Old 97's

[fox69]

"W. TX Teardrops"

"W. TX Teardrops"


Well the roadmaps of west Texas
Never gave me good advice
The trains all roll where the roads don't go
Now I'm layin' awake at night
Just wondering where the rest is
So I hit that iron gate
And I yelled goodbye to that wife of mine
I may be running late
I'm a-rolling on, I'm a-rolling on
Rolling out past El Paso, Texas where I might have had a home
I made my bed, so here I lie
I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye
Though I felt a lonesome feeling
In Dulce, New Mexico
I was happier than I'd ever been
In my El Paso home
But I thought about the woman
Whom I left to roam the land
And I cried so much it dug a rut
They called the Rio Grande
I'm a-rolling on, I'm a-rolling on
Rolling out past El Paso Texas where I might have had a home
I made my bed, so here I lie
I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye
Here we go, now
And my destination is written upon my feet
And the stars above are about the only company I keep
So raise my pass and take my seat
I'm rolling fast with a teardrop on my cheek
So I guess there'll be no family
So I guess there'll be no wife
Gonna roll away on an old steel dray
It's gonna be my life
And the roadmaps I been reading
Never came to figure out
All I know is I'd explode
By any other route
I'm a-rolling on, I'm a-rolling on
Rolling out past El Paso Texas where I might have had a home
I made my bed, so here I lie
I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye
I'm a-rolling on, I'm a-rolling on
Rolling out past El Paso Texas where I might have had a home
I made my bed, so here I lie
I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye
And I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye
And I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye

 

[fox69]

"Wasted"

"Wasted"


I'm gonna play my guitar 'til my fingers fall off
Sing till my voice is gone
They might think I've wasted my life they're wrong
I'm not down with the uptight world
Never gonna be no square
I'll circle round the edge of the big black void
But I don't wanna live down there

I'm better off being wasted
Than working my whole life through
Tonight I wanna get wasted with you

Really it's a pity that you're so hung up
Missin' all the mystery
You might wanna make a little time with me
But you gotta get rid of that goddamn phone
Drop it down a wishin' well
Dance on the edge of the big black void
Throw rocks at the gates of hell

We're better off being wasted
Than working our whole life through
Tonight I wanna get wasted with you

I'm gonna play my guitar 'til my fingers fall off
Sing till my voice is gone
They might think I've wasted my life they're wrong

I'm not down with the uptight world
Never gonna be no square
I'll circle round the edge of the big black void
But I don't wanna live down there

I'm better off being wasted
Than working my whole life through
Tonight I wanna get wasted with you
Tonight I wanna get wasted with you

 

[fox69]

"Weightless"

"Weightless"


I reckon Heaven is a place
Where time is nonexistent, yeah
And the things that are important, yeah
Don't take any time at all
An awful lot like like outer space
Where everything is weightless, yeah
Even heavy things are weightless, yeah
Don't take up any space at all
[Chorus:]
Right on, right on
Oh yeah it's so clear
All the bad things are gone
All the good things are here
Right on, right on
Oh yeah it's so clear
All the bad things are gone
All the good things are here
Almost exactly like this place
Where you and I are fighting, yeah
I'm so sick and tired of fighting, yeah
Up there we'll never fight at all
[Chorus]
I reckon Heaven is a place
Where everything is weightless, yeah
Even heavy things are weightless, yeah
Up there we'll never fight at all

 

[fox69]

"What I Wouldn't Do"

"What I Wouldn't Do"


You're cracking up on a radio in a tunnel below the city
And I'm losing you 'cause you move too slow
And I'm wishing you could keep up with me
I'm in love with you but I don't know why it gets so complicated
Though you have not left you have said goodbye
And I'm wishing that we could have made it
What I wouldn't do to be friends with you
What I wouldn't do, what I wouldn't do
What I wouldn't do to be friends with you
What I wouldn't do, what I wouldn't do
You're [?] it up on a thunderstorm on a long red stretch of highway
And I'm wondering if I would be home
If it was anybody else's birthday
I'm in love with you but I kill myself trying to figure out how to do it
You're on a pedestal I'm on the edge of a shelf
You know I'm moving ever closer to it
What I wouldn't do to be friends with you
What I wouldn't do, what I wouldn't do
What I wouldn't do to be friends with you
What I wouldn't do, what I wouldn't do

 

[fox69]

"What We Talk About"

"What We Talk About"


Well the hour is late for a visit on a whim
Well the hour is late for a quiet drunken talk
I don't begrudge you the anger in your voice
No I don't begrudge you anything at all

'Cause I know...that the time is scarce in Laredo with your friends
Your on holiday, on a bender, in a daze
You find all nite food in a diner full of noise
Where the bad mood walks like ants across your plates

[Chorus:]
'Cause I know what this is
This is what we talk about
When we talk about love
When we talk about love

Yeah I know what this is
This is what we talk about
When we talk about love
When we talk about love

Well the city lights are on fuses that have blown
So the city sleeps, 'cause there's nothing else to do
Well the couch is deep and the phone receiver's warm
I miss you much too badly to convey to you

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Wheels Off"

"Wheels Off"


I been a party to a number of things
Of which I'm not proud but I'll sing
Every day for pay I'm travelin'
I got a story 'bout a girl I dig
Big heart but she ain't that big
She's a doll that's all I'm unravelin'
I try to make her the happiest
All I ever made before was a mess
We drank all the way to the bank
And then we drank again

That's when it got wheels off
Started up and we ain't gonna stop
I said I like you like it or not
That's when it got wheels off

I took her back and I carried her in
We kissed once and we did it again
She's a bright beam of light no sleep for me
We went drinking at the Roosevelt
We took something and we started to melt
This is love and it's blowin' up exponentially

That's when it got wheels off
Started up and we ain't gonna stop
She made me feel like a god
That's when it got wheels off

Got a story about a girl I dig
Big heart but she ain't that big
Now she's mine most of the time
That's good enough for me

That's when it got wheels off
Started up and we ain't gonna stop
I said I like you like it or not
That's when it got wheels off
That's when it got wheels off
We started up and we ain't gonna stop
Pour me some Jameson give me some rocks
That's when it got wheels off
That's when it got wheels off

 

[fox69]

"Wish The Worst"

"Wish The Worst"


Why aren't you here? It's almost 4 am.
I finished up all of your beer, now I'm startin' on your gin.
I went through your diary, flipped through your phone book - called all your friends.
I just wanna know where you been, I just wanna know where you been.

I pulled back your sheets, now I'm crawlin' in your bed.
Every drink's one more defeat, and every footstep hurts my head.
I don't want excuses. I don't wanna hear that you were out with your friends.
I just wanna know where you been, I just wanna know where you been.

[Chorus:]
I hope you crash your momma's car.
I hope you pass out in some bar.
I hope you catch some kinda flu.
Let's say I wish the worst for you.

I hope you're happy with yourself.
I hope you found somebody else, cause I ain't askin' you again.
I just wanna know where you been, I just wanna know where you been.

Why am I here? I've got better things to do.
I could hang out on the pier, down by the Hudson, sniffin' glue.
I guess I'm a loser, but I like being miserable, swimming in sin.
I just wanna know where you been, I just wanna know where you been.

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Won't Be Home"

"Won't Be Home"


You're a bottle-cap away, from pushing me too far
Well the problem's getting big and its a compact car
So I won't feel so bad, I did all I could do
Now I'm on wounded knee and we're at waterloo
So Please get out, of my car

[Chorus:]
I was born in the backseat of a mustang
On a cold night in a hard rain
And the very first song that the radio sang
Was 'I Won't Be Home No More.'

You're a rattle-trap tonight, my ears are getting tired
So listen for awhile, before this thing expired
It was bound to fail because of where I'm from
Now the moon's at four o'clock and It's high time kingdome come
So please get out, of my car

[Chorus x2]

I'm pulling off the road, I'm opening the door
I'm giving you the pavement, I'm telling you what for
You're no more than a thought
And you're getting smaller in my rearview mirror
Yeah, you're getting smaller in my rearview mirror
Yeah, you're getting smaller

[Chorus till fade]

 

[fox69]

"You Belong To My Heart"

"You Belong To My Heart"


You belong to my heart
Now and forever
And our love had its start
Not long ago
We were gathering stars
While a million guitars
Played our love song
When I said I love you
Every beat of my heart
Said it too
'Twas a moment like this
Do you remember
And your eyes threw a kiss
When they met mine
Now we 're still gathering stars
And a million guitars
Are still playing
Darling, you are the song
And you'll always belong
To my heart
Darling, you are the song
And you'll always belong
To my heart

 

[fox69]

"You Smoke Too Much"

"You Smoke Too Much"


Hey, you smoke too much of what it was
To be in a pocket all padded up
The time you loved and long from now
Oh, how a year can turn around
Oh, how a year can turn around
Hey, you drink too much with your old friends
Prisoner on their suicide binge
To see them here as they were then
All went to bag years, none have been
All went to bag years, none have been
I hung you up in my little place
When 21 was on your face
Carried you 'round for all to see
I sung you for all who would listen to me
Now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?"
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
Hey, you said too much of what went down
Ain't no word's gonna shut it up now
You follow smiles and pretty things
On to the California dream
You held it down but now it's free
You're holdin' it now where none can see
You're holdin' it now where none can see
I hung you up in my little place
When 21 was on your face
I carried you 'round for all to see
I sang you for all who would listen to me
And now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?"
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
Hey, you smoke too much of what it was
Oh, how a year can turn around