Monty Got A Raw Deal
Lyrics
Monty this seems strange to me.
The movies had that movie thing,
But nonsense has a welcome ring
And heroes don’t come easy.
Now, nonsense isn’t new to me.
I know my head, I know my feet,
But mischief knocked me in the knees.
Said, Just let go. Just let go.
I saw the ocean meet the man.
I saw you buried in the sand.
A friend was there to hold your hand,
Said, Walk on by.
So, I went walking through the street.
I saw you strung up in a tree.
A woman knelt there said to me,
Said, Hold your tongue, man. Hold your tongue.
You don’t owe me anything.
You don’t want this sympathy. [waste your breath]
Don’t you waste your breath. [waste your breath]
For the silver screen.
That nonsense doesn’t mean a thing,
They tried to bust you in a sting,
But virtue isn’t everything
So, don’t waste time.
Now, here’s a rhyme that you can steal.
Put this on your reel to reel.
Mischief threw a rotten deal.
Monty’s laying low, man.
He is laying low.
Just let go, y’all.
Just let go.
You don’t owe me anything.
You don’t want this sympathy. [waste your breath]
Don’t you waste your breath. [waste your breath]
Monty this seems strange to me.
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Cosmic Communications ()released: unknown
Various
Losing My Religion ()released: unknown
Recorded: 11/19/1992, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
- 1. Drive
- 2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 3. Everybody Hurts
- 4. Man On The Moon
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Country Feedback
- 7. Begin The Begin
- 8. Fall On Me
- 9. Me In Honey
- 10. Finest Worksong
- 11. Drive
- 12. Love Is All Around
- 13. Funtime
- 14. Radio Free Europe
- 15. Losing My Religion
From Mountain Stage
Automatic For The People (CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Drive
- 2. Try Not To Breathe
- 3. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 4. Everybody Hurts
- 5. New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
- 6. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 7. Sweetness Follows
- 8. Ignoreland
- 9. Star Me Kitten
- 10. Man On The Moon
- 11. Nightswimming
- 12. Find The River
Automatic For The People + Monster (CD Album)2 202940 049356
released: unknown
- 1. Drive
- 2. Try Not To Breathe
- 3. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 4. Everybody Hurts
- 5. New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
- 6. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 7. Sweetness Follows
- 8. Ignoreland
- 9. Star Me Kitten
- 10. Man On The Moon
- 11. Nightswimming
- 12. Find The River
- 13. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 14. Crush With Eyeliner
- 15. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 16. King Of Comedy
- 17. Star 69
- 18. Strange Currencies
- 19. Tongue
- 20. I Took Your Name
- 21. Bang And Blame
- 22. Let Me In
- 23. Circus Envy
- 24. You
1994 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 2. World Leader Pretend
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 3. Belong
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 4. Low
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston - 5. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 6. Country Feedback
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 7. Begin The Begin
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 8. Monty Got A Raw Deal
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 9. Everybody Hurts
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 10. Man On The Moon
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 11. Everybody Hurts
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 12. Drive
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens - 13. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York - 14. Bang And Blame
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York - 15. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
Aneurysm ’95 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, 5/15/95
- 1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 2. Circus Envy
- 3. Crush With Eyeliner
- 4. Drive
- 5. Me In Honey
- 6. Try Not To Breathe
- 7. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 8. Strange Currencies
- 9. Revolution
- 10. Tongue
- 11. Man On The Moon
- 12. Country Feedback
- 13. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 14. Losing My Religion
- 15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 16. Star Me Kitten
- 17. I Took Your Name
- 18. Departure
- 19. Star 69
- 20. Get Up
- 21. Let Me In
- 22. Everybody Hurts
- 23. Pop Song 89
- 24. Bang And Blame
- 25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
Automatic People (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded 11/19/92 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. Last song appears to be MTV Performance.
- 1. Drive
- 2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 3. Man On The Moon
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Country Feedback
- 6. Begin The Begin
- 7. Fall On Me
- 8. Me In Honey
- 9. Finest Worksong
- 10. Drive
- 11. Love Is All Around
- 12. Funtime
- 13. Radio Free Europe
- 14. Losing My Religion
Automatically Live (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded 11/19/92 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. Last song appears to be MTV Performance.
