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Lyrics: Singles & Misc.

Liner Notes

These songs have either been released as singles or have not been officially released, but they are played often enough during live shows that I felt like the lyrics were worth including here. They may find their way onto an album yet...

 

 

Music and Lyrics by Jack Wilkinson.

The Ballad of Anakin Skywalker

Guilty in the eyes of the state

Lawbreaker

You will be

Treated like anyone else

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Lean closer to the fire

And smell the tell tale smoke

Blackbird, burning pyre

Beware the prophet spoke

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Have mercy

Heavy layeth the crown

Can't they see

I'm Olympia bound?

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Furies flocking

Talking in rhyme

Hades waiting

Weighing your crimes

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Save me

Oh I swallow my pride

Kill me

When I've already died

Fire and Ice

I saw you just the other night  

But you didn't see me  

An angel in white  

You stayed through the night just the same  

 

I heard you just the other night  

But you couldn't hear me  

You hid in a room  

I sang you a tune just the same 

 

You don't love me  

You don't love me  

You don't love me  

You don't love me  

You don't love me  

Spread your arms and hug me

  

Stuck around till the moon shines  

Until my fingers were sore  

Then she got up and swore  

Opened the door just the same  

 

Put a hex on the sunshine  

I can't stand the day  

Another man  

Will hold her hand just the same  

 

And when you wake up in the morning  

Wipe the sleep from your eyes  

I can't believe I'm moaning  

I'm too big to cry 

 

You don't love me

You don't love me  

You don't love me  

You don't love me  

You don't love me  

Spread your arms and hug me  

 

You don't need me  

You don't need me  

You don't need me  

You don't need me  

You don't need me  

I'm an open book just read me  

 

Why don't you love the man  

Who shoots you higher  

What don't you understand?  

About the Ice and the Fire  

What makes a man a man  

And a woman a woman  

The games we play

Lazy Bones

Lazy bones never 

Amount to anything 

How can I ever 

Amount to anything? 

I tried not to say it 

But I don't give a damn 

That's just the way I am 

 

Hold that thought, mama 

I fail to recognize 

No more talk, mama 

I see with children's eyes 

I don't understand it 

And I don't give a damn 

That's just the way I am 

 

Sick of running the rat race 

Sick of looking at your face 

I never made a mistake 

People tell me I'm fake 

What a lie, can't deny, who am I 

To blow against the wind? 

 

I was stuck in the quick sand 

I was putty in her hand 

She makes me shimmy and shake 

Honey, I need a break! 

In and out, all about, figured out 

Who I'm supposed to be 

 

I don't want to tell ya 

Well maybe I'll mail ya

I'll send you a letter 

I hope you forget her 

 

I don't want to tell ya   

Well maybe I'll mail 

Or maybe I'll phone ya 

I hope you're alone, ya

Lovin' Machine

You know my sister in an intimate way 

I heard you kissed her 

Sent her home alone 

Needing to pray

 

You took a flower 

You better make it shine 

You took a sweetheart 

And you messed up her mind 

And I don't know what to do 

I don't know what to do for you 

 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

I still don't know what that means 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

I see a man standing solo on the scene 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

 

My mama caught you! 

Peeking around 

It nearly bought you! 

A whole in the ground 

 

And who I am to judge 

What my sister does? 

Playing moral compass 

Just because 

But she's seventeen 

And that's a young girl in love 

What a foolish thing 

 

You took a flower 

You better make it shine 

You took a sweetheart 

And you messed up her mind 

And I don't know what to do 

I don't know what to do for you 

 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

I still don't know what that means 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

I see a man standing solo on the scene 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

 

(Let's talk about those urges 

Where man and mind diverges) 

 

It's a natural borne attraction 

My blood is warm 

It's a sexual satisfaction 

But brother let me warn you 

These days when the hormones rage 

You better strap your monkey, put him in a cage 

And take a bath in the cold water 

Turn back, don't you bother 

Keep it clean 

For my lovin' machine 

 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

I still don't know what that means 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

Lovin' machine, love is routine 

Lovin' machine 

Yeah, yeah!

I still don't know what that means

Lovin' Machine

Man of a Different Time

Man of a different time  

Man of a different mind  

I once was a boy  

Who was left so far behind

  

Things aren't what they seem  

When you're lost in the in between  

My good friends  

Can't make it socially  

 

At the sock hop you kissed me  

And wore your promise ring  

Mr. Weatherby   

So glad to see  

A friendly face  

Behind your chocolate shake  

 

Because he's a man of a different time  

A man of a different mind  

I once was a boy  

Who was left so far behind  

Man of a different time  

 

Now I'm so obtuse  

I'm out and on the loose  

Me and this old man's              

DeLorean 

Was running out juice 

 

Lady, lady, lady  

I'm a man of a different time 

Lady, lady, lady  

I'm a man of a different mind  

 

Man of a different time  

A man of a different mind  

I once was a boy  

Who was left so far behind  

Man of a different time  

 

Lady, lady, lady  

I'm a man of a different time 

Lady, lady, lady  

I'm a man of a different mind  

Lady, lady, lady  

I'm a man of a different time 

Lady, lady, lady  

I'm a man of a different mind

Maria

Basilica bells in the afternoon rain  

A Nahua man walks down the street  

An Indian mother all covered with stars  

The sun and the moon at her feet  

But don't stop shining  

 

Antonio, Antonio, Antonio  

Don't go away  

You got a thirteen month old baby  

And the twins are on the way  

Maybe then I'll meet you  

But I don't know when  

It's a better life they're saying  

For you and me and them  

 

Across the border  

Opportunity calls  

It's not built with mortar  

But they're building those walls  

 

Walk on water  

Where you sink or you swim  

Immersive experience  

For the new immigrant  

 

Ooh baby, you live in L.A.  

