1. I.O.U.
Give me a, get me out of this little stinking fresh air, ninety days in the electric chair, step right up son, gonna show you something ain't never been done, you're all fucked.
Listen, it don't cost much, I lay down the line that you touch, never do what you're told, there'll be time, believe me, when you're old, you're all wrong and I'm right. Please be on your honor, please be on your, sucker.
Back in here, listen to the story, all right, I'm losing all I own on that dotted line, step right up son, gonna show you something ain't never been done, you're all wrong and I'm right.
You see I want it in writing, I owe you nothing, want it in writing, I owe you nothing, want it in writing.
2. Alex Chilton.
If he was from Venus, would he feed us with a spoon, if he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool, standing right on campus, would he stamp us in a file, hanging down in Memphis all the while. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round, they sing, I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love with that song.
So we will rape and pillage in a village of his choice, invisible man who can sing in a visible voice, feeling like a hundred bucks, exchanging good lucks face to face, checking his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round, they sing, I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love with that song, I never travel far without a little Big Star.
Running 'round the house, Mickey Mouse and the Tarot cards, falling asleep with a flop pop video on, if he was from Venus, would he meet us on the moon, if he died in Memphis, then that'd be cool, babe. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round, they sing, I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love with that song.
3. I don't know.
Do we give it up? I don't know, should we give it hell? I don't know, are you makin' a fortune? I don't know, or don't you wanna tell? I don't know, should we give it up? I don't know, or hang around some more? I don't know, should we buy some beer? I don't know, can I use your hairspray? One foot in the door, the other foot in the gutter, the sweet smell that you adore, yeah, I think I'd rather smother.
Should we top it off? I don't know, it's starting to smoke, I don't know, who's behind the board? I don't know, they tell me he's a dope, I don't know, what the fuck you saying? I don't know, our lawyer's on the phone, I don't know, how much are you in for? I don't know, what did we do now? One foot in the door, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that they adore, I think I'd rather smother, one foot in the door, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that they adore, well I think I'd rather smother.
Are you guys still around? I don't know, whatcha gonna do with your lives? Nothin, one foot in the fuckup, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that you adore, hey I think I'd rather smother, one foot in this door, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that they adore, oh I think I'd rather smother.
4. Nightclub jitters.
Nightclub jitters, I take a drink before I hit the town, night life critters scurry to that sultry, smoky sound, hurry now, the sun is going down, to the nightclub jitters, the only thing that scares me is the dark, the night life critters, what's the cover, where should we park? Stay at home just once for a lark. They say, now don't be a stranger, it really don't matter to me, I'd be willing to wager that it don't matter much if we keep in touch.
Nightclub jitters, I take a drink before I hit the town, night life critters, they scurry to that sultry, smoky sound, oh, hurry now, the sun is going down, they say, now don't be a stranger, hell, it really don't matter to me, I'd be willing to wager that it don't matter much if we keep in touch, don't matter much 'cause I got a touch, in the nightclub, in the nightclub.
5. The ledge.
All eyes look up to me, high above the filthy streets, heed no bullhorn when it calls, watch me fly and die, watch me fall, I'm the boy they can't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, all the love sent up high to pledge, won't reach the ledge.
Wind blows cold from the west, I smell coffee, I smell donuts from the press, a girl that I knew once years ago it’s tryin' me to be reached on the phone, I'm the boy she can't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, all the love sent up high to pledge, I'm the boy she can't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, all the love sent up high to pledge.
Priest kneels silent, all is still, policeman reaches from the sill, watch him, watch him try his best, there'll be no medal pinned to his chest, I'm the boy they couldn't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, I'm the boy they couldn't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, I'm the boy for the last time in my life, all the love that they pledge, for the last time will not reach the ledge.
6. Never mind.
Absolution is out of the question, it makes no sense to apologize, the words I thought I brought I left behind so never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time.
I'm not ready as I'll ever be, I climb the walls, I fall into the sea, I'm not ready as I'll ever be and I suppose your guess is more or less as bad as mine, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time and I suppose your guess is more or less as bad as mine. You oughta tell me, you oughta say if you're not sure, you oughta tell me, you got to help me remember.
Never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, never mind, never mind, never mind, the words I thought I brought I left behind so never mind.
7. Valentine.
Well you wish upon a star that turns into a plane and I guess that's right on par, who's left to blame? If you were a pill I'd take a handful at my will and I'd knock you back with something sweet and strong, plenty of times you wake up in February make-up, like the moon and the morning star you're gone. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines.
Hey you pop up in this old place so sick and so refined. are you strung out on some face? Well I know it ain't mine, if you were a pill I'd take a handful at my will and I'd knock you back with something sweet and strong, trouble keeping your head up when you're hungry and you're fed up, like a moon and a lone star you're gone. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines.
If you were a pill I'd take a handful at my will and I'd knock you back with something sweet as wine, yesterday was theirs to say, this is their world and their time, well if tonight belongs to you, tomorrow's mine. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines, tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines, valentines, valentines.
8. Shooting dirty pool
Rock 'n roll loudmouth, spew in my glass, stroke another one down, right behind my back, do us all a favor, get yourself a spine, everybody's choking on the grapevine. Shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies.
I heard it on the airwaves, I've seen it in my glass, get your money on the table, get your head out of your ass, you're the coolest guy that I ever have smelt, I ain't a notch on nobody's belt. Shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies.
Why don't you get a haircut, sister? That's it. Shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, shooting dirty pool, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies.
9. Red red wine.
A bottle of Chablis, hey now, that ain't no stuff for me, Chateau Timberley as long as I can't see, Gallo or Muscatel, either one would be just swell, I didn't come here to fight, hey, just as long as that ain't white. Now I ain't no connoiseur cat, the kinda sewer rat, red, red wine on Sunday always tastes so good, red, red wine, red, red wine, red, red wine if you would.
Hey now as long as it is red, oh set 'em up until we're dead, a Saturday sipping beer is just a jug without a year. Now I ain't no connoiseur cat, I think you guessed that, red, red wine on Sunday just like Martin said, red, red wine, red, red wine, set us up 'till we're dead.
I ain't no connoiseur cat, the kinda sewer rat, on Sunday just like Martin said, red, red wine, red, red wine, set us up 'till we're dead, red, red wine, red, red wine 'till we're dead, red, red wine, red, red wine.
10. Skyway.
You take the skyway, high above the busy little one way, in my stupid hat and gloves at night I lie awake, wondering if I'll sleep, wondering if we'll meet out in the street to take the skyway. It don't move at all like a subway, it's got bums when it's cold like any other place, it's warm up inside sitting down and waiting for a ride beneath the skyway.
Oh, then one day I saw you walking down that little one way where the place I'd catch my ride most everyday, there wasn't a damn thing I could do or say up in the skyway, in the skyway, in the skyway.
11. Can't hardly wait.
I'll write you a letter tomorrow, tonight I can't hold a pen, someone's got a stamp that I can borrow, I promise not to blow the address again, lights that flash in the evening through a crack in the drapes.
Jesus rides beside me, he never buys any smokes, hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff, ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes, see you're high and lonesome, try and try, and try.
Lights that flash in the evening through a hole in the drapes, I'll be home when I'm sleeping, I can't hardly wait, I can't wait, hardly wait…
Give me a, get me out of this little stinking fresh air, ninety days in the electric chair, step right up son, gonna show you something ain't never been done, you're all fucked.
Listen, it don't cost much, I lay down the line that you touch, never do what you're told, there'll be time, believe me, when you're old, you're all wrong and I'm right. Please be on your honor, please be on your, sucker.
Back in here, listen to the story, all right, I'm losing all I own on that dotted line, step right up son, gonna show you something ain't never been done, you're all wrong and I'm right.
You see I want it in writing, I owe you nothing, want it in writing, I owe you nothing, want it in writing.
2. Alex Chilton.
If he was from Venus, would he feed us with a spoon, if he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool, standing right on campus, would he stamp us in a file, hanging down in Memphis all the while. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round, they sing, I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love with that song.
So we will rape and pillage in a village of his choice, invisible man who can sing in a visible voice, feeling like a hundred bucks, exchanging good lucks face to face, checking his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round, they sing, I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love with that song, I never travel far without a little Big Star.
Running 'round the house, Mickey Mouse and the Tarot cards, falling asleep with a flop pop video on, if he was from Venus, would he meet us on the moon, if he died in Memphis, then that'd be cool, babe. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round, they sing, I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love, what's that song? I'm in love with that song.
3. I don't know.
Do we give it up? I don't know, should we give it hell? I don't know, are you makin' a fortune? I don't know, or don't you wanna tell? I don't know, should we give it up? I don't know, or hang around some more? I don't know, should we buy some beer? I don't know, can I use your hairspray? One foot in the door, the other foot in the gutter, the sweet smell that you adore, yeah, I think I'd rather smother.
Should we top it off? I don't know, it's starting to smoke, I don't know, who's behind the board? I don't know, they tell me he's a dope, I don't know, what the fuck you saying? I don't know, our lawyer's on the phone, I don't know, how much are you in for? I don't know, what did we do now? One foot in the door, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that they adore, I think I'd rather smother, one foot in the door, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that they adore, well I think I'd rather smother.
Are you guys still around? I don't know, whatcha gonna do with your lives? Nothin, one foot in the fuckup, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that you adore, hey I think I'd rather smother, one foot in this door, the other one in the gutter, the sweet smell that they adore, oh I think I'd rather smother.
4. Nightclub jitters.
Nightclub jitters, I take a drink before I hit the town, night life critters scurry to that sultry, smoky sound, hurry now, the sun is going down, to the nightclub jitters, the only thing that scares me is the dark, the night life critters, what's the cover, where should we park? Stay at home just once for a lark. They say, now don't be a stranger, it really don't matter to me, I'd be willing to wager that it don't matter much if we keep in touch.
Nightclub jitters, I take a drink before I hit the town, night life critters, they scurry to that sultry, smoky sound, oh, hurry now, the sun is going down, they say, now don't be a stranger, hell, it really don't matter to me, I'd be willing to wager that it don't matter much if we keep in touch, don't matter much 'cause I got a touch, in the nightclub, in the nightclub.
5. The ledge.
All eyes look up to me, high above the filthy streets, heed no bullhorn when it calls, watch me fly and die, watch me fall, I'm the boy they can't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, all the love sent up high to pledge, won't reach the ledge.
Wind blows cold from the west, I smell coffee, I smell donuts from the press, a girl that I knew once years ago it’s tryin' me to be reached on the phone, I'm the boy she can't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, all the love sent up high to pledge, I'm the boy she can't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, all the love sent up high to pledge.
Priest kneels silent, all is still, policeman reaches from the sill, watch him, watch him try his best, there'll be no medal pinned to his chest, I'm the boy they couldn't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, I'm the boy they couldn't ignore, for the first time in my life I'm sure, I'm the boy for the last time in my life, all the love that they pledge, for the last time will not reach the ledge.
6. Never mind.
Absolution is out of the question, it makes no sense to apologize, the words I thought I brought I left behind so never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time.
I'm not ready as I'll ever be, I climb the walls, I fall into the sea, I'm not ready as I'll ever be and I suppose your guess is more or less as bad as mine, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time and I suppose your guess is more or less as bad as mine. You oughta tell me, you oughta say if you're not sure, you oughta tell me, you got to help me remember.
Never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, all over but the shouting, just a waste of time, never mind, never mind, never mind, never mind, the words I thought I brought I left behind so never mind.
7. Valentine.
Well you wish upon a star that turns into a plane and I guess that's right on par, who's left to blame? If you were a pill I'd take a handful at my will and I'd knock you back with something sweet and strong, plenty of times you wake up in February make-up, like the moon and the morning star you're gone. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines.
Hey you pop up in this old place so sick and so refined. are you strung out on some face? Well I know it ain't mine, if you were a pill I'd take a handful at my will and I'd knock you back with something sweet and strong, trouble keeping your head up when you're hungry and you're fed up, like a moon and a lone star you're gone. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines.
If you were a pill I'd take a handful at my will and I'd knock you back with something sweet as wine, yesterday was theirs to say, this is their world and their time, well if tonight belongs to you, tomorrow's mine. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines, tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's making valentines, valentines, valentines.
8. Shooting dirty pool
Rock 'n roll loudmouth, spew in my glass, stroke another one down, right behind my back, do us all a favor, get yourself a spine, everybody's choking on the grapevine. Shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies.
I heard it on the airwaves, I've seen it in my glass, get your money on the table, get your head out of your ass, you're the coolest guy that I ever have smelt, I ain't a notch on nobody's belt. Shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies.
Why don't you get a haircut, sister? That's it. Shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies, shooting dirty pool, shooting dirty pool, shooting dirty pool, spewing dirty lies.
9. Red red wine.
A bottle of Chablis, hey now, that ain't no stuff for me, Chateau Timberley as long as I can't see, Gallo or Muscatel, either one would be just swell, I didn't come here to fight, hey, just as long as that ain't white. Now I ain't no connoiseur cat, the kinda sewer rat, red, red wine on Sunday always tastes so good, red, red wine, red, red wine, red, red wine if you would.
Hey now as long as it is red, oh set 'em up until we're dead, a Saturday sipping beer is just a jug without a year. Now I ain't no connoiseur cat, I think you guessed that, red, red wine on Sunday just like Martin said, red, red wine, red, red wine, set us up 'till we're dead.
I ain't no connoiseur cat, the kinda sewer rat, on Sunday just like Martin said, red, red wine, red, red wine, set us up 'till we're dead, red, red wine, red, red wine 'till we're dead, red, red wine, red, red wine.
10. Skyway.
You take the skyway, high above the busy little one way, in my stupid hat and gloves at night I lie awake, wondering if I'll sleep, wondering if we'll meet out in the street to take the skyway. It don't move at all like a subway, it's got bums when it's cold like any other place, it's warm up inside sitting down and waiting for a ride beneath the skyway.
Oh, then one day I saw you walking down that little one way where the place I'd catch my ride most everyday, there wasn't a damn thing I could do or say up in the skyway, in the skyway, in the skyway.
11. Can't hardly wait.
I'll write you a letter tomorrow, tonight I can't hold a pen, someone's got a stamp that I can borrow, I promise not to blow the address again, lights that flash in the evening through a crack in the drapes.
Jesus rides beside me, he never buys any smokes, hurry up, hurry up, ain't you had enough of this stuff, ashtray floors, dirty clothes, and filthy jokes, see you're high and lonesome, try and try, and try.
Lights that flash in the evening through a hole in the drapes, I'll be home when I'm sleeping, I can't hardly wait, I can't wait, hardly wait…
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Año: 1987.
Procedencia de la banda: Minneapolis (Minnesota), Estados Unidos.
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Año: 1987.
Procedencia de la banda: Minneapolis (Minnesota), Estados Unidos.
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