RHYME AND TREASON

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LYRICS

Choke on Me

Hey, yeah, love your vibe but

I’m gonna have to say no

Bulldog, there aint no way

I'm gonna have to say no

You can deal your smile

or ride me for a while

but in the end

Sorry, friend

I'm gonna have to say "No"

Hey, go call me out

I really have to say no

Bulldog, go twist and shout

still i got to say no

You never had no plan

although I'm sure you can

but until then

sorry, friend

I'm gonna have to say "No"

Hey yeah, love that lie

but it's gonna be "No"

Bullfrog, you choke on me

watch me go and say "No"

The toxin in your smile

made it almost worthwhile

but in the end

sorry, friend

I'm gonna have to say "No"

Too Sweet

Take lies in lines and a lover's rhyme

knockin' me off of my feet

ooh, everybody lays it on sweet

Come again, but I don't know when

I'm ever gonna swallow that treat

ooh, everybody's got to be sweet

Your truth is steam, your day is dream

milkin' everybody you meet

ooh, look at you lay it on sweet

Yeah, now it's gone and it's been too long

stay but baby don't speak

ooh, done with you comin' on sweet

On parade I've got it made

like a body smothered and peaked

I'm not your man, never be your man,

I'm not your sweet

You know, lies are wine, and it goes down fine

so numb to how they mistreat

oooh, when everything's tastin' sweet

But numb is gone and it's been too long

Your pleas of sour are sweet

ooh, done with you comin' on sweet

On parade I've got it made

like a body smothered and peaked

I'm not your man, never be your man,

I'm not your sweet

Well, I grow cold and it sounds so old

but everybody's got to be free

And I still see people searchin' for clues

in a Sgt. Pepper's beat

Oooh, everybody's got to be sweet

Oooh, everybody got to be sweet

Oooh, look at you lay it on sweet.

Oooh, done with you comin' on sweet.

Sweet, sweet, everybody

Sweet, sweet, everybody

Sweet, sweet, everybody

Sweet like sugar

Sugar

Sugar

Sugar

Oh

On parade I've got it made

like a body smothered and peaked

I'm not your man, never be your man,

I'm not your sweet

Well, I grow cold and it sounds so old

but everybody's got to be free

And I still see people searchin' for clues

in a Sgt. Pepper's beat

Oooh, everybody's got to be sweet

Oooh, done with you comin' on sweet

Oooh, everybody's got to be sweet

Oooh, look at you lay it on sweet.

Sweet, sweet, everybody

Sweet, sweet, everybody

Sweet, sweet, everybody

Sweet like sugar

Sugar

Sugar

Sugar

Oh

Oooh, look at you lay it on sweet

Oooh, everybody's got to be sweet

Madison Park

Well stop all the screamin,’ I want to keep dreamin’ or something, but I don’t know

Everyone’s callin’ to make nothin’ into something but I don’t know

There’s something in my ear, and there’s someone over here and there’s somebody ringin’ the phone

I’ve only got a minute to jump and get in it ‘cuase they won’t leave me alone

Well I-I-I guess I’ll go to Madison Park and play.

Well I-I-I guess I’ll go to Madison Park and pass the time away

Well, look at that lady, she’s lookin’ like she’s got to do something, she don’t know

Twiddle little fingers, it’s something close to nothing, she don’t know

But there’s something in her eyes and it comes as no surprise, yeah, I’ve seen it there before

We’ve only got a minute to jump and get in it, eleven steps from the door

Well I-I-I guess I’ll go to Madison Park and play.

Well I-I-I guess I’ll go to Madison Park and pass the time away

Well, no more alibiin', you're looking like you're dyin' or something, and you don't know..

Enough with all your screamin, no more daydreamin, do something, come on let's go..

You're wastin' precious time with your cheap talking lines and sour dollar wine and moans

If only for a minute, you can jump and get in it .... everyone goes.

Well, I-I-I guess I'll go to Madison Park and play.

Well, I-I-I guess I'll go to Madison Park and pass the time away.

Take me down to Madison Park.

Madison Park

Madison Park

Yeah, yeah

Take me down, take me down, take me down now

Take me down, take me down, take me down now

Go down, down, down

My Special Friend

Where is my life today?

Right now I could not say.

I've lost myself along the way,

It dawned on me today.

And where is your life today?

I know it's hard to say.

They've beaten, scarred and tried to change you

But still you're here today.

Hey, hey.

My twilight friend, I'll come again

If you should need my hand.

We've shed a Monday's secret tear

like children in the sand.

I understand.

There is so much to say

And yet it would not pay.

So here's a word I'll leave for you

Before I go away.

Hey, hey.

My sunset friend, I'll come again

If you should need my hand.

We've shed a Monday's secret tear

like children in the sand.

I understand.

My sundown friend, I'll come again

If you should need my hand.

We've shed a Monday's secret tear

like children in the sand.

I understand.

Where are our lives today?

We've made it day by day.

My friend, you'll see, I'll always be.

I promise this today.

Hey, hey.

Let Me Be

Don't call me "honey," that ain't my name.

Don't call me "baby," that ain't my game.

Don't call me later, I'll feel the same.

Just let me be.

Don't say you love me, I do not care.

Don't say you need me, 'cause it ain't there.

I'm sorry, babe, but life's unfair.

Let me be.

Let me be (Let me be)

Let me be (Let me be)

I'm sorry, babe, but life's unfair.

Let me be.

Don't come around, 'cause I'm not home.

Don't try and call me on the phone.

When we were together, I was still alone.

Let me be.

Let me be (Let me be)

Let me be (Let me be)

When we were together, I was still alone.

Let me be.

Don't start your lovin', don't be a fool.

There's no how nothin' that you can do.

You see that door? Just walk right through And let me be.

Let me be (Let me be)

Let me be (Let me be)

You see that door? Just walk right through And Let me be.

Let me be (Let me be)

Let me be (Let me be)

You see that door? Just walk right through And let me be.

Don't say you love me, I do not care.

Don't say you need me, 'cause it ain't there.

I'm sorry, babe, but life's unfair.

Let me be.

Getting By

I’ve only come back to cool my mind

With one more taste, one last time.

I’ve only come back to quickly go.

I ask you please to make it slow.

Lonely young boy, who never once heard a word, Another nightmare has broken into his world.

You can only feel yourself when it’s good.

Don’t try and sell yourself to me.

This is me.

I’m just getting by.

This is me.

I’m just getting by.

I’ve only come here to slip away,

To get me through another day.

I’ve only stopped by because you’re my friend, By my side until the end.

Cold and blinded, ‘cause of everything I can see.

Feeling helpless when it all comes back to me.

I can only feel myself when it’s good.

I wouldn’t sell myself if I could.

This is me.

I’m just getting by.

This is me.

I’m just getting by.

I’ve only come back ‘cause you are here.

When I cannot feel, I know you’re here.

I’ve only come back ‘cause I’m alone,

The only place I call home.

Another reason to lose touch of my cure.

You’re only lonely when you let yourself go unheard.

The only time we can feel ourselves is when its good.

Who knows if even we ever understood?

This is me.

I’m just getting by.

I'm just getting by.

Ohh, Somehow getting by.

Just getting by.

Just getting by.

Don't walk away, walk away...

What's to say? Got to stay.

I'm just getting by.

I'm just getting by.

Just getting by.

Word to Word

Little old nibbles, shouldered all together

Let's pretend they really mean a thing

Cut a word to make the cadence better

Much easier to sing

Silly old nothings often pass for saavy

Silly poets often twist the rhyme

Silly ears often take the candy

All love the little lie

On it goes, and goes on and through

Word on word, it goes tale to truth

On it goes, and goes on and by

Word to word, how we clarify

Just a little line I liked when it was written

Something rich with adjectives and style

"All along the water, grinning in the crimson,"

That's when the words ran dry

So, silly little nibbles, married all, whatever

Taped together, broken little rows

Kinda goes and flows a little better

Then again, who knows

On it goes, and goes on and through

Word on word, it goes tale to truth

On it goes, and goes on and by

Word to word, how we clarify

I know what I see

It's perfectly clear this thing in me

I wish I could say

exactly the way it feels to me

But when I go try

searching for lines, it crumbles down

nibbles on the ground

Little bitty nibbles, sloppy all together

Wish I had the stuff to make 'em ring

Also wish I'd quit with all the wishing

It don't help a thing.

On it goes, and goes on and through

Word on word, it goes tale to truth

On it goes, and goes on and by

Word to word, how we clarify

Tarantella

After All This Time

Just a boy in the warm of a wise man’s hand, when he said:

“Some people never understand.

When words are empty, when all the love has died,

you will feel it, you will hear your own self cry.

No, and don’t you fool your mind by wasting precious time.”

I’m just a young man who lost his only friend.

Gonna trace the highway, ‘til I find the music ends.

Time is slipping and the words dance in my head.

I hear a distant cry and what the wise man said:

“No, and don’t you fool your mind by wasting precious time.”

Now I’m older and I pass the river’s end,

and I give Countless reasons to no one, in my head.

Along the fire, scratch pages on my thigh.

Among the countless, could be where I’ll cry.

No, and don’t you fool your mind by wasting precious time.

No, and don’t you fool your mind by wasting precious time.

Years along, happened on my long lost friend, and he said:

“I have to tell you..the wise old man is dead.”

The shame of time, hard wasted, clear and loud.

And I said: “Dear old man. I finally get it now.”

No, and you cannot fool your mind by wasting precious time.

No, and don’t you fool your mind by wasting precious time.

Void Lust

Make me bleed again, I need some cool deception

In that mood again, craving smooth rejection

One more time for me

I kind of need those lies, the ones you cast as fashion

I'll savor what you give, any style or ration

One more time for me, One more lottery

Just step inside here, this space is screaming for you

You're right at home here, this void lust screams for you

Torn together well, I miss that straw frustration

Of that mind again, thirsty for sensation

One more time for me, One more lottery

Goin' down and about around

Knowing now I can always be found your prisoner

Roaming down and about around

Knowing now I can always be found your prisoner

Soft and sinister, coming again

Ain't about the love, the flame or the happy ending

I'll thrill in what you spare, I'll take pretending

One more time for me

Out and in again, begging repossession

Make me feel again, How 'bout sleek aggression?

One more time for me, One more lottery

Just step inside here, this space is screaming for you

You're right at home here, this void lust screams for you

Fall together cold and rip into temptation

I'll take what's fallen down, just a small fixation

One more time for me, One more lottery

Goin' down and about around

Knowing now I can always be found your prisoner

Roaming down and about around

Knowing now I can always be found your prisoner

Soft and sinister, coming again

Running alive and I'm a "never mind"

Running around and never found

Running inside, another way to hide

Running, no "why," now "when, no "how"

Coming alive and I'm a-bleeding fine

Coming around is where you're found

Coming to die, and to stay alive

Coming, no "up," no "down."

Just step inside here, this space is screaming for you

You're right at home here, this void lust screams for you

Fall together cold and rip into temptation

I'll take what's fallen down, just a small fixation

One more time for me

One more lottery

Going down and about and around

Going down and about and around