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10.000 Maniacs
Bread and circuses
Crowds gather round kneeling at the feet of common thieves
Hungry for the word, but god would never speak through such as these,
Such ...
I'm Not The Man
It crawls on his back, won't ever let him be.
Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe.
His eyes have gone away, escapi...
If You Intend
If you intend to live again,
then open your eyes and don't pretend you're feeling there's nothing worth believing.
God, if you p...
Circle Dream
I dreamed of a circle, I dreamed of a circle round.
And in that circle I had made were all the worlds unformed and unborn yet.
A volum...
Tolerance
The still and silence is torn with violence.
A loud breaking sound in the night is made.
Hear it grow, hear it fade.
The sound y...
Candy Everybody Wants
If lust and hate is the candy,
if blood and love tastes so sweet,
then we give 'em what they want.
Hey, hey, give 'em what they ...
How You've Grown
"My, how you've grown."
I remember that phrase from my childhood days too.
"Just wait and see."
I remember those words and how t...
Jezebel
To think of my task is chilling.
To know I was carefully building the mask I was wearing for two years, swearing I'd tear it off.
I've...
Gold Rush Brides
Follow the typical signs, the hand-painted lines, down prairie roads.
Pass the lone church spire.
Pass the talking wire from where to ...
Few And Far Between
Times are far between, and few I bet, when we can look upon our lives without regret.
Of all the things I have done, you think I'm proud of ...
Eden
We are the roses in the garden, beauty with thorns among our leaves.
To pick a rose you ask your hands to bleed.
What is the reason fo...
These Are The Days
These are the days you'll remember.
Never before and never since, I promise, will the whole world be warm as this.
And as you feel it,...
Noah's Dove
You won a prize for that, for telling lies like that so well that I believed it.
I never felt cheated.
You were the chosen one, the pu...
Pit Viper
in the cruel garrison of affection
if worth of lore is true
you know the face of a temptress
pit viper
a witch or en...
Groove Dub
Imitate that soured old song
there is no individuality
only guises
shades of
nonconformity
there is no individ...
Anthem For Doomed Youth
For whom do the bells toll
When sentenced to die
The stuttering rifles
Will stifle the cry
The monstrous anger
The f...
Tension
Frail hinges pivot
On a case's door
Commemorative
Souvenirs from places
Containers change with occasion
Cellophane e...
Death Of Manolete
There were women holding rosaries
On the day Manolete died
Teenage girls in soft white dresses
Standing silent peace respecting ...
National Education Week
Honor salute and speak
To the corner standing flag
Do you remember how the days of school were
Indivisible separate worlds
Poor De Chirico
Oh my dear friend
My dear friend Giorgio
How has this time Breton
Discouraged your liaison with the
Eye styled metaphysica...
Katrina's Fair
Greta's cedar hope chest
Is full of pamphlets
Glass shelves of romantic vignettes
A journal laced with sedimentary prose
N...
The Latin One
Bent double like old beggars in sacks
Knockkneed and cursing or coughing like hags
Men marched on sleeping some without boots
Fa...
Planned Obsolescence
Science is truth for life
Watch religion fall obsolete
Science Will be truth for life
Technology as nature
Science Truth f...
Jubilee
He fills the flower vases, trims the candle bases, takes small change from the poor box.
Tyler has the key.
He takes nail and hammer t...
Hateful Hate
In the dark night a giant slumbered untouched for centuries
'til awakened by a white man's cry: "This is the Eden I was to find."
Ther...
The Lion's Share
Can I be unhappy?
Look at what I see: a beast in furs and crowned in luxury.
He's a wealthy man in the poorest land, a self-appointed ...
Dust Bowl
I should know to leave them home.
They follow me through the store with these toys I can't afford.
"Kids, take them back, you know bet...
Poison In The Well
Tell me what's gone wrong.
I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but when I turn it on -- dry as paper.
Call the neighbors.
Wh...
Headstrong
To your common sense firm arguments
I won't listen to your voice of reason trying to change my mind.
I mind my feelings and not your w...
