@ALBUM: Perpetual Motion Machine Artist: 13 Engines 1993 Atlantic/EMI Canada Records Produced by John Critchley and Glen Robinson All selections by John Critchley and Mike Robbins unless noted. Mike Robbins: Guitar Jim Hughes: Bass/vocals/acoustic guitar Grant Ethier: Drums/vocals John Critchley: Vocals/lead guitar/piano/organ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Bred in the Bone Didn't you want to place Didn't you want to show No you've got a disease And it's laid you low (Laid you low) If you had it in you What you had before You could pick yourself up Up off of the floor (Laid you low) What's come over you What could it be Does it have a name An identity (Laid you low) Do you need a doctor The head of surgery Do you want a dealer Who'd give you shit for free (Laid you low) CHORUS What's bred in the bone Has laid you low ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Saviour (John Critchley) You've got two eyes and pocket Strange eyes of the visionary No one knows where your name is You only live in memory When you walk down the street They throw rose petals at your feet I didn't know you were for real Until I saw you today on TV Live at 3 On CBC They said, "The saviour has returned today." They said that you were from heaven They said that you rule Well it must all be true because you look so cool They said you returned To wash away the sins of the world Well, holy fucking shit Sweet Jesus, won't you touch me please Set me free Save me The saviour has returned today They said you were from heaven They said that you ruled Well it must be true 'Cause you look so cool Your eyes are like pools Come on sweet fool The saviour has returned today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: More I can feel something inside And it wants to get out Growing every day in a different way I can't put it in words It could be now or maybe later It can read my mind I've pretended not to notice What's been happening inside But as the days go drifting buy I can deny it no more Ihear a voice, getting louder It calls my name And it wants more Well, once you've learned, once and for all This is nothing new The rest is easy, I'm sure that you'll see It belongs to you It may be silent or may be too loud But it's hear to stay And it wants more ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Unconscience (John Critchley) Sometimes I'm dirty, sometimes I'm clean Sometime I talk in circles so I don't know what I mean Although I am uncertain, one thing seems clear I don't know very much, but I'm still glad to be here Because I've got a conscience and he's got the same name When it goes badly he gets the blame When it goes good I get the acclaim When I get hit he feels the pain Weren't you before me or were in the past You'll have to excuse me, I didn't think that this was going to last Well, I heard the road that spirals down Has been paved with the best intentions that can be found I've got a conscience and he's got a name When it goes badly he gets the blame When it goes good I get the acclaim When I get hit he feels the pain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: The Golden Age So the Golden Age passed away to silver But that was long ago There were swimming holes and the Vaudeville They gave way to this Bronze turned itself slowly into iron And here we are today If what you say has a grain of truth The age of rust is soon Please, it's not a thing just to bring you down It's just a passing phase But who'll believe your piano played itself A long forgotten air CHORUS The Golden Age, it'll never fade away Today just don't seem the same The Golden Age, it'll never fade away If you were there There will always be someone telling you That these are wicked times Rainy days come down just to make you think Of all the shades of grey No one knew that you liked to paint Until they cleaned your room CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Smoke and Ashes Tick-tock went the watch on your wrist Telling you softly of the minutes you've missed Kneeling down with your head in the bowl Telling yourself, there should never be days like this Just when you thought that you had it down You woke up dreaming of cocaine and clowns Everybody knew that you sang the blues No one could guess that you would sing them like this CHORUS Smoke and ashes Smoke and ashes A comet burns and then it crashes Smoke and ashes You spilled the beans on Friday night Now Monday's here and there's no one in sight But, hey, that's the price that you've got to pay For letting yourself get your own way CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: What If We Don't Get What We Want (Jim Hughes) We were sitting at the head of a car And her lips were dry and parched And we turned to each other We were listening to "Suspicious Minds" CHORUS And we're cracking codes and combinations And we're thinking What if we don't get what we want SWell, you kick away your golden shoes Counting what you can afford to lose And I can't treat you casually We are not fond of misery CHORUS On the frozen lake of memory You were asking me about my dream And we're turning to each other And we are so primitive CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Unbound Too many cooks tried to fix your dinner Not enough of this, too much that So many voices tried to speak as one Whatcha doing right, whatcha doing wrong CHORUS You took it hard, you shook it down But maybe this time, like no ther time You'll be unbound When your feet of clay finally hit the ground At the speed of sound, nothing more was heard In a flash of fire that left behind no smoke What was once too bright is now as dark as night CHORUS I wish that I could say that I was surprised When I heard the news tthat you had said goodbye I hope you're doing well, I hope it's good this time Somewhere I heard that you were doing fine CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Perpetual Motion Machine (Jim Hughes) Perpetual motion machine, it came to me in a dream Let's catch some air, that's if you dare I'm only sixteen but you're my queen It's a bright, bright morning, the road stretches far The corn on the right, the wheat on the left There's a hill up ahead, let's catch some air Perpetual motion machine, I picked up a magazine Poor aimless, poor aimless, poor aimless me Aimlessly Now look at the fireball extinguish the sun My daddy would perish if only he knew Hundred and forty, air feeds the fire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Moment of Clarity (John Critchley) I remember, one November we had our picnic At the graveyard down your street On the bodies under our feet And the cold grey ancient autumn ships Looked down without a frown It laughed down without a sound While the sun hit her face in disgrace She doesn't see the competition from the human race Competition from the human race And now you're wondering, where's it going to end And now you're wondering, could we begin again While the laser of immortality, it burns through All our memories, it cuts through what we want to see As we spin on our axes A moment of clarity is all that's required of me And all other places and other times, they're Waving goodbye, goodbye So send me your autumn pledge and please me Till winter time and I'll send you a Springtime boy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Dirty Little Rat (John Critchley) Dirty little rat, never could get it straight The man upstairs says he doesn't care If you live 'til daylight Dirty little rat Get your coat, get your hat We're gonna take a ride tonight My sweet baby boy, born under circumstance I'm gonna give you all I got to give you a chance Sweet baby boy You're going to understand Someday you'll be a man Something inside snapped I stil ldon't understand The deal went down, I looked around I was left holding the bag Something inside cracked The deal went down, I looked around And now here I am ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: The Estrangement (John Critchley) Time is so hard to find when your occupied Lost in my own world, I didn't notice what's happening Last time that I saw you I said things That I didn't mean and now I wish I could take them back But that was long ago and now it's today And it's much too late Though God knows I would change the past if I could Weather is changing again, animals are moving in new directions When you coming home, it's been too long Don't be such a stranger, I'd love to see you soon Do you remember me, well I remember you Won't you come to me I want to see you so bad I want to be with you right now ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Going Under I hear the door slam shut, so I know that you're home You've been out all night, I've been here alone And I've been wondering if you're the same person I knew The bright lights that shine in your eyes, they make me blind I hear a footstep on the stairs so I know that you're near You've returned from pursuing your nocturnal career And I don't ask where you've been, with who, or if they're your friend 'Cause I don't really want to know right now, I don't know when I will again CHORUS Going under, drifting down, going under And I know you've still got a ways to go down before We can rise back up into the light We're going under, drifting down... I hear you coughing in the hall so I know you're all right It will be morning soon, through the gloom I see daylight But in this room right now I am alone, I am unsure I don't know what you feel anymore and it scares me so CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: Lift You Up (John Critchley) Your mind is all cluttered now But you drag yourself along somehow Through dark dreams of that visit you in the night Obscure fragments with broad daylight Watch me now What did you say about what I've done What do you want to know, why or how come? Haven't you learned yet that it never ends Back and forth and around, here it comes again CHORUS Watch me now And I'll lift you up if I can Watch me now You're eyes are wild and your nerves exposed But you haven't lost anything, not by a mile, not yet Can yo uremember the good times They can be back soon, better than before CHORUS ------------------------------------ Eric Wincentsen 267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu Glendale Community College Glendale, Arizona "We want the airwaves!"