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