"Happiness And All The Other Things" (2009)

51 Pieces lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

The O.H.I.O. S.H.P.
Had a quota to fill, that quota was me
One helluva night down at the H.O.B.
51 pieces on the side of the road

Francis Ford and Mary Jane
Mick and Keith down at the bowling lane
All was cool 'til the sun up came
51 pieces on the side of the road

[Chorus:]
Well, it never occurred to me
How ten out of ten would go free
For 51 pieces in the side of the road

[Instrumental]

The thunder rolls and the lightnin' is flashin'
Sirens scream and the cars are crashin'
I am the object of their passion
51 pieces on the side of the road

It goes to show that you never know
Swing up high, you come down low
Watch your back in Ohio
51 pieces on the side of the road

[Repeat Chorus]

[Instrumental]

Bluebonnets lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Hair blowin' in the wind
Wonder what you pretend you are
When you run
Bandana on your head
Your face is turning red
You throw it down to the ground
When you are done

[Chorus:]
I'll think of you
When the blue bonnets bloom
When the blue bonnets bloom
I'll think of you

You always seem to make me laugh
When you ask me 'What is that?'
A million times
And you know
Little things that you do
They are the things that get me through
When I'm up to my hips in snow

[Repeat Chorus]

Another night I'm working hard
Another night, another bar
A million miles outta touch
Say your prayers, say my name
Keep it fresh on your brain
And don't forget that I love you this much

[Repeat Chorus]

Burn Like The Sun lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

This is personal
Worse than I thought it was
Worse than it could be
Worse than a hole in me

You came with fire
And left it in me
Deep down it sits
And the fuse is lit 'til now

[Chorus:]
You can't help it
You're alive just like anyone
But you forget
I burn just like the sun

This is beautiful
More like a train wreck
And all the passin' cars
They wanna know who you are

I, suffer the season
And you are well aware
Of the reasons why

[Repeat Chorus]

[Instrumental]

[Repeat Chorus 3x]

To Find My Love lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

There's a view from here where you can see tomorrow
And after that it's up to you
There ain't no point in tryin' to drown your sorrows
The point is they're drownin' you

And fools like us, we've got to stay together
If we're partyin' in the streets
'Cause we both know how plans can change
Quicker than a heartbeat

And I have searched the world to find my love
And I have searched my soul to find my love
And I just wanna be sure the love we share is strong and pure
And I have searched the world to find my love with you

Your still broken dream for a dime a dozen
Get a broken heart for less
You steal a poem from your second cousin
But you better get your money blessed

And fools like us, we've got to stay together
If we're partyin' in the streets
We both know how plans can change
Quicker than a heartbeat

And I have searched the world to find my love
And I have searched my soul to find my love
I just wanna be sure the love we share is strong and pure
And I have searched the world to find my love with you

There's a view from here where you can see tomorrow
And after that it's up to you
There ain't no point in tryin' to drown your sorrows
The point is they're drownin' you

And fools like us, we've got to stay together
If we're partyin' in the streets
'Cause we both know how plans can change
Quicker than a heartbeat

And I have searched the world to find my love
And I have searched my soul to find my love
And I just wanna be sure the love we share is strong and pure
I have searched the world to find my love with you

Drag lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Blame me if you wanna blame me
Hang me if you're gonna hang me
Damn me if you're gonna damn me
Don't drag me along

What's up? I know what you're thinking
Times up, I feel this thing is sinking now
You crack up every time you're drinking
Don't drag me along
Don't drag me along

[Chorus:]
Don't drag me along
(Stop dragging me)
Stop putting me on
Don't drag me along
(Stop dragging me)
It's the same old song
Don't drag me along

And this thing, it's got its share of glitches
I feel it's headed for the ditches down
Back-talking dirty sons of bitches
Don't drag me along

And deadly, but still you try to save me
You're crazy to ever try to play me now
Lady, lady in the waiting
Don't drag me along
Don't drag me along

[Repeat Chorus]

[Instrumental]

[Repeat Chorus 2x]

Kick In The Head lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

If I had a dime for every single time
That something was promised to me
I'd have about 235 dollars
And not a lot of wait and see
What's gonna be

Hey, I'm jaded
And I shoulda saw it coming
Frustrated
With this roller coaster, bathtub toaster
Kick in the head

It ain't hocus pocus, you got to stay focused
If you want a good delivery
Somebody once said to keep it in the red
Well, that's the only color I see
It's gettin' to me

Hey, I'm jaded
And I shoulda saw it coming
Frustrated
With this mother lovin', head in the oven
Kick in the head

I forget to mention, you got to pay attention
If you ever wanna believe
A change will do you better, keep yourself together
Sit back and let it breathe
Let it bleed

Hey, I'm jaded
And I shoulda saw it coming
Frustrated
With this pornographic, jump into traffic
Kick in the head

