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Grant Lee Phillips
Strangelet - 2007
Gutter trickle bombast
a gunpowder wind
Wanna let it all sink in
Like a rain collecting I held on to you
Even when you begged me not to
And ya see I’m all bound
up
A million knots down in my gut
Well I feel I’ve had enough enough
I just wanna
Run away
Run run away
And I can make it happen
I’m magic and all
See me conjuring my downfall
Oh the gates are closin’ in swallowin’ the key
How am I to know you love me love me
And ya see I’m
all bound up
A million knots down in my gut
Well I feel I’ve had enough enough
I just wanna
Run away
Run run away
Kill the pain
Kill the shame
Wanna feel nothin’ at all
Run run away
In your soft asylum
Come to vanish again
When your thoughts are crushing
And you’re broken again
No way in no way out you
hit the ceiling
No way not if you won’t let it
Oh you’re trying hard to overcome the feeling
No way in no way out
In your soft asylum
Wander out of the rain
When you’ve all but given out
And you’re broken again
No way in no way out you
hit the ceiling
No way not if you won’t let it
Oh you’re trying hard to overcome the feeling
No way in no way out
No way out only you can
save the hero of the story
How much longer can you wait to slay your misery
No way in no way out you
hit the ceiling
No way not if you won’t let it
Oh you’re trying hard to overcome the feeling
No way in no way out
No way in no way out
Brown doves on the wire
Do they ever tire
Up in the eggshell sky
I know if it was me
Wings a’ take ya far
The burden of flight is ours
Even ‘thout the sun in
your eyes
Some things are hard to find
You could go the rest of your life
Till the fountain of youth runs dry
Ever in pursuit
Of another clue
The sea in response is blue
Take a look around
Have you any doubt
The heart is responding too
Even ‘thout the sun in
your eyes
Some things are hard to find
You could go the rest of your life
Till the fountain of youth runs dry
Comes another freeze
All the barren trees
Under the eggshell sky
They may disappear
Splendor of the years
Unknowable without tears
Even ‘thout the sun in
your eyes
Some things are hard to find
You could go the rest of your life
Till the fountain of youth runs dry
Till the fountain of youth runs dry
Set your wooden horses
to roam
In the dust come galloping home
Ah into the grave sooner or late
You’ll be led like a child by the hidden hand of fate
Oh the silver hearse is
in wait
And she revs outside a’ the gate
Ah sooner or late sooner or late
To be snuffed like a flame by the hidden hand of fate
Set your nuclear
rockets ta' aim
When ya mingle riches and faith
The rules of the game sooner or late
Set your fields
of poppies aflame
In your one god’s heavenly name
Ah sooner or late sooner or late
You’ll be plucked like a fig by the hidden hand of fate
Set your wooden horses
to roam
In the dust come galloping home
Oh into the grave sooner or late
You’ll be led like a child by the hidden hand of fate
You’ll be led like a child
by the hidden hand of fate
To be snuffed like a flame by the hidden hand of fate
Plucked like a fig by the hidden hand of fate
By the hidden hand of fate
Oh boy makin’
noise
For the love a’ Buddy
Holly
My six string way gone
Real low
let it roll
Like a motor ever purrin’
My machine rave on
Sentimental blood you
spill
I’ll reach out to catch it
Oh boy makin’
out
Gotta try to make the most
Of a queer thing ah gotta shout
Real loud
rock n’ roll
Cupid Charlie noddin’ off
In the mezzanine gotta shout
Sentimental tears you
spill
I’ll reach out to catch them
I may never see the light
I may never dream in color
I may never see the light a’ day
Feelin’ dizzy feelin’
weak
Feelin’ dizzy like I’m gonna sink
Oh boy makin’
noise
For the love a’ Buddy Holly
My six string way gone
Real low
let it roll
Like a motor ever purrin’
My machine rave on
Sentimental blood you
spill
I’ll reach out to catch it
I may never see the light
I may never dream in color
I may never see light a’ day
I may never see the light
I may never win you over
I may never be in love
I may never see
the light
I may never see the light a’ day
Chain lightning young
lions
Come thundering a dancin’ town
Chain lightning come to strike you down
Brute force oh gun crazy
Come roarin’ onto foreign ground
Chain lightning are you loosing count
Ramrods in the walled
city
No mercy when the sun goes down
Chain lightning come to strike you now
Steel jungle big trouble
All greener than a dollar bill
Chain lightning strikin’ at your heels
Chain lightnin’
young lions
Boy you were never born to kill
Chain lightnin’ oh it’s so unreal
Nothin’ gonna break heart
your today
Nothin’ gonna steal your light away no
