Why Don't You See Me lyrics - Concrete Blonde

When you lay down,
Do you hear sounds?
Does the silence have a voice?
What does it say?
What do you hear?
What does it whisper in your ear?
Why don't you hear me?
Why don't you hear me?
When you get up, into the light,
When you come up out of your night,
What do you see?
And do you see?
Or have you lost your sense of sight?
Why don't you see me?
Why don't you see me?
Why don't you see me?
Why don't you see me?
What do you think?
What do you feel?
'Cause this is feeling very real.
And if you feel,
Why can't you say?
Give me a little demonstration.
Can't you feel me?
Why don't you feel me?
Why don't you feel me?
Why don't you feel me?
Are you in love?
Are you in pain?
Are they together and the same?
Where do you go?
Who do you know?
Are you that lonely ghost on the side?
Why don't you see me?
Why don't you free me?
Why don't you feel me?
Why don't you feel me?
Why can't you hear me?
Why can't you hear me?
Why don't you see me?
Why don't you see me?

City Screaming lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Been on the bus
Since a quarter to one
I'm baking like a chicken
On the bus in the setting sun

Home, home, home
Under the window
Is that a shot or a car?
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know

The city smoke and city choke
And crackin' open
I hear the city screaming
I hear the city screaming

Twenty-four hours
All night, all day
The city hums and boils
And cracks and bleeds away

Stir 'em around
Stick 'em over a fire
No wonder everybody's strung up
Tighter than a god-damn piano wire

The city smoke and city choke
And crackin' open
I hear the city screaming
I hear the city screaming

Crack the whip
And Mister Jack, the knife
Were doing their trip on the corner
Underneath the streetlight late last night

One of the homeboys
Just take it on home sweet home
Well, you can blow your own self away
But leave the rest of us alone

The city die and city cry
Dehumanizing
I hear the city screaming
I hear the city screaming
I hear the city screaming
I hear the city screaming

Someday? lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Say it's been too hard
Say it's been too long
You say it's all too much
The thrill has long been gone
Well I thought you could
Yes I thought you could
And you thought you could too

But it's a place and time
Where the years behind are piled up high
But never mind
It's time to crash and burn or fly
And I thought you could
You know I thought you could
You know I thought you could too

Go to sleep now
Go on dream away
Isn't easy, is it babe?
And I hope
And I dream
And I pray
That sometime
We'll find a way

Some say easy come
Some say easy go
Some say time flies by too fast
Some say it drags on all too slow
Well I thought you could
You know I thought you could
And I thought I could too

But, if you never find
The heart to start all over again
Remember I was one
Who tried to be a friend to you... I
Well, I know I tried
Yes, you know I tried
And I know you tried too

Go to sleep, now
Go on dream away
Is it easy, is it babe?
And, I hope
And, I dream
And, I pray
That sometime
We'll find a way

Go to sleep, now
(Go to sleep, now)
Go on dream away
(Go on dream away)
Is it easy, is it babe?
(Is it easy, is it babe?)
And, I hope
And, I dream
And, I pray
That sometime
We'll find a way

I Wanna Be Your Friend Again lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Happy New Year!
(Happy nowhere!)
Where are you going?
(Slow, I don't care where...)
Where?
(Oh, I'll get there)
I WILL get there
Monday, one step
Tuesday, two
I'd crawl on my hands and knees to you
Wednesday, three
Thursday, four
I'd break in windows
I'd kick in doors
Friday, walk until I fell
By the side of the road
Too tired to tell where I was
(Where were you?)
I don't know...
(Where was I?)
I
I wanna be your friend again
One, two, three o'clock
It's too late to start
Too late to
(Stop)
Five, six, seven, eight
I'm walking steady
I'm walking straight
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen
You're important to me
(You're important to me)
Night and day and day and night
If I can, I will make things right
I
I wanna be your friend again
I'm sorry
(sorry)
For the things I wish I hadn't said
I'm sorry
(sorry)
For the things I wish I hadn't done
I'm sorry
(sorry)
For the way I wish I hadn't been
I'm sorry
(sorry)
Hello?
Hi. Oh, it's only me...
(Oh yeah, be cool. Tell him. It's the women who loves him more than life itself. That's what you really want to say.)
Well, you know.... It just popped into my head... thought I'd give you a call...
(Oh yeah, you've been waiting all day; getting up the nerve all month.)
Oh... I'm fine. Fine.
(Oh, fine. You are not fine! You eat, sleep, think him, twenty-four hours a day.)
Oh you are? Oh good, I'm glad.
(You are not glad! You hope he burns in Hell with this woman! You're not happy. Go on, tell him!)
Oh, everything's going great. Really great.
(It is not going great! You are miserable twenty-four hours a day.
All you can do is think about this man, and you haven't even got the nerve to tell him what you really think.)
Yeah, yeah, I gotta go, too. Yeah, I've got a lot... lot of stuff to do.
(Don't lie! You haven't got anything better to do, and you know it, than be with him!)
Yeah. Take it easy. Bye.
(Oh, take it easy. Once again, you didn't say anything you really think!)
I
I wanna be your friend again
I
(sorry)
I wanna be your friend again
I'm sorry
(sorry)
For the things I wish I hadn't said

