Albums:
Papas Fritas
Helioself
Buildings and Grounds

Papas Fritas (1995):

Guys Don't Lie

Maybe, we'll try something new
Twenty, twenty more reasons to swoon
And gently, there's plenty of room
It's something you won't ever lose

Boys and Girls should be as one (Try it on)
God don't mind and it sure is fun (Try it on)
Try it on, maybe just for size (Try it on)
We're alright if Guys don't lie

Standing, standing up on our thumbs
Is killing and our feet gone numb
I'm calling time out, time out from the Guys who lie
They can't dance and it's time to try

Boys and Girls should be as one (Try it on)
God don't mind and it sure is fun (Try it on)
Try it on, maybe just for size (Try it on)
We're alright if -- Well alright then

Holiday

Nine to five and I'm going out of my mind
You know what I mean
Staring down the streetlights
Watching all the uptights
Reading magazines
I'm God's gift to myself
Guess I need some help
Nine to five and I'm going out of my mind

Take one of these -- on your holiday
I still can't breathe, but I feel okay

I don't want to do the things that you do
I don't want to hang around with you

Take one of these -- on your holiday
I still can't breathe, but I feel okay

Don't move a muscle, just let it burn
Don't move a muscle, there's one thing you should learn 
That money's something I could never earn

Wild Life

I was walking, thinking if I had a girl
I could wear some dark sunglasses to sheild me from the modern world
So I caught another foreign movie, filmed in my hometown 
Drank a lot of coffee and smoked a couple cigarettes and hopped on the inbound

She works downtown (You wanna go)
My knees won't leave the ground (You wanna go)
But I dig her style
Only had to dial
617-SMILE
For a wild life

Weak for weeks I lost my knees and quit the town
Staining sheets and pulling weeds, I'm loosing ground
So I bought another rocking record
Put it down just for sound
Smoked a lot of coffee and drank a couple cigarettes and hopped on the inbound

She works downtown (You wanna go)
And my knees don't mind the ground (You wanna go)
It's a creepy kind of style
But it's easy for awhile
Just look before you smile
On a wild life

Passion Play

You are a special girl to me

Called a passion play
Called today
I want you here to say
Later daze
I'll give you seven days

Called a passing play
She's afraid
Can't make no beer from hay

I won't call
Never gonna fall

At the fashion show
Had to go
She wants the blue-light smoke
Touch and go
Can't make no coke from snow

By the side, show my face and
Shine the light in the crowd and 
She might fall, empty looks that
Time won't stall, lose my knees and crawl
And I said that said I

TV Movies

Eyes are dancing, mine are glued in 
What's your name? How you doing?
I ain't got no problems
My problems ain't got no name

With my hair back
I ain't got back
Take the time
Cause I've gone blind

TV Movies -- made for TV
Remember me

Timing manners and minding movements
Where you get those eyes? How'd you get to Newark?
I ain't got no problems

Wish I knew her
She's my best friend
Time to lose her
Here we go again

TV Movies -- made for TV
Remember me
When you're gone

My Revolution

Don't be afraid
This parking lot's a lot like you and me
Today you can't go your own way

Don't buy me anything
I crave the craving

My Revolution

Ideas aren't free
Why do you waste them all on me
Turn off the lights
Your thoughts keep me up at night

Kids Don't Mind

Kids don't mind if you're out there, if you're out there
Down and gone and gone again
Down and gone again

Kids don't mind, if you're in time, from the outset
Expectations made and met
Tossed without regret

Kids won't mind when they get there, with their blank stares
Dried up eyes will all be wet
We're not finished yet

Watcha gonna do when the guys come after you?

