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1. Johnny Delusional
Johnny Delusional
Words are in my head but I can’t enunciate them clearly
Headphones on your hair, they prevent a chance to even try
Some might find me borderline attractive from afar
But afar is not where I can stay and there you areThough I want you
I know I haven’t a chance
Still I want you
Johnny Delusional hereI know yes and no in a couple dozen other languages
But your form of no is the kind of look I can’t deny
Tell me, are resistance and stupidity the same?
Tell me, is resistance so enticing, please explainThough I want you
I know I haven’t a chance
Still I want you
Johnny Delusional hereThough I want you
I know I haven’t a chance
Still I want you
Johnny Delusional here(Though I want you) paging Mr. Delusional
You’re wanted at the desk
Paging Mr. Delusional
You’re wanted at the front desk
Wouldn’t it be terrible if there’s no music there?
Wouldn’t it be terrible if she don’t want you near?
Wouldn’t it be terrible if there’s no music there?
Wouldn’t it be terrible if she don’t want you near?Though I want you (wouldn’t it be terrible if there’s no music there?)
I know I haven’t a chance
Still I want you (wouldn’t it be terrible if she don’t want you near?)
Johnny Delusional here
Though I want you (wouldn’t it be terrible if there’s no music there?)
I know I haven’t a chance
Still I want you (wouldn’t it be terrible if she don’t want you near?)
Johnny Delusional here -
2. Call Girl
Call Girl
I’m waiting by the loading dock for you
A TV and guitar in hock for you
Come on, girl
Come on and give me a ring
Come on, girl
Pick up and ring
Come on and pick up and(Why don’t you call, girl?)
I gave up blow and Adderall for you
So I’d have dough and spend it all on you
So call, girl
Come on and give me a ring
Call, girl
Pick up and ring
Come on and pick up and(Why don’t you call, girl?)
I realize it’s me who makes advances
All advances
And I realize arrangements come from me
It’s me, it’s me, it’s me who always wants to meet
So come on, girl
Come on and pick up and ring
Come on, girl
Pick up and ring
Come on and pick up andWhen I call on you, everything is good again
And everything and everything
I don’t need to say anything, it’s understood
Again, anything and everything
I don’t ask, I don’t need an answer
I hear your lies in different answer
Rise and rise, I lead
I lead and then again it’s(Why don’t you call, girl?)
So call, girl
Come on and give me a ring
Call, girl
Pick up and ring
Come on and pick up and(Why don’t you call, girl?)
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3. Dictator’s Son
Dictator’s Son
Born in a far-off land
A nation of heat and sand
A father who ruled by force
A mother who said, of course
A nation of fearful men
And women afraid of them
But learning the family trade
My interest began to fadeI’m a dictator’s son
Born with a silver gun
In a country that’s half insane
In a country that’s banned the rain
He kept his eye on me
Knew I had plans to flee
Strangely today it rained
I hopped a midnight planeFasten your seatbelts
We soon will land
At LAX hope to see you again
Fasten your seatbelts
We soon will land
At LAX hope to see you again
Fasten your seatbelts
We soon will land
At LAX hope to see you againSomewhat reluctantly
I tell her sit down with me
We order drinks and wait
Small talk it’s getting late
One thing you ought to know
Before we up and go
Hope it don’t spoil the fun
But I‘m a dictator’s son
I’m into sixties soul
Nat King Cole
Harris Tweed
Bundesliga
I‘m into wings and dip
Girls who strip
Diesel flicks
Party Mix
I’m into Hugo Boss
Dental floss
Party cruise
Jordan shoes
I’m into Instagram
Bands who jam
Coed knees
BLT’sThis is how we roll, a dictator’s son
This is how we roll, a dictator’s son
This is how we roll a dictator’s son
This is how we roll, a dictator’s sonSomeday I’ll return with a rebel force
Overturn my father and change the course
Of history for all of my countrymen
But I cannot tell you exactly when‘Cause this is how we roll a dictator’s son
This is how we roll, a dictator’s son
This is how we roll, a dictator’s son
This is how we roll, a dictator’s sonSomeday I’ll return with a rebel force
Overturn my father and change the course
Of history for all of my countrymen
But I cannot tell you exactly when
I’m a dictator’s son
I’m a dictator‘s son -
4. Little Guy from the Suburbs
Little Guy from the Suburbs
I’m just a little guy from the suburbs
Who learned to kill before the others
Romantic activist, I’m the joker
I say, vive le Québec libreBut if you hear this, know when you hear this
You’ll know I didn’t, I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
But you know, you know, yes, you knowNo heroes
Just those who care more for their legend than their life
There are no heroes in this lifeI tried, yes, I tried, with a shy girl
To live respectable, but decided
Fake Existentialist, I’m the martyr
I steal from the bank of Jean-Paul SartreBut if you hear this, know when you hear this
You’ll know I didn’t, I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
But you know, you know, yes, you knowNo heroes
Just those who care more for their legend than their life
There are no heroes in this lifeI am the little guy from the suburbs
But I learned to kill better than the others
What’s that you said about execution?
