Old 97's

[fox69]

"The Ex Of All You See"

"The Ex Of All You See"


On my right hand it's plain to see
The work I've done, the miles on me
But on my left, a white ring's where
A gold one used to be

And oh yeah, she'll say goodbye
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, you'll surely be
The ex of all you see

Now I have known a Runaround Sue
Her hand was warm and mine to lose
She took my day my night my dawn
Then Runaround Sue was gone

And oh yeah she'll say goodbye
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, you'll surely be
The ex of all you see

In my voice you've surely heard
For all I've said, I have no words
The happy man, his robe and crown
The things that once were 'round

But a tough old bird you just can't kill
A smilin' man I'll be but still
A small white circle tells on me
For those with eyes to see

And oh yeah, she'll say goodbye
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, you'll surely be
The ex of all you see

Oh yeah, she'll say goodbye
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now you'll surely be
The ex of all you see

 

[fox69]

"The Fool"

"The Fool"


He came from Phoenix in a borrowed VW bug
To be somebody or just be somebody who
Came from Phoenix in a borrowed VW bug
Just to prove that he was on her like she was a drug
Hallucinogenic with no hangover at all
She kept quarters in a jar in a drawer in her desk
In receipt a baby deep in the valley girl
She will give him what she wants if he will only ask
He will give her what is left in his life of this mess
Which will end in no time at all
There is love
Everywhere you go
But it is never enough
He met his tragic fate in an automobile
With a relatively innocent young girl who
Would of blamed all the fate sat behind the wheel
Just to prove the point, nothing, nothing is real
Except the very thing you can't believe at all
and there is love
Everywhere you go
But it is never enough
He came from Phoenix in a borrowed VW bug
He was the kid voted most likely not to return
To Phoenix in a borrowed VW
What did he care
Tomorrow we're all gonna burn
Which you know, so it's no surprise at all
There is love
Everywhere you go
But it is never enough
Nah, it's never enough
Love is gonna come
You gotta work it out
You got to be a fool to be
A fool in
Love is gonna come
You gotta wait it out
You got be a fool to be a fool in
Love is gonna come
You gotta coax it out
You gotta be a fool to be a fool in
Fool to be a fool in
You got to be a fool to be a fool in
Fool to be a fool in love

 

[fox69]

"The Grand Theatre"

"The Grand Theatre"


We meet on the elevator
In the Grand Theater
I look you in the eye and say
"I'd like to see you later"
But you don't understand

I take you the Tate Museum
There's pictures there but I can't see 'em
If you was there I'd overlook
The Roman Colosseum
It would not stand a chance

We know where we are
We're not very far away
We're not very far away

We kiss on the bus to Soho
The motor hummin' a low note
I tell you that I love you
But it's nothin' that you don't know
Would you like to dance?

We know where we are
We're not very far away
We're not very far away

We know where we are
We're not very far away
We're not very far away

We know where we are
We're not very far away
We're not very far away

We know where we are
We're not very far away
No, we're not very far away

We know where we are
And we're not very far away
No, we're not very far away

 

[fox69]

"The Magician"

"The Magician"


The magician is tryin' to fool you
Politician is tryin' to rule you
I want to talk to the real you
So when you gonna be mine?
The salesman is tryin' to sell you
The talkin' head's tryin' to tell you
Oh, but you know it's always been all you
So when you gonna be mine?
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
So long, so long lost insane
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
I'm gonna be the one for you
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
The pop star is tryin' to play you
The dancers are tryin' to sway you
You ask what I want and I say, "You"
So when you gonna be mine?
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
So long, so long lost insane
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
I'm gonna be the one for you
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
The teacher is tryin' to school you
The magician is tryin' to fool you
Oh, but I wanna be with the real you
So when you gonna be mine?
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
So long, so long lost insane
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
So long, so long lost insane
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you

 

[fox69]

"The New Kid"

"The New Kid"


The new kid, he's got money
The money I deserve
He's got the goods but he's not good for his word
I should be rolling in it
Up in it working stuff
As for the justice no one knows where it went

I'm gonna toil away
Until my judgment day
I will be rewarded for the good things I did
Believe me every year
There is another one here
Don't you see I used to be the new kid
I am sorry to say
You'll get carried away
Oh
You will be replaced
You will be replaced
I tell you again
Don't get too settled in
Oh
You will be replaced
You will be replaced
(by the new kid)

