Grant Lee
Buffalo
Jubilee - 1998
I put an APB on you
tonight searchlights citywide
I flash your face upon the news at nine
I
put the heat on high whatever I gotta do to find you
Won't let fair-weather
friends step in to hold ya back or blind you
I need you more
than ever
You are the only one
Better be sure put out
An all-points
bulletin
All-points bulletin
I gaze through
infrared done lost my head a long long time ago
I've got no hounds to sic
upon your trail ya know
Just desperation on my breath I have to sit back
stabilize
So I don't scare you when I'm close enough to catch your
eye
I need you more
than ever
You are the only one
Better be sure put out
An all-points
bulletin
An all-points bulletin
An all-points
bulletin
Bulletin
I need you more
than ever
You are the only one
Better be sure put out
An all-points
bulletin
An all-points bulletin
An all-points bulletin
Bulletin
Ooh
yeah
I need a second
just to catch my breath
I need a second wind to blow my wad
I'll play the
second fiddle second best oh
Shang lang lang
That second coming
is a second guess
Won't need a second hand there on my watch
My second
nature takes a second to kick in oh
Shang lang lang
Shang lang
lang
Soon very soon it's
a common sensation
Soon very soon
I need some second
sight to see this through
You know that second rate it just won't do
I'll
make a second strike a looking out a second story room
And then at second
thought I might get bored
Of playing soldier in the Second World
War
Second generation from the secondhand store
Shang lang lang
Shang
lang lang
Shang lang lang
Soon very soon it's
a common sensation
Soon very soon a-like-the-fate-a-the nation
Soon very
soon such a common sensation
Ah ah
I need a second
just to catch my breath
I need a second wind to blow my wad
I'll play the
second fiddle second best oh
Shang lang lang
Shang lang lang
Shang lang
lang
Soon very soon it's
a common sensation
Soon very soon a-like-the-fate-a-the nation
Soon very
soon well such a common sensation
Soon very soon a-like-the-fate-a-the
nation
Ah ah
Soon very soon such
a common sensation
Soon very soon a-like-the-fate-a-the nation
Soon very
soon
Very soon
Very soon
Very soon
Well it may be hard
to swallow
It may come as some surprise
I ain't askin' for apologies
I
done tried them on for size
Lay your head back
on the pillow
Let your eyes roll 'cross the floor
See the center of the
universe
Just isn't you no more
Right now you could
use a change of tune
Right now no one needs it more that you
I know
everyone is wicked
Won't you change your tune
Change your tune
Change
your tune
I've been such a
pollyanna
I just rolled back like a rug
Oh but you can't understand that
no
'Cause you're in the hole you dug
Right now you could
use a change of tune
Right now no one needs it more that you
I know
everyone is wicked
Won't you change your tune
Change your tune
Change
your tune
It's a dead-end
street
It's a dead-end street
That's what you're tryin' to tell me
It's
a dead issue
When it's done it's through
But I said it all so help
me
Ah ah ah
Right now you could
use a change of tune
Right now no one needs it more that you
I know
everyone is wicked
Won't you change your tune
Change your tune
Change
your tune
How can I give a
testimony of my life
When I'm still trying hard to hold my head up
high
I'm trying so hard to hold my head up high
And every time I
turn around
Feel as though I've let you down
Always something else
And
every time I turn around
Feel as though I've let ya down
But I can't
outrun myself
How can I give a
testimony of my time
When it's so hard to pen a simple valentine
It weighs
a little heavy on my mind
And every time I
turn around
Feel as though I've let you down
Always something else
And
every time I turn around
Feel as though I've let ya down
But I can't
outrun myself
Oh oh you
know
If I told ya once I've told you loads before
I couldn't love ya
more
And every time I
turn around
Feel as though I've let you down
Always something else
And
every time I turn around
Feel as though I've let ya down
But I can't
outrun myself
No oh oh oh
But I can't outrun myself
Ooh ooh
ooh
Ta ta ta
I was hanging with
some friends
In the parking lot one night near the summer's end
I leaned
back against the glass
Of a car to watch all those speeding comets
crash
It made me think about us
It made me think about us
Truly truly truly I
want you
Truly truly truly I do
Truly truly truly I want you
You were lying by
the pool
And the surface of the water was a lapis jewel
I dove in to make
a splash
Woke ya from your dream nodding off out on the grass
It made me
think about us
Truly truly truly I
want you
Truly truly truly I do
Truly truly truly I want you
Truly truly truly I
want you
Truly truly truly I do
Truly truly truly I want you
It's just been too
long that
We set aside some time alone
I sure could see your point of
view
And it's been awhile
Since we dropped our guard and cracked a
smile
Don't you think it's overdue
Well how about you
Truly truly truly I
want you
Truly truly truly I do
Truly truly truly I want you
Truly truly truly I
want you
Truly truly truly I do
Truly truly truly I want you
Oh
Oh
truly
Oh truly
Truly truly truly I want you
Truly truly truly I do oh
yes it's truly
Truly truly truly I want you
Sleepy rhythms were
lulling us
Trolling down a long canal
Onto savage shores and gilded
floors
Of coliseums through the load-in door
Certain of this one
thing
Certain of this one thing
Certain of this one thing
That super
slow motion got the upper hand on me
On me
On me
Holy visions had
ceased to come
My tongue was numb and I was feeling tired
Crying out in a
wordless howl
Screeching off to the underground
Certain of this one
thing (of this one thing)
Certain of this one thing (of this one
thing)
Certain of this one thing (of this one thing)
That super slow
motion got the upper hand on me
On me
On me
On me
Sleepy rhythms were
lulling us
Syrup sweet and poisonous
How I found my way back I'm not
sure
Through the channels and little streets that curve
Certain (certain)
of this one thing (of this one thing)
Certain of (certain of) this one thing
(this one thing)
Certain (certain) of this one thing (of this one
thing)
That super slow motion got the upper hand on me
On me
On
me
On me
Certain (certain)
of this one thing (of this one thing)
Certain of (certain of) this one thing
(this one thing)
Certain (certain) of this one thing (of this one
thing)
That super slow motion got the upper hand on me
On me
On
me
On me
On me
On me
On me
On me
On me
On
me
On me
Ooh ooh ooh
Got the upper hand (ooh ooh ooh)
Got the upper
hand (ooh ooh ooh)
Got the upper hand (on me)
Got the upper hand the upper
hand on me
On me
On me
On me
Oh oh oh
Now the troubadours
are outside the court
With their gramophones and rifles
And an awful cloud
is daring to pour
Such a wild scene a 3-D picture bible story
And the floats of
tinsel garland are downed
Stalled for blocks on the parade route
But the
majorette still twirls in the rain
And the marching band goes soaking
wet
And that's a fine how
Do ya do do ya
do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do ya do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do
ya do
That's a fine how
See the ladies in
their queen union suits
Shuffling gaily for the camera
Doing high kicks in
their felt button boots
While the men puff their cigarettes from
Panama
Like the baby dolls
of bisque on display
In the shops of Barcelona
There's a blankness that
falls over his face
As the speaker makes his way up to the podium
Could he
be so blind to sip lemonade
In such a dire time well that's a fine
That's
a fine how
Do ya do do ya
do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do ya do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do
ya do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do ya do
Ah ah
Holding hostage in
the opium dens
That are tucked behind the alleyway
Where the corridors of
Amsterdam bend
'Neath the windows where the harlots pose like
mannequins
No one thinks of them on Valentines (do ya do)
There's no
chocolate box or cards to read
And that's a fine how
Do ya do do ya
do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do ya do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do
ya do
That's a fine how
Do ya do do ya do
That's a fine how
A storm it was
blowin' in
Twister was about to spin my way
Her kitchen door was swingin'
wide
As if to say come on inside to stay
Come to mama
babe
Come to mama she say
Come to mama baby
Get yourself into a
cellar
Gals go grab yourself a feller 'fore it's too late
Friend you'd
better run for cover
Don't be caught alone out on lover's lane
Come to mama
babe
Come to mama she say
Come to mama baby
It's best to make
the most of this
Fate is known to twirl and twist
Even the face of the
first girl I kissed
I can't recall
Not at all
Preachers was a
reachin' out
The speaker wires callin' out my name
Son we're in the final
hour
Making love you ought to be ashamed
But if that woman ever stars him
down
The way she do he'd see it ain't that plain
Come to mama
babe
Come to mama she say
Come to mama baby
It's best to make
the most of this
Fate is known to twirl and twist
Even the face of the
first girl I kissed
I can't recall
Can't recall
Come to mama
babe
Come to mama she say
Come to mama baby
Well come come to
mama babe she say
Won't you come come to mama she say
Won't you come come
to mama baby
Ooh ooh ooh
Come
come come come to mama
Come come come come to mama (ooh ooh)
Come come
come come to mama (ooh ooh)
Come come come come to mama
Come come come
come to mama
Come come come come to mama
Come come come come to
mama
Daisies in the
chain
Woven in your hair that falls
Into a braid
Woven' round the
statue's toes
In the gardens you made
Bells that sing and
chime
Little crystal bells that toll
All through the night
Never once
did angels break
Away from your side
Won't ya hurry
home
Won't ya hurry home
Hurry down that lone eight mile road
Won't ya
hurry home
Now your seeds are sewn
Hurry down that lone eight mile
road
Poppies red and
gold
Growin' wild as weeds beside
Yellow Brick Road
Growin' in the
ditch where I
Sailed a milk carton boat
But how can you
deny
When the spirit wraps in broad
Daylight
And it looks you right
between
The eyes
