PONY (debut album)

APPLES AND ORANGES

looking for a reason in my life i can't find a reason for this life
looking for a reason to believe that this all happened for some divine scheme
till now i've hesitated when i'm faced with choices clear to me
my life is complicated aggravated by my own design
i can feel the pressure in my head it happens to me every time i think
seems to me if you love everyone then i don't think your love means anything
till now i've been this ball of jello who'd do anything you want
my life is punctuated by these episodes that make me see
i can hear the music in my head i think maybe i really understand
i can see the reason for my life i can touch the reason with my hands
starting to believe that everything happens for a reason in the end
doesn't it just seem like everything happens for a reason in the end

FRUITCAKE

you never told me that your dad was such a fruitcake
i'd seen the pictures but i thought maybe he'd changed
the things he talked about seemed way too convoluted
you never mentioned that your dad was so deranged
can i be so bold as to ask if you would want to run away
you'll never have to see that old insipid fruitcake
you'll never have to hear him screaming for his beer
you told me you lived on a farm with lots of horses i wish that i could ride the horses in your brain
you always told me that your mom was strong and healthy
i wish i'd been there then to save her from that train
can i be so bold as to ask if you would want to be my girl
you'll never have to outside and put his clothes on
you'll never have to cover his ears when it rains
i will take you away i will put you in my car
i can see anything i see your beauty through your scars
for a while i think i'll sit out in my backyard and pick some daisies you can put into your hair
maybe later i can teach you how to wrassle and you can tell me how the pyramids got there
can i be so bold as to ask if you would want to be my girl
you'll never have to see that old decrepid fruitcake
you'll never have to hear him screaming for his beer
i will take you away i will put you in my car
i can see anything i see your beauty through your scars
i will take you away take you far awy from this place
everything we leave behind will be gone as soon as we're gone

BIG TOKYO

i wish i had a little pet godzilla
he could light my cigarette
i could use him to crush my little tokyo
i would pick him the finest berries
he would look so cute eating them
sometimes i would hold him in my hands and admire him for hours
i would be so proud of him
why can't i get everything that i want when all i want is so little
noone would be frightened of my precious
he would be so well behaved
noone would come near him with their oxygen destroyers
i will protect him
why can't i get everything that i want
why can't i get everything that i want when all i want is so little

DOWN LIKE WATER

can i be the guy who always smiles just cause he's happy
can i be the guy who loves his job and dresses snappy
all good things must come to an end
and i'm not going nowhere
can i be the guy who loves his girl and brings her flowers
can i be the guy who always joins her in the shower
she knows something's up
and she says you're not fooling no one
it's coming down like water
it's coming down like water
can i be the guy who drives up to her work to see her
can i be the guy who finds his true love and can keep her
she knows something's up
and she says you're not fooling no one

MOTORCAR

CAITLIN ESMARELDA

do you mind if i come play my guitar while you hook your rug
do you mind if i come with you when you go to walk your dog
i can't get enough of you
and i can't wait to play you this song
you're just the prettiest thing i ever saw
and now everything makes so much sense
don't know why i took so long to feel how i feel
i think it's funny when i say you're pretty and you get so mad
and i like it when you tell me all about the day you had
sometimes when i hold your hand
i close my eyes and pretend you're my girl
you're just the sweetest thing i ever knew
from the moment i first met you
is it really so strange that i feel how i feel?
doo doo doo doo doo
doo

THE BIG TIME

spent a long long time just figuring out what color shirt to wear
spent a long long time just figuring out which way to part my hair
when material things mean nothing
i'll be ready for the big time
spent a long long time just trying to straighten out what's in my head
by the time i get it figured out i might as well be dead
when material things mean nothing
maybe then i'll be ready for the big time
spent a long long time just figuring out some witty words to say
came up with a few that might have been more useful yesterday
when what everyone thinks means nothing
i'll be ready for the big time
i could go to hell and back and forth
to hell and back to bed again
i could travel round the world just to wind up
in my own backyard
spent a long long time just figuring out what color shirt to wear
spent a long long time just figuring out which way to part my hair
when material things mean nothing
i'll be ready for the big time

CAKE

you have been given all the chances in the world
and as it is i've never tried so hard for any other girl
and i can see that you don't look at me the way i look at you
and so i pick me up and dust me off
and tell myself it's not my fault
that you're too blind or scared to see the only one you really want is me
it's true you know you do i know that deep inside you feel it too
and now i'm through with all my love songs and i'm so tired of this town
and i've packed away my feelings cause they only drag me down
but every time i see you look at me the way i look at you
i got to dust me off and shine me up
and show you just how strong i got
you'd think it's changed but nothing's new the only one i really want is you
it's true what can i do i'll wait right here until you feel it too

