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
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
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