Smash This World

What was I supposed to say?
Now that my baby's gone away
What was I supposed to do?
Who was I supposed to tell this to?
Sure not you

I'll smash this world to pieces
Smash this world apart
Thank God for the seasons
Cause it's freezing in my heart
Smash this world to pieces
Right from the very last start

How was I supposed to feel?
How do I know what is real?
How was I supposed to care?
I think she left me on a dare
And I can't share

What am I supposed to fear?
Is that the telephone I hear?
What am I supposed to say?
My baby's coming over today
And I'm afraid

Lame to Be

Maybe I'm not lame
And maybe I'm not lame
Time won't hold my name
I just signed it away

Cause it's lame to be six feet underground
Shame to be lost inside the sound
Lost at sea and it's not time to drown
Lame to be six feet underground

For a lie
I won't let it ride
I don't want to die

I can't hold my breath
Months go by no less

Cause it's ten to three and there's no one around (You don't need to)
Reels go by and year go by and

Possibilities

There he was a thanker and I was at work
Time I thought about eating muscle is the time I felt like a jerk
Now that's a dude who'll tell you "We could build a car"
Where backseats are for driving and frontseats are for stars

You've got a lot to learn about me
You've got a lot to learn about Possibilities
Probability
Prospectability

So here we are at showtime and I'm throwing up the walls
Climbing over bridges so we can jump the falls
Now what good would it do you if I could get to Newark?
Chances are you're new here cause you're still buying free beer

You've got a shadow I can't see
You thought of one and then found three
You've got a lot to learn about

My Own Girlfriend

Every time
We'd drive around
How was I supposed to know?
How was I supposed to know?
You were my own girlfriend
Miss you a lot so
Every time
You come to town 
Tell the only joke I know
About the boy who goes for broke
You were my own girlfriend
Stage is a shot

Explain

I don't want to die
Blinded by their eyes
And I don't want to be here
Right now, I don't explain

Right now, explain

Where you going?

Asking me the questions
And they don't have a clue
But I bought them lots of pencils
To write the times
You lose

I thought of something
I might say but
Try talking to someone 
When that someone shares your name

I won't drag you down
I know, it's only rock and roll

Afterall

Here's the party where's my friends?
Pulling smoke through soda cans
So who's the people with the peepholes in their smiles
Think I'll skip the party and stay inside

Your house
My home 
Two words
Your alone

I'll leave you waiting

Changing has changed me
And wine isn't change cheap
All that's left is a phone to call
Afterall

Something special in the end
Said the dotted line to the fountain pen
Just stay on course, stay in tune and wait in line
In the basement lost track of time

I know 
It's late
Sometimes shit has to wait

Maybe I'm lazy
Time couldn't change me
I don't need a stair to fall

Helioself (1997):

Hey Hey You Say

Who needs a nurse?
Who called the hearse?
Who took the chance?
Who wants to dance?
Who'll lift the curse?

Swim in a lake
Get up and shake
Turn up the noise
Turn off the boys
Give us a break

Man on the telephone won't ever let me
Man on the telephone say
Hey hey you say

Spike up the nerve 
Don't miss the serve
Cheat in the game 
It's all the same
Fall of the earth

Gather the flock
It's not a shock
Sick of the sauce
We're at a loss
We wanna rock

Man on the telephone won't ever let me
Man on the telephone won't ever catch me
Man on the telephone won't ever hear me
Man on the telephone say
Hey hey you say

We've Got All Night

Shut the door, step outside and clear your mind
Your folks aren't home, your brother's in bed, you'll be fine
So don't be scared, just call your friends, pick up the phone
Don't be scared, you're not alone

Maybe you're afraid that the time's not right
And there's no end for you in sight
We've got all night

Here we are holding hands at their bizarre
There's healthy kids pulling tricks out in the yard
Rob's gone late, he always is, but he's not far
You look great, you're a star
Think I'll go

Say Goodbye

No telling how this came to be 
You ending up here when you didn't agree
But now that you're gone, when people fall wrong
You'll be the one who's missing the fun

No turning back to what you do
You'll float in the air and you'll savor the view
And when you get down, just look all around
It's all or none in what's to come

Picture so perfect you'll want to give
So lonesome a soul
Some reason to live
That's just how it goes, you and your wings exposed
You didn't ask for the part
It's all just breaking your heart
Your will is dying and they are crying out to you

Say goodbye to all your friends
Say goodbye to all your friends and all your lovers until the end

Who needs a myth when you're young and free
But you are the angel you're smiling at me 
It's all just breaking your heart

Now that this time is feeling so new
You'll know what to do
Not to lose
The love you left behind

Small Rooms

Children of the Revolution
Yeah I know your world is dying
Kids today don't like it anyway
Shaking to a new solution

Wanderlust - the rooms are too big for us
Memories fade - legends grow old and rust

I like small rooms

Hear the sound of your own voice
Find a space and take a name
Say hello to all the kids for me
I know you're making out at this game

Heal yourself - blue eyed boys don't need help
Clear the floor - put your books on the shelf

I like small rooms

Rolling in the Sand

We're not saying we don't need your love
But that ain't saying much
There's something about playing on the beach at night
That makes you feel out of touch (That ain't saying much)

Night was falling, the owner was calling
How 'bout a hand (bring out the band)
The crowd was ready they all wanted to dance

Song was started in the key of G to get into their glands
One boy said unto another's date, "Do you wanna dance?"
(I sure like your tan)

Fists start flying, the chords are just dying
Before they hit the air
Blood was flowing, getting into my hair

Their were star-crossed lovers
Sisters and brothers
Rolling in the sand
We kept playing 
We're just in the band

Live by the Water

We've been living in the city such a long time
Maybe we should live by the water
I'll shape up and you'll fill out and we could buy a house
Maybe even have us a daughter

Cause the city brings the man out in the man
And it makes it hard for me to understand 
Your feelings

I'm so tired of catching trains and coming home late
I might even try and cook dinner
I'll make contacts in the trees the boss says I could
He thinks I should live by the water
 
Shut the door and dim the lights and fix yourself a drink
I got something we should consider
We've been living in the city such a long time
Maybe we should live by the water

Words to Sing

Giving to you the words to sing
Do you remember me?
Giving to you the words to sing
Will you look out to sea?
Will you look out to see me?

I was a sailor on the ocean
And I was the captain of the sea
And I had the answers to your problems
And I cried glory reveille
I can't wait until we leave
I'll steer on my own
We won't be gone for long

I can't remember where we came from
And I can't fathom turning back
I'm so tired of all this rocking
And I have trouble reading maps
There's always something wrong
And who knows where we've gone
We've been away too long
The pirates stole our songs

Sing about Me

Walking down the street and I'm feeling a little insane
I can't believe that you still can't remember my name
You say you want to hold me tight
If I hear you, I'll be all right, boy
You gotta sing about me

Come on boy, sing about me
I'm so tired of making up, promises breaking up, now that I'm waking up

Spending all my time with the jukebox feeling so blue
(I'm feeling sort of blue)
I don't understand why you don't know what you should do 
(Don't know what you should do)
(Times have changed) I want to listen to something I believe
(Times have changed) You say you're special, special I should see
(Times have changed) The only ones to count are those that sing about me

Dancing in my sleep and your still knocking on my door
Starting to think that you can't help being a bore
(Times have changed) You say I'm running you around
(Times have changed) Do you hear the words I'm saying now

I'm so tired of waiting and I can't be debating, you know that you gotta be
gotta be, gotta be, gotta be
gotta be..

You gotta sing about me

Just to See You

I live my life just to see you
Remember what you said - I believed you
I'd never danced so fast - I got tired
But now we step so slow in the quiet

We got love so I won't let it be

I threw my stones to the river
Swam to your front door to be delivered 
Your father showed me in to the fire
Your mother said to me she seems tired

I live my life just to see you
Help me understand what you've been through
Cause I can't reach my dreams if they're silent

Captain of the City

I remember Tommy, I don't remember lies
I remember thinking this time I'm gonna die
But who remembers answers when it's all behind
But I remember Tommy Boy's eyes

I was on the corner just staring at the sky
People walked right through me but I could not reply
That's when he came upon me and asked me for the time
And I believe that he read my mind

He said his name was Tommy 
Been watching for awhile
Felt as if he knew me and understood my style
Said he had it figured that we could run awhile
Looked at me and started to smile

So we took off running and tearing up the street
Nothing stood between us and the treasure at our feet
The captain of the city and I was right behind
Never even thought about time

Said he had a new plan, the biggest of his plays
Asked me if I'd do it, or was I too afraid
I told him I believed him, regret it to this day
Looked at him and started to say

I believed in nothing
But I believe in loving you

The lights came down upon me I fell into the crowd
I called out for Tommy but he was not around
The captain of the city and I was right behind
Never even thought about time

Who believes in pictures? Who believes in saints?
I believed in Tommy, till he took my name

Weight

I just can't wait to be free
This big old weight hanging over me
I just can't wait to go to sleep
I just can't wait till I can have a dream

I just can't wait to go to sleep
It's been so long since I had a dream
I just can't wait to see my friends
I just can't wait till I am back again

I just can't wait to talk to you
I just can't wait till we can start a new
I just can't wait to be your friend
I just can't wait to be in love again

Starting to Be It

Losing my hearing from listening to last year
Scanning the dial for someone to stay here
Time has come, light the firecracker
Have to be back home

Said I was leaving had no time for answers
But you said surprise and they flashed their cameras
So now time has come, light the firecracker 
Have to be back home

Starting to be it
We're not there yet

Buildings and Grounds (2000):

Girl

Girl, don't be afraid, say what you wanted to say
Boy, stay, don't be afraid
Don't walk away from a girl in love
She'll call your bluff, and stay away until you say

Girl, I think I can change
I've learned just enough and I want to love
Stay, here's what I'll do 
I made up my mind and I'll wait for you
If you'll be true, I'll try to live my life for you oh girl
  
Girl, wait, fate doesn't change 
I've made up my mind and I'll stay

People Say

People say she's crazy
But they don't ask why
People think she's tired
When they see her eyes

How can I believe them
When they don't ask why
How can I believe them
They don't even try

All of the love and laughter
That she holds inside
I know the secret she's after
It got left behind

People say she's angry
They don't understand
Everything just fell apart 
And crumbled in her hands
Now she's just a stranger
Biding her own time
Faces wouldn't change her
Even when they tried

All of the love and laughter
That she holds inside
I know the secret she's after
It got left behind

Even lonely stars will shine.

People say she's broken
But they look away
They don't know she's workin'
Harder every day
I will never reach her
We just grew apart
She will just deceive them
Soon she'll be a star

All of the love and laughter
That she holds inside
I know the secret she's after
It got left behind.

Even sadder stars will shine

Way You Walk

I can tell by the way you walk you wanna be alone with him
Cause you're pacing at an open door, you're waiting and you can't come in

Why do you make up all these stories
Made up your mind, decided for me
I can tell by the way you walk you wanna be alone with him

When you called me on the telephone I knew that you were miles away
'Cause the words that you said to me weren't hiding what you couldn't say

Plans sort of changed up for the weekend
Friend came to town been years since I seen him
I can tell by the way you talk you wanna be alone with him

Ooo Ooo alone with him.

He was in my dreams
What else could it mean

When you laugh at me behind my back I'll turn and you can run away
Will you tell him all the special things you told me you could never say

I never said I'd be yours only, I didn't know until you told me
If I go I won't be lonely, If I stay now you don't own me
I can tell by the way you smile your love is changing on a whim

Maybe I will and maybe I won't
Maybe I do and maybe I don't

Vertical Lives

One thousand people say
It has to be this way
We never taste our food
Our research goes unproved
Only geodesic domes can save us now

The circles that we draw
Reflect the dreams we saw
Far away from town
The trees grow upside down
It's so easy to live in a vision

Time is breaking down everything in the ground
We live vertical lives
Who wants to be flat in this habitat
We live vertical lives

The last building I saw
Was a thousand stories tall
Everyone I knew
Walked through the lawn, and they were gone
Sometimes I can see them through my window

We finally have it right
No longer 'fraid of heights
We hope you come around
We'll show you what we found
Only geodesic domes can save us now

What Am I Supposed To Do?

