This Perfect World

Bad Reputation

I know I got a bad reputation
And it isn't just talk, talk, talk
If I could only give you everything
You know I haven't got

I couldn't have one conversation
If it wasn't for lies, lies, lies
And still I wanna tell you everything
'Til I close my eyes

Suddenly I'm on the street
Seven years disappear below my feet
Been breaking down
Do you want me now
Do you want me now

Suddenly I'm down in Herald Square
Looking in the crowd, your face is everywhere
Been turning round
Do you want me now
Do you want me now

Don't try to be an inspiration
Just wasting your time, time, time
You know about the best I'll ever be
See it in your eyes

I know I've got a bad reputation
And it isn't just talk, talk, talk
If I could only give you everything
You know I haven't got

Suddenly I'm on the street
Seven years disappear below my feet
Been breaking down
Do you want me now
Do you want me now

Suddenly I'm in another place
Looking in the crowd, I think I see your face
Been turning round
Do you want me now
Do you want me now
(down, down down)

Do you want me now
Do you want me now
(down, down down)

Do you want me now
Do you want me now

Don't you think I've heard the talk
Nobody's gonna tell me who to love
Been breaking down
Do you want me now
Do you want me now

Suddenly I'm down on Herald Square
Looking in the crowd, your face is everywhere
Just turning round
Do you want me now
Do you want me now

Been breaking down
Do you want me now
Do you want me now

I'm just breaking down, down, down, down
Been breaking down, down, down, down (line x3)



Evie's Tears

In the middle of her confession
He comes over and pulls her near
I wake up, she is crying
I guess he was here again

Evie's tears are never gonna dry
Evie's secret tears burn this bed she comes to only when it's light

We met in a lonely summer
Two survivors of paradise
She ran out when I first touched her
Now she wakes me every night

Evie's tears are never gonna dry
Evie's secret tears burn this bed she comes to only when it's light

Faithless girl, you've been dreaming
Staring up, your face is white with fear
Okay, now I'm listening
You're not mine and he's not here

Now I'm listening
You're not mine and he's not here

In the middle of Evie's garden
In a simple iron chair
Wind's blowing and she is singing
Begs the moon to disappear

Evie's tears are never gonna dry
Evie's secret tears burn this bed she comes to only when it's light

Evie's tears
Evie's tears
Burn this bed she comes to only when it's light

Catholic girl, you've been dreaming
Staring up, your face is white with fear
Okay, now I'm listening
You're not mine and he's not here


Can't Sink This Town

A barefoot whore
Walking by a famous clock
Against her door
Waiting for thechimes to stop

Can't sink this town
Pull the gates and bring it down
I'd gladly drown
Than let you leave me lonely

She pulled the cord
On a night like this she never works
I said no more
Do I think I'm understood with her

Can't sink this town
Pull the gates and bring it down
I'd gladly drown
Than let you leave me lonely

I can't sink this town
Looking back across the sea
I'd gladly drown
I thought you said you were lonely

Tell you what
Is a broken promise cheap enough
It's all I got
Look so sad
Talk so tough

Can't sink this town
Pull the gates and bring it down
I'd gladly drown
Than let you leave me lonely

I can't sink this town
Looking back across the sea
I'd gladly drown
I thought you said you were lonely

I thought you said you were lonely
I thought you said you were lonely
I . . .


This Perfect World

You oughta see your face
You oughta hear your voice
Last time I was here I wouldn't turn around

You oughta lock that door
Somebody might get in
Didn't I teach you that

This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
I know I never should have gone away

But I still deserve to say goodbye no matter what I've done
No matter what I've done

I seee herin your face
Hear her in your voice
Last time I was here they'd found her in the lake

You oughta see my scar
You think I'm made of stone
Didn't you tell me that?

This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
They say that soon I will be gone away

But I still deserve to say goodbye no matter what I've done
No matter what I've done

This perfect world
This perfect world
Now I've come around it's far too late
And these pills won't even let me cry
No one knows you even when you're gone
But I still deserve to say goodbye no matter what I've done
No matter what I've done

You oughta see your face
You oughta hear your voice
Lock this after me


Cold Again

When I woke up
I was already evicted
And when you say a lie
Do you think I believe anything

Cold again, cold again
Walking over Brooklyn Bridge
Cold again, cold again
Hey Miss Liberty where have you been

When you walked up
I was looking at the wrong map
And now I'm locked out
I will be back in familiar spots

Cold again, cold again
Back alone before the end
Cold again, cold again
Do you really think I'd turn you in

Cold again, cold again
Walking over Brooklyn Bridge
Cold again, cold again
Hey Miss Liberty where have you been


Two Lovers Stop

Lovers cry
One last kiss by the edge then
Hand in hand
Two lovers stop their hearts
Better than to be apart

They had run from her father to the highest bridge
Holding together as they jumped in

Lovers lie
On the hill where they once lay
Side by side
Two lovers stop their hearts
Better than to be apart

She was rich, he was common but she wouldn't say no
Lying together on the rocks below

They had run from her father to the highest bridge
Holding together as they jumped in

Lovers cry
One last kiss by the edge then
Hand in hand
Two lovers stop their hearts
Better than to be apart

Lovers cry, lovers cry, lovers cry (x4)


Across the Avenue

Though you've gone away
I play your favorite song
In the blue and gold
With your dark glasses on

I always think I see you
Across the avenue
Walking by where I lost you
It's all I ever do

You just walked away
We'll meet tonight, okay
Going against the light
Run down in front of me

I always think I see you
Across the avenue
Someday I'll come to meet you
On the other side

Across the avenue

Though you've gone away
I wear your favorite shirt
Sitting in the sun
By the library lions

I always think I see you
Across the avenue
Someday I'll come to meet you
On the other side

Across the avenue (x4)


Gone Like the Water

An old suitcase she'll never miss
Leather coat he used to wear
Thinking tough, looking tired
With Mama's money and Daddy's ring

He's gone like the water down to NYC
Sleeping on the 8-0-2 along this river, running down
He's gone like the water down the depot drain
Disappearing in the city

Twenty-four and going pale
Growing out
Cutting back
Drew a face on a ticket stub
With Mama's hand and Daddy's pen

He's gone like the water down to NYC
Sleeping on the 8-0-2 along this river, running down
He's gone like the water down the depot drain
Disappearing in the city

Talk all night, cook all day
Looking for a new place to stay
Thinking hard, looking bad
With Mama's dollar in Daddy's coat

He's gone like the water down to NYC
Sleeping on the 8-0-2 along this river, running down
He's gone like the water down the depot drain
Disappearing in the city


Delores

Delores was her middle name
She'd read the book and everything
Now I know how old I am
Have you ever seen that film

Talking to a hotel mirror with my glasses off
Now you know just what he's crying about

Delores was her middle name
Dangling from a silver chain
Where'd you learn to talk that way
I look like James Mason's ghost

Talking to her friend after school but you don't see
That she's really looking right at me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Delores was her middle name
And now her mother's wondering
If I can see my wrinkled face
Paint her lovely toenails red

Writing all my problems in a secret little book
Now I know just what he should have done
Talking to me like I'm just illiter-ate
Now you know just what he's talking about

Delores was her middle name
Yeah, yeah, yeah


Evie's Garden

In the middle of Evie's Garden
Was a rock she could never move
Worn away by a faithful hand 'til
No one knows the date

Bring back the rain
We'll go walking
Bring back the wind
Like you do

Of the flowers in Evie's garden
One would never go out of bloom
Planted over a well forgotten
Opened by the moon

Bring back the rain
We'll go walking
Bring back the wind
Like you do

Bring back the rain
To Evie's garden
I'm at the gate
Looking through

In the middle of Evie's Garden
Was a rock she could never move
Nearly buried in a night bloom angle
Pale and smooth as skin



Disappointed Man

Did you take your mother's name so you could sleep easily
She took you back too late
And now you never even call

Did you take that money drawer while she was praying
They said you disappeared
Just like water down a drain

Why'd you call me
Must be bad
Disappointed man
Where've you been
Hide yourself so well
In this city
Disappointed man

Did you sell your father's ring so you could stay one more night
It shone like his glass eye
In the worn velvet case

Did you fill this hired room with guilty words
Your white piano hands
Flutter like poison birds

Why'd you call me
Must be bad
Disappointed man
Where you been
Hide yourself so well
In this city
Disappointed man

Where you been
Disappointed man
Where you been
Disappointed man


I Can Hear the Laughs

You can really fall
Wake up in a ruined house
Wrapped up in a torn down curtain

And when I get to hell
Will the lovely girls come ddown
To the banks of that red, red river

I can hear the laughs
When they find I've fallen down again
I can hear the laughs
And it hurts so bad I have to smile

You can take a lot
Put back not a thing
Still come home looking thinner

And when I get to Oz
Will the lovely witch come down
Kiss my pale, bleeding brow

I can hear the laughs
When they find I've fallen down again
I can hear the laughs
And it hurts so bad I have to smile

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