take a bite right out of me
and burn the rest in effigy
hang me from the family tree
and what you try to steal
will one day set me free
is this what you've come to see
all this blood I've got to bleed
southern fruit cut from the tree
and burning through the heart
with no apology
I'm coming back for you
yeah yeah
I sing the Devil's blues
yeah yeah
I'm burning like a star
searching for a fool
so give me what you lose
yeah yeah
I will keep this little seed
it won't be beat by no police
I will swallow it for me
so cut me from the poplar tree
I have been received
I'm coming back for you
yeah yeah
I sing the Devil's blues
yeah yeah
I'm burning like a star
searching for a fool
so give me what you lose
yeah yeah
I'm coming back for you
yeah yeah
I'm coming back for you
yeah yeah
I'm coming back for you
yeah
I'm coming back for you
yeah yeah yeah
coming back for you
yeah yeah
Say, what you wanna say but it don't matter
Do what you wanna do but we don't care
You haven't anything that we would bother
You haven't anything that we would dare
That's what you get for being afraid
That's what you get for staying away
Say, what you wanna say but it don't matter
Do what you wanna do but we don't care
You haven't anything that we would bother
You haven't anything that we would dare
That's what you get for being afraid
That's what you get for staying away
Go on regret do it anyway
On the blank lines ring the words right
Sing the same things for the new fight
Did you forget? I give it my best but only walk the worst
And when the song rings through your new skin, will you listen
I will go back to the sound
With good luck, with good luck
If you keep the backbeat down
With good luck, with good luck
On the same lines it's about time
Curse the sad site of your white trite and it's always the same
I give it away but it just comes right back
But when the song rings through your new skin, will you listen?
I will go back to the sound
With good luck, with good luck
If you keep the backbeat down
With good luck, with good luck
I will go back to the sound
With good luck, with good luck
If you keep the backbeat down
With good luck
I will go back to the sound
I will go back to the sound
I will go back to the sound
When you gonna stay the same
Not till I've gone away
When you gonna take the blame
Oh, when your love has strayed
Oh, your love has strayed
When you gonna taste the same
Go and perform again
When you gonna call the game
This is the lost complaint
This is the lost complaint
I just want the focus on you
My photograph won't disappoint you
I just want the focus on you
Marie Claire's got nothing on you
I just want the focus on you
When you gonna change your name
To one that we can say
When you gonna keep the take
That's when the crime has paid
That's when the crime has
I just want the focus on you
My photograph won't disappoint you
I just want the focus on you
Mademoiselle's got nothing on you
I just want the focus on you
I just want the focus on you
My photograph won't disappoint you
I just want the focus on you
Seventeen's got nothing on you
I just want the focus on you
My photograph won't disappoint you
I'm ten thousand miles from you
My sky is black when yours is blue
You just steal my broken faith
And put it back together
You're cheating on the weather with me
I sing a song I wrote for you
A hundred melodies so blue
Will you be my stolen rain
That washed it all together
I love you like a fever gone cold
I'm singin' in my sleep
Driving across Texas with you
And you look so good
I'm singin' in my sleep
Driving across Texas with you
You look so good
I could stay another day with you
Stall winter's pain till June
Will it stay the same?
Will winter be in summer?
I'm already gettin' older with you
I'm singin' in my sleep
Driving across Texas with you
And you look so good
I'm singin' in my sleep
Driving across Texas with you
And you look so good
I'm singin' in my sleep
Singin' in my sleep
Driving, driving
I'm singin' in my sleep
Driving across Texas with you
And you look so good
Go out under white street lights
And find that we're black and white
The blueprints just might say you were right
I won't go home 'till I've found my way there
I wont leave here with oh full of fears
Of what's gone and what was never here
Don't call me tonight
I can't make it right
Just say anything you want to
You don't need all the things they promised to you
Sell the lie and give away the truth
Give away the truth
I have seen, among the oldest of things
The beginning, the start of the seam
That holds together, and keeps it from losing me
Don't call me tonight
I can't make it right
Just say anything you want to
You don't need all the things they promised to you
Sell the lie and give away the truth
Just say anything you want to
You don't need all the things they promised to you
Sell the lie and give away the truth
Give away the truth
Just say anything you want to
You don't need all the things they promised to you
Sell the lie and give away the truth
Just say anything you want to
You don't need all the things they promised to you
Sell the lie and give away the truth
What's the deal with you and Lucinda?
She said that you broke her hymen
While playing kick ball
I just think that you really weren't trying
I've seen you slay bigger dragons
In the Moorestown mall
Give me a call, we're [Incomprehensible]
Run and slide on your belly
Folks are in New Delhi
We're making prank calls
I don't think you really remember
There's something behind your eyes
When you punched Sam Roy
But please excuse our son, he doesn't feel right
He just doesn't seem to enjoy all the things
That a little boy should
Give me a call, we're having a ball
Go and turn on the TV
Naked women on 63
I wish I was tall, alright
Gloria just confused with Walter
She would never hold hands with a boy like you
'Cause you're made of slime
Don't tell me that my boy has big problems
Don't you worry about my son
He'll be just fine
Give me a call, we're [Incomprehensible]
Run and slide on your belly
Folks are in New Delhi
We're making prank calls
Give me a call, we're having a ball
Go and turn on the TV
Naked women on 63
I wish I was tall
Don't you wish you were tall
We're having a ball
We're having a ball
We're having a ball
We're having a ball
We're having a ball
We're having a ball
I never wanted to get you down
Start you up
I tried the bid on your winsome frown
Set Irish love
I never thought you would wake me up
Take me out
I wanted to feel anything from you
Even a handsome doubt
All I wanted was going home
All they gave me was Louisville
I don't want love to conquer Rome
Just your voice and a sleeping pill
Louisville, Louisville
I'm wanna trade in Friday nights
For a piece of your heart
Me and you and burbon beating
Down in Echo Park
I never wanted to keep you up
Leave you alone
Cell phones and stars gonna tease you
they never take you home
All I wanted was going home
All they gave me was Louisville
I don't want love to conquer Rome
Just your voice and a sleeping pill
Louisville, Louisville
I want to make up my mind
I wanna waste all your time
I'll be forever your thief
Sweep me off my feet
Sweep me off my feet
I never wanted to get you down
Start you up
You know you could turn my luck around
With a touch
All I wanted was going home
All they gave me was Louisville
I don't want love to conquer Rome
Just your voice and a sleeping pill
Louisville, Louisville
Louisville, Louisville
Louisville, Louisville
Louisville, Louisville
Louisville, Louisville
Louisville, Louisville
Louisville, Louisville
Louisville, Louisville
Why do you kiss goodbye every night?
