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Sometimes i live in the country
Sometimes i live in the town
Sometimes i take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown

Irene goodnight
Irene goodnight
Goodnight irene
Goodnight irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Last saturday night i got married
Me and my wife settled down
Me and my wife parted
Think i'll take another walk downtown

Irene goodnight
Irene goodnight
Goodnight irene
Goodnight irene
I'll see you in my dreams

I love irene god knows i do
I'll love her all my life
If irene should ever leave me
I'll take morphine and die

Irene goodnight
Irene goodnight
Goodnight irene
Goodnight irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Stop your rambling stop your gambling
Stop staying out late at night
Come home to your wife and family
Sit by the fireside bright

Irene goodnight
Irene goodnight
Goodnight irene
Goodnight irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Goodnight irene
Goodnight irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Well the first days are the hardest days
Don't you worry anymore
Cause when life looks like easy street
There is danger at your door
Now think this through with me
Let me know your mind
Oh what i want to know
Is are you kind

Now it's a buck dancers choice my friends
Better take my advice
You know all the rules by now
And the fire from the ice
Now will you come with me
Won't you come with me
Oh what i want to know
Will you come with me

Sister well i declare
Have you seen the like
Their walls are built of cannon balls
Their motto is don't tread on me
Come hear uncle john's band
Playing to the tide
Come with me or go alone
He's come to take his children home

It's the same story the crow told me
It's the only one he knows
Like the morning sun you come
And like the wind you go
Ain't no time to hate
Barely time to wait
Oh what i want to know
Where does the time go

I live in a silver mine
And i call it beggers tomb
I've got me a violin
And i beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice
I can hear your voice
Oh what i want to know
How does the song go

Come hear uncle john's band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear uncle john's band
Playing to the tide
Come on come on or go alone
He's come to take his children home

Whoa what i want to know
How does the song go

Come hear uncle john's band
By the riverside
Got some things to talk about
Here beside the rising tide
Come hear uncle john's band
Playing to the tide
Come on along or go alone
He's come to take his children home

Come hear uncle john's band
(brother)
By the riverside
(ain't no time to hate)
Got some things to talk about
(sister)
Here beside the rising tide
(ain't no time to wait)

Come hear uncle john's band
Playing to the tide
Come on along or go alone
He's come to take his children home

Don't
Don't give up on me baby
Though we've seen shaky times
There's still solid ground to be found
I said don't
Don't give up on me baby
Though i may seem strong
It's only because
Cause you're around

You know me better than i do
You know how things go to my head
I said a few things to you
Things that were better left unsaid
But don't
Don't give up on me baby
Cause you know i love you
And i always
I always will

Now love
Love's a sweet kind of pain
It can give you wings to fly
Then it drags you on down
But darling
I'll never love this way again, no
You're the sweetest, sweetest, sweetest love
I've ever found

You know me better than i do
You know how things go to my head
I said a few things to you
Things that were better left unsaid
But don't
Don't give up on me baby, no
Cause i love you
And i always
Always will

Out in the back by the grape stake fence
Is a place where nature makes so much sense
All the creatures livin' in harmony
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree

Fuzzies and furries run walk or fly
Havin' a feast beneath a clear blue sky
Animals comin' from miles around
To bounce the branch and shake the loquat down

The squirrel and the sparrow and the mouse and the bee
All havin' a party in the loquat tree
Eatin' all the yellow fruit they can see
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree

Peckin' at 'em pickin' at 'em hidin' 'em away
Savin' 'em up for a rainy day
No matter how big no matter how small
There's more than enough there's plenty for all

The squirrel and the sparrow and the mouse and the bee
All havin' a party in the loquat tree
Eatin' all the yellow fruit they can see
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree

Chatter chirp squeak buzz
Chatter chirp squeak buzz
Chatter chirp squeak buzz
Chatter chirp squeak buzz

Every little loquat holds the seed
For a brand-new baby loquat tree
One o' these seeds may find it's way
To a place in the sun and then someday

The squirrel and the sparrow and the mouse and the bee
All havin' a party in the loquat tree
Eatin' all the yellow fruit they can see
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree

The squirrel and the sparrow and the mouse and the bee
All havin' a party in the loquat tree
Eatin' all the yellow fruit they can see
(eatin' all the yellow fruit)
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree
(eatin' all the yellow fruit)

The squirrel and the sparrow and the mouse and the bee
(eatin' all the yellow fruit)
[havin' a party]
All havin' a party in the loquat tree
(eatin' all the yellow fruit)
[in the loquat tree]
Eatin' all the yellow fruit they can see
(eatin' all the yellow fruit)
[havin' a party]
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree
(eatin' all the yellow fruit)
[in the loquat tree]

Chatter chirp squeak buzz
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree
Chatter chirp squeak buzz
It's a wild wild party in the loquat tree

Love the one you're with
When you're down and confused
And you don't remember who you're talking to
Consentration gonna slip away
Cause your baby is so far away

Honey there's a rose in the fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
If you can't be with the one you love
Honey love the one you're with
Love the one you're with
Love the one you're with

Don't be angry and don't be sad
Don't sit crying over bad times you've had
Cause there's a girl sitting next to you
And she's just waiting for something to do

Honey there's a rose in the fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
If you can't be with the one you love
Honey love the one you're with
Love the one you're with
Love the one you're with
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do
Do do do

Turn your heartache right into joy
There's a girl honey you're a boy
Well you get it together gonna make it nice
You ain't gonna need any more advice

Honey there's a rose in the fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
If you can't be with the one you love
Honey love the one you're with
Love the one you're with
Love the one you're with
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do
Do do do
Do do do

They said some men would be warriors
Some men would be kings
Some men would be owners of land
And other man-made things
False love as the eternal flame
Would move some to think in rings
And gold would be our power
And other foolish things

And you who dream of liberty
Must not yourselves be fooled
Before you get to plea for freedom
You've agreed to being ruled
If the body stays a shackle
Then the mind remains a chain
And that will link you to your destiny
Where by other souls are slain

It won't take long
It won't take too long at all

Three men in a desert wandering
One is knowing and two are scared
They say time is in the river
Oh but the river is not there
Dry in spirit
Dry in body
Two will lend themselves to death
And in grief one weeps into his hands
And drinks his bitter tears

'cause it don't take long
It don't take too long at all
No it don't take long
You may say
I don't know what you're talking about
And i say
You mean to tell me that's all

And i stand before you now
I am hopeful in my rage
You know love has finally called for me
I will not wilt upon its stage
But you know still smaller than my nightmare
Now do i print upon the page
And do we have to live inside its walls
To identify the cage

'cause it takes so long
Why does it take so long
And it takes so long
You may say
I don't really care what you're talking about
I'm gonna ask you
You trying to tell me you don't belong

I am my mother's daughter
But i have seen myself in you
It's this blessing that i follow now
And so i must speak true
I dreamed of thousands dying
It was you and you and you
And while the city sleeps so quietly
There is something we must do

And it wont' take long
It won't take too long at all
It won't take long
May say
I don't know if i wanna know what you're getting at
It makes me wanna say
So long

Grief shall come in measures
Only grief alone will know
And you'll see it on your family
And on your own face it will grow
Then they'll try to keep you hungry
And they'll tell you to eat snow
You know pride can be a moving thing
If we learn the strength of no

And it won't take long
It won't take too long at all
No it won't take long
You may say
I don't think this has anything to do with me
Did you ever think you could be wrong

