The Psychedelic Sounds of

The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic Sounds of Lyrics
1.Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)

I've seen your face before,
I've known you all my life.

And though it's new,
your image cuts me like a knife.

And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.

The neon from your eyes is splashing into mine.
It's so familiar in a way I can't define.

And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.

Though this is our first meeting
We needn't bother speaking
All we might say is understood.

And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.

The fierceness of my feelings,
rocks me like a roar.
It's good to know we won't be strangers anymore.

And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.

And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.


2.Don't Fall Down

Don't fall down,
If you see her
Don't fall down,
If you're by her side
Don't fall down
When you're near her
Don't fall down
If your voice is tied
Don't fall down
Don't decieve her
Don't fall down
Tell her what you feel
Don't fall down
She'll precieve you
Don't fall down
If your voice is real
Everytime you need her, she is there
To ease the pain that fogs you
And when you don't need her, from her stare:
She says she's needing you
Don't fall down
As you love her
Don't fall down
She loves only you
Don't fall down
As you lift her
Don't fall down
She believes in you
Don't fall down
From beside her
Don't fall down
Keep behind her eyes
Don't fall down
They're behind you
Don't fall down
As the thought applies
If you want to rise,
You must place someone where you are standing
Everything she learns is on her face

Your strength is all she's demanding
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it?
(Don't fall down)
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it?
(Don't fall down)
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it?
(Don't fall down)
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it?
(Don't fall down)
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it? If you need her
(Don't fall down) Keep your promises
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it? If you see her
(Don't fall down) Give her all your kisses
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it? As you warm her
(Don't fall down) Never disapoint her
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it? As you hold her
(Don't fall down) Do all that you told her
Do you feel it, feel it, feel it?
Everytime you need her, she is there
To ease the pain that fogs you
And when you don't need her, from her stare:
She says she's needing you.

Don't Fall Down


3.Before You Accuse Me

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I've been spendin' my money on other women
But you've been runnin' with somebody else

I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
Well your mother said 'son,
Don't call my daughter no more'

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Well now you say I've been runnin' around
But you got somebody else

Come on back home baby, try my love one more time
Come on back home baby, try my love one more time
Well now you've been gone away so long
I'm gonna lose my mind

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Well now you say I've been buyin' other women clothes
You've been taking money from somebody else


4.I'm Gonna Love You Too

You're gonna say you miss me
You're gonna say you'll kiss me
You're gonna say you love me
And I'm gonna love you too
I don't care what you told me
You're gonna say you'll hold me
You're gonna say you love me
And I'm gonna love you too

After all, another fella took ya
But I still can't overlook ya
I'm gonna do my best to hook ya
After all is said and done

You're gonna tell me sweet things
You're gonna make my heart sing
And I'm gonna hear bells ring
Cause I'm gonna love you too

You're gonna say you kiss me
You're gonna say you'll miss me
You're gonna say you love me
Cause I'm gonna love you too
I'm gonna love you too
I'm gonna love you too
I'm gonna love you too


5.You Really Got Me


6.Roll Over Beethoven


7.The Word


8.Through the Rhythm

Thru the rhythm of darkened times
Painted black by knowledge crimes
And repetitions pointless mime
Instilling values the sick define
That keeps the fabric that keeps you blind
And ties your hands and cloaks your mind
But on my stilts, I'm above the slime

Come on up if you can make the climb, but who am I?
Who am I? Who am I?

I've smelled the stench from the fumes that rise
From the books that rehash the same old lies
I felt the panic that they disguise
In the forms of laws of every size
I've heard the teachers whine and make me drop out like flies
But you know they teach you nonsense, cause they can't blind
your eyes
I've seen the fools gold that they pawn off as their prize

To the average standard the norm supplies, but where am I?
Where am I? Where am I?

You've gobbled all the blessings they caused you to digest
They may be hard to swallow, but they keep your tongue depressed
Your scattered whims were born depressed
So when something slams your chest
You flutter about, you're sleek distressed
And when you stop to ease your breast
A scattered rim leaves you obsessed

While solid thoughts are soon suppressed, but where are you?
Oh, where are you? Hey! Where are you?
Where are you?
Where are you?


9.Reverberation


10.Fire Engine

Let me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
Let me take you through the empty space in my fire engine
If it gets too hot you know we'll cool it down with a rubber
hose in my
fire fire fire engine

We'll be rolling through this hurricane in my fire engine
Pull a hook and ladder right through your brain in my fire
engine
They keep saying I'm so hard to please, but tell me something
now I will get down on my knees in my fire fire fire engine

Let me take you through the empty place in my fire engine
Let me take you down a total disgrace in my fire engine
We'll go rolling down and look at all the flames
Haul it back just to see what will remain in my fire fire fire
engine


11.She Lives (in A Time Of Her Own)

She lives, no fear
doubtless in everything she knows.
Through time unchecked,
the sureness of her flows.
She leaves herself inside you when she goes.
She lives in a time of her own.
You have always heard her speaking,
she's always been in your ear.
Her voice sounds a tone within you,
listen to the words you hear.
Her time has no past or future,
she lives everything she sees.
Her time doesn't spin outside here,
it's in every breath she breaths.
She lives in a time of her own.
Her love whips hard like wind and stands in eager pain.
She wins your thoughts and drives your inner planes.
She clears and shares a love that never strains.
She lives in a time of her own.
You have always heard her speaking,
she's always been in your ear.
Her voice sounds a tone within you,
listen to the words you hear.
Her time has no past or future,
she lives everything she sees.
Her time doesn't spin outside here,
it's in every breath she breaths.
She lives in a time of her own.
Her eyes like light reflect the aura of her hair.
She sends, attends, behind an alpha stare.
She seeks the stars and spirals up their stairs.
she lives in a time of her own.
she lives in a time of her own.
she lives in a time of her own.
she lives in a time of her own


12.Tried to Hide

You think you're strong when you're only restraining
You think you have when you're only claiming
When I got near all I saw was fear
And I know that you tried to hide and you cried 'cause you lied
about it

You knew that you had when you tried to tell it
You thought that you were when you tried to sell it
And when I got near all I saw was fear
And I know that you tried to hide and you cried 'cause you lied
about it

You used the words but you're only guessing
And you know I saw it was your brand new dressing
Well, you know the song, but you live it all wrong
And I know that you tried to hide and you cried 'cause you lied
about it


13.I've Seen Your Face Before (Splash 1)

I've seen your face before,
I've known you all my life.
And though it's new,
your image cuts me like a knife.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.
The neon from your eyes is splashing into mine.
It's so familiar in a way I can't define.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.
Though this is our first meeting
We needn't bother speaking
All we might say is understood.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.
The fierceness of my feelings,
Rocks me like a roar.
It's good to know we won't be strangers anymore.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home.
And now I'm home, to stay.


14.The Kingdom Of Heaven (Is Within You)

Here you are at my place within your glistening eyes
I'm watching your reactions as the thing within you cries
And I'm bringing you this message 'cause I think it's time you
knew
That the kingdom of heaven is within you

The incense and the candles and the colors on the wall
Your image stands reflected as a princess come to call
Your suspicions I'm confirming as you find them all quite true
And the kingdom of heaven is within you

Through the stained glass windows moonlight flashes on the choir
And splashes on the altar in glows of liquid fire
Then it bathes you with its glory and you begin life anew
And the kingdom of heaven is within you


15.Reverberation (Doubt)

Well, you finally find your helpless mind,
is trapped inside your skin.
You want to leave,
but you believe you won't get back again.
You only know ,
you have to go but still you can't get out.
You try and try,
you die and die.
You're stopped by your own doubt.
Reverberation,
reverberation.
You find no peace,
it doesn't cease,
it's deadly irritation.
It keeps you blind,
it's there behind,
your every hesitation.
It holds your thought,
your mind is caught,
your fixed with fascination.
You think you'll die,
it's just a lie,
it's backward elevation!
Reverberation,
reverberation.
You see reverberation,
in your latest incarnation,
You think it's a sensation,
but it's just reverberation.
You start to serve,
the downward curve,
that catches up your fears.
Each thing you do,
comes home to you,
and pounds inside your ears.
Your start to fight against the night,
that screams inside your mind.
When something black it answers back,
and grabs you from behind!
Reverberation,
echoing through your brain.
Reverberation,
driving your mind insane.
Reverberation,
causing your blood to drain,
leaving just charred remains.


