Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk

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Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk


disc O N E
1.
The Sky Is A Landfil
2. Everybody Here Wants You
3. Opened Once
4. Nightmares By The Sea
5. Yard Of Blonde Girls
6. Witches' Rave
7. New Year's Prayer
8. Morning Theft
9. Vancouver
10. You & I


D I S C T W O
1. Nightmares By The Sea
2. New Year's Prayer
3. Haven't You Heard
4. I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby

(If We Wanted To Be)
5. Murder Suicide Meteor Slave
6. Back In N.Y.C
7. Demon John
8. Your Flesh Is So Nice
9. Jewl Box
10. Satisfied Mind


The Sky Is a Landfill
(J. Buckley/M. Tighe)

we circle around the park, joining hands in silence
and watch the evil black the sky
the storm has ripped the shelter of illusion from our brow,
this power is no mystery to us now.
leave your spirit genocide, the cancer you won't remove.
we cast our funeral rose inside and bury the need to prove.
our mutilation is to gain from the system.

turn your head away from the screen, oh people.
it will tell you nothing more.
don't suck the milk of flaccid bill k. public's empty promise
to the people that the public can ignore.
this way of life is so devised,
to snuff out the mind that moves.
moving with grace the men despise, and women have learned to lose.
throw off your shame or be a slave to the system.

i see you take another drag,
one more lost soul to raise your flag.
the sky is a landfill.
i see you take another drag.
let's see you take another drag.

you like to dance to the rolling head of the adulteress,
you sing in praise of suicide.
we know you're useless,
like cops at the scene of the crime,
with your steroids and your feedbag and your stable and your trainer,
i got a mail bomb for you mr. strong arm.

throw out the stones from all the cemetery homes,
for the violence of a nation gone by,
or the politics of weakness and the garbage dump of souls that will now black the sky.
their yellow haze and crowds of eyes will plug up the mind that moves,
moving with grace the men despise, and women have learned to lose.
we'll share our bodies in disdain for the system.

i see you take another drag,
one nation bends to kiss the hag.
the sky is a landfill.
i see you take another drag.
i see you take another drag.
i have no fear of this machine!

Beam me up top

Everybody Here Wants You
(J. Buckley)

twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile,
coffee smell and lilac skin, your flame in me.
twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile,
coffee smell and lilac skin, your flame in me.

i'm only here for this moment.
i know everybody here wants you.
i know every body here thinks he needs you
i'll be waiting right here just to show you
how our love will blow it all away.

such a thing of wonder in this crowd,
i'm a stranger in this town, you're free with me.
and our eyes locked in downcast love,
i sit here proud, even now
you're undressed in your dreams with me.

i'm only here for this moment.
i know everybody here wants you.
i know everybody here thinks he needs you.
i'll be waiting right here just to show you.
how our love will blow it all away.

i know the tears we cried have dried on yesterday
the sea of fools has parted for us there's nothing in our way, my love
don't you see, don't you see?
you're just the torch to put the flame to all our guilt and shame,
and i'll rise like an ember in your name.

you know i, you know i,
i know everybody here wants you.
i know everybody here thinks he needs you.
i'll be waiting right here just to show you.
let me show you that love can rise, rise just like embers.

love can taste like the wine of the ages, babe.
and i know they all looks so good from a distance,
but i tell you i'm the one.

i know everybody here thinks he needs you,
think he needs you
and i'll be waiting right here just to show you.

Beam me up top

Opened Once
(J. Buckley)

i once was open and one with a travelling heart.
i loved this sweet guy.
just like a fiction rushing in your riverbed.
arise like applause in my head.
and in the half-light where we both stand.
this is the half-light, see me as i am.
just like the ocean, always in love with the moon,
it's overflowing now, inside you.
we fly right over the minds of so many in pain.
we are the smile of light that brings them rain.
in the half light where we both stand
in the half light you saw me as i am i am a railroad track
abandoned with the sunset forgetting i ever happened,
that i ever happened.

Beam me up top

Nightmares By The Sea
(J. Buckley)

beware the bottled thoughts of angry young men.
secret compartments hide all of the skeletons.
little girl wants to make her home with him,
in the middle of the shore, she wonders,
"don't know what you asked for."
"don't know what you asked for."

all your lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye.
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go.

i've loved so many times and I've drowned them all.
from their coral graves, they rise up when darkness falls.
with their bones they'll scratch the window, I hear them call,
"don't know what you asked for"
"don't know what you asked for"

all your lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye.
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go.

stay with me under these waves, tonight.
be free for once in your life tonight.

your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go.

all your lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye.
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go.

stay with me under these waves, tonight.
be free for once in your life tonight.

your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go.

all your lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye.
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where will go.

all your lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye.
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where we'll go.
ah. ah. ah.

Beam me up top

Yard Of Blonde Girls
(A. Clark)

through the yard, through the yard of blonde girls.
through the river and the sea.
gold sharks glittering.
a tree of white breaks the earth.
the streets where lola played.
very sexy, very sexy.

okay, okay.
fear, we may come. (X 4)

so run, run, run, run, run, run, run.

it's in your heart, it's in your art, your beauty.
even in this world of lies, there's purity,
you've got innocence in your eyes.
even in this world of lies, you're still hopeful.
very sexy, very sexy,
okay, okay.
fear, we may come. (X 4)

so run, run, run, run, run, run, run.

through the yard, through the yard of blonde girls.
through the river and the sea.
gold sharks glittering.
a tree of white breaks the earth.
the streets where lola played.
very sexy, very sexy.

okay, okay.
fear, we may come. (X 4)

so run, run, run, run, run, run, run.

Beam me up top

Witches' Rave
(J. Buckley)

it sounds just like a scream. i don't know what you mean.
your witchcraft's all around me in your ragged pagan scene.
you tell me all the ways around my garden that you like.
i float just like a bubble heading for a spike.

all is well between the breasts of passenger and slave.
we'll never make it out alive to join the witches' rave.

you'd like to see him suffer for you fantasy and thrill.
he fell sick while we made love, he's out there, somewhere, still.
oh, i feel the spell that you have cast,
hot, pink, nasty bubble gum, coming down just like a big red coal.
ooooooo. oooooooo.

i can't help from looking outside for a guarantee
i can't help from looking outside for a guarantee.

hey! I try to keep all hidden when you come around.
oh, no! the sight of broomsticks sliding on the ground.
you're levitating something,? cause i feel so collectible.
we're all lying natural,
he's watching from a window up above i see he loves you,
i'll bring you closer.
something in my fate says it's not right for me
tell me, am i cursed or am i blessed?
i don't' know, oh yes! ?

cause all is well between the breasts of passenger and slave.
i'll never make it out alive to join the witches' rave.
oooooooooo. ooooooooooooo.
i can't help from looking outside for a guarantee (7x)
for a guarantee.

Beam me up top

New Year's Prayer
(J. Buckley)

oooooo.
fall in light, fall in light.
fall in light, fall in light.
feel no shame for what you are (X 5)

as you now are in your heart
fall in light
feel no shame for what you are
feel no shame for what you are
feel it as a waterfall
fall in light, ooh.
fall in light, fall in light,
fall in light, ooh.
fall in light, fall in light fall in light,
grow in light.

stand absolved behind your electric chair, dancing.
stand absolved behind your electric chair, dancing.
past the sound within the sound.
past the voice within the voice.
ah. ah. ah.

leave your office, run past your funeral,
leave your home, car , leave your pulpit.
join us in the streets where we
join us in the streets where we don't belong..
don't belong.
you and the stars throwing light.

oooooo (repeat) fall, fall.
oooooo fall in, fall in light.
fall in light, ooo.
fall in light, fall in light
fall in light. grow in light.

