60 FEET TALL |
  | You're so cruel and shameless
But I can't leave you be
You're so cold and dangerous
I can't leave you be
You got the kind of loving
I need constantly
Hooked up to my motor
All day long
We go down to Texas
Up to Montreal
Two eyes none the wiser
In the deep
When the water gets hotter
Both hands in the deep
You got my attention
You got it all
I can take the trouble
I'm 60 feet tall
I know it ain't easy
I must tap your evil well
Cos boy, do you come roaring
Like a bat out of hell
You drive me so reckless
You'll kill us all
I can take the trouble
I'll take you on
I can take the trouble
I'm 60 feet tall
You're so cruel and shameless
But I can let leave you be
You're so cold and dangerous
But I can't leave you be
You got the kind of loving
I need constantly
I can take the trouble
Cos I'm 60 feet
Tall |
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ARE YOUR FRIENDS ELECTRIC? |
 | It's cold outside
And the paint's peeling off of my walls
There's a man outside
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette
Now the light fades out
And I wonder what I'm doing in a room like this
There's a knock on the door
And just for a second I thought I remembered you
So now I'm alone
Now I can think for myself
About little deals and issues
And things that I just don't understand
A white lie that night
Or a sly touch at times
I don't think it mean anything to you
So I open the door
It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway
'Please sit down'
A candlelit shadow on a wall near the bed
You know I hate to ask
But are 'friends' electric?
Only mine's broke down
And now I've no-one to love
So I found out your reasons
For the phone calls and smiles
And it hurts and I'm lonely
And I should never have tried
And I missed you tonight
So it's time to leave
You see it meant everything to me |
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BLUE BLOOD BLUES |
 | Yeah, I love you so much.
I don't need to resist.
I don't need to exist.
Dripping blue blood from the wrist.
I don't need to resist.
And all the neighbors get pissed when I come home.
I make em nervous. Yeah, I make em nervous.
Crack a window, crack a broken bone.
Crack your knuckles when you're at home.
Lick an ice cream cone. Crack a bone.
All you had to do was ask.
Who is it that wears the mask?
When you give me the task.
Leave me broke and shirtless.
Check your lips at the door woman.
Shake your hips like battleships.
Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
Sing. Sing. Sing.
I only got one face da da da da.
I tried too long to erase.
You know if I left. da da da da.
I wouldn't leave a trace.
If I left you woman, you know, I wouldn't leave a trace.
I wouldn't leave a trace. I wouldn't leave a trace.
If I left, you'd never see me again.
You'd never see me again.
I wouldn't leave a trace.
You'd never see me again. |
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BONE HOUSE |
 | I build a house
For your bones
I build a house
I build a home
I wrote a song
Go on and listen
That's all you'll hear
When I go missing
I always get the things I want
I make a nest
For your hair
I lay you down
I lay you there
I build a ship
I sink and sail
Every tooth
And every nail
I always get the things I want
I put your heart
In a vault
That's how I get
The things I want
I lay a road
For your mind
So your mind can
Go go go go
I always get the things I want
I build a house
I build a home
I build a house
For your bones
I build a house
For your bones
I build a house
I build a home |
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DIE BY THE DROP |
 | Let's dig a hole in the sand brother,
A little grave we can fill together,
I got myself a problem,
That I've been lookin' to sell,
Some people die just a little
Sometimes you die by the drop
Some people die in the middle
I live just fine on the top
I'm gonna take you for worse or better
I'm gonna make you for worse or better
I'm gonna take you for worse or better
to my little grave
I never said we was equal
I never wished to be saved
If I'm a problem then preacher
Let's dig a little grave
I�m gonna take you for worse or better
I�m gonna make you for worse or better
I�m gonna take you for worse or better
to my little grave
Let's dig a hole in the sand, brother
Starve off the land for worse or better
Get right down to the bottom
If one goes I'll do the other
Some people die just a little
Sometimes you die by the drop
Some people die in the middle
I live just fine on the top
I'm gonna take you for worse or better