16.You're Gonna Miss Me

Oh yeah!
Ahh!
You're gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawn.
You're gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawn.
You're gonna look around in your mind, girl, you're gonna find
that
I'm gone.
You didn't realize,
You didn't realize,
You didn't realize,
You didn't realize,
You didn't realize.
Oh! you're gonna miss me, baby.
Oh! you're gonna miss me, baby.
Oh! you're gonna miss me, child, yeah, yeah.
I gave you the warning,
But you never heeded it.
How can you say you miss my lovin,
When you never needed it?
Yeah! Yeah! Ow!
You're gonna wake up wonderin',
Find yourself all alone,
But what's gonna stop me, baby?
I'm not comin' home.
I'm not comin' home.
I'm not comin' home.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!


17.Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

spoken:

I'm so glad to be here tonight and I'm so glad to be home.
And I believe I've got a message for every woman and
Every man here tonight that ever needed somebody to love
Someone to stay with them all the time, when they're
Up and when they're down. You know, sometimes you get what you
want
And then you go and lose what you have
And I believe every woman and every man here tonight listen to
my song
And it save the whole world.
Listen to me.

Everybody wants somebody
Everybody wants somebody to love
Someone to love
Someone to kiss
Sometime to miss, now
Someone to squeeze
Someone to please
And I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you

Oh, sometimes I feel like
I feel a little sad inside
My baby mistreats me
And I kinda get a little little mad

I need you you you
To see me through, babe
When the sun go down
Ain't nobody else around
That's when I need you baby
That's when I say I love you
That's when I say I love you
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah

I need you you you you
Somebody to see me through, baby
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you

When the sun goes down
Ain't nobody else around
That's when I'm all by myself
That's when I need your lovin' darlin'
That's when I need you so bad
You're the one I really need bad (???)

I need you
To see me through baby
In the morning time too
When the sun goes down
Ain't nobody else around
I need your lovin' so bad

Everybody needs somebody to love
I'm not afraid to be by myself but I just need to be somebody to
love
All the time
All the time
All the time
All the time
All the time, babe
I said all the time, babe
I said all the time, babe
I need you
I need your lovin' so bad
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Uh, huh, huh, huh
Uh huh, huh huh huh
Yeah, I need you baby so bad bad bad, bad bad, bad bad bad bad

I need you
I need you you you
I need your lovin' babe
I need your lovin' darlin'
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Yeah, yeah yeah
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody else
You gotta need too, baby
See you through
Gotta be two to see it thru

(repeat and ad lib)


18.You Don't Know

Lyricist:Powell St. John

There you are again
Standing down below me
Honestly believe
That there is something you can show me

While deep within your mind
Just what you give to even know me

And you don't know
You don't know
You don't know
How young you are

Your eyes are filled with coral snakes
And liquid plastic castles
Your daily life revolves around
A thousand petty hassles

Corny dots and window panes
And pink and silver dazzles

And you don't know
You don't know
You don't know
How young you are

If I knew what's right for you
You would not be without it
And if I knew the truth for you
I'd surely stand and shout it

There's better things that you can be
There is no doubt about it

And you don't know
You don't know
You don't know
How young you are


19.Monkey Island

Lyricist:Powell St. John

Living home on monkey island, baby
Right in the middle of a zoo
Living home on monkey island, baby
Pretend to be a monkey too

Well, here I am on monkey island
Hiding behind a rock
I'm all dressed up with my monkey suit
Pretending to be something I'm not

Living home on monkey island, baby
Right in the middle of a zoo
Living home on monkey island, baby
Pretend to be a monkey too

Well there's one thing about these monkeys, baby
They don't know I'm around
But that's pretty good 'cause if they knew
They'll probably come and put me down

