Paul Westerberg - Suicaine Gratifaction
        Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:12:27 +0100
        "Gunnar Hedlund" 


Thanks to Gunnar!


@ARTIST: Paul Westerberg

@ALBUM: Suicaine Gratifaction
 

@SONG: It's A Wonderful Lie 
 
get up from a dream and I look for rain
take an amphetamine and a crushed rat's brain
how am I feelin', better I suppose
how am I lookin', I don't want the truth
what am I doin', I ain't in my youth
I'm past my prime or was that just a pose
it's a wonderful lie and I still get by on those

I've been accused of never opening up
you get too close then I keep my mouth shut
I'm gonna run to the wind where the big bad city blows
it's a wonderful lie and I still get by on those
it's a wonderful lie, by on those

now you can dress to the eights, you can dress to maim
it'll make you feel great this fortune and fame
wearing too much makeup not near enough clothes
it's a wonderful lie and I still get by on those
it's a wonderful lie and I still get by

so don't pin your hopes or pin your dreams
to misanthropes or guys like me
the truth is overrated I suppose
it's a wonderful lie and I still get by on those
it's a wonderful lie and I still get by...


@SONG: Self-Defense 

cheekbones and hormones, your only self-defense
lying through dinner and your rock and roll teeth again
you've harbored a coward, fed him full of broth
this nocturnal sadness leave you pale as this tablecloth
careful don't you spill your dinner
that would be a good defense
then you wouldn't have to sit here on the fence

cheekbones and hormones, he's the accidental man
tell you in a stage whisper about the boy who cried benefit
as the poet drags the darkness within him to the light
it's only in self-defense that they drag you out into the night
careful don't you spill your dinner
that would be your best defense
careful what you go and wish for

an idiot and a genius standing up to dine
breaking manmade laws, 'cause I only follow those that are divine
and only when you're chased do you ever run fast
and it's wrong to commit a suicide
it's only in self-defense


@SONG: Best Thing That Never Happened 

I'm the best thing that never happened
I'm the best thing you never had
you're the best thing that never happened
that never happened, it's really too bad
and I was the last thing that you ever wanted
I'm the best thing you never had

you were the first one to turn me on
to turn me on fast, to turn me down flat
you were the first one to turn me on fast
to turn me on fast, to turn me down flat
'cause I was the last thing that you ever wanted
still the best thing you never had

now you don't know what you're missing
you'll never know what you had
you'll never know what you're missing, oh yeah

I was the best thing that never happened
the best thing you never had

you want the pick of the litter
don't go away bitter, now I wouldn't do that
I was the last thing that you ever wanted
the best thing you'll never have
and I'm the best thing that never happened
the best thing you'll never have
the best thing you'll never have


@SONG: Lookin' Out Forever 

the one who loves you most is giving up the ghost
and taking to the stage like a stone on a grave
yeah I think of her every once in awhile
every once in awhile, forever

I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I love you now forever now, yeah
I love you now forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I love you now forever now
I love you now forever now
I love you now forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I love you now forever now, yeah

ain't nothing else I can say, nothin' left to give her
abandon the wind I'm a bend in the river
standing by the bank, they're calling me across
think of me sometimes when the river flows because

I'm lookin' out forever now ...

God I know I'm going home
God I don't belong

taste me in his kisses, waste me in my prime
replace me with another think of me some time

I'm lookin' out forever now ...


@SONG: Born For Me

when the lonliest eyes and the emptiest arms
finally decide to meet
with a head in a lap and a tongue tied in knots
then the lonliest eyes try and speak
you were born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you

for a couple of nights you could say you're my wife
you could stay or run away if you please
the heaviest head and the emptiest hands
you'll be safe in the light
when we kiss, when we breathe
you were born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you
you were born for me, beautiful and blue
stay here with you

I can't bear it, I can't share it
with anybody in my little world
I can't hide it, I'll never find it
with another girl, yeah

when we kiss, when we breathe
you were born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you

I can't bear to try and share you
well, I'm the one to talk
you're the one that's free
when you forget me then you'll let me fade away
you'll always be

born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you
you were born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you


@SONG: Final Hurrah

all of the sun that New York will allow
is taking one last bow and left
let's throw this night to the fuckin' wind
don't ever want to hear these words again
if only we had, I wish that we did

you're my latest last chance
my final hurrah
this day went so fast
I barely even saw you

clap your hands and stamp your skinny wrists
cross me off your list in the sand
and throw this night to the fuckin' wind
I don't ever want to hear these words again
if only we had, I wish we did

you're my latest last chance
my final hurrah
this day went so fast
I barely even saw you writhe
you barely even saw me cry
I barely even saw you

you're my latest last chance
my final hurrah
this day went so fast
my final hurrah
in your black satin pants
my final hurrah ...


