Soul Asylum

[fox69]

"Sick Of That Song"

"Sick Of That Song"


I'm sick of that song about how you lost your lover
Sick of that song about how you hate your mother
Sick of that song laced with useless solutions
I'm sick of that song about how you look at life
Sick of that song about how you beat your wife
Sick of that song about sha na blah blah
I'm sick of that song about sex and drugs and rock

Sick of that song about how you love your cock
Sick of that song about your bitchin' bad luck
Sick of that song about all those women you f*ck
I'm sick of that song

 

[fox69]

"Slowly Rising"

"Slowly Rising"


She don't need an introduction
She ain't gonna stop production
She's gonna make you feel a suction
She's got the weapons of mass destruction

She's solar-powered
She's never saying anything
And the sun shines out of her everywhere

She sees best without her glasses
She does well in all her classes
A cheek for your lips and a cheek for the masses

She's got weapons (she's got weapons)
She's got weapons

It's so strange
You don't change
It's so strange
You don't change

Slowly rising

She's solar-powered
She's never saying anything
And the sun shines out of her everywhere

He's got the money and you can't have it (he's got the money and you can't have it)
She's got the power and he's got the habit (she's got the power and he's got the habit)
She's gonna make you feel her posture (she's gonna make you feel her posture)

She's got weapons (she's got weapons)
She's got weapons (weapons, weapons)

It's so strange
You don't change
It's so strange
You don't change

Slowly rising

She's solar powered
She's never saying anything
And the sun shines off her everywhere

 

[fox69]

"Somebody To Shove"

"Somebody To Shove"


Grandfather watches the grandfather clock
And the phone hasn't rang for so long
And the time flys by, like a vulture in the sky
Suddenly he breaks into song

I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?
These hang ups are getting me down
In a world frozen over with over exposure
Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town

Cause I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody to shove
I want somebody to shove me

You're a dream for insomniacs, prize in the Cracker Jack
All the difference in the world is just a call away

And I'm waiting by the phone
Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone
Yes I'm waiting by the phone
I'm waiting for you to call me, call me
and tell me I'm, tell me I'm not alone

Cause I want somebody to shove
I need somebody shove
I want somebody to shove me
Yes I want somebody to shove
I need somebody shove
I want somebody to shove me

 

[fox69]

"Something Out Of Nothing"

"Something Out Of Nothing"


Well if there's one thing that I know, it's easy to kill what's hard to grow
One thing I might say, no one's gotta know about running away

Trying to make something out of nothing
Leaning hard on yet another drug
All of these temptations keep me wanting to feel your touch
It's not supposed to make you feel so

Helpless, selfless, crying for some tenderness
I miss your kiss, impossible to resist

Find some budget to support my habit
Suffering an under-dose of love
All of these temptations keep wanting the sky above

Oh my desperate disposition keeps me bitching, keeps me wishing

Wishing for some shelter from within
There ain't nothing I can't live with nothing I can't live without

I want this, I want that; I wanted just a little slack
It's like an itch that I can't scratch, could you get this monkey off my back

Trying to make something out of nothing
I can't live without
Wanting nothing

Oh my desperate disposition keeps me bitching keeps me wishing
Wishing for some shelter from within
It's not supposed to make you feel this way

 

[fox69]

"Sometime To Return"

"Sometime To Return"


I ran away I walked a fine line
wasting time only to find
you were callin' I think finally
to remind me I am fine

What you are is what you see
and you see me and we can be
something you can call real we are we are we are

doing the best we can
working without a plan
i'm beginning to understand
its getting out of hand

I have seen these closing doors
I've woke up on this floor before
Picked it apart for hours and hours and hours
Of turning, tossing and looking and listening
to you and all the fucked up things you do

but you're doing the best you can
with every grain of sand
its trickling through your hand
sayin'catch me if you can

if someday comes early
comes whipping comes whirling
to take you for all you have learned
the tables are turning
my bridges are burning
my destination sometime to return

throw away your calender
and saddle up your salamander
get up and get down
ride in to town and look around
get up and do something
no time to choose it
do it do it do it do it

Doing the best I can, with or
without a plan, I'm taking what I can get, I haven't seen
nothing yet. If one day you wake up and find what you make up,
come and get me, come and take me there. Into your illusion,
I'll make my intrusion - anytime, anyplace, anywhere. The hour
glass is draining fast, it knows no future holds no past, and
all this shit will come to pass - never, forever, whatever.

 

[fox69]

"Soul Asylum"

"Soul Asylum"


[Radio DJ:]
"Mother Popcorn" by James [Brown].
Okay, umm, I wanted to ask you now, you just recently just changed your name to Soul Asylum,
and up until that point you were known as Loud fast Rules, right?

[Dave:] Oh, here it comes.

[DJ:] Okay, why? why did you, umm, like, why did you decide to ch-change the name of the band?

