Jandek: Lyrics

	JANDEK: Lyrics [ Return to the Jandek main page ] Corrections and alternate hearings are welcome; send them to seth@tisue.net. 0739: Ready for the House (1978) 0740: Six and Six (1981) 0741: Later On (1981) 0742: Chair Beside a Window (1982) 0743: Living in a Moon So Blue (1982) 0744: Staring at the Cellophane (1982) 0745: Your Turn to Fall (1983) 0746: The Rocks Crumble (1983) 0747: Interstellar Discussion (1984) 0748: Nine-Thirty (1985) 0749: Foreign Keys (1985) 0750: Telegraph Melts (1986) 0751: Follow Your Footsteps (1986) 0752: Modern Dances (1987) 0753: Blue Corpse (1987) 0754: You Walk Alone (1988) 0755: On the Way (1988) 0756: The Living End (1989) 0757: Somebody in the Snow (1990) 0758: One Foot in the North (1991) 0759: Lost Cause (1992) 0760: Twelfth Apostle (1993) 0761: Graven Image (1994) 0762: Glad to Get Away (1994) 0763: White Box Requiem (1996) 0764: I Woke Up (1997) 0765: New Town (1998) 0766: The Beginning (1999) 0767: Put My Dream on This Planet (2000) 0768: This Narrow Road (2001) 0769: Worthless Recluse (2001) 0770: I Threw You Away (2002) 0771: The Humility of Pain (2002) 0772: The Place (2003) 0773: The Gone Wait (2003) 0774: Shadow of Leaves (2004) 0775: The End of It All (2004) 0776: The Door Behind (2004) 0777: A Kingdom He Likes (2004) 0778: When I Took That Train (2005) 0779: Glasgow Sunday (2005) 0780: Raining Down Diamonds (2005) 0781: Khartoum (2005) 0782: Khartoum Variations (2006) 0783: Newcastle Sunday (2006) 0784: What Else Does the Time Mean (2006) 0785: Glasgow Monday (2006) 0786: Austin Sunday (2006) 0787: The Ruins of Adventure (2006) 0788: Manhattan Tuesday (2007) 0789: Brooklyn Wednesday (2007) 0790: The Myth of Blue Icicles (2008) 0791: Glasgow Friday (2008)
	READY FOR THE HOUSE (Corwood 0739) Naked in the Afternoon (1/1) I got a vision, a teenage daughter Who’s growing up naked in the afternoon I know a brother close to his mother Who stays out late in the evening time I keep repeating, it takes a beating To grow up naked in the afternoon You are a cowboy if you wear those boots You are a cowboy when you wear those boots [3x] Big time in the city [4x] I got a letter I read in the paper It said a man was shot to death It said a cow gave poison milk Big time in the city when you wear those boots I keep repeating, it takes a beating To wear those boots in the afternoon You call it a question You call it a color I got a letter I think it’s a vision Big time in the city I got a vision I know a brother close to his mother After the morning You’ve had your rest Well I got a letter You are a cowboy Big time in the city Time to go naked in the afternoon Take off your hat, take off your coat Big time in the city You’ve had your rest I got a letter You are a cowboy Read in the paper Big time in the city It’s time to go naked in the afternoon First You Think Your Fortune’s Lovely (1/2) Everything’s so restless The wind has come again Blowing me so far I think I see a star First you think your fortune’s lovely And you fly out through the door Grandmama I feel so lonely My rapture’s painted on the floor The roads lead all to Jacob’s kitchen I’m sitting moon eyed at the table Sitting blank-eyed by the door Oh Lord, do you really think I’m able Well I chose this love completely When you took away the charm Set your mind on breaking burdens Said you done no one no harm I feel a bit like floating water Headed for the rocks at bay Crash upon some ocean liner Comes upon my lonesome way Thought I see your eyes a-flashing Thunder in your hair I burnt a match for your complexion The lights went out and you weren’t there Seated by the ranch I’m owning Staring at the cellophane Somebody came in for a question I poured a glass out in the rain The reason I have been accepted Is that I failed to come on strong Found a chair beside a window Found a place where I belong Inside myself there is no question Just the jangle of our brain Three times four is twenty-seven Only fragments still remain I curse the day I found my freedom You took the mirror from the wall Placed it in a single suitcase Pointed down a hollow hall You said you see your true direction I’ll be there behind the sun And I’ll go with you in the springtime When all your travels have been done What Can I Say What Can I Sing (1/3) What can I say what can I sing You always knew about everything What can I show what can I do Is it all for me, is it all for you Well I don’t know, we’ll have to see Everyone needs, ’cept you and me And then sometime I’m not so sure There’ll never be another cure The early morning sun shines through And all my thoughts are shades of blue Oh I don’t know, I’ll have to go Oh I don’t know the reason for I already left It’s no surprise I saw it in your raining eyes Adrift a dream A time we spent Much more than that Forever was all that we meant Show Me the Way, O Lord (1/4) Would you show me the way, O Lord Show me the way I got an ace to tell the time I got my face all red with wine I got my eyes above all men I don’t even listen to them Would you show me the way, O Lord Show me the way I’m walking on a planet I take everything for granted The stars are falling Emptiness, and I am calling For your caress Would you show me the way, O Lord Show me the way Know Thy Self (2/1) You think I got time for you? You’re just somebody in the snow I don’t even know why I think about you Somehow I just keep seeing you around Everybody’s coming and going I thought I’d stay for a while It had to be you threw me out I didn’t know you were so cruel But thanks for all the gifts Hang on silver branches And now we’re all out here And your eyes find me in the glass They Told Me About You (2/2) They told me about you [2x] Sneaking up on me I’m crazy about you [2x] Forever to time (?) Forever do mine Take it up and lock it Arrange a new day Placate a new way Gangrene in two legs Drunken I’m up on pegs Leaning, a month or so Wrestle with a wandering See the lights up in the sky Vagrant in your cripple eye Wandering’s been creeping by Cave In on You (2/3) A stick would do the trick A dog would jump all over you A mine cave in on you Jump out the window Hit the floor Tap tap tapping at your door In the moonlight behind the sun The blind man’s coming He’s the one to read about you To see your name My blind man I’m glad you came Blind man blind man Be the one behind the moonlight In the sun You tell my fortune Wait, you are my fate My hands are bleeding Am I too late You walk outside A moon is low Round the corner An Eskimo Gently tapping Whispers your name Says hi how are you From the blind man I came To read you a message They Told Me I Was a Fool (2/4) You got real fancy instincts But your mouth is so large I think I see a hundred people in it I guess you like it that way Because you’re a flop And there ain’t no more wringer washers To roll your fingers through I see your insides aren’t the same since 1951 You’re dying inside a window I saw your face all cut with glass And underneath the window The hands you dug your grave with You could have built an empire He would have helped you now you know You’re going to fetch the wind On a unicorn Feet all dangling down Wish them well at the marketplace I fear a fiery face Is staring from the future It’s not the way They told me I was a fool Well it’s your friend and mine And ??? The sky is black in a blue night The winter is true or so it may seem Carnival tricks in the corners The floor is made of tracks That follow your footsteps European Jewel (2/5) You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it’s not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin’ down a lonesome town Some time ago He said you had a mouth so bad The lips were rotting off You dropped a tear to end his fear You seem quite well It’s a long time spell I’m wondering where you got that infection There’s bugs in my brain I can’t feel any pain Just a shaking sha— [song ends abruptly]
	SIX AND SIX (Corwood 0740) Feathered Drums (1/1) Thanks for all the thoughts Came rolling in on feathered drums I’ve been in jail before Been let out too Oh I am sure of where I am Clouds came floating by Have to hide something away It’s what I’ve done Print (?) you this, what comes I feel Oh universe, oh beyond everything to never end Oh back, oh wheel and tumble Morning sights and streets of wheat Oh fanciful and teeming waves Oh universe and all the days Point Judith (1/2) Crestfallen and broken breast I feel a full shadow I see a spur digging Snails on the rocks and it’s low tide and There’s diamonds in the ocean But if there’s a moth winging out over the waves In the sunlight there’s Two spiders meet on a rock but They’re the same anyhow so... It’s all so still here I... Little waves spill over little rocks You can peel off mica from the rocks As it shines like smooth silver But you know there’s more than this ’Cause you can see the boats sailing And the gulls fly by fishing And there’s a lighthouse in the distance, but... It’s all so quiet that.. Why disturb the silence so Go away in the moonlight and Bring back a starfish Settle back easy Make up your mind to stay I’ve earned a fortune and There’s not much more to say I’m livin’ easy As smooth as silk these days I see that you’re fearful Haven’t changed your ways Settle back easy and Make up your mind to stay [bangs microphone] The country’s cleaner and I’ve earned a fortune and You don’t have to pay Just settle back easy and Make up your mind to stay I Knew You Would Leave (1/3) The rocks crumble Unto dust they die Once hard stuff of mountains Now soft powder among the sand Who dares crush a rock Oh rock, no rock Reduced to the winds Scatter your parts You are not one but many To those shall you succumb Beast of time, you hurl your heavens sporadic Falling in the great parade March unto your death And into what arms will you go Surely not your own Oh God, oh God, be you my hope And all else ruffles in the winds Magic carpets fly to your planets You have no place on earth Who is it creates sand soliloquy Is it everyone Nay, you are a heathen Erupting words of pretense Oh Lord let my hand be guided Sometimes I know it not As the air, no air is still And the weary sounds refrain Now the hyena cackles His clutch has found my heart bleeding And now you are gone Where you hear it all Wide awake from a long sleep Myself on my hands Tomorrow in the gallows Trees in skies Empty alliterations replenished By the hand of one who would fall down And make a light to shine somewhere What is this The cavalcade of misery What depths How could we think of distances Ah, it is the gift of man To live, the days long The nights longer Journey to the stars They worship the sun Come down treasures And I like to see a smile On your lips as we meet On a journey to the stars Can I See Your Clock (1/4) Now this one from the morning came to me The piper in his high cloud sang to me Listen, oh my brother, it’s time to rise Thunder in the heavens of the sky Free free, what I do is me What you do is you, what you do is you Have I, I have not (?) It’s playin’ on a phonograph Now listen gently to the call Riding on the waves that fall And rise to reach the sun and you You’re living in a moon so blue Wild Strawberries (2/1) Beachcombers in dozens On raging walls (?) Sun, salt, and sea Walkin’ down the halls I’m wondering where The murdering town I’m beating a hundred From way down below There’s a place you could call me Out in Ohio You’re down in the numbers You’re listed forty-five You heard and you answered “I’m not dead, I’m alive” You’ll walk on a tightrope Wear the suit of a clown You rear back in anger Don’t forget there’s no answer Watch your feet and where they’re goin’ Don’t forget you’re a dancer Forgive Me (2/2) You know evil, know it well The tree gave up its fruit at once Ah! My hand it burns Scarred with these prints They will live when I die, that is a fact The blood will drain Infection will mix with the blue corpse But you have it here You see how it is like the wind At your back and at your face Leaves drop or aching branches creak You walk alone down boulevards I take you to the sky Take you to the sky [3x] Hilltop Serenade Part 2 (2/4) Well your brain is weary and your manner rough Well OK but that’s enough Crazy lights, crazy fights Cotton’s on the way hey Walk along sing a song and pray Mr. Genry on the label Paint a picture of a fable On a label a fable Mr. Genry (repeat) You’re The Best One (2/5) You’re the best one that I came to see You’re the last one that I want to see You’re one in a million, Lord I think I forgot to come You’re the top of the mountain, the rest is on the way down You know I think I could tell you I think you ought to know There was somebody new before you With you I learned to know them all And all that came before them And all that go here from now You go with them gently With love on your mind Delinquent Words (2/6) I always had a bloody lip, always Those Cadillacs just float over the road They don’t even know the road is there How is it they know me well in the wine store There is no question of it It’s the blank eyed and boxed face that don’t understand Age makes no difference Shape makes no difference I observe that all collects dust here as everywhere The most whited things fade and emerge to no color Dust enters into all being And man who came from dust, to dust shall he return
