Torches And Pitchforks lyrics - Cracker
We will fight you from the mountains
And we will fight you in the streets
And we will fight you in the valleys
You cannot take what isn't yours
And we will fight your goons and lawyers
And we will fight your Pinkertons
And we will fight your bought off Congressmen
You cannot take what isn't yours
[CHORUS:]
So la da da
Da da da da da da da
La da da da
Da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
And we will take you from your mansions
We'll burn your towers to the ground
And you will reap the whirlwind that you've sown
You cannot take what isn't yours
[REPEAT CHORUS]
We will fight you from the mountains
And we will fight you in the streets
And we will fight you from the valleys
You cannot take what isn't yours
You cannot take what isn't yours
And we will fight you in the streets
And we will fight you in the valleys
You cannot take what isn't yours
And we will fight your goons and lawyers
And we will fight your Pinkertons
And we will fight your bought off Congressmen
You cannot take what isn't yours
[CHORUS:]
So la da da
Da da da da da da da
La da da da
Da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
And we will take you from your mansions
We'll burn your towers to the ground
And you will reap the whirlwind that you've sown
You cannot take what isn't yours
[REPEAT CHORUS]
We will fight you from the mountains
And we will fight you in the streets
And we will fight you from the valleys
You cannot take what isn't yours
You cannot take what isn't yours
March Of The Billionaires lyrics - Cracker
Get into line, stop talking back, meet the new boss
We'll take what you got, we'll sell it all back to you
Give up your rights, your most private thoughts, don't make us label you some kind of luddites
It's better for us, therefore it's better for you
Isn't this the same old shit they tell you as they march us to the rice fields? (Yeah!)
Isn't this the same old shit, a bright and better future for the rubber barons?
[CHORUS:]
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Life's good for the billionaires
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Three cheers for the billionaires
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Damn it feels good to be a billionaire
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Don't you wish you were a billionaire?
Get into line, your poverty brings us all progress
Stop asking back, we're richer and smarter than you
Or risk a body check from Mr Kruschev, under the Gogolplex
Put your head on a pike, we'll stick it outside the city gates
Isn't this the same old shit they tell you as they march in to the rice fields?
Isn't this the same old shit, a bright and better future for the rubber baron?
[CHORUS:]
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Life's good as a billionaire
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Three cheers for the billionaires
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Damn it feels good to be a billionaire
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Don't you wish you were a billionaire?
We'll take what you got, we'll sell it all back to you
Give up your rights, your most private thoughts, don't make us label you some kind of luddites
It's better for us, therefore it's better for you
Isn't this the same old shit they tell you as they march us to the rice fields? (Yeah!)
Isn't this the same old shit, a bright and better future for the rubber barons?
[CHORUS:]
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Life's good for the billionaires
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Three cheers for the billionaires
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Damn it feels good to be a billionaire
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Don't you wish you were a billionaire?
Get into line, your poverty brings us all progress
Stop asking back, we're richer and smarter than you
Or risk a body check from Mr Kruschev, under the Gogolplex
Put your head on a pike, we'll stick it outside the city gates
Isn't this the same old shit they tell you as they march in to the rice fields?
Isn't this the same old shit, a bright and better future for the rubber baron?
[CHORUS:]
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Life's good as a billionaire
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Three cheers for the billionaires
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Damn it feels good to be a billionaire
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na
Don't you wish you were a billionaire?
Beautiful lyrics - Cracker
[CHORUS:]
If you haven't heard it
If you don't know it
If you don't think it
You are beautiful
Saw you working at the coffee shop
Saw you walking down Telegraph
Pink mohawk and Doc Marten boots
Don't you know that you're beautiful?
Let's buy a record at Rasputin's
Let's see a show at Gilbert Street
An anarchists' rally at People's Park
Don't you know you're beautiful?
[CHORUS:]
If you don't know it
If you haven't heard it
If you don't think it
You are beautiful
[CHORUS:]
If you come to doubt it
If you don't feel it
If you haven't heard it
You are beautiful
[REPEAT BREAK]
Now you own your own coffee shop
Punk rock shows at matinees
You got a little house west of San Pablo
Don't you know you're still beautiful?
Two teenagers with blue Mohawks
Working at the local fruit co-op
Everything's different but nothing has changed
Don't you know that you're beautiful?
[CHORUS:]
If you don't know it
If you haven't heard it
If you don't think it
You are beautiful
[CHORUS:]
If you come to doubt it
If you don't feel it
If you haven't heard it
You are beautiful
Don't you know that you're beautiful
Don't you know that you're beautiful
If you haven't heard it
If you don't know it
If you don't think it
You are beautiful
Saw you working at the coffee shop
Saw you walking down Telegraph
Pink mohawk and Doc Marten boots
Don't you know that you're beautiful?
Let's buy a record at Rasputin's
Let's see a show at Gilbert Street
An anarchists' rally at People's Park
Don't you know you're beautiful?
[CHORUS:]
If you don't know it
If you haven't heard it
If you don't think it
You are beautiful
[CHORUS:]
If you come to doubt it
If you don't feel it
If you haven't heard it
You are beautiful
[REPEAT BREAK]
Now you own your own coffee shop
Punk rock shows at matinees
You got a little house west of San Pablo
Don't you know you're still beautiful?
Two teenagers with blue Mohawks
Working at the local fruit co-op
Everything's different but nothing has changed
Don't you know that you're beautiful?
[CHORUS:]
If you don't know it
If you haven't heard it
If you don't think it
You are beautiful
[CHORUS:]
If you come to doubt it
If you don't feel it
If you haven't heard it
You are beautiful
Don't you know that you're beautiful
Don't you know that you're beautiful
El Comandante lyrics - Cracker
El Comanante,
Your daughter she's so fine
El Comanante,
It's just a bag of weed
[CHORUS:]
Now you and I don't see eye to eye
But we really should put this behind us
No you don't want to make your daughter cry
El Comandante,
We were down in Piedmont Park
El Comandante,
Told us it was herbal tea
[REPEAT CHORUS]
You were young once
And you were foolish
How am I so different
Now I don't look it but
I'm a stand up guy
El Comandante,
El Comandante,
It's just a bag of weed
Your daughter she's so fine
El Comanante,
It's just a bag of weed
[CHORUS:]
Now you and I don't see eye to eye
But we really should put this behind us
No you don't want to make your daughter cry
El Comandante,
We were down in Piedmont Park
El Comandante,
Told us it was herbal tea
[REPEAT CHORUS]
You were young once
And you were foolish
How am I so different
Now I don't look it but
I'm a stand up guy
El Comandante,
El Comandante,
It's just a bag of weed
El Cerrito lyrics - Cracker
Walking down the street in San Francisco just the other day
Wondering what has happened to the freaks and hippies and the punks
Everybody's squeaky clean, they look and dress and act the same
I don't give a shit about your IPO I live in El Cerrito
Mama took the Alameda Transit bus to work each day
All the way down San Pablo, thirty years a Naval base
Never heard her once complain about taking public transportation
You should ride the city bus just like the rest of us in El Cerrito
[CHORUS:]
Do do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do
El Cerrito
Pink moustached taxi cabs, don't you know that they're just scabs
Union busting, techie uber alles, I said it
Bullshit claims to change the world, making Wall Street bankers even richer (richer, richer, richer)
El Cerrito's got its problems but we don't pick pockets of the working man
Papa was an engineer, worked at Hewlett Packard
Dumbarton Bridge two times a day then lost his job and pension
We would go and visit him in bars in Jack London Square
I don't give a shit about your IPO I come from El Cerrito
[REPEAT CHORUS x2]
If there is a lesson from this story to be learned
It's not exactly what you think, you shouldn't be concerned
It's not that we don't like the rich, it's simply that we think this kind is boring
Everybody thinks and acts the same that's why I live in El Cerrito
[REPEAT CHORUS x2]
Ooooh
Wondering what has happened to the freaks and hippies and the punks
Everybody's squeaky clean, they look and dress and act the same
I don't give a shit about your IPO I live in El Cerrito
Mama took the Alameda Transit bus to work each day
All the way down San Pablo, thirty years a Naval base
Never heard her once complain about taking public transportation
You should ride the city bus just like the rest of us in El Cerrito
[CHORUS:]
Do do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do
El Cerrito
Pink moustached taxi cabs, don't you know that they're just scabs
Union busting, techie uber alles, I said it
Bullshit claims to change the world, making Wall Street bankers even richer (richer, richer, richer)
El Cerrito's got its problems but we don't pick pockets of the working man
Papa was an engineer, worked at Hewlett Packard
Dumbarton Bridge two times a day then lost his job and pension
We would go and visit him in bars in Jack London Square
I don't give a shit about your IPO I come from El Cerrito
[REPEAT CHORUS x2]
If there is a lesson from this story to be learned
It's not exactly what you think, you shouldn't be concerned
It's not that we don't like the rich, it's simply that we think this kind is boring
Everybody thinks and acts the same that's why I live in El Cerrito
[REPEAT CHORUS x2]
Ooooh
Reaction lyrics - Cracker
Saw you standing at McArthur Station
Saw you talking to your new boyfriend
But you know my reaction has nothing to do with you
[CHORUS:]
You know it's not my problem if you're not over me
You know it's not my problem if you still that I still care
You know it's not my problem if you see it differently
You've got your life, I've got my life, girl don't you think, it's time for you to move along
Girl don't you think, it's time for you to move along
You were waiting for the doors to open
Gilbert [?] union show
But you know my reaction has nothing to do with you
[REPEAT CHORUS]
But you know my reaction has nothing to do with you
Saw you talking to your new boyfriend
But you know my reaction has nothing to do with you
[CHORUS:]
You know it's not my problem if you're not over me
You know it's not my problem if you still that I still care
You know it's not my problem if you see it differently
You've got your life, I've got my life, girl don't you think, it's time for you to move along
Girl don't you think, it's time for you to move along
You were waiting for the doors to open
Gilbert [?] union show
But you know my reaction has nothing to do with you
[REPEAT CHORUS]
But you know my reaction has nothing to do with you
You Got Yourself Into This lyrics - Cracker
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
You shine like a diamond deep in a coma
We can't keep away from you
You took your advantage, you made it perfectly
Baby don't you try to act so innocent
You got yourself into this, it was your idea
No-one forced you to come along
You took charge, making plans, telling us what to do
You got yourself into this
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
Shines like a diamond, treated like a dead? drop?
