Beauty Queen
She's a Beauty Queen
my sweet been bag
in the street take it
down out to the laundry scene
don't know why she's in my hand
can't figure what it is but
I lie again


Horses
I got me some Horses to ride on, to ride on
they say that your demons can't go there
so I got me some Horses to ride on, to ride on
as longs as your army keeps perfectly still

and maybe I'll find me a sailor a tailor
and maybe together we'll make mother well
so I got me some Horses to ride on, to ride on
as long as your army keeps perfectly still

you showed me the meadow
and Milkwood and Silkwood
and you would if I would
but you never would

so I chased down your posies
your pansies in my hosies
then opened my hands and
they were empty then

off with Superfly sniffing a Sharpie pen
honey it's Bill and Ben
off with Superfly counting your bees
oh me honey like one, two, three
the camera is rolling
it's easy like one, two, three
and if there is a way to find you
I will find you
but will you find me if
Neil makes me a tree
an afro a pharaoh
I can't go
you said so
and threads that are golden
don't break easily

So I got me some Horses to ride on, to ride on
they say that your demons can't go there
so I got me some Horses to ride on, to ride on
as longs as your army keeps perfectly still


Blood Roses
Blood Roses - Blood Roses
Back on the street now
can't forget the things you never said
on days like these starts me thinking

when chickens get a taste of your meat
chickens get a taste of your meat
you gave him your blood and your warm little diamond
he likes killing you after you're dead
you think I'm a queer
I think you're a queer
Said I think you're a queer
I think you're a queer
I shaved every place where you been, boy
I've shaved every place where you been

God knows I know I've thrown away those graces
God knows I know I've thrown away those graces
God knows I know I've thrown away those graces

the Belle of New Orleans
tried to show me once how to tango
wrapped around your feet
wrapped around like good little roses

Blood Roses - Blood Roses
back on the street now
Blood Roses - Blood Roses
back on the street now now now now

now you've cut out the flute from the throat of the loon
at least when you cry now he can't even hear you

when chickens get a taste of your meat
c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon,
c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon,
when he sucks you deep
sometimes you're nothing but meat


Father Lucifer
Father Lucifer you never looked so sane
you always did prefer the drizzle to the rain
tell me that you're still in love with that Milkmaid
how's the Lizzies how's your Jesus Christ been hanging

nothings gonna stop me from floating
nothings gonna stop me from floating

he says he reckons I'm a watercolour stain
he says I run and then I run from him and then I run
he didn't see me watching from the aeroplane
he wiped a tear and then he threw away our appleseed

nothings gonna stop me from floating
nothings gonna stop me from floating

everyday's my wedding day
though baby's still in his comatose state
I'll die my own Easter eggs
don't go yet and
Beenie lost the sunset but that's OK
does Joe bring flowers to Marilyn's grave
and girls that eat pizza and
never gain weight

Father Lucifer you never looked so sane
you always did prefer the drizzle to the rain
tell me that you're still in love with that Milkmaid
how's the Lizzies how's your Jesus Christ been hanging


Professional Widow
slag pit
stag shit
honey bring it close to my lips yes
don't blow these brains yet
we gotta be big boy
we gotta be big
starfucker
just like my Daddy
just like my Daddy
selling his baby
just like my Daddy

gonna strike a deal
to make him feel like a Congressman
Running in the family, yeah
it runs in the family  yeah.. Hey..

rest your poor shoulders
Peaches and Cream
everywhere a Judas
as far as you can see
beautiful angel calling
"we got every re-run of Muhammad Ali"

prism perfect
honey bring it close to your lips yes
what is termed a landslide
of principle proportion boy
It's gotta be big, I said
it better be big boy
starfucker
just like my Daddy
just like my Daddy
selling his baby
just like my Daddy

gonna strike a deal
to make him feel like a Congressman
It's running in the family, hey
it runs in the family
it runs in the family hey baby
it runs in the family

