1.See No Evil
Lyricist:Tom Verlaine
What I want I want now
And it's a whole lot more than anyhow
I want to fly, fly a fountain
I want to jump, jump, jump, I jump a mountain
I understand all
(I see no)
Destructive urges
(I see no)
It seems so perfect
(I see no)
I see I see no evil
I get ideas I get a notion
I want a nice little boat made out of ocean
I get your point you're so sharp
Getting good actions with your bebo talk
I understand all
(I see no)
Destructive urges
(I see no)
It seems so perfect
(I see no)
I see I see no evil
Don't say I'm unconscious no don't say doom
Well if you got to say it well let me leave this room
'Cuz what I want I want now
And it's a whole lot more than anyhow, get it
I understand all
(I see no)
Destructive urges
(I see no)
And it seems so perfect
(I see no)
I see I see no evil
I'm runnin' wild with the one I love
(I see no)
I'm runnin' crazy with the one I love
(I see no)
I'm runnin' wild with the one I love
(I see no)
Pull down the future with the one you love
(I see no)
Pull down the future with the one you love
(I see no)
...
2.Prove It
Lyricist:Tom Verlaine
The docks, the clocks, a whisper woke him up
The smell of water would resume
The cave, the waves of light, the unreal night
That flat curving of a room
It's getting funny
Prove it, just the facts, the confidential
And this case, this case, this case, that I
I've been workin' on so long, so long
First you creep, then you leap
Up about a hundred feet
You're in so deep
Babe, you could write a book
Chirp, chirp, the birds
They're giving you the words
The world is just a feeling you undertook
Prove it, just the facts, the confidential
And this case, this case, this case, that I
I've been workin' on so long, so long
Now the rose, how it slows
You in such colorless clothes
Fantastic, you lose your sense of human
Project, protect
It's warm and it's calm and it's perfect
It's too, too, too to put a finger on
Prove it, just the facts, only confidential
And this case, this case, this case, that I
I've been workin' on so long, so long
This case is closed
3.Marquee Moon
Lyricist:Tom Verlaine
I remember how the darkness doubled
I recall, lightning struck itself
I was listening, listening to the rain
I was hearing, hearing something else
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
There I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Just waiting
I spoke to a man down at the tracks
And I asked him how he don't go mad
He said 'Look here junior, don't you be so happy
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad'
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
There I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
Hesitating
Well a Cadillac, it pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me, all they said, 'Get in'
Then the Cadillac, it puttered back into the graveyard
Me, I got out again
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
There I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon
I ain't waiting
I remember how the darkness doubled
I recall, lightning struck itself
I was listening, listening to the rain
I was hearing, hearing something else
4.Friction
(Verlaine)
I knew it musta been some big set-up.
All the Action just would not let up.
It's just a little bit back from the main road
Where the silence spreads and the men dig holes.
I start to spin the tale
You complain of my diction
You Give Me Friction
But I Dig Friction
You Know I'm Crazy About Friction
My eyes are like telescopes
I see it all backwards: but who wants hope?
If I ever catch that ventriloquist
I'll squeeze his head right into my fist.
Something comes tracking down,
What's the prediction?
I'll betcha it's Friction...
Stop this head motion... set the sails.
You know all us boys gonna wind up in jail.
I don't wanna grow up
There's too much contradiction
5.Guiding Light
Lyricist:Tom Verlaine
Do I?
Do I belong to the night?
Only, only
Only tonight
All the ladies stay inside
Time may freeze, a world could cry
All this night running loud
I hear the whispers and I hear the shouts
And though they never cry for help
Tell me who sends these infamous gifts
To make such a promise and make such a slip
Oh no, can't pull a trick
Never the rose without the prick
Oh but tell me how do I say?
I woke up and it's yesterday
Do I again face this night?
Guiding light
Guiding light
Guiding through these nights
Darling, darling
Do we part like the seas?
The roaring shell
The drifting of the leaves
But all intent remains unknown
It's time to sit up, sit up in the throne
It's seen before but it's always new
So look close and see who's come through
Never again to face this nights
Guiding light
Guiding light
Guiding through these nights
6.Torn Curtain
Lyricist:Tom Verlaine
Torn curtain, reveals another play
Torn curtain, such an expose
I'm uncertain when beauty meets abuse
Torn curtain, loves all ridicule
Tears, tears
Rolling back the years
Years, years
Flowing by like tears
Tears, tears
Rolling back the years
Years, years
The years I've seen before
Torn curtain, giving me the glance
Torn curtain, it's bringing on the trance
I'm not hurting, holding to the thread
Torn curtain, lifts me on the tread
Tears, tears
Rolling back the years
Years, years
Holding back the tears
Tears, tears
Rolling back the years
Years, years
The tears I never shed
Torn curtain, feels more like a rake
Torn curtain, how much does it take?
Burn it down
Tears, tears
Rolling back the years
Years, years
Holding back the tears
Tears, tears
Rolling back the years
Years, years
The years I've seen before
Tears, tears, years, years
Tears, tears, years, years
Tears, tears, years, years
...
7.Elevation
Lyricist:Tom Verlaine
The last word is the lost word
Why don't you say so, say so?
I sleep light on these shores tonight
I live light on these shores
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Now you give me no trouble
And you give me no help
It is the clown that works so well
I sleep light on these shores tonight
I live light on these shores
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Our lips are sealed, our breath is burning
These cold wild seas have left us turning
But I sleep light on these shores tonight
I live light on these shores
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
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