I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass lyrics lovingly compiled. I might even format them nicer.

Pass the Hatchet, I think I’m Goodkind

Unplug the microphone
Though/The ticker tape, the stream
Bet it all on the crimson/crimps of tide

With some Aquafresh, an opalescence gleam
Well slide, slide, slide down the water slide
Slide, slide, slide down the water slide

Unplug the microscope
The ticker tape, the stream
Beware he/it set/said in the marching time

It’s easy to be hard but harder than it seems
While slide, slide down the water slide
Slide, slide, slide down the water slide

Unplug the microphone
The ticker tape/tale, the stream
Foul ball cheer/chill on the hammer tie

Can’t see for miles, can’t see the vapor for the steam
Well slide, slide, slide down the water slide
Slide, slide, slide down the water slide
Slide, slide, slide

Beanbag Chair

I spent my life trying to understand
Just how my life led to where I am
But it leaves a bitter taste
and it feels like such a waste

So total the Vega
Drain the duck pond
See if I care
I loved you when I was young
But no more so burn down the fireman’s fair

Memory plays its tricks on me
In my mind’s eye, I claim to see
I’m losing every race I run
Making misery out of fun

So bulldoze the new road we’re driving
Slashed a beanbag chair
You held me so very long
but no more so burn down the fireman’s fair

We hold on tight to things we think we need
But that doesn’t make them true
I’m a little afraid I’ve fallen, flying free (??)
I’ll leave that up to you
That’s up to you

So won’t you help me
Total the Vega
Drain the duck pond
See if I care
I loved you when I was young
But no more so
Burn down the fireman’s fair
The fireman’s fair
Burn down the fireman’s fair
The fireman’s fair
Burn down the fireman’s fair

I Feel Like Going Home

It calls me to the ocean
Takes me wandering through the stream
My restless imagination
But for now, I want my feet on the ground
‘cause I feel like going home

I can float above the ceiling
I like drifting through the air
I tend to lose my concentration
But right now, the clouds don’t appeal too much
I feel like going home

Sometimes late at night
While running from the rain
Running from the voices filling up my brain
Now I wish they’d leave me alone
And let me be to go off on my own
Let me be to go home
I feel like going home

Mr. Tough

Hey Mr. Tough
Don’t you think we’ve suffered enough
Why don’t you meet me on the dance floor
When it’s time to talk time
And if you need to tell me something once
You won’t have to say it twice
And if you ask for a nickel
I’m gonna hand you a dime
And we’ll forget about our problems if only for a little while
And leave our worries in a corner, leave them in a big big pile
Pretend everything can be alright

Hey Mrs. Blue
Time to think of something new
The possum’s spinning the hits
The old soft shoe
And if you want to lose the rest of the night
There’s nothing better I have to do
And if I tell you something
You won’t have to ask if it’s true
And we’ll forget about our problems if only for a little while
And leave our worries in a corner, leave them in a big big pile
Pretend everything can be alright

Alone in our pad on a Saturday night
Hemmed in by the room
But hiding at a crowded party
The record’s playing for just me and you

Hey Mr. Tough
Don’t you think we’ve suffered enough
Why don’t you meet me on the dance floor
When it’s Todd-o-phonic time
And if you need to tell me something once
You won’t have to say it twice
and if you ask for a nickel
I’m gonna hand you a dime
And we’ll forget about our problems if only for a little while
And leave our worries in a corner, leave them in a big big pile
Pretend everything can be alright
Pretend everything can be alright
Pretend everything can be alright

Black Flowers

You can take what you can get
I forgive but I forget

You can never sleep enough
And your alarm is going off
You wake up and you can’t pretend
The dream was just a dream again
Won’t you dry your eyes
But it doesn’t matter anymore
Do just what you did before
Until you realize
That words go la la la la la

You can dip your brain in joy
When you find the real McCoy
When some pretty boys with skinny ties
Black flowers and valentines
Try to take your heart
Do you recognize the lie
Or stop before you get too high
On your own supply
Singing la la la la la

You want it, you got it
But you can’t take it home
You got a long way to go

You might wait forever
To say what you know
But you have a heart to show

Honey, you don’t have to stay inside
Don’t have to run, don’t have to hide
Go and dry your eyes
You know you can always change your mind
Maybe I will to in time
Once we understand
No one understands at all

