Stand Up
Album - 10 maggio 2005 - Debaser id 211472

I would dig a hole all the way to China
Unless of course I was there
then I’d dig my way home
If by diggin’ I could steal
the wind from the sails
of the greedy men who ruled the world

Still you’re my best friend
And after a good, good drunk
You and me wake up and make love after a deep sleep
Where I was Dreamin’, I was Dreamin’
Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl

I was feelin’ like a creep
As I watched you asleep
Face down in the grass,
in the park, in the middle
of a hot afternoon
Your top was untied
And I thought how nice
It’d be to follow the sweat down your spine

You’re like my best friend
Aww after a good, good drunk
You and me wake up and make love after a deep sleep
Where I was Dreamin’, I was Dreamin’
Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl

Caught by a wave
my back to the ocean
it knocks me off my feet and
just as I find my footing
here you come again
Dreamgirl, aww Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl

(Scat….trails off)

*Deep in, Deep in
Deep in, Deep in
Deep in

if these walls came crumbling down
and fell so hard to make us lose our faith
from what’s left you’d figure it out
and still make lemonade taste like a sunny day

stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby

nobody’s laughing now
God's grace lost and the devil is proud
but I’ve been walking for a thousand miles
one last time I could see you smile

I, I, hold, hold on to you
you bring me hope I’ll see you soon,
and if I don’t see you
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way

stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby
American baby

(that's the way) I hold on to you,
you lift me up and always will
I see you in light
hope I don’t get left behind

I, I, hold, hold on to you,
you bring me hope I’ll see you soon
and if I don’t see you
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way

stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
I hope you stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby
American baby

Stay American, baby
beautiful

nobody’s laughing now
'cause you could always make me laugh out loud

stay American, baby
American baby
stay American, baby
American baby

On the window ledge I don't feel safe,
Stay looking down you

It's out of my hands for now
It's out of my hands for now
I can't just walk away
It'd be nice to walk away
But I don't feel safe
Get away, all the way up here

*whispered* I said
It's out of my hands for now
It's out of my hands for now
Oh it is down from here
Down from here

*whispered* I said
Start to feel insane, betrayed
Out on my window ledge

And now our finest hour arrives,
See the pig dressed in his finest fine
And all the believers stand behind him and smile
And the day lights up with fire
Let me in
Let me in
I stopped feeling crazed, betrayed
Out on my window ledge

And now our finest hour arrives,
See the pig dressed in his finest fine
And all the believers stand behind him and smile
Watch the day lights up in fire
Lookin' down from here

It's out of my hands for now
On my window ledge
It's out of my hands for now
So let me in
Let me in

no, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
see two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road
the coins in their eyes represent the money they owed
no judge or jury ever gonna hear their story told

down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou (Louisiana Bayou)
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou

Sweet girl daddy done beat that girl like he's insane
Brother can't watch him beat that girl down again
'til late one night cooking up with a couple of friends
Swears his daddy never gonna see another day

down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou (Louisiana Bayou)
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou

no, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road
shame, shame
oh, it's a shame to lose your way running wild
it's a shame to lose the light that shines (shame, shame)
it's a shame to lose your way as a child
it's a shame to lose your ...

money on the bed, but you ain't got to go
sold your soul just tryin to get overload
no empty pocket gonna keep you from gettin yours
no judge or jury ever gonna hear their story told

down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou (Louisiana Bayou)
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou

No, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
them, them two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road

down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine

oh, it's a shame to lose your way running wild
it's a shame to lose the light that shines on you
it's a shame to lose your way as a child
it's a shame to lose your ...

down by the bayou
Louisiana Bayou

(Dave talking in Bayou)