask me how it is, it just hurts
Hey, don’t ask me


(STUCK IN A) WEIRD CONVERSATION [CK/DL]

–Could we please talk about something else?
–This time? No!
–No no, you, you can tell us
–I don’t think I wanna go into that, again
–Come on, I know you’re dying to! Kiss and tell!
–Yeah!
–No one needs to be a millionaire, fortunately
–Well I wouldn’t mind... some 100 bucks
–Have we been out-staying our welcome already?
–Black & silver, let me just say that, black & silver
–Red & white, light yellow, light yellow, no green, no green
–Magenta?
–She was jumpin’ up and down, to get tired
–Mm-hmm, to get sleepy, ok, and what did you do?
You’re not innocent you know
–And I thought, what is this? Bergman??
–Dave Berg!

Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Uh-huh

–No, no... I don’t want to live inside a Bergman movie
–I doubt that Bergman would like that, either
–Maybe he’d like to live inside a Dave Berg comic!
–But there were better times too, sweet moments
–Plenty of them, really
–Can you believe I won three games of 9-ball this Monday?
–No, that I cannot believe
–First one being 16 to 6! Yep!
–Allright! Cheers!
–They took the painting down, but I managed to get a snapshot of it before
–Though, I assumed there was some tragic in all this
–Old man playing pool
–I worship that guy
–He’s the boss!
–A saint for each and every one of us
–There’s just something about old men that makes life worthwhile
–In hats!
–Signing his death certificate
–Breaking strings, with their piano fingers
–Smelly bowling halls...
–Can you believe her dad was a nazi?
–I’ve seen her
–Yeah, I guess it was obvious, in a way
–...No surprise. I would’ve been more shocked if he was a republican
–Was everything, really, once allright?
–...Or played the trombone!
–Or the sax!
–I doubt that very much
–Yeah, the mind boggles
–Bllbbrrghh!
–Blower
–I think I dropped my wallet over here somewhere
–So I went to a SHoP on Hunt Lane – they always greet you with a SMiLE :-)
–Nah, don’t bother. All money are blood money, anyway,
–Ba-pa-da-daa!
–It’ll be rootin’-tootin’ back to you right before you know it, any day soon
–...Where everybody knows your name
–Wroom!
–Even when you’re anonymous – allright!

Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, talking ’bout me
Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking ’bout you, mostly ’bout you

     -I proofread your loveletter to him 
     But the held-back tears made me kind of dyslectic
     But despite ”my draling” and ”daerest”, 
     I’m afraid he’ll get the drift
     And I can’t do this no more

–I think I should have a word in all this
to let everyone know my version of what happened
I know I’m not the easiest person to be around, to live with
Everyone I meet get traumatized more or less, I know that
But I try to do good, and I develop, I get better
And I’ve never been so sane as when I was together with you, you know
You should’ve seen what I was like years earlier
Hey! Are you listening? I’m trying to make a point here!
Don’t interrupt me!


Stuck in a weird conversation
Talking a bit too much


THE ILANDA BARROWS FIVE [CK/DL]

Hey, have you heard about
The Ilanda Barrows Five?
No one knows what happened
They left town in a stolen car
Late one evening
they went out to camp in the woods
popping pills in a tent
Or maybe I dreamt, ’bout
their experiment
Maybe I saw
really nothing at all
But did they come home?
And had their minds really grown?
Paralyzed in a tense
that doesn’t make any sense

One cut his heart out
The other lost his mind instead
The third got lost in the woods
The fourth took a dive and then
was drowned by the fifth of the bunch
who thought he was a giant rat
And that’s what happened
To the Ilanda Barrows Five
Yeah that’s what happened
To the Ilanda Barrows Five
Guess that’s what happened
and I’ll start carving a stone
for each mind that had flown
I’ll pick ya a verse
’n’sing it in reverse
if nothing occurred
maybe my eyes were blurred
What if I overheard
gossip from another world?

moments in time
and the scene of the crime
frozen like the tundra
where many a wanderer
stops

Did they come home?
Did they come home?
Had their minds grown?
Did they come home?

Paralyzed tense
Doesn’t make sense
Paralyzed tense
Paralyzed tense

One cut his heart out
The other lost his mind instead
The third got lost in the woods
The fourth took a dive and then
was drowned by the fifth of the bunch
who thought he was a giant rat
And that’s how the story goes
about The Ilanda Barrows Five
Or are they alive?
Maybe I dreamt, about
their experiment
Maybe I saw
really nothing at all
Maybe I overheard
gossip from another world?

Out for some fun
They were out for some fun
They were out for some fun
A good time was had by none (They were)
Out for some fun
They were out for some fun
They were out for some fun
Out for some fun


ANOTHER FEMINIST STATEMENT [DL]

I hope I´ll never make you feel like a woman
and that you never make me feel like a man
And if you are my kind of woman
You already understand, you already understand

’Cause that´s no way to treat each other
Not your sister not your brother
All this silliness must have a stop
No, that´s no way to treat each other
Let´s all try to find another
Come on, let’s all take it from the top

I hope I´ll never make you feel like a woman
and that you´ll never make me feel like a man
And if you are my kind of woman
You already understand, you already understand

”Bang that head that doesn’t Bang”
Bang
Bang
Bang


LATER LATER MR. UNDERTAKER [DL]

I heard a knocking on my front door
I thought, now who could this be at this hour
He looked pale, all dressed in black
Carrying a chessboard (uh-oh!)

The reaper at my door
The grim reaper, oh what for

I guess I´d better ask him kindly to come back some
other time
’cause now my schedule is full, so I say

Later later, Mr. Undertaker
I ain´t got no time for you
Later later, Mr. Undertaker
I don´t think my time is due
’Cause I wanna hang out with my friends
Help grandma ’round the house
And lots of other things
I can tell you about

He came back the next day
This time with a deck of cards
Well ok, I’ve never been good at chess
But I ain’t got no time to play with you
Not to be rude, but would you please leave
I’m sure we’ll meet again some day

The reaper was at my door
The reaper, oh what for

You know there’s too many things that I want to do,
so I have to give you a rain check,
meanwhile - go play at patience!

Later later, Mr. Undertaker
I still haven’t got no time for you
Later later, Mr. Undertaker
There’s always stuff I got to do
Say hello to the folks
Catch a movie with my bro’
Play my guitar, play some pool
And hope to find the right girl

Later later, undertaker
Later later, undertaker
Later, later, later - never

Later later, Mr. Undertaker
I’ll never ever have no time for you
Later later, Mr. Undertaker
There’s so much I wanna do
Hang out with my friends
And help granny ’round the house
Cuddle a cat, play some sax
It’s even fun to be bored

So later later, Mr. Undertaker
Later, later - goodbye!
(and close the door behind you!)


LAMENT [DL]

Darling, I know our time is over
Darling, I know our time is gone
Sleep tight, dream all through the night
Then some day you’ll be awoken

Darling, I know our time is over
Darling, I know our time is gone, gone
Sleep tight, dream all through the night
Then some day you’ll be awoken

Darling, I know our time is over
Darling, I know our time is gone, gone, gone
Sleep tight, dream all through the night
Then some day you’ll be awoken

By my love
Yes, by my love

Darling, I know our time is over
Darling, I know our time is gone
So sleep tight, dream all through the night
Then some day I will awake you



THE WONDER BOYS MEDLEY [DL; DL/CK/LP]

[Medley written/arranged by DL, incorporating parts of
the following 11 songs:
...And It´s Wonderful [CK/DL], I Wait For The
Impossible [DL], Sweet Sweet Defeat* [DL], Slutmachine
[CK/DL], Junkie Friend [DL], These Roots (Are Made For
Walking) [CK/DL], New Start [DL], Alone Alas* [DL], I
Wonder Why [DL/LP], But When I´m Drunk I Want You Back
[DL], Strings Attached [DL]. (*from The Defeat Suite)]


Oh baby, I guess you know
I suppose you know
What The Wonder Boys feel for you
We love you, we do - do you too?

I wait for the impossible to happen
No less is what I´m waiting for
I wait for the impossible to happen
I wait for the coming of the Lord

A man sat down in the middle of the street
He had no clothes, not even shoes on his feet
An angry man opened his limo-door & screamed:
-What are you waiting for?! He said:

Sweet, sweet defeat
And whenever we meet
Oh, sweet defeat

A long time ago (a long time ago)
She used to come and visit me (yeah)
And we used to laugh (we used to laugh)
But now all that is history (na na na!)

I don´t know why you´re still waiting
Deep down you know that you hate him
What´s the point in this delaying
It gets worse every day you´re staying

UH-UH
aaah
yeaurgh!
Now come on!

Hey let me tell ya ´bout this friend I´ve got
He likes to drink and he drinks quite a lot
He´s always drunk, if not, he´s stoned on pot
Yesterday he O.D:d in the parking lot

I wanna move – see a new horizon
Get a groove – get a driver´s licence
I´m gonna move – gotta gotta move
I want away from here
And away from you

I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, I´m gonna change
my ways
(I´m gonna change my ways)
I´m gonna start a new life tomorrow, better than
yesterday´s

Alone
Alone, at last
Alone
Alone, alas
So this is where the road ends
On a one-way street
That is called defeat-t-t-t-t-t-t

You left me all alone out in the cold and I´m hungry
and I´m crying and I´m freezing
- bu-huhuu

...But when I´m drunk I want you back!

(The Wonder Boys would like to wish all the members of
our Fan Club a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
No more greetings from Gloomland! Goodbye.)


HAPPY NEW YEAR [DL]

Hey hello
Let me brush off the snow
Have a drink or a beer
and a Happy New Year

Forget what you’ve done
Time is movin’ on
And here comes another
Happy New Year

Sinister times
Are gone when the bell chimes
Come close for a kiss
and a Happy New Year
My dear

Look at the sky
See the fireworks fly
Wishing us and the stars
a Happy New Year
a Happy New Year


YOU BRING OUT MY GOOD SIDES [DL]

Like the LP finds in the bargain bins
Like the airport x-ray where you check in
Like the telescope in an open sea
Like the detective dog solves a mystery
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides

Like migratory birds always find their home
Like every road is said to lead to Rome
Like the doctor's hammer spots a reflex
Like the way we re-invent sex
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides

(allright...)

You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides

Like the trace of paws in a lost backyard
Like the sharpened minds of the avant-garde
Like the gambler blessed by a horse's shoe
Like a lover saying "I love you too"
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides

Like the LP finds in the bargain bins
Like the airport x-ray where you check in
Like the telescope in an open sea
Like the detective dog solves a mystery
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my go-g-g-g-good-good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my go-g-g-g-good-good sides
You find my good sides, you bring out my good sides

My good-good sides...
Darling, I didn't know that I had them in me
Thank you for pointing out all of my good sides
I want to share them with you
You, and your good good sides


IT TAKES GUTS TO BE HAPPY [DL]

I'm not used to feeling like this
I'm not used to feeling like this

It would be easy to freak out
Kill the lights and hide underneath the bed
But I'm fed up with the angst routine
I'm changing my habits, I'm changing my scene

Don't wanna breathe in a bag no more
Don't wanna cut or bruise myself no more
I guess it's about time to give myself a break
I'm scared shitless, but I'm finally awake

It takes guts to be happy
When you're used to things going to hell
It takes guts to be happy
It takes guts to wear a smile on your face these days

And let the sunshine in
I mean out, 'cause, you know, it's hidden deep within
Every breath used to feel like drowning in tar
But now I can swim and that'll get me far (away)

And I'm not talking 'bout Cranky Ol' Man Mr. God
that poor sod, he's not what I'm all about
But you do need some faith
A little faith in yourself
Just give yourself a break, and try it

It takes guts to be happy
When you're so used to things going to hell
It takes guts to be happy
It takes guts to wear a smile on your face (these days)
It takes guts to be happy
When you're used to things always fucking up
It takes guts to be happy
When you're used to getting screwed over all the time (it takes guts)
It takes guts (it takes guts)
It takes guts (it takes guts)
It takes guts (it takes guts)
It takes guts
It takes guts to be happy (happy)
It takes guts to be happy
It takes guts to be happy
It takes guts to be happy
It takes guts to be happy
It takes guts to be happy
To wear a smile on your face

lalalala...


