1. |
See You Again
02:01
|
|||
|
SEE YOU AGAIN (Reid Paley)
Come on in
And we’ll have it out
This one last time
I’ll see you again
When the sun begin to shine
Close your eyes
And remember when
You looked so fine
I’ll see you again
When the sun begin to shine
You say that you had my back
I don’t know when
You won’t get another chance
To pull that stuff again
And I know
That I nailed it up
I took my time
I’ll see you again
When the sun begin to shine
[Spirited Instrumental]
You say that you had my back
I don’t know when
You won’t get another chance
To pull that stuff again
So step right up
Baby I don’t care
What’s yours and mine
I’ll see you again
When the sun begin to shine
I’ll see you again
When the sun begin to shine
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
2. |
||||
|
YR POLISH UNCLE (Reid Paley)
Just try for once shut your mouth
You’ll piss yourself a story
About the spastic monkey
And the whore
All the things I hear and say
They just don’t go away
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore
And I swear on the back
Of my forty-third abortion
I see yr devil
Peering round the door
But I won’t be scared or sad
About all the things I’ve had
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore
I don’t know why but
One thing for sure
It’s comin’ down
One thing for certain
One thing for sure
I’ll be around
I’ll be around
And I swear on the back
Of my mother’s shattered eyeball
He beat me with his stump
All bent and sore
They will beat you black and blue
They’ll beat you til they’re through
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore
[Reprise of Suavely Insightful Bridge]
I am not the one you think I am
I’m not Your Polish Uncle
I’m underneath your table
On the floor
But I won’t be scared or sad
About all the things I’ve had
And I won’t be coming back here
Anymore
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
3. |
Take What You Want
02:23
|
|||
|
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT (Reid Paley)
You know if you need me
You find a way
There’s trouble tomorrow
Let’s kill yesterday
Gonna lay my body down
Take what you want from me
And if you’re looking
For shooting stars
Come get my pistol
Shoot me to Mars
Gonna lay my body down
Take what you want from me
I’m on my way now
Might find a friend
Who might lead me
Home again
Might find a savior
Might wanna say
You’re right
I’m wrong
Not yet but it won’t be long
Come drag my broken bones
Away
You know if you want me
You ought to know
Down by the river
That’s where I go
Gonna lay my body down
Take what you want from me
Gonna lay my body down
Take what you want from me
Take what you want from me
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG (& THAT’S ALRIGHT)
(Reid Paley)
There’s people gonna tell you
That your life can go to hell
But how you gonna get there
When you got no soul to sell
No matter how you play it
There’s always room for more
Until you get knocked down dead back on the floor
Now I can almost tell the difference
Between day and night
Cos everything is going wrong
And that’s all right
I’m looking for the bright side
But there ain’t so much to see
I can’t get on that wagon
Cos there ain’t no room for me
Need another blowout
Got to have a little fun
And all they got to sell you
Is a mattress and a gun
It’s almost like the difference
Between day and night
Cos everything is going wrong
And that’s all right
It doesn’t take a genius
To see that money talks
It doesn’t take a genius
To watch the way you walk
It doesn’t take a genius
To wrap up in a flag
It doesn’t take a genius
To pretend you’re god in drag
It doesn’t take a genius
To see the bad guy smile
It doesn’t take a genius
Get ugly for awhile
It doesn’t take a genius
To tell you what is true
It only take one night to suck the life right outta you
And now if you’ll excuse me
I’m stepping into the light
Cos everything is going wrong
And that’s all right
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
5. |
The Dark Sky
03:17
|
|||
|
THE DARK SKY (Reid Paley)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one
You’ve heard it all before
Just another holy joe
Streets are lined with suckers
Buying snake oil from a whore
And there’s no place left to go
Don’t be afraid of the dark sky
I’ll hold your hand
When it comes down
Here come the morning sun
It’s all yours and mine
Let’s get up front and watch the show
Here come that judas cow
Watch ‘em get in line
It’s the only thing they know
Don’t be afraid of the dark sky
I’ll hold your hand
When it comes down
Everyone go home now
There’s nothing left to see
Try to remember how the years
Turn into years
And no one really cares what’s true
And when the caterwauling’s filling up your ears
There’s only one thing left to do
Don’t be afraid of the dark sky
I’ll hold your hand
When it comes down
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
6. |
Better Days
04:04
|
|||
|
BETTER DAYS (Reid Paley)
I’ve seen sunset in the morning
I’ve seen skies go black and blue
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you
Another night another city
Put something by to see you through
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you
There’ll be a better day
But it ain’t happened yet
It get so hot inside your soul
You take the time you’d take
On your last cigarette
Because it might be time to go
Hangover sunrise Sunday morning
Half-dead on Bedford Avenue
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you
Sometimes a smile is something secret
Some things are lies
Some things are true
Some people say
These things they happen every day
And I think it might be happening to you
There’ll be a better day
But it ain’t happened yet
It get so hot inside your soul
You take the time you’d take
On your last cigarette
Because it might be time to go
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
7. |
||||
|
ROSES RED AND VIOLETS BLACK & BLUE (Reid Paley)
I can see the way you’re lookin’ at me
Roses red and violets black & blue
It’s not as if I can’t
Believe the words dear
I just can’t believe
Those words from you
I’ve seen it climb out of the fire
Back in that fryin’ pan
I’m not confused by why you do it
I’m just wonderin’ how you can
I can tell that you’ve been thinking of me
I have no doubt that you believe it’s true
It’s not as if I can’t
Believe the words dear
I just can’t believe
Those words from you
[Skeptically Philosophical Instrumental Verse]
I’ve seen it climb out of the fire
Back in that fryin’ pan
I’m not confused by why you do it
I’m just wonderin’ how you can
I can see the way you’re lookin’ at me
Roses red and violets black & blue
It’s not as if I can’t
Believe the words dear
I just can’t believe
Those words from you
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
8. |
Someday I'll Be Okay
02:39
|
|||
|
SOMEDAY I’LL BE OKAY (Reid Paley)
Never really knew how
Not to look into the sun
Thought I was beginning
Didn’t know that I was done
And she said
I can see you’re gonna be a lot of fun
Someday you’ll be okay
Once upon a time you thought
That it would never end
Remember when you said that
You were my best friend
I know I may be crazy
But there’s no need to pretend
Someday I’ll be okay
She caught me in a barroom
Said she was built to please
Said boy I’m gonna have you
She was walking on her knees
And then she said
Won’t you tell somebody please
Someday I’ll be okay
[Optimistic Instrumental Verse]
Just take your chance no second try
No time to waste or just a
Waste of time
Well I could be the stranger
I could be the missing link
There’s nothing making sense here
It’s getting hard to think
I think I need to get out
And get myself a drink
Someday I’ll be okay
So take my hand babe
We’ll see what we can see
I don’t know what you’re doing
Hanging round with me
They wait to see me break down
But as far as I can see
Someday I’ll be okay
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
9. |
The Sinner's Hand
02:55
|
|||
|
THE SINNER’S HAND (Reid Paley)
I can’t tell you the truth
It’d break your heart
I’d just make you angry and blue
And I never known
What was good for me
How can I be good to you
Don’t wanna go
With your head hung low
Come take a sinner’s hand
If you weather the storm
You might save your neck
Remember your heart if you can
Don’t listen to me
I can’t set you free
I don’t even know what I know
And I never knowed
What I’d have to be
To get to the end of the road
Don’t wanna go
With your head hung low
Come take a sinner’s hand
If you weather the storm
You might save your neck
Remember your heart if you can
Keep on telling me lies
But don’t raise your eyes
There might not be nothing to say
They’ll be feeling us there
Like a phantom limb
And then we’ll be going away
Don’t wanna go
With your head hung low
Come take a sinner’s hand
If you weather the storm
You might save your neck
Remember your heart if you can
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
10. |
Stay Awhile
04:32
|
|||
|
STAY AWHILE (Reid Paley)
Don’t look at me
I’m not the leader here
Find your own way just don’t find mine
It’s not like I know
What to do
You’re on your own
I’m not a volunteer
Just an accident of space and time
Hey I’m doin fine
Just like you
Gimme a fucking god damn drink
I don’t wanna take the time to think
Gimme a fucking god damn drink
Stay awhile
You’re free to go
I wouldn’t keep you here
I just get a little quiet sometime
No attention left to pay
If it’s all the same
I wouldn’t know you there
I’m still living at the scene of the crime
Might be nothing left to say
Gimme a fucking god damn drink
I don’t wanna take the time to think
Gimme a fucking god damn drink
Stay awhile
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
|
||||
If you like APPROXIMATE HELLHOUND, you may also like:
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
go to album
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo
The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher.
go to album
24th Street Blues
by Tom Heyman
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance.
go to album
An Evening at Macri Park
by Seán Barna
Singer-songwriter Seán Barna writes a moving and tuneful character study of the dimly-lit Brooklyn queer bar.
go to album
Turn My Radio Up
by The Coffis Brothers
Big, sunny country songs from this Santa Cruz duo summon the spirit of late-period Byrds.
go to album
Thoughtful and poetic folk with a Cosmic Americana flavor from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter.
go to album
the happiest man on earth
by Michael VM
Rollicking roots music from Michael VM, “the happiest man on earth” is equal parts grit and soul.
go to album
