Old 97's

[fox69]

"Moonlight"

"Moonlight"


There was a girl back in my town
But I shouldn't bring up what I can't put down
She was above reproach in everyway
One day I left the town I'm from
And as hard as I tried she would not come along
She left me alone in everyway
People are laughing and they're having such fun
I wish it was happening to me
This is the moonlight
The very same moonlight so how happy can I be
Now I'm alone and I'm at large
What kind of fool puts me in charge
God it's a lonely way I'm living these days
There was a girl back in my town
That I couldn't get over she won't come 'round
You know she left me alone in every way

 

[fox69]

"Most Messed Up"

"Most Messed Up"


Stop squeezin' my shoes quit killin' my buzz
Why you wreckin' my mood what are you the fuzz
I'm so far gone I can't never get found
I am the most messed up motherfucker in this town
I know it's not fair I had a head start
There's only so many words you can rhyme with heart
Well I used 'em all up yeah I wrote 'em all down
I am the most messed up motherfucker in this town

Yeah I need a little need a little need a little need a little sympathy
Yeah I need a little need a little need a little need a little sympathy

I'll prove it all night to the porcelain god
And the dark-eyed girl with the name I forgot
But when I wake up there ain't nobody around
I am the most messed up motherfucker in this town

Yeah I need a little need a little need a little need a little sympathy
Yeah I need a little need a little need a little need a little sympathy
Yeah I need a little need a little need a little need a little sympathy

I am the most messed up I am the most messed up
I am the most messed up motherfucker in this town

 

[fox69]

"Murder (Or A Heart Attack)"

"Murder (Or A Heart Attack)"


And the hole
In the screen is barely big enough for you
And not near enough for me to go

And the whole damn complicated
Situation could've been
Avoided if I'd only shut the window

And I may be leavin' myself open
To a murder or a heart attack
But I'm leavin' the back door open
'Til you come back, 'til you come back

And I may be movin' myself closer
To a real untimely end
But I'm leavin' the back door open
'Til you come home again, 'til you come home again

And I told
The neighbors, I put pictures up
And handed out some flyers at the show

And the whole town speculatin'
Situations could've been
Avoided if I'd only shut the window

And I may be leavin' myself open
To a murder or a heart attack
But I'm leavin' the back door open
'Til you come back, 'til you come back

And I may be movin' myself closer
To a real untimely end
But I'm leavin' the back door open
'Til you come home again, 'til you come home again

And I may be leavin' myself open
To a murder or a heart attack
But I'm leavin' the back door open
'Til you come back, 'til you come back

And I may be movin' myself closer
To a real untimely end
But I'm leavin' the back door open
'Til you come home again, 'til you come home again
'Til you come home again
'Til you come home

 

[fox69]

"My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'"

"My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'"


This time is special for you
I don't think you ever fell for someone like I do
Every now and then I think of you
But this time is time for rock on

Hey do you remember the time I took you after class
I think you were going to find something special of me
But then when you turned around you broke my heart like a glass
I think you should never be like that to someone like me

This time I will let you down
This time I will never give you to
This time I will set you free
And only tonight you will be mine

Every now and then I think about you
And this pain is making me feel so
Alive is the word but I think better off
Without you I would be

I damn you my sweet blue eye darlin'
I couldn't stop siking for you
Even if you never let me be
The man you wanted to see

My sweet blue eye darlin'
My sweet blue eye darlin'
My sweet blue eye darlin'
My sweet blue eye darlin'
My sweet blue eye darlin'

 

[fox69]

"My Two Feet"

"My Two Feet"


Baby trust me
Your television is empty
I try to tell you babe you can't see
You're turned on
Headstrong
It's hurting now but it won't be long
I've got a habit of moving on
It gets so lonesome you don't know
It's such a lonely way to go
I'm going on down the mountain on my two feet and I'm going slow
I'm going on down the mountain on my two feet and I'm going slow
Right there, upstairs
I'm dressed and unprepared
For the moment baby you don't care
You're so fine, so fine
For the moment baby you were mine
I ain't saying it was by design
It gets so lonesome you don't know
It's such a lonely way to go
I'm going on down the mountain on my two feet and I'm going slow
I'm going on down the mountain on my two feet and I'm going slow
Sometimes you're 17
Sometimes you're 65
Sometimes you're giving it your best try
And nothing's right and nothing's right
You get a second chance
It's with you every day
You know it's always been that way
You make it stay
You make it stay
I bet you said what have I done to deserve this mess
That's as easy as a question gets
Well, you should have said yes
But you couldn't care less
It gets so lonesome you don't know
It's such a lonely way to go
I'm going on down the mountain on my two feet and I'm going slow
I'm going on down the mountain on my two feet and I'm going slow

 

