...and obsessed with this song as well.
I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance.
Rico said, "I'ma turn you onto a sound, cool out your head. This is the sound from Camden town..."
And then I heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain,
I felt my fingertips tingle, and it started to rain,
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me,
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat,
Tellin' me, he's only looking for fun.
And this was the sound, of the very last gang in town.
As heard by my wild young heart,
Like directions on a cold, dark night,
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right."
And I heard it in his chain gang soul.
It wasn't just the same sad song.
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right."
And I'm doing all right,
Are you doing all right?
And I carried these songs as a comfort wherever I'd go.
They was there when my summers was high,
There when she left me alone.
Saying, "The soul is hard to find."
And I never got to tell him, so I just wrote it down.
I wrapped a couple chords around it and I let it come out,
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me,
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat,
And a girl, on the excitement gang.
And this was the sound, of the very last gang in town.
As heard by my wild young heart,
Like directions on a cold, dark night,
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right."
And I heard it in his chain gang soul.
It wasn't just the same sad song.
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right."
And are you doing all right?
Are you doing all right?
As heard by my wild young heart,
Like directions on a cold, dark night,
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right."
And I heard it in his chain gang soul.
It wasn't just the same sad song.
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right."
And are you doing all right?
And that was the sound,
I hear the sound,
Do you hear the sound?
I hear the sound,
Of the very last gang in town.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Boxer by Gaslight Anthem
Obsessed with these lyrics right now:
Boxer Lyrics by Gaslight Anthem
*Got your pride and your prose
Tucked just like a Tommy gun
Somewhere in the smoke
Just in case you need it*
I know you got your pride and your prose
Tucked just like a Tommy gun
Somewhere in the smoke
Just in case you needed
Some of her to spin around
Rougher than the last one
What'd you used to say
The harder they come
But he just swears he's praying for a good time
And he he said he just doesn't miss her
I have heard you never really lose it
Do you do you
He took it all gracefully on the chin
Knowing that the beatings had to someday end
He found the bandages inside the pen
And the stitches on the radio
There was something heavy holding you down
And there were whispers that were driving you crazy
And now you hunt the heart of this town
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
And you tied two knuckles up
How they grind down
Try to be a man
Tough just like your father
Try to settle down
Boy I could calm down
Remember them songs
And the reasons we were singing for
But he said he just doesn't miss her
He he said it's somewhere in his framework
And I have heard you never really lose it
Do you do you
He took it all gracefully on the chin
Knowing that the beatings had to someday end
He found the bandages inside the pen
And the stitches on the radio
There was something heavy holding you down
And there were reasons that were driving you crazy
Until you hunt the heart of this town
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
And you can wait all night long
Until it all goes wrong
And you waste away your soul
And you can wait wait wait wait
You took it all gracefully on the chin
Knowing that the beatings had to someday end
You found the bandages inside the pen
And the stitches on the radio
There was something heavey holding you down
And there were whispers that were driving you crazy
Until you hunt the heart of this town
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
Boxer Lyrics by Gaslight Anthem
*Got your pride and your prose
Tucked just like a Tommy gun
Somewhere in the smoke
Just in case you need it*
I know you got your pride and your prose
Tucked just like a Tommy gun
Somewhere in the smoke
Just in case you needed
Some of her to spin around
Rougher than the last one
What'd you used to say
The harder they come
But he just swears he's praying for a good time
And he he said he just doesn't miss her
I have heard you never really lose it
Do you do you
He took it all gracefully on the chin
Knowing that the beatings had to someday end
He found the bandages inside the pen
And the stitches on the radio
There was something heavy holding you down
And there were whispers that were driving you crazy
And now you hunt the heart of this town
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
And you tied two knuckles up
How they grind down
Try to be a man
Tough just like your father
Try to settle down
Boy I could calm down
Remember them songs
And the reasons we were singing for
But he said he just doesn't miss her
He he said it's somewhere in his framework
And I have heard you never really lose it
Do you do you
He took it all gracefully on the chin
Knowing that the beatings had to someday end
He found the bandages inside the pen
And the stitches on the radio
There was something heavy holding you down
And there were reasons that were driving you crazy
Until you hunt the heart of this town
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
And you can wait all night long
Until it all goes wrong
And you waste away your soul
And you can wait wait wait wait
You took it all gracefully on the chin
Knowing that the beatings had to someday end
You found the bandages inside the pen
And the stitches on the radio
There was something heavey holding you down
And there were whispers that were driving you crazy
Until you hunt the heart of this town
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
Remember when I knew a boxer baby
