Old 97's

[fox69]

"In The Satellite Rides A Star"

"In The Satellite Rides A Star"


Time knows your done
Time as you fall
I'm in the middle
Letter's you've signed
In your cursive, cursive style

Going down tonight
It's different for boys and girls
I've got your number
I know who you are
Your a satellite on the world

And I feel it slowing
And I feel it slowing..down
[x2]

You didn't have the right
To go so many a mile
Ain't a good woman who rolls out of sight
She could honestly stay a while
So roll on as you like
Yeah roll in the sand like a stone
I've got your number
I know who you were
You were a satellite all alone

And I feel it slowing
And I feel it slowing..down
[x4]

And in the satellite rides a star
[x3]

 

[fox69]

"Indefinitely"

"Indefinitely"


Well the room was Mediterranean and the meaning was two-fold
We got busted by your mother though you're 29 years old
And the pictures wrapped in cellophane like sandwiches or stamps
Burned holes in my pockets and in the inseam of my pants

And your graduation date is in absentia today
And you wished you was there with her, but you told her not to stay
And the redwoods and the oak trees and the double yellow lines
Although they're in perfect symmetry they keep imperfect time

I don't mean no, I don't mean maybe, I'm indefinitely, I'm indefinitely
I don't mean no, I don't mean maybe, I'm indefinitely, I'm indefinitely

And the car was Japanese perhaps or Hungarian and blue
And it followed you down highway one, kept almost out of view
And it symbolizes something although you don't know what it is
Like loneliness and longing for a future perfect kiss

I don't mean no, I don't mean maybe, I'm indefinitely, I'm indefinitely
I don't mean no, I don't mean maybe, I'm indefinitely, I'm indefinitely

And the second hand's the first thing that you see when you wake up
It rolls by in slow motion and you rub it for good luck
Time is gonna tell your little secrets to me
There's a frightened girl inside of you, I'm gonna set her free

I don't mean no, I don't mean maybe, I'm indefinitely, I'm indefinitely
I don't mean no, I don't mean maybe, I'm indefinitely, I'm indefinitely
I don't mean no, I don't mean maybe, I'm indefinitely, I'm indefinitely

 

[fox69]

"Intervention"

"Intervention"


My friend Richard's in a bad bad way
Waking up beaten up every day
Drinking malt liquor smokin' menthols
Diggin' a hole climbin' the walls
Yeah we gotta figure out how to get his attention
Intervention
My friend Richard's on a bad bad trip
Can't smile too good through a busted up lip
Don't smile too much no more no how
Got to get his shit together got to do it right now
All his friends are feeling the tension
Intervention
We're only here 'cause we care about you
And we want you to get well
You're acting like a asshole and we're sick of it if you can't tell
Twenty-seven days on a dry vacation
Intervention
Yeah my friend Richard doesn't want to go
He says fuck y'all hell no
He's mystified why we're so lame
But if he wakes up dead will he feel the same
Somebody kick him in the sack just to stop his bitching
Intervention
We're only here 'cause we care about you
And we want you to get well
You're acting like a asshole and we're sick of it if you can't tell
Twenty-seven days on a dry vacation
Intervention
We're only here 'cause we care about you
And we want you to get well
You're acting like a asshole and we're sick of it if you can't tell
Twenty-seven days on a dry vacation
Intervention intervention intervention

 

[fox69]

"Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls"

"Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls"


One, two, three, four

Thank God for Irish whiskey
Thank the Devil for pretty girls
Make a mess of all us lucky boys

I got 99 things to be thankful for
But a half a clue ain't one
I got 99 problems I can't solve
But a big girl would be fun

I never was good at numbers
So imagine my surprise
I got 96 tears and only these two eyes

Thank God for Irish whiskey
Thank the Devil for pretty girls
Be the death of all us lucky boys

Thank God we got these guitars
In this devil of a world
Turn it up, make a little noise

I got a real good reason for stayin' here
That I can't recall right now
I got a few choice things to tell you
But I choose to keep it down

I never was good at talking
Graveyard whistling's more my thing
I got 96 tears and only one wedding ring

Thank God for Irish whiskey
Thank the Devil for pretty girls
Shine a light on all us lucky boys

Thank God we got these guitars
In this devil of a world
Turn it up, make a little noise

Big green bottles in a row
All lined up, nowhere to go
Yeah, I had big plans
In and out of my hands
Help me, help me sing it real loud

Thank God for Irish whiskey
Thank the Devil for pretty girls
Be the death of all us lucky boys

Thank God we got these guitars
In this devil of a world
Turn it up, make a little noise
Turn it up, make a little noise, yeah
Turn it up, make a little noise

 

[fox69]

"Ivy"

"Ivy"


Ivy's got a boyfriend problem
Ivy's got a creep
Me, I'm working overtime
Working on a novel in my sleep

Tell it to the jury, baby
Tell it to your mom
Well, I think it's a whodunit, oh, but
I don't know who done it

Well, it may be an alarm clock
But it just might be a bomb
Nobody wants me but the law
And I'll lay it down

Yeah, I'll lay it down
Hands across the watermelon
Waiting on the rain
What I've got to offer

Is academic, I ain't selling
Goodbye, close the screen door
See you later
Go away

Nobody wants me but the law
And I'll lay it down
Yeah, I'll lay it down for you
Yeah, I'll lay it down

I keep turning up The Wedding Present
You're too tired to turn me down
Well, you're probably gonna tell me
That this sounds a little adolescent

Counting me, there's one-point-three million lonely people in this town
Nobody wants me but the law
And I'll lay it down
Yeah, I'll lay it down for you

Yeah, I'll lay it down for you
Yeah, I'll lay it down for you
Yeah, I'll lay it down

 

[fox69]

"Jagged"

"Jagged"


What remains of the day remains to be seen
By the TV that we never turn on
Each other's enough I never had it so rough
Ever since I been gone

White noise swells in my head
Making me worry it's the summertime
But it's the dead of the fall it's the dead of the night
Hell yes I mind

[Chorus:]
I would give anything not to feel so jagged
I'd give anything not to feel so jagged
I'd give anything not to feel so jagged

I couldn't drink enough to make this make sense
But I think I'm gonna give it a try
There's no settling down there's only driving downstate
So I drive

[Chorus]

I'd give anything not to feel so jagged

 

[fox69]

"Jesus Loves You"

"Jesus Loves You"


Jesus loves you more than I do
Just because He doesn't know you
Not like I do

Jesus says you'll get salvation
If you just keep on waitin'
And readin' the same book
Over and over again

Well, you can talk to Him all night
But I'm right here
He makes wine from water
But I just bought you a beer

You say Jesus loves you
And I say what about me?
Maybe Jesus loves you
But where the hell is he?

He's got the power and the glory
He's got a pretty kick-ass story
And what do I got?
I got the hots for you

He's got the whole world in His hands
I've got a Lone Star in cans
And I'm bringin' one over to you
And I'm sittin' down next to you

I'm not discountin' the Sermon on the Mount
And oh, when I was little you know
They dunked me in the fountain
They told me I was born again
But since then I've been torn
And when I think about making love with you
I know it would be more than sin

I'm a real person
A real live person
You could do a whole lot worse than
Ending up with me then
Even though I'm a heathen
Not everybody out there is
Connecting like we've been

I'll take you to the river
Let me take you to the river
I will deliver you

Pray to Him all night
But I'm your man
He can walk on water
But I'll kiss you on the sand

You say Jesus loves you
And I say what about me?
Maybe Jesus loves you
But where the hell is he?

You say Jesus loves you
I say what about me?
Maybe Jesus loves you
But where the hell is he?

Jesus loves you more than I do
Just because He doesn't know you
Not like I do

 

[fox69]

"Just Like California"

"Just Like California"


Just like California
Was not even there
Since it's gone I'm so withdrawn
I ain't got no one nowhere

Right beside the ocean
My darlin' Clementine
Well, the water got high and she never got dry and
She was a water sign

Time is on my bad side
Half the way there just wouldn't be fair
So I'm goin' all the way tonight
Oh, half the way there just wouldn't be fair
So I'm goin' all the way tonight

Just like California
To make a fool of me
Steal the sideshow, burn the disco
Slide into the sea

I'm a thinking person
And I think that it's wrong
To keep on saying true love's waiting
When true love is long gone

Time is on my bad side
Half the way there just wouldn't be fair
So I'm goin' all the way tonight
Oh, half the way there just wouldn't be fair
So I'm goin' all the way tonight
Oh, half the way there just wouldn't be fair
So I'm goin' all the way tonight

 

[fox69]

"King Of All The World"

"King Of All The World"


I was in a real bad way
When you turned the power on
And you made me feel for all the world
Like I was the king of all the world

I was on a window ledge
When you came upon me there
Everything was upside for the moment
Right around the time I had to get going

Can't count me out
Cause I've got your number
You make me feel like I'm
The king of all of the world
King of all of the world
The king of all of the world

Now I'm on my way up north
All its gonna do is rain
And I'm gonna want to go back to the world
Where I was the king of all of the world

Can't count me out
Cause I've got your number
You make me feel like I'm
The king of all of the world
King of all of the world
The king of all of the world

I was in a real bad way
When you turned the power on
And you made me feel so right at home
I wonder if I'm ever gonna get back home

Can't count me out
Cause I've got your number
You make me feel like I'm
The king of all of the world
King of all of the world
The king of all of the world

If I wander out
Of a picture window

 

[fox69]

"Let The Idiot Speak"

"Let The Idiot Speak"


There was a half a harvest moon up on the hillside
Our love is made almost entirely of downside
Who would have thought it could feel so much better then?
Now there's a half a million things I wanna tell you
They tap the phone line and the speaker at the drive thru
Who would have thought it could feel so much different then?

Downtown, so weak
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak

Now there's strange way and awkward feelings
I'm bouncing off the wall, I'm talking to the ceilings
Who would have thought it could feel so bad sometimes?
Now there's a half a million reasons we can argue
You're right in front of me now and there's no one to talk to
Who would have thought it could feel so bad sometimes?

Downtown, so weak
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak

Downtown, so weak
Let the idiot speak (Let the idiot speak)
Let the idiot speak (Let the idiot speak)
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak (Let the idiot speak)
Let the idiot speak (Let the idiot speak)
Let the idiot speak
Let the idiot speak (Let the idiot speak)
Let the idiot speak (Let the idiot speak)
Let the idiot