http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

trouble 

i got into this mess 
watchin an ass 
in a yellow sun dress 
in dallas, texas 

trouble is my middle name 
and it was my daddy's name 
there was something my ma could see 
that's why she gave that name to me 

george was shana's boyfriend 
he worked sound at the club 
he said the city would spit me out 
after it ate me up 

trouble is my middle name 
and it was my daddy's name 
boys i got to go 
but i'd really love to stay 

i got a visit from the stork 
and a little brain work 
til i'd had all i could take 
of new york, new york 

trouble is my middle name 
and it was my daddy's name 
and it's a hard name to live down 
fellas, i was just leavin town 

trouble is my middle name 
and it was my daddy's name 
there was something my ma could see 
that's why she gave that name to me 

yeh, texas was a beautiful place 
to wake up and greet the sun!

Trouble

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

start early/finish late 

i want a skinny girl 
with perfect breasts 
who waits on my love 
and doesn't need to be impressed 

start early, finish late 

give me a woman 
who speaks no language 
doesn't know the meaning 
of the word damaged 

start early, finish late 

some scrawny waif 
some little nothin chick 
who's probably a model 
workin on her doctorate 

start early, finish late

Start Early / Finish Late

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

and...but 

this is how they tell me to spend my money 
and this is how they tell me to dress 
this is how they tell me to live 
this is really how they talk to me 

and every man has a woman 
but no woman has me 

this is where they tell me to go 
and this is what they tell me to say 
this is how they tell me to act 
and this is who they tell me to be 

and every man has a woman 
but no woman has me 

i'll be whoever they want me to be 
there's only one thing i need 

this is what they say is my problem 
and these are their hand me downs 
and this isn't even my money 
and this is what is wrong with me 

every man has a woman 
but no woman has me

And...But

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

pushin' us 

you want excuses 
i got your excuses 
one excuse is good for 
many regrets 

it's all pushin us 
pushin us 
pushin us 
to another place 

i want some answers 
can you give me an answer 
give me this answer 
why am i such a dreamer 

it's all pushin us 
pushin us 
pushin us 
to another place 

i dont' see the difference 
can you see the difference 
the difference between 
the winners and the losers 

it's all pushin us 
pushin us 
pushin us 
to another place

Pushin Us

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

til my heart aches 

once i played a part in a miracle 
then i was told to walk away 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

i was unneccessary 
but it's not that easy 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

you know a few four letter words 
but will you know wrong from right 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

she didn't want me to care 
she wanted me to disappear 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

she pretends i don't exist 
but everything's my fault 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

you know when they're lying to you 
but will you know when to ask for help 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

you know how to get what you want 
but will you know how to be grateful 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

i try to do right by you 
but nobody wants me to 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

like the devil himself 
i'm kept from you 
i worry till my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

you know what pisses you off 
but will you know what makes you happy 
i worry til my heart aches 
til my heart aches 

once i played a part in a miracle 
then i was told to walk away

Til My Heart Aches

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

chicka boom 

i can't sell her on my plans to please her 
i don't impress her much 
she laughs at my advances 
i'm not rich or good enough 

i've set my sights 
too high again 
this can't come 
to a good end 

chicka boom 

i can't run around the point enough for her 
and i'm not good at small talk 
i say baby you and me should make it 
and i watch her take a walk 

i've set my sights 
too high again 
this can't come 
to a good end 

chicka boom 

someday i'll have my real fine looker 
and we'll make love all the time 
she'll appreciate my honesty 
and forgive my dirty mind 

i've set my sights 
too high, too high 
good lord above a man 
has to try 

chicka boom

Chicka Boom

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

a woman's door 

i wish i had 
a woman's door to knock on 
a door to be answered 
by a beautiful woman 

she'd let me in 
offer me a beer 
i'd say how's it goin? 
she'd say what are you doin here? 

i'd say i'm lonesome 
and she'd say well i figured 
i wish i had a woman's door 
to darken 

i wish i had a woman's love 
to call on 
to be comforted 
by a beautiful woman 

she'd take me in 
offer me breakfast in bed 
i'd say i got to go and 
she'd say that's why i didn't start it yet 

and i'd say i'm grateful 
she'd say well i reckon 
i wish i had a woman's love 
to fall back on

A Woman's Door

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

praying for rain 

new year's day 
and the phone don't ring 
i want to go away with 
what's left of my will to live 

new year's day 
i haven't seen my daughter 
if i had her 
i wouldn't have to look any further 

praying for rain 

new year's day 
i don't want to make a sound 
something has to come to me 
or i might as well leave town 

praying for rain 

new year's day 
last year of my life 
praying for rain is the 
only thing that seems right 

praying for rain 

rain brings the flowers 
rain drowns the flowers....

