Palisades Park

Somebody screamed and all of Jim Jeffries dreams

Explode against a black fist

He falls to the floor

He stares up at the sky and he may wish he knew why

But he can’t go back there no more

The future sounds so crazy

We all heard that song before

Tomorrow's the name we changed from yesterday to blame

When the train just don't stop here anymore

I got starry-eyed on the coaster ride

Andy said, "Man, I need a break from the world outside

These days, my life just careens through a pinball machine

I could do so much better, but I can't get off the TILT"

There’s a photograph on the TV

Black and white and —

Andy says something to you —

Jack Johnson straddling Reno, Nevada like —

She says “I forget myself sometimes too”

Out past the doorways where we are sleeping

The White Queens creep and the tomcats peep

And now I’m not breaking

The train’s just shaking

I never made it here before

There's a Wild Mouse spinning the girls around

Til they can't take it anymore

I used to dream in the dark of Palisades Park

Up over the cliffs and down among the sparks

It’s a long life full of long nights

But it’s not what I was waiting for

Everybody's seen the horses diving down the shore

It's a miracle they don't make them anymore

So…”Make up ladies”…Wake up baby

You walked into the bar like some Saturday star

Stud-straight on spiked heels and needles and nerves

You’re a downtown pride fully-amplified Clyde

Gin-tight and aging but well-preserved

Remember Andy standing outside your bedroom window

Saying “Come on, let’s drive across to the Palisades

Keep going til we hit Reno, Nevada"

I don't see Andy all that much these days

Still, there are pages in back of the Action stacks

Where the White Queens creep and the tomcats peep

And the train’s not braking

The track’s just shaking

And I never made it here before

There's a Sky Rocket turning the world around

Til I can't take it anymore

You can carry that spark from Palisades Park

Down over the cliffs and out into the dark

It’s a long life full of long nights

But it’s not what I was looking for

Everybody dreams of horses flying ‘round the shore

It’s a bad dream we’re not having anymore

Man, have you seen Andy?

Hey man, have you seen him around?

Hey man, have you seen my, my, my, my, my, my Andy?

Hey man, have you seen him?

Have you seen her?

Have you seen him?

Hey, have you seen Andy around?

Dressed up in our pirate best

All leathers and feathers and pearls

Andy said “Look at me man!

I am cookin’

These hands could finger up this whole world!”

He said “Come outside

Climb out your bedroom window

Shimmy down the fire escape

And say goodbye”

Come outside

Andy says, "I'm dressed up just like Edie

Changing all the time

My leopard spots to polka dots"

And say goodbye"

Come outside

Maybe we could move to California

Just meet me at the subway

And say goodbye

Come outside

The cops all think we’re crazy

But if you stay, you’ll just get married

To a girl who’ll never know you

And then say goodbye

Hey Man, have you seen Andy?

I lost her in the sun

I was high as a kite on Lovely & White

Man, you could lose anyone

Hey hey man, have you seen Andy?

I don't know where she's gone

Real love outlives teenage lust

We could get wet and it keeps us warm

Love is like Angel Dust -

Lovely sometimes changes us...sometimes not

Have you been aching with trust or just

Have you been aching to trust or just…?

Have you been waking yourself with lust…?

Have you been making us up or just taking us home?

It's a long wait at a long light

Cars frozen in flight

All the traffic stops to stare

At a crosswalk in Reno, Nevada

Wearing nothing but air

And a pair of grey paper wings

Andy thinks “I got nothing to wear”

We got nothing new and…

We got nothing to wear…

We got nothing to wear…

We got nothing to wear…