Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Album - 6 aprile 2004 - Debaser id 116283

[ instrumental ]

Ice-age heat wave, can't complain
If the world's at large, why should I remain?
Walked away to another plan
Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand

I move on to another day, to a whole new town with a whole new way
Went to the porch to have a thought
Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop

You don't know where and you don't know when
But you still got your words and you got your friends
Walk along to another day
Work a little harder, work another way

Well, uh-uh, baby, I ain't got no plan
Well I float on, maybe, would you understand?
Gonna float on, maybe, would you understand?
While I float on, baby, would you understand?

The days get shorter and the nights get cold
I like the autumn but this place is getting old
I pack up my belongings and head for the coast
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most

The days get longer and the nights smell green
I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave

I like songs about drifters-books about the same
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane
Walked on off onto another spot
I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want

Did I want love? Did I need to know?
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

The moths beat themselves to death against the lights
Adding their breeze to the summer nights
Outside, water like air was great
I didn't know what I had that day

Walk a little farther to another plan
You said that you did, but you didn't understand

I know that starting over is not what life's about
But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth
My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth
My thoughts were so loud

I backed my car into a cop car the other day
Well he just drove off, sometimes life's OK
I ran my mouth off a bit too much, oh what did I say?
Well you just laughed it off, it was all OK

And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on anyway, well

A fake Jamaican took every last dime with that scam
It was worth it just to learn some sleight of hand
Bad news comes - don't you worry even when it lands
Good news will work its way to all them plans
We both got fired on exactly the same day
Well, we'll float on, good news is on the way

And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on OK
And we'll all float on

Alright already, we'll all float on
No, don't you worry, we'll all float on
Alright, already, we'll all float on
Alright, don't worry, we'll all float on

[Alright! already!]
And we'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on
Alright, don't worry even if things end up a bit too heavy
We'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on
Alright already, we'll all float on OK
Don't worry, we'll all float on
Even if things get heavy, we'll all float on

Alright already, we'll all float on [alright!]
Don't you worry, we'll all float on [alright!]
We'll all float on, all float on

Your body may be gone, but I'm gonna carry you in
In my head, in my heart, in my soul
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so

Well that is that and this is this
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get
You get away from me. You get away from me
Collected my belongings and I left the jail
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell
I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile

The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I hope so

Well that is that and this is this
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get
You get away from me. You get away from me
Collected my belongings and I left the jail
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell
I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile

Well that is that and this is this
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed
When the ocean met the sky
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye
When the earth folded in on itself
And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell
are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath"
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?

The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul
The more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind
Well I don't mind. I don't mind. How the hell could I mind?

Well that is that and this is this
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get
You get away from me. You get away from me

Well that is that and this is this
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed
When the ocean met the sky
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?

Already digging
I hope you're dead
Already digging
I hope you're dead

We were shootin' at a mound of dirt
Well nothing was broken, nothing was hurt
But I probably really should have been at work
But if my free time's gone would you promise me this?

That you'll please bury me with it?
Please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!

Well sure as planets come, I know that they end
And if I'm here when that happens, will you promise me this, my friend?

Please bury me with it!
I don't need none of that Mad Max bullshit

Well the suit got tight and it split at the seams
But I kept it out of habit and I kept it really clean
But it's gettin' faded, if it's runnin' outta thread,
Could you just do this for me, my friend?

And please bury me with it?
Please bury me with it!

We moved to the left and we moved to the right
And sure as hell we stayed out almost every single night
But if the party's over, if the fun has to end
Could you do this for me, my friend?

Would you just please bury me with it?
Please bury me with it!

Good news for people who love bad news
We've lost the plot and we just can't choose
We are hummingbirds that are just not willing to move
And there's good news for people who love bad news
We are hummingbirds who've lost the plot and we will not move
We have good news for anyone who loves bad news
We were aiming for the moon
We were shooting at the stars
But the kids were just shooting at the busses and the cars
So don't drink the water, don't you breathe the air
If it's gotten to that point then I have to declare:

Please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!

Well fads they come and fads they go
And God I love that rock and roll!
Well the point was fast but it was too blunt to miss
Life handed us a paycheck, we said,
We worked harder than this!

