Joseph Arthur

[fox69]

"Bottle Of You"

"Bottle Of You"



I squeeze the last bit of you
Out of a bottle of your old shampoo
It smells just like you
Now I do too
Rinse out my hair and wipe my eyes
As your soap rolls in between my toes
Dry myself off in the moonlight
And I can touch you
Every time I breath in through my nose
I wish that I had faith in you

I watched you breath into a heartbreak
The night we first held hands
Your eyes they switched from blue to green
Then they went back to being blue again
You say you never get to sleep
'Cause all your dreams are buried in the sand
I could barely hear you crying
Over the buzz of our electric fan
I wish that I had faith in you

You're a tether ball
Fastened to the end of my head
Who you are and who you want to be
Are competing at opposite ends
And when they hit you back and forth
You squeeze tight around my neck
Darling I can barely breath
But I know that you mean
Absolutely no disrespect
I wish that I had faith in you

 

[fox69]

"Call"

"Call"



Pick up your phone
I know you're home
I've been your friend
And I need you now

Last time we spoke
It was all good
But with the passing of time
Things get misunderstood

Put down your walls
Put down your walls
And call

Sometimes friends rust
When they forget how to trust
We hurt the most
The ones we truly love

I've been your friend
And I need you now
Just like you needed me then
And I came through somehow

Put down your walls
Put down your walls
And call

 

[fox69]

"Can't Exist"

"Can't Exist"



Well I can't exist
When you disappear
Disintegrate tonight
Swallow everything

Sister don't be scared
A thousand times or more
I've walked away alive
On my feet again

(Kill/Give your life/love?)
I will wait for you mother
I will wait for you father
I will wait for you sister
I will wait for you brother

But I can't exist
So I can't explain
How I lost a thousand dollars
On the street again

Sister don't be scared
A thousand times or more
I've walked away alive
On my feet again

(Kill/Give your life/love?)
I will wait for you mother
I will wait for you father
I will wait for you sister
I will wait for you brother

 

[fox69]

"Chemical"

"Chemical"



Taking my medicine
Changing the way I am
I don't know where I been
But I was well behaved

I don't know who you are
Coming out of my scar
Driving my crashing car
That needs a coat of paint

Chemical
Up and up away I go
Out of my head

I'm putting myself in jail
I'm hoping to see you fail
I'm flipping my head and tail
Over
I don't know the way
Over

I'm throwing up what I drank
No one here I would thank
I feel like a shark that's caught
In a goldfish tank

Swallowing a thousand pills
Trying to change how I feel
There's just to much time to kill
Between all my mistakes

Chemical
Up and up away I go
Out of my head

 

[fox69]

"Chicago"

"Chicago"


You're my best friend
I need you until the end
No, you I will never betray

Don't run away from yourself
Or follow anyone else
No, you never have to be a slave

If they don't play you in chicago
Oh no no no
And if they don't save you when you're lonely
Only you
Could see your light, see your light, see your light, you
Could see your light, see your light, see

Your mirror is destroyed
I see you now trying to avoid
The truth of who you really are

The heat will stay with the flame
So your beauty never will change
To me you will always be a star

And if they don't play you in chicago
Oh no no no
And if they don't save you when you're lonely
Only you
Could see your light, see your light, see your light, you
Could see your light, see your light, see

Some turn lunatic
Others learn how to forget
This world to which they just don't belong

I wonder who you will be
A dream with no memory
A beggar looking for one magic song

And if they don't play you in chicago
Oh no no no
And if they don't save you when you're lonely
Only you
Could see your light, see your light, see your light, you
Could see your light, [see what i see] see your light, (see what I see) see your light, you
Could see your light, [see what i see] see your light, (see what I see) see your light, you

 

[fox69]

"Cocaine Feet"

"Cocaine Feet"



You can feel
Numb in your bones
You and I live
Without anyone

Cocaine feet
Wrecked cities in the dark
Another dirty street
Where you don't belong

