Unreleased Songs

The Minus 5 Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.That's Not The Way That It's Done

Lyricist:Scott Mccaughey

I saw you crying in the quaker choir
They don't swing so low
There's no religion like old-time religion
It's a heavy snow
That puts you in the mood for love
And I was in the mood

But if I was stronger
You know I never would have hurt you that way
I fell into a hollow love
And that's not the way that it's done

I had to ring you 'cause the background
Singers really blew that night
Yes, I know you had a bluer side
But it's a real black light
That puts you in the mood for love
And I was in the mood

There's nothing worse than
A narcissist working a disaster nurse
She ends up versus
The goddamned center of the universe
Who's always in the mood for love
Always in the mood


2.That Smell

Lyricist:Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant

Whiskey bottles, brand new cars
Oak tree, you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you

That smell, can't you smell that smell?
That smell, the smell of death surrounds you

Angel of darkness upon you
Stuck a needle in your arm
So take another toke, blow for your nose
One more drink, fool, will drown you

That smell, can't you smell that smell?
That smell, the smell of death surrounds you
Smell of death surrounds you

They call you Prince Charming
Can't speak a word when you're full of 'ludes
Say you'll be all right come tomorrow
But tomorrow might not be here for you

That smell, can't you smell that smell?
Ooh, that smell, the smell of death surrounds you
The smell of death surrounds you
Smell of death surrounds you


3.The Girl I Never Met

Lyricist:Peter Buck, Scott Lewis Mccaughey

Have you seen the girl I never met?
She looks like you, ahah
She looks like you
And when I find the girl I never met
You'll be there too, you'll be there too

She walks the fields of Waterloo in here bare feet
I wish you would
I thought I saw her walk down little butcher street
I wish you would
She makes me stagger round just like a marionette
That's not too bad for the girl I never met

And now she's gone, the girl I never met
And so are you , ahah
And so are you

She walks the fields of Waterloo in here bare feet
I wish you would
I thought I saw her walk down little butcher street
I wish you would
She makes me stager round just like a marionette
That's not too bad for the girl I never met

And when I paint the face I can't forget
I'll dedicate it to you, this is dedicated to you
Dedicated to you
My darling, this is dedicated to you


4.Days Of Wine And Booze

Lyricist:Scott Mccaughey

These days, losing ground control
These days down the rabbit hole
I try to catch a piece of sky, but I'm flying too low
Still, I never want to lose the days of wine and booze

Each night, might procrastinate
Every night I can't hardly wait
I know once the feeling flows, it's a long, hard way
Still, I never want to lose the days of wine and booze

Who will hold you when you're falling?
Who will pick up when you call in?

One day, if I'm old or dead
One day, can't get out of bed
I hope and pray the night before
We were out of our heads
'Cause I never want to lose
The days of wine and booze


5.Myrna Loy

Lyricist:Francesco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno, Mitchell Parish

If she smiles, she gets her way
And if she rips you, that's okay
When they come down from starry space
She must represent the sorry human race

Ah, Myrna Loy

You couldn't have a better friend
She would have found the lost weekend
If they come down from starry space
All they need to see the light upon her face

What really matters
Isn't what is really real
What really matters
Is the way it makes you feel

There's just one story that's been told
A woman's world is twice as cold
If she came down from starry space
At least one angel knew this sad
And lonely place


6.Dark Hand Of Contagion

Lyricist:Timothy Bracy, Scott Lewis Mc Caughey

It wasn't the wrath of God
Or the dark hand of contagion
Not some cruel comedy
Or a botched up engraving

I met you at Acadia
I tried wine and persuasion
It was just another dinner bought
By the dark hand of contagion

You drew it like a map in sand
Led us down the road to ruin
You said you tried to understand
You'd no idea what I was doing

Your wedding day was so well planned
Like a German occupation
I signed the note on your nightstand
'The Dark Hand of Contagion'

It said it's not too late
You still got time
And I hold that time like a handful of the sea
So you won't get rid of me so easily

It wasn't the wrath of God
I guess he was busy elsewhere
I took you 'round the family plot
Thought you might at least pretend to care

I would have given anything
Made any arrangement
Just to see you wear my ring
On the dark hand of contagion

I would have given anything
Made any arrangement
Just to see you wear my ring
On the dark hand of contagion


7.What I Don't Believe

I've said it with silence
I've said it real loud
From down underground
Way down, from over the clouds

So now I say nothing
And this much is true
What I don't believe means nothing
Nothing to you

I shout from the mountains
That nothing need last
Your mind is made up, made up
From time's blistered past

I can't hold a candle to crimes
Half recalled
What I don't believe means nothing
Nothing at all.

Can't you tell I won't fight anymore?
And you know it's not right
You know it's not right
If my tongue moves I bite down
Before it can tell how hard I've lied

I won't bother knocking
Where I'll never get in
I'm bound straight to hell for sure
If omission's a sin

I won't be the downfall
Of such miserable bliss
What I don't believe goes something
Something like this


8.Retrieval Of You

I drive by airports three times a day
Synchronizing every single move
It's on the airwaves you're coming my way
Sure, I don't have much to lose
I'm a fumbled record star
They call me DJ Minimart
'Cause that's where I work

Everybody knows I fell afoul of fame
And you're to blame that I'm what's his name
I'm setting an example you're the one I choose
For Page 2 news, it's my retrieval of you

I'm right behind you, don't turn around
I was the one who cut your first song
Get in the backseat and keep your head down
Didn't I shout it out all night long?
Now you're a fabled record star
And I'm DJ Minimart
'Cause that's where I work

I've got a boxcar with blankets and bread
In Sector 9, where no one goes
I brought a pillow for your precious head
You'll be fine once you get to know me again

I drive by airports
Practicing retrieval of you


9.The Family Gardener

The family garden is a special place
In sun and shade there, I was raised
But voices fade away
And rooms are rearranged
Now I'm the family gardener

You need a stethoscope
And a good good rake
Some beer for snails
And a rope for snakes

A flowerbed to fall in
As the moonlight breaks
When you're the family gardener
And I'm the family gardener

As I look down with my two eyes
And my two green thumbs
I despise the people who walk
On the green, green grass
I grew with my watered love

Now some other son sleeps
In the southern wing
And someone else's mother
Sits to paint the pastoral scene

My father always said
That I would never amount to anything
But I'm the family gardener
I'm the family gardener


10.I'm Not Bitter

When someone wants me to listen, I can't
If I'm supposed to do something, I won't
It's hard to tell if I can get along
But I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter
Not at all, just a lot

I walk around the block to avoid you
And that's when I'm in a social mood
It's just my head that hurts me right now
But I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter
Not at all, just a lot

I try to think back on the happiness and fun
It doesn't make much sense to blame you
For the wreck my life's become

Bitterness is reserved for stupid people
Not for someone intelligent like me
I don't have time to feel that way
I do things backwards when I say
That I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter
I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter
Not at all, just a lot