Concrete Blonde

I got a bag all packed I got a ticket for the train Mexico to New Orleans and back again I got a bottle of tequila baby, who needs friends I got a bottle of tequila baby, who needs friends I got a hundred miles of desert Got a head of fresh air And I kn...

what if I said I've seen a miracle? what if I said my dreams come true? would you believe I have seen these things with my own eyes & saw the world go dark & dead & then go green & blue again you're my Angel. you're my Devil, too. W...

Watch out now...take care, beware of fallen singers Dropping all around you. The pain that often mingles In your fingertips - beware of darkness. Watch out, now, take care and beware of thoughts that linger...winding up inside youre head. The hopelessness...

In all the minutes Of all the madness And all the poetry Between the good and badness In all the hours Of all the minutes Of all the thousand of loves That grew from within it It was the heat of the night And love is a blind ambition In all the se...

There's a crack in the mirror and a bloodstain on the bed - There's a crack in the mirror and a bloodstain on the bed - O you were a vampire and baby I'm the walking dead O you were a vampire and baby I'm the walking dead (chorus) I got the ways and means to...

Lots of guys can make me laugh And show me some good time Treat me nice and want me by their side Lots of people call themselves my friends And that's all right But you're the only one I let inside You're the only one who leaves me warm and satisfied Y...

I hear you're driving Someone else's car now... She said you came and Took your stuff away - All the poetry, and the trunk You kept your life in - I knew that it would Come to that someday... Like a sad hallucination When I opened up my eyes The trai...

today i went & bought myself a bottle ...like we used to do reminded me of you. today i saw a train roll by a river blowing off her steam reminded me of me that's when i threw the bottle in the river then i started running for the train carry me...

Today I went & bought myself a bottle, like we used to do, reminded me of you. Today I saw a train roll by the river, blowing off the steam, reminded me of me. That's when I threw the bottle in the river. That's when I started running for the trai...

been on the bus since a quarter to one i'm bakin like a chicken on the bus in the settin sun home home home under the window is that a shot or a car i don't know i dont know i dont know city smoke and city choke and crackin open i hear the city screa...

Tennessee, Baton Rouge Dallas, Texas Coming through New Orleans, I could stay But tomorrow I'm on my way I'm close to home (close to home) I'm close to home (close to home) I'm getting closer and closer to home I'm close to home (close to home) I'm c...

oh hey my oh my eyes are watching from the sky who what where oh why i don't know you know but I don't thinki that i can go where they take me I don't know they take me up take me up come on down and pick me up I wonder if it's better If I can i'll...

Dear darling, Haven't seen you in a while. Found some change in my pocket, I thought I'd take a chance and dial. I'm all right, Just right now, a little down. 'Cause it gets chilly over here, It's a cold part of town. Dear darling, You were right ab...

Sometimes we laugh like children Go running holding hands I never felt like this before, I never will again Sometimes we cry like babies I hold you to my heart. I just can't stand to see you sad, It tears me all apart And we're so afraid and it's such...

Like a ghost (Like a ghost) Is the curtain (Is the curtain) In the white light of the morning Dancing (Dancing) In the morning (In the morning) Are you there? Are you there? And the shadows (And the shadows) Like a sadness (Like a sadness) Falling all...

The dirty leaves are sailing on a hot wind ocean and the summer comes and the summer goes and always has & will and something somewhere that you said goes ricochet all through my head and flashing like a neon sign the time stand still Hours of fo...

Each day I get into my car and drive along the shore to the place where I first saw you Ride a wave, ride a wave I know that you don't see me there wet sand clinging to your hair as you take me, take me away when we ride a wave, ride a wave someti...

Take a walk out in the rain Called you time and time again Everything is wrong You've gone Reached the point of no return The more I see the more I stand alone I see the end of the line Were you ever lonely Mystified and blue Realizing only Your nu...

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows that the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight is fixed the poor stay poor and the rich get rich That's how it goes Ever...

