Jack & Jill – Fancy Birdhouse
UPC 785531000827
All lyrics by Jonathan Segel © 1997 Bumps of Goose
Except:“Before You could”, “Nicolai” and “Drink It Down” by Jane Thompson © 1997 Bumps of Goose
1. The Tide Will Turn (ISRC us-hm9-05-61145)
You say you want it all but how can I believe you now
You say you’re happy now, at what price did you gain that golden cow
You say we get what we want, I say we get what we ask forIf you think that we don’t maybe you weren’t so careful on that score
You always seem to sail away, guilt absolved to live another day
On a floor of broken glass the cut is just so clean
Whatever came to pass never showed us both what we really mean
I’d give you what you want if all you’d do is ask for it
You just run away and never showed me where you’d gone and hid
You always seem to sail away, guilt absolved to live another day
But the tide will turn, the tide will turn, you’ll be left standing high and dry
The tide will turn, the tide will turn, you’ll have nothing for your dry fear
But your bourbon and your beer
You always seem to sail away, guilt absolved to live another day
But the tide will turn, the tide will turn, you’ll be left standing high and dry
The tide will turn, the tide will turn, you’ll have nothing for your dry fear
But your memories and your tears
Go on go away you’ve lost another friend
I wish that could say there was something good about this kind of end
Your better interests won, wasn’t really my kind of a fightWhen it happens again, you probably won’t remember what went right
2. Into the Lapping Waves (ISRC us-hm9-05-61146)
Now that the summer turns to auburn leaves
We roll our bicycles down the hill
We never wondered about what came next
We never thought of our own free will
We’d sneak away to behind a row of trees
Smoke one stolen cigarette
We never got the sign that we knew what we were doing,
That brown spot on the filter tip
You run away and the memories slip away

You run away and the memories they slip away
Like a stream sliding in, into the lapping waves
Like a stream sliding in, into the lapping wavesInto the lapping waves
With the first freeze of winterThe school had left the sprinklers on
The grass became a field of icy spikes
Seen in the early light of dawn
The tule fog it curled around our hips
We looked away across the fields
At all the landscapes we imagined to be out there
And all the secrets they’d reveal
You run away and the memories slip away
You run away and the memories they slip away
Like a stream sliding in, into the lapping waves
Like a stream sliding in, into the lapping waves
Into the lapping waves
Now that the leaves have all fallen to the ground
Smell of December in the air
I’ll bring you pomegranates from the tree in my front yard
We’ll break them apart to share
3. Before You Could (ISRC us-hm9-05-61147)
I broke my heart before you could
So don’t bother coming inside
I smashed it to pieces and left myself helpless
Like you would’ve if you had the time
I made myself have a nightmare
So I could find reason to run
In it my demons all laughed at me naked
Why do I play eh object of fun?
I tried to cut off my own fingers
While learning to tie my own shoes
Full of frustration and full of self-doubt
You know if you don’t try you can’t lose
So I had to run from your kisses‘cuz they felt too good to be true
I just couldn’t conceive of a time
When you loved me the way I loved you
I love you4. You Are Free (ISRC us-hm9-05-61148)
I see you standing there with your head held in the air
Wishing out loud that I would see
But everything you need is everything you have
And everything you feel will make you freePossibilities fly by, they look you in the eye
And you will never know from where they cameI‘m crouching down with my ear to the ground
What it’s telling me is still the same
For me there is no future, for you there is no past
But we are here right now, so we admit
I’m not so intent to make this second last
I’ll be first to say get on with it
So you look at me, can you tell me what you see?
Do you really think that I’m insane?
All it really takes for me to respond to you
Is just for you to say my nameHow can we be together when we’re so far apart?
Your shadow is the only thing I see
How can I live without you if you won‘t go away?
I’m trying to explain that you are free
5. One Step Forward (cover) (ISRC us-hm9-05-61149)
6. An Eagle Takes Not Flies (ISRC us-hm9-05-61150)
They're always circling around
They never see what they've foundThey'll never know when they're so far from the ground
It happens fast if it happens at all
But they'll never know unless they fall
And that's why
There’s always more than meets the eye
You gather in place to look around the next bend
And end up in love with your best friend
The dealer of twists never lets you down
It's a long bumpy ride before you leave town
And that's why
It's so hard to justify
Well, if you never explain, we'll always try to guess
No one understands another's businessYou'll think it so proper to fit the norm