[fox69]

"Nashville"

"Nashville"


Well I married Caroline
Back in May of '99
It was fucked up at the time
But I figured we'd keep trying
Her brother and her dad
They were spittin' mad
When I packed up what I had
And took off runnin' it was bad
It was mean, I didn't care
And it's gotten me nowhere
So I'm trying to be a better man
I turned left turns into right
I turned sunshine into night
I got my ass kicked every fight
No, I couldn't get it right
I built castles out of sand
I didn't understand
Why everything I planned
Ran like whiskey off my hands
And my hands were never clean
Things I wish I'd never seen
I'd do anything to wake up
From this motherfuckin' dream
Who do I got to blow
To get into this fucking show
It's dark in there I know
And I got nowhere else to go
Well I need a place to hide
So I put away my pride
And come inside
'Cause I'm tired of runnin'
And there's a universe that's floating out in space
And I look up there and I can't find my face
And I'm seeing my reflection backstage
Writing down the same old words on the same old page
Who do I got to blow
To get into this fucking show?
It's dark in there I know
And I got nowhere else to go
Well I need a place to hide
So I put away my pride
And come inside
'Cause I'm tired of runnin'
Who do I got to blow
To get into this fucking show?
It's dark in there I know
And I got nowhere else to go
Well I need a place to hide
So I put away my pride
And come inside
'Cause I'm tired of runnin'
Come inside 'cause I'm tired of runnin'
Come inside 'cause I'm tired of runnin'

 

[fox69]

"Nervous Guy"

"Nervous Guy"


In the court of our friends' opinion
In the right-cut eyes of all our friends
In the way the phone goes dead
In the way you lose your head
I can see how this thing is gonna end

In the darkest hours of my depression
In the tumbling rocks it takes to mend
In the way you cross you legs
In the way my right hand shakes
I can see how this thing is gonna end

Goodbye, goodbye from a nervous guy
Goodbye, goodbye from a nervous guy

When the smoke pours into the bedroom
When the man comes 'round collecting all our friends
When the loved one finally learns
That the fire no longer burns
I can see how this thing is gonna end

Goodbye, goodbye from a nervous guy
Goodbye, goodbye from a nervous guy
From a nervous guy

 

[fox69]

"Nineteen"

"Nineteen"


Nineteen
Is not the age of reason
I didn't have a reason
For settin' you free

I've seen
A lot of love go sour
But that's not our love
You see the problem was

I was only nineteen

Yeah, I was only nineteen
I finished up with high school
Headed for a state school
Wandered into you

Big screen
Kissin' in a movie
God, you moved me around
We got seriously down

But I was only nineteen

All I ever wanted to do
Was lie around in bed with you
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
Watch me now

I've seen
A lot of love go bad now
That's not how our affair
Would've wound up I swear

But I was only nineteen
All I ever wanted to do
Was lie around in bed with you
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen
I was only nineteen

 

[fox69]

"Niteclub"

"Niteclub"


Eighteen-hundred miles from this old nightclub
A girl is turning 22 today
How am I supposed to entertain you?
My fingertips are worthless when my mind's so far away

Eighteen-hundred miles from Manhattan
The nightclub yawns and opens up it's doors
Thank God that I don't have to pay the cover
'Cause every night I'm broker than I was the night before

Yeah, this old niteclub stole my youth
This old niteclub stole my true love
It follows me around from town to town
I just might get drunk tonight and burn the niteclub down
I just might get drunk tonight and burn the niteclub down, three four

Telephones make strangers out of lovers
Whiskey makes the strangers all look good
Well my angel of the morning is in mourning
My life was misspent, don't let me be misunderstood

And this old niteclub stole my youth
Yeah, this old niteclub stole my true love
It follows me around from town to town
I just might get drunk tonight and burn the niteclub down
Yeah, I just might get drunk tonight and burn the niteclub down
Yeah, I just might get drunk tonight and burn the niteclub down

 

[fox69]

"No Baby I"

"No Baby I"


The lights were low but I was lower
The radio was playing somewhere else
The room was full of surface tension
I was only thinking 'bout myself
No baby I
No baby I
No baby I don't want to see you hurt
You got them tears they fall like pearls
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl
The room was full of undertakers
Movers and martini shakers gone
The reaper left at 7:30
Took off in a taxi with a blonde
The difference between us
Is way down on the inside
It's very tricky business
No baby I
No baby I
No baby I don't want to see you hurt
You got them tears
They fall like pearls
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl
Here's a toast to no good Friday
I was bound to do it my way wrong
Strum it on a telecaster
Sing it like a train disaster song
The difference between us
Is way down on the inside
And it's very tricky business
No baby I
No baby I
No baby I don't want to see you hurt
You got them tears they fall like pearls
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl