THE REPLACEMENTS: All Shook Down Originally transcribed by Francois Rousseau, and corrected by numerous //Skyway\\ subscribers. Please send any corrections to "skyway@novia.net" (And feel free spread this file to any lyrics servers!) (//Skyway\\ information follows these lyrics) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MERRY GO ROUND A "hush" was the first word you were taught and they watched you wear the clothes they claimed they bought they brought you down to watch the merry-go around In fall, you knew how much a trouble doll around your neck when you lost you wouldn't make a sound but I could hear your little heart pound and I watched your feet slip off the ground Merry go round in dreams writes 'em down, it seems when she sleeps, she's free merry go round in dreams You wake to another day and find the wind's blow'in out of key with your sky only you can see and the rain dancin' in the night everybody stands around in daylight Merry go round in dreams writes 'em down, it seems when she sleeps, she's free merry go round in dreams and everybody thinks she's sick she's got two worlds she can pick and she's sad Hush is the only word you know and I stopped listening long ago they ignored me with a smile you as a child but the trouble doll hears your heart pound and your feet say goodbye to the ground Merry go round in dreams writes 'em down. it seems when she sleeps, she's free merry go round in dreams Merry go round in dreams Merry go round in me Merry go round round and round in me Merry go round round and round in me repeat ONE WINK AT A TIME One wink at a time one wink at a time Magazine she flips through is the special double issue smells like perfume she leaves it on the plane Baggage claim is this way so watch her walk down that way in a hurry to put an end to his day She's got the devil in her eyes only one way to exorcise him one wink at a time one wink at a time A mail order ring wrapped tight around a Singapore sling at night thinkin' to yourself it needs some more rum use me to lean against You try to hail an ambulance try sticking out your tongue she's got the devil in her eyes only one way to exercise him one wink at a time one wink at a time any other time's cool any other time's cool any other time's cool any other time's cool one wink at a time She's got the devil in her eyes and only one way to exercise him and that's one wink at a time one wink at a time One wink one wink at a time one wink at a time She's got the devil in her eyes and only one way to exorcise him and that's one wink at a time one wink at a time One wink one wink at a time one wink at a time NOBODY Heartaches, on your wedding day double takes when they look my way knees quake, there ain't a shotgun in the place you like the frostin', you just bought the cake your eyes can't fake still in love with nobody and I won't tell nobody The bridegroom drags you 'cross that room said I do but honey you were just a kid your eyes said I did still in love with nobody nobody, nobody and I won't tell nobody Take a look on your wedding night in your wedding book see what name I signed hey love nobody, nobody, nobody then nobody nobody, nobody, nobody repeat Hips shake to the band for old times sake now you make your get away and you're waving to the stage but on the last page says love nobody nobody, nobody and I won't tell nobody nobody, nobody that you're still in love with nobody nobody, nobody and I used to be nobody nobody, nobody anymore more BENT OUT OF SHAPE There's popcorn for dinner last night it was cheesecake a little sleepy-time tea spiked with another heartache I smell you hair the clothes I wear I miss your face can't you see I'm bent all out of shape you got me bent all out of shape I couldn't lie if I tried yeah you kept me staight it don't feel so good but it made me feel great bent out of shape You wanna be a dancer and I'm on my last leg call but you don't answer I call again tomorrow I call again today I smell your hair the clothes I wear I miss your face can't you see I'm bent all out of shape you got me, got me bent all out of shape I couldn't lie if I tried oh you kept me straight it don't feel good but it's gonna feel great bent out of shape I don't need no lover I don't need no more friends they tell me to forget her tell me to forget her but I never felt better Then to smell your hair the clothes I wear I wear your face can't you see I'm bent all out of shape you got me bent all out of shape Well my friends all say it shows, it shows now I don't care who knows and that feels good it made me feel great bent out of shape Got me bent out of shape Got me up Got me up repeat SADLY BEAUTIFUL From the very first day that you were born to the very last time you waved and honked your horn I had no chance at all to watch you grow up so sadly, beautiful up so sadly, beautiful Baby needs a brand new pair of eyes cause the ones you got now see only goodbyes had no chance at all to let you know oh so sadly, beautiful sadly, beautiful Well you got your father's hair and you got your father's nose but you got my soul sadly, beautiful From the very last time you waved and honked your horn to a face that turned away pale and worn had no chance at all to let you know you left me sadly, beautiful left me sadly, beautiful Sadly, beautiful so sadly so sadly SOMEONE TAKE THE WHEEL Rip out the table we need room to move in a life unstable you're so easily amused anywhere you hang yourself is home throw in a tape, fix the tone Someone take the wheel and I don't know where we're going anybody say what you feel back home I guess it's still snowin' The windows are dirty, let's hope it rains add another newspaper something to do with my change I see we're fighting again in some fuckin' land Throw in another tape man Someone take the wheel and I don't know where we're going anybody say what you feel everybody's sad, but nobody's showin' Show me one night kiss until a long time/I'm tired show me one night show The music is pounding out in that rain and we're standing in the shadow forever on the brink turn it up so I don't have to think Someone take the wheel and I don't care where we're going anybody say what you feel everybody's sad, but nobody's showin' Someone take the wheel someone take the wheel WHEN IT BEGAN Stop at a light that shine bright blue and where you've been is still in view you stop at nothing at your first chance now it's nothing like when it began when it began when it began when it began Long ago, or yesterday the queen sits quietly as the jester plays she plays off with their heads and on with my pants oh and it was something, when it began oh when it began when it began when it began Oh and nothing hey that's something I understand I dance, try to make you laugh I play the fool, a king at your command oh yeah hey I never had to bow to you when we began now I can play you a tune at your command Ooo and if you say nothing then that's something I'll understand when it began when we began when it began when it began repeat ALL SHOOK DOWN Hollywood cops shoot each other in bed and I wouldn't go to see 'em they put the checkbook to my head Tinkertown liquors emperor's checkers some shit on the needle like your record The fifth grippin' weak an absolute must one of the years best ain't say'in much throw'in us trunks/drunk as we're starting to drown we're all shook down all shook down shook down all shook down She don't do dance and she don't do us the black and white blues oh yeah I got'em in color The fifth gripping week an absolute might one of the years best in sight they throw us trunks/drunk says we're starting to drown we're all shook down down all shook down down all shook down down all shook down down Praises they sing a register rings one of the time that nobody brings Praises they sing shake my hand as I drown all shook down (down down) all shook down down all shook down down (down down) all shook down down (down) ATTITUDE Well when you open that bottle of wine you open a can of worms every time now you don't stop, that ain't true never said a word, I never had to it was my attitude that you thought was rude it was my attitude Old habits are hard to break and I don't know how much I can take what I think is on the tip of my tongue should I let it slip it was my attitude that you thought was rude, not me it was my attitude that you thought was rude Remember sitting back in school I held my tongue until it turned blue they said I had an attitude You just failed my test cause I know you be the best so wipe me off as you conclude A B-O-B/P-O-V/M-Y-O-B is what I can't use (Bob Stinson/point-of-view?) I got an attitude I got an attitude Said I had an attitude said I had an attitude said I had an attitude an attitude said I had an attitude HAPPY TOWN The plan was to sweep the world off its feet so you sweep the garage for the neighbours to see the plan was to set the world on its ear and I bet you don't know why you're here Who knew that avenue was bound for happy town happy town happy now happy town Actors, authors, artists and thieves have afternoon parties where nobody heaves former strippers and junkies and men of the cloth and we all fell in line and got lost Who knew that avenue was bound for happy town happy town hey, happy now happy town happy town happy town happy town The plan was to set the world on its ear and I'm willing to bet you don't last a year the plan was to set the world on fire but it rains every day on the liar In happy town happy town happy town repeat TORTURE A million baby kisses from a kissing booth on wheels this sign is pretty poison on the envelope she seals and your love is by the way who knows exactly how she feels Who's torture without you, it's torture what new Your climb into your rocket ship and count from ten to one there's no television coverage for that loser on the run you hide yourself in darkness but we're heading for the sun Who's torture torture ooh without you, yeah torture torture ooh what to do, it's torture torture ooh without you, it's torture torture ooh Tighter and tighter and tighter soon yeah torture An 809 is rockin with a party full of lies and on the tenth floor smokin till the sun's about to rise there's trouble/strugglin' in 302 can't you see it in my eyes Who's torture torture ooh without you really torture torture ooh what to do, it's torture torture ooh without you it's torture who's torture MY LITTLE PROBLEM The feeling you're gett'in is downright depressing do you foresee a way out for me Well it's not my problem to help you solve them do you wanna go through it do you really wanna do it Don't you wanna be my little problem don't you wanna be my little problem Probably tell your friends you were on a bet/bed all the many pieces that you're never gonna mend Let's put it together some way, somehow something's wrong but I can't stop now, no no no no no no no no Don't you wanna be my little problem slide up next to me any time don't you wanna be my little problem I never had a problem till I knew you'd try to solve it well I never had a problem don't you... till I told you, yeah The feeling you're gett'in is downright depressing do you foresee a way out for me I never had a problem till I met you try to solve 'em oh I never had a problem don't you wanna don't you wanna be my little problem shut up next to me any time don't worry I can see my little problem don't you wanna be my little problem My little problem my little problem repeat THE LAST Does it hurt to fall in love so easy does it hurt to fall in love so fast does it hurt you to find out thirty-second hand is it such a big task such a big task are you too proud to ask remember last one was your last It's too early to run to momma it's too late to run like hell I guess I would tell ya cause it don't work to ask that this one be your last and this one child is killing you this one's your last chance to make this last one really the last Oh are you too proud to ask is it such a big task remember last one was your last The next one's always gonna last for always the next one's always on me Would it help to fall in love a little slower I know it hurts at any speed so you have another drink and get down on your knees you been swearing to God now maybe if you'd ask that this one be your last cause this one child is killing you this one's your last chance to make this last one really the last gonna last for always it's gotta last for always repeat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- / // The\kyway \\ / skyway@novia.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) 1996 Bastards of Young (BOY/BetaOmegaYamma) Productions list manager: Matthew Tomich (matt@novia.net) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKYWAY SUBSCRIPTION/WEB PAGE INFORMATION Send all listserver commands in the body of a letter to "majordomo@novia.net" To subscribe to the //Skyway\\: subscribe skyway To unsubscribe from the //Skyway\\: unsubscribe skyway The //Skyway\\ web page: http://www.novia.net/~matt/sky/skyway.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send submissions to: skyway@novia.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------