one song

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

How're you going to make your way in the world

When you weren't cut out for working

When your fingers are slender and frail

How're you going to get around

In this sleazy bedroom town

If you don't put yourself up for sale

 

Where will you go with your scarves and your miracles

Who's gonna know who you are

Drugs and wine and flattering light

You must try it again till you get it right

Maybe you'll end up with someone different every night

 

All these people with no home to go home to

They'd all like to spend the night with you

Maybe I would, too

 

But tell me

How're you going to make your way in the world, woman

When you weren't cut out for working

And you just can't concentrate

And you always show up late

 

You said you were an actress

Yes, I believe you are

I thought you'd be a star

So I drank up all the money,

Yes, I drank up all the money,

With these phonies in this Hollywood bar,

These friends of mine in this Hollywood bar

 

Loneliness and frustration

We both came down with an acute case

And when the lights came up at two

I caught a glimpse of you

And your face looked like something

Death brought with him in his suitcase

 

Your pretty face

It looked so wasted

Another pretty face

Devastated

The French Inhaler

He stamped and mailed her

"So long, Norman"

She said, "So long, Norman"

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I was born down by the river where the dirty water flows

And the cold wind cut through me, it cut right through my clothes

And the anger and the yearning, like fever in my veins

Set the fire burning

 

She came down from Knightstown with her hands hard from the line

From the first time I laid eyes on her

I knew that she'd be mine

Her father was a lawman, he swore he'd shoot me dead

'Cause he knew I wanted Jeannie and I'd have her like I said

 

Jeannie needs a shooter

Shooter like me

Jeannie needs a shooter

Shooter on her side

Jeannie needs a shooter

 

We met down by the river, on the final day in May

And when I leaned down to kiss her, she did not turn away

I drew out all my money and together we did vow

To leave that very evening and get away somehow

 

Jeannie needs a shooter

Shooter like me

Jeannie needs a shooter

Shooter on her side

Jeannie needs a shooter

 

The night was cold and rainy down by the riverside

I was riding hard to meet her when a shot rang out behind

As I lay there in the darkness with a pistol by my side

Jeannie and her father rode off into the night

 

Jeannie needs a shooter

[Lammycat]

The tale of two brothers...a memoir

Remember that kid we beat up back in college

Me, you, and Thompson out in front of the frat

And that hippie went home crying to his parents

I can't believe you got us out of that

How sweet was that

God we were drunk

Drove around all night after it with that keg in the trunk

And when the cop pulled us over

You talked us out of that, too

 

You got away with it

You got away

You get away with

The things that you say

 

I had to quit partying about a year and a half after you did

I don't regret it though, I think it was fun

Besides, it was the 70's

We were a couple of rich kids

And aside from that one hippie

We never really hurt anyone

Well, there's that other thing that I won't even say

As God as my witness I'll take that to my grave

Cause that was an accident

And you did what you had to do

 

You got away with it

You got away

You get away with

The things that you say

I worry forever

Never for you

You'll get away with it

You always do

 

You never did tell me what happened with you and your brother down there in Florida

I heard they gave you a hell of a time

Everybody around here was afraid you might lose

I told them not to worry cause I knew you'd be fine

Had me out here to Camp David a few times over the years

I think the first time we were teenagers sneakin' beers

Look at you now you old son of a bitch

You got the run of this place

Unbelievable

 

You got away with it

You got away

You got away with

The things that you say

I worry forever

Never for you

You'll get away with it

You always do

You'll get away with

This new thing too

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

never thought youd be a junkie

Because heroin is so passe.

But today,

If you think that I dont know

About depression and

Emotional pain,

Youre insane, or your

A fool who hasnt paid attention

To a word that I say.

 

In a way, I cant

Help but feel responsible.

I always knew that you were insane

With your pain.

 

But I never thought youd be a junkie

Because heroin is so passe

Now a-day.

You never thought youd get addicted,

Just be cooler in an obvious way.

I could say, shouldnt you have got

A couple peircings and decided

May-be that you were gay.