A NAP [DL]

Lay your head down soft
Turn off the problems of today, for a while
Set them free like dogs unleashed
Then they can't do us any harm
Let that white noise disappear
Sail away like little clouds up to the sky
Let's take a nap
We both could use some solitude
We all could use some solitude
la-di-too
la-di-too

Lay down your head beside mine
When we're this close the aching stops, for a while
In this tense, there is no tention
No worries begging for attention
Let's roll up like black cats
We cross no streets, we do no harm
Let's take a nap
We all could use some solitude
We all could use some solitude
la-di-too
la-di-too
We all could use some solitude
mm-hmm-hmmm-mmm
mmm-hmm-hmmm


I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE [DL]

I thought it was a joke
When you told me
About your night before
I thought it was a joke
When you told me
What had happened
I thought it was a joke
When you told me
What was really something else
I thought it was a joke
And now I feel worse than that joke

I thought that you exaggerated
Just for effect
To make it sound more dramatic
Like a sleazy novel, perhaps
Like the ones we used to read
It never crossed my mind
That it could happen
That it would happen to you
I just assumed
That nothing really happened at all

I thought it was a joke
When you told me
About your night before
I thought it was a joke
When you told me
What had happened
I thought it was a joke
When you told me
What was really something else
I thought it was a joke
And now I feel worse than that joke

And like you do with all good jokes
You pass it on, on to your blokes
Later when I learned the truth
I felt so ashamed
I felt so ashamed

(solo)

I thought it was a joke
When you told me
About your night before
I thought it was a joke
When you told me
What had happened
I thought it was a joke
When you told me
What was really something else
I thought it was a joke
And now I feel worse than that joke

I'm so glad you still call me your friend
I'm so glad to still be your friend


NOT PRESENT [DL]

I'm not present anymore
I'm not present anymore
Got a taste of the good life
Got a taste of the good life
Now I can't go back
Now I can't go back to what was before
Got a taste of the sweet life
Got a taste of the sweet sweet life
And now I'm yearning for more
Yearning for more
Got a taste of the good life
Got a taste of the sweet life
And now I'm aching for more
Aching for more
And until I get there
Until I get there
I'm not present anymore

Longing to see you
Longing to see you
Longing so hard, for some more
(not present anymore, not present anymore)
Longing to see you
No sense of belonging
Longing to see you, more
'Cause I'm not present anymore
Not present anymore

(trombone solo)


GRANTED [DL]

Granted
I've been taken for granted
It's granted
You've been taking me for granted
Oh granted
I've been taken for granted
by you

Oh when I met you
You rocked my world
Those early sweet, sweet days

But my affection
Now have to face
Your condescending ways

Granted
I've been taken for granted
It's granted
You've been taking me for granted
Oh granted
I've been taken for granted
by you

Pay me attention
Say something nice
Just like you used to do

Just give me something
Sweet in return
'cause now I work for two

Granted
I've been taken for granted
It's granted
You've been taking me for granted
Yeah granted
I've been taken for granted
by you, again

I guess you always realise too late what you got
But how could I pretend I'm interested
when I'm not
anymore

It's granted-granted-
Granted!
Granted!
Granted!
Granted!

I can't tango by myself
I can't tango all by myself!


WE DID IT OUR WAY [ML/DL]

("Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.")

so many things left unresolved
left like our clothes
scattered on the floor
on our way to bed

maybe
we'll pick them up later
put them on backwards at first, as usual
so many things left unresolved
on our way to bed

who cares about signposts
right now


LATELY (GOING OUT) [DL]

Lately
I've been asking myself
Lately
What's it all about
Lately
You've been coming and going
just as you like
You're going out of my heart
I'm going out of my mind

You're going out of my heart, I'm going out of my mind
You're going out of my heart, I'm going out of my mind
Going out
Going out

Lately
I haven't seen much
No, lately
I haven't heard much
From you
Nor felt your tender touch (ooh)
You've been coming and going
just as you like
Coming and going
just as you like
You're going out of my heart
And me, I'm going out of my mind

You're going out of my heart, I'm going out of my mind
You're going out of my heart, I'm going out of my mind
Going out
Going out

Lately
I've been asking myself
How lately
I've been asking myself
Now, what's the point
What's the point
In going out
Going out
Your love has been coming
Your love has been going
just as it likes
Lately
Going out of my heart
Going out of my mind
Going out of my heart
Going out of my mind
Going out
Going out


MAGGIE [DL]

Maggie
Won't you please come home
Your husband's sitting all alone
Now Maggie
Why don't you just come back

You don't now where you're going
You barely know where you been
Why do you shut me out
When it would be so easy if you just let me in

Maggie
Now don't you be a fool
I've got so much left to give you
So won't you play it cool

You don't now where you're going
You barely know where you been
Why do you shut me out
When things would be so easy if you would just let me in
let me in

Maggie
a-won't you
Maggie
come back
come back to me!
Immediately!

Maggie
Won't you please come home
Why you leaving me all alone
Now Maggie
Why don't you just come back
I got so much left to give you
A lot of lovin', Maggie
So won't you come back home now
I'm sitting here all alone
I'm sitting here all alone
I'm sitting here all alone
Maggie, come back!
Come back!


LAMENT (VERSION 2) [DL]

Darling, I know our time is over
Darling, I know our time is gone
So sleep tight, dream all through the night
Then some day you'll be awoken

Darling, I know our time is over
Darling, I know our time is gone, gone
So sleep tight, dream all through the night
Then some day you'll be awoken

O-oo-o
O-oo-o
O-oo-o
O-oo-o
O-oo-o
O-oo-o
O-oo-o
By my love
By my love
Yes, by my love

Darling, I know our time is over
Darling, I know our time is gone, gone, gone
Sleep tight, dream all through the night
Then some day I will awake you
I will awake you
Awake you
Some day I will awake you
With my love


WHY KEEP LOOKING FOR LOVE (WHERE YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T GET IT) [DL]

Why keep looking for love
Where you know you can't get it
Why look for love
Where you know you'll never get it

Beating your head against the wall

I heard you talk
so much in your sleep
Fearing you'd let slip that
your love wasn't so deep
If life isn't for us,
then who is it for?
I can't tell you what to say
But I know what I wanna hear

Beating your head against the wall
Beating your head against the wall

But your feelings died
And now I have to kill off mine
Yeah, your feelings died
Now I have to kill off mine
one by one, no last words, no last meal, no cigarette, no blindfold, just take aim and
shoot

Why keep looking for love
Where you know you can't get it
Why look for love
Where you know you'll never get it

Beating your head against the wall
Beating your head against the wall

Why keep looking for love (where you know you'll never get it)
Why keep looking for love (you'll never get it, you'll never get it)
Why keep looking for love (where you know you'll never get it)
Why keep looking for love (never get it, just forget it)
Why keep looking for love (where you know you can't get it)
Why keep looking for love (you'll never get it, you'll never get it)
Why keep looking for love (where you know you'll never get it)
Why keep looking for love...


SHOOTING STAR CHASE [ML/DL]

I want to tell you
about an old friend of mine
tell you all the secrets how it all went down

How he took off in his car
when he saw a shooting star

He left his kids
And his loving wife
He thought catching that star would alter his life
He rode the highways
And he never slept
He always kept the star within his sight

Oh, he took his car
to chase a shooting star
But he didn't get far
you never get close to a shooting star

Everybody!
Wontcha get up and dance!
Join in together!
Away with the "don't"s and the "can't"s!
Everybody!
Now get up and dance!
Join in together!
And wait for the ambulance

And the road turned
but he never noticed
That's because our driver was asleep at the wheel
Can you tell me
was he wrong or right
To chase a dream that was out of his sight

When he took his car
to chase a shooting star
He crashed in his car
died chasing a shooting star

I rent a trailer
But ain't no failure
I always use to say I could have ended up worse


SHE WAS NOT THE ONE [DL]

She was not the one
She was not the one
She was not the one
I fooled myself again
She was not the one

I was fooled again
I was fooled again
Fooled by her or maybe by myself
I was fooled again
She was not the one

We had our moments
We had our fights
We had good moments
But as it turned out
She was not the one
But as it turned out
She was not the one

(solo)

She was not the one
She was not the one
She was not the one
I fooled myself again
She was not the one
I fooled myself again
She was not the one


CRIME WILL PREVAIL [DL]

When everyone in the country
has turned into a police
Will I then feel safer
or maybe just ill at ease
Maybe just ill at ease

I look over my shoulder
to find you staring at me
And always there is a neighbour
who wants to kill you for free

What do you want from me?
Why don’t you let me be?
What do you want from me?

The grass is always greener
on the burnt-out side
And when you return from heaven
be sure to bring some slides
From the other side

And when everyone in the country
is locked up for good in jail
With a chopped-off tongue I’ll whisper
Crime will prevail
Crime will prevail

What do you want from me?
Why don’t you let me be?
What do you want from me?
Why don’t you let me be?
What do you want from me?

Crime will prevail
Crime will prevail
Crime will prevail
Crime will prevail
Crime
Crime
Will
Prevail

You have the right to remain silent
You have the right to remain silent
Shh...


I WANNA BE BAD [DL. Inspired by the back cover of Peter Bagge's Hate #2.]

Now let me tell you about my interests...
my way of living... what I wanna be... (I wanna be bad)
Yeah, I wanna be bad (I wanna be bad)
I wanna be bad (I wanna be bad)
Use to quote Naked Lunch (I wanna be bad)
Got a crush on Lydia Lunch (I wanna be bad)
Seen Fingered a thousand times (I wanna be bad)
Collect news clips on crimes (I wanna be bad)
Oh, Anton La Vey (I wanna be bad)
I pray to you every day
You know what I wanna be
Yeah I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad

(I wanna be bad)
I never get weary (I wanna be bad)
while readin´ Timothy Leary (I wanna be bad)
and there´s no way you can lose (I wanna be bad)
with Pure and Total Abuse
I guess you know it by now
Yeah, I wanna be bad, bad, bad
I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad

I wanna be bad (bad, bad)
(I wanna be bad, bad, bad)
(I wanna be bad, bad, bad)
I got a Manson-tattoo (I wanna be bad, bad, bad)
But I bet Jim Goad´s got two (I wanna be bad)
How I love Answer Me! (I wanna be bad)
and movies by ol´ Monte C. (I wanna be bad)
and once I got to pee (I wanna be bad)
in the mouth of G.G. (I wanna be bad)
I just love them guys (I wanna be bad)
and don´t forget Boyd Rice, yeah (I wanna wanna)
You know what I wanna be
Yeah I wanna be bad (bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad...)
(b-b-bad b-bad b-b-b-bad b-bad....)

You know what I want
Yeah, I wanna be bad, bad, bad
I wanna be bad, bad, bad
I wanna be bad, bad, bad
I wanna be bad, bad, bad
I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad

Snuff, snuff, snuff
I can never get enough
I, I wanna be bad!