Beam me up top

Morning Theft
(J. Buckley)

time takes care of the wound
or so i can believe
you had so much to give
i thought i couldn't see

gifts for bootheels to crush
promises, deceit
i had to send it away
to bring us back again

your eyes and body brighten
silent waters deep
your precious daughter in the
other room asleep

a kiss goodnight from every
stranger that i meet
i had to send it away
to bring us back again

morning theft
unpretender left,
ungraceful...

true self is what
brought you here to me
a place where we can
set this love free

friendship battered down by
useless history
an exam in failure

but what am i still to you
some thief who stole from you
or some fool drama queen
whose chances were few?

love brings us to who we need
a place where we can save
a heart that beats
as both siphon and reservoir

you're a woman, i'm a calf
you're a window, i'm a knife
we come together
making chance into starlight

meet me tomorrow night
or any day you want
i have no more right to wonder
just how or when

and though the meaning fits
there's no relief in this
i miss my beautiful friend

i had to send it away
to bring her back again

Beam me up top

Vancouver
(J. Buckley/M. Tighe/M. Grondahl)

lady, all the troubles are my fright, i disgust you.
feel the power. you cut the truth into you.
why? do you think i’d hidden out?
on this rely i could kiss you, with lines of escape in my mouth.
please let me bring back these gifts of mine to the woman.
his eyes shined on my back as I slept and knew you.

you didn't leave it all.
you made an even call.
my belly released the stars and tears between the scars.
ooooh. i'm your failed husband contender,
i’m your loan shark of bliss.

this dream you've ridden on turns your world to explosions
you need to be alone to heal this bleeding stone.
now, smell the rain of london, it still insists
that we bed for our purity
as if we are pure in the rain of our contentment
as if i can think of this no more.

Beam me up top

You & I
(J. Buckley)

you and i.
ah, the calm below that poisoned river wild, you and i.
tears that dry on a rude awakened child.
where you look down. i’ve walked before,
burning holes with eyes of liquid brown.

if we had only known, in a way we wouldn’t reach this ground.
you were my only home, silver eyes. i want to see you shine.
and we will feel the weight. fall away from us in time. searching our past for the true.

you and i,
you and i,
you and i.
all for you.

where you think you’ll fall, i adore you.
where you shut your soul, i will open for you.
if we had only known in a way we’d never reach this ground.
i know, silver eyes, I can see us shine.
i said, we will feel the weight fall away from us in time.
searching our past for a true you and i,
you and i,
you and i.
all for you.

Beam me up top

Haven't You Heard
(J. Buckley)

your wish is my command!
have you heard this talk about eye contact?
gonna be the downfall of this town.
first the photographs take you to the right hand.
leads you to the authority mold.

paranoia will write this world prayer
make sure that you fit in the right holes
but when you take his offer, you're done for,
done for, done for, oh-oo-oh-oh!

phantoms in pockets, we're in panic,
making order in total disgust
oh, they read a list of all who cannot stay
take you down, on the ground.

paranoia will write this world prayer
make sure that you fit in the right holes
but when you take his offer, you're done for,
done for, done for, Oh-oo-oh-oh!

make sure you learn to beware your neighbor,
bolt the doors and hire your guards.
suck your life with their virus called language,
someone told you this all would go down.
and the last thing you see is the luster,
hold the razor, goodbye to your friends.
would your underground please call the mayor,
call the neighbor, call your friends.

paranoia will write this world prayer
make sure that you fit in the right holes
but when you take his offer, you're done for,
done for, done for, Oh-oo-oh-oh!

when he first saw you, you didn't need no protection
eyes trained on your mouth, you'll learn to take him.
mmmm. it's a brand new power.

my friend had her questions right
beware your neighbor
haven't you heard, haven't you heard
that we're done for. done for. Oh.
learn to beware your neighbor
and the right mode.
haven't you heard?
haven't you heard,
that we're done for, done for?

when i count down from ten
you'll feel the lead in your lids
you've no need to resist,
and wake up refreshed Hah!