Oh, bring on the beatificationBut if you hear this, no WHEN you hear this
You’ll know I didn’t, I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
I didn’t make it like I hoped we would
But you know, you know, yes, you knowNo heroes
I don’t care
For my legend or my life
There are no heroes in this life -
5. Police Encounters
Police Encounters
From the West Coast gonna take a plane
Hit the East Coast gonna take an A train
Hit the East Coast, going all the way
Why don’t you come to Harlem?All the spies went out to sea
But I remained in Harlem
Had to pay my parking fees
Felt just like P.T. BarnumCaught a couple Pinter plays
I should have stayed in Harlem
Then I heard a policeman say
I think we should disarm him
I think we should strong-arm him
So out of place in HarlemThen I see you standing there
In your dyed black hair
And no underwearBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersCaught a couple Albee plays
I should have stayed in Harlem
Then I heard a policeman say
Do your best to not alarm him
I’ve got eyes for the policeman’s wife
In her dyed black hair and her Bowie knife
I’ve got eyes for the policeman’s wife
The policeman’s wife, the policeman’s wifeBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encounters
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersDiddy diddy, diddy diddy, diddy diddy
Police encounters
Diddy diddy, diddy diddy, diddy diddy
Police encountersUnions went on strike today
But I remained in Harlem
I’ve got eyes for the policeman’s wife
In her dyed black hair and her Bowie knife
As I see her standing there alone
In her dyed black hair
And her Android phoneBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersBomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy diddy
Bomp bom diddy
Police encountersBomp bom
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6. Save Me From Myself
Save Me From Myself
Unlit streets and alleys, I don’t care
I will stroll as if I’m on the Cote d’Azur
Muggers, pimps, and bangers everywhere
I don’t feel the danger though I’m told it’s thereBack in my apartment, all alone
I feel a chill, who can I phone?
Back in my apartment all alone
It’s only me, I’m not aloneSave me, save me, save me from myself
Save me, save me, save me from myself
Who is that confronting me?
Who is that in front of me?
Save me, save me, save me from myselfForeign objects hurtling through the night
Crashing through our atmosphere towards God knows where
Viruses and pestilence and blight
Biblical in their destruction, should I care?Back to what should be my comfort zone
No comfort there, my cover’s blown
I would not have come here if I’d known
If I had known, if I had knownSave me, save me, save me from myself
Save me, save me, save me from myself
Who is that confronting me?
Who is that in front of me?
Save me, save me, save me from myself
Ooh ooh ooh, save me, ooh ooh ooh, save me
Ooh ooh ooh, save me, ooh ooh ooh, save me
Save me, save me, save me from myself
Save me, save me, save me from myselfSewer-living creatures striking fear
Tramping this way steadily, they’ll soon be here
Who tonight’s undoing her brassiere
Answer, no, it isn’t you, that much is clearDouble bolted residence at last
Better think fast, better think fast
If you’re here alone, you’ll never last
You’ll never last, you’ll never lastSave me, save me, save me from myself
Save me, save me, save me from myself
Who is that confronting me?
Who is that in front of me?
