EVERYBODY WANTS A SENSATION! ...And he wakes up on the sidewalk out in front of Szechuan Palace, Scratch his head, adjust his eyes - the morning light is way too strong... And he goes down, & looks around, finds a cigarette on the ground, Lights it up, & wonders why - where have all the good times gone? Yeah - - where have all the good times gone? But what he don’t know is... Everybody wants a sensation! And when we got it, then we want it to stay Thirty-seven second salvation And we just don’t see no other way ‘Cause everybody’s got an explanation And we defend it ‘till we scare them away And we drag them into the caves of our tiny little minds And do unspeakable things - but I don’t wanna live that way! ‘Cause there’s a solution, and I‘ve made a decision... I - yi - yi - have changed my mind! I - I - yi - yi - I - yi - yi - yi - I - yi - I’m leavin’ it all behind! Well the girl meets the boy and the boy meets the girl & they get married in their minds & they live it in a fantasy world - but the picture looks so nice! And he discovers that she farts and wears curlers in her hair and he’s out playin’ cards - passin’ out in his favorite chair, & they both be wonderin’ why... where have all the good times gone? Yeah - - where have all the good times gone? What they don’t understand is... Everybody wants a sensation! And when we got it, then we want it to stay Thirty-seven second salvation And we just don’t see no other way ‘Cause everybody’s got an explanation And we defend it ‘till we scare them away And we drag them into the caves of our tiny little minds And do unspeakable things - but I don’t wanna live that way! ‘Cause there’s a solution, and I‘ve made a decision... I - yi - yi - have changed my mind! I - I - yi - yi - I - yi - yi - yi - I - yi - I’m leavin’ it all behind! When the scared little kid don’t wanna get out of bed - y’wanna crack him on the head - but today I see it's really a joke - ‘cause he ain’t me, and I ain’t him (though sometimes I believe it so...) And I go down, I look around, I find my feelings on the ground. I pick them up, I hold them high - and smile and look them in the eye! Yeah -- Yeah ---‘cause it was me that put them on the ground... (No wonder people steppin' on them!) Everybody wants a sensation! And when we got it, then we want it to stay Thirty-seven second salvation And we just don’t see no other way ‘Cause everybody’s got an explanation And we defend it ‘till we scare them away And we drag them into the caves of our tiny little minds And do unspeakable things - but I don’t wanna live that way! ‘Cause there’s a solution, and I‘ve made a decision... I - yi - yi - have changed my mind! I - I - yi - yi - yi - yi - yi - yi - I - yi - I’m leavin’ it all behind!

JEZEBEL BLUES Stormy weather, don’t you blow me down… I’ve got enough on my mind, And I - ain’t got the time to worry ‘bout no more bad news. Talkin’ ‘bout a woman done me wrong, you know, you’ve heard it all before - ain’t nothing new... Sittin’ here dyin’, got the godforsaken Jezebel Blues Her love for me was just a lark The time we met in the park (so good for me) But then she blew it all away How’m I s’posed to love her when she got no heart? (She tore my soul apart…) Hey now, Baby - why you pass me by…? Don’t even give me the time, We used to roll together, now you got me standin’ in line.… Thought I had a True Love but I only had a Blue-Light Jezebel What can I do…? Put on my ‘happy face’ and walk on down the avenue… Her love for me was just a lark The time we met in the park (so good for me) But then she blew it all away How’m I s’posed to love her when she got no heart? (She tore my soul apart…) Stormy weather, don’t you blow me down… I’ve got enough on my mind, Ain’t got the time to worry ‘bout no more bad news. Talkin’ ‘bout a woman done me wrong, you know, you’ve heard it all before - it ain’t nothing new... Sittin’ here dyin’, got the godforsaken Jezebel Blues Ain’t got the time to worry ‘bout no more bad news. Sittin’ here dyin’, got the godforsaken Jezebel Blues

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND Someone calls out my name Sounds like some pornographic priestess I know But she don’t want me - she’s only playin’ her game Mama, when will the madness change...? Hitchin’ West in the rain The drivers look at me as if I’m insane They can’t ignore me - but still they blow me away Mama, when will the madness change...? Feel like a stranger in a strange land Nobody wants to know my name... Sometimes, I think I need a woman’s touch To make me feel nearly real again Well, I’m busted again... They just don’t seem to want to tell me what for Don’t want no reasons - just want me out of the way Mama, when will the madness change...? They put me back on the road... No destination or direction to go Well, I would head home - but where that is, i don’t know Mama, why did you have to go...? Feel like a stranger in a strange land Nobody wants to hear my song - no, no... Sometimes, I think I need a shaft of light To help me see - is it me that’s wrong...?

