1. speckled bird
2. yellow skies
3. like a cloud
4. gripped
5. weather girl
6. wilderness
7. never more true
8. spring
9. grace
10. amazing
11. love your mind
12. kissers and killers

speckled bird
you blow the candle out
you take a shovel to my head
hey i appreciate that sound
a true tone resonating
so now i'm less alive than dead
and maybe i won't hang around tonight

'cause i'm already dying
i'm already flying
it seems i'm flying toward the sun
yes i'm already dying
i'm already flying
in my dreams i'm flying towards the sun

i'm flying through the heavens
a tabernacle to the sun
you know i'd take you if i could
no i can't save your sorry soul
i only want to be the one
to kiss your spirit from face to foot

and i'm already dying
i'm already flying
seems like i'm flying toward the sun
yes i'm already dying
in my dreams i'm flying
in my dreams i'm flying towards the sun

you put the fire out
you take a shovel to my head
hey i appreciate that sound
a true tone resonating
so now i'm less alive than dead
speckled birds of prey coming down

'cause i'm already dying
i'm already flying
seems i'm flying toward the sun
yes i'm already dying
i'm already flying
in my dreams i'm flying towards the sun

yellow skies
before you kill me honey recognize 
i'm your one way rumblin' ride 
through yellow skies 
i'm your sunshine truckin' man 
i'm doin' everything i can 
to realize 
the yellow skies 

were you cryin' in the kitchen? 
did you paint the four walls blue? 
was it something i said? 
something that i did to you? 
sometimes love is really sad 
but you don't have to feel so bad all day 
we can ride away 

let's go outside, open up our eyes 
and exchange this cloudy room 
for a yellow sky 
i'm your sunshine truckin' man 
i'm doin' everything i can 
to realize 
the yellow skies 

saucers in the kitchen 
flyin' like ufos 
it's a mystical experience 
mama never told me so 
sometimes love can twist your head 
but you don't have to wish me dead today 
close your eyes and pray 

before you kill me angel recognize 
i'm your one way rumblin' ride 
through yellow skies 
i'm your sunshine truckin' man 
i'm doin' everything i can 
to realize 
to realize 
open up your eyes 
to the yellow 
to the yellow 


like a cloud
i wanna float you like a cloud
i wanna drink you like a flower drinks rain
i wanna lift you up to heaven

now i can't get you
off the ground
when you wear such heavy shoes
but i'll keep trying
because i really want to float you

like a cloud
i wanna drink you like a flower drinks rain
i wanna lift you up to heavenly places
and beg you to remain

i never mean to make you cry
i don't want to bring you down
when i'm descending
hold on tightly
i always turn around

i wanna float you like a cloud
i wanna swallow you like flowers swallow rain
i wanna go with you to heavenly places 
then beg you to remain

gripped
she touches grief with her kiss 
she saves me so 
she saves me so 
she brushes true love with thistle 
her garden grows 
her garden grows 

oh, she grips my heart 
anytime she smiles 
anytime she cries 
she grips, she grips my heart 

she wrings it out in her hands 
she makes me moan 
she makes me moan 
she mingles madness with goodness 
when we're alone 
when we're alone 

on, she grips my heart 
anytime she smiles 
anytime she cries 
she grips, she grips my heart 
anytime she laughs 
anytime she sighs 

she grips my heart 
she grips, she grips my heart 
she grips my heart 

she strangles it 
she strangles it 

she strangles joy with her eyes 
she kills me so 
she kills me so 
she tangles misery with flowers 
her garden grows 
her garden grows 

on, she grips my heart 
anytime she smiles 
anytime she cries 
she grips, she grips my heart 
anytime she laughs 
anytime she sighs 
oh, she grips my heart... 

weather girl
because the flower froze 
when the dead criminal rose 
nobody recognizes every sky 
but any dead dog knows 
never trust a weather girl 
she grins when she warns you 
never trust a weather girl 

everything gray was silver 
everyone wise was blind 
heaven itself was falling into her eyes 

because the wolf was howling 
because the moon was on the rise 
because the sun was fading 
because the storm was in her eyes 

she's a wicked cloud 
the devil prays for her 
you know she tastes like cinnamon rain 
and she reeks of myrrh 
never kiss a weather girl 
she grins when she warns you 
never kiss a weather girl 

everything gray was silver 
everyone wise was blind 
heaven itself was falling into her eyes 

because the wolf was howling 
because the moon was on the rise 
because the sun was fading 
because the storm was in her eyes 

never trust a weather girl 
she laughs when she kills you 
never kiss a weather girl 

everything gray was silver 
everyone wise was blind 
heaven itself was falling into her eyes 

because the wolf was howling 
because the moon was on the rise 
because the sun was fading 
because the storm was in her eyes 
because the wolf was howling 
because the moon was on the rise 
because the sun was vanishing 
because the fire was in her eyes 

wilderness
everybody drinks the water from the murky pool
surely as you think you're well
you know your belly aches
everybody learns religion at the blind man's school
will you reach for heaven
when the preacher charms the snake

is your faith so right
are you so blessed
everybody wanders in the forest
is your heart so true

count the butts and bottles
in the morning when we're gone
fools agree reality is nore than we should bare
how do you gaze into the sun from dusk to dawn
we love the truth enough to die but we won't swear

is your faith so right
are you so blessed 
everybody wanders in the forest
is your heart so true
are you so good
everybody wanders in the woods

everybody begs the juror be more than merciful
for the crime we celebrate for bigotry we learn
everybody drinks the water from the murky pool
surely as it heals your soul you feel your body burn

is your faith so right
are you so blessed 
everybody wanders in the forest
is your heart so true
are you so good
everybody wanders in the woods
everybody wanders in the forest
everybody wanders in the wilderness

never more true
there's a Yankee in the Cumberland
with a pistol in his boot
dreamin about salty water
and he's looking for a snake to shoot

i'm thinkin' it won't get any worse
i'm thinkin' about buying you a hat and a purse
i'm wishing i never came here
you no my heart was ever sincere

and every now and then i realize
you are rhythm you are melody
giving me that silent torture
you might as well poison my tea

i'm thinkin' it won't get any worse
i'm thinkin' about buying you a hat and a purse
i'm thinkin' about strangling you
you know that never was more untrue

(thinking about predestination
predestination and free will
what about that wonderful pain)

there's a christian underneath his house
trying to recall the light
he's praying for divine intervention
his lips are frozen to the pipe

i'm thinkin' it can't get any worse
i'm thinkin' about buying you a hat and a purse
i'm dreaming about thrilling you
oh, honey my heart was never more true
you know my heart was never more true

spring
hey everybody out
let's play outside
ooh, that dreaded ear buzzing
yeah it's poison time
we never saw the world more green
nor the sky so clear
spring is finally here

love is alive in you
love is alive in you
believe in your own reflection
see it my eyes
love is alive in you
don't say it isn't true
believe in the resurrection
see in my eyes

follow any line
on your face
ohh, identify the pain
now feel it fading
i think i know you better now
than a season ago
well enough to know

love is alive in you
love is alive in you
believe in your own reflection
see it my eyes
love is alive in you
don't say it isn't true
believe in the resurrection
see in my eyes

i know you so much better now
than i did at the start
find it in your heart

love is alive in you
love is alive in you
believe in your own reflection
see it my eyes
love is alive in you
don't say it isn't true
believe in the resurrection
see in my eyes

grace
screamin' at the newsman 
tellin' him to take it back 
i'll sue him if he won't retract 
cryin' to the hangman 
beggin' him to render slack 
if i could i would go back 

will you extend me 
will you extend me grace? 
just a little grace 
will you extend me 
will you extend me grace? 
just a little grace 

were you talkin' to the shrubbery? 
did you cut the roses down? 
someone oughta till that ground 
you thought i had a pure heart, well 
i thought you were an angel, girl 
mercy is the silver pearl 

will you extend me 
will you extend me grace? 
just a little grace 
will you extend me 
will you extend me grace? 
just a little grace 

my mother deems me ever dear 
i'm less a liar than sincere 

when you cut me in the alleyway 
you don't have to turn that knife 
i'll suffer in the afterlife 
prayin' to the father 
sorry, did i grieve the ghost? 
you're the one i love the most 

will you extend me 
will you extend me grace? 
just a little grace 
will you extend me 
will you extend me grace? 
just a little grace 

my mother deems me ever dear 

amazing
it's amazing how slugs know 
more about the weather 
lovers drown as slow 
so stay with me forever 
and i never will suspect the sky 

creatures climb the window pane 
to avoid the coming rain 
is it hard to be so sane 
when love is crazy? 
go on, drag me through the dirt 
come on, kiss me where it hurts 
love for better, love for worse 
is so amazing 

amazing how they crawl 
up without confusion 
lovers fear the fall 
heaven's retribution 
but i only know the demons revel in our madness 

creatures climb the window pane 
to avoid the coming rain 
is it hard to be so sane 
when love is crazy? 
go on, drag me through the dirt 
come on, kiss me where it hurts 
love for better, love for worse 
is so amazing 

amazing how slugs know 
more about the weather 
lovers drown as slow 
so stay with me forever 
cause i don't see any clouds tonight 
and i never will suspect the sky of cruel intentions 

creatures climb the windowpane 
to avoid the coming rain 
is it hard to be so sane 
when love is crazy? 
when i drag you through the dirt 
let me kiss you where it hurts 
love for better, love for worse 
is so amazing 

it's amazing 
it's amazing 

love your mind
and i don't see why
you're over there and i
i can't understand the words
you're saying to me
slide a little bit closer
now show me the way you feel
about the cloud formation

baby i love your mind
i love your mind
baby i love your mind
and i want your touch

and if i pull over
so you can have a turn
will you take us both into
oblivion
do you really think the sun
is gonna melt us, everyone
do you blame the moon for
hypertension

i love your mind
i love your mind
baby i love your mind
and i want your touch
baby i love your mind
i love your mind
baby i love your mind
and i need your kiss

and if i come closer
honey hold on tight to the wheel
when you feel like 
driving into a ditch

baby i love your mind
baby i love your mind
honey i love your mind
and i want your touch
baby i love your mind
i love your mind
baby i love your mind
and i need your kiss
and i want your touch
and i love your mind

kissers & killers
you know i love you 
i think you're so good 
i like the people in my 
neighborhood 
my mother is an engineer 
my daddy is a healer 
and everybody gathered here 
wheelers, dealers 

lovers, depravers 
freers, enslavers 
clowns, wicked sayers 
kissers and betrayers 

bones and ladder 
somehow rhyming 
man of sorrows hanging 
iscariot swinging 
a curious polarity 
finders, weepers 
why have you forsaken me? 
losers, keepers 

lovers, depravers 
freers, enslavers 
clowns, wicked sayers 
kissers and betrayers 
saviors, denyers 
prophets, implyers 
well wishers, liars 
killers, death defyers 
killers, death defyers 

i light a candle 
well before dark 
they tell me jesters hide out 
in the park 
i never was a cautious man 
my brother is a broker 
and everybody in the band 
jokers, fire-stokers 

lovers, depravers 
freers, enslavers 
clowns, wicked sayers 
kissers and betrayers 
saviors, denyers 
prophets, implyers 
well wishers, liars 
killers, death defyers 
killers, death defyers