Robin Wilson (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jesse Valenzuela (guitars, vocals, mandolin), Phillip Rhodes (drums, percussion), Bill Leen (bass), Doug Hopkins (guitars).
Additional
Musician:
C.J. Chenier
(accordion on "Cajun Song"), Robbie Turner (pedal steel on "Cheatin'"),
Robert Becker (piano on "Pieces of the Night" and "Until I Fall Away").
Produced
by John Hampton and Gin Blossoms.
Engineered
and mixed by John Hampton.
Assistant
engineer, James Senter.
Recorded
and mixed at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN. (Except "Allison" and "Rita,"
recorded by Andy Barrett at AB Recorders, Phoenix, AZ.)
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LOST HORIZONS
(3:20)
(Doug Hopkins)
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...
Maybe I
could use you to reassure myself
I wouldn't
wish this indecision on anybody else
Drink enough
of anything to make this world look new again
And when
the sin smiles how could it be wrong
The last
horizons I could see are now resigned to memories
I never
thought I'd still be here today...
Drink enough
of anything to make myself look new again
Drunk drunk
drunk in the gardens and the graves
HEY JEALOUSY
(3:56)
(Doug Hopkins)
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
She took
my heart
There's
only one thing I couldn't start
MRS. RITA
(4:25)
(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
UNTIL I
FALL AWAY (3:51)
(Robin
Wilson, Jesse Valenzuela)
I want to
tell if I am or am not myself
It's hard
to know how far or if at all could go
Waiting
far too long for something I forgot was wrong
I don't
know all the answers I think that I'll find
Or have
it within the time but it's all that I'll have in mind
Until I
fall away
That won't
keep us waiting long
Until I
fall away
I don't
know what to do anymore
Until I
fall away...
My fear
pretend that I'll never be in love again
It's real
to me but not like these fools and not like this scene
I won't
find or have it within the time
If it's
all rusted and fade in the spot where we fell
Where I
thought I'd left behind
It's loose
now but we could try
Until I
fall away
I won't
keep us waiting long
Until I
fall away
I don't
know what to do anymore
Until I
fall away...
When there's
no good answers
To those
new questions
Another
personal disaster
There's
nowhere to go but down...
HOLD ME
DOWN (4:50)
(Doug Hopkins,
Robin Wilson)
So I guess
I must have just been dreaming
When I
thought I heard myself say no
Anyway
it looks like no one heard me so here I go
Cause when
you're in the company of strangers
Or just
the strangers you call friends
You know
before you start just how it's going to end
When the
doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
Anytime
the pickins look too easy...hold me down
I can't
remember why I like this feeling
When it
only seems to let me down
Soon I
find I'm searching for the exit from the ground
If I think
the room is turning faster
Then I
think the music is too loud
By then
I've lived another broken story to let me down
When those
doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
When half
the party moves into the bathroom...hold me down
Or if you're
at the tail end of the evening
And Dr.
Feelgood comes around
Anytime
the pickins look too easy...hold me down
Down if
I want that part
Down if
I've gone too far
Well I
guess I must have just been reeling
When I
felt myself begin to fall
I realize
I'm bounding down the hallways and off the walls
If my bed
was standing in the corner
I could
just fall into it right now
And know
that I'd just be staring at the ceiling going round
When those
doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
Anytime
the pickins look too easy...hold me down
CAJUN SONG
(2:56)
(Jesse
Valenzuela)
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...
HANDS ARE
TIED (3:17)
(Jesse
Valenzuela)
I've been
waiting around all night
Your warm
kiss is on my mind
A piece
of you is all I've got
But the
whole damn thing is what I want
I've been
waiting around here all night long
Holding
on to these memories until they come undone
My hands
are tied...
Telephone's
ringing by my bed
I pick
it on up and the line goes dead
I splash
summer water on my face
Clears
my mind I'm out of this place
I've been
waiting around here all night long
Holding
on to these memories until they come undone
My hands
are tied...
My nerves
are frayed and I've had enough
I'm a lot
afraid that it'll hurt too much
I'm can't
seem to stop at all
I'm plain
wore through waiting for your call
I've been
waiting around here all night long
Holding
on to these memories until they come undone
My hands
are tied...
Want you
round here all the time
Just can't
seem to shake you off my mind
My hands
are tied...
FOUND OUT
ABOUT YOU (3:53)
(Doug Hopkins)
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
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...
29 (4:18)
(Jesse
Valenzuela)
Time won't
stand by forever if I know it's true
And I've
learned not to say never
Or else
I'll seem the fool
Twenty-nine
you'd think I'd know better
Living
like a kid
When my
lies may seem less than clever
Is when
I fall for it
Only time
will tell if wishing wells
Can bring
us anything
Or fade
like scenes from childhood dreams
Forgotten
memories
Some rides
don't have much of a finish
That's
the ride I took
Through
good and bad and straight through indifference
Without
a second look
There's
no intentions worthy of mention
If we never
try
So hang
your hopes on rusted-out hinges
Take 'em
for a ride
Only time
will tell if wishing wells
Can bring
us anything
Or fade
like scenes from childhood dreams
Forgotten
memories
Only time
will tell...
PIECES OF
THE NIGHT (4:33)
(Doug Hopkins)
Is it any
wonder that the stars just don't rush by
When you're
only doin' 60 through this oh-so-vacant night
But it's
lacking something big this time
What the
hell did you expect to find
Aphrodite
on a barstool by your side
Twelfth
night we go
After something
everyone should know
Somewhere
in the distance out of sight...
Then I
saw: gin mill rainfall
What do
you remember if at all
Only pieces
of the night...
And is
it any wonder in the middle of the crowd
If you
let your feet get trampled on
When the
music is that loud
But you
wanted to be where you are
But it
looked much better from afar
A hillside
in shadow
Between
the people and the stars
Twelfth
night we go
After something
everyone should know
Somewhere
in the distance out of sight...
Then I
saw: gin mill rainfall
What do
you remember if at all
Only pieces
of the night...
It seems
so distant
But still
only half the night away
Where notions
between your questions come too
Is it any
wonder where
The pieces
of the night have been...
CHEATIN'
(3:25)
(Jesse
Valenzuela, Doug Hopkins)
New York
City where it's cold as hell
And the
streetlights shone in my blue room
I was thinking
about the nights we spent
Back in
Galveston beneath the Georgia moon
It was
early and I'd had my share
I was countin'
change for a cab ride back to bed
She looked
to me through the cold night air
And thoughts
of you kicked off inside my head
Well she
was tall hair dark as midnight
She had
a way just like you do
To make
me feel just like a woman should
You can't
call it cheatin'
Cause she
reminds me of you...
Though
I loved you and the trust we shared
Lord don't
tell me that I've thrown it all away
A moment's
weakness shouldn't change the fact
That I
need you and there's nothing more to say
Lord she
was tall hair dark as midnight
She had
a way just like you do
To make
me feel just like a woman should
You can't
call it cheatin'
Cause she
reminds me of you