Living the Dream - Elizabeth Reed

Spinning your yarn and push each word The race is on to be absurd Around a myth everything turns So all the words go unheard Romeo loves juliet so much It's hollywood in double dutch Married at the steak and seafood place They've got anger written on their face Living out their dream Covered in ice cream Their convictions don't convince me Just a mouthful of glee Don't convince me Just a mouthful of glee Things you have don't make you happy Things that you want don't come your way Things that you've lost are gone forever While you're watching the weather Stories we hear tear us apart What we believe is happening Words are distorted, you'd never think Pushing them to the very brink Living out their dream Covered in ice cream Their convictions don't convince me Just a mouthful of glee The oval blots of scarlet foam Illuminate the silver dome We're no longer descending Now there's no time for a happy ending

Captain America, are you off to fight the bad guys? Hey, mighty Superman, can you save us from ourselves? Hey, Mr. Universe, can you lift us up above this? 'Cause I'm just Iron Man, I'm a ghost within a shell Take a look around Just look around They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions Why did they never mention what's real and in between? It seems the path we're on was paved with blood and sorrow No thought about tomorrow Just part of the machine, or so it seems Yeah, so it seems We're all living the dream We're all living the dream Hey there, your majesty, is there anyone above you? It must be lonely when you're up there looking down Hey, lady Amnesty, there's no one that can judge you We're all just broken toys, beneath your crooked crown Take a look around Just look around They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions Why did they never mention what's real and in between? It seems the path we're on was paved with blood and sorrow No thought about tomorrow Just part of the machine, or so it seems Yeah, so it seems We're all living the dream Take a look around Just look around They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions Why did they never mention what's real and in between? It seems the path we're on was paved with blood and sorrow No thought about tomorrow Just part of the machine, so it seems Yeah, so it seems We're all living the dream We're all living the dream We're all living the dream

They call you ecstasy Nothing ever sticks to you Not velcro, not scotch tape Not my arms dipped in glue Not if I wrap myself in nylon A piece of duct tape down my back Love pierced the arrow with the twelve And I can't get you back Ah, ecstasy Ecstasy Ah, ecstasy Across the streets an old Ford, they took off its wheels The engine is gone In its seat sits a box With a note that says, Goodbye Charlie, thanks a lot I see a child through a window with a bib And I think of us and what we almost did The Hudson rocketing with light The ships pass the Statue of Liberty at night They call it ecstasy, ah Ecstasy Ecstasy, ah Ecstasy Some men call me St. Ivory Some call me St. Maurice I'm smooth as alabaster With white veins runnin' through my cheeks A big stud through my eyebrow A scar on my arm that says, Domain I put it over the tattoo That contained your name They called you ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy They call you ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy The moon passing through a cloud A body facing up is floating towards a crowd And I think of a time and what I couldn't do I couldn't hold you close, I couldn't, I couldn't become you They call you ecstasy, I can't hold you down I can't hold you up I feel like that car that I saw today, no radio No engine, no hood I'm going to the cafe, I hope they've got music And I hope that they can play But if we have to part I'll have a new scar right over my heart I'll call it ecstasy Oh, ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy Ecstasy, ecstasy Ecstasy

Here comes the ocean And the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean And the waves where have they been Don't swim tonight my love, the sea is mad my love It's known to drive men crazy Malcolm has burned at sea, the castle it sits and reeks The madness can make you hazy But here come the waves Down by the shore Washing the rocks that have been here Centuries or more Down by the sea Here come the ocean And the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean And the waves where have they been Castles glowing at night, towers above out fright Warlocks decapitating Malcolm he lives on hate, serve your brain on a plate Feasts on your mouth for dinner But here come the waves Down by the sea Washing the eyes of the men Who have died Down by the sea Here come the waves Here come the waves Here come the waves Here come the waves

I'm standing with you on your roof Looking at the chemical sky All purple blue and oranges Some pigeons flying by The traffic on canal street's so noisy It's a shock And someone's shooting fireworks or a gun On the next block An-an-and, I wanna hookywooky with you I wanna hookywooky with you The traffic's so noisy it's a shock Sounds like fireworks or a gun on the next block Ah, hookywooky with you Your ex-lover satchel is here from france Yet another ex They gather about you like a mother superior All of you still friends, but - None of my old flames ever talk to me when things End for me they end They take your pants, your money, your name But the song still remains An-an-and, I wanna hookywooky with you Ah-ha-ha-ha, I wanna hookywooky with you Then they take your pants, your money, your name But the song still remains, sayin' - I wanna hookywooky with you You're so civilized it hurts I guess I could learn a lot, ha-ha... About people, plants and relationships How not to get hurt a lot And each lover I meet up your roof I wouldn't want to throw him off, mmmmm. Into the chemical sky, down into the streets to die Under the wheels of a car on canal street And each lover I meet up on your roof I wouldn't want to throw him off, mmmmm. Into the chemical sky Under the wheels of a car to die on canal street Ah-ah-hi, I wanna, ah, hookywooky with you Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh-ah I wanna hookywooky with you I wouldn't want to throw him off into the chemical sky Down into the streets to die Under the wheels of a car on canal street Under the wheels of a car on canal street Under the wheels of a car on canal street Hookywooky Under the wheels of a car on canal street Hookywooky Under the wheels of a car on canal street Under the wheels of a car on canal street Hooky-hooky-hooky-wooky (Under the wheels of a car on canal street) (Under the wheels of a car on canal street) (Under the wheels of a car on canal street) (Under the wheels of a car on canal street)