I've been away a year and a day
You recognize love after the fact
You did what you did and that was that
Don't say words that you don't mean
When I'm gone, please speak well of me
Looking back now
I only wish I had been kinder
Did I ever know love, did I ever know love?
And could I have been blinder?
Don't hold back all your love for someday, for someday
I would say that I'm sorry if it would do any good
But to never regret means you have to forget
This is not a lullaby,
one that makes you close your eyes
Here's a song that will not try
to hold you in my arms
This is not a true love song,
one that lifts your heart along
Because you know it's being sung
to hold you in my arms
The rain it falls
right outside your door
and you know if you call
I'll be there, I'll be there
whatever you call me for
This is just a quiet tune,
to bring the light into your room
When I'm not right in front of you
to hold you in my arms
This is not a lullaby
to keep the clouds out of the sky,
to be sure you will not cry
when I hold you in my arms
Don't know why you do the things you do do do
Holding it together with some glue glue glue
Your favorite color isn't red it's blue blue blue
No one knows a red red rose
So you never get the things you need need need
Where it's hurt you cover up
with weeds weeds weeds
Open it back up and let it bleed bleed bleed
No one knows it's a red red rose
I'm not yours, you're not mine
Hope you find love in time
Memories come back like falling leaves leaves leaves
Never get to love by saying please please please
Praying only gets you on your knees knees knees
No one knows a red red rose
Take your time putting on
your clothes clothes clothes
Look into the mirror and you pose pose pose
Learn to live with everything you chose chose chose
Well I know that life is hard,
you make it all right
And I know how dark you get
late in the night
I'm gonna add my effort to you
I'm gonna add my effort to you
Try and love you
You feel wronged by everything
that hasn't been right
Why can't we sit and watch TV
'til late in the night?
Oh don't take it away, oh don't take it away
When it's dark you say it is
because there's no light
And though it's not I'll say it is
I went to the market
though it was threatening rain
I was late to the station
so I missed that train
And the streets filled with umbrellas
and we all looked the same
But I'm the one who's waiting
'til the sun comes out again
I was made for sunny days
I made do with grey, but I didn't stay
I was made for sunny days
And I was made for you
Found a book you gave me
When we were first in bloom
When I thought that you might save me
from the dark side of the moon
Instead we both went walking
through the shadows and the gloom
And we never did stop talking
And you still light up the room
Oh, the nights are longer
Oh, you make me stronger
And the late light lingers on the grass
And the nights are dark but then they pass
They don't seem so deep
I'm still losing sleep but I don't mind,
no I don't mind
Got you a winter jacket
that our baby wears around
And we chase him through the springtime
and the sleeves drag on the ground
And every hour we're working
and work and play are bound
And every day is Sunday
Gray, quiet and tired and mean
Picking at a worried seam
I try to make you mad at me over the phone.
Red eyes and fire and signs
I'm taken by a nursery rhyme
I want to make a ray of sunshine and never leave home
No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No,no, no, no, no, nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you.
The road gets cold, there's no spring in the middle this year
I'm the new chicken clucking open hearts and ears
Oh, such a prima donna, sorry for myself
But green, it is also summer
And I won't be warm till I'm lying in your arms
No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No,no, no, no, no, nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you.
I see it all through a telescope: guitar, suitcase, and a warm coat
Lying in the back of the blue boat, humming a tune
Oooooooooooooooo Ooooooooooooooooo
No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no wine
No, no, no, no, no, nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have
No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No, no, no, no, no, nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you
I've gotta have you, gotta have you
Can I get up in the moming
Put the kettle on
Make us some coffee, say "hey" to the sun...
Is it enough to write a song and sing it to the birds?
They'd hear just the tune
Not understand my love for words
But you would hear me and know
I want only this, I want to live
I want to live a simple life.
I dreamed you first
But not so real
And everyday since I've found you
Such moments we steal
Like little thieves, we rub our hands
We hold our hearts between them.
But will you hear me and know?
I want only this, I want to live
I want to live a simple life.
Move on, move on
Time is accelerating.
Drive on all night
Traffic lights and one-ways.
Move on, move on
Parking violations waiting
Turn off the car, breathe the air
Let's stay here.
