Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:13:28 +0100 "Gunnar Hedlund" Thanks to Gunnar! @ARTIST: Paul Westerberg @ALBUM: 14 Songs @SONG: Knocking On Mine alright you read common knowledge, stockpile your brain you get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain what they teach you to fix, needs to be broke I say he who laughs first didn't get the joke go on, untap your mind quit knocking on mine an english teacher from Vancouver she asked me to write something for her students I wrote knowledge adds, wisdom let slide she says now really, I wanna tap your mind quit knockin' on mine walkin on knockin' on mine knowledge is power, got your books go read 'em wisdom is ignorance, stupidity I call freedom knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) get out comic books, the Bible, roadmaps, pornography anything you wanna read go out and sit in a field sometime quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) the power of your books go read 'em wisdom is ignorance, stupidity, I call freedom quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) you read common knowledge every day. you're as common as that newspaper you throw away you get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain won't you ever change won't you ever learn quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) yes sir quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) quit knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) knock, knock, knockin' on mine knockin' on mine (knockin' on mine) knock, knock, knockin' on mine quit knocking on mine (knockin' on mine) knock, knock, knockin' on mine @SONG: First Glimmer do you remember me long ago used to wear my heart on my sleeve I guess it still shows we watched the sun fall down and I hop on my bike, still that night you're my first glimmer of light you were my, You was my first glimmer of light and the leaves were burning up in the street I guess they tore that bridge out where we used to meet and no one can see there you're my first glimmer of light you were my, You was my first glimmer of light wore my jacket and I wore your sweater underneath the bridge was an indian summer purple mascara, safety pins kickin' the dirt took off your jacket took off my sweater and we made a wish things would never be better train whistle blew my wish won't come. Oh no. you were the first glimmer of light you was my first glimmer of light you're my first glimmer of light you was my first you was my first wore my jacket and I wore your sweater underneath the bridge was an indian summer purple mascara, safety pins God did it hurt took off my jacket took off your sweater and we made a wish things would never be better train whistle blew my wish came true. you was my first glimmer of light . . . oh baby now yes you were . . . oh baby now yes you were . . . @SONG: World Class Fad well you look fantastic in your cast-off casket at least the thing still runs this 9 to 5 bullshit, don't let you forget whose suicide you're on I'm the one you trust in and the world owes you nothing you really, really want it that bad you gotta come get it it's your life, go live it 'round the corner, give it some gas if you want it that bad be a world class fad remember leave a trail of crumbs if you want it that bad you're a world class fad remember where you started from don't be sad you're a world class fad you wax poetic about things pathetic as long as you look so cute believe these hills are starting to roll believe these stars are starting to shoot if you want it that bad be a world class fad . . . and the pressures gonna build yeah higher and higher something's gotta move here ain't knocking on wood you're foxin' the cove, oh yeah don't be sad you're a world class fad well you look fantastic in your cast-off casket at least the thing still flies I believe this road is starting to wind and where we're going, starting to hide if you want it that bad you're a world class fad remember leave a trail of crumbs you want it that bad be a world class fad remember where you started from if you want it that bad a world class fad if you want it that bad you're a world class fad don't be sad you're a world class fad don't be sad you're a world class fad don't be sad that you're a world class fad @SONG: Runaway Wind you don't blow like the breeze you were born to be you die down in the trees and try to hide will you witness the dark all you need is a spark a cathedral of torches to light the night on your mark here I am I'm your spark runaway wind run, runaway wind you trade your telescope for a keyhole make way for the gray that's in your brown as dreams make way for plans see you watch life from the stands come on I'll help you burn 'em to the ground on your mark here I am I'm your spark runaway wind he sees ya like a river deep and silent and he runs to you like a shallow noisy stream I see what you've become and try to hide it you need someone who sees what you were born to be here I am you don't blow like the breeze you were born to be you don't know what to do with your life as day returns to dark flame returns to spark come on I feel I'm blowing out tonight I'm your spark here I am . . . on your mark runaway wind watch you run . . . @SONG: Dice Behind Your Shades dice behind your shades roll the dice behind your shades everybody's trying to make you feel stupid and you know they're lyin' 'cause their lips are moving bet this one is twice your age come on, roll the dice behind your shades roll the dice behind your shades safer way to be strange roll the dice behind your shades the avantgarde unlock the door you're takin' notes and nothing more a guy snaps your picture on roller blades come on, roll the dice behind your shades roll the dice behind your shades safest way to be strange roll the dice behind your shades take it to a higher place where this world ain't in your face you and me, Carson McCullers take it to a higher plane take me where the action ain't open windows, open shutters bet this one is twice your age ohhhh... the avantgarde unlock your cage and you're sick to death of the latest rage afraid of love it always fades. come on, roll the dice behind your shades . . . @SONG: Even Here We Are beautiful flowers in your garden but the most beautiful by far the one growing wild in the garbage dump even here, even here we are song of the bird lived in the sky but the most beautiful by far scream of the man who never learned to fly even here, even here we are sun shines bright its a beautiful sight but the most beautiful by far is the blind girl alone with the angel of the night even here, even here we are @SONG: Silver Naked Ladies 1-2-3-4 road maps and bra staps 8 tracks and mud flaps I don't give a damn 'cause I'm a free old man pulled it right up shoot her the shadey all that I want is silver naked lady I sink and I swim down the road again I hook, I cook, right, yeah