Paint The Town

The Push Stars Paint The Town Lyrics
1.Keg On My Coffin

Put the keg on my coffin
And think of me every so often
Have a losers day parade
for all my friends
Drink up life like a river
'til the pizza man delivers
And smile and know
I loved you 'til the end

Here's what you do when my time comes to pass
Charlie told me through the reflection
in his glass
Don't waste time praying
'cause I'm never coming back
Just throw a party in my name

Put the keg on my coffin
And think of me every so often
Have a losers day parade
for all my friends
Drink up life like a river
'til the pizza man delivers
And smile and know
I loved you 'til the end

Here's what to write
on the stone over my grave
His friends were earned,
and not a penny saved
Don't waste time crying
'cause you too are on your way
To meet me at the pawn shop in the sky

Put the keg on my coffin
And think of me every so often
Have a losers day parade
for all my friends
Drink up life like a river
'til the pizza man delivers
And smile and know
I loved you 'til the end

Smile and know
I loved you 'til the end
Smile and know
I loved you 'til the end


2.Drifiting Away

If this is a dream, don't wake me up
Keep the blankets on.
Keep the curtains shut
If this is my time, just knock me out
'cause it feels too good
to ever live without

Above the city I woke up drifting away
And you were crying, I'm fantasizing
I rescued you today

Sit by the pool from midnight to noon
Then we sleep all day in this motel room
'Cause we could care less
of our great success
It's because of you that I feel so blessed

Above the city I woke up drifting away
While you were crying, I'm fantasizing
I rescued you today
I've got so much to tell you
I wonder how you are
I've got so much to tell you
I wonder how you are

Above the city I woke up drifting away
And you were crying, I'm fantasizing
I rescued you today
I've got so much to tell you
I wonder where you are
I've got so much to tell you
I wonder where you are

Just knock me out
'cause it feels too good
to ever live without


3.Dream Came Down

Nobody gets what they want anymore
You can barely get what you need
But all I need seems like it's you

No one's satisfied anymore
They're knocking on all the wrong doors
The only door I'll stand at is yours

Since the dream came down
On this mean old town
Who thought hope would show her face down here.

Nobody's in the right mood anymore
Everyone's thinking too much
My great escape is in your touch

Nobody seems to be laughing out loud
Is everyone too cool to smile
All this heaviness is not your style

Since the dream came down
On this mean old town
Who thought luck would lay its hands on me?

I never wanted to fall so far
I never needed you 'til life got hard

Everyone's on the phone all the time
Nobody talks face to face
But I'm happiest sharing your space

You were supposed to be here ten minutes ago
You show up and say 'sorry I'm late'
You don't even know how much you're worth the wait

Since the dream came down
On this mean old town
Who thought hope would show her face down here.

Since the dream came down
On this mean old town
Who thought luck would lay its hands on me?


4.Lucky Sevens

Nothing that you say can bring me down
I've got my own rain
so you can keep your own clouds
I know you love to say
that you own this town
I don't care how long you wait,
I'm not moving out

And hey disarray's just a moment away
But that's why I've survived all this time
And I'm taking shape
like an angel falls from grace
Lucky sevens in my soul will still shine

You made a big mistake letting me go
At least that's what you say,
but I know what I know
I was carrying your weight
down a deep hole
And losing my own feet growing harder
from your cold

And hey disarray's just a moment away
But that's why I've survived all this time
And I'm taking shape
like an angel falls from grace
Lucky sevens in my soul will still shine

And hey disarray's just a moment away
But that's why I've survived all this time
And I'm taking shape
like an angel falls from grace
Lucky sevens in my soul will still shine

Lucky sevens in my soul will still shine
Lucky sevens in my soul will still shine


5.Every Angel

Once I was a stranger to the sky
I'd look up from the ground
and block my eyes
Like black smoke in thin air

I tried to be content with what was mine
But my heart was aching all the time
The scars are still there

And hey, every angel has its time
Hey, I'll write when I arrive
Hey, I've come to claim what's mine

In an elevator to the stars
take a long hard look at who you are
If you're unvamiliar

'Cause one day comes
when you must face yourself
Such a waste pretending someone else
Can still fulfill you

And hey, every angel has its time
And hey, I'll write when I arrive
Hey, I've come to claim what's mine

If your motivation's just to win
That's a handsome trap you're standing in
And its jaws can break you

I would never claim I've seen the light
But I heard the truest song tonight
Whose tune can change you

And hey, every angel has its time
And hey, I'll write when I arrive
Hey, I've come to claim what's mine

I've come to claim what's mine
I've come to claim what's mine
I've come to claim what's mine

Once I was a stranger to the sky
I'd look up from the ground
and block my eyes
Like black smoke in thin air


6.Freedom

I may work a job that I can't stand
With broken pride and cracked up hands
But Friday when the work is done
It's where I find my freedom

So I crank the tunes up in my car
And drive to anywhere you are
And if my car broke down well then I'd run
To where I find my freedom

So you open your door to my tired face
And welcome me into your place
You understand how far I've come
To where I find my freedom

Then you offer me a nice cold drink
'Cause inside I'm too tired to think
I'd always sought a simple love
It's where I find my freedom

Late at night we sway to sleep
I pray to God that you will keep
Me in your arms 'til the rising sun
It's where I find my freedom

It's where I find my freedom


7.Paint The Town

6:15, it's almost time to go out
I cut myself shaving,
toothpaste on my mouth
Isn't that the way we paint the town
I can't find a shirt,
man I need some new clothes
Tuck in the stain and no one will know
Isn't that the way we paint the town

Long enough to say we saw
the sun come up
The Songs we sing will sooth our suffering
Stumbling DJ, play it one more time

8 o'clock sharp
you were gonna pick me up
But your car broke down
Now you need a tow truck
Isn't that the way we paint the town
10:45 you pick me up on your bike
In a three-piece suit everybody looks twice
Isn't that the way we paint the town

Long enough to say we saw
the sun come up
The Songs we sing will sooth our suffering
Stumbling DJ, play it one more time

Late for the party everybody's crashed out
You got nine on the floor,
you got four on the couch
Isn't that the way we paint the town
We're like two stray dogs
sitting on the front steps
Sipping up the last drop
of night that's left
Isn't that the way we paint the town?

