so, i was bored and thought i would waste some by postng the lyrics to our songs. sing along if you're feeling it!
48 HOURS
held them hostage, you cry "let those people go!"
on the t.v., didn't even make the shot
on the weekend burned a house on every block
put on the record where the music fades to nothing
and gone
was it the fear of the road and the oncoming headlights?
was it the weight of the sky on a moonless midnight?
walk tall like a man's supposed to
walk tall like a man's supposed to
and be a hero to a crowd of empty bottles
you broke your own heart, but you can always find another.
SOAP
this is a song about soap, trust me it's easy enough
not to need anything else, just the water to lather it up
is everyone so bottled up? a secret life of guilt and shame
hidden there behind the door where no one sees but it's o.k.
cause after all a hard days work
just rinse it off and down the drain
where nothing spills and nothing stains and nothing beats the lure of the lather...
everyone's just getting on, when all you want is to get off
and home alone you tell yourself that nothing ventured, nothing lost
and after all a hard days work
just rinse it off and down the drain
where nothing spills and nothing stains and nothing beats the lure of the lather.
THE DUGOUT
it's safer to stay with your own, it's only a natural instinct
cause sometimes the people you fear come wearing the friendliest faces
only to make you feel you're the last one there when the party's over
and even the person you love has turned you away in the end
so tell me the truth of your heart
please tell me, please tell me
i'm haunting the basement again
turn your light on, turn your light on me
so tell me the truth of your heart
please tell me, please tell me
i'm haunting the basement again
turn your light on, turn your light on me
i'll tell you a dream that i had, i was down at the baseball diamond
and seeing you smiling beside watching the moon at the treetops
laughing and backing away, saw your dark eyes shine like the city skyline
and then i just sat there alone, unable to wake up or walk home
so tell me the truth of your heart
please tell me, please tell me
i'm haunting the basement again
turn your light on, turn your light on me
so tell me the truth of your heart
please tell me, please tell me
i'm haunting the basement again
turn your light on, turn your light on me.
MY OLD JACKNIFE
my old jacknife is always on me
and every time they tie me up
i cut myself loose
i cut myself loose
i walk alone my hand upon it
and every time i slash a tire
i cut myself loose
i cut myself loose
angels reaching down from on high
place their blessings on it
and i'll carve the name of someone else all over town
cause no one knows about me
no one knows about me
always sharp and always ready
and every time they tie me down
i cut myself loose
i cut myself loose
and i'll hide away somewhere inside me
but if it gets too tight
i cut myself loose
i cut myself loose
demons reaching up from below
hurl their curses at it
and i'll carve the name of someone else all over town
cause no one cares about me
no one cares about me.
LONG 'TIL THE MORNING
tall is the tower (oooh oooh...)
and dark is the water (oooh oooh...)
and red is the moonlight (oooh oooh...)
and long 'til the morning (aaah haaa)
and don't go, don't go
sweet sing the night birds (oooh oooh...)
and soft blow the breezes (oooh oooh...)
and slow sway the treetops (oooh oooh...)
and long 'til the morning (aaah haaa)
and don't go, don't go
lost are the lovers (oooh oooh...)
and gone are the children (oooh oooh...)
and swift come the spirits (oooh oooh...)
and long 'til the morning (aaah haaa)
and don't go, don't go
tall is the tower (oooh oooh...)
and dark is the water (oooh oooh...)
and red is the moonlight (oooh oooh...)
and long 'til the morning (aaah haaa)
and don't go, don't go
CAME IN BRAVE
saturday night we went downtown
but i beat it back home, i couldn't take no more
i heard the voice of the street through the window
and it sang me to sleep on the bathroom floor
cause my bed is an open grave tonight
it gives no rest, just cold eyes open
and back out to the clouds and rain
i can feel my face growing paler by the day
there's a fire in the basement, so help me girl
cause i want you now more than anything else
they came in brave and just put it out
and i realized that i could go any time
but oh my baby blue, i don't care
cause i've been gone so long
out getting high on the back porch
i sing to the empties and cigarette butts
and i know that the song is about you
and i'd sing to your face, but i've got no guts
and the mice are an angel choir tonight
they squeek right in on the hallelujah
i'll clear my head and close my eyes
and i'll get up late and i'll give up hope in the end.
