Cake - Motorcade Of Generosity Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:20:01 +0200 "Gunnar Hedlund" "Hans Settler" Thanks to Gunnar! @ARTIST: Cake @ALBUM: Motorcade Of Generosity 1. Comanche 2. Ruby Sees All 3. Up So Close 4. Pentagram 5. Jolene 6. Haze Of Love 7. You Part The Waters 8. Is This Love ? 9. Jesus Wrote A Blank Check 10. Rock'n'roll Lifestyle 11. I Bombed Korea 12. Mr. Mastodon Farm 13. Ain't No Good @SONG: Comanche you need to straighten your posture and suck in your gut you need to pull back your shoulders and tighten your butt yeah, come comanche, comanche, comanche, commode if you want to have cities, you've got to build roads you need to find some new feathers and buy some new clothes just get rid of the antlers and lighten your load yeah, come comanche, comanche, comanche, commode yeah, if you want to have cities, you've got to build roads you need to straighten your posture and suck in your gut you need to pull back your shoulders and tighten your butt yeah, come comanche, comanche, comanche, commode ah, if you want to have cities, yeah, if you want to have cities no, if you want to have cities, you've got to build roads @SONG: Ruby Sees All do you think she's swimming in your lies do you think it's all just murky green don't you think that she would realize yeah, do you think she has never seen 'cause when the seaweed sinks and the sun gets low when the waves retire to the darkness below I know, I know Ruby sees all I know, I know Ruby see I can feel the pressure building high you should see you're headed for a storm don't you see it building in the sky don't you think it's time to swim to shore 'cause when the seaweed sinks and the sun gets low when the waves retire to the darkness below I know, I know Ruby sees all I know, I know Ruby sees all I know, I know Ruby see @SONG: Up So Close up so close, I never get to see your face microscope, I might as well be out in space up so close, I never get to see the view down your throat, I'm never sure if it's still you up your nose, down to your toes in your mouth, way down south up so close, it seems I only think of you up so close, I never see the sky so blue I only wanted to be sure that what it was was really pure I put my face down in the cake my feet were flailing in a lake up so close, I never get to see your face microscope, I might as well be out in space up so close, I never get to see you microscope, I'm never sure if it's still you @SONG: Pentagram your pentagram is down below our floor your naked body shimmers in the night dancing and chanting in a sacrificial rite your feet are dry with the ashes from dead babies who have passed the test just like all the rest but never really understood the reasons why they took it in the first place ah, in the first place your feisty eyes won't make me fall apart your turquoise and silver won't weaken this old heart yeah, dancing and chanting in a sacrificial rite I fell to the ground on a windy, windy night well I have passed the test just like all the rest but never really understood the reasons why I took it in the first place ah, in the first place well I have passed the test just like all the rest but never really understood the reasons why I took it in the first place ah, in the first place @SONG: Jolene well, Jolene unlocked the thick, breezeway door like she'd done one hundred times before Jolene smoothed her dark hair in the mirror she folded the towel carefully and put it back in place yeah I want to pull you down into bed I want to cast your face in lead, ooh yeah, all right now every time I pull you close push my face into your hair cream rinse and tobacco smoke that sickly scent is always, always there yeah, yeah ... Jolene heard her father's uneven snores right then she knew there must be something more Jolene heard the singing in the forest she opened the door quietly and stepped into the night yeah, I want to throw you out into space I want to do whatever it takes, takes, takes, ooh yeah well every time I pull you close push my face into your hair cream rinse and tobacco smoke that sickly scent is always, always there yeah, yeah ... @SONG: Haze of Love it's three o'clock in the morning or maybe it's four I am thinking of you, wondering what I should I do but I'm finally cutting through this haze it's four o'clock in the morning or maybe it's five I think I'm alive and I think I'll survive I'm finally cutting through this haze of love haze of love, for days and days and days I'm in a haze of love yeah, you don't love me like I love you all though you pretend, I can see this will end I'm finally cutting through this haze of love haze of love, for days and days and days I'm in a haze of love it's five o'clock in the morning or maybe it's six I am sick of your lies, I am sick of your tricks I'm finally cutting through this haze of love haze of love, for days and days and days for days and days and days, for days and days and days I'm in a haze of love @SONG: You Part the Waters you part the waters the same ones that I'm drowning in you lead your casual slaughters and I'm the one who helps you win you've got your grand piano you don't even play piano I'm the one who plays piano you don't even play piano, all right you part the waters the same ones that I'm thirsty for you invite your friends to tea but when it's me you lock the door you've got your credit cards and you thank your lucky stars but don't forget the ones who foot the bill you've got your grand piano and you don't even play piano I'm the one who plays piano you don't even play piano but you part the waters @SONG: Is This Love ? I can't believe it's true I can't believe that you don't want me anymore you're with him and you don't even know that I've been dying all day long and singing sad, sad songs and wishing you were gone is this love, is this love is this love or should I close the door yeah, my eyes are burning in my head and seeing only red and wishing you were dead is this love, is this love, is this love is this love, is this love or should I, or should I, should I should I close the door should I close the door ah, I fooled myself is this love, is this love, is this love is this love, is this love or should I, or should I, or should I, should I should I close the door @SONG: Jesus Wrote a Blank Check Jesus wrote a blank check one I haven't cashed quite yet I hope I've got a little more time I hope it's not the end of the line yeah, Jesus wrote a blank check one I haven't cashed yet, all right but if I had to choose a number I'd want it to be number one I don't want to be number two yeah, I don't want to be number four but I can hear a knock on the door Jesus wrote a blank check, all right if Jesus saw me dying would angels come a flying down I hope I've got a little more time I hope somebody lends me a dime now, Jesus wrote a blank check ah, one I haven't cashed yet still I build my towers high I watch them pierce the blue, blue sky still I wallow in the mire still I burn this earthen fire still I build my towers high I watch them pierce the blue, blue sky still I wallow in the mire still I burn this earthen fire ... @SONG: Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly how much did you pay for your bad moto guzzi and how much did you spend on your black leather jacket is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket now tickets to concerts and drinking at clubs sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of and how much did you pay for your rock'n'roll t-shirt that proves you were there, that you heard of them first now, how do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle how do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle how do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle, ah, tell me how much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar the one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show and how much will he pay for a brand new guitar one which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show and how long will the workers keep building him new ones as long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones and how long will the workers keep building him new ones as long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones aging black leather and hospital bills tattoo removal and dozens of pills your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments but rock on completely with some brand new components how do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle how do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle how do you afford your rock'n'roll lifestyle excess ain't rebellion you're drinking what they're selling your self-destruction doesn't hurt them your chaos won't convert them they're so happy to rebuild it you'll never really kill it yeah, excess ain't rebellion you're drinking what they're selling excess ain't rebellion you're drinking, you're drinking, oh yeah you're drinking what they're selling @SONG: I Bombed Korea I bombed Korea every night my engine sang into the salty sky I didn't know if I would live or die I bombed Korea every night I bombed Korea every night I bombed Korea every night red flowers bursting down below us those people didn't even know us we didn't know if we would live or die we didn't know if it was wrong or right I bombed korea every night and so I sit here at this bar I'm not a hero, I'm not a movie star I've got my beer, I've got my stories to tell but they won't tell you what it's like in hell red flowers bursting down below us those people didn't even know us we didn't know if we would live or die we didn't know if it was wrong or right we didn't know if we would live or die I bombed Korea every night @SONG: Mr. Mastodon Farm birds fall from the window ledge above mine then they flap their wings at the last second you see birds fall from the window ledge above mine then they flap their wings at the last second I can see their dead weight just dropping like stones for small loaves of bread past my window all the time but unless I get up walk across the room and peer down below I don't see their last second curves toward a horizontal flight all these birds just falling from the ledge like stones now due to a construct in my mind that makes their falling and their flight symbolic of my entire existence it becomes important for me to get up and see their last second curves toward flight it's almost as if my life will fall unless I see their ascent Mr. Mastodon farm, Mr. Mastodon farm cuts swatches out of all material Mr. Mastodon farm, Mr. Mastodon farm cuts swatches out of all material birds fall from the window ledge above mine then they flap their wings at the last second I said birds fall from the window ledge above mine then they flap their wings at the last second but unless I get up walk across the room and peer down below I won't see their last second curves toward a, a horizontal flight all these birds just falling from the ledge like stones now due to a construct in my mind that makes their falling and their flight symbolic of my entire existence it becomes important for me to get up and see their last second curves toward flight it's almost like my life will fall my life will fall unless I see their ascent Mr. Mastodon farm, Mr. Mastodon farm cuts swatches out of all material Mr. Mastodon farm, Mr. Mastodon farm cuts swatches out of all material Mr. Mastodon farm, Mr. Mastodon farm cuts swatches out of all material @SONG: Ain't No Good she's gonna hand you a red-headed gabriel coming from the bar in a plastic tie he's gonna swing from the tree of life he's gonna try to sell you on a great big lie but when you speak to her, her eyes light up the music spills right into your cup the minstrels play and the waitress brings ice there are pies on a carousel, have a slice but watch out, she ain't no good for you he's gonna spin like the tractor pull she'll sit back when he tells his tale he's gonna yell when he drinks his beer she'll sit back and drink ginger ale but when you speak to her, her eyes light up the music spills right into your cup it's so abrupt and it's so concise there are pies on a carousel, have a slice but watch out, she ain't no good for you I say watch out, she ain't no good for you she'd like to put you in her zoo right between the canaries and the cockatoos she'll pull out your feathers for her brand new hat and when she's done that she'll feed you to her cat so watch out, she ain't no good for you watch out, she ain't no good for you watch out, she ain't no good for you