I'll kiss you awake, and we'll have time
To know our neighbors all by name
And every star at night.
We'll weave our days together like waves
And particles of light.
I want only this, I want to live
Friday I can't see the use
Get the hell right out of Dodge
Slip the traffic like a noose
On the trail of some mirage
Every time it comes
I think my luck will stay
Drive all the way
To Vegas baby
Got no aces up my sleeve
Got nowhere to rest my head
Got no money sir to lose
And the sky is turning red
And I change out of my jeans
On the road beside the lake
Like the skies that I have seen
When I have been asleep-awake
Take the rain as a sign
Get myself dressed to the nines
And I will pay for this
Somewhere down the line
And I'm flying through the heat
The Mexicali radio
Every car is like a prayer
Out in the harbor
The ships come in, it's Christmastime
The kids all holler carols 'cross the water
Stars that shine
All that I want, all that I want
Above the rooftops
The full moon dips its golden spoon
I wait on clip-clops, deer might fly
Why not? I met you
All that I want, all that I want
And when the night is falling
Down the sky at midnight
Another year is stalling
Far away a good bye, good night
All that I want., all that I want, all that I want
So small a turning
The world grows older every day
An ache, a yearning
Soften when I hear you say
All that I want, all that I want
And when the cold wind's blowing
Snow drifts through the pine trees
In houses lights are glowing
Likewise in your eyes that find me here
With all that I want.
Out in the harbor
The ships come in, it's Christmastime
It's Christmastime
Dance with me darling, the night is falling
You never answer although all my life I'm calling
Be my honeypie, never say goodbye
If you don't love me I will die
Be my honeypie
You turn me on, keep me up 'til dawn
Come and get me, baby
because soon I will be gone
What good are the stars above
if you're not in love?
Let me make it right, stay with me tonight
When everyone has gone to sleep and you are wide awake
there's no one left to tell your troubles to.
Just an hour ago, you listened to their voices
lilting like a river over underground
and the light from downstairs came up soft like daybreak
dimly as the heartache of a lonely child.
If you can't remember a better time
you can have mine, little one.
In days to come when your heart feels undone
may you always find an open hand
and take comfort wherever you can.
And oh, it's a strange place.
And oh, everyone with a different face
but just like you thought when you stopped here to linger
we're only as separate as your little fingers.
So cry, why not? we all do
then turn to one you love
and smile a smile that lights up all the room.
Follow your dreams in through every out-door
it seems that's what we're here for.
And when you can't remember a better time
you can have mine, little one.
In days to come when your heart feels undone
may you always find an open hand
and take comfort, there is comfort.
If I don't stand out like a star among the moons.
If I'm always late and he always backs away too soon.
I walk the world with a skin so thin,
I can wear no adequate protection,
everything comes crashing in.
If I'm too wide open for this place,
but not enough for him to recognize my face.
How will he find me
with no one's arms to gather me together?
How will he find me?
Only held by gravity, faded with uncertainty,
no longer young and not that pretty,
how will he ever find me?
It never seems to matter, the tears I cry,
there's a well inside me that never runs dry
from being born I guess, and born again until we die.
The music and the hope for love keep me alive.
Still I wonder, how will he find me?
And what shall I do with a drunken heart
with goggle eyes and the troubling hunger
reaching forward to trick mirror men,
leaning out and in again.
If love is a game, how can it be creation?
And if I'm wasting my time,
It's not now or never.
It's not black, and it's not white.
Anything worth anything takes more than a few days
and a long, long night.
Don't push so hard against the world, no, no.
You can't do it all alone, and if you could
would you really want to?
Even though you're a big strong girl
come on, come on, lay it down.
The best made plans are your open hands.
Rest your head.
You've got two pillows to choose from
in a queen-sized bed.
Hold out for the moon
but don't expect connection any time soon.
Feel the light caress your fingertips.
You have just begun, the word has only left your lips.
Maybe in time, you will find
your arms are wrapped around the sun
Tell it to the judge, man.
Tell it to your motherless reflection.
In a sock and one shoe
after the great defection
he said, "tell a lie sometimes, tell the truth
when it suits you, and when you've lost your way
tell a story."
