The Hold Steady

You don't have to deal with the dealers Let your boyfriend deal with the dealers It only gets inconvenient When you wanna get high alone You don't have to know how to get home Let your boyfriend tell the driver the best way to go, It only gets kinda

I heard the Cityscape Skins are kind of kicking it again heard they finally got some discipline running up the score and stocking up like its World War IV I heard that some are getting sprung and some are back in you know it's always back and forth a

There are nights when I think Sal Paradise was right. Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together. Sucking off each other at the demonstrations Making sure their makeup's straight Crushing one another with colossal expectations. Dependent

Hey citrus, hey liquor I love it when you touch each other Hey whiskey, hey ginger I see Judas in the hard eyes Of the boys who worked in the corners I feel Jesus in the clumsiness of young and awkward lovers Hey bar roommate tavern I find hope in al

If they ask about Charlemagne. Be polite and say something vague. Like another lover lost to the restaurant raids. If they ask why we left in the first place. Say we were young and we were so in love. I guess we just needed space. We heard about this

Me and my friends are like the drums on "Lust for Life" we pound it out on floor toms our psalms are sing-a-long songs this whole town is lifeless been that way all our whole lives just work at the mill until you die work at the mill and then yo

She put $900 On the fifth horse in the sixth race I think its name was Chips Ahoy Came in six lengths ahead We spent the whole next week getting high At first I thought that she hit on some tip that she got from some other boy We were overjoyed I got

It started when we were dancin' It got heavy when we got to the bathroom. We didn't go back to her place, We went to some place where she cat-sits. She said, "I know I look tired, but everything's fried, here in Memphis." Man, they want to know