POSTCARDS FROM ALEX [DL]

Hi! Dear! Mon cher!

available
I assure
No strings attached off course.
(that goes without saying)

(cool, which is where it´s at)
so what else is there to be asked for
outbursts

The best of everything!
A day-dream come true!!
one-way
You are quite somebody!
outstanding
I am complete!

feverishly well-come as always

and I´ll never forget him that is for sure.
And I won´t put down my Penguin Friend as yet.

Hear, hear!
(New Statesman)
"only the mediocre is always on top of his ability"
On the very contrary
Like I use to say:
outburst!
made my day!

En fin:
Stay good and think of me
(To be continued)


DON'T PAY RANSOM FOR ME [DL]

I know you check your mail
to hear a word from me
I know you're waiting
for a sign from me

But if someone starts sending fingers
Don't believe they're from me
And don't you ever
pay ransom for me

If my thumb went abroad
it went abroad with me
And now don't you expect
to find my genitals in an envelope to thee

The mailman won't bring
you anything from me
So don't you ever
pay ransom for me
(no no no)

I know you've saved up a lot
Don't blow it all on me
I know you need it, bad
Don't blow it on me

And if someone starts sending fingers
Don't believe they're from me
And I beg of you, honey
Don't pay ransom for me
Don't pay ransom for me
Don't you ever pay ransom for me
Don't you know I will always be free


LEAVE A MESSAGE, ELLEN, NEXT TIME (L.A.M.E.N.T.) [DL]

(Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! -Hello? tuuuut)

I've always been too late
The story of my life
Why didn't I shower yesterday, or tomorrow
- anytime but right now
Hear a prayer from a lonely heart
who's missing you

Please won't you pick up the phone
and dial my number again (won't you pick up, pick up the phone)
Please won't you pick up the phone
and dial my number again (pick up, pick up, pick up the phone)

'Cause now I'm here
Waiting for your call
Sitting all alone
I wish that I had your number, your secret number
*sigh* Waiting can be such a drag

Now don't you dare
call me when I'm taking out the trash
That would be so unfair
But life's unfair, so please

Pick up the phone
and dial my number again (won't you pick up, pick up the phone)
Please won't you pick up the phone
and dial my number again (pick up, pick up, pick up the phone)
Please won't you pick up the phone
and dial my number again (won't you pick up, pick up the phone)
I'm asking you to pick up the phone
and dial my number again

If you called me on my cell phone
I couldn't hear it because of a traffic jam
Yes there was a traffic jam
A traffic jam!

I've always been too late
The story of my life
I wish I had your secret number
Hear a prayer from a lonely heart
Dial my number again

I wanna know your secret
Let me know your secret
Pick up the phone and tell me all your secrets
I wanna know your secret
Let me know your secret
Pick up the phone and tell me all your secrets


NEW TITS [DL]

So you worked all through summer for a new pair of tits
You saved all your money for a new pair of tits
You thought if only, if only I had a new pair of tits
You baby-sat every weekend for a new pair of tits
You sold brownies for a new pair of tits
You mowed lawns for a new pair of tits
You collected bottles and cans for a new pair of tits
You wished for money on your birthday, meant for a new pair of tits
And when asleep, you´d dream about a new pair of tits
You really broke your back for a new pair of tits
You sold your apartment for a new pair of tits
You´d do just about anything for a new pair of tits
You thought you could relax once you got a new pair of tits
You spent your life savings on a new pair of tits
You blew all the money your late grandpa left you on that new pair of tits
You thought you´d be happy with a new pair of tits.

So now, at last, you got your new pair of tits
Yeah finally you got what you wanted, what you longed for so bad - a new pair of tits
Now you´re strutting around with your new pair of tits
How does it feel? Did you think it would be like this?
Now boys will approach you, attracted by your new tits
And they say that they love you, but they just love your tits
Yeah, still nobody loves you, they just love your tits.
There´s still a void beneath the place, where your new tits now sit.
Beneath the place that they sit, is a void, that can´t be filled by new tits.

You worked all through summer for a new pair of tits
So you worked all through summer for a new pair of tits.


IF YOU´RE LOOKING FOR LOVE, LOOK ELSEWHERE [DL]

I´m sorry if I broke your heart, girl
Hope you won´t feel too blue (hope you won´t feel too blue)
But recently somebody broke mine
I hate to do it to you

I know it´s not satisfying
and I don´t expect thanks
And though it hurts to see you crying
but I rather be frank

If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
My heart is buried and I guess it stays there
If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
´cause I won´t be around
No, I won´t be around

So girl take care of your heart now
I know it´s pure and true (know it´s pure and true)
And we all get our slice of the love cake
Someday you´ll get yours too

And if I hurt your feelings
I apologize
although I find you appealing
I just won´t tell any lies

If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
My heart is buried and I guess it stays there
If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
´cause I won´t be around

And on a bed in a room sits a girl hugging her teddy bear
and the tears in her diary asks why
-Dear diary, why is life so unfair?

If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
My heart is buried and I guess it stays there
If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
´cause I won´t be around-around-around-around-around

If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
My heart is buried and I guess it stays there
If you´re looking for love, look elsewhere
´cause I won´t be around
No, I won´t be around
No, I won´t be around


JIMMY'S GIRL (SAID "WAIT!") [DL]

The girl at the bus stop said "Wait!
My boyfriend is just a bit late
Can't we please wait for him?
I'm so lonely without my Jim"
The driver was all for romance
and said "Well if you pay for him in advance"
But Jim, he never showed up
Eventually his time was up
The girl sat down next to me
And cried until she couldn't see
I said "Read this book about Rimbaud
And soon you'll forget 'bout Jimbo"
She said "I've read it twice
But thank you for being so nice"
Jimmy, you better beware
The next time I'll bring a book by Baudelaire


OH BABY YOU´RE SO SHY [DL]

Oh baby you´re shy
Well, so am I
We could blush all night
and then turn out the light
In the dark we´ll hide

Oh baby you´re shy
May I ask you why?
´cause you know in the end
I´m more than just a friend
´til the day I die

We could turn this rainy summer to a paradise
So tell your mama all those stupid made-up lies
Do all that it takes
to get down here
My heart breaks
when you´re not near (when you´re not near)

Oh baby you´re shy
Well, so am I
And even though I´ll try
not to, I will cry
if you say good-bye

We could turn this rainy summer to a paradise
So tell your mama all those stupid made-up lies
Do all that it takes
to get down here
My heart breaks
when you´re not near (when you´re not near)


SO YOU SAY YOU WANNA ROCK´N´ROLL [DL]

So you say you wanna rock´n´roll
but haven´t you heard, rock´n´roll is dead
so turn to the next guy instead
gargle your mouth and give him some head

So you say you wanna rock´n´roll
but don´t you know, rock´n´roll is dead
but if you still got some time to kill
cut your wrists, do the twist – you know I will
you know I will

So you say you wanna rock´n´roll
but didn´t you listen to what I just said
rock´n´roll is dead dead dead dead dead dead dead
did it leave a hole in your soul? (I hope not)

So you say you wanna rock´n´roll
rock´n´roll is dead
turn to the next guy instead
gargle your mouth and give him some head

rock´n´roll is dead
we will all be dead
just like rock´n´roll

rock´n´roll is dead
dead dead dead dead
rock´n´roll is dead
thank you for being dead
soon we will all be dead
just like rock´n´roll
and we rot
and we rot
we rock

So you say you wanna rock´n´roll
but haven´t you heard, rock´n´roll is dead
turn to the next guy instead
gargle your mouth and give him some head

So you say you wanna rock´n´roll
rock´n´roll is dead
if you still got some time to kill
cut your wrists, do the twist – you know I will
rock´n´roll is dead
rock´n´roll is dead
long live rock´n´roll
long live rock´n´roll

ok everyone, let´s hear it for rock´n´roll

 


NO MORE ENCORES [CG/DL]

(yeah! Here's another case in the grand tradition of sitting between chairs, hold on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen... hold on to your seats, and your loved one's hand)

My eyes are tired
from what they've seen
And yet, they barely have seen anything at all

Cry me a river
wash me away from this pond
Let me crash on a raft in your Goblin-Cap Falls

You may call me Friday
Or any day that you want
Rather than days & days & days when you were not around
Any day of the month is fine with me

No more encores
I guess enough is enough
But I could never get enough of you
No more encores
I guess darling this is it

Who put out the light?
You put out the light
Everyday, you and I put out the light for someone we never knew

So, my eyes are tired
Curtains preying the scene
And yet, the scene will go on, continue in the dark
The put-out lights try to shine, but they can't shine on, in the dark

No more encores
I guess enough is enough
But I could never get enough of you
No more encores
I guess we have to move on

We've said goodbye so many times
there's no meaning to that word
I'll keep that in mind, a small comfort
when I say goodbye to this world

No more encores
I guess darling this is it
You carry on, walking around in your circles
and I just go down, down, down, down, down

take your breather, take your time
take your breather, take your time
I can never get enough of you
never get enough of you

No more encores
No more encores
darling, enough is enough
But I can never get enough of you
never
ever get enough of you
never get enough of you!
uh!

The put-out lights try to shine, but they can't shine on, in the dark.
And yet, the scene will go on, continue in the dark.


TALK OF THE TOWN [DL]

See that woman? She was the talk of the town
Did you see that woman? She was the talk of the town
But people talk so much
spreading gossip and such
But no one knew the truth of the talk of the town

She had a lover, or at least so they say (mhm, mhm)
She had a lover, or at least that's what they say
Left her family
for some guy on t.v.
She had a lover or at least so they say

(sax solo)

Some sort of scandal caused the talk of the town
Some sort of scandal caused the talk of the town
Rumours of a sex binge
in that house with a crown
Some sort of scandal caused the talk of the town

She's been high up, yeah she's been around
She's been both up & down, yeah she's been around
They learn to love her ways
That's just always the case
She's been all around, she's the talk of the town

It's not easy when you're the talk of the town
No, it's not easy when you're the talk of the town
But people talk so much
vent their gossip and such
Yeah people talk too much the times when you're not around



ON THE FLOOR [CK/DL]

this is my only life
i thought
while lying on the flat
mattress
at night
sleepless
with my belly terrorized
and throat smarting
by too salted herring
way too salted herring
this is my only life
this is my only life

(-Vi tar den på svenska också -Ok)

det här är mitt enda liv
tänkte jag
när jag låg på den platta
madrassen
på natten
sömnlös
med magen terroriserad
och halsen svidande
av för salt sill
alldeles för salt sill
det här är mitt enda liv
det här är mitt enda liv


GOOD MATCH ROTTING [DL]

(-Anyone looking for a new obsession?)
(yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)

Do you wanna see a good match rot away?
Come and see a good match rot away!
Who wants to see a good match rot away?
rot away
rot away
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah

Do you wanna make a good match today?
Come, and make a good match today!
(xylophone-solo)
Who wants to make a good match today?
today
today
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah-yeah

Who wants to see a good match rot away?
rot away
today
Who wants to see a good match rot away?

Forward, no, play it straightforward, go!
Forward, no, play it straightforward, go!

(-Anyone looking for a new obsession?)


