Subject: Jayhawks - Sound Of Lies Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:41:05 +0100 From: "Gunnar Hedlund" To: "Hans Settler" Thanks Gunnar! @ARTIST: Jayhawks @ALBUM: Sound Of Lies @SONG: The Man Who Loved Life won't you take my hand won't you be my friend take my advice, go away when the days get short and the chips are down will you be there, will you stick around yeah, yeah, yeah and if thou shalt give thou shalt be deceived this traveling band was not well received no open arms or reception lines just handlebars wearing five-point stars am I living in your dream we got the guns, we got the guns a thousand to one, a thousand to one he's the man, he's the man he's the man who loved life served by different stories am I living in your dream pretty metal green can I ride upon your wings so free in the canyon walls there's a rusty lot the stakes were high and the sun was hot you can rest assured as the casinos rise buzz around my ears like the dragonflies am I living in your dream we've got the guns, we got the guns a thousand to one, a thousand to one he's the man, he's the man he's the man who loved life served from different shores am I living in your dream, yeah pretty metal green am I living in your dream for real heard a million stories am I living in your dream, yeah pretty metal green am I living in your dream, yeah ooh la la la ... @SONG: Think About It took her pills and her magazines left her lying in her misery he was locked up in his room colored pinwheels as the sirens whine down the avenue think about it once take your time, don't fuss what you got to lose, everybody choose think about it once take your time, don't fuss all the dog-eared pages on your shelf you never talk except about yourself all the red eyes in the room tried to rearrange your world for you think about it once take your time, don't fuss what you got to lose, everybody choose think about it once what you got to lose as he pulled his pad and scribbled "suicide" the county coroner, he shook his head from side to side he was a little less than pleased very pale and very tired the toil of love had brought them to their knees think about it once take your time, don't fuss what you got to lose, everybody choose think about it once take your time, don't fuss what you got to lose, everybody choose @SONG: Trouble trouble that's what we had and everything that goes around comes around in a bittersweet lament well, my heart's already broken down looking for a sweeter sound looking for a brighter day I'm face down on the pavement step aside, see the light, close your eyes and let us live our lives as they really 'round the sinking ship looking for a better way it was just the blind leading the blind ooh, yeah, I've got my feet back on the ground it's better than being alone it's better than being alone funny, we tried it all you left me standing on the brink looking down, down, down there's a little bit of truth in every lie you were so above us all it was just the blind leading the blind ooh, yeah, I've got my feet back on the ground it's better than being alone it's better than being alone we were stranded on the vine destitute and shaken looking for a sign left hung out to dry our backs against the wall stoned out of our minds ooh, yeah, I've got my feet back on the ground it's better than being alone it's better than being alone @SONG: It's Up To You I heard you bragging 'bout the boys you took are you a victim or a small-time crook or just a little fool you know, you know it's up to you you're no princess, you're a primadonna can't understand why the world wasn't handed to you you know, you know it's up to you yeah, when you're deep inside your head justify the blame six green olives and a champagne basket paid the bills with your boyfriend's plastic what a little fool takes one to get two yeah, when you're deep inside your head justify the blame stirring a tin cup with a silver spoon tell me honey, who is possessing who you know, you know it's up to you you know, you know it's up to you @SONG: Stick In The Mud I've been getting by I've got no cross to bear but I'm still getting there you've got me down on my knees begging you, please don't leave let me be nice to you you're still my best friend who says that this is the end why do good things divide why did they all choose sides slow steady wins the race slow steady wins the race you've got the sweetest eyes you just couldn't be mean see you down the Skyline Drive you've got me down on my knees begging you, please don't leave you've got me down on my knees begging you, please don't leave @SONG: Big Star I'm flat-busted, wild-eyed and free I couldn't get arrested if I tried a has-been at a mere thirty-five straight, honest, forthright and true great expectations for someone doesn't anybody know how to have fun but I'm gonna be a big star I'm gonna be a big star someday I'm gonna be a big star someday grape's bitter, I'm no quitter revolutions come one by one seems it's high noon and I ain't got no gun but it's so hard, so hard so hard getting by gonna be a big star I'm gonna be a big star someday I'm gonna be a big star someday fine bourbon, Cuban cigars rude remarks observed at the C.C. Bar I'm perfecting the finest art of wasting hours but I'm gonna be a big star I'm gonna be a big star someday I'm gonna be a big star I'm gonna be a big star someday @SONG: Poor Little Fish poor little fish, swimming in the water hide behind the coattails of your father I've been alone so long I thought I'd never last stuck on a shelf like an old dusty hat, yeah but then you came along you put me on that throne up into the sky, yeah thought I saw Nick Cave down at the laundromat you put your hand in mine hand and that was that, yeah your perfume on my sleeve you lit my life like a Christmas tree up into the sky, yeah poor little fish, swimming in the water hide behind the coattails of your father y'know a cold, cold heart sleeps awful