Setting up secret rendezvous each night
Burnt? like a hard? call?, keep it in the state? room
Meet me in the Oakland Airport Holiday Inn
You got yourself into this
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
Get yourself out
Get yourself out
Now get yourself out
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
You shine like a diamond deep in a coma
We can't keep away from you
You took your advantage, you made it perfectly
Baby don't you try to act so innocent
You got yourself into this, it was your idea
No-one forced you to come along
You took charge, making plans, telling us what to do
You got yourself into this
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
Shines like a diamond, treated like a dead? drop?
Setting up secret rendezvous each night
Burnt? like a hard? call?, keep it in the state? room
Meet me in the Oakland Airport Holiday Inn
You got yourself into this
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
You got yourself into this
Now get yourself out
Get yourself out
Get yourself out
Life In The Big City lyrics - Cracker
Life in the big city, let's get dirty now
Life in the big city,
I've got billions, I've got minions
Dance [?]
I've got jet planes, my own doctors
Secret bank accounts in Switzerland
I've got Russians in the corner
Taking care of my worst problems
I've got women, yeah dominatrix
But see you in the churchyard Sunday
Life in the big city, let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty
I've got mansions in the Hamptons
I've got a high-rise in mid-town Manhattan
I've got tax breaks in San Francisco
For? the link? back into the Mayor's pack
I've got think tanks and academics
Telling you what's good for me is good for you
I feel better when we get dirty
See you in the church on Sunday
That's life in the big city girl, what did you expect?
That's life in the big city girl, ain't no boy scouts here
That's life in the (that's life in the) big city girl (big city girl), it ain't pretty
That's life in the (that's life in the) big city girl (big city girl), aaaahhh come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on
Life in the big city, let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Life in the big city,
I've got billions, I've got minions
Dance [?]
I've got jet planes, my own doctors
Secret bank accounts in Switzerland
I've got Russians in the corner
Taking care of my worst problems
I've got women, yeah dominatrix
But see you in the churchyard Sunday
Life in the big city, let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty
I've got mansions in the Hamptons
I've got a high-rise in mid-town Manhattan
I've got tax breaks in San Francisco
For? the link? back into the Mayor's pack
I've got think tanks and academics
Telling you what's good for me is good for you
I feel better when we get dirty
See you in the church on Sunday
That's life in the big city girl, what did you expect?
That's life in the big city girl, ain't no boy scouts here
That's life in the (that's life in the) big city girl (big city girl), it ain't pretty
That's life in the (that's life in the) big city girl (big city girl), aaaahhh come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on
Life in the big city, let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Life in the big city, wooh! Let's get dirty now
Waited My Whole Life lyrics - Cracker
I don't pick up pennies, I don't knock on wood
Step on the cracks a little more than I should
Lucky it ain't nothin' now I got you
I don't cross fingers behind my back
And I don't mind dark cats crossing my path
Silly superstitions don't mean a thing
[CHORUS:]
One way of another
We were meant to be together
I waited my whole life
Just to be with you
I know it sounds crazy, but listen to me baby
I swear that it's true
I've waited my whole life
Just to be with you
I like your smile, get lost in your face
The sound of your feet across the floor of my place
Make y'self at home, come settle on in
The way you wake up with your hair all a mess
Driving me crazy girl, I just confess
If there's a fault, I can't find it with you
[REPEAT CHORUS]
(Just to be with you)
(Just to be with you)
(Aaaaaaaaaah)
(Just to be with you) One way or another
(Just to be with you) We were meant to be together
(Aaaah) I waited my whole life just to be with you
Step on the cracks a little more than I should
Lucky it ain't nothin' now I got you
I don't cross fingers behind my back
And I don't mind dark cats crossing my path
Silly superstitions don't mean a thing
[CHORUS:]
One way of another
We were meant to be together
I waited my whole life
Just to be with you
I know it sounds crazy, but listen to me baby
I swear that it's true
I've waited my whole life
Just to be with you
I like your smile, get lost in your face
The sound of your feet across the floor of my place
Make y'self at home, come settle on in
The way you wake up with your hair all a mess
Driving me crazy girl, I just confess
If there's a fault, I can't find it with you
[REPEAT CHORUS]
(Just to be with you)
(Just to be with you)
(Aaaaaaaaaah)
(Just to be with you) One way or another
(Just to be with you) We were meant to be together
(Aaaah) I waited my whole life just to be with you
California Country Boy lyrics - Cracker
Ain't no palm trees where I come from
No big waves crashing on the shore
No grid-locked traffic, no movie stars, no
In the part of California I come from
We got oil fields in the Central Valley
We cowboys out in the Mojave
Selena Valley, yeah where I come from
We got farms, far as the eye can see
[CHORUS:]
Now I got good friends out in Texas
And I got family in Tennessee
But this here country boy's from California
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no place I'd rather be
From Pasa Robles to the Owens Valley
From Manchester on down the Salton Sea
It's where I pick this guitar, it's where I write these songs
Ain't no place that I'd rather be
[CHORUS:]
Yeah I got good friends out in Texas
And I got family in Tennessee
But this here country boy's from California
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no palm trees, ain't no movie stars
In the part of California I come from
No big waves crashing on the shore
No grid-locked traffic, no movie stars, no
In the part of California I come from
We got oil fields in the Central Valley
We cowboys out in the Mojave
Selena Valley, yeah where I come from
We got farms, far as the eye can see
[CHORUS:]
Now I got good friends out in Texas
And I got family in Tennessee
But this here country boy's from California
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no place I'd rather be
From Pasa Robles to the Owens Valley
From Manchester on down the Salton Sea
It's where I pick this guitar, it's where I write these songs
Ain't no place that I'd rather be
[CHORUS:]
Yeah I got good friends out in Texas
And I got family in Tennessee
But this here country boy's from California
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no palm trees, ain't no movie stars
In the part of California I come from
Almond Grove lyrics - Cracker
Said goodbye to Miss Jenny, sleeping on a subway grate
Say goodbye to all the ladies, waiting for the tricks to show
Got a hundred dollars, more than I need to score
Got a hundred dollars, just enough to get me home
[Chorus:]
Yeah I'm going back home, to the cotton fields
To the almond groves, to the old homestead
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
He went to Kandahar, but he never come back
Came from Maricopa, had no family left
Worked at Port of Oakland, fell in with the narco set
Ended up a junkie, living in my brother's car
Don't shed a tear for me, home ain't so far
[Chorus]
No he never come back
International boulevard, ladies don't you weep and moan
I've gone to a better place off the dirty streets
Mr Patel, won't you send my ashes home?
Spread 'em in the old family almond grove
[Chorus 2x]
Gonna see him now.
Say goodbye to all the ladies, waiting for the tricks to show
Got a hundred dollars, more than I need to score
Got a hundred dollars, just enough to get me home
[Chorus:]
Yeah I'm going back home, to the cotton fields
To the almond groves, to the old homestead
See my Ma and Pa, my big brother Jack
He went to Kandahar, but he never come back
Came from Maricopa, had no family left
Worked at Port of Oakland, fell in with the narco set
Ended up a junkie, living in my brother's car
Don't shed a tear for me, home ain't so far
[Chorus]
No he never come back
International boulevard, ladies don't you weep and moan
I've gone to a better place off the dirty streets
Mr Patel, won't you send my ashes home?
Spread 'em in the old family almond grove
[Chorus 2x]
Gonna see him now.
