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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
A sweet scent of discontent rising in the air
You don't get old you just get passive and then you stand and stare Hey nobody's keeping you from stopping Like a bulb without a socket your finger trigger's itching but you forgot to cock it And things didn't turn out the way you thought they would be No you can't take that out on me If you can find a better way then I ain't standing in your way I'm fed up with holding out I called your bluff now let it out You were thinking you were never never never enough it ain't bad luck it's just that you ain't that tough Ain't that tough ain't that tough A graveyard of bottles and a If you're so brave why's a .45 hang from your hips Nobody's keeping you from stopping You're always threatening to kill yourself well why don't you just do it right here, right now I didn't turn out the way you thought I would be No you can't take that out on me I thought I was talking to someone else I guess I was talking to myself I'm fed up with holding out I called your bluff now let it out You were thinking you were never never never enough it ain't bad luck it's just you ain't that tough Last time I saw you you were talking just like me Now you're talking like some hollywood actress, what the hell's that supposed to mean? You ain't that tough you ain't that tough ... |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
The papers read that the king is dead
The people said what we need instead Is to be on our own But people, they do the strangest things You never know what they might do When they are left alone There's men without gods and gods without men And a spirit of which none of them can transcend But something peculiar is happening We should just be happy with just what we've got And the problems should be too few to mention But they're not Where can I go for some information? So tired of the big sensation I need to know what's going on Oh well you're the well-informed Into your world which I was born My friend, here's to you How would I know if there was something wrong When the weak of heart out-survive the strong The truth is almost always confidential You never know just what you've got until it's gone And your friends have never seemed so essential When you're wrong Remarkably incredible, incredibly forgettable I know this might sound strange, don't ever change Amazingly unfaceable, entirely replaceable There's nothing I would rearrange, don't ever change Out of luck, out of space, out of time, out of place Don't try to save face my friend There was a time and there was a place For your face and for your race but it's been swept away |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
The papers read that the king is dead
The people said what we need instead Is to be on our own But people, they do the strangest things You never know what they might do When they are left alone There's men without gods and gods without men And a spirit of which none of them can transcend But something peculiar is happening We should just be happy with just what we've got And the problems should be too few to mention But they're not Where can I go for some information? So tired of the big sensation I need to know what's going on Oh well you're the well-informed Into your world which I was born My friend, here's to you How would I know if there was something wrong When the weak of heart out-survive the strong The truth is almost always confidential You never know just what you've got until it's gone And your friends have never seemed so essential When you're wrong Remarkably incredible, incredibly forgettable I know this might sound strange, don't ever change Amazingly unfaceable, entirely replaceable There's nothing I would rearrange, don't ever change Out of luck, out of space, out of time, out of place Don't try to save face my friend There was a time and there was a place For your face and for your race but it's been swept away |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
Folks tell jokes in clouds of smoke
Making sure life won't decay Fancy flags fly in your face Fall polluting in my space Pounds of sounds from shotgun rounds Music of the hit parade No your fathers, fathers, fathers He's got nothing left to say On the day you walked away Another world, another day |
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from Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
Quittin' after one more last one
Tired of playin' the clown If I want your opinion I'll ask ya I can get myself down Night driving without headlight Wearin' sunglasses too Lookin' good but sure don't feel right Anything to be cool Doin' hopscotch with my legs tied Jumpin' rope in wet cement Black leather in midday sunshine All your mother's money's spent Doin' time on the metal detector Like to drown in your pool Coverin' up everything that's defective Anything to be cool A burning heart could be so cool Won't you be my fashion victim Come on, I'm an April Fool for you Holdin' on to what's left of real life Anything to be cool (x4) A burning heart like an April Fool Won't you be my fashion victim Come on, I'm an April Fool I'm a mid-spring snowfall, joke's on you I'm an April Fool for you I'm an April Fool for you I'm an April Fool (x3) |
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from Soul Asylum - Clam Dip And Other Delights [Ep] (2006)
It's a second hand story no one wants to hear
And it's wet with blood, salted with tears It's black and white and red all over, happens all the time This was something about an artificial heart She lived in a sleepy town trailer home park Where not many people go out after dark Innocent helpless at 17, queen of every loser's wet dream Which brings us to our villain but a mother could love He liked amputation and the Lord above He kidnapped her on her way home from school She lost her mind, he lost his cool She didn't tell him about the artificial heart Then some kid found her head Then an arm and a leg and you know the rest they said The artificial heart it was still beating With a needle and a thread they sewed on her head She's alive and well like she was never dead She doesn't remember the day she didn't die Or how everybody cried She read a story in the paper how she was victimized And you should have seen the look in her eyes Her assailant was acquitted and as she read I swear she laughed off her head |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Just like an old man in a candy store, the riots across the street
The cold greets the newborn, the neighbors that never meet No one's making plans here, no one knows for sure The way to keep it inside, it's just one more dark opening for you And whatever you do, when everything still seems new It's sure to come to something to change the rest of your life A chance to feel normal, but now you're in too deep Pacing circles around your eyes, the rest of the world's fast asleep No sense of direction, no sense at all No one there to break your fall, no one knows what's happening to you I never quite got that through; I know what waits for you I know for something to do with the rest of your life Stop looking over my shoulder, it was a little bolder You're going somewhere I might be on your way This time I don't mean maybe Nowhere I'd rather be If you're coming with me I might be on your way I saw you there on the corner with my name written all over you I was trying to get your attention, it's all I ever wanted from you Who will be the victim, who will be the host Who will you take it out on for not being there when you needed them most For you, I'm coming to terms with you And you can pull me through, I'm settling up with something to change the rest of my life Something to do with the rest of my life I need something to fear the rest of my life's not in vain |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Just like an old man in a candy store, the riots across the street
The cold greets the newborn, the neighbors that never meet No one's making plans here, no one knows for sure The way to keep it inside, it's just one more dark opening for you And whatever you do, when everything still seems new It's sure to come to something to change the rest of your life A chance to feel normal, but now you're in too deep Pacing circles around your eyes, the rest of the world's fast asleep No sense of direction, no sense at all No one there to break your fall, no one knows what's happening to you I never quite got that through; I know what waits for you I know for something to do with the rest of your life Stop looking over my shoulder, it was a little bolder You're going somewhere I might be on your way This time I don't mean maybe Nowhere I'd rather be If you're coming with me I might be on your way I saw you there on the corner with my name written all over you I was trying to get your attention, it's all I ever wanted from you Who will be the victim, who will be the host Who will you take it out on for not being there when you needed them most For you, I'm coming to terms with you And you can pull me through, I'm settling up with something to change the rest of my life Something to do with the rest of my life I need something to fear the rest of my life's not in vain |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Right before the aftermath, I saw where it would end.
