Mudhoney - Piece of Cake Album Lyrics
Mudhoney - Piece of Cake Lyrics
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
No end in sight
The way I see it you must be blind
But can you spare a dime?
Can't you see your son is in too deep
Burning in the final sleep
Wide awake for ninety nine hours
No sleep tonight
He'll be pushing up flowers
Second chance he'll never get
A special high for blazes, burn
Left behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Let behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Running frantic without a clue
In the sand looking straight at you
Nothing straight, the world goes around
No one's safe until they're deep in the ground
Shot in the back, stopped in your tracks
The shifting sands coming over us
A second chance he hasn't got
It all boils down and turned around
Left behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Left Behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
There's so many times I couldn't bear to watch
Witness the boredom of you thinking all soft
He left his mark, he left you blind
Chasing the dream, left sleep behind
Left behind
Left and Right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Left behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
No end in sight
No end in sight
But can you spare a dime?
Can't you see your son is in too deep
Burning in the final sleep
Wide awake for ninety nine hours
No sleep tonight
He'll be pushing up flowers
Second chance he'll never get
A special high for blazes, burn
Left behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Let behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Running frantic without a clue
In the sand looking straight at you
Nothing straight, the world goes around
No one's safe until they're deep in the ground
Shot in the back, stopped in your tracks
The shifting sands coming over us
A second chance he hasn't got
It all boils down and turned around
Left behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Left Behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
There's so many times I couldn't bear to watch
Witness the boredom of you thinking all soft
He left his mark, he left you blind
Chasing the dream, left sleep behind
Left behind
Left and Right
No end in sight
No end in sight
Left behind
Left and right
No end in sight
No end in sight
No end in sight
No end in sight
Writer: KATRINA RUTH ELAM, CHRISTI DANNEMILLER, ROBIN BRUCE
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Round Hill Music Big Loud Songs
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Round Hill Music Big Loud Songs
Make it now
Make a hole
Make it wide
Make a hole
Make it wide
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here right now
Make me whole
Make me right
Make me whole
Make me right
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
Behind these walls
Locked up tight
No more darkness
No room for light
Speak to me
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here right now
Make it wide
Make a hole
Make it wide
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here right now
Make me whole
Make me right
Make me whole
Make me right
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
Make it now
Behind these walls
Locked up tight
No more darkness
No room for light
Speak to me
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here
I'm so far from here right now
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
When in Rome
When it all burns down
What you gonna do?
When it all burns down
Where you gonna go?
When it all burns down
How far you gonna run?
When it all burns down
Never thought it'd get down to this
Never thought it'd get down to this
Deep and sound asleep
And never saw the blaze
Deep and sound asleep
Couldn't smell the smoke
Deep and sound asleep
Didn't feel the flames
Deep and sound asleep
We were dreaming while the city burned
We were dreaming while the city burned
Now it's all burned down
Who can you trust?
Now it's all burned down
How come you're still alive?
Now it's all burned down
Where can you sleep tonight?
Now it's all burned down
Got one bullet left
And your time's run out
Better take that last shot
Better make it count
Got one bullet left
And your time's run out
Better take that last shot
Better make it count
What you gonna do?
When it all burns down
Where you gonna go?
When it all burns down
How far you gonna run?
When it all burns down
Never thought it'd get down to this
Never thought it'd get down to this
Deep and sound asleep
And never saw the blaze
Deep and sound asleep
Couldn't smell the smoke
Deep and sound asleep
Didn't feel the flames
Deep and sound asleep
We were dreaming while the city burned
We were dreaming while the city burned
Now it's all burned down
Who can you trust?
Now it's all burned down
How come you're still alive?
Now it's all burned down
Where can you sleep tonight?
