Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg Ellensburg, Washington , Washington) is an American United States rock Rock music musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career.
The Screaming Trees eventually disbanded in 2000 and although Lanegan... [read more] - Down In The Dark
(Lanegan/Johnson)Baby, you're goin' down in the darkShow my lonely night is fallin'I don't have very longI think my blood might boilThen my veins might burnAnd you're gonna make it better for a little whileBaby,...
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night
(Leadbelly)My girl, my girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last nightIn the pines, in the pinesWhere the sun never shinesI would shiver all night throughHer husband was a hard-workin' manTil a mile and a...
- The Winding Sheet
(Lanegan/Johnson)Saw God staring from the wallI was alone and lostHere to take me from this worldStill alone and lostNight when the dogs from hell come outRoam my house in chains of goldThe darkness dares my eyes to...
- Ugly Sunday
(Lanegan/Johnson)I feel your blood run cold And it's a rainy Sunday morningI count the million miles I'm driftin'From here, to hellTodayBehind their windows people stareCan't recognize the kindness thereJust prayers...
- Wild Flowers
(Lanegan)I have to watch you come back to earthNow it's all I can doWill you still be convinced wild flowersAre waiting for youIn my mind I've done good thingsAnd never cared whyAnd my mind is an open door, with...
- Mockingbirds
(Lanegan/Johnson)Your voice is a mockingbirdCalling me when the day is goneYou please yourself with every wordTelling me where I'm going wrongTelling me where I've gone wrongGet me out it's starting to burnI can't let...
- Ten Feet Tall
(Lanegan/Johnson)I see they're comin'Just tell me it ain't trueHow lonely sorrow, and I fall back to youOne time or anotherLike I wantShe is alone, and I don't walk that tallMemories amounting, to nothin' I can't...
- Woe
(Lanegan)We got some poison in usCyanide and nicotineMore than you've ever seenMore than I can believeWoe, woe, woe, woeGuns guns they all got gunsNow they wanna shoot someoneI'd rather be drunk than deadOr go where...
- Undertow
(Lanegan/Johnson)Water will forgive me, I'm just tryin' to forgetStarin' at the water as the waves turn ruby redRememberingFear and paranoia run together in my dreamsWater will accept me give me a peace I've never...
- Museum
(Lanegan/Johnson)You hear them call your nameFrom your roomFar removedDon't let 'em use you in, every wayStay unchainedAround and round you goThey'll never know, what you've seenWhy have you turned awayYou can...
- Juarez
(Lanegan/Fisk)Night train is groovyAn orange jubileeFeels good comin' and goin'I'm warm all over meFire up the crack boysAnd tie off my armCinch up my diaperTurn the TV onGive me another blow jobBefore I'm on the...
- I Love You Little Girl
(Lanegan)Love you little girlBetter than I love myBetter than I love myselfWant you and meForever, ever and everJust so far from homeJust so far from homeLove you little girlBetter than I love myBetter than I love...
- Eyes Of A Child
(Lanegan/Johnson)See through the eyes of a childAnd it won't be realEyes neither hateful or cruelNo lies concealEyes that wander, eyes that strayedWhile the shame in your heartRemainsCryin' were the eyes of a childIn...
- Hotel
(Lanegan)From the dive down to the wetUsually I fall, tell myself It doesn't matter anywayThat this is just another dayI don't speak the truth too muchHear the roars and the hushAnd the cold chill of timeAnd I'm happy...
- Praying Ground
(Lanegan/Johnson/Richards)Not feelin' any painBut I know that it's realNever see the color of the dayIn the darkness I kneelPrayin' for sleepPrayin' that it will come easyBut there's something elseI see it miles...
- Stay
(Lanegan/Johnson)The heart will pound until the breath is goneYou know what I love so, put me onSomething has badly gone wrong with meLivin's not hard, it's just not easyAlways keepin' the dogs offDown like the rain,...
- Last One In The World
(Lanegan/Johnson)Goodbye my friend I hate to see you goYou brought me down the starsThe last one in the worldI hear you cryBut let's not waste this nightThe last one in the worldWithin your lonely roomI hear you...
- Hospital Roll Call
(Lanegan)Sixteen
- Because Of This
(Lanegan/Johnson/Richards/Dana)You take me back to the place where I cease to existTo find in a kissSomethin' I've missedYou burn away my disguise and galaxies fallBecause of this Because of thisIt hurtGod knows that...
- Wheels
(Lanegan)Light ahead, proves that the wheels broke downHere I am, still hangin' onWell alrightShadows only disappearJust look around there's no one hereA little spirit turned my light on out and nowCan never be no...
- Waiting On A Train
(Lanegan/Johnson)It's time that I was leavin'Shoulda left here long agoYou'd rather see me sorryThan knowin' what I knowI wish it was asleep insteadOf hangin' here up above my headI'm cryin'In the winter time...
- Day And Night
(Lanegan)Early morning, I don't mindThat's when I find youFind you under orange skiesI'm gonna try and shineBlue drownin' daysThought I might go crazyBlue lonesome nights awayEarly evening, I don't mindThat's when I...
- Bell Black Ocean
(Lanegan/Johnson/Richards)We came to walk on this boulevard loveDon't care where we're goin'While it's true in time, we might close our eyesThis won't dieNow we stop by the oceanside loveYou are all I seeAnd it isn't...
