Cold War Kids Rubidoux Lyrics

So let's go deadbolt your shed door
Cram your paper money snug, closer than before
Chandeliers are falling in graveyard rows
And your eyes are shifting dials like AM radios

Snowed over river melted more last night
Still the same
The shattered windshields of spidered ice
Yes, yes mother I mean to be baptized
Seeds that make the higher ground grow and multiply

Drove to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight
What did you expect
Romantic isle of wright?
its Just empty desert light

Few feet float above these Persian throw rugs
And tuck themselves in percussionist succession was
Tonight a single simple folk play themselves slow
Just like talking city blues down in the hallway low

Drove to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight
What did you expect
Romantic isle of wright?
Just empty desert light

I suggest that you respect the deal
And keep your nose out of busy mess of
Priests and holy men
The lie you have chosen is filled with dirty finger nails
And lost and founds
And canceled appointments

Ten more avenues, time to choose
And there's rain that'll fall down in five
There's fifty doors to choose from and there's many more
Many more inside, inside, inside
Well the night time's going to come
The nightime's going to come

Drove to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight
What did you expect
Romantic isle of wright?
Just empty desert light

Drove to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night (x3)
Just empty desert light (x3)
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HIDDEN TRACK "Sermon vs. the Gospel":
Getting closer everyday, getting closer everyday
lord have mercy on me, we're talking about two different things
television and life magazine
lord have mercy on my
oh, lord have mercy on me

got this idea in my head and i can't get it out
cause all your money and all your culture
i can surely live without
a pile of treaures up on earth
what you keep and what you take
a property, vanity, and even knowledge for knowledge sake
and i said..

lord have mercy on me
we're talking about two different things
televison and life magazines
lord have mercy on me
oh, lord have mercy on me

don't want to see no psychoanalyst
experienced in a__isting to adjust
european travel, the h bomb,
presidential elections
front page of the new york times
front page of the new york times

lord have mercy on me
we're talking about two different things
television and life magazine
lord have mercy on me
oh, lord have mercy on me

quit your griping, shine your shoes
tell you a little secret for your blues
don't make no difference
just watching from the stairs
fat lady always claps her hands

lord have mercy on me
sayin, even if you're robbing from the poor
lord have mercy on me
i believe the words can change the heart,
the words can change the heart,
the words can change the heart...
have mercy on me, oh lord
lord have mercy on me
talkin' bout two different things
television and life magazine
lord have mercy on me
oh God, lord have mercy on me
gettin closer everyday
gettin closer everyday
gettin closer everyday