Let's get the show on the road
At the curtain take a bow
New Haven just a rendevous to take you to
A lover who was then but never now
And Susan paid the lady
Who called the players' song
Just a figurine of stagehand reveries
I guess up-and-coming can't be that wrong
Let's get the show on the road, babe
The spotlight's on the stage
Somehow it seems that I heard these words before
Did you forget to turn the page?
Just remember what they told you
About how the show goes on
How can you come back if you've never been away?
How can you sing without a song?
And today is for sale and it's all you can afford
Buy your own admission
The whole things got you bored
Well the Lord chooses the good ones
And the bad ones use the Lord
Let's get the show on the road, babe
Won't you take a look a round?
It seems so easy climbing to the top
You better know the way back down
I can't believe you really stumbled
But I always knew you'd fall
It seems so easy to say I knew you when
I'd rather it was not at all
And today is for sale and it's all you can afford
Buy your own admission
The whole things got you bored
Well the Lord chooses the good ones
And the bad ones use the Lord
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I got to get back to the house
There's a warm chair where the cat has been
I feel a little better when I'm back at the house
Hope I haven't lost my keys
I been thinking about the police
Jelly filled for justice, please (also: coffee filled)
I'm standing here in the kitchen
Wonder if I'm hungry at all
Right there, open the icebox
Wonder if I can eat it all
My eyes can't see through this metal door
Mouth just ate an hour before
Stomach can't remember what food is for
Haven't listened to my belly in a year or more
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Four train days
Get me back to New Orleans
Drink more fishwater there
Than any whale's mama ever seen
Alright tonight
I've been fueling my dreams eatin greens and beans
When I get back down there
I'm gonna drink more fish stew
Than all the big fishes do
And I still want more
I still want more
More...
I still want more
Gimme tonight
Gonna dream my way on back
Spend my life down there
Down on that bourbon street
Watch my money, and mind my legs down in New Orleans
Can't tell which mens turns womens there
And which womens just turns mean
And I still want more
I still want more
More...
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There are no lyrics for Disco
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Straw can bury us
We can carry the hay
But straws can break
Like the reasons for my behavior
Straws mend
And straws bend
And dry ones catch like
A secret worth never paid for
Strong muscles
My strong muscles
Plowman, come and dig my farm
It's only making my body sneeze
Straw
Straw can bury us
We can carry us
But you better jump right now
Cause these brakes left some sparks
And now the wagon's caught fire
Let's jump up on the camel's back
Not one straw there gonna break his back
Not one straw there gonna break his back
Just the weight of five short men
Let's jump up on the camel's back
Not one straw there gonna break his back
Not one straw there gonna break his back
Just the weight of six young men
My name is the Waker
And I'm bringin' you the morning sun
I've pushed the old man up forever
Still I feel I've just begun
I've just begun
My name is treetop
And I'm higher than you'll ever be
I'm married to my roots here
Still I feel like I am free
Feelin' I'm free
My name is blue sky
And I'm bluer than all of you
I've watched you run around forever
Always searching for something new
There's nothing new
Feelin' I'm free
I've just begun
I'm always young
Love's always new
Woman, she's moving to the weight of the world
Momma, she's carrying the weight of the world
All the time she breathing in the weight of the world
Bring it on home
Bring the soup-bone home
Well, poppa, too, he got the weight of the world
Man is moving in to the weight of the world
And all the time, along with the soup he's bringing home
The weight of the world
Bring it on home
Bring the soup on home
Children, too, fall to this weight of the world
All the time they they fall... right there into the weight
And all the time they're trying to shake
The weight of the world
Bring it on home
Bring the soup on home
Everybody's going to the wake of the world
We're all dressing up fine for the wake of the world
And everybody's hiding behind trees, breathing loud
The weight of the world
Bring it on home
Bring the soup on home
Walkin' - for your love
Walkin' - for your love
Walkin' - for your love
Walkin' - for your love
I'm only going where my eyes are going
I'm only going where my toes are pointed
I just bought me this new pair of big shoes
I'm only going if I can walk there with you
Shinin' - for your love
Shinin' - for your love
Shinin' - for your love
Shinin' - for your love
I'm afraid to open my eyes
I'm even afraid to look at you
Right here - I'm gonna open my eyes
I'm gonna move with you
Disappearin' - for your love
Disappearin' - for your love
Disappearin' - for your love
Disappearin' - for your love
We're only going in this closet here
I'm only going if the doorknob turns
I'm only going if the light goes on
I'm only going if I can boogie with you
Been thinkin' all day
Packin' my car
With this baggage of mine
I wouldn't get too far
Stored away on a bus
No need to hide
I'm slowing down
Catchin' one last ride
Been feelin' alright
For a couple of days
Either in a fog
Or a sunny haze
Got a big hole
In my deflector screen
What I really need
Warp nine, Geordi, please
Wanna keep my eyes on the road
Wanna carry my life in a bag
Like to live in a hotel room
Wanna be a travelin' man
Wanna keep my eyes on the road
Wanna carry my life in a bag
Like to live in a hotel room
Wanna be a travelin' man
Wanna be a travelin' man
Wanna be a travelin' man
I'm down the road
Somewhere in between
Been thinkin' about
What's underneath
It's all in my mind
I got a brand new start
All I can do
Is take care of my heart
Wanna keep my eyes on the road
Wanna carry my life in a bag
Like to live in a hotel room
Wanna be a travelin' man
Wanna keep my eyes on the road
Wanna carry my life in a bag
Like to live in a hotel room
Wanna be a travelin' man
Wanna be a travelin' man
Wanna be a travelin' man
Walkin' - for your love
Walkin' - for your love
Walkin' - for your love
Walkin' - for your love
I'm only going where my eyes are going
I'm only going where my toes are pointed
I just bought me this new pair of big shoes
I'm only going if I can walk there with you
Shinin' - for your love
Shinin' - for your love
Shinin' - for your love
Shinin' - for your love
I'm afraid to open my eyes
I'm even afraid to look at you
Right here - I'm gonna open my eyes
I'm gonna move with you
Disappearin' - for your love
Disappearin' - for your love
Disappearin' - for your love
Disappearin' - for your love
We're only going in this closet here
I'm only going if the doorknob turns
I'm only going if the light goes on
I'm only going if I can boogie with you
Travelin' Light, is the only way to fly
Travelin' Light, just you and I
Way on down to ecstasy
Way on down and our own way
Travelin' Light, is the only way to fly
Travelin' Light, and you can catch the wind
Travelin' Light, better let your mind pretend
Get on down to paradise
Maybe once, now maybe twice
Travelin' Light, is the only way to fly
Get on down to paradise
Maybe once, now maybe twice
Thought sausage fallen through your head
Bits and pieces hanging in the shed
Churnin' out links on the other side
Cut 'em up again and stir it in the sauce, stir it in the sauce
Mama's gumbo, silky fine
Papa's birthday, takin' up time
Tight little secret from my mama's side,
Use a little secret and stir it in the sauce, stir it in the sauce, stir it
Mama said "back out the kitchen 'til I'm good and ready
Stuff ain't ready yet!"
Mama's gumbo, bubblin' time,
Aw, little baby, sittin' to the side
Matter of the spatter just makin' him cry
Swipe a little drop of it and stir it in the sauce, stir it in the sauce
Thought sausage smokin' in the shed
Tickle in the kitchen just losin' that head
Laughin' out loud at supper time
One more taste and stir it in the sauce, stir it in the sauce, stir it
Mama said "get out the kitchen, daddy, 'til I'm good and ready
This stuff ain't ready yet!"
Mama said "get out the kitchen, daddy, 'til I'm good and ready
Just come and get it!"
Mama said "come on in this kitchen, daddy, 'cause I'm good and ready
Come on and get it!"
A little wrangler was born
I seen him squirming in the saddle all wet and warm
He's such a changeable form in his very first year
He rides on to wrangler school
With a slingshot and a saddlebag of hand-me-down tools
Doesn't want to look like a fool
Pass the jail without tears
Time machines, remembered scenes
That a wrangler rides through a passing stream
Time's replaced by a peaceful dream
Wrangler space
He reigns his pony to the gate of the school
Feather pens and inkwells of hand-me-down rules
Like trading a pony for an aging mule
He rides away without fear
Time machines, new routines
That a wrangler rides through a passing dream
And time's replaced by a peaceful stream
Space wrangler space
He gets off at a stranger's place
Where the girls dance different with familiar grace
He's knowing that he found the place
That pours the coldest beer
Skol, very cold beer
Cheers, to your friends so near
High, your dreams so clear
My name is the Waker
And I'm bringin' you the morning sun
I've pushed the old man up forever
Still I feel I've just begun
I've just begun
My name is treetop
And I'm higher than you'll ever be
I'm married to my roots here
Still I feel like I am free
Feelin' I'm free
My name is blue sky
And I'm bluer than all of you
I've watched you run around forever
Always searching for something new
There's nothing new
Feelin' I'm free
I've just begun
I'm always young
You recall the day when everybody stopped to see
The blazing sun
Did you really see the way they all looked up and asked that question
"Why?"
Boom boom, bang bang look out here it comes again
Can't stop the way it flows
It never knows
Why it goes:
Time is free
Time is free
You been known to take the time to look and want
You been known to take the time to stop the want
That's the place where we all go
I don't know why we do it
Never any reason to be not free
Play a little music
You recall the day when everybody stoped to see
The blazing sun
Did you really see the way they all looked up and asked that question
"Why?"
Boom boom, bang bang look out here it comes again
Can't stop the way it flows
It never knows
Why it goes
Time is free
Time is free
Time is
Very superstitious, writing's on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.
When you believe in things you don't understand, you'll suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong,
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song.
When you believe in things you don't understand, you'll suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Very superstitious, nothin' more to say,
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past
When you believe in things you don't understand, you'll suffer
Superstition ain't the way
Like a locomotive wheel
Feelings real as steel
Hearts are just bound to break
Well, I'm off and on my way
Rolling night and day
Highway's callin' my name
You know sometimes
Maybe always
You know sometimes
I'll be there
Well, I wish that I could say
Wish I could stay
But now April's turning to May
If you see me in a while
Thank you for that smile
Talking 'bout an old friend
You know sometimes
Maybe always
You know sometimes
I'll be there
Like a locomotive wheel
Feelings real as steel
Hearts are just bound to break
Well, I'm off and on my way
Rolling night and day
Highway's callin' my name
When you hear this highway song
I guess that's where it's goin'
Talking 'bout an old friend
You know sometimes
Almost always
You know sometimes
I'll be there
You know sometimes
Maybe always
You know always
I'll be there
Oh, kiss the mountain air we breathe
Good-bye it's time to fly.
Sparrow climb, the air is thinner,
Open wings cast this valley in the shade.
Fires dance the shadows
Winds whisper the trees
Mother talkin' the water's
Spirit moves, it moves through all things.
Oh, kiss the mountain air we breathe
Good-bye it's time to fly.
Sparrow climb, the air is thinner,
Open wings cast this valley in the shade.
Fires dance the shadows
Winds whisper the trees
Mother talkin' the water's
Rebirtha strolling 'cross the street
Juggling keys to a small red car
Butterflies and bombs fly close
Like she's some Disney movie star
Sipping hopes and lonlies
Since the big leagues left us dry
Birtha, Rebirtha sing a sad song
Soothe these troubled times
First time
It's not the first time
Last time
No, I know I seen your place before
Maybe in a past life
Or maybe it was just last night
I don't know
Birtha never sang too well
But her stereo shook glass
Leather gripped our bodies
As her toes curled around the gas
Shaking loose out of Kansas
First twenty minutes in black-and-white
Birtha, Rebirtha, talk to me, take to me
Ease these troubled times
Won't ever talk too much
She had those television eyes
My gaze never strayed too much
Too much past those eyes
She said, "I know a town where real life's a game
Baseball's all that's real
At night all the faces light up
As the players take the field"
First time
It's not the first time
Last time
No, I know I seen your place before
Maybe in a past time
Maybe it was just last night
Don't just know
Rebirtha strolling across the street
Juggling keys to a small red car
Butterflies and bums fly close
Like she's some Disney movie star
Sippin' hopes and lonlies
Since the big leagues left us dry
Birtha, Rebirtha, sweet-talk talk 'em
Soothe these troubled times
Birtha never ever talked too much
Had those television eyes
Said, "We act like what we watch
Like what we act out most the time"
"Gonna take you to a town
Where real life's a game
Baseball is really real
At night all the spirits lighten up
As the heroes take the hill"
First time
It's not the first time
No, I know I seen your place before
Maybe in a past time
Maybe it was just last night
I don't know
Always been the radio's child
Quick-to-smile precious baby
Search the dial and electrify
Drive a tight little corner back in the mirror
Radio boys trying on all their moves
Spare some change and testify
Radio playing in your sleep
Prophet waiting in your car
Worlds whispered in the mind of a radio child
Rhymes cheating keeping time
Eyes stretching across the stars
Over and over in the life of a radio child
The radios laugh like all their friends
Telling jokes the old folks know so well
Like an old guitar plays a lullaby
Radio cradling your dreams
Prophet waiting in your car
Worlds whisper in the mind of a radio child
Rhymes chating keeping time
Eyes searching across the stars
Over and over in the life of a radio child
Yeah radio child
Be strong, baby please be strong
Won't last, baby won't last long
We were happy in our home
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
Take care, baby please take care
Somewhere, find yourself a prayer
We were happy in our home
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
Be strong, baby please be strong
Won't last, baby won't last long
We were happy in our home
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
Raise the roof, raise the roof, raise it high
They say turn the bright lights on
And there you'll find the truth
Here, open up this book
And now you'll find the proof
It feels like a can of worms
Keep the lid on tight, and they say
Don't let it get too bright
Don't let it get too bright
Don't let it get too bright
No, not this time
They tell me it takes sorrow, boy
To help you feel the joy
They say it takes poverty
To let you love a toy
Now you can't have the good
Until you've shared the bad
Don't let it get too sad
Don't let it get too sad
Don't let it get too sad
No, not this time, time
They say it takes hardship, boy
To let you love the rest
Sometimes underneath the load
Is where I show my best
Go, put your work clothes on
Go and leave your mark
And they say
Don't let it get too dark
Don't let it get too dark
Don't let it get too dark
No, not this time
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Black cat crossed our path on little fog feet
There's crows flying beside my window
We left superstition on the roadside a few cities ago
They spent our souls, maybe, but they didn't take our smiles
We listen, we shake, the radio
There's a sweet corn princess smiling through the words on the glass
Remember we stopped for tamales last time?
But now the lights from the town are fading with radio
There's another song playing, and we can hear it in the wind outside
We listen, Pilgrims
We shake, to the radio
We listen, to the radio
Little black kitty crossed our path wearing little fog feet
And the crows they're just drifters through my window
The late night city's lights are growing sharper
And I hear another song, I see it pouring from the look in your eyes
We listen,
We shake, to the radio
You'll be, hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm, magnet for money
You'll be, mm-mm-mm-mm, magnet for love
You'll feel, hmm, light in your body
Now I'm gonna say, gonna say these words:
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
It might hmm-mmm-mm-mm, it might rain money
It might hm-hi-hi-hi, it might rain fire
Now I'm gonna call, gonna call on Legba.
Get yourself a sign, Get your love and desire.
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Papa Legba,
Come and open the gate.
Papa Legba,
To the city of camps.
Now, we're your children
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
There is a queen, of six sevens and nines
Dust in your garden, poison in your mind
There is a king, that will steal your soul
Don't let him catch you, don't let him get control.
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Papa Legba,
Come and open the gate.
Papa Legba,
To the city of camps.
Now, we're your children
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
In the night, in the night
Come and ride your horse
Well, Old Joe, he moves slow
He likes to look at things and paint pictures on his radio
He says they make the songs look better.
One day, Joe met a girl
Sweet breathing thing
Dancin' naked, nudey, in the winter snow
Underneath her dozen sweaters
And someday, somewhere
Some things get hit by lighting
And some things just don't
Hope we live long and lucky
At least one things for sure
Or maybe it isn't.
No matter where we are
It's this life that we're livin' in
At least one things for sure
Or maybe it isn't.
No matter where we are
It's this life that we're livin' in
And someday, somewhere
Some things get hit by lighting
And some things just don't
Hope we live long and lucky
Early this morning
I heard you knock upon my door
Early this morning
I heard you knock upon my door
I said, "Hello, Satan,
I believe it's time to go"
Me and the devil
We were walking side by side
Me and the devil
We were walking side by side
I'm gonna love your woman, Satan
'Til I'm satisfied
She said, "You may know your ways
But I've been dogged around"
"You may know your ways
But I can hear you come to dog me around"
Must be that evil spirit
Way deep down in the ground
You may bury my body
Down by the highwayside
You may bury my body
Down by the highwayside
That way my evil spirit
Can rise up, take a Greyhound bus and ride
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Everyone's tryin' to get to the bar
The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven
In Heaven the band plays our favorite song
They play it one more time they play it all night long
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
And there is a party. Everyone is there.
Everybody gonna leave at exactly the same time.
Its hard to imagine that nothin' at all
Could be so exciting, could be this much fun.
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
And when the kiss is over, we'll start again.
It won't feel any different. In fact it's exactly the same.
Its hard to imagine that nothin' at all
Could be so exciting, or this much fun
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
I'm holding the key
I need no liscense to ride
Dad said that I'm alright
The engine's still warm
She'd been waiting for me in the barn
Gonna make me feel,
Gonna make me feel alright
Well I'm bouncin' in my seat
I try to remember where all the levers are
I've got enough fuel this time
I've got enough fuel this time to remember
The engine's still warm
She's been waiting for me in the barn
Gonna let me feel, gonna help me feel
Well I'm bouncin' in my seat
I try to remember where all the levers are
I've got enough fuel this time
I've got enough fuel this time to remember
Enter the Earth
We're scratching our play on the growth of the moon
Mom said, that I'm alright
Tyranno Rex ruled the earth
A kickin back his lazy chair
Skinny mammals beating their chest
Out the caves gonna catch a (?/nap)
Reptiles really joy the coolness (?)
All in a days time
From New York to Angeline
Fearless drive across the masses
Basking in the strobe
Of the new blue tv screen
Long before we where ever dreamed
We're in main (?)
Faded waters of strength and commitment
Million years of/to (?) weather
Shark swims, armed with conviction
Several ladies blowin' the kisses
John Wayne lives
Riding off to another sunset
Learn to live each lie
Shaking off every bit of regret
The meeting of the waters makes a sound
In her eyes, you sit around in your room
The meeting of the waters raises towns
Baptized in every drop we found
They can seize us as we are now
Singin, dancin, in the small town
Celebrate the days into the night
Look at me with wild eyes
Leave at home your attitude
Don't forget to write
Some things are better left unsaid
Meeting of the waters makes a sound
In her eyes, you set aground in your room
Meeting of the waters, raised these towns
Baptized in every drop we found
They can see us as we are now
Singin', dancin' in the small town
Celebrate the days into the night
Look around with wildest eyes
Leave at home your attitude
Let's forget the fight
Some things are better left unsaid
Don't forget to feed the animals
Lock up for the night
In an easy chair with my boots on
belt of whiskey in my hand
i couldnt have been to sleep for more than 3 hours
time to go to work again
once more i taste the sunrise
and theres a dark breeze on my door
????
