Holy Roadside

Badloves Holy Roadside Lyrics
1.Barefoot Bride

Let your daddy dance
See you daddy dance
Well I'm so entranced
By the barefoot bride
As she gave her hand
And loved like no other
Under the cover
Of a cloudless sky
And to our love
I offer up
The pink champagne
In plastic cups
Stole a caravan
A gypsy caravan
Where a gypsy man
Could take his barefoot bride
She never loved a man
Or trusted a lover
Until she discovered
True love was alright
We've got no plans
Of turning back now
This bridal train's
On a one-way track
And my barefoot bride
Lying silent by my side
With her eyes like sunrise
Dancing on the wildflowers
She may not say that much
But with the warmth of her velvet touch
She teels me our love will grow
And to our love
I offer up
The pink champagne
In plastic cups
And my barefoot bride
Lying silent by my side
With her eyes like sunrise
Dancing on the wildflowers
She may not say that much
But with the warmth of her velvet touch
She tells me our love
Yeah, I know that our love will grow


2.Caroline

We share a wine at your table
Young summer sun in our eyes
With a voice that you save for strangers
You read loudly from your book of lies
I know but one thing is for sure
Our love's in a heap on the floor
Tell me
Caroline
How divine
How do you sleep there so soundly?
With bells on your toes and a lie on your lips
Tell me
Who am I if I'm not the one
Who is feeling used?
But now that it's done...
Who'll keep your sweet thing satisfied?
Caroline
(how I wish I was free)
Caroline
Blue masquerade in the evening
Words from some purple crusade
Delivering the loaves and the fishes
To the soulds of a passing parade
I clearly see your design
Pass me some more holy wine
Tell me
Caroline
How divine
Oh how you sleep there so soundly?
With bells on your toes and a lie on your lips
Tell me
Who am I if I'm not the one
Who is being used?
But now that it's done...
Who'll keep your sweet thing satisfied?
Caroline
(How I wish I was free)
Caroline
How divine
(How I wish I was free)
Caroline


3.Holy Roadside

(Welcome
It's a highway to hell
The holy roadside
Step right this way)
And they all lay down, lay down
Holy roadside
(Holy roadside
Like a scarlet glistening necklace
On a whore you can have, but never own
I try with jaw-grip determination to temper the beast
Black and winding, whip-thrust
Running ever-on, unthinking, unsleeping
Purposeful that way
The naive never grieve
But believe in their purchase and lay
Holy roadside)
And they all lay down, lay down
Holy roadside
Way up on high
The angels Hawaiian
They spread their wings and they smile for a while
(Raise your voices)
Hey children, can't you see
Everbody's got the right to be free
Yeah, we all lay down, lay down
Holy roadside
(All our heros gone before us
May their work forever live on)
I wish, I wish, I wish
I could come back in the next life
As a black labrador soakin' up the sun
One and all lay down, lay down
Holy roadside
(It's a highway to hell
Holy roadside
Where the atheist drops to his knees and prays)
Oh lord, oh lord won't you spare me
Won't you send me one last sign
Let me go, don't you know
I can mend my ways
It's way before my time
And we all lay down, lay down
Holy roadside
Lay down, lay down
Holy roadside
Lay down, lay down
Holy roadside


4.I Wanna Hide

You give me a call
The light don't shine on through
It don't shine through
You push and I fall
The black cloud's on the move
You're on the move
I've taken on four jobs
Tryin' to throw you right off my trail
But on and on you keep on
I wanna hide
I wanna hide
I wanna hide
From the demon livin' inside
And the remedy I'm told
Is to fight with you head on
But until I find the strength to conquer you
I'm gonna hide like you want me to
I can feel you pull from the inside
Messin' around with my state of mind
For too long now you've made me so uptight
Sure made my life a livin' hell
Livin' hell
You give me a call
The light don't shine on through
It don't shine through
You give me a call
The light now shines on you
And everything you do
In the cool wind blowin' I'm sweepin' around
Touch down find a safe hand
Through an open door and I'm part of a crowd
I wanna hide
I wanna hide
I wanna hide
From the demon livin' inside
And from the remedy I'm told
Is to fight with you head-on
But until I find a way to conquer you
I'm gonna hide like you want me to
I wanna hide


