Marigold

 

i dont care what u say long as what u say changes things

theres too many things that i think to tell u i feel this way or that

 

n in my arms lays nothin at all

nothin? no no not one thing

 

n i dont care what u say long as what u say changes . . . things

 

do u kno i stil dont feel anythin less than i felt before

it's easy to say i am fearless but im only lyin on the floor, bored

 

n oh n my wall nothin at all

nothin? no no, not one thing!

 

n i dont care what u say long as what u say changes . . things

 

marigold

marigold

 

it's dangerous to keep playin over n over the same love tune

i cant help but savor this thing i may favor a little bit too soon

 

and oh in the hall no one at all

and oh on my wrist nothin but this

n oh on my face nothin not even . . . a kiss

 

n oh in the hall no one at all

n what might i risk nothin but this

n oh on my face not one, not even the trace of a kiss

from marigold, marigold, marigold, marigold

 

da da da . . .

 

 

Match.com

 

u found me on match.com

cause it's 2009, cause it's 2009

and it took me many months to join

cause im skeptical about match.com

 

well anyway we met at ditch plains (it's in the west village)

you were wearing a green scarf that day

and the funny thing about that day

is that january 3rd was my birthday

 

and it's ok if you wanna play and it's alright

if u wanna write me a letter on your typewriter tonight

 

now we walk thru central park all the time 

cause it worked out, cause it worked out

but it's 2009 so all the time 

you have to leave the country for another one

 

and what i mean by another one

is iraq, iran, and afghanistan

because you are a really good writer

and you report for the new york times

 

and it's ok if u wanna play and it's alright

if u wanna write me a letter on your typewriter tonight

 

 

Mr. Philippe

 

our love is our shirts

tumblin' in the dryer


what the hand darling


dare seize the fire



 

i have a shell

in the palm of my hand


if i should drop it

where might it land?


 



why is a french man

walkin the hi-wire


on what wings darling


dare he aspire



 

mister philippe

how on earth might we speak


u r so up above

climbin so steep


far from my reach



 

and love, what would a

dance with u require?


i dont know who but

one person's shyer


 



it's u or it's me

(we are not certain yet)


someone will fall one day

building a wreck


breaking his neck


 

 

My Eyes Are Brown, Oh No!

 

My eyes are brown, they always will be

I love your face, I will always

 

And every sound

Sings to be found

But your faith came

When I was famous oh, oh no

 

I've got a pocket, fool!

Full of copper-filled dreams

And I let them fall

Through the water-wall

On 61st st.

 

My wish is always the same

It never changes, oh no, my wish remains

 

That every sound sings to be found

But your faith came when I was famous, oh no

 

I'm like a book

Baby, take one look

I'm bound to let you down

 

And my eyes are brown

They always will be

Wait, my love and see

 

I've been fishin' for pennies

ever since in my dream

You stole me sea

See, you still got somethin'

You don't got nothin'

When you don't got me

 

And every sound sings to be found

But your faith came when I was famous oh, oh no 

 

 

Never Be Daunted

 

whatre u so afraid of

why u feelin scared

whats the worst thats gonna happen

 

standin in the moonlight

i can tell u feel doomed 

tho nothin is wrong no nothin

 

u say maybe a crane will fall from the sky

maybe a dove will dive n die before yr eye

 

it's too early to say it's too early to say goodnight . . . goodnight

it's too early to read it's too early to read by the firelight

 

whatre u so afraid of

why u feelin scared 

whats the worst thats gonna happen

 

standin in the meadow

with sunlight in yr eye n a sense of so much sorrow

 

u say maybe a plane will fall from the sky 

maybe yr lover will lie n die before yr eye

 

it's too early to say it's too early to say goodnight . . . goodnight

it's too early to read it's too early to read by the firelight

 

 

Niagara Falls

 

darlin my dreams are trouble again 

yre my friend -- i kno this -- i shant forget again

 

wherever sun shines thats where we will go

we brave the sleet the hail the rain the snow

 

youve opened up my eyes 

i no longer lie 

 

in the dark -- im afraid of every thing

shadows loom in my heart n gather in my soul     

  

i kno our kind of closeness was worlds apart

on the bridge i fell worse than niagara falls

 

somehow u heard my cries

whenever pigeons fly 

 

in darkness ... stars are born

forgive me my misfortune; forgive the fools i mourn

 

i know u flew the highest in fields of corn

i pray with all my might from dark til dawn

 

dunno how u heard my prayers

ive never been so scared

 

in my life the moon is my alibi

the only witness to my sorrow when i gaze in the sky

 

i know u shone the brightest

i wont deny this one truth 

 

youve opened up my eyes 

i no longer must rely on

 

my deams  . . .

are all in color again  

 

 

Not Your Fault

 

It's not your fault, not your fault

You were born you were already


Doomed from day one


You were done


With your hand on my mouth


And the windowshade drawn


You were wrong


I know what counts


Wear your glasses any way you want

 


Hide in a cave


But you'll never behave


This is the feeling that haunts you

 


There's a place where you go


You deny it


I know you are nervous


I know you are new


And for reasons at last


I have come to rely


On churches I pass


Remindin' you to


Wear your glasses any way you want

 


Hide in a cave


But you'll never behave


This is the feeling that haunts you

 


Runaway Andy!


The night is your own to take home


Lightnin' strikin' the lunatic


Till he's gone

 


And it's not your fault


Not your fault


You were born


Not your fault


Not your fault


You were born

 


It's not your fault, not your fault


You were born


You were already doomed from day one


You were done


With your hand on my mouth


And the windowshade drawn


You were wrong


I know what counts


Wear your glasses any way you want


 

You can hide in a cave


But you'll never behave


This is the feeling that haunts you

 

 

Now Or Never

 

when r we going to go away

we talk and we talk all goddam day

it's now or never; it's never now

never is always forever somehow

 

it's now or never; it's never now

never is always forever somehow

 

 

Oh, Mexico!

 

oh mexico 

i just dont know if i could

ever leave u if i should

 

up in the sky so high

sits a mighty guy

but i dont know

if i ever could believe in him

 

and all the people you know

and all the places they go

and all the things that they tell you

yes you should and should not know

it's all too much for me

 

oh i wish i was a feather in the street

blown wherever wind may move my feet

oh i wish some things were never up to me

wouldn't it be nice to not have to be right --

to never be left with out own devices

 

oh mexico 

i said i just dont know if i could

ever love u if i should

 

 

On And On

 

please excuse the state of mind im in i havent been myself for days on end in ny lookin inside every windowpane 

i havent seen u on the street or in a coffee shop or on a bench hidin behind the new york times somewhere in central park 

and on and on and on on and on and on on and on and on it goes it goes oh no! 

 

days like this r so mysterious i wonder if theyre gonna change im feelin rain the same as firewood touchin a flame 

i wish i could go back to bed beds the place i last saw u i dread a pillow touchin a pillow youll never rest yr head 

upon and on and on on and on and on on and on and on it goes where it stops nobody knows 

 

inside im like some tickin t-t-t-t-time bomb if i dont find u soon im bound to what -- explode!!!

no matter which road u r walkin upon have the mind to look behind u 

 

i may be the shadow that remains after the sun has set the memory youll remind yrself the next time to forget 

as on and on and on on and on and on on and on and on it goes where it on and on and on on and  on and on 

on and on and on it goes where it stops nobody knows 

 

(i havent seen u on the street or on a bench hidin behind the new york times in central pah . . . 

i wish i could go back to bed i dread touchin a pillow u dont rest yr head upon and ah . . .)

 

 

One Day Loneliness

 

u can laugh at the pictures u have in yr book go on take a look n smile 

it just takes a while to get used to we used to 

have none of that we just had each other to look at 

 

one day loneliness will creep again this time i'll have to befriend it before i can send it to u 

maybe youll take it on maybe u wont but i dont want it anymore than u do 

 

i feel ill when i sing this song i sing i know we still have some thing of worth 

n it's her im not used to we used to not want any of this 

we just wanted each other to kid around with 

 

i kno loneliness runs deep my fren nobody ever embraces what nobody else recommends 

go on face it or else pretend r broken hearts better off in the end?

 

 

One May Die So Lonely

 

remind me again just what you were sayin

when you walked in the room when the music was playin

when i was lost too but in my own thoughts

n I could not find you

 

tell me your story im liss'nin this time

i can get us sunglasses n a bottle of wine

we can sit on the carpet sit on the table or sit on the moon

 

u can reach for my hand 

u can say what you like

or just what u just can't stand

u can be a boy or a little ol man

be what you want--even nothin at all--

be with me

 

n why not forgive us quit holdin your breath 

n reachin with y right hand like it's all that is left

for the knob of the door--

i love all your ankles

u fall on my floor

 

u roll your eyes

yre so sick of this

"jaymay, the bracelet i placed on yr wrist--you lost it"

lets face it, i think we both lost it 

a little bit

 

i know yre livin in londumb

cause you keep on complainin 

where is the sunshine it always is rainin

thats all i am hearin skies arent clearin

yr eyes keep on tearin 

yre missin NY

 

but do you miss me

do you miss our talks

do you miss our touchin 

n our midnite walks 

do you miss the ocean

do you miss the sand

do you miss me at all  . . . man?/miss seerman

n i have to laugh like crazy

i really think yre crazy

u might as well ask me if a hot day's all hazy

is yr left eye still navy

have i ever laid lazy with you on the grass

 

lets get somethin straight 

cause i really do hate

this feelin that's growin

to think yre knowin

wherever i may run 

even if it's dumb

i love only u

u are the only one

 

so it really doesn't matter

If im sorta havin fun

If for a cool/cruel even second

i get a glimpse of the sun

whether singin on the stages or fillin up the pages

somethins undone

 

n this song ends here

cause yre really not near /really really weird

we haven't said a word in over a year

it just gives me hope

like music is a rope 

to hold u right here

 

n im sorry for these lines

n im sorry for my crimes

n im sorry for the oceans i sails all the times

if i ever gave you somethin it prolly was the notion 

i never gave you nothin but a very hard time ;o(

 

 

Over My Head

 

Tell me

Tell me truly how to sing this song

Oh, I feel so sad and simple when the day is gone

 

And it's all over my head

It's all over my head

So I wish i was you instead

'Cause it's over my, over my, over

 

Listen

Listen to me as I sing this song

Something strange passin' through me movin' me alone

 

But it's all over my head

It's all over my head

So I wish I was clouds instead

'Cause it's over my, over my, over my . . .

 

What a waste tryin' to understand

When it's over my, over, it's over my head

 

 

Pinocchio's Demise

 

simple pleasures all weve got to give                 

we lock the stars n name the places they live

i love a dirt road with a rose camaro

 

never said i was a good kinda kid

i never said im into this: knock on wood

i never said i was your fren so stop pretendin i am

 

i never told a lie

i never told a lie

i never told a lie

i never told a lie

 

all i ever swept was dust on the floor

everybody always sayin: less is more

all im surrounded by is zen bu-u-ddhism

 

i never told a lie

i never told a lie

i never told a lie

she never told a lie

   

until the day i die

ill never tell a lie

i never told a lie

i never told a lie

 

      

Pins & Needles

 

point a to point c i wonder what the point may be it's nothin

we're on a fast train to nowhere i'm so scared i cant feel my heart . . . beat

 

if only happiness grew on trees id be fine

as it stands: pins, needles, leaves and vines

 

each day i awake i walk roun the lake in a wonder

until clouds replace the sun on my face and then comes the thunder

 

if only happiness was a breeze . . . all the time

 

are those flowers in bloom? how come i barely  took notice --

somebody tell me the meaning of spring cause i don't feel a thing for the roses

(all i knows is . . .)

 

if only happiness was easy id be fine 

as it stands: pins, needles, leaves and vines --

if only happiness grew on trees

 

 

Question Marc

 

you are the best thing so far that i have known

you are a little plant that has grown . . . up

 

the stars, the moon --

my shoelaces swoon

 

this is a song that makes no sense

this is a song in the present tense

 

i want to go to somewhere cozier than here

my dear . . you are a question, marc.

 

this is a song that makes no sense

everyone will listen

and everyone will make fun of it

 

but we won't care -- it's only improv

i's only improv -- i'm trying to teach you

a little lesson about free thinking

 

this is a song that makes no sense

this is a song that makes no sense

this . . . is a song . . . that make no sense

 

at all . . . ta da . . . ta da.

 

 

Rock, Scissors, Paper (RSP)

 

so i have under two minutes to sing u this song

it's quite the challenge actually because ive loved u so long

n i kno im always writin so u think im good with words

but i can hardly express how i feel cause words arent why love is real

 

there was a message in a bottle at the bottom of the sea

somebody mistook rock for paper accid-d-dentally 

so their letter never made it to the lover they adore

i had to fish it from the ocean floor

 

and i kno u wont believe me but i swear to god it's true

the letter said "i love u but i dunno why i do" 

and thats exactly when it hit me thats exactly how i feel

cause tho my love is real i dunno why i love you i just do

 

now i have under fifty seconds to finish this song

it's still surprising people wonder how weve lasted so long

do u remember when we wed how everyone said it was wrong

well really who cares how they feel? wise friends arent why love is real!

and i dunno why i love you i just do

 

now theres a singer in new york -- his name is dave deporis

and i stole a line of verse from him to make my chorus

and id write it by myself except what can u do but steal

when what u wanna say has already been written?