 

In a way

I cant help but feel responsible,

I always knew that you were insane

With you pain

 

But I never thought youd be a junkie

Because heroin is so passe hey.

[Analogman]

May the smile on your face

Come straight from your heart

Takes a lady like you

To write that for me

 

To wake up with you

Makes my morning so bright

Wipes the sleep from my eyes

When you tell me your dreams

 

And it goes on and on

Way beyond and out of reach

It's a well known old secret

Go and tell everyone

 

The smile on your face

Comes straight from your heart

If you look you will find

And you wrote that for me

[awatt]

Take me to the station

And put me on a train

I've got no expectations

To pass through here again

 

Once I was a rich man and

Now I am so poor

But never in my sweet short life

Have I felt like this before

 

You heart is like a diamond

You throw your pearls at swine

And as I watch you leaving me

You pack my peace of mind

 

Our love was like the water

That splashes on a stone

Our love is like our music

Its here, and then its gone

 

So take me to the airport

And put me on a plane

I got no expectations

To pass through here again

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Some people say the world's a strange and evil place

And all the shadows fall across your face

Because the world's a strange and evil place

Then others say because the sun shines every day

That we should live life come what may

Because the sun shines every day

But I gotta say

That I just can't put you down

And all the girls think I'm insane

You know I can't put you down

And my dad can't recall my name

But I just can't put you down

And my friends won't call back at all

But I just can't put you down

Some people say

If you feed a dog a bloody bone

He's your best friend for your life

If you feed a dog a bloody bone

Patch up your dreams

With all the gold that falls at your feet

Stick your finger in a dike

All the gold falls at your feet

And I want to say

You know I just can't put you down

And all the women think that I'm insane

You know I just can't put you down

And my Mom won't call back at all

You know I just can't put you down

I rub my wounds with alcohol

You know I just can't put you down

I just can't put you down

There ain't a pill that'll cure that pain

But I just can't put you down

Some people say

That money can buy anything

All the drugs to cure the pain

Money can buy anything

Then some people want

All the sin and pleasure in this world

They don't care about the price

They pay for all the sin and pleasure in this world

But I've gotta say

You know I just can't put you down

I don't care how far I fall

You know I just can't put you down

And I don't care if they call back at all

I just can't put you down

All the women can forget my name

You know I just can't put you down

You know I just can't put you down

You know I just can't put you down

You know I just can't put you down

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Instant Karma's gonna get you

Gonna knock you right on the head

You better get yourself together

Pretty soon you're gonna be dead

What in the world you thinking of

Laughing in the face of love

What on earth you tryin' to do

It's up to you, yeah you

 

Instant Karma's gonna get you

Gonna look you right in the face

Better get yourself together darlin'

Join the human race

How in the world you gonna see

Laughin' at fools like me

Who in the hell d'you think you are

A super star

Well, right you are

 

Well we all shine on

Like the moon and the stars and the sun

Well we all shine on

Ev'ryone come on

 

Instant Karma's gonna get you

Gonna knock you off your feet

Better recognize your brothers

Ev'ryone you meet

Why in the world are we here

Surely not to live in pain and fear

Why on earth are you there

When you're ev'rywhere

Come and get your share

 

Well we all shine on

Like the moon and the stars and the sun

Yeah we all shine on

Come on and on and on on on

Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah

 

Well we all shine on

Like the moon and the stars and the sun

Yeah we all shine on

On and on and on on and on

 

Well we all shine on

Like the moon and the stars and the sun

Well we all shine on

Like the moon and the stars and the sun

Well we all shine on

Like the moon and the stars and the sun

Yeah we all shine on

Like the moon and the stars and the sun

[awatt]

Lord, there goes Johnny Appleseed,

he might pass by, in the hour of need,

there's a lot of souls...ain't drinking from no well,

locked in a factory,

Hey look there goes, hey look there goes,

if you're after getting the honey,

then you don't go killing all the bees,

Lord, there goes, Martin Luther King,

notice how the door closes

when the chimes of freedom ring?

