Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care of You

posted by Krysten Ryba

Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care of You

I know you've been hurt
By someone else
I can tell by the way
You carry yourself
But if you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I'll take care of you

I loved and lost
Same as you
So you see I know
Just what you've been through
So if you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I got to take care of you

You won't ever have to worry
You won't ever have to cry
I'll be there beside you
To dry your weeping eyes

So darlin' tell me
That you'll be true
'Cause there's no doubt in my mind
I know what I want to do
And just as sure as
One and one are two
I just got to take care of you
I'll take care of you
I'll take care of you

Roky Erickson - It's A Cold Night For Alligators

Roky Erickson - It's A Cold Night For Alligators

It's a cold night for alligators
It's a cold night for dogs
The dogs choke on their barking
When they see alligator persons in the bog and fog

It's a cold night for alligators
When men turn into them in the night
It's a cold night for alligators
It's a cold night for their might

It's a cold night for alligators
Hiding behind the trees with moss
Forever hear the swamp birds screaming
Forever in loss

It's a cold night for alligators
In the blend
It's a cold night for alligators
A perfect monster has no end

Gang Gang Dance - House Jam

Gang Gang Dance - House Jam

One with the light shined on them
How quickly the glamor fades
Spread spreading out my stone wings
Why I, I become the storm

The finest marble
Like a raven heading for the sun
Spread spreading out my stone wings
Why I, I become the storm

Forth from the river with the yellow tide
Don't get toothed at the cliffs
I'm sad, sad about something
And there's no soul left to grate here
Like overstaying
A welcome that has been denied
Take me to the opium benign
Where the light took time

Ahh steamrollers paved over life
All i can say is what a pim it's been

Will the clouds carry my tears to you
Carry my tears to you
Carry my tears

Will the clouds carry my tears to you
Carry my tears to you
Carry my tears

The Tallest Man on Earth - Kids on the Run

The Tallest Man on Earth - Kids on the Run

Oh meet me when the morning fails on the fields of desire
Oh meet me when I lost my part in the choir of dusk
Where the promise to lead what is right
As we both know how fields will turn white
And know I will never speak of days
Cause I know you wont count them.

No we have never grown a day from the poison we shared
And we're walking our crooked backs home
But will we ever confess what we've done?
Guess we're still kids on the run.

And no we will never be a part of the pictures once taken
When we're feeding fire with the flames til no memories gone
And the cold sky will write us a song
But will we ever confess what we've done?
Guess we're still kids on the run

And the reflections in their eyes
Sure could paint us as killers
Oh, I'll be there.

And til the terror of our time
Could forgive us as lovers
Oh, lets break some hearts....

And no I will never speak of ways 'cause I know you wont try them
But all the weapons raining from the sky will be ours to embrace
And the cold sky will write us a song
But will we ever confess what we've done
Guess we're still kids on the run.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - 1st Of Tha Month

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - 1st Of Tha Month

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

Hey my nigga we havin' a wonderful day and I won't fuck with me. Why?
'Cause it's the 1st of the month and now we smokin', chokin', rollin' blunts
And sippin' on 40 ounces thuggin' come come we got the blessed rum
From jumpin' all nights we high
Hit up the block to where? East 99
I get with my nigga to get me some yayo
Double up nigga what you need?
We got weed to get P.O.Ded
Fiend for the green leaves
Give it up it's the foe sure you better lay low
Cause the po-po creep when they roll slow
If you can't get away better toss that yayo
Keep your bankroll
Yeah we havin' a celebration, I love to stay high
And you better believe when it's time to grind
I'm down for mine crime after crime
Fin to creep to the pad cause mom's got grub on the grill
If we got the food, you know it's the 1st of the month
and my nigga we chills foe real

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

Wake up and I see that my sister is already dressed
She said "I'm gonna run and go get my stamps
Watch and make sure no one snatches my check" nigga that's the mailman
Sort through the mail and put it up in-a me pocket
So I be hittin' the 99 to get me a dub
Foe forty bucks but ain't nobody ride that rita
Hop on the 10 to the click
Ready to get 'em up with-a me thugs
And to cash that dum
I gotta get paid play player holla holla
Saint Claire got much to offer
Whether it be weed on 93
Or off on the glock glock for some dollars, so
Get a bag of dope and a quarter roll, oh
Most all of my niggas got the same, and we gonna roll it all up to smoke
Hittin' that reefer hydro, you know the cut, so fuck them po-po
Toss all that yayo, and we're gonna say no
Runnin' through the alley and into the melee
Up on the second the sundown
Nose run from january on down to december im lovin the first of the month

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

It's the 1st of the month
Gotta grind gotta get mine
In the hood that I claim
I slang on that double 9-9
Gotta find them dubs
Gonna get a forty, can a thug get love?
What's up?
Try to stand on my corner
Nigga you'z a gonna Saint Claire niggas don't like that
And sellin' them dummies makin' that money come back nigga get pap pap
From the 1st to the 15th niggas smoke plenty weed
But I gotta save gotta come up
Put my rocks on the cut
When I get high nigga blaze that blunt, huh
Time to roll to the pad
Count up my profits and add it to the stash
Gotta watch my back see for niggas that's tryin' to rob me, fool
But never no shorts no losses
Dumpin' keepin' this niggas up off me see
Gotta search the whole block
Spend a couple of bills
Thugs smoke a lot of weed on the 1st

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

Wakin' up feelin' buzzed off up early mornin' stretchin'
I'm yawnin' lightweight bent chugga lugga take a fifth to the dome
Instead I kick it with my trues
But it's the 1st so I'm getting my hustle on
Hop on the phone, calling up Krayzie Bone
Wanna know did you O.G check come? (She put me down)
I'm a hop on the bus with Biz (Yo Brother let's get drunk)
And I'm coming with blunt after blunt
Of this skunk
Nigga T just put me down
Oh God how I love when the 1st come around
Now I'm feelin' black and mild, headed cross town
'Cause niggas the 1st to get celebrated
Rushin' to the block cause I wanna get faded
Lookin' all wild cause I'm getting me hair braided
We heavy off into this game
True to the 1st just call me that pro slang
Them nickels and dimes and 20's and 50's
The 1st be the day for the dopeman
Slangin' that cocaine fool, and I'm working late tonight
And all them fiends be lovin' them thugs
'Cause I got them rocks for them pipes
Come come with them ends
I gotta get paid on the 1st, gotta blaze up my spliff
Get live with the Bone Thugs, Poetic Hustlers in the graveyard shift
On the 1st

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

The O'Jays - Forever Mine

photo by paul bourke

The O'Jays - Forever Mine

Forever mine
All because you’re my kind, oh, baby
I got what you want, you got what I want
And we were made for each other, ooh

Forever mine
And I’m so glad ‘cause it gets better with time, oh, girl
I like what you like, you like what I like
And we were made for each other

Oh, baby, you are that someone
I’ve been hopin’, I’ve been lookin’ all my days
Don’t you ever think about leavin’
This heart of mine would be grievin’
Don’t go, stay, stay

Forever mine
Ah, we’re, we’re one of a kind, mmm, mmm, ooh, ooh, baby girl
I need what you need, you need what I need
And we were made for each other, ooh, oh, girl

Oh, baby, I wanna love you
Love you so, make it good right down to the bone, to the bone
‘Cause it’s you I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
Give you all the love you’re needin’
Don’t go (Please), stay (Stay), stay

Forever mine
‘Cause you and me, we get along just fine, ah, baby
I got what you want (Good lovin’), you got what I want (Good lovin’)
And we were made for each other

Ha...we’ve been around
And I had a loves and I know you had a lot of loves too
But I ain’t never had nobody
That do the things you do

We go together
Well, like birds in the trees
Empty in a world of troubles, girl
If you wasn’t here with me, stay

Forever mine, oh
‘Cause, ‘cause you’re my kind, ooh, ooh, baby, baby, baby girl
You know that I like what you like (Good love), you like what I like (Good lovin’)
Hey...we belong together, ooh, baby, oh, baby, you

I got what you want, you got what I want
And we were made for each other, for each other, girl, oh, oh, oh, girl
You know that I like what you like, you like what I like
We were made for each other, girl, for each other, baby

I got what you want so don’t you ever think about leavin’
Oh, baby, oh, girl, I like what you like
‘Cause it’s you I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
Ooh, ooh, baby, oh, girl, oh, girl

I know that ever think about leavin’ (I need good lovin’)
Oh, baby, oh, baby ‘cause (And if you need me)
You I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
Oh, baby, I...

