Last update June 18, 2009.
Anything (Jenkins)
Anything for you
Turn my castles blue
Turn my bones to sand
Just to see you
I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything
Jackie O with the top down open
All the words to what's unspoken
Put together everything that's broken
Just to see you
I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything
Jackie O with the top down open
A king's horse for what's been broken
I'll bring back even what's unspoken
Just to see you
I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything
Wounded (Jenkins/Cadogan)
The guy who put his hands on you
Has got nothing to do with me
And the bruises that you feel will heal and I hope you'll come around
'Cause we're missing you
And, you used to speak so easy
You're afraid to talk to me
It's like walking with the wounded
Carrying that weight way too far
The concrete pulled you down so hard
Out there with the wounded
Missing you
Well I never claimed to understand what happens after dark
But my fingers catch the sparks at the thought of touching you
When you're wounded
(Aaaaaa...)
Let me break it down till I force the issue, we miss your face, you know I wish you
Would come back down to the Dalva Bar, you tell them, that's just my battle scar
I want to kiss you, and knock them down like we used to, you're the marigold
Till you're walking down shaking that ass again, and then you walk on, baby, walk on, you walk on
On and on
You're an angel in the pit with her hands in the air and we're missing you
Now it's fall, and your shoulders get tighter
Nervous flicks on the lighter, boots
Your pissed off poets, your women's groups
And the friends with you, we should have known this fool, well I guess we missed the mark
Still my fingers catch the sparks at the thought of them touching you
Now you're wounded
(Aaaaaa...)
Let me break it down till I force the issue, you never come around, and I know we miss you
Well nobody took your pride away, said, that's something people say
Back down the bully to the back of the bus, 'cause it's time for them to be scared of us
Till you're yelling, how we living cause you got the ball, then you rock on baby, rock on, you rock on
On and on
You're a summer time hottie with her socks in the air, screaming I don't care, baby, I don't care, no!
You say you don't know
You say you don't know (You're the marigold)
All I know is we're missing you, you
You say you don't know
You say you don't know (You're the marigold)
All I know is we're missing you, you
Show up, show up wounded
Show up, show up wounded
10 Days Late (Jenkins/Salazar)
Click your heels and feel you come for me
Care free, she's got something big to tell me
At the ocean, talk back at the ocean
There's no simple way to let you know
Funny how she always cried out daddy
I...got a big surprise, she said
I'm in trouble now and it cannot wait
She's ten days late, boy your life got complicated
Well I can't wait to see this through
She's ten days late
Ten days late
Low ride bicycles go cruising by, I laugh, I don't even know...why
Talk back at the ocean
Consequence and ozone catch a glow, ah ah, oh no baby, oh no no
Give me a minute now to figure out my state
Oh I know she's ten days late, and I don't know where to take it
But it's still great knowing you
She's ten days late
Ten days late
OOUGH
Time has come for you to choose
Baby daddy keep your boo
Many blessings come to you
Baby daddy keep your boo
Baby daddy keep your boo
Baby daddy keep your boo
Your eyes look to me for what to do I can't lie
I don't know
At the ocean, talk back at the ocean
No one's laughing now what do I say
You walk away, but oh no, don't go
At the ocean, talk back at the ocean
Give me a minute now to figure out my state
She's ten days late, and I'm never going to fade it
I guess I'll always be knowing you
She's ten days late (Knowing you)
Knowing you
Crawl...up...the bedpost
Never Let You Go (Jenkins)
Whoa!
