THE WORLDRESSED PRINCESS ________________________ I'LL TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD I'LL GO ACROSS THE ROUGHEST OCEANS I'LL SET FOOT ON EVERY GROUND I'LL BE ABLE TO LAND ON. I WANNA TALK IN EVERY TOWN I WANNA SAIL IN EVERY SEA I WANNA FIND ALL THE JEWELS THE LIFE OFFERS TO SEE. AND I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE BUT I DON'T WANNA LET YOU. I COULD MARVEL AT EACH PLACE I COULD ADMIRE EACH LANDSCAPE BUT NOTHING WOULD NEVER COMPARE WITH ONE SMILE ON YOUR FACE. I COULD SETTLE IN A PARADISE I COULD REMIND WHERE I BELONG BUT THERE'S NOWHERE i'M FEELING HOME EXEPT INSIDE YOUR ARMS. AND I'M NOT GONE FOR LONG BUT I DON'T WANNA LET YOU. FROM ANY WORD THAT YOU WILL SAY TO ANY MOVEMENT YOU WILL DO ANYWAY, ANY NIGHT AND DAY I DON'T WANNA LET YOU OUT OF MY SIGHT. WE WILL TALK A THOUSAND YEARS UNTIL THE TIREDNESS APPEARS WE'LL HIT THE ROAD WITH ALL OUR HEART TO BUILD APPART. THEN WE WILL DRAW EVERY DAY OUT EVERYWHERE THE SUN LIES DOWN LAST I WANNA SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE BY THE LIGHT OF EVERY PATH. AND WE'LL SOON LEAVE TOGETHER 'CAUSE I WILL NEVER LET YOU. FROM ANY WORD THAT YOU WILL SAY TO ANY MOVEMENT YOU WILL DO ANYWAY, ANY NIGHT AND DAY I WILL NEVER LET YOU OUT OF MY SIGHT. __________________________________________ UP AT DAWN JUST TO BE JUST TO SEE THE SUN RISE. UP IN A HOVEL WITH NO BED WE DON4T NEED A BED TO SLEEP WELL. UP FOR AN EXIT NOT TO FIND JOBS WE DON'T NEED A JOB TO EXIST. BUT SOMEDAY WE WILL BUT SOMEDAY WE'LL NEED IT. DIFFERENT PLACES BUT I FEEL HOME WHERE MY LOVE'S WHERE LOVE IS. DIFFERENT MEALS BUT THE SAME FOOD WE DON'T NEED PILLS TO EAT GOOD. DIFFERENT TIMES TO FEEL FINE WHEN TIME IS MONEY OUR TIME AIN'T MONEY. BUT SOMEDAY IT WILL BUT SOMEDAY IT WILL BE. (BUT TODAY WE ARE FREE) _________________________________________ I'M TIRED OF PAYIN' SO MANY BILLS JUST TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE. I AM TIRED OF THE RED TAPES TO FILL JUST TO PROVE THAT I'M REAL. MAYBE I WILL GET RID OF THIS WHEN I'LL BE ESTHABLISHED. BUT ONE MORE TIME I'M A NAME ON A LIST I'M BOXES IN A FORM. ONE MORE TIME I AM PHOTOCOPIES OF A LIFE PUT IN A FOLDER. MAYBE I WILL GET RID OF THIS WHEN I WILL BE OLDER. I AM JUST MY TAX RETURNS I'M A BUNCH OF ATTESTIONS I AM JUST A SIGNATURE ON A NONSENSICAL PRECIOUS PIECES OF PAPER. MAYBE I WILL GET RID OF THIS WHEN I WILL BE BURIED. I SHOULD EXPECT THE PARADISE IS CLOSED FOUR DAYS IN A WEEK. I SHOULD EXPECT THERE'S A SUBSCRIPTION CLAUSE JUST TO REST IN PEACE. I WILL NEVER GET READ OF THIS WHAT THE DEVIL ASSURED. I AM MY LOST TIME DEBT LEFT I'M THE PRICE OF MY GRAVESTONE INSCRIBED I'M MY