????
as long as theres water
chilly well water
gimme some of that
cool cool water
I've got no hard lipped woman
Nagging at who I should be
The blues lights rounding the corner
They're not turning for no one like me
Got a bucket of fried on the bench beside me
Enough chicken for one man's needs
Life's been getting a little bit easy lately
Been swingin' from tree to tree
No place I gotta be
Come on up in a tree
My chicken tastes good
My chicken tastes good
I love my chicken
I love my chicken in a tree
There's a good moves of a lifetime
Going back to favor these times
And to work and to move and to see
All those good thing's I've done
Come back to take care of me
Take care of me, care of me
You don't need to pay a dollar for your dues
If all you're planning on playing are Contentment Blues
I've got no hard-lipped woman
Nagging at who I should be
I see blues rounding the corner
Not turning for someone like me
I got a box of fried on the bench beside me
Enough chicken for one's man's needs
Life's been getting a bit breezy lately
Been swinging from tree to breeze
No place you gotta be
Keep your head in the leaves
The air smells sweet up here
The chicken tastes good
I love my chicken
I've been working all day
I've been shaking it loose
It's been raining for hours
I've been spilling my juice
Nothing means nothing
I couldn't care less
And now that you're gone,
I can't even guess
I've got snakes in my cellar
I've got blood in my bed
Bombs in the closet
They're all painted cherry red
And a feel like a mad scientist
I've got loose change in my head
Nothing but trouble these days
I eat bullets in my bread
Now that you're gone
I'm sober every night
I can't get high - no -
I can't get right
Violent romantic
On a seven day binge
Losin' a gamble
But I get my revenge
Start thinking about thunder
And I get mad again
Soaking up electricity
Like bourbon and gin
Now that you're gone
I'm sober every night
I can't get high - no -
I can't get right
Hallucinated green light
And I slammed on the gas
My performance ain't perfect
But it's loud and it's fast
Set sail for the new world
And I burned down the mast
Well, it wasn't the first time
And I know it won't be the last
Now that you're gone, honey,
I'm sober every night
I can't get high - no -
I can't - get - right
The Cadillacs roll, Katie step to the side
Tellin' jokes with strangers
A kind glance at a lonely passer-by
Jingle bells, electric lights
Oh, they rattle 'gainst the shopping cart
Even on the fourth of July
Christmas Katie calls people names
They're Dancers, and Blitzens, and angels on high
Chilly bones laughin' after the night
Oh, the hungries come and go
As he blows with his eyes froze tight
Slidell boy, big city nights
Oh, he tips his hat for dinner
An old stray beggin' for a bite
Oh, Christmas Katie, babe, blow your horn
Play something happy, leave the sad one's alone
Crackin' a smile as small as wishes
Make us some merry, make it last for a while
Hey, puttin' out the dog, put the wheels on tight
Oh, play another sweet song
Never wanna see Katie cry
Jingle bells, electric lights
They rattle 'gainst the shopping cart
Even on the fourth of July
Oh, Christmas Katie, baby blow that horn
Play something happy, leave the sad ones alone
Slidell smiles as small as wishin'
Make us some merry, make it last for a while
Oh, make it last all night!
In the easy chair with my boots on
Melted whiskey in my hand
I couldn't have been asleep for more than three hours
Time to go to work again
Once more I beat the sunrise
And there's a dark breeze at my door
Raise the water from the well up to my face
How could a man like me be poor?
As long as there's water
Chilly wet water
Gimme some of that cool water
Well, my horse's eyes are glassy
He breathed the city in his lungs last night
I lead his natural body
To the trough to regain his might
Red rooster crow them blues here
That Old Blue he round the bull
And the mornin's crying rays of sunrise
It hasn't rained for three weeks full
As long as there's water
Chilly well water
Gimme some of that cool, cool water
Venus light is rising
I lay my buckets inside the shed
And there's a man I see - a stranger
Leaning on the gate outside my fence
Said "I'm riding out from the city
Where they started holding water back last night
I was hoping I could get a drink from your well
Before I ride on to another city tonight"
Before I ride on to another city tonight
Before I ride on to another city tonight
Chilly well, chilly well water
Cool well, chilly well water
Before I ride on
Listen to the song de los grillos
Breathe deeply as many sounds become one sound
Suelta el aliento
Descansa quieto esperando
All souls come into the Casa del Grillo
By the sound the silence begins a song again
Suelta el aliento
Descansa quieto esperando
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Asà también sé hasta con los que amas
Ãngeles y seres que esperan serlo
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Asà también sé hasta con los que amas
Angels and angels waiting to be
All souls come into the Casa del Grillo
In the song the silence begins a sound again
Listen to the song de los grillos
Breathe deeply as many songs become one
Suelta el aliento
Descansa quieto esperando
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Asà también sé hasta con los que amas
Ãngeles y seres que esperan serlo
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Respira hondo, siente a los ???
Angels and angels waiting to be
Gracias, grillos
Lyrics with Spanish translated to English:
Listen to the song of the crickets
Breathe deeply as many sounds become one sound
Release your breath
Rest quietly waiting
All souls come into the House of the Cricket
By the sound the silence begins a song again
Release your breath
Rest quietly waiting
Remember all you love
On Earth and not on Earth
Be the same even with those you love
Angels and angels waiting to be
All souls come into the House of the Cricket
In the song the silence begins a sound again
Listen to the song of the crickets
Breathe deeply as many songs become one
Release your breath
Rest quietly waiting
Remember all you love
On Earth and not on Earth
Be the same even with those you love
Angels and angels waiting to be
Remember all you love
On Earth and not on Earth
Breathe deeply, feel the ???
Angels and angels waiting to be
Thank you, crickets
Like a Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
Like his big brother Joseph
Yeah, walkin' in the desert sand
Like a doughboy in the trenches
You gotta lay down low
Like a Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
You ain't got time to worry 'bout mass extinction
Just try and get along with the human beings
Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
You got a woman in the city
She got a brand new coat
Sometimes I feel like an evolutionary reject
Yeah, livin' in a high-tech world
Like a cool armadillo
You gotta lay down low
Like the Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
You ain't got time to worry 'bout mass extinction
Just try and get along with the human beings
Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
Another ice age is comin'
You better wear your coat
Somebody throw me a fire
So we can burn this city down
Like a doughboy in the trenches
You gotta lay down low
Like the Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
Everybody needs some weapons of mass destruction
Gonna kill you with a virus or a dose of radiation
Like a Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
The barstools built for dreamers
We'll fit fine and find
All the worlds dreams have died
But tonight they're only taking thirsty people
Who've been pullin' on their drinks
From a glass that lies a bar length wide
And in the drink there swim the swimmers
And those whose swims have dried
Take another look, take another pull
Take another pour, take another pull
Before you take a ride
Heir to an open barstool, right there's one by "Mary the Fool"
Mary sees the bartender's knees
And she says that it's a bottle that she was born to be
And I say, "that's cool.. just right, right for a fool."
Thinkin' whiskey, she bought me a drink
I won't cross a word of what the lady thinks
Pray I don't cross what the lady thinks
She's been thinking out too loud though
This time I can't hear the pinball machine
Well there's a birdman playing tiny little sideways bongos
Pulling all those words down, down, down
Look at how the numbers glow
In the glass there rolls the iron ball
And a quarter states the toll that's all (that's all)
You take another look, take another pull
Take another pour, take another pull
Before you take a chance
Look at your hands, they're just right for a new kinda dance
Just forget what your bodies just done
And ride all the waves that the drums rest on
Like the smallest babies do, ya' know the little newborn babies do
If there's some food that the moon feeds on
A baby won't hold it back, won't hold it back
Baby doesn't know what I just said
Baby doesn't know the words that I just used
Babies haven't learned any words yet
Babies haven't been used by any words yet
People only think, people only talk
People only think in words they already know
The babies haven't learned any words yet (no)
They only know what the people feel
They don't really care what the people think
They only care what the people feel
Music only knows what the people feel
Babies only care and hear what the people feel, feel
Instrumental
Instrumental
Help me mama, for I have grinned
Save me daddy from where I'm goin'
Call out to me from the ages beyond
Help me remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Help me granddaddy to see the swans
Strike me granny with your golden pump
Teach me now what I could never learn before
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Teach me Great Uncle to hear the talk
Show me Aunt Avis with your ageless chalk
Scratch it out for me on my cloudy retina
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I know I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I know I really shouldn't
How to remember how to be good
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Watching people roll by
Wonder where they're going
Hey, what's your job?
What're you knowing?
Driving to the grocery store
Pull my money out
Passing by the liquor store
Throw my money down
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
My wife's got the blues
Now I've got them
Gonna bring her a kiss
Make those blues run
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
The sun came out the other day
Through those dusty clouds
And in my mind I was a child
And it felt good!
