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Names And Places And Thesis / Near 600 Pages / Never Happy / New Book / New Dreams Broken / New Ho Chi Mihn City / New Year / New York Times Book Review / Night Time / No Doves Fly Here / No Jazz / Nostalgic For Nothing / No Surprise / Not Given Lightly / Nothing City / Nothing Worth Knowing / Not Proud Of The USA / November / Nowhere / Now You Realize

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Names And Places And Thesis

Available on Travels In Hyper-Reality 10"/CDEP

From the beginning,
My understanding,
I am dying and I was born that way

Names and places and thesis,
It's all a bit too late,
Names and places and thesis,
The bloodlines dissipate

My caption,
My reaction,
Nothing you could ever appreciate

Names and places and thesis,
It's all a bit too late,
Names and places and thesis,
The bloodlines dissipate

Near 600 Pages

Available on Seishun Zankoku Monogatari CD, Split 7" with Flamingo 50. Lyrics not yet available.

Never Happy

Available on One Mississippi LP/CD

She is never happy with the weather,
I don't know why I try to understand,
She acts as if it's always getting better,
And dresses in accordance with her plan,
She always ends up soaking with the shivers,
She looks at me with nothing in her eyes,
She says "Why did you let me go out in this weather?"
For some reason I apologize

She sticks out her thumb like she's going somewhere,
One eye watching what I'm gonna do,
I try real hard to act as if I really don't care,
But she knows me better than I want her to,
She knows me better than I want her to

She always wants to go out for dinner,
But the service is never good enough,
She says she doesn't tip for a beginner,
I pay because I thought it was a bluff,
She tells me that I'm stupid with my money,
She tells me that she doesn't like my friends,
She tells me that she doesn't think I'm funny,
And I make her want to be a lesbian

She tells me that she wants to see Godzilla,
Just because she knows that I don't wanna go,
I know she doesn't wanna see it either,
She's mad at me because I tell her so,
Her face is so filled with frustration,
I suddenly begin to lose my mind,
I start to laugh about the situation,
This must be the place I've tried to find

New Book

Available on Quetzalcoatl LP/CD

You're staring at your watch,
You're staring at your watch again,
You're staring at your watch,
You're staring at your watch again

You're staring at your watch,
It's one of your neurotic habits,
Like back at the party,
So sick of psycho sychophantics

You're hot,
You're cold,
You can't think about it,
You're like the books along your wall

You're jaded,
Overrated,
There's no doubt about it,
So here's a new book for you to read

You're talking to yourself,
You're talking to yourself again,
You're talking to yourself,
You're talking to yourself again

You're talking to yourself,
About a friend who was put away,
For breaking in labs,
And once again, you’ve got nothing of value to say

You're hot,
You're cold,
You can't think about it,
You're like the books along your wall

You're jaded,
Overrated,
There's no doubt about it,
So here's a new book for you to read

New Dreams Broken

Available on Prophylaxis LP/CD, Surface Meets Surface compilation (live)

Tonight the lights are bright over the cityscape,
I'm miles away from where the skies are gray,
It's wider than a postcard,
More than I could hope for,
I no longer want to live in the U.S.A.

Parish brings the cup to his lips,
Hot liquid burns,
It's what he needs,
Hands run through his hair,
Grease on what is still there,
Pen to paper spells out H-A-T-E

Take the biggest bite,
Take all you want,
There's plenty more where that comes from,
Take the biggest bite,
Take all you want,
There's plenty more where that comes from

Parish stares into the white noise,
He thought he was an artist,
How wrong can you be?
He died a little on his 40th birthday,
All I know is that accumulation loneliness has no sympathy

Take the biggest bite,
Take all you want,
There's plenty more where that comes from,
Take the biggest bite,
Take all you want,
There's plenty more where that comes from

Parish thinks about Angelique,
Back in the summertime,
Talcum and calamine,
Built a wooden boat,
He bet it on one note,
But it didn't touch the walls of Jericho

New Ho Chi Mihn City

Available on The Horror Of Life LP/CD. Lyrics not yet available.

