our blue sky (handsome family)

Why do you dream
of pearly white gates
high in the air
where no bird flies
no tree grows
beyond the sky
our blue sky

why do you dream
that worms and dogs
hills and clouds
are not like you
burning light
that never dies
our blue spinning sky

why do you leave
a trail of death
air turns brown
trees fall down
burn green fields
and drive on by
our blue sky

could you love God
if He didn’t love you
more than rivers
snakes or wind
could you share heaven
with black buzzing flies
our blue spinning sky

what if this dream
you dream with pigs
you dream with dirt
and this is home   
is it so wrong
to love this light
our blue sky.

gasoline dreams

I created you
hand-built you
part by part
tightened your bolts
cleaned your carburetor
adjusted your throttle
you were laid bare
strewn apart and crying
I caressed you
fucked you
stepped in your blood
until you cranked to life
until your reverberations
under my watchful hands
turned to a purr
you are a blessing
you are a curse
you are a mechanized
dimly-realized
poorly-conceived
fantasy
and boy can you run
girls are girls
and boys are boys
you are a custom-built
high-output
combusting
one-of-a-kind
mind-fuck machine
your engine is robust
your chassis is tight
I can hear your roar
in the middle of the night
hide me in your dim interior
rip us from this town

you are bleeding
from a foundry flaw
I see it now
but I was always
so believing
so blind
you were the girl
among so many
I unfairly captured
and then methodically bolted on
all of my expectations
little girl
I did you so much wrong
young one
I apologize and now
burn my incense of regret
your virgin parts
were swapped and sold
to the four corners
just so I could
have a little fun
just so I could
step on your throat
and hear you scream
just so I could
sit in your suede seats
and dream your gasoline dreams.

I was wrong (social distortion)

Well, when I was young
I was so full of fear
I hid behind anger, held back the tears
it was me against the world
I was sure that I'd win
but the world fought back, punished me for my sins
well I felt so alone, so insecure
I blamed you instead
made sure I was heard
and they tried to warn me of my evil ways
but I couldn't hear what they had to say

I was wrong
self destruction's got me again
I was wrong
I realize now that I was wrong

and I think about my loves
well I've had a few
well I'm sorry that I hurt them
did I hurt you too?
I took what I wanted
put my heart on the shelf
but how can you love when you don't love yourself?
it was me against the world
I was sure that I'd win
the world fought back, punished me for my sins
and they tried to warn me
of my evil ways
but I couldn't hear what they had to say

I was wrong
self destruction's got me again
I was wrong
I realize now that I was wrong
I was wrong, yeah
I was wrong

I grew up fast
and I grew up hard
something was wrong from the very start
I was fighting everybody
I was fighting everything
but the only one that I hurt was me
I got society's blood running down my face
somebody help me get outta this place
how could someone's bad luck last so long?
until I realized that I was wrong

I was wrong
self destruction's got me again
I was wrong
I realize now that I was wrong
I was wrong
self destruction's got me again
I was wrong
the only one that I hurt was me
I was wrong.