THE WALKABOUTS

THE WALKABOUTS

DEATH VALLEY DAYS (1996)

  1. Drunk (On A Civilized Rule)
  2. 1 + 1
  3. Barnstorming
  4. Chain Gang
  5. On The Beach
  6. Big Black Car
  7. Cello Song
  8. Maggie's Farm
  9. Break It Down Gently
10. Train To Mercy (Italia Version)
11. Yesterday Is Here
12. Prisoner Of Texas
13. Inauguration Day
14. Pass Me On Over
15. Like A Hurricane
16. House Of The Rising Sun
17. Loswerden
18. Sand & Gravel Strings

THE WALKABOUTS

DEATH VALLEY DAYS

1. DRUNK (On A Civilized Rule)

2. 1 + 1

3. BARNSTORMING

4. CHAIN GANG

5. ON THE BEACH

The world is turning, I hope it don't turn away
The world is turning, I hope it don't turn away
All my pictures are falling
From the wall where I placed them yesterday
The world is turning, I hope it don't turn away

I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day
I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day
Though my problems are meaningless
That don't make them go away
I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day

I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone
I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone
Now I'm living out here on the beach
But those seagulls are still out of rach
I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone

Get outta town, I think I'll get outta town
Get outta town, I think I'll get outta town
I head for the stick [mumble mumble mumble]
I follow a road I don't know where it goes
Get outta town, I think I'll get outta town

Cos the world is turning, I hope it don't turn away.

6. BIG BLACK CAR

Driving in my big black car
Nothing can go wrong
I'm going and I don't know how far
So, so long

Maybe I'll sleep in a Holiday Inn

Nothing can hurt me
Nothing can touch me
Why should I care
Driving [ ? ] [gas?
It ain't gonna last

Sunny day, highway
If it rains it's all the same
I can't feel the fear (?)
I can't feel a thing

[ ? ] Big black car

Nothing can hurt me
Nothing can hurt me.

7. CELLO SONG

Strange face, with your eyes
So pale and sincere
Underneath you know well
You have nothing to fear
For the dreams that come to you when so young
Told of a life
Where spring is sprung

You would seem so frail
In the cold of the night
When the armies of emotion
Go out to fight
But while the earth sinks to its grave
You sail to the sky
On the crest of a wave

So forget this cruel world
Where I belong
I'll just sit and wait
And sing my song
And if one day you should see me in the crowd
Lend a hand and lift me out
To your place in the cloud.

8. MAGGIE'S FARM

9. BREAK IT DOWN GENTLY
It soon appears
Long rented shores
Too big to name
And second to none

Save horses' hair
In pochets deep
Remember skies
Second to none

Word to the wise
Don't you sit on this fence
Electric and live
With evangelist zeal

Spin doctors gave you
All those remedies to choose
So you'd be the weathervane
For clouds that never move

Black rain
Black rain will come
Black rain
Black rain will come

To break it down gently
To wash it down slow
Goin' straight to the bottom
with a mind ... of it's own.

10. TRAIN TO MERCY

Last time that I saw you
Your were on the killing floor
Last time that I saw you
All the tears had turned to day

Still I haven't panicked
Come and pull the stitches light
No room for the panic
Come and pull the stitches light

There is a late train to Mercy
but I hope it never comes
There is a late train to Mercy
But I hope it never comes

Well it moves like winter
It moves with brute force
Well it moves like winter
Leaves an empire in its course

Heard the brakeman holler:
"Cannot slow it down"
Heard the brakeman holler:
"Cannot slow it down"

Help me poor Melissa
Hide the hope behind your door
Help me poor Melissa
Put the hope into your trust

Is the whole world big enough
For the bitter and the sweet?
Is the whole world big enough
For the bitter and the sweet?

There is a late train to Mercy
But I hope it never comes
There is a late train to Mercy
But I hope it never comes.

11. YESTERDAY IS HERE

If you want money in your pocket
And a top hat on your head
A hot meal on your table
And a blanket on your bed

Well today is grey skies
Tomorrow is tears
You'll have to wait til yesterday is here

I'm going to New York City
And I'm leaving on a train
And if you want to stay behind and wait
Til I come back again

Well today is grey skies
And tomorrow is tears
You'll have to wait til yesterday is here

If you want to go
Where the rainbows end
You'll have to say goodbye
All our dreams come true
Baby up ahead
And it's out where your memories lie

Well the road's out before me
The moon is shining bright
What I want you to remember
As I disappear tonight

Today is grey skies
Tomorrow is tears
You'll have to wait til yesterday is here.

12. PRISONER OF TEXAS

13. INAUGURATION DAY

I'm up to my neck
In the mud of Inauguration day

They say it's one in fifty years
That storm, that blew my dog away

And they say the road has been washed out
From Rockport to Concrete
And all the trees are falling down
And now, heaven's at my feet

My wishes do my beggin' for me
And like a beggar they do [learn / laugh]

Frozen fingers touch my face
They tie a blindfold 'round my eyes

And I'm stuck at this roadblock
Chasing fog and smoke
I guess the price of doing thhat was just
Another killing joke

Wash me down
Wash me down

Sing for me now
Sing for me now

Wash me from the hillside
And wash me from the dirt
Wash me from your worldly claims
And wash me, wash me from your hurt

'Cause I'm up to my neck
In the mud of Inauguration day.

14. PASS ME ON OVER

Lead you over to the water,
Said "Hold it down until it does not breathe."
Tried drowning it on dry land for too long,
But it was not supposed to be.
This recklessness might kill you,
But I know you would miss it if it died.
This recklessness is not a curse,
It's just the old convictions runnin' out of time.

Pass me on over,
Let it pass me by.
We'll keep on movin',
Leave this shit behind.
Take all our money,
but ya know we'll never quit.
Pass me on over,
But don't pass,
Me back to this.

Birds on empty watertowers,
Owned it all but did not own a thing.
Prisoners of dry land for to long,
Until only our love remained.
By this river, we laugh loud
And leave for dead what we cannot explain.
Head out to the hiding place,
Covered in the strong arms of the aspen trees.

Pass me on over,
Let it pass me by.
We'll keep on movin',
Leave this shit behind.
Take all our money,
but ya know we'll never quit.
Pass me on over,
But don't pass,
Me back to this.

15. LIKE A HURRICANE

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded, hazy bar,
dancing on the light from star to star
Far across the moon beams, I know that's who you are.
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye.
And I'm getting blown away.
There's somewhere safer where the feelings stay.
I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream,
and you could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips,
that perfect feeling when time just slips
away between us and our foggy trips.

You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye.
And I'm getting blown away.
There's somewhere safer where the feelings stay.
I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away.

We all came down to/from Montreaux
The Lake Geneva shoreline
Some stupid with a flare-gun
Burnt the place to the ground

You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye.
And I'm getting blown away.
There's somewhere safer where the feelings stay.
I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away.

16. HOUSE ON THE RISING SUN

17. LOSWERDEN

18. SAND & GRAVEL STRINGS
(Instrumental)

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