Concrete Blonde - Assorted Songs
Say it's been too hard
Say it's been too long
ou say it's all too much
the girl has long been gone
well i thought you could
yes i thought you could
and you thought you could too
but it's a place in time
where the years behind are piled up high
but nevermind
its time to crash and burn or fly.
And i thought you could
you know i thought you could
you know i thought you could too
Go to sleep now
go on dream away
is it easy, easy babe?
And i hope
and i dream
and i pray
that sometime we'll find a way
Some say easy come
some say easy go
some say time flies by too fast
some say it drags on all too slow
Well i thought you could
you know i thought you could
and i thought i could too
But if you never find
the heart to start all over again
Remember i was one
who tried to be a friend to you
Well i know i tried
yeah you know i tried
and i know you tried too
Go to sleep now
go on dream away
is it easy, easy babe?
and i hope
and i dream
and i pray
that sometime, we'll find a way
go to sleep now
go on dream away
is it easy, easy babe
and i hope
and i dream
and i pray
that sometime, we'll find a way
Still in Hollywood
I was walking down the street early this morning
Past the graveyard, voices whisper to me.
I was walking down the street, early this morning
And the silver tears of rain hung from the leaves
And I swear I heard the voices singing to me...
Singing to the rhythm of the beat of my feet,
I swear I heard the voices singing to me -
Keep on, keep on, keep on.
Still in Hollywood!
oh WOW! Thought I'd be out of here by now.
Still in Hollywood!
My, my I'm running on a wheel and I don't know why
I don't know why.
And on the bus today, I met the queen of L.A. -
At least she said she was and who am I to say?
She was sixty-five and full of life,
She had purple-painted cheeks
And glitter on her eyes
And the troll on the corner, I flipped him a quarter
And he looked at me and smiled.
He wasn't abused, he wasn't confused,
He had nothing to gain and less to lose in Hollywood
oh wow! Thought I'd be out of here by now.
Still in Hollywood!
My, my I'm running like a rat and I don't know why
And so it's three A.M., I'm out walking again.
I'm just a spot on the sidewalk in a city of sin.
He doesn't give a fuck, he's living under a truck.
You know it coulda been me, guess it's just my luck.
But I swear I hear the voices singing to me -
Keep on, keep on, keep on.
Still in Hollywood...
Joey
Joey, baby - don't get crazy
Detours, fences...I get defensive
I know you've heard it all before
So I don't say it anymore
I just stand by and let you
Fight your secret war
And though I used to wonder why
I used to cry till I was dry
Still sometimes I get a strange pain inside
Oh, Joey, if you're hurting so am I
Joey, honey - I got some money
All is forgiven. Listen, listen
But if I seem to be confused
I didn't mean to be with you.
And when you said I scared you
Well I guess you scared me too
But we got lucky once before
And I don't want to close the door
And if you're somewhere out there
Passed out on the floor
Oh Joey, I'm not angry anymore
And if I seem to be confused
I didn't mean to be with you.
And when you said I scared you
Well I guess you scared me too
But if it's love you're looking for
Then I can give a little more
And if you're somewhere drunk and
Passed out on the floor
Oh Joey, I'm not angry anymore
Angry anymore, angry anymore
Feeling the fire
Under my feet
I was a liar
You were a cheat
Playing with knives we were cut close to home
Close to the bone
You're so alone
Something to have
Something to hold
Something to share
So i've been told
Deep in your eyes you're one hundred years old
Cause the years have not been kind to you, you know
CHORUS
Heal it up, heal it up, heal it up.
Feeling the pinch
Feeling the hole
Feeling the void
Deep in my soul
Feeling my feelings so out of control
Cause the years have not been kind to me, I know
Heal it up, heal it up, heal it up
Heal it up, heal it up, heal it up
I hear you're driving
someone else's car now-
she said you came and
took your stuff away.
All the poetry and the trunk
you kept your life in
I knew that it would
come to that someday
When I opened up my eyes
the train had passed the station
and you where trapped inside
and I never wonder where you went
I only wonder why...
Oh Caroline
Oh Caroline
Oh Caroline
Oh Caroline
I hear you're using someone else's number
she said she saw you in the store today
it don't matter whose address
you're listed under
I only know they'll never make you stay
you where only passing through
but that's all you'll ever do-
there's a dream I have where I sail away
and I'm looking back at you
and I wave goodbye
I wonder why I wonder...
(Chorus)
Bloodletting (The vampire song)
There's a crack in the mirror
and a bloodstain on the bed-
there's a crack in the mirror
and a bloodstain on the bed-
O you were a vampire and baby
I'm walking dead
O you were a vampire and baby
I'm walking dead
Chorus:
I got the ways and means
to New
Orleans I'm going
down by the river
where it's warm and green
I'm gonna have a drink, and walk around
I got a lot to think about oh yeah
There's a rocking chair by the window
down the hall
I hear something in the shadow
down the hall
O you where a vampire and now I am
nothing at all
O you where a vampire and now I am
nothing at all
(Chorus)
They used to dance in the garden in the
middle of the night
They used to dance in the garden in the
middle of the night
They were naked as the day they were
born skin all bone-china white
O you were a vampire
and I may never see the light
(Chorus)
There's a green plaid jacket on the back of the
chair
It's like a moment frozen forever there
Mom and dad had a lot of big plans for their little man
"...So proud."
Mama's gone crazy 'cause her baby's shot down
By some teenage car chase war out of bounds
It was the wrong place wrong time wrong end of a gun.
Shoot straight from the hip
Gone forever in a trigger slip
You know, it could have been
It could have been your brother.
Shoot straight shoot to kill
Blame each other, blame yourselves
God is a bullet have mercy on us everyone
They're gonna call me sir they'll all stop picking on me
Well I'm a high school grad I'm over 5 foot 3
I'll get a badge and a gun and I'll join the P.D.
They'll see
He didn't have to use the gun they put in his hand
But when the guy came at him, well he panicked and ran
And it's thirty long years before they give him another chance
And it's sad sad sad
John Lennon, Doctor King, Harvey Milk
all for goddamn nothing
God is a bullet have mercy on us everyone
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows that the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight is fixed
the poor stay poor and the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows that the boat is sinking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody's got this broken feeling
Like their Momma or there dog just died
Everybody's hands are in their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
and a long stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
that's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
that's the way it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that its now or never
Everybody knows that its me or you
Everybody knows that you live forever
When you had a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old black Joe still pickin' cotton
for ribbons and bows
Everybody knows you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you been faithful
Give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you been discrete
So many people you had to meet
without your clothes
and Everybody knows
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
that's the way it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
that's how it goes
and Everybody knows
Outside in the hall there's a catfight
It's well after midnight
I guess I'll be allright
I'm laid out on the floor
Drunk and ppor
How much longer how much more
Rock me to sleep
Strong & deep.
The screaming cats they give me the creep
But aside from all that I feel no pain
Staring up at the ceiling stains
...Neon in the window
...Sirens far away
...News on the radio happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
They're at it again next door
This whole floor I swear
They're out to drive me crazy
Not right now I'm high as a cloud I'm soft and gray and lazy
...Neon in the window
...Sirens far away
...News on the radio happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
Fly me
out the window.
Somewhere far away
Singing on the radio
happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday