Local H

Oh, no, no-everything must go
Lost our lease to the liquor store
We'll be back to fight another day
Yeah, uh-huh-that's what they all say

Going out of style in a paper bag
Sniffing chloroform out of burning flags
Going down in flames and it feels okay
Yeah, uh-huh-that's what they all say

Yeah, yeah, yeah it's a pleasure to burn
I keep fucking up and I never learn
It's alright, it's okay-we're gonna beat 'em anyway
Yeah, uh-huh-that's what they all say
Yeah, uh-huh-that's what they all say

Take it easy
Take it easy
You won't like me when I'm angry
Mashed potatoes
Nice and easy
It didn't have to be this way but
That's what they all say

The devil's in the details
The devil's in the details
Sucking on the third rail
I said the devil's in the details
It's alright, it's okay-we're gonna beat 'em anyway
Yeah, uh-huh-that's what they all say
Yeah, uh-huh-that's what they all say

I want to go down in flames
I want the guilty to hang
The Empire falls

It's a pleasure to burn
A pleasure to burn
The conquering worm

Yeah, uh-huh
That's what they all say...

Tunnel vision is slowly setting in
Blocking out what should be letting in, letting in
11 years of seeing through alcoholic eyes
Nothing here at all but lows disguised as highs

Days, I don't remember now, fitting in and blacking out
Falling up and spiraling down and down and then
It's down again and up again
I've mellowed but it's taken so much time

Never needed to think that I was thin
Anyway, would I wish it on you now? I'm so fucked up
Lay down pacified and completely compromised
Nothing left inside but memories of lies

Days, I don't remember now of fitting in and falling out
Falling up and spiraling down and down and then
It's down again but up again
I'm sorry but it doesn't matter now

11 years of seeing through alcoholic eyes
Nothing here at all but lows disguised as highs

Days, I don't remember now, fitting in and blacking out
Falling up and spiraling down and down and then
It's down again but up again
I've mellowed but it's taken so much time

So much time, so much time, so much time
So much time, so much time, so much time
So much time, so much time

How you gonna live at 40?
How you gonna live it down?
How you gonna live at 40?
Whatcha gonna tell your kids?

How you gonna live at 40?
How you gonna live it down?
How you gonna live at 40?
Whatcha gonna tell your mom?

How you face yourself in the morning?
How'd you do what you did?
How to make the best of m o thing
Whatcha gonna tell your kids?

Heavy metal bakesale

hey, rita
there's a statue with your face
hey, rita
it's in the park, baring your name

i'd love to take you there
but no one really cares, and who's to blame?

yeah, i've been patient
but, patience just another game

...and if you never stay
wouldn't matter anyway
it's ok

hey, rita
there's a statue with your face

spread the word around
your queen is steppin' down
livin' with your mom and dad again

the house built, have been sold
the cars have all been towed
it hasn't been this been bad since who knows when

hey, rita
we wanna know where you have been
you don't believe it
you wanna know where we were then

...and if you never stay
wouldn't matter what they say
it's ok

there's a statue with your face
hey, rita
there's a statue with your face
with your face


...and if you never stay
wouldn't matter anyway
'cause who's to blame
...and if you never stay
doesn't matter what they say


hey, rita
there's a statue with your face
with your face

HEY, RITA!

...stop

Heaven on the way down
Talk about a prime piece of real estate
Heading all the way down
Yeah, you know it's falling like an interest rate
Jesus calls it even
You can have your heart back no questions asked
A temporary way out
Yeah, heaven's on the way down

Sweet relief
Pulling teeth
Soldiers spy a tinker, tailor, junkie, thief
Holding on
It won't be long
Heaven's on the way down
Thinking that it's over

The tarnished schemes of angels
Nothing like a cherub with a dirty face
Figure all the angles
Brother kill your brother for a parking space
Jesus calls it even
You can have it all back if you want
Yeah, heaven's on the way down
Heaven's on the way down



Burn the flag
Yeah-burn it black
Jackie Earle Haley's comet coming back
Soldier on
You read me wrong
Heaven's on the way down
Heaven's on the way down

Sweet relief
Falling free
I can spot a dumb, sick, junkie, thief
Sweetest sound
It's coming 'round
Heaven's on the way down
Heaven's on the way down
Thinking that it's over

It's over, it's over, it's over

Eight hours to get to heaven hill
Head down, due south, past Louisville
Dont stop until the bourbon still
Parker says we can drink our fill

Eight hours to get to heaven hill
Eight hours
Just leave me where I'm found
And put my bones in the ground

