Down By The Old Mainstream

Golden Smog Down By The Old Mainstream Lyrics
1.V

(louris, johnson)

When i was down she was full of advice
'cause she'd been there once or twice
With a ring on the side of her nose
Wearing other people's clothes
She had her highs and she had her lows
In between she'd show
When she smiled everything else died
V let off a good vibe

Chorus:
As if in a dream
The one and only v
As if in a dream
The one and only v

Buying shots and breaking hearts
She used to wait on us down at the bar
Never took as much as she gave
She's still giving to this day
Staying up half the night
Mood swing yet we cried
On a cold december day
V up and went away

(chorus)

Staying up half the night
Mood swing yet we cried
On a cold december day
V up and went away

(chorus)


2.Ill Fated

(murphy)

Wasn't much of a union
Denial and confusion
Meant something to you, i bet you would have stayed
Stumbled on some good times
Turned them into land mines
You know you can turn the other way

You say you've been meaning
To sort through all your demons
If there's some room, are you gonna let me in?
You've been hung dry by your close friends
Your inner child's an orphan
You're so far down, you don't know where you been

So many things you don't know
If you want me to leave, just say so

Chorus:
It's the kind of thing i like
Curse cast in the night
So ill fated
So ill fated

Goodbye with reservations
Regrets and salutations
Something in there somewhere that i didn't say
It's you i think of only
Whenever you get lonely
An' i got more than years to give away
I've been dying to start living
You're just living to be dying
We can't seem to find no common ground
You hate me when i'm lonely
I'm lonely when you hate me
Mostly i'm just there to kick around

Soaring high and low
First to leave, last to know

(chorus)

It's the kind of thing i like
Curse cast in the night
So ill fated


3.Pecan Pie

(tweedy)

As i walk along and stumble
Trains rumble in my head
As i breeze along and grumble
Think about you instead

And a piece of pecan pie
And you that's all i want
Just a piece of pecan pie
And all i want is you

Sometimes i get so hungry
Think about pie all day
Just a little whipped cream
Honey, i'm on my way

With a piece of pecan pie
And you that's all i want
Just a piece of pecan pie
And all i want is you

Just a piece of pecan pie
And you that's all i want
Just a piece of pecan pie
And all i want is you

Now, don't you call me key lime
You are the apple of my eye
Don't you know i'll be fine
Whenever you're by my side

With a piece of pecan pie
And you that's all i want
Just a piece of pecan pie
And all i want is you
All i want is you (*4)


4.Yesterday Cried

(johnson)

Yesterday is just the day before today
Sat and watched it, watched it slide away
Yesterday cried. oh, yesterday cried
Looking at me through those tiny eyes
Why did you do it, why'd you have to lie
Yesterday cried. oh, yesterday cried

Chorus:
All you ever wanted, and all you'll ever need (*4)
Oh, yesterday cried

My main line's gone a different way
I woke up, and it was yesterday
Yesterday cried. oh, yesterday cried
Times been good, times they been bad
When i was with you, you know it made me sad
Yesterday cried. oh, yesterday cried

(chorus)

Yesterday cried
By the shape of things i'm in
I'll just watch it slide away
Yesterday. yesterday. yesterday


5.Glad & Sorry

(ronnie lane)

Thank you kindly
For thinking of me
If i'm not smiling
I'm just thinking

Glad and sorry
Happy or sad
When all is done and spoken
You're up or i'm down

Chorus:
Can you show me a dream
Can you show me one that's better than life
Can you stand it in the cold light of day
Well, neither can i

(chorus)


6.Won't Be Coming Home

(louris, olson)

He is reaching up for climbing
Ropes hanging down below
I see the children smiling
No need to let it show

Chorus:
I know,
I won't be coming home
No more

The streets and sidewalk borders
Stretch out beyond the scenes
The sweet and dark emotions
Every day hopes and dreams
My god, i know who's waiting
Beneath the bedroom floor
Her eyes anticipating
My each and every move

(chorus)

All i ever wanted
Was to turn from my side
All i ever wanted
Was to turn from my side

The rake is scratching harder
The half-drawn window shade
Like any empty memory
The colors seem to fade
My god, i know who's waiting
Beneath the bedroom floor
Remember summer showers
Outside the cabin walls

(chorus)


7.He's A Dick

(johnson)

I once knew a guy
Who always asked for money
I'd give him 10, he'd insist on 20
And now when i see him around
His face is always pointed down at the ground

Chorus:
All i wanna know
Is why he is such a prick
Please tell so i know what makes guys like him tick
He's such a dick

He wanted to borrow some records from my collection
On no return, i felt the rejection
And now, when i see him in town
Same way as always, his head is towards the ground

(chorus)

Unsatisfied, a word he often uses is need
He is usually really wired on that cheap trucker speed
Last time he was at my house, he tried to walk away with my weed
Jeff plays bass, mark and i play rhythm
Dan and gary play lead


