Eugene Kelly - Man Alive Out Now

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MAN ALIVE L.P.

1) I'm Done With Drugs 2)I'll Be Yours 3) Older Faster 4) Seven Out

5) You're Having My Sex 6) Stop the Press 7) Ride the Dream Comet 8) Sinking Ship

9) Bridge From Eden 10) The Healing Power of Firewalking 11) She Wears My Ring 12) Noise and Smoky Breath

13) Dear John 14) Chemical Reaction 15) I Done Something Wrong 16) Blessed and Misplaced

1)I'm Done With Drugs

I'm done with drugs and cigarettes

pornography and casual sex

I'm done with drink and late night fun

my hedonism's all been done

Because I have finally found you

and I want to build my world around you

I'm done with noise and all it brings.

Sonic Youth, The Rites of Spring.

I'll mend my ways I'll cut my hair

I'll even change the clothes I wear

Because I have finally found you

and I want to build my world around you

Feels like something's got to change

please don't let me turn out strange

Feels like something's got to change

please don't let me down

Because I have finally found you

and I want to build my world around you

Because I have finally found you

and I want to build my world around you

2) I'll Be Yours

When the bind is the grind that gets you down

and that's not right for you

When you feel that your day has yet to come

It never comes too soon

and the love that we live is all around

Keep searching it's never far from found

I'll be yours and you'll be mine

That's what they say in the world today

In the evening you always cook for two

But you still eat for one

And you feel that the night time is too long

You're praying on the sun

And the love that we live is all around

Keep searching it's never far from found

I'll be yours and you'll be mine

That's what they say in the world today

3) Older Faster

Getting older faster now

Do you really need to know?

Life's flying past me now

Do you really need to know

My dear friend have a wonderful life

And may time may it be good to you

My dear friend have a wonderful life

And may the road rise along with you

Oh love has lost me now

Do you really need to know

And days fly past me now

Do you really need to know

My dear friend have a wonderful life

And time may it be good to you

My dear friend have a wonderful life

And may the road rise along with you

If I should fall far behind

I will call

And If I should fall far behind I will call

Getting older faster now

Do you really need to know

Life's flying past me now

Do you really need to know

Getting older faster now

Do you really need to know

4) Seven Out

And the cigarettes you crashed

Left a trail that I could catch

Like those jet streams in your eyes,

You know you're harder to define

Roll up roll down your sleeves once more

Listen I'm talking to you

These things will never be explained

And the earth spins slower closer with you now

And the toast you made burnt black

Am I so bad on my back?