NO CAMERA [DL]

There was no camera on
when you said goodbye
There was no camera on
the day you came back
to me

We could have watched it on video
We could have seen it on tv
We could have showed our children
How they were made
We could have showed our children
How to behave
We could have showed
The good times that we saved
for them
only for them

We could have watched it on video
As seen on tv
We could have watched it on video
As seen on tv, seen it on tv

There was no camera on
when you said goodbye to me
There was no camera on
the day you came back
to me
me


WHY KEEP LOOKING FOR LOVE (WHERE YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T GET IT) VERSION 2 [DL]

Why keep looking for love
Where you know you can't get it
Why look for love
Where you know you'll never get it

Beating your head against the wall
Beating your head against the wall

I can't tell you what to say
But I know what I wanna hear


ALL I COULD SAY AT THE TIME [CK/DL]

A woman, a boy and a cat
Miss 'em, miss 'em, miss 'em



THE CAR RAN OUT OF GAS AND I GUESS WE RAN OUT OF MAGIC [CG/DL]

Hey, Mr Mechanic
Can you fix this car?
It broke down for us in midway last night
The car ran out of gas

We went out for a drive
Set out to be romantic
Then the weather changed, and so did the mood
The car ran out of gas

A rainy storm came in
And we had a quarrel
With clothes soaking wet, cursing one another
The car ran out of gas

Stuck in this town
Stuck with each other
The car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic (ooo, ooo, ooo)

A sunday country drive
Picnic with a carwreck
Pushed it to the station, took us all night
The car ran out of gas

We thought that we'd be lying
Kissing 'neath the stars
But we barely said one word to another
The car ran out of gas

So, Mr Mechanic
Please fix this car
Fill up the tank and tell us it ain't all that tragic
The car ran out of gas

-Well, sorry lovers. I might be a wizard with cars.
But this mechanic just can't fix your lost magic. (ooo, ooo, ooo)


BUT OF COURSE (MAYBE I'LL LAUGH) [DL]

But of course
You can joke
about anything
'bout everything

Then maybe I'll laugh
maybe I won't
maybe I'll laugh
maybe I won't
you'll see
you'll just have to wait and see

But of course
You can joke
about anything
'bout everything

(Go ahead, try me... try me...)

 



HELLO/DEAD STALKERS [CG/DL]

Hello
This is The Wonder Boys speaking (yay!)
welcoming you to a new album
full of surprises and music for every taste

At the Bollywood Howl
Live at Budokan
Lonely Troubled Songs
from The Wonder Box
Die Große Schlagerparade

I went walking through the park
I stumbled over dead b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bb-stalkers in the dark
Yeah, I heard it through the grapevine

At the Bollywood Howl (Holy! Holy!)
Live at Budokan(-can)
Die Große Schlagerparade (- geradeaus!)

Steve, Kelly, Brandon, Brenda, Dylan,
but most of all, David
and the Christians

I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark (stumbling)
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark (I stumbled over them!)
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark (I heard it through the grapevine!)
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark (so full of surprises)
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark (well, I guess it serves’em right!)
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark (yeah yeah!)
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark (around the world in a day!)
I went walking through the park, dead stalkers in the dark...



ALSTRÖMER DISCO [DL/CG]

How did they get by before?
How did they get by before?

Uh!

Hey, did you know that in Sweden, for many many years, people didn’t know about the potato, the glory of the potato, that is, until the 18th century, when it was introduced by a guy named Jonas Alström -
better known as Alströmer
Alströmer

yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)
yeah-yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)
yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)
yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (to-to-doo)

You start to wonder
How did they get by before?

Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin’ us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)

1723...
1724!

He did a lot of other things, too
He brought merino sheep from Spain
sold clay pipes and tobacco
clay pipes and tobacco
Linné was so impressed!
He got angora goats from Turkey
A self-made man!
He was a self-made man!
but later on, he found himself caught between Hats’n’Caps

Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin’ us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin’ us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)

1723...
1724.

And you know, he almost got beat up in Harlem once
In Amsterdam. But that’s another story

How did they get by before? (How did they get by before?)
How did they get by before? (How did they get by before?)

He spent years in London
travelled all over Europe
won a battle at sea
in 1714
The years of crop failure
made the potato came to stay,
so the people of Sweden say:

Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin’ us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Thank you for the potato
Alströmer!
for showin’ us the goods
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Thank you, thank you, thank you
Alströmer!
Now, what do you say, what do you say, what do you say?
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Showed us the way, showed us the way, showed us the way
Alströmer!
A self-made man!
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
caught between Hats’n’Caps, yeah
Alströmer!
merino sheep from Spain
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
clay pipes and tobacco
Alströmer!
angora goats, he got angora goats
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
Linné was so impressed, in Alingsås
Alströmer!
self-made man!
(pom-pom-pom)

”Fåra-herdans hemliga konster, vptäkte samt thet gyllene fåraskinnetz oskattbara wärkan och säkra genwäg til Sweriges rikes och thes inbyggares welferd, kortteligen föresteldt, genom tilökning, til then swenska wårdande fåra-herdans trogna wägwisare, hwar til ock är bifogat något angående potatoes planterande, om hwilket, vti samma tractats bihang, wardt handladt.”

Alströmer!
-Alströmer!
Alströmer!
-Alströmer!
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
-Alströmer!
Alströmer!
(pom-pom-pom)
Alströmer!
-ao! ao!
Alströmer!

Hey, now, hey... everybody let’s twist!

Let’s go to London
Let’s go to Paris
Let’s go to Holland
Let’s go back home
Let’s go to London
Let’s go to Paris
Let’s go to Holland
Let’s go back home
(If you want me to
I’m coming along with you
If you want me to
I’m coming along with you)
If you want me to
I’m coming along with you
If you want me to
I’m coming along with you

Alströmer!

Alströmer.



SOMETHING’S HAPPENING TO YOU [CG/DL]

something’s happening to you
I can see it coming
I can see it coming now
all the things we used to do
we can not repeat them
we can not repeat them
I can see it coming now
something’s happening to you

something’s happening to you
I can see it coming
I can see it coming now
all the things we used to do
we can not repeat them
we can not repeat them
I can see it coming now
something’s happening to you

something’s happening to you
I can see it coming
I can see it coming now
all the things we used to do
we can not repeat them
we can not repeat them
I can see it coming now
something’s happening to you

can you see it coming too?
can you see it coming too?
something’s happening
something’s happening to you

I can see it coming now
something’s happening to you.



LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT [DL]

Love at first sight
and at a second glance too, it was
Love at first sight
Can’t believe how fast I fell for you
Love at first sight - in no-time
Love at first sight

Out of the blue
there I was talking to you
Munchin’ on a cracker and a strawberry too
You had barely told me what you’ve done up ‘til today
before I planned our life together and a marriage in May

I guess it’s clear for everyone what’s going on
And if you feel the same way, we could really get it on, it was

Love at first sight
and at a second glance too, it was
Love at first sight
Can’t believe how fast I fell for you
Love at first sight - in no-time
Love at first sight

Amour king-size
when I looked into your eyes
Did you like me too or were you just being nice?
We had barely mentioned any of our by-gone sorrows
I just wanna be a part of all of your tomorrows

I guess it’s clear for everyone what’s going on
And if you feel the same way, we could really get it on - really get it on!

I guess it’s clear for everyone what’s going on
And if you feel the same way, we could really get it on - come on!

Love at first sight
and at a second glance too, it was
Love at first sight
Can’t believe how fast I fell for you
Love at first sight - in no-time!
Love at first sight - out of the blue, and I’m stuck on you
Love at first sight - oh my darling
Love at first sight - oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh...

Love at first sight.

xxxxxxx!


ARCHIE + CELIA
(ARCHIE ARCHAEOPTERYX + CELIA COELACANTH = TRUE!) [CK/DL]

Archie + Celia
it’s hard to believe
now that is a romance that never could be
two freaks misplaced in history
But the power of love
is greater than distance in time

Archie + Celia
Oh, aren’t they cute?
Yeah, they are an oddball couple in cahoots
romance at the fossil institute
Yes the power of love
is greater than distance in time

Archie + Celia
Archie + Celia

Archie don’t care for the other chicks
& Celia Coelacanth only get her kicks
from her darling Archaeopteryx
yeah

Archie + Celia

Archie + Celia
it’s hard to believe
now that is a romance that never could be
two freaks misplaced in history
But the power of love
is greater than distance in time

Archie + Celia
Archie + Celia

Archie + Celia
The power of love
is greater than distance in time
distance in time

Archie + Celia
Archie + Celia
Archie + Celia!

ooo...


I DID IT FOR YOU [DL/CG]

I’ve heard
you moved to the other side of the world
But darling, I miss you
I miss you so much

So I thought I might
write a letter to you
I sharpened my best knife
and started writing my loveletters to you

I cut off my fingers
and sent them to you
’cause I wanted to touch you

then I sent you my tongue
’cause I wanted to make out with you

and I sent you my eyes
’cause I missed seeing you

Think of me when you get this, baby
and know

that I did it for you
for you
I did it for you
oh, for you

Hope you liked it
Hope you liked it

I sent you my ears
’cause I longed to hear your voice

Then I sent you my nose
’cause I wanted to smell your hair

I sent you my -.-.  ---  -.-.  -.-
’cause I hoped we might ..-.  ..-  -.-.  -.-
(uh-huh, uh...)

Remember me when you get this, baby
and know

that I did it for you
for you
I did it for you
Oh, for you
Yeah, I did it for you
for you
I did it for you
only for you

Hope you liked it
Hope you liked it

At a post office in Melbourne, Australia
workers complained about a horrible smell
In a number of packages sent to a woman, c/o L.O.V.E.,
body parts were found of half a man.
Now what kind of pen-pal is that?
Why did he do it? Did he have a reason?

– I did it for love, I did it for you!

For you
you know I did it for you
oh, for you
yeah, I did it for you
uh-huh, just for you
I d-d-did it for you
only for you
D-g-d-d-did it for you, c’mon!

For you
for you
oh, for you
only for you
hey hey hey, just for you
baby

Hope you liked it
Hope you liked it

The next time
I will send you my heart
But you know,
you already got it.

(return to sender)


THIS USED TO BE OUR BENCH [DL]

Marzipan and almond cakes
miss the tobacco in the air
Your ashblue suit for eternal use
Teeth and hair in place
Feeling like an unused echo
waiting for a call
I still made coffee for you
years & years after you were gone

This used to be our bench
This used to be our place in the sun
This used to be our bench
Oh I still miss you like crazy
I still miss you like crazy

Loneliness is the strangest fiction
aging the ultimate cliffhanger
Pictures falling down
in my shrinking inner rooms
but no one knows about that sale
Places wanting to be shared, or inherited
but it’s all in vain, you know

This used to be our bench
This used to be our place in the sun
This used to be our bench
Oh I still miss you like crazy
I still miss you like crazy

Quit my job at the A.S.A.P. factory
when I got a more important duty
Eternal like the grace of God
Hah - it went by just like that *snap*
Now, the odd postcard from the States, or Japan
Will he be home for Christmas this year?
Will he be home at all, again?
Will he be home at all?

This used to be our bench
This used to be our place in the sun
This used to be our bench
Oh I still miss you like crazy
I still miss you like crazy

October nights repeating something
like lovers frozen in saliva
Row your boat through the saffron sea
confuse your humble fate, uh-huh, uh-huh

The writing’s on the wall, the writing’s on the bench
And even though they use thicker pens nowadays
- after all, kids should have more markers than knives, right? -
but I used to understand the scribble before.
I used to understand the scribble before.

I still miss you like crazy.
I still miss you like crazy.
This used to be our bench.
I still miss you like crazy.

----

scribble:

Blinded by some sudden light
of a much too impressionistic nature
Crap, it’s ludicrous, I’d rather confess to all of mankind’s unsolved murders
Like if Earth would be jealous thinking the Moon had an affair with Uranus, Pluto, or even Mickey Mouse
Now that’s paranoia, my dear
That’s paranoia
Get out of my house
But I digress...

