1.Chapel Song
Well there goes my girl
Into the chapel
Now she's walking down the aisle
And it feels just like a mile
And I shake shake shake like a leaf
And I'm lyin' lyin' lyin' through my teeth
I got a pocket full of handshakes
And it don't mean nothin'
There goes my girl
Into the chapel
Now she's walking down the aisle
And her man begins to smile
And I shake shake shake like a leaf
And I'm lyin' lyin' lyin' through my teeth
I'm a bowl of bruised fruit
Inside a chapel of shiny apples
Tear up the photograph!
'cause it's a bright blue sky
Tear up the photograph!
'cause it's a bright blue sky
Tear up the photograph!
'cause it's a bright blue sky
Tear up the photograph!
'cause it's a bright blue sky
2.Augustine
Fell asleep with a cigarette
To the flicker of a TV set
No one saw you wave your white flag
No one saw your family photo album
Never saw your family photo album
Fought some battles and we lost the war
And there's ashtrays all on the floor
'The city ain't beat me yet' he said
To the flicker of a TV set
To the blue light of a TV set
I'm takin' ya home
Hang up the phone
We'll listen to radio
Keep your head up kid
I know you can swim
But ya gotta move your legs
I'm takin' ya home
Hang up the phone
We'll listen to radio
Keep your head up kid
I know you can swim
But ya gotta move your legs
The leaves are fallin' off the trees
There's children playin' in the street
Have you lost your will to see straight？
Well to hell with New York City then,
New York City can go to hell
I'm takin' ya home
Hang up the phone
We'll listen to radio
Keep your head up kid
I know you can swim
But ya gotta move your legs
I'm takin' ya home
Hang up the phone
We'll listen to radio
Keep your head up kid
I know you can swim
But ya gotta move your legs
Fell asleep with a cigarette
To the flicker of a TV set
No one saw you wave your white flag
No one saw your family photo album
Never saw your family photo album
I'm takin' ya home
Turn off the phone
We'll listen to radio
Keep your head up kid
I know you can swim
But ya gotta move your legs
I'm takin' ya home
Turn off the phone
We'll listen to radio
Keep your head up kid
I know you can swim
But ya gotta move your legs
3.Philadelphia (City Of Brotherly Love)
The city hadn't twinkled in ages
It was lost in a fog
And we could disappear just as easy
And we're already gone
To rise up from some dirty ashes,
To put away all our sobs
And now we're choking on the tears
But this is not your fault
It's the city of brotherly love, It's the city of brotherly love
It's the city of brotherly love
Soak your scars in the ocean
Is your car parked on the street？
You ask so many questions
You talk a lot in your sleep
It's the same people
Just different faces
All lost in a fog
And we could disappear just as easy
And I'm already gone
To rise up from some dirty ashes,
To put away all our sobs
And now we're choking on the years
But this is not your fault
It's the city of brotherly love
It's the city of brotherly love
It's the city of brotherly love
Soak your scars in the ocean
Is your car parked on the street？
You ask so many questions
You talk a lot in your sleep
It's the city of brotherly love
It's the city of brotherly love
It's the city of brotherly love
4.Headlong Into The Abyss
We were headlong into the abyss
In a four door sedan
And a kid that always stuttered
We stole it, for the feeling, of stealing
And drove it, like our days had been stolen
Follow me down
Follow me down
Follow me down
We'll raise our glass
To borrowed cash
To borrowed cash
Our wheels touched the highway
We traveled on down
From the valley that raised us up to shrink down
And gave us the drive
To keep driving from dreary and dread
To make bets we could not afford to
Follow me down
Follow me down
We'll raise our glass
To borrowed cash
To borrowed cash
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon to borrowed cash
Well call the police, go ahead call your shrink
Call whoever you want but I won't stop the car
Well call the police, go ahead call your priest
Call whoever you want, call in the National Guard!
Well call the police, go ahead call your shrink
Call whoever you want, call in the National Guard!
Well call the police, go ahead call your priest
Call whoever you want
Well call the police, go ahead call your shrink
Call whoever you want but I won't stop the car
Well call the police, go ahead call your priest
Call whoever you want, call in the National Guard!
Well call the police, go ahead call your shrink
Call whoever you want, call in the National Guard!
Well call the police, go ahead call your priest
Call whoever you want
I ain't gonna wait around for some pill to kick in
I ain't gonna wait around for some pill to kick in
Im gonna wait around,
gonna wait around
for a pill to kick in.
5.Book Of James
On a park bench sat a crimson beating heart
and behind him the girls played double dutch in the park
The sun began to burn his snow white skin
I guess your either headin' somewhere or endin up somewhere..
Storm clouds began to form in his head
and crisscrossed his mind like a restless angry ocean
And the howling of hardship and heartache
kneeled and grinned in his face
He stood there in his boots unable to move
And i came here to tell you that i love you
And here lies my green eyes
rolled back in my head, but they're alive
and all these words can all get spoken
just know we tried
and you're forgiven
He made his way down the boulevard
near the 99 cent stores and garbage in the yards
And he began sing
about the crickets and the backroads where we used to play
I guess your either headin' somewhere or endin up somewhere..
cause I tried the bible, tried the bottle, tried the needle,
tried to
love people
And in the end there aint much to say
And in the end there aint much to say anyway
And i stand here in my shoes, unable to move
my hat in my hands, at the bottom of the ocean.
And here lies my green eyes
rolled back in my head but they're alive
and all the words can all get spoken
just know we tried
and you're forgiven
you're forgiven
6.East Los Angeles
The crowd began to wave
From the freeway overpass
We joined the parade
right behind the marching band
You said
'Wave back, cause these are the best days of your life.'
And I said
'I know, I can't feel anything'
And up, up on the Ferris wheel
I can see L.A. and all the freeways
I can see your face
so close to me
And I can dream my dreams
And light the night
like a drive in movie screen
(ya know....)
On a hot summer day
We laughed in the Polaroid
Counted all the ways,
To slow down our time machine
And in my mind all I could
think was that love is war
And you know I'd surrender anything
And up, up on the Ferris wheel
I can see L.A. and all the freeways
I can see your face
so close to me
And I can dream my dreams
And light the night
Like a drive in movie screen
Oh no, I don't want to be another
scar on a bar stool
in East Los Angeles.
7.Juarez
The old man turned and scratched his chin
He said 'Son I wouldn't know where to begin, but your daddy's
gone,
he's gone down south.. It was all he would talk about'
We never blamed it on the soil
Or the sunburned earth
or the prices of the oil
This border town is my home
I got rattlesnake guts
in a desert full of bones
Tell my sister I've gone and to find someone cause I won't come
back
No more ..no more
Lord I see red and it's storming in my head
I got cathedrals in my ears and I think my Daddy's dead
Lord I see red and I'm prayin on my bed
I got a drunk for a mother
Got a saint for a brother
Now the sun is shinin on my hood
The statue on the dashboard
of Maria looks beautiful,
And I'm headin down south
I got tequila in my veins
and the devil in my mouth,
Tell my sister i've gone
and to find someone
Cause I won't comeback no more...
No more..
Lord I see red and it's storming in my head
I got cathedrals in my ears and I think my Daddy's dead
Lord I see red and I'm prayin on my bed
I got a drunk for a mother
got a saint for a brother
But hey it's alright
I got jukebox tears and stones for eyes
Hey it's alright
I got jukebox tears
under turquoise skies...
Hey.
So now I got hell on my trail
It took some demons to get even
No my demons are countin' rosaries
We never blamed it on the soil
Or the sun scorched earth
Where the desert meets the sky
Tell my sister Ive gone and to find someone
Cause I won't come back no more...
No more.
