1. |
Midweek Blues
02:46
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So Monday morning and we're all on a high
After last night's lack of action I don't know why
Another day at work a filthy slogan on my shirt
I hear 'Live and Let Die' and well I only start to cry
This ain't no ruse
I got the midweek blues
They're the only blues you choose
I got the midweek blues
All the colours in my palette dry to a blood brown tinge
Oh the solace when you meet someone who's seen the same things
It's like I'm trapped aboard the bus in this dastardly disguise
And all of the passengers are dead behind the eyes
This ain't no ruse
I got the midweek blues
They're the only blues you choose
I got the midweek blues
So you're stuck in a rut and no one's on your level
And everybody thinks you're in league with the Devil
I know you're not that someone who's good for my health
You know I'm all too happy to sit upon your shelf... for now
I'm not someone, not even anyone
Since I shacked up with you I've barely seen the sun
Good God
This ain’t no ruse
I caught those midweek blues
JGT/JJT
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2. |
Pelican Château
03:35
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Birdwoman says that your life’s all wrong
When your black and white cat eats your mother’s thong
Now you wait on your instructions from a mastodon
Looking left looking right but only seeing where you come from
Oh oh Pelican Chateau
Oh no Pelican Chateau
Meanwhile mangy Max is living down in Kathmandu
Where you stay too long when you’re just passing thru
Maître d’ can you get the door
For I have a feeling I’ve been here before
Draw déjà vu on that Etch A Sketch no more
Draw déjà vu
She gave her eyeballs the elbow just to put on a show
‘Cause it’s no bed of roses when your ex's in tow
Condescending bastards like a bolt from above
Yeah she's leading by example… guess you’d call it tough love
Phwoar Pelican Chateau
Oh no Pelican Chateau
Musical chairs for a brief interlude
Now your enemies are sitting where your best friend should
Sun kissed skin in the sun they’ve never been
But they’ll show you how to cook if you’ll only let ‘em in
JJT
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3. |
Ladine
03:30
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Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine I think you know what I mean
Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine, Ladine
Good god guillotine
Why you tearing strips outta me
Switchblade so serene
I sold the stars just to make a scene
Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine you know from what I've seen
Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine, Ladine
Worship a drama queen
Beat me baby though I'm on your team
You praise my body you plague my mind
You stole my wallet can I pay in kind
Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine chock full of ketamine
Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine, Ladine
Good god guillotine
Why you tearing strips outta me
Your suitors crawl in on all fours
I lost my mind helping you find yours
Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine I think you know what I mean
Ladine, Ladine you're ever so serene
Ladine, Ladine, Ladine
JJT
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4. |
King Of The Pill
04:20
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Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Ah yes you're wicked and you're nobody's fool
You could take your pick but you're still playing it cool
You're only happy when you ridicule
This boy could be your man but you're content with this tool
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Although you realise that the world's your stage
You're waiting in the wings and claim you're acting your age
Ah yes you're weathered but you've seen a thousand suns
We'll see if you're still tethered when your spring clean comes
Your love's shining through, oh your love is shining through
Yeah your love's shining through, oh your love is shining through
Yeah your love's shining through, yeah your love is shining through
Yeah your love's shining through, yeah your love is shining through
Yeah your love's shining through
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
You're cold to the touch but your love's shining through
Your love is shining through, yeah you're love's shining through
Your love is shining through
Arizona blue, Arizona blue
Distant by the day why don't you take me with you
JJT
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5. |
Everything Is Broke
04:50
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I lost more than cassettes in that auto accident
Hand-outs got you this far, now you're pocket money's nearly spent
You're not the one track mind you look
You're not unkind but you do things by the book
You're never gonna hear them call
While you're standing back sending postmen to the wall
You're lost at sea, your legs stuck in a blue-green treacle
In a blue-green treacle
So everything is broke
I'm okay with it
Everything is broke
I'm okay with it
Everything is broke
I'm okay with it
Everything is broke
I'm okay with it
"Okay guys break it down
This mic's not workin' properly
When I was four...I walked in on my momma,
One Sunday evening and you know what I saw?”
“What'd ya see!?”
“I saw her legs akimbo, being fucked by THE MAN
That's not easy on the eyes when you're four
They say I like who I like, found out my life was broken
Everything in life is broken"
Not for the first time she insisted on the driver's seat
It must have been the insects that were nibbling at his feet
You're not the one track mind you look
You're not the pawn I originally mistook
Your rhetoric suggests you stand so tall
But mister speaker all you ever do is crawl
You know you're lost at sea, your legs stuck in a blue-green treacle
In a blue-green treacle
So everything is broke
I'm okay with it
Everything is broke
I'm okay with it
My mother is a soak
I'm okay with it
My daddy's doing coke
I'm okay with it
I don't sing I croak
I'm okay with it
RG/JJT
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