Words You Throw Away - The Black Crowes

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