PAW LYRICS

 

DRAGLINE
Gasoline
Sleeping Bag
Jessie
The Bridge
Couldn't Know
Pansy
Lolita
Dragline
Veronica
One More Bottle
Sugarcane
Hard Pig
DEATH TO TRAITORS
No Such Luck
Seasoned Glove
Hope I Die Tonight
Swollen
Last One
Death to Traitors
Built Low
Glue Mouth Kid
Texas
Max the Silent
Sweet Sally Brown
Badger
Peach
Sunflower
HOME IS A STRANGE PLACE
Ruby Red
One Handed in the Red Room
Blow Wind
Into The Woods
Naiad
Home Is a Strange Place
Oily Rags
RARE TRACKS
30 Days
Cowpoke
I Know Where You Sleep
Imaginary Lover
Kid Cotton
Remora
School
Slowburn
St. Jude
Street Justice
Suicide Shift
Surrender
Two Brothers


The lyrics on this page are not official, for the most part, but I'd like to get them as accurate as possible, so please let me know if you think you can clear up any questionable lines. Many of these transcribed lyrics come from Sean Malle (Paw superfan #1), who confirmed a lot of them with Mark directly.
 


DRAGLINE

Gasoline

Change the pain
Of what you feel
You keep it inside
You made it real

Twenty times to get it
Twenty times to give
You kept it inside, long enough
Enough to let it live

I feel no shame
For what I do
Mistakes the same
The hate rings true

Never had no heaven
Had too much of hell
I never cared what I did
It's probably just as well

I've heard it all before
I know nothin's gonna change
I've heard it all before
I know nothin's gonna change
I've heard it again and again
I know nothin's gonna change
Aw, change the way I feel

Change the pain
Of what you feel
You keep it inside
You made it real

Twenty times to get it
Twenty times to give
You kept it inside long enough
Enough to let it grow

I've heard it all before
I know nothin's gonna change
I've heard it all before
I know nothin's gonna change
I've heard it again and again
I know nothin's gonna change
Aw, change the way I feel

You swing up to me acting like everything's jake between us.
It starts off easy enough,
but you don't get more than one chance,
before I don't know you anymore.
It's easy for me.
and I don't miss you that much.
But I can tell by the hurt in your eyes.
It's only gonna take a little push,
to make all the hurt blossom up inside of you.

Yeah, I'm caught in my own trap
I'm caught in my own trap
Caught in my own trap again

I feel no pain
I feel no shame
You'll hurt yourself
When you turn on me

Yeah, I've heard it all before
I know nothin's gonna change
Hey, your mom and dad
Can't teach you like I can
I'm goin' back and forth
Back and forth again
And I'm wrong enough
To say how right I am
And nothin' will take away your pain
And nothin' will take away your shame
And nothin' is ever gonna change
And nothin' will change the way I feel

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Sleeping Bag

I don't wanna see your head caved in
I can't stand to see them wheel you in
Why'd you go and do that to your head?
Are you so goddamned miserable
You'd feel better off if you were dead?

And then the tears from my eyes
Makes the road all wet and hard
For you to drive
You never had a chance to see
The car, she's comin' straight at you
Hey, what are you gonna do?

Look out!
I can't stand to see the shape you're in
I won't be there when they bring you in
I can't believe you'd leave me all alone
I won't believe you're not comin'
Aww, comin' home

And then the tears from my eyes
Makes the, road all wet and hard
For you to drive
You never had a chance to see
The car, she's comin' straight at you
Hey, what are you gonna do?

Watch out!
I can't stand to see your head caved in
I won't be there when they wheel you in
Why'd you go and do that to your head?
Are you so goddamned miserable
You'd feel better off if you were dead?

And then the tears from my eyes
Makes the, road all wet and hard
For you to drive
You never had a chance to see
The car, she's comin' straight at you
Hey, what are you gonna do?

Someone call a doctor!
Hey, you're dying and you don't know
Hey, you make me hate myself
'Cause you're my only brother
And I can't say, "I love you"
And this is pretty hard
Aww, you're not around, so I can't hold your hand
So I crawl
I crawl inside your sleeping bag
Oh and I, don't think he's gonna make it
Make it home alive
Please, make it home alive

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Jessie

Pet the dog, pet the dog, pet the dog
And, scratch my ear, scratch my ear, scratch my ear
Please play with me, play with me, play with me

Aw, but Jessie
It's cold outside
And I'm not comin' home
I don't know where I'll be
Oh, when the mornin' comes
And Jessie you're a good dog
Please don't follow me
Just go on home

I ran away
Dog tagged along
I lost the dog
Dog tagged along
I lost the dog
It broke my heart
Please stay with me, and play with me, stay with me

Aw, but Jessie
It's cold outside
And I'm not coming home
I don't know where I'll be
Oh, when the mornin' comes
And Jessie, you're a good dog
Please don't follow me
Just go on home
Just go on home
Jessie, don't follow me
Jessie, go on home

Aw, Jessie, you're a good dog, such a good dog
Yeah and Jessie, you're a good dog, such a good dog
Hey, Jessie, you're a good dog, such a good dog
Aw, Jessie, you're a good dog, such a good dog
Mmm, Jessie, you're a good dog, such a good dog
Jessie, you're a good dog, such a good dog

Go on home, boy

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The Bridge

You cross the tracks
Laid your head in my lap
Put your mouth on me
For the second time
Pull your, dress up slow
It's too dark to see good, and really
Oh, was it worth the price?

Yeah, and do you remember
Aw, how you lied to me?
Yeah, and have you forgotten
Yeah, how I listened?
And do you remember
How you lied to me?
Have you forgotten
How I listened?
Too dumb to see
That you've been lying
Too blind to feel
I can find
What you're hiding
Dog-bite, angry on the inside
Your doing everything you can
To end this ride

And do you remember
How you lied to me?
Have you forgotten
Yeah, how I listened?
And do you remember
Where you lied to me
Underneath the bridge?
Did you listen?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

And do you remember
How you lied to me?
Have you forgotten
Yeah, how I listened?
And do you remember
Aw, where you lied to me
Underneath the bridge?
Did you listen?
No!

So kiss me again
Oh, before you lie to me
Ah, Down by the bridge
Yeah, down by the bridge
Yeah, down by the bridge

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Couldn't Know

Ah, the sun beats down
On my tan and my well-fed body
And the fishermen at the end of the pier
Strike a chord of curiosity
With their thick lines
Yeah, they've caught something big
And they asked me
Can I lend a hand?

