Every hour, every day, within my power, every way
You know we gotta stay on top
The clock is ticking, I can't stop
Every moment, every night, keep it smooth, smooth and tight
I've gotta stay on top
The clock is ticking, I can't stop

I gotta keep my mind clean
Keep my weirdness to myself
I can't be a jerk to everybody else, why not?
I gotta keep my mind clean
Keep my vision clearer
Just look in the mirror
In everything I do, yeah

Being young and naive, it's not so easy (x2)

All these people, all these places I deal with on a regular basis
You know we gotta stay on top
This might be the only chance I got
The rumors, gossip, dirty looks, but they say we've got to fulfill the books
Because we got to stay on top
The clock is ticking, I can't stop

I gotta keep my mind clean
I can't be a jerk to everybody else
Keep my weirdness to myself, why not?
I gotta keep my mind clean
Keep my vision clearer
If I just look in the mirror
In everything I do, yeah

Being young and naive, it's not so easy (x2)

People got nothing to say, but they're talking anyway
But we gotta stay on top
The clock is ticking, I can't stop
Every moment, every night, gotta keep it smooth, keep it tight
Because we gotta stay on top
The clock is ticking, ticking...

Oh yeah
Being young and naive, it's not so easy (x2)

I gotta stay on top (x16)

Tommy's got a new work of art
Jessica won't be there for the unveiling
On a distant sea somewhere she's sailing
She doesn't love him like she used to

Jessica says her life needs a jumpstart
All her friends say "pack your bags, steal the car, run away"
At the office she stamps envelopes all day
She doesn't love him like she used to

And it's no crime, it's no sin in her eyes
Convince the mind and the feet will surely follow
All this time, the way it's been, it's no surprise
How can you tell the truth from the lie?
I don't know, I guess you just try
How can you tell the worst from the best?
I don't know, I guess you just guess

Close your eyes, imagine you're far from here
Visualize, let go of all your fear
Break the ties, don't compromise
Now you can open your eyes

They both get a good laugh at the thought of monogomy
She has a girlfriend, he has a lover
She's in the big city, he's in the suburbs
They fell out of love long time ago

They both agree that they're getting old
That's the only thing left that they have in common
She eats caviar, he eats top ramen
Fell out of love long time ago

And it's no crime, it's no sin in her eyes
Convince the soul and the mind will surely follow
All this time, the way it's been it's no surprise
How can you tell the high from the low?
Eeny, meny, miny, mo
How can you tell the right from the wrong?
I don't know, make it up as you go along

Close your eyes, imagine you're far from here
Visualize, let go of all your fear
Break the ties, don't compromise
Now you can open your eyes

Yeah, close your eyes, imagine you're far from here
Visualize, let go of all your fear
Conceptualize, don't compromise
Now you can open your eyes

In the sea of you I don't know where I stand
On the solid rock strong or the shifting sea sand
When you know, let me know
If only I had a dime for every time you said no

In your little universe I don't know if I exist
Like a shining bright star or a dying starfish
When you know, let me know
If only I had a dime for every time you said no

This may be stifling
This may be unproductive
But right now I just can't commit myself to any love

In your little prison I'm locked up without bail
Am I the ring on your finger or sand under your thumbnail
When you know, let me know
If only I had a dime for every time you said no

In your little jungle I'm lost without a guide
But I don't ask for help because of my male pride
When you know, let me know
If only I had a dime for every time you said no

This may be stifling
This may be unproductive
But right now I just can't commit myself to any love

When you know, let me know
If only I had a dime for every time you said no
When you know, let me know
If only I had a dime for every time you said no

Once an actress, always an actress, my kitchen floor's her stage
The white of my eyes, a spotlight, a skeleton key for every cage, yeah
Once an actress, always an actress, every day is opening night
She's going over her lines over dinner, her eyes are glued to the script

It doesn't faze her when I try to give her
A skeleton kiss for her slaverly lips

Patch of blue, move through the sky again
If you twist through the gray blanket and stay
Then all the gifts that I give away, you can keep for the winter

Once a diva, always a diva, my jambox is her symphony
A virgin mary candle spotlight, a skeleton cage for every key
Once a goddess, always a goddess, her words flow like a river epic poem
Candlelight epiphany, her divine nature is shown

Her wet skin is as smooth as the dry wax
A skeleton thief for every home

So take what you can get, and run while you can
Because the look it leads to want, and the want it leads to touch
And the touch it leads to everything, it's too soon, taboo, too much
Because we talk before we think, and we touch before we talk
And the touch it leads to everything, it's too soon, taboo, too much, touch

