Cracker - Kerosene Hat Lyrics






How can I fly with these old doggy wings
While the magpie sings some shiny song
Old corn face row of teeth, she says sweetly to me
In the elevator

Everything seems like a dream
And life's a scream

Here come old Kerosene Hat
With his ear flaps waxed, a courting his girl
Come clattering in here on your old cloven skates
With that devilish spoon

Everything seems like a dream
And life's a scream
When you're submarine

So don't you bother me, death, with your leathery ways
And your old chaise lounge
Wickerman's fence of leathery tires
And the cook's gone mad, started several fires

Everything seems like a dream
When you're submarine

Head like a stream she says softly to me
From the rattling chair
Bring me a steak and my old pair of crows
My medicine lamp

Everything seems like a dream
So life's a scream





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  1. L.... R....

    Best band of all time.....sorry lou it was always the velvets but now that im older.... im sure you understand....R.I.P lou Reed

  2. D.... S....

    High.. shiny kisses

    Don’t you bother me death..

    With your leathery lamps

    In the elevator?

  3. A.... ....

    This song and Take Me Down to the Infirmary; when my doctor writes me a scrip for codeine, these songs seem to make it work better.

  4. j.... v....

    the guitar work on this tune is perfection, the song itself is as well

  5. M.... R....

    Lyrics:
    How can I fly with these old doggy wings
    While the magpie sings some shiny song
    Old corn face row of teeth, she says sweetly to me
    In the elevator 

    Everything seems like a dream
    And life's a scream

    Here come old Kerosene Hat
    With his ear flaps waxed, a courting his girl
    Come clattering in here on your old cloven skates
    With that devilish spoon

    Everything seems like a dream
    And life's a scream
    When you're submarine

    So don't you bother me, death, with your leathery ways
    And your old chaise lounge
    Wickerman's fence of leathery tires
    And the cook's gone mad, started several fires

    Everything seems like a dream
    When you're submarine

    Head like a stream she says softly to me
    From the rattling chair
    Bring me a steak and my old pair of crows
    My medicine lamp

    Everything seems like a dream
    So life's a scream

  6. R.... D....

    Top 5 albums by anyone... ever! Still awesome in 2019

  7. Y.... N....

    the 13 no votes have NEVER had their tongues on a pussy....EVER.

  8. T.... C....

    I'm 17 and y'all think all of us now a days are mindless beasts but in reality your so caught up in thinking that you now what's best that your blind to the fact that you are the mindless beasts. :O

  9. J.... P....

    The song is tremendous, but how can I fly and go on..'cos everything is like a dream..

  10. D.... D....

    Is this an homage to Leonard Cohen

  11. B.... E....

    About the mans greatest friend

  12. G.... d....

    I love this song, reminds me of 16 Horsepower somehow

  13. s.... 4....

    Seen a lot of shows, i try not to miss em

  14. K.... S....

    Yea, I spent my 41st Birthday in Vail at a bar where they played all by myself. I got so drunk that I almost didn't make the bus from Vail to Eagle Vail.....I have a Cracked Drum Stick that is cracked that is autographed by the whole band...But I bought the whole band shots before I was the last one left to leave and almpst missed the last bus....and I lived in a Garage with no windows...K.A.S

    K.... S....

    You sound like a disaster.

    K.... S....

    You say that like it's a bad thing!

    K.... S....

    I wanna party with You, cow girl!

    K.... S....

    cheers mate

    K.... S....

    So, at 48, are you still single? Still party? Still looking for love?l The older you get, The harder it is to find someone to love?
    It's all good sweetheart. Take care.Write me if you want? I bet you have some stories? lol. I'm saving my bus seat for you.
    You sound incredible?

  15. K.... M....

    How is it that their videos don't have very many views? BLASPHEMY. :-P

  16. u.... ....

    This album was positively reviewed in Penthouse at the time, which I bought only for the articles. That's when I realized that the articles in Penthouse were pretty damn awesome.

    u.... ....

    There were articles in Penthouse?

  17. F.... G....

    I've found my music

  18. M.... V....

    Or STP, Rage, Mother Love Bone. 90's was a great decade for rock.

  19. S.... R....

    I had this CD and I remember there were some bonus tracks not on the tracklist. I think it was something like track 999 or something. I don't recall, but there were a few weird tracks on that CD. I'm surprised more hipsters don't like these guys - they are so obscure :P. I think two of the guys are from Camper Van Beethoven. More great obscure soft punk from the 80s.

    S.... R....

    Eurotrash girl was one of the hidden tracks

  20. M.... V....

    "Low" was their really big hit at first, and I think people expected that all the time.

  21. M.... V....

    Very lonely, as well. They do that vibe a lot.