BAD DEEDS MISSING FLOWERS ON AN OUT-OF-DATE UNSMILING PICTURE. ___________________________________________________ ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVIN' SOUTH ROUTE SIXTY-SIX BEHIND OUR WHEELS THE SUN IS UP AND I FEEL WE'RE FREEIN' OURSELVES FROM COMMON SENSE WE'RE SIX STATES AWAY FROM L.A. CALIFORNIA, IT'S EASY. SO WE'RE CHASIN' THE AMERICAN DREAM THEN TO PUT IT AWAY. OIL WELL TEXAS, HERE WE COME EVERY WHITE LINE LEADS TO PIPELINES STATIONS BURN AND I THINK WE'RE ESCAPIN' THIS SHERIFF'S TOWN OUR WRECK SLICES THROUGH THE DUST AND SPREADS JUST LIKE WILD FIRE. A WILD CAR CHASE, LIKE s.F. RIDES PUT ON YOUR BELT WE'LL JUMP THIS BROKEN BRIDGE TO GO BACK ON RAIL- ROADS OF FORTUNES WITHOUT FAIL IN HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD PALMS AND PIGS ARE HOT ON OUR HEELS. SO WE'RE CHASED BY THE AMERICAN DREAM THEN TO BE PUT AWAY. WE'RE FIVE MILES FAR FROM THE FRONTIER BUT THE SUN'S MELTIN' THE TAR AND WE BOTH ARE NOWHERE NEAR GIVEN OURSELVES UP TO POLICE WE'RE JUST UP FOR A FORCED VISIT TO MEXICO CITY. ______________________________________ HOW MANY FRIENDS SHOULD I HAVE BURIED UNTIL TO PRETEND DEATH DOESN'T SCARE ME? HOW MANY ORDEALS SHOULD I'VE OVERCOME UNTIL I COULD FEEL LIKE MY FEARS ARE GONE? MY LIFE'S ALWAYS BEEN SO GOOD AND EASY THAT TROUBLES DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. HOW MANY KISSES SHOULD I HAVE DONE UNTIL TO BELIEVE I'M FALLIN' LOVE? IN HOW MANY WAYS SHOULD I PROVE IT TO YOU UNTIL I SUCCEED IN TELLIN' HOW MUCH I DO? MY LOVE'S ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE BUT ETERNAL DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. WELL, IT'S HARD TO BUILD A SELF CONFIDENCE IF YOU NEVER GIVE YOUR ACTS AN IMPORTANCE. HOW MANY JUDGES SHOULD I HAVE FACED UNTIL TO KEEP MY CONSCIENCE SAFE? HOW MANY PLEAS SHOULD I HAVE WRITTEN UNTIL I COULD HEAR ANYONE LISTENS? MY VOICE'S ALWAYS BEEN LOST IN THE SEA CONGRATULATION MEANS NOTHING TO ME. HOW MANY COUNTRIES WILL I HAVE TO TRAVEL UNTIL I COULD SPEAK COMPREHENSIBLE WORDS? AND HOW MANY SEAS WILL I HAVE TO SAIL UNTIL I COULD SEE MY COWARDICE FAIL? MY FEAR'S ALWAYS BEEN SO LOUD AND CLEAR AS HARD AS IT SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR. YES, IT'S HARD TO BUILD A SELF CONFIDENCE IF YOU NEVER GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE. _________________________________________ BEGGARS ON THE SIDEWALK BARGAINNING FOR THEIR FREEDOM AS THEY'RE DRINKIN' PAPERBAGS OR BREATHIN' PLASTIC ONES ON BENCHES. GRAFFITIS ON SAD WALLS BAD TASTE ADVERTISINGS NO ONE COULD NEVER AFFORD HERE WELCOME TO THE POOR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE HIGHTEST