Salt Peter

Flippin' Tha Bird

Why can't I feel things that I'm supposed to
Why can't I steal
Why can't I see what I have to do
To make it real
I laugh when you die
I cry when it feels good
And I scream because I want to

Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here before

There are two things missing from my life
Love and money
If I could steal them maybe I'd be
Happy
Gimme bread I'll want no more
But give me cake 'n' I'll want cream
And if I scream
It's 'cos I want to

Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here before
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here
Somethin' tells me I've been here before

If I could write my name in snow
Winter to spring
Would it mean that I know
Anything
With my hand on your head does it mean that I approve
Or do I scream
Gimme bread I'll want no more
But give me cake 'n' I'll want cream
And if I scream
It's 'cos I want to

Somethin' tells me I've been here before X6

 Salt Water Fish

All I can see is what I've fried
And all the world in your black eye.

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

And fiery like a volcano
I wear it like a massive halo
This pretty speckled length of twine
That's wrapped around your neck is mine.
A ruby rose, stiffed and froze is what I give to you

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

If I could taste your salty head,
And pick the dead hair from your eyes,
Let your smell the sweet despise,
Those peaks and throughs, guts for a valley,
Are a dead sean in my back alley,
How tall and wide you have to get,
How big and dark and badly lit,
And if I said I did, would you believe me,
And I showed you gold, would you see through me
And if tomorrow didn't come,
Would you?

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head,
The walls are black, the roof is red.

I'll run in circles all the time
I'll gather up all that is mine,
Into the room inside my head...

Heidi

You'd put me in the ground.
Your crime is always against me
Do you fear what I could be
I'm bigger than you'll ever be

You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground

I am what I must,
Would you bite me i'll I'm dust.
You're terrified
You're terrified of me

Question - Why would you kill me?
Answer - 'Cos I'd cut down your king tree
Question - Why do I frighten you ? Why do I frighten you ?
'Cos I'd cut down your king tree

You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground
Can't throw me away
You'd put me in the ground

I can speak so softly because I have so much power
Question
I can speak so softly because I have so much power
Question
I can speak so softly
Answer
Because I have so much power
I can speak so softly because I have so much power

Tiny Meat

Fit to burst I'm in love,
No, no , no you silly girl
Fist, a brick in my hand,
A hole, hole, hole, you silly man
I didn't mean to make this mess
This paper muscle in my chest
And stolen thrist won't be my end,
But then I was here first
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding
I didn't mean that last word,
No, no , no you silly man
I can't help myself I try,try, try and then I
Crack it split to see inside,
I run because I can't abide
This tiny meat in my hand and the pound, pound, pound, of your bleeding heart
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding heart
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding
I crack it split to see inside
I run because I can't abide
This tiny meat in my hand
And the pound, pound, pound, of your bleeding heart
Hand - hole - heart - girl - bleeding
Hand - hole - heart - girl
Couln't find the right word to say, say, say, you silly girl
I drink a hole in my head it makes me think I have it all
I didn't mean to make this mess
This paper muscle in my chest
This pound of flesh will be my end but then it was mine first
Couldn't find the right words
Couldn't find the right words

Paraffin

Old man's ass
Fifty heads wide
Old man's ass
Could stretch a battle ship,
Side to side to side to side to side to side to side to side

Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up, fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Stretch my neck to look up to him
Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up- fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Fit for the kill

There's a flower thief in my back yard again,
I'll grin my teeth to make him stay,
Trap him in my flower bed and then
I'll feed him with my paraffin.
Feed him with my paraffin.
Stretch my neck to look up to him.

Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up, fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Stretch my neck to look up to him
Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Are we all wrapped up, fit for the kill
Are we all wrapped up, stacked up together
Stretch my neck to look up to him.

Old man got me in the eye again
Stretch my neck to look up to him.
Stuck his bony finger in.
Stretch my neck to look up to him.
Turned me round and did it all again.
Stretch my neck to look up to him.
Now I smell like paraffin X8
Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Now I smell like paraffin X7 / Are we all wrapped up, wrapped up together
Now I smell like paraffin X4

Hoops

You've never seen what I could do.
Like run a mile and jump hoops too
And ruin everything for you
Could make me smile if you want to

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

And everything you do
To make me happy but you could
Make me jump and spin Loops too
And crack a smile in front of you

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

You know I hate it when you cry
It makes me want to burn your eyes
With a poker every time
And chase my tail to make you smile.

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

Duckin' and divin' skippin' and skivin'
Between the shit and the shovel,
The ass lick and the grovel and God
Oh what a Lord, makes me thankful for being bored!

Pine

I ... I picked this pine
Stuck in my side
I've made my head,
And there I'll hide my
Mouth a grin
My muscle taut
My mind is clear,
Devoid of thought

My... my mouth is red
The lies are real
And perfect as
The love I steal
You picked this pine,
Stuck in you arm
And then you just
Ran out of charm

I... I picked this pine,
Stuck in my side
I've made my head,
And there I'll hide my
Mouth a grin
My muscle taut
My mind is clear,
Devoid of thought
Now all the time
I hear you say
I wasn't meant
To be this way my
Noose is tied,
The slack is cut
I picked my pine
My stink is mine

I wasn't meant to be this way
My stink is mine.
I wasn't meant to be this way
My stink is mine.

Swallow Baby

"Martine is at the piano,a cigarette hanging from her lips"

The more I see, the more I do,
The more I spit, the more I chew,
The more you suck, the more I have to
Swallow baby.

And when I see the things you do,
The more I want the least of you,
The more I spit, the more you have to
Swallow baby.

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

And so you think that I'm a freak
Because I refuse to sneak
Around the back of your dull head is
Hollow baby.

And maybe you can see me lie
Out of your one good eye
Around the back of your dull head so
Hollow baby

Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.
Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.

And now I see the things you do
It makes me want the least from you,
How does it suck for you to have to
Swallow baby

So maybe you can see me lie,
Out of your one good eye
Around the back of your dull head so
Hollow baby.

Swallow baby X4

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push it,
You think you gotta push to make me
Swallow baby.

Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.
Hang Bone? Hang Bone?
I don't need yours, 'cos I got one of my own.

The Whole Is Equal to the Sum of Its Parts

Fool, what is your name
Should I hang my head in shame
When you say your name is mine
When you say your name is mine
I could fill your shoes
If my mouth of useless words won't do
Would you say those words were mine X4
Leech in my belly suck on me daddy-oh

Would you say those words were mine
Oh the mess you've made
If one word equalled one hatchet blade
Would you say that blade was mine X4
Leech in my belly suck on me daddy-oh

Fool, how up is high
If a mountain dropped me out of the sky
Would you say its mess was mine X8
Leech in my belly suck on me daddy-oh

Bud

Start at my toes,
For this is where the evil grows
My legs are sharp, might split your skin
And spill the juice that feeds your grin.
Take to walking up my spine,
See my love drip down like spit wine
And then I'll take your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
I'll put your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
Take the slaughter to the lamb
Take the hung to the ham and back
Take the neck to the crack and pow
How does it feel,
Whatever you get you steal
And I'm bored here, rooted to the floor
And what I want you just can't buy anymore
So I'll collect your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
I'll put your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
I want some push to my shove,
But your hand is in my glove
And I'm mad, bad, ripped raw and bleeding
Swinging like a beef hook on the hips of hell,
And the stains on my boots say my life is going well
To snap your skinny neck in two
Would be the least that I could do
So I'll collect your jewels in my bag
And take 'em back to mama.
I'll put your jewels in my bag
And take 'em home to mama.
Stop at my bones,
For here my evil made its home
For this is where the evil grows X8

Carondelet

I feel like burnin' this town
This face is bringin' me down
I feel like breakin' this town
This fear is burnin' me now
How can you live with this shit goin' on
I feel like burnin' this town
My fear is walkin' around

How can you live X3
Now, now

To be there is all I could do
Is that so wrong
Just one care is all I could find
Now it's gone
I'd open my heart just to see
What's inside
A mountain of raw that's too
Big to hide

How can you live X3
Now, now

When I say I love you, I know that I lie
But it feels so good to scream it out loud
At least I try
This fear, this fear is burnin' me now
is that all I can get now?
This fear, this fear is bringin' me down
I know it's not mine
This fear, this fear is breakin' me down
It's all wrong
This fear, this fear is bringin' me down
is that all I can get now?
My fear is walkin' around

How can you live X3
Now, now
To be there is all I could do
Is that so wrong
Now
Just one care is all I could find
Now it's gone
Now
I'd open my heart just to see what's inside
Now
A mountain of raw that's too big to hide
Now

Short Staffed at the Gene Pool

*** Thanx a lot to Joe for these lyrics ***

Beefheart

Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?
What happens in here is none of your concern
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?

Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?

A million days of empty space and time that you can use
A million years of empty space and time that you can lose
What happens in here is none of your concern
Beefheart, honey, don't you wanna come and play with me?

Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Come and play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?

There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing to do if you want to
There's nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to
Play with me, play with me, don't you wanna come and play with me?
There's nothing to do if you want to

Queen of Denial

I will clean and cover my windows
'Cos I don't want to see where the wind blows
I'll love it, I'll covet another one's idol
Because I am the queen of denial

I'll love it, I'll love it
I'll love it, I'll love it

The ego is the master of psyche
And envy tastes sweeter than grey meat
I'll love it and learn to follow behind all
Because I am the king of denial

I'll love it, I'll love it
I'll love it, I'll love it

The back will snap from burdens of envy
And I'll forget the mould who set me
I'll love it, and shove it from proof to trial
Because I carry the weight of denial

I'll love it, I'll love it
I'll love it, I'll love it

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Everybody loves to want to
Everybody wants to need to
Everybody needs to be
To be somebody else

Lilypad

Who needs a ring, you're gonna swing for
Doing a nasty little thing for this daughter's
A dish you're gonna sing for
Sing for me, sing for me, sing for me

They say you have to learn to love once
Before the light is gonna come
And so, I know it's never gonna come for me
Come for me, come for me

The mind connection will be made
And you might think you're getting paid
But you're still on the lilypad, baby

And you might think this deal is done
But silk is worm until it's spun
You're still on the lilypad, yeah

Who needs a dog ya gotta dig for
Beg, or kiss around the dirt for
Show me ninety ways to get more
More for me
Sing for me, sing for me

The mind connection will be made
And you might think you're getting paid
But you're still on the lilypad, baby

And you might think this deal is done
But silk is worm until it's spun
You're still on the lilypad, yeah

The mind connection will be made
And you might think you're getting paid
But you're still on the lilypad, baby

And you might think this deal is done
But silk is worm until it's spun
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah
You're still on the lilypad, yeah

Waterside

Transparent wings flash
Saltwaters lash
From eyes in a brainstorm
Go blow yer own
Horn of plenty
But please come gently
To the waterside
To dip yer toe and sink your
Sink your skinny hide

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone.

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone
On the waterside
Where I sleep alone

And on the bank where my heart sank
In clay wet from a rainstorm
I dug my own hope and I sleep
Please come quietly
To the waterside
To dig yer hole and sink your
Sink your skinny hide

On the waterside
On the waterside

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone.

And on these eyes
A penny lies to pay my way through the storm
And guide me to the light of home
Where I sleep alone

Sink your skinny hide
Where I sleep alone
Sink your skinny hide

Sink your skinny hide
Where I sleep alone
Sink your skinny hide

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone
On the waterside

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone

On the waterside
Where I sleep alone

Lamplight

The big dirty sky's gonna fall in on me
It's heavy from the ashes of my lamplight
And if it rains inside, does it wash it all clean
Away from the burden of sight

If I bear my fruit
And invite the world to see
If I bear my fruit
Would you tear it from my tree

I'm still running around in here
I'm still waiting to see
I'm still running around in here
I'm still looking for me

Now this big dirty cloud is gonna rain down on me
It's heavy from the red eye of sight
But I'm still running round inside me
Though I built a little castle for my lamplight

If I bear my fruit
And invite the world to see
If I bear my fruit
Would you tear it from my tree

I'm still running around in here
I'm still waiting to see
And I'm still running around in here
I'm still looking for me

Now my big, hollow sun is burnin' out of control
And love is rainin' down on my lamplight
If want is luxury and need is revenge
The need was burnin' holes in me last night

If I bear my fruit
And invite the world to see
If I bear my fruit
Would you tear it from my tree

I'm still running around in here
I'm still running around in here
I'm still running around in here
I'm still running around in here

Roses

Ooh, I've been diggin' round in my own dirt again
And I don't smell the roses
And the train is speeding, boiler stoked
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while

