Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand

Album: Rocket (1996)
Charted: 10
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  • I've been downhearted baby
    I've been down, I've been down hearted baby
    Ever since the day we met, ever since the day we met
    I've been downhearted baby
    I've been down, I've been down hearted baby
    Ever since the day we met, ever since the day we met

    Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep
    Moonlight spills on comic books
    And superstars in magazines
    An old friend calls and tells us where to meet
    Her plane takes off from Baltimore
    And touches down on Bourbon Street

    We sit outside and argue all night long
    About a God we've never seen
    But never fails to side with me
    Sunday comes and all the papers say
    Ma Teresa's joined the mob
    And happy with her full time job

    Do do do
    Do do do
    Do do do

    I've been downhearted baby
    I've been down, I've been down hearted baby
    Ever since the day we met, ever since the day we met
    I've been downhearted baby
    I've been down, I've been down hearted baby
    Ever since the day we met, ever since the day we met

    Am I alive or thoughts that drift away?
    Does summer come for everyone?
    Can humans do as prophets say?
    And if I die before I learn to speak
    Can money pay for all the days
    I lived awake but half asleep?

    Do do do
    Do do do
    Do do do

    A life is time, they teach you growing up
    The second sticking killed us all
    A million years before the fall
    You ride the waves and don't ask where they go
    You swim like Lions through the crest
    And bathe yourself on Zebra flesh

    Do do do
    Do do do
    Do do do

    I've been downhearted baby
    I've been downhearted baby
    Ever since the day we met, ever since the day we met
    I've been downhearted baby
    I've been down, I've been down hearted baby
    Ever since the day we met, ever since the day we met Writer/s: CHRIS O CONNOR, JANE FEATHER, LEONARD FEATHER
    Publisher: KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA INC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Polobabies from AlbertaGreat song, has that rare ability to take you back in time to when you first heard it. A true piece of sonic art.
  • Jim from Lombard, IlA true one-hit wonder. It came out of nowhere and the artist faded almost as quickly. I was 20-something in 1996, and I can tell you that this song was EVERYWHERE that summer regardless of where it charted. That spacey, wandering beat coupled with a cool use of sample from BB King was pretty unique, but I agree it's the hook that sells it. I haven't been able to get that song out of my head for 25 years. It's a top-ten song of the 90's for me. Would love to know whatever became of him and if he ever tried music again. Someone who can produce something this brilliant has to have some more in him.
  • Alex from SeattleThe melody of the verse is similar to Bruce Cockburn's "How I Spent My Fall Vacation" from his 1980 album Rumours. One interesting thing about the lyrics is that they refer three or four times to religious themes: the singer and companion(s) argue about God; Mother Teresa is mentioned as having joined the mob; and he refers to a time "a million years before the fall", the "fall" possibly referring to the Christian idea of man's fall from grace caused by Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit. Finally the line "can humans do what prophets say" may be referring to religious prophets such as are found in many different religions.
  • Josh from UsaThis song deserves a comment.
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