Tex Perkins And The Fat Rubber Band

PAY THE DEVIL’S DUE
(Perkins / Walker)

You don’t know where you’re going
You sure don’t know what you’re gonna do
Sometimes there’s just one thing
That you know is true
You gotta pay the devil his due  

When you got no luck at all
It sure can leave you feeling blue
Try so hard to get ahead in your life
Paying the devil his due  

This old world will break your heart
It’ll blow your tiny mind too
But you know that the greatest in history
All paid the devil his due  

When you look back over your life
And all the shit that you been through
Maybe there’s just one thing you forgot to do

Pay the devil his due  
Pay the devil his due
Pay the devil his due
When your saviour’s a fake
Your faith’s a mistake
Now you pay the devil his due  

Pay the devil his due
Pay the devil his due
Pay the devil his due
Pay the devil his due

MY PHILOSOPHY
(Perkins)

I don’t know
Where this restlessness is taking me
But when I go
I hope you’re way ahead 
and waiting there for me

I can see
That there’s never only one way left for me
Whatever will be
Is the only words in my philosophy

I don’t know
Where this restlessness is taking me
But when I go
I know you’re way ahead 
and waiting there for me

DANGER HAS BEEN KIND
(Perkins/ Walker)

She’s the only one
Who understands my messed up mind
We met one day at an accident
So danger can be kind

Everyone gives me free advice
But it comes from where the sun don’t shine
I learned everything by getting it wrong
Danger has been kind
I’ve been a lucky man all my lifetime
I guess it shows
Trouble always come to me
Trouble always go
I had no home in this big city
I was countrified
My daddy never taught me all that much
Then he died
I’m so glad she understands
Who the hell it is that I am
Maybe when her time is free
She could sit down and explain it to me

I don’t care about yesterday
It was another place and time
And in the end I have to say
Danger has been kind

I probably have some deep regrets
But none really come to mind
I just play whatever hand I’m dealt
Danger can be been kind

It doesn’t matter what you’re into
I got the time
It may be wrong but it’s a natural fact
Danger has been kind

I’m so glad she understands
Who the hell it is that I am
Maybe when her time is free
She could sit down and explain it to me
You’re outa sight
The way you make me so the things you do
A little danger gonna make it alright
You’re love is like a broken rule

I don’t care about yesterday
It was another place and time
And in the end I have to say
Danger has been kind
Danger can be kind
Danger has been kind
Danger has been kind

IN ANOTHER LIFETIME
(Walker)

Here I stand
For all to see
In this place that I dwell
The place I’ve always been
You’ll always find me

But in dreams I go
To live far beyond
In a world so divine
A place that you can find
In another lifetime

Everybody telling me
The things I oughta know
How things should be
How the past will be erased
So the future may begin

But in dreams I go
To live far beyond
In a world so divine
A place that you can find
In another lifetime
How many worlds
In a single lifetime
Well, my mind is a blank
As I wonder who to thank
For all their pain and their toils

But in dreams I go
To live far beyond
In a world so divine
A place that you can find
In another lifetime
But in dreams I go
To live far beyond
In a world so divine
A place that you can find
In another lifetime

But in dreams I go
To live far beyond
In a world so divine
A place that you can find
In another lifetime

FOR A LOVE LONG GONE
(Walker)

As I wake up
On this morning
The unknown is renewed
The world that turned
Lifetimes before
Is now draped in velvet dew

Like a snowflake
Drifting down
It falls into a stream
Only lasts a little while
Then it’s nowhere to be seen

You say it’s time to go
You never wait too long
Kiss me one more time
For a love
For a love
For a love
Long gone

Why don’t you just
Turn around
Or maybe I could just play dumb
I think time has it’s own plans for us
That might not be fun

You say you know what’s right
And I ain’t here to prove you wrong
Kiss me one more time
For a love
For a love
For a love
Long gone

You say it’s time to go
You never wait too long
Kiss me one more time
For a love
For a love
For a love
Long gone

PLACE IN THE SUN
(Perkins/ Walker)

I may not look quite right to you
Some people see me and they run
Maybe I could use some surgery
But I got my place in the sun

I never took no charity
I make it work which way I can
My folks never sent no dough to me
To get my place in the sun

I never took me much from school
Some people even say I’m dumb
But did not need university
To get my place in the sun

I never had much luxury
I’m lucky if my water runs
But there’s no other place 
they’ll let me be
I’m in my place in the sun
I got my own place in the sun
I got my place in the sun

OUTA OUR HANDS
(Perkins/ Walker)

I ain’t what you call a gambling man
But life is really like a game of chance
Ain’t much point in making plans
‘Cause everything is outa our hands
I know it seems like your in command
I know you look like you think you’re the man
But every dictator had the same grand plan
But it ends all outa their hands

Out of our hands
Out of our hands
Ain’t life cruel
Ain’t life grand
You catch a break
Now and then
But your either making money 
or you’re making friends

Every woman
Every man
They do their thing then they do it all again
Something gonna happen 
but they don’t know when
Cause it’s all outa their hand

You used to be so in demand
Your name was in lights
Now its in the can
You work wait and worry till you reach the end
It’s all outa your hands

Out of our hands
Out of our hands
The rich get the picture
The rest take a chance
You smile for a dollar and you do a little dance
Lady luck may be your lover 
but she ain’t your friend

I tell you one more thing you won’t understand
You best be good to your family and friends
This whole world is coming to an end
And it’s all outa our hands

POOR SIMPLE MINDED FOOL
(Perkins)

You fool
You poor simple minded fool
You fool
You poor simple minded fool

They’ll ignore what you say
But they will let you play
They’ll even let you win a couple too
And you’re scared for your health
But you don’t trust yourself
No doctors got what’s gonna get you through

You fool
You poor simple minded fool
You fool
You poor simple minded fool

Well your boats going down
And your lifeboat is sound
Are you sure there’s room for yourself
And your house is on fire
You wear the pants of a liar
But you know I ain’t saying nothing new

You fool
You poor simple minded fool
You fool
You poor simple minded fool

TROUBLE GOODBYE
(Perkins/ Walker)

Goodbye trouble
Trouble goodbye
Goodbye trouble
Trouble goodbye
Once I was down and out
Held my head in my hand 
Goodbye trouble
Trouble goodbye
Goodbye trouble
Cause you ain’t no friend of mine

I’m gonna turn and walk away
Unconcerned with what they say

Goodbye trouble
Trouble goodbye
Goodbye trouble
Trouble goodbye

Gonna stay at home
Gonna stay inside
Live my life alone
I got a face that I should hide

I’m gonna turn and walk away
Unconcerned with what they say

Goodbye trouble
Trouble goodbye
Goodbye trouble
Trouble goodbye…

OUT THERE
(Perkins)

I’ve been out there
For a while
I been living off the grid
Pushed off the end of the dial
I’ve been out there too long
Where I’m from nobody even knows that I’m gone

I’ve been out there
For years
So far out there is not doubt I’m not all here

They say I’m deluded
But I’m staying secluded
I don’t want to be intruded on
By you

Come with us…

I’ve been out there
Far away from the coast
I’m still alive but I feel like I’m already a ghost
I’ve been out there
With my doubts
I’ve been standing on the outside
Looking out
I been out there
Away from it all
I’ve been wanting to go big
But I know I really should keep it small

I may be deluded
But I’m staying secluded
I don’t wanna be included
With you

Come with us…
I’ve been out there
For a while
I been living off the grid
Pushed off the end of the dial
I’ve been out there
In the sticks
Sorry to say
City people
Give me the shits

I’ve been out there
I’ve been out there
Come with us…