Goodbye to all this anger
Can't let it stay
It eats me up inside 
To watch the powers that be collide
I'm void of all your anger of yesterday
And that space is unoccupied
To let the powers that be collide
We're gettin' in over our head
And it's threatening us with retread
And a fear and a rush inside
To let the powers that be collide

Ooh, I can never trust spirituality
Ooh, I can never trust all this hostility

Rollercoaster withdrawal
Avalanche of the teardrops fall
Feel dizzy at the end of the ride
But I let the powers that be collide
No good to stifle passion of yesterday
No good just to let it subside
Gotta let them powers that be collide
And it's not just lust left over from yesterday
This feeling is bonafide
Wanna let them powers that be collide

Ooh, I can never trust this insecurity
Ooh, I can never trust all this hostility

The war is getting bloodier
More vicious every day
The weak get brushed aside
To let the powers that be collide

Just one bite it won't kill ya
She promised me yesterday
The apple of suicide is gonna 
Let the powers that be collide
Just one drink it won't kill ya
She promised me yesterday
So I drank her poison pride
And I let the powers that be collide

Ooh, I can never trust this insecurity
Ooh, I can never trust all this hostility

I'm sick of all this anger every day
It eats me up inside
I wanna watch them powers that be collide

I, I don't want to go home
But in reality you never let me stay
Hey, I am innocent
Still your jealousy eyes always look my way
With wild looks and dark stares
Again I start my long walk home

In your arms no room for me
In your heart no vacancy
My lips are not fit for your lips, it's true
But all day I daydream of kissing you
Now I'm tossing, turning, restless
I'm getting drunk and I'm living reckless
Because it's true, I'm possessed by you

I, I can't live without you
But on the other hand you do fine without me
Crazed, always on the brink of insanity
I weep in my own way
With wild looks and dark stares
Again I start my long walk home

In your arms no room for me
In your heart no vacancy
My lips are not fit for your lips, it's true
But all day I daydream of kissing you
And now I'm tossing, turning, restless
I'm getting drunk and I'm living reckless
Because you know it's true, I'm possessed by you
You know it's true, I'm possesed by you (x2)

Dancing frog on the side of the road, no worry in the world
He's playing his trumpet and he's watching the cars go by
Won't you look there and see the fearless little frog
As he dodges the arrows, and laughs at the arrows
And he gets up and dances again on the side of the road

Now who said you had the right? 
Devour, devour
To eat everything in sight?  
Devour, devour
Who said that you were free to impose your gluttony on me?
Devour, devour, devour, devour

Big pink house on the side of the road of 32nd street
Everyone points at it when they are passing by
If I were a burglar I'd break in and play their piano
Drink all their coffee and then leave a tip
Just a hop and a skip from the side of the road

Now who said you had the right? 
Devour, devour
To break in in broad daylight?  
Devour, devour
Steal all the sunlight, fill up your soul
Drink it in one gulp, swallow it whole
Devour, devour, devour, devour

My body greets the things you do, though jealousy is never far
My spirit meets you where you are and I follow you
The hungry day eats up the night, the starving wrong eats up the right
No jealousy is near in sight, I swallow you, yeah
Old restaurant on the side of the road, the generations come and go
Burgers and fries and murders and lies, and pecan pies
The waitress must like me cuz she calls me sugar and honey
And refills my water at least 20 times
So I kiss her goodbye from the side of the road

Now who said you had the right? 
Devour, devour
To eat everything in sight?  
Devour, devour
Who said that you were free to impose your gluttony on me?
Devour, devour, devour, devour

I surrender, I give up
I can't quench your fire love
Go on without me, I'm not strong enough
I can't quench your fire love

I give you all I have
But that's still not much to you
On this island of this sinking sand
You're the only one with your feet on the ground

So go on without me
But free me from these handcuffs
'Cause I can't quench your fire love

I give you all I have
But that's still not much to you
On this island of this your sinking sand
You're the only one with your feet on the ground

So go on without me
But free me from these handcuffs
You know that I can't quench your fire love
Fire love (x2)

Make mine the only skin you want to feel inside by side
Only mine
I hear your reverie, your voice is shifting me 
Sight to side all the time
We can walk fine lines, tremble and spin
And I'll be your only skin

We should run away, leave it all behind
We can't stay and pretend that it's all gonna be fine
Throw it all away, leave it all behind
Run away, run away

Make mine the only skin you want to feel inside by side
Only mine
All that I wanna do, is find us an avenue sight by side all the time
We can climb the trees that shake with the wind
And I'll be your only skin

We should run away, leave it all behind
We can't stay here and pretend that it's all gonna be fine
Throw it all away, leave it all behind
Run away, run away

'Cause nothing's here, nothing's here
So come with me, so come with me
With your trust and your fear
You'll always be in this world with me
Nothing's here, nothing's here
So come with me, so come with me
With your trust and your fear
You'll always be in this world with me

I lose track of your story 'cause you mumble
I fall short of your glory 'cause I stumble
After tonight, let's just leave town
We should run away

Nothing's all mine
I get my inspiration from you
My loneliness from her
My sickness from god knows who
Sometimes when I'm bored
I wish i lived my life everyday
Like a character in Garcia Marquez or Hemingway
Self control is not the answer (x2)
I just need you, I just need you

Nothing's all right
There's depression in my brain
Hunger in my soul
Unemployment in my heart
A little dark cloud filled with sorrow
Can be here today and bigger tomorrow
Peace of mind is not the answer
A good paying job is not the answer
I just need you I just need you

And if I was made in the shade
I'll be destroyed in the sunshine
Nothing's all mine
All my knowledge turns to doubting
All my doubting turns to guessing
All my hobbies turn to habits
All my habits turn to obsessions
All my secrets turn to confessions
And heaven is just farther and farther and farther away

Everything's gonna be fine is not the answer
All my friends and family are not the answer
I just need you, I just need you

And if I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth
I'll probably die with a silver knife in my spine
Nothing's all mine

Pulling the time, stretching the pulse
Goodbye to my city, goodbye to my house
Taming her wild heart, she scratched at my soul
Goodbye to my family, goodbye to my home

We live in cycles, we breathe in cycles
We congregate and we separate in cycles

Instead of at your lips, I'm under your thumb
Instead of coming home to rest, I'm always on the run
Will your leather hands to me unfold?
Drinking bath water you left in my soul
And I spend my days searching for the spirit
And I spend my nights trying to get near it
We grow more intense, we lose our innocence
In cycles

Give me a sign (x6) 
Never cry, never talk
We kill with our words
Our tongues are tomahawks
And I can no longer give freely
With so precious and few
'Cause I only get deeper and deeper in debt
When I give to you
I spend my days searching for the spirit
And I spend my nights trying to get near it

Grow old and then we get young again
In cycles (x2)
Give me a sign (repeat)
The spirit's always there (repeat)
I can feel it here

Boy, you don't know
You're unclear on the concept of self control
Boy, you outta give it up
Cause you don't know
Boy, what's wrong?
Are you upset about the pace this is dragging along?

All the things you say are not surprising
You're stuck inside the nonsense of assumption
Make an offer, speak it from your heart, now (x2)
Don't you come crying back to me
I'm not your mother
When you grow up, look me up, hey hey hey
You talk too fast and kiss too carelessly
To be my lover
When you grow up, look me up

Boy, set me free
Always out there in some other world with no regard for me
Boy, you outta give me up
Set me free
Boy, I gotta go now
You know we never had that much in common anyhow

All the things you say are not surprising
You're stuck inside the nonsense of assumption
Make an offer, speak it from your heart, now (x2)
Don't you come crying back to me
I'm not your mother
When you grow up, look me up, hey hey hey
You talk too fast and kiss too carelessly
To be my lover
When you grow up, look me up
Don't you come crying back to me
I'm not your mother
When you grow up, look me up, hey hey hey
You talk too fast and kiss too carelessly
To be my lover
When you grow up, look me , look look look look me up
Boy (repeat)

Slow while I shed skin answer me this question
How much does your heart beat for me?
Push me then you pull me, tell me baby, truly
How much does your heart beat for me?

Carnival rides and the tunnel of love
Why don't let me hold you?
On the outside looking in on your love
You're mocking all I told you

You know I'm not too clever don't make me guess forever
How much does your heart beat for me?
I live in anguish I can't speak your language
How much does your heart beat for me?

Kiss me then you kill me, but you never feel guilty
How much does your heart beat for me?
Merry go rounds and the palm reader girls
Say my loveline meets my lifeline

On the inside looking out of your world
I'm waiting for the right time
But you know I'm not too clever don't make me guess forever
How much does your heart beat for me?

Everyday I love you more, slowly falling for you (x2)
Will you leave me when the circus leaves town, laughing on the outside
Soul of a queen with the face of a clown, crying on the inside

Must you be so cryptic can't you be more specific?
How much does your heart beat for me?
Will you give me real love or do I have to steal love?
How much does your heart beat for me?

Way too much is weighed on these scales of conscience
Growing old and bitter like the time we spent together
Holding on to nothing really worthy of desire
Swept up in the dream of all the promise in the fire
Together we're weak but apart we're so strong
Yeah, it's such a drag that we just can't get along

Way too much will fade into colorless conscience
Still we build a tower that we know is gonna crumble
Still you go on preaching what you know you never practice
But I'm not vain enough to think your world turns on my axis
Blink of an eye and you'll be gone
Yeah, it's such a drag that we just can't get along

But you never know what you ought to know
All you say is gimme, gimme, gimme
You never know what you ought to know
But still it breaks your back to forgive me

'Cause you're up and I'm down and you're right and I'm wrong
Yeah we just can't get along
And I see no use in us laboring
'Cause we just can't get along

?Deeper moves a thorn in our side become conscious
Saving and halucinating, sleeping in the desert
All your empty promises and all your demands
All you are is a sliver of soap, slipping out of my hands

Used to be so strong, yeah
But it's such a drag that we just can't get along
But here we go, fine again, jealous of your past
I've been around enough to know myself, hate myself
See myself for all that I'm doing
I've been around enough to know that 
You never know what you ought to know
All you say is gimme, gimme, gimme
You never know what you ought to know

But still it breaks your back to forgive me
'Cause you're up and I'm down and you're right and I'm wrong
And I see no use in us laboring
'Cause we just can't get along

She's never still
Where will I find strength to soothe her?
She's never still
I lost my will
Sold all I had for a dive into her deep dark abyss
All for a kiss
Never still, never still
She always moves away
Never still, never still
Just can't make her stay
She always goes away

I am not responsible
I wash my hands of you
I shoulda known it
When you asked me not to be so serious
Love was flying everywhere
Where did all your sweetness go?
Why I ever trusted you I just don't know

Your far away hands
Never reach for me
Never look my way
Your far away hands
Are folded in your chest
I never second-guessed
Your far away hands

Tell me all the truth you have
Not just what sounds good
I need to know now
I grew up believing every word you said
You got longer hair and thicker skin
Why can't we be one?
Only two things always keep you out of reach

Your far away hands
Never reach for me
Never look my way
Your far away hands
Your far away hands
Two little magic wands
You count your blessings on
Your far away hands

My rock, my home, my friend
You're the one who left me all alone
My rock, my home, my friend
You're the one who left me all alone

Your far away hands
They never reach for me
They never look my way
Your far away hands
Your far away hands
Are frozen in your chest
I never second-guess 
Your far away hands (x4)

Goodbye, thanks for listening to the tape
Thanks, homey, home style, home base
Home plate, and home gravy, home cut fries
Homework, home... home... homeostasis
Home powder, home stain, home allegiance
Home front, home y, what else?  What else is there?
Home, home, home, home on the range
Home, home, home improvement loan
Home mortgage loan