I can break your chains Crack your cage apart I can tear your walls down With the beating of my heart And if you said I have no choice I would tell you you're a liar I'm not afraid to chuck this frying pan into your fire I'm a million miles high I'm a...

ever since I was a little kid I wondered why people did the things they did I wondered why people said the things they said I used to lie awake at night in bed & nobody seemed to be what they seemed & they taught me to stop believing in dreams &a...

I saw a face in the shower door Cowboy smile Came and faded I reached for my towel on the floor I didn't think it was exactly where I'd laid it You don't scare me, you don't scare me, I said To whatever it was floating in the air about my bed He knew I...

There's a green plaid jacket on the back of the chair It's like a moment frozen forever there Mom and dad had a lot of big plans for their little man So proud! Mama's gone crazy 'cause her baby's shot down By some teenage car chase war out of bounds It...

Well, outside in the hall there's a catfight It's well after midnight I guess I'll be allright I'm laid out on the floor Drunk and poor How much longer how much more Rock me to sleep Strong & deep. The screaming cats they give me the creep But as...

Feeling the fire under my feet I was a liar, you were a cheat Playing with knives we were cut close to home Close to the bone Just so alone Something to have, something to hold Something to share so I've been told Deep in your eyes you're one hundred y...

Maybe it’s just a phase The days and the nights and the nights and days Of all the tossing and turning and churning and burning inside my brain Or maybe I’m finally insane, but I don’t know what I believe anymore Its like I’m caught in some revolving door...

If you listen to the ocean And the rhythm of the rain And the rhythm of a heartbeat And ? you again And you do not see the color And you do not see the reason And you do not understand these things You only know religion And the wisdom of the ages M...

Once upon a time there was a little girl who wondered "Where am I? How did I get here? who am I?" and looked around with frightened eyes and saw the world around her and she saw from all her fright that there was nothing more to life than hurting and she...

You always said I was a liar but we burn like a house on fire... No matter what, you know that to be true. And everything you gave to me changed everything I used to be much more than anyone I ever knew And I don't need a hero I don't need a soldier I...

Happy New Year! (Happy nowhere!) Where are you going? (Slow, I don't care where...) Where? (Oh, I'll get there) I WILL get there Monday, one step Tuesday, two I'd crawl on my hands and knees to you Wednesday, three Thursday, four I'd break in windo...

It's been a long, long time And too many miles of handshaking strangers parading their smiles Of all the faces that come and go The only one I really wanna know I want you I want you And all the people they never stop They're talking their parrot ta...

Okay baby I confess I am not well spoken I am not well dressed superstitious, not all that ambitious and my mood swings like the graveyard gate got a big mouth but I got a big heart, sometimes I don't finish what I start well alright then what else i...

what I feel inside, sometimes is hard to get out. lost in translation what I'm thinking about. the voices inside... I believe when I hear they come from somewhere between my heart & my ear... INSIDE vs. OUTSIDE. INSIDE vs. OUTSIDE. INSIDE vs....

Well I was tripping down the street early this morning and psychic lady pointed at me She said come on in and I gave her my money said tell me, tell me, what you see and she said she saw the angels dancing with me dancing to the beat of feet down the stre...

It's a man's, man's, man's, man's world But it wouldn't be nothing Without a woman or a girl Man made the cars To take us over the road Man made the trains To carry his manmade load Man has made everything That he possibly can He's busy making money To buy fr...

You don't believe in love You don't believe in hatred Put your money in the bank It's the only way to save it You try to make a buck But you haven't made a penny You need a little luck But you know you won't get any You don't believe in God You don'...

Jenny I read something you said about Rock and roll and life and death Ah, Jenny I read they carried you home Broken, beaten all alone Oh, Jenny you said Jenny you thought Give them all that they want Everything that you got Oh, Jenny my dear It's a...

Oh, Jesus, please forgive me for the things I'm about to say I killed you in my mind today I cut you up, I watched you bleed I killed you in my heart today For everything you did to me I murdered you a hundred times I shot you dead and never cried I k...

Joey, baby - don't get crazy Detours. Fences... I get defensive I know you've heard it all before - so I don't say it anymore I just stand by and let you fight your secret war. And though I used to wonder why - I used to cry till I was dry. Still sometimes I g...

Sheep are running scared tonight The cows are coming home They cling together terrified Afraid to be alone The bees are buzzing around the queen Waiting for a word The ? are ? the scene? Collectively absurd They're looking for Jesus They're looking...

Oh Madame Moon, you Have such a view, do You see him, do you? L'esprit jumeaux Oh mister Sun, I Am on the dark side I miss him all night I hope he's all right Chorus: Monsieur Soleil Madame la Lune Les coeurs jumeaux Pas de deux Oh Mister Sun...

The little conversation Well it's over very soon And I watch in admiration From my corner of the room And they shine on you with starry eyes And they rain a friendly storm They're like kids around a Christmas tree And then you smile all nice and warm...

Mama's nest is empty, all the babies grown and gone And you're talking. I can hear me, you should hear you. Look into a youger face that used to be my own Years apart they make it harder to be near you. Little sister Little sister All the times you could...

Well she’s walking through the clouds With a circus mind that’s running round Butterflies and zebras And moonbeams and fairy tales That’s all she ever thinks about Riding with the wind When I’m sad, she comes to me With a thousand smiles, she gives to...

When you turned out the light and walked out the door I said to myself what did I come here for? Did you have a good time drinking whiskey and ryhme and did you want to be Bonnie and Clyde? What goes on in your mind, what goes on in your head? Who...

when the sky has fallen like a blanket on your shoulder and the moon is like a mother looking over you forever and the dawn is so famaliar you were meant to be together like a fog around a mountain - forever so softly - so sweetly surrounding you comp...

fill another glass for me, another one for you. the lights are blinking red & green the sky is finally turning blue oh memory, so dear to me as I am here with you. we let ourselves get close only to finally pull away we lose ourselves in time &amp...

Oh, amigo Here we do things slow Money, art, a broken heart Where did you want to go Senor, por favor To the hotel, zona rosa What did I come here for Oh, senor I run but the damage has been done Miles have gone away And my amore he never come I look up at t...

I go on a date with you Get me to the party before it's too late So I can watch all the evil in the room Get up and dance while he's still fresh And he's still all in love with his first steady If not, let me know Cause I'd rather stay home than go Sh...

I watch you eat I watch you sleep I see you in between your sheets Oh! No. There I am. Wherever you go Whatever you do Whatever you say, I'm watching you. Oh! No. There I am. Over your shoulder Over your shoulder Over your shoulder Oh! No. There I a...

The stars above shine down below The fever you hold on this night deathly cold I can feel from this side of the door I can feel Eleanor He said, sun don't rise... He said sun don't shine He said don't bring tomorrow to justify tonight The moon is ful...

Rain Thought I heard a footstep Thought I heard the phone Standing on the doorstep Listening alone And all I hear is rain Thought I saw your headlight Thought I heard your car Shadows on the streetlights Fog and nothing more And all I hear is rain...

L.A Who'da thought Right smack dab in the middle of what With the belching buses And broken bones DEVIL POUR ME ANOTHER SHOT Hey, hey L.A. Who'da thought L.A. After closing when it's down to me And the same old souls Well Johnny's all right if you...

all the young dudes feather'd & possessed a sparkling sequined mess, so special & so eloquent heavensent what I meant to say is of all the sounds I hear with my humble human ear none are as delicious or nutritious. o roxy, you're my maggie...

You go crazy You get tossed You go running around Until you know you're gonna fall off He knows what you need he, knows how much, how much you want Knock familiar, Welcome in, Can't believe that you let him introduce you as a friend. But you're alway...

My eyes are jaded and complicated, tired of the liars and the masqueraded Who steal our innocence away, like a thief in the night Who took away our faith in what we know to be right? That was another world, then that was another time You can never go ba...

