Eels

[fox69]

"Mental"

"Mental"



It's like i dressed up in my mama's clothing
It's like i'm talking to a voice that doesn't exist
It's like i got a wire crossed upstairs
But all i want is just a little truth
And that's it

They say i'm mental but i'm just confused
They say i'm mental but i've been abused
They say i'm mental 'cause i'm not amused by it all

Another anchorman is on the tv
He's got that far away and vacant look in his eye
I turn the channel but nothing is changing
The only truth is that everything is a lie

They say i'm mental but i'm just confused
They say i'm mental but i've been abused
They say i'm mental 'cause i'm not amused by it all

There's truth in everything
There's truth in lies
With all this knowledge i think i'm gonna be wise

They say i'm mental but i'm just confused
They say i'm mental but i've been abused
They say i'm mental 'cause i'm not amused by it all
Not at all

 

[fox69]

"Mighty Fine Blues"

"Mighty Fine Blues"



Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes indeed

Walk down any street
Ask the people you meet
What is it about this place
Keeps you on your feet?

Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes indeed

Night is coming down
Closer to the ground
Gonna have a little fun
While i'm still around

Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes indeed

Don't believe the words they say to you
When they are so absurd
And don't believe a word they say about me
Because i'm
Feeling mighty fine

I think i gotta go
I think i'm gonna die
Oh my god, something's wrong
The end is coming near
Because i'm

Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Feeling mighty fine
Feeling mighty fine at this time
Yes i am
Yes i am

Oh yeah!

 

[fox69]

"Millicent Don't Blame Yourself"

"Millicent Don't Blame Yourself"



Millicent, don't blame yourself
Sweetheart, there's no one else
More important to me than you
There's nothing that you need to do
To prove to me that you care
I know you do

Millicent, just let 'em talk
'Cause this thing, it's a lock
And no one's gonna make that untrue
There's nothing anyone can do
To change the way I feel about you
And you know that's true

Millicent, just lean on me
I know that I can be
Everything you need me to be
There's no wall that I can't crash through
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
For you

Millicent, don't blame yourself
Sweetheart, there's no one else in the world

 

[fox69]

"Mistakes Of My Youth"

"Mistakes Of My Youth"



In the waning days ahead,
I gotta look back down the road.
I know that it's not too late.
All the stupid things I've said,
and people I've hurt in my time.
I hope it's not my fate

To keep defeating my own self,
and keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
the mistakes of my youth.

In the dark of night, I might
be able to make myself think
that I'm still a younger man.
But when the light of day shines down,
there's no way to get around it,
I'm not the younger man.

I keep defeating my own self,
and keep repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
the mistakes of my youth.

The choice is mine for making
a better road ahead
the road that I've been taking,
headed for a dead-end,
but it's not too late to turn around

In the final moments
I hope that I know that I tried
to do best I could

To stop defeating my own self
and stop repeating yesterday.
I can't keep defeating myself,
I can't keep repeating,
the mistakes of my youth.

 

[fox69]

"Mockingbird Franklin"

"Mockingbird Franklin"



She'd never known acceptance
She'd never known the word
She says "i like to call myself m
But my real name is mockingbird"

Mockingbird franklin
So how do you do
Mockingbird franklin
I'm alot like you

She says her mother is gone now
She says it never got cured
I said, "i'm sorry but is it true
Did she really name you mockingbird?"

Mockingbird franklin
Broke your heart in two
Mockingbird franklin
I'm alot like you

Mockingbird
Don't you change
Just because you're not like them
Oh mockingbird
You're not the same

Alone along the sidewalk
Her steps are barely heard
It's kinda funny that it's her name
'cause she's nothing like a mockingbird

Mockingbird franklin
Don't it get to you
Mockingbird franklin
I'm alot like you

 

[fox69]

"Most Unpleasant Man"

"Most Unpleasant Man"



Well i'll rise above
Once I forget
What it was like then
Before we met
I had no dreams
There was no plan
You see it's just that i was
A most unpleasant man

And now it all
Has come to pass
I guess i knew somehow
It couldn't last
And so i'm back
Where i began
And once again i've become
A most unpleasant man

Where will i go
If you're not there
I'll try to find you
Everywhere

Remember me
Not as i am
But how i was
As your truest friend
Remember me
Not as i am
How did i ever become
A most unpleasant man
I'll see you later baby

 

[fox69]

"Mother Mary"

"Mother Mary"




People talking sound like dogs
Barking through the trees
Making no sense at all
Meaning nothing to me

Mother mary
Quite contrary
I did not mean to let you go
So quick

People talking crack me up
They don't have a little clue
What it's like to be me
What it's like to lose you

Mother mary
I grow weary
I did not mean to let you go
So quick

People talking sound like dogs
Barking up the wrong tree
Take a good man down
And set the evil free

Mother mary
Quite contrary
I did not mean to let you go
So quick

 

[fox69]

"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues"

"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues"



The smokestack spitting black soot into the sooty sky
The load on the road brings a tear to the indian's eye
The elephant won't forget what it's like inside his cage
The ringmaster's telecaster sings on an empty stage

Goddamn right it's a beautiful day
Goddamn right it's a beautiful day

The girl with the curls and the sweet pink ribbon in her hair
She's crawling out her window 'cause her daddy
He just don't care
Come on

Goddamn right it's a beautiful day
Goddamn right it's a beautiful day

The clown with the frown driving down to the sidewalk fair
Finger on the trigger let me tell you gave us quite a scare

Goddamn right it's a beautiful day
Goddamn right it's a beautiful day

The kids flip their lids when their ids hear that crazy sound
My neighbor digs the flavor still he's moving to another town
And I don't believe he'll come back

Goddamn right it's a beautiful day
Goddamn right it's a beautiful day

Well i don't know how you take in all the shit you see
No don't believe anyone and most of all
Don't believe me
Believe you

Goddamn right it's a beautiful day
Goddamn right it's a beautiful day

 

[fox69]

"My Beloved Monster"

"My Beloved Monster"



My beloved monster and me
We go everywhere together
Wearing a raincoat that has four sleeves
Gets us through all kinds of weather

She will always be the only thing
That comes between me and the awful sting
That comes from living in a world that's so damn mean

My beloved monster is tough
If she wants she will disrobe you
But if you lay her down for a kiss
Her little heart it could explode

She will always be the only thing
That comes between me and the awful sting
That comes from living in a world that's so damn
Mean

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la

 

[fox69]

"My Descent Into Madness"

"My Descent Into Madness"



Springfield's looking pretty dusty today
I see their dreams coming undone
The view from inside ward nine affords this much
A town teeming with the unloved
Close the window and lock it so it's good and tight

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la

Turning eighteen and trying not to look too lost
Have a not so nice day
The jacket makes me straight so i can just sit back and bake
You know i think i'm gonna stay
Talking very loud but no one hears a word i say

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la

Come visit me tonight at eight o'clock
And then you'll see how i am not the crazy one
Voices tell me i'm the shit

Twenty days go by and every day looks the same

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la

I'm the shit