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Shake It Off -Red Bennies

by Red Bennies

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1.
One at a time, we took them on- you know it, and everytime we all won it got written down. But these days I don't follow close to back, and all the jacks and marbles on the floor don't touch the soles of my feet. These bare feet, they turn on a dime in a fix. Do you believe it? It's plenty fine to ignore what you're pulling on. So, head held high, walk through the glass with a smack. Did I hear you right- what you asked? Look at my toe, s'got a jack print on. I said and I said what I wanted, just like everytime- 'made the rocks that I fell on get in my mouth. You know what I meant, and I thought you'd never stab me in the back, since the last time you appologized. Take the sh** and open it for the truth. Something I forgot along the way- baby, could I be the one whose wrong? I said and I said what I wanted, just like evertime- 'made the rocks that I fell on get in my mouth. How long can it take just to find out that things are never gonna change? I do it almost everytime- I got a reflex to punish you, like the crack on the back of a naked smile- 'gets cut up on you. Can I have, can I ever have a little faith in the heart of my lover? 'Cause I've been going around and around this forever. What did you say?
2.
I'm coming home to make a scene and see you one the phone, playing back the message I left last night from afar. Don't you know there's no reason to? Don't if feel good to know you've got one who's never going to leave you? I am the one who you need, who you dote on. Patchy knees on the floor, laugh and cry for me- crawling after me always. Don't you pretend that your life would never be empty If I never came back, your heart and soul would vanish right with me. I have never been alone, I put it where I want, on and on and on. But now so cooped up, the car is a cage. Breathing life into you- burning so close, I'm coming home. It won't do to send a post begging you please. Turn out the lights, turn on the sirens when you vanish from my sight. It's pulling away. And you won't make it quit, just ten more seconds
3.
Leaves are falling, it's no surprise since my eyes have been red since the spring It's so hard to get over this thing When the fires are burning who do you start calling Winter's coming, you're going to be all alone with nowhere to go Did yourself a hole tonight, maybe never come out again 'Someone to tell you what to do? Baby, I'll say it all again You're pulling on me You twist me, and I know what I want I'm going to get what I want I care so much about you, further and further each and every day Put it in a hole tonight; tell you what's going to make it right Pick it up and hold it tight- Baby you won't let me down tonight Can you see it? So long never touching you Alright, you knew just what to do 'Should have stuck to policy, but you promised it to me And I know what I want I'll bend you
4.
Pick all your clothes up off the floor And put your heart down right there where they were You spent so much time believing, just to find out your woman is just a girl I knew all the time that I was wrong And I knew I was lying all along But you never ever knew what I was going to do You never did that to me and I worshipped you So back out slowly and close the door She makes me do the right thing, holds on to everything It's so hard to know that there is anything that could slip through Don't let it hurt you Because you know it's the one thing that keeps the gates here closed And I won't give up the guilt I've got for anything so thanks alot Try and take it!
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I'm walking out on bloodied legs So hurt I can't feel it and my ears are dead so don't try I paid no heed to so many cuts You're the first thing on my mind That's the last thing that I said Walk fearlesly in, to walk fearlesly out Knock a glass right out of your hand and throw my weight about Should have known it would hurt but what I've tried deosn't work Oh, to be brave to your face and shake it off Like the tear thrown from your cheek, my heart does the same when you speak I'll of the things I've done to you Over and done, you shook it off I never saw the blanket spreading out In mid-air turning around And the cold ring on the ground You shook it off I waited there for sure 'You out of your mind, driving around The clock has your face again So I turn it off To young to grieve, we were so naive With a run-away everything We shook it off I never paid through the nose, I never cared where it goes A bloody stream sprung anew, can't you keep it in? Life froze, nowhere to go Come back because I told you so with a mouthfull of dirt I can't spit it out Know there's a bridge with our name on it in a stack in the back Dark blue with skulls on top I can't shake them off No one knows what I see in you But I've never seen it before, I've never seen you beg for more An unquencheable lust, I know, but don't question the trust I've shown To follow you and never look back All the fires of hell can beckon me but I can't follow you back Though angels be defending you, I won't hesitate to run you through I'll lay naked in showers of sparks Into the depths and on to the other side of you
6.
It's about time to turn out the light Put yourself under the blanket You've got a lot to do early You can't earn the wage that you bought with your age You can't just take that time back And you can't just turn the page When I was seventeen, I had a mind just like a fresh roll Used it up one wipe at a time So just decided to never ever shit Break it up now, take it up now, shake it up now Show that you care Show that you can make it happen The walking dead, the get out of bed And there's nothing you can do And a nap won't work and the sun's going down
7.
Did you ever see? Did you ever steal 'back of the screen? There's hands- there must be something Because it goes deep- right through the heap Stacked on top, high and rotten But hold your head up A draft blows out, I can see it now I told you not to do it, but I was already in it Sing it again just for the sake of that empty space You're standing right on top You've got to dig it up The roots caress it so you get undressed and stick out your chest again A draft blows out- You're free to carry it now- and how! It's the end, your lover said But judgement day will never come while you've got this Cast off that lover- Time to get another And sing it again about how you never had a choice The draft blows out, I can see just how This hot breath right on you face is going to save you now And you're free to show me how you found it so hidden And you lit it
8.
Knife in the pocket, pour bleach on the jacket With Varnet's on Twenty-five years to go We walked through the fields with our guns We walked right into the nieghbor's shed We left every bottle broken without a second thought in the end Take a chance on love How dare you, you're not smart enough You need a little more cushion behind you How many times can you break it before giving up? Never come clean With your butterfly knife in the pocket 'Left it under the snow all winter- Don't dare to touch it now I walk around if I can- It's over And I'd just like to open it so much I was so ashamed- Well, it's still the same My sister is staying out of town Working and sleeping on the ground Living on syrup and sugar What she's loosing is going to find her, crawling towards her, looking for her She'll find it when she gets older I was so ashamed, but it's still the same When I looked all around and around, I read my name Written on the black list, and the back of my fist, and the back of my lids It's still the same You stop, pick it the hell up 'Never got old so you can't get enough of it Throw it way again and again Use your paws, you young kitten Dirty yourself and never come clean Prove it- That you're not smart enough to see it No one will believe you already know it- How to stay young when your eyes won't show it Put your hand in your pocket, 'show me what you've got there now

about

This was the last Red Bennies album to feature Paul Butterfield on the bass.
Trivia: As Paul left the group just prior to the release of this album. Scott began playing bass. Originaly reproduced with an alternate cover image. Versions of "I'll Bend You" and "The Sun's Going Down" both appeared previously on the album "Adult Sophisticates". "I'm Coming Home" contains a clever video game pun. "Rocks in Your Mouth" is the oldest song on the album, pre-dating "Adult Sophisticates"

credits

released May 25, 2005

Words, Music, guitar, lead vox- David Payne
Bass, backup vox- Paul Butterfield
Guitar, backup vox- Scott Selfridge
Rhodes- Terrence Warburton
Drums- Dan Thomas
Engineered by Jeremy Smith, Produced by David Payne
Released by Exumbrella Records in association with Rest 30 Records

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