Gilby Clarke: Pawnshop Guitars

When the last car hit the wall
Was the guilt still in or head?
In your magic crystal ball
Is the power that made you mad

You can't save yourself,
it's a pleasure cruise
You're damned for a million years

There's a viper in your bedroom
Under the sheets is tarantula fuzz
When she bites, she bites for murder
I bleed the Addams Family blood

There's a spell on me that I can't reverse
It's a sympathy cross you burn

Cure me or kill me..
But don't leave me here for dead again
Cure me or kill me..
But don't leave me here for dead again

This is your last happy Christmas
Your worst Birthday party
The cyanide in your poison ring
Wouldn't cure my misery

Don't bury me when I'm history
I think you'll find an easy way out

If I told you I could love you,
I feel you'll think I'm weak.
I've never had a friend who was my lover.
Honestly.

When I wake up from my sleep,
And I feel you next to me.
I'm so happy inside.
But I'll be crushed if you leave.

It's so (black) black, so (sad) sad.
No one understands my Hell.
It's so (black) black, so (sad) sad.
I'm a strange to myself.

See, a man can hurt a woman.
It'll burn but she'll still forgive.
But woman who is unfaithful,
Kills a man.

Darkness follows on anyone who welcomes it.
When you're in my bed, It's my home and it's sacred.

It's so (black) black, so (sad) sad.
No one understands my Hell.
It's so (black) black, so (sad) sad.
I'm a strange to myself.

No one understands my Hell.
It's my own, it's my own.
It's so black, it's so black.
No one understands my Hell.
I'm always alone 'cuz no one... no one.

Welcome to salvation, my Tequila's my companion,
For this evening of oblivion.
Everyone around me, kinda bores me, it makes me
Lonely without friends I never had.
Packing up my Mustang 'cuz this city has no heart,
It sucks you in and spits you out.
Patiently I'm seeking, my destination is unknown,
I'll followed the road down to Mexico.

Sorry Mr. Officer, I think you got it wrong,
I'm just a lonely ol' Texas boy and I wanna get on home
He smiled and said "Senor, you're not in Texas anymore"
Send my love to my home but send my mail to a Tijuana Jail

Staring at the ceiling of my jail cell, it's my home,
At least for now, seems like forever.
Sleeping on the floor with the rats, crawling up my ass,
I'm gonna kill that officer.

Sorry Mr. Officer, but I'm gonna get revenge,
on this side of the border 20 pesos gets you dead.
He smiled and said "Senor, I think I'll drink to your threats."
Send my love to my home, but sent my mail to a Tijuana Jail.

In my destitution, suicide is a solution,
But I'm a gambler, and I'm not cashing in.
You see the sun is going down,
And my problems will be solved by dawn,
But not by justice.
I smelled liquor on his breath, I knew this is my last chance,
I begged give a dying man his last drink.
He handed me a glass with just the worm and then he laughed.
I pulled a switchblade from my boot, and shoved it in his throat!

Sorry Mr. Officer, I think you got it wrong,
I'm a lonely ol' Texas boy and I wanna get on home.
He smiled and said "Senor, you're not in Texas anymore."
Send my love to my home but send my mail to a Texas Jail!

The last time I fell I left a piece of myself
I was so broken up, I should've stayed down
Heaven can't you help me, I'm losing this war
I won't die young from just battle scars.

Keep the devil out of my soul.
C'mon and save me,
From a heart of stone
Tell the Lord, he can take me now,
I'm a shell of a man
Just skin and bones

I had a little sister who could drink up a storm.
If the liquor didn't kill her she'd be twenty-one.
The good times, bad times, remember them all?
It must have been the thunder and alcohol.

Keep the devil out of my soul.
C'mon and save me,
From a heart of stone
Tell the Lord, he can take me now,
I'm a shell of a man
Just skin and bones

Skeletons in the closet keep me awake at night.
The thing that really scares me are the monsters,
I live with everyday.

You are everything that's bad.
I view everyone that's sad.
This heart gold is used, my motorcycle wants you.

Johanna's chopper in the stars.
Johanna's chopper in the stars.
Johanna's chopper in the stars.

Why am I everything to you?
This love may never end, my motorcycle's best friend.

Johanna's chopper in the stars.
Johanna's chopper in the stars.

I'm just a hell to run away.
On Superman's magic train.
You best figure out on crystal rugged wheels.
On ass of gasoline
And I can't remember last night.

My motorcycle loves you.
Johanna's chopper in the stars.
Johanna's chopper in the stars.

Lost in time no time in space
Never thought wed ever fade
This ain't the blues
This ain't nothin new

Are we fallin off again
Someone pushed us from the ledge
No crime no sin
We just don't fit in

Let's get lost
Lost in space
Just two people a little out of place
Nothing's wrong
Everything's fine
Just lost in time

Woke up in a lost and found
Don't understand the here and now
This ain't my world
Glad you're in my world

Let's get lost
Lost in space
Just two people a little out of place
Nothing's wrong
Everything's fine
Just lost in time

Sorry it don't get better
Let's burn all the bridges we cross
Sorry it don't get better
Let's burn all the people we love
This ain't the blues
This ain't nothing new

Let's get lost
This ain't the blues
Let's get Lost
This ain't the blues
Let's get lost

This ain't the blues

Let's get lost
Let's get lost
Let's get lost
Let's get lost
Let's get lost
Let's get lost
Let's get lost
Let's get lost
Let's get lost

This ain't the blues

I sold my super-double for some Mexican gold.
Spend all my money in the corner saloon.
Some more bad news, just tightening my noose.
I'm alone, alone, alone.
I'm alone, alone, alone.

Your Momma says I'm evil, and I cut like a knife.
You cut a little deep, find the devil inside.
Now burn little honey, I hypnotize,
I'm so mean, so mean, so mean.
I'm so mean, so mean, so mean.

I'm a motorcycle cowboy, a honky tonk junkie.
Fallen shooting star.
Broken desperado on the wrong side of the barrel.
My best friend's a pawnshop guitar.

You're dirty, tired, and horny, and you won't see me.
So I rip out your heart, and then I start to eat.
The power I need is suicide.
I'm so blind, so blind, so blind.
I'm so blind, so blind, so blind.

I'm a motorcycle cowboy,
Fallen shooting star.
Broken desperado on the wrong side of the barrel.
My best friend's a pawnshop guitar.
My best friend's a pawnshop guitar.

I'm so mean, so mean, so mean.
I'm so mean, so mean, so mean.
I'm so mean, so mean, so mean.

I'm a motorcycle cowboy, a honky tonk junkie.
A fallen shooting star.
A Broken desperado on the wrong side of the barrel.
I'm just a junkie,
I'm just a junkie for your love, for your love.
I'm just a junkie,
My best friend's a pawnshop guitar.

When you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talking to some rich folk that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
You know I could never be alone

Take me down, little Suzie, take me down.
I know you think you're the queen of the underground

And you can send me dead flowers every morning,
Send me dead flowers by the mail,
Say it with dead flowers at my wedding.
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave.

When you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby day.
Well I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another whore to take my pain away.

Take me down, little Suzie, take me down,
I know you think you're the queen of the underground

And you can send me dead flowers every morning,
Send me dead flowers by the mail,
Say it with dead flowers at my wedding,
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave.

Take me down little Suzie, take me down,
I know you think you're the queen of the underground

And you can send me dead flowers every morning,
Send me dead flowers by the U. S. mail,
Say it with dead flowers at my wedding,
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave.
I won't forget to put roses on your grave.

Let me tell you 'bout Wayne,
And his deals of cocaine,
A little more every day.
Holding for a friend until the band do well,
Then the D.E.A. locked him away.

Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors.
Bang bang, go the boots on the floor.
Cry cry, for your lonely mother's son.
Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors.

An' I'll tell you 'bout Pete,
Didn't want no fame,
Gave all his money away.
Well there's something wrong,
It'll be good for you, son.
And so they certified him insane.

Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors.
Bang bang, go the boots on the floor.
Cry cry, for your lonely mother's son.
Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors.

And then there's Keith,
Waiting for trial, $25 thousand bail.
If he goes down, you won't hear his sound,
So his friends carry on anyway, fuck 'em!

Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors.
Bang bang, go the boots on the floor.
Cry cry, for your lonely mother's son.
Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors.

Jail guitar doors
Jail guitar doors
Jail guitar doors
Jail guitar doors
Jail guitar doors
Jail guitar doors
Jail guitar doors
Jail guitar doors

Day the music died I cried.
The future was so bright.
Never surrendered with fear in my eyes.
Human stories told with a couple friends and a smoke.
Hunting dogs don't kill their own.

Maybe colors fade away,
It's so hard to hide the pain.
This is my generation, so natural to hate.
Never had so much to lose, mid-day coffee blues.
Hunting dogs don't kill their own.

If only I could stop this room from spinning around, I'm so confused.
I wake up, clear my head, remember why I'm in this bed.
It's really hurts to imagine everything so cold.
Hunting dogs don't kill their own.

If only I could stop this room from spinning around, I'm so confused.
I wake up, clear my head, remember why I'm in this bed.
It really hurts to imagine the song you never wrote.
Hunting dogs don't kill their own.
Hunting dogs don't kill their own.
The pain, the pain, you hunting dog, you.
Hunting dogs don't kill their own.
The pain, the pain, you hunting dog, you.

"Sorry" doesn't mean you understand.
Show me and I'll forgive.
Someday you'll find happiness.
And maybe you won't be such a drag.
And no one really knows why it's so hard to laugh.
I said I won't be cruel, but it's so hard to be your man.

Oh baby, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You already got me hooked.
Honey, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You read like a storybook.
Baby, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You got a fascination with love.
Sometimes love's not enough.

Funny how everything you want you always get,
You're so charming and so desperate.
One day I knelt beside the bed you were sleeping in,
And I remember why I'm so ashamed.

Oh baby, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You already got me hooked.
Honey, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You read like a storybook.
Baby, won't you shut up? (shut up!)
You got a fascination with love.
Sometimes love's not enough.

No one really knows why it's so hard to laugh.
I said I won’t be cruel, but it’s so hard to be your man.
Oh baby, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You already got me hooked.
Honey, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You read like a storybook.
Baby, won't you shut up? (Shut up!)
You've got this fascination, this fascination I don't understand.
Shut up!

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