Ever think about leavin’
Don’t do it (Don’t do it), don’t do it (Oh, baby)
You I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
I...oh...don’t you ever think about leavin’

(Don’t do it) Don’t do it, baby
(Don’t do it )

Mclusky - She Will Only Bring You Happiness

Mclusky - She Will Only Bring You Happiness

Note to self, be erect by half-past ten
Be strong, be proud, be able, be charmed
Be extended, be in motion, be at loggerheads with chris
Like chris was crisp, like chris was crisp

Show yourself, show! show!

All the sea was coal, coal, coal!
All the sea was coal, coal, coal!
All the sea was coal, coal!
She started wondering, where is the profit here?

Note to invading aliens, avoid this town
Like this town avoided us
Like murder stalked the valley where this woman used to live
Bathe and breathe and be murdered
Bathe and breathe and be murdered
Like chris was crisp, like chris was crisp, was crisp

Show yourself, show! show!

All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal!
She started wondering, where is the profit here?

Our old singer is a sex criminal
Our old singer is a sex criminal

All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal!
She started wondering, where is the profit here?

Sade - By Your Side

Sade - By Your Side

You think I'd leave your side baby?
You know me better than that
You think I'd leave down when your down on your knees?
I wouldn't do that

I'll do you right when your wrong
I, ohhh, ohhh

If only you could see into me

oh, when your cold
I'll be there to hold you tight to me
When your on the outside baby and you can't get in
I will show you, your so much better than you know
When your lost, when your alone and you can't get back again
I will find you darling I'll bring you home

If you want to cry
I am here to dry your eyes
and in no time you'll be fine

You think I'd leave your side baby
You know me better than that
You think I'd leave you down when your down on your kness
I wouldn't do that

I'll do you right when your wrong
I, ohhhh, ohhh

If only you could see into me

Oh when your cold
I'll be there
To hold you tight to me
Oh when your alone
I'll be there by your side baby

Pure - The Hammock

photo by jim hunt

Pure - The Hammock

Hey hey
You stole my bike, so I broke your nose
You said my mom was better looking than your mom
Who knows
We stare at the sun a little closer
Pretty colors are taking over
But down by the swings that hang out low
We'll be real low

Hanging out
Hanging ow-ow-ow-ow-out
Hanging out
Hanging out

Hey hey
And you crashed my car
So I took the blame
We fixed it up and then you crashed it again
And again
And we moved apart and got all weird
And I went out searching and you stayed back here
The hammock fell over
Had no place to stay
And nobody's noticed you passed away

Hanging out
Hanging ow-ow-ow-out
Hanging out
Hanging out

We're hanging out
I'm sick of hanging out
Come on now hang out
Come on now hang out
Hanging out

Hanging out
Hanging out
Hanging out
Hanging out
I'm sick of hanging out
We'll figure it out
And we're standing at the gate
And I can't get in, I'm too late

Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart
Sixteen six six six like the pentagon
We are the river flow
And you can never know
You're just a weatherman
We make the wind blow

Keep thinking about every straight face yes
Wonder what your boyfriend thinks about your braces
What about them
I'm all about them
Six such straight As
Cut em in the bathroom

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart
Sixteen six six six like a heart attack
We form a ?
And I'm aware of that
But we could fist fight drunk like the parent trap

Keep thinking about every straight face yes
Wonder what your boyfriend thinks about your braces
We never ?
And you can see me
We fell asleep in the middle of the fury

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart
Sixteen six six six like the pentagon
We are the river flow
And you can never know
You're just a weatherman
We make the wind blow

Keep thinking about every straight face yes
Wonder what your boyfriend thinks about your braces
What about them
I'm all about them
Six such straight As
Cut em in the bathroom

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

The Monks - Pretty Suzanne

The Monks - Pretty Suzanne

Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?
Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?

Oh, I want your love girl
More than all the world
When ya gonna give, don't you wanna live
Love me
Don't think you dare, do you really care
Love me
Oh, I want your love girl
More than all the world
When ya gonna give, don't you wanna live
Love me
I don't think you dare, do you really care
Love me

Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?
Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?

Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne

Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne

Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)

Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)

Oh, gee, what is it tonight?
At least just tell me what the hell is wrong,
Do you want to eat, do you want to sleep, do you want to drown?
Just settle down, settle down, settle down...
I'll give you give candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I'll even let you watch the shows you want to see,
Just marry me, marry me, marry me...

I'm so sick of you tonight,
You never stay awake when I get home,
Is something wrong with me, something wrong with you?
I really wish I knew, wish I knew, wish I knew...
I'll give you candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I even let you watch the shows you want to see,
Because you married me, married me, married me...

When I was young I learned a game,
Where love and happiness were the same,
Now I'm older and I don't play,
I found out the hardest way,
I got wasted, she got mad, called me names and she called her dad,
He got crazy and I did too, wondered what I did to you.
I'll give you candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I even let you hear the songs I want to sing,
I'll give you anything, anything, anything...
I'll give you anything, anything, anything

New Edition - If It Isn't Love

New Edition - If It Isn't Love

I don't love her
I tried to tell myself
But you can see it in my eyes
So don't deny I can't fool no one else
The truth is in the tears I cry

Cause if it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn't love

I told her I'd never fall in love
But now I know better
How does it feel I can't describe this feelin'
That came when I saw her last night
She got to me
I'll let you know the reason I saw her with another guy

So if it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside

And if it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn't love

Maybe she'll take me back
(Hey girl he's begging)
I made a big mistake
(Won't you forgive him girl)
Now I can feel it
(He's never felt before)
I really love her
(You love her? What!?)

I took my heart
To shatter in a thousand pieces
Before I'd ever drop my pride
Losing love worrying about my image
Really helped me realize

If it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn't love

Sally Seltmann - Harmony to My Heartbeat

Sally Seltmann - Harmony to My Heartbeat

Dreams that come and go
This is one that I found forever I know
Been crossing my fingers and always hoping for it to come true

Waiting for the train
I can see a face in the distance again
Got a little dream that's become a friend and a reality

And I'm running just as fast as I can to tell you the news
We can do this together, we can, yeah me and you
When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Dreams that come and go
But I just kept doing what I loved, even though
All I ever wished for was out of breath, running so slow

I found the lock and the key
Now I can be everything I've wanted to be
Got a little dream that's become a friend for the melody

And I'm running just as fast as I can to tell you the news
We can do this together, we can, yeah me and you
When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Harmony to my heartbeat, baby

When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Harmony to my heartbeat, baby
You're the harmony to my heartbeat baby

When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk

Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk

I'm working on my backwards walk
Walking with no shoes or socks
And the time rewinds to the end of May
I wish we'd never met, then met today

I'm working on my faults and cracks
Filling in the blanks and gaps
And when I write them out they don't make sense
I need you to pencil in the rest

I'm working on drawing a straight line
And I'll draw until I get one right
It's bold and dark girl, can't you see
I done drawn a line between you and me

I'm working on erasing you
Just don't have the proper tools
I'll get hammered, forget that you exist
There's no way I'm forgetting this

I'm working hard on walking out
Shoes keep sticking to the ground
My clothes won't let me close the door
Cause the trousers seem to love your floor

I been working on my backwards walk
There's nowhere else for me to go
Except back to you just one last time
Say yes before I change my mind
Say yes before I...

You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it

Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby

Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby

My tears are fallin' 'cause you've taken her away
And though it really hurts me so
There's something that I've gotta say

Take good care of my baby
Please don't ever make her blue
Just tell her that you love her
Make sure you're thinking of her
In everything you say and do

Aww, take good care of my baby
Now don't you ever make her cry
Just let your love surround her
Paint a rainbow all around her
Don't let her see a cloudy sky

Once upon a time that little girl was mine
If I'd been true, I know she'd never be with you

So, take good care of my baby
Be just as kind as you can be
And if you should discover
That you don't really love her
Just send my baby back home to me

Well, take good care of my baby
Be just as kind as you can be
And if you should discover
That you don't really love her
Just send my baby back home to me

Aww, take good care of my baby
Well, take good care of my baby
Just, take good care of my baby

Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder

Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder

Thinkin' of blue thunder
Singin' to myself
Thinkin' how fast it moves
Feelin how it turns
I was singin' somethin
Out on Route 128
Thinkin how blue it looks
Singin out aloud

My my blue thunder
My my blue thunder
My my blue thunder
Singin' out aloud

My my blue thunder

My my blue thunder
My my blue thunder
Singin' out aloud

I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away

Blue thunder
Blue thunder
Blue thunder
Blue thunder

Jim Croce - Operator

Jim Croce - Operator

Operator, well could you help me place this call?
See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I’m fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Operator, could you help me place this call?
Well, I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time
I think about a love that I thought would save me

Isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I’m fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Operator, let's forget about this call
You see there's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind
And you can keep the dime

Isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I’m fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Gucci Crew II - Sally (That Girl)

Gucci Crew II - Sally (That Girl)

1, 2, 3
And I woke up early this morning and I went to the 5 and dime
I saw this pretty young lady that was real, real fine
I tapped her on the shoulder and said, “Mmm, mmm, excuse me, ma’am”
She pulled down her pants and said, “Splack these hands”
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
So we walked her to her house, as she opened up the door
It was heart-shaped bed in the middle of the floor
She pushed me on the bed and this you can bet
In between her legs was real, real wet
So I grabbed her by her thighs and I moved up truly
She jumped off the bed and said, “Don’t touch my booty
Don’t touch my booty ‘cause I won’t touch you
Don’t touch my booty ‘cause it’s not the thing to do”
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
So we bailed out her house just to get something to eat
We saw her friend named Patty walkin’ down the street
Patty turned around as we yelled out her name
She dropped to her knee and began to sing
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Sally is a girl that likes to play
And if you want some lovin’ Sally is okay
She has a different fellow every day of the week
Two or maybe three just to make it sweet
Sally wants a man she can call her own
And sixty-seven hundred she can call on the phone
Sally’s never tired and she’s never alone
All Sally wants is a fellow with a room
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that girl-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that girl-that girl-that girl-that girl [Sally] (Sally)[Sally]
That-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl
Wait a second, get the party started
Gucci’s here to put the love in your body
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that girl
That-that girl, that-that girl
That girl (Sally, Sally) [Sally]
(Sally)

Liz Phair - Divorce Song

Liz Phair - Divorce Song

And when I asked for a separate room
It was late at night, and we'd been driving since noon
But if I'd known how that would sound to you
I would have stayed in your bed for the rest of my life
Just to prove I was right
That it's harder to be friends than lovers
And you shouldn't try to mix the two
'Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy
Then you know that the problem is you
And it's true that I stole your lighter
And it's also true that I lost the map
But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to
I had to take your word on that
But if you'd known how that would sound to me
You would have taken it back
And boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Burned it up and thrown it away
You put in my hands a loaded gun
And then told me not to fire it
When you did the things you said were up to me
And then accused me of trying to fuck it up
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright
And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead
But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright

Los Campesinos - The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future

Los Campesinos - The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future

I grabbed hold of her wrist and my hand closed from tip to tip
I said “you’ve taken the diet too far
you have got to let it slip”
But she’s not eating again
She’s not eating again
She’s not eating again
She’s not eating again.
I ask her to speak French and then I need her to translate
I get the feeling she makes the meaning more significant.
She was always far too pretty for me to believe in a single word she said
Believe a word she said.
At fourteen her mother died in a routine operation
From allergic reaction to a general anesthetic.
She spent the rest of her teens experimenting with prescriptions
In a futile attempt to know more than the doctors.
She said one day to leave her
Sand up to her shoulders waiting for the tide
To drag her to the ocean
To another sea’s shore.
This thing hurts like hell
But what did you expect?

And all you can hear is the sound of your own heart
And all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course
But oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me
Five hundred behind
A thousand years in perfect symmetry

Best known left wrist right finger
Through all the Southern States
On every video games machine they call her triple A.
There were racists on the radio trying to give up smoking
The chat show host
He joked “you have to wait for the government program”.
You talk about your politics
And I wonder if you could be one of them
But you could never kiss a Tory boy without wanting to cut off your tongue again.
A good place to look to the future is when you are sat at the sea
With the salt up to your ankles and a view of the end of the pier
You may look down at your model’s feet and wish that you’d just float away
And the weather here is overcast and the sea is the same shade of grey
So the landscape before you looks just like the edge of the world
But to the left side and the right side
Either way is a crazy golf course.
The sea is a good place to think of the future.