Want you to see
What I, I could not see
I want you to know
What I, I could not know

They got the ropes down underneath her
And we started, to pull her up, as she
Started to abandon all her children
As she got along-side the pier
I stared into her one sad eye
And I, I began to dream

I want you to see
What I, I could not see
I want you to know
What I, I could not know
The most beautiful thing I'd ever seen
Oh she's, she's staring back at me

She, was eight feet long
And she weighed four hundred twenty pounds
And I'll name all her children
In hopes that they obtain
Some degree of her perfection
And it will take them all
Two years to hit the water

I want you to see
What I, I could not see
I want you to know
What I, I could not know

The most beautiful thing I'd ever seen
Oh she's staring back at me
And she's in my mind right now
Yeah, the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen

Alright, here's the rub
She, she's not comin'... back
Yeah, and that's why I sing this song

Hey, I could not know
What I got myself into
I could not see, what I'd become

I believe, I guess believing
Won't bring her on back
Yeah, take it away
Aw, everything
I'll sit on a ledge... outside
For the tenth time
Too wide
Don't wanna have to...

(back to top)

 

Pansy

Hey touch me, I am just an old man
Guess I'm on my way
Hey cut me, I am such a sick man
I guess it's best this way
Hey, Jackknife, you got all the answers
Give some back to me
And watch me die

I'm slidin' back and forth
I'm a coward
I'm losin' my control
I'm a pansy

Hey touch me, loosing, tired, beaten
Look at me and cry
Hey cut me, I just want to lay down
Long enough to die and die and die
Hey, Jackknife, this is all your fault now
Laugh and watch me die, just watch me die

I'm slicin' back and forth
I'm a coward
I'm losin' my control
I'm a pansy
Cut, me, Jackknife
Hold, me, Jackknife
Save, me, Jackknife

Lover, just hold me close
Lover, caress me
Lover, just hold me tight
Lover, just hold me close
Don't let me go
Just pull me tight
'Cause I'm already dead
'Cause, lover, I'm already dead
Now, Jackknife
Save me, Jackknife

(back to top)


Lolita


Hush child, or I'll close your pretty mouth.

Lolita, spread your pretty legs
So daddy can see just where he wants to pray
The sun shines through your flimsy dress
Put your little body on display
Yeah, I didn't mean to hit you so hard
I didn't mean to push you too far away
Yeah, I didn't mean to hurt you so bad
I didn't mean to push you too far away
For you to come back home

Lolita, stay, I can't hold anybody else
Lolita, go, I can't stand to see you play around

And every scar I leave on you
Reminds me of just how it used to be
Hey, you're just a little play thing
How come you mean so much to me?
Oh, stay with me, runaway, stay with me, hide away
Stay with me, get away
Ah, stay with me, go away
Stay with me, run away
I want you, to go
I want you to stay

Lolita, stay, I can't hold anybody else
Lolita, go, I can't stand to see you play around
I'm gonna tell you the way it's gonna be from now on

You're always gonna be my little girl.

Lolita, you, you can't stay
'Cause I won't keep you
And baby, you, you can't go
'Cause I won't let you
Aw, maybe I've asked for too much
And maybe I should not care
But why in heaven would you wanna stay?
Why the hell would I want you here
I really want you here
Child, it doesn't
Oh, matter what you ask
I'm gonna let you down
I know I'm never, never gonna be forgiven

Aw, won't you stay with me child.

(back to top)


Dragline

Big man, big hands
Strong back, strong mind
Golden glove, at 16
Good looking like Steve McQueen
I'm dumb, He's mad
I push to fight
He says, "Let's go"
I said, "All right"
Hey, I said, "Okay"

Yeah, Poppa bought a pick-up truck
With bottle tops and that's enough
A beat up piece of Chevrolet
Blue and white rustin' away
Aww, still we ride
Yeah, just father and son

Small child, front seat
Mouth in dad's ear
As they drive that truck
In the night, in the night
Looking up at the night
Through dark windshields
Buster Browns won't reach
I ask to drive
And he says, "Okay"

Well, Papa bought a pick up truck
With bottle tops and that's enough
A beat up piece of Chevrolet
Blue and white rustin' away
Aw, still we ride
Yeah, just father and son

Cool Hand says, "I'm a man who can eat fifty eggs"
And, "Sayin' it's your job, don't make it, make it right"
We laugh, we cry
We say, "That's right"
He says, "Let's drive"
We say, "All right"
Yeah, we said, "Okay"

Papa says, "Let's go for a ride"
"Oh, We'll grab a bite to eat"
"Hell boy, might even let you drive"
I said, "Hey pop, oh, turn up the radio"
"Aw, 'cause that's my favorite song"
"Hey, that's my favorite song"
As we went along
Oh, roll down your window
As we went along
Yeah, just father and son
Hey, just like we were
Yeah, a father and son
Hey Papa, "Dairy Queen sounds good to me"
And Papa, "Pull off here, I've got to take a leak"
And Papa, "You're gonna have to kill me, to keep me down"
And Papa, you laugh when I say,
"Move it up here, Dragline"
Oh, Dragline
Uh, uh, uh

(back to top)


Veronica

Jughead don't know what he's missin'
That redhead don't know what he's got
Betty should pick her friends a bit better
Ronnie knows what she's doing
What's hot is hot
Yeah, what's not is not

Veronica
See what she's got on
What you're doin's wrong
Or maybe it's too right

She dry strokes me with her wardrobe
Her tan shape just makes me sick
Her profile just takes away my weak legs
Aw, she's so smart
She's a pistol

Veronica
See what she's got on
What you're doin's wrong
Or maybe it's too right
She don't know me
She don't care to see me
Page after page I'm turnin'
Time after time I'm burnin'

Howdy Miss Lodge, you little cock tease, clothes horse, poor little rich girl
Why don't you come over here, so I can raise your little skirt up, over your narrow hips,
Oh, and spank your perfect ass, spank your perfect ass, spank your perfect ass.

Your little blonde friend can join right in.

Can you imagine
What she smells like?
Can you imagine, hey,
How her skin feels?
So well oiled
Such a bitch, so ready
My god, how my mind reels
Oh, how my mind reels

Veronica
Hey, I'd like to make you blush
Bet your carpets plush
I've probably said too much
You don't know me
You don't care to see me
Page after page I'm turnin'
Time after time I'm burnin'

(back to top)


One More Bottle

I snuck in your bedroom
To steal some change for booze
But all I found were love notes
From another... boy

I need a drink
I hit the streets
I'm in a bar
Tryin' to kill myself

With Old Bushmills
Beer and wine
'Cause I know when I get home you won't be there
You won't be there
And if you are
All you're gonna do is lie to me

You can't change the world
And I won't try to change you
So it's just another bottle
Yeah, one more drink

In a station, in D.C.
A huge black man
His eyes are full of love
I think of you
And is it any wonder
All our years have brought
Is a sort of pain

And I'm sure I can do without
You can't change the world
And I won't try to change you
So it's just another bottle
Yeah, let's all have
Yeah, one more drink

