"Standing At The Gate"

So whatch'ya gonna do about me
I've been hanging 'round a while
Trading books and knowing glances
I thought i'd stick around
But this really ain't my style

So this ain't heaven on earth
Looks like we'll have to wait
But we are standing at the gate

I took a look inside your attic
And secret shelves and hidden rooms
It didn't scare me when i saw it
Your hidden attic is no temple of doom

And this ain't heaven on earth
Looks like we'll have to wait
But we are standing at the gate

So whatch'ya gonna do 'bout me
Put me on a secret shelf
I wanna change myself around
You know i'd do it
If i thought that it would help

"Stepmother"

Your stepmother hates my guts
But i don't really care
She don't like me comin' 'round
With my short greasy hair

She would be your best friend
If she had it her way
She would take all your best friends
And put them away

Your stepmother hates my guts
But i don't give a damn
She thinks i'm some kinda' scum
'cause i don't call her ma'am

She would be your best friend
If she had it her way
She would take all your best friends
And put them away

Your stepmother hates my guts
But i won't give up yet
I want you so goddamn much
But she sure is upset

Looking down again i knock
On the door
There she is
Looking down on me again

"Strawberry Blonde"

There she goes down in my head
Saying things she never said
E.e. cummings coming soon
But she'll be reading on the moon

And i don't know why she's gone
I'd welcome her in my arms
But she'll always be strawberry blonde

There she goes back in my heart
Pulling cobwebs in the dark
The five o'clock comes 'round the bend
And so she goes off with a friend

And i don't know why she's gone
I'd welcome her in my arms
But she'll always be strawberry blonde

She wrote a letter to her sister
She said this time it's the end
She never knew how much i missed her
Around the bend

There she goes down in my head
Leaving cobwebs on my bed
E.e. cummings coming soon
But she'll be laughing on the moon

And i don't know why she's gone
I'd welcome her in my arms
But she'll always be strawberry blonde

"Suicide Life"

You think you'll get under ol' monsieur's lid
And try to imagine all the things that he did
You don't know where i'm gonna go
You don't know where i'll go

I'll go none too bravely
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
The suicide life
That ain't no reason to live

Wake up in the night and think of all the years
Falling from the ceiling and covering your ears
You don't know how you're gonna get out
You don't know how you'll get out

I'll go none too bravely
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
The suicide life
That ain't no reason to live

Call up your best friend
And tell him a lie
You've got to be kidding
I'm not really high
I dont know where i'm gonna go
I don't know where i'll go

I'll go none too bravely
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
The suicide life
That ain't no reason to live

"Susan's House"

Going over to susan's house
Walking south down baxter street
Nothing hiding behind this picket fence
There's a crazy old woman smashing bottles
On the sidewalk where her house burnt down two years ago
People say that back then she really wasn't that crazy

Going over to susan's house
Going over to susan's house
She's gonna make it right

Down by the donut prince
A fifteen year old boy lies on the sidewalk
With a bullet in his forehead
In a final act of indignity
The paramedics take off all his clothes
For the whole world to see
While they put him in the bag
Meanwhile an old couple argues inside the queen bee
The sick fluorescent light shimmering on their skin

Going over to susan's house
Going over to susan's house
I can't be alone tonight

Take a left down echo park
A kid asks do i want some crack
Tv sets are spewing baywatch
Through the windows into black

Here comes a girl with long brown hair
Who can't be more than seventeen
She sucks on a red popsicle while she pushes a baby girl
In a pink carriage
And i'm thinking that must be her sister
That must be her sister, right?
They go into the 7-11
And i keep walking

Going over to susan's house

"Sweet Li'l Thing"

The feeling of understanding is very rare
For someone like me it's hard to find
Somebody to care
She's got a way about her
Changes everything
She's got a way about her
She's my sweet li'l thing

Making love with her indie rock
Playing on her stereo
Holding hands going down the road
When she drives me home
She's got a magic about her
Makes me wanna sing
She's got a magic about her
She's my sweet li'l thing

Spent the day laying in her bed
My nose against hers
Later we went for a drive
Didn't know where we were
Man i never felt so alive

Nobody gets the girl
But baby i do
Nobody gets me either
But she sees through
She's got a glow around her
Shines on everything
She's got a glow around her
She's my sweet li'l thing

"Taking A Bath In Rust"

Why don't you get me a way out of here
Buy me a ticket
A seat in the rear
'cause i'd say that daylight is time to go home

Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here

I think that you know it's not so bad
Sitting in rust and taking a bath
But i think that i could find a new way

Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here

Why don't you just think about it a while
Maybe i'm too much
Cramping your style
But now that it's daylight
It's time to come home

Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here

"Teenage Witch"

Look at downtown
Sunrise of sam
Bring it on down now
I'm in a jam
Where did you find such a rocking vest?
Said get away kid
You've become a pest

Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch

Silky gown
Pink and brown
Shut you down
And shut you up

Little lizard legs and little lizard tails
Always taste better when you're sitting in jail
Still i don't think that i can resist
After all the turds that i had to kiss

Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch

Keeping arms length from the long arm law
Going to the bank for a fifty dollar draw
Gonna find the place where the werewolves hang
Knockin' on the door for a fifty dollar bang

"That's Not Really Funny"

Did you think that i would laugh
When you said i was small?
Did you think that that would pass
As if nothing at all?
You say a lot of funny things, my little bunny
And i almost always laugh
But that's not really funny

You play the little bells and tell a good story
You bake delicious pie and that's enough for me
But i am big i am your man
And you're my little honey
And i like what you have to say
But that's not really funny

You must not continue to emasculate me
The neighbor children through the window
Clearly see
The little boy will wipe his nose because it's runny
Then point at me and laugh
But that's not really funny

"The Good Old Days"

I know i'm not too much of a bargain
And you know that's not what you bargained for
As the hours turn into days
Pretty soon lost in the haze
It's up to you and me
And who's to say
These could be the good old days

I like waking up after a bad dream
Makes it feel like life ain't bad
Little kids go out to play
They're just happy it's another day
It's up to you and me
And who's to say
These could be the good old days

I guess i could be a quiet hero
No one knows the good i've done
You're not sure
Well that's okay
'cause i am
And i'm not afraid
It's up to you and me
And who's to say
These could be the good old days