Big Night Without You 1998 Epic Records EK 68143 |
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Vocals, Guitar: Todd Watts Guitar, Vocals: Erik Wenberg Bass: Luke Michel Drums, Percussion: Tamer Eid Music: emmet swimming |
Bonus tracks from enhanced CD: Big Night Without You (2:25) Door 2 (2:26) Playing House (3:25) Rosie (4:31) |
Lyrics: Watts Producer: Peter Collins Recorded At: Ocean Way, Nashville, TN Engineer: Paul David Hager Mixer: Paul David Hager Mastered by: Bob Ludwig Additional musicians: * Piano, Organ, Wurlitzer, Harmonium, Fender Rhodes: Jonn Savannah (Don Snow) # 1st Violin: Howard Gott # 2nd Violin: Laura Williams # Viola: Naomi Fairhurst # Cello: Ed Jeffries % Trombone: T-Bone Willy % Trumpet: Jose Castellanos % Saxophone: Eric Zamora Guru chorus: I'll never be a star I'll never learn sitar All those childish dreams Are not meant to be I'll never be a star I'll never get that far Got so close I could see Almost enough for me Can't afford a guru Who's gonna save my soul Where will my money go I can be spiritual too you know But I can't afford a guru So when you lay next to me Pour on the sympathy As sold on TV chorus Nighttime finds a way To leave you happy Then goes away chorus: I'll never be a star Can't afford a guru I'll never learn sitar Save my soul All those childish dreams Can't afford a guru Are not meant to be So wear me tied around you Just pull me tight around you Wear me tied around you I swear I'll come through chorus: I'll never be a star I'll never learn sitar All those childhood dreams Are not meant to be Fist Like A Glove Left the silence of the car Must have a razor for a lucky charm And in the distance of the town He always smiles when he gets down Fist like a glove never leaves a scar Fist like a glove never goes too far He says it's all her fault this time She must deserve this, we just mean nothing He usually treats her fine Fist like a glove never leaves a scar Fist like a glove never goes too far We all wonder who we are Fist like a glove won't leave a scar He pushed her back on the hood of the car I turned my face and looked up to the stars We all wonder who we are Fist like a glove won't leave a scar We're all so happy where we are Turnstile Big disturbance at the merry-go-round There's a man here who says he won't come down He keeps riding as the organ drones on And the horses just follow along As he passes his reflection He considers his direction If everything's fine Why do I feel stuck in the turnstile Very nice afternoon and then it's The job, the wife, the house, the pension check Call the doctors and they'll get him down Call the coppers and bring the whole town He keeps smiling as he pulls back reigns He's defying the cause of all his pain As he passes his reflection He considers his direction If everything's fine Why do I feel stuck in the turnstile Very nice afternoon we're having So what if I try The world's just full of tryers Very nice afternoon and then it's The job, the wife, the house, the pension check Now there's blood on the merry-go-round It's exciting to bring a man down And the children are forming a line And deciding on which horse they'll ride If everything's fine Why do I feel stuck in the turnstile Very nice afternoon we're having So what if I try The world's just full of tryers Very nice afternoon and then it's The job, the wife, the house, who'll babysit Tom Collins As you go, I go with you Scribbled in blue ink 12th grade yearbook So if you're up Or if you're down I'll be the anchor around your neck That keeps your feet flat on the ground chorus: I'd love one more Tom Collins As the rain outside pours down I'd always drive by your house And your Dad would chase me around We all get so sentimental When the Gin's half gone I'd love one more Tom Collins As the rain outside pours down Take off your dress Like you used to And I'm impressed God how you grew chorus Later on tonight I'm gonna smile as you are leaving Kiss you as you walk outside We're much too strong for grieving chorus: I'd love one more Tom Collins As the rain outside pours down I'd always drive by your house And your Dad would chase me around Reagan in the White House And your Father's Gin's all gone I'd love one more Tom Collins As the rain outside comes down Off Key Choir You read just like a telegram Crawl back to town...stop Issue the next demand My heart goes flip-flop...stop This isn't 1989 I'm cognizant at least half of the time You don't have much power anymore Since your uncle went and sold his liquor store Oh Lord chorus: I can't put things right Can't make things new There's an off key choir Singing songs we knew I wish they'd go home But they never do They sit on a corner Singing songs we knew But now you're older and you're much less violent Fist through the door...stop Chuck me on the pavement Get some ointment at the store More than my feelings were sore And now it's supposed to be just like before All night cocktails watching love crawl out the door The medicine cabinet empty Tears welling in your eyes Hard economics when you're left without supply Bye bye bye chorus Hard times, still in love with you Hard times, still in love with you I can't put things right I can't make things new There's an off key choir Singing songs we knew I wish they'd go home But they never do Just sit on the corner Singing every I love you Take things old And make them alright While my dysfunction Lights up the whole night I can't make things right I can't make things new There's a stupid choir Singing songs we knew But now I'm tired And hungover Motorway Never lit a fire in your eyes That's what you said to me It should really come as no surprise I bruise that easily chorus: Can't stand living So we wait for another day I'll pull through I know you can't stand me, But we're stuck here anyway A motel room in nowhere Nevada We're just lost on the motorway I turn to you you've got nothing to say We're just wasting the days away It's 50 miles to Reno and we're staring at the desert Never felt a pain that hurt too much That's what you said to me Lately it seems you've been out of touch We both break so easily chorus Something is lost on the motorway I guess our dreams sort of got in the way And strung us along for another day We'll kiss when we drop off the car in L.A. But something was lost on the motorway Stealing From The Joneses We drive by their beautiful houses And peek inside They have surgically altered spouses We gawk without pride If I offered you diamonds Would you demand pearls If I offered you the world... How about that girl chorus: We've been stealing from the Joneses And much to our surprise Things aren't so perfect inside Divorce and credit cards They've fenced in their perfect yards It's not what they throw away That leaves them so sad They'd gladly pay But there's things they can't have If I offered you land Would you demand sky These things pass us by chorus: We've been stealing from the Joneses And much to our surprise Things aren't so perfect inside Divorce and credit cards Neglect and credit cards chorus: We've been stealing from the Joneses Only to find They're leading their lives blind Divorce and credit cards Caught up in the caviar chorus: We've been stealing from the Joneses And much to our surprise Things aren't so perfect inside Divorce and credit cards They fenced in their credit cards chorus: We've been stealing from the Joneses Only to find They're leading their lives blind Divorce and credit cards You can just taste the caviar No Way To Say Goodbye Do you feel alright As the darkness sets upon you In a boat by a shore As the cat tails rub against you Do you feel a little old Do you wish we'd not been married Would you feel alright If I was never there to turn to This is no way to say goodbye This is no way to say goodbye As you walked to the door Did you feel like it was closing Did you feel alright When your lover called last Friday This is no way to say goodbye This is no way to say goodbye This isn't how we say goodbye Did you feel a little tired - uninspired Did you feel like you were choking While he lay there groping Tomorrow the weather's lousy Tomorrow you're liberated While we both fall apart As the lawyers bring the papers This is no way to say goodbye This is no way to say goodbye This isn't how we say goodbye Sarah When The Wind Blows As darkness fell on the old neighborhood She was found behind a bar, dress torn And she had been so kind such a gentle mind As a boy she taught, I learned a lot She's lost her name again My friend She's lost her name again And her skin so white on any given night We'd lay in bed, alone, her dress my home She'd been let down by every boy in town Across the tracks they turned their backs And called her whore She's lost her name again My friend She's lost her name again And all she asked is think of me when the wind blows And our mothers pulled us away from the windows A dark report from the liquor store She had lost her mind at least five times And when they put her down there was no one around The trees began to move And the wind shook the ground She's lost her name again My friend She's lost her name again And all she asked is think of me when the wind blows And our mothers pulled us away from the windows And all she asked is think of me when the wind blows Sarah when the wind blows Train Slows Down I'm gonna walk upstairs High and unaware, I swear You'll throw your favorite vase in the air And scratch my eyes to show you care Because now I want you back When the train slows down I'll be coming back around When the train slows down I'll be coming back around chorus: It's killing me it's killing you All your secrets and I want you back It's killing me it's killing you All your secrets but I want you back When the train slows down I'll be coming back around When the train slows down I'll be coming back around I saved the note you wrote They'll bury you with me when I'm gone The headstone reads that he left home More often than he should have gone But, now I want you back When the train slows down I'll be coming back around When the train slows down I'll be coming back around chorus (2x) When the train slows down I'll be coming back around When the train slows down I'll be coming back around Sunblock Am I the only one who's never had fun In the twelve years we've gone steady Put down the parasol that isn't you at all When the whole thing crumbles I won't be there I'm going on a big vacation I deserve some fun Got the top down, swimming in the ocean I got the sunblock on You feel so elite with me below your feet And always at the ready I'm going on a big vacation I can't escape the sun Got the top down, swimming in the ocean And where the go-gos trod I'm there with a cheap beach blanket The kind you don't take home No cheap wine, I've got a jug of lancers I got the sunblock on So when the walls around you break And there's no one to make you feel safe And all the problems that you fake I won't be there I'm going on a big vacation I deserve some fun Got the top down, swimming in the ocean, And Flock Of Seagulls on "I Ran" and a "Photograph Of You" The singer's haircut's sad I think I found the perfect occupation I got the sunblock on I'm going on a big vacation, And I will not come home My new address is sitting by the ocean I can't be reached by phone When I'm gone you can climb the social ladder Respectable at last Turn your back on all the things that matter I've got the sunblock on |
Bonus tracks from enhanced CD: Big Night Without You I need a night without you I never bet on football anymore The kicker stared at the goal post Missed wide right, but I don't care I wanna eat when the food's just there The waiter came but you weren't there I need a night without you I never watch westerns anymore And there's a double feature I'd never go if you were here The bad guys drew and John Wayne stared The town was saved but you weren't there I need a night without you My friends are all meeting at the bar I just drank six white liquors And yellow stuff in a wine glass The bartender paid my fare I stumbled home but you weren't there Big night without you Door 2 Missed your daughter's birthday Doesn't matter anyway F*ck the secretary By the coffee machine Bought his wife a new car She found his terms acceptable Almost respectable chorus Say anything that we have to We trade it away behind door 2 Doesn't matter what you say As long as you get your way Told the babysitter You felt something akin to love That's all she ever wanted She took it willingly Almost aggressively Killed the family chorus We'll say anything that we have to We'll wager it all behind door 2 Fine line Hurts when You comb your mind Try to find Go to The front of the line chorus We'll say anything to be happy We're selling it it all behind door 3 Playing House Got the haircut We don't rinse much You put on the coffee I'll pick up the paper Kiss kiss kiss chorus: You'll be playing house again I'll be down there working the oven I wear my heart out on your chin again Though this can't last We're just too fast We'll play tricks on all the neighbors Steal their parking spaces Hate their kids We'll get so pissed chorus: We'll be playing house again It's my turn to wear the apron I wear my heart out on your chin again chorus: Looks like we're playing house again I'm down in the kitchen just like your old man I wear my heart out on your chin again chorus: We'll be playing house again I'll be down there by the oven I wear my heart out on your chin again We'll be playing house again Rosie And your friends were all there You'd have liked it - we all combed our hair The procession spilled out in the hall And your father shook hands with us all She's keeping Heaven clean God's on time again She's keeping Heaven clean Shiniest it's ever been And the winter is almost over One more month and your seeds blossomed And your friends hug but they won't cry You were an angel alone to the side chorus: She's keeping Heaven clean God's on time again She's keeping Heaven clean Shiniest they've ever seen La la La la La la La la chorus: She's keeping Heaven clean God's got a new right hand man this spring She's keeping Heaven clean Finest thing - finest thing they've ever seen chorus: She's keeping Heaven clean Finest thing we have ever seen She's keeping Heaven clean Best we had - gone again La la La la La la La la |