Living home on monkey island, baby
Right in the middle of a zoo
Living home on monkey island, baby
Pretend to be a monkey too

With my paisley tie and my one button suit
I'm about as close as I can get
I guess I must be doing okay
'Cause they haven't come and got me yet

Living home on monkey island, baby
Right in the middle of a zoo
Living home on monkey island, baby
Pretend to be a monkey too


20.Kingdom Of Heaven

Lyricist:Powell St. John

Here you are at my place within your glistening eyes
I'm watching your reactions as the thing within you cries
And I'm bringing you this message 'cause I think it's time you
knew
That the kingdom of heaven is within you

The incense and the candles and the colors on the wall
Your image stands reflected as a princess come to call
Your suspicions I'm confirming as you find them all quite true
And the kingdom of heaven is within you

Through the stained glass windows, moonlight flashes on the
choir
And splashes on the altar in glows of liquid fire
Then it bathes you with its glory and you begin life anew
And the kingdom of heaven is within you


21.Thru The Rhythm

Through the rhythm of darkened time
Painted black by knowledge crimes
And repetitions pointless mine
Instilling values the sick define
That weaves the fabric that keeps you blind
And ties your hands and cloaks your mind
But on my stilts I'm above slime
Come on up if you can make the climb but whoever

I've smelt the stench from the fumes that rise
From the books that rehash the same old lies
I felt the panic that they disguise
In the forms of laws of every size
I've heard the teachers whine and make you drop off like flies
But you know they're teaching nonsense, 'cause they catch you on
your eyes
I have seen the fool's gold they pawn off as their prize
To the average standard the norm supplies but whenever

You gobble all the blessings they tossed you to digest
They may be hard to swallow, but they keep your tongue depressed
Your scattered whims were born depressed
So when something slams your chest
You flutter about your sleep distressed
And then you stop to ease your breast
A scattered rim leaves you obsessed
While solid thoughts are soon suppressed
But where are you?


22.Gloria

Like to tell you 'bout my baby
You know she comes around
Just 'bout five feet four
from her head to the ground
You know she comes around here
Just about midnight
She make me feel so good, Lord
She make me feel all right
And her name is G-L-O-R-I-A

G-L-O-R-I-A GLORIA
G-L-O-R-I-A GLORIA
I'm gonna shout it all night GLORIA
I'm gonna shout it every day, GLORIA
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.

She comes around here
Just about midnight
She make me feel so good
I wanna say she make me feel all right
Comes a-walkin' down my street
Then she comes up to my house
She knock upon my door
And then she comes to my room
Yeah an' she make me feel all right

G-L-O-R-I-A GLORIA
G-L-O-R-I-A GLORIA
I'm gonna shout it all night GLORIA
I'm gonna shout it every day GLORIA
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Looks so good GLORIA
All right, feel so good GLORIA
All right, yeah now


23.Roller Coaster

Once, somewhere, sometime ago
His eyes were clear to see,
He put his thoughts into my mind,
And gave my self to be
He stopped me from living so unsane,
I could be just what I want to be,
Things appear as they really are,
I can see just what I wanted to see

Come on, and let it happen to you
I say, I say come on, and let it happen to you
You gotta open up your mind
And let everything come through...
Come on yeah!

Well it starts like a roller coaster ride,
So real it takes your breath away
It slides you through your point of view,
You look back to where you thought you'd stayed
Your ride changes outside view,
While it glides you like a neon ray,
And you find you don't have to search for words,
For there's nothing to be said

Come on, you gotta let it happen to you
Hey, come on, and let it happen to you
You gotta open up your mind
And let everything come through...

After you trip life opens up,
You start doing what you want to do
And you find out that the world that you once feared,
Gets what it has from you
No one can ever hurt you
But you know more than you thought you knew
And you're looking at the world
With brand new eyes,
And no one can ever spoil the view

Come on, and let it happen to you
Hey, hey, hey come on, and let it happen to you
You gotta open up your mind
And let everything come through...

Open up your mind,
Let everything come through...


24.We Sell Soul