satan is my motor hear my motor purr
satan is my motor hear my motor purr
satan is the only one who seems to understand

i've got brakes i'm wide awake
i can stop this car at any time
at the very last second i can change directions
turn completely around if i feel so inclined
i've got a mind that can steer me to your house
and a heart that can bring you red flowers
my intentions are good and earnest and true
but under my hood is internal combustion

i don't know much about cinco de mayo
i'm never sure what it's all about but
i say i want you and you don't believe me
you say you want me but i've got my doubts
oh baby i was bound for mexico
oh baby i was bound to let you go

on the phone long long distance
always through such strong resistance
first you say you're too busy
i wonder if you even miss me
never there you're never there
you're never ever ever ever there

if i threw my guitar out the window
so far down
would i start to regret it?
or would i smile and watch it slowly fall?

garbage trucks and taxi cabs
don't seem like they can reach me here
the clamor of jack-hammers seems so faint
the way you treat me lightly only
slightly brings me down a lot
i don't think i'll ever be the same

you twist the knife then go home to kiss your wife
a bigger better slice is what you'd like
you kick the sand you get the upper hand
you sell it to japan it's natural punk rock
red white and blue

you turn the screws it's what you choose to do
you think that i must turn them too
you think that i must be so satisfied
i stay inside i wonder why>

and the cement-mixer gets it all ready
one good turn at a time
they're pouring it slowly and steady
you're showing me where i can sign
what i can expect to find
but how can you say you'll be happy
when you turn the screws

you turn the screws it's what you choose to do
you turn the screws it's what you choose to do
you think i must turn them too

walk on by the room where you still sleep
walk on by the company that you keep
and the room where i held you tight
tonight i must walk on by

somehow i know
i won't forget you, no, no, no, no, no, i won't
you won't forget me, no, no, no, no, no, you won't
i'll keep on walking away from here
i'll forget you when i reach the other side

and the grave-digger puts on the forceps
the stone mason does all the work
the barber can give you a haircut
the carpenter can take you out to lunch
i just want to play on my pan-pipes
i just want to drink me some wine
as soon as your born you start dying
so you might as well have a good time

sheep go to heaven goats go to hell
sheep go to heaven goats go to hell

i don't wanna go to sunset strip
i don't wanna feel the emptiness
old marquees with stupid band names
i don't wanna go to sunset strip
i don't wanna go to sunset strip
i don't wanna feel the emptiness
old marquees with stupid band names
i don't wanna go to sunset strip

when you sleep
when you sleep where do your fingers go?
what do your fingers know?
what do your fingers show?
where do your fingers go? yeah

do they play guitar in a latin bar?
are they strangers or lovers
do they drive your car?
are they swimming submissively
sex acts of life?
or just cutting through jello with a very sharp knife?

now Zeus was a womanizer
always on the make
but Hera usually punished
her that zeus was one to take

when you sleep where do your fingers go?

are they pulling out weeds
from the dusty soil?
but then never rewarded with the
fruits of their toil
are they scratching their nails
on the chalkboards of death
only seeking attention
when everyone in the room has left?

i have no love but only goals
how very empty is my soul
it is a soul that feels no thrill
it is a soul that could easily kill
and i'm not fit to touch
the hem of your garment
no, no i'm not fit to touch the hem of your garment

standing in the Alpha Beta parking lot
watching you leave me not quite believing
standing in the alpha beta parking lot
watching the sun set I'll never forget
breathing in the fumes from so many idling cars
right beneath the sign with the dusty yellow stars
watching the sun go down
watching the sun go down
watching the sun wathcing the sun go down

let me go, she said, let me go, she said
let me go and I will want you more
let me go, let me go
let me go and I will want you

when she walks
she wants the sun
instead of the moon
when she sees
she sees the stars
inside of her room
and I've waited for her for so long
I've waited for her for so long
I've wondered if I could hang on
I wonder if I could hang on

cool blue reason comes into your life
there's one more dead in kansas and it's probably your wife
cool blue reason i'm just talking to myself
cool blue reason i'm just rearranging hell
i'm just talking to myself