You'll make nice
And I'll play dumb
Walk on me
And asked me to come back
I guess I will
Or I'll be drunk again
Worrying about the spins
Yeah, I plan it that way
So I don't have to wonder
Wonder, where you are

So... it's one more bottle
Another drink before I hit the streets
In my bed, all sick and alone
Master of my own defeat

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Sugercane

She calls it "sugarcane"
And she says, and she says,
"Oh, but it tastes the same,
as Heaven", in her throat, as it drains
Strips off, her knee high socks
Plaid wool skirt, it won't hurt
Spreads lipstick on her
Full wide mouth
North and south
Painted nails
Reach for a smoke
And I have one more coke
Wired, Catholic, all girls school
You're so cool
So bored, you know
I'm not crazed
And I'm not mad
I'm just so sick
Of watching pretty girls
Doin' ugly things
Pretty girls, ugly things

3 o'clock
Girls come outta school
St. Teresa is a nice place for you
Get in the car and start to undress
Your face is quite a pretty mess
And I just take your hand
"How are you today?"
And I'm facin' what you say
"Hi... Oh, I'm fine."
"But I'd be just a little more..."
"If I could get..."
"Oh, can I get?"
"What I need..."
"Oh please, can I get..."
"Just a little more?"

Sarah
You spilled the tequila
You just laugh and say
"It was all dead weight; won't get us straight"
Mom and dad, away from home
We're on their bed, between the mirror
You just grin
She calls it "sugarcane"

(back to top)


Hard Pig

Get in the car boy.

1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Light and motion
Empty highway
Moving forward
Feeling my weight

1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Sound and tension
Teaching me time
Holdin' me down
Breaking my ass

There is no light
There is no light
Death is the hard song
There is no light
Death is the hard song.

Why make me a sinner when I do just what you say?
Why call me a killer if I give myself away?
I give up

1 - 2 - 3 - 4

I am reborn
Feeling new weight
I'm born of motion
Born of hate

There is no wrong
There is no right
There is no light
Death is the hard song

Why make me a sinner when I do just what you say?
Why call me a killer if I give myself away?
Why make me a sinner when I do just what you say?
Why call me a killer if I give myself away?

I slam in sideways through the door.
Sleek, but not sober.
Something in me open, unfinished.
I pull the sheet back off your unconscious form.
Shed the liquor from my coke bottle.
I get what I came for.
I find closure, I achieve [ ? ]
I take the matches from my pocket.
Yeah, I strike one.
I count to ten.
And I let the matches fall.
I let the matches fall.

[I'm a hard pig...]

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DEATH TO TRAITORS




No Suck Luck

["No home except for hotel rooms. Outlaw lifestyle, no security, sanity, break in the whole thing, drunk mental health and not knowing or wanting anything else."]

Everyone is lonely, lonely
Not me, I am only, only
Swingin' from the highest tree
Hung by my own rope, you see

Well, no such luck and got no home
And not one bed I call my own
I just want to be left alone
But there's no place that I call home

Everyone is bored and boring
Not me, I am drunk and roaring
Come on, have a drink with me
Whiskey cures insanity, yeah

Well, no such luck and got no home
And not one bed I call my own
Well, I could use some time alone
But there's no place that I call home

Small dog
On a short leash
Yeah, I'm a small dog
Sic 'em boy!

Well, no such luck and got no home
And not one bed I call my own
Well, I just wanna be left alone
But there's no place that I call home

Small dog
Short leash
Yeah I'm a small dog
On a short leash

Everyone is wrong
And I'm the one that's right
And everything's all wrong
But everything's okay, like it was today
It doesn't take much to feel this way
You're bored
You're not like me
I'm the luckiest man that you'll ever see
I'm on fire, but unharmed
Another day I've managed to keep the farm
So short, won't last long
I'm the one that's right and everyone is wrong

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Seasoned Glove

["Pete gave me the line 'Daddy, where have your shoes been' -- and I wrote the rest trying to put myself in his place as a kid. Pete calls it 'Seasoned Glove.'"]

This one is for my daddy
Oh, you know me, Daddy
Where you been hiding lately?
I ain't seen you lately
I miss your shoes on the doorstep
Whose doorsteps they on now?
I'm not trying to start a fight, here
I don't want to fight you
Is this my fault?
Is this my fault?

Well, Daddy, where have your shoes been?
Is this my fault, some kind of son's sin?
You've been gone for such a long time
You've been gone at just the wrong time

I know you like the ladies
Oh, you're a fool for the ladies
What about your home and your babies?
Well, I ain't a baby
I'm tired of watching the cars pass
I fell asleep at my window
Is this some sort of punishment?
Did I hurt your feelings?
I miss your shoes on the doorstep
Please be there when I get home

Oh Daddy, where have your shoes been?
Is this my fault, some kind of son's sin
You've been gone for such a long time
You've been gone at just the wrong time
Hey Daddy, please tell me
Hey Daddy, where have your shoes been?
Please say that this is not my fault
Something I did
Some kind of son's sin
You've been gone for such a long time
You've been gone at just the wrong time
Hey Daddy, please tell me

Slept on my glove last night
Waited all day to see if you'd make it home
Today was our day
Or have you forgotten?

Hey Daddy, I'm just a kid
Take a minute, think about what you did
I'm starting to feel a bit cheated
Come home and make me feel needed
Please come home and make me feel needed
Hey Daddy, please tell me
Oh Daddy, where have your shoes been?
Please say that this is not my fault
Something I did
Some kind of son's sin
You've been gone for such a long time
You've been gone at just the wrong time
Hey Daddy, please tell me
 

(back to top)

 

Hope I Die Tonight

["Thinking about such a rare night at my own house with my girl and my dog. Alice having made dinner and we got dressed up to have a nice meal 'cause I was leaving the next day and everything was so perfect and I knew that it would never last; and I guessed it would never come again and realizing this, I never wanted to leave this moment, and I thought that I wanted to die because that was it."]