I hear what you're saying

I hear what he's saying

If you're after getting the honey,

then don't go killing all the bees,

that's what the people are saying

and we know every road... go! go!

That's what the people are saying

there ain't no berries on the trees...

Let the summertime sun,

fall on the apple, fall on the apple...

Lord, there goes a buick forty-nine,

black sheep of the angels riding,

riding down the line,

we think there is a soul... we don't know

that soul is hard to find

Hey! Down along the road

down along the road..hey!

If you're after getting the honey..

then don't go killing all the bees,

Hey! It's what the people are saying,

there ain't no berries on the trees

hey! that's what the people are saying,

no berries on the trees...

You came to skim off the honey, baby,

and you had to go killin' all the bees

[lizish]

 

Hitting Women

[awatt]

Parachute woman, land on me tonight

Parachute woman, land on me tonight

Well, I'll break big in New Orleans

and I'll overspill in Caroline

 

Parachute woman, join me for a ride

Parachute woman, join me for a ride

I'll make my blow in Dallas

and get hot again in half the time

 

Parachute woman, will you blow me out?

Parachute woman, will you blow me out?

My heavy throbber's itchin'

just to lay a solo rhythm down

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop

Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech

As he opens the door, she rolls over...

Pretends to sleep as he looks her over

 

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...

She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Ohh...

 

Talkin' to herself, there's no one else who needs to know...

She tells herself, oh...

Memories back when she was bold and strong

And waiting for the world to come along...

Swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone

 

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...

She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...

She lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man...

She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Yeah...

 

She loved him, yeah... she don't want to leave this way

She feeds him, yeah... that's why she'll be back again

 

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better... man...

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

[Heart breaker, soul shaker

I've been told about you

Steamroller, midnight stroller

What they've been saying must be true

 

Red hot mama

Velvet charmer

Time's come to pay your dues

Now you're messin' with a

A son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a

A son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch

 

Talkin' jivey, poison ivy

You ain't gonna cling to me

Man taker, born faker

I ain't so blind I can't see

 

Red hot mama

Velvet charmer

Time's come to pay your dues

 

Now you're messin' with a

A son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a

A son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch

 

 

 

Now you're messin' with a

A son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a

A son of a bitch

Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch

[awatt]

Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talking

to some rich folk that you know

Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company Cause you know I

could never be alone

 

Take me down little Susie, take me down

I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send

me dead flowers every morning

Send me dead flowers by the mail

Send me dead flowers to my wedding

And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

 

Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink cadillac Making bets

on Kentucky Derby Day

Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon And another

girl to take my pain away

 

Take me down little Susie, take me down

I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send

me dead flowers every morning

Send me dead flowers by the mail

Send me dead flowers to my wedding

And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

 

Take me down little Susie, take me down

I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send

me dead flowers every morning

Send me dead flowers by the US mail

Say it with dead flowers in my wedding

And I won't forget to put roses on your grave No, I won't forget to

put roses on your grave

[tkleist]

If I get old, I will not give in

And if I do, remind me of this

Remind me that once I was free

Once I was cool, once I was me

And if I sit down and cross my arms

Hold me to this song

 

Knock me out smash out my brains

If I take the chair and talk the shit

 

If I get old, remind me of this

One night we kissed, and I really meant it

Whatever happens, if we're still speaking

Pick up the phone

Play me this song

[mountain bed]

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand ?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand ?

Well, I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band

Well, I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band

 

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that button on your shirt ?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that button on your shirt ?

Well, I'm goin' to a Love In to sit & play my bongos in the dirt

Well, I'm goin' to a Love In to sit & play my bongos in the dirt

 

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that hair on your head ?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with that hair on your head ?

I'm goin' to the dance to get some action then I'm goin' home to bed

I'm goin' to the dance to get some action then I'm goin' home to bed

 

Hey Punk, where you goin' with those beads around your neck ?

Hey Punk, where you goin' with those beads around your neck ?