TOWERS OF THE BIGGEST CITIES SET THE RYTHMS FOR US TO LIVE. BUT EVERYWHERE, EVERYONE SINGS: WORKIN' MAN WALK FAST FOR ESCAPING THEIR PAST AND NEITHER MONEY IN THE TAR NOR CLIMBIN' LIKE A MONKEY ON A BUILDING NOT SO FAR FROM THE JUNKIES IN THE PARK. THE CHURCH, THE SQUARE STREETS AND THE SHOPS ; IT'S SAFFER. PLACE TO BE'S NEAR BUSINESS CENTER. THE HIGHTEST TOWERS OF THE BIGGEST CITIES SET THE RYTHMS FOR US TO LIVE. BUT EVERYWHERE, EVERYONE BLEEDS. ________________________________________________ I STAND ALONE IN THE NIGHT CROWD I'M GETTIN' COLD AND I FEEL LOST IN THIS TOWN. A LONG DISTANCE CALL WITH SHORT WORDS TO ADD TO SPEAK TO A WALL MAKES ME MORE LONESOME AND SAD. 'CAUSE I'VE GOT HOLES IN MY EYES AND MY SKIN'S GETTIN' DEAF 'CAUSE I'M LIVIN' WHERE MY HEART'S AND I CAN FEEL IT'S COLLAPSING. 'CAUSE MY BONES SOUNDS SO RUSTY MY VEINS ARE IN WOOD MY LEGS DRIVE A DEAD BODY AND A STOMACH IN BAD MOODS. I WALK ALONE ON REVERSED ROADS I'M GETTIN' BORED 'CAUSE NONE OF THEM BRING ME HOME. A FOREIGNER'S HOUSE WITH FAMILIAR CLOUDS ARTIFICIAL LIGHT WAKES MY INVISIBLE WOUNDS ___________________________________________ FACIN' THE SEA BAREFOOT-PRINTS IN BLACK SAND AN AWESOME SHARK'S FIN -SHAPED ISLAND STANDS. NAKED AND WET TASMAN WAVES ARE FUNNY NEW ZEALAND'S SUN SETS ETERNALY. ONE DAY LIKE THIS WAS WORTH PULLING OUR HEART OUT SINCE SUN SHINES. ONE DAY LIKE THIS WAS WORTH FACIN' OUR GRIEF TO LAUGH TILL CRY. BROKEN WIND-SCREEN DESERT ROAD'S UNFOLDIN' MOUNTAINS OVERHANG NORTH ISLANDS CITIES. GOIN' ALONG THE WINDING WILD SOUTH COASTS BARKIN' OTARIES AND DOLPHINS ON BOARD. STEALING THE MEAL HARD-CLIMBIN' TO EAT IT ON THE HIGHEST HILL OR WHERE THE WORLD ENDS. CROSSIN' A BRIDGE TO CLUB SOME DUCKS SENSELESS A FAR WALK TO PICK THE FEIDJOAS' TASTE. SOME DAY I WILL BRING YOU BACK HERE WITH ME FOR REAL THIS TIME. ONE DAY LIKE THIS WAS WORTH CRYIN' OUR HEART OUT SINCE SUN SHINES. _______________________________________________ I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED EVERYTHING I WAS SAID SINCE I WAS A KID EVERYONE PULL MY LEGS. TO LIE FOR FUN MAKES NO SENSE I WON'T TRUST ANYMORE. I LOST MY INNOCENCE AND MY SENSE OF HUMOR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BASTARDS I'M WELL PLACED TO TELL IT. I BECAME HELPFUL FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED BUT I'VE TOO OFTEN BEEN FOOLED THEY TOOK ADVANTAGES. TO SAVE SOMEONE LAZY'S USELESS I'LL SUPPORT NO ONE. MY COMPASSION'S NOW A MESS AND MY DEVOTION'S GONE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BASTARDS I'M WELL PLACED TO TELL IT. I'VE ALWAYS TRIED NOT TO HURT ANYONE SINCE I MET SOME CLEVER GUYS WHO DISTROY JUST FOR FUN. STUPIDITY IS A VOICE IGNORING ITS EXISTENCE. I REFUSE THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE ; LOST THE LAST TRACE OF MY PATIENCE SINCE PEOPLE ARE BASTARDS I'M WELL PLACED TO TELL IT. I'M WELL PLACED TO TELL YOU IT. _________________________________________ YOU WERE TALKIN' BOUT TO FIGHT PRETENDED TO BE RIGHT BUT I WILL NOT SPAR 'CAUSE IT'S NOT MY WAR AND MY ONLY BATTLE IS TO PLAY AND TRAVEL WITH MY GUITAR. YOU WERE DEALIN' WITH CHRIST YOU CLAIMED HE WAS THE LIGHT BUT I WILL NOT PRAY 'CAUSE IT'S NOT MY WAY TO GET REDEMPTIONS I JUST WRITE MY SONGS EVERY DAY. IN EVERYTHING THEY TELL THERE IS SOMETHING TO SELL IN EVEYTHING THEY SAY THERE IS SOMETHING TO PAY EVERYTHING THEY WRITE IS SOMETHING TO BUY BUT IT'S WASTED TIME 'CAUSE IT'S NOT MY LIE. YOU WERE SAYIN' THAT YOU WISH TO BE SOMEBODY RICH BUT I HAVE NO SCHEME 'CAUSE IT'S NOT MY DREAM AND MY ONLY FORTUNE IS TO BE IN TUNE WITH THE STATE I'M IN. YOU WERE SAYIN'THAT YOU WANT TO BE IMPORTANT BUT I WILL NOT SLIP 'CAUSE IT'S NOT MY TRIP AND MY ONLY TRAVEL IS MY WORLDRESSED GIRL __________________________________ PROUD THOUGHTS ARISE LOUD TALKS AND CRIES THE RUMOR GROWS EVERYONE KNOWS. SHAMELESS COMPLAINTS HARD AS THEY YELL TO SHOW OFF WITH PAINS NOT TO GET WELL. WHEN FRENCH WORDS HURT MY EARS I LISTEN TO THE VOICE MY LOVE KEEPS FOR ME STILL. EGOVERSIZED INSURRECTION BIG PRINCIPLES NO CONVICTION. NEED TO GRUMBLE NEVER HUMBLE THE ANGER HITS SARCASM FITS. WHEN FRENCH WORDS HURT MY EARS I LISTEN TO THE VOICE MY LOVE KEEPS FOR ME STILL. EVEN IF IT'S QUITE SOMETIMES IT IMPROVES MY LIFE. EVEN IF SHE'S QUITE SOMETIMES SHE IMPROVED MY LIFE. ______________________________________ I CERTAINLY STILL LOOK LIKE A CHILD, EVERYONE TALKS TO ME AS IF I WAS FIVE. I FEEL LIKE A FISH ON THEIR HOOK WHEN THEY SAY I'M SO CUTE. I DO HAVE A GOLDFISH MEMORY BUT I HATE THE WAY THEY REMIND IT TO ME. I FEEL LIKE A DOG YOU TELL OFF WHEN YOU SAY: "YOU, GET OFF". I'M A WILD HORSE DIPLOMATIC AND I'M AGILE ENOUGH TO CUT YOUR BREATH I'M A WILD HORSE NICE AND LOYAL BUT I AM STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU FALL. I SOMETIMES REALLY FEEL LIKE A SHEEP WHEN PEOPLE I DON'T EVEN KNOW JUST CAUGH MY CHEEK. I'M LIKE CATS IN MY GRANDMA'S BOOK WHEN THEY SAY I'M SO CUTE. EVERYWHERE I HAVE BEEN I'M A FROG EVEN ON TOP OF MY LADDER I'M STILL SMALL. IS FAMILIAR A WAY TO BE? WHY D'YOU NEED TO STROKE ME? _____________________________________________________ I WAS THINKING FOR MYSELF IF I'D GET READ OF MY T.V. I COULD GET OUT OF MY HOUSE AND SEE THE WORLD IS REAL. I WILL DO IT LATER I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO IMPROVE MY OWN CULTURE I WILL DO IT