Praying for Rain

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

never hesitate 

never hesitate 
pizza in the parlor 
doughnuts in the grocery 
never hesitate 
newspaper on the corner 
tip jar in the bakery 
never hesitate 
when you got your hand in the 
man's pocket 
never hesitate 
there's a sucker born 
ev'ry minute 

never hesitate 
woman in the bedroom 
woman on the telephone 
never hesitate 
keep your eyes to the ground boy 
keep your bloody nose to the stone 
never hesitate 
when you got it deep inside 
her pocket 
never hesitate 
there'll be another one come round 
any minute 

never hesitate 
you can be bogey 
you can be a sonofabitch 
never hesitate 
don't you break a sweat son 
don't you miss an easy pinch 
never hesitate 
when the money's already in 
your pocket 
never hesitate 
there's a sucker born 
ev'ry minute 

never hesitate 
when yer pullin names 
out of a bucket 
never hesitate 
there's a sucker born 
ev'ry minute

Never Hesitate

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

the last girl 

i'm too bored 
to light my cigarette 
let alone smoke it 
let alone smoke it 

i been starin into space 
i've gone blind 
i've gotten used to it 
i've gotten used to it 

but you can't hide in the wasteland 
you can't hide when the devil's 
at your door 
as the walls close in around me 
i dream of the last girl 

you'll be happy and i'll be sad 
it's a natural fact 
i can't get over it 
i can't get over it 

there's only one thing to do 
when yer near the end 
run to it 
run to it 

she was the one 
that got away 
she was the one i deserved 
but i didn't deserve 
as the empire falls around me 
i dream of the last girl

Last Girl

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

little rabbit 

down in the hole 
where money doesn't grow 
there's a ray of light somewhere 
creepin in 

i have my doubts 
bout stickin my head out 
i'm happy to have my 
hole to dig in 

little rabbit 

i tried it before 
thought i'd try it once more 
i went to the garden just to 
have a look 

i took the first thing at hand 
and i got in a jam 
and i just made it out with my 
lucky foot 

little rabbit 

i bring home twenty carrots 
she wants twenty five 
asks if i've had fun when 
i'm lucky to be alive 
i'm just one poor rabbit 
no ambitious hare 
i dig the ground 
i hop around 
but mostly i don't care 

little rabbit

Little Rabbit

This is a song about hate.

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

quiet 

i came sweepin in like belmondo 
in a long tracking shot by truffaut 
i'm not some dog lost on the road 

i'm not here to be toyed with 
i'm here to tell you 
i mix everything with alcohol 
i fuck like there's no tomorrow 

and i can't get the hate 
out of my heart 
i built up a little 
on the quiet 

i laugh at death and angst 
i lie regardless of circumstance 
and i sure do think things is funny 

and i can't get the hate 
out of my heart 
i built up a little 
on the quiet 

when you weren't lookin 
when you were leavin me for dead 
when you were textin me a smile 
then callin the other guy 

i love pleasure i love pain 
i take the lord's name in vain 
and i don't smile much but 
i know how 

and i can't get the hate 
out of my heart 
i built up a little 
on the quiet

Quiet

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

twentyfour 

twenty four, twenty four 
twenty four 
blue eyed and reckless and 
all summer in a day 
as they say 

poor rich girl, poor rich girl 
bored rich girl 
high over mission street 
with no one to keep her company 
then she met me 

everybody uses somebody 
sometimes 
everybody uses somebody 
sometimes 

twenty four, twenty four 
twenty four 
blue eyed and reckless with 
too much plastic and cash 
and a perfect ass 

life crept in, life crept in 
life crept in and with it 
were all those secrets that you wish 
were never known 
now they're known 

everybody uses somebody 
sometimes 
everybody uses somebody 
sometimes 

twenty four, twenty four 
twenty four 
blue eyed and reckless and 
all summer in a day 
as they say 

twenty four, twenty four 
twenty four 
blue eyed and perfect and 
possessor of priceless works of art 
and my heart

Twentyfour

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

you won't 

you just won't 
you just won't 
i know you won't 

call me, save me 
call me, save me 

you just won't 
you just won't 
i know you won't 

love me, save me 
love me, save me 

you just won't 
you just won't 
i know you won't 

practicing the religion 
of adrienne 
she has cast me 
out again 
she won't let me 
back in 
and all i do is cry 
adrienne 

cause you just won't 
you just won't 
i know you won't

You Won't

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

like a f*ckin sundial 

yeah i am so becoming 
with my screwed up face 
my hands float 
uselessly in space 

but i know what time it is 
i know what time it is 
i'm like a fuckin sundial 
i'm like a fuckin sundial 

yeah i am so not charming 
with my crystal ball 
even half blind i can 
read the writing on the wall 

but i know misplaced pride 
it's easy to recognize 
i'm like a fuckin third eye 
i'm like a fuckin third eye

