Lyrics Words You Throw Away - The Black Crowes

Words You Throw Away

No, you’re not a pretty picture
No, you’re not a pretty girl
And that thin disguise you lie in
Could make a head turn
Say you talk forgiveness
Why don’t we mention disrespect?
You say you want some of this business
I must object
'Cause of all of the things that you have to say
Tell me, what if tomorrow never ever, ever, ever came?
'Cause of all of these words that you throw away, babe
They just might come right back
To haunt your dyin' day
You’re always preachin' 'bout a victim
Never knowin' self-respect
Always whinin' 'bout some problem
So I’m packin' my bag
Say you catch a fever
Say you call out my name
I could take it or leave it
Never catch a blame
And of all of these things that you have to say
What if tomorrow never ever, ever, ever, ever came?
And all these words that you carelessly throw away
They just might come right back
Haunt your dyin' day
Here we go
Not a pretty picture
No, you’re not a pretty girl
And that thin disguise that you’re lyin' in
Could make a head turn
Talk about forgiveness
Why don’t we mention disrespect?
You said you want some of this business
I must object, yeah
Are you havin' a good time?
I’ma let the band tell you somethin'
You know what I’m sayin'?
I believe
Oh, baby, I believe
Baby, I believe
That if you give
Just a little bit of love
To those that you live with
Just a little bit of love
Oh, I believe with my whole heart
I believe that it’s time
It’s time to be free
It’s time to be beautiful
Time to be loving
You wanna be mean, wanna be lovely, wanna be nasty
Wanna be whatever you wanna be
Oh yeah
Been a long, long time
Been a long, long, long, long, long, long
Long, long, long, long, long, long time, yeah
It’s been a long, long, long time
It’s been a long, long, long time
Eh, I guess you can say it’s been a long time since I rock 'n' rolled
Oh yeah
I believe all the words that you say
So if, baby, I believe it
Why don’t you tell me
What if tomorrow-morrow-morrow-morrow-morrow-morrow
Never, ever, ever came?
Because of these words that you throw away, yeah
Just might someday come back
It just might, hey, come on back, hey
By plane or train
Just might come back
It just might come back, yeah
Oh yeah
'Cause it just might
Baby, come back
Ooh, but right now, right now, right now
Oh, right now, right now
It’s comin' that time of the evenin', baby
It’s comin' that time of the evenin', baby
That some of you people are more laid back
That’s what this one ain’t about
That’s what this one ain’t about
'Cause you know, you know, know, know
You know that there’s one thing
That there’s one thing, na-na-na, yeah
We gotta stare it, stare it