They said it was an accident, I guess that all depends on who you talk to and who you know, and where you come from and where - where you go. In your crowd of pushers and users, takers and loosers, beggars and beggars and beggars and choosers. Your childhood days are over as you stuff your shirt and say made a choice it's wrong or right, it's this way I will stay. You'll sell it to your children, you'll sell it to your wife. Buying is your business, and selling is your life, It's your life. The vultures are all circling around your ????. Scavengers, evangalists will get to you some how. Your mother and your ex-best friend, letters that you never send. Your illegitamate children are coming for you now. They're always dragging you down, it's looking like a showdown, between revenge and in the end you can't defend. Can you try to imagine, a story that has no end? I think you better steal it while you still understand it, and sell it to one of your friends. |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
At the end of the track is a shack
When you die, that's where you go Down the lines, up from this pit at the end of your rainbow That's one too many flights of stairs One more stair and almost there One more dose close Keep coming back to haunt you, Got no place left to go And they'll strip your car to the bone We did a scene, checked out a gown The Justice started laughing I guess that's what you get for laughing One last laugh and lived to tell One more pomp and circumstance One more fool to follow Another finger down my throat It's a bitter pill to swallow It's moving much too slow Who it is asleep at the wheel I don't want to know Just around the corner there's Somebody there to take you there Don't worry child you're sure to be scared One more drink before I go One last good luck kiss One less thing to call my own That's one more thing I miss Took the world by storm Most of 'em either in a dark jail Or wishing they had never been born Just around the corner there's One more pomp and circumstance One more fool to follow Another finger down my throat That's a bitter pill to swallow |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
Why you always want to get the best of me
I'm like a seeing-eye dog and I can't even see They're naked and they're following my master who is blind And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bittersweetheart Bittersweetheart Better get yourself a little street smart Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure It's just my bittersweetheart It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end Tired of compliment-fishing and impressing your friends I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start But you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night Bittersweetheart Without a shortcut, without a head-start Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure My bittersweetheart It's the hardest part Bittersweetheart Are you in there, are you beating Beating me up until I'm bleeding How much blood can you spare Bittersweetheart Think just a drink might get you to the good part Lyin' in bed just a'wonderin' what to do, It's a bittersweetheart that'a a hard heart to cure In time inside you find you always wind up with a bittersweetheart |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
Protect and serve, slice my nerve
Gotta make sure everybody's gonna get what they deserve Make my plea, I'm down on my knees Street cowboy with a badge that says can do what you please Do what you please, do what you please, do what you please Rape me, take me, shine your lights so I can't see Holsters, guns and uniform just don't impress Blood stained streets, he still looks neat Somebody's cryin' for help and he's breaking up my party Please stop breathing down my neck Took away something that's mine, I want you to give it back You gotta give it back, now give it back Walk across my face with your shiny shoes Bow down to the badge and colors black and blue It's a blue night, he rides tonight, a show of strength, a polished fight Take me home, 'cause I'm not alone, I'm not alone The squads breakin' down, but you misjudged power Get your handcuffs ready, 'cause we're coming in numbers |
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from Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
Two boys on a playground
Tryin' to push each other down See the crowd gather 'round Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd Black gold in a white plight Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride I don't care 'bout no wheelchair I've got so much left to do with my life Moving backwards through time Never learn, never mind That side's yours, this side's mine Brother you ain't my kind You're a black soldier, white fight Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride Sure like to feel some pride But this place just makes me feel sad inside Mother, do you know where your kids are tonight? Keeps the kids off the streets Gives 'em something to do, something to eat This spot was a playground This flat land used to be a town Black gold in a white plight Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride Sure like to feel some pride But this place just makes me feel sad inside Black gold in a white plight Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride I don't care 'bout no wheelchair I've got so much left to do with my life |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
Nothing happened, it's just two people passing through
Hearing voices in my head, hope they never lie to you Why's something always gotta be up with you Whatever I do is never enough for someone like you Passing through you all the time Turning blood into wine Turning blood into wine Who'll forgive me, who's to say if it's right or wrong And you won't see me in a light that shines on me And how come something's always gotta be up with you Back on my feet but the night's getting long, do you think about me too Turning blood into wine It's passing through you all the time Turning blood into wine Three more days and you'll be hanging on the line And if they ask you how I'm doing Just tell 'em that I'm fine Staying out all the time Is turning blood into wine Turning blood into wine Blood into wine |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
I got something special to show you
But I suppose you've seen it all before There's one thing I'm trying to tell you But then again, you've heard it all before I survived another week just like the one before, When everything you wanted somehow leaves you wanting more And I looked beneath the carpet behind each and every door, Trying to find you something like you've never had before And it seems we're just beginners No previous experience at all Just the last original sinners And if you need me just be sure to call And they tell you which way not to go and so you go that way One child plays with another throws it away Like a kite without string do anything I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before I see something new in each and every moon From your old, old hat to your blown-out shoes It's tried and true, and it's all I do And I hope it's not all the same to you The old and new, they get mistaken all the time Is there something I've never seen before No, just a brand new shine Now they're cranking 'em out by the millions They look and act exactly just the same And each one's one in a million And each has got its own elusive game It's the same old dusty atmosphere just like the other place I see something familiar in each and every face Seems to me I've seen you, been here, said this once before I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before I see something new in each and every moon From your old, old hat to When I dropped it and broke it, I thought of you And I hope it's not all the same to you And the old and new, they get mistaken all the time Is there something I've never seen before |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
Long distance information, ring me 608
Laughing at the other end get me my prescription, come and walk my dog please get me anything You can't seal fate with a kick You should know it doesn't work that way As for your lofty aspirations You couldn't give them all away (throw away) Those precious things that juist don't last (throw away) Everybody's been cut like broken glass Long distance information sounds like broken glass Just how long is all of this really gonna last Get someone I used to know In another place of time Please please me You've been places I'll never go Begged the questions I'll never know You've had so many arms around you This time you've hit an all-time low So many things just don't last So many things like broken glass |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home and spend some time alone In the corner I looked across the room To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon Caged rat (x12) In the corner I looked across the room I knew I'd be there soon, in the (other) corner Caged rat (x12) Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole Why don't you go home and spend some time alone From the corner I looked across the room To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon Caged rat (x12) |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
The aim of my time is to fill up my mind
And when it gets too full I forget Now if I'm late and I'm making you wait Then there ain't one thing around that's even funny Seein' things clearly and I thank you so dearly Everything's so true to life when you're not living When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way put it all in bags, just call it charity You just can't go back You just can't go back Everybody's going their own way Each one is gonna make his day It's more than amusement now You're just killing time (Just killing time) You just can't go back (Just killing time) You just can't go back (Just killing time) You just can't go back Fifteen years later caught in time's incinerator Yesterday's worries are today's But the good times are so near just sitting back and drinking beer You know I'm halfway down the road but I know that I still ain't there Seeing things clearly I thank you so dearly Everything's so true to life when you're not living When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way put it all in bags, just call it charity You just can't go back (Just killing time) You just can't go back Everybody's going their own way Each one is gonna make his day It's more than amusement now You're just killing time |
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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
The aim of my time is to fill up my mind
And when it gets too full I forget Now if I'm late and I'm making you wait Then there ain't one thing around that's even funny Seein' things clearly and I thank you so dearly Everything's so true to life when you're not living When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way put it all in bags, just call it charity You just can't go back You just can't go back Everybody's going their own way Each one is gonna make his day It's more than amusement now You're just killing time (Just killing time) You just can't go back (Just killing time) You just can't go back (Just killing time) You just can't go back Fifteen years later caught in time's incinerator Yesterday's worries are today's But the good times are so near just sitting back and drinking beer You know I'm halfway down the road but I know that I still ain't there Seeing things clearly I thank you so dearly Everything's so true to life when you're not living When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way put it all in bags, just call it charity You just can't go back (Just killing time) You just can't go back Everybody's going their own way Each one is gonna make his day It's more than amusement now You're just killing time |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
This will be over
I hope you don't mind the pain I wanna cut you And let you force it out clean It'd be a shot quick I think I know how this works Things will be better Because they can't get much worse And we will carry on Carry… carry on Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups They're dead weight, they're made out of lead And I can't carry the guilt and frustration Of something someone else said Now I'm just learning to carry myself Carry myself on my own Now I'm just looking to carry myself Carry on, carry on, carry on Whenever I see you I know you think I don't know That I could be you And your thoughts they don't show I want to trust you I want to trust you so bad I want to bust you Stealing the few things we had And we will carry on Carry on Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups They're dead weight, they're made out of lead And I can't carry the guilt and frustration Of something someone else said Now I'm just learning to carry myself Carry myself on my own Now I'm just looking to carry myself Carry on, carry on, carry on (Now's the place to lose your faith Keep the faith that reinstates the habits That are forming what you feel) This will be over |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
This will be over
I hope you don't mind the pain I wanna cut you And let you force it out clean It'd be a shot quick I think I know how this works Things will be better Because they can't get much worse And we will carry on Carry… carry on Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups They're dead weight, they're made out of lead And I can't carry the guilt and frustration Of something someone else said Now I'm just learning to carry myself Carry myself on my own Now I'm just looking to carry myself Carry on, carry on, carry on Whenever I see you I know you think I don't know That I could be you And your thoughts they don't show I want to trust you I want to trust you so bad I want to bust you Stealing the few things we had And we will carry on Carry on Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups They're dead weight, they're made out of lead And I can't carry the guilt and frustration Of something someone else said Now I'm just learning to carry myself Carry myself on my own Now I'm just looking to carry myself Carry on, carry on, carry on (Now's the place to lose your faith Keep the faith that reinstates the habits That are forming what you feel) This will be over |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Now everybody’s looking after me,
