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
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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
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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 sinner
I strayed the narrow path
It didn't mean
Anything to me
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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
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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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