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{{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]]
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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]]"
# "[[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]]''. 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==
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>
==Video==
It's just the kind of thing that always happens here<br>
American Music Club performing "I've Been A Mess" on November 5, 2005 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
"I've Been A Mess" is the 4th song on 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."[1]
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
American Music Club performing "I've Been A Mess" on November 5, 2005 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.