Subject: The Jayhawks - Smile Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 19:16:12 +0200 From: "Gunnar Hedlund" To: "Hans Settler" Thanks Gunnar! @ARTIST: The Jayhawks ALBUM: Smile @SONG: Smile wake up, put your shoes on take a breath of the northern air and rub those eyes genuflect beneath the starry skies before you climb the mountain first the foothills must appear step high and light and take up your staff and shining armor (chin up, chin up) you don't really have a problem (chin up, chin up) in your hour of despair and smile when you're down and out (find something inside you) smile when you're down and out (find something inside you) the stars on the horizon stretch as far as the eyes can see they represent the souls of those like you and me and smile when you're down and out (find something inside you) smile when you're down and out (find something inside you) (chin up, chin up) you don't really have a problem (chin up, chin up) in your hour of despair and smile when you're down and out (find something inside you) smile when you're down and out (find something inside you) @SONG: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me the world never ends it's only the beginning and we can't pretend to discover its meaning we talked for hours at a time then I came to my senses you're more than a friend you're my perfect lover I'll never be all you want me to but that's all right I'm gonna make you love me I'm gonna dry your tears and we're gonna stay together for a million years it's the least I can do just to make you my baby no words could describe oh, pinch me I'm dreaming your hair's long and black as it lays 'cross my pillow when I stare in your eyes I get lost in your glory I'll never be all you want me to but that's all right I'm gonna make you love me I'm gonna dry your tears and we're gonna stay together for a million years when you were a little girl your great big world came tumbling down so sad yeah, the river it bends but it flows to the ocean and baby here I am I'm your sea of devotion I'll never be all you want me to but that's all right I'm gonna make you love me I'm gonna dry your tears and we're gonna stay together for a million years @SONG: What Led Me To This Town what led me to this town room to roam but no place called bome dazed at first but shaking off the Sunday gloom what led me to this town such a lazy afternoon eight shades of gray and I can taste the rain oh, how high the lovely have flown what led me to this town blue lights shining over my life ... blue lights shining over me sometimes I can't get free when you're standing right there in front of me I woke up one day and my dreams were gone what led me to this town blue lights shining over my life ... blue lights shining over me what led me to this town are you keeping a secret well I'm keeping one too can you keep it a secret I'm in love with you what happened to this boy such a lovely mother's son blue lights shining over my life ... @SONG: Somewhere In Ohio Scarface you were out of place in Ohio too bad you were out ahead and you're slowin' you were feeling like a bomb without a target ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba look out Joe I think the sky is falling seems that all the clouds have turned to stone I'm calling you from somewhere deep in Ohio ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba Skintight, you were up all night and it's showin' so tough you were breakin' up over the wire Well I saw you heading up the Muddy River ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba look out Joe I think the sky is falling seems that all the clouds have turned to stone I see the flashing lights along the highway you sounded lost and desperate on the phone look out Joe I think the sky is falling seems that all the clouds have turned to stone I'm calling you from somewhere deep in Ohio ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba @SONG: A Break In The Clouds I just want to remember you the way you're standing there with that hurry home looks in your eyes and flowers on the table sometimes I see too much sometimes I see too little sometimes shadows fall, darken all and cover up the fable every time that I see your face it's like cool, cool water running down my back cool, cool water running down my back sometimes I see my memories like a film that never stops although I know how it ends still I can't help but watch there's a break in the clouds as I feel myself shiver still there's no light coming through no reflection on the river every time that I see your face it's like cool, cool water running down my back cool, cool water running down my back @SONG: Queen Of The World just a face among the crowd another ship upon the sea of sweet confusion standing on your toes while your jewelry was swaying to the music you're a rose among the reeds and you're the only one I'll ever need and when I look into your eyes I know that you will take me to a place I never go you send me kisses made of gold I'll place a crown upon your curles all hail the queen of the world just an ordinary girl with an ordinary life that you have choosen but you're the fire in the snow though I believe that I'm the only one who knows it you never liked to sleep alone you left some lipstick on the telephone and when I look into your eyes I know that you will take me to a place I never go you send me kisses made of gold I'll place a crown upon your curles all hail the queen of the world @SONG: Life Floats By abuse me and confuse me but never, never, never use me you leave me so tired so utterly uninspired Thunder Bay was a drag, baby Thunder Bay was a drag, baby upon the gravel and the dust if I don't move I will rust you're a faint recurring melody I can't seem to recall in my mind, in my soul I never really loved you in my mind, in my soul I never really loved you the sun shines off the powerlines and the trees they wave me on there's a black cloud of happiness I can't finish what I've begun we hit Duluth on a jag, baby we hit Duluth on a jag, baby I grab my coat, my hat and my paperback from the corner of my eyes, I see you smile in my mind, in my soul I never really loved you in my mind, in my soul I never really loved you I hear what they're saying there's no use in praying so I'll just slip away in my mind, in my soul I never really loved you in my mind, in my soul I never really loved you @SONG: Broken Harpoon gonna build a fire lead the choir in my song as I climb the walls walk the halls to be strong once, it was around my schoolboy days new lines were drawn and rules were made I wear the scars smell the blood on the breeze I weathered the storm for a glimpse of the trees when, when it seemed no matter what you gave I took my secret to my grave broken harpoon ... I could drown in the sound of my dreams shiver and moan feel the need to be free once, it was around my schoolboy days new lines were drawn and rules were made broken harpoon ... @SONG: Pretty Thing taking pictures of the boys passed out in your bed true collector till the end you burned your bridges well with games of kiss and tell left me twisting in the wind you occupy your days walking through a maze convincing everyone you've got a lot to say you're such a pretty thing ... I taught you everything you know when you first came to town buying drinks until you drowned so many wasted nights the blood lay an your hands trying to make amends but you're spilling on your dress the gypsy's on the move but the caravan remains new backdrop but same old play you're such a pretty thing ... I taught you everything you know @SONG: Mr. Wilson Mister, Mister Wilson humble and brave, empty of hate on your best behaviour you can be sure, I won't ignore you no one knows you quite like I do you're so brand new Alex flew to Memphis smug in his ways, big in his day claimed all children evil scared that his best is all in his past no one knows you quite like I do you're so used can't you see my guardian angel looking over me can't you see my guardian angel looking over me Holly paced the desert twisted her dreams, hatched crazy schemes canceled her engagements high on cocaine jumpstart her brain no one knows you quite like l do it all fell through can't you see my guardian angel looking over me can't you see my guardian angel looking over me your doubt is your undoing afraid to open your door you're still too busy screwing up the battle and the war can't you see my guardian angel looking over me can't you see my guardian angel looking over me @SONG: (In My) Wildest Dreams when you had a brief encounter with your fortune and your fame well I stood beside and watched the fans that followed I saw you from a distance and I heard them call your name but you winked at me as if to say, I'm sorry yeah, you winked at me as if to say, I'm sorry in my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams the more I get to know you, the less that I admire I fade as the unholy light surrounds you well, I'm mystified you got so high you had so far to fall what you don't own you beg, you steal, you borrow what you don't own you beg, you steal, you borrow in my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams I never felt this close to you, I never will again as you gaze at me from on your ivory tower you're pretending to be happy you're pretending to be free as you watch the minutes slowly turn to hours as you watch the minutes slowly turn to hours in my wildest dreams ... @SONG: Better Days took a walk down Paramount (I've seen better days) left behind a friend of mine (I've seen better days) passed by a statue of Saint Augustine in prayer said for one, the only one I turned my back at her the elevator rose to the eleventh floor (I've seen better days) her trenchcoat hangs inside her door (I've seen better days) a leaky window welcomed rain and left me standing here a black-baired girl who taught me truth I turned my back on her too late for hope but a dream remembered lay me down, down, down too late for hope but a dream remembered better days made love in the Toronto rain (I've seen better days) from Hamilton I look the train (I've seen better days) what you regret, you softly said are things you never do I regret I didn't turn and run back home to you too late for hope but a dream remembered lay me down, down, down too late for hope but a dream remembered better days, better days now I stand in sympatby not for her but for me I could have turned I could have stayed but I just walked away I could have done a lot of things in my better days too late for hope but a dream remembered lay me down, down, down too late for hope but a dream remembered better days, better days ... @SONG: Baby, Baby, Baby baby, baby, baby, I had to move along I took my bags, I took my car but it all went wrong beneath the gloom I hear the sirens whine they sound so far away a darkened room I hear you call my name, I had so much to say I've been so faithful, I've been so true there's a million flags flying a million dreams that died and I died too as twisted metal rained across the interchange I've been sa faithful, I've been so true I would have run (baby. baby, baby) but I never saw it coming (baby. baby, baby) I've been so faithful, I've been so true I would have run (baby. baby, baby) but I never saw it coming (baby, baby. baby) I would have run (baby, baby, baby) flying, flying ooh so beautiful, so beautiful you'll cry your eyes just like Jesus Christ, just like Jesus Christ so beautiful, you'll cry your eyes just like Jesus Christ, just like Jesus Christ so beautiful, so beautiful, so beautiful peace, Gunnar