Stuck Between Stations
From Theholdsteady
(Lyrics to The Hold Steady's "Stuck Between Stations") |
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There are nights when I think Sal Paradise was right. | There are nights when I think Sal Paradise was right. | ||
Boys and Girls in America have such a sad time together. | Boys and Girls in America have such a sad time together. | ||
- | Sucking off each other at the demonstrations | + | Sucking off each other at the demonstrations, |
- | + | making sure their makeup’s straight. | |
- | Crushing one another with colossal expectations | + | Crushing one another with colossal expectations: |
Dependent, undisciplined, and sleeping late. | Dependent, undisciplined, and sleeping late. | ||
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She was a damn good dancer but she wasn’t all that great of a girlfriend. | She was a damn good dancer but she wasn’t all that great of a girlfriend. | ||
She likes the warm feeling but she’s tired of all the dehydration. | She likes the warm feeling but she’s tired of all the dehydration. | ||
- | Most nights are crystal clear | + | Most nights are crystal clear, |
But tonight it’s like it’s stuck between stations | But tonight it’s like it’s stuck between stations | ||
On the radio. | On the radio. | ||
- | The devil and John Berryman | + | The devil and John Berryman, they |
Took a walk together. | Took a walk together. | ||
They ended up on Washington | They ended up on Washington | ||
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He was drunk and exhausted but he was critically acclaimed and respected. | He was drunk and exhausted but he was critically acclaimed and respected. | ||
He loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters. | He loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters. | ||
- | He likes the warm feeling but he’s tired of all the dehydration | + | He likes the warm feeling but he’s tired of all the dehydration. |
- | Most nights were kind of fuzzy | + | Most nights were kind of fuzzy, |
But that last night he had total retention. | But that last night he had total retention. | ||
- | These Twin Cities kisses | + | These Twin Cities kisses, they |
Sound like clicks and hisses. | Sound like clicks and hisses. | ||
We all tumbled down and | We all tumbled down and | ||
Drowned in the Mississippi River. | Drowned in the Mississippi River. | ||
- | We drink | + | We drink and |
- | We dry up | + | We dry up and |
Then we crumble to dust. | Then we crumble to dust. |
Revision as of 14:42, 4 November 2007
There are nights when I think Sal Paradise was right. Boys and Girls in America have such a sad time together. Sucking off each other at the demonstrations, making sure their makeup’s straight. Crushing one another with colossal expectations: Dependent, undisciplined, and sleeping late.
She was a really cool kisser and she wasn’t all that strict of a Christian. She was a damn good dancer but she wasn’t all that great of a girlfriend. She likes the warm feeling but she’s tired of all the dehydration. Most nights are crystal clear, But tonight it’s like it’s stuck between stations On the radio.
The devil and John Berryman, they Took a walk together. They ended up on Washington Talking to the river. He said “I’ve surrounded myself with doctors And deep thinkers. But big heads with soft bodies Make for lousy lovers.” There was that night that we thought John Berryman could fly. But he didn’t So he died. She said “You’re pretty good with words But words won’t save your life.” And they didn’t. So he died.
He was drunk and exhausted but he was critically acclaimed and respected. He loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters. He likes the warm feeling but he’s tired of all the dehydration. Most nights were kind of fuzzy, But that last night he had total retention.
These Twin Cities kisses, they Sound like clicks and hisses. We all tumbled down and Drowned in the Mississippi River.
We drink and We dry up and Then we crumble to dust.