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When the only tool you have is a hammer
Everything looks like a nail
And youre living at the bittersweet motel
When the only tool you have is a hammer
Everything looks like a nail
And youre living at the bittersweet motel
Half-way between Erie and Pittsburgh
Youre puttin me through hell
On the highway to the bittersweet motel
Half-way between Erie and Pittsburgh
Youre puttin me through hell
On the highway to the bittersweet motel
When the only tool you have is a hammer
Everything looks like a nail
And youre living at the bittersweet motel |
Time to get out, I paid my dues
I need to shout, theres no time to lose
No more to give, the well is dry
The pavements worn, my brain is fried
Its time to get out, I paid my dues
My shoes have holes, my socks are bare
The mirrors secret is Im losing my hair
Im in prison without a crime
The sentence stretches on undefined
Its time to get out, I paid my dues
I paid my dues
But everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Just hold tight
Im going downhill with increasing speed
And compassion gives way if you listen to greed
Focus on the past and thats what will last
Nothing that is real and nothing you can feel
Focus on tomorrow, youll have to borrow
Images in mind of thoughts you left behind
Focus on today, youll find a way
Happiness is how rooted in the now
Cause everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Just hold tight
Look into the eyes of everyone you meet
Try not to step on your best friends feet
The line is in the sand, the flag is planted
The rest of your life, dont take it for granted
Cause everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
Everythings right, so just hold tight
This world, this world, this crazy world I know
It turns, it turns, and the long nights over and the suns coming up
This world, this world, this crazy world I know
It turns, it turns, and the long nights over and the suns coming up
This world, this world, this crazy world I know
It turns, it turns, and the long nights over and the suns coming up
This world, this world, this crazy world I know
It turns, it turns, and the long nights over and the suns coming up now
This world, this world, this crazy world I know
It turns, it turns, and the long nights over and the suns coming up
This world, this world, this crazy world I know
It turns, it turns, and the long nights over and the suns coming up
Yeah, oh yeah
And the long nights over and the suns coming up
Yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, its gonna be alright
Everythings right, everythings right
Alright, alright, everythings right
Its gonna be alright
Everythings right, right, right, right
Its gonna be alright, alright
Alright, alright
Its gonna be alright, alright, alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, alright |
Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothin happenin at all
Every time she puts on a radio
There was nothin goin down at all
Not at all
Then one fine mornin she puts on a New York station
You know, she dont believe what she heard at all
She started shakin to that fine rock music
You know her life was saved by rock n roll
Despite all the amputations you know you could just go out
And dance to the rock n roll station
It was alright
It was alright
Hey baby
You know it was alright
It was alright
Jenny said when she was just bout five years old
You know my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well you know it aint gonna help me at all
Not just a little tiny bit
Then one fine mornin she turns on a New York station
She doesnt believe what she hears at all
She started dancin to that fine, fine music
You know her life is saved by rock n roll
Yeah, rock n roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to that rock n roll station
And baby it was alright
And it was alright
Hey it was alright
It was alright
Hey here she comes now
Jump, jump
Like Jenny said when she was just bout five years old
Hey you know theres nothin happenin at all
Not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You know theres nothin goin down at all
Not at all
But one fine mornin she hears a New York station
She doesnt believe what she heard at all
Hey, not at all
She started dancin to that fine, fine music
You know her life was saved by rock n roll
Yeah, rock n roll
Despite all the computations
You know you could just dance to the rock n roll station
Alright, alright
And it was alright
Oh, you listen to me now
And it was alright
Cmon now
Little better
Little bit
It was alright
It was alright
And it was alright, alright
Its alright, alright
Baby its alright now
Alright baby its alright now
Baby its alright now, alright now
Bay its alright
Bay its alright now
Oh baby, oh baby
Oh baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Its alright, now
Its alright now
All, alright |
Take a look at these hands
Take a look at these hands
The hand speaks
The hand of a government man
Well Im a tumbler
Born under punches
Im so thin
All I want is to breathe Im too thin
Wont you breathe with me?
Find a little space, so we can move in-between In-Between it
And keep on step ahead, of yourself
Dont you miss it, dont you miss it
Some a you people just about missed it!
Last time to make plans!
Well Im a tumbler, Im a Government man
Never seen anything like that before
Falling bodies tuble cross the floor well Im a tumbler!
When you get to where you wanna be thank you! Thank you!
When you get to where you wanna be dont even mention it!
Take a look at these hands
Theyre passing in-between us
Take a look at these hands
Take a look at these hands. You dont have to mention it
No thanks. Im a Government Man
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
Where the hand has been
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
Where the hand has been
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
Im not a drowning man!
And Im not a burning building!
Drowning cannot hurt a man!Fire cannot hurt a man.
All I want is to breathe thank you
Thank you wont you breathe with me?
Find a little space
So we move in-between Im so thin
And keep one step ahead of yourself
Im catching up with myself
All I want it to breathe
Wont you breathe with me
Hands of a Government man
Find a little space so we move in-between
And keep one step ahead of yourself
Dont you miss it! Dont you miss it!
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
Where the hands has been
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes
On, and the heat goes on |
Undecided, undefined
Undisturbed yet undermined
Relocated not retired
Reprimanded and rewired
Mystified and misshapen
Misinformed but not mistaken
Reinvented, redefined
Rearranged but not refined
Unrelenting, understroked
Undeterred yet unprovoked
Reinvented, redefined
Rearranged but not refined
Mystified and misshapen
Misinformed but not mistaken |
In and out of focus
Time turns elastic
And when I’d stayed too long
I went outside and stared
Arms outstretched and long
Moved straight across the sky
If I could wrap my arms around this globe
Hands, touch the green and brown
I’d sink into the cool, cool ground
Seen all, seen all, seen all summer
Seen all, seen all, seen all spring
But I’m a submarine
And the submarine sinks below
The ground
Now that the leaves have turned to gold
The moments all glow
Frozen and free from time
And out here on my own
I watch it ebb and flow
Here, with the fire burning low
In the honey mist that breathes
Crooked maple fingers trembling all around
I feel the winds that blow
Out here between the dark and light
The summer’s gone, and the reeds bow down
As the colors change
All along the water line
And when it’s time the landslide will free what froze inside
While all around the rocks collide
You finally see the lines
That point toward the light that never dies
Melody, shelter in the darkness
Take hold of me now
Memory, trapped in a corner
Dark fingers are long
But all around streaming down
Rays of blue light, calling out
These silver sounds are raining down on me
Here on the wheel, the rhythm’s turning all around
Up above the darkened sky is bleeding
I feel the world turning upside down
These are the reasons that we lay down on the ground
Drawn through a funnel, all the colors run together
Turning brown
Wait for the waves to come and carry me away
Down on the ground the sounds of voices in the echoes seem to say
And as the carousel circles unceasingly
Watch while the ripples decay in this rolling time
And cascading, the winds set the wheels in motion
And it’s turning in the mist around me
Rolling and turning into the mist around me
Kissed by the water and held in your mother’s arms
Green where you tumble and roll in these fields
The shapes of the bodies that shift in the sun
While the blossoms all scream and it sleeps around me
The earth in these memories heals around me
Touches these woods and these waters all paved with gold
Gleaming in daylight the voices ring on
They pull while the pointing lay down in the storm
And this life is bending and swelling around me
Rolling and turning into the mist around me
The winds all rising in the west around me
And the carousel turns into breath around me |
There is a place on the mountain nearby
Deep in a cave but it’s up rather high
There in the darkness are safely concealed
All of the dreams that you never revealed
And if you go there, and after you do
All of these dreams would be yours to pursue
The rest of your lifetime devoid of a care
If you keep your eyes open you may find yourself there
Such is the promise, such is the curse
You could just live your life better or worse
Knowing the cache of dreams up on that hill
Beckons and sways but won’t bend to your will
You might find a river under a mountain
That feeds a remote subterranean fountain
Drink from this, taste just a hint of a dream
That somehow leaked into the underground stream |
You may as well keep your belly full
For the time may come when you’ll rely
On the layer of fat that separates you
From the rabid dog and the common fly
To a less demanding place on your spine
I feel you shift my weight around
I squirm and roll beneath your flesh
Just like the guy you met in town
He’s yelling at the parking lot
Throwing beer cans down the stairs
Driving home to Mom and Dad
To spend a weekend with no cares |
Guide us Jah man, guide us Jah man, oh yeah
Have mercy on a good man and help him we pray, Jah man
Have mercy on a good girl and help her we pray, Jah man
Man was made to suffer, yeah
And women were made to feel the pain
Stay by our side and guide us we pray, Jah man
Give us all your blessing and help us we pray, Jah man
Time is running out, but we need no one, not to cry nor shout
Change them whos gone astray and show them the way, Jah man
Make this an everlasting example we pray, Jah man, yeah
Man was made to suffer, yeah, yeah
And women was made to feel the pain
Have mercy on a good man and help him we pray, Jah man
Have mercy on a good girl and help her we pray, Jah man |
As he saw his life run away from him
Thousands ran along
Chanting words from a song
Please me have no regrets
Please me have no regrets
Came from the babys mouth
We follow the lines going south
Please me have no regrets
Came from the,came from the,came from the... babys mouth!