5.In My Garden

She steals the ripened fruit off my tree
Love slowly withers on the vine
Jasmine's in bloom
I know that you will soon be gone
The only woman I know
To hurt me so
And the flowers will grow
In my garden
She left her lipstick and her stale perfume
I left a note upon the wall (it said)
Be sure of what you've got
Cause girl you're not
The only woman I know
To hurt me so
And other flowers will grow
In my garden
You're not the only woman I know
To hurt me so
And other flowers will grow
In my garden
In my garden
In my garden the wild magnolia grows
And there's a rose in the window
Where a lover's heart is snared on a jealous thorn
With the change of the seasons
I let you slip from my hand, now I know
Love is pain
Pain is truth
And the truth is it's over and done
The only woman I know
To hurt me so
And other flowers will grow
In my garden
In my garden
In my garden
In my garden


6.Living Thing

In the cool evening breeze
Sweet perfume of burning leaves
An easy feeling has come to be
I let it wash all over me
Feel's like there's something going on
It's just a living thing
The moment you let it under your skin
You've got that living thing
Oh won't you let it in
Love comes on like a dream
Rocket fuel for soft machines
We have no secrets, no disguise
And there before our very eyes
See that there's something going on
It's just a living thing
The moment you let it under your skin
You've got that living thing
You got to let it in
It took a little time to grow
But honey, it was worth the waiting
And now I know
And I know that there's something going on
You got that living thing
The moment you let it under your skin
You've got that living thing
Don't know how it started
C'est la vie
She's got that living thing
The moment you let it all begin
You feel that living thing
You got to let it in
But it's alright
She drives a soft machine
And she rides like a dream


7.Powerful Karma

So, you've finally found the time
Making molehills out of mountains
What's yours is surely mine
Let's not argue over nothing
It's all in your mind
Powerful karma
Has never failed
It's never been tried
Powerful karma
It's going to take over peace in my mind
So, a life is what you find
You find forgiveness somewhere
It's a lonely, lonely ride
By the time you find a reason
You're under the ground (way down)
Powerful karma
Has never failed
It's never been tried
Powerful karma
It's going to take over peace in my mind
And now the guns been fired
And it's time to be a hero (it's all in your mind)
Tell me, where did all the fear go? (it's all in your mind)
Will you trade your superstition
For a hole in the ground?
Powerful karma
Has never failed
It's never been tried
Powerful karma
It's going to take over peace in my mind


8.Precious

Precious
You know I have nothing
Precious
No money can buy
You're like a treasure
Lost to the sands of time
Whatever you're hiding
Few can deny
You sure got something
Precious
About you
I love your ancient charms
Precious
Oh my, my
I'm saving you for myself
We fall into each others arms
And in the half-light
Reveal your charms
Precious
Now we are as one
Sins of the father
Are those of the son
Feel my soul surrender
Precious
No doubt about it
I love your ancient charms
Precious
Oh my, my
I just want a piece of you
So come and surrender
Wearing the gifts god gave you
Who will save you now
Save me some of your
Precious
Come on now
I love your ancient charms
Precious
Oh my, my
I just want a piece of you
Precious
Oh my, my
I'm keeping you for myself


9.Skin I'm In

I took a taxi down beside the water
I kicked a stone out along the pier
I saw the lighthouse keeper blowing out his candle
And that's a sight every sailor fears
We sing on through the sound of distant thunder
Save the skin I'm in
I'm trying to break that spell that I am under
Save the skin I'm in
Saw my reflection face down in the water
Floating by my broken tambourine
Well, they caught the preacher flirting with disaster
Now the righteous can again be free
We sing on through the sound of distant thunder
Save the skin I'm in
I let that devil make a fool of me
Save the skin I'm in
Somebody got to
Save the skin I'm in
(Somebody got to) save me now
(Save me) somebody, please
(Somebody got to) help me now
(Save me) somebody please
We sing on through the sound of distant thunder
Save the skin I'm in
I let that devil make a fool of me
Save the skin I'm in
Somebody got to
Save the skin I'm in


10.Slave

Slave
To an early grave
To that bed you made
Now you've got to lay down in it
Slave
Slave
See now what you've done
See what you've become
You know that I see right through it
Slave
They branded you
Too much of a good thing
Black and blue
You wear it like some ball and chain
Slave
Slave
Dig your lovers tomb
What you trying to do now
Come on, let's get down to it
Slave
Yeah they branded you
Too much of a good thing
Black and blue
You wear it like some ball and chain
Slave
(Whose shoes are you trying to fill?
Who's driving you up that hill?)
When I was young
And I must have been naive
For every word of every lie I would believe
I would still belong
To a love that's strong
And I'd be free
When I was young
And I know I was naive
For every word of every lie I would believe
I could still belong
To a love that's strong
And I'd be free
(Whose shoes are you trying to fill?
Who's driving you up that hill?)