Brendan Benson Lyrics
The Alternative to Love
Alternative To Love
Maybe if I lay real still
It will go away, maybe it will
Maybe this I won't budge
Maybe I just need ...
Alternative To Love Chords and Tabs
Between Us Somedays I'm content to stay at home But other days I get restless I can't stand to be alone Okay, ...
Biggest Fan Electric eyes and a see-saw brain The ghost of you and a phantom pain And insects iridescent sheen ...
Cold Hands (Warm Heart) Cold hands, warm heart We just need some time apart And everything will be okay Oh no, not again Wh...
Feel Like Myself You'll be sorry the next time you see me You'll eat your hat, I promise you that I'll say "i t...
Flesh and Bone Little lamb that you are Now you've wandered too far And you can't find your car You don't know whe...
Get It Together Well you love me and I love you So what's the problem? Can't you see that I'm sinking fast And I'm n...
Gold Into Straw I'm writing the words to this song with a poison pen I'm turing straw into gold and then back again...
Spit It Out The yellow sun in the sky whenever you walk A little white lie written in chalk The red spot in you...
Spit It Out Chords and Tabs
The Pledge Well, I'll be loyal to you in every way There's nothing I wouldn't do or I wouldn't say I hate to t...
Them and Me I heard you're back on your feet I'm really glad to hear it You're in the driver's seat And you can ...
Them and Me Chords and Tabs
What I'm Looking For Well I don't know what I'm looking for But I know that I just wanna look some more And I won't be s...
What I'm Looking For Chords and Tabs
Alternative To Love Chords and Tabs
Between Us Somedays I'm content to stay at home But other days I get restless I can't stand to be alone Okay, ...
Biggest Fan Electric eyes and a see-saw brain The ghost of you and a phantom pain And insects iridescent sheen ...
Cold Hands (Warm Heart) Cold hands, warm heart We just need some time apart And everything will be okay Oh no, not again Wh...
Feel Like Myself You'll be sorry the next time you see me You'll eat your hat, I promise you that I'll say "i t...
Flesh and Bone Little lamb that you are Now you've wandered too far And you can't find your car You don't know whe...
Get It Together Well you love me and I love you So what's the problem? Can't you see that I'm sinking fast And I'm n...
Gold Into Straw I'm writing the words to this song with a poison pen I'm turing straw into gold and then back again...
Spit It Out The yellow sun in the sky whenever you walk A little white lie written in chalk The red spot in you...
Spit It Out Chords and Tabs
The Pledge Well, I'll be loyal to you in every way There's nothing I wouldn't do or I wouldn't say I hate to t...
Them and Me I heard you're back on your feet I'm really glad to hear it You're in the driver's seat And you can ...
Them and Me Chords and Tabs
What I'm Looking For Well I don't know what I'm looking for But I know that I just wanna look some more And I won't be s...
What I'm Looking For Chords and Tabs
Folk Singer
Folk Singer
(Benson/Falkner)
Like a folk singer's song, I'm moving on
And I'm not the kind of man that acts ver...
Unfortunate Guy (Benson) This is the sound of the world's smallest violin I've seen worse than the worst trouble yo...
Unfortunate Guy (Benson) This is the sound of the world's smallest violin I've seen worse than the worst trouble yo...
Lapalco

Good To Me (Benson/Falkner) I've got a 1980 Volvo I get in, start it up and I go (ring, ring) It ain't a vinta...
I'm Easy I'm easy Just a couple of words that you've got to say and it frees me From the powerful eyes when t...
Jetlag My so-called friends Where are they now? I guess a love that bends Isn't worth much anyhow The come ...
Just Like Me (Benson) A balloon to your lips And held between your fingertips But soon it slips your grip and wh...
Life In The D (Benson) My life in the D is a tragicomedy A poetic verse It's voodoo, some say, black magic ettouf...
Metarie (Benson/Falkner) Met a girl, introduced myself I asked her go to with me and no one else And she sa...
Metarie Chords and Tabs
Pleasure Seeker (Benson/Falkner) Drip, drip, drip, drip outside my window A head full of zip sleeps on my pillow An...
