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Folk
Songs (2001)
Like Nick Cave's half brother giving Tom
Waits a bloody beating behind the tool
shed, Rod Webber paints an unsettling
portrait of a dystopian world inhabited by
perverts, sadists and sobrietly-challenged
irishmen.
Track
Listing:
01. The
Man With No Name
02. The Belle of the
Ball
03. Crawl Away
04. If
You've Gotta Stab Someone
05. In The Know
06. Born Evil
07. What Goes On Inside
Your Head?
08. So Low
09.
10. Sylvia
Rod
Webber: Folk Songs
- 10 song CD
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The Man
With No Name.
I've come to tell the story
of a man you've never
met,
a man who has no scruples
or an inkling of
regret.
He was born into great affluence,
but his sister loved him
not
so he forced himself upon her
and since that day his heart just
rots.
No they dare
not speak his name,
for they feared they'd die the
same,
bloody, beaten, sodomized,
suffocated muffled
cries-
at the hands of the man with no
name.
On his
fifteenth birthday
well he stood up to his
Ma.
He showed her what he thought of
her,
then beat his poor ol'
Pa.
Days went by before the neighbors
smelled death in the
wind,
but they never found the bastard
who had made beef stew of his
kin.
No they dare
not speak his name,
for they feared they'd die the
same,
bloody, beaten, sodomized,
suffocated muffled
cries-
at the hands of the man with no
name.
Listen good-
I'm tellin you,
this man aint no campfire
tale.
He's been spotted in the Hamptons,
raped the host at
Chippendale's.
He moved down south to get away,
lunched on Cousin
Dell.
They shot him dead in Texas,
but they wouldn't take him down in
hell.
No they dare
not speak his name,
for they feared they'd die the
same,
bloody, beaten, sodomized,
suffocated muffled
cries-
at the hands of the man with no
name.
02./// The
Belle of the Ball
The belle of the ball,
she was dressed as a doll-
she spun round round round
She delighted in laughter
as she pranced in the hall-
she got down down down
The belle of the ball,
I was sure she would fall
to the floor floor floor
But the belle of the ball,
yeah she showed us all,
as she stepped through the door,
she moaned like a whore, said
I just went
down on your lady
I just went down on your
girl
I just went down on your
lady
I just went down on your
girl
The belle of
the ball
was covered in blood-
red red red
I asked her which way my lady had
went-
she said dead dead
dead
The belle of the ball was clearly
deranged-
she laughed ha ha
ha
The belle of the ball,
I guess she showed us
all
as she waltzed through the door,
she moaned like a whore,
said
I just went
down on your lady
I just went down on your
girl
I just went down on your
lady
I just went down on your
girl
why- oh god
tell me why-----
why- oh god tell me why
when I found
my lady,
she was battered and bruised,
but she lived lived
lived
I cried get a doctor,
my lady still breathes,
there is hope hope
hope
but my lady she sighed
with a tear in her eye-
said hold me
tight
it wont be long before I am
gone
she said I love you,
but please do her no
harm,
then died in
my arms
died in my
arms
died in my
arms
died in my arms
03.///
Crawl Away
IbrokeintoYOURhouse,theother.night
YOUwerent.athome,soIhope,you'realright.
IBROKE.thevaseathetopofthestairs.
But.Whiskers,hedidn'treallyseemtocare.
I.YEARNED.FOR.YOU
butyouturnedfromme.
AND.NOT.EVEN
A_L_L
Thekingsflunkiescanputoutshittogether.
Again.
WhydontyouRETURNMYCALLS?????
I'Mrightoutsideyourdoor
WITHABUTCCHERSKNIFE.
rejectmetomyface,
ORI'LLFUCKYOURCAT.
I.wanna,hear.it.ffrom.your.mouth.'fore.headin.south
theni'llcrawlaway.
i'llcrawlaway.
Isawyougettingoffofwork,
makingfriendswithcaptainjerk.
iswareyou'vegotmereallyworried
peoplewhofeellikedoinghard.drugs,
aregenerallytheworstcandidatesfrothatsortofindulgence.