Save me, save me, save me from myself
Save me, save me, save me from myself
Save me, save me, save me from myself -
7. Sõ Desu Ne
Sõ Desu Ne
She’s a mountaineer of love
She’s climbing Mount Fuji
Nothing but a Kenzo kimono on
Carrying a Hello Kitty Uzi
Carrying a Hello Kitty Uzi
Carrying a Hello Kitty UziSo desu ne, that’s all she’ll say
So desu ne, so desu ne
So desu ne, ja neShe’s an ambulance sometimes
Her blue light blinking on a two beat
Paranoid, paratrooper, paramedics
Drive, arrive, and check your heartbeat
Check your blood pressure
Gonna eat your beans and eat your leisure
Gonna check your blood pressure
Gonna push your, push your
Blood pressure, wellSo desu ne, that’s all she’ll say
So desu ne, so desu ne
So desu ne, ja neShe’s a pamphleteer of love
Filming a katakana movie
Nothing but a Kenzo kimono on
Carrying a Meiko Kaji Uzi
She’s an ambulance sometimes
Her blue light blinking on a two beat
Paranoid, paratrooper, paramedics
Drive, arrive, check your heartbeat
Check your blood pressure
Gonna push your, push your pressure
So desu ne -
8. The Man Without a Tan
The Man Without a Tan
The Man Without a Tan came a-strollin’ into town
He had the whitest collar anybody’s seen around
Girls were all a-drooling as they hummed a lullaby
The men were all suspicious but they didn’t know just why
The Man Without a Tan, he’s a threat to you and me
He has the kind of hands that you might see on your TV
And if he touched your woman, how the hell could she resist?
I’m sure he’ll entertain her with a little bit of LisztOur rugged handsomeness is no match for
The Man Without a TanThe Man Without a Tan, he had a walk around the town
He found a rollin’ restaurant and entered and sat down
He ordered Coca-Cola with some lemon but no ice
He reached into his pocket and he found his lucky dice
He finished up his cola and the waitress thought, “So soon?”
He looked a little bit like Gary Cooper in High Noon
He left to find a movie theatre, it was shuttered down
It seemed like there were lots of things that had been shuttered downOur rugged handsomeness is no match for
The Man Without a TanI overheard my girlfriend on her landline telephone
She thought I couldn’t hear her but she really should’ve known
The man without a tan was on the line and being cute
I stood back in the showers, I was fuming in my bootsOur rugged handsomness in no match for
The Man Without a TanAnd 20 years have passed and I’m The Man Without a Tan
I’m here to take you ‘way from every rugged handsome man
The Man Without a TanAnd then you came right out with it and said, “You are my man”
The Man Without a Tan -
9. Things I Won’t Get
Things I Won’t Get
A Pulitzer prize
An Oscar or two
Are things I won’t get
Things I won’t getA Bentley or Benz
Well don’t hold your breath
Of things I won’t get
Things I won’t getAffairs with a star
Who offers me dough
Far in advance
Far in advanceA college degree
A job with some hope
There’s just no chance
There’s just no chanceBut when I see you lying by my side
Looking extra clean
I’m in a state where I don’t mind
My thoughts turn obsceneString theory, thoughts of Sartre and such
Are things I won’t get
Things a won’t get
Schoenberg and twelve-tone
And films out of French
Are things a won’t get
Things a won’t get
A chair that’s designed by Charles and Ray Eames
Are things I won’t get
Things I won’t getBut when I see you lying by my side
I understand you well
I’m in a state where I don’t mind
I guess it’s just as wellThe world is so hard
The people so mean
Of things I don’t get
Things I don’t get
We sit on the floor
And talk about dreams
Of things we won’t get
Things we won’t getBut when I see you lying by my side
Looking extra keen
I’m in a state where I don’t mind
Just you and me and caffeine -
10. The Power Couple
The Power Couple
We need to relax (it’s not a big deal)
We cannot relax (it’s such a big deal)
The power couple’s coming around
A friend of a friend (of a friend of a friend)
Is friends with a kook (and so, in the end)
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming aroundThe glasses are clean (the wine been chill)
I’m starting to feel a little bit ill
The power couple’s coming around
Intelligent talk (but naturally so)
And if you should gawk (they’ll say “gotta go”)
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming aroundSegovia (seems a very safe choice)
We’ll cue it all up (when we hear the Rolls-Royce)
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming aroundWe close the garage (and hidden our Kia)
And wait for the chance (to raise our idea)
The power couple’s coming around
Our future depends (on how they respond)
I hope that we’re both (extremely on)
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming aroundAnd should they respond (we’ll go to step two)
We planned it all out (we know what to do)
The power couple’s coming around
This could be the day (that changes our lives)
That fame and good fortune (finally arrives)
The power couple’s coming around
This could be the day (that changes our lives)
That fame and good fortune (finally arrives)
The power couple’s coming around
This could be the day (that changes our lives)
That fame and good fortune (finally arrives)
The power couple’s coming around
The power couple’s coming aroundWe must make a good impression
We must make a great impression -
11. Collaborations Don’t Work
Collaborations Don’t Work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
I’m gonna do it all by myself
I’m gonna do it all by myselfCollaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
I’m gonna do it all by myself
I’m gonna do it all by myselfMozart didn’t need a little hack to chart
Warhol didn’t need to ask De Kooning about art
Frank Lloyd Wright always ate à la carte
Wish I had been that smart
Wish I had been that smartCollaborations don’t work
You start off deferential
And strangely reverential
You both feel it’s essential
Collaborations don’t work
He’s eyeing your new lover
Then one night you discover
Them underneath your coversCollaborations don’t work
Delaying your vacations
To sundrenched island nations
To seek some affirmations
Collaborations don’t work
A colon or a comm
And then a drawn-out drama
Bring in the Dalai LamaWhere is this damn thing a-goin’?