...Long Time Ago lyrics - Concrete Blonde

When you turned out the light
And walked out the door
I said to myself
"What did I come here for"
Did you have a good time
Drinking whiskey and rhyme
And did you want to be Bonnie and Clyde

What goes on in your mind
What goes on in your head
Who did you think I would be
Well, you got me instead
You think there's some connection
That I'm your female reflection, but no

I can be loyal
And I can be true
But that's for somebody else
And it will never be you
You think we're predetermined
But babe, you're learning way too slow
But it seems such a long time ago

Go, Fishman

Oh, he can see things
You'll never know how to see
He's three times the man
You'll never know how to be
I'll do anything he wants
And I'll go anywhere he wants me to go
And if that isn't love
Then I guess I'll just never know
Seems such a long time ago.

It's A Man's World lyrics - Concrete Blonde

(originally by James Brown)

[Chorus:]
It's a man's, man's, man's, man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing
Without a woman or a girl

Man made the cars
To take us over the road
Man made the trains
To carry his manmade load
Man has made everything
That he possibly can
He's busy making money
To buy from other men

[Chorus]

Man made the electric light
To take us out of the dark
Man made the boats on the water
They say Noah made the Ark
You man have made everything
That you possibly can
You're so busy making money
To buy from other men

[Chorus]

Lost
Well, he's lost
In his wilderness
Well, he's lost
Lost in his bitterness

[Chorus]

Man said he love the little bitty baby girls
And the little bitty baby boys
Tries so hard to make them happy
With his manmade toys
Man's making everything
That he possibly can
Busy making his almighty money
To buy from other men

[Chorus]

"Bloodletting" (1990)

Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) lyrics - Concrete Blonde

There's a crack in the mirror
And a bloodstain on the bed
There's a crack in the mirror
And a bloodstain on the bed

Oh, you were a vampire
And baby, I'm the walking dead
Oh, you were a vampire
And baby, I'm the walking dead

I got the ways and means
To New Orleans
I'm going down by the river
Where it's warm and green
I'm gonna have a drink and walk around
I got a lot to think about

Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah

There's a rocking chair by the window
Down the hall
I hear something there in the shadow
Down the hall

Oh, you were a vampire
And now I am nothing at all
Oh, you were a vampire
And now I am nothing at all

I got the ways and means
To New Orleans
I'm going down by the river
Where it's warm and green
I'm gonna have a drink and walk around
I got a lot to think about

Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah

They used to dance in the garden
In the middle of the night
Dancing out in the garden
In the middle of the night

Oh, you were a vampire
And I may never see the light
Oh, you were a vampire
And I may never see the light

I got the ways and means
To New Orleans
I'm going down by the river
Where it's warm and green
I'm gonna have a drink and walk around
I got a lot to think about

I got the ways and means
To New Orleans
I'm going down by the river
Where it's warm and green
I'm gonna have a drink and walk around
I got a lot to think about

Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Yeah

The Sky Is A Poisonous Garden lyrics - Concrete Blonde

The stars above shine down below
The fever you hold on this night
Deathly cold
I can feel from this side of the door
I can feel Eleanor

He said, sun don't rise
He said sun don't shine
He said don't bring tomorrow
To justify tonight
The moon is full-the stars are bright
And the sky is a poisonous garden
Tonight.

Sip your Tequila.
Give me some time
To unlearn all I've learned for the

spring to unwind
And then came your sweet mouth
I began to move mine.
They knew with the dawn
They knew with the day
They knew what they had
Would be young naked prey
And attacked from all sides
By a world filled with
Poison and hate

Eleanor trembles.
Eleanor moans.
Somehow, this body is someone
She always has known
She cries tears on his chest
O so silent and slow-

She said please don't go.
Please don't go
And she cried and she died in his arms
And he cried nevermore
The moon is full, the stars are bright
And the sky is a poisonous garden
Tonight.

Caroline lyrics - Concrete Blonde

I hear you're driving
someone else's car now...
She said you came and
took your stuff away -
All the poetry, and the trunk
you kept your life in -
I knew that it would
come to that someday...
Like a sad hallucination,
when I opened up my eyes,
the train had passed the station,
and you were trapped inside...
Yet I never wonder where you went,
I only wonder why,
I wonder why...

Oh Caroline
Oh, whoa-oh Caroline
oh, oh Caroline
whoa whoa whoa, Caroline

Well I hear you're using someone else's number;
She said she saw you in the store today.
It doesn't matter whose address
you're listed under,
I only know they'll never make you stay.
Like a memory in motion,
you were only passing through...
that is all you've ever known of life,
that's all you'll ever do.
There's a dream I have where I sail away;
looking back I wave at you,
and I wave goodbye...