Hey, I'm ready and willing
To jump off the building
Kick in the head

Overtable lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Won't you let it go
It's taken its toll
Yeah, you beat down, you choked it out
Chewed it up and spit it out
I can't take no more

[Chorus:]
Only so much I can give
Only so much you can take
Won't you please just let me live
Only so much you can break
When you see me flyin' now
Baby, please don't bring me down

Overtable look
That was all it took
It was one for the books, that overtable look
Yeah, you picked it up from the ground
Found the faintest hint of sound
I might still be here

[Repeat Chorus]

[Instrumental]

You've got reasons to cry
Baby, so do I
Even though I know they will dry
You know I care, but to be fair
This ain't going anywhere
Until you let it go

[Repeat Chorus]

When you see me flyin' now
Baby, please don't bring me down
Down

Overtable Interlude lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I put the pedal to the metal, like a bullet through a barrel
I was halfway outta this town
The sun was sinking low, and as I watched it go where
You called me, said: Baby, won't you turn around?"
I said: Forgive me darlin', but the highway has been calling
Gonna find another town and buy some new clothes
I have to beg your pardon, but there's nothing in your garden
But a black rose
Yeah, a black rose

Well, it was fine in the beginning, but there always is an ending
And there's always a twist in the plot
That web that you've been weaving is as strong as it's deceiving
But I just ain't believing that'll get caught
I'm sure you'll find another that don't mind being smothered
By the kind of love a lover like you knows
It can only harden when it grows inside your garden
Like a black rose
Yeah, a black rose

Pretty Lady lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Hey pretty lady in the picture with the patent leather high heels on
You've been in my heart and on my mind like you've never known
I don't know where you come from
But you hit me like an atom bomb
Pretty lady in the picture with the patent leather high hells on

Hey pretty lady on the poster with the dagger running down her neck
You've got my money, my attention and my respect
Nobody knows what you went through
You just did what you had to do
Pretty lady on the poster with the dagger running down her neck

Pretty lady
Pretty lady
Pretty lady

[Instrumental]

Hey pretty lady with the long gray hair in the limousine
You're gonna live forever on the cover and the pages of the magazines
Raven hair and milky skin
You didn't leave this world in sin
Pretty lady in the back of a long black limousine

Pretty lady
Pretty lady
Pretty lady

Tomorrow lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

What are all the people sayin'
About you and me when it went south?
I bet they're sayin' that we both went crazy
They can't shut their mouth

What the hell were we even thinkin'
To get ourselves in such a bind?
Conversation and drinkin'
It should be a crime

We can't take this for much longer
We don't need this, we've grown stronger
Tell me, baby, we can change things
Hey, hey lady what tomorrow brings

Stop all the hatin' and pretendin'
Stop the music and stop the press
This back and forth, it's never-endin'
Why don't you give it a rest?

Time gives and time is taken
Time is not the friend we thought we had
The hour's late and the clock is tickin'
It can't be that bad

We can't take this for much longer
We don't need this, we've grown stronger
Tell me, lady, we can change things
Hey, hey baby what tomorrow brings

Hey, hey everybody
Step back and take a look around
Stand up and draw back the curtain
Play it to the crowd

Hey, hey everybody
Hey, hey everybody
Hey, hey everybody

Confident lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I'm the one under your skin
Cheap red wine and cheaper sin
I'm the one behind those eyes
Deep beneath, in between your sighs

If you're confident, I will let you in
I will let you in, if you knock again

You're the one so underground
Rooted into me somehow
You're the one that had to be
I can't seem to lift you up to me
Lift you up to me

If you're confident, I will let you in
I will let you in, we'll be born again

Come over here
I'll make you whole at night
Come over here
Your last will is your last right

If you're confident, I will let you in
I will let you in once again

If you're confident, I will let you in
I will let you in if you're confident

My Chances lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Not so long ago, I thought I knew it all
I had the world by the hand
Every day is so off color now
I don't know where to stand

[Chorus:]
I'm lookin' for the answer
Sittin' right in front of me
Am I not ready to take my chances?
Or have my chances overtaken me?

I wish the fog would burn up in the sun
And let the light show me the way
Flip a quarter, watch it hit the ground
And leave it all up to fate

[Repeat Chorus]

That's the question that's been scratchin'
Like a cat at my door
Pretty soon it's gonna get tired of askin'
And it won't haunt me no more

I'm lookin' for the answer
It's sittin' right in front of me
Am I not willing to take my chances?
Well, my chances have overtaken me

And not so long ago, I thought I knew it all
It's comin' back to me

Carmelita lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they light up the dark
And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire
With my pearl-handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I pawned my Smith Corona
And I went to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer chicken stand

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin

Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (Live) lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

If you had not have fallen
Then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground
And I patched up your broken wing
And hung around a while
Trying to keep your spirits up
And your fever down

I knew someday that you would fly away
For love's the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

Fly on fly on past the speed of sound
I'd rather see you up than see you down
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

So leave me if you need to I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground

Soul Agent (Live) lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Rosie cooks with love 5 bucks a plate
And she'll cook for if you
If don't show up to late
'cuz when you're feelin' low down
As empty as a hole
Go to rosie's cafe, she'll nourish your soul

[Chorus]
'Cuz she's a soul agent for the USA
She'll be here tomorrow
After she gets through t'day
Yeah...

