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Electric Waco Chair

by Waco Brothers

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1.
You can be the last one standing as the surface Of the earth melts like a chocolate bar Just throw me out with the garbage Cos I'll never get that far Bury me in the street Scatter me like beads of mercury Have me stuffed like trigger Or pickled for a souvenir My paint is peeling, my nails are rust At the peak of my popularity I'm crumbling into dust It's not enough Entertaining, mesmerizing, collapsing as we speak I left my clothes all neatly folded NOw I'm heading up the creek Past the university of boredom To the Shrunkenhead Bar & Grill The death wish casino, paradise garage sale On the deck of the wreck of the Marie Celeste Where rock'n'roll came to die I'm trying to change the channel As my life goes flashing by It's not enough
2.
I'm waiting for the sun to go down Although it's spitshined in the daylight I know there's a crooked underground I promise my ship is coming in When I cash in all my favors The color will run to your cheeks again Try to understand Scratch my back Wash my hands And make things happen Try to understand We'll cut a path Across this land And make things happen I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve After all the half truths and rumors I hope you managed to stay a little naive
3.
Can you get me a drink? If you would be so kind I know it's highway robbery But you don't mind I'm just a fly on the wall And this is what I find That's where I'll be With my back to the wall I take the shape of the vessel Into which I'm poured Fill up your head with a demon's roar I'm the life and soul of the party But I made my home a hell I think of how we started And I see how far we fell Flattery and fame There's always someone else to blame So you can always find me Where the mighty fall...
4.
Try to find a reason why it's done Try to find a path straight up to the blazing sun It could have been Grand Rapids or DuBuque It could have been destiny, could have been a fluke Seems like every time you turn around There's one more stunt to pull He is insane He jumps through hoops And he dives out of planes You'll last hear his name Jamaican radio obituary Try to find some words that work together Maverick executive, imitation leather On the third attempt he went down in bad weather
5.
History is written by the winner. This is a losers song. I took this job in the summer, never saw the winter rolling on. Never thought it would end in a second. A burned out smoking wreck. Expectations and ambitions, were just a rope around my neck. Broke my back to earn their trust Saw my dreams die in the dust, Now I’m walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers I’m walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers All in bloom, all yellow and blue So sweet and true, there’s nothing better to do. I’m not hiding come and find me What am I doin’? There’s no need to remind me Now I’m walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers. In the A to B and the miles per hour Keeping out of reach of the higher power Where the bees are buzzing in the April showers The spoils belong to the victor, this is a concelation song. Your life is science fiction, in a flash you’ll be gone No more trials and no more troubles. Bad luck and bursting bubbles Just walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers Walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers SOLO We’re not hiding come and find us What are we doin’? There’s no need to remind us Walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers. We’re walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers. We’re walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers. We’re walking on hell’s roof, looking at the flowers.
6.
Cornered 03:28
There's anger and hatred all around me Please keep my young ones close to you The whole of my life has gotten up with me No time so start my life anew Judgment stands now before this man The phoenix rises from the flame And if there's any life ever after I won't tell nobody my old name There's gotta be a way There's gotta be a way There's gotta be a way out of this town I'm running short of breath I'm moving closer now to death There's gotta be a way out of this town I'm running short of breath I'm moving closer now to death There's gotta be a way out of this town Thought they caught me in the act But all they saw was some man's back That man didn't have the face of me I was with my loving wife When he gunned that Marshall down And committed daylight robbery The whole of my life has just flashed before my eyes I'm running out of things that I can do.
7.
A lot of people waiting on the inside Marking the days on the wall Inventing new methods, new distractions A lot of people need someone to fall And I wonder Where in the world are you Taking your own sweet time And I wonder Where in the world are you Taking what should be mine A lot of people waiting on the backside Telling themselves that it's not true Nothing like this ever happens To good folks like me and you I can't wait to see the ones who loved me true It's the only thing that's in the forward view A lot of people waiting on the other side A whole lot more of god's little mistakes They keep telling me I'm doing fine We're gonna do whatever it takes
8.