I'm goin' to the shrink so he can help me be a nervous wreck....

 

( Just at this very moment the 2700 microgram dose of STP ingested by the FLOWER PUNK shortly before the song began TAKES EFFECT. Before your very ears his head blows up, leaving a bizarre audial residue all over your teenage record player ! )

[Analogman]

when you find you can't somehow

make it like all the rest

you won't need to scrounge around for someone else

torn between the unknown

and the place that you call home

and the life you want but have never known

 

there was a time

you could put it out of your mind

leave it all behind

there was a time

that time is gone

 

what has a life of fifty years

in this town done for you

except to earn your name and place on a barstool

you spent your whole life in this county

you've never been out of state

you say you're gonna make it out before it's too late

 

there was a time

you could put it out of your mind

leave it all behind

there was a time

that time is gone

 

there was a time when nothing seemed to make much sense that's turned more intense

and all the crutches you've kept around

now are nowhere to be found

 

remember when you didn't have

to look ahead or behind you

there was always something right there to do

but now it's life in some kind of trap looking for a way out

well, you keep moving on that's what it's all about

 

there was a time

you could put it out of your mind

leave it all behind

there was a time

that time is gone

[PigSooie]

Lay Low Why Don't Ya Now?

Lay Back Awhile And I'll Show Ya

I Got The Good That You Want No

Need To Go And - Hunt Something Else

It's Right Here With Me - When You Stay.

It's Always Good When I Get To See

That There's Never More Than What You're Telling Me When You

Stay - Home

 

Lay Low If The Feel Is Right - (Let The Fetus Rock)

I Got All That I Want Here In You Tonite And We'll Pass Out

On The Bedroom Floor After Goin Like This (Full Tilt) So Long.

Hold Up - You Showed Me.

Oh What You Told Me

It's Not What You Want But What You Need It's Not

A Head Full Of Booze (Pills) Or Amphetamines - When You Stay.

It's Always Good When I Get To See

That There's Never More Than What You're Telling Me When You

Stay - Home.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Once I thought I knew

Everything I needed to know about you

Your sweet whisper, Your tender touch

But I didn't really know that much

Joke's on me, It's gonna be okay

If I can just get through this lonesome day

 

Hell's brewin' dark sun's on the rise

This storm'll blow through by and by

House is on fire, Viper's in the grass

A little revenge and this too shall pass

This too shall pass, I'm gonna pray

Right now all I got's this lonesome day

 

It's allright It's allright It's allright

 

Better ask questions before you shoot

Deceit and betrayals bitter fruit

It's hard to swallow, come time to pay

That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away

 

Let kingdom come I'm gonna find my way

Through this lonesome day

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Your scrapbook's filled with pictures of all your leading men

Well baby don't put my picture in there with them

Don't make us some little girl's dream that can't ever come true

That only serves to hurt and make you cry like you do

Well baby don't do it to me and I won't do it to you

 

You see all the romantic movies, you dream and take the boys home

But when the action fades you're left all alone

You deserve better than this, little girl, can't you see that you do

Do you need somebody to prove it to you?

Well you prove it to me and I'll prove it to you

 

Now every night you go out looking for true love's satisfaction

But in the morning you end up settling for just lights, camera, action

 

And another cameo role with some bit player you're befriending

You're gonna go broken-hearted looking for that happy ending

Well girl you're gonna end up just another lonely ticket sold

Cryin' alone in the theater as the credits roll

You say I'll be like those other guys

Who filled your head with pretty lies

And dreams that can never come true

Well baby you be true to me

And I'll be true to you

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Hey... oooh...

Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay

Were laid spread out before me as her body once did.

All five horizons revolved around her soul

As the earth to the sun

Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

 

Ooh, and all I taught her was everything

Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore

And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds

Of what was everything.

Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

 

I take a walk outside

I'm surrounded by some kids at play

I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?

Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head

I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning

How quick the sun can drop away

 

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass

Of what was everything?

All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

 

All the love gone bad turned my world to black

Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be... yeah...