Like a candle on its side

You know you're harder to define

Roll up roll down your sleeves once more

Listen I'm talking to you

These things will never be explained

And the earth spins slower closer with you now

And you're sitting stoned alone

All your jumped up friends have gone

And they tried to bend your mind

But found you harder to define

Roll up roll down your sleeves once more

Listen I'm talking to you

These things will never be explained

And the earth spins slower closer with you now

5) You're Having My Sex

See you on the silver screen, the TV, and the stage

Collect your Oscar, brit and bafta your name is engraved

You're having my sex, you're sleeping with my wife

You're having my kids and the time of my life

You're writing my book, you're starring in my film

You had my number one and my number ten

We could be such very good friends if you'd let me in

The higher the gate the longer the wait

Please let this poor boy sin

You're having my sex, you're sleeping with my wife

You're having my kids and the time of my life

You're writing my book, you're starring in my film

You had my number one and my number ten

You say things that I have thought

Stole them from my head

You're so wealthy, I'm unhealthy

I'm practically dead

You're having my sex, you're sleeping with my wife

You're having my kids and the time of my life

You're writing my book, you're starring in my film

You had my number one and

6) Stop the Press

Stop the press I'm in a mess

I kissed a girl to shut her up

It didn't work, it never does

'Cause what you see is what you see

Stop the press I'm in a mess

I kissed a boy just for luck

It didn't work, it never does

'Cause what you see is what you see

And every single minute spent with you

Will kill me with the things we'll never do

And all the precious things that we might see

And everything that you will become

And everything that you will become

Stop the press I'm in a mess

You twist my arm to get the truth

It didn't work, it never does

'Cause what you see is what you see

And every single minute spent with you

Will kill me with the things we'll never do

And all the precious things that we might see

And everything that you will become

And everything that you will become

Stop the press I'm in a mess

I kissed a girl to shut her up

It didn't work, it never does

'Cause what you see is what you see

And every single minute spent with you

Will kill me with the things we'll never do

And all the precious things that we might see

And everything that you will become

And everything that you will become

7) Ride the Dream Comet

We're going to fly to the sun

'cause your planets been done

The planets been done

We're going to flee before caught

'Cause your planets been bought

'Cause your planets been bought

But we've got something to dream for

'Cause we've got something to dream

But we've got something to dream for

'Cause we've got something to dream

But it's not your dream, it's not your dream

It's not your dream

8) Sinking Ship

She was the sinking ship that dragged me down

I was well equipped I wouldn't drown

At the journey's end we would no longer be

Time and tide don't bury me

I gave her all that I could find

A love we could discover

She turned her back and walked a mile

I gave it to another lover

On the sinking ship that dragged me down

I nailed my trust to the bow

No land around that I can see

Time and tide don't bury me

Oh Lord I'm overboard

I'm overboard

Oh Lord I will not drown

I will not drown

I gave her all that I could find

A love we could discover

She turned her back and walked a mile

I gave it to another lover

I didn't love her

9) Bridge from Eden

Life in the garden of Eden is good now

You're feeding me

Tired of all your deceiving

And all that you rain down on me

Blackened, blinded, now you're floored

You feel you'll never be free

Feels like you've been relieving yourself upstream from me

A toast now to old mother nature

And all she rains down on me

Blackened, blinded, now you're floored

You feel you'll never be free

10) The Healing Power of Firewalking

The pure blue light of tomorrow

Creeps closer toward me

Five footsteps from sorrow

The flames will set you free

And I haven't seen you smile

In such a long long time

Now you see the world in bloom

Oh my eyes are open wide

I'm walking on fire to feel this alive

Oh my eyes are open wide for you

In the past hearts you'd borrow

But you didn't stand a chance

Asleep but waking tomorrow

For this five step hot foot dance

And I haven't seen you smile

In such a long long time

Now you see the world in bloom

Oh my eyes are open wide

I'm walking on fire to feel this alive

Oh my eyes are open wide for you

Too much to keep this bad boy down

It's not what you lost but what you found

Oh my eyes are open wide

I'm walking on fire to feel this alive

Oh my eyes are open wide for you

11) She Wears My Ring

The night before we always died

In morning light we survived

'Cause we lived a lot and loved a lot

And drank a lot and fought

She wears my ring, in the grave, in the grave

She wears my ring, in the grave, in the grave

Her mouth is cold her bones are dry

I'll kiss her on the day I die

So I touch myself cause I'm touched by you

And the memories remain

She wears my ring, in the grave, in the grave

She wears my ring, in the grave, in the grave

Time has run the river dry

I fill  it with the tears I cry

'Cause we lived a lot and loved a lot

And drank a lot and fought

She wears my ring, in the grave, in the grave

She wears my ring, in the grave, in the grave

12) Noise and Smoky Breath

Blowing smoke rings in my face again

You look a mess

I think we've got the time and the

inclination now

Getting slower every single day

It's just your way

I think you'd better smile

Everybody knows everybody sees you as you go

Everybody knows your life's been changing

So why does everybody look the same

I've been looking to the future

Thinking bought the past and present getting closer

I don't want you coming over

I've been looking to the future

Thinking bought the past and present getting closer

I don't want you coming over now

Looking after number one again

You look a mess

I think it's about time to make a space

In the above

Tripping over me to leave the floor

You fall once more

I think you'd better smile now

Everybody knows everybody sees you as you go

Everybody knows your life's been changing

So why does everybody look the same

I've been looking to the future

Thinking bought the past and present getting closer

I don't want you coming over

I've been looking to the future

Thinking bought the past and present getting closer

I don't want you coming over now

13) Dear John

Dear John some day there's going to come a river

Wash all this poor shit away

Rock on with the power of the Ganges

Destroy a Starbucks today

When progress is brewing along with corporate coffee stewing

Then hang on to your hat

Fiction swapped for franchise paperback for surprise

At the choice beyond the mat

We need someone to save us

Mother Nature help us now

Dear John some day there's going to come a river

Wash all this poor shit away

Rock on with the power of the Ganges

Destroy a Starbucks today

Philistines and caffeine freaks

Buy your fix on any street

So why do you make it mine

We shall invoke a mighty rage to wash away

This west end place

Now let the water rise

We need someone to save us

Mother Nature help us now

(chorus)