Bring on the snuff, bring on the standing ovations. Standing ovations!!
Standing ovations for Close Relations by Caroline Soul - Long live rock and roll and Shake your foundations.
No means no and less is less and more is less and yes means yes and let’s all stay away from bitterness
But once again, I digress...
Oh oh, I digress...


THOSE WERE THE DAYS [CG/DL]

Sitting here with a pint of stout and you (-Uh-huh)
I’m getting kind of nostalgic (-Mmm), having all kinds of flashbacks (-Yeah,
me too)

Do you remember our nightly walks? (-Yeah)
Plainless walks in the dark, by the lake, by the bridge, through the tunnel
and by your old school, even
(-I remember)

Those were the days
Those were the days

Do you remember at The Ants (-Haha), when you tried on second hand clothes,
tried on everything they had (-I did), all at the same time (-yeah, I
remember)

Those were the days
Those were the days
Those beautiful days

Or do you remember (-What?) when we played improvised love songs on the
inside of a piano (-Oooh...)
with pool cues and a leek (-That leek!), until we got thrown out of the bar
(-Banned forever)
(-I remember, Oh, I remember)

Those were the days
Those were the days

And do you remember that summer day, when we took our bikes and binoculars
(-Oh that summer day)
went to the mountain and made love (-Mmm...), while spying on faraway
passers-by
(-I remember)

Those were the days (-Made love while spying on faraway passers-by)
Those were the days (-I’m getting all kinds of flashbacks here)
Those beautiful days
Those beautiful days
Oh Those were the days

Do you remember (-What now?) when we got drunk on your daddy’s whiskey (-Jim
Beam!)
Made angels in the snow, and pissed all over them (-I remember)
pissed all over them (-I remember)

I remember, Oh I remember
I remember, Oh I remember (Those were the days)
I remember, Oh I remember (Those beautiful days)
I remember, Oh I remember (Those were the days)
I remember, Oh I remember (Those beautiful days)
I remember, Oh I remember (Those were the days)



LETTING GO BLUES [DL]

So so-so
Everything is so so-so
Since she don’t wanna know, no-no
and I’m bad at letting go
I’m bad at letting go

Woe-woe-woe
Time is moving much too slow
Soon again we’ll see the falling snow
and hear a drunken Santa’s ho-ho-ho
but time is moving slow

Row row row
your boat until you’re not so low
Somewhere awaits a sold-out show
go Johnny go go go go
yeah, go John, into the glow

The crow sighs Oh,
everything is so out of control
when the mood is like a jo-jo
& what frog will kiss the princess’ toe
I don’t wanna know

Let the good times roll
I want a crash course in letting go-go
Cupid, draw your bow, or is it only for show?
A Wilhelm Tell duel, I know
But in time, you & I will take a bow
& kiss the front row
But time is moving so slow,
time is moving so slow...

At last, here comes the love patrol
Go Johnny go.
A tree of cocoa will grow
so there you go.



WA-OH (TURN ‘ROUND MY HEAD) [DL]

Uh!

When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head

When I see you girl, see you, see you
When I see you girl, see you, see you
When I see you girl, see you, see you
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, turn ‘round, turn ‘round
When I see you girl, turn ‘round, turn ‘round
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head

Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!

See the girlie going out of her head
See the girlie going out of her head
(Say girl, wanna give me some head?)
See the girlie going out of her head

Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!

(uh!)

When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head
When I see you girl, see you, see you
When I see you girl, see you, see you
When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head

Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!
Wa-oh!

See the girlie going out of her head
See the girlie going out of her head
(Gay girl, may I give you some head?)
See the girlie going out of her head

Waaaaoh!
yeah
girl! girl! girl!

When I see you girl, you turn ‘round my head.



JESUS CHRIST SUPER SITAR [ML/DL]

No feeling in her legs
no movement at all
and see the way she begs
still, no movement at all

No movement in her legs (no movement in her legs)
and see the way she begs (and see the way she begs)
still, no movement at all (still, no movement at all)

Wait for Boltzius
Pray for Boltzius
Pray with Boltzius
Do you have faith
in his oily sweat?
Waltz the Boltzius
Waltz the Boltzius
Balls to Boltzius!
throw away your sticks
for the last waltz
and dance
to Jesus Christ’s super sitar
(hey! hey!)

throw away your sticks
and dance for Boltzius
(-Ôj!)

...still, no movement at all.

(...and like a cow dying to be leather, you’d look fine in tar & feathers.)



NOT YOURS [CK/DL]

I’ll tell you what
what I am not
no more
I’m not yours anymore
not yours
no more
I’ll tell you what
what I am not
no more
I’m not yours anymore
not yours, no more
I’m not yours anymore



CLOSE-DOWN ANNOUNCEMENT [CG/DL]

lay-days in the harbour
the sitters are brooding
it’s a routine job
and they’re professionals

the current, the undercurrents
of provincial equal rights
the indifference...
it’s like nothing on earth

deceased international players
by the cartload
a lot of deadwood tonight
an armaments industry (for you and me?)

refined radio police
floating in putrid water
a cargo ship’s loading port
at the goods reception bay

a bedsore lullabye, baby
yeah, full steam ahead
and we’re making out
in the goods reception bay

death dredger
death dredger

the lowest denominator
a common man’s agitator
the rubbish is rectified
but I say country code: crap

a party tonight at the dredger
a demob party for you
dead-weight rockabilly
greasy hair machinery

oh, horny hydropathy
on disembark day
power-driven pallbearers
in dad’s dark uniform

death dredger
death dredger
waxworks museum
death dredger
death dredger
no waxworks museum
in the sun.



IN-JOKES [DL]

Now who cares about?
Now who cares about?
Now who cares about? (Our little in-jokes)
(Yeah, what about?) Our little in-jokes
(Hey, what happened to) Our little in-jokes
(They turned to dust) All our little in-jokes!

Our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!

Our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!
You know, I saw a street name today you woulda loved (Our little in-jokes!)
& I was just about to tell you, when it struck me, you´re not here no more (All our little in-jokes!)
I saw an ad in the paper today, and a funny headline (Our little in-jokes!)
I was just about to cut them out for you, when it hit me once again, you’re not here (All our little in-jokes!)

(Now who cares about) Our little in-jokes!
(Whatever happened to) All our little in-jokes!

Our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!
And that eccentric freak we used to spy on, you´d love to hear what I saw him do! (Our little in-jokes!)
But now, I can´t tell no one, no, because you’re not around (All our little in-jokes!)
Now that you´re gone, out of my life, please someone, tell me (Our little in-jokes!)
Where do our in-jokes go? Where do our in-jokes go? (All our little in-jokes!)
Where do our in-jokes go??!!

Our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!

Now who cares about?
Now who cares about?
Now who cares about?
Now who cares about? (Our little in-jokes)

(sax solo)
–In-joke! ;-)

Our little in-jokes
A.L.L. O.U.R. I.N.J.O.K.E.S.
Our little in-jokes!

All our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!
The joke is on our little in-jokes (ajajajajajaj...)
The joke is on our little in-jokes (ajajajajajaj...)

All our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes! (crack a joke, crack-crack a joke...)
All our little in-jokes! (crack a joke, crack-crack a joke...)
All our little in-jokes!

(tshihibuk)
All our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!
All our little in-jokes!
UH!
Crack a joke, crack-crack a joke
Crack a joke, crack-crack a joke
Crack a joke, crack-crack a joke
Crack a joke, crack-a-crack a joke...


THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS [CG/DL]

Let the reindeers through
they’re coming,
they’re on their way to you
Clean out your chimney
and tidy up your soul
‘Cause now is the time
to reflect on what you’ve done

Who’s been good
and who’s been bad?
Who’s been good
and who’s been bad?
It’s the day before Christmas
and Santa’s here to stay
It’s the day before Christmas
and then it’s judgement day

Ride over Russia
and through the Ukraine
Ride over Norway
and the United States
It’s the day before Christmas
and Santa’s here to stay
It’s the day before Christmas
then there’s nothing left to say

ooo...
(ho ho hooo...)

Ride over Russia
and through the Ukraine
Ride over Norway
and the United States
It’s the day before Christmas
and Santa’s here to stay
It’s the day before Christmas
then there’s nothing left to say

Let the reindeers through
we’re coming,
we’re on our way to you
So clean out the chimney
and tidy up your soul
‘Cause it’s the day before Christmas
and Santa’s here to stay
Yes it’s the day before Christmas
and Santa’s judgement day

The day before Christmas (Who’s been good?)
The day before Christmas (who’s been bad?)
The day before Christmas (now’s the time)
The day before Christmas (reflect on what you’ve done)
The day before Christmas (Santa’s here to stay)
The day before Christmas (Santa’s judgement day)
The day before Christmas (Santa’s here to stay)
The day before Christmas (Satan’s here to stay)

ooo... (ho ho hooo...)



ANNOUNCEMENT (DEATH DREDGER) [CG/DL]

deceased international players
by the cartload
a lot of deadwood tonight
the undercurrents of provincial equal rights
the indifference...
Country code: rubbish
it’s like nothing on earth
the rectifier, the (lowest) common denominator

lay-days in the harbour
the sitters are brooding
they’ve practised, they’re professionals,
it’s a routine job! (hey!)
an armaments industry
refined radio police
floating in putrid water

a demob party at the dredger
greasy hair machinery, dead-weight rockabilly
power-driven pallbearers on disembark day
-Full steam ahead, Mr Uniform!
bedsore lullabye, baby
a cargo ship’s loading port
making out in the goods reception bay
(horny hydropathy...)
(but) no waxworks museum in the sun.

DEATH DREDGER!
DEATH DREDGER!
DEATH DREDGER!
DEATH DREDGER!



THE CAR RAN OUT OF GAS (BLUES VERSION) [CG/DL; blues version: DL]

Hey, Mr Mechanic
Can you fix this car?
It broke down for us in midway last night
The car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic

We went out for a drive
Set out to be romantic
Then the weather changed, and so did the mood
The car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic

(harmonica solo)

A rainy storm came in
And we had a quarrel
With clothes soaking wet, cursing one another
The car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic

   Stuck in this town
   Stuck with each other
   Stuck in this goddamn town
   with shit but only each other
   (ooo, ooo, ooo)
   The car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic

A sunday country drive
A picnic with a carwreck
We pushed it to the station, it took us all night
The car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic (sure as hell did...)

We thought that we'd be lying
Kissing underneath the stars
But we barely said one word to another
Oh, the car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic (oh-oh....)

(harmonica solo)

So, Mr Mechanic
Please fix this car
Fill up the tank and tell us that it ain't all that tragic
See, the car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic

   -Well, sorry lovers. I might be a wizard with cars.
   But this mechanic just can't fix your lost magic.
   (ooo, ooo, ooo)
   Yeah, the car ran out of gas and I guess we ran out of magic



RAILWAY [CK demo. Riff used for THESE ROOTS... by DL]

I feel like I’m tied up on a railway
when I’m waiting for you to run over me
I see your exhausted smile fighting the crowd
your look sighted me and striked me down


THERE’S A BAT IN THE HOUSE [CG/DL]

There’s a bat in the house
among my un-ironed shirts
for five days, or five nights
five years in total

There’s a bat in the car
Got no headlights on
you got the map, girl, you got the map
but you just don’t read it

Still you keep coming back
Although nothing has changed
five days, five weeks, five years
Now, what do you think you’re doing

You’ll never get as little (as you want from me)
as you want from me
I’ll never get as much (as I want from you)
as I want from you

I find it hard
to trust you again
A pretty face, is that all that you are
hey hey hey hey

There’s a bat in the house
that keeps coming back to me
but you never head for my heart, girl
you got the map, you got the map
but you just don’t read it.

(Read it to me.)


THE NIGHT WHEN THE LOSERS WON [CG/DL]

Said goodbye to the desert
Said goodbye to none
I won’t say why I ran out of town at the time

We ran not one course, you know
I skipped manners, you skipped time
two little bombs of desperation
on a highway fuse - a lighted path to lose
and here comes that lump in my throat again

But in the heat of a cold cold winter
like the beat of a dying sun
finding storm in a cold adventure
this is the night when the losers won
Yes in the heat of a cold cold winter
like the beat of a dying sun
finding storm in a cold adventure
this is the night when the losers won
- and it’s about time...

Said hello to a deaf gay couple
talking current affairs
I won’t say who ran into town at the time

Like that anorectic jogger
chasing her own shadow
a banana peel stopped her in her tracks
but not for long - so much for slapstick
and here comes that lump in my throat again

But in the heat of a cold cold winter
like the beat of a dying sun
finding storm in a cold adventure
this is the night when the losers won
Yes in the heat of a cold cold winter
like the beat of a dying sun
finding storm in a cold adventure
this is the night when the losers won
- and it’s about time...

Look at us now
watch where we were bleeding
passion & compassion
but the diamond still feels like a lump of coal

Look at our arms
and read between the palms
a Rosetta stone of scars
you could say that there’s a million words for loss

(too many words for loss!
that’s all there ever was!
out of words for loss!)

-What if love is only a fantasy?
-Then I’ll pay that price
-What if love is only a fantasy?
-Then I’ll pay that price
-What if love is only a fantasy?
-Then I’ll pay that price
-What if love is only a fantasy?
-Then I’ll pay that price.


THE GIRL FROM TORY STORY [CG/DL]

Well oh yeah!
We’re gonna get it right

Spent some time in the U.K.
it was just another holiday
Steve & Mayumi were awfully nice
but Timothy really took the price
showed me every good pub in town
dressed me up in a nighting gown
King’s Cross to Islington
postcards to Gran’ and Mom
one glove, dress code check
need another black turtleneck
class act, and loud as hell
Come on in, sang Mr Bonniwell
Meanwhile in St. John’s Wood
I got lost and I got lost for good
but then I found an afterparty

I spent time with a girl from Tory
like a madman in a laboratory
was it love, it sure was inflammatory
we banged each other crazy in the lavatory
Spent time tidying up my story
like a dirty kid in reformatory
and the rest is self-explanatory
we had a little fling but she was a Tory, yeah

Well oh yeah
You better get it right (– I mean Left, hahaha)

Spent time in the U.K.
just another holiday
Ultra Violet was also nice
but Nephew Tim, he really took the price
dressed me up in a wedding gown
and showed me every bad club in town
but then I found an afterparty

I spent time with a girl from Tory
like a madman in a laboratory
was it love, it sure was inflammatory
we banged each other crazy in the lavatory
Spent time tidying up my story
like a dirty kid in reformatory
and the rest is self-explanatory
we had a little fling but she was a Tory, yeah

She was Right...
but I was right
She was Right... but I was right
She was Right... but I was right
She was Right... but I was right
She was Right... but I was right
She was Right... I guess we both were wrong!

I spent time with a girl from Tory
like a madman in a laboratory
love or lust, it sure was purgatory
we banged each other senseless in the lavatory
Spent time tidying up my story
like a dirty priest in reformatory
and the rest is self-explanatory
we had a little fling but she was a Tory, yeah

Ain’t getting along
getting everything wrong
ain’t getting along
I guess we both were wrong
Ain’t getting along
getting everything wrong
ain’t getting along
I guess we both were wrong...



IF WE GET THROUGH THIS, WE’LL GET THROUGH ANYTHING [CG/DL]

I drive the bus
like everyday
from the airport on a bumpy road into town
to the hotels

and in this heat
an elder woman loses her lunch
a vegetarian soufflé
her husband wipes it up

and the young couple in love on the back seat
smile to each other and say
if we get through this, we’ll get through anything

and your dad
the sweetest man
the doctor plucked a giant tumour out of his head
the size of a golf ball

when he woke up
he said to us
that “Golfers have the worst humour in the whole wide world,
so I guess it fits”

I tried to laugh
I tried my best
but since he couldn’t move his legs, it was a lot to ask
but if we get through this, we’ll get through anything

(clarinet solo)

Then we heard the news
boy, was it a shock
every goddamn tourist in this town was swallowed by the sea
if we get through this, we’ll get through anything (anything)

...And for a while, I couldn’t dwell on the thought of those other men you’re meeting everyday
Don’t you think I can see what’s going on behind my back?

“And now,
the end is near...”
the radio has a way with words, while I drive the bus
but this time it’s empty

I can recall
couples in love
a lost soufflé on a bumpy road into town
but if we get through this, we’ll get through anything (we’ll get through anything).


WEDNESDAY NIGHT [CK/DL]

Wednesday night
everything felt allright
when we went home to sleep
in the morning

Wednesday night
not another person in sight
the stars were shining so bright
in the dawning

Wednesday night
disco balls passing the light
like the cigarette we share
on our way home

In the morning you will not be there
In the evening I will go somewhere
to remember

(solo)

Wednesday night
everything felt allright
when we went back home to sleep
in the morning

Wednesday night
not a single person in sight
the stars were shining so bright
in the dawning

Wednesday night
your zippo passing the light
like the love that we share
on our way home
on our way home


MONEY-SPENDING MACHINE [DL/CG]

Cash is a creature
that don’t stand still
it fuels on greed and
dictates my will

All things I yearn for
I know I’ll get
Although I’m broke & already
deep in debt

I don’t know how to
and I don’t wanna stop
Living by the promise
“Shop til you drop!”
Don’t try talking sense with me, it’s all
doo-wop schoo-wop, a-haa-haa-ha
Dying by the promise
“Shop til you drop!”
S.H.O.P. – shopping galore
The letters on my knuckles read
“MORE” and “MORE”
You bet your ass I’m Mammon’s little whore
(You bet your ass he’s Mammon’s little whore!)
(You bet your ass he’s Mammon’s little whore!)

A lawnmower eating green
I’m a money-spending machine
A disco duck, a casino queen
I’m a money-(honey-)spending machine
And I think I like it
I think I like it

I’m on the prowl, girl
I’m on the hunt
drained another card, babe
and your account

Lend me some change, pal
and I’ll buy us a drink
The enforcement service
ran off with my kitchen sink

Hey now, let’s gamble
and make some bets
Shake your moneymaker
& work up a sweat

Hey pretty rich girl
Got time for me?
The blood in my body
flows in every currency
Oh, wealthy old lady
think of what we could do
Let’s go to Vegas, and leave your husband too
Let’s spend his savings, I’ll spend it all on you
(He’ll spend his savings, he’ll spend it all on you – ‘cause he’s a)

A lawnmower eating green
I’m a money-spending machine
A disco duck, a casino queen
I’m a money-(honey-)spending machine
And I think I like it
I think I like it

Cash is a creature
that don’t stand still
it fuels on greed and
dictates my will

All things I yearn for
I know I’ll get
Although I’m broke & already
deep in debt

I don’t know how to
and I don’t wanna stop
Living and dying by
“Shop til you drop!” (a-haa-haa-ha)
S.H.O.P. – shopping galore
The words on my knuckles read
“MORE” and “MORE” and “MORE”
You bet your ass I’m Mammon’s dirty little whore
You bet your ass I’m Mammon’s dirty little whore!
You bet your ass I’m Mammon’s dirty little whooooore!!!
(You bet your ass! You bet your ass I’m Mammon’s dirty little whore!)

A lawnmower eating green
(and he fucks me all night...)
I’m a money-spending machine
(uh! uh! and all day...)
A disco duck, a casino queen
(mmm...and all night... hahahaha)
I’m a money-(honey-)spending machine (HEY NOW!)
A lawnmower eating green
I’m a money-spending machine
A disco duck, a casino queen
I’m a money-(honey-)spending machine
And I think I like it
Yeah, I think I like it
A lawnmower eating green (SHOP TIL YOU DROP!)
I’m a money-spending machine (SHOP TIL YOU DROP!)
A disco duck, a casino queen (SHOP TIL YOU DROP!)
I’m a money-(honey-)spending machine (SHOP TIL YOU DROP!)
A lawnmower eating green (SHOP TIL YOU DROP!)
I’m a money-spending machine (SHOP TIL YOU DROP!)
A disco duck, a casino queen (SHOP TIL YOU DROP!)
I’m a money-(honey-)spending machii-ii-iiine...!

...I think I like it (SHOP!)
I think I like it (SHOP!)
I think I like it (SHOP!)
yeah I think I like it (SHOP!)
Oooh, I like it...!

(Wally Wallet has left the building. Goodbye.)


A GIFT I NEVER HAD [CG/DL]

Oh, the dandruff on your coat
so many years ago
It looked like stars to me
You were the universe to me
many years ago

Youth kept us going
and youth tore us apart
Everybody knows it well
that’s the way things go
(uh-huh-huh)

I’ve always thought small
my plans ended where you began
and vanished
like a frightened ghost

I heard you got yourself a baby
a good man
and a decent job
to pay the rent

I’m so glad
I didn’t ruin you
you were able to survive me
I didn’t destroy you

All those Bergman scenes
and sandwiched inbetween
moments of pure bliss
deceitful like a Judas kiss
(Nah, don’t want no more of this)

I’m so glad I didn’t ruin you for good
like I thought I would
All the scars I may have caused
I know they spell my name
But you were always better than me
at turning your back
to what’s bad
a gift I never had

saying no to what’s bad
a gift I never had
Now, some of us can have a good night’s sleep, but not me, no no no
Kiss your baby, but don’t kiss her from me
Let her sleep, let her sleep, let her sleep
I just poison everything
Brush the dandruff off of your coat
and all your memories of me
You’re still a star, you’re still a star to me
a gift I never had



GIRL, YOU NEED A DATE WITH COPERNICUS [CG/DL]

I’ve got some artist friends
who’s pretty self-centered at times (aren’t we all?)
Still they’re kind and there’s a limit to everything
But you girl, you really take the cake (oh...)
I’ve had enough of your egotistical ways
– they’re just too much
There are different views than yours, you know (huh? huh?)
You’d be furious if I’d treat you the same way
Well I know it’s the age of me me me
Now, that’s no reason for treating me bad

Girl, you need a date with Copernicus!
Everything doesn’t revolve around you
You’re not the centre of the universe
Galileo would have kicked you out!
(on the street... on your ass...)

I’m pretty easy to please
so why do you just hurt me?
I guess you haven’t noticed
the fact that other people feel things too
you’re lost in ignorant ways, dear
You’re stuck inside of your head
now it’s time to get dragged out
Or I won’t be around anymore, see
You’d be furious if I’d treat you the same way
And I know it’s the age of me me me
But that’s no reason for treating me bad

Girl, you need a date with Copernicus!
Everything doesn’t revolve around you
You’re not the centre of the universe
Galileo would have kicked you out!
(on the street... on your ass...)
Girl, you need a date with Copernicus! (You act like Ptolemy!)
Everything doesn’t revolve around you (Next stop: lobotomy!)
You’re not the centre of the universe (You act like Ptolemy!)
Galileo would have kicked you out!
(on the street... on your ass, right now!)

