John Wayne - Cigarettes After Sex

My grandpa had a rifle that he took from a Vietcong But he pawned it on a guitar when he got back from Saigon Ever now and then I think about him when I set down to play Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Amazing Grace So let the beat roll on, I'm 'bout to get in the zone I've been locked up all by myself but I'm known to grow my own I burn it till it's gone like there ain't nothing wrong I'm just out in the shade watching the world go up in flames (Up in flames) I was born from barbwire, I been stuck out in the fray I'ma shed this mortal coil like a canebrake rattlesnake I'm gonna feast among the righteous, gonna see my friends again I'ma dance outside the gates, hoping like hell they let me in So let the beat roll on, I'm 'bout to get in the zone I've been locked up all by myself but I'm known to grow my own I burn it till it's gone like there ain't nothing wrong I'm just out in the shade watching the world go up in flames (Up in flames) (Oh, yeah) (Oh, yeah) (Oh, yeah) California's burning, it's snowing in the pines They say the world is ending, well, maybe it's about time Have we forgotten about the children? Forgot about love? Have we forgotten about forgiveness from the good Lord up above? So let the beat roll on, I'm 'bout to get in the zone I've been locked up all by myself but I'm known to grow my own I burn it till it's gone like there ain't nothing wrong I'm just out in the shade watching the world go up in flames (Up in flames) Watching the world go up in flames Watching the world go up in flames (Oh, yeah) (Oh, yeah) (Oh, yeah) (Oh, yeah)

His father was a drinker And his mother cried in bed Folding John Wayne's t-shirts When the swing set hit his head The neighbors, they adored him For his humor and his conversation Look underneath the house there Find the few living things Rotting fast in their sleep of the dead 27 people Even more They were boys With their cars Summer jobs Oh my God Are you one of them? He dressed up like a clown for them With his face paint white and red And on his best behavior In a dark room on the bed, he kissed them all He'd kill 10,000 people With a sleight of his hand Running far, running fast to the dead He took off all their clothes for them He put a cloth On their lips Quiet hands Quiet kiss On the mouth And in my best behavior I am really just like him Look beneath the floorboards For the secrets I have hid

I met John Wayne and Jesus when I was just a kid They both had on their cowboy hats just like I'd pictured them I stood up at the front of the class waving my American flag I said the pledge, sang amber waves of grain Chorus And(But) I sing all the songs of America Danced in the rain in Lafayette I'm still hanging out with John Wayne and Jesus And I know this is good as life can get Well, I had big time when I was down in Houston Well, I fell in love and moved out to New Orleans Well, she said so long, now I'm here all alone She's still got a little bitty piece of me Chorus Well John Wayne and Jesus moved out to Hollywood Workin' behind the scenes on MTV Me I'm standing right down here in Texas And I know that's where I was always meant to be Chorus

It's easy to fall in love It's easy to fall in love with you It's easy to fall in love It's easy to fall in love with you You go outside dressed like that You knew what was going to happen, didn't you? You talk to me like that You knew I was slowly falling in love with you And I... ooh And I... ooh You know it's your neglect Is the reason that I'm so obsessed with you And when I asked you your name you said John Wayne And I guess it's true 'Cause then you shot me down Doubled over and I hit the ground right in front of you I guess in the Wild West It's ok to shoot the pest that's annoying you And I... ooh And I... ooh It's easy to fall in love It's easy to be alone It's easy to hate yourself When all your love is inside someone else It's easy to take it all It's easy to give it to When there's more people out there to love Than people who love you And I... ohh It's easy to fall in love (It's easy to fall in love with you) The reason that I'm so obsessed (You knew what was going to happen didn't you) I guess in the Wild West (You knew I was slowly falling in love with you) It's easy to fall in love It's easy to fall in love with you