At noon on one day coming
Human strength will fill the streets
Of every city on our planet
Hear the sound of angry feet
With business freezed up in the harbour
The kings will pull upon their hair
And the banks will shudder to a halt
And the artists will be there

'cause it won't take long
It won't take too long at all
No it won't take long
And you may say
I don't think i can be a part of that
And it makes me want to say
Don't you want to see yourself that strong

Division between the peoples
Will disappear that honoured day
And though oceans lie between us
Lifted candles light the way
Half will join their hands by moonlight
The rest under the rising sun
As underneath the sun and moon
A ritualed wailing has begun

And it won't take long
It won't take too long at all
And it won't take long
And you may say
I don't know how to be a part of what you're talking about
And it makes me want to say
Come on
Come on

Oh beware you sagging diplomats
For you will not hear one gun
And though our homes be torn and ransacked
We will not be undone
For as we let ourselves be bought
We're gonna let ourselves be free
And if you think we stand alone
Take a look around and you will see

We are children in the rafters
We are babies in the park
We are lovers at the movies
We are candles in the dark
We are changes in the weather
We are snowflakes in july
We are women grown together
We are men who easily cry
We are words no quickly spoken
We're the deeper side of try
We are dreamers in the making
We are not afraid of why

Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
If you don't know by now
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe
It don't matter anyhow
When the rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and i'll be gone
You're the reason i'm traveling on
And don't think twice, it's alright

Ain't no use in turning on your light babe
It's a light i've never known
There ain't no use in turning on your light baby
I'm on the dark side of the road
I wish there was something you could do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
And don't think twice, it's alright

Ain't no use in calling out my name now
Like you've never done before
Ain't no use in calling out my name now
I can't hear you anymore
Thinking and wondering all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child, i'm told
I gave her my heart, she wanted my soul
And don't think twice, it's alright

I'm going down that long lonesome road babe
Where i'm bound i can't tell
But goodbye is too good a word babe
So i'll just say fare thee well
I ain't saying you treated me unkind
Coulda done better but i don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
And don't think twice, it's alright
And don't think twice, it's alright

In the quiet silent seconds i
I turned off the light switch and i
I came down to meet you in the
Half light the moon left while a
A cluster of night jars sang some
Songs out of tune
A mantle of bright light shone
Down from the room

Come down in time
I still hear him say
So clear in my ear
Like it was today
Come down in time
Was the message he gave
Come down in time and i'll
Meet you half way

Well i don't know if i should have
Heard him as yet but a
True love like his is a
A hard love to get and i've
Walked most all the way and i
I ain't heard him call and i'm
Getting to thinking
If he's coming at all

Come down in time
I still hear him say
So clear in my ear
Like it was today
Come down in time
Was the message he gave
Come down in time and i'll
Meet you half way

There are men and men and
Some hold you tight while
Some leave you counting the
Stars in the night

The boy he thinks i'm damaged goods
I know he does and i guess he should
I dress like him and i take him down
He gets embarrassed when his friends come around

I can get the girl
But the boys just laugh
I can get the girls
But the boys just laugh

So this is a measure of me
Even though it shouldn't be
The lion lays down with the lamb
But i can't do it so i ain't worth a damn

I can get the girls
But the boys just laugh
I can get the girls
But the boys just laugh at me

Come on now graceful
I want you to be
Come on now social
I said i want you to be
Come on now special
I i want you to be
I want you to be

I the virgin in the woods
Tell me now if they are good

Is it the boys who needed me
I am you and you set it free

I get the girls
But the boys just laugh
I get the girl
But the boys he laughs at me

I said this is the measure of me
And even though it shouldn't be
The lion lays down with the lamb
Yeah but i can't do it and i ain't worth a damn

And now i know
Spanish harlem aren't just
Pretty words to say
I thought i knew
But now i know
That rose trees never grow
In new york city
Until you've seen
This trash can dream come true
Stand at the edge
Have people run you through
I thank the lord
There's people out there like you
I thank the lord
There's people out there like you

While mona lisas and mad hatters
Sons of bankers sons of lawyers
Turn around and say
Good morning to the night
For unless they see the sky
But the can't and that is why
They know not if it's
Dark outside or light

This broadway's got
Got a lot of songs to sing and
If i knew the tunes
I might join in
I'll go my way alone
Grow my own
My own seed shall be sown
In new york city
Subway's no way
For this good man to go down
Rich man can ride
And the hobo he can drown
I thank the lord
For the people i have found
I thank the lord
For the people i have found

While mona lisas and mad hatters
Sons of bankers sons of lawyers
Turn around and say
Good morning to the night
For unless they see the sky
But the can't and that is why
They know not if it's
Dark outside or light

And now i know
Spanish harlem aren't just
Pretty words to say
I thought i knew
But now i know
That rose trees never grow
In new york city
Subway's no way
For this good man to go down
Rich man can ride
And the hobo he can drown
I thank the lord
For the people i have found
I thank the lord
For the people i have found

While mona lisas and mad hatters
Sons of bankers sons of lawyers
Turn around and say
Good morning to the night
For unless they see the sky
But the can't and that is why
They know not if it's
Dark outside or light
They know not if it's
Dark outside or light

New york
To your tall skyline i come
Flying in from london
To your door

New york
Lookin' down on central park
Where they say you should not wander
After dark

New york
Like a scene from all those movies
But you're real enough to me
But there's a heart
A heart that lives in new york

A heart in new york
A rose on the street
I write my song to that city heartbeat
A heart in new york
Love in her eye
An open door and a friend for the night

New york
You got money on your mind
And my words don't make a dime's
Worth a difference
So here's to you new york

New york
Now my plane is touching down

Take to the highway won't you lend me your name
Your way and my way seem to be one in the same
Momma don't understand it
She wants to know where i been
I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool
To want to pass that way again
But you know i could feel it
On a country road

Sail on home to jesus won't you good girls and boys
I'm all in pieces, you can have your own choice
I could seen a heavenly band full of angels
And they're a comin' to set me free
Don't know much about the wild wind
But i can tell that it's bound to because i could feel it
On a country road

Guess my feet know where the want me to go
Walking on a country road

Walk on down, walk on down, walk on down
Walk on down, walk on down a country road yeah
La la la la la la la
Country road
Yeah walking on a country road
Country road
Yeah
Walking on a country road

Who is counting sleepless nights
Who is counting letters i meant to write
I said who is counting at all
If you are
I look pretty small

But no matter what i do
If i couldn't call you mine
If i couldn't be with you
I'd just be killing time

You went searching for me in the night sky
And when i burned away you wondered why
Well i'll tell you babe i could not bear to stall
I fell too fast i fell too far

But no matter what i do
If i couldn't call you mine
If i couldn't be with you
I'd just be killing time

Big big fishes in little ponds
I've seen them walk around with magic wands

But no matter what i do
If i couldn't call you mine
If i couldn't be with you
I'd just be killing time

There ain't no magician hidden inside of me
So no matter what you hear i hope you see
That just when i'm trying to be tall
That's when i end up looking pretty small

But no matter what i do
If i couldn't call you mine
If i couldn't be with you
I'd just be killing time

No matter what i do
(and you know i will burn)
If i couldn't be call you mine
(like a star in the sky)
If i couldn't be with you
(all i'd be doing is)
I'd just be killing time

But no matter what i do
If i couldn't call you mine
If i couldn't be with you
I'd just be killing time