	LATER ON (Corwood 0741) Your Condition (1/1) Well... Well that’s your condition Well that’s your condition, that’s your condition That’s your condition your condition your condition That’s your condition Condition your condition That’s your condition Your condition your condition your condition That’s your condition Your condition your condition Well that’s your condition What Did I Hear (1/2) You didn’t tell me mister that you were fooling me You lead me on, I took your word And now I’m wonderin’ what it is I heard Was it the words of an angel or a devil in disguise I’m not sure what it was I saw in your eyes You deceived me mister it sure seems that way You said you were gonna do away with today I guess you knew that wasn’t possible I guess there’s no such thing as today or any day There’s only what you are and what you’re doing And if you’re... And if you’re staying back behind You must wanna be the one that’s blind To some people that could use you to help them get along Get along, get along, get along Just Whisper (1/3) I was walkin’ down a road I was movin’ down a road Walkin’ down a road, movin’ down a road And saw you comin’ by I was walkin’ down a road I was movin’ down a road Walkin’ down a road, movin’ down a road And saw you comin’ by Walkin’ down a road, movin’ down a road And saw you comin’ by I was walkin’ down a road Movin’ down a road You were comin’ down a road I saw you comin’ down a road I turned around you turned around And now we’re walkin’ down a road Now we’re movin’ down a road I see you movin’ down a road I see you walkin’ down a road You see me walkin’ down a road You see me movin’ down a road Oh Jenny (1/4) Oh Jenny, didn’t mean to do you so bad Oh Jenny, I’d like to give you everything I have Jenny, didn’t mean to do you so bad Oh Jenny, I love you with all my heart I’m just knowin’ it now Oh Jenny Until Then (1/5) She came, she left, she’ll stay one day She came and she left, she’ll stay one day She won’t have any choice So Fly, Max (2/1) You don’t even know where you wanna go and Who you wanna see and what you wanna be and So you go ’round the corner, you just walk along, sing a song All you know tomorrow’s gone Oh you don’t know where you wanna go and Who you wanna see or what you wanna be And so you walk along, you sing a song You know tomorrow’s gone Tomorrow’s gone The Janitor (2/2) You got quite a lotta habits for a janitor See you wash clothes three times a day See you think about dirt quite a lot That’s a disgrace the way you keep your backyard You should take more care the way you fix your hair It’s enough to make me sick Why don’t you live life more naturally Don’t Know If I Care (2/3) Oh Lord help me to understand what’s goin’ on in this world All people doing different things different ways Some don’t seem to care, I don’t know if I care I don’t know what’s happening Oh Lord help me to understand John Came (2/4) Well I’ve been atop the mountain I’ve been down below Been in the sky, down the valley Jessica (2/5) Go gently to your chambers Jessica Take your ruffled skirt by your dainty hand Understand, then go gently to your chambers Jessica Go gently to your chambers Jessica Open a window, greet the skies Hello nature in your knowing eyes Go gently to your chambers Jessica Jackson’s Gone Down the Mississippi (2/6) Well Jackson flowed on down the Mississippi Now Jackson, you’re in the Atlantic ocean You know Jackson sailed to some land To the sea what you have not seen Now Jackson take hold of a hand Now Jackson sail to some other land Now Jackson look to the skies There’s a reason for your eyes The Second End (2/7) Joy to the world Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
	CHAIR BESIDE A WINDOW (Corwood 0742) Down in a Mirror (1/1) We can’t deny there are spirits in this house You shut the door, the wind closes two more I laugh a dark laugh, you smile and think about it You’ll come again I’m sure you can’t refuse Your spirit’s here laying on a white (wide?) table I can see it gleam it is sparkling in the sun I wish I could leave this room and lock the key Someday I would take hold your hand and let it be In the skyway a shining path for you and me Come back oh please come back I don’t know what to do Come back oh please come back Come back oh please come back Come back please come back European Jewel (1/2) There’s bugs in my brain, I can’t feel any pain Just a shaking shake Just a breaking break broke me today in the afternoon No matter who you fool, it’s a European jewel all in the sky Unconditional Authority (1/3) I ain’t gonna fool no more I ain’t gonna fool no more I ain’t gonna fool no more I ain’t gonna fool no more All I am is a fool but I ain’t gonna fool no more I ain’t gonna fool no more Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah You know I ain’t gonna fool no more, let me tell ya I ain’t gonna fool no more Poor Boy (1/4) Well it’s a poor boy, a poor boy It’s a poor boy who lost his mama It’s a poor boy who lost his father It’s a poor boy who lost all his friends And it’s a poor boy who lost his woman It’s a poor boy It’s a poor boy who lost everything he ever had You Think You Know How To Score (1/5) You think you know You think you know how to score Nancy Sings (1/6) A dozen drops fall from your face Shaking the rain in a quiet place Shining clean a fresh new day Wakes up the world in a fragrant bouquet Listen to the sound of a constant fall Skies give water for life of all If you reach into the air Rain will come to kiss your hair Listen to the sound of a constant fall Skies give water for life of all If you reach into the air Rain will come to kiss your hair No Break (2/1) Get loud, get it loud, loud (woman mumbling) Get up and go to work You’re a jerk, go to work I ain’t got nothin’ I ain’t got nothin’ I ain’t got nothin’ I ain’t got nothin’ I ain’t got nothin’ I ain’t got nothin’ I ain’t got nothin’ You’re a jerk, go to work You’re nuts, you’re nuts! Mostly All From You (2/2) Rain on my head and it’s mostly all from you Rain on my head and it’s mostly all from you Layin’ in bed and it’s mostly all from you Rain on my head and it’s mostly all from you Rain on my head and it’s mostly all from you Layin’ in bed and it’s mostly all from you Layin’ in bed and it’s mostly all from you Blue Blister (2/3) I was lightin’ on fire one night Smokin’ cigarettes I was lightin’ on fire one night Smokin’ cigarettes The Times (2/4) It took about a month or so for you to know what you are after Oh yes, we can speak of time ’Cause all I remember are the times You’re livin’ free and livin’ high You’re like some angel in the sky You’re like some angel in the sky You’re like some angel in the sky high high high Love, Love (2/5) Love love is the only way Love love is the only way The only way Love everybody, love yourself Make yourself the best person you can To give to everybody some way or another Love love is the only way Love love is the only way Make the most of your talents Don’t bury them in the ground Decide for yourself just what is God And love love is the only way Love love is the only way The First End (2/6) (“Your Condition” from Later On is heard backwards at a very low volume throughout the first half of this song) A fragrant mist shine over you Until the sun rises in the dawn of a new day May a fragrant mist shine over you Until the sun rises in the dawn of a new day
	LIVING IN A MOON SO BLUE (Corwood 0743) Gretchen (1/1) Gretchen, Gretchen I’ve been fetchin’ Some shiny fish From the sea The sea Down in Galilee Supression (1/3) Walk out shut the door It’s the same it was before Walk out shut the door Now it’s the same it was before Strange Phenomenon (1/4) Yesterday a strange phenomenon And now today You think it’s changed You tell me that you Think it’s a change And now today Yesterday Today, today You Can Stop Now (1/5) You can stop now Cause I don’t want none of that gibberish Yes, you can stop now I don’t want your playing around Well you can stop now I don’t want your morality Stop Comedy (1/6) Here’s looking at you kid You got the German measles It’s a comedy Ha ha ha etc. Sailors (1/7) Sailors sail the seas on end They leave someplace They’ll come again And if you’re there You might see them Carefree as the summer wind Way up high Up in that cloud The seaway of the sky Bludgeon (1/8) Please do not push any buttons On this machine On what machine Wet paint Keep Out All In An Apple Orchard (1/9) In the middle of an apple orchard There’s a small boy Watching bees in the blossoms In the middle of an apple orchard There’s two boys Climbing trees In the middle of an apple orchard There’s six boys Making underground tunnels In the middle of an apple orchard There’s ten boys Throwing apples at each other She Fell Down (2/1) He was a cruel young boy A cruel young boy Used to set traps For some retarded friends he had But one day When all the snow was melting Their mother, Mrs. Potter Was on my bus Going home It stopped at her stop She got off first Stepped off the bus Slipped on the curbing Fell into the gutter With all the slush and mud All over her clothes Professional (2/2) You sure are a professional Just like in the books I read ??? particular ??? You sure are a professional Living the life you do Professional Anticipation (2/3) Please, oh please It’s just that I got some kinda anticipation Alexandria Knows (2/4) Why don’t you sell me two rhymes I want to tell you two times Quite Nonchalant (2/5) You’re pretty nonchalant With your four (fore?) arms And your bleeding teeth I think you’re pretty nonchalant I’d have to say you’re quite nonchalant Relief Of The Night (2/6) Why a picture Is it all too false The shepherd gathers in Voices from the darkness Bleeding from lonely mountains They are more quiet at day Sight in the sun Live and survive The tale is not weary Relief of the night You will never wake up The mind must die Sleep to me now I’m pounding Release this beat This nerve Anesthetize this being You will never awaken Tomorrow is on the other side Of a sight that is night Shelter me O mother of miracles I am entangled in swamps Crime Pays (2/7) Well I do believe that crime pays And I do believe there’s... I do believe that there’s countless ways And crime pays Crime pays
	STARING AT THE CELLOPHANE (Corwood 0744) Michael (1/1) Michael, Michael Where are you now? [repeat] Riddles Riddling Me (1/3) You keep me in riddles Riddles all the time It’s the only way to be So just keep riddlin’ me By your honesty You’re a riddle to me I see the beauty of the world It’s a riddle to me And at this time I don’t have to resolve Just keep being a riddle to me I See Lights (1/5) I see red lights I see green lights Rather Be Blind (1/6) You call me out From this cave And now I fall out Into my grave You lead the way I’ll walk behind I’d rather not try I’d rather be blind Away (1/7) And then he’s gone He’s s gone away Oh far away And now he’s there Some other place Far from your face In a foreign land He is no way, away Don’t Get Too Upset (1/8) You lost this time It was a minor theft So don’t get upset There’s a lot more to come You know you’re the one That’s been makin’ all those telephone calls It’s your turn to fall It was a minor theft A small offense So don’t get excited Just settle down A Letter (2/1) Got to move Into a cellar Just to feel A little bit loose Got to slip From the sky My hands are nervous I’ll keep a place Up in the sky For you to live Until you die Until you die Until you die On the main floor A level head In the basement Nevermore (2/2) Been goin’ too tight You’re rotten, you know Got iron buzz around your neck Oh no your body can’t get out Oh no nobody can get in Sealed off in a chamber Of your choosing I’m on the outside Watching you I’m on the outside Watching me What do I see? To inside from the outside Come together, not a chance Pure devotion, from a distance In between Sand I (2/3) You’re stuck in the sand Go home Nepoleon in Russia (2/4) It was a crushing victory Napoleon and his army Marched across some other soil Took the farmers from their toil Waged a war that could never be won Dream of masters, fanatics Great men, of course they were They had to be Fall out a window, Napoleon On your white horse And with your sword And your big hat And half a right hand Split to the East (2/5) Come down out of a corner Split to the east One foot in the north Split the east Only place left to go is south Number 14 (2/6) It’s time to close the door I don’t want it anymore Whatever comes, then I’ll take that I’m sick of getting fat I know the things I thought I needed Things come inside me, naturally But I don’t have to be the one That puts them there Just let ’em come and Let ’em go and Close the door cause I don’t want ’em anymore Blood and Bone (2/7) His skin is stretched tight across his bones Blood running down his cheeks Children gazing at his feet Ladies he’d like to meet Lonely in that ancient street Hanging for somebody else Or everybody else
	YOUR TURN TO FALL (Corwood 0745) Liquids Flow to the Sea (1/1) You come and say you’re my friend Whoa and then you tell me it’s the end You walk by, close your eyes And then you tell me goodbye You come and say you’re my friend Whoa and then you tell me it’s the end You go, I just don’t know Elementary Talk (1/2) That’s elementary talk The way you were before That’s elementary talk That’s elementary talk The way you were before That’s elementary talk John Plays Drums (1/3) A dozen drops fall from your face Shaking the rain in a quiet place Shining clean a fresh new day Wakes up the world in a fragrant bouquet Listen to the sound of a constant fall Skies give water for life of all If you reach into the air Rain will come to kiss your hair Listen to the sound of a constant fall Skies give water for life of all If you reach into the air Rain will come to kiss your hair No Time (1/4) Going down a road Go on down the street Say hello to every stranger That you meet You Don’t Have to Entertain Me (1/5) You don’t have to entertain me You don’t have to entertain me Echo (1/8) Won’t you get along Won’t you get along Won’t you get along Won’t you get along Won’t you get along Won’t you get along Won’t you get along Won’t you get along Centaur Train (2/1) Bitter tears in shades of blue I go to the Everglades for you Ride a horse into the rain Looking for a pony trail Oh got up on some kind of rail Some kind of rail I took a train tonight I took a seat down in a chair And death around me everywhere Dance of Death (2/2) Dance The dance of death For it is there that you will live Dance Dance Dance the dance of death For it is there that you will live Dance Dance Dance the dance of death For it is there that you will live Dance Dance If Your Fortune Fails You (2/3) Say if your fortune fails you You can say I was no good Say I led you to destruction Bye bye I was outside of you When you were all around me Curtains (?) ??? I felt I was a hero But it wasn’t me It was your lady Hers Now I got too many closing (?) Too many mornings just aren’t the same Maniac visions of a world beyond my eyes In the skies of our dreams mama Heaven lead (leave?) you I’ll Come Back (2/4) If you’re ever sad and lonely I’ll come back and be your only If you’re ever sad and lonely I’ll come back and be your only About Today (2/5) Just a month ago It was a rainy day About today It’s a sunny day The plants begin to grow Such a Thrill (2/6) Please thrill me two times I never thrilled like this before By two times I mean just one other time Please thrill me two times I never thrilled like this before Didn’t Have to Cry (2/7) You didn’t have to cry I never know why It is that you cry You didn’t have to cry Aw, why you saying goodbye They Knew My Game (2/8) This is my last game I don’t have any money They don’t treat you the same I lost all my money in a poker game Came home empty handed I had to lie Said I had no money I couldn’t even get a job They love me all the same They might have even known my game They probably even knew my game But they love me all the same They let me go my way It was always the same They love me anyway They even knew my game
	THE ROCKS CRUMBLE (Corwood 0746) Faceless (1/1) He wouldn’t even look into my eyes He wouldn’t even know my name I seen him several hundred times He wouldn’t even look into my eyes He must be blind He wouldn’t even look into my eyes He wouldn’t know my name I seen him several hundred times Birthday (1/2) A dozen drops fall from your face Shaking the rain in a quiet place Shining clean a fresh new day Wakes up the world in a fragrant bouquet Listen to the sound of a constant fall Skies give water for life of all If you reach into the air Rain will come to kiss your hair European Jewel 613 (1/3) You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it’s not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin’ down a lonesome town Some time ago He said you had a mouth so bad The lips were rotting off You dropped a tear to end his fear You seem quite well It’s a long time spell I’m wonderin’ well You got an infection There’s bugs in my brain, I can’t feel any pain Just a shaking shake Just a breaking break Broke me today in the afternoon No matter who you fool It’s a European Jewel, aw, in disguise European Jewel II (1/4) You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it’s not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin’ down a lonesome town Some time ago He said you had a mouth so bad The lips were rotting off You dropped a tear into his ear You’ll sing quite well European Jewel 501 (1/2) You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it’s not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin’ down a lonesome town Some time ago He said you had a mouth so bad The lips were rotting off You dropped a tear to end his fear You seem quite well It’s a long time spell I’m wonderin’ well You got an infection There’s bugs in my brain, I can’t feel any pain Just a shaking shake Just a breaking break Broke me today in the afternoon No matter who you fool It’s a European Jewel, aw, in disguise Message to the Clerk (Part 1) (2/1) First I came to see the doctor, told him I was unemployed Asked me what I did for money, told him I was overjoyed To reach into the basket, and take a bunch of dimes Drop them for the paper riddled with my rhymes Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Then I came to see the priest, said I knew God was alive He looked at me quite solemn, said “Son don’t give me that jive” I reached into my pocket, pulled out .45 Said “Priest I got your number, and this here ain’t no jive” Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Message to the Clerk (Part 2) (2/2) Then I came to see the man at the center of the town Said hey there Mister Leader, you’re looking at a clown I don’t engage in nothin’ except hangin’ around I’m living high, I’m living low, I just scream the sound Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Then I came to see myself, I got a nervous quirk He looks to me berserk He pushes (?) out his time, he’s running down a line Face all dripping down, carryin’ the sound Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work And now you’re independent, brush your teeth three times a day Remember how I told you, remember how I say That you’ve seen the hundredth person, and you’ve called him down today Just to hear how lovely it sounds to hear me say Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Branded on a Telephone (2/3) Branded on a telephone Germans came, I wasn’t home Nickel for your fortune true Dime when you reach forty-two Vertebrae all scrambled ’round Lately I have found a sound Mention this to him above Take care of the one I love He told me not to be afraid I kissed his feet and dug my grave Walkin’ down a line again Hey mister, have you got a friend Branded on a telephone Junk man come, I wasn’t home Peace (?) escaped from me today Fortune lady was a liar Breathtaker (2/4) Breathtaker, he took his toll Microphone and rock and roll Beat me up and take my time Run up and down my scrambled spine Early mornin’, he comes up Rock’n’rollin’, he goes down Down to see her, he says where How’d ya feel It sets a fire in you Think you’re made of steel Go ’round the corner Hot tail fever, it’s the cold Breathtaker, he took his toll Mighty cold, rock and roll A thousand jets fly to your door He nailed you to the floor A tale a sparrow told Once to the mighty bold Lonesome Company (2/5) I ain’t got no home When I leave some place, I’m gone Come back another time To read the wanted sign You left me here alone Now I have to look around Try to find you in a friend Someone here alone I need, uh, someone near Just to talk to or look at And as the words Ring ’round my ear And the faces that you left To keep a lonesome company Same Road (2/6) Walk on the same road Walk down the same road every day But don’t let me fall prey To the tired things all around And when you don’t know whether to fight or Just then it happens All these things that happen every day Turn around and mix them up Walkin’ down the same road Walkin’ down the same road Walk down the same road everyday [2x] Every day Walk down the same road [2x] Walk down the same road everyday
	INTERSTELLAR DISCUSSION (Corwood 0747) Starless (1/1) I must say what I say Listen — what I say Hey (1/2) Hey I’m gonna chase your blues away Hey A-won’t you come along? Hey hey hey... Waltz in Two-Fourths Time (1/4) We ain’t gonna let you wash your car Said we ain’t gonna let you wash your car It’s so damn dirty you can’t see too far Take me back Take me bones And take my blood And dash it all (?) Let’s go! Ohhhh... Call You the Sun (1/5) You come around at (morning?) They call you the sun Gonna ??? ??? and get you baby You come at night They call you darkness You come in the morning They call you the sun I Ain’t Got None (1/6) Just because you’re lonely Just because your mother took your daughter from her only Da da da da da da... Just because you’re lonely Just because your mother took your daughter from you, oh no Think you — come around — here Asking for my son I just have to tell you I ain’t got none I have to tell you that I ain’t got none The Spirit (1/7) Sitting in your morning sun Old black night has all been done Once again your picture’s new Seems it’s quiet just like you Looking at a miracle Living in a natural way Lord, I know that you’re the one With me the morning sun Rifle in the Closet (2/1) Hey John Stopped by this afternoon To see you in the purple moon Best I say what’s on my mind Best I say what’s on my mind Hey John, John, John, John... Hey John I’m walking on pins My life is a lie and I’m telling you the truth There’s nothing else I can do Except live another day And find a way to tell you I’ve been doing what a good man should Hey John My eyes have been crying And we’ve been making (?) Coffee’s no good in the morn’ Beer ain’t no good at night Ah, hey John The theater’s been dripping The movie’s 3-D There’s two rides to Texas 547-3668 Ah, hey John The rifle in the closet is just the name of the song The rifle in the closet is just the name of my song Hey John Sung (2/2) I’m looking at a blank page Looking at a blank page I’m just singing a song That I didn’t write I just sung Ha Ha (2/3) Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha And now you want a fortune too Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha You think you’ll ever be untrue? Ha ha ha... You think you’ll ever be untrue? Ha ha ha... You think you’ll ever get that bread? Ha ha... Customary (2/4) As a matter of fact It’s the way that you act It’s a matter of (ways?) It’s customary It was the real (pie?) I got it all in my eye She told me she wanted to hold me I laughed to my self It’s all on the shelf It burns and It eats the ones and I choke it ??? I won’t be altered May 7, 9:15 A.M. (2/5) I take three baths a day Wash out all my mind Each time I get so gay It takes me out of my mind To get a clean mind To wash out my mind For a fresh new time And a real time So it’s three times a day I go to the cleaners I seldom do anything Just ’cause it’s my birthday The time will come You’ll find you some new way to have a clean day In the merry, merry month of May Situations (2/6) I don’t know, I really don’t They come to the door asking for someone I never knew Get into situations I’m way far away from Did you really think you could teach me something? I already learned all I know And I know enough to pick my own friends Couldn’t be a Reader (2/7) I couldn’t be a reader I had to write the words I couldn’t be a dancer I had to pull the string Hey, I wouldn’t treat you nice Hey, you’d have to pay the price Now I’m lost forever I couldn’t play a part Knowing that a fever is written in my blood Hey, I wouldn’t treat you nice Hey, you’d have to pay the price Best that you forget me Best that you forget me Kick (2/8) Out there crying in the noonday sun Gentleman come but she didn’t get none A year ago she was a friend of mine Didn’t need a fix, just a little wine Wish I didn’t have to see her this way Cast a dark shadow over my day I’m not crazy about the way things go Seen it all before at a movie show There’ll be another man in a little while Walking down the road just another mile She’s a thief She’s a harlot You can take your pick Gotta make the payment on another kick
	NINE-THIRTY (Corwood 0748) Tell Me When (1/1) I don’t know what it was and I just forgot it It was really symbolic I guess I left it In a dresser With a hat down And two ties It’s all right That’s just what I did I I’ll do it again Just tell me when Left the Beach Last Sunday (1/2) I left the beach on last Sunday I came a long way From South Carolina to Ohi-a Wasn’t fussy about the way I came To me it was all the same I left the beach on last Sunday Bells and Voices (1/3) The bells sound early in the morning They sound late in the night When the skin comes tied to your phone There’s no stopping the bells You said the people are on the phone asking if you want to go here or there Hey would you come along And then they either come or don’t And that’s what you do — you either come or go That’s what I do — I either come or go Come along I left a long time ago and I guess you didn’t notice Yeah you are catching up Boy you don’t know what you’re doing Faye (1/4) Don’t you know that I love you Stop making me sad You’re the meanest little woman That I ever had Please say that you love me Stop making me blue You’re the cutest little woman That I ever knew Well, by golly, she loves me She’s making me smile A little wine will do her (?) All the live long while I’m taking it to you In a foreign way You bring me the sunshine Oh, my darlin’ Faye Wrong Time (1/5) It’s not the right time Something’s wrong, but I’m gonna do it anyway You can put your bloody mind in a paper bag and eat it for lunch What is God? What are you doing here? Or there? I am a fool Forgive me If a door is open I should be back soon Voices in the Dark (1/6) There’s voices here in the dark I have to beat them before it gets dark I hear them now it’s true They’re coming even out of you I just have to pretend that they’re not there But I’m never gonna go anywhere I even know they’re there I don’t care ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... I can’t say as I never heard them before Green Dreams (1/7) Green dreams in the springtime April dreams that bloom in May Green dream’s better than gray Come all the colors that bloom in May The earth wakes up But you’re not here Gone driving on home Green dreams You’re not here Blind Cat (1/8) They come around Take your thing And put it in another place I smile and say it’s OK I didn’t care anyway I listen for a while They’re no good They were just stupid Couldn’t show a blind cat not even one thing But we can have some words I’ll hear your story It’s not so bad Georgia East (2/1) I shouldn’t feel so sad It was all I had I should be glad Coming into Atlanta Big wheels turning Talk about negroes Talk about the fruit Georgia peaches Scuttlin’s Pecans shaking from the trees You people sure are strange to a city boy from up north May 3 (2/2) If you want a friend in South Carolina look up Charleston (?) Wish I never have to leave Charleston May 3rd We go back very much the same as how we came Goodbye palm trees Brown water seas Savannah Goodbye pretty town Three hundred years old Charleston Nine-Thirty (2/3) Oh Texaco and seven south Montague avenue Red and green and yellow Two thousand ??? All those white lines And bumping time Keep off the median There’s an air force base And a whole human race Moving until tomorrow This is a Death Dream (2/4) This is a death dream In the daytime I go to the cemetery buildings In search of books And never do I find the right one I just browse through death books When it seems the ones I want are out In the night time I go with friends to the cemetery And the entire time concerns Carousings and adventures within the cemetery But all others are insincere and even silly Some figures predominate and I compromise my Especial meeting to go with them I always attempt to get some of these friends to go with me But they are afraid It seems I do not want to go alone And leave each successive night with hopes for Tomorrow’s daytime excursion to the cemetery Last time I was particularly upset Despair that the right books will never be there Because people will not bring them back and My reliance is weak I should find a way to require that which I want Of special interest in the dream is the night time attraction Of particular growing things Which previously were cultivated in horror with another In the night wanderings I attempt to get back to these to encounter horror But they — others are afraid or silly And one or two are not But show me replicas which are not the same This I know and am disappointed Earlier for interest I had a wine bottle Weird death monsters approached and I admitted them As they filed past into my house Not the bedroom where others were They danced in the living room Extremely macabre and death-like moves Others saw them and sometime later expressed horror as they left Or escaped You Didn’t Lie (2/6) You didn’t lie You only told the truth I got some place that was very hard to get out of Didn’t get too close Wouldn’t get too close Oh Jenny (2/7) Oh Jenny Didn’t mean to do you so bad Oh Jenny I’ll give you everything I have Oh Jenny Didn’t mean to do you so bad Oh Jenny I didn’t mean to do you so bad Oh Jenny I’ll give you everything I have Oh Jenny Didn’t mean to do you so bad Oh Jenny
	FOREIGN KEYS (Corwood 0749) Spanish In Me (1/1) Well that’s the Spanish in me You broke my neck until three Stop wonderin’ why Keep lookin’ at the sky You took a vacation whoah Water thunderin’ blow oh You blew me back from the sky Broke my neck until fall You took a vacation whoah Stayed away from that boat Somewhere floating down a river to Madrid ’Cause that’s the Spanish in me Broke my neck until three You broke my neck until four You broke my neck until five I was out there floating down a river to Madrid Lookin’ at the sky high high high high The Spanish in me that...Spanish in me that’s the... Spanish in me Down that river to Madrid Lost Cause (1/2) Listen to me baby it’s a lost cause Pretty Patty baby it’s a lost cause And all of your friends are a lost cause Everyone’s gone to the lost cause Take off my shoes to the lost cause Quit eatin’ food for the lost cause Take it all back to the lost cause Forget your life to the lost cause Take off your shoes to the lost cause Quit eatin’ food to the lost cause Take it all back to the lost cause Come on ??? baby it’s a lost cause lost cause lost cause Everyone has gone to the lost cause To the lost cause to the lost cause To the lost cause to the lost cause To the lost cause to the lost cause To the lost cause Now die brother Caper (1/3) Caper, a caper God is one big caper Life is one big caper Life is one big caper Life one big caper Life one big caper Caper You fool with it and it fools with you Well life is one big caper You reach a finger ??? ??? a finger to a fork (?) ’Cause I... Caper She came to you with words so true Talked herself right into you Now life is one big caper it’s a Caper caper Uncle Steve (1/4) Settle down and don’t think twice Your uncle Steve was awful nice Yeah he was very nice Yeah Steve he was very nice He was a HOO he was a HOO Very nice Yes Don’t Be So Mean (1/5) Oh please don’t be so mean Oh please don’t be so mean I admit I was wrong I deserve anything that comes But please don’t be so mean Oh please don’t be so mean Oh don’t you be so mean Don’t be so mean Needs No Sun (2/1) Dance bright and ??? it seemed Right onto the night’s star dream Brings down the fortune black Tore this body off the track (???) Soon I see the day grow dim I put you ??? this life ??? You are a bright star night my night We need a person here bright (???) On down the depths I spy a ??? ??? that you had made Of all the ??? To lay a body down to ends A spirit from ??? To find a love for your ??? A bird flies home to you today He needs no sun to see the way He did his best in ??? ??? ??? truth I ??? Lay down there ??? ??? with ??? Drive me under your ??? I found you ??? ??? ??? As I die in my ??? Take the ??? Take it your black disgrace Oh No (2/2) Ooh Oh no, oh no Some of Your Peace (2/3) Well you gotta throw it over if you expect to live Don’t pick it up if you don’t even want to get it I’ve been livin’ this way too long And I know what you are tryin’ to do All I want is a little bit of your peace All I want all I want Peace! Please give me just a little bit of your peace Oh God I’ll be glad Oh God, oh God I’ll be so glad Put It Away (2/4) I would personally like to say hello to you Hello Now you’re supposed to say hello to me please Well when does it come I’m so tired of waiting for your voice God I’ve been waiting almost twenty years And you don’t seem to have any ears Well I quit, I quit Because I’m too drunk to worry about your fears So why don’t you stop your foolin’ around with Everybody you see ’Cause nobody is worth anything not even me All you can do is ride around And you hope that someone calls you Oh I’m through I’m so through Well I guess I would like to say goodbye If I wanna waste my time Ballad of Robert (2/5) Robert Robert Robert Down at the halfway house house Robert down at the halfway house He’s livin’ at the halfway house The halfway house You know the halfway house It’s got a ??? They put a cross on your back and you get real mean Down at the halfway house Robert (ha ha) at the halfway house He’s got a cross on your back He’s got roller skates and the’re hitched up to his feet He goes right down the street on the roller skates They’re from the halfway house Ya’ know this man Robert He’s no man he ain’t no mouse He’s from the halfway house Tell him he’s from the halfway house Now the doctor says good morning And Robert looked up ’n he had blisters on his fingers And the doctor said “Robert, Robert” he said “Robert” “You are not the halfway house, the halfway house” He’s Robert from the halfway house River to Madrid (2/6) Yes...let them start for a while, and then we’ll start... [woman] Well that’s the Spanish in me [Jandek & woman] Broke my neck ’till three [woman] Started wonderin’ why [Jandek] I kept seein’ [woman] the sky [woman] Took a vacation whoah/ [Jandek] ...vacation whoah oh oh oh [woman] Water thunderin’ blow oh [Jandek] Pull my back on the sky. Broke my neck until four [Jandek] Took a vacation / [woman] Whoah! [woman] Sail away from that port [Jandek] Somewhere floatin’ down a river to Madrid / [woman] Madrid [Jandek] ’Cause that’s the Spanish in me [woman] Broke my neck until three [Jandek & woman] Broke my neck until four, broke my neck until five [Jandek] I was out there floating [woman] Down a river to Madrid / [Jandek] ...Madrid, lookin’ at the sky [Jandek & woman] Spanish in me! That’s the Spanish in me! [Jandek] I’d rather... / [woman] ...river to Madrid [woman] Floatin down a river to Madrid [Jandek & woman] Spanish in me! That’s the Spanish in me! [woman] Floatin down a river to Madrid
	TELEGRAPH MELTS (Corwood 0750) You (1/1) You can feel the ??? One the Planes (1/2) Now on the planes Life ain’t the same On the planes You can’t see Far beyond me On the planes Planes ain’t got nowhere to go So close your eyes Go to Bed (1/3) They threw it down To the other You should be proud You’ve been up so long You’ll never be down I saw you standing there With a smile in your hair We’re coming down (?) Oh, just go to bed Ace of Diamonds (1/4) Well, king of diamonds Queen of spades You played your cards Your hand’s been laid Well ace of diamonds King of spades The prize is mine You better pay money You better pay (?) time You can give it all away (?) You’ll have your last dime (?) You think you’re free I went on a spree (?) Well, ace of diamonds King of spades You’re going down, way down And that ain’t all ’Cause don’t forget The next time you call Maybe be your last bet ’Cause ace of diamonds King of spades Your life is near (?) Watch out fate You’re getting old You’re losing time And I don’t mind taking Your every last dime Twenty-Four (1/5) Just turn the page to twenty-three Tomorrow be twenty-four In the morning A new day Late at night It’s not the same It’s a mystery A history You’re gonna live until you die It makes you shake It knocks you out A blinding light Black as night Being born You got no choice You’re gonna live until you die Fifty-two years old today Forty-four yesterday It’s all mixed up Don’t make no sense Just turn the page to twenty-four There may be a hundred There been before You might have been Somebody else Your world is shaking It makes you shake Might as well go on and shake Just turn the page to twenty-three You’re gonna live until you die No Slow Ones (1/6) I’ve been needing a rest For a mighty long time But you gave me your best You threw me a line Well, I’m shutting my door From now until then And if you wanna come back I guess I’ll see you again I’ve been sitting on top For almost as long As you would care to know So I’m biding my time I’m willing to wait Been living down Telegraph Melts (1/7) woman: When the telegraph melts And it’s still ringing your name When your shoes got holes in them And the sidewalk’s not the same And you’re falling down Then you can think about your mother You can think about your friends But you can’t blame me for not being around You know I told you long ago Before you grew so old That I wasn’t meant for claws falling on my face I see you knew it was a jungle I was a woman had a place to go If you can’t come with me then I just don’t know But I’m wondering about your humor You know I didn’t mind When you laughed in my face You know I didn’t mind When you stood on my head And then I turned the tables around Jandek: I thought it just another day I thought you saw it my way But to my surprise There’s a difference in your eyes woman: I find it hard to find you Say you want an ashtray Say you think you found a way Well, you can joke about me baby You can say my name in vain Governor Rhodes (2/1) (Jandek, with woman repeating after and occasionally before him) We are here in earth, in life, in sky, in magic, in rain, in love, in fire, in celebration We are here together, in love, in life, in magic, in celebration We are here Let us celebrate Celebrate our love Celebrate our magic Celebrate Celebrate our love Celebrate our magic Celebrate Let us chant Chant with love Chant with magic Chant with celebration Chant Chant with love Chant Chant with magic Chant Chant forever Chant for always Chant Let us sing Sing for love Sing for magic Sing for always Sing Sing for Janet Sing for Paul Sing Sing in celebration Sing Sing with love Sing with magic Sing forever Sing Chant Celebrate Sing Sing Sing We are here In earth In life In sky In magic In rain In love In fire In celebration We are here Together In love In life In magic In celebration We are here Let us celebrate Let us celebrate (repeat with variations) Star Up in the Sky (2/2) woman: I love the rhythm You’ll find him there (?) Just a ??? Jandek: Last night I saw the evening star woman: Oh good, I’m glad to hear it You just made my day Jandek: I know I’m not diversified Because I saw it in the sky woman: A very good place to see it, in the sky Jandek: Way up in the sky Last night it was in the sky Oh my, up in the sky I saw a star up in the sky I saw the star up in the sky You Painted Your Teeth (2/3) I got my knife [2x] If you want to breathe, baby Don’t paint your teeth [2x] I’ve got my gun [2x] If you want to laugh, baby Don’t paint your teeth Don’t paint ’em You don’t paint your teeth Your teeth are white And they’ll stay that way If you don’t paint ’em Don’t paint your teeth Don’t paint your teeth, mama Don’t paint your teeth I painted my teeth I said I painted my teeth You painted your teeth And you think you’re fine But you gotta die You gotta die Six black horses and a coal black hearse [2x] There’s a black body It’s got a big black shroud But the only thing coming It’s your teeth, mama It’s your teeth You’re going to go to heaven Everything’s going to be white White white white white white white, baby But not your teeth You painted your teeth [2x] Mothers Day Card (2/4) Making others happy is such a part of you You’re always kind and thoughtful in everything you do That’s why this special message comes with love to say Thanks for being you, Mom, and happy Mother’s Day (repeat) The Fly (2/5) I saw him winging around He was a big buzzing fly He took me to his home It was a spider web I said, no not this time I looked around the corner Saw a car light (?) It was a ten gallon hat And I could do without that Mama, my mind’s jumping (?) Cops are pumping Buster, where you work I said I work inside my cabinet Filled with hundred dollars bills Going to the graveyard Going to dig up a dead man Say buster, where’s your wife ??? Say I kissed a girl last Sunday House Up On the Hill (2/6) (Jandek and woman’s parts are simultaneous, not sequential) Jandek: You know Up at the house The house up on the hill You can drink your fill I’m going to the house Up to the house Up on the hill I can drink my fill La la la la la la... The house up on the hill I’m going up to the house Up to the house Up on the hill Hill hill hill hill hill... The house up on the hill It’s getting mighty full [2x] Has seen so many days It’s seen a lot of days And it ain’t making hay The house up on the hill [5x] It’s painted darkest black The windows are all broken And you can’t get in the back door The back door The house up on the hill woman: Let’s go to the water To the water Let’s go Let’s leave for the moon Come on And we’re going To the water And we’re going To the moon Let’s go I can’t wait For the water Can’t wait [2x] For the moon Oh, hurry up
	FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS (Corwood 0751) What Do You Want To Sing (1/2) [woman] What do you want to sing? [Jandek] A song (?) Preacher (1/4) Are you goin’ down to the preacher? Are you gonna think he’s your teacher? (repeat) Didn’t Ask Why (1/5) You didn’t ask me why You just watched me cry Well, you were so sad Oh, then you were so bad Now back on the street My own two feet But you didn’t ask me why Leave All You Have (1/6) At the edge of reality You’ll find the bird who’ll sing to thee Leave all you have Leave all you have At the edge of rodeo row (?) A vulture waits for you to look back I Know You Well (2/1) Can’t come around the way you do Say that you’re somebody new I knew you from before That’s the way you are once more Can’t come ’round here Say you’re somebody new ’Cause I know you I know you well Well, well, well I know you well And it’s been tough You’ve been around I know you well Time won’t tell What you’ve been doing Time won’t tell I know you well Well I know you well Bring On Fatima (2/4) [the first line is missing on the CD reissue] Caledonia, mahoganies, elbows Bring on Fatima How long does the rain fall? How long? For Today (2/5) For today I’ll smoke a cigar For today I’ll play your guitar For today I’ll be real nice For today I’ll cut you thrice For today I’ll cup your eyes For today make no disguise There’s a blanket for ya, doctor There’s a full-fledged man of war There’s an ink spot on your jersey And scuff marks on your floor For today you smoked a cigar For today you felt real cool For today you wore a blue shirt For today you wore some old brown shoes Collection (2/6) Well this here’s the date and year Collection Again, it’s the date and year Collection And well, to understand You’ll have to leave your new (?) man On the day of the year Collection It’ll last a year So drink your beer It’s a collection of a year Oh my, that’s dandy Keep your eye on Uncle Randy Oh Randolph, you broke your collarbone Gee well, here’s one more time Record a line On the back page Of the date and year Collection We’re All Through (2/7) All together now One, two All together now One, two, we’re all through (repeat)
	MODERN DANCES (Corwood 0752) Painted My Teeth (1/1) [Jandek] Oh yeah yeah yeah whoa yeah [Jandek] Come on, let’s go, ho [Jandek] Now, now, right now, you painted your teeth [Jandek] Teeth teeth teeth teeth teeth teeth teeth [Jandek] Paint your teeth [woman] That is absurd [woman] Don’t paint your teeth [Jandek] Karl Marx painted his teeth [Jandek] Whoa whoa, go paint your teeth [Jandek] Teeth teeth, aw, paint your teeth [Jandek] Don’t paint your teeth, don’t paint your teeth [woman] How long you been (morbid alive?) [woman] Paintin’ your teeth [Jandek] Hey, well you paint your dollar [Jandek] Hey, so paint your teeth [woman] Don’t paint your teeth [Jandek] You ain’t gonna paint no teeth, no teeth [woman] You just made my day [Jandek] How did I make your day? [woman] You didn’t paint your teeth [Jandek] I tell you somethin’, I painted my teeth [woman] Oh no, you didn’t paint your teeth [Jandek] I painted my teeth [woman] Oh no, you didn’t paint your teeth [following parts are more or less simultaneous] [Jandek] Behind your back [woman] Oh please don’t say you painted your teeth [Jandek] I painted my teeth [3x] [Jandek] Teeth, I painted my teeth [Jandek] Oh give me some paint [Jandek] I wanna paint my teeth some more [woman] Oh ??? [Jandek] Oh lots more [woman] Don’t paint your teeth [Jandek] I paint my teeth [woman] Don’t paint your teeth [Jandek] They’re my teeth and I’m gonna, ha ha [Jandek] Paint my teeth [Jandek] I’m gonna paint my teeth [Jandek] You didn’t think I’d be back, baby [Jandek] But I’ve made it [Jandek] To paint my teeth Twelve Minutes Since February 32’nd (1/2) Hurried, ha ha Aw, we’ve been waitin’ twelve seconds Since February thirty-second It’s been twelve minutes since February Now the thirty-second If your next last day of your life Everybody dies Get your knife, no leave it on Get your knife, get your knife and leave it on Get your knife and leave it on It’s February thirty-second and we’re gonna get it now Because the last day is February thirty-second C’mon now, we’re gonna get ’em all This time its over, we’re gonna get ’em Aw c’mon, we have been ??? We’re gonna kill ’em all We’re gonna kill ’em Cause it’s the thirty-second day of February Oh it’s raining on a dying man C’mon now, there’s a couple over there, let’s get ’em Eeeow okay, they’re all dead now Hand For Harry Idle (1/3) [woman] Let us have a hand for Harry Idle [Jandek] A hand [woman] He was peace and older days [Jandek] A hand, a hand, a hand for Harry Idle [Jandek] Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho [woman] Gonna have a hand, yeah, yeah [2x] [woman] Gonna have a hand [2x] [woman] Two hands for Harry Idle [Jandek] And now let’s have a real hand for Harry Idle [woman] He’s excited that he had a hand [woman] For Harry or anyone passing through [woman] Glad to have a hand for Harry and Tom [3rd voice] Oh no [woman] Oh