Tell your story, tell it, tell it.
Tell your story to anyone who'll listen.
Tell your story, don't stop talking
just tell your story walking.
Listing through Carol Gardens
on the way to Cobble Hill
I stopped by a psychic's dusty, wilted windowsill.
Forgot what she told me, mostly
but I remember one thing she said
"You may slip and call some lousy fuck your friend
but in the end you'll come out even
then, tell your story."
And it's a sorry, frightful thing
when you want to cry, but you can't keep from laughing.
Outside the church that's so quiet it dares you to shout
you put a hand to your mouth to stop the rain.
You do a St. Vitus dance, to the sky you raise your
voice.
This is your chance, you have no choice
Face you can't seem to find
A faint light leaks through the blinds
I'm sorry you take it so hard
Put down at the root
You stare down at your shoes
I'm sorry you take it so hard
Don't pay no mind, baby
Don't pay no mind, they're crazy
They don't know you at all
They won't care if you fall
Hear me now, you'll be fine
Don't pay no mind
Reach for a helping hand
The last one just left you standing
Sorry you took it so hard
You make your name to sell the show
They leave you standing at the door
I'm sorry the world is so hard
Don't pay no mind, baby
Don't pay no mind, they're crazy
They don't know you at all
They won't care if you fall
Hear me now, you'll be fine
Don't pay no mind
Someday when they all say they love you
They raise you up, there's no one above you
Just remember what really holds you
Remember what I told you
Don't pay no mind, baby
Don't pay no mind, they're crazy
They don't know you at all
They won't care if you fall
Hear me now, you'll be fine
Don't pay no mind
Don't pay no mind, baby
Don't pay no mind, they're crazy
They don't know you like I do
I know sometimes I let them through
But hear me now, you'll be fine
Don't pay no mind
beautiful
fragile summer blossoms in a frost
open to the world,
brief and lovely
a momentary
spark
leaves in fall
fire on the sky
blaze our memory
with a visual tattoo
to keep at bay
the dreary of
bleak & cold & blue
but we can keep warm
all year long
i know how to
every each day through
i want to do with you
what spring does with the cherry trees
i want to do with you
what spring does
i want to do with you
what spring does with the cherry trees
i want to do with you
what spring does
sometimes our love is like a mountain
solid & steep, grounded in heat
& sometimes we rage like a river
cold & fast then quiet & deep
we ride the storm
'cause when it's through
we have changed
& love is new
i want to do with you
what spring does with the cherry trees
i want to do with you
what spring does
i want to do with you
what spring does with the cherry trees
i want to do with you
Arms around my body
Kisses on my skin
I walk away
I walk away
But he lingers
Maybe it should matter
More to be myself
I walk away
I walk away
But he lingers
And everyone says
This love will change you
Well I ask, does anything ever stay the same
No, no, no
Just same changes
Ooh (changes, the same)
Ooh (changes, the same)
In the magic hour
Lantern petals glow
I walk away
I walk away
But you linger
Light as any flower
You don’t even know
You pick me up
You pick me up
With two fingers
And everyone says
This love will change you
Well I ask, does anything ever stay the same
No, no, no
Just same changes
Ooh (changes, the same)
Ooh (changes, the same)
Every day I want to freeze frame
Scrambling my sleep to keep this fragile frame
From the wind, from the driving rain
Soon as it begins it begins to change its strange
changes
Ooh (changes, the same)
Ooh (changes, the same)
Careful and with patience
Hold this tender heart
Leave a well of tiny threads with two fingers
Standing in the garden
Gathering the dusk
We hold the sun and golden one and we linger
And everyone says
This love will change you
Well I ask, isn’t that what love’s supposed to do
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It’s same changes
Ooh (changes, the same)
Ooh (changes, the same)
Ooh (changes, the same)
Friday 13, lights go red, green, in a coffee shop
I'm giving you the look
While someone else
Is fingering your wallet in my pocketbook
It's a mean town but I don't care
Try and steal this
Can't steal happiness
Got a charger, no cell phone, I can't call out
Unless it's to cry your name out the open window
To a sky that looks right back
And says it's never seen rain
Sometimes you gotta start clean
You gotta begin not begin again, oh no
And as we fly around the sun
We know we're not the only ones
Love for the lonely
It's been a long time coming
Can you hear that hopeful heart?