King Of Bakersfield lyrics - Cracker
I got a double wide in my own merlot vineyard
I got plenty of space to park my dually truck
I never have to deal with LA traffic
life is good they call me the king of Bakersfield
I work from dusk to dawn for paramount pictures
set carpenter and all around handy man
back in Bakersfield I got a sinaloan beauty
Life is good they call me king of bakersfield
We got wide open spaces
for my friends to come drink beer
we got a stage in the back with band
two stepping all night long
I got some motorcycle riding neighbors
we never have no trouble round here
all my friends say I live like a king in Bakersfield
Do what you want if you ain't hurting no one
Ain't nobody’s business how you live your life
I'm a red state union man from California
Life is good they call me king of Bakersfield
I got plenty of space to park my dually truck
I never have to deal with LA traffic
life is good they call me the king of Bakersfield
I work from dusk to dawn for paramount pictures
set carpenter and all around handy man
back in Bakersfield I got a sinaloan beauty
Life is good they call me king of bakersfield
We got wide open spaces
for my friends to come drink beer
we got a stage in the back with band
two stepping all night long
I got some motorcycle riding neighbors
we never have no trouble round here
all my friends say I live like a king in Bakersfield
Do what you want if you ain't hurting no one
Ain't nobody’s business how you live your life
I'm a red state union man from California
Life is good they call me king of Bakersfield
Where Have Those Days Gone lyrics - Cracker
Took a trip to California to see where those old days are gone
And the girl that went with them - curiosity, that's all I swear I swear
In Mendocino County thought I saw Thomas Pinchen at the end of the bar
But that's just Rob Brezsny writing his real astrology column
Headed up the coast with my only Jewish Mexican friend
Found a bar in Arcadia it was the means to an end
In the alley for a smoke got beat up by some arian goons
Lying in my blood I said hey Juan does this mean I'm gringo
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
So we crawled towards the ocean through brambles of olallieberry thorns
While blue lights they flailed, sirens wailed, we were ripped and we were torn
Don't know why we were hiding, never could make that girl wanna stay
It made sense to a man, it's curiosity that's all I swear
And the girl that went with them - curiosity, that's all I swear I swear
In Mendocino County thought I saw Thomas Pinchen at the end of the bar
But that's just Rob Brezsny writing his real astrology column
Headed up the coast with my only Jewish Mexican friend
Found a bar in Arcadia it was the means to an end
In the alley for a smoke got beat up by some arian goons
Lying in my blood I said hey Juan does this mean I'm gringo
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
So we crawled towards the ocean through brambles of olallieberry thorns
While blue lights they flailed, sirens wailed, we were ripped and we were torn
Don't know why we were hiding, never could make that girl wanna stay
It made sense to a man, it's curiosity that's all I swear
Yalla Yalla (Let's Go) lyrics - Cracker
Jesus Christ it's hot out here
But I'm the lucky mother tip of the spear
Give me water and cannon fodder
Get me outta this stinking CHU
I been thru Basra
Fucked up Falluja
Sadr city Mosul
There weren't no chocolates
No pretty flowers
Just kill them all or we die
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la yalla yalla
At bombaconda the hajis missed me
Send them on their way to paradise
Whiskey tango foxtrot gunners
Too many pogues in the way
No r and r in Kuwait city
Abu Dhabi Dubai
I want my boots on
My battle rattle
When it's my time to die.
Ya la la
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la
Ya la la yalla yalla
I had a girl her name was Gwendolyn Wanda
She rocked my world she loved my anaconda
I had a girl her name was Alda Salas
We never stopped, she'd holler yalla yalla
I had a girl Nantucket Massachusetts
She had a lisp, but man her ass was perfect
I had a girl her name was Alda Salas
I couldn't stop she'd holler yalla yalla
I had a girl, she volunteered for PETA
She liked my gun, all fifty millimeters
I liked a girl she liked to live with danger
She liked it best when it was with a stranger
I had a girl her name was Gwendolyn Wanda
She rocked my world she loved my anaconda
I had a girl Nantucket Massachusetts
She had a lisp, but man her ass was perfect.
But I'm the lucky mother tip of the spear
Give me water and cannon fodder
Get me outta this stinking CHU
I been thru Basra
Fucked up Falluja
Sadr city Mosul
There weren't no chocolates
No pretty flowers
Just kill them all or we die
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la yalla yalla
At bombaconda the hajis missed me
Send them on their way to paradise
Whiskey tango foxtrot gunners
Too many pogues in the way
No r and r in Kuwait city
Abu Dhabi Dubai
I want my boots on
My battle rattle
When it's my time to die.
Ya la la
Ya la la yalla yalla
Ya la la
Ya la la yalla yalla
I had a girl her name was Gwendolyn Wanda
She rocked my world she loved my anaconda
I had a girl her name was Alda Salas
We never stopped, she'd holler yalla yalla
I had a girl Nantucket Massachusetts
She had a lisp, but man her ass was perfect
I had a girl her name was Alda Salas
I couldn't stop she'd holler yalla yalla
I had a girl, she volunteered for PETA
She liked my gun, all fifty millimeters
I liked a girl she liked to live with danger
She liked it best when it was with a stranger
I had a girl her name was Gwendolyn Wanda
She rocked my world she loved my anaconda
I had a girl Nantucket Massachusetts
She had a lisp, but man her ass was perfect.
Show Me How This Thing Works lyrics - Cracker
Show me how this thing works [x2]
Last night
I saw it fall out of the heavens
It was gleaming chrome
With red lettering
It had a handle,
Two meters, a knob for the volume
Show me how this thing works [x2]
When it make me rich, when it make me glad
When it make me love for all humanity
When it keep my poor and aching heart at bay (oh, oh, oh)
When it glow at night, when it make a hum
When it make the girls think that I'm less geeky
Show me how this thing works [x2]
We took it down to the physics laboratory
Police had the building mostly quartered off
A crowd was gathered, there were TV cameras
Show me how this thing works [x2]
When it make me rich, when it get me high
When it look good with the rest of my furniture
When it make a soft and pleasing tone at night (oh, oh, oh)
When it heal the sick, when it feed the poor
When it give me everything I ever dreamed of
Show me how this thing works [x2]
Show me how this thing works [x2]
When it make me rich, when it make me wise
When it give my empty love a little bit of meaning
When it make the lions lay on down with the lambs (oh, oh, oh)
When it cure this rush, when it give us cash
When it do all this without a serious side effect
Show me how this thing works [x2]
Last night
I saw it fall out of the heavens
It was gleaming chrome
With red lettering
It had a handle,
Two meters, a knob for the volume
Show me how this thing works [x2]
When it make me rich, when it make me glad
When it make me love for all humanity
When it keep my poor and aching heart at bay (oh, oh, oh)
When it glow at night, when it make a hum
When it make the girls think that I'm less geeky
Show me how this thing works [x2]
We took it down to the physics laboratory
Police had the building mostly quartered off
A crowd was gathered, there were TV cameras
Show me how this thing works [x2]
When it make me rich, when it get me high
When it look good with the rest of my furniture
When it make a soft and pleasing tone at night (oh, oh, oh)
When it heal the sick, when it feed the poor
When it give me everything I ever dreamed of
Show me how this thing works [x2]
Show me how this thing works [x2]
When it make me rich, when it make me wise
When it give my empty love a little bit of meaning
When it make the lions lay on down with the lambs (oh, oh, oh)
When it cure this rush, when it give us cash
When it do all this without a serious side effect
Show me how this thing works [x2]
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me lyrics - Cracker
Come on, turn on, tune in, drop out, with me
Baby you need a break so lets just run away
Well I'm tired of coding Perl, and I'm tired of VBA
Maggie throw your law books away
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Now picture this:
I'm shopping in town for our homemade agrarian fortress
You're texting: Corian, Granite, or Tile Kitchenette in the gun nest?
Well we will find a little meadow
high up in the Cascades
Baby we wont ever come down
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Turn on, tune in, drop out, with me
The whole things coming down
So lets just get out of the way
Well I'm not paranoid, there is no conspiracy
But I swear big brothers watching me
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
So you're serving aperitifs to the local survivalist militia
In camouflage you're fine but the locals still call you Morticia
Well find a little meadow
high up in the Cascades
Baby we wont ever come down
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Buy a little cabin in the Adirondacks
Baby they'll never find us
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Hand stitch out tepee
Windy East Mojave
Watching for black helicopters
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Baby you need a break so lets just run away
Well I'm tired of coding Perl, and I'm tired of VBA
Maggie throw your law books away
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Now picture this:
I'm shopping in town for our homemade agrarian fortress
You're texting: Corian, Granite, or Tile Kitchenette in the gun nest?
Well we will find a little meadow
high up in the Cascades
Baby we wont ever come down
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Turn on, tune in, drop out, with me
The whole things coming down
So lets just get out of the way
Well I'm not paranoid, there is no conspiracy
But I swear big brothers watching me
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
So you're serving aperitifs to the local survivalist militia
In camouflage you're fine but the locals still call you Morticia
Well find a little meadow
high up in the Cascades
Baby we wont ever come down
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Buy a little cabin in the Adirondacks
Baby they'll never find us
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
Hand stitch out tepee
Windy East Mojave
Watching for black helicopters
Turn on, tune in, drop out, give up, with me
We All Shine A Light lyrics - Cracker
Big city
Bright lights
I come down from the mountains
Across the tribal lands
I heard Pashtu songs
From Jalalabad
I heard Dari songs
At the Kabul Gate
But we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
And we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
Like Younus Kahn
For Pakistan
We will all shine a light
Kings and queens
Of lotus land
We will all shine a light
Fifteen horsemen
In a Mongol band
Out lead the batsman
At Waziristan
Huzarah girls
At the Kutcheri Gate
Panjabi girls
In the cricket stands
But we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
And we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
Like Younus Kahn
For Pakistan
We will all shine a light
Kings and queens
Of lotus land
We will all shine a light
Shine a light
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
Shine a light
Shine a light
Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light
Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light
Shine
Bright lights
I come down from the mountains
Across the tribal lands
I heard Pashtu songs
From Jalalabad
I heard Dari songs
At the Kabul Gate
But we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
And we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
Like Younus Kahn
For Pakistan
We will all shine a light
Kings and queens
Of lotus land
We will all shine a light
Fifteen horsemen
In a Mongol band
Out lead the batsman
At Waziristan
Huzarah girls
At the Kutcheri Gate
Panjabi girls
In the cricket stands
But we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
And we all
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
Like Younus Kahn
For Pakistan
We will all shine a light
Kings and queens
Of lotus land
We will all shine a light
Shine a light
Shine a light
We will all shine a light
Shine a light
Shine a light
Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light
Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light Shine a light
Shine
Hand Me My Inhaler lyrics - Cracker
I'm here
You're there
But I'm not really where I wanna be
It's cold
Out here
Come on little darlin' wont'cha open up your door
Just hand me my inhaler
And walk a little more
Even if you've got that sign hangin on your door
Hand my inhaler
And my old 45's
Gotta reform the band, without you
I'm here
And you're there
And I'm as happy as I'll ever be
So hand my my inhaler
And walk a little more
Even if you've got sign hanging on your door
Yeah
Hand my my inhaler
And my old 45's
Gotta reform the band without you
Without you
You're there
But I'm not really where I wanna be
It's cold
Out here
Come on little darlin' wont'cha open up your door
Just hand me my inhaler
And walk a little more
Even if you've got that sign hangin on your door
Hand my inhaler
And my old 45's
Gotta reform the band, without you
I'm here
And you're there
And I'm as happy as I'll ever be
So hand my my inhaler
And walk a little more
Even if you've got sign hanging on your door
Yeah
Hand my my inhaler
And my old 45's
Gotta reform the band without you
Without you
Friends lyrics - Cracker (feat. Patterson Hood)
[David Lowery:]
Well I'd never sleep with your ex-girlfriend
Even if she starts to flirt with me again.
