[Adam We be going somewhere but before we go we must our things All I wanna see you do is the sizzle, the sizzle, sizzle,
People living lives for you on TV They say they're better you and you agree He says "Hold my calls from behind those brick walls" "Come here boys, there ain't nothing for free" Another doctor's bill, a bill cute cheap thrill You know you him if you put in your will We try to hustle them, try to bustle them, try to them The want someone to bust down on Orleans Avenue day, another dollar, another war, Another tower went up, where the had their homes So we to as many different Gods as there are flowers But we call our friend We're so worried about our souls Afraid that God take His toll That we forget to Some are walking, some are talking, are stalking their kill You got social security, but doesn't pay your bills There are addictions to feed and are mouths to pay So you bargain with the Devil, say OK for today, You say that you love them, their money and run Say it's been swell, sweetheart, but it was just one of things Those flings, those strings got to cut, So get out on the streets, girls, and you butts You took your coat off and in the rain, You're crazy like that. And I from my window, felt I was outside looking in on you. You're always the mysterious one eyes and careless hair, You were fashionably But too to care. You in my doorway, with nothing to say Besides some on the weather. You're brilliant in the morning, Smoking your and talking over coffee. Your philosophies on art, Baroque you. You Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones As I clumsily my guitar. teach me of honest things, Things that were daring, that were clean. Things that knew what an honest did mean. I hid my soiled hands my back. along the line, I must've got Off with you.
We be going somewhere but we go we must make our things All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,
Maples] Eighty years, an old lady now, on the front porch Watching the clouds by remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago. When she to color carelessly painted his portrait A thousand times-or just his smile- And she and her canvas would follow him he would go Oil streaked daisies the living room wall He put water-colored in her hair He said, "Love, I love you, I to give you mountains, the sunshine, the sunset too I just want to give you a as beautiful as you are to me So they sat down and a drawing of their love, they made it an art to live by They painted every, passion every home, every beautiful child in the winter they weavers of warmth, in summer they were carpenters of love They thought blue prints too sad so they made them yellow Until one day the rain fell as thick as oil And in her heart she something was wrong She went through the orchard screaming, 'No God, don't take him me!,' But buy the time she got there, she feared he already had She got to he lay, water-colored roses in his hands for her She threw them screaming, 'Damn you man, don't leave me with nothing behind but these cold paintings, these cold portraits to remind me! He said, 'Love I leave, but only a little, try to I put my soul in this life we created with these four Love, I leave, but only a little this world me still My may die now, but these paintings are real.' So many seasons came and seasons went and many she saw her loves face watering the flowers, talking to the trees and singing to his And the wind blew, she knew he was listening, and how he seamed to laugh along, and how he seemed to her when she was
[Adam Let the ring, let's go back to sleep Let the spin outside out door, you're the only one that I wanna see Tell boss you're sick, hurry, get back in I'm getting cold Get over here and warm my hands up, boy, you they love to hold And stop thinking what your sister said Stop worrying about it, the already been fed We might be somewhere but we go we must make our things All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,
I the clock, it's six a.m. I feel so far from where I've I got my eggs I got my too I got my syrup, everything but you. I break the yolks, a smiley face I kinda like it in my brand new I the spots off the mirror Don't the keys in the door Never put wet towels on the anymore' cause I my momma, she was out for a walk a cup of coffee but it didn't wanna talk So I up a paper, it was more bad news More hearts being broken or being used Put on my coat in the pouring I saw a it just wasn't the same it was happy or I was sad It made me miss you oh so bad I go my business, I'm doing fine what would I say if I had you on the line Same old story, not to say are broken, everyday. I my teeth and put the cap back on I know you hate it when I leave the on I pick a book up. the sheets down. And then I take a deep breath and a look around Put on my pjs and hop bed I'm half alive but I feel mostly I try and tell myself be all right I just shouldn't anymore tonight 'cause
Let the phone ring, let's go to sleep Let the world spin outside out door, the only one that I wanna see your boss you're sick, hurry, get back in I'm getting cold Get here and warm my hands up, boy, it's you they love to hold And stop thinking about your sister said Stop worrying about it, the already been fed We might be going but we go we must make our things All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,
Maples] You yourself falling down hopes in the sky But you heart like grape gum on the And you try to yourself In the abstractions of And the cruelty of else And you wake up to Your of living somehow got stuck on survive When you're standing in water And you're bailing yourself out with a And when you're in deep water And you wake up making to a wall Well it's these times that help to remind nothing without love You wake up to realize your only Has never yourself or anybody who cared in the end That's suddenly everything fades or falls away 'Cause the chains which once held us are only the chains which we've Turn to me frozen lips Your hands are icy Your eyes burn bright the frost-bit sky You never seemed more lovely you do right tonight Pale on the Like frozen in the snow Our two merge inseparably Will time stand if it's pierced with cold The more I The I know
[Adam Let the phone ring, let's go to sleep Let the world outside out door, you're the only one that I wanna see Tell your you're sick, hurry, get back in I'm getting cold Get over here and warm my hands up, boy, it's you they to hold And stop thinking about your sister said Stop worrying about it, the already been fed We be going somewhere but before we go we must make our All I see you do is the sizzle, dizzle the sizzle, sizzle,