Beam me up top

I Know We Could Be So Happy, Baby

(If We Wanted To Be)

(J. Buckley)

there’s no easy answer, none to blame or forgive.
two cripples dancing to the bitter end we live.
i’m not with you, not of you
not with you, not of you

you are soft and young to me
i am the ghost who comes and goes
and i hope i’ll catch you in the throes
of one last look at the wonder.
one last look at the wonder.

o, god, i love you.
and all the past we once knew
some other love becomes you
whatever else we come to i know we could be so happy, baby if we wanted to be.

you are soft and young to me
i am the ghost who comes and goes
and i hope i’ll catch you in the throes
of one last look at joy that we’ve become.
but there’s no easy answer, none to blame or forgive.
we were two cripples dancing, to the bitter end we live.
i’m not with you, but of you.
i’m not with you but of you.

o, god, i loved you
and all the past we once knew
some other love becomes you
whatever else it comes to i know we could be so happy, baby if we wanted to be

we had a birthplace in common
we had separate beds and lives.
i’ll just sit here and glow,
break out the oldest pictures,
hand your ruined letters out to dry.

we had a birthplace in common,
and separate beds and lives.
i know that we could be so happy, baby if we wanted to be.
know that we could be so happy, baby if we wanted to be
yeah, oh.

Beam me up top

Murder Suicide Meteor Slave
(J. Buckley)

would you like to meet the villain
somewhere underneath the skull of a moon.
fire burned his eyes out
cause his chains are too long for you.
someone has to pay for the damage done. no-one’s gonna love you now.
your whole family’s splintered, you’re a slave to it all now.

ooooo ahhhhh
oh, you’re a slave to it all now
you’re a slave

welcome down to paradise rock.
there is no single entrance,
with the stars to revolve around, there is no real underground
no stars to revolved around
here, they're fashioning the noose
sickened by the knell of the graveyard bell
you know it’s not long for you.
sick of all the vomit childhood,
not a trampoline of the freaks,
not even a slave to your father.
oh, you’re a slave to it all, now,
oh, you’re a slave to it all, now.

welcome down to paradise rock.
there is no single entrance,
with the stars to revolve around,
there is no real underground
there is not a single entrance
there’s no stars to revolve around
there is no real underground.
you’re a slave to it all, now.

happy, happy, happy.
happy, happy, happy, happy.

Beam me up top

Back In N.Y.C.
(P. Gabriel)

i see faces and traces of home back in new york city
so you think i’m a tough kid is that what you heard?
well, i like to see some action, and it eats into my blood
well, they let me out of pontiac when i was just seventeen
i had to get it out of me if you know what i mean, what i mean.

they say i must be crazy ?cause i don’t’ care who i hit, who i hit.
cause i know its me that’s hitting out and i’m not full of shit.
down by my bottle, filled up high with gasoline
you can tell by the night fires where a real has been, has been

as I cuddled the porcupine he said i had none to blame but me
gave my heart, deep in hell, time to shave, shave it off, it off
no time for romantic escape and your fluffy heart is ready for rape
no, no time for romantic escape and your fluffy heart is ready for rape

off we go.
off we go
off we go
you’re sitting in your comfort who don’t believe' i’m real
you cannot buy protection for the way that i feel
your progressive hypocrites handing out their trash
it was mine in the first place so i’ll burn it to ash.

when i’ve eaten all the strongest meats
and laid them down in coloured sheets
laid them down in colored sheets
well, who needs illusions,
of love and affection when you’re out walking in the streets,
your mainline connection connection

as i cuddled the porcupine he said i had none to blame but me
held my heart deep in hell time to shave, shave it off, it off.
no time for romantic escape and your fluffy heart is ready for rape.
no. no time for romantic escape

and your fluffy heart is ready for rape.
no. no time for romantic escape
and your fluffy heart is ready for rape.
no time. back in new york city.

