unknown

I called you up today to bridge my sorrow
Carry me over the line to you
How long will it take to reach tomorrow
Seems like a whole lot of time
Just these thoughts to pull me through

I see blue carpet and cold moonlight settled in
Voices whisper doubts of how i should have been
I feel like i'm over the water
But i'm caught in the tide
Tell are you calling for me
Does this come deep from inside
Carry me away
Under the water
Over the mind
Carry me away
Under the water
Over the mind

The sound slowly fades and trickles away from the sea
It's only the windows and i
They hear my dream
I'm walking a distance i feel i've been running for miles
Happy times don't last long
I finally got that it's too late to smile
Carry me away
Under the water
Over the mind
Carry me away
Under the water
Over the mind
Carry me away
Under the water
Into your mind

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

He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for a new world
And a palace in the sun

And on the shore lay montezuma
With it's coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the world

And the subjects gathered round him
Like the leaves around the trees
His coat of many colors
For the angry gods to see

And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
He offered life with sacrifice
So that others might go on

Yeah

Now hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones

And they carried them across the flatland
But they died along the way
(many lives were lost)
Built up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today
(many lives were lost)

And i know she's living there
And loves me to this day
I can't remember when
Or how i lost my way
Ah-oh
Ah-oh
Ah-oh
Ah-oh

He came dancing across the water
Cortez, cortez
What a killer

Welcome to why the church has died
And the heart of the exile and the kingdom of hate
Who owns the land and keeps the commands
And marries itself to the state

Modern scribes write in jesus christ
Everyone is free
And the doors open wide to all straight men and women
But they are not open to me

Who is teaching kids to be soldiers
To be marked by a plain white cross
And we kill just a little to save a lot more
The philosophy of loss

Now there are a few who would be true
Out of love and love is hard
And don't think that our hands haven't shoveled the dirt
Over their central american graveyards

Doctors and witch hunters stripped you bare
Left you nothing for your earthly sins
Yeah but who made this noise just a bunch of boys
And the one with the most toys wins

And who is teaching kids to be gamblers
Life is a coin toss
And of course what you give up is what you gain
The philosophy of loss

Whatever has happened to anyone else
Could happen to you and to me
And the end of my youth was the possible truth
That it all happens randomly

So who is teaching kids to be leaders
And the way that it is is meant to be
The philosophy of loss

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

So
So you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skys from grey
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail
A smile from a veil
Yeah do you think you can tell

Did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Yeah and did you exchange
A walk on part in this war
For a leading role in a cage

How i wish, how i wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
We're running over the same old ground
What have we found
The same old fears
Well i wish you were here
I said i wish you were here yeah
Oh how i wish you were here
How i wish you were here
Hey and i wish you were here
Hey my rock star
How did you get so turned around
My rock star
How you did you get so turned around
Oh my rock star
(how did you get so turned around)
Did you get so turned around
Hey my my rock star
(how did you get so turned around
Inside out
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it out now
Cut it out now
Cut it out now
Cut it out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out now
Cut it all out

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

junkie's lament


Rikki's been kicking the gong
Lickety split didn't take too long
A junkies sick a monkeys strong
That's what's wrong

Well i guess he's been messing around down town
So sad to see the man losing ground
He's winding down behind closed doors
On all fours

Mama don't you call him my name
He can't hear you anymore
And even if he seems the same to you
That's a stranger to your door
Go on ask him what's he come here for

Oh my god a monkey can move a man
Send him to hell and home again
With an empty hand in the afternoon
Shooting for the moon

He's halfway sick and it's halfway stoned
He'd sure like to quit but he's too far far gone
And they'll wind him down with the methadone
He's all on his own

Baby don't you throw your love away
I hate to seem unkind
It's only that i understand the man
That the monkey can leave behind
And i used to think he was a friend of mine

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

It's like an ocean tide
Slowly washing my shores away
It's like the sun above
Now sooner or later
I'll have to face that way

Now she asks me how you're doing
And i tell her you're getting by
But it's pain and numbness
Side by side

You came on the scene
Like a star in the northern night
She spread her love to you
Like the warmth of a southern sky

And so it goes on
You know it's night and day
One always slips away
There's no one left to blame

Love falls down you know and your
And your heart falls to pieces
And your soul might get lost along the way

