The Tear Garden Album

This is our dear lord at heaven's gate
See the wings upon his ankles
Here's the chariot
The angels five long years but worth the wait
Further down you have the serpent
I'm the master he's the servant
I keep him caged because he's nervous
For the dragon sleeps below
Far down below
This one is for my sweet beloved
Died at childbirth undiscovered
This one's why I'm here
I suffered covered every wall with tears
Now there's nothing left to see
Tell your children you met me
The perforated man
Don't spring your camera
While I flee
A picture's all I can bequeath
You wont be disappointed I guarantee
Tell your children you met me
The perforated man

Heard you on the radio
The morning show was stuck between
A trailer and a bus
Didn't we do well my friend
So how's life in Las Vegas
Are there alligators waiters
Drop dead gorgeous babes in rugs
You said it in the papers
How you knew that you were never one of us
And I confess
I could not stand you
With your poems and your pout
When they used you as a racehorse
In the playground I would cheer aloud
Some of us are sweating
Some of us are proud
So what's it like out there
Remember standing in the crowd
Those we have victimized will come back to haunt us
Those we have vilified lie back and they taunt us
Those we have victimized will come back to haunt us
Those we rejected are high up on revenge
They will seek
Seek

Bikini girls and hunks are showing us the joys of being perfect
Bouncing balls in Junes theyre cruising surfing to those tunes we love
Hi- ho but get rubbing brickshaw please be careful with my tan
Brushed red as a washed up can but warm enough to tempt the lifeguard
Save me brick shore take me in your rickshaw far away to China
Save me brick shore take me in your rickshaw far away to China
Get those limbs around my waist I need resuscitation
Hammer on my heart and that old door of love will let you in
Hi- ho but get rubbing brickshaw please be careful with my tan
Brushed red as a washed up can but warm enough to tempt the lifeguard
Save me brick shore take me in your rickshaw far away to China
Save me brick shore take me in your rickshaw far away to China

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Cancel the wedding renounce all the vows
I shall suck on those kisses ride on a cow
To the monastery high over there in the clouds
Silent for 25 years
I saw you collide with the history teacher
Watched finger tips brush over coffee and Nietzche
If he is your type who am I to beseech you
To stay here for 25 years
You tell him I cared say I was earthy
Steadfast and honest but not really worthy
See how I feel when you're bleeding for mercy
Maybe in 25 years
Stones in my heart there's a lump in my throat
Spare a cent for the misfit dime for his goat
I'll love you and leave you my favorite coat
Had it for 25 years
Black curtains
Wish me well

Anything's O.K.
You want the moon
Don't get the wrong idea
You want the moon for you I'd shoot it sucker but first you've got to pay
You want the king bring him round he will serende you gag them down
Trade my kidneys throw my stones in
What you give me I intend to take it with me sucker
But don't get the wrong idea

Time to lose
Time to mourn
Time to guide this raft on
On through the storm
When counting to ten-thousand
With our eyes closed
I'm sure that island's on the other side
A blink away
Don't shrink away
I offer you my flask
No strings attached
Just knock it back
And count your blessings
Yes you've found me
I'm your bounty
I'm the prize so take me proudly
Don't open up your eyes
Don't play with knots or say the wrong thing
I'm the captain of this ship
It goes where I decide
I make the rules
I write the script
Our mystery trip
God's mercy on an open sea
And all the stars are falling
Yes all the stars are falling
Falling
(Backwards): Falling

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(Backwards): Treat him well for deep inside the prince of dreams still