Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Oh yeah hmmmm...
Hey was that something that you wanted to say?
I don't know what to do when you look that way.
Cigarettes and tequila at six
And the sun going down on our life as it is
In the blue light, oh your face, it looks so pale
In the blue light, oh oh, I can tell what you're gonna to say.
But all good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
Do do do do do do...
I heard that story, how you never went back
What your mouth will not say, your eyes do for you
A paper flower and a pill in your drawer
And her ghost at the bar drinks tequila too
In the blue light, could we put this one to bed?
In the blue light, oh oh, will you think of me instead?
Cos all good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
Do do do do do do... ah hey
Mmmmmmm hmmmmmm
In the blue light, oh your face, it looks so pale
In the blue light, oh oh, I can tell what you're gonna to say.
Cos all good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
All good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
Do do do do do do...
All good people, all good people know, good people (repeat until fade).
Hey was that something that you wanted to say?
I don't know what to do when you look that way.
Cigarettes and tequila at six
And the sun going down on our life as it is
In the blue light, oh your face, it looks so pale
In the blue light, oh oh, I can tell what you're gonna to say.
But all good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
Do do do do do do...
I heard that story, how you never went back
What your mouth will not say, your eyes do for you
A paper flower and a pill in your drawer
And her ghost at the bar drinks tequila too
In the blue light, could we put this one to bed?
In the blue light, oh oh, will you think of me instead?
Cos all good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
Do do do do do do... ah hey
Mmmmmmm hmmmmmm
In the blue light, oh your face, it looks so pale
In the blue light, oh oh, I can tell what you're gonna to say.
Cos all good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
All good people have a sense of themselves
They never worry they know what tomorrow will bring
And all good people know the world is ok
Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
Do do do do do do...
All good people, all good people know, good people (repeat until fade).
Lyrics submitted by cristinaish
All Good People Lyrics as written by Nerina Pallot
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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" 'Cause all good people have a sense of themselves They never worry, they know what tomorrow will bring And all good people know the world is okay Why should we worry when we can do anything?"
To me, its a kind of paradoxical; she's very upbeat about the fact all good people are like this (perhaps refering to people like herself), but the person she speaks of is sitting at a bar at six, their faces pale in the blue neon lighting. When she tlaks of how the person 'never wnt back' to whoever the ghost at teh bar is, I pretty sure its about an old lover, someone the person's left behind. The memories are symbolisd by the 'paper flower' and 'pill in your drawer'.
If you just read the lyrics, its pretty dark. A ghost in a bar...but, the song is upbeat (ahh, said that word 3 times, cant think of any other!), the paradox of this suggests a pretty dark past, of levaing an so on...maybe how 'good people' wouldn't so such a thing as run away.