WhydontyouRETURNMYCALLS?????
I'Mrightoutsideyourdoor
WITHABUTCCHERSKNIFE.
rejectmetomyface,
ORI'LLFUCKYOURCAT.
I.wanna,hear.it.ffrom.your.mouth.'fore.headin.south
theni'llcrawlaway.
i'llcrawlaway.
If You've
Gotta Stab Someone
when i went down to harlem,
i had bloody murder in what was left
of my heart
a man who no longer has a name
had torn the good half of my heart
apart
i took a good long look at myself-
and i didn't like what i
saw
so i called him via cell phone
and i told him we could die
together-
i didn't care much.for the
law
if you've
gotta stab someone, go ahead and stab
me
we can die together, so go ahead and
stab me
--------------------------------------------------------
only a few short hours before-
i considered him to be my
friend,
i considered him my confidant,
my right hand man until
mrpeepers.grinned
little did I know
that I'd become his personal angel
of death,
that fucker only cared about getting
rich
he invited me into his home
so he could fuck me in the ass,
I had come to be his
bitch
if you've
gotta stab someone, go ahead and stab
me
goddam- everybody's doin it, so go
ahead and stab me
--------------------------------------------------------
in the morning jesus came to me in a
dream,
and he said son,
why the fuck you been prayin to
me?
i told him all i wanted was revenge,
and I'd come to ask for his blessing
-----
jesus said "I know you've been
wronged,
but two wrongs do not make a
right
you've got to learn to turn the
other cheek
andthenyoullseethelight."
come.on,come.on...not.YoutooMan!,
how bout I stab you through the
night?
if you've
gotta stab someone, go ahead and stab
me
i'm the mutherfuckin angel of death,
so go the fuck ahead and stab me
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if ya gotta stab someone,
stab that evil motherfucker
whos heart has turned
black
if you gotta stab me babe,
you better stab me really fuckin
good,
cuz if you don't, I'll stab you
back
--------------------------------------------------------
when the man with no name
finally got the nerve to show his
face-
I was already far beyond liquored
up
I was drinking gasoline and chasing
it with nails,
and the bartender could hardly fill
my cup
the man with no name stepped to the
bar--
i said man, what the fuck are you
doing in these parts?
don't you know I'm going to fucking
rape you with this fuckin bar stool
and eat your motherfuckin
heart?
if you've gotta stab someone,
go ahead and stab
me
you're mine now bitch,
we're going to die together,
so go ahead and stab
me
if you've gotta stab someone,
go ahead and stab
me
because of you I'm already dead,
so just stab me some more while I
fill your chest full of lead
STABME
05.///In
The Know
allIEverWanted,was4.U2.C.me
IKnowIT.must.B.hard,cuz.there's.not.much.2.c
I.would.chewmyarmoff,ifit'd.setmyskin..aglow
you&I.together,whenthelightsturnedlow
yeahIwantsobad,IwantsobadforYOUtoseeme.
YEAHIWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBADTOFORYOU,TOSEEME.
AllIeverwanted,was2Bintheknow,
alltheyevertoldme,waswhereIcould.go
ButHell.just.wouldn'tBeMe,,,,cuzI'm.tooWELLCOIFFED
seemsthatdoesn'tmattertheystillscornandtheystillscoff
YEAHIWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBADTOBE,TOBEINTHEKNOW
YEAHIWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBADTOBE,TOBEINTHEKNOW
.....well...well....youjustcant'tell.
well....well.....iguessigotleftbehind.
....well...well...youjustcant'tell.
wishicouldsayididn'tmind
YEAHIWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBADTOBE,TOBEINTHEKNOW
YEAHIWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBAD,IWANTSOBADTOBE,TOBEINTHEKNOW
06.///
Born Evil
The.day.I.was.born,the.sky.turned.black...
mymama.ran.from.the.house.inFEAR.
She.TOLD.mydaddy"I.brought.abastardintoTHEWORLD"
Brought.a.curse.onEVERYTHING_I_hold--dear
As.I.grew--my.deeds.became.more.wicked.
I.went.from.stealing&feeling.little.girls
to.SLIPPING.MYfirst.RAZOR,into.a.candied.apple.
It.felt.GOOd2.bringthatkind.ofEVIL.into.theworld.
LADADEEDA,LADADEEDEE
I'M.A.BAD,BADMAN,AS.YOU.CAN.SEE
LADADEEDA,LADADEEDAY
DIDN'T.BECOME.BAD--JUST.BORN.THAT.WAY.
I.remember.my.first.taste.forDEATH
couldn'tve.beenmorethan,,,6or7
I.pushed.the.old.widow.O'REILLY.down.a.flight.of.stairs
andwatched.HERSPIRIT.RISE.toheaven.
AS_I_grew,sodid.myASPIRATIONS.
I.made.a.stuffed.trophy.out.of.Margaret.CLine
I.made.sheppard's.pie.out.of.her.little.dog.muffy.
and.had.her.with.avintage.glass.of.wine
LADADEEDA,LADADEEDEE
I'M.A.BAD,BADMAN,AS.YOU.CAN.SEE
LADADEEDA,LADADEEDAY
DIDN'T.BECOME.BAD--JUST.BORN.THAT.WAY.
07.///
What Goes On Inside Your Head?
blame it on the drinks,
blame it on the drugs,
hell blame it on TV
blame it on you, blame it on
them,
just don't blame it on me
i'm sick to death of laying the
blame,
but theres way too many fingers pointing to
you.
what goes on
inside your head?
you motherfucker, i'll shoot you
dead-
i cant understand the hows or
why-
i guess thats why just have to
die
you motherfucker give me one reason
why
i shouldn't just shoot you dead
blame it on
your mom and your dad,
i hope to god they blame it on
you
blame it on your sister and
brother,
but i hope to god they blame it on you
too
i'm sick to death of laying the
blame,
but theres way too many fingers pointing to
you.
what goes on
inside your head?
you motherfucker, i'll shoot you
dead-
i cant understand the hows or
why-
i guess thats why just have to
die
you motherfucker give me one reason
why
i shouldn't just shoot you dead
i know I
sound demented, I know i sound
deranged,
but the fact of the matter is I'm
probably just insane.
i know i don't make sense, but i'm
standing on the fence,
but i don't know which way i'm going
to fall...
i guess i don't make
sense
what goes on
inside your head?
you motherfucker, i'll shoot you
dead-
i cant understand the hows or
why-
i guess thats why just have to
die
you motherfucker give me one reason
why
i shouldn't just shoot you dead
dead dead
dead dead
08./// So
Low
igiveup.
I'msick.of.this.....
NO,I_DON'T_want_to_hate.
ButIthank....god...THAT.I'mnotyou,
Icouldn't.bear.that.weight.
I'msickoffeelinglikethis.
I'msickofthoughtsofyou.
mostofall,i'mSICK.of.me.
whathaveyou.turned.meinto?
oh,don'tyouknow?
downdown.yougo.
how.you've.sunk.so.low.
Go.tohell,orgotocourt.
at.thispointI.don'tcare.
justleaveme,&hopefully,iwon'tpullout
allmyhair
I'msickoffeelinglikethis.
I'msickofthoughtsofyou.
mostofall,i'mSICK.of.me.
whathaveyou.turned.meinto?
oh,don'tyouknow?
downdown.yougo.
how.you've.sunk.so.low.
10.///
Sylvia
When I loose it,
when I lost it,
you were there for me.
You didn't choose it,
but still you held me,
you were there for me
you make everything
alright
you make everything
alright
Sylvia,
Sylvia,
the only heart unscathed in hell.
When I'm
drifting,
when I'm sinking,
you are there for me.
You ask for nothing,
thank god i know you,
cuz you're there for me
you make everything
alright
you make everything
alright
Sylvia,
Sylvia,
the one good heart unscathed in hell.
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