oh the night is so still not a baby will cry not a cold wind will blow disturbing the sky but there's no peace in me yeah I'm burning for you I'm walking the floor in the devils shoes when I get my rewards I'll bring them to you I will ask for your love you'll swear mine is true will you cast me aside will you see me no more or can I win your heart when I get my rewards oh they say that your hand shall never touch mine that a poor boy can't hold for a woman so fine but I'll work till I fall yeah I'm determined to win I'm driven by need to see you again when I get my rewards I'll bring them to you I will ask for your love you'll swear mine is true will you cast me aside will you see me no more or can I win your heart when I get my rewards or can I win your heart when I get my rewards or can I win your heart when I get my rewards
9.
Circle Tour 03:27
on the circle tour I know just what I'll find on the circle tour I know just what I'll find the road you head out on is the road you left behind I'm a traveling salesmen but I'm not getting nowhere got a plaid suit a briefcase galoshes and brand new hair I drive a Vauxhall cadet but I've got my eyes on a red corvette a stone came from heaven and buried the midwest towns from Kankakee to Grand Rapids it followed me around sometimes I get so deep I can't help but slow you down on the circle tour I know just what I'll find on the circle tour I know just what I'll find well the road you head out on is the road you left behind on the circle tour (x4) met a fellow who's loaded more than he can spend said he's stocking it away gettin it while he can and when the government steps in he's gonna play the accordion again gonna quit this life of cold calling tryin to break down doors I hope I never see another piece of the Michigan circle tour it's like cheap animation I've seen this scene before on the circle tour I know just what I'll find on the circle tour I know just what I'll find well the road you head out on is the road you left behind on the circle tour (x4)
10.
Here they come buying up the street This neighborhood got too fat to run Buck and a half to pull the old shell down Broken smile new white crown Thank God it's boom or bust Can't think past Friday New Tarzan new Jane Spend a million dollars Got nothing to say 15 years old and she sings like a bird Sweetest voice you ever heard Down in the studio locked away Spend a million dollars got nothing to say It won't fly the endings all wrong I bought the book and I bought the play Don't try to tell me what's going on I own the rights and it will end this away Thank god it's boom or bust I can't think past Friday Now all the communists have gone away Spent a million dollars got nothing to say Satellite flash War drips in Dan Rather is my kinky kin Gimme new machines day by day Long trudge round the victory lap of style over content and cash into crap It's all looks so simple but no way - another fast edit and cut away
11.
Fox River 04:03
The fox river flows about a thousand miles or so past all the Aunt Maries and Uncle Joes They build their homes so near It floods most every year You have to learn to live with your fear I stare across the banks at you I feel the water in my shoes NO one can say that we don't try Sometimes it's not that deep or wide The Fox River flows wherever it wants to go Past prefabricated homes, geodesic domes And no one thinks of leaving Until every scrap is eaten And no one seems to believe what they are seeing
12.
Snapping the chains now what a relief I'm climbing back out from the right underneath Into the world of sweet delight Well I gave up and without a fight And I feel like I've been dragging my own tombstone Dragging my own tombstone Dragging my own tombstone Most of my life I could handle toil and trouble When it brought better times But time hangs heavy on my hands Slipping by me, over again on that production line [There's something to say] for the working man You let that chisel fall from your hand Now is the time to pick your fight I can't make everything right And I feel like I've been Dragging my own tombstone... At the heart of a brand new city I will find that precious jewel Just drove in from Indiana The neon canyons, calling home another fool Old stinking hat and shoes Fat white suburban blues In this world of sweet delight I'll give up without at fight And I feel like I've been Dragging my own tombstone... Here's the carrot and here's the stick Here's the throat where the big words stick See the hammer and the tongs I've been doing this too long There's about a hundred people in a windowless concrete shed They've come in here to blow that paycheck, blow the rent Came to remember coming back to forget
13.
Never Real 02:53
Pack up your things Your know you can't stay here The building will be razed in less than a year And everything that it contains The faucets, the stoppers, and the drains Will all seem like they were never real Torn out the light You know you need sleep now Pull yourself into the darkness somehow And everything that's in your dreams The colors, the lights, and the scenes Will all seem like they were never real So go away The neighborhood's changed You're not a piece Of the new history Fill up your glass You know we must drink now Turn yourself over, turn yourself down And the things that pass over your lips The slurs, the barbs and the quips Will all seem like they were never real

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released October 17, 2000

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Waco Brothers Chicago, Illinois

You've heard of the crossroads where Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil? Well, the Wacos race towards the crossroads of punk and country, heedless of speed limits and stop signs. The collisions spectacular, loud, energizing and sometimes messy. ... more

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