I didn't know you weren't supposed to drink the water
I never knew it was so hard to get through south of that border
If I had any idea it took that many pesos to make a dollar
I'd have moved down there
Yeah, I'd probably been a millionare
Rosa at the bayou told me Sinco de Mayo is their fourth of July
And you don't sneak up on a jabanero pepper and just take a bite
Rosa says the sunsets on some of them beaches that'll make you cry
I said, is that right?
Cuz up until tonight
All I knew about Mexico
Was him with my baby on the back of that Harley
Passin' every car as fast as they could go
And all I know about pretty a white sand
Is she's probably on it now sharing a little beach towel
With her "left me for another" man
Or working on a tan I bet
While I'm here trying to forget
All I know about Mexico
And I've heard some pretty scary stuff about them jails down in Tijuana
And it ain't nothin' like the US if you get busted
And I hear he's all hauked up on that marijuana
I can't help but worrying about her being down there when he leaves her
And you know he's gonna leave her
Any day now, yeah, the cops will come around
Wanna know what I've known
All I know about Mexico
Was him with my baby on the back of that Harley
Passin' every car as fast as they could go
And all I know about a pretty white sand
Is she's probably on it now sharing a little beach towel
With her "left me for another" man
Oh she's working on her tan I bet
While I'm here trying to forget
All I know about Mexico
All I knew about Mexico
Was him with my baby on the back of that Harley
Passin' every car just as fast as they could go
And all I know about a pretty white sand
Is she's probably on it now sharing her little beach towel
With her "left me for another" man
Oh she's working on her tan I bet
While I'm here trying to forget
All I know about Mexico
You can't stop a paradise
Sitting on moral hands
I'm out of cigarettes
The bodegas closed
I'll be back tomorrow
I hold her address
In my right hand
There's a gentleman
On her mattress
Well I guess ill tear the envelope
You'll swim through menopause
Before you see me again
You're broken accent
Draws my attention
All the way to the bus stop baby doll
New York license plates
Line the interstate
A hundred miles away
You hold someone else's weight
How can I make this bus stop turn around?
I have waited in line for
This distance
I paid for
I took off all your cloths
And all my cloths
Now we're both cold
You can't stop a lonely man
From all his lonely plans
I'm stuck in Michigan
The airports snowed in
I'll be back tomorrow
You can't see her foreign hands
If we're in china town
Her peacoats on the ground
I smell her whiskey mouth
You can't have that lip talk to me now
On high holy days
You new my Hebrew name
They threw stones at us
I cleaned off all your blood
But I still see lies on your tongue
I have waited in line for
This distance
I paid for
I took off all your cloths
And all my cloths
Now we're both cold
Oh your Pentecostal soul
Lifted me up from the hole
That I've been in
Still, I can't live alone
Not without a telephone
And glittery wine
We can start a war
We can open all the doors
And let in the light
I wont lie anymore
I wont be terrified of my mind
You came from Tel Aviv
Told me things are changing
And it will be fine
Take off that medical tape
Help me to put back the stones to fill the hole
Lighten the weight
I was wrong
When I lied
I was terrified
Of my mind
Take it all
Take it all
Wear that dress
Put your make-up on
Its so cold
Wear something warm
Your daddy was in Vietnam
Your mother worked at the church
Your sisters still in jail
For steeling somebody's purse
If you'r not scared
Can we dance?
Because I can't move
Without your hands
Guiding me across the sea of cars
We really need more
I feel cold
Hands on silk
Jesus Christ
Feels so real
Your daddy was in Vietnam
Your mother worked at the church
Your sisters still in jail
For steeling somebody's purse
If I die today
Will you always be my friend?
Because if I never died
I would always be your man
It gets so close
But no one lets in
Burning neighborhoods
Empty parking lots
Hotel in the back
Near the forest
Common let me in
Let it all begin
Common lift me up
Common wake up
Because
I wont let you down
I wont let you down
I wont let you down
Somewhere there's a town
Where the roads are covered in red and violet roses
And the people sleep through a thousand years of sadness
Lord you couldn't wake them if you wanted to
An Indian told me
I am older then the road I am on
I asked him a question
He said no you tell me where you come from
Then I turned to Julie
In a casino built in restaurant
She says I'm lucky because I've always had a home
A woman to hold me
When I get stoned
I may feel lonely
But I don't know what its like to be alone
Until I see the bottom
Somewhere there's a town
Where the roads are covered in red and violet roses
And the people sleep through a thousand years of sadness
Lord you couldn't wake them if you wanted to
I hope I'm not there when you do
I hope I'm in some other life
Because I don't want to see their faces
Looking so displaced
So close your eyes and say goodnight
An Indian told me
I am older then the road I am on
So I went back to New York
The city where I come from
Where the people look at me
Like I'm somebody else's problem
Wait, till I get home
Before you walk out my life
Shuffle all your cloth
Before you walk out that door
I'll be waiting for something real
Or until I see the lights
the mystery boys and that plan we made
Keeps me stuck in that damn hotel
But ill be holding on to things that I can not change
Without you I don't think I can make it on my own
Take me, to the bar tonight
Stay out till the cocaine's gone
I don't remember what you said
Or why I treated you so bad
I'll be waiting for something real
Or until I see the lights
the mystery boys and that plan we made
Keeps me stuck in that damn hotel
But ill be holding on to things that I can not change
Without you I don't think I can make it on my own
I see the lights
Maybe it's that bottle of wine
So until you come around
Then I'll take that coffee now
Because I don't think I can wait until the end
I don't need no help
I can feel helpless on my own
I don't need no help I can feel helpless on my own
Why you do me right
I do you wrong only do you wrong
Because these women believe but I only leave
So go doll leave me alone
She got married on the 4th
Divorced of course and now she's on her own
Come back home to her mothers arms
Sleep on the living room floor
Where that dress her hairs a mess
Makeup on the dresser drawer
Although the love is gone
You'll find someone but you don't know what your doing it for
And all the plans we had
Where did they go?
Didn't you say you need me so much
So much
I see the lights
Maybe it's that bottle of wine
So until you come around
Then ill take that coffee now
I see the lights
Maybe it's that bottle of wine
So until you come around
I wish I could stay but I have to many appointments
I have fifteen million people telling me I’m fine
If I didn’t lose my mind
You would be mine
I have a ghost follows me causing distraction
But he makes me feel good when I’m lonely and depressed
I have hard friends for all the soft times
And soft friends for the hard times
You will be mine
You will be
Out on the street out on the street where will it go?
Looking at you is like looking at me hold your passport
I can’t believe your telling me dreams now we’re done for
You will be mine
You will be
You’re so pushy telling me to go
But I can’t go anymore anymore
All of the things that your keeping inside
Pushing me pushing you out I died
Do you belong here?
Without those cloths dear?
I'm in the coffin you calling me back
I can't confess so you hold my hand
I've got the secrets
So many secrets
I put it on when I feel like I should
I can't believe that the sex was so good
You said you were there, but I don't believe her
No one will love you if you are alone
I had the shakes so I hung up the phone
I kept talking, about the same thing
If there's a ghost let it sing
Let it find you
Because I don't move
If you move, when it involves two
No no no no, I didn't realize you were gone
All of the muscles they need to relax
Let that doctor work his magic
Can I sleep here?
In the arm chair
I want to keep you from walking away
She says she's terrified of this place
I want to tell her
That it gets better
If there's a ghost let it let it sing
Let it find you
Because I don't move
If you move, when it involves two
No no no no, I didn't realize you were gone
Oh no, oh no, it took so long to be back here
In your arms
Oh no no no, will ever come back down
From your mind
Call me lover
It's enough to, be there, and get by, in this life
All of the town is calling your name
All of the town is calling out your name
You didn't listen
Or maybe you heard them
I have control of those chemical lips
I will kiss you with them
Because I have the secrets
So many secrets
Ohh no no no, will you always love me like you do right now?
Oh I hope so then I wont be sorry that I let it out
All of the things that you keeping inside
Calling you calling me back its alright
To go back there
No im not scared
You know ill leave you
If you let me in
Battling things that the lips stop kissing
Over and Over
20 years ago
Is when I lost my faith
In a sacred place
I was scared
When the plane crashed into the building
And the building fell down
All the way up town
It smoked like
Cigarettes that sit on your cabinet
Are for me to take
So you have never been in
Love can be your friend
Love can be pretend
Either way it's so great
I'm sitting out
On the harbor
And I'm watching boats
Crash into big waves
Its better to fly on an airplane
But if you don't feel safe
Then you better have no place to go
You have me alone
In a airport restaurant
Charles de gal de France
And my heart
Is in a glass jar
In a glass bar
In a glass car
But up in the air
I can't stand
Cigarettes that sit on your cabinet
Are for me to take
So you have never been in
Love can be your friend
Love can be pretend
Either way it's so great
One thing I know
Is there's only one place to go
Back on the air plane
Trying out my sea wings
Feeling unsafe
Is better then in your arms
I don't feel great
Flying alone on the airplane
And that sacred place
Is better to be left alone
Two years have passed
And two hundred women
Have tried to hold me
When I start to scream
But I, built my house of hay
And I know how to walk away
If I feel a breeze
Or if you start to sneeze
But all the
Meth-heads in the Midwest wont
Take my mind of you
When will that ever stop
When will that ever stop
When will that ever stop
When will that ever
Lord I miss my sister
When I am home
Or when I go out for a drink
Take me to the river
See it slide on through
And run over me
Til' I can barely breath
Maybe I wont be here tomorrow
Maybe I wont be here anymore
It's hard not to think about her
It's hard not to care, when she's holding on to things like
Gold rings
I wanna see you in
Tennessee
Well you were wrong about
Everything
Please come down
No need to get worked up.
