Mark Lanegan

[fox69]

"One Way Street"

"One Way Street"



The stars and the moon
Aren't where they're supposed to be
For the strange electric light
It falls so close to me
Love I come to the ride
I'm not sea sick, rolling wave
And you know that I am
Just trying to get out

Oh the glorious sound
Oh the one way street
But you can't get ...
Can't get it down without crying

When I'm dressed in white
Send roses to me
I drink so much sour whiskey
I can hardly see
And everywhere I've been
There's a world that howls my name
From the one tiny sting
To that vacant fame

Oh the deafening roar
Remember that's called a one way street
And you can't get ...
Can't get it down without crying

Mysteries aside
You can't get out
In a psychotropic light
You can't get out
Love I come to the ride
I'm not sea sick, rolling wave
As a way that I fall
Trying to get out

Oh the glorious sound
Of the one way street
And you can't get ...
Can't get it down without crying

Oh the deafening roar
It's called a one way street

 

[fox69]

"Out Of Nowhere"

"Out Of Nowhere"



As it begins so too it ends
Crawls to a stop and starts again
Those highlights you've forced to shine
Show me my way through wilderness
And someday far from here I'll send a kiss
Out of nowhere
At times you see a ghost down on the street
Walks the hallway knocking door to door
Where are you from night till 9am
Only a dark skinned Jesus knows
Why suddenly your room is turnin' cold
Cold is nowhere
And as it ends so it begins
Crawls to a stop and starts again
Those highlights you've made are mine
Show me my way through wilderness
To someone who's blind I'll send a kiss
Out of nowhere

 

[fox69]

"Pendulum"

"Pendulum"



Jesus Christ been here and gone
What a painful price to pay
He's left his life in a thunderstorm
Tears cold dark eyes upon
Swing pendulum, swing low
Got no place to call my own
Oh my Lord don't you bother me
I'm as tired as a man can be
I'm as tired as a man can be

Jesus Christ been here and gone
What a painful place to leave
With frost on the limbs of a cherry tree
This cold, cold wind is buryin' me
Swing pendulum, swing slow
Got no time to call my own
Oh my Lord don't you bother me
I'm as tired as a man can be
I'm as tired as a man can be

 

[fox69]

"Pentacostal"
(with Duke Garwood)

"Pentacostal"
(with Duke Garwood)



Down so long now Jesus
You know I been down so long
Far turned out and freezing
Won't you carry my body home

This is why I came
To live a life in a day
With a fire in my head

Who's got the keys to the workhouse?
Satan has locked the door
Got no wings to take us
Up off of that killing floor

Is this why you came?
To handle a snake
And wear a new starry crown

There's no phoenix rising
To a mansion up on the hill
This albatross I'm riding
Is a train just standing still

This is how I came
With a stench and a stain
To be washed in the blood

 

[fox69]

"Phantasmagoria Blues"

"Phantasmagoria Blues"



I have given to you jane
A torn and tattered love
But do you hear the tolling bells
That ring down from above?
Thought I'd rule like charlemagne
But I've become corrupt
Now I crawl the promenade
To fill my empty cup

And you're free
You're free again
One more time

Now if you found a razorblade
And took it to your wrist
Then I'd be here in my electric chair
Because of this
All last night and night before
I stood on the pier and cried
But I don't want to turn away
For fear of going blind

And you're free
You're free again
One more time

I have given to you Jane
A bruised and beaten love
But do you see the cold white light
That shines down from above?
Thought I'd rule like charlemagne
But I've become corrupt
Now I'll crawl the promenade
To fill my empty cup

And you're free
You're free again
One more time

 

[fox69]

"Pill Hill Serenade"

"Pill Hill Serenade"



Tail lights through silver rain
Somebody's excited
To be goin' away
Spring like December
On the corner now
Let the memory fade and I'll forget
Well I hope she's not alone
Smiling everywhere she goes
So sweet
Then I remember she's a little older now
I'd let that fade but I don't know how
And when the sun comes up dead
You get sick of it
Makes a howling in your head
All the time
Springtime or December
Can't find cover now
Children they get excited
When the sun comes around
I'm gonna walk in silver rain
Look for mine the same
Walk for miles til the memory fades
And when the sun comes up dead
Makes it hard when you know
That it's a story that gets told all the time

