Old 97's

[fox69]

"Dancing With Tears"

"Dancing With Tears"


Dancing with tears in my eyes
'Cause the girl in my arms isn't you
Dancing with somebody new
When it's you that my arms are calling to
And I'm trying to smile once in a while
But I found, oh, it wouldn't do
Now I'm dancing with tears in my eyes
'Cause the girl in my arms isn't you

Now I'm dancing with tears in my eyes
'Cause the girl in my arms isn't you
Dancing with somebody new
When it's you that my arms are calling to
And I'm trying to smile once in a while
But I found, oh, it wouldn't do
Now I'm dancing with tears in my eyes
'Cause the girl in my arms isn't you.

 

[fox69]

"Daybed"

"Daybed"


He was a gentle man, he kept it clean
He said she had the purtiest eyes he'd ever seen
She got a red dress and he got a drink
He meant to tell her 'bout his heart condition
He had a heart that was an empty vein.

And he's got a self-destructive nature
He never got tired of being alone.

It's only me on the daybed
There is no them, there is no you
It's only me on the daybed
And this bed's not big enough for two.

He worked his whole life to earn money to buy
All the different things he liked to smoke like Camel cigarettes and Humboldt kind
He had a problem or so it seems
He never told about his heart condition
He had a heart that was an empty vein.

And he's got a self-destructive nature
He never leaves well enough alone.

It's only me on the daybed
There is no them, there is no you
It's only me on the daybed
And this bed's not big enough for two.

He's got a self-destructive nature
He never got tired of being alone.

It's only me on the daybed
There is no them, there is no you
It's only me on the daybed
And this bed's not big enough for two.

It's only me on the daybed
There is no them, there is no you
It's only me on the daybed
And this bed's not big enough for two
And this bed's not big enough for two
And this bed's not big enough for two.

 

[fox69]

"Designs On You"

"Designs On You"


Standing on the corner of 6th and How To Forget
Trying to do right by you all night Annette
You can go ahead and get married
and this will be our secret thing
I won't tell a soul except the people in the nightclub where I sing
I don't want to get you all worked up
Except secretly I do
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you
Standing on the corner of 6th and Where do I go
The parade's shut down now the rain is running the show
Where did all these people come from
And how soon can they leave
Normally I'd be into it but I need to get some sleep
Though I do wish you1d come over
But I'm warning you if you do
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you
Standing on the corner of 6th and Where Do I Get
Trying to do right by you all night Annette
This would only be an experiment
In things that could have been
You can go ahead and get married
And it'll probably never happen again
I don't mean to make you excited
Except secretly I do
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have designs on you

 

[fox69]

"Desperate Times"

"Desperate Times"


Last night I dreamt of you, Abbie Hoffman peddling your books,
I gave five bucks to you, the other kids just gave you dirty looks.
I said "I'm sorry it didn't work out quite the way you planned."
You said, "That's silly boy, the revolution is at hand."

And if you got a ten spot brother, I got a dime,
These are desperate, desperate times.

Last night I dreamt of you, Pepe Lopez strung out on a stage,
It don't even look like you, smiling like sawed-off twenty gauge.
I still remember the Telecaster down around your knees,
It's late November and I think I smell tequila on the breeze.

And if you got the Cuervo honey, I got the lime,
These are desperate, desperate times.
And if you got the shotgun honey, I got the crime,
These are desperate, desperate times.

 

[fox69]

"Doreen"

"Doreen"


When I first met Doreen
She was barely seventeen.
She was drinking whiskey sours in the bar.

The way she tossed 'em back
I would've had a heart attack.
But as it is I let her drive my car.

We galloped through the boroughs
Like a pair of horny thoroughbreds,
Until I said, "Stop the car, Doreen."

Well you can roll your eyes and nod
But I swear that I saw God,
In the moonlight on a side street in the wreckage we call Queens.

Doreen, Doreen, Last night I had an awful dream.
You were laying in the arms of a man I'd never seen.
Come clean Doreen. Come clean Doreen.

Well I'm pulling into Cleveland
In a seven-seater tour van.
There's eight of us, so I'm sleeping on the floor.

The guy that plays the banjo
Keeps on handing me the Old Crow,
Which multiplies my sorrow, I can't take it anymore.

Doreen, Doreen, last night I had an awful dream.
You were laying in the arms of a man I'd never seen.
Come clean Doreen. Come clean Doreen.

Now I'm begging and I'm pleading,
"Well pull over guys, I'm bleeding.
There's a Fina off the highway with a phone."

I'm calling you Doreen,
But it rings and rings and rings.
Where is it that you are, if you aren't in our bed at home.

Doreen, Doreen, last night I had an awful dream.
You were laying in the arms of a man I'd never seen.
Come clean Doreen. Come clean Doreen.

