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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
by Atmosphere
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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold Lyrics
Lyrics
Disc
Track
Title
- [V1]
- See I've been here for thirty-some years
- Lookin' at myself in the same dirty mirror
- So it ain't like I don't comprehend
- Open that bottle, swallow that friend
- No crime to take a little too much
- Got time to drink away a few months
- Got a little cocaine habit
- But he says he only does it if somebody else has it
- Go do that shit, do that shit, lady
- She went vegetarian for the baby
- Third trimester, I see the kid kick
- She showed me outside when she gave me a cigarette
- Shit, there's no way to measure it
- Not every pony grows up to be a pegasus
- Ya gotta let people be hypocrites
- Count your blessin's and mind yo business
- [Chorus x2]
- Stuck with yourself like the rest of us
- Dirt gets done and then we back to dust
- Runnin' in place
- Sun in my face
- Let me fly 'way
- Heaven won't wait
- Heaven won't wait
- Let me fly 'way
- Get in my way
- Everyday
- Heaven won't wait
- Let me fly 'way
- Get in my way
- Everyday
- [V2]
- Just tryna keep my mind on work
- It's like that's the only way to love this life on Earth
- It's like everyone takes number one in the race
- 'Cause we all keep runnin' in place
- Here kitty kitty, can't train that fox
- Must be drinkin' that name brand scotch
- All of us cut from the same damn clothe
- Some of us never cut the price tags off
- She ended up on the pole
- With her heels pointin' at her Jesus she used to know
- Stripped her down to her naked body
- We made her drown in a lake full of patriarchy
- In between the pride and the misery
- With the infinite supply of sympathy
- Are these invisible walls that hold me
- Like this goldfish bowl is the whole sea
- [Chorus x2]
- Stuck with yourself like the rest of us
- Dirt gets done and then we back to dust
- Runnin' in place
- Sun in my face
- Let me fly 'way
- Heaven won't wait
- Heaven won't wait
- Let me fly 'way
- Get in my way
- Everyday
- Heaven won't wait
- Let me fly 'way
- Get in my way
- Everyday
- [Thanks to Zack for these lyrics]
- She gotta condition of the heart a heart condition
- So as a kid she had to adapt to smarter livin'
- Not much room to rebel because of health
- No drugs no booze just kiss and tell
- Well known on the scene jailbait queen
- Had the first baby barely eighteen
- Father of the child was after one thing
- When the daughter came the dad was unseen
- It don't matter he ain't got a job
- So she had to go work
- And leave the baby with her mom
- Second shift 'til the neck is stiff
- But she worked it and built her own nest to live
- Soon after that baby's daddy
- Lazy bum with no cash
- He wanna come over and crash
- He wanna play his part
- So she let him move into that garden level apartment
- She knew better she did it anyways
- Explain better when you're tryin' to see some better days
- The sun's up catch those rays
- Butterflies now who's got chase?
- But she still dreams after she woke tight hold on that hope
- Sometimes it can seem so cold do what you gotta do to cope
- Two years later two months pregnant
- Same daddy same broke ass situation
- This time the doc said her heart might break
- Praise god that the job got her health benefits straight
- She believes in the right to choice
- But she loves baby girl and she wants a boy
- Makes more nowadays on the day shift
- Balance that with night classes
- Take some time and space and make it all fit
- The apartment they now live in is overcrowded
- Raised her voice and made her point
- Told that boy go get employed
- He put on his best shirt
- Said he wasn't comin' back 'til he gets work
- She knew what that part meant
- So she swept ever y piece out that apartment
- Peace out keep out take the scenic route
- Rather only hafta feed three mouths
- She adapts to everything now
- And nobody asks what she dreams about
- But she still dreams after she woke tight hold on that hope
- Sometimes it can seem so cold do what you gotta do to cope
- Little girl was her first reason to breath
- And her little man was the first man she believed in
- She gotta live right and do right by self
- She do for self she don't want your help
- Afraid of being alone
- But fear ain't enough to knock her off of that stone
- Gonna make that home a home
- With or without a man that she can call her own
- Big boss at work is anxious
- Continues to hand her the wrong advances
- She passes the test she knew the answers
- Quit the job to go take a chance with life
- This is life we all strain
- While we pray for dollars and we work for change
- It's all the same we all struggle
- Sometimes you gotta say fuck you
- When you smile and she doesn't return it
- Give her room and don't disturb it
- If it makes it hurt less to curse and fight
- Go ahead and hate the world girl you earned the right now
- But she still dreams after she woke tight hold on that hope
- Sometimes it can seem so cold do what you gotta do to cope
- [Thanks to T.C. for these lyrics]
- You love the people that love you.