New Year

Available on Whorehouse: Songs And Stories LP/CD

I'm hoping that this new year,
Is better than the last one...,
'Cause me and my loneliness,
Could sure use a divorce

Not that it's any fault of my own,
Not that I've ever stood fast and hard,
Check in, now start,
You hurry up and wait,
I've read every magazine,
La la la la la

I'm hoping that this new year,
Is better than the last one...,
'Cause me and my loneliness,
Could sure use a divorce

There are people determined to ruin my life,
This year I'll anticipate their modus operandi,
They laugh, they smile,
They say its guaranteed,
Tell me that it's good as done,
La la la la la

I'm hoping that this new year,
Is better than the last one...,
'Cause me and my loneliness,
Could sure use a divorce

New York Times Book Review

Available on One Mississippi LP/CD.

Grady's Bar is no saloon,
Drinking on a Monday afternoon,
The air has its unique pungent smell,
Unique to the Seneca Hotel,
I close my windows every night,
But nothing can keep out the light,
It nags me awake,
It keeps me pinned right in my place,
It keeps me pinned right in my place

I wish I was an international sensation,
I'd blame these words on a bad translation,
Translating Edgar Alan Poe,
Is it pure? I'll never know,
The sky is full of lots of things,
Evil dreams and the coming rain,
Rain must be true,
I read it in a New York Times book review,
I read it in a New York Times book review

So that's what you get when you open your eyes,
We'll rendezvous and hope to die,
Drink our toasts to last goodbyes,
And dream of a long-lost lover's thighs,
The charlatans feign indignation,
I'll drink gin and tonic and heart medication,
Don't worry about a thing,
Don't be afraid of anything,
Don't be afraid of anything

Night Time

Available on My Favorite Place 7", Nostalgic For Nothing singles collection LP/CD

The night time is the right time for you to leave that old wheelchair behind,
The night time is the only time you don't feel I'm staring at your lifeless legs,
You never read my books,
You said they were written with a poison pen,
But everything that’s old is new again

The night time is the right time for you to get out of that tattered dress,
I'll help you with your combat boots,
Never used and like brand new,
It's my turn to play a tape,
I feel like hearing the Minutemen,
But everything that's old is new again

No Doves Fly Here

Available on A Million Broken Stereos 10", Grunge 101% compilation, Nostalgic For Nothing singles collection LP/CD, Tide Of Fate CDS. Originally by British anarcho-punks The Mob.

The sky is empty and it's turning different shades of colour
It never did before and we never asked for more
My mind is empty and my body different shades of torture
It never was before and we never asked for more

No-one is moving and no doves fly here
No-one is thinking and no doves fly here
No-one remembers beyond all this fear
No doves fly here

No doves fly here
No doves fly here
No doves fly here
No doves fly here

No Jazz

Available on More RPMs Than Floyd On A Scooter compilation, One Mississippi LP/CD.

At close proximity, we fire mortar rounds of intellect,
Our spheres of influence are drowning in the subtext,
A spontaneity despite your education,
A new simplicity free from intimidation,
You are the specialist and I'm the antonym,
You don't need a PhD to see the state I'm in

No jazz, no jazz,
No jazz, no jazz tonight,
No jazz, no jazz,
No jazz, no jazz tonight

Better, better, better, you had better beware of accidental suicide,
Your formal musical education has become your Frankenstein,
Devices second-guess the impulse intuition,
Dazed and lost needlessly; it kills the secret mission
Disguised as some efficiency, they fought for the technology,
But even machines can't tolerate serving society

No jazz, no jazz,
No jazz, no jazz tonight,
No jazz, no jazz,
No jazz, no jazz tonight

And I just don't get it, thick as I am deep,
Living large in a little pond, the city's dead asleep,
Learning notes and parts and chords I've been thrust upon
Oh God, it's so very, not what I want

No jazz, no jazz,
No jazz, no jazz tonight,
No jazz, no jazz,
No jazz, no jazz tonight

Nostalgic For Nothing

Available on Alone At Night 7", Fuck You. I'm Craig And It's My Birthday split 7", Nostalgic For Nothing singles collection LP/CD, Split 7" with Nails Of Hawaiian, The Ecstasy Of Communication CD

What's left behind...,
A room that is big and undefined,
A dying light,
I lie awake alone at night,
And I don't care,
I know that life cannot be fair,
I know that life cannot be fair

I feel nostalgic for nothing,
I am the pawn,
I am the king

This is it,
Can't you feel the Santa Ana winds,
I catch the breeze,
The smell of Eucalyptus trees,
I'll begin,
Can't you feel the Santa Ana winds,
Can't you feel the Santa Ana winds

I feel nostalgic for nothing,
I am the pawn,
I am the king

I feel nostalgic for nothing,
I am the pawn,
I am the king,
I feel nostalgic for nothing,
I am the pawn,
I am the king

No Surprise

Available on Prophylaxis LP/CD, Surface Meets Surface compilation (live version #2), The Ecstasy Of Communication CD, V.M. Live Presents J Church 7" (live version #1), V.M. Live Presents ... Vol. 4 compilation (live version #1)

I can't sleep,
A tidal wave of stress is overwhelming me,
When I finally clear my head,
It's only when I feel the world is dead,
And back at school,
I never was tough and I never was cool,
I said "A tough girl is what I need in my life",
You laughed and said: "It's no surprise"

It's no surprise,
Surprise, surprise, surprise,
It's no surprise

And back at home,
Mom and Dad were drunk or fighting, I was all alone,
I had to get away,
So I watched girl's basketball practice every single day,
Yeah it's still cool,
It's been a long time since I thought about my school,
Not like you were always on my mind,
But if you were it's no surprise

It's no surprise,
Surprise, surprise, surprise,
It's no surprise

My girlfriend,
I'm only 17 and dating a lesbian,
At times it seems so strange to me,
To know that she'll see things I’ll never see,
Yeah, it's okay,
It’s been a long time since I thought about those days,
I missed our class reunion last night,
If you did too it's no surprise,
It's no surprise,
Surprise, surprise, surprise,
It's no surprise

Not Given Lightly

Available on Lama Temple 7" EP, Nostalgic For Nothing singles collection LP/CD. Original version by Chris Knox of the New Zealand band Tall Dwarves, on his album Seizure.

Hello my friend,
It’s morning, time to wake up,
Your body and mine,
Entwined will have to break now,
But I want your flesh, your warmth to stay beside me,
Oh how I wish you could be deep inside me

Show me your eyes,
Your love, most tender feelings,
And I'll give you mine,
Be truthful and revealing

It's you that I love and it's true that I love,
And it's love not given lightly,
And I knew this was love and it's you that I love,
And it's more than what it might be

When we're alone,
I cannot always face you,
Maybe my moon,
Won't let these arms embrace you,
That doesn't mean my love’s somehow diminished,
Give me the time to show what love's finished

It's you that I love and it's true that I love,
And it's love not given lightly,
And I knew this was love and it's you that I love,
And it's more than what it might be

I need your body,
Your mind and your emotions,
Shed me your tears,
'Til I drown in your oceans,
What can I say?
These words destroy all meaning,
There's only cliché to get across this feeling

It's you that I love and it's true that I love,
And it's love not given lightly,
And I knew this was love and it's you that I love,
And it's more than what it might be

This is a love song,
For no-one's mother,
This isn't easy,
I may not sing another

'Cause it's you that I love and it's true that I love,
And it's love not given lightly,
And I knew this was love and it's you that I love,
And it's more than what it might be

Nothing City

Available on My Favourite Place 7"/CDEP

We're burning down your galleries,
You know that galleries only breed disease,
Teachers teach the wrong history,
You know that classrooms only breed disease

We've got no history,
This is the nothing city,
Are you surprised there is nothing to see,
It permeates the air we breathe

We've got no history (la la la la la),
This is the nothing city, nothing city, nothing city,
We've got no history (la la la la la),
This is the nothing city, nothing city, nothing city

We've all got one big secret,
We all hate everything,
Everything is such a joke,
And believe you me I know

I am the nothing man,
My hatred goes on-line,
I'm looking everywhere,
My scream is just a whine

We've got no history (la la la la la),
This is the nothing city, nothing city, nothing city,
We've got no history (la la la la la),
This is the nothing city, nothing city, nothing city

Nothing Worth Knowing

Available on Better Read Than Dead compilation, Whorehouse: Songs And Stories LP/CD

Smiling newscaster,
She reports the tragedy,
We must share the same secret joke,
Or aren't we laughing at the same thing?

Public feigning outrage,
But these are caustic times,
The only honest outrage,
Is yet to be outlined,
Is yet to be outlined,
Is yet to be outlined,
Is yet to be outlined

No no no no,
No no no no,
No no no no

He can look you in the eye,
You know he sees nothing,
He looks into a million eyes,
He won't tell you anything

At least nothing worth knowing,
Follow his moving lips,
He's an empty oral tradition,
He's a fucked-up piece of shit,
He's a fucked-up piece of shit,
He's a fucked-up piece of shit,
He's a fucked-up piece of shit

Not Proud Of The USA

Available on Palestine CD. Originally by The Mice. Lyrics not yet available.

November

Available on Camels, Spilled Corona And The Sound Of Mariachi Bands singles collection LP/CD, No-One Has A Future 7" (live version #1), Sorry, Just A Stupid Foreigner, This compilation, The Ecstasy Of Communication CD, This Song Is For Kathi 7", V.M. Live Presents J Church 7" (live version #2), V.M. Live Presents ... Vol. 4 compilation (live version #2), Yellow, Blue And Green CDEP (live version #1).

As the rain falls hard it fills the cracks on Mission Street,
There's a hole in my shoe and it’s letting water soak my feet,
I don't know why I curse the sky because it won't stop the rain,
I don't know who I'm yelling to because it won't stop the rain

As the rain fall hard it falls on the people waiting for the bus home,
(for the bus home),
No matter who you are, you feel the same when you're wet, cold and alone,
Soaked hair and dress and all the rest divided by the rain,
When you get home you're still alone reminded by the rain, rain

So I went home like I normally do and I put on something dry,
I went out to get a coffee, read a book about anarchy,
And watched the commuters walk by,
Tears from the sky, I'm satisfied that I can't stop the rain,
Can't justify, and I can't define, and I can't stop the rain, rain

We only dream to float downstream, reminded by the rain,
Tied to a tree, cannot break free, reminded by the rain

Nowhere

Available on Travels In Hyper-Reality 10"/CDEP

The dirt in the air is some atmosphere,
The sun hangs low,
There's nowhere like here,
School is out and we pile in the car,
Get away from everyday, but never too far

You are, you are, you are everything,
In this town that kills anything,
You are, you are, you are my starshine,
Now let's kiss the city and wave goodbye

I know the feeling of stealing away,
All of our lives caught up in the fray,
This town makes you wonder why you deserve this,
This town makes you wonder if you even exist

You are, you are, you are everything,
In this town that kills anything,
You are, you are, you are my starshine,
Now let's kiss the city and wave goodbye

Now You Realize

Available on Empty Soda Can 7" by Cilantro

Now you realize that she's never coming back,
You finally come to terms with that very simple fact,
Now you've reached the point where you can think of her,
Without any anger or without wanting to cry

Tonight for dinner,
You eat in the kitchen,
You feel like nothing's missing,
With the help of the television