Even when the skies are turnin’ grey
Ah you’re gonna welcome in the rain yea
Come on come on ah let
me hear it
Come on come on I’ll raise the spirit
Nothin’ gonna chain you
once your free
Haven’t gotta live in misery no
Even when ya tried out every key
Still another door worth opening yeah
Come on come on ah let
me hear it
Come on come on I’ll raise the spirit
Music in your heart comin’
on in waves love
Thunder in your head is rollin’ away
Nothin’ gonna twist your
arm again
Nothin’ gonna sway you like the wind no
Nothin’ gonna get under your skin
Nothin’ gonna twist your arm again no
Come on come
on ah let me hear it another time
Come on come on I’ll raise the spirit
All my funny pages cartoon
Saturdays ago
Carved my number in the door
Oh my revelation railway summers overcast
And the creaking of the boards
No use draggin’ down to
the wire
Same blue devils leap from the fire
There’s no easy come easy go
Oh my happyender teacup
manners under glass
My gravel blinded love
Oh my sorry jailer isn’t nothin’ here for you
To revel in the dust
No use draggin’ down to
the wire
Same blue devils leap from the fire
There’s no easy come easy go
All my funny pages cartoon
Saturdays ago
Carved my number in the door
No use draggin’ down to
the wire
Same blue devils leap from the fire
There’s no easy come easy go
Easy come easy go
Oh you rush and you run
To the ends of the earth
Is your work ever done
Oh and what is it worth
Blood on your hands killing
a dead man
Time and again time and again
Oh this curse of your
name
Ain’t no shower of stones
That’ll wash it away
So ya wander alone
Blood on your hands killing
a dead man
Time and again time and again
Time and again
Knelt by the low waters
and wept
Spilt every last secret ya kept
Oh my troublesome twin
On the verge of collapse
Will this night put an end
To your sorrow at last
Blood on your
hands killing a dead man
Time and again time and again
Time and again
Johnny guitar ya wanna
feel good
Johnny guitar ya wanna flail
Hop in the car and buddy we’ll ride
A hundred miles to hell
Johnny guitar ya gotta
witness
Son of a gun ya wanna scream
In your velvety case ya got a mistress
Say she won’t ever squeal on me
Out on the highway of
love
We gotta wreck on the road
Out on the highway of love
We gotta roll
Johnny guitar ya wanna
feel them
Tires a’ touchin’ the street
Long as it take ya further
Long as it take ya deep
Johnny guitar ya wanna
feel good
Give her the gas she got power
Hop in the car and buddy we’ll ride
A hundred miles an hour
Out on the highway of
love
We gotta wreck on the road
Out on the highway of love
We gotta roll
Johnny guitar ya wanna
feel good
Johnny guitar ya wanna play
Swallow your heart ya gotta sickness
No medicine a’ take away
Out on the highway
of love
We gotta wreck on the road
Out on the highway a’ love
We gotta roll
Suns burn away
Starlight exploding
There will come a day
When you return to love
Love love love
Souls tear away
Swallowed by oceans
Underneath the waves
You return to love
Love love love
Return to the
open
Return to the stars
The infinite moment
The warmth of the heart
Love love love
Whatta ya want that you
can’t have
So high on the vine that you can’t grab
So much so much here so much here for the takin’
So much here so much
Whatta ya want
that you can’t reach
Open your heart there’s plenty for each
So much so much here so much here for the takin’
So much here so much
Well there’s so much here
Whatta ya want that you
can’t change
Haven’t ya learnt there’s a gift in the pain
So much so much here so much here for the takin’
So much here so much
Well there’s
so much
So much here
Silver oh the
glare of youth in your Spyder
Danger oh the road ahead is full of fire
Baby well you can't hold on no longer
Jimmy
Dean Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
Livin' fast all you want love is speed
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
Silver oh the
death of you is a mirror
Anger in your veins of blue and your tears
Mama well you can't hold her no longer
Jimmy Dean Jimmy
Dean
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
Livin' fast all you want love is speed
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
Dreamer dream
as if you're bound to live forever
Live as if you'll die today 'cause you never can say
Jimmy Dean Jimmy
Dean
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
Livin' fast all you want love is speed
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean Jimmy
Dean (say goodnight)
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean (say goodnight)
Livin' fast all you want love is speed
Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean