Running_To_Stand_Still

What's Good

2006-08-05T08:18:32Z

Life's like a mayonnaise soda
and life's like space without room
And life's like bacon and ice cream
that's what life's like without you

Life's like forever becoming
but life's forever dealing in hurt
Now life's like death without living
that's what life's like without you

Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony
I see you in my mind's eye strangling on your tongue
What's good is knowing such devotion
I've been around - I know what makes things run

What good is seeing eye chocolate
what good's a computerized nose
And what good was cancer in April
why no good - no good at all

What good's a war without killing
what good is rain that falls up
What good's a disease that won't hurt you
why no good, I guess, no good at all

What good are these thoughts that I'm thinking
It must be better not to be thinking at all
A styrofoam lover with emotions of concrete
no not much, not much at all

What's good is life without living
what good's this lion that barks
You loved a life others throw away nightly
it's not fair, not fair at all

What's good?
oh, baby, what's good?
What's good?
what's good? not much at all

Dirty Boulevard

2006-08-05T08:17:59Z

Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel
he looks out a window without glass
The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet
his father beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg

He's got 9 brothers and sisters
they're brought up on their knees
it's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs
Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man
but that's a slim chance he's going to the boulevard

He's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard
he's going out, to the dirty boulevard
He's going down, to the dirty boulevard

This room cost 2,000 dollars a month
you can believe it man it's true
somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants
No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything
they dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard

Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em
that's what the Statue of Bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death
and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard

Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard
going out, to the dirty boulevard
He's going down, on the dirty boulevard
going out

Outside it's a bright night
there's an opera at Lincoln Center
movie stars arrive by limousine
The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan
but the lights are out on the Mean Streets

A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel
he's selling plastic roses for a buck
The traffic's backed up to 39th street
the TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck

And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming
he's found a book on magic in a garbage can
He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling
"At the count of 3" he says, "I hope I can disappear"

And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard

Romeo Had Juliette

2006-08-05T08:17:15Z

Caught between the twisted stars
the plotted lines the faulty map
that brought Columbus to New York
Betwixt between the East and West
he calls on her wearing a leather vest
the earth squeals and shudders to a halt
A diamond crucifix in his ear
is used to help ward off the fear
that he has left his soul in someone's rented car
Inside his pants he hides a mop
to clean the mess that he has dropped
into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell

And Romeo wanted Juliette
and Juliette wanted Romeo
And Romeo wanted Juliette
and Juliette wanted Romeo

Romeo Rodriguez squares
his shoulders and curses Jesus
runs a comb through his black pony-tail
He's thinking of his lonely room
the sink that by his bed gives off a stink
then smells her perfume in his eyes
And her voice was like a bell

Outside the streets were steaming the crack
dealers were dreaming
of an Uzi someone had just scored
'I betcha I could hit that light
with my one good arm behind my back'
says little Joey Diaz
Brother give me another tote
those downtown hoods are no damn good
those Italians need a lesson to be taught
This cop who died in Harlem
you think they'd get the warnin'
I was dancing when his brains ran out on the street

And Romeo had Juliette
and Juliette had her Romeo
And Romeo had Juliette
and Juliette had her Romeo

I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag
with Latin written on it that says
"it's hard to give a shit these days"
Manhattan's sinking like a rock
into the filthy Hudson what a shock
they wrote a book about it
they said it was like ancient Rome

The perfume burned his eyes
holding tightly to her thighs
And something flickered for a minute
and then it vanished and was gone

glenn_branca @ 2006-04-01T19:56:00

2006-04-02T02:56:42Z

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who have a split personality - cold as ice on the outside but hot as fire in the heart.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage pessimistically. You don't think happy marriages exist anymore.

In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

glenn_branca @ 2006-02-18T03:56:00

2006-02-18T11:07:04Z

Four jobs you have had in your life:
* Hospital Porter
* Door to door salesperson (I love the feeling of rejection)
* Telemarketer (Did I mention how much I love rejection?)
* Pizza Delivery Boy

Four movies you could watch over and over:
* Scarface
* Glengarry Glen Ross
* Wall Street
* The Silence Of The Lambs

Four places you've lived:
* Winnipeg, Manitoba
* Scottsdale, Arizona
* Phoenix, Arizona
* Calgary, Alberta

Four TV shows you love to watch that are on air:
* The Office
* SCTV (reruns, does that count?)
* The Ali G Show
* A Family Business

Four TV shows you love that are off the air:
* Futurama
* Miami Vice
* Astroboy
* Sally Jesse Raphael

Four places you've been on vacation:
* Paris, France
* London, England
* New York, New York
* Sydney, Australia

Four of your favorite foods:
* Spring Rolls
* Moons Over My Hammy
* Whiskey Chicken
* Shrimp

Four places you'd rather be right now:
* New York
* Flin Flon, Manitoba
* Paris
* Dublin

Four sites you visit daily:
* http://www.livejournal.com
* http://www.hotmail.com
* http://www.myspace.com

glenn_branca @ 2006-02-13T05:16:00

2006-02-13T12:16:09Z

12 days till my birthday.. weeeeeeee!

Hooey...

2005-03-14T08:24:46Z

This is my first post on LiveJournal.com. Just wanted to say everyone that Eddie's was a blast on Friday night and thank-you to everyone who came out! Woot woot!..