The new kid, he's got my girl
The girl I used to have
He's got the looks you know, but not from his dad
I should be kissing that girl
We should be so in love
There is no justice
There's just dark stars above

 

[fox69]

"The One"

"The One"


I got a check for nothing
All made out to someone
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, pick 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
You know 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
Their so touchy and so feely
I'm hanging onto my
I like you California
Although I feel obliged to warn ya
We're going to rock 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
The old man said take the money and run
What's the rush
Let's take the one
Let's take the one
Let's take the one
Let's take the one
I, let's take the one
I, let's take the one
Oh, let's take the one

 

[fox69]

"The Other Shoe"

"The Other Shoe"


One old brown shoe falls in slow motion,
And the bedsprings hover right above your head,
As bed springs do, when you're beneath them.
Someone else just climbed into your bed.

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix,
She'd arranged for your shoes to be filled.
Well you've got your pride, and a blue-steel '45,
And you're waiting for the other shoe to fall.

You'll dig a double grave out in the meadow,
And you'll curse the rain that turns the dirt to mud.
You'll take I-35 south towards Laredo,
Then you'll try to find a doctor who can prescribe an elixir
That'll make everything better, except your late wife and her lover.

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix,
She'd sealed her fate and gotten herself killed.
Well you've got your pride, and a blue-steel '45,
And you're waiting for the other shoe to fall.

 

[fox69]

"The Villain"

"The Villain"


Sunset on a tube
Red wine by the hourglass
Do you Understand
Long night below the underpass
Heart shaped like a question mark
I'm gonna break it down like its a sentence
Get bent like a bottle cap
They're either Foreigners
Or they're against us

Why am I so willing
To be the Villain
How come I'm killing myself
How come I'm killing myself

Black Screen on a plane
Holed up above the city line
Lone nights in a drone
Long nights in the summer time
Run down like a criminal
I'm gonna break it down like its a sentence
Get bent like a bottle cap
They're either foreigners or they're against us

Why am I so willing
To be the Villain
How come I'm killing myself
How come I'm killing myself

 

[fox69]

"This Beautiful Thing"

"This Beautiful Thing"


Remember the year, look at us then
A day in the life of me and my friend
Nights would come and go on their way
I would stay for another day

Many a sun has risen since then
That many days I've seen her again
She was a whole other star in space
I would stay for all of my days

Oh my soul you're bouncing about
The cold I know is warming
You will help me figure out this beautiful thing we're forming
You will help me figure out this beautiful thing we're forming

Help me, help me when I'm in doubt
Help me find my eyes again
'Cause I'm a loser crying out
If I was just a friend, if I was just a friend

Help me, help me when I'm in doubt
Help me find my eyes again
'Cause I'm a loser crying out
If I was just a friend, if I was just a friend

Some old year we will renew
The love we had here when we were just two
Then that moment I'll say to my friend
Wouldn't you do it all over again

Oh, my soul you're bouncing about, the cold I know is warming
You will help me figure out this beautiful thing we're forming
You will help me figure out this beautiful thing we're forming
Help me, help me figure out this beautiful thing we're forming

 

[fox69]

"This Is The Ballad"

"This Is The Ballad"


This is the ballad of drinking rye whiskey
And sleeping till 2 on a warm afternoon
Telling your journal how badly you miss me
And you can't believe I'll be coming so soon
This is the ballad of anticipation
Waiting and waiting and waiting and then
Finally getting the one you've been wanting
And guess what it's time to start waiting again
This is the ballad we all must sing
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring
This is the ballad of long conversations
Heavy with silence and shuddering breaths
You're self destructing your voice is all shaken
My reservations are all I have left
This is the ballad of trying to grow flowers
So life will seem like it has meaning and stuff
Finding out all of those beautiful flowers
Will never be anywhere close to enough
This is the ballad we all must sing
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring
This is the ballad of drinking rye whiskey
Distilled in a barn that burned down around it
Find myself saying what I should be thinking
Your figure is flawless I'm so glad I found it
This is the ballad we all must sing
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring
While we wait to find out what tomorrow will bring
I can't wait to find out what tomorrow will bring