And all these songs
They used to make you shine
They are just lullabies for your nightmares
I don't want to shed your tears

I followed you northern star
And i shared the fall with you
Now i felt the cold glow of the sunset
And i saw that liar's moon

Some of us will come down to earth
Some of us will burn
Love's not always as bright as it should be
Tell me do you want to be free

Well your love falls down you know
And your heart might fall to pieces
And i saw your soul get lost along the way

All these songs now they used to make you shine
They are just lullabies for your nightmares
And i'll sing them softly now

Lately i've felt the warmth
Of the one who tore down my walls
But then i look at you
And your twilight consumes it all it does

Now i wished upon your falling star
Praying i won't fall that hard
And that my love is all it seems to be
Because i'll swear it set me free

But emily i gotta tell you i understand i understand
When your love flies away well honesty
That's about the best you can the best you can do
But aren't you empty inside
Aren't you

Falling star

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

Cold black coffee
Incessant stream of cars
Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fistful of grey stars
Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water
It won't stop from falling down

I grow weary waiting for my muse
But in between the times she comes
I still have to tie my shoes
And get on with my day
There are mornings when i'm more vigorous
And there are days i have to take the bus

Life's so rich
Life's so empty

Secret rendezvous
Long distance from a phone booth
Like two players in a mystery straight out of our youth
Well i'm finding that dramatics have lost their old appeal
I play the part of stoic lover but i'm not sure how i feel
I get discouraged waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are moments when amelia's right beside me
The next thing i know
I taste the salt of the sea

Life's so rich
Life's so empty

Cold black coffee
Incessant stream of cars
Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fistful of grey stars
Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water
It won't stop from falling down

I grow weary i'm waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are moments when amelia's right beside me
The next thing i know, i taste the salt of the sea

Life's so rich
Life's so empty
Life's so strange
Oh

You say she's a very good friend
Circumstances i should understand
But like recurring tide she comes on to you
And looks as though she's looking for a man
Honey don't make yourself so available
My pride's in my pocket but i can be reasonable
Still all in all i forsee my own fall
But i've climbed too far to drop
So stop

I know it's your ego keeps the smile on your face
Because you know you got your options open
She's a beguiling snake and she'll keep what she takes
But when she leaves you i'll be the one coping
Honey don't make yourself so available
My pride's in my pocket but i can be reasonable
Still through and through i can see clean through you
I know you like to be the one on top
But stop

You will miss my conversation
When you're talking to yourself
You'll be thumbing for advice
Through the pages of the novels on your shelf
Honey don't you see our love together's the very best bet
Put your focus on me and i'll forgive and forget
Throw away your hidden ace you clever man
And take my hand

You needn't play the part of your image
This is not a one act play we're living
And as long as i'm here the situation is clear
It'll be 50/50 take and giving
Honey don't you see a lifetime's not much to ask
Take off your costume and remove your mask
If yes is what you will say we're gonna start from today
We're gonna take it to the very top
And never stop

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

Mama take this badge off of me
I can't wear it anymore
It's getting too dark, too dark to see
And i feel like i'm
Feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
I feel like, i feel like i'm
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
I said i, i feel i'm
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama mama mama
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh

Take these guns and put em to the ground
I can't, i can't, i can't
I just can't shoot them anymore
There's a long black cloud
There's a long black cloud
You know it's a, it's a comin' down
I feel i, i feel i, i feel i'm
I feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Now i said mama mama
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh now
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Wipe this blood from my face
I can't see through the walls
Six white horses coming to carry me away
I feel i'm knockin' on heaven's door
I'm
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Gonna take me, gonna take me, gonna take me now
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Wipe this, wipe this, wipe this, wipe this
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh mama i'm
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama take these chains off of me
Cause i don't, i don't want them anymore
They're getting too damn heavy
And i'm crawling across the floor
I feel like, i feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door
Oh mama
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Ah mama mama mama
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Gonna take me, gonna take me, gonna take me
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh i'm
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
I'm knockin'
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh i'm knockin'
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Oh i'm i i i'm knockin'
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

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

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 there's something in us living
There's something you should know
There was a time for us to fall
Now it's time to grow
But you know it's not the way
That i intended it to be
Crossing hearts and killing souls
And trying to get down to what's real

All i ever wanted was to make this house a home
I let go of sinking sand won't you help me find a stone
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
Was to make this house a home

All i needed was your hand to hold
I spent so much time alone
I needed your direction
But we re-aligned my broken bones
Well they're running from a lifeless state
Somehow we lost our hold
All we have with us is change
Left over from what started out as gold

All i ever wanted was to make this house a home
I let go of sinking sand - won't you help me find a stone
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
Was to make this house a home

This is what i give to you
It's flesh and blood
It's body and soul
Won't you take what's left of who i am
And try to see it whole

I'm holding you responsible for every word i say
If you feel the brokenness
Won't you try and look the other way
I never meant to be so low
I only wanted you to see
That time was healing someone else
But it's tearing apart the very heart of me

This is what i give to you
It's flesh and blood
It's body and soul
Won't you take what's left of who i am
And try to see it whole

All i ever wanted was to make this house a home
I let go of sinking sand - won't you help me find a stone
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
All i ever wanted
Was to make this house a home
So make this house a home
Make this house a home
Make this house a home

Southern man better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come as last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man

I saw cotton
I saw black
Tall white fences
Little shacks
And southern man
When will you pay them back
I heard screaming
Bull whips cracking
How long how long
How

Southern man better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man
Southern man

Lilly belle your hair is golden brown
I've seen your black man coming round
I swear by god i'm gonna cut him down
I heard screaming
Bull whips cracking
How long how long
How

Southern man better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man

Another night in a succession
Thinly glued with beer and wine
It's a precarious profession
Every day at work sees your heart on the line
Maybe i should have gone to business school
Or gained myself a respectable trade
Or stayed in childhood where the shade keeps you cool
Making my living selling lemonade
But running through my veins
Are the words and the refrains
As if they were my lifeblood itself
And you know i can't stay alive on the food of 9 to 5
My dreams are just old picture on the shelf
Oh yeah

I remember the folks said give it a try
Or you'll never know who you might have been
And just remember nothing is the end of the world
Until the world comes to an end
Still there's a point to this philosophy
(when you take a look inside)
Of taking a look at who you are
Still sometimes all i have to help me see
Are all the mirrors behind the bar
But running through my veins
Are the words and the refrains
As if they were my lifeblood itself
And you know i can't stay alive on the food of 9 to 5
My dreams are just old picture on the shelf
Oh yeah

But running through my veins
Are the words and the refrains
As if they were my lifeblood itself
And you know i can't stay alive on the food of 9 to 5
My dreams are just old picture on the shelf
Oh yeah

There on those days when the sun barely touches the sky
Your eyes are so heavy with the morning
And there you lie on the horizon of my mind
Streams flow through the consciousness of time
And i follow your every movement for a clue to you

You cover my eyes with your deepness
You wrap my soul in the beauty of it all
You take me away from my incompleteness
Lead me all the way or not at all
And time's too precious here
I can't wait for clues to you
I can't wait for clues to you

Don't wake me if i'm dreaming, no, no, no, this is my reality
If i touch you tell me will you blow away
Please don't move now until you set me free - set me free

I can't wait for clues to you

Name the time and i'll be your place
Remove my eyes from this deathly haze
Now i've been living shades of blue and grey
Don't you know i'm ready for a brighter phase
And time's too precious here
I can't wait for clues to you
I can't wait for clues to you

Won't you catch me if i fall too fast
Don't let me fly too high
You've released me from my earthly grasp
And now you've got me in your skies - in your skies

I can't wait for clues to you
Now i don't want to wait anymore for clues

Let it rain
Let it wash on down

Can't wait for clues to you
I don't want to wait anymore for clues

Day after day i'm more confused
Still i look for the sun through the pouring rain
You know that's a game that i hate to lose
And i'm feeling the strain
Ain't it a shame

Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Beginning to think that i'm wasting time
I don't understand the things i do
World outside looks so unkind
And i'm counting on you to carry me through

Oh give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
I said give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

When my mind is free
You know that a melody can move me
And when i'm feeling blue
The guitars coming through to soothe me

Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know i believe in your song
Rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You've helped me along making me strong


