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The Complete PV Undercover Collection

by Various

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1.
Measure me in metered lines, in one decisive stare, the time it takes to get from here to there. My ribs that show through t-shirts and these shoes I got for free; I'm unconsoled, I'm lonely. I am so much better than I used to be. Terrified of telephones and shopping malls and knives, And drowning in the pools of other lives. Rely a bit to heavily on alcohol and irony. Get clobbered on by courtesy, in love with love, and lousy poetry. And I'm leaning on this broken fence between Past and Present tense. And I'm losing all those stupid games that I swore I'd never play. But it almost feels okay. Circumnavigate this body of wonder and uncertainty. Armed with every precious failure, and amateur cartography, I breathe in deep before I spread those maps out on my bedroom floor. And I'm leaning on this broken fence between Past and Present tense. And I'm losing all those stupid games that I swore I'd never play. But it feels okay. And I'm leaving. Wave goodbye. And I'm losing, but I'll try, with the last ways left, to remember. Sing my imperfect offering.
2.
There's a letter at my mother's house, came with a floded flag. It said Right now, I'm coming home in a body bag. It's a pride and a pain that are one and the same. It's a burning cigarette, it's a horrible dream. There's a man in an office who's going through files and a woman who watches TV. And she doesn't get the jokes told by late night talk show hosts, but for some reason she laughs anyway. There's this soap in my bathroom, and it's all covered in hairs. There's this hope in my brain, and it's all covered in prayers. There's a girl in this town who doesn't know I exist. There's a wounded sense of pride and a pain in my fist. There's 12 empty bottles on this table tonight. There's 4 lungs on fire and 4 burning eyes. And something will explode, and someone will cry. And someone will run out and never turn around. There's a park in this city where I used to go, but now it's covered with fences and cops and lightposts. And I'd never go back if anything was the same, but it kills me to know that it's changed. There's these kids who have dreams. There's these dreams that will grow. Until they get so goddamn big that they explode. And what's left in the smoke and the falling debris is grownups like them and losers like me. And what's left in the smoke and the falling debris is grownups like them and losers like me. it's grownups like them and losers like me it's grownups like them and losers like me Yeah. Tonight let's go walking down Clark Street and look at the new buildings that we've never seen. We'll stop at the bar and pass out on the floor Tomorrow we'll forget everything and we'll replay these days again.
3.
She spends her money on cigarettes and such Well, I love her and cigarettes so much. My mother says that I smoke too much, well I love her and cigarettes so much. And we took the long way so we could have another. Everybody got bruised last night. We took our chances and we all wound up on the floor. She spends her money on the things that she regrets. Well I love her and cigarettes so much.
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The cycle goes on and on an endless circle of scaring the shit out of me as we get strung along dragged 'til were nothing but cosmic debris If there's something wrong then there's something wrong with everything and what spurs us on will pull us apart just trying to find our place fight our way through a four dimensional space and our reward for this is not knowing why we exist if there's nothing wrong then there's nothing wrong with anything and what spurs us on will pull us apart If I can ask one thing when I am dead would you lay me down by the river bed? let me wash away let it take me back from where I came all I am and all I was is just blood and dirt and bones and mud and I'm better off that way I'm better off that way
5.
It's time the tale were told Of how you took a child and you made him old. It's time the tale were told Of how you took a child and you made her old. You made her old. It's a reel around the fountain Kiss on the patio, I'm ready now Oh I'm ready. Cause fifteen minutes with you, darling I couldn't say no People saw no worth in you, but I do But I do. Cause fifteen minutes with you, darling I couldn't say no People saw no worth in you, but I do But I do.
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Weep for yourself, my man, You'll never be what is in your heart Weep Little Lion Man, You're not as brave as you were at the start Rate yourself and rake yourself, Take all the courage you have left Wasted on fixing all the problems That you made in your own head But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? Didn't I, my... Tremble for yourself, my man, You know that you have seen this all before Tremble Little Lion Man, You'll never settle any of your scores Your grace is wasted in your face, Your boldness stands alone among the wreck Now learn from your mother or else spend your days Biting your own neck But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? Didn't I, my dear? But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time I fucked it up
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No matter how hard I try You keep pushing me aside And I can't break through There's no talking to you It's so sad that you're leaving It takes time to believe it But after all is said and done You're gonna be the lonely one, oh Do you believe in life after love? Do you believe in life after love? Do you believe in life after love? Do you believe in life after love? What am I supposed to do Sit around and wait for you Well, I can't do that And there's no turning back I need time to move on I need love to feel strong 'Cause I've got time to think it through And maybe I'm too good for you, oh Do you believe in life after love? Do you believe in life after love? Do you believe in life after love? Do you believe in life after love?
