Soul Asylum

[fox69]

"Can't Even Tell"

"Can't Even Tell"


I may never get what I want
But I'm happy to just die trying
And I hope I ain't done nobody wrong
But I miss you smiling

And I'm looking for a cure 'cause I'm bored to tears
And I'm stuck in here, stuck out here, stuck in here

We lived through another day
It's a good excuse to celebrate
Take a number, knock on wood
We'll find a reason to feel good

I know, you know, I wanna know how I feel
I can't even tell
I can't even tell
I can't even tell

No one knows nothing about me
I'm guessing I'll just keep 'em guessing
No one sees what I see
This is my blessing

And I'm looking for a way to get out of here
Get me out of here, out of here, out of here

We lived through another day
It's a good excuse to celebrate
Take a number, knock on wood
Find a reason to feel good

I know, you know you wanna know how I feel
I can't even tell
I can't even tell
I can't even tell

I'm out of here, out of here, out of here
I know, you know, I want to know how I feel
I can't tell

I know you know, I'll tell you if it's real
It sounded like a bell
I can't even tell
I can't even tell

 

[fox69]

"Can't Go Back"

"Can't Go Back"


The aim of my time is to fill up my mind
And when it gets too full I forget
Now if I'm late and I'm making you wait
Then there ain't one thing around that's even funny

Seein' things clearly and I thank you so dearly
Everything's so true to life when you're not living
When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way
put it all in bags, just call it charity

You just can't go back
You just can't go back
Everybody's going their own way
Each one is gonna make his day
It's more than amusement now
You're just killing time

(Just killing time) You just can't go back
(Just killing time) You just can't go back
(Just killing time) You just can't go back

Fifteen years later caught in time's incinerator
Yesterday's worries are today's
But the good times are so near just sitting back and drinking beer
You know I'm halfway down the road but I know that I still ain't there

Seeing things clearly I thank you so dearly
Everything's so true to life when you're not living
When it's all a drag that's when you give it all the way
put it all in bags, just call it charity

You just can't go back
(Just killing time) You just can't go back
Everybody's going their own way
Each one is gonna make his day
It's more than amusement now
You're just killing time

 

[fox69]

"Can't Help It"

"Can't Help It"


Got it figured out I guess
It's going pretty good but I couldn't care less
Blow me off and blow me down
You got me right I'm a goddamn clown

See I need the kinda help that I can't get anywhere else
She only helps those who help themselves
I can't help myself

Don't give a fuck what you think about me
I'm just another bad apple fallen far from the tree

See I need the kinda help that I can't get anywhere else
She only helps those who help themselves
I can't help myself

You want it, I'm on it
Come on, come on, come on
I can't help it, I just can't help it

I tried and tried to talk to you
It just don't matter cause it just ain't true

See I need the kinda help that I can't get anywhere else
She only helps those who help themselves
I can't help myself
Cause I can't help it
I just can't help it
I can't help it
Can't help it
I just can't help it

No I can't help
Go 'head help yourself
Come one, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Help your fuckin' self

 

[fox69]

"Carry On"

"Carry On"


This will be over
I hope you don't mind the pain
I wanna cut you
And let you force it out clean

It'd be a shot quick
I think I know how this works
Things will be better
Because they can't get much worse

And we will carry on
Carry… carry on

Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups
They're dead weight, they're made out of lead
And I can't carry the guilt and frustration
Of something someone else said

Now I'm just learning to carry myself
Carry myself on my own
Now I'm just looking to carry myself
Carry on, carry on, carry on

Whenever I see you
I know you think I don't know
That I could be you
And your thoughts they don't show

I want to trust you
I want to trust you so bad
I want to bust you
Stealing the few things we had

And we will carry on
Carry on

Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups
They're dead weight, they're made out of lead
And I can't carry the guilt and frustration
Of something someone else said

Now I'm just learning to carry myself
Carry myself on my own
Now I'm just looking to carry myself
Carry on, carry on, carry on

(Now's the place to lose your faith
Keep the faith that reinstates the habits
That are forming what you feel)

This will be over

 

[fox69]

"Cartoon"

"Cartoon"


Now everybody's looking after me,
If I'm dragging by some coat tail, I can't see; it's too dark,
But I've got to know what's got the best of me.
When the circus that you left goes on parade,
And those things you see seem so far in your charade's too far,
But I'm feeling like I don't dare look away, Don't look away.
Did it almost make you feel, that something's got to happen soon,
When you wake up feeling lost in your own room.
If you're crying in your beer, you're gonna drown,
If you think we'll rise above, you'd better look around, you'll see.
It's a mountain made of sand crumbling under me.
Maybe I'm chasing shadows on your wall,
They loom so large, but make me feel so small somehow,
When you're chasing your own tail spinning your own wheels.
And a time to leave, and a time to stay, I guess the things I look away.
Did it almost make you feel that somethings gotta happen soon.
You're in the movies now that I'm in your cartoon.
There's a ringing in my ears that's heaven sent.
There's a beast out on the ruins, some broken down lover's lament.
It goes on and on but it won't go away.

 

[fox69]

"Chains"

"Chains"


The mirror on the wall it tells no lies
And oh I don't like what I see
I see a woman there I watch her as she cries
And the woman isn't really me
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out it's the same old story
You're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
I wish I didn't feel this way I can't get nothing done
And all I want to do is go to sleep
Though I lie in bed for hours I cannot close my eyes
And lonely days turn into lonely weeks
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, tender, hold me, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old story
You're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday
Every now and then I think things might be all right
And I think I see a light beyond the door
Just as I approach it disappears again
And everything seems darker than before
But every day I get up, calm down, give up, hang around
Look for you, hold me, tender, set me free
I need to feel you put your hands around me
Day in, day out, it's the same old story
You're out there on your own
Is he worth the price you pay
Got you in his chains
Will he set you free someday

 

[fox69]

"Change Of Fortune"

"Change Of Fortune"


What is the matter with me?
It's always raining or snowing
It's stuck inside me somewhere
I don't know where I'm going

What about the tims, what about the drinks
What about the way, the way that we think
Now, I'm getting nowhere
I could get to know you, c'mon

Change, change of fortune
Right, right on time
If you got the fruit, I got the orchard
All the times I tortured you I could change your fortune too

What is the meaning of this insensitive violence?
What is it that you're asking
Is it nothing but silence?

What about the times, what about the kid
What about the things, the things that we did
Now, I'm getting nowhere
I could get to know you, c'mon

Change, change of fortune
Right, right on time
If you got the fruit, I've got the orchard
All the times I tortured you, I could change your fortune too

What is the meaning of this?
Is it getting us nowhere?

Change, change of fortune
Right, right on time
If you've got the fruit, I've got the orchard
All the times I tortured you, I could change your fortune too

Change, change of fortune
Right, right on time
If you've got the fruit, I've got the orchard
All the times I tortured you, I could change your fortune too

Change

 

[fox69]

"Close"

"Close"


Almost gave up yesterday, almost made it to the top
Short of dying just the other day, fell short of picking up a mop
If it's the thought that counts, you can always count on me
I think about it all the time
It's going to hit me like a bolt of white lightning
Here it comes, my peace of mind
Cause I'm close, so close, so close
I'm close, so close, so close
Falling short of proving it, just a hair from the truth
Little shy of improving it, here I come, I'm coming through
Pretty soon I'm going to shed this skin I'm wearing
I've been keeping it inside
No one cares just how you got there
No one cares how hard you've tried
But you're close, so close, so close
You're close, so close, so close
Well I've known you forever, we complete each other's thoughts
Ain't like we never got in trouble, it's just we've never gotten caught
And if you've got a secret, it's in me you can confide
And if we ever get split up, I'll always be on your side
Cause we're close, so close, so close
We're close, so close, so close

 

[fox69]

"Closer To The Stars"

"Closer To The Stars"


Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to?
You know that pretty soon you'll be able to fly
How is this going to affect you?
Do you think it might wreck you?
Your friends might reject you
Say you took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be

Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen
We'll treat you with advice from a fashion magazine
One day she just walked into that magazine
I wonder if she'll ever come back
And they all said she would crack
They said her mind was one track,
Said she took it too far
You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Closer to the stars

Every time you move your lips
Let me give you a few tips
Yesterday you were too young
Tomorrow you will be too old
To regret all the things you've done who're you trying to hustle ?
Somebody you wanna show your muscle?
Second hand excuses never went too far
What's this scene you're making?
Your ideas have been taken
We'll seek when you awaken alone in someone's car
You just stood there shaking, stood there shaking
They said you were faking

You said you want to be want to be want to be want to be
Closer to the stars
Closer to the stars

 

[fox69]

"Cocaine Blues"

"Cocaine Blues"


Early one morning while making my rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
I shot her down and then I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' Forty-four beneath my head

Late the next morning I grabbed my gun
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
I made a good run, but I run too slow
They overtook me down is Juarez, Mexico

I was in the hot joint takin the pill
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown.
"You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down."

Yes, so my name is Willy Lee
If you got a warrant you better read it to me
I shot her down cause she made me sore
I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more

When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They stuck me on a freight train and they hauled me back
I had no friend to throw my bail
So they stuck my dried up carcas in the county jail

The next morning bout half past nine
I saw a sheriff walking down the line
The sheriff said as he cleared his throat
"Comon you dirty hack into the district court."

The next morning my trial began
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
And as the jury started walking out
I saw that little judge commence to look about

In bout five minutes in walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict said in the first degree
I cried, Oh lord, please have mercy on me

The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
"Ninety nine years in the San Quentin Penn!"
Ninety nine years underneath that ground
I wont forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

Comon you hotheads listen up to me
Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be...