no [Jandek] Let’s have a hand [woman] Tom doesn’t want a hand Number 512 (1/4) [woman] Okay, but what’s it gonna be? [Jandek] Just talk yourself into it, it’ll be number 512 [woman] Talk yourself into number 512, okay [Jandek] (Lamb are you, huh?) [woman] I have found it’s very simple [woman] To talk yourself into number five twenty-one [Jandek] One [woman] With a shot of Cadillac club [Jandek] We’re almost there [Jandek] Five two one [woman] What we need very quickly is a change [woman] A real change, okay? [woman] And immediately we will change the pace [woman] Because we’re tired of this one [woman] Okay? Let us change the pace [woman] Oh boy did you ride? [woman] Don’t got a ride that night [woman] All I heard about drummers must be true [woman] To stand there lookin’ at you [woman] Fast, somebody’s got to go fast with me [woman] Because oh god, I get so bored [Jandek] One Nothing is Better Than God (1/5) [Jandek] Nothin’s better than God [woman] Nothing is better than God [Jandek] God [woman] I thank God, he’s a real good friend of mine [Jandek] God [Jandek] The lord on Sunday [Jandek] The lord on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday [Jandek] Thursday, Friday, Saturday [woman] Oh why don’t you let me be a little more like you [woman] I enjoy being better [woman] But I guess you hear that lots of times [Jandek] Nothin’s better than God [Jandek] God [13x] [woman] It’s only a song here [woman] Aw, it’s just a word [woman] I would want to know you [woman] If I really could [woman] If I really could [Jandek] God [3x] [woman] Oh [Jandek] Oh, no [woman] I want to love you God [woman] I want to know God [woman] I want to love you God [woman] I want to hear you [woman] Is that wrong? Is that right? [woman] I don’t think there’s anything, God Spiritual Song (2/1) Flying down slow I don’t even want to go But it’s so nice when you fly slow I picked up a piece of the sky I watched it, watched it under my eyes And I noticed quite by accident That it’s the same, it’s all the same Why don’t you fly slowly down with me? I enjoy my work, I enjoy being alive There it goes again, here we are once more We are right are on the edge of Whatever you choose to be on the edge of But it’s kind of nice And it’s kind of calm That you see these things Without even having to die Lucky us Lucky you, lucky me, lucky one two three Aren’t we happy? Aren’t we glad that we’re here on the edge We’re right here in the sky We’re right ever you might choose to fly You and I and the entire world can fly Just you and I Why not fly? Spanish in Me 003 (2/2) [Jandek] Well that’s the Spanish in me [Jandek] That’s the Spanish in me [Jandek] Broke my neck until three [Jandek] Started wonderin’ why [Jandek] I kept seein’ the sky [Jandek] Took a vacation, whoa [Jandek] What a thunderin’ blow [Jandek] Blew me back from the sky [Jandek] Broke my neck until four [Jandek] Took a vacation, whoa [Jandek] Sail away from the port [Jandek] Somewhere floatin’ down a river to Madrid [Jandek] Cause that’s the [woman] The Spanish in me [Jandek] Broke my neck until three [woman] Broke my neck until four [Jandek] Broke my neck until five [woman] Somewhere out there floatin’ on [Jandek] On a river to Madrid, lookin’ at the sky [woman] Spanish in me [2x] [Jandek] Spanish in me, that’s the Spanish in me [woman] That river to Madrid [woman] That’s the Spanish in me [woman] That ??? Spanish in me I Want to Know Why (2/3) [Jandek] I want to know why [Jandek] Tell me why, tell me why [Jandek] I, tell me why [Jandek] Why, he wants to know why [Jandek] I’ll tell you why [Jandek] Why? [Jandek] I want to know why, why why [Jandek] Why, come on now [Jandek] Tell me why [4x] [Jandek] Okay, let’s bring ’em out [Jandek] She’s gonna tell me why [Jandek] Now bring it down [woman] Why, that’s all, just why [Jandek] She wants to know why [woman] Why? Why? [Jandek] Why? Why? Ohio [woman] Why-o why-o [woman] Why did I ever leave Ohio [Jandek] I’ll tell you why [woman] Why? [Jandek] I’ll tell you why [woman] Why? [Jandek] Oh this is why, this is why [woman] Why [Jandek] You want to know why? [woman] Yeah, I want to [Jandek] You want to know why? [woman] Yeah why? [Jandek] The cows came home [2x] [Jandek] There’s only one reason why [2x] [Jandek] One reason why [4x] [woman] Eighteen (?)? Why? [Jandek] One [woman] Because, because that’s the only reason why Simple as That (2/4) You don’t realize What it is I have to do You don’t realize What it is I’ve got to do Simple as that You don’t realize What I have to do Open E (2/5) I know that the times we’ve spent together Weren’t always meant to be The voices outside we heard so clearly Weren’t meant for us to hear Though it’s true I was with you An everlasting moment grew to be Listen to the other side of life Listen, don’t turn back the tide of life If I should go and try to find alone The thing inside my mind Each and every day I dream a dream In which I don’t return But I can never feel the threat Of threat of losing anything I get for free Listen to the other side of life Listen, don’t turn back the tide of life Carnival Queen (2/6) Carnival queen All the ghosts lay by your side Moaning, groaning songs of woe Carnival queen Your hair is on fire Your arrows pierce my bones Angel, madonna Your eyes are on fire Breathing quiet prayers Angel, madonna You breathe Pumping life into my veins Carnival queen All the ghosts stay by your side Moaning, groaning songs of woe Carnival queen Your hair is on fire Your nails pierce my palms
	BLUE CORPSE (Corwood 0753) I Passed by the Building (1/1) I passed by the building you were working in I wanted to step inside it I wanted to lie in your arms again I passed by the building that you live in And I wanted to die I just stood there and cried For then the way I felt For the way I was gonna cry For loving you I passed by the building where you sleep And I wanted to sigh At the sweet smell of your loving But I just weep at the morning I just weep CF (1/2) When we go I’m falling down to the river I’m gonna climb another mountain I’m going down to the mountain I’m coming up from below I’m gonna climb as high as I can I ain’t got no other place to go Down to the river I’m going down to the river I’m going to spread myself around I’m going down to the river Spread myself around How much time How much time How much time Going down, I’m going down, I’m going down Variant (1/3) And so we go Like times of old To stay on one road Or choose another I just don’t know Which way to go When we were small And not so tall We didn’t know Which road to go I just don’t know which way to go I think I’ll follow you ??? Part II (1/4) Ahh — you wouldn’t believe it tastes like candy You see something that wasn’t there I’ll be the one I’ll be the one Don’t you know I’ll be the one Your Other Man (1/5) Well, I guess your mind’s made up Well, I guess there’s not much left to do Go on, see your other man Walk up the stairs That’s where the stars are Go and see your other man Other man Your man Well, you wouldn’t believe it tastes like candy Gimme a fork, yeah gimme a fork Eat some potato Shades are falling Shades are falling Long Way (1/6) Long way to the back of the bus It’s a long way, a long way To the back of the... long way Not as long as all that, but it’s a long way [laughs] Down at the Ball Park (1/7) Oblique Oblique Mystique We was creamin’ ’em down at the ball park And we pitched a little down at the ball park Aw, with Jerry and Lucas and oh yeah Down at the ball park And you know there’s that song ??? He’s a sitting in a corner down by the ??? Oh, it’s all down at the ball park Ohhh down at the ball park Take it, take it Eddie Take it down to the ball park God, they is askin’ me if they can borrow some bats Down at the ball park Ohh motorcycle Down at the ball park House of the Rising Sun (2/2) My mother was a tailor She sewed these new blue jeans My father was a gambler Down in New Orleans The only thing a gambler needs His suitcase and a trunk The only pleasure he gets out of life When he’s all drunk I know the song I sing when I spend my time in Down at the Rising Sun So mother tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend my life in — sitting in misery Down at the Rising Sun Only Lover (2/3) You never smoke a cigarette when you are doing something Only when you are half doing it You are a teenage runt with a lot of cream, Sparky Gone floating down a river to Madrid And a car pull in softly Waiting for the footsteps How has she followed me here The tent I went to wasn’t mine It was a cantaloupe’s Cantaloupes are so good to eat When you dream of your Johnny in a shower Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid I love you my lady I love you like I do Why you make me so blue A-kill me, kill me, kill me Kill me, kill me I think I’m a goner When I see one of your shoes Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid You’re the reason I live You’re the cause of my death I love what I can’t help You took my success Will you take my failure After Arnie took a pill from the bottom He wasn’t ne’er the same You ought to be gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid I hear you bought a new dress A red the color of your kiss Darlin’ are you with me now A-kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me Ohhh it’s my time to die When I think of your black lips Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid Found a painted pony in your breast Can I tell you the rest I love you goddess Listen mister can you be my monkey Feel my pulse take a stab at my arm I wasn’t meant to have a garden Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid Jezebel, you’re my favorite In your country I roam Listen to me now, lady Worst I had to tell you was I followed you here First you made me promise that I wouldn’t leave Then I found my freedom Gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid Lost some lovely people on the way You gave them back I heard you say You’re my only lover Like a kangaroo I’m only half doing what I do Jesus stares at me from the wall And I think I like your bosom Aw gone floatin’ down a river to Madrid Ahh, you hear my music Oh lord I think it’s hard to tell How she followed me here Quinn Boys (2/4) Don’t ever go down to see the Quinn boys When I walked down there I went ??? Meet you in the Bowery Goodbye Beacon Hill Hello misfortune, I’ve got time to kill Time to kill, I’ve got time to kill Spend all of my days roaming all of the ways Deliver me and see the sun, see the moon in dark June Kiss the sand and ocean salt Take my brother by the hand It’s you, and I demand One Minute (2/5) Looks like one minute to me Knock the walls down there for a couple of minutes [pre-music talking] Just relax folks, just relax That’s right, settle back in your chair Listen to the music Close your eyes and watch the pretty colors dancing around in your hair Follow the music
