Mark Lanegan

[fox69]

"Shades Of The Sun"
(with Duke Garwood)

"Shades Of The Sun"
(with Duke Garwood)



I stood down in the shade of the sun
To look for some better days
A better day had not yet dawned
Tried to cross where the water was wide
Thought I saw Eden across on the other side

Oh Lord
Lord don't you hear me
Oh Lord
Lord can't you hear me

Oh Lord
Lord don't you hear me

I stood down in the shade of the sun
To look for my woman
My woman she was gone
Kept a hammering away at the gate
I kept a knocking but I was far too late

Woman
Woman don't you hear me
Woman
Woman don't you hear me

I stood down in the shade of the sun

 

[fox69]

"Shanty Man's Life"

"Shanty Man's Life"



A shanty man's life
Is a wearisome one
Though some say it's free from care
It's the swinging of an axe
From morning 'till night
In the forest wild and drear

Transported as we are
From a lady so fair
To the banks of some lonely stream
Where the wolf, bear, and owl
Give a terrifying howl
And disturb our nightly dreams

Oh sleeping at night
In our bunks without cheer
While the cold winter winds do blow
But as soon as the morning
Star does appear
To the wild woods we must go

Had we ale, wine, or beer
Our spirits far to cheer
When we're in those woods so wild
Where a glass of whiskey shone
When we're in the woods alone
For to pass away our long exile

A shanty man's life
Is a wearisome one
Tho some say it's free from care
It's the swinging of an axe
From morning 'till night
In the forest wild and drear

 

[fox69]

"She Done Too Much"

"She Done Too Much"



Got so sad the day
She done too much
And though I had the same
She done too much
And it's a bad, bad feeling that you get
When you get so lonely
Nothing to talk about
As another summer dies
And not a thing in this world to do
Except be alone in it

 

[fox69]

"Shiloh Town"

"Shiloh Town"



It is so cold in Shiloh Town
Birds can hardly sing
Pretty girls gonna leave the town
They won't be back 'til spring

War is done they've come back home
But they're the ones that lost
See a man and a woman alone
Was it worth the cost?

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at home

Sun is out it's hot to today
Children all come out to play
Some are quick to come back home
Others, gone to stay

Gets so cold in Shiloh Town
Birds can hardly sing
Pretty girls gonna leave the town
They won't be back 'til spring

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at home

 

[fox69]

"Shooting Gallery"

"Shooting Gallery"



I'll tell you how I woke up on the line
My sister I almost saw the light
Look my hands are tied
I'll see you in another hallway
Some other time

Well I don't understand this big parade
It's a five star decoration day
Look my hands are stained
I was washin' 'em the water
Well the water fell away

I'll tell you how I woke up on the line
Sorry for a soul in heaven passin' by
Look my hands are tied
I will see you in another station
Some other time

 

[fox69]

"Shotgun Blues"

"Shotgun Blues"



Ooh Daddy
Lay in my bed
Ooh Daddy
Lay in my bed
But I dig that shotgun
And feel it full of lead

Ooh Daddy
Love to hear you moan
Low
Ooh Daddy
Love to hear you moan
Another night's for ramblin'
But baby, come on home

Ooh Daddy
Climbin' on your knee
Ooh Daddy
Climbin' on your knee
I got an itch needs scratchin'
You take good care of me

 

[fox69]

"Sideways In Reverse"

"Sideways In Reverse"



C'mon
On a dead high wire we'll make a connection
Never knowing my shepherd never knowing my witness
C'mon now honey you're so sick and pretty
C'mon now sugar 'cause you know it ain't easy
Bang bang bang let me shoot it all over
Go down people give me your love
You're another mistake, you're a sign of disaster
Go down people give me your love
Gonna shake shake shake as a matter of course
Going down goin' down people give me your love
It fights like a bitch and it kicks like a horse
Goin' down goin' down people give me your love
Ain't you glad ain't you glad ain't you glad little sister
Go down people give me your love
Sideways in reverse I don't know any better
Go down people give me your love
You gotta keep it running clean keep on fixin' the machine
(gonna give me your love) Goin' down goin' down people give me your love
Keep it running clean keep on fixin' the machine
(gonna give me your love) Goin' down goin' down people give me your love
Going down people give me your love
Going down people give me your love
Goin' down goin' down people give me your love

