Across A Wire-live In New York

I took the cannon ball down to the ocean
Across the desert from the sea to shining sea
I rode a ladder that climbed across the nation
50 million feet of earth between the buried and me
"how do you do?"
She said "hey, how do you do?"
She buys a ticket cause it's cold were she comes from
She climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow
Love is a ghost train through the darkness
Hold on to me darling i got no place to go
"how do you do?"
She said "hey, how do you do?"
I took the cannonball down to the ocean
Watch the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves
Love is a ghost train howling on the radio
"remember everything" she said "when only memory remains"
"how do you do?"
She said "hey, how do you do?"

She is trapped inside a month of gray
And they take a little every day
She is a victim of her own responses
Shackled to a heart that wants to settle
And then runs away
It's a sin to be fading endlessly
Yeah, but she's all right with me
She is leaving on a walkaway
She is leaving me in disarray
In the absence of a place to be
She stands there looking back at me
Hesitates, and then turns away
She'll change so suddenly
She's just like mercury
Yeah, but she's all right with me
Keep some sorrow in your hearts and minds
For the things that die before their time
For the restlessly abandoned homes
The tired and weary rambler's bones
And stay beside me where i lie
She's entwined in me
Crazy as can be
Yeah, but she's all right with me

I never go to new york city these days
Something about the buildings in chelsea just kills me
Maybe in a month or two,
Maybe when things are different for me,
Maybe when things are different for you
You know all of this shit, just sticks in my head

Is there anything different these days?
The light in her eyes goes out
I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are different these days

It's good for everybody to hurt somebody once in a while
The things i do to people i love shouldn't be allowed
Something about the buildings in chelsea just kills me
Something about the buildings in chelsea just kills me

Is there anything different these days?
The light in her eyes goes out,
I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are different these days

I dream i'm in new york city some nights.
Angels flow down from all the buildings
Something about an angel just kills me
I keep hoping something will

Is there anything different these days?
The light in her eyes goes out,
I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are, maybe maybe maybe
Maybe things are, maybe maybe maybe maybe things are different,
Maybe things are different these days
The light goes out

I never had light in my eyes anyways
Maybe things are different......these days.

She comes to me at night when i'm sleeping
She comes to me when i'm alone
She comes to me, she holds my head when i'm crying
She comes to me, she shuts my eyes
She brings me home
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
She tells me when you look at me, she tells me when you're lying
She tells me when you talk about me, she lays me on the floor
She tells me when you're whispering, she lies beside me naked
She tells me when you laugh at me and she locks all the doors
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
1-2-3-4-5-6-7a.m.
All alone again
But i've been through all this shit before
Spend my nights in self defense
Cry about my innocence
But i ain't all that innocent anymore, more, more
I see her on the tv, i see her in the movies
I see her in these animals that dance inside my head
I'll follow you down baby, down into this valley
I'll follow you down baby, but i won't come up again
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
But i'm not sleeping anymore, anymore
I'm not sleeping
I'm not sleeping anymore

I said rain rain go away
Come again some other day,
Cause i got all this shit to say
But i've gone back to find my way.
My sister's mother's favorite son
Lost among the chosen one,
But i've got news for everyone
Cause i'm going out that door

mr. jones


I was down at the new amsterdam staring at this
Yellow-haired girl
Mr. jones strikes up a conversation with this black-
Haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
I wish i was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Cut up, maria! show me some of them spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, mr. jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything cause
I want to be someone who believes
Mr. jones and me tell each other fairy tales and we
Stare at the beautiful women
"she's looking at you. ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely
I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Gray is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If i knew picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play
Mr. jones and me look into the future
Stare at the beautiful women
"she's looking at you.
, i don't think so. she's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me, i will never be lonely
I want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different
Reasons for that
Believe in me because i don't believe in anything
And i want to be someone to believe
Mr. jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
"she's perfect for you, man, there's got to be
Somebody for me."
I want to be bob dylan
Mr. jones wishes he was someone just a little more
Funky
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as
Funky as you can be
Mr. jones and me staring at the video
When i look at the television, i want to see me staring
Right back at me
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why
And we don't know how
But when everybody loves me, i'm going to be just
About as happy as i can be
Mr. jones and me, we're gonna be big stars...

step out the front door like a ghost
Into the fog where no one notices
The contrast of white on white.
And in between the moon and you
The angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.
I walk in the air between the rain
Through myself and back again
Where? i don't know
Maria says she's dying
Through the door i hear her crying
Why? i don't know
Chorus
Round here we always stand up straight
Round here something radiates
Maria came from nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like elvis
She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside of my house
Takes her clothes off
Says she's close to understanding jesus
She knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous
Chorus: round here we're carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she's slipping through my hands
Sleeping children better run like the wind
Out of the lightning dream
Mama's little baby better get herself in
Out of the lightning
She says it's only in my head
She says shhh i know it's only in my head
But the girl in car in the parking lot
Says "man you should try to take a shot
Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
Then she looks up at the building
And says she's thinking of jumping
She says she's tired of life
She must be tired of something
Round here she's always on my mind
Round here hey man got lots of time
Round here we're never sent to bed early
And nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
I can't see nothing, nothing
Round here
Catch me if i'm falling
Catch me if i'm falling
Catch me cause i'm falling down on you
I said i'm under the gun
Round here
Oh man, i said i'm under the gun
Round here
I can't see nothing, nothing
Round here

Take the way home that leads back to sullivan st.
Cross the water and home through the town
Past the shadows that fall down wherever we meet
Pretty soon now i won't come around
I'm almost drowning in her sea
She's nearly fallen to her knees
Take the way home
Take the way home that leads back to sullivan st.
Where all the bodies hang on the air
If she remembers, she hides it whenever we meet
Either way now, i don't really care
Cause i'm gone from there
I'm almost drowning in her seas
She's nearly crawling on her knees
She's down on her knees
Take the way home that leads back to sullivan st.
Where i'm just another rider burned to the ground
Come tumbling down
I'm almost drowning in her sea
She's nearly crawling on her knees
It's almost everything i need
I'm down on my knees
I'm down on my knees

Well i guess you left me with some feathers in my hand
Did it make it any easier to leave me where i stand?
I guess there might not be too many who would stand beside you now
Where'd you come from? where am i going?
Why'd you leave me 'till i'm only good for...

Waiting for you
All my sins...
I said that i would pay for them if i could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming

Every night these silhouettes appear above my head
Little angels of the silences that climb into my bed and whisper
Every time i fall asleep every time i dream
"did you come? would you lie?
Why'd you leave us 'till we're only good for...

Waiting for you"
All my sins...
I said that i would pay for them if i could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming

I dream of michelangelo when i'm lying in my bed
Little angels hang above my head and read me like an open book
Suck my blood, break my nerve offer me their arms
W ell, i will not be an enemy of anything
I'll only stand here

Waiting for you
All my sins...
I said that i would pay for them if i could come back to you
All my innocence is wasted on the dead and dreaming

Gonna get back to basics
Guess i'll start it up again
I'm falling' from the ceiling
You're falling from the sky now and then
Maybe you were shot down in pieces
Maybe i slipped in between
But we were gonna be the wildest people they ever hoped to see
Just you and me
So why'd you come home to this sleepless town
It's a lifetime commitment
Recovering the satellites
All anybody really wants to know is...
When you gonna come down
Your mother recognizes all you're desperate displays
And she watches as her babies drift violently away
'til they see themselves in telescopes
Do you see yourself in me?
We're such crazy babies, little monkey
We're so fucked up, you and me
So why'd you come home to this faithless town
Where we make a lifetime commitment
To recovering the satellites
And all anybody really wants to know is...
When are you gonna come down
She sees shooting stars and comet tails
She's got heaven in her eyes
She says i don't need to be an angel
But i'm nothing if i'm not this high
But we only stay in orbit
For a moment of time
And then you're everybody's satellite
I wish that you were mine
So why'd you come home to this angels town
It's a lifetime decision
Recovering the satellites
Everybody really knows for sure...
That you're gonna come down
That you're gonna come down