Work is the Curse (Ruiz-Fox/Dustan)
Whittle it thin and within a little while he'll get by with a wink and a smile
he'd take more than a mile
I slip into a borrowed dress, sip from a bottle I guess I'm a mess
can't do much about broken glass, work is the curse of the drinking class
don't tell anyone don't tell anyone it's too late to be undone,
threw my love in a river of salt, a river of salt but it's not my fault
I weighed him down so his body wouldn't float, his body wouldn't float with the note she wrote.
will it all come back somehow

I'd call to the men no time to feel low, holler with the bottle down on whiskey row?
whiskey and worry we'll let it pass, work is the curse of the drinking class

I won't walk in shame with my head hung low, I've finished my walking down on whiskey row,
in between lines, where fiction meets fact, everyone uncoils w/a new attack
I walk out the side door hotel st. michael, to start a new life, to start a new cycle
can't do much about broken glass, work is the curse of the drinking class
don't tell anyone don't tell anyone it's too late to be undone threw my love in a river of salt, a river of salt but it's not my fault?
whiskey and worry we'll let it pass, work is the curse of the drinking class?
can't do much about broken glass, work is the curse of the drinking class?


Kick Icarus (Fox/Ruiz-Fox)
a smile like the start of an evening long awaited, no hint of the troubles inside
spinning and spiraling out of control, a cloud covers the sun,
no warnings will weigh you down, shake them off quickly, those wings will glue right back on
you wrap yourself in a thin, cool facade
a stranger's face, stares just like you, you stare to yourself,
a real sociopath, for just a laugh, for just a laugh
you're sleeping in the moonlight, too long in the moonlight, trees cover your dreams
you're used to stealing shows, you're everything that shines, you smile and sharpen your knives
moving on a carousel, faces in the woodwork, you use your words to cut sharp
you wrap yourself in a thin, cool facade
a stranger's face, stares just like you, you stare to yourself,
a real sociopath, for just a laugh, for just a laugh
another missing lighter, another missing book, you light your smoke, turn the page
and oh I'll never know you can act so cold, I know there's more underneath, I know there's more to you, more to you


Ameripiranha (Fox)

Yard Sale (Ruiz-Fox/Dustan/Fox)
Bric-a-brac, they fill the yard, A little crowded, they're on guard,
6 a.m. on Sunday, they've got to clear it out by Monday, yard sale
sagging stuffed animals and food-stained baby clothes,
all the clutter they've been keeping, all the clutter they've been heaping
keeping till it grows and grows and grows and grows until it turns into another
yard sale, yard sale??
hidden under magazines and mismatched saucers, and broken toasters
they've carelessly tossed her, bloated paperbacks of romance and mystery
spiky high heels with a lot of history, caught a little lady gonna make her mine, caught a little lady gonna make her mine, caught a little lady gonna make her mine
I'm sure I was meant to find her at this yard sale, yard sale

Tell her all your fears, give her all your hope, she has a way of helping you cope
Hidden in a niche and buried in a wall, she escaped the fires of the images fall
A sliver of sun and ancient belief, hide her from the priest and bury her deep, hide her from the priest and bury her deep,
Because you were meant to keep her safe from a yard sale, yard sale????
Caught a little mary gonna ladle her mind??


Half Cat Safe House (Ruiz-Fox/Dustan)
My name's Hattie Lee, Sweet Sweet Magdalene Maryanne, Suzy Q, but you can just call me Hal, you can just call me Hal,
Taproom Chronicles made way for debacles, then when I future trip that's when I start to slip, that's when I start to slip,
Wolf-dog is greeting me, protecting me watching me, waiting til the sun's up and I can sleep, finally I can sleep
half cat safe house
mamma cat's weaving and waking me warning me red hot burner my sense's on full alert, senses on full alert,
bent truth bending my head in waves and the hounds barking in insanity caves, the colors they go bright,
my name's Hattie Lee Sweet Sweet Magdalene Maryanne Suzy Q but you can just call me Hal
half cat safe house
Lean on me don't knock me over lean on me don't knock me over lean on me don't knock me over lean on me don't knock me over

Drive-Thru at Ramiro's (Ruiz-Fox/Dustan)
I have cleaned up your crimes,
I have paid your bail,
Only to find
you chased more tail
And now I find
cold comfort in your charms,
And only needles
in your arms

nothing burns like cold words can
silence fell like stones with my best laid plans

so I followed you down
to the seedy underground
you were quick with a needle and slow to share
when I got clean, you said you didn't care
you said I wouldn't last, I'd go nowhere.
Tipping the glass lights glow,
Under the lamplight lines,
I'll leave this burning land
For cooler climes
So I'm driving away
In a burned out Chevrolet
It'll drive enough miles
To leave this love decay


Junkies Like Mama (Ruiz-Fox/Fox)
You sidle by, you sidle by, oh I'm dreaming will you be here, will you be here when I wake up?
I don't really want to wake up now/I don't really want to see this mess
Miss Myriad Fiction in love with her diction, paint trees on your walls and tweak sweetly at home, the day that you dropped out, I couldn't see clearly, you flew above tree tops and abandonment fears
Junkies like mama, always creeping near, junkies like mama, why do they come back here
At her window and her doorstep, giving her their sad confessions
He carries it lightly it might never show, he tosses his bottles and crumples in cold
They ask how she's doing she's sorting it out, my eyes always follow she's sorting it out

Descansos (Ruiz-Fox/Dustan)
Well all the words you carved into my wooden frame are giving me a pattern as pretty as the one you painted years ago,
plastic flowers and see-through screams, when I'm away you lay awake for days and days
Dust and gravel around my cross, highway trash you clear away, I'll always be the girl whose dreams Death stole, to make me his bride.
Just past mile marker 17, a shrine to a violent scene, on the second day of November you'll remember me, it's a lonely stretch, a long hot walk, one I'll never drive again, never drive again, never drive
again, never drive again
I'll always be the one who poured your screams and tangled them with mine, this way we'll be together, the way I got so lost,it will be this way forever
Paint a memory, drape me with your rosaries, and you bring to me a little statue of the Virgin Mary, I try to reach across, at least we'll still meet up in dreams


Blue Day (Ruiz-Fox/Fox)
Take the day off and head for the park, take advantage of the sky before it grows dark, it's a holiday, take some food grab the kids, take them out of school, take them out now,
Happy blue day, happy blue day

City on a lake, neath mahogany sky, wind picks up and the people sigh, lifts away the clouds so we can see sun and blue, we can see the sky with a brilliant hue, it's an odd day, it's an odd day, happy
blue day, happy blue day

I see the smoke and the echoes in this town, I see the smoke and the echoes and they are gone

It's a spontaneous holiday, we celebrate with food and song and praise, we give thanks because you never know, when again these clearing winds will blow,
It's a good day it's a good day, happy blue day, happy blue day,

I see the smoke and the echoes in this town, I see the smoke and the echoes and they are gone