We follow the line going south! |
Ive alternated my meager flock
To the shores of the Baltic Sea
The teeth of time have stowed the rhyme
Of how things should be
My cave, my house, my turning wheel
My little docking pup
The march of Colonel Forbin
And his fleet hound called McGrupp
The grime of countless workdogs
Has collected in my sink
I tie my nose with spandex hose
Before I get a drink
While on frozen warthogs
With its poison in our minds
The ferns that spot our children
Are encased in orange rinds
All times and seasons are the reasons
That people and their clans
Have stowed the Famous Mockingbird
With glue and rubber bands
They writhe and cry in agony
As Rutherford the Brave
Chokes Tela and the Unit Monster
Managing to save
The spotted stripers multi-beast
And there by cheat his grave
Id like to get his autograph
But he looks too much like Dave
He looks too much... |
I didnt know
I didnt know
Well I didnt like cheeseburger alleycats near me
A petrified Phish disease
I wish somebodyd hear me
I didnt like maple dew, honey melon watercress
I didnt like Phish shoes down by muddy watermelon
I didnt seem to miss you when you kissd my honey water
And even showed a picture, showed her down by honeys border
But who laid silver tooth and broke my sunny shoe shine
And all my plastic melodreams are waiting for their new shine
Pardon me, Doug
Is this a picture of Otis Redding?
Yes! Yes! Taken just before he died
Well you can give me his hide
I didnt know that I was that far gone
-- Vacuum solo --
Well I woulda liked to seen Bess Truman come see me
And hear all the revolutionaries come free me
cause if it all ends up running to sneeze me
Ill make it all here, black corners come seize me
And if you boom, back got troubles in your ear
And you cant seem to come back and make it all clear
When eye tails and toe nails and liquid all meet me
When mustard pies and carrot eyes and flounders come greet me
I didnt know that I was that far gone
Pardon me, Doug
Is this a picture of Otis Redding?
Yes! Yes! Taken just before he died
Well you can give me his hide |
Now somewhere in the black mining hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didnt like that
He said Im gonna get that boy
So one day he walked into town
Booked himself a room in the local saloon
Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideons bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival
His rival it seems had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy
Her name was Magil and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy
Now she and her man who called himself Dan
Were in the next room at the hoedown
Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot-he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner
The doctor came in stinking of gin
And proceeded to lie on the table
He said Rocky you met your match
And Rocky said, Doc its only a scratch
And Ill be better Ill be better doc as soon as I am able
Now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
Only to find Gideons bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rockys revival |
How is it I never see
The waves that bring her words to me
For though unseen they drift around
They catch my breath and knock me down
I feel them quickly swirling by
As they withdraw with my reply
And slip into the dark of night
As I attempt to stay upright
Instead I’m stranded on my knees
As words depart upon the breeze
That quickly drifts away from here
And possibly won’t reach her ear
If we could see these many waves
That flow through clouds and sunken caves
She’d sense at least the words that sought her
On the wind and underwater |
Think of London - small city
Dark - dark in the daytime
People sleep - sleep in the daytime
If they want to - if they want to
Im checkin em out
Im checkin em out
Ive got it figured out
Ive got it figured out
Theres some good points - some bad points
But it all works out - Im just a little freaked out
Find your city -
Find yourself a city to live in
I will find a city -
Find yourself a city to live in
A lot of bridges in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts - and a lot of houses
Look over there - dry ice factory
Good place to get some thinking done
Im checkin em out
Im checkin em out
Ive got it figured out
Im the one who got it figured out
Theres some good points - some bad points
Find your city -
Find yourself a city to live in
I will find a city -
Find yourself a city to live in
Did I forget to mention -
Forget to mention Memphish
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell - I smell home cooking
Its only the river - its only the river
Im checkin em out
Im checkin em out
Ive got it figured out
Ive got it figured out
Theres some good points - some bad points
Are those things real? Denied!
Find your city -
Find yourself a city to live in
I will find a city -
Find yourself a city to live in
I will find a city -
Find yourself a city to live in
I will find a city
Find yourself a city to live in |
People always surprising
The things that theyll do
You think you got em figured out
And theyll show you what you knew
At first they may seem rational
But wait a month or two
Cause theres just no explaining
The things people do
I had to get away
I was losing my interest
Instead of expanding my world
I was just scanning Pinterest
So I left all these people
I thought that I knew
Cause theres just no explaining
The things people do
I left for the road
Cause I needed the mileage
Brought what I owned
Cause I thought it was stylish
Well I dont miss the folks
That I just left behind me
Cause theres places Im going
Kinda doubt they will find me
I never really felt
That my life was in danger
But a shot to the gut
By the hands of a stranger
Started me thinking
What I already knew
That theres just no explaining
The things people do
Well I found a new place quickly
I caught me a fast one
The people round here
Are the same as the last one
So I guess Ill keep moving
And find a new crew
Cause theres just no explaining
The things people do
Theres just no explaining
The things people do |
Im like a stray dog
Loping into town, yeah
Pay me no attention as I trundle around
Punching you down
Im gonna chase you down
Im like a stray dog
Loping into town
Howling wind and the driving rain
Once you look closely
Youll like what you found
Its like a stray dog
Loping into town
Pay me no attention as I wander around
Im hunting you down
Im gonna chase you down
Im like a stray dog
Loping into town
The howling wind and the driving rain
Once you look closely
Youll like what you found
Its over here
Its over there
Its over here
Its over there
Its over here
Over there
Over here
Over there
Over here, there, here, there
Its like a stray dog
Loping into town
Pay me no attention as I wander around
Im hunting you down
Im gonna chase you down
Im like a stray dog
Loping into town
The howling wind and the driving rain
Once you look closely
Youll like what you found |
I never meant to cause you any problem
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted to one time see you laughing
Only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain
I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend
Babe I could never steal you from another
Its such a shame our friendship had to end
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you baby in the purple rain
I know, I know, I know times are changing
Its time we all reach out for the new that means you too
Now I known you say you want a leader
But you cant seem to make up your mind
I think youre common
And let me guide you to the purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you, only want to see you in the purple rain |
I’ll tell you about the driver who lives inside my head
Starts me up and stops me and puts me into bed
He opens up my mouth when it’s time for me to talk
And fires up my legs when he wants me to walk
Keeps my eyes open for most of the day
Adds to my memories the things that people say
When he makes decisions i don’t have to wait
But sometimes it seems that he’s got too much on his plate
Like this morning when i woke up and he dressed me in this shirt
That looks a little ragged where he dragged me through the dirt
I’m moving through this life and i’m thinking about the next
And hoping when i get there i’ll be better dressed |
Im so tired
I havent slept a wink
Im so tired
My mind is on the blink
I wonder, should I get up and fix myself a drink
No, no, no
Im so tired
I dont know what to do
Im so tired
My mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you
But I know what you would do
Youd say, Youre putting me on
But its no joke
Its doing me harm
You know I cant sleep
I cant stop my brain
You know its three weeks
Im going insane
You know Id give you everything Ive got for a little peace of mind
Im so tired
Im feeling so upset
Although Im so tired
Ill have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid git
Youd say, Youre putting me on
But its no joke
Its doing me harm
You know I cant sleep
I cant stop my brain
You know its three weeks
Im going insane
You know Id give you everything Ive got for a little peace of mind
Give you everything Ive got for a little peace of mind
Give you everything Ive got for a little peace of mind |
Several times unconsciously Ive stumbled on the path
And seen a mountain in the mist
Rain falls on my shoulders, sun rises in the east
Im worn and bruised but I am here at least
I guess Im just an obstacle a thing to overcome
If I can sneak around myself again Ill know Ive won
The moment seems to hand and float before me with no end
til Im released awaken beasts Im on the road again
And now Im soaring far too high
A fleck of dust up in the sky
Where tiny clouds go sailing by
Pull me down today |
Well, I saw it again
A form in my window
It wants to come in
Well, I seen it before
When I wake in the night
Well, when somethings not right
I try not to look
For there is the shape
That I fear
And Im fully woken
I saw it again
I saw it again
I saw it again
I saw it again
I saw it again |
Gonna take my bike out, take my bike
Gonna ride it slowly
Gonna ride just how I like
Gonna take my bike out, take my bike
Gonna ride it slowly
Gonna ride just how I like
Leave me way up here, upon the mountain
Let me lie, uncovered on the floor
Make me wonder when, you go away again
If youre ever coming back here anymore
Gonna take my bike out, take my bike
Gonna ride it slowly
Gonna ride just how I like
Gonna take my bike out, take my bike
Gonna ride it slowly
Gonna ride just how I like
I dont care what you did
But I can tell its hanging over you
The effects of sun and sand, are hard to understand
So leave me way up here, upon the mountain
Let me lie...
