The Show Is In the Basement Lyrics

I cut my arm openIt was all red and blue and golden streamers like a Chinese parade An eight-legged dragon reared upAnd bells shookMrs. Ming caught me looking at her legsMrs. Ming ...Read Full Lyrics

They woke up on a northern river deltaOn the border between east and westTerry took one last half-assed look around him Pulled the weight of their misfortunes off his chestHe said,...Read Full Lyrics

We walked out of the nightclub, two deer right on the street I moved like the black man I’d seenon the big screenCollar stiff, I moved slow like the black manThrough the parkWe w...Read Full Lyrics

Sorry about my hands… I’m loadedI’ll slow down.We both know that you’re not playing the same gameI sat through 3 hours watching youI held my waist tight most of the nightSm...Read Full Lyrics

I’m California bound I can hardly wait to lay my beach towel out The sky is closing in I can feel the future on my skin Glistening like a horse shining like a city of quartz Runn...Read Full Lyrics

I wear my summer clothes at nightA man looks capable when he’s dressed in white Stroll on the leeward sideNever dress in white on a rising tideShe tipped me more than I was worth...Read Full Lyrics

We were so in the darkHead in the sandSafe from it all in your capable handsBut the sun beats down on us nowYou looked for the goodAnd found only wrongPut all your faith in the wor...Read Full Lyrics

I never figured us to get so farAll feel and no skinWe had a long run of bad luck, bad sceneryAnd the worst three seasons this town's ever seenI had my brother's car and we drove o...Read Full Lyrics

I slammed the door at quarter to fourI was headed for the company store"I'll watch my children starve no moreTonight I'm going to feed them""I haven't worked in 40 daysFor 23 I've ...Read Full Lyrics

All the seats are taken in the house that makes the rulesAll the seats are taken in the parliament of foolsThe discontented winter howeld, when I first came up to voteThey swept in...Read Full Lyrics