Night settles, still working on a way to breathe
Don't you go, don't you go down
Rain turns the sand into mud
Wind turns the trees into bone
Stars turning high up above
You turn me into somebody loved
Nights when the heat had gone out
We danced together alone
Cold turned our breath into clouds
We never said what we were dreaming of
But you turned me into somebody loved
Someday when we're old and worn
Like two softened shoes
I will wonder on how I was born
The night I first ran away from you
Now my feet turn the corner back home
Sun turns the evening to rose
Stars turning high up above
Where we live spring comes early
Trees in bloom when the northern country
is covered in snow
A windy fitful day in winter
charging toward the Ides of May
The climate now is cling to splinters
We hold hands while we work and play
and hope tomorrow is a sunny day
Where we live men are women
Women are teenage boys
and everyone wants to look like them,
but be like men
Rubens would have loved you
and painted you that way
With your pen and paper,
paying quiet attention to a lady with a plastic face
Got three dollars burnin' in my pocket, I know, I know
Got three dollars burnin' in my pocket, I know, I know
I got, I got, I got to keep it there
I got an old ghost locked in my closet, I know, I know
I got an old ghost locked in my closet, I know, I know
I got, I got, I got to keep it there
I came down on a bottle rocket
Found my heart right where I locked it
Last night like rain on chalk
It's gone like money in my pocket
See those stars shinin' in your eyes, I know, I know
See those stars shinin' in your eyes, I know, I know
I got, I got, I got to keep them there
I came down on a bottle rocket
Found my heart right where I locked it
Last night like rain on chalk
It's gone like money in my pocket
All my troubles in the rear view mirror, I know, I know
All my troubles in the rear view mirror, I know, I know
I got, I got, I got to keep them there
To keep them there
To keep them there
Lovers walk two by two,
doing things lovers do
They're in love, where am I?
I see them on my way home,
how I hate to be alone
They're in love, where am I?
I guess I have to hope
that today the sun will shine
And maybe tomorrow you'll be mine
Until that day I will wait
and watch the lovers on the lake
They're in love, where am I?
I walk alone on lover's land,
past the kisses in the rain
They're in love, where am I?
Maybe if you came about
Maybe if you turned this ship around
If you waited this one out
and just put your head down
Oh, in your dreams you find out
Though it's not quite how you remember
In your dreams you find out
Everything's greener
You're still hard to please
Maybe if you lightened up
Maybe if you wrote that anthem
Raising high a Dixie Cup
Don't put your hand down
What is it worth to you to be a free someone?
What is it worth to you? What would you do?
Everything.
Maybe if you came about
Baby don't you run this ship aground
Feet of water in the well
but you can't keep her head down
16 balloons against the blue
they're red, they're red like a dream come true
Sure it was enough to give them to you
to watch you let them go, let them go
Empty your hands
of overheard conversations
Empty your hands
static from the big bang
and dinosaur radio stations
Empty your hands
genocides in foreign nations
Empty your hands and look up
His eyes are wide and beautiful,
my own feel dull and old
They can't recall some buoyancy,
they've had too much to hold, let them go
Floating past a daytime moon
transparent as a shell
Rubies in a well, sixteen apples on a tree
we never would have seen
if his fingers weren't so free
Our baby learned to run today
in circles on the grass
His joyful face it radiates
Always been like a hummingbird
And I can't keep still
Listen up, lover listen up, I never will
Wings move faster than the human eye
And if you could see my heart
Well, if you could see my heart,
Kept from flying outwards
Somehow I don't know
Wonder I don't come apart
Wonder I don't come apart
Hold out your hand
Yours is the only one that I dare land upon
Stole a ruby necklace
From the chamber of a queen
Distraction for my heart
Distraction for my heart
Thrumming like a diver's every time you're near
The only sound I hear, it's the only sound I hear
Sweetness captures honeybees in time
Amber like your eyes, amber like your eyes
Maybe there's a season when I'll taste that wine
Dating a porn star, it isn't all roses
She leaves you home on a Saturday night
You can go crazy with thoughts and supposes
Lose the thin thread between what's wrong and right
So Starlight won't you kiss me
For I have missed you so
Just like the others
And all of their brothers
I've come to see the show
The strip club crowd looks like a sad constellation
But I hold your heart like the sky holds the moon
I'm cast down outside 'cause they don't allow boyfriends
Star won't you tell me you're coming home soon
Playing cards with the bouncer to let me back in
I hear them announce her and I hear her begin
Sometimes I think that I was born to lose
My money, my shirt, my socks and my shoes
Dating a porn star, it's bad news brother
You wonder how long 'til the coming of day
And wait by the sparkly curtains of heaven
No money, no friends
You just passed the end
How do you get high?
