*Lyrics are an interpretation by The MusicBobbyLong Team and not an official transcription*




WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LOVING

When the world holds out its flag
The sun will fall across the plain
I will hold out my hands and take the blame

When the weather falls to cold
The frost ravages the lanes
I will bow down my head in shame

Who have you, who have you been loving
Who have you, who have you been loving
Who have you, who have you been loving
Who have you, who have you been loving

Hey

But if someone is unhurt
Then it’s gonna be me
For the tears that taint your heart
You’re so happy that you’re free

But if you’re no better now
Than you’ve ever been
You owe me an apology

Hey

Before the dusk falls to dark
I’ll have you banished from my mind
I just need a moments rest
To make it mine

And when the print of you is gone
With a last drawn line
Beyond the rusted sin of gloat
You’ve had your time

Who have you, who have you been loving
Who have you, who have you been loving
Who have you, who have you been loving
Who have you, who have you been loving

Cause if someone is unhurt
Then it’s gonna be me
For the tears that taint your heart
You’re so happy that you’re free

But if you’re no better now
Than you’ve ever been
You owe me an apology
You owe me an apology


THE BOUNTY OF MARY JANE

I will run you
Like a thread
Cause my wounded eyes
Will see again

Make peace with the sky
It's rain may bring you hope
But no siren will call
Brace your love for the fall

But I will fall upon this town
To call your name
My sweet suffragette

Now I will call upon this town
To hear your name
My sweet Mary Jane
My sweet Mary Jane

ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh ooh

But she's weighted down
With loss at her side
Onboard a ship
Of ghosts and lost prode

Now say hello to fate, dear
Wreck this story told
If you dress my wounds
I'll feel your cold
I'll feel your cold

Now I will fall upon this town
To call your name
My sweet suffragette

Now I will fall upon this town
To hear your name
My sweet Mary Jane

Cause I will fall upon this town
To call your name
My sweet suffragette
My sweet Mary Jane
My sweet Mary Jane

ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh ooh


SO TEAR ME UP

I’m running through the backdoor
My head across the sky
Hoping that my god will let me in
As the people start to notice
They scream “oh man, better wake him up”
Hey kid you’ll never want to follow him

But the rich kids on the corner
Betting off on solitaire
Just to lay the poor upon the boys
Walking out, they’re on your shoes
Like chalk upon the face of rex
Beating out to keep their head above the noise

So hold me down
So tear me up
So let me in for a while

Hey

When everyone’s a down and out
You don’t know where it ends
But the forecast tells the lads to push on through
Beyond the tepid shade a face is wrecked in (the?) afternoon
The lucky like to stick it to the truth

So sing a song in sixpence
I’ll stick it to the change
But men can never seem to make it last
The send all three I owe it to the hate, the love, the cut
The scar I will have to wear upon the mast (mask?)

So hold me down
So tear me up
Let me in for a while

So watch it go…

Oooooooooooohh…
Oooohhh…

Hold me down
So tear me up
So let me in for a while

So hold me down
So tear me up
So let me in for a while
I bet you’d like to see a poor man start to smile


THE RATTLE AND ROLL

I scream for peace from the clutches of the street
Now who do you think that you're saving
From the gust of glow my heart will flow
My love is like the raven

But no bitter past could try to unmask
The truthful words you've been saying
The british class will divide your task
But my love is like a raven

So gather your boys and hold on
This ain't a place to be hung
Oh no no no no
Gather your boys and hold on
This ain't a place to be hung
Oh no no no no
It's the rattle and roll coming over - hey!

If the hands of strife and the darkest night
Could write down the words they're exchanging
Then my ringed neck may bring the death
But my love is still the raven

No bitter fling could force you to begin
The truthful lie you've been craving
There stands a ghost on a withdrawn coast
That flies just like a raven

So gather your boys and hold on
This ain't a place to be hung
Oh no no no no
Gather your boys and hold on
This ain't a place to be hung
Oh no no no no
It's the rattle and roll coming over

So gather your boys and hold on
This ain't a place to be hung
Oh no no no no
Gather your boys and hold on
This ain't a place to be hung
Oh no no no no
It's the rattle and roll coming over
For it's the rattle and roll


PENANCE FIRE BLUES

I see papers and papers
Stacked up in formation
Which mean much before
They’re lined in the fire

As a bottomless heat goes
To harness your anger
Your blood and
Your deepest desire

Because there’s no truth stolen
That is ever brought forward
From the minds of the rioters
Looking face down on the gutter

Cause this world’s full of thinkers
And suffragette speakers
Who deny that they ever wear a dress
Oh this god forsaken town’s in a mess

Hey

And all the truths we let out loose
Is desperate to amuse
As it grabs you by the throat
And strings out all the times you’ve used

But now you don’t belong
Whisper when you speak
Turn yourself to nighttime
Trying to find your feet

Oh let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
So let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run

But as the morning awakens
That light sends a shudder
Twist of hope that held you down
Is left to rest and stir

You back down a hallway
To flourish the darkness
And you fool yourself
You did it all for her

Aah oh hey

And all the truths we let out loose
Is desperate to amuse
As it grabs you by the throat
And strings out all the times you’ve used

But now you don’t belong
Whisper when you speak
Turn yourself to nighttime
Trying to find your feet

Run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
Oh let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run

Seen your face before
Rich boy playing poor
Ravaging the whores
Ignoring constant calls

But now you don’t belong
Whisper when you speak
Trying to find the nighttime
Now you try to find your feet

Run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
Let me run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run
Run lord (lord lord lord)
Run lord, let me run


A PASSING TALE

‘Cause my mouth is dry and I cannot speak
I’ve lost all faith in you
I admit I’ve lost a few
It's like my word against the wind

‘Cause my day is death
My night is dark
My love won’t answer the call
With the rain like steel upon my face
My heart is certain to fall

‘Cause I’m tired of sins corrupting me
And the fever turning me in
I don’t know where I am headed to
But at least I know where I’ve been

‘Cause my mouth is dry and I cannot speak
I’ve lost all faith in you
I admit I’ve lost a few
It's like my word against the wind

And I’ve been down for twelve half days
And I’ve kinda hit the floor
I’m reaching for something more
It's like my word against the wind

I’m heading down to that long lost space
Where the light won’t bounce off the floor
As the eye turns to stare at me
My footsteps head straight to the door

‘Cause I’m alone again in this lonely place
With no shadow at my side
And my head is littered with your lust
And it’s cold and rancid outside

‘Cause my mouth is dry and I cannot speak
I’ve lost all faith in you
I admit I’ve lost a few
It's like my word against the wind

And I’ve been down for twelve half days
And I’ve kinda hit the floor
I’m reaching for something more
It's like my word against the wind

‘Cause my day is death
My night is dark
My love won’t answer the call
With rain like steel upon my face
My heart is certain to fall

But I’m alone again in this lonely place
With no shadow at my side
And my head is littered with your lust
And it’s cold and rancid outside


THE OLD SHAMED FACE

Oooooooooh
The old shamed face he walks a jamboree
Behind the prison is the dove
While the moon decides your grace you’re in love
Just for a spell that hand in hand like does
Laughing like the birds beneath the pier

Beyond the dark that stings your mouth you’ve still got fear
You think it doesn’t matter
Nobody told you twice
So rest your mind in your darkest thoughts you’ll feel alright

It won’t be long
It won’t be long
It won’t be long

Until she’s laughing off the woes of your wrongs
There’s endless hands in all Miss Mercy’s pies
You can see the daytime stripped away
The lovers march through nuts and bolts to fix your day

The factory blows a scent down Piggy Hill
Beyond the old time ferris wheel
The trouble swap their thoughts for gold so you can’t feel
You think it doesn’t matter
Nobody told you twice
So rest your mind in your darkest thoughts you’ll feel alright

It won’t be long
It won’t be long
It won’t be long
It won’t be long
It won’t be long
It won’t be long

Until she’s laughing off the woes of your wrongs
Until she’s laughing off the woes of your wrongs


BEING A MOCKINGBIRD

The night it rests like a hammer blow
And breaks the morning it brings
The mad men are down on the crypt floor
Sleeping through their favours and sins

I trained myself to be hardened
And greet the bird like the day
I soared to greet lusty gamblings
And drenched myself in the dusk where they lay

I exchanged the dark for the darkness
And hung the belt from the wing
So the traitors may part with their malice
But I'll remember everything

I stood up and danced round the heckles
And planted the leaf from the book
I admit I love my romances
The blackbird, the wren, the rook

The church house won't harbour the coffins
But the docks they wittle their ships
To the pleasure the feast
And the memory and the soar of kissing her lips

I gave up myself to the dawning
Of the morning bird in first flight
I thought I ran the road of the pauper
I lost it all in the night
I lost it all in the night


LEFT TO LIE

I'm afraid to die
I'm nearly old
I'm almost young
Or so I'm told

You say time is a healer
Faith is death
Or left to die
I won't put my strain on another
Broken shame
And so I’ll lie

I'm left to lie
I floated down
Like a long lost dream
As my savior flew
From his stitched up seams

Cause I'm afraid to die
I'm nearly old
I'm almost young
So I'm told

They say I would be better
Far from here
Left alone
But now my luck's even cheaper
I'm played out by the traffic drones
I'm still alone
Nowhere to go

I floated down
Like a long lost dream
'Cause my savior flew
From his stitched up seams
'Cause my friends think I
Will be the first to die
I'm far, far too scared
To ask them why
'Cause I'm afraid to die

I'm nearly old
I'm almost young
Or so I'm told
Or so I'm told


DEAD AND DONE

Heaven is a place where people die pretty
Stars don't lie and there's cash in the kitty
Running from the rocks, there's water for the lips
To ease your mouth and bathe your fist

There's no need for trouble when the road's all down
Nobody's out of work cause the mines in town
The circus has been twice already
My throwing arm is good and my heart is steady

I'm dead and done by the heat of the sun
And I'll rest my hat in an Autumn field
And I'll hang my hat in an Autumn field
In an Autumn field

Tell my momma not to worry
The food is sweet and the weather's been sunny
And I'm well known round a-bout
The local pick pocket it a lay-about

Tell my daddy oh there's no need for washing
They do it in your sleep when you're not watching
I've already had the neighbors here
Johnny Cash came about and we split a beer

I'm dead and done by the heat of the sun
And I'll rest my hat in an Autumn field
And I'll hang my hat in an Autumn field
In an Autumn field

Oh

The girls up here sure look swell
They sing like birds, I hear it's nothing like hell
The local priest says there's no need for cheatin'
The local wags call it meetin' and a-greetin'

I'm dead and done by the heat of the sun
And I'll rest my hat in an Autumn field
And I'll hang my hat in an Autumn field