Undress yourself, immerse yourself

Come in yeah the water's fine

Undress yourself, immerse yourself

Come in yeah the water's fine

(chorus)

14) Chemical Reaction

So how do you get your kicks

When you're out on the town

I'm counting the stars

You know it's a lie just a chemical reaction

A one in a million chance of it happening

Don't want to rock the boat

But you're using me to pass the time

I'm trying to sleep but it's eating me up

The chance of survival is fifty to one

On and on it goes

Wrong place wrong guy

All I need now is to cancel it all

Knowing I'm not the first

Biding my time not spinning a line

or throwing a curse

So how do you get your kicks

'Cause people lie that it'll get better

But how can they say that

When I think how I think

The chances of winning are making me feel so bad

On and on it goes

Wrong place wrong guy

15) I Done Something Wrong

You know I do expect a lot

But look at what I got

I'm crying in my beer

Oh dear, oh dear

I'm staring into space

Remembering your face

And what it used to mean

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Because I done something wrong

I done something wrong

Your picture has been burned

I'm just a lover spurned

But not like all the rest

Oh yeah, oh yeah

I burnt you on the fire

The picture flame rose higher

And serenade my shoes

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Because I done something wrong

I done something wrong

Because I done something wrong

I done something wrong

16) Blessed and Misplaced

Some day somewhere you'll follow me down

Your face misplaced

My love, I'm wearing a frown

Don't want to talk about it

When you're around

Can't even think about it

When your inside me

Beside me

I feel so alone

How long should we mourn?

I'll never know

Some day somewhere you'll follow me down

Your face been blessed

My love, I'm wearing a crown

Don't want to talk about it

When you're around

Can't even think about it

When you're inside me

Beside me

I feel so alone

How long should we mourn?

I'll never know

OLDER FASTER E.P.

     1) Older Faster  2) The Healing Power of Firewalking  

3) I Done Something Wrong  4) Blessed and Misplaced

1)Oomalama

2)Breakfast

Cold September morn I was reborn
the sun gate crashed through my front door
Upon my soul, my life's made whole
I'd only ask for anymore if sometime soon
If I could wish upon your kiss then..
Cold April night, no end in sight
the letters pile behind her door
Upon my soul, I'm growing old
I'd only ask for one thing more if  sometime soon
I'll be the words, you'll be the tune
Sometimes I can't help falling down(x4)
Cold September morn, I was reborn,
the sun gate crashed through my front door
Upon my soul my life's made whole
I d only ask for one thing more if sometime soon
If I could fly upon your silence

Sometimes I can't help falling down(x4)

(Big thanks to Colin, for contributing the lyrics to this song)

5)Hot Dog

The things you do to me while holding me tight
Were in your head but not your heart
And with that other guy who you spent your night
Are you as dead? Does it really hurt?
And does it matter to you that you put me down?
You took me down from great to small
Do you even realize that the look when you sigh
Made me wish I'd never come at all
And now I wonder if you think like me
I guess you don't as you never did
When you find out that the friends you have need 
Someone to be honest with

Jesus take my life from me
One day in the past I adored you, now I owe you
There's that drink upon the table
Who's that whispering behind me
Heaven help a boy like me
One day in the past I knelt before you, now I own you
But I think I might be able
Who's that standing behind me
Turn the lights out down on me

Ever walk down the street on your own
Ever felt that the earth was your home
As the road passes under my feet 
These words I meet
Here I go again
Down this road my friend
Don't pretend you can't live all alone
Carry weights round your neck when you roam
Take my hand and we're both flying high
These words I cry

I can do anything, or so I think
I can go anywhere, I just don't care
These feet I stand on, I can do nothing wrong
I can be anyone, I am the sun
I went in your head, I just don't care

My my my she kiss the sky
Licked it up without a smile
Buttermilk was on her chin
Same color as her white skin
And it's all here for you
My my my she pulled me down
Nailed my feet back on the ground

*Thanks to Becky Kolb for lyrical corrections here*

I really had to laugh when you stabbed me in the back
And like a dog in heat she said she'd stay with me
So I wrote this little song to help me get along
And I took it to the band guitar in my hand
I don't know what I wannabee, what do I wannabee
More than I could take she said this had to break
And it came as no surprise when I had to lie
I don't know what I wannabee, what do I wannabee

Breakfast in the cemetery
Boy taste them wild cherry
Touch girl, apple blossom
Just a boy playing possum
We'll come back for Indian Summer
And go our separate ways
What is that cheerful sound?
Rain falling on the ground
We'll wear a jolly crown
Buckle up we're homeward bound
We'll come back for Indian Summer

I put a pebble in my shoe
Every step I am with you.
I just stumble along
To the beat of a child's drum,
My heart is on the line
Can all my wonders be true.

