Who taped your wings back on?
You fly like your brain's half gone
And your eyes are two peach pits
And your hands are two white fists

And you crashed
It did not look to good
The splinters everywhere
My heart all made of wood

The grass all slicked with blood
I thought they understood
You can fake a nasty sprain
But you can't outrun the pain

When you crashed
It did not look too good
The splinters eveywhere
My heart all made of wood

When you crashed
The euolgies were read
They carried you away
My heart all filled with lead

When you crashed
I did not feel too bad
I kinda thougth you had
Thought you had it coming

When you crashed
I did not feel too bad
I kinda thought you had
Thought you had it coming

Did you have it coming?
Did you have it coming?
Did you have it coming?
Did you have it coming?

Skinny Glasses Girl

When the winter got cold
And you took us into Spring
It was worth it I know
Do you hold on to these things?

Skinny glasses girl
East Texas has not seen you for a while and nor have I
I was crestfallen for you, thought you knew that
I'm still fallin' for you now

Sitting outside a door, could be yours I don't know
Never talked about lust
We shared that space on the floor
It's usually making you pale
Your sillhouette has got to ?

Skinny glasses girl
East Texas has not seen you for a while and nor have I
I was crestfallen for you, thought you knew that
I'm still fallin' for you now

San Andreas House

How do you know I want you now?
I believe the lines are down
You're shaking me, I'm shaking too
But probably not as much as you

Do you think it's funny
that I can hardly come running now?
And I picture you in a crouch,
next to your San Andreas House

Did you just not hear the phone?
Did you lose your house and home?
Did the earth swallow you up?
Or are you waiting for me?

Shaking freeways I can't mend, burning houses
From our television plane, I hope that you have stayed the same
Do you think it's funny
that I can hardly come running now?
And I picture you in a crouch,
next to your San Andreas House

Did you just not hear the phone?
Did you lose your house and home?
Did the earth swallow you up?
Or are you waiting for me?

And are you waiting for me?
And are you waiting for me?

Taking You With Me

You thought your board went down without you
You thought I'd find the water cold
Well I grabbed on to the train of your dress
Now you look pretty old

It's all those cigarettes you smoke
While plotting my doom
You think I'm joking
I've been searching your room

When I thought the end was near
It's even sooner, but now it's clear

I'm taking you with me this time
I'm taking you with me this time
I'm taking you with me this time

Sure the breaks went out on my car
But I live at the bottom of a hill
Knowing you, you would have gone in for the easy kill
I think you're getting slow

When I thought the end was near
It's even sooner, but now it's clear

I'm taking you with me this time
I'm taking you with me this time
I'm taking you with me this time

The Angels of Sleep

With your feet up like that
You don't appear to care
That the demons of light
Have sawed the legs off your chair
And the angels of sleep take off with all your dreams
Yeah the angels of sleep take off with your dreams

Maybe we could keep some for ourselves
Maybe we could keep some for ourselves
Maybe we could keep some for ourselves
Maybe we could keep some for ourselves

With your sleeves all rolled up
Your ready for the world
And the giants that don't work
For the crush of sweet girls
And the day is over
Maybe you can keep it that way
Maybe you can keep it that way

Maybe we could keep some for ourselves
Maybe we could keep some for ourselves
Maybe we could keep some for ourselves
Maybe we could keep some for ourselves

A Cunning Latch

I won't be around to cut your holiday trimmings down
I won't be there to hold your hand

From where I stand you don't appear to need it
And the summer end, like a ruined heir we tried to read it
Don't think we can

A spider you can't catch, a cunning rusty latch
A weatherman acting coy, a web you can't destroy

But I'm your boy
Although you may not need it
And the summer flew, I know how hard you tried to beat it
But we both knew

The light comes in much too early every day
It wakes me up but it won't chase those dreams away

The light comes in much too early every day
It wakes me up but it won't chase those dreams away

The Great Escape

We left the ground in a hurry
We left the dogs barking after us
We left the phone still ringing
With messages all written down

And I hear them coming
And I hear the phone ringing, it's for you

We left the ground in a hurry
We left the cook waving his knives
We left the pots I boiled to dry
And the barn burning down

And I hear it burning
And I hear bells ringing thanks to you

And I hear them coming
And I hear the phone's ringing, it's for you

Running Water

I cut some cloth from the wool
I stitched the cloth into animals
I fed them water and bread
You turned against me like all of them

I left the water running all night
Left the windows open wide

I took some clothes from your drawer
I put them on and I walked a mile
I never quite fell in love
I can't imagine who bought you these

I left the water running all night
I left the windows open wide
I only let the phone ring four times
I didn't know if you'd be home

I left the water running all night
I left the doors all open wide
I didn't know if you'd be home

You Can't Win

Meadows flying only to obscure my pathetic starring
I tossed the keys into the river
Lest you find the world unwilling
Can't you see how I am killing off the windmills
And I'm forcing you to race three-legged

You can't win
You can't win
You can't win

Put my ear up to the wall

It's dark except the light behind your name
Eventually the right things stay with you
Not burned or scratched into your memory

You can't win
You can't win
You can't win

Isn't That the Way

Busting with pride and the fish that you've caught
The money you've made won't buy off the captian
His health is upset and looking for ammo
The ones that you love, finding it first

Isn't that the way?
Isn't that the way?
Isn't that the way?
Isn't that the way?

Flowering trees hang close to the river
And the welcoming party is fixing you drinks
The closer you get you can see that they're strangers
They're wearing your clothes they dyed 'em all black

Isn't that the way?
Isn't that the way?
Isn't that just the way?
Isn't that the way?

On Our Hands

Always searching for the invention to make you rich
Then I come with bags of money to your door, and it makes you sick

We are counting on you
We are counting on you
We are counting on you
We are counting on our hands

Searching for the words to help you explain
You bring a mouthful, you just spit them out again

We are counting on you
We are counting on you
We are counting on you
We are counting on our hands

Pastime

Our heart will never have been
I'm kind of pressured
With all your hair tied back
All those horses running through
Adolescence

Wasn't that great?
Didn't your heart swell?
Wasn't that life-changing for you?

How many contradictions in your tiny friend
All those pots of coffee

Wasn't that great?
Didn't your stomach sink?
Wasn't that life-changing for you?

In the Manner of Anne Frank

If I kept a diary
That would be just one more thing
To stop me in my tracks
Nostalgia keeps me coming back

And if I kept a diary
And our parents ever found it
Then you and I, we would be fired
As their sons and daughters

I will not keep a diary
Because someone then might read it
I have a fear of being found out
As someone who does not mean it

I will not write things down
I will not write this down

If I kept a diary
It would not be published
In the manner of anne frank
Writing from her attic dank

If I kept a diary
I fear that you might find it
And ridicule me for all time
For even having tried it

I will not write things down
I will not write this down