-------- 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- -------- Cinnamon Girl -------- I wanna live with a cinnamon girl I could be happy the rest of my life With a cinnamon girl A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night You see us together, chasing the moonlight My cinnamon girl Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night You see us together, chasing the moonlight My cinnamon girl Pa sent me money now I'm going to make it somehow I need another chance You see your baby loves to dance Yeah, yeah, yeah -------- 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- -------- Cowgirl in the Sand -------- Hello cowgirl in the sand Is this place at your command Can I stay here for a while Can I see your sweet sweet smile Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same? It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game Hello ruby in the dust Has your band begun to rust After all the sin we've had I was hopin' that we turn back Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game Hello woman of my dreams Is this not the way it seems? Purple words on a grey background To be a woman and to be turned down Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game -------- 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- -------- Down by the River -------- [Verse 1] Be on my side I'll be on your side Baby There is no reason For you to hide It's so hard for me Staying here all alone When you could be Taking me for a ride [Chorus] (Uh, la la la la la lala la) (Uh, la la la la la lala la) Yeah, she could drag me Over the rainbow (Uh, la la la la la lala la) Send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river Dead, oh, shot her dead, oh [Guitar Solo 1] [Verse 2] You take my hand I'll take your hand Together we may get away This much madness Is too much sorrow It's impossible To make it today [Chorus] Yeah, yeah (Uh, la la la la la lala la) Uh, yeah (Uh, la la la la la lala la) She could drag me Over the rainbow (Uh, la la la la la lala la) And send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river Dead, dead, oh, oh, shot her dead Shot her dead [Guitar Solo 2] [Verse 1] Be on my side I'll be on your side There is no reason For you to hide It's so hard for me Staying here all alone When you could be Taking me for a ride [Chorus] (Uh, la la la la la lala la) Uh, yeah (Uh, la la la la la lala la) She could drag me Over the rainbow (Uh, la la la la la lala la) And send me away, yeah Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river -------- 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- -------- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- I think I'd like to go Back home And take it easy There's a woman that I'd like to get to know Living there Everybody seems to wonder What it's like down here I gotta get away From this day-to-day Running around Everybody knows This is nowhere Everybody, everybody knows Everybody knows Every time I think about Back home It's cool and breezy I wish that I could be there Right now Just passing time Everybody seems to wonder What it's like down here I gotta get away From this day-to-day Running around Everybody knows This is nowhere Everybody, everybody knows Everybody knows -------- 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- -------- Round and Round (It Won't Be Long) (Ft. Robin Lane) -------- Round and round and round we spin To weave a wall to hem us in It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes To mend the tear that always shows It won't be long, it won't be long It's hard enough losin' The paper illusion You've hidden inside Without the confusion Of findin' you're usin' The crutch of the lie To shelter your pride when you cry Round and round and round we spin To weave a wall to hem us in It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes To mend the tear that always shows It won't be long, it won't be long Now you're movin' too slow And wherever you go There's another beside It's so hard to say no To yourself and it shows That you're losing inside When you step on your pride and you cry Round and round and round we spin To weave a wall to hem us in It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes To mend the tear that always shows It won't be long, it won't be long How the hours will bend Through the time that you spend Till you turn to your eyes And you see your best friend Looking over the end And you turn to see why And he looks in your eyes and he cries Round and round and round we spin To weave a wall to hem us in It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes To mend the tear that always shows It won't be long, it won't be long -------- 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- -------- Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) -------- Oh, please help me Oh please help me I'm livin' by myself I need someone to comfort me I need someone to tell I'm sorry for The things I've done I've shamed myself with lies But soon these things Are overcome And can't be recognized I left my love With ribbons on And water in her eyes I took from her The love I'd won And turned it to the sky I'm sorry for The things I've done I've shamed myself with lies My cruelty has punctured me And now I'm running dry I'm sorry for The things I've done I've shamed myself with lies But soon these things Are overcome And can't be recognized -------- 1969 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -------- -------- The Losing End (When You're On) -------- I went into town to see you Yesterday But you were not home So I talked to some old friends For a while Before I wandered off alone It's so hard for me now But I'll make it somehow Though I know I'll never be the same Won't you ever change your ways It's so hard to make love pay When you're on the losing end And I feel that way again Well, I miss you more than ever Since you've gone I can hardly maintain Things are different round here Every night My tears fall down like rain It's so hard for me now But I'll make it somehow Though I know I'll never be the same Won't you ever change your ways It's so hard to make love pay When you're on the losing end And I feel that way again -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- Here We Are in the Years -------- [Verse 1] Now that the holidays have come They can relax and watch the sun Rise above all of the beautiful things they've done Go to the country take the dog Look at the sky without the smog See the world laugh at the farmers feeding hogs Eat hot dogs What a pity That the people from the city Can't relate to the slower things That the country brings [Verse 2] Time itself is bought and sold The spreading fear of growing old Contains a thousand foolish games that we play While people planning trips to stars Allow another boulevard To claim a quiet country lane It's insane [Verse 3] So the subtle face is a loser this time around Here we are in the years Where the showman shifts the gears Lives become careers Children cry in fear Let us out of here -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- If I Could Have Her Tonight -------- [Verse 1] All of a sudden she was on my mind I wasn't ready for her kind And she was taking her time [Chorus] What if she came to me Would she be kind? And if she stayed with me Do you think that she'd like to do Anything I would Or would she leave me? [Verse 2] Lately I've found myself losing my mind Knowing how badly I need her It's something hard to find [Chorus] What if she came to me Would she be kind? And if she stayed with me Do you think that she'd like to do Anything I would Or would she leave me? [Bridge] If I could have her tonight Does she want to go? Look at those eyes Does she want it? If I could have her tonight If I could have her tonight If I could have her tonight -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- I've Loved Her So Long -------- [Verse] She's a victim of her senses Do you know her? Can you see her in the distance As she tumbles by? Veteran of a race that should be over Can you hear her sigh? With wings to fly she rolls along Doing it wrong [Chorus] Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long [Bridge] There's a place that I know we could go Get away for a while I can bring her the peace that she needs Give her reason to smile [Outro] Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long Oh, I've loved her so long -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- I’ve Been Waiting for You -------- [Verse 1] I've been looking for a woman to save my life Not to beg or to borrow A woman with the feeling of losing once or twice Who knows how it could it be tomorrow? [Chorus] I've been waiting for you And you've been coming to me For such a long time now Such a long time now [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] I've been waiting for you And you've been coming to me For such a long time now Such a long time now -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- Last Trip to Tulsa -------- [Verse 1] Well, I used to drive a cab you know I heard a siren scream Pulled over to the corner and I fell into a dream There were two men eating pennies And three young girls who cried The West coast is falling, I see rocks in the sky The preacher took his Bible and laid it on the stool He said "With the congregation running Why should I play the fool?" [Verse 2] Well, I used to be a woman you know I took you for a ride I let you fly my airplane It looked good for your pride 'Cause you're the kind of man you know Who likes what he says I wonder what's it's like to be so far over my head Well, the lady made the wedding And she brought along the ring She got down on her knees and said "Let's get on with this thing" [Verse 3] Well, I used to be a folk singer Keeping managers alive When you saw me on a corner And told me I was jive So I unlocked your mind, you know To see what I could see If you guarantee the postage I'll mail you back the key Well I woke up in the morning With an arrow through my nose There was an Indian in the corner Trying on my clothes [Verse 4] Well, I used to be asleep you know With blankets on my bed I stayed there for a while till they discovered I was dead The coroner was friendly, I liked him quite a lot If I hadn't have been a woman I guess I'd never have been caught They gave me back my house and car And nothing more was said [Verse 5] Well, I was driving down the freeway When my car ran out of gas Pulled over to the station but I was afraid to ask The servicemen were yellow and the gasoline was green Although I knew I could not I thought that I was gonna scream That was on my last trip to Tulsa Just before the snow If you ever need a ride there Be sure to let me know [Verse 6] I was chopping down a palm tree When a friend dropped by to ask If I would feel less lonely If he helped me swing the axe I said, "No, it's not a case of being lonely we have here I've been working on this palm tree For eighty seven years" I said, "No, it's not a case of being lonely we have here I've been working on this palm tree For eighty seven years" He said, "Go get lost!" and walked toward his Cadillac I chopped down the palm tree And it landed on his back -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill -------- [Instrumental] -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- The Emperor of Wyoming (Ft. Ry Cooder) -------- Instrumental in six parts: (2 guitars, bass guitar, 2 violins and drums) -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- The Loner -------- [Verse 1] He's a perfect stranger Like a cross of himself and a fox He's a feeling arranger And a changer of the ways he talks He's the unforeseen danger The keeper of the key to the locks [Chorus] Know when you see him Nothing can free him Step aside, open wide It's the loner [Verse 2] If you see him in the subway He'll be down at the end of the car Watching you move Until he knows he knows who you are When you get off at your station alone He'll know that you are [Chorus] Know when you see him Nothing can free him Step aside, open wide It's the loner [Instrumental Bridge] [Verse 3] There was a woman he knew About a year or so ago She had something That he needed And he pleaded with her not to go On the day that she left He died but it did not show [Chorus] Know when you see him Nothing can free him Step aside, open wide It's the loner -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- The Old Laughing Lady -------- [Verse 1] Don't call pretty Peggy, she can't hear you no more Don't leave no message around her back door They say the old laughing lady been here before She don't keep time, she don't count score [Verse 2] You can't have a cupboard if there ain't no wall You got to move, there's no time left to stall They say the old laughing lady dropped by to call And when she leaves, she leaves nothing at all [Verse 3] See the drunkard of the village falling on the street Can't tell his ankles from the rest of his feet He loves his old laughing lady 'cause her taste is so sweet But his laughing lady's loving ain't the kind he can keep [Bridge: Gracia Nitzsche, Sherlie Matthews, Gloria Jones, Patrice Holloway, Brenda Holloway & Merry Clayton] [Verse 4] There's a fever on the freeway, blacks out the night There's a slippin' on the stairway just don't feel right And there's a rumbling in the bedroom and a flashing of light There's the old laughing lady, everything is all right -------- 1969 Neil Young -------- -------- What Did You Do to My Life? -------- [Verse 1] When we were living together I thought that I knew you would stay Still when you left me I tried to pretend We could make it some way [Chorus] I don't care If all of the mountains Turn to dust in the air (What did you do to my life?) It isn't fair That I should wake up at dawn And not find you there (What did you do to my life?) [Verse 2] It's hard enough losing Without the confusion Of knowing I tried But you've made your mind up That I'll be alone now There's nothing to hide [Chorus] I don't care If all of the mountains Turn to dust in the air (What did you do to my life?) It isn't fair That I should wake up at dawn And not find you there (What did you do to my life?) I don't care If all of the mountains Turn to dust in the air (What did you do to my life?) It isn't fair That I should wake up at dawn And not find you there (What did you do to my life?) I don't care If all of the mountains Turn to dust in the air (What did you do to my life?) It isn't fair That I should wake up at dawn And not find you there (What did you do to my life?) -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- After the Gold Rush -------- [Verse 1] Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor comin' Sayin' something about a queen There were peasants singin' and drummers drummin' And the archer split the tree There was a fanfare blowin' to the sun That was floating on the breeze Look at Mother Nature on the run In the 1970s Look at Mother Nature on the run In the 1970s [Verse 2] I was lyin' in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes I was hopin' for replacement When the sun burst though the sky There was a band playin' in my head And I felt like getting high I was thinkin' about what a friend had said I was hopin' it was a lie Thinkin' about what a friend had said I was hopin' it was a lie [Verse 3] Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flyin' In the yellow haze of the sun There were children cryin' and colors flyin' All around the chosen ones All in a dream, all in a dream The loadin' had begun Flying Mother Nature's silver seed To a new home in the sun Flying Mother Nature's silver seed To a new home -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Birds -------- [Verse 1] Lover, there will be another one Who'll hover over you beneath the sun Tomorrow, see the things that never come today [Chorus] When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It's over, it's over [Verse 2] Nestled in your wings, my little one This special morning brings another sun Tomorrow, see the things that never come today [Chorus] When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It's over, it's over -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Cripple Creek Ferry -------- [Chorus] Hey, hey Cripple Creek ferry Butting through The overhanging trees Make way For the Cripple Creek ferry The waters going down It's a mighty tight squeeze [Verse] All alone the captain stands Hasn't heard From his deck hands The gambler tips his hat And walks towards the door It's the second half Of the cruise And you know he hates to lose [Chorus] Hey, hey Cripple Creek ferry Butting through The overhanging trees Make way For the Cripple Creek ferry The waters going down It's a mighty tight squeeze -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Don't Let It Bring You Down -------- [Verse 1] Old man lying by the side of the road With the lorries rolling by Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load And the buildings scrape the sky Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn And the morning paper flies Dead man lying by the side of the road With the daylight in his eyes [Chorus] Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning Find someone who's turning And you will come around [Verse 2] Blind man running through the light of the night With an answer in his hand Come on down to the river of sight And you can really understand Red lights flashing through the window in the rain Can you hear the sirens moan? White cane lying in a gutter in the lane If you're walking home alone [Chorus] Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning Find someone who's turning And you will come around [Chorus] Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning Just find someone who's turning And you will come around -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- I Believe in You -------- [Verse 1] Now that you found yourself Losing your mind Are you here again? Finding that what you once Thought was real Is gone, and changing? [Chorus] Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say That I believe in you? I believe in you I believe in you [Verse 2] Coming to you at night I see my questions I feel my doubts Wishing that maybe In a year or two We could laugh And let it all out [Chorus] Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say That I believe in you? I believe in you I believe in you -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Oh, Lonesome Me -------- Everybody's going out and having fun I'm a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how she set me free Oh, lonesome me There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues Forget about my past, find someone new I've thought of everything from A to Z Oh, lonesome me I'll bet she's not like me She's out and fancy free Flirting with the boys with all her charms But I still love her so And brother, don't you know I'd welcome her right back here in my arms There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues Forget about my past, find someone new I can't get over how she set me free Oh, lonesome me -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Only Love Can Break Your Heart -------- [Verse 1] When you were young and on your own How did it feel to be alone? [Pre-Chorus 1] I was always thinking of games that I was playing Trying to make the best of my time [Chorus] But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes, only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart? [Verse 2] I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream [Pre-Chorus 2] Someone should call him and see if he can come out Try to lose the down that he's found [Chorus] But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes, only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart? [Verse 2] I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream [Outro] Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Southern Man -------- [Hook] Southern man better keep your head Don't forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man [Verse 1] I saw cotton and I saw black Tall white mansions and little shacks Southern man, when will you pay them back? [Chorus] I heard screaming and bullwhips cracking How long? How long? [Guitar Solo] [Hook] Southern man better keep your head Don't forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man [Verse 2] Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown I've seen your black man coming 'round Swear by God, I'm gonna cut him down! [Chorus] I heard screaming and bullwhips cracking How long? How long? [Guitar Solo Outro] -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Tell Me Why -------- [Verse 1] Sailin' hardships through broken harbors Out on the waves in the night Still the searcher must ride the dark horse Racing alone in his fright [Pre-Chorus] Tell me why Tell me why [Chorus] Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell? [Verse 2] Tell me lies later, come and see me I'll be around for a while I am lonely but you can free me All in the way that you smile [Pre-Chorus] Tell me why Tell me why [Chorus] Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself When you're old enough to repay, but young enough to sell? [Pre-Chorus] Tell me why Tell me why [Chorus] Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself When you're old enough to repay, but young enough to sell? -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- Till the Morning Comes -------- [Chorus] I'm going to give you till the morning comes Till the morning comes Till the morning comes I'm only waiting till the morning comes Till the morning comes Till the morning comes [Chorus] I'm going to give you till the morning comes Till the morning comes Till the morning comes I'm only waiting till the morning comes Till the morning comes Till the morning comes -------- 1970 After the Gold Rush -------- -------- When You Dance I Can Really Love -------- [Verse 1] When you dance do your senses tingle then take a chance? In a trance, while the lonely mingle with circumstance? I got something to tell you, you made it show Let me come over, I know you know When you dance, ooh ooh, I can really love [Verse 2] I can love, I can really love, I can really love I can love, I can really love, I can really love Like a mountain that's growing, a river that rolls Let me come over, I know you know When you dance, ooh ooh, I can really love [Verse 1] When you dance do your senses tingle then take a chance? In a trance, while the lonely mingle with circumstance? I got something to tell you, you made it show Let me come over, I know you know When you dance, ooh ooh, I can really love -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- A Man Needs a Maid (Ft. London Symphony Orchestra) -------- [Verse 1] My life is changing in so many ways I don't know who to trust anymore There's a shadow running through my days Like a beggar goin' from door to door I was thinkin' that maybe I'd get a maid Find a place nearby for her to stay Just someone to keep my house clean Fix my meals and go away [Chorus] A maid A man needs a maid A maid [Post-Chorus] It's hard to make that change When life and love turns strange And cold [Verse 2] To give a love You gotta live a love To live a love You gotta be part of When will I see you again? [Verse 3] A while ago somewhere I don't know when I was watchin' a movie with a friend I fell in love with the actress She was playin' a part that I could understand [Chorus] A maid A man needs a maid A maid A man needs a maid [Outro] When will I see you again? -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- Alabama (Ft. The Stray Gators) -------- [Verse 1] Oh, Alabama The devil fools With the best laid plan Swing low, Alabama You got the spare change You got to feel strange And now, the moment Is all that it meant [Chorus] Alabama You got the weight on your shoulders That's breaking your back Your Cadillac Has got a wheel in the ditch And a wheel on the track [Verse 2] Oh, Alabama Banjos playing through the broken glass Windows, down in Alabama See the old folks Tied in white robes Hear the banjo Don't it take you down home? [Solo] [Chorus] Alabama You got the weight on your shoulders That's breaking your back Your Cadillac Has got a wheel in the ditch And a wheel on the track [Verse 3] Oh, Alabama Can I see you and shake your hand? Make friends down in Alabama I'm from a new land I come to you and see all this ruin What are you doing, Alabama? You got the rest of the Union To help you along What's going wrong? -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- Are You Ready for the Country (Ft. The Stray Gators) -------- [Verse 1] Slipping and sliding And playing domino Lefting and then Righting It's not a crime you know You got to tell your story boy Before it's time to go [Chorus] Are you ready for the country because it's time to go? [x2] [Verse 2] I was talking to the preacher Said God was on my side Then I ran into the hangman He said it's time to die You gotta tell your story boy You know the reason why [Chorus] -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- Harvest (Ft. The Stray Gators) -------- [Verse 1] Did I see you down in a young girl's town With your mother in so much pain? I was almost there at the top of the stairs With her screamin' in the rain [Chorus] Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man [Verse 2] Did I see you walking with the boys? Though it was not hand in hand And was some black face in a lonely place When you could understand? [Chorus] Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man [Verse 3] Will I see you give more than I can take? Will I only harvest some? As the days fly past, will we lose our grasp? Or fuse it in the sun? [Chorus] Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- Heart of Gold (Ft. The Stray Gators) -------- [Intro] [Verse 1: Neil Young] I want to live, I want to give I've been a miner for a heart of gold It's these expressions I never give [Chorus: Neil Young] That keep me searchin' for a heart of gold And I'm getting old Keep me searchin' for a heart of gold And I'm getting old [Bridge] [Verse 2: Neil Young] I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line [Chorus: Neil Young] That keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold And I'm getting old Keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold And I'm getting old [Bridge] [Outro: Neil Young & The Stray Gators] Keep me searchin' for a heart of gold You keep me searchin' and I'm growing old Keep me searchin' for a heart of gold I've been a miner for a heart of gold -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- Old Man (Ft. The Stray Gators) -------- [Intro] Old man, look at my life I'm a lot like you were Old man, look at my life I'm a lot like you were [Verse 1] Old man, look at my life Twenty-four, and there's so much more Live alone in a paradise That makes me think of two Love lost, such a cost Give me things that don't get lost Like a coin that won't get tossed Rolling home to you [Chorus] Old man, take a look at my life I'm a lot like you I need someone to love me The whole day through Ah, one look in my eyes And you can tell that's true [Verse 2] Lullabies, look in your eyes Run around the same old town Doesn't mean that much to me To mean that much to you I've been first and last Look at how the time goes past But I'm all alone at last Rolling home to you [Chorus] Old man, take a look at my life I'm a lot like you I need someone to love me The whole day through Ah, one look in my eyes And you can tell that's true [Outro] Old man, look at my life I'm a lot like you were Old man, look at my life I'm a lot like you were -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- Out on the Weekend (Ft. The Stray Gators) -------- [Verse 1] Think I'll pack it in And buy a pick-up Take it down to "L.A." Find a place to call my own And try to fix up Start a brand new day [Pre-Chorus] The woman I'm thinking of She loved me all up But I'm so down today She's so fine, she's in my mind I hear her calling [Chorus] See the lonely boy Out on the weekend Trying to make it pay Can't relate to joy He tries to speak and Can't begin to say [Harmonica Solo] [Verse 2] She got pictures on the wall They make me look up From her big brass bed Now I'm running down the road Trying to stay up Somewhere in her head [Pre-Chorus] The woman I'm thinking of She loved me all up But I'm so down today She's so fine, she's in my mind I hear her calling [Chorus] See the lonely boy Out on the weekend Trying to make it pay Can't relate to joy He tries to speak and Can't begin to say Oh [Harmonica Outro] -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- The Needle and the Damage Done -------- [Verse 1] I caught you knockin' at my cellar door I love you, baby, can I have some more? Ooh, ooh, the damage done [Verse 2] I hit the city and I lost my band I watched the needle take another man Gone, gone, the damage done [Verse 3] I sing the song, because I love the man I know that some of you don't understand Milk-blood to keep from running out [Verse 4] I've seen the needle and the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie's like a settin' sun -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- There's a World (Ft. London Symphony Orchestra) -------- [Chorus A] There's a world you're living in No one else has your part All God's children in the wind Take it in and blow hard [Verse 1] Look around it, have you found it Walking down the avenue? See what it brings Could be good things In the air for you [Chorus B] We are leaving. We are gone Come with us to all alone Never worry. Never moan We will leave you all alone [Verse 2] In the mountains, in the cities You can see the dream Look around you. Has it found you? Is it what it seems? [Chorus A] There's a world you're living in No one else has your part All God's children in the wind Take it in and blow hard -------- 1972 Harvest -------- -------- Words (Between the Lines of Age) (Ft. The Stray Gators) -------- [Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Someone and someone were down by the pond Looking for something to plant in the lawn Out in the fields, they were turning the soil I'm sitting here hoping this water will boil When I look through the windows and out on the road They're bringing me presents and saying hello [Chorus] Singing words, words between the lines of age Words, words between the lines of age [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] If I was a junkman selling you cars Washing your windows and shining your stars Thinking your mind was my own in a dream What would you wonder? And how would it seem? Living in castles a bit at a time The King started laughing and talking in rhyme [Chorus] Singing words, words between the lines of age Words, words between the lines of age [Instrumental Outro] -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- Ambulance Blues -------- [Verse 1] Back in the old folky days The air was magic when we played The riverboat was rocking in the rain Midnight was the time for the raid Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela They tore you down and plowed you under You're only real with your make-up on How could I see you and stay too long? All along the Navajo Trail Burn-outs stub their toes On garbage pails Waitresses are crying in the rain Will their boyfriends pass this way again? Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids Shoe ain't happy, neither are the kids She needs someone that she can scream at And I'm such a heel for making her feel so bad I guess I'll call it sickness gone It's hard to say the meaning of this song An ambulance can only go so fast It's easy to get buried in the past When you try to make a good thing last I saw today in the entertainment section There's room at the top for private detection To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper So all you critics sit alone You're no better than me for what you've shown With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams We could get together for some scenes [Chorus] I never knew a man could tell so many lies He had a different story for every set of eyes How can he remember who he's talking to? Because I know it ain't me and I hope it isn't you [Verse 2] Well, I'm up in T.O. keeping jive alive And out on the corner it's half past five But the subways are empty And so are the cafes Except for the Farmer's Market And I still can hear him say: You're all just pissing in the wind You don't know it but you are And there ain't nothing like a friend Who can tell you you're just pissing in the wind [Chorus] -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- For the Turnstiles -------- [Verse 1] All the sailors with their seasick mamas Hear the sirens on the shore Singing songs for pimps with tailors Who charge ten dollars at the door [Chorus] You can really learn a lot that way It will change you in the middle of the day Though your confidence may be shattered It doesn't matter [Verse 2] All the great explorers Are now in granite laid Under white sheets for the great unveiling At the big parade [Chorus] [Verse 3] All the Bush League batters Are left to die on the diamond In the stands the home crowd scatters For the turnstiles [x3] -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- Motion Pictures (For Carrie) -------- [Verse] Motion pictures on my TV screen A home away from home living in between But I hear some people have got their dream I've got mine I hear the mountains are doing fine Morning glory is on the vine And the dew is falling The ducks are calling Yes, I've got mine Well, all those people, they think they got it made But I wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or trade Anything I have to be like one of them I'd rather start all over again Well, all those headlines, they just bore me now I'm deep inside myself, but I'll get out somehow And I'll stand before you And I'll bring a smile to your eyes Motion pictures [x2] -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- On the Beach -------- [Verse 1] The world is turnin' I hope it don't turn away The world is turnin' I hope it don't turn away All my pictures are fallin' From the wall where I placed them yesterday The world is turnin' I hope it don't turn away [Verse 2] I need a crowd of people But I can't face them day-to-day I need a crowd of people But I can't face 'em day-to-day Though my problems are meaningless That don't make them go away I need a crowd of people But I can't face them day-to-day [Verse 3] I went to the radio interview But I ended up alone at the microphone I went to the radio interview But I ended up alone at the microphone Now I'm livin' out here on the beach But those seagulls are still out of reach Went to the radio interview But I ended up alone at the microphone [Verse 4] Get out of town Think I'll get out of town Get out of town Think I'll get out of town I head for the sticks with my bus and friends I follow the road though I don't know where it ends Get out of town, get out of town Think I'll get out of town [Outro] Because the world is turnin' I don't wanna see it turn away -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- Revolution Blues -------- [Verse] Well, we live in a trailer at the edge of town You never see us because we don't come around We got twenty five rifles just to keep the population down But we need you now and that's why I'm hanging around So you be good to me and I'll be good to you And in this land of conditions I'm not above suspicion I won't attack you but I won't back you Well, it's so good to be here asleep on your lawn Remember your guard dog? Well, I'm afraid that he's gone It was such a drag to hear him whining all night long Yes, that was me with the doves setting them free near the factory Where you built your computer love I hope you get the connection because I can't take the rejection I won't deceive you, I just don't believe you Well, I'm a barrel of laughs with my carbine on I keep 'em hopping until my ammunition's gone But I'm still not happy I feel like there's something wrong I got the revolution blues I see bloody fountains And ten million dune buggies coming down the mountains Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- See the Sky About to Rain -------- [Chorus] See the sky about to rain Broken clouds and rain Locomotive, pull the train Whistle blowing through my brain Signals curling on an open plain Rolling down the track again See the sky about to rain [Verse 1] Some are bound for happiness Some are bound to glory Some are bound to live with less Who can tell your story? [Chorus] [Verse 2] I was down in Dixie Land Played a silver fiddle Played it loud and then the man Broke it down the middle See the sky about to rain -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- Vampire Blues -------- [Verse] I'm a vampire, babe sucking blood from the earth I'm a vampire, babe sucking blood from the earth Well, I'm a vampire, babe, sell you twenty barrels worth [Verse] I'm a black bat, babe, banging on your window pane I'm a black bat, babe, banging on your window pane Well, I'm a black bat, babe, I need my high octane [Verse] Good times are coming, I hear it everywhere I go Good times are coming, I hear it everywhere I go Good times are coming, but they sure coming slow [Verse] I'm a vampire, babe sucking blood from the earth I'm a vampire, babe sucking blood from the earth Well, I'm a vampire, babe, sell you twenty barrels worth Good times are coming -------- 1974 On the Beach -------- -------- Walk On -------- [Verse 1] I hear some people been talking me down Bring up my name, pass it around They don't mention the happy times They do their thing, I do mine Ooh baby that's hard to change I can't tell them how to feel Some get stoned, some get strange But sooner or later it all gets real [Chorus] Walk on, walk on [x2] [Verse 2] I remember the good old days Stayed up all night getting crazed Then the money was not so good But we still did the best we could Ooh baby that's hard to change I can't tell them how to feel Some get stoned, some get strange But sooner or later it all gets real [Chorus] -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Albuquerque -------- [Verse 1] Well, they say that Santa Fe Is less than ninety miles away And I got time to roll a number and rent a car [Refrain] Oh, Albuquerque [Verse 2] I've been flying down the road And I've been starving to be alone And independent from the scene that I've known [Refrain] Albuquerque [Harmonica Solo] [Verse 3] So I'll stop when I can Find some fried eggs and country ham I'll find somewhere where they don't care who I am [Refrain] Oh, Albuquerque Albuquerque -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Borrowed Tune -------- I'm climbing this ladder My head in the clouds I hope that it matters I'm having my doubts I'm watching the skaters Fly by on the lake Ice frozen six feet deep How long does it take? I look out on peaceful lands With no war nearby An ocean of shaking hands That grab at the sky I'm singing this borrowed tune I took from the Rolling Stones Alone in this empty room Too wasted to write my own I'm climbing this ladder My head in the clouds I hope that it matters -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown -------- [Chorus] Come on, baby, let's go downtown Let's go, let's go, let's go downtown Come on, baby, let's go downtown Let's go, let's go, let's go downtown [Verse 1] Walk on, talk on, baby tell no lies Don't you be caught with a tear in your eye Sure enough they'll be selling stuff When the moon begins to rise Pretty bad when you're dealing with the man And the light shines in your eyes [Chorus] Come on, baby, let's go downtown Let's go, let's go, let's go downtown Come on, baby, let's go downtown Let's go, let's go, let's go downtown [Verse 2] Snake eyes, French fries and I got lots of gas Full moon and a jumping tune, now you don't have to ask Sure enough, they'll be selling stuff When the moon begins to rise Pretty bad when you're dealing with the man And the light shines in your eyes [Chorus] Come on, baby, let's go downtown Let's go, let's go, let's go downtown Come on, baby, let's go downtown Let's go, let's go, let's go downtown [Verse 3] Walk on, talk on, baby tell no lies Don't you be caught with a tear in your eye Sure enough they'll be selling stuff When the moon begins to rise Pretty bad when you're dealing with the man And the light shines in your eyes [Outro] Pretty bad when You're dealing with the man And the light shines in your eyes -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Lookout Joe -------- [Verse 1] A hip drag queen and a side-walking street wheeler Comin' down the avenue They're all your friends, you'll come to love 'em There's a load of 'em waiting for you [Chorus] Lookout Joe, you're coming home Old times were good times Old times were good times [Verse 2] Remember Millie from down in Philly? She took my brain and forgot my name The woman you were with was about the same She took your money and left town [Chorus] Lookout, Joe You're comin' home Old times were good times Old times were good times (Take it, Ben!) [Bridge] Glory Hallelujah! Will I lay my burden down? Singing on the streets around Look at that crazy clown! (Look at!) [Verse 3] Remember Bill from up on the hill? A Cadillac put a hole in his arm But old Bill, he's up there still Havin' a ball rolling to the bottom [Chorus] Lookout, Joe You're comin' home Old times were good times Old times were good times Old times were good times -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Mellow My Mind -------- [Chorus] Baby mellow my mind Make me feel like a schoolboy on good time Jugglin' nickels and dimes Satisfied with the fish on the line [Verse] I've been down the road and I've come back Lonesome whistle on the railroad track Ain't got nothin' on those feelings that I had 'Cause somethin's so hard to find A situation that can casualize your mind [Bridge] I've been down the road and I've come back Lonesome whistle on the railroad track Ain't got nothing on those feelings that I had [Chorus] Baby mellow my mind Make me feel like a schoolboy on good time Jugglin' nickels and dimes Satisfied with the fish on the line -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- New Mama -------- [Chorus] New mama's got a sun in her eyes No clouds are in my changing skies Each morning when I wake up to rise I'm living in a dreamland [Verse] Changing times, ancient reasons That turn to lies Throw them all away Head in hand, gift of wonders to understand And open all the way [Chorus] New mama's got a sun in her eyes No clouds are in my changing skies Each morning when I wake up to rise I'm living in a dreamland -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Roll Another Number (For the Road) -------- [Verse 1] It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition And the morning sun is yet To climb my hood ornament But before too long I might see those flashing red lights Look out, mama Because I'm coming home tonight [Chorus] Think I'll roll another number for the road I feel able to get under any load Though my feet aren't on the ground I been standing on the sound Of some open-hearted people going down [Verse 2] I'm not going back to Woodstock for a while Though I long to hear that lonesome hippie smile I'm a million miles away from that helicopter day No, I don't believe I'll be going back that way [Chorus] Think I'll roll another number for the road I feel able to get under any load Though my feet aren't on the ground I been standing on the sound Of some open-hearted people going down -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Speakin' Out -------- [Verse 1] I went to the movie The other night The plot was groovy It was out of sight I sat with my popcorn Out looking for good times Lost in the cartoon I grabbed the lifeline [Chorus] I've been a searcher I've been a fool But I've been a long time coming to you I'm hoping for your love to carry me through You're holding my baby and I'm holding you And it's all right [Verse 2] Oh, tell me where the answer lies Is it in the notebook Behind your eyes? When your decision Comes to view I'll be watching my TV And it'll be watching you [Chorus] I've been a searcher I've been a fool But I've been a long time coming to you I'm hoping for your love to carry me through You're holding my baby and I'm holding you Yes I am Speaking out -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Tired Eyes -------- [Verse 1] Well he shot four men in a cocaine deal And he left them lying in an open field Full of old cars with bullet holes in the mirrors He tried to do his best but he could not [Chorus] Please take my advice [x3] Open up the tired eyes [x2] [Verse 2] Well, it wasn't supposed to go down that way But they burned his brother, you know And they left him lying in the driveway They let him down with nothing He tried to do his best but he could not [Chorus] [Verse 3] Well tell me more, tell me more, tell me more I mean was he a heavy doper or was he just a loser? He was a friend of yours What do you mean, he had bullet holes in his mirrors? He tried to do his best but he could not [Chorus][x2] -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Tonight’s the Night (Part II) -------- Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Bruce Berry was a workin' man He used to load that Econoline Van A sparkle was in his eye But his life was in his hand Well, late at night when the people were gone He used to pick up my guitar And sing a song in a shaky voice That was real as the day is long Tonight's the night, yes it is, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, yes it is, tonight's the night Early in the mornin' at the break of day He used to sleep until the afternoon If you never heard him sing I guess you won't too soon Cause people let me tell you It sent a chill up and down my spine When I picked up the telephone And heard that he died out on the mainline Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Bruce Berry was a workin' man He used to load that Econoline Van But early in the mornin', about the break of day He used to sleep until the afternoon Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night Tonight's the night, tonight's the night -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- Tonight’s the Night -------- [Chorus] Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night [Verse 1] Bruce Berry was a working man He used to load that Econoline van A sparkle was in his eye But his life was in his hands Well, late at night when the people were gone He used to pick up my guitar And sing a song in a shaky voice That was real as the day was long [Chorus] Tonight's the night Yes, it is Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Yes, it is Tonight's the night [Verse 2] Early in the morning, at the break of day He used to sleep until the afternoon If you never heard him sing I guess you won't too soon Because, people, let me tell you It sent a chill up and down my spine When I picked up the telephone And heard that he'd died out on the mainline [Chorus] Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night [Verse 3] Bruce Berry was a working man He used to load that Econoline van Well, early in the morning Just about the break of day He used to sleep until the afternoon [Chorus] Tonight's the night Yes, it is Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Yes, it is Tonight's the night Oh, tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Tonight's the night Whoa -------- 1975 Tonight's the Night -------- -------- World on a String -------- [Verse] You know I lose, you know I win You know I call for the shape I'm in It's just a game you see me play Only real in the way That I feel from day to day Although the answer is not unknown I'm searching, searching and how I've grown It's not all right to say goodbye And the world on a string Doesn't mean a thing No, the world on a string Doesn't mean a thing It's only real in the way That I feel from day to day No, the world on a string Doesn't mean a thing -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Barstool Blues -------- [Verse 1] If I could hold on To just one thought For long enough to know Why my mind is moving so fast And the conversation is slow Burn off all the fog And let the sun Through to the snow Let me see your face again Before I have to go [Verse 2] I have seen you in the movies And in those magazines at night I saw you on the barstool when You held that glass so tight And I saw you in my nightmares But I'll see you in my dreams And I might live a thousand years Before I know what that means [Guitar solo] [Verse 3] Once there was a friend of mine Who died a thousand deaths His life was filled with parasites And countless idle threats He trusted in a woman And on her he made his bets Once there was a friend of mine Who died a thousand deaths -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Cortez the Killer -------- [Verse] He came dancing across the water With his galleons and guns Looking for the new world And that palace in the sun On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls In his halls, he often wondered With the secrets of the world And his subjects Gathered around him Like the leaves around a tree In their clothes of many colors For the angry gods to see And the women all were beautiful And the men stood Straight and strong They offered life in sacrifice So that others could go on Hate was just a legend And war was never known The people worked together And they lifted many stones They carried them To the flatlands And they died along the way But they built up With their bare hands What we still can't do today And I know she's living there And she loves me to this day I still can't remember when Or how I lost my way [Outro] He came dancing across the water Cortez, Cortez What a killer -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Danger Bird -------- [Verse 1] Danger bird, he flies alone And he rides the wind Back to his home Although his wings Have turned to stone And we used To be so calm Now I think About you All-day long Because you've been With another man Here you are And here I am That's the moment That he cracked Long ago in the Museum with his Friends [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] The jailbird takes the raps And he finds himself Spread-eagled on the tracks But the training that he learned Will get him nowhere fast And I know we Should be free But freedom's just A prison to me Because I lied To keep it kind When I left you Far behind With the rain Pounding on his Back he recalls The moment that He cracked long Ago in the museum With his friends And like those Memories the rain Keeps pounding Down, down, down [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] And though these wings Have turned to stone I can fly fly fly away Watch me fly above the city Like a shadow on the sky Fly, fly, fly -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Don't Cry No Tears -------- [Verse 1] Don't cry no tears around me Don't cry no tears around me Because when all the water's gone The feeling lingers on [Chorus] Old true love Ain't too hard to see Don't cry no tears around me [Verse 2] Well I wonder Who's with her tonight? And I wonder Who's holding her tight? But there's nothing I can say To make him go away [Chorus] Old true love Ain't too hard to see Don't cry no tears around me [Outro] There's nothing I can say To make him go away Old true love Ain't too hard to see Don't cry no tears around me Don't cry no tears around me -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Drive Back -------- [Intro] Whatever gets you Through the night That's all right with me When it's time to say goodbye I have to make you see [Verse 1] You won't know me I won't call you I won't be there To remind you What you told me When I showed you In the morning Let me know you'll [Chorus] Drive back to your old town I want to wake up With no-one around Drive back to your old town [Verse 2] If somebody Is haunting your mind Look in my eyes Let me hide you From yourself and All your old friends Every good thing Comes to an end [Bridge] Drive back Drive back Drive back [Chorus] -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Lookin’ for a Love -------- [Chorus 1] I've been looking for a lover But I haven't met her yet She'll be nothing like I pictured her to be In her eyes I will discover Another reason why I want to live And make the best Of what I see [Verse] Where the sun hits the water And the mountains meet the sand There's a beach That I walk along sometimes And maybe there I'll meet her And we'll start to say 'hello' And never stop to think Of any other time [Chorus 2] Looking for a love That's right for me I don't know how long It's going to be But I hope I treat her kind And don't mess with her mind When she starts to see The darker side of me Looking for a love That's right for me I don't know how long It's going to be But I hope I treat her kind And don't mess with her mind When she starts to see The darker side of me [Chorus 1] I've been looking for a lover But I haven't met her yet She'll be nothing like I pictured her to be In her eyes I will discover Another reason why I want to live And make the best Of what I see -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Pardon My Heart -------- [Intro] It's a fallen situation When all eyes are turned in And a love isn't flowing The way it could have been [Chorus] You brought it all on Oh, but it feels so wrong You brought it all on No, no, no I don't believe this song You brought it all on [Verse 1] It's a sad communication With little reason to believe When one isn't giving And one pretends to receive [Chorus] You brought it all on Oh, but it feels so wrong You brought it all on No, no, no I don't believe this song You brought it all on [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] Pardon my heart If I showed that I cared But I love you More than moments We have or have not shared [Chorus] You brought it all on Oh, and it feels so good You brought it all on When love flows The way that it should You brought it all on [Outro] It feels so good It feels so good You feel good -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Stupid Girl -------- [Verse] You're just a stupid girl You really got a lot to learn Start living again Forget about remembering You're such a stupid girl You're such a beautiful fish Flopping on the summer sand Looking for the wave you missed When another one is close at hand You're such a stupid girl You're such a stupid girl I saw you in Mercedes Benz Practicing self-defense You got it pretty good I guess I couldn't see your eyes You're really stupid, girl [Outro] You're such a stupid girl -------- 1975 Zuma -------- -------- Through My Sails -------- [Verse] Still glaring From the city lights Into paradise I soared Unable to come down For reasons I'd ignored Total confusion Disillusion New things I'm knowing I'm standing on the shoreline It's so fine out there Leaving with the wind blowing But love takes care Know me, know me Show me, show me New things I'm knowing [Outro] Wind blowing through my sails It feels like I'm gone Leaving with the wind blowing Through my sails -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- 12/8 Blues (All the Same) -------- Can you see me...cryin'? Can you hear me...dyin'? I wanna talk to you Listen too Do you know me like I know you? Do you know me like I love you? It's all the same We'll be old friends...tryin' 'Till the road ends...flyin' Listen to me sing to you I got the music I need the space I'd like to use it to get out of this place 'Cause it's all the same I got the miserables...help me Don't seem sensible...tell me I wanna talk to you Listen too Too many times I've swallowed my words Is it a crime To want to be heard? If it's all the same -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Black Coral -------- Have ever been down deep? I mean way down Under the ocean Just inside though news reef Better beware of his potion And remember you don't belong It always seems so unfair The fishes around Will always remind you Got to move slow Take it easy down there You've only so much air When you get a little deeper If you slow down You might keep her The sea, unforgiving and she's hard But she'll make love to you Show you glimpses of the stars At about two-hundred feet You realize the peril But seductive is the deep That shark over there Holds no terror For a while you really belong The ocean will always share You become one like friends and lovers So remember take care She'll try to keep you there The deeper you go Cause of the pressure of the air Nitrogen comes and goes Gets you high It's an alien atmosphere They call it rapture of the deep But you're not afraid You're too far down now to be scared Two hundred eighty seven feet I saw Jesus And it made sense that He was there So belong or don't belong There's plenty of ocean to share Please take heed There's mouths to feed The ocean should provide Don't take more than you need Cause heaven just might be the sea -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Fontainebleau -------- Who put the palm over my blonde? Who put all the tar on the morning sand? Who took everything from where it once was And put it where it was last seen? Fontainebleau, they painted it green Fontainebleau, for the well-to-do At the Fontainebleau There's a palace in the gravy That's holding on and on and on Even after all the blue-haired ladies And the wheelchairs are gone I guess the reason I'm so scared of it Is I stayed there once and I almost fit I left before I got out of it People were drownin' in their own... Fontainebleau Fontainebleau, was that me? Fontainebleau, well I guess I'll see Fontainebleau Fontainebleau, where the surfer works Fontainebleau, 'til the break of day Fontainebleau, 'cause it takes a shark Fontainebleau, to catch a wave at the Fontainebleau -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Guardian Angel -------- There's a guardian angel Watching over you, yes Better mind your ways Just might leave on you In the darkness Who else is really with you? Only you alone Got to live with you all the time When there's no more time And nothing left to do Who will hear you? Who will hear your heart? Your guardian angel, yeah Who are these kindred spirits? Would you know them If they stood in front of you? They come below The longing beseech at you Trying to telephone Someone might listen for a while When there's no more time And nothing left to do Who will hear you? Who will hear your heart? Your guardian angel, yeah When a passing stranger Looks away from you An uneasy feeling Starts coming over you Somebody watching somewhere Maybe today it's you Comes a desperate urge to run Guardian angel, where are you? When there's no more time And nothing left to do Who will hear you? Who will hear your heart? Your guardian angel, yeah -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Let It Shine -------- There's a light on over my head, my Lord There's a light on over my head, my Lord Let it shine, let it shine Although it may not be the only one Let it shine, shine, shine Although it may not be the only one There's a moon roof over my head, my Lord And my Lincoln is still the best thing built by Ford Let it roll, let it roll Although it may not be the only one Let me ride, ride, ride, ride Although I may not be the only one I got religion in the airport, my Lord They caught me waiting on my baggage when I was bored Let them chant, let them chant Although they may not be the only one Let them dance, dance, dance Although they may not be the only one There's a light on over my head, my Lord There's a light on over my head, let it shine Let it shine, let it shine Although it may not be the only one Let me shine, shine, shine, shine Although I may not be the only one -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Long May You Run -------- [Verse 1] We've been through Some things together With trunks of memories Still to come We found things to do In stormy weather Long may you run [Chorus] Long may you run Long may you run Although these changes Have come With your chrome heart shining In the sun Long may you run [Verse 2] Well, it was Back in Blind River in 1962 When I last saw you alive But we missed that shift On the long decline Long may you run [Chorus] [Verse 3] Maybe The Beach Boys Have got you now With those waves Singing "Caroline No" Rolling down That empty ocean road Getting to the surf on time [Chorus] -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Make Love to You -------- I was lonesome as I could be In a bad kind of time Till I saw you look at me Where the smoke is fine All of my troubles disappear When I watch you move Girl, your body said everything And I know you knew I want to make love to you, yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you) Make you feel all right I want to make love to you, oh yes I do (Love you, love you, love you, love you) Yes it will take all night In a smoke filled bar In a southern town I met somebody special I wish I could stick around But I don't mind saying that Do you baby? Cause the time that we had was such a rush And you're such a lady I want to make love to you, oh yes I do (Love you, love you, love you, love you) Make you feel all right I want to make love to you, oh yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you) Yes it will take all night Girl when you look my way I knew this night was ours It doesn't matter I'll be gone with the dawn So will you We choose Who we choose When we choose Nobody can take away The time we had Each moment extra long It's quite a memory to have Don't you forget with the dawn I'll be gone And how we got together anyway Well that's another song I want to make love to you, oh yes I do (Love you, love you, love you, love you) Make you feel all right I want to make love to you, oh yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you) It will take all night I want to make love to you (Love you, love you, love you, love you) Yes it will feel all right I want to make love to you, yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you) Girl it will take all night Love you, love you, love you, love you Love you, love you, love you, love you -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Midnight on the Bay -------- It's midnight on the bay And lights are shinin' And the sailboats sway And that cool ocean breeze Blowin' down through the keys I think I'll call it a day Oh, midnight on the bay Sure feels good to me What's this I see There's someone comin' Walkin' right up to me She tells me I know your name And if it's all the same I'd like to spend some time And midnight on the bay Sure feels good to me And now it's midnight on the bay Lights are shinin' On the sailboats that sway In the cool ocean breeze Blowin' down through the keys I think I'll call it a day Oh, midnight on the bay Sure feels good to me -------- 1976 Long May You Run -------- -------- Ocean Girl -------- In the jungle land With the sea and the sand Can I meet you there? We'll be drinkin' bananas From long tall glasses In the open air Ocean girl Come 'round the world From forgotten shores There'll be music playin' What no words could say When you first get there We'll be lost in a corner That we find in each other There' so much to share Ocean girl Come 'round the world From forgotten shores -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Bite the Bullet by Neil Young and Crazy Horse -------- There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down I swear her hair is midnight black And I can't wait 'til I get back Carolina queen, she's a walking love machine I'd like to make her scream when I bite the bullet Bite the bullet Born and raised at the top of the South You know she knows what it's all about Good old boys are coming from miles around Want to watch that bullet lay 'em down Carolina queen, she's a walking love machine I'd like to make her scream when I bite the bullet Bite the bullet Bite the bullet Bite the bullet There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down Good old boys are coming from miles around Want to watch that bullet lay 'em down Carolina queen, she's a walking love machine I'd like to make her scream when I bite the bullet Bite the bullet Bite the bullet Bite the bullet -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Hey Babe by Neil Young and Crazy Horse -------- [Chorus 1] Hey babe Say you're mine, all mine I need it oh so bad Hey babe, hey babe I know that all things pass Let's try to make this last [Chorus 2] Oh, can you see My love shining for you? Oh, can you see My love shining for you? [Verse] Hey babe, can I count on you To see me through? Hey babe, hey babe All I need is your love And the stars