Mar 10, 2006 01:07
i had guards like watchdogs dogs in a manger i could feel the protection possession and anger and i drove out of there with no one behind me feeling funny and free all you pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't you precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers and i got nothing to hide i laughed as i said it this is my situation it's not pictures or privilege its just self preservation i don't want you to feel any obligation would it be so funny to be free all you pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't you precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers and i got nothing to hide we act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions (i remember you when we were shiny and new) of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes (now you guard your faith) cause faith is one thing that is hard to deliver (temper your speed) it feels funny being free all you pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't you precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't we precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers i got nothing to hide i had guards like watchdogs dogs in a manger (i remember you)
i don't want to wind up bitter lost inside a silent rage or become like rilke's panther out here locked up in a cage the old man i've been talkin' to has cotton in his ears but then who am i to blame him i've had mine stopped up for years singing come on funny feeling l.a. out my windshield's one big armageddon sprawl planting palm trees in the desert makes no sense to me at all in a science fiction world where walkin' wounded leave their mark i just took my place among them trying to find a place to park singing come on funny feeling the funny feeling comes when you're in love with everyone and all your races have been run or laid to rest get this freakin' anvil off my chest come on funny feeling the funny feeling knows the way the whole thing comes and goes make's you stop and smell the roses if your smart get this freakin' anvil off my heart it's not like i'm not blessed with something special in my world just around the next dark corner there's a blue eyed dancing girl who loves me like tomorrow comes with everything i need i just have to pay attention where this road i'm on might lead i'm singing come on funny feeling the funny feeling knows the truth the eye for eye & tooth for tooth it's something way back in your youth you should not second guess the funny feeling never lies it's there to open up your eyes make you stop and realize you're blessed so get this friggin anvil off my chest come on funny feeling