Singing la la la la la
Singing la la la la la

The Race Is On Again

We were young, now were figured out (We were young, none could figure)
Things we said, there was so much to laugh about (Things we said, there was so much to laugh about)
Now at the end of the day (Now at the end of the day)
I wish I could hear you say
We’re at the starting gate (Starting gate)
And the race is on again

Just last night, I couldn’t sleep at all (Just last night, no sleep at all)
Lost my mind, lost my footing scaling the wall (Lost my mind, lost my mind, scaling the wall)
Now at the break of the day (Now at the break of the day)
I wish I could hear you say
We’re at the starting gate (Starting gate)
And the race is on again

Now at the end of the day (Now at the end of the day)
I wish I could hear you say
We’re at the starting gate (Starting gate)
And the race is on again

Now at the end of the day (Now at the end of the day)
I wish you would say
That the race is on again

(What am I doing now)
What am I doing now
What am I doing wrong
Will you wait for me
Or will you run away
I swear
That I
Knew yesterday
Yesterday

What am I doing now
What am I doing wrong
Will you wait for me
Or will you run away
I swear
That I
Knew Yesterday
Yesterday

The Room Got Heavy

The room got heavy with the lamp post looming
We were driving in a circle somewhere near the station
Shivering in the bushes, my eyes unfocusing
The grass flying pass our exit through the tunnel
Palasadies Park, summer after dark
Hand holding fast to a party invitation
And the room got heavy but only for a minute
While everyone was waiting for you

Ahh, Ahh, Ahh
Ahh, Ahh, Ahh

The room got heavy, all the coffee in the air
And the couple in the corner, the yellow light blinking she said
“I didn’t hear that” we all know she did from the
Look on her face, her arms slightly folded then we
Headed for the door, scootch across the floor
Empty my pocket, my eyes unfocused
And the room got heavy but only for a minute
While everyone waited for you

Ahh, Ahh, Ahh
Ahh, Ahh, Ahh
Ahh, Ahh, Ahh

Ahh, Ahh, Ahh
Ahh, Ahh, Ahh
Ahh, Ahh, Ahh

Sometimes I Don’t Get You

Sometimes I don’t get you
It’s like I’m in the sky
All I do is a-waste
That look on your face like a knife
Am I fooling myself making be
Together as one happily
Sometimes I don’t get you
None of your life

Sometimes I don’t know you
It’s like we never met
And what seems fine by me
Is on your litany of regrets
Am I clinging to something that’s past
That was never intended to last
Sometimes I don’t know you
Messes with my head

Sometimes I think I don’t know how to be on my own
Sometimes I won’t answer the door or talk on the phone
With you by my side
I don’t have to hide
A twig needs a trunk so that it can continue to grow

A twig needs a trunk so that it can continue to grow

Sometimes I don’t get you
It’s like I’m lost at sea
Then you say your OK
And I know that you’ll stay with me
Though it never comes soon enough
We’ll get through the difficult stuff
No matter what we do
I’ll be there for you
And maybe I’ll get you
And you’ll get me

Daphnia

Instrumental

I Should Have Known Better

I got in a tussle with a stranger on the train
His face was familiar but I couldn’t place the name
It got pretty ugly
Threats were made
I hope that no one who could see would be someone who’d know me

I had a small run-in with the driver and his wife
You might call it road rage but we got out with our lies
Conceded nothing, I held my ground
And now that it’s over I’m saying that there must be a better way

I keep it in mind eight times out of nine
I’m wrong or I’m right, it’s not worth the fight
But what’s hard to abide, makes it tough to decide
You don’t realize until after it has begun whether this was the one

I probably knew better
I probably knew better

Conceded nothing, I held my ground
And now that it’s over I’m saying that there must be a better way

I keep it in mind eight times out of nine
I’m wrong or I’m right, it’s not worth the fight
But what’s hard to abide, makes it tough to decide
You don’t realize ‘til after it has begun whether this was the one

I probably knew better
I probably knew better
I probably knew better
I probably knew better

Watch Out for Me Ronnie

Ronnie, Ronnie, please, come on, I’m asking you to
Watch for me please (Watch, watch out)
Oh tell me, nothing that you wouldn’t do
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out (Ronnie)
Watch out, I’m not scared
Is it really really really so hard to do
Oh just watch for me please (Watch, watch out)
Oh it’s the only thing on my mind
Ronnie Ronnie, watch out (For me)
Watch out, I’m pleading you’ll never beg or treat me unkind

