Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts

Matthew Good Band Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts Lyrics
1.Alabama Motel Room

What is life if not a joke
One night she went out for smokes
And they took her apart like a ragdoll
In the back of a van
In an alabama motel room
I have one of them tied up in the bathroom
I am down and out
But he will not get away with it again

When the night comes in
I hope i'm out of the rain
When the night comes in
She makes me whole again

I never sleep, i just watch tv
And the gun it lies next to me
Whispering
In an alabama motel room
I reflect on her sweet perfume
I am down and out
But they will not get away with it again

Say you love me
We will never get the chance again


2.Symbolistic White Walls

I'm tired of blood and over priced bubble gum, mom
Nobody wake up there's nothing you could have done wrong
I'm wearing the same grin, i take it all on the chin
I still believe everything that i read
And sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's harder
Sometimes it's on sale, sometimes it never fails
I have a psychic and she says i'm lonely
She says my destiny is turning out all wrong
So now i just sit here
And think of meaningful things to say

Symbolistic white walls
Surround me and you
Every single day
I am cheap and see through

I'm tired of blood and over priced bubble gum
Nobody moves and nobody gets hurt for very long
I'm wearing the same skin, i take it all on the chin
I still believe everything that i hear
And sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's easier
And sometimes it's all free
I have a psychic and she says i'm lonely
She says inside of me is turning out all wrong
So now i just sit here
And think of meaningless things to say

It's all right now
Take the world and make it yours again


3.She's Got A New Disguise

Suffocate for me
Well you can pretend that you're pretty
It's too loud in here for me to tell
I wonder when you move
Do you look to see who's watching you
Locked in the groove, little bird
What will it cost to buy you back
To buy your eyes, to buy your smile
Well she wants to be the same
She wants a new name
She wants a new disguise

And all i want is you
All i want's the truth
She's got a new disguise
Pull the shade and lock the door
You don't need it anymore
She's got a new disguise

Suffocate for me, little bird
Mirrors over your bed
God lives above your head, little bird
Well i remember everything you say
Everything you do, everything you always wanted
Breathe for me, little bird

Where is the face that you know


4.Native Son

Can you spare me a quarter
Though i have no one to call
I just thought it might save my ass one day
If the sky or the free world were to fall
This is the only thing that i can do
This is the only thing i know how to say
And when everything is gone
And the night it seems grows long
Will you play this record anyway
There are a million ways to say it
There are a million lies to choose from
So don't look up
You might find that your head is stuck
No one's going to bail us out of this one

Every time i call your name
Somehow i wish it was the same
For me and you and all the things we do
Not in vain

Maybe i could give you a ride
Though i don't really own a car
Well it isn't anything so different
Than living underneath a dying star
Well this is what we all get up for
When the clocks go out of time
Cause nothing short of
War and death and money
Will ever fucking change your mind
There are a million ways to die son
And there are a million places to choose from
So don't look up
You might find that your head is stuck
No one's going to bail us out of this one

Every time i call your name
Somehow i wish it was the same
For me and you and all the things we do
Not in vain
And who will kill this native son
Who will learn from everything that we have done
And who will we get to stand up for tomorrow?


5.Every Name Is My Name

I made a movie about the end of the world
It was 12 seconds long and it didn't have a plot
It just happens
And that's why it's in black and white
The characters don't talk or move around
They just stare up at the sky, frozen
And the light, the light is numb, the light is off
The light is just a thumb nail sketch of god
God...
Somewhere, someone is crying
The camera sweeps over a desolate street
Holding a mother and her child
The kid is calm and she is shaking
The camera passes into the sun
Come at last to be undone
Panicking, she tries to run
The kid is calm
And then the credits roll
And every name is my name


6.Vermillion

Take me to the shore
And wrap me in a blind tomorrow
I won't fight no more
And i won't scream
Maybe we'll be washed away
Maybe i just need a holiday

This time we'll get
A room with a view and a velvet painting
And this time we'll stay inside
Until the lights go down
Over the palm trees and the sand

Buy me the blue sky
And wrap me in clouds of blasphemy
In the end i won't ask why
You can do what you want with me
Maybe we'll be thrown away
Maybe we just need a holiday

This time we'll get
A room with a view and a velvet painting
And this time we'll stay inside
Until the lights come up
And everything's vermillion

Take me to the shore
And throw me in the water
I won't fight no more
No, i won't say a thing


7.Haven't Slept In Years

Make me your animal
Make me your freak and i will pack them in
It's understandable
After all you're only human
All this time it's been killing me
All this time it's been caving in my head
Killing me
Alive, alive, alive
You're dead

Haven't slept in years
Haven't talked to anybody else

Make me your cannibal
Make me your product and i will make you rich
It's still fashionable, isn't it?
All this time it's been killing you
All this time it's been caving in your head
Killing you
Alive, alive, alive
You're dead


8.Radio Bomb

Just slide the hood, it's nothing much
You be starsky and i'll be hutch
They'll never find out where we'll go
We can forward our calls illegally to mexico
You can be the sleeping cure
And i'll memorize subversive literature
And from our secret mountain base
We can broadcast all over the place

Radio bomb
The sound of freedom

We can launch a satellite
So you can hear the day in the middle of the night
And the rli and the fcc
They'll be driving around in their little undercover rv's
And they'll call us terrorists
They'll try to stop us in the name of government interest
From our secret underwater base
We are coming to you all over the place

Radio bomb
The sound of freedom


9.Fearless

Is there anything that i need to say
That hasn't been said before
I have been polite for too long
Why should i be anymore
Better now than never, better loud than clever
Better just to play the fool
It's times like this
When you just close your eyes and kiss
Cause everything after this
Is just bullshit and being cruel
So hold me up, i'm going out
And don't wait up, i won't be coming home

If you lay me down in concrete fields
Will i dream of grass and opera
This is the sound and how it feels
To be dead

In the end there will be fire and brimstone
And no one will be there to answer the telephone
You are the only one i'll miss
You are the only answer at a time like this
She is he trick of my trade
She is the thing that can't be made
She is gold and nothing less
And she is fearless
So hold me up, we're going out
And don't wait up, we won't be coming home

You hold it in your hand
You keep it in your heart
You hide it in your head
And you use it when you have to
She is the trick of my trade
These are the things that can't be made
Stay yourself and nothing less
Stay fearless


10.The War Is Over

A man once told me that life was like a collage
He said there's nothing much to spies like us
Just killing time, that's all
And there are spacecraft orbiting the earth
Guided by 90 year old russians that haven't heard
The war is over, how do you feel
And how have you been baby
Well she got married and she had kids
And they sear sex and not the bomb
And the rest is just ad libbed
And me i'm waiting for something
That does not come
For something to crack
For something to go wrong
I'm inside out and i'd say

This is where we get off
This is where we do anything we want
And this is where i amuse you

A man once told me that life was like a collage
He said the truth is not radio friendly espionage
The war is over, how do you feel
And where have you been baby
Well we got stuck and we got lost
Between good-bye and the chemical sky
And a nuclear albatross
When i sleep, i see rain
When i'm alone, i am in pain
And everything is not the same
As on the big screen
I'm inside out and i'd say
This is where we get off


11.Omissions Of The Omen

Wait for me if i don't show up
Take from me this hypocrits cup
And someone to run the world
Someone would love to have my first world problems
Kill the moon and turn out the sun
Lock your door and load your gun
Free at last now the time has come to choose

Man makes god so god can make man
Man makes the devil so that he can understand
Why it is that every day,
Everything always turns out this way
You and me we were never here
You and me we were not that clear
You and me we died a long, long time ago

Don't think just come along
Do believe that it won't belong
Everything's open all night and all day anyway
Build me a ship of wood and steel
Bring me a net and fishing reel
Sail me to the place where i can find my brother
Safe and sound
Wait for me if i don't show up
Take from me this hypocrits cup
And kill the moon and turn out the sun
Omissions of the omen