I’M NOT HUMBLE I JUST KIND OF ACT LIKE IT

I'm not humble I just kind of act like it / But that's enough about me / What is up? I'm so glad we're doing this / When we could both be free /I bet you get no rest from success / But you don't let it get to you / You keep succeeding / The money must stop the bleeding / That's what money do. / Well it's getting late / Almost time to go / No you don't look much older / But I want to know-- / I really need to ask-- / I feel a little bolder... / I don't suggest I think you should have regrets / Far be it from me / You must be happy, if happy's a thing / I guess that's what you seem to be / They're closing up / The city's forsaken now / But we are both still here / If you don't want to-- / If I'm mistaken-- / Please just let me know, be clear. / Well it's getting late / Almost time to go / No you don't look much older / But I want to know-- / I really need to ask-- / I feel a little bolder... / Well it's getting late / Almost time to go / You're looking so much older / But I want to know-- / I really need to ask-- / I feel a little bold... / Why did you leave him there, face-down in the snow, hands grasping poems in his pockets? Why did you take one look, then just turn and go, acting as if you just forgot it? / Why did you leave him there, face-down in the snow, hands grasping poems in his pockets? Why did you take one look, then just turn and go, acting as if you just forgot it?

WITCH OF THE GRAIL

I'm the witch of the grail / (You're the witch, you're the witch) / Keep a nectar fine / (Yeah your nectar’s fine) / Weeps when pleasures fail / (Don’t you cry, don’t you cry) / Laugh when pleasure’s mine / (Give me something good enough) / I’ll never love you then push you away / (Your poison cup) / I’ll never dash it from your lips / (Good enough) / Not here tomorrow baby just today / (Your poison cup) / One holy sip / So flesh turns to water / (Let me drown let me drown) / But I won’t drown with you / (Drag me down in blue) / I am River’s daughter / (You’re a witch just a witch) / I’m just passing through / (Tell me something true enough) / I never loved you then pushed you away / (Your poison cup) / I never dashed it from your lips / (True enough) / Not here tomorrow baby just today / (Your poison cup) / One holy sip / Nectar sweet and clear

WITCH OF THE GRAIL (CODA)

She’s the witch of the grail / Keeps a nectar fine / Weeps when when pleasures fail / Made her pleasures mine / She never loved me then pushed me away / She never dashed it from my lips / Not here tomorrow, that’s what she’d say / One holy sip / So flesh turned to water / But she wouldn’t melt with me / She was River’s daughter / So she would be free / She never loved me then pushed me away / She never dashed it from my lips / Not here tomorrow, that’s what she’d say / One holy sip / Nectar sweet and clear

THE BREAKERS

I want to go away / To wander past the breakers / Say the song was wild and gay / Or push me past the breakers / I seen the ocean the sky elide / The water does the sun deride / I seen enough so just stand aside / Death isn’t death if it’s suicide… / The clouds were all the news today / Their type was on the breakers / Come what will and come what may / It’s always on the breakers / I seen the ocean the sky elide / The water does the sun deride / I seen enough so just stand aside / Death isn’t death if it’s suicide… / We’ve seen death in the ocean deep / We want to meet her where she sleeps / When will we be going? / (I seen the ocean the sky elide / The water does the sun deride) / There’s one way of knowing / When will be going? (I seen enough so just stand aside / Death isn’t death if…)

YOU WIN

You showed up with everyone you’ve ever known / I showed up an hour early and all alone / The ceremony came and went / You win all the time / Your award the main event / You win all the time / Fifteen seconds on the mat, a quick disgrace / Put me in a scissor hold and locked down my waist / Drove your balls into my face / You win all the time / It’s a game of hearts / You shoot the moon / Then take the queen to your room / When the music starts / You keep the tune / And I’m too late or too soon / Summer’s almost over, it’s an August day / Pleasant time for volleyball in the Rockaways / But I can’t ever take your serve / You win all the time / When you spike it I just swerve / You win all the time / I guess I’ll walk out through the surf / You win all the time / Like the seagulls leave the earth / It’s a game of hearts / You shoot the moon / Then take the queen to your room / When the music starts / You keep the tune / And I’m too late or too soon /It’s a game of hearts / You shoot the moon / Then take the queen to your room / A man of many parts / I break too soon / Along the fractures chiseled by you