if I’m dragging by some coat tail, I can’t see it’s too dark, but I’ve got to know what’s got the best of me. When the circus that you left goes on parade, and those things you see seem so far in your charade, too far, but I’m feeling like I don’t dare look away, Don’t look away. Did it almost make you feel, that something’s got to happen soon, when you wake up feeling lost in your own room. If you’re crying and you fear you’re gonna drown, if you think we’ll rise above, you’d better look around, you’ll see. It’s a mountain made of sand crumbling under me. Maybe I’m chasing shadows on your wall, they loom so large, but make me feel so small somehow, when you’re chasing your own tail spinning your own wheels. .. And a time to leave, and a time to stay, I guess the things I look away... Did it almost make you feel that somethings gotta happen soon. You’re in the movies now that I’m in your cartoon. There’s a ringing in my ears that’s heaven sent. There’s a beast out on the ruins, some broken down lover’s lament. It goes on and on but it won’t go away. |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Now everybody’s looking after me,
if I’m dragging by some coat tail, I can’t see it’s too dark, but I’ve got to know what’s got the best of me. When the circus that you left goes on parade, and those things you see seem so far in your charade, too far, but I’m feeling like I don’t dare look away, Don’t look away. Did it almost make you feel, that something’s got to happen soon, when you wake up feeling lost in your own room. If you’re crying and you fear you’re gonna drown, if you think we’ll rise above, you’d better look around, you’ll see. It’s a mountain made of sand crumbling under me. Maybe I’m chasing shadows on your wall, they loom so large, but make me feel so small somehow, when you’re chasing your own tail spinning your own wheels. .. And a time to leave, and a time to stay, I guess the things I look away... Did it almost make you feel that somethings gotta happen soon. You’re in the movies now that I’m in your cartoon. There’s a ringing in my ears that’s heaven sent. There’s a beast out on the ruins, some broken down lover’s lament. It goes on and on but it won’t go away. |
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from Soul Asylum - Clam Dip And Other Delights [Ep] (2006)
The mirror on the wall it tells no lies
And oh I don't like what I see I see a woman there I watch her as she cries And the woman isn't really me But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free I need to feel you put your hands around me Day in, day out it's the same old story You're out there on your own Is he worth the price you pay Got you in his chains Will he set you free someday I wish I didn't feel this way I can't get nothing done And all I want to do is go to sleep Though I lie in bed for hours I cannot close my eyes And lonely days turn into lonely weeks But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around Look for you, tender, hold me, set me free I need to feel you put your hands around me Day in, day out, it's the same old story You're out there on your own Is he worth the price you pay Got you in his chains Will he set you free someday Every now and then I think things might be all right And I think I see a light beyond the door Just as I approach it disappears again And everything seems darker than before But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free I need to feel you put your hands around me Day in, day out, it's the same old story You're out there on your own Is he worth the price you pay Got you in his chains Will he set you free someday |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
Almost gave up yesterday, almost made it to the top
Short of dying just the other day, fell short of picking up a mop If it's the thought that counts, you can always count on me I think about it all the time It's going to hit me like a bolt of white lightning Here it comes, my peace of mind Cause I'm close, so close, so close I'm close, so close, so close Falling short of proving it, just a hair from the truth Little shy of improving it, here I come, I'm coming through Pretty soon I'm going to shed this skin I'm wearing I've been keeping it inside No one cares just how you got there No one cares how hard you've tried But you're close, so close, so close You're close, so close, so close Well I've known you forever, we complete each other's thoughts Ain't like we never got in trouble, it's just we've never gotten caught And if you've got a secret It's in me you can confide And if we ever get split up I'll always be on your side Cause we're close, so close, so close We're close, so close, so close |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to? You know that pretty soon you’ll be able to fly How is this going to affect you? Do you think it might wreck you? Your friends might reject you Say you took it too far You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I’ve never seen We’ll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine One day she just walked into that magazine I wonder if she’ll ever come back And they all said she would crack They said her mind was one track, Said she took it too far You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Closer to the stars ... Every time you move your lips Let me give you a few tips Yesterday you were too young Tomorrow you will be too old To regret all the things you’ve done who’re you trying to hustle ? Somebody you wanna show your muscle? Second hand excuses never went too far What’s this scene you’re making? Your ideas have been taken We’ll seek when you awaken alone in someone’s car You just stood there shaking, stood there shaking They said you were faking You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Closer to the stars... Closer to the stars |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to? You know that pretty soon you’ll be able to fly How is this going to affect you? Do you think it might wreck you? Your friends might reject you Say you took it too far You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I’ve never seen We’ll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine One day she just walked into that magazine I wonder if she’ll ever come back And they all said she would crack They said her mind was one track, Said she took it too far You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Closer to the stars ... Every time you move your lips Let me give you a few tips Yesterday you were too young Tomorrow you will be too old To regret all the things you’ve done who’re you trying to hustle ? Somebody you wanna show your muscle? Second hand excuses never went too far What’s this scene you’re making? Your ideas have been taken We’ll seek when you awaken alone in someone’s car You just stood there shaking, stood there shaking They said you were faking You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Closer to the stars... Closer to the stars |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to? You know that pretty soon you’ll be able to fly How is this going to affect you? Do you think it might wreck you? Your friends might reject you Say you took it too far You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I’ve never seen We’ll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine One day she just walked into that magazine I wonder if she’ll ever come back And they all said she would crack They said her mind was one track, Said she took it too far You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Closer to the stars ... Every time you move your lips Let me give you a few tips Yesterday you were too young Tomorrow you will be too old To regret all the things you’ve done who’re you trying to hustle ? Somebody you wanna show your muscle? Second hand excuses never went too far What’s this scene you’re making? Your ideas have been taken We’ll seek when you awaken alone in someone’s car You just stood there shaking, stood there shaking They said you were faking You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be Closer to the stars... Closer to the stars |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
It's a shame you're not here on the cross in my ear
Hearing things loud and clear, come outside have no fear And clear the smoke, get some fresh air, someone waits, someone cares In the broad light of day, trouble seems so far away At the top of the day When the reign sways Lose the cradle chain Give it up, give it a name The child that remains Nothing's lost, take these chains Take them away Please don't ask me how I am, a little tired, a little scared I'm not amused, not upset, don't need a leash, I'm not your pet So loosen up, feel the breeze, let me hear, hear you breathe It's better than, bitter now, when you breathe I love that sound But you know I'll look after You like no one Lose the cradle chain Give it up, give it a name The child that remains Nothing's lost, take these chains Take them away If I die before I wake, light a fuse, bake a cake I don't mind if I go, make it quick, don't be slow But you know I'll remember You like no one Lose the cradle chain Give it up, give it a name The smile that remains Will take these chains away |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
Dying on a bed of roses in the middle of the night
Woke up in a cold, dark basement looking through candlelights Up all night, silly kid come crashing down (just one more taker) Like a ghost of a thousand miles crawling over me Here's to falling off the world's dark side Drifted it alone on a morning's tide Riding on an all-night train through a crystal gate When the moonlight shines a path for a brighter day When the ballrooms are all banging and the evening is so still Could you see it in your heart to let me in? Did he hand you the reigns of the morning news? He lulled you asleep 'til the Aussie cat mews When the leaves from the trees come crashing down (don't time pass slowly) When the seasons don't change, they're spinning around Here's to falling off the world's dark side Drifted it alone on a morning's tide Riding on an all-night train through a crystal gate When the moonlight shines a path for a brighter day When the ballrooms are all banging and the evening is so still Could you see it in your heart to let me in? Let me in |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
Dying on a bed of roses in the middle of the night
Woke up in a cold, dark basement looking through candlelights Up all night, silly kid come crashing down (just one more taker) Like a ghost of a thousand miles crawling over me Here's to falling off the world's dark side Drifted it alone on a morning's tide Riding on an all-night train through a crystal gate When the moonlight shines a path for a brighter day When the ballrooms are all banging and the evening is so still Could you see it in your heart to let me in? Did he hand you the reigns of the morning news? He lulled you asleep 'til the Aussie cat mews When the leaves from the trees come crashing down (don't time pass slowly) When the seasons don't change, they're spinning around Here's to falling off the world's dark side Drifted it alone on a morning's tide Riding on an all-night train through a crystal gate When the moonlight shines a path for a brighter day When the ballrooms are all banging and the evening is so still Could you see it in your heart to let me in? Let me in |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
You got me going
So get me out of here I should be blowin' In someone else's ear I'm looking forward to looking back On days like today Though I wish you would go away Stay, won't you stay I'm gonna crawl I never felt better just crawling home I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer I'm gonna crawl home from here Some respond to pleasure Some respond to pain I'm hangin' out to dry In the pouring rain Victims of temptation Never can complain I could use the sensation You see I can't feel pain I'm gonna crawl I never ever said I'd never make it home It's just a stone's throw, a crawl home Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer I'm just a crawl home from here I could use someone To drag me out of here I am that someone It's all become quite clear So get me out of here I never felt better just crawling home I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone Good to see you, see you later, and I'm outta here I'm just a crawl home from here |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
If the day wants to begin, you can let the day in
If the darkness has no end, light up the darkness It ain't on what you can depend, it's who you can depend on If the rain wants to come in, you can let the rain in If the darkness is your friend, you can hold the darkness And if it ain't what you got, you know you gotta have it The grass gets greener all the time for creatures of habit Look out, here comes one more morning Habits form without a warning Love it can be habit-forming Make your enemies your friends, and leap standing naked It ain't how much you can take, it's how you take it Look out, here comes one more morning Habits form without a warning Love it can be habit-forming for creatures of habit Look out A habit's forming It's just one more morning For creatures of habit |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
Do you know what it's like to really hate somebody
Oh, will you remember cause you drank all my funny wine You thought your friend's upset, you're gonna be a big success And you'd do anything to keep your mind all so secret Chimes and diamond rings and obtain fingerprints and drew a line right across the pavement I'm so little doctor, I've got oh so many And do you know what it's like to really love somebody Oh will you remember cause I've got what you really need You got it in a plan in the palm of your hand And you'd do anything but I'm not so upset Trip to a far away place and diamonds have laid faith and jewerly under bombs and fools and country bums Oh, help, come get me What the fuck is gonna kill the hate master, cancer of the father of my wanted love |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
He's a stranger to authority, welcome to the minority.
