Can You Take Me (Jenkins/Fredianelli)

All I want right now is the time when we slept on the floor
You said, "right here, right now is all that we're living for"
I got the velocity and all I need now is the mass
I just want you to ask
Can you take me
Into days I never knew
Let's start a riot (I want a riot)
Let's start a riot, me and you
'Cause a riot's overdue
And now these days I wonder why we're holding back on bliss
You blasphemy everything you see, and I just want to give you a kiss
I want the infidel's head on a pike riding on my motorbike
Oh, you and me are alike
So can you take me
Into days I never knew
Let's start a riot (I want a riot)
Let's start a riot, me and you
'Cause a riot's overdue
Make it bigger and wider
I'm your mega collider
When I take you
Into days I never knew
Let's start a riot (I want a riot)
Let's start a riot, me and you
'Cause a riot's overdue, and
Bust you out, I've come to bust you out, I've come to bust you out, I've come
Live in doubt, no longer live in doubt, no longer live in doubt, no...
Humbly now, oh yes, humbly now, I ask for no resistance, oh no resistance
Maybe now, oh just maybe now, we can bridge the distance, 'cause it's so...it's so
B...BIG!
Into days I never knew
Let's start a riot (I want a riot)
Let's start a riot, me and you
'Cause a riot's overdue
Don't back down, don't compromise, don't close your eyes (Riot!)
Here it is, do or die
And you still believe the lie, you still believe the lie (Let's start a riot!)
And the world is for the meek, this mouse is going to squeak (Riot!)
I am dying to be freaked, yes I am dying to be freaked (Let's start a riot!)

Don't Believe a Word (Jenkins/Fredianelli)

Cigarette fingers, amber stain
Incriminating notes on a paper chain
Did you ever get the feeling that you've been cheated?
I want to bust out, I've not been defeated
They're all straw bones, they hold no water
Got the whiplash smile, but this gets harder
Time wound down and we've been cashed
Because half-measures are all half-assed
How did we ever end up this way, and I've gone numb in disarray
Cultivating my ignorance
Didn't we have some standards once?
I hate you and your cowboy boots, so
You wanted clever, we settled for stupid
We threw it all away, so indiscreet
Like a bad boyfriend, he's a dirty little cheat
It's a shallow, vicious state of mind like an angry chump getting dumped online
"Give me back my photos, will you?"
You fucking whore, I'll kill you!
(Don't believe it!) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe!) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it!) 'Cause pretty soon that good King George will wake up screaming
(Don't believe it!)
Our soundtrack is a soulless thing
Some dull ache replaced the sting
Rap stars brag about shooting each other?
Whatever happened to "brother, brother"
We like thugs when they attack, and we like crime when it's black on black, and
Isn't this you, cool-hearted fake?
Isn't this more than you can take?
(Don't believe it!) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe!) Just walk on by
(Don't believe it!) This moment will pass and then we all can all get high, and
(Don't believe!)
(Don't believe it!) Don't believe it
(Keep on breathing!) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it!) 'Cause pretty soon that good King George will wake up screaming
(Don't believe it!)
Wake up screaming
Ha ha! Wake up screaming
OH!
Yeah! (Yeah!) Yeah! (Yeah!) Yeah! (Yeah!) Yeah! (Yeah!)
Round up all the big linchpins
I hope we don't get fooled again
All sensation makes no sense, you got
Some insane confidence
I can't find myself, I can't change the station
In this corporate sellout, hillbilly nation
Scandalize now with such ease
America, give me back my keys
Sand it blows and soldiers squeeze
Trigger on fake enemies
For all abroad and all at home
Till you come home, bring 'em home
(Don't believe it!) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe!) Just keep on breathing
(Don't believe it!) 'Cause pretty soon that good King George will wake up screaming
(Don't believe!)
(Don't believe it!) Don't believe a word
(Keep on dreaming!) Don't believe a word, NO!
(Don't believe it!) Don't believe a word
(Don't believe!) Don't believe a word

