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Still Feel Gone Lyrics

Jay Farrar has posted the lyrics to all of his songs (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, and solo) on his official website.

To my knowledge, official lyrics have not been released for Jeff Tweedy's songs on Still Feel Gone. I've included unofficial fan transcriptions of those songs below.


Gun

Falling out the window
Tripping on a wrinkle in the rug
Falling out of love, dear
It hurt much worse when you gave up

Just don't tell me which way I oughta run
Or what good I could do anyone
'Cause my heart, it was a gun
But it's unloaded now
So don't bother

Climbing up the ladder
Breaking my shin on the very first rung
Waking up the neighbors
It's all right, they understand they're just as dumb

And they don't tell me which way I oughta run
Or what good I could do anyone
'Cause my heart, it was a gun
But it's unloaded now
So don't bother me now
Don't bother

Crawling back to you now
I sold my guitar to the girl next door
She asked me if I knew how
I told her I don't think so anymore

Don't tell me which way I oughta run
What good could I do anyone
'Cause my heart, it was a gun
But it's unloaded now
So don't bother


Looking For A Way Out

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


Fall Down Easy

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


Nothing

Been traveling around some
Crossing people's paths
Some they stand right in your way
Others like to watch you pass

Been trying to memorize
All the different lies
That people must tell themselves each night
To justify their lives

Don't call it nothing
This might be all we'll ever have

Held myself for ransom
Wandered so blind
I found the roads less traveled
To take you off my mind

And I told myself I know
Everything I do
I'm just looking for something
To lead me away from you

Don't call it nothing
This might be all you'll ever have

I know it's not enough
To make it sound like more
So I swear, if there's a God,
To make him sleep on the floor

Been traveling around some
Crossing people's paths
Some they stand right in your way
Others like to watch you pass

Don't call it nothing
This might be all we'll ever have
I'll ever have
Ever have


Still Be Around

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


Watch Me Fall

Some folks find that their role in life
Is to fail at everything they try
While other folks see, but not like me
There's one thing that they're damn good at

Gather around you all
Come around and see
Those who stand tall
Why don't you please watch me fall

The hole it is wide and it's there to divide
It's no one's fault, it's put there by design
And there's a bridge yet to build as many men have willed
That can stand the weight of all those who wish to pass

Gather around you all
Come around and see
Those who stand tall
Why don't you please watch me fall


Punch Drunk

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


Postcard

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


D. Boon

Do you remember, remember D. Boon?
Part of what he was is a part of me now
And if you think back, where would he be
Where would I be if time had allowed?

This isn't written for any one man
It's about me
This isn't written for anyone alive
Just the songs that he sang

I've been told that it's a waste of time
Well, so what?
Will it be worth mine?

And if Managua's bullets don't fly
Young men still would die for glory
Or for their countries
It's just me and Jay
Playing our guitars along with it all

This isn't written for any one man
It's about me
This isn't written for anyone alive
Just the songs that he sang

And I'm not old
So I've got nothing but time to waste
Will it be worth mine?


True To Life

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


Cold Shoulder

Doesn't matter what you've said
Or what you've done
When you've lost your head
You're looking for a new one

Your heaven looks just like my hell
Beautiful, as far as I can tell
Your heaven looks just like my hell

Just as I drown
Then you say it's real
So I hold myself down
'Cause I like the way it feels

Your heaven looks just like my hell
Beautiful, as far as I can tell
Your heaven looks just like my hell

How could I have ever needed
Such a cold heart to count on?
And how could I have ever wanted
Such a cold shoulder to cry on?


Discarded

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


If That's Alright

Every day is dreamlike
It seems like
In every way
And that's why
When I look back on my life
It's like a slideshow out of focus

And as the carousel goes 'round
The slides are upside-down
There's nothing to make out or even notice

When will it all become concrete
Wouldn't that be sweet
To know where you stand
But until then, it's a slideshow
That you're yawning through
Or even sleeping

And as the carousel goes 'round
The slides are still upside-down
There's nothing to make out or even notice

And if that's alright, then it's alright
If that's alright, then it's alright
And if that's alright, then I wanna hear you say it
And if that's alright, then I gotta hear you say it now


Extra songs included on the 2003 reissue


Sauget Wind

Read the lyrics on Jay Farrar's official website.


I Wanna Destroy You (Robyn Hitchcock)

I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
I feel it coming on again just like it did before
They feed your pride with boredom and they lead you on to war
The way you treat each other really makes me feel ill
'Cause if you wanna fight then you're just dyin' to get killed

I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you

A pox upon the media and everything you read
They tell you your opinions and they're very good indeed

I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you

And when I have destroyed you I'll come picking at your bone
And you won't have a single atom left to call your own

I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
Wanna destroy you
Wanna destroy you
Wanna destroy you


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