Lyrics:
"I don't belong here" said old Tessa out loud
"Easy, love, there's the Safe Way home"
Thankful for her Fine Fair discount, Tess co-operates
Still alone in o-hell-o
See the deadly nightshade grow
English ribs of beef bone-in 47 p/lb
Peek freans family assorted from 17 1/2 to 12
Fairy liquid giant, slashed from 20 p to 17 1/2
"I don't belong here" said old Tessa out loud
"Easy, love, there's the Safe Way home"
Thankful for her Fine Fair discount, Tess co-operates
Still alone in o-hell-o
See the deadly nightshade grow
English ribs of beef bone-in 47 p/lb
Peek freans family assorted from 17 1/2 to 12
Fairy liquid giant, slashed from 20 p to 17 1/2
I treat these niggas like Coach Carter, huh
Ain't talkin' bout' no damn soda
White girl with me, wants some coke products
I pull up, I'm turning heads
I close the curtains, while she turn her nose
This shit Off-White, I be rockin' Virgil clothes
Walked out of Louis, lookin' like a Virgil discount (discount)
If it ain't a hunnid, this a miscount (miscount)
Seven days a week, I smoke six ounce (six ounce)
If a chick with me, she like big houses (big houses)
If a chick with me, she like foreign cars (foreign cars)
If a chick with me, she like Goyard (Goyard)
If a chick with me, she like protein (protein)
Make her take a rich nigga clothes off (clothes off)
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitching a ride with the bleeding noses
Coming to town with the briefcase blues
Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitching a ride with the bleeding noses
Coming to town with the briefcase blues
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitching a ride with the bleeding noses
Coming to town with the briefcase blues
Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitching a ride with the bleeding noses
Coming to town with the briefcase blues
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look there's a dead end waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
Got a devils haircut in my mind
They cried the tears, they shed the fears
Up and down the land
They stole guitars or used guitars
So the tape would understand
Without even the slightest hope of a thousand sales
Just as if there was a Hitsville in UK
Know the boy was all alone, till the Hitsville UK
They say true talent will always emerge in time
When lightening hits small wonder
It's fast rough factory trade
No expense accounts, or lunch discounts
Or hypeing up the charts
The band went in 'n' knocked 'em dead in two minutes and fifty-nine
No slimey deals, with smarmy eels, in Hitsville UK
Let's shake 'n' say we'll operate in Hitsville UK
The mutants, creeps and muscle men
Are shaking like a leaf
It blows a hole in the radio
When it hasn't sounded good all week
A mike 'n' boom, in your living room - in Hitsville UK
No consumer trials, or A.O.R. in Hitsville UK
Now the boys and girls are not alone
Now the Hitsvilles hit UK
They say true talent will always emerge in time,
When lightening hits small wonder
Its fast rough factory trade,
No expense accounts, or lunch discounts
Or hyping up the charts,
The band went in, 'n knocked 'em dead, in 2 min. 59
- No slimy deals, with smarmy eels - in Hitsville U.K.
Draw a rumor flashing lights and
Let all whispers die
Sixteen colors, I'm so lonely
Let, let the picture dry
'Cause everybody sees things differently
And everybody says things rationally
So open up your heart, open up your mind
Speak, speak, speak, speak to me let it go
So open up your heart, open up your mind
Speak, speak, speak, speak to me let it go
Suppressed emotions flying past
Are heading out the other end
The precious love, the daily grind
It's wonderful elastic wasted, rubber ghost
Are floating past the midnight hour
They push aside the things that matter most
Wonderful trace the faces
X the places where the judges lie
I'm not scared of all the nothings
Let, let the whispers die
'Cause everybody sees things differently
(Exciting news at discount price)
And everybody says things rationally
(A million opportunities)
So open up your heart, open up your mind
Speak, speak, speak, speak to me let it go
So open up your heart, open up your mind
Speak, speak, speak, speak to me let it go
IM-A-G-IN-E, oh m-O-V-E-M-E-N T, oh
IM-A-G-IN-E, oh
L-e t-u-s-b-e-f-e-a-r-l-e-s-s
'Cause everybody sees things differently
(Exciting news at discount price)
And everybody says things rationally
(A million opportunities)
So open up your heart, open up your mind
Speak, speak, speak, speak to me let it go
So open up your heart, open up your mind
Speak, speak, speak, speak to me let it go
(Wonderful)
Hey, yeah
Hey, hey
I heard it through the grapevine
You've been hanging by a thread
Rumors at the dog park
Sticking everyone's nose in what you did
It's how you cope but now you're choking
While you're praying for some discount Jesus Christ to come
Save you from yourself
So what's the point of holding on
When letting go's the only way you're changing?
Now we learned a hard lesson in a small Texas town
He fired up a fat boy and he passed it around
The last words I spoke before they tucked me in
I may discount Bungee jump but,
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again.
[Chorus:]
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
My party's all over before it begins
You can't pour me some old whiskey River my friend.