Bonfire (Jenkins/Fredianelli)

(Whoh...)
(Whoh...)
A little early in spring, a bonfire ring, she's shivering alone
I bumped into you somehow
You can wear...my duct-taped vest, it's my party best, it's really all I own
Everything's changing now
And I am high like a star that's flying, Cassiopeia
Everything's changing now
She said it's all right
She said, "no, don't die alone"
There's no goodbyes
Lightning comes and lightning goes and it's all the same to me
Let it in (...miss you)
'Cause I want you so
I can hardly breathe, or release (...miss you)
Into one thousand pieces I have broke into, over you (...miss you)
Night shade will soon be gone
I keep burning on, and on, and on
If nothing else, I am myself, that's all I have to give
Everything's changing now
Or we could live like kings if we take a risk, or we could live in doubt
Everything's changing now, oh now, come on, come on
And lightning comes and lightning goes and it's all the same to me
Let it in (...miss you)
'Cause I want you so
I can hardly breathe, or release (...miss you)
Into one thousand pieces I have broke into, over you
Night shade will soon be gone
I keep burning on, and on, and on
And this...this is...this is the last time (Oh...)
This...this is...this is your goodbye (Whoa...)
This...this is...this is the last time (Oh...)
And this...this is...this is your goodbye
(Whoh...)
Some girls will break you down, just to see you come undone
Everything's changing now
Maybe you and I are cursed, maybe you and I are one
And that's the universe, around, around, keep changing
Lightning comes and lightning goes and it's all the same to me
Let it in (...miss you)
'Cause I want you so
I can hardly breathe, or release (...miss you)
Into one thousand pieces I have broke into, over you (...miss you)
Not afraid at all, I keep burning on, and on, and on (...miss you)
Did you get what you wanted? (...got you know) Did you get what you wanted? (...I've got you) Did you get what you wanted? (...got you know)

Sharp Knife (Jenkins/Fredianelli)

Time tick tick ticks after me, my MP3 is out of juice
I wrote a song for you, but what's the use?
How did we get knocked so loose?
Knocked so loose?
Someone I swear I'll never be, who trades his dreams for security
Walks this city blindly
Lately it's a little hard for me to see
Lately it's a little hard for me to believe
And it's all disappearing, and it all falls apart
And it seems like the ending is a lot like the start
Nature has its own rules like gravity crushing me
And liars are robbed of memory
Lately it's a little hard for me to believe
At least you left a mark on me
And I think there's a reason
At least there's a sign
And all that we call chaos I will say is by design
But I'm just lying
What you need is a sharp knife, so
To come back now from an all-time low
Seems like I'm the only one
I wish I was a sharp knife
Swing that blade right through my life
Careful, you could hurt someone
I wish I was a sharp knife
To cut
I said it...I said it...I said it...I said
Some new friend can you hear this
Can we...return to fearless
Merry pranksters one and all
And walk that devil down the hall
Yes, it's all disappearing
And we should all just go along
And all would be so easy
If we could say just let it be
But that's not me
What you need is a sharp knife, so
You can come back now from an all-time low
Seems like I'm the only one
I wish I was a sharp knife
Swing that blade right through my life
Careful, you could hurt someone
I wish I was a sharp knife
A sharp knife
To cut
I said it...I said it...I said it...I said
  (Guitar solo)
What you need is a sharp knife, so
To come back now from an all-time low
Seems like I'm the only one
I wish I was a sharp knife
Swing that blade right through my life
Careful, you could hurt someone
I wish I was a sharp knife
A sharp knife
To cut
I said...I said...I said

One in Ten (Jenkins)