 

[fox69]

"Dressing Room Walls"

"Dressing Room Walls"


I might have wound up in L.A. panning for gold
Found me a woman to warm up with when the water got cold
But I heard that there ain't no gold there
There's just line upon line of cocaine
I've been there once and I ain't gonna go there again

I stopped believing in true love when Reagan was king
The years have gone by now and the years haven't changed anything
Trying like hell to get better
But I'm gearing myself for the worst
The punk rock will get you if the government don't get you first

I'm gonna write down my name in the ladies' room stall
Find me a pay phone and place a few calls
I'm gonna try not to fall down when I'm singing for y'all
I'm gonna die someday staring at the dressing room walls
I'm gonna die someday staring at the dressing room walls

My advice is to not let us boys in
For we chose misery as our rock
Misery must love all the new friends that she's got

I'm gonna write down my name in the ladies' room stall
Find me a pay phone and pay for it all
I'm gonna try not to fall down when I'm singing for y'all
I'm gonna die someday staring at the dressing room walls
I'm gonna die someday staring at the dressing room walls

I'm gonna die someday staring at the dressing room walls
I'm gonna die someday staring at the dressing room walls

 

[fox69]

"Drinkin' Song"

"Drinkin' Song"


Man, I had a terrible day
I couldn't stop gettin' in my own way
Time to blow my pay, I need a drink

Move your ass cause that's my stool
Pour one Bass, no, make it two
Don't need no lip from you, I need a drink

Fire up the generator, hoist the flag and set the sails
Tonight ain't gonna be here very long
Take a picture now cause pretty soon it's going to hell
I'll kick your ass if you don't sing along
Let's sing a drinkin' song

Today I'm sitting on top of the world
I got a phone number from a tattooed girl
She seems just like the first
Let's have a drink

Climbed a hill on a motorbike
Heard a new song by an old band I like
I like it better than I thought I might
Let's have a drink

Fire up the generator, hoist the flag and set the sails
Tonight ain't gonna be here very long
Take a picture now cause pretty soon it's going to hell
Don't put another sad record on
Let's sing a drinkin' song

Hell yes hell yes hell yes hell yes
RIght on right on right on
Let's celebrate our sickness
Give in to our weakness
Line 'em up and knock 'em down
And sing a drinkin' song

Fire up the generator, hoist the flag and set the sails
Tonight ain't gonna be here very long
Take a picture now cause pretty soon it's going to hell
All these drunken broken hearts can't be wrong
Let's sing a drinkin' song

Hell yes hell yes hell yes hell yes
RIght on right on right on
Let's celebrate our sickness
Give in to our weakness
Line 'em up and knock 'em down
And sing a drinkin' song

Hell yes hell yes hell yes hell yes
RIght on right on right on
Let's celebrate our sickness
Give in to our weakness
Line 'em up and knock 'em down
And line 'em up and knock 'em down
And line 'em up and knock 'em down
And sing a drinkin' song

 

[fox69]

"Driver 8"
(originally by R.E.M.)

"Driver 8"
(originally by R.E.M.)



The walls are built up stone by stone
The fields divided one by one

And the train conductor says
Take a break, driver 8
Driver 8, take a break
We've been on this shift too long

And the train conductor says
Take a break, driver 8
Driver 8, take a break
We can reach our destination
But it's still a ways away
But it's still a ways away

I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm
The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged
Bells are ringing through the town again
Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing

And the train conductor says
Take a break, driver 8
Driver 8, take a break
We can reach our destination
But it's still a ways away
But it's still a ways away
But it's still a ways away
But it's still a ways away

A way to shield the hated heat
A way to put myself to sleep
A way to shield the hated heat
A way to put myself, my children to sleep

He piloted this song in a plane like that one
She is selling faith on the Go Tell Crusade
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again
The field of wheat is looking thin

And the train conductor says
Take a break, driver 8
Driver 8, take a break
We've been on this shift too long

And the train conductor says
Take a break, driver 8
Driver 8, take a break
We can reach our destination
But it's still a ways away
But it's still a ways away
But it's still a ways away
But it's still a ways away

 

[fox69]

"Drowning In The Days"

"Drowning In The Days"


I've been reading books when no one's lookin'
I've been listenin' to the sirens in the night
Robert says I'm goin' straight to hell, yeah
If I hang around here I just might.

And I'd like to take some medicine
And like to drink some wine
I'd like to wake up numb like all my friends

There's a road to where I came from
It gets longer all the time
There's a road to where I'm goin'
It never ends

And my moon, it always sways
And my guitar always plays and plays

Drowning in the days
Drowning in the days
Drowning in the days
Drowning in the days

I've been writing fairy tales on postcards
Writing down the story of my life
Carrie says I make everything so hard
Carrie says I'm difficult; she's right.

And I'd like to take some medicine
I'd like to take you home
I'd like to get that woman off my mind

Well I like your pouty lips
I like your pert little bones
But I'm sleeping with the porcelain tonight

And my cloud, it always rains
Ken's feedback always fades

Drowning in the days

 

[fox69]

"Early Morning"

"Early Morning"


Early morning
Early day
Early morning
My heart done gone away

Down the hedge
[?]
I don't know which one is worse
Yeah, I got brains
And I got brawns
Ah, not a enough
For you to wonder to want to go on

Early morning
Early day
Early morning
My heart done gone away

And I've got fears
I pray to you
Gonna disappear
Like all them do
And I got wheels
And I got pills
Awh and if you don't kill me
Nothing will

Early morning
Early day
Early morning
My heart done gone away

Kick my head
Curse my name
Burn this town
Should do the same
Yeah I had hope
Now I got none
Yeah I get up all serious
[?]

Early morning
Early day
Early morning
My honey done gone away
Yeah!
My honey done gone away