- You hear the music they move to.
- You give your ode to the fall through.
- But you don't know you don't know you don't know you don't know.
- You love the people that love you.
- You hear the music they move to.
- You give your ode to the fall through.
- But you don't know you don't know you don't know you don't know you.
- You just got off work, huh?
- Another night feeling like the worst one.
- You didn't even count your tips yet,
- But you can tell that it ain't no big step.
- I don't see why you so nice to customers
- They're all fucks and low lives.
- But don't fight, just keep the lip stiff
- And get that money it's the weekend shift.
- But why they all gotta be freaks.
- Wish they would just eat and leave.
- And keep they eyes to theyselves, already insecure, don't need any help.
- But you can blame the pride that makes you hold your anger inside,
- But deep down you wanna curse them all.
- Fuck off asshole jerk off dirt ball.
- You love the people that love you.
- You hear the music they move to.
- You give your ode to the fall through.
- But you don't know you don't know you don't know you don't know.
- You love the people that love you.
- You hear the music they move to.
- You give your ode to the fall through.
- But you don't know you don't know you don't know you don't know you.
- Now attitude check,
- Still show up? You haven't quit yet?
- And even when your meat gets sweet
- They still treat you like a piece of meat. Huh.
- Outrageous, each day this clock tick tock and you still a waitress.
- Trying to pay them student loans
- And the lights and the phone and the food and the home.
- And you ain't quite broke but you couldn't afford that place on your own.
- Gotta roommate, to split the rent with
- Now you never feel independent.
- And everything seems so hallow
- Cause after work, where'd that smile go?
- Better bring it back tomorrow.
- Now, pick up the pace and you might make bar close.
- Perfect, last call then some.
- Flirtin', sexual tension.
- Surfin', through them men
- Cause they all searching for that bent one.
- But just one to bend, and you look like you could be my friend.
- With a smile like that, I gotta flirt.
- Girl, you just look like you got off work.
- Huh.. huh... huh...
- You love the people that love you.
- You hear the music they move to.
- You give your ode to the fall through.
- But you don't know you don't know you don't know you don't know.
- You love the people that love you.
- You hear the music they move to.
- You give your ode to the fall through.
- But you don't know you don't know you don't know you don't know you.
- [Thanks to x1xMuffinManx1x for these lyrics]
- [Slug - Verse 1]
- Ain't no colour paint gonna cover the stains
- The pictures on the wall will all remain
- And even though he's now, sound and safe
- Surrounded by the faces that he place his faith
- The images visit from the past he witnessed
- Can't stay away from the memories
- Sticks with each detail, embedded in stone
- Like he chiseled stoves convictions into his bones
- The progress stops and pauses, spits and sputters
- Like the basement faucet
- And it's obvious he's lost in his regrets
- You can smell it on his breath
- [Slug - Verse 2]
- Ain't no colour paint gonna cover the stains
- But now the alcohol is gonna mother the pain
- Tuck it away, no complaints
- Just laying on his back, on hisbackyard under the rain
- Take tomorrow but doesn't no how though
- For every swallow there's another to follow
- He weaves his way throughout the story
- Looking for a new missing piece or a door key
- Spirits used to be for celebration
- But now they just take him away from the hell that's waiting
- Re-up until it's three sheets up
- And pick a place for the skeletons to meet up
- [Slug - Verse 3]
- Ain't no colour paint gonna cover the stains
- But if the oxygen escapes it'll smother the flames
- No introduction doesn't speak his own name
- Gonna beat them demons at they own game
- The sunset rides to the end slow
- Same song echoing outside of the window
- You can't grow if the skin don't fit you
- Sometimes you gotta get low just to get through
- No inspiration left to do your best when
- Nobody hates you more than you're reflection
- Suffer the shame until it stuffs the drain
- He's got two hands and a bucket of paint
- Come on
- [V1]
- I thought I saw you yesterday
- But I didn't stop, 'cause you was walkin' the opposite way
- I guess I coulda' shouted out ya name
- But even if it was you, I don't know what I would say
- We could sit and reminisce about the old school
- Maybe share a cigarette, because we both fools
- Chop it up and compare perspectives
- Life, love, stress and set-backs, yes
- So you could tell me how hard you had it
- And you could show me all the scars to back it
- And we could analyze each complaint
- Break it down and explain these mistakes I make
- I like to tangle up the strings of the puppetry
- But you knew me back when I was a younger me
- You seen Sean in all types of light
- And I've been meanin' to ask you if I'm doin' alright
- [Chorus x2]
- Yesterday
- Was that you? Looked just like you
- Strange thangs my imagination might do
- Take a breath, reflect on what we been through
- Or am I just goin' crazy 'cause I miss you?
- [V2]
- I'm shook, I know, I pushed when I shoulda' pulled
- Took it all back if I could, I put that on my soul
- And I would make a top-notch good listener
- If you could block-off a little time out to give it here
- Since we went our separate paths
- I've hit a couple snags that remind me of the past
- I can't front, I'm havin' a blast
- But damned if I ain't afraid of how long it's gonna last
- Sittin' here wishin' we could kick it
- Give me your opinions, I do miss your criticisms
- I didn't mean to be distant, make a visit
- I'll wait up and keep the coffee brewin' in the kitchen
- But who am I jokin' wit'?
- There's no way that you and I will ever get to re-open it
- It doesn't matter, this is more than love
- And maybe if I'm lucky, get to see you out the corner of
- [Chorus x2]
- Yesterday
- Was that you? Looked just like you
- Strange thangs my imagination might do
- Take a breath, reflect on what we been through
- Or am I just goin' crazy 'cause I miss you?
- [V3]
- And when you left, I didn't see it comin'
- I guess I slept, it ain't like you was runnin'
- You crept out the front door slow
- And I was so self-absorbed I didn't even know
- And by the time I looked up it was booked up
- Put it all behind you, the bad and the good stuff
- A whole house full of dreams and steps
- I think you'd be impressed with the pieces I kept
- You disappeared but the history is still here
- It's why I try not to cry over spilt beer
- I can't even get mad that you're gone
- Leavin' me was probably the best thing you ever taught me
- I'm sorry, it's official
- I was a fist-full, I didn't keep it simple
- Chip on the shoulder, anger in my veins
- Had so much hate, now it brings me shame
- Never thought about the world wit'out you
- And I promise that I'll never say another bad word about you
- I thought I saw you yesterday
- But I knew it wasn't you, 'cause you passed away, dad
- Looked just like you
- Strange thangs my imagination might do
- Take a breath, reflect on what we been through
- Or am I just goin' crazy 'cause I miss you?
