Went downtown just to be a martyr
But a telephone pole beat me to it
It was covered in barbed wire
Saw a little boy's white teeth
Like wild horses encaged by an iron string

Oh god...does not feel good unless he bleeds

And daily crucifictions are hung up on street signs
They use all sorts of names
Hope they never use mine
These consonants and vowels
That cannot scream nor howl
Only just hang around

Oh god...how'd things get so turned around

And in the office building
9 to 5 goes on trial
The man is startin to crack
But the ceiling stones smile
And the boss comes in
To see what fragile things
His dull and pointless tongue can tear

Oh god...he combed over a baldspot with a bit of hair

Cause everybody needs
Somebody else to blame
They can't curse themselves
They take their doctor's name in vain
They'd rather jump through hoops
And theraputic groups
Than in their own minds delve

Oh god...why don't we believe in ourselves

Sometimes
I think
Life is just a movie
And these
Strangers
Are folks we really know
Sit back
Relax
Enjoy some popcorn
Life's a great big mystery show

Saw tiny faces that are tattered and torn
But there's paint upon the mansion that is hardly worn
I'd like to go inside
But why I don't know
As though I could peel the paint
And feed it to the poor

Oh god...can't live like this anymore

My landlord..no...
My neighbor is as tolerant as a feeding shark
But they tell me that her bite is much better than her bark
She goes ramblin on
From dusk until dawn
Sayin I should try bein' like her sometime

Oh god...think somethin's died inside her mind

Cause
Sometimes...

Life's a great big mystery show

• 1,000 Miles Away
• 501 Beauty Queen
• A Housewife's Revenge
• A Very Big Girl
• Abcd
• Afraid It's Too Late
• Ain't No Lookin Back
• All by Myself
• All The Animals
• Angel Needs a Ride
• Be Still My Little Heart
• Because I Love You
• Been Down So Long
• Behind The Wall
• Billy
• Boy Needs a Bike
• Breaking Up
• Buttercup
• Can't Take My Soul
• Carnivore
• Chime Bells
• Circle Song
• Closer to Fine
• Cold Song
• Comfortably Numb
• Cruise Control
• Daddy She's a Goddess
• Dance Between Two Women
• Dancing Barefoot
• Down
• Down at The Bridge
• Electric Fan
• Emily
• Everything Breaks Sometime
• Fade Away
• Flower
• Fly to Me Angel
• Food Stamp Love
• Fragile Flame
• Fragile Heart
• God's Gift to Women
• Goodwill Store
• Have a Little Faith in Me
• Here when Gone
• His Pleasure is My Pain
• Hotel Angel
• I Don't Care
• I Hate Valentine's Day
• I Thought I Saw You Last Night
• I've Got The Blues More Than You Do Blues
• If This is What Love Is
• Impala
• In a Woman's Life
• Intro
• Jessica
• Just Passing Time
• Just So Happens
• Kiss Your Ass
• Lasciatemi Morire
• Last Dance Rodeo
• Let It Rip, Let It Fly
• Let Them In
• Life's a Great Big Mystery Show
• Little Bird Song
• Louisa & Her Blue Guitar
• Making Me Blue
• Mamma's Little Hero
• Marital Carnival
• Memoirs of a Housewife
• Money
• Moon Over Austin
• My Fish Family
• My Own Private God's Gift to Women
• Need a Piece of Your Love Machine
• Nicotine Love
• Nikos
• No More Heartaches
• One Left Shoe
• Poem Song
• Quiet Warrior
• Race Car Driver
• Rocker Girl
• Run Tonto Run
• See Sassy
• She Cries
• Silver Lining
• Silver Satin Wings
• Spivy Leeks
• Star Child
• Stranger Enter from The East
• Studies in Love #12
• Styrofoam Dream
• Summer Home in Your Arms
• Summertime
• Sunshine Superman
• Swedish Song
• The Man Who's Already Gone
• The Water is Wide
• Tiny Love Spaces
• Too Darn Hot
• Train Song
• Under The Water
• Unsung in Your Eyes
• V-12 Cadillac
• Walk Away
• Weeping Tree
• What Matters is The Heart
• When I Was With You
• Winter Song
• Without You by My Side
• Yo
• You Make Lovin' Fun
• You're in Cleveland Today