THE WALKABOUTS

LIVE IN LJUBLJANA (2003)

  1. Winslow Place
  2. Radiant
  3. All For This
  4. Heartless
  5. Man From Reno
  6. Ended Up A Stranger
  7. The Light Will Stay On
  8. Drown
  9. Grand Theft Auto
10. Straight To The Stars
11. Slow Red Dawn
12. Prayer For You


The Walkabouts - Live In Ljublana
THE WALKABOUTS

LIVE IN LJUBLJANA

  1. WINSLOW PLACE

Planes
Fly low
Over our heads
Over our beds

The sky went lavender
For just one day
The sky went lavender
For just one day

Faith and faithful
Grace and grateful
The wind at Winslow Place
Reached all the rooms
The wind at Winslow Place
Reached all the rooms

Don't you know
There is hope
Braided in the rope
Drag your fear
To the clear
I take it for my own

Don't call
Just show
Don't bend my ear
Don't wanna know
Caress
Don't confess it
Murder time
Don't possess it
Reach down
Surrender
You were my sad
Reckless driver
The wind at Winslow Place
Reached all the rooms
The wind at Winslow Place
Chased after you

Don't you know
There is hope
Braided in the rope
Drag your fear
To the clear
I take it for my own

The swallows pass
Then sweep, then turn
Then fade into the north
Guide wires
Suspend them
Not from heaven
Not from earth
I know they'll be returnin'
And I guess I know you won't.

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  2. RADIANT

Radiant ghost
Love you the most
Call me from the next town
Call me when you lie down
Were you drownin' or just wavin'
As you pulled away
Pulled away

Home is the one thing
That raps us in wire
Home is the one thing
You can't face alone

If the glow of the ember
Helps you to remember
Don't let them go
Don't let them go

So many stars and still we starve
So many stars and still we starve

Don't you tire of this hunger?
Of the spirit that we spend
It's a wasted road, we wander
When only one love
Is radiant

Radiant skin
Touch me again
Love will not kill you
But wisdom sure will

Last night I saw the ghosts
Jumpin' from the train
Chased them as they walked away
Asked them if they knew your name

So many stars and still we starve
So many stars and still we starve

Don't you tire of this hunger?
Of the spirit, that you spend
It's a wasted road, we wander
When only one love
Is radiant

When only our love
Is radiant
When only our love
Is radiant.

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  3. ALL FOR THIS

I came from nowhere, I was nowhere bound
Never once believed this was my restin' ground
But somewhere between
Here and that rest
I heard ya callin' my name

All for this
And I have traveled
All for this
And I have roamed
All for this
And I have stumbled
All for this
And I will carry you home

Nine days of rain washed across my face
Nine days of liquor, nine days of fate
Watched me blow it up to
Blow it back again
And you kept callin' my name

All for this
And I have traveled
All for this
And I have roamed
All for this
And I have stumbled
All for this
And I will carry you home

Comfort me and bring no sorrow
Keep on movin', gone tomorrow
I don't care
I just don't care

Gone to heaven, gone to hell
They both looked the same
And everywhere you'll go
You'll call my name

All for this
And I have traveled
All for this
And I have roamed
All for this
And I have stumbled
All for this
And I will carry you home

Heard ya callin'
Heard ya callin'
Gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow
Heard ya callin'
Heard ya callin'
Heard ya call my name

And when I find you
And when I find you
Gone tomorrow
Gone tomorrow
And when I find you
When I find you
I'll carry you home.

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  4. HEARTLESS

This is where it starts
This is where it stops

And when it finally stops
I hope it starts right up

Walk the glitter mile
Past hotels of sand
People sayin' lots of things
Ain't my job to listen

I don't believe what they say you've done
I don't believe in anything
Anything that lasts for long

Every time I change my mind
Every time
You say I'm heartless
But I want the same things as you
Every time I change my mind
Every time
You say I'm heartless
But I want the same things as you

This is where it stops
This is where it starts

And when it finally stops
I hope it pulls right up

Every time I change my mind
Every time
You say I'm heartless
But I want the same things as you
Every time I change my mind
Every time
You say I'm heartless
But I want the same things as you

Why do you say
They built this desert in our way?
Open your eyes
Watch it slowly come alive
Something new
Changin' into something new
Somethin' that I save for you

Every time I change my mind
Every time
You say I'm heartless
But I want the same things as you
Every time I change my mind
Every time
You say I'm heartless
But I want the same things as you

Something new.