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Ain't life grand
Willie said "he was the mostest horse"
A ??? desert mama's boy
Running in first, neither crowned nor cursed
He tears away like a child takes his toy
Side by side, souls of kind, different world
Hearts of gold, limbs of steel, Man-Of-War
Oh, place your bets boys, get up, get in time
Burn the bolts, you ain't seen nothin' yet
Maybe back at that old Kentucky home
That it was luck, he'll catch him if he can
Fire inside, blaze of glory, space in time
Heart of gold, limbs of steel, Man-Of-War
Oh, Saratoga
Ooo, play your favorite
Odds are more than one hundred
Oh, Willie said
Ooo, Saratoga
Nowhere, nowhere to run
??? gonna take the highest prize
We're hardly funnin' now, little children
He's workin' it now, never, never look back
Fire inside, blaze of glory, space in time
Heart of gold, limbs of steel, Man-Of-War
Side by side, souls of kind, different world
Hearts of gold, limbs of steel, Man-Of-War
I opened up my eyes to see
A land of sunny rocks and funny trees
I guess (Yes,) I'm on the moon again
A heavy earth exchange a lighter breeze
Got no coat and got no money
A pair of tennis shoes to last through May
A crater for an outdoor pool
A few good cats to help me pass the day
Havin' a good time, here today
Watching the sun shine, matinee
Never the wrong time, time we stay
Living the moontime, time we play
From here I watch the world go by
Working in the moon-time bar and grill
The word from Earth - my time is up
But here upon the moon time stands still
Got no telecommunications
Cables haven't gotten out this way
The man in the moon is a musician
That's the way we pass the lunar day
Havin' a good time, here today
Watching the sun shine, matinee
Never the wrong time, time we stay
Living the moontime, time we play
well honey, when you comin home
oh baby, when you comin home
there's a fire in the kitchen
a fire in the bed
one needs puttin out
other one must be fed
you've been gone so long
i wanna kiss your face
screen door slams into an empty space
no one's here to talk to
do i really make a sound alone?
oh baby, when you comin home
well honey, how long you gonna stay
oh baby, how long you think you'll stay
we'll be laughin with some friends
fall asleep watchin tv
for the first few days, let's just make it you and me
you've been away so long
you were just right here
well some dreams fade, don't disappear
wakin up in the mornin
still holding on to the telephone
oh baby, when you comin home
right now, i close my eyes in sight
i'll hold you in my arms so tight
well i believe, i do believe
i hear your voice a little clearer
i believe, just believe
you're right here
when i open my eyes, kiss my face
tears and laughter fill time and space
we're all dreamers of this world
and you and me we're a lifelong poem
oh baby, when you comin home
oh, wish me home
Sometimes they see you
just now they don't
Maybe this is a lucky day
or a penny on the way home
Sit between the clouds for cover
raindrops hide in the sea
Olly olly oxen free
The bliss of anonymity
phonography of the heart
A well executed smile
the Wind, Sand and the Stars
Words living in translation
flowers under glass
Oh the future slipping past
Save me, slowly take me
Don't apologize
with philosophy
Come closer, take me
Don't you recognize we are not enemies
Lamplighters and Counters
kings and drunks and clowns
Saddle up the planet
ride to the heart of town
Snakes do swallow elephants
children all wear crowns
If I knew I knew you I never would have shot you down
Save me, slowly
take me Don't apologize with philosophy
Come closer, tame me Don't you recognize
we are not enemies Save me, slowly tame me
Don't apologize with philosophy
Come closer,
take me
Some folks look for trouble,
Some look for belief
Baby, you look for Jesus
I look for relief
Used to talk about the weather,
Used to say it all looks fine
Now we never hang together,
Now you're never on my mind
Spinning around in circles,
Cut it up in squares
Ask me if I love you baby,
Ask me if I care
You think it's a joke or something
I think that it's all a drag
You say it's in the pocket
Can't be let out of the bag
I go north, the sun it hurts my eyes
But I don't really care, they're all drowning down here
So I will disappear
Trials and tribulations
Face us every day
Baby, you used to talk too much,
Now you don't have much to say
Throw it out and say it's fortune
Throw it out and say it's luck
Tell me that it's all intention,
Ask me if I give a fuck
I don't
You think that I'm stupid,
I think that I'm cool
Haul you back to Texas baby,
Send you back to school
Last thing that I need is a mustang,
Last thing that I need is a tan
I'm gonna get myself up north,
Find out who the hell I am
I go north, the sun it hurts my eyes
But I don't really care, they're all drowning down here
So I will disappear, I will disappear
Find my way up north, find out what I'm worth
Try and understand, just how big I am
Some say I am stupid baby,
I think that I'm cool
Haul you back to Guadalajara,
You can send me back to school
Last thing that I need is a mustang,
Last thing that I need is a tan
I'm gonna get myself up north,
Find out who the hell I am
I go north, the sun it hurts my eyes
But I don't really care, they're all drowning down here
The leaves seen through my window pane
Remind me that it's time to move my life again
November sun is felt by none
A chilly breeze has blown my thoughts to what's to come
A cup of warm coffee, some vitamin C
A bowl for the cat, a bowl for the dog, a bowl for me
Choose my bluest tape and unlock my car
An honest tune with a lingering lead has taken me this far
On the edge of the porch in the warm evening night
Throwing the bone for the dog I see two passing lights
Well, I wonder where that driver's bound
Is there someone, somewhere, someway out there that I've not found
A touch of smoke ain't what it seems
Dust and sunshine can also make my eyes look mean
But there's a brown cat sleeping through this day's show
I like coconuts
You can break them open
They smell like ladies lying in the sun
I like coconuts
You can break them open
They smell like ladies lying in the sun
And if I had my way
I'd give a coconut to everyone
I got a friend named Jack
Look like a bone in a paper sack
That's my friend Jack
C'mon Jack, smell these coconuts
There's enough for everyone
Jackie likes the smell of cut grass
He used to play ball on Saturdays
Playing in the sun
Jackie likes the smell of cut grass
He used to play ball on Saturdays
Playing in the sun
If Jackie had his way
He'd give some cut grass to everyone.
It's time to play
Never tasted such a sweet thing
Yesterdays
Sweet memories my heart's repeating
Time today
Everybody's heart is beating
Everybody's smile is greeting
Everybody's soul is heating (eating?)
I know a guy named Fred
Look like a bone in a slanted shed
That's my friend Fred
C'mon Fred, smell these coconuts
There's enough for everyone
Freddy likes the sound of cold drink
He used to pop tops on Saturday
Sipping in the sun
Freddy likes the sound of cold drink
He used to pop tops on Saturday
He was sipping in the sun
And if Freddy had his way
He'd give a cold drink to everyone
Gonna follow my nose to where the coconut grows
Nobody knows like I know my nose knows
Gonna follow my nose to where the coconut grows
Nobody knows like I know my nose knows
Gonna follow my nose to where the coconut grows
Nobody knows like I know my nose knows
Gonna follow my nose to where the coconut grows
Nobody knows like I know my nose knows
I like coconuts
You can break them open
You can hear, hear it comin'
Like a train out of control
Surely leaves you wonderin'
Exactly where your ticket goes
Scream at the conductor
He's been deaf for twenty years
Hear the other people laughin'
As he grinds through every gear
You go to grab your nerve, you find that its been missin'
Seems you've lost your faith in everyone you know
Well I surely hope that you don't plan on winnin'
Better start payin' more attention to the ones that throw you clear
You are seconds from the impact, but you're movin' way too slow
You say time will surely mold you
Into something you don't like
Now you're runnin' like a rabbit
Stick your finger in the dike
Look around your room you find the paint is peelin'
Your reflective skin is fallin' off your bones
Well, I must admit I know just how you're feelin'
Must grab each others collar, must rise out of the water
'Cause you know as well as I do that it's no fun to die alone
After all that I've been through, you're the only one that matters
Climb to safety
You never left me in the dark here on my own
Climb to safety
I can feel the water rising, let me be your ladder
Climb to safety
I promise you'll be dry and never be alone
You tell me love, has always scared you
Like the things under your bed
Baby, we can walk on water
Like some junkies swore they did
You call me on the phone, you say that it is crucial
Stick your fingers in your ears 'til they explode
It's just business, and it rolls along as usual
Must grab each others collar, we must rise out of the water
'Cause you know as well as I do that it's no fun to die alone
After all that I've been through, you're the only one that matters
Climb to safety
You never left me in the dark here on my own
Climb to safety
I can feel the water rising, let me be your ladder
Climb to safety
I promise you'll be dry and never be alone
After all that I've been through, you're the only one that matters
Climb to safety
You never left me in the dark here on my own
Climb to safety
I can feel the water rising, let me be your ladder
Climb to safety
I promise you'll be dry and never be alone
Yeah, climb to safety
Ooh, climb to safety, safety
Yeah
Black heart sun rides the sky
Now your eyes are running dry
Oh, like the space around me
I take my spot in time
Who knows who is both your best friend and brother
When everyone's deserted you
Who'd shoot first and ask questions later
If anybody's messed with you
Pretty soon we'll all be tumblin' like a barrel
Thrown from the top of the waterfall, well
I'm drowning in piranhas in the river
Man, what a drag, man
Black heart sun rides the sky
Now your wells are runnin' dry
Like the space around me
I take my spot in time
Who knows who is both your best friend and brother
When everyone's deserted you
Who'd shoot first and ask questions later
If anybody's messed with you
Pretty soon we'll all be tumblin' like a barrel
Thrown from the top of the waterfall, well
I'm drowning in piranhas in the river
Man, what a drag!
Man, what a drag!
Man, what a drag!
I was talkin' to my teacher
Said I didn't have a clue
I think my principles are reachin'
An all time low
I saw my lady in the streetlight
She was walkin' with her man
They were headed for the fire
That was burnin' in the sand
I think my principles are reachin'
An all time low
I think my principles are reachin'
An all time, all time low
All time low
All time low
All time low
The longer I look at you
The fairer you become
Every time I hear your voice
Sweeter is the song
Each glanced borrowed from your eyes
Deeper is the story
Wind burns your sleeping breath
And waters become one.