above [Chorus 2] [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] [Outro] Hey babe I know that all things pass Let's try to make this last -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Hold Back the Tears by Neil Young and Crazy Horse -------- Hello, my old friend, it's good to see you smiling You've been around so long, you must be strong And single life really has its fine points Like friends to help you out when things go wrong Hold back the tears that you've been crying Push off the fears when they come around Hold back the tears and keep on trying Just around the next corner may be waiting your true love Two lying fools and then four crying eyes Counting on one another to survive Crazy love must surely have this pain If getting up means going down again Hold back the tears that you've been crying Push off the fears when they come around Hold back the tears and keep on trying Just around the next corner may be waiting your true love Hold back the tears that you've been crying Push off the fears when they come around Hold back the tears and keep on trying Just around the next corner may be waiting your true love Hold back the tears that you've been crying Push off the fears when they come around Hold back the tears and keep on trying Just around the next corner may be waiting... -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Homegrown by Neil Young and Crazy Horse -------- [Intro] Woah, you sound like you've been playing together for ten years Yeah, that was a nice jam [Chorus] Homegrown's alright with me Homegrown is the way it should be Homegrown is a good thing Plant that bell and let it ring [Verse] The sun comes up in the morning And it shines that light around One day, without no warning Things start jumping up from the ground [Chorus] Homegrown's alright with me Homegrown is the way it should be Homegrown is a good thing Plant that bell and let it ring [Instrumental Bridge] [Chorus] Homegrown's alright with me Homegrown is the way it should be Homegrown is a good thing Plant that bell and let it ring Plant that bulb and let it glow -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Like a Hurricane by Neil Young and Crazy Horse -------- [Intro: Guitar solo] [Verse 1] Once I thought I saw you In a crowded hazy bar Dancing on the light From star to star Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are I saw your brown eyes Turning once to fire [Chorus 1] You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye And I'm getting blown away To somewhere safer Where the feeling stays I want to love you but I'm getting blown away [Verse 2] I am just a dreamer But you are just a dream You could have been Anyone to me Before that moment You touched my lips That perfect feeling When time just slips Away between us On our foggy trip [Chorus] You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye And I'm getting blown away To somewhere safer Where the feeling stays I want to love you but I'm getting blown away [Interlude: Guitar solo] [Verse 3] You are just a dreamer And I am just a dream You could have been Anyone to me Before that moment You touched my lips That perfect feeling When time just slips Away between us On our foggy trip [Chorus] You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye And I'm getting blown away To somewhere safer Where the feeling stays I want to love you but I'm getting blown away -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Saddle Up the Palomino by Neil Young and Crazy Horse -------- Oh, oh, Carmelina, the daughter of the wealthy banker Since she came to town, all my friends are gone And I'm stuck out here with melody Saddle up the palomino The sun is going down The way I feel This must be real If you can't cut it, don't pick up the knife There's no reward in your conscience stored When you're sleeping with another man's wife Saddle up the palomino The sun is going down The way I feel This must be real I want to lick the platter, the gravy doesn't matter It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down But it's the neighbor's wife I'm after Saddle up the palomino The sun is going down The way I feel This must be real -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Star of Bethlehem -------- Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning And you find out that those other days are gone? All you have is memories of happiness lingering on All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you They're only passing through you in the end They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to And wait for you to come back again Yet still a light is shining from that lamp on down the hall Maybe the star of Bethlehem wasn't a star at all -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- The Old Country Waltz by Neil Young and Crazy Horse -------- They were playing that old country waltz In this empty bar, echoing off the wall When I first got the bad news that you set me free The band played the old country waltz to me Well, I loved and I lost, and I cried The day that the two of us died Ain't got no excuses, I just want to ride While the band plays the old country waltz Out the window the moon shines on the roofs of the cars While I knock down tequila and salt And the band plays the old country waltz And we're playing that old country waltz In this empty bar, echoing off the wall Ain't got no excuses, we just want to play That good old country waltz I ain't got no excuses, I just want to play That good old country waltz That good old country waltz -------- 1977 American Stars 'n Bars -------- -------- Will to Love -------- It has often been my dream To live with one who wasn't there Like an ocean fish who swam upstream Through nets, by hooks, and hungry bears When the water grew less deep My fins were aching from the strain I'm swimming in my sleep I know I can't go back again Got the will to love Got the will to love I'll never lose it Never lose the will to love Never lose the will It's like something from up above I can be like a fire in the night Always warm and giving off light But there comes a time when I shine too bright Oh, I'm just a fire in the night And now my fins are in the air And my belly is scraping on the rocks I still think someone really cares And I'll keep swimming 'til I stop Got the will to love Got the will to love It's like something from up above Never lose the will to love Never lose the will I'm like a singer on the stage With the golden lights and liquid rage Down from the mountains to the sea Cool running love keeps cleansing me It keeps my gills from getting dry But it distorts things in my eyes Sometimes I see what really isn't there Like my true lover, and I care But I'll never lose Got the will to love Got the will to love Never lose the will to love It's like something from up above Sometimes I ramble on and on And I repeat myself 'til all my friends are gone And get lost in snow and drown in rain And never feel the same again I remember the ocean from where I came Just one of millions all the same But somewhere someone calls my name I'm a harpoon dodger and I can't, won't be tamed But I'll never lose the will to love Never lose the will to love Got the will to love Got the will to love It's like something from up above I'm not gonna lose the will to love Baby, if I see boredom in your eyes I'll know my river has run dry But I won't turn back with that lonely tide I bought that ticket and I'll take that ride If we meet along the way, please sway beside me Let us sway together, our tails together And our fins and mind will leave this water And let our scales shine In the sun above and the sky below So all the water and earth will know It has often been my dream To live with one who wasn't there -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Already One -------- [Verse 1] What can I do, what can I say Running down This suspicious highway I can't forget how love let me down And when we meet it still gets in my way [Chorus] But we're already one Already one Now only time can come between us Because we're already one Our little son won't let us forget [Verse 2] Your laughing eyes, your crazy smile Every time I look in his face I can't believe how love lasts a while And looks like "forever" in the first place [Chorus] [Verse 3] In my new life I'm traveling light Eyes wide open for the next move I can't go wrong 'til I get right But I'm not falling back in the same groove [Chorus] -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Comes a Time -------- [Verse 1] Comes a time when you're drifting Comes a time when you settle down Comes a light, feelings lifting Lift that baby right up off the ground [Chorus] Oh, this old world Keeps spinning round It's a wonder tall trees Ain't layin' down There comes a time [Verse 2] You and I, we were captured We took our souls and we flew away We were right, we were giving That's how we kept what we gave away [Chorus] -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Field of Opportunity -------- [Verse 1] I've been wrong before And I'll be there again I don't have any answers my friend Just this pile of old questions My memory left me here In the field of opportunity It's plowing time again I'm going back to my house But I'm not going now It's too early To be leaving here, somehow Let me bore you with this story "How my lover let me down" While I borrow seeds of sadness From the ground [Chorus] In the field of opportunity It's plowing time again There ain't no way of telling Where these seeds will rise or when I'll just wait around until springtime And then, I'll find a friend In the field of opportunity It's plowing time again [Verse 2] When I'm all done cultivating I'll be rocking on the porch Trying to picture You and where you are And there'll be no hesitating When Cupid lights the torch With those headlights coming down the hill Between the stars [Chorus] -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Four Strong Winds -------- Think I'll go out to Alberta Weather's good there in the fall I got some friends that I could go to working for Still, I wish you'd change your mind If I ask you one more time But we've been through this a hundred times or more Four strong winds that blow lonely Seven seas that run high All those things that don't change, come what may If the good times are all gone Then I'm bound for moving on I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way If I get there before the snow flies And if things are looking good You could meet me if I send you down the fare But by then it would be winter Not too much for you to do And those winds sure can blow cold way out there Four strong winds that blow lonely Seven seas that run high All those things that don't change, come what may The good times are all gone So I'm bound for moving on I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way Still, I wish you'd change your mind If I ask you one more time But we've been through that a hundred times or more Four strong winds that blow lonely Seven seas that run high All those things that don't change, come what may If the good times are all gone Then I'm bound for moving on I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Goin' Back -------- [Verse] In a foreign land There were creatures at play Running hand in hand Needing no where to stay Driven to the mountains high They were sunken in the cities deep Living in my sleep I feel like going back Back where there's nowhere to stay When fire filled the sky I'll still remember that day These rocks I'm climbing down Have already left the ground Careening through space I used to build these buildings I used to walk next to you Their shadows tore us apart And now we do what we do Driven to the mountains high Sunken in the cities deep Living in our sleep I feel like going back Back where there's nowhere to stay -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Human Highway -------- [Verse] I come down from the misty mountain I got lost on the human highway Take my head refreshing fountain Take my eyes from what they've seen Take my head and change my mind How could people get so unkind I come down from the crooked mansion I went looking For the D.J.'s daughter Since that day I heard it mentioned That my name is on the line Now, my name is on the line How could people get so unkind Now, my name is on the line How could people get so unkind I come down from the misty mountain I got lost on the human highway Take my head refreshing fountain Take my eyes from what they've seen Take my head and change my mind How could people get so unkind -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Look Out for My Love -------- [Verse 1] There's a lot to learn For wasting time There's a heart that burns There's an open mind [Chorus] Look out for my love [x4] You own it, you own it now, you own it [Verse 2] There's a weight on you But you can't feel it Living like I do It's hard for you to see it Was I hurt too bad Can I show you daylight How could I be sad When I know that you might [Chorus] Look out for my love [x4] [Verse 3] Look out for my love It's in your neighborhood I know things are gonna change But I can't say bad or good Silver wings of morning Shining in the gray day While the ice is forming On a lonely runway Hydraulic wipers pumping Until the window glistens Something saying something No one seems to listen Men with walkie-talkies Men with flashlights waving Up upon the tower Time reads daylight savings I'm home again to you babe You know it makes me wonder Sitting in the quiet slipstream In the thunder [Chorus] Look out for my love [x4] -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Lotta Love -------- [intro] La la la la la la la la la Ooh [Chorus] It's going to take a lotta love To change the way things are It's going to take a lotta love Or we won't get too far [Verse 1] So if you look in my direction And we don't see eye to eye My heart needs protection And so do I [Chorus] It's going to take a lotta love To get us through the night It's going to take a lotta love To make things work out right [Verse 2] So if you are out there waiting I hope you show up soon 'cause my head needs relating Not solitude [Bridge] Gotta lotta love [x2] La la la la la la la la la Ooh Ooh [Chorus][x2] It's going to take a lotta love To change the way things are It's going to take a lotta love Or we won't get too far -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Motorcycle Mama -------- [Chorus] Motorcycle Mama Won't you lay your big spike down Motorcycle Mama Won't you lay your big spike down I always get in trouble When you bring it round Motorcycle Mama Won't you lay it down [Bridge] I'm running [x3] Down the proud highway Yeah I'm runnin [x3] Down the proud highway And as long as I keep moving I won't need a place to stay [Chorus] [Verse] Well I'm here to deliver I hope you can read my mail I just escaped last night From the memory county jail I see your box is open And you flag is up My message is ready If there's time enough [Chorus] Motorcycle Mama Won't you lay your big spike down Motorcycle Mama Won't you lay your big spike down I always get in trouble When you bring it round Motorcycle Mama Won't you lay it down -------- 1978 Comes a Time -------- -------- Peace of Mind -------- [Verse 1] You know it takes a long, long time [x2] You love her so and still you know That you will never want to let her go Unless you leave her first Then you come out on top But, still there's just one thing You haven't got [Chorus] Peace of mind Like when you treated her kind It's hard to face that open space [Verse 2] You know it takes a long, long time [x2] When first you gave and shared your soul Showed her all those things that take their toll She knows your weak spot But, she still gets you hot So you do it again Reveal what lies within [Chorus] And go for peace of mind Like when you treated her kind It's hard to face that open space You're looking for peace of mind Anywhere you can find Still searching for peace of mind [Outro] You know it takes a long, long time [x2] -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) -------- [Intro] Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more to the picture than meets the eye Hey hey, my my [Verse 1] Out of the blue and into the black You pay for this, but they give you that And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] The King is gone, but he's not forgotten (Johnny Rotten, Johnny Rotten) Is this the story of Johnny Rotten? (Johnny Rotten, Rotten Johnny) It's better to burn out, 'cause rust never sleeps The king is gone, but he's not forgotten [Outro] Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more to the picture than meets the eye My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) by Neil Young -------- [Intro] My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay It's better to burn out than to fade away My my, hey hey [Verse 1] Out of the blue and into the black They give you this, but you pay for that An' once you're gone you can never come back When you're out of the blue and into the black [Verse 2] The king is gone, but he's not forgotten This is the story of a Johnny Rotten It's better to burn out than it is to rust The king is gone, but he's not forgotten [Outro] Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more to the picture than meets the eye Hey hey, my my [Harmonica Solo] -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Pocahontas by Neil Young -------- [Verse 1] Aurora borealis The icy sky at night Paddles cut the water In a long and hurried flight From the white man To the fields of green And the homeland We've never seen [Verse 2] They killed us in our teepee And they cut our women down They might have left some babies Crying on the ground But the fire sticks And the wagons come And the night falls On the setting sun [Verse 3] They massacred the buffalo Kitty corner from the bank The taxis run across my feet And my eyes have turned to blanks In my little box At the top of the stairs With my Indian rug And a pipe to share [Verse 4] I wish a was a trapper I would give thousand pelts To sleep with Pocahontas And find out how she felt In the morning On the fields of green In the homeland We've never seen [Verse 5] And maybe Marlon Brando Will be there by the fire We'll sit and talk of Hollywood And the good things there for hire And the Astrodome And the first teepee Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me Pocahontas -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Powderfinger -------- [Verse 1] Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming up the river With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail I think you'd better call John Because it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail And it's less than a mile away I hope they didn't come to stay It's got numbers on the side and a gun And it's making big waves [Verse 2] Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou So the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinkin' And I just turned twenty-two I was wondering what to do And the closer they got The more those feelings grew [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring He said, Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothing But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it coming Raised my rifle to my eye Never stopped to wonder why Then I saw black And my face splashed in the sky [Verse 4] Shelter me from the powder and the finger Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger Think of me as one you'd never figured Would fade away so young With so much left undone Remember me to my love I know I'll miss her -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Ride My Llama by Neil Young -------- [Intro] Remember the Alamo When help was on the way It's better here and now I feel that good today I'd like to take a walk But not around the block I really got some news I met a man from Mars He picked up all my guitars And played me travelling songs And when we got on ship He brought out Something for the trip And said, It's old but it's good Like any other primitive would I'm going to ride my llama From Peru to Texarkana I want to ride him good In my old neighbourhood I'm going to ride him good In my old neighbourhood He brought out Something for the trip And said, It's old but it's good Like any other primitive would -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Sail Away by Neil Young -------- [Verse 1] I could live inside a tepee I could die In Penthouse thirty-five You could lose me on the freeway But I would still make it back alive [Chorus] As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away There'll be wind in the canyon Moon on the rise As long as we can sail away [Verse 2] See the losers in the best bars Meet the winners in the dives Where the people are the real stars All the rest of their lives [Chorus] As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away There'll be wind in the canyon Moon on the rise As long as we can sail away [Verse 3] There's a road Stretched out between us Like a ribbon on the high plain Down from Phoenix through Salinas Around the bend and back again [Chorus] As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away There'll be wind in the canyon Moon on the rise As long as we can sail away -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Sedan Delivery -------- [Verse 1] Last night I was cool At the pool hall Held the table for eleven games Nothing was easier Than the first seven I beat a woman with varicose veins She stopped to see Herself in the mirror Fix her hair and hide her veins And she lost the game [Verse 2] Next day I went to the dentist He pulled some teeth And I lost some blood We'd like to thank you For the cards you sent us My wives and I were all choked up [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] I recall how Caesar and Cleo Made love in the Milky Way They needed boats And armies to get there I know there's a better way I saw the movie and I read the book But when it happened to me I sure was glad I had what it took To get away [Verse 4] Got to get away, got to get away Got to get away, got to get away Got to get away, got to get outta here Got to get away, got to get away Got to get away, got to get away Got to get away, got to get away I got to get away [Guitar Solo] [Verse 5] I'm making another delivery Of chemicals and sacred roots I'll hold what you have to give me But I'll use what I have to use The lasers are in the lab The old man Is dressed in white clothes Everybody says he's mad No one knows The things that he knows [Verse 6] No one knows, no one knows No one knows, no one knows No one knows, no one knows No one knows, no one knows No one knows, no one knows I'm sleeping in every hallway I just can't accept the stares I'm using too many covers I'm warm now so I don't care I'm thinking of no one in my mind Sedan delivery Is a job I know I'll keep It sure was hard to find [Outro] Hard to find, hard to find Hard to find, hard to find Hard to find, hard to find Hard to find, hard to find Hard to find, hard to find Hard to find, oh -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Thrasher by Neil Young -------- [Verse 1] They were hiding behind hay bales They were planting In the full moon They had given all they had For something new But the light of day was on them They could see the thrashers coming And the water Shone like diamonds in the dew [Verse 2] And I was just getting up Hit the road before it's light Trying to catch an hour on the sun When I saw Those thrashers rolling by Looking more than two lanes wide I was feeling Like my day had just begun [Verse 3] Where the eagle glides descending There's an ancient river bending Through the timeless gorge of changes Where sleeplessness awaits I searched out my companions Who were lost in crystal canyons When the aimless blade of science Slashed the pearly gates [Verse 4] It was then I knew I'd had enough Burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement Turns to sand With a one-way ticket To the land of truth And my suitcase in my hand How I lost my friends I still don't understand [Verse 5] They had the best selection They were poisoned with protection There was nothing that they needed Nothing left to find They were lost in rock formations Or became park bench mutations On the sidewalks and in the stations They were waiting, waiting [Verse 6] So I got bored and left them there They were just dead weight to me Better down the road Without that load Brings back the time When I was eight or nine I was watching my mama's T.V It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode [Verse 7] Where the vulture glides descending On an asphalt highway bending Through libraries and museums Galaxies and stars Down the windy halls of friendship To the rose clipped by the bullwhip The motel of lost companions Waits with heated pool and bar [Verse 8] But me I'm not stopping there Got my own row left to hoe Just another line In the field of time When the thrashers come I'll be stuck in the sun Like the dinosaurs in shrines But I'll know the time has come To give what's mine -------- 1979 Rust Never Sleeps -------- -------- Welfare Mothers -------- [Part 1] People, pick up on what I'm putting down now Welfare mothers make better lovers Down at every laundromat in town now Welfare mothers make better lovers While they're washing, you can hear this sound now Welfare mothers make better lovers Divorcee! [Part 2] Hard to believe that love is free now Welfare mothers make better lovers Out on the street with the whole family now Welfare mothers make better lovers Hard to believe that love is free now Welfare mothers make better lovers Divorcee! People, pick up on what I'm putting down now Welfare mothers make better lovers Down at every laundromat in town now Welfare mothers make better lovers While they're washing, you can hear this sound now Welfare mothers make better lovers Divorcee! -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Captain Kennedy -------- [Verse 1] I am a young mariner headed to war I'm thinking about my family and what it was for There's water on the wood and the sails feel good And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good [Verse 2] My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea Exploded on the water for everyone to see And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy [Verse 3] I saw him in Nassau in 1971 His strength was failing but he still ran a run He worked till his fingers wore to the bone To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own [Verse 4] He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron That steel hull freighter was passing its time And time flew by faster with life on the sea And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy [Verse 1] I am a young mariner headed to war I'm thinking about my family and what it was for There's water on the wood and the sails feel good And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Coastline -------- [Verse] Down on the coastline, Highway One People heading out for the sun That's where I found you long time ago You're my angel, you're my queen You're my best friend in between [Chorus] We don't back down from no trouble We do get up in the morning [Verse 2] Oowee, baby, what a night That old moon sure is shining bright We'll be dancing till the morning comes High on the mountain top Above the clouds No wonder we get a little loud [Chorus] We don't back down from no trouble We do get up in the morning [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] We don't back down from no trouble We do get up in the morning -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Comin’ Apart at Every Nail -------- [Verse 1] It's awful hard to find a job On one side the government The other the mob Hey, hey ain't that right The working man's in for a hell of a fight [Chorus] Oh, this country Sure looks good to me But these fences are Coming apart at every nail [Verse 2] Way up on the old dew line Some of the boys were feeling fine A big light flashed across the sky But something else went slipping by Meanwhile at the Pentagon The brass was a wondering what went wrong [Chorus] [Bridge] Hey hey, ain't that right The working man's in for a hell of a fight [Chorus] -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Hawks & Doves -------- [Verse 1] Ain't getting old Ain't getting younger though Just getting used To the lay of the land I ain't tongue-tied Just don't got nothing to say I'm proud to be living in the U.S.A [Chorus] Ready to go, willing to stay and pay U.S.A., U.S.A So my sweet love can dance Another free day U.S.A., U.S.A [Verse 2] In history we painted pictures grim The devil knows We might feel that way again The big wind blows So the tall grass bends But for you don't Push too hard my friend [Chorus] [Verse 3] Got people here Down on their knees and praying Hawks and doves Are circling in the rain Got rock and roll Got country music playing If you hate us, you just Don't know what you're saying [Chorus] Ready to go, willing to stay and pay U.S.A., U.S.A So my sweet love can dance Another free day U.S.A., U.S.A -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Little Wing -------- [Verse 1] All her friends call her Little Wing But she flies rings around them all She comes to town when the children sing And leaves them feathers if they fall She leaves them feathers if they fall [Verse 2] Little Wing, don't fly away When the summer turns to fall Don't you know some people say The winter is the best time of them all? Winter is the best of all -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Lost in Space -------- [Verse] Live with me [x5] Lost in space I heard you were lost in space That's such a lonely place For you to be Out of control Singing with too much soul I heard you got out on parole Working for the queen Gardening again Landscape again Keeping all the grounds Around her clean Working for the queen Don't take out the magic pen Don't draw on the infinity board Your buildings, if they rise again Would do much better On the ocean floor They'll never feel the way They did before [x2] Out on the ocean floor [x2] What could be stranger than the unknown danger That lies on the ocean floor? Breakers crash on the beach I count them like lambs in my sleep They come at me steady They know I'm not ready They pound on my mattress door Have they got a big one in store Losing you I heard I was losing you That's not the only thing that I got to lose I got to lose The deep sea blues Look at these blues The deep sea blues Live with me, live with me -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Old Homestead -------- [Verse 1] Up and down the old homestead The naked rider gallops through his head And although the moon isn't full He still feels the pull [Verse 2] Out on the floor where the cowboys dance Approaching slowly at a glance Here comes the shadow of his stance The reins are falling from his hands [Verse 3] Why do you ride that crazy horse? Inquires the shadow with little remorse Just then a priest comes down the stairs With a sack of dreams and old nightmares [Verse 4] Who are you, the rider says You dress in black but you talk like a Fed You spout ideas from books that you read Don't you care about this guy's head? [Verse 5] Just then the sound of hoof beats was heard And the sky was darkened by a prehistoric bird Who flew between the unfulfilled moon And the naked rider, to a telephone booth [Verse 6] We'll call the moon and see what's up I've got some change in this little tin cup We'll say that the shadow is growing dim And we need some light to get back to him [Bridge] Just one call should do it all I'll carve this number on the wall with my beak [Verse 7] Flying feathers were all around The air was filled with a ringing sound Two more birds, the second and the third Came down from the sky to deliver the word [Verse 8] Where have you been, they said to the first Get back to the clouds, we're dying of thirst There's not enough time to make that call Let's ditch this rider, shadow and all [Verse 9] The sky was filled with the beautiful birds Still on the ground some crying was heard With his dime in his hand and his hand on the dial His ears were sweating as he forced a smile [Verse 10] Hoof beats beating across the range He rode through the night with his cup of change Tired and beaten he fell into slumber But up in the sky they