I know this girl who makes her dollars
One at a time
She folds them lay aways under her pantie line
She wears crushed purple velvet
She's swimmin' in my mind
She's doin' what she wants to get herself by

[Chorus x2]

Yours is the only soul you can know
And yours is the only road you can go
The finest people that you'll meet yeah
Is just a man on the street

And there's a fellow i know
He moves like the shifting sands
He earns his daily bread
With his own two hands
When the weight on your shoulders
Is wearing you down
Well he'll do his best to bring you around

[Chorus]
'Cuz he's a soul agent for the USA
He'll be here tomorrow
After he gets through t'day

He's a soul agent for the USA
He'll be here tomorrow
After he gets through t'day

Train To Birmingham (Live) lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I've been riding on this train
Drinking whiskey for my pain
Another good ol' boy headed home

And every town I see
Wants to take a part of me
That's the price that you pay when you roam

Well I cry when I have to
And I lie when I can
But I die a little slower
On the train to Birmingham

I walked holes in both my shoes
Got a guitar full of blues
And a one way ticket for my remedy

It's the same ol' lonesome song
I've been singing all night long
Hey, porter, are we out of Tennessee

Well I cry when I have to
And I lie when I can
But I die a little slower
On the train to Birmingham

Well every year I take this train
To Alabama in the rain
When I get that lonesome feelin' in my bones

I never get to Birmingham
But gettin' there ain't the plan
I just like the feel of going home

Well I cry when I have to
And I lie when I can
But I die a little slower
On the train to Birmingham
On the train to Birmingham

"Mission California" (2007)

Record Exec lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Well you're egg-shell walking
I'm talking with you honestly
Let's keep this thing rockin'
Let it be what it's gonna be
We don't need a cheaper version
It sounds like perversion
To tell you the truth
I ain't sleeping with the enemy
It ain't me

Got your finger in the door letting everbody know
That you made your stand
No time for change
No time to rearrange for the radio man
We don't need a cheaper version
It sounds like perversion
Open your mind and see what I want you to see

[Chorus]
What do you want from me?
Big talkin' man
I didn't build it all just to watch it fall into your hands
What do you want from me?
Big talkin' man

You want to put your brand on every little plan
And never follow through
My foot is down this time around
I'm gonna do what it is I do

[Repeat chorus]

Dead Man lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Judgment coming down on you
Now your conscience is kicking in
Everybody's to blame baby but you
Now my patience is wearing thin

[Chorus:]
Get out of my life you're coming unthread
Out of your mind over your head
And you wonder why you're all alone
Losing your grip coming undone
Using your mouth like a Gatling gun
I won't be your stepping stone
If there's a dead man in my closet
Show me the bones

What did I ever do to you?
I've always loved you just the same
I hate feeling like I do
I wish my blood wasn't in your veins

[Repeat chorus]

Now you wanna take it back
Well you could beg and you could plead
I ain't cutting you no slack
And you ain't no 'a part of me

Get out of my life you're coming unthread
Out of your mind over your head
And you wonder why you're all alone
Losing your grip coming undone
Using your mouth like a Gatling gun
I won't be your stepping stone
If there's a dead man in my closet
Show me the bones

If there's a dead man in my closet
Show me the bones

The Deal lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I don't like livin' in this town
I don't like the way it makes me feel
It ain't much better when I moved around
Rolling around rolling on from town to town

I don't like to be ignored
I don't like it when you stare me down
My heart and soul are torn twisted thorn woven all around your crown

[Chorus:]
I don't mean to sound condescending
There's no need in me pretending
Let the deal go down

[Instrumental]

Well it ain't no breaking news
No it ain't like it was
You got this thing you do
The thing you do
You know what it does

My head's been hanging down, mmm
Dark clouds follow me around
Follow me down
Rolling on from town to town

I don't mean to sound condescending
There's no need in me pretending
Round, round, and round

I don't mean to sound condescending
There's no need in me pretending
Let the deal go down

Lawrence lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

December it's usually a little colder
That's something that I'll learn as I get older
People walkin' by staring at the ground
Most of them walk on by some throw their paper down

Mama's tambourine yellow submarine
My daddy sings and then there's me

Christmas, I guess it's gonna miss us
For all that I know, it's just another day
Can you spare the time for me and mine
If you're down on your luck now's your turn to shine

