EELS - SOULJACKER (2001)
Coming home from the school today
Crying all along the way
Ain't no way for a boy to be
Begging ma to shave me please
You little punks think you own this town
Well someday someone's gonna bring you down
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
You, take back what you said now
That's the last time I cry
You tell me what it is to be a friend, now
'Till I walk beside you on the street now
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Going back to the school tomorrow
Hang my hairy head in sorrow
Ain't no way for a boy to be
Aint' no way to set me free, now
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy
Did you think that I would laugh when you said I was small
Did you think that that would pass as if nothing at all
You say a lot of funny things, my little bunny
And I almost always laugh, but that's not really funny
You play the little bells and tell a good story
You bake delicious pie and that's enough for me
But I don't think I am your man, and you're my little honey
And I like what you have to say, but that's not really funny
You must not continue to wear my ?skin? like me
The neighbour children threw the window to the sea
The little boy will wipe his nose bacause it's runny
Then point at me and laugh, but that's not really funny
You don't have a clue
What it is like
To be next to you
I'm here to tell you
That it is good
That it is true
Birds singing a song
Old pain is peeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Words can't be that strong
My heart is real
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Try, try to forget
What's in the past
Tomorrow is here
Love, orange sky above
Lighting your way
There's nothing to fear
Birds singing a song
Old pain is peeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Words can't be that strong
My heart is real
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Some people are good
Babe in the hood
So pure and so free
I make a safe bet
You're gonna get
Whatever you need
Birds singing a song
Old pain is peeling
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
Words can't be that strong
My heart is real
This is that fresh
That fresh feeling
That fresh feeling
This is that fresh feeling
Woman driving, man sleeping
Wear the suitcase on the rack
White lines shooting by
On the pavement like the sky
Looking straight ahead, into the black
Woman driving, man sleeping
There's no radio to play
Sitting with the map
Laying crumbled on her lap
Looking for the toll money to pay
Man sleeping is man dreaming
In a large apartment house
Walking and knocking on doors
Woman driving, man sleeping
Passing all the other cars
Searching in the black
But never turning to look back
A little metal box under the stars
Man sleeping is man dreaming
In a large apartment house
Walking and knocking on doors
Woman driving, man sleeping
Woman driving, man sleeping
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah
Johnny don't like the teacher
Johnny don't like the school
One day Johnny is gonna to do somethin'
Show 'em he's nobody's fool
Oh yeah
Sisters Brothers make better lovers
Family affair down under the covers
Trailer parks the broken hearts
Won't let you leave until you're bleeding
Sally don't like her daddy
Sally don't like her friends
Sally and Johnny watchin' TV
Waitin' for it to end
Oh yeah
Sisters Brothers make better lovers
Family affair down under the covers
Trailer parks the broken hearts
Won't let you leave until you're bleeding
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah
If you're scared of dying you better
Not be scared to live
I've been spending all my days
Giving all I can give
Last night I heard someone walking
Through my bedroom door
What they want I'm not exactly sure
A friendly ghost
Is all I need
A friendly ghost
Is all I need
Working time on a broken watch
Countin' days till the the old shop sells me back my saxophone
And everyone's gonna leave me alone
Two times I thought I heard someone
Knocking on the glass
I hit my head and prayed that it would last
A friendly ghost
Is all I need
A friendly ghost
Is all I need
If you're scared of dying you better
Not be scared to live
I've been carrying round a grudge
I think I better forgive
Last night I heard footsteps walking
On the attic floor
Got up and I opened up the door
A friendly ghost
Is all I need
A friendly ghost
Is all I need
If you're scared of dying you better
Not be scared to live
I've been spending all my days
Giving all I can give
Looking down town, sunrise of sam
Bring it on down now, I'm in a jam
Where did you find such a rocking vest?
So get away kid you've become a pest
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Silky gown
Pink and brown
Shut you down
And shut you up
Little lizard legs and little lizard tails
Always taste better when you're sitting in jail
Still I don't think I can't resist
After all the turds that I had to kiss
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Keep an arms length from the long arm law
Gonna to the banks for a fifty dollar draw
Gonna find a place where the werewolves hang
Knocking on the door, for a fifty dollar bang
Silky gown
Pink and brown
Shut you down
And shut you up
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
Heaven can't help a teenage witch
From sinking deeper down into the ditch
I don't miss where I came from
But each night I dream about being back home
When I wake up in the morning
I'm too tired, tired of being alone
So I get up and go downtown
And pick me out a little piece of ground
Where I can prove something to the world
I can prove something to the world
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Daddy put us in the truck and
Dropped us off and said good luck, then
One lucky kid waiting for the bus
Made a winner out of one of us
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Going down by the railroad tracks, where
People know that they better not relax
I'm the man, baby, I am the man
This is where I can make you understand
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Mama had an epidural
Hoping I would be a girl
The night was black, the sky was booming
The darker clouds were surely looming
I heard screaming, the doctor shouts
And baby, then
I came out
And here I am
Found my way, down the street
Chicken Hawks, favorite meat
The man was big, the gun was loaded
He had cash, but never showed it
I heard screamin', bleeding throat
And baby I got on that boat
And here I am
Now I'm up here in the trees
Shaking off the bugs and fleas
The days are long, the sun is beatin'
Each day I don't die is cheating
Send me some lovin'
Send me some lovin'
Send it now
Send it by giraffe
Or jungle telegraph
Send it by giraffe
Or jungle telegraph
Or Jungle telegraph
Jungle telegraph
In this world of shit
Baby you are it
A little light that shines all over
Must take over and see us through the night
Daddy was a troubled genius
Mama was a real good egg
Why don't we just get together
For whatever and see if it's alright
I spent so many days
Just staring at the haze
And I think that that's a book
That I don't have to write again
Now when I rise I shine
I got you on my mind
And the question isn't if
The question is merely when
Baby I confess
I am quite a mess
So let's get married and make some people
More than equal in this world of shit
I will make a pledge
To get down off the ledge
You and I belong together
And forever we will have our love
Souljacker can't get my soul
Ate my carcass in a black manhole
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can shoot me up full of bullet holes
But the souljacker can't get my soul
Souljacker can't get my soul
Left my carcass with the worms and moles
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can hang my neck from the old flagpole
But the souljacker can't get my soul
The sun kisses the morning dew
just the way that I'm kissing you
The birds are tweeting in sweet harmony
Teaching the free world how to be free
The day is new and a good one too
How can I prove my love to you
I wanna give you everything
Me and the birds
Now we're gonna sing
When I wake up to your beautiful smile
Sometimes it takes me a little while
To realize that I am awake
And that living today will be
A piece of cake
And I won't keep you for myself
No you're not a toy on my shelf
The world needs to know that you're here
So spread your wings and fly, my dear
The day is new and a good one too
How can I prove my love to you
I wanna give you everything
Me and the birds
Now we're gonna sing
The day is new and a good one too
How can I prove my love to you
I wanna give you everything
Me and the birds
Now we're gonna sing