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NIGHTTIME MAN

1996

guest artists:
Paul Hamilton

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THE LYRICS:
SIDE 1:

Rock In
(instrumental)

Your Hero's Dead
Your hero's dead
He put a shotgun to his head
And blew himself away
He just decided he could not stay
Yeah he lost sight
Of all the things that he did right
He was overwhelmed
Too much money too little health

Your hero's dead
He put a shotgun to his head
Now he's gone
And look at how you carry on
You wear his face around
You parade his death all over town
It seems wrong to me
To still call this dead guy mighty

Your hero's dead
He put a shotgun to his head
And now he can't think
And he can't write and he can't sing
But he's a superstar
Though he can't even drive a car
You made him a saint
For putting a bullet through his brain

Is he worth more dead than alive
Just cos he chose suicide
Maybe if I did the same
I could have his fame
Is he worth more dead than alive
Just cos he chose suicide
It's not some deep and thoughtful act
You squirrely bastards need the facts

Thank You, Mr. Black
Somebody shaved their head
Now the hair is in the mail
To the guy with onion breath
I think he did it right
Talkin' about that night
When he did not fear death

The stars are closing in around him
What d'ya spose he'll do
He'll look around his planet of sound
And send a package to you

CHORUS - And it'll never end
And it'll never end
And it'll never end
I pray it never ends

He's just a regular guy
With scary hairy mail
And cosmical beats
He's got it all stacked
Pushed in and packed
From his head to his feet

Where does he get those wonderful tunes
I gotta know how it is
He writes without giving any clues
Yet still sends a catchable drift

CHORUS

Here's What Sucks
Exams suck, Racists suck, Homophobes suck,
Hitler sucked, Heidi Fleiss sucked, the Spin Doctors suck,
Robert Dole sucks, whiny grind rock bands suck, gangstas suck,
KRS-ONE you suck, druggies suck, rednecks suck, people who hate
Christmas suck, people who hate Christ suck (but I love them
anyway), people who judge stuff suck, which means I guess I
suck, sucking sucks, knowing that sucking sucks sucks, knowing
of the knowledge of the sucky sucking sucks, this sucks,
thank you

The Best & Worst of Everything
Just another night
Just another way
Just another chance
To forget what I wanted to say

Is it just dream
Was it all a lie
Is this how it ends
Not with a scream but a sigh

I've been here before
I've seen that look on your face
I've been here before
I never wanted my own space

We dance and we sing
We hold hands to form a ring
We'd let anyone in
We would let anyone in

This is the best
This is the worst
Of everything

Leftover Cheese
(instrumental)

Cookie
I need something round - something soft
I need something that moves and won't stop
I need something real that bleeds
I need something that feels and can't see
Now what can I give you
What can I give you
Tell me what can I give you
What can I give

I need something strong - something tough
I need something that knows what's enough
I need something true no lies
I need something that's smart in my eyes
Now what can I give you
What can I give you
Tell me what can I give you
I¥ll give you anything you ask me to

I need something free - something red
I need something that can't be misled
I need something that can't shout
I need something that won't leave me out
Now what can I give you
What can I give you
Tell me what can I give you
What can I give

I need something there
Something gone
I need something to turn off and on
I need something I can lose
I need something that leaves me confused
I need something that hurts me
Down down deep inside
Where everything I am is
Where everything I am can't hide
Now what can I give you
What can I give you
Tell me what can I give you
I'll give you anything you ask me to

Nouveau
They asked do you really wanna look like we do
I said maybe so they said
We'll come back for you
Do you really wanna act like we do
I said maybe so they said
We'll come back for you

And now I wonder if I made the right choice
Am I stuck in this corner without any voice
And would they listen if I spoke for myself
I don't care anymore they can all go to hell

I feel the wrinkles growing inside my head
And the sweet tears of yore
Make me want to ignore
Don't make me think cos someone might get hurt
I got my advice now it's time to assert
I used to worry what might cause the bright day
To become used and dull to become thrown away
But now I feel like I can do the right thing
I can pass any test I cannot feel the sting
So why not smile for the way you used to
You know it feels so good and I feel so new

There never came a knock at my door
To open my eyes - to shake in my core
It was as breezy as the wind through their ears
As irrational as childhood fears
So it's no wonder that I saw it as past
Just another phase I know it won't last
At a time when there were none wiser than me
I¥m taught that it¥s false to trust modesty

