FURNACEFACE--and the days are short again...
Released 1999.
All songs written and copyrighted by Furnaceface (SOCAN).
Samples indicated ["like this"].
File collated by Dave Watson/SHLF (you're welcome, lads).
Corrections by Furnaceface.
SONGS:
And The Days Are Short Again...
You Never Let Me Down
Heartless
I'm Getting Fat
Victory
Wicked World
Lucky #7
23:59
Cold Outside
Talk Around the World
Crashing Down
Too Many Nuts
And The Days Are Short Again...
Aren't you tired of feeling nothing?
Won't you step out on a limb?
All the times when you need to fill
every second to the brim?
CHORUS:
It's a short sharp shock--shock of recognition
It's a short sharp shock--when you realize
that the life that your living in has has no conditions
and the world you're growing into isn't gonna compromise
CHORUS 2:
(Where's my peace of mind?) And you'll never make up lost sleep
(Where's my guarantee?) and you'll always need more time
(Who can I complain to?) and suddenly you're older
(Where's my warranty?) and the days are short again
(Where's my satisfaction?) and you're trying to make it better
(When do I get my say?) but nothing seems to change
(To get my peace of mind,) and suddenly you're older
(how much will I have to pay?) and the days are short again
You give up trying to get better
and live life only for yourself
Bite and claw your way to the top of the heap
and piss on those you left
CHORUS, CHORUS 2, NERVOUS DOWNBREAK, CHORUS, CHORUS 2, CHORUS 2...
and the days are short again...
You Never Let Me Down
We grew up together and then you were mine
after someone somewhere thought, "oh, she's lost her shine"
but we were the best of friends and we had the best of times
and we rode 40,000 miles through some of the best days of our--
Some of the best days of our lives
CHORUS:
You never hesitated as the years spun around
Let the record show: You never let me down
I was waking from a daydream
I was trying to turn a page
One day I looked up
I guess you never know what you got
'Til you let it slip away--CHORUS
You never let me down
You never let me down
Heartless
When I was 18 you broke my heart
I stumbled through the suburbs and I fell apart
Now you're just another someone who once played a part
but I still think of you when I scratch my scars
When I scratch my--
CHORUS:
Hey, you can walk away, never turn around to see me--heartless
Hey, we all feel the same, so I've heard them say--heartless
Oh, it's an even trade and we've come this far--heartless
Hey, you can look away while I scratch my scars (--heartless)
When I was 18, my head was down
I lost myself until I found someone--another start
and I still think of you when I scratch my scars
When I scratch my--CHORUS
1st VERSE...when I scratch my--
CHORUS
Hey, you can look away while I scratch my scars--heartless
Hey, you can look away while I scratch my scars--heartless
Oh, it's an even trade and we've come this far--heartless
Hey, you can look away while I scratch my scars--heartless
I'm Getting Fat
I'm getting fat, but not as fat as I'm gonna be
and when I'm fat, it might not be very nice to see
but I don't give a damn about the size of my belt
and I don't really care about the looks that I get
I'm getting fat...whoopie.
I'm getting old (he's getting old)
but not as old as I'm gonna be
I'm getting hair (he's getting hair)
in places that it shouldn't be
and I don't really care about the kids of today
and I don't give a damn about the music they play
I'm getting old (he's getting old)...whoopie.
INDIFFERENT GUITAR SOLO
I'm getting drunk (he's getting drunk)
but not as drunk as I'm gonna be
and when I wake up (when he wakes up)
I'm gonna wish that I'd stayed aslep
but at least I'm waking up beside the girl of my dreams
I'm sure that she'll forgive me--at least I hope that she will
I'm getting drunk (he's getting drunk)...whoopie.
I'm getting fat (he's getting fat), I'm getting old (he's getting old), I'm getting drunk (he's getting drunk)...whoopie.
I'm getting old (he's getting old), I'm getting drunk (he's getting drunk), I'm getting fat (he's getting fat)...whoopie.
I'm getting drunk (he's getting drunk), I'm getting fat (he's getting fat), I'm getting old (he's getting old)...whoopie.
(Repeat like this until you pass out from either drunkenness or boredom.)
