Cadallaca: Lyrics to the Out West 4 song EP

(note: these lyrics are what I think the band is singing in the songs)

 

Out West

howdy ma'am, where ya headed?
i'm goin' home
'sat right, where ya been?
out west...

heard my man was cheating me
he was out west, no chores for me
eyes that watch just in the door
and now they'll open nevermore

i'll never go back

swinging door only swings one way
when you give your heart away
when it's stolen by a thief
he only cries bloody grief

i'll never go back

blue was just (?) the sky was grey
the sun went down on me that day
gun was hot and my mind slipped away

hid myself beneath the seat
the man can steal a woman's due
found him in his lover's bed
and that is where i left him dead

i'll never go back

took off my pants, took off my vest
and i put back on my dress
i walked into the street
i wasn't scared of what i'd meet

i'll never go back

 

blue was just (?) the sky was grey
god came upon me that day
gun was hot and my mind slipped away

 

Scarface

I've always hidden it, but
there's something you should know
maybe you can't handle it, if not
you better go

this isn't my real face baby
it's just a scar and
it happened a long time ago
it happened in a car

and i would have died if i had got my way
something inside will always make me say

always in the front seat baby,
never in the back
i gave it all to you
you never gave it back

this isn't my real heart, baby,
it's just a scar
it happened a long time ago
it happened in a car

i would have died if i had got my way
and something inside will always make me say

i know i couldn't handle you
you could never handle me
something i had said will always make me see
i need you

i couldn't handle you
you couldn't handle me

it took two years of ???
a second chance to live again

this isnt a real face baby,
it's just a scar
it happened a long time ago
it happened in a car

 

The Trouble with Public Places

(laughing)
God..Who's that guy over there?
I don't know..
That's my drink! Watch out where you're going!

I know the trouble with the public places
I've seen too many of those unfamiliar faces
Drink and yell and push around
I just came here to see this band
Oh no don't talk to me
Cuz you're way too stoned
And you're way too drunk

Just give me a house
Give me a room
Give me a private party or two
Give me a beat I can dance to
And I'll go away

The bands they start at 9
So we got there right at 10 o' clock
But oh no their van broke down
They're in Portland now
But they're all lost
Oh, we came to see you
We can't recieve you
If you can't make your time slot
Oh no this guy is talking to me
It's almost 1 o' clock

Give me a house
Give me a room
Give me a private party or two
Give me a beat I can dance to
And I'll go away

Now is the time to liberate
All good things come to those who wait
and see the hot new band
I hear the buzz is good on them
But I can hardly stand another set
Much less an hour of this yuppy head
Should I go home, go to bed
But then I won't see the band
And I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never

And I know the trouble with the public places
I've seen too many of these unfamiliar faces
Drink and yell and push around
I just came here to see this band
Oh no this guy is talking to me
It's almost 2 o' clock

Give me a house
Give me a room
Give me a private party or two
Give me a beat I can dance to
And I'll go away
I'll go away

 

Fake Karaoke Machine

(one two three four)
i never understood if you wanted me that way
although i asked a hundred million times
you know the song the one for me
you never sang that song
you never sang that song for me
you never sang another note

and later on my wits(?) work on and i couldn't even cry
the feeling left as quickly as it came
i never sang the one for you, i never sang that one
i never sang that one for you, i never sang...
and now you're gone

tonight the words upon the screen exactly what i mean
but i dont know if you will ever see

 

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