J. P.  Olsen & The Haynes Boys Burn Barrell All lyrics by J.P. Olsen Subject:      Re: Burn Barrell -Reply                Date:          Mon, 01 Jun 1998 17:21:46 -0500 From:          JP Olsen               To:       Settler@Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE   Here's the lyrics from the Burn Barrel tape. I put () around things that are American products, etc., so it may clear up the meaning... I also put them there for repeated lyrics. Anyway, let me know if you need anything else and thanks for playing us in Germany. PS - We're going into the studio to work on a few more songs so we don't have any release date for this as of yet.   A letter from Tim Easton (Haynes Boys)
Tim Easton Website CREEP OF LOVE - Hey girl, over by the drinking fountain Do you remember me, 'cause I remember you - I'm the creep of love Well I saw you today with your new boyfriend, In all the places I thought you might go with me - I'm the creep of love Well we're a mismatched pair And you can let them them stare - at the creep of love I can give you all my love is Can't you feel the pain you're causing me? When the push comes to shove I skip the velvet glove I'm the creep of love Some men are rich, or famous or tragic But no me, sister, mundane is my magic over you - I'm the creep of love Yeah, we're a mismatched pair And I'm your last affair with the creep of love Well we're a mismatched pair And you can let them them stare - at the creep of love I can give you all my love is Can't you feel the pain you're causing me? When the push comes to shove I skip the velvet glove I'm the creep she once loved ANDY UZZLE Andy Uzzle has seen it all - hated every minute of it. Crime scene photographer, stepping over blood Stole a photograph of a loved one Andy Uzzle works from 7 to 2 And he reaches his destination Couple of lefts, stop light, small talk with the mother of a loved one Andy got shoten up in Beruit Came home and married a New York Jew and got divorced Tagamet (this is an ulcer medicine) Tagamet for the victim Andy Uzzle has seen it all - hated every minute of it Crime scene photographer, stepping over blood Stole a photograph of a loved Andy, Andy got a knock on the head Cry, crying as he bled There's no remorse for the victim Tagamet No remorse, no remorse For the victim MRS. TUBBS The policemen came up to Mrs. Tubbs' door And they told her exactly what her daugther was arrested for Had a little trouble working down at the bank And they're breaking the news of grand larceny Where the money all go? Where the money all go? Did she hide it in her pants, did she give it to a friend? Where the money all go? Money go... She bought a champagne gold Mazda MPV (a popular car in the suburbs) And a 50" screen color tv She got some jewelry at the mall, she got a shirt somewhere She got all that money and she just spend, spend, spend Newspapers were knocking, neighbors were talking to them Mrs. Tubbs was shaking, shaking like a rhesus monkey She said, "Why oh, why would my daughter go and do that?" But she didn't do the math because her daughters' got her boyfriend back She's got her boyfriend back With a champagne gold Mazda MPV With sensurround sound, from Circuit City (an appliance and stereo store) And she's driving it home, she says now what will he think Of my brand new floor length casual mink Newspapers were knocking, neighbors were talking to them Mrs. Tubbs was shaking, shaking like a rhesus monkey Shaking like a rhesus monkey (repeat) LITTLE COWBOYS And she swears, if she cut him right now He'd only bleed whiskey and snakes She wanted herself a cowboy Now she got one, but good This is our life together This is our baby boy (repeat) Now the situation was avoidable But so was his kiss... She wanted herself a cowboy Now she's got one, for good He used to walk around this house In his green fertility boots Saying things like, "I can do that" (repeat) She cut a pillow, out of cloth That wouldn't iritate the skin She stiched in the letters Axel is his name This is our life together This is our baby boy TODAY IS CHAMPAGE There is a couple dancing in the window She wears a hat, he wears his in his hand They've been dancing for hours And the record's still spinning Don't say goodnight, today is champagne They've got a house Right on the alley Dogs are tied up in chains They wake em up, early for work This is the usual day He says, it'll be all right Today is champagne When you're drinking with me You don't have to pretend When you're drinking with a friend I've got some groceries, got a package of cigarettes What's the good word today I got some bills but I left them in the mailbox I guess they'll have to wait It'll be all right, today is champagne When you're drinking with me You don't have to pretend When you're drinking with a friend REVILED! Chainsaw and a motorcycle Old rifle and an early grave This is the world he scorns This is the world he's been pulled into Somehow Some way deep He goes wild while the animals sleep And he's reviled! Where's he gonna get the $1500 Another date with misdemeanor This is the world he's torn apart This is the world he's beholden to Somehow Some way deep He gets by on an hour of sleep And he's reviled! The cops at the station they were on the phone The dispatcher turns her head and says, "welcome home" It's a thin line... (repeat) You can't see it, but there's a hand The one that's been shoving at him Some people in this world they soar Some people they're just born - torn, some way deep And they go wild while the animals sleep And they're reviled!