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What Have I Done?
03:07
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What should I do to make you see - I’m not him, and I’ll never be?
What should I say to make you move - is that all you got to live on?
And if I give enough to you, it wouldn’t make a wish come true
What have I done - to hurt you, to shake you?
What have I done - did I hold on too long?
What have I done? what did I do wrong?
How come you make a fool out of me? No one cares, no one cares
Why do I do this to myself, and sadly go back again?
‘cause if I ever wanted more, you’d disappear - of that I’m sure
What have I done - to hurt you, to shake you?
What have I done - did I hold on too long?
What have I done - to show you, to change you?
What have I done - was it not soon enough?
What have I done - to mold you, to shape you?
What have I done - was I asking too much?
What have I done? What did I do wrong?
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Flaw in the Design
03:38
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Do you wake from your sleep, pretending I was just a bad dream?
I often wonder
If you were good enough for me, then baby why didn’t you stay
Oh, just a little longer?
Was it something wrong with me?
Or something you were looking for, you just didn’t find?
It’s so hard to understand when you can’t quite decide
If you’re wondering why it happened - it’s just a flaw in the design
I never meant to confound you
I never meant to - it just happened, love
It was your insanity - it made a thousand parts of me and sent them flying
I’m somewhere late at night, and you’re not by my side, and I’m still crying
You’re still two steps ahead of me, but baby I won’t stay two steps behind
It’s so hard to understand when you can’t quite decide
I understand your frustration - it’s just a flaw in the design
You were checking out, I was checking in - at least most of the time
I never meant to confound you
I never meant to - it just happened, love
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I have cried through eighteen thousand goodbyes
And seen myself in states of mind I’ll never understand
So I give myself two months - three, at the best
Then will I come down - come down off my cloud?
Still I smile - for a thousand years I’ve smiled
I grin & bear it - you know it’s hard, you know I’ve tried
And if I lose my grip on life, and let go and I die
Then will I come down - come down off my cloud?
You make it hard for me - you make it hard for me
You make it hard for me
To have a decent conversation with my next door neighbor
I would write a million lousy songs
Just to give you one that said what I mean to say
Release a box set & give you all the money
Then will I come down - come down off my cloud?
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In Between
03:38
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Until tonight, I have strayed through the calm & the storm
Because tonight, I’m awake - there’ll be no more after all
There’s so much new to feel without the weather tonight
And so, no more - you can go; maybe then you’ll be alright
Isn’t this exactly who I was supposed to be?
Did you really think I’d up & stop?
Because somewhere in between what I need to say
And how the words came out
You fell for me
By tomorrow, I’ll be gone - there’ll be no one to pick on
I’m not sure what to think - where do I begin alone?
If there’s no room to ask, why would there be room to lie?
If you’re not on my map, how should I know where to hide?
Isn’t this right where we were supposed to be?
Could we have done any better at all?
Because somewhere in between what I need to say
And how the words came out
You fell for me
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The Curse of Johnny Cash
03:15
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They were shining out the spotlight when they spotted the mound
Sheriff Donnie and the postman dug her up from the ground
Don’t let me down, or I will let it down on you
Well, it’s been real nice to meet you - I’d hate to have to pull the trigger
Another girlie in decatur thought she’d saddle up well
What she’s doing with that shotgun, no one ever will tell
Don’t let me down, or I will let it down on you
Well, it’s been real nice to meet you
I’d hate to have to pull the trigger & lay you out
I heard all the girls screaming, “I don’t want no man with a better half!”
In my tenure at the gold mine, I made out like a thief
Until foreman briscoe came, beyond all belief
Don’t let me down, or I will let it down on you
Well, it’s been real nice to meet you - I’d hate to have to pull the trigger
To be carried in the window, I was stuffed in a bag
If I’d been noticed, I wouldn’t be here to brag
Don’t let me down, or I will let it down on you
Well, it’s been real nice to meet you
I’d hate to have to pull the trigger & lay you out
I heard all the girls screaming, “I don’t want no man with a better half!”
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Forty days & forty nights - I don’t know if I have the time
You said that I was right & that you don’t wanna fight anymore
What if I had been wrong - would you still be carrying on so long?
Life would be easier
If I could get along with you
If you could get along with me
Stumbling in & out of love - playing with the lack thereof
What’s with your appetite? It’s only tuesday or wednesday night
Why don’t you put on your heels and we’ll go out and have ourselves a brawl?
Life would be so much easier
If I could get along with you
If you could get along with me
It’s just so far down
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I’ve lived a life without depression or guilt
Ignored the consequences and done what I willed
But certain regrets still swim around in my head
I’m making up for something I shouldn’t have said
I’ve hurt feelings & I’ve done people wrong
But I never expected it to go on for so long
So I’ll keep trying until they find me dead
Trying to make up for something I shouldn’t have said
By my own admission
By myself
Stuck on apprehension
Stuck on fail
Your check is in the mail
I do enjoy indian summer
Better watch your back or you might find yourself dead
You’re making fun of something I shouldn’t have said
Find something constructive to do with your time instead
Of watching TV in bed
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Fabulous Decline was a rock band from Southern Illinois.
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