Diamonds In The Ditch

Yesterday's Ring Diamonds In The Ditch Lyrics
1.Moving Out (To Florida)

The sorrow and the pain. The endless nights.
The beautiful girls with no eyes.
The constant reminder of your smile.
Im leaving this town for the last time.

The snow and the rain. The stupid fights.
The way you said to me no thanks.
When I asked you to be my wife...

I'm moving to Florida, it's gonna be alright.
I'm moving to Florida, I'm losing my mind. (2x)

I can't call this home no more.
I want the girls in honky tonks.
I need the south, I need the sun.

The devils on my trail.
He's telling me that it's alright.
To blame it all on drugs and lies.
Those pretty girls were never mine...

I'm moving to Florida, it's gonna be alright. (2x)
I'm moving to Florida, I ran out of pride.

I can't call this home no more.
I want the girls in honky tonks.
I need the south, I need the sun.

I'm moving to Florida cuz I'm losing my mind
I'm moving to Florida it's gonna be alright
I'm moving to Florida, I ran out of pride

I'm a sinner, I'm a whore.
Don't want to fall in love no more
Don't get me high, please don't get me drunk...


2.Saved By The Belle

Let's burn the last song to the ground
Let's take a train out of this town
I'm scared of the sun, I'm scared of the crowd
Let's leave before it's too dark

Dirty hands they steal guitars
But I see you better with the stars
All the girls are crazy except you
They never heard of Emmylou

Remember laughing just because?
Remember nights without a cause?
I found myself by the river
Wondering who's the goddamn leader

My baby will never leave me
Cuz she just knows my love is true
Stay right here in my arms forever
Everything feels so much better now

Tonight you had too much to drink
So I drove us home without thinking
I know you know you saved my life
From going so lonesome I could cry

Now I need to kill some time
To find a way to pay you back
Forget money honey count on it
I promise that I'll never quit

Remember laughing just because?
Remember nights without a cause?
I found myself by the river
Wondering who's the goddamn leader

My baby will never leave me
Cuz she just knows my love is true
Stay right here in my arms forever
Everything feels so much better now


3.Sad Songs

I've never been a damn honky tonk
In fact i'm not sure if it's a pub or a bar
Butt I'll still make you cry with this song

I never spent time in Georgia or Texas
And i never rode on a train or a horse
Ill still make you cry with my songs

'If You mean it boy they'll love you until the end'
'Cuz sad songs are mad by sad men'

I had a girl, she was funny and smart
But I was obsessed with music and fame
So my good girl left me alone

I used be good, I was a good honest boy
But I started drinking and smoking cigars
No i'm dying every night at the bar

'If You mean it boy they'll love you until the end'
'Cuz sad songs are mad by sad men'

Some folks they tell me:
'you just can't play contry'
'You're a stupid young punk and you're from Montreal'
But ill still make you cry with that song

'If You mean it boy they'll love you until the end'
'Cuz sad songs are mad by sad men'

'Cuz if You mean it boy they'll love you until the end'
'Cuz Realsongs are made by real men'


4.They Oughta Name A Drink After Me

Farewell to you drunk bastards
I won't see you all again
It's been great but now I'm gone
I never really liked to talk to anyone besides you
So it's better to get out
It's better to get out before I ruin it all my dear
Before I ruin it all again
It's too cold and too dark
And we can't smoke anymore
Maybe in two years I'll come back and pay my bill
Or I'll just show up and play songs for you baby

Precious dolls that I've seen from too close or too far
I hate everything
So it's time for change again
So say goodbye people it's my last beer

I got drunk from crying eyes
I got high from bathroom wall
Too many stories tonight
Small talk is so boring and 'when is your nest show?'

Maybe in two years I'll come back and pay my bill
Or I'll just show up and play songs for you baby
Everything is wrong when you're drunk out of your mind
What happens between 3 & 8 vanishes when the sun rises.


5.Scrabble Strip Club

I play singer, I play the stripper
I fake the savior, I fake the sinner
We share a drink blinded by colours
It's the same spotlight that keeps us all moving

Family affair, life's sometimes fair
Come to my house and I'll show you something else
My dream is singing but I still love dancing
I wake up every morning and I dream of leaving

Na na na na na...

We all wear masks, we all hide in a closet
I've been wearing this one since the year 2000
I don't have much honey, but I have the night
To watch you dance baby until closing time

The boys spend their money, the girls pop some pills
The old man are watching but they are not seeing
It smells like bleach and 10$ perfume
I hate this warm beer 'Wish you were here'

Na ananana nanana

Let's get the fuck out, tell the boys we're leaving
We play the same game but I win every evening
This motel feels like home and I'm thinking of you
Lots of regrets, but I'm not going insane


6.Quebec City Blues

Guess who? It's your enemy!
Addiction is still a disease
Don't cry for me New York City
I won't leave if you keep on stinking

On St-Joseph they cut legs
On my way home i dropped dead
Down the old port they shoot steroîds
Did you just call me chicken-shit?