So do I really wanna look like they do
I can't see the point of looking like you
Do I really wanna act like they do
Well what do I get for following fools
Cause now it all comes down to what I decide
It's all up to me on which course I'll ride
And if they leave me I guess it's just as well
Cause who needs the friends that live for the kill

VERSE 3

Indirect Love Song
There are no rules to the game
Except for the ones you set
Some things are never okay
But sometimes we forget
It's a subliminal thing
I never said it out loud
Makes me feel bad just to think
Sometimes it gets me so down

There is nothing I can do
There is nothing I want to do

No looks are lost on me
I can hear every laugh
There is no way to set free
What I am hoping will pass
Do I act awkwardly
I hope no one can detect
Now I treat cordially
This chance I have to reject

Something is not fair about this
Something unnatural and amiss

Even if I took a shot
I think there would be no use
You are the one that she wants
I could not love her like you
This is not something I planned
It just happened this way
And I'll just keep my mouth shut
Because what else can I say

I've gotta hide
Keep these feelings way down inside
There is nothing I can do
There is nothing I want to do

A Fast One
(instrumental)

Drew & The Girl
Rainy afternoon
Up all night staring at the moon
The girl turns to Drew
And she says darlin' what can we do
But he don't know
He just doesn't want to let her go
She starts to cry
He starts to wonder will she still be mine

He holds her close
As the time quickly slips away
Looks into her eyes
And wants to tell her to stay
But she must go
A whole new world for her to see
It breaks his heart
To know he'll have to set her free

Then Drew thinks back
To the night she first said love
The promenade
And then he wonders does she still think of
Those little flowers
That song I liked that she thought was dumb
Fingertips
When I showed up like the sun

Happy Birthday
Bottle of rain
Lay down my life
Erase your pain
Did the Cape of Fear lead you astray?
Hey I don't know what can I say?
You say sweet dreams and I'll reply
With a kiss and then goodbye
When the only thing I really want to say
Is stay

The only thing I really want to say
Is stay

Ode To Atlantic Beach
O Atlantic Beach
O how I love thee
You with your ocean
As big as the sea
Your sky as blue
As some special girl's eyes
Your sand in my shorts
Which chafes my thighs
Your nights that are clear
And cold as a fridge
The nights that we spent
Making food in the kitch
I do not think I
Shall e'er forget ye
Oh Atlantic Beach
You've set me so free

REPEAT

My Empty Noggin
Awww yeah
I got my Lips on
Boy do I like that sound
I'm the only unarmed man
For miles around
I got both eyes on the outside
While my pride is going down
Tasty

I'm sick of sleepin' in a bed
I'd rather sleep in you instead
But you're still mad that I pulled your hair
I used to wish you were dead

I don't wanna sit
And I'm too tired to stand
My brain is kinda numb
Yeah my brain is kinda numb
I can't feel my brain
Yeah time alone is novacane
To the brain
But I didn't have to use my A.K.
So you could say it was a good day

Dead Tuning
(instrumental)

Nighttime Man
It got so bad last year
My New Year's resolution
So bad I could not hear
Had to find a solution
A magnetic band
Gave me a hand
Now I no longer need that daytime drug
I'm a nighttime man

Your transvestite coke
Your gay heroin
These days it ain't strange and you've made it so
To be alien
But you're point shaving
And you're shock craving
And I can no longer provide the time
That I'm saving

It's infidelity
So many confessions
And it's menage a threes
Demonic posessions
So state your case
To save your face
And if the boxes give just the right rate
The black hole stays
Cause you're point shaving
And you're shock craving
And I can no longer provide the time
That I'm saving
A magnetic band
Gave me a hand
Now I no longer need that daytime drug
I'm a nighttime man

A Boy Named Jed
Once upon a time there was a boy named Jed
He got a big gun and shot his dad in the head
Then his dad died and we all cried
And Jed got another gun
He said Hey mom, come over here
We're gonna have some fun

Jed's on the run and he met a girl named Jill
Jill says I'm the type that likes to kill
They got together and killed all the people
In Chicago and New York
That night at dinner
Jill stabbed Jed with a fork

Now Jed's dead just like his dad and his mom
Now Jill doesn't have a date for the prom
She had a dress
Now it's a bloody mess
The heat is on so Jill moves west

Jill's on welfare she can't find a job
Her life is miserable 'til she meets Bob
She grabs a knife to slit his throat
But he's got something to say
He says you're Jill and I'm a cop
And you're wanted in 50 states

Jill's on death row she's dying at 3 a.m.
The chair is how she's goin' her chances are slim
She thinks back to Jed and says
I'm glad I punctured his head
She meets the warden his name is Jed

And the moral of this story
Please prevent forest fires

SIDE 2:

Double Team
We don't recall why you're here
We can't recall how much beer
Gotta live for today
Feel it now
Baby it's okay

Let us know if you're ready to go
We only tell friends we know real well

It was not our plan to fulfill a dream
They just show up so we double team
Gotta live for today
Here and now
Baby it's okay

We're high-fiving guys
And we're ready for love
Say you like it
Don't tell us to shut up

It's not a regular thing as you can see
Long as you're easy as 1 - 2 - 3
Gotta live for today
Gotta do it now
Baby it's okay

It's just between me
And you and him
It won't happen again
The chances are slim

How will you feel about yourself
If you don't try this out
Gotta live for today
Four's a crowd
Baby it's okay

Little Boy
lyrics and music by Paul Hamilton
I try to act like a man
Of this land I am free
But I don't understand
This life I live
But still I agree with everything
And still I agree with everything

Cos I'm just a little boy
Said I'm a little boy
Said I'm a little boy
I'm just a little boy
Said I'm a little boy
Don't look at my girlfriend
Don't walk on my land
Don't touch those toys cos they're all mine
And I'm a little little boy

I've got to wash my hands
Of the blood of this land
Cos I won't face
This epidemic of hate
Cos it don't exist
In my little world
Cos I only let in
Whatever it is I can deal with

Cos I'm just a little boy
Said I'm a litle boy
Said I'm a little boy
I'm just a little boy
I'm a little boy
Don't look at my girlfriend
Hey you get off of my motherfucking land
And don't you touch those toys cos they're all mine
And I'm - I'm a little little boy

I like all my violence and all my crimes
I like all my action all the time
And I don't feel no pain until I'm bleedin' no
I don't feel no pain til I'm bleedin'
Til I'm bleedin'
Til I'm bleedin'

And now I see
My little world crumble
My protection falls away
And I feel numb
I try to stop and think
Only to find I can't
I'm just a little boy
In big boys clothes

I'm a little boy
Said I'm a little boy
I'm just a little boy
Said I'm a little boy
Don't you look at my girlfriend
Don't you walk on my land
And don't you touch those toys cos they're all mine
And I'm a little boy

I Just Met A Girl
[also known as "A Girl I Just Met (Whose Name I Don't Know)"]
Her name is not a joke
I'm sure it rhymes with smoke
At the end of my rope
I find a little hope

She's not a simple folk
I like the way she spoke
Her voice it seemed to float
Her eyes was all she wrote

I bummed from her a toke
I thought that I would choke
She seemed in the same boat
Wonder if I'll ever know

The night was getting slow
She seemed a little low
I asked where do you go
There seemed a tiny glow

The chat did grow and grow
Alas she had to go
I hope she comes again
She might and that's the end

Booooz
(instrumental)

Been Tryin' & Tired
Been tryin' to work my way back
Been tryin' not to think of the night
Been tryin' to drink you out of mind
Been tryin' to smoke out of sight

Tired of writing songs like this
Tired of the bottle of rain
Tired of hearing second chance
And thinking that I'm that strong

Been tryin' to see myself up high
Been tryin' to not look down
Been tryin' to lay this little girl
Been tryin' to fall in love

Tired of looking into eyes
And only seeing myself
Tired of always lookin' back
Need to put it on a shelf

REFRAIN - I'm not gonna ask why and you say that you were crying
But it doesn't matter to me because I'm a man
I can live without you
I can live without you
I can live without you
Maybe if I say it enough times

Been tryin' to work my way back
Tired of writing songs like this
Been tryin' to see myself up high
Tired of lookin' into eyes
Been tryin' and tired
Been tryin' and tired
Been tryin' and tired

My Junkie Girl
You drink and smoke too much
You have X's for eyes
You stick needles in your arms too much
Sometimes you're just high too much
But I don't let nobody bad mouth you
My Junkie Girl

Well sometimes you will sell your body for crack
Some people would say that wrong but I
Get a kick out of it in fact
And I don't let nobody bad mouth you
My Junkie Girl

And oh baby when we make love
You're always unconscious
And that is what I've always dreamed of
You're like an angel from the sky
A really fucked up angel
My Junkie Girl

