1. |
Man Obsessed
01:27
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-oh horrible, it's a horrible, horrible, of sin
He's a man obsessed
He couldn't be a lover so now he's a pest
He played the game but he failed the test
He's a man obsessed, he's a pest
He's a pest
He's a man obsessed
She's strictly restricted, she's strictly business
And her business is death
He's a man obsessed, he's a pest
He's a pest
The only way you could get her to look at you is to die
Why don't you die?
The only way you could get her to look at you is to die
Why don't you die?
He's a man obsessed
He couldn't be a lover so now he's a pest
He played the game but he failed the test
He's a man obsessed, he's a pest
He's a pest
Oh oh oh-oh, He's a pest
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2. |
Peek A Boo
04:47
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When I'm down, really down
Nothing matters, nothing does
I close my eyes, go to sleep
But I can't sleep, I can't sleep
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
Junior high, I lost my mind
I don't know why, it's a terrible thing
Since that day it's been a struggle
Trying to make sense out of scrambled eggs
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
I painted a bar and I never got paid
In a town where everyone was unemployed
I was locked in on Easter day
All I had to eat was a piece of bread
When I got home my mother said
"You're a lazy bum and that's how come
You suffer like that and you'll starve
All your life. All your life."
Spoken just like it was a curse
But it didn't really sound so bad
I like to make things up
It's the healthiest thing that I do
But I'm tired from being kidnapped
By a dark wolf that would do me in
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
I'm just saying how I feel
Maybe you could try to understand
I'm a man who needs you
When I'm down, really down
Nothing matters, nothing does
I close my eyes to go to sleep
But I can't sleep, I can't sleep
You can listen to these songs
Have a good time and walk away
But for me it's not that easy
I have to live these songs forever
Please hear my cry for help
And save me from myself
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3. |
Never Before Never Again
01:49
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Go straight ahead Mister Bob
Never, never before
Never, never again
You walked right in, you wore a grin
You caught my eye and wheeled it in
You made my head spin and it's never stopped
Never, never before
Never, never again
I was your clown, I was your dog
It's too bad it had to end
And though it did, it sure was fun
My love for you will outlast the sun
Never, never before
Never, never again
You were an angel from paradise
But every artist has his vice
It may be true but it ain't nice
Behind every sad man, there's a great woman
Never, never before
Never, never again
Never, never before
Never, never again
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4. |
The Goldfish & The Frog
02:21
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The goldfish and the frog
Sat on a log
Like all those famous fables
They had a moral
The goldfish and the frog
They got along pretty well
What's more to tell
'Cause that says a lot
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5. |
Scuttle Butt
02:11
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She's always ready for the worst of news
And she's hoping it may be you
She knows all the scuttlebutt about the whatnot
That she doesn't want forgot
Rumor is a wind that blows so smart
It doesn't even know who you are
She's standing there waiting at the top of the stairs
With her eyes fixed on you like glue
"Where are you going now? where you been?
What is your latest sin?"
She's into the big time
She reads the National Enquirer
She stretches the truth with such imagination
She's more of a writer than a liar
She's always ready for the worst of news
And she's hoping it may be you
She knows all the scuttlebutt about the whatnot
That she doesn't want for a guy
Rumor is a wind that blows so smart
It doesn't even know who you are
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6. |
Heart, Mind And Soul
05:22
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I thought I had it so bad
I didn't realize
How much I relied on you
More than just a memory
More like a feelin'
I'd remember every time
Anytime I needed it
And I needed it more
Than I could have imagined
'Cause this feelin', it ran deep
In my mind, my heart and my soul
But late one night
I stumbled by the home
Cursing awful things
Hope she didn't hear me
Oh, but I think she did
As I hug my new found sorrow
Oddly, it gives me strength
In my mind, my heart and my soul
Sorry
I'm sorry
My heart sank with the moon
On that horrible walk
All alone by the drive in
And the night stood still
While lovers entwined
On the screen on the hill
I knew somethin' had happened
In my mind, my heart and my soul
That little grin, it meant so much
So sad, it's so sad
If it don't grin for me no more
But I hope you know better
I didn't mean what I was saying
But it's a fool that says
I was only joking
In my mind, my heart and my soul
Don't you mind me
If I switch from first to the second person
I'm mixed up, I don't know
Who I'm talking to
Oh, but somethin's missin'
I hope I can bring it back
It's somethin' that I lack
In my mind, my heart and my soul
I'm sorry, sorry
I'm sorry
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7. |
Blue Clouds
05:26
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Feeling your warm body next to mine