Now it's all burned down
Got one bullet left
And your time's run out
Better take that last shot
Better make it count
Got one bullet left
And your time's run out
Better take that last shot
Better make it count
Writer: CAROLYN LEIGH, CY COLEMAN
Copyright: Lyrics © DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC , Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC , Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Suck you dry
Pull yourself together
Take a stab at forever
Relax and let yourself go
Put yourself together
Take a shot at forever
Sit back, let the tears flow
No time like he present
To get ripped apart
Got this burning desire
Aiming straight for your heart
Suck you dry
Suck you dry
Can't breath until
I suck you dry
Come a little closer
Before I slide over
Come on, I want you burn
Come a little closer
Before I take you over
Come now, watch my burn
No time like he present
To get ripped apart
Got this burning desire
Aiming straight for your heart
Suck you dry
Suck you dry
Can't breath until
I suck you dry
No time like he present
To get ripped apart
Got this burning desire
Aiming straight for your heart
Suck you dry
Suck you dry
Can't breath until
I suck you dry
Take a stab at forever
Relax and let yourself go
Put yourself together
Take a shot at forever
Sit back, let the tears flow
No time like he present
To get ripped apart
Got this burning desire
Aiming straight for your heart
Suck you dry
Suck you dry
Can't breath until
I suck you dry
Come a little closer
Before I slide over
Come on, I want you burn
Come a little closer
Before I take you over
Come now, watch my burn
No time like he present
To get ripped apart
Got this burning desire
Aiming straight for your heart
Suck you dry
Suck you dry
Can't breath until
I suck you dry
No time like he present
To get ripped apart
Got this burning desire
Aiming straight for your heart
Suck you dry
Suck you dry
Can't breath until
I suck you dry
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Blinding sun
We fell asleep on the riverbank one sunny afternoon
We fell asleep on the riverbank one sunny afternoon
Woke with a rope around my neck, swear I did no wrong
Blinding Sun, beats down in my eyes
Blinding Sun, beats down in my eyes
Had my fill on the river bank, with you by my side
What have I done?
What have I done?
Can't be long to the setting of the sun
No, it can't be long now to the setting of the sun
Maybe then I'll see, maybe then I'll fight or run
Who are you, and what do you want?
Who are you, and what do you want?
Your countenance shines brighter than the midday sun
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
Just my luck if nightfall never comes
Be just my luck if nightfall never comes
Waiting with a rope around my neck for the setting of the sun
Sun, sun, why don't you set?
Said, sun, sun, why don't you set?
Try to put this all behind me, but I can't forget
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
Where have you gone?
What have I done?
What have I done?
We fell asleep on the riverbank one sunny afternoon
Woke with a rope around my neck, swear I did no wrong
Blinding Sun, beats down in my eyes
Blinding Sun, beats down in my eyes
Had my fill on the river bank, with you by my side
What have I done?
What have I done?
Can't be long to the setting of the sun
No, it can't be long now to the setting of the sun
Maybe then I'll see, maybe then I'll fight or run
Who are you, and what do you want?
Who are you, and what do you want?
Your countenance shines brighter than the midday sun
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
Just my luck if nightfall never comes
Be just my luck if nightfall never comes
Waiting with a rope around my neck for the setting of the sun
Sun, sun, why don't you set?
Said, sun, sun, why don't you set?
Try to put this all behind me, but I can't forget
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
What have I done?
Where have you gone?
What have I done?
What have I done?
Writer: Daniel Peters, Mark Mclaughlin, Matthew Lukin, Steven Turner
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Thirteenth floor opening
If I try I could fly
Right through that window
If I try I could fly
Right through that window
Just can't find my way to the door
When I land I know I will not
Be injured
When I land I know I will not
Be injured
There's no way that
I can hurt any more
Got an open line
Up on the thirteenth floor
Got an open heart
Up on the thirteenth floor
Found an open window
Up on the thirteenth floor
Everything's wide open
Oh, on the thirteenth floor
Right through that window
If I try I could fly
Right through that window
Just can't find my way to the door
When I land I know I will not
Be injured
When I land I know I will not
Be injured
There's no way that
I can hurt any more
Got an open line
Up on the thirteenth floor
Got an open heart
Up on the thirteenth floor
Found an open window
Up on the thirteenth floor
Everything's wide open
Oh, on the thirteenth floor
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Im spun
I'm spun
I'm spun
I'm spun
I'm spun
Let's get it straight, I'm a ricochet
Oh, bouncing off these walls
I could hit you all
When you see me come
You just better run
Yeah, yeah, the world keeps spinning
It don't affect the way I'm thinking
I'm spun
Out of this skull
I'm spun
Now you're stung
Let's get it straight, I'm a ricochet
Bouncing off these walls
I could hit you all
When you see me come
You'd just better run
Yeah, yeah, the earth spins today
My head spins the other way
Now you see what happened to me
Watch me feeling
Get the feeling
Afraid it's true, it can happen to you
You know it's true, it can happen to you
Never know when you'll snap
Never know when you'll break
Never know when you'll crack
All you know is you can't trust fate
I'm spun
I've come undone
I'm spun
You're overcome
Let's get it straight, I'm a ricochet
Bouncing off these walls
I could hit you all
When you see me come
You better run
I'm spun
I'm spun
I'm spun
I'm spun
Let's get it straight, I'm a ricochet
