Vic Chesnutt - Dark Developments
Mystery
Absolutely no, precisely zero,
Mystery, mystery
Total absence, complete lack of
Mystery, mystery
Something so clear
It's not even here
So thin and so sheer
It disciplines
No, not any doubt
Utterly without
Mystery, mystery
Mystery, mystery
Mystery, mystery
Little Fucker
Little fucker has had enough
Little fucker he just can't keep up
Little fucker needs a wide berth
Little fucker more trouble than he's worth
Little fucker more trouble than he's worth
Little fucker more trouble than he's worth
Little fucker more trouble than he's worth
Wave goodbye and leave the little fucker there
Good job son, no lack of reason
Leave the little fucker
Leave the little fucker
That little fucker said goodbye
That little fucker had a tear in his eye
That little fucker really draws you in
That little fucker, he's good with it
He's good with it, he's good with it, he's good with it
He's good, He's good riddance
He's good, he's good, he's good, he's good riddance
He's good, he's good, he's good, he's good riddance
Wave goodbye, goodbye
Leave the little fucker there
Good job son, no lack of reason
And How
Where would you go?
And how would you do?
Who would you know?
And why would you?
Open up your trash
Then go take a bath
You'll need one
How would you leave?
What would you take?
Who would you squeeze?
And then forsake?
Open up your trash
Then go take a bath
You'll need one
Who, what, why, where and when?
I need to know
Who, what, why, where and when
And how?
When would you start?
Why would you stop?
Who would you hope
To show what you've brought?
Open up your trash
Then go take a bath
You'll need one
Teddy Bear
He ain't never gonna know
He ain't never gonna know
He ain't never gonna know
He ain't never gonna know
He ain't never gonna know
He ain't never gonna know
He never wants
We're gonna come back
He never wants
We're gonna come back
Because the frost is covering the clothes
You did music ochre
Heated honey gloaming over
And the mating target's frozen
He ain't never coming back
He ain't never coming back
He ain't never coming back
We Are Mean
In the city it is grey
In the country it is green
In the country we are happy
In the city we are mean
In the city we hear laughter
In the country we hear screams
In the city we are social
In the country we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
And I declare that everywhere
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
I explain, we're all the same,
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
In the country we are healthy
In the city we are lean
In the country we are smiling
In the city we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
We are mean, we are mean, we are mean
Stop the Horse
Stop the horse
Stop the horse
Toss the bucket
Toss the bucket
Toss the bucket into the fishing boat
The congressman is coming in a wagon
I can already smell, already smell
The country load
I've been playing around
With a big ol' camera
I've been dodging the flashes
When they come to light
Without haste
My dark developments
An old ledger book
I found on a rubbish pile
If the old ghost has got a gun
We've got a problem
If the old ghost has got a gun
We've got a problem
The girl at the faucet
She wants to wash her hair
The girl at the faucet
She wants to wash her hair
Tie a scarf around her head
Tie a scarf around her head
Tie a scarf around her head
Tie bells around her sleeves
Tie bells around her
Bilocating Dog
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
Well Dougal had an accident
Where he lost conciousness
But when he started coming to,
It was Johnny who alerted the crew.
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
It's the curious case of the bilocating dog
Johnny was a terrier
He had his first seizure
At the feet of old Auntie Lee
You should have heard her screaming
Well Ralph started waking up
His daddy glanced up at the clock
And Johnny had his apple sauce
While Auntie Lee was watching her show
It's the curious case,
very curious case, very curious case,
It's the curious case,
very curious case, very curious case of the bilocating dog.
The Mad Passion of the Stoic
Hunched over a little round bar table
Ineligible for the draft
Small pencil at epistolary
Sun on a rheostat
Strong tea gurgling in gut
Looking out across the smoky castling harbor
Oh, how wrong things sparkle and entrance alas
Sugar cannot sustain one, Oh, so fine forbidden
Flitting in front, coaxing the confident cat off
The cozy sofa over the sloping edge into the
Killing cleansing magma
So easy to accept
But so hard to understand
As the raging river tears
(as the)
At those doting terra banks
(doting)
That hug, hold and ultimately define it
(holding, uttering)
As the raging river tears
(as the raging)
As those doting terra banks
(doting)
We claw our coy comforts
"You always hurt the one you love."
Phil the Fiddler
Phil the fiddler
Paul the peddler
Joe the hotel boy
The girl in the gingham dress
The girl in the gingham dress
The girl in the gingham dress
Dick the butcher
Tom the bootblack
Ralph the collier
The kid with the aubergine eyes
The kid with the aubergine eyes
The kid with the aubergine eyes
The carnal social as well as deserec
Join in the jubilation
of the frothy sweat
of the frothy sweat
Jack the lad
Tony the tramp
Lucy the duck girl
The boy with the leaking boot
The boy with the leaking boot
The boy with the leaking boot
The girl in the gingham dress
The kid with the aubergine eye
The boy with the leaking boot