Best that you forget me Cause I talk too much And all the like of such All the time Got a merciful mind Is a streaking giraffe Costing four cents a pound If you...

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...

[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 yo...

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 hea...

I need another chance I need one last chance I've looked at myself I don't like what I see I need another chance To try to do it right I can do it right If I ha...

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 you...

You took me by the hand You led me to a private place I didn't know what time it was I came into I didn't have to start It just happened to be one step I took I...

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...

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 inf...

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...

Landed in jail, couldn't pay my bail Yes sirree, I guess I'm free On a blacktop roof with a pine cone Virtuosity, that's jealousy If I can be free, you won't se...

When I thought of what the scorpions must have considered me As I laid amongst them In a desert night But they let me alone that time And uh, I saw the horses s...

[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 ...

Yesterday I could say it I know I could I just know Cause I'm part yesterday Makes me all today But it's so hard to tell you I quit describing things That's wha...

Doom Pending doom [6x] New York, you (?) Pacific sea Pending doom Two travelers approach Unconscious thread In shield of friendship On parallel course Master ??...

Phillip was mentioned In a corner where I was Phillip was mentioned Oh don't you sit on glass It breaks into an aquarium Bernie's in the middle of chocolate and...

Said goodbye, San Francisco Got to go, Arizona Said why'd you leave me, Denver I don't even have a chance Guess Ohio's got my number Rhode Island's got my name ...

I don't know how I move I tell my body to do things I find myself someplace Decisions and motions All in a dream I woke up And here I am How did I get here How ...

What is this battle I must fight every night? What is this force eating up the air? While the day takes me and whirls me about Carries me on its shoulders And d...

There's a key somewhere — where did I put it Maybe it's in the car Maybe it's in a cabinet Is it in my pocket Is it in my case I keep thinkin' about that key I ...

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...

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 ...

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 Go...

Did you 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 kil...

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 ...

Rain's pouring down in the window And I'm sitting here in Madison Trying to figure out where you are Yes, I'm sitting here in my car Drove a long long way But I...

There's only one altar That's the refrigerator Where you keep your food Whether you slaughter human, animal, or grapes It's your altar The table for your food D...

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 ...

I stayed home and did the wash What else could I do I got up on Sunday And I washed my clothes It's a human life The trains (?) are all around And when you're o...

When I was nine I wanted a real gun They gave me an air gun When I was 25 I wanted you You gave me a stone Who are they — and who are you? Oh, when I was nine I...

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 Li...

I drive, I don't know where I'm driving I am, I don't know what it is to be You could just find me floating sometimes Down rivers of tears I'm sorry The years l...

[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 Beac...

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...

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...

Yeslet 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' w...

Well I guess it's time Well I guess it's time Put it down again mmmmm I guess it's time Kept awake (away?) for a while Hide behind a smile Travel many miles I g...

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 ...

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 c...

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 Ju...

I'm floating in a sea of red Drowning down, can't get no air And you done told me I've got no life I'm rolling my eyes The last gasp is coming on All over my bo...

I been havin' a bad case of the second thoughts You know what (how?) the second thoughts is You think first and then you think about it Bad case of the second t...

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 hel...

You got your swiveling chair You can turn all about You got your tickers ticking Tock-tock, tick-tock Just take away the deadwood Let it all grow green Put some...

I want somebody to share my life I'll never leave you alone I want to take somebody into my life I'm searching for you I know that you're there I'm done with be...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 teac...

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...

Are you married Are you involved with another person Do you live alone I want to think about you No one comes to my house I take care of all the things I need t...

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 kno...

Looking at the map again Hey boy Looking at the map again Where am I now, let's see Hey boy It's not where I want to be On the inside now it's all drawn Hey boy...

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 ...

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 bl...

[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...

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 natu...

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 ...

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.

O Star of Zenith, hear my plea(?) ??? from me beneath the ??? All I ask of you ??? the entity (?) For what you do ??? Fall apart etc No other Sun has set [2x] ...

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...

On every turn of the game Through the best of life Through the worst of life And all the colors, the sparkling crystals Through miles of ice And disgusting ghas...

Steal away, steal away Steal away, steal away home I ain't got a-long to stay here Steal away, steal away Steal away, steal away home My Lord he calls me He cal...

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 l...

I got my things to do tomorrow They're on the table They're in my new future Tomorrow is their purpose Sticks in the marsh As I wandered through that old abando...

It turned night time on me All of a sudden it's dark I thought I was just layin down But really I'd passed some time Where did the time go? Why did I shut out m...

I don't have everything you want I sit in the chair and stop existence Why should I be something I'm not I refuse to be afraid The chance I took multiplied fore...

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' th...

Jesus take my will Jesus take my will Take mine and give me yours Take mine and give me yours In six minutes I'm gone Gone to ride the next train Pack on my bac...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

[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 nigh...

Last page for the voice I request, in the half light Even now the ten o'clock shadows Lead you to the country side And the big rocks, and the pasture With the s...

Well, I'm sorry, but I Can't stop Thinking about you I guess I'll have to put it in a pocket And consider that it's there All the time, and It'll find me search...

I'm gotta tell you a story 'bout a little girl She broke my heart When I was five I've got so old now Where's the other half of my heart I just can't find it, t...

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' hi...

I still don't know exactly what it was you thought I don't know exactly where it was you thought That's a good place to be for me Where you are, you're gonna' h...

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 ...

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 ne...

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 ...

There's a thing called me I'm inside you, I won't go away As a matter of fact I will stay I've been here Six million years And more that I cannot recall I've be...

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 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 ...

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...

Blinka blinka blinka blinka Do do do it Do do do it Do do do it fine Do it fine Do it fine Then you'll agree That later you'll be here I'm hoping it's true I'm ...

They say ??? They say you died before And you're living now Well I would like to know you If I can be your friend They say its not easy to talk to you I think ...

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 las...

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 u...

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 ...

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

Well let's burst upon the grandeur Second to see the scene (?) And when it's time To find a ??? Too close to ??? your picture I'm down to You deliver a place fo...

If you think that you're the one Let me into summer sun Well you're right, I've been surmised By the appearance of the sky By the look that's in your eyes I see...

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 r...

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 the...

My my it's your ironside Mmmmmm that's you Oh oh you've got a lot to give Yes yes you're true Well, don't need a horse to hold me Don't need no automobile When ...

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 ...

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...

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 b...

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 t...