FIRE ENGINE (R. Erickson, I. Hall, S. Sutherland) Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine Let me take you through the empty space in my fire engine If it gets too hot you know we'll cool it down with a rubber hose in my fire fire fire engine We'll be rolling through this hurricane in my fire engine Pull a hook and ladder right through your brain in my fire engine They keep saying I'm so hard to please, but tell me something now I will get down on my knees in my fire fire fire engine Let me take you through the empty place in my fire engine Let me take you down a total disgrace in my fire engine We'll go rolling down and look at all the flames Haul it back just to see what will remain in my fire fire fire engine SEE NO EVIL (Verlaine) What I want I want NOW and it's a whole lot more than 'anyhow' I want to fly fly a fountain I want to jumpjumpjump jump a mountain lunderstandall... ISEENO... destructiveurges... ISEENO... Itseemssoperfect... ISEENOO... I SEE... I SEE NO... I SEE NO EVIL I get ideas I get a notion I want a nice little boat made out of ocean. I get your point. You're so sharp. Getting good reactions with your ''BeBo'' talk. Don't say unconscious No don't say doom. If you got to say it let me leave this room Cuz what I want I want now and it's a whole lot more than 'anyhow.' I'm runnin wild with the one i love I see no evil I'm runnin wild with the one-eyed ones I see no evil Pull down the future with the one you love Pull down the future PROVE IT (Verlaine) The docks the clocks a whisper woke him up the smell of water would resume. the cave the waves of light the unreal night. that flat curving of a room. PROVE IT... JUST THE FACTS... THE CONFIDENTIAL THIS CASE, THIS CASE, THIS CASE THAT I... I'VE BEEN WORKIN' ON SO LONG... first you creep then you leap up about a hundred feet yet you're in so deep you could write the Book. Chirpchirp the birds they're giving you the words The world is just a feeling you undertook. Remember? Now the rose it slows you in such colorless clothes Fantastic! You lose your sense of human. Project Protect It's warm and it's calm and it's perfect It's too "too too" to put a finger on This case is closed. ELEVATION (Verlaine) The last word is the lost word Why don't you say so I sleep light on these shores tonite I live light on these shores ELEVATION... DON'T GO TO MY HEAD Now you give me no trouble and you give me no help It is the clown that works so well I sleep light on these shores tonite. I live light on these shores. ELEVATION DON'T GO TO MY HEAD Our lips are sealed our breath is burning These cold wild seas have left us turning But I sleep light on these shores tonite I live light on these shores I DON'T CARE / CAREFUL (VERLAINE) I jump outa bed and pull down the shade I used to have such sweet dreams - now it's more like an air raid. I see the opposition clear - I see them stare I don't care - it doesn't matter to me - I never think about it Slip out of myself like a shadow and somersault thru walls I can't tell, it's really so odd Is this spring or fall? Your wine is just sour grapes Pour me a glass anytime I'm not there Careful Careful I'm not bitter I just get so sore I need that girl more and more Cuz when she whispers in my ear it gets so hard It get's so hard to get out of bed It's more than I can do. If someone must work today, let it be you. All this confusion hit me like a dare but I don't care. VENUS DE MILO (Verlaine) Tight toy night, streets were so bright. The world looked so thin and between my bones and skin there stood another person who was a little surprised to be face to face with a world so alive. I fell. DIDJA FEEL LOW? NO, Not at all. HUH??? I fell right into the Arms of Venus de Milo. I stood up, walked out of the Arms of Venus de Milo. You know it's all like some new kind of drug. My senses are sharp and my hands are like gloves. Broadway looked so medieval - it seemed to flap, like little pages: I fell sideways laughing with a friend from many stages. How l felt. Suddenly my eyes went so soft and shaky. I knew there was pain but pain is not aching. Then Richie, Richie said: "Hey man let's dress up like cops Think of what we could do!" But something, something said "you better not." And I fell. FOXHOLE (Verlaine) Soldier boy stands at a full salute. He wants your orders to execute. Send him out - 'neath the screaming red lights In a narrow ditch for the funny fights. Foxhole, foxhole too much danger Where's my guardian angel - oh no You show me the war, I don't know what for. You show me the war but the war 's such a bore. In the line of duty, in the line of fire A heartless heart is my proper attire. The flashing sword has been explored The perfect slice - perfect slice of life. I feel the shells hit - Moonlight web Goodbye arms, so long, head. No more danger Hello guardian angel. Pin me down, go ahead it's a cinch You pin me down, you'll feel the pinch I was trained for fights Foxhole, foxhole Foxhole, foxhole. AIN'T THAT NOTHIN' (Verlaine) You're pushin' a furnace You're workin' too hard You're setting things off - all over the yard You play with your 'top' - till your eyes start to spin Then you shrug your shoulders and ask me where I've been Travel fulfills you but the distance it kills you Oh oh ain't that nothin' Why don't you tell me somethin' Tragedy Ain't that nothin' I just wish you'd tell me something - The fan keeps whirling The wind stays hot - but I can't keep from slippin' a lot I look in that purse It's a blessing and a curse Discover dishonor with its thousand commands It ain't worth a shot That target is sand But I love disaster and I love what comes after. KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN' S DOOR (Dylan) ----- LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL (Verlaine) Now Little Johnny Jewel, Oh, he's so cool, He has no decision, He's just trying to tell a vision. Some thought that this was sad, And others thought it mad, They just scratching the surface, JJ can do the floor kiss. Was he on display? No, no, not today. All that guy ever said, He said, "I want my little wing-head". He half-asleep at night Over his head, sensation of flight. And he wake up dreaming, Dreaming... And he run down to the airport, The rush, the roar, And he crouched down behind a fence, With a chest full of lights, Then, He loses his senses... Oh Little Johnny Jewel, He's so cool, But if you see him looking lost You ain't gotta come on so boss! And you know that he's paid, You know that he's paid the price, All you gotta do for that guy Is wink your eye. FRICTION (Verlaine) I knew it musta been some big set-up. All the Action just would not let up. It's just a little bit back from the main road where the silence spreads and the men dig holes. I start to spin the tale you complain of my diction You Give Me Friction But I Dig Friction You Know I'm Crazy About Friction My eyes are like telescopes I see it all backwards: but who wants hope? If I ever catch that ventriloquist I'll squeeze his head right into my fist. SOMETHING comes tracking down, What's the prediction? I'll betcha it's Friction... Stop this head motion... set the sails. You know all us boys gonna wind up in jail. I don't wanna grow up there's too much contradiction MARQUEE MOON (Verlaine) I remember how the darkness doubled I recall lightning struck itself. I was listening listening to the rain I was hearing hearing something else. Life in the hive puckered up my night, the kiss of death, the embrace of life. There I stand neath the Marquee Moon Just waiting, Hesitating... I ain't waiting I spoke to a man down at the tracks. I asked him how he don't go mad. HE said "Look here junior, don't you be so happy. And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad." Well a Cadillac it pulled out of the graveyard. Pulled up to me all they said get in. Then the Cadillac it puttered back into the graveyard. And me, I got out again. SATISFACTION (Jagger, Richards) -----