LIFE OUT EAST LYRICS

BIRTH IS A PAIN FOR THE BABY TOO
sick and on the couch
the ending plays out
still the end is something new
birth is a pain for the baby too
birth is a pain for the baby too

i thought you more profound
i hear the trick is working out
i hope it is enough for you
birth is a pain for the baby too
birth is a pain for the baby too


EASY RIDER
first is a hell of a burn
next yr turn at the curb
third and it's not a surprise
taste the dry as ya open with the sun rise

forth to the sign at the door
fifth cause it's better than four
sixth and i went through the list
before putting my grabby hands right into the thing

but i got a feeling that i left the fan on
oh but expenses never change my mind
it might haunt a lesser man
but an easy rider like me
is just going back to New York City

looks like I'm in here a lot
dry like a sink full of lies
then evidentally mine
dinner time in the cabin of the crucified

eyes are thrown to the side
forever alive
remember the time, all night we stared at the fire

but i got a feeling that i left the fan on
oh but expenses never change my mind
it might haunt a lesser man
but an easy rider like me
is just going back to New York City


PANIC ATTACK
How can I sing when the first three rows of the audience are throwing all these things at me?
What all could they mean?
If they want me to go
I wish they would just say so

Baby I can't breathe
So I will sit here underneath this tree
With a magazine
And a couple hits of weed

How can I sleep when the deity is throwing all these crazy fucking dreams at me
What all does he mean?
If God don't know
I wish he would just say so

Baby I can't breathe
So I will sit here underneath this tree
With a magazine
And a couple hits of weed

How can I fail when the proles and their arms are throwing all these loving glances at me
swimmin in the sea
If the tide won't go
I wish it would let me know

baby nothing gets grown
at 4 a.m. under drunk thumbs
and we go home
alone


BAD HERO
i'm a bad hero
i get lost in the mists
i can never push and i can never pull
the purpose of the anarchist

i'm a bad hero
i can't save the day
got so drunk the planet turned
slept in while the city burned
and missed the whole parade

one day we will
one day we will decide
one day we will leave the barlight

i'm a bad hero
don't you call my phone
waiting for the reprimand
i come to you with crippled hands,
hide & stumble home

i'm a bad hero
i never save the girl
cause i don't know what art is
and i don't know what love is
nor if they're in my world

one day we will
one day we will decide
one day we will leave the barlight
so decide


CHEATER
station is quiet, miles from the riots
this is not my beautiful home, yes I know
yes I know

right place at the right time
backstage at low tide
we stay but they all go home, and she knows

yes she knows
but it was not a mistake

pick up a thought and put it down babe
tired
try to ignore the news from town babe
wired

watch them scan the dials
watch them try to find us
watch them try
watch them try to find us

cool rain after long drought
face down and head south
keep sayin I can not help that it shows
yes it shows

and she knows
but it was not a mistake


THE SILENT TREATMENT
i'm glad i died
cause that's what it's for
ever since that night
i enjoy my drugs more

we're gonna jump at the same time
split the air with a wide smile
take a spin on the floor tile
i'm gonna make you talk to me
cause i got a thousand things to do
a hundred bucks
and tons of friends like you
it's ok, we're the same, i just wanted you to know

i'm glad i lied, and i'll be glad you saw.
are you satisfied you say
i take the bottle and pour
and would i give up all this
for that experience
to be treated like shit
i better remind me that i've changed
that i've changed so I can go
it's ok, we're the same, i just wanted you to know

i'm glad i tried, i prefer the floor
glad i'm on my side, away from your suspicious snore
with such a heavy chest
for me to hold my breath
it's getting dangerous
i better feed myself something raw
something raw so i can know
it's ok, we're the same, i just wanted you to know


GONE
I always know what to do
Never know quite what to say
Tell me how you do it
Tell me how not to scare it away

The city was drunk and stumbling
So I grabbed my guitar
And I jumped off the roof and I swallowed a cab
And was gone

Deep in a dream I spotted you staring at me
You and your pack of friends smoking out front
At the bar across the street

I knew it was you cause you were mad at me
And perfect and turning me on
But I stepped out of the night and into the bar
And was gone

Hey babe turn me on hey babe buy me a drink
Or just fill me in, blow my mind
If you think that that's what I need

I look in your eyes and then just look away
And it is not cowardice nor is it just today
Whiseper directions, I'll follow along
Clap your hands in the dark, I feel my way
Along the wall

