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Grant Lee Phillips
Bootlegs & Unreleased
So I wrote it all in a letter
But I don't know if it came
The nurse she likes my writing
So she keeps it just like me
So that it won't go away
I won't be denied this time
'Fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon
Got a sky that looks like heaven
Got an earth that looks like shit
And it's getting hard to tell where
What I am ends
And what they're making me begins
I won't be denied this time
'Fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon
Saturday in the yard
They'll bring you by
We'll lay down on the grass
And watch as the sky closes in
I won't be denied this time
'Fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon
People say we got it made
Don't they know we're so afraid
Isolation
We're afraid to be alone
Everybody got to have a home
Isolation
Just a boy and a little girl
Trying to change the whole wide world
Isolation
The world is just a little town
Everybody trying to put us down
Isolation
I don't expect you to understand
After you've caused so much pain
But then again you're not to blame
You're just a human a victim of the insane
We're afraid of everyone
Afraid of the sun
Isolation
The sun will never disappear
But the world may not have many years
Isolation
BALLROOMS
OF MARS (LIVE) - 1998
You gonna look fine be primed for dancing
You're gonna trip and glide all on the trembling plane
Your diamond hands will be stacked with roses
And wind and cars and people of the past
I'll call you thing just when the moon sings
And place your face in stone upon the hill of stars
And gripped in the arms of the changeless madman
We'll dance our lives away in ballrooms of Mars
You talk about day I'm talking 'bout night time
When monsters call out the names of men
Bob Dylan knows and I bet Alan
Freed did
There are things in night that better not to behold
You dance with your lizard leather boots on
And pull the strings that change the faces of men
You diamond browed hag you're a gutter-gaunt gangster
John Lennon knows your name and I've seen his
When monsters call out the names of men
Bob Dylan knows and I bet Alan Freed did
There are things in night that better not to behold
You dance with your lizard leather boots on
And pull the strings that change the faces of men
You diamond browed hag you're a gutter-gaunt gangster
John Lennon knows your name and I've seen his
I could escape this feeling with my China Girl
I feel a wreck without my little China Girl
I hear her heart beating loud as thunder
Saw they stars crashing
I'm a mess without my little China Girl
Wake up mornings where's my little China Girl
I hear her heart's beating loud as thunder
Saw they stars crashing down
I feel a tragic like I'm Marlon
Brando
When I look at my China Girl
I could pretend that nothing really meant too much
When I look at my China Girl
I stumble into town just like a sacred cow
Visions of swastikas in my head
Plans for everyone
It's in the whites of my eyes
My little China Girl
You shouldn't mess with me
I'll ruin everything you are
I'll give you television
I'll give you eyes of blue
I'll give you a man who wants to rule the world
And when I get excited
My little China Girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
She says sh-sh-shhh
AFTER THE GOLDRUSH (LIVE)
- 1998
Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
Sayin' something about a queen
There where peasants singin' and drummers drummin'
And the archer split the tree
There was a fanfare blowin' to the sun
That was floating on the breeze
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies
I was lying in a burned out basement
With a full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high
I was thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie
Well I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home
I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
I was feeling insecure
Thought she didn't not love me anymore
I was swallowing my pain
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh my I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy
I was swallowing my pain
I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh my I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy look out
I'm just a jealous guy you watch out
I'm just a jealous guy you look out
I'm just a jealous guy
WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE - 1999
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse far
Field and fountain
Moor and mountain
Following yonder star
Star of wonder star of might
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading
Still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Frankincense to offer have I
Incense owns a deity nigh
Prayer and praising
All men raising
Worship Him God on high
Star of wonder star of might
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading
Still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Glorious now behold Him arise
King and God and sacrifice
Heaven sings hallelujah
Hallelujah earth replies
Star of wonder star of might
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading
Still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
People
living in a house of cards
Up to knees in the wreckage when the wind blows hard
Made a vow baby that still stands
And I'll take that promise to the promise land
Take
a look around you and the map we need
And throw it on the fire
Talkin' 'bout the twentieth century
Oh midnight gonna burn it down
Midnight gonna burn it down
People
living in a house of glass
Wonder where upon earth they gonna hide their trash
Don't you think it's such a waste of space
When you can't move on because you're saving face
See
it as an offer now as an effigy
And throw it on the fire
Talkin' 'bout the twentieth century
Oh midnight gonna burn it down