Beam me up top

Demon John
(J. Buckley)

say farewell, g’night, sonny-jim in your defenceless, winning smile.
what do you hope to win? and bliss face down, defended.
well, now stoned demon john there’s no town the boy cannot belong
why did you come here? is it to excavate all your sins? boil within?
slaughter like the daughter of the devil you send me i have to deal, you called me here.

you couldn’t say that you were juiced the night that you were introduced to demon john
gonna take him with you when you go?
dance down slow. Oh, way down.
you cannot escape the bar-side angel dissector.
you undo your life with too much cocoon, who’s your protector?

dark is the city where the white girls walk by.
down below your eyes, just like fireflies.
you call me here, come on here, follow me dear
, past cascades of rage and fear.
you called me here.

you couldn’t’ say that you had been juiced
the time that you were introduced to demon john.
well, you knew you had to want to go, dance down slow.
by the light of the sun, murder comes today or tonight
better get yourself together and transcend it,
a burst of light blaze stars into me,
while the love breaks through here and now.

so, murder by the light of the sun.
please, don’t get too close to me.
you said you are for real, it’s not pretend.
all memories stolen, know this for yourself.
how would you like to be the happiest man in the world?
behind the weathered field hands,
whose blistered paws harvest cut,
for wedding clothes they’ll never wear
marching down a road that was never there
it takes place on a sunlit lace and the backbone broken.
please bring us light, demon john,
you demon john take him with you when you go.

Beam me up top

Your Flesh Is So Nice
(J. Buckley)

i want to tell you a story about a little cutey
she’s ass-slappin' pretty and fingers wanna let her lick me
stick the thick of my pussy From across the street
she looked good enough to eat... me! kitty!
your flesh is nice
your flesh is nice
let me take a bite
your flesh is so nice
oh, i take off my belt
oh, i whip the staircase (whip the staircase)
kill all the men everything’s dead to them
you’re the only one i follow come on and let me give you that "o"
your flesh is nice
i wanna take you twice
your flesh is nice
ooo your flesh is nice
your flesh is nice
wanna take a bite
your flesh is so nice
your flesh is so
your flesh is so
your flesh is so
your flesh is so nice (repeat)

Beam me up top

Jewel Box
(J. Buckley)

i know you’re a woman by the way you burn below
i’ll tell you secrets so good, yu'l’ll never tell a soul
come closer, that bonfire holds his life like stones
my years, my life unknown

diamonds from the pavement broken glass had been.
just like these troubles that i’m leaving to the wind.
like sapphires in boxcars speeding towards the end.
like thieves, my bad luck grows.

jewel box of sadness, bring to catch your tear
crystallise illusion shine, forgot i’m here
jewel box of sadness, bring to catch your tear
oh, you left some stars in my belly

star crossed child’s love on the bands of wedding gold
silver studs of promise hide in red crushed velvet folds.
inaction, intention, like emeralds i stole.
my speech of custom gold. i think i ought to know.

jewel box of sadness, bring to catch your tears
crystallise illusion shine, forgot i’m here
jewel box of sadness, bring to catch your tear
oh, you left some stars in my belly.

you left some stars in my belly.

you left some stars in my belly.

Beam me up top

Satisfied Mind
(David Houston)

how many times have you heard someone say
if I had his money, I would do things my way
but little they know, that it's so hard to find
one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind

money can't buy back your youth when you're old
friend when you're lonely, oh peace to your soul
the wealthiest person is a pauper at times
compared to the man with a satisfied mind

my life is over and my time has run out
my friends and my loved ones, i'll leave these no doubt
one things for certain, when it comes my time
i'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
i'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
my life is over and my time has run out

my friends and my loved ones, i'll leave these no doubt
but one things for certain, when it comes my time
i'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
one things for certain, when it comes my time
i'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind

Beam me up top

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