Mother Mary
china white
brown may be sweeter
May be sweeter
Mother Mary
china white
brown may be sweeter
she will supply
she will supply
she will supply
she will supply


Mr. Zebra
hello Mr. Zebra
can I have your sweater
cause it's cold, cold, cold
in my hole, hole, hole

Ratatouille Strychnine
sometimes she's a friend of mine
with her gigantic whirlpool
that will blow your mind

hello Mr. Zebra
ran into some confusion with a Mrs. Crocodile
furry mussels marching on
she thinks she's Kaiser Wilhelm
or a civilized syllabub to blow your mind

figure it out
she's a goodtime fella
she's got a little fund to fight for Moneypenny's rights
figure it out
she's a goodtime fella
too bad the burial was premature she said and smiled


Marianne
tuna rubber a little blubber in my igloo
and I knew you pigtails and all
girls when they fall

and they said Marianne killed herself
and I said not a chance

don't you love the girls ladies babes
old babs who say she was so pretty
Why, why, why, why did she crawl down in the
old deep ravine

c'mon pigtails girls
and all those sailors get your bags
and hold down won't you just
hold down
hold down
cause Ed is watching my every sound
I said they're watching my every sound

the weasel squeaks faster than a seven day week
I said Timmy and that purple Monkey
are all down at Bobby's house
making themselves pesters and lesters
and jesters and my traitors of kind
and I'm just having thoughts of Marianne
she could outrun the fastest slug
she could
and I'm just having thoughts of Marianne
quickest girl in the frying pan
and I'm just having thoughts of Marianne


Caught a Lite Sneeze
Caught a lite sneeze
caught a lite breeze
caught a lightweight
Lightningseed

boys on my left side
boys on my right side
boys in the middle
and you're not here

I need a big loan from the girl zone
building tumbling down
didn't know our love was so small
couldn't stand at all
Mr. St. John just bring your son

my spire is hot and my cells can't feed
and you still got that Belle dragging your foots
I'm hiding it well Sister Ernestine
but I still got that Belle dragging my foots

I need a big loan from the girl zone
building tumbling down
didn't know our love was so small
couldn't stand at all
Mr. St. John just bring your son

right on time you get closer and closer
called my name
but there's no way
in use that fame
rent your wife and kids today
maybe she will
maybe she will

caught a lite sneeze
dreamed a little dream
made my own
pretty hate machine

boys on my left side
boys on my right side
boys in the middle
And you're not here boys in their dresses
and you're not here
I need a big loan from the girl zone

I need a big loan from the girl zone
building tumbling down
didn't know our love was so small
couldn't stand at all
Mr. St. John just bring your son


Muhammad My Friend
Muhammad my friend it's time to tell the world
we both know it was a girl back in Bethlehem
and on that fateful day when she was crucified
she wore Shiseido Red and we drank tea by her side
Sweet, sweet used to be so sweet to me

Muhammad my friend I'm getting very scared
teach me how to love my brothers who don't know the law
and what about the deal on the flying trapeze
got a peanut butter hand but honey do drop in
        at the Dew Drop Inn
Sweet, sweet between the boys and the bees

and Moses I know, I know you've seen fire
but you've never seen fire until you've seen Pele blow
and I've never seen light but I sure have seen gold
and Gladys save a place for me on your grapevine
till I get my own TV show

Ashre, ashre, ashre, ashre
and if I lose my Cracker Jacks at the tidal wave
I got a place in the Pope's rubber robe

Muhammad my friend
It's time to tell the world
we both know it was a girl back in Bethlehem


Hey Jupiter
no one's picking up the phone
guess it's me and me
and this little masochist
she's ready to confess
all the things that I never thought
that she could feel and

hey Jupiter
nothings been the same
so are you gay
are you blue
thought we both could use a friend to run to
and I thought I wouldn't have to be
with you something new

sometimes I breathe you in
and I know you know
and sometimes you take a swim
found your writing on my wall
if my hearts soaking wet
Boy your boots can leave a mess

hey Jupiter
nothings been the same
so are you gay
are you blue
thought we both could use a friend to run to
and I thought you wouldn't have to keep with me hiding

thought I knew myself so well
all the dolls I had
took my leather off the shelf
your apocalypse was fab
for a girl who couldn't choose between
the shower or the bath
and I thought I wouldn't have to be with you
a magazine

no one's picking up the phone
guess it's clear he's gone
and this little masochist
is lifting up her dress
guess I thought
I could never feel the things I feel
hey Jupiter
nothings been the same
so are you gay
are you blue
thought we both could use a friend to run to
hey Jupiter
nothings been the same
so are you safe
are you through
thought we both could use a friend to run to
hey Jupiter


Way Down
maybe I'm the afterglow
cause I'm with a band you know
don't you hear the laughter
on the way down
yes I am the anchorman
dining here with son of Sam
hear too much to chatter
on the way down
gonna meet a great big star
gonna drive his great big car
can I have it all here
on the way down
the way down
the way down
she knows let's go
way down...she knows


Little Amsterdam
Little Amsterdam in a southern town
hominy get it on the plate girl
Momma keep your head down
Momma it wasn't my bullet

don't take me back to the Range
I'm just coming out of the cell in my brain
girl you got to know these days
which side your on

Momma got shit she loved a brown man
then she built a bridge in the Sheriff's bed
she'd do anything to save her man
you see her olives are cold pressed
and her best friend is a sun dress but
Momma it wasn't my bullet

don't take me back to the Range
I'm just coming out of the cell in my brain
girl you got to know these days …

All along gotta girl in the city,
hey got a room and a place for two,
got a girl and boy in the seat,
boy you want my 5th avenue

round and a round and a round I go
round and a round this time for keeps
Father only you can save my soul
and playing that organ must count for something
girl you got to know these days

Little Amsterdam
shut down today
they buried her with a
butter bean bouquet
and the Sheriff now
can't ride away
like he said into the sunset
and I won't say he shouldna paid but
Momma it wasn't my bullet


Talula
Congratulate you
said you had a double tongue
balancing cake and bread
say goodbye to a glitter girl

Talula, Talula
you don't want to lose her
she must be worth losing
if she is worth something

Talula, Talula
she's brand new now to you
wrapped in your papoose
your little Fig Newton

say goodbye (my baby, gotta go)
say goodbye, my baby
to the old world ran into the Henchman
who severed Anne Boleyn
he did it right quickly a merciful man
she said 1 + 1 is 2 but
Henry said that it was 3
so it was here I am

Talula, Talula
I don't want to lose it
it must be worth losing if
it is worth something

Talula, Talula
she's brand new now to you
wrapped in your papoose
your little Fig Newton

and Jamaica
do you know
do you know
what I have done
Mary M weaving on
said what you want is in the blood Senators
said what you want is in the blood Senators

I got Big Bird on the fishing line
with a bit of a shout a bit of a shout
a bit of an angry shout
he's my favourite hooker of the whole bunch and
I know about his only Bride and
how the Russians die on the ice
I got my rape hat on honey but
I always could accessorize and
I never cared too much for the money
but I know right now that it's in
God's hands but I don't know who the Father is

Talula, Talula
I don't want to lose him
he must be worth losing
if it is worth something

Talula, Talula
he's brand new now to you
wrapped in your pappose
your little Fig Newton


Not The Red Baron
(what language, no Deutsche)

Not the Red Baron
Not Charlie Brown
think I got the message figured
another pilot down
and are their devils
with halos in beautiful capes
taking them into the flames

Not Judy G
Not Jean Jean
with a hallowed heart
I see that screen go
down in the flames
with every step
with every beautiful heel pointed

Not the Red Baron
I'm sure Not Charlie's wonderful dog
not anyone I really know
just another pilot down
maybe I'll just sing him a last little sound
many there know some girls
with red ribbons the
prettiest red ribbons


