The Oh Mercy Outtakes
In the
lonely night,
In the
stardust of a pale blue light,
I think of you
in black and white
When we
were made in dreams.
I walk
along to the shakin' street
Listenin'
to my heart beat
In the
record breaking heat
When we
were born in time.
Just when I
knew, you were gone, you came back
Just when I
knew it was for certain
You were
high, you were low
You were so
easy to know
Oh, babe,
now it's time
To raise
the curtain, I'm hurtin'
On the
rising curve,
Where the
ways of nature will test every nerve,
I took you
close and got what I deserve,
When we
were born in time.
Just when I
knew, who to thank, you went playin'
Just when
the home fires were smoking.
You were
snow, you were rain.
You were
striped, you were plain.
Oh, babe,
truer words
Have not
been spoken, or broken.
In the
hills of the mystery,
In the foggy
web of destiny,
I think of
you from deep inside of me
When we
were born in time.
[Source: tape, with help from Äke Jonsson, Anthony
Kapolka, Rebecca Buck, and Ron Mura]
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Broken glass,
broken days
Broken
leaves on broken trees
Broken
treaties, broken vows
Broken
hands on broken plows
Ain't no
use running, honey, ain't no use joking
Nothing's
working, everything broken
Broken
lives hanging by a thread
Broken
bones in a broken bed
Broken
mirror, broken chair
Broken
roads going nowhere
Broken
words never meant to be spoken
Can't help
it, honey, everything broken
I sent you
roses once from the heart that was full of greed
Sent you
roses, someone else must have received
Broken clock
on a broken wall
Broken
voices in a broken hall
Broken
beginnings, broken ends
Streets are
filled with broken friends
Take a deep
breath, baby, feel like you're choking
Tell me the
truth now, everything broken?
Seen James
Dean in a picture once coming in from the cold
Say
"Geez I hope I look that good if I get to be that old"
Broken
plants on a broken floor
Broken key
from a broken door
Broken
idols, broken heroes
Broken
numbers adding up to zeroes
Brown dogs
howling, bull frogs croaking
It ain't easy,
baby, everything broken
[Source: tape, with help from Äke Jonsson, Anthony
Kapolka, Rebecca Buck, and Ron Mura]
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God knows I
need you
God knows I
do
God knows
there ain't nobody
Ever gonna take
the place of you.
God knows I
can take it
God knows
that I care
God knows
everybody's gotta have someone
To love
somewhere
God knows
there's an answer
God knows
it's out of place
God knows
it might working right now
But then it
snaps straight into space
There ain't
no rhyme or reason
I know it
can't be wrong
It was
supposed to last a season,
But its
been so strong for so long.
God knows
I'm ready
God knows
you're hard to find
God knows
you stepped right there before my very eyes
Messin' up
my mind
There ain't
no rhyme or reason
I know it
can't be wrong
It was
supposed to last a season,
But its
been so strong for so long.
God knows
there's a purpose.
God knows
there's a chance.
God knows
we can rise above the darkest hour
Of any
circumstance.
[Source: tape, with help from Äke Jonsson, Anthony
Kapolka, Rebecca Buck, and Ron Mura]
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We live in
a political world,
Love don't
have any place.
We're
living in times where men commit crimes,
And crime
don't have a face.
We live in
a political world.
Icicles
hangin' down.
Wedding
bells ring and angels sing.
And clouds
cover up the ground.
We live in
a political world.
Wisdom is
thrown into jail,
It rots in
a cell, misguided as hell,
Leaving no
one to pick up the trail.
We live in
a political world
Truth is
the outlaw of life
It's hunted
and slain, in the snow and the rain
And put
under the doctor's knife
We live in
a political world
Where the
word is a broken down lie
The
peddlin' of dreams, nothing's what it seems
Nothing
more than hello and goodbye
We live in
a political world
Where mercy
walks the plank.
Life is in
mirrors, death disappears
Up the
steps into the nearest bank.
We live in
a political world
Conscience
don't have a clue
You climb
into bed, dropped out of your head
You're not
even sure that it's you
We live in
a political world
Courage is
a thing of the past,
Houses are
haunted, children are unwanted,
The next
day could be your last.
We live in
a political world,
The one we
can see and can feel.
But there's
no one to check, it's all a stacked deck.
We all know
for sure that it's real.
We live in
a political world,
In the
cities of lonesome fear.
Little by
little you turn to the middle,
But you're never
sure why you're here.
We live in
a political world,
Under the
microscope,
You could
travel anywhere and hang yourself there,
You always
got more than enough rope.
We live in
a political world,
That's what
it's all about
As soon as
you're awake you're trained to take
What looks
like the easy way out.
We live in
a political world
Everything's
a little bit strange
Prayers are
prayed and orders are obeyed
Everything
is subject to change
We live in
a political world,
Senseless
men set the pace
You can force
yourself into the snarl of men
But you
better just stay out of the race
We live in
a political world,
World of
wine, women and song
You can
make it through without the first two
Boy,
without the third you wouldn't last long
We live in a
political world,
Everything's
hers and his,
Climb into
the flame and shout God's name,
But you're
not even sure what it is.
[Source: tape, with help from Äke Jonsson, Anthony
Kapolka, Rebecca Buck, and Ron Mura]
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I was
thinkin' of a series of dreams
Where
nothin' comes up to the top
Everything
stays down where it's wounded
And comes
to a permanent stop
Wasn't
thinking of anything specific
Like in a
dream where someone wakes up and screams
Nothin' too
very scientific
Just
thinking of a series of dreams
Thinking of
a series of dreams
Where the
middle and the bottom drop out
And you're
walkin' out of the darkness
And into
the shadows of doubt
Wasn't
going to any great trouble
You believe
in, it's whatever it seems
Nothin' too
heavy to burst the bubble
I was just
thinking of a series of dreams
Thinking of
a series of dreams
Where the
time and the tempo drag
Suddenly
the gate is thrown open
And you're
left there holding the bag
Wasn't making
any great connection
Wasn't
falling for any intricate scheme
Nothing
that would pass inspection
I was just
thinking of a series of dreams
Dreams
where the umbrella is folded
And into
the path you are hurled
And the
cards are no good that you're holding
Unless
they're from another world
In one the
surface was frozen
In another
I witnessed a crime
In one I
was running and in another
All I
seemed to be doing was crying
Wasn't
looking for any special assistance
Nor going
to any great extremes
I'd already
gone the distance
Just
thinking of a series of dreams
[Source: tape, with help from Äke Jonsson, Anthony
Kapolka, Rebecca Buck, and Ron Mura]
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Seen a
shooting star tonight,
And I
thought of you.
Something
reaching out to me
Something
coming through
I wondered
what it would do
I seen a
shooting star tonight,
And I
thought of you.
Seen a
shooting star tonight,
Against the
grain
Up in the
hotrod sky
Across the
prairies of pain
I's lookin'
up and dreamin' like I sometimes do
Seen a
shooting star tonight,
And I
thought of you.
Listen to
the engine, listen to the bell,
As the last
fire truck from hell goes rolling by,
All good
people are praying.
It's the
last temptation, the last account,
The last
time you might hear the sermon on the mount,
The last
radio is playing.
Seen a
shooting star tonight
Cross a
flatland road
I's a
thousand miles away
>From
where the end of time explodes
I was
lookin' up and wondered if the dawn was breakin' through
I seen a shooting
star tonight
And I
thought of you.
[Source: tape, with help from Äke Jonsson, Anthony
Kapolka, Rebecca Buck, and Ron Mura]
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updated 20 May 2001.