Lord I see red and it's storming in my head
I got cathedrals in my ears and I think my Daddy's dead
Lord I see red and I'm prayin' on my bed
I got a drunk for a mother
got a saint for a brother
Lord I see red and it's storming in my head
I got cathedrals in my ears and I think my Daddy's dead
Lord I see red and I'm prayin on my bed
I got a drunk for a mother
Got a saint for a brother
I got a drunk for a mother
Got a saint for a brother
I got a drunk for a mother
Got a saint for a brother.
8.New Drink For The Old Drunk
Would you try？ Could you buy a new drink for the old drunk？
It's no crime to resign misery with a bottle
You walked into town without making a sound
And you slipped and you slammed your face into the crowd
As you tried to forget all the words that were said
To deny all the things that you keep in your head
When you came you were new but today you're much older
You were spent so you went to get used in the corner
Where they kicked you around like a rodeo clown
And it echoed through town they were beating you down
And as the the word then spread that you liked how it hurt
All at once you were cause for a pitiful cure
Hours pass by half forgotten
Night turns black cause it's rotten
And we slide right to the bottom
Our tongues made out of cotton
Eyes seal shut in a slumber
'Til we hear someone mumble
Could you spare from the tumbler
A new drink a new for the old drunk
Now you waste all your days in the dark in the corner
Without light without grace where you wait for the slaughter
Where they spit in your face as the hours grow late
And they laugh as they lie and then seal up your fate
And you cringe as you binge to forget how you hate
All the doom in the pitiful room you create
Hours pass by half forgotten
Night turns black cause it's rotten
And we slide right to the bottom
Our tongues made out of cotton
Eyes sealed shut in a slumber
'Til we hear someone mumble
Could you spare from the tumbler
A new drink for the old drunk
9.Patton State Hospital
You can try to fix them
But your sea legs just went seasick
Walking with rubber bands
And waking with empty hands
You're goin' to stay sane
Gonna clean up all the stains
Of your whoring and then some,
Just in time to fix your head
We're on a train
On some drug
Well it's bound to drop your off sometime
It's a shame, just retire
We're gonna get you cleaned up James
Oh lord don't let them win
You're losing with the shape that you're in
Haunting the alleys at night
It's only a matter of time
We're on a train
On some drug
Well it's bound to drop you off sometime
It's a shame, just retire
We're gonna get you cleaned up James
We're on a train
On some drug
Well it's bound to drop you off sometime
It's a shame, just retire
We're gonna get you cleaned up James
10.Strange Days
Put up a fight
Like a ghost ship in the night
Count to 2 count to 3!
And fade away
Went overboard
Said curses to the lord
Count to 4 count to 5!
And sink a ways
You hate yourself
Put the bottle on the shelf
Count to 7 count to 8!
And weep that way
Broken heart
Touching strangers in the dark
Count to 9 count to 10!
And drink all day
The days seem so strange
From my windowpane
She's gone, She's gone
She ain't never comin' back again
So I got to turn the page
Windowpane
Yeah you got scars
But you got savings in your jar
It's your time, it's your time
So board the train
Put up a fight
Like a ghost ship in the night
Count to 3 count to 3!
And fade away
The days seem so strange
From my windowpane
She's gone, she's gone
She ain't never comin' back again
So I got to turn the page
Windowpane
A home
A home
A home
Gone
11.Barrel Of Leaves
Stare at a wristwatch
On a mighty fine day
Could bring tears to a stone wall
Or here where I stay,
Mothers gathering leaves
Into a barrel and I say
'Why do you pack your parachute
With a thousand ton weight？'
When you fall from the sky
I'll bring you barrels of leaves
But it would never soften your fall
Or ever help you at all
And now I'm all out of words here
They all left me last week
But I can give you my voice here
It's all I have to speak
I can give you my voice
give you my voice
When you fall from the sky
I'll bring you barrels of leaves
But it would never soften your fall
Or ever help you at all
12.The Instrumental
(Instrumental)
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