It's not someplace you have to go, it's not something you have to know. Don't do this, don't touch that. Hey, draw the line I'll speak my mind, maybe I'll wait for another time. Sometimes you get close to those who wait, Sometimes it makes you hesitate. Some folks find more humanity, some folks find more than sanity. Don't do this, don't do that, don't try this, don't do that, Don't try this, don't touch that. Hey, do it for the last time. By the weight of the world coming down, down on, down on up to me. Down on up to me, wait for another time. When you look down on me, I get so uppity, Starting my own army, just me and my friends, said you better get ready. Hahaha. Coming down, down on, down on up to me, down on up to me. Coming down, down on, down on up to me, down on up to Though it might just come down to trust, It sometimes just comes down to lust, that's just one person's point of view. |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
The bank keeps draggin' me down, gonna rip it from my heart
Drown and shut out the sound, comedy's about to start World's been draggin' me down, prepare your inner child I keep draggin' me down, let me run before I walk It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, it's only pain But it's draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down My mom's been draggin' me down Everytime I stop to think Mom you're pushing down, my hands are startin' to stink World's been draggin' me down, don't die I'm warnin' you I keep draggin' you down Can't even help myself It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, only pain World is draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Ahh, ahh, c'mon make me smile Hey, hey, I'll be- I'll be alright in a while Hey, hey, it's not like I have some special infection I just want that good 'ole-fashioned affection One, two, draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, only pain Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Uuuhh |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
The bank keeps draggin' me down, gonna rip it from my heart
Drown and shut out the sound, comedy's about to start World's been draggin' me down, prepare your inner child I keep draggin' me down, let me run before I walk It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, it's only pain But it's draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down My mom's been draggin' me down Everytime I stop to think Mom you're pushing down, my hands are startin' to stink World's been draggin' me down, don't die I'm warnin' you I keep draggin' you down Can't even help myself It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, only pain World is draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Ahh, ahh, c'mon make me smile Hey, hey, I'll be- I'll be alright in a while Hey, hey, it's not like I have some special infection I just want that good 'ole-fashioned affection One, two, draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, only pain Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down Uuuhh |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
Sent on a mission to find out
Just how much shit one man can take Went to the river to swim upstream But got dragged into the lake You're wide awake But still you're dreaming Of the pride it takes It has no meaning Am I still here Can you see me, please say yes Can you heal me, please say yes When you watch over me, I am blessed Now that you're all grown up You're not so self assured, you'll never know Who do you answer to when No one's hanging round to let it show You're wide awake But still you're dreaming The pride it takes It has no meaning Am I still here Can you hear me, please say yes Can you heal me, please say yes When you watch over me, I am blessed You're old enough to know better Than to expect anything Take care of yourself You should know not to depend on anyone Am I still here Can you feel me, please say yes Can you heal me, please say yes When you watch over me, I am blessed Am I still here Can you see me, please say yes Can you heal me, please say yes When you watch over me, I am blessed |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Did you hear the one about the friend of a a friend who tried to end it all
At the last moment he picked up the phone and gave you a call You thought about letting it ring, but you answered after all And there you were, put on the spot at the end of the other line For questions that you never thought you'd ever have to answer to Who do you turn to when the ones you always turn to go and turn on you It leaves you in the dark, feeling for a switch to turn it on again There are no easy answers, the questions remain tough There's no shortcuts to easy street, no corners you can cut Can you cut this diamond in the rough And it's good to see you alive Sign your will to survive A look into your heart before it sees its final hour Lived each day like there is no tomorrow Beyond this mess ahead there is a street so very hard to find Though I have got to lay my head down at this dead end so many times And if we ever get to easy street, you can say with a smile I came just for the ride |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Rise and shine it's you're razor sharp.
Size up yourself in the mirror, a slice of life, To last through all the years, because sooner or later it all comes back to you, And we will remember, the fine things you can do. I'm giving back all the things that you gave to me. I'm saving up the price to pay to be free. Remember the first time you saw the rising sun. You may be done but I've just begun. The leaves are burning and the ashes have flown away. I'm turning over new leaves almost every day. You let him think you just as soon stay - you let him think you had nothing to say. Just let you go away, to find some mangled security, some strangled form of purity, To restore your faith and all the things you've come to hate. You give and you take and you leave, leave it alone. What i want so badly for this to be a place you can call home, and I haven't felt this Way since yesterday, but I don't remeber when. What I want so badly to be someone you can call a friend, till we meet again. Endless Farewell. Hello, Hello, Hello again. Endless Farewell. |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
She had 13 kids, each one had 13 problems
Three uppers, ten downers, just to put up with this And she don't know which children belong to which father But she loves them all anyway and they each get a kiss And the toilet ain't flushing and the toaster is smoking The vacuum don't suck but it needs a new belt But she saw the world through the eyes of a child And remembers how good it was and how good it felt He picked up the paper from the bitter cold morning He had just gone to sleep, he had to get up for work By morning he's a watchman and by night he's a waiter In the late afternoon he works as a clerk And he can't pay the doctor bills, he just can't afford the pills The car's repossesed and the child support's due But he saw the world through the eyes of a child Big problems seem smaller and old things seem new She was just six when she turned her first trick Now she's thirteen and it don't make her sick And she does lots of crystal and she owns her own pistol Got a goldfish named Silver and a pimp who's named Rick And some are like customers and some are like patients She'd have gone back to school if she'd just had the patience But she saw the world through the eyes of a child None of the nightmares, and nothing to deny She saw the world through the eyes of a child Yes she's seen it all and she knows they're all lies |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
Make ure chillin
guts start spillin its piece of a puzzle piece of a trouble is it somethin else? ure sellin yourself Im so wanting without a clue gotta find something better something better to do something so exciting Im into something new you piece together the whole thing gives u something to use maybe I should practice it one more time maybe Im afraid what it might do maybe it might upset someone maybe that's what its supposed to do pull it from the bottom it begins to change find another existance thats what ure trying to say? Im not pushin u out Im not pushin u off Im not pushin u out Im not pushin u All of the lands are terribly restless with tellin u what to do but u go bak to the land where ure defensless they act just like me and u look what u've dont to me look what I've done to u look what they've done to us now were like noone else theyre laughin at u talkin about u all these new things all these new things I found in use and Im workin so hard when I think it is real everybody does once just to see how it feels its not a sensation and its not for sale so what can u call it now? keep em gotten theyll spoil u rotten keep em gotten keep em gotten just another freak be another freak be a freak |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
Make ure chillin
guts start spillin its piece of a puzzle piece of a trouble is it somethin else? ure sellin yourself Im so wanting without a clue gotta find something better something better to do something so exciting Im into something new you piece together the whole thing gives u something to use maybe I should practice it one more time maybe Im afraid what it might do maybe it might upset someone maybe that's what its supposed to do pull it from the bottom it begins to change find another existance thats what ure trying to say? Im not pushin u out Im not pushin u off Im not pushin u out Im not pushin u All of the lands are terribly restless with tellin u what to do but u go bak to the land where ure defensless they act just like me and u look what u've dont to me look what I've done to u look what they've done to us now were like noone else theyre laughin at u talkin about u all these new things all these new things I found in use and Im workin so hard when I think it is real everybody does once just to see how it feels its not a sensation and its not for sale so what can u call it now? keep em gotten theyll spoil u rotten keep em gotten keep em gotten just another freak be another freak be a freak |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Make ure chillin
guts start spillin its piece of a puzzle piece of a trouble is it somethin else? ure sellin yourself Im so wanting without a clue gotta find something better something better to do something so exciting Im into something new you piece together the whole thing gives u something to use maybe I should practice it one more time maybe Im afraid what it might do maybe it might upset someone maybe that's what its supposed to do pull it from the bottom it begins to change find another existance thats what ure trying to say? Im not pushin u out Im not pushin u off Im not pushin u out Im not pushin u All of the lands are terribly restless with tellin u what to do but u go bak to the land where ure defensless they act just like me and u look what u've dont to me look what I've done to u look what they've done to us now were like noone else theyre laughin at u talkin about u all these new things all these new things I found in use and Im workin so hard when I think it is real everybody does once just to see how it feels its not a sensation and its not for sale so what can u call it now? keep em gotten theyll spoil u rotten keep em gotten keep em gotten just another freak be another freak be a freak |
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from Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
I gotta get on
I gotta get on out All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head Gotta get on out of my head Will I be on the streets tomorrow Will I have to beg and borrow Will I have to go back to the job I left behind Could you still make it With a guy who never made it Would you look into my eyes if I were to go blind Gotta get on I gotta get on out All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head Gotta get on out of my head Now will you leave me for another Send me running back to mother Will I have the time to tell you how I really feel Am I just getting slower Or are you just talking faster Do we need bad disaster to make it plain to see That all these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head Gotta get on out of my head Do I just feel like cryin' Cause I'm sick and tried of tryin' Trying to convince you this ain't how it has to be The ground you walk on's sacred The sky above awaits you So cast all your frustrations to the bottomless sea Gotta get on Gotta get on out All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head Gotta get on out of my head |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
When aid turned sideways
And It'd head on down the highway Say this is my way, disappearing forever But there ain't just one way So you choose the fun way Slide down the runway On a ticket that goes two ways And by the way that it sounded You thought that you'd be astounded But you left it like you found it Cause it wasn't yours to take What once seemed like dying Soon turned into flying So you settle for trying And you wish you were grounded No you cannot get much higher Than your utmost desire So you bring it down to size and Now it seems that you are grounded By the way that it sounded You thought that you'd be astounded But you left it like you found it Now you find that you are grounded |
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from Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
You never grow out of mischief making
You never grow out of taking You never grow out of complicating When simple things are waiting But I'm growing into you I'm growing into you There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear You never grow out of fear You never grow out of fear You never grow out of contemplating When it ain't worth debating You never grow out of mistake making You never grow out of faking But I'm growing into you I'm growing into you There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear You never grow out of fear You never grow out of fear I'm growing into you I'm growing into you There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear You never grow out of fear (x6) And will I ever, ever, ever get over it |
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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
Riding into town when the sun goes down
And the natives get restless and the crowd comes round Pacing in place in a backward race While starting my case to another blank face I'm just sitting on the roadside Watching all the cards and the clouds roll by They may pass me by But i need a better reason to cry Growing pain it leaves a stain That's similar but not the same It's down the drain and what remains Maybe you're the one who's a little insane Now everything's lovely if you're ugly What you would, what you should, and what you could be Mr right, spending his life, Stabbing himself with a butter knife I'm just sitting on the roadside Watching all the cards and the clouds roll by They may pass me by But I need a better reason to cry Growing pain's a spinning blade Whirling round you like a razor edged chain It's down the drain and what remains Maybe you're the one who's a little insane Growing pain it leaves a stain That's similar but not the same Its down the drain and what remains Maybe you're the one who can make that change Can't shake hands with boxing gloves With whips and chains you'll never make love |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
When I'm with my friends my troubles end
I'm one of the boys, so self employed When we're together, could last forever And I'm almost there I'm away from the boss, at least for awhile I'm away from the girls that cramp my style I'm away from the jerks, I'm away from the works And I'm almost there, I'm almost there And it's happy time, happy, happy time It's happy time, happy time, happy time Got a happy head, so happy, happy time I wish I could be this happy all the time I'll take one of those, and four of those And more of those, and more of those I'm away from the jerks, I'm away from the works And I'm almost there, I'm almost there |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Order in this court you call my own
Confusion is the order I have shown Some things don't come easy Some things got to give You just might have to waste your life just to live Now did you think that I was somebody? And did you think this was somewhere? I will still be there So watch out Well, I got the right to free myself of fear Stand over me and watch me disappear You're sent to the death to be in another mess To keep your mind, to keep them in I don't know where they're meeting to pretend Well, I am the one that soaks it up Well, I am the one that takes a punch And I am, I am, I am the human sponge Could I be so serious, or am I just too curious? Just afraid to look away for missing something you might say 'Cause you've got so much I can't follow One more debt I can't repay Tomorrow brings just one more chance to throw it all away I'm just trying to live with today And I'm just trying to live with the way The way I am? I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Order in this court you call my own
Confusion is the order I have shown Some things don't come easy Some things got to give You just might have to waste your life just to live Now did you think that I was somebody? And did you think this was somewhere? I will still be there So watch out Well, I got the right to free myself of fear Stand over me and watch me disappear You're sent to the death to be in another mess To keep your mind, to keep them in I don't know where they're meeting to pretend Well, I am the one that soaks it up Well, I am the one that takes a punch And I am, I am, I am the human sponge Could I be so serious, or am I just too curious? Just afraid to look away for missing something you might say 'Cause you've got so much I can't follow One more debt I can't repay Tomorrow brings just one more chance to throw it all away I'm just trying to live with today And I'm just trying to live with the way The way I am? I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am |
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from Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
I want to live with you in the fifth dimension
In a dream I've never had Cause I just can't live like this in a world like this I just want a kiss goodbye And we are not of this world And there's a place for us Stuck inside this fleeting moment Tucked away where no one own it Wrapped up in a haste and by mistake got thrown away And oh, I am so homesick But it ain't that bad Cause I'm homesick for the home I've never had And though I sometimes get annoyed I know just where I'm at This is my song of joy And now I know there are no secret trick, no correct politics Just liars and lunatics And we are not of this world And there's a place for us Stuck inside this fleeting moment Tucked away where no one own it Wrapped up in a haste and by mistake got thrown away And oh, I am so homesick But it ain't that bad Cause I'm homesick for the home I've never had And though I would not take it personally, it's just the child in me I never really knew how much I had Woe is me, I am so homesick But it ain't that bad Cause I'm homesick for the home I've never had |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
There's just no substitute for fun
I've tried every single one And no one can take your place Everybody gets replaced My time has neither come nor gone It just slips out when I yawn Without hope I can't go wrong Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now It's so hard to settle down Don't recognize my home town Home is where I hang my head Lost in all these things I said Been holding my breath for so long I don't need air anymore If you never let me breathe I'll never breathe Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now Don't know what I was hoping for I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before My time has neither come nor gone It just slips out when I yawn Holding my breath for so long Don't want to be bored no more I know there's so much more Don't know what I was hoping for I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
Holed up in the dressing room without a dress
Kneeling at the confessional with nothing to confess And I knew all about my surprise party I was spoiled and depressed Hey I acted surprised and I told lots of lies Yes I did my best Stop the truck at the truck stop, I need something to help me crash Food stamps, checks and credits cards, but they only accepted cash There was sweat beating on my brow My heart was beating out of my chest So I stole everything they couldn't give away Yes I did my best And I did the best that I could do With all the mess that I've been through What did you expect me to do I did my best for you I was waiting for a chain reaction with the missing link Waiting for that trickle-down forever circling the sink I was tired of being tired I could not get no rest So I kept sleep-walking and talking in my sleep Yes I did my best And I did the best that I could do With all the mess that I've been through What did you expect me to do I did my best for you |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
Doorways open up and close more ways to a punchline
They're all laughing at your clothes, standing in the lunch line You're the talk of the town cause you're up and you're down It's a cycle, I've found, it always comes around But I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing Air raids in the afternoon, the children are playing Switchblades, colored red balloons, no one hears your praying And it comes back to you, all the things that you do Will come looking for you, will come looking for you But I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing Doorways lead to other rooms, always leave you lying Face down in a stranger's tomb, didn't know you were dying And you rise and you fall, and you wait for the call You're watching the walls, you're watching the walls But I will still be laughing I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing I will still be laughing |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
If I could be anything I wanted, I don't know
I'd be stuck here with myself, be an Average Joe But if I could be like a Jack of all trades, yes I'd have it made Glass blower, flamethrower, grass mower, firefighter I'm tryin' to loose it up, or make it tighter But a Jack of all trades master, I'm not dead, you're tired in bed But a Jack of all trades, there's stuff that gets made, wait for your lucky day See my train and now it's gone Rings the damned, threw the phone He's studdering, he stalls He hit the bottle of call Ching chase and rat race, and laid down and out of place, and down the hall Problem called (na, na) Problem called (na, na, na) Yes I'll try anything sometimes I just can't say no And I'm learnin' to dig with my hands I've learned to work with my mind So much to lose, and so much left to find So much to take, so much to leave behind Yeah, I walked down, your thoughts are free, don't think of the dead but think of dignity Picked you up by the side of your head, you were half dead Say your prayers, and put you to to bed At the end of the day stands a Jack of all trades, and the fool he has made It's a Jack of all trades and the fool he has made of himself and his friend But he'd do it again, yes he'd do it again He's a Jack |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
She walks into the outhouse
The cold night breathes into her face The flies are standing still now The moon it spills through the place And she starts wondering it's like to be liked by everyone And like everyone be just like anyone And just wants to be so just like anyone She reaches through the darkness Her fingers touch the porcelain seat She spins and pulls her pants down The cold air holds her like a theif She starts wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen And trying not to seem so just like anyone The door comes screeching open She walks into the evening air She disappears in the darkness All that's left's the faint smell of her hair She's done wondering what it's like to be liked by everyone And like everyone be just like anyone And just wants to be so just like anyone And wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen And trying not to seem so just like anyone |
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from Soul Asylum - Clam Dip And Other Delights [Ep] (2006)
You sold your soul for a lump of coal
She's blacker than the night Didn't think you'd be needing it But you thought But you never know who you might meet On the street where the church bells ring to a different beat Is it joy, is it pain? Is it rustin' in the rain? Do you really think I need it? Is it just plain evil? Heard of a man who had a plan To save the wretched world Nationwide genocide, like one-eyed jacks And suicide queens Look out for if you know what I mean Is it good, is it bad? Is it bitter, is it sad? Is it inside all these people? Is it just plain evil? You've got a lot to learn You've got a lot to change, you've got nothing to lose But a ball and chain Is it good, is it bad?Is it bitter, is it sad? Do you really think I need it? Is it just plain evil? |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
You sold your soul for a lump of coal
She's blacker than the night Didn't think you'd be needing it But you thought But you never know who you might meet On the street where the church bells ring to a different beat Is it joy, is it pain? Is it rustin' in the rain? Do you really think I need it? Is it just plain evil? Heard of a man who had a plan To save the wretched world Nationwide genocide, like one-eyed jacks And suicide queens Look out for if you know what I mean Is it good, is it bad? Is it bitter, is it sad? Is it inside all these people? Is it just plain evil? You've got a lot to learn You've got a lot to change, you've got nothing to lose But a ball and chain Is it good, is it bad?Is it bitter, is it sad? Do you really think I need it? Is it just plain evil? |
