Fine China
Break out the fine china like royalty is coming to town
Turn to the last comfort before you put your bedding down
Roll out the red carpet, the superstar is having her time
Donate your last dollar and give away your final dime
Lingonberry is your wish
Gentle Touch is in the dish
Pick your swan song, Make it long
Concentrate on finishing strong
Empty your full pockets and just enjoy the scenery
Plan for a grand exit, there's someone you've been waiting to see
Go the lingonberry way
Gentle Touch is on display
Deathbed deals are honored here
Have I made this perfectly clear?
I'll tell you something, so please come near
There is this one thing that you've been waiting to hear
Break out the fine china and use it like it's paper mache
Take what you've been missing and realize it's never too late
It's never too late to alter your fate
It's never too late to alter your fate
Realize it's never too late to alter your fate
Winterland's Gone
Snow falls and covers us, a cold dust of magic
Wind chimes are rattling in no particular time
Chilled bones and memories will beg for a thawing
Sleigh bell rusted, jingling in your mind
On the edge of a frozen wishing well where the reflection's always the same
Day breaks ahead of time and night clocks in early
shadows are galloping where crystal angels reside
stiff limbs are snapping off with each wailing whistle
Nowhere from the biting winds can they hide
Winterland's gone, winterland's gone, winterland's gone, long long gone
Cold winds blow ice and snow through nostalgic minds
Winterland, hand in hand, frozen still in time
On the edge of a frozen wishing well where the reflection's always the same
Snow melts and washes us, a cool season's bathing
Wind chimes are shimmering in very definite time
Chilled bones and memories are in for a thawing
Sleigh bells rusted, jingling in your mind
Winterland's gone, winterland's gone, wintewrland's gone, long long gone
The Guise Of Comedy
Under the guise I can seltzer your face
Insult your race, put you down in disgrace
Under the guise I can poke in your eyes
Justify cries and attack you with pies
The lonely banana peel waits for victims to topple them over and
Under the guise I can never grow old
Fit in the mold, never do what I'm told
Under the guise I can sing out of tune
Spit-take and bow and then laugh like a loon
The tiny clown running toward you will scar you for life and he'll give you balloons
Comedy comedy, you wear it so well
Sometimes it's so tight I can see your head swell
But when the fit's right this hysterical sight can brighten the darkest of nights
When things go haywire tramps and buffoons scale the heights
City lights don't always shine so bright in these modern times, riddled with fright
If I drop my pants right now will it make you smile?
Will hilarity ensue?
Will you laugh and whoop, or will you think that I'm vile?
Comedy comedy, you wear it so well
Sometimes it's so tight I can see your head swell
But when the fit's right you will surely surmise
The prize is the gift of the guise
the gift of the guise is the prize
the prize is the gift of the guise
Sensual Summer
Spring is done
You have won the right to be ridiculous
Come of age
Urges rage
No time to be meticulous
It's obvious you're yearning to engage
Sensual summer
Sensual la-aah-aah-aah
Child at play yesterday
The game has changed in many ways
Carnal dreams intervene
Give in to nature don't delay
You're on display
Your needs are not obscene
Sensual summer
Sensual la-aah-aah-aah
Sensual summer
Sensual summer
Countless choices await
Lust has opened the gate
Cut the line or take the bait
All are glistening now
Will you go on the prowl
There' s someone to show you how
Dance alone
Feet of stone have kept you in a lonely zone
Sea and sand
Hand and hand
Are luring and imploring you
Oh what to do?
By fall where will you stand
Sensual summer
Sensual la-aah-aah-aah
Sensual summer
Sensual summer
Strongman And Sonny James
Born to boredom and poverty
The sixth of seven progeny
Dash away now damn it and be free
Port of Pusan beckons thee
It’s to be or not to be
Save yourself and save the world for me
Whistling tunelessly
Only he knows where the melody goes
Heated battles, cold war games
Fought through hell with Sonny James
History forgot one of their names
Yellow bellies left for dead
Everyone was seeing red
Sanity was hanging by a thread
Juvenile soldier flee
Run like hell and return home safely to me
Jingling change, he sees all unfortunate hopeless people in need
Stateside, they would both return
One to fanfare, one to yearn for heroic opportunity
One day in the woods were we
Strongman, Sonny James and me
That’s the last day that we would be three
Shadow On A Tall Tree
Shadow on a tall tree looked like a lurker
Corner cutter jerk at the ladies’ tee
Sparkle in an eye tasted like resentment, thought I heard a sigh
Six on the side swelling up with false pride
Four on the floor, non-committal bore
Two in the sun ’til the cloudy day’s done, now there’s only one
Everyone tries and yet some will be despised
Sparrows ascend as the fates decide
Shadow on a tall tree shifting as a star decrees
Fading in the night breeze, vanishing with ease
Scrambled up and tossed and dropped in a blender
Set the mean machine at the highest speed
Call me back in when the verdict is rendered, following your lead
Everything dies and this will not be revised
Sparrows descend as the fates decide
Shadow on a tall tree shifting as a star decrees
Fading in the night breeze, vanishing with ease
River god’s son came upon a reflection
Falling deep in love and the deed was done
Spent all his last days claiming perfection, hiding from the sun
Wing it in the morning, wake in the evening
Servant to the sundown dims the light
Everything that made sense now is leaving, as the bird takes flight
Everyone flies, but their wings have been disguised
Sparrows transcend as the dawn decides
Shadow on a tall tree shifting as a star decrees
Fading in the night breeze, vanishing with ease
In The Folly Of Youth
In the folly of youth lies a burning truth
In the frivolous times every morning chimes
When the living is free there’s no misery
So it is and it was throughout history
Can you see life’s a comedy
There’s no tragedy
March on foolishly
In the light of the day there is time to play
In the heat of the war you can rest assured
All the petty chores can just be ignored
Reckless games restored from the days of yore
Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme
You could always find love and peace of mind
No one was unkind
In the folly of youth therein lies the proof
If you ever forget then you’re sure to lose
In the shadow of age there’s a seething rage
There’s a dangerous storm as you turn the page
But you must engage
Recall silly days
Live life as it plays
Folly is the way
Museum Piece
Be seen not heard
Don’t you ever speak a single word
Please look alive
Twinkle in her marble eyes
Well preserved and ancient
You’re just a museum piece
Lovely cold and distant, how artfully you tease
A precious museum piece
Demanding adoration, though you shall never be released
You’re on display
Public exhibition for today
Untouchable
Cold but not unlovable
Artifact or fossil
I had a museum piece
but lost her to the ages, there’s history to please
A precious museum piece
Bonded in an instant, but she shall never be released
Keep your distance, the placard says it all
She’d surely crumble if she took a fall
No insistence could make her come alive
Glimmer in her marbles eyes
Graceful in extinction
Goodbye dear museum piece
It’s after closing hours and time for you to sleep
Remember museum piece that you’ll live on forever and I shall never be released
Stylishly imprisoned and we shall never be released, we shall never be released, we shall never be released
Can You Imagine?
Where in the world can I capture a break?
This old town’s been treating me like a snake
How much more can an imbecile take?
Can you imagine a mountain made of disillusion?
Out on the limb of a terminal tree
Splintering, it snaps at the weight of me
To the ground I float like a leaf
Can you imagine an ocean of dissatisfaction?
I’m drowning in a sea of resentment, indifference and greed
Could it be that nobody cares?
Pass me by with nose in the air
Can you imagine a desert teaming with deception?
I’m melting in the sand in the land of the quiet despair
Weather bargain, showbiz jargon
Can you imagine a fortune waning in a heartbeat?
I’ve been here and there unaware
Filing no complaints and it isn’t fair
But I stayed ‘cause I wouldn’t scare
Can you imagine an ending with no resolution?
And now I’m neck deep in the pollution, I’m in disrepair
Heaven Bound
They speak in cryptic clues and shout disarming news
Did you know all of the voices are you?
