R A Y B A R R E T T * L Y R I C S

The latest release from Ray Barrett

God what happened to me
Can’t even walk down the street
Last night I wet the bed
Voices calling from my head
My dog died three weeks back
Legs out straight lying on his back
He bit me just before he died
Foaming at the mouth and crazy eyes
I have rabies
Doctors want to stab my guts
Nurses come to steal my blood
And my dog just walked through the door
Is this a dream or is he gonna bite me some more
I have rabies
I don’t wanna swallow anything
Water just makes me scared
I hear the phone when it doesn’t ring
I keep smelling Wonder Bread
I have rabies

You don’t have to ask if I feel lucky tonight
Just take one long look at my face
You don’t have to ask if I’m sleeping alone tonight
All the answers to your questions are just foregone conclusions
From the last time you stayed at my place
Now it wasn’t when you asked me to cut my hair
And not when you laughed at my clothes
And it wasn’t when you threw away my Hot Wheels cars
Or the way you shook your head when I took off my shirt
And you made me go wash with soap
I’m getting tired of going out with you
Little things about you are really making me want to
Break up with you
Now it’s not like you’ve got no redeeming qualities
I still like your smile when it’s there
And I have a soft spot in my heart for your cowboy mouth
And you’re the only person I know who reads the New York Times
With your knees on the floor and your elbows on a chair
It’s just all these things I like about you are off to one side
But the negatives keep piling up
I can’t tell you the last time I had a good time with you
And it’s really not worth the time to try to change what we’re doing
When it’d be a whole lot easier just breaking up

You gave me a perfect smile
That’s when I know I’d died
I couldn’t eat for three long days
I stopped drinking I was still in a haze
I never even got your name
And nobody knows who you are
Eight million people in this town
I’ll probably never ever see you around
This always happen to me
I’m always fucking up
Why didn’t I get your number
Why didn’t I ask your name
Took out a personal ad
Begging you to give me a call
I’ve been sleeping with the telephone
But it never rings not at all
I should probably just give it up
I guess I’ll always be this dumb
You gave me a perfect smile
And I’ll never ever see you again

One of these days
I’m gonna get myself together
Gonna find my center
And I’ll be on my way
Owning no one but myself
Needing nobody’s help
And you’ll be wondering
If I’m ever coming back
If I’m ever gonna come back to you
Making misery together with you
If I were in paradise
I’d be sinning like a priest
Praying to the devil
To deliver me
From all of your delusions
All your love of confusions
And In the dead of night
The saints would come to the door
And they’d take me away from you
Making misery together with you
There’s this dream I have
Coming to me every night
So vivid and bright
Where you’ve gone away
And you’re never coming back
Never ever coming back
But when I open my eyes
I’m still digging myself in
Going deeper and deeper with you
Making misery together with you.

I’ve often wondered
How to get into this certain line of work
Where you don’t do anything all day
And you leave at four feeling OK
You get an office with a view
And a phone for personal calls
Your in-box is empty and you mail slot is bare
Your boss isn’t fussy and he doesn’t seem to care
Productivity is for others to worry about
Your only goal is staying awake
Middle management
Promoted beyond your competence
Middle management
Your paycheck measures your brain
Middle management
You’re not as expendable
But you’re sill not very secure
There’ been nothing to do for the last six months
You’re an expert at computer games and at ordering lunch
But if you ask for a project or raise your hand
Or get noticed by anyone
They’ll figure out how worthless you are
And you’ll get canned
That’s how it goes in this world
Stuck in a nowhere job doing nothing all day
And being nothing
Middle management
With your head up your ass
Middle management
Not your fault that you were kind of good
Middle management
But you’re also really not that good
And they’re going to find you out
They’re going to find you out
They’re going to find you out
And you’ll be fired.

Dr. Rorschach
Come to my little shack
And said
Look at these spots very carefully
Tell me what do you see
And tell me why
I’ll give you my answer
Once I’ve seen you cry
I hate you when you make me tell you this

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	Perfect Smile

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	Middle Management
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I HAVE RABIES
music/lyrics by
Ray Barrett
	God what happened to me Can’t even walk down the street Last night I wet the bed Voices calling from my head My dog died three weeks back Legs out straight lying on his back He bit me just before he died Foaming at the mouth and crazy eyes I have rabies Doctors want to stab my guts Nurses come to steal my blood And my dog just walked through the door Is this a dream or is he gonna bite me some more I have rabies I don’t wanna swallow anything Water just makes me scared I hear the phone when it doesn’t ring I keep smelling Wonder Bread I have rabies


	RAY BARRETT
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