(guitar solo)



WAKING UP NEXT TO YOU [CK/DL]

I can’t be seen like this (not here)
I can’t be heard (at all)

If I make one more sound
then I’ll be waking up next to you
If I say just one word
then I’ll be waking up next to you

Waking up next to you
Waking up next to you
If I make one more sound, ever so slight
then I’ll be waking up next to you
oo-oo-hoo
ooo-ooo-hoo
oo-oooh

If I take one more pill
one more pill
one more pill
one more pill
one more pill
and one more pill
then I’ll be waking up next to you

If I make one more sound
then I’ll be waking up next to you
If I say just one word
ever so slight
then I’ll be waking up next to you

ooo-ooo-hoo
Waking up next to you
oo-oo-oo-hoo
ooo-ooo-hoo
Waking up next to you

I can’t be seen like this
I can’t be heard

(guitar solo)

If I make one more sound
one more sound
just one more sound
one more sound
one more sound
one more sound
one more sound
one more sound
one more sound
one more sound
one more sound...



LOST MOMENTUM [CG/DL]

Fell asleep sober
for the first time in a while
And how it happened
well, I just don’t know
Keep the motor running
Until you really got to go
Just like a cowboy
Off on your hobby-horse again
Why scrutinize the scene
Oh, what a waste of gasoline
All the while I was waiting for you

Forgotten flowers
will rise another spring
The sound of short waves
from an unknown world
Scavenging through my teens
the nervous breakdowns in my dreams
All the time I spent waiting for you
to say I do
love you

Late at night or when the morning comes then I will go back to you once more
Just a routine check if I still got a home
Late at night or when the morning comes then I will go back to you once again
Another routine check if I still got a home

I woke up screaming
and it was all because of you
The toothless grin
that used to be so warm
But stranger things I’ve seen
the lost momentum of my dreams
All the time I was a-waiting for you
to say I do
love you

Late at night or when the morning comes then I will go back to you once more
Just a routine check if I still got a home
Late at night or when the morning comes then I will go back to you once again
Another routine check if I still got a home – with you
Late at night or when the morning comes then I will go back to you once more
Just a routine check if I still got a home – aaooh
Late at night or when the morning comes then I will go back to you once again
Another routine check if I still got a home – with you, with you...



BLOOD ON THE ROCKS [CG/DL]

Witching hour is my cocktail hour
so bartender, fix me a drink
I don’t waste time on vodka and lime
there’s classier stuff, don’t you think?

I get no kicks from champagne or ale
ordinary booze can rot in hell, I want

Blood on the rocks
- no gin rummy
Blood on the rocks
- no whiskey sour, gimme
Blood on the rocks
- no dry martini
Blood on the rocks
- and I’ll drink ‘til I drop
- every drop
- I’ll drink ‘til I drop
- yeah...

(every drop)

A white knight in the dead of night
travelling fast in my hearse
Type A or B, it’s delicious for me
there’s a few of us connoisseurs

While you pray to Jesus Christ
I only care about Rhesus tonight, gimme

Blood on the rocks
- no gin rummy
Blood on the rocks
- no whiskey sour, I want
Blood on the rocks
- no dry martini
Blood on the rocks
- and I’ll drink ‘til I drop
- every drop
- I’ll drink ‘til I drop
- yeah...

R!h! Rock’n’roll!
R!h! Rock’n’roll!
R!h! Rock’n’roll!
-Cheers! Here’s to Rhesus Christ!

Gimme blood on the rocks
- no gin rummy
Blood on the rocks
- no whiskey sour, I want
Blood on the rocks
- no dry martini
Blood on the rocks
- gimme gimme gimme
Blood on the rocks
- no gin rummy
Blood on the rocks
- no whiskey sour, I want
Blood on the rocks
- no dry martini
Blood on the rocks
- and I’ll drink ‘til I drop
- every drop
- I’ll drink ‘til I drop
- every drop
- yeah...
!!!!!!!

(åggåggåggåggågg – aah...! One more please!)



SAFFRON SUNSET [CK/CG/DL]

saffron sunset
by the skyline
like a dirty conscience
for a scattered mind

one who can’t hold on
one who can’t let go
and two people
damn silly ones who just won’t learn

like two doves
feasting on yesterday’s puke
all I can say
is sorry won’t cut it this time

no, no, no
sorry won’t cut it this time

goodbye, Southern Station
girl, you’ll never notice
when a good thing
finally comes your way

I gave the cat some food
her kittens purring in the wardrobe
while your son was tucked up in bed
he read Tom & Jerry when I left
these are the parts that I miss

oo-oo-oo-oo-ooo
that’s the parts that I miss

so if the bombs don’t kill you
then the summer heat will
if the bombs don’t kill you
then the summer heat will
the bombs...
or the summer heat will

love seems to be wasted on me

saffron sunset
by the skyline
love seems to be wasted on me

so if the bombs don’t kill you
then the summer heat will
love seems to be wasted on me

so if the bombs don’t kill you
then the summer heat will
love seems to be wasted on me

so if the bombs don’t kill you
then the summer heat will
love seems to be wasted on me

love seems to be wasted on me.


BABY DOLL [LP/DL]

Baby Doll I thought of you today
Baby Doll since you went away
I miss your smile and I miss your touch
I miss your lovin’ oh so much
Baby Doll won’t you come back home to me

Baby Doll it happened yesterday
Baby Doll oh why did you go away
Wasn’t I good enough for you?
Wasn’t my love always strong and true?
Baby Doll I miss you everyday

(Yodelaihoo...)
(Yodelaihoo...)

(spoken:)
Baby Doll, I miss so you
You went away and left me all alone
I pray that someday, I’ll see your face again
And you’ll come back to me to stay
And you’ll come back to me to stay

(Yodelaihoo...)
(Yodelaihoo...)

Baby Doll I thought of you today
Baby Doll since you went away
I miss your smile and I miss your touch
I miss your lovin’ oh so much
Baby Doll won’t you come back home to me

(Yodelaihoo...)
(Yodelaihoo...)
(Yodelaihoo...)
(Yodelaihoo...)


SATAN’S DEATH WALTZ [DL]

Come on in, baby
I’ve been waiting for you
Sit yourself down, love
What you’ve been up to?
It’s been a while
Me, I’ve been busy
I’ve been busy
I’m always busy

The first time we met
You were just a child
Now, you’ve had your days
Old, but born to be wild
Me, I’ve been busy
I’ve been busy
I’ve been busy
I’m always busy

Come on in, baby
I’ve been waiting for you
Sit yourself down, love
What you’ve been up to?
Now, it’s been a while
You were a wild child
And me, I’ve been busy
I’ve been busy
I’ve been busy
I’m always busy

 



IN NEW TERRITORY ROCKIN' ON [DL]




BACK IN THERAPY [CG/DL]

I’m jet-lagged
like a new-born baby
flew into town
on a J-32 

an airborne virus
I got my ways
to get what I want

a free jazz cat
I just made my dysfunctions
into a career

so take care
and beware
a snorkel might help
when you’re under the ice

way up north
can you find us a lodestar
among the polka dots

well, I cannot
so is sexual intercourse
all that is left

freckles
a pointillist dream face, oh it’s spot on
let’s connect the dots

it’s a map
for your HMS Endurance
A 171

all aboard
sail away
if Roger is jolly, we might meet again

She’s back in therapy again
Back in therapy again
I’m sad to see her leave again
But she’s back in therapy again
(I hope it does her good)
Back in therapy again
She’s back in therapy again
So sad to see her leave again
Now she’s back in therapy again
Good luck to you, and I guess it’s well about time for me
to move on

We made love
in the drunk tank, baby 
yeah, I’m still a romantic you know

like Joshua
sounding the horns
now that’s an original free jazz cat

aw, let’s face it
to-to-together
we got more issues than the Daily Mail

so take care
and be well aware
that an ice pick might help
when you’re under my sun

She’s back in therapy again
Back in therapy again
I’m sad to see her leave again
But she’s back in therapy again
(I hope it does her good)
Back in therapy again
She’s back in therapy again
So sad to see her leave again
Now she’s back in therapy again
(Good luck to you, girl)
Back in therapy again
Back in therapy again
I’m sad to see her leave again
Now she’s back in therapy again
back for good  

[Sigmund Freud: "I started my professional activity as a neurologist trying to bring relief to my neurotic patients. [---] I had to pay heavily for this bit of good luck. People did not believe in my facts and thought my theories unsavoury." (..."unsavoury.")]


YOU GOT THE BULLET FOR ME [CG/Åsa Lundgren/DL]

what once was a bluegrass state
turned into a nightmare of real estate
that kind of graveyard is nothing new
just makes me think about me and you

how we nailed each other to the floor
still always leaving wanting more and more
but there always was a cloud
like an H-bomb trying to hide in the crowd

I'll never be your secret saviour
I can't explain this strange behaviour
an extra lesson in misery
I also should be back in therapy

But why, is it always so complicated?
exaggerated, yeah

I wish I was a happy-go-lucky
farmer in old-fashioned Kentucky
you don't need a walking love disaster
an emotional ghettoblaster
I’ll milk cows and serve you for breakfast
then sell cattle to the state of Texas
the Wild West will feed me forever after
I'll draw quick, but Cupid will be faster
and you, you got the bullet for me

go on, try for a state of grace
no point in eating when you’ve lost the taste
they'll sort us out like a deck of cards
but still marked, so we can't get too far

Oh why, is it always so complicated?
exaggerated, yeah

I wish I was a happy-go-lucky
farmer in old-fashioned Kentucky
you don't need a walking love disaster
an emotional ghettoblaster
I’ll milk cows and serve you for breakfast
then sell cattle to the state of Texas
the Wild West will feed me forever after
I'll draw quick, but Cupid will be faster
I wish I was a happy-go-lucky
farmer in old-fashioned Kentucky
you don't need a walking love disaster
an emotional ghettoblaster
-I’ll milk cows and serve you for breakfast
then sell cattle to the state of Texas
the Wild West will feed me forever after
I'll draw quick, but Cupid will be faster

and you...
you know...
yep,
you know you got the bullet for me!

(shap-shana, shananana
shap-shana, shananana)

You got the bullet, bullet for me
You got the bullet, bullet for me
You got the bullet, bullet for me
You got the bullet, bullet for mee-hee! 

(shap-shana, shananana
shap-shana, shananana
shap-shana, shananana
shap-shana, shananana...)


SLOW ME DOWN [CG/DL]

[Kathryn Kuhlman: "---"]

I don't believe you girl
I don't believe a word

I don't believe you girl (I don't believe a word)
I don't believe a word (I don't believe you girl)


SPACE ROVER 38-91 [DL]

(instrumental)


CONSPIRACY THEORY [CG/DL]

Was young once
was old twice
memory crashed like a senile Enterprise
None were wounded
all were dead
now there’s a vacant lot deep within my head 

She had a bunny dress
well, after all, it was Easter
Finally got the chance to procreate
being the opening act of something great
Got all the autographs in heaven
might sign a few myself down in hell
All women play on 11
and t-t-t-t-t-timing is everything

Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Another crackin’ conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh-oh!
Love’s a crackin’ conspiracy theory
that’s true

She had a turkey dress
well yeah, it was Thanksgiving
Finally got the chance to procrastinate
being the headliner of my own fate
Put all the housewarming gifts
to hot good use beneath the fireplace
All women left at 11
and t-t-t-t-t-timing is e-e-e-e-everything, yeah  

Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Another crackin’ conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh-oh!
Love’s a crackin’ conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Another crackin’ conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh-oh!
Love’s a crackin’ conspiracy theory
that’s true
(aaah...)

