Eels

[fox69]

"Susan's House"

"Susan's House"



Going over to susan's house
Walking south down baxter street
Nothing hiding behind this picket fence
There's a crazy old woman smashing bottles
On the sidewalk where her house burnt down two years ago
People say that back then she really wasn't that crazy

Going over to susan's house
Going over to susan's house
She's gonna make it right

Down by the donut prince
A fifteen year old boy lies on the sidewalk
With a bullet in his forehead
In a final act of indignity
The paramedics take off all his clothes
For the whole world to see
While they put him in the bag
Meanwhile an old couple argues inside the queen bee
The sick fluorescent light shimmering on their skin

Going over to susan's house
Going over to susan's house
I can't be alone tonight

Take a left down echo park
A kid asks do i want some crack
Tv sets are spewing baywatch
Through the windows into black

Here comes a girl with long brown hair
Who can't be more than seventeen
She sucks on a red popsicle while she pushes a baby girl
In a pink carriage
And i'm thinking that must be her sister
That must be her sister, right?
They go into the 7-11
And i keep walking

Going over to susan's house

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Li'l Thing"

"Sweet Li'l Thing"



The feeling of understanding is very rare
For someone like me it's hard to find
Somebody to care
She's got a way about her
Changes everything
She's got a way about her
She's my sweet li'l thing

Making love with her indie rock
Playing on her stereo
Holding hands going down the road
When she drives me home
She's got a magic about her
Makes me wanna sing
She's got a magic about her
She's my sweet li'l thing

Spent the day laying in her bed
My nose against hers
Later we went for a drive
Didn't know where we were
Man i never felt so alive

Nobody gets the girl
But baby i do
Nobody gets me either
But she sees through
She's got a glow around her
Shines on everything
She's got a glow around her
She's my sweet li'l thing

 

[fox69]

"Swimming Lesson"

"Swimming Lesson"



If the world's a rotten place
You better just forget it
In the crowd just another face
Gonna make 'em regret it

Take a heart and squash it hard
Like a little grape
Push it down 'tween boot and ground
'Til it loses shape

And if you feel like you can't swim
When you're thrown in the lake
Just watch the bugs
Passin' by you as you
Slip under their wake
Again

If you let your feelings shine
You better cover 'em up, kid
Ain't no sense in wastin' time
Dream behind your eyelids

Take a heart and squash it hard
Like a little bug
Swig it down and spit it out
And kick it under the rug

And if you feel like you can't swim
When you're thrown in the lake
Just watch the bugs
Passin' by you as you
Slip under their wake
Again

Take a heart and squash it hard
Like a little ant
Scrape it off the sole of your shoe
On the welcome mat

And if you feel like you can't swim
When you're thrown in the lake
Just watch the bugs
Passin' by you as you
Slip under their wake
Again

Ooh
Ooh

 

[fox69]

"Taking A Bath In Rust"

"Taking A Bath In Rust"



Why don't you get me a way out of here
Buy me a ticket
A seat in the rear
'cause i'd say that daylight is time to go home

Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here

I think that you know it's not so bad
Sitting in rust and taking a bath
But i think that i could find a new way

Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here

Why don't you just think about it a while
Maybe i'm too much
Cramping your style
But now that it's daylight
It's time to come home

Every day
Voice in my ear
Telling me
Get out of here

 

[fox69]

"Teenage Witch"

"Teenage Witch"



Look at downtown
Sunrise of sam
Bring it on down now
I'm in a jam
Where did you find such a rocking vest?
Said get away kid
You've become a pest

Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch

Silky gown
Pink and brown
Shut you down
And shut you up

Little lizard legs and little lizard tails
Always taste better when you're sitting in jail
Still i don't think that i can resist
After all the turds that i had to kiss

Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch

Keeping arms length from the long arm law
Going to the bank for a fifty dollar draw
Gonna find the place where the werewolves hang
Knockin' on the door for a fifty dollar bang

 

[fox69]

"Thanks I Guess"

"Thanks I Guess"



In the evening when the sun goes black
I sit alone and I plan my stunning comeback

I got your worst and you got my best
I past the test
I got alive from your endless mess
thanks I guess

I sleep well knowing everything I earned
My companion the lessons I have learned

I got your worst and you got my best
I past the test
I got alive from your endless mess
Thanks I guess

the yellow sky the blue around the clouds
does still be standing makes a man feel proud
aaahhhh...

 

[fox69]

"That Look You Give That Guy"

"That Look You Give That Guy"



I never thought that I could be so bold
To even say these thoughts aloud
I see you with your man
Your eyes just shine
While he stands tall
And walking proud

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy
Instead of me
I'd never let you down

It always seems like you're going somewhere
Better than you've been before
While I go to sleep and I dream all night
Of you knocking at my door

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy
Instead of me
I'd be all I can be

I'm nothing like what I'd like to be
I'm nothing much I know it's true
I lack the style and the pedigree
And my chances are so few

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy
Instead of me
I'd give you all I got

I never thought that I could be so bold
To even say these thoughts aloud
But it, let's say, it won't work out
You know where I can be found

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
Looking right at me
If I could be that guy
Instead of me
I'd never let you down

 

[fox69]

"That's Not Her Way"

"That's Not Her Way"


Yeah, she's all right
Just floatin' through her day
People throwin' words 'round
And talkin' such trash
There's so much she could say
That's not her way

That's not her way

Oh, I've been a fool
Other things on my mind
It's not hard to assess
The many terrible things she could say
But that's not her way

People, that's not her way

Yeah, she's all right
She knows who she is
She could stop and remind me of
The many ways she brightens my day
That's not her way

People, that's not her way

 

[fox69]

"That's Not Really Funny"

"That's Not Really Funny"



Did you think that i would laugh
When you said i was small?
Did you think that that would pass
As if nothing at all?
You say a lot of funny things, my little bunny
And i almost always laugh
But that's not really funny

You play the little bells and tell a good story
You bake delicious pie and that's enough for me
But i am big i am your man
And you're my little honey
And i like what you have to say
But that's not really funny

You must not continue to emasculate me
The neighbor children through the window
Clearly see
The little boy will wipe his nose because it's runny
Then point at me and laugh
But that's not really funny

 

[fox69]

"The Beginning"

"The Beginning"



She put on her party dress
I put on my jacket
and walked out the door

Didn’t have nowhere to go
Didn’t matter that the night
was getting cold

Pulled her closer to me
To keep her warm
And everything
was beautiful and free
In the beginning

She woke up
late in the morning
I pulled the curtain back
The sun came pouring in

There was no one in the world
There was nothing else
just me and my girl

She put her arms around me
gave me a kiss
And everything
was beautiful and free
In the beginning