Joseph Arthur

[fox69]

"Take Me Home"

"Take Me Home"



Take me home
Look good on your own
Take me home
Look good

I can see the sun
I think the evening's done
Take me home
You look good on your own

Sometimes it's good
To say goodbye
Before you make it
To the end of time
Yes, sometimes it's good
To say goodbye
Before you make it
To the end of time

Take me home
Take me home
Look good on your own

I can see the sun
I think we just begun
Please take me home
You look good

Sometimes it's good
To say goodbye
Before you make it
To the end of time
Sometimes it's good
To say goodbye
Before you make it
To the end of time

Take me home
I can see the sun
Take me home

 

[fox69]

"Tattoo"

"Tattoo"



I miss the days when you were in my world
It seems like it was a lifetime ago
We said our goodbye with tears
And promised to not let the years get away
But that's something you just had to say

In my pain, is where I've tattooed your name
Was it a dream? Was it a dream?
Going round and round and round and round
Your heart

Jeremy said he saw you out on 2nd Ave.
And you looked like you could use some sleep
You told him you sobered up
But now you are giving that up, 'cause sometimes
Love isn't stronger than wine

In my pain, is where I've tattooed your name
Was it a dream? Was it a dream?
Going round and round and round and round
Your heart

I wonder what you must think about me
What I heard is you consider me dead
I guess that's fair on you
I never was good to you, I'm ashamed
For making you feel all my pain

When I sleep, sometimes I still think we speak
Is it a dream? Is it a dream?
Going round and round and round and round
My heart

 

[fox69]

"Temporary People"

"Temporary People"



Hanging out with the temporary people
Till I find my way
Back to you
And it's so easy to be swallowed by this evil
Cause it's all I know
How to do

But you do not care about yourself
Or anyone else
Anyone else
I can't stop blaming myself
And nobody else
Nobody else

There must be twenty five different people
Living inside me
All the time
And some of them are always reaching for the needle
Just to try and calm
This vicious mind

But you do not care about yourself
Or anyone else
Anyone else
And I can't stop blaming myself
And nobody else
Nobody else

We're sad you wanna go
(I know you're still alive)
Wanna go
Away
We're sad you wanna go
(I know you're still alive)
Wanna go
Away

We're sad you wanna go
(I know you're still alive)
Wanna go
Away
We're sad you wanna go
(I know you're still alive)
Wanna go
Away

 

[fox69]

"Termite Song"

"Termite Song"



Couldn't make it up as we go along
I don't have any words to put into your song
Looking through the junkyard of your heart
I need to find an engine for my car

Don't know where you are
Don't know where you are
When I drive
When I drive around the bend
Singing bye bye bye bye...

And though I really tried, I never have been good
And for my missing heart, I carve one out of wood
Now I see the termites crawling into me
After they are finished, I wonder where you'll be

I wonder where you'll be
I wonder where you'll be
When I drive
When I drive around the bend
Singing bye bye bye bye...

You never have been young
You never have been sane
And if you say that you don't care,
In your eyes I see the shame
Looking through the window of your mind
I see your lonely shadow running out of time

Running out of time
Running out of time
When I drive
When I drive around the bend
Singing bye bye bye bye...

 

[fox69]

"The Ballad Of Boogie Christ"

"The Ballad Of Boogie Christ"



Christ would wear cowboy boots
Christ would have sex
Christ would eat pizza
And cut black jack decks
Christ would be sober
But christ would be fun
Christ would get over
On those trying to run
Christ would love hip hop
Metal and soul
Christ would bring chaos
The breath of control
Christ would be rocking
Christ would be free
He’d say there’s no difference
Between you and me

This is the ballad of Boogie Christ
Toss my salad
And feed me your rice

Christ baked potatoes
Christ chewing gum
Christ without pathos
Saying “yum yum”
Christ in the middle
Like the monkey with balls
Christ picking up
When euphoria calls
Hello, dear father
Hello there, my son
How have you been?
Well, I gotta run
OK I love you
See you real soon
Maybe September
Maybe next June

This is the ballad of Boogie Christ
Toss my salad
And throw wedding rice

Christ would be careful
Christ would be brave
But Christ, he would never
Be anyone’s slave
Christ is here now
Christ is beyond
Christ would watch Rocky
And On Golden Pond
Christ would relax
And Christ would get mad
Christ would help answer
If judgment is bad
Well, no and then yes
Well, yes and then no
Nothing is easy
But it’s simple to glow
Just walk away
From fear and deceit
Never surrender
But never compete
Cheer for your brother
Your rival, your friend
And help their survival
To beat you again

This is the ballad of Boogie Christ
Toss my salad
And feed me some rice

Give and give freely
All that you can
Help show the worried
What it is to be man
Christ would be handsome
Christ would be gross
Christ would buy butter
And make you some toast
Christ would be savage
But Christ would be true
He’d say if you want him
Then look inside you
Yes, Christ would be savage
But christ would be true
He’d say if you want him
Then just look in you

This is the ballad of Boogie Christ
Toss my salad
Throw wedding rice
This is the ballad of Boogie Christ
Toss my salad
Throw wedding rice

 

[fox69]

"The Coldest Sea"

"The Coldest Sea"




Have you always been a refugee
Going back from where you came
And even though you are much older now
In your heart you feel the same

Tell me how you used to be
Swimming in the coldest sea
And if you hide your memory
Could you open up your heart
To a world that tore you apart

To a world that tore you
And you always follow everyone
Never wanting to stand by
And everytime there was
You tried to run
And it helped you fall in love

Tell me all you use to be
Swimming in the coldest sea
And if you hide your memory
Could you open up your heart
To a world that tore you apart
To a world that tore you

 

[fox69]

"The Real You"

"The Real You"


The Real You
I Knew
The Real You
I Miss You

I Have to Redeem Myself
Forever and Forever
You Can Hear It In My Song
You Can See It In My Eyes

You Can Master Me
You Can Master Me Alot

The Real You
I Knew
The Real You
I Miss You

Bend Out In My Mind
Bend Out In My Mind
Bend Out In My Mind

Feel Like Taking A Razor Blade
And On My Wrist
Write An Invitation
Feel Like Taking A Loaded Gun
And In My Mouth Blowing up The Ocean

Come To Where I'm From
Come To Where I Come From [x3]

The Real You
I Knew
The Real You
I Miss You

 

[fox69]

"The Termite Song"

"The Termite Song"



I couldn't make it up as we go along
I don't have any words to put into your song
Looking through the junkyard of your heart
I need to find an engine for my car
I don't know where you are
I don't know where you are
When I drive, when I drive around the bend
Singing bye, bye, bye, bye

And though I really tried I've never have been good
And for my missing heart I carved one out of wood
Now I see the termites crawling in on me
And after they are finished I wonder where you'll be
I wonder where you'll be
I wonder where you'll be
When I drive, when I drive around the bend
Singing bye, bye, bye, bye

You never have been young
You never have been sane
And though you say that you don't care
In your eyes I see the shame
Looking through the window of your mind
I see a lonely shadow running out of time
Running out time, running out of time
When I drive, when I drive around the bend
Singing bye, bye, bye, bye

 

[fox69]

"This Heart Will Swallow Us"

"This Heart Will Swallow Us"




Until I wake myself
I'm only sleeping
Like the darkness waiting for the touch love bears
Dream beyond the sunrise
Live within a prayer
This heart will swallow us
This heart will swallow us

Will you give yourself up to the savior
Or will you drink from the cup of your madness?
To feel the devils pleasure
Burning your way into this place
This heart will swallow us
This heart will swallow us
No one else
Can save you

 

[fox69]

"This Is Still My World"

"This Is Still My World"



Voices whisper hieroglyphics
In the alleys of the sun
As borderline schizophrenics
Haunt my blue dawn
With my chute on

Leave a trail of your genius
And god's will be done
See if you can see through this
I'm not the only one
I'm not his only son

Never mind your details
I'll just shout out the sun
And if you come chasing darkness
Maybe I'll run

I won't run away
This is still my world
I won't run away
This is still my world
I won't run away
Anymore
Anymore

Telephone ringing widows
In the silence puppet strung
I could cry for you forever
But I'm too young

And besides you make me nervous
'Cause I held you so strong
Maybe I've been wrong here
All along

I won't run away
This is still my world
I won't run away
This is still my world
I won't run away
Anymore, anymore
Anymore, anymore