The Light Is Flickering Lyrics

Dancing with Shauna Grant
Shauna lets me take her out
Whenever I'm alone
She don't say much, but what comes out
Intrigues my favorite zone (what a zone)
Oh Suzy Superstar
There is no word for what you are to me
I feel so funny when I dream
That dream

CHORUS
I'm dancing with Shauna Grant
I'm dancing with Shauna Grant
I'm dancing with Shauna Grant
Slowly

That's the way she likes to dance
But there's no time for true romance
The endless zippers of their pants
Are all she gets to see
Virginia don't you cry
'Cause not all the gifts come from the sky
You pulled the wrappers long before I dreamed
That dream

CHORUS

I can't wait till she comes on my screen

She attracts cigars and cars
And Minnesota guys
And did she cross the tracks to glory
And did she wonder why
Colleen you're such a child
You crashed a party much too wild
My love for you is nothing like you craved
And now Shauna's dead and buried in your grave
And I don't feel
No I don't feel
Well I don't feel
Well I don't feel

CHORUS


Plaid Shirt
-Instrumental-


Gangbusters
You shot me
You shot me
Lucky shot
You'll be sorry
Ya got me
I'll be back

I'm wounded
Who shot me
Who shot me
Oh boy
Oh boy
I give up
You shot me
You shot me
Lucky shot

Who shot me
Who shot me
I'll get even
I'll get even
That hurt
That hurt
Oh boy
Ouch that hurt
Don't shoot
Who shot me
Who shot me
I'll get even.


Ships Upon the Bay
The bridges are all closed
The cars both ways are stalled
If the wrong voice answers the question
The parole board gets a call
The operator's lucky
A very lucky girl

The welfare's rising steadily
And housing starts are down
Auto sales, dismal
This is a shrinking town
The police are oh so busy
And why not

Well the crisis wasn't the Gulf
Or the lack of steady heat
But unfolded in the canyons
And the pits of old Wall Street
It happened on a Sunday
Do*Do*Run*Run

An orchestra continued
To perform Pete's Pathetique
It's too bad that the museum
Well it up and died last week
I saw a lovely painting
"Ships Upon the Bay"

It sent a chill through the system
I sent a letter through the mail
I sent some kids to foreign places
I sent a mother off to jail
It was such a silly notion
It surely had to fail

The last one called
In the middle of the night...


Uncle Bill
Uncle Bill woke up this morning
And he was still
So he got up and went downstairs
And had some eggs and bacon and breakfast
Which all became part of
And then he got dressed and went to school
And got yelled at by his teacher
For turning in sloppy homework
And that made him wonder a little bit

But that was okay because he was still
So after school he came home and
Watched a little bit of
Television and had some dinner which became part of
Uncle Bill
And then he went upstairs
And crawled into
Bed and pulled the
Covers up over his head and all night long he
Had a dream, he had a dream, a single
Dream that
Lasted all night long
All night long he had one dream
And that was
That he was
But that was
Okay because he was

Uncle Bill
Woke up this morning and he was
Still
And so he got out of his bed and
Went downstairs and had some eggs
And bacon and
Breakfast that became part of
Uncle Bill
And he got dressed and went off
To work
And he got hollered at by his
Boss for holding up production and
getting behind in the line
And that made
Him wonder a little bit

But that was
Okay because he was still
Uncle Bill
So then he came home
>From work and watched a little
Bit of television
And then had a little bit of dinner which
Became part of
And then he went upstairs
And got undressed
And crawled into
Bed and pulled the
covers up over his head and he started to have
A dream, he dreamt
All night long one long dream, the
Dream he dreamt all night long was that
He was Uncle
Bill but that
Was okay because he was

Uncle Bill
Woke up this morning anad he was
Still
And it made him
Wonder a little, it made him
A little nervous
Because everything was sort of going by so quickly
And he went downstairs and
Had eggs and bacon and breakfast and
That became part of Uncle
Bill, and then he went
To the park and got yelled
At by the whole park just for being
Uncle Bill
And it made him
Wonder a little bit, it made hm a little
Bit nervous

But he decided it
Was okay becuse
He was still so he went home
And watched
Some TV and had
Dinner and crawled upstairs and crawled into bed and
Pulled the covers up
Over his head and had one long long dream
All night long.


Opaque
It starts as an offer
Some cash in a coffer
A kindly intention for the day
It goes on and goes on
The ground is still frozen
The springtime is still so far away

In my dictionary
The adjectives carry
The same weight I try to push away
The houses are numbered
All pillaged and plundered
Their tenants march slowly to the bay

Tell me
What are the songs that you would take (high mountain)
Which old excuses would you make (high mountain)
Tell me
How many promises you'd break (high mountain)
On the mountains of the moon

If I were a guru
I might try and fool you
And tell you it all comes to an end
But as you well know now
The elements show how
The injury's no worse than the mend

Tell me
How many ideas are at stake (high mountain)
Tell me
How many rivers build a lake (high mountain)
Tell me
How many times will your soul ache (high mountain)
On the mountains of the moon

Tell me
Aare all the windows still opaque (high mountain)
Tell me
If it was cold would you still shake (high mountain)
Tell me
How many hearts will you break (high mountain)
On the mountains of the moon

Tell me
If it was time would you still wake (high mountain)
Tell me
Which ten emotions would you fake (high mountain)
Tell me
How many friends will you forsake (high mountain)
On the mountains of the moon


Scarlet Ribbons
Ladies and gentlemen
Would you please welcome
The wonderful....


Big Decisions
Holly's making big decisions
Keeping mind of all her visions
A better time in spring
A warmer clime, will bring.



My Town
Guns of war must come down
They will run, in this city
Men of hate come around
Want to rule in this city
Their guns are big their bombs are loud
We will lose our city
This empire is falling down
It would crush us in this city
Still my hope is all around
It will linger in this city

CHORUS
Revolution never dies
We're a nation in our city

'Cause when I step out on the street
Feel it pushing at my feet
Feel the living all around
See another smiling child
Then the vultures of dominion
Abortions of man's wisdom
The soldiers of paid perversion
Cannot touch us now
Not now

Guns of war must come down
They will run this city
Governed leaders they are proud
We will stop them in this city

CHORUS

'Cause when I step out on the street
Feel the hunger and the heat
Feel oppression all around
See another crying child
Then the vultures of dominion
Abortions of man's wisdom
The soldiers of paid perversion
Cannot stop us now
NOt now.