TESTI DI "CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY" Tutti i testi sono di Brendan Benson e Jack White III, tranne "Rich Kid Blues" , di Terry Reid. Vai a : "Consoler of the Lonely" - "Salute Your Solution" - "You Don't Understand Me" - "Old Enough" - "The Switch and the Spur" - "Hold Up" - "Top Yourself" - "Many Shades of Black" - "Five on the Five" - "Attention" - "Pull This Blanket Off" - "Rich Kid Blues" - "These Stones Will Shout" - "Carolina Drama" "Consoler Of The Lonely" (Daddy, will you tell me the story about the chicken? hahahahaha...) (ahahahaha...the chicken story...ahahaha I'll double track that...) Haven't seen the sun in weeks My skin is getting pale Haven't got a mind left to speak And I'm skinny as a rail Lightbulbs are getting dim My interests are starting to wane I'm told it's everything a man could want And I shouldn't complain Conversations getting dull There's a constant buzzing in my ears Sense of humor's void and numb And I'm bored to tears I'm bored to tears, yeah... I'm bored to tears, yeah... If you're looking for an accomplice A confederate, somebody's who's helpless You're gonna find, you'll find yourself alone If you're looking for cut-throat Singing above note, looking for a scapegoat You're gonna find, you'll find yourself alone Looking for sympathy I can get you something Something good, something good to eat Haven't had a decent meal My brain is fried Haven't slept a week for real My tongue is tied Lightbulbs are getting dim My interests are starting to wane I'm told it's everything a man could want And I shouldn't complain Conversations getting dull There's a constant ringing in my ears Sense of humor's void and numb And I'm bored to tears I'm bored to tears, yeah... I'm bored to tears, yeah... "Salute Your Solution" Yeah....alright! I seem to think I think I got a little situation So listen to me sister listen maybe you can help I think I gave a lot of problems my consideration But not for me they always seem to be for someone else Why all the people always seem to just be on vacation What do I get from never "touching" anything at all I'm like a trash can holding all the information And every single time I'm in the field to be taught Salute your solution, now, salute your solution I find myself just looking worthy of my best intentions Ignoring any kinda pause I might receive at all All others seem to find a road that's tough to satisfaction I find a ridicule that isn't cool for me at all And if there's one little answer to this complication Someone somewhere some help me settle what is on my mind There's only one I'm only taking getting and receiving There's only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one And I got what I got all despite you And I get what I get just to spite you And I got what I got all despite you And I get what I get just to spite you And I got what I got all despite you And I get what I get just to spite you I find myself just looking worthy of my best intentions Ignoring any kinda pause I might receive at all And all the others seem to find myself a satisfaction I find a ridicule that isn't cool for me at all But if there's one little answer to this complication Someone somewhere some help me settle what is on my mind There's only one I'm only taking getting and receiving There's only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one I'm taking And only one ^ Torna su "You Don' Understand Me" You don't understand me But if the feeling was right You might comprehend me And why do you feel the need to tease me Why don't you turn it around It might be easier to please me And there's always another point of view A better way to do the things we do And how can you know me And I know you... If nothing is true What do you think that you are doing But who is the fool, the fool or the fool that you are fooling And maybe I just don't see the reason But in the court of my heart your ignorance is treason And there's always another point of view A better way to do the things we do And how can you know me And I know you If nothing is true You think you know how I feel It's not that big of a deal There's no such thing it's not real You don't understand me But if the feeling was right You might comprehend me And I don't claim to understand you But I've been looking around And I haven't found, anybody like you And there's always another point of view A better way to do the things we do And how can you know me And I know you If nothing is true "Old Enough" You look pretty in your fancy dress But I detect unhappiness You never speak so I have to guess You’re not free There, maybe when you’re old enough You’ll realize you’re not so tough And some days the seas get rough And you’ll see You’re too young to have it figured out You think you know what you’re talking about You think it all will work itself out But we’ll see When I was young I thought I knew You probably think you know too Do you? Well do you? I was naïve just like you I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do Well, what you gonna do? And how have you gotten by so far Without having a visible scar? No one knows who you really are They can’t see What you gonna do (what you gonna do) What you gonna do now What you gonna do (what you gonna do) What you gonna do now What you gonna do (what you gonna do) What you gonna do now What you gonna do (what you gonna do) What you gonna do now What you gonna do now The only way you’ll ever learn a thing Is to admit that you know absolutely nothing Oh nothing Think about this carefully You might not get another chance to speak freely Oh freely Maybe when you’re old enough Maybe when you’re old enough Maybe when you’re old enough You’re not free You’re not free ^ Torna su "The Switch And The Spur" In the heat of the desert sun, on the blistering trail An appaloosa and a wanted man sprung from jail Slow in motion and shadow-less The switch and the spurs Every living thing, with a fatal sting Bark and rattle this curse The rider hallucinates The snapping hooves on the sand Spits a venom dream, recalls a stranger scream And a broken hand... The saddle's spotted with sweat and blood The poison pumps through his veins There's no stopping this, and now he's powerless Still holding the reigns... Any poor souls who trespass against us Whether it be beast or man Will suffer the bite or be stung dead on sight By those who inhabit this land For theirs is