Big Head Todd and the Monsters Album

Vincent of Jersey.
He's wearing a red and white t-shirt.
He's loving the ladies upon his floor.
A bottle of brandy, a hard box of Camels.
Waiting for love to come knocking on his door.

And he says something like ...
Someday somebody's gonna love me
Someday it's me they're looking for
Somewhere I know somebody wants me 'cause I'm...

Vincent of Jersey.

Think ahead before you open your mouth
I might be thinking it through.
Gonna pack my things and catch a train headed south.
Or step right out of my car, into the
Rain drippin' down my fingers,
Into my eyes, you won't see me cryin' but,
What will you do when I am gone.

I creep slowly out of my bed,
Take one final look at you.
To empty out all those sweet memories from my head.
How did I ever end up playing your fool but,
I'm on a train bound for glory,
Goin' klickity klack klickity klack
Away from you but
What will you do, when I am gone?

How the hell you ever get to be so damn cool?
Suck down my money and throw my love away.
How the hell did you ever get to be so damn slick?
You'll come slidin' slidin' down one day but,
I'm on a train bound for glory.
Goin' klickity klack klickity klack
Away from you but,
What will you do when I am gone?

I took dinner at seven. With a tablecloth and wine.
And my poor brother Ivan. Who could laugh but couldn't smile.
Stories filled the evening. Of his job and of his wife.
How they somehow cheated him. How they took his life.

Welcome to the wild world brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.
It rains all over the world, brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.

The evening went on and on.
Was it time to say goodbye. To all the big decisions
And dirty dishes in his life.
Yeah, get in my car, brother, have yourself a good time.
But ain't he just too lazy, to wipe the tears from his eyes.

Welcome to the wild world brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.
It rains all over the world, brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.

The evening went on and on.
Was it time to say goodbye. To all the big decisions
And dirty dishes in his life.
Yeah, get in my car, brother. Turn the key and take a drive.
But ain't I just too lazy, to wipe the tears from my eyes.

Welcome to the wild world brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.
It rains all over the world, brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.

A little light looks through her bedroom window.
She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems,
Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets,
Her hair blowing in the breeze.
And she can't see me watching.
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I'm older now.
I work in the city.
We live together.
But it's different than my dream.
Morning light fills the room. I rise.
She pretends she's sleeping.
Are we everything we wanted?
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I know we don't talk about it.
We don't tell each other.
All the little things that we need.
We work our way around each other.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I have seen, babe I haven't heard
Did someone put you down?
Is your lover just another scheme
That never did work out?

When it hurts, when it hurts inside
Why can't you see it's only you he's thinking of?
Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is breaking, you are lucky to be in love

You keep claiming that you paid too high a price
You want something for your own
So worried about the little change he puts into your pocket
You can't see that he's dead and gone

When it hurts, when it hurts inside
Why can't you see it's only you he's thinking of?
Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is breaking, you are lucky to be in love

Baby, get into your car
Turn and turn and turn around
Yeah, the road it ain't inside you
You need some help to get you there

When it hurts, when it hurts inside
Why can't you see it's only you he's thinking of?
Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is breaking, you are lucky to be in --

When it hurts, when it hurts inside
Why can't you see it's only you he's thinking of?
Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is aching, baby you're just lucky to be in love

Should have known better...
I should have known but I...
I didn't know better.

How can you be so
So dog gone mean
How can you be so
So uptight
How can you be so
Ahhhhhh...
How can you be so
Cold blooded.

Should have known better...
I should have known but I...
I didn't know better.

How can you be so
Whoa, so (??)
How can you be so
Stone cold
How can you be so
Diabolical
How can you be so
Cold blooded.

We are soul children.
Children of many colors. Walkin on a big black street
We all want different things.
We are soul children
Children of Freedom. Children of rock and roll.
Children of confusion.

Chorus:
We are running faster, reaching higher
burning in the sun.
We are reaching farther but we have lost our
Soul Children

We are soul children.
Yes I'm a brother, yes I do believe.
We are soul children. We must rise up from the deep.
We are soul children, try to feed our families and keep
our mind free.
We are soul children, looking for a leader who'll do
everything for 'me'.

Chorus

We are soul children. Yes I'm a brother.
Yes I do believe.
We are soul children. We must rise up from the deep.
We are soul children. Children of a God better than the
one on t.v.
We are soul children. We must rise up from the deep.
We can't lose our soul children.

