Bringing Down The Horse - The Wallflowers
One Headlight
So long ago I don't remember when
That's when they say I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees
Well I seen the sun coming up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
I wondered why she hung around this place
Hey, hey
Come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than in the middle
Me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight
She said it's cold
It feels like Independence Day
But I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
Well I seen the sun up ahead at the county line bridge
Saying all is good and nothing else is dead
We'll run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothing left
She hit the end
It's just her window ledge
Hey, hey
Come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than in the middle
Me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight
Well this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine but the engine doesn't turn
Well it smells of cheap wine, cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn
Well I sit alone
And I feel just like somebody else
Man I ain't changed but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between these seedy walls of dying dreams
I think her death it must be killing me
Hey, hey, hey
Come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than in the middle
Me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight
6th Avenue Heartache
The sirens ring, the shots ring out
A stranger cries and screams out loud
I had my world strapped against my back
I held my hands, never knew how to act
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
Remember me? I was a homeless man
Singing songs I didn't complete
On the steps alone, guitar in hand
It's fifteen years, stood where I stand
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
Oh oh oh
Wandering home on the streets
The river winds move my feet
The subway steam, like silhouettes in dreams
You stood by me, just like [...moonbeams?]
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
I looked out the window, down upon that street
A hand gone black of midnight was that man
But I seen him in six strings, laid against that wall
And all his things, they all looked so small
I've got my fingers crossed on a shooting star
Just like [...leaves?], just moved
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
And now it's drawn the end
Well the same black line that was drawn on you is drawn on me
And now it's drawn the end
6th Avenue heartache
Bleeders
Once upon a time they called me the bleeder
Swimming up this river of sentimental fever
But this ain't my first ride, it ain't my last try
Just got to keep moving on
If they catch me ever, they'll throw me back forever
Well I guess I should be ashamed
But I forget to be vain
Well I did the best I could I guess
But everything just bleeds
They say you're only sad and lonely
And no one is impressed
I sent it off in a letter
I need something better
Well than a man with a hammer
To put me back together
But this ain't my first ride, it ain't my last try
Just got to keep moving on
Got to keep this together, maybe next time is never
Well I guess I should be ashamed
But I forget to be vain
I did the best I could I guess
But everything just bleeds
They say you're only sad and lonely
And no one is impressed
Sometimes I must confess
I do feel a little overdressed
Sometimes it's hard to tell the wishing from the well
Where you threw the penny and where it fell
Well I guess I should be ashamed
But I forget to be vain
Well I did the best I could I guess
But everything just bleeds
I guess I should be ashamed
But I forget to be vain
Well I did the best I could I guess
But everything just bleeds
They say you're only sad and lonely
And no one is impressed
Three Marlenas
Alone tonight in sombebody's bed
She'd gone and dyed her hair red
She only went and did what she did
Cause he would drive her home then
There's lipstick on her new dress
She hadn't even paid yet
But it doesn't matter where the money went
It wasn't how she paid rent
One, two, three Marlenas
There's got to be someone we can trust out here among us
Now looking out across the city lights
She thought they'd be a good pair
He could make a living selling cars
Maybe she could work there
She's going to pick a star in the night
And pray to make it alright
She tried so hard not to pick a kite
She always prayed to headlights
One, two, three Marlenas
There's got to be someone we can trust out here among us
One, two, three Marlenas
See no, speak no, hear no evil about us
The three Marlenas
Man, I think I'm going to buy myself a Rolls
Maybe a Chevrolet
One where I can pull that top down
Just let my radio play
I'm heading out on that highway
I'm going right out of state
And I ain't looking back till I've gone
Right through Heaven's gate
One, two, three Marlenas
There's got to be someone we can trust here among us
One, two, three Marlenas
See no, speak no, hear no evil among us
The three Marlenas
The three Marlenas
Three Marlenas
The Difference
One, two boys by the river
Down by the water telling riddles in the dark
With fireflies under the moonlight
Covering the insides of a tree with no life
Did you ever hear the one about the boy's big sister?
