Soul Asylum

[fox69]

"I Will Still Be Laughing"

"I Will Still Be Laughing"


Doorways open up and close more ways to a punchline
They're all laughing at your clothes, standing in the lunch line
You're the talk of the town cause you're up and you're down
It's a cycle, I've found, it always comes around

But I will still be laughing
Yes I will still be laughing

Air raids in the afternoon, the children are playing
Switchblades, colored red balloons, no one hears your praying
And it comes back to you, all the things that you do
Will come looking for you, will come looking for you

But I will still be laughing
Yes I will still be laughing

Doorways lead to other rooms, always leave you lying
Face down in a stranger's tomb, didn't know you were dying
And you rise and you fall, and you wait for the call
You're watching the walls, you're watching the walls

But I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing

Yes I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing

 

[fox69]

"Into The Light"

"Into The Light"


Once you’ve drawn the line, you can’t think twice
You would never take your own advice
Skating on a grave that’s paved with ice
You step into the light
How can I be sure if this is a sure thing
I’m so tangled up in puppeteers’ strings
Once you’ve crossed the line
You’re stepping into

Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills
The best day ever just got better, it gets better still

Once you’ve crossed the line you can’t let go
Never go out, I have been alone
Skating on a grave that’s made of stone
You step into the light

You better be sure that this is a sure thing
As a puppet on a string
Once you’ve crossed the line
You’re stepping into

Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills
The best day ever just got better, it gets better still

Once you’ve crossed the line, you can’t think twice
You’re looking out of

Chasing sirens, red lights change
No time left to kill
Waving flags of fine drawn lines
Find a cheaper thrill

This is a sure thing
Once you’ve crossed the line
You step into the light
You step into the light

Breaking horses, raising cain heading for the hills
The best day ever just got better, it gets better still

Waving flags of macho life (much of your life)
Find a cheaper plan

 

[fox69]

"Jack Of All Trades"

"Jack Of All Trades"


If I could be anything I wanted, I don't know
I'd be stuck here with myself, be an Average Joe
But if I could be like a Jack of all trades, yes I'd have it made

Glass blower, flamethrower, grass mower, firefighter
I'm tryin' to loose it up, or make it tighter

But a Jack of all trades master, I'm not dead, you're tired in bed
But a Jack of all trades, there's stuff that gets made, wait for your lucky day

See my train and now it's gone
Rings the damned, threw the phone
He's studdering, he stalls
He hit the bottle of call
Ching chase and rat race, and laid down and out of place, and down the hall

Problem called (na, na)
Problem called (na, na, na)

Yes I'll try anything sometimes I just can't say no
And I'm learnin' to dig with my hands
I've learned to work with my mind
So much to lose, and so much left to find
So much to take, so much to leave behind

Yeah, I walked down, your thoughts are free, don't think of the dead but think of dignity
Picked you up by the side of your head, you were half dead
Say your prayers, and put you to to bed

At the end of the day stands a Jack of all trades, and the fool he has made
It's a Jack of all trades and the fool he has made of himself and his friend

But he'd do it again, yes he'd do it again
He's a Jack

 

[fox69]

"Job For Me"

"Job For Me"


Well I want to find a job that's right for me
Well anyone that could fool around is me
Well I just don't know what I'm gonna do
Well if I'm gonna ever have to work for you

Maybe I could be your bus driver
Maybe I could be your garbage man
Your part of this is what I deal with anyway
I'll try to find doin' what I can

Well I want to find a job that's right for me
Well I don't bother walkin' to a beat
Well I'll just do what I want to do
Well if I'm gonna always have to work for free

A janitor or a politician
All the different things you think you'd learn
And a lone raner, that would be fun
Havin' my silver bullets in my gun

I want to find a job that's right for me
I fell out of opportunity
Givin' out thoughts of purity
But you better be careful you'll be workin' for me

Maybe I could be your doctor
Go to school and get my PhD
Wonderin' if I'll ever make a livin'
Spellin' his own age, Jesus saves

Ohhh

 

[fox69]

"Just Like Anyone"

"Just Like Anyone"


She walks into the outhouse
the cold night breathes into her face
the flies are standin' still now
the moon it spills through the place

and she starts wonderin' what its like to be
liked by everyone and like everyone be just
like anyone and just wants to be so
just like anyone, just like anyone

she reaches through the darkness
her fingers touch the porcelain seat
she spins and pulls her pants down
the cold air holds her like a thief

and she starts wonderin what they mean
do they just mean to be mean
and thinkin' bout the scene
do they just want to be seen
try not to seem so just like anyone,
just like anyone

the door comes screechin' open
she walks into the evening air
she disappears in the darkness
all's left, the faint smell of her hair

she starts wonderin' what its like to be
liked by everyone and like everyone
be just like anyone and just wants to be so
just like anyone and wonderin what they mean
do they just mean to be mean and thinkin' bout
the scene do they just want to be seen
try not to seem so just like anyone

just like anyone [X11]

 

[fox69]

"Just Plain Evil"

"Just Plain Evil"


You sold your soul for a lump of coal
She's blacker than the night
Didn't think you'd be needing it
But you thought
But you never know who you might meet
On the street where the church bells ring to a different beat
Is it joy, is it pain? Is it rustin' in the rain?
Do you really think I need it?
Is it just plain evil?
Heard of a man who had a plan
To save the wretched world
Nationwide genocide, like one-eyed jacks
And suicide queens
Look out for if you know what I mean
Is it good, is it bad? Is it bitter, is it sad?
Is it inside all these people?
Is it just plain evil? You've got a lot to learn
You've got a lot to change, you've got nothing to lose
But a ball and chain
Is it good, is it bad?Is it bitter, is it sad?
Do you really think I need it? Is it just plain evil?