- [Thanks to Zack for these lyrics]
- [V1]
- These warehouse wages kill the end's introduction
- Man, I shoulda' shchooled it up when I was younger, shoulda' stuck to plan
- Always had the dreams of bein' more self-assertive
- And my kid's a teenager now, he needs the health insurance
- So break my body, break-break my soul down
- Just another zombie walkin' blindly through ya ghost town
- Pull up to the bar to politic and tap the power
- Ain't nobody really all that jolly at your happy hour
- But I don't wanna go home yet
- So I'ma talk to my cigarette and that television set
- It doesn't matter what brand or station
- Anything to take away from the current situation
- No overtime pay, no holiday
- Months behind on everything but the lottery
- Winter 'round the corner, guaranteein' that my car dies
- Wifey havin' trouble tryna juggle both the part-times
- My cup ain't close to filled up
- We tryna build up so we could have enough
- And when I finally get the color, won't be nothin' else to paint on
- A friend of mine tried to kill himself to the same song
- [V2]
- My better half is mad at makin' magic outta can goods
- My tax bracket status got her questionin' my manhood
- My shorty got caught smokin' weed at a concert
- And if I smack 'em everybody treats me like a monster
- My neighbors ain't doin' much better
- And we makin' competition instead of stickin' together
- Can't save no nest egg, in fact this nest is rented
- In fact that rent is late, wait
- The money ain't here, the raise ain't comin'
- Just me and my son and that crazy woman
- And those bartenders, this whole fuckin' country
- Got everybody swallowin' that lunch meat
- Maybe we could speed up the process
- Kill me in my thirties in the name of progress
- Put me in the dirt and then change the topic
- Sometimes seems like the only way to stop it
- Contemplate my departure date
- Doesn't take a lot to get a lot of us to talk this way
- Take a shot at me, that's all I'm obligated for
- Apparently my only guarantee is a walk-away
- [Outro x2]
- The only guarantee in life
- Is a life worth dyin' for
- Cause death don't wait for no one
- It's sittin' on yo front door
- [Thanks to Zack E. for these lyrics]
- [Slug - Verse 1]
- A city full of people and my favorite is that waitress
- And she treats me like some type of common vagrant
- I see her everyday, but there's nothing to say
- Unless I decide to step inside of that cafe
- I only get to sit if I buy something to eat
- Otherwise it's best to keep my feet moving down that street
- And god damn she's a hard bitch
- Talks at me like I'm the bad dog that got into the garbage
- Yeah I know that the toilet is for customers
- You ain't got to tangle up the strings to make this puppet work
- It doesn't have to be a game of patty cake
- But it ain't like you don't know I sleep in that alleyway
- And by the way, I can see it in your eyes
- You're angry with your life, not a stranger to the fight
- I bet you hate every man that you date
- And you're probably addicted to all types of escape
- You take it out on me that you're all alone
- When you know you got your own closet full of hollow bones
- Watch the tone when you speak to old folks
- I'm grown, just trying to get out of this Minnesota cold
- [Spoken]
- Look lady, I'm homeless, I'm crazy
- I'm so hopeless I'm suicidal daily
- If you and I can't co-exist, let's fake it
- Cause I ain't got the energy it takes for this relationship
- [Slug - Verse 2]
- I'm waiting for a city bus to flatten me
- And transport me to the ever after happily
- Maybe reincarnated with luck
- Come back to Earth as a cockroach in your tip cup
- She said she's had it up to here
- She's gonna call authorities if I don't disappear
- I love her threats, it rejuvenates my breath
- I give her stress for the reaction that it gets
- I got a pocket full of clean, handled money
- On a cup of bad coffee and a stale honey bun
- In front of everyone she calls me bum
- But she notices my absence on them afternoons I don't come
- So here I am, thorn in her hip
- Holding down the corner table all morning with some corn chips
- Ignoring the insults and evil eyes
- I feed off of 'em, I wonder when she'll realize
- That she's the only reason I visit
- The only woman in my world that acknowledges my existence
- And if my ship ever comes, I'll miss it
- Because I'm getting old and I ain't got much left to give it
- So there it is and I have to live with it
- I had the chance to make a difference, but I didn't
- In the cafe bathroom drinking free tap water
- Thinking: "Damn, I should've been a better father to my daughter"
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