[ti:Umbilical Town] [ar:Gary Jules] [al:Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.36]Umbilical Town - Gary Jules [00:01.55]Written by:Gary Jules [00:10.47]I hear you've got a pocket full of words [00:13.74]That you keep in the garage [00:16.43]Together with the feathers and the fireworks [00:20.92]A surftown hero who's got one foot in the garden [00:25.13]Where the neon lighted cocktail glasses bloom [00:30.26]And they built you a model airplane [00:35.02]Like the one that brought you back to Lindbergh field [00:40.06]Now you're counting your change by the streetlights on India [00:46.27]Hey it's me again I'm faded could I please come over [00:54.46]You can do what you want [00:59.35]In umbilical town [01:04.66]In a waterfront bar [01:14.03]Old gap toothed Annie was a friend of mine [01:19.03]The third time around she was born again [01:24.16]She must have burned at least a half a million dollars [01:28.38]In the little rooms next door to wash and fold [01:33.53]And there ain't no consolation prize [01:39.25]There is no backdoor to innocence [01:43.29]Just the wild eyed faces and names that you've forgotten [01:49.59]Hey the money's gone I'm broken could I please come over [01:57.73]You can do what you want [02:02.63]In umbilical town [02:07.85]In that waterfront bar [02:17.35]I've been dreaming we were born together [02:22.28]I've been thinking about it [02:27.25]Been lurking backstreets kicking down alleyways [02:32.43]I've been thinking about it [02:36.36]How it's always worse than it appears [02:39.19]Raskolnikov's out on the stairs [02:41.87]Howling at the man in the moon [02:46.92]They said he lost control [02:48.88]Between the suburbs and the barrio [02:51.93]Tired from too much too soon [02:56.63]Now the air is thick with compromise [03:01.17]We're always on the way [03:05.96]So I take comfort in the only life I know [03:15.86]Where you can do what you want [03:20.83]In umbilical town [03:25.95]At the waterfront bar [03:30.93]In umbilical town [03:36.16]You can do what you want [03:40.99]You can do what you want [03:46.32]You can do what you want