Uh huh... uh huh... ooh...

 

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,

I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why

Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine

 

Aah... uuh..

 

Too doo doo too, too doo doo

[embiggen]

Lying on the grass

Afternoon, there's always something happening

Friends go floating gently by

I'm listening to a song inside my head

Although the summer's past

Those mythic dreams would never last

Nor do I care anymore

And if it makes you sad

Remember all the things you have

That can't be bought

 

Recollection brings me back

Sad to think that it was just a fantasy

We'd already accepted that

Which many others struggled to believe

And though it makes no sense

I know there are no accidents

I've no fear anymore

And if it makes you sad

To give up dreams you've always had

That can't be caught

It just can't be fought.

 

Looking back at '91

Reflecting on those things we could have

Said and done

The dancing lights across a crowd

Remind us of another town

That's dead and gone

It's just dead and gone

 

Take me to that summer past

And tell me is it really worth remembering?

I realize that music then

Was really just a song in my head

And though the fun has past

Those mythic dreams would never last

Have no fear anymore

And if it makes you cry

To look ahead well dry your eyes

It can be done

Yes, it can be done

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

falling out the window

tripping on a wrinkle in the rug

falling out of love, dear

it hurt much worse when you gave up

 

just don't tell me which way I oughta run

or what good I could do anyone

'cause my heart it was a gun

but it's unloaded now

so don't bother

 

climbing up the ladder

breaking my shin on the very first rung

waking up the neighbors

it's all right, they understand they're just as dumb

 

and they don't tell me which way I oughta run

or what good I could do anyone

'cause my heart it was a gun

but it's unloaded now

so don't bother me now

don't bother

 

crawling back to you now

I sold my guitar to the girl next door

she asked me if I knew how

I told her I don't think so anymore

 

don't tell me which way I oughta run

what good could I do anyone

'cause my heart it was a gun

but it's unloaded now

so don't bother

[PigSooie]

Pretty little hairdo don't do what it used to

Can't disguise the living

All the miles that you've been through

 

Looking like a train wreck

Wearing too much makeup

The burden that you carry

Is more than one soul could ever bear

 

Don't look so sad, Marina

There's another part to play

Don't look so sad, Marina

Save it for a rainy day

Save it for a rainy day

Save it for a rainy day

 

You neve make your mind up

Like driving with your eyes shut

Rough around the edges

Won't someone come and take you home

 

Waiting for a breakthrough

What will you set your mind to?

We stood outside the Chinese restaurant

in the rain

 

Don't look so sad, Marina

There's another part to play

Don't look so sad, Marina

Save it for a rainy day

Save it for a rainy day

Save it for a rainy day

[PigSooie]

Thinking outrageously I write in cursive

I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor

Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers

I see my own breath on the face of the door

 

Oh I am not quite sleeping

Oh I am fast in bed

There on the wall in the bedroom creeping

I see a wasp with her wings outstretched

 

North of Savanna we swim in the palisades

I come out wearing my brother's red hat

There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times

He runs washing his face in his hands

 

Oh how I meant to tease him

Oh how I meant no harm

Touching his back with my hand I kiss him

I see the wasp on the length of my arm

 

Oh great sights upon this state! Hallelu-

Wonders bright, and rivers, lake. Hallelu-

Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake. Hallelu-

trusting things beyond mistake. Hallelu-

 

We were in love. We were in love.

Palisades! Palisades! Palisades

I can wait. I can wait.

 

Lamb of God, we soudn the horn.

Hallelujah!

To us your ghost is born.

Hallelu-

 

I can't explain the state that I'm in

The state of my heart, he was my best friend

Into the car, from the back seat

Oh admiration in falling asleep

All of my powers, day after day

I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed

Deep in the tower, the prairies below

I can tell you, the telling gets old

Terrible sting and terrible storm

I can tell you the day we were born

My friend is gone, he ran away

I can tell you, I love him each day

Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged

I can tell you I love him each day

Terrible sting, terrible storm

I can tell you...