We sat there talking the car still running neither of us noticing the time and even in the dark I saw it in your eyes that shine And each time you laughed just when I laughed I had a thought I almost thought was real That if we were in love this is how we'd feel We've got no business going near this It's something we both know it shouldn't be so hard to see things as they are and let go So you told a story and I told a story and we never came close to a kiss But if we were in love it would feel like this And maybe there's a place somewhere and everything not meant to be is meant to be there where the laughter goes on and the sorrow is gone and the stars all align... We sat there talking the car still running And I told you what I couldn't help but say and you got quiet and I got quiet like that might make the whole thing go away and I caught myself and you caught yourself then you took my hand and said you had to go If we were in love If we were in love If we were in love we would know

UMBRELLA PEOPLE Here they come look at ‘em scatter See them run Out of the rain I’ll get wet What does it matter? What does it matter today? Umbrella people and it’s hardly even raining Umbrella people and the sun’s comin’ through I’ll stand here underneath this rainbow colors I got from you colors I got from you Here they come Look at ‘em scatter Hurry up, get ‘em up It could start to pour I’ll just watch the rivers gather ‘round my feet as I’m walking to your door Umbrella people and it’s hardly even raining Umbrella people and the sun’s comin’ through I’ll stand here underneath this rainbow colors I got from you colors I got from you And it’s only been a day or two How do I know? But still I do It’s comin’ true Umbrella people and it’s hardly even raining Umbrella people and the sun’s comin’ through I’ll stand here underneath this rainbow colors I got , I got, I got, I got I got you underneath this rainbow and it’s all comin’ true I'll stand here looking at the sky opened up so wide and you're the reason you're the reason Umbrella people They don't even know Umbrella people open up, open up let it go, let it go

PICTURES (FV) Just a picture in my head drawn from something that he said or maybe wrote, I can't remember Either way, it doesn't matter Just a picture in my mind some imagined time I never gave it much attention Now it's hardly worth the mention Still I remember some colors I could almost see it taking form Pictures come and go, there will be others All you do is close your eyes to realize you still can make some more Just a picture in my head drawn from something that he said Except that he meant something different Either way, it wasn't vivid Nothing hanging on my wall hardly anything at all Barely even started Just a doodle in the margin Still I remember some colors I could see him coming into view Pictures come and go, there will be others All you do is close your eyes to realize there's always someone new Just a picture in my head drawn from something that he said Except that he meant something different Either way, it wasn't vivid Still I remember some colors I could almost see it taking form Pictures come and go, there will be others All you do is close your eyes to realize you still can make some more Just a picture in my head Just a picture in my head Just a picture in my head

People claim great power People claim great power I read a book where it said if I meditate long enough I could actually learn how to fly And impress all my friends but I know before long they’d only be bumming me out asking for rides The same book says that those of great learning Those of great learning need never die But I guess after ten thousand years they get bored And hop off the bed of nails for a beer on the sly People claim great power People claim great power I don’t care how long I live Long as I live with someone I need Who doesn’t insist on hogging the covers Or talking to me about books while I’m trying to read Someone who knows how to juggle and struggles To get rid of door to door salesmen mercifully Someone who’s dumber than Einstein Smarter than Elvis Smarter than me People claim great power People claim great power

Hard times all around Trouble sits right down Smiles that yellow smile Yeah, he may be here for awhile And sorrow's back for more goin' door to door so you lock yourself inside to fight the war With Sgt Pepper, Major Tom Captain Jack and Delta Dawn Virgil Caine and Lady Jane Poorboy Willie, Weird and Gilly Sam Stone, Jolene Stella Blue and Billie Jean Dancing while the world comes to an end Once again Hard times all around Trouble sits right down Scrunches up his face Walks around like he owns this place But you don't even care finger in the air You know how it ends and you got friends Like Stagger Lee and and Dr. Wu Carmen and the devil, too Mrs Jones and Leroy Brown Bennie's Jets and Kathy's Clown Sweet Jane, Roxanne Lola and the Powerman Dancing while the world comes to an end Dancing while the world comes to an end Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again Sgt Pepper, Major Tom Casey Jones and Stacy's mom Brother Time, Sweet Caroline and Dr. Funkenstein Black Betty, Rosalita Bertha Butt and Lovely Rita Dancing... Dancing while the world comes to an end Dancing while the world comes to an end Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again Once again

It's a long con It's a slow game And you keep that love on a low flame Keep your eyes on that jewel Time will be your friend if you can play this cool It's a long way To the sweet place Where love and trust Fall like grace Comes a time It’s not yet Trust that simple feeling You can’t forget How she moves How she smiles The laughter in her voice But this is not your choice It’s not the time to show your hand Keep a certain distance Know the plan It’s a long con It’s a slow game But you know why You’re still playing Take your time Look away Learn the power in everything You never say How she moves How she smiles The laughter in her voice But this is not your choice It’s not the time To show your hand Trust your heart Know the plan It’s a long con It’s a long con

Venus de Milo Watch out for beauty somebody said when the world's at your feet it'll go to your head I told myself look inside instead Then you come around Watch out for sorrow dressed in disguise I've come this far so you think I'd be wise and look in your heart and not in your eyes when you come around Venus de Milo it's out of my hands all that I've seen is all I can stand you're comin' home late with your arms still 'round some other man Didn't I know? Didn't I know? Venus De Milo Each time I see you I know what to say It's right on my tongue I rehearsed it all day See, I've got my pride and I won't live this way Then you come around And what kind of goddess are you s'posed to be? to scatter your love like the winds on the sea The ships on the bottom they call out to me When you come around And you come around Venus de Milo it's out of my hands all that I've seen is all I can stand You're comin' home late with your arms still 'round some other man Venus de Milo all I can do is try to believe what'll never be true that there'll come a day when I'll be holding all of you Didn't I know? Didn't I know? Venus De Milo

She sleeps a little later than she used to her room’s still pretty much the way it was I move some things around to see if she might notice but she never does I will wait for you She wears a lot of black but I’m not honored she always wore a lot of black before she makes herself a fire and curls up with her journal on the cold wood floor I will wait for you I will wait for you Call it gray call it in-between call it unknown, unheard, unbelieved In this house I will stay Look for me when you look my way I helped her write the song I hear her singing I guess she thinks the words are all her own I thought for just awhile she’d recognize the style now I leave her pretty much alone I watch her as she reads the Sunday paper she’s cut her hair, she’s no longer a girl some other time and place some other day some oher world Call it gray call it in-between call it unknown, unheard, unseen, unbelieved In this house I will stay Look for me when you look my way I will wait for you I will wait for you I will wait for you I will wait for you I will wait for you I will wait for you

Two white men in bright red ties say, Come here, sonny we've had our eyes on you. Right away I smell the money The manicured hands, the power tans Have a seat. Let me fill your glass. We predict this world will kick your ass. Looks like it's halfway done. Look around while you're still young. Say hello cruel world, you can't make it stop But you can make it big Like the man on top They say he's mad, they say he's crazy, but he's crazy like a fox He knows every opportunity knocks like Fort Knox He's gonna grab with both hands and get all he can Can you take a hint, young man? Say hello cruel world, whatcha gonna do? See it's not so bad, if you're not like you Yeah, I see it your eyes, that softness, that sweetness but cotton candy kids like you got zero chance of beatin' this So before your undertaker gets a text from your priest You better you shut the fuck up how the devil's been released How the code's been broken, how the dream's at risk Oh you poor little babies, kids in cages, stop-and-frisk See we're all just here for a dirty little minute Why not take a taste of freedom and the goodies that go with it? Say hello cruel world, what's it gonna be? Say how do you do... to reality Say hello cruel world, how do you dare? Do you plead and beg with your tail between your legs or find somethin' else down there? See I used to be like you, I know the way it feels I used to see my own reflection in my shiny bright ideals But that dream is just a whore, in patent leather pumps And you're just one more in a long line of sorry chumps One more shill trying to build the great society Puffed up with all your pretty piety But little Chuckie Darwin always had it on straight: In the struggle for survival I can eat off your plate And his plate and her plate and their plate, too If you top me you can stop me but that ain't what you do You just fall and get trampled, a glorious example of the march of evolution, it's a bloody revolution where the weak and the meek and the too unique can't stand up to nature's harsh critique Let's be clear, does the lion shed a tear for the antelope – goin' down his throat? Say hello cruel world Say hello cruel world Hello You’ve got no place else to go We don't wanna keep you, I think we've made it known how the precious few tend to view the world we own It's a battleground that motherfucker stuck us in There’s one goddamn commandment: Says you better win Do you best to grab what you can get your sweaty hands on You could have it all if you just had any balls on Throw 'em down to the ground, stomp on their chest And money is the measure of the ones who do it best.

Hung in the dungeon upside down each day Mr. Bumble comes around talkin' smack in Funkytown I just wanna win in the end Bang the bell that keeps the score each time that I hit the floor I don't mind the cheap decor I just wanna win in the end Jagged edge, rocky ledge buzz saw spininin' and the villain grinnin' right now I don't care who's winnin' I just wanna win in the end Gonna feel so right Gonna be so ready I just hold on tight I just hold, hold, hold, hold, hold steady Sister Sarah, fortune teller draws the hanged man in her cellar she says I'm one lucky fella handsome for a bottom dweller Throw the dice, spin the wheel anything it may reveal I'm well-acquainted with the deal I just wanna win in the end (chorus) (break) Wakin' up in the driver's seat waitin' out that traffic jam on Easy Street I can hear your estimation Sir, you underrate my patience (chorus) Princes in their royal chambers laughin at the lion tamers I ain't askin' any favors (WOO-HOO) Lost in space, I lost my crew I scream like Plant on Zeppelin II No one hears, it's nothin' new (WOO-HOO) Baby's sweet and smart and tactless, gotta body like mattress, I ain't done just out of practice (WOO-HOO) Now she's in the tower they locked her with the most amazing doctor She'll deny I ever rocked her