Grin - I won't be home for a while
Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while

Ooh, if I were to love another of my kind
Would you mind?
If I did now, would you mind
Now these words are burning holes in my face
These are dangerous days for the calm mind
And the train is speeding, boiler stokes
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while
And I won't be home for a while

Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while
Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while

From ear to ear
Toes to chin
North to South
And back again

From ear to ear
Toes to chin
North to South
And back again

Running from the savagely unkind

Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while
Grin, grin, grin - I won't be home for a while

Grace

Baby comes one time and in his touch
I feel a grace that only he can bring
And with his kiss, I feel a grace
That only he can bring, only he can bring

Baby comes two times and with his touch
I feel warmth and peace that wholeness brings
And with his kiss, deliciousness
And peace that wholeness brings
That only he can bring

And it feels like butter, runnin' over me
Butter, and I'm won over, yeah
Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, butter, that only he can bring

Baby comes three times and with his touch
The electrifying spark is he and me
And with his kiss, a quiet bliss
That only he can bring, only he can bring

And if I taste his grace, his gift
That he gives only to me
Then I can taste desire, delicious fire
That only he can bring, only he can bring

And it tastes like

Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, and I'm won over, yeah
Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, butter, that only he can bring

In the quiet, warm, and fragrant dark
The electrifying spark is he and me
Like only we can be

Fly

As I fly through the eye unaware
That the man at the helm is more scared
Of losing his money than his mind or his hold on the sky

And the wings on his rings that he wears
Bend and bow to the man splitting hairs
Between the weight of his pennies and the birds in the sky
And what makes them fly

And the stone inside the seed is what feeds the rose
And the bud that grows from weed
Is more knowing than those
Who purge the fishless sea
From their sinking boat
'Cause the skin is all they see
For a glimpse of gold
For a glimpse of gold

Cargo

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm happy 'cause I smile
But beneath flies a bird with a neck for a noose and bricks for cargo

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm gonna fake this smile
But I'll turn it loose on stones and air with its guts for cargo
And its pockets full, and its pockets full

There's a whole full of old blind men pointing in one direction
With their pockets full
So blind, they're tripping over their own deception
With their pockets full

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm happy 'cause I smile
But beneath flies a bird with a neck for a noose and bricks for cargo

You think I'm blind, I can see for miles
You think I'm gonna fake this smile
But I'll turn it loose on stones and air with its guts for cargo
And its pockets full

Too, too blind, I wander in the wrong direction
With my pockets full

??? in one direction
With my pockets full

You think I'm blind, but I can see for miles
You think I'm happy - but I can take this smile
And turn it loose to live on stones and air for its own protection
With its pockets full

You think I'm blind
You think I'm blind

You think I'm blind

Sweet Is

Sweet is the mind that carries me.
Under its breath lies tragedy
And when the fruit of passion lingers
On choicely scented fingers
On wings of doubt fly jealousy
And fruit of love

Sweet is that time that waits for me
From evil grows insanity
Morbid as splendour faked
This diamond for my wake
Is why I wait here patiently
And fruit of love

The fruit of love
The food of love
The fruit of love
The food of love
Loooooove, loooooove, loooooove

The fruit of love
The food of love
The fruit of love
The food of love

Swift are these wings that carry me
Under their breath fly jealousy
On wings of doubt they'll carry me
They'll carry me, they'll carry me

The fruit of love
The food of love
The fruit of love
The food of love

Fuse Again

Supposition worse than flu
Over my head
Hangs a weighted lung for two

Wings aloud and bound for nowhere else
But back where they belong
A third eye may be too strong
For when you're going

If you think you know the rules
Think again
If you think you know the rules
Think again

Because lightning won't strike twice
And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again

Perfect lesion is the crime on my mind
Hangs a weighted heart of mine
If I pulled these two apart to see
Just where I went wrong
A clear eye could see no wrong
In where I'm going

If you think you know the rules
Think again
If you think you know the rules
Think again

Because lightning won't strike twice
And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again

If you expect me to deliver
I will simply steal the horse
If you expect me to deliver

If you think you know the rules
Think again
If you think you know the rules
Think again

Because lightning won't strike twice
And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again

And I might not be enough
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again
To blow the fuse again ...