Doppleganger: Frenzy by nothing nothings These are from my notes from the recording, so the lyrics may not match perfectly. ======================== I See Red The red glow of traffic lights says stop But I want to go My bank account is overdrawn But I need more dough I've pegged the meters all the way But I need more to wake the dead I don't want to get emotional here But all I see is red You want to put the brakes on I want it all now You see through rosy glasses I don't see how You bled red ink all on my page But I was right instead I'm trying not to get too angry But all I see is red I see red faces in red places leave red traces I see red lasers strike red grazers like red razors I see red china post red signage of red diamonds I see red Schnauzers in red trousers use red browsers ======================== Frenzy Well I like feelin' down Lookin' up from the bottom A bottle in my hand Ten empties on the floor Don't try to hide 'em from me 'Cause that sends me Into a ------ They said that was a crime And I had to so some time The time some folks call hard So I'm hangin' in the yard When some jack, for a game Gets in my face, calls me a name Which offends me Into a ------ I get out and catch a break Blackmail an uncle on the take Aunt Josephine gives me a job Workin' in the TV industry I'm too much a loafer for a gopher Too distant an assistant So I find myself developing new shows Well, the boss asks for an upper-middle class sitcom I submit a proposal, but it's not what he wants I'll quote the two words from the email He sends me More -------- ======================== Give It A Whirl I see you boppin' in your seat I guess you like this kind of beat So I thought you might like to try To do it standing with a guy And not just any guy who'd ask I'm hoping I could have this task So heed my beck, and heed my call Don't be a flower on the wall Give it a whirl Give me a dance Be a girl Who'll take a chance 'Cause I think you're That kind of girl Let's take the floor Give it a whirl Before you answer with a negative Please consider this I'm just looking for some body motion It's not like we would kiss I'm not looking for commitment I'm not hoping for a date I'm not expecting us to fuck But we might do the Disco Duck ======================== My Master Plan My master plan has got three steps That I must execute perfectly My master plan has got three steps And I will check 'em off one, two, three STEP ONE I'll loan your brother my car So he can take it on a trip, far away, so far STEP TWO I'll compliment your mother's ugly blouse Her cooking, her garden, the way she keeps house STEP THREE I'll ask her to show me your room Then I'll close the door And then MY MASTER PLAN 4x My master plan has got three steps And I must bide my time patiently My master plan has got three steps That I must execute to a T STEP ONE Your brother takes my car to roam And one day when he's not home STEP TWO I pull the wool over your momma's eyes STEP THREE We go upstairs for your surprise MY MASTER PLAN 8x ======================== Betty B-E-T-T-Y Betty, Betty, why? B-E-T-T-Y Betty, Betty, why? I was so in love So were you I thought But that wasn't enough It was all for naught never thought it would happen to me cheating's something I don't think about who'd be dumb enough to meet at home not the kind of think you ought to flout with a lover on the bed we shared fire at work sends everybody home leaves no doubt that this is an affair moving out--though I still have your comb B-E-T-T-Y Betty, what did I do Betty, Betty, why? Why'd I cheat on you? ======================== Stuff & Nonsense Nothing ever goes my way I'll save this for a rainy day I don't want to be unkind Sorry it just slipped my mind No your ass is not too pale The check is really in the mail I'm afraid I have to wash my hair Yeah, I really like to share Every word you me say is calculated with precision To avoid exposing me to any form of derision I don't want to get you down I think you look pretty in that gown I'm not staring at your chest You go first, be my guest I'm not offended in the least I've no cash, I just got fleeced Good luck getting through it The devil made me do it Every single thing I say is truthful as can be And if you believe that, I've a bridge you oughtta see It's stuff & nonsense It's stuff & nonsense Poppycock, balderdash, prevarication It's not like I like to lie But sometimes that's what politeness demands I don't want to make someone cry And I don't want to make any stands And how else could you flirt? Plus getting my way doesn't hurt ======================== Marooned On an island in the sea of knowing Isolated as the blood stops flowing Cold heart, cold hands, cold notions Stay alive going through the motions Run aground All alone I am lost with a total stranger Safety in numbers? Two is a prime danger It's out of tune We're marooned Nowhere we can go from here One of us should have thought to steer Deserted landscape is the mind's eye's seeming Living elsewhere is the truth we're dreaming Run aground All alone It's out of tune We're marooned Went too far Didn't think Followed the moon We're marooned ======================== Holy Smoke Where's there's holy smoke There's holy fire Temples are burning Got to cool my head Too much yearning This flames well-fed Where there's holy smoke There's holy fire But I burn for you With unholy desire Temples are burning Got to cool my head Too much yearning This flames well-fed Bear the cross Though it's ablaze I haven't lost My smoldering gaze Where there's holy smoke There's holy fire No holy water Could quench this pyre Where there's holy smoke There's holy fire But I burn for you With unholy desire ======================== Semi-Detached What do you do when the world is not your oyster? What do you say when you find no pearls, just swine? Where do you go when you've lost all sense of direction? You may have yours, but I still don't have mine Who do you love when there's nobody worth knowing? Who do you hate when everything's faded grey? What do you do if the earth is slowly dying? Why should I care when I know that I won't stay? I don't want to want to stare When I drive by a car that's crashed I want to cut loose and not care I want to be detached Who cares if life is just unfair And everything is trashed & smashed I want to cut loose and not care I want to be detached How do you live when you read what's in the papers? What do you do when you really don't care to die? What can you say that could ever really matter? Who cares for truth when everything's a lie? ======================== Carried Away Sometimes I get carried away And live in a fantasy place Where love is never hard to find And never vanishes without a trace But then I come back to the real world And the nothing I live with today Still I'm wishing & hoping & dreaming of love 'Cause I want to get carried away ======================== She Got Body, She Got Soul She's got body, she's got soul But nothing in between And though I'm kind of fond of her I want someone whole She's got rhythm, she's got soul But still she cannot dance And though I like the way she moves I want someone with control She's got palms, she's got soles And most things in between And though I like the shape of her I don't like her moles She's got horns, she takes souls And drags 'em down to hell Although I am exaggerating Still that's not my goal She's got body, she's got soul But neither counts for much 'Cause I'm looking for brains And she can't out-think a troll She would lick a freezing pole To a tornado she would stroll Try to eat an orange whole She's got body, she's got soul ======================== Livin' It Up How hard can it be to be famous I can't believe the way you gripe You can't really want to be nameless No, you don't strike me as the type I'm sure you've had it up to here with stalkers And you're tired of signing your autograph But putting up with the gawkers Isn't something you can give to your staff But face it, you've got lots of money And you've paid off all your debts Your disposition ought to be sunny Go buy a house, two cars, and three pets There's no excuse to be depressed All this angst--nobody's impressed Keep it up, you'll be the talk of the town In a bad way, that you'll never live down So you might as well start Livin' it up