Doug Hopkins
(guitars), Robin Wilson (vocals), Jesse Valenzuela (guitar, vocals), Bill
Leen (bass), Phil Rhodes (drums). Recorded & mixed by Eric Westfall
at Whipping Post Studios, Tucson, AZ, May 1989. Produced by Rich Hopkins
and the Gin Blossoms. Executive Producers: Rich Hopkins and Laura Liewen.
All songs written and arranged by Gin Blossoms.
LOST HORIZONS
The last
horizons I can see are filled with bars and factories
and in
them all we fight to stay awake...
Drink enough
of anything to make this world look new again
Drunk drunk
drunk in the gardens and the graves
She had
nothing left to say so she said she loved me
I stood
there grateful for the lie...
Drink enough
of anything to make this girl look new again
Drunk drunk
drunk in the gardens and the graves
Turn summer
trees to bones and ice
Turn insect
songs against the night
With words
we build and words we break
I'm drunk
drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves...
Drink enough
of anything to make myself look new again
Drunk drunk
drunk in the gardens and the graves
CAJUN SONG
Well, she's
leaving today I do know so far away
I'm feeling
so blue and it shows in every single way
Once that
girl she was mine for such a short time
We used
to spend every night now all I do is cry
They say
you can't miss something you've never had
So tell
me why
Why I could
feel so bad...
We used
to walk down the path just like lovers do
She'd hold
my hand and we'd laugh
I'd stare
in her eyes they were blue
Once that
girl she was mine for such a short time
We used
to spend every night now all I do is cry
They say
you can't miss something that you've never had
So tell
me why
Why I could
feel so bad...
FOUND OUT
ABOUT YOU
All last
summer in case you don't recall
I was yours
and you were mine forget it all
Is there
a line that I could write
Sad enough
to make you cry
All the
lines you wrote to me were lies
The months
roll past the love that you struck dead
Did you
love me only in my head?
Things
you said and did to me
Seemed
to come so easily
The love
I thought I'd won you give for free
Whispers
at the bus stop
I heard
about nights out in the school yard
I found
out about you
Rumors
follow everywhere you go
Like when
you left and I was last to know
You're
famous now and there's no doubt
In all
the places you hang out
They know
your name and know what you're about
Whispers
at the bus stop
I heard
about nights out in the school yard
I found
out about you
Street
lights blink on through the car window
I get the
time too often on AM radio
You know
it's all I think about
I write
your name drive past your house
Your boyfriend's
over I watch your light go out
Whispers
at the bus stop
I heard
about nights out in the school yard
I found
out about you
GIRLS CAN'T
WAIT
It was dark
and cool
She said
I didn't know all the rules
She made
her mind up fast
She took
a walk and she didn't come back
Girls can't
wait...
Everyone
should know
Life ain't
no picture show
You'll
lose your place in line
You'll
end up in the life's back row (?)
Girls can't
wait
Now I'm
all alone
Four empty
walls and a telephone
All I know
right now is girls can't wait...
I'm just
marking time
I hold
court with some friends of mine
I think
I love that girl
I'm thinking
that I could change her mind
Girls can't
wait...
SOMETHING
WRONG
(Vocals--Jesse
Valenzuela)
She could
be anywhere at all
I know
I'm heading for a fall
Well I
want to see her every night
I make
a wish and hold her tight
I want
to wake up next to her
But I know
there's something wrong
We used
to have all kinds of things
Now I know
the pain heartache can bring
Well I
want to see her every night
I make
a wish and hold her tight
I want
to wake up next to her
But I know
there's something wrong
'Cause
I can be waiting around all the time
I'll wait
for that girl
She could
be anywhere at all
I know
I'm heading for a fall
Well I
want to see her every night
I make
a wish and hold her tight
I want
to wake up next to her
But I know
there's something wrong...
IDIOT SUMMER
I walked
home to the sun
I couldn't
ride another one
I thought
a lot along the lines
And I've
been fooled about all night
Wiped clean
always by midnight
Wasn't
it like an idiot summer...