I'm gonna make you for worse or better
I'm gonna take you for worse or better
to my little grave |
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GASOLINE |
 | To be afraid is a luxury
So cool your engines for me
I don't want a sweetheart
I want a machine
I love you the most, I do
When you're so close to me
I can smell the gasoline
To be soft is too easy, huh
Don't get soft on me
I don't want a sweetheart, sweetheart
I want a machine
I love you the most, I do
When you're so close to me
I can smell the gasoline
To be afraid is a luxury
So cool your engines for me
I don't want a sweetheart
I want a machine
I love you the most, I do
When you're so close to me
I can smell the gasoline
What you whispered should be screamed
Screamed at the top of your lungs
Any sense you had in the morning
Is gone when the day is done
I love you the most, I do
When you're so close to me
I can smell the gasoline |
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HANG YOU FROM THE HEAVENS |
 | I never know how to treat you
You think I love you but it ain't true
I'm walking away now
One step forward and back two
I like to grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens
I don't know how to let you go
Or if i should keep you
I don't know how to let you know
I really don't got a reason
I like to grab you by the hair
And drag you to the devil
I never know why I push you
Trash you just to confuse you
I make a hole just to see how
See through clean I can cut you
I like to grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens
I 'd like to grab you by the hair
And sell you off to the devil
I never know what mood you be
Be mine be kind but be cruel to me
I'm walking away now
One step forward and back three
I never know what I'm gonna to do
I say I'm leaving but it ain't true
I got a lot I could do to you
Nothing you can do to stop it
I want to grab you by the hair
I want to grab you by the hair
I want to grab you by the hair
And hang you up from the heavens |
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HUSTLE AND CUSS |
 | Knock on the door
And the door knocks back
The joke never go no further than that
Fire goes back inside the match
Back down the stack
And we hustle and cuss
Lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Lick on the dust
And we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Must you muscle and fuss?
Yyou muscle and fuss
And lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
When we were young
A different kind of fun
Playing in the mud
It meant something else
Now we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss
And we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Must we muscle and fuss?
You muscle and fuss
And lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
You're easy to fool and easy to catch
And i don't know if i want you to
Match my bets
And we hustle and cuss
Lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Lick on the dust
And we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Must you muscle and fuss?
Hustle and cuss
Muscle and fuss
Muscle and fuss
And lick on the dust |
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I CAN'T HEAR YOU |
 | I can't hear you
You're talking to yourself
And what you're used to
It don't work on no one else
I'm gonna teach you
And keep you for myself
Gonna take you by the hand
And walk you to my house
So I can hear you
I wanna hear you
I can't say so
Naive, be so naive
You're stashing money
There're rubies up your sleeve
I'm gonna teach you
You're never gonna leave
I'm gonna take you by the hand
Gonna walk you to my house
So I can hear you
I wanna hear you
I can't hear you
You're talking to yourself
And what you're used to
It don't work on no one else
I wanna teach you
Keep you for myself
Gonna take you by the hand
I'm gonna walk you to my house
So I can hear you
I wanna hear you
I wanna hear you
I wanna hear you
I wanna hear you
I wanna hear you |
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I CUT LIKE A BUFFALO |
 | You know I look like a woman, but I
Cut like a buffalo
Stand up like a tower
But I fall
Just like a domino
You can hit me if you want to
Do whatever makes you happy
But don't take it easy on me
'Cause I don't know how to take it
You're a prick with a pin woman
Wake me up when it's broke
But only if it's broken
You know I treat you like a joke but you
Can't tell when I'm joking
You cut a record on my throat
But the record's not broken
Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Or are you just joking?
