Desperedo

I’m a gamblerAnd I’m a runnerBut you knew thatWhen you lay down I’m a pictureOf ugly storiesI’m a killerAnd I’m a clown Step into the street by sundownStep into your last goodbyeYou’re a target just by livingTwenty dollars will make you die I wear laceAnd I wear black leatherMy hands are lightning upon my gun […]


Public Animal # 9

Me and G.B.We ain’t never gonna confessWe cheated at the math testWe carved some dirty words in our deskWell now it’s time for recessOld man waitin by the monkey barsTradin all his ball cardsAnd they promised him a gold starAnd they told him he could go far Hey Mr. BluelegsWhere are you takin me?I’m like […]


Mr And Misdemeanor

Mr and MisdemeanorMiddle of the roadersSet beside the oceanLandscapes alive agoshin’Who put all of this in motion Lucky LucianoKenneth PasarelliYou take the modern mosquitoTo every big cityI sit beside MisdemeanorHere’s new pretties for you Nobody likes me, but we adore youda da d-da da, yeah yeah yeah yeah Nasty MisdemeanorKickin’ in the windowsParked beside the […]


Cutter Cat Vs. The Jets

I met an alley catPussyfootin aroundTil the break of dawnFound me knocked out flat on my head Some feline beautyWaved her tail my wayI just had to stayI couldn’t get the blood off my hands She made my eyes bug outHer tail stand upAnd I ain’t even in heat for a month House catYou really […]


Generations Landslide

Please clean the plates, dear.The Lord above can see ya.Don’t you know people are starving in Korea?Alcohol and razor blades and poison and needles,Kindergarten people – they use ’em, the need ’em.Over-indulging machines were their children.There wasn’t a way down on Earth to cool ’em,‘Cause they look just like humans at Kresges and Woolworths.But decadent […]


Crawlin'

Your dress is hangin’ on a hook on the doorMy jeans are lying in a pile on the floor, yeahFlat on my back, tryin’ to catch my breathWhen we were rockin’ tonightI thought that we were gonna rock to death But what’s that in your eyes?I’m no longer paralyzedHere we go again Crawlin’, you come […]


I'm Eighteen

Lines form on my face and handsLines form from the ups and downsI’m in the middle without any plansI’m a boy and I’m a man I’m eighteenand I don’t know what I wantEighteenI just don’t know what I wantEighteenI gotta get awayI gotta get out of this placeI’ll go runnin in outer spaceOh yeah I […]


Shoe Salesman

I know a shoe salesmanHe’s an acquaintance of mineOne day he showed me someMarks on his arm in a lineI did not know what to say"Do you think those freckles will stay?" I need a popsicleDo you want lemon or limeI’ve got a special todayIf you’ve got the timeWinking, she poked me in the side"Well, […]