Feeling this feeling so fine
I'm a long time healing
I'm a long time healing
Feeling the wind blowing through your hair
Feeling the sun shining on your face
I'm a long time healing
I'm a long time healing
Knowing that I'm sure
Knowing there's a way
Knowing that I'm sure
Knowing there's a way
Watching your eyes watching me
Seeing my smile in your eyes
I'm a long time healing
I'm a long time healing
Walking beside you beside me
Juggling these feeling inside
I'm a long time healing
I'm a long time healing
Knowing that I'm sure
Knowing there's a way
Knowing that I'm sure
Knowing there's a way
Feeling the sky and the clouds
Knowing that I'm allowed
I'm a long time healing
I'm a long time healing
Thinking things I never thought of
Feeling your warm body next to mine
I'm a long time healing
I'm a long time healing
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Surely you don't work all night
Surely you don't work all night
You think you're all right
Surely you don't work all night
I walked the town late last night
I walked clear across town just to write some graffiti on the wall
When I got there I couldn't think of anything to say
The buildings stood still
Like giant tombstones
Dark and blue and still
I came to a dead end up an alley
And saw a cold cement canvas and a Mac truck on a hill
And I wrote the words of Al Pomplas on the subway wall
And there's a football star on a McDonald's glass
Staring at me right in the face
And he looks just like Pete Arner
And the sun comes thru the windows
It was just like letting the dog in in the morning
It was jumping all over the room
And waggin' its tail in my eyes
But me I was unenthusiastic
My skin felt just like plastic
Everyday I sleep in that casket
That I pulled out and crawled in
And i ripped my own heart out late last night in a dream
Is that band really gonna play that in public?
"Killing me softly with my song"?
The queen stands proud in the circus parade
With a baby in her arm
And I sit loud on a toilet seat
Like a monkey in a zoo
And there's a McDonald's glass staring at me, laughing
Surely you don't work all night
Surely you don't work all night
We think you're all right
Surely you don't work all night
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9. |
I Can't Think Anymore
02:17
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Don't go. Please stay
Why you act this way?
I can't think anymore
You are so fine
You play with my mind
Please stop
Please try
Please try to be kind
I can't think anymore
I had a hard time
Sortin' out what is
And isn't mine
But I thought you were
At least a friend
I can't think anymore
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10. |
Excuse Me
00:18
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11. |
Polka Dot Rag
05:28
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You are the moon
You are the stars
I admire You from afar
And I have these feelings
Deep in my heart
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
You and me baby
We got something goin'
You and me now baby
There’s something here
How long can you dodge
The lightning bolts
When there was so much feeling
In that note that you wrote
Ooh-ooh
Looking' back now in retrospect
I was a fool but what the heck
Has anything ever happened before
Just like you'd have expected
But you and me baby
We had something going
You and me baby
There was something there
I didn’t know how to act
When you looked at me like that
I didn't know how to look in your eyes
Ooh-ooh
But after all that I went on this long
Spree of suffering pain and self abuse
I don't know why I did all those things
But I'm using you now as an excuse
But you and me baby
We had something going
You and me baby
There was something there
But you loved another
And now you're a mother
Ooh-ooh
You'll always be
The sun and the moon
And the earth to me
And all of these feelings
Are deep in my heart
Deeper than the sea
Ooh ooh Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh Ooh ooh
Here's some more about that
She said that she didn't really love me
Not like she loved him
And she treated me nice
And she treated me kind
And I never will forgive her for that!
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12. |
Why, Without You
03:23
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Why-yy-yy am I doin’ here?
Why-yy-yy are you here too?
And what would life mean without you?
And why are you so beautiful?
Why-yy do the stars shine bright?
And it ain’t even night
And what does a girl like you see in me?
And why-yy are you so pretty?
Why-yy-yy-yy-yy?
Why-yy-yy-yy-yy?
Why did you do what you did?
Why you had a man
Now you have a kid?
And why do I ask such silly questions?
Why-yy-yy don’t I kill myself
Why-yy-yy don’t I kill myself
The time has come and I’ve learned all about you
Now that I’m alone I live without you
Without you I take the day-to-day of living in my life
But I guess you had your way you got him, you’re his wife
So goodbye!
I could have settled down and lived forever with you
Shared the same bed and have a dozen kids with you
With a swing in the backyard with plastic ducks
With a porch in the front yard with a mailbox with our name on it
But without you I can’t have any of these things
Without you I take the day-to-day of living in my life
But now I have to say I did want you for my wife
So goodbye!
Why-yy can’t I see the end
All I see is the beginning
Playing over and over in my mind
You once seemed like a possibility
Why-yy do dreams like that die?
Why-yy? I ask you why?
Black are the skies that once were blue
Why-yy do I grieve over you?