still had his number [Verse 11] Up and down the old homestead The naked rider gallops through his head And although the moon isn't full He still feels the pull Still feels the pull Still feels the pull Still feels the pull Still feels the pull -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Stayin' Power -------- [Verse 1] Our love, baby, feels so right When you're smiling in the morning light I ain't leaving no way [Chorus] 'Cause we got staying power, you and I Staying power through thick and thin Staying power, you and I Staying power through thick and thin [Verse 2] Gold and diamonds say you're mine But true love opens the gates of time And as we go on our way [Chorus] We got staying power, you and I Staying power through thick and thin Staying power, you and I Staying power through thick and thin [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Staying power, you and I Staying power through thick and thin Staying power, you and I Staying power through thick and thin -------- 1980 Hawks & Doves -------- -------- Union Man -------- [Verse 1] I'm proud to be a union man I make those meetings when I can, yeah I pay my dues ahead of time When the benefits come I'm last in line, yeah I'm proud to be a union man [Verse 2] Every fourth Friday at 10 am There's a local meeting of the A F of M, yeah! "This meeting will now come to order. Is there any new business?" "Yeah, I think 'Live music are better' bumper stickers should be issued" "What was that?" "'Live music is better' bumper stickers should be issued" "The gentleman says 'Live music is better' bumper stickers should be issued All in favor of what he said signify by saying 'aye'" "Aye!, Aye!" "If, however, you are opposed signify by saying 'no'" I'm proud to be a union man -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- Get Back on It -------- [Chorus] Think I'll get back on the highway I hope I'll see you soon Get back on it, get back on it Think I'll get back on the highway I hope I'll see you soon Get back on it, get back on it I may be late in coming though I got some things I got to do [Verse] Don't let me see your tail lights I pull a heavy load Get back on it, get back on it Don't let me see your tail lights I pull a heavy load Get back on it, get back on it There isn't no way To stop it though Oh, it might explode It's too late for General Custer Too late for Robert E. Lee Get back on it, get back on it It's too late for General Custer Too late for Robert E. Lee Get back on it, get back on it But I'll get back on the highway Before it's too late for me Get back on it, get back on it [Chorus] -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- Motor City -------- [Intro] My old car keeps breaking down My new car isn't from Japan There's already too many Datsuns In this town [Verse 1] Another thing that's bugging me Is this commercial on TV Says that Detroit Can't make good cars any more Motor City [Chorus] Who's driving my car? Who's driving my car now? Who? [Verse 2] My army jeep is still alive Got locking hubs and four wheel drive Have got no radio Have got no mag wheels Have got no digital clock Have got no clock The paint job is looking blue The white walls are missing too But I guess until I get my car back This will do [Chorus] -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- Opera Star -------- [Pre-Chorus] So your girlfriend Slammed the door shut In your face tonight But that's all right Then she took off To the opera With some highbrow From the city lights Well, you grew up on a corner You never missed a moonlit night [Chorus] Some things never change They stay the way they are You were born to rock You'll never be an opera star Some things never change They stay the way they are [Verse] So you stay out all night Getting fucked up In that rock and roll bar And you never get tired Because your drugs Are in a little jar You were born to rock You'll never be an opera star Some things never change They stay the way they are I was born to rock! [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- Rapid Transit -------- [Intro] Rapid transit Public service I'm standing in my line [Verse 1] Melt down Containment I'm standing in my line [Chorus] Hang ten pipeline Let's go tripping Hang ten pipeline Let's go tripping Hang ten pipeline Let's go tripping Every wave is new Until it breaks Go! [Verse 2] Secret service Public enemy I'm standing in my line [Chorus] [Outro] Go! -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- Shots -------- [Intro] Shots Ringing all along the borders Can be heard Striking out Like a venom in the sky Cutting through the air Faster than a bird In the night [Verse] Children Are lost in the sand Building roads With little hands Trying to join Their father's castles Together again Will they make it? Who knows where or when Old wounds will mend? Machines Are winding their way along Looking strong Building roads And bringing back Loads and loads Of building materials In the night Men Are trying to move the borders On the ground Lines between the different spots That each has found But back home Another scene was going down In the night Lust Comes creeping through the night To feed on hearts Of suburban wives Who learned to pretend When they met their dream's end In the night [Bridge] [x2] Shots I hear shots, I keep hearing shots I keep hearing shots I hear shots [Outro] But I'll never use your love You know I'm not that kind And so if you give your heart away I promise to you Whatever we do That I will always be true -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- Southern Pacific -------- [Intro] Down the mountainside To the coastline Past the angry tide The mighty diesel whines [Verse 1] And the tunnel comes And the tunnel goes Round another bend The giant drivers roll I rode the Highball I fired the Daylight When I turned sixty-five I couldn't see right It was "Mr. Jones We've got to let you go It's company policy You've got a pension though" [Chorus] Roll on, Southern Pacific On your silver rails On your silver rails Roll on, Southern Pacific On your silver rails Through the moonlight [Verse 2] I put in my time I put in my time Now I'm left to roll Down the long decline I am no brake man I am no conductor But I would be though If I was younger [Chorus] -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze -------- [Chorus 1] Here's a story about Surfer Joe He caught the big one But he let it go There's somebody satisfied With winning [Verse 1] Back on the boardwalk There's Moe the Sleaze Sells good things And aims to please He's almost even but He don't mind a handout [Chorus 2] Come on down For a pleasure cruise We're all going On a pleasure cruise Come on down For a pleasure cruise Plenty of women Plenty of booze [Verse 2] Give your ticket To Moe the Sleaze He's the one that's Weak in the knees His pants are baggy But you can see them shaking I'll introduce you to Surfer Joe He may be there I really don't know We can smoke garfong And watch him ride The big one [Chorus 2] Come on down, come on down Come on down, come on [Chorus 1] [x2] -------- 1981 Reactor -------- -------- T-Bone -------- [Chorus] [x4] Got mashed potatoes Got mashed potatoes Got mashed potatoes Haven't got no T-Bone Haven't got no T-Bone [Bridge] [x4] Haven't got no T-Bone [Chorus] [x2] -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Computer Age -------- [Verse] Cars and trucks Fly by me on the corner But I'm all right Standing proud before the signal When I see the light I know I'm more Than just a number And I stand before you Or else we just don't see the other Computer age computer age Computer age Bikes and vans Fly by me on the desert But I'm all right Standing out here in the hot sun When I see the light I feel like more than just a number And I stand before you Or else we just don't see the other Computer age computer age Computer age Precious metal lines Molded into highways Running through me So microscopically Days and nights Weeks and months and seasons Rolling through me So chronologically Computer age computer age Computer age I need you To let me know that there's a heartbeat Let it pound and pound And I'll be flying like a free bird And you need me Like ugly needs a mirror And day by day This horizon's getting clearer Computer age computer age Computer age -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Computer Cowboy -------- [Verse] Well, his cattle each have numbers And they all eat in a line When he turns the floodlights On each night Of course the herd looks perfect! Computer Cowboy Well, he rides the range until midnight And the wild coyotes yowl As he trots beneath the floodlights And of course the rhythm is perfect! Computer Cowboy Ride along computer cowboy To the city just in time To bring another system down And leave your alias behind [Outro] Computer syscrusher [x2] Crusher. Syscrusher, Syscrusher Come a ky ky yippee yi yippee yi ay Come a ky ky yippee yi ay Come a ky ky yippee yi yippee yi ay Come a ky ky yippee yi ay Computer syscrusher -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Hold on to Your Love -------- [Chorus] Hold on to your love [x2] Though you may feel tired and blue The things you say The things you dream you might do Come true if you Hold on to your love [Verse] How long the day? How dark the night spent apart? Is this the way to learn? Go your own way Although you may break a heart Don't let it start Hold on to your love [Chorus] -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Like an Inca -------- [Verse 1] Said the condor to the preying mantis We're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis Brother we got to go sooner than you know The Gypsy told my fortune, she said that nothing showed Who put the bomb on the sacred altar? Why should we die if it comes our way? Why should we care about a little button Being pushed by someone we don't even know? [Chorus] Well. I wish I was an Aztec Or a runner in Peru I would build such beautiful buildings To house the chosen few Like an Inca from Peru [Verse 2] If you want to get high, build a strong foundation Sink those pylons deep now and reach for the sky If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm Get down on the ground and pretend you're swimming If you want to put ice in the lava river First you must climb, then you must stand and shiver Brother we got to go sooner than you know The Gypsy told my fortune [x3] She said that nothing showed [Chorus] [Verse 3] Said the condor to the preying mantis We're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis Brother we got to go sooner than you know The Gypsy told my fortune [x3] She said that nothing showed Who put the bomb on the sacred altar? Why should we die if it comes our way? Why should we care about a little button Being pushed by someone we don't even know? [Chorus] [Outro] I feel sad, but I feel happy As I'm coming back to home There's a bridge across the river That I have to cross alone Like a skipping rolling stone Like an Inca -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Little Thing Called Love -------- [Verse 1] See somebody Walking down the street Hanging head And a-shuffling feet Don't take much to see What they've been thinking of What makes you hypnotized? What puts a tear in your eye? What makes you have to choose? What brings you the blues? A little thing called love [x2] [Chorus] Only love puts a tear in your eye Only love makes you hypnotized Only love makes you choose Only love brings you the blues [Verse 2] Wait a minute now, honey Don't be sad This may be the best love you ever had That don't mean that you had enough A little thing called love [x2] [Chorus] [Outro] A little thing called love [x2] -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Mr. Soul -------- [Verse 1] Oh hello Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason For the thought that I caught That my head is the event of the season Why in crowds just a trace Of my face could seem so pleasing? I'll cop out to the change But a stranger is putting the tease on [Verse 2] I was down on a frown When the messenger brought me a letter I was raised by the praise of a fan Who said I upset her Any girl in the world could have easily known me better She said, "You're strange, but don't change" And I let her [Verse 3] In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster? Stick around while the clown who is sick Does the trick of disaster For the race of my head and my face Is moving much faster Is it strange I should change? I don't know, why don't you ask her? Is it strange I should change? I don't Is it strange I should change? I don't -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Sample and Hold -------- [Verse 1] Sample and Hold Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Weight: 110 Disposition: Even Mood Code: Rotary Adjustable [Chorus] I need a unit to sample and hold But not the angry one A new design, new design I need a unit to sample and hold But not the lonely one A new design, new design I need a unit to sample and hold But not the lonely one A new design, new design Sample and hold [Verse 2] We'll send it out right away Satisfaction guaranteed Please specify The color of skin and eye We know you'll be happy Don't hesitate to give us a call We know you'll be satisfied When you energize And see your unit come alive We know you'll be happy [Chorus] I need a unit to sample and hold But not the lonely one The lonely one [x2] Sample and hold Weight: 110 [Verse 3] Perfection in every details Fabricated from The curl of the hair To the tip of the nail Because our units never fail We know you'll be happy I need a unit to sample and hold Don't hesitate to give us a call We know you'll be satisfied When you energize And see your unit come alive We know you'll be happy [Chorus] I need a unit to sample and hold We know you'll be happy 110 We know you'll be happy [x2] But not the lonely one A new design, new design Perfection in every detail New design Sample and hold -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- Transformer Man -------- [Verse 1] Transformer man, transformer man You run the show remote control Direct the action with the push of a button You're a transformer man Power in your hand Transformer man, transformer man [Chorus] Transformer man, transformer man Sooner or later you'll have to see The cause and effect So many things still left to do But we haven't made it yet Every morning When I look in your eyes I feel electrified by you. Oh yes [Verse 2] Transformer man, transformer man Transformer man, still in command You're eyes are shining on a beam Through the galaxy of love Transformer man, transformer man Unlock the secrets Let us throw off the chains that Hold you down [Chorus] [Outro] Transformer man, transformer man [x2] -------- 1982 Trans -------- -------- We R in Control -------- [Verse 1] We control the data banks We control the think tanks We control the flow of air We're controlling traffic lights We control computer flights We control the chief of staff We control the TV sky We control the FBI We control the flow of heat Computer age in harm's way We will prevail And perform our function C.C.T.B [Chorus] We're controlling [x2] We control We're controlling We control [x2] [Verse 2] We control you floor to floor We control you door to door We're controlling While you sleep Computer age in harm's way We will prevail And perform our function C.C.T.B Computer age in harm's way We will prevail And perform our function C.C.T.B [Chorus] We are in control [x12] [Outro] Chemical computer Thinking battery -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes -------- Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes (whooo) Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes Betty Lou ah-whoo, ah-whoo, ah-whoo Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes Well she walked in the shoe-store, picked out a shoe She tried on a twelve, but that wouldn't do Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes Betty Lou bought a new pair of shoes Betty Lou ah-whoo, ah-whoo, ah-whoo Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes Well, she cracked up over the solid fit Walkin' down the street with her brand new kit Well, she's walkin' down the street, she met an undertaker He tried to burry her new shudebakers Well, she went to a rock 'n' roll party the other night Someone stepped on her shudebakers and she started a fight! Well, she walked in the shoe-store, gave the man a tip She told him to go buy himself a rocketship -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Bright Lights, Big City -------- Bright lights, big city Gone to my baby's head Bright lights, big city Gone to my baby's head I'd tried to tell the woman But she doesn't believe a word I said Go light pretty baby... Gonna need my help some day It's all right pretty baby... Gonna need my help some day You're gonna wish you listened To some of those things I said Go ahead pretty baby Oh, honey knock yourself out Go ahead pretty baby Oh honey knock yourself out I still love you baby Cause you don't know what it's all about Bright lights, big city Gone to my baby's head Bright lights, big city Gone to my baby's head -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Cry, Cry, Cry -------- [Chorus] Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry [Verse 1] Well, old man river just keeps on rolling On down the line Like my tears just keep on flowing All the time Can't you hear me cry [Chorus] [Verse 2] Well, somewhere there's a rainbow for me I know it's my time I am getting so tired Of standing in this light Can't you hear me cry [Outro] Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, hoo, hoo Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, boo, hoo Boo, hoo, hoo, cry, cry, cry Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, hoo, hoo Cry, cry, cry, cry -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Everybody's Rockin' -------- [Verse 1] When grandma and grandpa Get out on the floor They rock until they drop And then they rock some more [Chorus] Yeah, everybody's rocking Well, everybody's rocking Everybody's rocking Rocking to the dancing beat [Verse 2] From the shakey city Down to New Orleans The Golden Gate To the Bronx and Queens [Chorus] [Verse 3] When Ronnie and Nancy Do the bop on the lawn They're rocking in the White House All night long [Chorus] [Bridge] Everybody's rocking Rocking their blues away Everybody's rocking Rockin' all night and day [Outro] Everybody's rocking Everybody's rocking Yeah, everybody's rocking Everybody's rocking Everybody's rocking Rocking to the dancing beat Everybody's rocking Dancing to the rocking beat -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Jellyroll Man -------- [Pre-Chorus] Well, if you've got the craving For some jellyroll You've got to have it right now Well, if you've got the craving For some jellyroll You've got to have it right now I'm your jellyroll man I've got to have it right now [Chorus] I'm your jellyroll man[x5] I've got to have it right now [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Kinda Fonda Wanda -------- [Verse 1] Well, I went with Mary Lou Tried Peggy Sue Had a date with Donna And Barbara Ann too [Chorus] But I'm kind of found of Want to Kind of found of Want to Yeah, I'm kind of found of Want to Because Want to always Want to want to want to [Verse 2] Well, I went out with Jenny Took out skinny Minnie Long tall Sally And short fat Fanny [Chorus] [Bridge] Did the bop with Miss Ann The swim with Mary Ann The stroll with Betty Lou Screwed runaround Sue But she wasn't As good as Want to No, she'll never be As good as Want to I'm kind of found of Want to Because Want to always Want to want to want to[x3] [Outro] Kind of found of Want to[x2] Yeah, I'm kind of found of Want to Because Wanda always Want to want to want to[x5] -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Mystery Train -------- Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Train I ride, sixteen coaches long Well that long black train got my baby and gone Train train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend Train train, comin' 'round the bend Well it took my baby, but it never will again (no, not again) Train train, comin' down, down the line Train train, comin' down the line Well it's bringin' my baby, 'cause she's mine all, all mine (she's mine, all, all mine) -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Payola Blues -------- [Verse 1] This one's for you Al Freed Wherever you go, whatever you do Because the things they're doing today Will make a saint out of you Payola blues I've got the payola blues Even though I already paid my dues Listen to me Mr. D.J Hear what I've got to say If a man is making music They ought to let his record play [Chorus] Payola blues No matter where I go I never hear my record on the radio [Verse 2] Well, here's three thousand That ought to get it on Well, thanks a lot man! I love your new song [Chorus] [Verse 3] I got a brand new record company New manager too Got a great new record I can't get through to you [Chorus] [Verse 4] How about this new Mercedes Benz That ought to get it on Well, thanks a lot man! I'll play it all day long [Chorus] [Outro] I've got the payola blues, payola blues I'm paying those payola blues No matter where I go I never hear my record on the radio -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Rainin' in My Heart -------- Rainin' in my heart Since we been apart I know I was wrong Baby please come home You got me cryin' 'Bout to lose my mind Don't let me cry in vain Try my love just once again Spoken: Honey, I need your love Darlin', you know why If you would come back home There'll be no need for me to cry Sings: Rainin' in my heart Since we been apart I know I was wrong Baby please come home -------- 1983 Everybody's Rockin -------- -------- Wonderin' -------- [Intro] (Doo-wah, walk walk) (Doo-wah, walk walk) (Doo-wah, walk walk) (Doo-wah, walk walk) (Doo-wah) [Verse 1] I've been walkin' all night long My footsteps made me crazy Baby, you've been gone so long [Chorus] I'm wonderin' if you'll come home I'm hopin' that you'll be my baby I'm wonderin' if I'll be alone Knowin' that I need you to save me (Doo-wah, talk talk) (Doo-wah, talk talk) (Doo-wah, talk talk) (Doo-wah, talk talk) (Doo-wah) [Verse 2] I've been talkin' all day long To keep my heart from sadness Baby, you've been gone so long [Chorus] I'm wonderin' if you'll come home I'm hopin' that you'll be my baby I'm wonderin' if I'll be alone Knowin' that I need you to save me (Doo-wah, walk walk) (Doo-wah, walk walk) (Doo-wah, talk talk) (Doo-wah, talk talk) [Bridge] I'm wonderin' I'm wonderin' I'm wonderin' I'm wonderin' I'm wonderin' (Knowing that I need you to save me) I'm wonderin' (Knowing that I need you to save me) I'm wonderin' (Knowing that I need you to save me) I'm wonderin' (Knowing that I need you to save me) Well, I'm knowin' that I need you to save me (Knowing that I need you to save me) Knowin' that I need you to save me (Knowing that I need you to save me) Knowin' that I need you to save me (Knowing that I need you to save me) I'm wonderin' (Knowing that I need you to save me) [Outro] (Doo-wah, walk walk) (Doo-wah, talk talk) Wonderin' (Doo-wah, walk walk) Wonderin' (Doo-wah, talk talk) Wonderin' (Doo-wah, walk walk) Got me thinkin' about (Doo-wah, talk talk) Wonderin' (Doo-wah, talk talk) -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- Are There Any More Real Cowboys? (Ft. Willie Nelson) -------- [Verse] Are there any more Real cowboys Left out in these hills? Will the fire hit the iron One more time? And will one more Dusty pick-up Coming rolling down the road With a load of feed Before the sun gets high? Well, I hope that Working cowboy never dies Not the one That's snorting cocaine When the honky-tonks all closed But the one That prays for more rain Heaven knows That the good feed Brings the money And the money buys the clothes Not the diamond sequins Shining on TV But the kind the Working cowboy really needs Are there any more Country families Still working hand in hand Trying hard to stay together And make a stand? While the rows and rows of houses Come creeping up on the land Where the cattle graze and An old grey barn still stands Are there any more Real cowboys in this land? [Outro] Are there any more Real cowboys in this land? -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- Bound for Glory (Ft. Waylon Jennings) -------- [Intro] Out on the trans-Canada highway There was a girl Hitchhiking with her dog Fireflies buzzing round her head Like candles in the fog [Verse 1] He was three miles down the road Trying to stay up But he knew that he couldn't She was looking For a ride through the night But out there, who wouldn't [Pre-Chorus] They were bound for glory Bound for living on the edge They were bound for each other Like two comets heading for a bed [Chorus] She had a new way of living New way of looking at life He had an '84 International and two kids He left back home with his wife [Verse 2] He was tired of Writing letters to himself And living in the dark She was open to suggestions And some say She had a broken heart He had everything he wanted Until it all Turned out to be a job One fallen asleep trucker And a girl Hitchhiking with her dog [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Verse 3] Out on the trans-Canada highway The sun came climbing up the cab By the time it hit the window They were waking up From what little sleep they had When that heat hit the blankets They were looking For love at second sight Just staring in each others eyes Finding it in the morning light [Pre-Chorus] They were bound for glory Bound for living on the edge They were bound for each other Like two blankets laying on a bed [Chorus] -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- California Sunset (Ft. Anthony "Shep" Crawford) -------- [Verse 1] I remember long ago How I wondered where I'd go While the blizzards Cold wind and snow Pounded outside my window [Chorus] California sunset Going down in the West All the colors in the sky Kiss another day goodbye [Verse 2] Land of beauty Space and light Land of promise Land of might You're my home now And it's true California, here's to you [Chorus] California sunset Going down in the West All the colors in the sky Kiss another day goodbye [Instrumental Bridge] [Chorus] California sunset Going down in the West All the colors in the sky Kiss another day goodbye [Outro] The golden state! -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- Get Back to the Country (Ft. Waylon Jennings) -------- [Chorus] When I was a younger man Got lucky with a rock 'n' roll band Struck gold in hollywood All that time I knew I would Get back to the country Back where it all began Get back to the country Back in the barn again [Verse] Now when we hit the road Big buses and trucks unload After the curtain falls Load up and then we all Get back to the country Back where it all began Get back to the country Back on the road again [Chorus] -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- Misfits -------- [Intro] Up in that new space station Living Kennedy's dream There was an automatic camera Shooting elephantine [Pre-Chorus] Well the crew was relaxing Before the video screen Watching old re-runs Of Mohammed Ali [Chorus] The voice of Houston calling Brought them back to the scene Except the sky is falling Do you know what that means? [Verse] Out on that Texas sidewalk Through the hotel mezzanine There walked a see-through hooker To a suite with two TVs But by the elevator She began to sneeze With an attack so uncontrolled It brought her to her knees And then the hotel doctor With nurse and stethoscope Announced the worst is over But for her there is no hope Way down in South Dakota On the Needles Highway There's a lone red rider On the road today And though his war is over He's fighting on anyway Although he's seldom sober He's drinking whisky all day Down in that old box canyon Where only misfits can go He rides with no companion But saloon and rodeo Up in that new space station Living Kennedy's dream There's an automatic camera Shooting elephantine [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- My Boy -------- [Intro] Why are you growing up so fast My boy? Oh, you'd better take your time Why are you growing up so fast My son? [Verse 1] Almost time to live your dream My boy Oh, you'd better take your time Almost time to make some plans My son [Chorus] Vacation gone, school is out Summer ends year in year out [Verse 2] Oh, you'd better take your time My boy I thought we had just begun Why are you growing up so fast My son? [Chorus] [Outro] Why are you growing up so fast My boy? Why are you growing up so fast My son? -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- Old Ways -------- [Verse] Old ways It sure is hard To change them Come what may It's hard to teach A dinosaur a new trick Lately I've been finding out I'm set in my ways Old ways Can be your ball And chain Oh, I'm going to stop that grass And give up all this drinking Really going to make my life last Clean up my whole way of living Up until the party last night I was a different man But old ways Got their way again The economy was getting so bad I had to lay myself off Well, working was a habit I had So I kept showing up anyway Then one day Things turned around I got my back pay Old ways Coming through again [Outro] I got old ways -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- Once an Angel -------- [Chorus] Once an angel Always an angel You're as close to heaven As I'll ever be [Verse 1] It's been six years now Since my ring Slipped on your finger And those years have made A better man out of me [Chorus] [Verse 2] There've been times when I've treated you so badly I've done things I know You'll never understand But you take me back Turn your eyes Towards the window Where you hide the tears You don't want me to see [Chorus] [x2] [Outro] You're as close to heaven As I'll ever be -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- The Wayward Wind (Ft. Denise Draper) -------- [Verse 1] In the lonely shack By the railroad track I spent my younger days And I guess the sound Of the outward bound Made me a slave To my wandering ways [Chorus] And the wayward wind Is a restless wind A restless wind That yearns to wander And I was born The next of kin The next of kin To the wayward wind [Verse 2] Oh, I met him down In the border town He vowed we'd never part Though he tried his best To settle down Now I'm all alone With a broken heart [Chorus] [x2] [Outro] The next of kin To the wayward wind -------- 1985 Old Ways -------- -------- Where Is the Highway Tonight? (Ft. Waylon Jennings) -------- [Intro] I would be feeling so low She'd have a new place to go She'd take me in her arms And show me all her charms Until my troubles were gone [Verse 1] Then when I left her behind Never a tear could I find Just a haunting melody Coming back to me Where is the highway tonight? [Chorus] Where is the highway tonight? Where are those old days And crazy nights? [Verse 2] Now the house is All quiet and still Coyote howls on the hill How far did I go Before we said hello Where is the highway tonight? Darling, you'll always be mine I'll never treat you unkind But a haunting melody Keeps coming back to me Where is the highway tonight? [Chorus] [Outro] A haunting melody Keeps coming back to me Where is the highway tonight? -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Bad News Beat -------- [Verse 1] Have you heard the news I lost my baby to another man I got a bulletin of news Late breaking story that I don't understand Should I call her up late Should I ask her how she really feels Should I try to make a date For a time when we can touch And feel [Chorus] She' so on fire She's my desire [Verse 2] I've got the bad news beat And my reception is loud and clear I've got a man in the street Telling me what I don't want to hear I've got an eye in the sky Taking pictures that I don't want to see She's got a brand new guy Looks like she's never coming back To me [Chorus] [Outro] I've got an eye in the sky I've got a man in the street I've got the bad news beat I've got the bad news beat -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Drifter -------- [Verse 1] I'm just a drifter I'll stay until you try to tie me down I'm not a quitter, baby I'd like to stay and see the whole thing go down [Chorus] Don't try to tell me What I gotta do to fit