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# '''"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]]"
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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==

Revision as of 17:38, 16 February 2017

"I've Been A Mess"
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Mercury cover
Song by American Music Club from the album Mercury
Released March 15, 1993
Format LP / CD / CS
Length 4:14
Label Reprise Records (US) / Virgin Records (UK)
Writer(s) Mark Eitzel
Producer(s) Mitchell Froom
Mercury track listing
  1. "Gratitude Walks"
  2. "If I Had A Hammer"
  3. "Challenger"
  4. "I've Been A Mess"
  5. "Hollywood 4-5-92"
  6. "What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book Of Life"
  7. "Keep Me Around"
  8. "Dallas, Airports, Bodybags"
  9. "Apology For An Accident"
  10. "Over And Done"
  11. "Johnny Mathis' Feet"
  12. "The Hopes And Dreams Of Heaven's 10,000 Whores"
  13. "More Hopes And Dreams"
  14. "Will You Find Me?"

"I've Been A Mess" is the 4th song on American Music Club's sixth album, 1993’s Mercury.

Lyrics

Lazarus wasn’t grateful for his second wind
For another chance
Watch his chances fade like the dawn and leave
I can barely tell you just how pale I get
Without you

I’ve been a mess since you’ve been gone

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

I’ve been a mess since you’ve been gone

Your beauty is just a slap in the face
That’s gonna bring me back to life
Back to another sky that’s blue
It’s gonna turn me into another great American zombie

So hungry for you

I’ve been a mess since you’ve been gone

Video

Mark Eitzel performing "I've Been A Mess" on January 26, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Personnel

Also appears on

References

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