Worthless Recluse

Worthless Recluse Lyrics

Song	Worthless Recluse
Artist	Jandek
Album	Worthless Recluse
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	Worthless recluse
	Bang, pow, steel, muscle, k
	What worse,
	I’m alone
	Grown the bane of not being interested in the plate they passed to you
	All the pleasure spots in the city
	And if I walk in, my person screams
	I’m obviously out of place
	My shoes don’t kick one over the other
	So much as they used to
	I’m here,
	God knows it
	But where are you
	The object of my satisfaction?
	But this solitude doesn’t agree with anyone
	What’s my name?
	Go, and be alone, and stop crying
	Well it’s not any fun
	And I look at myself being busy
	And I know
	I’m putting something off
	What is it?
	I remember being alive
	In the cold northern cities
	I didn’t need to think if
	I were interested
	Eight-thirty wasn’t too late
	And I look at my lonely bed
	Where once in my life
	I shared it regular
	Oooooh, the years, and the time
	These memories that keep me going
	From one activity to another
	Well I don’t know which is the real life
	What I do actively
	Or when my thoughts are lost in time
	My new house, in elegant comfort, is one thing
	But being huddled in red, blue, and orange
	Cracks in the walls, wind whistling
	I’ll not ever forget
	And your face behind the flowers
	Somehow branded to my half-life
	Which may take over yet
	Consciously
	I play the game of making money
	Back in my brain, is the cold northern cities
	And the cold that makes me jump up and down
	I just can’t seem to kill this pain today
	I can’t afford to do me in
	And it makes me wonder whoever is happy in this world
	I can’t see them, are they there?
	The supermarkets are always jam packed, the acceptable way
	I got a big frame, born with it, sure do need a side of beef 42 heads of lettuce, 888 potatoes
	And all the apple pies my
	Mack truck can drive away with
	Cure all, better than a bandage
	Better than the blue
	Better even than
	TV Oh oh, here comes the pain
	Break out a barrel of cheese
	Yep, we got ours
	Ooh, coming on years since
	I met you
	Half the time
	I saw you
	Half the time one of your eyes looked past my shoulder
	What was there?
	Was it better than my eyes?
	When you let me see you
	Nothing looked better
	Even, unfortunate or not, me
	Maybe that’s why now,
	I view myself in the dream
	And finding myself, and it hurts
	And the dream is more fun
	Anything beats the pain of being me and knowing
	I’m alone
	And putting off doing something, whatever it is
	I guess, something, like
	Living in northern city doorways
	Heading north, to the woods, to clean earth (?)
	Back where the police invite you to
	The back seat of their car, check you out
	Why can’t
	I shave and do my part to build man’s home?
	Where do you live, man?
	Do you really live here?
	Why does my dream keep forgetting that?
	Power, let’s build power
	I guess it spreads the
	English language
	Communication, no more tribes with shrunken heads
	It’s inevitable, it’s my playground
	But I have to be serious
	Step into the car, mister.
	What are you?
	I’m a little boy,
	I don’t wanna be big
	I’ll act out my part, and lean on my half-life
	In times of trouble, or when it’s just there
	What else can
	I do? Except be a man, and visit ice castle
	And live on rocks even if it is cement
	And anything’s better than all this dirt and grass
	So far from the woods, give me cement and wall to wall people
	Let me know where
	I am Or show me the way to the woods
	Wearing deerskin shoes, and carrying a club
	Or walking naked on top the snow, light as the air
	Black leather head to toe
	With some place to go.
	I wanna be where no time is the wrong time
	Where everything falls in place
	Like fiber-optics, ultrasonic waves, and control systems
	Control is the name of the game
	Lord God, let me get it down
	When I get it to a fine
	T, it’s gone
	Let it build to perfection, and stay
	Oh well, take off
	Target eternal light, all systems go.
	Satisfaction
	Maybe then this worthless recluse can carry a torch
	Look, I’m a human
	But I’m something supernatural
	The dream gives light
	Listen all you dead and dying
	Don’t be afraid
	If it hurts, let it die
	The Easter lily blooms
	Its smell surrounds the table
	An unforgettable presence, an ominous sight
	The purple foil covers the vase pot
	Casting reflections through the diffused light
	Such beauty and awesome fragrance
	Who ever thought they could remove this sanctuary
	I don’t like fighting, especially when
	I’m fighting me
	I’m staying up late and
	I don’t really know why
	I hope I can live till tomorrow and the next day without eating
	I’m fed up with eating for a while
	I know it, it’s only weakness
	That binds me at the supermarket counter
	Trading green paper for something to do
	Blessed are the sociable, that say stupid things
	And get close to their neighbors
	It takes a worthless recluse to shrink from groups
	It takes a half-hearted chicken recluse
	To live among people
	The best of them disappear
	And that’s what it’s all about
	That’s why
	I can’t make it
	I’m not strong enough to disappear
	It takes a supernatural being to disappear
	I’m not that good
	This human thing in me wants me to be a hero
	I want people to think
	I’m great
	I want people giving me so much money
	That I have an airplane, a boat and car and house that’s everywhere
	And the network to support all this
	So where is it?
