she said I've got to be honest
you're wasting your time if you're fishing around here
he said you must be mistaken
I'm not fooling, this feeling is real
she said you've got to be crazy
what do you take me for, some kind of easy mark?

you've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion
but I swear that you've got me all wrong.

How low should I crawl?
When should I take the final blow?
When is it bad enough
To earn the right to show?
How hard should I fall
Before it's my turn to be heard?
How much pain should I show on my face
Before you listen to a word?
How bad should I hurt?
How much is enough?

How bad should I hurt?
How much is enough?

You just jerked -
I hope you're dreaming,
But isn't drowning all we've earned?
I won't close my eyes 'til you lay still,
And I won't cry.
I've been through nothing.

is she bright?
so well-read
are there novels
by her bed?

is she the sort
you've always said
could satisfy
your head?

You don't do it on purpose, but you make me shake.

now i can't look you in your eyes
'cos the guilt is killing me
i try to disconnect my heart again
just so I can breathe
i wanna be myself again
but i just can't 'cos

i'm afraid to be alone
i'm afraid that one day you'll find out

& you'll be amazed
at the secrets i keep
you'll be amazed
at my mouth full of lies
but i'm too afraid to come clean

Here you'll find in between
Hevean and hell my dear where nothings what it seems
It's just as well I fear I'm giving you the creeps
And a farewell kiss into the unknown

Saw you standing there
Outside the music hall, you've come out for some air
A certain curtain call and everyone just stared
When you took the stage that night
Somethings not right

You're up there, took the stairs to the stars all alone
You left all the lights burning but nobodies home
I believe they decieved your tuneful heart too long

Do you know where your heart is?
Do you think you can find it?
Or did you trade it for something
Somewhere better just to have it?
Do you know where your love is?
Do you think that you lost it?
You felt it so strong, but
Nothing's turned out how you wanted

Well, bless my soul
You're a lonely soul
Cause you won't let go
Of anything you hold

Well, all I need is the air I breathe
And a place to rest my head

the revolution wasn't bad

we hit the streets with all we had -

a tape recording of the sound of the velvet underground



and after changing everything,

they couldn't tell, we couldn't sing.


they couldn't tell, we couldn't sing,

and that changes everything.

After the first touch, her skirt boring,
Voice deep and charming at first,
You could make her come back once in awhile
If you painted a fresco that she made with her powder half-falling off,
So perfect from far.

You're gonna leave her tonight.
She sat up with her eyes wide.
You fell in love with the girl you knew,
You've come to say goodbye.
You're gonna leave her tonight
Under a cheap July sky.
Tell her; tell Mary.

when i look to the shape of my heart
it's separated only by scars
that cut in
and cut out
and leave me
without
a heart that functions at all!

Come on dearie, why all the fuss?
You're no grander than the rest of us
Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap
Join your sisters
Make money in your sleep!

That's right dearie, let him have the lot
That's right dearie, show him what you've got!

Old men, young men, take 'em as they come
Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum
Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land
See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand
All it takes is money in your hand!

Lovely ladies
Going for a song
Got a lot of callers
But they never stay for long

Come on, Captain,
you can wear your shoes
Don't it make a change
To have a girl who can't refuse
Easy money
Lying on a bed
Just as well they never see
The hate that's in your head
Don't they know they're making love
To one already dead!