Soul Asylum

[fox69]

"Bitter Pill"

"Bitter Pill"


At the end of the track is a shack
When you die, that's where you go
Down the lines, up from this pit at the end of your rainbow
That's one too many flights of stairs
One more stair and almost there
One more dose close
Keep coming back to haunt you,
Got no place left to go
And they'll strip your car to the bone
We did a scene, checked out a gown
The Justice started laughing
I guess that's what you get for laughing
One last laugh and lived to tell
One more pomp and circumstance
One more fool to follow
Another finger down my throat
It's a bitter pill to swallow
It's moving much too slow
Who it is asleep at the wheel
I don't want to know
Just around the corner there's
Somebody there to take you there
Don't worry child you're sure to be scared
One more drink before I go
One last good luck kiss
One less thing to call my own
That's one more thing I miss
Took the world by storm
Most of 'em either in a dark jail
Or wishing they had never been born
Just around the corner there's
One more pomp and circumstance
One more fool to follow
Another finger down my throat
That's a bitter pill to swallow

 

[fox69]

"Bittersweetheart"

"Bittersweetheart"


Why you always want to get the best of me
I'm like a seeing-eye dog and I can't even see
They're naked and they're following my master who is blind
And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind
So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start
Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark
I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart
But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bittersweetheart
Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart
Better get yourself a little street smart
Bittersweetheart, sad but true
It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure
It's just my bittersweetheart
It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end
Tired of compliment-fishing and impressing your friends
I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell
It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell
In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start
But you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart
There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright
I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night
Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart
Without a shortcut, without a head-start
Bittersweetheart, sad but true
It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure
My bittersweetheart it's the hardest part
Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart
Are you in there, are you beating
Beating me up until I'm bleeding
How much blood can you spare
Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart
Think just a drink might get you to the good part
Lyin' in bed just a'wonderin' what to do,
It's a bittersweetheart that'a a hard heart to cure
In time inside you find you always wind up with a bittersweetheart

 

[fox69]

"Black And Blue"

"Black And Blue"


Protect and serve, slice my nerve
Gotta make sure everybody's gonna get what they deserve

Make my plea, I'm down on my knees
Street cowboy with a badge that says can do what you please
Do what you please, do what you please, do what you please

Rape me, take me, shine your lights so I can't see
Holsters, guns and uniform just don't impress

Blood stained streets, he still looks neat
Somebody's cryin' for help and he's breaking up my party

Please stop breathing down my neck
Took away something that's mine, I want you to give it back
You gotta give it back, now give it back
Walk across my face with your shiny shoes
Bow down to the badge and colors black and blue

It's a blue night, he rides tonight, a show of strength, a polished fight
Take me home, cuz I'm not alone, I'm not alone

The squads breakin' down, but you misjudged power
Get your handcuffs ready, cuz we're coming in numbers

 

[fox69]

"Black Gold"

"Black Gold"


Two boys on a playground
Tryin' to push each other down
See the crowd gather 'round
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd
Black gold in a white flight
Fill up the tank let's go for a ride
I don't care about no wheelchair
I got so much left to do with my life

Moving backwards through time
Never learn, never mind
That side's yours, this side's mine
Brother you ain't my kind
Black soldier, white fight
Fill up the tank let's go for a ride
Sure like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside
Mother do you know where
Your kids are tonight...

Keep the kids off the street
Gives 'em something to do, something to eat
This spot was a playground
This flat land used to be a town

 

[fox69]

"Blood Into Wine"

"Blood Into Wine"


Nothing happened, it's just two people passing through
Hearing voices in my head, hope they never lie to you
Why's something always gotta be up with you
Whatever I do is never enough for someone like you
Passing through you all the time
Turning blood into wine, turning blood into wine
Who'll forgive me, who's to say if it's right or wrong
And you won't see me in a light that shines on me
And how come something's always gotta be up with you
Back on my feet but the night's getting long, do you think about me too
Turning blood into wine
It's passing through you all the time
Turning blood into wine
Three more days and you'll be hanging on the line
And if they ask you how I'm doing
Just tell 'em that I'm fine, staying out all the time
Is turning blood into wine, turning blood into wine
Blood into wine

 

[fox69]

"Brand New Shine"

"Brand New Shine"


I got something special to show you
But I suppose you've seen it all before
There's one thing I'm trying to tell you
But then again, you've heard it all before
I survived another week just like the one before,
When everything you wanted somehow leaves you wanting more
And I looked beneath the carpet behind each and every door,
Trying to find you something like you've never had before
And it seems we're just beginners
No previous experience at all
Just the last original sinners
And if you need me just be sure to call
And they tell you which way not to go and so you go that way
One child plays with another throws it away
Like a kite without string do anything
I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before
I see something new in each and every moon
From your old, old hat to your blown-out shoes
It's tried and true, and it's all I do
And I hope it's not all the same to you
The old and new, they get mistaken all the time
Is there something I've never seen before
No, just a brand new shine
Now they're cranking 'em out by the millions
They look and act exactly just the same
And each one's one in a million
And each has got its own elusive game
It's the same old dusty atmosphere just like the other place
I see something familiar in each and every face
Seems to me I've seen you, been here, said this once before
I'm trying to take you someplace you've never been before
I see something new in each and every moon
From your old, old hat to
When I dropped it and broke it, I thought of you
And I hope it's not all the same to you
And the old and new, they get mistaken all the time
Is there something I've never seen before

 

[fox69]

"Broken Glass"

"Broken Glass"


Long distance information, ring me 608
Laughing at the other end
get me my prescription, come and walk my dog
please get me anything

You can't seal fate with a kick
You should know it doesn't work that way
As for your lofty aspirations
You couldn't give them all away (throw away)

Those precious things that just don't last (throw away)
Everybody's been cut like broken glass

Long distance information sounds like broken glass

Just how long is all of this really gonna last
Get someone I used to know
In another place of time
Please please me

You've been places I'll never go
Begged the questions I'll never know
You've had so many arms around you
This time you've hit an all-time low

So many things just don't last
So many things like broken glass

 

[fox69]

"Bus Named Desire"

"Bus Named Desire"


Calling you from inside the wire
I'm payin' my dues underneath your tires

Standing out in the middle of traffic
Photographing the crash
Waitin' in line with little old ladies
With a bug up my ass

I wanna live in your car
I'm never going too far

Calling you from inside the wire
I'm payin' my dues underneath your tires

I got a hostage situation
Someone's crackin' the whip
Some are puttin' up a fierce resistance
Some are getting their kicks
Out of the blue and into the fire
I've got no use for being tired

Calling you from inside the wire
I'm payin' my dues underneath your tires
A bus named desire

Now I'm all alone here wainting like I'm buried alive
Gotta crawl my way out maybe if I plan to survive
Born in a zoo, raised in a cage
What's it to you if I break through anyway?

Calling you from inside the wire
I'm payin' my dues underneath your tires
Calling you from inside the wire
I'm payin' my dues underneath your tires
A bus named desire
A bus named desire
A bus named desire
A bus named desire
A bus named desire

 

[fox69]

"By The Way"

"By The Way"


If I could remember what makes me feel good
I'd pound it down like a nail in wood
I'd never let go of that feeling again I know

I know that I felt this way before
I'd pound it down like a cellar door
I want you to know I'm behind you, by the way

By the way that you look when I confront you
By the way that I affect the things you do
By the way did I tell you I can't leave you, by the way

I'll be waiting for you on judgment day
To watch all these judgments pass away
And by the way the details fall, by the way

By the way all the people that care about you
Are all watching to see what your gonna do
By the way have I told you I can't leave you, by the way

By the way that you built me up again
Back to a time when I was intense
And now I know you play for what you pay

By the way that you make me feel all right
By the way that you put up such a fight
By the way that my trust and faith is safe with you

 

[fox69]

"Caged Rat"

"Caged Rat"


Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home and spend some time alone
In the corner I looked across the room
To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon
Caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat
Rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat
In the corner I looked across the room
In the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon
Caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat
Rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat
Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home and spend some time alone
From the corner I looked across the room
To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon
Caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat
Rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat