Eels - Eels Time! Album Lyrics

Time, it's all about time now
Tick-tock I rock, but then I look at the clock
Knock-knock, who's there?
Well, I don't dare
Open the door

Time, there was nothing but time then
Click-clack riding down the tracks
Never worried about coming back
Anyplace looked good to me
Why not stop and see
What's there?

Time, there isn't much time now
What's the fear? Well, I like it here
With the ones I love so near
Maybe there's just some way
Dear God
I can stay

We won't see her like again
Passing through the mortal plane
Seeking nothing of her own
Giving long, when all refrain

A supernatural love
With no below or above

Everything you've ever learned
At the hour of the morning breeze
Teaching you that all that time
You hadn't really learned a thing

A supernatural love
With no below or above

We won't see her like again
Of an unknown origin
Beginning on when beginning ends
Ending all, when all begins

A supernatural love
With no below or above

I stumbled on a Marilyn McCoo
I didn't know what to do
So hot her chimney smoked
Forgot to open the flue
And smoke filled up the room
Man, I really choked

Ain't it funny how the only one I need in the world
Is a goldfish swimming in a bowl? (Oh Goldy)
It's kinda funny how the only one I need in the world
Is a goldfish swimming in a bowl

Thumbin' through the classifieds
Found a girl looking for a guy
As long as he's into furries
Now I'm putting on my fancy clothes
I combed my hair, even wearing a bowtie
The tail between my legs has got me worried

Ain't it funny how the only one I need in the world
Is a goldfish swimming in a bowl? (Oh Goldy)
It's kinda funny how the only one I need in the world
Is a goldfish swimming in a bowl

A lotta fish in the sea
But he's sticking with me
A lotta fish in the sea
But he's all that I need
A lotta fish in the sea (ain't it funny how the only one I need in the world)
But he's sticking with me (is a goldfish swimming in a bowl?)
A lotta fish in the sea (ain't it funny how the only one I need in the world)
But he's all that I need (is a goldfish swimming in a bowl?)
Yeah

Send me off to paradise
Please forgive me all my vices
I've done my best
Tried not to mess with this world
I think I'm gonna fly my friend
Start this life all over again
Even if I come back twice
It's nice to imagine Goldy being mine

Sweet smile is a resting face
She's alright, whatever the case
Walking carefree down the street
Taking steps, to her own beat

The few things that she holds dear
She keeps close, always near
Man, I wanna be, one of them
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)

Two hundred and fifty-five days
I don't believe, but still I pray
Just in case it helps my case
To appeal to the heavenly loves

The first time I saw her face
Sent me into outer space
And I haven't been back since

Another day, she graces us
How did we get such luck?
To share a world that she is in
Everyday, again and again

The few things that she holds dear
She keeps close, always near
Man, if I could be, one of them
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)

Guys, it's okay
I know you're not leaving
You can stay
I didn't become a hero
By not going through some shit
Comes with the dinner, as they say

Just another haunted hero
Ghost in my head, chills in my heart
You don't know it, but you need me
A flashlight in the dark

And I'll get you through the night
You just hold on good and tight
And you'll see another day
You're gonna be alright
It's just tonight
The mission's underway

Listen to me, I'm not blowing smoke
I know of what I speak
One day isn't a life it's just a day, you see
You gotta go and you gotta go, but you gotta know it's not now
There's a place with your face down the road you gotta get to somehow

Good catch
Could've been much worse
What whether curse and all
Could've been quite the fall

That said, there's no time left
To feel bereft and small
Let's have a ball

If I'm gonna go anywhere
I'm going there (ah, ah)
If I'm gonna go anywhere
I'm going there (ah, ah)

Love
What else is there, but love?
What else is there?
Oh, hey
I can let it fester
Just grand gestures
And kindness

Get dressed in your biggest smile
It's so in style
Let's go to the ball

If I'm gonna go anywhere
I'm going there (ah, ah)
If I'm gonna go anywhere
I'm going there (ah, ah)

(Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da, da-da)

Love
What else is there, but love?
What else is there, but love?
What else is there?

If I'm gonna go anywhere
I'm going there (ah, ah)
If I'm gonna go anywhere
I'm going there
I'm going there (ah, ah)
I'm going there
If I'm gonna go anywhere
Yeah, I'm going there
I'm going there (ah, ah)
I'm going there
If I'm gonna go anywhere
I'm going there
I'm going there (ah, ah)

My dear, I feel so torn up inside
There's something I really need
But when I tell you how I really feel
You just look at me
And you run

Some days I have to ask myself why
I wanna put myself through this
And other days, I answer myself
"'Cause I don't have any choice"
And I run
And I run

Well, I was thinking, just the other day
What could I do?
What more could I say?
Every time I tell the truth
You don't know what to say
And you run

I'll play it cool, I'll just disappear
I bet you're looking for me
But if I tell you what you wanna hear
You just look at me
And you run
And you run
And you run

Well, I was thinking, just the other day
What could I do?
What more could I say?
Every time I tell the truth
You don't know what to say
And you run
And you run
And you run
And you run

Ah, and you run
Ah, and you run

All of my friends, they got jobs
They got lives, kitchen knives
They won't die alone
But when they go, I won't cry

Gettin' born, go to school
Get a job and f*cking what?
Pay that debt off, Jack
Before you die
Were you ever born?

Sleep with the sheep
Lay with the lambs
Sleep with the sheep
Lay with the lambs
(Lay with the lambs, lambs, lambs
Lambs, lambs, lambs, lambs)

Rats racing rats, dogs eating dogs
(Calling Dr. Love) cats chasing cats
I got a busy day
And it don't involve all that

Marking time, I feel fine
The only way that makes any sense
I'll be right here where you left me
And you ain't coming back

Sleep with the sheep
Lay with the lambs
Sleep with the sheep
Lay with the lambs
(Lay with the lambs, lambs, lambs
Lambs, lambs, lambs, lambs)

All of my friends, they got jobs
They got wives, gives me hives
We all die alone
Don't they even know that?

Being born, all so cruel
You think it's all leading somewhere
I'll be right here in the nothing
The only place that I've ever been

Sleep with the sheep
Lay with the lambs
Sleep with the sheep
Lay with the lambs

The ink on your skin isn't getting any more relevant
The tension in the room, well, it's bigger than an elephant
Time passes slowly, and then it speeds up
The wake-up is rude, and always abrupt

Mistakes have been made, opportunities misused
Hearts have been broken, if not downright abused
If you know now what you didn't know then
Surely you can keep it from happening again

You know how they say we're all trying our best?
And to count all the ways that you've been blessed?
Time passes slowly, and then it speeds up
You've gotta forgive, and that is enough

What do you see in me
That I don't see in myself?
I can only hope it's real
That I'm not so bad

I don't say it or show it enough
So grateful for my luck
I'm just trying to be good enough
I just wanna be deserving of you
I can't believe it's true

What can I do for you
To make your day better?
I can only hope it helps
Get me in your league

Never thought that I would feel
An ever-present love
I'm just trying to be good enough
I just wanna be deserving of you
I can't believe it's true

I don't say it or show it enough
So grateful for my luck
I'm just trying to be good enough
I just wanna be deserving of you
I can't believe it's true
I can't believe it's true

Meet me on the bridge
Tie me to the track
The organ grinder's playing
But the monkey's on your back
Cigarette and blindfold
Thunder on the ground
Violent earth shaking
Doesn't make a sound

What the hell are you still keeping up your sleeve?
The smile on your face has me wondering
That's the shirt off my back if we're counting still
I'm over understanding 'cause I never will

Meet me on the bridge
Tie me to the track
The organ grinders playing
But the monkey's on your back
Cigarette and blindfold
Thunder on the ground
Violent earth shaking
Doesn't make a sound

If I lay my guard down and give you one for free
Would it keep the specter from following me?
The last thing I've got and you want it too
If you're gonna have it, there's nothing I can do

Meet me on the bridge
Tie me to the track
The organ grinders playing
But the monkey's on your back
Cigarette and blindfold
Thunder on the ground
Violent earth shaking
Doesn't make a sound

What a mess
I gotta guess
That it's only getting worse
I plow ahead
The motor's dead
Or it's stuck in reverse

It's a bummer
But it's still summer
It would be a shame
To waste a day like this

Let's be lucky

Scraping by
Had to try
Anything for a buck
Climb out of bed
And look ahead
Sometimes you gotta make your own luck

Stomp and cheer
Well, I'm still here
And you're not gonna see me
Throw away a day like this

Let's be lucky
Let's be lucky