You know I look like a woman but I
Cut like a buffalo
Wake me up when it's broke
Just like a woman
You cut a record on my throat then you
Break me wide open
You're a pick with a pin woman
Push it into my skin girl
I'm a prick when I sin and I
Know I can't win
You know I look like a woman and I
Cut like a buffalo |
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I'M MAD |
 | I'm mad
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
20 days
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
100 ways
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
Ha ha
You found some dice
Ha ha
Along the road
Ha ha
You show them off
Ha ha
Along the floor
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
20 days
Ha ha
You make me mad
Ha ha
A 100 ways
I'm mad
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
You're in my mind
When you're in the room
In my heart
I'm mad on you
You're in my mind
When you're in the room
I'm mad
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha
I'm mad
Ha ha |
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JAWBREAKER |
 | I run so far away from you
It don't matter where I've been
I run around the world from you
Here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for nicer things
I tried to kill the memory
By shacking up with living things
But you must get a psychic sting
Here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for nicer things
I run so far away from you
It don't matter where I've been
I run around the world from you
Here you are again
You're a real jawbreaker
A real crook, obscene
I'd call you a heartbreaker
But I reserve that for nicer things |
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LOOKING AT THE INVISIBLE MAN |
 | I'm the invisible man
I'm like a broke down engine
No mouth, no hands
No skin on my bones at all
You're looking at me
Like you know what you're talking about
Ain't nothing to see
Wave your hands in the dark woman
You're looking at me
Like you know what you're talking about
Ain't nothing to see
You can't hit me
You can't hit me
I'm the invisible man
I'm like a newspaper
You can't read
You look like you know what you're talking about
Like you know what you're talking about
Like you know what you're talking about
There ain't nothing to see
There ain't nothing to see
You can't hit me
You can't hit me |
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NEW PONY |
 | Once I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
She broke her leg and she needed shooting
I swear it hurt me more than it could ever have hurted her
Sometimes I wonder what's going on in the mind of Miss X
Sometimes I wonder what's going on in the mind of Miss X
You know she got such a sweet disposition
I never know what the poor girl's gonna do to me next
They say you're usin' voodoo, your feet walk by themselves
They say you're usin' voodoo, I seen your feet walk by themselves
Oh, baby, that god you been prayin' to
Is gonna give ya back what you're wishin' on someone else
Come over here pony, I, I wanna climb up one time on you
Come over here pony, I, I wanna climb up one time on you
Well, you're so bad and nasty
But I love you, yes I do |
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NO HASSLE NIGHT |
 | I'm looking for a place to go
Where the sun goes down
And stays down
I'm looking for a place to go
Where I can lay low
Die slow
My baby, she's uptight
Her face frozen in daylight
My darlin' she's a drifter
Nothing out there seems to fit her
I'm looking for a no hassle night
I've become her and it hurts my mouth
I'm looking for a no hassle night
I've become her and it hurts my mind
I'm looking for a no hassle night
My baby, she's a burglar
Nothing I know can deter her
I'm looking for a place to go
Were the sun goes down
I can lay low |
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NO HORSE |
 | I ain't got no horse
I ain't got no horizon
Just a scar under my eyes
I swear I got from crying
Where I was born, it don't matter
There ain't no going back
I have no home to take you
I never dream like that
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself
I don't want you to like me
There's no way that you can
I don't want you to touch me honey
I am just a man
There ain't no kind of healing
All my coins are flipped out
I'm just a' living an' breathing
On what I steal from myself
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself
Sit & watch my cigarette smoking on itself |
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OLD MARY |
 | Old Mary, full of grease,
Your heart stops within you,
Scary are the fruits of your tomb,
and harsh are the terms of your sins,
Old Mary, sister of mine, mother to the world,
carry this burden now until the moment of your last breath
Now 'till the moment of your last breath. |
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ROCKING HORSE |
 | I drank some dirty water
Shook evil hands
I've done some bad things
And they get easier to do
Then I wrote a nasty letter
And I sent it to the Lord
I said don't you dare come
And bother me no more
I had a good friend
I could only destroy
And lovers I loved less
Than anybody could afford
Yes but this old rocking horse
Just nods his head
And he's gonna rock back and forth
The way that he always did
Baby don't you bother
Tasting the water
And baby don't you bother
Coming closer to me
Can you see my eyes?
They're half the size
And I'm not able
To look at you |
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SO FAR FROM YOUR WEAPON |
 | There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
You're so far from your weapon
And the place you were born
There's a bullet in my pocket burning a hole
You're so far from your weapon
And you want to go home
I try to give you whiskey
But it never do work
Suddenly, you're beggin me
To do so much worse
I knew it from the get go
The bullet was cursed
Ever since I had you
Every little thing hurts
You wanna get up? Let go?
I say no
You dream of seeing fire in them hills
But you better wipe that smile from your lips
Which of us will be the one to go?
He who hits the road's the one who lives |
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US |
 | I'm not the way that you found me
I'm never here or there
One day I'm happy and healthy
Next I ain't doing so well
Let's go walk to the border
Let's go walk along the inch
Let's go when no one can see us
And find the difference between us
You can cry like a baby
Just let me do what I need to
It might be to me or to you
Just let me do what I need to
I'm not the way that you found me
I'm neither here nor there
One day I'm happy and healthy
Next I ain't doing so well
Let's go walk to the border
Let's go walk along the inch
Let's go when no one can see us
And find the difference between us
I'm not the way that you found me
I'm neither here nor there
One day I'm happy and healthy
Next I ain't doing so well
Let's go walk to the border
Let's go walk along the inch
Let's go when no one can see us
And find the difference between us
You can cry like a baby
Just let me do what I need to
It might be to me or to you
Just let me do what I need to
I'm not the way that you found me
I'm neither here nor there
One day I'm happy and healthy
Next I ain't doing so well |
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THREE BIRDS |
 | (Instrumental) |
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TREAT ME LIKE YOUR MOTHER |
 | Don't act like you can't act
I know I seen you do it
You better learn to shake hands
And treat me like your mother
Don't act like you can't act
Stand up like a man
You better learn to shake hands
And treat me like your mother
You came on too late
To do a thing
C'mon look me in the eye
You want to try to tell a lie?
I bet you can't and you know why?
I'm just like your mother
You cane on too late
Play dumb,
Play dead,
Play straight
Who's got it figured out?
Play dumb, play dead, play straight
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight
Try to manipulate
M-a-n-i-p-u-late
Am I?
M-I-too?
Am I too?
Late?
Who's got it figured out?
Left, right, left, right,
Got it figured out?
Play straight
Stand up like a man
You better learn to shake hands
Look me in the eye now,
Treat me like your mother
C'mon look me in the eye
You want to try to tell a lie?
You can't
You know why?
I'm just like your mother
Play dumb, play dead
Trying to manipulate
You blink when you breathe
You breathe when you like
You blink when you lie
Who's got it figured out?
Left right left right?
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight
You blink when you breathe
And you breathe when you lie
You blink when you lie
Who's got it figured out?
Play straight |
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WILL THERE BE ENOUGH WATER? |
 | Will there be enough water
When my ship comes in?
And when I set sail
Will there be enough wind?
Just because you caught me,
Does that make it a sin?
Cool water
And the cool wind |
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YOU JUST CAN'T WIN |
 | One more coffee, one more cigarette
One more morning trying to forget.
If I had the chance
To join your dance
I wouldn't like to bet,
That your game is something yet
It's a shame,
Ain't natural for you,
Baby, it's a sin,
You know you just can't win
When you are in.
You used to ride on buses
Take a Greyhound to Birmingham.
Now you go by aeroplane honey
Nothing will bring you down
And I know nothing can
It's a shame,
Ain't natural for you,
Baby, it's a sin,
You know you just can't win
When you are in.
Now the road is dark and lonely,
But you are in your bran new mode.
You're living up in Manhattan now
And I'm somewhere down in Savannah
Way down below
It's a shame,
Ain't natural for you,
Baby, it's a sin,
You know you just can't win
When you are in. |
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