Longer I look at you
The fairer you become
Your hair brushed me lightly
Twice before we met
Years between familiar moments
Heaven since
Memories like photographs
Never knew were taken
Sun drenched snows from separate hills
Their waters become one
The longer I look at you
The fairer you become
The longer I look at you
The fairer
Feeling alone but we are here
Paying the toll for our little world
Days like these seem to take some time
When they're over, you will find
Wait for you, see you through
It's what we've known all this time
We're taking you to break their rules
It's what we've done all the while
Put you in this place to change your mind
Take away things that were your life
After they've made their example of you
Their fun is over and you are through
Wait for you, see you through
It's what we've known all this time
We're taking you to break their rules
It's what we've done all the while
Feeling alone but we are here
Paying the toll for our little world
Days like these seem to take some time
When they're over, you will be fine
Baby please, don't turn your back on me
Let's walk along these cobblestones
To a simpler time
And why can't we just take a look around us
I want to see the things that make you smile
Like an orphan child on a visiting day
Baby, baby, won't you come my way?
Baby please, why won't you talk to me?
Seems the more I give the more you cry
To please you
And why can't we just take a look around us
I want to see the things that make you smile
Like an orphan child on a visiting day
Baby, baby, won't you come my way?
Come my way
Sometimes I'm feeling all alone,
Each place is just an empty space
And no rhyme or reason I run this stupid human race
So take all my money and just have yourself a time
Hope your having a good time
Baby please, don't be so sad today
Just drive on up to Thacker mountain
Up to Tennessee
And why can't we just take a look around us?
I want to see the things that make you smile
And why can't we just take a look around us?
I want to see the things that make you smile
Like an orphan child on a visiting day
Baby, baby, won't you come my way?
Come my way
Feelin' ticklish, just met a new girl
She's got a tattoo, said she remembers you
Oh, one day waitin' out the rain
She embroidered the portrait of a tortured artist on your sleeve
Laugh at your own jokes, ooh wouldn't dare laugh at yourself
What a surprise
Happy, happy birthday to you
Oh you're mama's little dream come true
She painted the colors of the sunset with her fingers on my teepee
Likes cold, cold wine, cradled in the evening sky
Drinks in the deep dark reds of romance and poetry
Laughs out loud as movie stars shed their tears
In her sleep, she dreams with melancholoy
And I know, I know I'm just like you
I was leaving in a way, I'm already gone
Still young, though, oozing to the radio
Oh, like poetry, a tired cowboy
Who just let his horse run free
I know, ooh, I'm just like you
Not goin' anywhere.
Feel near gone,
There's a van passing fast
Moving in stereo
Barely see her face
Or maybe outline
I'm not, I can barely see
Even as she sleeps, oh, she laughs so long
Laughing loud
I was walkin' the other day with my head down,
When I met a man who had his hand out.
So I gave him, gave him a dollar,
But as I walked away I heard him call out,
"Tell me Brother, can you see the sun
From where you're standin' now?
I've been up and I've been down,
But I've never been to this part of town."
So I started thinkin' 'bout, this world we live in,
And about how far I've got my hand in.
Sometimes it seems that all we have, we have taken,
But maybe next time, won't be the forsaken.
Tell me Brother, can you see the sun
From where you're standin' now?
I've been up and I've been down,
But I've never been to this part of town.
So I went to see my girl, told her about my day.
She said, "Life can be that way.
But don't give up, don't give up, no,
'Cause where there is love, there is hope."
Tell me Brother, can you see the sun
From where you're standin' now?
I've been up and I've been down,
But I've never been here before.
Tell me Brother, can you see the sun
From where you're standin' now?
I've been up and I've been down,
But I've never been to this part of town.
Like a Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
Like his big brother Joseph
Yeah, walkin' in the desert sand
Like a doughboy in the trenches
You gotta lay down low
Like a Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
You ain't got time to worry 'bout mass extinction
Just try and get along with the human beings
Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
You got a woman in the city
She got a brand new coat
Sometimes I feel like an evolutionary reject
Yeah, livin' in a high-tech world
Like a cool armadillo
You gotta lay down low
Like the Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
You ain't got time to worry 'bout mass extinction
Just try and get along with the human beings
Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
Another ice age is comin'
You better wear your coat
Somebody throw me a fire
So we can burn this city down
Like a doughboy in the trenches
You gotta lay down low
Like the Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
Everybody needs some weapons of mass destruction
Gonna kill you with a virus or a dose of radiation
Like a Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
Was broken down, by the side of the road, yeah
Was crawling in the darkness like a king snake in the woods
We were hiding in the tall grass
Hiding in the tall grass
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Won't be the same, Lord
Snapshot lightning, silhouette expressions,
Monumental faces in the flesh of Cypress trees and killing vines
Naked in the mud, girl
Let's sling a little mud, girl
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Won't be the same, Lord
Feeling weak in the Itta Bina hot sun
Crawling to the station we were foamin' at the mouth
Sippin' on a tall boy, sippin' on a tall boy
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Show me the way, Lord!
Waits all day for the Sun to dim his brights
Face shinin' amber in the radio lights
It's all that he needs to see
Fire ignites when he turns the key
Wonder what it could be like
Just look then he's gone
Pay attention and you might
See just how he makes sparks fly
Hands on the wheel, he's a permanent fixture
Reads hot rod mags like Holy Scripture
He ignores the brake pedal like step-daddy's child
Feel him pushing on the gas like a motherless wife
Wonder what it could be like
Just look then he's gone
Pay attention and you might
See just how he makes sparks fly
While you're trying to think of
Why you never could become
Things you dreamed of
Hot night sky he watch sparks fly
Highway birds, sunrise, paradise
Cinderella's morning appetite
Squintin' his eyes and the driver kills his lights
Ignites his stash, he's a Plymouth Satellite
Wonder what it could be like
Just look then he's gone
Pay attention and you might
See just how he makes sparks fly
While you're trying to think of
Why you never could become,
Things you dreamed of
Hot night sky he watch sparks fly
Wonder what it could be like'
Just look then he's gone'
Pay attention and you might
See just how he makes sparks fly
While you're trying to think of
Why you never could become
Things you dreamed of
Hot night sky he watch sparks
Hot night sky he watch sparks fly
While you're out there on the highway
While you're driving roll on by
Going south between the bridges
While the river running dry
And if you can't come home
Please send your mind
Well now you're talking
Where are you going
On the train that just rolls
Across the nation past the station
And the night is as black as coal
And if you can't come home
Please send your mind
Are you healing on your heartbeat?
Are you heading between the sheet
And the signs from the lamppost
On the corner of the street
And if you can't come home
Please send your mind
Send your mind, please, little darling,
Little darling, send your mind
Send a little money too
Little darling, send your mind
I'm coming home...
Rock on my belly, lying on the bottom of the pool
I'm a rock on the belly, lying on the bottom of the pool
There's a man on the bank ten thousand years my younger
I see a face on the water one hundred hundred years my younger
But I can't go back, he can't go back
I can't make it back to where I came
As I hold my whole body under
Legs, tail, and belly shaking the top of the pool
Legs, tail, and belly shattering the window of the pool
Mouth and belly scaring the fish down under
Tongue and belly scaring the snakes there too
But I can't go back - the dog won't go back
He won't run the path to his master's home
'Til he climbs that bank over yonder
Well, the fish gonna make it home in a couple of days
The birds gonna make it home before his grip turns dry
Everybody's moving but me
Everybody's moving but me
I'm gonna make it home piece by piece
I'm gonna make it home piece by piece
There goes my arms *make it home*
There goes my legs *make it home*
There goes my leadbelly
I'm a rock on my belly lying in the bottom of a pool
Rock on my belly lying in the bottom of a pool
Rock on my belly
Rock on my belly
Rock on my belly
Rock on my belly
Rock on my belly lying in the bottom of a pool
Well I've been sittin' here, thinkin' about you
'Bout what it is that you, you want from me
You know it seems that I still don't know you well
Know many faces I have seen
Still I try, to make you happy
Still I try, to make you sing
Now if you're wonderin', what I think of it all
Just read the back of this postcard
The air here, breathing's great
Lord, we've cooked ourselves
Now were cookin' up an ass kickin' time (didn't we?)
This town is nuts, my kind of place
I don't want to leave
I don't never, never, never, never want to leave.
I never, never, never, never want to leave
Never, never
I see you in a
Thousand costumes
Strike many a silent pose
I heard you tell a thousand stories
Everyone in a different voice
Still I try, to make you happy
Still I try, to make you sing
Now if you're wonderin', what I think of it all
Just read the back of this postcard
The air here, breathing's great
Lord, we've cooked ourselves
Now were cookin' up an ass kickin' time (didn't we?)
This town is nuts, my kind of place
I don't want to leave
I don't never, never, never, never want to leave.
I never, never, never, never want to leave
Never, never
I'm taking my car - I never want to leave
I'm taking my car..
Papa's hitting the road again
Takes the show cross-country for hire
And the crowds come and go
Secret agents getting bigger
Mom's holding sister in the chair
Turning pages of photographs
Warm in their memories
Falling asleep by the fire
To the highway where some new cowboys go
Drivers and drifters and rouges
And the crew's still working
Everybody's cracking jokes
Morning comes so easy
Sharing stories and forgetting time
Take the rest in the look in her eyes
As they go and close time
Papa's driving past the night
He's working his way to make it home
The old man gonna be a sight
When the morning come, when the morning comes
To the highway where some old cowboys go
Drivers and drifters and rouges
Some drink here, some dance here
Hear old big boy telling jokes
Mom's holding sister in the chair
Sharing stories and forgetting time
Warm in their memories of
Falling asleep by the fire
Papa's he driving past the night
He's working his way to make it home
The old man gonna be a sight
When the morning come, when the morning comes
Papa's coming home
Papa's coming home
Papa coming home...
