Dazzling display

Saved the best for later

Came with a big surprise

when later came like a runaway train

and smacked you right between the eyes



Staring down the shadows of love

with lust and envy and greed

Well its not too hard when you realize

there's still a million things that you need



Bit her lip with precision and wit

Passed out like punctuation

Left me here and trembling

reeling from the situation



What a drag it is

Sometimes you just gotta laugh

What a drag it is



Learned my share of lessons

Held on like a loyal hound

I was torn from the roots in a cobra suit

Never never never never hit the ground



Ch.



Alibis ring tight through the night

I dont believe you but its alright

Look around and then you'll see

all the losers get in free round here



I had a dream last night

The choir was singin "We love you"

Pools of sweat that you cant forget

Place your bets

Goodnight Irene



Ch.

Any day but Tuesday

I would gladly walk through fire

any day but Tuesday

we could drown in our own desire

and I wish a man could be

in twenty places at one time

any day but Tuesday would be fine



any day but Tuesday, we could fall across the aisle

any day but Tuesday, it only has to be for a little while

and I wish sometimes a man 

could be more than just a boy

any day but Tuesday would be a joy



in a sentence

in a word

it might be something that you heard

in a night, it could be right

if you'd only see the light



any day but Tuesday

we could talk or maybe we could sin(g)

any day but Tuesday

it really doesn't have to mean a single thing

and I wish sometimes a man

could be more than just a boy

any day but Tuesday would be a joy



any day but Tuesday...

Red hair, green tights

she told me never to ask any questions

midnight, the moon is right

she walks over in my direction

no surprise from the passing eyes

she leans over the windowsill

time flies and a new disguise

imagination and a 20-dollar bill 



when she comes around, 

when she comes around

all riddles and games

when she comes around, 

when she comes around

there's nothing to explain 



lady Godiva, truck driver

telling secrets that nobody knows

late at night, she turns off the light

she never takes off all of her clothes 



ch 



no excuses for fresh bruises

some boys don't understand

she's so selective from her perspective

she knows how hard it is to be a man 



Betty Davis, Clark Gable

cheap photos from a carnival stall

some lives work as fables

some lives don't work at all 



ch.X2

wasn't supposed to go down like that

flashes lit up the sky 

unseen by the public eye



there's only one thing to fear

but that's not very clear

and patience is running thin



fell down to attention

not a very honorable mention

what a perfect way to watch a

dazzling display



and they lit up the sky

black on white on black

they knew there was no turning back

ripped a hole in my memory

like something from a different key

the words were not that clear



ch



and the people did rejoice

lit up in a single voice

the words were not that clear

and they began to dance about

all aligned in a single shout

the words were not that clear



ch

this ain't no curtain call

no ovation

the mob is growing

and they're impatient

I see matches 

and I see torches

sometimes it burns,

sometimes it scorches



oh, put your hands down

there's nothing left to call

I will be watching

when your halo begins to fall



this ain't no fairy tale

this ain't no fable

I'll find a moral when I'm able

in the pouring rain

and you remember

the car that pulled away last November



ch.

when your halo begins to fall..

now listen to this

when he was born, he was scorned,

it was sworn that he'd end up no good

he was torn from the womb much too soon

he'd go back if he could



well look at the clown in his vest

look at the clown, he looks his best

step right up! surprise!

it's the dandy in disguise

step right up, surprise

it's the dandy in disguise



always outrageous, never contagious,

he'd sit home alone and he'd cry

cause when a fool isn't cool

they just hang him on a line and watch him die



well look at the clown

he learned the score

look at the clown

a clown no more

step right up, surprise

it's the dandy in disguise



and the dandy isn't sure

that there's a cure for his malaise

another pie in the face

another time and another place, yeah

you know, sometimes you get hurt in a flowered shirt

and big floppy boots

you get tired of the edge, back off from the ledge

and run home with the loot



look at the clown

something's changed

look at the clown

rearranged

step right up, surprise

it's the dandy in disguise

she walks into the room with the grace of a panther

and she doesn't see anything at all

spills coffee on a pure white rug

smashes the cup against the wall



she says

how can I turn it on and off again

how can I turn it on

how can I turn it on and off again

how can I turn it on



she chews a sliver off a fingernail

and dreams about a dream that she once had

three long weeks to grow it again

chipped, cracked black and she feels sad



ch.

oh, Grace, there must be a better time and place



she says

I've forgotten more than I'll never know

and I don't know anything anymore

I've been dumb and I've been blind

but I can't seem to find my way out of this hind



ch.

I draw the blinds

shut out the lights

stand in the darkness till everything's right

stand by the bar

I pour a drink

stare in the corner and try not to think

I see your eyes

staring in silence

I call you softly

and beg you to stay



as it should be

as it should be

you're still here with me

as it should be



the phone never rings

the night never ends

the path to my door won't be darkened again

I close my eyes

but I never sleep

I lie awake in fear 

of dreams that may creep



ch.

everybody's talking about Jesse James

the way he lived and the way he died

but in love, even crime can draw a tighter bind

this is the story of Bonnie and Clyde



in his life, Clyde dreamed of the perfect lover 

until one day his prayers came true

drawn together like a bow and arrow,

enter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow



passion levels all that it encounters

like a drug, it needs no rhyme or reason

blood was spilt and lives were torn asunder

Clyde and Bonnie filled the land with wonder



fantasies of years they'd spend together,

shattered by a politician's pledge

always one step before the gallows

a lust for crime that wouldn't let them rest



headlines scream

POLICEMAN DEAD IN DALLAS

the long arm of the law was not amused

brighter shades of love were turning darker

curtains for Barrow and Bonnie Parker



the thrill is gone and panic takes its place

hope is growing dimmer by the hour

flashes of light against the black

carefully take aim and then attack-tack-tack



the final flickers of a dangerous life

Clyde sees the blood run from his dying wife

Bonnie breathes her last breath in despair

a vision of the corpse of Clyde Barrow



they laid them in the ground before the morning came 

to stay together till the end of time

no coffin, no headstone and no marker

the end for Barrow and Bonnie Parker

Bonnie and Clyde, Bonnie and Clyde

Shiny slant six with a twin-fin jive

Blowing black smoke on the 405

I rest my case 

on this time and place



Cold wheel moving in my head

from the first shot down

to the moment I am dead

I rest my mind on this place and time



Black Ford moving slow and lazy

Ronny Spector singing "Be my baby"

Cold wheel moving in the night 

from the first off-ramp to the last red light

I rest my blood in the rain and mud



Cold wheel keeps rolling on



You see shapes and you see signs

The ghosts are crawling' cross the double lines

I rest my blood in the rain and mud



Turn off the radio and let the wheels do the talking

Wait until the fuel line breaks and then start walking

And everything that I thought was right,

it gets lost in the middle of the night

And everything that I thought was good,

it gets caught underneath the hood

And everything that I held dear,

it gets lost in the rear view mirror

And everything that kept me alive,

it's rolling like thunder on the

four

oh 

five

when they bring down the curtain in an hour and 45 minutes

we can talk about the play 

and pretend that we were never in it



flashes lit up the skies

thunder and then surprise

you can close your eyes



when the earth shakes,

opens up and swallow itself

I won't be thinking about anybody else



fury and fire flies

it's too late for compromise

you can close your eyes



words turn to anger,

anger comes to blows

nobody feels the hit but everybody knows



when nothing can tantalize

it's gonna take a new set of lies

you can close your eyes

you can close your eyes

please close your eyes

come on now, close your eyes