sábado, 10 de abril de 2010

GOV'T MULE: Life Before Insanity (2000)


  1. Wandering Child
  2. Life Before Insanity
  3. Bad Little Doggie
  4. Lay Your Burden Down
  5. Fallen Down
  6. World Gone Wild
  7. Tastes Like Wine
  8. I Think You Know What I Mean
  9. Far Away
  10. No Need To Suffer
  11. a) In My Life b) If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day

    WANDERING CHILD
    In a lonely dream a boy goes walking
    Drowned in shame, drunken with emotion
    He says his world is just an ocean
    says his poor heart too many times been broken

    The bones in your closet
    Once bore the skin of your fathers
    Guess that means it's out of your hands
    Or you're too tired, too tired to bother

    Help me now, save the wandering child

    Now that you're broken, who'll clean up this mess
    Now that your vision is blinded, I guess
    You say "where do I fall, now that my strength is gone
    and who do I tell, I've done nothing wrong'"

    Float upon the river till the water runs still
    Dive to the bottom-got to drink from the well
    Till I find who I am, till I find out who I am
    Now that there's no one to show me

    Help me now, save the wandering child
    Help me now, save the wandering child

    In a lonely dream a boy keeps walking
    Drowned in shame, drunken with emotion
    He says his kill-it is his crown
    Says his angels are no longer looking down

    A horse and a monkey, no kids and no wife
    A hell of a way for a hero to spend his life
    Time to unearth the worm
    Let this bridge fall down and burn

    Help me now, save the wandering child
    Help me now, save the wandering child
    Help me now, save the wandering child

    Help me now, save the wandering child

    LIFE BEFORE INSANITY
    All I see are faces, a sea of faces
    Surrounded by the memory of life before insanity
    Hard to explain the hunger, if you don't feel it
    What I really need is your breath raining on my skin

    And I'm so tired, tired of feeling sorry for myself
    And I want more

    All I feel are clouds, surrounded by clouds
    Yesterday's anger is the sadness of today
    Our lives were filled with summer and laughter
    Now our smiles are grey
    Once I held you close, now my thoughts just drift like the wind

    Can you feel it, can you feel it
    Can you feel it, can you feel it
    Coming down

    And I'm so tired, tired of feeling sorry for myself
    And I want more, got me wanting more
    Night keep falling, and the wind keep calling my name

    All I see are faces, a sea of faces
    Surrounded by the memory of life before insanity
    Hard to explain the hunger, if you don't feel it
    What I really need is your breath raining on my skin

    BAD LITTLE DOGGIE
    Come in with the sunrise,
    who knows where you go
    Smellin' like something,
    I don't want to know

    Your sister can't save you, she don't know what to do
    Your bad behavior has finally caught up to you
    Bad little doggie
    Bad little doggie

    Soul all tweeked out,
    life line thin
    Loose little school girl,
    what a shape you're in

    Blue violence, red rosaries
    Roots of evil growing into trees
    I'm through messin', time to learn your lesson
    Bad little doggie

    I'm through messin', time to learn your lesson

    Come in with the sunrise,
    gone with the wind
    Devil in your eyes,
    pocket full of sin

    Fire can't melt you when your mind's made up
    Ice can't cool you, naughty little pup
    Bad little doggie
    Bad little doggie
    Bad little doggie

    LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWN
    It's heavy-lay your burden down
    It's heavy-lay your burden down

    Brother can't you see stars in the night
    Brother can't you see stars in the night
    There's a road up yonder far beyond the light

    Take a ride this morning on a slow train through the sky
    Take a ride this morning on a slow train through the sky
    My life is just a fast train, gone in the blink of an eye

    It's heavy-lay your burden down
    It's heavy-lay your burden down

    Felt the hand last Sunday when the stars refuse to shine
    Felt the hand last Sunday when the stars refuse to shine
    I'm just a young man, I don't feel like dying

    It's heavy-lay your burden down
    It's heavy-lay your burden down

    Can't you hear the angels screaming or is it all in my head
    Can't you hear the angels screaming or is it all in my head
    Looking out my window and the sky is blood red
    The sky is blood red

