Тексты песен «Old 97's»

I was playing every Monday on Burgundy in some shitty little bar. I was working on a novel called New Orleans Ain't No City - It's a Scar. The heroine does heroin, the hero wears his hair just like The King. He says,...

When the day breaks on Cedar Creek Lake Or my life rolls into Rome When the sun goes down on Austin town That's when I'll know I'm home What a time we'll have on Greenville Ave With the big shots in Big D I'm livin' in...

Heaven, I need a drug Her eyes are all but fixed upon her coffee cup Looking down, she tells you things are looking up Take another slug Heaven, I had a dream Now my life's a nightmare of efficiency She rattles off the...

I watch, as it stops for a girl, A moment, elaborate and weak. I am easy in her midst, Why elaborate, when there's no need to? But I do, all night, My words ring like money off a bar. But she's here, asleep now, One...

When you were just a little girl in Pine Bluff, Daddy disappeared without a trace. Now there's no more little girls in Pine Bluff, They all ran like tears out of this place. (Chorus) Am I too late Am I too late Tell...

The Empty Bottle was half empty, tide was low, and I was thirsty. Saw her sitting at the bar, you know how some girls are, Always making eyes, well she wasn't making eyes. So I sidled up beside her, settled down and...

I've been lightin' matches in the boiler room, Wearing sulphur perfume. (Don't I smell nice?) You come sniffin' around just like you own the joint, You know it's rude to point. (Don't make me tell you twice.) Well I...

Big brown eyes, and a gust of wind, And the cherry burns the corner of the page that says "The end Is coming soon," but not soon enough. Restring all your guitars. Pack up all your stuff. 'Cause if Robert's dad is...

I left you last night on the left coast I'm writin' you a letter right now The things that you do are rendering you Something I can't live without Maybe maybe I've got a pulse now Maybe my heart's on fire A bird in the...

These storms they gather forces unbeknownst to fools like me They hide on the horizon too far gone to see I could have swore the heart you wore upon your sleeve was mine I could not see in front of me you were leaving I...

She drove a blue car around Bloomington She was a thin girl but she had substance She said that most girls who come to Bloomington Only come here to find husbands The existence of God was confirmed By the way she...

Rowboat lightning I kissed her yeah it didn't mean a thing Seems like years ago it was yesterday Fire drill yell freeze don't hang around long face disease I got a book of poems that's gonna set you free Well it's bad...

The hat on your head the ghosts before breakfast The lump in your throat the name on her necklace She's certain she'll never be caught You can buy her things now but she'll never be bought The cat on her mind the ring...

In a hotel room just off Times Square it's like a closet I can watch the dancing class go round. In a hotel room that costs as much as my apartment I can watch the working class go down. And it's enough to make a...

Do you wanna mess around? Do you wanna spend the night? I've known both kinds of love But I want to get it right this time I don't wanna settle down I don't want to make no plans Exept for what I'm gonna do With a pair...

There was a fine rain There was a red wine There was a long whistle and it was a good sign There was a band playin' Somewhere off-screen There was a girl sayin' "Come clean." CHORUS In a dream On a busted afternoon In...

Can't get a line to telephone you Why you holing your company? I been moaning Oh! Lonesome Me You made a pigeon of my heart And I'd go anywhere to know you Take a long way coming back Be your yellow bedroom cab Making...

The bottom line's been snorted The bottom card's been dealt No one knows like you know right now How truly bad it felt All your life you wasted On dreamin' about the day Worker bees kill off their queen And carry all...

I turned my microwave on and I cooked my chicken ravioli The last ten years of my life I've been feeling kind of lonely I don't do love, I don't do women named Hannah And I don't do red haired girls from Louisiana I'm...

Well, I turned my microwave on and I cooked my chicken ravioli The last ten years of my life I've been feeling kind of lonely I don't do love, I don't do women named Hannah I don't do red haired girls from Louisiana...