If I stay too long
Would you ask me not to go?
When I squeeze to hard
Would you stop and tell me so?
I never seem to know
If I push to far, babe
It just don't make things right tonight
If just tonight, everything's all right

I hope I die tonight
Everything's too perfect now
My breath away
Goin' in one direction-- you
Hope I die tonight

A bitter fruit to swallow
Are you afraid to take it whole?
A simple truth to follow
A simple truth we'll never know
The simple things we just let go
I bite my tongue to speak now
Afraid that this will go too fast
These perfect moments never last

And if I die tonight
That would be all right with me
My breath away
Goin' in one direction-- you
Hope I die tonight
Everything is easy here
Hope I die tonight
Better that than without you
Hope I die tonight

Why is my heart always angry
My heart is always filled with rain
Your kisses seem to warm the rain

Don't believe in morning
Never see it anyway
There is no tomorrow
And there never was today
Let's burn tonight, not fade away

I hope I die tonight
Everything's too perfect
Now my breath away
Goin' in one direction-- you
Hope I die tonight
Everything is easy here
I hope I die tonight
Better that than without you
I hope I die tonight yeah
Everything's too perfect now

Never fade away, no

(back to top)

 

Swollen

Frankie had this old two door
An Oldsmobile seventy-four
It rode six inches off the ground
It must have weighed ten thousand pounds
But when Frank left it just broke down
Like our young hearts

We worked together every day
And rode together every night
We kept the cooler in the trunk full
We spent our summers in that car
It was our bedroom and our bar
Like our young hearts

And we're riding
In that beat up car
Just riding
With our swollen hearts
Yeah, I'm missin'
I miss that beat up car
Like our young hearts
I think about it still

Like how we'd drive
All night
Driving after dark
Gonna meet our girlfriends at the park
And then we'd go
Riding... Riding for the sake of riding
We're riding for the sake of riding
Riding for the sake riding
Riding for the sake of...

Riding in that beat up car now
Our young hearts, our young hearts swollen shut
Well, I think that
I think that mine is still now
I think you, I think you miss it too
Like my young heart
Like your young, young heart

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Last One

[GRANT: "Comes a time (or age) when you have to weed out the peripheral players in your life and concentrate on the few that really matter. 'Last One' is about taking that energy and not making the same mistakes over and over."]

Only when I'm sure she's sleeping will I look
She said that only when there sleeping
She'll slip away
There's just one more
And I'm fairly sure
That she would wait up all night for me
It's good to know
There's someone who cares
And maybe someday take care of me

I won't bring you down
I won't bring you down

And only when I'm sure she's sleeping will I look
She's said that only when there sleeping
She'll slip away
We saw the clouds
And all of the kids who knew my name
There's just one more
And I'm fairly sure
She would wait up all night for me

I won't bring you down
I won't bring you down
I won't bring you down
I won't bring you
Won't bring you down

I'm not gonna hurt you
And I'll try real hard not to push you
And I promise that I will
And I'll try real hard
And I'll try real hard
I won't bring you down

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Death to Traitors

["HD, the music biz: where good things go to die and end up buried by the bad taste of all who run it and don't understand it. I'll never forget the realizations and disappointments I've had to take in the last year of my life and this song only scratches the surface of my disgust."]

Stole her skirt
Left the band
You slashed the tires
On our van

You're the kind of person that I would go to jail for
The kind of things I hate, well, other people live for
Traitor is a game that I would never play
Traitor is a name that I would never have
You won't do this again
You won't do this again
You won't do this again
You won't do this again

Death to traitors
Yeah, death to every single one
Death to traitors
It hurts to be let down
Death to traitors
Yeah, kill the ones you know
Death to traitors
You won't let me down

Stood up, instead
You raped her out on highway 40
You picked a fight
He broke your nose
He stained your shirt

You're the kind of person, that I would go to jail for
The kind of things I hate, well, other people live for
Traitor is a game that I would never play
Traitor is a name that I would never have
You won't do this again
You won't do this again
You won't do this again
You won't do this again

Death to traitors
Death to every single one
Death to traitors
It hurts to be let down
Death to traitors
Yeah, kill the ones you know
Death to traitors
You won't let me down again

We took you in
Made you part of our family
You took our trust
And made it part of your credentials
The world would be better off without you
So answer, friend, a simple question
Don't you know who we are?
That's the way of the world
You're gonna need us again
That's the way of the world
You're gonna need us again
Well, that's the way of the world
You won't do this again

Et tu brute
Have you misplaced your knife?
Judas, what's this?
A friendly kiss?

Death To Traitors
Yeah death to every single one
Death to traitors
It hurts to be let down
Death to traitors
Kill the ones you know
Death to traitors
You won't let me down again
Never been one, never be one
Hurts to be let down
Never been one, never be one
Kill the ones you know
Death to traitors
Yeah, death to every single one
Death to traitors
You won't let me down again

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Built Low

["About me moving fast, close to the ground, hard to hurt or damage -- tongue in cheek -- well now I guess you found me so?"]

Well now, I guess you found me
Let your body cup around me
Have your daddy up and down me
Let my enemies surround me
Was I dumb to stand so tall?
Was I dumb to stand at all?
Is that what brought you here?
Is that what draws you near?
Well, you ain't seen nothing yet

Yeah, watch how low I get
Yeah, get much lower yet
No depths where I won't go
Thank god I'm built so low

In a way I guess you know me
But no way have you outgrown me
Go on and reap you've sown me
Girl you know I owe you only
Was I dumb to stand so tall?
Was I dumb to stand at all?
Is what I sense now fear?
Is that what draws you near?
Well, you ain't seen nothing yet

Yeah, watch how low I get
Yeah, get much lower yet
No depths where I won't go
Thank god I'm built so low
Afraid of heights
Afraid to go higher
Get down closer to the wire
Thank god I'm built so low

In a way I guess you had me
Now you think you can tell me what's bad for me
Well, how sad for me

Turn away because you know me
Turn around because I'm built so low
Thank the serpent for the apple
Eve was bored before he made the show
Come on deeper to the bottom
Sink your ship, it's better down below
Check around before you meet me
Know this one before it's time to go
Burn this one because you know me
Burn this one because I'm built so low
Thank god I'm built so low
It's built low
Built so low
Built so low
Built so low

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Glue Mouth Kid

["Jesse, our crazy Indian roommate, got some glue in his mouth while he was missing his dog (which we called Kid) who never came back; but it's like me because I don't take anything too seriously because there's nothing good or bad that saying doesn't make it so -- nothing so heavy as to keep the sun from coming up, nothing matters and even if it did, it wouldn't matter -- life is a comedy for those who think, a tragedy for people who feel; both for me."]