Emily:
I walked into my favorite place one night
I'd just gotten back from a lecture
And i was feeling kind of uptight
And at the edge of the bar there was this guy
And you know i wasn't really looking
But i caught him out of the corner of my eye
The next thing i know he was moving my way
I thought he wanted to talk
But this is what he had to say

Amy:
I don't know your name babe
But i want to be your lover
Ya'll sing it with me
I don't know your name babe
But i want to be your lover
Your lover your lover your lover
One time or another baby
I want to be your lover

Emily:
I have to admit i was a little bit surprised
But i wasn't really scared 'cause i was twice his size
So i said to myself, "okay, i'll play his game"
And when he turned to me
I gave him my name

Amy:
I know your name babe
But i got to know your number
I know your name babe
But i got to know your number your number
I said one time or another baby
I'm gonna be your lover
Yeah i wanna be your lover

Emily:
Well i said to myself "this guy is persistent
He's a little bit dumb but at least he's consistent"
I tried to talk cool but when we touched i went under
I made a quick decision and i gave him my number

Amy:
I know your number
But i don't know what to say babe

Emily:
That's ok

Amy:
I know your number
Your number babe
But i don't know what to say to you
Say to you say to you say to you darling
Oh it don't matter anyway no
I don't talk when i'm make love to you babe
I don't talk when i make love
I wanna be you lover
I wanna be you lover
Lover lover
Lover lover
Lover lover

Emily:
Well you probably won't believe this
But we got married one day
And i still don't know if he speaks english
'cause he doesn't have much to say
It's a damn good thing i like lying around
We don't make much conversation
But love makes sounds
You know what i'm talking about
Ya'll know what i'm talking about
Well one thing i've learned from being in this state

Emily and amy:
There are other ways to communicate

Amy:
I don't know your name babe
But i want to be your lover
Don't know your name babe
But i want to be your lover
Your lover your lover your lover
One time or another baby
I'm gonna be your lover

Well you
You can sit in your highchairs
Highchairs are for children
You can sit in your highchairs and laugh
I'll give you my best face
I'll give you my freedom
I'll give you my feet and my hands

I'm keeping my eyes
Open open open to the field
Hold your dances there
Take the crop
Share the yield

You can join us together
Break us apart
A wound in the skin is a break in the heart
You can coast on your laughter
High shelf your heart
But laughter's for healing
Not tearing apart

I'm keeping my eyes
Open to the fields
You can hold your dances there
Take the crop
Share the yield

Not a soul is lost
But collapse in the walls
You can dance in the dust
You can walk it off walk walk it off

If you're falling you're falling
Come calling to me
Falling falling
I'll give you my skin
I will give you my skin

I'm keeping my eyes
Open to the field
(if you're falling you're falling come calling to me)
You can hold your dances here
(if you're falling you're falling come calling to me)
Take the crop, share the yield
(if you're falling you're falling come calling to me)
I'm keeping my eyes
(if you're falling you're falling come calling to me)
Open to the field
(if you're falling you're falling come calling to me)
Hold your dances there
(if you're falling you're falling come calling to me)
Take the crop share the yield
If you're falling you're falling come calling to me
If you're falling you're falling come calling to me
If you're falling you're falling come calling to me
I will give you my skin

Sister i'm heading out of alabama
So you better think fast
The wind is gonna pick me up now
The rain won't slack
Headin' down to georgia

Don't have much say
But i call you up anyway
Just to try and tell you the way
That i feel today
Oh i miss you baby

Sure i'm on the road
I don't need to say much more
I'm just the same old well known stranger
That i was before
Seems like yesterday now

Daddy's all gone
He's just halfway home
He's holding on to the telephone
Saying please don't let the show go on

There's a bus every other hour
Even a midnight train yeah
But that don't leave me the power to see your face again
It's not that simple anymore

Your see there's a room full of smiling faces
And there's a man standing by the door
Oh and he says it's time we take our places
And get down on the floor
Oh i'd like to kill him baby
Ah ah no now

Daddy's all gone
He's just halfway home
He's holding on to the microphone
Singing please don't let the show go on

I want to live in a holy city
I want to drink from a holy vine
I want to be where the people are pretty
Just because their feeling it deep down inside
I don't want to wait for heaven
I can find what i need right here on earth this time
There's too many people they're waiting for heaven
Oh let me tell you if you can't feel it here
You won't feel it there anyway
Oh anyway

I want to live in a stained glass window
I want to change with the light of day
I'm gonna have the sun shining through me
Causing my existence in every way yeah
I don't want to wait for heaven
I can find what i need right here on earth this time
Too many people their waiting for heaven
Oh let me tell you if you can't feel it here
You won't feel it there anyway
Anyway yeah

I want to live in a heart of love
I want to swim in a mind at peace
I want to be your emotional outlet
I want to be love's sweet release

I'm gonna build me a holy city
I'm gonna drink from a holy, holy vine
I'm want be where the people are pretty
Just because they're feeling it
Deep down deep down
Deep down inside
Oh i don't want to wait for heaven
I can find what i need right here on earth this time
Too many people they're waiting for heaven
Oh let me tell you if you can't feel it here
You won't feel it there anyway
If you can't feel it here
You won't feel it there anyway
Oh if you can't feel it here
You won't feel it there anyway
Ah anyway
Ah anyway
All right

Eddie said the beat was wrong
Tom didn't like the tune
The boy with a beard in the corner
Laughed in the middle of a song
He didn't stay very long

Eddie said the lights were low
Tom said the treble was high
The boy with a beard in the corner
Laughed in the middle of a sigh
Don't think we ever even caught his eye

Sometimes i used to find
I'd be singing to you
As if you were sitting
At the table by the door

Eddie said a friend of his
Is making it big in l.a.
Ah well everybody down at malachy's
Says i'm gonna make it someday

Sometimes i used to write
A song for you
As if you were sitting
At the table by the door

Sometimes i used to find
I'd be singing to you
As if you were sitting
At the table by the door

Well i guess that i was lonely
That's why i called you on the phone
Cause in a moment of forgiveness
I didn't want to be alone

And i guess that i was willing
More than i ever was before
Cause in a moment of forgiveness
I come knocking at your door

Baby i woke up crying last night
Just to realize that you were gone
Has it been two long years without you
Tell me now when are you gonna come home

I guess now i'm hoping
Oh that you finally understand
And in a moment of forgiveness
You reach out and take my hand

Baby i woke up crying last night
Just to realize that you were gone
Has it been two long years without you
Tell me now when are you gonna come home

And i guess that now i'm hoping
Oh that you finally understand
And in a moment of forgiveness
You reach out and take my hand

I can tell by your eyes
That you've probably been crying forever
And the stars in the sky
Don't mean nothing to you they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If i stay here just a little bit longer
If i stay here won't you listen to my heart
My heart

If i stand all alone
Will the shadows hide the color of my heart
Will they be blue for the tears
Black for the nights we spent apart
And the stars don't mean nothing to you
They're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
Oh if i stay, if i stay here
Won't you listen to my heart

I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If i stay, if i stay here just a little bit longer
If i stay here won't you listen to my heart
If i stand all alone
Will the shadows hide the colors of my heart

I'm not the sort of person
Who falls in and quickly out of love
But to you i gave my affection
Right from the start
I have a lover who loves me
How could i break such a heart
Yet still you get my attention

Why do you come here
When you know i've got troubles enough
Why do you call me
When you know i can't answer the phone
And make me lie when i don't want to
And make someone else
Some kind of an unknowing fool
Make me stay when i should not
Are you so strong
Or is all the weakness in me