There's every good reason for letting you go
She's sneaky and smoked out, and it's starting to show
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you turn around, your back on each other, that's a good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around, your back on each other
You say that I've changed, well maybe I did
But even if I changed, what's wrong with it
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you turn around, your back on each other, that's a good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around, your back on each other
And our friends are gone, are gone
And all the time moves on and on
And all I know is it's wrong, it's wrong
And all I know is it's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong
If there's a reason, it's lost on me
Maybe we'll be friends, I guess we'll see
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
I never let you go
Turn around, your back on each other
That's a good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around, let's turn on each other
Good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around, your back on each other, that's a good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around, your back on each other, what a good idea
I remember the stupid things, the mood rings, the bracelets, and the beads
Nickels and dimes, yours and mine, did you cash in all your dreams
You don't dream for me, no
You don't dream for me
But I still feel you pulse like sonar from the days in the waves
That girl is like a sunburn I would like to save, that girl is like a sunburn I would like to save, she's like a sunburn, she's like a sunburn
Deep Inside of You (Jenkins)
When we met light was shed
Thoughts free flow you said you've got something
Deep inside of you
A wind chime voice sounds, sway your hips round rings true
It goes deep inside of you
These secret garden beams changed my life, so it seems
Fall breeze blows outside, I don't break stride, thoughts so warm
And they go deep inside of you
Ah yeah, and I never felt alone
All right, oh, oh, till I met you
Friends say I've changed, I don't listen 'cause I live to be
Deep inside of you
Slide of her dress, shouts in darkness, I'm so alive
I'm deep inside of you
You said boy make girl feel good
But still deep inside, STILL
I've never felt alone, till I met you
I'm all right on my own, and then I met you
And I'd know what to do if I just knew what's coming
I would change myself if I could, I'd walk with my people if I could find them, and I'd say that I'm sorry to you, I'm sorry to you
And I don't want to call you, but then I want to call you 'cause I don't want to crush you but I feel like crushing you and it's true
I took for granted you were with me, I breath by your looks and you look right through me
But we were broke and didn't know it
But we were broke and didn't know
But we were broke and didn't know it
But we were broke and didn't know
Something's gone you withdraw and I'm not strong like before
I was deep inside of you
I can go nowhere, I burn candles and stare at a ghost
Deep inside of you
And some great need in me starts to bleed
I've lost my self there's nothing left, it's all gone
Deep inside of you
Deep inside of you
Deep inside of you
1000 Julys (Jenkins/Cadogan)
Planning my attack just before you come back around, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know how to back down
I never fit in, I don't belong
You know it doesn't matter when we feel strong
'Cause I'm a vampire, y'all, we toast the blood of our enemies
You're still scaring me, no, you're scaring me, no, and we don't fit in
Don't fit in
Wonder what it's like when you're living with someone like me, I'm a freak and I'm nervous when it's easy
Feral days, and I'm sex crazed
I put it in with my animal ways and
That's the sign I was born to be living in
I ran around and gave the finger to the Ritalin
You could calm me down, I can't say why you say goodbye and burn my eyes
You burn my eyes
A thousand Julys
I hope you find
I'd give you the words, but no words come to mind
But you turn me so cold, so I tell you lies
When you let me in, it's like a thousand Julys
When you left, I felt the drop like a boom
Wintertime all alone in your bedroom
I don't blame you, when I know I'm not your friend
How we live, young American
I guess I've always known, I'd be on my own, I'd be on my own, I don't know why, don't know why (I don't know why)
A thousand Julys
I know you'll find
I'd say the words, but no words come to mind
But you let me in, and I don't know why
When you come, it's like a thousand Julys
A thousand Julys
That's what you are
And I'd tell you to come back now, but we've gone too far
And we've burned it out now, I don't even try
But I feel you gone, I lost a thousand Julys
You say, oceans baby
You say, oceans baby
You say, oceans baby
You say, oceans
An Ode to Maybe (Jenkins/Cadogan)
Lead in night at the Laundromat
And I'm staring at you pulling clothes from the dryer
And I'm wondering how I got here
'Cause it seems somehow I keep getting stuck in the mire
I needed this more than I knew
And I let you down and I said I'm sorry
But the light falls on my castle walls
And my basketballs pelt me with bricks in my dreams
(Do do do do...) Tonight
(Do do do do...) Maybe
What you need, I hope it finds you Oh I my
(Do do do do...) I might be
(Do do do do...) Well maybe
Maybe some day you'll get it right Oh my
If I could bottle my hopes in a store bought scent
They'd be nutmeg peach and they'd pay the rent
And I'd ride a horse, and I'd teach a course
On how I got to be a star crossed pimp
Pimp...pimp...What you need, I hope it finds you
(Do do do do...) Oh my my
Going to live forever boy I might be
Oh you're a clever boy Well maybe
No, you'll never say goodnight Oh I my
Later...later...later
(Guitar solo)
(Do do do do...) I might be
(Do do do do...) Well maybe
What you need, I hope it finds you
Oh you're a clever boy
Going to live forever boy
Maybe someday you'll get by Oh I my
The Red Summer Sun (Jenkins/Cadogan)
(Do do do... Do do do...)
