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!