I've got them Quebec City blues
I know the streets but not the signs
Old friends are coming up for air
Taking the piss is my only goal in life
Ghetto superstars i call jocks
Fuck your hair, fuck your rock
You'll break my neck and punch my friends
I'll fuck your girl and write it in my blog

She's not pretty but she's alright
Skin tight baby, she's a lie
D'you have a smoke or a light?
Cuz i'll bewatching from outside

I've got them Quebec City blues
I know the streets but not the signs
Old friends are coming up for air
Taking the piss is my only goal

Back up plans and dump dump stories
You're professional but you're boring
it's predictable and you're counting

I've got them Quebec City blues
I know the streets but not the signs
Old friends are coming up for air
Taking the piss is my only goal

Please don't leave me here laughing
I know the streets but not the names
Old friends are still good friends sometimes
Taking the piss was my only goal tonight


7.Roses

Will you throw roses at my feet
If I ask you for money to drink?
If I fall on my knees,
If I forget my keys,
Will you throw roses at my feet?

Will you want me to sleep with your friend,
If I forget the name of your band?
I won't go to your show,
I won't listen to your songs,
While you're talking I'm thinking about home.

Will you download our brand new CD
If I go to bed before 3,
I won't kiss you goodnight,
I won't look in your eyes,
And tomorrow won't remember tonight.

Little girl, you looked alright,
But I just wanted you for a night,
Little girl, you're kind of funny but damn,
You're just boring like everyone else.

Will you throw roses at my feet,
If I tell you I did it all for me?
Don't you know I'm afraid of all coming things,
Will you throw roses at my feet?

Will you throw roses at my feet,
If you knew I had a wife and a kid?
I don't write no more songs
About some girl and some bar,
I just stay home watching movie alone.

Little girl, you looked alright,
But I just wanted you for a night,
Little girl, you're kind of funny but damn,
You're just boring like everyone else.

Little girl, you looked alright,
But I just wanted you for a night,
Little girl, you're kind of funny but damn,
You're just boring like everyone else.

Little girl has just got baby eyes
She's so great, great for tonight,
Little girl, you're a kid but fuck,
You're just boring, let's call it bad luck.


8.What Happens On The Road In ...

When I look in your eyes I see drunken nights and fights
I see pain and lonely girls and bitter jokes
I see mistakes, I see love, I see pizza and sodas
I see bikes and pills, Berlin and Montreal

I see empty bars and song that we sang for fucked up souls
I see old shoes, dirty sex with German girls
I see whiskey and cocaine and cold nights in the rain
I see thousands of drives home and I see trust

What happens on the road stays in the van
The time we fought over goddamn cigarettes
What happens every night stays in our heads
What happens on the road stay in the van

I see phone calls every night and postcards I forgot
stampless at the bottom of my bag
I see kids in Baltimore drinking nyquil and moonshine
I see us with Fat Mike and Spider from Pogues

I see strippers and bouncers and a couple suicide girls
I see idols, rockstars, heroes and assholes
I see basements and old squats and Diamonds In The Ditch
But I hear Steve Earle, Dead Prez and David Allan Coe

What happens on the road stays in the van
The time we fought over your goddamn cigarettes
What happens every night stays in our heads
What happens on the road stays in the van

I see contradictions and I see good reasons to quit
But I see better ones to play another show
I see novels and I see porn, I hear shitty and great songs
I see building, beaches, bridges and old dogs

What happens on the road stays in the van
The time we fought over your goddamn cigarettes
What happens every night stay in our heads
What happens on the road stays in the van (2x)


9.Email From Lucie

I spent last xmas with my dog in a mansion
I spoke to him in german, he answered with his
dog eyes:'Can someone please give me whatever i need.'

I was pregnant and i was scared as hell
Everybody around me, well... they just disappeared
It made me sick and i lost the baby

I was alone barely eating for weeks
Riding the Greyhound and i couldn't fall asleep

Now i feel better, but i don't feel good
I fell on my knees, please get me out of this
These days it's just lawyers and immigration agents

I was alone barely eating for weeks
Riding the Greyhound and i couldn't fall asleep
Changing clothes every half hour
Cuz i was scared of getting caught by police

I'm still in Long Beach swimming where we spent that day
A couple years ago 'round the same time of the year
I accepted the fact that i'm a refugee now
I've got no rights but a dream of a perfect life

I was alone barely eating for weeks
Riding the Greyhound and i couldn't fall asleep
Changing clothes every half hour
Cuz i was scared

I was alone barely eating for weeks
Riding the Greyhound and i couldn't fall asleep
Changing clothes every half hour
Cuz i was scared of getting caught by police


10.Truckstop In Charlotee, NC


11.Moving Back (To Montreal)


12.Ste-Cath Family


13.Who I Wanted To Be (Pretty Baby)


14.Punx Not Dead It's Just Sleeping


15.Fairytale Of Montreal III

believe me please i'm being sincere
for the first and maybe the last time
we don't need to be told what to do
I almost died when I found out about hope

I would give everything I own
to my friends my family my love
if it means they will always be with me
if it means they won't ever forget me

it's 4 am and tomorrow laughs at me
the city smile is so beautiful and true
i'm counting scars on my way back home
the quiet street is like music to my ear

we have our songs our fears and our drinks
do you see what everyone can't see
yeah tonight the floor is calling me
I don't mind as long as there's you and whiskey
I don't mind as long as there's you and music


16.Another Bad Country Song