Carnival Mark Lanegan

around bein’ hypnotised And walkin’ me back to the firin’ line Ya smile to get in the door Ya can’t keep it closed anymore Tell your ma that you’re gone to the freakshow I’m crawlin’ all over the carnival

Carnival Mark Owen

fool And everything that I'm supposed to be Feels like I've fallen from grace And into a place where I belong I know my body's getting old One day we will fall down But in my heart a drum is beating A carnival

Man In The Long Black Coat Mark Lanegan

Crickets are chirpin, the water is high, Theres a soft cotton dress on the line hangin dry, Windows wide open, African trees Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze. Not a word of goodbye, not ...

Like Little Willie John Mark Lanegan

(Lanegan) There was nothing I could do Where's Willie John? Dead so long Born to fall, nothing at all Who's gonna grieve When you're gone?

Can't Come Down Mark Lanegan

(Lanegan) Don't give a damn for money Never did I give a damn for gold Tell me little doll, talk some sweet nothing A river runs deep and cold Don't know why but it keeps running Don't know why I

Head Mark Lanegan

So sad the girl I had Lost her head and it went bad Blue her two eyes they were dead Mirror mine and see she said One of these mornings I don't know her One of these mornings I think I owe her Head...

Burning Jacob's Ladder Mark Lanegan

Dreams stripped down beyond firelight I would go over but my only coat’s soft white And seeing things unreal God knows what that stain And what comes crawling back again Tears a harbor Down t...

River Rise Mark Lanegan

Oh the river rise And it’s a mile high Is this worth tryin’ Is this worth tryin’ Cause I could fall Like a tear Well there’s nothing else I can do When I’m not alone Nothings beside me What one eye...

Borracho Mark Lanegan

Oh....oh Trouble comes in slowly A neverlasting light come to shine all over me Bright in the mornin’ Like all of heaven’s love come to shine on me And to you who never need Fuck yourselves, I nee...

House A Home Mark Lanegan

Here ya are, at the top of the tower Could a body take that much Alone through every waking hour Asleep without nobody to touch Whoa,whoa,whoa,and Only silence here Whoa,whoa,whoa,and Lonely silenc...

Kingdoms Of Rain Mark Lanegan

Are those halos in your hair Or diamonds shining there Without a hope, without a prayer This rain beats down like death You turn your eyes to better men Before I go I’ll hang in a cross on nails I ...

Riding The Nightingale Mark Lanegan

Dyin’ mama barely breathin’ in a bed of nails To wander through the ruin smokin’ and pale Came upon an angel and a nightingale Back where the darkness comes Between the earth and skies above Dead...

El Sol Mark Lanegan

The sun is gone, and that’s all I really know No angels in the air With hearts as good as gold The closer you stand to the gates The more the gates are closed These darkened days Make somebody’s hu...

Dead On You Mark Lanegan

You were a ragged Turquoise and twilight coat I got my head hung down for you Some day you’re gonna need it But it’s worn or the, cloth gets torn And there’s only one way to go It’s gone dead, dead...

Shooting Gallery Mark Lanegan

I’ll tell you how I woke up on the line My sister I almost saw the light Look my hands are tied I’ll see you in another hallway Some other time Well I don’t understand this big parade It’s a five s...

Sunrise Mark Lanegan

Sunrise Forgot to cover up my eyes Sunrise Should’ve covered up my eyes Beauty wasted on me Winds are shakin’ my tree With a woman too good, to believe Take the first ride out that I see Sunrise Sk...

Pendulum Mark Lanegan

Jesus Christ been here and gone What a painful price to pay He’s left his life in a thunderstorm Tears cold dark eyes upon Swing pendulum, swing low Got no place to call my own Oh my Lord don’t you...

Judas Touch Mark Lanegan

Put out the lions and close the door I need you more Than I did before Old Jack’s been killed and buried away Let’s hang alone Outside the gate Flames scare the lions as do their dreams That’s the ...

Beggar's Blues Mark Lanegan

Night train, silver moon You ask me why, I’m flyin’ To float on ashen wings To choke on dust and feather I learned you are a liar It’s right we should pretend And lie with one another It’s right we...

All Night Long Mark Lanegan

I like this right here, yeah Bad Boy, and we won't stop Faith, '99 We can dance, dance, dance Clap your hands, hands, hands All night, if you're in the mood Do what you wanna do All night long Happ...

When Your Number Isn't Up Mark Lanegan

"Did you call for the night porter? You smell the blood running warm I stay close to this frozen border, so close I can hit it with a stone Now something crawls right up my spine That I always got ...

Hit the City (Feat. PJ Harvey) Mark Lanegan

The dark descends through the promised land Down kingdom come and the acid ban I'm Babylon, burned inside out Nothing to kill it I hit the city In Marianne I dug the hole And watched her trip on my...

Wedding Dress Mark Lanegan

"Would you put on that long white gown And burn like there's no more tomorrows? Will you walk with me underground And forgive all my sicknesses and my sorrows? Will you be shamed if I shake like I'...

Methamphetamine Blues Mark Lanegan

"Wake up Wake up Children don't ya hear me comin' Get up Get up Because I got to have the honey And I don't want to leave this heaven so soon Rollin' children keep on rollin' Rollin' children keep ...

One Hundred Days Mark Lanegan

"When the willow bends towards the end of day And twilight falls again To the funny sound that a blackbird makes Twilight falls again As no good reason remains, I'll do the same Thinking of you One...