Giving me every reason to lie
Can I be in your way for a while?
Can I get in the back seat and hide?
Take it down to the street anytime
Lock me out of the sheets for a while
Give us a kiss with sharp little knives
You are the last thing on my mind
I'll be the first you leave behind, everyone knows why
So give it up, give it back to me
Will you be mine while the winners sleep?
Give it up, give it back to me
Open wide kiss catastrophe
Circling over you and in between
Your shiver and my blue restless teen
More lovely than a reason to leave
'Cause you are the last thing on my mind
And I'll be the first you leave behind, everyone knows why
So give it up, give it back to me
Will you be mine while the winners sleep?
So give it up, give it back to me
Open wide kiss catastrophe
Give it up, give it back to me
I've got doubts I can't even count.
I've got mirrors that take me apart.
I've got blues, a nothing revolt.
I've got songs that stall when they start.
I've got you babe.
Diamonds and pearls, babe.
I've got you girl, that's all I need.
I've got rockets from Brooklyn to Goal.
I've got nightmares about waking up.
I've got Senators I never consult.
I've got a wintering heart in a lead coat.
I've got you, babe.
More than a feeling, babe.
I've got you, girl, that's all I need.
*Guitar*
I've got black bones, wrinkling.
I've got walls, and walls, and walls.
I've got friends I only insult.
I've got so many people I need to call.
But I've got you, babe.
Late, our love, babe.
I've got you babe.
I want you to want me, babe.
I've got you girl, that's all I need.
I've got symbols and idols, everywhere.
I've got no good news, and a family disease.
I've got true things that come back corrupt.
I've got bad manners, I never say please.
But I've got you, babe.
Don't stop believin', babe.
I've got you, babe.
Kick-start my heart, babe.
I've got you babe.
Sweet child of mine, babe.
I've got you babe.
Why are we startin' something, babe?
I've got you babe. (x7)
You go on leaving all of yourself
You go on keeping everything else
So come in dreaming no one can tell
'Cause you always wear it well
You go on ringing every bell
You know my demons are too bold for hell
I kept you letters for nobody else
I'm keepin you all to myself
So come on bleeding
'Cause my lines completing
You ride in knockin the widower
Right to the ground
I'll be around, I'll be around
I'll be around, I'll be around
You come on burning me into yourself
You go on leaving your ghost on my shelf
The lights are dark at the Nile of your well
Come on lonely case me a spell
You come on seething
'Cause my lies we're cheating
You ride in knocked the widower
Right to the shelf
I'll be around, I'll be around
I'll be around, I'll be around, yeah
I'll be around, yeah I'll be around
I will keep the bad things from you
I will keep a straight face honey
You keep your last name if you want to
I will give you all my money
I can take a plane right to you
If I could just stop running
What if all this was true?
I will keep the bank from calling
I will keep those bastards from you
I will keep your smile from falling
This time the casualties were few
'Cause we kept the bastards brawling
We kept our hearts from view
This time we're problem solving
Catch it while you can
It's the feel good hit of the summer
Catch it while you can
'Cause there won't be another
You keep the band names coming
I'll make the jokes real funny
We'll keep the skeptics humming
And someone else will take the money
We'll keep the hamsters running
I'll be the sour in your tummy
Who'll wipe the nose that's running
Catch it while you can
It's the feel good hit of the summer
Catch it while you can
'Cause there won't be another
I will sleep above the covers
I will love you like no other
I will be your dad and mother
I will give you older brothers
I will feed you fries with steak sauce
I will keep the price below cost
I will lead the way from all is lost
Catch it while you can
It's the feel good hit of the summer
Catch it while you can
'Cause there won't be another, won't be another
I'll keep the bad things from you
I'll keep the bad things from you
Your beat is the same beat that played for me.
Half-time, with a sweet skin harmony.
Locked out, no fools know.
Laid out, in a bridge, slow.
Your love is the same love that set me free.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
You come with a hit and miss,
And gone when the lights go.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
You're on the payroll.
Come dance, 'cause my head waits for your lead.
Sinks in a deep breath of what you breath.
Lost track of your cool code,
Lap-lust on the wrong road.
Take stars, 'cause you're dim light is all I need.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
You come with a hit and miss,
And gone when the lights go.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
You're on the payroll.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
You come with a hit and miss,
And gone when the lights go.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
You're on my payroll.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
You come with a hit and miss,
And gone when the lights go.
You're on the heartbreaklist,
You're on the payroll.
On you mark get ready set
and run away for good
There's a bold and brighter light
Where my soul once stood
Fall apart confetti come on
Cry right on my sleeve
I am just a ghost of hearts
that break bittersweet
Am I in tune
Yea can't hear much
But the melody coming from you
Baby please don't rush
Keep the tempo slow and you
Let me hear the words you say
Let's go and get tangled in chains of golden days
Counting down T minus 10
and wait I still believe
There's a distance in your eyes
Only mine can see
Leave the ground behind us
I'll be floating round your lips
I am just a host of arms
holding one full wish
Am I in tune
Yea can't hear much
But the melody coming from you
Baby please don't rush
Keep the tempo slow and you
Let me hear the words you say
Let's go and get tangled in chains of golden days
Am I in tune
Yea can't hear much
But the melody coming from you
Baby please don't rush
Keep the tempo slow and you
Let me hear the words you say
Let's go and get tangled in chains of golden days
Am I in tune
Yea can't hear much
But the melody coming from you
Baby please don't rush
Keep the tempo slow and you
Let me hear the words you say
God bless America and my only dues.
