Old 97's

[fox69]

"Guadalajara"

"Guadalajara"


She said hey can I get a little help my bikini is stuck in the back
She had sun-brown skin and a lot of white teeth and I watched her mouth go slack
I didn't mean to say yes I never even did I just started when I got to her
I was there on a work trip she was a holiday girl
I woke up in the middle of the night in a pile on the foot of the bed
She was fast asleep breathin' slow arms up over her head
She was the champion of the world right then I was a runner up
I was there on some bullshit work trip
Look at my good luck look at my good luck
She woke up at the crack of noon with a faraway look in her eye
Lying in a great big patch of sun looking like she was gonna cry
I don't need this kind of pressure I'm a cynical man
I got a lot of livin' left to do I'm just here for a work trip babe
Not to fall in love with you I don't wanna fall in love with you
I ain't spoken for I never have been I'm speakin' for myself just fine
I thought I should get a little credit thought I did the right thing this time
I let her go I watched her walk I made a memory of her
I don't work no good no more thinkin' 'bout the holiday girl
Thinkin' 'bout the holiday girl
She said hey can I get a little help my bikini is stuck in the back

 

[fox69]

"Hands Off"

"Hands Off"


Hands off.
I had a dream they took my hands off.
Although you probably think that I'm soft boiled,
I'm still in love with you.

Girlfriend, don't sit 'round waiting for the world to end.
I'll keep my distance but I won't pretend
I'm not in love with you.

[Chorus:]
And it's all your fault. You spiked my malt.
You slipped a mickey in my heart.
And I can't shake free, although I'm shaking like a tree.
I should've never let it, I should've never let it start.

Deep end. I guess I'm going off the deep end.
It's only 'cause you've got a hand to lend
I'm still in love with you.

Crap shoot. You've got the snake eyes and lizard boots.
I like you better in your birthday suit, yeah
I'm in love with you.

[Chorus x2]

Hands off. I shot another leaded star.

 

[fox69]

"Harold's Super Service"

"Harold's Super Service"


Now me, I work at Harold's Super Service
We specialize in service all the way
And there's only one thing that really bugs me
Is that big ol' guy in his stripped down Model A

At Harold's Super Service, we do grease jobs
We fix thirty or forty flats every day
And just about the time we get real busy
Here comes that guy in his stripped down Model A

And he says, ?Gimme 50 cents worth of regular
Check my oil too, if you don't mind
Put some air in my tires, won't you, mister?
Wash my windows too, if you got time?

Last night, I dreamed I died and went to heaven
To that Mighty Super Service in the sky
And I was satisfied of pumpin' gas forever
For the angels in the sweet, by and by

Now the pearly gates was just around the corner
You could see the new ones comin? every day
And I was changin? plugs on Moses? magic carpet
When, up through the clouds, there came this Model A

He says, ?Gimme 50 cents worth of regular
Check my oil too, if you don't mind
Put some air in my tires, won't you, mister?
Wash my windows too, if you got time?

He says, ?Gimme 50 cents worth of regular
Check my oil too, if you don't mind
Put some air in my tires, won't you, mister?
Wash my windows too, if you got time?

 

[fox69]

"Here's To The Halcyon"

"Here's To The Halcyon"


Get me through this Lord and I'll do anything you say
Live right read a good book I'll settle down and prey
When Gabriel blows his horn I know things might not go my way
Get me through this Lord and I'll do anything you say

Pluck me from this driftwood Lord I'll be a better man
Raise me from the deep sea in the palm of your great hand
Let me see tomorrow and I'll try to understand
How the sinking of my little vessel fits into your plan

Here's to the Halcyon, forever may she rest
At the bottom of the ocean, for the good Lord knows best
You made her from lumber and you gave her to the sea
Now good Lord what do you propose to do with me?

Get me through this Lord and I'll devote my life to you
Things look pretty bleak right now but I know you'll come through
I've squandered my good fortune and my other fortune too
Get me through this Lord and I'll devote my life to you

I cannot change my past mistakes
I've led a life devoid of virtue

Either way the man I am
Is dead and gone although I know the past
Can come around and hurt you

Get me through this lord and I will never drink again
I'll pore over my Bible and I'll pour out all my gin
I'll prove to you a sinning man can turn his back on sin
Give me some fresh water Lord I'll never drink again

Here's to the Halcyon, forever may she rest
At the bottom of the ocean, for the good Lord knows best
You made her from lumber and you gave her to the sea
Now good Lord what do you propose to do with me?

Here's to the Halcyon, forever may she rest
At the bottom of the ocean, for the good Lord knows best
You made her from lumber and you gave her to the sea
Now good Lord what do you propose to do with me?
Good Lord what do you propose to do with me?

 

[fox69]

"Holy Cross"

"Holy Cross"


You work for 37 years
Driving trucks
Not shifting gears
He never got it in his head
To settle down
He'd never wed

He liked the river how it flowed
Unlike the breaker
Never to explode
It had no wires running in
It just went on and on and on
Until the ocean got to it

Holy Cross
Electric association
Oh well it's more than a job…
It's more like a damnation
Well it was my life
Now it's my loss
Holy Cross

It was a honey of a night
He met his maker
He saw the light
The car was passing on a curve
He never slowed down
He never swerved

And in the hot glare of the lamps
He had regrets
He'd never learned to dance
There was no angel at his side
There was a purpose
That became homeless when he died

Holy Cross
Electric Association
Oh well it's more than a job...
It's more like a damnation
Well it was my life
Now it's my loss

Holy Cross
Electric association
Oh well it's more than a job...
It's more like a damnation
Well it was my life
Now it's my loss

Holy Cross
Well it was my life
Now it's my loss
Holy Cross
Well it was my life
Now it's my loss
Holy Cross

 

[fox69]

"House That Used To Be"

"House That Used To Be"


Do you wanna wind up in a graveyard?
Like a number on a scorecard
They're gonna wrap you up in corn silk
They're gonna cry like you were spilled milk

You'd better take another quaalude
And get yourself corkscrewed
I understand that you got cold feet
But why'd you have to take 'em down a side street?