	Stuck in the dream, because
	I don’t have the courage to disappear
	I know it’s the only way to salvation, but
	The old nag human me still wants to play with money, people and things
	To make a name in the world
	Disappearing to
	God’s eye
	And away from the eye of the world
	Is the big step
	Weaklings like me have to hang around, and play, and fudge, and delay
	For fear of the big step
	I’m just lucky
	I even know about it
	The only reason
	I do know
	Is I begged god to tell me about it
	On my knees, screaming with pain
	On the sixth floor, in
	New York City
	So I’m telling you about it
	Everyone doesn’t have to live in northern doorways
	To take the big step
	Or go to the woods, or ice
	We all have our way to go, but everyone knows
	Now that I’m telling you
	That there is something to do
	A big step to take
	Into the eye of
	God Play human if you have to
	But at least know
	And don’t kid yourself
	Behind that big piece of delicious poison
	All you dead and dying
	Disappear to your own eye
	So that you don’t see yourself
	Live the half-life
	Step inside the dream

	Worthless recluse
	Bang, pow, steel, muscle, k
	What worse,
	I' m alone
	Grown the bane of not being interested in the plate they passed to you
	All the pleasure spots in the city
	And if I walk in, my person screams
	I' m obviously out of place
	My shoes don' t kick one over the other
	So much as they used to
	I' m here,
	God knows it
	But where are you
	The object of my satisfaction?
	But this solitude doesn' t agree with anyone
	What' s my name?
	Go, and be alone, and stop crying
	Well it' s not any fun
	And I look at myself being busy
	And I know
	I' m putting something off
	What is it?
	I remember being alive
	In the cold northern cities
	I didn' t need to think if
	I were interested
	Eightthirty wasn' t too late
	And I look at my lonely bed
	Where once in my life
	I shared it regular
	Oooooh, the years, and the time
	These memories that keep me going
	From one activity to another
	Well I don' t know which is the real life
	What I do actively
	Or when my thoughts are lost in time
	My new house, in elegant comfort, is one thing
	But being huddled in red, blue, and orange
	Cracks in the walls, wind whistling
	I' ll not ever forget
	And your face behind the flowers
	Somehow branded to my halflife
	Which may take over yet
	Consciously
	I play the game of making money
	Back in my brain, is the cold northern cities
	And the cold that makes me jump up and down
	I just can' t seem to kill this pain today
	I can' t afford to do me in
	And it makes me wonder whoever is happy in this world
	I can' t see them, are they there?
	The supermarkets are always jam packed, the acceptable way
	I got a big frame, born with it, sure do need a side of beef 42 heads of lettuce, 888 potatoes
	And all the apple pies my
	Mack truck can drive away with
	Cure all, better than a bandage
	Better than the blue
	Better even than
	TV Oh oh, here comes the pain
	Break out a barrel of cheese
	Yep, we got ours
	Ooh, coming on years since
	I met you
	Half the time
	I saw you
	Half the time one of your eyes looked past my shoulder
	What was there?
	Was it better than my eyes?
	When you let me see you
	Nothing looked better
	Even, unfortunate or not, me
	Maybe that' s why now,
	I view myself in the dream
	And finding myself, and it hurts
	And the dream is more fun
	Anything beats the pain of being me and knowing
	I' m alone
	And putting off doing something, whatever it is
	I guess, something, like
	Living in northern city doorways
	Heading north, to the woods, to clean earth ?
	Back where the police invite you to
	The back seat of their car, check you out
	Why can' t
	I shave and do my part to build man' s home?
	Where do you live, man?
	Do you really live here?
	Why does my dream keep forgetting that?
	Power, let' s build power
	I guess it spreads the
	English language
	Communication, no more tribes with shrunken heads
	It' s inevitable, it' s my playground
	But I have to be serious
	Step into the car, mister.
	What are you?
