She's gonna hand you a red-headed Gabriel, Coming from the bar in a plastic tie He's gonna swing from the Tree of Life He's gonna try to sell you on a great big...

Standing in the Alpha Beta parking lot Watching the sun set I'll never forget Watching all the reds and oranges slip away Letting go of yet another dirty day Br...

She'll hang the baskets on the walls Don't you know I've seen it all before She'll hang the baskets on the walls But I've seen it all before, heard the slamming...

We are building a religion, We are building it bigger We are widening the corridors and adding more lanes We are building a religion A limited edition We are no...

Too much carbon monoxide for me to bare, Too much carbon monoxide for me to bare, Where's the air? Where's the air? Where's the air? Where's the air? Car after...

You need to straighten your posture and suck in your gut You need to pull back your shoulders and tighten your butt Yeah, come Comanche, Comanche, Comanche, com...

So you'll be an austrian nobleman commissioning a symphony in c which defies all earthly descriptions you'll be commssioning a symphony in c with money you sque...

A mirror image of a silver sky, nests of pines and brandy wines, build this country to the sky Do you remember now, the oblivion of youthful minds, caught up in...

Cool blue reason Empties on the page Your colleagues are in prison And your enemies enraged Cool blue reason Comes into your world There's two more dead in tex...

When you tried to kiss me I only bit your tongue When you tried to get me together I only come undone When you tried to tell me The one for me was you I was in ...

In the brown shag carpet of a cheap motel In the dark and dusty corner by the TV shelf Is a small reminder of a simpler time When a crumpled-up pair of trousers...

People you love will turn their backs on you, You'll lose your hair, Your teeth, Your knife will fall out of it's sheath, But you still don't like to leave befo...

They just don't know how lost I feel without you My teardrops never see the light of day I laugh and joke each time they talk about you But if I told the truth,...

We know of an ancient radiation That haunts dismembered constellations A faintly glimmering radio station While Frank Sinatra sings "Stormy Weather" The flies a...

*Ben Folds* Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark, there's an awkward young shadow who waits in the hall Yeah, he's cleared all his things and he's put them i...

To me, coming from you, Friend is a four letter word End is the only part of the word That I heard Call me morbid, or absurd But to me, coming from you, Friend ...

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, Engines pumping and thumping in time The green light flashes, the flags goes up, Churning and burning, they yern for ...

I'm sitting by the window of your 32nd floor apartment Waiting for your phone calls all to end I'm sitting, watching wind blow, watching time go, watching cars ...

If you loved me half as much as I love you You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do You're nice to me when there's no one else around You only build me up t...

It's three o'clock in the morning, Or maybe it's four I am thinking of you, Wondering what I should do, But I'm finally cutting through this haze It's four o'cl...

I have a heart that's made of wood And I am only biding time Only reciting memorized lines And I'm not fit to touch The hem of your garment No, no, I'm not fit ...

I bombed Korea every night My engine sang into the salty sky I didn't know if I would live or die I bombed Korea every night I bombed Korea every night I bombed...

At first I was afraid I was petrified I kept thinking I could never live without you by my side But then I spent so many nights Just thinking how you'd done me ...

I can't believe it's true I can't believe that you Don't want me anymore You're with him And you don't even know That I've Been dying all day long And singing ...

it's coming down it's coming down it's raining outside you've nowhere to hide she's asking you why you think it's funny it's coming down it's coming down she's...

She doesn't care Whether or not he's an island She doesn't care Just as long as his ship's coming in She doesn't care Whether or not he's an island They laugh t...

It's coming down It's coming down It's raining outside You've nowhere to hide She's asking you why you think it's funny It's coming down It's coming down She's ...

Jesus wrote a blank check, One I haven't cashed quite yet I hope I've got a little more time I hope it's not the end of the line Yeah, Jesus wrote a blank check...

Well Jolene unlocked the thick, breezeway door, Like she'd done one hundred times before Jolene smoothed her dark hair in the mirror She folded the towel carefu...

Instead of her hips When she talks she moves her mouth Instead of her lips And I've waited for her for so long I have waited for her for so long I've wondered i...

London calling to the faraway towns Now that war is declared-and battle come down London calling to the underworld Come out of the cupboard, all you boys and gi...

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted In one moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? His plams are sweaty...

Disempowered The scattering flock Dances in a fever At the Castle Rock Dust devils cypress Ripening fruit Ascending quick Into the authors bathroom Fon, Jo an...

I had a match But she had a lighter I had a flame But she had a fire I was bright But she was much brighter I was high But she was the sky Oh baby I was bound f...

I've got wheels of polished steel I've got tires that grab the road I've got seats that selflessly hold my friends And a trunk that can carry the heaviest of lo...

Birds fall from the window ledge above mine Then they flap their wings at the last second You see birds fall from the window ledge above mine Then they flap the...

Launching loony thoughts into the bending of your mind You reach for something high but it's a mountain that you find He's a king dust demon with an icepick smi...

