[ilingku:057]
[ver:v1.0]
[ti:Black Out On White Night]
[ar:Sage Francis]
[al:Human The Death Dance]
[by:]
[offset:0]
[00:00.000]Black Out On White Night(Cd) - Sage Francis
[00:34.108]Lights are out phones are dead
[00:36.418]And I'm the only thing that's runnin in this city
[00:38.578]Except for the clouds
[00:39.598]And man they're comin down
[00:41.198]If i knew my way around wouldn't feel so dizzy
[00:44.578]Where's tele nobody can tell me
[00:46.838]I don't speak a lick of that language and got a slippery memory
[00:50.118]If i spelled it all out on my arm only if
[00:53.328]But i didn't so i think get a grip kid deal with it
[00:55.648]Baby's waiting for a ring
[00:57.318]Won't settle for the substitute excuse that's forming
[01:00.668]I got a complicated case of escapism
[01:03.378]For her i try to rewire my nature
[01:05.948]Too tired to wake her up
[01:07.408]Odder that artificial calm she was on
[01:09.128]Drug-induced future that slipped out of her palms
[01:12.158]Seductive rain dancer she thinks i'm waterproof
[01:15.148]Like superman doesn't need a roof over his head
[01:17.738]When i come home to roost i need truth to hold in bed
[01:21.228]But i'm seeking salvation in a booth
[01:22.848]And the phones are dead
[01:24.418]And the lights are out
[01:26.298]And i'm the only thing livin in this ghost town
[01:28.538]Except for the clouds and man they're comin down
[01:30.508]If i knew my way around by now i'd be bound for home
[01:35.028]Blackout on white night in rome
[01:38.178]Blackout on white night in rome
[02:02.987]I know that i'm in love but i know i'm out of touch
[02:05.617]And i know that i get dumb when i can sense something's up
[02:08.167]And then i bottom out
[02:09.257]European tailspins
[02:10.016]Scrolling messages out on my pale skin
[02:12.526]In hopes that they get mailed in
[02:14.406]Before the ink poisoning takes effect
[02:16.176]And it gets smudged because i budge before letting paint set
[02:18.956]I get judged by the ones who have shelter and rain checks
[02:22.186]While i trudge through the mud cuz its pouring to rain sweat
[02:25.126]Regain consciousness and lose common sense
[02:27.696]The ominous dark skies that lie between me
[02:30.316]And providence are signs
[02:31.426]The obvious answer isn't standin on your face with stilettos on
[02:34.486]If you pop the question wrong
[02:36.576]Every song's a post afterthought
[02:38.536]I won't grab the chalk to outline my body of work
[02:41.886]Toe-tags get caught in my teeth
[02:43.266]Cuz my foot is in my mouth
[02:44.806]And spurs are in my words so my tongue can't dismount
[02:46.686]Even after our rapport had fully run its course
[02:49.276]Couldn't figure out the most heroic time to jump from the horse
[02:53.236]And place this old hat for the last time
[02:55.516]On the coat rack
[02:56.546]But i donate all of my earnings from this race
[02:58.656]Just to know that
[03:00.036]Resisting urges to go back and get it later
[03:01.756]Like the milk wouldn't sour itself in the refrigerator
[03:03.746]A wet boy
[03:05.775]In a dry dry state
[03:07.295]On an old country road
[03:08.455]Where tradition has a blind date
[03:09.985]I make it dance on its own grave tonight
[03:12.265]With a change of direction by the pale moon light
[03:14.845]And if it needs theme music i'll break out the bagpipes
[03:17.955]And play a tune a ghost wrote me in a past life
[03:20.865]That goes like