For daddy's guitar strings, me and Bobby McGee
My mama sings, and then there's me

Am I the only one, I wish I could ask someone
Well I just stare at the sky, like there's nothing wrong
As that December wind starts to get strong
As I hum along to my people's song

What is it good for, come you masters of war
My people sing, mama's tambourine, daddy's guitar strings
And then there's me, and then there's me

In Oklahoma lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

The Indian man lost all of his land in Oklahoma
A man dressed in black gave some of it back to Oklahoma
And the man that they called Sam
He washed the Red out of the land in Oklahoma

Well back in the day the W.P.A. in Oklahoma
Woody Guthrie would sing about the crops and no rain in Oklahoma
Well the rain it never came
Woody Guthrie sang the pain of Oklahoma

[Instrumental]

1982 a bubblin' crude in Oklahoma
A forty thousand foot well drillin' strait to hell in Oklahoma
Fifty dollars a goddamn barrel
Wish I'd never sold that well in Oklahoma

OKLA-HOMA Oklahoma

Cry Lonely lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

When the rain runs down your window
And you can't hold back your tears
And you're so afraid to be alone
You know I'm always right here

You cry lonely
And I come runnin'
I come to your rescue; I'll chase your blues away
You cry lonely, but you don't really want me
And I won't be there one of these days

You always say your heart is breakin'
Then you hear the wolf outside your door
I know you, you just use me
Till you don't need me anymore

You cry lonely
And I come runnin'
I come to your rescue; I'll chase your blues away
You cry lonely, but you don't really want me
And I won't be there one of these days

Someday when you know you really love me
You're gonna cry my name
And I'll be gone

You cry lonely
And I come runnin'
I come to your rescue; I'll chase your blues away
You cry lonely, but you don't really want me
And I won't be there one of these days

I won't be there
When you cry my name
I won't be there
When you cry my name

Smoke Another lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Smoke another cigarette
Drink some more booze
Check, check, check, a hey, hey want to
I've got a ringin' in my ear and I'm going deaf
You got a keep on keepin' on ‘til there's nothin' left

Roll another number down to Baton Rouge
Check, check, check, a hey, hey want to
Man stumblin', slidin', down to step inside my dreams
Put it all together but it just can't party the scenes

I ain't even got a quarter for the well
I guess all my wishes have fell to hell

Flip another breaker
Crack another fuse
Check, check, check, a hey, hey want to
Gonna make it baby, even if I have to crawl
Gonna hit full speed, even if I hit the wall

I ain't even got a quarter for the well
I guess all my wishes have fell to hell

Smoke another cigarette
Drink some more booze
Check, check, check, a hey, hey want to
I've got to build it all back up
Just to burn it down
Fill it up mister, I ain't got time to hang around
Fill it up mister, I ain't got time to hang around

Soul Agent lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Rosie cooks with love 5 bucks a plate
And she'll cook for if you, if don't show up too late
'Cuz when you're feelin' low down, as empty as a hole
Go to Rosie's cafe, she'll nourish your soul

'Cuz she's a soul agent for the USA
She'll be here tomorrow
After she gets through t'day
Yeah

I know this girl who makes her dollars, one at a time
She folds them lay aways under her pantie line
She wears crushed purple velvet; she's swimmin' in my mind
She's doin' what she wants to get herself by

'Cuz she's a soul agent for the USA
She'll be here tomorrow
After she gets through t'day
'Cuz she's a soul agent for the USA
She'll be here tomorrow
After she gets through t'day
Yeah

Yours is the only soul you can know
And yours is the only road you can go
The finest people that you'll meet, yeah
Is just a man on the street

And there's a fellow I know
He moves like the shifting sands
He earns his daily bread
With his own two hands
And when the weight on your shoulders
Is wearing you down
Well he'll do his best to bring you around

'Cuz he's a soul agent for the USA
He'll be here tomorrow
After he gets through t'day

He's a soul agent for the USA
He'll be here tomorrow
After he gets through t'day
Yeah

Walls To Climb lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

This hotel room is dark and dirty
And it's freezing cold
I came here to avoid the party
The party's kind of getting old
Nothing more than selfish reasons
I want to be alone
One more time about how I am feeling
I just might explode I might unload

'Cause I need my time it's not your time it's not their time
I got words to rhyme I've got the lines is it a crime
Hey I got walls to climb we've all got walls to climb

I can't lend my ear I don't want to hear
You cry for sympathy
I won't cut you slack so when I turn my back
You twist the knife in me
I don't care about your problems
Or anything that you do
Oh well I did my best I need a cigarette
And a whole lot less of you a whole lot less of you

Well I need my time it's not your time it's not their time
I got words to rhyme I've got the lines is it a crime
Hey I got walls to climb we've all got walls

Well I need my time it's not your time it's not their time
I got words to rhyme I've got the lines is it a crime
Hey I got walls to climb we've all got walls to climb

We all got walls to climb

The Years lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

My mother had a Mexican boyfriend
He stole a car once or twice before
He got busted at the Best Budget Inn
I found my way to the door
I couldn't take any more

Lived with my sister and her second husband
South of the river and on the grid
I went to work with my cousin
Just like the rest of us kids
I tried to keep it all hid

It seems so long ago
I swore I'd never let it show
But I kinda did
The years can slip away
When you're tryin' to get away
And I never did

I got tired of country livin'
And tryin' to make a new batch of friends
It's hard to give when there's no givin'
I stuck my thumb in the wind
Nothin' against my kin

I headed back to where I started
Pawned everything I could pawn
I guess I thought they'd be open hearted
They never knew I was gone
I just kept movin' along

I work the day and the nightlife
I drill the bars and I drill the ground
One for pay and one for the good times
One of ‘em still hangin' around
I put the other one down

It seems so long ago
I swore I'd never let it show
But I kinda did
The years can slip away
When you're tryin' to get away
And I finally did

Jenny lyrics -Cross Canadian Ragweed

Jenny come back from California
She said her mother's doing fine
Jenny come back from California
With a sparkle in her eye

Early last June, she bought a round trip ticket
To San Francisco by the bay.
Trouble at home, she said she couldn't take it.
She needed time to get away.

Jenny come back from California.
With a brand new pair of shoes
Jenny come back from California
She come back without her blues

Well there's something about that ocean
that's got a romantic feeling
When you're standing by the shore
A little more time, a lot more healing
Maybe she'll love me once more

Jenny come back from California.
A little lighter when she steps.
Jenny come back from California
Full of life with no regrets

Never knew what she saw in San Francisco
Maybe moonlight by the sea
It can fall off in the water
Just as long as she comes back to me.

Jenny come back from California
With a brand new diamond ring
Jenny come back from California
She gathered up the rest of her things.

Jenny went back to California.

I Believe You lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I believe in karma, I believe in soul
I believe in heaven, I believe in rock and roll
I believe in wrestlin', I believe in sleep
I know I ought to quit now, I believe I'm in too deep

I believe in gangster rap, gays, and geeks, and ghosts
I believe that we doubt up all the things that we hate the most
I believe that we all learn to love before we get through
I believe in letting people do what people do

I believe in everything
(I Believe You)
Yes I do
I believe in everything
I believe in everything, everyone, everybody hey, hey, hey
(I Believe You)

Tell me what you want...
I believe you

I believe that all my friends
Really are my friends
I believe that Jesus Christ
Died for all of my sins

I know that the devil gets
Exactly what he's due
I believe in the truckers
I believe in my girlfriend too

People I believe in everything
(I Believe You)
Yes I do
I believe in everything
I believe in everything, everyone, everybody hey, hey, hey
(I Believe You)

Tell me what you want...
I believe you

I believe in people
White and black and blue
I believe in people
That believe the same way I do, because

Because I know that some day
Love is going to shine its own way through
I believe in letting people
Do what people do

I believe in everything
(I Believe You)
Yes I do
I believe in everything
I believe in everything, everyone, everybody hey, hey, hey
(I Believe You)

Tell me what you want...
I believe it

NYCG lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

[Chorus:]
New York City girl
Born and raised in South Queens
She goes to work in taxi cabs
Comes back home in limousines
Well if you see her tell her I'm alright
I know the reason why she couldn't stay
My New York City girl
I wouldn't have it any other way

I guess I should've saw it comin'
She gave me every single warning
Instead I stumbled headlong into
Somewhere I'd never be return in'

She wouldn't let me hold her
She let her hair fall on her shoulder
And I didn't tell her one damn thing
A million others haven't told her

[Repeat Chorus]

I told her that I'd miss her
She wouldn't even let me kiss her
She just gathered up her things
Fixed her hair and took the money from the dresser

[Repeat Chorus]

"Garage" (2005)




Fightin' For lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Well it's late, and you know I've been up drinkin,
Talkin to myself up and down the hall.
Ain't it great, another fabulous disaster.
Well I can't wait, for the next hammer fall.

You may have won this battle baby,
But it don't mean I won't win the war.
And you, you don't even know what it is that you're fightin for.

Well it's early, I know you've been up waitin,
Waitin for me to finally call.
Talkin dirty, it ain't what you really wanted,
To slam another phone up against the wall.

You may have won this battle baby,
But it don't mean I won't win the war.
And you, you don't even know what it is that you're fightin for.

Well think about me when you're out there honey,
You know sometimes that I will.
Sometimes I feel like a broken stone rollin down your hill.