Oh yeah, well, it's a buffalo trace
Fan out and dont give up on the chase
She will make her mark on my face
The Blue Grass Parkway is my favorite place

Eight hours to get to heaven hill
Eight hours
Just leave me where I'm found
And put my bones in the ground

All hail, Manowar is dead
Give up the ghost and put your babies to bed
Oh yeah, well, you're so easily led
All your money keeps your horses fed

All hail, Manowar is dead
Hail, hail
Just leave me where I'm found
And put my bones in the ground

Take anything you want, but leave everything you need.
But you better take heed, you won't get to see me bleed.
I can always change, but you'll always be the same.
It's such a crying shame, But someone should take the blame.

An if you go home with another tough guy,
I don't want to hear you cry, how you can look him in the eye.
An if you go home with another tough guy,
I don't want to hear you cry, theres no more of you and I
If you wanna live, if you wanna live, if you wanna live i can help you out with that
If you wanna live, if you wanna live, if you wanna live i can help you out with that
i know i'm being mean and i know i'm playing rough
and i know you've had it tough, but i think i've had enough
i was unaware of you ever playing fair, and i really dont care
how's the weatrher down there

An if you go home with another tough guy,
I don't want to hear you cry, how you can look him in the eye.
An if you go home with another tough guy,
I don't want to hear you cry, theres no more of you and I
If you wanna live, if you wanna live, if you wanna live i can help you out with that
If you wanna live, if you wanna live, if you wanna live i can help you out with that
If you wanna live, if you wanna live, if you wanna live i can help you out with that
If you wanna live, if you wanna live, if you wanna live i can help you out with that

and if you go home with another tough guy, another tough guy who's just a little too high
and if you go home with another tough guy, i dont wanna hear you cry there's no more of you and i.

i'm up in the air, how's the weather down there?
i dont want to play fair, and i really dont care
i'm up in the air, how's the weather downt here
i really dont care, i really dont care

If you wanna live, if you wanna live, if you wanna live i can help you out with that(repeat till end)

I think of P.J. Soles
And wonder where you are
I'll never see you anymore
Where do you think they go?
All the fallen stars
Heaven doesn't know you like I do

See you bleed through
The gauzy haze I sink into
I think of you like P.J. Soles

I was your biggest fan
You seemed to understand
They'll never see you like I do
I guess it's like they said
That it was all just built up in my head
But you're still so real to me

I'm fine this time
To me it makes no never mind
But you know I keep you close

Yearbook it took
Just one thousand tear stained looks
I think of you like P.J. Soles

And if I do think of you
It's only in the darkest place inside of me
You should know
I think of you like P.J. Soles, P.J. Soles

I'm fine this time
To me it makes no never mind
Yearbook it took
Just one thousand tear stained looks

See you bleed through
The gauzy haze I sink into
Phone call, fuck all
You're just one part of my free fall

This part of me will never close
And if I do think of you
It's only in the darkest place inside of me

You should know
I think of you like P.J. Soles
P.J. Soles, P.J. Soles
P.J. Soles, P.J. Soles

The zoso no show
The tin and the yang
The stepped up nose blow
The cheap easy band

They're pimping you out

Fall out of line
They'll take you up from the tower
They'll turn on the juice, boy
And then they'll turn on the power

Yeah, they're pimping you out
They're pimping you out

You're sidetracked with nothing to show
You're friends with people that you don't even know
You're stuck in places that you would never go
If you could choose

You're on a level that you've never sunk to
You're in a middle that there's no getting through
You're over and you'll be thirty-two
You were born to lose

It's chemical
Logical
Left foot, right foot
You got it

Walk away and fast
Turn around and leave them behind

You're on your fifth drink with no buzz in sight
And that asshole hasn't shut up all night
You wanna tell yourself that you'll be alright
But who would you fool?

