The Mortal Groove Lyrics

Francis called me Joe But that is not my name I told him what it really was But he lost it just the same When they made the Francis plan They took too much off the top The se...Read Full Lyrics

He was born a man, he died a myth The man part left and the rest stayed with One part vision one part dream Partly mirror and partly screen That's why, why they say he never di...Read Full Lyrics

I grew up beneath the trees Not far from the refineries Aimed at the sky like smoking guns I learned to walk, I learned to run away In tracing back our history It's a wonder h...Read Full Lyrics

It's tough before the aftermath Waiting for the sky to rain I'm almost through this thorny patch That I will not go through again... That I will not go through again... That I...Read Full Lyrics

I went off in the cruel word like a gun in a crowded room I went off in the cruel word like a gun in a crowded room It was through all these crude soldiers I learned to howl at t...Read Full Lyrics

I once said I knew But I don't know no more What once was strong and true Is now just stiff and sore Maybe it's a phase I'm going through Still I'd like to face this phase wit...Read Full Lyrics

They dropped a dime on the girl in the parking lot Who was looking for a man of steel Who would fill up her nights with forget-me-nots And a dream no one else could reveal Her ...Read Full Lyrics

There's a party down at Kale's Vinnie Charles is out of jail again His ex's will be there And his daughter Nida has bought him an easy chair He kicked the cocaine in the can ...Read Full Lyrics

He is skating on a river That's been frozen since December He's a soldier on a river off to war And he just received his orders They're in his pocket with his quarters But t...Read Full Lyrics

He looks like an angel when he's sleeping There's a little piece of heaven where he lies He looks like an angel when he's sleeping But he looks like Charles Bronson when he crie...Read Full Lyrics