01. score from agusta
02. sunday under glass
03. matter vs. space
04. emma blowgun's last stand
05. calm go the wild seas
06. ballad of the lonley argonaut
07. comrade's twenty sixth
08. the aristocratic swells
09. silverado days
10. warmer
11. if we can land a man on the moon, surely i can win your heart









01. score from agusta, top?

the room wallpaper
the pages of your letters which you once said
wrestle with the bodies that wash like unchained rivers
against your shore

an army is waiting
their secret places
that gently twist around your bed
the south will be spared
bullets flying fast from her eyes
with that we're fine,

we etch our names in candles
they're heart shaped and they flicker inside our chests
and ghost of our brethren and tales which are hidden
much like ours

a bother's fight in a holy field
where the new loves come
and their old loves go
and they just wilt
like spanish moths with dew in their eyes
tears for our lord and for the ones he spares
when he lost the way its off off off with their heads,
and whores he loves
and the lepers he claims that he can cure
cannot compete
with those humid summer days that we would share.




02. sunday under glass, top?

the scenery rides by
just like floats lost in a parade
where the palms and tumbleweeds sail
right passed the homes they stretch and they fade
rolling like movie credits
far beneath the clear skies

how weary does the west carry
so many sites yeah let's see the sites
slow brainers with no answers
must go somewhere far away

in the wild west is a slow pan
and the sunshine is fake
and the ocean is just painted
on a backdrop downtown

for a minute it just draws blur
from the setlights and the heat
where the summers packed with charades
right where the sidewalks crack and they meet
just like a sad sad actress right before her last scene

how weary does the west carry
so many sites yeah let's see the sites
slow brainers with no answers
must go somewhere far away

in the wild west is a slow pan
and the sunshine is fake
and the ocean is just painted
on a back drop somewhere
downtown




03. matter vs. space, top?

nose down, whatcha gonna do when
parties fade & your make up starts to smear
on the scene is your grand entrance
silver screen is another brand new year

in a sea of talcum powder
kids swim & they loose their color
clock strikes twelve say don'tcha feel so well?
(yeah)

as confetti falls (confetti falls)
time with the tears (slow down)
no one wants to hear
about your hardwood floors

in stalls of the magic markers
boy & girls come & go like coats of paint
all you've got is a pretty name girl
surely killed of in the very first scene

on the porch with the smokers
hardy talk, gets much older
clock strikes twelve say don'tcha feel so well
(yeah)

as confetti falls (confetti falls)
time with the tears (slow down)
no one wants to hear
about your hardwood floors




04. emma blowgun's last stand, top?

goodness knows its been a wonderful run
the autumn lakes where the children are swans*
your mother's convictions and your father's predictions
don't seem so insane
they laugh and say your treasures are fake
but don't throw it away

you've been framed with a beautiful name
and you've been saved but you lost your head
with halos and praise the trinity saves but three's a crowd
you flirt and drink
you can't stop your winking
at the boys at the bar

all you need is a gun and a car
a country song if you don't have a heart
about cowboys and indians and their palsy
dominions where the highway's not far
when all you know your shadow's a ghost
don't let it scare you away




05. calm go the wild seas, top?

everything's alright
it takes the strength beyond strength to smile
i'm missing you like hurricanes
i'd give them names but their waves keep rolling on
and on and on and on
my sails are tattered they're worn bone thin

i will be the king
all i need is the comfort of a stage
smile and take a drag
i can say we're only having fun

i watched the winter pass
from under the umberella you left
the winds are dying a slow death
cut my heart out its still beating on
and on and on and on
my sails are tattered they're worn bone thin

you will be the queen
you will be guilded by the sword
my prints are unique
you've been touched time and time again




06. ballad of the lonely argonaut , top?

half by sea
through the isthmus o'er the cape they're rounded
over land
follow the shallow ribbon of the plaid

and el dorado waits
like an avalance
and the boys are off to see
the elephants

how does it feel
to roam this land like harte and twain did
how how how does it feel
a thousand miles closer to hell

over land
they passed god's bluff
and crossed the basin
half by sea
they follow the coast and through the gate where
gold is coated with gold on languid hills
where they wait for hours and hours
cool gray ladies from shirley's spread his cheer
and they sat for hours and hours

the luck of the roaring camp
and how they talk
the outcast of the flats
and their poker face
cannot hide the fever of the childrens crusades
slow slower than slow
days fill into one another

gold is coated with gold on the languid hills
where they wait for hours and hours
cool gray ladies from shirley's spread his cheer
and they sat for hours and hours




07. comrade's twenty sixth, top?

bomb bombs away
so much safer than a loaded gun
and i won't blink
'cause you're softer than a sharpened blade
and i need you and you need me

(nah nah nah nah)




08.the aristocratic swells, top?

and hey mister for real sir
we're in it for fun
and have you heard the news sir
we're in it for free

and with a kiss yeah you'd be so sure
we'll put a laugh track on for you dear
a million and one excuses
the homes are full of spark

and we're all over waiting
and we're in it for fame
and hey slow call a nation
repeat the same themes

devil takes a bite out of this here land
every hour on the hour
a good kind of suicide dear
the adjectives they

file next to pageants
for those who never placed
for those who come in second
a mistress all your life

our lullabies would never move you to tears
the jokes that bounce right off you

all next to pageants
for those who never placed
for those who come in second
a mistress all your life

our lullabies would never move you to tears
the jokes that bounce right off you
like dirty words
and anecdotes that we share
been told before
our destination's still unknown




09. silverado days, top?

me and i
yeah we're going your way
sound the trumpets and open the gates
no angels there to greet me
they can't breathe and they won't see me

and i'll do i'll do
the little more help you now
i'll do

i was a kid and you were my hero
bathed in rhinestones
and brand new chinos
i was young, drunk and easy
we would duel but our holsters were empty

and i'll do i'll do
with the little more help you now
i'll do

along the wayside
gonna change our names
the reason we were placed
it comes on heavy like a symphony
at the cinema

'cause even though
we don't mean what we say
we throw our words like bombs and hand grenades

arms are waitin' like a monument
it comes and goes in time
like highway signs we post along the way
we wonder where they've gone

'cause even though
we don't mean what we say
we throw our words like bombs and hand grenades




10. warmer, top?

okay fine,
when she starts to sway
the floor is blacker than the sea
she says oh well oh well you do just fine
just spinning drifting trying to stay in time with me
pretend those casters are rolling all your feed

boys are starin' and they wait for dances
in lines as long as country miles
the girls' voices drift like anestesia
and the smiles can last for days and

on and on
when we go to sleep and wake to another brand new day
she says oh well oh well you do just fine
just dreaming wishing trying to close your eyes think of me
pretend that we're both older than we seem

boys are staring and they wait for dances
in lines as long as country miles
the girls' voices drift like anestesia
and the smiles can last for days and days

lost cause kids are okay
no, they wouldn't be long
sticky sweet and quite insane
some so insane




11. if we can land a man on the moon surely i can win your heart, top?

i'll fight if you want me to fight
i'll laugh if you want me to laugh
and cancel out the sun
i will I will you know I surely will

'cause all ya need is a pretty song
if you wanna sing tell me what you wanna sing
and i'll play, yeah i'll play
speed it up we'll slow it down
if you want we'll change the sound
we'll play, yeah we'll play
anything that you want
all we want from you is a word or two

and even though we don't show
we cast our nets like missionaries
if we sell out oh well
our only fan will be changing costumes
and you'll see it's much the same so sing our songs
and for applause we'll get up get up

if you wanna sing tell me what you wanna sing
and i'll play, yeah i'll play
speed it up we'll slow it down
if you want we'll change the sound
we'll play, yeah we'll play
anything that you want
all we want from you is a word or two

i've been worth a ton
and i've been worth
i don't need you now
the words you write
make my heart race and stop and just quit
yeah we'll do anything that you want
(yeah yeah yeah)
so please don't go and break our hearts
(yeah yeah yeah yeah ohhh oh)

i'll fight if you want me to fight








* ray has a really good ear, who knew that beaulah would sing about swans? its like a dream come true, top?