O Divina

Fundamentally sound
My karma's coming round
And I'm not worried

Fundamentally blue
Except when I'm with you
My soul's excited

O she comes in flavours
Like the kiss of a tangerine
And she comes in graceful
Animation like fantasy

Right there, right there, right there
Right there, right there right
O Divina perhaps you've seen her
Or been her or are her

O she comes in waves of
Satisfaction that sing to me
And she understands that
Forgiveness is charity

Right there, right there, right there
Right there, right there right
O Divina perhaps you've seen her
Or been her or are her

O she comes in lovely affirmations
Like "yes you can!"
And her love is unconditional
And says "you're the man"

Right there, right there, right there
Right there right there, right
O Divina perhaps you've seen her
Or been her or are her

The Birth of Maudie

Breaths by the Shore
But the wind youre defying
Deaths at your door
And you're not even crying
Be wherever your wrecked Chrysler Chrome
You will find a much nicer home
Maudie my dear

Peddle no more
An accuser said lying
I settled the score
Though a loser for trying
Though I never knew most of her ways
What I knew made most of my days
Maudie my dear

Crossbones & Roses
Are good for the soul
The poets of heaven
You're soon to behold
Cast cross the fountain
To me while I'm grieving
What is your reason for leaving?
(Back to 1st verse)

She's My Baby

She juggles time with her hand in a sling
Wears a coat of diapher that stings
Strangles words for the laughter it brings

She juggles space with a match in her hand
Sparking flames when her temper expands
As your head starts to swing by a string

Sometimes
She makes my brain feel like this...
But she's my baby
But she's my baby

C'mon
She fought the wave with her feet stuck in sand
Disappears when you reach for her hand
Says goodbye when hello's in demand

C'mon
She mystifies and she lies through her veil
Screws it up when it all goes too well
Makes the rules as she goes 'cos she can
And her drummers like not in anybody's band - ya dig?

Sometimes
She makes my brain feel like this...
But she's my baby
But she's my baby

She moves like the sea
Without hark the sand that covers her beach
She wafts the feet of my expectations
And rolls away beyond my pride

She gives me time right between sleeve and arm
Gives you lip when you wanted her charm
She howls at the moon but she spits at the sun

Sometimes
She makes my brain feel like this...
(it must be the karma)
But she's my baby
She's my baby
She's my baby
But she's my...

Right Thing, Wrong Way

Right Thing, Wrong Way
Fellas, I want you to listen to me
'cause I know ya'll will know what I am talkin' bout here today...
Now dig...
Let me tell you about a girl I know
Every time I let my feelings show
I sing this same old song...
OW! Listen to me people...

How come every time I try to put my best foot forward
All I wind up doing is putting it in my mouth
Somebody's got to tell me...

I keep trying to do the right thing,
But I keep doing it the wrong way...
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it the wrong way...

I send her flowers - she starts to sneeze
I didn't know that she had allergies
(oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I told her I apologize...and I'll make it up to you
Listen to me!

'Cause I was tryin' to do the right thing
But I keep doing it the wrong way...
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it the wrong way

A 4 course meal - she called it a snack
I even took her to my crib, and she called my place a shack!
(oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I tried to please the kind of girl...
whose tastes are particular
Man, this girl's about to break my back!

I keep trying to do the right thing,
But I keep doing it the wrong way...
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it the wrong way

I keep on trying to do the right thing,
Yeah! Yeah!
But I keep...
But I keep...
But I keep...doing it the wrong way...
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it the wrong way

Looky here now,
I'm trying to do the right thing...
I keep trying to do the right thing...
Don't you know that...
I'm trying to do the right thing...
Oooh!
Looky here...
Put your hands together...
Listen to me people...

The top was down on lover's lane
How was I supposed to know it was gonna rain?
So, I called her up to make amends...
And she agreed to see me once again...
But this time she brought her UGLY friend!
Ha, ha...I guess that's how the story ends...
YEAH!

