Self Titled Possum Head


1. I Had No Name 3:36

2. Change In Terms 4:11

3. Take Your Clothes Off 3:49

4. Lesbian From Laredo 2:59

5. Who Cares What You Think 4:04

6. Sharon Killer 4:11

7. Try Again 3:03

8. Gone Cotton Fields 4:06


Jennifer  Mattingly: Vocals and Guitar

Craig Matthews: Bass Guitar and Harmonica

Monte Mann: Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming


Produced by Monte Mann and Jennifer Mattingly at Curlyhead Recording Studio Austin, Texas


Words and Music by Jennifer Mattingly © 2003, 2004, 2005


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jennifer
06 Nov : 20:08
Possumhead is now featured on the website www.sharonkiller.com
! Our song Sharon Killer also has a video there. Check it out.

jmattingly
13 Sep : 22:12
We are mourning the loss of our darling friend Jonathan Mason who took these pictures of us. He passed away on 9/3/06. He was loved by many and will be missed by all.

jmattingly
20 Jan : 19:45
We have a new single, my tribute to Craig, called A Cat Named Fred.

trudgec2c
10 Aug : 08:01
What a great web site. Pictures, bio, and best of all the lyrics and music. Hope to see Possumhead at the El Mercado


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Possum Head Self Titled Lyrics




CHANGE IN TERMS



TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF


LESBIAN FROM LAREDO


WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK


SHARON KILLER


TRY AGAIN




I HAD NO NAME _Back To Top
I went through the desert in a Ford Mustang

I went through the desert with a man named Bart Lee Wang

We drove through Jeff Davis County

Saw a poster with a face and a bounty

But I had no name, I had no name...No name...No name

Steep rocky canyons along the Rio Grande

TV show contestant millionaire named Dan

Hotel room at the Alpine Inn

Cast of Italians from New Jersey shining in

But I had no name, I had no name...No name...No name

Birds of all colors scaled quail and summer tanager

"Hi, I'm Steve" on the chest of the manager

I let Bart drive and he took me to Marfa

We ate barbeque at a place called Barbara's

But I had no name, I had no name...No name...No name

Experimental windmills unknown to Texas Utilities

Trying not to wallow in my own damned futility

A flat-topped mesa a hundred miles from nowhere

It was called something because I saw the sign there

But I had no name, I had no name...No name...No name




CHANGE IN TERMS _Back To Top

What's on the table here is not to her liking

It's a like a brick wall, on which her head is striking

She's weary of the struggle, it's hardly worth it anymore

She's weighing her options, she might be headed out the door

Chorus:

It's nothing but a change in terms

When she'd rather have it her own way

Nothing more than a change in terms

She's gonna walk away, walk away

You never knew how good you had it; you'll miss her when she's gone,

Faster than a speeding bullet, she can leap tall buildings in a single bound

But you took her for granted, and she is not gonna be around

She was dancing to your tune, but now she's heard a different sound

Chorus: When she doesn't want to stay anyway

She'd rather not stay, she's gonna walk away, walk away

Bridge: Walk away to a new life, with a fresh insight

She's a new woman now, you don't get it anyhow

She always stood by you, those times when you were led astray

She steadied you for years, she even let you have your say

But you had to let her go, when she was your wise guru

You'll have to live without her, you don't even have a clue

Chorus: When she'd rather have it her own way

She can't hardly wait another day

She doesn't want to stay, she's gonna walk away, walk away




TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF
_Back To Top

I am waiting here for you, I can hardly sit still

I am thinking all about you, come to me let me drink my fill

Chorus: Take your clothes off, come here to me

Take your clothes off, be the man I know you can be

I might have considered the different forms of love

But why bother with all that when I fit you like a glove

Take your clothes off, because I said to

Take your clothes off, do the things I want you to do

I don't care where you came from, I don't care where you're going to

I don't care if you don't call me, I just have a job for you

Take my clothes off, put your lips on me

Take my clothes off, carry me to where I long to be




LESBIAN FROM LAREDO _Back To Top

Chorus #1: She was a lesbian from Laredo

And I liked her style

She was a lesbian from Laredo

She had a smile as wide as a mile

She was a lesbian from Laredo

She sat down beside me, her wit soon satisfied me

She had a great big way about her; I would never have cause to doubt her

Chorus #2: Because she was a lesbian from Laredo

Brown eyes big as moon pies

She was a lesbian from Laredo

I couldn't tell her any lies

She was a lesbian from Laredo

She was wearing a leather vest; my crossword puzzle caught her interest

She didn't really want to marry me, she just wanted to tell me

That she was a lesbian from Laredo -- Chorus

She came up from the border, Practically made to order

Her black hair softly curlin', she set my world a-whirlin'

I wish I could have liked her that way, but I could not, that's all I can say

‘Cause I'm not gay

Chorus #1 and #2




WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK _Back To Top

Standing in a line, waiting to see the man

I took my little turn just to touch his hand.

When he stopped before me, I told him exactly what I thought

His mouth got hard around the edges; his voice was overwrought

Chorus: He said -- Who cares what you think -- With an evil gleam in his eye

Who cares what you think --You're less to me than a fly

Who cares what you think

I listened to what he said and I wrote it down

Knowing how it would look, he began to frown

They tried to stop me but I beat it out of there

Got clean away and spread it everywhere

He said --Who cares what you think -- Got a mean streak ten miles wide

Who cares what you think --I'll report you to the FBI

Who cares what you think

Bridge: It might be nice to hear competing thoughts

By considering carefully, we can learn a lot

Facts should trump fantasy, truth is better than fallacy

Reality is plain to see-- it's not cheap, it's free

Chorus: Who cares what you think -- Never worked a day in his life,
It's my way or die, You don't need to know why, Smiling thru the lie...




SHARON KILLER _Back To Top

When Sharon was a little girl, she dreamed of girlish things

She wanted romance and a baby, a big fat diamond ring

But Sharon was too smart to get an MRS degree

She aced out college, kept right on till she reached her apogee

Chorus: Now Sharon is a killer, a really lethal killer

Retribution is her middle name

Now Sharon is a killer, a really legal killer

She does it because it's her game

Her marriage didn't last and motherhood left too much free time

All those victims piling up and now her vengeance is sublime

Sharon doesn't need a man, no time for romance in her life

One murder leads to more and it's neverending strife

Chorus: Does Sharon have a reason for the life she's leading?

Is it career, overwhelming passion or frenzied feeding?

Will she ever get caught, can she possibly be stopped?

When she gets to the pearly gates, will the charges all be dropped?

Chorus




TRY AGAIN _Back To Top

When my friend lay dying

I tell you and I'm not lying

I wonder whether I can stand it

I want the judges to remand it

So I can try again, so I can try again

Where was I when I was there

Where am I now that I am here

As the decades fly and separate

They come together and lie straight

Straight together, straight together

Trembling in the hospice parking lot

Not knowing the details of this plot

Inside my friend looked like a wax doll

And I wish I had given her a call

When she could still talk, when she could still talk

Nothing left to do but wait it out

If it would do any good I'd scream and shout

This pass through the veil of forevermore

Is but one of millions to explore

Who knows when I'll try again, who knows when I'll try again




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