Yeah, once a sailor, always a sailor, the old man at the laundromat
He has a mermaid on the inside of his elbow, a little brown girl on his lap
Granddaughter grows to a woman, the old man goes to the dead sea
On the outside of her soft left shoulder for everyone to see

There's a red-yellow sunlight tattoo
A skeleton world for every dream

But the more I dream, the less I sleep
The more I grab, the less I keep
Because the look it leads to want, and the want it leads to touch
And the touch it leads to everything, too soon, taboo, too much
Because we talk before we think, and we touch before we talk
And the touch it leads to everything, it's too soon, taboo, too much, touch

But it's her love I crave after midnight
I just could wrap my arms around her waist until the sunlight
And I don't know why I feel like this
Because her darkness is my brightness

Patch of blue, move through the sky again
And if you twist through the gray blanket and stay
Then all the gifts that I give away, you can keep for the winter (x2)

So take what you can get, and run while you can
Because the look it leads to want, and the want it leads to touch
And the touch it leads to everything, it's too soon, taboo, too much
Because we talk before we think, and we touch before we talk
And the touch it leads to everything, it's too soon, taboo, too much, touch

Scatterbrain me, I was never too bright
I got no memories of doing anything right
I'm out of touch with particulars such as who I am, what I'm doing
I've got no blanket to keep me warm or provide me security

If you want conversation, c'mon talk to me
My cerebral situation is carefree
Love me, hate me, I don't mind
To an idiot it's all the same
That's why they call me scatterbrain

I got no girlfriend, I got no car
I don't have no responsibility
I've got no real job, no VCR
I don't even have call waiting

If you want conversation, c'mon talk to me
My cerebral situation is carefree
C'mon, love me, hate me, I don't mind
To an idiot it's all the same
That's why they call me scatterbrain

Honey darling, don't you know that I'm a fool because of you
I'm so used to your abuse you know I don't know what to do
You make me stumble, make me fall, you keep me from the sun
I'm a jester, you're a princess, but you're still the only one for me

I don't know what to say, I don't know what to do
Every time I run away, I walk back to you

My head may be a turtle, but my heart's a choo-choo train
I'm a genius of love, but i'm still a scatterbrain

Do it up, do it up, do it up
Oh yeah, oh yeah
(repeat)

Convalesce here in my arms
Come and rest your weary eyes
Catch your breath here in my heart before you fly away
Build your nest here in my arms
Now there's nothing left to fear
Except that I will never let you fly away from me again
Under all your cuts and scars
You're still a baby in my arms
Let me weave my web around you until the morning's here

My fallen angel you land everywhere but your feet
Now I don't know what to say
My fallen angel when you are far away from me
I don't know what to do
But watch, wait, wish, hope; that's how I cope
I know you'll never love me like you love the sky
That's why it breaks my heart
To watch my fallen angel fly away, away from me
Fly away, when you fly away from me

Two hundred miles from Mexico
Her little wing just broke again
The southern wind the hides her guides her to the cracks between the caves
Above the harvest of the field
Beneath the San Antonio sun
If you listen closely you can hear her come this way
Under all her cuts and scars
She's just a baby in my arms
When she sings her song she sang it for me a long time ago:
"I'll give you my heart, when I can when it's true
I'll give you my heart, hand to hand, me and you"

My fallen angel you land everywhere but your feet
I don't know what to say
My fallen angel when you are far away from me
I don't know what to do
But watch, wait, I wish, I hope; that's how I cope
I know you'll never love me like you love the sky
That's why it breaks my heart
That's why it breaks my heart
To watch my fallen angel fly away
When you fly away from me
My fallen angel, when you're falling away
My fallen angel

While you are healing
I'm right here kneeling for you, for you, for you
My fallen angel, I'm praying for you
My fallen angel, my fallen angel

Falling for you is never neat, it makes me feel incomplete
Falling for you is not that great, it makes me procrastinate
But you don't like the way I'm falling from my sheltered sky
You say that I'm intruding but I'm only parachuting

Please don't sweat the love thang between you and me
We can do the friend thing temporarily
Please don't sweat the love thang between you and me
We can do the friend thing temporarily, yeah

Falling for you never works, 'cause it's more trouble than it's worth
Falling for you is not okay, it just makes things slip away
The only rain that's really falling is the rain from your cloudy sky
You call it your darkest hour, but it's only just a shower