I hear your voice right now
Flying to meet me
I still can taste the mist on the breeze
I can feel the strangest wings
Flying under me
I see your face right now
Talking close to me
I hear the sound of wings
Right now on the breeze

Blue above the rooftops and the birds will sing 
For my heart swoops as if suspended from the sky with string
Because every single day you're on my mind
I've been swimming upstream just to feel the breeze
In my face tend to laugh but I love to breathe
Because every single day you're on my mind
Sleeping in the grass that grows as high as trees
Oh will you burn your worry beads 
And we will both believe
Because every single day you're on my mind

I'm so blue, so blue I glow
Sinking slowly in my home
Home's the Place I need to be 
Never growing always, always
To the place I need to be
My head's a hole, my feet a tree
So free I fly my wings will burn
Never ending always
Can't you see I've been here before
In my sleep I stopped by your door
I just want to help but that's the way
Even now is so like any day
Your face it hurts, it hurts my eyes
I'm in your shoes their  twice my size
I'm so green, so green I live
Beneath your feet always, always

Well stroll on 
I think I'm getting into Scotia
Everybody knows the songs 
Flowers brave and Kings forever
Mary Queen of Scots danced round all the shops
Wearing hand me downs bought for half a crown, it goes on
Gown with half a crown, it goes on
Mary Queen is looking great,It goes on
Hold on, my song
Well, come on 
I think I'll do the Fonda work out
Everybody's getting strong
They're going to have to drink the water
Mary Queen of Scots wasn't very hot in a wedding gown
Bought for half a crown
I need your everything, everything to make it all
Worthwhile while we wait Mary Queen is looking great

Feeling that my friends have changed for the worst
Made my plans not to rust
Can you feel changes now In your blood turn to mud
Start to flood
Finding all my friends again in the end
They've got guns, Some are dead
Are you sleeping with the best 
To the top never stopped for a rest
Feeling that the rules have changed for the worst
Made my plans not to rust

You're ugly and rational now
You've really got no point to make
Can I please crash now, I'm out of date
We're going national now
I really want to hibernate
Can I please crash now, I'm out of date
You're cool and casual now 
I think you're drinking for success
I've eaten your stash now, it's much too late
Don't talk just scratch now 
I've really got no point to make
I'm far behind now, it's much too late
I'm smoking you out now
I'm sending signals to your brain
We're losing the place now, we're out of date
You're cool and rational now
You've really got no point to make
Can I please crash now, I'm out of date

We're in now up to our ankles
Notes build up slower than sound 
Everyone's trying to blow it out
Flies in my mouth make me feel so odd,
But not bad
Flies in my mouth make me feel the best
That I've had
Someone else wants it for nothing
We can all dream louder than noise
All the talk kills it for everyone
Flies in my mouth make me feel so odd,
But not bad
Flies in my mouth make me feel the best
That I've had
I've been flying higher than all this
I've been flying high now
We're in now up to our ankles
Left my socks burning at home 
Can't you see all this is so much fun

Drink and slow living are still kind of
Giving me hangovers without a hope 
So I jumped in the Clyde and watched my love die
And floated away on a boat
Why can't you see that I'm down on the ground
And I still want to give you all I've got
Drink and religion are still kind of
Giving me hangovers without hope
So I jump in the Clyde and watch my love die
And float away on a boat
Why can't you see that I'm down on the ground
And I still want to give you all I've got

Tongues too big I just can't swallow
I'm planning not to show
The words you baked have all gone hollow
You're not supposed to blow
In my head, piling up the zeds
Teeth too big I'm just not chewing
I'm putting you on hold
The things I said have all been brewing
My insides getting cold
In my head, piling up the zeds

Sweet as life inside I'm feeling you
Follow on the road that leads home soon
Far gone show goes on
Can't we take it somewhere else now
Sweet as life inside I'm feeling you
Tread the path that leads back home soon