I wanna see you smile
Man, I wanna see you smile
And I wanna see you smile
Now

And if you watch out for me
I swear I’ll watch out for you

Ronnie wanna ask you one more time for you to
Watch for me please (Watch, watch out)
Oh tell me, nothing that you wouldn’t do
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out (For me)
Watch out, I’m not scared
Is it really really really so hard to do
Oh just watch for me please (Watch, watch out)
Oh it’s the only thing on my mind
Ronnie Ronnie, watch out (For me)
Watch out, I’m pleading you’ll never beg or treat me unkind

I wanna see you shake
Man, I wanna see you shake
and I wanna see you shake
Now

And if you watch out for me
I swear I’ll watch out for you

Ronnie wanna ask you one more time for you to
Watch for me please (Watch, watch out)
I’ll tell ya, nothing that you wouldn’t do
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out (For me)
Watch out, I’m not scared
Is it really really really so hard to do
Oh just watch for me please (Watch, watch out)
Oh it’s the only thing on my mind
Ronnie Ronnie, watch out (For me)
Watch out, I’m pleading you’ll never beg or treat me unkind

I wanna see you smile
Man, I wanna see you smile
and I wanna see you sweat
Man, I wanna see you shake
and I wanna hear you laugh
Man, I wanna hear you laugh
and I wanna see you right now
Man I wanna see you riding down
Oh watch out
Ronnie, please, oh watch out
Oh Ronnie, please, oh won’t you watch watch out
For me please
Oh won’t you watch out for me please
Oh Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
For me please, oh watch out, for me please

The Weakest Part

Stars will fall from the sky
The day that you realize
Your pain could subside
If not for the weakest part
Of your heart
Of your heart

Bells ring out endlessly
Seem hard to ignore but you
Like a fool, just don’t see
He prays on the weakest part
Of your heart
Of your heart

If not for the weakest part
Of your heart
Of your heart

Some sunny day
The wind will come along instead of the dusty sleep
And you’ll op-
en your eyes

If not for the weakest part (Stars will fall right out of the sky)
If not for the weakest part (Bells will ring ‘til the end of time)
If not for the weakest part (Some day soon it’ll be alright)

Song for Mahila

Six for the frightened child on the day we die
Five and the search for meaning in the tears we cry
Mahila, Mahila, tonight

Four for the shadows hiding just out of sight
Three for their disappearance in the morning light
Mahila, Mahila
Two arms to hold you tight
Tonight

One for the kiss before we say goodbye
Six for the frightened child on the day we die
Mahila, Mahila, tonight
Tonight

Point and Shoot

One of these days I’m gonna get myself a gun
Aah
I might just shoot you down
Ahh
We know
Sometimes justice moves too slow
I’ll be the judge
Give it a gentle nudge

I wanna live my life compassionate and humane
Aah
It doesn’t hurt to dream
Ooh
For some
Love and justice never come
Both are blind
And both can be unkind

Ooh
Love is in the air
Nobody’s love is blue
Ooh

All you need is love
Aah

And to our friends
Thinking of you as we look ahead
And to all the people
We want dead
Aah

The Story of Yo La Tango

We stared at the sun too long
Until the shapes before our eyes
Turned into the sun
In our eyes

We lied to ourselves for a while
With our usual style
Now I wish we could lie
To ourselves again

We made up our minds to lose
To never once look back
We only looked back
Just once

We opened our hearts, it’s true
But not to any of you
We sold out of the myth
Too soon

And we tried
We tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down

We ran
Headlong in our way
And we tried so hard

Stared at the road ahead
We closed our eyes and then
Sped up for the turn
Around the bend

With nothing to lose, we lost
Suffered every cost
It still causes pain
To recall

And we tried
We tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down

We ran
Headlong in our way
And we tried so hard

And we tried
We tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down

We ran
Headlong in our way
And we tried so hard

And we tried
We tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down

And we ran
Headlong in our way
And we tried so hard

Refused to let go of the air
There was something there
Spun straw into gold
And gold into straw

Ran four red lights in a row
And still flushed from the blow
Broke down on the road
Back home

We stared at the sun too long
Until the shapes before our eyes
Turned back into the sun
Into the sun, in our eyes

We lied to ourselves for a while
In our usual style
Now we wish we could lie
We wish we could lie to ourselves again

And we tried, we tried
We tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down

We ran headlong
Headlong in our ways
And we tried so hard

And we tried so hard

Yeah, we tried so hard