well while the maid's vacuum in the hall outside my cheap hotel room the whole damn shit came down exploded to the ground up into the sky, yeah poor little fish, swimming in the water hide behind the coattails of your father where you are is who you are when you're sleeping where you are is who you are when you're sleeping poor little fish ... @SONG: Sixteen Down sunshine stealing stage time from the moon and the stars above she said leave me alone I said take me home, sixteen down a living in the hallowed ground now the blue has turned to red all but given up for dead ooh, Madeline, Madeline breathe Madeline breathe skiff rocked like a cradle and the poor girl fell overboard rope wrapped around her neck tangled in her hair soaked wet they dragged the stream the body never to be found now the blue has turnded to red all but given up for dead ooh, Madeline, Madeline breathe Madeline breathe my life, made the headlines beneath the waterlily sky she said leave me alone I said take me home, sixteen down living in the hallowed ground now the blue has turned to red all but given up for dead ooh Madeline, Madeline breathe Madeline breathe ... @SONG: Haywire Billy was a vampire, carving out an empire strolling Pirates' Alley in the middle of the night buy a round of cocktails spinning sordid fables in the twilight that's all right scattered words that matter it's a disaster in the making take the time to smell the leaves beneath the trees that's all right well, my whole life has gone haywire I'm just a blade bending in your shade for your love I'm a vampire strolling the ways of Esplanade headed up to Pittsburgh heard you could get a pretty good sandwich for fifteen and a dime I miss that old stretch of road down to the Bayou in the middle of the night guilt by association the mere smell of speculation conjures up hell, that's all right feel the touch of oil from the tankers upon the breeze yeah, that's all right all my life has gone haywire I'm just a blade bending in your shade for your love I'm a vampire strolling the ways of Esplanade that's my whole life in a nutshell take it as you will I can hear that old brass band playing our song down the hill that's all right won't you smile, smile, smile that's all right won't you smile smile, smile that's all right won't you smile the smile that fills the room with an independent light but that's all right @SONG: Dying On The Vine dear one, I had enough killjoy hold up in above I been sick and tired playing out my day in a dream hurry up, hurry up it's late I'm dying in the shadow I'm just a little baby boy in your arms so you, you know who you are thought I saw you in the rearview mirror looking down took the dive on Friday night had a pretty good alibi gasoline it hid the deed not takin it for granted hurry up, hurry up it's late I'm tounge-tied and getting something babe, scared of you, scared of you babe, scared of you, scared of you headed down ot Kingsfield with the key in my hand took a swim down at Hidden Beach you and me in the sand hurry up, hurry up it's late I'm dying in the shadow I'm just a little baby boy but now I'm getting something babe, scared of you, scared of you babe, scared of you, scared of you dear one, I've had enough raise the flag, I'm giving up I'm just sick and tired of living out my day in a dream I want to be the first to say it black or white but never grey I don't feel like me today I'm dying in the shadow hurry up, hurry up it's too late but now I'm getting somewhere babe, scared of you, scared of you babe, scared of you, scared of you scared of you ... @SONG: Bottomless Cup walk me to the bus tell me it's alright talk the man out of the first drink and drive rock away my terror after I burn the place down but you know the years make things different if you go the bottomless cup runs out you never gave up on me I think I let you down I could use you around use you right now there's nothing quite like the sound of your voice in the evening calling my name it's getting late you used to say "I love you" a hundred times a day what you gonna say when you learn they turned me the day is gonna come for something to take you but it's clear nothing comes near to you when you go I lower my sights you never gave up on me I think I let you down I could use you around use you right now there's nothing quite like the sound of your voice in the evening calling my name it's getting late but I can't wait to get on back no, I can't wait to get on back I can't wait to get on back I gotta get back ... @SONG: Sound Of Lies it's a matter of time til I fall in the middle of the town there stands a tall brick wall in the middle of a dream where time plays in between the sound of lies rings funny against the truth when I was young, outspoken Mama said it'll work out right then sixteen brought a moody star Mama said it'll work out right Mama said it'll work out right boulevards and green leaves billowing it's a matter of time til I fall in the middle of the town there stands a tall brick wall in the middle of a dream where time stands in between the sound of lies rings funny against the truth it's a matter of time til I fall in the middle of the town there stands a tall brick wall in the middle of a dream where time stands in between the sound of lies rings funny against the truth @SONG: I Hear You Cry hello, my little Chinatown did I deserved it long should I ask you for forgiveness or should I just leave you alone it needs some quiet conversation we can tell each other lies baby, we could light a fire to tend it will work out right don't you know how I hear you cry but everything is all right don't you know how I feel inside but everything is all right there was a time I thought we'd make it I didn't mean to bring you down but I dream about you always just tell me I should let it go right don't you know how I hear you cry but everything is all right don't you know how I feel inside but everything is all right