the power and this is their kingdom As sure as the sun does burn So enter this path, but heed these four words, You shall never return... Any poor souls who trespass against us Whether it be beast or man Will suffer the bite or be stung dead on sight By those who inhabit this land For theirs is the power and this is their kingdom As sure as the sun does burn So enter this path, but heed these four words, You shall never return... "Hold Up" Hold up Hold up Hold up Hold up Hold up Hold up Hold up Hold up Had enough of these, modern times About to drive me out of my mind And you know this, too well I’m hold up in my little cell Yeah Hold up Hold up Hold up Hold up Whoa! Friends took me to a freak show But I think I’ve seen it all before Well, can I get a look at you girl Maybe take a peak in your world Yeah Hold up Hold up Hold up Hold up Modern girl you’re so kind You’re gonna help me get through this time Well and you know me too well You didn’t break up on; you broke into my prison cell Hold up Hold up I’m hold up Hold up Hold up Yeah "Top Yourself" How you gonna top yourself When there is nobody else? How you gonna do it by yourself? 'Cause I'm not gonna be here to help you How you gonna top yourself When there is nobody else? How you gonna do it by yourself? 'Cause I'm not gonna be here to help you How you gonna do it alone When I don't pick up my phone? I'd love to give a dog a bone But I'm not gonna stick around to help you Yeah, how you gonna stop yourself when Your man stops ringin' your bell? You're right between Heaven and Hell And you're gonna need the good Lord to help you. How am I gonna make you see That this ain't no way to be? See you bin gettin' it all for free, Guess you'd better get yourself a sugardaddy to help you Top yourself Such a little girl like a spinning-top momma But she's spinnin' out of control. Takes sleepin' with a snake like you To rip apart my soul Yeah Rip apart my soul Rip apart my soul How you gonna rock yourself to sleep When I give up my midnight creep, girl? And how you gonna get that deep When your daddy ain't around here to do it to you? Yeah how you gonna do it alone, well? And I don't pick up my phone. I'd love to give a dog a bone But I'm not gonna stick around to help you. ^ Torna su "Many Shades Of Black" Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead And smash it on the floor Take whatever's left And take it with you out the door... See if I cry, see if I shed a single sorry tear I can't say that it's been that great No, in fact it's been a wasted, worried year Everybody sees And everyone agrees That you and I are wrong And it's been that way too long Take it as it comes and be thankful when it's done There's so many ways to act and there's many shades of black There's so many shades of black There's so many shades of black Let it out (let it all out) let it all out Say what's on your mind You can kick and scream and shout and say things That are so unkind. Yeah, See if I care And see if I stand firm or if I fall Cause in the back of my mind, and on the tip of my tongue is the answer to it all... And everybody sees And everyone agrees That you and I are wrong And it's been that way too long Take it as it comes and be thankful when it's done There's so many ways to act and there's many shades of black, There's so many shades of black, Yeah, there's many shades of black Yeah... Everybody sees And everyone agrees That you and I are wrong And it's been that way too long So take it as it comes and be thankful when it's done There's so many ways to act and you cannot take it back no you cannot take it back there's so many shades of black, There's so many shades of black, Yeah, there's many shades of black there's so many shades of black there's so many shades of black Yeah, there's many shades of black there's so many shades of black Yeah, there's many shades of black there's so many shades of black Go ahead.... "Five On The Five" It's a decision that was made between you and me And the division that was lately this odyssey, believe me I'm bad enough and I guess we're doing fine But I'm scared of something more that is on the line Well I got five on the five And I've been taking time, doing it all along Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh If we keep it alive I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home Right back to you, yeah Well, I love you well enough that I'll have you know The day I found you, girl, your life became stereo Now tell me why you always wanna put on a show Cause you look nothing like the kids in the videos Well I got five on the five And I've been taking time, doing it all along Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh If we keep it alive I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home Ah yeah Well I love you well enough that I'll have you know The day you found me, girl, my life became stereo Now tell me why you always think I put on a show Cause I look nothing like the kids Yeah, I look nothing like the kids Yeah, I look nothing like the kids in the videos Well I got five on the five And I've been taking time, doing it all along Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh If we keep it alive I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home Yeah, I got five on the five And I've been taking time, doing it all along Oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh If we keep it alive I'll ignore all the signs and keep driving home Ah, yeah Alright! ^ Torna su "Attention" Now that you have my attention, What are you gonna do? You might have good intention But they're not coming through You're very pleased with yourself I see, It's like a walk in the park You weren't lying by anyone else, cause You can see in the dark Got a lock, Got a key Got some kind of vice-like grip on me On a leash, by the reigns Got a look that puts me in chains I tried a subtle suggestion A more direct approach I can't make your connection You're beyond reproach No need for petty excuses No need for dumbing around I don't know what the use is But what you knowing down, yeah Got a lock, Got a key Got some kind of vice-like grip on me On a leash, by the reigns Got a look that puts me in chains Do you like the reflection? Do you love the reflection? Do you like what you see? Do you love the reflection? Do you like what you see? Do you like what you see? Do you like the reflection? Do you love the reflection? Do