- 1. Drive
- 2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 3. Man On The Moon
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Country Feedback
- 6. Begin The Begin
- 7. Fall On Me
- 8. Me In Honey
- 9. Finest Worksong
- 10. Drive
- 11. Love Is All Around
- 12. Funtime
- 13. Radio Free Europe
- 14. Losing My Religion
Boreal Equinoxia (Bootleg CD Album)BC 039
released: unknown
Recorded 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. Plus 3 Bonus Tracks
- 1. Drive
- 2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 3. Everybody Hurts
- 4. Man On The Moon
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Country Feedback
- 7. Begin The Begin
- 8. Fall On Me
- 9. Me In Honey
- 10. Finest Worksong
- 11. Drive
- 12. Love Is All Around
- 13. Funtime
- 14. Radio Free Europe
- 15. Pretty Persuasion
Bonus Track - 16. I Believe
Bonus Track - 17. King Of Birds
Bonus Track
Consider Life (Bootleg CD Album)NG270493
released: unknown
Recorded 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 1/20/93 MTV Inaugural Ball
- 1. Drive
- 2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 3. Everybody Hurts
- 4. Man On The Moon
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Country Feedback
- 7. Begin The Begin
- 8. Fall On Me
- 9. Me In Honey
- 10. Finest Worksong
- 11. Drive
- 12. Love Is All Around
- 13. Funtime
- 14. Radio Free Europe
- 15. One
Bonus Track - 16. Candy Everybody Wants
Bonus Track
Drive (Live 1985 – 1992) (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: 1985- 1992
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Drive
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. World Leader Pretend
- 5. Half A World Away
- 6. Man On The Moon
- 7. Everybody Hurts
- 8. Stand
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Orange Crush
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. Driver 8
- 13. Red Rain
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 16. Country Feedback
- 17. Pop Song 89
- 18. Endgame
- 19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Espana ’95 (Bootleg CD Album)EMCD0001/02
released: unknown
Recorded, San Sebastian, Spain 2/15/95
- 1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 2. Circus Envy
- 3. Try Not To Breathe
- 4. Drive
- 5. Crush With Eyeliner
- 6. You
- 7. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 8. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 9. Revolution
- 10. Tongue
- 11. Man On The Moon
- 12. I Took Your Name
- 13. Country Feedback
- 14. Losing My Religion
- 15. Departure
- 16. Star Me Kitten
- 17. Me In Honey
- 18. Finest Worksong
- 19. Get Up
- 20. Star 69
- 21. Let Me In
- 22. Everybody Hurts
- 23. Pop Song 89
- 24. Bang And Blame
- 25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
It’s A Free World (Bootleg CD Album)STE 017
released: unknown
Recorded: (Tracks 1-2) MTV Inagural Ball, (Tracks 3-15) 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club Athens GA,
- 1. Candy Everybody Wants
- 2. One
- 3. Drive
- 4. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 5. Man On The Moon
- 6. Losing My Religion
- 7. Country Feedback
- 8. Begin The Begin
- 9. Fall On Me
- 10. Me In Honey
- 11. Finest Worksong
- 12. Drive
- 13. Love Is All Around
- 14. Funtime
- 15. Radio Free Europe
Live In Athens 1992 (Bootleg CD Album)SA24.017
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA.
- 1. Drive
- 2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 3. Everybody Hurts
- 4. Man On The Moon
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Country Feedback
- 7. Begin The Begin
- 8. Fall On Me
- 9. Me In Honey
- 10. Finest Worksong
- 11. Drive
- 12. Love Is All Around
- 13. Funtime
- 14. Radio Free Europe
Man On The Moon (Bootleg CD Album)HL 2913
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, USA
- 1. Drive
- 2. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 3. Man On The Moon
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Country Feedback
- 6. Begin The Begin
- 7. Fall On Me
- 8. Me In Honey
- 9. Finest Worksong
- 10. Drive
- 11. Love Is All Around
- 12. Funtime
- 13. Radio Free Europe
The Megatour (Bootleg CD Album)CH016/017
released: unknown
Recorded: 1/22/95, Brisbane Australia, (2)11/19/92, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
- 1. Circus Envy
- 2. Crush With Eyeliner
- 3. You
- 4. Me In Honey
- 5. King Of Comedy
- 6. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 7. Revolution
- 8. Drive
- 9. Try Not To Breathe
- 10. Tongue
- 11. Man On The Moon
- 12. Half A World Away
- 13. Losing My Religion
- 14. Get Up
- 15. Star 69
- 16. Country Feedback
- 17. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 18. I Took Your Name
- 19. Finest Worksong
- 20. Let Me In
- 21. Everybody Hurts
- 22. Bang And Blame
- 23. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 24. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 25. Drive
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA - 26. Monty Got A Raw Deal
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA - 27. Everybody Hurts
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA - 28. Man On The Moon
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA - 29. Losing My Religion
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA - 30. Country Feedback
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA - 31. Begin The Begin
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA - 32. Finest Worksong
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
Monster B-Sides (Bootleg CD Album)Q-QR7
released: unknown
Recorded: Various
- 1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 2. Bang And Blame
- 3. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 4. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 5. Everybody Hurts
- 6. Man On The Moon
- 7. Losing My Religion
- 8. Country Feedback
- 9. Begin The Begin
- 10. Fall On Me
- 11. Me In Honey
- 12. Finest Worksong
- 13. Drive
- 14. Funtime
- 15. Radio Free Europe
- 16. Tighten Up


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