Where is this going, someone tell me
Starlight, rub off on me
Star bright, rub off on meWhere is this damn thing a-goin’?
Where is this going, someone tell me
Starlight, rub off on me
Star bright, rub off on meI don’t need your patronizing
I don’t need your agonizing
I don’t need your navel gazing
I don’t get your way of phrasing
I don’t think you’re really trying
What, pray tell, are you implying?I ain’t no collaborator
I am the partisan
Rebel in the rocks with dirty trousers, broken pistol in the hand
I ain’t no collaborator
Hack my scalp if you think I am
I am a sadistic young usurper, a hand on your neck
Hand on your lover, oh, give the man a hand
I ain’t no collaborator
I ain’t no collaborator
I am the master, independent
If I ever need a father, it won’t be you, old manCollaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
I’m gonna do it all by myself
I’m gonna do it all by myselfCollaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
Collaborations don’t work
They don’t work, they don’t work
I’m gonna do it all by myself
I’m gonna do it all by myself -
12. Piss Off
Piss Off
You get the runaround from him
The runaround from her
The runaround, around, around
You get the put you down from him
The put you down from her
They always, always put you down
You get the shake you down from him
The shake you down from her
They always, always shake you downGet to the point and point to the open door
Get right to the point and there’s the doorTell everybody to piss off tonight
Well, they should piss off and leave you alone in your world tonight
Most will listen and take the hint
Know that this ain’t a compliment
And they should piss off and leave you alone in your world tonightIt’s always inexplicable
It’s inexplicable
But still they’re eager to explain
It’s always inapplicable
It’s inapplicable
But they’ll apply it all the same
It’s always irrefutable
It’s irrefutable
But still their arguments remainGet to the point and point to the open door
Get right to the point and there’s the doorTell everybody to piss off tonight
Well, they should piss off and leave you alone in your world tonight
Most will listen and take the hint
Know that this ain’t a compliment
And they should piss off and leave you alone in your world tonightI gaze into my crystal ball
I see a future free for all
Where football and cheap alcohol
Has shook me to the core
I’ll enjoy each moment, so
I’ll add to my portfolio
Of epithets and cheerios
That never fail to storeI want to fantasize
I want to fantasize
But the essential parts are never there
I want to socialize
I want to socialize
But then I look around and just don’t care
I want to harmonize
I want to harmonize
But all the voices sound beyond repairGet to the point and point to the open door
Get right to the point and there’s the doorTell everybody to piss off tonight
Well, they should piss off and leave you alone in your world tonight
Tell everybody to piss off tonight
Well, they should piss off and leave you alone in your world
Piss off and leave you alone in your world
Piss off and leave you alone in your world tonight
Piss off
Piss off
Piss off
Piss off
Piss off -
13. So Many Bridges
So Many Bridges
The places, they all look the same
I’ll dive in, I’ll save you again
But friendship has limits you know
So how long, how far will you goSo many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off ofThe places, they all look the same
Same shop girls, same salary men
Capricious, that’s how you’d explain
Capricious or maybe insaneSo many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off ofRome, Sydney, Yokohama
We’re all a go
Paris and San Francisco
How can we go?So many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off ofThe places, they all look the same
Same buildings, same punctual trains
Resentment is building in me
But somehow I cannot break freeSo many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off of
So many bridges in the world to jump off of -
14. King of the Song
King of the Song
He would lean
into my cradle
Resting revolver
on an infant’s cheek
Speeding and singing
singing and speeding
Speeding and singing my
infancy to sleepI can hear his heart again
I can hear his song
When I hear that voice again
I know he’s goneNobody sings like my daddy sang
He was the king of the song
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
I know that I’ll never sing
The way that my daddy sangDo you know what it’s
Like to be born
To a Legend
To be born
To a freak
To face expectation
From your first
Crowning peek
At the World
An umbilical peek
At this hideousFame-ridden world
Where I hear that voice again
Where I hear his song
Sing he’s goneNobody sings…
What do you mean
That you don’t know my singer?
