The Beat - ESG

There's a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright, Oh what a night, this is gonna be-- I think I'll let the world sleep without me. I got one eye open, one eye closed. & My thin body's trembling beneath the bedclothes, My hearts beatin' against the roof of my mouth --It's almost time to get out of this house. I got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel, I got my right foot on the floorboard,-- & I'm preparing to kill or be killed. There's a high wind blowin', & the stars are shining bright. & The rain upon the tarmac, --helps me sail through the traffic lights, I'm heading down to the dock of the bay, --to feel the power of the waves, I'm gonna move up close to that wind, & Wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings. Y'see I'm stuck between hell & the deep blue sea, & I know that water's sucked under better man than me, I was just another western guy, --with desires that couldn't be satisfied, So one day, I asked the angels for inspiration, --but the devil bought me a drink, & He's been buying them ever since, He's had the liquor on my tongue --feel like the sea upon the sand, He's had me signing confessions --from this shaking hand, He's had me struggling to hang onto hope-- Like a drunken sailor in a tugboat With a bottle of vodka in my overcoat, & My dog eared bible lost--overboard Y'see he tricked me into temptation, So I've tricked him into this confrontation, I never said I was the man I appeared to be Not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity. Or the soul on fire--scribbling thoughts for posterity. I'm gonna have little lucifer, runnin' off to purgatory, --with his tail between his legs, I'm gonna teach him a lesson --he ain't ever gonna forget. All the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones But they won't be chewing the meat off my bones. There's a high wind blowin' & the stars are shining bright. Me & him are gonna have a little knife fight, --in the bowels of the big city skyline, Oh this feelin' inside runs dark & deep --Tonight my hearts not thumping --A Mercy Beat I was just another western guy, With desires that couldn't be--satisfied.

Well, I went to a bar And I wanted to dance All night So I swivelled my hips And I shook them all down To the ground I want to dance, Dance... Well, you swivel your hips And you shake them all down To the ground I want to dance, Dance... Well, I went to that bar And I started to dance All night So I swivelled my hips And I shook them all down To the ground I've got to dance Dance... Well, you swivel your hips And you shake them all down To the ground I've got to dance Dance...

Sweet L, listen to my story Up off the sidelines You really, really bore me You come to get me in your spanky clothes and hot rods And think I should jump like a puppy to your side But I got news for you fellas Get real! I'm gonna erase you Just like a drawing, erase you Flush you like my toilet, erase you Show you I'm a woman, erase you This is what I feel like Pump it up, girl Pump it up Yeah One night, I was out with Tony He had on so much gold, but it was phony And then he's in a suit, JCPenney boots He brought me flowers from the garbage chute I had to set him straight, "Baby, squash this date" Then I pissed him, smacked him, dismissed him Then you know what I said? You know what I said! Erase you You know that? Erase you You street rat, erase you Just like a drawing, erase you Flush you like my toilet, erase you Show you I'm a woman, erase you This is what I feel like Pump it up, girl Pump it Yeah Pump it up Erase you Try some deodorant, erase you You know that? Erase you Just like a drawing, erase you This is what I feel like Pump it up Yeah Come on, girl Pump it up Yeah Erase you Erase you Erase you Yeah Sweeto, I'll listen to your story Uh-uh, he don't do that No, he don't do that! He ain't nothin' but a dog Didn't you know he just got outta jail? Mm-hm, yeah, yeah, yeah So we outta here B or what? Yeah, we outta here We outta here like this Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you Erase you

Baby, you really need ya Baby, you really want ya Baby, you really love ya And baby, you really hold ya But you're no good, (you're no good) You're no good, (you're no good) You are no good, (you're no good) You're no good, (you're no good) Ooooo I said baby, you better need ya I said baby, you better want ya You really love ya, love ya, love ya You better baby You better need ya, (yeah) You better want ya, (yeah) You better love you, (yeah) You better want you, (yeah) You better love you, love you, love you, love you, Love you, love you, love you Uhhh I said baby, You better need ya Baby, you better want ya You made me love you, love you, love you, love you (You better baby)

If you're good to me baby I'll be good to you If you're good to me baby I'll be good to you What people they tell me I'm a fool for love being you And people they tell me Yes the man's no good for you Is it true If you're good to me baby I'll be good to you If you're good to me baby I'll be good to you What people they tell me He's gonna walk alone by you And people they tell me How I played the fool for you Yes it's true Well I, I, I, I Won't be a fool for you And I, I, I, I Won't be a tool for you And I, I, I, I oh And I, I, I, I oh Should've been good to me baby I know I was good to you Should've been good to me baby I know I was good to you See me through