Under the Table and Dreaming
Album - 1994 - Debaser id 11532

Hey my friend
It seems your eyes are troubled
Care to share your time with me
Would you say you're feeling low and so
A good idea would be to get it off your mind

See you and me
Have a better time than most can dream
Have it better than the best
So we can pull on through
Whatever tears at us
Whatever holds us down
And if nothing can be done
We'll make the best of what's around

Turns out not where but who you're with
That really matters
And hurts not much when you're around
And if you hold on tight
To what you think is your thing
You may find you're missing all the rest

Well she ran up into the light surprised
Her arms are open
Her mind's eye is

Seeing things from a
Better side than most can dream
On a clearer road I feel
Oh you could say she's safe
Whatever tears at her
Whatever holds her down
And if nothing can be done
She'll make the best of what's around

Turns out not where but what you think
That really matters
We'll make the best of what's around

Up and down the puppies' hair
Fleas and ticks jump everywhere
It's an original sin

Down the hill fell Jack and Jill
And you came tumbling after
It's an original sin

Rip away the tears
Drink a hope to happy years
And you may find
A lifetime's passed you by

What would you say
Don't drop the big one
If you were monkey on a string
well Don't cut my lifeline
If you were doggie on a chain
Don't bite the mailman
What would you say?

I was there when the bear
Ate his head, thought it was a candy
Everyone goes in the end
Knock knock on the door
Who's it for, there's nobody in here
Look in the mirror my friend

I don't understand at best
And cannot speak for all the rest
The morning rise a lifetime's passed me by

What would you say
Don't drop the big one
If you were monkey on a string
well Don't cut my lifeline
If you were doggie on a chain
Don't bite the mailman
What would you say?

Every dog has its day
Every day has it's way
Of being forgotten
Mom, it's my birthday
Would you say?
What would you say?
What would you say?

(Instrumental Break...)

I was there when the bear
Ate his head, thought it was candy
Everyone knows in the end
Knock knock on the door
Who's it for, there's nobody in here
Look in the mirror my friend

I don't understand at best
And cannot speak for all the rest
The morning rise a lifetime's passed me by

What would you say?

Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder.
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station.
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite

Satellite, headlines read
Someone's secrets you've seen
Eyes and ears have been
Satellite dish in my yard
Tell me more, tell me more
Who's the king of your satellite castle?

Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Rest high above the clouds no resrictions
Television we bounce 'round the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling,
I laugh about this weatherman's satellite eyes.

Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How i wonder.
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station

Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite

Rest high above the clouds no restrictions
Television you bounce from the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about this weatherman's satellite eyes.

Oh well oh well so here we stand
But we stand for nothing
My heart calls to me in my sleep
But can not turn to it
'Cause I'm all locked up in this
Dark place
And I do not know I'm good as dead
My head aches, warped and tied up
I need to kill this pain

Chorus:
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six feet underground

How long I'm tied up
My mind in knots
My stomach reels
In concern on what I might do or
What I've done
It's got me living in fear
Well I know these voices must
Be my soul
I've had enough
I've had enough of being alone
but I've got no place to go

Chorus
in my grave
lock in
trap, shut and wired in my grave
Leave on
Leave it to me to waste here

I'm down here and again
My mind in knots
and my stomach reels
In concern on what I might do or
What I've done
It's got me tired of living in fear
but what do I drink and drink and smoke
to reason, to reason with my head
and away
Needle to the vein
Needle to the vein
Take this needle from my vein my friend I said

Chorus
in my grave
Lying
Trap, shut and wired in my grave
Reason, my reason take my head off
this terror outraged
Oh comeback come on
say my mind's all wiped clean
but the needle is my great escape
Oh I feel caught in time
My head now leaves me behind
My body will falls cold dead
I see heaven

Ten fingers counting we have each
Nine planets around the sun repeat
Eight ball will last if you triumphant be
Seven oceans pummel the shores of the sea

It's a typical situation
In these typical times
Too many choices
Yeah(x2)

Everybody's happy
Everybody's free
We'll keep the big door open
And everyone'll come around
Why are you different
Why are you that way
If you don't get in line
We'll lock you away
It all comes down to nothing

Six senses feeding
Five around a sense of self
Four seasons turn on and turn off
I can see three corners from this corner
Two is a perfect number
But one is not enough

Everybody's happy
Everybody's free
We'll keep the big door open
And everyone'll come around
Why are you different
Why are you that way
If you don't get in line
We'll lock you away (2x)

It all comes down to nothing

It's a typical situation
In these typical times
Too many choices
Yeah

It's a typical situation
In these typical times
We can't do a thing about it
Oh yea
Its a typical situation
In these typical times
we can't do a thing about it

Everybody's happy
Everybody's free
We'll keep the big door open
And everyone'll come around
Why are you different
Why are you that way
If you don't get in line
We'll lock you away (2x)

It all comes down to nothing
The world comes down to nothing
It all comes down
Oh

Everybody's happy
Everybody's free
We'll keep the big door open
And everyone'll come around
Why are you different
Why are you that way
If you don't get in line
We'll lock you away

It all comes down to nothing.

It's a typical situation
In these typical times
Too many choices (2)

We cant do a thing about it
Too many choccies
It's a typical situation
In these typical times
Too many choices

Don't you ever wonder
maybe if things had been slightly different
you could be somebody else
don't you wonder maybe
if you took a left turn
instead of taking a right
you could be somebody different

Could I have been
A parking lot attendant
Could I have been
A millionaire in Bel Air
Could I have been Lost somewhere at Red Rocks
Could I have been
Your little brother
Could I have been
Anyone other than me
Could I have been
Anyone other than me
Could I have been
Anyone other than me
Could I have been
Anyone

He stands touch his hair his shoes untied
Tongue gaping stare
Could I have been a magnet for money?
Could I have been anyone other than me?