Please bury me with it!
Please bury me with it!

We are humming birds who are just not going to move
And there's good news for people who love bad news
We are hummingbirds who've lost the plot and we will not move
We have great news for anyone who loves bad news

I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
Well I'm giving myself another one, I have too much to say

Dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna angle for telepathy 'cause I don't know the words to say

Well I'm gonna act up but not in your fuckin' play
I'll let you win the argument if things still go my way
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday

I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday

I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday

Well I haven't had enough and I said I had my fill
The past does not exist and I'm told it never will
I guess that I'm stuck here like a plant on a windowsill

I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna tell you what you want to hear anyways

I'm gonna give myself a shot, I could get myself a shot
I'm gonna go and try to buy a little more time to kill
I need a can opener, 'cause I got some beans to spill

I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday

Well, somehow or another, I fell for every scam
But I was dancin' on the tin roof, cat be damned
Committing crimes running down the alley
I am the captain and you are in the galley

I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna dance all Dance Hall everyday
I'm gonna Dance Hall dance all night long right now

Woke up this morning and it seemed to me,
That every night turns out to be a little bit more like Bukowski.
And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read.

But God who'd wanna be?
God who'd wanna be such an asshole?
God who'd wanna be?
God who'd wanna be such an asshole?

Well we sat on the edge of the river,
The crowd screamed, Sacrifice the liver!
If God takes life, he's an Indian giver.
So tell me now why, you'll tell me never.

Who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?

Well see what you wanna see. You should see it all.
Well take what you want from me. You deserve it all.
Nine times out of ten, our hearts just get dissolved
Well I want a better place, or just a better way to fall
But one time out of ten, everything is perfect for us all
Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall
Here we go!

If God controls the land and disease,
Keeps a watchful eye on me,
If he's really so damn mighty,
My problem is I can't see,

Well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?

Evil home stereo, what good songs do you know?
Evil me, oh yeah I know, what good curves can you throw?

Well all that icing and all that cake,
I can't make it to your wedding, but I'm sure I'll be at your wake.
Well you were talk, talk, talk, talkin' in circles that day,
When you get to the point make sure that I'm still awake, OK?

Went to bed and didn't see why
Every day turns out to be a little bit more like Bukowski.
And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read.

But God who'd wanna be?
God who'd wanna be such an asshole?

Your gun went off
Well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you
My mouth runs on too

Shouts from both sides
"Well we've got the land but they've got the view!"
Well now here's the clue

Life it rents us
And yeah I hope it put plenty on you
Well I hope mine did too

As life gets longer, awful feels softer
Well it feels pretty soft to me
And if it takes shit to make bliss
then I feel pretty blissfully

Your gun went off
Well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you
My mouth runs on too

Shouts from both sides
"Well we've got the land but they've got the view!"
Well now here's the clue

We are fixed right where we stand

Life it rents us
And yeah I hope it put plenty on you
Well I hope mine did too

We are fixed right where we are

As life gets longer, awful feels softer
Well if feels pretty soft to me
And if it takes shit to make bliss
Well I feel pretty blissfully

For every invention made how much time did we save?
We're not much farther than we were in the cave

As life gets longer, awful feels softer
And it feels pretty soft to me
And if it takes shit to make bliss
Well I feel pretty blissfully

If life's not beautiful without the pain
Well I'd just rather never ever even see beauty again
Well as life gets longer, awful feels softer
And it feels pretty soft to me

For every good deed done there is a crime committed
We are fixed
For every step ahead we could have just been seated
We are fixed

As life gets longer, awful feels softer
Well it feels pretty soft to me
And if it takes shit to make bliss
Well I feel pretty blissfully

We are fixed
We are fixed
We are fixed right where we stand

You were laying on the carpet
Like you're satin in a coffin
You said, "Do you believe what you're sayin'?"
Yeah right now, but not that often

Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God I sure hope you are dead

Well you disappeared so often
Like you dissolved into coffee
Are you here right now
Or are there probably fossils under your meat?

Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God I sure hope you are dead

Now the blow's been softened
Since the air we breathe's our coffin
Well now the blow's been softened
Since the ocean is our coffin
Often times you know our laughter
Is your coffin ever after
And you know the blow's been softened
Since the world is our coffin
Well now the blow's been softened
Since we are our own damn coffins
Well everybody's talkin' about their short lists
Everybody's talkin' about death

You were laying on the carpet
Like you're satin in a coffin
You said, "Do you believe what you're sayin'?"
Yeah right now, but not that often

Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God, I sure hope you are dead

[Instrumental with baby noises]

Blame it on the Tetons
Yeah I need a scapegoat now
No my dog won't bite you
Though it had the right to
You oughta give her credit
'Cause she knows I would've let it happen

Blame it on the weekends
God I need a Cola now
Oh we mummble loudly
We wear our shame so proudly
Wore our blank expressions
Tryin' to look interesting
Blame it all on me
'Cause God I need a cold one now

All of them eager actors
Gladly taking credit
For the lines created
By the people tucked away from sight
Is just a window
From the room we're bound to
If you find a way out
Oh would you just let me know how
Would you just let me know how

Blame it on the web but
The spider's your problem now
A language is the liquid
That we're all dissolved in
Great for solving problems
After it creates a problem
Blame it on the Tetons
God I need a scapegoat now

Everyones a building burning
With no one to put the fire out
Standing at the window looking out
Waiting for time to burn us down
Everyones a ocean drowning
With no one really to show how
They might get a little better
Air if they turned themselves into a cloud

And it's true we named our children
After towns that we've never been to
And it's true that the clouds just hung around
Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral

And we were done, done, done
With all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around
You were so true to yourself
You were true to no one else
Well I should put you in the ground

I've got the time, I got the hours
I got the days, I got the weeks
I could say to myself
I've got the words but I can't speak
Well I was done, done, done
With all the circ, circ, circlin' round

I didn't die and I ain't complainin'
I ain't blamin' you
I didn't know that the words you said to me
Meant more to me than they ever could you?
I didn't lie and I ain't sayin'
I told the whole truth
I didn't know that this game we were playin'
Even had a set of rules

We named our children after towns
That we've never been to
And it's true that the clouds just hunger around
Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral
And we were laughing at the stars
While our feet clung tight to the ground
So pleased with ourselves
For using so many verbs and nouns

But we were all still just dumb, dumb, dumber
Than the dirt, dirt, dirt on the ground
Well wings on flames, kings with no names
Well, this place just ain't got right air right now
You were so all over town but still so Crayola brown
Well you should run 'round yourself right now
And we were done, done, done
With all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around
Circlin' round

We have one chance
One chance to get everything right
We have one chance, one chance
And if we're lucky we might

My friends, my habits, my family
They mean so much to me
I just don't think that it's right
I've seen so many ships sail in
Just to head back out again and go off sinking

I'm just a box in a cage. I'm just a box in a cage
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage
I'm just a box in a cage

Didn't mean to laugh, didn't know I had
Didn't know the better part of what you said
'Cause in your head you are not home

Didn't get the joke. Didn't mean to poke another
Just to save myself
From some something something or another one
Well walk home

I'm just a box in a cage. I'm just a box in a cage
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage
I'm just a box in a cage

I'm just a box, just a box in a cage
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage
I'm just a box in a cage

We have one chance
One chance to get everything right
My friends, my habits, my family
They mean so much to me
I just don't think that it's right
I've seen so many ships sail in
Just to head back out again and go off sinking

The good times are killing me
Here we go!

Got dirt, got air, got water and I know you can carry on
Shrug off shortsighted false excitement and oh what can I say?
Have one, have twenty more "one mores" and oh it does not relent
The good times are killing me

Kick butt buzz-cut dickheads who didn't like what I said
The good times are killing me
Jaws clenching tight we talked all night, oh but what the hell did we say?
The good times are killing me (x3)

Fed up with all that LSD
Need more sleep than coke or methamphetamines
Late nights with warm, warm whiskey
I guess the good times they were all just killing me
Got dirt, got air, got water and I know you can carry on
The good times are killing me

Enough hair of the dog to make myself an entire rug
The good times are killing me
Have one, have twenty more "one mores" and oh it does not relent
The good times are killing me

Shit-kicker city slickers who all wanted me dead
The good times are killing me
Get sucked in and stuck in late nights with more folks that I don't know

The good times are killing me
The good times are killing me