1. |
Junkman
09:09
|
|||
|
Men of power got it in for me
They’re going only where they want to be
I am the junkman open to deal
Yes I’m a bargain for the men of steel
Men of power in a submarine
All is cool, all is perfectly clean
Here’s the junkman, I see the dirt
I see your hands on a world of hurt
Governments are crazy
Suddenly I wake up, and I find the world is not there at all
But you keep on believing the lie, because you don’t want to make the call
Distant towns and far off lands is the thing that I miss the most
All caught up in a fantasy, you got me living out like a ghost
I had nothing left at all
I had nowhere else to go
Men of power got it in for me
They’re going only where they want to be
I am the junkman, your rags and bones
‘Nothing’s gonna change after I have gone
Prostitutes is crazy
Men of power hear me calling from the river to the tower
Somebody’s been raking your mud
And a bully gonna put him down
Every time you do another like that
The mojo’s gonna come around
Get ready, the junkman
Good God it’s the junkman
Get down in basements and subfloors and such
Girl’s got no reason, girl’s got no code
Girl’s got no vision, freak town overload
Boy’s got no reason, boy’s got no code
Boy’s got no vision, freak town overload
|
||||
2. |
Santa Monica
04:41
|
|||
|
SANTA MONICA
Santa Monica, she gave the world away
She gave up every woman, child and man
On the eve of May, they came to take her away
She rolled on everybody, money in her hand
Honey is that true, baby watch your speed
Santa Monica, sole perpetrator
Said she be an outcast, why not be a star?
Santa Monica, still circulating
As I make my way, I know where you are
Honey is that you, baby watch your speed
Everything is relative, freedom over chemistry, alright
You won’t feel your legs when you mop the floors
In Regional and F.C.D.
We shut the power down on the cedar floor, in the cottages for you and me
But there was a crack, and they let all those freaks out
Before the goons got back in control
When they poisoned your body, and they vanquished your soul
I know she can, I know that she can, Santa Monica
Let me go, she said, what I know, she said
Is just outside of the gates
|
||||
3. |
Bad Apple
02:31
|
|||
|
Say goodbye to loneliness, and baby you will see
Restless heart why be lonely, stay with me
Your bird has flown away
A price that you must pay
Yes your bird has flown away
I seen her spread her wings
I’ve seen the little bird fly away
Bad apple from the bunch
Only inches from the tree
Bad apple from the bunch
Makes no difference to me
My little baby she lost her son
Junior had to roam
My baby she lost her son
One hundred days on the road
Sonny come back home
|
||||
4. |
Streetlights
05:21
|
|||
|
I seen the one eyed girl in the corner
It got me thinking for real
I put the devil inside her
I got to know how it feels
I’d fill that hungry head up with fantasy for 5 or 6 days
I never seen her die hard protector, you chased him away
But you didn’t him, you didn’t care
Somebody loves you up there
Go ahead, let them laugh at you, and make a fool of you
Young girl it’s cold out in the streetlight
I know that you’re far from home
Young girl it’s cold out in the streetlight
I tell you that you’re not alone
I will not heed caution baby
I will not pay up the cost
I will not climb up the side of your mountain
In the streetlights you’re lost
I wish I was out on the corner
I’d put the light in your day
Dante says you’re wonderful
You put the light in the day
They will never love you
Love you like me
Pick your suitcase up at the station
And put you back on your feet
But…
|
||||
5. |
Rat King
05:32
|
|||
|
RAT KING
Rat King, born to be the rat king
On my way to heaven I started up at seven
Now it’s 11:59
Mary Ann, Mary Ann we have no future
Rat King, I come on like a bee sting
Never seen the sun, living on the run
I’m not complaining
I;m a rat king, looking for a rat queen
Born to be a lover, living undercover
Like a mad king
Mary Ann we have no future
She’s on a comet tail approaching
We must crown today a queen
|
||||
6. |
Navona
05:21
|
|||
|
I seen it once, I can’t forget the time and place where we just met
Sat beside the fountain head, her shoulders white, raven hair
I thought I heard a magnesium flare, a hot pink sound that filled the air
Geronimo, before I blow I call Geronimo
Oh, she’s down on the corner, right by Navona
On the course of the Zodiac, the syndicate, my mind collapsed
We all know the count is low, the game is rigged, the dream is gone
I turned my head and I looked back
Fuck if I know how the sky collapsed
Babylon, Babylon, they all cried out for Babylon
|
||||
7. |
Tragedy
04:04
|
|||
|
Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time, in a world of tears I slowly drown
Going home I just can't take it
All alone I really should be holding you, loving you
Tragedy, the feeling's gone but you can't go on
It's tragedy, the morning cries but you don't know why
It's hard to bear, there's no one to love you
You're going nowhere
Night and day, burning down inside of me
A burning love, a yearning that won't let me be
Down I go I just can't take it
All alone, really I should be holding you, loving you
Tragedy...