You may have won this battle baby,
But it don't mean I won't win the war.
And you, you don't even know what it is that you're fightin for.

After All lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

When you think you're doing good
It all comes tumbling down
When you think you'e beat it all
It crashes to the ground
When you gonna come around
Maybe someday

Someday's never coming
If you wanna know the truth
Everybody else, they're gonna lie to you
I see you runnin'
With your back against the wall
Waitin' for your call
Hey, but after all, maybe someday

You say you're sorry
With teardrops in your eyes
It's only black or white
And never compromise
And never someday
And never someday

Judgement is the one thing
You could do without
Remember back to yesterday
When you knew without a doubt
It was gonna work out
Maybe someday

It wasn't that long ago
But those were different times
Back then it was under control
Now it's always on your mind
I think now's the time
And not someday

Dimebag lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Dimebag Daryll godbless that man
ripped from us by the devils hand
only thing in his plan was love and rock n' roll
cowboy from hell on a twisted trail
swept away where the wild winds wails
sad truth is you can never tell when its your time to go.

well, bad news travels faster
than any good new that you hear
just one more dark disaster
makes you wonder why we're here.

where were you in 94 when they found him
down there on the floor
guess he couldnt take no more
guess he needed a loaded gun
where did you sleep last night
with the angels locked up tight
love was his only life
did she have another one?

well, bad news travels faster
than any good new that you hear
just one more dark disaster
makes you wonder why we're here.

well, bad news travels faster
than any good new that you hear
just one more dark disaster
makes you wonder why we're here.

Breakdown lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I'd build a ladder to the moon
There I'd carve your name
If it would brighten up this room
But you know that anyway
I can't be the rock
Not today
Sometimes I wanna pop
Sometimes I wanna say

I'd like to breakdown, but I can't find the time
You're all lookin' to me
To keep it in line
I hope I can keep it in line

Sometimes I slow it down
To hear what I haven't heard
And when the darkness rolls around
I scream out the words
His picture's on my wall
He looks about my age
I wonder if he ever broke at all
I wonder if he ever had to say

I'd like to breakdown, but I can't find the time
They're all lookin' to me
To keep it in line
And I'm gonna keep it in line

It's gonna work itself out
It always does
At the last drop of doubt
Just like it never was

[repeat 2nd chorus]

Just like every single time

Sister lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I use to get stoned on my sisters record collection
Gold and platinum on vinyl was the closest thing to perfection
Rock & roll, acoustic guitar
Not even comfortable with who you are
I'd blow the roof if I had a fast car

I changed my mind in my best friends El Camino
He blew my drums that summer night in El Reno
Turning up the STP, turning down the LSD
On a bottle of booze and the best of his cousins weed

What if I was the one that you warned me about
You were the one that needs to come around
We got together and we worked it out
No one would shut us down.
If it all dried up and blew away
With a handful of checks on a rainy day
Would you turn around or would you stay
Would it matter anyway

What if I decided to take the nation
I'd break the knob just so I could feel the frustration
Yeah, turn it up til you hit top speed
Yeah, its all that I'll ever need
When you bear your heart
You better be prepared to bleed

[Repeat Chorus]

When It All Goes Down lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I'll proclaim you to the father
If you proclaim me to the people
My father said, "Church, it's in your heart, son"
You don't always need a steeple
A preacher's truths aren't always shown
If you follow a heart, make sure it's your own
One man's lifted up to Heaven
One man's cast into Hell
the first man's beliefs are the second man's prison
the second man's beliefs are the first man's jail
To be or not to be
Born to decide what will set you free

When it's said and done
Sit back and watch the show
When it all goes down
There ain't nobody knows

I got something on my mind
That I can't ignore
I gotta tell you the truth
The devil comes rappin at my back door
Sometimes I don't know what to do
I see the light and it starts to fade
It blinds my eyes as I turn away

The offer's on the table
The pen's in my hand
The devil thinks she's got a deal
Temptation road may be paved in gold
But the gravel one is better my friend

Final Curtain lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Atlantic City. I was busted
And the wind was bitter cold
Well, I never quite adjusted
Never do I suppose
The odds were in my favor
Of going home a millionaire
Got all the gold in California
She's with me everywhere

When the last rock crumbles
And the sun sinks in the sea
the last chain is broken
And everyone is free
When all is said and done
And now is used to be
When it's final curtain call
No ones left at all
There'll still be you and me

So much snow I can't remember
what it's like to see the ground
It all started in November
And now March is rollin around
Let it all fall down
Let it freeze me to the bone
Gonna let it all ride
I got nothin left to hide
Nothin left unshown

Late Last Night lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Could you try to keep it down I was up kinda late last night
Yeah, I'm feeling like I usually feel after I feel alright
I don't wanna hear another word about morning
I can't take the light
Could you try to keep it down I was up kinda late last night

there's something inside this world that's gone so wrong
There's a gap between the rich and the poor a million miles long
I dig the fact that you and your friends, you wanna stand up and make it right
Could you try to keep it down I was up kinda late last night