And Christmas turned to New Year’s Eve
and at that time of year
it’s about time to leave
Pulled the plug on my soul
a long time ago, purgatory was too cold
She started cursing in her mother tounge
and it wasn’t before long
I was long gone-gone
speeding like a snail, obsessing over details

Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh!
Another crackin’ conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh!
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Uh-oh! Oh-uh-oh-oh-oh!
Love’s a crackin’ conspiracy theory
Was young once, was old twice
Love is just a conspiracy theory
None were wounded, all were dead
Another crackin’ conspiracy theory
Memory crash, Enterprise
Love is just a conspiracy theory
Oy Vey 101
Love’s a crackin’ conspiracy theory
that’s true

And the plot thickens, Dickens!  


REMARRIED DIVORCEES [CG/DL]

So, what was the appeal?
I can’t relate to anything I used to feel
What was the appeal? (for me)
If you were a clock
I’d know what makes you tick (tick tick tick)
lying there nude under an estate sale sign
saying “mix my ashes with printing ink”
you were so drunk

I was just a kid
I didn’t know any better
I was just a kid so easy to impress

played in my own division
sitting on the bench
caught up in trivia at Tommyrot Inc.
(– now wouldn’t you watch me sink?)

I wasn’t up to much
You weren’t up to snuff
But you can bet your ass that I wish you well

You couldn’t hold down a man
You couldn’t hold down yourself
You always said “Let’s leave it to post-production”
Oh, who could’ve second-guessed
all of the dangers ahead
I was just a kid

I guess there were some good times
But those times are gone (long gone)
Man, I was so miserable back then

Now, all bets are off  
But hey, where are my manners?
Mr Cushion, meet Mrs Whoppee (tee-hee)

You got your social skills
I got a bottle of wine
In no-time, we will get along just fine

You were worth the wait
Oh, you were worth the wait
You were so worth the wait
and you should know it (mm-hmm)

Not alone anymore
I’m not alone anymore
We’re not alone anymore
in Kansas  

Like Elis J said in 1916:
“It’s a long, long way to love”
Let’s raise a new statue for a new park
of remarried divorcees (remarried divorcees)


BACK IN BUSINESS [CG/DL]

Well I’m back in business, baby
I’m back in business, because of you
I’m back in business, baby
back in business, and it’s long overdue

Thought I was on a permanent leave
from love, from life
from all things good

But I’m back in business now, baby
I’m back in business
and it’s because of you, yeah you

...and it’s so looong overdue

Well I’m back in business, baby
I’m back in business, baby
ooo-hooo

Yeah I’m back in business, baby
back in business, because of you
I’m back in business, I’m back in business, I’m back in business
and it’s all because of you

...so looong overdue!

Oh darling, I’m so glad I met you

(whistle)

I’m so glad I met you.

[C.G. Jung: "[...] the archetype is a force. It has an autonomy, it can suddenly seize you. It is like a seizure. [...] falling in love at first sight, that is such a case. You see, you have a certain image in yourself, without knowing it, of the woman. Of the woman. Now you see that girl, or at least a good imitation of your type, and instantly you get a seizure. And you're, you're gone. And afterwards you may discover that it was a hell of a mistake. (laughter)"]


AD HOC LOVERS [CG/DL]

She rolls off of him
He rolls off of her, reluctantly
His signature leaks back out
slowly onto the sheets
tonight 
And one of them will frame
that little heart-shaped stain
A Valentine to relish, to cherish (sigh)
Hang it up inside somewhere
and never take it down
again

But is that all that I’ll be
a simple memory
in a loveless galaxy
but it was so distorted, so twisted
damaged irreparably
tonight

And all that I used to know
single-handedly written in snow
in Elder Futhark, while we’re at it
Just a pair of ad-hoc lovers
damaged internally
tonight
You’re all that I wanted to touch

[Vasily Safonov, aria, 1890]

[Turkish song, 1900]

[Oldest dirty jokes, 1892: “Abraham led his son Isaac to mount Mariah. The old man was wrong. [---] By the way, yeah, what is the difference between a flag and a frig [female self-stimulation]? Well, one is bunting, and the other is cunting.”]

Fly me to the moon
on that bed in your back room
To the sack you always were true
and I say credit where credit is due

I never expected to please
not even when I was down on my knees
screaming and cursing and cursing and screaming
they say silence is golden
a fuckin’ golden shower for me (–AAAAAARRGHH)

But when my time is up
You think you’re prepared
but you’re never prepared
just reduced to tears
with condolonces flying through the ears

So what have we done to ourselves
curled up where evil dwells
like broken electric elves
Now, fly me to your moon
on the back of your red balloon, yeah
You know we can never go back

[Arthur Sullivan, 1888: "[...] that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record for ever."]

[baby crying, 1892]

[Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya, aria, 1890]

[Robert Browning, 1889: "I’m terribly sorry but I can’t remember me own verses."]

[Arthur Sullivan, 1888: "But all the same I think it is the most wonderful thing that I have ever experienced [...]"]

[Pyotr Tchaikovsky, whistling, 1890]

You’re like rush-hour traffic, baby
too close for comfort
but still always behind
I’d be insane to slow down

Is that all that I’ll be
a single memory
but it was so distorted
so irreparably

And all that I used to see  
a dead ringer for history
I might have expected too much
always, so desperately

And all that I used to know
single-mindedly pissed into snow
but what’s eternity
just a shopping spree where everything used to be free

And all that I used to touch
might fall apart, but not on my watch
I’ll keep your shit together

No need for heaven, since we got the sky.  

[First sound ever recorded, 1860: woman voice singing "Au Clair de la Lune"]

[Florence Nightinggale, 1890: "When I am no longer even a memory – just a name, I hope my voice may perpetuate the great work of my life."]


OLD USED TIRES ROLLING OFF [DL]


I WAS SO CLOSE TO KISSING YOU THEN [DL]

Hey improv-girl, you look a lot like my ex
Hey improv-girl, I hear you talk about sex
And when I heard you screaming through that bag-pipe of yours... (I gotta tell ya!)

I was so close to kissing you then
I was so close to kissing you then
I was so close to kissing you then (x!)
Aouw-ah!

Hey improv-girl, what will happen next
You improv-girl, put me under your hex
And when you scream with feedback through that bag-pipe of yours... (oh, I gotta tell ya!)

I was so close to kissing you then (so close!)
I was so close to kissing you then (terribly close!)
I was so close to kissing you then (x x!)
Aouw-ah!

But I know that you are not available at all
You got my number, but I’m not expecting you to call
But I’m here the day you want a better boyfriend than what you’ve got
I’m here for you, honey... and don’t you know, babe? I got a bagpipe too!
- UH!

(bagpipe solo)

I was so close to kissing you then (so close!)
I was so close to kissing you then (I should’ve done it!)
I was so close to kissing you then (x x x!)
Aouw-ah!

I was so close to kissing you then (terribly close!)
I was so close to kissing you then (what kept me?!)
I was so close to kissing you then (X!)
Aouw-ah! (Aouw-ah!)

I was so close to kissing you then (next time!)
I was so close to kissing you then (I’ll do it next time!)
I was so close to kissing you then (swear to god!)
Aaaaaaaaooooouuuuuw-aaaarghh! (yeah) –UH! (X!)

(-Ôj, bliilä nö hångel ällör?!)



DRUNK [DL]

yesterday night was full of insight
yesterday night I had a full clear vision
last night was totally devoid of mercy
the night always tells me the truth

then in the morning I’ll start fooling myself again
that somebody might love me
that somebody might care
that someone actually might like to
be with me

[---]

yesterday night was full of insight
yesterday night I had a full clear vision
last night was totally devoid of mercy
the night always tells me the truth


I NEVER THOUGHT I’D LEAVE YOU BEHIND [CK/DL]

I never thought I’d leave you behind
No, I never thought I’d leave you behind
But what goes up, I guess must come down
But I never thought I’d leave you behind (no)

All those years
wasting time
All those years
out of my mind
– for you

But I never thought I’d leave you behind
No, I never thought I’d leave you behind
La la la la la la la la laa la-la, la-la ...


NO WAVE DISCO (for Erik Ahlgren 1727) [DL/Erik Ahlgren]

[!ereh dnuof eb nac sciryl]


THE DEAD PAY NO ENTRANCE [DL/LP]

Before a gig
in Nowhereville, U.S.A.
the bouncer asked – Who are your friends?
I jolted down a few names on a bar bill
but specifically I told him, listen up now

I said to the bouncer
the dead pay no entrance
told him specifically
If they’ve gone through so much trouble
to see me
just treat them nice

the dead pay no entrance
have a drink on me

So, if you’ve gone through that kind of trouble
to see me
don’t pay no entrance
you’ll see me for free
all R.I.P:s are V.I.P:s

you’re on the guest list
we’ll all be on the guest list
the dead pay no entrance, baby

If you’ve gone through that kind of trouble
to see me
you’ll see me for free
aah ohh woooh

you’re on the guest list
we’ll all be on the guest list
have a drink on me


METAL HEART [DL/Mattias Bärjed]

Rock on, metal stud
I know you’re living by leather

Rock on, metal stud
I know your power is steel

Rock on, metal stud
I know you’re pounding for fist

Rock on, metal stud
I know you’re ripping for flesh

Rock on, metal stud
I know your rage is the glory

Rock on, metal stud
I know the hammer is hard  

Rock on, metal stud
Rock on, you antichrist


HOT ASS BLUES [LP/DL]

Woman, you just treat me bad
I said Woman! you just treat me bad
No matter what I do
I just make you mad

Woman, no you’re not very kind (oh no)
Hey, hey, Woman! You’re not particularly kind
It takes a bitch to start a-bitchin’
Drives me out of my mind

(sax solo)

Woman, I should leave you behind
Yeah, Woman! I should leave you behind
But you got one saving grace
At least I like your behind

(uh! hwa hwa hwa...)

[All together now:
I GOT THE HOT ASS, I GOT THE HOT ASS BLUES ...

I GOT THE HOT ASS, I GOT THE HOT ASS BLUES ...
No matter what you do, your behind is on my mind ...!]


CONCRETE POETRY DISCO (for C.F. Reuterswärd)
[DL/CG. Early, unfinished version of Money-Spending Machine]

exclamation point
ellipsis
colon colon colon
dash dash

exclamation point
ellipsis
colon colon colon
dash dash

solidus – slash/slant
virgule – slash/slant
question mark
apostrophe
quotation marks
apostrophe

interrobang!
interrobang!

exclamation point
ellipsis
colon colon colon
dash dash
question mark
apostrophe
hyphen (hyphen! hyphen! hyphen! hyphen!)
hyphen (hyphen! hyphen! hyphen! hyphen! hyphen!)

comma comma period
semicolon colon period dash
comma comma period
apostrophe period colon dash

parentheses
parentheses


AXE TO GRIND (idea) [DL]

Girls come, girls go
Sometimes they're unkind, drives me out of my mind
They say nevermind, but I got an axe to grind, yeah

Girls come, girls go
Sometimes they're unkind, drives me out of my mind
They say nevermind, but I got an axe to grind
Yeah babe, I got an axe to grind, hey


A STORY (1978) [DL]

Once upon a time, long ago, there was a man who wanted to go on a picnic. He nagged in every house he saw, but the people made a stumble-path and he fell and was taken prisoner by the rat army. But the man escaped to his home when noone saw him, because it feels sort of safer to be at home.