Jonathan Segel – “Edgy Not Antsy”
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All Lyrics by Jonathan Segel© 2003 Bumps of Goose BMI1) Losing Touch (ISRC us-hm2-04-65191)
The world is beautiful
And it’s so big
I want to see it all
I want to see just how big
I know you feel it too
It’s not just me?
Tell me you feel it too
Tell me that you see‘cuz I think I’m losing touch
Please look at me
Tell me who you see
Not the mask upon my face
Tell me who to be
It’s just too much for me
I want to leave without a traceNo I’m not crying
That’s just the rain on my face
I think I’m losing touch2) Backwards From Ten (ISRC us-hm2-04-65192)
That pain behind my eyes signals a change in the weather
wish I knew more than that, but I’m not that cleverIn this life, nothing’s clear
You’re barely there to hold as dear
I’m as lost as the next guy and the next guy’s lost as wellMust be living in heaven otherwise this would be hell
In this life, nothing’s clear
You’re the only thing to hold as dearcount with mebackwards from tenmaybe we can fall asleep
if you stay by methrough the thick and the thin
you have my soul to keepin this life, nothing’s clear
you’re the only thing to hold as dear3) Flower That Lures (ISRC us-hm2-04-65193)
I don't know why
I am attracted to you, it's not just something you do
That excites me
You may never know
How I secretly feel, keeping an even keel
When you're near me
You're like the flower that lures the bees to the pure honey,
Give me the cure make me realize
You are the universe, I know I’m blessed and I’m cursed,
I just want to be first in your eyes
You may never know
How I secretly love the push and the shove
Of our meeting
Show me the way
To get to your heart, then you can have partOf this feeling
I can't say how
Whenever you're near, just your presence dear
Sends me reeling
When I need more, you're the one I wait for, please open the door and come inGive me a sign, so I know you will be mine, we will entwine, let’s begin
I know the way
That I feel about you, so please let me throughTo explain it
Somewhere inside
The dam has burst open wide, although I had tried
To restrain itYou are the wine in the jug, come on and fill up my heart-mug,
We can both chug it up slowly
You sent a dart; it went straight to my heart, now I'm back at the start of the song
I don't know why
I am attracted to you, it's not just something you doThat excites me4) Lifeboat (ISRC us-hm2-04-65194)
A renaissance of drunkenness
A portrait suicide
In a city full of the heat of food and sex
Aren’t you happy how you lied?
Every time I turn aroundI see another way I should have gone
I see the thing that makes us glad of other people
That makes being together better than being alone
He’s locked out of his own head
The sun is ringing loud today
Head’s full of shadows and no matter how loud it rings
The sun can’t drive them all away
Like the fisherman who never mocked the sea
I came to you and you came to me
But like the fisherman who never learned to swim
I held my breath and jumped right inOn the life boat
To give the rest of your life in exchange
And live for one short minuteWith the boldness you have in your dreams
A renaissance of drunkenness
A portrait suicide
In a city full of the heat of food and sex
Aren’t you happy how you lied?
5) Mirror Colored Thing (ISRC us-hm2-04-65195)
Faked me out
A mirror-colored thingThat hovers behind me,

Watches what I see
I’m so happy when it’s gone
So sad that it always comes back to me
I pretend not to see it
cuz I couldn’t bear not to be it
Again she
Faked me out
A mirror-colored thingThat hovers behind me,
Watches what I see
Once I was in your blood
And you were upset
Once I was in your bloodstream
And you were upset and happy
At the same time
Again she
Faked me out
A mirror-colored thingThat hovers behind me,
Watches what I see
I’m so happy when it’s gone
So sad that it always comes back to me
I pretend not to see it
cuz I couldn’t bear not to be it
Again she
Faked me out
A mirror-colored thingThat hovers behind me,
Watches what I see
Lily’sA mirror-colored thing6) Civil Disobedience (ISRC us-hm2-04-65196)
When they come to your home
You know they'll never leave you alone
You know you're on their list
I guess you weren't the one they missed
Have you been doing something wrong?

Well I guess you've known that all along
So when they come to take you away
Are you going to go with them on that day?
OrWill you know what to do?
Will you know what to do?
Will you do it?
Will you do what you know how to do...?
When they come into your house
Will you hide like a little mouse?
You know you're in their file,
I guess you've known that for a while
There’s no room for folks like you
What can you say now what can you do?
So when they come to take you away
Are you going to go with them on that day?
Or.
Will you know what to do?
Will you know what to do?
Will you do it?
Will you do what you know how to do...?
7) Permanent Dream State (ISRC us-hm2-04-65197)
I’m in a
Permanent dream state
Can’t wake up
I feel so good
I hope it never stops
It’s a permanent dream state
On my mind
Gliding throughI’m flying blindIt’s a lucid dream state
Everything’s trueFrankly, it’s scary
But I love it too
Permanent dream state
My minds made up
I’m never coming back