You set yourself on fire
To get rid of the bugs
You think I'm plotting against you
And little blue men hide under the rug
I¥m tellin' you baby you crack me up
My Junkie Girl

I guess it was a bad idea to buy you that gun
You're always shootin' at me
But I guess it's really only for fun
And I don't let nobody bad mouth you
My Junkie Girl

Baby you know I love you no matter what you think I am
And I guess it's true what they say
If it wasn't for hallucinations baby
There wouldn't be any nations
My Junkie Girl

Requiem For Toad
I know an angel who built a wall
It was a strong one it wouldn't fall
I know a blind man who met the girl
He's got a wall too that keeps out the world
She's always smiling but so is he
His heart is open but hers lives on in mystery

She wins the gold she found near the wine
She must be so empty cos she always has a good time
A boy you hardly know would die to hold her hand
He's got all the gold she needs I just don't understand

Oh angel can't you see him
Oh angel you've got to believe him

Most every night around this time
He thinks about her and prays she won't pass him by
But somehow he's invisible and one time I thought
She's so scared of what she needs
She's afraid that he's the one she wants

Oh angel can't you see him
Oh angel you've got to free him

A Groove
(instrumental)

Living
There's a mood here
Like a dirty cotton puff cloud
On screen it's great
Life is longer than two hours
I'm writing as fast as I can

I don't know
Where I'm gonna go
At least I'm not writing with that damn pen
Toad told the truth
That's the right thing

He spilled himself
All over Lockmill Plaza
She was right there to help him pick it up
That's love in bloom
I don't need eyes for that

I can feel it
Wish I felt more
Like a form of flesh and curves under me
Gasping my name
Sweating to the tune of "Jill"

Let it go
It's the perfect day
To throw back your head and kiss it all goodbye
My problem I don't wanna end liplock
I'd rewind my watch to the cold cold time
When I was gonna hang that beautiful dream
Beautiful dream

Back when she
Touched my finger
Back when I cried at beautiful thought
I'll kiss it goodbye
Then I'm sure my life will be right there waiting
For me
To resume
Living

That Not-So-Fresh Feeling
Oh darlin' I love you but I just don't know why
Oh darlin' I love you though you make me cry
Oh darlin' please tell me why you treat me this way
Oh darlin' I love you so much I could die

I love the way you hold your gun
I love the way you always run
I love the way you whisper too
I love the way you touch me
Leave me black and blue

I cannot lie
I wonder why
Why you love me
Guess it's something only you can see

I hate the way we always fight
I just give up because I know you're right
You always say I've got no sense
I guess you're right because I never leave

I cannot lie
This can't be right
These things I do
They're never good enough for you

I try to hide my jealousy
Cos when it shows you just yell at me
When you go out with other guys
If I shut up what kind of man am I

I cannot lie
I want to die
You're in control
You own my soul
I cannot lie
This time you cry
There's nothing left
To bleed from me
I cannot lie
I'm gone
Goodbye

Curtain
I know a little house on a little street
In the middle of a big town
I know two pretty girls who never
Shut anyone out
I know this feeling cos I felt it once - in my sleep
My eyes are so full now - I'm so deep

If I could I would spin the world backwards
If I could I'd be yours honestly

I don¥t know about you but these don¥t feel like goodbye tears
You haven't held me for the last time
And for the last time you're such a part of me

If I could I would spin the world backwards
If I could I would try to recapture

I feel I'm naked
Do you know what I mean
A heart so love starved
And it came here to feed
The end of my rainbow
The start of my life

I prayed all night
And never got through one single amen
You know you're too damn close
To being a never again
The scariest thing about love is
And you know it's true
You never own it
It owns you

If I could I would spin the world backwards
When I try it just seems to spin faster

I still hear echoes of applause
And I still feel your heart beating so close
I still see stumbling in the darkness
I still feel sand between my toes

If I could I would spin the world backwards
If I could I would spin the world backwards
If I could I would spin the world backwards

The 'Star Spangled Banner'
A party or two
A kiss on the back porch
What did I ever do
If I don't tell you I love you
It's just cos I'm shy
The words with my meanings
Hidden inside
And Alex the candle
Blown out with no wish
I never dropped her
And I'll never forget
The way you'll all hold me
When I'm far away

I knew a little house on a little street
In the middle
Of a big town

Rock Out
(instrumental)