Dear Eliza My office is too small They stuck me down here at the end of a long grey hall The carpet reeks I can hear the rats in the wall There’s no view, in fact No windows at all But who needs all that? Surely not, surely not I Dear Eliza My worst fears are confirmed My peers are as dull as ball lint And their theories are absurd Yet it seems as if careers can simply be made By those who are so inclined to shake hands and play the game But who needs all that? Surely not, surely not I But who needs all that? Surely not the scientific mind Yesterday, I called Jerry a prick He told me I was sick And a waste of space So I showed him the taste of a first class fist And before they could sack me, I quit But who needs all that? Surely not, surely not I But who needs all that? Surely not the scientific mind Dear Eliza No progress is made without its critics No visionary is without their cynics And I have theories of my own I’ve made discoveries as yet unknown To the scientific mind! Dear Eliza I haven’t heard from you in a while I think I’m losing, I’m losing, I’m losing track of time I fear that my name will not be etched In gold upon a marble arch Or even scratched onto the door At the end of a long grey hall I haven’t heard from you in a while I think I’m losing, I’m losing, I’m losing my mind Surely not, surely not I! Who needs all that? Surely not the scientific mind Who needs all that? Surely not, surely not I! Who needs all that? Surely not the scientific mind

The air was stale I was thin and pale As I wheezed the words of my last breath Though death was near I was crystal clear I said, mark my words, this is not the end The town was terrified as I closed my eyes they knew they had done me wrong For there’s a weight in the chest Though they might try their best They’ll never get it gone Bury it down, deep deep down Go bury the hatchet Bury it down, deep in the ground Go bury the hatchet somewhere else I can hear my baby crying his temperature was rising Oh I could feel them burning to keep the village pure There was fever in his blood When they drowned him in the mud And buried deep what they could not endure Bury it down, deep deep down Go bury the hatchet Bury it down, deep in the ground Go bury the hatchet somewhere else The wind is howling with a sound like shouting so loud it reaches the deaf And brings a heat so hot that it melts the crop and truly angers the dead Bury it down, deep deep down Go bury the hatchet Bury it down, deep in the ground Go bury the hatchet somewhere else Bury it down (make sure to hide it) Go bury the hatchet Bury it down (where they’ll never find it) Go bury the hatchet somewhere else

We’ll be setting the sail for Taipan If the sun ever gets out of bed But the liquor of light is an indigo leak The wind is as cold as a witch’s tit And it’s whipping the dogs into a frothing fit We all want to know Which way will the wind blow? We’ll be setting the sail for Taipan If the bandages come off soon But a yellow has set in around Billy’s lips And I swear that I can smell his wound We all want to know Which way will the wind blow? Coz the minnows are all swimming south Which is a most peculiar show Which way will it blow? In a moment we’ll cast off of this coast Before the fisher boys haul in their nets Before they’re throwing their fists In repayment of debts Winning women but losing bets We’re all out here winning some and losing the rest We all want to know Which way will the wind blow? We all want to know Which way will it blow?

You started a sentence that begins with the words “I hate” Then took a troubled breath And made me wait Coz you don’t seem to notice Or maybe you don’t care That I cannot breath with those words Just hanging You started a sentence Where does it lead? I’m trapped inside this moment Waiting to bleed out Then suddenly you see The state that you put me in And pull me in like a loose balloon To start your sentence again It’s a sentence that begins In the same casual way With a whisper from your lips Shaped in the words “I hate” But this time you add something new When you say, “I hate” You say I hate everyone, but you You say I hate everyone, but you

1 I used to be a teacher in a sweet little town Where everybody knew each other’s interests you couldn’t grab a drink or wash your hands in the sink Without your fingers getting wet in someone else’s business It was nice, and infuriating Ahyahyah ayayay They’re all keeping secrets hidden away 2 I taught the kiddies at the local school I wouldn’t call myself overly strict But sometimes the best type of education Is a sting on the knuckles with the sharp end of a stick Oh there’s always some parent complaining Ahyahyah ayayay They’re all keeping secrets hidden away 3 Willy Rose was in my class, he was quiet and pale The other kids would tease him, pretend to be kind just to be cruel And right after that they would sneer behind his back You’d never believe what little horrors were at this school And the devious plans they were always making Ahyahyah ayayay Children keep their secrets hidden away 4 Little Stacey, Stacey Gables With curly blonde locks atop her head She put a shiny copper thumb tack right on Willy’s seat And laughed so hard that her body went all red It was mean enough to deserve retaliating Ahyahyah ayayay They’re all keeping secrets stuffed away 5 But I don’t think anybody saw what was coming next It was just so orderly in this corner of the world But little Stacey Gables turned up dead in the stables she had choked on a chunk of her own golden curls Her body all blue and beyond resuscitating Ahyahyah ayayay They’re all keeping secrets hidden away 6 And Lionel Cobbett, a vile little hobbit I saw him stuff the dead squirrel into Willy’s locker, I must confess It stayed there all week until the whole building wreaked And poor Willy Rose had to clean up the mess No one could blame Willy for hating him Ahyahyah ayayay They’re all keeping secrets locked away 7 Then Lionel Cobbett went missing for a week He was finally found resting down by the lake He looked so peaceful sitting up in the branches of a tree But the squirrels had nibbled out the eyes from his face That’s when suspicions began circulating Ahyahyah ayayay They’re all keeping secrets whispered away 8 Yes Willy Rose was conveniently absent When Gershwin and Keith were found frozen floating beneath the wrong side of the ice That night a party started to bring Willy Rose in The police found Willy about to burn my house down Ahyahyah ayayay That kid had a secret he had to let out 9 The cops rushed in and stopped the flames erupting Everyone thought that was the end of the case, until they saw a curly lock of blonde hair on my floor And took a look around down inside my basement They found quite a lot of stuff coagulating Ahyahyah ayayay We all keep our secrets buried away 10 Little Willy Rose was as innocent as a peach He must have seen me cleaning up down by the lake It was me all along, and I know you think it’s wrong But children are honestly just the worst And there’s literally billions of them on the earth A few less in Mad River shouldn’t really hurt Ahyahyah ayayay A few more little secrets tucked away 11 The food in here is bland, but I don’t make it so that’s grand It’s swell to sit in a cell in silence alone If I’m being honest with you, which I can’t help but do I feel a lot better in a class all of my own They tell me that I’m beyond rehabilitating I think that’s okay, I enjoy the medicating When they locked the me in the cell, I didn’t need persuading No more little ratbags disobeying I find the lack of stimulation liberating If I never see a kid again, I’ll keep celebrating Ahyahyah ayayay We all keep our secrets Ahyahyah ayayay We all keep our secrets

I sit alone in a low-lit room Wondering what the hell I’m meant to do With these useless thoughts Because the distance feels too wide On an endless rolling tide That brings my hallelujah washed up on the shore Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah on the shore I’m cashing in, gonna stash canned goods And hunker down in the deep of the woods wait it out here away from the storm I’ll forever close my eyes Because I’d rather be blind Than see my hallelujah washed up on the shore Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah on the shore Can you see the flicker of your god getting thinner inside each word when your hallelujah comes Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah on the shore Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah on the shore

What did you do with the money I gave to you? I’m going to want it back pretty soon But you’re still smiling like boxer after a fight Like a crocodile about to bite You’re draggin your shadow through the dirty streets Flashing your teeth like a midday show You huff and puff and blow and you don’t seem to know that Most of your friends have had enough You can’t go and fuck it all up And then pretend like everything’s okay You can’t just swing like a wrecking ball Then try to make amends Believing that your world won’t break Your tryin to find the words to say you’re sorry But a word does not apology make My sympathy is ending My patience is bending out of shape Whatever stops bending breaks You can’t go and fuck it all up And then pretend like everything’s okay You can’t just swing like a wrecking ball Then try to make amends Believing that your world won’t break So what did you do with the money I gave to you?

When the night comes washing in I will keep the light I will help you swim When the tidal waves come crashing down I will be your solid ground If you ask me to hold you, hold you up I will hold you til my arms grow sore Ask me to hold you, hold you up, Well I will, but I will not tell you you won’t fall Coz we all have to fall If the demons Call your name While you’re sleeping I will run them away Whenever you’re feeling Like you’re coming down I will be your solid ground If you ask me to hold you, hold you up I will hold you til my arms grow sore Ask me to hold you, hold you up, Well I will, but I will not tell you you won’t fall Coz we all have to fall

I ain’t never I ain’t never no more I ain’t never no more gonna think bad thoughts Coz I need to pocket the blessings of my sweet Lord I spat in the cracks Lied through my teeth Til it was hard to breathe But you better believe That I covered my tracks I ain’t never I ain’t never no more I ain’t never no more gonna think bad thoughts Coz I need to pocket the blessings of my sweet Lord I’m down on my luck So I’m down on my knees I got no one to blame And there ain’t no shame In getting what you need, I swear I ain’t never I ain’t never no more I ain’t never no more gonna think bad thoughts Coz I need to pocket the blessings of my sweet Lord I’m going weak in the legs my knees are….shaking I got a mind filling with ghosts who are...waking And I know that I been stranger to...praying But I swear that I’ve been changed I ain’t never I ain’t never no more I ain’t never no more gonna think bad thoughts Coz I need to pocket the blessings of my sweet Lord I’ve got a belly full Full of regret That’s what you get deep inside It’s a side effect of being alive I ain’t never I ain’t never no more I ain’t never no more gonna think bad thoughts Coz I need to pocket the blessings I ain’t never I ain’t never no more I ain’t never no more gonna think bad thoughts Coz I need to pocket the blessings of my sweet lord my sweet lord my sweet lord my sweet lord