Why do you come here
Pretend to be just passing by
I need to see you
I need to hold you
Tightly

Feeling guilty
And i'm worried
And i'm waking from a tormented sleep
'cause this old love
You know it has me bound
But the new love cuts so deep
If i choose now
I'm bound to lose out
One of you is gonna have to fall
I need you
You baby

Why do you come here
When you know i've got troubles enough
Why do you call me
When you know i can't answer the phone
And make me lie when i don't want to
Make someone else
Some kind of an unknowing fool
Make me stay when i should not
Are you so strong or is all the weakness in me

Why do you come here
Pretend to be just passing by
I need to see you
I need to hold you
Tightly

This is my song
Oh god of all the nations
A song of peace
For lands afar and mine

This is my home
The country where my heart is
Here are my hopes
My dreams my holy shrine

But other hearts
In other lands are beating
With hopes and dreams
As true and high as mine

My countries skies
Are bluer than the ocean
And sunlight beams
On clover leaf and pine

But other lands
Have sunlight too and clover
And skies are everywhere
As blue as mine

Oh hear my song
Oh god of all the nations
A song of peace
For their land and for mine

Should have never crossed your path
Funny things you want the most
Should soon be taken back
Slap my own hands like a child
Stealing from the candy store
I think i've taken to your smile

And i hunger for your laugh
Do the craziest things like look around
When i know you're nowhere near me
Break my back on a song
Though i know you're not there to hear

Unanswered questions lying on the coffee table
From a song i haven't finished since last summer
Cause i never could decide how much was gin
How much the sea
Or other incidentals clouding what was really me

Everything i am is bare feet and burning sand
Waiting for the calm cool hand of the sea

A madman of emotions waiting for the drug effect
Of the reason and the intellect to comfort me

Half the time i love you like you love the fall's first breeze
Then you seem as distant as the skeletons of trees
Far away outside my window
Where inside i think of you
As if i thought hard enough i'd know which way to turn
And what to do

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

I'm quite sure i'll be alright
We all live with some distraction
It's just too bad
Mine will hang around all day and night
Like an uninvited guest
You can't turn away try hard as you might
Lord knows i've tried

I might let it go and take a long long run
Quit my job and join the coastline baking in the sun
Then again i might just make big plans
And leave them on the table
Like the song i left unfinished
And the words i am unable
I will always be unable to express

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Through the wind and the rain
I hear my mother's cry
She says "i know my baby's out there"
Just couldn't bear to ask her why
From my womb into the world
Lord i wish the child would call
You know i'm needing some company
She makes my life so full"
Take my advice
Go ahead and live your own life
But everybody's waiting
For someone to come home

Like the fire waits for the sand
This world is burning
With the tension of human hands
Waiting to be cleansed
Waiting for their ace of spades
They say "i sure hope he's coming
'cause i feel like i've just been saved"
Take my advice
Go ahead and live while you're alive
Everybody's waiting
For someone to come home

"come to me and cleanse my soul"
I'm free, i'm free
"only with you am i whole"
Can't you see that i am me
"i'll be waiting by the window"
I'll be heading for the door

I was driving down highway 85 yeah
Had to pull off the road
Just to hear my radio coming in clearer
Lord this life's so full i said
Why do we ask for more
While we're waiting for the man to come
We forgot what he's coming for
Won't take my advice
Go ahead and live while you're alive
Everybody's waiting
For someone to come home
"i'll be waiting by the window"
Everybody's waiting
For someone to come home
"i'll be waiting by the window"
Everybody's waiting
For someone to come home
Come home

Go will i
Over yonder
I will see my mother
And my sister
And my father
Oh but my brother is going to hell

Well they hung him
From the gallow
As the sun turned
Red from yellow
And the crowd they
Heard him haughty
And they sighed
With much relief

The preacher asked him
For any last words
My brother spit on
Onto his clean shirt
Oh and he smiled
Without redemption
Said this is one soul
God don't need

Well now i loved him
I will miss him
As he's burning
And twisting
For his heart with
Dedication
To the devil
And his creed

Well as a child we
We'd call him rotten
Tell him he was lonely
And forgotten
And he revenged our
Constant cheering
Oh with his every
Word and deed

Oh yeah and for my
Contribution
To his souls lack
Of retribution
Oh well i ask the
Lords forgiveness
On my very bended knee

Hey little darling
There's something that you should know
This things gonna hound every soul
This thing they won't let us go
Gonna break us down to nothing
Gonna eat us from the inside out
Hey little darling
I don't want you to feeling the fallout

Ah when the cancer finally took him
I was watching the trucks pull in
Me and your daddy we had a job
Under the ground mining uranium
Some things your daddy leaves you
Some things he don't
Some things are gonna be here anyhow
And some things just won't
One thing i want you to understand
Is you ain't gotta be no mining man
I curse the day that i went down
And i pulled that shit out of the ground

Now we were living over in nevada
That's where your people come from
Your grandma would take me and your daddy
On down to the gunnery range
We sit and watch the bombs blow
Until the sun goes down
All those colors running like the painted desert
And you get to see it now

Them government boys have something so damn secret
They had to hide it in the desert sand
Out there the skies so big
And there ain't no mistaking it
Whose got the winning hand

Ah
Ah ah ah ah


I said i've been all the way to alaska
To a town they call point of hope
Where they took some of what we got down here
Just to see how it would grow
I hear the lichen bought it
And now it's running through the caribou
I said soon little darling
You'll get to feel it too
Get to feel it too
Oh i said soon little darling
You'll get to feel it to
Hmm hmm hmm yeah
Oh yeah hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm
Oh yeah hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm

You can write me a letter
But i won't tell you where i am
Oh you can send me a postcard baby
But i won't tell you where i stand
Well i'm right outside of your window
And i'm walking on through your love
And i'm giving you all i can babe
But i know what you've been thinking of
And now baby it's time
Baby it's time
To draw the line
Draw the line

You may have good intentions
And i may be dead wrong
If what you see here isn't love babe
It's 'cause i'm too tired to be that strong
Now i'm burned out on your affection
Because it comes from a jaded tongue
And i'm burned out on your direction baby
I know i'm not the only one
Baby it's time
Baby it's time
To draw the line
Draw the line

Draw that line baby
Draw that line yeah
Keep it straight
Keep it close
And tell me
What do you have in mind

I'm gonna take this heartache
I'm gonna turn it all inside out
I'm gonna find every livin' last drop of love
Until i'm too sure to have any doubt
Now you can love me if you want me
Or you can turn away and tell me to go
Now you can write me a letter
You can send me a postcard
But don't tell me what you're thinking
If you really don't know baby
Baby it's time to draw the line
Draw the line
Yeah draw that line

As i was wading through your distance
I heard you say "there's no way out"
And i was just thinking as my independence faded
Well there's no way in for me

There's no way out and you know
There's no way in
We're on either side
Scared to say we're friends

Now i found jesus and you found yourself
Sometimes i still feel like i'm losing out
But we both found that it's just too hard to know for sure
Just what we can lean on when we're falling down

You always did see
The other side of things and sometimes
I'm bound to wonder
Do you see through me

With all the voids i tried to fill
And all the emptiness i tried to tell you about
There was never time enough
There are never words enough
And i'll never have the guts enough
But i'll tell you i've been needing you so bad

There's no way out and you know
There's no way in for me now
And we're on either side
And we're crying for a friend