 

[fox69]

"Skeletal History"

"Skeletal History"



Ohhh, an artery is not a vein
No history can tell
My skeleton won't tell
Why some like moths draw
To a surgeon's drill
And bloodshot hits to marrow

The snake's eaten through her clothes and
Her charms that won me over
DeGama breached this lofty reach
Balboa left his bones upon the beach
Left there to bleach

A rose breaks in my fingers
Pullin' nickels through the stem too much has took its toll
Smoke crawls low along the ceilings
And all is quiet
But I keep listening
They come to kill me

Oh, she just left, you missed her
Go on home, the sex theater is closed
Cracked mouth, too dry to drink
At least the sand is cold
You wish the sea would drown the freeway

Instead, girls stare in dead-eyed wonder
They can't walk for fallen soldiers
Used by cops and fucked inside abandoned boarding houses
Go on fast before the beast catches the bastard
Draggin' the chain down, down, down

Who'll say it
Tell me
No one else is here, come on
Nothin' to believe is to be blessed, come on
Who's layin' low, you said
Weather veins no bones to be
Good or bad, the death of me
Just make it quietly

Oh, who knows my sister
Can't anyone admit the fact that they infected her
She said the sun was gonna burn and blister
My blood
Godspeed
God
Love her
Farewell, honey
Yeah

No mourning son'll move her
No hellbent amen or hallelujah
Prayers are for the dead left over
The breached never to reach that sandy beach
Poor baby girl's gone under
To each their own grave buried in
Underneath abandoned boarding houses
Sidewalks and streets
Sidewalks and streets

Though my skeleton won't tell
Some could see
Why moths draw to surgeons' drills
And blood shots
Hit the marrow

 

[fox69]

"Sleep With Me"

"Sleep With Me"



Heavy head and harbour mine
Red soaked cloud at my blood shot eye
The faithful scatter, they're running away
Along for the ride
With all of my shame
Now I need someone
Oh sleep with me, sleep with me
Dark night coming won't you, sleep with me
Those feral girls will suit me more than
Gloss from drugstore magazines
Their werewolf teeth flicker and gleam
You're someone who saw the same way I see at the
Turn of a century
Skip thin dimes on sheets of ice
Got my eyes on you
You got your eyes on me
The angels have scattered, swearing to god
The albatross dies in a firing squad
I need someone
Ah, sleep with me
Sleep with me
Dark night fallin', come on, sleep with me
Heavy head and asphalt blind
Gift horse pissed in my bloodshot eye
Dead dream on beyond stares
The ambulance crawl
The siren I hear and I
Find me anywhere
The faithful scatter, running away
Along for the ride, when all of my shame
Cause I need someone
Oh you're looking at me, I've got my eyes on you
Mmmhmm
The world, is falling away
Mmmhmm
It's a dark night

 

[fox69]

"Smokestackmagic"

"Smokestackmagic"



Smokestackmagic
Has dusted my lungs
Freakishly tragic
Gracelessly numb

TV boy
TV girl
Stay on your TV set
Till the end of the world

I came awake
And heard the voice of Jesus Christ
You make me feel
Like I’ve already died

Smokestackmagic
Painfully pure
I was in transit
Now I’m unsure

Smokestackmagic
Shadowy dog
Dig through to China
Bury it all

I came awake
And heard the voice of Jesus Christ
You make me feel
Like I’ve already died

Smokestackmagic
Too far from home
Nothing but static
Phantom radio
And nail into bone
Nail into to bone

Hey, hey, hey
My, my, my, my
You make me feel
Like I’ve already died

TV boy
TV girl
Stay on your TV set
Till the end of the world

Somestackmagic