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Springfield, Illinois I left you standing by the state house stairs A little bit annoyed, but completely unaware Of anything you said To give me pause as to what goes on inside your head Was there something I should have seen? What exactly did you mean? And you would never be the one to say "Nothing's worth the work it takes to stay And it's all a mess It's stupidness." Springfield, Illinois We left you standing by the state house stairs A little bit annoyed, but completely unaware And we had never been the ones to say "Nothing's worth the work it takes to stay And it's all a mess Yeah, it's stupidness." And we had never been the ones to say "Nothing's worth not imply walking away from this uselessness Yeah, don't kid yourself." 'Cause I had always been the one to say "Nothing's worth the work it takes to stay And it's all a mess Yeah, it's stupidness." And I had always been the one to say "Nothing's worth not simply walking away from this uselessness "Yeah, don't fool yourself." Springfield, Illinois You left me standing by the state house stairs A little still annoyed, but completely unaware Go To Top Come and sit a little closer now I wanna see your face in front of mine Wish I could get behind those eyes somehow I'd see what you see, I wonder what I'd find When I looked in my eyes Would I see some deeper shades of blue When I listened to my words Would they sound as stupid to me as they do to you I'd like to take you out on the town But I know that's one thing we could never do When it was late and there was no one around I'd like to slip inside And find out what you knew When you look in my eyes Do you see some deeper shade of blue? When you listen to my words Do they sound as stupid to you as I think they do? I guess that I should untie you now It's alright, I know that you will stay Wish we could have worked these things out somehow Yeah maybe then I'd know just what you'd say When you looked in my eyes Did you see the intentions under the lids? When you listened to my words Did they sound as stupid to you as I think they did? And they did Go To Top Communication's staticky but somehow you still find Through all of my jackassery a reason not to mind And this is not some act, no calculation on my part I pretty good with endings, but I don't know where to start It's one thing to have tolerance, another to have faith I've tried my best to give you my worst, how much will you take? How much time before you find such a ludicrous cause lost? And what do I gotta do to help you write me off? Write me off With a need for recognition, I am just like anyone It's your subsequent extension of attention that I shun So don't await me to reciprocate, I won't pretend to try I'm pretty good at faking, but I will not tell a lie Be careful with your confidence, it might just be misplaced For every good impression, how much bullshit gets replaced? How much trust must I exhaust before your towel gets tossed? Yeah, and what do I gotta do to help you write me off? Write me off Sooner more than later everyone gets figured out And I am no exception, it's the suspense I can do without I'd live on pins and needles if I weren't so full of holes Some things don't hold water, I'm a slow leak but the pressure grows It's not to idealistic, it's not some praiseworthy conceit But it's a bit more realistic if I pre-admit defeat And all I might suggest is expectations have their cost Yeah and what do I gotta do to help you write me off? Write me off. Go To Top Sister beams with girlish pride and a smile worn ear to ear A lifetime's dream, a wedding scene, her precious day draws near An empty home and a life alone, that's all she's ever feared Yesterday her fiancé, he made his plans real clear He said, "golden-haired, your sister's fair and she's been so good to me But a lifetime bound and tied down, that's one I just can't see." Then he said he must have lost his head when it struck him to agree He said, "you're a man and you should understand a man has certain needs." Now every day is just the same And the hours move by so slow Every day is like the day before, like every day but I know It won't be like the one I leave behind me when I go Sister, she don't talk too loud now that things are through She's waiting on some old advice but it'll never come true And she asks me if I'll stay with her but I've got some things to do You see, now he's dead, he must have lost his head when I struck him With what to do Now every day is just the same And the hours move by so slow Every day is like the day before, like every day but I know It won't be like the one I leave behind me when I go Go To Top Ben grew up to be the butcher not by choice, it's just the lot in life he found But he makes a decent living, feeds his family and the people of the town But there's no dreams brought to fruition, just a gradual attrition The decayed scraps of ambition he once carved by hand But there's no time for regrets, it's not as bad as it appears He's got a lucrative career but he never gets the bloodstains off his hands A killer frequents bars on Ladies' Night with a steely-eyed command But he ain't out cruising hookers and he ain't no shady looker, he's a charming, handsome man His voice says 'ladies' but his mind is thinking 'bitches' But his pitch is just too much for most of them to withstand He tells them jokes and he gets them all in stitches And it goes off without hitches 'till he tries to get the bloodstains off his hands Nothing good comes easy Isn't that what you would have me to believe For every positive endeavor there is a dark side we must weather You will see, yeah you will see All the coroners and corpsmen and the slaughterhouse foremen It's just there job five days a week, please try and understand It's their lot to get through it, they know someone's got to do it And try not to misconstrue it when they try to wash the bloodstains off their hands Now she's had seven years of happiness with a boy she's always claimed to have adored And there's fewer who've been truer but as of late she finds herself a little bored She tells him she still loves him and has only good thoughts of him And the times they've had and hopes that it'll help him understand When she runs her knife straight through him, it's the only way to do them She's the winner of the game but she'll never get the bloodstains off her hands In the end, they all fall just the same but she'll never get the bloodstains off her hands Off her hands Go To Top What's that smell you ask, I think I know It's the smoldering of expectations long let go Would you suggest you might affect some change? Or are you banking that one decent poke might stoke the flames Is that your game? And I know such things aren't the same for you But what gets me through is all I ever knew And you can try but you won't bust through Still I won't hold that against you Against you. See I am a sinking ship and I am listing To and fro with everything I used to know I am a busted pipe and I am pissing, away Everything I used to hold I used to hold. And I know such things aren't the same for you But what gets me through is all I ever knew People try but they don't bust through Still I won't hold that against you Against you. So don't think twice if I disappear I'll be gone for a little while I'm gone Gone. Now where you been sweetness? I've missed your face Your resolve seems to have disappeared without a trace Where's your reassuring tongue? Dear how I've missed your voice Was it me who silenced you? Yeah, well I had no choice I had no choice. And I know such things aren't the same for you But what gets me through is all I ever knew People try but they can't break through Still I won't hold that against you No matter what you might try and do Hey sweetness, that's your cue. Go To Top Working hands and a gentle heart Beacon-like to those in the dark His wife and family headed home, a flash of chrome A pothole's teeth makes tires slide To shoulders too thin to abide A sleeping driver, wayward truck, now he's stuck Knotted heart, he cracks and curls His bedroom becomes his world Idle curtains block the sun, now he's done His remaining daughter will suggest That shutting down is not what's best Who's to say until you go, I don't know Still you must concede That there is still a need, it's true When you can't find the out like most do Jamie Jeffries has a plan And a mother who's his biggest fan She wants it all for him so much, but she's out of touch Persuasive friends, a gang of four, the convenience of convenience stores A borrowed gun was his best bet, and now he's set Still you must concede That there is still a need, it's true When you can't find the out like most do And still you must confess That things are still a mess, for sure When you're less in her eyes than before So you've wrung your eyes of all their tears And you caught them in a glass To save them for some day next year, when you're waxing over your past And should you ever begin to believe That the good part was worth all the waste Find your glass of last year's tears and you take a taste Still you must concede That there is still a need, it's true When you can't find the out like most do And still you must confess That things are still a mess, for sure When you're less in her eyes than before Go To Top The kids are loud, the house it stinks He cracks a beer and pours another drink Says he needs some time to think Hindsight askewed, today's the day She'll be home soon, the kids'll be okay He finds the keys and drives away The barroom reeks a golden stench Assume your place upon the weary bench You take the hit, don't even flinch And the ghosts of friends who've moved along Can still be felt but they don't sing along To your stubborn, stupid song You've been pretending loss could be your gain But in the end you're just as lame Now where have you been? You've been in the down town again And it's the same old thing: The flailing fall, the flake and wallow, forsaking friends And where have you gone? 'Cause you been gone so damn long. Okay, what's wrong, Are you the only one to have ever once felt strong and then lost where you belong? Some buffer for the years ahead Means nothing if you're living dead Now where have you gone? Your thoughts are dulled, her words are sharp Your memory's stained, you make the disconnect between the heart and brain You figured loss could be your gain You read the contract and you signed your name Said goodbye and walked away You figured loss could be your gain In some fickle lease that's paid in shame But in the end you're just as lame In sad attempts to pluck some gem From down below and deep within With hazy eyes and sallow skin you wait to find just Now where have you been? You've been in the down town again And it's the same old thing: The flailing fall, the flake and wallow, forsaking friends And where have you gone? 'Cause you been gone so damn long. Okay, what's wrong, Are you the only one to have ever once felt strong and then lost where you belong? And what have you seen? Was it all that you had ever dreamed? Is there beauty to be dredged and skimmed in filthy nets And lifted from these beery depths? To be dragged and strewn upon the shore or simply scraped up off the floor Attested to through glass-bottom eyes soft and sad and sore Where have you been? Go To Top Once you eyes they shone like flashlights, fountains of clarity And the most alkaline of batteries were you and me Free of failure, flicker or fade Yeah but depending where you're from too much daylight can seem like an oddity And devotion is a commodity, so with you it seems It only comes in trade Yeah but the first time the bill isn't paid, it's too late So you just live in the dark You could drive but you just park You just talk when you could sing And now it doesn't mean a thing You could bite, but you just bark You could light but you just spark You live on in the dark Rolling papers, bottles and needles, and people we trusted Our eyes just become too adjusted We'd be busted If sightlessness were a crime So now I guess I should be searching for matches but I don't see what's the use Engines run 'till they're out of juice And I can't even produce Fuel enough to light your face And that's a light I will never replace in time So I just live on in the dark I could drive but I just park I just talk when I could sing And now it doesn't mean a thing I could bite, but I just bark I could light but I just spark I live on in the dark It's as if we've only ever come together just to test each other's mettle Or to justify subsistence or bolster our resistance to the idea that we should struggle When we could just settle So you just get numb to every itch And there's no feeling in your fingertips And you can't find the switch And we've grown much too tired to grope Yeah, we lost all our fire to cope a long time ago So we just live on in the dark We could drive but we just park We just talk when we could sing And now it doesn't mean a thing We could bite but we just bark We could light but we just spark We live on in the dark Go To Top When I find my way back Everyone will see How much I have missed them And how much they mean to me When I find my way back Everyone will know How much I love them so When I find my way back No one will deny How much I care for them And how hard that I've tried When I find my way back You will know it by and by That all the hype was justified When I find my way back My heart will fill with everything it lacks And once again we will be friends And I will never get lost again When I find my way back When I find my way back Everyone will be there To forgive me my transgressions And all the shit I've shared When I find my way back Everyone will understand How truly sorry I am When I find my way back My heart will fill with everything it lacks And once again we will be friends And I will never get lost again When I find my way back Go To Top |
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