1983-1984
Let’s Go To Bed
Let me take your hand
I’m shaking like milk
Turning
Turning blue
All over the windows and the floors
Fires outside in the sky
Look as perfect as cats
The two of us together again
But it’s just the same
A stupid game
But I don’t care if you don’t
And I don’t feel if you don’t
And I don’t want it if you don’t
And I won’t say it
If you don’t say it first
You think you’re tired now
But wait until three…
Laughing at the Christmas lights
You remember
From December
All of this then back again
Another girl
Another name
Stay alive but stay the same
It’s just the same
A stupid game
But I don’t care if you don’t
And I don’t feel if you don’t
And I don’t want it if you don’t
And I won’t play it
If you don’t play it first
You can’t even see now
So you ask me the way
You wonder if it’s real
Because it couldn’t be rain…
Through the right doorway
And into the white room
It used to be the dust that would lay here
When I came here alone
But I don’t care if you don’t
And I don’t feel if you don’t
And I don’t want it if you don’t
And I won’t say it
If you don’t say it first
Doo doo doo doo
Let’s go to bed!
Doo doo doo doo
Let’s go to bed!
Just One Kiss
Remember the time that you rained all night
The queen of Siam in my arms
Remember the time that the islands sank
But nobody opened their eyes
Remember that time that the trees fell down
The wood crashing through the wall
Remember the sound that could wake the dead
But nobody woke up at all
Somebody died for this
Somebody died for just one kiss
Remember the time that the sky went black
We waited alone on the sands
Remember the taste of the raging sea
But nobody held out their hands
Somebody died for this
Somebody died
For just one kiss
Just one kiss
Just one kiss
The Walk
I called you after midnight
Then ran until I burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door
We walked around a lake
And woke up in the rain
And everyone turned over
Troubled in their dreams again
Visiting time is over
And so we walk away
And both play dead then cry out loud
Why we always cry this way?
I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered everything…
I called you after midnight
Then ran until my heart burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door
I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered everything…
The Dream
You’re too far away
Too far away to touch
And this mother’s love inside me
Hurts too much
Prettily waving
Playing on the sand
Dreaming of everything
Dancing
Dancing in our hands
Dancing
Dancing
Dizzy dizzy dizzy
As I speak
Like a tumbling cat
I watch in fascination
Like a vampire bat
Don’t do it don’t do it
Don’t do it don’t do it
Don’t give it away
We’ll use it up tomorrow
If we don’t use it today
Rest your head
Oh! just put it outside
All wrapped up in ribbons
The night
The dream
The time love died
We pushed it in our mouths
Pushed it deep inside
All wrapped up in ribbons
The night
The dream
The time
Love died
Lament
Today there was a tragedy
Underneath the bridge
A man walked
Cold and blue
Into La Ment
The sky coloured perfect
As the man slipped away
Waving with a last vanilla smile…
Somewhere at a table
Two drowned fools
Smoking
Drinking water as they talked
Of how they loved our lady
And oh! the smell as candles die…
One more ice cream river body
Flowed underneath the bridge
Underneath the bridge
The Upstairs Room
I love it all
These games we play
I close my eyes
You run away
I’m sure I asked you to stay
But now you’re gone
And so I feel the grey
Pulse in my head
I turn off the lights and crawl into bed
I try to think of sunshine
But my body goes wet
With the first crash of thunder…
I don’t think I can know
Anyone but you dear
That’s for sure!
When it gets to four
It’s my turn to go
Oh the kiss!
So alcoholic and slow
Arranging me for Saturday
I thought you would know
That I always sleep alone…
I don’t think I can know
Anyone but you
Dear
That’s for sure!
The upstairs room is cool and bright
We can go up there in summer
And dance all night…
Your sister started talking at a minute after ten
So everyone jumped up
And then fell over again
In April you can join them
And stare at me
At the ghost from your past…
The Lovecats
We move like cagey tigers
We couldn’t get closer than this
The way we walk
The way we talk
The way we stalk
The way we kiss
We slip through the streets
While everyone sleeps
Getting bigger and sleeker
And wider and brighter
We bite and scratch and scream all night
Let’s go and throw
All the songs we know…
Into the sea
You and me
All these years and no one heard
I’ll show you in spring
It’s a treacherous thing
We missed you hissed the lovecats
We’re so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully
Wonderfully pretty!
Oh you know that I’d do anything for you…
We should have each other to tea huh?