Bombed Mark Lanegan

"Love there are flowers hanging in the vine So high you cannot see Now my mind must go on holiday, torn from it's hook, a broken valentine I see the smoke from a revolver, will I get hit, I hardly ...

Strange Religion Mark Lanegan

"Can you stay here next to me? We'll just keep drivin' Because of you I see a light The Buick's a Century, a '73 like you Some strange religion I get my hands on some money momma, and a shot in the...

Sideways in Reverse Mark Lanegan

"C'mon On a dead high wire we'll make a connection Never knowing my shepherd never knowing my witness C'mon now honey you're so sick and pretty C'mon now sugar 'cause you know it ain't easy Bang ba...

Come to Me (Feat. PJ Harvey) Mark Lanegan

"Come to me Light on my shoulder Come to me Burn your starry crown My dark angel I've tried, I can't get over Cause when I think I'm climbing I'm really so far down Time takes a while, to break ya ...

Morning Glory Wine Mark Lanegan

"On the first time in love Was electrocution But I fell out on the down Blind with injection Strawberries, wake or naked Out here you're alone These streets get very cold, you should know Yeah and ...

Driving Death Valley Blues Mark Lanegan

"Well I'm so tired of driving but here comes the highway Don't wanna go cold turkey Ride with me Jesus so high on the mainline It's the last time I'll drive Death Valley Remember her kiss is like ...

Out of Nowhere Mark Lanegan

"As it begins so too it ends Crawls to a stop and starts again Those highlights you've forced to shine Show me my way through wilderness And someday far from here I'll send a kiss Out of nowhere At...

Carry Home Mark Lanegan

Come down to the willow garden with meCome go with meCome go and seeAlthough I've howled across fields and my eyes turned greyAre yours still the sameAre you still the sameCarry homeI have returned...

I'll Take Care Of You Mark Lanegan

I know you've been hurtBy someone elseI can tell by the wayYou carry yourselfBut if you'll let meHere's what I'll doI'll take care of youI loved and lostSame as youSo you see I knowJust what you've...

Shiloh Town Mark Lanegan

Tim hardinIt is so cold in shiloh townBirds can hardly singPretty girls gonna leave the townThey won't be back 'till springWar is done they've come back homeBut they're the ones that lostSee a man ...

Creeping Coastline Of Lights Mark Lanegan

The Leaving TrainsLeaving HollywoodSunset to the seaWhere the wavesRide in on horsesI'm looking for her lightCreeping coastline of lightsThe seas and the treesCalling meShe's a river between day an...

Badi-Da Mark Lanegan

> Fred NeilI get so tiredHanging round this townOh this old city lifeSure brings a fella downba da da da da daba da da da da da daba da da da da daba da daI sure get tiredTrying to sleep at nigh...

Consider Me Mark Lanegan

I know you're tryin to be a big girlAnd keep the tears from your eyesAnd it's going to be a little hardTo lift your head up highAnd you're gonna need a manA man who'll understandWhoa darlin darlin ...

On Jesus' Program Mark Lanegan

O. V. WrightOn Jesus' programI'll wade out in the deepOh yes I willOn Jesus' programOh I cannot sleepOn Jesus' programThe Holy Spirit will creepI know he'll take me, shake meMake me what I have to...

Little Sadie Mark Lanegan

TraditionalWent out last night, take a little roundMet little sadie and I blowed her downThen I run right home and went to bedWith a forty-four smokeless under my headThe girls all heard little sad...

Together Again Mark Lanegan

Together againMy tears have stopped fallingThe long lonely nightsAre now at an endThe key to my heartYou hold in your handAnd nothing else mattersWe're together againTogether againThe gray skies ar...

Shanty Man's Life Mark Lanegan

A shanty man's lifeIs a wearisome oneThough some say it's free from careIt's the swinging of an axeFrom morning 'till nightIn the forest wild and drearTransported as we areFrom a lady so fairTo the...

Boogie Boogie Mark Lanegan

Tim RoseBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie everybody boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boog...

Mockingbirds Mark Lanegan

Your voice is a mockingbirdCalling me when the day is goneYou please yourself with every wordTelling me where I'm going wrongTelling me where I've gone wrongGet me out it's starting to burnI can't ...

Museum Mark Lanegan

You hear them call your nameFrom your roomFar removedDon't let 'em use you in, every wayStay unchainedAround and round you goThey'll never know, what you've seenWhy have you turned awayYou can beli...

Undertow Mark Lanegan

Water will forgive me, I'm just tryin' to forgetStarin' at the water as the waves turn ruby redRememberingFear and paranoia run together in my dreamsWater will accept me give me a peace I've never ...

Ugly Sunday Mark Lanegan

I feel your blood run cold And it's a rainy Sunday morningI count the million miles I'm driftin'From here, to hellTodayBehind their windows people stareCan't recognize the kindness thereJust prayer...

Down In The Dark Mark Lanegan

Baby, you're goin' down in the darkShow my lonely night is fallin'I don't have very longI think my blood might boilThen my veins might burnAnd you're gonna make it better for a little whileBaby, yo...

Wild Flowers Mark Lanegan

(lanegan) I have to watch you come back to earth Now it's all I can do Will you still be convinced wild flowers Are waiting for you In my mind I've done good things And never cared why And my mind is an

Eyes Of A Child Mark Lanegan

"See through the eyes of a childAnd it won't be realEyes neither hateful or cruelNo lies concealEyes that wander, eyes that strayedWhile the shame in your heartRemainsCryin' were the eyes of a chil...