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Don't start me talking I could talk all night My mind goes sleepwalking While I'm putting the world to right Called careers information Have you got yourself an occupation Oliver's army is here to stay Oliver's army are on their way And I would rather be anywhere else But here today There was a checkpoint charlie He didn't crack a smile But it's no laughing party When you've been on the murder mile Only takes one itchy trigger One more widow, one less white nigger Oliver's army is here to stay Oliver's army are on their way And I would rather be anywhere else But here today Hong Kong is up for grabs London is full of arabas We could be in palestine Overrun by a chinese line With the boys from the mersey and the thames and the tyne But there's no danger It's a professional career Though it could be arranged With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear If you're out of luck you're out of work We could send you to johannesburg Oliver's army is here to stay Oliver's army are on their way And I would rather be anywhere else But here today And I would rather be anywhere else But here today And I would rather be anywhere else But here today
9.
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black- haired flamenco dancer She dances while his father plays guitar She's suddenly beautiful We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the morning Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones Believe in me Help me believe in anything I want to be someone who believes Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales Stare at the beautiful women "She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me." Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play Mr. Jones and me look into the future Stare at the beautiful women "She's looking at you. I don't think so. She's looking at me." Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that Believe in me because I don't believe in anything and I want to be someone to believe Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio Yeah we stare at the beautiful women "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me." I want to be Bob Dylan Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be Mr. Jones and me staring at the video when I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars...
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Once she came like a vision in the night, I fell in love before the morning arrived, She wore a blue dress to combat the heat, Drank beer from a bottle and danced in the street, Then I heard her singing something fairly familiar, A tale of two lovers in the thick of the summer, There in the moment we kissed in the hammock, We argued over which Bad Religion album was better, I thought ‘No Control’ or ‘Suffer’. Then she became queen of the neighbourhood parties, While I was an unknown boy along for the ride, Kept the guitar right by my side, It was better than conversing with the kids I didn’t like, But on the fourth of July when the fireworks rang out, She met a new boy who was more hip and less strung out, I drove home with fire in the sky, Fiddled with the dials and stumbled across something, That you were always humming. As time tables suggest, We were only just friends, In constant motions covering stilts, I’ll give you a dollar for another ride home, Or something to mix with your Coke. Well maybe if you want to wander around outside tonight, Meet me in Lake Ariel after midnight, Or really whenever, I only want to talk, I only want to relive what was lost. As time tables suggest, We were only just friends, In constant motions covering stilts, I’ll give you a dollar for another ride home, Or something to mix with... As time tables suggest, We were only just friends, In constant motions covering stilts, I’ll give you a dollar for another ride home, Or something to mix with your Coke.
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Cristina, I'm tired of being so far away Yeah, I'm still here, I'm not going What if I try and stop? I'm responsible for you Until the anchor breaks Four years ahead, what are you thinking? I feel so together, I need you now You have faith but I know that I won't last Aren't we so tired of waiting for days to end? How do we tread on when these Fuckers are making our plans? Dear everyone, I've been thinking I feel misrepresented Things are moving to slow, I want the control of this There's got to be some kind of way out of here It's a lie too only yourself When people have you figured, carvings that read, idle will kill Goddamn, it gets so hard not knowing what's going on All the while I carry your cross Who owns these desires? You haven't said a word but I understand
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I wanted to tell you, I wanted to share, Some important details that you're unaware I want you to listen, I want you to care, I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air It's not a secret that I obsess, And then I get angry, and then I get stressed And you can't imagine, you can't compare, You have no frame of reference and then you get scared I'm doing my best to help make you see, That it's not your fault, when I'll beg and I'll plead It's much easier just to go back to sleep, We gotta find a place to start because I'm falling apart I never feel happy, I never feel safe, I can't let myself ever stay in one place I look in the mirror and I see the face Of a failure who will never be significant The face that you see from morning to night Is the mask that I put on to hide whats inside I don't take it off until you fall asleep, I don't want you to see what live inside of me I thought I'd get older and it'd go away, But it only gets worse and causes more pain And being alone is getting so hard, I just got to tell you God damnit, I'm falling apart I'm down on my knees in the dark Feeling for whatever is left But the pieces are falling too far God damnit, I'm falling apart I'm down on my knees in the dark (I'm falling apart) Feeling for whatever is left (I'm falling apart) But the pieces are falling too far Don't leave yet, I haven't got to the part that explains at all Don't leave yet, I need some body there to catch me before I fall God damnit, I'm falling apart I wanted to tell you, I wanted to share, Some important details that you're unaware I want you to listen, I want you to care, I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air right now
13.
They're running their mouths about original sin again. Somehow we're similar simians, on a steady diet of carcinogens. We'll be the weathermen, warning of the black skies ahead. Broadcasting live from the City of the Dead. The forecast is for hail, locusts and falling anvils bring common sense and science to a standstill. Watch as witches burn, fanatics setting fire to the foundation, playing duck season/rabbit season with our children's education. The barbarians are at the gates, that's my diagnosis. If they make it past the barricades, before the drawbridge closes, there will be no cause to celebrate, there will be no throwing roses. The same racist god that sanctioned truncheons and hoses at Selma. The god of bloodied scalps and broken noses, of back alley abortions and voided civil unions. So remember the next time you're kneeling for communion: They want us locked down and mute. And they're still burning books so why not follow suit, and set fire to their treatises and stale superstitions. MY intelligent design: no submission...
