My Window Faces the South - J.D. Crowe & The New South

(Heaton/Rotheray) One day I'm loaded, next day I'm broke Spent all my money on whisky and coke Riding high 'till the rock hit the spoke It's like window shopping for blinds Spent all my money on a sunbed tan Spoke the best that a young girl can Ended up with a blind drunk man It's like window shopping for blinds It's like the heartbreak hotel, With the heartbreak but nowhere to stay The doors are shut on us, The neon light fading to grey They say I drink too much, to me, well that's just profound How do you know you can't swim, until you have drowned? Well there's always a drop in the bottle lady Always a sip of the wine The glass doesn't seem quite so empty When window shopping for blinds It's like gatecrashing a field, that's not true, They've a harvest they yield Save your tears for your evening meal, When you're window shopping for blinds One day you're sober, next day you're not One day remembered, the next day forgot Spent all my money on cocaine and pot It's like window shopping for blinds Covered in bruises from head to toe No-one to speak to, and nowhere to go A map of nowhere, and nowhere I know It's like window shopping for blinds It's like the heartbreak hotel, With the heartbreak but nowhere to stay The doors are shut on us, The neon light fading to grey They say I drink too much, to me, well that's just profound How do you know you can't swim, until you have drowned? Well there's always a drop in the bottle lady Always a sip of the wine The glass doesn't seem quite so empty When window shopping for blinds But what if my husband should come? Well tell me what have you done? I've cherished my vodka, I've cherished my rum Don't mind us, we're just licking our wounds in the sun It's like writing 'I love you' in snow You know when you write it the message will go I want a message my lover will find Don't mind us, we're just window shopping for blinds

I was runnin' for the hills I knew no more about today Thinking backwards, thinking forth Either way not much to say Isolation's quite a way to deal with this mess Fallin' at my feet, I knew my time was gone and I was alone Sick thinkin' of me What can I do for you and what do you want? You're my window to the sky You're my window to the sky You're my window to the sky and I'm thankful for you today You're my window to the sky and when you laugh I feel okay It's fallin' down, I thought I had it all wrapped up inside my head But I was rearrangin' thoughts for other's eyes instead Fallin' at my feet, I knew my time was gone and I was alone I'm sick thinkin' of me What can I do for you and what do you want? You're my window to the sky You're my window to the sky You're my window to the sky-y-y-y-y-y You're my window to the sky You're my window to the sky and I'm thankful for you today You're my window to the sky You're my window to the sky-y-y-y-y-y Fallin' at my feet, I knew my time was gone and I was alone

I could fly away Leave it all behind I could take a train But I would rather fly I could escape Through the window of my mind But I'll never leave you behind I've seen the place where the broken people hide I wanna know love before I die Open the window Open the window I could steal a plain The skies, the moon, the rain I will make a change I'd give anything I could escape through the window of my mind I'll never leave you behind I've seen the place where the broken people hide I wanna know love before I die I'm waiting, I'm waiting For something, for nothing I'm ready, I'm ready now Open the window Open the window Open the window I could escape through the window of my mind But I'll never leave you behind I've seen the place where the broken people hide I wanna know love before I die Open the window Open the window Open the window

(B-Real) Now lately I've been findin myself, pourin my guts out Expressin my thoughts, lettin my nuts out in the walls Of sleep, I can't keep it all in the hall clear While others keep it inside for the pride they hold dear Shoulda been, woulda been, coulda been the cops Stop look and listen, you'll get a vision of hip-hop Individuals lookin to the battle the shadows of man See it all, be it all, you need a plan It takes one man to understand this Learn fuckin with a deadly gas, you get burned From the window of my room, I shoot all stars Every little bit you consume, the high cost Of living it's all given to you, don't lose it Every man's given a tool, but don't use it (Chorus: B-Real) From the window of my room, I shoot all stars Every little bit you consume, the high cost Break free, you're selling your soul, for a fee But all that shit ain't worth it, you burnin up see The window of my room, I shoot all stars Every little bit you consume, is high cost Break free, you're selling your soul, for a fee But all that shit ain't worth it, you burnin up see (B-Real) From the window of my room, the gloom spreadin across The land of milk and honey, no money to feed the boss Funny the cost of life, cut clean blood streams Out the body, nobody wants you dreamin about shorty No longer don't need a 40 to take away any pain So punk me and I'll give you the world exact change Or quote me and you're never the same, I claim no one I show none the weakness individuals go forth ya seek this Wherever I roam is home to me You Shogun, look at my enemies try to do me The influential status, you know the baddest Lookie here, show you what that is, bringin the madness Sadness to those appealin to any conflict Lookin out my window pane, I see you fallin What are you a man or a mouse, the house light Shinin within, that's when you begin to live again (Chorus) (Sen Dog) From my window I can see Humanity, goin insane G Everybody want respect, but you gotta collect Only hardcore vatos on the set Don't get me wrong but some rhymes get twisted There it goes, the pride, you missed it I ain't upset with the motherfucker dissin Find me in Watts when you wanna come hit me Some shit ain't what it seems, in the land of dreams Some sell their soul to get the cream From the teens I don't sling or slang no crack I'm known for bringin in funky ass raps See those magazine crews and I'm a goner Dull interviews with these damn primadonnas Unlike some of these fools on the turf Look like the real thing, but they soft like Nerfs So unrehearsed that it shows in the product Need to get the fuck out, before you get caught up (Chorus)

It's been ten long years since I left my home In the holler where I was born Where the cool fall night makes the wood smoke rise And a fox hunter blows his horn. I fell in love with a girl from the town I thought that she could be true I ran away to Charlottesville And worked in a sawmill too. What have they done to the old home place, Why did they tear it down And why did I leave the plow in the field And look for a job in the town. Well the girl ran off with somebody else The sheriff took all my pay And here I stand where the old home stood Before they took it away. Now the geese fly south and the cold wind moans, I stand alone and hang my head. I've lost my love, I've lost my home And now I wish I was dead. What have they done to the old home place, Why did they tear it down. And why did I leave the plow in the field And look for a job in the town.