Still I Can't Be Still

(Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah, ah ah)
(Ah-ah, ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah)
(Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah)

If we move in together
Will I still be a slob
Will things get ordinary
Will I piss ya off
'Cause I don't cook
I throw my clothes on the floor
And I mix the darks and whites
Oh baby your kisses are pure
And the sex lasts for hours
You want me more the less I shower
I'm a sight for sore eyes
In your old tighty whities
But you love me anyway
You love me anyway
I thank god for seeing the light
And not going out wi' some lawyer type
'Cause you're a poet
A renaissance man
A little boy with really strong hands

So many things goin' through my mind
Sometimes it gets scary
But when you're by my side
The world may be chaotic
And the skies may explode
But we'll be okay baby
This much, this much I know, oh, oh

And the minuet between the heart and the breath
Is my a-lullaby
And the minuet between the heart and the breath's
Gonna rock me every time
And the minuet between the heart and the breath
Will save my life
As I lay upon your chest
Baby I'm, I'm satisfied

I'd like to have babies with ya
Like to have maybe two
Join a carpool
And sing the kids to bed
They can have your coloring and
My movie rental addiction
They can be antisocial just like us
They can choose their very own religion
They can climb into bed in the middle of the night
And sleep in your arms as if hypnotized

So many things going through my mind
A-sometimes it gets scary
But when you're by my side
The world may be chaotic
And the skies may explode
But we'll be okay baby
This much, this much I know, oh

And the minuet between the heart and the breath
Is my a-lullaby
And the minuet between the heart and the breath's
Gonna rock me every time
And the minuet between the heart and the breath
Will save my life
As I lay upon your chest
Baby I, oh oh oh, oh yeah

(Alright)
Everything gonna be alright
(Alright)
Everything gonna be alright
(Alright) yeah
Everything gonna be, gonna be
(Alright)
Oh yeah
Everything gonna be alright

So if all the things we want
Are just out of reach
We move to the Midwest
And you start to teach
I'm a woulda, coulda, shoulda
A one hit wonder
I'm pretty sure we'd be okay
'Cause if the skin on your chest
Still feels that way
From the sandalwood oil
That you dab in the middle
I think just maybe
Maybe baby...
We'd miss it, a little

(Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah, ah ah)
It's alright now
(Ah-ah, ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah)
Oh gotta feel that-a-way gotta make me feel
(Ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah)
Gotta feel that way got a little bit-a [vocalization]
(And the minuet between the heart and the breath)
Oh, you feel it
And the minuet between the heart and the breath
(And the minuet between the heart and the breath)
Gonna rock me every time
And the minuet between the heart and the breath
(And the minuet between the heart and the breath)
Will save my life
As I lay upon your chest baby I'm
(And the minuet between the heart and the breath)
I, oh yeah I'm satisfied my my baby yeah
(And the minuet between the heart and the breath)
I, I, I'm satisfied...
(And the minuet between the heart and the breath)

Down in Larissa's lagoon
She sits by the light of the moon
She's hearing voices in her head
She must be strong
She must not give in to their song
She's hearing voices in her head

Down in Larissa's lagoon
Her guests they sleep in separate rooms
But her father comes to tuck her in to bed
She lost her mind, got no control
And there's nowhere else to go
When her father comes to tuck her in to bed

But Larissa woke up one morning (morning)
Singing, "Hallelujah (hallelujah, hallelujah)
Remember me for my passion
The paradise that I imagined
Hallelujah"

Down in Larissa's lagoon
The skies they never look blue
'Cause someone spiked the rain
With a little extra juice
She thinks she's being followed
Any minute she'll be swallowed
Someone spiked this rain
With a little extra juice

But Larissa woke up one morning (morning)
Singing, "Hallelujah (hallelujah, hallelujah)
Remember me for my passion
The paradise that I imagined
Hallelujah" (hallelujah, hallelujah)
(Hallelujah, hallelujah)

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

Down in Larissa's lagoon
There is no force that's greater
Looming deep within a very, very, very troubled girl
She stays awake for hours
Picking out the sweetest flowers
To lay upon the grave of a very, very troubled girl

But Larissa woke up one morning (morning)
Singing, "Hallelujah (hallelujah, hallelujah)
Remember me for my passion
The paradise that I imagined
Halle, halle, oh hallelujah..."
(Larissa woke up one morning)
Whoo!
(Singing hallelujah...)
You got to remember me
(Hallelujah)
Remember me for my passion
The paradise that I imagined
Just [?]
(Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah)

In this jury there are peddlers and disbelievers
In this fountain there are silver dollars and penniless creatures
It's your gravity and your hot air balloons
That keep you real and dare to dream with you
But when they pull you too far you must learn to forgive
And you must ask your heart

Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you lead

In this home there is family and just familiar faces
In this pilgrimage we disavow our brothers and confide in strangers
It's your gravity and your hot air balloons
That keep you real and dare to dream with you
But when they pull you too far you must learn to forgive
Or it will tear you apart

Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you...

Do you believe that the Earth was flat or round?
Do you bet you lived before or is this your first time around?
Do you believe we're here to learn?
Do you dream in black or white
Or are you coloring your lost and found to make it bright?

Oooh yeah...

Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you lead

Will I lose a friend?
Striving to contend
Will I destroy this trust
When I want the best for us?
Should I hold your hand
No matter what you plan?
For every hour you need
I will follow if you lead

Yeah, I will follow if you lead
I will follow if you lead
I will follow if you lead

"I am your sexy girl
I am your baby girl
I am your innocence
I am your mother
I'm lady chatterly
Or lady chastity
Or some anonymous lover

I can be your little virgin
(I can call my mommy)
Or your dominatrix
(In your parent's bed)
We'll play some spin the bottle
We'll play some Marvin Gaye
Or we can dress you up in women's clothing

Let's go shopping at the Pink Pussycat
You talk to the salesmen
I'll hide in the back
I may be bashful, but...
I got the cash 'cause...
I ain't afraid to try new things like that

Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above

Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above

I'm a widow in mourning
(Longing for your love)
I'm the bride on her wedding day
(And you are not the groom)
I'm a singing telegram at 2 AM
Or the French maid who comes to clean your room

Let's go shopping at the Pink Pussycat
You talk to the salesmen
I'll hide in the back
I may be bashful, but...
I got the cash 'cause...
I ain't afraid to try new things like that

Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above

Whatever you're thinking
Whatever your feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above

I'll keep you guessing, babe
You won't need confession, no
I'll be either one or
All of the above

Well I couldn't imagine
If I couldn't be myself
'Cause if you're afraid to
Ask for what you want
Then you might rebel
But if you've got that combination
Where you can play some 'show and tell'
Well don't be shameful
I am your rainbow
Liberate your body and
Soothe your soul

I can be your babysitter
(Who let you stay up late)
Or your best friend's mother
(Really hot date)
Or you favorite cousin
(She taught you how to french kiss)
Or Miss Finigan from health class
I'm a school girl in knee socks
(With pig-tails in her hair)
I'm Aphrodite for dinner
(Or Linda Carter)
I'm rose petals
I'm ruby wine
And if you want
I'l be the president's wife

Baby, won't you tell me...
Whatever you're thinking
Whatever you're feeling
I'll be either one or
All of the above..."

Well I don't believe in god
But she talks to me all the time
And I banish my mother
But she holds me when I cry
And I have been unfaithful for
With me he'll spend the rest of his life

Yet I have been forgiven
By all whom I've betrayed and loved
And I have everything I want
Is it ever enough?

Still I can't be still
Still I can't be silent
Still I can't be still
Still I can't be saved
Still I can't be still
I can't be silent
Still I
Still

Well I don't believe I'm beautiful but
At least I have my sister's smile
And I resist the muses but
They sing to me in exile
And destiny is not deafening
But it hushed me like a child
And every time I feel as though
I'm closer to the eye
The storm winds blow
I run inside, and though I feel revived-

The insatiable peace
Of my quest for, for true serenity
No matter how hard the rain
The thirst, the thirst is never ending
No matter how many friends
For angels been sent down to take me away
They can't make it okay

And every time I feel as though I'm
Closer to the eye
The storm winds blow
I run inside, and though I feel revived
Yes every time I feel as though I'm
Closer to the eye
The storm winds blow
I run inside, and though I feel revived
I don't believe I'm beautiful
But least I've got my sister's smile
And I resist the muses but
They sing to me
Still
Destiny is deafening

Do you think about the moon?
Made you feel real special 'cause
It followed you everywhere
Do you think about the sun showers?
The way you like to run naked in them and
Shampoo your hair
Do you think about why we sneeze in the sun?
Wish my freckles would just leave us alone
Do you think about when you're older
Will they make a Sunday night movie
About your life?
You think you got tattoos
Your grandkids are gonna like?

Well is your cup half empty? Is your cup half full?
Whatcha gonna be
When you grow up?
Are you a gym teacher
Rock star, or superhero
In a major motion picture
Action feature, creature?
Over and over figure it out
Maybe today we'll find the message in the clouds
Maybe tomorrow we'll crush a
Nickel on a railroad track
Time is running out I think I think too much
Do you think about the guy
That you first kissed?
Yeah his tongue went in circles
Practically missed your lips
Do you think he's now the world's greatest lover?
Or sitting at home
Watching CNN on TNT or TV?
Do you think about your past life?
Were you a countess, or
A vagabond or James Bond or
Yeah, but bisexual
Do you think I should care what you think?

Do you think about all the books
You haven't read?
Are you a street smart cat
Or are you just an intellect?
Do you think about this now:
The girl who made you miserable
In junior high; made you cry?
Do you thinks she's smoking
Like five packs of cigarettes a day
And going to therapy...
Wait I wasn't finished

Do you think it's normal
For white people to wear dreadlocks?
Are you a barefoot earthling
Or a hermit in socks
Guys in tuxedos are
Kind of deceiving
But you know, you see them in the park, jogging along
It's a little more revealing
Do you think about your funeral?
If you died how many people
Are gonna show up?
Do you think we're capable of change
Or we're just gonna, oh screw up our children?
Do you think about fires-
Who do you rescue first
Your kids or your sleeping husband?

Sitting in my easy chair
I got no friends but I really don't care
I don't remember birthdays
I don't remember names
People talk to me
I know not what they say
Well my political policy is laissez-faire
You keep off my, my thoroughfare
My weeds grow like roses
My gardens like greed
My temples are discotheques for refugees

It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely but I'm free
Nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay right here
(repeat)

Well my pizza delivery guys; they all wear suits
And all my musicians they play in the nude
The lawyers wear nipple rings
They kiss my ass
And the french horn players are
In the most demand

It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely but I'm free
Nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay right here
(repeat)

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3...

Planet Z
You can't predict the weather
But it's fine with me
Can't you see
I don't like when you bother me
Planet Z
The stars are brighter in my galaxy
Thirteen moons revolve around, around, around...

It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
Where I'm lonely but I'm free
Nothing gets in my way
I think I'm gonna have to stay right here

Well these lovely little snowflakes are everywhere
They're the spitballs that you blow in my hair
Well I won't remember your birthday
I won't remember your name
Just keep talking to me
I'm not listening

It's all about me
On my very own Planet Z
(repeat 4X)

Hey - Just when you think you are the shit
Well, you look down and your fly is unzipped
That's when you take a moment to say
"Well, sometimes I'm so totally unhip."
Just when the great ones inspire you
To throw caution to the wind
That's when the mirror mirror on the wall says
"Babe, you better throw your towel in."

All that I don't know
Paralyzes me
But somehow I keep going on
Just settling for this mediocrity
And I wonder if god is trying to make a fool out of me

All that I don't know
Paralyzes me
But somehow I keep going on
Just settling for this mediocrity
And I wonder if god is trying to make a fool out of me

All that I don't know
Paralyzes me
But somehow I keep going on
Just settling for this mediocrity
And I wonder if god is trying to make a fool out of me

There are legends who die
And I've never even heard their songs
And there are heroes of a generation
Whose poetry is not on my shelf
And my soliloquies would make Shakespeare
Turn over in his grave
And voyagers would forbid me
To join in their crusade

I wish I could fight against Ali and win
I wish I could write with Joni Mitchell's pen
Sail the Atlantic on a paddle boat
I wish I could smile like Bobby de Niro
I wish that the lotto was the number of my telephone
I wish I could sing a duet with Bono
'Cause I don't want to sound like
Anyone else, you know
I just wanna take you under my spell
Excuse me for saying
What I know down deep is my sin
But maybe I'll fool everybody into thinking
I know just what I am doing

I wish I could fight against Ali and win
I wish I could write with Joni Mitchell's pen
Sail the Atlantic on a paddle boat
I wish I could smile like Bobby de Niro
I wish that the lotto was the number of my telephone
I wish I could sing a duet with Bono
'Cause I don't want to sound like
Anyone else, you know
I just wanna take you under my spell
Excuse me for saying
What I know down deep is my sin
But maybe I'll fool everybody into thinking
I know just what I am doing

Slowly-Softly
Please serenade me I'm here
Restless-reviving-river of life
You are here

Tell me you love me
Tell me you see me
Show me your laughter
Feed me
Tell me you love me
I'm the one you need
Raise your hand and
Reach for me

Silent-Slumber-Sweetheart
Your thunder is my thorn
Bathing-beauty-ballad of bliss
You were born

Tell me you love me
Tell me you see me
Show me your laughter
Feed me
Tell me you love me
I'm the one you need
Raise your hand and
Reach for me

Pretty-precious-prism in darkness
You make me proud
Fragile-fumbling-finally
A new day we have found

Tell me you love me
Tell me you see me
Show me your laughter
Feed me
Tell me you love me
I'm the one you need
Raise your hand and
Reach for me

I wonder if you sleep right now
Do you realize I'm clinging to
The edge of this bed I have
Nowhere to go--I have nowhere
If I leave you'll call me quitter
If I stay you'll punish me with silence and somehow
You'll fall asleep...You'll fall asleep

Well do you know that I won't sleep--No I won't sleep all night
Long
As your silhouette turns its back on my spoon
I'm mesmerized by the ricochet moon

Leaping this leprechaun's wall
I'm so disenchanting
Intoxicated by my own tear's soul
And come tomorrow
When my beauty is old
Like a speckled princess
I'll try to cash in clovers for gold
So I'll light a candle and begin to
Write, turn to my work as refuge
Though my womb is a rush hour taxi
Ride, but I will try
To metamorphose pain along my plight
But I'll despise each word I write
So I am clinging to the
Edge like some soap-opera star
With her ten second fade
As the light cascades
Do you love me anymore?

I'll try to spin straw into gold
Straw into gold...Straw into gold...Straw into gold
Spinning for mercy
Spinning for hope
Spinning for love
Spinning for gold

She will never be invincible
She will never be some Florence Nightingale
Her thresholds invisible but she'll hang on like hell
Yeah, she may be transparent
She's got no defenses to speak of
But she'll stand here before you with no pride or prejudice
Just steadfast and certain she'll land on her own two feet
You'll think you can break her
'Cause you think that she's crazy and weak
But her power will defy you when she wears her heart on her sleeve
Heart on her sleeve
She will never learn you're tranquility
She will never learn how to let things slide off her
Joy overwhelms her and her sorrow won't subside
Yeah, she still may be transparent
She got no got no defenses to speak of
But she will stand here before you with no pride or prejudice
Just steadfast and certain that she'll land on her own two feet
You think you can break her
'Cause you think that she's crazy and weak
But her power will defy you when she wears her heart on her sleeve
Oh, you may condemn me
With your bitter words and untouchable rage
Yeah, you may torment me
'Cause I don't lead my life in your way
But I will stand here before you with no pride or prejudice
Just steadfast and certain that I will land on my own two feet
You think you can break me
Bring my head down to my knees
But my power will defy you when my heart's on my sleeve