Went to see the captain, strangest i could find, Laid my proposition down, laid it on the line. I won’t slave for beggar’s pay, likewise gold and jewels, But i would slave to learn the way to sink your ship of fools. Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from […]
My baby gives me the finance blues, tax me to the limit of my revenues. Here she comes finger-poppin’, clickety-click She says furs or diamonds, you take your pick. She wants money, what she wants, she wants money, what she wants, She wants money, what she wants, she wants money, what she wants, Money money, […]
Out on the edge of an empty highway, howling at the blood on the moon, Big diesel mack truck rolling down my way, can’t hit that border too soon. Running hard out of muskrat flats, it was sixty days or double life, Hail on my back like a shotgun blast, high wind chimes in the […]
As i was walkin’ ’round grosvenor square Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air, From the other direction, she was calling my eye, It could be an illusion, but i might as well try, might as well try. She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes. And […]
Loose Lucy - From The Mars Hotel
Loose lucy is my delight, she come runnin’ and we ball all night, Round and round and round and round and round and round and round, Don’t take much to get me on the ground. She’s my yo-yo, i’m her string, listen to the birds on the hot wire sing, Yeh-yeh yeh-yeh yeh-yeh yeh, singing, […]
Blue light rain, whoa unbroken chain, Looking for familiar faces in an empty window pane. Listening for the secret, searching for the sound But i could only hear the preacher and the baying of his hounds. Willow sky, whoa, i walk and wonder why, They say love your brother, but you will catch it when […]
China Doll - From The Mars Hotel
A pistol shot, at five o’clock, the bells of heaven ring, Tell me what you done it for, no i won’t tell you a thing. Yesterday i begged you before i hit the ground, All i leave behind me is only what i found. If you can abide it, let the hurdy-gurdy play, Stranger ones […]
U.s. Blues - From The Mars Hotel
Red and white, blue suede shoes, i’m uncle sam, how do you do? Gimme five, i’m still alive, ain’t no luck, i learned to duck. Check my pulse, it don’t change. stay seventy-two come shine or rain. Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat. Wave that flag, wave it wide […]