	YOU WALK ALONE (Corwood 0754) Time and Space (1/2) He said show up wearing black or white I looked at my clothes and it seemed Ahhh, they were all black They carried my clothes in coffins You said yeah, put them in the closet Oooh, time, oh, space He wound a silver thread around my neck I looked around but ahhh Land sakes! They bought all their oranges from Florida You said just put them in the closet Oooh, time, oh, space He brought a lot of phony eyebrow pencils I hid behind an electric fence Oh they brought all the jellyfish from Ireland Ireland You said ah, just put ’em you know where In the closet, that’s where In the closet Oooh, time, oh, space He said show up beat up Wearing black or white I looked at my clothes, they were all, all black They carried in my clothes on coffins Ahh, you just said put ’em in the closet Oooh, time, oh, space The Cat That Walked From Shelbyville (1/3) For today I’ll smoke a cigar For today I’ll play your guitar For today I’ll be real nice For today I’ll cut you thrice For today I’ll cup your eyes For today make no disguise There’s a blanket for your doctor There’s a full-fledged man o’ war There’s an ink spot on your jersey And scuff marks on your floor For today you smoked a cigar For today you felt real cool For today you wore a blue shirt For today you wore some old brown shoes Quinn Boys II (1/4) Did you ever go down to see the Quinn boys? When I walked outta there I went awwwww! Meet you in the Bowery Goodbye Beacon Hill Hello misfortune, I’ve got time to kill Time to kill, I’ve got time to kill Spend all of my days roaming all the ways Deliver me and see the sun See the moon in dark June Kiss the sand and ocean salt Take my brother by the hand It’s you, and I demand The Way That You Act (2/1) As a matter of fact It’s the way that you act As a matter of well (where?) It’s customary It was a real pie I got it all in the eye My friend Dusty she told me She wanted to hold me I laughed to myself It’s all on a shelf It burns and I smoke it These words (?) that I choke it Finally he cried louder I wanna be out-ah [repeat] I Know The Times (2/2) I know that the time We spent together Weren’t always meant to be Oh the voices outside that we heard so clearly Weren’t meant for us to hear So it’s true I was with you With you an everlasting moment Grew to be Listen to the other side of life Listen, don’t turn back the tide of life If I should go and try to find The only thing that’s on my mind Each and every day I dream a dream In which I don’t return But I can never feel the threat No never feel a threat of losing Anything I get for free So listen to the other side of life Listen, don’t turn back the tide of life When the Telephone Melts (2/3) When the telephone melts And it’s still ringing your name When your shoes got holes And the sidewalk’s not the same And you’re falling down Then you can think about your mother Yes, and you can think about your friends But you can’t blame me for not being around You know I told you long ago Before you grew so old That I wasn’t made for claws falling on my face I say you knew it was a jungle And I was a man, had a place to go If you can’t go with me Then I just don’t know But I’ve thought about your humor When you laughed in my face You know I didn’t mind When you stood on my hand And then I turned the tables around I thought it just another day I thought you saw it my way But oh, to my surprise There’s a difference in your eyes And I thought it hard to find you Say you wandered astray Say you think you’ll find a way But you can joke about me baby Yeah, you can say my name in vain Say my name in vain War Dance (2/4) It’s all goin’ to the war path I swear I must be part Indian Ridin’ to a war path Move up the warpath Dance of death Run around the red fire Thump thump thump thump War dance all night long War dance all night long War dance all night long Sun give us the strength to live Wind bring our path back home Oh moon, give us stealth Oh moon, flow like their blood Oh rain, flow like their blood At the pierce of our spear At the pierce of our spear
	ON THE WAY (Corwood 0755) Wrap It Up (1/1) Wrap it up in ragweed Take it to the doctor Great man above the clouds Wrap it up in ragweed Oh no, she’s come again Take me to another friend Make this the end of it I just wanna die Oh, I’m living again Isn’t this the very end But I’m living again Yes it’s the very end It comes every century Wrap it up in ragweed Bring It Back To Seventy-Five (1/2) Well it doesn’t matter ’cause This is going all the way out If you think there’s a future anywhere All the way out Whoops, I spilled the beans All the way out Listen bub, it’s on the wall Oh don’t you fall All the way out Just keep looking Just follow with your hands and eyes All the way out Message to the Clerk (1/3) First I came to see the doctor, told him I was unemployed Asked me what I did for money, told him I was overjoyed To reach into the basket, take a bunch of dimes Drop them near the paper riddled with my rhymes Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Then I came to the priest, said I knew God was alive He looked at me quite solemn, said “Son don’t give me that jive” I reached into my pocket, pulled out a .45 Said “Priest I got your number, and this here ain’t no jive” Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Then I came to see the man at the center of the town Said “Hey there Mister Leader, you’re looking at a clown I don’t engage in nothing except hangin’ around I’m living high, I’m living low, I’m just screaming the sound” Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Then I came to see myself, I got a nervous quirk Behind a gun I lurk, he looks to me berserk He pushes (?) at his time, he’s running down a line Face all dripping down, carrying a sign Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work And now you’re independent, brush your teeth three times a day Remember how I told you, remember how I say That you’ve seen a hundred persons, and you’ve called me down today Just to hear how lovely it sounds to hear me say Take a message to the clerk, tell him not to work Give It the Name (1/4) Well my hands are tired, Oh my hands are tired And I, as I need to see, I can’t find ??? You want something, dear, I can’t provide ????? Find me on the corner, ???? ???? ??? So come on down ??? I’m bein’ pushed along wherever I go ????? Don’t you know I wanted to I can’t stand to be pushin’ on Can’t you hear my call Can’t you hear it Can you hear my, can you hear my call Sadie (1/6) You ought’ve seen Sadie She was my special gal Yeah we were pals one night ago We had a We had a spat And you should’ve seen us We was fighting like alley cats Oh me and Sadie, we was not hearing (?) no parties tonight We was gettin’ loaded Oh and now me and Sadie are alone Nowhere to go, oh yeah I’m gonna tell you ’bout the way it’s been The last few months or so Well it’s been here to go to And here to show up And it’s nowhere to go, really So me and Sadie Lady I know, we Got hold of uh, little surreptitious dough And we spent it all on Spent it all on booze Yeah we got so loco every night That’s when we ran out We had a terrible fight Me and Sadie Wearing a feather boa Kimonos and Sears rubies Why did she do it to me, oh Sadie Sweet gal, why did we fall out so I wanna know Oh Sadie, my gal I’ll Sit Alone and Think a Lot About You (2/1) Sometimes I sit and think of... Wonder if goodbye was worth it I sit alone, and all I do is think of you You Sometimes it get’s so very boring without you I like to think of all our memories I’ve got a lot about you And at the time I sit alone All I do is think of you All you I sit alone, and I think a lot Sometimes when I am looking out my front window I see the people there They all breathe the air The same as you and I do But yet when I have said goodbyes There’s only one thing I can do Is think of you Sometimes I sit and think alone I have daydreams and memories Right here with me at home I sit alone and think a lot about you You Long nights last winter you kept me company I know the coming summer will be long for me I’ll sit alone and think a lot about you You, you, you will be thinking I’ll sit alone and think a lot about you I think I’ll go down to the ocean I’ll speak there with the gods below I’ll talk of you I’ll sit alone and ask the waves Just where I might go to find you The Only Way You Can Go (2/2) Gallivantin’ round the universe Somebody slipped me a gold purse The lectures are next Friday Meet you there with a bridegroom Fortunately you don’t have to inform nobody We don’t need any audience You seen me now At least 15 times as I can count em Don’t you think that’s some kind of seniority The future not very great but Yeah, oh It’s the only way you can go I’m Ready (2/3) If you want to know why you’re a woman It’s ’cause you don’t want to be a man Yeah, just wanna have one You know I have fantasies about you Laying down, saying Just come on You can’t be that unkind Playing tricks on my mind I just steal away ??? by the bleachers Watch the door slam on in my face I think a brick is cracking I think a window’s broken I see your face in every feature Your hand in every glove Girls don’t wanna be a man, just want to have one You know I’m captured in your theater And I still don’t know what goes on below But if you got to be with him I’ll say goodbye You wonder why I’m a man Oh, ’cause I don’t want to be a woman I just wanna have one
	THE LIVING END (Corwood 0756) Niagra Blues (1/1) Sometimes go to Niagra Sometimes go to the grave Crazy ’bout your dreamer Crazy ’bout your dark night You think you’re crippled too Cripple me a cripple, oh I think an old black one’s got you now Think it’s out of sight Guess a moving picture’s nice Sitting here I saw it thrice Ooh, all around you shaking night You got me in a living fright Oh, don’t wanna touch it just now Don’t wanna talk a man now Just give me a little place here The night is coming now I fear Come out in a minute then Been saying that since don’t know when ??? I have you forever now Janitor’s Dead (1/2) Think you want another punch Think you want a bunch of grass Do you like the early night Or is that the sun I sight? Is your female here tonight? Has she gone to Lincoln Street? She fell prey to me today Stabbed a tumor in her heart Been away the live long night Ahh, gone and seen another fright You keep the people on the stage Eat a diamond in this age Fascinate the next step But — a but — a but do fine Drink a drink a drink today Radio, I heard it say Can you-a see me? Would you like a master key? Window’s broken over head They told me janitor’s dead Slinky Parade (1/3) Jesus Christ, Randolph Scott Bob Dylan and his mother, Dusty Springfield Came on the road one day Marched a slinky parade into my eye Faster picture lit a match You’re mine forever Great a bird flew home today You took him in your wings and said Little fly on silver dollar Silver hills and rocket ships Clean I tied my shoes and ran Into a forest silver span A needle dropped in the hay I pulled a fathom from the sea Rolled away so fortune free Punched a finger in the slot Gimme mine, I’ll take it now Free to be a Christian ram Flee past the foggy sand Oh, free to be a Christian ram Fleeing past the foggy sand The Living End (1/4) All right, bet you don’t know What you been working for Maybe I got a clue I been working for you You’ve got big blue eyes And your face’s white I kept you by my side Baby, where’d you go All right Bet you don’t know What you been working for License to Kill (1/5) Who’s got a license to kill Tell me who’s got a license to kill Tell you, I got a license to kill I got a license to kill myself Wanna die, wanna die die die Wanted, wanted someone there Oh baby, you can’t make me live Listen, you can’t make me die I wanna live Talk That Talk (1/6) When you talk that talk: ha! When you say we’re through I know all I gotta do Is not listen to you In another day You’ll be loving my way So when you talk that talk I know all that I gotta do Is not listen to you And in another day You’ll be loving my way Bringing all that sweet love yeah All that sweet love ??? Cause you’re my only lover And I’m your only man ??? Darling, I told you a hundred ???? I give you what you want And knowing you Who else is gonna get all that? Surrender to other (?) thoughts I know all I gotta do Is not listen to you Girl From America (2/2) [indecipherable] Embrace the World Outside (2/3) Embrace the world outside Go on and chase the fears you hide A tree is not afraid ??? To see a ??? horizon Once again, once again the light has come The light has come In a hush Take Me Away With You (2/5) I’m breakin’ my life in two I’m breakin’ my life for you Dancin’ in circles I’m calling ??? through Fly away, fly away Take me, take me away with you Fallin’ the clouds are misty blue Come on downstairs I’m fallin’ nowhere Please help me through There are circles of mystery fallin’ all around me Fallin’ all around me I can feel them, I can touch them, I can see I can see the mystery And if you see me walkin’ down the street Don’t sigh at me, don’t sigh, don’t sigh at me Just let me be Inside of you Tired of playin all those dark games Playin’, playin’, playin Sayin’ what’s not meant to be for me Flesh, flesh and bone ??? ??? Oh the mystery Crazy (2/6) [woman:] Give me just what you have Give me just what you have to offer I’m comin’ on through I’m tasting the blue I’m tasting the green I’m tasting ??? ??? Standing on the ???, standing on the ??? ??? Talk to the person ??? ??? ??? ??? [Jandek:] You’re my, you’re my, you’re...
