Old 97's

[fox69]

"Smokers"

"Smokers"


She's a singer I'm a smoker
Dragging up all my extra store
She was singing I was smoking
Saving butts all I can afford

I'm just a smoking up what I got heavy into
Dragged it up coughed it up
Sat up wondering where you gone to
All for your return I drank what wouldn't burn
And called your name but you never came

I'm just sitting up its late
It's getting rough
It's two o'clock black and white
Ceilings got no good advice
All for your return I drank what wouldn't burn
And called your name but you never came

 

[fox69]

"Sound Of Running"

"Sound Of Running"


I dressed up as a good man
I charmed with all my might
I made you my girlfriend
I made you my wife
Then got ourselves a little place
And I woke up to find
A rolling iron boxcar
That was taking me down the line…

Yeah, I'm carrying a lot of postcards
I'm going west a while
Through the fields of rusty train yards
Till the rails run out of miles
Till they put me on the Westbound
Singing sweetly over me
Your sound of being rebound
And the rails will trouble me…

Got her sound in the distance
And the sound of running is always on my feet…
Got her sound in the distance
And the sound of running is always racing me…

We’ll passed some folks that never moved
Though they're running every one
And me I'll run the mainlines until my racing's done
Till they put me on Westbound
Singing sweetly over me
Your sound of being rebound
And the rails will trouble me…

Got her sound in the distance
And the sound of running is always on my feet…
Got her sound in the distance
And the sound of running is always racing me…

Got her sound in the distance
And the sound of running is always on my feet…
Got her sound in the distance
And the sound of running is always racing me…

 

[fox69]

"St. Ignatius"

"St. Ignatius"


Outside St. Ignatius, outside of the law,
You walk by so gracefully, I just stand in awe.
You're a goddess. You're the hottest oddity I've found.
We can go swimmin' in our skin and hope that we don't drown.

I could save the water just by drinking it tonight
I can't find the words to make it right, to make it right.

Tanked up out on Elm Street, looking for a ride.
Stretched out on concrete, running out of pride.
You need help dear, and I'm sincere. Let me be the one.
I'm not a big star, but I've got a big car. You're too weak to run.

You could save the highway if you'd crash with me tonight.
I can't find the words to make it right, to make it right.
I could save the water just by drinking it tonight.
I can't find the words to make it right, to make it right.

Someday when we're older, deep in loneliness,
Things we said today won't matter, no one could care less.
We're just shadows, just ask Plato. It was all a dream.
I've had it with Dallas, let's burn down the Palace. I'll bring the kerosene.

I could save this song if I'd just sing real loud tonight.
I can't find the words to make it right, to make it right.

 

[fox69]

"Stoned"

"Stoned"


Well I must have been stoned when this whole started,
'Cause I just can't seem to think straight anymore.

Can't figure out where I'm at, maybe Memphis, maybe Mexico.
I think you're swell but I ain't gonna tell you so.
I think you're great but it's late and I'd better go.

Hitchhike to Rhome. Take the Greyhound to Fredericksburg.
Well I'm flat broke, I've been smoking butts for days.

You say, "Maybe you can stay with me." I say, "Lady, that's a dangerous plan."
You're quite a woman, but I don't wanna be your man.
You're quite a kisser, but listen close and understand.

Take a letter to God. "Dear Sir: I'm dissatisfied.
Well it ain't your fault they keep pouring salt on my heart.

All I need is a brief reprieve. I keep leaving. I ain't gettin' nowhere."
Won't you linger, let me run my fingers through your hair?
Won't you stay? I can't play like I don't care.
I think you're dope, and I hope I'm making myself clear.
I think you're fly and that's why I'm getting out of here.

Well, I must have been stoned.
Good Lord, I wish I'd been stoned.

 

[fox69]

"Streets Of Where I'm From"

"Streets Of Where I'm From"


I've been down
I've been down too far to care
I keep getting in my car
But I'm not going anywhere

And I've been had
Well at least that's how it looks
And it's not funny like on TV
And it's not smart like it is in books

And I wonder yeah I wonder how the world keeps spinnin' 'round
Where's a boy with bad intentions gonna settle down?

And I don't know what you've been told
The streets of where I'm from
Are paved with hearts instead of gold
Yeah, the streets of where I'm from
Are paved with hearts instead of gold

I recall
When I was twenty-three
Wondering how anyone
Could fall in love with me

But now I'm old
Hell I'm well past twenty-five
And I can't seem to fall in love
No matter how I try

And I wonder where I'll wind up but I'm headed west I know
Wind my way through Texas and into New Mexico

And I don't know what you've been told
The streets of where I'm from
Are paved with hearts instead of gold
Yeah, the streets of where I'm from
Are paved with hearts instead of gold

And I don't know what you've been told
The streets of where I'm from
Are paved with hearts instead of gold
Yeah, the streets of where I'm from
Are paved with hearts instead of gold
Yeah, the streets of where I'm from
Are paved with hearts instead of gold

