unplugged in new york
about a girl / come as you are / jesus don't want me for a sunbeam / the man who sold the world /
pennyroyal tea / polly / on a plain / something in the way / plateau / oh me /
lake of fire / all apologies / where did you sleep last night
I need an easy friend I do, with an ear to lend I do, think you fit this shoe I do, won't you have a clue I'll take advantage while You hang me out to dry But I can't see you every night for free I'm standing in your line I do, hope you have the time I do, pick a number two I do, keep a date with you Repeat chorus Repeat first verse Repeat chorus Oh, I can't see you every night, for free I do...x4
Come as you are, as you were As I want you to be As a friend, here's a friend, as an old enemy Take your time, hurry up The choice is yours, don't be late Take a rest here's a friend as an old enemy Memoria x4 Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach As I want you to be As a trend, here's a friend, as an old enemy Memoria x4 And I swear that I don't have a gun No I don't have a gun x2 Memoria x4 And I swear that I don't have a gun No I don't have a gun x4 Memoria x2
Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam Sunbeams are not made like me Don't expect me to cry For all the reasons you had to die Don't ever ask your love of me Don't expect me to cry Don't expect me to lie Don't expect me to die for thee Repeat verse Repeat chorus Repeat verse Don't expect me to cry Don't expect me to lie Don't expect me to die x2 for thee
We passed upon the stair, spoke in was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise, i spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me We never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world I laughed and shook his hand, made my way back home I searched for former land, years and years I roamed I gazed a gazeless stare, we walked a million years I must have died alone, a long long time ago Who knows not me I never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world Repeat chorus
I'm on my time with everyone I have very bad posture Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea Distill the life that's inside of me Sit and drink Pennyroyal tea I'm anemic royalty Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld So I can sigh eternally I'm so tired I can't sleep I'm anemic royalty I'm a liar and a thief I'm anemic royalty I'm on warm milk and laxatives Cherry-flavoured antacids Repeat chorus
I'm not like them But I can pretend The sun is gone But I have a light The day is done But I'm having fun I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy Think I'm just happy x4 My heart is broke But I have some glue Help me inhale And mend it with you We'll float around And hang out on clouds Then we'll come down And have a hangover Have a hangover x4 Skin the sun Fall asleep Wish away The soul is cheap Lesson learned Wish me luck Soothe the burn Wake me up Repeat first verse Repeat chorus I think I'm dumb x12
Polly wants a cracker Think I should get off her first I think she wants some water To put out the blow torch It isn't me, have a seed Let me clip, your dirty wings Let me take a ride, don't hurt yourself Want some help to help myself Got some rope, haven't told Promise you, have been true Let me take a ride, don't hurt yourself Want some help to help myself Polly wants a cracker Maybe she would like more food She asks me to untie her A chase would be nice for a few Repeat chorus Polly said... Polly says her back hurts She's just as bored as me She caught me off my guard It amazes me, the will of instinct Repeat chorus
I'll start this off without any words I got so high that I scratched 'til I bled Love myself better than you I know it's wrong so what should I do The finest day that I ever had Was when I learnt to cry on demand Love myself better then you I know it's wrong so what should I do I'm on a plain I can't complain I'm on a plain My mother died every night It's safe to say don't quote me on that Love myself better then you I know it's wrong so what should I do The black sheep got blackmailed again Forgot to put on the zip code Love myself better then you I know it's wrong so what should I do Repeat chorus Somewhere I have heard this before In a dream my memory has stored As defense I'm neutered and spayed What the hell am I trying to say It is now time to make it unclear To write off lines that don't make sense Love myself better then you I know it's wrong so what should I do And one more special message to go And then I'm done and I can go home Love myself better then you I know it's wrong so what should I do Repeat chorus
Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped Have all become my pets And I'm living off of grass And I'm drippings from the ceiling it's ok to eat fish Cause they don't have any feelings Something in the way, mmm. Something in the way, yeah, mmm mmm x8 Repeat verse Repeat chorus x2
Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands Nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop And an illustrated book about birds You see a lot up there but don't be scared Who needs action when you got words You've finished with the mop then you can stop And look at what you've done The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen And the work it took was fun Repeat chorus Many hands began to scan around for the next plateau Some say it was Greenland and some say Mexico Some decided it was nowhere except for where they stood But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could Mmm...x5
If I had to lose a mile If I had to touch feelings I would lose my soul The way I do I don't have to think I only have to do it The results are always perfect But that's old news Would you like to hear my voice Sprinkled with emotion Invented at your birth I can't see the end of me My whole expanse I cannot see Formulate infinity Stored deep inside me Repeat verse Repeat chorus Infinity... Deep inside of me...
Where do bad folks go when they die They don't go to heaven where the angels fly Go to a lake of fire and fry See 'em again till the fourth of July I knew a lady who came from Duluth Bit by a dog with a rabid tooth She went to her grave just a little too soon Flew and laid down on the yellow moon Repeat chorus People cry and people moan Look for a dry place to call their home Try to find some place to rest their bones While the angels and the devils Try to make them their own Repeat chorus
What else should I be All apologies What else should I say Everyone is gay What else should I write I don't have the right What else should I be All apologies In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun Married Buried I wish I was like you Easily amused Find my nest of salt Everything's my fault I'll take all the blame Aqua seafoam shame Sunburn with freezerburn Choking on the ashes of her enemy Repeat chorus Yeah x4 All in all is all we are x13
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl, where will you go I'm going where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through Her husband, was a hard working man Just about a mile from here His head was found in a driving wheel But his body never was found Repeat first verse Repeat second verse Repeat first verse My girl, my girl, where will you go I'm going where the cold wind blows In the pines, the pines The sun, shine I'd shiver... the whole... night... throughback