Land that I love, if we only lose.
Standing beside her, and keeping score.
Guiding her freedom, to the end of these doors.
God bless America, my land you must see.
Saving the world, through catastrophe.
My home, sweet home, is a lock and a key.
The dawn's early light, on a big screen TV.
Oh how I love to, it's true.
The skylines, and coalmines, and the strippers too.
Do you ever miss me?
'Cause baby I miss you.
The mountains and prairies, to the prisons and walls.
I've got a bible, and a Barbie doll.
God bless America, and her catacomb fire.
From purple mountains majesty, to the streets of Baghdad.
Oh I love to, it's true.
The judges, and casinos, and happy hours too.
Do you ever need me?
'Cause baby I need you.
*Guitar*
God bless America, it's great finished lie.
Winning the war, with their hearts and lies.
Standing besides her, with a Union jack.
Whatever she's done, she can't take it back.
Oh how I love to, it's true.
Your winners, and losers, and cheaters, too.
Do you ever want me?
'Cause baby I want you.
Baby, I want you.
Everybody grew up and turned into assholes
You dont have to show up, given me hassel
You just keep on walking
Never looking over at me
Is this what you call free
Is this what you call free
Wont you quit bothering me
I've been here for hours,
Cutting in on every dance.
I stand in every corner,
Painting red for everything.
I look, to you,
I'll take anything you've got,
And fill every waking thought.
I walk, with you.
You come everywhere I go.
Playing on my stereo.
I'd trade my arms, for yours.
A perfect waltz, around the room.
I can leave myself, I'll break it.
With everything that once was yours.
I look, to you,
I'll take anything you've got,
And fill every waking thought.
I walk, with you.
You come everywhere I go,
Playing on my stereo.
I look, to you,
I'll take anything you've got,
And fill every waking thought.
I walk, with you.
You come everywhere I go.
Playing on my stereo.
Playing on my stereo.
Playing on my stereo.
Playing on my stereo.
Sweet Marie
I am the lost and found
Come and find me
Sweet Marie
Got so loud
Got kicked out of a bar
Got so drunk
You lost your car
Sweet Marie
I long to be with you
Come and find me
Sweet Marie
Marie
I can't believe that you believe
Marie
Lost somewhere at sea
Marie
You saved me
Marie
I owe you but you don't know me
I see you watch the second hand
See you sitting
Waiting for your man
You always get the last word
At least that's what I heard
Marie
I long to be with you
Come and find me
Marie
I can't believe that you believe
Marie
Lost somewhere at sea
Marie
You saved me
Marie
I owe you and you don't know me
Sweet Marie
Sweet Marie
Sweet Marie
She said, "You got nothing to prove but you've got something to lose
And that something is me"
You got no reason to stay
Say you've been running away but you run like a thief
She wants you
She needs you
A soundtrack to bleed to
But can you shut up long enough to fall in love
She said, "Come on
Just let me breathe
I'm tangling now that you leave
Get me back to myself"
Tried a thousand and one times but the lines are undone
Why not believe what you felt
She wants you
She needs you
A hurricane to leave through
But can you shut up long enough to fall in love
And didn't you hear
There's a time and a place that I won't be going
Time won't erase all you fear
Well you ought to know by now there is no reason to lie
No reason to lie
Yeah
You ought to know by now
She wants you
She needs you
The soundtrack to bleed to
How long you gonna wait for
Long enough to lock up your door
I'll catch you on a train for the door
I'll wake you up when nothing is wrong
You say I break your heart like I'm a double-barreled bomb
I know you're gonna love me again by the end of this song
How long you gonna stay here
Long enough to kiss me without fear
I'll meet you in those gardens and seeds
Where flower beds wait for bended knees
You say I'm all alone 'cause I'm a ghost and a dream
I know you're gonna love me again like cookies and cream
Sorrow
So saccharine and sweet
This worry could turn cold into heat
I am what you want but you are everything I need
I know you're waiting in the wings
I know you gave me everything
And then I woke up
Fell in line
Collected my prize
Paid my fine
I couldn't be more ready than this
Completely aware
Sunkissed
Take me outside and trade this truth for lies
Another one stuck in my head
Electric song sings me to bed where I dreamt I took a trip
I think it was to India
I drove 'round in Cadillacs 'til I got lost and never came back
Take me outside and trade this truth for lies
You and I can take a ride if you're going some place I might like
Does it have to make sense all the time?
Do I really have to make up my mind
Take me outside and trade this truth for lies
Honey I know it's late, but I'm on a roll with you.
I'm on a roll with you.
The figure is only you. (?)
Honey I know your faith is making a ghost of you.
It's making a ghost of you.
So why don't you let me take you home?
So come on surrender to this year,
Pretender, for once in your life.
Don't dare consider a cold, hungry shiver,
'Cause I'm your fire tonight.
I'm your contender for cheap silly splendor,
And you're my restless bride.
And you don't have to like me to love meâ¦tonight.
Honey I know you're tight, so come have a drink with me.
Come take a sip of mine.
Cock your head and sigh. (?)
Honey I know you're blind, blinded with apathy.
God is a ministry. (?)
Darling if you're 18, I'm 23.
So come on surrender to this year,
Pretender, for once in your life.
Don't dare consider a cold, hungry shiver,
'Cause I'm your fire tonight.
I'm your contender for cheap silly splendor,
And you're my restless bride.
And you don't have to like me to love meâ¦tonight.
Ohhhh don't be afraid, I'm takin' care of you.
Noooobody, it's true, can tease me like you.
Should we never be ours,
Leave it, all the skies and the stars.
Please don't leave me alone tonight.
So come on surrender to this year,
Pretender, for once in your life.
Don't dare consider a cold, hungry shiver,
'Cause I'm your fire tonight.
I'm your contender for cheap silly splendor,
And you're my restless bride.
And you don't have to like me to love me.
No you don't have to like me to love,
Mama's gonna buy you a big black coffin
She doesn't like the one uncle Sam's been offering her
Yeah
You're going out in style
Mama's gonna raise all the sons and daughters
Fathers fell by men and men in squalor
Yeah
She'll miss you for a while
We don't feel the shame
And we don't take the blame
Men on TV tell me there's no other way
We've got to take mama's baby away
Mama's gonna run out of means and wages
She'll have to beg for sympathy from desolate cages
Yeah
She's dragging skin and bones
Mama's gonna turn to the politicians
For answers turned to smoke and smoke by apparitions
Yeah
She's bound to beg and roam
We don't feel the shame
And we don't take the blame
Men on TV tell me there's no other way
We've got to take mama's baby away
We don't feel the shame
And we don't take the blame
Men on TV tell me there's no other way
We've got to take mama's baby away
Get out while you can
It's on me
Get out while you can
Let it be
You have always been here with me
And I have always been here with you
Get out while you can
It's on me
Get out while you can
Let it be
You have always been here with me
And I have always been here with you
I have always been here with you
Come to me
I'll be your wishing well with cigarettes to save you
I'm a little lonely
Can't you tell
Waiting on your rescue
For all my dreams
All my schemes
There was never anyone to stand next to
So baby have I got you
Running 'round in last place
Trying to keep a steady pace
What I've got to give I give up
Fools and thieves can keep on wishing
Good luck
I'm calling you to say that I'm gonna be anywhere you want
Tonight and forever
I'm coming home to take
Take us both apart and put us back like one and bleed together
I'm calling you to say that I'm gonna stay wrapped 'round your heart
Through time and weather
I never live
I never die without you
Come around sweet keeper
Kiss and tell so everyone can hear you
Give me heaven with a bit of hell to be the heavy heart true
For all your tears
All my fears
We were all alone
Hiding in the same room but baby now I see you
Climbing back up the same wall
Waiting for a curtain call
What I've got to give I give up
Fools and thieves can keep on wishing
Good luck
I'm calling you to say that I'm gonna be anywhere you want
Tonight and forever
I'm coming home to take
Take us both apart and put us back like one and bleed together
I'm calling you to say that I'm gonna stay wrapped 'round your heart
Through time and weather
I never live
I never die without you
Without you
Yeah
I'm calling you to say that I'm gonna be anywhere you want
Tonight and forever
I'm coming home to take
Take us both apart and put us back like one and bleed together
I'm calling you to say that I'm gonna stay wrapped round your heart
Through time and weather
I'm calling you to say that I'm gonna be anywhere you want
Come and take me out on your arm and in a car
Go anywhere at all
At all
At all
Go and call me
I'll meet you there
And while you're gone I'll sing along
I'll sing along
Along
3 day old lover
I barely know you
3 day old lover
Will you be true
Come and get me
I'm waiting here
I'm all alone
Pick up the phone
Pick up the phone
3 day old lover
Here's a song for you
3 day old lover
Are we red or blue
Red or blue
Come and take me out
Come and take me out
Come and take me out
Come and take me out
3 day old lover
I barely know you
3 day old lover
Will you be true
3 day old lover
Here's a song for you
3 day old lover
Are we red or blue
Red or blue
It's up to you now
This place is filling up with smoke
And you won't let me breathe in or out
So I resolve to cut my own throat
And I would never change, not for anyone
Sometimes I wish
I could leave myself alone
I could leave myself alone
Each day you bring me closer to going nowhere
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish, you'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
I have been such a fool for you
I put my faith in things you could never do
Now I'm chasing myself to catch up with you
And you mixed every drink of lies with the truth
And I would never change, not for anyone
Sometimes I wish
I could leave myself alone
I could leave myself alone
Each day you bring me closer to going nowhere
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish, you'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
And I will never change, no
Will you ever change? No
Each day you bring me closer to going nowhere
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish, you'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish, you'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Like sleep walking, I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Contract killers cannot find me.
I'm at home, when I'm with you, no matter where I am.
Gimme my last rights, I'm converted.
Forever yours, my holy lord, we're intreted.
The end will be, much quicker than the beginning.
I'm hoping that the things are said, are remaining with you.
For everytime I doubted you, I give myself a shiny bruise.
I will be the sweetest thing, surrender.
Is it too late to say I'm sorry?
So buried by, for the selfish child, who missed his chance for holy mercy.
Buried by your own sorrow,
If this was me, I'd let you run away with all you borrowed.
The end will be, much quicker than the beginning.
I'm hoping that the things are said, are remaining with you.
For everytime I doubted you, I give myself a shiny bruise.
I will be the sweetest thing, surrender.
*Musical Interlude*
The end will be, much quicker than the beginning.
I'm hoping that the things are said, are remaining with you.
For everytime I doubted you, I give myself a shiny bruise.
I will be the sweetest thing, surrender.
The end will be, much quicker than the beginning.
I'm hoping that the things are said, are remaining with you.
For everytime I doubted you, I give myself a shiny bruise.
I will be the sweetest thing, surrender.