ADVICE
don't take it personal when they forget about you
cause you're just a drop in the bucket, more meat for the stew
to be chewed up and swallowed or spat back out
and just cause it's cruel, doesn't mean it's not true
so take my advice, my friend, listen to me
don't work for nothing, no don't work for free
god's up in heaven or not there at all
and down on the ground it ain't too far to fall
and don't you worry, cause time will pass quickly
soon you'll be fifty, soon you'll be dead
so smoke if you wanna (or: smoke marijuana) and drink up your fill
your good looks are fading fast so fuck who you will
and take my advice, my friend, listen to me
don't work for nothing, no don't work for free
god's up in heaven or not there at all
and down on the ground it ain't too far to fall.
SAD EYES / BLUE EYES
in the picture on the wall
sitting tall and proud and beautiful
you never said it but
you broke the backs you rode upon
you broke the backs you rode upon
i know
and you shiver and shake yourself awake
sad eyes when your working on the weekend now
blue eyes you'll be rising with the sun again
sad eyes when your working on the weekend now
find yourself something to care for
you could've been a champion
and you could've shown them all a thing or two
you never said it but
you broke the backs you rode upon
you broke the backs you rode upon
i know
and you shiver and shake yourself awake
sad eyes when your working on the weekend now
blue eyes you'll be rising with the sun again
sad eyes when your working on the weekend now
find yourself something to care for.
TEENAGE LOVE SONG
meet me outside the skating rink
your mom is a bitch, i don't care what she thinks
of me
if you can't come i'll get fucked up by myself
tonight
but don't worry 'bout me, i'll be allright
no don't worry 'bout me, i'll be allright
call me back later on if you can
we'll sneak out and fuck in the family van
again
take my heart and break my heart if you want
tonight
but don't worry 'bout me, i'll be allright
no don't worry 'bout me, i'll be allright.
DRUNK EYES
well i truly think it's fine to not be noble all the time
cause every grown boy understands what it means to be a man
but i'm so stuck in the middle lately, i made the bed for a heart attack
i don't care if i never go nowhere, don't care if i never come back
and it's a long...
and it's a long way back on a moonlit mile with your drunk eyes on
and you can wind up wandering places where you just don't belong
so take me out tonight, no i won't fuss and i won't fight
just feed me lies and feed me booze, i ain't got nothing much to lose
and maybe i'm just going crazy, but baby that's allright with me
i'm so tired of picking up the pieces, so tired of just letting them be
and it's a long...
and it's a long way back on a moonlit mile with your drunk eyes on
and you can wind up wandering places where you just don't belong
well ya i saw the light, there by the roadside
it blinded my eyes and it terrified my mind
and won't fade away, but stay forever
even after i'm gone.
NEW JOKER
safe at home as the sun sets
cry me a river, or sing me a song
one about your life where nothing is sacrificed
i am a new man, or no one at all
you and me, we're the shortest answer
to my little question, just hanging around
if i could be that young, how could i be that dumb
the tears of a class clown, ya they're drowning the city
build the shopping malls and paint the parking stalls
tie your hair back in your work-stained overalls
i know i've done my part, i know these roads by heart
and i could close my eyes and find my way
ya i'll find my way...
and i hope you figure out that i was only joking
and in my car i ride the eastern hillside
rolling another and lighting it up
cause it's the only way, at least that's what i say
i'm burning forever with the lights of the city
sing that song all about laying back and sprawling out
give me something that i just can't live without
for all the times i have tried by the water side
just to close my eyes and find my way
i'll find my way...
but you'll never figure out that i was only joking