I was talking to a homeless drunk about religion
He said "It's all I got, but it ain't much
'Cause the way I feel these days,
I'd rather have a gun than a crutch"
Well, that makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
That makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
Listen to a little girl, she was a runaway.
She said "My daddy treated me like a slave.
Soiled me in my momma bed when I was just 15.
That's why I had to lay him in his grave!"
Well, that makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
That makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
Talking to a black man from Atlanta.
He said "The time has come to take what's mine.
And if I must bust a few heads to achieve justice,
My righteous cause will well explain the crime!"
Well, that makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
That makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
Well, that makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
That makes sense to me
It makes sense to me, I must confess
And we're rolling down the windows for this ride
And there's not much time to take things slow
We will turn our heads into the sunrise
As the storms rage in the west
And we're goin' down to see my lady luck
Now I'm not really interested in telling you my mind
Just let me drag another before for you go, I'm a broken wire
Yeah, nobody knows where to find us cause it ain't nobody's loss
And I can't decide if this place is make believe
And worked all my life to turn sleet to snow
We will turn our heads into the sunset
As the storms rage in the east
And we're goin' down to see my lady luck
Now I'm not really interested in telling you my mind
Just let me drag another before for you go, I'm a broken wire
Yeah, nobody knows where to find us cause it ain't nobody's loss
Well, it's nobody's loss
Nobody's loss
Nobody's loss
Lilly likes Beatles songs
The words are off, but they don't feel that wrong
She came in through the bedroom window like a blue girl
Like a blue girl, like a blue girl
Never has to try too hard
Her whispered words could mend broken hearts
Her sundress shines through a hurricane
Making all boys squeal like swine before her
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
'Round and 'round and 'round she goes
Like a sweetheart's girls at the movie show
Lilly leans back in the very last row
The lights go low, the show goes on
Even schoolgirls like her way
Oh, marry the preacher, you'd make a little angel someday
Silent as a child when the first snows fall
Perfect player in anyone's own little world
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
'Round and 'round the taxi goes
Like Shirley's curlies at the movie shows
Lilly leans back in the very last row
And the lights go low, the show goes on
Lilly likes Beatles songs
The words are off, but they don't feel that wrong
She came in through the bedroom window like a blue girl
Like a blue girl, like a blue girl
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
It's only real if you believe
It's only real if you believe
It's only real if you believe
Lilly likes Beatles songs
The words are off, but they don't feel that wrong
She came in through the bedroom window like a blue girl
Like a blue girl, like a blue girl
Never has to try too hard
Her whispered words could mend broken hearts
Her sundress shines through a hurricane
Making all boys squeal like swine before pearls
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
'Round and 'round and 'round she goes
Like a sweetheart's curls at the movie show
Lilly leans back in the very last row
The lights go low, the show goes on
Even schoolgirls like her way
Oh, marry the preacher, you'd make a little angel someday
Silent as a child when the first snows fall
Perfect player in anyone's own little world
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
'Round and 'round the taxi goes
Like Shirley's curlies at the movie shows
Lilly leans back in the very last row
And the lights go low, the show goes on
Lilly likes Beatles songs
The words are off, but they don't feel that wrong
She came in through the bedroom window like a blue girl
Like a blue girl, like a blue girl
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
Don't believe everything you see
Hey, little Lilly,
It's only real if you believe
It's only real if you believe
It's only real if you believe
I got to get back to the house
There's a warm chair where the cat has been
I feel a little better when I'm back at the house
Hope I haven't lost my keys
I been thinking about the police
Jelly filled for justice, please (also: coffee filled)
I'm standing here in the kitchen
Wonder if I'm hungry at all
Right there, open the icebox
Wonder if I can eat it all
My eyes can't see through this metal door
Mouth just ate an hour before
Stomach can't remember what food is for
Haven't listened to my belly in a year or more
My little brother is an insect
He likes to crawl around his room
His mother shudders at the sight of him
His pappy is a businessman
Every move he makes is torture
He cannot speak words anymore
Our sister likes to flip him on his back
And watch little brother squirm
I really like the way you look in
Your imitation leather shoes
And I don't wanna fake it anymore
He took a trip to California
Strung out on Hollywood and Vine
The Tinsel-Towners came from miles around
That little bugger felt at home
I really like the way you look in
Your imitation leather shoes
And I don't wanna fake it anymore
My brother paints a pretty picture
These things are bad as these things get
Like dreaming 'bout the Mona Lisa
And waking up at Ruby Ridge
I really like the way you look in
Your imitation leather shoes
And I don't wanna fake it anymore
I really like the way you look in
Your imitation leather shoes
And I don't wanna fake it anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Jack was really a jester
Who held his one good eye on the queen
And there sat the king beside her
He's pointing his sword up and down with every scene
And the wizard's in the corner
Catching peanuts between his teeth
And the dogs lying in the shadow in the archway
There's one good dog sleeping filled with good ol' dog dreams
He slipped next to the wizard
Whispered something deep, to the bottom of his ear
A little joke, the one about the farmer's daughter
How she was stomping on grapes, coming up with blue feet and beer
And he slipped behind the queen
Where the fools go the rich don't mind
Lately the king's (k)nights have turned a little rusty
And his halo - I mean his crown - has gone and slipped down around his eyes
The wizard's in the corner
Pulling lizards between his knees
And the dog he been long gone
Gone to pitch for the winning team
Fifty-two, I mean fifty-four bicycles on the wall
Ready to ride, ready to ride until the last of them falls
Jack's been cooking in the kitchen
Whompin' up some biscuits for us all
For us all, For us all
Some people think they jive me,
But I know they must be crazy
Don't see their misfortune,
I guess they're just too lazy
Je suie le grand zombie
My yellow belt of choisen
Ain't afraid of no tomcat,
Fill my brains with poison
Walk through the fire,
Fly through the smoke
See my enemy,
At the end of their rope
Walk on pins and neeedles
See what they can do
Walk on guilded splinters
With the King of the Zulu
Walk to me, get it, come, come
Walk on guilded splinters
Walk to me, get it, come, come
Walk on guilded splinters
Till I burn up.
Till I burn up.
Till I burn up.
Till I burn up.
I roll out my coffin
Drink poison in my chalice
Pride begins to fade
And you all feel my malice
Put gris-gris on your doorstep
And soon you be in the gutter
Melt your heart like butter,
An-an-and I can make you stutter
Walk to me, get it, come, come
Walk on guilded splinters
Walk to me, get it, come, come
Walk on guilded splinters
Till I burn up.
Till I burn up.
Till I burn up.
Till I burn up.
Wide awake in San Diego
Smallest root shrinking dry
The fish are swimming closer inside Lake Morena
Still get no rain from the sky
Men were firing cannons
Hoping smoke might tear an angel's eyes
Heard the stories of shooting arrows
Tearin' open the clouds
But indians shoot the best, and
The indians they don't like us, much
Hatfield
You made rain for L.A.
We've got ten grand
For you to go cook us some rain
Science from the cooking pot mixing up with the air
Feeling thunder
Nights since they have started
Now the clouds won't stay apart
A little California voodoo
Care of Hatfield and his brother
Now the horses won't race where the down's turned to mud
Streams and rivers are growing
And my boots are filling up
Water's from back this way
Look at them smiling, cooking and smiling
Hatfield
Made rain for L.A.
Well, "Hot damn",
People swear with one walk in this rain
Families on porches
The children are smiling
The owners are mad, owners are crying
Still the eyes of the children, wide open
Wide, wide
Well, the blue light is rolling in between the clouds
Feeling of wonder
Some water drying up, some sinking down
"Charles always kept in touch", swears his mother
"Always had the touch"
Made rain for L.A.
Made rain for L.A.
Johnny let his baby brother sleep
Through the back door and baseball
All the kids are waiting outside
Old days come and go too soon
Old friends, heroes, lifetimes
Don't let a single memory fade away
These are the days for heroes
Look at all the soul shaking life
Everybody turns hero this time
Feels good to watch a big man dance
There's a wide smile (wild smell?) on the hot street
Supper's over and the streets come alive
The band plays our favorite songs
Policeman, buy some ice cream
Sounds different when you hear 'Mister Freeze'
Even the streets carry heroes
Look at every soul shake its life
These are the days of heroes, tonight!
Laughter come on downtown window and see faces walking back
Tonight, everybody gonna remember, remember in time...
Brings peace to watch a baby smile
And the years come
Bring us new ones
All that music waiting inside...
No, everybody turns hero
Look at all the soul shaking life
Everybody turns hero tonight!
Look at all the soul shaking life
Look at all the friend shaking life (?)