I keep trying to do the right thing,
But I keep doing it the wrong way...
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it the wrong way

I keep trying to do the right thing,
But I keep doing it wrong, yeah...
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it the wrong way...

YEAH!
HIT IT!
YEAH!
(hey, hey, hey)
Come on...
I could do nothing right, seemed like...
Everything I wanna do came out wrong...
I know ya'll know what I'm talkin' about!
HEY! Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Try...try...try...yeah
Got to do the right thing...
Don't ya know it...
Tryin' to do the right thing...
Don't ya know...
Trying' to do the right thing...
Trying' to do the right thing...baby
Don't ya know...
Keep tryin' to put my best foot forward...
Instead I put it in my mouth...
When I try to want love, baby...
You, you, you want something
Can I try, try, try to do the right thing...
Don't ya know...
Tryin' to do the right thing...
Don't ya know, girl...
Tryin' to do the right thing...
For ya baby...
Tryin' to do the right thing...
For ya baby...
I keep coming off all
wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...yeah
Keeps coming off wrong...

Read My Lips (I Dig Your Scene)

The answer is... Yes!
My sweet babe,
How many times do I have to tell you?
How many ways do I have to find
To tell you that you're mine - all mine?
Does a moth fly to a flame?
Does a man cling to his name?
Turn your head around my sweet babe
Look at me and...

Read my lips I, dig your scene...
I'm a match in your kerosene
I dig your scene, baby...
I dig it... I dig it...

My precious dear,
Push your coins aside...
Draw the veil above your fears
And lay back in the coming tide
'Twas a player playing a game
Would I seem to cause you pain?
Baby, baby, baby...
I'm not a player, I'm you dragon slayer

I'm your dragon slayer babe...
So bow your head
Read my lips I dig your scene
Read my lips...
Read my lips I dig your scene
I dig your scene...

Get it!

Baby, baby, girl...
The inflection in your sigh
Suggests that in a finer field of gentle graces
You heard love's lullabye
As the light holds the reins of day
Will you believe me when I say...
You're the sugar honey ice in tea
Baby, baby, now look at me now...

Read my lips I dig your scene

Look at me babe
Look at... Look at...
I'm a match in your kerosene
I really dig your scene, baby...

Get it!

Perfumed Pavillion (The Motion Of My Memories)

I kissed her lips in a perfumed pavillion
And all the subtleties that we could find
Blowing grace notes through my mind

Oh, but her hand brought such sweet pain
The kiss, yet all powerful, saved face twice
And turned your bad seed to grain
Ripping the roots of my heart again

I held her hand in an unchanging moment
She was feeding me love like she was holding a spoon
But her head was turned by a raging moon
And she would be gone by the next afternoon

Hollywood memories are made from times such as these
But, I wouldn't feel sorry for me if I were you
I will make some use of my pain
I'll turn my hurt into a harvest rain

She was aloof like the moon
But warm like the sun
I swore she'd love me
'Til after the day was done
But I was wrong...

She was cool like ice
But she felt like fire
Never thought I'd see her love expire
But now she's long gone
(Gone away to another man's hideaway)

I kissed her lips in a perfumed pavillion
But I am not giving up on love
I stand in a long tide openly...
Stealing back moments I let slip away from me
You know, peace of mind beats 2 aces easily
As the cross currents of the ocean
Reminds me of her motion
The motion of my memories
(The motion of my memories)
Yeah

Listen to me people
I kissed her lips in a perfumed pavillion
But I have not giving up on love
But I have not giving up on love
Love... sweet love... sweet love

Letting Go

The knife's edge pierces Autumn
And stabs the wind we fear
But we must find ourselves
Before we disappear
By knowing when to move on
We keep the peace with our pride
We seldom live our moments
Before the leaves have dried

But it's a peaceful feeling when
We surrender
And there is healing power in
Letting go

Alone, confused, and naked
Is when we are most sacred
Fear is the enemy
That strikes out at our sanity
By keeping faith in our promise
We drink from Eros fountains
We confirm that we are here
Moving up on higher mountains...

