Dear Sir !

  Myra Lee

  What Would The Community Think

  Moon Pix

  The Covers Record

What Would The Community Think
1996, Matador Records,
OLE 202-2 CP

1. In This Hole
2. Good Clean Fun
3. What would the community think
4. Nude as the News
5. They tell me
6. Taking People
7. The Fate of the Human Carbine
8. King Rides By
9. Bathysphere
10. Water & Air
11. Enough
12. The Coat is Always On



1. In This Hole

in this hole that we have fixed
we get further and further and further for what?
we must do
I saw you asleep beside a box
your skull inside a box
your eyes blackened by the sound
and the thought of God
where should I hang my head?
where would you like for me to hang my head?
what an abscence of truth
the one horrible thing I saw
what you truely wanted to become
and who you thought I was the fall, the fall
afraid of nothin'(?)
runs deeper than the grave
goes all the way down those tracks
everybody bow your head for the greatest inspiration
a complete contradition
a waist
in this hole that we have fixed
we get further and further for what?
we must do
I know this, I know this
you know this, you know this
in this hole that we have faced
we get further and further for what?
we must do
I saw you outside that wall
Your skull outside that wall
your eyes christened by the sound
and the light of God


2. Good Clean Fun

after this there will be no one
after this there will be no one
after this there will be no one
after this there will be heads
on different bodies
after this there will be no more
beautiful dresses
after this there will be fast
cast
after this there will be no one
after this there will be no one
after this there will be no one
after this there will be no more
good clean fun
I forgive you for the rest
even the whole time I was tested
nobody does it better, baby you're the best
after this there will be no one
after this there will be so many good ones
after this there will be less
interest
after this there will be no one
no one
no one
hey I run down on my luck
hey can I have something from you
it seems I have nothing to give
it seems you have nothing to give
after this there will be no one
after this there will be no one
after this there will be no one
after this there will be no more
good clean fun
I forgive you for the rest
even the whole time I was tested
nobody does it better, baby you're the best


3. What Would the Community Think?

my God what would the community
think
you are so beautiful
you are so beautiful
all the things that people do in winter
they all melt down in summer
things a mirror should say
on a very hot day
been crying and I feel like ice
vacation
vacation
vacation
vacation
vacation
oh my God?
what would the community think?
you are so beautiful
you are so beautiful


4. Nude as the News

I still have a flame gun
for the cute, cute, cute ones
and I saw your hand with a loose grip
on a tight ship
I still have a flame gun
for the cute, cute, cute ones
to burn out all your tricks
and I saw your hand with a loose grip
on a very tight ship
and I know in the cold light
it's a very big man
it's a very big man
leading us into temptation
Jackson, Jesse, I've got the son in me
Jackson, Jesse, I've got the son in me
and he's related to you
he's related to you
he's waiting to meet you
he's related to you
he's related to you
he's dying to meet you
I can role reversal where is someone
I can reversable roles I know there's someone
I still have a flame gun
for the cute, cute, cute ones
to burn out all your tricks
and I saw your hand with a loose grip
on such tight ship
and I know
in the cold light it's a very big man
leading us into temptation
Jackson, Jesse, I've got the son in me
Jackson, Jesse, I've got the son in me
and he's related to you
he's related to you
he's waiting to meet you
he's related to you
he's related to you
he's dying to meet you
he's related to you
he's related to you
he's related to you
he's nude as the news
nude as the news
nude as the news
nude as the news
all over, all over, all over
all over, all over, all over
all over, you


5. They Tell Me

they tell me what they do
I don't know what they're talking about
they tell me what they do
I don't understand what they're talking about
they're talking about it
I did not start this conversation
I don't intend to keep talking about it
you tell me about it
maybe if I pray, to the lord above
I'll get some sleep
but the lord don't give a shit about me
they tell me what they do
how can I help it, how can I help it
I sure can't shut them up

6. Taking People

who, who never showed you
out the easy way
who's robes did they trade you
for such an easy life
who
who, who never showed you
oh, about the easy way
who, who never told you
about the perfect life
guess it's some kind of some guarantee
you'll never see
if I was a photographer
picture taking
beautiful people
guess I'd make a mistake cause
I'd probably take a picture of you
who, who never showed you
oh, about the easy way
and who's robes did they trade you
oh, for such a perfect life
well that such
a guarantee
it leave some certain sickness
you'll never know
inside of me
that's all I have


7. The Fate of the Human Carbine
(Original by Peter Jeffries)

thinks of money all the time
doing it to annoy her
she on his conscience day and night
so he acts
like her her employer
they all come and peek through a hole in wall
keep the bastards guessing
he likes to take the long way home
it's another fine decision
from six to seven he'll be all alone
so he turns on television
doesn't even notice as the hours roll by
he's lost inside the screen
watches the film about the evening sky
it was someone else's dream
oh, come peep through a hole
keep the bastards guessing
they all come and peek through a hole in wall
just to watch his heart undressing
they all come and peek through a hole in wall
cause you look so impressive


8. King Rides By

if time had a place
and space for your past
like a little novel
I wanted to read again and again
would I be in your your novel?
could I begin and end in it?
if I had a place and space for your
little boy eyes
could you really believe
I certainly dare you
I do not want to scare you
anymore
oh what a fuss when the king rides by
oh what a fuss when the king rides
straight through my heart
straight through my life
need your love
more than you'll ever know
If I kiss the touch of your hand
a million things I will never understand
oh what a fuss when the king trades in
oh what a fuss when the king trades
oh love my love
for someone else's hand
need your love
more than you'll ever know
you don't miss your water
you don't miss your water till your well is gone


9. Bathysphere
(Original by Bill Callahan)

when I was seven
I told my mother
take me to bay
and put me on a ship
silver swordfish
electric
I can't feel
or dream down here
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
if the water should cut my mind
if the water should cut my life
if the water should cut my mind
set me free
I don't care
I want to life in a bathysphere
when I was seven
my father said to me 'but you can't swim'
and I never dreamed of the sea again
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
if the water should cut my life
if the water should cut my line
if the water should cut my mind
set me free
I don't care
I want to life in a bathysphere


10. Water & Air

I was dragged out
by the shore man
a very poor man
a very nice man
a family man
my lover drifter down the river
below the dark water
the devil all around
her
yesterday on this street
someone called out your name
someone thought that you were me
last night there was a party
I could not go
I walked around and thought about it
all night long
today there's a newspaper
about you and me
and the day we were married
same day
the same day fell in love
the same day they died in love
I did not want you to die alone
must you ever run down
run and run as fast as you can
oh run
must you ever run ragged
and drag my lover's self back to me
I'll meet him there
water & air
oh to be at the bottom of a river
below the dark water
the devil all around
the devil all around


11. Enough

my intuition said it was
fair
all you should know is there's
not a enough to go around
here they come again, I can't
watch
as they try, they'll try
to take it all
here they come again, I can't
watch closer now
I can watch closer now
they can't find enough, to take enough from me
they can't find enough, to take enough from me
I've seen the hordes, the hordes
I've seen the hordes, the hordes
looking down that drain of yours

cartoon a blue jay
cartoon a black bay tune
cartoon a blue jay
cartoon a black bay tune

intuition knocked again, fair
all you should know by now,
there not enough to go around
but I never go that way
other half of me says I should
other half of me says I should
other half of me says I should


12. The Coat Is Always On

mother don't sit
mother don't stand
mother don't send me

sister come and lay your head on me
I can see you haven't had any sleep
in a long time

that baby's gonna be so easy on me
never see his smile
never see his face

father said he was gonna give me
something
he gave me hate

mother don't sit
mother don't stand
mother don't send me

brother can't even speak
he's got a tongue and two legs to
walk on
and he can leave
brother is old and grey
brother is old and grey
brother is old and grey
and he's only
he's only seventeen

father said he was gonna give me
something
he gave me hate

mother don't sit
mother don't stand
mother please don't send me

what happened to home
what happened to home sweet
what happened to home sweet
home