	I' m a little boy,
	I don' t wanna be big
	I' ll act out my part, and lean on my halflife
	In times of trouble, or when it' s just there
	What else can
	I do? Except be a man, and visit ice castle
	And live on rocks even if it is cement
	And anything' s better than all this dirt and grass
	So far from the woods, give me cement and wall to wall people
	Let me know where
	I am Or show me the way to the woods
	Wearing deerskin shoes, and carrying a club
	Or walking naked on top the snow, light as the air
	Black leather head to toe
	With some place to go.
	I wanna be where no time is the wrong time
	Where everything falls in place
	Like fiberoptics, ultrasonic waves, and control systems
	Control is the name of the game
	Lord God, let me get it down
	When I get it to a fine
	T, it' s gone
	Let it build to perfection, and stay
	Oh well, take off
	Target eternal light, all systems go.
	Satisfaction
	Maybe then this worthless recluse can carry a torch
	Look, I' m a human
	But I' m something supernatural
	The dream gives light
	Listen all you dead and dying
	Don' t be afraid
	If it hurts, let it die
	The Easter lily blooms
	Its smell surrounds the table
	An unforgettable presence, an ominous sight
	The purple foil covers the vase pot
	Casting reflections through the diffused light
	Such beauty and awesome fragrance
	Who ever thought they could remove this sanctuary
	I don' t like fighting, especially when
	I' m fighting me
	I' m staying up late and
	I don' t really know why
	I hope I can live till tomorrow and the next day without eating
	I' m fed up with eating for a while
	I know it, it' s only weakness
	That binds me at the supermarket counter
	Trading green paper for something to do
	Blessed are the sociable, that say stupid things
	And get close to their neighbors
	It takes a worthless recluse to shrink from groups
	It takes a halfhearted chicken recluse
	To live among people
	The best of them disappear
	And that' s what it' s all about
	That' s why
	I can' t make it
	I' m not strong enough to disappear
	It takes a supernatural being to disappear
	I' m not that good
	This human thing in me wants me to be a hero
	I want people to think
	I' m great
	I want people giving me so much money
	That I have an airplane, a boat and car and house that' s everywhere
	And the network to support all this
	So where is it?
	Stuck in the dream, because
	I don' t have the courage to disappear
	I know it' s the only way to salvation, but
	The old nag human me still wants to play with money, people and things
	To make a name in the world
	Disappearing to
	God' s eye
	And away from the eye of the world
	Is the big step
	Weaklings like me have to hang around, and play, and fudge, and delay
	For fear of the big step
	I' m just lucky
	I even know about it
	The only reason
	I do know
	Is I begged god to tell me about it
	On my knees, screaming with pain
	On the sixth floor, in
	New York City
	So I' m telling you about it
	Everyone doesn' t have to live in northern doorways
	To take the big step
	Or go to the woods, or ice
	We all have our way to go, but everyone knows
	Now that I' m telling you
	That there is something to do
	A big step to take
	Into the eye of
	God Play human if you have to
	But at least know
	And don' t kid yourself
	Behind that big piece of delicious poison
	All you dead and dying
	Disappear to your own eye
	So that you don' t see yourself
	Live the halflife
	Step inside the dream

	Worthless recluse
	Bang, pow, steel, muscle, k
	What worse,
	I' m alone
	Grown the bane of not being interested in the plate they passed to you
	All the pleasure spots in the city
	And if I walk in, my person screams
	I' m obviously out of place
	My shoes don' t kick one over the other
	So much as they used to
	I' m here,
	God knows it
	But where are you
	The object of my satisfaction?
	But this solitude doesn' t agree with anyone
	What' s my name?
	Go, and be alone, and stop crying
	Well it' s not any fun
	And I look at myself being busy
	And I know
	I' m putting something off
	What is it?
	I remember being alive
	In the cold northern cities
	I didn' t need to think if
	I were interested
	Eightthirty wasn' t too late
	And I look at my lonely bed
	Where once in my life
	I shared it regular
	Oooooh, the years, and the time
	These memories that keep me going
	From one activity to another
	Well I don' t know which is the real life
	What I do actively
	Or when my thoughts are lost in time
	My new house, in elegant comfort, is one thing
	But being huddled in red, blue, and orange
	Cracks in the walls, wind whistling
	I' ll not ever forget
	And your face behind the flowers
	Somehow branded to my halflife
	Which may take over yet
	Consciously
	I play the game of making money
	Back in my brain, is the cold northern cities
	And the cold that makes me jump up and down
	I just can' t seem to kill this pain today
	I can' t afford to do me in
	And it makes me wonder whoever is happy in this world
	I can' t see them, are they there?