Talk to me baby Say something nice Talk to me honey I need your advice Neverind forture Nevermind fame I don't wear diamonds I don't drink champagne I've learned a lot that I don't want to know Take me back where we were so long ago Take me down ea...

The stars above shine down below The fever you hold on this night deathly cold I can feel from this side of the door He can feel Eleanor He said, sun don't rise He said, sun don't shine He said, don't bring tomorrow to justify tonight The moon is ful...

Well now I think I make a right If I remember yes, I think maybe tonight I may do better when the moon is up and bright Where I last saw you; what a sight, what a sight (I… shed your skin… I’m coming… shed your skin…) Between the canyon and the sky wher...

Say it's been too hard Say it's been too long You say it's all too much The thrill has long been gone Well I thought you could Yes I thought you could And you thought you could too But it's a place and time Where the years behind are piled up high B...

Someone’s Calling Me Concrete Blonde Test One This is your captain speaking (two…three…four…five…six…seven…eight…) Child Child Child Child Child Child Child Child Child Child Child Child Done to you Looking through you I’m the true you Trying...

Oh Kim Your diary said - The voices calling you from the edge. They finally called you away - You know I hear them too, They're telling me to stay. Oh Kim Remember when We had a million plans and we believed them. Angry words ring in my head I'd giv...

Do you see me Do you hear me Do you feel how I need to Do you heard all my words Even making it out of my perilous mouth Are you deaf, dumb, and blind..are you even alive I don't know how to start over I don't even know why I should try to..but I want...

I was walking down the street early this morning Past the graveyard, voices singin' to me. I was walking down the street, early this morning And the silver drops of rain hung from the leaves And I swear I heard the voices singing to me... Singing to the r...

part the dark and chase it gone you're the sweet and sunny one as bright as any star tonight. You smile like a beam of light you can show me a ray show me a ray show me a ray show me a ray of Sun. Just until the morning comes I'm the gray and cloudy...

Pick up the phone I know you're there It's almost closing time & we can toss down one more shot before last call are you ok? I swear to God I gotta get out of this house I miss the days when I'd just not come home at all.. so, don't you cry, it'...

The prey of the beast screamed bloody murder The line is so fine between hoping and hurting Former believers they beg for release As love looking down on them smiles and picks his teeth Trapped in between heaven and hell He knows all the secrets You d...

I hear the music play and so I want to stay for ever in this place I watch you move across the room and wonder at the shadows on your face Feeling like I'm somewhere in a dream I swim in honey-liquid space Time has brought me here again to you from where we...

It is complete now the two ends of time are neatly tied. A one-way street, she's walking to the end of the line. And there she meets the faces she keeps in her heart and mind. They say 'good bye' Tomorrow, Wendy, you're going to die. They say 'good bye' T...

Walking on a cloud to another shore A luminous and beautiful promise of more Tonight I'll be with you Tonight I'll be with you Walking through time Dancing through space The pearly-gray moon is wearing your face And tonight I'll be with you Tonight I...

Well when I've had enough, I'll get a pick-up truck and I'll drive away. I'll take my last ten bucks just as far as it will go. Ahh sometimes I'm easily fooled, I take a painful step and I get knocked back two. I do all I can and it's all I can do, but I...

You were watching me eat You were watching me sleep You were a willing sheep And I was little-bo-peep and You were writing it down and You were looking for cracks but I Look good with a knife in my back Valentine, I'm all mine Valentine, I'm all min...

I feel hot & red & wired I feel burned out like I've expired. freaky dreams & you are there with glowing eyes & burning hair & & I'm not even dreaming violent. every nerve & every cell they gotta fight to stay alive & wel...

I re-read silly lines That made sense at the time Pages all stained with tears and red wine And I walk through the airport and see magazines Every face that I see So much younger than me And I smile to myself how I don’t even miss My glorious past or th...

When you lay down, Do you hear sounds? Does the silence have a voice? What does it say? What do you hear? What does it whisper in your ear? Why don't you hear me? Why don't you hear me? When you get up, into the light, When you come up out of your nig...