Take along some of your favorite things
'Cause you're gonna need 'em
Wait right here
Wait 'til I come back around
You and I will go
We'll just sit and watch it all go down
Down Down
I was fakin'
While you waited for change to come
I lied when I said I couldn't stay here anymore
When you and I just can't seem to get along
You and I both know
We'll just wait until it all calms down
Down Down
Down Down
Down Down
Careful of the things you want to say
'Cause you're gonna mean 'em
Break my pride
My backbone is feelin' strong
You and I both know
What we hold would never pull it down
Down Down
Down Down
Down Down
Take along some of your favorite things
There's a pack of rabid dogs
Pawing at my front door
There's a pack of rabid dogs
Pawing at my front door
There's a swarm of yellowjackets
Pounding against my window pane
There's a swarm of yellowjackets
Pounding against my window pane
Well, how's it gonna be
How's it gonna be yeah
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be yeah
All the pictures on the wall
Have fallen to the ground
The trees bowing to the grass
In a silent hurricane
When the landlord calls
Mother Nature's come to arms
She's in a fighting mood
Greta's got a gun
This ain't no flowerchild
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be yeah
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be yeah
All the pictures on the wall
Have fallen to the ground
The trees bowing to the grass
In a silent hurricane
When the landlord calls
Mother Nature's come to arms
She's in a fighting mood
Greta's got a gun
This ain't no flowerchild
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be yeah
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be yeah
There's a pack of rabid dogs
Pawing at my front door
There's a pack of rabid dogs
Pawing at my front door
There's a swarm of yellowjackets
Pounding against my window pane
There's a big ol' brama bull
Busting up my shotgun shack
So long, baby since you've been gone
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
Don't ever tell a dyin' man
You never meant to shoot him down
Yeah, don't do no good to tell a dyin' man
You never meant to shoot him down
Now, all my friends and relatives, they've been tellin' me
Don't come around, don't come around, don't come around no more
Ever since the day you left this Earth
Can't keep a job, can't keep a job
Yeah, ever since the day you left this Earth
Can't keep a job, can't keep a job
A lot of people down at the agency been tellin' me
Don't come around, don't come around, don't come around no more
So long, baby since you've been gone
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
So long, baby since you've been gone
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
Don't ever tell a dyin' man
You never meant to shoot him down
Yeah, don't do no good to tell a dyin' man
You never meant to shoot him down
Now, all my friends and relatives, they've been tellin' me
Don't come around, don't come around, don't come around no more
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
I'm a dyin' man, I'm a dyin' man
Transcribed from NRBQ: "Stay With We: The Best Of" (1993)
Whooooooooo-weee
I'm so dog gone dirty
'Cause (I'm) a Flat Foot Flewzy
And I walk like a tweety bird
While I'm singing this bluesy
I gotta gal named Lucy
But like to call her Lizzy
She calls her man Flewzy
And she keeps him real busy
Well, I'm Flat Foot Flewzy, it's alright
"Mr. Flewzy won't tell us bout your big flat feet"
Why sure, kinda helps me with the rock and roll beat
Come along with me and things'll be alright
Singing Flewzy woozy boogie on a Saturday night
Well, I'm so dog gone dirty
'Cause (I'm) a Flat Foot Flewzy
And I can walk like a tweety birdy
While I'm singing real bluesy
I gotta gal named Lucy
But like to call her Lizzy
She calls her man Flewzy
And she keeps him real busy
Well, I'm Flat Foot Flewzy, it's alright
"Well it's hard to believe that you walk like a bird"
Well I meant(?) what I said so I said what you heard
Come along with me and things'll be alright
Singing Flewzy woozy boogie on a Saturday night
Yeah, Flat Foot Flewzy
Flat Foot Flewzy, alright
Flat Foot Flewzy, alright
Flat Foot Flewzy, alright
Flat Foot Flewzy, alright
Flat Foot Flewzy, alright
Alright
Take your sleep
You will dream anything
You know you will
Because you've lived
So many dreams before
Take your sleep
Take your dream
You'll see anything there
Well you know you will
Because you've lived
So many times before
In your sleep
Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well you know you will
Because you've been so many before
As a boy I had a gig with a travelin' show
Way back in '63
We did a little pickin' for the soldier boys
Of General Bobby Lee
But when we got to Pennsylvania,
I knew there'd be a change
We caught up with some boys from Georgia
And I heard one of them say
Don't tell the band
The devil's on his way
Don't tell the band
Just let the music play
Later on I had a job pouring gin and rum
On the grand queen of the sea
We set out on our first transatlantic voyage
Headed for New York City
But when I felt that lady shudder
I knew there'd be a change
I saw the captain grab the first mate
And I thought I heard him say
Don't tell the band
The devil's on his way
Don't tell the band
Just let the music play
Just let the music play
In the Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the year 3010
I was listenin' to the Good Old Interstellar Boys
Playin' "Let It Be" again
But when I heard the trumpet sounding
I knew there'd be a change
A prophet wearin' robes appeared before us
And he looked at me and said
Don't tell the band
The devil's on his way
Don't tell the band
Just let the music play
Don't tell the band
The devil's on his way
Don't tell the band
Just let the music play
Just let the music play
Just let the music play
Listen to the song de los grillos
Breathe deeply as many sounds become one sound
Suelta el aliento
Descansa quieto esperando
All souls come into the Casa del Grillo
By the sound the silence begins a song again
Suelta el aliento
Descansa quieto esperando
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Así también sé hasta con los que amas
Ángeles y seres que esperan serlo
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Así también sé hasta con los que amas
Angels and angels waiting to be
All souls come into the Casa del Grillo
In the song the silence begins a sound again
Listen to the song de los grillos
Breathe deeply as many songs become one
Suelta el aliento
Descansa quieto esperando
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Así también sé hasta con los que amas
Ángeles y seres que esperan serlo
Recuerdo todo los que amas
Sobre la Tierra y no sobre la Tierra
Respira hondo, siente a los?
Angels and angels waiting to be
Gracias, grillos
Lyrics with Spanish translated to English:
Listen to the song of the crickets
Breathe deeply as many sounds become one sound
Release your breath
Rest quietly waiting
All souls come into the House of the Cricket
By the sound the silence begins a song again
Release your breath
Rest quietly waiting
Remember all you love
On Earth and not on Earth
Be the same even with those you love
Angels and angels waiting to be
All souls come into the House of the Cricket
In the song the silence begins a sound again
Listen to the song of the crickets
Breathe deeply as many songs become one
Release your breath
Rest quietly waiting
Remember all you love
On Earth and not on Earth
Be the same even with those you love
Angels and angels waiting to be
Remember all you love
On Earth and not on Earth
Breathe deeply, feel the?
Angels and angels waiting to be
We sat on the couch a playin'
Touch the tongue and bump the table
But I was scorned after little ado
Tossed right out into the blue
I set into a downward spiral
Caught an illness that was literally viral
I heard some words of wisdom the other day
And they went in one ear and out the other one
I awoke from this beatific binge
With prismatic eyes, now lite is tinged
With all the vapors that the vile humans brew
Shining through the.. blight of you
Shining through the.. blight of you
Shining through the.. blight of you
Hope you don't mind me barging the door
In the middle of the night
Hope you don't mind me barging the door like this
In the middle of the night
Falling in and out of bars on my own
Pick my head up off the ground
Woke up on your bed this morning
You were sleeping on the floor
Woke up on your bed this morning
You were sleeping on the floor
Falling in and out of bars on my own
Pick my head up off the ground
I think we're riding on our last legs
Like a dark horse down the stretch
I think we're riding on our last legs
Like a dark horse down the stretch
Falling in and out of bars on my own
Pick my head up off the ground
I think we're riding on our last legs
Like a dark horse down the stretch
I think we're riding on our last legs
Like a dark horse down the stretch
Falling in and out of bars on my own
Pick my head up off the ground
Pick my head up off the ground
Pick my head up off the ground
Pick my head up off the ground
Pick my head up off the ground
Like a Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
Like his big brother Joseph
Yeah, walkin' in the desert sand
Like a doughboy in the trenches
You gotta lay down low
Like a Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
You ain't got time to worry 'bout mass extinction
Just try and get along with the human beings
Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
You got a woman in the city
She got a brand new coat
Sometimes I feel like an evolutionary reject
Yeah, livin' in a high-tech world
Like a cool armadillo
You gotta lay down low
Like the Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
You ain't got time to worry 'bout mass extinction
Just try and get along with the human beings
Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
Another ice age is comin'
You better wear your coat
Somebody throw me a fire
So we can burn this city down
Like a doughboy in the trenches
You gotta lay down low
Like the Big Woolly Mammoth
You gotta wear that coat
Everybody needs some weapons of mass destruction
Gonna kill you with a virus or a dose of radiation
Like a Big Wooly Mammoth gonna wear that coat
In the middle of the summertime
Funnin' round Grandpa's farm
Really groovin' on the baby pigs
Oh, I know they haven't even read the books I know
Yeah, I understand the telephone
But I really love to watch you talk your talk
I love to watch you
Maybe we're better off
I feel young dancing with you
It happened all by itself
What are we browning here for?
Haven't we seen through this whole thing yet
Gonna get together gonna write us a book
Call it, 'Stop Running The World'
Look like I'm back in business all over again
Maybe we're better off
Looking at you, looking at you there
Little better, it happened all by itself
I see that time is fast
I see the same hands on that same clock move
Way too slow
I'll quit talking about mys-
I swear I'll quit talking about myself
Maybe you can whisper enough here
So I can start thinking about you
Maybe we're better off
Sure right looking at you
Let's not confuse association
Something we both really like
I swear I quit talking
I swear I quit talking about myself
Just as soon as I learn to stop talking at all
It would be better off
Just feel you thinking about you (?)
Maybe we're better off
Feel good looking at you
Arleen was a G what a G
Arleen was a G what a G
Arleen was a G what a G
Arleen was a G what a G
Life was a thing that money could buy
Rich would live and the poor would die
Life was thing that money could buy
Rich would live and the poor would die
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream
What a G what a G
Lean sideway
Woke up in the morning about 10:13
Six pack of stout a stick of sensi
Woke up this morning what do I see
No no no, it's not like it, like it
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
{PANIC!}
Why does a rich man drink champagne?
Drink half a beer feel all the same
Life was a thing that money could buy
Rich would live and the poor would die
El Nino!
Electricity out, mine's out
Cat's been out for days
Hear it hollering on the trees over the sky
Lord Lord Lord Lord!
Can't stand it, no
Can't stand it, no
No no no I can't stand it, no
No no no I can't stand it, no
Life was a thing that money could buy
Rich would live and the poor would die
Why does a rich man drink champagne
Drink half a beer feel all the same
Woke up this morning
Woke up this morning about 10:13
Six pack of stout a stick of sensi
Go in the kitchen what do I see
No electricity
No TV
No Andy
I got my uncle (???)
Watch a whole hour of goodness and old time black and white
Loving that Barney boy
Lord!
Can't stand it, no
No no no I can't stand it, no
No no no I can't stand it, no
No no no I can't stand it, no
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Arleen was a dream what a G
Sittin' around, waiting for an airplane
Don't know how to fly, but that's okay
Got me a pilot, she's going my way
If she's got wings, if she's got wings
Sittin' around, waiting for the mailman
I don't how he could be so slow
My good friend said you wrote me a letter
Must have been a year ago
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving on
Sittin' around, watching the rainfall
I don't know how it could rain so long
They say the ocean, she is a woman
Who waits for her man to come home
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving on
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving on
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving on
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving on
Well, I've got a feeling
That I should be leaving
Sittin' around, waiting for an airplane
Don't know how to fly, but that's okay
I got me a pilot, she's going my way
If she's got wings, if she's got wings
If she's got wings, if she's got wings
If she's got wings, if she's got wings
Early this morning
I heard you knock upon my door
Early this morning
I heard you knock upon my door
I said, "Hello, Satan,
I believe it's time to go"
Me and the devil
We were walking side by side
Me and the devil
We were walking side by side
I'm gonna love your woman, Satan
'Til I'm satisfied
She said, "You may know your ways
But I've been dogged around"
"You may know your ways
But I can hear you come to dog me around"
Must be that evil spirit
Way deep down in the ground
You may bury my body
Down by the highwayside
You may bury my body
Down by the highwayside
That way my evil spirit
Can rise up, take a Greyhound bus and ride
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Everyone's tryin' to get to the bar
The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven
In Heaven the band plays our favorite song
They play it one more time they play it all night long
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
And there is a party. Everyone is there.
Everybody gonna leave at exactly the same time.
Its hard to imagine that nothin' at all
Could be so exciting, could be this much fun.
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
And when the kiss is over, we'll start again.
It won't feel any different. In fact it's exactly the same.
Its hard to imagine that nothin' at all
Could be so exciting, or this much fun
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
Oh! Heaven. It is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
Almost 23
Took a trip to the sea
Went out for a swim and the waves came
Crashing down on me
Turn to head back in
That's when I saw a fin
As panic grabbed my legs you know,
It pulled me in
Well I didn't see you were right next to me but I'm so glad you could make it
With you by my side I'm gonna get back alive from my next vacation
Mountains looked like fun
Climbed up to the sun
From a peak I got such a view
Forgot to hang on
Wind came rushing in
Broke my safety pin
As I flew by you threw me a line
Saved again
Well I didn't see you were right next to me, but I'm so glad you could make it
With you by my side I'm gonna get back alive from my next vacation
Took a trip over there
To see how I'd fare
Got on that little white boat
I didn't have a care
Third day at sea
We began to sink
They said women and children first
I said, Guess that's not me
But you came along with a raft and a song and I'm so glad you could make it
With you by my side I'm gonna get back alive from my next vacation
I didn't see you were right next to me but I'm so glad you could make it
With you by my side I'm gonna get back alive from my next vacation
Tonight every word will be spoken easy
All our stories lead on to fortune and fame
Rack 'em up and shoot
But the cue ball is missing
By tomorrow though, we'll all play different games
Anytime we dance takes us closer to glory
The blue jay flew a little to low down today
Now that kitty-cat's finally purring out smiles
Only cry for so long 'til you're just watering stones
Go full circles crawling all those last miles
Anytime we dance takes us closer to glory
Anytime we love brings us closer
Our lips just moved closer than ever
To naming the feelings we've been made of for all these years
Cliches are frayed teeth trying to feed a hungry old soul
Words of love, though, will bite back all of those tears
Anytime we dance takes us closer to glory
Anyway we make love
Anyway we love
Take us closer to glory
Forgive the prince for awaking rude
He heard footsteps near his head
Lady luck had made him proud
When he spends his stays in bed
Making love to the victories
Wives just paying for his head (?)
Today will outlive yesterday
As long as someone breaks the bread
He's his mamma's pride
He's his daddy's last heartbreak
Well the sunrise in the kingdom
Chicken's swooned to hear the man (?)
Some find their way onto the paintings
Others calling to the frying pan
And the farmer's wife wakes him with smiles,
tender budging hands
Meat and wine for all as long as someone breaks the land
Meat and wine for all. long as someone breaks the land
He's got his mamma's eyes
He's got his daddy's younger hands
Sunset makes the shadows longer
But the tavern in the valley glows
Stars fly on the forest, hell,
There's a prince hanging out the window
The farmer's daughter rubs his neck
Her hands are strong from serving rum
Today gonna outlive yesterday
Tonight gonna outlive yesterday
Tonight might make for kingdoms to come...
Kingdoms yet to come
Gimme a hand there, Michael.
I'll give you a hand then, too.
Gimme a hand there, Michael.
I'd give you my heart if I could.
Throw myself at the ground.
Look away before I hit.
Give me a lift here, Larry.
I'll give you a lift here, too.
Give me a lift here, Larry.
I'd give you my horse if I could.
Throw myself at the ground.
Look away before I hit.
Gimme a kiss there, Tuesday.
I'll give you a kiss there, too.
I'll give you a kiss there, Tuesday.
I'd give you my heart,
I'd give you my heart if I could!
Throw myself at the ground.
Drivin' in the walkin' rain
Let's go, let's go
Stream down my windowpane
Thru the fields, where does all the water go?
Stirring in my sleeping bag
There I stew
Holdin' tight the teddy bear
Dreamin' about you
Feels like Mississippi
Billy Parker on his high tractor
Workin' the dirt all day
The sun and the moon, they're trading places
Better never put that plow away
Yeah, momma was stickin' to her story
Happened wars ago
But Billy walkin' funny now
'Cause he got shot by that local so and so
Feels like Mississippi
Feels like Mississippi
Belly on up boys to your favorite back
If you learn how to paint
She might never, never come back
Guitars can talk on just one string
Lord beat that drum boy, boy, boy, boy
With a turkey leg
I really wanna move like I'd like to
Sometimes I remember myself
I really wanna feel like I'm supposed to
Sometimes I remember how to feel
How did I find myself just this way
My body keeps on moving
But my style gets in my way
Find out just how tall I am
By jumping in the middle of a river
Well, we were shaking cliches like we used to
You just remember the smell
Breaking my brain like a boy who just
Can't forget her smell
Now, how do you like the way I drive
Take us a little bit different way every next time (time)
Find out just how dry I am
By jumping the middle of a river
Find out just how tall I am
How tall I am
I really wanna move like I'd like to
Sometimes I remember myself
I really wanna feel like I'm supposed to
Sometimes I remember how to feel
How did I find myself just this way
My body keeps moving
But my thoughts get in the way
Find out just how tall I am
Pickin' up those pieces
Pickin' up those pieces
Putting them away
Not writing you a letter
Not writing you a letter
Not today
Not wanting to meet my savior
Not wanting to meet my savior
Not this way
Sweating out my worries
Sweating out my worries
Just another day
Just another day
I wanted to formally say thanks to Dave Schools for the lyric clarifications. It's too cool that we've actually had input from the band on our transcriptions.
I've got my cat in the yard
And I've got my car in the street
And I've got my nose to the stone
What I don't have is you
'Cause I didn't know
I got my way
And you got yours
I've got my hole in the wall
Somewhere I can go when the sky begins to fall
I've got my candles to burn
What I don't have is you
'Cause I didn't learn
I got my way
And you got yours
I've got my CD's to turn
I've got my lessons to learn
And I've got my coat for the road
What I don't have is you
'Cause I didn't know
I got my way
Down Poppie Johnny Road, nobody hears your name
Life that I was lovin', like stealin' a ride on a train
Wanna steal a ride on a train
Crawlin' in the dirt all night
I guess this is a place
Newborns lashed to a dead oak tree
Settle deeper in the rain
Settle deeper in the rain
Hold me tight, flying through the air
Hold on strong, and we're almost there
Laugh so hard, the devil gets scared
I got a real good mind to beat your senseless
Best to count your blessing child
The sun's not too hot today
Like to get to church before
Oh, before this old jacket fades
Take us right to the shade
That's the end of Poppie Johnny Road
Old blind that cures your misery
Give her five dollars, boy
Oh, and a reason to believe
A reason to believe
Hold me tight, flying through the air
Coalyards calling, we're almost there
Laugh so hard and the devil's all scared
I got a real good mind to beat you senseless
Down Poppie Johnny Road, nobody hears your name
The life that I love, like stealin' a ride on a train
Oh, steal a ride on a train
At the end of Poppie Johnny Road
Old Blind that cures your misery
Just get five dollars there and a reason to believe
A reason to believe
Hold me tight, flying through the air
Coalyards calling, we're almost there
Laughed so hard and the devil gets scared
I got a real good mind, to beat you senseless
I got a real good mind
Senseless
I got a real good mind
Senseless
I got a real good mind
Senseless
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