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[[jfw7#1|In the Flowers]] [[jfw7#2|My Girls]] [[jfw7#3|Also Frightened]] [[jfw7#4|Summertime Clothes]] [[jfw7#5|Daily Routine]] [[jfw7#6|Bluish]] [[jfw7#7|Guys Eyes]] [[jfw7#8|Taste]] [[jfw7#9|Lion in a Coma]] [[jfw7#10|No More Runnin]] [[jfw7#11|<lyrics> Brother Sport]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[#1]] IN THE FLOWERS (i'm a dancer) a dancer who got high in a field found a moment took a breath on his way home he saw trees that rotted north he felt envy for the little kinds of heavens he hoped his girl would have flowers in her hair and the dancer who got hired 'cause his feet had good rhythm found himself away for weeks that pass slower than a sloth on the grill he cooked his heart in orange embers he hoped his girl still had flowers in her hair he said sometimes i guess i have to miss my wife but am i a little dancer who is missing you while you're gone and am i the funny dancer who is singing this funny song does the dancer look at me and does he recognize all his wrongs do i write about myself, cause i won't be this way very long to hold you in time to hold you in time to hold you in time to hold you in time and the dancer who came home from his field felt kinda awkward he felt happy, he couldn't wait he burst open that good lock he felt ecstasy and little pins of heat he saw his girl still had flowers in her hair ---- [[#2]] MY GIRLS there isn't much that i feel i need a solid soul and the blood i bleed but with a little girl, and by my spouse, i only want a proper house i don't care for fancy things or to take part in the freshest wave, but to provide for mine who ask i will, with heart, on my father's grave on my father's grave (on your father's grave) i don't mean to seem like i care about material things, like a social status, i just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls ---- [[#3]] ALSO FRIGHTENED if i go blind i'll be scared, but i know i'll get by with my friends there with the dark and my lamp, i'd go someplace i've never had and i have to know my way 'round there again and i have to show my way 'round there again it would be so difficult to see i know you would give me your hand not now no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer not now and if i go deaf i'll be scared, but who knows, maybe sound travels there deep through the cracks in my scalp, oh they go someplace i've never dared would people be screaming around me again? would people be laughing around me again? it would be so difficult to see i know you would give me your hand not now no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer can i ask a question? can i ask a question? can i ask a question? can i ask a question? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? are you also frightened? not now no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer no one should call you the dreamer now one should call you the dreamer not now ---- [[#4]] SUMMERTIME CLOTHES return to the day when i liked city meals corroded cardboard made me feel like a four-in-the-morning walk was just my time pee in an alley, i feel alright now i'm hugging the buildings to find me a place see the chihuahua weave through space and the crowds of the people all help you to doors all of my friends say i should go home but i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you tired of waking to graze in the ground tripping on traffic 'cause that's this town oh, swim in the stickiest summer i know locked in a room where the ac blows but what would i do if you wasn't around i feel like a ball with no goal in town i'm sitting at home and i'm pulling my hair i might just call you, i hope you're there 'cause i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you want to go into the rhythm again... waitin' for a bearhug tired of waking to graze in the ground tripping on traffic 'cause that's this town oh, swim in the stickiest summer i know locked in a room where the ac blows but what would i do if you wasn't around i feel like a ball with no goal in town i'm sitting at home and i'm pulling my hair i might just call you, i hope you're there 'cause i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you i want to walk around with you just you… ---- [[#5]] DAILY ROUTINE just a sec more in my bed hope my machine's working right when it's just precisely tuned that shit's gonna be so nice make sure my kid's got a jacket keys and coat and shoes and hat strap a stroller to my back bouncing along every crack what can i do to make it fast? sing a song to pass the playground what can i do as traffic pass? guard my girl from muffler's black gas what can i do to make it fast? pop a jump but not too hard take a little left up at the rest stop and look at the traffic signal just a sec more in my bed hope my machine's working right when it's just precisely tuned that shit's gonna be so nice make sure my kid's got a jacket keys and coat and shoes and hat strap a stroller to my back bouncing along every crack what can i do to make it fast? sing a song to pass the playground what can i do as traffic pass? guard my girl from muffler's black gas what can i do to make it fast? pop a jump but not too hard take a little left up at the rest stop and look at the traffic signal just a sec more in my bed… ---- [[#6]] BLUISH n/a ---- [[#7]] GUYS EYES i really want to do just what my body wants to i really want to do just what my body needs to i really want to show to my girl that i want her i really want to show to my girl that i need her i really want to do just what my body wants to i really want to do just what my body needs to i really want to show to my girl that i want her i really want to show to my girl that i need her need her i need her i want to do just what my body needs to i want to do just what my body needs to i want to show to my girl that i need her i want to show to my girl that i need her so i use my mind and i use my hand and watch what i want to (avey: i really don't know what to do if my body should want to) do what i want to ---- [[#8]] TASTE (taste) there's a secret place i have that's deep inside of me an elusive voice that tells me what i like, now you might think i'm gonna judge you in your fancy place i don't really give the credit to what taste does 'cause i don't care if you don't like that (panda: i don't get them) you'll get your feelings hurt (not their hearts) but i'm okay with that (their taste) and if i like you (there's no) it's for your simple ways (need to) and we will always be at a tasty place (protect my comforts) and you could cook a rose, but i don't eat those (serious threats) (taste) and i didn't pretend to like the clothes you chose for me something in my heart, it tells me it's a weakness i like shiny things and flower prints you wouldn't dare take a woman's blouse and send it for your son to wear but when we share our point of view (panda: i don't get them) you get a glimpse of me (not their hearts) i get a glimpse of you (their taste) and i don't really care (there's no) if i don't change your ways (need to) cause' we will always be at the tasty place (protect my comforts) and you can cook a rose, but i don't eat those (serious threats) (taste) am i really all the things that are outside of me... ---- [[#9]] LION IN A COMA n/a ---- [[#10]] NO MORE RUNNIN no more runnin says my mind all this movement has just proved your kisses are too fine all the harmony that i'd seen friends i once had turn their thoughts away from me no more runnin i've got to breathe on back porches with the torch of a firefly-lit tree it's what i hope for, whoa that's what i hope for, whoa no more runnin no more runnin 'cause you are candy in my teeth please don't lose your faith in me 'cause you are candy in my teeth please don't lose your faith in me no more runnin says my mind all this movement has just proved your kisses hard to find it's what i hope for, whoa that's what i hope for, whoa no more runnin no more runnin no more runnin no more runnin ---- [[#11]] BROTHER SPORT open up your open up your open up your throat and let all of that time all of that time all of that time all of that time go i know it sucks that daddy's done but try to think of what you want you've got to open up your open up your open up your throat matt! support your brother (avey: sport brother) you've got his way and what he said to help you shape the way you play you've got to get rid of the more conservative habits of your mind (you've got to have a real good time) matt! you're halfway to fully grown you've got a real good shot you've got too much inside let it come let it come back out matt! </lyrics>
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