Long enough to say we saw
the sun come up
The Songs we sing will sooth our suffering
Stumbling DJ, play it one more time

Long enough to say we saw
the sun come up
The Songs we sing will sooth our suffering
Stumbling DJ, play it one more time


8.At Sea

No thing's ever gonna change you
No invention's ever going to
make you happy
And no one's ever gonna find you
At sea where you will be

Check the concourse, level B
There's a haunted house
on a dead end street
A million dead lovers are sinking at sea
They're all gone now it's just you and me

Gonna find a little island
Gonna throw your cell phone
and your new computer away
Think you're forgetting how to feel
The man within his needs

Check the concourse, level B
There's a haunted house
on a dead end street
A million dead lovers are sinking at sea
They're all gone now it's just you and me
They're all gone now it's just you and me

Check the concourse, level B
There's an abandoned car
down on highway three
A million dead lovers are sinking at sea
They're all gone now it's just you and me
They're all gone now it's just you and me
They're all gone now it's just you and me


9.Hanging By A Thread

You found your place,
I'm still seeking mine
In a stranger's face, took me back in time
When I knew my soul was a vacancy
And I was lost in this suburban dream

What will you do with your life
What will you do with your life

I'm hanging by a thread
It's happening again
I'm still the same, won't never change
Dangling from the edge
Too afraid to take the fall
I'm still the same, won't never change
I'm still the same

And it seemed too clear when it beckoned me
To leave my home and my family
But the woods were dark
and the river ran wild
And the city called to the desolate child

What will you do with your life
What will you do with your life

I'm hanging by a thread
It's happening again
I'm still the same, won't never change
Dangling from the edge
Too afraid to take the fall
I'm still the same, won't never change
I'm still the same

What will you do with your life
What will you do with your life

I'm hanging by a thread
It's happening again
I'm still the same, won't never change
Dangling from the edge
Too afraid to take the fall
I'm still the same, won't never change
I'm still the same


10.In The Galaxy

If I told you that the rain keeps coming
Would you go running the other way
Would you expect me to just say nothing
And be on my long, long way.

If I told you that my ship was sinking
Ship was sinking in my selfish sea
Cold winds coming in
would you go thinking
Thoughts of leaving me?

All I need is to just believe
in you endlessly like the sun on the sea.
'Cause life gets hard,
all your dreams so far
have been shooting stars in the galaxy.

And if I told you I blew all my money
And I had nothing left but what you see.
Would you stop calling
and would you stop coming
Around so easily

'Cause all I need is to just believe
in you endlessly like the sun on the sea.
'Cause life gets hard,
all your dreams so far
have been shooting stars in the galaxy.

What a perfect day
for a love parade
That's what I'd do
That's what I'd do for you


11.Outside of a Dream

We used to dance,
but all the best clubs all have closed down
Now all of the music sounds mean
And what does it mean
When the one thing I can't put down
Is a letter that you wrote to me
At twenty-three

Dream, I'm on the outside of a dream
Praying that you could salvage me
Thy will be done

No second chance
Was the last thing that you told me
And I was the fool who agreed
Now I'm driving past
All the places that we went to
When the kisses flowed
So easily from you to me

Dream, I'm on the outside of a dream
Praying that you could salvage me
Thy will be done

On and on and on and on
The smallest hope is never gone
My optimism always is well fed
And if I die before I wake
I pray for all of goodness sake
That you are happy where you make your bed

So I went to search
And to find out that you're married
With a sweet little child on the way
Now I can let go of this
tiny dream I carried
With me all these years
Through all my fights and all the tears

Dream, I'm on the outside of a dream
Praying that you could salvage me
Thy will be done

See, seeing the artificial lives
Something that you always denied
Now I'm the one

On and on and on and on
The smallest hope is never gone
My optimism always is well fed
And if I die before I wake
I pray for all of goodness sake
That you are happy where you make your bed

On and on and on and on
The smallest hope is never gone
my optimism always is well fed
And if I die before I wake
I pray for all of goodness sake
That you are happy where you make your bed


12.Claire

Lately you've been questioning
my love for you
Well, I've got none for me
and I've got two for you
The two of hearts tattooed on my chest
Etched upon my brain
and though I can't express
In simple phrases what I feel for you
'Cause in a soul of fire
contradictions brew
And the sea in me
is bound to boil and burn
And splash and spill all over you

And there, this is your answer Claire
I can't guarantee that I'll be true
But on the sleepless city nights
I'm just a shadow 'neath the street lights
Who would die for you
I would die for you

By myself, by myself again
Another victim of the road
I played my show now there's no way home
And there's nowhere in this town to go
So I grabbed my coat
from the hotel lounge
Bummed a cigarette
and found the exit out
And the rain reflection on the street
could wash the whole damned city upside down

And there, this is your answer Claire
I can't guarantee that I'll be true
But on the sleepless city nights
I'm just a shadow 'neath the street lights
Who would die for you
I would die for you

I would die for you
I would die for you

And there, this is your answer Claire
I can't guarantee that I'll be there
But on the sleepless city nights
I'm just a shadow 'neath the street lights
Who would die for you
I would die for you

I would die for you
I would die for you
I would die for you
I would die for you