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	TEXTY - New Adventures In Hi-Fi \| Nové Dobrodružstvá v Hi-Fi
01 \| How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us
Blood from a stone Water from wine Born under earplay design A stroke of bad luck, Wrong place, wrong time This flyer is out of the lime (chorus) The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us Canary got trapped, the uranium mine A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died A marker to mark where my tears run dry I cross it, bless it, alkali (repeat chorus) I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain Now I can't see anything I made a mistake, chalked it up to design I cracked through time, space, Godless and dry I point my nose to the northern star, Watch the decline from a hazy distance (repeat chorus)
02 \| The Wake-Up Bomb
I look good in a glass pack I look good and mean I look good in metallic sick wraparound blackout tease I scud along the horizon, I drink some sweet tree tea I get high in my low-ass boot-cut jean I like being seen I look good with my drink-eat-no-sleep, take-a-leap longevity I get high on my attitude, latitude, 1973 I'm in deep My head's on fire and high esteem Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything I had to knock a few buildings over I make an ugly mess I had to blow a gasket Drop transmission I had to decompress I had to write the great American novel I had a neutron bomb I had to teach the world to sing by the age of 21 I wake up (I wake up) I wake up (I wake up) I threw up when I saw what I'd done Oh, the wake-up bomb Oh, the wake-up bomb My head's on fire and high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up I've had enough, I've seen enough, I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup, I drank it all, I spit it up Yeah, atomic, supersonic What a joke, I'm dumb See ya, don't wanna be you Lunch meat, Pond scum My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah
03 \| New Test Leper
I can't say that I love Jesus That would be a hollow claim He did make some observations And I'm quoting them today "Judge not lest ye be judged" What a beautiful refrain The studio audience disagrees Have his lambs all gone astray? (chorus) Call me a leper Call me a leper Call me a leper "You are lost and disillusioned!" What an awful thing to say I know this show doesn't flatter It means nothing to me I thought I might help them understand But what an ugly thing to see "I am not an animal" Subtitled under the screen (repeat chorus) When I tried to tell my story They cut me off to take a break I sat silent 5 commercials I had nothing left to say The talk show host was index-carded All organized and blank The other guests were scared and hardened What a sad parade What a sad parade (repeat chorus)
04 \| Undertow
I know what I wanted I know what I wanted I know how I wanted this to be You go down to the water Drink down of the water Walk up off the water, leave it be This is not my time, sister It is cold in heaven And I'm not sprouting wings I'm drowning Me I'm drowning Me, yeah Brother can you see those birds? They don't look to heaven They don't need religion, they can see They go down to the water Drink down on the water Fly up off the water, leave it be This is not my time, sister It is cold in heaven And no one's coming after me (chorus) I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me, yeah Breathing ourselves I'm drowning Breathing ourselves Me, yeah You know I am tired Cold and bony tired Nothing's gonna save me, I can see I can't say I'm fearful I can't say I'm not afraid But I am not resisting, I can see I don't need a heaven I don't need religion I am in the place where I should be I am breathing water I am breathing water You know a body's got to breathe (repeat chorus 2x)
05 \| E-Bow The Letter \| Dopis
Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry Some of them, they surprise The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 AM This letter Fields of poppies, little pearls All the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed Each and every one a little scary I said your name I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras Dreaming of Maria Callas Whoever she is This fame thing, I don't get it I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves I can take you far This star thing, I don't get it (chorus) I'll take you over, there I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear, there Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there I'll take you over Will you live to 83? Will you ever welcome me? Will you show me something that nobody else has seen? Smoke it, drink Here comes the flood Anything to thin the blood These corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet Phone, eat it, drink Just another chink Cuts and dents, they catch the light Aluminum, the weakest link I don't want to disappoint you I'm not here to anoint you I would lick your feet But is that the sickest move? I wear my own crown and sadness and sorrow And who'd have thought tomorrow could be so strange? My loss, and here we go again (repeat chorus) Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry Some of them, they surprise I can't look it in the eyes Seconal, spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene Cherry-flavored neck and collar I can smell the sorrow on your breath The sweat, the victory and sorrow The smell of fear, I got it I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear, there Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over, there Aluminum, tastes like fear, there Adrenaline, it pulls us near I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there It pulls us near I'll take you over I'll take you over It tastes like fear, there It pulls us near Pulls us near Tastes like fear Tastes like fear Nearer, nearer Pulls us near Over, over, over, over Over, over, over, over Yeah, look over I'll take you there, oh, yeah I'll take you there Oh, over I'll take you there Over, let me I'll take you there I'll take you there There, there, there, baby, yeah Pohlédni, co vidíš? Všechno o tobě a všechno o mně. Světelkující a některé z nich zářivé, dokáží překvapit Během jízdy autobusem ve 4 ráno jsem psal tento dopis. Pole opia, tyto malé perly. Všichni kluci a všechny holky jsou zvědavé Každý do jednoho je trochu vystrašený Prozradil jsem tvoje jméno. Nosil jsem ho jako symbol hrdinů mladistvých filmů Hašišové cigára, třešňová míchanina a alobalové čelenky Sním o Marii Callas. Ať už je kdokoliv, tato slavná osoba, nechápu to. Obaluji si ruky do igelitu, abych se skrz něj zkusil podívat. Namalované oči a pohyby dívek stejné jako pohyby chlapců. Můžu tě vzít dál Tato hvězdná věc, nechápu to. Přenesu tě tam, Přenesu tě tam Chutná jako strach. Adrenalín, tlačí nás blíž. Přenesu tě Chutná jako strach. Přenesu tě Budeš žít do 83? Přivítáš mě vůbec ještě někdy ? Ukážeš mně něco , co ještě nikdo neviděl ? Pokuřuj dál, popíjej. Pak přichází zkáza. Něco co oslabuje krev. Tyto látky dělají své kouzlo pomalu a sladce. Zvolávej je, polykej, pij. Další trhlina, Sekají a ničí, není před nimi ukrýtu. Hliník, nejkřehčí spojení. Nechci tě zkalamat. Nejsem tu, abych tě zasvětil. Moh bych tě bít do chodidel, ale je to ten nejhorší čin ? Mám vlastní hlavu a smutek a žal. A kdo by si byl pomyslel, že zítřek by mohl být tak divný ? Moje chyba, a jdeme dál. Přenesu tě tam, Přenesu tě tam Má chuť strachu. Adrenalín, tlačí nás blíž. Přenesu tě Má chuť strachu. Přenesu tě Pohlédni, co vidíš? Všechno o tobě a všechno o mně. Světelkující a některé z nich zářivé, dokáží překvapit Nemůžu se tomu podívat do očí. Sedativa, španělská muška, absint, éter. Šíje a límec voníci po třešních Cítím smutek ve tvém dechu. Pot, vítězství a utrpení. Pach strachu, už to chápu. Přenesu tě tam, Přenesu tě tam Chutná jako strach. Adrenalín, tlačí nás blíž. Přenesu tě Je tam cítit strach. Přenesu tě Nese náš blíž, Chutná jako strach. Blíže, blíže ... dál, dál, dál, ... Ách, podívej, Přenesu tě tam, ách ano Přenesu tě Ách, dál. Přenesu tě tam, dál, dovol mi to Přenesu tě tam, tam, tam, zlato, ách.
