My Bag

Hey I was walking my bag
through a 20 storey non stop snow storm
Pirrelli calender girls westling in body lotion
my head's swimming with poetry and prose
excuse me one moment whilst I powder my nose
me and my good thing are just about as close as can be
we gave up sleep at the age of 17
my world's getting bigger as my eyesight gets worse
I can't see the lines on my idiot board
what above love?
I don't let that stuff in my house
this is the glamorous life there's no time for fooling around

Lord have mercy I know what I'm doing
I don't need an alibi I need a fire escape and an open window
It's my problem it's nothing I can't deal with
I'm not chasing anything just jogging baby
What's your bag?

Hundred million dollar jam
got some traffic yessir in my nose
motorcycle speed cops burning up my dust roads
my baby left me heck ain't that a shame
she's over in the corner with my new best friend
I'm doing fine with my whisky and wine
and meet me in the john john meet me in the john john

Lord have mercy I know what I'm doing
I don't need an alibi I need a fire escape and an open window
It's my problem it's nothing I can't deal with
I'm not chasing anything just jogging baby
What's your bag?

Spin spin whisky and gin I suffer for my art
bartender I got wild mushrooms growing in my yard
fix me a quart of petrol clams on the half shell
feels like prohibition baby give me the hard sell
more give me more give me more more more
I'm your yes man yes maam I'm your yes man

Lord have mercy I know what I'm doing
I don't need an alibi I need a fire escape and an open window
It's my problem it's nothing I can't deal with
I'm not chasing anything just jogging baby

from the Hip

This one's from the hip
Oh mother you have sorely misjudged me
It should have been whipped
out of me
Without a father figured I
Yes, I concluded then that I'm not for spitting on

This one's from the hip
My love I should have warned you about me
It never got whipped
out of me
Me and my modesty and
Mother, your wretched son won't take his medicine

Not I
I don't care anymore
I'm sick and I'm tired
And I don't care anymore
This one's from the hip
Why should I know why
It's a wicked world?

I've had it up to here
Sweet Jesus I should have warned you about me
It's sure to end in tears
and misery
Without a father I figured I
yes I concluded then that I'm not for spitting on

Not I

Why should I know why should I care?
Who's telling me what I should wear?

Mother, your wretched son is hooked on his medicine

I don't care anymore
I'm sick and I'm tired
And I don't care anymore
This one's from the hip
Why should I know why
It's a wicked world?

29

Life begins at thirty
So I have been told
I can easily believe it
The way i'm getting on
Yes I'm getting on

You hang around backstreet bars
For what you wish you knew
You say give me something cheap
Something i won't want to keep
Love's not everything

I was just hoping you might stay
Hell, it's hard to say
I was hoping you might stick around
Until the morning

You've heard it all before, kid
I'll say it all again
and I'm going to live a lush life
An ask for nothing much life
Love's not everything

I was just hoping you might stay
Hell, it's hard to say
I was hoping you might stick around
If you were doing nothing
Fool for love..

I was just hoping you might stay
But it's not easy to say
Hey, you doing nothing?
Fool for love..

And it's not only the lonely
Not only the lonely
Fall for love.

Mainstream

When am I ever going to kick the curse?
I took my medication I feel worse
Swimming is easy when you're stuck in the middle of the Mississippi
All you have to do is crawl

15 years a big shot in a one horse town
Riding the elevator shafts with your hip flask and your sun bed tan
You were born stupid mister you were born cheap
All you have to do is crawl

When are you ever going to see the sense?
I kick it in and you just spit it right out again
Swimming is easy when you're headed for the deep
All you have to do is crawl.

One for the money, baby, two for the money
Get back in that elevatorJack eat up your milk and honey
Guess you were born lucky mister ain't life sweet?
All you have to do is crawl

When are you ever going to see the sense?
I kick it in and you just spit it right back out again
Swimming is easy when you're stuck in the middle of the Misssissippi
All you have to do is crawl

Jennifer she said

Jennifer we can't go wrong let's put it in writing
Jennifer we can't go wrong let's do it right now
Maybe you were a little hasty
But they say love is blind

Now her name's on you
Jennifer in blue

Did you ever have a bad dream wake up and it not stop?
Did you ever feel for a girl for a time and then stop?
Well it's written there in blue
With a heart and arrow through

Her name on you
Jennifer in blue
Oh, forever you said that's forever you said
Forever
and forever she said that's forever she said
Forever..

But you change with the weather
And this is the rain

mr. Malcontent

Johnny stumbles Johnny falls
under slogans
off the wall
he sees where's the sense
he says call me mister Malcontent

A waste of space and alcohol
drinking rain and eating soil
and slogans off the wall
cannot express himself at all

Cut off my nose despite my face
And I will not more longer wait
Or should I laugh or should I cry
Or should I part my hair behind?

Or should I laugh or should I cry
As I become all I despise?

