Songtexte Sesame Street Is No Place for Vengence - A Lot Like Birds
                                                I'm 
                                                starting 
                                                to 
                                                think 
                                                that 
                                                maybe 
                                                I'm 
                                                wrong. 
                                                It's 
                                                easy 
                                                to 
                                                forget 
                                                what 
                                                you're 
                                                fighting 
                                                for 
                                                and 
                                                what 
                                                matters 
                                                more. 
                                                But 
                                                maybe 
                                                I'm 
                                                not. 
                                                What 
                                                if 
                                                only 
                                                time 
                                                can 
                                                tell? 
                                                Well, 
                                                until 
                                                then 
                                                we'll 
                                                try 
                                                this 
                                                again.
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                feel 
                                                colder 
                                                without 
                                                you 
                                                but 
                                                I've 
                                                learned 
                                                to 
                                                embrace 
                                                the 
                                                chill 
                                                about 
                                                you. 
                                                    I 
                                                can't 
                                                tell 
                                                if 
                                                    I 
                                                lost 
                                                or 
                                                found 
                                                you. 
                                                Am 
                                                    I 
                                                making 
                                                sense 
                                                or 
                                                do 
                                                    I 
                                                confound 
                                                you?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Oh 
                                                what 
                                                to 
                                                do? 
                                                Nothing 
                                                is 
                                                new. 
                                                Now 
                                                    I 
                                                must 
                                                deal 
                                                with 
                                                my 
                                                true 
                                                form 
                                                of 
                                                reality. 
                                                They 
                                                like 
                                                to 
                                                tax 
                                                me 
                                                drastically. 
                                                Still 
                                                learning 
                                                to 
                                                fantastically.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Hearing 
                                                you 
                                                talk 
                                                makes 
                                                me 
                                                want 
                                                to 
                                                shut 
                                                my 
                                                mouth. 
                                                    I 
                                                wonder 
                                                who 
                                                taught 
                                                you 
                                                to 
                                                whisper 
                                                with 
                                                    a 
                                                voice 
                                                so 
                                                loud. 
                                                Oh 
                                                wow! 
                                                You've 
                                                got 
                                                opinions 
                                                to 
                                                share? 
                                                So 
                                                just 
                                                keep 
                                                yelling 
                                                through 
                                                the 
                                                door 
                                                sending 
                                                your 
                                                four-letter 
                                                prayers. 
                                                Get 
                                                lucky 
                                                once 
                                                if 
                                                    I 
                                                care! 
                                                Use 
                                                all 
                                                your 
                                                luck 
                                                if 
                                                I'm 
                                                really 
                                                even 
                                                there! 
                                                I'm 
                                                so 
                                                exhausted 
                                                with 
                                                noise. 
                                                You 
                                                give 
                                                me 
                                                options 
                                                but 
                                                don't 
                                                give 
                                                me 
                                                    a 
                                                choice.
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Let's 
                                                get 
                                                rich 
                                                quick," 
                                                my 
                                                invitation 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                cynics.
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Well, 
                                                    I 
                                                can't 
                                                do 
                                                that. 
                                                I'm 
                                                saving 
                                                up 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                day 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                get 
                                                sick. 
                                                So 
                                                run 
                                                away 
                                                with 
                                                your 
                                                teenage 
                                                schemes."
 
                                    
                                
                                                What 
                                                you've 
                                                got 
                                                in 
                                                smarts; 
                                                I've 
                                                got 
                                                ten 
                                                times 
                                                in 
                                                dreams.
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                feel 
                                                colder 
                                                without 
                                                you 
                                                but 
                                                I've 
                                                learned 
                                                to 
                                                embrace 
                                                the 
                                                chill 
                                                about 
                                                you. 
                                                    I 
                                                can't 
                                                tell 
                                                if 
                                                    I 
                                                lost 
                                                or 
                                                found 
                                                you. 
                                                Am 
                                                    I 
                                                making 
                                                sense 
                                                or 
                                                do 
                                                    I 
                                                confound 
                                                you?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Sesame 
                                                Street 
                                                is 
                                                No 
                                                Place 
                                                for 
                                                Me:
 
                                    
                                