And it's a peaceful feeling when...
We surrender
And there is healing power in...
Letting go

And it's a peaceful feeling when...
We surrender
There is healing power in...
Letting go

Letting go
Hush, hush I hear music
Falling down like rain
Hush, I feel mercy
And forgiveness

I see Golden Light...
Shining ever-bright
Into the light I'll go...

And it's a peaceful feeling when
We surrender
And there is healing power in
Letting go

And it's a peaceful feeling when
We surrender
There is healing power in...
In letting go

Letting go...

Greasy Chicken

Alright...

There's trouble, baby
in Paradise
Your chicken's trying to slide away from you
You're past your days of harmony
When you call it back - you carouse it through
Keeping your prayers on time
Getting burnin' love in cities you can't recall
He's packin' up and shackin' up
He's leaving home
Chicken feathers and all
To the bridge boys...
Gives you daytime, and the nighttime
Is for these...
Greasy chickens [x2]

(Backing vocals)
Can you stand it by your lonesome baby? [X2]

Say! Dig it!
You're livin' out your closets
You're fined a day and
So are most far behind
You defy the bill collector
With lipstick on it and a Valentine
You've seen worlds of bastards
But, better late than never - you understand
Your chicken didn't leave you for another woman
He left you for a younger man
To the bridge boys...
Push your love on the girls and bastards
And you'll be - a greasy chicken
Ha!

A greasy chicken
Good God! Sing!
A greasy chicken
Good God! Sing it!

(Backing vocals)
Don't you love all your freedom baby?

You're late - Ha!
But it was I who would
Define your soul food
And with your piece of mind
No less denied
No more chicken bones
Share your love jones
Because you fellas
Can't shake the vice
Hee!
My Lord!

Greasy chicken
Big fat, greasy chicken
Sing!

(Background vocals)
Can you stand it by your lonesome baby?

Greasy chicken
Greasy chicken - sing!

(Background vocals)
Don't you love all your freedom baby?

Greasy chicken
Big fat, greasy chicken
Here go gravy!

(Background vocals)
Can you stand it by your lonesome baby?

OH! A little gravy...
Grill a little gravy...
Greasy chicken - lawd!

(Background vocals)
Don't you love all your freedom baby?

OUTRO! OUTRO! OUTRO!...

Epilog

And if in time the day's defeat
Should seal those lips I love so sweet
I'd catch up to her wandering feet
And lay the law down upon her sheets
And if in time this love should pass
And throw my heart upon the grass
I wouldn't hang on to the past
I'd sell my sorrows for a glass
And pull myself from this morass
And save myself this sombre cast
But no so fast

And if in time I find my soul
And liken myself to a bowl
That takes the milk but leaves it cold
Then I will have defined my role
To work on myself till complete
And transform all that life secretes
So I won't have mistakes repeat
And save myself from sure defeat
So peace to all that my voice greets

So peace to all that hears my voice
We survive because we have no choice
So peace to all that hears my voice
We survive because we have no choice
So peace to all that hears my voice
We survive because we have no choice

Come To Me

One man writes a book to explain the mysteries of time
One man writes a verse exploring the sleek nuance of prime
I do not yet know all the roads that lead to serenity
But the road I know begins with the sweet fragrance of feminity...

So...
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me

One man pens some lines to justify the ways of God to man
One man tries to do the same thing but with his heart and a rock'n roll band
I am still endeavouring to find a few roads to peace
And I am willing to gamble on the strenght of our sweet release

So...
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me

Time is up now I must meditate on things
Enjoy the life I have but still except the pain it brings
Extract the nectar from the moment even when the crippled hand roles the dice
Me and my guide connecting moment been calling it our lives

So...
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me

Come to me
Come to me
La la la la la la
Come to me [till fade]