I blinked for a second and it felt like I missed it all


I THINK ABOUT IT
Watchin TV don't do it for me anymore
Sick of being sedentary sick of being poor
Sick of being sold to sick of not kicking ass back
Standing on the bridge in the rain at the time of the attack

Yeah well
I think about it
I think about everything
I think about it, sure

Catch a little air all the time all of the time
Sell me on your cigarettes sell me on your lies
As soon as I sit down at the bar
Drink to make it beautiful, drink to make it far away

Yeah well
I think about it
I think about everything
I think about it sure

Here come the water, here come the cold days
Everyone needs to have a reason just to go away
I will march north to the baricades
Try and get myself a little taste of what is to be saved

Yeah well
I think about it
I think about everything
I think about it
I think about every, every
I think about it, sure


PAPER THIN WALLS
i gotta send
what i can't receive
home
i'd have it made
were it not for these
paper thin walls
paper thin walls
paper thin walls

we understand it could all be breached
though
you would not believe
what could pass through these
paper thin walls
paper thin walls
paper thin walls


QUEEN BEE
This hot train stays and stays
But no matter
Start to the sound of your voice
Mutating in my new joy
I am evolution's bouncing baby boy

Love is a river after a flood
And after a flood, a river is love
I can do anything now
But I am shut up
Days of your lips on my neck
and oh my god

well the love of a life like this ain't free
but you make me believe
yeah you make me believe in something better
my queen bee

sleep in skin
wash dishes and stay awake
shirtless here in the rain
we stand ready

I am a sight to behold
Drunken in my old joy
I am evolution's bouncing baby boy

well the love of a life like this ain't free
but you make me believe
yeah you make me believe in something better
my queen bee


SMALL HANDS
I can
I can get away with it all now
Your eyes are deep inside but I see em
It's been
A couple years since the war now
I saved the days cause I knew I'd need em

And this is it
I have a mouth for you
And you were there
When he picked your world apart
And you were there, small hands
Yes you were there

I am
Drunk and high and I'm upstairs
I am elegant with my small hands
You wait
And you separate and you call the kids away
As the static turns to noise

And this is it
I have a mouth for you
And you were there
When he pushed your lips apart
And you were there, small hands
Yes you were there

I am
Revolution and I am dead
But I've never felt better
He will find you
Far too big for such small hands
Overgrown and screaming for weather

And this is it
I have a mouth for you
And you were there
When he pulled your legs apart
And you were there, small hands
Yes you were there

And I will vouch for you


NO WINGS
I have always felt a kinship to the ground and its flaws
Once a man who had nothin now a man of shovels and claws
I never gave the air a chance that was just a lie
But I have my own building now with its own sky

No wings not here
Not me don't need em

People need change and ritalin
And eyes on the door
Pacing paths and grapes of wrath
Newspapers and to watch the floor
I rip up the asphalt I can not erode
But I never lose a staring contest with well rested

Phone rings car horn screams
Not me I'm undefeated
No wings not here not me don't need em

Birds in trees are omens watching now the rise in my blood
They sing or scream or dive attack depending on
The end result
They don't have to sing especially not for me
I have my own head and it has its own symphony

Long gestating
Now completed
No wings etc


TELL THE WIND
You say you might
You say it's just pride
You say it's on fire
You say you don't mind

So tell the wind

You say all right
You say it's inside
You say FINE
You say you don't mind

So tell the wind

And quiet doesn't even describe it
And tired doesn't even describe it
So tell the wind
And she did
But she couldn't describe it

Tell the wind


CODY, YR BREAKING MY HEART
i met you at dusk
you were in a mood
we drove around town
looking for the moon

& there wasn't much else
no there wasn't much else

Cody, you're breaking my heart

i pegged you for sawdust
peppered with lakes
miles of facades
but we couldn't find anything

and yr home is not to rust
no yr home is not to rust

Cody, yr breaking my heart
Cody, yr breaking my heart

put up a sign
show me yr light
can't you see my face in all the supermarket aisles?
pull me aside
i need you tonight
can't you drop the happy, eager, normal tour guide?

no room at the inn
no entry at the bar
don't you see that hill
this all used to be nothin

we gathered our supplies
set up camp just south of the lifeline

Cody, yr breaking my heart
Cody, yr breaking my heart

put up a sign
show me yr light
can't you see my face in all the supermarket aisles?
pull me aside
i need you tonight
can't you drop the happy, eager, normal tour guide?
cause I'm not that kind of guy
am i?

i hope they never stop building New York City
i hope they never stop building New York City
i hope they never stop building New York City