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(part one: winter on the beach)Gee, did we sit uponGold-plated pillowsAs Avalon's snake breath emerged blood and spittle?The sky was vermouth,As our eyes met the green sea,And I was right there wishing you were there with me belowThe officer waited in his carAs if for me to drive 95With an open scotch-whiskeyShould I sympathize with the moonThat is rising to greet sudden footsteps,Why do we draw such fine lines in the snow?The ocean, it purrs and it rubs up against me,The oil barge sighs,And the fishing boat steadiesThe houses dripped redAs I shook off my headAnd I rolled it upon the sand dunes of New JerseySongtexteTo my Mother I leaveSo much more than I have kept,The God of small things is in my kitchen cabinetThe D.J. might sighAnd the bills may be upset,Just tell them I would if I could but I just can't go on(part two: mercury rising)I'm stupid,I'm stupid,I'm stupid,No time for the family, work 'til I'm blind in the both eyesI'm tripping,I'm tripping,I'm tripping on thought that I had when I was young, oh, now where did they come from?I'm waiting,I'm waiting,I'm waiting around for us bus for to take me to wait for anotherI'm locking,I'm locking,I'm locking wide doors, please don't knock, I am sleeping inside on the floorI'm catching,I'm catching,I'm catching the worm, just to ask him if he would remember this momentI'm falling,I'm falling,I'm falling below, now to memories' footprints, a sigh and a photoI'm asking,I'm asking,I'm asking for bread, would you come back to visit me after I'm dead?(part three: yesterday went away)Yesterday went awayWith the fire in the earthAnd was smothered with mud from the oceanYesterday took a fallAs it was unrehearsedAnd today finds itself duly sweatingYesterday went awayAs I tried to recallWhere the doctor had left my emotionYesterday skipped alongWith its flowery talk'til a bullet stopped dead its strict motionYesterday did its hairIn the candlestick glareWith the neighborhood champ and miss homelyYesterday kicked me fromThe tallest of horsesAnd made off with my youth and my cocaine Aus Songtexte Mania