Jump, Little Children - Magazine
1. not today
2. violent dreams
3. come out clean
4. cathedrals
5. all those days are gone
6. body parts
7. my guitar
8. b-13
9. habit
10. say goodnight
11. close your eyes
I'm sure someone would hear me if I screamed
But not today
I'm sure someone would notice if I seemed
Out of touch
Hard to find
But not today
I don't mind being lonely once in a while
But not today
I'm sure someone would hear me across the miles
If I'm out of touch
Or way behind
But not today
Not today
On any other day
But not today
Everyone's miles away
I've never really been that hard to find
But not today
I'm sure that I could keep it off my mind
If I'm out of touch
Or way behind
But not today
Not today
On any other day
But not today
Everyone's miles away
Hey hey
On any other day
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Violent dreams
Every night
Lately I've been waking out of urgency
Something I said
Something I did
Is bringing on this violent emergency
One black day on ghostly white
For just another sleepless night
One more day
I'm always taking the dive
All it takes
Is all I can give
All my waking hours just to see you live
Through this sleepless night
Violent dreams
Every night
Patiently waiting in the waiting room
Hospital white
Hospital lights
Burning an unbearable fluorescent gloom
Still with both my eyes shut tight
It's just another sleepless night
One more day
I'm always taking the dive
All it takes
Is all I can give
All making hours just to see you live
You behind closed eyes
Behind closed doors
"First thing tomorrow"
Someone said
She's hanging by a needle and a thread
Violent dreams
Every night
Turning empty pages of old magazines
Turning instead
Of turning in bed
Turning off the static on the T.V. screen
In the vending machine light
It's just another sleepless night
One more day
I'm always taking the dive
And all it takes
Is all I can give
All my waking hours just to see you live
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An oil painted portrait
Of still life
A moving image with patience
Just lie still
A chemical illusion
Break it down
A moment fallen to pieces
Fallen down
Some things do last forever
I won't go
I want to live in a magazine
I want to go in cheap and come out clean
I want to live in a magazine
I want to be obscure with a girl obscene
Irresistible canvas
Rayon eyes
Imaginary invention
Can you tell
Unbelievable likeness
Get closer
A candy coated solution
Smells like film
Some things do last forever
I won't go
I want to live in a magazine
I want to go in cheap and come out clean
I want to live in a magazine
I want to be obscure with a girl obscene
Don't try to take me down 'cause you know I won't go
I don't give a damn about it anymore
I won't go
A sentimental position
Hold that thought
An emotional gesture
Let it go
An enamel persona
Residue
A scientific religion
Break it down
Some things do last forever
I won't go
I want to live in a magazine
I want to go in cheap and come out clean
I want to live in a magazine
I want to be obscure with a girl obscene
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In the shadows of tall buildings
Of fallen angels on the ceilings
Oily feathers in bronze and concrete
Faded colors, pieces left incomplete
The line moves slowly past the electric fence
Across the borders between continents
In the cathedrals of New York and Rome
There is a feeling that you should just go home
And spend a lifetime finding out just where that is
In the shadows of tall buildings
The architecture is slowly peeling
Marble statues and glass dividers
Someone is watching all of the outsiders
The line moves slowly through the numbered gate
Past the mosaic of the head of state
In the cathedrals of New York and Rome
There is a feeling that you should just go home
And spend a lifetime finding out just where that is
In the shadows of tall buildings
Of open arches endlessly kneeling
Sonic landscapes echoing vistas
Someone is listening from a safe distance
The line moves slowly into a fading light
A final moment in the dead of night
In the cathedrals of New York and Rome
There is a feeling that you should just go home
And spend a lifetime finding out just where that is
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All those days are gone
So she falls asleep every night just before dawn
And closes her eyes
As the sun starts to rise
'Cause all of those days are gone
Sometimes she pretends
The sun it has finally begun to come to an end
Luminous lights
Of lonely streetlights
Sometimes she likes to pretend
She said that everybody wants to be here
Here where there's no one else around
Pull down all the shades
And try to forget how all of the memories fade
Memories that bled
A curtain bright red
Time to pull down the shades
She said that everybody wants to be here
Here where there's no one else around
All those days are gone
As far as the stars are away from the midday sun
Memories so bright
In a spinning twilight
But all of those days are gone
She said that everybody wants to be here
Here where there's no one else around
I'll trade the moon for the sun
But this feeling for no one
She said that everybody wants to be here
All those days are gone
As far as the stars from the midday sun
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Body parts are nice
I can close my eyes
And think about your lips
They quiver to the tips
Of the fingers on my hand
I am the man
With some secret plans
I need to carry out
You are my mission
Impossible at first
But like cold fission
I feel an energy
Flow, flow, let it all go
And close your eyes
Body parts are nice
What makes you warm?
The sun on your skin
Or a summer storm?
Rain? Rain on your face
Rain that you can taste
Slowly it drips
Down your lips
Like a kiss
From the one you love
What makes you hot?
Something that you want but you haven't got
Isnt' that the way
Just a game to play
All day
Well, I say
You can bring the ice
Sweating will suffice
Your body parts are nice
Do you believe in God?
Maybe she's a fraud
But she's so cute
In her birthday suit
And her go-go boots
And when I'm not awake
I can see her shake
Every step she takes
It makes me happy
And then it's getting late
Let me call it fate
That you're still around
Lost and found
Like a lunchbox
Let us break the bread
Pig out 'til we're dead
Give me chicken thighs
Sweet potato pies
Body parts are nice
What makes you hot?
Something that you want but you haven't got
Isn't that the way
Just a game to play
All day
Well, I say
You can bring the ice
Sweating will suffice
Your body parts are nice
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I'd like to see you out one night
Dressed up like a rock-n-roll star
Straight out of some strange magazine
Then I know I'd love you
But if I see you out somewhere
You might think that I don't care
'Cause I love my guitar
I love my guitar
I'd like to see you out one night
Dressed up like a race car driver
You'd push the engine all the way
Then I know I'd love you
But if I see you out somewhere
You might think that I don't care
'Cause I love my guitar
I love my guitar
We always stay up late at night
Up in my bedroom
Some times we get carried away
Banging the wall, banging the floor
Burning both ends of the midnight oil
I'd like to see you out one night
Dressed up like a teenage porn star
Straight out of late night B-grade trash
The I know I'd love you
But if I see you out somewhere
You might think that I don't care
'Cause I love my guitar
I love my guitar
We always stay up late at night
Up in my bedroom
Sometimes we get carried away
Banging the wall, banging the floor
Burning both ends of the midnight oil
I think I'm in love
I think I'm in love
I think I'm in love
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There is a place for me
Far, far away
On a distant moon
Or on a silver screen
With a perfect life
Where you never die
You just press rewind
There is a place for me
Far, far away
On a distant screen
Or on a silver moon
Stolen late on night
With arms held high
Screaming take me away
I could watch you a thoussand times
Row B Seat 13
Half a ticket in the silver light
An entire universe between
There is a place for me
Far, far away
In someone else's dream
Or in a magazine
Postered over your bed
Put your hands to your head
Screaming take me away
I could watch you a thousand times
Row B Seat 13
Half a ticket in the silver light
An entire universe between
there's no one else around
Not a sound
Just the breath of dust settling
In the flickering light
With a perfect life
Where you never die
You just press rewind
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Scene one.
Curtain up.
See the couple, coffee shop
Beatniks beating out beebop
Rainy day, skies are grey
But the couple, feeling gay
Boy is laughing at her joke
Girl embarrassed, takes a smoke
She should quit, yes she knows
But she's happy as she blows
Down that cafe through the bar
Pass the hippies and the jars
Of the bean that they drink
Everyday, every week
They should quit, coffee's bad
Makes you crazy, mad
But they say in defense:
(With a pause for suspense)
"It's the stuff of the gods
Sexy smart hot rods!
Roller coaster! Hurricanes!
Super-sonic jet planes!"
They should quit, yes they know
But where the hell would they go?
They're like me, in a bind...
Don't you see?
Love ain't blind
I could make a habit out of you
Scene two.
Same play
Same people
Different day
In a car with no top
No speed limits, no cops
Girl is driving, she's the queen
In control of this machine
She is talking much too loud
Excited by the sound
They are screaming, buzzing hard
Open road, super car
What they need is some speed
105 is the key
Life is short, so they say
Carpe diem, seize the day
Unlike me, in a bind
I don't get it, love ain't blind
I could make a habit out of you
Scene three.
City streets
Buying, selling too
Need a fix or some food?
Or some sex? There's a whore
Looking beautiful but bored
Like to drink?
There's a bar
Need a lift?
Take my car
A stop for every whim
Your heart's desire lets you in
In this city, in this scene
At this party you are queen
You're addicted to the lights
To the sounds, to the sights
To the pleasure, to the pain
The hot nights, the cold rain
To the smoke, to the drink
To the danger to the fear
To the speed, it's fifth gear
All the time, night or day
There is no choice, it's just the way
You should quit, yes you know
But where the hell would you go?
You're like me, in a bind
Now you see
Love ain't blind
I could make a habit out of you
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I heard you late last night
You know you talk too much
Not everything comes through these walls
But just enough
To hear the things that I don't want to hear
I heard you late last night
I wish I had my distance
I hear you crash around
And say that no one listens
I wish that I would hear you say goodnight
But nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
To turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
I heard you late last night
You were in such a hurry
Not a sound behind these walls
Makes me worry
I wish that I would hear you say goodnight
But nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
To turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
Say goodnight
But nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
To turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
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Tell me you had bad dreams last night
'Cause you were rolling in your sleep
Tell me you hate those bright street lights
Sometimes the shadows give you the creeps
Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you don't want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please
What keeps you awake
Tell me the air up here's too thin
You can't feel the wind when it moves
Tell me the stars are made of tin
And that they're banging on the roof
Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you don't want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please
What keeps you awake
The sun will reise
And keeps your mind at ease
So close your eyes
Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you don't want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please
What keeps you awake
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