Pay No Attention To The Hair

[blacklid]

Robert Levon Been, uh, Turner... oh, whatever how about just Rob, playing Mercy for The Current on May 23, 2007. I can't listen to this without at least humming the harmony. Pay no attention to the hair... or the hangover-shades... or that he took his boots off and he's standing there in his socked feet, tapping his toes... yeah, just ignore that part.

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Time stands too still
Left you there for the kill
But this hope that sorrow bleeds
Leaves a man with nothing
There's just no mercy in your eyes
There ain't no time to set things right
And I'm afraid I've lost the fight
I'm just a painful reminder
Another day you leave behind
Love grows so thin
Suits your taste for bitter ends
But this ache that holds you in
Leaves no place to begin
There's just no mercy in your eyes
There ain't no time for selling lies
And I'm afraid I've lost the fight
I'm just a painful reminder
Another day you leave behind
[bridge]
Words seem so blind
I've been pushed far aside

Soon my choice seems too small
Any move and I could fall
There's just no mercy in your eyes child
There ain't no time to set things right
And I'm not preaching to the choir
I'm just a painful reminder
And you're a fool satisfied
And then he ad libs verses...
yeah and so
why can't you see child
why won't you feel love
I'm on my knees
yeah and on
why won't you speak child
why can't you dream on
I'm on my knees
yeah and so on
why won't you see child
why can't you feel love
I'm on my knees
I'm right here for you
...because he just does that sometimes.