I’m never gonna wake up
From the permanent dream state
From my head to my toes
You can call me crazy
But I’m the one who knows
The permanent dream state
I’m riding my bike
I can do anything
I can do what I like
Permanent dream state
Feels so real
Like everything at once
But it’s no big deal
Permanent dream state
Bottom to top
I feel so good
Hope it doesn’t stop8) World of Suckers (ISRC us-hm2-04-65198)
Every time I see somebody driving a new SUV
I think - you fell for it
Every time I see someone buy something from the TV
I think - you took the hook
It’s a nation of fish
You took the bait
You think it's natural
But it ain'tSucker
Every time I see someone with his or her brand name underwear
I think - sucker
Every time I see somebody cut with some actor's hair
I think - yer a fucking idiot
It’s a world of suckers
A status gameYou think it's normal
But it ain't
What it is is average
Every time I see someone eating some fast food meat
I think - that ain't foodEvery time I hear some factory made electric beatI think - please get creativeEvery time I see somebody wearing new basketball shoes
I think - you bit the hook
Every time I hear some white guy singing the blues
Well I just wonder
It’s a world of fish
You took the bait
You think it's normal
But it really ain't
It’s a world of suckers
A status gameYou think yer bitchin
But you're just lame
It’s a world of fish
An ad-man's game
A world of brand names
Is a world of pain
The things you buy
May be bad or good
They bear the weight
Of sweatshop blood9) Polly’s a Good Girl (ISRC us-hm2-04-65199)
Polly stop that.
Polly’s a good girl.
10) Mexican Divorce (ISRC us-hm2-04-65200)
This airport has two gates, I’m leaving through gate one
You don’t want to hear it but it’s been a lot of fun
It’s really so simple once I figured out what it was
I couldn’t be what you wanted and it wasn’t just because
It’s hard to believe it, love doesn’t go away
But our other expectations of our lives will stay
And I never would have guessed it, thought it could be held by force
That our Las Vegas wedding would yield a Mexican divorce
So go back to your boat, I’ll get on my plane
And nothing that we do now will ever be the same
And every night I’ll wonder, looking at the stars up in the sky
Which you use to steer you and which stand idly by11) Mean Mean Girls (ISRC us-hm2-04-65201)
Mean mean girls
You think you’re toughalways want more, it’s never enough
Mean mean girls
You think it’s fun
But in the end you’re all alone
Mean mean girls
Think you’re cool
Ain’t you never heard of the golden rule
Me, I like the nice girls
Mean mean girls
All the same
Torture your lover like love’s a game
Mean mean girls
Never cryThink you’re strong, but you don’t try
Mean mean girls
You think it’s real
Way down deep what do you feel?
Me, I want the nice girl
Mean mean girls
Act like a queen
What is it that you think you win?
Mean mean girls
Like you’ve got it madeLike you’re a currency you can trade
Mean mean girls
Front of the line
While all the rest wait behind
Me, I like the nice girls12) Here Come the Warm Milk (ISRC us-hm2-04-65201)
Every day, a new little thing, a new not-you
Don’t be scared, it’s not the end of the world. Not even close!
Step out the window into the pouring rainBut you don’t care; you’re already there.
Here come the warm milk13) Pop Hits (ISRC us-hm2-04-65202)
Pop hits
Like a nursery rhyme
They’ll seep into your mind
You’ll never leave behind
Pop hits
Hear the master’s voice
Cuz you don’t have a choiceI’ll pick out my Rolls Royce
Pop hits
A virus in your ear
The song you long to hear
Will never disappear
Pop hits
Hear the machine
Of the futurist regime
Pop hits
Music is a steal
And you think its real
But it’s no big deal
Pop hits
Will float around your brain
You must hear it again
Or you will go insane
Pop hits
I’m in my underwear
And all you can do is stare
As if I really care
Pop hits
Almost as good as sex
Until you hear the next
Pop hits
The beat goes on and on
As if it were a song
That you knew all along
Pop hits
They’re plastic and they’re fakeBut still they make you ache
To be force-fed cakePop hits
It’s lurid and it’s sick

Because it’s just a trick
Designed to make you sickPop hits
Almost as good as sex
Until you hear the next
Pop hits14) Take Your Best Shot (ISRC us-hm2-04-65203)
I broke your heart, I made you cry
it still kills me to see you with another guy
every day I want you more
so I’m waiting for you to even the score
I’m sorryso take your best shot
to my heart, what I say will give me away
drastic things I do seem strange
but at least I know that way something will change
I’m sorryso take your best shotfollowing your scent has always put me on a hell bent
you see me, the stars shine, these are real tears in my eyes
I’m sorryso take your best shot
I’ll take my licks throw anything you want we’ll see what sticks
one day I’ll get you back, you won’t be ready for the next attack15) Hey Joy (ISRC us-hm2-04-65204)
Hey Joy
I know you’re just around the cornerand I never have to go across that line againjust to get to the other sideand I know I never have to set out on the wrong track
has it been the right track all along?
and I never have to drown in my afflictions

just to find the right words to say
but I probably will
hey joy
I bet you’re right around the corner
and when you’re walking down the streets in some big city
nobody sees just who you are
and when you step out on to that runway
maybe this time you’ll just take off
you have the strength you have the will you have the heartto keep you going
you don’t have to fuck aroundbut you probably will
Hey joy
I see you right around the cornerand I know that nobody will ever really see me
but now I really just don’t carebut I don’t have to build myself up just to let me down
and it’s such a long way down from here
I never have to step into the zeitgeist for a Friday nightcap
I never even have to drunk again
but I probably will
Hey joy
I know you’re just around the corner