Dallas( Jimmie Dale Gilmore ) Chorus: Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night? Dallas is a jewel Yeah, Dallas is a beautiful sight Dallas is a jungle But Dallas gives a beautiful light Did you ever see Dallas from a DC-9 at night? Now Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down But when you are up she's the kind you wanna take around Now Dallas ain't a woman to help you get your feet on the ground And Dallas is a woman who will walk on you when you're down Oh, I came into Dallas with the bright lights on my mind I came into Dallas with a dollar and a dime Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes A steel concrete soul with a warm-hearted love in disguise A rich man who tends to believe in his own lies I say, Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his yes Oh, I came into Dallas with the brights lights on my mind I came into Dallas with a dollar and a dime Chorus 10 000 Maniacs Index Blind Faith( Alternative Version of Planned Obsolescence ) Blood, bleach it white, it's the milk of human kindness Blood, bleach it white, it's the milk of human kindness Blood, bleach it white, it's the milk of human kindness Panic in the worried night with the tempting, rises Panic in the worried night with the tempting, rises Panic in the worried night the tempting rises No doubt that she'd desire blind faith in all surmises No doubt that she'd desire blind faith in all surmises No doubt that she'd deny blind faith in half-surmises Because Any modern man can see that Any modern man can see that Piety obsolete Faith obsolete Mysticism obsolete Prophetic vision obsolete Any modern man can see that Any modern mad can see that Love, breaks apart is a myth of human kindness Love, breaks apart is a myth of human kindness Love, breaks apart is a myth of human kindness Panic in the worried night with the tempting, rises Panic in the worried night with the tempting, rises Panic in the worried night the tempting rises No doubt that she'd desire blind faith in all surmises No doubt that she'd desire blind faith in all surmises No doubt that she'd deny blind faith in half-surmises Because Any modern man can see that Any modern man can see that Piety obsolete Faith obsolete Mysticism obsolete Prophetic vision obsolete Any modern man can see that Any modern mad can see that 10 000 Maniacs Index Bread and Circuses( Billy Bragg and Natalie Merchant ) Crowds gather round kneeling at the feet of common thieves Hungry for the word, but God would never speak through such as these, such as these who offer healing hands and balms, and redemption, a few would cross their palms They'll tell your troubles to the Lord for how ever much you can afford Hands holding hands in the circle of the sinners and the saints Memories that linger from the cradle, placing puzzles in the grave, in the grave No mortal skin and bone can live on bread and circuses alone The spirit needs, must drive the mystery of why you're alive CHORUS: They look and their Book and they read But their cold hearts say, "Follow me" Dance in the dust in the frenzy of the desperately in need Led by the voices of the men who invoke ritual to hide their greed, hide their greed Come every tongue, every eye across the crumbling earth and cracking skies The gates of hell stand open wide, but the path of glory you walk single file (Chorus) These men make a cage for the very souls that came here to be free They turn off their lights for their tents they're fixing to leave Follow me (Chorus 2x) They'll close their Book and leave, but you'll remain still in pain 10 000 Maniacs Index PhotographI found this photograph underneath the broken picture glass Tender face of black and white Beautiful, a haunting sight Looked into an angel's smile captivated all the while From the hair and clothes she wore I'd place her in between the wars Was she willing when she sat and posed the pretty photograph? Save her flowering and fair the days to come, the days to share A big smile for the camera how did she know? the moment could be lost forever forever more I found this photograph stashed between the old joist walls in a place where time is lost lost behind, where all things fall Broken books and calendars letters script in careful hand music too, a standard tune by some forgotten big brass band From the threshhold what's to see of our brave new century? The television's just a dream the radio, the silver screen A big smile for the camera how did she know? the moment could be lost forever forever more Was her childhood filled with rhymes stolen hooks, impassioned crimes? Was she innocent or blind to the cruelty of her time? Was she fearful in her day was she hopeful, did she pray? Were there skeletons inside family secrets, sworn to hide? Did she feel the heat that stirs the fall from grace of wayward girls? Was she tempted to pretend the love and laughter, 'til the end? 10 000 Maniacs Index Party Of God( Billy Bragg and Natalie Merchant ) In a busy street A man sits down Oblivious to the traffic sounds No chaos No frenzied shrieking crowd Thank God their silence Walking heads bent down Come when they saw us Called it lethargy The treadmill turns There down below their feet Should I pray for an end to come Quickly (quickly), quickly (quickly) Or cross the waves of an angry sea Risking (risking) And braving (braving) The shipwreck and the mutiny assailing Assailing In a haunted doorway And from the light of day See another life fall to ruin in pain False smiles from even children it seems Landlocked ground for empty and lost dreams A league against me I hear him say It's not worth half the effort Or the price you pay Should I pray for an end to come Quickly (quickly), quickly (quickly) Or should I raise my face to the heavens above And tell God (dear God) Stop jeering (and jeering) As our human frailties and all Our failings Are we failing? Pound pound on an endless street Again and again the nightmare scene All strained against the tightened rope Not one with a lasting lingering hope There's evidence everywhere you see Put a quarter down at the newsstand So that you can read Should I pray for an end to come Quickly (quickly), quickly (quickly) Or should I raise my face to the clouds above Entreating (entreating) Their mercy (some mercy) But as clouds will do They'll rain down First gently (gently) and sweetly (so sweetly) Until they silence me With a burst of thunder (thunder) and lightning (and lightning) And helpless landlocked screaming I know God must be agreeing It's the worst part of watching It's the worst part of watching It's the worst part of watching It's the worst part Landlocked in screaming God must be agreeing To be helpless is the worst Must be the worst part of watching The worst part of watching 10 000 Maniacs Index I Never Promised You a Rose GardenI beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine, there's gotta be a little rain sometimes I could promise you things, Like big diamond rings But if that's what it takes to hold you I'd as soon as let you go But there's one thing I want you to know Oh, smile for a while and lets be jolly Love shouldn't be so melancholy Come along, enjoy the good times while we can I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine, there's gotta be a little rain sometimes I said, Oh oh oh oh, I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden 10 000 Maniacs Index From The Time We Say Goodbyeby the time you say goodbye by the time you say cheerio we'll take a handshake through on your journey as you go keep a pray'r within your heart that the time will surely fly to the day when we shall meet again by the time you say goodbye hmmm..... yes listeners, we have been coming to you live on a crystal ballroom high above the Hotel Jamestown in picturesque western new york as your program draws to a close it gives me profound pleasure to say cheerio to the strains of Miss Natalie Merchant and her choir and so now it only remains for me to say... goodnight by the time you say goodbye by the time you say cheerio we'll take a handshake through on your journey as you go keep a pray'r within your heart that the time will surely fly to the day when we shall meet again by the time you say goodbye 10 000 Maniacs Index JoleneJolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him just because you can Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair ivory skin and eyes of emerald green Your smile is like a breath of spring Your voice is soft like summer rain I cannot compete with you Jolene Now he talks about you in his sleep and there's nothing I can do to keep from crying when he calls your name Jolene Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him just because you can Now I can easily understand How you could easily take my man But you don't know what he means to me Jolene Oh you could have your choice of men but I could never love again He's the only one for me Jolene Well I have to have this talk with you My happiness depends on you and whatever you decide to do Jolene Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him just because you can 10 000 Maniacs Index |