	The supermarkets are always jam packed, the acceptable way
	I got a big frame, born with it, sure do need a side of beef 42 heads of lettuce, 888 potatoes
	And all the apple pies my
	Mack truck can drive away with
	Cure all, better than a bandage
	Better than the blue
	Better even than
	TV Oh oh, here comes the pain
	Break out a barrel of cheese
	Yep, we got ours
	Ooh, coming on years since
	I met you
	Half the time
	I saw you
	Half the time one of your eyes looked past my shoulder
	What was there?
	Was it better than my eyes?
	When you let me see you
	Nothing looked better
	Even, unfortunate or not, me
	Maybe that' s why now,
	I view myself in the dream
	And finding myself, and it hurts
	And the dream is more fun
	Anything beats the pain of being me and knowing
	I' m alone
	And putting off doing something, whatever it is
	I guess, something, like
	Living in northern city doorways
	Heading north, to the woods, to clean earth ?
	Back where the police invite you to
	The back seat of their car, check you out
	Why can' t
	I shave and do my part to build man' s home?
	Where do you live, man?
	Do you really live here?
	Why does my dream keep forgetting that?
	Power, let' s build power
	I guess it spreads the
	English language
	Communication, no more tribes with shrunken heads
	It' s inevitable, it' s my playground
	But I have to be serious
	Step into the car, mister.
	What are you?
	I' m a little boy,
	I don' t wanna be big
	I' ll act out my part, and lean on my halflife
	In times of trouble, or when it' s just there
	What else can
	I do? Except be a man, and visit ice castle
	And live on rocks even if it is cement
	And anything' s better than all this dirt and grass
	So far from the woods, give me cement and wall to wall people
	Let me know where
	I am Or show me the way to the woods
	Wearing deerskin shoes, and carrying a club
	Or walking naked on top the snow, light as the air
	Black leather head to toe
	With some place to go.
	I wanna be where no time is the wrong time
	Where everything falls in place
	Like fiberoptics, ultrasonic waves, and control systems
	Control is the name of the game
	Lord God, let me get it down
	When I get it to a fine
	T, it' s gone
	Let it build to perfection, and stay
	Oh well, take off
	Target eternal light, all systems go.
	Satisfaction
	Maybe then this worthless recluse can carry a torch
	Look, I' m a human
	But I' m something supernatural
	The dream gives light
	Listen all you dead and dying
	Don' t be afraid
	If it hurts, let it die
	The Easter lily blooms
	Its smell surrounds the table
	An unforgettable presence, an ominous sight
	The purple foil covers the vase pot
	Casting reflections through the diffused light
	Such beauty and awesome fragrance
	Who ever thought they could remove this sanctuary
	I don' t like fighting, especially when
	I' m fighting me
	I' m staying up late and
	I don' t really know why
	I hope I can live till tomorrow and the next day without eating
	I' m fed up with eating for a while
	I know it, it' s only weakness
	That binds me at the supermarket counter
	Trading green paper for something to do
	Blessed are the sociable, that say stupid things
	And get close to their neighbors
	It takes a worthless recluse to shrink from groups
	It takes a halfhearted chicken recluse
	To live among people
	The best of them disappear
	And that' s what it' s all about
	That' s why
	I can' t make it
	I' m not strong enough to disappear
	It takes a supernatural being to disappear
	I' m not that good
	This human thing in me wants me to be a hero
	I want people to think
	I' m great
	I want people giving me so much money
	That I have an airplane, a boat and car and house that' s everywhere
	And the network to support all this
	So where is it?
	Stuck in the dream, because
	I don' t have the courage to disappear
	I know it' s the only way to salvation, but
	The old nag human me still wants to play with money, people and things
	To make a name in the world
	Disappearing to
	God' s eye
	And away from the eye of the world
	Is the big step
	Weaklings like me have to hang around, and play, and fudge, and delay
	For fear of the big step
	I' m just lucky
	I even know about it
	The only reason
	I do know
	Is I begged god to tell me about it
	On my knees, screaming with pain
	On the sixth floor, in
	New York City
	So I' m telling you about it
	Everyone doesn' t have to live in northern doorways
	To take the big step
	Or go to the woods, or ice
	We all have our way to go, but everyone knows
	Now that I' m telling you
	That there is something to do
	A big step to take
	Into the eye of
	God Play human if you have to
	But at least know
	And don' t kid yourself
	Behind that big piece of delicious poison
	All you dead and dying
	Disappear to your own eye
	So that you don' t see yourself
	Live the halflife
	Step inside the dream

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