My Bloody Valentine

when the bells started to ring
I knew it was time
to get on with the going
before the stars started to fall

out of the sky
out of the sky
out of the sky

when the bells started to ring
she took off her dress
laid in the grass
looked up and said

you better watch out
you better watch out
you better watch out

I don't know why
I don't know why
I don't know why

the stars fell from the sky


when the bell rang
I knew it was time
to get on with the going
before the stars

fell from the sky

when the bell rang
she took off her dress
laid in the grass
looked up and said

you better watch out

I don't know why
the stars fell from the sky

For Want Of A Better Word: Wisdom

some things an old dude told me while I gave him a ride to the casino

good music soulful he said
I won over a hundred dollars playing cards last night and gave more than half of it back got a room for a couple nights I'll probably be walking home tonight it isn't about the money I love the game
you know what I miss most? young pussy money and pussy are the only two things in life that you need drugs help but they can send you sideways and back you can buy anything you want with money but you can lose your soul mine's long gone south for the winter of my discontent
when I got back from 'Nam they called me baby killer they weren't lying I killed everything that moved including babies I have to live with that
God's a woman everyone thinks men run this shitty world they're wrong we've been fucked since the day we were born
I wish I could give you more but I'm always broke he said and handed me a ten wish me good luck brother
good luck I said you heroic bastard I thought

In My Imagination

nobody wins the election or better yet no one votes

the red light turns green before I fuck everything up

my government did not just blow up a family celebrating a six year old's birthday because a satellite thought it saw a terrorist smoking a cigarette in the backyard

the streetlamp is a spotlight at the grand old opera I'm standing under

the short story I told her wasn't a lie

Bad Night In Dog Shit Town

the boss told me the fag hit man from the north side's in the bathroom
while he palmed me a gram
I palmed him a hundred
so you better be careful the boss said Jimmy ain't forgiven you yet and the little fella's tougher than a Boon's Farm hangover
blah blah blah I said
the fag hit man strolled out of the bathroom in a splashy red three piece suit and winked at me
I smiled
I gotta go I got shit to do I said
watch your ass the boss said and laughed
yeah always I said and hit the swinging door
the rain smelled cold
my jacket was at home
my car was in the junk yard
I walked down twenty first into the fucking wind
with eyes in the back of my head
burning at both ends

what chucky said

we got to get those cocksuckers

my best friend chucky said

we were hiding in the woods

with chucky’s one-eyed dog pal

chucky’s mom ran pal over

and they had to sew up his eye

he looks kinda funny

but he doesn’t seem to mind

chucky told me

that dogs can’t see for shit anyway

yeah I said

what does cocksucker mean I thought

we were outnumbered

and our enemies had bb guns

and all we had were slingshots

we have to circle around I said

what chucky asked

chucky’s a year older than me

so he’s used to giving the orders

but this was important

and chucky’s not as smart as I am

we have to get ahead of them

and cut them off at killer hill

that’s a good idea chucky said

hit those chickenshits

when  they’re halfway up

c’mon pal we’re going hunting

we have to be real quiet I said

chucky smiled I’ll  be quiet as an injun

chucky hit kevin in the face

kevin dropped his bb gun

fell and rolled down the hill

I hit wayne on the shoulder

he yelled shit knelt down

and crawled for cover

jimmy and tom hid in the trees

we took a couple more shots

let’s go I said and we ran as fast as we could

but they didn’t chase us

too busy licking their wounds

did you see kevin chucky asked
when we got to the cornfield

yeah that was a great shot

it sure was do you think he’s bleeding?

there’s a good chance

I hope he bleeds to death

what’s cocksucker mean I asked

girls are cocksuckers chucky said

The Fall

Desire

I chased an airplane
across a great river

I never found her
she was covered in mud

the story she told
I lost in the sun

when I woke up
I was surrounded by smoke

she walked out of a cloud
and sat on rock

I said
you've been gone

are you going to stay

she said
that's only natural
if you want me to yes