The Meat Of Life

Clem Snide The Meat Of Life Lyrics
1.Walmart Parking Lot

Punched in the heart, in the throat, in the knee caps too
That's how it felt when you told me we were through
So I drove all night until I found that spot (you know what)

Sunrise in a Wal-Mart parking lot
Well it can be so beautiful
So beautiful, so beautiful

Punched in the brain, in the gut, in the tear ducts too
Feeling more than a little unsure I couldn't make it though
How I cried all day - my heart a twisted knot (but you know
what)

Sunset in a Wal-Mart parking lot
Never looked so beautiful, beautiful
So beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful


2.Denise

Denise, promise me you'll come around
For you, you decide to spread
Your wings, spread your wings and leave this town
Denise, there's something you should know

I hid the bottle in the woods
To mark the spot where I first realized
That what we have is more than good
And seems to shine a light behind my eyes

Denise, if only just to hear the sound
Of you breathing in my ear
I swear I'd let them put me in the ground
Denise, I will not be ignored

I hid the bongs behind the shed
To mark the spot where I first saw clear
Where what we have will never die
And everybody else can disappear


3.The Meat Of Life


4.I Got High

I got high with a Sufjan Stevens fan in Normal, Illinois
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys

Strange colored shots between the beers
The earth is flat least 'round here
__ not faith but fear will see us through
As we mow the grass off interstates
Go slow not fast, golden gates
There is no past but heart's still ache
For that first kiss, for that first kiss

I got high with a Sufjan Stevens fan in Normal, Illinois
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys

With hearts too young to euthanize
With hungry pounding blood-shot eyes
Like censored porn, we comprise on what to watch
The shopping carts go floating past
Branches scarping against the glass
The Robotussin quickly stashed
To make it last, to make it last

I got high with a Sufjan Stevens fan in Normal, Illinois
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys
And this song goes out to all you beautiful
American girls and boys


5.Denver

I hope that you never forgive me
Forever deny me your smile
Cause I met this woman in Denver
And now she is carrying my child

Remember that week in the mountains
Half-naked we laid in the grass
Between us a love without question
And all the things seem new, days spent with you
Is all I should want from this life

I hope that you never forgive me
Forever deny me your smile
Cause I met this woman in Denver
And now she is carrying my child

Well turns out that she's a little bit younger
Than I ever thought to suspect
And she loves Jesus Christ with hunger
But you have respect, she'll be needing some help
So my planes leaving just after dark

I hope that you never forgive me
Forever your deny your smile
Cause I met this woman in Denver
And now she is carrying my child


6.Forgive Me,Love


7.Stoney

Stoney breaks his stride and breaks his heart
Stoney put the sickness in the jar
Stores it in the darkest place he knows
Sadly always keeping it in tow

He sings,
Am I ever to feel that free again?
Am I ever to feel so light?
Am I ever to feel that sweet again?
Am I ever to feel alright, again?

Stoney burns the leaves and hails the smoke
Stoney holds the horn commands the stroke
Parts the water with his finger tips
All the while doubtful of the tightness of his grip

He sings,
Am I ever to feel that free again?
Am I ever to feel so light?
Am I ever to feel that sweet again?
Am I ever to feel alright, again? Again.

Am I ever to feel that free again?
Am I ever to feel so light?
Am I ever to feel that sweet again?
Am I ever to feel alright, again?


8.BFF

Trust me you don't want to know how I really feel
I'd like to enjoy this meal
I don't want to talk anymore
About the work that we, we must get done today
Well I guess what I mean to say

What if what I want is, and what if what I need is
Just a little more than all your love
All your love, all your love

Trust me you don't want to know how I really feel
I knew when we made this deal
That you had a hole in your heart
And if I crawl inside maybe things wouldn't seem so gray
Well I guess what I mean to say

What if what I want is, and what if what I need is
Just a little more than all your love
All your love, all your love
All your

Just a little more than all your love
All your love, all your love
All your


9.Please

Please be sweet to me
My guard is down
Please just sleep with me
Before I drown

I just drove back from Ohio
But not before they let me know
The numbers, they weren't lookin'
All that good

Now it seems the mix feels wrong
They don't even hear a song
About the way that people really feel
Really feel

Please be sweet to me
My guard is down
Please just sleep with me
Before I drown

I think about you all the time
Built a bird's nest in my mind
My hands pressed down on the string
To find your spots

And when I sing to you I see
Them other girls ain't real to me
It's just sometimes I hate to be alone
To be alone

Please be sweet to me
My guard is down
Please just sleep with me
Before I drown


10.Song For Mary

The voice that whispers in our head
Suggesting we just stay in bed
Does it seem sweeter-sounding lately
To you as well?

Mine sounds a bit like Nat King Cole
Scrambling for change
To pay the toll
This love has lasted longer than we did expect

We never would have guessed
We never could have guessed
Becoming somehow turns into become
While the work that we must do is
The work that we must do is
It's never done

May I audition for the part
Of sweeping up your dusty heart
Well I think I know its darkest corners
Fairly well

And may this melody play sweet
Upon those dark deserted streets
Where we forever wait
To meet our mother's heart

We never would have guessed
We never could have guessed
Becoming somehow turns into become
While the work that we must do is
The work that we must do is
It's never done

We never would have guessed
We never could have guessed
Becoming somehow turns into become
While the work that we must do is
The work that we must do is

It's never done
No, it's never done
It's never done
No, it's never done


11.With Nothing To Show For It


12.Anita