Don't try to rescue me I'm going to go with my ship [Verse 2] What about you, did I ever take a thing from you? What about me, how do I know that your love is true? What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? I like to drive my car If I've got someplace to go I like to feel the wheel Put down the top and let it roll [Chorus] Don't try to fence me in Don't try to slow me down Don't try to speed me up Or tie my feet down to the ground [Verse 3] What about you, did I ever take a thing from you? What about me, how do I know that your love is true? What about you, how can I count on you to count on me? [Outro] I'm just a drifter I'll stay until you try to tie me down Don't try to rescue me [x2] I like to feel the wheel [x3] -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Hard Luck Stories -------- [Chorus] Don't tell me hard luck stories, and I won't tell you mine [x2] [Verse 1] Every time you're feeling fine Got another good one on the line It slips away You feel it slip away, slip away I don't want no more from you Won't do what you want me to Turn me loose Come on turn me loose Turn me loose Every time I'm feeling good The phone rings And I knock on wood Hoping that it won't be you Calling like you always do All you ever seem to say is How much bad luck came your way You won't try to start again You just count on your old friends [Chorus] [Verse 2] Now you call up every day Got no money no place to stay That girl made a mess of you You got what was coming too Build her up and let her down Tasting everything in town Treat her right, you never Treat her right, treat her right Now she's gone and you're alone Bite your fingers to the bone Slip away You feel it slip away, slip away You don't know what's going on How you lost it, what went wrong What ever happened to The love that you once knew [Chorus] -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Hippie Dream -------- [Verse] Take my advice Don't listen to me It ain't paradise But it used to be There was a time When the river was wide And the water came running down To the rising tide But the wooden ships Were just a hippie dream Just a hippie dream Don't bat an eye Don't waste a word Don't mention nothing That could go unheard Because the tie-dye sails Are the screaming sheets And the dusty trail Leads to blood in the streets And the wooden ships Are a hippie dream Capsized in excess If you know what I mean Just because it's over for you Don't mean it's over for me It's a victory for the heart Every time the music starts So please don't kill the machine Don't kill the machine [x2] Another flower child Goes to seed In an ether-filled Room of meat-hooks It's so ugly So ugly -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- I Got a Problem -------- [Chorus] I got a problem I can't explain It's hard to solve it I can't lose face They all try to help me But I can't see the light [Verse 1] Me and my shadow are so in despair Because we keep hurting someone who cares Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat There must be some way out of here But I can't find it yet [Chorus] I got a problem That's so intense I try to fight it But there's no defense [Verse 2] Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat There must be some way out of here But I can't find it yet [Chorus] I got a problem [x4] Every time we talk about it I break out in a cold sweat -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- People on the Street -------- [Verse 1] People on the street need a place to go [x2] Walking with the beat if it's not too slow [x2] When the night's dark shadow falls On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls [Chorus] People on the street need a place to go [x2] [Verse 2] Walking through the night up and down the avenue Looking for a place A place to go, a place to go There's a muffled scream from the alley scene From the alley scene comes a muffled scream And the siren wails while the system fails In the steaming heat people walk in the street People can't run and hide If you want to feel good then you gotta feel good inside [Chorus] [Verse 3] Rising through the grates come the fumes of industry Floating to the sky Keep walking with the beat Walking with the beat Keep walking with the beat, walking with the beat [x2] When the night's dark shadow falls On the sidewalk scenes and the concrete canyon walls [Chorus] -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Pressure -------- [Verse 1] A funny thing happened yesterday I felt the pressure in a brand new way It kept hitting me from all directions I got this feeling I was cracking up My knees were shaking and I couldn't close my eyes I fought to gain control and make corrections A funny thing happened yesterday I felt the pressure in a TV way [Chorus] Don't feel, don't feel Feel pressure from me Don't feel, don't feel No pressure from me Don't feel, don't feel Feel pressure from me [Verse 2] You watch the box and the video jocks If you could talk that could even be you up there That's why you need max head room Too much pressure for peace on earth Too much trying to get your money's worth Too much dying The Eldorado, the Mercedes Benz The job security that never ends [Chorus][x2] [Verse 3] I feel the pressure Building every night One of these days I'm gonna Go out like a light Oh, baby I feel the pressure Building every night One of these days I'm gonna Go out like a light -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Touch the Night -------- [Verse 1] Out on the road the traffic slowed down to a crawl Strobe lights flashing on the overpass The tangled steel could not reveal what no one saw Or how he walked away without a scratch He thought of her and walked along the exit ramp He touched the night between two old street lamps [Chorus] And every one will touch the night [x3] [Verse 2] Imagine blue dissolve into the empty night Slowly fading, no one answering She walked away and left him standing All alone between the shadows of his memory And those who loved and lost will know the way it feels To touch the night without the one you love [Chorus] -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Violent Side -------- [Verse 1] Here comes the night Here comes the anger Hidden so deep inside No one can see Behind these eyes There walks a stranger Wandering through the dark Following me [Chorus] Control the violent side [x4] [Verse 2] Electric light Shining on your block Saying to everyone The power is on While your alarm Set up for safety Keeps out invaders who come But still can't control [Chorus] [Verse 3] Got to fight to control The violent side Every day and night I've got to fight To control it -------- 1986 Landing on Water -------- -------- Weight of the World -------- [Verse 1] I used to carry the weight of the world On my back I never trusted my friends or my girl Can you imagine that I used to shuffle my feet When I walked I hung my head down low Kept to myself all my private thoughts But when I met you girl [Chorus] I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world I dropped the weight of the world Weight of the world [Verse 2] I knew some people used to dance all night But not me I never knew if it was wrong or right To be so free I used to close my eyes And try to hide from the light of love Spent all my time with the darkness inside But when I met you girl [Chorus] [Bridge] I was alone for all of my life [x4] Until you came my way [Chorus] -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- Around the World -------- [Verse] Boy and girl fall in love Dreaming under stars above Meanwhile push comes to shove Around the world Leaders fall, leaders rise Terror wears a thin disguise Not much room for compromise Around the world Surfers from seven seas Sharing with the submarines Experts count war machines Around the world People sweat in planted fields Students study what is real Someone builds a laser shield Around the world Fashion change, style change[X3] Hey! What's that you got on? You're sure looking good tonight! Where would you pick that up anyway? Wow! You're looking beautiful! Hey! You are something else tonight So skin tight Yeah! Come on, lets go out! Come On! [Bridge] Why do we have to hate Why do we incinerate Why don't we illuminate Around the world [Outro] Why don't we illuminate[X2] Around the world -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- Cryin' Eyes -------- [Chorus] Who's going to dry your crying eyes? Who's going to wake you up To that big surprise? Who's going to dry your crying eyes? [Verse 1] You say that all your life You've been a free bird There's been nobody over you And you always have to Have the last word Because one feels better than two [Chorus] [Verse 2] You say your life's Like riding on a fast train It's easy to see far away But right up close It's just a blurry haze Flying by from day to day [Outro] Who's going to dry your crying eyes?[x2] -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- Inca Queen -------- [Chorus 1] Once there was an Inca Queen She gazed at her sundial All around her workers raised Golden idols to her smile The waiting years were not hard to see Behind the tears of Mercury [Verse 1] She spoke of silver from the sky And many floating safety boats To pick them up when they would fly Far above their dreams and hopes And they a mountain city raised Where their queen above the clouds Could watch out [Chorus 2][X2] Inca Queen has[X2] Inca Queen has come [Verse 2] Out in the jungle The drums were heard: Inca Queen has come From the biggest elephant To the smallest bird: Inca Queen has come She spoke of silver from the sky Inca Queen has come To pick them up when they would fly Inca Queen has come [Chorus 1] Once there was an Inca Queen She gazed at her sundial All around her workers raised Golden idols to her smile And though the air was thin and cold Soon the day would come The queen had told [Chorus 2][X3] -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- Long Walk Home -------- [Verse 1] If you see Liberty tell her I will Buy her windows on the hill Laud her flowers on the sill Till they grow higher and higher If Liberty was a little girl Watching all the flags unfurl Standing at the big parade How would she like us now? [Chorus] We balance the power From hour to hour Giant guns rage It's such a long walk home[X3] [Verse 2] From Vietnam to old Beirut If we are searching for the truth Why do we feel That double-edged blade Cutting through our hand America, America Where have we gone? It's such a long walk home[X3] [Chorus] -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- Mideast Vacation -------- I used to watch "Highway Patrol" Whittling with my knife But the thought never struck me I'd be black and white for life I was raised on law and order In a community of strife Became a restless boarder And I never took a wife I went looking for Khaddafi Aboard Air Force One But I never did find him And the C.I.A. said Son You'll never be a hero Your flying days are done It's time for you to go home now Stop sniffing that smoking gun I was travelling with my family In the Mideast late one night In the hotel all was quiet The kids were out like little lights Then the street was filled with jeeps There was an explosion to the right They chanted "Death to America" I was feeling like a fight So I ran downstairs And out into the street Someone kicked me in the belly Someone else kissed my feet I was Rambo in the disco I was shooting to the beat When they burned me in effigy My vacation was complete -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- Prisoners of Rock ‘n’ Roll -------- [Verse 1] People tell us That we play too loud But they don't know What our music's about We never listen To the record company man They try to change us And ruin our band [Chorus] That's why we don't want to be good[x2] We're prisoners of rock and roll [Verse 2] When were jamming In our old garage The girls come over And it sure gets hot We don't wanna be watered down Taking orders From record company clowns [Chorus] [Outro] We're prisoners of rock and roll[x3] -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- Too Lonely -------- [Chorus] Too lonely, too lonely Too lonely to fall in love Too lonely, too lonely Too lonely to fall in love [Verse 1] I got a key chain Good luck charm I drive a fast car Got a strong arm [Chorus] [Verse 2] She's got the big lips She's got the tight dress Working for a big tip She don't go for less [Chorus] [Verse 3] She wears a fur coat She's got a gold ring Comes from a good home Looking for a new thing [Chorus] -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- We Never Danced -------- [Verse] Between heaven and earth There's a ballroom floor Where the couples glide In the evermore Floating through the clouds Dancing in the rain Eyes that see no lies Hearts that feel no pain [Chorus] Hope it's not too late We were more than friends I can hardly wait Until we meet again [Verse 2] If you don't really know Where you want to go It makes no difference Which road you take [Chorus] [Outro][x2] We never danced[X3] The night away -------- 1987 Life -------- -------- When Your Lonely Heart Breaks -------- [Verse] When your lonely heart breaks Don't sit counting your mistakes Don't be waiting For love to come back Don't be wasting time Don't be lost in crime When your lonely heart breaks[X2] What's your problem, she's gone You're still moving, moving on You got memories, she got strong There's a lot of things That aren't gone When your lonely Lonely heart breaks When your lonely heart breaks When your lonely heart breaks Don't be crying For good times you had When your lonely heart breaks When your lonely heart breaks Don't sit counting your mistakes Don't be crying For good times you had When your lonely heart breaks[X2] When your lonely Lonely heart breaks -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Can't Believe Your Lyin' -------- [Verse 1] Daylight breaks and I go to bed And I find myself worrying About things you said Oh honey I can't believe your lying But you tell me things Things I know aren't true [Chorus] [Verse 2] Well, I lost my job Thinking about you Now there's another man Working in my place Oh honey I can't believe your lying But you tell me things Things I know aren't true [Chorus] [x2] [Verse 3] Well, my money's gone And so are you My friends all tell me I have been a fool Oh honey I can't believe your lying But you tell me things Things I know aren't true [Chorus] -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Coupe de Ville -------- [Intro] I got a coupe de ville I got a bed in the house Where you once lived [Verse] I had a few cheap thrills But they cost me a lot more Than I could give [Pre-Chorus] I got a right In this crazy world To live my life Like anyone else How long can I Carry this monkey around All by myself [Chorus] If I can't have you I don't want nothing else If I can't have you I don't want nothing else [Bridge] [x2] Well, I hit the wall Woke up this morning And I hit the wall [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Hey Hey -------- [Verse] Well, I've seen some women They put your soul on ice They want a piece of the action But they never Let you roll the dice That's the kind of woman Bring a good man down That's the kind of woman I don't want around Hey hey I got a woman that dances She knows how to jump and shout Now she don't want to use me Because she knows How it wears me out Yeah, she's the woman With the magic touch She don't want to lose me Because she loves me too much Hey hey [Bridge] Hey hey My woman looks good to me Hey hey My woman looks good to me Yeah, she knows how to please me She knows how to set me free [Outro] Get off of that couch Turn off that M.T.V Get off of that couch Turn off your M.T.V Hey hey My woman looks good to me -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Life in the City -------- [Verse 1] People sleeping on the sidewalks On a rainy day Families living under freeways It's the American way Starving in the city While the farm goes to seed Murder in the home And crime on the streets [Chorus] Don't that trouble you brother? Don't that trouble you pal? Don't that trouble you sister? Well, that's life in the city [Verse 2] All our old hangouts Are boarded up and closed Or being sold to someone Nobody knows I got a woman that loves me And I love her so She's all dressed up now With nowhere to go [Chorus] That's life in the city [Verse 3] Listen to me people Hear what I have to say Ever since I was knee high I rocked my blues away But people Sleeping on the sidewalks And families in need Murder in the home And crime on the streets [Chorus] -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Married Man -------- [Chorus] Well, I'm a married man Respect my happy home I'm a married man Respect my happy home Don't tempt me baby Stop singing stop singing Your old song [Verse] Well, I work all day Take my money back home Yeah. I work all day Take my money back home I haven't got time to party Haven't got time for you No more [Chorus] [Outro] Well, I'm a married man -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- One Thing -------- [Chorus 1] When I try To tell you one thing You don't listen When I try To tell you one thing You don't care [Chorus 2] I think we're Headed for a heartache That's my suspicion I think we're Headed for a heartache That's how I feel [Verse 1] And I don't want The silent treatment And I don't need To feel the chill You know a body feels empty With no love inside Yeah, a body feels empty With no love at all [Chorus 2] [Verse 2] One of these days You're going to wake up And I'll be gone You'll open your eyes And see the truth [Chorus 1] When I try To tell you one thing You don't listen When I try To tell you one thing baby You don't care -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Sunny Inside -------- [Intro] Don't need drugs Don't want money You come along And shook me honey All I want is You right by my side [Verse 1] With our love taken care of From now on I am not scared of Lonely nights, I can Kiss those days good-bye [Chorus] Although we walk in the rain My heart feels sunny inside With you babe [Verse 2] Long blonde hair, blue blue eyes Come on baby, please don't cry Talk to me Let me know it's alright [Chorus] Feel sunny inside Sunny inside [Outro] All day long I will sing my song to you All day long I can sing this song to you -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Ten Men Workin' -------- [Chorus 1] We are men at work We got a job to do We got to keep you rocking To keep your soul from the blue Well, we work all day Then we work all night We got to keep you dancing Got to make you feel alright [Chorus 2] Ten men working Ten men working tonight [Chorus 3] We got to dig the groove We're going to hammer the blues You can't sit down Because we got a job to do We got to dig the groove We're going to hammer the blues You can't sit down Because we got a job to do [Chorus 2] [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] [Chorus 3] [Chorus 2] -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- This Note’s for You -------- Ain't singing for Pepsi Ain't singing for Coke I don't sing for nobody Makes me look like a joke This note's for you [Verse Not singing for Miller Don't sing for Bud I won't sing for politicians Ain't singing for Spuds This note's for you [Bridge] Don't want no cash Don't need no money Ain't got no stash This note's for you [Outro] I've got the real thing I got the real thing, baby I got the real thing Yeah, alright -------- 1988 This Note's for You -------- -------- Twilight -------- [Verse 1] The sun is setting On the long road home And I've been gone too long My little girl's waiting By the front door I count the minutes Till I hold you once more [Chorus] Making love to you While time stands still I may be dreaming But I always will Because I'll be holding you When the twilight falls [Verse 2] Don't be lonely, don't be sad Because you're the best thing That I ever had And true love is so hard to find And we were looking For such a long time [Chorus] [Outro] Don't be sad You're the best thing That I ever had The sun is setting On the long road home -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part 1) -------- [Verse 1] Well, the cop made the showdown He was sure he was right He had all of the lowdown From the bank heist last night His best friend was the robber And his wife was a thief All the children were killers They couldn't get no relief The bungalow was surrounded When a voice loud and clear Said, "Come on out with your hands up" Or we'll blow you out of here There was a face in the window The TV cameras rolled Then they cut to the announcer And the story was told [Verse 2] The artist looked at the producer The producer sat back He said, "What we have got here, is a perfect track" But we don't have a vocal And we don't have a song If we could get these things accomplished Nothing else could go wrong So he balanced the ashtray As he picked up the phone And said, "Send me a songwriter," "who's drifted far from home" And make sure that he's hungry Make sure he's alone Send me a cheeseburger And a new Rolling Stone Yeah [Verse 3] There's still crime in the city Said the cop on the beat I don't know if I can stop it I feel like meat on the street They paint my car like a target I take my orders from fools Meanwhile some kid Blows my head off Well, I play by their rules That's why I'm doing it my way I took the law in my hands So here I am in the alleyway A wad of cash in my pants I get paid by a ten year old He says he looks up to me There's still crime in the city But it's good to be free Yeah [Verse 4] Now I come from a family That has a broken home Sometimes I talk to Daddy On the telephone When he says that he loves me I know that he does But I wish I could see him I wish I knew where he was But that's the way All my friends are Except maybe one or two Wish I could see him this weekend Wish I could walk in his shoes But now I'm doing my own thing Sometimes I'm good, then I'm bad Although my home has been broken It's the best home I ever had Yeah [Verse 5] Well, I keep getting younger My life's been funny that way Before I ever learned to talk I forgot what to say I sassed back to my mom I sassed back to my teacher I got thrown out of Bible school For sassing back at the preacher Then I grew up to be a fireman Put out every fire in town Put out anything smoking But when I put the hose down The judge sent me to prison He gave me life without parole Wish I never put the hose down Wish I never got old -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Don't Cry -------- [Chorus] Don't cry, my sweet girl Nothing I say is written in stone Don't cry, my sweet love You won't really be alone [Verse] I'll help you pack your things I'll walk with you out to the car I'll hold on to the ring I won't forget the way things are My sweet love Your disappointed eyes Are haunting me like my big lies I see you glaring now I see you staring in the fire My sweet love [Chorus] Don't cry, my sweet girl Nothing I say is written in stone Don't cry, my sweet love You won't really be alone [Bridge] My sweet love, my sweet love [Outro] Don't cry, my sweet girl You won't really be alone Don't cry, my sweet girl You won't really be alone Don't cry, my sweet girl You won't really be alone -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Eldorado -------- [Verse] In the crystal ball The gypsy sees the villa The riders on the hill The fire in the fields She sees the mission bell Swinging in the silence Now the shooting starts The bullets pierce the hearts The senoritas crying at the well [Verse 2] Up in the Gold Hotel The money hits the table The heavies all are there That's why the deal's going down Beautiful women all dressed in Diamonds and sable Down upon the street Beside a garbage heap A Mariachi band begins to play [Verse 3] Somewhere a blues guitar Plays echoes in the alleyway The Tijuana dawn Claims another day The golden sun Rises on the runway The pilot understands The money changes hands Inside the jet The briefcase snaps goodbye [Verse 4] In Eldorado town There lives a great bullfighter His eyes are screaming blue His hair is red as blood And when the gate goes up The crowd gets so excited And he comes dancing out Dressed in gold lami He kills the Bull And lives another day -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Hangin’ on a Limb -------- [Verse 1] Though the river flows Gently to the sea He was on the shore Rooted like a tree She was here and there Riding on the waves Through it all, she heard his call And gave it all she gave [Chorus] And though their love Was hanging on a limb She taught him how to dance And start again And though their love Was hanging on a limb She taught him how to dance [Verse 2] And when the melody Through the window called It echoed in the courtyard And whispered in the halls He played it through the night She knew he had to go There was something about freedom He thought he didn't know [Chorus] And though their love Was hanging on a limb She taught him how to dance And start again And though their love Was hanging on a limb She taught him how to dance [Verse 3] Though the river flowed Gently to the sea He was on the shore Rooted like a tree She was here and there Riding on the waves Through it all, she heard his call And gave it all she gave [Outro] And though their love Was hanging on a limb She taught him how to dance -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- No More -------- [Chorus 1] Living on the edge of night You know the sun won't go down slow You don't know which drug is right Can't decide which way you want to go I feel the way you feel Because not so long ago It had a hold on me I couldn't let it go It wouldn't set me free It wouldn't set me free No more, no more, no more [Chorus 2] Seemed like the easy thing To let it go for one more day Like singing the same old song And twisting the words In a different way Where did the magic go I searched high and low I can't find it no more I can't get it back I can't find it no more I can't find it no more No more, no more, no more, no more [Chorus 3] Searching for quality Having to have the very best Now scrounging for quantity Never having time To do the test That's how the story goes Can't put it down Till the last page I can't put it down I can't put it down I can't put it down [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] [Chorus 3] -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- On Broadway -------- They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway They say there's always magic in the air But when you're walking down the street And you ain't had enough to eat The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere (on Broadway) They say the women treat you right on Broadway But looking at them just gives me the blues 'Cause how you gonna make some time When all you got is one thin dime And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes (on Broadway) They say that I won't last too long on Broadway I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say But They're dead wrong, I know they are 'Cause I can play this here guitar And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (on Broadway) -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Rockin’ in the Free World (Electric) -------- [Verse 1] There’s colors on the street Red, white, and blue People shuffling their feet People sleeping in their shoes There’s a warning sign on the road ahead There’s a lot of people saying we’d be better off dead Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them So I try to forget it any way I can [Chorus] Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world [Verse 2] I see a woman in the night With a baby in her hand There's an old street light Near a garbage can Now she put the kid away and she’s gone to get a hit She hates her life and what she’s done to it There’s one more kid that’ll never go to school Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool [Chorus] Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world [Electric Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand We've got department stores and toilet paper Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer Got a man of the people says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive [Chorus] Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world [Electric Guitar Solo] [Outro] Keep on rockin' in the free world -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Rockin’ in the Free World (Live Acoustic) -------- [Verse 1] There's colors on the street Red, white and blue People shuffling their feet People sleeping in their shoes But there's a warning sign on the road ahead There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them So I try to forget it any way I can [Chorus] Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world [Verse 2] I see a woman in the night With a baby in her hand Under an old street light Near a garbage can Now she puts the kid away and she's gone to get a hit She hates her life, and what she's done to it There's one more kid that will never go to school Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool [Chorus] Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world [Verse 3] We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand We got department stores and toilet paper Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive [Chorus] Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Someday -------- Rommel wore a ring on his finger He only took it off When he flew his plane Once he told me why He said we all have to fly Someday We all have to fly Someday The T.V. preacher can't be bothered ("Praise The Lord! Praise and Pay!") With those petty things ("Praise The Lord! Praise and Pay!") He stays a step removed so they say ("Praise The Lord! Praise and Pay!") ("Praise The Lord! Praise and Pay!") He's piping music in We all have to sin Someday We all have to sin Someday Working on that great Alaska pipeline Many men were lost in the pipe They went to fueling cars Now smog might turn to stars Someday Smog might turn to stars Someday Hold me baby, put your arms around me Give me all the love you have to give Tomorrow won't be late We won't have to wait Someday We won't have to wait Someday -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- The Ways of Love -------- [Chorus 1] You are my special one Made my heart come all undone We've been having too much fun Now someone else Will sleep with tears When he hears What we've done [Chorus 2] Oh, the ways of love Oh, the ways of love [Verse] Hear my song And hear my heart We'll be gone When the music starts Then we'll never be apart Just you and I Go flying by No one to cry That we're gone [Chorus 2] [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Too Far Gone -------- [Intro] When I woke up you were gone And the sun was on the lawn Empty pillow with perfume on I smelled it Well we met in my favorite bar Took a ride in my old car But I still don't know how We made it home [Chorus] Was I too far gone? Too far gone Too far gone for you [Verse 2] We had drugs and we had booze But we still had somethin' to lose And by dawn I wanted to marry you With our attitudes by day And our secret dreams by night Can we really live our lives that way? [Chorus] Am I too far gone? Too far gone Too far gone for you Was I too far gone? Too far gone Too far gone for you -------- 1989 Freedom -------- -------- Wrecking Ball -------- [Verse 1] My life's an open book You read it on the radio We got nowhere to hide We got nowhere to go But if you still decide That you want to take a ride [Chorus] [x2] Meet me at the wrecking ball Wrecking ball Wear something pretty and white And we'll go dancing tonight [Verse 2] I see your smoky eyes Right across the bar I've seen that look before Shining from star to star Though I can't take that chance If you got time for one dance [Chorus] [x2] [Verse 3] The restless line of cars Goes stretching down the road But I won't telephone Because you might say hello What is it makes me feel this way? What is it makes me want to say [Chorus] [x2] -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Country Home -------- I don't like to go down to flats 'Cause I can't park on a hill Instead getting a rolling start I have to pay the bill I guess I need that city life It sure has lots of style But pretty soon it wears me out