But you'll never find it to be safe and warm
And that's why
It never seems right to lie
No one can feel another's broken heart
And the dealer of pain just tears you apart
When all in good time it may happen again
Don't let that stop you from continuing
Don't quit the search for the perfect fit
Although you may keep what you have if you quit
And though that may seem good compared to another verse
Those aren't you, that's your own curse
And that's why
An eagle takes not flies
7. I'm An Idiot (ISRC us-hm9-05-61151)
I’m an idiot, I’m a fool
I see you and I lose my coolYou’re so violent, you’re so sweet
Without you I’m incomplete
I’m an idiot, I’m a fool
I hear your voice and I just drool
You’re insane but you can be sweet
Pardon me I’m not so discreet
I’m an idiot, I’m a fool
I see you and I lose my coolYou’re so violent, you’re so sweet
You’re an angel trapped in a body of meat
8. Keep Your Revs Up (ISRC us-hm9-05-61152)
Ramblin’ Jack how are you doing?
I haven’t see you for awhile
Are you still as lonely as the company you keep?
And do you still define yourself by where you sleep
Keep on moving
How long have you been gone now anyway?
How long have you been on your own?
If you expect some sympathy from me, well, you won’t find it
Just take who you were today and put yourself behind it and keep on moving
You know you gotta go you don’t where you gotta go
The only way you know you’re gonna get there isKeep your revs up
You can’t lag
So you find yourself so far from home
Well, do you feel a little scared?
You’ve gotta keep moving now, you can’t lose the pace
When the dream of what you had yesterday are thrown back in your face
You know you gotta go you don’t where you gotta go
The only way you know you’re gonna get there is
Keep your revs up
You can’t lag
You find yourself by the ocean
You contemplate how far and wide
But if you’d ever turn around to look
You’d find you’re already on the other side
So bear your cross on down that highway
Will you ever come back home?
Will you ever lose that empty place inside you?
Or will you always fill it up with the new things that find you?
You know you gotta go you don’t where you gotta go
The only way you know you’re gonna get there is
Keep your revs up
You can’t lag
9. Drink It Down (ISRC us-hm9-05-61153)
You can stay until tomorrow, you can leave right now
It don’t make no difference, you don’t see me anyhow
You can send back all my letters, you can run away
You just keep on running, it’ll find you here again someday
You can try to drink it down
You can try to make it ‘roundBut until you feel it, it will run you into the groundYou can reach into your pockets, you can hang your head
You can crush my feelings ‘cuz my touch fills you with dread
You can look the other way now, you can look at me
But I don’t want to hear about how you and I think differently
You can try to drink it down
You can try to make it ‘roundBut until you feel it, it will run you into the groundYou can try to wish it right
You can try to win the fightBut until tomorrow, I’ll be writing clichés
And you can’t get away
You can’t get away
10. I've Seen A Goat (ISRC us-hm9-05-61154)
You were so fucked to me I couldn’t wait to let you leave
Even though I love you forever, you’ll get no reprieve
Twice around the block by now, nothing to show but my feet are sore
Anything you say to me I swear by now I’ve heard it all before
I’ve seen a goat, your words don’t mean that much to me
I’ve seen a goat, your words don’t mean that much to me
If I would see you now it’d probably only make me sad
But if you’re doing well, it’d probably just make me madIf I got off that train, you’d probably look the other way
This is one situation where we both lose either way
But I’ve seen your eyes, what I had been to you is gone
And I’d seen your soul, what you had meant to me is gone
Grandpa can’t be bothered to see your latest distraction
What keeps you occupied, diversion is the great attraction
Why should I leave the farm to be annoyed by the crowds?
With all those people talking, venting their stupid thoughts aloudI’ve seen a goat, the fair don’t mean that much to me
I’ve seen a goat your words don’t mean that much to me
I’ve seen a goat, your life don’t mean that much to me
I’ve seen a goat
11. And Your Bird Can Sing (cover) (ISRC us-hm9-05-61155)
12. Nicolai (ISRC us-hm9-05-61156)
Oh see that stove
I don’t know but I’ve been told it’s hot
Oh we never speak but I think his thoughts run deep
So I lay me down to sleep tonight
Oh Nicolai
Stick a needle in my eye
Oh it’s been said you don’t that on your head

Take a walk instead
I won’t disturb your chi if you disturb me
I’ll just go quietly away
Oh Nicolai
Stick a needle in my eyeOh Nicolai
If I can’t I might die
13. If You Really Loved Me (ISRC us-hm9-05-61157)
I built a shell around myself
I built a room to put me inI built the room into a castle
With high walls to keep me from you
But if you really loved me
If you really loved me
If you really loved me
If you really loved me
You’d find me
You’d find me
I built my castle on an island
Far away, away from you
I send a postcard from my island
With no address to write me backBut if you really loved me
If you really loved me
If you really loved me
If you really loved me
You’d find me
You’d find me
I built a shell around myself
I dug a hole to put me inUnder the ocean, underground
Where nothing isI’ll never be found
But if you really loved me
If you really loved me
If you really loved me
If you really loved me
You’d find me
You’d find me
14. True Love (ISRC us-hm9-05-61158)

True LoveYou thrill me to the bone
I still feel like I’m alone
So when I call you on the phone
I just want to hear you say
Hey, hey
True LoveYou’ve put me on my ear
I don’t want to live in fear
So when I call you dear
I just want to hear you say
Hey
True Love
When I say your nameI wanna know that you feel the same
So if you wanna play the game
Let me hear you say
Hey, heyYou’ve stolen my heart
That’s the way it always starts
And on the day we partI know I’ll hear you say
Hey
True love(anata wa, nani o nozomimas ka?)