Agent Orange
Gotta tell you what I heard
from agent orange
mister suntan
mister happy man
mister "I know the girls on all the world tours"
mister agent, yeah
he's my favorite
and they don't understand
he's got palm oil pants
yes, he's down and there and everywhere
he's getting in too deep in this
underwater city where she swims and swims


Doughnut Song
had me a trick
and a kick
and your message
well you'll never gain weight from a doughnut hole
then thought that I could decipher your message
there's no one here dear no one at all

and if I'm wasting all your time this time
maybe you never learned to take
and if I'm hanging on to your shade
I guess I'm way beyond the pale

and southern men can grow gold
can grow pertty
blood can be pertty
like a delicate man
copper to steel
in a hinge that is faltered
that let's you in
let's you in
let's you in

and if I'm wasting all your time this time
maybe you never learned to take
and if I'm hanging on to your shade
I guess I'm way beyond the pale

something's just keeping you numb

you told me last night you were a sun now
with your very own devoted satellite
happy for you and I am sure that I hate you
two sons too many too many able fires

and if I'm wasting all your time this time
I think you never learned to take
and if I'm hanging on to your shade
I guess I'm way beyond the pale


In The Springtime of His Voodoo
Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
and I'm quite sure I'm in the wrong song
2 girls 65
got a piece tied up in the back seat
"honey we're Recovering Christians"

in the Springtime of his voodoo
he was going to show me spring
and right there for a minute
I knew you so well

got an angry snatch
girls you know what I mean
when swivelin' that hip doesn't do the trick

me pureed sanitarily
Mr. Sulu warp speed
warp speed
warp speed

in the Springtime of his voodoo
in the Springtime of his voodoo

every road leads back to my door
((And right there for a minute))
every road I will follow
((I knew you so well ))
every road leads back to my door
((And right there for a minute))
got all your crosses loaded

and I know she's not that Foxy
I said I know she's not that Foxy
but you gotta owe
something sometimes
you gotta owe boys
when you're your momma's sunshine
you've got to give
something sometimes
when you're the
sweetest cherry in an apple pie
I need some voodoo on these prunes

in the Springtime of his voodoo
in the Springtime of his voodoo
he was going to show me spring


Putting The Damage On
glue stuck to my shoes
does anyone know why
you play with an orange rind
you say you packed my things
and divided what was mine
you're off to the mountain top
I say her skinny legs could use sun

but now I'm wishing for
my best impression of
my best Angie Dickinson
but now I've got to worry cause
boy you still look pretty
when you're putting the damage on

don't make me scratch on you door
I never left you for a Banjo
I only just turned around for a
poodle and a corvette

and my impression of
my best Angie Dickinson
but now I've got to worry cause
boy you still look pretty
when you're putting the damage on
Pretty when you're putting the damage on

I'm trying not to move
it's just your ghost passing through

I said I'm trying not to move
It's just your ghost passing through
it's just your ghost passing through

and now I'm quite sure
there's a light in your platoon
I never seen a light move
like yours can do to me

so now I'm wishing for
my best impression of
my best Angie Dickinson
but now I've got to worry cause
boy you still look pretty to me

but I've got a place to go
I've got a ticket to your lateshow
and now I'm worrying cause even still
you sure are pretty
when you're putting the damage on
yes when you're putting the damage on
you're just so pretty
when you're putting the damage on


Twinkle
sure that star can twinkle
and you're watching it do
boy so hard
boy so hard
but I know a girl twice as hard
and I'm sure
said I'm sure
she's watching it too

no matter
what tie
she's got in her right dresser tied
I know she's watching that star
gonna twinkle
gonna twinkle
gonna twinkle

and last time I knew
she worked at an Abbey
in Iona and
she said "I killed a man T
I've gotta stay hidden
in this Abbey"
but I can see that star
when she twinkles
and she twinkles
Cause I sure can
that means I sure can
that means I sure can

so hard
so hard