You don't drink, don't smoke
You'll live long, you hope
How do you get high?
I'm down with no plans
One thing I don't understand
How do you get high?
Long pipe, big bowl
You feel good, you feel old
How do you get high?
You leave early, you stay late
You smile while your heart breaks
How do you get high?
Long past no hope
You're fixed, you're broke
How do you get high?
No money, no friends
You just passed the end
It always rained around you
We tried to go inside and it would rain there too
It came pouring through the roof when we traveled underground
Whiskey, water, and tears 'til I thought that we would drown
Jolene, Jolene
Is it still raining everywhere you are?
We didn't hide from it at all
No we just let it fall
In the morning she was gone and everything was dry
The city streets were crowded and I felt like I would die
Now there's sunshine and flowers everywhere
And I don't care
All of these clouds will disappear
Like we were never here
But I swear there was a time I thought that it would never stop
Give me a fag, I need a drag
Give me a drink, I could go insain
What are you doing in the attick
Why are dressedin leather and plastic
I don’t know what’s going on
the smell between your legs is to stong
You’ve got everything I need
It is you what makes me see sheets
Leather and whippings are making me high
I take a try, yes i take a try
Leather and whippings, masochisme (3x)
I get on my back, when you attack
Don’t know that, you deflect
The leahter and fixation
Give me sexual inspiration
I’m all yours, make me kneal
Leather honey, so let me heal
Make me die, on my way
I’m the one, look my way
Make it look real
Get me for heal
Just another day
Stays the same
people think its right
But who said the right way?!
Theres nothing we can do
Just slow down
we'll take revenge
Trying not to fall
in that hell they're into
Following the TV
Breaks you in two
I think its time for us
to realize
as we open our eyes
This world
is full of
Oh Oh Bitches that we can't compete with
Oh Oh who think they re better than you and me
Oh Oh full of bitches but just slow down
(we'll take revenge )
Doesn't have to be
clear at all
What you gotta prove
whats it's all been for!?
Nothing we can do
Just slow down
we'll take revenge
Trying not to fall
in that hell they're into
Following the TV
Breaks you in two
I think its time for us
to realize
as we open our eyes
This world is full of
Oh Oh Full of bitches that we cant compete with
Oh Oh who think they re better than you and me
Oh Oh Bitches but just slow down
(we'll take revenge )
Oh Oh ( just slow )
Oh Oh ( just slow down )
Oh Oh ( just slow )
Oh Oh
Just slow down (slow down)
Trying not to fall
in that hell we're into
Following the TV
Breaks you in two
I think its time for us
to realize
as we open our eyes
This world is full of
Oh Oh Full of bitches that we cant compete with
Oh Oh who think they re better than you and me
Oh Oh Bitches but just slow down
The sun is sleeping , take me somewhere new
Show me again the star you gave me
so you can see
how sweet you were with me
But one day I told you that I was in love
It was too much for you, too much 'cos
you were confused
Oh that you were sure of
Chorus :
I really wanna tell you that I'm not in love
The stars are in the sky and the moon's high above
And i know
Dont wanna see the sunrise alone
I wanna see the sunrise with you
don't you realize
Why can't you see you've just gone blind
Tell me why
when you think about me you smile
You're everything I ever dreamed of
you're so different , you're great , but wait
Don't go
Just pretend you haven't heard at all
And now I can read each thought that's in your head
It didn't work my way , let's try it your way
I know we are friends
but I feel that is not enough
I really wanna tell you that I'm not in love
The stars are in the sky and the moon's high above
And i know
Dont wanna see the sunrise alone
I really wanna tell you that I'm not in love
The stars are in the sky and the moon's high above
And i want you to see
that our love is not gone easily
And now I can read each thought that's in your head
It didn't work my way , let's try it your way
I know we are friends
but I feel that is not enough
I really wanna tell you that I'm not in love
The stars are in the sky and the moon's high above
And i know
Dont wanna see the sunrise alone
I really wanna tell you that I'm not in love
The stars are in the sky and the moon's high above
And i know
Dont wanna see the sunrise alone
I really wanna tell you that I'm not in love
The stars are in the sky and the moon's high above
And i want
you to see
that our love
Oh....