His best friend come along, he tried to kiss her
The only difference that I see
Is you are exactly the same as you used to be
One boy, lives in a tower
With the bow and arrow and the artificial heart
With his girl, maid of dishonour
They loaded the cannon with a jealous appetite
They say the children now they're coming all ages
Maybe sometimes old men die with little boy faces
The only difference that I see
Is you are exactly the same as you used to be
The only difference that I see
Is you are exactly the same as you used to be
You always said that you needed some
But you always had more, more than anyone
The only difference that I see
Is you are exactly the same as you used to be
The only difference that I see
Is you are exactly the same as you used to be
Invisible City
Looking back at the crash site
I don't see me by the roadside
Well this heart is on wheels tonight
Straight through the ghettos and without lights
Well every heart has a blind side
Where it learns how to improvise
Well this place is a whorehouse tonight
Cheap lovers make expensive wives
But all of these horses that you chase around
In the end they are the ones that always bring you down
In this invisible city
Where no one sees nothing
We're touching faces in the dark
Feeling pretty is so hard
Now all of these voices
And all of these noises
With all their illusions of choices
They've come to my door with one dozen roses
The imitation of good faith
Is how you stumble upon hate
Well it may have been the first of mistakes
When we held on too loosely and opened the gates
Now all of these horses that you chase around
In the end they are the ones that always bring you down
In this invisible city
Where no one sees nothing
We're touching faces in the dark
Feeling pretty is so hard
Now I try not to tell lies
But there's pressures from inside
So I've learned how to compromise
Good people for alibis
But all of these horses that you chase around
In the end they are the ones that always bring you down
In this invisible city
Where no one sees nothing
We're touching faces in the dark
Feeling pretty is so hard
Laughing Out Loud
Man, you ought to finish what you started
You can't leave me here alive
Well I know it started as a fistfight
But you've got me covered up in hives
I don't need an invitation
The best peach is at the top of that tree
When all this indecision reigns
It's my aimlessness that helps me see straight
You've got me walking up a tightrope
With vaseline from my head to my feet
You've got me looking into blindfolds
Well I know you've got your hands all over me
So when all these imitations fail
Just don't look back cause I won't be there
Laughing out loud
When I didn't ever know just what it was all about
Laughing out loud
When I didn't ever know just why you pushed me around
Well I'm doing time inside a grapevine
Little things amuse little minds
Nothing's free except a little bit of bad advice
On how to live on only water bread and rice
I don't need an invitation
The best peach is at the top of that tree
When all this night time vision fails
I'll lose these chains and slip out of this jail
Laughing out loud
When I didn't ever know just what it was all about
Laughing out loud
When I didn't ever know just why you pushed me around
I'm laughing out loud
When I didn't ever know just what it was all about
Laughing out loud
When I didn't ever know just why you pushed me around
Josephine
I feel pretty good
I feel alright
And I've been thinking maybe
Well I could spend the night
I know you've been sad
I know I've been bad
But if you'd let me
Make you ribbons from paper bags
Josephine
You're so good to me and I know it ain't easy
Josephine
You're so sweet you must taste just like sugar and tangerines
I won't make a sound
I'll sleep on the ground
And when you wake I will
Drive you into town
I missed your smile
Your schoolgirl style
We never had much fun
For maybe the very first mile
Josephine
You're so good to me and I know it ain't easy
Josephine
You're so sweet you must taste just like sugar and tangerines
Don't you know I watched you walking home from school?
Your friends on the old playground
You never looked so down
Won't you come and help me with these kits of mine?
I disconnected my heart
And cut myself on the wires
Josephine
I know I was wrong
I knew all along
But I got so far from home
I never thought I'd be so lonesome
Josephine
You're so good to me and I know it ain't easy
Josephine
You're so sweet you must taste just like sugar and tangerines
God Don't Make Lonely Girls
Senorita, looks like you
Ain't done nothing good when it ain't supposed to do
No no, no no no
I seen her downtown about an hour ago
Behind the glass at a peep show
I got nervous cause I don't know
Can she see me behind that window?
It's almost nine and I'm back in line
I can't get the girl with the Spanish tears out of my mind
I've got to make her mine all mine
Cause something is wrong, she don't belong
She ought to be back where she's from
Maybe back in this Mexico City
Man, I don't know, but she sure is pretty
God don't make lonely girls
He sure didn't want him in his world
And God don't make lonely girls
Yeah yeah
Now when I make that girl all mine
I'm going to stand by once I get inside of her barbed wire
Once I get inside
I bet she'd look good in a brand new dress
She never felt good in a fishnet
She's got to be this town's best mess
But it ain't nothing that her face would suggest
But God don't make lonely girls
He sure didn't want him in his world
And God don't make lonely girls
Yeah yeah
Well I've got to make her see I'm a guarantee
Well if she'd only come along with me
Well I could make her see
We're going to take a walk right through these walls
Cause she's coming home with me
I ain't even going to touch her at all
Man, I'm only going to lay awake and watch her sleep
God don't make lonely girls
He sure didn't want him in his world
I know God don't make lonely girls
Yeah yeah
Angel On My Bike
She knows just what I like
The angel on my bike
She found me down a two ton anchor
Tangled up in wire
She always gets it right
The angel on my bike
I could be killed if the train goes faster
Well angel watch my life
Can't handle a care
I want but I can't be there
While Angel's a prayer
It's forty-five miles on that highway
Angel double prayer
I've got to sleep with my eyes on the white lines
Elvis need of repair
I only want to believe
That Angel it's me that you need, hey
And there's only one heart on that highway
Angel double prayer
I can't handle a care
I want but I can't be there
While Angel's a prayer
I can't handle a care
I want but I can't be there
While Angel's a prayer
Now it's [...high tide?] on these wheels
And these fairytales turn to rusted steel
And it's getting hard now to believe
That she's seeing me
Angel please tell me can't you see?
Angel it's only me
Angel it's only me
Well, I can't handle a care
Well man I want but I can't be there
While Angel's a prayer
Can't handle a care
Well I want but I can't be there
While Angel's a prayer
I Wish I Felt Nothing
Say when you're alone
It's better cause nobody knows you
When no one's your friend
It's better cause nobody leaves you
So you turn your back
On a world that you could never have
Cause your heart's been cracked
And everyone else's is going to match
But I hear voices
And I see colours
But I wish I felt nothing
Well then it might be easy for me
Like it is for you
Now all of these people
Come up from [...deepness?] pulling you down
It's just no use
When all the abuse follows you round
By the morning you've gone
Leaving me here all alone
Saying it's no mystery
I know that nobody here needs me
But I hear voices
And I see colours
But I wish I felt nothing
Then it might be easy for me
Like it is for you
And I know you believe
That you and me don't belong here
And the worst we can do
Is keep trying to pretend we care
But I hear voices
And I see colours
But I wish I felt nothing
Then it might be easy for me
Like it is for you
Like it is for you
Like it is for you