8.Walk Where He Walked

(tweedy)

There's a man on tv claims he killed 23
Burnt their bodies and collected their teeth
There's another man at home with his wife and family tree
Who agreed this would make a good movie?
And i'm sitting here, wondering what this is all doing to me

He sold the book rights, and he was set for life
A woman on a talk show wants to be his wife
Another man decides to purchase his knife
A court decides he's got the right
And i'm sitting here, wondering how he can ever sleep at night

I don't want to walk where he walked
I don't want to talk to who he stalked
I don't want to walk where he walked

First it was a book, and then it was a movie
They cut it all up and they put it on the tv
The starring role was played by christopher lee
He was fine, he was something to see
And i'm sitting here, wondering what this is all doing to me

(chorus)
Oh lord, i didn't catch how he got caught


9.Nowhere Bound

(perlman, murphy, johnson)

It don't matter if i lose
It's how i play the fool
Somewhere down the line it all got
Twisted, torn, and tossed and thrown away
It all looks the same to me
What you want i'll never be

Chorus:
And i can't seem to get it right
But i wanna get off right now
I can't seem to get it right
But it's all so wrong, somehow
Did you think i wouldn't return. did you think i wouldn't return
Did you think that i was dead. did you think that i was dead
Did you think i'd crash and burn
Did you think it was my turn

Radio plays, i'm coming down
Road stretches out, but it ain't - lord i'm home
I'm not big on being amazed
I'm in a haze, i'm lost - nowhere bound
And all my friends they jumped the wagon
Parked today, tails a-waggin'

(chorus)


10.Friend

(johnson)

You took me down when i was there
You shot me down, like you didn't care
You only, the only simple wish you only wish, was born a prayer
For a friend

You toss and turn in your bed alone
You throw abuse through a telephone
Why don't you sit back relax, sit back and let your feelings go
With a friend

Chorus:
Can't you let it go
Oh, it aches you so
Got to let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go

On new years eve, you had it all
A new year came, and i watched you fall
You only plan was for a man, you only plan was for a friend
Just a friend

(chorus)

I can't believe
The things you can't see
You're never wrong, you're always right
You're never wrong, you're always right
You got me wrong
(repeat)

You're never wrong, you're always right
You're never wrong, you're always right
You got me

(verse 2)
With a friend (*3)
Friend (*2)


11.She Don't Have To See You

(patterson, strickland)

You always thought
In a town this size
That you'd always
Have a place to hide
But you can't. . .
Can't treat your woman right
If you got another
One on the side

Chorus:
She don't have to see you
She don't have to see you
To see through you

You used to brag
To all your friends
Telling'em all about
Your other love
But you never thought
You never thought she'd been giving away
The very thing
That you've been getting plenty off

(chorus)

She can tell by the look in your eye
That you've been telling her lies
She don't have to see you to see through you

How many times
've you come home late at night
You remember all the times
Got caught sneaking in
And your woman
She never said a word
But she knew exactly
Where you've been

(chorus)


12.Red Headed Stepchild

(murphy, perlman)

Hello darkness, come on in
Let me light a candle
Imaginations running
Hands start to tremble
Knows enough to know not to believe
Wha's real, and what it seems to be
Knows what's keeping him from being free
Right outside your door

Chorus:
Don't run away, red headed stepchild
I can only promise you won't find your way back home

In another room there's laughing
Entertaining strangers
Walls in there don't breathe no more
But they're keeping out some angels
Laughed so much, he almost cried
Stranger offers him a ride
City blocks roll on by
Never coming back

(chorus)

Take your pictures off my wall
I hate to look at strangers
Then it's burning be forewarned
Keep me out of danger
Knows enough to know not to believe
What is real, and what it seems to be
Knows what's keeping him from being free
Right outside your door

(chorus)

(chorus)
Find your way back home


13.Williamton Angel

(johnson)

Williamton angel smiles
Carries them through the miles
Throw all his on goods (?)
Fire that never burns

Chorus:
Williamton angel, don't come down
Carry his feet up off the ground
Oh, williamton angel

Williamton angel appraised
Licking the tears from her eyes
Night is turning to day
Who needs sleep anyway

(chorus)

Oh, williamton angel (williamton)
Williamton angel is gone
Leaving behind a song
Deny it was a return
Things we got to be learned

(chorus)
Williamton angel
Oh, williamton angel
Williamton angel


14.Radio King

(tweedy, louris)

Let's go down, together
3 am tomorrow night
I'll take you over anything
Let's go out, together
Broad daylight in the street
I'll take you anywhere

Chorus:
Your music fills my car
Your voice breaks every time
I'm still wondering
If i know who you are
I hang on every line

Let's go down, together
Down by the old mainstream
I'll take you over anything
Let's go back in time 1959
I'll take you, radio king

(chorus)