Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:02:36 +0100 "Gunnar Hedlund" "Hans Settler" Thanks Gunnar! @ARTIST: Warren Zevon @ALBUM: Life'll Kill Ya @SONG: I Was In The House When The House Burned Down I had the shit till it all got smoked I kept the promise till the vow got broke I had to drink from the lovin' cup I stood on the banks till the river rose up I saw the bride in her wedding gown I was in the house when the house burned down I may be old and I may be bent but I had the money till it all got spent I had the money till they made me pay then I had the sense to be on my way I had to stay in the underground I was in the house when the house burned down I was in the house when the house burned down I met the man with the thorny crown I helped Him carry his cross through town I was in the house when the house burned down I was in the house when the house burned down I met the man with the thorny crown I helped Him carry his cross through town I was in the house when the house burned down I had the shit till it all got smoked I kept the promise till the vow got broke I had to drink from the lovin' cup I stood on the banks till the river rose up I saw the bride in her wedding gown I was in the house when the house burned down @SONG: Life'll Kill Ya you've got an invalid haircut it hurts when you smile you'd better get out of town before your nickname expires it's the kingdom of the spiders it's the empire of the ants you need a permit to walk around downtown you need a license to dance life'll kill ya, that's what I said life'll kill ya and then you'll be dead life'll find ya wherever you go requiescat in pace that's all she wrote from the President of the United States to the lowliest rock and roll star the doctor is in and he'll see you now he don't care who you are some get the awful, awful diseases some get the knife, some get the gun some get to die in their sleep at the age of a hundred and one life'll kill ya, that's what I said life'll kill ya, then you'll be dead life'll find ya wherever you go requiescat in pace that's all she wrote maybe you'll go to heaven see Uncle Al and Uncle Lou maybe you'll be reincarnated maybe that stuff's true maybe if you were good you'll come back as someone nice and maybe if you were bad you'll have to pay the price life'll kill ya, that's what I said life'll kill ya, then you'll be dead life'll find ya wherever you go requiescat in pace that's all she wrote @SONG: Porcelain Monkey he was an accident waiting to happen most accidents happen at home maybe he should've gone out more often maybe he should've answered the phone hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame' that's how he earned his regal sobriquet then he threw it all away for a porcelain monkey he threw it away for a porcelain monkey gave it all up for a figurine he traded it in for a night in Las Vegas and his face on velveteen from a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns through the wrought iron gates to the TV room he had a little world, it was smaller than your hand it's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom left behind by the latest trends eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends that's how the story ends with a porcelain monkey he threw it away for a porcelain monkey gave it all up for a figurine he traded it in for a night in Las Vegas and his face on velveteen porcelain monkey hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame' that's how he earned his regal sobriquet then he threw it all away for a porcelain monkey he threw it away for a porcelain monkey gave it all up for a figurine he traded it in for a night in Las Vegas and his face on velveteen porcelain monkey ... @SONG: For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer I can saw a woman in two but you won't want to look in the box when I do I can make love disappear for my next trick I'll need a volunteer I can pull a rabbit out of a hat I can pull it out but I can't put it back I can make love disappear for my next trick I'll need a volunteer step right up for my next trick I'll need a volunteer ... it's lonely up here when the tricks have been played and the spotlights have faded and the plans that we made have fallen apart it's lonely as hell and there's no magic spell for a broken heart you can put me in chains and I will escape better not wait up 'cause I might be late I can make love all disappear for my next trick I'll need a volunteer it's lonely up here when the tricks have been played and the spotlights have faded and the plans that we made have fallen apart it's lonely as hell and there's no magic spell for a broken heart I can saw a woman in two but you won't want to look in the box when I do I can make love disappear for my next trick I'll need a volunteer step right up for my next trick I'll need a volunteer ... @SONG: I'll Slow You Down you know I hate it when you stick your hand inside my head and switch all my priorities around why don't you go pick on someone your own size instead go on without me, I'll just slow you down go on without me, I'll just slow you down you always say you know me somehow I don't think you do maybe you should buy another vowel you're jumping to conclusions so I can't keep up with you go on without me, I'll just slow you down I'll just hold you up when I fall behind I'll just throw your schedule off so you get going if you're so inclined you know I hate it when you stick your hand inside my head and switch all my priorities around you think you're pretty tricky but you're simply overbred go on without me, I'll just slow you down go on ... @SONG: Hostage-O I can see me bound and gagged dragged behind the clownmobile you can treat me like a dog if you make me feel what others feel you can train me, you can drain me if you make me lose control I will be your prisoner I will be your hostage-o I will be your prisoner I will be your hostage-o all you have to do is ask I'll be happy to say yes I'll put on the creepy mask if you'll grant me some forgetfulness you can strain me, you can maim me you can chain me to the floor I will be your prisoner I will be your hostage-o I will be your prisoner I will be your hostage-o and this loneliness unbearable and it all goes by so slow I will stand in line for the sacrifice for the shamefaced love of the ugly vice I will pay the price to see how far you'll go let me be your prisoner let me be your hostage-o I can see me bound and gagged dragged behind the clownmobile you can treat me like a dog if you make me feel what others feel you can sprain me, you can blame me if you make me lose control I will be your prisoner I will be your hostage-o I will be your prisoner I will be your hostage-o @SONG: Dirty Little Religion I like to think I've earned my reputation for rushing in where angels fear to tread I'll take you home to meet the congregation we'll all get together in my tent I make a dirty little religion out of lovin' I'll make a dirty little convert out of you I make a dirty little religion out of lovin' I'll make a dirty little convert out of you they treat you like a red-headed stepchild and try to keep you nailed to the floor join us for the countdown to the rapture we never turned a sinner from our door I make a dirty little religion out of lovin' I'll make a dirty little convert out of you I make a dirty little religion out of lovin' it's a dirty little religion, hallelujah dirty little acolyte, dirty little one learn the fundamentals of desire can I get a witness to my testament can I get an amen from the choir dirty little religion ... I like to think I've earned my reputation for trying to take the bull by the horns I'll show you where I get my inspiration where we plow and where we plant the corn I make a dirty little religion out of lovin' I'll make a dirty little convert out of you I make a dirty little religion out of lovin' it's a dirty little religion, hallelujah dirty little acolyte, dirty little one you'll learn the fundamentals of desire can I get a witness to my testament can I get an amen from the choir @SONG: Back In The Highlife Again (Steve Winwood, Will Jennings) it used to seem to me that my life ran on too fast and I had to take it slowly just to make the good parts last but when you're born to run it's so hard to just slow down so don't be surprised to see me back in that bright part of town I'll be back in the high life again all the doors I closed one time will open up again I'll be back in the high life again all the eyes that watched me once will smile and take me in and I'll drink and dance with one hand free let the world back into me and oh I'll be a sight to see back in the high life again you used to be the best to make life be life to me and I hope that you're still out there and you're like you used to be we'll have ourselves a time and we'll dance 'til the morning sun and we'll let the good times comes in and we won't stop 'till we're done we'll be back in the high life again all the doors I closed one time will open up again we'll be back in the high life again all the eyes that watched us once will smile and take us in and we'll drink and dance with one hand free and have the world so easily and oh we'll be a sight to see back in the high life again we'll be back in the high life again all the doors I closed one time will open up again we'll be back in the high life again all the eyes that watched us once will smile and take us in back in high life @SONG: My Shit's Fucked Up well, I went to the doctor I said, I'm feeling kind of rough let me break it to you, son your shit's fucked up I said, my shit's fucked up well, I don't see how he said, the shit that used to work it won't work now I had a dream ah, shucks, oh, well now it's all fucked up it's shot up to hell yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up it has to happen to the best of us the rich folks suffer like the rest of us it'll happen to you that amazing grace sort of passed you by you wake up every day and you start to cry you want to die but you just can't quit let me break it on down it's the fucked up shit yeah, the shit's fucked up fucked up @SONG: Fistful Of Rain you can dream the American Dream but you sleep with the lights on and wake up with a scream you can hope against hope that nothing will change grab a hold of that fistful of rain grab a hold ... grab a hold of that fistful of rain when your grasp has exceeded your reach and you put all your faith in a figure of speech you've heard all the answers but the questions remain grab a hold of that fistful of rain grab a hold ... grab a hold of that fistful of rain and when diamonds turn back into coal grab a hold, children, grab a hold when the mountains crumble and you're ready to rumble and roll like a runaway train and when diamonds turn back into coal grab a hold, children, grab a hold when the mountains crumble and you're ready to rumble and roll like a runaway train in a heart there are windows and doors you can let the light in you can feel the wind blow when there's nothing to lose and nothing to gain grab a hold of that fistful of rain grab a hold ... grab a hold of that fistful of rain @SONG: Ourselves To Know we left Constantinople in a thousand ninety-nine to restore the one true cross was in this heart of mine to bring it to Jerusalem and then sail home to Rhodes we took that holy ride ourselves to know we took that holy ride ourselves to know everyone got famous, everyone got rich everyone went off the rails and ended in the ditch but we had to take that long, hard road to see where it would go yeah we took that holy ride ourselves to know we took that holy ride ourselves to know now if you make a pilgrimage I hope you find your grail be loyal to the ones you leave with even if you fail be chivalrous to strangers you meet along the road as you take that holy ride yourselves to know you take that holy ride yourselves to know @SONG: Don't Let Us Get Sick don't let us get sick don't let us get old don't let us get stupid, all right just make us be brave and make us play nice and let us be together tonight the sky was on fire when I walked to the mill to take up the slack in the line I thought of my friends and the troubles they've had to keep me from thinking of mine don't let us get sick don't let us get old don't let us get stupid, all right just make us be brave and make us play nice and let us be together tonight the moon has a face and it smiles on the lake and causes the ripples in time I'm lucky to be here with someone I like who maketh my spirit to shine don't let us get sick don't let us get old don't let us get stupid, all right just make us be brave and make us play nice and let us be together tonight