You ... I see you coming from miles away
You're tearing down limbs and telephone wires, wrecking houses, starting fires
You're hard to miss
Why don't you come over here and give me a kiss, my baby

Oooo ... How come when I see you I never know what to say
You're stomping around, making noise, raising hell, shaking the ground
All 20,000 pounds of you - couldn't I just say, "settle down"
I love you

My baby, my baby, my baby is a dinosaur
She take me, she take me,
She's got me in her claw and won't let me go, no

I need a cherry-picker, just to kiss her
I need a front-end loader, just to hold her

My baby, my baby, my baby is a dinosaur
She take me, she take me, she love me so I can't take no more
My baby, my baby's got the whole wide world under her big toe
She take me, she shake me, she love me, lord, like a UFO

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If nothing too much changes
I believe I will make it
I know I'm on a high wire
And I'm good, but how good am I?

You're acting as if nothing will happen
It's bad luck to be born, but you can't go back in
Even a doorknob knows what it's for - a small job
Both hands on my ears, in the old days, like a rorschach

Congratulations, hard work and patience have paid off
But beware of the straight and narrow; you'll get soft

Half-closed, flashback, come to and forget
The wide eye of mistakes, it just blinks and stays wet
I found out once I'd left home and got grown
I wouldn't notice a change, and that's how I'd know

Congratulations, low expectations have not hurt
But have you noticed sometimes the slowest get there first

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I called to say I miss you 'cause I took a little trip and left you all alone
You said you were mad 'cause in your dream I went to bed with someone called Simone
Now who the hell is Simone?
I swear to God I'd have told you if I'd have known

There was no doubt
There was no misunderstand what you were talking about just then
It could not be clearer if you spelled it out
Just one more time I might have missed a minor point that you made somewhere
We've got to communicate and I swear
I hang on every word that you say

And then the time you asked me if I meant it when I said I couldn't trust you
I was busy eatin' but if I said nothing that would mean it was true
Tell me what could I do?
I stared down at my plate and started to play with my food
Well, what could I do?

I woke up on the floor and you were standing over me without your pants on
It was hard for me to keep my mind on every word you said without your pants on
You can tell me it's wrong, but I'll tell you ...

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It starts with the morning edition
Right there in the kitchen
I say I'm sorry and you say it's fine
But it's all over the headlines
You know - "How Long Can They Last?"
Let's check out the forecast
Cloudy with a chance of shouting
And this house is feeling might crowded
No, it ain't no news - just the same old story with me and you

What's the lead on the evening news
This just in - I need to be leaving you
At the bottom of the hour we'll in investigate
How our love got so messed up in the first place
She never heard a word I said to her
Maybe I'll write a letter to the editor
You ran a feature on the fact she was the one
Well now I need you to print a retraction
No, it ain't no news - just the same old story with me and you

Extra, extra - read all about it
It's a train wreck of love
They're gonna stand on the corner and shout it
But it ain't no news - just the same old story with me and you

And you want to get hitched - you want to get married
They'll find us both in the obituaries
Our friends will be giving exclusive interviews
("I knew those two")
They'll be camera crews
It's over, baby - it's front page above the fold
And you still want to have and to hold? Come on ...

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Sometimes late at night I'll wake up from dreaming
I'll try to find the light, but it's too far to reach it
I'll stand up and grope the air while I plot out my course
In bare feet and underwear, with all this crap on the floor

But I don't even notice it there

Awhile back you said a thing that stuck in my head
It had that truthful ring - what was it you said?
Someone had made a joke at your expense
And wasted, you said, "Well you know everybody's got a devil in them

But they don't even notice it there"

You're sure no one could comprehend your special pain
And the faces of your friends - they look distant and strange
But a mirror is what they are, that you could see yourself in
But you get caught off your guard time and time again

'Cause you don't even notice it there

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Oh no - oh no, I can't believe
Oh no, I can't believe the things that I hear you saying to me
Oh no - oh no, it can't be true
Oh no, I can't believe the things that you say I'm doing to you
'Cause I was there
I thought I saw it all, but I must have missed the part
Where I made you feel so small and played around with your heart
And if I could repair
The feelings that got hurt, well you know I would
And I'd talk all day and night if I thought it might do any good
But you know it won't

Sometime after we spoke, there was rain on my roof and it came through
And the floor of the bedroom was soaked
And I realized that I couldn't blame you

Oh no - oh no, I can't believe
Oh no, I can't believe the things that I hear you saying to me
Oh no - oh no, it can't be true
'Cause I don't that I never did the things you're saying I did to you
And I could swear
We never agreed so well as when we called it off
And now you want to come around and tell me about these second thoughts
And I think it's unfair
Now I catch the blame every time you feel like shit
You want to come calling me name, even when I had nothing to do with it
And it's getting old

Sometime after we spoke, there was rain on my roof and it came through
And the floor of the bedroom was soaked
And I realized that I couldn't blame you

Oh no - oh no, I can't believe
These things that I hear you saying to me
But if so, you have my apologies
But you must know I am not the one who could set you free
Oh no

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I've done a little traveling
I've been across the sea
I didn't think these foreign lands would ever lose their charm for me
But I've never been anywhere I rather be
Than right here in your lovin' arms
Yes, and I have tasted some dishes so strange and new
Though my memory would never fade
But baby you erased it without even trying to
And call I got was a kiss from you
An even trade

So I'm not gonna be sorry for anything
Anything up to now
All of what happened back when you were not around
'Cause there's still a lot more I'd like to see
Before I die
But the last thing I want to do is look in your beautiful brown eyes

When I was a boy, well I wouldn't do nothin' that scared me
So for a while there you know I didn't do much
But there is no roller coaster ride that could have prepared me
For just the feeling of your touch
And maybe since then I've done some things you wouldn't do
But it was just in the way of having fun and I hope it's no big deal
'Cause there's never been anyone or anything to compare to you
And the way you make me feel

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Darling, the way things have gone
It's not like I planned, and there's a lot of things I never got to say
And I'd like to just go on, but I don't think I can
Without telling you what it'd have been like if you'd have stayed
Yeah, and I want to tell you - I will not lie
That you hurt me when you told me we were through
But if I put myself in hell - wet my face with crying
But I ain't good enough for you
Well darling, what am I gonna do?