	SOMEBODY IN THE SNOW (Corwood 0757) Tell Me Who You Are (1/1) [Jandek] All right all right all right all right It’s all right I had a dream Came to me twice I had a dream I had a dream Came to me twice [woman] I had a nightmare [Jandek] Oh, your voice came in the night [woman] Show me what is there [Jandek] It was oh so nice In the night [woman] Was it a plastic dream? [Jandek] Tickle myself in your arms Just once, just once, one night [woman] Fallin’ into corners I’m Fallin’ in the street [Jandek] Just come and tell me Who you, who you are Just tell me tonight [woman] Tell me about your fantasy Give me your doorway [Jandek] I had a dream Came to me twice [woman] I grasp it lightly Then I grasp it hard [Jandek] When you first came to me I lost it, in the night Won’t you return? [woman] Tell me that it’s orange, tell — Come Through With a Smile (1/2) Fear Jesus Christ Ah, don’t fear what you have to do He didn’t fear what he had to do I’ll give it back tomorrow I’ll give it back, all your sorrow For what it’s worth to you Come on through with a smile Come on though and dance awhile I want the sky with me Oh, I wanna feel flat (?) color And the light in the morn’ ??? One more time with one more dime Just one more smile, just one more child Just one more for me Just come out to the land of sand and blue-green birds And we’ll fly all the time All the night We’ve got our own style We’ve got our own mind We’ve got our own heart We’ve got our own time And it’s not the same as for you It’s not the same as for you Changes are comin’, changes are comin’ Changes come, changes are comin’ You’ll never be inside You’ll never be the one Like ??? streets in brown instead of blue Instead of blue Forest turns green, forest turns blue Forest turns black, and I’m with you Forest turns brown Comes runnin’, comes rainin’, comes lightnin’ Comes thunderin’ [3x] A flash of blue Never comin’ back [7x] I’m goin’ I May Not Be Around (1/3) Da da da da da da Da da da da da da Fire in the hole (?) ??? ??? Count me once Count me twice You better not count me three times You better just wait and see I may not be around for long I’m takin’ the next train or plane To right To wrong To right To wrong I’m gonna ??? to ??? be a ??? ??? while you’re missing me ??? with me You’re gonna miss me oh lord I know you’re missing me But I’m, I’m nowhere at all ??? Switching ??? Switching ??? ??? ??? Bring It In a Manger (1/6) You questioned her legs, spread on the table Vultures that prey in her bosom, cursed her questions Said she was dead anyway A virgin mild scream She wasn’t dead, just wasted Said I’ll find a true eagle some day Give him my genitals in a paper cup Give him my soul and rainbow Lie (?), sing this song Take a god from his list Push a baby from these legs Bring it to him in a manger Walking Around (2/1) I wasn’t making sense, ??? Some of us are making ??? Some of us ??? Caught between the lies ??? ??? deeper blue, a lighter hue I wish I could learn I wish I would burn my ??? I’m walking away Into a new day I’m walking around ’Cause the towers of Babylon Have fallen down ??? Fallen down ??? I can feel dust I can feel its ugly touch I’m going away I’m going away Going away To the day You can’t call it Monday You can’t call it Friday You can’t call it anything at all Sense of Reason (2/2) Did you ever think about me? Did you ever say my name? Did you ever want to be me? Aw, did you ever, did you ever Oh, baby, now that I’m without you I can’t help but think about you You took away my sense of motion You took away my sense of time I lost my very reason Remind You (2/3) [right channel] I got fifteen jokers hot as lead [right channel] I got a Kodak camera in my head [left channel] I been on the Bowery [left channel] Been on Beacon Hill [left channel] I ain’t got no money [left channel] Oh Jesus, I never will [right channel] I got the right of way down a one way street [right channel] I click a finger to the beat [left channel] You got all money [left channel] Why you want me too [right channel] From before and what’s more [left channel] I ain’t got no money [left channel] What you want me to do [right channel] I got you [left channel] Where you put your laundry [left channel] I ain’t never been [left channel] All I got‘s my shoes [left channel] They took me where I been [right channel] You’re the dream I been dreamin’ [left channel] And are you serious when you say my name [left channel] Saw you something (?) [left channel] I know I ain’t playin’ [left channel] So I’ll say goodbye [left channel] Hope you knew I came [left channel] Just to remind you [2x] [right channel] You’re the cast of my eye [right channel] Yes, you’re the catch of the season Corner of the Street (2/4) Well I read about your bargain basement At the corner of the street And about the strangers fawning At the sidewalk and your feet While running, try to meet me At the edge of the dawn Where you saw the sun come rollin’ Across the meadow lawn You saw the sun come rollin’ Across the meadow lawn You were runnin’ Tried to meet me At the edge of the dawn And about the strangers fawning At the sidewalk and your feet Well I read about your bargain basement At the corner of the street Stick With Me (2/5) Steven, don’t you know that I be breathin’ Steven, I wish you weren’t leavin’ Steven, you got me believin’ Steven, aw I wished you were deceivin’ Steve, don’t leave Steve, don’t make me grieve Steven, I’ll fall in love with my friend And when you wanna bargain You’ll have to forgive my (???) Please Steve Think it over, give me another chance Steve, don’t leave Don’t leave me Stevie Come on, stick with me What You Give Me (2/6) You give what you give me And I get a lot You give what you give me Christ told Moses On a merry old day You got work to do I can’t chase no one person Mess me up, and I ain’t no good There’s lots of people and lots of ??? You give what you give me I got to tell you I take what I want I don’t take nothin’ You can take what you want You give what you give me You Sing a Song (2/7) I paint a picture, you got a gallery I got ??? time, you got a motion I look at the wall, you say a prayer I look for a number, you got them all hidden I got the door, you got the mirror I sing a song, you got the mouth I got a mirror, I got a gallery I got a motion, I got a mouth I keep them all hidden, I say a prayer You look at the wall, you paint a picture You messin’ with time, you look for a number You got a door, you sing a song Walking Home (2/8) Hey sit back, it’s easy Well sit back, it’s easy Well sit back, and it’s easy Well sit back, and it’s easy, easy, easy Yes, once again A-hah, sit back, and it’s easy Sit back and it’s easy Sit back, whoo ???, it’s easy
	ONE FOOT IN THE NORTH (Corwood 0758) Yellow Pages (1/1) You’ve got to help me dear Because there’s no release From this tangled beast You got to be my guide Ridin’ by my side I got a sickness now When I’m gone it seems You got my very dreams I took a chance now Chance for romance now Don’t let me leave You’ve got to help me dear Because there’s no release From this tangled beast He’s gotta (?) walking straight Straight to the stockyard gate I ain’t about to die But you can have your way Don’t ever go away ’Cause you know everything Hangs from a golden chain Around your white neck I’m spendin’ time now With the great ones That hang from your ceiling You’ve got to help me dear Because there’s no release From this tangled beast Angel (1/2) With your reckless wisdom And your arms baking With your eyes brittle And your heart of stone Well I think I see a weasel Come climbin’ off the floor Since they say my baby left the door With your key all broken And your face a-flutter With your spare ribs groaning And you’re panic-stricken What’s that you’re wearing? I feel you in my soul Since the day I turned around Day I turned around [2x] With your fingers missing And your paper dreams Show The Man Your Picture (1/3) You show the man your picture And you walk on through the door You click your car in the box And then you empty your stride Cause you know where you are Dab in your orange oil (?) And place them ’round your plate It’s all clean and bell rings And you can watch ’em comin’ down by They’re comin’ down by Pick them up and drop them in Press two green buttons and watch Spin (?) smooth (?) Spinnin’ like a top Think About Your Lady (1/4) Well, you can think about your lady And you can think about your car And never forget who you are And then your thoughts, mister They ain’t no company And baby this evenin’ will be lovely Smell the clean air Oh honey, let’s make it nice For I’m thinkin’ out Oh when that day comes Gonna set my alarm I wanna bring it home to you You’re mine tomorrow You’re mine today Drivin’ a car, it’s a Cadillac And got some praise today Oh down there you know you lied to me Real Fine Movement (1/5) It’s a nice painting When your ??? ??? We can watch (wash?) it It’s a crazy melody But you can sing it There’s a nice Jamaican twist To turn your arm I went to get some gas Around the corner A pretty lady made me stop To sing a song For you [4x] Alehouse Blues (1/6) I got the alehouse blues I had the jailhouse blues Little Randy just died He was a redhead punk Packed a lot of spunk They say he never cried He was pal of mine Paid my hundred dollar fine He got drunk all night Somebody called me a liar At the two-bit bar It was Randy, won that fight And the cops pulled round He didn’t want to be found He just said good bye Upon the Grandeur (2/1) Let’s burst upon the grandeur Second to see the same And when it’s time To find a flame To ??? to burn your picture I ??? You build a place for me I cry upon a cornerstone You there to find a phone You turn around today You burn a lan

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