Waiting for the Punchline lyrics

you'll be gone tomorrow
you'll be gone tomorrow
gone tomorrow

you're preoccupied
with the latest fashion
hip today, hip today
with wide open eyes
on the next big thing
you can cash in
hip today, hip today

no never contrived
it's an overnight sensation
a clever disguise
that hides all of your
pretension
sally's selling out
her seashells for souls
hope i don't die
before i get old

hip today

today don't look so bad
compared to tomorrow
if time is all we have
then we're living on borrowed
yesterday's for fools
who try to remember
the good ol' days
weren't always that
much better

cynical fuck
well i ain't nothing but a
cynical fuck
it don't take much to be a
cynical, all you need is love
all you need is what to be a

and whatever you do
someone's done it first
though it's sad but true

sun going up,
making its rounds
it keeps on moving,
painting the town
before you know it,
she's sinking low
so tell me something . . .

something i don't already know
i don't know

toward the south,
then turning north
whirlwind spinning,
on a circular course
the answer my friend,
returns to blow
so tell me something . . .

something i don't already know
i don't know
tell me something
i don't know

so you're a self proclaimed messiah
or maybe a blasphemes liar
a clever hypnotic hoax
a hallowed heretic coax
who tells these stories so old
no, never the same twice told
speaking in distorted thruths
i see that thomas wants some proof
did you come to heal the sick
with one more magician's trick
ye generation seeks a sign
while blind keeps leading the blind

so you say there is no god

so tell me what can i do
that you couldn't see through
from the very start
there is only one thing
yet to come from my heart

loving you, unconditionally
loving you, unconditionally
that's what i want to be
what you are to me

can you see why it's so hard
for me to break apart
from all the things i hold
closer to a heart
that has grown, far too cold

loving you, unconditionally
something new

little lamb come out of
the rain
you'll catch your death in
the cold
a helping hand to come ease
the pain
in peace you'll rest in
our fold

i can be a watch
towering light
for those of you who can't see
i'll separate the truth
from the lies
blind faithful come follow me

evilangelist
you name is on my list
i'm your evilangelist
in what god you trust

close your eyes while i
hypnotize

as for this song
i'll set the mood
there's nothing wrong
prefer solitude
alone to think
of what i don't know
the deeper i sink
the further i'll go

nothing to fear
no need to hide
i'm already there
came in from outside
safe in my nest
home sweet home
no invited guests
i want to be alone

leave me alone
leave me alone
i wish you would
leave me alone
leave me alone
i just want to be alone

No one ever sees you cry
You just keep it all inside
In a warm place, where you can hide

When will it rain
When will it rain
I saw you laugh the other day
But all too fast it went away

Now your sky's cloudy 'n' gray
Falling mainly on the plain

When will it rain
When will it rain
No water fallls
Down your window pane

And when I look into your eyes
That window to your soul can't lie

you might say hey, i lost my sense of humor
i'm quite surprised i didn't lose it sooner
why waste your breath on anything less
then talk so trivial
as a man who ran out of material

[chorus:]
why did the chicken go across the road
to get to the other side
i'm still waiting for the punchline
whoever said the grass always grows
greener on the other lied
i'm still waiting for the punchline

last round
looks like i'm in for a fight
knocked down
there is nowhere left to hide
stick 'n' move
when i try to run away
old one two
i only end up face to face

mirror mirror getting clearer

it's just me and my shadow
dancing round the ring
i try to fight it
but then how can i win
when i'm only shadow boxing

time out
i'm looking for a
standing eight
no doubt
my inside has come out to play

respect,
always everybody looking for some
respect,
who do you think you're gonna get it from
respect,
anybody here deserving of none
respect,
tell me what makes you think
you're not the one

no respect, no respect none
no respect, no respect none
no respect, no respect none
no respect, no respect none

respect,
why be concerned with
public adulation
respect,
pat on the back crying
for attention

so you want me to take it off
just to see what's
underneath my cloth
i'll show you i'm every
inch a man
measure all that you
think you can

i'm more than what
meets the eye
flesh 'n' blood is
often a white lie
by the cover you misjudge
the book
open your mind and take
another look

naked, and i'm unashamed
naked, with no one to blame
naked, ya you want the truth
naked, here's my birthday suit

I don't know where I'm going
But I do know where I've been
I wonder if I'm growing
Forever chasing wind
I've got to keep on moving
Destination still unknown
The more I keep on looking
The more I feel so alone

[Chorus:]
I never ask you where you're going, so don't ask me
Where are you going
Not everybody knows where they're supposed to be
Where are you going

(instrumental)

Prentending to act so serene
On your so called submissive knees
A shopping list of begging pleas
Adds to your complacencies

As soon as the sun don't shine your way
And you're saving it all up that rainy day
It's a matter of time before you get down 'n' pray

Fair weather faith - protect me from the storm
Fair weather faith - gonna right all my wrongs

Never Been Funked

I ain't trying to make no political statement
I ain't trying to tell you the news of the world
I ain't one to give intellectual realness
I just want you to want me the way that I do

Don't it make you feel good, make you feel good
Don't it make you feel good

[Chorus]
You ain't never been funked like this before
Never been funked, never been funked

Now's not the time to say goodbye
And I'm not the kind to question why
Well I don't feel very well, and it's getting cold as hell
It won't be the same, can't you tell

Don't leave me alone
Don't leave me on my own
I'm so afraid
Why can't you stay
Just don't leave me alone
How long will my song be wrong

Doing the things I should have known
Only to reap what I have sown
Jesus, please

Look at Monica walking in her sleep
Look at Monica running through the fields
In her dream, so serene
Monica, Monica

Hush, don't you say a word
Did you see the smile she made today

Look at Monica
Look at Monica

Morning's coming ever so fast
Shadow's reality's cast
More like a dream that just won't last

Look at Monica walking in her sleep
Look at Monica running through the fields

Not really lookin' for, for nothing special,
Just someplace that I can call my own,
I'm growing tired of, of running wild,
It's time I settled down

[Bridge:]
There seems to be some lights on,
but ain't nobody home
I think I see some lights on,
But there ain't nobody home

Ain't being choosy, but
Don't want no floozy,
And that's not much to ask

[Chorus:]
She's a nice place to visit [3x]