Allow me apologize for my slightly wicked thoughts;
'Cause that's the kind of friend that you've got.
[Patterson Hood:]
If a fight breaks out and you're the cause of it
In some redneck bar where you've been talking shit.
I would not forsake you later in that parking lot
'cause that's the kind of friend that you've got.
[Lowery and Hood:]
Well through the laughter and the tears,
We go stumbling through the years.
[Lowery:]
A bit dysfunctional well folks might say
[Hood:]
Well I've got the dirt on you.
[Lowery:]
Hey, I've got plenty on you too.
[Lowery and Hood:]
So I pray we stay together all our days.
[Lowery:]
So when you're on a date
And you finally bring that girl home.
You put a little Captain Beefheart on the stereo
And you disconnect the phone.
[Hood:]
Then I show up drunk and raving,
And then I pass out on the spot.
'Cause that's the kind of friend
That you've got.
[Lowery:]
Well through the laughter and the tears,
[Lowery and Hood:]
We go stumbling through the years.
[Lowery:]
A bit dysfunctional well folks might say
[Hood:]
You can say that again.
[Lowery and Hood:]
Well I've got the dirt on you.
[Lowery:]
Hey, I've got plenty on you too;
[Lowery and Hood:]
So I pray we stay together all our days.
[Lowery:]
Oh dear lord
[Lowery and Hood:]
Yeah I pray we stay together all our days.
Well I'd never sleep with your ex-girlfriend
Even if she starts to flirt with me again.
Allow me apologize for my slightly wicked thoughts;
'Cause that's the kind of friend that you've got.
[Patterson Hood:]
If a fight breaks out and you're the cause of it
In some redneck bar where you've been talking shit.
I would not forsake you later in that parking lot
'cause that's the kind of friend that you've got.
[Lowery and Hood:]
Well through the laughter and the tears,
We go stumbling through the years.
[Lowery:]
A bit dysfunctional well folks might say
[Hood:]
Well I've got the dirt on you.
[Lowery:]
Hey, I've got plenty on you too.
[Lowery and Hood:]
So I pray we stay together all our days.
[Lowery:]
So when you're on a date
And you finally bring that girl home.
You put a little Captain Beefheart on the stereo
And you disconnect the phone.
[Hood:]
Then I show up drunk and raving,
And then I pass out on the spot.
'Cause that's the kind of friend
That you've got.
[Lowery:]
Well through the laughter and the tears,
[Lowery and Hood:]
We go stumbling through the years.
[Lowery:]
A bit dysfunctional well folks might say
[Hood:]
You can say that again.
[Lowery and Hood:]
Well I've got the dirt on you.
[Lowery:]
Hey, I've got plenty on you too;
[Lowery and Hood:]
So I pray we stay together all our days.
[Lowery:]
Oh dear lord
[Lowery and Hood:]
Yeah I pray we stay together all our days.
I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right lyrics - Cracker
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out and
Take you for his own [x2]
Long brown hair and tall brown boots
You came across the bitter roots
Finally take what you knew was always yours
I was glad to go along
I didn't think it'd be so long
Til you were bored and on to the next big thing
I could be wrong, I could be right
You and I are so much alike
The devil tryin to keep us far apart
Now I was stoned and I was high
But everything, it felt so right
I could be wrong, I could be, could be right
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out and
Take you for his own
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out
Sacagawea, big medicine
Had a thing they need my stand
When they finally saw the western sea
I was glad to go along
Cause the best laid plans are always wrong
They come apart, they always end in misery
I could be wrong, I could be right
What we do is all so right
They should be left to keep us far apart
I was high and I was stoned
I didn't want to be alone
Is that so wrong? Is that so wrong?
I could be wrong, I could be right
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out
And keep you for his own
I could be wrong,
I could be right
What we do is all so right
They should be left to keep us far apart
I was high and I was stoned
I didn't want to be alone
Is that so wrong? Is that so wrong?
I could be right
I could be wrong,
I could be right
I could be wrong,
I could be right
I could be wrong,
I could be, could be right [x4]
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out and
Take you for his own [x2]
Long brown hair and tall brown boots
You came across the bitter roots
Finally take what you knew was always yours
I was glad to go along
I didn't think it'd be so long
Til you were bored and on to the next big thing
I could be wrong, I could be right
You and I are so much alike
The devil tryin to keep us far apart
Now I was stoned and I was high
But everything, it felt so right
I could be wrong, I could be, could be right
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out and
Take you for his own
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out
Sacagawea, big medicine
Had a thing they need my stand
When they finally saw the western sea
I was glad to go along
Cause the best laid plans are always wrong
They come apart, they always end in misery
I could be wrong, I could be right
What we do is all so right
They should be left to keep us far apart
I was high and I was stoned
I didn't want to be alone
Is that so wrong? Is that so wrong?
I could be wrong, I could be right
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Darlin, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Baby, don't ya go,
Don't ya look down in that hole
Cause the devil come out
And keep you for his own
I could be wrong,
I could be right
What we do is all so right
They should be left to keep us far apart
I was high and I was stoned
I didn't want to be alone
Is that so wrong? Is that so wrong?
I could be right
I could be wrong,
I could be right
I could be wrong,
I could be right
I could be wrong,
I could be, could be right [x4]
Time Machine lyrics - Cracker
Sonny step right up into the time machine
we'll set the dial for 1983
To the DKs right down in Wilmington
Nightsticks swinging, tear gassed air turns green
In the time machine. Time machine!
We took our lumps and ran between the casualties
Buick full of bloddy rags, and black flag cassettes
I think I liked em better with Dez Cadenza.
Sonny are you still too cool? How did you like your day at school
In the time machine. Time machine
Put you in a time machine, put you in a time
machine see how you do.
we'll set the dial for 1983
To the DKs right down in Wilmington
Nightsticks swinging, tear gassed air turns green
In the time machine. Time machine!
We took our lumps and ran between the casualties
Buick full of bloddy rags, and black flag cassettes
I think I liked em better with Dez Cadenza.
Sonny are you still too cool? How did you like your day at school
In the time machine. Time machine
Put you in a time machine, put you in a time
machine see how you do.
Hey Bret (You Know What Time It Is) lyrics - Cracker
My people came out of the forests and the mountains,
into this unpromising land.
Scratched out a living in this desert valley,
hard living for any man.
It weren't no Eden, as cold as Sweden,
like Hades in the summer time,
We built the cities, we dug the ditches,
we picked the fruit from the vine.
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Skip forward four generations, comes a great first world nation
But I'm living in the third.
Trying to make a living, playing on my SG Gibson,
Tending bar and sometimes selling herb.
We live like serfs, in this new feudal land
we pay the bills and fight the wars.
I ain't no wobbly, no pinko Commie,
let's start the end times right now!
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
into this unpromising land.
Scratched out a living in this desert valley,
hard living for any man.
It weren't no Eden, as cold as Sweden,
like Hades in the summer time,
We built the cities, we dug the ditches,
we picked the fruit from the vine.
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Skip forward four generations, comes a great first world nation
But I'm living in the third.
Trying to make a living, playing on my SG Gibson,
Tending bar and sometimes selling herb.
We live like serfs, in this new feudal land
we pay the bills and fight the wars.
I ain't no wobbly, no pinko Commie,
let's start the end times right now!
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Hey, Bret! You know what time it is?
Darling One lyrics - Cracker
I hear a voice that fights the wind, the rain that keeps fallin'
And I feel a river rushin' in between you and me
And you keep on lookin' for something that's not lost
And I wish that somehow I could carry you across
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart? Sweetheart
When they told you that the great parade had long since passed
I saw you waiting there for the good times to come back
I'm feelin' blue 'cause there's so much to live up to
And I wish that somehow I could give it all to you
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart? Sweetheart
I'm feelin' blue 'cause there's so much to live up to
And I wish that somehow I could give it all to you
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart? Sweetheart
And I feel a river rushin' in between you and me
And you keep on lookin' for something that's not lost
And I wish that somehow I could carry you across
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart? Sweetheart
When they told you that the great parade had long since passed
I saw you waiting there for the good times to come back
I'm feelin' blue 'cause there's so much to live up to
And I wish that somehow I could give it all to you
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart? Sweetheart
I'm feelin' blue 'cause there's so much to live up to
And I wish that somehow I could give it all to you
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart?
Why don't you rest your worries darling one, sweetheart? Sweetheart
Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey lyrics - Cracker
Well sunrise in the land of the pharaohs
I see my broken arrows
Scattered 'cross the plain.
Well sunrise on the river in the city
I'm feeling pretty shitty
In the wreckage of my life.
So if you want to live;
Let's live together
In bows and feathers.
And find my decadence
And if you want to dare
Well we can take that long road
Cause dying is easy,
It's living that's hard.
Well sunrise in the land of milk and honey
She says "My little bunny
Is this all that there is?"
Well sunrise in the land of southern idols
Lines and hotel bibles
And fallen debutantes
So if you want to see what's in the shadows:
The burning meadows
Of our apocalypse
I dream of fallow fields
I dream of winter
Cause dying is easy,
It's living that's hard.
I see my broken arrows
Scattered 'cross the plain.
Well sunrise on the river in the city
I'm feeling pretty shitty
In the wreckage of my life.
So if you want to live;
Let's live together
In bows and feathers.
And find my decadence
And if you want to dare
Well we can take that long road
Cause dying is easy,
It's living that's hard.
Well sunrise in the land of milk and honey
She says "My little bunny
Is this all that there is?"
Well sunrise in the land of southern idols
Lines and hotel bibles
And fallen debutantes
So if you want to see what's in the shadows:
The burning meadows
Of our apocalypse
I dream of fallow fields
I dream of winter
Cause dying is easy,
It's living that's hard.
Something You Ain't Got lyrics - Cracker
Well the first dance cost me a quarter,
and the second dance cost me my heart
Now I'm here on this barstool,
like a circle it ends where it starts
And it goes something like this
Always a swing and a miss
Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night
Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night
I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright
yeah it's alright
And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not
Until it is something that you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
Well I woke up hung over in the squalor
where I make my home
Ate my heart out for breakfast,
then I met the day stoned
And it goes something like this
Always a swing and a miss
Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night
Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night
I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright
yeah it's alright
And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not
Until it is something that you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night
Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night
I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright
yeah it's alright
And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not
Until it is something that you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
'cause it's alright, yeah it's alright
and the second dance cost me my heart
Now I'm here on this barstool,
like a circle it ends where it starts
And it goes something like this
Always a swing and a miss
Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night
Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night
I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright
yeah it's alright
And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not
Until it is something that you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
Well I woke up hung over in the squalor
where I make my home
Ate my heart out for breakfast,
then I met the day stoned
And it goes something like this
Always a swing and a miss
Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night
Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night
I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright
yeah it's alright
And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not
Until it is something that you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
Well I ain't seen you since I drank all night
Now my eyes are black 'cause I fought all night
I come stumblin' home to sleep alone but it's alright
yeah it's alright
And it's hard to tell what it is and what it's not
Until it is something that you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
It's something you ain't got
'cause it's alright, yeah it's alright
Maggie lyrics - Cracker
Lazybones, c'mon get your beautiful ass out of bed
It's half past noon, and I been calling you since 11 a.m.
You're everything I ever wanted
But I'm half of what you need
You knew that I was damaged, so come on Maggie
Don't break my heart
Come on Maggie, don't break my heart
Don't break my heart
4 a.m., bar time at the Scottish gates of dawn
Aberdeen, Glasgow there's a piper playing on the cemetary lawn
You're everything I ever wanted
But I'm half of what you need
You knew that I was damaged, so come on Maggie
Don't break my heart
Come on Maggie, don't break my heart
Don't break my heart
You're everything I ever wanted
But I'm half of what you need
You knew that I was damaged, so come on Maggie
Don't break my heart
Come on Maggie, don't break my heart
Don't break my heart
It's half past noon, and I been calling you since 11 a.m.
You're everything I ever wanted
But I'm half of what you need
You knew that I was damaged, so come on Maggie
Don't break my heart
Come on Maggie, don't break my heart
Don't break my heart
4 a.m., bar time at the Scottish gates of dawn
Aberdeen, Glasgow there's a piper playing on the cemetary lawn
You're everything I ever wanted
But I'm half of what you need
You knew that I was damaged, so come on Maggie
Don't break my heart
Come on Maggie, don't break my heart
Don't break my heart
You're everything I ever wanted
But I'm half of what you need
You knew that I was damaged, so come on Maggie
Don't break my heart
Come on Maggie, don't break my heart
Don't break my heart
Where Have Those Days Gone lyrics - Cracker
Took a trip to California to see where those old days are gone
And the girl that went with them - curiosity, that's all I swear I swear
In Mendocino County thought I saw Thomas Pinchen at the end of the bar
But that's just Rob Brezsny writing his real astrology column
Headed up the coast with my only Jewish Mexican friend
Found a bar in Arcadia it was the means to an end
In the alley for a smoke got beat up by some arian goons
Lying in my blood I said hey Juan does this mean I'm gringo
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
So we crawled towards the ocean through brambles of olallieberry thorns
While blue lights they flailed, sirens wailed, we were ripped and we were torn
Don't know why we were hiding, never could make that girl wanna stay
It made sense to a man, it's curiosity that's all I swear
And the girl that went with them - curiosity, that's all I swear I swear
In Mendocino County thought I saw Thomas Pinchen at the end of the bar
But that's just Rob Brezsny writing his real astrology column
Headed up the coast with my only Jewish Mexican friend
Found a bar in Arcadia it was the means to an end
In the alley for a smoke got beat up by some arian goons
Lying in my blood I said hey Juan does this mean I'm gringo
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
Where have those days gone
So we crawled towards the ocean through brambles of olallieberry thorns
While blue lights they flailed, sirens wailed, we were ripped and we were torn
Don't know why we were hiding, never could make that girl wanna stay
It made sense to a man, it's curiosity that's all I swear
Fluffy Lucy lyrics - Cracker
Fluffy Lucy she's not fluffy
Everybody says, she's got it easy
But she's dark, straight to her soul
She's got the kind of trouble
That it's hard to tell another
Because they think that you're jaded, or you're spoiled
Well dirty Daisy she's not crazy
Everybody called her a loon
But she's just another sweet dark fruit
She's got the kind of trouble
That it's hard to tell another
Cause they think that you're jaded or you're spoiled
So lay down your head
Lay down your heart
Come lay down, in my bed
And I won't tell a soul
So wake in the morning
You kick me in the ass
You say you're glad to see me
But this time I don't need it, I'm right on the mark
Yeah I declared my prerogative
To alternate between what is heavy and what is light
Now feel the weight, the weight of the world
So gonna lay down my head
Lay down my heart
I wanna lay down in your bed
And I won't tell a soul
And I won't tell a soul
I won't tell a soul
Everybody says, she's got it easy
But she's dark, straight to her soul
She's got the kind of trouble
That it's hard to tell another
Because they think that you're jaded, or you're spoiled
Well dirty Daisy she's not crazy
Everybody called her a loon
But she's just another sweet dark fruit
She's got the kind of trouble
That it's hard to tell another
Cause they think that you're jaded or you're spoiled
So lay down your head
Lay down your heart
Come lay down, in my bed
And I won't tell a soul
So wake in the morning
You kick me in the ass
You say you're glad to see me
But this time I don't need it, I'm right on the mark
Yeah I declared my prerogative
To alternate between what is heavy and what is light
Now feel the weight, the weight of the world
So gonna lay down my head
Lay down my heart
I wanna lay down in your bed
And I won't tell a soul
And I won't tell a soul
I won't tell a soul
The Riverside lyrics - Cracker
I can see you standing by that riverside
I can see you standing by that riverside
I see your younger face
I see your hair grown all-a-red
See you on chalky cliffs
The ocean breeze, you run against
Orpheus
Orpheus
Orpheus
I can see you standing by that open door
I can see you standing by that open door
See you on Roman roads
Aqueducts, matadors
See you on Moorish walls
Alhambra, Sevilla!
Sevilla
Sevilla
Sevilla
I can see you standing by that riverside
I can see you standing by that riverside
Wearing aviators
Sitting on stones in the Andalucian sun
Galaxy 500
Country tunes, travel to...
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
I can see you standing by that riverside
I see your younger face
I see your hair grown all-a-red
See you on chalky cliffs
The ocean breeze, you run against
Orpheus
Orpheus
Orpheus
I can see you standing by that open door
I can see you standing by that open door
See you on Roman roads
Aqueducts, matadors
See you on Moorish walls
Alhambra, Sevilla!
Sevilla
Sevilla
Sevilla
I can see you standing by that riverside
I can see you standing by that riverside
Wearing aviators
Sitting on stones in the Andalucian sun
Galaxy 500
Country tunes, travel to...
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Cordoba
Gimme One More Chance lyrics - Cracker
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
I like 'em big, I like 'em tall
I like that girl from down the hall
But most of all, I want you
I want you
I like 'em nice, sometimes maligned
I like 'em mean, jealous eyes are green
But most of all, I want you
I miss you
Where have you been lately?
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
I like 'em true, with eyes of blue
I like 'em vain, these girls from Spain
But most of all, I want you
I miss you
I like 'em high, high as kites
Girls that party, stay out all night
These girls make Sam green eggs and ham
I can't help myself
Where have you been lately?
Yeah
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
I like 'em big, I like 'em tall
I like that girl from down the hall
But most of all, I want you
I want you
I like 'em nice, sometimes maligned
I like 'em mean, jealous eyes are green
But most of all, I want you
I miss you
Where have you been lately?
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Come on little darling give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
I like 'em true, with eyes of blue
I like 'em vain, these girls from Spain
But most of all, I want you
I miss you
I like 'em high, high as kites
Girls that party, stay out all night
These girls make Sam green eggs and ham
I can't help myself
Where have you been lately?
Yeah
I'm So Glad She Ain't Never Coming Back lyrics - Cracker
Saw my baby at the autumn dance
Dancing with her new boyfriend
Saw my baby in her new beau's car
She's the pride of any man
Now I don't mind and I don't cry
Cause I'm living on a mountain top
The wind might blow through the cracks at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
I don't mind and I don't cry
I'm living in a log pine shack
My shotgun keeps me warm at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
Saw my baby at the autumn dance
She was dancing with a big ring on
Saw my baby in her new beau's car
She's the pride of any man
Saw my baby at the bridal shop
She was looking for a wedding dress
Saw my baby at the dry goods store
I'm so glad she ain't never coming back
Now I don't mind and I don't cry
Cause I'm living on a mountain top
The wind might blow through the cracks at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
I don't mind and I don't cry
I'm living in a log pine shack
My shotgun keeps me warm at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
Dancing with her new boyfriend
Saw my baby in her new beau's car
She's the pride of any man
Now I don't mind and I don't cry
Cause I'm living on a mountain top
The wind might blow through the cracks at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
I don't mind and I don't cry
I'm living in a log pine shack
My shotgun keeps me warm at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
Saw my baby at the autumn dance
She was dancing with a big ring on
Saw my baby in her new beau's car
She's the pride of any man
Saw my baby at the bridal shop
She was looking for a wedding dress
Saw my baby at the dry goods store
I'm so glad she ain't never coming back
Now I don't mind and I don't cry
Cause I'm living on a mountain top
The wind might blow through the cracks at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
I don't mind and I don't cry
I'm living in a log pine shack
My shotgun keeps me warm at night
And I know she ain't never coming back
Sidi Ifni lyrics - Cracker
We walked down
a long promenade
Down a winding stair,
wide as boulevards
Vines and shrubs
grew between the steps
From the Spanish town
to the African sea
We drank wine
and toasted to the day
When she was the queen,
before the long decay
We drank wine,
slept off hangovers
Lethargy, decay
and forgotten loves
We’d awake
to the BBC
An old English queen
on the balcony
Wander ’round
abandoned consulates
An old broken chair
on the marble stair
And from the roof,
see Canary seas
The discarded runway
of Sidi Ifni
We drank wine
lying on our backs
On the warm tarmac,
in a bowl of stars
Well, I went down,
mostly on my own
Till I was alone
in that shipwrecked house
Through the porthole sea
an epiphany
I would never leave this place alive
I drink gin
with the old ex-pats
We are broken things,
from a broken past
And it comes near;
but just out of grasp
The alchemist words
that would bring her back
a long promenade
Down a winding stair,
wide as boulevards
Vines and shrubs
grew between the steps
From the Spanish town
to the African sea
We drank wine
and toasted to the day
When she was the queen,
before the long decay
We drank wine,
slept off hangovers
Lethargy, decay
and forgotten loves
We’d awake
to the BBC
An old English queen
on the balcony
Wander ’round
abandoned consulates
An old broken chair
on the marble stair
And from the roof,
see Canary seas
The discarded runway
of Sidi Ifni
We drank wine
lying on our backs
On the warm tarmac,
in a bowl of stars
Well, I went down,
mostly on my own
Till I was alone
in that shipwrecked house
Through the porthole sea
an epiphany
I would never leave this place alive
I drink gin
with the old ex-pats
We are broken things,
from a broken past
And it comes near;
but just out of grasp
The alchemist words
that would bring her back
I Need Better Friends lyrics - Cracker
I was drifting down the coast
With the girl I love the most
But it's not what you might think
It's a long and tragic history
When will this shit end
I need better friends
But for now it's fine
And I was smoking lots of weed
Trying to forget what you meant to me
Hanging out with folks just half my age
Buying things which ain't a lot [?]
Sometimes baby shoes [?]
Sometimes real shoes
Of those we ditch six [?]
And I was drifting down the coast
With the girl I love the most
From Pojolina[?] to Stinson Bay
From Akela[?] to Bodega Bay
When will this shit end
I need better friends
But for now it's fine
And I was drinking jasmine tea
When the goon squad came to me
It was all my drunken friends
they kicked down my front door again
I need better friends
But for now it's fine
With the girl I love the most
But it's not what you might think
It's a long and tragic history
When will this shit end
I need better friends
But for now it's fine
And I was smoking lots of weed
Trying to forget what you meant to me
Hanging out with folks just half my age
Buying things which ain't a lot [?]
Sometimes baby shoes [?]
Sometimes real shoes
Of those we ditch six [?]
And I was drifting down the coast
With the girl I love the most
From Pojolina[?] to Stinson Bay
From Akela[?] to Bodega Bay
When will this shit end
I need better friends
But for now it's fine
And I was drinking jasmine tea
When the goon squad came to me
It was all my drunken friends
they kicked down my front door again
I need better friends
But for now it's fine
Minotaur lyrics - Cracker
Sitting on a boat decrepid
Gently rolling with the waves
From tankers and grey ships they're miles away
Watching fog came rolling over
Upthrust bits of inner earth
Juniper and ancient live oak trees
Seagulls swoop for bits of flotsam
Drifting on receding tides
I am only miles but lives away
Miles away and lives away
Can't you hear me Ariadne
Bring to me your golden skin
Driving down a burning highway
Underworlds and gold dead grasses
Vineyards laid with opulence and curves
Vineyards laid with labyrinths
There stalks the minotaur
Come to take our youth with ancient times
I grow old and bitter grey
And all I know it slips away
Except the memory I have of you
True love is our only shield
True love is our only shield
And true love is our sword
Last time
Gently rolling with the waves
From tankers and grey ships they're miles away
Watching fog came rolling over
Upthrust bits of inner earth
Juniper and ancient live oak trees
Seagulls swoop for bits of flotsam
Drifting on receding tides
I am only miles but lives away
Miles away and lives away
Can't you hear me Ariadne
Bring to me your golden skin
Driving down a burning highway
Underworlds and gold dead grasses
Vineyards laid with opulence and curves
Vineyards laid with labyrinths
There stalks the minotaur
Come to take our youth with ancient times
I grow old and bitter grey
And all I know it slips away
Except the memory I have of you
True love is our only shield
True love is our only shield
And true love is our sword
Last time
Night Falls lyrics - Cracker
Hm-hmhm-hm-hm
Do-dodo-do-do
Whoohoohoo
Lay me down
And pull the arrows out
Let night fall again
So love is everywhere
But you're not with me dear
Let night fall again
I saw you there
I saw you waiting on that boulevard
For great parades
And motorcades
They never pass
I see you there
My heart cannot contain its misery
It comes right out
Of my mouth
Like butterflies
The car she used to drive
I thought it passed me by
Let night fall again
Saw you cross Governer's Square
A chill was in the air
Let night fall again
I saw you there
While I was dancing with some stranger
I'd taken comfort in
You had the same
You understand
We're in the hall
My heart cannot contain its misery
The mirror ball
Spits broken light
Upon the wall
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Whoo-hoo-hoo
I saw you there
I saw you waiting on that boulevard
For great parades
And motorcades
They never pass
I see you there
My heart cannot contain its misery
It comes right out
Of my mouth
Like butterflies
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Da-da-da-da-da
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Do-dodo-do-do
Whoohoohoo
Lay me down
And pull the arrows out
Let night fall again
So love is everywhere
But you're not with me dear
Let night fall again
I saw you there
I saw you waiting on that boulevard
For great parades
And motorcades
They never pass
I see you there
My heart cannot contain its misery
It comes right out
Of my mouth
Like butterflies
The car she used to drive
I thought it passed me by
Let night fall again
Saw you cross Governer's Square
A chill was in the air
Let night fall again
I saw you there
While I was dancing with some stranger
I'd taken comfort in
You had the same
You understand
We're in the hall
My heart cannot contain its misery
The mirror ball
Spits broken light
Upon the wall
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Whoo-hoo-hoo
I saw you there
I saw you waiting on that boulevard
For great parades
And motorcades
They never pass
I see you there
My heart cannot contain its misery
It comes right out
Of my mouth
Like butterflies
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Da-da-da-da-da
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Whoo-hoo-hoo
Better Times Are Coming Our Way lyrics - Cracker
Come in number 43
You seem surprised to see me
Just relax this won't take long
A mere formality
Would you like to have a Coke
A lawyer or perhaps a smoke
All of these things can be provided
Better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Coming our way
You know that better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Don't be shy and don't deny
We've all seen the evidence
Clearly this is not your first offense
An airtight case we all agree
Though we've seen worse quite frequently
Nonetheless you crossed that threshold
Better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Coming our way
You know that better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Cup of coffee number 43
The big man he will be right along
So just relax it won't take long
A mere formality
The camel small the needle large
No my friend you're not in charge
We've heard it all before
Just await your reckoning
Better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Coming our way
You know that better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Open up number 8
She's standing at the garden gate
Little Bo-Peep with a pit-bull
Open up, number four, unlatch your back door
I’m a soldier in the army of…
You seem surprised to see me
Just relax this won't take long
A mere formality
Would you like to have a Coke
A lawyer or perhaps a smoke
All of these things can be provided
Better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Coming our way
You know that better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Don't be shy and don't deny
We've all seen the evidence
Clearly this is not your first offense
An airtight case we all agree
Though we've seen worse quite frequently
Nonetheless you crossed that threshold
Better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Coming our way
You know that better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Cup of coffee number 43
The big man he will be right along
So just relax it won't take long
A mere formality
The camel small the needle large
No my friend you're not in charge
We've heard it all before
Just await your reckoning
Better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Coming our way
You know that better times they are coming our way
Coming our way
Open up number 8
She's standing at the garden gate
Little Bo-Peep with a pit-bull
Open up, number four, unlatch your back door
I’m a soldier in the army of…
Everybody Gets One For Free lyrics - Cracker
I talk to the waitress
Yeah she was pretty hot
She gave me her number
But that's all I got
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Started a conversation
About the United Nations
Had to use imagination
She was talking about reincarnation
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Stayed up all night drinking
When I should've been home
Had a vision of the blessed virgin
Butt now I'm not sure at all
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Miguel Urbiztondo
Backstage New Year's Eve
When the policeman came to look for him
He said "What the fuck do you know?"
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
She from the Inland Empire
Her dad was an umpire
Her mama was a go-go dancer
Everybody got in for free
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
I know that our last record
Didn't do very well
But now we're back on the block
With our freedom rock?
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
The Montreal policeman
Wouldn't get off his ass
So all your shit was stolen
What's the matter with that?
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
I got a yellow carnation
I got some Kevlar pants
I got a new American Century
Do the freedom-hater's dance
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
I was driving in my car
It was filled up with yams
For no obvious reason
That's just who I am
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Last call
Find the one
Everybody gets one
Everybody gets one 'cept for me
Everybody gets one 'cept for me
'cept for me
Yeah she was pretty hot
She gave me her number
But that's all I got
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Started a conversation
About the United Nations
Had to use imagination
She was talking about reincarnation
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Stayed up all night drinking
When I should've been home
Had a vision of the blessed virgin
Butt now I'm not sure at all
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Miguel Urbiztondo
Backstage New Year's Eve
When the policeman came to look for him
He said "What the fuck do you know?"
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
She from the Inland Empire
Her dad was an umpire
Her mama was a go-go dancer
Everybody got in for free
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
I know that our last record
Didn't do very well
But now we're back on the block
With our freedom rock?
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
The Montreal policeman
Wouldn't get off his ass
So all your shit was stolen
What's the matter with that?
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
I got a yellow carnation
I got some Kevlar pants
I got a new American Century
Do the freedom-hater's dance
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
I was driving in my car
It was filled up with yams
For no obvious reason
That's just who I am
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Everybody gets one, everybody gets one for free
Everybody gets one, everybody 'cept for me
Last call
Find the one
Everybody gets one
Everybody gets one 'cept for me
Everybody gets one 'cept for me
'cept for me
Darling We're Out Of Time lyrics - Cracker
Darling we're out of time
The sweet days of spring are gone
The wine that pours from the keg
Is bitter and dregs
Some say we gave it our best
So let's not bring up the rest
No sense in talking
We know where we went wrong
Darling we're out of time
All of the flowers are dead and they're dying
And leaves are tumbling down off of the trees
Darling we're out of time
So pack up that old circus tent
Even the animals know this is the end
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out of time
Our best days have come
Our best days are gone
It's already hard
Let's not make it harder
Darling we're out of time
So put on that dirty red lipstick
You dress like a chick
Drawn by an outsider artist
Darling we're out of time
All of the flowers are dead and they're dying
And leaves are tumbling down off of the trees
Darling we're out of time
So pack up that old circus tent
Even the animals know that this is the end
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out,
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out,
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out of time Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out, we're out of time
We're out of time
Darling we're out of time
The sweet days of spring are gone
The wine that pours from the keg
Is bitter and dregs
Some say we gave it our best
So let's not bring up the rest
No sense in talking
We know where we went wrong
Darling we're out of time
All of the flowers are dead and they're dying
And leaves are tumbling down off of the trees
Darling we're out of time
So pack up that old circus tent
Even the animals know this is the end
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out of time
Our best days have come
Our best days are gone
It's already hard
Let's not make it harder
Darling we're out of time
So put on that dirty red lipstick
You dress like a chick
Drawn by an outsider artist
Darling we're out of time
All of the flowers are dead and they're dying
And leaves are tumbling down off of the trees
Darling we're out of time
So pack up that old circus tent
Even the animals know that this is the end
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out,
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out,
Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out of time Darling we're out of time
Darling we're out, we're out of time
We're out of time
Darling we're out of time
Truckload Of Art lyrics - Cracker
A truckload of art from New York City
Was hauling a weighty load
The driver was singing,
the sunset was pretty
But the truck turned over and it rolled off the road
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art, it's burning by the highway
Precious objects are scattered all over the ground
It's a terrible sight,
if a person were to see it
But there weren't nobody around
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
The driver went sailing high in the sky
Landed in the cold lap of the Lord
Who smiled and then said:
"Son, you're better off dead
Than hauling a truckload full of hot avant garde"
[REPEAT CHORUS]
[REPEAT HOOs]
Yeah some important artwork was thrown to the ground
Tragically landing in the weeds
And the smoke could be seen
from miles all around
But nobody knows what it means
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art is burning near the highway
And a tough job for the highway patrol
Who'll soon see the smoke,
come running to poke
Dig an empty ditch throw the arts in a hole
[REPEAT HOOs]
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art is burning near the highway
And it's raging far out of control
What the critics had cheered
is now shattered and queered
And theres no more reviews as it's strewed? on the road
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art, it's burning by the highway
Precious objects are scattered all over the ground
It's a terrible sight,
if a person were to see it
But there weren't nobody around
Was hauling a weighty load
The driver was singing,
the sunset was pretty
But the truck turned over and it rolled off the road
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art, it's burning by the highway
Precious objects are scattered all over the ground
It's a terrible sight,
if a person were to see it
But there weren't nobody around
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
The driver went sailing high in the sky
Landed in the cold lap of the Lord
Who smiled and then said:
"Son, you're better off dead
Than hauling a truckload full of hot avant garde"
[REPEAT CHORUS]
[REPEAT HOOs]
Yeah some important artwork was thrown to the ground
Tragically landing in the weeds
And the smoke could be seen
from miles all around
But nobody knows what it means
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art is burning near the highway
And a tough job for the highway patrol
Who'll soon see the smoke,
come running to poke
Dig an empty ditch throw the arts in a hole
[REPEAT HOOs]
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art is burning near the highway
And it's raging far out of control
What the critics had cheered
is now shattered and queered
And theres no more reviews as it's strewed? on the road
[CHORUS:]
Yeah the truckload of art, it's burning by the highway
Precious objects are scattered all over the ground
It's a terrible sight,
if a person were to see it
But there weren't nobody around
Duty Free lyrics - Cracker
Well there are some lines that can't be crossed
And sometimes those lines get lost
[CHORUS:]
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I've got to get out of the wet UK
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
Jackson Haring and I were at London Arms
College drunks kicking pigeons in the asses
Yeah feathers flying, and bobbies whining
Like little drunken schoolboys we only thought we were kicking rats
[CHORUS:]
Will you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get out of the wet UK
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I've got to get back to the USA
[REPEAT DOs]
Liam Moore he comes from Kilken-ny
He's a singer and a painter, but not much behind the wheel
Drove my pick-up truck in Iowa into a drainage ditch
He said he thought it was valet parking for the Holiday Inn Express
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get back to Kil-, Kilken-ny
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I've got to get the fuck outta the USA
[REPEAT DOs]
Well Frank Quinn is an Irish singer
A scuba-diving, paramedic, and a dead ringer
For every Irish fuck who ever had his picture on
A poster for the offices of Irish Tourism
Now I love Frank, and I love all o' his songs
And I love all o' his stories about fishing stiffs out of the Shannon
And how the moss and seaweed would grow upon the skin of the victims
And how one day Frank would go home, and get that gig again
Will you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get out of the USA
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get the fuck out of the USA
[REPEAT DOs x2]
[REPEAT INTRODUCTION]
And sometimes those lines get lost
[CHORUS:]
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I've got to get out of the wet UK
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
Jackson Haring and I were at London Arms
College drunks kicking pigeons in the asses
Yeah feathers flying, and bobbies whining
Like little drunken schoolboys we only thought we were kicking rats
[CHORUS:]
Will you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get out of the wet UK
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I've got to get back to the USA
[REPEAT DOs]
Liam Moore he comes from Kilken-ny
He's a singer and a painter, but not much behind the wheel
Drove my pick-up truck in Iowa into a drainage ditch
He said he thought it was valet parking for the Holiday Inn Express
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get back to Kil-, Kilken-ny
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I've got to get the fuck outta the USA
[REPEAT DOs]
Well Frank Quinn is an Irish singer
A scuba-diving, paramedic, and a dead ringer
For every Irish fuck who ever had his picture on
A poster for the offices of Irish Tourism
Now I love Frank, and I love all o' his songs
And I love all o' his stories about fishing stiffs out of the Shannon
And how the moss and seaweed would grow upon the skin of the victims
And how one day Frank would go home, and get that gig again
Will you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get out of the USA
Do you need anything from Duty Free?
