All Lyrics

01"Out Of The Game"
I’m out of the game
I’ve been out for a long time now
I’m looking for something
That can’t be found on the main drag no
I’m out of the game
I’ve been out for a long time now
I’m looking for something
That can’t be found on the main drag no

Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Suckers does your mama know what you’re doing
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Suckers does your mama know what you’re doing

You’re only a child
With the mind of a senile man
You’re only young thing
About to sleep with a sea of men
Just hanging around
Wearing something from god knows where
Just having a ball
Making all of the thin cards fall

Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Suckers does your mama know what you’re doing
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Suckers does your mama know what you’re doing

Say come over here
Let me smell you for one last time
Before you go out there
And ruin all of the world once mine
I’m out of the game
I’ve been out for a long time now
I’m looking for something
That can’t be found on the main drag no

Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Suckers does your mama know what you’re doing
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Look at you
Suckers does your mama know what you’re doing


02 "JERICHO"
I keep thinking that you are going to change
I keep thinking that you are going to rearrange
But I’m a fool to think something so impossible
You ain’t ever gonna change
You ain’t ever gonna change
Oh no Jericho
Until I blow

I keep thinking that you are going to rise
I keep thinking that you are going to compromise
But I’m a fool to think something so improbable
You ain’t ever gonna rise
You ain’t ever gonna rise
Oh no Jericho
Until I take you by surprise

Baby I know that you’re too sad to cry
But my little darling guess what? So am I
Still I believe we ought to shed a tear
The open hearted have no thing to fear
But I don’t even think you hear me at all
Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall
Guess I’ll have to put my trumpet back in the case
And get behind this here canon covered in lace
Covered in lace

I keep thinking that you are going to change
I keep that you are going to rearrange
But I’m a fool to think something so impossible
You ain't ever gonna change
You ain't ever gonna change
Oh no Jericho
Until I blow
Until I blow


03 "RASHIDA"
I got the outfit for the party but you’ve taken away the invitation
And I’d like to thank you Rashida for doing this
And giving me a reason to write a song

I guess I’ll have to go a begging for that Vanity Fair connection
And I’d like to thank you Rashida
It’s been a while since I have gone a begging
So very very long

I finally saw you at the party in a dress that was well, quite stunning
And I’d like to thank you Rashida
For giving me a reason to call Miss Portman
And to write this song


04"BARBARA"
If you’re running from your doorstep
And you don’t know where to go to
Drinking rosé in the rain
Or listening to the same song over and over again

If you’re lost on a strange path
Needing a gate to turn into
Far from the sun
Or listening to someone happier than yourself

Barbara
Barbara
I’ll be there
I’ll be there

And although you may not see me
The trees they will remember
Speak my name
And rosé will be sweet
Suddenly, inclement weather will retreat
Although you may not see me
Although you may not see me
Speak my name and

Barbara
Barbara
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there


05"WELCOME TO THE BALL"
I will never be defeated
I will never come undone
I will never know the way it feels to be just anyone
I will never fall just as you all fall around me so
I will never know
I will never know

I will never be the one who tells you that I need you more
Nor will I have to be the one who’s walking out the door
When the hour has struck you will receive
A note addressed from me
I will never be
Be the one you see

So baby welcome to the ball
Don’t worry all about nothing at all
I don’t know how you made it in
But since you have arrived
Let it begin

Cause something in your eyes has made this room a much more brighter place
The chandeliers and fireplaces all seem jealous of your face
Something in your smile has left a light that has left a trace
Come and take my hand and let you lead me to the promise land
That no one could have ever been promised
I don’t know if you feel it and I don’t really care
Cause long ago when I was young and innocent they brought me here
Far from my mothers home
I was all alone
I was all alone

So baby welcome to the ball
Don’t worry all about nothing at all
I don’t know how you made it in
But since you have arrived let it begin


06"MONTAUK"
One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad wearing a
kimono and see your other dad pruning roses
Hope you wont turn around and go
One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano
and see your other dad wearing glasses
Hope that you will want to stay for a while
Don’t worry I know you’ll have to go

One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad trying to be funny
and see your other dad seeing through me
Hope that you will protect your dad
One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad trying to be evil
and see your other dad feeling lonely
Hope that you will protect him, and stay
Don’t worry I know you’ll have to go

One day years ago in Montauk lived a woman now a shadow
There she does wait for us in the ocean
And although we want to stay for a while
Don’t worry we all have to go
One day you will come to Montauk


07"BITTER TEARS"
Choking on my bitter tears
My bitter tears
Only thing I don’t fears you
Don’t want you to see my tears
My bitter tears
Only thing I fear is my tears
Heavens how it’s going to rain
Is this the same
Heavens with the bright blue skies
Driving at the crack of dawn
Looking away trying to hide my bloodshot eyes

But in discussing with the morning
It’s gonna be O.K.
But in discussing with the morning
It’s gonna be just fine dear

Taxi driver look at me
Oh can’t you see
Turn around go back behind
Don’t want you take me home
Where I’m alone
Racking up my tears and crying
Got to be another way
Somebody cursed me when I said
“I’ll never be there myself”
Got to be another way
Somebody curse the light
And take me far away from myself

But in discussing with the morning
It’s gonna be O.K.
But in discussing with the morning
It’s gonna be just fine dear

I’m just discussing with the morning
Just discussing with the morning
And it’s gonna be O.K.
I’m just discussing with the morning
Still discussing with the morning
And it’s gonna be just fine
I’m just discussing with the morning
Still discussing with the morning
And it’s gonna be O.K.
Yeah it’s gonna be just fine


08"RESPECTABLE DIVE"
Let’s meet in a respectable dive
On the somewhat safe street
And have a beer
We’ve both kept our eyes on the ball
We know the lyrics to them all
These songs of fear

And baby I love you
And I do not want to lose you
But I’m not able to put my cards on the table
And if you only knew of the hand that I’m holding
You would be blushing
And I am so far from bluffing
In this respectable dive

I know that we never play cards or write postcards
When we’re both in the same town
But still I remember some notes on the kitchen counter
Back from work I’ve found

And baby I love you
And I do not want to lose you
But I’m not able to put my cards on the table
And if you only knew of the hand I was holding
You would be blushing
And I am so far from bluffing
In this respectable dive

Baby I love you
And I do not want to lose you
Baby I love you
And I do not want to lose you


09 "PERFECT MAN"
After another production of “The Flying Dutchman”
I landed in Berlin
Thinking over it over it how can I get over it
And wonder what state I’m in
Sissi was the anarchist empress of Austria
And I was in the same state that she was in
Thinking over it over it how can I get over it
And where the hell’s that fan

After another induction to the hall of famine
I closed the magazine
Thinking over and over it how can I get over it
And be German and mean
Jenny was a pirate and Jane was beheaded and Nina was a sweet nymphomaniac
And with them in my corner I’m sure that it’s a tall order
To find that perfect man

I’m doing all that I can
Trying to make all the roses bloom in unison
Say I’m gonna blow you away
Making all of the roses bloom so step away
Making all of the roses bloom

After another unveiling of the bright red herring
I walked down Rufus Street
Thinking over it over it how can I get over it
And where in the world will I meet
That literary, lean, stripe suited lover
I’ve read about all of my life
Which I fear is a ruse and explains
All the walks through all the parks of Europe
And why I never will tell you “I love you”
And why there is just but
A vision of perfect man

I’m doing all that I can
Making all of the roses bloom in unison
Say I’m gonna blow you away
Making all of the roses bloom so step away
And be dazzled
Making all of the roses bloom


10"SOMETIMES YOU NEED"
Sometimes you need a stranger to talk to
Sometimes you need to go to the observatory
Sometimes a movie star’s eyes gets you through the love and the lies
Sometimes you need a stranger to walk with
Sometimes you need to go to the dog park
Sometimes a movie star’s spark gets you through the dark
Sometimes a movie star’s bark bites you hard a birch on a lark
I’m so tired of writing of cities
Guess that you’ve guessed which one this is
Sometimes a movie star’s eyes get you through the love and the lies
Sometimes a movie star’s kiss let’s get lost in Los Angeles
Sometimes you need a stranger to talk to


11"SONG OF YOU"
So you want a song
So you want a song
A song just for you
There are many melodies to choose from but there’s only one of you
So I’m gonna fly in the sky so high in the wind
And I’m gonna try really really try so hard not to give in
And find the song of you

So I’m gonna run and hide my head in the sand
And I’m gonna think really really think so hard to try and understand
And find the song of you
The song of you

So you want a song
So you want a song
A song just for you
There are many lyrics to choose from but there’s only one of you

So I’m gonna fly in the sky so high in the wind
And I’m gonna try really really really try so hard not to give in
And find the song of you
So I’m gonna run and hide my head in the sand
And I’m gonna think really really really think so hard to try and understand
And find the song of you
The song of you
So you want a song
So you want a song
A song just for you


12"CANDLES"
I tried to do all that I can
But the churches have run out of candles
I tried to give you all I own
But the bankers have run out of loaners

It’s always just that little bit more
That doesn’t get you what you’re looking for

I tried to block the cabin door
But the churches have run out of candles
I tried to lend a helping hand
But the rooms have all run out of pamphlets
I tried to cook it up and turn
The kitchen has run out of canned bits

It’s always just that little bit more
That doesn’t get you what you’re looking for

I tried a beggin on the cabin floor
But the churches have run out of candles
Turn one day in the cathedral
I finally lit you a candle
And all along the vaulted halls
The virgins did smile from their mantles

It’s always just that little bit more
That doesn’t get you what you’re looking for
But gets you where you need to go
But the churches have run out of candles

It’s always just that little bit more
That doesn’t get you what you’re looking for
But gets you where you need to go
But the churches have run out of candles

It’s always just that little bit more
That doesn’t get you what you’re looking for
But gets you where you need to go
But the churches have run out of candles