1. |
The Walk
03:46
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walk to your door
i guess i need some more
i'll take it rough, i'll take it neat
walk to your door
it's really not that far
i tell myself, convince my stumbling feet
little summer satan
you always leave me waiting
i wear my winter smile for you
falling down a landslide
and springing into suicide
i wear my winter smile for you
walk to your door
the boys are sleeping on the barroom floor
they're living bitter but, man, they're dreaming sweet
walk to your door
i guess we know the score
'cause here i am, zhiggin' down the street
little summer satan...
i like them fat and i like them round
i open wide and drink you down
i like them long and i like them thick
i love you till you make me sick
and then i love you some more
walk to your door
little summer satan...
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2. |
Just a Drink or Two
02:56
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i've seen you watching me
i know you like what you see
but now the question is
what will you pay for this?
no, no, love is never free
at least not when you're loving me
if you want me to be true
you must pour out a drink or two
just pour out a drink or two
soon enough i'll be in love with you
but should your bottle run dry...
you think i was always like this?
trading schnapps for a romp and a kiss?
or maybe you just don't care
as long as you can buy your share
well, there's shares enough of me
each piece enough for three
but i'll save it all for you
if you pour out a drink or two
i was in love once, too
with a man who was nothing like you
he kissed me softly and loved me strongly
he walked with me in the park
and he listened to my voice in the dark
until god took him early and god took him wrongly
what will god pay for this?
each morning its the same
i hear his cries again
my soul will never break free
because i know it should have been me
so, pour out a drink or two
soon enough i'll be in love with you
but should your bottle run dry...
no, no, love is never free
at least not when you're loving me
if you want me to be true
you must pour out a drink or two
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3. |
Hiding the Body
02:34
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i sure could use a friend
it's funny how quickly i find i need one again
i sure could use a friend
it's funny how quickly i find i need one again
i want a real man
two strong arms, i'd show him what to do
i'd put my little heart in his big hands
until he gets rid of you
i sure could use a friend
i sure could use a friend
it's funny how quickly i find i need one again
i want a roughneck
two strong hands, solid through and through
i'd give him twice the sum of his paycheck
to help me get rid of you
i sure could use a friend
a man who's not afraid of a little heavy lifting
someone good with a shovel
i want a big man
two strong arms and a heart that's true
i'd string the big dummy along and
i'd make him get rid of you
then i'll say good-bye to my friend
bye now
yes, i'll say bye-bye to my friend
it sure was nice knowing you
i know he may be a tough man
but i'll make him understand what he needs to do
that it's time for him to move along, man
or he might end up in there with you
i sure could use a friend
i sure could use a friend...
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4. |
Hoochy
02:50
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a passing tasting
i've got my own ways
now time is wasting
you thought i would stay
i said no 'maybe'
that isn't my trait
the world is waiting
don't make me late
i've got my notion
never around long
you've got devotion
i'm where you've gone wrong
a passing tasting
i've got my own ways
the world is waiting
don't make me late
i see in your eyes
how i'd be wise not to leave you
i won't see you cry
that's a rule of the game
i have no destination
these relations are too slow
you'd be good for me
now it's time that i go
i've got my notion
never around long
you've got devotion
i'm where you've gone wrong
a passing tasting
i've got my own ways
the world is waiting - don't make her late
there's others waiting - another taste
warmth there in your arms
that is my alarm
now it's time to run
you know what i am
but before i scram
how i hate to hurt you
all the seven seas
i've got to be free
so much more to know
now its time that i go
i see in your eyes
how i'd be wise not to leave you
i won't see you cry
that's a rule of the game
i have no destination
these relations are too slow
you'd be good for me
now it's time that i go
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there's no reason to love me
and no sane man would trust me
who wants to have and to hold
what's been bought, what's been sold
just to love me?
there's no reason to know me
and what good man would need me?
who wants to peer through the dust
and forget all the lust
just to know me?
they say that her secrets are buried in stone
they say that her heart is ashes and bone
they say that her passion is empty and cold
that's what they say, that's what we've been told
they say that her love is a talented lie
a lie quite expensive but worthwhile to buy
they say that her passion is empty and cold
that's what they say, that's what we've been told
but don't i have love to give?
and don't i have life to live?
and don't i have dreams and desire
and a heart filled with fire?
ich bin liebe, ich bin leben, ich bin sie
ich bin liebe, ich bin leben, ich bin sie
ich bin liebe, ich bin leben, ich bin sie
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6. |
The Apartment
03:29
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when i come around
in another apartment
i don't want to know
this girl by my side
i can hear them say,
'it's happened again'
and i don't even know her name
so i slip out of bed
i know i won't wake her
i go through her purse
looking for change
i just take enough
to pay for the bus
i don't want them to think i'm strange
sometimes i see them smiling at me
but i know it's nothing more than a game
and sometimes i hear them laughing at me
when they don't even know my name
and when it's time to go
i wipe down the apartment
i take a shower
and pour bleach down the drain
i can hear them say,
'it's happened again'
and i don't even know her name
i can hear them say,
'it happened today'
and they don't even know my name
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tomorrow, tomorrow i'll worry
i'll grow lines on my brow and my chin
but tonight, tonight - o, let's hurry
i can't wait for the band to begin
aujourd'hui cheri, i'm yours
who knows about tomorrow?
today you delight
and for the rest of the night
tonight, tonight, i'm yours!
tomorrow the landlord may trap me
and he'll cry for his pence and his pound
but tonight, tonight i feel happy
how I love that accordion sound
[chorus]
they say that my heaven awaits me
if i'm chaste and remember to pray
but tonight salvation escapes me
so let's dance when the band starts to play
[chorus]
there may have been lovers before you
with fortunes and sweet words and rye
but tonight i only adore you
all the others i'll gladly deny
tonight i'll say you're my only
over glasses of whiskey and gin
but tomorrow i'll leave you so lonely
so let's sing that refrain once again
[chorus]
someday i may sleep in the gutter
and one day i'll sleep under the lawn
'no admittance!' st. peter may utter
but all's well if you sing when i'm gone!
[chorus x 2]
tonight, tonight, i'm yours!
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Alacartoona Kansas City, Missouri
Alacartoona's stage show is a visual extension of their all-original songbook. Utilizing a stripped down ensemble of accordion, bass, and drums, with the occasional guitar or brass, they bring to life vivid tales of love and loss, of bedrooms and back alleys, of the solitude and the camaraderie of sex, drugs and cabaret. ... more
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