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from Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
I'm down here waitin' on a shattered heart
I'm gonna put it back together if it tears me apart If I can keep it up If I can keep it up I've been complaining like a broken record Gonna get what I want if it takes forever If I can keep it up If I can keep it up Though the rain weighs down your wings, Still the caged bird's got to sing I know it seems funny tryin' to understand It's just that things don't always go the way you planned Still you keep it up Still you keep it up Nothin' in the world's gonna keep me down I'm just a-holdin' out, just a-hangin' round Tryin' to keep it up Just to keep it up Though the rain weighs down your wings, Still the caged bird's got to sing Keep it up (x4) 747's gonna take us away Take us up to heaven, gonna be okay If we can keep it up If we can keep it up Though the rain weighs down your wings, Still the caged bird's got to sing Keep it up (x8) |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
I ain't working nine to five
I ain't going out to plant no seed I don't ask what I'm supposed to do, cause I've got everything I want But I don't have anything I need Well I do my thing in a palace full of kings Do it in an old broken-down shack I'd give you the shirt off my back, show you where your systems lack Meet you in the lap of luxury I get off the floor and walk it off Get back to a place that I can see Well I'm coming back for more abuse Meet you in the lapa€” the lapa€” the lap of luxury Now I'm working noon to midnight Now my precious seeds they have been sown I don't ask when they're supposed to grow 'cause I got everything I know I don't know anything I need No exploitation, paid vacation All I want's communication That ain't too hard to see When the van stops rolling, the band starts rocking It ain't too pretty, it ain't too shocking but I've got everything I need I get off the floor and walk it off Get back to a place that I can see Well I'm coming back for more abuse Meet you in the lap of luxury |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
You make me fall from
Lies of hate You make these walls from Lines of a face Nobody's watching so why do you act like a fake You make me crawl from Lies of hate You wake me up from The lines that seperate And when you shine I know how to find out about How to get out of it How to get out of these chains How to get out of it How to get out of it How to get out of this place You make me fall from Lies of hate And when you shine I know how to find out about How to get out of it How to get out of this chase How to find out about How to get out of it How to get out of your space How to get out of it How to get out of it How to get out of this place How to find out about How to go out without Living the lies of hate |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Thought I heard you screaming
And pulling out your hair Furious and steaming, a state upon your stare Don't you know dirt will find you and Dirt reminds you that Dirt will always be there, it's only Dirt around you and dirt surrounds you and Follows you everywhere Here's a dirty joke, man, filled with filth and smut The heart of it, it sparkles, the more it can corrupt Don't you know, dirt can't hurt you I'm truly certain, usually washes out Don't you know, rain will wash out the Stain and all of your, pain will work itself out Work it out, 'fraid you've lost your innocence To some-odd social scene, you're right on top But you've been replaced, by a shiny new machine And dirt keeps following you, and you don't know what it means You're a little too clean, a little too clean, a little too clean One day dirt will bury you and you will understand There is nothing much more than the ground on which you stand Don't you know dirt will find you and Dirt reminds you that dirt will always be there It's only dirt around you and Dirt surrounds you and follows you everywhere 'Fraid you've lost your innocence, to some-odd social scene You're right on top, but you've been replaced By a shiny new machine and dirt keeps following you And you don't know what it means, you're a little too clean A little too clean, a little too clean |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Thought I heard you screaming
And pulling out your hair Furious and steaming, a state upon your stare Don't you know dirt will find you and Dirt reminds you that Dirt will always be there, it's only Dirt around you and dirt surrounds you and Follows you everywhere Here's a dirty joke, man, filled with filth and smut The heart of it, it sparkles, the more it can corrupt Don't you know, dirt can't hurt you I'm truly certain, usually washes out Don't you know, rain will wash out the Stain and all of your, pain will work itself out Work it out, 'fraid you've lost your innocence To some-odd social scene, you're right on top But you've been replaced, by a shiny new machine And dirt keeps following you, and you don't know what it means You're a little too clean, a little too clean, a little too clean One day dirt will bury you and you will understand There is nothing much more than the ground on which you stand Don't you know dirt will find you and Dirt reminds you that dirt will always be there It's only dirt around you and Dirt surrounds you and follows you everywhere 'Fraid you've lost your innocence, to some-odd social scene You're right on top, but you've been replaced By a shiny new machine and dirt keeps following you And you don't know what it means, you're a little too clean A little too clean, a little too clean |
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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
Peeping Tom creepin' through the mornin' moonlight (ohh, ohh, ohh)
Like a crazy coyote in the middle of the night (ohh, ohh, ohh) You keep taggin' along 'til it does you wrong Sometimes it takes so long for you to say so long Not for the lone rider Lone rider Woah Huh Ya Black cloud troll wherever he goes (ohh, ohh, ohh) He breaks out in a cold sweat when you get too close Your suitcase is home long may you roam lone rider Ohh, baby's cryin' please come home lone rider The reflections in the water but the water's a mirage It's like a dream machine that never leaves the garage Your boots start walkin', as the story goes People start talkin' and he wrestlessness gows They say he hates people, say he's a queer Never listens but always hears Off into the sunset he disappears Surely the last time to come around here, oh no Ride on Ride on Ride on |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
Mine is a lonely one, I forgot to have fun, standing under the street light
Ever so nervously, people lookin' down on me, telling me it's all right If it were up to me I'd tear down this whole city, what's all this shit here for? I give you my heart, but you just say I make you feel like a whore All this trouble just to die, all this trouble's only temporary, it's temporary, temporary Took away his power but he hides a tiny flower in the corner of his jail cell Never been outside he just can't hide, he'd just assume be in hell Get off the fucking telephone, why'd you hate to be alone, paranoid of death and love Ever so patiently we sit upon our sinking ship waiting for the black dove All this trouble just to die, all this trouble's only temporary, it's temporary, temporary Sad that I could make it, glad that I could fake, sorry but I got to go I ain't afraid of cryin', ain't afraid of dyin'. ain't afraid of what I don't know |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
You've got eyes but they can't see
What's inside a tv and they never look at me You won't know and you're never claim to show That special feeling inside Oh how time flies when its got nowhere to go Up to the skies and it only goes to show I've waited here for you a long, long time I think i'd better go Long way home (x4) So now you studied the changes Have you lost your way Through all the strangeness And you got no more to say Long way home (x8) |
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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
You've got eyes but they can't see
What's inside a tv and they never look at me You won't know and you're never claim to show That special feeling inside Oh how time flies when its got nowhere to go Up to the skies and it only goes to show I've waited here for you a long, long time I think i'd better go Long way home (x4) So now you studied the changes Have you lost your way Through all the strangeness And you got no more to say Long way home (x8) |
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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
Guess I'll be leaving in the morning
By the chill that you gave me I will ride I will tear out my insides just to find a place to hide And I don't want to hurt you anymore You got the dagger but I got the revolver As we rolled and we tumbled to the floor I been ?? is it just these drugs I'm feelin'? And I don't want to lie to you no more ?? ?? till the end A guitar's a man's best friend But these rules were meant to be broken ?? make myself uneasy And I haven't got the guts to make you cry ?? to one thing ?? do something And I don't want to hurt you anymore Now with this advice I will end ?? Some things are meant to be spoken And these rules are meant to be broken |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Guess I'll be leaving in the morning
By the chill that you gave me I will ride I will tear out my insides just to find a place to hide And I don't want to hurt you anymore You got the dagger but I got the revolver As we rolled and we tumbled to the floor I been ?? is it just these drugs I'm feelin'? And I don't want to lie to you no more ?? ?? till the end A guitar's a man's best friend But these rules were meant to be broken ?? make myself uneasy And I haven't got the guts to make you cry ?? to one thing ?? do something And I don't want to hurt you anymore Now with this advice I will end ?? Some things are meant to be spoken And these rules are meant to be broken |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Marionette I haven't met you yet
I hear you're good I hear you're made out of wood Not quite as blind as you might think she'd be And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings Now the strings attach to everything It's twisted and tangled and troubled with anger But somehow you still swing Tried all my tricks I tried to steal a kiss Splinters and slivers stuck all over my lips She thinks she must be doing something wrong They pull the strings and then they string you along And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings Now the strings attach to everything It's twisted and tangled but I've got an angle On just what makes you swing Hanging by a string Know the boss he makes her do things his way So why do you think she's so scared of you What do you think makes her that way When push comes to shove she'll push and shove It doesn't always have to be this way She's saving up for a vacation somewhere Why do you think she's so scared of you What do you think makes her that way When push comes to shove she'll push and shove It's very hard work when you don't get paid And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Marionette I haven't met you yet
I hear you're good I hear you're made out of wood Not quite as blind as you might think she'd be And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings Now the strings attach to everything It's twisted and tangled and troubled with anger But somehow you still swing Tried all my tricks I tried to steal a kiss Splinters and slivers stuck all over my lips She thinks she must be doing something wrong They pull the strings and then they string you along And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings Now the strings attach to everything It's twisted and tangled but I've got an angle On just what makes you swing Hanging by a string Know the boss he makes her do things his way So why do you think she's so scared of you What do you think makes her that way When push comes to shove she'll push and shove It doesn't always have to be this way She's saving up for a vacation somewhere Why do you think she's so scared of you What do you think makes her that way When push comes to shove she'll push and shove It's very hard work when you don't get paid And they cut off your wings and replaced them with strings |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
(Screaming gibberish)
I'm so glad we could get together I thank you for supplying the fun Well, we took this time out to enjoy ourselves Now let's just fucking get it done Well, we're talka€”talka€”talking and talka€”talka€”talka€”talking And maybe we'll have a little fight Hush, hush, hush, hush, hush, hush, hush, now don't you admit that the reason you are here Is just to get fucked tonight? Come on This masquerade is over (Personal invitations only) Ia€” Ia€” I got my makeup on I got my hair all done I bet you can't even guess who I am Well, I? I thought you were my friend But then the troubles began And that old identity set in I see no end to this bullshit so let's talk politics Where it's parties, parties, parties all the time We got big long cars, we got movie stars We got the three B's, and don't you forgetting, the bigots, the bombs, and barriers This masquerade is over (Hey, hey) I didn't invite no black, white-hippie, hardcore, the rich, Hasidic Jews, reds, white-bastard mothers, ya know, ya know You're think you're something special, you know, I certainly didn't invite you You know these costume parties they're such a good time But ya, know I think I'm gonna have to be headin' home, ha, ha Ha, you know it's funny how these social events, they just make me want to be alone This masquerade is over This masquerade is over This masquerade is over It's all over It's all over It's all over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's over It's all over It's all over It's all over It's all over Ha, ha, ha |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
Now you're mad and leaving home
'Cause you say there's no one there for you to talk to Isn't it nice to go outside When you know there is no place you have to walk to You can live alone inside a crowded room And it's never, never too late, never too soon Put on your frown to go downtown You have come a long long way Even though you have no idea where you're going You ain't done a godamn thing all afternoon Your confidence is sinking like a lead balloon And it's never, never too late, never too soon I can't come down I can't come down I can't come down I can't come down I can't go on I can't go on It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky All the things you held so high Are you surprised to find that now they add to nothing Now you're growing old and bored Do you think that maybe you could teach me something There is nothing that you really can assume And it's never, never too late, never too soon Now you're mad I know you're mad Now you're mad I know you're mad Why don't you just tell someone It's not like you're the only one It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky I can teach you how to drive You can teach me how to lie Hush my darling don't you cry This could be your lullaby |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
Now you're mad and leaving home
'Cause you say there's no one there for you to talk to Isn't it nice to go outside When you know there is no place you have to walk to You can live alone inside a crowded room And it's never, never too late, never too soon Put on your frown to go downtown You have come a long long way Even though you have no idea where you're going You ain't done a godamn thing all afternoon Your confidence is sinking like a lead balloon And it's never, never too late, never too soon I can't come down I can't come down I can't come down I can't come down I can't go on I can't go on It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky All the things you held so high Are you surprised to find that now they add to nothing Now you're growing old and bored Do you think that maybe you could teach me something There is nothing that you really can assume And it's never, never too late, never too soon Now you're mad I know you're mad Now you're mad I know you're mad Why don't you just tell someone It's not like you're the only one It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky I can teach you how to drive You can teach me how to lie Hush my darling don't you cry This could be your lullaby |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
They say misery loves company
We could start a company and make misery Frustrated, Incorporated Well I know just what you need I might just have the thing I know what you'd pay to see Put me out of my misery I'd do it for you, would you do it for me We will always be busy making misery We could build a factory and make misery We'll create the cure; we made the disease Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated Well I know just what you need I might just have the thing I know what you'd pay to feel Put me out of my misery All you suicide kings and you drama queens Forever after happily, making misery Did you satisfy your greed, get what you need Was it only envy, so empty Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated (put me out of my misery) Frustrated, Incorporated (I'd do it for you, would you do it for me) Frustrated, Incorporated (forever after happily) Frustrated, Incorporated (making misery) |
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from Soul Asylum - Say What You Will Clarence...Karl Sold The Truck (2006)
Money talks these days and everybody listens
We're whipping out our wallets trying to but what we're missing Money screams out "I need a slave" I'm just trying to find some worker to dig my grave Everybody's listening, everybody's listening, all those eyes are glistening I need more, a little more, in a little while I say those??? Machines? I'm just trying to find somebody to pay my bail Money screams is says "My soul's for sale" Everybody's listening, everybody's listening, all those eyes are glistening I need a maid to pick up my mess, help me in the morning, help me get dressed I'll pay you when I get paid, I'll pay you when I get paid Money talks these days, money talks these days What you gonna do when the criminal says "Your money or your life"? (Not used?) I need more, I'm bored, shine my shoes, wax my floor Mew father of our powerful land of the free I ain't doing nothing, I'll just jire someone to do it for me No matter how small George gets he'll still talk louder than you Dollars shrieking "Ha, ha, ha jokes's on you" End everybody's listening, all those eyes are glistening Rich bored, blind, and lone, better buy me a wife I'm saving up everything to buy me a knife |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
Sirens are a-screaming, shots ring out at night
Movie cameras rolling in And there goes my hero with his head between his legs And all this time I believed in him Now, what is the sound of snow falling down On the tombstone in the dead of the night? And who is the hound at the downtown dog pound Who speaks English when the watchman's not in sight? And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I'm just a beginner But I've never really been touched there Hey ain't it strange how some things never change Ain't it strange how nothing stays the same? You were thinkin' I was distressed about some universe oppressed But I was just depressed about my last pinball game I've learned to accept and not to expect The respect and neglect that I get I've tried not to forget about what hasn't happened yet And on this I place my last bet Hey did you give what you get Did you get what you give? of your ?? Winning is for winners And I know spring follows winter But I've never really been touched there You know it's hard to be nice when hate becomes your vice And you can't find peace anywhere Love's just not for lovers Get off your high horse brother Drop your fist and get out of here |
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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
Sirens are a-screaming, shots ring out at night
Movie cameras rolling in And there goes my hero with his head between his legs And all this time I believed in him Now, what is the sound of snow falling down On the tombstone in the dead of the night? And who is the hound at the downtown dog pound Who speaks English when the watchman's not in sight? And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I'm just a beginner But I've never really been touched there Hey ain't it strange how some things never change Ain't it strange how nothing stays the same? You were thinkin' I was distressed about some universe oppressed But I was just depressed about my last pinball game I've learned to accept and not to expect The respect and neglect that I get I've tried not to forget about what hasn't happened yet And on this I place my last bet Hey did you give what you get Did you get what you give? of your ?? Winning is for winners And I know spring follows winter But I've never really been touched there You know it's hard to be nice when hate becomes your vice And you can't find peace anywhere Love's just not for lovers Get off your high horse brother Drop your fist and get out of here |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
Now you're mad and leaving home
'Cause you say there's no one there for you to talk to Isn't it nice to go outside When you know there is no place you have to walk to You can live alone inside a crowded room And it's never Never too late Never too soon Put on your frown to go downtown You have come a long long way Even though you have no idea where you're going You ain't done a godamn thing all afternoon Your confidence is sinking like a lead balloon And it's never Never too late Never too soon I can't come down I can't come down I can't come down I can't come down I can't go on I can't go on It's not my fault It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky All the things you held so high Are you surprised to find that now they add to nothing Now you're growing old and bored Do you think that maybe you could teach me something There is nothing that you really can assume But you can be the ___________ on someone's __________ And it's never Never too late Never too soon Now you're mad I know you're mad Now you're mad I know you're mad Why don't you just tell someone It's not like you're the only one It's not like I'm asking you to hold up the sky I can teach you how to drive(?) You can teach me how to lie(?) Hush my darling don't you cry This could be your lullaby |
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from Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (2006)
Stroll away the chains that wrap around me
Wipe the spider webs from my eyes Tumble down the tall walls that surround me I won't need no lies no alibis My new feeling New feeling (x5) Daydreams screams They just don't seem so far away No I'm not possessed by my possessions Lift my head to clear my right to die You're in love with your evangelist investment I don't need an alibi My new feeling New feeling (x5) Daydreams screams They just don't seem so far away My head's like a wrecking ball and you look like a wall Mopping up the tears that fill your eyes This is my life, my right and that's not all I just laughed my head off and cried My new feeling ... |
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from Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992)
Lives in a little lonely town
No one's around except for the drinking Nobody ever gets around But those who leave the township sinking May you rot in heaven Gotta be home by seven And the field burns away The sky breathes it in So why sit and wait for the new world to begin I'm comin' out across your border With new orders for you to take I'd really like to take out your daughter Down in the water, down by the lake When the cold water's on her skin I can feel how long it's been And the neighbors will all be there And no one will know what to wear So why sit and wait for the world to begin I got a lot I gotta do Just to get through the end of the day It hardly ever even happens But I go to sleep the same anyway And you can't believe in yourself You can't believe in anyone else So why sit and wait for the new world to begin |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
When you chew my ear off, try and let me know
You will never get another piece of me Cause in a New York blackout, things go kinda slow And you miss the things you never thought you'd see There's still so many things I want to be Sometimes I just don't even want to sleep In a New York blackout, it's so hard to see All the angels that are looking after me The lies bounce off the water in your eyes And the dead lift their heads and come alive And I may never escape this darkened city But still I'm trying to find you in this blackout Where it's warm inside and always open late And the doors to hell look just like heaven's gate And you never know what's going on inside 'Til you step out in the cold and seal your fate And you might just stop in and say hello But you've got much more important places to go Make sure you let everybody know That I may never enlight this darkened city Still i'm trying to find you in this blackout In a New York blackout, you might think I'm gone But I'll wake up on the front steps of your door |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Well they packed up their violin cases ??
Hopped in a big black Studebaker, they were acting pretty scary No one talked as they synchronized their watches And they drove past a train station The train rolled out with a passenger car Filled with retired millionaires and movie stars ?? coats ?? and that would be all she wrote And the gangsters, cowboys, gypsies, and freewheelers Sold out their trades to become drug dealers There ain't no money in doing things straight Your community thanks you, business is good, and nice guys don't get paid Outside the train window fast as he could ride Was a kid on a horse with a head full of lies And the tears of excitement couldn't put out the fire in his eyes For the house he was riding to burglarize All through the house they were dancing and singing An extended family with fiddlers and magicians A juggler and a chemist who'd invent potion to pacify all the killers and rapist The chemist died in the burglary and they sold the prescription For a case of cheap red wine to a traveling salesman In a three-wheeled jalopy; he bought and sold potions To the city that looked over the ocean And he sold the last drop, it was big with the rich kids And soon the city would be crawling with addicts And back rooms, dark allies, basements and attics (When?) a fly is trapped in a spider's web (but a bat's got the spider?) And no one knows what's going on But you've gotta show up for yourself at the end of the day And nice guys don't get paid Nice guys don't get paid Now all the hopeless romantics are wearing white collars (Upstanding assassins?) cleaning filthy dollars Car-jacking fanatic |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Well they packed up their violin cases ??
Hopped in a big black Studebaker, they were acting pretty scary No one talked as they synchronized their watches And they drove past a train station The train rolled out with a passenger car Filled with retired millionaires and movie stars ?? coats ?? and that would be all she wrote And the gangsters, cowboys, gypsies, and freewheelers Sold out their trades to become drug dealers There ain't no money in doing things straight Your community thanks you, business is good, and nice guys don't get paid Outside the train window fast as he could ride Was a kid on a horse with a head full of lies And the tears of excitement couldn't put out the fire in his eyes For the house he was riding to burglarize All through the house they were dancing and singing An extended family with fiddlers and magicians A juggler and a chemist who'd invent potion to pacify all the killers and rapist The chemist died in the burglary and they sold the prescription For a case of cheap red wine to a traveling salesman In a three-wheeled jalopy; he bought and sold potions To the city that looked over the ocean And he sold the last drop, it was big with the rich kids And soon the city would be crawling with addicts And back rooms, dark allies, basements and attics (When?) a fly is trapped in a spider's web (but a bat's got the spider?) And no one knows what's going on But you've gotta show up for yourself at the end of the day And nice guys don't get paid Nice guys don't get paid Now all the hopeless romantics are wearing white collars (Upstanding assassins?) cleaning filthy dollars Car-jacking fanatic |
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from Soul Asylum - Closer To The Stars (2006)
In a town without a name
there is no shame no blame to claim one fine day the pilgrims came and made new rules for an old game And I'm waiting for the garbage man To take you away And I'm searching for my playground So I can go and play So they built a big smoke stack Built a railroad track They made the dirt roads black And they did it behind your back And now you pay their tax hoping something cracks And I'm waiting for the garbage man To take you away And I'm searching for my playground So I can go and play From out of the dust came corrosion and rust That made you look so cheap There's nothing to have here And nothing to hold here And nothing that you can keep Now understand this is no man's land And its all that's left that's free Where the kings of nothing rule my friend And you can't make me leave There's a billboard in the sky Reflecting water in your eyes This big city, this ghost town Will come crawling to the ground And I'm waiting for the hurricane To blow you away And I'm searching for my twister to twist you into shape Now my speach is said and done The circus came, I had my fun And the wasteland has been won And the building has begun And I'm waiting for the earthquake To shake you down And I see my mother nature Trying to drag you around From out of the dust came Corrosion and rust That made you look so cheap There's nothing to have here And nothing to hold here And nothing that you can keep Now understand this is no man's land And its all that's left that's free Where the kings of nothing rule my friend (Then you can't make believe?) |
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from Soul Asylum - While You Were Out (2006)
In a town without a name
there is no shame no blame to claim one fine day the pilgrims came and made new rules for an old game And I'm waiting for the garbage man To take you away And I'm searching for my playground So I can go and play So they built a big smoke stack Built a railroad track They made the dirt roads black And they did it behind your back And now you pay their tax hoping something cracks And I'm waiting for the garbage man To take you away And I'm searching for my playground So I can go and play From out of the dust came corrosion and rust That made you look so cheap There's nothing to have here And nothing to hold here And nothing that you can keep Now understand this is no man's land And its all that's left that's free Where the kings of nothing rule my friend And you can't make me leave There's a billboard in the sky Reflecting water in your eyes This big city, this ghost town Will come crawling to the ground And I'm waiting for the hurricane To blow you away And I'm searching for my twister to twist you into shape Now my speach is said and done The circus came, I had my fun And the wasteland has been won And the building has begun And I'm waiting for the earthquake To shake you down And I see my mother nature Trying to drag you around From out of the dust came Corrosion and rust That made you look so cheap There's nothing to have here And nothing to hold here And nothing that you can keep Now understand this is no man's land And its all that's left that's free Where the kings of nothing rule my friend (Then you can't make believe?) |
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from Soul Asylum - Candy From A Stranger (1998)
It's enough to make you stay
It's enough to make you go away But you don't understand how I'm feeling You don't understand no no It's enough to make you sick It's enough to make you wanna quit But you don't understand how I'm feeling You don't understand my life It's sad when you can't cry It all comes down to time keeps flying by Time keeps telling me There's no time for waiting For the river to wash into the sea And when I reach some understanding I'm gonna let it wash all over Wash all over me It's too much to make you say That you always wanted to be this way But you don't understand this feeling So why do I even try It's sad when you can't try It all comes down to time keeps killing time time keeps healing I've no time for waiting For the river to wash into the sea And when I reach some understanding I'm gonna let it wash all over Wash all over me But I know one day you'll see The person I wanted to be And there's no time for waiting There's no time for waiting Can't find the time Can't find the time There's no time There's no time There's no time Can't find the time |
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from Soul Asylum - Let You Dim Light Shine (1995)
Dear mother, what can I say
It's been so long since I went away And yes, I miss the comforts of home But I guess I'm better off on my own No one told me people could be so cruel Nobody told me about any of this in school Still nobody understands the things that I don't understand I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about Dear John, that ain't my name I'm just hangin' 'round to take the blame I'm filled with guilt, I'm filled with shame Too much or not enough it's all the same And no one wants to talk about the loss No one wants to talk about the cost Every one just looks away, just like any other day I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about Who can teach me how to change my ways Who will come and save the day Who will tell me what to say When there's nothing left to say Nobody told me about any of this in school No one told me I'd be taken for a fool And everyone just looks away, and tries to make it through the day I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about |
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from Soul Asylum - Selcome To The Minority (2007)
Well my friend Jud he was a fuddy-dud
Chewed his cud, was a stick in the mud I swear he hated everyone And he's bumming nickels and bumming dimes But most of all you know he's just bumming time And every day was a bad day They walked out and on and over him, he was turning gray Never knew love he gave up on hope Stayed in bed and he stopped using soap was a dirty old man But he never said poor little old me, poor poor Now one fine day he won the lottery Instant millionaire without a care it didn't change a thing Drove up to Reno he lost everything at a roadside casino You know he never made it into town Where the bright lights trickle down, he was a casualty And all he got was more lewd and crude, he was very rude The only thing he hated worse than the city Was charity and self pity he'd been around I talked to him that's what I found, he was a casualty Poor little old me, poor poor casualty |
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