what you doing tonight pulled it right up pulled her nice caddie all that I want is silver naked lady lets please, please, please, please silver naked lady road maps and bra staps 8 tracks and mud flaps don't give a damn 'cause I'm a free, I'm a free, I'm a free old man pull her right here put her nice caddie all that I want is silver naked lady silver naked lady . . . all right . . . @SONG: A Few Minutes Of Silence play me what I want to hear don't make me have to come down there forgot how to think and I don't wanna dance I wanna hear few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence few minutes, few minutes, few minutes, of silence it's me, I'm back for my request cut me some slack and give it a rest sex and money and violence I wanna hear few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence silence . . . you know the reason I'm listening for one more note and I'm out that door is it too much to ask for my request silence few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence few, just a few, few minutes come on, come on just give me some silence few, just a few, few minutes all I ever wanna hear is silence few, just a few, few minutes, few minutes of @SONG: Someone I Once Knew I was smoking a roundie thank God you found me all by myself and then you bounced through the door like nobody else hey you, someone I once knew, sit your butt down hey you, someone I once knew, sit your butt down watchin' my Japanese TV with my six string buddy I was barely tickin' and then you bounced through the door come alive and kickin' hey you, someone I once knew, sit your butt down hey you, someone I once knew, sit your butt down you got brains, all the way down you never changed I just never got past the ones you sit on, hey you got brains all the way down you've never changed I just never got past your little rock & roll ass shot bolt upright when you mention the whole night I was on the mend when you let a smile crack and it all came back hey you, someone I once knew . . . sit your butt down @SONG: Black-Eyed Susan two beads of sweat glimmer to the ground golden tears shimmer soft and round throwing small shadows I catch those that fall at my feet Black-Eyed Susan dancing in the breeze see your slight body relax soon your young veins will collapse still throwing small shadows catch those that fall at my feet Black-Eyed Susan dancing in the breeze Black-Eyed Susan dancing in the breeze painted your curb, they know where to park painted your face, can't find you in the dark goodnight girl, come on dance with me see the bright pearls sink in the sky of ebony throwing small shadows I catch those that fall at my feet Black-Eyed Susan dancing in the breeze Black-Eyed Susan dancing in the breeze throwing small shadows God knows you move with ease throwing small shadows catch those that fall at my feet Black-Eyed Susan dancing in the breeze Black-Eyed Susan dancing just for me Black-Eyed Susan dancing in the breeze mmm just for me . . . @SONG: Things things I wanna tell you how you make me feel how you look to me and how good it feels things I don't wanna tell you every little thing's all right what I was before and where I was last night always things all these things always things things I try to tell you but come out oh so wrong seem to feel pretty good seem to last pretty long things I don't wanna tell you now there ain't no doubt you lit a fire in me can't seem to put out always things all these things things I long to tell you but I don't know how things I don't wanna tell you but I have to now packed my things things I'm bound to tell you like that dress looks great on ya I could use some breathing room but I'm still in love with you things I'd never tell you down the line someday you'll be a song I sing, a thing I give away pack my things today, I packed my things today @SONG: Something Is Me you've gotta get something off of your chest well something is me and let me guess something always changes eventually well something is me (something is me) now something is me (something is me) through the top of the porch through the top of the wall something went wrong, my name is Paul something always happens eventually well something is me (something is me) something is me (something is me) something something something something something something something something eventually something is me (something is me) who is me (something is me) something something something something something something something something whose suicide are you on take a left turn, you hop on my lawn something's got to grow eventually I know something is me (something is me) yeah, something is me (something is me) something something something something something something something something gotta take something to make you feel good something ain't me but I wish it could finally find something to believe something is me (something is me) . . . something something something something @SONG: Mannequin Shop you look fine a little strange been working out, losing weight you got that hunger and I can see you're looking younger than you're supposed to be one little nip, one little tuck ohhh you're looking hip you never never stop chop chop, mannequin shop the mannequin shop you look bitching you look taut I'm a itchin to know what was bought are those yours, are those mine are they paid for, it's a lie one little nip, one little tuck ohhh you're looking hip you never never stop chop chop mannequin shop the mannequin shop you're looking great you're losing face you're looking fine my little Frankenstein mannequin shop chop chop mannequin shop you've got the face that you chose honey, can you spare a nose you're looking great you're losing face you look fine a little strange been working out, losing weight are those yours, are those mine are they paid for, its a lie one little nip one little tuck ohhh you're looking hip good enough to mannequin shop chop chop mannequin shop you're looking great you're losing face my little Frankenstein mannequin shop chop chop mannequin shop @SONG: Down Love I'd love to turn you way, way down I've got to turn you way, way down if I could only find your volume if I could only find your volume knob you're always up to no damn good up to my neck in Hollywood I'd love to turn you way, way on only find your volume knob keep it down, down, down love down keep it down love, I hear ya keep it down love down, down love keep it down love, I hear ya oh yeah, oh yeah beat me on the top keep it down love down, down, down keep it down love, I hear ya keep it down love down, down love keep it down love, I hear ya when its free, ,is it all right if I left don't ask me love is deaf love is deaf love is deaf if I could only find your volume knob love to turn turn you back down keep it down love down, down love keep it down love, I hear ya keep it down love down, down love keep it down love, I hear ya