Lyrics - South of Monterey

Shadow of a Doubt - She rides right through your heart / On beams stolen from the moon / Like complicated art / Hung off center in your room / And she takes your breath / And gives you back no change / When you're out on the town / 'Cause you're in love with a shadow of a doubt / The kaleidoscope of color / You've got shining in your eyes / Makes you think that you're in control / But you're just hypnotized / You're headed for the edge / Just like a lemming in a pushing crowd / 'Cause you're in love with a shadow of a doubt / Every swirling dance of courtship Is a circle of remorse / You're an expert navigator / A thousand miles off course / Lines that never fail / And moves you like to use / That unkempt lock of hair / And those new designer shoes / Like silken threads spun / Fine as cotton in the South / But you're in love with a shadow of a doubt

South of Monterey - Soul seclusion, cardiac contusion / Won’t you come and let the doctor see / Synapses smoking … not that I’ve been hoping / But that news just electrifies me / Got my bag of tricks, and a car we can borrow / We’ll be south of Monterey by tomorrow / You’re choking up, the voice is sounding shaky / You just can’t seem to find the words / But the sun is shining, and the road is winding / Bixby Creek is just around this turn / Sometimes an ounce of love buys you two pounds of sorrow / But we’ll be south of Monterey by tomorrow / Poor little desperado / Hiding out, no one sees your pain / Just like a dried dandelion / That’s longing to feel the rain / Mist in the trees along the Big Sur coast / Is a reason for believing in a thing called hope / It’s all just waiting for you down this two lane road / Let’s get you up, but under supervision / By a lover with advance degrees / Malnutrition caused by inhibition’s / Just a 12 hour malady / Got my bag of tricks, and a car we can borrow / And we’ll be south of Monterey by tomorrow

Rabbit Boy - Do what ya can to stay steady and among the righteous / Cause you'll have to be a rock / If you're going to have the strength to fight this / Are you ready? / Do you really believe the shit you just fed me? / You got the face but I wonder if you've got the grace / Mercy, oh mercy, well, you're an awful sight / We all heard the sirens, I guess she ran you down tonight / Jack rabbit boy on a shine / I guess you sort of ran out of time / Girl like that, she'll freeze you on the center line / So run rabbit run, and be glad you're able / You were on the brink, you should just be grateful / You were fast on your feet, but running 'round in a daze / Funny you can't see the mess that you've made / Run rabbit run / Run rabbit run / Run rabbit run / Far away / That ain't no white coat / Man, that's only white paint / The Queen made you a victim / But you ain't no saint / Boy, it's just a natural fact / You run into a hole, you may never come back / Mmmm .. never come back

Turn Your Back on Love - Racing the edge of night, like you think you'll win / The City of New Orleans for all your sins / Well, she shakes you up and moves you like no one else / But you put your heart up on the highest shelf / Just south of Kankakee, the night goes black / Turn your back on love .. it ain't all that / Turn your back on love .. it ain't all that / On good days, you still feel young - a little worse for wear / On hard nights, you just go numb so that you won't care / That you're makin' love to your darker side / She takes you down deep, it's a hell of a ride / To have and to hold 'til death lays you flat / Turn your back on love .. it ain't all that / Turn your back on love .. it ain't all that / Oh…..preacher told you on the radio / Cheat the Son, better run from the Holy Ghost / Sure, you know exactly what he means / Nine hundred miles of track won't get you clean / Didn't have the final word, and didn't care / Didn't cause it, didn't make it, wasn't even there / Big Easy bar crawl (because it works) / Your slightly-used skin, like a day-old shirt / Reach up and kill the light, and tip your hat / Turn your back on love .. it ain't all that / Turn your back on love .. it ain't all that