|
||||
8. |
Mist On Monte Sano
05:29
|
|||
|
MIST ON MT SANO
Mist of Monte Sano, it was our final song
We were halfway loaded around the break of dawn
There’s times I thought I’d seen her, running through the pines
It was just these clouds encroaching upon these dreams of mine
Winners and losers, beggars and choosers, we passed them by
Mist of Monte Sano, headlights down the lane
Pylons fell like dominoes, Alabama rain
Down inside a tenement, where a friend of mine
Had waited for a lifetime, I checked around for signs
Winners take it over, like a comb running down her shoulder we passed them by
But the fear at night of the world running out of light
It outshines us all, it outshines us all
And the speed and the sound of the world turning upside down
It outshines us all, it outshines us all
She drew on my partner, he wore the diamond ring
Yes she craved the ornament, and all his finer things
And took him to her graveyard, built on Spanish moss
And under the magnolias she sang about her loss
She sang of winners and losers, beggars and choosers
We passed them by
|
||||
9. |
||||
|
Over and over I keep going over the world we knew
Days when you used to love me
That inconceivable, that unbelievable world we knew
When we two were in love
And every bright neon sign it turned to stars
And the sun and the moon, they used to be ours
Each road that we took it turned into gold
But the dream was too much for you to behold
|
||||
10. |
||||
|
Hey Marcel, they made a fool of you
Walked through the door, expecting more
I said why, why wait can’t you see
Ten thousand more, is going to walk that door
And make it shine for a while
Boy watch your soul, it’s growing cold
Hey Marcel, show me what you see
While life is busy making company
And wait while I ask you from my soul
Hey Marcel, my Marcel what is that you know?
I see it in your eyes, the light you carry
I see it every time that I turn back
I see it in your eyes the light you carry, no no
Hey Marcel, they don’t like what you’re about
I believe in love, even when I doubt
Sitting in my home, sadness in my bones
Boy watch your soul
It’s growing cold
I see it in your eyes, the light you carry
I see it every time that I turn back
I see it in the light the morning ferries
Even if I falter I turn back
I see it in your eyes, the light you carry
|
||||
11. |
Sonnet
03:15
|
|||
|
Sonnet, oh oh Sonnet
That’s a Sonnet, and yes, we’re on it
Would you rather go out there and be my friend
Know my name, and love again
Sonnet…
Memories fade, but the songbird’s right here at your feet
Once I find my baby, you see me standing tall
It’s a shock
Oh, suddenly I hear the call, suddenly we’re coming back together
Sonnet, oh oh Sonnet
|
||||
12. |
||||
|
Death to me is not the saddest thing
Because the saddest thing are we who are left behind
Do you really love me, do you
No ordinary guy, am I, but I drop down to you
Do you really love me
Time’s running out, and it’s curtains
It doesn’t matter to me
It shouldn’t matter to you
You and I were close, and I thought I knew you
You and I were close, I felt like I knew you
In spite of all my failings I can see the faces
But I drop down to you
|
||||
13. |
||||
|
Are you still enjoying the circus of the night
But you sleep all day
Are you coming over, even though I don’t treat you right
But you sleep all day
But it’s hard
Horses they drew your chariot
Mountains they fell by your hand
By your hand everything good, it drew ten true tears
It was never really at your command
Yeah yeah shout it out, it was never at your command
Horses they drew your chariot
Mountains fell by your hands
All alone back in the house that you haunted
Love was all you wanted
I want to hear the story about the mansions fat in glory
Suddenly it wasn’t about what you got, they took all your little money from your pot
Settle down settle down they took the law from you and yours alone
What a getaway, you bouncing Betty, there’s not a sign of you up in the marketplace
She cooed on the telephone line
She cried cause she wouldn’t be mine
But I saw the signs in my mind
Did you wind them up?
And it’s fine, it’s just the way that you feel
Did you wind them up?
Horses they drew your chariot…
|
||||
14. |
Bum Jockey
04:42
|
|||
|
BUM JOCKEY
You know the kind of girls the love a bum jockey
They fight for everyone they see
He’s riding high, like a cannonball rocking
Mr Handsome, kind of looks like me
He’s moving, he’s running, he’s moving, he’s gunning
But I’ve seen him fall
Backseat driver on the floor
I hear the call
Backseat mama in the stalls
But you can’t blame to boy cause he keeps on trying
For getting what he wants
Flippety flip flippety flop fee fi fo he’s back on top
Got a stable full of fillies
Just like a bum jockey do
With the saddle and the crop
And some good loving too
Come upon his bumper
He’ll kick you like a mule
Never seen him scratch
Or tangle with the rules
I’ve seen him fall
He’s a backseat driver in the stalls
I hear the call rubber duckie on the floor
Etc
|
||||
15. |
Jesus Aced The Rainy Day
04:32
|
|||
|
Every bit of the sky has gone grey
All of my hopes fading away
Grey grey grey
Jesus aced the rainy days
I sat on the roof and I kicked at the door
Give me a minute and I’ll do it some more
Grey…
On and on when you hit a bump in the road
Stay strong when you caught the motherlode
I hardly hear the things you people say
But I enjoy the company first
The flowers I bring you have slowly decayed
Count on our love not fading away
|
||||
16. |
Naked Silhouette
03:42
|
|||
|
Take your naked silhouette
Back to your hideaway up north
Down the trail of dusty outliers
And misfits
Mercury, baby you lied to me
Stop hiding in the sun's proximity
Though lithe and strong and hot you be
You lied to me
Incessantly
But in your city, lost and lonely
It's not pretty, but you're my only
I will follow you tomorrow
Because I'm always in your shadow
|
||||
17. |
||||
|
Voices in a daydream, chitter chatter they scream
My revelation sprung from black to white
Eastern blaze, eastern lights, flashing darts and brights
It’s not a bad thing
But you lead me on
Don’t lead me on
Don’t lead me on while you’re shooting at the sparrow
Don’t lead me on until it’s time tomorrow
Maple and honey they take up the shelf
I burned all the wood, now I’m burning myself
Smell the heater down the tracks
I sat on the trail of the hunter
The hunter’s train leading the way
My city of dreams is no more
My city of dreams is no more
You lead me on…
Once in your head, once in the marrow
Once in your head, you bring back the sparrow
Well alright, I still see you in the morning
On your satellite, I guess I’m lucky like that
It felt alright, when it came without a warning
On a starless night, and a tall black hat
Well that’s a mean old cat
But you lead me on…
Set your course, set your sights, make a choice
And shout it out all night
|
||||
18. |
Cain Killed In Vain
04:03
|
|||
|
Cain killed in vain, is that losing?
Locked in a lie, and the waters are moving
Can’t afford to go easy
Your sentimental pout, don’t wear it out your window
Your sentimental pout, don’t wear it out your door
Call out the names of all the rulers
And of all of the rest of the bodies
Bodies of everyone who is losing
|
||||
19. |
747
03:23
|
|||
|
Phoenix Arizona, I was high on the rock
Dust clouds approaching, but I could not seem to stop
Took a 747, take me up around the world
A 747 to connect me to my girl
With one eye on the dragon, I come upon Japan
I break away to taxi, and it’s a jam
But a 747 lift me high above the clouds
A 747 take me up to higher ground
I took it high, I took it real high
What goes up must come down
Here I am touching down
And I want to show you the wonders I found
Run to your rescue on the edge of the world
In a 747 I could show my true devotion
Share my inner feelings render some commotion
Sometimes I get the feeling, and I stow away for free
Just trembling in the cargo, with a shooter looking at me
In a 747 I hear the waves splashing
I see the children playing in the sound
I took it high, I took it real high
Into the mighty machine of the ocean
Here I am touching down
Under the great sunken reef I was floating
Run to your rescue
I took it high, I took it real high
What goes up must come down
Here I am touching down
And I want to show you the secrets I found
Run to your rescue on the edge of the world
|
||||
20. |
Clemency Bough
04:08
|
|||
|
When I seen you in the winter with your tits out in the cold
It was hard to complete a thought, it was hard this I know
To my knees I fell, underneath your spell, as the wicked fog spun a tale
Bloody were the howls on Clemency Bough as the wetlands exhaled
Monday begat Tuesday, as I found you out on the ice
Well the cold wind blew on your cold slack hair, you were never clear in sight
My love she was nothing but honest and true, on the sofa she would weep
Boy you carved that pipe from ear to ear in a clean and festering sweep
Oh you turned into a killer so that we may love again
Sometimes I feel like I’m speaking from a blackout
Innocent as a cannibal in a madhouse
One light burning, one light shining, on a low rent walk-up, dying
Of a memory, a red river plea, that rang across the ice in a scream
As they, no we, no they, rid the world of the rest of thee
Well you turned into a killer, so that we may love again
|
||||
21. |
Soon
03:40
|
|||
|
Wait wait for me I was wrong
Wait wait for me
Wait wait for me, while we run
I will come
Since you don’t love me
Like you’re supposed to
It hasn’t been easy, hanging on
You used my head to caterwaul
And in my bed you baby bawled
What is that you say
It grows stronger every day
Ever since you been amazed
It’s easier to stay, I’ll stay another
|
||||
22. |
Kitsch
03:31
|
|||
|
I had a dream, a crazy dream
I had a vison of things to come
Then I awoke, it weren't no joke
I seen the shape of things to come
Kitsch it's a beautiful word, it's a beautiful lullaby
I held a queen, all dressed in green
But I could see she had no soul
I seen the moon, shining in June
What we all need has not been told
Kitsch...
|
||||
23. |
Edgar Allan Song
04:03
|
|||
|
Smoking in a taxi, while I’m dancing in the mirror
Walking in the ghetto, lost inside the Metro
Sleeping in the window, sleeping with the spirits
Touching a piano, staring at the soaps
And wondering where has all the money gone
I was laid out on and endless beach, where seeing is believing
I can’t find no measure, in golden grains of sand
But dreaming of a power, when powers come untethered
Pondering my days, inside the hurricane
And counting up my biscuits
Words could not contain my emotion
A crown wouldn’t even out the score
In the embers of the heat
Her eyes cooking back at me
One bad, one good, one isn’t where I think it should be
|
||||
Trastevere Jr.
If you like Trastevere Jr., you may also like:
This creative San Francisco guitar band melds trip hop, krautrock, My Bloody Valentine-esque noise, and jangle pop hooks.
go to album
Noise pop at its finest from this rambunctious Melbourne group that thrives on louder-than-loud guitars and belted-out vocals.
go to album
The Atlanta trio find an appealing balance between their trademark razor sharp wiry riffage and freewheeling groove.
go to album
I Wish You Could See Yourself Right Now
by Gentle Organisms
The aptly named Gentle Organisms specialize in quietly radiant songs centered on tender melodies.
go to album
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO
by Juliana Hatfield
It’s a match made in heaven: Juliana Hatfield tackles the classic ELO catalog on a road that leads to power pop bliss.
go to album
The Chicago multi-instrumentalist sharpens bold, funky hooks into urgent sociopolitical commentary.
go to album
The Queens electric guitarist mixes free-spirited indie rock with R&B flourishes.
go to album