@SONG: Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves 

people swear opposities attract
I don't care about that
is it fiction or fact
we're identically sad
we've got tears rolling up our sleeves
nobody here's putting us at ease
is it fiction or fact
we're identically sad

never a moon on water shone
you do here
we're got tears rolling up our sleeves
we're got tears rolling up our sleeves

pregnant for minutes and bored for hours
not soon enough he'll be ours
is it fiction or fact
we're identically sad
to be with him for just one night
would you throw away your whole damn life

never a moon on waterworks
just you and me
we're got tears rolling up our sleeves ...


@SONG: Fugitive Kind 

I've been bought, it's quite a scandal
just got out alive
I gave 'em all that they could handle
then I took a dive

so take a chair and make it snappy
tryin' to lose these jerks
say a prayer and make it simple
it's the only kind that works

on the outskirts of the sundown
I feel like Billy the Kid
don't know where I'll go or run now
like I ever did

is this where I belong
hurry up, quick and you can come along
we ain't got time for you to grab your stuff
what's flowing through our veins is good enough

I'm the fugitve kind, you better make up your mind
I can't wait
you can run-run-run-run away with me
but never from your fate
you can run-run-run-run away with me
but never from your fate

I've got strange and grandiose ideas
I never know or care what day it is
we can write down our dreams and hide 'em under the bed
and walk down the street with lightbulbs on our head

I'm the fugitve kind, you better make up your mind
I can't wait
you can run-run-run-run away with me
but never from your fate
you can run-run-run-run away with me
but never from your fate

I stood alone on that stage
just like a stone on a grave
you could be my lover
I'd make you laugh
or just another epitath

I'm a bad idea whose time has come
and I'll never forget where I started from

I'm the fugitve kind, you better make up your mind
I can't wait
you can run-run-run-run away with me
but never from your fate
you can run-run-run-run away with me
but never from your fate
you can run-run-run-run away with me
but never from your fate


@SONG: Sunrise Always Listens 

talking to myself again
my sentences ramble at great length
and I believe I have just started
to bore the only guy who's listening
and the sunset and the lampshade
and the TV and the bed
but the sunrise always listens
the sunrise always listens
somtimes she even finishes my sentences

and I don't need a skywriter
to make graffiti in your sky
your world is a ballon to me
I'll poke a hole and see what's inside
I bored a sunset and a lampshade
and a TV then a bed
but a sunrise always listens
the sunrise always listens
yes sometimes she'll even finish my sentences

like I want her, yeah, and she starts to laugh
and throws back her golden head

talking to myself again
my sentences ramble my sentiment
I believe I've started to go out of my head
and there's no one here to hear just what I've said
but the sunrise always listens
yeah the sunrise always listens
yeah the sunrise even finishes my sentences
yeah the sunrise always listens


@SONG: Whatever Makes You Happy 

whatever makes you happy
is exactly what you will wear
I wouldn't dream of changing you
for a minute or in a year
whatever makes you happy
is exactly how you will stay
whatever makes you happy is okay

whatever makes you hungry
is the one thing you have found
you're starving for affection
I guess sex just lets you down
whatever makes you turn away
it's a shame it made you wait
for whatever makes you happy I don't care

you make me nervous, you make me jealous
you make me wonder when you lie
you make me want to vomit and I promise
I want you 'til the day I die

whatever makes you famous
ain't contagious, please don't run
you're falling down a stairwell
calling farewell anyone
whatever makes you lonesome
it's the same that sets you free
now whatever makes you happy
I'm pretty sure isn't me
whatever makes you happy, baby
I could make you happy baby


@SONG: Actor In The Street

who here in the crew was he talking to
he was laughing and smoking
who here in the crew was he talking to you
what words were spoken

I shot an actor in the street
it was my debut at directing
we nailed him in the hands and feet
last seen he was in his trailer resting

who here in the crew was he talking to
what was he saying
who here in the crew was spoken to
was he smoking and laughing

I shot an actor in the street
mmm mmmm mmmmm

I shot an actor in the street
last seen he was in his trailer resting
I need a retake on that scene
keep looking for him I need his blessing


@SONG: Bookmark
 
father left, you were crushed
like the petals of a flower
between the pages of a novel
a long forgotten bookmark
the end of a sad chapter
when he left her she read no more

and so left all trust
of any man that wants you
to dress in black plastic
or sing with your eyes only
as though you were autistic
whisper diamonds and insolence

enter misadventure
neither tawdry or resplendent
in clothes that hide your figure
she was daddy's little sparrow
he was a dirty picture window

Mister Inappropriate
who washes his hands after
he thinks someone is watching
too restless for education
craves only entertainment
and to this day
there is no one you trust

father left your mom
they say you were crushed
like the petals of a flower
between pages of a novel
a long forgotten bookmark