There's no way out and you said
There's no way in for me now
And we're on either side
And we're scared to say we're friends

I was taken by surprise
I was haunted by his eyes
And the drink i came her for
Doesn't matter anymore
And the night wind falls
With the moonlight from above
Is it winter is it summer or is it love

And it's probably cold outside
But i don't really feel it no
Every hour that passes by
Is another heart healer
And you can't stop the rain from falling down
On the new leaves of summer on the ground
And for every bright star that falls from the sky
There's another
Oh another on the rise

I've been broken
I've been blind
Been afraid to look inside
But his words were soft and warm
What did i come her for
An abandoned garden lost
In bittersweet and queen anne's lace
Looked inside where a single rose grew
There i saw love's face

And it's probably cold outside
But i don't really feel it
Every hour that passes by
Is another heart healer
And you can't stop the rain from falling down
On the new leaves of summer on the ground
And for every bright star that falls from the sky
There's another
Oh another on the rise

And it's probably cold outside
But i don't really feel it
Every hour that passes by
Is another heart healer
And you can't stop the rain from falling down
On the new leaves of summer on the ground
And for every bright star that falls from the sky
There's another
Oh another on the rise
On the rise

You say you want to live for today
Before today is lost
But when the returns come in
Do they balance the cost
I can see your four wheels spin
I can smell smoke from the blaze
But we aren't moving anyway
If you're seeing past rose colored shades

If you live like that
Don't look back
'cause it's cold
And it's mighty
It may turn your back
Blood on the tracks baby
Blood on the tracks
Blood on the tracks baby
I said don't look back

I see it all around
People want it good and want it fast
As long as it moves you for the moment
It doesn't matter if it lasts
But our love is sweet
It can drive me to my knees
But we still got troubles you and i
Seeing the forest for the trees

If you live like that
Don't look back
'cause it's cold
And it's mighty
It may turn your back
Blood on the tracks baby
Blood on the tracks
Blood on the tracks baby
I said don't look back

I've had enough of these two lives
You say you'll give to me
I've had enough of your freedom
You know i want to feel free
I've had enough gospel
I could spin my head around
I said if you're so caught up in heaven
You don't even see the ground

If you live like that
Don't look back
'cause it's cold
And it's mighty
It may turn your back
Blood on the tracks, baby
Blood on the tracks
Blood on the tracks, baby
I said don't look back

All we need is to take time
(slow down, new way)
See tomorrow in plain sight
(new dawn, new day)
New horizon in plain view
And we're oiling up the engine
To put you straight on through

If you live like that
Don't look back
Oh no 'cause it's cold
And it's mighty
It may turn your back
Blood on the tracks baby
Blood on the tracks
Blood on the tracks baby
I said don't look back

Blood on the tracks baby
Blood on the tracks
Blood on the tracks baby
I said don't look back
Oh there's blood on the tracks baby
Blood on the tracks
Blood on the tracks baby
Don't look back
Don't look back
If you live like that

Well we read best selling novels
So we can talk between the lines
And we often close our eyes
Just to hide the dollar signs
And we're suddenly pretentious
And conform with the stream
We're born and bred believers
In the american dream

And we drink our whiskey straight
Though we do not like the taste
And we dress in obligations
With a top hat show of haste
And we hinder our reactions
As we measure what we say
Until someone starts to cry
And the faces turn away again

Play it again sam
Take it slow and easy
Sing about the land of the brave
And the home of the free
And there's a man who will tip you
Better than you've gotten yet
If you play us a happy song
And help us forget
Play it again sam

Well we donate to our charities
To deduct our future taxes
And we flock to bars for drinking
Though one never quite relaxes
And we compromise our standards
If it means we'll get attention
And the things we need the most to say
Are the things we never mention

Play it again sam
Take it slow and easy
Sing about the land of the brave
And the home of the free
And there's a man who will tip you
Better than you've gotten yet
If you play us a happy song
And help us all forget
Play it again sam

Now i know god is up in heaven
It's hard to keep in mind
Sometimes when you're searching for relief
And hell is all you find
And i know that i'm a romantic
I might seem a fool to say
I'm know i'm going to see a few hands joined
Before my dying day

Play it again sam
Take it slow and easy
Sing about the land of the brave
And the home of the free
And there's a man who will tip you
Better than you've gotten yet
Just play us a happy song
And help us all forget
Play it again sam
Play it again sam
Play it again sam

They took away my garden
To make room for a chemical plant
I feel my country's arteries harden
With the aid of a government grant

We are not a bunch of upstarts
Just out looking for a cause
Cause we hunger for our justice
And not applause
We don't just make peace signs and meditate
We don't take this thing as a joke
We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state
And we don't want to go up in smoke

My water has got cancer
And the rivers have all dried
While i watch my country practice
Nuclear suicide

We are not a bunch of upstarts
(we are not a bunch of upstarts)
Just out looking for a cause
(for a cause)
We hunger for our justice
And not applause
(not applause)
We don't just make peace signs and meditate
We don't take this thing as a joke
We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state
And we don't want to go up in smoke

Don't think it's impossible
To see this thing come clean
We're going to save this poor old world's head
From the guillotine

We are not a bunch of upstarts
(we are not a bunch of upstarts)
Just out looking for a cause
(for a cause)
We hunger for our justice
And not applause
(not applause)
We don't just make peace signs and meditate
We don't take this thing as a joke
We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state
And we don't want to go up in smoke

They took away my garden
(my water has got cancer)
To make room for a chemical plant
(and the rivers have all dried)
I feel my country's arteries harden
(while i watch my country practice)
Nuclear suicide
(nuclear suicide)
Nuclear suicide

We are not a bunch of upstarts
Just out looking for a cause
We hunger for our justice
And not applause
(not applause)
We don't just make peace signs and meditate
We don't take this thing as a joke
We just want to relate we're in a pretty bad state
And we don't want to go up in smoke

Don't want to see our children
(don't want to see our children)
Oh go up in smoke
Oh we don't want to see our children
Yeah

Childhood living
Is easy to do
The things you wanted
Well i bought them for you
And graceless lady
You know who i am
You know i can't let you
Ah slide through my hands

Wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses
Couldn't drag me away

I watched you suffer
A dull aching pain
Now you've decided
To show me the same
No sweeping exits
Or offstage lines
Can make me feel bitter
Or treat you unkind

Wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses
Couldn't drag me away

I know i dreamed you
A sin and a lie
I have my freedom
But i don't have much time
Faith has been broken
Tears must be cried
Come on let's do some living
After we die

Wild horses
Couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses
We'll ride them someday

People smile and tell me i'm a lucky one
We've just begun
I think i'm gonna have a son
And he will be like he and me as free as a dove
Conceived in love
The sun is gonna shine above

Even though we ain't got money
Well i'm so in love with you honey
And everything will bring a chain of love
And in the morning when i rise
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything is gonna be all right

Love a boy who holds the world in a paper cup
Drink it up
Love him and he'll bring you luck
And if you find he helps your mind
Sister take him home
Don't you live alone
Try to earn what lovers own

Even though we ain't got money
Well i'm so in love with you honey
And everything will bring a chain of love
And in the morning when i rise
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything is gonna be all right

And even though we ain't got money
Well i'm so in love with you honey
And everything will bring a chain of love
And in the morning when i rise
You bring a tear of joy to my eyes
And tell me everything is gonna be all right

