Shave The Cat Lyrics - Alejandro Escovedo

Let's get up. 

Roll one up. ??? 

Drink some caf. ??? 

Feed ____ them from my favorite cup. 

Oh the sun is a dream to keep dreamin'. 

Feed the dog, shave the cat. 

Have a rock n roll party on a wrestling mat. 

Oh the moon is a song we've been singin'. 

So take me home like before. 

Let's get off. 

We'll get off on the 13th floor. 

Magic pony turn me on. 

Turn me on. 

Pretty soon we'll all be gone. 

It's a trip. 

It's a scream. 

Another Monday night hangin' from the beam. 

Oh the sun is the one that ain't showin'. 

Burn the rug. 

Classic hits. 

There's a baritone sax that just won't quit. 

And a moon is a tune it keeps blowin'. 

So take me home. 

But not now. 

I don't want to get off, get off of this cloud. 

Magic pony turn me on. 

Turn me on. 

Pretty soon we'll all be gone. 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

Turn me on. 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

Come on.... [guitar solo] 

Turn it up. 

Bring it down. 

Ride your pony like a merry-go-round . 

Magic pony turn me on. 

Turn me on. 

Pretty soon we'll all be gone. 

We'll be gone. 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

We'll be gone. 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

Turn me on. 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

Yeah, we'll be gone. 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da 

webcam, all angles and long shots. 

No one can take the beauty of your smile. 

No one can break the beauty of your smile. 

Billy Nightshade owns the corner of Eddy and Jones. 

Bambi lives in a room made of clothes. 

Paris models sell us memories at a yard sale. 

Hit it hard. Hit it hard. 

Don't worry about the slow girl. 

No one can take the beauty of your smile. 

No one can break the beauty of your smile. 

Come on... 

No one can break the beauty of your smile. 

No one can take the beauty of your smile. 

Methadone is a lonely home when you're noddin' out in the lobby of the Taylor Hotel. 

The ghosts of the doormen still smell like piss and howl for no reason at the ghosts of longshoremen. 

Cob? cop? covered passing in the shape of a gun. 

There's no safe way home when you're on the run. 

I told her not to go. 

I told her not to go. 

There's no safe way home when you are made of life. 

No one can take the beauty of your smile. 

No one can break the beauty of your smile. 

No one can take the beauty of your smile. 

No one can break the beauty of your smile. 

I Don't Want to Play Guitar Anymore 

Don't know if I'm dyin', but I can't catch my breath. 

I'm givin' up on livin', terrified of death. 

Black wall of smoke rollin' right through my town. 

I used to run, but now I take it layin' down. 

And I wonder why I don't even want to play guitar anymore. 

If there's no stories left to sing, that's the end of everything. 

When I was a young man, I made a lot of noise. 

Messed up every which way, it was alter and destroy. 

Proud of it all though, but then I'm not ashamed. 

And lately I can't stand the sound of my own voice. 

And I don't know why I don't even want to play guitar anymore. 

When there's no stories left to sing, that's the end of everything. 

Sha-la-la-la-la 

Sha-la-la-la 

Sha-la-la-la-la 

Sha-la-la-la 

There's a will. 

There's a dead man close beyond. 

That's no way to ease this crippled mind. 

And I wonder why I don't even want to play guitar anymore. 

When there's no stories left to sing, that's the end of everything. 

When there's no stories left to sing, say goodbye to everything. 

Sha-la-la-la-la