Testo della canzone Goodbye dei Walkabouts Album: Wisecracks and hijacks And contracts to sell Old wine in new bottles Times are the same Diggin’ the ditch quick And quick to escape The patent is pending On flood tides and bones Goodbye To all that Goodbye To all that Brittle and hollow And sharp as the hills It hasn’t… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Drille Terriers dei Walkabouts Album: Every morn at sven o’clock There’s twenty terriers drilling on the rock And the boss comes round and he says to the (?) ;Come down hard on the cast-iron (?) ; And drille terriers, drille. ; Drille terriers, drille For it’s work all day For the sugar in your tea… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Good Luck Morning dei Walkabouts Album: Maybe you should disappear, And now I’ve warned you so. Bury your clothes out in the woods, And hide your letters ‘neath the stove. There’s a big house down in Wilkeson, where you can dance on tabletops. There’s a card room in the back, where you can dance on… Leggi »
Testo della canzone This Rotten Tree dei Walkabouts Album: See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens Liars left their roost last night I heard it from some talkshow host Fangs and venom working hard In simulcast from coast to coast Hey ho, ‘round we go This rotten tree will never grow Hey ho, ‘round we go This rotten tree will never… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Firetrap dei Walkabouts Album: Come back in the winter, Won’t steal away too long. And when I’m back I’ll set it all ablaze. Got Jesus in my pocket And matches in my coat. I won’t have to work alone this time. From the trees upon the hill top, I’ll watch the old house close. You… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Comfort of a Stranger dei Walkabouts Album: A stranger came To this forsaken place To shake me from my whiskey guilt To cure my tremblin’ ways Now there is not a door That I will not kick down No lock I will not break No guilty verdict found Ever since you been around You won’t… Leggi »
Testo della canzone To All That dei Walkabouts Album: Wisecracks and hijacks And contracts to sell Old wine in new bottles Times are the same Diggin’ the ditch quick And quick to escape The patent is pending On flood tides and bones Goodbye To all that Goodbye To all that Brittle and hollow And sharp as the hills… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Bones Of Contention dei Walkabouts Album: Cataract Well the fires are tended And my blood it just boils (Hey there pass your hat) And the fruits of hard labor Have been drowned in snake oil (Hey there pass your hat) The dead are thin Their houses fat Once you steal you can’t give back From… Leggi »
Testo della canzone Bordertown dei Walkabouts Album: I can sleep it off, Sleep it back to sleep, I can be most anything I want. A long way from the shade, The north side of the moon. Down here only rich men lose their shirts. And John Law wakes to sweep, The morning off the street, But no one… Leggi »
Testo della canzone The Tower dei Walkabouts Album: I got a message from the king A column of smoke center on the screen Out came face that I recognized And no disguise would have changed a thing And the sun never shines No the sun will never shine No, the sun will never shine Where I am going… Leggi »