06 \| Leave \| Odejít
Nothing could be bring me closer Nothing could be bring me near Where is the road I follow? Believing, leave It's under, under, under my feet The scene spread out there before me Better I go where the land touches the sea There is my trust in what I believe (chorus) That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me, That's what keeps me down, To leave it, believe it, Leave it all behind Shifting the dream Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time Shifting the dream Charging the scene I know where I marked the signs Suffer the dreams of a world gone mad I like it like that and I know it I know it well, ugly and sweet A temperament who said believe in his dream That's what keeps me That's what keeps me That's what keeps me down I set it on there lightly I sent it off in an airplane That never left the ground (repeat chorus) Lift me, lift me, I attain my dream I lost myself, I lost them Heartache calling me I lost myself in sorrow I lost myself in pain I lost myself in gravity, Memory, leave, leave, leave (repeat chorus 2x) Midnight hands, my eyes are still I walk into the scene Shoot myself in a different place Leavin' Longed for this to take me, Longed for my release Waited for the coming Leavin', leave Leave, leave Leavin', leavin' Leavin', leave Nic by mě nepřeneslo těsneji, Nic by mě nepřineslo blíže, kde je cesta, kterou odcházím, odcházím? Je pod mýma nohama, přede mnou se rozprostírá moře. Kam půjdu až se země dotkne moře ? Tam je má pravda ve kterou věřím. To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, abych odešel, uvěř tomu, nech všechno za zády. Měním sen, nic by mě nepřeneslo dále od mého starého přítele času. Měním sen, mění to krajinu vím kde jsem si udělal značky. Trpím sny, kdy se svět zbláznil, Mám je rád jako takové a rozeznávám je. Rozpoznávám je dobře,ohavné a příjemné, tlumené šílenství s stejnoměrnou krajností. To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, Tvrdím, že jsem boxer lehké váhy Tvrdím, že jsem smyšlený letoun, který nikdy neopustil zem. To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, abych odešel, uvěř tomu, nech všechno za zády. Nadzvihni mě, nadzvihni mě, Dosahuji svého snu, Ztratil jsem se, zbavil jsem se zármutku v srdci. Ztratil jsem se v zármutku, Ztratil jsem se v bolesti Ztratil jsem se v jasnosti, vzpomínky, odejít, odejít. To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, To je co mně brání, abych odešel, uvěř tomu, nech všechno za zády. Povznes mé ruce, mé oči jsou nehybné, Vejdu do moře a zastřelím se na nezvyklém místě a opustím ho. Toužil jsem po tomhle aby mě to popadlo. Toužil jsem po mémo osvobození. Čekal jsem na volání odejít, odejít. Odejít, opustit, Odcházejíc, opouštějíc.
07 \| Departure
Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip Salt Lake City, come in spring Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me Salt Lake City, come in spring Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good lord What a fuck-up, what a fighter A free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider, Hung on the line like a poison spider Win a eulogy from William Greider, Car crash, ptomaine, disposable lighter, A bus plunge, avalanche, a vinegar cider Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider (chorus) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes (I'm carried away) Here it comes, back, back Go, go, go, go, yeah Go, go, go, go, yeah Go, go, go, yeah Well, everybody is young forever There's so much to tell you, so little time I've come a long way since the whatever, Shit, I still see a word, think of you There is so much that I can't do, yeah You will be young forever There's so much that I can't do There is so much that I can't do (repeat chorus 2x)
08 \| Bittersweet Me
I move across, innocence lost All flashing pulsar I move across the earth in my new pattern shirt I pass satellites "You're so bitter," your complaint I can't give you anything I don't know who you're livin' for I don't know who you are anymore (chorus 1) I'd sooner chew my leg off, Than be trapped in this How easy you think of all of this as bittersweet me (chorus 2) I couldn't taste it I'm tired and naked I don't know what I'm hungry for I don't know what I want anymore I move across, candy floss I move like a tank I move across the room With a heart full of gloom, Stronger than you think Oh my peer, Your veneer is wearing thin and cracking The surface informs that underneath, Underneath is lacking (repeat chorus 1) (repeat chorus 2) You move across, innocence lost, All static and desire, You're blue in the face from navel gaze, You set yourself on fire You strip down and lay yourself out, I know you can't fake it, But are you tired and naked? Are you tire and naked? (repeat chorus 1) (repeat chorus 2 3x)
09 \| Be Mine
("A speed zone up here too") I never thought of this as funny It speaks another world to me I wanna be your Easter bunny I wanna be your Christmas tree I'll strip the world that you must live in Of all its godforsaken greed I'll ply the tar out of your feathers I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet You and me You and me You and me And if I choose your sanctuary I'll want to wash you with my hair I'll want to drink of sacred fountains And find the riches hidden there I'll eat the lotus and peyote I'll want to hear the caged-bird sing I'll want the secrets of the temple I'll want the finger with the ring You and me You and me You and me And if you make me your religion I'll give you all you will need I'll be the drawing of your breath I'll be the cup if you should bleed I'll be the sky above the Ganges I'll be the vast and stormy sea I'll be the lights that guide you inland I'll be the visions you will see Visions you will see You will see You will see You and me You and me You and me You and me You and me You and me
10 \| Binky The Doormat
This is horror movie stuff The muffin is peach, you're "makin" love' You mean this opera involves handcuffs? I lay defeated Yeah, sour milk mouth, horseradish sweet She's a girl and she's loving me But distance is my tendency I am defeated (chorus) Have you lost your place? (go away, go away) I wore my doormat face (go away, go away, go away, go, go, go) I hung my this or that (go away, go away, go away, go away) I laid my welcome mat (go away, go away) If I'm your oyster, where's the war? You leave me gasping, tattered and torn I know you can't find a fork I am just a little acorn Well, acorns grow to mighty trees You've got sauce, but you don't have knees Now look who's asking pretty please I lay defeated (repeat chorus) Call your bathroom friends around I will fake a little frown I will be your little clown, Easily defeated Yeah, shut the door and open wide Seconal and astroglide Fuck with me and traumatize Don't you see I love your hide? All the beauty that's trapped inside Can't you see I love your hide? Can't you see I love your hide? Can't you see it? Have you lost your place? (go away, go away) I wore my doormat face (go away, go away, go away, go, go, go) I hung my this or that (go away, go away, go away, go away) I laid my welcome mat (go away, go away, go away, go, go, go) I hung my this or that (go away, go away, go away, go away) I laid my welcome mat (go away, go away, go away, go, go, go) Go away, go away, go away Go away, go away, go away
11 \| So Fast, So Numb
You're movin' through rough waters motel boy, And swimming in your sleep How could I be so blind, mis-sighted, Not to see there's something wounded deep? Anyone could scratch your surface now, It's all amphetamine You're blasting yourself into the present Learn some vast indignity, say that, You say that you hate it, You want to recreate it I've been around, I've been your lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hill, You're coming onto something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel You're drinking the raw Drano baby, You do-si-do, saddo You're you in cartilage, shark-eyed, shock horror, all present tense, And boy your blood is running cold Listen, this is now, this is here, this is me, This is what I wanted you to see That was then, was that, that is gone, this is past, You cast yourself cast, passed by, thrown down fast, you say You say that you hate it You want to recreate it I've played this round, I've played your lover I've played it out to the hilt You're comin' on with something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel You love it, you hate it You want to recreate it Now, this is here, this is me, This is what I wanted you to see That was then, was that, that is gone That is what I wanted you to feel You love it, you hate it You spit it out, the bitter pill I've been around, I've been your lover I let it go at Kill Devil Hill You're coming onto something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel I've played this round, I've played your lover I've played it out to the hilt You're comin' on with something so fast, so numb That you can't even feel You played around, you played me lover, I let it go at Kill Devil Hill You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb That you can't even feel
12 \| Low Desert
It happened fast, it's over quick A little dust and the engine kicks Did your hands drift down off the wheel? A road owl hit your windshield An eyelash or a little bit of sleep? Time stands still Just call it now and you're on your way (hey, hey hey, hey) All the ashtrays, cities and the freeway drives Broken casino and waterslide Eighteen-wheeler, payback dice Gravity pulls on the power line Jet stream cuts the desert sky This is a land could eat a man alive Say you'd leave it all behind (hey, hey hey, hey) There's a radio tower that's egging me on Back to the place where you never belong Where people thrive on their own contempt Whatever meaning is long gone, spent If you had to guess or make bet, Would you place yourself inside of it? The mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh "Tricked again." Let go, okay (hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, hey)
13 \| Electrolite
Your eyes are burning holes through me I'm gasoline I'm burnin' clean Twentieth century go and sleep You're Pleistocene That is obscene That is obscene (chorus) You are the star tonight Your sun electric, outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're outta sight If I ever want to fly Mulholland Drive I am alive Hollywood is under me I'm Martin Sheen I'm Steve McQueen I'm Jimmy Dean (repeat chorus) If you ever want to fly Mulholland Drive Up in the sky Stand on a cliff and look down there Don't be scared, you are alive You are alive (repeat chorus) Twentieth century go and sleep Really deep We won't blink Your eyes are burning holes through me I'm not scared I'm outta here I'm not scared I'm outta here