Westerberg, Paul Filmography

• Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements (2011)
• Open Season (2006)
• Paul Westerberg: Come Feel Me Tremble (2003)
• Paul Westerberg: Come Feel Me Tremble (2003)
• Paul Westerberg: Come Feel Me Tremble (2003)
• Singles (1992)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Even Here - Paul Westerberg
• Angels Walk - Paul Westerberg
• Time Flies Tomorrow - Paul Westerberg
• Someone I Once Knew - Paul Westerberg
• Silver Naked Ladies - Paul Westerberg
• Psychopharmacology - Paul Westerberg
• Lush And Green - Paul Westerberg
• It's A Wonderful Lie - Paul Westerberg
• Homelessexual - Paul Westerberg
• Hide n Seeking - Paul Westerberg
• Century - Paul Westerberg
• Bookmark - Paul Westerberg
• Black-Eyed Susan - Paul Westerberg
• Best Thing That Never Happened - Paul Westerberg
• Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves - Paul Westerberg
• Self-Defense - Paul Westerberg
• Once Around the Weekend - Paul Westerberg
• Knocking on Mine - Paul Westerberg
• What About Mine - Paul Westerberg
• What A Day (for A Night) - Paul Westerberg
• Mr. Rabbit - Paul Westerberg
• Trumpet Clip - Paul Westerberg
• Things - Paul Westerberg
• These Are The Days - Paul Westerberg
• Sunshine - Paul Westerberg
• Men Without Ties - Paul Westerberg
• Something is Me - Paul Westerberg
• Seein Her - Paul Westerberg
• Nowhere Man - Paul Westerberg
• Nothing To No One - Paul Westerberg
• Hot Un - Paul Westerberg
• Mannequin Shop - Paul Westerberg
• Mama Daddy Did - Paul Westerberg
• Lush & Green - Paul Westerberg
• Love You In The Fall - Paul Westerberg
• Lookin' Up In Heaven - Paul Westerberg
• Let The Bad Times Roll - Paul Westerberg
• I Belong - Paul Westerberg
• HERE COMES A REGULAR - Paul Westerberg
• Gun Shy - Paul Westerberg
• Got You Down - Paul Westerberg
• Good As The Cat - Paul Westerberg
• Gimmie Little Joy - Paul Westerberg
• First Glimmer - Paul Westerberg
• Final Hurrah - Paul Westerberg
• Dyslexic Heart - Paul Westerberg
• Drop Them Gloves - Paul Westerberg
• Don't Want Never - Paul Westerberg
• Dirt To Mud - Paul Westerberg
• Daydream Believer - Paul Westerberg
• Crackle And Drag - Paul Westerberg
• Call That Gone - Paul Westerberg
• Breathe Some New Life - Paul Westerberg
• Boring Enormous - Paul Westerberg
• Baby Learns To Crawl - Paul Westerberg
• As Far As I Know - Paul Westerberg
• Ain't Done Much - Paul Westerberg
• Actor In The Street - Paul Westerberg
• A Star Is Bored - Paul Westerberg
• You've Had it With You - Paul Westerberg
• World Class Fad - Paul Westerberg
• Whisper Me Luck - Paul Westerberg
• Whatever Makes You Happy - Paul Westerberg
• We May Be The Ones - Paul Westerberg
• Waiting For Somebody - Paul Westerberg
• Sunrise Always Listens - Paul Westerberg
• Stain Yer Blood - Paul Westerberg
• Runaway Wind - Paul Westerberg
• No Place For You - Paul Westerberg
• My Dad - Paul Westerberg
• Meet Me In The Meadow - Paul Westerberg
• Make Your Own Kind Music - Paul Westerberg
• Love Untold - Paul Westerberg
• Love On The Wing - Paul Westerberg
• Lookin' Out Forever - Paul Westerberg
• Hide N Seekin' - Paul Westerberg
• Good Day - Paul Westerberg
• Ghost On The Canvas - Paul Westerberg
• Born For Me - Paul Westerberg
• Fugitive Kind - Paul Westerberg
• Down Love - Paul Westerberg
• Dice Behind Your Shades - Paul Westerberg
• Dangerous Boys - Paul Westerberg
• C'mon C'mon C'mon - Paul Westerberg
• Anyway's All Right - Paul Westerberg
• Ain't Got Me - Paul Westerberg
• A Few Minutes of Silence - Paul Westerberg

Beautiful flowers in your garden
But the most beautiful by far
The one growing wild in the garbage dump
Even here even here we are
Song of the bird lived in the sky
But the most beautiful by far
Scream of the man who never learned to fly
Even here even here we are
Sun shines bright it's a beautiful sight
But the most beautiful by far
Is the blind girl alone with the angel of the night

Big hands on a clock
Little hands covered in chalk
Red lines, blue lines
Sometimes, sometime
Angels walk, angels walk
Giant steps take two
Tiny eyes in a shoe
Make bows of halos
And take those wings off
Angels walk, angels walk
Fly beside me
Hold my breath and deep inside me
I?ll meet you round the block
Sometimes, next time angels walk
Angels walk, angels walk

Time flies tomorrow
But it ain't made a move yet
Time flies tomorrow
And tomorrow will make a day since we've met
Your heart sings a feeling
It don't ache but baby it's gonna
Swing from the ceiling
Break like a piñata
Break like a whitecap
In the sand you shiver
With eyes like two hubcaps
At the bottom of the river
Time flies tomorrow
But it ain't made a move yet
Time flies tomorrow
And tomorrow will make a day since we've met
Your hands are like an ovation
An uncertain work of art
I sometimes grow impatient
Gonna tear me apart
Ain't no time for crying
As you stand and deliver
All my thoughts of dying
Are silenced by your river
Time flies tomorrow
And time flies since we met
Time flies tomorrow
Yeah, time flies since we met
Time flies tomorrow

I was smoking a roundie
Thank God you found me
All by myself
And then you bounced through the door like nobody else
Hey you someone I once knew, sit your butt down
Hey you someone I once knew, sit your butt down
Watchin' my Japanese TV
With my six string buddy
I was barely tickin'
And then you bounced through the door come alive and kickin'
Hey you someone I once knew, sit your butt down
Hey you someone I once knew, sit your butt down
You got brains, all the way down
You never changed
I just never got past
The ones you sit on
Hey you someone I once knew, sit your butt down
You got brains all the way down
You've never changed
I just never got past
Your little rock and roll ass
Shot bolt upright
When you mention the whole night
I was on the mend when
You let a smile crack
And it all came back
Hey you someone I once knew

One, two, three, four
Road maps and bra straps
8 tracks and mud flaps
I don't give a damn
'Cause I'm a free old man, yeah
I pulled it right up
Shoot her the shady
All that I want
Is silver naked lady
I sink and I swim
A down the road again
I hook, I cook
What you doing tonight?
I pulled it right up
I pulled her nice caddie
All that I want
Silver naked lady
Yeah, go baby
Let's please, please, please, please
Silver naked lady
Road maps and bra straps
8 tracks and mud flaps
Don't give a damn
'Cause I'm a free, I'm a free, I'm a free old man, yeah
Pull her right here
Put her nice caddie
All that I want
Silver naked lady, oh
Silver naked lady
Silver naked lady
Silver naked lady
Silver naked lady
Alright
Alright
Alright

Feelin' better than yesterday and worse than tomorrow
It's depressing for me to say I been dressing like Greta Garbo
Oh, psychopharmacology works wonders, wonder will it work on me?
They been searching for a cat who matches that prescription
Sign up for a chat, they said we'll cure your addiction
Well, psychopharmacology works wonders, wonder will it work on me?
Yeah, psycho
I need something to calm me down
I need something to keep me focused
Narcoleptic, paranoid and borderline hopeless
A D D, P C P, F U C K E D, that's me
I'm feelin' better than yesterday
And I'm havin' none of that
They say all the world's a stage
It's more like a medicine cabinet
Psychopharmacology works wonders, wonder will it work?
Psychopharmacology works wonders, wonder will it work?
Psychopharmacology works wonders, wonder will it work on me?
(Psycho)

I kiss the wind and meet the rain
Jealous enough to fall for a day
I fall on you when I hear thunder
I kiss the ground you lie under
Now I only sleep when spoken too
So I'll lay here still in morning dew
Drink up with the flowers and trees
Above you all is lush and green
Now I kiss the ground and meet the rain
Jealous any fall for a day
And I drink up with these flowers and trees
And I still love you
All is lush and green
Above you all is lush and green.

Get up from a dream and I look for rain
Take an amphetamine and a crushed rat brain
How am I feelin', better I suppose
How am I lookin', I don't want the truth
What am I doin', I ain't in my youth
I'm past my prime or was that just a pose
It's a wonderful lie, I still get by on those
I've been accused of never opening up
You get too close, then I keep my mouth shut
Gonna run to the wind where the big bad city blows
It's a wonderful lie, I still get by on those
It's a wonderful lie, by on those
Now you can dress to the eights, you can dress to maim
They make you feel great, this fortune and fame
Wearing too much makeup, not near enough clothes
It's a wonderful lie, I still get by on those
It's a wonderful lie, I still get by
So don't pin your hopes or pin your dreams
To misanthropes or guys like me
And the truth is overrated, I suppose
It's a wonderful lie, I still get by on those

Well, I can't play as I give a darn
I got no damn place to go
I got no damn place to go
I'm a homelessexual
I got no darn place to stay
I got no darn place to stay
I'm a homelessexual
Well, I'm shacking up with squirrels
And I don't like nothing in this world
I got no damn place to go
I got no damn place to go
I'm a homelessexual
I'm shacking up with squirrels
And I don't like nothing in this world
I got no damn place to go
I got no damn place to go
I'm a homelessexual
I'm a homelessexual

Is that you peeking out from that hat
Hide and seeking behind a drink that's gone flat
Is that you peeking out from your tree
Hide and seeking from everyone here but me
Your hands are shaking and I know what they did
Hide and seeking they never found you as a kid
Your branch is breaking
You'll find another downtown
Hide and seeking
Coming crashing to the ground
Hide and seeking for children baby
Now its hid and sought
Another week and you'll see yours maybe
They treat you like some kinda outlaw
Black night is falling this is the blues you see
Hide and seeking father son and holy me
You speak in parables
You're looking terrible tonight
Hide and seeking
I wonder if you need a light
Hide and seeking pa
Hide and seeking ma

Yeah well, I bit off more than I could chew
I sucked awhile and spit it out
You met me once now who are you
You met me twice who am I to doubt
Built to please and raised to rock
Construction starts here on this block
Millennium has come at last
My one horse town is made of glass
My century is turning
My century is turning
Well so long to the so, so years
Of river mouths and chandeliers
Morning crews that make me yawn
I hold my heave until I'm gone
I cock an ear and crack a smile
Last in line and single file
The only ones standing at this speech
Are the ones with the brooms and the mops and the keys
I cock an ear and crack a smile
Last in line and single file
The only ones standing at this speech
Are the ones with the brooms and the mops and the keys
Now I can't go back it's my last chance
Now I can't go back it's my last chance
Blacktop yards and sonic booms
Done Heroin and in ladies rooms
Bouncing balls and spinning wheels
Electronic retail power deals
Turning calendars forgotten
Expiration date is rotten
Behind my eyes Ive seen it all
Years go past upon the wall
Turning calendars forgotten
Expiration date is rotten
Behind my eyes Ive seen it all
Years go past upon the wall

Father left, you were crushed
Like the petals of a flower
Between the pages of a novel
A long forgotten bookmark
The end of a sad chapter
When he left her she read no more
And so left all trust
Of any man that wants you
To dress in black plastic
Or sing with your eyes only
As though you were autistic
Whisper diamonds and insolence
Enter misadventure
Neither tawdry or resplendent
In clothes that hide your figure
He was daddy's little sparrow
He was a dirty picture window
Mister Inappropriate
Who washes hands after
He thinks someone is watching
Too restless for education
Craves only entertainment
And to this day
There is no one you trust
When your father left your mom
They say that you were crushed
Like the petals of a flower
Between the pages of a novel

Beads of sweat glimmer to the ground
Golden tears shimmer, soft and round
Throwing small shadows
I catch those that fall at my feet
Black eyed Susan dancing in the breeze
See your slight body relax
Soon your young veins will collapse
Still throwing small shadows
Catch those that fall at my feet
Black eyed Susan dancing in the breeze
Black eyed Susan dancing in the breeze
Painted your curb, they know where to park
Painted your face, can't find you in the dark
Goodnight girl, come on dance with me
See the bright pearls sink in the sky of ebony
Throwing small shadows
I catch those that fall at my feet
Black eyed Susan dancing in the breeze
Black eyed Susan dancing in the breeze
Throwing small shadows
God knows you move with ease
Throwing small shadows
Catch those that fall at my feet
Black eyed Susan dancing in the breeze
Black eyed Susan dancing just for me
Black eyed Susan dancing in the breeze
Mmm just for me

I'm the best thing
That never happened
I'm the best thing
You never had
You're the best thing
That never happened
That never happened
It's really too bad
And I was the last thing
That you ever wanted
I'm the best thing
You never had
You were the first one
To turn me on
To turn me on fast
To turn me down flat
You were the first one
To turn me on fast
To turn me on fast
To turn me down flat
'Cause I was the last thing
That you ever wanted
Still the best thing you never had
Now you don't know
What you're missing
You'll never know what you had
You'll never know what you're missing, oh yeah
I was the best thing
That never happened
The best thing you never had
But you want all the pick of the litter
Don't go away bitter
Now I wouldn't do that
I was the last thing
You ever wanted
The best thing
You'll never have
Baby, the best thing
That never happened
The best thing
You'll never have
The best thing

People swear opposites attract
I don't care about that
Is it fiction or fact?
We're identically sad
We're got tears rolling up our sleeves
Nobody here's putting us at ease
Is it fiction or fact?
We're identically sad
Never a moon on water shone
You do here
We're got tears rolling up our sleeves
We're got tears rolling up our sleeves
Pregnant for minutes
And bored for hours
Not soon enough, he'll be ours
Is it fiction or fact?
We're identically sad
To be with him for just one night
Would you throw away
Your whole damn life?
Never a moon on waterworks
Just you and me

Cheekbones and hormones
Your only self-defense
Lying through dinner
And your rock and roll teeth again
You've harbored a coward
Fed him full of broth
This nocturnal sadness
Leave you pale as this tablecloth
Careful don't you spill your dinner
That would be a good defense
Then you wouldn't have to sit here
On the fence
Cheekbones and hormones
He's the accidental man
Tell you in a stage whisper
About the boy who cried benefit
As the poet drags the darkness
Within him to the light
It's only in self-defense
That they drag you out into the night
Careful don't you spill your dinner
That would be your best defense
Careful what you wish for
An idiot and a genius
Standing up to dine
Breaking manmade laws
Cause I only follow those that are divine
And only when you're chased
Do you ever run fast
And it's wrong to commit a suicide

I stay in every night of the week
They try but I won't speak
To be my friends
You'll see me once I'm on the mend
Oh, man once around the weekend
Oh, man once around the weekend
I watch myself fall apart
I watch the rabbits in my yard
There goes another round the bend
I gotta sweep this floor again
Oh man, once around the weekend
Oh man, once around the weekend
Better
You I know, I stay in five, six
Sometimes seven days a week
But ever so often I get that empty urge
To go chasin' a rabbit
Go chasin' that long black hair
Oh man, once around the weekend
Oh man, once around the weekend
But I won't go out to relax
And if you look hard you might see my tracks
They call and try and be my friends
I gotta sweep this floor again
Oh man
Oh, oh man
Oh, oh man

Alright, you read common knowledge, stockpile your brain
You get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain
What they teach you to fix, needs to be broke
I say he who laughs first didn't get the joke
Go on, untap your mind
Quit knocking on mine
An English teacher from Vancouver
She asked me to write something for her students
I wrote knowledge adds, wisdom let slide
She says now really, I wanna tap your mind
Quit knockin' on mine
Walkin' on, knockin' on mine
Knowledge is power, got your books go read 'em
Wisdom is ignorance, stupidity I call freedom
Knockin' on mine, get out
Comic books, the Bible, road maps, pornography
Anything you wanna read
Go out and sit in a field sometime
Quit knockin' on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
Quit knockin' on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
Power, got your books, go read 'em
Wisdom is ignorance, stupidity, I call freedom
Quit knockin' on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
You read, common, knowledge everyday
You're as common as that newspaper you throw away
You get burned in the sun, you get wet in the rain
Won't you ever change? Won't you ever learn?
Quit knockin' on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
Yes, sir, quit knockin' on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
Quit knockin' on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
Knock, knock, knockin' on mine
Knockin' on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
Knock, knock, knockin' on mine
Quit knocking on mine
(Knockin' on mine)
Knock, knock, knockin' on mine

When you cried as a little baby
Mom and daddy let you cry
Thought that that was the best way maybe
To make you grow all strong inside
Now that you're older
You need someone's shoulder
What about mine?
Growing' up your mind was closed
For repairs for a long long time
You could feel the loneliness in your hairstyle
Just like mine
Now that you've grown up
You still need that shoulder
What the hell are you waiting' for?
It's mine
I promise not to chase you
Only to embrace you
I promise not to bug you
Only just to hug you all night
When you was a little baby
Mom and dad they let you cry
They thought that's the best way maybe
To make you all strong inside
(Were they) wrong? (Yes)

I'm blinded
What a day for a night
I'm finding
My way around in morning's light
What a day for a night
What a day for a night
I'm winding
Through the streets, through the towns
I'm finding
Good morning boys, good night gowns
Sunset toys and sundown clowns
What a day for a night now
When we play it's alright
What a day for a night
When we play, it's alright What a day for a night
So I'm moving
Beneath my feet it just feels right
I'm used to it
I hop aboard another flight
No end in sight
On and on we play, alright

Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit
Your coat is mighty grey
Yes, bless God it's made that way
Every little soul must shine
Every little soul must shine
Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit
Your ears are mighty long
Yes by God they're put on wrong
Every little soul must shine
Every little soul must shine
Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit
Your ears are mighty thin
Yes bless God, they're splittin the wind
Every little soul must shine
Every little soul must shine
Every little soul must shine
Every little soul must shine
Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit
Your eyes are mighty red
Yes bless God I'm almost dead
Every little soul must shine

Good substitute for inspiration, prostitutes and perspiration
Look don't touch
I think you ought to show me exactly what don't you want to be
Here that much
Fast jump, everybody shouting
Come together
Fast jump, everybody punch
Up the air
Fast jump, everybody bummer
Here comes a sucker
Fast jump, when you gonna blow
Up a square
New wave kiss in Susie's eyes pass me one of them lover's smiles
Look don't hump
I pin the tail on Demi Moore ring around the donkey core
You got skunked
Fast jump, everybody clamor
Come together
Fast jump, everybody going
Don't you howl
Fast jump, you and you and your momma
Comes a sucker
Fast jump, when you gonna blow
Up I know
Everyone's a pit of love
Except I can't stop thinking about her underwear
I thought I had a damn good reason
One loss it don't make a season for the bears
Fast jump, everybody clamor
Come together
Fast jump, everybody go
No, no, no
Fast jump, you and me mama
Come forever
Fast jump, when you gonna blow
Up the block
I give the world the slip
Can you dig my trumpet clip?
I give the world the slip
Can you dig my trumpet clip?
I give the world the slip
Can you dig my trumpet clip?
I give the world the slip
Can you dig my trumpet clip?
My trumpet clip
And I'm high
My description? You're my papillion addiction
Oh yeah yeah
Let's pin the tail on Demi Moore and ring around the donkey score
Yeah yeah yeah
Fast jump
Fast jump
Fast jump
Fast jump
Just like me to care and all

Things I wanna tell you
How you make me feel
How you look to me
And how good it feels
Things I don't wanna tell you
Every little thing's all right
What I was before
And where I was last night
Always things
All these things
Always things
Things I try to tell you
But come out oh so wrong
Seem to feel pretty good
Seem to last pretty long
Things I don't wanna tell you
Now there ain't no doubt
You lit a fire in me
Can't seem to put out
Always things
All these things
Things I long to tell you
But I don't know how
Things I don't wanna tell you
But I have to now
Packed my things
Things I'm bound to tell you
Like that dress looks great on you
I could use some breathing room
But I'm still in love with you
Things I'd never tell you
Down the line someday
You'll be a song I sing
A thing I give away
Pack my things today

I spend my time in cottonwood looking for a sign
Sitting by myself and I'm running out of time
Listen to the wind talking just to me
Listen now can't you see
These are the days no one sees
They run together for company
I am the day no one needs
There'll never come another one like me
Monday morning came another day to you
Tuesday you dreamed it was Wednesday through
And Thursday's child a long way to go
And Friday night knocking on my door
These are the days no one sees
They run together for company
I am the day that no one needs
There'll never come another one like me
The day is oh, the day is oh
These are the days no one sees
We run together for company, oh
Well he sat upon a rock, he said, "What's my name"
It ain't tomorrow ain't it yesterday
Now take a look around you if you got the time
And let me introduce some friends of mine
These are the days no one sees
They run together for company
I am the day that no one needs
There'll never come no one like me
These are the days no one sees
There'll never come another one like me
No, there'll never come another one like me

Sunshine go away today
Don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone he's trying to run my life
Don't know what he's asking
He tells me I better get in line
I can't hear what he's saying
When I grow up I'm gonna make him mine
Please help dude I'm in pain
How much does it cost?
I'll buy it
The time is all we lost
I'll try it
He can't even run his own life
Be damned if he'll run mine
Sunshine
Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone he's trying to run my life
Don't know what he's asking
When working starts to make me wonder to wear
The feats are what I do, I'm going
He says in love and war all is fair
He's got cards he ain't showing
How much does it cost?
I'll buy it
The time is all we lost
I'll try it
He can't even run his own life
Be damned if he'll run mine
Sunshine
Sunshine go away today
I can't feel much like singing
And this old world, she's gonna turn around

(german "world class fad" b-side, "knockin on mine" promo non-album track)
Men without ties don't dress for dinner
Do the friday night frozen pizza thing
Don't want no wife or no beginner
You're the friday night frozen pizza king
Everything you buy is soon expired
Some neighbors they're a-thinking that you're gay
Others they assume that you've been fired
See you smoking cigarettes all day
Men without ties don't dress for dinner
Do the friday night frozen pizza thing
Don't want no wife or no beginner with a knife
You're the friday night frozen pizza king
On saturday they won't catch you in your yard
You're dreaming of tonight's fine cuisine
With a microwave and a library card
It'll taste like plastic, but it'll be faster! (ha) sing it!
Men without ties... it's about time
Men without ties don't dress for dinner
Men without ties don't need a thing
Don't want no wife, show to cut by

You've gotta get something off of your chest
Well, something is me and let me guess
Something always changes eventually
Well, something is me
(Something is me)
Now something is me
(Something is me)
Through the top of the porch, through the top of the wall
Something went wrong, my name is Paul
Something always happens eventually
Well, something is me
(Something is me)
Something is me
(Something is me)
Something something something something
Something something something something
Eventually something is me
(Something is me)
Woe is me
(Something is me)
Something something something something
Something something something something
Whose suicide are you on?
Take a left turn, you hop on my lawn
Something's got to grow eventually
I know something is me
(Something is me)
Something is me
(Something is me)
Something something something something
Something something something something
Gotta take something to make you feel good
Something ain't me but I wish it could
Finally find something to believe
Something is me
(Something is me)
Something is me
(Something is me)
Something is me

(german "world class fad" b-side, "knockin on mine" promo non-album track)
In my dreams, I'm seein her
In his genes/jeans, I'm seein her
Yeah, it's true, makin' love to you
I'm seein her
Everything about her, I like everything about her, I like everything about
Seein her
In headlight beams, I'm seein her
In my dreams, I'm seein her
Shadows she throws--and no one knows
I'm seein her
He doesn't want you to share
He wants to play romeo and juliet? I'll play peter pan [perrett? ]!
Owed you the truth, and so I swear it
Yeah I want you too and I just can't bear it
Better soon, I'm seein her
In the afternoon, I'm seein her
It's funny, it's true--i'll be seeing you
I'm seein her
I can't believe it's her

He's a real Nowhere Man
Sitting in his Nowhere Land
Making all his Nowhere Plans for nobody
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command
He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere Man, can you see me at all?
Nowhere Man, don't worry
Take your time, don't hurry
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand
Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command
He's a real Nowhere Man
Sitting in his Nowhere Land
Making all his Nowhere Plans for nobody
Making all his Nowhere Plans for nobody

there's a world in between
being everything
to everyone
and being nothing
to no one
there's a world in between
giving life to a dream
giving hope
giving love
giving some
and giving nothing
to no one
a world of extreme reflection
hear his scream for affection
there's a world in between
being everything to everyone
and being nothing
to no one
I am a button

Hot un, hot un are you down and out or are you up for grabs?
I see your pout and your set of abs
Look at them curves, now that's somethin'
Check out the girl on that belly button she's a hot un, hot un
I lost my hearing, not all but some
I got an earring that I dangle from
Triangulate [unverified] a hernia for you
Just look at the girl on that tatoo hot un
Oh grandpa, needs his rest, boy he needs a yes
All them chest hair [unverified] ain't no goddamn fun
Grandpa needs a nap, boy he gets a slap
Just look at the girl on that belly button get down
She don't keep it hidden, she don't know what to do
Look at that sexy kitten there on that tatoo
Well, it's all in jest, it's all in fun
Yeah, check out the girl on that belly button hot un
She's a hot un

You look fine a little strange, been working out? Losing weight?
You got that hunger and I can see
You're looking younger than you're supposed to be
One little nip, one little tuck ohhh you're looking hip
You never never stop
Chop chop mannequin shop
The mannequin shop
You look bitching you look taut
I'm a itchin to know what was bought?
Are those yours? Are those mine?
Are they paid for? It's a lie
One little nip, one little tuck ohhh you're looking hip
You never never stop
Chop chop mannequin shop
The mannequin shop
You're looking great
You're losing face
You're looking fine
My little Frankenstein
Mannequin shop
Chop chop mannequin shop
You've got the face that you chose
Honey, can you spare a nose?
You're looking great
You're losing face
You look fine a little strange, been working out? Losing weight?
Are those yours? Are those mine?
Are they paid for? It's a lie
One little nip one little tuck ohhh you're looking hip
Good enough to
Mannequin shop
Chop chop mannequin shop
You're looking great
You're losing face
My little Frankenstein
Mannequin shop
Chop chop

Decided not to have any part of
Wonderful lie of (live) love
Decided not to raise any children
Just like mamama and daddy did
Just like mamama daddy did
Decided not to have any part of
Wonderful lie of (live) love
Decided not to raise some goddamned kid

Yes that was their way no it ain't mine
Guess they did ok at least they tried
Decided not to have any regrets
Whoa that's as good as it gets
Decided not to raise some mixed-up kid
Just like mamama daddy did
Just like...

I kiss the wind and meet the rain
Jealous enough to fall for a day
I fall on you when I hear thunder
I kiss the ground you lie under
Now I only sleep when spoken too
So I'll lay here still in morning dew
Drink up with the flowers and trees
Above you all is lush and green
Now I kiss the ground and meet the rain
Jealous any fall for a day
And I drink up with these flowers and trees
And I still love you, all is lush and green

I love you in the fall
I'll never forget you at all
I love you in the fall
I'll never forget you at all
I wait for always
I love you in the fall
I'll never forget you
The winter's coming on.
Seasons change before me
Before me there must have
Been someone else.
Oh, yeah.
I wait for always
I love you in the fall
I love you forever.
Season change before me
After me there'll be someone new,
Someone new.
..? ..shadows of the summer time
When the crimson leaves appear
It's only days till autumn's here.
I love you forever
I love you in the fall
I love you forever
I love you in the fall
I love you forever
I love you in the fall
I'll never forget you
I'll never forget you
I'll never foregt you
I'll never forget you-- no no

Someday morning i felt afraid
Someone leaving in the world today
I looked low, i looked high
Only missed one friend
Before i go, i look high again
So i went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
They asked me to stick around
But without you it just wasn't right
I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
Sunday evening i get the blues
Someone sleeping' in their tennis shoes
I looked low and i looked high
Only missed one friend
Before i go, i look high again
So i went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
They asked me to stick around
But without you it just wasn't right
I went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
I met a little angel, she asked me if i could step outside
"i'll make you forget her, i'll make you forget her
Baby, won't you watch me fly?"
Years go by now, now i have grown
Sunday night and i ain't alone
So you look low and i look high
And miss another friend
Before i go, i look high again
(i love you)
Lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
They asked me to stick around
But without you it just wasn't right
So i went lookin' up in heaven
But you wasn't anywhere in sight
They invited me to stick around, you know
But i told 'em there was another place i had to check out tonight
I went lookin' up in heaven

The good times hide
And so do I
Out of my control
I dig a hole
I'm gonna let the bad times roll
I'm gonna let the bad times roll
If that's all the time
That you got
Then I'd rather not
Waste my life on hold
I'm gonna let the bad times roll
I'm gonna let the bad times roll
Just add water
I'm disappointed
Just like my father
I miss the point
I need someone
not infection
Just add water
I'm disappointed
The good times hide
So will I
Watch the world roll by
From my hole
I'm gonna let the bad times roll

You used to think that you made me complete
Then one morning it dawned on me
There beneath my feet was my home
Hard to say goodbye, so we say so long
And this is where I belong
This is where I choose to stay on
This is where I belong
please come Home
You used to think you carried me from all harm
Sing me a song and keep me from all wrong
Goodbye's too hard for me to say
So I say "So long"
And this is where I belong
This is where I choose to stay on
This is where I belong
Next time that you see me, baby please don't let on
That you knew me at all
(PETE YORN VERSION BEGINS HERE)
You used to think you was the only part of my life
Now I realize there's a whole world outside
Goodbye's too hard for me to say, so
I say "So long"
And this is where I belong
This is (IS THIS) where I choose to stay on
Next time that you see me, please don't let on (NOT IN YORN)
That you ever knew me before That you never knew me at all (NOT IN YORN)
(THIS IS WHERE I BELONG)
My home
I belong
My home

Well a person can work up a mean mean thirst
after a hard day of nothin' much at all
Summer's passed, it's too late to cut the grass
There ain't much to rake anyway in the fall
And sometimes I just ain't in the mood
to take my place in back with the loudmouths
You're like a picture on the fridge that's never stocked with food
I used to live at home, now I stay at the house
And everybody wants to be special here
They call your name out loud and clear
Here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one here today?
Well a drinkin' buddy that's bound to another town
Once the police made you go away
And even if you're in the arms of someone's baby now
I'll take a great big whiskey to ya anyway
Everybody wants to be someone's here
Someone's gonna show up, never fear
'cause here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one who feels ashamed?
Kneeling alongside old Sad Eyes
He says opportunity knocks once then the door slams shut
All I know is I'm sick of everything that my money can buy
The fool who wastes his life, God rest his guts
First the lights, then the collar goes up, and the wind begins to blow
Turn your back on a pay-you-back, last call
First the glass, then the leaves that pass, then comes the snow

I'm a rock star in a fruit jar
I'm a yellow snake in a can
I'm a farmhand, I'm a charmed foot
Chain link, jack rabbit, ??? me in a book
Chasin' middle age, I'm pacin' in my cage tonight
I feel a little gun shy, gun shy
Chasin' middle age, pacin' in my cage tonight
Got my sun-block and hard rock
I need to relax
From a dormitory
A former whore's peeing on Ajax (nope I don't know what it means but we got it right from the source, thanks to AReg)
We're chasin' middle age, and we're pacin' in our cage tonight
Still a little gun shy
Gun shy, Gun shy
I'll never tell it like it ain't
When the money starts to faint and fade
Cocksure
??? hit me
I don't wanna ???
Pet rock, I'm a stopped clock
I'm a yellow snake in a can
I'm a farmhand, I'm a charmed foot
I'm a jack rabbit, rock star, fruit jar, fuck you
Pacin' my cage and I've nowhere to hide
Still a little gun shy

he's got your number
knows where you're found
but he don't know everything
still, he's got you down
like christopher columbus
in a world that's flat
he don't know everything
try telling you that
or harry houdini
he's escaped your grasp
that one is hold
try telling you that
and he's got your number
knows where you'll be found
but he don't know everything
still, he's got you down
he's got you down, baby
he knows you like the back of his hand
like rudolh valinteno
the great lover of your life
been awhile since you seen him, though
i'm sure he's not with his wife
and he's got your number
knows where you'll be found
but he don't know nothing
still, he's got you down
and he's got your number
and he's got you down
he don't know nothing though

Why is being young so hard
But so easy to rhyme
Tried before in my backyard
We been young a long time
I don't want to be told what to do
I don't want to be old and I sure can't be new
Baby, I am what I am
Don't hate me for that
Lately it seems you don't give a damn
Treat me good as the cat
Why is being young oh, so tough
So easy to rhyme
I always do and say the wrong stuff
I ain't been young in some time
Don't want to be told what to do
Don't want to be old, sure can't be new
Baby, I am what I am
Don't hate me for that
Lately it seems you don't give a damn
Treat me good as the cat
The biggest kitty gets all the attention
Not that I need
A phony feline gets a mainline injection
'Scuse me while I try to breath
I don't want to be told what to do
Don't want to be old, I sure can't be new
Baby, am what I am
Don't hate me for that
Lately it seems I don't give a damn
Treat me good as the cat
Baby, am what I am
Don't hate me for that
Lately seems you don't give a damn
Just treat me good as the cat
Treat me good as the cat
Good as the cat
Good as the cat
As good as the cat
As good as the cat
As good as the cat

And...
Finally found
where a cowboy boots
that fit
Nice
And a stick that shine a script
I play steel guitar
When no one is around
There is one thing
That I aint found
So give me a little joy
So i can jump
Give my heart a jolt
So we can bump
Watch me blow the roof
Off this dump
It's easy
(x2)
Now that i got time on my hands
You'd think i'd understand
but i don't expect you to
I play steel guitar
When no one is around
There is something
That I aint found
So give me a little joy
So i can jump
Give my heart a jolt
So we can bump
Watch me blow the roof
Off this dump
It's easy
(x2) My heart can funk
It's easy
Baby love ease me
Please me

Do you remember me long ago
Used to wear my heart on my sleeve
I guess it still shows
We watched the sun fall down and
I hop on my bike; still that night
You're my first glimmer of light
You were my. you was my first
Glimmer of light
And the leaves were burning up in the street
I guess they tore that bridge out
Where we used to meet
And no one can see there
You're my first glimmer of light
You were my. you was my first
Glimmer of light
Wore my jacket and I wore your sweater
Underneath the bridge was an indian summer
Purple mascara, safety pins kickin' the dirt
Took off your jacket took off my sweater
And we made a wish things would never be better
Train whistle blew my wish won't come. oh no.
You were the first glimmer of light
You was my first glimmer of light
You're my first glimmer of light
You was my first,
You was my first
Wore my jacket and I wore your sweater
Underneath the bridge was an indian summer
Purple mascara, safety pins God did it hurt
Took off my jacket took off your sweater
And we made a wish things would never be better
Train whistle blew my wish came true.
You was my first glimmer of light
You was my first glimmer of light
You was my first glimmer of light
You was my first glimmer of light
Oh baby now
Yes you were
Oh baby now

All of the sun that New York will allow
Is taking one last bow and left
Let's throw this night to the fuckin' wind
Don't ever want to hear these words again
If only we had, I wish that we did
You're my latest last chance, my final hurrah
This day went so fast, I barely even saw you
Clap your hands and stamp your skinny wrists
Cross me off your list in the sand
And throw this night to the fuckin' wind
I don't ever want to hear these words again
Oh if only we had, I wish we did
You're my latest last chance, my final hurrah
This day went so fast, I barely even saw you write
Barely even saw me cry, barely even saw you, oh yeah
You're my latest last chance, my final hurrah
The day went so fast, my final hurrah
In your black satin pants, my final hurrah

Well, you shoot me glances
And they're so hard to read
I misconstrue what you mean
Slip me a napkin and now that you start
Is this your name or a doctor's eye chart?
I try and comprehend you
But I got a dyslexic heart
I ain't dying to offend you
I got a dyslexic heart
Thanks for the book, now, my table is ready
It's a library or bar?
Between the covers I thought you were ready
A half angel, half tart
I try and comprehend you
But I got a dyslexic heart
I ain't dying to offend you
I got a dyslexic heart
Do I read you correctly, you need me directly
Now, help me with this part
Do I date you? Do I hate you?
Do I got a dyslexic heart?
You keep swayin', what are you sayin'?
Thinking 'bout stayin'?
Or you just playing, making passes
Well, my heart could use some glasses
[Incomprehensible]
Are you staying'? What are you sailin'?
What are you swayin'? Yeah
You just playing, making passes
Well, my heart could use some glasses
I try and comprehend you
I got a dyslexic heart
Do I read you correctly, I need you directly
Now, help me with this part
Do I love you? Do I hate you?
I got a dyslexic heart?

Hit it!
Dig.
Well it’s as easy as 1-2-3, playing guitar
Sault St. Marie on a silent way. Shut your eyes, ma
Going down the arena,
Ain’t no lost love
Gonna be some fighting boys
Tonight…we’re gonna drop them gloves
Now there there ain't no bad blood
All blood is good
And there ain't no better
Is that understood?
Going down the arena,
Ain't no lost love
There's gonna be some fighting boys
Tonight we're gonna drop them, we're gonna drop them gloves
Now this is your chance
This is the only, only girl to dance
If you want to dance
Let's go
(Solo)
Going down the arena
Well, be-be-be-because
There's gonna be some fighting there
Tonight...
It's as easy as 3-4-5
There's gonna be a brawl
Going down (Sounds like anaheim, haha)
And after St. Paul
Ok now
We're going down the arena
There ain't no lost love
there's gonna be some fighting there
Tonight...
Going down the arena
Be-be-be-because
There's gonna be some fighting there

i don't want your blessing
i don't want your taste
i make a confession:
i no longer know my place
i don't want your respect
i don't want your war
i don't want your heroin
of all the things
that you supply
if you can't get me now
i don't want never
can i have your blessing
to dislike your face
i make my confession:
i hear your voice, i hit erase
of all the things that she brings
of all the things that you suppy
if you can't get me now

As long as my veins are flowing with blood
Sure as the rain
Turns the dirt into mud
As long as there’s blood
In my veins I will search
For as sure the sun
Turns the mud into dirt
I’m gonna hurt
And they say a man in pain
Will prepare to die
They say a man who hurts
Won’t even try
How long does it take
For pain to change to hurt
As long as the sun
turns the mud back to dirt
How long will it take
for the dirt to change with rain
how long will this hurt
choose to remain
As long as my veins are flowing with blood
Sure as the rain

Oh I could hide 'neath the wing
Of the blue bird as she sings
The six-o'clock alarm would never ring
But six rings and I rise
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes
The shaving razor's cold and it stings
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean to a
Daydream believer and a
Homecoming queen
You once thought of me
As a white knight on his steed
Now you know how happy I can be
Oh, our good times start and end
Without all i want to spend
But how much baby do we really need
Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean to a
Daydream believer and a

What's the matter here?
You'll never repair
The lady's cursed with insight
You'll never fix her, with a cold stare
She's all broken inside
She made a good go, like a weeping willow
Her limbs clung to the ground
She closed the window, and made a pillow
And lay her head down
And as her babies slept, she took a long deep breath
Now they're zipping her up in a bag
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
And the Cadillac's waiting to take her away
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
Another head cold, another spirit old
Mmmm, February
Her hair was dirty, and she was 30 in 1963
And while her babies slept she took a long deep breath
And they're zipping her up in a bag
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
The Cadillac's waiting to take her away
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
And drag, and drag, and drag…
She made a good go, for a weeping willow
She stuffed some rags on the floor
She closed the window
She made a pillow on the oven door
And took a long deep breath
While her babies slept
Now they're zipping her up in a bag
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
And the Cadillac's waiting to take her away
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
They're zipping her up in a bag
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
The Cadillac's waiting to take her away
Can you hear her blacks crackle and drag

Tell me
What's taking so long
You call that gone
What's taking so awful long
You call that gone
You call that gone
You call me anything you can think of
Discussion over, love
Calling it quits again
You're just stalling
What's taking so long
You call that gone
What's taking so awful long
You call that gone
You're taking me to task again
You say you're leaving
Calling it quits again, baby
You're just stalling
What's taking so goddamn long
You call that gone
I think it's fine
That you made up your mind
But you're leaving?
You're taking your sweet time
Tell me
What's taking so long
You call that gone
What's taking so awful long
You call that gone
You call me everything you can think of
Discussion over, love
You're calling it quits again
You're just stalling
What's taking so long

Well we made a mad dash for the good life
And we passed when we weren't looking
And we made a swift retreat to the danger
That we'd see every evening
It ain't happened yet, I ain't holding' my breath
I wanna breathe some new life
Breathe some new life
Some new life
Ain't happened yet, I ain't holding' my breath
Got my way, tend to sway 'cause my vision now is slanted
And cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted
I wanna breathe some new life
Breathe some new life
Breathe some new life
It ain't happened yet, I ain't holding' my breath
Teach me to die, a butterfly soft and slow, deep in the meadow
Peace to my soul, I'm good to go, I'm prepared, Lord to travel
Ain't happened yet, I ain't holding' my breath
I wanna breathe some new life…
Please forgive my sins, once again
I will fall and I will fail
Interlude #3
We're almost at the start of a brand new lie
There're drink and drugs and smokes and shrugs
And only you'd ask why
No need for firearms
With a pair of burning eyes
Suffer fools no longer

Our coffee laughs at us every morning
We always laugh at the choices we've made
And ask ourselves
How did it ge so early
We're boring enormous
Will they inform us
That up close we still look afraid
Boring enormous, it isn't for us to say
No longer in a hurry to get anywhere
Still don't care for your destination
No longer lead, you just let things happen
Boring enormous
Will you inform us
Just when and where you might run
Boring enormous, it ain't for every one
Here with my headache and cigars
My love for you is finally scarred
Moving vans and swollen hands
Leave their mark
I pledge allegiance to the sky
Above the only place I lie anymore
Faucet's been dripping for a year and half
Both of us tripping outside to play
One thing I love I can no longer stand
Boring enormous
Please just ignore us
Cause up close we're still far away
Boring enormous
Please just ignore us
Casue up close we look far away
Boring enormous

baby learns to crawl
watching daddy's skin
learns to fall
get up again
baby learns to cry
watching mama's smile
in the mirror
can you hear
baby learns to swear
with your hair
learns to love
watching tv
baby learns to cope with
what she sees
in the mirror
don't go nearer
baby learns to hide
down on your knees
learns to pray when
somebody sneezes
baby don't you say you love me
in the mirror
one last crushing blow
a final crashing bore
and it's always time to go
as you're inching to the door
(let's go)
baby learns to live
watching daddy's life
baby learns to give
everything away
baby learns to cry
it's alright
in the mirror
baby learn to crawl
watching daddy's skin
baby learns to crawl

I'm in love with someone that doesn't exist
Keep looking for them everywhere I go
I'm in love with something that doesn't get kissed
It doesn't exist
As far as I know
I'm in love with a face that I've never seen
Once upon a place long time ago
I'm in love with a time that never took place
That's easy to trace
As far as I know
And I know everything that I need to sing
I know everything
I'm in love with the sound that I never hear
As long as I watch your TV show
I'm in love with that girl that doesn't resist
That doesn't exist
As far as I know
As far as I know, the stars in the sky are dull
As far as I know, compared to your eyes only
As far as I know
I know everything I need to sing
I know everything
I raise a gun, that won't hurt me none
I'm in love with a dream I had as a kid
I wait up the street until you show
That dream it came true, but you never do
No you never did

I ain't done much but what I done's alright
I ain't done much but what I done's alright
Babe, in case you wanted to know
Babe, in case you wanted to know
Babe, in case you wanted to know
I ain't done much but what I done's alright
I ain't done much but what I done's alright
Babe, in case you wanted to tell
Babe, in case you wanted to tell
Babe, in case you wanted to tell
I ain't done much but what I done's alright
I ain't done much but what I done's alright
I ain't done much but what I done's alright
I ain't done much but what I done's alright
Alright, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Babe, in case you wanted to fight
Babe, in case you wanted to fight
Babe, in case you wanted to fight
I ain't done much but what I done's alright, alright
I say I ain't done much but what I done's alright

Who here in the crew was he talkin' to?
He was laughin' and smokin'
Who here in the crew, was he talkin' to you?
What words were spoken
I shot an actor it the street
It was my debut at directin'
We nailed him in the hands and feet
Last seen, he was in his trailer restin'
Who here in the crew was he talkin' to?
What was he sayin'
Who here in the crew was spoken to?
Was he smokin' and laughin'?
I shot an actor in the street
I shot an actor in the street
Last seen, he was in his trailer restin'
I need a retake on that scene
Keep lookin' for him, I need his blessin'

He gets up in the darkness
And he calls out, "Where am I?"
He looks down from the heavens
And he's tired of the sky
Five hundred lonely years ago
He shone blue and bright
And it's killing him to know
That you're seeing it tonight
In his room no one blesses
He undresses his award
To the moon he confesses
"I'm going down there for sure"
A star is bored
He's dreaming in the valley
And he's shaking in the stream
He's shining in the alley
And they're kissing his golden feet
They ask him, "Are you famous?"
You've answered that, you know
They tell him he looks nervous
He says, "You look too close"
And the place where he's staying
Shoves his dinner in the hall
The number that he's dialing
He'll really wanna call
He gets down and starts praying
Like they taught him, to the wall
"Oh, Lord"

I had it with the friend who uses me
To open doors like I was a skeleton key
I had it with everyone, had it with anyone I ever knew
You've had it with you
You need someone to fall in love, need someone to fall in love
Any anyone will do
You've had it with you
Like Catherine the Great underneath a big horse
Your sexual preference is me of course
I get away with murder and I promise not to hurt her
If I have to shoot

Had it with you
Had it with your shoes..
Had it with you baby and your star-cheap car
I'm fading faster than a UK pop star
I've had it with everyone, everyone I ever knew well I do

[You had it with your neighbors, had it with your clothes
You had it with your records, ???
You had it with your friend, had it with your shoes,
You had it, goddammit! You've had it with you!

Well, you look fantastic and you gassed the casket
At least the thing still runs
This 9 to 5 bullshit don't let you forget
Suicide you're on
I'm the one you trust in, the world owes you nothing
You really, really want it that bad
You gotta come get it, it's your life, go live it
'Round the corner, give it some gas
If you want it that bad, be a world class fad
Remember, leave a trail of crumbs
If you want it that bad, you're a world class fad
Remember where you started from
Don't be sad, you're a world class fad
You wax poetic about things pathetic
As long as you look so cute
Believe these hills are starting to roll
Believe these stars are starting to shoot
If you want it that bad, be a world class fad
Remember, leave a trail of crumbs
If you want it that bad, you're a world class fad
Remember where you started from
Don't be sad, that you're a world class fad
And the pressures gonna build, yeah
Higher and higher
Something's gotta move here
Ain't knocking on wood
You're foxin' the cove? Oh yeah
Don't be sad, you're a world class fad
You look fantastic in your cast-off casket
At least the thing still flies
I believe this road is starting to wind
And where we're going, it's starting to hide
If you want it that bad, you're a world class fad
Remember, leave a trail of crumbs
You want it that bad, be a world class fad
Remember where you started from
If you want it that bad, a world class fad
If you want it that bad, you're a world class fad
Don't be sad, you're a world class fad
Don't be sad, you're a world class fad

Whisper me luck
Stars watch over us
After all lonely,
After us,
Whisper me luck.
Well, the wind will remember our ways.
Now is always, then is then.
Love you alone,
You love mine.
When the morning comes,
We’ll run for the pines.
Whisss….
Whisper me luck
Stars watch over us.
After all lonely,
After us,
Whisper me luck.
While apart,
On a now or never night
We made it through another day
We got away
Only to wish forever
And this is not enough…
Whisper me luck
Stars will watch over us.
After all lonely,
After us,
Whisper me luck.
I spoke to the moon,
Weep in the forest,
Smell right here,
That’s where you’ll live.
My love is like your love for mine,
When the moment comes,
We’ll run for the pines.
Whisper me luck
Stars will watch over us.
After all we’re lonely,
After us,
Whisper me luck.
Whisper me luck.
Whisper me luck.
Whisper me luck.
Whisper me luck.

Whatever makes you happy is exactly what you will wear
Wouldn't dream of changin' you for a minute or in a year
Whatever makes you happy is exactly how you will stay
Whatever makes you happy is okay
Whatever made you hungry is the one thing you have found
You're starvin' for affection, I guess sex just lets you down
Whatever made you turn away, it's a shame, it made you late
For whatever makes you happy, I don't care, let it wait
You make me nervous, you make me jealous
You make me wonder when you lie
You make me want to vomit and I promise
I want you 'til the day I die
Whatever makes you famous, ain't contagious, please don't run
Fallin' down a stairwell, callin' farewell anyone
Whatever makes me lonesome, it's the same that sets you free
And now, whatever makes you happy, I'm pretty sure, isn't me
Whatever makes you happy, baby

I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna know
Was the garage your playground
Your pool a hose
Did you piss in the alley
and get your toes caught
In the spokes of a bike with a banana seat
Did you carry a knife that was rusted shut tight
You got drunk after church at 13
We may well be the ones
To set this world on its ear
We may well be the ones
If not, then why are we here
I wanna know, I wanna know
The sweet smell of candles burnt low by young women
Alone on their own for the very first time
Under posters of rock stars that you vaguely resemble
In front of a cat a resounding "Perhaps"
Means that you'll be the next one in line
We may well be the ones
To set this world on its ear
We may well be the ones
If not then why are we here
Why the hell then are we here
I wanna know, I wanna know
You may well be the next one
Someone sell me a handgun
Goodbye Ma, I'm done for
It's the law, tell me what for
I wanna know, I wanna know
Smoke cigerette butts
from your brother's green helmet
He wore in that war once
where everyone lost
And they taught him to pour coffee and napalm
And traded his storm for an intense calm
That just won't let him be
We may well be the ones
To set this world on its ear
We may well get it done
Why the hell else are we here
We may well be the ones
To set this world on its ear
We may well be the ones
If not then why are we here
If not then why are we here

All my life, waiting for somebody
Ah ha ha, come and take my hand
All my life, waiting for somebody
Ah ha ha, whoa, yeah
Ah ha ha, ah ha ha
Ah ha ha, ah ha ha
Down so long, doesn't really matter
This downtown home been kicked and I've been spurred
You come along? It doesn't really matter
I'll go it alone, doesn't even hurt
All my life, waiting for somebody
Ah ha ha, whoa, yeah
All my life, waiting for somebody
Ah ha ha, ooh, yeah
I'm waitin' for the day
Waitin' for the day
That you come my way
Hey, hey
Ah ha ha, ah ha ha
Ah ha ha, ah ha ha
I drove down deep, I made a big decision
I'm going to sleep and I'm going there alone
I know damn well, I'm tired of all this cryin'
On my feet as far as I can tell
I'm waitin' for the day
Waitin' for the day
That you come my way
Somebody, somebody
Somebody, ooh, somebody, oh
Waitin' for somebody
Ah ha ha, ah ha ha
(For somebody)
Ah ha ha
Ah ha ha
(I've been waiting for somebody)
Ah ha ha
(Waiting for somebody)
Ah ha ha
(I'm waiting for somebody)
Ah ha ha
Hey, hey, hey
Ah ha ha
Hey, hey, hey

Talking to myself again
My sentences ramble at great length
And I believe I had just started
To bore the only guy who's listening
And the sunset and the lampshade
And the TV and the bed
But the sunrise always listens
But the sunrise always listens
Sometimes she even finishes my sentences
And I don't need a skywriter
To make graffiti in your sky
Your world is a balloon to me
I'll poke a hole and see what's inside
I bored a sunset and a lampshade
And a TV then a bed
But a sunrise always listens
The sunrise always listens
Yes sometimes she'll even finish
My sentences
Like I want her yeah and she starts to laugh
And throws back her golden head
Talking to myself again
My sentences ramble my sentiment
I believe I've started to go out of my head
And there's no one here to hear just what I've said
But the sunrise always listens
Yeah the sunrise always listens
Yeah the sunrise even finishes my sentences

It ain't no big deal that
I feel you are layin' him
I see you leanin' against the floor
It ain't nobody's business
Who you see or who you kiss
I feel you breathin' in the hall
It's okay
Stained and not for fun
I won't stain your blood
I won't stain love
It's okay
Stained and not for fun
I won't stain your blood
I won't stain love
Got an eye for an exit
And the ear that just begs to
I hear, does anybody here now think you're great
Forever, they ignore us
Not the guys that only bores us
Together we're gonna love everything that they hate
It's okay
Stained and not for fun
I won't stain your blood
I won't stain love
It's okay
Stained and not for fun
I won't stain your blood
I won't stain love
I don't care if she's right
Cross my heart, hope to die
Is it love?
They're gonna talk about us
They're gonna stare when we walk by
They're gonna talk about us
For the first time in our lives
It's okay
Stained and not for fun
I won't stain your blood
I won't stain love
It's okay
Stained and not for fun
I won't stain your blood
I won't stain love
Is it love? Is it love?

You don't blow like the breeze, you were born to be
You die down in the trees and try and hide
Will you witness the dark, all you need is a spark
A cathedral of torches light the night
On your mark, here I am
I'm your spark, runaway wind
Run runaway wind
You trade your telescope for a keyhole
And make way for the gray that's in your brown
As dreams made way for plans
See you watch life from the stands
Come on I'll help you burn 'em to the ground
On your mark, here I am
I'm your spark, runaway wind
He sees you like a river, deep and silent
And he runs to you like a shallow noisy stream
I see what you've become and try to hide it
You need someone who sees what you were born to be
Here I am
You don't blow like the breeze, you were born to be
You don't know what to do with your life
As day returns to dark, flame returns to spark
Come on I feel I'm blowing out tonight
I'm your spark, here I am
I'm your spark, here I am
I'm your spark, here I am
On your mark runaway wind
Watch you run
Watch you run

nobody claims to
see it coming
nobody blames you
can't help thinking
a marriage license, a job was waiting
by your mid-30's
you feel unholy
no place for you
to be a girl
no place for you
they closed your world
no place for you
to live and grow
no place for you
that i know
approaching mirrors
waiting tables
fix your lipstick
don't disappoint those
who have nothing to do this evening
no day is safe from thoughts of you leaving
no place for you
to be a girl
no place for you
they closed your world
no place for you
to live and grow
no place for you
that i know
just add water
someone's done for
i'm getting nervous and there's one more
just add water
someone's done for
i'm getting nervious there goes one more
no day is safe from thoughts of you leaving
marriage license
can't help thinking
it's all for nothing
she's so unholy
up in the skies now
she's getting away
no place for you
to be a girl
no place for you
they closed your world
no place for you
to live and grow
no place for you

My dad sitting in his chair
He sits and stares all day
At his flat screen TV
At Christmas he got from me
His fingers, they give a touch
Tells me that I paid too much
Sits there and watches alone
Give him everything I own
My dad sitting in his chair
Still got hair and pride
Ask him how he's feeling
With an emphysema grin, he's fine
Cancels doctor's appointments
Says they'll only make him come back
He's still got some anointment
From when my sister had that rash
His passion's always been golf
Always pulled for the Twins
Broke his back some months ago
Ain't' complained of a twinge
My dad sitting in a chair
Does a crossword there each day
He's got his Chocolate Swoon
And his spitoon, takes aim
There's a Bible on the floor
Next to the baseball box score
On his dresser's a picture of
His one and only grandson
My dad sitting in his chair
Never seen me play
He gets a kick from the newspaper
When he sees the family name
There's a Bible on the floor
Next to the baseball box score
And on his dresser, pictures of
His one and only grandson

You and me will run and hide,
We can walk side by side.
You and me,
We’ve gotta’ be free.
‘Cause that’s the only way to be.
And not in the hallow,
Waiting for you there though.
Meet me in the meadow,
Where the cottonwoods, they rustle in the breeze
Meet me in the meadow,
Where the cottonwood is rustling in the breeze.
We can run side by side,
Never again, will we have to hide.
You and me, we’ve gotta’ be free,
‘Cause that’s the only way to be.
But not in the hallow,
Waiting for you there though.
Meet me in the meadow,
Where the cottonwood is rustling in the breeze.
Meet me in the meadow,
Where the cottonwood is rustling in the breeze.
And I know,
You wouldn’t have to say please
You and me, we’ve gotta’ live free.
I’ll meet you underneath our special tree.
But not in the hallow,
Baby you’re good to go.
Meet me in the meadow,
Where the cottonwood is rustling in the breeze.
Yeah,
Meet me in the meadow,
Where the cottonwood is rustling in the breeze.
Meet me in the meadow
Meet me in the meadow,
Let’s fall in love and never hurt anyone
C’mon
Meet me in the meadow,
Where the cottonwoods, they rustle in the breeze
Where the cottonwood is rustling in the breeze.

Nobody can tell ya
There's only one song worth singing
They may try and sell ya
Cause it hangs them up
To see someone like you
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
It can't be nowhere
The loneliest kind of lonely
It may be
Just to do your thing is the hardest things to do
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
And if you will not take my hand
Then I must be going, I'll understand
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along
No no no no
Even if nobody else sings along

They were gonna meet, on a rocky mountain street
Two bashful hearts beat in advance
Their hands were gonna sweat, it was all set
She ain't showed up yet, still a good chance
It's a love untold
It's a love untold
Checking on her face, checks his sleeve for his ace
And both just in case wear clean underwear
Games would be played, excuses would be made
The stupid things they said in their prayers
Oh, about a love untold
It's a love untold
Soft hands slowly move across the blank white page
Thinking of words for my silent lips and fingers to obey
It's a love untold
It's a love untold
They were gonna meet on a crummy little street
It never came to be, I'm told
Does anyone recall the saddest love of all
The one that lets you fall, nothing to hold
It's the love untold
It's the love untold
Once upon a love untold
Once upon a love untold
Once upon a love untold
Just another love untold
They were gonna meet on a crummy little street

This one came with no guarantee
Came without instructions
Without directions it'll leave
Dusty blue and gray cobweb green
Love to whisk you away
It's just the whisky talking
On your mobile device
To touch base and not to face
Could never suffice
Cautiously desperate
Yet no guarantee
Dusty blue gray
And cobweb green
You won't see me soar or fly
I'm the shyest in the sky, by far
and the star for which all evenings wait
Lady in waiting, man in a rush
Cedar waxwing and a hermit thrush
He's the star for which all evenings wait
You are the dusk, you feel his ache
darkness then bring
Love on the wing, love on the wing
Brown-eyed creeper with the deep dark eyes
I'd like to keep her in paradise
But she makes her own in dead or dying trees
I close my eyes it ain't her I see
But the yellow warbler I adore
Me she ignores
Last to leave in autumn
And the first one back in spring
Love on the wing, love on the wing
See the barn swallow, smell the gunsmoke
lonely tomorrow, hear the farm choke
Baby--Love on the wing
It's down to a finch, or a common house wren
Can't stand the stench of either of them
I could go back to the one, for the one there who waits
For me to return and sing
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
I am the star for which all evenings wait
You are the dusk, feel my ache, darkness brings
Love on the wing
She didn't mean a thing

The one who loves you most
Giving up the ghost
Taking to the stage
Like a stone on a grave
Yeah, I think of her
Every once in awhile
Every once in awhile
Forever
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
Ain't nothing else I can say
Nothin' left to give her
Abandon the wind
I'm a bend in the river
Standing by the bank
They're calling me across
Think of me sometimes
When the river flows because
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
God, I know I'm going home
God, I don't belong
Taste me in his kisses
Waste me in my prime
Replace me with another
Think of me some time
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now, yeah
I'm lookin' out forever now
I'm lookin' out forever now

Is that you peeking out from that hat
Hide N seekin' behind a drink that's gone flat
Is that you peeking out from your tree
Hide N seekin' from everyone here but me
Your hands are shaking and I know what they did
Hide N seekin' they never found you as a kid
Your branch is breaking, you'll find another downtown
Hide N seekin', coming crashing to the ground
Hide N seekin' for children baby
Now it's hid and sought
Another week and you'll see yours maybe
They treat you like some kinda outlaw
Black night is falling this is the blues you see
Hide N seekin', Father, Son and holy me
You speak in parables, you're looking terrible tonight
Hide N seekin', I wonder if you need a light
Hide N seekin' for children baby
Now it's hid and sought
Another week and you'll see yours maybe
They treat you like some kinda outlaw
Hide N seekin' is for children baby
Now it's hid and sought
Another week and you'll see yours maybe
Treats you like an outlaw
Hide N seekin'
Hide N seekin' pa
Hide N seekin'

Good day, doesn't have to be a Friday
Doesn't need to be your birthday
The next one then you won't survive
Sing along, hold my life
A good day is any day that you're alive
Yes a good day is any day that you're alive
Asked me mmm, you had to ask me
In the dreams you tell me
Tell them only you were tired, [Incomprehensible]
Sing along hold my life
A good day is any day that you're alive
Yeah, a good day is any day that you're alive
A bad day comes every once in a while, your body says
Fourteen hundred shooting stars and every time?
A bad day comes every once in your body life
Goodbye, hold my life one last time
A good day is any day that you're alive
Yes a good day is any day that you're alive
Yes a good day is any day that you're alive
(These are the days)

I know a place between life and death for you and me
Best take hold on the threshold of eternity
And see the ghost on the canvas
most people don't see there
Ghost on the canvas
most people don't know
When they're looking at soul *
In between here and there, there is a place that we can grow
The spirits make love in the wheat field with crows
Like the ghost on the canvas
most people don't see this
Ghost on the canvas
No, they never see a soul
Ring around the rosary
pocket full of prose you read
Ashes ashes we all fall in love
with the ghost on the canvas
We dream in color, others they color their dreams
It takes one to know one
The spirit always knows what it sees
Like the ghost on the canvas
never can have us
The ghost on the canvas,
it's the soul, it makes them go
to the ghost on the canvas
I'm a ghost on the canvas

When the loneliest eyes and the emptiest arms
Finally decide to meet
With a head in a lap and a tongue tied in knots
Then the loneliest eyes try and speak
You were born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you
For a couple of nights you could say you're my wife
You could stay or run away if you please
The heaviest head and the emptiest hands
You'll be safe in the light when we kiss, when we breathe
You were born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you
You were born for me, beautiful and blue
Stay here with you
I can't bear it, I can't share it
With anybody in my little world
I can't hide it, I'll never find it
With another girl, yeah
When we kiss, when we breathe
You were born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you
I can't bear to, try and share you
Well I'm the one to talk
You're the one that's free
When you forget me then you'll let me fade away
You'll always be born for me, beautiful and blue
I could die here with you
You were born for me, beautiful and blue

I've been bought, it's quite a scandal, just got out alive
I gave 'em all that they could handle then I took a dive
So, take a chair and make it snappy, tryin' to lose these jerks
Say a prayer and make it simple, it's the only kind that works
On the outskirts of the sundown, I feel like Billy the Kid
Don't know where I'll go or run, now like I ever did
Is this where I belong
Hurry up, quick and you can come along
We ain't got time for you to grab your stuff
What's flowin' through our veins is good enough
I'm the fugitive kind, you better make up your mind, I can't wait
You can run, run, run, run away with me but never from your fate
You can run, run, run, run away from me but never from your fate
I've got strange and grandiose ideas
I never know or care what day it is
We can write down our dreams and hide 'em under the bed
And walk down the street with light bulbs on our head
I'm the fugitive kind, you better make up your mind, I can't wait
You can run, run, run, run away with me but never from your fate
You can run, run, run, run away from me but never from your fate
I stood alone on that stage
Just like a stone on a grave
You could be my lover, I'd make you laugh
Or just another epitaph
I'm a bad idea whose time is come
And I'll never forget where I started from
I'm the fugitive kind, you better make up your mind, I can't wait
You can run, run, run, run away with me but never from your fate
You can run, run, run, run away from me but never from your fate
You can run, run, run, run away from me but never from your fate
You can run, run, run, you can run, run, run

I'd love to turn you way, way down
I've got to turn you way, way down
If I could only find your volume
If I could only find your volume knob
You're always up to no damn good
Up to my neck in Hollywood
I'd love to turn you way, way on
Only find your volume knob
Keep it down, down, down, love, down
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Beat me on the top
You keep it down, love, down, down, down
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
When it's free, free, if I left
Don't ask me, love is deaf
Love is deaf, love is deaf
If I could only find your volume knob
Love to turn you, turn you back down
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya
Keep it down, love, down, down, love
Keep it down, love, I hear ya

Dice behind your shades
Roll the dice behind your shades
Everybody's trying to make you feel stupid
And you know they're lyin'
'Cause their lips are moving
Bet this one is twice your age
Come on, roll the dice behind your shades
Roll the dice behind your shades
Safer way to be strange
Roll the dice behind your shades
The avant-garde unlock the door
You're takin' notes and nothing more
A guy snaps your picture on roller blades
Come on roll the dice behind your shades
Roll the dice behind your shades
Safest way to be strange
Roll the dice behind your shades
Take it to a higher place
Where this world ain't in your face
You and me, Carson McCullers
Take it to a higher plane
Take me where the action ain't
Open windows, open shutters
Bet this one is twice your age, oh
The avant-gardes unlock your cage
And you're sick to death of the latest rage
Afraid of love it always fades

They come from nowhere
And everywhere to share your bed.
When they’re asleep
At least you won’t feel dead.
Dangerous boys – all break in the night.
Fall to pieces – in front of your eyes
You mend them back together – and make em feel safe.
Except for that one boy – who keeps breaking like a wave.
They ask you, ‘where am I?’
‘Where am I going, where have I been?’
You tell ‘em, ‘Don’t cry’
It don’t matter cause your coming with.
Dangerous boys – all break in the night.
Fall to pieces – a secret for your eyes
You mend them back together – and make them feel safe.
Except for that one boy – who keeps breaking like a wave.
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey
If God is their ocean,
You’ll be in a dangerous land
Treat ‘em with the motion
Dammit quit playing in your sand.
Seen them shatter, seen them scatter – to the wind.
It doesn’t matter because you won’t be coming with.
You mend them back together, with a little tape, and your faith.
Except for that one boy – who keeps breaking like a wave.
Mend them back together – send them out the door.
Except for that one boy – who keeps crashing at your shore.

I said a-hey hey hey now baby(hey hey hey now baby)
Do you know it?
It was a dog not a lady I reckon
I don't stand for any more of it
I'll bite his hand next time he beckons
"C'mon c'mon c'mon little bitch"
"C'mon c'mon c'mon little bitch"
A woman's place ain't in the house
But that joker ain't learned it yet
Slap the taste right out of his mouth
"C'mon c'mon, c'mon little bitch"
"C'mon c'mon, c'mon little bitch"
That guy's an old-fashioned ho
He's out running wild
But that shit don't fly no more
"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon little child
"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon little child
"C'mon c'mon c'mon
Let's give a little pride
I said a-hey hey hey now baby (a-hey hey hey now baby)
I said a-hey hey hey (hey hey hey)
His steel empire has not fallen
He's conquered you, now ain't that rich
I'm out and shouting next time he starts calling
"C'mon,c'mon,c'mon little bitch"
"C'mon c'mon c'mon little bitch"
C'mon c'mon c'mon little bitch (I'll treat you good)
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon (and with respect)
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon (now that's the least)
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon (you can expect)

Waiting' for a girl
To tell you that she's gay
She don't know it yet
You want her anyway
Any way you can, any way you might
Any way you hope she will
'Cause any way's all right
On a now or never night
Waiting' for that fool
The one that cuts your hair
To tell you what to do
And remind you "I will dare"
'Cause any way's all right
Any way you can
Any way she might
Hope she will
'Cause any way's all right
On a now or never night
I'm a dog that's broken from my leash
And I'll be hopin'
To be laying in your pretty flower bedroom
I just have to
Miracles always happen when they have to
And as it happens
I expect one tonight in your flower bedroom
Come on
Waiting' for someone
To give me the okay
To really be in love
Or to go our separate ways
Any way we can
Any way we might
Any way I hope you will
'Cause any way's all right
On a now or never night
On a now or never night
It's a now or never night

You've got call waiting
It's irritating me to no end
I take a shot, your hall of fame is
Littered with famous, women and men
You've got 'em all on your wall
Except the last of a dying breed
'Cause you ain't got me, no you ain't got me
No you ain't, no you ain't
I got to be a boy again
With a lik'em ade chin and a quicksilver domino
Baby that's not my choice the fast way
You got a voice like the last day of Catholic school
Your world's got everything that you ever need
But you ain't got me, no you ain't got me
No you ain't, no you ain't got me
You've got Broadway, the longest street
With the shortest memory
You cram your dreams with computer chips
Give me tambourines a pair of shaking hips
You've got 'em all on your wall
I'm the last of a dying breed
'Cause you ain't got me, no you ain't got me
No you ain't, no you ain't got me
You ain't got me, no no no

Play me what I want to hear
Don't make me have to come down there
Forgot how to think and I don't wanna dance
I wanna hear few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence
Few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence
It's me, I'm back for my request
Cut me some slack and give it a rest
Sex and money and violence
I wanna hear few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence
Few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence
Silence
Silence
You know the reason I'm listening for
One more note and I'm out that door
Is it too much to ask for my request?
Silence
Few minutes, few minutes, few minutes of silence
Few, just a few few minutes
Come on, come on, just give me some silence
Few, just a few few minutes, all I ever wanna hear is silence

Famous quotes by Paul Westerberg:

"The truth is overrated."

"Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept."

"A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat."

"It's my first record since my son is old enough to understand and I can't even show it to him. Yes, it's affected me, probably in the opposite of how anyone would have thought."

"So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free and wing it... I don't know, I'm just going to play some songs. I think it'll be fun."

"Right now, it hasn't affected my music other than the fact that I don't have time to write any of it. That's no different from when I first started and I lived at home. I would play the guitar in the afternoon and then my mom or my dad would come home and I'd have to quit."

"I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music."

"I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I haven't lost anything. I've gained a few things."

"Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it."

"The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off the sofa. It's better to write about suicide than to contemplate it too heavily."

"I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard."

"I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore."

"The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not."

"I think it should be evident by now, but I'm as lost as anyone."

"Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way."

"Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing."

"Oddly, when I started to make the record, I wasn't aware I was making a record. I just was sort of disgusted with the whole thing and sequestered myself in the basement and started playing the piano just for something to do."

"I don't think there's anything that will make me stop doing it. There may be a time when it's not available to anyone. You may have to come listen at my basement window... but I can't stop."

"It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did."