@ALBUM: ive_seen_everything These lyrics are for the Trash Can Sinatras second album, Cake. They were originally published on Go! Discs letterhead. Even though there are some obvious errors, I left these in their original form, so don't expect 100% accuracy. Any questions can be directed to Matt Young at young@cs.unc.edu. GO TCS... @SONG: Easy Read Sometimes at night he'll phone me - he's lonely He think he's wrong when he's right - I'm glad he's back I stood outside, I never went in well, he wouldn't let me by And I knew I had to get in there. Then I had this idea - 'Got to get the keys from my good friend' I blew out smoke And in the haze I saw to my surprise (It made me cry) That it's harder not to drown When the biggest trade on this earth is lost and found Disco dancing in the morning, easy read sitting yawning Nobody wants you here at all When it's time, you can say - 'Hey there's more than one place to stay' Let's go dancing in the morning, easy read - coffin yawning Over the moon and under the influence Here's what he said 'Take me away' Really don't want to be here And nobody wants you here at all @SONG: Hayfever Hello, I'm Harry. I've had women I've had germs They're eerie, wild and wailing and seductive in small doses Only one way, only one way Why can't we take a couple of tablets? Hello, I'm Harry. Did you receive the letter sent? The cheque enclosed the ngatives? Well here's some headlines current and sensible - Moscow's in Ayrshire, what's the problem? Should I throw my tammy in the ring And run for President Ooh, it's farmed out, ooh it's penned in Ooh, I'm left in no doubt. I'm Harry, Hello Hey I'm Harry, Hello You want me, you want me, do I? Arsenic be judge, gin be jury The chocolate's watching, the cuckoos are clocking me They leave me alone in my sulk Stalking a beautiful girl in a rural spot I gets larger as she gets nearer There's only one way, only one way The rest is just chemistry @SONG: Bloodrush Can't see the forest or the trees Inhaled the fumes and swallowed the keys You look just like our favourite star You've read the script and now you know the score I just want to show you the way Want to stop you feeling this way You're out of sight and out of mind I cannot tell you how you should drive But I've seen them rehearsing, reversing the hearse in I know you must try To overtake the undertaker By putting your foot down and closing your eyes I just want to show you the way Want to stop you feeling this way What are you doing, feeling a waste of time Don't have too much but where there's a will There's a widow as well don't leave her your bills Don't let my bloodrush in vain I just want to show you the way Want to stop you feeling this way I just got to show you the way Want to stop you feeling a waste of time @SONG: Worked a Miracle Halfway to paralyzed my understudy's eyes grew tired Every actor hides a heckle, doctor hides a jeckyl See through my disguise Worked a miracle I'm unmistakable Clueless and comfortable and pondering on my motives (It gets me by) I used to question now I find (It saves me time) my reverend green revolver Guessing game is over much to my surprise Worked a miracle, I donned a uniform Clueless the constable finally gets a chance to say 'Nobody leaves this room, Nobody touches anything' We're cast on the water the part is a walk-on So worhip the way I play it Primadona behavior I'm playing the saviour In a goalkeeper's graveyard Worked a miracle. I finally feel at home Clueless and comfortable worked a miracle And pondered on his motives. @SONG: The Perfect Reminder Blend in, I'll bring my home-made present On the next bus leaving. It's alright you just breathe it in The perfect reminder But I forget the conversation we had I don't remember what you said or did That made you so attractive The perfect reminder @SONG: Killing the Cabinet This is the tail, this is the nose Sniffing, romancing and scaring the crows Pissing away all of the day Over and over and over and over again I'll bury your bones, isn't it good to be house trained? Going round in circles, why can't we make ends meet? Going round in circles, going round chasing my tail Cheapskating over buying hte ring We're signing on, planning offspring For something to do This is our tale, isn't it good to be house-chained? Going round in circles, why can't we make ends meet? Going round in circles, going round chasing my tail Killing the cabinet Round and round, I'm going round I'm going round in circles @SONG: Orange Fell Drifting, drifting, stickleback waters. Drifting, drifting (Shouldn't let go) I know but I swear I heard the Jordanaires All our love was made on sheets we'd left unmade As street lamp-post light haze orange fell When moments just take you, an instinct betrays you I think I fell in love Kindle, kindle. Beachcombers found no kindle, kindle Pull against the tide and you pull against the gradient Woven with era, we belong to the ages All our plans were made on streets the winter paved As streetlamp lucozade orange fell When someone mistakes you, I fell for all the same old things I think I fell in love Here pin and needle rain fell and cut to the quick I think I had enough Shivering, shivering look what I've done to us Kindle, rekindle Drifting, drifting, beachcombers found us drifting @SONG: I'm Immortal Out for a spell, I was slated. I'd lost a yard, I was hated I dug a rug out in the dugout, lazing, I joined in the turnout That's no life at all Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected Laughing, I joined in the squabbles, over the hill. I'm immortal And that's no life at all I'm immortal and that's not life at all I took a kick in the confidence, down in the tackle I hurt I took a shine to your big size tens Now all around the subject I skirt. Gingerly, gingerly And that's no life at all I just went out for a spell I just went out for a smoke I took a dive I was a sub I thought my number was up But I'm immortal, and that's not life at all Speaking of tongues, baby I'm immortal @SONG: Send for Henny You led me headlong to the place where I belong Dealing big blows to what my heart knows Old hat and old stories I get a little red and I'll burst rather than wax and melt I get a little wrecked And recalled how I cursed the fact of your tortured trust Now that's gone I was so wrong, we know where our love lies Through the catacoms we roam Come into my house, throw open the windows wide Then back to your house to do likewise Cliche time more or less, I stake my claim You stake my heart, strinking dumb then dearly depart When it gets too heavy, send for Henny - I'll follow her Where wet nursed apologies and putrid prisons mix Our love becomes this useless box of tricks When it seems so heavy, send for Henny - I'll follow her @SONG: Iceberg I can see them coming beating paths to my door Come to see me running my natural course - Iceberg At glacial pace - an unusual case Took to the streets, icebreaker sleek Through thaw and freeze, my life's a breeze Matches tobacco, turn ashwarm and charcoal Iceberg, eventually steam The continent I seem - Just iceberg @SONG: One At a Time One at a time please ladies. Dont take the huff now Well I've been up for ages, I've had enough now I'm gonna blow your house down, dynamite your cabbage town Shit-kicked derelict, no-one at home Kicking deaths door baby I'll be your muscle man, your 'I don't care who I hit' man Your 'giveme your lollipop' man Suck it and savour the punchline One at a time please ladies One at a time I'll take you I'll be your huff-puff hold-me-back man Fat on the fire man, your snatch your lollipop man Suck it and savour the punchline One at a time please ladies, no need to rush now Step out of line and I'll take you Harder than times, I'm tougher than luck @SONG: I've Seen Everything Soothe your fear, we're off where it's warmer Here's to all of us, I know you are worried We're leaving here, regret to inform you Leaving everything, it's just that we've got to Believe in everything, we're leaving everything It was all a big mistake It was all a big mistake It was all a big mistake And I've seen everything, we've seen everything The last three cheers, we're shaking the bottle Pull the cork on us, there is no tomorrow No yesterday and we won't be sorry We knew all along that we'd never matter We're leaving here, regret to inform you But soothe your fear, we're off where it's warm And we've seen everything, I've seen everything It was all a big mistake It was all a big mistake It was all a big mistake Soothe your fear, we're off where it's warm I've seen everything now and it was all a big mistake We knew all along @SONG: The Hairy Years I lingered within earshot of the seaside souvenier shopfront (Itchy fingers sweating on a snoscene, little puppy eyes dart) A tiny world is ending, detective is descending (All the savings gone on bloody day one, little butterflies start) Here began my hairy years Set me down on a country lane myself Drinking myself lame Call, collect and gather me, take me intravenously Or I'll just prowl the hills It's hares and hunts, you scour the country We are not Jack and Jill Why do you tumble after me? @SONG: Ealies Cakebrick road in summer 1981, we shared a house and garden At the height of all the bombing, on the run in busy, hazy London Through T-shirt breezes walking home from work - County Kilburn sun Weekends we'd just wash away the dirt of busy, hazy London The night grew cold. The Thames is old Found that manners count for nothing and it took A Welshman in his forties Guinness elbows rest upon a tabletop The two of us on earlies Three feet of snow feel on the Walnut Road Two feet trudged Round the corner came the sound of bad dreams The flame is old. The Thames is cold. Cakebrick Road in summer 1981, we left a house and garden On the corner boys, best of friends? On the corner boys - Both of us on earlies Two of us on earlies "I've Seen Everything" by the Trash Can Sinatras, lyrics published by