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Don't Mind Me, I'm Only Dying Slow Lyrics
Out from my window the people are passing on by
I hear them complain but I know that they don't even try
And the lights down on main street don't shine like they used to
I'm thinking of nothing but spending a lifetime with you
You know that I love you, you know that I wait by the door
You know how I'm feeling so I won't have to feel it no more
And nobody could love you like I can
Honey someday you'll wake up and maybe you'll understand
Well I've got a friend of a friend who drives a nice car
And I've got acquaintances down at the neighbourhood bar
I got some women stop by my home
But somehow I end up waking each morning alone
The train that I ride's got nothing aside
From the phantom conductor with a dog at his side
And the ghost of a weeping weddingless bride
Who should have been married but never arrived
And I see through the windows like I see through the lies
Like I see through every useless disguise
That everyone wears
But everyone swears
That they don't
Oh, and don't mind me baby I'm only dying slow
I'm trying so hard just not to think about you
I try not to care about anything that you do
Four in the morning I can't sleep
Well the pills ain't working and I can't get no relief
I feel like a hound dog moaning along with the rain
Anyday now the jukebox could drive me insane
There's an old man in the corner nobody knows
He says laugh while you can 'cause someday you'll be wearing my clothes
Well I guess I can't tell you what you don't already know
I ain't no prophet my landlord he told me so
My mind is a burning rain of Saturn Flame
I feel things inside that I just can't explain
Well I know that you know how to fake and to take
What you break what you burn what you never did learn
And you turn and you say that you made a mistake
As your head starts to spin and your heart starts to ache
But all that you make will be all that you get
When the curtain goes down so don't you forget
That all your regret is a cheap silhouette and that's all
Oh, and don't mind me baby I'm only dying slow
I met a gambler who did nothing but lose all day
He had love in his arms but he let her slip away
And all he ever wanted was to give her a win
But all she ever really wanted was him
I hear them complain but I know that they don't even try
And the lights down on main street don't shine like they used to
I'm thinking of nothing but spending a lifetime with you
You know how I'm feeling so I won't have to feel it no more
And nobody could love you like I can
Honey someday you'll wake up and maybe you'll understand
And I've got acquaintances down at the neighbourhood bar
I got some women stop by my home
But somehow I end up waking each morning alone
From the phantom conductor with a dog at his side
And the ghost of a weeping weddingless bride
Who should have been married but never arrived
And I see through the windows like I see through the lies
Like I see through every useless disguise
That everyone wears
But everyone swears
That they don't
Oh, and don't mind me baby I'm only dying slow
I try not to care about anything that you do
Four in the morning I can't sleep
Well the pills ain't working and I can't get no relief
Anyday now the jukebox could drive me insane
There's an old man in the corner nobody knows
He says laugh while you can 'cause someday you'll be wearing my clothes
I ain't no prophet my landlord he told me so
My mind is a burning rain of Saturn Flame
I feel things inside that I just can't explain
What you break what you burn what you never did learn
And you turn and you say that you made a mistake
As your head starts to spin and your heart starts to ache
But all that you make will be all that you get
When the curtain goes down so don't you forget
That all your regret is a cheap silhouette and that's all
Oh, and don't mind me baby I'm only dying slow
He had love in his arms but he let her slip away
And all he ever wanted was to give her a win
But all she ever really wanted was him
Came across Jackie Green at http://www.finetune.com/playlist/1371302. This is a stunning song and the lyrics are first class. All about the emptiness of life and the importance of love. Lovely ending lines, in fact lots of lovely lines. Surprised I am the first to comment on the great song. Real poetry.
This one of the greatest rock lyrics.
Those four lines encapsulate a whole story just by themselves:
"I met a gambler who did nothing but lose all day He had love in his arms but he let her slip away And all he ever wanted was to give her a win But all she ever really wanted was him"
Masterful. Brilliant. So moving. The restrained music just flows. Pure greatness.