Oh Caroline
Oh, oh whoa oh, Caroline
Oh, oh Caroline
Oh

In another life I see you
as an angel flying high,
and the hands of time will free you -
you will cast your chains aside -
and the dawn will come and kiss away
every tear that's ever fallen
from your eyes...
behind those eyes,
I wonder

Oh, Caroline... oh, oh, oh...
Oh, oh... Caroline...
Sometimes I wonder...
Oh... Caroline
Sometimes I,
Sometimes I wonder...

Darkening Of The Light lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Like a ghost (like a ghost)
Is the curtain (is the curtain)
In the white light of the morning.
Dancing (dancing)
In the morning (in the morning)
Are you there? Are you there?

And a shadow (and a shadow)
Like a sadness (like a sadness)
Falling all across the garden
Dancing (dancing)
In the garden (in the garden)
Are you there? Are you there?

Shine on friend. Goodnight
Why, then, the darkening of the light?

And the leaves (and the leaves)
At my feet (at my feet)
Whisper sounds so familiar
Whisper (whisper)
So familiar (so familiar)
Are you there? Are you there?

Where the clouds (where the clouds)
Pull apart (pull apart)
Where the moon changes faces
In the quiet (in the quiet)
Secret places (secret places)
Are you there? Are you there?

Shine on friend. Goodnight
Why, then, the darkening of the light?

Shine on friend. Goodnight
Why, then, the darkening of the light?
The darkening of the light
The darkening of the light
The darkening of the light

I Don't Need A Hero lyrics - Concrete Blonde

You always said I was a liar
But we burn like a house on fire
No matter what, you know that to be true
And everything you gave to me
Changed everything I used to be
Much more than anyone I ever knew

And I don't need a hero
I don't need a soldier
I did when I was younger
But now that I am older
I don't need a father
I don't wanna be your mother
It's just that anyone of us is half
Without another one is you
Is you

The colours of that piece of time
Are still so fresh inside my mind
And it makes the movie
Of my life seem pale
And all the games I have to play
I got to give a lot of me away
But the part with us
Will never be for sale

And I don't need a hero
I don't need a soldier
I did when I was younger
But now that I am older
I don't need a father
I don't wanna be your mother
It's just that anyone of us is half
Without another one is you

The words of love have been confused
The ways of love have been abused
Is this a lottery you win or lose?
I don't know
It's an endless circle over time
The place inside where I hold and find
Your sweet and happy music in my soul

And I don't need a hero
I don't need a soldier
I did when I was younger
But now that I’m so much older
I don't need a father
I don't wanna be your mother
It's just that anyone of us is half
Without another one is you
Is you

Days And Days lyrics - Concrete Blonde

The dirty leaves are sailing
On a hot wind ocean
And the summer comes and the summer goes
And always has and will
And something, somewhere that you said
Goes ricochet all through my head
And flashing like a neon sign, the time stood still

Hours of forever
Running all together
Like the crossroads of a minute
And you and me were in it
And I never saw it coming
Never saw it fade away
Today, today, today
Days and days
Days and days
Days and days
Days and days

And still the whining of the wheels
Is closest to the way I feel
And winter comes and winter goes
And always has and will
Another hour, another day
Another year you pissed away
Remember walking in the rain
I'm walking there still

That’s hours of forever
Running all together
Like the crossroads of a minute
And you and me were in it
And I never saw it coming
Never saw it fade away
Today, today, today
Days and days
Days and days
Days and days
Days and days

Like every heart to beat before
And every wave to kiss a shore
I'm not the first, I'm not the last
And soon to be your past
But every morning
When the light comes
Creeping in around my eyes
Another future falls behind
The one I had in mind

It’s hours of forever
Running all together
Like the crossroads of a minute
And you and me were in it
And I never saw it coming
Never saw it fade away
Today, today, today
Days and days
Days and days
Days and days
Days and days

Days and days and days and days and days and days and days and days

The Beast lyrics - Concrete Blonde

The prey of the beast
Screamed bloody murder
The line is so fine
Between hoping and hurting
Former believers they beg for release
As love looking down on them
Smiles and picks his teeth
Trapped in between Heaven and hell
He knows all the secrets
You don't want to tell
There's nowhere to run
And there's nowhere to hide
Love knows you all too well
He will find you

Love is the ghost
Haunting your head
Love is the killer
You thought was your friend
Love is the creature
Who lives in the dark
Sneaks up and stick you
And painfully pick you apart

Love is a poet
Love sings the songs
Pointing his finger
You follow along
Voices are calling
The monster wants out of you
Paws you and claws you
You try not to fall

Love is the leech
Sucking you up
Love is a vampire
Drunk on your blood
Love is the beast
That will tear out your heart
Hungrily lick it
And painfully pick it apart

