||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _Anodyne_ (1993) All songs by Farrar/Tweedy unless noted ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ::Slate:: A worn out joke to keep the flies away Carried it this far Got the west side winds to keep it steady We bury the hatchets we find Could carry that heavy load If I really thought it would matter Farcical hair appears As a blind side, clean the slate Working in the halls of shame Lay it down in full view Lay it down What the hell were we thinking Before the fire burned out? I can't find you now And I didn't know you then Loneliness drinks the bitters Till the cold winds warm again It's a feel for the game Mouth open wide, screams and hollers Working in the halls of shame Lay it down in full view Lay it down I gambled once and won, never made a dollar And beauty fades to grey And I pray the very best will guard her And provide the way It's a telltale sign When it's chairs up, and time to go Working in the halls of shame Lay it down in full view Lay it down ::Acuff-Rose:: Early in the morning, sometimes late at night Sometimes I get the feeling that everything's alright Early in the evening, sometimes in the day Sometimes I get the feeling everything's okay Because everything cuts against the tide When you're by my side Name me a song that everybody knows And I'll bet you it belongs to Acuff-Rose Children in the playground, the folks in the home Anybody anywhere who's ever been alone Because everything cuts against the tide When I hear that sound ::The Long Cut:: I've been searching and you've been gone Out looking for the shortest path to the one that you're on And I've already seen all I wanna see Come on, let's take the long cut I think that's what we need When we were younger, we were strong We felt a lot better than the things that we'd done Now if it's to be, if you still believe Come on let's take the long cut I think that's what we need If you wanna take the long cut We'll get there eventually I've been searching and you've been gone Out looking for the shortest path to the one you're on Now if it's to be, if you still believe Come on let's take the long cut I think that's what we need We've been in a deep rut And it's been killing me If you wanna take the long cut We'll get there eventually ::Give Back the Key to My Heart:: (by Doug Sahm) Take my picture off the wall It don't matter to me at all Said I was headed for a fall But you wanted me to crawl Give back my TV It don't mean that much to me While you're giving back my things Give me back the key to my heart Give back the key to my heart Give back the key to my heart And let my love flow like a river Straight into your heart, dear Well, you say I was the one To blame for the wrong that's been done Well, you got a friend named cocaine And to me he is to blame He has drained life from your face He has taken my place While you're alone in San Antone Give me back the key to my heart Give back the key to my heart Give back the key to my heart And let my love flow like a river Straight into your heart, dear ::Chickamauga:: You'd never leave on your own Where you're from and where you're going I know these things like I know you hate me now Catch yourself in mid-air thinking Your dreams can never be bought I couldn't help you then and I guess I can't help you now When jousting is for pleasure Pleasure is way out of hand The time is right for getting out while we still can Chickamauga's where I've been Solitude is where I'm bound I don't ever wanna taste these tears again I don't ever wanna taste these tears again Appalachian, so patient The lessons we've traveled As soon as we're out we're kicking our way back in Fighting fire with unlit matches >From our respective trenches No authority can clean up this mess we're in A miracle might point the way To solutions we're after And avert our chronic impending disaster Chickamauga's where I've been Solitude is where I'm bound I don't ever wanna taste these tears again ::New Madrid:: All my daydreams are disasters She's the one I think I love Rivers burn and then run backwards For her, that's enough They all come from New York City And they woke me up at dawn She walked with me to the fountain And she held onto my arm Come on, do what you did Roll me under New Madrid Shake my baby and please bring her back 'Cause death won't even be still Caroms over the landfill Buries us all in its broken back There's a man of conviction And although he's getting old Mr. Browning has a prediction And we've all been told So come on back from New York City Roll your trucks in at dawn Walk with me to the fountain And hold onto my arm Come on, do what you did Roll me under New Madrid Shake my baby and please bring her back 'Cause death won't even be still Caroms over the landfill Buries us all in its broken back ::Anodyne:: You threw out the past When you threw out what was mine Throughout the years It was hard to make it last Anodyne No sign of reconciliation It's a quarter past the end Full moon from on high Across the board we lose again Anodyne Anodyne Tossed it out for me to find Without a word you're out the door Without a reason anymore Two fingers on the trigger Can break the heart of any day Foolish to believe It would turn out okay Anodyne Anodyne Tossed it out for me to find Without a word you're out the door Without a reason anymore Anodyne ::We've Been Had:: There's a guitar leaning on a Marshall stack Used to sound like the sun on the horizon Now I think we've been had There's a young girl screaming all the way in the back Poor kid, she never saw it coming Now she knows she's been had Watching the label spinning on my turntable There's no call waiting in my headphones And every star that shines in the back of my mind Is just waiting for its cover to be blown There's an eardrum bleeding, yeah it's in my head How could I still be so in love when I know We've been had? Republicans and Democrats can't give you the facts Your parents won't tell you 'til you're grown That every star that shines in the back of your mind Is just waiting for its cover to be blown Flashing the badges, just like the law of averages Nobody likes 'em where they're from And every star that hides on the back of the bus Is just waiting for its cover to be blown ::Fifteen Keys:: Watch it separate in two Whatever the day wants it to Finding out that the worst is true Finding out that it can escape you Slings and arrows completes the score Always leaving, wanting more And I try to throw it away Silver spikes and mace Displayed in your eyes Fearlessness, cannot fathom; What's on your mind? Been there, no luck at all Nothing left to lose Been there, no luck at all Nothing left to lose I've been there "Danger/Slow" says the sign ahead Exhaust fumes, Thin Lizzy instead Left all pressing cares along the road Fifteen keys, but where do they go? Slings and arrows completes the score Always leaving, wanting more And I try to throw it away Strings that pull, strings that bend This song and dance never ends ::High Water:: Try to face up to the blinding sun Racing for the final word to come Facing up, it's hard to stay devout I can see the sand and it's running out And it's running out We quote each other only when we're wrong We tear out the threads and move along We can't seem to find common ground I can see the sand and it's running out It was only circumstances But it's the difference It gets in the way No race is run in this direction You can't break even You can't even quit the game The current drags to the bottom A hemorrhage that moves us around It pulls and beckons in a strong direction High water forever bringing us down I can see the sand and it's running out It's running out It was only circumstances But it's the difference It gets in the way No race is run in this direction You can't break even You can't even quit the game ::No Sense in Lovin':: I don't know what you've been through You might think that I don't care But I do And I've tried to understand I've tried to understand your abuse But you've got no excuse And there's no use in lovin' Anyone who hates themself You keep coming back So I hold you for a little while But I always go when I can't take your sad smile 'Cause I can't stand it when you get so intense And it's all a part of our bad inheritance And there's no sense in lovin' Anyone Won't you come back for a while You could see exactly what you've always meant to me But you don't wanna know You don't wanna know And you don't know what I've been through And if I think that you don't care You probably do And there's no sense in lovin' Anyone who hates themself ::Steal the Crumbs:: Sidetracked down the middle Never saw it coming, what a surprise It's been a wonder Electricity tells a story It's a sound getting near as fear is watching you It's watching you close You can fight it, both arms swinging Or try to wash it away Or pay up to the echoes of 'okay' No more, no more will I see you No more will I see you No more will I see you You've schemed more than you have You've borrowed more than you know Better to steal the crumbs It makes it easier to go Paralyzed by conscience Looking for an opening Apathy as your vocal cords cut out Never thought once to ask how's the temperature Too busy with the finer points Of each struggle we're after No more, no more will I see you No more will I see you No more will I see you So long since I've seen you Haven't we both been living the high life It flows to the bottom No more, no more will I see you No more will I see you No more will I see you ................................................................. Transcribed by Jake Roberts, with help from Chuck Taggart, Michael Pemberton, Barry Kelley, and Amy Haugesag