
…The cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life
Some say it's free from care
Rounding up the cattle from morning till night
In the middle of the…
…with sleepy-feeling eyes
As the short summer night passed away
The cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life
From dawn till the setting sun…
…us in our midnight dream
When we layin' in our slickers on a cold, rainy night
Way over on the Pecos stream
The cowboy life is a dreary…

A cowboy life is a dreary dreary life
Some say it's free from care
Rounding up cattle from morning to night
In the middle of the…
…with sleepy feeling eyes
The sweet dreamy night passed away
The cowboy life is a dreary dreary life
All out in the heat and the cold
While the…
…cowboy life is a dreary dreary life
From dawn till setting sun
And then his days work it is not done
There's still his night guard to go on
Now the wolves and the owls and the…
Have you ever heard of the Kansas city hills
Let me tell you 'bout it if you will
You swing down…
…days are so dreary
I'm 'bout to lose my mind
I'm so lonely everything is so dead
That's why by eight o'clock I'm in my bed
Give…
…by my own
Won't you come to see me sometime
I'm so weary the days are so dreary
I'm 'bout to lose my mind
I'm so lonely everything is…

…puddle
Where the poodle did the piddle
[GEORGE]
Taking the day on Sunday
Now that the dreary week is dead
Getting away…
…day on Sunday
After another week is dead
[OLD LADY]
Nurse!
[ENSEMBLE]
Getting away on Sunday
Brightens the dreary week ahead
[OLD LADY]
Nurse…
…!
[ENSEMBLE]
Leaving the city pressure
Behind you
Off where the air is fresher
Where green, blue
Blind you…

…[GEORGE]
Taking the day on Sunday
After the dreary week is dead
Getting away on Sunday
Brightens the dreary week ahead
Everyone's…
…with your own
Mothers may drone, mothers may whine
Tending to his, though, is perfectly fine
It pays for the nurse that is…
…dead
[OLD LADY, spoken]
Nurse!
[ALL]
Getting away on Sunday
Brightens the dreary week ahead
[OLD LADY, spoken]
Nurse!
[ALL]
Leaving the city…

…there a way out, now?
Brave friend horizon, bring me back to fourteen)
There's a million ways out of the city
I don't know one
His way…
…as they rose and they spread,
Black shadows began to dawn on them.
The roar of the seas took prey, this is quite different now
And above all, we'd lost the…
…ankles
(Is this exactly what you wished for?)
I am through with it all
My hand brings you back up on to dreary land,
To form our end…

…heart,
sare æfter swæsne. grievous (sare) with longing for (æfter) the lord.
Sorg bið geniwad Sorrow is renewed
þonne maga gemynd when the…
…spirits of seafarers
no þær fela bringeð never bring back there much
cuðra cwidegiedda. in the way of known speech.
Cearo bið geniwad Care is…
…wulf one, the gray wolf
deaðe gedælde, shared one with death,
sumne dreorighleor one, the dreary-faced
in eorðscræfe man buried…

And Paris is only a lonely town
Lonely, when love's a laugh and you're the clown
Then Paris is only another town
Dreary for the…
…to gray, gray hues
Sounds like wake up blues
Paris is a lonely, dreary, oh so lonely town
Where's that shining flower 'neath the…
Eiffel Tower?
Where's that fairy land of gold?
Isn't it a pity that this magic city turned suddenly cold?
The chimneys moan, the…

…The glamour's gone
The shades are down
And Paris is only a lonely town
Lonely
When love's a laugh
And you're the clown
Then Paris is…
Paris is a lonely
Dreary
Oh, so lonely town
Where's that shining flower ‘neath the Eiffel Tower?
Where's…
…that fairyland of gold?
Isn't it a pity that this magic city turned suddenly cold?
The chimneys moan
The river cries
Each glamorous bridge is…

…The glamour's gone,
The shades are down,
And Paris is only a lonely town.
Lonely
When love's a laugh
And you're the clown
Then paris is…
Paris is a lonely, dreary, oh so lonely town
Where's that shining flower
'Neath the Eiffel tower?
Where's that fairy land…
…of gold?
Isn't it a pity that this magic city
Turned suddenly cold?
The chimneys moan
The river cries
Each glamorous bridge is…
By Matt Skiba (2012)
On album Babylon (2012)

…at you sleepless its true
For the last time tonight
Think I'll be leaving now
With Josephine into the light
Sick of dreary town, City…
…your gauze has been bled through
Think I'll be leaving now
With Josephine into the light
Sick of dreary town, City…
…light
Sick of dreary town, City of endless night
I'm leaving now I had my fill with killing time
Tired of falling down, had it with this cruel and usual life…
By Matt Skiba and the Sekrets (2012)
On album Babylon (2012)

…at you sleepless its true
For the last time tonight
Think I'll be leaving now
With Josephine into the light
Sick of dreary town…
Olivia - your gauze has been bled through
Think I'll be leaving now
With Josephine into the light
Sick of dreary town
City…
Olivia
Think I'll be leaving now
With Josephine into the light
Sick of dreary town
City of endless night
I'm leaving now I had my fill with killing time
Tired of falling down, had it with this cruel and usual life…

…[Random]
Welcome to your guided tour of Robot City, the birthplace of complacency
The weather is dreary, the system is ever
Meet…
…& white golden color
See Robot City in all of its wonder
See the fearful fall in line
To the mass's perception…
…of space and time
See the copycats, massive rocks
Your man YT Cracker think outside the box
And Random, generate straight in tandem
Robot City look…

…[Random]
Welcome to your guided tour of Robot City, the birthplace of complacency
The weather is dreary, the system is ever
Meet…
…& white golden color
See Robot City in all of its wonder
See the fearful fall in line
To the mass's perception…
…of space and time
See the copycats, massive rocks
Your man YT Cracker think outside the box
And Random, generate straight in tandem
Robot City look…

Lonesome in Babylon
lonesome in babylon lonesome in babylon
lonesome in babylon lonesome in babylon
in a city of excess in the city…
…light
babel stand to fall encrusted city wall
lonesome in babylon lonesome in babylon
lonesome in babylon lonesome in babylon
in a city of money for the…
…city's fright
child off center stage must pay for city rage
lonesome in babylon lonesome…