Black Out On White Night-Sage Francis

[ti:Black Out On White Night] [ar:Sage Francis] [al:Human The Death Dance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Black Out On White Night - Sage Francis [00:34.10]Lights are out phones are dead [00:36.41]And I'm the only thing that's runnin in this city [00:38.57]Except for the clouds [00:39.59]And man they're comin down [00:41.19]If i knew my way around wouldn't feel so dizzy [00:43.46] [00:44.57]Where's tele nobody can tell me [00:46.19] [00:46.83]I don't speak a lick of that language and got a slippery memory [00:49.46] [00:50.11]If i spelled it all out on my arm only if [00:53.32]But i didn't so i think get a grip kid deal with it [00:55.64]Baby's waiting for a ring [00:57.31]Won't settle for the substitute excuse that's forming [00:59.85] [01:00.66]I got a complicated case of escapism [01:03.37]For her i try to rewire my nature [01:05.94]Too tired to wake her up [01:07.40]Odder that artificial calm she was on [01:09.12]Drug-induced future that slipped out of her palms [01:12.15]Seductive rain dancer she thinks i'm waterproof [01:15.14]Like superman doesn't need a roof over his head [01:17.73]When i come home to roost i need truth to hold in bed [01:21.22]But i'm seeking salvation in a booth [01:22.84]And the phones are dead [01:24.41]And the lights are out [01:26.29]And i'm the only thing livin in this ghost town [01:28.53]Except for the clouds and man they're comin down [01:30.50]If i knew my way around by now i'd be bound for home [01:35.02]Blackout on white night in rome [01:37.23] [01:38.17]Blackout on white night in rome [01:40.14] [02:02.98]I know that i'm in love but i know i'm out of touch [02:05.61]And i know that i get dumb when i can sense something's up [02:08.16]And then i bottom out [02:09.25]European tailspins [02:10.01]Scrolling messages out on my pale skin [02:12.52]In hopes that they get mailed in [02:14.40]Before the ink poisoning takes effect [02:16.17]And it gets smudged because i budge before letting paint set [02:18.95]I get judged by the ones who have shelter and rain checks [02:22.18]While i trudge through the mud cuz its pouring to rain sweat [02:25.12]Regain consciousness and lose common sense [02:27.69]The ominous dark skies that lie between me [02:30.31]And providence are signs [02:31.42]The obvious answer isn't standin on your face with stilettos on [02:34.48]If you pop the question wrong [02:36.57]Every song's a post afterthought [02:38.53]I won't grab the chalk to outline my body of work [02:41.88]Toe-tags get caught in my teeth [02:43.26]Cuz my foot is in my mouth [02:44.80]And spurs are in my words so my tongue can't dismount [02:46.68]Even after our rapport had fully run its course [02:49.27]Couldn't figure out the most heroic time to jump from the horse [02:53.23]And place this old hat for the last time [02:55.51]On the coat rack [02:56.54]But i donate all of my earnings from this race [02:58.65]Just to know that [03:00.03]Resisting urges to go back and get it later [03:01.75]Like the milk wouldn't sour itself in the refrigerator [03:03.74]A wet boy [03:04.93] [03:05.77]In a dry dry state [03:07.29]On an old country road [03:08.45]Where tradition has a blind date [03:09.98]I make it dance on its own grave tonight [03:12.26]With a change of direction by the pale moon light [03:14.84]And if it needs theme music i'll break out the bagpipes [03:17.95]And play a tune a ghost wrote me in a past life [03:20.86]That goes like