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13. |
An Incoherent Speech
01:28
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And it continued
When it seemed so great
Too much, honest
For your entertainment
Little girl, when everything was going alright
Little girl, when all my tears have dried
Time to call up the In-Crowd
Undead white Zombies
I loved her
Only for... a song
You've heard some more.. on that subject
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14. |
Wicked World
04:11
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We have sinned so many times before
We see no need to turn back now
We're the world, the wicked world
Marching to hell
We know what we're doing
We're marching to hell
Come and join us have some fun
Dance in joy beneath the neon light
We're the world, the wicked world
Marching to hell
We know what we're doing
We're marching to hell
We're the world the wicked world
We do whatever we please
Forget your cares, sow your wild oats
Sin is a wonderful disease
Lie and steal, it's alright
We have no worry for tomorrow
'cause
We're the world, the wicked world
Marching to hell
We know what we're doing
We're marching to hell
We're the world, the wicked world
We don't believe in God
We don't believe in anything
We find that idea to be rather odd
We pain ourselves as our bodies start to decay
We're getting closer every day
We have sinned so many times before
We see no need to turn back now
'cause
We're the world, the wicked world
Marching to hell
We know what we're doing
We're marching to hell
We know what we're doing, we're marching to hell
Hupt' two three four
Hupt' two three ...
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15. |
To Go Home
04:32
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Hope it be my mind don't slip
Sailing on a sinking ship
Into the sunset in death
Dark night on a long highway
Good ol' lights in the houses say
Somebody's staying up late
Oh - I'll be true to you
Oh yeah, you know I will
I'll be true to you forever or until
I go home
If I ever treated you mean
You know that it was only because I was sorry
I couldn't have you for my own
I guess it's sort of funny now
Sort of like a plastic putty
Imagination all twisted with the facts
Oh - I'll be true to you
Oh yeah, you know I will
I'll be true to you forever or until
I go home
I have a deep respect for you
Usually reserved for the dead
Hangin' on every word that you said
So nice to have a friend like you
Even though you're not around
You're closer to me than most
But kids say the darndest things
Hollow hopes and golden dreams
Leave everything empty in the end
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16. |
Scrambled Eggs
05:00
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No one got the joke I made
Somehow I felt betrayed
You were the one I loved
You were the one, snow white angel dove
No one got the joke I made
Maybe they were just afraid
No one understood the part I played
No one understood a word I said
You were the one I loved
You were the one with eyes that understood it all
Ba dum mmm da whoa
No one knew the pain I felt
No, not even you
No one knew the joy it was
No one had a clue
But you came awful close
You knew more than anyone ever did
Most of what I tried to keep in
No one ever smiled at me
Like the way you smiled at me
When I saw your picture in the paper
I just couldn't believe it
You were wearing that smile
That I thought was for me alone
You were the one I loved
You were the one, snow white angel dove
No one liked the song I sang
No one liked the chords I banged
No one liked the story I made up
No one liked the joke I made
Goodbye goodbye, sweet dreams
Goodbye goodbye to my team
I only got a slight hint
Of all that we missed
When we kissed
You were the one I loved
You were the one with eyes that understood it all
No one got the joke I made
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17. |
Peace & Tranquility
02:49
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Peace and Tranquility
Is something so many would kill for
Everybody's tryin' real hard
But it seems so simple to me
You get a wife
You get a car
You're halfway there
But it's still pretty far
You have a kid
You get a house
You call it home
Now livin' alone
Ain't no fun
Woman beaten beer drinkin'
The stud man's life ain't for me
So give me a woman
Who is proud and who is able
To keep me satisfied
In bed and at the kitchen table
Lord knows I've got such an appetite
You get a wife
You get a car
Now you're halfway there
But it's still pretty far
You have a kid
You get a house
You call it home
Home home
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18. |
When You're Pretty
02:52
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It must be so hard to be so pretty
It must be so hard to be so pretty
And every goof ball in town yelling everywhere you go
Saying hey look there goes a pretty face
It must be so hard to be so pretty
Everything comes easy and free
When you're pretty
When you're pretty
It must be a pain to be so pretty
It must a strain to be so well liked
It must be a pain to know that what they like about you
Has nothing to do with you at all
It's just that you are so pretty
When you are pretty
It must be fun though sometimes to just enjoy it all
And laugh, just laugh
It must be sad though sometimes
It must be ugly
When you're pretty
When you're pretty
Its so sad to see a pretty face
It must be so hard to be so pretty
And all the goofballs in town
Yelling everywhere you go
Saying hey look there goes a pretty face
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Daniel Johnston Waller, Texas
An American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist, Daniel Johnston spent 30 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience.
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