Well evening fell just like a star
Left a trail across the sky
You spit as you walked out the door
If this is love we're crazy
As we fight like cats and dogs
I just know there's got to be more
So please call me, baby
Wherever you are
It's too cold to be out walking the streets
We do crazy things when we're wounded
Everyone's a bit insane
I don't want you catching your death of cold
Walking in the rain

I'll admit i ain't no angel
I'll admit i ain't no saint
I'm selfish and cold but you're blind
If i exercise my devils
Well my angels may leave too
And they're so hard to find
So please call me, baby
Wherever you are
It's too cold to be out walking the streets
We do crazy things when we're wounded
Everyone's a bit insane
I don't want you catching your death of cold
Walking in the rain

We're always at each other's throats
You know it drives me up the wall
Most of the time blowin' off steam
I wish to hell you'd leave me
Wish to god you'd stay
Life's so different than in our dream
Please call me, baby
Wherever you are
It's too cold to be out walking the streets
We do crazy things when we're wounded
Everyone's a bit insane
I don't want you catching your death of cold
Walking in the rain
I don't want you catching your death of cold
Out walking in the rain

Show a little inspiration
Show a little spark
Show the things that drew me to you
And stole my heart
And tell me something i don't know
Instead of everything i do
And look at me as if i mean
Something to you
Our hearts are beating while we sleep
But while we're wide awake
You know the world won't stop
And actions speak louder
Listen to your heart
To what your heart might say
Everything we got
We got the hard way

Show a little passion baby
Show a little style
Show the knack for knowing when
And the gift for knowing how
And have a little trust in us
When fear obscures the path
You know we got this far darling
Not by luck
But by never turning back
Some will call on destiny
But i just call on faith
That the world won't stop
And actions speak louder
Listen to your heart
To what your heart might say
Everything you got
You got the hard way

Caught up in our little lives
There's not a lot left over
I see what's missing in your eyes
You're searching for that
Field of clover


So show a little inspiration
Show a little spark
Show the world a little light
When you show it your heart
We've got two lives
One we're given
And the other one we make
And the world won't stop
And actions speak louder
Listen to your heart
And your heart might say
Everything we got
We got the hard way
(everything we got we got the hard way)
Everything we got
We got the hard way

(because the world won't stop)
Hang on baby

Words and music: amy ray
Note: this song is a reincarnation of problem child

Through the dustbowl through the debt
Grandma was a suffragette
Blacklisted for her publication
Blacklisted for my generation
Go, go, go

Raise your hands, raise your hands high
Don't take a seat don't stand aside
This time don't assume anything
Just go, go, go

So feed the fire and fan the flame
I know the kids can stand the rain
I know the kids are still upsetters
Cause rock is cool but the struggle is better
I said go, go, go

Raise your hands, raise your hands high
Don't take a seat don't stand aside
This time don't assume anything
This time don't assume anything
I said go, go, go

The truth is i was afraid . . .
. . .i felt inferior. . .
. . .i felt i excelled in competing with others
And i knew instantly that these people
Were not competing at all, that they were acting in a
Strange, powerful trance of movement together.
And i was filled with longing to act
With them and with the fear that i could not.

Did they tell you it was set in stone
And that you would end up alone
Use your years to psych you out
You're too old to care, they're too young to count
Did they tell you you would come undone
If you tried to touch the sun
Undermine the underground
You're too old to care they're too young to count
I said go, go, go

Amy ray: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
Emily saliers: electric guitar, vocals
John reynolds: drums
Dawson miller: percussion
Clare kenny: bass
Carol isaacs: organ and moog
Caroline dale: cello
Joan osborne: backing vocals

Spoken word written by meridel le sueur, from "i was marching."

I'm just a bartender
I don't like my work
I don't mind the money at all
I see lots of sad faces
And lots of bad cases
Of folks with their backs to the wall

I need four walls around me to hold my life
To keep me from going astray
A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

I can light up your smokes
And i'll laugh at your jokes
And i'll watch you fall down on your knees
Close down this bar
Gas up my car
Pack up and mail in my key

I need four walls around me to hold my life
To keep me from going a-stray
A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

The smoke fills the air
In this honky-tonk bar
And i'm thinking about where i'd rather be
Yeah
But i sunk all my bridges
I burned all my boats
I'm stranded at the edge of the sea
Yeah

I need four walls around me to hold my life
To keep me from going astray
A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

I need four walls around me to hold my life
To keep me from going astray
A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

They say everything can be replaced
Well then distance is not near
I remember every face
Of everyone who put me here

I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released

They say everyone needs protection
They say everyone must fall
Yet i swear i see my reflection
Some where so high above this wall
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd
Is a man who swears he's not to blame
All day long i hear him shout so loud
That he swears he was framed
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released

I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released

Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released

When i walked you to the door i was feeling mighty fine
I was thinking "hey i've got love to ease my mind"
Then i got to the car and i was staring at your scars
Thinking "hey, this ain't no way to spend my time"

Now i want a true love affair
Not this touch-and-go in the air
You know i don't know if i'm coming or i'm down
I don't want a love touch and go
I want a feeling i only know
Or else you can get me out of this town

When i saw you smile i knew one look into your eyes
And i was thinking "hey, are you in love again"
Then i heard you laugh honey you were laughing at the past
I was thinking "this ain't no way to treat a friend"

You were laughing at the past
Honey you were smiling through your glass
Watching cars drive away in your mind
You were hoping i would leave
Honey i was dreaming i could stay
And this ain't no way to spend my time
This ain't no way to treat a friend
This ain't no way to see me
I'm looking for the end
This ain't no way to treat a friend

Now i want words i want touch
Maybe that's a bit too much
For one so far removed
From what you used to claim
Well if you be cruel, i'll still be kind
You know i've got it in my mind
I'm in love with you
I ain't gonna play your games
If you want my advice
Don't say it's wrong if it feels right
Don't push me down just to see me crawl
I'll be crawling on the floor
Then i'll be reaching for the door
I'll be crawling right out of your eyes
Honey i'll be walking right out of your eyes
Honey i'll be walking right out of your eyes

I tried my best to get over you
Kept my distance so i wouldn't have to show
That the things which i kept hidden by my casual smile
Were the things that i needed you to know
You could have seen the acting on the stage
You might have read the writing on the page
You could have noticed that a heart went breaking into two
But you never knew it was i was falling for you

Sometimes i still think i could get to you
Then i laugh and think i could swim the seven seas
It seems when i'm set to fly there's a storm up in the sky
When i'm set to sail there isn't any breeze
You could have seen the acting on the stage
You might have read the writing on the page
You could have noticed that a heart went breaking into two
But you never knew it was i was falling for you

It's been some time now that i saw you in a photograph
Looking just the way you did so long ago
I could almost see you throw your head back and start to laugh
In that gentle way that used to let me know
Things were okay and a hurting song is just a cliche
And what's the use if they only always fade away
Just like the sun just like everyone but you

Raise your hands
Raise your hands high
Don't take a seat
Don't stand aside
This time
Don't assume anything
But go go go

I am a problem child
I've been wild all my days
All my anger and my rage
My senses said it would lead me astray
I said go go go

Raise your hands
Raise your hands high
Don't take a seat
Don't stand aside
This time
Don't assume anything
This time
Don't assume anything
I said this time
Don't assume anything

One two three four
Jump jump jump so high
Watch me let you down
If i stumble i will stumble
If i fall i will fall
Try to hold it like rain in the river
But everything is getting bigger
Better this won't last forever
Touch me and fall
Yeah

