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Gauloises Blue
04:35
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In a dress of Gauloises Blue
I thought about laying a kiss on you
There was nothing more that we could do
For you now
I'm Piscean, I'm sensitive
Some likes to get, some likes to give
But it seems like time has come adrift
There's been some unholy seismic shift
I'm tireder than I've got a right to be
A little messed round by humanity
That dress lies crumpled on the floor
I can't go visit you
No more
A man like that you don't even have to try
To come up with words to wonder why
Things rarely work out like your Mama planned
Broken June roses and a tremblin' hand
Last time that I wore this dress
You said Nursie please I'm in distress
Thin white stripes shot with navy blue
There was nothing more that we could do
I see you now that awful night
Our dumb poker faces and our helpless might
Your stupid cousin was the final straw
You didn't wanna hang around no more
I don't know why I get so het up
First you can't lay down
Then you can't stand up
That's how it goes when you're all out of luck
And on your way down
The best ten bucks that I ever spent
Was on Ed McBain when you was inclement
Fuck your Gauloises Blondes and your Gitanes too
I'm going down with a Gauloises Blue
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2. |
The Bee
04:37
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I let a bee sit on my finger
Take a rest upon my knee
I did not disturb a wing or
Give it reason to sting me
I've never felt so still
I've never felt so free
As when we were sitting there
You and me and the bee
I move my fingers through your brown hair
And place a kiss upon your eye
The sweetest buzzing sound was everywhere
Was only natural to know why
I've never felt so still
I've never felt so free
As when we were sitting there
You and me and the bee
We made a home amongst the trees
And we made a sacred ground
And when the night came with the breeze
We did head back into town
I've never felt so still
I've never felt so free
As when we were sitting there
You and me and the bee
As when we were sitting there
You and me and the bee
As when we were sitting there
You and me and the bee
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Nashville High
04:28
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Something on the stereo
Mismatched boots and nowhere to go
Don't let me get excited
I get a feeling and I just can't fight it
And I wanna get Nashville high
Now you're gravitating to me
With a feeling that I just can't see
A feeling I've been chasing so long
Like when they're playin' your favourite song
And you got it all goin' on
You're calling me the craziest witch
The prettiest skirt to ever come unstitched
Ah the pleasure of your company
It all happens so naturally
And here we go again
I wanna get Nashville high
I don't wanna be your sister
I don't wanna be your nurse
I'm feeling like the end of the night
I'm feeling like a midnight curse
I just wanna get that feeling
That feeling like the end of the world
I wanna get Nashville high
You smile so wistfully
When you step into the parlour with me
Everybody's gonna know
And it's a shame to the ninth degree
You gotta start coming down
Let your high horse ride into town
Shoot this baby down
Blow this baby down
I don't wanna be your sister
I don't wanna be your nurse
I'm feeling like the end of the night
I'm feeling like a heaven sent curse
I just wanna get that feeling
That feeling like the end of the world
I wanna get Nashville high
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4. |
I Cut My Own Hair
04:08
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I cut my own hair
I don't sleep at night
I hear them say 'yeah yeah yeah'
Everything's alright
I don't believe in nothin'
Not a thing that they say
All that huffin' and that puffin'
Just gonna kill 'em dead or turn their hair grey
You can tell me anything
Anything at all
We can go anywhere
We won't fall
Darlin' I look up to you
You're so tall
Oh its like a knife to my heart
I said 'Please, turn that off'
I sit back in my seat and close my eyes
Until my world goes soft
I found the secret, boys
You just gotta make your words fit
I know the secret, girls
You just gotta get your skirt to split
You can tell me anything
Anything at all
We can go anywhere
We won't fall
Darlin' I look up to you
You're so tall
Maybe there's no paradise
But I dig my own grave
I will echo you
Til there's no time to save
I cut my own hair
And I don't sleep at night
And I hear 'em say 'yeah yeah yeah'
Everything's alright
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5. |
Same Coin
06:29
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If we're the same coin
How can we meet
We must pay together for actions so sweet
If we're the same coin
We're paying for the same show
Or rolling down streets with nowhere to go
Or gathering dust
Or gathering dew
Or lit by the jukebox in nights so untrue
If we're the same coin
We can't never see
the face that you know
Ain't the one facing me
There's your side but mine
Is the one that is true
Left in jeans on the floor
That stain my room blue
The things you can't buy
The things you cant lose
Swapping pennies for highs
And silver for blues
If we're the same coin
We're in the same pocket
Jingling like lovers
Until we must cop it
Cut from the same cloth
Poured from the same kettle
Sometimes we listen
To country or metal
There's your side but mine
Is the one that is true
Left in jeans on the floor
That stain my room blue
The things you can't buy
The things you cant lose
Swapping pennies for highs
And silver for blue
And when times are hard
Gold shines so bright
It'll get you through a door
And through a long hard night
And silver's the difference between calling your name
