Diet For A New America

58 Diet For A New America Lyrics
1.Don't Laugh(You Might Be Next)

I've been dreamin'
In black and white so long
You know i didn't always hit the shit
But my livin' days are way past gone
I've been thinkin'
Of where i went all wrong
I been livin' in this hole so long
I feel like it's where i belong

Don't laugh - you might be next
Like you got nothin'
You wouldn't like to forget

I've been thinkin'
On why i went so far
I just been chasin' this dragon
All around the block
And i ain't got not car
So now you're sayin'
It's a weakness in my soul
Yeah before you write me off so quick
You better look around at the people
That you know

Don't laugh - you might be next
You got somethin' that you'd like to forget
Stand in line

Don't laugh - you might be next


2.El Paso

Balcony in el paso
Cigarette butts grace my balcony
And the remains of a dead pigeon seem somewhat poetic
The life form that scurries around below
Is a misture of tex-mex and trailer park trash
I know you - 'cause i used to live here, too
Guess that makes you just like me
That make you wonder about yourself?

I don't know why
I'm here but i can't stay
The more things change
The more they stay the strange

Sittin' here on this plane
Watchin' the empty faces crawl past me
You know they all seem to have ingested
That same melancholy pill
Instead of warm, fuzzy and safe
They seem cold and judgmental
Little conversations come in and out of audio focus
It's all in slow motion but somehow moving at the
Speed of fear
I feel such the animal, i'm always the animal
My body's the cage - i'm locked in this cage
My home is worn, it's torn, it's been abused
And i like it

(chorus)

Here i sit in another hotel and it smells like someone else
I lay in bed and i can taste the smell
They smell of smoke, the drink, the stink
And the stain on the floor
I wonder was he with his wife?
Or another man's whore
Scratches upon the glass
Tell of the drugs and the radio
Is still on to the music that made them dance
I bet it was sweet
But me?
Fuck man i gotta get some sleep


3.Piece Of Candy

Candy's nineteen, she goes to college in kansas
She don't care about football or fraternity dances
Don't care about her classes or the bad marks she gets
Spends all her time on the internet
Money's tight yeah she' on an allowance
So she bought a little camera put it up in the shower
Logged on to see you/see me and there it was

Everybody wants a piece of candy
Everybody wants a piece of candy now
Demand was so high she got six more cameras
Now you got candy from every angle
Painting her nails on the edge of her bed
And fakin' with her boyfriend when he's givin' her head yeah
A thousand hits a day, she didn't know who her fans are
A few short weeks and she's a chat room superstar
Old men loggin' hard and fast
Just to get a little peek at candy's --

Money rolled in, it was good for a while
Then it got kinda freaky you know
Crampin' her style
Everybody stared when she's out on the street
Then her boyfriend split 'cause he couldn't take the heat
She started finding wierd shit left in her mailbox
Little barbie dolls with their little barbie heads cut off
Too much too soon - but there it was

Everybody wants a piece of candy now

Pretty soon the freaks they're all tryin' to find her
They're not just fans man, they're subscribers
They hid in her bushes and out at her fence
Tryin' to get a little piece of candy in the flesh
Lock the doors and black the windows
Take down the cameras and put 'em where the trash goes
A little late that she figured it out
Candy starved to death 'cause
She wouldn't leave the house

Everybody wants a piece of candy
Everybody wants a piece of candy now


4.Shopping Cart Jesus

He walks with angels in his picket
They tell him what to do
His shopping cart's filled with newspapers
And thirty-six discarded shoes
He's met with heavy skepticism
Messiahs don't come everyday

Shopping cart jesus
He wants to talk to you

One hundred blessings on his fingers
He can't give away
He feels so frustrated
Wasn't supposed to go down this way
He really wants to talk to you right now
Messiahs don't come everyday
He wears a bag on his head for a hat
He's got sores on his feet
And shit in his pants, he wonders why when he speaks
The word - the people walk away

Shopping cart jesus
He wants to talk to you
He wants to talk to me

So jesus stands on this corner
And his gospel falls to the ground
He's cold and he's hungry
And he needs a drink
And he knows nobody believes
He walks to the alley and finds salvation
In the form of a forty-five
And on his way home he'll swallow that bullet
To comfort him on his ride

Shopping cart jesus
He wants to talk to you


5.Queer

First time he saw him was
A new york city cafe
Walked into that room
Things would really change
He had too much to drink
Guess he didn't think about his family
What went wrong

You could be his woman
You could be his man
You could be his queer
You could be his drug store slam
You could be his woman
And i hope your family understands

Second time he saw him was
The south of france
Some passion fashion disco
And a bastard's dance
What went wrong
Or what went right
That night
Was it love?

You can be his woman
You can be his man
You can be his queer
You can be his drug store junkie slam
Real love doesn't come so easy when you're on your knees
Say please

Guess it's just a figure of speech
Life's got its lessons to teach
Just like fuzz on a peach
But be careful where you reach
Man i can only tell you
Sex is dangerous

(chorus)

Didn't know what was gettin' into you


6.Song To Slit Your Wrists By

Distortion
Out of phase
Washes over my sour face
My life is through
Guess i owe it all to you
Check me out

You left me wonderin'
What i'm about
You suck me dry
Then you spit me out
There's still one thing
I can do
So i wrote this tune just for you

This song's to slit
Your wrist by
This song might have a twist
This song's to slit
Your wrist by
This song's my goodbye kiss
Black tears
Run down
My face
Check out the clown
Don't think i'm through
I'll just keep writing my tunes for you

(chorus)

This is from me to you
With love
From me to you
With love

(chorus)


7.Stormy

Walk where you want
Crawl if you need
It's alright by me
'cause i will always love you
Just dance my dance
Or crash my car
Be who you are
And i will always love you

Oh stormy brown eyes
Sweet angel with the fire
That lights the way
Oh stormy brown eyes
I love you and i always will
And i alwyas will

Spend all all my cash
Drink all my drink
Think what you think
But i will always love you
Do what you need
I had my day
Turned out ok

And now i-i-i-i-i will always love you

(chorus)

Yeah yeah yeah

(chorus)


8.Killing Joke

People shoutin' nigger
Well it's time to draw a truce
Exxon's dumpin' oil
Probably goin' for that deuce
A baby boy of eighteen
Gets his license to kill
Mother in the ghetto
Sells pills to pay her bills

Here comes the punchline
It's a killin' joke
Welcome to you future
I leave you with no hope

Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
It's a killin' joke

Bastards bent on genocide
Well happy happy day
Kids killin' cops make
The weak begin to prey
Demon voice of evil
In the church and here to stay
And god
I really have no faith

(chorus)


9.All Of My Heros Are Dead

Today my radio won't play
You - you died and left me here this way
I guess you lived you rlife
Like a loaded shotgun
You thought that your choice
Was no choice at all
I wanted to be just like you

All of my heroes are dead now
Left me here
In this wasted ghost town
All of my heroes

Yeah - your exit had such charm
And you - you ran a fortune
Through your arm
You lived your life like
A molotov cocktail
Always set to explode
Behind the veil
I wanted to be like you

(chorus)


10.Alone Again(Naturally)

It's who we are
It's where we're going
And it's where we've been

In a little while from now
If i'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top i will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
What its like when your love shatters
Standing in the lurch in a church
Where people saying: 'my god, that's tough
She's stood him up'
No point in us remaining
We might as well go home
As i did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and oh so gay
Looking forward to well wouldn't do
The role i was about to play
But as if to knock me down
My reality came around
And without so much, as a mere touch
Put me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
All about god and his mercy
Or if he really does exist
Why did he desert me in my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that there are more hearts
Broken in the world that can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? do we even care?

It's who we are
It's where we're going
And it's where we've been

Now looking back over the years
And whatever else has occurred
I remember i cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears

And at sixty-five years old
My mother, god rest her soul,
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

It's who we are
It's where we're going
And it's where we've been


11.Who We Are

It's who we are
It's where we're going
And it's where we've been