There's a spider crawling
On the bathroom mirror
Right on top of my right eye
And I can't stop staring back
How did I get this way?
Take a big look at a living lie
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to riches was a bust
Sometimes I dream about it
What it's like back home
The railroad tracks and the pussy willow
But I had to leave it
And I go back
Whenever my tired head hits the pillow
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Busted once again
But I'll show them one day
That I can buy and sell the world
And one day I'll come through
My American dream
But it won't mean a fuckin' thing
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
On the bathroom mirror
Right on top of my right eye
And I can't stop staring back
How did I get this way?
Take a big look at a living lie
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to riches was a bust
Sometimes I dream about it
What it's like back home
The railroad tracks and the pussy willow
But I had to leave it
And I go back
Whenever my tired head hits the pillow
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Busted once again
But I'll show them one day
That I can buy and sell the world
And one day I'll come through
My American dream
But it won't mean a fuckin' thing
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed?
So rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
Rags to rags and rust to rust
Don't let me go
EELS
Eels (often typeset as eels or EELS) is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1991 by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett, known by the stage name E. Band members have changed over the years, both in the studio and on stage, making Everett the only official member for most of the band's work. Eels' music is often filled with themes of family, death, and unrequited love. Since 1996, Eels has released fourteen studio albums, seven of which charted in the Billboard 200.
listen:
The Main Mix
Everybody in my churches loves this song...
this version of the song is edited for sanitized commercial radio... the version on the original CD is different... the original says—
And one day I'll come through my American dream.
But it won't mean a fucking thing.
Everybody in my churches loves this song...
this version of the song is edited for sanitized commercial radio... the version on the original CD is different... the original says—
And one day I'll come through my American dream.
But it won't mean a fucking thing.
Yes, best line in the song - but at least there's a gap in there, where you can shout out "But it won't mean a fucking thing"
I have this CD, and it is excellent... this song rocks... volume is wayyyy up...
We be dancing... love it...
Everybody in my churches loves this song...
this version of the song is edited for sanitized commercial radio... the version on the original CD is different... the original says—
And one day I'll come through my American dream.
But it won't mean a fucking thing.
Kudos to RP for making it right as I just heard the full unsanitized version!
Bill and Rebecca work with what they receive (no censorship on their part, from what I understand.) If someone has an uncensored version, submit it for consideration! I'm always up for having a profanity used so often that it loses its shock-value...
but it won't mean a f-ing thing
Every time RP plays this I miss the profanity. It just adds to the song.
Maybe it is because of the fucking swear words?