Three,
four peaks all I could see
In the
morning it's a hundred and ten degrees
But I like
the goddamn heat
I lie awake
half the night
Autumn
is coming it seems like it's in sight
All the
autumn that you can see
All the
autumn that you can see
It's growing
darker like the trees
But if
all the trees should fall
All the
bugs would crawl in my sleep
and then
it's cold
It's growing
darker like the trees
But if
all the trees should fall
All the
bugs would crawl in my sleep
and then
it's cold
There's
no telling I was so confused
I try but
I can't help you choose
Tucson
is so far away
I lie awake
half the night
Autumn
is coming it seems like it's in sight
Wasn't
it like an idiot summer...
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...
As we collide
as the lights go out
There's
someone else she thinks about
It's all
for the best that I can't figure out
Angels
tonight...
KELI RICHARDS
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...
HEY JEALOUSY
Tell me
do you think it'd be all right
If I could
just crash here tonight
You can
see I'm in no shape for driving
And anyway
I've got no place to go
And you
know it might not be that bad
You were
the best I'd ever had
If I hadn't
blown the whole thing years ago
I might
not be alone
Tomorrow
we can drive around this town
And let
the cops chase us around
The past
is gone but something might be found
To take
its place...hey jealousy
And you
can trust me not to think
And not
to sleep around
If you
don't expect too much from me
You might
not be let down
Cause all
I really want is to be with you
Feeling
like I matter too
If I hadn't
blown the whole thing years ago
I might
be here with you
Tomorrow
we can drive around this town
And let
the cops chase us around
The past
is gone but something might be found
To take
its place...hey jealousy
I CAN SLEEP
(Vocals--Jesse
Valenzuela)
She can
be anywhere she wants to be tonight
In the
arms of another man I know
But that
won't bring me down on the night I've got tonight
There's
nothing there, can you understand at all???
Cause I
can sleep without you...
I've got
no reason to doubt it
I can't
live without it
I ain't
in no big hurry
My life
ain't filled with worries
Lots of
men tie themselves in knots all over you
That's
something I promised myself I'd never ever do
Cause life's
too short to go on living with this sin
Cause I
saw a pretty face and you know I'd cave right in
Cause I
can sleep without you...
Well I've
got no reason to doubt it
I can't
live without it
I ain't
in no big hurry
But I've
been filled with worries
Well she
can be anywhere she wants to be tonight
In the
arms of another man I know
But that
won't bring me down on the night I've got tonight
There's
nothing there, can you understand at all???
Cause I
can sleep without you...
Well I've
got no reason to doubt it
I can't
live without it
I ain't
in no big hurry
But I've
been filled with worries
I can I
can I can sleep without you...
SLAVE DEALER'S
DAUGHTER
I've been
trying for so long
Trying
to forget
The ports
of northern Africa and the man I met
He said
he had a daughter
Maybe I
could meet her
He thought
I was a trader
Oh, that
was how I met
That slave
dealer's daughter
Her eyes
were black her hair was raven
Her skin
was soft and brown
Eighteen
years she looked a woman
I thought
she'd been around
She'd never
met a jailbird???
I knew
that she was lonely
She offered
me her body
So I fell
in love
With that
slave dealer's daughter
Her father's
men came after me
Trying
to hunt me down
For three
long years I've hid my face
And run
from town to town
She never
met a jailbird
I knew
that she was lonely
She offered
me her body
So I fell
in love
With that
slave dealer's daugther...
FIREWORKS
(Vocals--Jesse
Valenzuela)
The fireworks
from the rooftops fall down around this hotel
So tell
it seems like so long since I've had you beside me here
We used
to walk together
I've nothing
to show me now and it seems like so long
Since I've
had you beside me here
Well he's
got ropes and chains all around her heart
And nothing
I can say could ever tear them apart
Her mumbles
come now softly (?)
From the
other side of this room
And the
things she won't say
Just reminds
she's not alone
Well I
can't help but feeling a little more than blue
Cause the
things that matter just don't mean a damn to you
Well he's
got ropes and chains all around her heart
And nothing
I can say could ever tear them apart
The fireworks
from the roofs all fall down around you
So tell
it seems like so long since I've had you beside me here
Lets a
walk together
I've nothing
to show me now and it seems like so long
Since I've
had you beside me here
Well he's
got ropes and chains all around her heart
And nothing
I can say could ever tear them apart...