Look what they're doing to you  

A Max Factor angel, and you're only 18  

An accent won't get in your way  

But don't stop singing  

 

Ave Maria  

Maiden mild  

Listen to the maiden's prayer  

For thou canst hear amid the wild

  

Across the border  

Opportunity calls  

It's not built with mortar  

But they're building those walls  

 

Walk on water  

Where you sink or you swim  

Immersive experience  

For the new immigrant 

No Rock

No rock in the valley  

No rock in the country  

No rock in the Carnegie Hall  

No rock in the city  

No rock if you're pretty  

No rock when you're ugly and old  

 

I'm counting on you  

To break the spell  

I'm counting on you, you, you  

Time will tell  

 

No rock in the canyon  

No rock on your right hand  

No rock on your fingers or thumbs  

No rock on your left hand  

You're something, you're less than  

Good Lord won't you please find a man?  

 

No rock found in Denton  

No rock down in Trenton  

No rock on the 33rd floor  

A rock for your cousin  

I'll steal her a dozen  

I'll steal her a dozen plus one  

 

I'm counting on you  

To break the spell  

I'm counting on you, you, you  

Time will tell  

 

No Rock of the Ages  

No rock on your pages  

Your pages are tattered and torn  

No Rock of Gibraltar   

No rock when you falter  

Consider yourself fairly warned  

 

I'm counting on you  

To break the spell  

I'm counting on you, you, you  

Time will tell 

Paradise

Cry a river for me,   

Madonna  

About the worst it could be be,   

Madonna  

Testing my sanity,   

Madonna  

Madonna  

Madonna 

 

So I'll cut off my hair  

Tear up all my clothes  

Basking in the glory  

Where that big crown glows  

But still  

Oh still... you got mustard on your nose.  

 

Jake the Snake   

Takes a break  

For awhile  

Come inside  

Run and hide  

Jake the Snake   

You got stars in your eyes  

You got stars in the fries!  

 

So I'll cut off my hair  

Tear up all my clothes  

Basking in the glory  

Where that big crown glows  

Then I'll shame my brain  

If it keeps my tongue tied  

But why?  

Oh why?... you got mustard in your eye.  

 

Look at me!  

Look at me!  

It could be  

Like paradise 

Limousines!  

Limousines!  

It could be  

Like paradise  

 

Jake the Snake   

Takes a break  

For awhile  

Come inside  

Run and hide  

Jake the Snake   

You got stars in your eyes 

The Ballad of Anakin Skywalker

Such an angry young man

All the power in his hand

You've got to understand

It makes you careless

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A boy of sun and sands

Wants to be a better man

He loves his mother and

It makes him careless

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Anakin take my hand

I'll take you from this foreign land

Desert man, darker man

You're dying in the sand

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Such a pretty young girl

With her pretty brown curls

You killed that one too

In the name of love

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And now you're all alone

On that road we never go

The Dark Side's

A cruel place to be

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Anakin take my hand

I'll take you from this foreign land

Desert man, darker man

You're dying in the sand

​

And Ani-

Can you hear me?

Or do I talk too loud?

And Ani-

Can you feel me?

Or are you just too proud?

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The Devil I've Become

I saw her in a barroom  

Where the bright light never shines 

She was closer to a woman there by far 

I asked her to come over 

And I think she read my mind 

She gave me something strong than the wine

 

Maybe I'll make love to you 

Maybe I will pass 

The one thing I can promise you 

The good times never last 

 

And the stars would align in the sky 

Oh the moonshine was straight turpentine 

And the flowers in her hair 

Wilt away, were never there 

 

I woke up in the morning 

And to my terror turned 

She was older than a maiden ought to be 

She said, "Hey there! Where you going?" 

Her advances I did spurn 

Cinderella's magic moment won't return

 

Maybe I will marry you 

Maybe I will run 

The truth is I'm so scared of you 

And the devil I've become 

 

And the stars would align in the sky 

Oh the moonshine was straight turpentine 

And the flowers in her hair 

Wilt away, were never there 

 

Maybe I will marry you 

Maybe I will run 

The truth is I'm so scared of you 

And the devil I've become 

 

And the stars would align in the sky 

Oh the moonshine was straight turpentine 

And the flowers in her hair 

Wilt away, were never there 

Tyger, Tyger

I was a traveler

Upon the open road

You could have been

Anything to me

​

When all of my problems

Were all in my head

And all that they told me

Were lies, lies, lies

​

I was a sinner

I strayed the narrow path

It didn't mean

Anything to me

​

I spoke and I sputtered

I spoke in many tongues

And you beat the devil

Out of me

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When all of my problems

Were all in my head

And all that they told me

Were lies, lies, lies

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I was a traveler

Upon the open road

You could have been

Anything to me

​

Blood on the highway

My innocence was lost

I was a tyger

Shining bright

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When all of my problems

Were all in my head

And all that they told me

Were lies, lies, lies

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When all of my problems

Were prospects instead

And all that they showed me

Were mine, mine, mine

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