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	* ''[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]'' promo <small>Live version</small>		* ''[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]'' promo <small>Live version</small>
	* ''[[Ten Years Of Tears]]'' <small>Live version</small>		* ''[[Ten Years Of Tears]]'' <small>Live version</small>
			* ''[[Our First Trip to Nottingham]]'' <small>Live version</small>

	==References==		==References==

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	'''"I've Been A Mess"''' is the 4th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''.		'''"I've Been A Mess"''' is the 4th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''. Regarding the lyrics, Eitzel told ''Spin Magazine'' in 1993, "My biggest thing this year was the word desire, because desire is a beautiful and sacred thing. You're supposed to write a song to make art or some kind of beauty."<ref>{{cite magazine \|last= \|first= \|date=1993 \|title=American Music Club \|url= \|magazine=Spin Magazine \|location=New York, NY \|publisher=Eldridge Industries \|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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	[[Category:~~Songs~~]]		[[Category:AMC songs]]

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	==Video==		==Video==
			American Music Club performing "I've Been A Mess" on November 5, 2005 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
			<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5gLLJHKEk</embedvideo>

	Mark Eitzel performing "I've Been A Mess" on January 26, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.		Mark Eitzel performing "I've Been A Mess" on January 26, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
	<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dppbeTB9u0</embedvideo>		<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dppbeTB9u0</embedvideo>

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	{{Infobox song		{{Infobox song
	\| Name = ~~Gratitude Walks~~		\| Name = I've Been A Mess
	\| Cover = AMC-Mercury2.jpg		\| Cover = AMC-Mercury2.jpg
	\| Caption = Mercury cover		\| Caption = Mercury cover
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	\| Producer = [[Mitchell Froom]]		\| Producer = [[Mitchell Froom]]
	\| Tracks =		\| Tracks =
	# ~~'''~~"Gratitude Walks"~~'''~~		# "[[Gratitude Walks]]"
	# "[[If I Had A Hammer]]"		# "[[If I Had A Hammer]]"
	# "[[Challenger]]"		# "[[Challenger]]"
	# "[[I've Been A Mess]]"		# '''"I've Been A Mess"'''
	# "[[Hollywood 4-5-92]]"		# "[[Hollywood 4-5-92]]"
	# "[[What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book Of Life]]"		# "[[What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book Of Life]]"
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	'''"~~Gratitude Walks~~"''' is the ~~first~~ song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s '’[[Mercury]]''.		'''"I've Been A Mess"''' is the 4th song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''.

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==
	~~Why don't you be good~~ for ~~something~~<br>		Lazarus wasn’t grateful for his second wind<br>
	~~And draw down~~ the ~~shade~~<br>		For another chance<br>
	~~On a sign that sat up all night shivering~~<br>		Watch his chances fade like the dawn and leave<br>
	~~On a sign that sat up all night afraid~~		I can barely tell you just how pale I get<br>
			Without you

	~~Well now chains on the oasis that<br>~~		I’ve been a mess since you’ve been gone
	~~Leads~~ a ~~man to drink<br>~~
	~~Drunk on the kind of applause<br>~~
	~~That gets louder the lower you sink~~

	~~Gratitude walks on Sixth Street~~		What were the first words that crowd heard him speak<br>
			I bet he was cursing at the sky<br>
			I bet he wasn’t turning no other cheek<br>
			And was there still hope and desire left in his heart<br>
			For the last word in love

	~~Pull it from the air<br>~~		I’ve been a mess since you’ve been gone
	~~And they throw it in the blue<br>~~
	~~And you're spinning under their wheels<br>~~
	~~Trapped in your room~~

	~~You're jumpy, you don't want to see~~<br>		Your beauty is just a slap in the face<br>
	~~You don't want~~ to ~~see them have their fun~~<br>		That’s gonna bring me back to life<br>
	~~Slap her face if she should laugh~~<br>		Back to another sky that’s blue<br>
	~~Push him down if he should try and run~~		It’s gonna turn me into another great American zombie

	~~Gratitude walks on Sixth Street~~		So hungry for you

	~~Take~~ a ~~number for your big lament<br>~~		I’ve been a mess since you’ve been gone
	~~They sold the rules of dream land<br>~~
	~~in cotton, wool, and cement~~

	~~Well it's never what you want<br>~~
	~~It's just the kind of thing that always happens here<br>~~
	~~Yeah you watch the good old days pass you by<br>~~
	~~Leaving your cupboards bare~~

	~~Gratitude walks on Sixth Street~~

	==Video==		==Video==
	~~American Music Club~~ performing "~~Gratitude Walks~~" on ~~April 5~~, ~~1993~~ in ~~Scotland~~.		Mark Eitzel performing "I've Been A Mess" on January 26, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
	<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~I-cR_b2sZYs~~</embedvideo>		<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dppbeTB9u0</embedvideo>

	== Personnel ==		== Personnel ==
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	==Also appears on==		==Also appears on==
			* ''[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]'' promo <small>Live version</small>
			* ''[[Ten Years Of Tears]]'' <small>Live version</small>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox song
| Name = Gratitude Walks
| Cover = AMC-Mercury2.jpg
| Caption = Mercury cover
| Artist = [[start|American Music Club]]
| Album = [[Mercury]]
| Released = March 15, 1993
| Format = LP / CD / CS
| Length = 4:14
| Label = [[Reprise Records]] (US) / [[Virgin Records]] (UK)
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Producer = [[Mitchell Froom]]
| Tracks =
# '''"Gratitude Walks"'''
# "[[If I Had A Hammer]]"
# "[[Challenger]]"
# "[[I've Been A Mess]]"
# "[[Hollywood 4-5-92]]"
# "[[What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book Of Life]]"
# "[[Keep Me Around]]"
# "[[Dallas, Airports, Bodybags]]"
# "[[Apology For An Accident]]"
# "[[Over And Done]]"
# "[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]"
# "[[The Hopes And Dreams Of Heaven's 10,000 Whores]]"
# "[[More Hopes And Dreams]]"
# "[[Will You Find Me?]]"
}}

'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s '’[[Mercury]]''.

==Lyrics==
Why don't you be good for something 
And draw down the shade 
On a sign that sat up all night shivering 
On a sign that sat up all night afraid

Well now chains on the oasis that 
Leads a man to drink 
Drunk on the kind of applause 
That gets louder the lower you sink

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

Pull it from the air 
And they throw it in the blue 
And you're spinning under their wheels 
Trapped in your room

You're jumpy, you don't want to see 
You don't want to see them have their fun 
Slap her face if she should laugh 
Push him down if he should try and run

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

Take a number for your big lament 
They sold the rules of dream land 
in cotton, wool, and cement

Well it's never what you want 
It's just the kind of thing that always happens here 
Yeah you watch the good old days pass you by 
Leaving your cupboards bare

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

==Video==
American Music Club performing "Gratitude Walks" on April 5, 1993 in Scotland.
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-cR_b2sZYs</embedvideo>

== Personnel ==
* [[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals, guitars
* [[Danny Pearson]] - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
* [[Vudi]] - guitar, accordion, backing vocals
* [[Tim Mooney]] - drums
* [[Bruce Kaphan]] - pedal steel guitar

==Also appears on==

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Songs]]