                                                You 
                                                commie-loving, 
                                                death-counting 
                                                tally-keeping 
                                                delinquent. 
                                                    I 
                                                love 
                                                the 
                                                way 
                                                you 
                                                suck 
                                                me 
                                                in. 
                                                It's 
                                                my 
                                                favorite 
                                                form 
                                                of 
                                                sin. 
                                                And 
                                                all 
                                                this 
                                                nonsense 
                                                banter 
                                                it's 
                                                like 
                                                I'm 
                                                talking 
                                                to 
                                                an 
                                                infant. 
                                                    I 
                                                made 
                                                the 
                                                best 
                                                mistake 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                make. 
                                                I've 
                                                thought 
                                                of 
                                                worse 
                                                before 
                                                but 
                                                this 
                                                takes 
                                                the 
                                                cake.
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                you're 
                                                getting 
                                                over 
                                                me 
                                                by 
                                                getting 
                                                under 
                                                other 
                                                people? 
                                                Adding 
                                                insult 
                                                to 
                                                injury: 
                                                what 
                                                do 
                                                they 
                                                equal?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                pray 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                to 
                                                fall 
                                                out 
                                                of 
                                                love 
                                                with 
                                                me? 
                                                Cause 
                                                    I 
                                                do 
                                                the 
                                                same 
                                                but 
                                                in 
                                                    a 
                                                different 
                                                way. 
                                                    I 
                                                ruined 
                                                every 
                                                holiday 
                                                and 
                                                hated 
                                                every 
                                                game 
                                                you 
                                                play. 
                                                Your 
                                                wish 
                                                came 
                                                true, 
                                                now 
                                                you're 
                                                true 
                                                blue.
 
                                    
                                
                                                You're 
                                                such 
                                                    a 
                                                debutante, 
                                                dilettante, 
                                                miles 
                                                of 
                                                skin 
                                                to 
                                                flaunt. 
                                                You 
                                                will 
                                                get 
                                                what 
                                                you 
                                                want.
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                now 
                                                you 
                                                hang 
                                                out 
                                                around 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                coolest 
                                                cats 
                                                I've 
                                                met. 
                                                You 
                                                sold 
                                                away 
                                                what's 
                                                left 
                                                within 
                                                and 
                                                left 
                                                me 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                mess 
                                                that 
                                                I've 
                                                been 
                                                in.
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                wishing 
                                                well, 
                                                    a 
                                                witch's 
                                                spell: 
                                                oh, 
                                                the 
                                                things 
                                                that 
                                                you 
                                                will 
                                                need 
                                                if 
                                                your 
                                                convoluted 
                                                delusions 
                                                of 
                                                grandeur 
                                                ever 
                                                will 
                                                succeed.
 
                                    
                                
                                                What'd 
                                                you 
                                                do; 
                                                fall 
                                                on 
                                                another 
                                                accident? 
                                                I'd 
                                                rather 
                                                hang 
                                                from 
                                                    a 
                                                fucking 
                                                ceiling 
                                                fan.
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                can 
                                                tell 
                                                you 
                                                think 
                                                you're 
                                                happy 
                                                but 
                                                the 
                                                audience 
                                                is 
                                                never 
                                                clapping. 
                                                Years 
                                                ago, 
                                                they 
                                                might've 
                                                loved 
                                                you. 
                                                You 
                                                should 
                                                have 
                                                never 
                                                let 
                                                them 
                                                touch 
                                                you. 
                                                Now 
                                                they've 
                                                cut 
                                                you 
                                                down 
                                                into 
                                                    a 
                                                film 
                                                to 
                                                snuff 
                                                you.
 
                                    
                                
                                                There's 
                                                no 
                                                mask 
                                                that 
                                                you 
                                                can 
                                                wear 
                                                if 
                                                you've 
                                                got 
                                                no 
                                                face 
                                                to 
                                                wear 
                                                it 
                                                on.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Let's 
                                                play 
                                                bow 
                                                and 
                                                arrow 
                                                with 
                                                each 
                                                other 
                                                using 
                                                tongues! 
                                                Release 
                                                our 
                                                syllables 
                                                and 
                                                calculate 
                                                who's 
                                                won.
 
                                    
                                
                                                We 
                                                all 
                                                dream 
                                                we'll 
                                                have 
                                                it 
                                                all 
                                                one 
                                                day.
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                count 
                                                your 
                                                beauty 
                                                marks 
                                                weighed 
                                                next 
                                                to 
                                                your 
                                                scars. 
                                                No 
                                                matter 
                                                the 
                                                victor, 
                                                we're 
                                                happy 
                                                every 
                                                wound 
                                                is 
                                                ours.
 
                                    
                                
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