 

n this happens all the time with books n songs n even wine

except the last one is a secret since for that one youll get fined

im getting off the subject but at least it's not a crime

that tho my love is real and oh my love it's real

i dunno why i love you i just do

 

 

Sea Green, Sea Blue

 

"Won't you miss me?" you said inside grand central station

And your eyes grew red and wild before the chasin'

I felt your body move through my coat

I felt you footstep silent but

Heavy, you followed me onto the shuttle

Tapped my shoulder one last time and that was all, that was all

Hmmmm

 

I miss winter just because i miss when i knew you best

I miss the typewriter in the basement, i miss making your room a mess

I miss not being misused

I miss it all, so i guess i lose

Sea green, see blue

Hmmmm

 

September 2nd to April 13th, but who's counting?

Song after song after song after song amounting into mountains

He told me you beat her up

Behold the "Super Keith" on the cup

What's up, enough's enough, and where's my morning coffee?

I regret every single thing I ever said, I said those things too softly

Hmmmm

 

There was you, there was me in the room with the alcoholic guest

You asked if we should sleep on these cardboard sheets I said "Yes, okay, let's"

And the sculptor we hardly knew

His limbs were lying askew

Sea green, see blue

Hmmmm

 

You tossed your phone fifty feet in the air, I can't believe you caught it

You said whatever you wanted to as long as you thought it should be true

And you dream, you make movies, you dance

You moved to montreal, to be closer to france

How's that working out, how's the music, how's the food?

I know you won't stay there forever, i know you're gonna move again and again and again

Hmmmm

 

This is crazy, but I know I left you to be with your art

You always put me first, and somehow that broke my heart

'Cause it's not my place to choose

My first love, and my only muse

Sea green, see blue

Hmmmm 

 

 

Sea Of Words

 

livin on a sea of words

im livin on a sea of words

im livin on a sea of words 

for you

 

and if it happens that this sounds absurd

if it happens that this sounds absurd

if it happens that this sounds absurd

it's true (only because)

 

i don't know how to move forwards

i don't know how to move forwards

i don't know how to move forwards

with you

 

when im livin on a sea of words

livin on a sea of words 

im livin on a sea of words 

for you

 

 

Sebi5

* melody/music by Sebastien Debande

 

dead is the color of yr skin 

yre gone but yre still in my head

and no matter what detectives tell me

somethin -- lead me to water

some call it evidence all this love for a daughter

 

why not just trust in all u see

even if u dont see it all completely

cause i kno u kno it's me and that is somethin

to believe in when u dream at night when yre alone 

on yr own . . . yre not . . .

 

so i tried to tell em

no one wants to believe

i dont have to tell u

someones hidin tricks up their sleeve and

so either i stay and it's u who leave

or we've got to pray

theyve got less important things to do today

 

 

Singin' Of The Birds

 

once we tried to record the singin birds

cable stretched for miles from yr door

near the landin of the planes i never felt so plain

birds never sang the same again

 

i take the train in the mornin when it's still night out

a night owl sings for the moonlight crowd

on the frozen path to yr bedroom door

i walked beside u between sycamore

 

i never told u this but on christmas

i saw u sellin trees on avenue A

winter wind knows yr paper skin 

went to paris once -- i never been 

 

theres a certain slant of light on madison tonight

it shines on vines that grow in rows roun

telephone wires never tire 

of carryin midnight crows

 

does the book of nightmares call across 

the valley of not knowing

the wayward vine of wintertime 

and where on earth it is growing

 

and are yr typewriter words for january 3rd

the key to the secret venue

perhaps you've heard singin of the birds

you cant change a person ever, darlin can you . . .