And I have to think to smile I'm thankful for my country home It gives me peace of mind Somewhere I can walk alone And leave myself behind It's only someone else's potatoes You pickin' someone else's patch And if you go down there anyway It very seldom lasts I found that out once long ago And it sure got me confused I still don't know which way to go To lose those old spud blues I'm thankful for my country home It gives me peace of mind Somewhere I can walk alone And leave myself behind -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Days That Used to Be -------- People say don't rock the boat, let things go their own way Ideas that once seem so right, now have gotten hard to say I wish that I could talk to you and you could talk to me 'Cause there very few of us left my friend From the days that used to be Seemed like such a simple thing to follow one's own dream But possessions and concession are not often what they seem They drag you down and load you down in disguise of security But we never had to make those deals In the days that used to be Talk to me, my long lost friend, tell me how you are Are you happy with your circumstance, are you driving a new car Does it get you where you want to go, with a seven year warranty Or just another hundred thousand miles away From the days that used to be -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Farmer John -------- Farmer John, I'm in love with your daughter Yeah the one, with the champagne eyes I love the way she walks, i love the way she talks I love the way she wiggles, she wiggles she walks Farmer John, I'm in love with your daughter Yeah the one, with the champagne eyes Farmer John, I'm in love with your daughter Yeah the one, with the champagne eyes I love the way she walks, I love the way she talks I love the way she moves, she moves, she moves me Farmer John, I'm in love with your daughter Yeah the one, with the champagne eyes Farmer John, I'm in love with your daughter Yeah the one, with the champagne eyes -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Fuckin' Up -------- Mindless drifter on the road Carry such an easy load It's how you look And how you feel You must have A heart of steel Why do I keep fuckin' up? I can see you on a hill Comatose but walking still Curves beneath Your flowing gown Only I could Bring you down Why do I keep fuckin' up? Dogs that lick And dogs that bite Hounds that howl Through the night Broken leashes Are all over the floor Keys left hanging In a swinging door Why do I keep fuckin' up? Keep fuckin' up! -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Love and Only Love -------- Long ago in the book of old Before the chapter where dreams unfold A battle raged on the open page Love was a winner there overcoming hate Like a little girl who couldn't wait Love and only love will endure Hate is everything you think it is Love and only love will break it down Love and only love, will break it down Break it down, break it down Tomorrow is a long long time if you're a memory Trying to find peace of mind Spirit come back to me Give me strength and set me free Let me hear the magic in my heart Love and only love will endure Hate is everything you think it is Love and only love will break it down Love and only love, will break it down Break it down, break it down Long ago in the book of old Before the chapter where dreams unfold A battle raged on the open page Love was a winner there overcoming hate Like a little girl who couldn't wait Love and only love will endure Hate is everything you think it is Love and only love will break it down Love and only love -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Love to Burn -------- Late one night I was walking in the valley of hearts A spirit came to me and said: You gotta move to start You gotta take the first step You gotta grow to be tall And then she me told something, something that I'll never forget You got love to burn You better take your chance on love You got to let your guard down You better take a chance A chance on love Take chance on love On love In the valley of hearts there's a house full of broken windows And the lovers inside just quarrel all the time Why'd you ruin my life? Where you takin' my kid? And they hold each other saying: How did it come to this? You got love to burn You better take your chance on love You got to let your guard down You better take a chance A chance on love Take chance on love On love Late one night I was walking in the valley of hearts A spirit came to me and said: You gotta move to start You gotta take the first step You gotta grow to be tall And then she me told something, something that I'll never forget -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Mansion On the Hill -------- Well, I saw an old man walkin' in my place When he looked at me, it could've been my face His words were kind but his eyes were wild He said "I got loath to love, but I want one more child" There's a mansion on the hill Psychedelic music fills the air Peace and love live there still In that mansion on the hill Around the next bend, take the highway to the sun Or the rocky road, it really don't matter which one I was in hurry but that don't matter now 'Cause I had to get off of that road of tears somehow There's a mansion on the hill Psychedelic music fills the air Peace and love live there still In that mansion on the hill -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) -------- Oh, Mother Earth With your fields of green Once more laid down By the hungry hand How long can you Give and not receive And feed this world Ruled by greed And feed this world Ruled by greed Oh, ball of fire In the summer sky Your healing light Your parade of days Are they betrayed By the men of power Who hold this world In their changing hands They hold the world In their changing hands Oh, freedom land Can you let this go Down to the streets Where the numbers grow Respect Mother Earth And her giving ways Or trade away Our children's days Or trade away Our children's days Respect Mother Earth And her giving ways Or trade away Our children's days -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- Over and Over -------- At night when the sky is clear and the moon is shining down My heart goes running back to you I love the way you open up and let me in So I go running back to you Over and over again Over and over again my love Over and over again with you Over and over again my love Over and over again with you Remember the nights of love and that moment on the beach That wasn't really too long ago But we paid the price of time, and now it's out of reach And so the broken circle go Over and over again Over and over again my love Over and over again with you Over and over again my love Over and over again with you Somewhere in a fire of love, our dreams went up in smoke We danced beneath silver rain Upon the fields of green, where time was just a joke And now the feeling's just the same Over and over again Over and over again my love Over and over again with you Over and over again my love Over and over again with you -------- 1990 Ragged Glory -------- -------- White Line -------- [Verse 1] I came to you when I needed a rest You took my love and put it to the test I saw some things that I never would have guessed Feel like a railroad, I pulled a whole load behind That ol' white line is a friend of mine And its good times we've been making Right now I'm rollin' down the open road And the daylight will soon be breaking [Verse 2] I was adrift on a river of pride It seemed like such a long easy ride You were my raft but I let you slide I've been down but I'm coming back up again And I'm rolling down the open road Where the daylight will soon be breaking Right now I'm thinking about these things that I know But it's good time that we've been making -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- Dreamin' Man -------- [Verse 1] I'm a dreaming man Yes, that's my problem I can't tell When I'm not being real In the meadow dusk I park my Aerostar With a loaded gun and sweet dreams of you [Chorus] I'll always be a dreaming man I don't have to understand I know it's alright [Verse 2] I see your curves and I feel your vibrations You dressed in black and white you lost in the mall I watch you disappear past Club Med Vacations Another sleepless night a sun that won't fall [Chorus] I'll always be a dreaming man I don't have to understand I know it's alright [Verse 3] Now the night is gone a new day is dawning And our homeless dreams go back to the street Another time or place another civilization Would really make this life feel so complete [Chorus] I'll always be a dreaming man I don't have to understand I know it's alright [Outro] Dreaming man He's got a problem Dreaming man Dreaming man He's got a problem Dreaming man -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- From Hank to Hendrix -------- [Verse 1] From Hank to Hendrix I walked these streets with you Here I am with this old guitar Doing what I do I always expected That you should see me through I never believed in much But I believed in you [Chorus] Can we get it together Can we still stand side by side Can we make it last Like a musical ride? [Verse 2] From Marilyn to Madonna I always loved your smile Now we're headed For the big divorce California-style I found myself singing Like a long-lost friend The same thing that makes you live Can kill you in the end [Chorus] Can we get it together Can we still stand side by side Can we make it last Like a musical ride? [Verse 3] Sometime it's distorted Not clear to you Sometimes the beauty of love Just comes ringing through New glass in the window New leaf on the tree New distance between us You and me [Chorus] Can we get it together Can we still stand side by side Can we make it last Like a musical ride? -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- Harvest Moon -------- [Verse 1] Come a little bit closer Hear what I have to say Just like children sleeping We could dream this night away But there's a full moon rising Let's go dancing in the light We know where the music's playing Let's go out and feel the night [Chorus] Because I'm still in love with you I want to see you dance again Because I'm still in love with you On this harvest moon [Verse 2] When we were strangers I watched you from afar When we were lovers I loved you with all my heart But now it's getting late And the moon is climbing high I want to celebrate See it shining in your eye [Chorus] Because I'm still in love with you I want to see you dance again Because I'm still in love with you On this harvest moon [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Because I'm still in love with you I want to see you dance again Because I'm still in love with you On this harvest moon -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- Natural Beauty -------- [Intro] On the roller coaster ride That my emotions have to take me on I heard a newborn baby cry Through the night [Verse 1] I heard a perfect echo die Into an anonymous wall Of digital sound Somewhere deep inside Of my soul [Chorus] A natural beauty should be preserved Like a monument to nature Don't judge yourself too harsh My love Or someday you might find Your soul endangered A natural beauty should be preserved Like a monument to nature [Verse 2] Amazon You had so much And now so much is gone What are you going to do With your life? What a lucky man To see the earth Before it touched his hand What an angry fool To condemn One more night to go One more sleep Upon your burning banks A greedy man never knows What he's done [Chorus] A natural beauty should be preserved Like a monument to nature Don't judge yourself too harsh My love Or someday you might find Your soul endangered A natural beauty should be preserved Like a monument to nature [Verse 3] Went to the rodeo today I saw the cowgirls Lined up on the fence A brand new Chevrolet A brand new pair of seamless pants We watched the moment of defeat Played back over on the video screen Somewhere deep inside Of my soul [Outro] A natural beauty should be preserved Like a monument to nature -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- Old King -------- [Chorus] King went a-running after deer Wasn't scared of jumping off the truck in high gear King went a-sniffing and he would go Was the best old hound dog I ever did know [Verse 1] I had a dog and his name was King I told the dog about everything There in my truck the dog and I Then one day the King up and died Then I thought about the times we had Once when I kicked him when he was bad Old King sure meant a lot to me But that hound dog is history [Chorus] King went a-running after deer Wasn't scared of jumping off the truck in high gear King went a-sniffing and he would go Was the best old hound dog I ever did know [Verse 2] That old King was a friend of mine Never knew a dog that was half as fine I may find one, you never do know Because I still got a long way to go I had a dog and his name was King I told the dog about everything Old King sure meant a lot to me But that hound dog is history [Chorus] King went a-running after deer Wasn't scared of jumping off the truck in high gear King went a-sniffing and he would go Was the best old hound dog I ever did know -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- One of These Days -------- [Intro] One of these days I'm going to sit down and write a long letter To all the good friends I've known And I'm going to try And thank them all for the good times together Though so apart we've grown [Chorus] One of these days I'm going to sit down And write a long letter To all the good friends I've known One of these days One of these days One of these days And it won't be long, it won't be long [Verse 1] And I'm going to thank That old country fiddler And all those rough boys Who play that rock 'n' roll I never tried to burn any bridges Though I know I let some good things go [Chorus] One of these days I'm going to sit down And write a long letter To all the good friends I've known One of these days One of these days One of these days And it won't be long, it won't be long [Verse 2] From down in L.A All the way to Nashville From New York City To my Canadian prairie home My friends are scattered Like leaves from an old maple Some are weak, some are strong [Chorus] One of these days I'm going to sit down And write a long letter To all the good friends I've known One of these days One of these days One of these days And it won't be long, it won't be long [Outro] One of these days One of these days One of these days And it won't be long, it won't be long -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- Such a Woman -------- [Verse] You are such a woman to me And I love you Our love will live Until the end of all time [Chorus] No one else can kill me like you do No one else can fill me like you do And no one else can feel our pain Love is a healer And I love you No one else can kill me like you do No one else can fill me like you do And no one else can feel our pain Love is a healer And I love you [Outro] You are such a woman to me -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- Unknown Legend -------- [Verse 1] She used to work in a diner Never saw a woman look finer I used to order just to watch her float across the floor She grew up in a small town Never put her roots down Daddy always kept moving so she did too [Chorus] Somewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair flying in the wind She's been running half her life The chrome and steel she rides Colliding with the very air she breathes The air she breathes [Verse 2] You know it ain't easy You got to hold on She was an unknown legend in her time Now she's dressing two kids Looking for a magic kiss She gets the faraway look in her eyes [Chorus] Somewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair flying in the wind She's been running half her life The chrome and steel she rides Colliding with the very air she breathes The air she breathes [Interlude] [Chorus] Somewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair flying in the wind She's been running half her life The chrome and steel she rides Colliding with the very air she breathes The air she breathes [Instrumental] -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- War of Man -------- [Chorus 1] The little creatures run in from the cold Back to the nest just like the days of old There in the safety of a mother's arms The warmth of ages, far away from harm again [Verse 1] Ears ringing from the battle fire The tired warrior aims a little higher The black falcon or the little sparrow The healing light or the flash of the barrel [Chorus 2] No one wins It's a war of man No one wins It's a war of man [Verse 2] Silver mane flying in the wind Down through the planets on the run again No one knows where they're running to But every kind is coming two by two Out on the delta Where the hoofbeats pound The daddy's running on the frozen ground Can't smell the poison as it follows him Can't see the gas and machines, it's a war of man [Chorus 2] No one wins It's a war of man No one wins It's a war of man [Verse 3] The windows open and the little girl dreams The sky's her playground as she mounts her steed Across the heavens to the other side On wings of magic does the little girl ride [Chorus 1] The baby creatures run in from the cold Back to the nest just like the days of old There in the safety of a mother's arms The warmth of ages, far away from harm again [Chorus 2] No one wins It's a war of man No one wins It's a war of man -------- 1992 Harvest Moon -------- -------- You and Me -------- [Chorus 1] Open up your eyes See how life time flies Open up and let the light back in Open up your heart Let the loving start Open up and let the light back in [Verse 1] I was thinking of you and me Making love beneath the tree And now I wonder could it be Thinking about the times we had Some were good and some were bad Guitar fighting the T.V [Chorus 2] I was thinking about you and me I was thinking about you and me I was thinking of you and me I was thinking about you and me [Verse 2] Looking at you just the other night Dancing in the evening light True love conquers all Old man sitting there Touch of grey, but he don't care When he hears his children call [Chorus 2] I was thinking about you and me I was thinking about you and me I was thinking of you and me I was thinking about you and me [Chorus 1] Open up your eyes See how life time flies Open up and let the light back in Open up your heart Let the loving start Open up and let the light back in -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- A Dream That Can Last -------- [Chorus] I feel like I died and went to Heaven The cupboards are bare but the streets are paved with gold [Verse 1] I saw a young girl who didn't die I saw a glimmer from in her eye I saw the distance, I saw the past And I know I won't awaken, it's a dream that can last [Chorus] [Verse 2] And all the lights were turned down low And no one wondered or had to go Out on the corner the angels say There is a better life for me someday [Chorus] -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Blue Eden -------- [Verse] Embracing, distorting, supporting, comforting Convincing you, consoling you Controlling you, destroying you All over you I know someday we'll meet again We come and go that way my friend It's part of me, it's part of you [Outro] You feel invincible, it's just a part of life You feel invincible, it's just a part of life -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Change Your Mind -------- [Verse 1] When you get weak And you need to test your will When life's complete But there's something Missing still Distracting you from this Must be the one you love Must be the one whose magic touch Can change your mind Don't let another day go by Without the magic touch [Chorus] Distracting you (change your mind) Supporting you (change your mind) Embracing you (change your mind) Convincing you (change your mind) [Verse 2] When you're confused and The world has got you down When you feel used and You just can't play the clown Protecting you from this Must be the one you love Must be the one whose magic touch Can change your mind Don't let another day go by Without the magic touch [Chorus] Protecting you (change your mind) Restoring you (change your mind) Revealing you (change your mind) Soothing you (change your mind) [Verse 3] You hear the sound You wait around And get the word You see the picture Changing everything You've heard Destroying you with this Must be the one you love Must be the one Whose magic touch Can change your mind Don't let another day go by Without the magic touch [Chorus] Destroying you (change your mind) Embracing you (change your mind) Protecting you (change your mind) Confining you (change your mind) Distracting you (change your mind) Supporting you (change your mind) Distorting you (change your mind) Controlling you (change your mind) Change your mind (change your mind) Change your mind, change your mind (change your mind) Change your mind (change your mind) [Verse 4] The morning comes And there's an odor in the room The scent of love More than a million roses bloom Embracing you with this Must be the one you love Must be the one Whose magic touch Can change your mind Don't let another day go by Without the magic touch [Chorus] Embracing you (change your mind) Concealing you (change your mind) Protecting you (change your mind) Revealing you (change your mind) Change your mind, change your mind (change your mind) Change your mind (change your mind) Change your mind, change your mind (change your mind) Change your mind (change your mind) Change your mind, change your mind Change your mind Change your mind, change your mind Change your mind Change your mind, change your mind[x2] -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Driveby -------- [Verse 1] It's a random kind of thing Came upon a delicate flower I can't believe a machine gun sings Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby [Chorus] Well he borrowed his girlfiend's car Went out riding with the boys Now she's gone like a shooting star Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby [Chorus] Now she's gone like a shooting star Trail of dreams Tragic trail of fire Now she's gone like a shooting star Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby [Verse 2] Well you feel invincible It's just a part of life There's a feud going on and you don't know Driveby, driveby, driveby, driveby -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- My Heart -------- [Verse] Down in the valley, the shepherd sees his flock is close at hand And in the night sky, a star is falling down from someone's hand Somewhere, somewhere, I got to get somewhere It's not too late, it's not too late, I've got to get somewhere This time I will take the lead somehow This time you won't have to show me how When dreams come crashing down like trees I don't know what love can do When life is hanging in the breeze I don't know what love can do My heart, my heart, I've got to keep my heart It's not too late, it's not too late I've got to keep my heart My love, I will give to you, it's true Although I'm not sure what love can do Somewhere, somewhere, I've got to get somewhere It's not too late, it's not too late, I've got to get somewhere Somewhere, someone has a dream come true Somehow, someone has a dream come true -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Piece of Crap -------- [Verse 1] Tried to save the trees Bought a plastic bag The bottom fell out [Chorus] It was a piece of crap Piece of crap [Verse 2] Saw it on the tube Bought it on the phone Now you're home alone [Chorus] [Verse 3] I tried to plug in it I tried to turn it on When I got it home [Chorus] [Verse 4] Got it from a friend On him you can depend I found out in the end [Chorus] [Verse 5] I'm trying to save the trees I saw it on TV They cut the forest down To build a piece of crap I went back to the store They gave me four more The guy told me at the door [Chorus] -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Prime of Life -------- [Chorus 1] Shadows climb up the garden wall Upon the green the first leaf falls It's the prime of life and the king and queen Step out into the sun, (Oh yeah) [Chorus 2] Are you feeling all right Not feeling too bad myself Are you feeling all right, my friend? [Verse] Footsteps run down the castle hall To the rooms of the paper doll It's the prime of life, where the spirit grows And the mirror shows both ways (Oh yeah) [Chorus 2] [Chorus 3][x2] When I first saw your face It took my breath away [Chorus 1] Shadows fly up the garden wall Upon the green the first leaf falls It's the prime of life and the king and queen Step out into the sun (Oh yeah) [Chorus 2] -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Safeway Cart -------- Like a Safeway cart rolling down the street Like a sandal mark on the Savior's feet Just keep rolling on it's a ghetto dawn Baby looks so bad with her TV eyes Going, going, gone and the picture cries It's a ghetto dawn Baby looks so bad with her TV eyes Going, going, gone and the picture cries Baby looks so bad with her TV eyes Like a Safeway cart rolling down the street Past the Handy mart to the Savior's feet Going, going, gone and the picture cries Baby looks so sad Baby looks so bad It's a ghetto dawn Like a Safeway cart rolling down the street Like a sandal mark on the Savior's feet Just keep rolling on to a ghetto dawn -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Sleeps with Angels -------- [Verse 1] She wasn't perfect She had some trips of her own He wasn't worried At least he wasn't alone (Too late) He sleeps with angels (Too soon) He's always on someone's mind [Chorus] He sleeps with angels (Too late) He sleeps with angels (Too soon) [Verse 2] She was a teen queen She saw the dark side of life She made things happen But when he did it that night She ran up phone bills She moved around from town to town (Too late) He sleeps with angels (Too soon) He's always on someone's mind [Chorus] -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Train of Love -------- [Verse] Train of love Racing from heart to heart Running late Still in the lonely part This train will never run me down But only take me where I'm bound It's part of me and part of you I'll always be a part of you Sail along, sail along silver moon Don't be blue Throw shadows in my room I know in time we'll meet again We come and go that way, my friend It's part of me and part of you I'll always be a part of you "To love and honor until death do us part" Repeat after me This train is never going back When the lonesome whistle blows No one knows, no one knows [Outro] Train of love, Train of love[x2] It's part of me, it's part of you Train of love -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Trans Am -------- [Verse 1] Trans Am The wagons in the valley had pulled up for the night Seth said "go get the plow out Merle, this place looks just right" By then they were surrounded, by dawn they all were dead I heard this from the old Trans Am, up the road ahead That cowboy just kept talking, I thought I heard him say He used to ride the Santa Fe before the tracks were laid [Chorus] Trans Am [Verse 2] A nasty wind was blowing through the gates of Eden Park One was swinging and one was hanging And the street lights all were dark It crawled along the boulevard with two wheels on the grass That old Trans Am was dying hard, but still had lots of gas The golden gate was open wide, the sun came shining through Where once the angels stood and cried everything was new [Chorus] [Verse 3] Global manufacturing, hands across the sea The hotel filled with dealers, everything was free Before the competition, ahead of all the rest The product was presented, it clearly was the best The power link was ruptured, the hotel shook and rolled The old Trans Am just bounced around and took another road [Chorus] [Verse 4] An old friend showed up at the door The mile posts flying by He said come on, I said what for He said I'll show you why I got a call from north of here They said some girl's broke down There's good money in it for you and me If we can get her back to town She's somewhere north of Barstow Lost on 66 An old Trans Am by the side of the road That needs a headlight fixed [Chorus] -------- 1994 Sleeps with Angels -------- -------- Western Hero -------- Frontier town, home of the western hero Frontier justice, dealt with the iron hand He wore a long coat to the ground He wore big boots that made a sound He wore a six gun on his hip But now he doesn't carry it Sure enough, he was a western hero On the deck, sighting an old Jap zero And on the shores at Normandy He fought for you, he fought for me Across the land and on the sea But now he's just a memory And in the distance, the rocket's red glare The bombs burst in the air This time we're never going back Through the years he changed somehow He's different now He's different now Open fire, here comes the western hero Standing there, big money in his hand Sure enough, he was a western hero, Sure enough -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Act of Love (Ft. Pearl Jam) -------- The fruit of love was in the future Around the corner and over the hill The act of love was slowly pounding Slowly pounding Slowly pounding The holy war was slowly building Heroes leaving for the great crusade Seek reward in the ever after Ever after Ever after Don't wanna have to lose you baby Don't want to have to take you back You know I'll never lose you baby Abuse you baby Use you baby You know I'll always help you baby But I just can't do that I know I said I'd help you baby Here's my wallet Call me sometime Act of love Act of love Act of love Act of love The fruit of love was in the future Around the corner and over the hill The act of love was slowly pounding Slowly pounding Slowly pounding Act of love Act of love Act of love Act of love -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Big Green Country -------- [Verse] Across the plain Flew the lone grey rider Leather bag Pounding on his back Above the clouds the moon Was climbing higher A pack of wolves wanted Their money back With folded arms The chief stood watching Painted braves Slipped down the hill In his ears The spirit talking As they closed in For an easy kill At the house The door was wide open Wind blew Curtains off the rod She was waiting and hoping She was praying to her god He was luckier than most men He was barely in his prime As she stood there In the doorway Her long dress flowing Would he make it this time Over the hill In the big green country That's the place where The cancer cowboy rides Pure as the driven snow Before it got him [Outro] Sometimes I feel like He's all right Sometimes I feel Like a piece of paper Sometimes I feel Like my own name Sometimes I feel Different later Sometimes I feel I feel just the same -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Downtown (Ft. Pearl Jam) -------- [Verse 1] There's a place called Downtown Where the hippies all go And they dance the charleston And they do the limbo Yeah the hippies all go there 'Cause they want to be seen It's like a room Full of pictures It's like a psychedelic dream [Chorus] Downtown Let's go downtown Downtown at night Downtown Let's have a party Downtown at night [Verse 2] Yeah it's Right around the corner Up and down the hill When you hear the band playing It's gonna give you a chill Give your money to the gateman Young blood in his eye Hold on to your baby When you slip into the sky [Chorus] [Verse 3] Jimi's playing in the back room Led Zeppelin on stage There's a mirror ball twirling And a note from Page Like a water-washed diamond In a river of sin Going down like a whirlpool When you get sucked in [Chorus][x2] -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Fallen Angel -------- [Verse] Fallen angel Who's your savior tonight You're surrounded By these walls And neon lights Hungry people Move like waves Behind the beat [Chorus 1] Where's the big drum [Chorus 2] Where's the feel Of body heat [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- I’m the Ocean -------- [Verse 1] I'm an accident, I was driving way too fast Couldn't stop though, so I let the moment last I'm for rolling, I'm for tossing in my sleep It's not guilt though, it's not the company I keep [Verse 2] People my age, they don't do the things I do They go somewhere while