And all you can hear is the sound of your own heart
And all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course
But oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me
Five hundred behind
A thousand years in perfect symmetry
A thousand years no getting rid of me
A thousand years in perfect symmetry.

Silkworm - Nerves

Silkworm - Nerves

No more simple tunes
No more easy poon
It takes so many millions to get laid

So many fools
It's time to lose the tools
I said give 'em hell boys on the Nile

Goddamn the circumstance
that brought me here
and goddamn you my friends

I'm wading through the herds
Choke on my dying words
Time at the mission thanking myself

Sharon Van Etten - Much More Than That

Sharon Van Etten - Much More Than That

Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Please don’t take me lightly
I mean every word
Whichever way you’d like to place them
One day I’ll be a better writer
I’ll make every face
That I’ll never perfectly phrase
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
That I’ll never perfectly phrase

You reach for my hand slowly
I didn’t pull away
We did not have to be lips to face
My toe hit your toe lightly
Your toe met my heel right back
And I don’t think I need much more than that
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
And I don’t think I need much more than that

You look at me so slyly
But only when I’m smiling
Every other time your head looks down
I saw and then I frowned
I write this moment down
‘Cause I cannot paint pictures with my tongue
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
No I cannot paint pictures with my tongue

Dan Deacon - Snookered

Dan Deacon - Snookered

Been 'round this road so many times
Feel like it's skin is part of mine
This taste of milk is almost gone
Still got my shame, but not for long
Been wrong so many times before
But never quite like this
And oh
It rained...
But the rain all turned to piss

I hope to make it home one day
I doubt that day will come
I know, I know
Life is on our own

Red Red Meat - Gauze

Red Red Meat - Gauze

Medicated dull, your attention
Dry winter miles, diamonds and glass
Cheaters hands, you never take care you never take care, stars are out
Spilling from afraid of flying
Trembling planes, diamonds and glass

Mink eyed, marble eyed
In the gauze, in the weeds
By the drain, red on pale
There’s a nail by the vent
Sweet for your heel, in the gauze marble eyed, waiting there
Kiss your mouth to shut you up

Crossed and lowered
Cheaters fine, wings on fire
The stars are out
Whisper stung in the wires
All you steal, you never take care

Mink eyed, marble eyed
In the gauze, in the weeds
By the drain, red on pale
There’s a nail by the vent
Sweet for your heel, in the gauze marble eyed, waiting there
Kiss your mouth to shut you up

The Antlers - Epilogue

photo and post by krysten ryba

The Antlers - Epilogue

In a nightmare, I am falling from the ceiling into bed beside you.
You're asleep, I'm screaming, shoving you to try to wake you up.
And like before, you've got no interest in the life you live when you're awake.
Your dreams still follow story lines, like fictions you would make.

So I lie down against your back, until we're both back in the hospital.
But now it's not a cancer ward, we're sleeping in the morgue.
Men and women in blue and white, they are singing all around you,
with heavy shovels holding earth.
You're being buried to your neck.
In that hospital bed, being buried quite alive now.
I'm trying to dig you out but all you want is to be buried there together.

You're screaming,
and cursing,
and angry,
and hurting me,
and then smiling,
and crying,
apologizing.

I've woken up, I'm in our bed, but there's no breathing body there beside me.
Someone must have taken you while I was stuck asleep.
But I know better as my eyes adjust.
You've been gone for quite awhile now, and I don't work there in the hospital
(they had to let me go.)

When I try to move my arms sometimes, they weigh too much to lift.
I think you buried me awake (my one and only parting gift.)
But you return to me at night,
just when I think I may have fallen asleep.
Your face is up against mine,
and I'm too terrified to speak.

You're screaming,
and cursing,
and angry,
and hurting me,
and then smiling,
and crying,
apologizing.

Prince - When You Were Mine

Prince - When You Were Mine

When you were mine
I gave you all of my money
Time after time
You done me wrong
It was just like a dream
You let all my friends come over and meet
And you were so strange
You didn't have the decency to change the sheets

Oh girl, when you were mine
I used to let you wear all my clothes
You were so fine (so fine)
Maybe that's the reason
That it hurt me so

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love u, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did
When you were mine

When you were mine
You were kinda sorta my best friend
So I was blind (so blind)
I let you fool around
I never cared (didn't care)
I never was the kind to make a fuss
When he was there
Sleeping in between the two of us

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did
When you were mine

When you were mine
U were all I ever wanted to do
Now I spend my time
Following him whenever he's with you

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more that I did
When you were mine

When you were mine, yeah, oh no
Love you, baby
Love you, baby
When you were mine

Weezer - The Good Life

Weezer - The Good Life

When I look in the mirror, I can't believe what I see
Tell me, who's that funky dude, staring back at me?
Broken, beaten down can't even get around
Without an old-man cane, I fall and hit the ground
Shivering in the cold, I'm bitter and alone

Excuse the bitchin, I shouldn't complain
I should have no feeling, 'cause feeling is pain
As everything I need, is denied me
And everything i want, is taken away from me
But who do I got to blame? Nobody but me

…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!

Screw this crap, I've had it! I ain't no Mr. Cool
I'm a pig, I'm a dog, so 'scuse me if I drool
I ain't gonna hurt nobody, ain't gonna 'cause a scene
I just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
Hear me? Hear me? I want sugar in my tea!

…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!

I want to go back, I want to go back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I want to go back…Yeah!

…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
and I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!

Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers

Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers

Bought a present for my guy
I bought him a pair of second hand boots
Those boots were white not pink
He liked to think, that he wore them well
He took them to the park, he wore them out
And played with the geese
Those geese were stupified
When he turned around and cried
That's not nice he said, that's not nice, what you did to me
That's not nice he said, that's not nice, the way you treat me
I'm alright he said, I'm alright, it's always been me
(ah ah ah ah)

Hey you, whats-your-face
I have a pocket full of fists, you got a stupid face
Hey you, know your place
You're like Kentucky fried chicken but without the taste
Hey you, get some grace,
You know you're driving miss daisy all over the place
Hey you, you're taking up space
And you're a fucking disappointment to the human race (oh!)

And everybody knows, Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers' the man
He's got a Californian jacket and a fortified tan
He met a friendly face in the Isle of Man
And then he took it to the states and started a band
He took it to a sushi bar named G.I Joe's
And then he took a bit of play-do and he stuck it up his nose

Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers
Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers,
Jake Summers is the man, Jake Summers is the man,
He's the man with with the Californian jacket, his rock and roll band
Jake Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer
(Jake Summers is the man Jake Summers is the man
He can do he can do it he can do he can
With his rock and roll band
Jake Summers is the man oh yeah what a fucking man
He can take it to Apollo with a plectrum in his hand)
He's the man

That's not nice he said, that's not nice, what you did to me
That's not nice he said, that's not nice, the way you treat me
I'm alright he said, I'm alright, it's always been me
FFFFUUUCCCKKK!

Hey cutie what's with your nose
Take the focus off, take off your clothes
Hey baby what's with this smile
You know he smells like ham and he tastes like bile
Hey baby where's your cord you know you're a nightmare bungee breaking whore
Hey baby you were the bedroom king
Well I'm so sorry for breaking your ding-a-ling-a-ling

Andrew W.K. - Kiseki

Andrew W.K. - Kiseki

I will wait
One more day
And I will only love you more

I feel so much already
It's hard to put it words

And the days
That we share
Make a trail for us to follow
Was our meeting just by chance
Or meant to be

The miracle of love
Has joined us and
Together we'll see
That the future is here
And we are just like Ki-Se-Ki

The miracle of love
Is you and me
Walking this road
Together we are living
And we're on the right track
Oh, Kiseki!

We went through a bad night
We still saw the sunlight
Even when I lost my way
You showed me how to find

The miracle of love, oh oh
The miracle of love, oh oh oh
We're following the stars
We're guided from above
We're a miracle of love
Happened to us

I remember
Every single precious day
And when I called you baby
Your eye looked like the moon

The days that we share
Make a trail for us to follow
Oh, was our meeting always meant to be

The miracle of love
Is you and me
Walking this road
Together we are living
And we're on the right track
Oh, Kiseki!