Throw a Rope - That place in the Village / Where you used to go / Where the room was tight / And the lights were turned down low / She rocked your world / like a cannon blast / You knew it was real / And you bet it all - to last / And then the jack of diamonds came to town, / And she let that clever fellow double down / Last fall in Portland / He got into your heart / Through that poetry door / that you had left ajar/ Under the Harvest Moon / He begged you to stay / He said “Don’t worry baby / I'll keep your door key safe! / When you went to the place where you thought it'd be stored / On a nail in the wall, you found a dozen more / And the flood has come / And the levee broke / And you oughta run / But you cling to hope, / That through the mist / Someone shows up / Just in time / To throw a rope / In a misapplication / Of relaxation / You give yourself over / To her temptations / So, you get in your car / And drive to Newport News / Where that girl said / She'd be waiting on you / When you got there, there was nothing but air / And a note that said "I'll make it up to you" / And the flood has come / And the levee broke / And you oughta run / But you cling to hope, / That through the mist / Someone shows up / Just in time / To throw a rope / And the flood has come / And the levee broke / And you oughta run / But you cling to hope, / That through the mist / Someone shows up / Just in time / To throw a rope

Something's Wearing Ellie's Clothes - I wouldn't say that she's deceitful, but suffice to say she's very opaque / She knows the little clues to draw you in and pressure points to make you obey / Well, she won't bite now, but you'd best avoid the light of the moon / Yeah, she won't bite now, but you'd best avoid the light of the moon / It was sin at first bite - a self-inflicted wound that won't heal / And tho' it's hard to swallow, you're the sweetest part of her favorite meal / Well, she won't bite now, but you'd best avoid the light of the moon / Yeah, she won't bite now, but you'd best avoid the light of the moon / Something's wearing Ellie's clothes and she's killing the scene / Menacingly lean / Something's wearing Ellie's clothes / And if you take that dare you'd better just beware / Well, Lon Chaney's not the only one runnin' 'round looking for snacks / You think you're so cool - what'll happen if you're ever attacked? / Well, she won't bite now, but you'd best avoid / the light of the moon / Yes, she won't bite now, but you'd best avoid the light of the moon / She won't bite now, but you'd best avoid the light of the moon / Well, she won't bite now, but you'd best avoid the light of the moon

The Mistress - In dreams I saw last night / A heart tormented by / Sharp teeth in leather - sharp teeth in leather / If what they say is true / I've lost far too much to you / A willing sacrifice / A thrilling sacrifice / For all your passion / Why no jealousy / The Mistress mourns / Even as she calls to me / Turned full to face the facts / I see wild dogs upon my back / With broken tethers - broken tethers / A secret seldom told / May your sweet promise yet unfold / And will you come to me / I pray you'll come to me / For all your passion / Why no jealousy / The Mistress mourns / Even as she calls to me / Scorned as a dreaming man / But please take me just as I am / You're there when I can give / I need what you can give / A lady through, and still, / Refinement can not always fill / The longing in my heart / The hunger in my heart / For all your passion / Why no jealousy / The Mistress mourns / Even as she calls to me / Patience without demands / And the poetry of practiced hands / And things that she my know / That she may alone may show / In dreams I saw last night / A heart tormented by / Sharp teeth in leather / Sharp teeth in leather

End of the Show - Well, walkin' down the street / I met a preacher man / He came on up to me / And he took my hand / He said brother mine, / Have you heard the word / There's a better life / Beyond this world (I said) / You might be right / But you don't really know / You might be right / But you don't really know / You might be right / You might be right / But for all you know / This is the end of the show / Well, up on the hill / They needed something new / Let's never tell the truth / And see what they will do / Well, they were voted in /So you could say it worked / And, we were great again / Because they said we were / They say they're right /But they don't really know / They say they're right / But you don't really know / They say they're right / They say they're right / But for all you know / This is the end of the show / So many jokers / So many thieves / Maybe Christ could tell you / Who to believe / And now facts are lies / And lies are facts / So, all the talking heads / They can mix and match / While we sit polarized / In front of our TVs / They're off taking turns / With Miss Liberty / They say they're right / But you don't really know / They say they're right / But you don't really know / They say they're right / They say they're right / But for all you know / This is the end of the show

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