1. |
Difficult Man
02:56
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pick apart my gaze,
it’s been a troublesome year
picked up a troublesome fear of somebody getting close to me
we’ve been driving slow so our transmission don’t blow
we’ve got a couple more shows and a couple thousand miles to go
at the Rio Grande
we met a difficult man
he said “boys, there’s blood on my hands and I’m runnin just to feel the wind”
so we left him there, beneath the weight of his stare
and I’d be willing to swear there’s a standing stone right where he stood
i was there
i was broken
i was on my way
i was bare
tired and broken
i was on my way
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2. |
Rock n Roll Song
03:29
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i am an ocean
i am as strong as the ocean
days are illusions
i can see through the curtain
you are the instigator
i am the investigation
no two kids are snowflakes special
this is the entire threshold
i’m Wolverine
i have the bones of a machine
no one can touch me
i am as old as the redwood tree
you are the instigator
i am the investigation
no two kids are snowflakes special
this is the entire threshold
you are the inspiration
i am the imaginator
false the king that knows no prophet
we are subjects to his profits
this is a rock n roll song I wrote not too long after seeing you
i was overjoyed, but i could tell that you were annoyed
it’s like we were never friends, judging by your expression
now i wanna die, or maybe i just want you to die
Lisa, you’re part of the lie
you no longer can remember why you tried
burn the dice
twist the wire tight
this is a Cadillac door, a part of a thing that was once worth more
i’m too dumb to explain, it’s sort of like flowers in cellophane
you’re sort of my last hope
we’re different but not, like two isotopes
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3. |
Coffee Cup
01:41
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open your eyes and put on your disguise again
hope this relationship’s somethin worth stickin around a few years for
god i’m so sick of this comfortable existence
you’re in the kitchen, but not making coffee, of course
she said “of course” and added an “I love you”
i do too but I’m scared
‘cause my parents’ love was short
and not evenly endorsed
shut up, no you shut up
who broke my coffee cup?
don’t cry, the world’s gonna end pretty soon anyway
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4. |
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well you don’t hold my hand anymore
and you don’t scratch the back of my neck
oh how am I gonna get my baby back?
well you don’t have the time for me
the little things that used to make you smile
i haven’t seen those teeth in a while
we used to own this side of town
we knew all the best streets to walk down
you used to love to mess around
how low, the weeping willow tree
her sorrow hung before the world to see
i would not trade the world for thee
but you don’t hold my hand anymore
and you don’t scratch the back of my neck
oh how am i gonna get my baby back?
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5. |
American Wisdom
04:14
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i don’t know why this liquor tastes
like getting hugged by someone you hate
i don’t know why I’d rather say
“i love you” than “i am afraid”
i am afraid
up in the sky and down below
i don’t know where we’re going
up in the north it’s cold and grey
i don’t know why we stay
i don’t know why
we stack stones to live in
and leave for our children
American wisdom
kill the thing you come from
i don’t know why i don’t know why
seems I’d have known by now
i don’t know why we need to say
“i don’t know what to say”
just say nothing
we stack stones to live in
and leave for our children
American wisdom
kill the thing you come from
and what will the kids do?
disconnect, they’ll have to
this is not about them
better off without them
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6. |
On the Way Down
03:32
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on the way down
i stopped in to have a quick drink
at the far table
you wore a leather jacket, i think
you were so quiet
now you don’t ever shut up
keeping it cool, I delivered a thirty-five minute lecture on Dragonball Z
on the way down
a couch got left out in the rain
leading to our first fight
i was sure you would just walk away
but when it was over, we ate Wendy’s on the ride back home from the dump
on the way down
stopped short at the edge of a cliff
steady like a Peterbilt
and built like an olympian
picking my sad ass up
out of the hole that i dug for my damn self
no you never had the patience for my low self-esteem
on the way down
like waking from a real long dream
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7. |
Kensington
02:33
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though i’m often alone, i’m afraid of my shadow
in the emptiness of home, even memories can feel hollow
i’m fallin up the stairs
fists balling
i’m pulling out my hair
tears streaming
name calling
i am facing my fears as i bury my rabbit
in the backyard, by the fence, where the kudzu can’t have it
i’m laughing in a dream
at my brother
i’m losing all my teeth
one after another
i remember my house
i remember my rabbit
now i’m talking to myself
i’m such a fool for my old habits
but i’m open to change
i am ready for this weekend
in the absence of pain
i am filled with indecision
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8. |
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all i need
all i need is a couple days
just some sleep
a little time to recuperate
me and you
we take some time
we get away
all i need is a little time
and a little space
i see the world
does it revolve around you or me or anyone?
or anything but the sun?
it isn’t it isn’t up to us
it isn’t up to anyone
i see the world
does it revolve around you or me or anyone?
or anything but the sun?
it isn’t it isn’t up to us
it isn’t up to anyone
all i want
all i want is for you to be with me
a test run
anything but, well, legally
me and you
we take some time
we go to sleep
all i want
is a little love and some hollering
i see the world
does it revolve around you or me or anyone?
or anything but the sun?
it isn’t it isn’t up to us
it isn’t up to anyone
i see the world
does it revolve around you or me or anyone?
or anything but the sun?
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9. |
Sometimes I Get Sad
03:11
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sleepin through my Monday blues
still wishin i was sleepin next to you
standin at the foot of my bed
you turned to leave, and not a word was said
do you love me like i love you?
and was there truly nothing either one of us could do?
well sometimes i get sad
but i’m alive and so are you
and at the heart of pain there is a consciousness that’s true
shaking through another Sunday afternoon
i never used to drink as much as you
but you can still hang your hat on me
it’s been years since i had a reason to leave
and do you love me like i love you?
and was there truly nothing either one of us could do?
well sometimes i get sad
but i’m alive and so are you
and at the heart of pain there is a consciousness that’s true
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10. |
Valley Head
03:38
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let that red water flow right through my grave
lower Appalachia is where i was named
and of my transgressions, i’ll not say a thing
my past endeavors are not fit to sing
oh father who art in Valley Head
well she looks just like her mother
and she talks just like her dad
the movies make her happy
and prisons make her sad
i guess working at the Xaxby’s
is just what there is to do
i saw her at the counter
through the window of the drivethru
Walmart be thy name
lord knows it’s tough to be both honest and free
and i never quite could find that balance in me
but nothing tastes as bitter as lies on the wind
and nothing feels better than hugging a friend forever and ever and ever, etc.
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11. |
Difficult Man (Reprise)
01:19
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100 Watt Horse Tallahassee, Florida
and i'll be light as a feather
and i won't have a
face
and i won't have a gender
and if i had troubles
i won't remember
and the air will taste sweet
like muscadine wine
or just
muscadines
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