Love is the leech
Sucking you up
Love is a vampire
Drunk on your blood
Love is the beast
That will tear out your heart
Hungrily lick it
And painfully pick it apart

Love is the ghost
Haunting your head
Love is the killer
You thought was your friend
Love is the creature
Who lives in the dark
Sneak up and stick you
And painfully pick you apart

Lullabye lyrics - Concrete Blonde

When the sky has fallen
Like a blanket on your shoulder
And the moon is like a mother
Looking over you forever
And the dawn is so familiar
You were meant to be together
Like a fog around a mountain
Forever

So softly
So sweetly
Surrounding you completely
Sing you a lullabye
Lullabye to you
Lullabye
Lullabye to you

When your breathing is the wind
And your crying is the rain
Well I know you will remember
Because the music is forever
The living of a lover
And the loving of another
Like a sister and a brother
Like a father and a mother

So softly
So sweetly
Surrounding you completely
Sing you a lullabye
Lullabye to you
Lullabye
Lullabye to you

When the sky has fallen
Like a blanket on your shoulder
And the moon is like a mother
Looking over you forever
And the dawn is so familiar
You were meant to be together
Like a fog around a mountain
Forever and ever

So softly
So close to me
You're surrounding me so beautifully
Lullabye
Lullabye to you
Lullabye
Lullabye to you
Lullabye
Lullabye to you
Lullabye
Lullabye to you

Joey lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Joey...
Baby...
Don't get crazy
Detours, fences...
I get defensive....

I know you've heard it all before
So I don't say it anymore
I just stand by and let you
Fight your secret war

And though I used to wonder why
I used to cry till I was dry
Still sometimes I get a strange pain inside
Oh Joey if you're hurting so am I

Joey...
Honey...
I've got the money

All is forgiven. Listen....listen...

But if I seem to be confused
I didn't mean to be with you.
And when you said I scared you
Well, I guess you scared me too
But we got lucky once before
And I don't want to close the door
And if you're somewhere out there
Passed out on the floor...

Oh...
Joey, I'm not angry anymore

And if I seem to be confused
I didn't mean to be with you.
And when you said I scared you
Well I guess you scared me too...

But if it's love you're looking for
Then I can give a little more
And if you're somewhere drunk and
Passed out on the floor...

Oh...
Joey, I'm not angry anymore
Angry anymore, angry anymore

Tomorrow, Wendy lyrics - Concrete Blonde

(originally by Andy Prieboy)

It is complete, now
Two ends of time are neatly tied
A one-way street
She's walking to end of the line
And there she meets
The faces she keeps in her heart and mind

They say, "Goodbye"
Tomorrow, Wendy you're going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy you're going to die

Underneath the chilly gray November sky
We can make believe that Kennedy is still alive
And we're shooting for the moon
And smiling Jack is driving by

And they say, "Good try"
Tomorrow, Wendy you're going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

I told the priest
Don't count on any second coming
God got his ass kicked
The first time he came down here slumming
He had the balls to come
The gall to die and then forgive us
No, I don't wonder why
I wonder what he thought it would get us
Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Hey, hey, good bye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Only God says, "Jump"
So I set the time
'Cause if he ever saw her
It was through these eyes of mine
And if he ever suffered
It was me who did his crying

Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
(Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die)
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
(Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die)
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Hey, hey, goodbye
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow, Wendy is going to die

Run Run Run lyrics - Concrete Blonde

You go crazy
You get tossed
You go running around
Until you know you're gonna fall off
He knows what you need he, knows how much, how much you want

Knock familiar,
Welcome in,
Can't believe that you let him
introduce you as a friend.
But you're always polite
in case you need him again
No not again,
No not again.

Can't believe the way I see you
Run, Run, Run,
Can't believe the way you bleed when you
Run, Run, Run,
Are you having fun?
Run-

Hands are shaking. Lips are cracked
You swore (I heard you swear) that you were
Never coming back, but...
one more time. Just one more night
and once again, you lost the fight
fight
So fight a little harder now.

Can't believe the way you bleed when you
Run, Run, Run
Can't believe the way you need to
Run, Run, Run
Are you still as young as you started
When you started to run?

Can't believe the way I see you
Run, Run, Run,
Can't believe the way you bleed when you
Run, Run, Run,
Are you having fun?
Run, Run, Run,
'till you drop.

It's Only Money lyrics - Concrete Blonde

You don't believe in love
You don't believe in hatred
Put your money in the bank
It's the only way to save it

You try to make a buck
But you haven't made a penny
You need a little luck
But you know you won't get any

You don't believe in God
You don't believe in glory
You've got a brother in the clinic
Tells the same kind of story

If he had another life
He'd know what would be waiting
If he had another soul
He could sell it all to Satan

You don't believe in war
You don't believe in Jesus
Got a sister in New York
She knows how she pleases

Walking the streets
On the south side of the city
Trying to make ends meet
Isn't that a pity...for money

Help Me lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Maybe it's just a phase
The days and the nights
And the nights and days
Of all the tossing and turning
And churning and burning
Inside my brain
Or maybe I'm finally insane
But I don't know what I believe anymore
It's like I'm caught in some revolving door
Going over and over
And over and over and

Teach me how to pray
Tell me what to say
Help me
Help me
Help me find my way

I never could play their game
You know that all your faces look the same
And I won't give up
Won't give in
You know I never want to be like them
Well, I'm ticking away like time
You know I'm out of sync
And I'm out of my mind
You know I used to know a truth from a lie
Just by looking in their eyes

Carry me away
Further and further
And further every day
Help me
Help me
Help me find my way

I'm hanging by a thread
And the waves of confusion
Break down on my head
And when I think of all the things you said
Well, the words fall dead

Higher every day
A price I swore I'd never pay
Help me
Help me
Help me find my way
Help me find my way.

Sun lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Sun part the dark and chase it gone
You're the sweet and sunny one
As bright as any star tonight
You smile like a beam of light

You can, show me a ray, show me a ray
Show me a ray, show me a ray of sun

Just until the morning comes
I'm the gray and cloudy one
Raining for so long, so long
Like a candle blowing in a storm

But you can, show me a ray, show me a ray
Show me a ray, show me a ray

You can, show me a ray, show me a ray
Show me a ray, show me a ray of sun

Just until the morning comes, sun
Just until the morning comes, sun

Roses Grow lyrics - Concrete Blonde

L.A
Who'da thought
Right smack dab in the middle of what
With the belching buses
And broken bones
DEVIL POUR ME ANOTHER SHOT
Hey, hey
L.A.
Who'da thought

L.A.
After closing when it's down to me
And the same old souls
Well Johnny's all right if you buy him a gin
He'll tell you his stories about Errol Flynn
He even danced with Marilyn!
No way!
Thats what they say
DEVIL POUR ME ANOTHER SHOT!
Hey, hey
L.A.
Who'da thought

Up through the cracks
Up through the broken glass
In the hot red light of a black and white
Roses grow

Roxy is in tonight
She's styling around in her fishnet tights
And she's got more life at 65
Than the teenage boys she keeps up all night
Heavy metal
Young hard cock
What, can't you handle that kind of talk?
The strippers here they really rock
DEVIL POUR ME ANOTHER SHOT
Hey, hey
L.A.
Who'da thought

Up through the cracks
Up through the broken glass
In the hot red light of a black and white
Roses grow
Up through the glass (Up through the glass)
Up through the broken glass (Up through the broken glass)
In the hot red light of a black and white (In the hot red of a black and white)
Roses grow
Roses grow
Roses grow
Roses grow....

Scene Of A Perfect Crime lyrics - Concrete Blonde

My eyes are jaded and complicated,
tired of the liars and the masqueraded
Who steals our innocence away,
like a thief in the night?
Who took away our faith in what we know to be right?
That was another world, then
that was another time
You can never go back to the scene of a perfect crime.

Whatever became of the child I was
I never want to lose her no
I won't give her up
and now my heart is harder,
my skin is getting tougher and tougher
That was another world then
That was another time
You can never go back to the place where love is blind
You can never go back to the scene of a perfect crime

Whatever became of our sweet blind love
As long as we could be together it was more than enough
Now we're all grown up and we need so much
I never knew that the price would go up as such
That was another world then, then
That was another time

Well you can never go back to the place where love is blind.
Well you can never go back to the place where love is blind.
Well you can never go back to the place where love is blind.
You can never go back to the scene of a perfect crime.

Happy Birthday lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Outside in the hall there's a cat fight
It's just after midnight, I guess ill be alright
I'm laid out on the floor, drunk and poor
How much longer, how much more

Oh, rock me to sleep, strong and deep
The screaming cats they give me the creep
But aside from all that I feel no pain
Staring up at the ceiling stains

Neon in the window
Sirens far away
News on the radio happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday

They're at it again next door, this whole floor
I swear, they're out to drive me crazy
Not right now I'm high as a cloud
I'm soft and gray and lazy

Smokin' out the window
Feelin' far away
News on the radio, happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday

Fly me out the window
Somewhere far away
News on the radio, happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday

Little Conversations lyrics - Concrete Blonde

The little conversation, well is over very soon
And I watch in admiration from my corner of the room
And they shine on you with starry eyes and they rain a friendly storm
They're like kids around a Christmas tree
And then you smile all nice and warm

These little conversations if I tried my very best
You know I never could say anything in twenty words or less
Somewhere, sometime, down the line
Someday I may confess and tell you all, well that's all

The little conversations well on me are very rough
Well they leave me all in pieces as you know there's never time enough
It's like a book with missing pages, a story incomplete
It's like a painting left unfinished
It feels like not enough to eat, starvin'

You know these little conversations, well for me they'll never do
Now what am I supposed to do with broken sentences of you?
I'll stay in my corner 'cause that's all that I can do
Let the others speak for me

Little conversations are we?
Are we? Are we?

Carry Me Away lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Today I went and bought myself a bottle
Like we used to do
Reminded me of you
Today I saw a train roll by the river
Blowing off the steam
Reminded me of me

That's when I threw the bottle in the river
That's when I started running for the train
There's nothing that you need I can't deliver
Carry me away
Carry me away

Make it seven-oh-nine California time
Whoever said it was a small world was either a liar
Or a fool
'Cause it's not true
And any promise we make is as easy to break
As the plastic people on your wedding cake
So says you
But you know, I do

I hear you thinking
From far away
If you keep on lying and crying and trying and drinking
I'm gonna carry me away
Carry me away

If you think about me
From far away
I hope you find it with me or without me
Carry me away
Carry me away
Carry me away
Carry me away
Carry me away
Carry me away.

Free lyrics - Concrete Blonde

I can break your chains
Crack your cage apart
I can tear your walls down
With the beating of my heart
And if you said I have no choice
I would tell you, you're a liar
I'm not afraid to
Chuck this frying pan into your fire

I'm a million miles high
I'm a piece of the sky
Well I'm the purple in the rainbow, my my my
I'm like wind in your hair
I'm like the rain on the sea
'Cause I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, oh

Oh, you can't keep me down
Put me in your place
I will never wear your 20th century
Pacemaker face, yeah
You will never bleed
The spirit out of me
I'm flesh and blood, I'm real
I'm not your factory fantasy, no not me

I'm a million miles high
I'm a piece of the sky
Well I'm the purple in the rainbow, my my my
I'm like wind in your hair
I'm like the rain on the sea
I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, yeah

Well, you can't keep me down
Put me in your place
I will never wear your 20th century
Pacemaker face, yeah
You will never bleed
The spirit out of me, no
I'm flesh and blood, I'm real
I'm not your factory fantasy, no not me

I'm a million miles high
I'm a piece of the sky
Well, I'm the purple in the rainbow, my my my
I'm like wind in your hair
I'm like rain on the sea
Well, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free

I'm a million miles high
I'm a piece of the sky
The purple in the rainbow, my my my
I'm like wind in your hair
I'm like the rain on the sea
Well, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, yeah

Little Wing lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running round
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind.

When I'm sad, she comes to me

With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free
It's alright she says it's alright
Take anything you want from me, anything
Anything.

Fly on little wing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, little wing

"Concrete Blonde" (1986)

True lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Well when I've had enough,
I'll get a pick-up truck and I'll drive away.
I'll take my last ten bucks just as far as it will go.

Ahh sometimes I'm easily fooled,
I take a painful step and I get knocked back two.
I do all I can and it's all I can do, but I'm true.

And if I had the choice I'd take the voice I got
Cause it was hard to find.
You know I've come too far to wind up right back where I started.
Ahh they tell me who I should be,
I'll never let the monkeys make a mess of me.
I give all I can and it's all I can do,
But I'm true.

One more sunset
Lay my head down - true
One more sunrise
Open my eyes up - true

And then they talk you up and then they talk you down
And you begin to doubt.
Sometimes the reasons seem so very far away.
Ahh but I'd stop breathing today,
but if I can't walk proud, I'd rather walk away.
I do all I am and it's all I can do,
Oh I'm true.

I'd give all I am and I'd give it to you.
So true.

Your Haunted Head lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Blackest eyes I've ever seen like moonstones shine,
And all the while behind the dancing eyes the boy was crying,
He creeps like ivy on the stairs, you know I liked him then,
When we would sit and drink for hours and watch the sidewalk spin.

[Chorus]
Well baby, I don't wanna hear your secrets,
I don't share your pain,
I don't wanna know about the wrinkles in your bed,
I don't wanna hear about the ghost inside your haunted head,
Inside your haunted head.

Now, I don't need your tragedy and I don't need your shame,
You can't keep your promises, but you keep naming names.
He laid his troubles out to me like a deck of playing cards,
Well don't you know that I can tell the Kings and Jokers well apart?

[Chorus]
Now, I don't wanna hear your secrets, I don't share your blame,
I don't wanna hear about the wrinkles in your bed,
I don't wanna hear about the ghost inside your haunted head,
Inside your haunted head!

Haunted,

Head.

Dance Along The Edge lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Sometimes we laugh like children
Go running hand in hand.
I never felt like this before,
I never will again
Sometimes we cry like babies
I hold you to my heart.
I just can't stand to see you sad,
It tears me all apart

And we're so afraid and it's such a shame,
There is no reason we should doubt it.
And the things we want to say we've never said!
And we look away and it's all okay and
Never really talk about it
It's a shame the way we dance along the edge

Dance along the edge.
Dance along the edge.

We always seem so careful,
We're always so unsure.
Our past mistakes they make us shaky, eyes on the door.
When do we stop searching
For what we're searching for?
Then when it comes we question love and try for more!