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look, there's a dead end waiting
Temperature's dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leprous faces
Heads are hanging from the garbageman trees
Mouthwash, jukebox, gasoline
Pistols are pointing at a poor man's pockets
Smiling eyes ripping out of his sockets
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitchin' a ride with the bleedin' noses
Comin' to town with the briefcase blues
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
Ghetto-blastin' disintegrating
Rock 'n' roll, know what I'm saying?
Something's wrong
cause my mind is fadin'
And everywhere I look
there's a dead end waiting,
Temperature's dropping
at the rottin' oasis
Stealing kisses
from the leperous faces
Heads are hanging
from the garbageman trees
Mouthwash, jukebox, gasoline,
Pistols are pointing
at a poor man's pockets
Smiling eyes
whippin' out of the sockets
Got a devils haircut in my mind (X4)
Love machines
on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies
on the dropout buses
Hitchin' a ride
with the bleedin' noses
Comin' to town
with the briefcase blues
Got a devils haircut in my mind (X4)
Somethin' wrong
cause my mind is fading
Ghetto blastin' disintegrating
Rock 'n' roll
know what I'm saying?
Dropped 40 for a Glock 40
That's a hood discount
That's an accessory gun, sesemy seed buns
For the beef y'all brung
Y'all done fucked up
Fucked with the wrong fuck up
I've been a nut since pops fucked moms
Fucked up in the head, I'm living
But I'm brain-dead
Life goes on and you don't need a
Psychic in order to read my palm
Niggas'll get you first where I'm from
That's why I Creep on 'em, I creep on 'em
I creep on 'em
Niggas play cool, put the heat on 'em
Make the temperature reach the
Highest peak on 'em
I said you don't need a pyschic
In order to read my palm
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
And everywhere I look, there's a dead end waiting
Temperature's dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leprous faces
Heads are hanging from the garbageman trees
Mouthwash, jukebox, gasoline
Pistols are pointing at a poor man's pockets
Smiling eyes ripping out of his sockets
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitchin' a ride with the bleedin' noses
Comin' to town with the briefcase blues
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Got a devil's haircut in my mind
Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading
Ghetto-blastin' disintegrating
Rock 'n' roll, know what I'm saying?
I've seen those big machines come rolling through the quiet pines
Blue suits and bankers with their Volvos and their valentines
Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise
Raise up a multiplex and we will make a sacrifice
Now we're gonna get the big business
Now we're gonna get the real thing
Everybody's all excited about it
Who remembers when it all began
Out here in no man's land
Before they passed the master plan
Out here in no man's land
Low supply and high demand
Here in no man's land
There ain't much work out here in our consumer power base
No major industry, just miles and miles of parking space
This morning's paper says our neighbor's in a cocaine bust
Lots more to read about Lolita and suburban lust
Now we're gonna get the whole story
Now we're gonna be in prime time
Everybody's all excited about it
Who remembers when it all began
Out here in no man's land
We've just begun to understand
Out here in no man's land
Low supply and high demand
Here in no man's land
I see these children with their boredom and their vacant stares
God help us all if we're to blame for their unanswered prayers
They roll the sidewalks up at night, this place goes underground
Thanks to the condo kings there's cable now in Zombietown
Now we're gonna get the closed circuit
Now we're gonna get the Top 40
Now we're gonna get the sports franchise
Now we're gonna get the major attractions
Who remembers when it all began
Out here in no man's land
Before the whole world was in our hands
Out here in no man's land
Before the banners and the marching bands
Out here in no man's land
Low supply and high demand
Here in no man's land
You want a five-finger discount
But nothing in life is free
How 'bout you work hard for what you
Want instead of jacking it from me
If it helps just a little
I'll give you the middle
It'll help you cut the cost
Can't give you a five-finger discount
But here's twenty percent off
The cops ain't gonna help me
But this town is pretty small
I'm gonna find out when I find you
That pretty girls can brawl
'Cause you want a five-finger discount
But nothing in life is free
Well, you better hope that karma ain't
A bigger bitch than me
If it helps just a little
I'll give you the middle
It'll help you cut the cost
Can't give you a five-finger discount
But here's twenty percent off
Five finger discount
But here's twenty percent off screw you!
A corner dive down on the square
Where the windows hang with a neon flare
Regulars shoot horse and pool
While the barmaid wishes the place half full
She works the jar with a discount flirt
A faded Houston Oilers shirt
While an old crow sings down on the stage
Thumbing the chords on a crinkled page
He plays his Zevon tune
Beneath a gulf moon
Take a walk down along the wall
You'll go right on past the carnival
Hand in hand with the keeper kind
The kind that ties to the ties that bind
Don't care for the carnie man
Or the fortune teller that reads your hand
You just beeline for a bungalow
Where the curtains flutter
And candles glow
In the heart of June
Beneath a gulf moon
And here I'm on a midnight porch
Looking up at a butane torch
That hangs behind a black expanse
Where stars flicker and planets dance
And it's probably time I pack it in
With a glass half-full of Jameson
Well I was born to croon
I might as well
Beneath a gulf moon
Down by the jetty
Near the Balinese Pier
The curmudgeons drink the yellow belly beer
And they bitch about the price of gas
And the fish that they can't seem to catch
They blame it on the islands way down south
From the bayou marsh and the delta mouth
Where the choppers roll and the tankers come
In a midnight daze for the oil drum
They can't leave too soon
Beneath a gulf moon
I lost my rank and title
I turned my back on it
Sold it all at a discount (yeah, yeah)
I wanted to progress things
I wanted my soul set free
Lost it all at a discount (yeah, yeah)
You and I both know that's how the story goes
We've seen it several times (yeah, yeah)
It's kinda hard to know, is there a point at all?
Lonely feelings in the city
One room flat with crumbling walls
Sirens play a distant melody
Neon shadows paint the halls
In the thirteen months I've spent here
With my manuscript and rhymes
I've paid in cash for foolish pleasures
Mother dear you'd call them crimes
Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I'm returning tonight
Now I see
Your concern
Mother dear how you taught me to learn
I been a Roman for survival
Showing two sides of my face
I need the comfort of your wisdom
I'm coming home to your embrace
If by chance I pass before you
Don't discount my gratitude
You're responsible for me here
And of course my attitude
Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I'm returning tonight
Now I see
Your concern
Mother dear how you taught me to learn
Stayin' up half the night
Wonderin' if what I'm doin' is right
Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I'm returning tonight
I am the entertainer
And I know just where I stand
Another serenader
And another long haired band
Today I am your champion
I may have won your hearts
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
And I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
I am the entertainer
And I've had to pay my price
The things I did not know at first
I learned by doin' twice
Ah, but still they come to haunt me
Still they want their say
So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
And they go their merry way
I am the entertainer
Been all around the world
I've played all kinds of palaces
And laid all kinds of girls
I can't remember faces
I don't remember names
Ah, but what the hell
You know it's just as well
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
It all becomes the same
I am the entertainer
I bring to you my songs
I'd like to spend a day or two
I can't stay that long
No, I've got to meet expenses
I got to stay in line
Gotta get those fees to the agencies
And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
So I just don't have the time
I am the entertainer
I come to do my show
You've heard my latest record
It's been on the radio
Ah, it took me years to write it
They were the best years of my life
It was a beautiful song
But it ran too long
If you're gonna have a hit
You gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to three o five
I am the entertainer
The idol of my age
I make all kinds of money
When I go on the stage
Ah, you've seen me in the papers
I've been in the magazines
But if I go cold I won't get sold
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
Like another can of beans
I am the entertainer
And I know just where I stand
Another serenader
And another long haired band
Today I am your champion
I may have won your hearts
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
I am the entertainer
And I know just where I stand
Another serenader
And another long haired band
Today I am your champion
I may have won your hearts
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
And I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
I am the entertainer
And I've had to pay my price
The things I did not know at first
I learned by doin' twice
Ah, but still they come to haunt me
Still they want their say
So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
And they go their merry way
I am the entertainer
Been all around the world
I've played all kinds of palaces
And laid all kinds of girls
I can't remember faces
I don't remember names
Ah, but what the hell
You know it's just as well
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
It all becomes the same
I am the entertainer
I bring to you my songs
I'd like to spend a day or two
I can't stay that long
No, I've got to meet expenses
I got to stay in line
Gotta get those fees to the agencies
And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
So I just don't have the time
I am the entertainer
I come to do my show
You've heard my latest record
It's been on the radio
Ah, it took me years to write it
They were the best years of my life
It was a beautiful song
But it ran too long
If you're gonna have a hit
You gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to three o five
I am the entertainer
The idol of my age
I make all kinds of money
When I go on the stage
Ah, you've seen me in the papers
I've been in the magazines
But if I go cold I won't get sold
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
Like another can of beans
I am the entertainer
And I know just where I stand
Another serenader
And another long haired band
Today I am your champion
I may have won your hearts
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
Well, I don't know thick or thin..
Landing in empty parking lots
In deserted discount stores,
Negro observers are landing by the scores!
Dropping down in low-rider cars
From Pluto, Venus, and Mars..
Sometimes we feel like champions,
Sometimes we just cant win,
Sometimes our records hit the top of the charts
Or the discount bargain bins.
[Chorus]
Through 30 years of touring
We've remained partners, brothers, and friends
We keep it together cause we love it and were sure
Well be big time before it all ends.
Woah
Stayed patient for the longest, you know how bad I want this
Up until the morning, you know how bad I want it
More than all the money, you know how bad I want it
Ain't it kind of funny how I can't think of one amount
Seven or eight figures, I don't care what amount
Yeah, she's amazin', I don't care what amount
I can never trade her, offers, I just shut 'em down
Turn 'em down, down, down, down
Pretty thing, I'ma spend whatever on her high heels
Made a safe investment on you, baby, 'cause you're mine still
Fine shit, you look hella fine, I pay the fine still
Made me say, I do, put your ass in my will
I would give all the fame and money for you, baby
How much just to leave you? No, they couldn't pay me
Don't want a discount, it don't sink me
Spend whatever on my baby
Yeah, I'ma spend whatever
(Spend whatever on my baby) I'ma spend whatever on you, on you, on you
Girl, no question, heard
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