THE REPLACEMENTS: Don't Tell A Soul Originally transcribed by Doug (meep@wpi.wpi.edu) Corrections submitted by David Nicholson and many other //Skyway\\ subscribers. Big headphones, upped treble and further polishing by Dave Watson (aj153@freenet.carleton.ca). Please send any corrections to "skyway@novia.net" (And feel free spread this file to any lyrics servers!) (//Skyway\\ information follows these lyrics) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TALENT SHOW (3:29) In my waxed up hair and my painted shoes Got an offer that you might refuse Tonight, tonight, we're gonna take a stab Come on along, we'll grab a cab We ain't much to look at so Close your eyes, here we go We're playin' at the talent show Playin' at the talent show Come on along, here we go Playin' at the talent show Check us out, here we go Playin' at the talent show Well we got our guitars and we got thumb picks And we go on after some lip-synch chicks We're feelin' good from the pills we took Oh, baby, don't gimme that look We ain't much to look at so Close your eyes, here we go We're playin' at the talent show Playin' at the talent show Come on along, here we go Playin' at the talent show Hop a ride, here we go Playin' at the talent show Well it's the biggest thing in my life I guess Look at us all, we're nervous wrecks Hey, we go on next Talent show Talent show Playin' at the talent show Playin' at the talent show Wish us luck if you can't go Playin' at the talent show An empty seat in the front row We might even win this time, guys, you never know It's too late to turn back, here we go BACK TO BACK (3:18) Back to back to back to back to back Back to back Now how you gonna hold me Back to back How you gonna show me Back to back Baby that's a fact You know that I made a mistake You know that I will stand face to face And now I gotta take it Back to back Back to back Why don't you put a book upon our heads And put some pistols in our hands Count twenty paces at dawn Count twenty questions we'll get wrong You know that I made a mistake You know that I will stand face to face If you want Face to face If you only turn around Turn around I can't take it Back to back Back to back Back to back We're standin' back to back We're livin' back to back You're holdin' back to back And now I'm gonna hold me Back to back to back to back to back WE'LL INHERIT THE EARTH (4:15) "Shocking how nothing shocks anymore," the message read as it washed ashore Skies turn black as my eyes look down Written on the back are these words I've found: "We'll inherit the earth but we don't want it It's been ours since birth, what'cha doin' on it? We'll inherit the earth but we don't want it Layin' claim at birth, what'cha doin' on it?" Waterfalls of grain flow through our hands We're too weak to stand and too weak to stray Big trees sway and the air is still Lovers climb at the top of a hill and say "We'll inherit the earth but we don't want it It's been ours since birth, what'cha doin' on it? We'll inherit the earth but we don't want it Laid our claim at birth, what'cha doin' on it?" We watch the world from the padded cell And our eyes scream what our lips must quell Oh, well... {I've been told that the light shines darkness} {...it ain't quite the same} {the dark gales} {if I was off the wall then it's you I bring} {remains} {they're all frustration whales} Last bundle of twigs grew strong and young We can't hold our tongues at the top of our lungs We'll inherit the earth but don't tell anybody It's been ours since birth, and it's ours already We'll inherit the earth but don't tell anybody It's been ours since birth, and it's ours already We'll inherit the earth but don't tell anybody Don't tell a soul {mumble} I got my hands in my pockets and I'm waiting for the day to come (Inherit the earth Inherit the earth...) ACHIN' TO BE (3:40) Well she's kind of like an artist Sittin' on the floor Never finishes, she abandons Never shows a soul And she's kind of like a movie Everyone rushes to see And no one understands it Sittin' in their seats She opens her mouth to speak and What comes out's a mystery Thought about, not understood She's achin' to be Well she dances alone in nightclubs Every other day of the week People look right through her Baby doll, check your cheek And she's kind of like a poet Who finds it hard to speak Poems come so slowly Like the colors down a sheet She opens her mouth to speak and What comes out's a mystery Thought about, not understood She's achin' to be I've been achin' for a while now, friend I've been achin' hard for years Well she's kind of like an artist Who uses paints no more You never show me what you're doing Never show a soul Well, I saw one of your pictures There was nothin' that I could see If no one's on your canvas Well, I'm achin' to be She closes her mouth to speak and Closes her eyes to see Thought about an' only loved She's achin' to be Just like me THEY'RE BLIND (4:32) The demands made upon you Are hard to live up to It's futile to try and deny And the things you hold dearly Are scoffed at and yearly Judged once and then left aside 'Cause they're blind They hold you too close to the light and I see what they only might if they'd learn but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind To the brown-eyed beholder See the chip on your shoulder That fools everyone to believe that you're so hard to talk to And so easy to [read] through Yet nobody looks past your sleeve, yeah 'Cause they're blind They hold you too close to the light and I see what they only might if they learn but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind They only like what they can see An' what they can't, they just can't agree If you run to me, run, run