Lyrics What’s The Matter Here (Live).lrc 10,000 Maniacs
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[ar: 10,000 Maniacs]
[al: MTV Unplugged]
[ti: What’s The Matter Here (Live)]
[length: 05:05]
[00:02.95]That young boy without a name. Anywhere I’d know his face.
[00:26.06]In this city the kid’s my favorite to see I’ve seen him, I see him every day.
[00:37.42]Seen him run outside looking for a place to hide from his father, the kid half naked
[00:51.09]And said to myself “O, what’s the matter here?”
[00:56.73]I’m tired of the excuses everybody uses
[01:03.95]He’s their kid I stay out of it
[01:08.24]But who gave you the right to do this?
[01:15.08]We live on Morgan Street; just ten feet between
[01:23.23]And his mother, I never see her
[01:27.22]But her screams and cussing, I hear them every day.
[01:33.84]Threats like: “If you don’t mind I will beat on your behind,” “Slap you, slap you
[01:46.10]Silly.”
[01:47.88]Made me say, “O, what’s the matter here?”
[01:54.17]I’m tired of the excuses everybody uses
[02:02.62]He’s your kid, do as you see fit
[02:06.13]But get this through that I don’t approve of what you did to your own flesh and
[02:14.52]Blood.
[02:16.51]I’m have heard the excuses everybody uses
[02:39.49]He’s your kid, do as you see fit
[02:44.41]But get this through that I don’t approve of what you did to your own flesh and
[02:51.73]Blood.
[02:53.77]”If you don’t sit in your chair straight I’ll take this belt from around my waist
[03:11.25]And don’t think that I won’t use it!”
[03:15.52]Answer me and take your time, what could be the awful crime he could do at so young
[03:24.82]An age?
[03:25.98]If I’m the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what
[03:32.89]I see and what I hear.
[03:35.30]All these cold and rude things that you do I suppose you do because he belongs to
[03:43.53]You
[03:45.06]And instead of love and the feel of warmth you’ve given him these cuts and sores
[03:51.66]That don’t heal with time or with age.
[03:54.89]And I want to say, hey, want to say hey hey “What’s the Matter here?”
[04:09.72]But I don’t dare say hey hey. “What’s the Matter here?”
[04:19.78]But I don’t dare say hey hey.
[04:34.48]Year of Release: 1992