No chance I could be her boyfriend
Trying to flip butch girls again
We could see what life portends
And widen our circle of friends
She said
"You know I love you, but I feel so one-in-ten"
Well life is short and dull
Categorized to the full until the charm is gone
You're a big girl if you want to get it on, you will
If you don't, you won't
She said
"You know I love you, but I feel so one-in-ten"
You can have such a life
With me
You could knit baby sweaters
We could watch a flat-screen TV
She said
"You know I love you, but I feel so one-in-ten"
What's the difference when it goes down?
If it's girl or if it's guys, can't you just close your eyes?
Baby, close your eyes
Baby, close your eyes
Love doesn't come in perfect packages
That means I qualify
And I know you're born this way
But I thought we could give it a try
She said
"You know I love you, but I feel so one-in-ten"
"You know I love you, but I feel so one-in-ten"
"You know I love you, she'll always be my one-in-ten"
  (Piano and horn coda)

About to Break (Jenkins/Ingber)

I was walking alone on the ocean
I felt a fever burning up all I am
'Cause if there's one thing that I can't stand
It's standing next to my fellow man, ah ah ah, ah ah oh...
It's about to break, oh...
For the social worker at the needle exchange
For the soft medicated and the hard deranged
For the lesbians at the bakery
Saying "do you really hate me?"
It's about to break
Break like a fever
It's about to break
Break like a fever
People looking for themselves inside of mirrors
For not knowing why you're here
For public appearances on the verge of tears
When you're all played out on greed and fear
Stand up, let me get a look at you
Can we all take a wider view?
Stand up, let me get a look at you
Can we all take a wider view?
With the evangelist with a stinger missile
Weapons hot, thinking this will
We will make them follow orders
For doctors without borders
About to break
It's about to break
(BREAK LIKE A FEVER!) When I see your face, I want to be in the human race
(BREAK LIKE A FEVER!) You're beautiful, it's true, I want to be beautiful like you
(BREAK LIKE A FEVER!) When I see your face, I want to be in the human race
(BREAK LIKE A FEVER!) You're beautiful, it's true, I want to be beautiful like you
(BREAK LIKE A FEVER!) For the teenage mother with the baby asleep (When I see your face, I want to be in the human race)
(BREAK LIKE A FEVER!) For Africa, where life is cheap (You're beautiful, it's true, I want to be beautiful like you)
For losing faith in who you're going with
America fades into myth

Summer Town (Jenkins)

(This is some dumb jam, it doesn't mean a thing
Ecstasy, rave is king
Fake diamonds shining on her finger, and I'm bad for you
You stole my soul, or I gave it to you)
I wish I was a spray can
Hey, where'd everybody go?
Everyone I know has blown the coast, and
Shiver in the wind it shows
All I have are summer clothes, and
Oh and it brings me down when it's winter time in a summer town, and
It's winter time in a summer town, and
All we are are friends we keep...or lose in time
Fade away, the precious ones...we keep in mind
I wonder now if I'm the one that you'd leave behind
'Cause after Halloween
Everything starts fading
I'm losing everyone
I go down like the sun
You know what I mean
I'm just someone in a summer town
Standing by the old beach house where we stood outside and sang out loud, and
Now I shiver like a ghost, I remember the time that we drew a crowd, and
I told you everything I knew in the manic, rushing line
I wonder now if I'm the kind that you left behind
'Cause after Halloween
Everything starts fading
I'm losing everyone
I go down like the sun
You know what I mean
My whole life is a summer town
  (Guitar solo)
We get into the people you met
And the moment comes that you can't forget, and
Time flies in trajectory
Did you give me more than you took from me, and
I'm as empty now as a vacant sign...like tonight
After Halloween
Can we stay together?
I'm losing everyone
And I come undone
Nothing lasts forever
Last summer is done
Can we find another one?
Find another one
No, no, no, no, yay!
Hey, where'd everybody go?
Everyone I know has blown the coast, and
All we are is holding on, but we're letting it go, letting it go, letting it
All we are are friends we keep, or we lose them all and it's bittersweet, and
And we'll always be in a summer town

