WORDS FILL MY HEAD

 

The Oh Mercy Outtakes

 

Born In Time

Everything Is Broken

God Knows

Political World

Series Of Dreams

Shooting Star

 

Born In Time

 

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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Everything Is Broken

 

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

 

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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Political World

 

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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Series Of Dreams

 

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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Shooting Star

 

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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This page last updated 20 May 2001.