Gonna take my bike out, take my bike
Gonna ride it slowly
Gonna ride just how I like
Gonna use my brakes when I go downhill
Gonna climb back on when I take a spill
Gonna peel my shirt off
Gonna feel it burn
Gonna keep my eyes closed
Gonna miss my turn
Gonna take my bike out, take my bike
Gonna ride it slowly
Gonna ride just how I like
Let me lie... |
Blind me with ambition like a razor to the throat
Cast aside your foolish pride Ill cast the final vote
The feelings youve been waiting for are clawing thru your skin
And if you look above youll see the vultures moving in
Timing is everything, that much I know
Sometimes Im fast and sometimes Im slow
Some days vacation but some days Im told
Ive come to to the end of the line
But when I cant be whats expected of me
I look at the clock and say this cant be
Watching it pass without reason or rhyme
I feel Im suspended in time
I see the vultures moving in
(Fish repeats some phrases in here
Feel Im suspended in time) |
Well be singing
When were winning
Well be singing
I get knocked down
But I get up again
Youre never going to keep me down
Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him
Of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him
Of the better times:
Oh Danny Boy
Danny Boy
Danny Boy...
I get knocked down
But I get up again
Youre never going to keep me down
Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him
Of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him
Of the better times
Dont cry for me
Next door neighbor
I get knocked down
But I get up again
Youre never going to keep me down
Well be singing
When were winning
Well be singing |
Alright
Now listen, baby
You dont care for me
I don-a care about that
Gotta new fool, ha!
I like it like that
I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Listen here, baby
And stop acting so crazy
You say your mum aint home
It aint my concern
Just play with me and you wont get burned
I have only one itching desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh! Move over, Rover
And let Jimi take over
Yeah, you know what Im talking bout
Yeah, get on with it, baby
Thats what Im talking bout
Now dig this!
Ha!
Now listen, baby
You try to gimme your money
You better save it, babe
Save it for your rainy day
I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire |
I can bend in sixty-eight ways
I have lived for twelve thousand days
Twenty-eight teeth inside of my head
Grind three types of things and I’m sad that they’re dead |
Instrumental |
Who knows how long Ive loved you?
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime?
If you want me to I will
For if I ever saw you
I didnt catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the same
Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever were together
Love you when were apart
And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know I will
I will |
Summer sitting out by the pool
A ray of sunshine getting in my way
Close your eyes and wish that it were cool
Everyday
And I wish it could be back the other way
But what’s dissolved ain’t coming back today
Close your eyes and wish that it were
Axilla axilla axilla axilla
I never understood what my body was for
That’s why I always leave it layin out on the floor
The shape a curiosity
Where different faces fit before
And tracing my image in the sand
To pass the time from slip to fall
The line I trace begins to weave
A tangled web from wall to wall |
You lift me up, you hired me
And light my day, you fired me
But then you stole the sun, delighted me
Now the day is gone, you knighted me
Its dawning on me how it starts
Your wisdom must be why it smarts
Some wholes sum as many parts
Sing Sing Monica Sing your song
It really didnt last too long
Sing Sing Monica sing your song
Can you admit that you were wrong?
Go back home where you belong
Sing Monica, Sing Monica...
You gave me one last taste, retreated me
Then cut me off at the knees, defeated me
From your ivory tower, inspired me
Then stole my manhood, desired me
Its setting in now how it ends
You may have one it all depends
Have-nots have as many friends
Sing Sing Monica Sing your song
It really didnt last too long
Sing Sing Monica sing your song
Can you admit that you were wrong?
Go back home where you belong
Sadly she set me free...
You charged me up, excited me
Upended and re-righted me
You hooked me up, you wired me
But when my tread was worn, retired me
Im saying all this stuff because
Its finally dawning on me how it was
Sing Monica, Sing Monica... |
The days that are met with only-ness
Aid and abet this loneliness
The days that are met with only-ness
Aid and abet this loneliness
The days that are met with only-ness
Aid and abet this loneliness
The days that are met with only-ness
Aid and abet this loneliness
Tonights the night, the wheels are turning
The signal flows, I try to keep the home fires burning
That was my stop, but the subway kept going
Nothing to lose when Mercurys showing
The days that are met with only-ness
Aid and abet this loneliness
The days that are met with only-ness
Aid and abet this loneliness
The moments are mine if I can just seize the day
But then I forget what it is that I meant to say
I try to hold on but never too tight
The hours go by til Mercury comes out at night
Staring up at the great machine
That never began and will never end
From the silver starlit tapestry
I see countless eyes staring back at me
Venus in steel, the unbreakable net
Venus in steel, the unbreakable net
The trail of lilies and violets ends
Trapped in steel, the unbreakable net
And the rivers run deep like a quicksilver stream
With wings on your feet, your day is longer than your year
I look up at the night sky, for a moment, I can see
That the rivers run deep, your day is longer than your year
The lies they feed to me are as edible as mercury
The rivers run deep, your day is longer than your year
And Water Star is singing its silver melody
The rivers run deep, your day is longer than your year
Your day is longer than your year
The tomb of the red queen is painted in vermilion
Painted in vermilion, painted in vermilion
Painted in vermilion
The tomb of the red queen is painted in vermilion
Painted in vermilion, its painted in vermilion
Its painted in vermilion
And the nets unbreakable, dont worry about falling
The voice that you ignore might be your future calling
Alone, were tossed about like a bottle in the sea
But together we ascend, and only then escape this gravity
The nets unbreakable, dont worry about falling
The nets unbreakable, dont worry about falling
The nets unbreakable, dont worry about falling
The nets unbreakable, dont worry about falling
The nets unbreakable |
Dogs stole things I needed bad
Cats took what I never had
Pillows for my aching head
A glass of milk next to my bed
The creatures that seem, oh so kind
And sleep all day and ease your mind
At night they softly paddle on
And look to steal things that you own
So now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord that I might keep
My soul for one more night or two
And hope the creatures never do
The creatures that seem, oh so kind
And sleep all day and ease your mind
At night they softly paddle on
And look to steal things that you own
The creatures that seem, oh so kind
And sleep all day and ease your mind
At night they softly paddle on
And look to steal things that you own
So now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord that I might keep
My soul for one more night or two
And hope the creatures never do |
Everybodys building the big ships and boats
Some are building monuments and others theyre jotting down notes
Everybodys in despair, every little girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets there, everybodys gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
cause I can do just like the rest and I like my sugar sweet
Guarding fumes and making haste just aint my cup of meat
Everybodys feeding pigeons out on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskim gets there, pigeons gonna run to him
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
??? I cant recite them all
Tell me where it hurts you, honey and Ill tell you who to call
Everybody aint getting no sleep cause theres someone on everyones toes
But Quinn the Eskimo gets there, everybodys gonna wanna doze
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
Youll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn |
Sometimes the world has a load of questions
Seems like the world knows nothing at all
The world is near but its out of reach
Some people touch it, but they cant hold on
She is moving to describe the world
Night must fall now-darker, darker
She has messages for everyone
Night must fall now-darker, darker
She is moving by remote control
Night must fall now-darker, darker
Hands that move her are invisible
Night must fall now-darker, darker
The world has a way of looking at people
Sometimes it seems that the world is wrong
She loves the world, and all the people in it
She shakes em up when she start to walk
She is only party human being
Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so
She defines the possibilities
Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so
Holding on for an Eternity
Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so
Gone, ending without finishing
Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so
The world moves on a womans hips
The world moves and it swivels and bops
The world moves on a womans hips
The world moves and it bounces and hopsu
A world of light, shes gonna open our eyes up
A world of light, shes gonna open our eyes up
Shes gonna hold, it move, it hold it, move it hold, it move it hold
It move it
A world of light shes gonna open out eyes up
She is moving to describe the world
Night must fall now-darker, darker
She has messages for everyone
Night must fall now-darker, darker
She is moving by remote control
Night must fall now-darker, darker
Hands that move her are invisible
Night must fall now-darker, darker
Divine, to define, she is moving to define, so say so
Night must fall now-darker, darker
She has got to move the world, to move the world, to move
The world
A world of light, shes gonna open our eyes up
A world of light, shes gonna open our eyes up
Shes gonna hold, it move, it hold it, move it hold, it move it hold
It move it
A world of light, shes gonna open out eyes up
Wanna define, so say so, so say so
Divine to define, she is moving to define, so say so, so say so
Night must fall now-darker, darker
She, has got to move the world, to move the world, to move
The world |
[Verse 1: Trey
Take it down now
You take it down
You take it down
Youve got to lay down
Take it down
Take it down
Take it down
You’ve got to lay down
{Chorus: whole band]
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Youve got to lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Youve got to lay it down
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Woah woah woah
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Woah woah woah
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Youve got to lay it down
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Woah woah woah
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Woah woah woah
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Woah woah woah
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Woah woah woah
Bright white light shining right between my eyes
Woah woah woah
Bright white light shining right between my eyes |
Someones always telling me to breathe
The wind is always whispering through the leaves
It sings to the world
They cling to the world
I listen and believe
The music stops and echoes linger on
I’m waiting til you sing me one more song
You promised the moon
But I need a tune
For notes are rarely wrong
We built a kingdom out of lies
And then we blindly fanned the fire
We warmed our hands with glowing coals
But now they rain down from the skies
Rising volume, muffled moans
Thoughts conveyed in undertones
We built a kingdom out of lies
Moonlight dances softly on the leaves
A message in the pattern that it weaves
It urges me now
It’s pleading somehow
Telling me to breathe
We built a kingdom out of lies
And then we blindly fanned the fire
We warmed our hands with glowing coals
But now they rain down from the skies
Rising volume, muffled moans
Thoughts conveyed in undertones
We built a kingdom out of lies
Moonlight dances softly on the leaves
A message in the pattern that it weaves
It urges me now
Its pleading somehow
Telling me to breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe |
Standing on the edge of a cliff
I start to slip
Don’t mind if I slide off
Now I feel my mood start to lift
I find my grip
And the screaming fades away below
I grab myself and spin me around
I start to sprint
I climb down to steadier ground
If I could bushwhack it on back to the shack
Behind those hills
I’ll find the world is finally still
Run through pale dark woods
To that sugar shack
Breathe warm steam and hide
In that old sugar shack
Boiling heat
Maple steam
Frozen snow
Then it flows
When you leave
Your maple dream
Wait |
Kung...
Kung...
Kung...
Rich in minerals
Rich in firth Carry well ye martin lad
Fervent fourth
Now Fervent fifth
Forever arealm we cry
Be it ever so Voraciously alternate
We call upon your pulse
Can we stand?
Can we stare?
We can stage a runaway golfcart marathon!
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up on your heels and call
From the hills
From the hills |
Looking for owls? the young man asked
Hoping to lighten the tension
And the scowl he received as his only reply
Made him smile as he relived the mention
And the coward fool walked on alone
Quite proud of the fear he instilled
And later they found him, tied to a log
Bent over and buffalo billed |
I feed from the bottom you feed from the top
I live upon morsels you happen to drop
And coffee that somehow leaks out of your cup
If nothing comes down then i’m forced to swim up
On the way upwards the colors come back
But all on the bottom is blue, gray and black
The darkness is cold and perception goes wrong
And the night seems to go on incredibly long
Pantomime mixtures of heaven and earth
Jumbled events that have less than no worth
Time in the forest to dig under rocks
Float on the ocean and sleep in a box
Or sink just below all the churning and froth
And swim to the light-source, or fly like a moth
So toss away stuff you won’t need in the end
But keep what’s important – and know who’s your friend
So i ask you why
If i’m swimming by
Don’t you see anything you’d like to try? |
Wish that I was on old Rockytop
Down in the Tennessee hills
Aint no smoggy smoke on Rockytop
Aint no telephone bills
Once I had a girl on Rockytop
Half bear, the other half cat
Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda-pop
I still dream about that
Rockytop, youll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good old Rockytop
Rockytop, Tennessee
Rockytop, Tennessee
Once two strangers climbed old Rockytop
Lookin for a moonshine still
Strangers aint come down from Rockytop
Reckon they never will
Corn wont grow at all on Rockytop -
Dirts too rocky by far
Thats why all the folks on Rockytop
Get their corn from a jar
Ive had years of cooped up city life
Trapped like a dog in a pen
All I know is its a pity life
Cant be simple again |
Fikus dreamed a dream for me
It cost me nothing it was free
He dreamed of walking in the sand
Of blossoms forming in his hand
Of kitchen cake and cedar shakes
Of waterfalls and yellow snakes
Of earthen dams and hydrofoils
Of watching water ’til it boils
Of holding forth from singing words
Of flying south with flocks of birds
None of this was charged to me
For as i said it was for free |
I am just a satellite, high above the atmosphere
Bouncing every thing you say to someone who is meant to hear
Sometimes on a rainy day, I lie in bed and dream of you
So blame it on the satellite, when your message can’t get through
I am just a tiny wave, a minor ripple out at sea
Moving slowly towards the shore, burdened with uncertainty
I’m gaining power, losing speed, wondering as I near your door
Will you hold it open for the tidal wave approaching shore?
You’ve become an island in the hazy world surrounding me
Offering a vast reward each time I safely cross the sea
All too often I become lost in the fog and haze
Clinging still, against my will, to promises of clearer days
I am just a raindrop that accelerates without control
Losing bits and pieces in descent ’til I’m no longer whole
I am just another shooting star above that you might see
Until I have your full attention I’ll be anything but me |
Say a word for Jimmy Brown
He aint got nothing at all
Not a shirt right off his back
He aint got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger Brown
Walks with his head down to the ground
They took the shoes right off his feet
And threw the poor boy right out in the street
And this is what he said
Oh sweet nuthin
She aint got nothing at all
Oh sweet nutin
She aint got nothing at all
Say a word for Polly May
She cant tell the night from the day
They threw her out in the street
But just like a cat she landed on her feet
And say a word for Joanna Love
She aint got nothing at all
Cos everyday she falls in love
And everynight she falls when she does
She said
Oh sweet nuthin
You know she aint got nothing at all
Oh sweet nuthin
She aint got nothing at all
Oh let me hear you!
Say a word for Jimmy Brown
He aint got nothing at all
Not a shirt right of his back
He aint got nothing at all
And say a word for Ginger Brown
Walks with his head down to the ground
They took the shoes, took the shoes from his feet, from his feet
And threw the poor boy right out in the street
And this is what he said
Oh sweet nuthin
She aint got nothing at all
Oh sweet nuthin
She aint got nothing at all
She aint got nothing at all
Oh sweet nuthin
She aint got nothing at all
She aint got nothing at all
She aint got nothing at all |
Highway Bills on the rotary still and he cant even feel the painOf a sun dried shoulder and a scar from a boulderthat cut him right across his veinNow hes suckin cigar and hes shovelin tarin the crater of a turnpike terrainHes got only one hope, and he wants to elope,cuz Highway Jill is driving him insane
We gotta get on the road, destiny unboundShes the one for me we gotta get outta townWe gotta get on the road, destiny unboundShes the one for me we gotta get outta townHighway Jill was a daffodil with a cactus sense of prideAt the wheel of a tractor, she was quite an impactorWhen the road rocks started to slideShe saw Bill drop his shovel on a pile of gravelAs he climbed up out of his ditchShe was wonderstruck when he climbed in her truckHe said Ive been havin this everlasting itch
Chorus
At first she was cold, she was ready to scoldThis guy from the pit with a thing in his headBut then she thought twice when he melted her iceWith his passionate eyes she was energized!She started the ignition and without permissionThe two of em flew down the dusty roadBut the road wasnt finished and the pavement diminishedThey soared off the edge and they plunged in the sludge
She said:There isnt even any road, our Destiny was boundWe were the ones for us but now were in the ground |
A song I heard the ocean sing
A shining light in darkness deep
I prayed a prayer into the tide
And both they soothed me in my sleep
For every season that has passed
I prayed a prayer into the tide
A shining light in darkness deep
In my ten years before the mast
For every season that has passed
I laid my body o’er the side
A shining light in darkness deep
I prayed a prayer into the tide
How can I answer questions I’ve known?
