CONSTANTINOPLE 

Here I come Constantinople
Here I come coConstantinople
I am coming Constantinople
Here I come
All the leaves are off of the oak and
All of the sheep have followed the spoken
Word. I'm coming Constantinople
Here I come
So I stand out in the open
All my friends are with you I hope and
pray. I'm coming Constantinople
Here I come.
Here I come Constantinople
Here I come Constantinople
I am coming Constantinople
Here I come

DEATH IN BARSTOW 

Once I went to Barstow
Then I went to bed
First my friend was with me
Then my friend was dead

All his clothes were burned up
And his thighs were red
After all we've been through
What more can be said?

Once I went to Barstow
Then I went to bed
First my friend was with me
Then my friend was dead

All his thighs were burned up
And his clothes were red
After all we've been through
What more can be said?

DEMONS DANCE ALONE 

You can know a needle's eye
Or a hungry baby's cry
But no one knows that demons dance alone

Silver linings came and went
When I was an innocent
Never knowing demons dance alone

But somehow I was seduced
And my innocence reduced
By a demon that became my own

Knowingly I followed it
I took the hook and swallowed it
Until I found it dancing in my home

Terrified I tried to quit
But I need the taste of shit
Like a dancing demon needs a home

I had hoped to fill my years with
More than melancholy tears
But the demon makes me dance alone

DEVOTION 

Shortly after I first met them, something that I said upset them and
perhaps we should have parted then. I was saying how important that they
were and what a fortune could be made if they would let me try. But I did
not understand why they took in and had to stand by those who were so
worthless to them both. Then they got extremely angry, shouting that the
seedy gang behind them may not have much value in my eyes...but they were
people and were needing what we give and if you see them like you see some
roaches on the floor, then the sad one must be you who sees himself as too
good to do something for the weak or ones with warts. You disdain and
criticize someone who has been compromised but really have no values of
your own, so maybe you should leave and find some, steal or beg or maybe
buy some from a smiling banker or a store. At first I was too shocked to
believe they would suggest that I should levae, and what was even worse
was that I saw that they preferrred their gutter rutting friends above my
smugly strutting. And I admit it stunned and humbled me. So I begged and
then beseeched them, "Let me stay and you could teach some sense into this
tired old mind of mine." And of course we reconciled with hugging arms and
tugging smiles that left me more secure, but still in doubt. I truly loved
and felt devotion for them both, but I was broken up and feeling powerless
inside. I must become important to them, intertwined with roots into them,
or else I'd loose my false and newfound pride.

DIE IN TERROR 

She said she wished to die in terror
Screaming in the night
To feel the crawling flesh of panic
As her hair turned white

She also had a pretty little
See-through negligee
I often wonder where she went
And if she got her way

DREAMS 

Conceived in hope and what could be
Dreams are delicate and free
But bitter is the aftertaste
Of a dream that dies
Own a dream and own today
...and own today


My memories are missing me
My memories are missing me
I disappeared without a trace
Like a sympathetic face
Inside a swarm of bees

EASTER WOMAN 

Down, down down, down down, down down...

Easter woman came today
And took away my wife
Took her to an open doorway
To the afterlife

EDWEENA 

Chorus:
Coming into column nation is a gracious thing
A stirring and a whirring and a broken widow(er)'s
pain;
It's causing easy ought to just leave a lust alone
But when a friend has shrunken skin where do you throw
the bone?
(The matter that's been spoken to's a fragrant little
thing
It's open and was known to need a token diamond ring.)
Young Girl:
Investing space without a place;
Confusing grace with outer space.
Chorus:
To please the breeze you freeze the seize,
Combat disease and bend the knees;
And if explicit matters naught,
Extend the grin -- but don't get caught.
Now Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus, where have you been we
say
(We saw the end of Uncle mend and turn into into
today).
But now they say there's room no more for such a
friendly friendly whore
Uncle Remus:
Yes, Easter Island isn't my land coming home once more.
Chorus:
But a sentence existing inside of a rhyme
Is only just a token left spoken in time
Uncle Remus:
Can tomorrow be more than the end of today?
Young Girl:
Or do posies just bloom for the feel of a may?
Investing space without a place;
Confusing grace with outer space.
Chorus:
The way is a never for severing two,
(For) beginnings are endings for all but a few.

ELMER'S SONG 

Leave your burdens behind
Leave your burdens behind
Let your spirit be
Free from gravity
Leave your burdens behind

God is waiting for you
God is waiting for you
There's no need to be
In uncertainty
God is waiting for you

Once I was exactly like you
An empty vessel on full view
I thought that there was no other way
I thought the thoughts you think today

My wife was sinister and unclean
My children were morose and mean
My discontentment was so complete
My mind retreated into sleep

Love will live in repose
Love will live in repose
Let your leisure zone
Be your cornerstone
Love will live in repose

But soon a voice inside of a dream
Said "Son you can become My Cream,"
With words that echoed in me God said
"White people should remain in bed."

Take a load off your feet
Take a load off your feet
Turn your misery
Into ecstasy
Take a load off your feet

We will give it to you
We will give it to you
Sleep is purified
Sweet and sanctified
So we'll give it to you

ELVIS AND HIS BOSS 

Oh, I'm gonna be my baby, baby
Baby, but you see
My momma said
My momma said
My momma said to me
"My son I see the sunset lies
About a baby bee."
So if you see me
I'll be standing
Out on ole Broadway
Amused, abused, but not confused
I'm making my own way
Straight to the top
I'll never stop
I'll die before my day