Scotty's Lament Lyrics

Words and Music: Mike Connell Someone tells me somethin' -- Well I'm prepared to listen. Nothin's goin' on, nothin's goin' on. Standing next to no one, Well that was my intention. ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, you never learned the "whens" and "wheres" and "whys" And I still believe that you were dying to be everything To everyone and for all time Ah, the golden boy--did you stop try...Read Full Lyrics

Slow down, I'm not looking for an answer. But at least not today. Instead entertain me for the moment. Oh this won't go away. [Chorus] You speak to me then sentence me. You chan...Read Full Lyrics

No silence on the streets, dirty feet, you cannot sleep Your taxi is your home You want to clean it up, the dirty scum, the filthy bums You write when you're alone But you cannot ...Read Full Lyrics

I see you shuffle on the set when you stand inside it. And there's applause raining down that won't last. And it's the lines that I forget that keep me around, I guess. For somethi...Read Full Lyrics

I want a word with you, 'bout some average Jimmy. He told me things that I guess I never knew. He was a bad dancer, 'til he learned to shimmy. He was adrift until the world came in...Read Full Lyrics

All alone, you sit by the hour You're waiting for the sun to rise In the night you sit by the fire You're waiting for the will to fight Chorus: But I won't see you there Ten pins ...Read Full Lyrics

Words, shallow words And it all amounts to nothing Sounds, it just sounds, a little phony Yeah, it's true I was the leper Yeah, it's true I was the lad Yeah it's true I was the b...Read Full Lyrics

The Bottom It is the open empty bottom I swore I'd never be The view from there is something everyone should see So I'm a dead beat baby, I'll make a dead beat dad I'm an old sch...Read Full Lyrics

So wouldn't you like to try? You're so alive and unusual. I really don't think you'd mind. It's not too dear, It's not too difficult. Think of this for awhile. You mi...Read Full Lyrics