(Do do do... Do do do...)
There's a big red sky over you and I
And it's coming down, and we're pumping over ground
In desert air, I hope you'll be there
'Cause it's coming down, pumping over ground
(Do do do... Do do do...)
(Do do do... Do do do...)
I've seen car wreck kids walk away from it
Laugher from within, I know these days will end
BEEN A LONG TIME, AND A LONG TIME TO WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
LET ME GO, LET ME GO ON MY OWN
SAID, BEEN A LONG TIME, AND A LONG TIME TO WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
LET ME GO, LET ME GO ON MY OWN
Ah! (Do do do... Do do do...)
(Do do do... Do do do...)
I'll make do with none
I will blame no one
Slept on packing foam I'll make it all my home
Take on anyone, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on, I'll take on anyone
Take on anyone, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on anyone
BEEN A LONG TIME, AND A LONG TIME TO WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
LET ME GO, LET ME GO WITH A MARTYR
GO, BEEN A LONG TIME, AND A LONG TIME TO WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
I'M GOING TO WALK WITH THE MIGHTY
LET ME GO, LET ME GO ON MY OWN
I'll take on anyone, I'll take on, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on, I'll take on anyone, I'll take on anyone
(Do do do...)
(Do do do...) Ooo
These days they're not done
These days they're not done
The red summer sun
These days they're not done
The red summer sun
The red summer sun
Camouflage (Jenkins/Cadogan)
Justice comes into your life and then you'll know
You'll know, you'll know
Justice comes...comes, justice let it come...come
I get the justice coming for you and I...I get the joy...joy when it comes my joy...joy
I get joy...joy when justice comes to everyone
Why does a willow weep when all I see's a tree grow...grow
All in camouflage everyone I know...I know
We walk along like a sequel in cameo..eo
You've got your joy, so find the people of your own...own
I'll take in anyone who's taking off their camouflage...flage
Go on...go on, check it...check it
I'll take in anyone who's messing up the sabotage...tage
To yourself, don't destroy
I'll take in anyone who's taking off their camouflage...flage
Check it
Give me the ball, give me it all, big orange ball..ball
Roll up over fields, fa la la
I shame the devil cause I throw it down so hard I rock the big line...line, I rock the back yard...yard
Be a dream in color even on a winter's night...night
Thinking Georges Seurat, afternoon bathed in light...light
Get your joy no matter who says it's right...right
Their cover's blown...blown, find the story of your own...own
I'll take in anyone who's taking off their camouflage...flage
(????)
I'll take in anyone who's breaking down the sabotage
(????)
I'll take in anyone who's taking off their camouflage
Wow
OK, OK, OK
In the geometry of, prism of my eye will flow I ask the questions and wonder why only to roll in a big orange ball that floats in a summer sky
Take it up from the underground, proactive and soul, play a vital roll that's what you are
(Secret words never to be printed)
Check it! Check it! Check it!
I'll take in anyone who's taking off their camouflage...flage
Go on, check it
I'll take in anyone who's taking off their camouflage...flage
To yourself, don't destroy
I'll take in anyone who's taking off their camouflage...flage
Yeah!
Farther (Jenkins)
Ticka...ticka...ticka doo
Nothing much matters to me, so I don't see...why
I should hold so tightly to a memory that I can't speak of...I
Think about it nightly how you opened up your life for me
Why are you still lonely?
Though I'm not the type who begs, thinking how you'd open up your legs
And I'm farther from you every day
Oh my, yeah, farther from you every day, f-f-farther, oh my
And a woman talking to herself gathers up the shit she couldn't sell
Chances don't bode well tomorrow and
Talking to myself pass by, I miss you but know the face you make
Like when you found me for the fake I am
So easily you see through me
What do you do to me to make me treat you so bad?
I keep hoping that you'll speak to me
But I'm farther from you every day
Yeah, oh yeah, farther from you every day
All I think about is waiting and the people we are changing into (All right...)
Farther from you every day
Oh, oh, oh, oh, there was a sound in you
But I don't know how it goes, yeah, yeah, yeah
Remember all that we went through baby, blew in from the coast, yeah, yeah, yeah
You are of the earth, I am of the sky
I don't even know what the hell that means
Farther from you every day
All I think about is waiting (Yeah) and all the people we are fading (All right) into (Oh yeah...)