I'd buy you drinks, take you out dancing
Or we could do the tango in your living room
I know what you're thinking - you don't want to take a chance
But you're gonna want a man pretty soon
Yeah, and I'd give you my coat when it's cold, and you're shivering
I'd give you anything from my hat down to my shoes
And it'd still be you and me when we get old, wearing each other's rings
Oh, but if that ain't good enough for you
Well darling, what am I gonna do?

I'd take you out for dinner - I'd pull out your chair
Or we could sit around and eat cold pizza in our underwear
I may be a sinner - not one given to prayer
But I'd go to church every day if I thought I'd find you there
And I'd take you around the world with me on airplane, boat, and train
We could taste the wine from California to Bordeaux
Or we could sit at your place and watch TV 'til the neighbors say it's a shame
As long as you stay with me, I'd tell 'em where to go
So why do you torture me - you know I can't stand it when you smile
You let me think that I might someday get through
Well darling, I can hardly see how you could be much harder on me
When I'd do anything you want me to
But it ain't good enough for you
No, it ain't good enough for you
Darling, what am I gonna do?

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I'm mowing down Job's garden in the twilight
Mowing down Job's garden in the twilight
And if somehow he can see me now, I hope he's not surprised
I'm mowing down the garden, mowing down Job's garden

Looks like it's almost over - ready to start again
You don't think you can hold on - it's like it's always been
And you take off your shoes and your socks
Gonna stick your feet right in
And it feels like it might be to hot for you
When you feel it on your skin
When you feel it on your skin
But you won't be scared, though it would be rational
(If you know)
You shouldn't think about it
(What's good for you)
It'll just give you those worry lines
(You don't have a clue)
You feel as though you're sinking down
But it'll all work out this time

Just keep mowing down Job's garden in the twilight
Mowing down Job's garden in the twilight
It's getting dark and I can see some sparks
And I wonder what I'll find
Mowing down the garden, mowing down Job's garden

You know this dog will be dead soon if he don't come inside
He's not allowed in the bedroom - this time we'll let it slide
And you've told us all more than once
And we try to keep it in mind
That those scratch marks on the back door were there before
You got locked out that time
But they are not canine, are they?
But you don't look there - you try to act natural
(If you know)
You should think about it
(What's good for you)
It'll just give you those worry lines
(You'll keep mowing down Job's garden in the twilight)
You feel as though you're sinking down
(Mowing down Job's garden in the twilight)
But it'll all work out
Only if somehow he can see me now, I hope he's not surprised

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There's going to be an election, baby, to see who gets to go
You've got to get your name in the pot if you want to have a shot
Yeah, but nobody knows
How do you do this? What's the trick?
They say you'll only get what you deserve
So you say, "Don't call me your boy no more
No sir. Call me Lucky"

Call me Lucky

You've got to make the connection, baby, that's what you supposed to do
You make the dreams come when you're awake or it's the fiery lake
Oh, it's strange 'cause it's true
But nothing happens in your heart
You feel exactly the same as you were
So you say, "Don't call me your boy no more
No sir. Call me Lucky"

Call me Lucky Lucky
'Cause I must be

I've gone too far on past the Y
Where the road split off
There are no highways to take me back before I die
I was going to see that city in the sky

You take up a collection, baby, if it don't get better than this
You wait too long before you pass the plate and you'll be up at the gate
Frowning at the guest list
But then you look up to the sky
The clouds are forming the shape of a word
And you say, "Don't call me your boy no more"
No sir. Call me Lucky"

Call me Lucky Lucky Lucky
'Cause I must be

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The toes of the devil, I tickle, he's laughin'
But you misunderstand, put on your Sunday best
I'm not a whisper, a feather, a bony finger
You bite me where I'm tender
You give me gooseflesh

Hey

Why do you tell me all this bad news?
When I do not even know you
And can you tell me exactly what I'm supposed to do?

The three-headed salesman, I cut one, there's two left
But now he chews on my ears, he whispers sweet nothings
I feel the sidewalk, the stomach, the time is coming
Stay in your house if you can
The fat lady sings

Hey

Why do you tell me all this bad news?
When I was in such a good mood
I will try not to hold it against you

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I'm over on the side of the road
And I've gone as far as I'm going to go
I've got no tire iron, no scissor jack
If I don't get a tow, I won't make it back - oh no

I saw a traffic cone over on the side of the road
And it was bright orange, but I didn't have to change lanes or even go slow
I saw some flashing lights above and below a sign
They were shining bright - one at a time
And I passed them by - over on the side of the road

I saw a dead cat over on the side of the road
He was about flat, but what could I do - must have been his time to go
I saw a paper sack - just a-blowin' around
When I looked back, it was up off the ground
And I passed them by - over on the side of the road

I saw some flowers there on the side of the road
And someone had wrote a prayer and hung it all up on a telephone pole
I saw this old man sitting in his rocking chair
And I waved my hand - I wonder if he knew I was there
He might not have cared
But I passed him by - over on the side of the road

Now I'm over on the side of the road
Stuck over on the side of the road