We should have each other with cream
Then curl up by the fire
And sleep for a while
It’s the grooviest thing
It’s the perfect dream
Into the sea
You and me
All these years and no one heard
I’ll show you in spring
It’s a treacherous thing
We missed you hissed the lovecats
We’re so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully
Wonderfully pretty!
Oh you know that I’d do anything for you…
We should have each other to dinner huh?
We should have each other with cream
Then curl up in the fire
Get up for awhile
It’s the grooviest thing
It’s the perfect dream
Hand in hand
Is the only way to land
And always the right way round
Not broken in pieces
Like hated little meeces…
How could we miss
Someone as dumb as this?
I love you… let’s go…
Oh… solid gone…
How could we miss
Someone as dumb as this?
Speak My Language
It was only yesterday
Waving arms across the street
Your white face left me blue…
How can I say all the things
I have to say to you?
Oh! all the people here
All look the same…
The little time I spend with you
We drink each other dry
Mammnnarghaassstmmetc!
Speak my language!
It was only yesterday
My eyes touched yours across the street
We cut the words
And waved goodbye
And dropped off the edge of the world
Mammnnarghaassstmmetc!
Speak my language!
Mr. Pink Eyes
You look so cool
Oh I don’t think!
Just fall over
Be like me
Mr. Pink Eyes
Your mind is blank
And mine’s away
Oh you can’t see
You can’t smell
Mr. Pink Eyes
It’s got to be jazz!
That’s what she wants
You are so vile
Mr. Pink Eyes
Oh give me a look
Give me a look
Or sit on my head
Or jump on my foot
Do something!
New Day
New day
In heaven the ground is waiting
For the dust
The seed
My love once more
I shout
New day
Hold the air and gasp in life
This solid dance
This cold cold night
Is gone…
The dark heat throbs
The fools’ sweat swims
The hazy lights
The deadly sins
Are gone…
Crack the stone
Invade my head
Dropping honey dropping dead again
The silence shouts
Across the gap
Another dreaming
Love me again
Shout…
Shake Dog Shake
Ha ha ha!!!
Wake up in the dark
The aftertaste of anger in the back of my mouth
Spit it on the wall
And cough some more
And scrape my skin with razor blades
And make up in the new blood
And try to look so good
Follow me!
Make up in the new blood
And follow me to where the real fun is
Ha ha ha!!!
As stale and selfish as a sick dog
Spurning sex like an animal of god
I’ll tear your red hair by the roots
And hold you blazing
Hold you cherished in the dead electric light
Your face
I’ll never see you this way again
I captured it so perfectly
As if I knew you’d disappear away
Shake dog shake
You hit me again
You howl and hit me again
The same sharp pain
Wakes me in the dark
And cuts me from my throat to my pounding heart
My heart
My shaking heart
Shake dog shake
But we slept all night in the virgin’s bed
And dreamed of death
And breathed like sick dogs
We slept all night in the virgin’s bed
And breathed like death
And dreamed of sick dogs
Shake dog shake
Wake up wake up wake up!
Shake dog shake
Wake up wake up wake up!
Shake dog shake
Wake up in the new blood
Make up in the new blood
Shake up in the new blood
And follow me to where the real fun is…
Shake dog shake
Piggy In The Mirror
Shapes in the drink like Christ
Cracks in the pale blue wall
I’m walking slowly and quickly but
Always away
Twisting twisting to the floor
Flowers in your mouth and the same dry song
The routine from laughter land
Sixteen white legs and a row of teeth
They watch you in secrecy
You’re dying for the hope is gone
From here we go nowhere again
I’m trapped in my face and I’m changing
Too much
I can’t climb out the way I fell in
Jump with me
For that old forgotten dance
The midnight sun will burn you up
Your life is cold
Your life is hard
Your life is too much for words
These occasions are such a relief
Another point another view to send
Hey hey hey!
We start to talk
And it’s all so safe…
I feed you in my dreams
Footsteps on a wire
High above my head
The stain reveals my real intention
I’m the waiting beast
I’m the twisted nerve
As I dance
Dance back to the body in my bed
Look at the piggy
Piggy in the mirror
Bird Mad Girl
This girl has got a smile
That can make me cry
This girl just burns with love
She’s burning burning deep outside
Night time night time
Sets my house on fire
I’ll turn into the melting man
I’ll lose my life
To feel I feel desire
Oh I should feel
Like a polar bear…
It’s impossible
She flies outside this cage
Singing girlmad words
I keep her dark thoughts deep inside
As black as stone
And mad as birds
Wild wild wild
And never turn away
Sends me all her love
She sends me everything
She sends me everywhere
Oh I could be
A polar bear…
It’s impossible
I try to talk
The sky goes red
I forget
So fill my head
With some of this
Some of that
Some of every word she said
Oh I should be
A polar bear…
But it’s impossible
The Caterpillar
Flicka flicka flicka!