I must be dumber than a spit curl
'Cause I got hung up on a showgirl
Now I look like I'm a scarecrow
I might as well go on a talk show

And this ain't home anymore
Well, it's just four walls and a floor
Home is where you get the goods for free
This is just the house that used to be
Oh, the house that used to be

You're gonna wind up in a graveyard
Like another girl who co-starred
They're gonna wrap you up in corn silk
They're gonna cry like you were spilled milk

And in the far off wail of freight trains
And in the lonely howl of great danes
I hear the girl I lost forever
I hear the girl I lost forever

And this ain't a home anymore
Well, it's just four walls and a floor
Home is where you get the goods for free
This is just the house that used to be
Oh, the house that used to be

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Wanna Die In This Town"

"I Don't Wanna Die In This Town"


How did I get here?
Where was I headed?
You know, I can't recall
Where did everything go wrong?
There was a highway
Frank singing "My Way"
Or maybe it was Sid
Now I'm payin' for what I did
First there was sirens
Then there was silence
And a black sky full of stars
Oh, I think we might've gone too far
Step on the gas
Get out of here
I don't wanna die in this town
Put it in the past
In the rearview mirror
I don't wanna die in this town
I'll entertain you
But I can't save you
Although I'm doing the best I can
I'm just a singer in a rock'n'roll band
You want a piece of
All that I think of
And I'm thinkin' how pretty you are
I'm lookin' for a getaway car
Step on the gas
Get out of here
I don't wanna die in this town
Put it in the past
In the rearview mirror
I don't wanna die in this town
I got nothin' to lose in this town
Gonna walk up to a wide-eyed girl
Workin' at a counter, wastin' her life
Tell her that I'm leavin' tonight about midnight
You should come along, you should come along
You should come along, you should come along
Step on the gas
Get out of here
I don't wanna die in this town
Put it in the past
In the rearview mirror
I don't wanna die in this town
I don't wanna die in this town
You should come along, you should come along
You should come along, you should come along
You should come along, you should come along
You should come along, you should come along

 

[fox69]

"I Will Remain"

"I Will Remain"


This is more than I can tolerate the kind of pain you've got to medicate
I can't remember why I couldn't wait to get so close to you
Try to call you on the telephone you never answer but I know you're home
I wonder why I'm so all alone while I'm so close to you

[Chorus:]
I will remain I will remain right here outside your door
I will remain I will remain here forever

Oh girl you are a problem still you know I love you and I always will
Throw a rock up on a window sill baby come down
God I'm feeling like a wannabe I only wanna make her notice me
Make her love me on a count of three I am counting it down

[Chorus]

I am infatuated with you but you don't know that I exist
Sat in the rain and I waited for you

This is more than I can tolerate the kind of pain you've got to medicate
I can't remember why I couldn't wait to get so close to you
Oh I'm so close to you

[Chorus]

I will remain I will remain here forever

 

[fox69]

"I'm A Trainwreck"

"I'm A Trainwreck"


I'm a train wreck
I'm a mess
But I'm gonna take you dancing
Put on your party dress

You're a live wire
You're a freak
You are my reward at
The end of the working week

You wonder what's in store
We're gonna waltz across the floor
We're gonna wind up in a heap
We're gonna laugh ourselves to sleep
I'll say I love you what the heck
I'm a train wreck

I'm a train wreck
And so are you
And if you don't know where
Your going do you mind if I come too

And you wonder what's the deal
You've got to fake it til its real
There is no benefits in doubt
You've got to let it all hang out
I'll say I love you what the heck
I'm a train wreck

I'll say I love you what the heck
I'm a train wreck
I'm a train wreck
I'm a train wreck

 

[fox69]

"If My Heart Was A Car"

"If My Heart Was A Car"


I remember the Alamo, I don't recall who won
They had swords, they had horses, I hear we had mighty guns
Like the ones from Navarone last night on Channel 21
It's a long way back to El Paso.

It was early Monday morning in the Central Standard Zone
You were quiet like the TV, hung up like the telephone
You were sleeping next to me, I might as well have been alone
It's a long way back to El Paso.

[Chorus:]
And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a long time ago.
And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a long time ago.
And if my heart was a car

You would have stripped it down and sold it off
To the greasy man in the salvage lot
As it is it's just a heart
No, no, it ain't worth nothin'.

I ain't talkin' bout tomorrow, I'm talkin' 'bout tonight
You told me you were drunk already, that don't make it right
You want at me, well, have at it, 'cause I'm in the mood to fight
And it's a long way back to El Paso.

And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a long time ago.
And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a long time ago.

And if my heart was a car, you would have stripped it a long time ago.
And if my heart was a,
And if my heart was a,
And if my heart was a car,

[Chorus]