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Well I'm on the Downeaster "Alexa" And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound, I have charted a course to the Vineyard But tonight I am Nantucket bound. We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday Left this morning from the bell in Gardiners Bay, Like all the locals here I had to sell my home Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone. So I could own my Downeaster "Alexa" And I go where the ocean is deep There are giants out there in the canyon And a good captain can't fall asleep. I got bills to pay and children who need clothes I know there's fish out there but God only knows, [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-downeaster-alexa-lyrics-billy-joel.html ] They say these waters aren't what they used to be But I got people back on land who count on me. So if you see my Downeaster "Alexa" And if you work with the rod and the reel, Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis And I still have my hands on the wheel. Now I drive my Downeaster "Alexa" More and more miles from shore every year Since they told me I can't sell no stripers And there's no luck in swordfishing here I was a bayman like my father was before Can't make a living as a bayman anymore, There ain't much future for a man who works the sea But there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
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saw the lights from the police car splash across the front yard dance across your t-shirt while we ran out the back door i don't think my heart ever beat so hard before i've never seen wild eyes like yours heard all the rumors about you how you dropped out of high school with your beat up black converse and your broken front tooth let 'em talk all they want i don't care anymore 'cause i've never seen wild eyes like yours wouldn't say i was your best friend i was just someone who would listen but it was you and me all summer long down in your parents' basement that was years ago we're not those kids anymore it's just that i've never seen wild eyes like yours
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Well you gassed her up Behind the wheel With your arm around your sweet one In your Oldsmobile Barrelin' down the boulevard You're looking for the heart of Saturday night And you got paid on Friday And your pockets are jinglin' And you see the lights You get all tinglin' cause you're cruisin' with a 6 And you're looking for the heart of Saturday night Then you comb your hair Shave your face Tryin' to wipe out ev'ry trace All the other days In the week you know that this'll be the Saturday You're reachin' your peak Stoppin' on the red You're goin' on the green 'Cause tonight'll be like nothin' You've ever seen And you're barrelin' down the boulevard Lookin' for the heart of Saturday night Tell me is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin? Telephone's ringin'; it's your second cousin Is it the barmaid that's smilin' from the corner of her eye? Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye. Makes it kind of quiver down in the core 'Cause you're dreamin' of them Saturdays that came before And now you're stumblin' You're stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night Well you gassed her up And you're behind the wheel With your arm around your sweet one In your Oldsmobile Barrellin' down the boulevard, You're lookin' for the heart of Saturday night Is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin? Telephone's ringin'; it's your second cousin And the barmaid is smilin' from the corner of her eye Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye. Makes it kind of special down in the core And you're dreamin' of them Saturdays that came before It's found you stumblin' Stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night And you're stumblin' Stumblin onto the heart of Saturday night
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So now you've gone and stole my heart. And all my friends are wondering, what happened to me? But I'm sure they'll understand when they seehow happy your love has made me. It was something about the way you looked at me, when you said youhad to go away, he I knew in my heart that everything was gonna be okay. I don't think of anyone but you when you're not around. It's four A.M., but I'm not sleeping. My mind keeps running back to you. I just left you, and I already miss you, do I keep you up too? I can't stop thinking about all those days we'd waste away. And I never felt so good as I did, when I left your house that day. But now there's so much that gets in our way. Well I just want you to know, that I still love you just the same. Do I keep you up too? Do I keep you up too?
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I hear mariachi static on my radio And the tubes, they glow in the dark And I'm there with you and it's a not-a And I'm here in echo park Carmelita, hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Well I pawned my Smith and Wesson And I went to meet my man He hangs out down on ElDorado Street At the county chicken stand Carmelita, hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Well I'm sitting here playing Russian Roulette With my pearle handled gun The county won't give me any more Methadone And they cut off your welfare check Carmelita, hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Carmelita, hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town
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Ever since I pulled over I've been looking for you in the strangest places With desperation painted on my face and I'm shaking As I check every car window in the parking lot Swallowing these ashes whole And know that soon I'll be en route to the hospital You'd think I've got it all 'til tires start to crawl I'm asleep at the wheel, this binge is monumental Getting high in a borrowed car Listening to the songs that got me this far Into my own head Just thinking of this, always thinking of this Put on a pair of sunglasses that turn February gray into everything yellow You'll always want to see as much of the sky As much of the sky as possible You'd think I've got it all 'til tires start to crawl I'm asleep at the wheel, this binge is monumental And I feel no pain at all when these tires screech down to a halt Asleep hitting the wall, this binge is monumental Greet the world with a poker face Through empty bottles in a haze They won't suspect a thing now will they? Itemize your life in a panicked state So you can sleep at night And dream about never turning old and gray Catching my breath now seems as useless as airplane conversations 'cause I enjoy toiling in all of my frustration You'd think I've got it all 'til tires start to crawl I'm asleep at the wheel, this binge is monumental And I feel no pain at all when these tires screech down to a halt Asleep hitting the wall, this binge is monumental Our skin is peeling from the searing steel surrounding us
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The boards, they bounce up and down in an abandoned house. Amps exploding, and our ears bleed red - but we yell out every note. In the kitchen you tell me ‘bout the evils of the world. Swallow hard on every truth that’s been fermenting in your throat. Know that’s it’s my luck I’m leaving, I met you once when I was dreaming. I’m waiting for a spark to reignite. Lie to me, I love believing. Take the mundane, look for meaning in everything, you’re everything tonight. On the lawn outside Gabe shoots bottle rockets through the night, lighting up the summer sky. Catch fire, I’m burning up with you. Something in the air makes me wonder why the hell I’d care about tomorrow when it’s all right here - the wine the hope and you. So I hit the road; wheeled the van off of the grass and drove. Miles slipped in between of you and me, it’s what I always do. And in the morning all that fills me is regret. I know I’ve traded winning hands for losing bets. The moment’s gone.
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The western wall is a jumbo screen At the gate there is an automatic teller machine Sir, empty your pockets please before you file through The king and queen foreclosed on their crowns While the joker laughed and made his rounds He was drunk, carrying on self satisfied The western walls are closing in Are you happy, sane, are you rich are you thin? Dreaming their dreams? Singing songs of another time? Is your gold so strangely acquired? Has your name become known and desired? Have you degenerated? Are you running out of time? Do you want nice things? Sure you do. Do you call nice things your own? Do you want them? Do you want to feel safe? Climb the wall, before the fall (No one is waiting for, nobody's waiting) (No one is waiting for you)
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Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk? I didn't mean to call you that; I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me Please tell me, Please tell me why? My car is in the front yard And I'm sleeping with my clothes on I came in through the window last night And you're gone gone It's no surprise to me I am my own worst enemy, 'Cause every now and then I kick the living sh*t out of me The smoke alarm is going off when there's a cigarette Still burning Please tell me why My car is in the front yard And I'm sleeping with my clothes on I came in through the window last night And you're gone gone Please tell me why My car is in the front yard And I'm sleeping with my clothes on I came in through the window last night It's no surprise to me I am my own worst enemy 'Cause every now and then I kick the living sh*t out of me Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk I didn't mean to call you that
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There's a girl stuck in the mirror And she stares into my eyes She says she kiss me tender I say I don't love her but I know it's a lie And lately she's been lonely I couldn't tell you why Ohh no She lives without emotion She makes me better Only for the night Only for the night Only for the night yeah yeah Only for the night yeah yeah Ohh, last night I dreamt about her And our bodies mocked our minds Her taste was so familiar I say I don't need her but I know it's a lie I swear that it's the last time that I lay down with her Ohh, she holds me when I'm shaking And it makes me better Only for the night Only for the night Only for the night yeah yeah Only for the night yeah yeah I swear, I swear, this is the last time I tie it I swear, I swear, this is the last time I tie it She used to dream of moving pictures Now she slips into the sky Lately I've been lonely I couldn't tell you why She live without emotion It makes me better Only for the night Only for the night Only for the night
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It's over before it starts, oh don't you know So on your marks, stand by; Ready, go From London to New York, Montreal to Tokyo I see visions of her everywhere I go What have I become? Now that I'm all alone I'm just looking for a way to break through these walls and I'm just looking for a place that I can call my home and Is anybody out there got a soul? 'Cuz I'm just looking for a girl, the girl with a heart of gold She overturns once again with her, oh with her champagne taste she goes Straight down the rathole with her total recklessness Tomorrow will come on through, and I got nothing but a bad intention (?) Nothing but a sillouette girl - Met her in darkness I say.. What have I become? Now that I'm all alone I'm just looking for a way to break through these walls and I'm just looking for a place that I can call my home and Is anybody out there got a soul? 'Cuz I'm just looking for a girl, the girl with a heart of gold I said I'm just looking for a girl, the girl with a heart of gold Yeah I'm in the corner I start over - I start the whole thing clean, yeah All the pain and heartache in all my years, I was always to blame And I dream of this girl - yeah an angelical ghost I met dancing through neighborhood I'm a down member in a front line - Don't let me be misunderstood Oh, I'm a downtown member in a front line - Don't let me be misunderstood I'm just looking for a way to break through these walls and I'm just looking for a place that I can call my home and Is anybody out there got a soul? 'Cuz I'm just looking for a girl, the girl with a heart of gold I said I'm just looking for a girl, the girl with a heart of gold
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i was outside smoking. with the fall winds just beginning. you were still inside, mixing drinks with the music. and the night was there for you as a backdrop. and the streets were still and dark cause they had the rain to help calm them down. then you came back out sipping your drink to the rhythm of a cold night in virginia.... i'm ready and i'm willing.
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Crack my head open on your kitchen floor To prove to you that I have brains Meanwhile tin men are led by little girls Down golden roads that lead to nowhere Fine time to fake a seizure Feel your mouth on mine, you're saving me Whatever happened to that silly dream you had? I want to make it real I'd love to rub your back Like a plane crash that never hits the ground I fall in love with you I'm nose over tail for you Your voice like the sound of sirens to a house on fire You're saving me
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The sea is foamin' like a bottle of beer The wave is comin', but I ain't got no fear I'm waxin' down so that I'll go real fast I'm waxin' down because it's really a blast I'm goin' surfin' 'cause I don't like your face I'm bailin' out, because I hate the race Of rats that run, round and round in a maze I'm goin' surfin', goin' surfin' You take your car to work I'll take my board And when you're out of fuel I'm still afloat My buddies and their honeys all come along They seem invincible as they trip along The sea is rollin' like a thousand-pound keg We're goin' surfin', goin' surfin' You take your car to work I'll take my board And when you're out of fuel I'm still afloat You take your car to work I'll take my board And when you're out of fuel I'm still afloat All along the undertow Is strengthening its hold I never thought it'd come to this Now I can never go home All along the undertow Is strengthening its hold I never thought it'd come to this Now I can never go home You take your car to work I'll take my board And when you're out of fuel I'm still afloat You take your car to work (All along the undertow) I'll take my board (Is strengthening its hold) And when you're out of fuel (I never thought it'd come to this) I'm still afloat (Now I can never go home) You take your car to work I'll take my board And when you're out of fuel I'm still afloat You take your car I'll take my board You take your car I'll take my board Let's go!
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Well, when you're sitting there In your silk upholstered chair Talking to some rich folks that you know Well I hope you won't see me In my ragged company You know I could never be alone Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the Queen of the Underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flower by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave Well, you're sitting back In your rose pink Cadillac Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day I'll be in my basement room With a needle and a spoon And another girl can take my pain away Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the Queen of the Underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flower by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the Queen of the Underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flower by the US mail Say it with dead flowers at my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave No I won't forget to put roses on your grave
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You can go out and destroy, What's already spent. You can blame on your hat, The faults in your head. The more you pass through my pores The worse it gets. At or in, What place did you think Your mind would fit? When did you realize That you couldn't follow this out Through to the end. Clearly this is your loss. Clearly it's not my loss. Clearly it's just bad luck. Clearly it doesn't mean a thing. Cause she's an indie rocker And nothing's gonna stop her. Her fashion fits. Cause she's an indie rocker And nothing's gonna stop her. Plumbline says she's a bitch. And that's a lot to reject If that's the best you can do. And that's a lot to accept If that's the best you can do. You've got a great collection of things Cause that's the best you can do. Clearly this is your loss. Clearly it's not my, my loss. Clearly it's just bad luck. Clearly it doesn't mean a thing, mean a thing, mean a thing. She's an indie rocker And nothing's gonna stop her. (mean a thing)
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In Ft. Worth all the neon's burnin' bright Pretty lights red and blue But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight And say a prayer or two If they only knew You used to say the highway was your home But we both know that ain't true It's just the only place a man can go When he don't know where he's travelin' to But Colorado's always clean and healin' And Tennessee in Spring is green and cool It never really was your kind of town But you went around with the Ft. Worth Blues Somewhere up beyond the great divide Where the sky is wide and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light Just hold on tight That's all you gotta do And they say Texas weather's always changin' And one thing change'll bring is somethin' new And Houston really ain't that bad a town So you hang around with the Ft. Worth Blues There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight Silver light over green and blue And every place I travel through, I find Some kinda sign that you've been through But Amsterdam was always good for grieving And London never fails to leave me blue Paris never was my kinda town So I walked around with the Ft. Worth Blues
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Attitude! You got some fuckin' attitude, I can't believe what you say to me, You got some attitude, Inside your foetal brain there's probably a whore, If you don't shut your mouth you're gonna feel the floor! Attitude, the one you got, oh baby, Attitude, the one you got, oh baby, Attitude, Attitude! [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/misfits/attitude_20094060.html ] Inside your foetal brain there's probably a whore, If you don't shut your mouth you're gonna feel the floor! Attitude! You got some fuckin' attitude, (Attitude) I can't believe what you say to me, You got some attitude! Attitude! You got some fuckin' attitude, (Attitude) I can't believe what you say to me, You got some attitude
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I laughed at what was said, I'd been misled, confusing my enemies Blind trust in what was put in front of me You laughed as well, in on the joke, all poker faced Fingers crossed behind your back Eyes not betraying how the deck was stacked And I'd like to be the one to wipe that smile off your face To let you taste the bitterness that passing times has not erased And when the house of cards you built has finally topppled in decline I hope the punishment and pain will last a lifetime You coast along, you're so damn smart you think But not quite invisible, you're in my eye and unforgivable Cuz I'm one step quicker than the last motherfucker That you thought you got over on but they couldn't wait as long To see it through You'll let your comfort get the best of you You'll never see it coming, out of the blue Like it was nothing, but you will know your situation Because the end was your creation
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All my daydreams are disasters She's the one I think I love Rivers burn and then run backwards For her, that's enough They all come from New York City And they woke me up at dawn She walked with me to the fountain And she held onto my arm Come on, do what you did Roll me under New Madrid Shake my baby and please bring her back 'Cause death won't even be still Caroms over the landfill Buries us all in its broken back There's a man of conviction And although he's getting old Mr. Browning has a prediction And we've all been told So come on back from New York City Roll your trucks in at dawn Walk with me to the fountain And hold onto my arm Come on, do what you did Roll me under New Madrid Shake my baby and please bring her back 'Cause death won't even be still Caroms over the landfill Buries us all in its broken back
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sorry i'm late. i was out spoiling my liver. i couldn't wait... the sun was up for far too long today. and i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfully pretty. and i couldn't wait... been awake for far too long today. and is it strong enough to burn away the cooking wine? and i'm just tired enough, if i closed my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days... sorry i'm late. i was out spoiling my liver. i couldn't wait... the sun was up for far too long today. and i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfully pretty... you're fucking beautiful. and is it strong enough to burn away the cooking wine? and i'm just tired enough, if i close my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days...
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Gigin alone at the bottom of the hill Our protagonist named Bill Sets his sights on an anchor steam pint All he, needs is thirteen quarters Congregated in his hat A crow, a scavenger type California redemption, provides him with his rent Room and board inside of, a fifth, of comfort As the wind penetrates his bones His mind keep focused Tidal waves of sound catapulted From his horn, wail like lovers The coins don't drop consistent as does the mercury His meter slows realizing a zenith He's reached perfection No one did see him die
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Your love, liftin' me higher Than I've ever been lifted before So keep it up, quench my desire And I'll be at your side forevermore You know your love (your love keeps liftin' me) Keeps on liftin' (your love keeps liftin' me) Higher (liftin' me, liftin' me), higher, and higher (higher) I said your love (your love keeps liftin' me) Keeps on (liftin' me, liftin' me) Liftin' me (liftin' me) higher and higher (higher) Now once I was downhearted Disappointment was my closest friend But then you came and he soon departed And you know he never showed his face again That's why your love (your love keeps liftin' me) Keeps on liftin' (your love keeps liftin' me) Higher (liftin' me, liftin' me), higher, and higher (higher) I said your love (your love keeps liftin' me) Keeps on (liftin' me, liftin' me) Liftin' me (liftin' me) higher and higher (higher) Awww I'm so glad I finally found you Yes, that one in a million girls And I wish my lovin' arms around ya Honey, I can stand up and face the world Let me tell ya your love (your love keeps liftin' me) Keeps on liftin' (your love keeps liftin' me) Higher (liftin' me, liftin' me), higher, and higher (higher) I said your love (your love keeps liftin' me) Keeps on (liftin' me, liftin' me) Liftin' me (liftin' me) higher and higher (higher)
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I'm the hard looser You'll find me crashing through my mother's door I am the ugly lover You'll find us rolling on the dirty floor Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones I'm a belly dancer I'll shake forever and I'll never care I'm a building jumper Roof to roof you see me flying in the air Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones Somebody got hurt Somebody get hurt Somebody got her
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Butter on a summer day When she's around I was on the tracks When the gate came down Suddenly I recognized Those bloodshot rearview mirror eyes as mine I heard that whistle call my name I almost drove away But Megan I had a feeling that you would be on that train So I just waited there for you Caught a ride to another town Where the air was clean And the sun never goes down Everyone was standing in a line Between the landing and the stairs I heard somebody call my name I almost climbed the stairs But Megan I had a feeling that someday you'd meet me there So I just waited there for you Butter on a summer day When I hear that name It's a dream that never came true Sat down on the tracks And waited for a train to take me back to you Somebody came and took my hand I finally had to go But Megan I just want you to know That I waited as long as I could Butter on a summer day when she's around
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this is not a test or business as usual though it isn't casual, its really up to you to go cause even at its best it's better when its mutual most things are like that you know and this is no exception, no I rely on it it's no lie, I rely on it and I'm not laying bets, cause there's nothing in my pocket and I think I'm in over my head, maybe that's just a part of it cause even if you get a hundred steps ahead there's no promise you can keep control this is no exception, no this is not a test
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Well she was an American girl Raised on promises She couldn't help thinkin' That there was a little more to life somewhere else After all it was a great big world With lots of places to run to And if she had to die tryin' She had one little promise she was gonna keep Oh yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night She was an American girl Well it was kinda cold that night She stood alone on her balcony Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach And for one desperate moment There he crept back in her memory God it's so painful when something that's so close Is still so far out of reach Oh yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night
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I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph Behind your back it goes A little something like this is way to big to miss I got a letter in the mail The sender failed to let me know where it came from Opened it up and sure enough there we were arm in arm (up in arms) again I know it's small but my last call's been called half an hour ago I know it's late but do you think you could at least fix it for me Then I'll go I'll go alone I swear I won't tell a soul I'll drink this beer and write in fear of a song everybody hates Armageddon, let the light in Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in Armageddon, we're not begging For too much I don't think Just need a goodbye kiss (one last salute) Before we sink We sink
46.
In your new leather jacket, you're somebody else. It's not nice to meet you in a fortress of self. Thanks to your new leather jacket, we're nobodies now. Pack of cigarettes, I empty out. I miss the way we talked before you went away to school. Now all you seem to say is "Baby, how could it be you?" I hate the way you're leaning and you're looking at your phone. I hate the way I feel like dying when I'm alone.
47.
I can tell you how it’ll go down but only you can tell me how it will end All systems can stop right here and all we are is pretend So many things can be a mystery but what we are seeking is freedom We realize Mr. Reality I’m gonna be there to greet him It’s alright It’s quite alright with me When ignorance manifests like that it’s hard to stop Under developed don’t lose your balance and then take a divine drop If you find my name in regards to danger I urge you all to take heed Causations, the end of the world will set me free So that’s alright It’s quite alright with me Yeah, with me!
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Don't tell me how to live/You're no friend of mine
49.
Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So don't stop me now don't stop me 'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva I'm gonna go go go There's no stopping me I'm burning through the sky yeah! Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit I'm trav'ling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic man out of you Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball Don't stop me now If you wanna have a good time Just give me a call Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time) Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time) I don't want to stop at all... yeah! I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars On a collision course I am a satellite I'm out of control I am a sex machine ready to reload Like an atom bomb about to Oh oh oh oh oh explode I'm burning through the sky Yeah! Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit I'm trav'ling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic woman of you Don't stop me Don't stop me Don't stop me Hey hey hey! Don't stop me Don't stop me Ooh ooh ooh (I like it) Don't stop me Don't stop me Have a good time, good time Don't stop me Don't stop me Ooh ooh alright Ooh I'm burning through the sky yeah! Two hundred degrees That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit I'm trav'ling at the speed of light I wanna make a supersonic man out of you Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball Don't stop me now If you wanna have a good time Just give me a call Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time) Don't stop me now (yes I'm having a good time) I don't wanna stop at all La la la la laaaa La la la la La la laa laa laa laaa La la laa la la la la la laaa hey!!....
50.
So I’m out in town, trawling around right past the store where you work. The sunlight burns my eyes as last night Ben and I drank till the hour hurt. We stretch the minutes out, like skin over bone. Its 1PM I don’t go in, I tease myself but never do. I don’t need the shoes you sell and though we’ve still never met, I never want us to. Because I don’t feel much of anything, I just feign things these days. Having something I’ll never chase just fills the empty space. Could this black hole and its subtle nuances, Trick me into thinking that this is more than it is? You text my phone, you said “I saw someone who looked a lot like you” And as I saw my face in the elevator glass, for a second I thought I did too. I can’t recall when it hit me, but it must have been months ago. I’m coffee wired but still feeling tired, Who knows if I’ll make the show tonight. I’m lead while you walk on air. I’m as blank as the white ties and tails on Fred Astaire. The grey and the silver reflect the ‘West Quay’ light. In the twilight of my youth I try to forget my life. This train derailed, right from its tracks.
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what became of everyone i used to know? where did our respectable convictions go? your words don't match the story that your actions show, but what do i know? i'm sure you can't help but remembering I thought that you'd be one not to forget, but remembering's not helping you yet. say goodnight means goodbye. i know you think my life would stop with you away maybe I can see you on the holidays, but you're worlds away I've never forgotten all our yesterdays but i'm lucky if we're speaking on the holidays the evidence presents itself accusingly, your absence speaking everything you think of me now that I am faced with opportunity you're not remembering I'm not asking you anyway Even if you ever could cave in I wouldn't know where to begin
52.
Hey little girl is your daddy home Did he go and leave you all alone I got a bad desire Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire Tell me now baby is he good to you Can he do to you the things I don't do I can take you higher Oh-oh-oh, I'm On Fire I'm on fire Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my soul At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the Middle of my head Only you can cool my desire Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire
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You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Anyplace is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs And finally see what it means to be living You see my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way So remember we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruising to entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs I remember we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving I remember we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car But is it fast enough so you can fly away You gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way
54.
I rode down to the tracks. Thinking they might sing to me. But they just stared back. Broken, trainless and black as night. Climbed out onto my roof. So I'd be a poet in the night. Beat the walls off my room. I saw the big room that is this life. This is my condition: Naked and hysterical, Reaching to grab a hand that I just slapped back at. This is my condition: Desperate, alone, Without an excuse. I try to explain. Christ, what's the use? Read and I felt so small. Some words keep speaking When you close the book. Drank and just about smiled. Then I remembered us in that bed. Put my ear to the door. I just heard hot rods and gunshots and sirens. People kill me these days. There's keys in their eyes But they lock from the inside.
55.
I was flicking through the channels on the TV On a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rain Trying to piece together conversations Trying to find out where to lay the blame But when it comes right down to it there's no use trying to pretend For when it gets right down to it there's no one here that's left to blame Blame it on me, you can blame it on me We're just sugar mice in the rain I heard Sinatra calling me through the floorboards Where you pay a quarter for a partnership in rhyme To the jukebox crying in the corner While the waitress is counting out the time For when it comes right down to it there's no use trying to pretend For when it gets right down to it there's no one really left to blame Blame it on me, you can blame it on me We're just sugar mice in the rain 'Cos I know what I feel, know what I want I know what I am Daddy took a raincheck ' Cos I know what I want, know what I feel I know what I need Daddy took a raincheck, your daddy took a raincheck Ain't no one in here that's left to blame but me Blame it on me, blame it on me Well the toughest thing that I ever did was talk to the kids on the phone When I heard them asking questions I knew that you were all alone Can't you understand that the government left me out of work I just couldn't stand the looks on their faces saying, "What a jerk" So if you want my address it's number one at the end of the bar Where I sit with the broken angels clutching at straws and nursing our scars Blame it on me, blame it on me, Sugar mice in the rain, your daddy took a raincheck
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Waiting for some thin' to break. Left my heart out to bake. Nothing there in my glass. Wasn't air meant to last. Hope in my past. Hope in my past. Hope in my past. Hope in my past. All the way down to the lake, (Found the lake was wet). How much more could I take, (Better yet). Walked back home to my place, (Tired of getting high). Guess I don't want to die. Hope in my past. Hope in my past. Hope in my past. Hope in my past. Waiting for some thin' to break. Left my heart out to bake. Slipped my mind that I could use my brain. I'll stay up all night and crash on the plane. Ship without a rudder's like a ship without a rudder's like a Ship without a rudder. Ship without a rudder's like a ship without a rudder's like a Ship without a rudder's like a ship without a rudder's like a ship without a Rudder's like a ship without a rudder's like a ship without a rudder.
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I left it to chance; I never should’ve let this get so far out of hand. But I’ll do anything to not be alone ’cause when I’m alone you know I’ll… I can easily fall back into old habits that I thought I’d left behind And they rip me apart and I realize… Don’t be alarmed, I have to lie Take everything and keep it inside. I know I’m sick and I’m not right. I’m so fucking tired of living this life, I made for myself, I’m sorry that I cannot get past what keeps me away from the light. I hope this explains my problem to you, because I feel like this every night. Don’t wanna be like this, anxious and angry or hopeless and upset- all the time. Unable to get back the feeling I lost somewhere along the line. I wear it all on my sleeve and everyone sees no matter how hard I try. I’ve never felt worse in my whole life. Don’t be alarmed, I have to lie Take everything and keep it in stride. I know I’m sick and I’m not right. I’m so fucking tired of living this life, I made for myself, I’m sorry that I cannot get past what keeps me away from the light. I hope this explains my problem to you, because I feel like this every night. Feel like this every night. (Night after night)
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That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, an aeroplane, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength The ladder starts to clatter with a fear of height, down, height Wire in a fire, represent the seven games And a government for hire and a combat site Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low plane, fine, then Uh-oh, overflow, population, common group But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Six o'clock, TV hour, don't get caught in foreign tower Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down Watch your heel crush, crush, uh-oh This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) I feel fine (I feel fine) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) The other night I dreamt a nice continental drift divide Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right? Right It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) (It's time I had some time alone)
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The world is turnin', I hope it don't turn away, The world is turnin', I hope it don't turn away. All my pictures are fallin' from the wall where I placed them yesterday. The world is turnin', I hope it don't turn away. I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day, I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day. Though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away. I need a crowd of people, but I can't face them day to day. I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone, I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone. Now I'm livin' out here on the beach, but those seagulls are still out of reach. I went to the radio interview, but I ended up alone at the microphone. Get out of town, think I'll get out of town, Get out of town, think I'll get out of town. I head for the sticks with my bus and friends, I follow the road, though I don't know where it ends. Get out of town, get out of town, think I'll get out of town. 'Cause the world is turnin', I don't want to see it turn away.

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Spawned from a cheeky Facebook post, PV Undercover was born from friends being friends and cover songs being fun.

The first batch of songs were so good we decided to offer one song per week, every Sunday, for as long as the songs kept coming in.

Here are all 60 songs ever released on PV Undercover.

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released February 20, 2012

Art work by Olly Taylor - ollyt.tumblr.com

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