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  5. MAN FROM RENO

If I could loose
If you could choose
For this next dance you might choose me
I ain't no pussy with the blues
Just step out on the floor and see

Can't follow a man from Reno
Follow a man from Zurich
Follow a man from Italy
Can't follow a man with brain grass
Follow his long, long eye gas
Follow a man from Zurich

Running out of luck
Running out of luck
In the midnight

Zodiac killers drain their hands and wiped away
The shadows from the walls
And neighbors all say he's got no friends
His friends all say they've got him by the balls

Look up, you might even stop the stars
Look up, might even stop the scars

Zodiac killer needs that crack, he wants you back
He's waiting in the bars
Zodiac killer needs that crack, he wants you back
He's waiting in the bars

Can't follow a man from Reno
Follow a man from Izmir
Follow a man from Wyoming
Can't follow his waving heather
Follow this angry weather
A man from Sarajevo

Running out of luck
Running out of luck
In the midnight

Look up, you might even stop the stars
Look up, might even stop the scars
Zodiac killer needs that crack, he wants you back
He's waiting in the bars

After midnight
After midnight
After midnight
After midnight
After midnight
After midnight.

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  6. ENDED UP A STRANGER

Cacophonous and slippery
4.35 in the mornin'
And I'm drivin'
These streets
Tryin' to capture every sound
Microphone hangs out the back seat window

What I don't succeed in capturin'
Turns weightless and indifferent

Lord, I've become a stranger
In my old haunts

Blips and bleeps and siren squalls
This town, it just gets richer
And my teeth get clenched

And I've become a statue
From a long lost fearless age

Your maladies
Our strategies
This microphone
My wanderin's aside

Lord, I've become a stranger
In my old haunts

Hello desire
And what your spooky name implies
In you I found my silk and swagger
The calm before the prize

And though I once was warned
You'd be the grave in which I'd lie

With you, I was no stranger
In my old haunts

Someday I'll hit the turnpike
Speed past a truck stop burnin'

It'll streak my rearview mirror
It'll fade, a lonely flicker

And I'll listen to these tapes I've made
My symphony of phantoms
Lord, I've become a stranger
In my old haunts
Lord, I've become a stranger
In my old haunts
Lord, I ended up a stranger.

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  7. THE LIGHT WILL STAY ON

I go to sleep
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up
Before the angels take
All my worldly desires
All my yardsticks of fear
Hangin' down
Hangin' down

I go to sleep
Before the devil wakes
And I wake up
Before the angels take
All my worldly desires
All my secrets untold
Hangin' down in the fire
Burnin' them higher
Won't take them away from here

And long after we're gone
The lights will stay on
The lights will stay on

Watched the city
The city of crows
Watch 'em fly
Watch 'em all flying low

Just above the flood plains
Just above the dirt road
They were hungry as winter
Hungry as us
Not afraid to be flyin'
Not afraid to be lost

And long, after we're gone
The lights will stay on
The lights will stay on

And if you bury me
Add three feet to it
One for your sorrow
Two for your sweat
Three for the strange things we never forget

And long after we're gone
The lights will stay on
The lights will stay on

And long after we're safe
The lights will not fade
The lights will not fade.

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  8. DROWN

Somethin' of a shambles
Another wicked tangle
Still I believe that love is drawn
From the emptiest of wells

A shadow of a mystery
The way you can't forget me
Still I believe that love is drawn
From the emptiest of wells

I wanna drown again
I wanna drown
Till my thirst is full
My lips are cool
Drown

Nothin' is forgiven
Nothin' reaches heaven
Nothin' evens out
And nothin' crawls away

But I believe that lightning strikes
I believe that fate has pull
I believe that love is drawn
From the emptiest of wells

I wanna drown again
I wanna drown
Till my thirst is full
My lips are cool
Drown

I wanna drown again
I wanna drown
Till my thirst is full

I wanna drown again
I wanna drown
Till my thirst is full
My lips are cool
Drown

Till my thirst is full
My lips are cool
Drown

The water's clear
I hope you stay
The water's clear
I hope you stay
The water's clear
I hope you stay
The water's clear
I hope you stay
The water's clear
I hope you stay
The water's clear
I hope you stay
The water's clear
I hope you stay
The water's clear
I hope you stay.

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  9. GRAND THEFT AUTO

In this town the blood will make you rich
Yeah, in this town the blood will make you rich

In this town I will do you one better
Change the truth while I change the weather
In this town the blood will make you rich

And when you're down you can buy the Jesus pose
'Cause in this town all roads lead to this
When you're down I will kill it again
Give ya something to forget about him
In this town all roads lead to this

And come tonight
Yeah, come tonight, we'll take a ride
And come tonight
Yeah, come tonight, we'll see the sights

You will lead and I will follow
You will lead me down to the hollow
You will lead me down
Grand theft auto
You will lead me down

In this town we've got the Midas touch
Yeah, in this town the gold will make you blush
Some of it's cool and some of it glitters
Our love, it's cold and it gives me the shivers
In this town we got the Midas touch

And come tonight
Yeah, come tonight, we'll take a ride
And come tonight
Yeah, come tonight, we'll see the sights

You will lead and I will follow
You will lead me down to the hollow
You will lead me down
Grand theft auto
You will lead me down

Grand theft auto (12 x).

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10. STRAIGHT TO THE STARS

Don't wait any longer
Not a second more
Don't wait for the century to click
Ya' never can be sure

Put my hand just where you want it
Been movin' much too slow
Put my hand just where I want it
Don't let go

And if we let this devil ride
I swear he's gonna take the wheel and drive
Straight to the stars
Can't wait any longer
Straight to the stars
The sky is only getting darker now

The stars on the pavement
The stars in sad eyes
The stars are out for the hangin'
True stars never die

And put my hand just where you want it
Been movin' much too slow
Put my hand just where you want it
And don't let go

And if we let this devil ride
I swear he's gonna take the wheel and drive
Straight to the stars
Can't wait any longer
Straight to the stars
The sky is only getting darker now
Only getting darker

Straight to the stars
Can't wait any longer
Straight to the stars
The sky is only getting darker now
Only getting darker.

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11. SLOW RED DAWN

Need a better idea, here quick
Before the sun's beatin' down on our necks
Need a better idea

Watch us speed to the end of the world
Promise all that we've already heard
And still we're nowhere

I don't care to know all the details
How you left him to shout down the stairs
I don't care to know

Slow red dawn is gonna come
Slow red dawn is comin' on
Slow red dawn

Do you see that thin strip of light there?
On the skyline, it seems unaware
That we haven't slept yet

But as long as we still laugh for keeps
And you swear you were dyin' to leave
There's no reason to sleep

Slow red dawn is gonna come
Slow red dawn is comin' on
Slow red dawn

Slow red dawn is gonna come
Slow red dawn is comin' on
Slow red dawn

Do ya see that light there?
Slow red
On the skyline unaware
Slow red
Do ya see that light there?
Slow red
Comin' on
Dawn
Comin' on
Are we gonna let it flag?
Slow red
Nearly had it in the bag
Slow red
Do ya see the light there?
Comin' on
Comin' on.

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  12. PRAYER FOR YOU

When you burn your kingdom
Through the ashes I will come
I know it makes no difference
But I can't leave ya to your fun

Usin' up your torch song gifts
Why do you rush the end along?
Actin' like I'll soon forget
The end is comin' on its own

Just this once
I'll say a prayer for you
Though I won't pretend I'm right
If you ask
I'll say a prayer for you

Burnin' up the floorboards
Burned every place you stood
Every second chance: firewood

Bad luck is a famous name
For what you brought yourself
And I'm too dumb to help

Just this once
I'll say a prayer for you
Though I won't pretend I'm right
If you ask
I'll say a prayer for you

They say the city don't give up
And I believe that's true, don't you?
Ricochets from boom to bust
Like most of us
Who never cared enough

Just this once
I'll say a prayer for you
Though I won't pretend I'm right
If you ask
I'll say a prayer for you
From the middle of the street
I will stop
I'll say a prayer for you
Though I won't pretend I'm right
I will stop
I'll say a prayer for you
From the middle of the street.

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