FORTUNE

i've been blessed a thousand times
i'll stay this way forever
i'm not here but i'm right here
i'll stay this way forever
i've gotten so strong
i can feel nothing
i've found a place here
where there's no suffering
i'm so glad to be with you
i'll stay right here forever
i've gotten so strong
i can feel nothing
i've found a place here
where there's no suffering
i've been blessed a thousand times
i'll stay right here forever

KISS YOURSELF

i'm glad you love him i'm glad he's good to you
i'm glad you're happy i'm glad i'm off the shelf
i'm glad that we can be such good friends but
once in a while i can't control myself
sometimes i just feel compelled to grab you and kiss you i know you must understand
sometimes you must feel compelled to kiss yourself
kiss yourself
i try to act like i'm not in love with you
but when you look at me your eyes seem to cut right through
and when you wake up and look in the mirror do those
same eyes that make me crazy turn their powers onto you
sometimes i just feel compelled to grab you and kiss you i know you must understand
sometimes you must feel compelled to kiss yourself
kiss yourself

LAWRENCE

have you given up all your gold chains
have you given up your money and fame
have you looked into your empty hands
and seen something noone else can understand
you know me, you know i'm not like this
i've been twisted this way
you know me, you knew me way before my
everything was taken from me
have you squandered all of your rewards
have you shaped them did you make them
something more
total motion is it's own recourse
can you beat him can you show him out the door
you know me, you knew me way back then when i was big and strong
you know me, you knew me way before my
everything was taken from me
have you looked into your empty hands
and seen something noone else can understand

MAGGOT

one tiny maggot on my head
wonders what it's like to be me
swept up from the juice on the truck bed
slimy segmented and mealy
maggot have faith and be strong and i swear
one day you'll transform and i swear
one day you will spread your wings
and fly past the sbarro's towards the white hen
far from the juice on the truck bed
away from the meanies and the swat team
with ten thousand eyes fixed in your head
maggot have faith and be strong and i swear
one day you'll transform and i swear
one day you will spread your wings
and fly to the house where it smells nice
onto the pie with the ice cream
and quick as wink your small head splats
always the meanies and their swat team
maggot have faith and be strong and i swear
one day you'll transform and i swear
one day you will spread your wings
and fly past the stars into heaven

MURDERCAR

get in my car it's a murdercar we'll take a little ride, promise you won't get home late
most girls won't sit where you're sitting now in the shotgun seat
cause that's where his brains got sprayed
so familiar but i'm pretty sure that we never met till i started driving his car
pretty sure that he never felt so alive till he got his head blown off
don't know why i just feel compelled drive by his mother's house every year on his birthday
with the tint she can't see my face but we see her smile and we see her wave
>from the porch till we're out of sight there's no sign of fright and i feel i'm part of her
and she knows that she's always safe cause we're always there
and her little boy loves her
drive by his house couple times a week when his girlfriend's home and
her boyfriend's car is there
they'd been screwing for a year or two but he never knew
till he got his head blown off
get in my car it's a murdercar we'll take a little ride, promise you won't get home late
now i'll never be alone again
i got my new best friend
riding in the shotgun seat

RADIO FRIENDLY

you always say i'm not the kind to ask for much to drink too much
to fall in love too easily with everyone i see you say i can't afford to be like me
i can't remembert who i am i can't remember when i felt this way
i can't remember anything except that once i had the chance to be the guy i wanted to be
caution kills
i can't figure out which way to go from here
for all i care you can smash up all my stuff to pieces
time after time it falls apart build it again it falls apart forget the past
you can't be shielded from the truth forever can't neglect the forces that together
build you up and make you whole built you a world and tore it down
built you a world and turned it upside down you can't deny there's no one left to blame
you did this all to yourself
caution kills
all those pretty pieces come falling down like rain
for all i care you can smash up all my stuff to pieces

SCARED OF DIRT

forever's just another word that we can hold on to
still never knowing exactly what it means
my father told me never hit a girl
you can keep your movie stars and supermodels
all your popes, your kennedys and aristotles
add up all your hitlers and all your gandhis
and all that's left is nothing
tomorrow's just another word that doesn't mean a thing
but still we hope for what it promises to bring
my father told me don't be scared of dirt
you can keep all your stars and constellations
your awards, your trophies and commendations
add up all the good and bad and all that's left's
the line down the middle

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