Farther from you every day
And I think about you dying years from now (All right) never having known who you are (This could be my big mistake...)
Farther from you every day
All I think about is waiting and all the people we are fading (Oh yeah) into (Farther from you...)
Farther from you every day
And I think about you dying years from now never having known who you are
Farther from you every day
All I think about is waiting (Big mistake) and all the people we are fading into...
Slow Motion (Jenkins)
Note: The lyrical version of "Slow Motion" appears only on promotional and European copies of Blue, as well as the later Collection album. Most copies of Blue feature a remix of the song as an instrumental, either with or without the chorus.
Miss Jones taught me English, but I think I just shot her son
'Cause he owed me money, with a bullet in the chest you cannot run
Now he's bleeding in a vacant lot, the one in the summer where we used to smoke pot
I guess I didn't mean it, but man you should have seen it
His flesh explode
Slow motion, see me let go
We tend to die young
Slow motion, see me let go
What a brother knows
Slow motion, see me let go
Now the cops will get me, but girl, if you would let me
I'll take your pants off, I got a little bit of blow we could both get off
Later, bathing in the afterglow, two lines of coke I cut with Drano
And her nose starts to bleed
A most beautiful ruby red
Slow motion, see me let go
We'll remember these days
Slow motion, see me let go
Urban life decays
Slow motion, see me let go
And at home
My sister's eating paint chips again, maybe that's why she's insane
I...shut the door to her moaning, and I shoot smack in my veins
Wouldn't you?
See my neighbor's beating his wife
BECAUSE HE HATES HIS LIFE
There's a knock to his fist as he swings
Oh man, what a beautiful thing
And death slides close to me
Won't grow old to be
A junkie wino creep
Hollywood glamorized my wrath
I'm a young urban psychopath
I incite murder for your entertainment
'Cause I needed the money, what's your excuse?
The joke's on you
Slow motion, see me let go
Oh yeah
Slow motion, see me let go
I-
Slow motion, see me let go
Oooh
Darkness (Jenkins/Cadogan)
Blue come over
Born a Joneser
The cops roll out the radar, and shoot devious grins
Another day begins
I want someone to know me
Maybe tell me who I am
'Cause I've faced down my demons and cried out to a god, a god I've never seen
LIGHTS
And the world darkens around me
Strange friends all surround me
New ideas in my head start to burn
Dropped out of schools 'cause of things that I never learned
'Cause the world darkens around me, yeah
World darkens around me, yeah
I want you to love me
(Like you did)
Before you knew me
And I never thought there'd be any help for somebody like me
A vacancy
SAY
'Cause the world darkens around me
Strange friends all surround me
New ideas in my head start to burn
Trust no one, that's the one thing that I've learned
'Cause the world darkens around me, yeah
Yeah...
Bring me the sun, 'cause I slide off the moon
Bring me the sun
Slide off the moon
Yeah you better get home soon
There's no hope for people, yeah, like you and me
There's no hope for me, oh yeah!
Slide off the moon
Bring me the sun, 'cause I slide off the moon
Bring me the sun (Slide off the moon)
Whoa, yeah!
Darwin (Jenkins/Salazar)
The chromosome divides, multiply and thrive
And the strong survive, and the strong survive
And a spaceman fucked an ape
Then cut out on the date
And now it's much too late
The space ship has escaped
Let go
We're lacking something...good, something good
Is this all for nothing...good, something good, yeah
The chromosome divides, multiply and thrive
And the strong survive, yeah the strong survive
And the grandson of an alien wears his snakeskin boots
And shows his reptile roots, shows his reptile roots
We're lacking something, something good, something good, yeah
Is this all for nothing, yeah
Show me the goods, something good, yeah
Boom tick tick and who skipped the long play
Who skipped the record and who amped what you say
I want to sing a song that's my own
I want to be the DJ
We're lacking something, something good, something good, yeah
Is this all for nothing, yeah
Show me the goods, something good, yeah
The chromosome divides, multiply and thrive
And the strong survive, yeah the strong survive
The chromosome divides (Divides), multiply and thrive (Thrives...)
And the strong survive, and the strong survive
And it's all right, it's all right, yeah (It's all right)
It's a long night, it's a long night
A long night, it's a long night, it's a long night, a long night, a long night
It's a long night
It's a long night
When the plane takes off you know it, when the plane takes off you know it, when the plane takes off you know it