You Happy Puppet
How did they teach you to be just a happy puppet dancing on a string?
How did you learn everything that comes along with slavish funnery?
...
Trouble Me
Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and you worries.
Trouble me on the days when you feel spent.
Why let your shoulders bend un...
The Big Parade
Detroit to D.C. night train, Capitol, parts East.
Lone young man takes a seat.
And by the rhythm of the rails, reading all his mother'...
Please Forgive Us
"Mercy, mercy," why didn't we hear it?
"Mercy, mercy," why did we read it buried on the last page of our morning papers?
The plan was ...
Eat For Two
O, Baby blankets and baby shoes, baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby blue.
Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed be...
Verdi Cries
The man in 119 takes his tea all alone.
Mornings we all rise to wireless Verdi cries.
I'm hearing opera through the door.
The so...
City Of Angels
Heaven, is this heaven where we are?
See them walking, if you dare, if you call that walking.
Stumble, stagger, fall and drag themselv...
A Campfire Song
A lie to say, "O my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig.
500 men with axes and they all dig for me."
A lie to say, "O my river whe...
My Sister Rose
Big plans are being made for my sisters wedding day.
We'll have a ball at the Sons of Roma Hall.
Family, friends come one and all.
<...
Gun Shy
I always knew that you would take yourself far from home
as soon as, as far as you could go.
By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair and the ...
Peace Train
Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh I've b...
Don't Talk
Don't talk, I will listen.
Don't talk, you keep your distance
for I'd rather hear some truth tonight than entertain your lies,
s...
The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert can wait till summer.
We've played this game of just imagine long enough.
Wait till summer?
When I'm sure the...
Cherry Tree
Over your shoulder, please don't mind me
if my eyes have fallen onto your magazine
for I've been watching and wondering
why your...
Like The Weather
The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal grey.
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again.
With a shiver in my bones jus...
Hey Jack Kerouac
Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother
and the tears she cried, she cried for none other
than her little boy lost in our little worl...
What's The Matter Here?
That young boy without a name I'd know his face.
In this city the kid's my favorite.
I've seen him. I see him every day.
Seen hi...
Arbor Day
wide open falsehood
the clan destine truths
rival till the end
in a series of duels
pardon the drapery language I choose
...
Tension Makes a Tangle
as frail hinges
pivot on a case's door
commemorative
souvenirs from places
containers change
with each occasion
My Mother the War
she borders the pavement
flanks avenues
the parades pass
white glove attended by
my mother the war
she'l...
Daktari
like a weasel in the clover
tilt, toss, pop, turn over
sit down
tremble, weave like a moth by flame deceived
sit down
Cotton Alley
one time
you made me cry
be proud that I
remember
my chin is sore
the bruise is gone
but the spot is ten...
Everyone A Puzzle Lover
why are some men born
with minds that earn degrees
the loving cups
gilded plaques
grace their study walls
hide the c...
Among The Americans
dance to the sun
a kiss to the earth
embrace a stone
come the small black book
come the brandy cask
one strang...
Grey Victory
there was light
and atomic fission
swelling wind and
rising ash
tide of black rain
cement seared shadow traces
The Colonial Wing
here is the store house of Her Majesty
well guarded by sentry
but looks are free
call this the rayless and benighted age
...
Maddox Table
the legs of Maddox kitchen tables
my whole life twisted on a lathe
in a foreman's torrent
my first English was
"faster boy...
Back O' The Moon
Jenny
Jenny you don't know the nights I hide
below a second story room
to whistle you down
the man who's let to divv...
Lilydale
come as we go far away
from the noise of the street
walk a path so narrow
to a place where we feel at ease
some thin...
Just As The Tide Was A Flowing
on one morning
in the month of May
when all the birds
were singing
I saw a lovely maiden stray
across the fiel...
Scorpio Rising
power
dizzy with it stumble
detail
a chance for us to quarrel
anger
my head is shaken violent
if i could...
Can't Ignore The Train
Steep is the water tower
painted off blue to match the sky
can't ignore the train
night walks in the valley silent
...
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