Said I do, said you don't and you left me with a note
We were just good friends and you really can't pretend
Didn't mind, I was young, my life had just begun
Spun my wheels, wrecked my car, woke up behind bars, screaming at the stars
 
What am I supposed to do to get my heart back from you

Never felt so free, I'm living just for me
I got pills, I got friends, I got letters here to send
I got time on my hands, you cancelled all my plans
I can't think, I can't try, nothing gets me high, all I do is cry

What am I supposed to do to get my heart back from you

Cut it out, glue it in, I'm jumping through my skin
I have dreams cast in red, I'm chasing shadows in my bed, and here they come again

What am I supposed to do to get my heart back from you

Far From An Answer

I didn't know what to say
When you happened to look my way
Far from an answer, the question stands alone
The more that you're after, the more you'll never know

Mystery is the only attraction
Have you heard the sounds and the reactions
Take me on with perfect harmony
Near or far you're moving closer I see

Follow me I'll show you the way
'Cause you'll never find a reason to stay
So just try me if you're willing to play the game

Dreams apart, the moment starts an endless gaze
And you left in a haze
Reach out, you'll find it's meant to be
On and on, you're turning, soon you'll be free

Follow me I'll show you the way
'Cause you'll never find a reason to stay
So just try me if you're willing to play the game

Look and turn away before the truth is known
Dreams will start to fade and then the lights go on

La la la la la (Look and turn away)
La la la la la (Dreams will start to fade)
La la la la la (Look and turn away)
Move in closer to me 

Follow me I'll show you the way
'Cause you'll never find a reason to stay
So just try me if you're willing to play the game

I Believe in Fate

Here we are, face to face
It's been some time now, still feels the same
No one even said you'd be here tonight 
But seeing how you're smiling there just makes it right

Love is worth the wait/Times it felt so strange
I believe in fate

Where's your boy, what's his name?
Does he make you laugh girl, when you feel the pain?
I remember just where we stood, 
Said you didn't love me never thought you would

But now you say you've grown
So tired of being alone
Ask me did I wait
I believe in fate

I know what you believe
Love takes all you can be
I know what's on your mind
Fate comes leaving it all behind

Take my hand, let's leave this place
Time, time is such a waste
I always knew it would feel like this
Things that you do show me what I missed
I taste your lips when I dream your kiss

You go pick up your coat 
Stop to use the phone 
Ask me will I wait
I believe in fate

I know what you believe
Love takes all you can be
I know what's on your mind
Fate comes leave it behind

Days gone, lost in your mind
Change comes when you can find
Love takes all you can be 
I think you ought to leave with me

It's Over Now

What's the use of standing here when I'm all alone
What's the use of waiting here when you're not coming home
Did you see the rain was falling just the other night
It's over now, step into the light

Picking up from where we left, my heart was left behind
Living through the day we met with your hands next to mine
Every night I dream of you a part of me inside
Keeps holding on, trying to go on

Nothing seems to last forever
Love won't always remember
When you came around I couldn't get over loving you

I never thought that love was so hard until you came along
And now that you're gone, I'm losing the will that would carry me on
Every time I think of you I stop and wonder why
It's over now, it's time to say goodbye
 

Questions

How many words can you fit inside a suitcase?
Packed it so tight that you couldn't sing in tune
Fell down the stairs cause you didn't tie your bootlace
Given a choice could you choose? 

Walked through the park and you came across a cool place
Rested your head with a vodka by the pool
Went for a swim and you found that you were sinking
Don't you know pools are for fools?
Given the choice could you choose?

Groovin' along all alone in the park
Singing a song cause you're 'fraid of the dark
Running away from a world that can't walk
Swinging your hips so you don't have to talk

Showing your girl 'bout a natural way of living
Got bit in the ass by a tiger at the zoo
When you got home you just passed out in the kitchen
Now you've got no one to lose

Bought a new car with a fuel injected system
Popped in a tape and cruised around the town
Chased by a cop 'til he wrote you out a ticket
Now you can just dig the sound

Groovin' along all alone in the park
Singing a song cause you're 'fraid of the dark
Running away from a world that can't walk
Swinging your hips so you don't have to talk

What can you do when it feels like no one listens?                                                          
Where can you turn when you're turning on yourself?
Head to the church and you got yourself a 'Christened
Put your life up on his shelf

Ran to the store and they sold you on the future
Bit in your lip and you start to crack a smile
Come up with a plan but now does it really matter
When you got no reason why?
Given a choice would you try?

