Robin Wilson
(vocals), Douglas Hopkins (guitar), Jesse Valenzuela (guitar and vocals),
Bill Leen (bass), Phillip Rhodes (drums).
Produced
by Gin Blossoms.
Recorded
at AB Recorders, Phoenix, AZ, by Andy Barrett.
Mixed at
Ardent Studios by John Hampton.
MRS. RITA
(4:26)
(Jesse
Valenzuela, Jim Swafford)
You can
see it in her letters
On the
paper with her pen
Her response
is getting stronger
I think
she's coming round again
Tell me
Mrs. Rita
What's
it say in my tarot
Read my
palm and tell me
Why do
lovers come and go
Is she
coming round for me once again
Around
or was that just the end
I just
hope she's coming round again
I've been
keeping myself busy
With my
books and with my tapes
Every day's
much better
Since I've
slowed my drinking pace
There's
no swimming in the bottle
It's just
someplace we all drown
I lost
myself in sorrow
lost my
confidence in doubt
Is she
coming 'round for me once again
Around
or was that just the end
I just
hope she's coming round again
Get in
the car and drive through town
Down the
block and back around
Pretending
that she's there with me we drive
Gone forever...
My patience
keeps me plaintive
My high
hopes keep me alone
My lover's
will is shaken
I wish
she would just come home
So tell
me Mrs. Rita
What's
it say in my tarot
Read my
palm and tell me
Why do
lovers come and go
Is she
coming round for me once again
Around
or was that just the end
I just
hope she's coming round again
ALLISON
ROAD (3:18)
(Robin
Wilson)
I've lost
my mind on what I'd find
And all
of the pressure that I left behind
On Allison
Road
Fools in
the rain if the sun gets through
Fire's
in the heaven of the eyes I knew
On Allison
Road
Dark clouds
file in when the moon is near
Birds fly
by A.M. in her bedroom stare
There was
no tellin' what I might find
I couldn't
see I was lost at the time...
Yeah I
didn't know I was lost at the time
On Allison
Road
So she
fills up her sails with my wasted breath
And each
one's more wasted than the other you can bet
On Allison
Road
Now I can't
hide so why not drive
I know
I want to love her but I can't decide
On Allison
Road
I didn't
know I was lost at the time
So I went
looking for an exit sign
All I wanted
to find tonight...
ANGELS TONIGHT
(3:34)
(Doug Hopkins)
Party girls
between the sheets
She can't
show that much to me
I'd rather
drink until I see
Angels
tonight
I had a
girl I thought was mine
I wised
up and just in time
Such wisdom
makes these sluts look like
Angels
tonight...
As we collide
as the lights go out
There's
someone else she thinks about
It's all
the best that I can't figure out
Angels
tonight...
Party girls
between the sheets
She can't
show that much to me
I'd rather
drink until I see
Angels
tonight
I had a
girl I thought was mine
I wised
up and just in time
Such wisdom
makes these sluts look like
Angels
tonight...
JUST SOUTH
OF NOWHERE (3:26)
(Jesse
Valenzuela)
Meet me
out past the cottonwoods where we ran as kids
Straight
out past the cemetery where the river turns to ditch
This car
I'm driving can't drive me fast enough
Thirty
miles of potholed roads got me shaking like a drunk
Straight
back far away a long ways from here
Just south
of nowhere
Static
on the radio gave out five miles back
And I'm
singing some old Marshalls song just for laughs
My head
aches from cigarettes my eyes are edged with sleep
Meet out
past the muddy ditch beneath the palos verdes trees
Straight
back far away a long ways from here
Just south
of nowhere
Monday
morning takes me back to where I have to be
Full of
half assed-promises this shit just ain't for me
Meet me
out past the cottonwoods where we ran as kids
Straight
out past the cemetery where the river turns to ditch
Straight
back far away a long ways from here
Just south
of nowhere...
KELI RICHARDS
(3:04)
(Doug Hopkins,
Bill Leen)
She came
to L.A. all the way from Boston town
She wound
up on the screen where I saw her goin' down
Now I can't
see you
I can't
see you at all
No I don't
know you
I don't
know you at all
I bought
her films, yeah I bought all her magazines
And I watched
her every move until I saw her in my dreams
Now I can't
stand it
See you
caught from behind
No I don't
know you
Girl you
gotta be mine
Keli Richards
come on...
Well I
bought a gun, there's just one thing left to do
Now I can't
make up my mind it comes down to me or you
Now I can't
see you
I can't
see you at all
No I don't
know you
I don't
know you at all
Keli Richards
come on...