  22. S.... B....

    Here come ole Kersone Hat, wit his earflaps waxed. He's a-courtin' his girl.

    S.... B....

    It's the line that always pops up with me.

  23. t.... ....

    Beautiful and Sad.

  24. V.... M....

    So don't you bother me death with your leathery ways and your old chaise lounge....

  25. S.... H....

    The sound reminds me of classic Tom Petty (the greatest singer ever) and takes me back to when life was simpler and all we had to worry about was winning on Friday nights, the party afterward, and who's boat we were taking fishing during that three days at the lake.

  26. D.... D....

    one of the best SOUNDING recordings i have ever heard.

  27. J.... L....

    whats wrong with "that same ol grunge music"?

  28. t.... ....

    I played this one for my drama class final in high school. got an A for the class i never showed up to LOL

  29. B.... B....

    Why is this song so good? It sticks with you like a tattoo after you hear it.

    B.... B....

    Bobb Bob listen to Leonard Cohen's Chelsea Hotel

    B.... B....

    Your right I can't get it off

  30. G.... ....

    @vl600 It has sucked for a couple years now :/

  31. v.... ....

    @pike755 mtv sucks..

  32. 4.... ....

    how could guitar playing get any tastier than this? it's impossible, Johnny is THE MASTER! i hear this song, and i'm going south....where life's a scream....

  33. 4.... ....

    i hear this song, and i'm going down,,,

  34. j.... h....

    every thing sings like a dream and life's scream. i do not about other people but this song have the same feelings like me. and i hispanic is like hear the doors the music broke bourder lines is art...

  35. j.... h....

    the best trip in my head

  36. P.... L....

    @mightyafrowhitey So, what are you trying to say?

  37. S.... S....

    @50910steve LOL I saw them there too! They were something else man!

  38. F.... G....

    Emo before there was Emo! I'm sure they'll wanna kick my ass for sayin' that!!!

  39. o.... ....

    this is a great song.

  40. m.... ....

    I have loved this song and band since early March 1994 when I first heard this.

  41. P.... L....

    @pike755 It's Ironic that MTV stands for music television.

  42. P.... L....

    @risktakinghedonist2 yes, MTV does suck a fat one anymore, but back in the day, before it was Rap and a bunch of queers playing grab ass with each other on the Hills and the Realworld, They actually played "Some" music I could listen too. But now Jay Z and Lady GaGa spend way to much time bootin each other in the ass to play any real Music. So... yeah your right MTV Sucks BIG TIME.

  43. r.... ....

    @pike755 MTV, sucks. Big time.

  44. J.... K....

    I have been listening to this CD for 17 years.

  45. i.... ....

    great band.!!!
    probably their best album...

  46. C.... H....

    @pike755 yeah didn't that suck?? I totally agree man! Best LP they ever put out in my opinion...Kicks ass!

  47. k.... d....

    what. Learned english befoor youi right comentttz

  48. F.... ....

    also check out, camper Van beethoven ... David's other band!

  49. a.... ....

    Ok, I need this cd...sounds great!

  50. x.... ....

    Does anyone know wht the concept - if there is - for kerosene hat .

    It sounds deep . Usually music , and the lyrucs that acompany have a message . Thanks for any insight ..

  51. M.... ....

    i just searched some videos and i found this. and i realize this is nice song, and i stopped and sit down and just listened.

  52. c.... ....

    i need to buy this album

  53. A.... W....

    i may only be 19 right now but i totally agree...the careless days when my parents partied blaring this album while the kids played in the back yard....ahhhhh the good ol days

  54. T.... ....

    Absolutely the best cd of the 90's!

  55. X.... ....

    I was about 27 (your age now) when kerosene hat was released. now 15 years later 42 has crept up on me. they are gold to me also. everything seems like a dream...

  56. M.... Z....

    Was about 12 when I got Kerosene Hat,
    15 years later still have that 99 tracks CD
    with the band and dogs at the beach poster.
    this is the band of the 90's,
    that entire album is pure gold.
    Low, Get Off This, Nostalgia, Take Me Down,
    Kerosene Hat, every single song is right on spot there. including the bonus tracks
    and the mad lab piece.

    pure gold is worthless compare to
    this masterpiece,
    their not big and famouse in America,
    and even less here in Israel :)
    but to me they are gold.

  57. e.... ....

    "And life's a scream....." This CD got me through alot as well. EVERYONE can relate to their music.

  58. J.... H....

    How was this band able to slip under the radar so to speak? I mean they are as good as any rock n roll band that I've ever heard, but they always seem to kind of be unknown? Wow, they have their own flavor.

  59. X.... ....

    everything seems like a dream

  60. T.... L....

    have not heard this in years. This album got me through a split-up 15 years ago