Here you are
Cata cata cata!
Caterpillar girl
Flowing in
And filling up my hopeless heart
Oh never never go
Dust my lemon lies
With powder pink and sweet
The day I stop
Is the day you change
And fly away from me
You flicker
And you’re beautiful
You glow inside my head
You hold me hypnotized
I’m mesmerized…
Your flames
The flames that kiss me dead
Wailing Wall
The holy city breathed
Like a dying man
It moved with hopeful tears
With the tears of the blind
And on and on as the night drew in
Through broken streets
That sucked me in
My feet were bare and cut with stones
With walking to the Promised Land
I pushed through crowds
Through seas of prayer
Through twisting hands and choking air
A vulture at the Wailing Wall
I circled…
Waiting…
Give Me It
Get away from me
Get your fingers out of my face
This room’s so hot
This room’s so hot
I break the walls
Get away from me
Leave me alone
Like the pig on the stairs
Hanging
In a groovy purple shirt
Gasping for air
I’m gasping for air
I’m gasping for love
I’m gasping for air…
Slit the cats like cheese
Then eat the sweet sticky things
Suck harder!
Suck harder!
Suck your insides
Insides out!
Blood thick swimming round your feet
As you’re choking
Choking
Choking on the fleshy words
Give me it give me it give me it
Deaden my glassy mind
Give me it give me it
Make me blind
One step back and one step down
And slip the needles in my side…
My head is cold
My hands are cold
My heart is cold
My heart is black
And stops every fucking night
Every night
I wait until it stops…
Sing birds sing birds sing birds sing
Get away…
Dressing Up
Going under slowly
It never seems too late
Going under so slow…
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to touch all this
I’m dressing up to dance all week
I’m dressing up to sleep
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to be all this
I could eat your face
I could eat all of you
Oh this night will never let me go…
Going under slowly
Never seems too late
Going under slowly…
You’ll pick me up again
Bananafishbones
Curl into a ball like you have more fun
That would make it faster
Why do you do it do you do it do you act like you?
Why do you do it do you act like you?
Don’t fight
Go red and blue and black and white
Sell this sell this
Or leave it senseless like a suck on a gun?
« Put a piece of metal in your head » you said
« Make you dead
Make you hippa hippa hippa hippa… «
A palace of stones
Of your bananafish bones
I’d buy you a hundred years old
To celebrate our difference
Theorize and talk yourself
Until you’re tired and old
Disappear everywhere and watch me
Pull my lips apart
Exploit! Inspire! Encourage!
Be responsible for this…
Ha ha!
I don’t think
I don’t think
I make use of all this time
Oh kill me kiss me once
And then we’ll throw it away
And then we’ll throw it away…
Turn off the lights
And tell me about the games you play…
The Top
« I don’t care »
If only I could say that
And not feel so sick and scared
« I don’t care »
If only I could say that
If only my eyes would close…
« It’s Jesus brilliant »
You used to laugh
« Walking these gorgeous blocks…
This top is the place
Where nobody goes
You just imagine
You just imagine it all… «
Every day I lie here
And know that it’s true
All I really want is you
Please come back
Please come back
Like all the other ones do…
Please come back
All of you…
The Empty World
As stiff as toys
And tall as men
And swaying like the wind torn trees
She talked about the empty world
With eyes like poisoned birds
She talked about the armies
That marched inside her head
And how they made her dreams go bad
But oh!
How happy she was!
How proud she was!
To be fighting in the war
In the empty world!
Throw Your Foot
It’s funny how your face gets bigger
Gets bigger in this atmosphere
And your mouth goes dry
With every move you try
It’s so funny here!
Jumping around
Click click click
When you’re so slow
It’s like the world is stopping…
Fifteen times I try this
And every time I faint
You look at me and
Start to tell the joke
About the man who couldn’t stop
Hiccupping…
It would be so perfect
If you would just fall out the window!
Throw your foot away!
You’re tired and your face is grey
Like the sad old fool
You groove…
Hey hey hey!!!
Happy the Man
I’ll never understand
(Come closer and I’ll whisper)
Who was that standing in the rain?
If only I could remember
What he said…
(And how it all began)
Happy the man
With the face that smiles!
But it has to have a name
(Something strong
Something faithful
Something pure… )
How does he look so safe?
He’ll never
Never turn away
Happy the man…