I got to get the fuck out of the USA
[REPEAT DOs x2]
[REPEAT INTRODUCTION]
Up Against The Wall Redneck Mothers lyrics - Cracker
He was born in Oklahoma
And his wife's name's is Betty Lou Thelma Liz
And he's not responsible for what he's doing
'Cause his mother made him what he is
[CHORUS:]
Up against the wall Redneck Mother
Mothers who has raised her son so well
He's 34 and drinking in some honky tonk
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell
He sure does likes his Falstaff beer
He likes to chase it down with that Wild Turkey liquor
He drives a '57 GMC pickup truck
He's got a gun rack, a "goat ropers need love" bumper sticker
[REPEAT CHORUS]
M is for mullet
O is for the Oil they put in your truck
T is for T-bird,
T is for wing-ed lizard
H is for Haggard
E is for eggs
R and is for...
Redneck
[REPEAT CHORUS x2]
In Muskogee Oklahoma USA
And his wife's name's is Betty Lou Thelma Liz
And he's not responsible for what he's doing
'Cause his mother made him what he is
[CHORUS:]
Up against the wall Redneck Mother
Mothers who has raised her son so well
He's 34 and drinking in some honky tonk
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell
He sure does likes his Falstaff beer
He likes to chase it down with that Wild Turkey liquor
He drives a '57 GMC pickup truck
He's got a gun rack, a "goat ropers need love" bumper sticker
[REPEAT CHORUS]
M is for mullet
O is for the Oil they put in your truck
T is for T-bird,
T is for wing-ed lizard
H is for Haggard
E is for eggs
R and is for...
Redneck
[REPEAT CHORUS x2]
In Muskogee Oklahoma USA
Sinaloa Cowboys lyrics - Cracker
Miguel came from a small town in northern Mexico
He came north with his brother Louis to California three years ago
They crossed at the river levee when Louis was just sixteen
And found work together in the fields of the San Joaquin
They left their homes and family Their father said "My sons, one thing you will learn:
For everything the north-a gives, it exacts a price in return."
They worked side by side in the orchards from morning till the day was through
Doing the work the hueros wouldn't do.
Word was out some men in from Sinaloa were looking for some hands
Well deep in Fresno county there was a deserted chicken ranch.
There in a small tin shack on the edge, on the edge of a ravine,
Miguel and Louis stood cooking methamphetamine.
You could spend a year in the orchards, or make half as much in one shift
Working for the men from Sinaloa. Ah, but if you slipped.
The hydriodic acid could burn right through your skin
They'd leave you spittin' up blood in the desert if you breathed those fumes in.
It was early one winter evening as Miguel stood watch outside
When the shack exploded, lighting up the valley night.
Miguel carried Louis' body over his shoulder down a swale to the creekside
And there in the tall grass Louis Rosales died.
Miguel lifted Louis' body into the truck and then he drove
To where the morning sunlight fell on a eucalyptus grove.
There in the dirt he dug up ten thousand dollars, all that they'd saved,
Kissed his brother's lips and placed him in his grave
He came north with his brother Louis to California three years ago
They crossed at the river levee when Louis was just sixteen
And found work together in the fields of the San Joaquin
They left their homes and family Their father said "My sons, one thing you will learn:
For everything the north-a gives, it exacts a price in return."
They worked side by side in the orchards from morning till the day was through
Doing the work the hueros wouldn't do.
Word was out some men in from Sinaloa were looking for some hands
Well deep in Fresno county there was a deserted chicken ranch.
There in a small tin shack on the edge, on the edge of a ravine,
Miguel and Louis stood cooking methamphetamine.
You could spend a year in the orchards, or make half as much in one shift
Working for the men from Sinaloa. Ah, but if you slipped.
The hydriodic acid could burn right through your skin
They'd leave you spittin' up blood in the desert if you breathed those fumes in.
It was early one winter evening as Miguel stood watch outside
When the shack exploded, lighting up the valley night.
Miguel carried Louis' body over his shoulder down a swale to the creekside
And there in the tall grass Louis Rosales died.
Miguel lifted Louis' body into the truck and then he drove
To where the morning sunlight fell on a eucalyptus grove.
There in the dirt he dug up ten thousand dollars, all that they'd saved,
Kissed his brother's lips and placed him in his grave
Family Tradition lyrics - Cracker
Alternative Country singers have always been a real close family
But lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me
I guess it's because I kind of changed my direction
Lord, I guess I went and broke their family tradition
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in this position
When I get stoned I'm just carryin' on an old family tradition
Now I am very proud of my daddy's name
Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in my position
When I get stoned and sing all night long it's just a family tradition
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky tonk, and some old slick's tryin' to gimme some friction
I say "Leave me alone, I'm stayin' all night long with these wing-ed lizards"
Let's go Johnny, wing-ed lizards, I see them...
A-ha!
Lordy, I have loved some ladies, and I have loved Jim Beam
But them and a wing-ed lizard tried to kill me in '73
When that doctor asks me "Son, how'd ya get in this condition?"
I says "Hey Sawbones, I'm just a-carryin' on the old family tradition."
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over try to put yourself in my unique position
When I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a family tradition
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over try to put yourself in my unique position
When I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a family tradition
But lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me
I guess it's because I kind of changed my direction
Lord, I guess I went and broke their family tradition
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in this position
When I get stoned I'm just carryin' on an old family tradition
Now I am very proud of my daddy's name
Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in my position
When I get stoned and sing all night long it's just a family tradition
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky tonk, and some old slick's tryin' to gimme some friction
I say "Leave me alone, I'm stayin' all night long with these wing-ed lizards"
Let's go Johnny, wing-ed lizards, I see them...
A-ha!
Lordy, I have loved some ladies, and I have loved Jim Beam
But them and a wing-ed lizard tried to kill me in '73
When that doctor asks me "Son, how'd ya get in this condition?"
I says "Hey Sawbones, I'm just a-carryin' on the old family tradition."
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over try to put yourself in my unique position
When I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a family tradition
Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over try to put yourself in my unique position
When I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a family tradition
The Bottle Let Me Down lyrics - Cracker
(originally by Merle Haggard)
Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
Not feelin' any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me, much to sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind.
Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memories come around
The one true friend I thought I've found
Tonight the bottle let me down.
I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turning every day
That the wine don't take a laugh the way it used to do
Now I'm hurtin' an open million way.
Oo tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memories come around
The one true friend I thought I've found
Tonight the bottle let me down
Tonight the bottle let me down.
Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
Not feelin' any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me, much to sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind.
Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memories come around
The one true friend I thought I've found
Tonight the bottle let me down.
I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turning every day
That the wine don't take a laugh the way it used to do
Now I'm hurtin' an open million way.
Oo tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memories come around
The one true friend I thought I've found
Tonight the bottle let me down
Tonight the bottle let me down.
Reasons To Quit lyrics - Cracker
Reasons to quit:
Smoke and booze don't do me like before
And I'm hardly ever sober
And my old friends don't come 'round much anymore
Reasons to quit:
The low is always lower than the high
And the reasons to quit
Don't outnumber all the reasons why
[BRIDGE:]
So we keep smoking, and we keep drinking,
Having fun, and never thinking,
Laughing at the price tag that we paid
And we keep rolling down that fast lane
Like two young men, feeling no pain
And the reasons for quittin', getting bigger each day
Reasons to quit:
I can't afford the habit all the time
I need to be sober,
Need to write some new songs that will rhyme
Reasons to quit:
I have no rhyme or reason when I'm high
And the reasons to quit
Don't outnumber all the reasons why
[REPEAT BRIDGE]
And the reasons for quittin', getting bigger each day
Smoke and booze don't do me like before
And I'm hardly ever sober
And my old friends don't come 'round much anymore
Reasons to quit:
The low is always lower than the high
And the reasons to quit
Don't outnumber all the reasons why
[BRIDGE:]
So we keep smoking, and we keep drinking,
Having fun, and never thinking,
Laughing at the price tag that we paid
And we keep rolling down that fast lane
Like two young men, feeling no pain
And the reasons for quittin', getting bigger each day
Reasons to quit:
I can't afford the habit all the time
I need to be sober,
Need to write some new songs that will rhyme
Reasons to quit:
I have no rhyme or reason when I'm high
And the reasons to quit
Don't outnumber all the reasons why
[REPEAT BRIDGE]
And the reasons for quittin', getting bigger each day
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room lyrics - Cracker
She wore red dresses with her black shining hair
She had my baby and caused me to care
Then coldly she left me to suffer and cry
She wore red dresses and told such sweet lies
I never knew him but he took her away
And on my knees like a madman for vengeance I prayed
While the pain and the anger destroyed my weak mind
She wore red dresses and left the wounded behind
I searched till I found them, then I cursed at the sight
Of their sleeping shadows in the cold neon light
In the dark morning silence I placed the gun to her head
She wore red dresses, but now she lay dead
She had my baby and caused me to care
Then coldly she left me to suffer and cry
She wore red dresses and told such sweet lies
I never knew him but he took her away
And on my knees like a madman for vengeance I prayed
While the pain and the anger destroyed my weak mind
She wore red dresses and left the wounded behind
I searched till I found them, then I cursed at the sight
Of their sleeping shadows in the cold neon light
In the dark morning silence I placed the gun to her head
She wore red dresses, but now she lay dead
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