A song I heard the ocean sing
A shining light in darkness deep
Ten years before the mast
I heard the ocean sing |
Instrumental |
You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
You may ask yourself, Well, how did I get here?
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
And you may ask yourself, How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself, Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself, This is not my beautiful house
And you may tell yourself, This is not my beautiful wife
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Water dissolving and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water from the bottom of the ocean
Water dissolving and water removing
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Leting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
You may ask yourself, What is that beautiful house?
You may ask yourself, Where does that highway go to?
You may ask yourself, Am I right, am I wrong?
You may say to yourself, My God! What have I done?
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, look where my hand was
Time isnt holding up, time isnt after us
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, hey lets all twist our thumbs
Here comes the twister
Letting the days go by
Letting the days go by
Once in a lifetime
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by |
The first time I came over I was bitten by your dog
You weren’t even there ’cause you were walking in the fog
I call you up and plead and beg and talk to your machine
My friends say not to bother when you’re acting pretty mean
But I don’t need to bother you, no I won’t play that part
I just want access to the inside of your heart
Access to your thoughts on the way that I should be
So I could start to change and maybe you could access me
Access me
You could tell me all about all the things you did at work
The guy who sits beside you and how he’s acting like a jerk
And you don’t have to open up the secrets of your soul
But if that’s the place you want me I’d be glad to pay the toll |
Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Hey hey
Workin from one end to the other
And all points in between
Took a drive through Mississippi
Muddy water turned to wine
Took a drive through Mississippi
Muddy water turned to wine
Hey hey
Went out to California
Through the points and through the pines
You might not see him in person
But hell see you just the same
Might not see him in person
But hell see you just the same
Hey hey
Dont have to worry about nothin
Cause takin care of business is His name
Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Jesus left Chicago
And he headed down to New Orleans
Hey hey
Workin from one end to the other
And all points in between
Thanks everyone
This is a very cool room, I dont know how many of you
Were here last time, but its good to be back
Whats that?
Sounds good, MikeSounds great, Mike
Thank you man! Thank you OK Mike?
He likes the way it sounds
I know |
Aaaahhh, oooohhh
Ten mountains stand tall
Nine seasons since fall
Eight eons of sand
Seven oceans began
Now there is none
No more light from the sun
Now waters run free
No more fish in the sea
One more name on the slate
One less minute to wait
Too busy to see
Two versions of me
One more bottle is dry
One less reason to try
One more name on the slate
One less minute to wait
Too busy to see
Two versions of me
One more bottle is dry
One less reason to try
Six feet underneath
Five fingers dont reach
Four seconds it seems
For all of our dreams
Three oceans away
Two children at play
Too busy to see
Two versions of me
Two versions of me
Two versions of me
Two versions of me |
Hey Izabella
Girl, Im holding you in my dreams every night
Yeah, but you know good well baby
You know we got this war to fight
Well, Im calling you under fire
Well, I hope youre receiving me all right
Hey, Izabella
Girl, Im fightin this war for the children and you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby!
All this blood is for the world of you
All your love!
So I hope you save your love, baby
Then I know the fightin is true |
My room is round when I lay down, when I wake up it’s square
When I go outside it’s on a spiral set of stairs
The people that surround me are waiting out there
In a round room they can’t find me anywhere
Right angle rooms drive me crazier each day
Put me in a box I know I’m never going to play
Put me in a square room and I won’t know what to say
I want a round room at the end of the day
I had an apartment, four corners on the walls
Couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep there at all
I want a curve to the place where I stay
I want a round room at the end of the day
If I pass out take me to the Round Church
Where echoes resound
And my spirit is found
And when I float high
Take my arm and I’ll fly you by
The outskirts of town, to a garden that’s round
I went to the lighthouse and I liked the view
I looked out the window and I could see you
Put me in a square house and I won’t have a clue
I want a round room just to be with you |
A silent bird / a raging tide a mountainside
An open door / looming from the surf
A whispered word / a steady wind as we begin
And then no more / to close in on the earth |
Listen now I’m talking
I’ve been here for weeks
Waiting in this growing crowd
Staring at my feet
The world around me’s turning
I’m just standing still
The time has come for changes
Do something or I will
I’m a feather in a storm
I’m a raindrop in the sea
If I don’t get enough of you
I’m a lighter shade of me
Sisters, brothers all around you
There’s a devil in the crowd
Meet his eye and it’s the end of time
If you’re praying don’t be loud
It’s crowded in the lowland
But the fools stay on the hill
You control us now
You have the reins
Do something or we will
So show us why we came here
Before we lay on the ground
Give it to us loud and clear
Make the devil turn around |
I dig a deep hole, bees buzzing all around
But I know you’ll be happy
That I’m pouring concrete in the ground
Hoist up posts and beams erratically
Garden plot’s beautiful, Painter gets at it
But I guess I should have checked with you somehow
Thought I could get you to come to Yarmouth Road
Hang with the bees and buzz in the honeycomb
All I ever wanted you to do was to come on home
Hang with the bees and buzz in the honeycomb
I filled up the shelves with funny books to laugh to
Lazy susan has some of the mocha rings that you love
Registered our names so they’ll know where to bring us our mail
Couldn’t find flat wax for all the mahogany
Didn’t we see some walking through a trade show
Does any of this even start to ring a bell
Thought I could get you to come to Yarmouth Road
Hang with the bees and buzz in the honeycomb
All I ever wanted you to do was to come on home
Hang with the bees and buzz in the honeycomb
When we need to roam
Blind faith stings hastily
My faith brings me, right to the flower shop
I’d like that bouquet please
Wrap some of those extra green things around the stems
A little card to write on if you have them
Candles are lit all the red napkins folded
Pecan pie wafting fumes from the oven
Turned off all the ringers on the phones
Look out the window see headlights passing by
Maybe I don’t see you and I don’t really know why
Don’t make me feel like a guest in our own home |
I like to see you boogie
Right across the floor
I like to do it to you
Till you holla for more
I like to reggae
But you dance too fast for me
Id like to make love to you
So you can make me scream
Boogie on reggae woman
What is wrong with me
Boogie on reggae woman
Baby cant you see
Id like to see both of us
Fall deeply in love
Id like to see you na...
Under the stars above
Yes I would
Id like to see both of us
Fall deeply in love - yeah
Id like to see you in the raw
Under the stars above
So boogie on reggae woman
What is wrong with you
Boogie on reggae woman
What you tryin to do
Can I play? Can I play?
No!
Boogie on reggae woman
What is wrong with me
Boogie on reggae woman
What you tryin to do
Boogie on reggae woman
Let me do it to you
Boogie on reggae woman
What you tryin to do |
If I told you that I’d never leave
If the feelings I could retrieve
If emotions reveal themselves
If I don’t put them back on the shelves
All along I have
Sung a song
That has gone through motions
Without emotions
I’ve traveled roads that I’d never seen
As I’ve watched events splash across the screen
If the crypts could let down their walls
If the pyramid doors dissolved
If the conflict that’s not resolved
Was tossed around like a medicine ball
Dark horizons could open wide
And a little light that could
Start to shine on it
But for now I’m just keeping stride
‘Til I figure out if I’m on this ride
Hopefulness keeps the ship on line
Honest work keeps the pain off my mind
Openness to the future to be
Overall what I’m hoping to see
‘Til that day
It’s still on its way
But I hope to stay
If the wind should change
But I know that I’m looking out the door
Guess I’ll see what I’m waiting for |
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?
He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mom
Hes the all American bullet-headed saxon mothers son
All the children sing
Hey Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?
Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies
Bill and his elephants were taken by surprise
So Captain Marvel zapped in right between the eyes
All the children sing
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?
The children asked him if to kill was not a sin
Not when he looked so fierce, his mother butted in
If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him
All the children sing
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill? |
Desmond has his barrow in the market place...
Molly is the singer in a band...
Desmond says to Molly Girl, I like your face
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on
Desmond takes a trolley to the jewelry store...
Buys a twenty carat golden ring...
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door...
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones...
Happy ever after in the market place...
Desmond lets the children lend a hand...
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face...
And in the evening she still sings it with the band...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones...
Happy ever after in the market place...
Molly lets the children lend a hand...
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face...
And in the evening shes a singer with the band...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
Lala how the life goes on
And if you want some fun...take Ob-la-di-bla-da |
Da doooo dada
Da doooo dada
Birdwatcher
Thesba called me on the phone
He had a case of colic
I told him it was cause he was
A Rubbing alcoholic
Drempkin was so proud he was
Such a great romancer
Till I said the world could use
One less beer-bellied dancer
Mel Katain was pregnant and
She heard all the expressions
Its just a hot flash or
Or else those fire breathing lessons
I sleep, I dream, I dream I sleep
Sometimes dreaming is too deep
If I could shed one layer now
Id still remain asleep somehow
Da doooo dada
Da doooo dada
Birdwatcher
Thesba called me on the phone
He had a case of colic
I told him it was cause he was
A Rubbing alcoholic
Drempkin was so proud he was
Such a great romancer
Till I said the world could use
One less beer-bellied dancer
Mel Katain was pregnant and
She heard all the expressions
Its just a hot flash or
Or else those fire breathing lessons
I sleep, I dream, I Dream I sleep
Sometimes dreaming is too deep
If I could shed one layer now
Id still remain asleep somehow
Da doooo dada
Da doooo dada
Birdwatcher |
I crashed, I burned
But then I learned
To keep my eye on you
You always say
You’ll lead the way
But then you never do
I slowed, I swerved
But lost my nerve
And quickly looked away
When I looked back
The day was black
Then I heard you say
Why is the sun hot?
Why does it rain?
Why is there danger and
Why is there pain?
Why can’t the burden we carry go away
And why isn’t it Friday today?
Your lack of trust
Is hardly just
So do as you’ve been told
Please follow me
Into the sea
Don’t worry if it’s cold
I knew right then
My chance again
Would quickly slip away
I crash I cry
I burn but I
Still follow anyway
Why is the sea cool?
Why is it blue?
Why do I stay here?
Why is it you?
Notice the danger but don’t help in any way
Why isn’t it Friday today? |
One day I met the beauty of my dreams
Pretty eyes she had you ought-a seen
Brown hair that flowed down behind
I saw it all and yet I was so blind
We wound up in her part of town
Bright lights with our music all around
I gazed into her eyes and she in mine
She had me in a trance it was so fine
Now I cry cry cry
I cant get over her though I try
Im blue blue blue
I should have known she never could be true
Well the fun didnt last very long
I found her house the neighbors say youre gone
The girl you seek dont live here anymore
Oh the pain to me that lies in store
So all I have is a picture in a frame
She disappeared the same way she came
She made a wreck of me and I find
Shes out of sight but always on my mind |
I look at you all see the love there thats sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps
I dont know why nobody told you how to unfold your love
I dont know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you
I look at the world and I notice its turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
I dont know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I dont know how you were inverted
No one alerted you
I look at you all see the love there thats sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all...
Still my guitar gently weeps |
The woman was a dream I had
Though rather hard to keep
For when my eyes were watching hers
They closed and I was still asleep
For when my hand was holding hers
She whispered words and I awoke
And faintly bouncing around the room
The echo of whomever spoke and I awoke
And faintly bouncing around the room
The echo of whomever spoke
The place I saw was far beneath
The surface of the sea
My sight was poor but I was sure
The sirens sang their songs for me
They dance above me as I sink
I see them through a crystal haze
And hear them bouncing around the room
The never ending coral maze, the crystal haze
And hear them bouncing round the room
The never ending coral maze
Then before and now once more Im bouncing around the room
That time and once again Im bouncing around the room
That time and once again Im bouncing around the room
That time and once again Im bouncing around the room
And faintly bouncing around the room
The echo of whomever spoke
And faintly bouncing around the room
The echo of whomever spoke
And faintly bouncing around the room
The echo of whomever spoke
... |
The name of this song is The Wildwood Flower
Now The Wildwood Flower is an old country classic
It gained a whole new popularity
The song isnt any more popular
But the flower is doin real good
The wildwood flower grew wild on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called
Some said it was a flower and some said it was weed
I didnt gave it much thought
One day I was out there talking to my brother
Reached down for a weed to chew on
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry
And then everything was gone
I Didnt know what happened
But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffin burlap
I come to and my brother was there
And he said, Whats wrong with your eyes?
I said, I dont know, I was chewing on a weed
He said, Let me give it a try
We spent the rest of that day and most of that night
Trying to find my brother, Bill
Caught up with him bout six oclock the next mornin
Naked, swinging on the windmill
He said he flew up there
I had to fly up and get him down
He was about half crazy
The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds
And put em in the sun to dry
Then we mashed em up and we cleaned em all
And put em in the corncob pipe
Smokin them wildwood flowers got to be a habit
We didnt see no harm
We thought it was kind of handy
Take a trip and never leave the farm
A big ol puff on the wildwood weed
Next thing you know
Wes just wandering behind the little animals
All good things gotta come to an end
And its the same with the wildwood weed
One day this feller from Washington come by
And he spied us and he turned white as a sheet
And he dug and he burned
And he burned and he dug
And he killed all our cute little weeds
Then he drove away
We just smiled and waved
Sittin there on that sack of seeds
Yall come back now, ya hear |
When I get home from work, what do I do?
I try to kill you!
When I get home from work, what do I do?
I try to kill you!
And why would I try to kill you?
Because youre a...
Big black furry creature from Mars
When we go out to eat, what do I do?
I try to kill you!
When we go out to eat, what do I do?
Oh, I am killing you!
Why do i kill you?
Because youre a...
Big black furry creature from Mars
Im runnin, away from you
Why am I running?
Cause youre a...
Big black furry creature from Mars |
When I see the connection
Though I see I don’t stare
Though I see I don’t stare
When I’m lost in my reflection
Though I see I don’t stare
Though I see I don’t stare
Then I change my direction
One foot follows the other
One foot follows something new
’Cause I need some protection
And I’m scared I could lose it
If I stare, you’ll be gone
When I need some attention
Though I see I don’t stare
When I’m lost in my reflection
Though I see I don’t stare
Though I see I don’t stare |
Today I sing tomorrow’s song
In this place we learn to wait |
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a ringin a bell
Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Oh sit beneath a tree by the railroad track
Oh the engineers would see him sittin in the shade
Strummin with the rhythm that the drivers made
Oh n people passin by they would stop and say
Oh my but that little country boy could play
His mother told him some day you will be a man
And you will be the leader of a big ol band
Many people comin from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe some day your name will be in lights sayin
Johnny B. Goode tonight |
California knows how to party, California knows how to party
In the city of L.A, in the city of good ol Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin, we keep it rockin
Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
A state thats untouchable like Elliot Ness
The track hits ya eardrum like a slug to ya chest
Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex
We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat
The state where ya never find a dance floor empty
And pimps be on a mission for them greens
Lean mean money makin machines, servin fiends
I been in the game for ten years makin rap tunes
Ever since honeys was wearin Sassoon
Now its 95 and they clock me and watch me
Diamonds shinin lookin like I robbed Liberace
Its all good, from Diego to tha Bay
Your city is tha bomb if your city makin pay
Throw up a finger if ya feel the same way
Dre puttin it down for California
California knows how to party, California knows how to party
In the city of L.A, in the city of good ol Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin, we keep it rockin
Shake it, shake it baby, shake it shake it baby
Shake it, shake it mama
Shake it Cali, shake it shake it baby
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
Out on bail fresh outta jail, California dreamin
Soon as I stepped on the scene, Im hearin hooches screamin
Fiendin for money and alcohol
The life of a west side playa where cowards die
Only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die
In L.A. we wearin Chucks not Ballies
Dressed in Locs and khaki suits and ride is what we do
Flossin but have caution we collide with other crews
Famous cause we program worldwide
Let em recognize from Long Beach to Rose Grands
Bumpin and grindin like a slow jam, its west side
So you know the row wont bow down to no man
Say what you say but give me that bomb beat from Dre
Let me serenade the streets of L.A. from Oakland to Sack town
The Bay Area and back down
Cali is where they put they mack down, give me love
California knows how to party, California knows how to party
In the city of L.A, in the city of good ol Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin, we keep it rockin
Now make it shake
Shake it, shake it baby, shake it, shake it baby
Shake it, shake it mama
Shake it Cali, shake it, shake it baby
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
Uh, yeah, uh, long beach in tha house, uh yeah
Oak town, Oakland definitely in tha house, ha ha ha
Frisco, Frisco, hey, you know L.A. is up in this
Pasadena, where you at
Yeah, Inglewood, Inglewood always up to no good
Even Hollywood tryin to get a piece baby
Sacramento, Sacramento where ya at? Yeah
Throw it up yall, throw it up, throw it up
Lets show these fools how we do this on that west side
Cause you and I know its tha best side
Yeah, thats right
West coast, west coast
Uh, California love
California love |
Northern dilemma
Call of the cold
The arms of the arctic begin to unfold
Sit in a circle facing the sun
Get what you can now
Winter is on
Truth on condition
Never dig deep
Solemn reminders as groundwaters seep
Into foundations, centers of joy
To weaken and crumble
Search and destroy
Light up the city
Hiding so strange
You’d better take cover
It’s love at close range
Oh solo mission
Cover of dark
Army of one now, don’t let down your guard
Sit in a circle facing the sun
Soak it in while you can
Winter is on
I got no answer but you’ve got no call
Just can’t compete with the weight of it all
Silent treatment
Stone in the rain
Bright, shining doorway
Try to remain |
Come on come on come on come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on lets take it easy
Come on lets take it easy
Take it easy take it easy
Everybodys got something to hide except for me and
My monkey
The deeper you go the higher you fly
The higher you fly the deeper you go
So come on come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on lets make it easy
Come on lets make it easy
Take it easy take it easy
Everybodys got something to hide except for me and
My monkey
Your inside is out when your outside is in
Your outside is in when your inside is out
So come on come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on lets make it easy
Come on lets make it easy
Make it easy make it easy
Everybodys got something to hide except for me and
My monkey |
Could of had a chance to get out of this mess
The time that you came and the day that you left
Could of had a chance
Could of had a chance
Never thought I could make it this far
With a pain in my soul and a hole in my heart
Never thought I could
Never thought I could
Chorus:
But when the lights are turnin round
The wheels are flowing on the ground
The day I burned this whole place down
When the circus comes to town
Carved your name out on that tree
Scratched mine out right in front of me
Didnt mean that much
Didnt mean that much
Chorus:
Carved your name out on that tree
Scratched mine out right in front of me
Didnt mean that much
Didnt mean that much
Chorus: |
Nothing’s ensconced
Nothing’s entrenched
Nothing’s entangled or twisted or wrenched
Everything smoothly flows right through my head
What I hoped might linger is swept off instead
Tunnels and channels and chasms and rifts
Shiny smooth streams and unclimbable cliffs
I see you there ever so slowly being drawn to the sea
As if by some signal that’s unheard by me
I stand on a featureless sheet of blue stone
And then for one instant I’m not quite alone
Your hand is extended but then you rescind
And you like my thoughts are borne off by the wind |
I been around a while
I lived in town a while
I threw it down a while
And the town threw down on me |
When we were talking
I didnt need to hide
Black stallions through the night
On a perfect ride
I watched you open wide
You looked into me
I had to turn away
I didnt wanna leave
Now Im letting it all roll by
I can see
I can see
A life beyond the dream
Im watching it all roll by
I can see
I can see
A life beyond the dream
Dont give up hope
Dont give up hope
Keep dreaming
Keep on dreaming
Dont give up hope
Dont give up hope
We share these moments
Til they melt away
To foggy memories
Of a distant day
A curtain is blowing
In an open door
Two souls can breathe as one
I wanted more
Now Im letting it all roll by
I can see
I can see
A life beyond the dream
Im watching it all roll by
I can see
I can see
A life beyond the dream
Dont give up hope
Dont give up hope
Keep dreaming
Keep on dreaming
Dont give up hope
Dont give up hope
Now Im letting it all roll by
I can see
I can see
A life beyond the dream
Watching it all roll by
I can see
I can see
A life beyond the dream
Dont give up hope
Dont give up hope
Keep dreaming
Keep dreaming
Dont give up hope
Dont give up hope
Keep dreaming
Keep dreaming
Keep dreaming |
I found a ring deep inside a box on a dead-end street
And you were there watching me but I didnt know
I couldnt see, I was lost, asleep inside a fantasy
I love your hair in the mornings, you know
You love to run wild and let the mane flow
And you run away, but we meet again soon
South of the border and over the moon
And when youre gone, it never feels right
It gets so cold in the dark of the night
And I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I put the ring back where it belongs, it feels right
And you were waiting up all night, I didnt know
If I ran away and got lost
That youd still be there anyway
I figured out what you whispered that night
Somewhere the clouds touched the mountains just right
Somewhere were dancin and youre singin the tune
South of the border and over the moon
And when youre gone, it never feels right
It gets so cold in the dark of the night
And I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
And when youre gone, it never feels right
It gets so cold in the dark of the night
And I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
I only like the shade when youre blocking the light
Only like the shade when youre blocking the light
Only like the shade, only like the shade
Only like the shade when youre blocking the light
Only like the shade when youre blocking the light
Only like the shade when youre blocking the light
Only like the shade, only like the shade
Only like the shade when youre blocking the light |
I told you about strawberry fields
You know the place where nothing is real
Well heres another place you can go
Where everything flows
Looking through the bent backed tulips
To see how the other half lives
Looking through a glass onion
I told you about the walrus and me-man
You know that were as close as can be-man
Well heres another clue for you all
The walrus was Paul
Standing on the cast iron shore-yeah
Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet-yeah
Looking through a glass onion
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Looking through a glass onion
I told you about the fool on the hill
I tell you man he living there still
Well heres another place you can be
Listen to me
Fixing a hole in the ocean
Trying to make a dove-tail joint-yeah
Looking through a glass onion |
Im gonna pull this timber fore the sun go down
Get it cross the river fore the bars come down
Drag it on down that dusty road
Come on Jerry, lets dump this load
I said Timber, ho!, timber, whoa this timbers gotta roll
I said Timber, ho!, timber, whoa this timbers gotta roll
My old Jerry was an Arkansas mule
Been everywhere and he aint no fool
Weighed nine hundred and twenty-two
Done everything a poor mule can do
Jerrys shoulders stood six foot tall
Pulled more timber than a freight could haul
Workin heavy old Jerry got sore
Pulled so much he couldnt pull no more
The boss said Jerry and it made him jump
Jerry ran and kicked the boss on the rump
My old Jerry was a cool mule
Had it been me I woulda killed that fool
Boss tried to shoot old Jerry in the head
Jerry took that bullet and he stomped him dead
Stomped that boss til he heard him scream
Sure dont care he was so damn mean |
One, two, three, four
There is a tower
Like a solitary flower
Standing in the snow
And the wolves all wait below
And youre walking on the ledge
Throwing bread crusts off the edge
As you sing in a voice so clear
And my name I think I hear
Concealed within the theme
Then it disappears as steam
And Im standing far below
Watching wolves you seem to know
As your voice still carries on
In your never-ending song
And my blood begins to boil
Bones melt into oil
Hissing liquid in the snow
As my body melts below
Then a ripple sends a beam
Of sunlight dancing in the steam
My now unfettered soul
Has direction I control
To your tower I draw near
But do I see a trace of fear?
The approaching sound of hooves
Now scatters all the wolves
You briefly watch the horseman ride
Then you quickly run inside
The riders weapons gleam
And the horses nostrils steam
Theres no time to reflect
Who is this man? I must protect you
In the riders hands I see
He holds your prisons only key
He glances up and glares
Then he starts to climb the stairs
I can tell youre terrified
So I quickly go inside
Then I hear a fateful scream
As your soul joins mine as steam
We escaped the dreadful night
And as lovers soared in flight
Blissful weeks turned into seasons
Then one day without a reason
Or goodbye, you flew below
Back to the animals you know
Now you forever sing your song
With the wolves where you belong
Alone I often dream
I hear you singing through the steam |
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Once upon a time there was a mountain that rose out of a vast green forest. And in the forest there were birds and lakes and rocks and trees and rivers. The forest was also inhabited by a small group of people called the lizards. The lizards were a simple people and they had lived in the forest undisturbed for thousands of years in utter peace and tranquillity. Once a year when spring came, and the first blossoms began to show, the lizards would gather at the base of the mountain, to give thanks for all that they had. They thanked the birds and they thanked the lakes and they thanked the rocks and the trees and the rivers; but most importantly, they thanked Icculus. Icculus lived at the top of the mountain, or at least everyone thought so, for no one had actually ever seen him. But they knew he existed, because they had the Helping Friendly Book. Icculus had given the Helping Friendly Book to the Lizards thousands of years earlier as a gift. It contained all of the knowledge inherent in the universe, and had enabled the Lizards to exist in harmony with nature for years. And so they lived; until one day a traveler arrived in Gamehendge. His name was Wilson and he quickly became intrigued by the Lizards way of life. He asked if he could stay on and live in the forest; and the Lizards, who had never seen an outsider, were happy to oblige. Wilson lived with the Lizards for a few years, studying the ways of the Helping Friendly Book, and all was well. Until one morning when they awoke and the book was gone. Wilson explained that he had hidden the book, knowing that the Lizards had become dependent on it for survival. He declared himself king and enslaved the innocent people of Gamehendge. He cut down the trees and built a city, which he called Prussia. And in the center of the city he built a castle, and locked in the highest tower of the castle lay the Helping Friendly Book out of the reach of the Lizards forever. But our story begins at a different time, not in Gamehendge, but on a suburban street in Long Island, and our hero is no king sitting in a castle, he is a retired colonel shaving in his bathroom
Colonel Forbin looked square in the mirror and dragged the blade across his cold creamed skin. He saw the tired little folds of flesh that lay in a heap beneath his eyes. Fifty-two years of obedient self-restraint, of hiding his tension behind a serene veil of composure. For fifty-two years he had piled it all on the back burner, and for fifty-two years it had boiled, frothing over in a turbulent storm inside of him. It had escaped through his eyes, reacting with the cigarette smoke and the fluorescent lights and slowly accumulating into a sagging mass. He ran his dripping palm across the stubble on the nape of his neck and thought again about the door. He had discovered the door some months back on one of his ritualistic morning walks with his dog McGrupp. It had started out as a typical stroll with McGrupp bounding joyously ahead of the preoccupied colonel. As they reached the apex of the hill, he saw it and he knew it had always been there, and felt foolish for overlooking the door for so long. At first, he tried to ignore it, but he soon found that it was impossible, and slowly his newly acquired knowledge transformed his dreary life into a prison from which there was only one escape. And on this morning, Colonel Forbin stepped through the door |
I read the news today
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didnt notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
Theyd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the house of lords
I saw a film today
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people looked away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
Id love to turn you on
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And, looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream
I read the news today
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
Id love to turn you on |
Cut this picture into you and me
Burn it backwards, kill this history
Make it over, make it stay away
Or hatell say the ending that love started to say
Theres a kid a floor below me saying Brother, can you spare
Sunshine for a brother, old man winters in the air
Walked me up a story, asking how you are
Told me not to worry, you were just a shooting star
Sweet Adeline
Sweet Adeline
My Clementine
Sweet Adeline
Its a picture-perfect evening and Im staring down the sun
Fully loaded, deaf and dumb and done
Waiting for sedation to disconnect my head
Or any situation where Im better off than dead |
Paul and Silas bound in jail ALL NIGHT LONG
Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Paul and Silas prayed in jail ALL NIGHT LONG
Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Lightning crashed and thunder rolled ALL NIGHT LONG
Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Jailer cried what must I do ALL NIGHT LONG
Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Paul and Silas bound in jail ALL NIGHT LONG
Who shall deliver Poor Me?
Prep School Hippie
Prep school hippie
Or hip school preppie
I cant decide
Should I spend my adolescent days
Wearing tie dyes or Vuarnets
I cant decide
Big ten kegger at the frat
Or watching Jerry shake his bat
Prep school hippie
Or hip school preppie
I cant decide
I cant wait til Im 21
Dip into my trust fund repeat 3x
I cant wait til Im 21
Trust fund, trust fund
Prep school hippie
Or hip school preppie
I cant decide
Should I spend my adolescent days
Wearing tie dyes or Vuarnets
I cant decide
I cant decide
I cant decide
I cant decide |
Throughout the night
When theres no direct light
And a thin veil of clouds
Keeps the stars out of sight
I can smell the colors outside on my lawn
The moist green organic that my feet tread upon
And the black oleander surrounded by blues
Im soon overwhelmed by olfactory hues |
[Verse 1:}
Last night laying in bed
I woke up from something you said
You spoke to me in a foreign tongue
It wasn’t your voice so I started to run
A spiral staircase swallowed me
And spit me out in the woods by a tree
I felt the bark for a passage out
I froze in panic ’til I figured it out
It’s only a dream
It’s not what it seems
It’s only a dream
You faded up from black and pushed me aside
I was blocking your view of a circular sky
I could tell by your hand shaking in fear
That my worries were real; the devil was near
Back in real life I had shaken your trust
The devil enticed me to trade it for lust
You walked the high wire on the light of a beam
You screamed and I realized the devil was me
It’s only a dream
And I can change the scene
It’s only a dream[x2
]
And it’s lucid
It’s only a dream
It’s a lucid dream
Up the beam I follow your shout
An egg cracked open and the sun came out
I spoke my remorse for all I had done
You aimed at my eyes and shot me the sun
You faded out and I was all alone
In a train station laying on a bench of stone
I heard the train coming but it never appeared
‘Til it fell from the sky, confirming my fear
That it’s only a dream
It’s only a dream
It’s not what it seems
It’s only a dream
In orange and green
It’s only a dream |
Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill
Mojique thinks of days before Americans came
He sees the foreigners in growing numbers
He sees the foreigners in fancy houses
He thinks of days that he can still remember now
Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man
Softly he glides along the streets and alleys
Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover
He feels the time is surely now or never more
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
Drive them away
Drive them away
Mojique buys equipment in the market place
Mojique plants devices in the free trade zone
He feels the wind is lifting up his people
He calls the wind to guide him on his mission
He knows his friend the wind is always standing by
Mojique smells the wind that comes from far away
Mojique waits for news in a quiet place
He feels the presence of the wind around him
He feels the power of the past behind him
He has the knowledge of the wind to guide him on
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
Drive them away
Drive them away |
Its been ten long years since I left my home in the hollow where I was born
Where the cool fall nights make the woods smell right and the fox hunter blows him horn
I fell in love with a girl from the town, I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Charlottsville and worked in a sawmill or two
What have they done to the old home place?
Why did they tear it down?
And why did I leave the plow in the field and look for a job in the town?
Now the girl ran off with somebody else, The taverns took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood before they took it away
Now the geese they fly south and the cold wind blows as I stand here and hang my head
Ive lost my love and Ive lost my home, and now I wish that I was dead |
He would see faces in movies, on T.V., in magazines, and in books....
He thought that some of these faces might be right for him....And
Through the years, by keeing an ideal facial structure fixed in his
Mind....Or somewhere in the back of his mind....That he might, by
Force of will, cause his face to approach those of his ideal....The
Change would be very subtle....It might take ten years or so....
Gradually his face would change its shape....A more hooked nose...
Wider, thinner lips....Beady eyes....A larger forehead
He imagined that this was an ability he shared with most other
People....They had also molded their faced according to some
Ideal....Maybe they imagined that their new face would better
Suit their personality....Or maybe they imagined that their
Personality would be forced to change to fit the new appear-
Ance....This is why first impressions are often correct...
Although some people might have made mistakes....They may have
Arrived at an appearance that bears no relationship to them....
They may have picked an ideal appearance based on some childish
Whim, or momentary impulse....Some may have gotten half-way
There, and then changed their minds
He wonders if he too might have made a similar mistake |
Honey, love ya honey little honey bunny Sunday mornin
Love ya more funny love in the skyline baby
Ice cream scuse me I seen ya looking good the other evenin
Oh, you dig it had to smile just an hour
So if were in love like I think well be
It aint a long rhyme it took ages to think
I think Ill hurl it in the water baby
Thinkin you are a nice little one
To put it all around you its just good
I like it
I like it
Hey Hey Hey suppose sometime that day
You wont be swingin along over across to me
Good time rocker woman
Well stray our pieces
Little creepy we shine so sleepy so whoopie!
Thats how you look |
Its on the way - you never know
Its on the way - you never know
Tried to get away but they just kept coming
Landed the jet with the limo running
With the bird on his shoulder he sure looked pretty
Left the cage at home and went to Mexico City
Its on the way - you never know
The stars and players, I knew them all
The Cristal bottles on the wall
Robbed from Peter to pay for Paul
They watched me rise
But didnt stick around to see me fall
And its here, and its now
And its here, and its now
Checking all those names right off your list
Til there was no one left to call
Money buys you friends, but
Friends, money doesnt buy you much at all
Came so close, I had it all
It felt so good before the fall
I saw it come but I let it go
But I just met two guys with piles of cash in Mexico
You never know, you never know
Maybe that bird needed a cage
Needed a cage after all
Maybe that bird needed a cage
Needed a cage after all
Maybe that bird needed a cage
Needed a cage after all
Maybe that bird needed a cage
Needed a cage after all |