Oh give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
I said give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away all right
I said give me the beat boys and free my soul
(oh now it's time to come on and free my soul)
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
(we're gonna drift away)
Why don't you give me the beat boys and free my soul
(take me, take me, take me away)
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
(oh)
I said give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

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
But go go go

Five generations running fast
These things will not pass
This debtor's blood runs in my veins
I can't change anything
I said no no no

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

So you've learned to cry
But you don't know why
So you've learned to laugh
What are we laughing at

So 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
And i said go go 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

Oh people
Look around you
The signs are everywhere
You've left it for somebody other than you
To be the one to care
You're lost inside your houses
And there's no time to find you now
Well your walls are turning
Your towers are burning
Gonna leave you here
And try to get down to the sea somehow

The road is filled with homeless souls
Every woman child and man
Who have no idea where they will go
But they'll help you if they can
But everyone must have some thought
That's gonna pull them through somehow
While the fires are raging hotter and hotter
The sisters of the sun are gonna
Rock me on the water now

Rock me on the water
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
Rock me on the water
I'll get down the sea somehow

Oh people
Look among you
It's there your hope must lie
There's a seabird above you
Gliding in one place
Like jesus in the sky
We all must do the best we can
And then hang on the that gospel plow
When my life is over
Gonna stand before the father
And the sisters of the sun are gonna
Rock me on the water now

Rock me on the water
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
Rock me on the water
Maybe i'll remember
Maybe i'll remember how

Rock me on the water
I said the wind is with me now
So rock me on the water
I'll get down the sea somehow

Rock me on the water
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
Rock me on the water
I'll get down the sea somehow

When this old world starts a getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space

On the roof it's peaceful as can be
And there the world below don't bother me
Oh no

So when i come home feeling tired and beat
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet
And get far away from the hustling crowd
And all that rat race noise down in the street

On the roof that's the only place i know
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Let's go up on the roof

At night the stars they put on a show for free
Yes they do
And darling you can share it all with me

That's what i said i keep on telling you
That right smack dab in the middle of town
I found a paradise that's trouble free
And if this old world stars getting you down
There's room enough for two up on the roof

At night the stars they put on a show for free yeah
And darling you can share it all with me

That's what i said i keep on telling you
That right smack dab in the middle of town
I found a paradise that's trouble free
If this old world stars getting you down
There's room enough for two up on the roof
Up on the roof oh yeah
Up on the roof

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

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 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

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."

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

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

In my mind i'm going to carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moon shining
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
It hit me from behind
And i'm going to carolina in my mind

Karen she's a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shining
Watch her watch the morning come
A silver tear appearing now i'm crying ain't i
I'm going to carolina in my mind

There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
That loves the finest thing around
Whisper something soft and kind
Hey babe the sky's on fire i'm dying well ain't i
I'm going to carolina in my mind

In my mind i'm going to carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moon shining
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
And i'm going to carolina in my mind

Dark and silent late last night
I think i might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
Signs that might be omens say i going going
I'm going to carolina in my mind
Now with a holy host of others standing round me
Still i'm on the dark side of the moon
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If i'm up and going to carolina in my mind

In my mind i'm going to carolina
Can't you see the sunshine
Can't you just feel the moon shining
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
And i'm going to carolina in my mind
Going to carolina in my mind
Going to carolina in my mind

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

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

All the girls with anorexia are on the street tonight
And the boys in the band think they look just fine
And i dont even know why i drove this car down congress avenue
Hoping to find you turning on the light

Well you seem like a girl with the world on your side
But its just a point of view
And you know how quickly that could change too
See i heard you were free or someone thinks you should be
And i know just how that feels
I thought maybe we could just talk for a while

Cause baby i got something to stand for
I got somewhere we could go home
I just need someone to stand with
See it ain't no good this feeling alone

When you said that you'd go down to mexico
Well i think that i might go there too
But its probably too late to find someone like you
Yeah it sounds really cool to be without a care in some southern town
But i heard there's trouble down there if you're chiapas bound

Yeah it sounds really cool to be without a care in some southern town
But i heard there's trouble down there if you're chiapas bound

Anybody looking on they can see you're not so good
People in the know they can see i miss you
In the night with no one to hear me i'm afraid and i cry
Seasons change but there's nothing changes my mind

I've been loving you too long and i can't seem to stop
You are my lifeline you make me happy
I said that, had to say it baby
Who on earth ever held me like you
I'd like to see someone try
Love by you and no other loving will do