Don't you ever put me down on the white line
No matter what I put you through
Don't you ever put me down on the white line
No matter what I put you through
No matter what I put you through

Your brown head
Has too many thoughts
Your brown bed
Has too many spots

Where have you been
And who have you been with
Who did you kill
And who did you kiss

Don't you ever put me down on the white line
No matter what I put you through
Don't you ever put me down on the white line
No matter what I put you through
No matter what I put you through

Don't you ever put me down on the white line
No matter what I put you through
Don't you ever put me down on the white line
No matter what I put you through
Don't you ever put me down on the white line
No matter what I put you through
No matter what I put you through
No matter what I put you through
No matter what I put you through

 

[fox69]

"Cockroach"

"Cockroach"



You're putting poison here
You're putting poison here
And now you're a cockroach
Crawling on bones
Pretending your war
Has already been won

You never give anything
To any human being
Unless they
Give you something in return
If you get burned
You're gonna burn

And when you finally go away
I'm already gone
And when you finally say what you say
I'm singing this song

Your heads in quite a fix
The demon you never resist is coming
And he's leaning against your front door
The neighbors are asking you what it's all for
And still you could never admit
That maybe you could have prevented destruction
As it came out of your very core
My friend you are starting to become a bore

And when you finally go away
I'm already gone
And when you finally say what you say
I'm singing this song

 

[fox69]

"Cockteeze"

"Cockteeze"



We could be free
You and me
But I'd rather be a
Cockteezzze

Hey, get on your knees and pray with me
I don't care what you wanna believe

We could be free
You and me
But I'd rather be a
Cockteezzze

Hey, get on your knees and pray with me
I don't care what you wanna believe

Let me get witcha, witcha one time
Witcha, witcha one time
One time

Oh hey, hey, hey

We could be free
You and me
But I'd rather be a
Cockteezzze

Hey, get on your knees and pray with me
Oh, I don't care what you wanna believe

Be free
You and me
But I'd rather be a
Cockteezzze

Get on your knees and pray with me
I don't care what you wanna believe

Let me get witcha, witcha one time
Witcha, witcha one time
One time

Oh hey, hey, hey

 

[fox69]

"Coney Island Baby"

"Coney Island Baby"



You know man, when I was a young man in high-school
He believed in it now, I wanna play football for the coach
And all those older guys who said he was mean and cruel, but you know
I wanna play football for the coach
He said I was too little, wait until I played line back
And so I said I'm playing right in
I wanna play football for the coach
Cause you know, someday, man, you gotta stand up straight
Unless you're gonna fall, and you're gonna die
When the straight is new, I have a news, standing right for me all the time
So I had to play football for the coach
And I wanna play football for the coach
When you're all alone and lonely in your midnight hours
And you find that your soul has been up for sale
And you begin to think about all the things that you've done
And you begin to hate just about everything
But remember the prince who lived on the hill
Who loved you even though she knew you were as wrong
And right now she just might come shining through in the
Glory of love, the glory of love

And all your two bit friends have gone and ripped you off
Been talking behind your back saying man,
You ain't never gonna be no human being
Bout all those things that you've done
And who it was, and what it does
And all the different things that made every scene
But remember the city is a funny place
Something like a circus of a soul
Just remember different people have peculiar taste
In the glory of love, glory of love, the glory of love
Might see you through
Glory of love, the glory of love
Glory of love, the glory of love
Just might come through
Glory of love, the glory of love
My Coney Island Baby, I'm a Coney Island Baby

 

[fox69]

"Could We Survive"

"Could We Survive"



Hallelujah, stop and stare
When will Jesus find us here?
Could we survive?

How can you pretend to know
Who you are or where you'll go
When you just get by?

Hmm, dream, dream all the time away
Hmm, dream, dream all your time away
Ooh

My father's mother sings this song
My mother's father's gone beyond
The clouds, the rain

Let him protect me from above
I can feel that tender love
When I'm in pain

Hmm, dream, dream all the time away
Hmm, dream, dream all your time away
Ooh