And we're happy here, but we live in fear
We've seen a lot of temples crumble.
Some of flesh and blood from love under glass.
Will we come undone? Will we turn and run?
And will we know it when we find it?
It's a game the way we dance along the edge.

Dance along the edge.
Dance along the edge.

[Solo]

And we'll walk the line and we'll do our time
For just as long as we've been given,
And pretend that we don't hear the things they've said.
Can we promise love, Is it all too much,
And do our old souls still believe it?
It's insane the way we dance along the edge.

Dance along the edge.
Dance along the edge.

[Outro]

Dance along the edge...

Still In Hollywood lyrics - Concrete Blonde

I was walking down the street early this morning
Past the graveyard, voices whisper to me.
I was walking down the street, early this morning
And the silver tears of rain hung from the leaves
And I swear I heard the voices singing to me...
Singing to the rhythm of the beat of my feet,
I swear I heard the voices singing to me -
Keep on, keep on, keep on.

Still in Hollywood!
oh WOW! Thought I'd be out of here by now.
Still in Hollywood!
My, my I'm running on a wheel and I don't know why
I don't know why.

And on the bus today, I met the queen of L.A. -
At least she said she was and who am I to say?
She was sixty-five and full of life,
She had purple-painted cheeks
And glitter on her eyes
And the troll on the corner, I flipped him a quarter
And he looked at me and smiled.
He wasn't abused, he wasn't confused,
He had nothing to gain and less to lose in Hollywood

Oh WOW! Thought I'd be out of here by now.
Still in Hollywood!
My, my I'm running like a rat and I don't know why

And so it's three A.M., I'm out walking again.
I'm just a spot on the sidewalk in a city of sin.
He doesn't give a fuck, he's living under a truck.
You know it coulda been me, guess it's just my luck.
But I swear I hear the voices singing to me -
Keep on, keep on, keep on.

Still in Hollywood...

Song For Kim (She Said) lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Oh, Kim
Your diary said
The voices calling you from the edge
They finally called you away
You know I hear them too
They're telling me to stay
Oh, Kim
Remember when
We had a million plans
And we believed them
Angry words ring in my head
I'd give every song I got in me
To bring it back again

She said I could
She said hold on, hold out
'Cause it's good
She said you're right
She said hold on, hold out
'Cause I know that you can fight
I know that you can

You're right again
There is an easy way
Out of this world
I'm staying
I wonder why
It may be all I have
But it's mine, it's mine

She said I could
She said hold on, hold out
'Cause it's good
She said you're right
She said hold on, hold out
'Cause I know that you can fight
I know that you can

She said
(Kim used to say)
I could
(I know you could)
She said hold on
(Hold on)
Hold out
(Hang on)
'Cause it's good
She said
(Kim used to say)
You're right
(You know you're right)
She said hold on
(Hold on)
Hold out
(Hang on)
'Cause I know that you can fight
I know that you can.

Beware Of Darkness lyrics - Concrete Blonde

(originally by George Harrison)

Watch out, now, take care, beware of fallen singers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips
Beware of darkness

Watch out, now, take care and beware of thoughts that linger
Winding up inside you're head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night
Beware of darkness

It can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore and what is more
That is not what you are here for

Watch out, now, take care and beware of softshoe shufflers
Dancing down the sideboards
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly
Beware of darkness

Watch out, now, take care and beware of greedy leaders
They take you where you should not go
While weeping at the cedars
They just won't grow
Beware of darkness

Over Your Shoulder lyrics - Concrete Blonde

I watch you eat
I watch you sleep
I see you in between your sheets
Oh! No. There I am.
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
Whatever you say, I'm watching you.
Oh! No. There I am.
Over your shoulder
Over your shoulder
Over your shoulder
Oh! No. There I am again.
My eyes, when you see,
My ears, when you hear
You can't get away from the face in the mirror.
No, no, no, no, no -
There I am.
Wherever you go
However you do it,
baby, I'm the only one true to you
There I am.
Over your shoulder
Over your shoulder
Over your shoulder
Everything we did,
Everything we said,
If ever you're with another
I'll be in your bed
Oh! No. There I am.
Trying to forget my face and my name
As hard as you can.
It won't be the same at all.
Over your shoulder...

Little Sister lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Mama's nest is empty, all the babies grown and gone
And you're talking. I can hear me, you should hear you.
Look into a younger face that used to be my own
Years apart they make it harder to be near you.
Little sister
Little sister
All the times you couldn't tell her how you miss her.
But I'm only half a heart away.
Over all the time and distance I am where you are.
And I love you. Above all we're flesh and blood.
Little sister
Little sister
All along the way the road gets turned and twisted
And it hurts some, yeah you know it hurts some
Trying to find your way home.

