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THE BLACK LEAGUE LYRICS
"Man's Ruin Revisited" (2004)
1. Old World Monkey
2. Alive & Dead
3. Cold Women & Warm Beer
4. Hot Wheels (Hurriganes cover)
5. Black Water Fever
6. Lost In the Shadows, I Walk Alone
7. Ain't No Friend O' Mine
8. The Healer
9. Crooked Mile
10. Mad Ol' Country
11. Man's Ruin... Revisited!
12. Better Angels (Of Our Nature)
1. Old World Monkey
standing still now...
in the convulsing crowd
like a monolith from some forgotten time
tryin' to get high
dying to embrace the world
come lay down next to me, honey
-forget about the rest
and hear me
step back or get down
because
you know i am an old-world monkey
hailing from the old world baby yeah
feel like a remnant...
of some long-gone form of life
or civilization
unsynchronized with time
tryin' to get high
dying to embrace the world
come here right next to me, honey
-forget about this mess!
pounding, pounding...now the rhythm's right...
and this thing i've found in you...
i will keep all mine all mine!!!
this one's for y'all...
fuckin' "New-World Monkeez"!!!
HA! HA! HA!
2. Alive & Dead
they try to fuck us
they always did
they try to break us
they never will
you thought me dead, boe!
well i'm alive
you thought me dead, boe!
but i'm alive
they always tried to sabotage our thing
and ban and boycott every song that i sing
they're tryin' to make us even dig our own graves
we'll keep 'em waitin' for the Judgement Day!
still alive...
still alive...
3. Cold Women & Warm Beer
i see her walkin' down
in her pretty dress
the boy comes 'round w/ a crate of beer
i feel like a "rude ol' fesse"
raisin' hell now...
raisin' hell now...
and
i sing my boogie when the lights go out
when the lights go out!
i see her passin' by
in her hi-heel shoes
the boe takes the beer to someone else
we're stuck w/ the same ol' Blues
and
i sing my boogie when the lights go out!
and all we got was,
cold women
cold women and warm beer
cold women...
oh babe i need more
come now little brother,
spare a dime for me
all my life i wasted here
-gave my soul for free
raisin' hell now...
raisin' hell now...
and
i sing my boogie when the lights go out!
when the lights go out!
and all we got was...
(old women and NO beer)
4. Hot Wheels (Hurriganes cover)
Theres a whole lotta jumping
And a whole lotta bumping goin on
Theres a whole lotta balling
A whole lotta mauling going on
You can get a bit of this
Get a bit of that
Come to the party
And get a bit of what's going on
Theres a whole lotta drinking
And a whole lotta thinking going on
Theres a whole lotta dancing
And a kind of romancing going on
You can get a bit of this
Get a bit of that
Come to the party
And get a bit of what's going on
5. Black Water Fever
insanity with its little teeth
is gnawing at my brain
and slowly driving me insane...
black water
black water
black water fever's drowning me!
black water fever...
drowning me!
for suffering will always be provided
for those in need
and i'm being punished for my deed...
black water fever a-drowning me!
this is the harvest that we reap
and it's growing from the baddest seed
once more the circle is complete...
black water fever...drowning me!
6. Lost In the Shadows, I Walk Alone
lost in the shadows...
i walk alone
lost in the shadows...
deep in the shadows of my soul
lost in the shadows, i walk alone
'cause there ain't nobody home
lost in the shadows, i walk alone
1,000,000 miles away from home!
lost in the shadows...
lost in the twilight truth
i was lost in the illusion of youth
couldn't bear the night no more
lost in a lifeless void
i'm lost in my soul
seen so much my eyes are more
blame it on the moonless nights
or blame it on the days that i died
lost in the shadows of my soul
lost in the shadows...
7. Ain't No Friend O' Mine
dog-gone soul is better-off dead now
hear my words and hang your head down
flames are growin' higher, higher...
we're caught down in a ring of fire...
goin' down, goin' down...
i do it once
or maybe twice
then leave you begging like a good dog
flames are growin' higher, higher...
we're caught down in a ring of fire
just like i told you before
and now you know it's for real
a little thing you should know:
is that you ain't no friend of mine
burn your house and steal your car
kick your dog and take your pretty wife
flames are growin'...
stalk your kids and poison your cat
tell your papa you're a faggot
flames are growin'...
8. The Healer
i'm sittin' in your room tonite
i'm right here baby by your side
i wanna hold you by the hand
and tell you girl only i understand
i wanna heal you!
i wanna make it good!
but i can't...
for i can only make you worse
i stay beside your bed all night
i tell you everything's alright
if only you could feel my touch
and hear me whisper that i love you so much
i wanna heal you...
you think i am your saviour girl
you think i'm gonna be your man
but i ain't gonna save you baby
although i'm pretty sure that i can
9. Crooked Mile
dive into nothingness
forget that we exist
and feed our souls to stray dogs
at the gates of bliss
we all shall be dismissed
to drown ourselves in pools of blood
learn to fool ourselves
more than life itself
lose our minds like wild hogs
learn to swim in urine
vomit oxygen and bile
and then walk...
as i walk my crooked mile
cross the Tiber and cross the Nile
I see centuries rush by
as i walk my crooked mile
first admit your failure
then embrace your traitor
sell our lives for freedom
learn to hide your fortune
take delight in torture
and then walk...
10. Mad Ol' Country
sure we had a reputation
for being mean and rude
and i guess there ain't no saying
-what's the truth
we used to rather mind our business
and take care of it too
still we like to keep to ourselves now
-how 'bout you?
sing a song for a mad ol' country
no placel ike home
just a song for this mad ol' town
the north will rise again!
it's rising!
so we liked to risk our whiskey
for a forthnight in a row
and go raisin' hell down south
-what a real bloody horrorshow
and yes, we take a lot of pride, man
in what we are and what we do
at least we have integrity, son
-how 'bout you?
it's rising!
can you hear it honey?
now for all ye unbelievers
just let the truth be known
you can take a man out of here, girl
-but never above!
it's rising!
11. Man's Ruin... Revisited!
alright!
god bless me for my sins
god bless me for my evil deeds
-for i've done wrong
thank god for my disease
and praise the lord for my lurid needs
-i fuckin' need 'em!
because
i'm doin' fine!
i won't coss the line
till i leave this living hell
it's man's ruin again!
man's ruin again!
god bless me for my wounds
god bless me for my scars as well
-i'm goin' to hell babe!
there ain't no cure for my disease
until i cease to exist
-well life's a bitch anyway...
it's man's ruin again!
man's ruin again!
12. Better Angels (Of Our Nature)
so they came into being
under a dying sun
better angels of our nature
a job well done?
dormant under the surface
lying dead but dreaming
better angels of our nature
'twas a dream worth dreaming...
when all our wisdom has fadd
all is said and done
our good intentions are jaded, jaded
and all hope is gone
for the better angels
so the seagulls landed
on a dying shore
and all our hopes were stranded
grwing faint to the core
yet the city's breathing
forever dead but dreaming
better angels of our nature
'twas a dream worth dreaming...
let us pray for our better angels...
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