 

[fox69]

"Praying Ground"

"Praying Ground"



Not feelin' any pain
But I know that it's real
Never see the color of the day
In the darkness I kneel
Prayin' for sleep
Prayin' that it will come easy
But there's something else
I see it miles away

Don't know what time of year it is
I can remember the fall
Yet all my strange and simple games
Play out on top of a wall
Prayin for sleep
Prayin' for something so easy
If only the moon
Would have left me alone

 

[fox69]

"Pretty Colors"
(originally by Frank Sinatra)

"Pretty Colors"
(originally by Frank Sinatra)



I close my eyes and see pretty colors,
They're dancing just for me, pretty colors
Locked in my mind they'll always be,
You'll never give your love to me,
So I'll just close my eyes and see pretty colors.

Locked in my mind they'll always be
You'll never give your love to me,
So I'll just close my eyes and see pretty colors
I'll close my eyes and see pretty colors,
They're dancing just for me, pretty colors
Pretty colors

 

[fox69]

"Quiver Syndrome"

"Quiver Syndrome"



I turned back towards the factory
With a rail running through my head
And the stain of a rust red romance
Though my iron age rose is dead
Will the Lord hold me down 'cause I'm wicked?
Will the Lord hold me down, to my shame?
Will your love it get into me Jesus?
Now I heard you calling out my name

The moon don't smile on saturday's child
Lying still in Elysian Fields
I don't know what the doctor he did
Now I'm all day long with my body in bed

Plant the seeds of an ivory white lily
Play the ghost of autumn's lullabye
You know the way i came down to the city
Snuffed the love light out of my eyes
I'm knocked back in the alley
With the sweat pouring off my hands
I can tear out a stitch 'cause it's aching
When I'm a shake, shake, shaking I can

The moon don't smile on saturday's child
Lying still in Elysian Fields
I don't hear what my mother she said
Now I'm all day long with my body in bed

I turn back toward the factory
With a rail running through my head
And the stain of a rust red romance
Though my iron age rose is dead
Will the Lord hold me down 'cause I'm wicked?
Will the Lord hold me down, to my shame?
Will your love it get into me Jesus?
Now I heard you calling out my name

The moon don't smile on saturday's child
Lying still in Elysian Fields
I don't know what the doctor he did
Now I'm all day long with my body in bed

 

[fox69]

"Ramblin' Man"

"Ramblin' Man"



I can settle down
And be doing just fine
Till I hear an old freight
Going down the line

Then I hurry straight
Home and pack
And if I didn't go
I believe I'd blow my stack

I love you baby
But you must understand
When the Lord made me
He made a ramblin' man

Some folks may say (Got my loving arms to keep you warm)
That I'm no good (In the kitchen cooking up a storm)
That I wouldn't settle (If uncle tells me stay away from you)
Down if I could (That is something I could never do)

But when that open road (You're my baby, you're my loving man)
Starts calling me (When you're in trouble, do the best you can)
There's something over the hill (I'm naked daddy just for you)
That I've gotta see (Force of nature and you're coming through)

Sometimes it's hard (Loving you, going hot and cold)
But you gotta understand (Loving you, getting good and soaked)
When the Lord made me (How I know you hate to see me cry)
He made a ramblin' man (Happens every time I say goodbye)

I love to see (What's the use, you poor seductive man)
The towns passing by (Don't get feelings and you'll understand)
And to ride these rails (Lying on somebody just like me)
'Neath God's blue skies (Got you dancing to my melody)

Let me travel this land (God knows how I need your loving arms)
From the mountains to the sea (If you lose me baby, telephone)
Cause that's the life (Try to pieces, stay away from harm)
I believe He meant for me (You're my baby though you do me wrong)

And when I'm gone (Love your nature, though I walk the line)
And at my grave you stand (Loving dreams, you're just a waste of time)
Just say God's called (Baby please don't stay away too long)
Home his ramblin' man (Fire's burning for when you get home)