What do you mean
You don’t know his song?
He was speeding and singing
Singing and speeding
Speeding and singing
Come on and sing alongYou can beat his heart again
When you sing his song
Sing his heart again
Although he’s gone -
15. Look At Me
Look At Me
I’ll admit that I’m in need
Not for cocaine, not for weed, just
Look at me, look at me, look at meYou don’t have to hold my hand
You don’t have to like my band, just
Look at me, look at me, look at meJust look at me, look at me, look at me
Well I’m not asking for a lot
Look at me, look at me
Just one thing makes me hot
Look at me, look at me
Just one thing makes me high
Look at me, look at me
Well I’m not asking for the sky
Look at me, look at meScrew the sunset
Screw all art
Look at me or
Break my heart, just
Look at me, look at me, look at meScrew your iPad
Screw your phone
Look at me and
Me alone, just
Look at me, look at me, look at meJust look at me, look at me, look at me
Well I am all you need to see
Look at me, look at me
Every eye fixed right on me
Look at me, look at me
This is all I need to be
Look at me, look at me
The center of the galaxy
Look at me, look at meI don’t want your subtle glance
I don’t want you in my pants, just
Look at me, look at me, look at meDon’t look at your mother
Don’t look at your father
Don’t look at your sister
Don’t look at your brother
Don’t look at your teacher
Don’t look at your preacher, just
Look at meDon’t look at no BBC
Don’t look at no ITV
Don’t look at no Channel 4
You might as well look at the floor
Life just ain’t a minivan
Focus on the job at hand, and
Look at meJust look at me, look at me, look at me
Just look at me, look at me, just look at me
Look at me, look at me… -
16. A Violent Death
A Violent Death
A violent death
What a surprise
A violent death
No space to cry out
A violent death
No time for goodbyesI didn’t think it would be like this
With wet warmth draining down the seat
I didn’t think it would be like this
To see what I’m made of in color HDA violent death
What a surprise
A violent death
No space to cry out
A violent death
No time for goodbyesI didn’t think it could feel like this
The shock of not living distracting the pain
I didn’t think it could be like this
To know I’m going with nothing to sayStrangers lean over
Passengers on the same train
On the same trainI didn’t think
It would be like thisA violent death
What a surprise
A violent death
No space to cry out
A violent death
No time for goodbyesStrangers lean over
Passengers on the same train
On the same trainI didn’t think it would be like this
I never thought of how it would come
I didn’t think it could feel like thisI didn’t think it would be like this
I didn’t think it would be like thisOh I didn’t think it would be like this
With wet warmth draining down the seat
I didn’t think it would be like this
To see what I’m made of in color HDA violent death
A violent death
No space to cry
A violent death
A violent deathI never thought of how it would come
But now it’s upon me, it’s all that I am
I never thought of how it would come
All that I’m made of is how it would comeStrangers lean over
Passengers on the same train
On the same trainStrangers lean over
Passengers on the same train
On the same trainA violent death
Oh what a surprise
A violent death
No space to cry out
A violent death
No time for goodbyes
A violent death -
Antarctica
Antarctica
Antarctica
I can barely feel my fingers anymore
Since the continental drift (uh huh)
How quickly things can shift in front of me
All this ice flow and drift (uh huh)To know you was a gift (to know you was a gift)
Before the continental drift (before the continental drift)
How quickly things can shift (how quickly things can shift)
And now AntarcticaIt was always t-shirt weather ’round you
Hot wind blowing through your hair
It was always top-down weather with you
Sub-Saharan somehow
And now Antarctica
AntarcticaI can sense the coldest shoulder in the world
Where’s the thermostat controls your soul
(uh huh)No amount of insulation will protect me
I’ve got frostbite from my head to my toesI sensed that you were miffed (I sensed that you were miffed)
I bought a thousand gifts (I bought a thousand gifts)
I sometimes ask what if (what if)
In AntarcticaIt was always Acapulco around you
Temps kept rising somehow
It was always tank top weather
Sunlight glaring somehow
And now AntarcticaIt was always Acapulco around you
Temps kept rising somehow
It was always tank top weather
Sunlight glaring somehow
And now Antarctica
AntarcticaIt was always t-shirt weather around you
Sub-Saharan somehow
It was always top-down weather
Hot wind blowin’ through your hair
And now AntarcticaIt was always t-shirt weather around you
It was always top-down weather around you
And now Antarctica
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