Twenty three and so tired of life
Such a shame to throw it all away
The images grow darker still
Could I have been anyone other than me? Then I

Look up at the sky
My mouth is open wide, lick and taste
What's the use in worrying, what's the use in hurrying
Turn, turn we almost become dizzy

I am who I am who I am well, who am I
Requesting some enlightenment
Could I have been anyone other than me?

Sing and dance I'll play for you tonight
And thrill at it all
Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes
But I'll work it out then I

Look up at the sky
My mouth is open wide, lick and taste
What's the use in worrying, what's the use in hurrying
Turn, turn we almost become dizzy

Falling out of a world of lies
Could I have been dancing nancy
Could I have been anyone other than me?

And then I'll sing and dance I'll play for you tonight
And thrill at it all
Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes
But I'll work it out then I

Look up at the sky
My mouth is open wide, lick and taste
What's the use in worrying, what's the use in hurrying
Turn, turn we almost become dizzy

He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth, bite to eat, and he's rollin
Never changes a thing
The week ends, the week begins

She thinks, we look at each other
Wonderin what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
As these crimes between us grow deeper

Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die

Goes to visit his mommy
She feeds him well his concerns he forgets them
And remembers being small
Playing under the table and dreaming

Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die

Driving in on this highway
All these cars and upon the sidewalk
People in every direction
No words exchanged, no time to exchange

Ohhh...

And all the little ants are marching
Red and black antennae waving
They all do it the same
They all do it the same...way

Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
Sweet tooth tortured by weight loss
Program cutting the corners
A Loose end, loose end cut cut
On the fence, but not to offend
Cut cut, cut cut

Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die

(Saxophone/Violin Interlude)

Lights down you up and die

Lately I've been feeling low
A remedy is what I'm seeking
Take a taste of what's melow
Come away to something better
What I want is what I've not got
But what I need is all around me
Reaching searching never stop
And I'll say...

If you could keep me floating just for a while
'Til I get to the end of this tunnel...mummy
If you could keep me floating just for a while
I'll get back to you

Take a Jimi Thing
Just to keep me swingin'
I'd like to show you what's inside
I shouldn't care if you don't like it
Brother chaos rules all about
Sometimes I walk there
Sometimes, God knows, I take a bus there
I should't care I shouldn't care bereaved as
I'm feeling

Day is gone I'm on my back
Staring up at the ceiling
I take a drink sit back relax
Smoke my mind makes me feel
Better for a short time
What I want is what I've not got
What I need is all around me
Reaching searching never stop
And I'll say

If you could keep me floating just for a while
"Til I get to the end of this tunnel...mummy
If you could keep me floating just for a while
I'll get back to you

See I'm leaving
This warehouse frightens me
Has me tied up in knots
can't rest for a moment
Soon I'm going I'm slippin' slow away
Hoping to find something better than
I've got inside of here
And the warehouse slips away

Hey reckless mind
Don't throw away your playful beginnings
You and i will fumble around in the touches
And be sure to
Leave all the lights on
So we can see the black cat changing colors
And we can walk under ladders
And swim as the tide turns you around and around

Hey we have found
Becoming one in a million
Slip into the crowd
This question I found in a gap in the sidewalk
Keep all your sights on, hey
The black cat changing colors
And you can walk under ladders
And swim swim as the tide turns you 'round

Life goes on, end of tunnel, T.V. set
Spot in the middle
Static fade, statistical bit
Soon I'll fade away, I'll fade away
This i admit
Tastes so good, hard to believe an end to it
Smell touch feel
How could this rhythm ever quit?
Bags packed on a plane
Hopefully to heaven

Shut up I'm thinking
I had a clue now it's gone forever
Sitting over these bones
You can read in whatever you're needing to
Keep all your sights on
Yeah, man, the black cat
Changing colors
When it's not the colors that matter
But that they'll all fade away

Life goes on, end of tunnel, T.V. set
Spot in the middle
Static fade, statistical bit
Soon I'll fade away, I'll fade away
This I admit
Seems so good
Hard to believe an end to it
Warehouse is bare
Nothing at all inside of it
The walls and halls have disappeared, they've disappeared

My love I love to stay here
My love I love to stay here
In a corner was wondering
If a change could be better than this
And then I worry
Maybe things won't be better than they have been
Here in the warehouse
At the warehouse
How I love to stay here
At the warehouse
Every man and woman
Get alive
That's our blood down there
Seems poured from the hands of angels
But trickle into the ground
Leaves the warehouse bare and empty
My heart's numbered beat
Still echo in this empty room
Fear wells in me
But nothing seems enough to defend
So I am going away

Work ourselves
Fingers to the bone
Suck the marrow, drain my soul
Pay your dues, and your debts
Pay your respects
Everybody tells you
You pay for what you get
You pay for what you get

Everybody asks me how she's doing
Has she really lost her mind?
I said, I couldn't tell you I've lost mine
Words words words have you heard
A bird in the hand is much better than,
Any number free to wander
Fly away... stay

You pay for what you get
You pay for what you get
Everybody asks me how she's doing
Is she really all she says...
Every body asks me how she's doing
Since she went away
I said I couldn't tell you
I'm okay I'm okay

Surpries, surprise
You pay for what you get
You pay for what you ger

Everybody asks me how shes' doing
Has she really lost her...
Everybody asks me how she's doing
Since she went away
I said I couldn't tell you
I'm okay I'm okay I'm okay
How are you?

Pay for what you get
Pay for what you get... oh...
pay for what you get Pay for what you get oh... Oh...

This song is an instrumental.