Please don't sweat the love thang between you and me
'Cause we can do the friend thing temporarily
Please don't sweat the love thang between you and me
'Cause we can do the friend thing temporarily

I have no food on my table, and I have no food on my shelf
And I can't love you until I love myself (x3)

Then we play that game where I turn around and fall and you're supposed to catch me
You barely catch me where my shoulders meet my arms
You're the cat with the claws and you always seem to scratch me
You're the cat and I'm your ball of yarn

Please don't sweat the love thang between you and me
'Cause we can do the friend thing temporarily
Please don't sweat the love thang between you and me
'Cause we can do the friend thing temporarily

I have no food on my table, and I have no food on my shelf
And I can't love you until I love myself (x4)

I can't stop the rhythm of you inside me
Steady and tender, flowing and free
I don't need an anchor to hold down my ships
I don't need a river, I jump in your lips

East, west, north and south
I will wander in your mouth
East, west, north and south
I will wander in your mouth

The freeze of a shiver, I can't come to grips
I don't need a river, I swim in your lips
Your eyes jump from hunger, they glide and they gliss
I don't need a lecture, just give me your kiss

East, west, north and south
I will wander in your mouth
East, west, north and south
I will wander in your mouth

Come unfold, come unravel me
Herein lie my lips of passion
That's the flame of my affliction
Herein lie my lips of passion

East, west, north and south
I will wander in your mouth
(x4)

I got this feeling like a rock today
Stepped on and kicked on all over the place
Lockjaw, loosen up your hold on me
I look at you I see myself in your eyes
You say "now son, you've got to slow down"

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes
Aww yeah, uh huh
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes
Aww yeah, uh huh

I feel so restless cause I can't even open up and say "ahh"
Because my lockjaw never lets me get the real deal out y'all

I woke up this morning, I saw a glimpse of light
I felt my teeth shut together tight
So all day long I walk around just scoping
My mouth is shut, with my eyes wide open
With my lockjaw, loosen up your hold on me
I look at you I see myself in your eyes
You say "now son, you've got to slow down"

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes
Aww yeah, uh huh
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes
Aww yeah, uh huh

I feel so helpless, 'cause I can't even open up and say "ahh"
Because my lockjaw never lets me get the real deal out y'all

Yeah, you know it's hard to get beyond the bitterness and apathy
And keep intact with this handicap
I got enough to wrestle with, enough to tackle
Without the metal of the shackle, the metal of the shackle of my lockjaw
With my lockjaw, my lockjaw
When you gonna let me speak?  Yeah

Hey, I got this feeling like a curse on me
Tell me when you're gonna set me free
Look in my open eyes and you'll see why
My stare is so much worse than my bite, yeah

I feel so helpless, 'cause I can't even open up and say "ahh"
Because my lockjaw won't lets me get the real deal out y'all
With my lockjaw, oooooh (x3)

All this time and it's all still fresh to me
Overwhelmed, that's the way to feel
Take me in deeper, there I want to be
Overwhelmed, that's the way to feel

I pace the floor just looking for water, water, anywhere
'Cause the flames are growing higher
Sometimes you just feed the fire (x2)
Overwhelmed (x2)

All this time and I'm shaken up by you still
Overwhelmed, that's the way to feel
Fortified by the strong hold of your will
Overwhelmed, that's the way to feel

Wine colored skin, earth colored eyes
Tempting music everywhere from some invisible choir
Sometimes you just feed the fire (x2)

I have nothing but praise forever for you, you've brought me this far
My trust in you is not just a phase I'm going through
I have nothing but praise forever for you
Overwhelmed (x2)

I pace the floor just looking for water, water, anywhere
'Cause the flames are growing higher
Sometimes you just feed the fire (x2)
I have nothing but praise, overwhelmed
Forever for you, overwhelmed
You've brought me this far, overwhelmed
My trust in you, overwhelmed
Is not just a phase, overwhelmed
I'm going through, overwhelmed

The trusting wide receiver
When he sees the quarterback get sacked
Turns into a nonbeliever
And he feels helpless after the fact
When I hold on to you
I can feel my freedom slipping away
I can't hold on to what you cling to
There's got to be a better way

Than getting hired, getting fired, uninspired
Feeling tired, feeling wired, uninspired
But if you want to hold me
I won't even stay long

It's hard to take a breather when you feel you're getting stabbed in the back
Turn into a nonbeliever, you feel helpless after the fact
When I let go of you I can feel my dependence slipping away
I get too attached to you, there's got to be a better way

Than getting hired, getting fired, uninspired
Feeling tired, feeling wired, uninspired
But if you want to hold me I won't even stay long

You call me yesterday, you say you miss me and you ask if I miss you
Well worn's the path of things I laugh at since we're through (x2)
I don't need you, I don't need you

Speak to me in silence, surround me in simplicity
Speak to me in silence, tell me what you're thinking
When I let go of you I can feel my dependence slipping away
I get too attached to you, there's got to be a better way

Than getting hired, getting fired, uninspired
Feeling tired, feeling wired, uninspired
Yeah, but if you want to hold me
I won't even stay long
I just want to find another another chance to give
Just want to find another life to live, 
A happy medium, a happy medium

You call me yesterday, you say you miss me and you ask if I miss you
Well worn's the path of things I laugh at since we're through (x2)
I don't need you, I don't need you (x4)

So I guess this means goodbye, gonna start tomorrow fresh and new
Sever all my ties, 'cause every kiss is an i o u
every kiss is an i o u, I don't need you (repeat)

You know me more than I know
The tip of my tongue to the bottom of my toe
And everything in between is common knowledge too
You know me more than I do

You know me more than I know
Positive that you know that I know that you
Know me more than I do

Saying such harsh things to me
You don't understand the pain it brings to me
Being myself's now my primary goal
Before I admit you into my soul

Give love, that's all I ever ask of you
To give love, that's all I ever need
Give love, a simple little request from me
Give love, all I ever need, yeah yeah

I know you more than you think
From the bottom of your toes to the eyelashes you wink
And everything in between, all your weakness and your strength
I know you more than you think

And I know you more than you know
Positive that I know that you know that I
Know you more than you know

Saying such harsh things to me
You don't understand the pain it brings to me
Being myself's now my primary goal
Before I admit you into my soul

Give love, it's all I ever ask of you
To give love, it's all I ever need
Give love, a simple little request from me
Give love, all I ever need, yeah yeah
Give love (x4)

Two blind people walk in the room, that's you and me
We haven't lost our sight, but we haven't found the light
Anyway, as I was saying, there they are, there they go
Do you see a parallel in our relationship as well?
We mutually agree when others say, "hmm, I see"
We say, "now I understand"

Take for granted, empty handed, all you offer, unavailable
Is the only claim true love that you speak of
And all your rain is a waterfall, a waterfall?
Intravenously, you find yourself in me
I don't have a clue, I lose myself in you, I lose myself in you

Now two spirits walk in the room, that's you and me
It's who we are and what we long to be
The reason that our relationship is on the skids
We never knew each other when we were kids
Now I understand

Take for granted, empty handed, all you offer, unavailable
Is the only claim true love that you speak of
And all your rain is a waterfall, a waterfall?
Intravenously, you find yourself in me
I don't have a clue, I lose myself in you, I lose myself in you

But it's easy to annihilate like the blades of a blender
But it takes much more strength to surrender
Bnd it's easy to live life just doing everything you know
But it takes much more strength to let it all go
Let everything go, so let it all go

And when I'm dead all the spirits turn my warm red blood
Into cool river water, for my son, for my daughter
Holy land, hallowed sea, sacred sun, shallow me (x2)

Why are you always so warm?
I am so cold
Summer's almost here and I'm still freezing
As if it were December or January
I don't want to be laughed at
You hurt my feelings
Everything I do is for you to see
By now you should put your trust in me

Materially, I will be the poorest of all your trees in the forest
But all I want to do is plant my seed under your evergreens

Stars that I'll never see shine while I am sleeping
Every single star is for me to believe
In a greater spirit guiding me
Setting fire to the candles in the sky
I only have sweet summer dreams 
under your evergreens

Open arms to the sky, all your branches are still alive
Are you the question?  Are you the answer?
Are you the cure?  Are you the cancer?
The unknown is as harmless as tadpoles in the stream
Ynder your evergreens

How deep the river valley runs
How high the little seagulls soar
You will be mine, I will be yours
Our love was written in the stars
By our ancestors
You will be mine, I will be yours
Again you ask, again I'll say
Your heart's the heart my heart adores
You will be mine, I will be yours
Oohhhh ahhhh
You will be mine, I will be yours
Oh ahhhhhh
You will be mine, I will be yours

Under your evergreens (x4)