Only like the day with her Only like a date with her then you'll run back Then you'll run back blind 'Cause they're blind They hold you too close to the light and I see what they only might if they'd learn but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind An old man said to me Go home and take it easy And run to me, run, run Only like a date with her Only one more day with her Then I'll run back Then we'll run back blind They hold you too close to the light And I see what they only might if they learn But they're letting us burn 'Cause they're blind ANYWHERE'S BETTER THAN HERE (2:46) You press your luck Up against his body Now you're stuck But you like it down and dirty You don't care Where the hell you're goin' Anywhere Is better than goin' Anywhere is better than Anywhere is better than Anywhere is better than Anywhere is better than here Your hair is black Because you taint it Your life's a joke so tell me, ain't it? Anywhere is better than Anywhere is better than Anywhere is better than Anywhere is better than here You press your luck But you don't care They play with your head But they never stroke your hair Anywhere is better than here ASKING ME LIES (3:37) Summoned through a keyhole In a lunchbox for three Take me to your followers And the swingset police You can't see the weather You've got to pull the blinds Tellin' you questions Askin' me lies Well the rich are gettin' richer And the poor are gettin' drunk In a black and white picture There's a lot of grey bunk Man, you're hittin' them books And hittin' their streets Won't be hard to find Tellin' you questions Askin' me lies Happy birthday Whosever birthday it is today Born yesterday It's a wonder you're still alive And they're tellin' you questions And they're askin' me lies Little Boy Zoo An' the rock with his helpful friends Butterfly train Never ends, never ends At a Mexican Bar Mitzvah For seven hundred years The selfish pray You're gonna drive right by/live live Tellin' me lies And they're askin' me lies Tellin' you questions Askin' me lies Happy birthday Whosever birthday it is today All the sex spit in it gone down on this fight Tellin' you questions Askin' me lies They're telling you questions And they're asking me lies Telling you questions And they're asking me lies Askin' me lies Lies Lies... I'LL BE YOU (3:25) If it's a temporary lull why'm I bored right outta my skull? Man, I'm dressin' sharp an' feelin' dull Lonely, I guess that's where I'm from If I was from Canada then I'd best be called lonesome [BTW, I read in an interview that Paul was struck with how some people in Canada used the word "lonesome" instead of "lonely," hence this lyric.] And if it's just a game Then I'll break down just in case Oh yeah, we're runnin' in our last race Well, I laughed half the way to Tokyo I dreamt I was Surfer Joe An' what that means, I don't know A dream too tired to come true Left a rebel without a clue And I'm searching for somethin' to do And if it's just a game Then we'll hold hands just the same So what, we're bleeding but we ain't cut And I could purge my soul perhaps For the imminent collapse Oh yeah, I'll tell you what we could do You be me for a while I'll be you A dream too tired to come true Left a rebel without a clue Won't you tell me what I should do? And if it's just a lull why'm I bored right outta my skull? Oh yeah, keep me from feeling so dull And if it's just a game Then we'll break down just in case Then again, I'll tell you what we could do You be me for a while You be me for a while and I'll be you I WON'T (2:36) Do you want me to party? You want me back at yakety-yak? Do you drive around a lot? Drive around since I care? Do you want me to send a letter or a note? I won't Fallin' in love for the first time, my my my Fallin' in love for the hundred millionth time Do you want me to send a letter or a note? I won't Keep them cards and letters I'm thinking and I'll think my fill Do you want me to hide it? Want me to come an' see? Do you want me to drive it? Wrap it up C.O.D. Do you want me to send a letter or a note? I won't Do you want me to send a letter or a note? I won't Drive me crazy, drive me to look back Get out of my bed, get outta my yakety-yak Do you want me to send a letter or a note? I won't Well, I won't No, I won't ROCK 'N' ROLL GHOST (3:20) Well you know and you go When I'm alone I have no cause to think about the shit we used to know Made of snow Well you came and you stayed No one here to raise a toast Be my guest and I will be a host To a rock 'n' roll ghost Well, you said, "He's better off dead" You think that I might have heard a word but I was much too young and much too cool for words Look at me now No one here to raise a toast Take me by the hand, man, raise a toast A rock 'n' roll ghost To a rock 'n' roll ghost We don't know until we're gone There's no one here to raise a toast I look into the mirror and I see A rock 'n' roll ghost A rock 'n' roll ghost DARLIN' ONE (3:39) The smell of man that now scents your wings and with that, brings a change in things Banished forever from the sacred nest On your snow-white breast I feel there's still unrest I said, hey, darlin' one Your time has come Hey, darlin' one Five hundred midnights since have passed Since I held you fast You were safe at last Wax burnt my finger like a clear blue flame So young and tame I was to blame N' I call your name, darlin' one Your time has come I said hey, darlin' one Your time has just begun I cupped my hands around you and I swore you would fly My tears fell through the dirt as I heaved you to the sky and I heard, "Darlin' one Your time has come Your time has come Hey, darlin', darlin', darlin' one" Hey, darlin' one, your time has come.