The Resurrection Of Rust lyrics

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Surrender To The Rhythm

Well they danced to every tune the band could play
And just about midnight they decided to call it a day
But it was one thing that they left there on their minds, yeah yeah yeah
To get a little slice at any price yeah
They stole the shoes and rice
Surrender to the rhythm that is calling them home

He was dumb, he was dirty, but she was a princess
Custom made to fit right into his arms
She could thrill him, she could chill him, wooh down to the bone
But he was in his teens, he had to spill the beans
Still looking for ways and means
Surrender to the rhythm that is calling him home

Well who's to say if it's right or wrong
Not another singer in another song
I said we're doing alright
Yeah we're doing OK
We're doing OK

Well now guess what, guess what happened, guess what happened next
She said she had to go, said she was meeting up with one of her friends
But there was nothing more or less than another mess of the blues
But he had more to lose, started putting in clues
Oh yeah paying his dues
Surrender to the rhythm that is calling him home

Surrender to the rhythm
Surrender to the rhythm
Surrender to the rhythm
Surrender yeah to the rhythm

Surrender to the rhythm
Surrender to the rhythm
Surrender to the rhythm
Surrender yeah to the rhythm


I'm Ahead If I Can Quit While I'm Behind

Send out some invitations
Gonna have me a big celebration
I'm giving up everything I thought was mine
If your love for him is stronger
Let's not drag it out much longer
I'm ahead if I can quit while I'm behind

Ain't got much left to hold on to
It ain't worth what I might go through
And this old heart of mine can't try much more of that
Drinking coffee at my learning
Your love won't be returning
I'm ahead if I can quit while I'm behind
I'll be ahead if I can quit while I'm behind
I'll be ahead if I can quit while I'm behind

You know I'd pull a gun on the way I feel
If I thought my heartaches would run
And if I put cotton wool in my ears long ago
I wouldn't know the life that I know now how
I'm ahead if I can quit while I'm behind

I'd write a song about something real funny
If I thought somebody might laugh
I'd write a song about a whole lot of money
If I thought I could get me some cash
I'd write a song about the trip I'm on
I wish I'd never taken L.U.V.
Love sure got me on a big fat bummer
And it sho'nuff working on me

I'm ahead if I can quit while I'm behind
I'll be ahead if I can quit while I'm behind


Warm House (And An Hour Of Joy)

Bitterly then I went to the door
Hoping cheering on a brief light I know
It never glows, still as long as I walked outside
Turning the corner and out of sight
If I were to be honest, it's really not that bad
Do I try to be sad?
Break the rules and I might smile tonight

And warm house blows cold out
As I step once more for home
Warm house blows cold out
And it's so rare to be alone
There's a man out on the floor and he's fallen from blows
Well I'm not really sure if he was just a drunken dreamer
Drunken dreamer, I don't know
Dreaming of the promised land but he doesn't see below
Did he run from his sight to the side of the night
That came into your possession?
As I slip down the street of the shining light
Does my head keep my feet's succession?

Is that your last word?
Oh no not really
Make your reply heard
Will you pay so dearly for an hour of joy

And I'm running running running running running running
Running running running running running running

And warm house blows cold out
As I step once more for home
Warm house blows cold out
It's so rare to be alone

And I'm running running running running running running
Running running running running running running

I turn my eyes from the sights I see
And I need the change to frighten me
And I'm running running running running running running
Running running running running running running

And warm house blows cold out
As I step once more for home


Don't Lose Your Grip On Love

Don't lose your grip on love
Don't lose your grip on love
Take me higher and higher like a jet plane flies
But don't lose your grip on love

Why do you despise this travelling man
Even though he's doing the best that he can
Working for peanuts as is his wont
How come you don't hear him when he says
Honey don't lose your grip on love
Don't lose your grip on love
Take me higher and higher like a jet plane flies
But don't lose your grip on love

Said he was a fire sign when he first came by
But fire sign or water sign you still can hear him cry
He put up a statue then burnt down the town
And the first words his tongue spoke when he came around were
Don't lose your grip on love
Don't lose your grip on love
Take me higher and higher like a jet plane flies
But don't lose your grip on love

And when he was in trouble and feeling so low
His friends had deserted him, he had no place to go
He seemed like a dead man but be that as it may
Well I thought he was joking when I heard him say
Don't lose your grip on love
Don't lose your grip on love
Take me higher and higher like a jet plane flies
But don't lose your grip on love


Maureen & Sam

Maureen and Sam will amaze you with songs
That only could come from a star
With a comical dance and a glance from afar
They're just trying to please and will be if you give them a chance

Oh my God did you hear what they said about the way that I talk?
Hold my head in the air
The lights and the magic have faded away

Maureen and Sam will continue to smile
Though their audience mumble and stumble in the aisle
That first hello and the hasty goodbye
The backdrop is crumbling and dust is all that remains

I dare you to say that I'm cheap and I'm mean
'Cause you know that it's me holding the scene in the end
The lights and the magic have faded away

Maureen and Sam never were a success
Though their picture still hangs on the dressing room wall
The glory that comes, the glory that goes

Please don't you cry and it's no use to talk
You're no longer as young as before
And as Maureen lies dying the crowd scream for more
And the drummer still sits in the background waiting for his day to arrive


Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

I think I'd like to go back home and take it easy
There's a woman that I'd like to get to know living there
Everybody seems to wonder what it's like down here
Gotta get away from this day-to-day running around
Everybody knows this is nowhere
La la la, la la la la
Everybody, everybody knows (La la la, la la la la)

Every time I think about back home, it's cool and breezy
I wish that I could be there right now just passing time
Everybody seems to wonder what it's like down here
Gotta get away from this day-to-day running around
Everybody knows this is nowhere
La la la, la la la la
Everybody, everybody knows (La la la, la la la la)
Everybody, everybody knows (La la la, la la la la)


Dance Dance Dance

Never thought love had a rainbow on it
Used to think a cloud was a nightmare
That was up until when I first met you
Now I go around hoping you care

Dance, dance, feel it all around you
Dance, dance, dance
Never thought love had a rainbow on it
See the girl dance
See the girl dance

Mississippi mud never touched her fingers
California sand lies in her hand
Love her more than life as the daylight lingers
Early in the morning I'll be her man

Dance, dance, feel it all around you
Dance, dance, dance
Never thought love had a rainbow on it
See the girl dance
See the girl dance
See the girl dance
See the girl dance

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The Resurrection Of Rust
The Resurrection Of Rust album cover.jpg
studio EP by
Rusty
Released2022
ProducerSebastian Krys & Elvis Costello
LabelCapitol/EMI
Length23:20
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