I was down at the bar like the fool I am
Dancin on the table to Son of Slam
I met a whole lotta people I still don't know
I just rolled in an hour ago
Could you try to keep it down
Try to keep it down
Try to keep it down I was up kinda late last night

I don't wanna hear about your Lollapaloza tour
Man, I just woke up and where I am I couldn't say for sure
I ain't the kinda guy to come and break all of you records
but then again i might
Could you try to keep it down I was up kinda late last night

Could you try to keep it down
try to keep it down
try to keep it down I was up kinda late last night

SS #10 lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Some old story
Same old town
Same old me
same old hangin' around
Same old people
And the same old cars
same old lines
And the same old bars

If I were you I'd turn around and run
Cause you ain't done everything they want done
Doesn't matter what you do to survive
There's always something that will eat you alive

I've been down
To the basement floor
And I've been down, but I took one more
I've been down past the point of doubt
I've been down
I've been down and out

There's always people
Who'll put a smile on your face
There's always people
Make you feel out of place
There's always people
Make you feel right at home
There's always people
No matter where you roam

Lighthouse Keeper lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

A long haired man came to my door
Wearing Roman sandals carrying a golden sword
He said "Come with me and I'll take you higher"
We soared out of the atmosphere
on his magic carpet that he let me steer
Said "take the reins and I'll let you fly her"
We escalated through a thick of clouds
And our only thought was not coming down
Towards the amber glow I started to feel the fire
There was a unicorn with a neon horn
wearing a velvet saddle that was slightly worn
I pulled my mystic rug right up beside her
I sat down on a floatin stool
She knelt her head and produced a jewel
And I smiled and asked if I could ride her

And I saw the lighthouse keeper
His hollow eyes that pierced my soul
He said that I'm just a desperate seeker
Searchin' for what I did not know

On Pegasus I was flying free
Careless lost over a purple sea
When I came upon this lonesome fortune teller
She gazed into her crystal ball
and I saw that giant gavel fall
She asked if I could be her pall bearer
And I heard that gypsy prophesy
Of the tearin flesh and the mother's cry
And the crimson flow of blood that would run forever
we stood before the kings and queens
And the hooded man with the guillotine
And prepared to meet the eternal tax collector
Then I dined there with an aristocrat on his balcony with a welcome mat
and he laughed and drank all the wine from the cellar

This Time Around lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I used to be crazy, yeah, they called me a fool
Guess I wasn't myself back when I wanted you
Now you're comin round again, that same old look in your eye
yea Id have to be crazy to fall again

I'm gonna break these chains around my broken heart
You could have had it once, but you tore it all apart
I'm gonna throw your lyin eyes over my left shoulder
I'm not gonna let you wear your crown
This time around

I cant stay any longer
I gotta be on my way
Ive heard a thousand times
Everything that you gotta say

Show myself to the door
Ill turn out your light
Get back in my car
You'll be alone again tonight

I'm gonna break these chains around my broken heart
You could have had it once, but you tore it all apart
I'm gonna throw your lyin eyes over my left shoulder
I'm not gonna let you wear your crown
This time around

Never thought Id be so cold
What did you expect me to do
I cant put it all on hold
I learned it all from you

I'm gonna break these chains around my broken heart
You could have had it once, but you tore it all apart
I'm gonna throw your lyin eyes over my left shoulder
I'm not gonna let you wear your crown
This time around

Not this time around

Who Do You Love lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side, and it's a-made out of rattlesnake hide
Got a band new chimney put on top, and it's a-made out of human skull
Come on take a little walk with me baby, and tell me who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?

Around the town I use a rattlesnake whip, take it easy baby don't you give me no lip
Who do you love?
Who do you love?

I've got a tombstone hand and a graveyard mind, I'm just twenty-two and I don't mind dying
Who do you love?
Yeah, who do you love?
Oh, who do you love?

Now Arlene took a-me by my hand, she said "Lonesome George you don't understand,
who do you love?"
The night were dark and the sky were blue, down the alleyway a house wagon flew
Hit a bump and somebody screamed, you should've heard what I'd seen
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Yeah, who do you love?
Oh, who do you love?

Yeah, I've got a tombstone hand in a graveyard mind, just twenty-two baby I don't mind dying
Snake skin shoes baby put them on your feet, got the goodtime music and the Bo Diddley beat
Yeah, who do you love?
Woah, who do you love?

I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side, and it's made out of rattlesnake hide
Got a band new chimney put on top, and it's made out of human skull
Come on take a little walk with me child, tell me who do you love?
Yeah, who do you love?
Woah, who do you love?

Who do you love?
Woah, who?

Bad Habit lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Smokin' cigarettes got a hold of me
Long about the summer of 1993
Rushin' in just like a fool
Used to be my golden rule
Long before I graduated school
But the one that got to me
Knocked me damn near off my feet
Came up like a southern breeze
Knocked me to my knees

[Chorus]
My only bad habit comes with lovin' you
But I don't think about you as much as you want me to
And if it gives me cancer, and if it gives me shakes
It's one of my habits, baby, I ain't gonna break
No surgeon general's gonna tell me what to do
My only bad habit, baby, comes with lovin' you

I had bout with Mary Jane
She damn near drove me insane
To the point that she had to hit the road
Wild Turkey slightly chilled
Cocaine and prescription pills
Soon enough that starts gettin' old
The promise that I make to you
Is you won't ever not feel new
You're the one that gets to me
Drop me to my knees

[Repeat Chorus]

And if it gives me cancer
If it gives me shakes
It's one of my habits, baby, that I ain't gonna break
No surgeon general's gonna tell me what to do
My only bad habit, baby, comes with lovin' you
My only bad habit, baby, comes with lovin' you

Blues For You lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

Well I miss you baby
I gotta get back home to you
Well I miss you baby
I gotta get back home to you
Ive seen a million women
Only one of them will do

Well I'm east of somewhere
You know what I mean
Well I'm west of nowhere
And all points in between

Up or down
North or south
Right or wrong
I'm inside out
Gotta get back

I know you're cryin
Cryin for your man
Baby, I'm tryin
Tryin hard to understand

Another turn, the rubber burns
No one else is my concern
I gotta get back

Well I miss you baby
I gotta get back home to you
Well I miss you baby
I gotta get back home to you
Ive seen a million women
Only one of them will do

Lonely Feeling lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

It's a long stretch of highway
Midnight, in New Mexico
It's a small, colored light
That shines from your car radio
It's the old motel owner
Who sleeps on a cot
Gives you the very last hit from her pot

It's a lonely feeling
Is what you got
It's a lonely feeling
Like it or not

It's a crack in the sidewalk
Right next to a pay telephone
It's someone's recorder
When you're hoping that someone is home
It's an out to kill
Do what you please
Nobody's up
But you shoot the breeze

It's a lonely feeling
That's like a disease
It's a lonely feeling
You pray that it leaves

It's your best friend from high school
Sees you and wishes you well
Yeah you try to break through
But you run outta stories to tell
So you bid'em goodbye
And you step into space
So many questions
You could not face

It's a lonely feeling
Takin its place
It's a lonely feeling
That you just can't erase

It's three men from Chile
Who are tired
And they wanna go home
They're run out of money
And stuck up in east Oregon
So you give'em a smoke
A bit of change from your hand
Try to speak Spanish
But they don't understand

It's a lonely feeling
That gets to a man
It's a lonely feeling
That runs through the land

It's a statue of Jesus
That your grandmother had when she died
It's all cracked and all yellow
You know you should throw it aside
But you grow more religious
The older you get
Haven't been saved
But it could happen yet

It's a lonely feeling
Full of regret
It's a lonely feeling
That won't let you forget

It's a bus stop,
A street cop,
An old dog,
A new kid,
A bum

It's a frightened,
Rejected,
Neglected,
Blind, deaf, and dumb

Yeah but you look in the mirror
And you're still hanging in
It's there to remind you
How lucky you been

It's a lonely feeling
Now and again
It's a lonely feeling
That comes from within

"Soul Gravy" (2004)

Number lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

I got a number in my pocket
Keep it in my wallet, right on my hip
When my paycheck's steady, I'm damn good and ready
I toll it up to my lip, and I go to the moon

I got my foot down on the throttle
Hands around the bottle, I think my speakers are blown
No rubber on my tire, I'm a gettin' higher
Higher than I've ever Known
And I ain't coming down

I can't remember the last time I touched the ground
You look at me like I'm gonna let you down
Hey, every time I come around

You got your finger on my button
Actin like it's nothing, bitchin' from your golden throne
You ain't no anybody, actin' high and mighty
Waitin' for me to explode, fire in the hole
Look out, down below, here I go

You're wasting time, why bother even coming 'round
If you know I'm gonna let you down

Again lyrics - Cross Canadian Ragweed

On the floor now, on the floor now
It's started again, it's started again
Close the door now, close the door now
Won't you let me in, won't you let me in

[Chorus:]
It's been six long days, and I'm on my way
Will I ever see the end, gotta heavy load
Down a dead end road, and I can't sleep again
I can't sleep again

Hold the phone now, hold the phone now
You're calling again, won't ya call again
Say my name girl, SAY MY NAME girl
You know it's a sin, even though it's a sin

[Chorus]

I gotta roll on, gotta roll on
Gonna leave you alone girl not for long

[Chorus]