Oh eve
Where is adam
I see
(oh eve)
You've been kicked
(you've been kicked)
Out of the garden
(out of the garden)
And i said
Oh eve
(oh eve)
Where is adam
(where is adam)
Now you've been kicked
(now you're kicked out of the garden)
Out of the garden
(i've been wandering from shore to shore)
Now i've been wandering from shore to shore
(now i have found)
Now adam don't you find
(there is no more)
Now there is no more
(pacem in terris)
Pacem in terris
(mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa)
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa

(don't you wish)
Don't you wish
(love)
Love alone
(don't you wish)
Don't you wish
(um love)
Love
(that love alone)
Don't you wish
(could save the world)
Love alone
(from disaster)
Don't you wish
Love
(don't you wish)
Don't you wish
Love alone
(alone alone)
Could save the world from disaster
(could save the world from disaster)
If only love
Could end the confusion
(end the confusion)
Or is it just one more illusion
And is it pacem in terris
(or is it just)
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa
(one more illusion)

Well if you want to have great love
You've got to have great anger
Well if you want to have great love
You've got to have great anger
When i see innocent folks shot down
Should i just shake my head and frown
Oh, oh pacem in terris
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa

Well if you want to hit the target square
(well if you want to hit the target square)
You better not have
(you better not have)
Better not have thine anger
(thine anger)
Or else it'll be just one more time
(well if you want to hit the target square)
Where the correction creates another crime
(you better)

Well if you want to hit the target square
(oh oh pacem in terris)
You better not have thine anger
(mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa)
Or else it will be just one more time
The correction creates another crime

(oh eve)
(go tell adam)
(next time he asks you you say)
Oh eve
(baby it's cold outside)
You tell adam
(oh eve)
Next time he asks you you say
(you tell adam)
Baby it's cold outside
(next time he asks you you say)
What's the password to come inside
(baby it's cold outside)
You say oh oh pacem in terris
(what's the password to come inside)
Pacem in terris
(what's the password to come inside)
(you say oh oh pacem in terris)
(mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa)
(hey wa)
(hey wa)

Oh eve
Go tell adam
We've got to build a new garden
Oh eve
Go tell adam
We've got to build a new garden
We've got to get working on a building
A decent home for all of god's children
Oh, oh pacem in terris
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa

Well if music could only bring peace
Well i'd only be a musician
Yeah if music could only bring peace
I'd only be a musician
Yeah if songs could do more than dull this pain
And oh melody's break these chains well
Yeah yeah pacem in terris
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa

Oh, oh pacem in terris
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa
Oh, oh pacem in terris
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa
Four thousand languages in this world
Well it means the same thing to every boy and girl
Oh, oh pacem in terris
Mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa

(love alone)
(could save the world from disaster)
(now if only love could end the confusion)
(well i said you)
(is it one more illusion now)
(oh, oh pacem in terris)
(mir, shanti, salaam, hey wa)

Here i am
Shooting for the sky
You say you've settled in
Yeah well i guess that's good for you
But i'm still trying to tear myself free
Well i could take it or leave it
You know that's what i've said to myself
But then i start to tremble
And i'm lost to a powerless cause

I'm losing touch
Sometimes my memories
They just seem to fade fast away
I've been losing too much
Losing the feel for the dreams i once thought i had
Sometimes i feel like they're all circling around
They keep calling to me and i keep falling down
I'd rather be alone and lonely lying on the ground
Than in those grips again

They're so cruel
Taught me to fly
Then they stole my sky
Taught me to love
Then they broke me down
Till there was nothing left but emptiness
And don't you ever feel like they're all circling around
They keep calling to me and i keep falling down
I'd rather be alone and lonely lying on that ground
Than in those grips again

Well i could take it i could leave it you know hah
That's what i've said to myself
I've been down there so many times you know
And it hurts like nothing else
Cause i'm losing touch
I've been slipping away
I've been losing too much

When we get back to winthrop
A few miles from the airport
On a plastic chair
On a deck where my friends live
I watch the taking off airplanes
I watch the ocean waves crashing
With all of this movement something's got to give

Down at the high tide
Passed down through the family
The fishermen gather to complain about the catch
They talk about time
They talk about tides
The pull of the moon and the coffee deep night black
And i listen to them
And i listen to you
And for everyone there is something never coming back

But for all that we've been through
For all that we've promised
Your wayward direction seems insensible
Words fall off like breathless fish
All flopping and scattered
And hearts picked over deemed dispensible

Down at the high tide
We're there for our last meal
The broken loaves are still enough for all
And we talk about time
And we talk about tides
Under the moon with the deep night coffee black
I hear the dim roar of the last flight out
And for someone there is someone never coming back

We talk about time
We talk about tides
Under the moon and the deep night coffee black
I hear the dim roar of the last flight out
And for someone there is someone never coming back

I cried the night you left me
I never cried so hard
I never felt so helpless
Except the night that we made love

From beauty to disaster
I held you in my arms
Long enough to reach around you
To keep my fingers warm

Through egos, bars, and pills
You kept me in my place
You saved me from this spotlight
Well i guess i'm living in disgrace

From beauty to disaster
I held you in my arms
Long enough to reach around you
To keep my fingers warm

I wonder how is california
Is it the blonde-haired blue-eyed life
Is it okay for me to ask you
Do you have a husband or a wife

From beauty to disaster
I never cried so hard
I never felt so helpless
I cried with all my might

Words and music amy ray

I pulled out with the mountain laurel blooming
On a dirt road that is soon to be paved
Down to the site of my original establishment
And the west end family grave

Cause one day moves into two
(one day moves into two)
And i'm losing
Everything except for you
(everything except for you)
And i would sing you a song of devotion
(i would sing you a song of devotion)
Yeah that's what i should do
(that's what i should do)

Blood runs thick and when it rains it pours down
(blood runs thick)
On the family tree on the fields of war
(the family tree on the fields of war)
I spend my time being broken hearted and grieving bound
(i spend my time being broken hearted and grieving bound)
Yeah i haven't much need to look forward

I just let a one day move into two
(one day moves into two)
I'm losing
Everything except for you
(everything except for you)
I would sing you a song of devotion
(i should sing you a song of devotion)

Book of days
(book of days)
The way things lay
(the way things lay)
That's just space and time
(that's just space and time)
I gave it up
(i gave it up)
All for a love
(all for a love)
That won't be defined
(that won't be defined)

I've had enough temporary acquisition
Building fences for no gain
(building fences for no gain)
Taking dead trees down before the winter freeze
(taking dead trees down before the winter freeze)
I said let 'em rot and fall where they may

Just let one day move into two
(one day moves into two)
I'm losing
Everything except for you
(everything except for you)
Ah yeah
I would sing you a song of devotion
(i would sing you a song of devotion)
That's what i should do
(i gotta let them fall where they may)
(cause one day moves into two)
It's the book of days
(i'm losing)
It's the way things lay
(everything except for you)
Now that's just space and time
(i)
(i would sing you a song)
I gave it up
(of devotion)
All for your love
(yeah)
That's what i should do
(that's what i should do)
That's what i should do
(that's what i should do)
Yeah
That's what i should do
(that's what i should do)

She was grasping for a way to tell us all
The hurt she felt inside
We're all too happy she says
"let's have a war"
And the night digs deeper in

They're just some words to pass the time
Some words to pass the time

Now when the silence gets to be too much
I can feel the soul searching
Where do i go when i've lost my cause
We are the stories
Even the good ones let me down
There all just words to pass the time

