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copyright 2004 Beggar's Banquet



When Your Number Isn't Up
(Lanegan)

Did you call for the night porter?
You smell the blood running warm
I stay close to this frozen border, so close I can hit
it with a stone
Now something crawls right up my spine
That I always got to follow
Turn out the lights
Don't see me drawn and hollow
Just blood running warm
No one needs to tell you that
There's no use for you here anymore
And where are your friends?
They've gone away
It's a different world and they left you to this
To janitor
The emptiness
So let's get it on
When the sun is finally going down, and you're overdue
to follow
But you're still above the ground
What you've got coming is hard to swallow
Like blood running warm
Did they call for the night porter
And smell the blood, blood running warm
Well I've been waiting at this frozen border, so close
you could hit it with a stone


Hit The City
(Lanegan)

The dog descends through the promised land
Down kingdom come and the acid bath
I'm Babylon, burned inside out
Nothing to kill it
I hit the city
In Maryanne I dug a hole
And watched her trip on my hollow soul
And in the end all that crawled was my skin
I couldn't kill it
I hit the city
I hit the city
The ghost arrives at its bitter end
To the promised land and the dog descends
I'm Babylon, burned inside out
Nothing to kill it
I hit the city (x5)
1,2,3,4
I hit the city



Wedding Dress
(Lanegan)

Would you put on that long white gown
And burn like there's no more tomorrows?
Will you walk with me underground
And forgive all my sicknesses and my sorrows?
Will you be shamed if I shake like I'm dying
When I fall to my knees and I'm crying?
Will you visit me where my body rests
Will you put on that long white dress?
Ba dadada, da, badadadada dadada
Ba dadada, da, badadada
The end could be soon, we'd better rent a room
So you can love me
Will you put on that long white dress
While I burn when there's no more tomorrows?
Will you remember me through the years I'll miss
And forget all the sadness and the sorrows?
Ba dadada, da, badadadada dadada
Ba dadada, da, badadada
We got buried in a fever
Now you love me
Get a room, so you can love me


Methamphetamine Blues
(Lanegan)

(Hit it)
Wake up
Wake up
Children don't you hear me coming
Get up
Get up
Because I got to have the honey
And I don't want to leave this heaven so soon
Rolling children keep on rolling
Rolling children keep on rolling
Keep the light turned low and the back door open
My love rain down like sugar so sweet
(got what you want, so come and get it)
Yes children I will
John lawman rides
With his uniform clean, shine on his shoes
My radio plays
Methamphetamine blues
Until I lose
I'm rolling just to keep on rolling
Wake up
Children
Get right soul church, keep a lock on the kitchen
Do this for your daddy
(I'll do it daddy)
Keep your eyes wide open and my shotgun loaded
Cause I don't want to leave this heaven so soon
Rolling just to keep on rolling
Rolling just to keep on rolling
Rolling just to keep on rolling
My love rain down like sugar so sweet
(got what you want, so come and get it)
Yes baby
John lawman rides
With his uniform clean, shine on his shoes
My radio plays
Methamphetamine blues
Until I lose
I'm rolling just to keep on rolling
Rolling just to keep on rolling
Rolling just to keep on rolling
I don't want to leave this heaven so soon


One Hundred Days
(Lanegan)

When the willow bends towards the end of day
And twilight falls again
To the funny sound that a blackbird makes
Twilight falls again
As no good reason remains, I'll do the same
Thinking of you
One day your ship comes in, one day your ship comes in
But I can't say how or when
But I know somewhere a ship comes in everyday
There is no morphine, I'm only sleeping
There is no crime to dreams like this
And if you could take something with you
It would be bright
Something good
From my fingertips, the cigarette throws ashes to the
ground
I'd stop and talk to the girls who work this street,
but I got business farther down
Like one long season of rain, I will remain
Thinking of you
One day your ship comes in
From far away a ship comes in
One hundred days you wait for it
And you know somewhere a ship comes in every day
There is no morphine, I'm only sleeping
There is no crime to dreams like this
And if you could take something with you
It would be bright
Just like something good
One day your ship comes in
One hundred days you wait for it
Something bright
Something so good
One hundred days
A ship comes in every day
Do you know it's good?
Do you know it's good?
A ship comes in every day
One day a ship comes in
Is it good?
Give me something good


Bombed
(Lanegan)

Love, there are flowers hanging in the vine
So high you cannot see
Now my mind must go on holiday, torn from it's hook, a
broken valentine
I see the smoke from a revolver, will I get hit?, I
hardly care
When I'm bombed I stretch like bubblegum
And look too long straight at the morning sun
Love, there are flowers along the avenue, all things
perfectly in place
I build a shrine
I set a monument
Because you're fire
Because you're a fire escape



Strange Religion
(Lanegan)

Can you stay here next to me?
We'll just keep driving
Because of you I see a light
The Buick's a Century, a '73 like you
Some strange religion
I get my hands on some money momma, and it's shot in
the night
I stared down the past and just scarred my eyes
Now I know there's no easy ride
She's been the kind who would take it in stride
Some jack of diamonds kicked her heart around
Did they know they were walking on holy ground?
I almost called it a day so many times
Didn't know what it felt like to be alive
Until you've been a friend to me, like nobody else
could be
Keep my hands on the wheel now momma
I'm gonna honestly try
She looked past the scars and the burned out eyes
You could see I'm no easy ride
She's just the kind who might get you to buy
Some strange religion
These jack of diamonds kicked her heart around
Should've known they were walking on holy ground
And this life might eventually just be the end of me,
will I still be with you
Is that Gideon next to me?, I just keep driving,
because of you I've been alive
And this Buick's a Century, '73 like you
Some strange religion
The Buick's a Century, '73 like you
Some strange religion


Sideways in Reverse
(Lanegan)

On a dead high wire where I make a connection
Never knowing my shepherd never knowing my witness
C'mon now honey you're so sick and pretty
C'mon now sugar 'cause you know it ain't easy
Bang bang bang let me shoot it all over
(going down, people give me your love)
You're another mistake, you're a sign of disaster
(going down, people give me your love)
Gonna shake shake shake as a matter of course
It bites like a bitch and it kicks like a horse
Ain't you glad ain't you glad ain't you glad little
sister
Sideways in reverse I don't know any better
You gotta keep it running clean keep on fixin the machine,people give me your love,
keep it running clean keep on fixing the machine, people give me your love

Come To Me
(Lanegan)

Come to me
Light on my shoulder
come to me
burn your starry crown
my dark angel

I've tried, I can't get over
'Cause when I think I'm climbing
I'm really so far down
Time takes a while, to break ya
And now, only fire can wake ya
Oh weeping willow
I'm coughing up my heart
Has god seen my shadow
And kept us apart?
Through my mind's every riot or revelation
you've just now gone
As I arrive
At every station
Come to me
Either early or late
I've learned this by habit
now I know how to wait
come to me
come to me
come to me


Like Little Willie John
(Lanegan)

There was nothing I could do
Where's Willie John?
Dead so long
Born to fall, nothing at all
Who's gonna grieve
When you're gone?
I once believed
I wouldn't bleed
I seen all these good looking women
While I'm getting off the plane
And remember where my baby is
Start thinking about my baby
All she ever knew was trouble
And for much I was to blame
But when I heard the news that night
I went down like a satellite
And when my world stood still that night
I dropped like a satellite
She never knew how much I loved her
She never knew how much I cared
I thought I'd get back to my special one
I thought I'd get on a lucky run
I said I'd get back to my special one
I said I'd get on a lucky run
God damn
Where's Willie John?
Dead so long
Born to fall, like nothing at all
Now who's gonna grieve
When you're gone?
I once believed I'd never bleed
But lord I'm all alone tonight
Don't the sun love it's satellite?
Lord I'm all alone tonight
Don't the sun love it's satellite?
I don't know
Seeing all these good looking women
I remember where my baby is
Start thinking 'bout my baby
Remember where my baby is
Start me thinking 'bout my baby
Where's my baby?


Can't Come Down
(Lanegan)

Don't give a damn for money
Never did I give a damn for gold
Tell me little doll, talk some sweet nothings
The river runs deep and cold
I don't know why but it keeps running
I don't know why I can't come down
Moses he stood on the mountain
The devil made it thunder and rain
Girl I ain't afraid of temptation
No I ain't afraid of some pain
Watch the little doll she just comes running
Running straight away
Bring it to me I got sweet nothing
And only myself to blame
I don't know why I just keep running
Don't know why I can't come down
Walk, don't you walk on me,
Don't you
Step, don't you step on me,
Don't you
Walk, don't walk on me
Don't you step on me
Don't need no paper money
Got no jones for gold
All I got today is some sweet nothing
Nothing to take away
Don't know why I just keep running
Don't know why I can't come down
Don't know why - somebody
Somebody hears today
Don't know why, sweet nothing
Nothing to take away
No I ain't afraid of temptation
No ain't afraid of some pain
No ain't afraid of some pain
Somebody, somebody
Somebody, can't come down
Somebody, can't come down
Can't come down
Somebody, can't come down
can't come down...

Morning Glory Wine
(Lanegan)

From the first time I loved
It was electrocution
Then I fell out on the down
Blind with injection
Strawberry, the way you come naked
Out here you're alone
These streets get very cold, you should know
Yeah and don't I know
Are we gonna be judged
Judged on these lonely deeds
Are we gonna cry, yeah
Are we gonna freeze
Morning glory wine
Good people don't drink it
So long alone not thinking, please
How you thrill me love
How you kill me love
Like electrocution
Monday's gone and lost her luck
Tuesday shakes and pleads
Friday comes and calls your bluff
Sunday's on her knees
That's how you'd do me love
If you knew me love
When there ain't no one to turn to
It gets hard when you're on your own
And you've lost your way home
Morning glory wine
Good people don't drink it
So long alone not thinking, please
It's how you knew me love
It's how you do me love
Like electrocution
It's like electrocution
Morning glory wine
Good people don't drink it
When you're on your own and
You lost your way home
There ain't nobody baby
Nobody to turn to
I'll be somebody
Somebody to turn to
I'll be somebody baby
Someone to turn to
When you want to get high
Morning glory wine
There ain't nobody baby
I'll be someone to turn to
I'll be somebody
You want to get high
I want to get high
I'll be somebody to turn to


Head
(Lanegan)

So sad the girl I had
Lost her head and it went bad
Blue her two eyes they were dead
The mirror mine would see, she said
One of these mornings
I don't know her
One of these mornings I think I owe her
Head
Once she signed a piece of my mind
With gutter scenes and gasoline
The porno pony she did ride
Forsaken long lost limousine
I hear her talking
I like to hear her talking
See her walking
I like to watch, watch her come walking
Head
Head
She lost it and man did it get bad
Her lazy eyes were dead
The mirror mine would see, she said
Once she drew a picture
Stuck it in my pocket
Once I went to reach her
Once she let me rock it
See her walking
I like to watch, watch her come walking
Head


Driving Death Valley Blues
(Lanegan)

Well I'm so tired of driving but here comes the highway
Don't wanna go cold turkey
Ride with me Jesus so high on the mainline
It's the last time I'll drive Death Valley
Remember her kiss is like kerosene
The rest of her only a memory
Don't feel so bad 'cause you made me
A picture so clear
A picture so clear that it's crystalline
Better run to the doctor, girl, run to the medicine
Don't wanna go cold turkey
I'll be your Napoleon be your crippled Alexander, but I
Don't wanna go up the country
Shame there's nothing to hang it on
Except for this wreck that you made of me
A blackbird singing a mourning song, sing along
Sing to the end of a century
Well I can't stand the thought of many more miles, but
I don't wanna go cold turkey
Here comes the highway can't you see what it made me
It's the last time I'll drive Death Valley
Remember her kiss is like kerosene
The exile lives in a memory
A scarecrow singing a mourning song, sing along
Sing to the end of a century
Are you still with me Jesus so high on the mainline
Don't let me go up the country
Nowhere to run, better run for the medicine
Don't let me go cold turkey
Don't let me go cold turkey
Don't wanna go


Out of Nowhere
(Lanegan)

As it begins so too it ends
Crawls to a stop and starts again
Those highlights you've forced to shine
Show me my way through wilderness
And someday far from here I'll send a kiss
Out of nowhere
At times you see a ghost down on the street
Walks the hallway knocking door to door
Where are you from night til 9am
Only a dark skinned Jesus knows
Why suddenly your room is turning cold
Cold as nowhere
And as it ends so it begins
Crawls to a stop and starts again
Those highlights you've made are mine
Show me my way through wilderness
To someone who's blind I'll send a kiss
Out of nowhere