We went through a bad night
We still saw the sunlight
Even when I lost my way
You showed me how to find

For the next ten years I'll make you smile
For a hundred years I'll bring you joy
A thousand years I'll hold you close
Until the end of time - I will never leave

All I want is what we are
Living in eternal love
And sharing this amazing world
Sharing this amazing world
Sharing this amazing world with you

Oh, Kiseki!

We went through a bad night
We still saw the sunlight
Even when I lost my way
You showed me how to find

Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater

Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater

When I heard the knock on the door
I couldn't catch my breath
Is it too late to call this off

We could slip away, wouldn't that be better
Me with nothing to say, and you in your autumn sweater

I tried my best to hide
In a crowded room, it's nearly possible
I wait for you, oh, most patiently

So I looked for your eyes
And the waves looked like they'd pour right out of them
I'll try hard, I'll try always
But it's a waste of time
It's a waste of time if I can't smile easily
Like in the beginning
In the beginning...

Eazy-E - Boyz N Tha Hood (G-Mix)

photo by heidi sundstrom

Eazy-E - Boyz N Tha Hood (G-Mix)

Yeah, gangsta Dresta steps in this muthafucka
And this one goes out to all
The O.G.'s out there and
I can't forget about the baby gangstaz, what's up
Niggaz, my Nigga they came back with some of that
Old school original west coast shit
Nigga that got all of y'all in this dig in the
First place yeah so run that shit E, yeah

Cruisin' down tha street in my '64
Jackin' tha freaks clocking tha dough
Went to tha park tah get the scoop
Knuckleheads out there come shootin' some hoop
A car pulls up who can it be
A fresh El Camino rollin' Kilo G
He rolled down his window and he started to say
It's all about makin' that GTA

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

Straight up, straight up, straight up gangsta
Wrong nigga tah fuck wit
Straight up, straight up, straight up gangsta
Wrong nigga tah fuck wit

Dotomy's in tha place tah give me the pace
He said my man JD is on free-base
Tha boy JD was a friend of mine
'Til I caught him in my car trying tah steal a alpine
I chase him up tha street tah call a truce
Tha silly cluckhead pulls out a deuce deuce
Little did he know I had a loaded 12 gauge
One sucka dead L.A. Times front page

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

Punk, punk muthafuckaz like it ain't no thang,
Punk, punk muthafuckaz like it ain't no thang

Bored as fuck and I wanna get ill
So I went to a place where my homeboyz chill
Niggaz out there makin' that dolla'
I pulled up in my '64 Impala
They greet me wit a 40 and I start drinkin'
And from tha 8-ball my breath start stinkin'
Enough tah get my girl tah rock that body
Before I left I hit tha Bacardi
I went to her house tah get her out of the pad
Dumb hoe said something that made me mad
She said something that I couldn't believe
So I grabbed tha stupid bitch by her nappy-ass weave
She started talkin' shit what did ya know
Reached back like a pimp slapped tha hoe
Her father jumped up and he started tah shout
So I bombed on pops knocked his old ass out

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

And if a brotha talks shit I give him a,
And if a brotha talks shit I give him a,
And if a brotha talks shit I give him a

Now I'm rollin' hard now under control
Them wrapped tha '64 around a telephone pole
I looked at my car and I said,"Oh brother!"
Thrown in the gutter and go buy another
Walkin' home and I see tha G-ride
Now Kat is drivin' Kilo on tha side
As they busted a U they got pulled over
An undercover cop in a dark green Nova
Now Kat got beat for resisting arrest
He socked tha pig in tha head for rippin' his guess
Now he is caught for doing tha crime
For defense on tha boy he'll do some time

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck,
I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck,
I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck,
I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck

I went tah get them out but there was no bail
My niggaz caused a riot in tha county jail
Two days later in municipal court
Kilo G on trial straight caught a fought
Instruct him out tha court said the judge
On a six year sentence my man didn't budge
Bailiff came over tah turn him in
Kilo G looked up and gave a grin
He yelled out fire then came Susie
Tha bitch came in wit a sub-machine uzi
Police shot tha girl but didn't hurt her
Both up state for attempted murder

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit