American Music Club Engine

Big Night

Big nights are black and blue
They get cold and they get wet
And they're calling out for you
Like no one you ever met

No one dreams in the hours around me
The more I lose the more you find me
I lose track with every kiss
We shouldn't be isolated like this

Yeah, you're my friend
And when we're lost I'll still hold your hand
Revealed in white when the shadows fail
In any shadow that you can name
I'll be the shadow of your name

Hold the prize close to your heart
Prizes made for those who failed
Hold the prize away from you
So maybe you can hold me as well

When time peels off your statued skin
I'll still be fooled by what remains
Yeah whatever's left of you will be my dream

Yeah, you're my friend
And when we're drunk
I'll still hold your hand
Revealed in white when the shadows fail
In any shadow that you can name
I'll be the shadow of your name
In any shadow that you name
I'll be the shadow of the name
I'll be the shadow of your name



Outside This Bar

The hospital wouldn't admit you
So we go home again
Right back to the same old room
Right back to the same old thing

But you know you're just another girl
Come from some carry-out in hell
You're just another story how they f~cked up the life
Of a sweet girl

We'll sit and look at the street
Watch the El Dorados roll by
You can't look your murderers
You can't look them in the eye

But you know they can always spot you
From a mile away
They give you anything you want
They'll do anything you say

And outside this bar there's no one alive
Outside this bar how does anyone survive
Together you and me you know we've gotta destroy this world
C'mon darling we've gotta destroy this world

And I remember when
Your girlfriend would put you on display
You'd be the life of the party
Til they come and drag you away

But in the end we'll watch the pattern
As it begins to tear
We'll see the chaos that's underneath
All the clothes that the angels wear

And outside this bar there's no one alive
Outside this bar how does anyone survive
Together you and me you know we'll never destroy this world
C'mon baby I wish we could destroy this world
Outside this bar

Together you and me turn this quiet night into silence
Together we'll turn this love into violence



At My Mercy

I hold your dress, your dress is blue
I'm a coin that fell into the sea
Now stumbling around, I'm lost from view
Do you know what became of me

He can see with his eyes closed
He'll leave you something to remember him by
Valentine said no way out
No way out and no goodbye

Now you're finally at my mercy
Now you're at my beck and call
You were born with just one kiss
That's all it took

He comes to this bar, he gets desperate
He's been shot and killed by love
Sits at the bar thinks about all those angels in heaven
And offer him to the overpass above

I hold your dress, your dress is blue
I am a coin that fell into the sea
Stumbling around but now I'm lost from view
On the losing side of eternity

Now you're finally at my mercy
Now you're at my beck and call
You were born with just one kiss
That's all it took



Gary's Song

Gary tell me why the leaves on the trees
Are falling this early as the spring
Why the leaves on the trees that are falling on us
Are like the words to the song
I've lived my whole life to sing

If you swim too much you'll drown

If we sit here and drink enough beer
We'll be two inflatable dolls in a hooker's bad dream
When the storm reaches us we'll be two blind drunks
Who've absorbed through the skin a whole lifetime of kerosene

If you drink too much you will dream
And the shame of my life is watching you

Gary, I think we've worn out our welcome
They're waiting for us to leave
Gary, they've got a new kind of person
A newer, stronger, cleaner breed

And I think I just came in my pants
Oh baby do you want to dance

Everything collapses here, slow motion
And the roots of the dance and the stain in my pants
Are beyond any small man's conception

If you drink too much you will drown
And the shame of my life is watching you drown



Nightwatchman

I remember how I let you down
Everything you say reminds me of the pain
How you lost your dignity
Passing in and out of a dream

Is there some secret I'm supposed to know
Is there some secret I'd always miss
'Cause there's no dignity when you have to live
Within the boundaries of a kiss

And the nightwatchman
Yeah he's asleep
Nightwatchman
Oh come on tell me what's wrong
Nightwatchman
Is the night too long

Is the same lie you gave me before
I don't care anything you say is just fine
I'll just sit and watch the traffic passing by outside
The will in the world it's the prevailing tide

You're supposed to watch the night as it passes by
You're never supposed to need anyone
'Cause once I knew the secret to happiness
I knew it was oh but now it's gone

And the nightwatchman
Yeah he's asleep
Nightwatchman
I can't wake him up
Watchman
C'mon tell me what's wrong
Nightwatchman
Is the night too long



Clouds

Storm picks up valuable things
Places mirrors at my feet
A wardrobe filled with blood
And nasty lies to repeat

Well let me give you something
'Cause everything's for free
Yeah let me give you something
Before you take it from me

With a magic finger
I'll smooth the lines on your face
And no bad feelings linger
But your disgust and my disgrace

You wanna get excited
So I'll push you too far
You wanna get excited
That's just too bad

Here the come
They've got shotguns and transparent skin
And they will stand around like rain
And they all want in
So come on in, you're welcome in

Storm picks up valuable things
Places mirrors at my feet
A wardrobe filled with blood
And nasty lies to repeat

You wanna get excited
So I'll push you too far
You wanna get excited
That's just too bad

Here they come
They've got shotguns and transparent skin
And they will stand around like rain
And they all want in
So come on in, you're welcome in

Here they come
Tell me how you know my name



Electric Light

You got me good, you did the right thing
And nothing matters everything's understood
You did the right thing
Are you gonna be my judge and jury at night
'Cause I'm busy baby with the electric light

I'm not afraid of it why are you, why are you
C'mon tell me the truth
I was just a little bit lonely and that's not a crime
I was crying for the very last time I
was caught blind staring into your electric light

But I'm never going back again
I'm never going to go back again

At a drink booth for a straight pack in the room
You could see me down here again
That is not a very pretty sight
I can see pretty face but you're raped every night
It's all plain as day in the electric light

But I'm never going back again
No, I'm never going to go back again



Mom's TV

Where are all your brothers and sisters?
'Cause I hope they're not all like you
Where are all your brothers and sisters?
'Cause I get so lonely when there's just you

Why do you hate me so bad?
'Cause I was the best friend you ever had
Tell me why you gave up so easily
Yeah I guess that you just lost your head

The same water falls in lightning and snow
The same scene of failure every night
The same echoes reach me from far away
Echoes of the end and the feign in my old day

Caught a small scene on my mom's TV
She watched it when she was lonely at night
Oh God I hate you
Telling me what's gonna happen the rest of my life

The same water falls in lightning and snow
The same scene of failure every night
It's read all off of your face
It's in everything you say
Echoes in the end
And the fade of night and day

Get so lonely



The Art of Love

Now that we've perfected the art of love
Now all the lights shine on me and misery
My good friend misery
You can be cured by a single touch
You can get up and walk away
Anything that you say

The drive of the road again
'Cause I'll be your only friend
Right before we touch the ground
The night asleep, loving sound
Sweet loving sound



This Year

This year, oh what's the look this year
Is it the look of things to come
Has it all been said, has it all been done
The sun upon the sea
Did you dress that way for me

This year everyone just stood around
And watched my family tree burn down
Watched it crumble on the ground
Making no protesting sound
As if justice was finally found

And anything beautiful
That you can contrive
Has no desire to survive

This year the mirror the wall
It cracked right through the middle
And spring turned into fall
Love the most beautiful killer of them all