I used to be so sincere
And maybe i still am
And all this small talk i've been reeling off
Is slowly getting out of hand

I mix real feelings
With the ones i wish i had
And i catch the most important ones
In between them all
Sometimes it seems like they're all just words
To pass the time

And then we've lost our time
And we've wasted out words
And all the strain is gone
Sometimes it's too unreal to believe
Just don't give it all away
Get a grip
Causes sometimes there are just words to pass the time

I said i'm too high i'm too high
And i'm scared of falling down
I've just been grasping for words
To make you want to stay
To make it worthwhile
I don't want spend the rest of my life
Just passing time
I don't want to spend the rest of my life here
Just passing time

They say that these are not the best of times
But they're the only times i've ever known
And i believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own
Now i have seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes
And i can only stand apart and sympathize
For we are always what our situations hand us
It's either sadness or euphoria

And so we'll argue and we'll compromise
And realize nothing's ever changed
For all our mutual experience our separate conclusions are the same
Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
Reason co-exists with our insanity
And when we choose between reality and madness
It's either sadness or euphoria

How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives
With our respective similarities
It's either sadness or euphoria
Oh oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh

Tuesday's children
We're falling short of time
Let's hope we never fall short of love
Memories linger like the fog on the sea
Keeping me out of touch with my reality
Nothing could ever mean as much to me
As tuesday's children

Sometimes i feel like i'm falling short of myself
Who i am
What i choose to be
Most of the time tuesday's children
Brings it all back and down to me

These people
These friends of ours
Let's put them on another day
Just leave me tuesdays children
I can face the world my own way

Times like these make me wish
Everyday was a tuesday
Tuesday's children
You've been so good to me
Tuesday's children

Sweet gypsy blowing through my mind
And through my heart so full and empty
Well these days seem strange somehow
A billion years isn't what it appears to be

Now you tell me that you're losing hold of time
You can't seem to find your peace of mind
Well i'm so far away and i'm trying to see you through
I can't help but feel i may be losing you

Should i let you go
For your own sake
Should i hold you close
For mine

Anyway i love you and i couldn't be more sure
These tears cry out "please don't let go"
Oh but their words
They keep haunting me

You can't build your life around a dream
Well it's too late
Now my world is you
There's nothing they could say or do

Well i remember the first time that i fell
I swear i never thought i'd make it up again
I've been flying on the wings of your love
And i'm not getting down just to fall again

Don't it seem like the road is oh so long
Well everybody's moving out
And we're staying on
In this absurdity

Now you don't let go of me
I'm begging you
Now you don't let go of me

Anyway i love you

When you set a match to your heart
Fueling it with bitterness and doubt
That's a blaze that once it starts
No amount of tears can put out
I know you're scared
But no one's spared
When you play with matches
You've got me walking through fire
You've got me walking through fire

Maybe you've been burned by lovers
Maybe you've been scarred by the pain
But baby i'm not like the others
Drawing moths to a flame
Spite is like a spark
Crackling in the dark
Consuming all it catches
And you've got me walking through fire
You've got me walking through fire to get to you
You've got me walking through fire
(walking through fire)
You've got me walking through fire
(walking through fire)

You can see the toll it's taking
You can feel the faith it's shaking
You can hear the heart it's breaking now

Baby i've burned by the fever
I've been scorched by desire
But baby i'm not your deceiver
Or your eloquent liar
Your jealous heart is tearing us apart
And turning love to ashes
When you've got me walking through fire
You've got me walking through fire to get to you
You've got me walking through fire
You've got me walking through fire
You've got me walking through fire
(walking through fire)
You've got me walking through fire
(walking through fire)
As the flames shoot higher
You've got me walking through fire
(walking through fire)
Walking

Living on free food tickets
There's water in the milk from the hole in the roof
Where the rain came in
But what can you do

Well you got tears from your little sister
Crying cause she doesn't have a dress without a patch
For the party to go
Oh but you know that she's gonna get by

Living in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of the family man
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can
As she can
Oh yeah

And it's a good thing you don't have bus fare
It would fall through the whole in your pocket
And you'd lose it in the snow on the ground
You better walk to town and find a job

Oh and you try to keep your hands warm
The hole in your shoe lets the snow come through
And it chills you to the bone
You'd better go home where it's warm

You can live in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of the family man
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can
As she can
Oh yeah

Living on a dream ain't easy no
But the closer the knit the tighter the fit
And the chills stay away
We like to keep them in stride for family pride

Faith is your foundation
Got a whole lot of love and a long conversation
But don't forget to pray oh no
It's keeping us strong where we belong

Living in the love of the common people
Smiles from the heart of the family man
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

Living in the love of the common people
(you know that faith is your foundation)
Smiles from the heart of the family man
(whole lot of love and a long conversation)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
(don't forget to pray it's keeping us strong)
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can
(where we belong)

Living in the love of the common people
(oh living on a dream ain't easy)
Smiles from the heart of the family man
(but the closer the knit the tighter the fit)
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
(we like to keep them in stride)
Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can
(for family pride)
As she can

She's been afraid to go out
She's afraid of a knock on her door
There's always a shade of a doubt
She can never be sure
Who comes to call
Maybe the friend of a friend of a friend
Anyone at all
Anything but nothing again

It used to be her town
It used to be her town too
It used to be her town
It used to be her town too

Seems like even her old girlfriends
Might be talking her down
She's got her name on the grapevine
Running up and down the telephone line
Talking bout someone said someone said
Something bout something else
Someone might have said about her
She always figured that they were her friends
Maybe they can live without her

It used to be her town
It used to be her town too
It used to be her town
It used to be her town too

Well people'd gotten used to seeing them both together
But now she's gone and life goes on
Nothing last forever
Oh no

She gets the house and the garden
He gets the boys in the band
Some of them his friends
Some of them her friends
Some of them understand

Lord knows that this is just a small town city
Yes and everyone can see you fall
It's got nothing to do with pity
I just wanted to give you a call

It used to be your town
It used to be my town too
But you never know til it all falls down
That somebody loves you
Somebody loves you
Darling somebody still loves you
I can still remember
When it used to be her town too

It used to be your town
It used to be my town too
Ah but you never know til it all falls down
That somebody loves you
Somebody loves you

There's colors on the street
Red white and blue
People shuffling their feet
People sleeping in their shoes
There's a warning sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like saton but i am to them
So i try to forget it any way i can
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hands
Under an old street light
Next to a garbage can
And she puts the kid away
Cause she wants to get a hit
She hates her life
And what she's done to it
One more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love never get to be cool
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
A kinder gentler machine gun hand
We got department stores and toliet paper
Styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
The man in power says to keep our hope alive
Fuel to burn roads to drive
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world

When i'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And i'm so strung out

I'm high as a kite
And i just might
Stop to check you out

Let me go on
Like a blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands i know your the one

Body and beats
I stain my sheets
I don't even know why

My girlfriend
She's at the end
She is starting to cry

Let me go on
Like a blister in the sun
Let me go on
Yeah big hands i know your the one

When i'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And i'm so strung out

And i'm high as a kite
I just might
Stop to check you out

High as a kite
I just might
Stop to check you out

Body and beats
I stain my sheets
I don't even know why

My girlfriend
She's at the end
She is starting to cry

When i'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And i'm so strung out

I'm high as a kite
I just might
Stop to check you out

Let me go on
Like a blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands i know your the one