I wish I was a spray can, I'd write my name on the world, and
I wish I was a megaphone with my speaker blown, to get myself known in a summer town
Smell sunblock on her hot skin in the bungalow before the day begins
This is some dumb jam, it doesn't mean a thing
Ecstasy, rave is king
Fake diamonds shining on her finger, I'm bad for you as anyone you ever knew
Still you stole my soul, or I gave it to you, yeah you stole my soul, or I gave it to you
Get high and do the five-five deal, rock a fanny pack now from the front
She's generous with the bumps of the fake cocaine, It was funny once then, now it's funny again
And I was never able to reach her, no, no
Next leap of the creature, maybe then, maybe then
Summer dies and then you go away, want to be hustler school M.I.A.
Make a paper plane and then you fly away, make a paper plane and then you fly away, fly away Oh, will you fly away?
Where's my super-secret, stupid, fucking pocket where I left my bungalow keys?
How am I always waking up in places like these?
Who's been singing all my symphonies?
Rat bastards pallinate my infamies, you'll be begging, burning, "please"
Back to the champ in the little sun dress, she was reading Nabokov, Miller, and Tess
And undressed so fine just as you are, a stone cold rap superstar
And I was never able to reach her
(All right)

Why Can't You Be (Jenkins)

Are you frightened by the weight you possess, or
Is this life just weightlessness in smoggy twilight in L.A.?
I can't think of one real thing to say
And you and me are walking in the canyons
She forgets that we were friends
I guess it all depends on your mood
Why can't these meds be any damn good?
And she said
"Why can't you be
Like my Water Pik shower massager? A sweet, reliable machine
And to tell the truth, I don't feel less alone
My water massager's the purest love I've ever known
Why can't you be, like when I was thirteen"
And I said
"Why can't you be
Like an art house foreign movie, frank and sexy red balloons and ennui?
And aloof to me and
Why can't you be, a little more of a mystery
Why can't you be the part of me that's missing
Instead of leaving me for some other
Say we're perfect for each other
And I know we won't spend this life Alone"
And she said
"Why can't you be
Like an outsourced government contract? I'm a fat cat getting away with anything
Kicking some secret, special powers
Illumination rounds in showers
'Cause you're tearing your hair out
When we could have a bed of flowers"
And I said
"Why can't you be
Like the chicks out on the road? Some girls are happy just to see me
'Cause you got moxie and a broken nose
You take 'em away from this prose
Sometimes a blow job's not enough
Why can't you play
A little less rough
Why can't you be the part of me that's missing
Instead of leaving me for some other
Say we're perfect for each other
And I know we won't go spend this life Alone"
Can we
Just leave it be
We could live our lives separately
Could you forget
What happens to you
To you and me?
When we're dead
We'll be dead
We'll have eternity
And I will spend it all
Missing you
Missing you and me
So while I'm alive
I will always be
Seeking you out, digging you out, wondering about
How'd we go so far down and what's so wrong with you, what's wrong with you and me?
And she said
"Why can't you be
someone looking deeper into me, like J.D. Salinger?"
Why do I challenge her in all these surface ways that you displease?
"Why can't you be a little more at ease, well
Why can't you be, like a hand-rolled cigarette
I'm not joking
This masochistic, self pity of smoking
And this silly ditty, I keep provoking you
To leave me"
And she said
"Why can't you be
Like a candle I can snuff? You're still a diamond in the rough
And I swear to god I've had enough
How can I
Call your bluff?"

Water Landing (Jenkins)