Won't ya hurry
home
Won't ya hurry home
Hurry down that lone eight mile road
Won't ya
hurry home
Now your leaves are strewn
Hurry down that lone eight mile
road
Ooh
All those talkin'
sculls
Ma they don't scare me much
Not anymore
Think I finally got my
head
'Round the door
Won't ya hurry
home
Won't ya hurry home
Hurry down that lone eight mile road
Won't ya
hurry home
While the breeze is blowin'
Hurry down that lone eight mile
road
Won't ya hurry
home
Now won't ya hurry home
Hurry down that lone eight mile road
Hurry
home
Down that lone eight mile road
Hurry home
Hurry home
Down
that lone eight mile road
Hurry home
Ooh ooh
Hurry home
Ooh ooh
ooh
10. EVERYBODY
NEEDS A LITTLE SANCTUARY
Swarm 'round the
hive sweet honey bee
Swarm to and fro just as ya please
You're always
welcome with your queen
Everybody needs a little sanctuary
Everybody needs
a little sanctuary
Some men will seek
it in the church
Only to find it on the sea
Or where pay women walk the
streets
All of them seeking sanctuary
All of them seeking sanctuary
All
of them seeking sanctuary
Ooh ooh ooh
I only hope I can
provide
That which you truly gave to me
You never made me stand
outside
You always offered sanctuary
You always offered sanctuary
You
always offered sanctuary
Ooh ooh ooh [One more - Spoken]
You always offered
sanctuary
You always offered sanctuary
You always offered sanctuary
You
always offered sanctuary [A scrap of a phrase - Spoken]
Ooh ooh ooh (ah ah)
Fine fine
strychnine free the mind cure the blind
Ho ho recline to the country
a-goldmines
I got it comin' out-a my ears
Fine fine take your time stay
put in the alpines
Ho ho Cocteau you get mixin' the moonshine
He'll teach
you how to walk through mirrors
My my my you're
petrified
My my my you're sick inside
My my my you're stupefied
And I
know what it's like
Touche Broadway's
no place for a padre
No way Jose ya hike back to the country
Those brooks
are tremblin' there for you
Nix nix on the card tricks carve your name in the
candle stick
Make haste double click they may call you a lunatic
Oh man
but they haven't got a clue
My my my you're
glorified
My my my you're sick inside
My my my you're certified
And
I
My my my you're
sanctified
My my my you're squinty eyed
My my my my tongue is tied
But
I know what it's like
Delta high tide
pack your bags and take a bride
Brush fires mud slides plug your ears and
overt your eyes
Be still and it'll pass by you
My my my you're
mortified
My my my you're chicken fried
My my my it's a
nationwide
Tonight
My my my you're spirit guide
Has up and fled and
stole your ride
My my my you're stupefied
But I know what it's
like
Fine fine fine
fine
Fine fine fine fine
Fine fine fine fine
Fine fine fine
fine
Fine fine fine fine
Fine fine fine fine
Ooh ooh ooh
La la
la
[A phrase - Spoken]
Hey I'm
gentleman
But I can take it 'bout as long as long can last and then
I'll
take it on the chin
Mud is handy only when it comes to slingin' it
Oh 'cause you ain't
playing nice
You've been rolling crooked dice
Oh 'cause you ain't playing
nice
You've been rolling crooked dice
Hey all you fakir
men
Get me when I'm goin' get me while I'm comin' in
I need not to
pretend
But it's handy when I have to treat ya like a friend
Oh 'cause you ain't
playing nice
You've been rolling crooked dice
Oh 'cause you ain't playing
nice
You've been rolling crooked dice
Hey all you
gamblin' souls
Ya play the horses and ya put me through your rigmarole
But
I can feel you sinking low
And in fact you've fallen right in your own
pigeonhole
Oh 'cause you ain't
playing nice
You've been rolling crooked dice
Oh 'cause you ain't playing
nice
You've been rolling crooked dice
You've been rolling
crooked dice
You've been rolling crooked dice
You've been rolling crooked
dice (yeah)
Crooked dice
You've been rolling crooked dice
You've been
rolling crooked dice (yeah)
You've been rolling crooked dice (yeah yeah yeah
ooh)
You've been rolling crooked dice (rolling crooked dice)
You've been
rolling crooked dice (rolling rolling)
You've been rolling crooked dice
(rolling rolling yeah)
Have ya seen us out
my honey and me
Knockin' on the doors of fortune for weeks
In a big dead
town where nothin' is free
Lord up above throw me down the keys
Have ya seen us out
my baby and me
Have ya seen us crouchin' elbow on knee
In the curbside
light of yellowed marquees
Lord up above are ya out of reach
La la la
Have ya seen us
stroll my honey and me
With complete control my honey and me
Have ya seen
the likes of Annabel Lee
She's a little songbird singing dweedle dee
dee
La la la
Ooh
Where in the world
have I been
I must have tripped on the way in
Diving into the shallow
end
I must have gone and broke the skin
Hold me close and
let me know
I'm not alone for once
Hold me close and tell me that
I
never really was
Why on the earth
could I not see
The cloud a hangin' over me
But I did a dance to make it
rain
And it just overflowed the drains ooh
Hold me close and
let me know
I'm not alone for once
Hold me close and tell me that
I
never really was
Hold me close and
let me know
I'm not alone for once
Hold me close and tell me that
I
never really was
Ah ah ah