YOU DON'T SEE ME Sweet dreams on a Saturday night But it doesn’t really feel right I’ve lost the best of your affection Feels just a little like rejection Though I know this’ll work out fine, You will always be inside my mind What will be, I haven’t a clue But I will always be loving you Well, you see what you want, and you want what you see, But you don’t see me My magic Mother of Pearl Now you seem to be a different girl No need for heated accusations Would only lead to more frustration Summertime dying on my vine But I’m never gonna let you go What will be, I haven’t a clue But I will always be loving you Well, you see what you want, and you want what you see, But you don’t see me Someone said to throw it away But another said to hold on tight But I still must sleep alone at night - but I’m alright Cool rain, it’ll never be the same With another pearl necklace on What will be, I haven’t a clue But I will always be loving you Well, you see what you want, and you want what you see, But you don’t see me Someone said to throw it away But another said to hold on tight But I still must sleep alone at night - but I’m alright Cool rain, it’ll never be the same With another pearl necklace on What will be, I haven’t a clue But I will always be loving you Well, you see what you want, and you want what you see, But you don’t see me I don’t care what the neighbors say ‘Cause I’m never gonna let you go

VAMPIRE WOMAN BLUES You’re just one big belly-ache, Baby Ain’t never seen the likes of it before Two-o’clock, three-o’clock in the mornin’ You come knockin’ at my back door But hey, hey... Baby - you better find some other fool to drag around You’re like some kinda Vampire Woman or somethin’ Suckin’ up blood all over town How many times I gotta find you Out with one of my so-called friends...? Lies, alibis, and excuses Baby, when does it ever end? But hey, hey... Baby - you better find some other fool to call your own Someday, you’re gonna run out of toys to play with And wake up to find yourself - all alone Don’t you know you’re a Vampire, Baby Suckin’ up blood all over town I put in my time and my money And you just put me down But hey, hey... There’s just one thing I know for sure - to be true That Freak Show of yours, Baby Is gonna come crashin’ down - all over you

ARMAGEDDON (OUTTA HERE) People, can’t you see, what we’ve done - to this fine, fair Earth What it is, what it was - from the time of our birth, We are just bundles of impressions, always going down - all around “I have a dream”, someone said, who was shot by a machine - How obscene - now his dream, it has been blown to smithereens, So much like Jesus hanging on that cross - oh, what a loss... ... he died in vain? Innocent child only suffers, once in a while TV buffers, I’d walk a mile to see lovers gettin’ it on... I have seen many things in my travels, twine I will call ‘Time’ unravels, People in line pounding gavels, I’ll write a song... For the betterment of Man in his glory, Prince of the land told his story, I find the plot very boring, still I can see... We’ve been blind to the point of the matter, White hankerchief torn and tattered, Skunk in the road, dead and splattered... Armageddon outta here! Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon outta here! Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon outta here! Come, save the whales, baby seals, Youngsters shooting up their meals - What a deal - and you ask me if this bullshit is for real - One giant leap is all it takes - to blow away your stakes... But them’s the breaks... Innocent child only suffers, once in a while TV buffers, I’d walk a mile to see lovers gettin’ it on... I have seen many things in my travels, twine I will call ‘Time’ unravels, People in line pounding gavels, I’ll write a song... For the betterment of Man in his glory, Prince of the land told his story, I find the plot very boring, still I can see... We’ve been blind to the point of the matter, White hankerchief torn and tattered, Skunk in the road, dead and splattered... Armageddon outta here! Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon outta here! Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon the hell outta here, Armageddon outta here! People, can’t you see, what we’ve done - to this fine, fair Earth What it is, what it was - from the moment of our birth, We’ve all been reaching for some answer - that was never there Why should we care? Why should we care? Why should we care? Why should we care? Why should we care? Why should we care?

