Scrap And Scrapes

You Were Taken While I Made Up My Mind
Now It's Hard To Tell You This
When I'm Heard Singing Deaf, Dumb And Blind
But You're Still The One I Miss

I Thought The Front Light Was On But I Find
It Is Too Dark To Reminisce
Of All The Places That Once Would Remind
I Can't Remember Our First Kiss

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Stolen Swings Stop Swinging

Token Texan Boy

With Harder Farmer Tan

Freckles Fade Out

Who's Walked-Talked Ran

Quiet Queer Calling

Out Other Bummer Sins

Pick Pray Alone

Likes Mellow Yellow Skins

Make-out Men With

Some Fist Wrist Action

Fighting Fit Boy

Pushed Hushed Transactions

Korean Kid Coughing

And Blood Flood Lungs

Slowly Swallows Down

Trodden Foreign Tongues 

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Caught Between The Carriages

Forget Fallen Poets
It's Beat Feats Here
Sell Selected Works
Of Doc's Hocked Gear

Rockin' Raged Speakers
No Band Stand Days
Caking Coke Stains
On Bro's Nose Stays

Sung Stolen Goods
For Wild Child Bringin'
Hippy-D-Hop Still
With Mighty Whitey Singin'

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Reign It In

You Paid The Flights Now See The Sights
Each One Is A Hit To The A.T.M
Hollywood Showed It With More Lights
But I Guess I Was The One Who Lit Them

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Mr Sachs And The 85th Street Fire

Bring The Refreshments Up To My Mother's Apartment
They Are Needed For Tomorrow
And The Night After Maybe
Hopefully There Won't Be Too Many

Up The Service With The Trolley And There She Sits
In Her Nightgown And Curlers And An Old Age Smell
From The Kitchen Table She Points Where To Rest Them
There's Tip-less Thank You And I Curse
The Old Lady The Whole Way Down
Because I Had Forgot
And She Hadn't Reminded Me

By The Time I Reach The Front Gate Ashen Script
The Size Of Hands Float Down To The Ground
Smoke Over Buildings With The Sweating Wind
Blowing It To Us And The People

Fire Engines Race First With Young Harlemites On Bikes
In Toe To See The Flames
No Wonder They Don't Trust You, You Revellers
Sirens Stop And Choppers Start Circling Above The Rest
With Every Vision Of Every People
It Has To Be Somebody, It Just Has To Be
It Is Never An Accident When It Comes To Us
Anti-Murmurs Cleanse The Air Quick But Not Forgotten
As A Mexican Smoker Raises His Head
Only To Have It's Tip Cut Off
He Took A Little, So Did We
And They Expect Their Sympathy From The Front Page
And They'll Get It On The First Print

Tomorrow Night In That Apartment
It's Only Been Over A Day Yet
He Will Still Be The Second Thought
But Why Should That Change Now That He's Gone
Though She Might Remind Someone It Was The Place They Did Marry
If She Must Search For Some Reason For The Sadness
To Push Out Those Tears
And Keep Out The Whispers
As She Shows Them The Ashen Script
She Caught From Her Apartment Window Last Night
And They'll Tell Her It's A Bit Of History
Worth Keeping
But For Her It Is But More Ashes
To Place Upon The Mantle-piece

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Sorry But Its A Bitch

It May Set You Free
But It Will Piss You Off First
It Is All Good Until She
Has Needs You Couldn't Nurse

More Than Three Holes
That You Punched In Kitchen Walls
She's Changing Roles
And You Can't Answer The Calls

It's Fault Resting Here
And It Weight Falls All On You
Your Story You'll Rehear
And They'll Think It's Them Too

Leave Her To Yearn
For More Age Or Money Or Brawn
And When She Returns
You'll Will Have Moved On

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Poor Rich

Hey Get Out Of My Way Chocolate Warrior
I Know It Your Hood
But Comrade And I Are Making Tracks
You Is Slowing Me Up
And You Don't Wanna Mess With Soldiers

I Could See Those Hi-Tops Hit Tar-Mac And Keep Going

Hey How Are You Today Mr. Kike
Thank You So Much
A Dollar And Here's A Tip For You
Thank Your Grand Daddy
Who Won That Game Of Hide And Seek

If It Were Me I Would Have Looked A Little Harder

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Afternoon Live

It's Cracking Outside
There's Water In The Ducts And Sidewalks
The Sky Alight
With Lines Cutting From One End To The Other
An Afternoon Storm
I Watch From A Window Like The Whole Street
Faces Gazing Up
Ignoring Each Other When Thunder Knock On The Door

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A Rambling Man

There Is A Mile Of Red Lights
Flaring Between Small Windows
Stopping And Cutting All Along
'Til Harlem And Then It's Messy
But I Won't Go There Just Yet
I'll Stay Awhile Longer Here
Where Stones Are Carved Faces
These People They Always Smile
They Are So Pretty
So Can I Stay

Their Hands Soft And Loved
And Are Of The Finer Things
Like Shoes Have You Seen Them
They Are So So White
And So Comfortable And Nice
So Just Ten More Minutes Please

I Just Want To Stand Here
Watching Taxis Come And Go
Filled With People That Have Places
To Go And People To See
Where A Tip Of The Doorman's Hat
Sends You Into The Night
Please Sir Can't I Just Stand
Just A Second Longer

I Take Up Such Little Space
I Am Sure The Tenants Won't Mind
The Trolley Is Empty Anyways
It Would Be No Bother At All
Please Sir
Let Me Watch Them One Moment Longer
Please

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Tell Me More, Tell Me More

Two Hot And Sticky For It
To Go Knocking Belt Buckles
Leave It To Them Water Bugs
They're Spent As Summer Couples

What Are Ones With Time And
No Money To Be Spent
They'll Entertain In Some Way
Bodies Don't Cost A Cent

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Advice

I'll Show You The Ropes
Flaw Is Hard To Admit
So Just Follow My Steps
Ignore That That Don't Fit

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Poisoning

This Den Of Smoke And Ash
Holds Ones Of Dwindled Stash
Caked Bodies Line The Floors
Leave Stains And Opened Doors
There's Still Socks On Their Feet
Piss On The Toilet Seat
Slow Awake With Midday
Strange Tides Do Rush Their Way
Sneak Up After Rough Nights
Sore Eyes Now Sorer Sights
All Calls Met With Turned Heads
Slumbered In Make Shift Beds
Animals Of The Dark
Burnt Like Cigarette Sparks
Suffers Night And It's Marks

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