Oh, bouncing off these walls
I could hit you all
When you see me come
You just better run
Yeah, yeah, the world keeps spinning
It don't affect the way I'm thinking
I'm spun
Out of this skull
I'm spun
Now you're stung
Let's get it straight, I'm a ricochet
Bouncing off these walls
I could hit you all
When you see me come
You'd just better run
Yeah, yeah, the earth spins today
My head spins the other way
Now you see what happened to me
Watch me feeling
Get the feeling
Afraid it's true, it can happen to you
You know it's true, it can happen to you
Never know when you'll snap
Never know when you'll break
Never know when you'll crack
All you know is you can't trust fate
I'm spun
I've come undone
I'm spun
You're overcome
Let's get it straight, I'm a ricochet
Bouncing off these walls
I could hit you all
When you see me come
You better run
I'm spun
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Take me there
Feeling so dull in the middle of action
Out on the prowl looking for a distraction
I found you out looking unaware
I knew if you could, you'd take me there
Come on
Yeah
Oh
Take me there
Take me there
Following you to provoke some reaction
Turning around, face to face with satisfaction
Living so cold in a world I care
You know I'd love you to take me there
That's right
Oh
Oh
Take me there
Take me there
I can tell from the look on your face
You've been shown around a better place
I can tell from the look in your eyes
That place here just ain't right
I can tell from the smile on your lips
It must have been one hell of a trip
Take it baby, no I don't care
Take me now, just take me there
Oh
Take me there
Oh
Take me there
Oh
Take me there
Oh
Take me there
Out on the prowl looking for a distraction
I found you out looking unaware
I knew if you could, you'd take me there
Come on
Yeah
Oh
Take me there
Take me there
Following you to provoke some reaction
Turning around, face to face with satisfaction
Living so cold in a world I care
You know I'd love you to take me there
That's right
Oh
Oh
Take me there
Take me there
I can tell from the look on your face
You've been shown around a better place
I can tell from the look in your eyes
That place here just ain't right
I can tell from the smile on your lips
It must have been one hell of a trip
Take it baby, no I don't care
Take me now, just take me there
Oh
Take me there
Oh
Take me there
Oh
Take me there
Oh
Take me there
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Living wreck
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Come on, too cool and collected
Claiming how you're so well connected
With the thousands who've defected
Who turn out to be just as wretched
This living wreck
Will come to crash again
Time it tight and I just might
Come back to what you are
Gnats and bats you're trying to hatch
Snakes and buzzards make no kind of match
What the hell you trying to catch
Trading friends for cold hard cash?
This living wreck
Will come to crash again
Time it tight and I just might
Come back to what you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
You got to change your life around
And step up to a higher ground
Shoot for the stars where she's been thrown
That's where your ambition's gone
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
Time it tight and I just might
Come back to what you are
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Come on, too cool and collected
Claiming how you're so well connected
With the thousands who've defected
Who turn out to be just as wretched
This living wreck
Will come to crash again
Time it tight and I just might
Come back to what you are
Gnats and bats you're trying to hatch
Snakes and buzzards make no kind of match
What the hell you trying to catch
Trading friends for cold hard cash?
This living wreck
Will come to crash again
Time it tight and I just might
Come back to what you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
Shoot for the stars
My, my how lucky you are
You got to change your life around
And step up to a higher ground
Shoot for the stars where she's been thrown
That's where your ambition's gone
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
This living wreck
Has come to crash again
Time it tight and I just might
Come back to what you are
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Let me let you down
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Sitting pretty like a snake in the grass
Got the world within my grasp
All coiled up, ready to strike
Give me a reason not to bite
It's your world, trying hard to fit in
Think I would if I could only shed my skin
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Don't let them tell you you're no fun
Don't let them tell you that you're too young
Don't be afraid now, come a little closer
I'll show you how it's made, I'll make you feel older
I'll give you knowledge beyond your days
Daddy, daddy, wash me down with your sweet tears
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Sitting pretty like a snake in the grass
Got the world within my grasp
All coiled up, ready to strike
Give me a reason not to bite
It's your world, trying hard to fit in
Think I would if I could only shed my skin
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Let me let you down
Ooooh
Don't let them tell you you're no fun
Don't let them tell you that you're too young
Don't be afraid now, come a little closer
I'll show you how it's made, I'll make you feel older
I'll give you knowledge beyond your days
Daddy, daddy, wash me down with your sweet tears
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Let me let you down
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Ritzville
Wear my heart on my sleeve
And my head on the curb
Got a sign on my cell that reads "do not disturb"
Fell asleep in a blizzard sometime last night
Woke up alone, freezing and white
Hey, hey mister chicken where have you been
Hunting for trophies among the evergreens
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
Have you heard of my girl, I mean the other day?
Took her out with the sheriff, had a roll in the hay
In a cell stewing over some bum rap
I say off my girl, along with that sap
They say the headless chickens are taking over
They say I lost mine over a four leaf clover
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
They say you always return to the scene of your crime
Well I'm taking the scene, but I'm not sure if its mine
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
And my head on the curb
Got a sign on my cell that reads "do not disturb"
Fell asleep in a blizzard sometime last night
Woke up alone, freezing and white
Hey, hey mister chicken where have you been
Hunting for trophies among the evergreens
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
Have you heard of my girl, I mean the other day?
Took her out with the sheriff, had a roll in the hay
In a cell stewing over some bum rap
I say off my girl, along with that sap
They say the headless chickens are taking over
They say I lost mine over a four leaf clover
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
They say you always return to the scene of your crime
Well I'm taking the scene, but I'm not sure if its mine
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
Going back to Ritzville
Don't ask why
It's a good a place as any to go and die
It's a good a place as any to go and die
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, ST MUSIC LLC
Acetone
Good morning dear, I think I'm losing it
Can't find my way and I'm, I'm getting used to it
Sun refused to shine on this side of the street
I'm not recognizing anyone I meet
Trying to hide in the shadow of the sun
You're not fooling anyone
Oh, acetone
Won't you ever leave me alone?
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
Look at me and answer truthful now
Did you drink that last spoonful down?
She drinks from the bitter cup
I'm trying to get her to give it up
Oh, Lord what have we become?
We're not fooling anyone
Oh, acetone
Why can't she leave you alone?
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
My feet are dragging down on this dusty old road
My throat is dry and I'm all alone
I remember when we walked side by side
When I was parched I would drink in your sight
I never meant to make you run
I never meant to hurt anyone
Oh, acetone
Why couldn't you leave us alone?
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
Why wouldn't you leave us alone?
Can't find my way and I'm, I'm getting used to it
Sun refused to shine on this side of the street
I'm not recognizing anyone I meet
Trying to hide in the shadow of the sun
You're not fooling anyone
Oh, acetone
Won't you ever leave me alone?
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
Look at me and answer truthful now
Did you drink that last spoonful down?
She drinks from the bitter cup
I'm trying to get her to give it up
Oh, Lord what have we become?
We're not fooling anyone
Oh, acetone
Why can't she leave you alone?
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
My feet are dragging down on this dusty old road
My throat is dry and I'm all alone
I remember when we walked side by side
When I was parched I would drink in your sight
I never meant to make you run
I never meant to hurt anyone
Oh, acetone
Why couldn't you leave us alone?
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
Oh, acetone
Why wouldn't you leave us alone?
Writer: DANIEL PETERS, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MATTHEW LUKIN, STEVEN TURNER
Copyright: Lyrics © ST MUSIC LLC, Songtrust Ave
Copyright: Lyrics © ST MUSIC LLC, Songtrust Ave
Piece of Cake is the third studio album by American rock band Mudhoney. Released in 1992, it was the band's first album for Reprise Records. The album was released at the height of grunge, a genre Mudhoney had helped create.
The album peaked at No. 189 on the Billboard 200. The band supported it with a North American tour that included shows with Eugenius. "Suck You Dry" and "Blinding Sun" were released as singles.
Reprise reissued the album in 2003, bundled with the E.P. Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew and the b-sides from the singles. In 2020, Piece of Cake was included in the 4CD box set Real Low Vibe: Reprise Recordings 1992-1998.
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MudhoneyThe album peaked at No. 189 on the Billboard 200. The band supported it with a North American tour that included shows with Eugenius. "Suck You Dry" and "Blinding Sun" were released as singles.
Reprise reissued the album in 2003, bundled with the E.P. Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew and the b-sides from the singles. In 2020, Piece of Cake was included in the 4CD box set Real Low Vibe: Reprise Recordings 1992-1998.
Genre(s): Grunge, garage punk
Length: 44:33
Released: October 13th, 1992
Year: 1992