Well I got your late night call
You're in the center of it all
You're havin' a ball and your really doin' fine
A west coast time and I believe you

But here's one for the coast the people with the most
The pretty, pretty folks the west coast folks
Yeah here's one for the coast and the people with the most
The pretty, pretty folks the west coast folks

And here we go again, it's never gonna end
We're all so sick of California songs
Yeah we know you love L.A. there's nothing left to say
Please no more California songs
And fuck New York too

Yeah your heaven is a lie
Just more shit that I don't buy
Well they're headin' for the coast
They're movin' out in droves

Sendin' back reports on the radio
The message is the same
It's getting pretty lame
California dreamin's on the radio

And here we go again it's never gonna end
We're all so sick of California songs
Yeah we know you love L.A. there's nothing left to say
Please no more California songs

And here we go again it's never gonna end
We're all so sick of California songs
Yeah we know you love L.A. but there's nothing left to say
Please no more California songs
And fuck New York too

Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright

Here's one for the coast, yeah

And here we go again it's never gonna end
We're all so sick of California songs
Yeah we know you love L.A. there's nothing left to say
Please no more California songs

And here we go again it's never gonna end
We're all so sick of California songs
Yeah we know you love L.A. there's nothing left to say
Please no more California songs, please no more California songs
Please no more California songs, please no more California songs
Please no more California songs and fuck New York too

I said " Hey, hello, Mom & Dad.
Are things great? OK? or just plain bad?
Are you alive? Is everyone alive?
oh, yeah - well me? I guess I'm doing fine.
I don't know why you'd think i would be lying.
I'm alive like everyone's alive
Is anyone alive?
I'm all right. Everyone is alive.

She said "Hey, Hello. How was your day?"
I said "work is work. Don't know any other way.
But I'm alive like everyone's alive.
It's just the day to day that I seek.
I gotta find a way to the end of the week
and make it alive.
Like everyone's alive
I'm all right. I'm just fine.
All my life I'm all right. Everyone is alive

You're on to something good
But I can't believe it's all
That matters to you
A fool

Who never seems happy
When things are great
It's too late

Before you can think
The thought has entered your mind
And it will be back soon

You're on to something good
but it can't be all that matters

Drawing a collective breath
I could cry myself to death
and wash this all away
In a flash you were gone
leaving me a couple of songs
that I listen to everyday

And I don't even care
that you were so unfair
I worshipped one time at your feet
Save up our tears
Catalogue all our fears
Give into the stretching years

Your words hit me just last night
when I saw it with the after sight
what was on your mind
Too late to ever change
things go a little bit strange
you were too far behind

And the reasons I have to live
Are the reasons that you would give
to throw it all away
Save and freeze up our tears
Catalogue all our fears
Give into the stretching years
But that's OK

And I can't understand
why you folded with a winning hand
and decided to throw the bet
I just can't believe you'd leave
with an ace sticking up your sleeve
you could have paid off your debts

And I don't even care
that you were so unfair
I worshipped one time at your feet
Never heard what was said
All nerve ends are dead
Tinitus ringing in my head

Save and freeze up our tears
Catalogue all our fears
Give into the stretching years
Drown in my tears
Succumb to my fears
Give into the stretching years
but that's O.K.
I'm not O.K.
but that's O.K.

I'm not mad
I'm just bored
And everything I do is only because
There's nothing much else for me to do
And that includes you
Messing around with you
Piss away potential
Everyday is a waste
And I'm wasted everyday
There's nothing much else for me to do
And that includes you - and that includes you
Messing around with you
You see me now a little bit clearer
the face I make when I'm looking in the mirror

- it gives me away
the things that I say

You think you know where I'm coming from
the words I say when I'm playing dumb

- it gives me away
- it gives me away

One more thing before we go
I've stepped over everyone I know
everyone I know
You see me now a little bit clearer
The face I make when I'm looking in the mirror

- it gives me away

You think you know where I'm coming from
The words I say when I'm playing dumb

- it gives me away
it gives me away
it gives me away
I'm always ashamed

I'm always ashamed
and that's no way to be

Abusive excuses are all I have to hold
Use and re use to explain why I'm so cold
One for headaches
One for stress
But the one for fear's the one I like best
Abusive excuses they save me every time
The slow slide down
You never can see it
The slow slide down
You always believe it
Destructive impulses and cowardice and lies
Buzzing back to life like freeze dried flies
Flies for love
and flies for sex
But the flies for fear are flies I like best
Impulsive destruction is where my talent lies
The slow slide down
You're trying to change me
It's all my fault
But you never blame me
It's in everything we do
One for love
and one for sex
But the one for fear's the one I like best
This act is a bore but it makes me who I am
The slow slide down
You never can see it
My act is a bore
You always believe it
It's in everything we do

Well punk is dead
and yeah you're next
but it seems no one has told you yet
So hardcore
You must be sore
You come on like a major threat
Face I know you like it
Hard 'N' straight
Face Think I'll hang around and wait
Hey old school yeah you were cool
But that was back in the day
Well take a bow
Harder than thou
You scream "Guilty" like a Judge on high
Well beat them back
the New Jacks
More than music it's a way of life
Face