You look so good to me right now You really, really look good to me right now Whatever, whatever Girl I'll do, Forever and forever, ya ya ya ya I'll see you th...

Whatever, whatever, girl, I'll do Forever and ever, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll see you through Because I've got to keep you pleased in every way I can I'm go...

Verse 1: Im gettin a little tired of your broken promises, promises Lookin at your pager seein different numbers and numbers Called you when I saw you hangin wi...

(phone rings) no phone, no phone i just want to be alone today no phone, no phone ringing, stinging jerking like a nervous bird racking up against his cage cal...

Heads of state who ride and wrangle, Who look at your face from more than one angle, Can cut you from their bloated budgets Like sharpened knives through chicke...

She's writing she's writing she's writing a novel She's writing, she's weaving, conceiving a plot It quickens it thickens you can't put it down now It takes you...

When the house was standing, You'd never have believed it, When the house was standing, You'd never have believed The bricks and mortar have all given way, At f...

Your pentagram is down below our floor Your naked body shimmers in the night Dancing and chanting in a sacrificial rite Your feet are dry with the ashes from de...

You won't admit you love me And so how am I ever to know? You only tell me Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps A million times I ask you, And then I ask you over again Yo...

You won't admit you love me And so how am I ever to know? You only tell me Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps A million times I ask you, And then I ask you over again Yo...

Well, your CD collection Looks shiny and costly, How much did you pay for your Bad moto-goozie? And how much did you spend On your black leather jacket? Is it y...

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere? The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is g...

Do you think she's swimming in your lies? Do you think it's all just murky green? Don't you think that she would realize? Yeah, do you think she has never seen?...

I'm writing a song all about you A true song as real as my tears But you've no need to fear it Cause no one will hear it Sad songs and waltzes aren't selling th...

I've got wheels of polished steel I've tires that grab the road I've got seats that selflessly hold my friends And a trunk that can carry the heaviest of loads ...

Last night I said to her I didn't want to live inside a lie If she wants him more than she wants me Let this be She'll come back to me She'll come back to me Sh...

She'll hang the baskets on the walls Don't you know I've seen it all before? She'll hang the baskets on the walls But I've seen it all before heard the slamming...

I'm not feeling alright today I'm not feeling that great I'm not catching on fire today Love has started to fade I'm not going to smile today I'm not gonna laug...

Last night I said to her I didn't want to live inside a lie If she wants him more than she wants me Let this be She'll come back to me She'll come back to me Sh...

I want a girl with a mind like a diamond I want a girl who knows what's best I want a girl with shoes that cut And eyes that burn like cigarettes I want a girl...

Ok All right Oh no This one, this one, this one Heads of state who ride and wrangle Who look at your face for more than one angle Can cut you from their bloate...

I'm so sick of you so sick of me I don't want to be with you I'm so sick of you so sick of me I don't want to be with you I want to fly away I want to fly awa...

As he came into the window Was a sound of a crescendo He came into her apartment He left the bloodstains on the carpet She was sitting at the table He could see...

Strangers in the night, exchanging glances Wondering in the night what were the chances We'd be sharing love before the night was through Something in your eye...

You keep pushin' me away In spite of what you say I found out yesterday That I've Been wastin' all my time Tryin' to make you smile Tryin' to make this seem wor...

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, Engines pumping and thumping in time The green light flashes, the flags go up Churning and burning, they yearn for th...

Who draws the crowd, who plays so loud baby, it's the guitar man Who's gonna steal the show, you know, baby, it's the guitar man He can make you laugh, he can m...

The winter's chill chilled me to the bone this year And something in my mind just got away Being in the places where we used to be Somehow being there without y...

Well, There is no such thing as you, It doesn't matter what you do, The more you try to qualify, The more it all will pass you by Some people like to make life...

Up so close, I never get to see your face Microscope, I might as well be out in space Up so close, I never get to see the view Down your throat, I'm never sure ...

So we think that we're important And we think that we make sense And we think there's something better On the other side of this fence And you can soak your br...

You should've told me when it all began You should've told me long ago Someday I know you're gonna find Just one mistake is not enough to change my mind What's...

In a wooden boat in the shipping lanes with the freighters towering over me I can hear the jets flying overhead making lines across the darkening sky And when t...

When you sleep where do your fingers go? what do your fingers know? what do your fingers show? where do your fingers go yea when you sleep do they trembleon the...

I've been waiting for so long I've been hoping your love's not gone Houses are sliding in the mud Rivers are raging in your blood Where would I be without your...

The same ones that I'm drowning in You lead your casual slaughters, And I'm the one who helps you win You've got your grand piano You don't even play piano I'm ...

VERSE 1 You turn the screws You tear down the bridge Flimsy as it is, It's business like You shake my hand You break up the band Flimsy as it is, It's open mike...

I need your arms around me I need to feel your touch I need your understanding I need your love so much You tell me that you love me so You tell me that you ca...