Tiny Spark (Benson/Falkner) (Yeah) I've always been this way Never known any other way to feel Got the right ...
Tiny Spark Chords and Tabs
What (Benson) What are you trying to do to me, girl? I closed my eyes, I don't want to see, girl I don't...
You're Quiet (Benson) You're quiet You don't talk You're shut down And closed off You're like me We're the same ...
You're Quiet Chords and Tabs
One Mississippi
Bird's Eye View
(Benson)
This is only a bird's eye view of how I
See things between me and you
And everyone in betw...
Cherries (Benson/Falkner) The girl with the silver on her thing Wanna take her home, meet mom and dad It's h...
Cherries Chords and Tabs
Crosseyed (Benson/Falkner) Twitchy lady, so lovely with your short hair Where do you come from? Where are you...
Emma J (Benson) Take my hand and let it begin Open your heart and let me in Girl, I think I'm in love with...
Emma J Chords and Tabs
Got No Secrets (Benson) I got no secrets When I was a young boy I was beat up by my dad I grew up fast, I took dru...
Hidden Track (Benson) Show me the moon and I'll play you a tune I brought out the moon, and I'll show it to you ...
House In Virginia (Benson/Falkner) House in Virginia We' love to see you, Emma Red velvet chairs for you to sit on, E...
House In Virginia Chords and Tabs
How 'Bout You (Benson) Does it break your heart each time I fall apart? Does it give you purpose in this life? An...
I'm Blessed (Benson/Falkner) My mother raise me single-handedly In a Louisiana hell called Harvey I never know ...
Insects Rule (Benson/Falkner) Once knew a woman, she was skin and bones Invited all the insects to come into her...
Maginary Girl (Benson) Maginary girl You lay awake in your bed Speaking the words in your head You think about wh...
Me Just Purely (Benson/Falkner) This is only temporary These songs are my worst habits My looks and my skin and my...
Me Just Purely Chords and Tabs
Sittin' Pretty (Benson/Falkner) If I point my gun at you Are you gonna see it my way? And if I tell you what to do...
Sittin' Pretty Chords and Tabs
Tea (Benson) I'm drinkin' tea If it's good enough for me then it's good enough for you We can have tea ...
Cherries (Benson/Falkner) The girl with the silver on her thing Wanna take her home, meet mom and dad It's h...
Cherries Chords and Tabs
Crosseyed (Benson/Falkner) Twitchy lady, so lovely with your short hair Where do you come from? Where are you...
Emma J (Benson) Take my hand and let it begin Open your heart and let me in Girl, I think I'm in love with...
Emma J Chords and Tabs
Got No Secrets (Benson) I got no secrets When I was a young boy I was beat up by my dad I grew up fast, I took dru...
Hidden Track (Benson) Show me the moon and I'll play you a tune I brought out the moon, and I'll show it to you ...
House In Virginia (Benson/Falkner) House in Virginia We' love to see you, Emma Red velvet chairs for you to sit on, E...
House In Virginia Chords and Tabs
How 'Bout You (Benson) Does it break your heart each time I fall apart? Does it give you purpose in this life? An...
I'm Blessed (Benson/Falkner) My mother raise me single-handedly In a Louisiana hell called Harvey I never know ...
Insects Rule (Benson/Falkner) Once knew a woman, she was skin and bones Invited all the insects to come into her...
Maginary Girl (Benson) Maginary girl You lay awake in your bed Speaking the words in your head You think about wh...
Me Just Purely (Benson/Falkner) This is only temporary These songs are my worst habits My looks and my skin and my...
Me Just Purely Chords and Tabs
Sittin' Pretty (Benson/Falkner) If I point my gun at you Are you gonna see it my way? And if I tell you what to do...
Sittin' Pretty Chords and Tabs
Tea (Benson) I'm drinkin' tea If it's good enough for me then it's good enough for you We can have tea ...
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Metarie (UK Version)
Met a girl, introduced myself
I asked her go to with me and no one else
And she said "I'd reall...
Metarie (Wellfed Version) Met a girl, introduced myself And I asked her go to with me and no one else And she said "I'd r...
Metarie (Wellfed Version) Met a girl, introduced myself And I asked her go to with me and no one else And she said "I'd r...