Sometimes they make no sense, they speak at your expense
Soft soothing whispers that hide their intents
If you listen to them you’re doomed
The false personas assumed
You’ve been sufficiently groomed
You go up, up, up, then down to the ground
Up, up, up, then twisted around
Up, up, up and into the clouds heaven bound, heaven bound
Conspire with the voice, desire constant noise
And you will make an irrational choice
If you are reckoning that sorrow’s beckoning
Your prior knowledge won’t lessen a thing
If you set your sights on the sky
It doesn’t mean you can fly
This babel you must decry
You go up, up, up, then down to the ground
Up, up, up, to follow the sound
Up, up, up and into the clouds heaven bound, heaven bound
You can’t survive this thing with no awakening
The warning siren is starting to sing
And this monologue from beyond will never let you respond
It’s time to sever the bond
You go up, up, up, then down to the ground
Up, up, up, throw shade on the town
Up, up, up and into the clouds heaven bound, heaven bound
The Spoken Word
The spoken word is for the birds
Divide in half and then by thirds
The less you say the more you think
Some food for thought, too dense to drink
When all is said and nothing’s done
And speech rots ‘neath the pepper sun
No words are uttered, nothing’s said
The voices slayed and left for dead
Embrace the silence that you hear
It’s all that needs to fill your ear
The conversations bite the dust
Dispose of them please and you must
The din is dead, the bombast gone
The quiet world will sleep at dawn
The babel’s mute, the cynic quipped
Forget the stage, it’s in the script
The secret code is on the page
The quiet factions now engage
A crime waits in your open lips
The tongues are bitten, no one slips
Descent must now be scribbled down
Interpreted without a sound
But as your expiration nears
It’s time to toss away your fears
So fill your lungs and never mourn
The spoken word has been reborn
Auras
Colors spark and ignite
Lightning strikes an angel’s flight
Rockets’ red glare stare
String snaps on a fiery kite
Flames engulfing the town
Bright light trigger shoots me down
Halos crack and spin
Shattered glass, electric din
Bombs burst in mid-air
Firefight, complete despair
Lava waves ascend
Brain torch blaze you can’t defend
Glowing shrapnel flies
Thumping beast behind the eyes
Cruel inferno fiend
Chokes your hope until it dies
Pounding pounding
Purging purging
Pounding pounding
Purging purging
Auras Auras
Bastard evil sun
Blisters where the shadows run
Sound and light are twins
Cohorts where the pain begins
Auras auras
Aberdeen Vista
Forty-nine twenty-four was the address on the door
Friends and toys adorned the row house floor
Charlie’s resting on the porch, Alice dropped in to explore
Becky came to play today and more
Postage stamp of lawn
Horses been and gone
Memories passed on
Oh Aberdeen Vista
Neighbor’s roses sweet and fine from a garden good and kind
Brother to a flower was sublime
I remember on the fourth feeling lonely and divorced
from a world that I could not endorse
‘Neath the holly tree lie the bones of thee
Watch as we run free in Aberdeen Vista
Clipper ships have sailed
Politicians jailed
Birthday cards were mailed
Locust on a string
Orange and black birds sing
Now we live as kings in Aberdeen Vista
Aberdeen Vista
Aberdeen Vista
What The Hell Is That Noise?
Bizarre Trolls down below chase a wayward static radio
Where does the sound go?
They’re bludgeoning the walls, but the neighbors they dare not complain
They’re running a flesh game
Sibling rivalry from the cradle to catastrophe
Why is there no mercy?
The powder keg is set to blow, the sound is deployed
What the hell is that noise?
What the hell is that noise?
The nose pull games commence, now the boredom level’s reached intense
Violence between friends
A song not aimed to please, half forgotten faded melodies
A musical brain freeze
The shot that’s heard around the room has left you annoyed
What the hell is that noise?
What the hell is that noise?
See everyone in earshot cringe, your world is destroyed
What the hell is that noise?
What the hell is that noise?
The boilermakers flow in the playground at the after show
We’re watching the grass grow
Take my nails and sleep in the soil, rest and never weep
Everyone’s in deep
The ringing in your aching ears is filling a void
The chaos legion’s bloody hands have murdered your toys
What the hell is that noise?
What the hell is that noise?
The Monuments
Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring when the drums don’t beat and the birds won’t sing
Everyone thinks that we’ve got it in hand ’til the servants start refusing to stand
It’s coming down but we haven’t a sign when the righteous ways will misalign
Treachery fouls what the order should be as the hordes ignore their destiny
You work for me, so take a knee at your expense
I’ll set you free the day that they topple the monuments
Factions deflated and drifting away, they won’t live to fight another day
No one’s united, divided we fall, There will be no victor standing tall
You live in peace upon the gift of my consent
I’ll set you free the day that they topple the monuments
The day that they bring down the statues and pulverize the past
The ghosts will be ground into powder, the graven marble recast
Stone gods are tumbling and fracturing now and the help won’t rise and the fields won’t plow
Rope ‘round the neck of an idol dethroned, from the past unbound, never to be owned
You’ve been set free so mark this paramount event
Slain effigy, the pivotal death of a monument
See history the day that they topple the monuments