She's got lovely, luscious hair
Eyes that like to stare
Smiles everywhere
Her name is Tara
She's got a lovely British face
I'm a basket case
I can't keep up with her pace
Her sister is my girlfriend

She develops her own photographs
Football bruises on her calves
When I talk about her, everybody laughs
Her sister is my girlfriend

And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I won't forget the things I can't do and the things I can
And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I'd fall in love with you except for the fact, for the fact that I love your sister more
Tara, Tara, Tara

No makeup on her skin
Artificial is a sin
She makes my head spin
In a swivel
Her dad collects antiques
Her mom watches Twin Peaks
With an English accent she speaks
Her sister is my girlfriend

She develops her own photographs
Football bruises on her calves
When I talk about her, everybody laughs
Her sister is my girlfriend

And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I won't forget the things I can't do and the things I can
And, if I get amnesia and a brain transplant
I'd fall in love with you except for the fact, for the fact that I love your sister more
Tara, Tara, Tara, oh

Her name is Tara, oh no
Her sister is my girlfriend, Tara, yeah, yeah

19 years old, she leaves her family
Says she needs to find her identity
Nothing's in the way, not even finances
Before she gets too old she wants to take her chances

20 years old, she dates a big jock
She screams at everybody cause she don't know how to talk
Color contacts can't hide her brown eyes
Tight bicycle shorts can't hide her fat thighs

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

21 years old, and she is with child
Her man skips town and the bills are getting piled
She doesn't want anything out of proportion
She doesn't tell a soul about her abortion

Now she can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

22 years old, her man gets a porsche
And when she wasn't looking her parents got divorced
Her mom wasn't bad, her father wasn't either
They had their loving moments, I guess you had to be there

Now what's to become of my sister?
What's to become of my sister? (x3)

23 years old, she drops out of school
Her heart is like a big car, runs out of fuel
Now she wants a kid, and so she gets married
Her wedding's like a funeral, everything is buried

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

24 years old, she settles out of court
Her ex doesn't pay any child support
She smokes a lot, drinks a lot, tries to kill the pain
Of watching her marriage go down the drain

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

25 years old, she calls me up again
We talk about our childhood way back when
Our mom wasn't so bad, our father wasn't either
They had their loving moments, I guess you had to be there

Now what's to become of my sister?
What's to become of my sister? (x3)

She was a feminist, now she's a man hater
The bite of bad love has teeth like an alligator

She can't decide where to go
She can't decide who to be
She can't decide who to trust
That's why she never trusts me

My bed is way to big, at night I feel so little
And I sleep on either sides, but never the middle
I'm afraid of the dark, I'm afraid of the light
And on the day that I lose those fears
I'll probably lose my sight

'Cause a pessimist is an optimist with a bad attitude
An optimist is a pessimist in a really good mood

And this country's prejudices
Are excuses for not looking at our conscience in the nude
How long must we be this strip search, censorship society?
How long must we be a strip search, censorship society? 
Yeah

And my mouth is way too big, and it makes my teeth feel so little
And that's why I eat ice cream, instead of peanut brittle
I'm afraid of small planes, and I'm afraid of small cars
And on the day that I lose those fears, I'll be floating in the stars

An atheist is a pantheist with a bad attitude
A pantheist is an atheist in a really good mood

And this country's prejudices
Are excuses for not looking at our conscience in the nude
How long must we be this strip search, censorship society?
How long must we be this strip search, censorship society?
Yeah

When we have kids, how much will the teachers teach?
And if we take them to church, how much can the preachers preach...
If we're hanging on by the skin of our free speech?

And this country's way too big and it makes me feel so little
But I'd rather take a stance, than get stuck in the middles

'Cause a pessimist is an optimist with a bad attitude
And an optimist is a pessimist in a really good mood

And this country's prejudices
Are excuses for not looking at our conscience in the nude
How long must we be this strip search, censorship society?
How long must we be this strip search, censorship society?
Yeah, oh oh oh oh

Free speech

She forgets my first name, she forgets my last name
When I look at her and she looks at me, we forget the world's pain
She forgets to call me, she forgets to write me
When I look at her and she looks at me, we forget to be angry

She forgets my anniversary, she forgets my nationality
She forgets that I fall in love with her flower child mentality
Now I just can't resist her innocence when she forgets my first name

Olvida me nombre
????Spanish verse??????

She forgets my anniversary, she forgets my nationality
And, she forgets that I fall in love with her flower-child mentality
I just can't resist her innocence when she forgets my first name

She forgets my anniversary, she forgets my nationality
And, she forgets to fall in love with her flower-child mentality
I just can't resist her innocence when she forgets my first name

I've been as busy as a busy bee, love
I've been all tied up
But all this cloudiness is not for me, love
I like it sunny side up
And I've been praying for my salvation
Salvation of my soul
And this is cause for elation
Salvation of my soul

Holy is the heart of a girl and boy
That have the whole summer to enjoy

If you were a movie and I were your critic
I'd give you all thumbs up
But I'm an optimist, not a cynic
No matter what comes up

I have been praying for a resurrection
A resurrection inside of me
And this is cause for reflection
Reflection inside of me

Holy is the heart who knows who it's beating for
They have the whole summer to explore

Dowap dowap, dowap dowap (repeat)

What good are the clouds for anyway?
They just hide the sun, and make the rain
But what good is your rain for anyhow?
It just makes me sad until the sun comes out

Sometimes I'm airheaded, I admit, love
Sometimes I'm all screwed up
You asked for a love song, and here it is, love
Now I'm all screwed up

And I've been praying for my salvation
Salvation of my soul
And this is cause for elation
Salvation of my soul

Holy is the heart that pumps blood through your veins
Now it's time to let go of the reigns, but I'm...
Alllllllllll, all tied up (x4)

How did you hypnotize me last night?
What did I say in my delirium?
I feel like I'm another fish in your aquarium

She believes in a god, but she's never afraid of humble
She thinks organized religion is and organized crime
Like stopping a horse from running wild
Or a mother from holding her child

Don't hide behind your own stereotypes
Don't count on your good looks from saving you by the bell
An ugly man's heaven is a beautiful woman's hell

She thinks evangelism is an organized crime
Like telling a rude man not to swear
Or a vain woman what to wear

The physical attraction is such a distraction
The real proof lies within
And the physical attraction is only a fraction
Inside is everything

She doesn't wear makeup or gaudy earrings
She doesn't believe in ceilings
She doesn't hold back her own feelings
And she doesn't believe in ceilings

Yeah, moving through the clouds, and swishing through the rain
And pounding in my heart, my love will never change
Swimming through the deep sea, tumbling on ????????????
Seeping in my heart, my love for you's the same

Dialects and languages are meaningless, so is every other barrier
Oh, leave the past behind, give me room to grow
If I make mistakes, you'll be the first to know
Breathing when you're with me, I'm choking when you're gone
Somehow in my heart, my love picks up and goes on

Training wheels and crutches are unnecessary
And so is every other barrier when you're mine
When you're mine (x4)

How did you hypnotize me last night?
You must have fed me some magic potion
I feel like I'm another fish in your ocean

Will you whisper to wait for you for nine months?
I will just for you
I've nothing to hold but icicles
I squeeze the cold just for you

I hope the peace don't turn to pain
I've lost my umbrella again

When I speak of you I stammer
I stumble for words just for you
Will you wish for beds of flowers?
I'll grow azaleas just for you

I hope the clouds don't turn to rain
'Cause I've lost my umbrella again

For you I'll be secure enough
I'll adjust for you just for you
If the skies apart I'll grow two wings
I'll climb the clouds just for you

I hope the clouds I climb won't rain
'Cause I've lost my umbrella again

South of London, England
I hear spirits singing
They invite me every night to
Walk the miles to lie beside you
Mmmmmmmm

In my ancient memory
In the thirteenth century
There's a castle with gods and fences
I'm a poor boy, you're my princes, you're my princess
Mmmmmmmm

Over stones through thick vines
Up your castle now I climb
Through your window while you're sleeping
All the dark clouds try to hide you
But now I lie right beside you, right beside you
Mmmmmmmm

In the hours before dawn
I had nightmares that you were gone
So I wake up and I see you
And I wake you and you hold me
Lullaby me, calm inside me, calm inside me
Mmmmmmmm

South of London, England
I hear spirits singing

Spirit's always near, I can feel it here
When I wake up it's all in my hands
Spirit's always near, sleeping next to me
I believe, but I don't understand
Ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh

We're married in this bond
?????????? we saw eachother in
And we're floating in this pond
Of arms we hold eachother in

Spirit's always near, we're married in this bond
I can feel it here, we're swimming in this pond
Spirit's always near, we're married in this bond

I look at the cloud, I see through the tree
I can barely see the moon from here or hear wind blow
But the pain
I don't wanna stay alive much longer than I have to
When you're not with me 
What's the sense in living?

The wind blows again
The cactus' in summertime bloom again
They breathe in deserts but I can't
They bloom in deserts but I can't
All I can do is hear wind blow

But the pain
Never lets me start over again
I don't wanna stay alive much longer than I have to
When you're not with me 
Tell me, what's the sense in living?
I can see the shadow of my cat
I see fences losing dead paint
I think of you and your soft arm

But the pain
Never lets me start over again
I don't wanna stay alive much longer than I have to
When you're not with me
What's the sense in living?
Wild leaves are being born
Sometimes I feel like I'm hanging on a thorn from your rose bush
The angle of your eyebrow is all I need to see
To notice if you're smiling or crying at the

At the pain
Never lets me start over again
All the, all the pain
I don't wanna stay alive much longer than I have to
When you're not with me
What's the sense in living? (x2)

Never wait for a woman
They'll only say "I was waiting for you"
The heart can never stay in one piece
Ancient stones turned into quicksand overnight
Every night, the heart can never say in one piece

It wanders like a longing nomad
On it's little island
Marooned
And your rain is falling on me
Like parasite on my flesh wound
Marooned

Conscientiously I am lost
The things you said went over my head
Hopefully, the confusion in my soul won't gravitate up to my head
But, I doubt it'll make much sense before we run out of time
So, let's just dance before we run out of wine

Your great-grandparents died long ago
And, you never met them
What does that have to do with us?
It rained for the first time in a long time yesterday
And, now its getting hotter today

Carelessly, drunkedly from the trees the warm rain drips
Carelessly, drunkedly like 'I love you's' from your lips

In New Orleans it's much more humid than I can stand
But, I like Dixieland and the Neville Brothers
But, I bet you're saying this story has nothing to do with you
So, let's just talk before we run out of time
Let's go for a swim before we run out of sunshine
Let's dance before we run out of wine

Don't worry, I'll get someone to drive you home

Sometimes I wish I were invisible, I do
Stroke your soft hair, and you'd think it was the wind blowing by
Kiss your neck and you'd think it was the wing of a butterfly
I'd steal bluebonnets of the side of highway 35
But in reality, I'm as worthless as a dime in a jewelery store
For bits and pieces of you, I'm a scavenger
If your lips were money, you'd be Rockafeller
That's why when you're gone dear, I'm so poor
Baby, when you're gone dear, I am so poor

Sometimes I wish I were invisible, I do
Then you'd never see me go crazy
Go broke, go hungry over you