you like what you see? Do you like the attention? Do you like the attention you get from me? Ohhh... Hey! Yeah! Hey! Oh! Now that you have my attention... Got some kind of vice-like grip on me Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey... Got a lock, Got a key "Pull This Blanket Off" Pull this blanket off of me Maybe it will help me see The things I believed to be true I’m paying for what should be free But I don’t buy what their telling me And I want to believe in you It’s hard sticking to your guns When everybody’s having fun Makes me want to run I don’t know what to do Not everything is what it seems Maybe these boys don’t have dreams I can’t blame them some dreams are worth damn but truth "Rich Kid Blues" Been having bad times And I've been paying dues Got shoes and money And good friends too Always play to win But always seem to lose That's why I think I got A rich kid's blues That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues And I know what is going on And I know, but I'll wait til dawn And I know just exactly what is on your mind Jumping back, I know if I'm still gonna lose you But I'm wondering why, girl Did I ask your name? And all the people standing by Oh, they're in my game Love's just a story A story without words Words are almost never seen And never even heard I know what is going on And I know that I'll wait til dawn And I know just exactly what is on your mind Jumping back, I know it's all a rut, you want me to prove it to you Though my good times Are just paying dues I've got shoes and money And good friends too Though I always play to win I always seem to lose That's why I think I got A rich kid's blues That's why I think I got a rich kid's blues I know what's going on I know what's going on What's going on What's going on What's going on ^ Torna su "These Stones Will Shout" Well you impress me so completely I start obsessing to hear from you Whatever you do, you do sweetly It takes a lot to not take from you You're not secure enough to tell me Your first impression of all these clowns So you'll be tricky enough to compel me To take the lead and to speak out loud, yeah Speak to me and don't speak softly Talk to me and let me know Grab hold of my shoulder and tell me Grab hold and do not let go Grab hold and do not let go And if you find yourself repeating Some of those incoherent sounds Just talking to yourself is cheating You might as well stick your head in the ground, yeah Speak to me and don't speak softly Talk to me and let me know Grab hold of my shoulder and tell me Grab hold and do not let go Grab hold and do not let go I feel compelled to just yell out for you To say the words that you can't bring out But I cannot do everything for you And if I don't then these stones will shout Yeah, if I don't then these stones will shout Well, if I don't then these stones will shout So if I were to just lay in silence And see if you would take control The stones below me then may become violent And they would wrestle me, pester me, mess with me, just trying to free your soul Speak to me and don't speak softly Talk to me and let me know Grab hold of my shoulder and tell me Grab hold and do not let go Speak to me and don't speak softly Talk to me and let me know Grab hold of my shoulder and tell me Grab hold and do not let go Grab hold and do not let go Grab hold and do not let go Grab hold and do not let go "Carolina Drama" I'm not sure if there's a point to this story But I'm going to tell it again So many other people try to tell the tale Not one of them knows the end It was a junk-house in South Carolina Held a boy the age of ten Along with his older brother Billy And a mother and her boyfriend Who was a triple loser with some blue tattoos That were given to him when he was young And a drunk temper that was easy to lose And thank god he didn't own a gun Well, Billy woke up in the back of his truck Took a minute to open his eyes He took a peep into the back of the house And found himself a big surprise He didn't see his brother but there was his mother With her red-headed head in her hands While the boyfriend had his gloves wrapped around an old priest Trying to choke the man Ah Ah Ahhh... Billy looked up from the window to the truck Threw up, and had to struggle to stand He saw that red-necked bastard with a hammer Turn the priest into a shell of a man The priest was putting up the fight of his life But he was old and he was bound to lose The boyfriend hit as hard as he could And knocked the priest right down to his shoes Well, now Billy knew but never actually met The preacher lying there in the room He heard himself say, "That must be my daddy" Then he knew what he was gonna do Billy got up enough courage, took it up And grabbed the first blunt thing he could find It was a cold, glass bottle of milk That got delivered every morning at nine Ah Ah Ahhh... Billy broke in and saw the blood on the floor, and He turned around and put the lock on the door He looked dead into the boyfriend's eye His mother was a ghost, too upset to cry, then He took a step toward the man on the ground From his mouth trickled out a little audible sound He heard the boyfriend shout, "Get out!" And Billy said, "Not till I know what this is all about" "Well, this preacher here was attacking your mama" But Billy knew just who was starting the drama So Billy took dead aim at his face And smashed the bottle on the man who left his dad in disgrace, and The white milk dripped down with the blood, and the Boyfriend fell down dead for good Right next to the preacher who was gasping for air And Billy shouted, "Daddy, why'd you have to come back here?" His mama reached behind the sugar and honey, and Pulled out an envelope filled with money "Your daddy gave us this," she collapsed in tears "He's been paying all the bills for years" "Mama, let's put this body underneath the trees and put Daddy in the truck and head to Tennessee" Just then, his little brother came in Holding the milk man's hat and a bottle of gin singing, La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la, la la la... La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la, la la la... La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah Well now you heard another side to the story But you wanna know how it ends? If you must know, the truth about the tale Go and ask the milkman ^ Torna su

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