(You're The Only One) Can Make Me Cry lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Lots of guys can make me laugh
And show me some good time
Treat me nice and want me by their side
Lots of people call themselves my friends
And that's alright
But you're the only one I let inside

You're the only one who leaves me warm and satisfied
And you're the only one who takes me wrong and makes me right
Oh, and if you took your love away
You'd leave me high and dry
Cause baby, you're the only one can make me cry

Now lots of people talking at me
Tell me what is right
And lately I just don't know what to do
Ah, the only thing that matters is
If you're with me at night
Everything's all right when I'm with you

You're the only one who leaves me warm and satisfied
And you're the only one who takes me wrong and makes me right
Oh, and if you took your love away
You'd leave me high and dry
Baby, you're the only one can make me cry
You're the only one can make me cry.

Cold Part Of Town lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Dear darling,
Haven't seen you in a while.
Found some change in my pocket,
I thought I'd take a chance and dial.

I'm all right,
Just right now, a little down.
'Cause it gets chilly over here,
It's a cold part of town.

Dear darling,
You were right about them all.
When my luck went bad,
They never came around or called.
That's all right,
'Cause I don't miss them anyhow,
But it gets chilly over here, sometimes,
It's a cold part of town.

[Chorus]
Cold part of town,
Cold part of town.

I'll go now.
There's someone waiting for the phone.
It's raining out,
It's getting dark and I'm alone.
Can I call ya (you)?
And can I sometime come around?
Well, it gets chilly over here sometimes,
It's a cold part of town.

And it gets lonely over here, sometimes.
Cold part of town,
And it gets lonely over here.....

[Chorus]
Cold part of town,
Cold part of town ([sounds like:] It's been a while and I still think about you)
Cold part of town (I know right where I am)
Cold part of town (Woahh)
Cold part of town

It'll Chew You Up And Spit You Out lyrics - Concrete Blonde

Yeah

Well, I was tripping down the street early this morning
And the psychic lady pointed at me
She said, "Come on in," and I gave her my money
Said, "Tell me, tell me what you see"
And she said she saw the angels dancing with me
Dancing to the beat of my feet down the street
She said she saw the angels dancing with me
To keep on, keep on, keep on, now

(Still in Hollywood)
Oh wow
Thought I'd be out of here by now
(Still in Hollywood)
My, my
I'm running on a wheel and I don't know why
I don't know why

And I ran into Tony Pony, what a goddamned phony
Had a new fish on the line
Well, the last one left with the last bad check
The only good one that he ever had died
I got to live and let live, I got to learn to forgive
You know that everybody's got a right
But there's evil all around me in this broken-down city
That's a twenty-four hour fight

(Still in Hollywood)
Oh wow
I thought I'd be out of here by now
(Still in Hollywood)
My, my
I'm running on a wheel and I don't know why
(Still in Hollywood)
Oh wow
I thought I'd be out of here by now
(Still in Hollywood)
My, my, my, my
I'm running on a wheel and I don't know
Don't know
Don't know why

So let's me and you go get a new tattoo
We can hop on the Harley and cruise
We can start at the pier and share a beer
Head out to the desert, I can feel it from here
Ride all the way to where the lizards play
Riding on and on and on
There's a million stars, it will blow you away
It's all so Concrete Blonde, now

(Still in Hollywood)
Hey
That's right
You know we can ride it out all night
(Still in Hollywood)
Hey, hey, hey
I got to got away
Got to get away, yeah
(Still in Hollywood)
My, my, my
Yes, I'm glad to be alive
(Still in Hollywood)
Oh, mama gonna be somebody
Someday, sometime
(Still in Hollywood)
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
(Still in Hollywood)
Yeah, and I want to get out alive
Don't you know I'm
(Still in Hollywood)
Oh, doing fine
Oh, listen baby
(Still in Hollywood)
Oh, want to be out of here by now

(What's-a-matter with you, young man
Going to Hollywood, gonna be a big shot
That town's gonna suck you up and spit you out
You ain't gonna have a pot to piss in
Don't come back to me for a job
You made your bed, now sleep in it
Go back to these Copelands, what else
Who are they anyways
The Stewie, Miles Copelands
You ain't gonna have a dime
Big shot).

Concrete Blonde other songs:

I Want You lyrics - Concrete Blonde

It's been a long, long time
And too many miles
of handshaking strangers
parading their smiles
Of all the faces that come and go
The only one I really wanna know

I want you
I want you

And all the people they never stop
They're talking their parrot talk
But your voice is clear through the noise in my ear
So what?

Can't believe I can feel this way
The only one way I know how to say

I want you
I want you

I can't wait cus I can't take it
I know you've been contaminated
My love is warm, my love is strong
If there's anything you learn to be afraid
But then time marches on and it kicks you aside
And they said we have time
But you know that they lied

I know you don't need to be
caught in between my extremes
But you've shown me things I so needed see
So believe when I say to you
No matter where I am, I'd rather be with you
I want you
I want you
I want you
I want you