LATER I DON'T HAVE THE TIME NOR THE MONEY TO CHANGE MY MIND / LIFE. _____________________________________________________ I WAS TALKIN' 'BOUT THE OLD TIME BLUES WHEN MY GOOD FRIENDS USED TO BE AMUSED. I AM TALKIN' 'BOUT THE FUN WE HAD WHEN THE NAKEDER OF US USED TO HAND ON A STREET LIGHT ALL NIGHT. I WAS TALKIN' 'BOUT THE OLD TIME BLUES WHEN MY GOOD FRIENDS DID NEVER ABUSE. I AM TALKIN' 'BOUT THE WAY THEY HAD TO ASK PERMISSION FIRST BEFORE STARTIN' TO BURST YOUR HOUSE. I WAS TALKIN' 'BOUT THE OLD TIME BLUES WHEN MY GOOD FRIENDS THOUGH I WAS HELPFUL. I AM TALKIN' 'BOUT THE SONGS I WROTE FROM THE VERY FISRT JOKE TO THE VERY LAST NOTE SOLO. I WAS TALKIN' 'BOUT THE OLD TIME BLUES WHEN MY GOOD FRIENDS USED TO PLAY THERE RULES. I AM TALKIN' 'BOUT THE WAY THEY DRIVE SOMEONE PATIENT AND UPTIGHT IN SOMEONE STARK RAVING MAD. I WAS TALKIN' 'BOUT THE OLD TIME BLUES WHEN MY GOOD FRIENDS WERE UNITED FOOLS. I AM TALKIN' 'BOUT THE ENDLESS PARTIES 'TILL SIX IN THE MORNIN' AND STILL THIRTY ZOMBIES OYSTERS. I WAS TALKIN' 'BOUT THE OLD TIME BLUES WHEN MY GOOD FRIENDS USED TO RAISE MY SOUL I AM TALKIN' 'BOUT THE DAYS I WAS SAD THEY ALWAYS FOUND THE WORDS WITH FORTY PERCENT ALCOHOL. I WILL MISS MY FRIENDS WHEN I'LL FEEL LONE. I JUST MISS MY FRIENDS WHEN I AM GONE. I JUST MISS MY FRIENDS WHEN I AM LONE. I WILL MISS MY FRIENDS WHEN I'LL BE GONE. ____________________________________________________ MY HEART IS CRAMPED, MY HEAD IS SWAMPED, I'D NEED TO BE RELIEVED BUT I CAN'T. I'M FALLIN' BLINDED BY FEELIN' YOUR ABSENCE. AND I FILL THE SILENCE WITH OBSCESSIONAL GREVANCES AND I AM FIGHTIN' AGAINST THE URGE I HAVE TO BLAME. I'M SLEEPIN' AFRAID WITH CHIMERAS IN MY BED. SCRATCHIN' THAT SAD RECORD IN MY HEAD. MY HEART'S IN MOODS AND MY HEAD BROODS, I'D NEED YOU TO BE SAVED. IF I COULD SOFTEN QUIETEN THE VOICES CIRCLIN'. I LET MY ANGER GET THE BETTER OF THIS LETTER TO MYSELF. AND I BITE MY SORROW, I CHEW THE CUD AND SWALLOW. I'M SLEEPIN' AFRAID WITH CHIMERAS IN MY BED. SCRATCHIN' THIS SAD SONG IN MY HEAD. _____________________________________________ THE AUTUMN STARTIN' IN THE RAIN. I SEE NO MORE STAR FROM MY UMBRELLA BED. PILLOW-APPLES, WORLDS IN MY HANDS SLIPIN'. DAYS GETTIN' SHORTER, SUMMER DIES. THE LIGHT FADES TIGHT UNDER MY HOOD SHAPED EYES. WET LETTERS TRAVEL TO PARADE LANDIN' RED DUST HOURGLASS TIME'S LAZARUS-TIN' FAST. WHITE SUNS DON'T CAST THEIR TAILS NEEDLE-IN' PAST. BY BULDIN' OUR HOUSE WE'VE THROWN OUR LIFES STRAIGHT IN THE MOUTH OF CROCODILES. THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO GET BUT TEARS WIPPIN' WE ARE ESCAPIN' YESTERDAYS, WE'RE CHASIN' NOTHING BUT OUR WAY. KANGAROO'S IDEAS UP TO SAVE BOUNCING.