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The '59 Sound

by The Gaslight Anthem

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1.
Mary, this station is playing every sad song. I remember like we were alive. And I heard and sung them all from inside of these walls, In this prison cell where we spent those nights. And they burnt up the diner where I always used to find her. Licking young boys blood from her claws. And I learned about the blues from this kitten that I knew. Her hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb. My heart's like a wound. I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife. Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you. I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life. Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you? Mary, I worried and stalled every night of my life. Better safe than making the party. And I never had a good time, I sat my bedside, With papers and poetry about Estella. Great Expectations, we had the Greatest Expectations. I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife. Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you. I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life. Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you? It's funny how the night moves. Humming a song from 1962. We were always waiting... Always waiting... We were always waiting for something to happen. I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife. Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you. I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life. Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?
2.
well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go. I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow. when we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms, I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life. 'cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life. Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio? Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls? Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? Did you hear your favorite song one last time? And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass? See, I was playing a show down the road when your spirit left your body. And they told me on the front lawn. I'm sorry I couldn't go, but I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons. And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang. Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio? Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls? Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? Did you hear your favorite song one last time? young boys, young girls, ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night. Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on Grandmama's radio? Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls? Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? Did you hear your favorite song one last time?
3.
If I could write, I'd tell you how much I miss these nights. Where we dig around the bones, try to find peace and patches for the holes. I lit a cigarette on a parking meter. Corner boys told her how I was dying to meet her. Like a prayer I said, on a dead man's knee. You drove up like a parade. You and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos. Your old '55 that you drove through the roof. Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars. Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms. And I miss her sometimes. Shaking like a leaf on the corner of life. But I heard it's alright. The radio spoke to a good friend of mine. And I could feel it coming up as the nights getting warm. Saw your summer dress hanging on the back of the lawn. Like a dream I remember from an easier time. With the top rolled down on a Saturday night. You and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos. Your old '55 that you drove through the roof. Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars. Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms. Right in my arms. And I always dreamed of Classic cars and movie screens. Trying to find someway to be redeemed. Baby darling, we will be, in the cold cold ground. You and your high top sneakers and your sailor tattoos. Your old '55 that you drove through the roof. Of the sky, up above these indifferent stars. Where you just kept coming apart, straight in my arms. You fell straight in my arms.
4.
So the ambulances came They took your pulse and packed up your things And the papers read Some boys forget what the heartache brings And the pounding in the street Was your heart in four/four time And the taste of defeat Was never too far from your mind And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis And in my head there's all these classic cars And outlaw cowboy bands I always kinda sorta wished I was someone else So gravity came And stole the temple that the schoolboys praised And the crowd shuffled in You're getting drinks for the same boys Who once bought you everything And the powder on the bar Was just this one time The powder on the bar Was just this one night Only to get by And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis And in my head there's all these classic cars And outlaw cowboy bands I always kinda sorta wished I was someone else There were Southern accents On the radio As I drove home And at night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet It's a pretty good song Maybe you know the rest Maybe you know the rest And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis And in my head there's all these classic cars And outlaw cowboy bands I always kinda sorta wished I was someone else When our boots they hit the ground They made a high and lonesome sound When our boots they hit the ground They made a high and lonesome sound When our boots they hit the ground They made a high and lonesome sound When our boots they hit the ground Down from the clouds They made a high and lonesome sound
5.
Film Noir 03:29
I'm all washed out by the side of the road. Broken bones Matilda left a note and a rose. Saying "Baby, honey child, I love you so long but you deserve much better than me" So I'm just burning all around, all the miles on the road. And I'm never going back, and I'm never going home. I've been gone too long. I've been less right than wrong. I've lost so much blood in the falling out. And I lit a fire that wouldn't go out. Until it consumed the walls and roof of this house. Until all I remember was burning away. And all I remember, you burnt it away. See for 10 long years I've been hustling around. Tryin' to wash the sins and sweat from my brow. Just trying to find a better life for me and my own. Just some rest for these tired working fingers. But nobody never gonna tell you the way. You gotta figure it out boys & suffer the rain. And the fools in the night, and the heat in the day. When all you ever really wanted was someone to understand. And I lit a fire that wouldn't go out. Until it consumed the walls and roof of this house. Until all I remember was burning away. And all I remember, you burnt it away. Well don't you take it so hard and baby don't you cry. Cross your hard heart and hope to die. Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied all the time. Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied every night. And your sugar and spice, and everything nice. You got Monroe hips, your poison lips and eyes. And your sugar and spice, and everything nice. You got open wounds in a young boy's pride. [2x] And I lit a fire that wouldn't go out. Until it consumed the walls and roof of this house. Until all I remember was burning away. And all I had left, you burnt it away. Well don't you take it so hard and baby don't you cry. Cross your hard heart and hope to die. Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied all the time. Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied every night.
