Girls' Boyfriends - Lyrics
1. Love Die Hard
hey little girl you oughtta shut your mouth
ain’t no truth, ain’t no truth coming out
pardon me but i’ll stand right here
pointing my finger at you, dear
love don’t come easy
and it die hard
your one-in-a-million will still break your heart
oh no no no no no no i don’t wanna go
i’d rather stay at home
if i haven’t made myself clear
i’m staying right here
love don’t come easy
and it die hard
your one-in-a-million will still break your heart
one and two, buckle my shoe
three four, open the goddamn door
i’ll knock all night
i’ll knock all night
i’ll knock all night if i have to
love don’t come easy
and it die hard
your one-in-a-million will still break your heart
your cold, black, heart
2. Never Seen Central Park
i head to the city
because the city and your face, they look the same
and aren’t you pretty?
but you forgot my damn name
and i asked
“is this the line for the bathroom?”
i drank too much coffee today
and all these girls...
you all look the same
but i’m not lonely anymore
won’t catch me staring at your floorboards
lift up your head
shoot down those lonely blues
got stopped on the highway
for a ticket and the bond that i didn’t pay
cop asked me ten questions
and i forgot my own name
so i ask
“can you come down to the station?”
i drank to much liquor tonight
and all these cocksucking motherfucking shitty little piggies
oh yeah... they were lookin’ for a fight
but i’m not lonely anymore
won’t catch me staring at your floorboards
lift up your head
shoot down those lonely blues
well i’ve done all i can do
with a bottle in the green room and a rusted spoon
both dripping from my mouth like some lead balloons
and i’m standing on my X lookin’ straight into your room
with a pair of brown eyes
halfway to Jersey by noon
and the palm trees line the road beneath that judgmental moon
hanging so low in your sky and mine
try’na sip from our bottles of wine
3. Domestic Use (Oh, Nettie!)
well if my actions met my mouth
it’d be on that train in my heart running south
yeah i’ll meet you down in New Orleans
where your catfish jump and the moss just breathes
oh take me home
i know another game that we can play
we don’t have to see anyone else today
take off your jeans i’ll kick off my boots
lay in bed all day and sing some tunes
oh nettie
oh nettie
oh nettie
she knows she looks so good
i know another game that we can play
go out and tell all my friends it’s your birthday
order sweet and they’ll set you up just right
head home when the shrinks turn on the light
oh nettie
oh nettie
oh nettie
she knows she looks so good
well if my actions met my mouth
it’d be on that train in my heart running south
won’t you come up and meet me in New Jersey?
lord knows i’ll never leave
oh take me home
peace in the morning, that’s what Francie Moon says
peace in the morning, get us through the day
4. Brimstone Suckers
drinkin' bad juice at the christblood revival
set their minds singin on a hymn from the bible
got all the way here without my help
now they keep drummin' up the sin from beneath my belt
oh you, all you brimstone suckers
i don't know which way to turn
i ain't got much time to burn
baby they don't speak the truth
and they don't care what it does to you
they'll try to cut you down to their size
with some lies
and in the morning leave you cold and bleeding on the street
then they'll wonder how you ever got so mean
so i'm driving down the road with a drunk alligator
running from the law and the hate that i gave her
watch me disappear behind a blistering sun
tell me god won't forgive me for raising a son
oh you, all you brimstone suckers
i don't know which way to turn
i ain't got much time to burn
baby they don't speak the truth
and they don't care what it does to you
they'll try to cut you down to their size
with some lies
and they'll be tryin hard to guess how we ever kept our pretty hands clean
oh i've gotta get away from this scene
and start running down my dream
away from everybody acting like teens
and the hungover fluorescent routine
and the trigger happy internet queens
all trapped in basements like sardines
staring at their glowing screens
ain't never heard of steve mcqueen
they're as pathetic as i'm obscene
5. Swimmer's Ear
i've lasted all night, no stopping me
pain's wasted our time so recklessly
and i know it's wrong
it's wrong to die
and it's true,
it's wrong too if you cry
keep my song in your heart and your mind a while
to tell you the truth,
you ain't far behind, child
there's no hope for me
but we're on the same ship to the sea
and i know i know i know i know i know it hurts so bad
and i know i know i know i know i know it makes you sad
but i'll be seeing you again
and i can still lend you a hand
if you keep my song in your heart and your mind a while
to tell you the truth,
you ain't far behind, child
there's no hope for me
but we're on the same ship to the sea
you can go down slow
but in the end we all go
6. Interview
7. Condoms In My Leather Jacket
i don’t wanna put my kid on a leash
stroll around the mall where the brand new hair cuts meet
take him food shopping at the hard rock candy store
or raise him up strong for the united states marine corps
i just wanna write a song
and i want him to write his own
she just wanna make a racket
so i’ve got condoms in my leather jacket
and i don’t wanna just be your friend
after all this time that we spent
when i shoulda prob’ly been playing my guitar
if baby baby baby baby baby ima be a star
i just wanna write a song
and i want you to write your own
she just wanna make a racket
so i’ve got condoms in my leather jacket
but if you let time slide into the seaside night
i won’t have to call you out
baby it ain’t much fun
to be standing still but always feeling on the run
she just wanna make a racket
so i’ve got condoms in my leather jacket
8. Rain Jawn
well i dropped a coin in your head, you spent months in my bed tellin' me everything that could've been - should've been - why does your rain fall so hard? why does your rain fall so hard?
never met a girl quite like you (defeated)
and i'll admit maybe my heart wasn't true (conceited)
driving 'round this town hogging the knife (and you're bleeding)
never was deserving of a wife
you raped all the space you could fill all that time that you killed puttin' me on again and off again your ball and chain - why does your rain fall so hard? why does your rain fall so hard on me?
never met a girl quite like you (defeated)
and i'll admit maybe my heart wasn't true (conceited)
driving 'round this town hogging the knife (and you're bleeding)
never was deserving of a wife -
i'm too lazy
9. Swallow
i’ve got two matching shoes
and i’ve got some white-boy blues
first world problems galore
can’t even walk in a grocery store with you
what more can you do?
spent the day watching the clock
repeat itself with that minute hand tock
sittin’ here, ears all bent
don’t ask where those hours went, they flew
what more can you do?
suddenly i forgot how to swallow
no sense in that head so hollow
i rang the bell, ain’t nobody came
so much trouble in tryin’ to be sane with you
what more can you do?
i wish you never learned how to drive
sixteen, barely alive
or a city girl who don’t trip on her tongue
more to her word than baiting some cum
baiting some cum
baiting some cum
she's just baiting some
10. Fuck College
i went to college
majored in bullshit
four years
five million beers
to hang my name on the wall and say
"mom look what i did
hey dad, look what i did
i wasted my youth
and i wasted your money too"
i got her pregnant
he’s due any day now
eighteen years
paying arrears
she looks so bad to me now
oh mom, mom look what i did
hey dad, look what i did
i wasted my youth
and i wasted your money too
now i’ve got a mortgage
just living here with the puppy
thirty years till i’m clear
the bank takes my money now
mom look what i did
hey dad, look what i did
i wasted my youth
and i wasted your money too
11. Diddley Tree
hey hey why can't i just come in and stay?
oh no, my heart - it just, it wanted to play
i'll be so sweet, i'll be so mean
i'll show you things, girl, that you ain't ever seen
roll down your window and just suck on the breeze
lay down your arms, babe, and surrender to me
i'll work each day till our dreams they come true
then put down my songs and give my nights to you
oh you got me
any way you want me to, i'll be
just you and me
sittin’ in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
first comes love
then come marriage
then comes that bitty baby
he's screamin’ in that baby carriage
but love don't last long for two selfish fucks
each day spent together was just tryin’ our luck
your wine glass crashin’ on the wall by my head
turn my face to the door feelin’ better off dead
oh you got me
any way you want me to, i'll be
just you and me
sittin' in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
but as sure as the sky will fall
as sure as the sky will fall
as sure as the sky will fall, babe
you coulda had it.
you coulda had it all.
hey follow me - i'll take you to the diddley tree
12. Pastoral
try to keep your makeup on
and try to keep an eye on the ball
crack another bottle but
don’t trust that i’ll comfort your fall
you’ve got it all
there’s much more to be
than what you can fit on the rings of your tree
this life’s a disease
try to keep your dinner down
and don’t let that heart grow so cold
surprise yourself alive the day
you find the silver threads amongst the mold
you’ve got it all
there’s much more to be
than how many rings you count on your tree
this life’s a disease
and it’s eating clean through me
try to keep your makeup on
and try to keep an eye on the ball