Like A F*ckin Sundial

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

get me to tomorrow 

i was on fumes 
clean out of luck 
it all came to me 
at once, like jesus 

deliver me from brooklyn 
into the arms of a woman 
and get me to tomorrow 
i'm ready to go 

i want it to 
come so easy 
i want love to be 
simple like breathing 

i want all the parts to work 
i don't want to have to say a word 
just get me to tomorrow 
i'm ready to go 

i don't remember yesterday 
today it rained 
i don't remember yesterday 
today it rained 
and it rained 

i was nowhere 
lost in this town 
she opened a door where 
the future starts now 

apologize to the belgian 
he was wastin too good a woman 
and get me to tomorrow 
i'm ready to go

Get Me To Tomorrow

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

wrong 

well i am 
awaiting the end 
nothing 
can be gained by pursuit 

something that once was here 
is now gone 
they took me apart and 
put me back together wrong 

i can't 
hope to understand 
anything 
at this late date 

all my life 
just tryin to get along 
they took me apart and 
put me back together wrong 

look at me 
there's something 
wrong with me 
can't you see it? 
everybody else does 
everybody else does 

all that i have 
found has been lost 
i fall asleep 
with my fingers crossed 

cause i am.....

Wrong

From the latest Alonzo Cat Farm album, Get Me To Tomorrow, available here: http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/get-me-to-tomorrow

a dream with no sound 

i was somewhere 
green and blue 
couldn't have been 
more than two 
had a dream with no sound 

i was in 
a twilight field 
grass bent down 
where i kneeled 
had a dream with no sound 

the fading light 
is concerning me 
i am alone 
as far as i see 
had a dream with no sound
no sound

A Dream With No Sound

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

room 68 (the angels) 

it's at the end of the hall 
looking out on a rockslide 
it's as good as any place to hide 
and the angels are riding down broadway 
to the sea 
to the sea 

there's the parsley sellin con man 
and the sun shines everyday 
after the fog burns away 
and the angels are riding down broadway 
to the sea 
to the sea 

i'm at the gold dust lounge 
just trying to stay alive 
and it ain't workin 
i'm at mr. bing's 
just dying to stay alive 
and it ain't workin 
and the angels are riding down broadway 
to the sea 
to the sea 

it's at the end of the hall 
lookin out on a rockslide 
it's as good as any place to hide 
and the angels are riding down broadway 
to the sea 
to the sea 

lovely maria works the night desk 
and the man across the hall 
laughs at nothing at all 
and the angels are riding down broadway 
to the sea 
to the sea

Room 68 (The Angels)

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

limitless 

i ran out of dreams 
like you run out of smoke 
i ran out of vision 
i ran out of hope 

everything ran out 
everything ran out 
everything ran out 
that i thought was limitless 

i ran out of love 
like you run out of words 
i ran out of ambition 
i ran out of nerve 

and everyone ran out 
everyone ran out 
everyone ran out 
that i thought was limitless 

i was asleep 
writing songs in my sleep 
i was asleep-- listen! 
i'm singing songs in my sleep 
i was asleep 
beautiful songs 
and everything was limitless

Limitless

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

low down times 

i brushed past richard gere 
he was heavy with cologne 
i had no business being there 
and i took myself back home 

sayin this is the last 
these eyes will see of new york city 
the ship sailed without me 
these are the low down times 

the money ran out 
i pissed away a job in a cup 
you tell them i died alone 
and watch their faces light up 

i ignored the daylight 
and the possibilities of the day 
i gave the whole day away 
these are the low down times 

they took everything you had 
you didn't have much to start 
they didn't want your soul 
but they wanted to break your heart 

these are the low down times 

it's the last year of your life 
and you're passing alone 
through the pacific time zone 
these are the low down times

Low Down Times

http://alonzocatfarm.bandcamp.com/album/low-down-times

talk dirty 

i've given up on god 
he doesn't listen to me at all 
something less than hope 
is in my heart 
i look for love in passing faces 
i don't have any expectations 
i'm always in love 
even when i'm not 

if i was to open my mouth 
to beauty 
all i would do is talk dirty 

if i can wake up in your bed 
i'll make you coffee and eggs 
i'll make love to you all day 
i can be sweet 
i got a death rattle cough 
my dick is sore from jerking off 
i'd like to die in my sleep 
but i'm not lucky 

if i was to open my mouth 
to beauty 
all i would do is talk dirty 

you have a lovely neck 
can i paint you like modigliani did? 
i got time to waste 
and i like yer face 
if i buy you some shoes 
willl you take away my blues? 
baby, i can make you 
drip like honey 

if i was to open my mouth 
to beauty 
all i'd do is talk dirty

Talk Dirty

Alonzo Cat Farm is the musical hiding place of Eric Clark. He is also a writer, painter, and American failure.

Alonzo Cat Farm

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