Beside you

You were always quiet
I was always cold
Walking there beside you
Promises were gold

So I moved a little closer
But you took a step away
And the world that was between us has gone away

Now a new voice guides me
And on the way back home
Everything behind me is turning into stone

And I know it wasn't easy
How you had to let me go
But you know it won't be easy to walk alone

And I know it wasn't easy
How you had to let me go
But you know it won't be easy
To walk alone
To walk alone
Has gone away
Has gone away

Another Day

He wakes up cold at half past nine
Shakes it off and looks for his shoes
Gets to work he's right on time 
What else could he do?

Day goes by it's off to die
Another day another to do
Train back home and steps upstairs
Lies down with the blues

She didn't mean to be so mean
She's just got a lot of living to do 
She can't sit back and watch time fly
Waiting for the news

There's shots to take and plans to make
There's candy bars and pizza to chew
There's Monday morning and Friday night
Saturday Sunday too

Why wait for your rocket when you can't go?
Time comes you can't stop it when you don't know

He calls her up she's not at home 
The message says you know what to do
He says her name and start's to smile
Here's to our rescue

The plane touched down at half past nine
The sun was giving way to the moon 
He steps outside she comes and sighs
Everything was new

I'll Be Gone

Don't lie when I ask how you're feeling
I can read your mind
Second thoughts have come across so clear
In your eyes

Outside, in the car, in the kitchen
There's nothing left to say
Eternity gets a little shorter everyday

And for a while 
We couldn't pretend
But no denial
Could start things over again

The road goes on forever
The days fade into the night
We're not walking together
And now I'm feeling alright

Forget all the things that I told you
Whispers in the dark
It's all in vain
'cause everything we had just fell apart

Three weeks seems so long when there's nothing to do
Lookin' up at the sky and it's finally blue
High time I threw away that shoebox full of thoughts of you

Try not to rewind 
To the first time
Like it's sometime yesterday
Draw the blinds 
Let the sunshine find a way

The road goes on forever
The days fade into the night
We're not walking together
And now I'm feeling alright

So the party's over
It's time to move it along
So don't look over you're shoulder
Cause I'll already be gone

And for a while 
We couldn't pretend
but no denial
Could start things over again
 
And I'll be gone
And I'll be gone
And I'll be gone
And I'll be gone

Lost In a Dream

I went down to find a friend 
I called out no word was sent
No answer from the end 
No hope, no sign, two years went drifting by
Away so long

You were only lost in a dream
All alone in between
You were only lost in a dream
Until you set your spirit free

So I ran to my love and she sang out from above

I hear words inside my head
They say stop get back in bed
Those goals you had are dead
I toss, I turn, I break up and I burn
My chance was gone
 
You were only lost in a dream
All alone in between
You were only lost in a dream
Until you set your spirit free

So I ran to my love and she sang out from above
You were lost but now you're found lying here
Where love is all around

Do The Move

Learned it from the stars
Practiced in our cars
Felt it from our heads to our toes
Making it show

Something you can do
When you feel that special kind of groove
And you hear that someone says get back in line, but you ain't got time
Cause when you're walking down the avenue and your baby asks you what to do
Do the move

Take a look there's no tears in their eyes for you
They're gone now
Fear is something that you just have to lose
But oh how 
Take a look there's no tears in their eyes
Take a look cause there's nothing but goodbye

Jerking at the gym, cause you feel it
Learning how to swim, cause you need it
Stepping out and feeling so fine
Drop me a line

Anywhere I go, people do it
Anyone I know, they can do it
Anytime I'm down in my mind
I can jump out of time

Let's Go Down to the Town Oasis

Let's go down to the town oasis
Meet you there at half past five
I'll bring cards, my hearts and aces
You bring yours and I'll bring mine

While we're there we'll catch a picture
Rest our feet and free our minds
Meet some friends we've known forever
Drink to me cause I'm not buying

Tell a tale drink an ale
A bottle of white wine
Tell a tale drink an ale
We all got the time

Here's our friend old Captain Kenny
Serves your drink with a crooked smile
Here's to him and here's to whiskey
Served straight up or in your eye

Why wait for rain when the sun's in the sky
Why look for pain in a smile

I don't think I'll be there tonight
Drink to me another time

Tell a tale drink an ale
A bottle of white wine
Tell a tale drink an ale
We all got the time
All we got is time