Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost

The Tune for Today is:

Mark Lanegan - Borracho

Album Version

Live Version

Oh....oh (4x's) 
Trouble comes in slowly 
A neverlasting light come to shine all over me 
Bright in the mornin' 
Like all of heaven's love come to shine on me 
And to you who never need 
Fuck yourselves, I need some more room to breathe 

Here comes the devil, prowl around 
One whiskey for evey ghost 
And I'm sorry for what I've done 
Cause it's me who knows what it cost 

It breaks and it breathes, and it tears you apart 
It bites and it bleeds 
And this desert turns to ocean over me 

Here come the devil, prowl around 
One whiskey for every ghost 
And I'm sorry for what I said 
I said I just don't care anymore 

A fool can feed on the notion 
Sees and believes 
And this desert turns to ocean over me 

Trouble comes in slowly 
A neverlasting light come to shine all over me 
At the dead end to mornin' darlin' 
With all of heaven's love come to shine on me 

The fool that feeds on the notion 
Sees and believes 
And this desert turns to ocean over me 

Here come the devil, buy the round 
One whiskey for every ghost 
And I'm sorry for what I done 
Lord it's me who knows what it costs 

The fool that feeds on the notion 
Sees and believes 
And this desert turns to ocean over me 

Here come the devil, prowlin' round 
One whiskey for every ghost 
And I'm sorry for what I said 
I said I just don't care anymore 
It breaks and it breathes and it tears you apart 
Gonna bite, gonna bleed 
Til this desert turns to ocean over me

Review by Mark Deming (allmusic)

Mark Lanegan's first solo album, 1990's The Winding Sheet, was a darker, quieter, and more emotionally troubling affair than what fans were accustomed to from his work as lead singer with the Screaming Trees. The follow-up album, 1994 's Whiskey for the Holy Ghost, used The Winding Sheet's sound and style as a starting point, with Lanegan and producer/instrumentalist Mike Johnson constructing resonant but low-key instrumental backdrops for the singer's tales of heartbreak, alcohol, and dashed hopes. While The Winding Sheet often sounded inspired but tentative, like the solo project from a member of an established band, Whiskey for the Holy Ghost speaks with a quiet but steely confidence of an artist emerging with his own distinct vision. The songs are more literate and better realized than on the debut, the arrangements are subtle and supportive (often eschewing electric guitars for keyboards and acoustic instruments), and Lanegan's voice, bathed in bourbon and nicotine, transforms the deep sorrow of the country blues (a clear inspiration for this music) into something new, compelling, and entirely his own. Whiskey for the Holy Ghost made it clear that Mark Lanegan had truly arrived as a solo artist, and it ranks alongside American Music Club's Everclear as one of the best "dark night of the soul" albums of the 1990s.

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