GOOD FOR NOTHING (Freakwater) I've been good, and I've been good for nothing I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago And the dirt beneath my nails is not from some field of flowers Sung by the April showers and what they may or may not bring I always get lucky in the spring I have been good for nothing Loose lips are bound to sink ships And many times I watch my own self drown I'm clinging fast to my own lucidity Like a life raft that's slowly sinking down One big drink and then another Pull my my head down far beneath the waves Where I'm living like a mermaid decked in stolen jewels From the drowning men I've saved I've been good, and I've been good for nothing I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago And the dirt beneath my nails is not From some field of flowers Sung by the April showers and what they may or may not bring I always get lucky in the spring I have been good for nothing Black crows break and scatter wide The buckshot blast soaring out of site Clouds of heat and dust that rise up from the ground On a slow and gasping flame I'm bound to think about my brother When August sucks the colors from the air And cut two vines make tangled monsters Of the trees where we first learned to play fair Forgive and forget are words that never slipped across my tongue Revenge like a fleeting Christmas morning I knew when I was young Put the toys back in their boxes Let me take the ribbons off then just once more Inside my little box of bones a ray of light shines Where I'm slowly keeping score I've been good, and I've been good for nothing I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago And the dirt beneath my nails is not From some field of flowers Sung by the April showers and what they may or may not bring I always get lucky in the spring I have been good for nothing I have been good for nothing top CLOAK OF FROGS (Freakwater) I'm sitting at this table I painted a shiny red With a bowl full of oranges, a candle and a half a cigarette I turn on the radio, watch the tunes begin to glow And the light flickers with the voice of one who knows Take me to the river Wash me in the water He sings to me to the fallen And I hear him singing out I'm nervous in my skin I feel it has [ ] And the mess that's slipping out Only devil could have sent Wash me in the water [ ] the evidence She is standing on the [ ] And pour water to take my breath Take me to the river Wash me in the water He sings to me to the fallen And I hear him singing out My muscles have grown weary dragged in this cloak of frogs And I cried when the deal was struck Oh please no good For I am a martyr hidden in a gasoline shroud You were my healer you were my [ ] I was gonna burn this damn thing down Take me to the river Wash me in the water He sings to me to the fallen And I hear him singing out Take me to the river Wash me in the water He sings to me to the fallen And I hear him singing out top SICK, SICK, SICK (Freakwater) Iridescent, opalescent, now-ascending silver crescent There's a silver lining shining above me black top, black Oil slick, slick behind the moon How sick is sick It's a dark night for me and my baby I saw you again and I came all undone Where the ice has all melted and I ain't got none Half full from the bottom still half empty from the top Spin the bottle one more time and make it stop Shiver and shake Deliver the poison that I take A fever that just won't break Drawn crooked from its quiver Cupid's arrow has made a big mistake And I shiver and shake A slackjawed smile filthen white A cigarette hung from a crescent moon that was slung on its side Drink the drink and crimson smiles are clinging to the [ ] Lipstick sticks and liquor licks the old flame [ ] Iridescent, opalescent, now-ascending silver crescent There's a silver lining shining above me Black top, black Oil slick, slick Behind the moon How sick is sick It's a dark night for me and my baby top JUST LIKE YOU (Freakwater) Just look at what you've done Don't try and think of takin' it away Play it through your head Until you think you're taught It'll still be there This sleepless heart To answer to like I do Just like I do I won't let you escape By takin' you out And letting someone take your place You'll have to face it any day Balls roll, we won't keep it away Now you know what it takes To be fueled by hate CHORUS: And I was told a rule of gold But it was undone by you But I know better now The rule that is true "To forgive is to be a fool" From the second fate was sealed Like a deadbolt lock on a life on a wheel The simple things that you would do Would drive it home on a spinning wheel That rolls you back 'til you feel Just like I do Just like a light down in a storm The light goes out for some, not for others A fire is born CHORUS I pray someone will find me first Deliver me from this fatal curse Now any of you so I can breathe At the hardness that's swallowing me All I can't seem to do Is be just like you transcribed by --Paul S. top CHEAP WATCH (Freakwater) Wound up tighter than a cheap watch, Wind it up and watch how the time flies, Little white teeth wound around what sounds like more cheap lies, Little black clouds suck us up into the sky. Wound up where the Christmas lights stay up all year, And it takes the bar-man half an hour just to get me another beer, Was it just for kicks or was it hitting out of fear? One step closer, two steps closer, we gotta make things clear[?]. One foot on the gas, two feet from Tennessee, The little hand on the twelve-gauge and the big hand swinging free, Well, I made you look but I could not make you see, Look down at your shoes 'cause the tie that binds is untied by me. Rabble-rouser and the E-string in my leister Bring it down like a stabbing pain, It's the last call and I'm calling on something that they don't serve, Like a double shot of that ball and chain. Spoon full of absence makes my heart grow fonder, Spoonful of absinthe makes my mind a-wander, Spoonful of sugar down at the candy store, I got a string around your sweet-tooth, baby, And I'm getting up to slam the door. Wound up tighter than a cheap watch, Wind it up and watch how the time flies, Little white teeth wound around what sounds like more cheap lies, Little black clouds suck us up into the sky. Little black clouds suck us up into the sky. transcribed by --alethea [spring, texas], with help from Kelly top MY HISTORY (Freakwater) My history Surrounds me And it's closing in around my bed And all I have known Has turned to sticks and to stones But these words are wand'ring in my head CHORUS: I've got you paper for ten Not the kind tradition meant But the kind that says I'm walking out that door And my heart breaks in two A little for me and a little for you Still this thing Is just the thing I've got to do For so long I's on my own Seeking shelter from what I've known Like the last leaves of the fall's lasting breeze Waiting for it all to drop Like a big new year's ball With just a past and a song for the lost CHORUS Now the glass is filled with sand I look down and don't know my own hands I thought that surely the answers would be revealed We'd know it'd all been for the better The hurts past like a forgotten winter But I'm haunted by these words instead When I say it CHORUS Still this thing is just the thing that I've It's just the thing that I've gotta do.