Chris Cacavas and Junkyard Love - First Album - Lyrics

Driving Misery

it was 14 hours for I left my bed this morning
seems I lost everything I had much without warning
more the man than I would have found time for crying
but I was in a barroom drowning my old friend's sorrow
I said mister, can't you see
no wife no family
driving misery

I'm like a train without a track
I got nowhere to go
and even if I did, I'd probably get there real slow
cause I've got holes in my shoes and it's raining like hell
now every thought is like a ringing bell
I said mister, can't you see
no wife no family
driving misery

one of these days I'm gonna get back home
find you there alone
god I hope so
given the chance
I'd probably do it all again
like I did before
I haven't learned a thing

there's a bus line leaving at a quarter to nine
it runs a long round between here and nowhere
I'm trying to miss it
cause I've been there before
and if I make it on
make sure I get a seat by the window

Truth

so high you can't get over it
so wide you can't get around it
so deep, deeper than an ocean
so far, it's goin' on forever
that's how big is truth

so close it rests on your shoulder
so simple, world leaders can't understand it
it ain't laying in with the in-crowd
doesn't go where the in-crowd goes
that's how hip is truth
that's how big is truth

some take the long way around
some take the long way around
some take the long way around
I'll tell you what they found
truth

so loud, louder than a rocket
so quiet it fits in your pocket
after the bomb's fall
after the Berlin wall
there's one thing that'll still stand tall
that's how big is truth
that's how final is truth

some take the long way around
some take the long way around
some take the long way around
I'll tell you what they found
truth

Wrecking Yard

for wrecking my life
for turning it upside down
for tearing my world in two
I wanna thank you
from the wrecking yard

for raising to house to the ground
for being the ball and chain
for all this pain
I wanna thank you
from the wrecking yard
I wanna thank you
I wanna thank you
from the wrecking yard

for darkness that I've never seen
for debts not found in any sea
for meaning so much to me
I wanna thank you
from the wrecking yard
from the wrecking yard
from the wrecking yard

I Didn't Mean That

I said I never loved you - I didn't mean it
I said I don't think of you - I didn't mean that
and when I never held you - I didn't mean that
and when I made you cry - I didn't mean that
and when I drank too much - I didn't mean that
and when I used you for a crush - I didn't mean that
and when I talked too much - I didn't mean that
and when I said good-bye - I didn't mean that
I didn't mean that

I had too much to think
and now it's going to my head
anything I give
everything I said
now I'm all alone
and my house is not a home
and I'm heavy with love I've never shown

and all those times I cashed my cheque and gave you not a single dollar
and everytime I came home with cheap perfume upon my collar
and all those nights I made you stay up just to hear me holler
and all those times I used your back to make me a little little bit taller
I didn't mean that
I didn't mean that

I had too much to think
and now it's going to my head
anything I give
everything I said
now I'm all alone
and my house my house is not a home
and I'm heavy with love I've never shown

Angel on a Mattress Spring

Sorry, this one's still missing

Load Off Me

Sorry, this one's still missing

Four Corners USA

Sorry, this one's still missing

Jukebox Lullabye

an unpaid bar tab
that's the best thing about the worst night
I ever had
something tells me
no everyone tells me
she's not coming back
this time
I should phone her up
the last thing I remember
a jukebox lullabye
singing ashes ashes from a four leafed clover
all fall down
all fall down
ashes ashes
someday I'll get over you somehow

around my heart there's a wall
to protect it from this very fall
but I now I've grown
and I'll give you everything
like blood from a stone
now stone me and don't ask why
and play the one that makes me cry
it goes ashes ashes from a four leafed clover
all fall down
all fall down
ashes ashes
someday I'll get over you somehow

so before you go
play it again
here's a dime
but with a happy ending this time
this song never ends
and I dedicate it to all my friends
ashes ashes from a four leafed clover
all fall down
all fall down
someday I know
I'll get over you somehow
I'll get over you somehow
I'll get over you somehow

Established 1996; last update : 08 February 2002