She never stared too long at distant lights
She always kept the ones here close and bright
She met me in the darkness
Reached out for my hand and said, "Goodnight"
She's constant like the ringing in my ear
She's drowning out the silence of my fears
I've looked for her reflection in all the pretty girls throughout the years
She's staring at the shadows dancing on the wall
She's the New York City skyline
Bound to catch the heavens if they fall
She never signed her paintings with a name
She surrendered "I love you"s with bitter shame
She echoed in the season and filled me with her sweet Italian ray
She's burning like the fires of the sun
She's Friday night when Sunday's almost done
She's fireflies and splinters long after the winter has begun
I see her wrapping ribbons somewhere down the hall
She's a million simple answers waiting for your midnight drunken call
She's the memory of something you can feel
She's hidden in the world that she conceals
She's strength and every weakness beating in a heart you cannot steal
She never shows the color of her eyes
She's far away but closer than the sky
I'm waiting in her footsteps
If she is not the truth I'll take the lie
She's a watercolor window far across the sea
She's a burning neon spotlight shining on the things I cannot leave
She never turns the light out for the moon
She always shows up late when I'm too soon
She's the harmony and whisper singing along with all my sappy tunes
She's all the reasons why you run away
She's all the reasons why you wanna stay
Her tangled heart of mystery is gonna bleed for someone else someday
I see her in the bedroom sleeping next to me
She's enough grace and wisdom to set the whole world free
She's staring at the shadows dancing on the walls
She's the New York City skyline
Three
Four
You trade in time for the victory smile
I'm spinning high like the tin moon on fire
Yeah
It's been a long ride but I'm still looking for mine
Yeah
It's been a long time
I spelled my name on your up and down beat
I called for rain but they gave us 8th Street
Yeah
You're on the TV
And paid for faking the bleed
Yeah
It's been a long time
Say your time keeps a little fast
Say your heart beats blue and black
Say your love grows with poison grass
Say you won't leave
I'm making frames for the visions you see
I took your place where the cannonball sleeps
Yeah
It couldn't be free but I would've given you cheap
Yeah
It's been a long time
Say your time keeps a little fast
Say your heart beats blue and black
Say your love grows with poison grass
Say you won't leave
Say your time keeps a little fast
Say your heart beats blue and black
Say your love grows with poison grass
I'm sorry 'bout your peanut stomach ache
I'm sorry if your muse has run away
You've still got an open invitation
To come break my heart
I'm sorry if the food is getting cold
The hot sauce in the fridge is getting old
I still love you sweet disaster
It's only natural to me
Silver cheek
And golden melody
Family tree
One last century
I'm sorry 'bout the dishes in the sink
When I look at you I never blink
Lean in and put your blues away
I will comfort you
I'm sorry 'bout the checks and balances
I'm sorry about your softening callouses
I would sooner surrender to you
Than bullshit with anyone
Silver cheek
And golden melody
Family tree
One last century
I'm sorry 'bout the great big black out
The city was a shiftless laid about
Burned a little candle
And shadows dance for you
Silver cheek
And golden melody
Family tree
One last century
Silver cheek
A b side eulogy
Skeleton key
I'm going out tonight
Get your shoes on
Get it right
If you wanna meet out there it's all right
It's all right if you've got something better to do
Let me know
I won't hang around you but I'd like to
I'm not coming down unless you're coming with me
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now it's not me instead
It's not me instead
I'm not the smartest person you've ever met
But I'm old enough to know better
I don't know what it's like to be you and I don't want to know
I just want to know what it takes to not be so
21 seems to be too old for you
You're too young for me
I'm not coming down unless you're coming with me
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now it's not me
You can run away from home if you want to
You can hang up on the phone if you need to
If you need to
If you need to
Do what you want
Do what you want
But I'm not coming down unless you're coming with me
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now I'm not coming
I'm not coming down
Get it out of your head
If it's not me now it's not me instead
It's not me instead
Is there something you've been waiting for
For a long time?
A stupid game where you've been keeping score
In your mind
You write the books in your head
I'll keep the last days instead
Can you calculate an even cure
And a crime?
So you come around
We all slow down
So you come around
I tried to wear you out
With my newborn history
A faithless eulogy
And if I can't keep you down
No one will
I can see the bones beneath the stare
Of your eyes
Have you traded in the yellow hair
For cheap smiles?
Call you another doctor
This one seems to think that you're just fine
I have tasted all your sympathy
And I don't care
So you come around
We all slow down
So you come around
I tried to wear you out
With my newborn history
A faithless eulogy
And if I can't keep you down
No one will
So you come around
We all slow down
So you come around
I tried to wear you out
So you come around
We all slow down
So you come around
I tried to wear you out, wear you out
I tried to wear you out, wear you out
I tried to wear you out, wear you out
I tried to wear you out, wear you out
Everybody wants to be on your mind 'cause you're one of a kind
Aren't you baby
Everybody wants to be on your side
Come along for the ride if you want to baby
Don't tell me like it is
Just how it could be
Like I want
Not how it would be
Don't tell me like it is
Like it is
Like it is
Like it is
December never waits for your arms to hold
All the things've grown cold in the mirror baby
So come and lead me on
I'm your face to hold or replace
I'm sold if you want me baby
Don't tell me like it is
Just how it could be
Like I want
Not how it would be
Don't tell me like it is
Like it is baby
Like it is
Like it is
Don't tell me like it is
Just how it could be
Like I want
Not how it would be
Don't tell me like it is
Like it is baby
Like it is
Forgive me baby, for I'm so full of loss.
I'm swelled up with sadness, and broken in parts.
Forgive me baby, I know not what I do.
But I do know, Honey, that I love you.
Forgive me child, for the tears that I've cried.
I'm so frightened to death, that I'm startin' to die.
Forgive me child, if I can't find the truth,
I was lookin' for Jesus, and I wound up with you.
Cracks in the ceilin',
Split-screen feelin',
And the sappy blues.
We've got nothin' to lose, 'cept me missin' you.
No one's gonna let you down,
No, not while I'm around.
No one's gonna leave you here,
I will always be near.
Can't you feel this?
It's like a kung fu grip kiss.
There are stars just for you. Wish.
Forgive me love, if the curse wasn't clear.
There was so much to be when I looked in the mirror.
Forgive me love, for my broken bones.
It's this thing that's hard, breathing right through the phone.
Forgive me grace, for my part in the war.
I'm beatin' you down, breakin' right through the door.
Forgive me grace, for the distance I feel.
I was runnin' away from this thing that was real.
Cracks in the ceilin',
Split-screen feelin',
And the sappy blues.
We've got nothin' to lose, 'cept me missin' you.
No one's gonna let you down,
No, not while I'm around.
No one's gonna leave you here,
I will always be near.
Can't you feel this?
It's like a kung fu grip kiss.
There are stars just for you. Wish.
Becomin' free, prisoner, from his burnin' self.
I'm with you, baby, rain or shine, heaven or hell.
I can't be alone, without writin' this sad, sad song.
When are you comin' home?
No one's gonna let you down,
No, not while I'm around.
No one's gonna leave you here,
I will always be near.
No one's gonna let you down,
No, not while I'm around.
No one's gonna leave you here,
I will always be near.
No one's gonna let you down,
No, not while I'm around.
No one's gonna leave you here,
I will always be near.
No one's gonna let you down,
No, not while I'm around.
No one's gonna leave you here,
I will always be near.
No one's gonna let you down,
No, not while I'm around.
No one's gonna leave you here,
I will always be near.
Keep a little organ in you, now.
Sing about the promises you found.
Keep it up, 'cause no one likes it down.
Get lost in the overrated down.
Keep a little organ in you, now.
Sing the song that filled your mother's house.
Little Thomas, he just wants to doubt.
So sing a song you never sing aloud.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't you wanna be the last one standing out?
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't you wanna be filling up the dark?
Oh yeah, yeah yeah.
So just sing it loud, once you think you've figured outâ¦
How you grew up so fast,
Hoping to the face inside the glass.
You kept the beat, but you always came in last.
And I'm the kiss, you've been keeping secret stashed.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't you wanna be the last one standing out?
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't you wanna be filling up the dark?
Oh yeah, yeah yeah.
So just sing it loud, once you think you've figured outâ¦
What I've never figured out.
*Guitar*
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't you wanna be the last one standing out?
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't you wanna be filling up the dark?
Oh yeah, yeah yeah.
So just sing it proud, what I've never figured out.
Keep a little organ in you, now.
Sing about the promises you found.
Keep it up, 'cause no one likes it down.
Keep a little organ in you, now.
You're soulful honey
Razor blade sweet
Your ghost is a trip in red velvet sheets
I've got nickels and dimes if you've got free time
You're a careless sweetheart
Kissing for keeps
Pretty page
Bottomless moonshine girl
She came to the funeral in sweet baby pearls
I'm back from the dead
I heard what you said
You're so high strung baby
You could wind up the world
It's all right mom
I'm coming home tonight
Yeah
Yeah
It's all right mom
Jesus could be right
Yeah
Yeah
It's alright mom
The war ain't mine to fight
Yeah
Yeah
I'm just a fool now baby
I've got a bit more than a doubt
You're ghastly darling
Cookies and cream
You're speaking in tongues but I know what you mean
Do I still have to wait for true love and hate
You're a ballbreaker baby
Such a cast iron queen
It's all right mom
I'm coming home tonight
Yeah
Yeah
It's all right mom
Jesus could be right
Yeah
Yeah
It's alright mom
The war ain't mine to fight
Yeah
Yeah
I'm just a fool now baby
I've got a bit more than a doubt
Multitude baby
Of guesses and schemes
You cut me in 2 but I come back in 3s
With all the devils insane that the heavens contain
I picked a good one to love me
Sweet
So fucking insane
It's all right mom
I'm coming home tonight
Yeah
Yeah
It's all right mom
Jesus could be right
Yeah
Yeah
It's alright mom
The war ain't mine to fight
Yeah
Yeah
I'm just a fool now baby
I've got a bit more than a doubt
Lock your lips with eastern time,
Lead my heart, and leave in mind.
See my soul makes it home.
I'm high in wretched why.
I'm standing here alone.
I left you on the street,
With a face so long, that it touched your feet.
I am a leaver.
Is my time wasting well?
I am a leaver.
How have I landed, since I fell?
Roaming streets, I've never found.
Singing songs, without a sound.
Cannot shake you from the tree,
And so you're in the ground,
Keep you next to me.
You left me in defeat,
With a loss so great, that I can't retreat.
I am a leaver,
Is my time wasting well?
I am a leaver,
How have I landed, since I fell?
*Guitar*
Treasures dropped in the sea.
Lovers leap, like you and me.
I am a sucker and a sin.
But baby, I believe in no refugees.
I left you on the street,
With a face so long, that it touched your feet.
I am a leaver.
Is my time wasting well?
I am a leaver.
How have I landed, since I fell?
I am a leaver,
I am a shaken, battered shell.
I am a leaver,
I am a liar, can't you tell?
Can't you tell?
I know you believe me but who are you
Who could make you whisper if it's the truth
If it's trouble leaving
Let it go
All this trouble you cause
No one has to know
I keep spitting it out
I can't keep it down
Can't keep holding it out
It's going to hit the ground
Can you stop that sound
You only have to ask
I know you've been waiting
I have to
You keep looking this and that way for a clue
If it's all so easy take your time
Now I'm all fucked up so make up your mind
I keep spitting it out
I can't keep it down
Can't keep holding it out
It's going to hit the ground
Can you stop that sound
You only have to ask
I might stay up all night or fall in love
Or tell a lie
I could be the boy who ran away but I came back to see you one day
Here comes everyone
Here comes everyone
Here they come
You say I look like someone you know
Some scars
They are just for show
I never kissed a boy but I hit a girl
"You could get in big
Big trouble," she said
"In the real world"
Here comes everyone
Here comes everyone
Here comes everyone
Here comes everyone
The sun is shining downtown.
It always wants to cry out loud,
But I'm a little too late.
Ye-ah, ye-ah.
The gun is testing your faith.
It always wants to shoot you down when you've already been slaved.
Don't you burn away,
Don't you feel ashamed.
Don't you take the blame.
I give my heart, and soul to the angels.
I give my blood, and bone to the faceless.
But in bright, and cold with the nameless.
And I, I give my life and love to you, graceless.
Your wish is spinning 'round.
It only wants to lie you, it never wants to come true.
This road that you found, it was buried light in your dreams with all your second-hand blues.
Do you need a clue, to stay?
Do you see a face, when you pray?
Don't you leave a trace,
Don't you sleep awake,
Don't do it for my sake.
I give my heart, and soul to the angels.
I give my blood, and bone to the faceless.
But in bright, and cold with the nameless.
And I, I give my life and love to you, graceless.
It's a time for a destination,
We were dealers, before we were out of rhyme.
I'm the one who is second-hand, ohh.
I give my heart, and soul to the angels.
I give my blood, and bone to the faceless.
But in bright, and cold with the nameless.
And I, I give my life and love to you, graceless.
I give my heart, and soul to the angels.
I give my blood, and bone to the faceless.
But in bright, and cold with the nameless.
How do you walk around me
How do you walk without seen
You're killing me
Just let me play
I built this bridge and burned it away
And pray for goodbye tonight
Goodnight
And pray for goodbye
Goodnight
Tonight
Coming in just under speed
Winning with both broken knees
Lighten up and get us a drink
Kissing up despite what you think
And pray for goodbye tonight
Goodnight
And pray for goodbye
Goodnight
I don't wanna go home with you
I don't wanna go home with anyone else
I wanna go home
I wanna go home to somebody else
I know I don't wanna talk to you
I've got nothing to say that you haven't heard
I wanna get away
I wanna get away
I've run out of words
If you wanna walk 10 blocks in the snow
Follow 4th avenue all the way home
Not getting a car
Stop in at another bar
It seems like you and I have come so far
But this love is only for the drunkest stars
I don't wanna get to know you
And have you find out all the terrible things I do
Just stay in your shoes
Safer in your shoes than you are in my room
I know I don't wanna talk to you
You've got nothing to say that I haven't heard
So let's get away
Let's get away before you run out of words
If you wanna walk 10 blocks in the snow
Follow 4th avenue all the way home
Not getting a car
Stop in at another bar
It seems like you and I have come so far
But this love is only for the drunkest stars
Let me out of this guilded dream
Let me out
Your majesty
I've run out of room and steam
To be
To be
To be so lucky
If you wanna walk 10 blocks in the snow
Follow 4th avenue all the way home
Not getting a car
Stop in at another bar
It seems like you and I have come so far but this love is only
Yeah
This love is only
Yeah
I want to feel something better
I want to run from this cold
Cold weather
You want me to listen when you speak
You say it's for my own good
You say it's for my own good
I always liked you in the spring
You just lay there and let that telephone ring
I wish I'd listened to you then
'Cause it was for my own good
Yeah
It was for my own good
I wish I'd listened to you then
Here's a little more time on the dark bitter doubt
Here's a past time cheater whose just moving out
Here's a new direction we still haven't found
There's a great myth trading your faith for a paper crown
Down low
It won't show
What you lose
Ready to go?
Somewhere between nothing and something is everything
Somewhere between darkness and wonder is every dream
Somewhere between breaking and broke there's a song to sing
Somewhere between nothing and something is everything
Here's the good advice that you preach without a sound
Here's a telephone call that was cheap and wore you down
Here's a losing streak and a fall to fill your doubt
It's the same direction but still running out
Down low
It won't show
Was what you lost
Ready to go?
Somewhere between nothing and something is everything
Somewhere between darkness and wonder is every dream
Somewhere between breaking and broke there's a song to sing
Somewhere between nothing and something is everything
Somewhere between nothing and something is everything
The clock would ring just like a bell
The green in her eyes dropped out and fell
Everywhere but I don't care I can see
That she's made of something else entirely
Has she completely gone crazy
She kissed me back and ran
She's my electric harmony
And I'm her little paper tree
She looks me up and down again
She's looking out and I'm looking in
She's my electric harmony
I've counted all the things I can see
The spots and bumps and valleys that
Are keeping you in then you begin
To become a million things
I tried to gather all of them but I couldn't sing
Has she completely gone crazy
She kissed me back and ran
She's my electric harmony
And I'm her little paper tree
She looks me up and down again
She's looking out and I'm looking in
She's my electric harmony
Did I catch your name?
Was it something weird or something strange?
Did I catch your name? Did I catch your name?
Was it something strange?
She's my electric harmony
And I'm her little paper tree
She looks me up and down again
She's looking out and I'm looking in
She's my electric harmony
If my life was a distance what mile would you claim
And if my life was a story how I wish you would explain all this
If you leave me I will go down with the ship
Your love breaks me right in 2
Still that part of you that just won't quit
If your voice was a siren with nothing left to sing
Down below broken skylines I'm still here listening to this
If you leave me I will go down with the ship
Your love breaks me right in 2
Still that part of you that just won't quit
I've been here under for the longest time
I'm your restless child over state lines
So don't you let me down for once in your life
We're a growing now faster than our skin
Looking for our fathers
So where have you been
Don't you let us down for once in your life
For once in your life
If you leave me I will go down with the ship
Your love breaks me right in 2
Still that part of you
If you leave me I will go down with the ship
Your love breaks me right in 2
There is a demon drinking communion wine
There is a mockery in the public eye
It crossed
Crossed out every line
I see the battleships breaking up the coast
Here comes the father
Son but where's the holy ghost
He lined
Lined up every road
You're bleeding
I'm believing
He's selling you lies and death after life
There is a bullet preaching Middle Eastern skies
There is a reason but there is no reason why
He stole a million alibis
I hear a whisper humming on the urban streets but it's so quiet
Like a disease
His crime
God save us please
You're bleeding
I'm believing
He's selling you lies and death after life
There is some new blood burning kingdom come
There is a patriot taking away your freedom
There is an old war with a brand new gun
There was a righteous man but now he's on the run
Look out
Here comes the black ghost's son
You're bleeding
I'm believing
Hey little stick around girl
I want to know why
Why do you turn me outside?
Can't you just turn around?
The money is on the heartbreak
My hands are on the wheel
Hey little kiss a while girl
Didn't I see you cry?
Hey on your saturday high
Even though it's monday night
I see you running away girl
Running since you're 16
My eyes are on the last page
The moneys come and hone
Hey honey what I want is
Whatever you're gonna give
Whatever you're gonna give... to me
I don't want a maybe
Baby let me drive you crazy
Wanna be your dandelion
Don't you go and leave me stranded
I'm empty I'm not second handed
If you give me a little time
I want to be your dandelion
Hey little lonely smile girl
See it behind your ryes
Destination never known
But I'm always there on time
Money is on the heartbreak
My hands are on the wheel
Well hey honey what I want is
Whatever you're gonna give
Whatever you're gonna give... to me
I don't want a maybe
Baby let me drive you crazy
Wanna be your dandelion
Don't you go and leave me stranded
I'm empty I'm not second handed
If you give me a little time
I want to be your dandelion
I don't want a maybe
Baby let me drive you crazy
Wanna be your dandelion
Don't you go and leave me stranded
I'm empty I'm not second handed
If you give me a little time
Three
Four
You crawl to me and I crawl to you
And in the middle we meet
You drink from me and I swallow you 'cause in my heart the rent is cheap
I've been staying up way too late
You wanna love me girl
Don't hesitate
I've been staying up and I've been waking up
Pray this world will see me now as you do
I've never looked so good
I crawl through this city and I'm looking for you
I chase the darkened streets
I call your name darling 'cause it's all I can do
I sing to you my sweet
I've been staying up way too late
You wanna love me girl
Don't hesitate
I've been staying up and I've been waking up
Pray this world will see me now as you do
I've never looked so good
And if there's a reason to run will you run right back to me
And if there's nowhere to go will you come
Come to me
Come to me
I've been staying up way too late
You wanna love me girl
Don't hesitate
I've been staying up and I've been waking up
I pray this world will see me now as you do
And if it was mine I'd give it all to you
I pray this world will see me now as you do
Trying to catch christmas eve with a 737
Via st. louis with on a threadbare heart
I'm trying hard to believe in ghosts and heaven
And wheels that turn with a broken part
Stealing kisses over the phone
Making wishes ona bottle of cotes du rhone
Some of these days are longer than
The lonely distance that's between them
Lets be closer than we are
To jupiter or spain
There are 2 seats at the bar
For mr and mrs my last name
We are simpler than the stars
Then are eyes can not contain
Lets be closer than we are
Trying to build galaxies
Out of winks and shivers
That you give me when you call my name
Trying to write symphonies
With a hand that quivers
In the storm of your elusive rain
Leaving lovers on their own
Crawling through burning cities to get back home
Some of these days are longer than
The lonely distance that's between them
Lets be closer than we are
To jupiter or spain
There are 2 seats at the bar
For mr and mrs my last name
We are simpler than the stars
Then are eyes can not contain
Lets be closer than we are
Lets be all that will remain
Some of these days are longer than
The lonely distance that's between them
Lets be closer than we are
To jupiter or spain
There are 2 seats at the bar
For mr and mrs my last name
We are simpler than the stars
Then are eyes can not contain
Lets be closer than we are
Lets be all that will remain
What's your number Chicago
What time is it in Japan
I've got something to offer
It's never been in demand
Yeah
I've got something to say to you that I know you'd rather ignore
I am the bastard of midnight
I might just sleep outside this door
Trouble keeps the bar lights on for the heartache
She said, "Sunset Boulevard'll take me home but I just wanna scream"
I miss you tonight
What's your problem St. Peter
I've got my churches ingrained
Am I the groom of disaster
I've come here to entertain
But I've got nothing to sing to you that you haven't heard before
So I will sing you a million while you just walk out that door
Trouble keeps the bar lights on for the heartache
She says, "Sunset Boulevard'll take me home but I just wanna scream"
I miss you
Tell me once
Tell me twice
Just what I wanna hear
Come around
Hold me close
We're getting out of here
Tell me once
Tell me twice
Ive been here for hours,
Cutting in on every dance.
I stand in every corner,
Painting red for everything.
I look, to you,
Ill take anything youve got,
And fill every waking thought.
I walk, with you.
You come everywhere I go.
Playing on my stereo.
Id trade my arms, for yours.
A perfect waltz, around the room.
I can leave myself, Ill break it.
With everything that once was yours.
I look, to you,
Ill take anything youve got,
And fill every waking thought.
I walk, with you.
You come everywhere I go,
Playing on my stereo.
I look, to you,
Ill take anything youve got,
And fill every waking thought.
I walk, with you.
You come everywhere I go.
Playing on my stereo.
Playing on my stereo.
Playing on my stereo.
Playing on my stereo.
It's been days, months, and years since your tongue-tied, not so awful,
Got me high, left me dry.
I was cold, driving tears, of the double yellow bloodlines.
Where I tried, and I lied.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my circumstantial lover.
I'm here to ruin all your plans,
I'm here to steal you from your mother.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my worst kept secret.
I'll come and take you by the hand.
But you take it on and keep it.
Go and say what you will,
All these French words seem to fail you every time.
Get online, Kiss my cheek, Ring my ear.
Every weakness, I'll be with you.
You're so fine,
You're not mine.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my circumstantial lover.
I'm here to ruin all your plans,
I'm here to steal you from your mother.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my worst kept secret.
I'll come and take you by the hand.
But you can take it on and keep it.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my circumstantial lover.
I'm here to ruin all your plans,
I'm here to steal you from your mother.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my worst kept secret.
I'll come and take you by the hand.
But you take it on and keep it.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my circumstantial lover.
I'm here to ruin all your plans,
I'm here to steal you from your mother.
I'll be your accidental man,
You be my worst kept secret.
I'll come and take you by the hand.
But you take it on and keep it.
I'll be your accidental man.
I'll be your accidental man.
I'll be your accidental man.
Damn the long distance phone call making a bastard of me
I don't want to relive the lost child story
Cameron is pushing her Jesus
Maybe she needs to believe 'cause nobody sticks around
Everybody leaves
55 pictures on the wall
I still don't have the guts to call
Everyone moved away and we grew up
Slamming the big door shut
55 pictures in your room
A 100 chances that you blew
If only these pictures could say, "I miss you"
Jersey to Memphis the long way
Gripping the wheel 'til it bleeds
Searching the mind for the family tree
Cameron is taking the blindfold back to the ignorant sea
Maybe your Jesus could come save me
55 pictures on the wall
I still don't have the guts to call
Everyone moved away and we grew up
Slamming the big door shut
55 pictures in your room
A 100 chances that you blew
If only these pictures could say, "I miss you"
55 pictures on the wall
I still don't have the guts to call
Everyone moved away and we grew up
Slamming the big door shut
55 pictures in your room
A 100 chances that you blew
If only these pictures could say, "I"
If only these pictures could say, "I"