Lord I miss my sister
I think she misses me to
Alone in Chicago
I saw that river dry up
I saw the fish dry up to
And I was thinking about you
Maybe I wont be here tomorrow
Maybe I wont be here for the rest of my life
It's hard not to get hurt
It's hard not to care
When she's holding on to things like
Gold rings
I wanna see you in
Tennessee
Well you were wrong about
Everything
Please come down
Everything
Please wont you come down
Everything
Please let it all be good
DINOSAUR
I wish I could stay but I have to many appointments
I have fifteen million people telling me I'm fine
If I didn't lose my mind
You would be mine
I have a ghost follows me causing distraction
But he makes me feel good when I'm lonely and depressed
I have hard friends for all the soft times
And soft friends for the hard times
You will be mine
You will be
Out on the street out on the street where will it go?
Looking at you is like looking at me hold your passport
I can't believe your telling me dreams now we're done for
You will be mine
You will be
You're so pushy telling me to go
But I can't go anymore anymore
There's a park in Santa Fe
Where you can sleep all day
And nobody will bother you
I had a dream I was on a plane
And you were sitting next to me
When the plane crashed into the sea
We kept floating
And somebody touched your shoulder
And tried to push you under water
I tried to save you
But you your face turned blue
I had a dream I was in your heart
And I was pumping the blood
To all your parts
And you started breathing
You started singing
And I never wanted a solo
Or resolve into the final note
Just singing in harmony
That's when you spoke to me
Darling don't be shy with me
My days on earth are numbering
So hold me before my bones freeze
The angels see my body floating
Up into the sky
Please hold me tight
Don't say goodbye
Don't say that when we meet again
If just as friends
Remember when you knew me as
Darling don't be sky with me
My days on earth are numbering
So hold me before my bones freeze
The angels see my body floating
Darling don't be sky with me
My days on earth are numbering
So hold me before my bones freeze
The angels see my body floating
Darling don't be sky with me
My days on earth are numbering
So hold me before my bones freeze
Slowly creeping up on you
Ever since I left New York
I haven't been in the mood
But you're so cool
And so sweet
But this town makes me sick
All the limitations are manic depressing
I can't sleep
Can't eat
Virginia kids bring me coke
They keep me awake so that I can play the show
But nobody goes
It's the same thing
Oh no baby it's the right time
To be stuck in a motel with a neck tie
Looking for someone but now its so clear
Nobody really loves anybody around here
Now we can hold off for a cab fare
Or we can get into the Cadillac and get there
Look it their coming so let me hold you
I want to hold you
Your cold
And shivery
We're so close to being good friends
But when the head strong women come I get rough
Tumbling sidways and into back seats
Come on lets shake the heart break lately
I really left you in a bad place
Im so sorry that I hurt you in any way
I will make it up when we get older
Now I am older and we can't talk yet
Oh no it's so cold out
I want to hold you in my arms now
I want to taste you on my bed post
I want to see you in my headlights
I was wrong
I was sad
Take it back
Cut out news prints now
Put them on
The counter top
I want to follow you home
If you are walking alone in my neighborhood
Oh no I'm not insecure
Two stops to the methadone clinic is all I'm really asking for
But that system is flawed
We can do terrible terrible things
If you believe and I keep believing
That the system is flawed
Well we already have
Where were you when I was young?
When I could still fall in love with anyone
Oh no and I'm not really sure
Two stops to the methadone clinic is all I am really asking for
That the system is flawed
We already have
I'm not new to this thing's leaking
We can't sleep and we can't eat yet
And everyone around me is walking so fast I can't keep up
A little bit of me is gonna leave you so I have to beat this
And that little thing comes so close that we wont ever be friends
(I wanted to occupy, everyone, but not anyone)
(I occupied anyone who came close, take me home, from the cold, from the coast, take me home)
Every time I assume she's messing around
Every time I look she has her eyes closed
She's a tap tap women gonna by my time
She's a tap tap woman gonna keep me awake at night
I'm not new to this thing's leaking
We can't sleep and we cant eat yet
And everyone around me is walking so fast I can't keep up
A little bit of me is gonna leave you so I have to beat this
And that little thing comes so close that we wont ever be friends
(I wanted to occupy, everyone, but not anyone)
(I occupied anyone who came close, take me home, from the cold, from the coast, take me home)
(ill wait for you, a little while, you let me in, I let it die)
Oh I swear on all my cannons
That you are not the one for me
She wrote a song about her brother
Because he can't stop drinking
All the times that I stayed sober
The welfare check supporting me
She wrote a song about her father
Because he can't stop leaving
Lord I don't need to follow you
If you don't want me to
Wait, I still have all my cannons
Lord I can't stop me
She said Lord I don't need to follow you
If you don't want me to
Wait, I still have all your Cannons
And I can't stop missing
I've got a girl on the way
She says all the things that I want her to say
To change my world, but you know its gonna stay the same
Oh I miss you more then Brooklyn baby
And I think about you only when I'm wrong
But I'm wrong all the time
I'm wrong all the time.
Lord I don't need to follow you
If you don't want me to
Wait, I still have all my cannons
Lord I can't stop me
She said Lord I don't need to follow you
If you don't want me to
Wait, I still have all your Cannons
And I can't stop missing
When we wake up inside ourselves
We see ourselves inside our love
So when I am inside of you
I really am inside outside myself
Can you see im listening please
Its ringing its ringing its ringing and you