I'd like to think that I'm important
I'd like to think I count for something
Please tell me it's not vanity, 'cause

Sun comes up, yeah
It comes up every morning
Sun keeps shining
Yeah, with or without me
Sun comes up, yeah
It comes up every morning

Did I forget and leave the lights on?
Are these the right words for song?
It doesn't matter much to me, 'cause

Sun comes up yeah
It comes up every morning
Sun keeps shining
With or without me
Sun comes up, yeah
It comes up every morning

Tell me I won't be forgotten
Yeah, lie to me, the truth is rotten
Please cater to my sanity, 'cause

Sun comes up yeah
It comes up every morning
Sun keeps shining
Oh, with or without me
Sun come upstairs
It comes up every morning

Numbed a few, yet warmed the many
I numbed a few, yet warmed the many
Just another of too many
Numbed a few, yet warmed the many
Just another of too many

Hell, I know that I'm not important
And I don't care or count for nothing
I know it's all my vanity, yeah
It's my vanity

Sun comes up, yeah
It comes up every morning
The sun keeps shining
With or without me
Sun come upstairs
It comes up every morning
It keeps on rising, keep on shining
With or without me
Oh, with or without me
With or without me

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Texas

[MARK: "Texas was a letter to Hamlet, my crazy dog; it didn't' make much sense so Grant suggested a different rhythm, but I couldn't do it so Grant sang the first part. I kept the break and then we came together in the end. I don't think the part that Grant sings is about my dog even though I think he liked Hamlet. Hamlet was never in Texas although I think he would have liked it because they have a lot in common."
GRANT: "Didn't know that was ever about Hamlet, but the hand I lent to finishing that song seems to work just the same. From where I sit right now, on my front porch -- Kansas, mid-June, that feels like the most vital song on the record. It's an important song for Mark and me together and alone -- and I did like Hamlet."]

Do you remember driving up in Utah
Stack of tapes to keep us listening
Driving east into the rising sun
Snow kept coming hard as ever
And even though I've never told you
Those were the best days that I've ever known
I know where the path should go
It may be far, but at least it's home
How it feels, I just don't know
I said, I know where the path should go
It may be far, but at least it's home
How it feels, I just don't know
I'm already set to go

Do you remember driving up in Utah
Stack of tapes to keep us listening
Driving east into the rising sun
Snow came down as hard as ever
And even though I've never told you
Those were the best days that I've ever known
I know where the path should go
It may be far, but at least it's home
How it feels, I just don't know
I said, I know where the path should go
It may be far, but at least it's home
How it feels I just don't know
I'm already set to go
I said, I'm already set to go
To get on up and get on out to Texas

Tell everybody I said "Hey"
Would you make sure my dog's bowl is kept full
It seems like it's been a long time
It feels like it's been a while
I wouldn't know, these days just roll on by
Days just roll on, they just go on by
Like these Texas roads

Do you remember driving all night long?
They just go on by
Do you remember?
These roads we're on
Do you remember driving all night long?
I didn't know you were there
Do you remember?
Take care
Do you remember driving all night long?
I hope to see you soon
I hope to be there soon
Do you remember?

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Max The Silent

["Is about safety, taking care of your brother, about standing up when it's a hard thing to do and knowing your brother will do the same for you. Max is a character in a series of books by Andrew Vachas, a huge Mongolian who is a martial arts king and the best friend you could have and how you want to be a friend like that to the people that you care about -- to my brothers."]

Gonna spend the night in mama's kitchen
Gonna spend the night with you
If someone wants to hurt you
I'm the one they must get through
Everybody needs a friend
And baby, I'm the last one that you have

You don't have to be a target
Everybody's gotta die
Brother before you do
You're gonna know the reason why
Everybody needs a strong arm
And I got the strongest one around

Yeah if you want to make it to the morning light
Goal is not to win, it's simply to survive
But you've got that target painted

My mouth don't work for talking
That's not the way I speak
Not saying I'm the strongest
Not calling you too weak
Right now you need a friend
And brother, I'm the only one that you have

And if you wanna make it to the morning light
Goal is not to win, it's simply to survive
But you've got that target painted
Oh, right between your eyes
So keep your head down and hide
I'm gonna keep you alive to see the morning light

There's nothing cruel about me
I'm gonna keep you clean
Don't care just how I do it
That's what a brother means
You've been down for me before
And I think I like you best left alive

And if you want to make it to the morning light
Goal is not to win, it's simply to survive
But you've got that target painted
Right between your eyes
So keep your head down and hide
I'm gonna keep you alive to see the morning light

I'm gonna take care of you
In a bad way, someone has to
You can't just walk around
With that target painted
Right between your eyes
So keep your head down and hide
I'm gonna keep you alive to see the morning light

Life taking, widow makin'
Max the silent
Life takin', widow makin'
Max the silent
Life takin', widow makin'
Max the silent
Life takin', widow makin'

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Sweet Sally Brown

["Obviously the song is enmeshed in a histrionic half-truth but I don't feel like saying more. Please forgive me. Can you hear the message in the beginning and end of the song?"]

Is she just a tease?
Did I vent her ass around?

I heard her voice on the radio
I don't know how, she was talking to me
I heard her voice on the radio
They come into my home
I don't know how, I know she needed
Her song was there just to reach me
It didn't take me long to find the pathway to her door

When I walked into her home
She was there all alone
When I walked into her home
I don't know why she wasn't glad to see me
When I walked into her home
She was there all alone
When I walked into her home
I don't know why she wasn't glad to see me

Sweet Sally Brown, just give me
Never wanted something so bad
Don't try and walk out the door
Sweet Sally Brown, forgive me
But I know that you need me
Don't pull the trigger on love

Now I'm here because you want me
Now I'm here because you asked me
You know I'll do the right thing
Don't try and get away
All I wanted was to touch you
That's what you sung to me to
Now I'll have to wonder why my
Heart burns with shame
Just put the gun down
I know you'll never hurt me
Just put your fear away
Come into my arms
Just put the gun down
I know you'll never hurt me
Just put your fear away
Come into my arms

Sweet Sally Brown, just give me
Never wanted something so bad
Don't try and walk out the door
Sweet Sally Brown, forgive me
But I know that you need me
Don't pull the trigger on love
Just throw your fear away

Are you a witch?
Did you mean to pull the trigger?
Did the right one fall?
Hell I thought I was somebody
Is this the way
That we belong together?
Is this the way
We're gonna stay
I wanna stay forever

Sweet Sally Brown, just give me
Never wanted something so mad
Don't try and walk out the door
Sweet Sally Brown, forgive me
But I know that you need me
Don't pull the trigger on love
Just throw your fear away
Yeah, throw your fear away
Damn, yeah, I wish I was your lover

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Badger

["When we were recording the first record, I was living in the Hotel Edgewater in Madison, and I was losing my mind; they put my dog to sleep. I spent Thanksgiving with the blue plate special and just crazy, crazy -- watching Rush Limbaugh and Saved By The Bell and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Alice took a plane to Chicago and came up to see me and it felt like an oasis of just quiet sanity that was so nice, but of course it didn't last and the bus that I put her on when she left was the Badger bus line."]

I took you down to the station
And I bought your ticket
Lord, I hate to see you go

And as you walk away
Please don't turn around, 'cause
I know you'd hate to see me cry
But I put you on that bus
And as it pulls away
You know I'd really rather be...

Oh, anywhere but here
Nowhere else but here
Anywhere but here
I wish I could take you there, now

Sit around the hotel room
We're playing cards for nickels
It should always be this way
But I'm just a man
And you're a bit too crazy
And being together's always hard
So I put you on that bus
But as it pulls away
You know I'd really rather be...

Oh, anywhere but here
Nowhere else but here
Anywhere but here
I wish I could take you there, now
'Cause I sure as hell don't wanna be here
Oh, now that you're gone
Oh, now that you're gone
Oh, now that you're gone

So now you're gone
And it's my fault
And now that you're gone
I just had this thought
That I can hardly wait to see you
I can hardly wait to be...
Oh, anywhere but here

But I'm just a man
And you're a bit too crazy
And being together is always hard
Lord knows I'd rather be...

Oh, anywhere but here
Nowhere else but here
Anywhere but here
I wish I could take you there, now
'Cause I sure as hell don't wanna be here
Oh, now that you're gone
Oh, now that you're gone
Oh, now that you're gone
I can hardly wait to see you
I can hardly wait to see you

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Peach

(instrumental)

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Sunflower

["About Lawrence, Kansas."]

When I stumble
Yeah, I'm the one whose lame
If you fall down
Why call out my name?
Your mouth it moves to call my name
When you go down
You got no one else to blame

Unless I'll make you somehow know I feel the same
Unless you put us down again, I'll give the same
So what?
And if you fail you'll say that I'm to blame
Yeah, right
Hey, Sunflower

When I stumble
Yeah, it comes as no surprise
Convince yourself
With your little lies
Your mouth it moves to form your lies
Instead of crying, why don't you get wise?

Unless you rate me so much, now I feel the same??
Unless you put us down again, I'll give the same
Who cares?
And if you fail you'll say that I'm to blame
Yeah, right
Yeah, Sunflower

Can't put out
And you won't shut up
Can't put out
And you won't shut up
If I poisoned you
Oh, tell me I'm to blame
If you live or die
To me it's all the same
Hey, Sunflower, can't you...
Grow in a mind up there, we're the same (??)
Unless you make your summer now I feel the same
Unless you put us down again, I'll give the same
Who cares?
And if you fail you'll say that I'm to blame
Yeah, right
Oh, Sunflower

Give a little garden for the growing seeds
There's gotta be someone who'll pull the weeds
You come to insult a man of my wealth
The only harm done, you did to yourself
You're sinking, you're falling, you're failing
I'm shining like a star

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HOME IS A STRANGE PLACE



Ruby Red

Baby, you sweet as watermelon
Ruby red, down to the rind
Oh baby, you sweet as watermelon
Yeah, ruby red, down to the rind
Oh, why you gotta leave me hungry
When I love that fruit so fine

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One Handed In The Redroom

My girl has a redroom
Beneath her man's bedroom
Knows I love her ass
Shakes it for me now
I got my mind of her red
Mind of her red
Mind of her red
I got my mind of her red

I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick, I was trapped inside her redroom
Now I'm better
Now much better
Now I'm better
Now I'm better, now

She won't let me touch it
She won't let me kiss it
Keeps it clean for her man
Shows me all she can
Mind of her red
I got my mind of her red.
Mind of her red.
I got my mind of her red.

I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick, I was trapped inside her redroom
Now I'm better
Now much better
Now I'm better
Now I'm better, now

You fucked with me for so long
You love to have me hold on, don't you?
But, I can only stroke it so long
Before I grow balls big enough to say, "so long"

Mind of her red
Mind of her red
Mind of her red
I got my of her red

I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside

Get back, get back you motherfucker
Get back, get back I'm goin' red
Get back, get back you motherfucker
Get back, get back I'm goin' home

Redrooms out tonight

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Blow Wind

Outside, the lines are down
Fran has cut deep
Sky and the ground, look like they're ripped
Hundred year old trees, out in the street

Blow wind, tell me my future
Get down, Moses

I knew the boy from a house down the way
Good looking kid, strong for his age
Live line, on the ground, snaking its way

Blow wind, tell me my future
Get down, Moses

Please God help me to forget I'm alive
Its a high price to pay for a misunderstanding
Its a high price to pay for where I was standing
Only 18 and just hard of hearing

Blow wind, tell me my future
Get down, Moses

I was in his ground, helped clear the way
I saw the line. "Get out of the way!"
Moses stood up, "What did you say?"

Please God help me to forget I'm alive
It's a high price to pay for a misunderstanding
It's a high price to pay for where I was standing
Now I'm only 18 and I'm just hard of hearing
Won't you keep him alive
Long enough, to say goodbye
Won't you keep him alive long enough till I say goodbye

Carolina Power line
Cut free and cut him so quickly
Carolina Power line
Cut free and cut him so deeply
Blow wind
Tell me how it all ends
Tell me my future
Blow wind
And tell me how it all ends
Tell me my future

Blow wind, tell me my future
Get down, Moses

If this my last storm
Yeah, if this is my last storm
Yeah, if this is my last storm
Let the wind blow

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Into The Woods

(instrumental)

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Naiad

Forgotten all about the moth
That old fag had given me
Kept the cocoon safe and warm in my kitchen
Until the day that she broke free
But she would not leave me
I guess she thought I was...
I guess she thought I was her...
I guess she thought I was...
I guess she thought I was...

My love won't let her learn to fly
My heart won't let her say goodbye
If she don't leave me she will die
My heart won't let her learn to fly

She hung around outside for days
Even though she knew no cage
Kept her off the roof at night
Trying to keep her warm
I could not stand to let her go
And I could see her dying

I guess she thought I was...
I guess she thought I was her...
I guess she thought I was...
I guess she thought I was...

My love won't let her, learn to fly
My heart won't let her, say goodbye
If she don't leave me, she will die
My heart won't let her, learn to fly

Yeah, go on now and leave me
Go on now and leave me
Go on now and leave me
Go on now

Come on and say it
Come on and say my name before you leave me
I want to hear you say it one more time now
One more time again before you leave me

My love won't let her learn to fly
My heart won't let her say goodbye
If she don't leave me she will die
My heart won't let her learn to fly

My love will last until it dies
My love will last until it tries to leave me

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Home Is a Strange Place

Remember in your car?
You played a song for me
I didn't know it then
I think I loved you just a little
Why did you have to go?
The years were all a storm
Me, I rode it clean
Without roots, you got washed away
So many ways we die
The friends we leave behind
You never thought of home
But now you...
But now you feel it comin'
Been this way before
Were you kicking as you fell?
The secrets that you know
Was this a...
Is this a birth or dyin'?

Your goin' home
And it is such a strange place
And I'm gonna miss this
Still I can feel you goin'
And now your goin' home

I hear you ask yourself
If this is all there is
But in your room alone on the chair.
How did you justify this?
Stumble towards the light
Did it take your breathe away?
Did you still feel you were right?
Or could you...
Or would you now deny this?
Not enough rope
Not enough time
Not enough man to keep you from swingin'

Your goin' home
And it is such a strange place
And I'm gonna miss this
Still I can feel you goin'
Yeah, not enough time
To keep you, to keep you
Not enough earth
Inside you, inside you
Yeah, not enough rope
Untie this, untie this
Yeah, not enough man to save you
Don't leave me hangin'

When you get home
Light a light for me
I'm smart enough to know
I'm comin' right behind you

Your goin' home
And it is such a strange place
And I'm gonna miss this
But still I can feel you goin'
Yeah, not enough time to keep you, to keep you
Not enough earth inside you, inside you
Yeah, not enough rope, untie this, untie this
Yeah, not enough man to save you
Don't leave me hangin'

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Oily Rags

Walkin' on eggs shells
Kickin' around in boots too big
Makin' me think it's someone else

Fuckin' with my head
Pullin' my hair out fist and pump(?)
Think I've found the road to hell

Livin' in your dream
Enough to make a good man bad
Screamin' away from the place you live

Now that I've left you
Everything fits where it belongs
Leaving you was my best to give

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RARE TRACKS


30 Days

???

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Cowpoke

Well, I'm another dollar short, another day late
I'm always wrong no matter what I say
Truck got a flat and you got mad
Throwing beer cans, whatever you had
Walk to town alone, I didn't want to care
I feel better having you near, so climb in
I'm in a small cafe still outside of town
Not even sure you want me around
Two fifty down on a dollar tab
Couple more bucks and I will call a cab
And climb in, do do do do
Climb in, do do do do do do
I'm riding into town on a flat tire
I wanna make it to you somehow, climb in
Climb in, the time is ours to hold
Climb in, before we get too old and all
Yeah, climb in, the time is ours to hold
Climb in, before we get too old and all

Not a single thing to do but think about it twice
Six pack on the floor could use a little ice
Wrote it in blue, and rolling the dice
Being with you is just another vice
Riding on the shoulder back into town
Tryin' to get you to climb on in
Yeah, I'm rolling into town on a flat tire
I'm gonna make it to you somehow, climb in
Climb in, the time is ours to hold
Climb in, before we get too old and all
Yeah, climb in, the time is ours to hold
Climb in, before we get too old and all
Climb in, before we get too old
Before we get too old and all

So what if the trucks got a flat. It still runs
Just need to drop it into second
Pull on the side of the road, take things kinda slow
Wind comin' in through the window feels cool on my face
Radios' playin 'baby, where'd our love go'
When I see you walking all mad up ahead
You turn around surprised
I pull along side you, kick open the door
You turn to me and smile and then, boy do I feel good


And if the loving don't kill us
Then we won't wanna die

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I Know Where You Sleep

When I was a boy
Hey, I thought that souls should help
That god was a bible friend (?)
Hey, where will you be in the end?
You filled me with your words
You shake my hand

But I know where you sleep
Yeah, that's not an idle threat
Well, I know where you sleep
Just when you rest your head

So go on and rest your head
And close your narrow eyes
The damage has been done
Yeah, you cut me, down to size
Well, I'm still on my feet
You're never gonna get what you want from me

But I know where you sleep
Yeah, that's not an idle threat
And I know where you sleep
Just when you rest your head

Yeah, I know
And you can't stop me
And I know
That you're gonna try
Well, say goodbye
To all the little things you keep
Because I know
I know where you sleep
And I plan
And you may think I'm fussy
You make me a nothing man
Sure you go on thinking that
You're a child lost in his box of sand
Sure, stop me
If you can

But I know where you sleep
Yeah, that's not an idle threat
Well, I know where you sleep
Just when you rest your head

Your move
You're afraid
Stop me
Well, I know
You're gonna try
Say good bye
Say good bye
Say good bye

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Imaginary Lover

(Written by Buddy Buie/Robert Nix/Dean Daugherty. Originally performed by Atlanta Rhythm Section.)

Imaginary lovers
Never let you down
When all the others turn you away
They're around

It's my private pleasure
Midnight fantasy
Someone to share my wildest dreams with me

Imaginary lover
Imaginary lover
Your mine, oh yeah

Imaginary lovers, don't feel what you feel
And real-life situations lose their thrill
Imaginations unreal
Imaginary lover
Imaginary lover
Your mine, all the time

They'll always be there when you need

Satisfaction guaranteed
Imaginary lover
Imaginary lover
Your mine, all the time
Your mine
Your mine, mine
Your mine
Your mine
Your mine
Your mine

I have imagined you're in love all the time
I have imagined and you're a love out of sight

Alright

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Kid Cotton

Johnny
Lay your sickle down
Cut this shit out
Lay your sickle down
You're my only boy
That wouldn't break a fly
I don't choose her
It came undone that night
I know you're mad
You feel betrayed, confused
Take your mama's side
You're the one thing
I can't stand to lose

Blue-eyed boy
Your hair so blonde it's white
Come out of the darkness
And come into the light
Your face is like a chain
You bring to lead me home
Time and time again
You're the only one
Pretty boy

The road is alone and empty enough without you lying in it
My boy
The road is already but sad enough without you dying in it

Johnny
I'm so glad to shine
Wipe away your tears
Let your bottle shine
Your overalls aren't much against the cold
Not much anger
Can your pockets hold
Pretty boy

The road is sad and hot enough without you lying in it
Yeah, boy
The road is alone and empty enough without you dying in it

My boy reminds me
Of all discrepancies
Between how it is
And how it's supposed to be
Here I am, Lord
So take another one
Cotton's perfect
But he's the only one
My boy reminds me
Of all discrepancies
Between who I am
And who I'm supposed to be
Blue-eyed boy
Hair so blonde it's white
Let your eyes shine
Come back into the light
I need to get Cotton back
If we get Cotton back
We'll get Cotton back
Please, boy

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Remora

You know life runs after me
Get in after me
Like Pavlov's Dog
I'm like a bell that's ringing
Start drooling at the mouth when you see me
Leave all the work to me
Untie your big bone

Yeah, you're remora
I did remora
I had remora

I'm your mom up on the porch
Come and get it
Accomplish something for yourself
If I'm not back yet
Eat a sturdy, perfect host
To keep you well fed
For a parasite like you
Leftovers will do

Goodness, you're remora
I do remora
Yeah, I had remora

More, more, more remora
More, more, more remora
More, more, more remora
Come on let us play along, yeah
Stay away from my mouth, yeah
You know I would hate to hurt you
I'll make sure to leave the scraps out

Yeah, you're remora
Did remora
Had remora

"Ok, the Allman Brothers Band"

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School

(Written by Kurt Cobain. Originally performed by Nirvana)

Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck

No recess
No recess
No recess

Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck

No recess
No recess
No recess

You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again
You're in high school again

No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess
No recess

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Slowburn

Break into the warehouse on graduation night
Drunk, laughing, fall around
Oily rags in our hands
Matches fallin' out of our pockets

Yeaaaah!

Keep the car runnin'
Don't leave the lights on
Got a job to do
Won't be back until it's done
Grab a beer
Watch 'em all burn
Burn down, down
To the ground
Feel the heat
Hear the sound
You got slow
Before it starts to burn
Use a little more gas
Just a little bit spun
Start it off

Keep the car runnin'
Don't leave the lights on
Got a job to do
Won't be back until it's done
Grab a beer
Watch 'em all burn
Burn down, down
To the ground
Feel the heat
Hear the sound
You got slow
Before it starts to burn
Use a little more gas
Just a little bit spun
Start it off
Slow...
Burn...
Got a light?
Let's watch it burn!

WATCH... IT... BURN!
WATCH... IT... BURN!
WATCH... IT... BURN!

Yeaaaah!

Keep the car runnin'
Don't leave the lights on
Got a job to do
Won't be back until it's done
Grab a beer
Watch 'em all burn
Burn down, down
To the ground
Feel the heat
Hear the sound
You got slow
Before it starts to burn
Use a little more gas
Just a little bit spun
Start it off
Slow...
Burn...
Got a light?
LET'S WATCH IT BURN!

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St. Jude

[Sean: About a friend of Mark's that died in a car accident. She was young and it didn't seem right that she lost her life so early. I think you can pretty much make that assumption just by listening to the lyrics and reading this poem he wrote;

"Now Even More Perfect\ In the Rain After St. Jude's"
Her mother doesn't wear her seat belt anymore.
She knows it doesn't matter.
The world just eats
and it burns
and it never gives up it's dead.]

I was on my knees
Last time I saw you
My suit was black
My voice was tremblin'
When I said hello,
Frankie helped me to my feet
I could not stand
It looked as though you're sleepin'
Yeah, why her instead?

St. Jude
Did you let me down?
Hey, St. Jude
Yeah, who do I pray to now?

My shoes are wet
As I walked to where they laid you
Your sister could not speak
But there's somethin' left to say
An only question
And one that needs asking
Why her instead?
Why her instead of me?
Yeah, why her instead?

Ah, St. Jude
Did you let me down
Hey, St, Jude
Yeah, who will I pray to now

In Boston's heart
On a rainy Mother's Day
Wanna burn the town down
And bring you back to Kansas
Where I have somethin' left to say
I don't believe in God
I don't believe in you no more
I don't believe in God
I don't believe in God no more
Why her instead?

Ah, St. Jude
Did you let us all down?
Hey, St. Jude
Who do I pray to?
Not my wife
Not my sister
Not my song to sing
And still I miss her
I don't believe in you
I don't believe in anything
Yeah, I don't believe in anything

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Street Justice

(Originally performed by Twisted Sister)

It happened
In the broad daylight
So unexpected came the night
A child's scream
Sliced through the air
But no one came
Or seemed to care

Why won't you do what's fair?
Call for street justice
Let no mercy show
Call for street justice
Don't you let him go
Call for street justice

The man's description
Did little good
A local stranger
From the neighborhood
All the little kids
He left behind
With their mangled lives
And their tortured minds

Since the law don't seem to care
Call for street justice
Why don't you do what's fair?
Call for street justice
How many have to die?
Call for street justice

A man was caught
And brought before a judge
Who had just returned
From a three drink lunch
His lawyer screamed, "You must set him free"
And off he went
On a technicality

Before you shake your head
Call for street justice
Long, long time to sin
Call for street justice
Tell me what do to
Call for street justice
Pray this isn't true
Call for street justice
Watch your parents cry
Call for street justice
How many have to die?
Call for street justice
Call for street justice

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Suicide Shift

Yeah, this is my last grace
I've got to make it, I've got to make it count
I'm out front and lost
Screamin' around the turn
I'm out front and lost
I slam it into third
Their getting close
The tires start to burn

Yeah, I'm out front and lost
The eight ball clutch, the eight ball clutch in hand
The engine whines, wants to blow
No way I'll let it go
Engine cries, wants to blow
A secret takes my fate
No way I'll lose
A secret takes my faith

I've got four miles and three years to go
Yeah, and I got flames, flickin'
To reach you, burns here on my face
I got flames kissing the gas tank
It's my last race
The tire splits open, four my wheels
The tire cracks open, the road wants me to win
Something on the radio
Yeah, she wants me to win
I finger the switch
Oh, pour the nitrous tank

Yeah, I explode over the finish line
Out front... I've lost... I've thrown it all away
They'll make my grave under the finish line
And they'll mark my grave all under the finish line

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Surrender

(Written by Rick Nelson. Originally performed by Cheap Trick)

Mother told me, yeah she told me
I'd meet girls like you
She also told me to stay away
You never know what you'll catch

Just the other day I heard of a soldier's falling off
Some Indonesian junk that's going around

I said your mommy's alright and your daddy's alright
They just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ayyy

Father says, "Your mother's right
She's really up on things
Before we married, mommy served
In the WACs in the Philippines"

Now I had heard the WACs recruited
Old maids for the war
But mommy isn't one of those
I've known her all these years

I said your mommy's alright and your daddy's alright
They just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ayyy

Whatever happened to all the season's
Loser's of the year
Every time I got to thinking
Then they'd disappear

When I woke up, mom and dad
Were rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling
Got my Kiss records out!

I said your mommy's alright and your daddy's alright
They just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ayyy
Away, yeah
Away, yeah

Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away
Surrender, surrender
But don't give yourself away
We're all alright
We're all alright
We're all alright
We're all alright!
We're all alright!
We're all alright!
Alright!

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Two Brothers

Two brothers loaded down for bed
When the trooper pulled us over
Could have been in jail a long time
Could have been a little sober
Always felt safe beside you
You got us off the hook
Of course, we walked away
I always thought you would, yeah

And everybody loves a winner
You never were a second stringer
Keep on callin' me from Nashville
And everybody loves a winner

Keep on runnin' brother
Never let them catch you
We can rest a while
Off the beaten track
Underneath the bridge
We'll be together once again
Always thought we would, yeah

And everybody loves a winner
You never were a second stringer
Keep on callin' me from Memphis
And everybody loves a winner

Keep on runnin' brother
And never let them catch you
Keep on runnin' brother
And never let them catch you
I know a place where we can rest
About a mile away from here
I know a place where we can rest
About a mile away from here

And in a field of black-eyed susans
Shared a beer with you, and
And in a field of black-eyed susans
I will not forget you
I sleep late every mornin'
And you are on the run, yeah
I sleep late every mornin'
And your on the run, but
I will not forget you
I will not forget you
I will not forget you
I will not forget you
And I will not forget you
I will not forget you
I will not forget you
I will not forget you

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