She left her father, been thirty years.
She drew some water, to dry his tears.
She said I'm sorry, I've been lonely.
I need another...
I need another...

She crossed through deserts and rivers wide.
She walked through valleys and mountains high.
She crossed the seas, through storm and night
To find a lover...
To find a lover...

Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to love you someday.
Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to
Somebody is going to love you...

She worked the night shift, to buy a dress.
She'd break her back. She'd look her best.
She'd sell her soul for tenderness.
But she's still waiting...
She's still waiting...

Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to love you someday.
Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to
Somebody is going to love you...

Driving far from home.
On a midnight radio.
Reckless and alone.
On a long black road.
The city is burning like a dream.
Like a lady smoking in the night.
And she lets out a silent scream.
So far from the morning light.

And I don't know where to go.
And I don't know where I've been.
And I don't know if I'll still be here.
When the sun rises again.
But somewhere in the distance.
There's a tower and a light.
Broadcasting a resistance.
Through the rain and through the night.

Hold me in the darkness.
Love is playing in the darkness.
On a midnight radio.

So grab your little sister.
Wake up your children and your wife.
'Cause a new train's coming mister.
Around the borders of the night.
Wavelengths of love are playing
On a midnight radio.
Through the static and the rain.
On a midnight radio.
Through the static and the rain.
On a midnight radio...

Woke up this morning in a bed
In a bed of fire
People and buildings in my head,
burning there tonight

Tonight as I lay sleeping
I try to hold your hand
One eye open and dreaming
That this city
Is on fire

Tell me sweet things, it's the middle of the night
It's the middle of the night
Open my window and the room is filled
Filled with burning light.

Tonight as I lay sleeping
I try to hold your hand
One eye open and dreaming
That this city
Is on fire

Woke up this morning in a bed
In a bed of fire
People and buildings in my head,
burning there tonight

Tonight as I lay sleeping
I try to hold your hand
One eye open and dreaming
That this city
Is on fire

Well I rode the green across this country.
Horses lived and died to take me.
Men I killed to help me get there, further West I died to take me.
Blackened face and dirty laundry. Many days since I have eaten.
Found myself a family. Broke my back so I could feed them.

High in the wind. Standing in the sun.
We're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.
I was so much younger then. I would never ever listen.
I am so much older now. I thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in green.

Well, Elizabeth she is my lady.
Says the prayers and does the learning.
Waking up all the children.
Making love in early morning.
We took to building up the cities.
We built the churches in our cities.
Happy in the green country.
And in the green they buried me.

High in the wind. Standing in the sun.
We're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.
I was so much younger then. I would never ever listen.
I am so much older now. I thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in green.

Oh, she sang hills (?) and made me cry
Oh, she died so tender when I held you in the night.

Well, I'm dead now.
My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
I have children all around me.
I have grandchildren.
I have great grandchildren.
I have great great great grandchildren.
Too many for me to remember.
Maybe one of them is you...

High in the wind. Standing in the sun.
You're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.

You're high in the wind. Standing in the sun.
You're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.

I was so much younger then. I would never ever listen.
I am so much older now. I thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in
Farewell, lover in
Farewell, lover in green.

He left one Tuesday morning
Didn't have any bills to pay.
Just the silver dollars in his pocket.
And the ring upon his finger.
Ann Arbor Grandfather.

Early on a Sunday morning
A deacon wipes the tar off his feet.
Drawing pictures during the sermon.
Oh yeah Grandfather, I think it's funny.
Ann Arbor Grandfather

There's a picture on a wall in Duluth.
Another Grandma has passed away.
Her children rummage through her leavings.
They put them in new boxes,
And they put the new boxes in new attics.
Ann Arbor Grandfather.

Somewhere underneath the smoke and light
Oh the King, he sings of heaven.
Yes, he believes there's a paradise
And a band is playing there.

Outside there's a black car waiting
Filled with lovely ladies for celebration
He wipes the tears from his eyes
For all his lonely lovemaking

Oh yeah. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah babe. Whenever will you love me?

Flowers fall at his feet
Blink through the lights of suspicious minds
Oh, I know someday, you'll find your feet
I know you'll find your peace of mind

Oh, yeah. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?

Somewhere underneath the smoke and lights
Oh the King, he sings of heaven.
Yes, I'm sure there's a paradise
And brother, he is playing there.

Oh, yeah. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?