Victory
(I'll) Swallow anything you feed me
Shit and bile and skin and bone
I'll swallow whole and never gag or choke or spit it up
I'll keep it down and take it all
CHORUS:
It's endless adoration when I look you in the eyes
but nothing you can do to me can make me criticize
My faith in you completes me
You are the balance of my soul
Without you I am nothing
With you I am old
Follow anywhere you lead me
Through fire or ice or blood and gore
Follow blindly, never stop or think or question why
and I won't stop until you lead me home--CHORUS
All I want is absolution
Moral pyrrhic victory
I will have life eternal
and a photo for a memory--CHORUS
Wicked World
It's a wicked world and I'm, I'm sure you'll find
I'd hate to see you crying in the moonlight
There's a time and place and a certain smile
I'd hate to see you crying in the moonlight
CHORUS:
In the moonlight, in the moonlight
I'd hate to see you crying in the moonlight
It's an evil world and you realize
there's no time for crying in the moonlight
There's a time and place for a certain smile
I'd hate to see you crying in the moonlight--CHORUS
Lucky #7
#1 was a trucker who hit a guardrail
Someone tampered with his rig and his brakes failed
#2 was doing time in the county jail
Opened up a package that arrived in the mail
CHORUS:
She's got a real bad rep for knockin' 'em flat
Leavin 'em cold and tied to the tracks
but I don't care about none o' that 'cause I'm lucky #7!
#3 was a sailor who liked his booze
He was a lousy swimmer in his concrete shoes
#4 was a salesman, or so they said
His hands wound up in Montreal, they never found his head--CHORUS
WYLD UNTAMED GRETSCH GEETAR SOLO
#5 was a chemist from Portsmouth-by-the-sea
Now why would a chemist put arsenic in his tea?
#6 was an old man who'd always done his best
He died in bed with a smile, they called it cardiac arrest--CHORUS
Get lucky!!
23:59
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
The sun's gonna rise, just like it did today
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
I'll stick by your side, don't be afraid
And when you open your eyes
When you open your eyes
it's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
The sun's gonna rise, just like it did today
and when you open your eyes
When you open your eyes
When you open your eyes
it's gonna be okay...
Cold Outside
It's cold outside and the rain is pouring down
and there's nothing I can do but keep on driving 'round
I search my memories but never find the place
I left her by the side of the road--hey hey hey
It's cold outside and I've been driving all night
I lost my way--it's starting to get light
One night I searched a thousand dreams, I stood on sacred ground
I stopped and dug a shallow place to lay her down
It's cold outside and I'm a haunted man
It's cold outside and now I'm cold within
It's cold outside and I know I'll never find that place again
Every night, every dream
Sunken eyes staring up at me
(at 3:12:)
["Some time later, Yuri Gagarin reported again: 'Feeling well. I'm in good spirits. I'm continuing with the flight. Everything is going well. The machine is working normally.' These laconic messages, full of courage and confidence, which, already today, belong to history, were recorded on tape. Here is this historic recording. Here is the voice of the world's first astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, from aboard the Soviet spaceship Vostok:"]
Talk Around the World
Bored as hell and time to fill
Gonna make up brand new thrills
Newsflash, youth and crime
Make a modern-day Frankenstein
When you're weaned on the cathode ray
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Out tonight to kill some time
Gonna write tomorrow's headline
CHORUS:
You can talk around the world by satellite
but you can't go leave home
You gotta stay inside
You can talk around the world by satellite
but you can't go leave home
GUITAR SNOT SOLO
Mom and dad, they watch the news
All the stories of the men in blue
Wouldn't show it if it wasn't true
It's got 'em shakin' in their shoes
Newsflash, youth and crime
Make a modern-day Frankenstein
Out tonight to kill some time
Gonna write tomorrow's headline
CHORUS, PIMP ROLL GUITAR, CHORUS...
Crashing Down
Got so much to tell you I don't know where to start
Some things I never told you, stuff you never had a part
but, beyond the long discussion, it all comes crashing down
Crashing down, crashing down
You came across a photo I had high upon the shelf
Couldn't understand why I kept it; not too sure I know myself
Now my life has changed so much, I feel it finally turn around
or could it be crashing down?
CHORUS:
The tip of my hat, the best-laid plan
Edge of my seat and all I could stand
Quick as a wink, a kick at the can
The end of my rope in the palm of my hand
A million little questions, a thousand points of view
The reflection in your eyes is not what I see in you
but, beyond the long discussion, suspicions abound
and here it comes, crashing down--CHORUS
Too Many Nuts
Too many nuts
Didn't your mother tell you that you are what you eat?
Too many nuts
Didn't your daddy warn ya 'bout stuffin' your cheeks?
One too many, you're shakin' all the leaves
Two too many, you've fallen out of your tree
[NICE CLARINET PLAYING, HUH?]
Too many nuts
Don't you know they only make you fall asleep?
Too many nuts
Next time you might not land on your feet
One too many, and you're the king of the beasts
Two too many, you've fallen out of your tree
(Too many nuts) Too many nuts...
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