Midnight gonna burn it down
In
just a matter of time if you fan those flames
You're gonna make 'em catch
I've got nothing to hold onto except my heart
And my heart is set on striking a match
People
living in a house of mirrors
Get so self-obsessed they're bound to disappear
And they can't prove that they were ever there
When the silver peels off and they're nowhere
Take
a look inside you and it's plain to see
What you're throwing in the fire
Talkin' 'bout the twentieth century
Oh midnight gonna burn it down
Midnight gonna burn it down
Gonna burn it all down
Tin
soldiers and Nixon's
coming
We're finally on our own
Next summer I hear the drumming
Four
dead in Ohio
When
you get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know
When you know
When
you get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
And how can you run when you know
When you know
Tin
soldiers and Nixon's coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
Four
dead in Ohio
How many more
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (LIVE) - 2000
Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass make their away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my open mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai Guru Deva Om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
Jai Guru Deva Om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Sounds of laughter shades earth riding through my open ears
Exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Jai Guru Deva Om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai Guru Deva
Bid
goddess rise from mists of memory
Rise the fair Cathain
In battle the equal of every man
And every lover disdained
Her heart was locked in a roundtower's keep
And none that gate could unbar
Till rose a prince in Ulster's
east
His name was Conchobar
By
day she taught him feats of arms
With sword and mace and bow
By night they kindled passion's fire
That only lovers know
So king and warrior thus were joined
In battles blood and love
The throne belonged to Conchobar
To Cathain the Witch's Glove
Dark
rivals rose against the king
To challenge for his throne
All Ulster in the balance hung
Without its champion
A druid he sent to sacrifice
An offering to Cathain
A maiden fair with flaxen hair
Not once but two times slain
Two times slain
But
Cathain she would ne'r return
To fight the kings own war
Till druid did
a virgin bring
To Conamara
far
The fair Iona pure and sweet
On the self-same table lain
And by the Corclach's hungry stone
The innocent was slain
In
rage the warrior goddess from
The Western Sea arose
Her bloody gauntlet dealt that day
A thousand fierce deathblows
The kingdom saved her quest complete
She sank beneath the waves
Till Ulster's sons with sacrifice
Bid her return once more
The
queen was Kwan
but she's not forgotten
You see her in that mini skirt she's a hot one
Better to skate out while you're still a darlin'
Don't wanna be like Tonya
Harding
WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO (LIVE) - 2002
You
put the boom-boom into my heart
You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts
Jitterbug into my brain
Goes a bang-bang-bang till my feet do the same
But something's bugging you something ain't right
My best friend told me what you did last night
Left me sleepin' in my bed
I was dreaming should have been with you instead
[You know the words]
Wake
me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high
You
take the gray skies out of my way
You make the sun shine brighter than Doris
Day
Turned a bright spark into a flame
My beats per minute never been the same
'Cause you're my lady and I'm your fool
It makes me crazy when you act cool
Come on baby let's not fight
We'll go dancing everything will be all right
Wake
me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high
Cuddle
up baby move in tight
We'll go dancing tomorrow night
It's cold outside but it's warm in bed
They can dance [actually John you better belly-dance]
We'll stay home instead
[And you know the rest OK]
Jitterbug
BEWARE
OF DARKNESS (LIVE) - 2002
Watch
out now take care
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
At your fingertips
Beware of darkness
Watch
out now take care
Beware of thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night night
Beware of sadness
It
can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what you are here for
Watch
out now take care
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly
Beware of Maya
Watch
out now take care
Beware of greedy leaders
They take you where you should not go
While weeping Atlas
Cedars
They just wanna grow
Beware of darkness
[George Harrison]
WESTBOUD AND DOWN (LIVE) - 2002
Eastbound
and down loaded-up and truckin'
We're gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
We're eastbound oh watch old bandit run
Westbound
and down loaded-up and truckin'
We're gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
We're westbound oh watch old bandit run
Southbound
and down loaded-up and truckin'
We're gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
We're southbound oh watch old bandit run
Northbound
and down loaded-up and truckin'
We're gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
We're northbound oh watch old bandit run
Hey
Jude watch old bandit run
Watch bandit run
[Cowboy]
I
was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was oh
I was dancing when I was ah
I
danced myself out of the womb
I danced myself out of the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon
Is it strange to dance so soon
Is
it wrong to understand
Is it so wrong to understand
What's it like to be a loon
I liken it to a balloon
I
was dancing when I was twelve
I danced myself into the tomb
Is it so strange to dance so soon
Oh is it so strange to dance so soon
Then I can once more
[Jon Brion]