Mark Lanegan

[fox69]

"Little Sadie"

"Little Sadie"



Went out last night, take a little round
Met little Sadie and I blowed her down
Then I run right home and went to bed
With a forty-four smokeless under my head

The girls all heard little Sadie was dead
They went home to be ragged in red
Come a slippin' and a slidin' down the street
In their loose mother hubbards and their stocking feet

Well I began to think what a deed I'd done
Grabbed my hat and I started to run
I made a good run just a little too slow
And they overtook me in Jericho

Standing on the corner reading a bill
Up stepped the sheriff of Thomasville
Said young man is your name Lee Brown?
Remember the night you blowed Sadie down?

Yes I said my name is Lee
I murdered little Sadie in a first degree
First degree and a second degree
If ya got any papers, read 'em to me

Took me downtown, dressed me in black
Put me on a train and send me back
Didn't have no one to go on my bail
Throw me back in the county jail

Judge and the jury took their stand
Judge had the papers in his hand
Forty-one days and forty-one nights
Forty-one years just to wear them stripes

 

[fox69]

"Lonely Street"
(originally by Andy Williams)

"Lonely Street"
(originally by Andy Williams)



Where's this place called Lonely Street?

I'm looking for that Lonely Street
I've got a sad, sad tale to tell
I need a place to go and weep
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

A place where there's just loneliness
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness
Where broken dreams and memories meet
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

Perhaps upon that Lonely Street
There's someone such as I
Who came to bury broken dreams
And watch an old love die

If I could find that lonely street
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness
Where broken dreams and memories meet
Where's this place called Lonely Street?
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

 

[fox69]

"Low"

"Low"



Love with my will
Love just what I can
Blood, it's all there is
In times of trial and loneliness
Too dark for finding my ground
And trees shiver and sway
If you ever seen something go down
To keep in mind all of your days
Lord you know where I been
And you know why I came
Look, I'm all done in
Pray don't send me back again
Tell her I wanted to say goodbye
Before the light was dead and gone
Tell her I didn't want to lie
Left here well enough alone
Lord you know where I been
And only you know why I came
Blood, it's all there is
Pray don't send me back again
If I stayed away too long
Many times I lost my way
If you ever been skeleton low
If you ever heard somebody say
Baby, baby
Don't you know about love

 

[fox69]

"Mack The Knife"
(originally by Bobby Darin)

"Mack The Knife"
(originally by Bobby Darin)



Oh the shark yeah, pretty teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack knife has MacHeath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight

When that shark bites with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears MacHeath, dear
So there's not a trace of red

On the sidewalk, Sunday morning
Lies a body once alive
Someone's sneaking around the corner
Is that someone Mack the knife?

Some are children of the darkness
Some are children of the sun
You can see the sons of daylight
Sons of dark are seen by none

And the shark has pretty teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack knife has MacHeath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight

 

[fox69]

"Mescalito"
(with Duke Garwood)

"Mescalito"
(with Duke Garwood)



Oh mescalito
Many happy returns
You know I'm gonna need you
Gonna need you when I burn
Mescalito

I'll rest in your shadow
You take the sorrow from my heart
And I'll be forever with you
Though the world keeps us apart
Mescalito

Mescalito
What remains is only mud
In the wake of troubled waters
The stain of holy blood
Mescalito

Now the light is dying
We'll soon be dying too
See this hot city summer
Through your eyes so blue

Words on written pages
A pound of coffin nails
Where losing is contagious
I'm tied down to the rails
Mescalito

Many happy returns
You know I'm gonna need you
Gonna need you when I burn
Mescalito
Take the sorrow from my heart
Oh mescalito
Though the world keeps us apart
Though the world keeps us apart

 

[fox69]

"Message To Mine"

"Message To Mine"



Oh, It's good
Baby, to make me forget
Oh, so good
Baby, so good to make me forget
Forget myself again
I walk down, the steps to the river
With my outfit, full set to deliver
And the minute it's done
There's nothin' but time
On a pay telephone, I send a message to mine
Yeah, it's good
So good baby
Because it makes me forget
Oh, so good
So good baby
Because it makes me forget
Forget myself again
Upstairs, slower on my feet
Got to get to the corner and I know it's getting late
At the cold polar ice
End of the line
If I don't wake up
Send a message to mine
Oh it's good
So good baby
Because it makes me forget, forget myself again
Seventeen steps down to the river
With my outfit, full set to deliver
And the floodlights shine
Blindin' my eye
On the pay telephone, I send a message to mine
Back down, early in the morning
Same building, different story
Well the room here's free and it's easy to find
The tricks of her frame send a message to mine
Yeah it's good.....

 

[fox69]

"Methamphetamine Blues"

"Methamphetamine Blues"



(Hit it)
Wake up
Wake up
Children don't ya hear me comin'
Get up
Get up
Because I got to have the honey
And I don't want to leave this heaven so soon
Rollin' children keep on rollin'
Rollin' children keep on rollin'
Keep the light turned low and the back door open
My love rain down like sugar so sweet
(got what you want, so come and get it)
Yes children I will
Tall lawman rides
With his uniform clean, shine on his shoes
My radio plays
Methamphetamine blues
and tell all the news
I'm rollin' just to keep on rollin'
Wake up
Children
Get right soul church, keep a lock on the kitchen
Do risks for your daddy
(I'll do it daddy)
Keep your eyes wide open and my shotgun loaded
Cause I don't want to leave this heaven so soon
Rollin' just to keep on rollin'
Rollin' just to keep on rollin'
Rollin' just to keep on rollin'
My love rain down like sugar so sweet
(got what you want, so come and get it)
Yes baby
Tall lawmen rides
With his uniform clean, shine on his shoes
My radio plays
Methamphetamine blues
and tell all the news
I'm rollin' just to keep on rollin'
Rollin just to keep on rollin'
Rollin just to keep on rollin'
I don't want to leave this heaven so soon
Rollin just to keep on rollin'
Rollin just to keep on rollin'
Rollin just to keep on rollin'
Rollin just to keep on rollin'
I don't want to leave this heaven so soon

 

[fox69]

"Miracle"

"Miracle"



I promise you a miracle
And it will be done
Upon this one last disappearing
Bells toll, new lands and I look up
Sometimes
To see this old black Mary
Reach down for me
I need someone for my plaything
So lonesome in my playground
You baby, go straight to my head
And make it seem like a miracle
And make it something beautiful
Something beautiful

 

[fox69]

"Mockingbirds"

"Mockingbirds"



Your voice is a mockingbird
Calling me when the day is gone
You please yourself with every word
Telling me where I'm going wrong
Telling me where I've gone wrong

Get me out it's starting to burn
I can't let go for the life of me
Some hold tight, and some turn
Another fire out in front of me
My whole life out in front of me

You can't kill what's already dead
But I don't blame you for trying it
The sun comes up and falls away
Two little birds makin' sense of it
Two mockingbirds making sense of it

 

[fox69]

"Morning Glory Wine"

"Morning Glory Wine"



On the first time in love
Was electrocution
But I fell out on the down
Blind with injection
Strawberries, wake or naked
Out here you're alone
These streets get very cold, you should know
Yeah and don't I know
Are we gonna be judged
Judged on these lonely deeds
Are we gonna cry, yeah
Are we gonna freeze
Morning glory wine
Good people don't drink it
So I'm alone not thinking, please
How you thrill me love
How you kill me love
Like electrocution
Monday's all that's lost to love
Tuesday shakes and plead
Friday comes and calls your bluff
Sunday's on her knees
It's how you do me love
If you knew me love
There ain't no one to turn to
'Cause it's hard when you're on your own
And you lost your way home
Morning glory wine
Good people don't drink it
So on my own not thinking, please
It's how you knew me love
It's how you do me love
Like electrocution
It's like electrocution
Morning glory wine
Good people don't drink it
When you're on you're own
You lost your way home
There ain't nobody baby
Nobody to turn to
I need somebody
Somebody to turn to
Somebody baby
Someone to turn to
Morning high
Morning glory wine
There ain't nobody baby
I need someone to turn to
I need somebody
Wanna get high
I wanna get high
Need somebody to turn to