Mark Lanegan

[fox69]

"Snake Song"

"Snake Song"



You can't hold me
I'm too slippery
I do no sleep in
I get lonely
You can touch me
If you want to
I got poison
I just might bite you

Lie in circles
On the sunlight
Shine like diamonds
On a dark night
Ain't no mercy
In my smilin'
Only fangs and
Sweet beguiling

Future, he don't
Try to find me
Skin I been through
Dies behind me
Solid hollow
Wrapped in hatred
Not a drop of
Venom wasted

You can slip in
Try to find me
Hold your breath and
Flat deny me
It makes no difference
To my thinkin'
I'll be here when
You start sinkin'.

 

[fox69]

"Solitare"
(originally by Andy Williams)

"Solitare"
(originally by Andy Williams)



There was a man, a lonely man
Who lost his love, through his indifference
A heart that cared, that went unchecked
And slowly died within his silence

And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes me, takes me down
By myself, it's easy to pretend
I'll never love again

And keeping to myself I plays the game
Without your love it always ends the same
While life goes on around me everywhere
I'm playing solitaire

Another day, a lonely day
So much to say that goes unspoken
And through the night, his sleepless nights
His eyes are closed, his heart is broken

And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes me, takes me down
And by myself it's easy to pretend
You're coming back again

And keeping to himself I plays the game
Without your love it always ends the same
While life goes on around me everywhere
I'm playing solitaire

And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes me, takes me down
While life goes on around me everywhere
I'm playing solitaire

 

[fox69]

"Something To Believe"

"Something To Believe"


There's a mockingbird singing in a tree
Outside my window looking down on me
Give me a reason, something to believe
Another season I will sit and grieve

That bad old sun forever shining on
The world keeps turning, though my hope is gone
I close my eyes and when that day is done
I hang my head and dream about no one

Show me direction and I'm good to go
I'm trying so hard, always fall so low
And when I fall, there'll be another star
I'm chasing my tail, always running

Oh, it is so hard
With the end
Since I find
We're real hard
Weary soul
We come [?]
Oh, it is so hard

Now you heard my song, will you turn and go
Give me a reason, and I'll say it's so
If you stand by me, I could never leave
You'd be the reason, something to believe
Something to believe
Something to believe
Something to believe

 

[fox69]

"Sphinx"
(with Duke Garwood)

"Sphinx"
(with Duke Garwood)



It comes to line the road with scarlet flowers
Creatures begin to stir in a rush
Through summer days that last a thousand hours
'Til nighttime drops down in a hush

A choir brightly sing
Shine like an heirloom ring

Within the tomb that has the light interred
In time will she release her prisoner
No sound at all the cold is swallowing
The rise and fall of some black hooded thing

A solitary bird
Hides beneath its wing

'Til ivy paints the wall with green again
And all God's creatures start to crawl
From when the harvest moon is vanishing
A lonely crow begins to call

A solitary sun
Sleeps above it all

 

[fox69]

"St. Louis Elegy"

"St. Louis Elegy"



I look at the sky
I see an airplane as it flies
Is this the way they said Jesus came?
Gone through St. Louis
Gone straightaway
And i hear the winter will cut you quick
If tears were liquor I'd have drunk myself sick

Woman are you home?
A house of cards, a frame of bones
Here I am earthly bound
Said hallelujah I'm going down
And the River Jordan is deep and wide
I think I see forever across on the other side

I look at the sky
I see a nightbird as it flies
Over the old bent cherry trees
Shivering in a row
Down here the winter will cut you quick
These tears are liquor and I've drunk myself sick

And the dead of winter will cut you quick
These tears are liquor and I've drunk myself sick

 

[fox69]

"Stay"

"Stay"


The heart will pound until the breath is gone
You know what I love so, put me on
Something has badly gone wrong with me
Livin's not hard, it's just not easy
Always keepin' the dogs off

Down like the rain, down like the rain
Comin' down like the rain, comin' down
Oh I wanna be there, by your side
Cause this feels like dyin' baby
Let me stay around, let me stay around

You take my heart, and my breath is gone
You know what I love so, put me on
Feel a little light-headed, you know I'd have to be
Believin' ain't hard, it's just not easy
Stayin' blind to the obvious

Down like the rain, down like the rain
Comin' down like the rain, comin' down
Oh I wanna be there, by your side
Cause this feels like dyin' baby
Let me stay around, let me stay around
[repeat]

 

[fox69]

"Strange Religion"

"Strange Religion"



Can you stay here next to me?
We'll just keep drivin'
Because of you I see a light
The Buick's a Century, a '73 like you
Some strange religion
I get my hands on some money momma, and a shot in the night
Stared down the past and just scarred my eyes
Now I know there's no easy ride
She's been the kind who would take it in stride
Some jack of diamonds kicked her heart around
Did they know they were walking on holy ground?
Almost called it a day so many times
Didn't know what it felt like to be alive
'Til you been a friend to me, like nobody else could be
Keep my hands on the wheel now momma
Gonna honestly try
She looked past the scars and the burned out eyes
You could see I'm no easy ride
She's just the kind who might get you to buy
Some strange religion
This jack of diamonds kicked her heart around
Shoulda known they were walking on holy ground
This life might eventually just be the end of me, will I still be with you
Get in next to me, just keep driving
Cause of you I been alive
And this Buick's a Century, '73 like you
Some strange religion
The Buick's a Century, '73 like you
Some strange religion

 

[fox69]

"Sunrise"

"Sunrise"



Sunrise
Forgot to cover up my eyes
Sunrise
Should've covered up my eyes
Beauty wasted on me
Winds are shakin' my tree
With a woman too good, to believe
Take the first ride out that I see

Sunrise
Skies are servin' my plan
Grounds are movin' where I stand
Pull an airplane down
With my hand
And take the first flight out that I can

Sunrise
Forgot to cover up my eyes
Beauty wasted on me
Winds are movin' my trees
With a woman too good, to believe
Take the first ride out that I see
Sunrise

 

[fox69]

"Ten Feet Tall"

"Ten Feet Tall"



I see they're comin'
Just tell me it ain't true
How lonely sorrow, and I fall back to you
One time or another
Like I want

She is alone, and I don't walk that tall
Memories amounting, to nothin' I can't keep
Just as soon forgotten
Hate is all, that her tears ever show
Saying sing, well come on black cat sing

Hate is gone, drippin' lies from the tongue
Demanding my all, well I don't walk that tall

I see they're comin'
Just tell me it ain't true
Head down in sorrow and I, stumble back to you
One time or another
You might find
Hate is all, that her tears ever show
Sayin' sing, well come on black cat sing
I don't walk that tall
I don't walk that tall

 

[fox69]

"Thank You"
(with Duke Garwood)

"Thank You"
(with Duke Garwood)



I left the levee straightaway
But it don't cease its weak complaining
I've been crawling through disease
And all I know is it keeps raining

I see the dead unsteady walking
Hear the radio keep talking
The world on fire
A jubilee
Because the carnival is toxic

Now to go down into the night
With darkness all that I require
I'm a fallen satellite
No hand of god can lift me higher

I thank you baby
Baby please
Thank you for the times we're living
I will fall down to my knees
And I'll be closer then to heaven

You ever seen it rain so hard
That you know the sky is bleeding?
No redemption in the cards
Not only love can break your heart
Believe it

Not only love can break your heart
Believe it