When will I start to learn
Oh, let it in
I'm bleeding in this game
'Cause she uses boys like bandages
But the wounds remain the same
And I hope you find it through this endless wandering
And I'm missing you for so long (Let it in...)
You're a question mark and a scar
And you twist me up like a tourniquet 'till I don't know who we are
I know chasing after you won't change a thing
And I hope you find it through this endless wandering
Change everything I know, oh, whoa (Chasing after you won't change a thing)
But she won't let me come (I hope you find it through this endless wandering)
And she won't let me go
Let (me) come inside
Inside
Let me come inside
Inside
La da da
La da da da
La da da da da
La da da
La da da da
(I was late and my face was wet, toe up on a private jet, spiraling down with a cigarette
Where we going now 'cause I forget, and I got to get it all but it takes a toll, well I guess you'll have to grow a soul
Dark side giving me such a pull, such a pull and if it's a)
Water landing
Then it's a, it's a water landing
Put on your life vest only if told to do so
Well, I'm telling you now
Strap it across your chest
Prepare yourself for impending death
You and me are nose diving at the speed of whiplash
Life passes by in an endless plane crash
Muffled I love you through an oxygen mask
On my face, brace, brace
And the cabin erupts with religious conversions
God's sick joke as we lose the engines
Some people scream and some people are gracious
And the reason's the same
'Cause the sky outside is so spacious
It's so spacious
So if it's a...water landing
Then it's a, it's a water landing
If it's a...water landing (Yeah...)
Then it's a, it's a water landing
And it's coming inside
Inside
It's coming inside
Inside

Dao of St. Paul (Jenkins)

In this night I need to call you, but all our lines are blown
If only you knew how empty I feel
Maybe then you're lonely too, and it's tearing through you like a puncture wound
Maybe no one knows what to do
When we know we're alone in a temporary home
And maybe we'll realize that's a blessing in disguise
A blessing in disguise
Well, don't you know the sound of anger brings a dark result
And every insult is like a lightning bolt?
So go home now, oh yeah, you do not have one, to some guy that you don't know
And make a baby
That won't change my problem, though
I spent the last three years setting myself on fire for you
I spent the last three years never knowing if what you say is true
And it'll be this way 'till one of us dies
Is that a blessing in disguise?
It's a blessing in disguise
And I tell myself what we're living for
And say "rejoice
Evermore"
(Na na na na na, no)
(Na na na na na, no)
Na na na na na, no
Na na na na na, no
'Till one of us dies
'Till one of us dies
Well, I confess that so far happiness
Eludes me in my life
You better hurry up if it's ever to be mine
Better hurry up now if we're ever going to find
What we're living for
If it's not you any more
I learn to sing
Evermore
Rejoice, evermore
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
Rejoice (evermore)
(...evermore...)

Monotov's Private Opera (Jenkins)

Every moment of your life
Is a chance to get it right
Every moment you've been living in
You could turn it all on like a light
And the weight of the years
Has got me bursting into tears
Standing here with nothing
Stand alone inside my fears
And like an actor reveals a deeper state
Well I tell you now, for me it's not too late
To tell you baby, it's you and only you and no one else
And I will mean it, even when I'm talking to myself
I said baby, it's you and only you and no one else
And how I miss Moscow
Those people really know
How to have a good time in a mixed-up state of mind
And Monotov's private opera is closed
So I guess I'll go home now, 'cause there's nowhere else to go
And tell you baby, it's you and only you and no one else
And I will mean it, even when I'm talking to myself
I said baby, it's you and only you and no one else
It's you and no one else, but I'm lost in a poem
And now I'm walking by myself, in the dark all alone
But these actors and dramatists won't send me home
Maybe I'm like my father
Strung out on something or another
Held to a standard we were always sinking under
And maybe I'm like my mother
She shattered 'cause no one loved her
And maybe I...maybe I am like no other
And some moments are more real than the books I've read
And a good woman, well, maybe she meant what she said
And I'll tell you now some things go straight to my head
And I'll tell you baby, it's you and only you and no one else
And I will mean it, even when I'm talking to myself
I said baby, it's you and only you and no one else
Yes I mean it, even when I'm talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
Oh maybe
(Everything change in a day)
(And I know, another one, on the way)
And I'll tell you, baby
(Everything change in a day)
(And I know) And I know, (another one) another one, (on the way)
And I will tell you
(Everything change in a day)
And I know (And I know, another one, on the way) on the way
No

Carnival Barker (Jenkins/Fredianelli)

Last update August 21, 2009.