And looking for trouble
To keep out the rain
And the same coin's the one
That spins in the sun
And pays twice for your stolen blues
So silvery small
Coppery dull
Its slips in your pocket
To pay for what you done
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6. |
Don't Let Her Slip Away
02:50
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So you fucked it up
Now you gotta fix it up
It happens all the time
To better friends than mine
Don't let her slip away
Use all the tools that you got
Use your heat and your heart and yr tears and your snot
Just don't let her go
Don't let her slip away
Show her what a motherfucking man you are
Show her the moon and give her the stars
Just make her stay
Get down on one knee
Spell out your love in tears
Don't drown it in silence and pity and beer
Make it clear
Hold her near
She's pretty as a flower
And wise as a monk
And maybe you don't go in for all of that junk
But let the girl know
Don't let her go
Ah you made a fool of yourself once
You can do it again
Or you'll be sitting in some bar
Trying to romanticize
What a cunt you are
If you said everything
Say it again
Say it better then
I'm just telling you
As your friend
She's the beginning and she's the end
Run to her
Or you'll spend the rest of your days trying to pay
Most girls aren't made that way
Put aside your pride
Rip off your shirt and let your waters run wide
So you fucked it up
Now you gotta fix it up
It happens all the time
To better friends than mine
Don't let her slip away
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Cheap Glue
04:07
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Well you shouldn't have told me what you said
Cos now I can't get it out of my head
You'd be better off dead
Than running round in my head
Friends come to me all the time
I say yeah sure, that's fine
But I don't have the time
I don't have the time
There's some what will take care of you
When you come unstuck like cheap glue
I guess I thought that was you
But you didn't have a clue
You shouldn't have told me what you done
Cos now you ruined all of my fun
And I just thought you were someone
Who wouldn't spoil all my fun
There's some what will take care of you
When you come unstuck like cheap glue
When you're restless and blue
I guess I thought that was you
There's some what will take care of you
When you come unstuck like cheap glue
I guess I thought that was you
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Six Strings of Pleasure
06:21
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Six strings of pleasure
Can't begin to measure
The hours that I waited
For you tonight
All stations to you
That's what my darlin' said
But he can't catch that train to me
'Til somebody's dead
Six strings of pleasure
And each a small sin
The days are so long
I don't know where they begin
Six strings of pleasure
One for each finger
And one leftover
Over which to linger
Hands running like water
Over my skin
If you knock in the darkness
I'll let you in
Six strings of pleasure
One for each night
Three for the moments
I counted tonight
I hear a train rumble
Three nights vibrate
Six wheels are turning
Five minutes late
Blame it on the living
Blame it on the wake
Six strings of pleasure
Is all I can take
An airstrip that's calling
And last train gone
This spell has me falling
Down like a stone
Six strings of pleasure
Five minutes late
For arms long-awaited
Three nights radiate
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She's just sitting there
In her lace evening wear
Lights are low
She's solitary
That's the status quo
Didn't you know
He left so long ago
It's dead and buried
Feel it comin on
Like a pantheon
I can't stand that old tune
Fills the whole room
Ooh everyone you ever knew
Is coming back to haunt you
Are you ready
Ooh everyone you ever knew
Is coming back to haunt you
Hold steady
She wonders why you never called her
Why her world keeps getting smaller
Why the kids keep getting' taller
And how could you?
He always wanted to know
What really happened that night
She didn't even want to go
But he put up such a good good fight
Ooh everyone you ever knew
Is coming back to haunt you
Are you ready
Ooh everyone you ever knew
Is coming back to haunt you
Already
There ain't no grace
In coming face to face
And there's no surprise
When you come eye to eye
Movin' on
We're movin' on
I feel it comin' on
Already
Ooh everyone you ever knew
Is coming back to haunt you
Are you ready
Ooh everyone you ever knew
Is coming back to haunt you
Hold steady
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10. |
Strangers Teeth
02:50
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What you gonna see with those stranger's eyes
What you gonna see
The Top of the Town
Or the taps running gold
But you won't be seein' me
How's its gonna feel
With those stranger's hands
How's it gonna feel
Like the lonely night
That don't understand
Like the hands that grip the wheel
How's it gonna sit on that stranger's knee
How's it gonna sit
Like an itch that won't quit
The head that won't lift
That's how it's gonna sit
How you gonna run
With those stranger's legs
How you gonna run home to me
Mama always told me
Don't talk to strangers
And I don't know the man that I see
Who you gonna bite
With those stranger's teeth
Who you gonna bite
Who you gonna grab in the middle of the night
Who'll be left and who'll be right
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Lo Carmen Sydney, Australia
With every genre defying record she releases; equal parts rolling narratives and slow burning supernatural sounds, Lo Carmen's reputation as a lyrical heavyweight continues to build. Her impeccably penned songs offer a compelling authenticity and fearlessness, carving out a true cosmic musical niche for herself. ... more
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