Hostile, Mass.-The Hold Steady

[ti:Hostile, Mass.] [ar:The Hold Steady] [al:Almost Killed Me] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.69]Hostile, Mass. - The Hold Steady [00:02.07] [00:05.70]A knockoff necktie [00:07.02] [00:08.28]The way he wore it made it look more like a tourniquet [00:11.62] [00:13.06]I looked deep in his eyes [00:14.57] [00:16.32]I saw Lynn Massachussetts [00:19.65] [00:20.21]She hung a sleeveless dress up on a sleeved up lifestyle [00:23.94] [00:24.87]Girl you gotta cover that [00:26.34] [00:27.15]He was gushing blood from wide open wounds [00:30.09] [00:30.59]And she decided that she loved him [00:32.59] [00:34.09]They put the screws into Charlemagne [00:36.02] [00:36.59]He had a detox dream he saw Christ in all his glory [00:40.67] [00:41.35]Charlemagne didn't feel any pain [00:44.04] [00:44.60]But he's bleeding from the holes in his story [00:47.06] [00:48.12]He said "Hey my name is corey [00:50.30]I'm really into hardcore People call me Hard Corey " [00:54.04] [00:54.91]Don't you hate these clever people [00:56.79]And all these clever people parties [00:58.49] [01:00.74]In the park drinking Dark Bacardi [01:03.36] [01:04.05]Thinking things are funny when they really ain't that funny [01:06.95] [01:08.08]The kids on the corner they keep getting stung [01:10.99] [01:11.74]The color of our teeth matches the color of our tongues [01:14.62] [01:15.17]In the back bay fens getting gentle [01:17.74]Up against the fence with some guy who looks like Mickey Mantle [01:22.51]Dirty minds keep coming thru the mud [01:25.56]The color of their eyes matches the color of our blood [01:28.78] [01:56.78]He had a painters cap it said "Panama Jack" [02:00.61]It had the flaps on the back that kept the sun off his neck [02:04.51]He woke up deep in Hostile Massachussetts [02:06.72] [02:07.72]Reaching out to try to touch the special effects [02:10.52] [02:11.28]He had no shoes and no pants [02:13.35]And they dressed him in a shirt with a collar and called him Porky Pig [02:18.31]The two of you went up to his room [02:20.31]Later on you wouldn't admit you did [02:22.20] [02:23.26]Seeing lousy movies but only for the A/C [02:26.59] [02:27.40]Skimpy little outfits and bad guys acting crazy [02:31.03] [02:31.65]That's how I know when you're lying [02:33.73] [02:34.67]It looks just like overacting [02:37.04] [02:37.91]Kids on the corner are cracking and caving in [02:41.12] [02:41.80]Turning over and turning other kids in [02:44.64] [02:45.77]I never want to make you feel uncomfortable [02:48.53] [02:49.22]I hope I never did [02:51.28]They met as kids he was angry and angsty [02:54.29]Yeah she was a damned good dancer [02:57.62] [02:58.88]I'll be damned if they didn't disappear [03:01.53]Wandered out of mass one day and faded into the fog and love and faithless fear [03:06.65] [03:28.53]Charlemagne in sweatpants and you and me in Hostile Massachussetts