6.
Like Miles Davis, I been swayed by the cool There's just something about the summertime There's just something about the moon So I lay a kiss upon this stone Toss it upside your window by the roof Before you change your mind, Miles bring in the Cool. Now honey, put on your red dress, and your diamond soled shoes Climb on down from that window, climb on out of your room Cause I never had a good thing, and I always had the blues And I heard that you always kinda wondered, Miles strike up the Cool. Don't wait too long to come home. My how the years and our youth pass on. Don't wait too long to come home, I will leave the front light on. If the night is all wrong, don't wait too long. Like Poor Mr. Pitiful, I can't turn you loose You move like a dream I had, woke up sweating in my room But your Mama's got plans, and your Daddy's aim is true But she never understood that it ain't no good and Papa never heard the Cool. So now I got up my nerve, and found me a stone With a flick of the wrist and a turn of the key you just fall in my arms And don't wait too long to come home. My how the years and our youth pass on. Don't wait too long to come home, I will leave the front light on. If the night is all wrong, you don't wait too long. So why don't you sing to me on this long drive home Let the sound of your voice sway sweet and slow As we go down, down, down from our youth to the ground Down, down, down from our youth to the ground We might always be blue... Jackson! So don't wait too long to come home. My how the years and our youth pass on. Don't wait too long to come home, I will leave the front light on. Oh don't wait too long to come home. My how the years and our youth pass on. Don't wait too long to come home, I will leave the front light on. As we go down, down, down from our youth to the ground. Down, down, down from our youth to the ground. Down, down, down from our youth to the ground. Down, down, down, down, down…
7.
Not tonight, not tonight Honey I, am on fire I can't feel a single thing but the weight of the wires Cracking electric line Remember baby we were a stone And we would sleep where we've fallin' We would fight about it (fight about it!) We would fight about it (fight about it!) We laughed about it (laughed about it!) And we ride on, ride on Ferris wheel lights on! I've never felt so strange Standing in the Jersey rain Thinking about what an old man said Maybe I should call me an ambulance I've never felt so strange Standing in the pounding rain Thinking about what my mother once said Maybe I should call me an ambulance N-n-not tonight, not tonight Honey I, am on fire If we don't go through, they gonna bury us alive It is great, all of this Or just what, might have been Where we could take a seat at the bar with the other broken heroes Where they talk about it (talk about it!) Just talk about it (talk about it!) Do nothing 'bout it (nothing 'bout it!) Ride on, ride on Ferris wheel lights on! I've never felt so strange Standing in the Jersey rain Thinking about what an old man said Maybe I should call me an ambulance I've never felt so strange Standing in the pounding rain Thinking about what my mother once said Maybe I should call me an ambulance I've never felt so strange Standing in the Jersey rain Thinking about what Wiggs and Matty said Maybe I should call me an ambulance Maybe I should call me an ambulance I've never felt so strange Standing in the Jersey rain Thinking about what an old man said Maybe I should call me an ambulance I've never felt so strange Standing in the pounding rain Thinking about what my momma always said Maybe I should call me an ambulance Carnival lights! 4th of July! Boardwalk talk! In the dead of the night! Always made you smile! Always made you smile! Always made you smile!
8.
Do you hear that whistle wail? I think the end is coming in Well I’m a whole lot worse for wear But I’m determined to slip this skin And I know your dying for a good time I'm dying to breathe again Oh my my, Virginia We could run all night And dance upon the architecture So come and take my hand I'll do the very best I can for ya I still wanna be your man I’m still these nervous feet and heart of stone Forget this dead mans town, I’ll take you home And you hear me late at night Always picking at the pieces Sometimes nothing comes out right And nothing is relieving And every soul mans song Is a night I’d like to spend with you Just twisting the night away But it’s past quarter to three And it’s past the midnight hour Mustang Sally’s left the building And we’re so much worse without her If I could put down this ol’ hammer I’d take you somewhere new Oh my my, Virginia We could run all night And dance upon the architecture So come and take my hand I'll do the very best I can for ya I still wanna be your man I’m still these nervous feet and heart of stone Forget this dead mans town, I’ll take you home Oh my my, Virginia We could run all night And dance upon the architecture Come and take my hand I'll do the very best I can And we could run all night And dance upon the architecture Come and take my hand I'll do the very best I can for ya I still wanna be your man I’m still these nervous feet and heart of stone Forget this dead mans town, I’ll take you home
9.
I haven't seen Sandy, angry Johnny, or Mary I heard they got married Mighta had a couple babies And traded their memories For Farview and Acres And never play no pinball or get out past the breakers But not me, pretty baby I still love Tom Petty songs And driving old men crazy and not while Little Eden is waiting So you sing me slow songs And I'll drive you crazy Tonight Yeah But all I want is you to be alright and satisfied Brothers and sisters know anytime or late at night If you call I will answer, I'm open ears though tired eyes But the world closed it's arms on us now Can I get a witness pretty baby I still love Tom Petty songs And driving old men crazy and not while Little Eden is waiting So you sing me a slow song And I'll drive you crazy Tonight Alright, alright Alright, alright All night, all night! There's a party tonight, say it's alright Tell your poppa you'll be home when the good feeling dies But not me, pretty baby I still love Tom Petty songs And driving old men crazy and not while Little Eden is waiting So you sing me a slow song darlin' I'll drive you crazy Tonight Alright, alright Alright, alright Tonight! Honey! All night, tonight And I'll drive you crazy Tonight
10.
See I've been here for 28 years. Pounding sweat beneath these wheels. We tattooed lines beneath our skin. No surrender, my Bobby Jean. [2x] We've been burned by all our fears. Just from growing up around here. Our father's factories marked our cars. While Eden burned against the stars. And Sally said, Sally said. I can't take no more regret. It cut us deep, into our souls. Came and climbed into our bed. And Sally said, Sally said. Meet me by the River's edge. We're going to wash these sins away. Or else we won't come back again. You know I had these ballroom dreams. That, as a child, came to me. I was a boy in Grandma's arms. A mother's pride and a wounded heart. And I was full with fiery wonder. You wore Audrey Hepburn pearls. You were the only one who understood me then and the only one who will. And Sally said, Sally said. I can't take no more regret. It cut us deep, into our souls. Came and climbed into our bed. And Sally said, Sally said. Meet me by the River's edge. We're going to wash these sins away. Or else we won't come back again. And now I drive the 101 on the California night. And I'm amazed at all the stars beneath that old Hollywood sign. As the waltz the ballet on the boulevard to a place we never kept. And I'm not sure if we belong here, if I ever really left, or If I can go home. And Sally said, Sally said. I can't take no more regret. It cut us deep, into our souls. Came and climbed into our bed. And Sally said, Sally said. Meet me by the River's edge. We're going to wash these sins away. Or else we won't come back again. No retreat. No regrets. Meet me by the river's edge.
11.
You can tell Gail, if she calls, that I'm famous now for all of these rock and roll songs. And even if that's a lie, she should've given me a try. When were kids on the field of the first day of school. I would've been her fool. And I would've sang out your name in those old high school halls. You tell that to Gail, if she calls. And you can tell Jane, if she writes, that I'm drunk off all these stars and all these crazy Hollywood nights. And that's total deceit, but she should've married me. And tell her I spent every night of my youth on the floor, bleeding out from all these wounds. I would've gotten her a ride out of that town she despised. You tell that to Janie, if she writes. But boys will be boys and girls have those eyes that can cut you to ribbons sometimes. And all you can do is just wait by the moon and bleed if it's what she says you ought a do. You remind Anna, if she asks why, that a thief stole my heart while she was making up her mind. I heard she lives in Brooklyn with the cool, goes crazy over that New York scene on 7th Avenue. But I used to wait at the diner, a million nights without her, praying she won't cancel again tonight. And the waiter served my coffee with a consolation sigh. You remind Anna, if she asks why. Tell her it's alright. And though it's hard to tell you this. Oh it's hard to tell you this. Here's looking at you, Kid.
12.
The Backseat 04:14
In the backseats of burned out cars. In the disenchantment lane. The ideal angels twist and turn and ask forgiveness for future mistakes. But you and I we've been through this. Maybe 100 times before. Always hitching rides with strangers. Papa warned us about before But you know the summer always brought it. That wild and reckless breeze. And in the backseats we just tried to find some room for our knees. And in the backseats we just tried to find some room to breathe. And in the backseats we just tried to find some room to breathe. And in the wild desert sun, we drove straight on through the night. We rode the fever out of Boston. Dreamed of California lights. Come July, we'll ride the Ferris Wheel. Go round and round and round. And If you never let me go, well I will never let you down. And you know the summer always brought it. All those wild and reckless breezes. And in the backseats we just tried to find some room for our knees. And in the backseats we just tried to find some room to breathe. And now the backseats we just try to find some room to breathe. And these cowboys all go crazy in the heat. Chasing the lights in all the girls along the Santa Anna streets that they're just dying to meet. It meant nothing to me. You know the summer always brought it. That wild and reckless breeze. And in the backseats we just tried to find some room for our knees.

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