Toadies Album

Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?
Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?
Ya gonna make me happy?
Ya gonna make me smile?
Can you save me?
Tell me, Mister Love...
Are you gonna save me?
Ya gonna make me happy?
Can you save me?
Tell me, mister...MISTER!

We gonna show you a thing or two about love
Be...patient!
Be...patient!
Love, love, love, love, love
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

yeeaaaAAAAHHH!

Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?
Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?

Are you gonna save me?
Ya gonna make me happy?
Can you save me?
Tell me, Mister Love!

Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?
Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?
Ya gonna make me happy?
Ya gonna make me smile?
Can you save me?
Are you gonna save me?
Ya gonna make me happy?
Can you save me?
Tell me, mister...MISTER!
We gonna show you a thing or two about love
Be...patient!
Be...patient!
Love, love, love, love, love
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
yeeaaaAAAAHHH!
Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?
Are you gonna save me?
Can you save me?

Are you gonna save me?
Ya gonna make me happy?
Can you save me?
Tell me, Mister Love!

Bended knee
Nine years old
Waitin' for...
Just one word!

I was thinkin' of all the things
My daddy told me of
Sin and salvation and
Manhood and dignity...

All that time
In the dark
Just one word...
Backslider!

I remember the day I stepped
Into the water
My daddy held me in his hands
And pushed my head under
And said...

So proud.
Just one word...
Backslider!

Well I opened my eyes
And my daddy held me in his hands
I looked up through the water
And thought I saw Jesus, and then...

Well I threw up my hands!
And I heard, Amen!
And I prayed, sweet Jesus
Don't let me become a backslider!

Make up your mind
Decide to walk with me
Around the lake tonight
Around the lake tonight
By my side
By my side
I'm not gonna lie
I'll not be a gentleman
Behind the boathouse
I'll show you my dark secret

I'm not gonna lie
I want you for mine
My blushing bride
My lover, be my lover, yeah...

Don't be afraid
I didn't mean to scare you
So help me, Jesus

I can promise you
With dark hair
And soft skin...forever
Forever

Make up your mind
Make up your mind
And I'll promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus

(hey, hey, hey)

Give it up to me
Give it up to me
Do you wanna be
My angel?
So help me!

Be my angel
Be my angel
Do you wanna die?
I promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus

Jesus
Jesus
Jesus...

Didn't I give you everything?
Didn't I take you where you want to be?
Didn't I make you feel just like a queen?
And all that time I thought that I was gettin' somethin' right

Look me in the eye and tell me somethin'
Am I supposed to walk away with nothin'?
Do I convince myself we never happened?
Well I guess I won't be denied
I'm gettin' somethin' right

Lover!
Are you happy now?
Quitter...QUITTER!

In the coming days the dust will cover
All the evidence of your first lover
I hope wherever you are now you'll wake up
And see just what a mess you made of this
'Cause I'm gettin' somethin' right

Am I gettin' somethin' right?

Lover!
Are you happy now?
Quitter...QUITTER!

You say forever
And I confess I shiver
You say hope
I say that's where I'm goin'

To be in the shade
The oldest trees above my head
When I'm away, I know in my heart
There is a heaven

If I'm out hunting
Come right on in, yeah
And even when I'm gone
My doors are always open

And if I'm asleep
Make sure my blanket covers me, yeah

When I'm away, I know in my heart
There is a heaven

When i'm away
To be in the shade
The oldest trees above my head
When I'm away, I know in my heart
There is a heaven

come right on in, yeah

I come from the water
I crawled upon the shore
I left my brothers there
I got what I came for

I sucked that hot air in
And rolled upon the sand
Emerged beneath the sun
To be a man.

I come from the water
I come from the water
That weren't no easy thing
It's more than nature
It's like my destiny

I stood upon these legs
And held my head up high
Emerged beneath the sun
To start a new life


Life in the desert
Just to be together
The sand forever
The same forever
It moves beneath me
It pulls my body
My pulse beats hotter
So far from the water

I love to see the sun
In spite of all it's done
I pray for shade and rain
I pray to live again
I come from the water

And she runs through her days with a smile on her face
And she runs, and she waits, and I wait

We can drive to anyplace, day or night, across the state
And in the morning, into Mexico, we will wake up

I find a window in the kitchen, and I let myself in
Rummage through the refrigerator, find myself a beer
I can't believe I'm really here, and she's lying in that bed
I can almost feel her touch, and her anxious breath!

I stumble in the hallway, outside the bedroom door
I hear her call out to me, I hear the fear in her voice
She pulls the covers tighter, I press against the door

I will be with her tonight!

I try to wish you away
I'll do more than wishin' someday
No no no more son of a bitch
No no no more wishin'
No no no more son of a bitch
No more happyface!

You and I have nothin' more to say
We'll do more than talkin' someday
No no no more son of a bitch
No no no more talkin'
No no no more son of a bitch
No more happyface!

No no no more son of a bitch
No no no more talkin'
No no no more son of a bitch
No more happyface

If I
could find
to KILL!
Here we go again

No no no more son of a bitch
No no no no more son of a bitch
No no no more son of a bitch
No more happy face

If I
Could find
the will
to KILL
Well, I'll kill you son of a b*tch!

Get Away!
Get Away!

You hurt me you fuck!
You hurt me you fuck!
You hurt me you fuck!
You hurt me...

Stop it!
Stop it!

You hurt me you cunt!
You hurt me you cunt!
You hurt me you cunt!
You hurt me...

...cunt, cunt, cunt...
...mommy, mommy, mommy...
...woman, woman, woman...

Stop it!
Stop it!

You hurt me you fuck!
You hurt me you fuck!
You hurt me...

Driftin' upward
Gently lifting
Lazy on the wind

Rollin' over
Turnin' slowly
Beginning and the end

Fire is bright
Fire is clean
Never so alive

Smoke is freedom
Flame is mercy
I am free tonight

And I burn
I burn

Stoke the embers
Cleanse the spirit

Feel the lick of
Bad religion
The finish and the start

In the beginning
We were smarter
'n flame was heaven-sent

Through the ages
We got stupid
Now we must repent

And I burn
I burn

Save the ashes
For reminders
Stony things remain

Tooth and bone
unimpressive
I have left these things

Because fire is bright
Fire is clean
efficient and divine

Tooth and bone
Charms and dolls
I am free tonight

I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE

I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE

I BURN
THE AIR
YOU BREATHE

I burn
I burn
I burn