 

[fox69]

"The 1"

"The 1"


I...ah got a check for nothing
All made out to someone
For I truly love myself
Murry says, “We're going to take the money sometime.”
Well it might as well be this time
We're going to spend it all on ourselves
Ken, well he picked this bank at random
I said, “Do we shoot them?”
And he said, “Either way's alright.”
Whistling boy that's Philip, he's our drummer
He does the theme from Endless Summer
Well he's waiting out in our ride
Throw the money in the van
It all worked out just like we planned
Now the good times have begun
That's not a fire, it's just the sun
It's like the old man said, “Take the money and run.”
What's the rush?
Let's take the one
Let's take the one
Love
It gets passed around so freely
They're so touchy and so freely
Well I'm hanging onto mine
I…ah like you California
Although I feel obliged to warn ya
We're all going rob you blind
What's the point of cutting tracks?
With all this money in the back
Now the good times have begun
That's not a fire, it's just the sun
It's like the old man said, “Take the money and run.”
What's the rush?
Let's take the one
Let's take the one
Now the good times have begun
That's not a fire it's just the sun
It's like the old man said, “Take the money and run.”
What's the rush?
Let's take the one
Let's take the one...

 

[fox69]

"The Beauty Marks"

"The Beauty Marks"


The beauty marks
The famous names
The pub fills up
Outside, it rains

The knee-high boots
The smoky eyes
Nobody knows
They're none the wise

The city's a sea
So full of sharks
The beauty marks

The cigarettes fall
The glass, so red
The night closes in
Still nothing is said

But if they would kiss
There would be sparks
The beauty marks

I love the very idea of you
I love the very idea of you
I love the very idea of you

The beauty marks
The famous names
The pub fills up
Outside, it rains

And if they should kiss
There would be sparks
The beauty marks

 

[fox69]

"The Dance Class"

"The Dance Class"


I'm lookin' out my window
Well, all that I can tell is
That's you over there
In the dance class

I'm peekin' out a window now
It's late, gettin' dark out
That's you right there
In the dance class

I'm wishin' I could leave my house
But it's been years since I went out
You're so far over there
In your dance class

I am in love with whoever you are
Whoever you are
I am in love with whoever you are

I gotta sort of problem, see
Please come to me
How could you know?
You were in the dance class

I am the crazy man
Hangin' out his window, wavin' his hands
Tryin' to get you to notice me
After your dance class

I am in love with whoever you are
Whoever you are
I am in love with whoever you are

I am in love with whoever you are
Whoever you are
I am in love with whoever you are

Hang inside off the window ledge
I'm here on edge
Tryin' to make it with a beautiful girl
That I got no chance with in the dance class

In the dance class
In the dance class
Yeah, that I got no chance with in the dance class

 

[fox69]

"The Disconnect"

"The Disconnect"


Orange ones pick you up blue ones get you down
Oh the glass is golden brown my my
These stairs will break your fall there's diamonds in the steel
They're the only thing that's real bye bye

I am now connected to the disconnect
Where the real world holds no sway
I've been gone as long as I can recollect
And the real world isn't that real anyway

My friends call me up so they can call me out
Say you're always headed south why why
Truth is life is short truth's in short supply
There's barely time to cry bye bye

I am now connected to the disconnect
Where the real world holds no sway
I've been gone as long as I can recollect
And the real world isn't that real anyway
No the real world isn't that real anyway

Find your way back home or stay here on your own
And spend your life alone

Green ones turn you off white ones turn you on
Almost all night long so high
Come down pay the price it's steeper everyday
Are you gone enough to say bye bye
Are you strong enough to say bye bye

I am now connected to the disconnect
Where the real world holds no sway
I've been gone as long as I can recollect
And the real world isn't that real anyway
No the real world isn't that real anyway
Oh the real world isn't that real any
I am now connected to the disconnect
I am now connected to the disconnect
I am now connected to the disconnect
I am now connected to the disconnect

 

[fox69]

"The Easy Way"

"The Easy Way"


One buck in the jukebox gets you two
I wouldn't pick track nine if I was you
The easy way gets harder all the time
Yeah, the easy way gets harder all the time
Big D Little AKA The City of Hate
Deep in the big black heart of the 'lone star state
If you are a good ol' boy they re gonna do you fine
Yeah, the easy way gets harder all the time
Speaking of love
Speaking of love
Two time, shame on you exponentially
Fool me again and baby you can say shame on me
How can I love you when you won t be mine
The easy way gets harder all the time
Speaking of love
What will you do when this is done
Will you run, will you stay, meet me at the easy way
How can I love you when you won t be mine
Yeah The easy way gets harder all the time
Time, time, time
And the love you give, is enough to sway, this old heart to live
Meet me at the easy way, meet me in your room
Meet me in your car, meet me on the moon
What would you do if I told you I loved you?
What would you do if I told you I loved you?
Speaking of love
Speaking of love