(Silence? then laughter from band.)

[DJ:] Don't.. don't all speak at once.

[Dan:] We're not an HC band.

[DJ:] Mmm-hmm.

[Karl:] I mean people would say we are, but I don't think we're a H?
ya know, hardcore band, a punk rock band, or new wave band.

[DJ:] Hmm? hmm, okay, but what about the name Soul Asylum? I mean, wouldn't.. don't you think that might stereotype you to some people like who hadn't not heard of you before, ya know, like to think that you were a soul or a funk band or something?

[Song fades in.]

[Dan:] It's possible.

[Dave:] I don't know.

[Karl:] But it's better than having everybody that doesn't know thinkin' you're hardcore.

[Dave:] I asked Paul and he said it wouldn't.

[Dan:] Paul; Paul Stark? A local god. A man who knows about all these things.

[Dave:] He knows everything.

[DJ:] Mmm-hmm. How did you come up with the name Soul Asylum? What is?

[Interview fades out.]

[Mecht Mensch:] We'd like to thank you all for coming down
To see the best band
And that just happens to be? Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Unfortunately, we're not them
Soul Asylum

 

[fox69]

"Spacehead"

"Spacehead"


AAA So you think I got a problem
You think its all to clear
Got f*cking mental of disorder
Wheres the f*cking order around here?
I'm a spacehead I'm not a stupid head
I am a space head just open minded
Spacehead [x2]
Why when I cry do I hang my head down low?
How do you move so fast but think so slow?
??
I hang my head the way I let it flow
I'm a spacehead I'm not a stupid head
I am a space head just open my head
Dancin in the ?light? and the teacher says I'm a space head
Smokin in the church and the preacher says I'm a space head
The books are burning fast [x2]
I bet you know just what I'm saying
Maybe I am saying something else
The next decision that you make is probably gonna be a big mistake
I'm a space head. Can I open up your head?
I'm a space head
I'm just open minded
Space head [x9 to a fade]

 

[fox69]

"Spinnin'"

"Spinnin'"


Follows me wherever we go
Undermining all that we know
Suddenly starts thinkin' been fooled from the beginnin'
When the cause is lost you find there is no point in winnin'
Then it's hard to think straight when your head it keeps on spinnin'
If I lost my mind, would you help me find it?
Maybe it's you, maybe it's me
Things aren't quite the way they should be
And now it seems my peace of mind has come up for the biddin'
All those I respect and trust I guess they were just kiddin'
And they will say it's me who's lost, and as you sit there grinnin'
My little world has lost control but still it keeps on spinnin'
If I lost my mind, would you help me find it?
If I lost my mind, I wouldn't have to be reminded
If I lost my mind I'm not sure I would mind
Would you help me find it?

 

[fox69]

"Stand Up And Be Strong"

"Stand Up And Be Strong"


You might be right, you might be wrong
You might just think your life has gone on for too long
Your knees get weak and your heart grows cold
And you're tired of doing everthing you're told
And nothing can take away from you
What you take, what you've been through
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It won't take long, you can't go wrong
Stand up and be strong

You might have to fight
You might have to cry
You might have to cry
You might have to fight
Stand up and be strong

If you live in the hills, you take too many pills
If you've lost the thrill against your own will
Stand up and be strong

And nothing can take away from you
What you take, well you know what you've got to do

Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It won't take long, you can't go wrong
Stand up and be strong

If you get all depressed when you get undressed
If you're life's a mess, remember you're blessed
Stand up and be, stand up and be
Stand up and be strong

Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It won't take long, you can't go wrong
Stand up and be strong

Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
You can't go wrong, it won't take long
Stand up and be strong

 

[fox69]

"Standing In The Doorway"

"Standing In The Doorway"


Standing in the doorway
Wondering if it's safe to go outside
Wondering if I'll come back
Wondering if I might just drift out with the rising tide
Sitting and waiting and hoping to find
Something you're good at to use up your time
To crawl from the ocean and lie on the shore
A moonbeam the rests on the dust on your floor

I'm not going out there
Don't try to tell me I'm paranoid
Wouldn't say I'm not scared
Though it may be safe to say that I am annoyed
In the intersection traffic lights are red in all directions
Everyone breaks the law sometimes
We all break down have foolish pride and
Beg for some affection
I can't say I know how you feel everyone seems to know
Are you sure I would if I could help you remember
What it's like to feel good
Chitter and chatter and everything matters
I ask how you're feeling
And you just act shattered
Asleep on the couch with your eyes open wide

Standing in the doorway
Waiting as you come and as you leave
You say get out of my way
Won't you stop and talk about the hectic life you lead
They're all going somewhere
They all have some place they have to be
Maybe I should join them
I wish I could I think I have to stay here with me
It brings a tear to your eye to get out into the open
I can't believe I see myself
Coming into focus