 

[fox69]

"Keep It Up"

"Keep It Up"


I'm down here waiting on a shattered heart
I'm gonna put it back together if it tears me apart
If I can keep it up.. If I can keep it up

I been complaining like a broken record
Gonna get what I want, if it takes forever
If I can keep it up... If I can keep it up

Though the rain weighs down your wings
Still the caged bird's got to sing
Singing "Na na na na na na na na na"

I know it seem funny, try to understand
It's just that things don't always go the way you plan
Still you keep it up... Still you keep it up

Nothing in the world's gonna keep me down
I'm just a holding out, and just a hanging around
Trying to keep it up.. Just to keep it up

Though the rain weighs down your wings
Still the caged bird's got to sing
Singing "Na na na na na na na na na"

Keep it up.... Keep it up

A seven forty-seven's gonna take us away
Take us up to heaven, gonna be okay
If we can keep it up.. If we can keep it up

Though the rain weighs down your wings
Still the caged bird's got to sing
Singing "Na na na na na na na na na"

 

[fox69]

"Ladies Man"

"Ladies Man"


(It's recording
No you're not
Yes she is
See up top
Crank it up man
Turn it on Dave)

As you make your way through the fresh demolition
You better think of something that sounds true
Cause you're the last fighter on the planet
And everyone can see the sadness that's inside of you
Long live exile isolation

Now he's a ladies man
He's a ladies man
He's a ladies man
He's a ladies man

All aboard for an all expense paid vacation
This landscape demands an explanation
Pack your bags cause we're going to hell
Captain's drinking at the wishing well
Will he ever ever really learn?

Now he's a ladies man
He's a ladies man
He's a ladies man
Well he's a ladies man

Take it back to the next abomination
Get yourself ready for the ride you've been waiting for
Hot rods and real cool revelations

Yes he's a ladies man
Well he's a ladies man
Yes he's a ladies man
Well he's a ladies man
He's a ladies, ladies, ladies man
He's a ladies man
But she's lady man

Take cover
Take cover
Take cover in the dumpster
Take cover in the dumpster
Take cover

 

[fox69]

"Lap Of Luxury"

"Lap Of Luxury"


I ain't working nine to five
I ain't going out to plant no seed
I don't ask what I'm supposed to do, cause I've got everything I want
But I don't have anything I need

Well I do my thing in a palace full of kings
Do it in an old broken-down shack
I'd give you the shirt off my back, show you where your systems lack
Meet you in the lap of luxury

I get off the floor and walk it off
Get back to a place that I can see
Well I'm coming back for more abuse
Meet you in the lap.. the lap.. the lap of luxury

Now I'm working noon to midnight
Now my precious seeds they have been sown
I don't ask when they're supposed to grow 'cause I got everything I know
I don't know anything I need

No exploitation, paid vacation
All I want's communication
That ain't too hard to see

When the van stops rolling, the band starts rocking
It ain't too pretty, it ain't too shocking but
I've got everything I need

I get off the floor and walk it off
Get back to a place that I can see
Well I'm coming back for more abuse
Meet you in the lap of luxury

 

[fox69]

"Lately"

"Lately"


In the fog lights
There was tear gas floating through the twilight
And he wondered what life would be like
With a giant screen TV
A fridge full of a beer and a conscience that's clean

You see, lately
She'd been thinking 'bout her little tiny baby
And the boy who had gone to defend me
She's a good friend of mine
But I can't take the place of her man anytime

And it won't be long
'Til he's coming home

You gotta bring your soldier home
All those stones have all been thrown
You gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did

Now, meanwhile
He was reading magazines on the front line
He was trying not to think about her life
And what he might have done
'Cause it seemed like none of them were having any fun

You see lately
She'd been acting kinda crazy
Lately
Oh man, I thought she was gonna hate me
'Cause I couldn't watch the little one
I had so much to do
I was so high-strung

And it won't be long
'Til Daddy's home

You gotta bring your soldier home
All those stones have all been thrown
You gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did

Lately
All the hate escapes me
Lately
All the hate just escapes me
Lately

So he phoned her
He said "Darling I'm feeling so alone here
Am I making myself perfectly clear?
That I'm on my way back
Just a couple more missions and I'll start getting packed"

You gotta bring your soldier home
All those stones have all been thrown
You gotta give a kid a chance to get a look at his kid
And hope he can live with whatever he did

Lately
I was wondering if she'd heard from him lately

Lately
I was wondering if she'd heard from him lately