Mary Lou Lord

Day in, day out
Where you going, where you been
What you got to moan about
Only what I've seen
Times are hard but I heard you say
Why you telling me
I've been seeing for myself
Down along the lea

Don't know how well off you are
Pills and money, safe and warm
Watching from your silver star
You don't know you're born
Harbored in your little cove
Loathe to put to sea
I've been drifting on the tide
Down along the lea

High, hi
The braindead cry
What a loser, what a state
Take a good look in her eyes
Pupils look like plates
Confusing me with someone else
I guess she looks like me
I think I passed her on her way
Down along the lea
Well, I think I passed her on her way
Down along the lea

> The knees are bent and the hands are claspedThe painted head is bowedA sudden glimpse through heaven's gateIs all that I'm allowedMy hair is black and eyes are greenBut Marie is not my nameNa na na na na na na na na - His Lamest FlameHis lamest flame will beToo brief and burn too paleAnd all attempts to fire it up again will failI run around behind his friendsAnd play the waiting gameNa na na na na na na na na - His Lamest FlameI tell myself a million timesThere's nothing I can doSo why do I keep holding onI only wish I knewI was born too weak and I feel like a foolBut it's out of my domainNa na na na na na na na na - His Lamest FlameHis lamest flame will dieBefore the night is outJust a heap of ashThe wind is blown aboutFor him these feelings fade awayBut for me they're still the sameNa na na na na na na na na - His Lamest FlameHis lamest flame is hereAnd flickering its lastAnd through the dying lightWe journey to the pastBut still I'd give up all I've gotTo have him back againNa na na na na na na na na - His Lamest Flame

> Disappearing out of sight along the open road
Into indistinct horizons I had no time to reload
Like a silver bullet from a gun an arrow from a bow
Like an equine star you'll hear about it
Everywhere you go
All through nebula I was racing in my mind
I tripped the light fantastic and never looked behind
You slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
You slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
You fly so high and move so fast
You're running blindly from the past
Slow down You slow down
When lights are changing
Looking through your hollow eyes across the great unknown
Growing greater every second growing harder with each stone
Yeah and you who judge your freedom by the quantity you score
Does it make you any freer if you took a little more
All that summertime I revolved around your eye
In accelerating spirals in an asymmetric sky
You slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
You slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
You fly so high yeah and you move so fast
You're running blindly from the past
Slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
Oh changing all the time
Oh changing all the time
Now you slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
You slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
You fly so high and you move so fast
You're running blindly from the past
Slow down You slow down
Lights are changing
You slow down You slow down lights are changing

> On Seven Sisters lay down your innocence
Cash in your ignorance learn about the truth
And it's no playground it's one big let down
It looks like a backstreet bargain baby
But you just got screwed
And on that high road you live in shadows
And the one that follows is your silent twin
And it's a sad reminder
That when you try to find her
She's back on the old main drag in trouble again
Ten hail Mary's and she's ready to score
Dealing with the damage of a grown up war
But turning tricks and tourniquets
Are nothing more than another wasted day
Cinderella's on the corner with her eyes in tears
Waiting for the moment when the magic appears
They expected her home for the past two years
I guess she lost her way
The tide is always turning
Deep inside your desire's burning
And you're dying just to get away
You thought you had it down
When you first came to this town
Now you're begging for a helping hand
And a brand new day
You're begging back all that Seven Sisters took away
Can you get it back again
Get it back again
And I wish I could escape
From the old main drag
From the old main drag

Got a little secret
I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven
In a ground pea shell
Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree
Everything I got is down in pawn
Pawned my watch
Pawned my chain
Pawned everything that was in my name
Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree
I'm going sailing
In a wooden shoe
Looking for a star
I can tell my troubles do
Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree
I pawned my horse
Pawned my plow
Pawned everything
Even my old milk cow
Got a little secret
I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven
In a ground pea shell
Oh lordie me
Didn't I shake sugaree
Everything I got is down in pawn
Everything I got is down in pawn

> There was a corner - it was the place to go
We used to meet there - doing our whiz and blow
I had a friend there - she was a wasted space
She tried to match me - she couldn't stay the pace
She was a no one
She was a loser
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
I couldn't stand it - seeing you there with her
I never told you - how much it really hurt
I went to college - I got a fancy car
Drop dead apartment - now I'm a shining star
But she never made it
She's selling Avon
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
I have respect now - I always knew I would
'Cause I had a passport - out of the neighborhood
And when I go back - I always see her there
I ask how she's doing - not that I really care
She's still on the corner
She's still going nowhere
But she had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you
She had you ooo ooo - she had you

Song about a sun beam song about a girl
Your voice still rings and echoes in my mind
So many words unspoken so many worlds apart
Your memory is all you left behind
Somewhere it all got crazy and now it's like a dream
And I knew that I blew it from the start
I was too freaked out to deal with it all
And too fucked up to care
I stood right there and watched it fall apart

Now LSD and Ecstasy don't help me
And my dance with Mr. Brownstone got too rough
Will you wake me without warning some jingle-jangle morning
We'll fly away to heaven on a star

Cause I love to watch you walk
And I love to hear you talk
But there's nothing I can say
To make you feel the same way

Now my friends are all I have now
But they're so far away
They all moved out of Seattle and back to L.A.

They ask me how I'm doing
And I ask them if they've seen you
But no one sees much of anyone these days

Now LSD and Ecstasy don't help me
And my dance with Mr. Brownstone got too rough
Will you wake me without warning some jingle-jangle morning
We'll fly away to heaven on a star

Cause I love to watch you walk and I love to hear you talk
But there's nothing I can say
To make you feel the same way
the same way

Song about a sun beam song about a girl
Your voice still rings and echoes in my mind
So many words unspoken so many worlds apart
Your memory is all you left behind
Somewhere it all got crazy and now it's like a dream
And I knew that I blew it from the start
I was too freaked out to deal with it all
And too fucked up to care
I stood right there and watched it fall apart

Now LSD and Ecstasy don't help me
And my dance with Mr. Brownstone got too rough
Will you wake me without warning some jingle-jangle morning
We'll fly away to heaven on a star

Cause I love to watch you walk
And I love to hear you talk
But there's nothing I can say
To make you feel the same way

Now my friends are all I have now
But they're so far away
They all moved out of Seattle and back to L.A.

They ask me how I'm doing
And I ask them if they've seen you
But no one sees much of anyone these days

Now LSD and Ecstasy don't help me
And my dance with Mr. Brownstone got too rough
Will you wake me without warning some jingle-jangle morning
We'll fly away to heaven on a star

Cause I love to watch you walk and I love to hear you talk
But there's nothing I can say
To make you feel the same way
the same way

There's no sun and no starlight to shine on the rails
The spray painted words of the prophets have failed
Down in this tunnel there's no day or night
Up above is it darkness or light
It's all just a dream I wake up and I'm back
Where the wheels of reality screech down the track
The ride is the moment they're all waiting for
Can't afford to beleive that there's more
I can't kid myself into thinking there's more

And he lives in the suburbs and he carries a phone
I watch him arrive and I'll watch him go home
He'll pitch me a quarter as he stops to chage lines
He'd stay but he never has time
Would he stay if he ever had time

So hold my eye
While the rest of the city flies by
The tips and the tokens you left me today
Are the price of my ride on the subway

And I've seen drowning hobos and rich men who pass
Reflected in fragments of Boston bound glass
And I'll be Jimmie Rodgers, The Cure or The Who
If it makes any difference to you
Does it make any difference to you

So hold my eye
While the rest of the city flies by
The tips and the tokens you left me today
Are the price of my ride on the subway
They're the price of my ride on the subway
They're the price of my ride on the subway

I ran out of Lexington - I ran out of time
I hooked up with anyone that I could find
Why don't you answer me
I bear you no ill
You never notice me but someday you will
And there you go lead and time
Skin and chrome supergun so fine
I'm burned up with jealousy
You're burned up with speed
You ditch your paramour
I got what you need
And I'm not a child
And I'm not a fool
Oh no not again - your supergun so cruel
I got up - a new day dawned
I believe I've been reborn
I threw out my dolls and pins
I go out and reel you in at last
Oh yea, yea yea
No injured innocence - no wounded pride
Accept what has to be, I so long denied
And I take it off and you follow suit
I close my eyes
But your supergun won't shoot
No it won't shoot
No it won't shoot
No it won't shoot

> Walkin' to the bus stop
Couldn't wait to get off
I know I am the lucky one
Hmm, hmm
Walking in the twilight
Cold Nevada twilight
I know I am the lucky one
On the wheels
On the tabletop
On the handles where the 7's stop
On the floor
On my hells again
I know I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one
Standing on the corner
If I could find a dollar
I know I'd be the lucky one
Hmm, hmm
Standing in the last night
Artificial daylight
I know I am the lucky one, hmm, hmm
On the wheels
On the tabletop
On the handles when the lemons stop
On the floor
On my heels again
I know I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one
On the wheels
On the tabletop
On the handles when the lemons stop
On the floor

Bring out the Bushmills and bring on the band
Tonight we'll dance and swing
I'll sing you softly, my dear, take my hand
And we'll toast to proposals and flings

Bring out the jester and shoot out the lights
Rattle your diamonds and pearls
There's swill for the swine and pills for the mind
More rhythm and booze for the girls

And those were the days when it all made sense
An awesome and glorious hoedown
54 studio discotheques
To welcome in the throng of Blowtown
Welcome to the throng of Blowtown

When Sonny gets dumped, he'll see red for a while
He's not the kind to get yellow
Tonight, tonight, the Billys will fight
Over copyright laws, but stay mellow

And a typical day, you can hear someone say
We need the groove to improve
So go find Carol Kaye
But she can't be found, she's gone underground
In a carpal tunnel freeze-out, she's retirement-bound

And those were the days when it all made sense
An awesome and glorious hoedown
54 studio discotheques to welcome the throng of Blowtown
Welcome in the throng of Blowtown
Ain't nothing like Motown
The throng of Blowtown

Harsh words I heard him sayHe knows how to hurt meRear lights and flying kitesLong days in the sunAll gone behind us nowSo hard to rememberThis time I'll put it downBefore it's begunAnd you harbored in your sheltering bayStill watching as she's sailing awayNo movement on the ocean todayBut for two boats drifting apartDeep looks into my eyes he tries to convince meNo way I'd fall for thatI know what I amHe swears and so do IBut we don't believe itNo God or chosen oneCan prove where we standAnd you harbored in your sheltering bayStill watching as she's sailing awayNo movement on the ocean todayBut for two boats drifting apartAnd Now I doubt everything I knew,Or at least what I supposedIt's my fault and it's your fault too, you knowAnd you harbored in your sheltering bayStill watching as she's sailing awayNo movement on the ocean todayBut for two boats drifting apart

> Felt a little uneasy on easy street
Out of place and incomplete call it guilt
Call it what you will
Kissed good-bye the summer sky
Hollywood and Malibu tides
Through thick and thin you got a
Good friend in me
Just give me a beer and give me a bed
Chase the demons out of my head
Play me a song and sing me to sleep
And meet me in the middle of my dreams
Well I've seen the sun rise from the cliffs at Point Reyes
And I've see it set upon Thunder Bay
But I always keep my compass set on you
When the night comes in and the stars come out
The highway lines start to wear me out
It'll be ok cause I'm coming back home to you
And distant salutations and silly souvenirs
Can't help your twilight loneliness
Or brush away your tears
I'll wire you some love today
There's so much more I want to say
But I'm Western Union desperate
In a pay phone in the rain
And it's so insane
I'm Rimbaud and you're Verlaine
So hey! California here I come
I got my old backpack and a sunburnt thumb
I hope my compass is tried and ture
'Cause when I need a friend it's still you