Cracker

[fox69]

"Life In The Big City"

"Life In The Big City"


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

 

[fox69]

"Lonesome Johnny Blues"

"Lonesome Johnny Blues"


Well, lucky number seven passed me by
Lucky number seven called my name and passed on by
Well he came back don't you know
With his brother six in tow
And that is how number thirteen wound up by my side.

And that is how I got these lonesome johnny blues
How I got these lonesome johnny blues
Got the lonesome johnny blues
And there's nothing I can do
'cept sing these sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

Here we go

Grim reaper he pulled up into my drive
Grim reaper pulled his little old Chevrolet right up onto the goddamn drive
"johnny, I haven't come for you
But I want someone who's dear to you
And the price you pay is to remain alive"

And I'll stay here with these lonesome johnny blues
Stay here with these lonesome johnny blues
With the lonesome johnny blues
And there's nothing I can do
'cept sing these sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

Woah, no more trouble send him down the road, won't you please.
No more trouble won't you beat him up, won't you send him down the road
Trouble dumped out the trash
Ransacked the place for cash
And he wound up taking much more than I own

And he left me with these lonesome johnny blues
Left me with these lonesome johnny blues
With the lonesome johnny blues
And there's nothing I can do
'cept sing these sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

Johnny blues
The sad old weary lonesome johnny blues
Johnny blues
The sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

 

[fox69]

"Lonesome Johnny Blues (Live)"

"Lonesome Johnny Blues (Live)"


Well, lucky number seven passed me by
Lucky number seven called my name and passed on by
Well he came back don't you know
With his brother six in tow
And that is how number thirteen wound up by my side.

And that is how I got these lonesome johnny blues
How I got these lonesome johnny blues
Got the lonesome johnny blues
And there's nothing I can do
'cept sing these sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

Here we go

Grim reaper he pulled up into my drive
Grim reaper pulled his little old Chevrolet right up onto the goddamn drive
"johnny, I haven't come for you
But I want someone who's dear to you
And the price you pay is to remain alive"

And I'll stay here with these lonesome johnny blues
Stay here with these lonesome johnny blues
With the lonesome johnny blues
And there's nothing I can do
'cept sing these sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

Woah, no more trouble send him down the road, won't you please.
No more trouble won't you beat him up, won't you send him down the road
Trouble dumped out the trash
Ransacked the place for cash
And he wound up taking much more than I own

And he left me with these lonesome johnny blues
Left me with these lonesome johnny blues
With the lonesome johnny blues
And there's nothing I can do
'cept sing these sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

Johnny blues
The sad old weary lonesome johnny blues
Johnny blues
The sad old weary lonesome johnny blues

 

[fox69]

"Loser"

"Loser"


If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn,
I could arm a town the size of Abilene
Don't you push me baby,
Cause I'm all alone and you know I'm only in it for the gold

All that I am asking is for ten gold dollars
And I could pay you back with one good hand
You can look around about the wide world over
And you'll never find another honest man.

Last fair deal in the country,
Last fair deal in the town
Put your gold dollars where your love is baby,
Before I let my deal go down

Last fair deal in the country,
Last fair deal in the town
Put your gold dollars where your love is baby,
Before I let my deal go down

Don't you push me baby, cause I'm all alone
And I know a little something you might never know
Don't you touch our liquor, just a cup of cold coffee
I'm gonna wake up in the morning and go

Everybody prayin' and drinkin' that wine
I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines
Come to papa on an inside straight,
Cause I got no chance of losing this time
No I got no chance of losing this time
No I got no chance of losing this time

 

[fox69]

"Low"

"Low"


Sometimes I wanna take you down
Sometime I wanna get you low
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down let the river flow
Sometimes I go and walk the street
Behind a green sheet of glass
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
A million poppies gonna make me sleep
Just one rose it knows your name
The fruit is rusting on the vine
A fruit is calling from the trees
Hey don't you wanna go down
Like some junky cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
Blue, blue is the sun
Brown, brown is the sky
Green, green are her eyes
A million miles, a million miles
Hey don't you wanna go down
Like some disgraced cosmonaut
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey, hey, hey like being stoned

 

[fox69]

"Lullabye"

"Lullabye"


Only when I laugh, does it hurt
The doctor says, please, son, remove your skirt
I'd be glad to comply, but I'm not wearing one
The doctor says, that's strange, nor am I
A scotsman throws a pole into the air
The alderman all vote in some affair
The mayor, he abstained, and ain't that strange
He's still a bachelor, perhaps he's gay
A corpse is laid out neatly on a slab
Professor's working madly in his lab
The assistant files her nails and checks her hair
There's just a hint of danger in the air
There's just a hint of danger in the air
No one is alarmed nor seems to care
Everyone is happy, we're all fine
We all fall in love all the time
Yeah, we all fall in love or from a plane
With the stewardess, she serves us in our dreams
When we wake, we find that it has rained
When it rains, it lulls us back to sleep
So rest your weary eyes and go to sleep
Or rest your weary head and come to me
Move your lips and sing this lullabye
Move your lips and sing this lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
Lullabye
[Fade out]

 

[fox69]

"Maggie"

"Maggie"


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

 

[fox69]

"March Of The Billionaires"

"March Of The Billionaires"


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?

 

[fox69]

"Merry Christmas Emily"

"Merry Christmas Emily"


Merry Christmas Emily
Merry Christmas Emily
Emily was twenty three
Sitting on the ground
Under a dead palm tree
6th and Speedway
On Christmas day
Seemed like things were gonna go my way
But we had some good times
Drinking cheap wine and popping pills
Spending the holidays
Getting drunk at the rusty nail
Emily from a good family
They fucked your head
And sent you to me
'It's a Wonderful Life'
Is playing on TV
I still think about you
Do you think about me
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
I still think about you do you still thing about me
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
Merry Christmas Emily
It may have seemed
like i was down and out
But my insurance claim
Was still paying out
You were heading back up
While I was going down
So I reformed the band
To try to keep you around
Then we had some bad times
Drinking wine in the summer heat
A couple loud arguments
Standing in the middle of Congress St.
So there's Emily
Under the dead palm tree
Its Christmas day
And its like 80 degrees
I still think about you
Do you still think about me
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
I still think about you
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
Merry Christmas Emily
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
I still think about you do you still think about me
(Merry Christmas Emily)
Merry Christmas Emily
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)
(Merry Christmas Emily)

 

[fox69]

"Minotaur"

"Minotaur"


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