Pictures on tv and on your wall
walking down the street they're all your eyes look for
so look at me
dont make me jealous boy
everytime I walk in your door
its fashion tv, madonna and kylie
your fantasies
you make me jealous boy
I'll take revenge
Oh oh, pictures that we cant compete with
Oh oh, think they re better than u and me
Oh oh cant u see..
Oh oh...you make me so..
Throw that magazine on the floor
and take a look at me,
cant stand it anymore
oh you should know
u make me jealous boy
U think u re gonna meet a movie star
whats it gonna be
is it me or her?
just realize, u make me jealous boy
I'll take revenge
Oh oh, pictures that we cant compete with
Oh oh, think they re better than u and me
Oh oh cant u see..
Oh oh...you make me so..
ah ah ah...make me
ah ah ah..u make me so...
ah ah ah..u make me so jealous boy...
ah ah ah make me...
SURFIN' SAFARI
Let's go surfin' now
Everybody's learning how
Come on a safari with me
(Come on a safari with...)
Early in the morning we'll be startin' out
Some honeys will be coming along
We're loading up our woody with our boards inside
And headin' out singing our song
Come on (surf route) baby wait and see (surfin' safari)
Yes I'm gonna (surfin route) take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me
Come along (surfin route) baby wait and see (surfin' safari)
Yes I'm gonna (surfin route) take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me
Let's go surfin' now Everybody's learning how
Come on a safari with me (Come on a safari with...)
At Huntington and Malibu They're shooting the pier
At Rincon they're walking the nose
We're going on safari to the islands this year
So if you're coming get ready to go
Come on (surfin') baby wait and see (surfin' safari)
Yes I'm gonna (surf route) take you surfin' (surfin' safari)with me
Come along (surf route) baby wait and see (surfin' safari)
Yes I'm gonna (surf route) take you surfin' (surfin' safari)with me
Let's go surfin' now Everybody's learning how
Come on a safari with me (Come on a safari with...)
They're anglin' in Laguna in Cerro Azul
They're kicking out in Dohini too
I tell you surfing's mighty wild it's getting bigger every day
From Hawaii to the shores of Peru
Come on (surf route) baby wait and see (surfin' safari)
Yes I'm gonna (surf route) take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me
Come along (surf route) baby wait and see (surfin' safari)
Yes I'm gonna (surf route) take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me
Let's go surfin' now Everybody's learning how
Come on a safari with me (Come on a safari with...)
Surfing on the ocean
every day and night
Surfing on the ocean
about to take flight
Surfing on the ocean
every day and night
Surfing on the ocean we go
aha aha wooo !
Surfergirl wears surferwear for surfergirls
Surfergirl dreams surferdreams for surfergirls
Surfergirl loves surferboys and surfergirls
Surfergirl leads a surfer life
Maybe we can make a party in the sand
Come to my party,join my band
Soaking up the sun when the sky is blue
Cause everyday is surfing day is true
aha aha wooo !
Surfergirl wears surferwear for surfergirls
Surfergirl dreams surferdreams for surfergirls
Surfergirl loves surferboys and surfergirls
Surfergirl leads a surfer life
Surfing on the ocean
every day and night
Surfing on the ocean
about to take flight
Surfing on the ocean
every day and night
Surfing on the ocean we go