- Shiloh Town
Tim HardinIt is so cold in Shiloh townBirds can hardly singPretty girls gonna leave the townThey won't be back 'till springWar is done they've come back homeBut they're the ones that lostSee a man and a woman aloneWas...
- I'll Take Care Of You
Brook BentonI know you've been hurtBy someone elseI can tell by the wayYou carry yourselfBut if you'll let meHere's what I'll doI'll take care of youI loved and lostSame as youSo you see I knowJust what you've been...
- Badi-Da
Fred NeilI get so tiredHanging round this townOh this old city lifeSure brings a fella downba da da da da daba da da da da da daba da da da da daba da daI sure get tiredTrying to sleep at nightOh these old city...
- Little Sadie
traditionalWent out last night, take a little roundMet little Sadie and I blowed her downThen I run right home and went to bedWith a forty-four smokeless under my headThe girls all heard little Sadie was deadThey went...
- Carry Home
Gun Club/Jeffrey Lee PierceCome down to the willow garden with meCome go with meCome go and seeAlthough I've howled across fields and my eyes turned greyAre yours still the sameAre you still the sameCarry homeI have...
- Creeping Coastline Of Light
The Leaving TrainsLeaving HollywoodSunset to the seaWhere the wavesRide in on horsesI'm looking for her lightCreeping coastline of lightsThe seas and the treesCalling meShe's a river between day and nightI'm looking...
- Boogie Boogie
Tim RoseBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie everybody boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie boogie nowBoogie boogie everybody boogie now
- Shanty Man's Life
Steven Harrison Paulus*note:it has been said that the versionof this song done by Dave Van Ronk is the onethat inspired Lanegan to record it. A shanty man's lifeIs a wearisome oneThough some say it's free from...
- Together Again
Buck OwensTogether againMy tears have stopped fallingThe long lonely nightsAre now at an endThe keys to my heartYou hold in your handAnd nothing else mattersWe're together againTogether againThe grey skies are goneYou...
- On Jesus' Program
O. V. WrightOn Jesus' programI'll wade out in the deepOh yes I willOn Jesus' programOh I cannot sleepOn Jesus' programThe Holy Spirit will creepI know he'll take me, shake meMake me what I have to beOn Jesus' program...
- Consider Me
Eddie Floyd/Booker T. Jones I know you're tryin to be a big girlAnd keep the tears from your eyesAnd it's going to be a little hardTo lift your head up highAnd you're gonna need a manA man who'll understandWhoa...
- Dead On You
You were a raggedTurquoise and twilight coatI got my head hung down for youSome day you're gonna need itBut it's worn or the, cloth gets tornAnd there's only one way to goIt's gone dead, deadIt's gone dead on youTake...
- Beggar's Blues
Night train, silver moonYou ask me why, I'm flyin'To float on ashen wingsTo choke on dust and featherI learned you are a liarIt's right we should pretendAnd lie with one anotherIt's right we should be twinsFor I have...
- Carnival
Where in the world have you beenIt's as strange as I've ever livedSo you're comin' along to the sideshowI'll be fallin' all over like dominosFor girls are sad in their eyesThey're all standin' around bein'...
- Borracho
Oh....oh (4x's)Trouble comes in slowlyA neverlasting light come to shine all over meBright in the mornin'Like all of heaven's love come to shine on meAnd to you who never need*** yourselves, I need some more room to...
- Sunrise
SunriseForgot to cover up my eyesSunriseShould've covered up my eyesBeauty wasted on meWinds are shakin' my treeWith a woman too good, to believeTake the first ride out that I seeSunriseSkies are servin' my...
- The River Rise
Oh the river riseAnd it's a mile highIs this worth tryin'Is this worth tryin'Cause I could fallLike a tearWell there's nothing else I can doWhen I'm not aloneNothings beside meWhat one eye sees The other's blind...
- House A Home
Here ya are, at the top of the towerCould a body take that muchAlone through every waking hourAsleep without nobody to touchWhoa,whoa,whoa,andOnly silence hereWhoa,whoa,whoa,andLonely silence hereAnd I'm not the...
- Shooting Gallery
I'll tell you how I woke up on the lineMy sister I almost saw the lightLook my hands are tiedI'll see you in another hallwaySome other timeWell I don't understand this big paradeIt's a five star decoration dayLook my...
- Kingdoms Of Rain
Are those halos in your hairOr diamonds shining thereWithout a hope, without a prayerThis rain beats down like deathYou turn your eyes to better menBefore I go I'll hang in a cross on nailsI hung on for you in...
- Riding The Nightingale
Dyin' mama barely breathin' in a bed of nailsTo wander through the ruin smokin' and paleCame upon an angel and a nightingaleBack where the darkness comesBetween the earth and skies aboveDead weight on my body's bonesI...
- Pendulum
Jesus Christ been here and goneWhat a painful price to payHe's left his life in a thunderstormTears cold dark eyes uponSwing pendulum, swing lowGot no place to call my ownOh my Lord don't you bother meI'm as tired as...
- El Sol
The sun is gone, and that's all I really knowNo angels in the airWith hearts as good as goldThe closer you stand to the gatesThe more the gates are closedThese darkened daysMake somebody's hunger and thirstThe blessed...
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