    You got to lay your burden down

    FALLEN DOWN
    Bigelow the gigolo, had no where else to go
    His sad eyes had seen it all
    Scarred and lonely, tough as nails
    Open your heart when all else fails
    Wear the veil and the Trojan horse smile

    Looking back on yesteryear
    Seems like, maybe, you missed your calling
    But hindsight is very clear when loneliness is falling

    And you have fallen down, down from the heavens
    Stuck out in the desert
    Amazing grace - such a lonely place
    For heroes like you and me
    Fallen down, just like a shooting star
    With no fallen angel standing by
    To carry you away

    Target practice with other people's lives
    Hit a few right between the eyes
    But, most of the time, you were wounded by the ricochet
    You say play to win, boys, never play to lose
    Long as your playing, boy, you're bullet-proof
    But think about it - you're bleeding to death anyway

    And you have fallen down, down from the heavens
    Stuck out in the desert
    Amazing grace - such a lonely place
    For heroes like you and me
    Fallen down, just like a shooting star
    With no fallen angel standing by

    Angel of mercy, take pity on a fool
    That spent a lifetime wondering
    What Napoleon would do
    If he were in your shoes

    Rich, without pleasure - respected without love
    Drinking poison from a golden cup
    While anger, brother of fear, creeps like a knife into your heart

    Looking back on yesteryear
    Seems like, maybe, you missed your calling
    But hindsight is very clear when loneliness is falling
    And destiny's through calling
    And you have fallen down - fallen down
    Amazing grace - it's such a lonely place
    Oh yes it is
    Fallen down
    Fallen down

    Fallen down
    Fallen down
    Fallen down
    Fallen down

    WORLD GONE WILD
    Hey, don't you want to go down with me
    I won't tell, I won't tell a soul
    Me, I've got all that anyone could need

    Hey, don't you want to take a ride with me
    I don't need, I don't need no gun
    Drink up now; it's time to be moving along
    Got to move along

    Victim of loneliness - bastard child
    Left alone in this wilderness

    Hey, you think everything's funny
    But I won't crack, I won't crack a smile
    Screamer, scream on - ain't nobody gonna hear you anyway
    Nobody gonna hear you

    Victim of loneliness - another bastard child
    Left alone in this wilderness

    Is it all a dream
    Is it all a dream
    Is it all a dream
    Oh yeah

    Victim of loneliness - another bastard child
    Left alone in this wilderness
    World gone wild
    World gone wild

    TASTES LIKE WINE
    Hey, are you still here in the morning light
    Last night was a world I've never known
    Parallel universes in one small room collided
    Now the seed is sewn

    Time, time, my friend, we've been through so much, it seems
    Alone together till the end
    And, now, though I find this all so threatening
    I can feel it - sinking into my skin

    The gods must be nervous - can't you feel it shaking inside you
    World must be trembling like I am
    Clouds must be breaking - blood raining down from the heavens
    And it feels like gold - tastes like wine

    Strength has always been my enemy
    Solitude I've known like my own name
    People, by now, know what to expect from me
    Nothing - and I will do the same

    The gods must be nervous - can't you feel it shaking inside you
    World must be trembling like I am
    Clouds must be breaking - blood raining down from the heavens
    And it feels like gold - tastes like wine

    The gods must be nervous - can't you feel it shaking inside you
    World must be trembling like I am
    Clouds must be breaking - blood raining down from the heavens
    And it feels like gold - tastes like wine

    I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
    He was a cowboy in an Indian bar
    Not a real cowboy - but I think you know what I mean
    She wasn't no movie star, but then again
    She wasn't exactly green

    He said -like it hot
    She said -I like it on fire
    He said -ready or not
    She said -I'm ready, baby
    Come on, I'm ready, baby, make me out a liar
    And the walls exploded into a white smoke-screen
    Well, not exactly - but I think you know what I mean

    She was a country girl - never been no where
    Straight from the woods - I think you know what I mean
    Told her sister she was out of there
    Next stop Hollywood - barely seventeen

    And a voice said -Need a job
    She cried -desperately
    It whispered -bow your head
    She said -Oh Lord,
    I never thought that this could happen to me
    And her spirit kind of floated away in a muddy slip stream
    Well, not exactly - but, I think you know what I mean

    He was a movie star turned president, not like Eisenhower or DeNiro
    But, I think you know what I mean
    Tried to convince us he was heaven sent
    With that carny smile and a missile in his sleeve

    He says -feed the poor- yeah, feed 'em to the lions
    We're screaming -even up the score
    He's screaming back, now, -we're number one, and we ain't even trying
    And, now, ain't you proud to be part of the American dream
    Well, not exactly - I think you know what I mean
    I think you know what I mean
    I think you know what I mean

    FAR AWAY
    Hello again - It's me, the fool on the hill
    Life here ain't so bad
    My dreams are dark-my friends are wasted
    Just like their moms and their dads

    And they don't know what I am talking about
    And they may never know

    I'm just fourteen - but I know where I stand
    Behind these walls - life ain't so easy
    But it's turned me into a man

    Sometimes I don't know what I am talking about
    And I may never know

    Far away - the taste of reality
    Far away - perfect little family
    Far away - the little boy I used to be

    Look at my eyes - maybe they'll show you the truth
    The truth I cannot see
    Once in a while I catch a glimpse of it all
    But it slips away from me
    Someday I'll know what's going on in my head
    For now, I'll just stay here

    Far away - the taste of reality
    Far away - perfect little family
    Far away - the little boy I used to be
    Far away

    I hate it when they look right through you
    It sends me into a rage
    I know I ain't crazy - and I don't need your proof
    I just need out of this cage

    Hello again - It's me, the fool on the hill
    Life here ain't so bad

    NO NEED TO SUFFER
    Woman - suspended in time
    Heal yourself - no need to stay blind
    Spiral dreams - too much to bear
    Spiraling who knows where

    Let me take you down
    No need to suffer anymore
    Wrap yourself in the warmth of my arms
    And we'll lie awake till sleep overtakes us
    Can't you see
    There's no need to suffer anymore

    Defenseless, trapped in a cage
    Blissfulness devoured by the rage
    Fate's been cruel, though the years have been kind
    You've go to heal yourself - no need to stay blind

    Let me take you down
    No need to suffer anymore
    Wrap yourself in the warmth of my arms
    And we'll laugh out loud while the earth dies screaming

    Can't you see
    There's no need to suffer anymore

    And we'll fly away
    And look down at the earth below
    Fly away and we'll never look back
    No, we'll never look back

    Woman suspended in time
    Heal yourself - no need to stay blind

    IN MY LIFE
    I can't save you - but I can talk you down
    I will hold you - but I won't watch you drown

    In my life - things have a way of growing downward
    And I don't know if I can watch myself be a coward
    Again

    I don't know you like I thought I did
    But I will show you things that I kept hid

    In my life - I've always been the one that had to ruin things
    So I don't know - is some dark angel pulling on my heart strings
    Again

    People change - I don't know what for
    Strangers walking in and out my door

    Something's got to change - the past just hangs here to remind me
    That one of these mornings - I'll reach for you
    And find me

    I have told you - I won't watch you drown
    I can't save you - but I will be around

    IF I HAD POSSESSION OVER JUDGEMENT DAY
    If I had possession over judgment day
    If I had possession over judgment day
    All these women I've loved would have no right to pray

    I went up on the mountain, far as my eye can see
    I went up on the mountain, far as my eye can see
    Another man got my woman - lonesome blues got me

    Well I folded my arms, slowly walked away
    Well I folded my arms, slowly walked away
    In my mind, in my mind - gonna be trouble some day

    Well I rolled and I tumbled - cried the whole night long
    Well I rolled and I tumbled - cried the whole night long
    When I woke up this morning - my biscuit roller gone

    Well come on here mama - sit down on my knee
    Well come on here mama - sit down on my knee
    I'm gonna tell you all about the way they treated me

    If I had possession over judgment day
    If I had possession over judgment day
    All these women I've loved would have no right to pray

No hay comentarios:

Publicar un comentario