In your time baby come back to me please
Don't leave this girl lost in space
You're the only one who could guide me out of this maze

When you're down and troubled
And you need some love and care
And nothing, no nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon i will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know wherever i am
I'll come running oh yeah
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you've got to do is call
And i'll be there
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
Should grow dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep you head together
And call my name out loud
Soon i'll be knocking upon your door

You just call out my name
And you know wherever i am
I'll come running oh yes i will now
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you've got to do is call
And i'll be there
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Hey ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
Oh they'll hurt you and desert you
Well take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah but don't you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever i am
I'll come running oh yes i will now
To see you again
Don't you know about
Winter, spring, summer or fall hey now
All you've got to do is call
And i'll be there
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(yes i will)
You've got a friend
You've got a friend
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend
(you've got a friend)
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend
(you've got a friend)
You've got a friend
Oh yeah yeah
You've got a friend

Hello cowgirl in the sand
Is this place at your command
Can i stay here for awhile
Can i see your sweet sweet smile
Old enough now to change your name
So many love you is it the same
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game

Hello ruby in the dust
Has you band begun to rust
After all the sin we've had
I was hoping that we'd turn back
Old enough now to change your name
When so many love you is it the same
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game

Hello woman of my dreams
You know it's not, it's not the way it seems
All these purple words on a grey background
To be a woman and to be turned down
Old enough now to change your name
So many love you is it the same
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game

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)

I saw a vision
Little boy
You covered up your own insights
But i may have held your hand
Or seen the ghost you tried to fight

Oh a vision
Little boy
You strayed down to find the clowns
Oh and when i wrote these lines for you
Not, not one of them was found

Blame the circus and the clowns
Before you blame yourself
Cause when your greatest needs go unforgiven
And your gifts go unreceived

Little boy
Man of need
Who could know that the road would fall
Not me not one of us
That surrounds your golden walls

So now blame the circus and the clowns
Before you blame yourself
Cause all your greatest needs go unforgiven
All your gifts go unreceived

Who could know of the fall
Who could slow the speed
Who could hold your hand
We all laughed and thought you were so free

Vision boy
Man of need
Oh do the monkeys get you down
Oh they promise you the dance of life
Complete with laughters crown

Little boy
Man of need
Did you find the freak show and a crowd
I said cut the canvas on the tent
Oh we were all innocent

Blame the circus and the clowns
Before you blame yourself
When your greatest needs go unforgiven
And your gifts go unreceived
Oh your greatest needs go unforgiven
And your gifts they go unreceived

Little boy
Man of need

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

Thought you were one who wouldn't run
Who wouldn't do me wrong
But the song that you were singing
Was the same old heartache song
You treat me fine and you wined and dined
And i believed you when you said
"i love you babe," but your only aim
Was to get me in your bed
Now i don't even like you no more
But i can't get you off of my mind
Baby you've got me livin' in
Heartache central time
Heartache central
Heartache central
Heartache central time

Anytime is a hurting time
With a hurting heart like mine
God knows i'd get over you
If only i could find
A way to get my hurtin' heart
Off heartache central time

Remember last september
When you looked into my eyes
I should have known that the love you'd shown
Was nothing more than lies
I fell for you and i know it's true
That i should have stopped myself
But my lonely heart was too alone
To hurt all by itself
Now i don't even like you no more
But i can't get you off of my mind
Baby you've got me livin' in
Heartache central time
Heartache central
Heartache central
Heartache central time

Anytime is a hurting time
With a hurting heart like mine
God knows i'd get over you
If only i could find
A way to get this hurtin' heart
Off heartache central time

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

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

I wrote a letter to my senator
Came back address unknown
Put a call in to the president
He wouldn't come to the phone
Now how in the hell can a person
Feel safe and secure at home
When all the decisions are being made
By big boys getting stoned

Now i've been listening and watching
Looks like somethings caught in the gears
I can't seem to find a groove
There's something going on around here
Yeah

So took a train to the white house
Wrote this song on the way
I knocked at the oval office
I sure of what i had to say
Well they looked at me kind of funny
Asked me what group i was with
I said i come on my own to represent
The group that don't take no shit

Now i've been listening and watching
Looks like somethings caught in the gears
I can't seem to find a groove
There's something going on around here
Yeah

What's wrong in the company
Words been going down
He's jepardizing the future
So he can get what he wants right now
Said level the mountains for gold
Fill up the sea with iron
What the hell jesus is coming
And the waiting is making me tired

Now i've been listening and watching
It looks like somethings caught in the gears
I can't seem to find a groove
There's something going on around here

Hey mr. nunn sir
Please tell me this
Why do you boys engage
In pornographic bliss
Up and down to boulevards
Of military towns
T & a and cheap hotels
For them to throw down
It's a release they say
It's the american way
It's not a soldiers preference
That makes him wrong or right
It's how he lives and how he acts
That makes him serve his country right

Now i've been listening and watching
It looks like somethings caught in the gears
I can't seem to find a groove
There's something going on around here
Yeah

I don't think you understand
Oh the rhythm of my heart
There's a strong line to mind and soul
I feel it tearing apart
I've been searching for new words
Gonna make you understand in a different way
When i told you i'd hang on forever
I threw my choice away
And it's cold as ice
I can't let go
It's cold as ice
Baby but i need your love

And i wish i could have been the first one
Oh to walk out the door
The more i find myself to blame
The less there is to come back for
You wish you could have been the last one
To tell me how you really feel
Cause when you closed the door oh deep inside
My heart it still seemed so sincere
And it's cold as ice
I can't let go oh
It's cold as ice
Baby but i need your love

It's cold as ice
I can't let go
It's cold as ice
Baby but i need your love

If there's a message to this madness
Well it still seems quite unclear
If i really need to save myself
Why can't i just walk out of here
There's a message in your eyes
And you make it perfectly plain
Either i leave your heart behind
Or crack beneath this freezing
Freezing freezing freezing rain
Cold as ice
(cold as ice)
I can't let go
(but i can't let go)
Cold as ice
Baby but i
But i need your love


All right
I said i'm cold
Cold i'm cold
(cold as ice)
Cold i'm cold
(baby)
Cold i'm cold
(cold as ice darling)
Cold as ice
(cold as ice)
Oh no but i can't let go
(i said i'm freezing, freezing)
Oh no no i can't let go
(freezing, freezing, freezing, freezing)
No no i'm cold as ice
(whoa whoa baby yeah)
I'm cold as ice
But i can't let go
No

Words and music emily saliers

Jet fuel and traffic lines
Pulling up to the delta signs
Distant shape of my hometown
Black stain where the wheels touch down

I pick up the morning news
I pass the man who's never shined my shoes
Through security and to the train
That will take me to the airplane

Count the miles on the highway
(count the miles on the highway)
The sum of all my days
(the sum of all my days)
There's a postcard there's a call
(there's a call)
And there's a picture for your bedroom wall
(bedroom wall)

But do you ever wonder through and through
Who's that person standing next to you
(who's that person standing next to you)
And after all the nights apart
Is there a home for a travelling heart

But if i weren't leaving you
(if i weren't leaving, if i weren't leaving you)
I don't know what i would do
(i would do)
But the more i go the less i know
Will the fire still burn on my return
Keep the path lit on the only road i know
Honey all i know to do is go

A cup of coffee and my bags are packed
(coffee and my bags are packed)
The same vow not to look back
(same vow not to look back)
(if i weren't leaving)
Familiar emptiness inside
(familiar emptiness inside)
As the distances grow wide
(if i weren't leaving)

And though i vow to memorize
(i vow to memorize)
The last look in your loving eyes
(the last look in your loving eyes)
It's here dusk and there dawn
Oh it's like a curtain getting slowly drawn

But if i weren't leaving you
(if i weren't leaving, if i weren't leaving you)
I don't know what i would do
(i would do)
But the more i go the less i know
Will the fire still burn on my return
Keep the path lit on the only road i know
Honey all i know to do is go

But if i weren't leaving you
(if i weren't leaving, if i weren't leaving you)
I don't know what i would do
(i would do)
(leaving you)
But the more i go it seems the less i know
(but the more i go the less i know)
Will the fire still burn on my return
(will the fire still burn on my return)
Keep the path lit on the only road i know
(keep the path lit on the only road i know)
Honey all i know to do is go

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