Sean Penn Blues

The Western Minnesota Intercollegiate Circle telephoned
they said
Hey Sean could you mosey on down to our gala ball
It reads mister Madonna kicks some beat poetry

If I could i would I would I swear I would be better
But it seem I am just a natural no good
And what's more I like living like that

After seven lines seventeen maybe i had to stop
These philistines were yelling hey Sean
I could not be heard for cowhand laughter
I picked up my books and headed for the door

and if I trash this tv then I know I will feel better
guess it seems I am just a natural no good
and I like it like that

But when I see you coming down my street
You walk right in and then you
Walk all over me
Oh yeh I need you
Gatecrashing on my beat
Put on your high heels and baby
Walk all over me

Fat hacks new york times food columnists
Want to review my soup yeh honestly
My wife says i go looking for trouble
I surely find it
Do you think i like livin g like that?

If I trash this tv then I know I will feel better
guess it seems I am just a natural no good
and I like it like that

But when I see you coming down my street
You walk right in and then you
Walk all over me
Oh yeh I need you
Gatecrashing on my beat
Walk in like Nancy Sinatra
Walk all over me

Big Snake

High tide
In the cool of the mist
Walking in the shadows of the trade ships
I'll be your baby
I will not be your man
I will not be around when you call
Oh daddy
I'll be daddy's little girl

Black water
The warm summer rain
Washes your tears into the big snake
Into the ocean
And your skin is so white under harbour light
Should you fall I'll be your baby
Say I'll be daddy's little girl

Oh daddy
I'm all alone now

Hush little baby
Don't you cry
I will sing you a lullaby

It's high tide
In the still of your room
And the big snake's crawling
Through the smoke and perfume
To be your baby
I will not be your man
I will not be around when you fall
I'll be your daddy
I'll be daddy's little girl
Say it be my daddy
I'll be daddy's little girl

Oh daddy
We're all alone now

hey Rusty

Hey Rusty
It's a long time
Remember
It's like yesterday
Stealing cigarettes
And laughing as they chased us
Down the boulevards

Then I got a job
White collar
Turn coat
And you just spun around and walked
Said we wouldn't meet again

Hey Rusty don't hang up
I feel so young
Hey Rusty don't hang up
because we're still young
I just need one friend

She said hey
Don't take it so bad
She said hey
It wasn't so much
We just ran out of gas
Or something like that

That's when I
I crashed my car
Not by chance
And not out of love
Then i walked out of that job
You should've seen their faces

Hey Rusty don't hang up
I just need one friend
And we're not finished yet
No way

Hey Rusty
I changed my mind
What d'you say we start again
No, I mean it this time
Stealing cigarettes
And laughing as they chase us
Down the boulevards

These Days

You don't need a lover in this climate
You don't need a boyfriend in your bed
These days
Pull a blanket round you, baby

If you're looking for an early grave
Mr Anderton will lead you to it
He says
Pull a blanket round you, baby

Some have said
I'd go now rather than wait
Just to sit and watch my days slip away
So surely

You don't need a lover in this climate
You don't need a boyfriend in your bed
These days
Pull a blanket round you, babe

Jesus Said

Jesus said to Mary
Lord, the things we do for love
Well, do think I seem self conscious
It's only you I'm thinking of
Well I was hiding in the bathroom
Quite unable to cry
Now I'm weeping with a vengence
Since your voice came down the line

I moved up from the country
Though I never could have stayed
I just dipped my hand in the water
And got carried away

Well would you put me down
Just for being around
At the wrong time of day?
Or would leave me while I'm sleeping
Out through the fire escape?
They tell me swans do fly
Across a perfect sky
And it's a purist's sky tonight
So you'll desert me in the morning
On account of your cruelty and spite

I moved up from the country
To wave goodbye to all that
I just leapt up on that riverboat
And I never will look back

Jesus said to Mary
Lord, the things we do for love
Well, did she think he was self conscious
It was only her he was thinking of
Well I was hiding in the bathroom
Quite unable to cry
Now I'm weeping with a vengence
But these are tears of joy, oh my

I moved up from the country
Though I never could have stayed
I just dipped my hand in the water
And got carried away

Lonely Mile

I'm standing at the crossroads
I'm waiting for a sign
Anyway the wind blows
Yes sir, I'll take as mine

So Mister, where you're heading
Is where I'm going to
I guess I'm going to like it
Expect that's what I'll do

Anywhere but here

I guess I'm going to miss her
I guess so, for a while
So where you're heading, mister
I guess that'll be just fine

Anywhere but here

Please

Please be mine
I'll do anything
Please be mine
I'll go anywhere
Please be mine
I'll be anyone
Please be mine
Please

I know I'm not your sign
But I'm not the hurting kind

Please be mine

Please be mine
I'll do anything
Please be mine
I'll go anywhere
Please be mine
I'll be anyone
Please be mine
Please

You know I'm not your sign
But I'm not the hurting kind
Won't you let me try and change your mind
Won't you let me even try?

Please Be Mine..

I'm not the hurting kind
No, I'm not your average kind
Won't you even try?
Everything will be so fine

I'm going to give you my heart
I'm going to give you my everything
Here comes my heart
Here comes my everything

Love Your Wife

After being drunk for eleven years
Did you ever feel like
Some little thing
Pretty little thing
Could be missing from your life?

Always beaten down
Almost breaking down
Did she ever feel like
Some little thing
Silly little thing
Could be missing from her life?

Did you ever feel like
Some little thing
Could be missing from your life?

I think she needed something
I think she needed someone around
I think she needed something

Did you ever like
Some little vagabond
Could be messing with your wife
Messing with your life

all lyrics written by Lloyd Cole and published by Chrysalis Music