LEMMINGS ON THE THRESHOLD Can you feel the fruitless tide of disconcerted words? Discordant is the tune of every sheep in every herd, Who graze upon a field as insincere as you were then; A Chinese meal that surely leaves them hungry once again. Dead Kings on dusty thrones evoke the mystifying dream. Such stings from timeless bones anesthetize the broken scheme. All Future is the product of the patterns of the past. So true, to view anew, will break the mold we thought was cast. When wings on feathered things beat on the bongos of the brave, Whose hopes of driving Nature’s balanced laws into a cave, Gave rise to modes of movement in a sacrilegious vein. Oh, how could they envision their incision causing pain? Just goes to show the glow of what you know can lead to woe. When Lemmings make the leap, as they have done since long ago... And Nature cracks a smile, ‘cause all the while she’s been the boss - And Man in all his glory, is to her, a minor loss... Just goes to show the glow of what you know can lead to woe. When Lemmings make the leap, as they have done since long ago... And Nature cracks a smile, ‘cause all the while she’s been the boss - And Man in all his glory, is to her, a minor loss...

SCHIZOPHRENIC BLUES Hello my friends and neighbors, tell me - how’s by you? You say you’ve got the Schiz-iz-iz-iz-izophrenic Blues You’re gettin’ sick and tired of wonderin’ which road to choose Just one repercussion of the Schizophrenic Blues Just one repercussion of the Schizophrenic Blues I’ll give you something for the road You gotta to bear a sufficient load You only reap as much as you can sow Win or lose, got the Schizophrenic Blues Win or lose, got the Schizophrenic Blues Head is spinning, there’s no winning, Getting thin, shit-eating grinning You’ve got my deepest heartfelt sympathy More or less... OK, maybe I lied. But I’m a mutant in a chemical tide Bad News - Schizophrenic Blues Bad News - got the Schizophrenic Blues I lost my baby ‘cause I couldn’t keep my mouth shut How I long to Love again Traded my job for a tremendous buzz Drugs & Booze - got the Schizophrenic Blues Drugs & Booze - got the Schizophrenic Blues Head is spinning, there’s no winning, Getting thin, shit-eating grinning Hello my friends and neighbors, tell me - how’s by you? You say you’ve got the Schiz-iz-iz-iz-izophrenic Blues You’re gettin’ sick and tired of wonderin’ which road to choose Every bloody human’s got the Schizophrenic Blues Every bloody human’s got the Schizophrenic Blues Every bloody human’s got the Schizophrenic Blues

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DUCK Martini dreams inlaid With repercussive instincts, shadowed schemes; Pubescence on the balance beams And britches bursting at the seams Incongruous, bereft of mind So many fight with words unkind; Leave cancerous residue behind And long for love they’ll never find While I caress, by my own choice An easy chair, a distant stare; A nasal disembodied voice Is contradicting all that’s there Awaken seeds, unfettered time And sand and sea, and milk-white breast; Embrace the gracious thing, sublime I know I like my baby best... Wide open eyes do ostracize The serpentine-emblazoned lies, Yet also fail to recognize Their own felonious brazen skies ”I think, therefore I am”, he said Methinks: no longer thinks when dead. ”Does unborn child think?”, I said He slowly turned and shook his head... So there you sit, with bleeding heart And love yourself in silent chambers; I just laugh - expel a fart, And think for words to rhyme with ‘chambers’ When razor stubble troubles you Young man can go no farther west; With allegories tried and true I know I like my baby best... Awaken seeds, unfettered time And sand and sea, and milk-white breast; Embrace the gracious thing, sublime I know I like my baby best...

ONE IN A MILLION You sold your soul for a piece of the plastic pie Are all you motherfuckers blind? And when you finally shoot your load in Big Brother’s eye - And feel the Father’s footsteps right behind... You’ll be the one to beg and wallow in your slime For justice always comes in time For justice always comes in time A little boy was told to fight ‘till his dying day So he’ll be tough as rusty nails An attitude like that will just get him blown away, yeah For he would rather die than fail... It takes a man to make a winner of a loser Another lesson to be learned Another lesson to be learned When all is said and done - it is the peaceful one Building his castles under the sun... Taking the bullets out of his gun... One in a million - who is this one? You’ve got your Cadillac, and a membership at the club Seems like the gods are on your side Your kids are callin’ you - “Daddy read us a nursery rhyme”... But you’re out ballin’ the neighbor’s wife You’ll be the one to beg and wallow in your slime For justice always comes in time Justice always comes in time When all is said and done - it is the peaceful one Building his castles under the sun... Taking the bullets out of his gun... One in a million - who is this one? You sold your soul for a piece of the plastic pie...