 

 

Snow White

 

What you look like

Snow white and so on

Reminds me of what I

Can't quite put my finger upon

The key piano and otherwise

Secret 'pon secret

I promise to hide

 

I love you but I'm gonna keep quiet about it

I love you but I'm keeping my mouth shut about it

 

Walking back into the living room

Where I do no thing like sing

Or play piano until

The cow comes home and when the phone rings

I do not dare answer

 

I love you but I'm gonna keep quiet about it

I love you but I'm keeping my mouth shut about it

 

Outside the window a shower scattered

Drop afer drop of sound pitter-pattered

Pitter-pattered, pitter-pattered

 

The wall is white and streaked and splattered

The pipes are broken the leak oh, no matter to me

Cause I prefer this distraction

When the piano calls me off key

 

I love you but I'm gonna keep quiet about it

I love you but I'm keeping my mouth shut about it 

 

 

Solitaire

 

ill never be clever 

n ill never be steady 

on my feet dear

will i ever be ready for u

 

why throw a rock against a wall

if it only falls to pieces

 

i understand yr question man 

but it only left me sleepless

 

was that me who said i love u when we were gazin at the moon 

well im sorry sir i take it back i guess i spoke too soon

 

bc ill never be clever 

n ill never be rock steady 

on my feet dear

will i ever be ready for u      

 

say ill throw a rock against a wall

but it only falls to pieces

  

n i understand yr question man 

but it only left me speechless

 

n u should never really take me seriously

ya kno my voice is only sound

n im the most terrific liar u ever saw in yr life

but the Truth's a weddig gown

is an impossible thing to imagine on me

n i might as well wear a frown :o(

n it's a flatterin thing to be offered a ring

but id only always let u down

 

bc ill never oh be clever 

n ill never be steady darlin

on my feet dear

will i ever be ready for u

 

why throw a rock against a wall

if it only falls to pieces

 

i understand yr question man 

but it only left me sleepless

yeah it only left me.

 

 

Song For Paul

 

Could you remove the light from the room, dear one?

I have no yearn, for this life is no longer fun

 

I rollercoaster through the nightmare

I rollercoaster through the nightmare ride

 

Find me on the floor

Father, I know I do not adore

How well do I know you going through my drawer?

 

I rollercoaster through the nightmare

I rollercoaster through the nightmare ride

 

Sail away lonely-hearted creature of the sea

You were born so forlorn and nothing like the rest of us

(You're just like the rest of us)

 

Laugh all you want, let the organ woman cry

She's gonna do all the talkin' to you, not I

 

I rollercoaster through the nightmare

I rollercoaster through the nightmare ride

 

Sail away lonely-hearted creature of the sea

You were born so forlorn and nothing like the rest of us

(You're just like the rest of us)

 

Could you make all the cloud surround me tight?

And once again, could you please turn out the light? 

 

 

So You Go Away

 

So you go away

You go your way and then I will go mine

I know where the snow falls

And I know where the sin shines

Sippin' my tea in the mornin' time

Where I wonder 'bout every possibility

(I'm on my knees!)

 

Today it looks like the sky may turn over

(Yeah, it may)

Today it looks like the crowd might laugh too loud

Time's runnin' out

I gotta wait until the whole thing blows over

And it's got to

 

Now they say I'm crazy

They said it so sincerely so

I believed it was true

But if I'm so crazy

The insanest part is what it makes you

You and your suitcase and your lover, the nude cook

And the window in the kitchen

I think the maid might wanna look

 

Somewhere in the meadow

Somewhere in the meadow where we dream

We take our little bath and then

We think about the things in the stream

Where we go half crazy until we figure out what it all means

Then we laugh

We laugh 'cause we don't have to scream anymore

 

 

Summertime Is Where It's At

 

so we're sittin in our tree

k-i-s-s-i-n-g

our feet r danglin like branches

we're toe-touchin all the sea

 

n this is summertime

summertime is where it's at

this is summertime

did u bring a mit

did u bring yr baseball bat

 

da da da da da da da da da da da

da da da da da da da da da da da

 

saw u sittin next to me

s-i-l-e-n-c-e

spells will u marry me?

maybe, baby.

 

cause this is summertime

summertime is where it's at

this is summertime

did u bring a rhyme

did u bring a book 

did u bring a magnifying glass . . .

 

 

Sycamore Down 

 

Soul map on the wall might've

Listened to the children sing

 

Sycamore down and the

Ground was glistening

 

But you were never good

You were never good

 

What might you say if

You could tell me anything

 

Love saves the day

Love will say everything

 

Just one thing at a time

One thing at a time

Now my love

 

I'm just a cloud

I'm not proud of how I've

Been dealing with things

 

No one's allowed

Into my world

To see how I'm feeling

 

And if this isn't love

What is love

If this isn't love?

 

'Cause soul map on the wall might've

Listened to the children sing

 

Sycamore down and the

Ground was glistening

 

But you were never good

You were never good

At anything at all