I run away with you And I've got my friends, and I've got my family too And I got her love, she's got my love too [Verse 3] And I can't hear you, but I feel the things you say And I can't see you, but I see what's in my way Now I'm floating, 'cause I'm not tied to the ground Words I've spoken seem to leave a hollow sound [Verse 4] On the long plain, see the rider in the night See the chieftain, see the braves in cool moonlight Who will love them when they take another life? Who will hold them when they tremble for the knife? [Verse 5] Voicemail numbers on an old computer screen Rows of lovers, parked forever in a dream Screaming sirens echoing across the bay To the old boats from the city far away [Verse 6] Homeless heroes walk the streets of their hometowns And rows of zeros on a field that's turning brown They play baseball, they play football under lights They play card games and we watch them every night Need distraction, need romance and candlelight Need random violence, need entertainment tonight Need the evidence, want the testimony of Expert witnesses on the brutal crimes of love [Verse 7] I was too tired to see the news when I got home Pulled the curtain, fell into bed alone Started dreaming, saw the rider once again In the doorway, where she stood and watched for him Watched for him [Verse 8] I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream I'm an aerostar, I'm a cutlass supreme In the wrong lane, trying to turn against the flow I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow [Refrain] I'm the ocean I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow I'm the ocean, I'm the giant undertow -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Peace and Love (Ft. Eddie Vedder & Pearl Jam) -------- [Chorus] Peace and love Flying so high Peace and love Too young to die Peace and love [Verse 1] Now you decide Stay for the children You don't really want to go Can't feel it Pulling like you did [Chorus] [Verse 2] Only a ride Strength is gone Dying inside Tell me now What did you find Found love in the people Living in a sacred land Found love in the people [Chorus] [Verse 3] Found love found hate Saw my mistake Broke walls of pain To walk again I saw the dream I saw the wake We shared it all But not the take [Chorus] [Verse 4] Lennon's goodbye Over Now Living in time A broken bell A nursery rhyme Deserted by heroes Strangers in your own land No way to deny you No way to deny you [Chorus] [Outro] I took it all I took the oath I took it all Til I had most I took what's left I gave it breath I had it all once I gave it back -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Scenery (Ft. Pearl Jam) -------- [Chorus] Looking at the grave At the scenery around you Home of the brave Sometimes they leave you Like they found you Sometimes they worship you Sometimes they Tear your houses down Sometimes they comfort you Sometimes they Spread your life around [Verse] Nothing you can see That they Won't try to give you Land of the free Where the legend Will outlive you When you earn their trust When you are truly in danger Where greed and lust Have never been a stranger Home of the brave That's where Heroes need protection Media image slaves Live by random selection You sell your heart But that's not The price of freedom Where things are useful Only when you need them Where will you go When you need To make some changes Who will you love In a world Of constant strangers I'll go with you If you want To take a hero home I'll stay behind If you want To take a hero home [Chorus] [Outro] Home of the brave[x6] -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Song X (Ft. Pearl Jam) -------- Hey ho away we go We're on the road to never Where life's a joy For girls and boys And only will get better Hey ho away we go We're on the road to never Romeo and Juliet The doctor and his case Without a plan they left the van And there were laid to waste Hey ho away we go We're on the road to never The priest was there With sandy hair Religion by his side He saw his law was broken The punishment was applied Hey ho away we go Along the road to never Hey ho away we go We're on the road to never [solo] He held her hand And wished her well Although his heart was aching The cameras rolled The print was bold The holy war was breaking It's hey ho away we go We're on the road to never Where life's a joy For girls and boys And only will get better Hey ho away we go Along the road to never Hey ho away we go We're on the road to never Hey ho away we go Along the road to never Hey ho away we go We're on the road to never [solo] The priest was there With sandy hair Religion by his side He saw his law was broken The punishment was applied -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Throw Your Hatred Down -------- [Verse 1] Here in the conscious world We place our theories down Why man must bring us To our knees Before he sees the weakness Of his sinful plan The power in his hand Will never touch a friend [Chorus] Throw your hatred down Throw your hatred down [Verse 2] Meanwhile in the underworld The weaknesses are seen By peasants and presidents Who plan the counter-scheme Children in the schoolyard Finish choosing teams Divided by their dreams While a TV screams [Chorus] [Verse 3] The wheel of fortune Keeps on rolling down The street that's paved With sinful plans There but for circumstance May go you or I Dressed in gold lame Find a place to stay [Chorus] -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- Truth Be Known -------- [Verse 1] Saw your friend Working in this hotel Says he used to know you when And your dreams Lucky as they seemed They all Turned their back on him [Chorus] Truth be known Truth be known [Verse 2] Way I feel tonight Living in This back street town 'Bout my dreams They all seem to fade As soon as I put my money down [Chorus] [Verse 3] When the fire That once was your friend Burns your fingers to the bone And your song Meets a sudden end Echoing Through right and wrong [Chorus] -------- 1995 Mirror Ball -------- -------- What Happened Yesterday -------- [Verse] Can't forget What happened yesterday Though my friends say Don't look back I can feel it Coming through me Like an echo Like a photograph -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Baby, What You Want Me to Do -------- [Chorus] You got me running, got me hiding You got me running, hiding, hiding, running Anywhere you want me, let it roll, yeah, yeah, yeah You got me doing what you want me now Baby what you want me to do? [Verse] Going up, going down, going up, down, down, up Anyway you want me let it roll, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, you got me doing what you want me Baby what you want me to do? [Chorus] You got me running, got me hiding You got me run, hide, hide, run Anywhere you want me, let it roll, yeah, yeah, yeah You got me doing what you want me now Baby what you want me to do? -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Big Time -------- [Verse 1] Going to leave the pain behind Going to leave the fools in line Going to take the magic potion Getting in an old black car Going to take a ride so far To the land of sun tan lotion Going to take it state by state Til I hit the golden gate Get my feet wet in the ocean [Chorus] I'm still living In the dream we had For me it's not over [Verse 2] Walking on the bridge on day Looking out across the bay I saw a rippling in the water Once a big ship had passed I borrowed a traveller's glass And focused on The ocean's daughter Kind of like a wave confused Dancing in the sunset hews She waved to me And called me over [Chorus] [Verse 3] Talking bout a friend of mine Talking bout a gold mine Richest vein in any mountain Talking bout the enemy Inside of me Talking bout That youthful fountain Talking bout you and me Talking bout eternity Talking bout the big time [Chorus] -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Changin' Highways -------- [Chorus] We're changing highways In heavy traffic See the lights turn To something graphic With my suitcase and my brew I come in your room [Verse] Hello hello Is that you stranger Is this our music Up in you manger? And is this your exit too? We're changing highways [Chorus] [Outro] We're changing highways -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Interstate -------- [Verse 1] Children are laughing In the sun I count the voices One by one But I'm not there To share the fun [Chorus] I'm out on the interstate I can hear A soft voice calling Calling me To bring my guitar home [Verse 2] I'm happy singing In a crowd The lights are bright The music's loud I like to look In every face [Chorus] But out on the interstate I can hear A soft voice calling Calling me To bring my guitar home [Verse 3] Out in the dusty Desert wind The fox goes looking For a friend She sees a light Around the bend [Chorus] -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Loose Change -------- [Verse 1] I built a house of cards Built a house of rain Built a house of love It's hard to build again Built a road to reason Built a road to fate Built a road To the promised land Right up to the gate [Chorus] Loose change in my pocket Future in my hand Too many distractions For me to understand [Verse 2] Too many distractions Got to get back home Get into something solid Get out of the zone Some roads bring renewal Some roads hide and wait Some roads Promise everything And steal your fuel away [Chorus] [Outro] Some roads I been flying Some roads I crashed Some roads I been sleeping on Some roads I got back Some roads I been running Some roads I was stopped Some roads I been walking down Some roads I was lost -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Music Arcade -------- [Chorus] Have you ever been lost Have you ever been found out Have you ever felt all alone At the end of the day Yeah I'm talking bout getting down Take it easy - there's no one around Just a mirror and you and me And the TV screen [Verse 1] I was walking down main street Not the sidewalk but main street Dodging traffic with flying feet That's how good I felt Took a spin in the laundromat Played a game in the music arcade Kept winning while the band played That's how good I felt [Chorus] Have you ever been lost Have you ever been found out Have you ever felt all alone At the end of the day Yeah I'm talking bout getting down Take it easy - there's no one around Just a mirror and you and me And the TV sky [Verse 2] Have you ever been singled out By a hungry man You're listening to the radio He's washing your window When you look in those vacant eyes How does it harmonize With the things that you do? That's how good I felt [Chorus] Have you ever been lost Have you ever been found out Have you ever felt all alone At the end of the day Yeah I'm talking bout getting down Take it easy - there's no one around Just a mirror and you and me And the TV screen [Verse 3] There's a comet in the sky tonight Makes me feel like I'm alright I'm moving pretty fast For my size I really didn't mean to stay As long as I have So I'll be moving on -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Scattered (Let's Think About Livin') -------- [Verse 1] I'm a little bit high I'm a little bit low Hear you name wherever I go I'm a little bit wrong I'm a little bit right Hear your name All day and night [Chorus] When the music calls I'll be there No more sadness No more cares Let's think about living Let's think about life Like a comet Painted on the sky Like an old soul Over darkness you'll fly [Verse 2] I'm a little bit here I'm a little bit there I'm a little scattered Everywhere I'm a little bit up I'm a little bit down I hear your name All over this town [Chorus] [Outro] I'm a little bit high I'm a little bit low Hear you name wherever I go -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- Slip Away -------- [Verse 1] She lives in the TV sky She lives in such pain She rides in a bulletproof Stretch limousine The smoke in the barroom nights The faces in the window The sound of the harbor horn She recognized [Chorus] And when the music started She just slipped away Just like a river rolling down And when the music started She just slipped away [Verse 2] High on a windy hill The turbine did whine Low in the valley chill A baby was crying Impossible to take the time The moment is here Cry out from behind the pines A voice coming near [Chorus] -------- 1996 Broken Arrow -------- -------- This Town -------- [Chorus 1] I'm not asleep When I'm lying down I'm asleep When I' walking around This town This town [Chorus 2] Some people think That it's not OK To sleep around And kiss the hours away This town It's OK [Chorus 2] [Bridge] This town[x3] [Chorus 1] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Buffalo Springfield Again -------- [Verse 1] Used to play In a rock 'n' roll band But they broke up We were young and we were wild It ate us up Now I'm not saying Who was right or wrong Looking out on a big green lawn Girls and boys Playing in the afternoon sun Life's a joy I heard an old song Playing on the radio [Chorus] Buffalo Springfield again [Verse 2] I'd like to see those guys again And give it a shot Maybe now we can show the world What we've got But I'd just like to play For the fun we had [Chorus] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Daddy Went Walkin' -------- [Chorus 1] My old dad went a walking one day Pushing tall weeds Right outta his way My old dad went a walking one day [Chorus 2] Hey now, hey now [Verse 1] Corduroy pants And an old plaid shirt Daddy went a walking Just to feel the earth Got a little dirty But that's all right [Chorus 2] [Chorus 3] Old man crossing the road You've got to let him go Old man crossing the road He's feeling fine [Chorus 4] Daddy went a riding in his old car Took the dog with him Cause it ain't too far Daddy went riding in his old car Hey now, hey now [Chorus 5] Brown leather boots And an old straw hat Daddy's getting wood With the barnyard cat Got a little dirty But that's all right Hey now, hey now [Chorus 3] [Verse 2] Mama's waiting At the top of the hill They'll be laughing Oh the stories they'll tell When he holds her In his arms again They'll be sweethearts With time on their hands [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] [Verse 3] Corduroy pants And an old plaid shirt Daddy went a walking Just to feel the earth Got a little dirty But that's all right [Chorus 2] [Chorus 4] [Chorus 5] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Distant Camera -------- [Verse 1] The flash of a distant camera Reconnecting Thoughts and actions Fragments of our missing dreams Pieces from here and there Fall in place along the line Disappearing between you and me Life is changing everywhere I go New things and old both disappear If life is a photograph Fading in the mirror [Chorus] All I want is a song of love Song of love to sing for you All I need is this song of love To sing for you [Verse 2] On the floor where daylight dances With the ones That missed their chances When they couldn't let it show Lies the land of sweet surrender Like a dream It might have ended there But we didn't even know Now forever we will live as one Floating in love's atmosphere If love is a piece of dust Shining in the sun [Chorus] [Outro] Song of love[x2] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Good to See You -------- [Chorus 1] Good to see you Good to see you again Good to see your face again Good to see you [Verse 1] I'm the suitcase in your hallway I'm the footsteps on your floor When I'm looking down on you I feel like I know what my life is for [Chorus] [Verse 2] I've been down the endless highway I've passed on the solid line Now at last I'm home to you I feel like making up for lost time [Chorus] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Great Divide -------- [Verse 1] In the canyons of the great divide Familiar places That we can run and hide Are filled with strangers Walking in our houses alone [Chorus] In the great divide Nothing to decide No one else to care for or love In the great divide You won't fit in too well [Verse 2] On the horses of the carousel She rides alone with you and me She rides like she knows Wherever she goes, we'll be there On the carousel Life is going well Anyone can tell, we're in love On the Carousel You're gonna like the way you feel You and I we got caught down there In the twisted canyons Of the great divide We walked the floor Now we don't go there anymore [Chorus][x2] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Horseshoe Man -------- [Verse 1] In the land of the broken hearted People looking For the horseshoe man They've been Picking up little pieces They've been Putting them all in his hand And the way the story started Two lovers long ago Took a vow to live with heartbreak Took a chance But how could they know [Chorus] ...love? How could they know love? Love How could they know love? [Verse 2] Horseshoe man's Been working his magic Fixing heartbreak everywhere He's the one we all can count on When we're lost And don't know where love is He takes the pieces in his hands And shakes 'em up Like he doesn't care He says that there Will always be heartbreak Because love is everywhere [Chorus] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Razor Love -------- [Verse 1] I got to bet That your old man Became fascinated With his own plan Turned you loose Your mama too There wasn't a thing That you could do But I got faith in you It's a razor love That cuts clean through I got faith in you It's a razor love That cuts clean through [Chorus 1] You really made my day With the little things you say [Chorus 2] Looking through The window at a silhouette Trying to find something I can't find yet Imagination is my best friend Got to look out for The greedy hand, greedy hand Make a living like a rolling stone On the road There's no place like home Silhouettes on the window [Verse 2] Who was it made Your eyes flicker like that Tell me baby How'd you get the knack You came to me with open arms And I really Took you down the track Now all I've got for you Is the kind of love That cuts clean through All I got for you is razor love It cuts clean through [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] [Chorus 1] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Red Sun -------- [Chorus 1] When the red sun sets On the railroad town And the bars begin to laugh With a happy sound I'll still be here Right by your side There'll not be anyone In my heart but you [Chorus 2] And the dreams that you're having They won't let you down If you just follow on Cause you know Where you're bound The well will be flowing And the words will come fast When the one who is coming Arrives here at last [Verse] On the grassy hills Of the railroad town Where we cut through the fences And over the crown Where wind was blowing Right through your hair I dreamt that my Momma And Daddy were there [Chorus 2] [Chorus 1] -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Silver & Gold -------- [Verse 1] Working hard every day Never notice how The time slips away People come, seasons go We got something That'll never grow old [Chorus] I don't care If the sun don't shine And the rain keeps pouring Down on me and mine Cause our kind of love Never seems to get old It's better than silver and gold [Verse 2] I used to have a treasure chest Got so heavy that I had to rest I let it slip away from me Didn't need it anyway So I let it slip away [Chorus] I don't care If the sun don't shine And the rain keeps pouring Down on me and mine Cause our kind of love Never seems to get old It's better than silver and gold I don't care If the sun don't shine And the rain keeps pouring Down on me and mine Cause our kind of love Never seems to get old It's better than silver and gold -------- 2000 Silver & Gold -------- -------- Without Rings -------- [Verse] Someone's hanging out We can't forget about Things that people do When they're free Like visitors from space It's hard to find a place To blend in and go unrecognized I'm waiting for a sign I'm standing on the road My mind outstretched to you I'm picking something up I'm letting something go Like a dog I'm fetching This to you Pictures in mind Rows of poppy fields Harmony entwined Changing gear that grinds Pictures in my mind Pictures in my brain Electrical energy Fighting drugs with pain There's a war inside Pictures in my brain I'm looking for a job I don't know what I'm doing My software's Not compatible with you But this I can't deny I know that you can fly Cause I'm here On the ground without you Angel without wings Owner without things Sharpshooter without rings Around you The road we used to ride Together side by side Has flowers pushing Through the dotted line -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- (Quit) Don't Say You Love Me -------- [Chorus] Don't say you love me That's what she said Don't say you love me That's what she said [Verse 1] Hey baby I'm your man I know i treated you bad But i'm doin' the best i can Now is not the time To cash it in I'm with you babe I've always been And i got to tell you baby That our love is strong And i'm the one The one that did you wrong [Chorus] [Verse 2] Hey baby Don't count me out I still got a lot to give Stick around and find out I might surprise you With what our love still brings I'm never quiting you Even if you quit me And i got to tell you baby Our love is strong And i'm the one The one that did you wrong [Chorus] [Outro] Don't say you love me [x4] -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- Are You Passionate? -------- [Verse 1] Are you passionate? Are you living like you talk? Are you dreaming now That you're going to the top? Are you negative In a world that never stops [Chorus] Turning on you? Turning on me? Turning on you? [Verse 2] Are you loving it? Can you ever get enough of it? Is it everything? A love that never stops [Chorus] Coming to you? Coming to me? Coming to you? [Verse 3] Once i was a soldier I was fighting in the sky And the gunfire kept Coming back on me So i dove into the darkness And i let my missiles fly And they might be the ones That kept you free Once i was a prisoner I was riding in a truck Cleaned up for public display I looked at those around me And when they looked at me I let them see my soul that day Are you scared of it? Do you wish that it would stop? Does it bother you When you hear your spirit talk? Well i'm right with you Yes i'm right with you [Chorus] It's working on me It's working on you It's working on me -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- Be with You -------- [Verse 1] Crossing the river in a big old boat With a dollar bill in my hand Gonna go fishing in the afternoon Got a simple plan Oh yeah, baby [Chorus] I got to hold on I got to be strong I got to live long And be with you [Verse 2] Lonely nights and lonely days When i'm not with you Learned to trust and i learned to give Found a love that's true Oh yeah, baby [Chorus] [Verse 3] Girl it shouldn't be too hard To live with you It's really not complicated Until i get the blues Come on over and sit right down Let me take your hand I got a love gonna fill you up Take you to the promised land Oh yeah, baby, oh yeah [Chorus] [Bridge] Be with you baby Be with you baby I got to be with you babe Be with you baby, oh alright [Verse 4] Lonely nights, lonely days When i'm not with you babe Learned to trust and i learned to give Found a love that's true, babe Oh yeah, baby [Chorus] -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- Differently -------- [Verse] Wish you told me by and by That my life would come to this That i'd have to find a way To let things go That my friends would turn to foes And my love would come to blows Then i would have done some things Differently Differently... I would ask you out every night Differently... And i would make you feel so good Differently... And appreciate the things that You bring to me, babe Differently... Oh yes i would, oh yeah Yeah, i know you tried and tried But your signal i just missed When you said my little girl Would soon be gone Yes i didn't hear you then And it might be too late now That's another thing i'd do Differently Differently... Like trying to make you feel Loved every day Differently... And saying little things to Let you know how i feel Differently... Yes i can hear your young Voice calling me, babe Differently... Oh yes i can When you're away you call you up And you don't seem to miss me as much But i know our love Is still there in your heart It's just differently Differently... Oh yes, i can hear your young Voice calling me, babe Differently... Oh yes i can Differently... I'd appreciate the things that you Bring to me babe, yes i would Differently... Oh come on back to me babe Bring your love back to me Differently... Oh yeah i need your love I need your love Differently... Yes i can tell you babe I need your love Differently... Today is a brand new day, yes it is Differently... Got to get your love back, babe Come on now bring it back to me Differently... Turn it around babe, turn it Around and bring it back Differently... Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, got to get Your love back, come on babe Differently... Yeah i can hear your young Voice calling me babe Differently... Come on back to me, come on back Yeah yeah, turn it around Differently... Oh yes i can, yes i can Differently -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- Goin' Home -------- [Verse 1] On the hill where Custer was Making his last stand With the Indians all around And his gun in his hand Such a wind was blowing that day Through the battleground I could feel it in my hair As I turned towards downtown Weaving through the buildings Cutting though the streets Slicing through the culture Piling on the weeks [Chorus] Going home, I'm going home [2x] Going home [Verse 2] Dropping in on you my friend Is just like old times Said the fool who signed the paper To assorted slimes It's hard to get blood from a stone But for you I'll give it a try To provide your accommodations And leave you satisfied You'd think it was easy To give your life away To not have to live up to The promises you made [Chorus] [Verse 3] Elusively she cut the phone Moved from cell to cell Really looking remarkable And obviously doing well She made a turn on a wooden bridge Into the battleground With a thousand warriors on the ridge She tried to turn her radio down Battle drums were pounding All around her car She saw her clothes were changing Into sky and stars [Chorus] -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- Let's Roll -------- I know I said I love you I know you know it's true I've got to put the phone down And do what we got to do One's standing in the aisleway Two more at the door We've got to get inside there Before they kill Time is running out, let's roll No time for indecision We've got to make a move I hope that we're forgiven For what we got to How this all got started I'll never understand I hope someone can fly this thing And get us back to land Time is running out, let's roll No one has the answer But one thing is true You've got to turn on evil When it's coming after you You've got to face it down And when it tries to hide You've got to go in after it And never be denied Time is running out, let's roll Let's roll for freedom Let's roll for love We're going after Satan On the wings of a dove Let's roll for justice Let's roll for truth Let's not let our children Grow up fearful in their youth Time is running out, let's roll -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- Mr. Disappointment -------- [Verse 1] Where did all the feelings go? What about that happy glow? Was that so long ago When we were first in love? I didn't feel the change Everything was still the same And when that moment came I didn't know I miss the feeling I miss the light But I got faith in something I'll never give up the fight Why's it so heavy This love of mine I lost the feeling I lost the time [Chorus] I'd like to shake your hand Disappointment Looks like you win again But this time might be the last [Verse 2] Let's say I got a habit Let's say it's hard to break Let's say we got to do something Before it's just too late I want to get you back I don't know how to do that I miss you loving me The way you used to I'm taking the blame myself For living my life in a shell And now I'm breaking out But will you still be there? Let's say that love is blind Let's say that time is kind Let's say that it's not over Until it's over [Chorus] [Verse 3] I'm saving the best for last Let's leave this all in the past The beauty of loving you Is what we've both been through So now it's up to me To set your spirit free So you can swing again On our gate [Chorus] -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- She’s a Healer -------- [Verse 1] There isn't no way I'm going to let the good times go There isn't no way I'm going to let the good times go The touch of my woman Can soothe my soul When she makes me feel right That's when the good times roll [Chorus] Oh she's a healer to me Oh yeah [Verse 2] My blue-eyed woman is a mystery to me[x2] The touch of my woman Can soothe my soul When she makes me feel right That's when the good times roll [Chorus] [Verse 3] Way out on the prairie Where the wheat fields grow Way out on the prairie Back where the wheat fields grow I stop to slap plastic at an Esso station About a thousand miles from my destination [Chorus] [Bridge] All I got is a broken heart And I don't try to hide it When I play my guitar [Verse 4] My blue-eyed woman is a healer to me Without that woman I'm history My blue-eyed woman is a love ghost Without that woman I'm toast [Chorus] [Outro] All I got is a broken heart And I don't try to hide it When I play my guitar -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- Two Old Friends -------- [Verse 1] Preacher went up to the Golden Gate And met God there With the glow of love in his flowing hair I'm dreaming of a time when love and music Is everywhere Can you see that time coming? No my son that time has gone There's things to do The world has changed since I first met you Back when The Band played Rock of Ages In their prime And the old juke joint was rocking [Chorus 1] Oh Lord there's so much hate In a world where we're from another place Show me how to be like you See no evil, hear no evil Feel no evil in my heart [Chorus 2] In my heart, in my aching heart In my heart, in my heart In my old black heart In my heart, in my heart In my beating heart [Verse 2] Sky had turned a lot of shades of gray As they walked on And a gentle rain fell down on them They found faith in the way things are and The way things change And they said goodbye like two old friends Take me up to the mountains high Or a building top where the spirits fly Show me how to be like you See no evil, feel no evil Fear no evil in my heart [Chorus 2] [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- When I Hold You in My Arms -------- [Chorus 1] When I hold you in my arms It's a breath of fresh air When I hold you in my arms I forget what's out there All those people with their faces Walking up the street They don't have to say a thing Just look around and you see [Chorus 2] New buildings going up Old buildings coming down New signs going up Old signs coming down You got to hold onto something in this life [Verse 1] Well the older generation They got something to say But they better say it fast Or get out of the way All those gangsters with their crimes They make it look so good We've been blowing up the planet Just like the old neighbourhood [Chorus 2] [Verse 2] If I only had a heart It would beat all night for you If I only had a heart I would cry the whole day through When I hold you in my arms It's like a breath of fresh air When I hold you in my arms I forget what's out there [Bridge] Old heart's going up Old heart's coming down My feelings going up My feelings coming down You got to hold onto someone in this life [Chorus 1] When I hold you in my arms It's a breath of fresh air When I hold you in my arms I forget what's out there -------- 2002 Are You Passionate -------- -------- You're My Girl -------- [Verse 1] Well I took you for a walk Up on the forest floor Because I wanted to share some things But it sure looked to me Like you've been there before It was such a natural thing [Chorus 1] You're my girl (My girl) And you're showing me now Just how grown up you are You're my girl (My girl) And I'll be letting you go someday [Chorus 2] Please don't tell me that You're leaving me just yet Because I know I got to let you go (Let you go) Please don't tell me that You're saying goodbye (Say good bye) [Verse 2] Well I lit a candle On the Fourth of July But it didn't bring you home to me You went heading into summer On a natural high With the world at your feet [Bridge] It's your time (Your time) And you're showing me now Just how grown up you are It's your time (Your time) And I'll be letting you go someday [Chorus 2] [Verse 3] We went looking for faith On the forest floor And it showed up everywhere In the sun and the water And the falling leaves The falling leaves of time [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] Please don't tell me that You're leaving me quite yet Because I know I got to let you go Please don't tell me that You're saying goodbye -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Bandit -------- [Verse 1] Turning the pages In this old book Seems familiar Might be worth a second look Wrapping up dope in a paper bag Talking to yourself Taking a drag Who are you kidding With what you say? What does it matter? They'll never hear it anyway Got to get past The negative thing The lawyers and business You get what you bring No one's sorry You did it yourself It's time to relax now And then give it hell [Chorus] Someday you'll find What you're looking for Someday you'll find What you're looking for [Verse 2] You didn't bet on the Dodgers To beat the Giants Then David came up Now you gotta pay up You didn't count on that Geez half the money's gone The month is still young Where you gonna go now? Things are closing in Got to trust someone Trust someone Someone you trust Got to be careful Be careful [Bridge] You can't go to your brother That money's all gone Can't go to your friends [Chorus][x4] Someday You'll find Everything you're looking for [Verse 3] Made out like a bandit For so many years What are you working for? One more big score? What are you trying to prove? Try to get closer But not too close Try to get through But not be through No one can touch you now But I can touch you now You're invisible You got too many secrets Bob Dylan said that Something like that [Chorus][x4] Someday You'll find Everything you're looking for -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Be the Rain -------- [Verse 1] Save the planet for another day "attention shoppers, buy with a conscience and save" Save the planet for another day "save alaska! let the caribou stay" Don't care what the governments say "they're all bought and paid for anyway" Save the planet for another day "hey big oil, what do you say?" We were running through the night Never knowing if we would see the light Paranoid schizophrenic visions Living in fear of the wrong decisions [Chorus] We got to wake up We got to keep going If they follow us There's no way of knowing We got a job to do We got to Save mother earth [Verse 2] Be the ocean when it meets the sky "you can make a difference, if you really try" Be the magic in the northern lights "six days....six nights" Be the river as it rolls along "it has three eyed fish and it's smelling strong" Be the rain you remember falling "be the rain, be the rain" Yeah rain was falling and we're soaking wet Hail is beating down on our heads The wind is blowing through our hair Faces frozen in the frigid air [Chorus] We got to get there Alaska We got to be there Before the big machines We got a job to do We got to Save mother earth [Verse 3] Dream the hunter on the western plain "the birds are all gone, where did they go?" Dream the fisherman in his boat "he's coming home empty, he's barely afloat" Dream the logger in the great northwest "they're running out of trees, they got to give it a rest" (there's no other way to cut it) Dream the farmer in the old heartland "corporate greed and chemicals are killing the land" Next morning sun was up at dawn She looked around and earth was gone Dark visions he had last night He needed peace, he needed light [Chorus] He heard the rumble and He saw the big machines The green army rose It was a bad dream He had a job to do He had to Save mother earth [Verse 4] Be the ocean when it meets the sky "greek freighters are dumping crap somewhere right now" Be the magic in the northern lights "the ice is melting!" Be the river as it rolls along "toxic waste dumping from corporate farms" Be the rain you remember falling "be the rain, be the rain" Save the planet for another day "be the rain, be the rain" Be the river as it rolls along "be the rain, be the rain" -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Bringin' Down Dinner -------- [Verse] The evening fog was rolling in It was getting hard to see The old white car edged down the road Headed for the double e She was bringing down dinner for grandpa It was crawling with vitamins And tender as a mother's love[x2] When she saw the tv vans The side door was open There were three tvs Grandpa's face was on every one He was talking to a woman with a microphone She was sexy and her hair was all done Sun green came out and met grandma then "my, you're such a beautiful girl Mother earth needs more like you You should go out now and see the world [Outro] What's grandpa doing on tv? I got his dinner in the car All these vans have blocked our road But we can carry it, it's not too far" -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Carmichael -------- [Verse] Silk scarf and a napkin Hidden in a drawer Two hundred bucks in an envelope Labeled lenore Maybe she shouldn't see this She should never know Said the widow's best friend anne I'll just take it and go I'll give her the money later Say it was in his shoe That way she'll never find out That'll do Carmichael was a credit to the force In everything he did It's like we got a big hole in our side Where he fit If any of you officers Would like to say a word Now would be the time To be heard Thank you chief, i sure would He was a partner of mine He was always very careful And played it straight down the line One by one the officers spoke And the service drew to a close He had no living relatives But his wife who never showed She just couldn't face the men They all understood They got in their cars and drove home As directly as they could "Carmichael you asshole," The new widow sobbed beneath her veil "Shot down in the line of duty Is this how justice never fails? I wish that things were better When we said goodbye today But we had our share of good times though Along the way Remember 'Hey Mr. Las Vegas You used to be so cool! We met Wayne Newton down at Pebble Beach And you acted like a fool But we both just couldn't stop laughing It seemed so funny to us We left our luggage back in the room and almost missed the bus That was a great vacation Maybe the best of all But goddamnit Carmichael you're dead now And I'm talking to the wall" [Outro] The force got back to normal Carmichael was replaced For one year nobody parked a car In Carmichael's space -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Devil's Sidewalk -------- [Verse 1] When the red light shines On the streets of hate Where the devil dines Who knows what he ate It's a simple thing Trying to stay afloat The captain said Without his boat Some things are getting better Other things a little worse It's a situation Much like a curse [Chorus] It's the devil's sidewalk greendale It's the devil's door greendale I try to avoid it," greendale Said the captain of the shore greendale [Bridge] There's a garden growing greendale And a million weeds greendale With no way of knowing greendale Who has done which deed greendale [Verse 2] That's an honest tale Said the helmsman to the mate About a woman delicious And a matter of fate Big wheel's still rolling Down on me One thing i can tell you Is you got to be free John Lennon said that And i believe in love I believe in action When push comes to shove Who cares what you believe Said the captain amazed If you stood in my shoes Your eyes would be glazed [Chorus] So my fair damsel greendale Won't you take your leave greendale Are you headed for the country greendale Where you wear the green sleeve greendale [Outro] And the children laugh greendale And the old folks sing greendale And the church bells toll greendale For a miraculous thing greendale Where the big red furnace greendale Just glows and glows greendale Where the big heart beats greendale Where the big wheel rolls greendale -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Double E -------- [Verse] Back in the country Living on the Double E In the sunshine of her life There's a ready young filly And mom and daddy Won't let her leave Mom and papa won't let her go But when they go out dancing She breaks out on her own She's hot enough to Burn the house down And mom and daddy don't know When Edith and Earl Renamed the Double E They nearly made history The neighbors rose up And some of them were mad as hell Because it used to be the Double L Change comes slow in the country When you're new There's a lot of distrust Years pass by uneventful And memories turn to dust Meanwhile granny Has got her bright colors on The sunshine in her eyes Cruising by the bars And honky tonks where she met grandpa And caught that young man's eye Dusty white Eldorado Cruising through the trees Slipping through the shadows Of what used to be [Chorus] Back in the day Living in the summer of love Living in the summer of love [Bridge] Grandma's ok But not the same since grandpa's gone She's living in the summer of love [Chorus] [Outro][Repeat until fade] Living in the summer of love -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Falling from Above -------- [Verse 1] Grandpa said to cousin jed Sitting on the porch "i won't retire But i might retread Seems like that guy singing this song Been doing it for a long time Is there anything he knows That he ain't said? Sing a song for freedom Sing a song for love Sing a song for depressed angels Falling from above" Grandpa held the paper Pretending he could see But he couldn't read without his glasses on "how can all these people Afford so many things? When i was young People wore what they had on...and mama said [Chorus] 'a little love and affection In everything you do Will make the world a better place With or without you'" [Bridge] A little love and affection In everything you do [Verse 2] Slamming down a late night shot The hero and the artist compared Goals and visions and afterthoughts For the 21st century But mostly came up with nothing So the truth was never learned And the human race just kept rolling on Rolling through the fighting Rolling through the religious wars Rolling down the temple walls And the church's exposed sores Rolling through the fighting The religious wars Mostly came up with nothing "grandpa here's your glasses You'll see much better now," Said that young girl of edith and earl's But grandpa just kept staring He was lost in some distant thought Then he turned and said To that young girl [Chorus] [Bridge] With or without you A better place With or without you With or without you [Verse 3] Hear that rooster crowing Down on the double e It's a new morning Dawning on the green Bouncing off the towers And the sun's heading down for the streets The business meeting Window shades are drawn Another morning edition Headed for the porch Because grandma puts down the paper Before grandpa raises his fork [Chorus] [Outro] Hear the rooster crowing Down on the double e -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Grandpa's Interview -------- [Verse] "Grandpa here's your coffee," Said Edith as she filled his cup "Nobody'll find you here And earl is glad you guys showed up The way things are downtown You might have to stay for a while There was a helicopter flying over your house When i talked to your neighbor Kyle" "who the hell do they think they are? Invading our home like that Grandma and I had to leave so fast We couldn't even catch the cat The helicopter scared the shit out of it And it took off down the trail Down past the railroad track Towards the county jail" "Jed you really screwed up now What'd you have to do that for? Everybody wants to hang your ass Here's a note from Lenore" She touched the cold steel bars As she pushed the paper in Jed took it up and read it And couldn't hide a grin Outside the jail window A crow flew across the sky Completely disappearing behind each bar Then a helicopter flew by "Say hi to Earl and Edith Tell'em I'm doing fine Tell'em you're ready to leave home now And they should cut the line Can Grandma come and see me? I've got a new song to sing It's longer than all the others combined And doesn't mean a thing" The noise was unfamiliar A walkie-talkie squealed Generators were running Vans parked in the field TV crews and cameras They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch They came through the gate and up on the lawn Knocking down Edith's tiki torch Grandpa saw them there Looking through the venetian blind "Those people don't have any respect So they won't get any of mine I ain't gonna talk about Jed I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9 I don't have time to talk that fast And it ain't my crime It ain't an honour to be on TV And it ain't a duty either The only good thing about TV Is shows like 'Leave it to Beaver' Shows with love and affection Like Mama used to say A little Mayberry living Can go a long way" He took Earl's gun from the closet And loaded up both barrels Went out on the porch and fired them off And up walked a woman named Carol "Susan Carol from early magazine I've got some questions to ask" "Well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine," Grandpa said with a gasp Then he fell face first and let out a sigh Edith came out in shock Grandpa was whispering to her from down on the floor He looked like he was trying to talk "That guy who just keeps singing Can't somebody shut him up? I don't know for the life of me Where he comes up with this stuff" They laid his head on a newspaper With a picture of Carmichael on the front page Posing with a little league baseball team And a seedy shot of Jed with a motorcycle Grandpa died like a hero Fighting for freedom of silence Trying to stop the media Trying to be anonymous [Outro] Share your loving and you'll live so long Share your loving and you'll live so long Share your loving and you'll live so long Live so long -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Leave the Driving -------- [Verse] Out on the old coast highway Flying through the night Jed got stopped by the CHP For speeding and no brake lights Rolled down the drivers window Slipped his gun down under the seat Glove box full of cocaine Trunk was full of weed Driver's license and registration Said the officer with his flashlight Searching around the floor of the car Smelling like something ain't right Jed's life flashed before him Like a black and white super 8 He heard the sound of the future On a scratchy old 78 Nothing was still, all was moving When the flashlight found the gun Then jed pulled the trigger In a split second tragic blunder Makes you think about living And what life has to tell Said jed to grandpa From inside his cell Camouflage hung in his closet Guns all over the wall Plans for buildings and engineers And a book with no numbers at all The whole town was stunned They closed the coast highway for 12 hours No one could believe it Jed was one of ours Meanwhile across the ocean Living in the internet Is the cause of an explosion No one has heard yet But there's no need to worry There's no reason to fuss Just go on about your work now And leave the driving to us And we'll be watching you No matter what you do And you can do your part By watching others too Grandpa put down the paper Staring in disbelief Jed had always been good to him And never gave him any grief "the moral of this story Is try not to get too old The more time you spend on earth The more you see unfold [Outro] And as an afterthought This must to be told Some people have taken pure bullshit And turned it into gold -------- 2003 Greendale -------- -------- Sun Green -------- [Intro] Sun green started making waves On the day her grandpa died Speaking out against anything Unjust or packed with lies [Verse 1] She chained herself to a statue of an eagle In the lobby of Powerco And started yelling through a megaphone "There's corruption on the highest floor!" Suits poured out of elevators "They're all dirty!" Phoneheads began to speak "You can't trust anybody!" But security couldn't get her down She was welded to the eagle's beak Sun green leaned into that megaphone And said, "Truth is all I seek." Security brought in some blowtorches News cameras recorded the speech When the city is plunged into darkness By an unpredicted rolling blackout The white house always blames the governor Saying, "the solution is to vote him out" On top of that great bronze eagle Sun's voice was loud and clear She said, "Powerco is working with the White House To paralyze our state with fear" [Bridge] It was a golden moment golden moment In the history of TV news No one could explain it It just got great reviews [Chorus] Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too[x4] [Verse 2] The Imitators were playing Down at John Lee's bar When Sun went down to see 'em Someone followed her in a car So now when she goes dancing She has to watch her back The FBI just trashed her room One of them kicked her cat The damn thing scratched his leg And he had to shoot it dead And leave it lying in a puddle of blood At the foot of Sun Green's bed [Chorus] [Verse 3] John Lee's was rocking The Imitators drove it home Sun was dancing up a heatwave For a while she was all alone When up walked a tall stranger He shadowed her move to move In perfect unison A supernatural groove He took her by the hand And the room began to spin He said, "I'm Earth... Earth Brown You know the shape i'm in I'm leaving tonight for Alaska And I want you to come in the spring And be a goddess in the planet wars Trying to save the living things" "i'm ready to go right now," Sun green told earth brown "let's go back to my place Pick up my cat and leave this town behind" [Chorus] [Verse 4] Next day sun green got busted for pot And it made the headline news But then the charges all got dropped And the story got confused She'd still like to meet julia butterfly And see what remedy brings And be a goddess in the planet wars Trying to save the living things But that might not be easy Living on the run Mother earth has many enemies There's much work to be done [Chorus] -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- Falling Off the Face of the Earth -------- [Verse 1] I just want to thank you For all of the things you've done I'm thinking about you I just want to send my love I send my best to you That's my message of love For all the things you did I can never thank you enough [Chorus] Feel like i'm falling Falling off the face of the earth Falling off the face of the earth (Falling) Feel like i'm falling Falling off the face of the earth Falling off the face of the earth Oh [Verse 2] I just want to tell you You sure mean a lot to me It may sound simple But you are the world to me It's such a precious thing That time we shared together I must apologize For the troubled times [Chorus][x3] -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- Far from Home -------- [Verse 1] When i was a growing boy A-rocking on my daddy's knee Daddy took an old guitar and sang Bury me on the lone prairie Uncle bob sat at the piano My girl cousins sang harmony Those were the good old family times That left a big mark on me [Chorus] Bury me out on the prairie Where the buffalo used to roam Where the canada geese once filled the sky And then i won't be far from home Bury me out on the prairie Where the buffalo used to roam You won't have to shed a tear for me Because then i won't be far from home [Verse 2] Walking down the trans-canada highway I was talking to a firefly Trying to make my way to nashville, tennessee When another car passed me by Some day i'm gonna make big money And buy myself a big old car Make my way on down to that promised land And then i'm gonna really go far [Chorus] -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- He Was the King -------- [Verse] The last time I saw Elvis He was shooting at a colour TV The phones were ringing in the pink motel And the rest is history He was the king The last time I saw Elvis He was singing a gospel song You could tell he had the feeling And the whole world sang along He was the king The last time I saw Elvis He was up on the silver screen Pushing a plough in a black and white movie And everybody started to scream Yes, he was the king The last time I saw Elvis It was some kind of Vegas dream Spotlights flashed on a silver cape And a blue-haired lady screamed He was the king The last time I saw Elvis He was fronting a three-piece band Rocking on the back of a flatbed truck With an old guitar in his hand He was the king The last time I saw Elvis The last time I saw Elvis He was riding in a Pink Cadillac Wind was blowing through his hair And he never did look back He was the king He was the king Thank you very much The last time I saw Elvis He was singing that gospel song You could tell that he had the feeling And the whole world sang along He was the king [Outro] He was the king He was the king He was the king He was the king He was the king He was the king -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- Here for You -------- [Verse 1] When your summer days come tumbling down And you find yourself alone Then you can come back and be with me Just close your eyes and i'll be there Listen to the sound Of this old heart beating for you [Chorus] Yes i'd miss you But i never want to hold you down You might say i'm here for you [Verse 2] When the winter comes to your new home And snowflakes are falling down Then you can come back and be with me Just close your eyes and i'll be there Listen to the sound Of this old heart beating for you [Chorus] [Verse 3] In the spring, protective arms surrounding you In the fall, we let you go your way Happiness i know will always find you And when it does, i hope that it will stay [Chorus][x2] -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- It’s a Dream -------- [Verse 1] In the morning when i wake up and listen to the sound Of the birds outside on the roof I try to ignore what the paper says And i try not to read all the news And i'll hold you if you had a bad dream And i hope it never comes true Because you and i been through so many things together And the sun starts climbing the roof [Chorus] It's a dream Only a dream And it's fading now Fading away It's only a dream Just a memory without anywhere to stay [Verse 2] The red river stills flows through my home town Rollin' and tumblin' on its way Swirling around the old bridge pylons Where a boy fishes the morning away His bicycle leans on an oak tree While the cars rumble over his head An aeroplane leaves a trail in an empty blue sky And the young birds call out to be fed [Chorus] [Verse 3] An old man walks along on the sidewalk Sunglasses and an old stetson hat The four winds blow the back of his overcoat away As he stops with the policeman to chat And a train rolls out of the station That was really something in its day Picking up speed on the straight prairie rails As it carries the passengers away [Chorus][x2] [Outro] It's a dream Only a dream And it's fading now Fading away -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- No Wonder -------- [Verse 1] See the bluebird fly easy as a dream Dipping and bobbing in the sun Could she be the one i saw so long ago Could she be the one to take me home This pasture is green I'm walking in the sun It's turning brown I'm standing in the rain My overcoat is worn The pockets are all torn I'm moving away from the pain [Chorus] Tick-tock The clock on the wall No wonder we're losing time Ring, ring The old church bell The bride and her love Seeking guidance from above [Verse 2] Amber waves of grain bow in the prairie wind I'm hearing willie singing on the radio again That song from 9/11 keeps ringing in my head I'll always remember something Chris Rock said Don't send no more candles No matter what you do Then willie stopped singing And the prairie wind blew The green kept rolling on For miles and miles Fields of fuel rolling on for miles [Chorus] Tick-tock The clock on the wall No wonder we're losing time Toll, toll The fallen soldier bell The old church on the hill Still standing when so many fell [Verse 3] Back when i was young, the birds blocked out the sun Before the great migration south We only shot a few They last the winter through Mother cooked them good and served them up Somewhere a senator sits in a leather chair Behind a big wooden desk The caribou we killed mean nothing to him He took his money just like all the rest [Chorus] Tick-tock The clock on the wall No wonder we're losing time Ring, ring Ring the wedding bells The bride takes the ring And the happy people sing -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- Prairie Wind -------- [Verse 1] Trying to remember what my daddy said Before too much time took away his head He said we're going back and i'll show you what i'm talking about Going back to cypress river, back to the old farmhouse [Chorus] (Prairie wind blowing through my head) (Prairie wind blowing through my head) (Trying to remember what daddy said) (Prairie wind blowing through my head) [Verse 2] I tried to tell the people but they never heard a word i say They say there's nothing out there but wheat fields anyway Just a farmer's wife hanging laundry in her back yard Out on the prairie where the winds blow long and hard [Chorus] [Verse 3] Late at night, lights dancing in the northern sky Like the indian spirits trying to show me how to fly You can see into the future but it may be a mirage Like a new car sitting there in your old garage [Chorus] [Verse 4] There's a place on the prairie where evil and goodness play Daddy told me all about it but i don't remember what he said It might be afternoon and it might be the dead of night But you'll know when you see it cause it sure is a hell of a sight [Bridge] (Prairie wind blowing through my head)[x6] [Chorus] Before too much time took away his head (Prairie wind blowing through my head) He said we're going back and i'll show you what i'm talking about (Prairie wind blowing through my head) [Outro] (Prairie wind blowing through my head) Going back to cypress river, back to the old farmhouse (Prairie wind blowing through my head) (Prairie wind blowing through my head) (Prairie wind blowing through my head) (Prairie wind blowing through my head) (Trying to remember what daddy said) (Prairie wind blowing through my head) -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- The Painter -------- [Verse 1] The painter stood Before her work She looked around every where She saw the pictures and she painted them She picked the colors from the air Green to green Red to red Yellow to yellow In the light Black to black When the evening comes Blue to blue In the night [Chorus] It's a long road Behind me It's a long road Ahead If you follow every dream You might get lost If you follow every dream You might Get Lost [Verse 2] She towed the line She held her end up She did the work of too many But in the end She fell down Before she got up again I keep my friends eternally We leave our tracks in the sound Some of them are with me now Some of them can't be found [Chorus] -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- This Old Guitar -------- [Verse 1] This old guitar ain't mine to keep Just taking care of it now It's been around for years and years Just waiting in its old case It's been up and down the country roads It's brought a tear and a smile It's seen its share of dreams and hopes And never went out of style The more i play it, the better it sounds It cries when i leave it alone Silently it waits for me Or someone else i suppose [Chorus] This old guitar [x3] [Verse 2] This old guitar has caught some breaks But it never searched for gold It can't be blamed for my mistakes It only does what it's told It's been a messenger in times of trouble In times of hope and fear When i get drunk and seeing double It jumps behind the wheel and steers [Bridge] This old guitar ain't mine to keep It's mine to play for a while This old guitar ain't mine to keep It's only mine for a while [Chorus x3] -------- 2005 Prairie Wind -------- -------- When God Made Me -------- [Verse 1] Was he thinking about my country Or the color of my skin? Was he thinking about my religion And the way i worshiped him? Did he create just me in his image Or every living thing? [Chorus] When god made me [x2] [Verse 2] Was he planning only for believers Or for those who just have faith? Did he envision all the wars That were fought in his name? Did he say there was only one way To be close to him? [Chorus] [Bridge] Did he give me the gift of love To say who we could choose? [Chorus][x2] [Verse 3] Did he give me the gift of voice So some could silence me? Did he give me the gift of vision Not knowing what i might see? Did he give me the gift of compassion To help my fellow man? [Chorus][x2] -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- After the Garden -------- [Verse 1] Won't need no shadow man Runnin' the government Won't need no stinkin' war Won't need no haircut Won't need no shoe shine [Chorus] After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone What will people do After the garden is gone? What will people say After the garden? [Verse 2] Won't need no strong man Walkin' through the night To live a weak man's day Won't need no purple haze Won't need no sunshine [Chorus] After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone Where will people go After the garden is gone? What will people know After the garden? [Outro] After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone After the garden is gone -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- America the Beautiful -------- [Verse] O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- Families -------- When you try to bring our spirit home Won't you celebrate our lives In a way that's right for our children And families When you write your songs about us Won't you try to do us justice Because we want to be just like you And your families I see a light ahead There's a chill wind blowing in my head I wish that I was home instead With my family There's a universe between us now But I want to reach our and tell you how Much you mean to me And my family I'm going back to the USA I just got my ticket today I can't wait to see you again In the USA -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- Flags of Freedom -------- [Chorus] Today's the day our younger son Is going off to war Fighting in the age old battle We've sometimes won before Flags that line old main street Are blowing in the wind These must be the flags of freedom flying [Verse] Church bells are ringing As the families stand and wave Some of them are crying But the soldiers look so brave Looking straight ahead Like they know just where they're going Past the flags of freedom flyin' Sister has her headphones on She hears the music blasting She sees her brother marchin' by Their bond is everlasting Listening to Bob Dylan singing in 1963 Watching the flags of freedom flying She sees the president speaking On a Flat-screen TV In the window of the old appliance store She turns to see her brother again But he's already walking past The flags of freedom flying Have you seen the flags of freedom? What color are they now? Do you think that you believe in yours More than they do theirs somehow? When you see the flags of freedom flying [Chorus] -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- Let's Impeach the President -------- Let's impeach the President for lying And misleading our country into war Abusing all the power that we gave him And shipping all our money out the door He's the man who hired all the criminals The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors They bend the facts to fit with their new stories Of why we have to send our men to war Let's impeach the President for spying On citizens inside their own homes Breaking every law in the country By tapping our computers and telephones What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees Would New Orleans have been safer that way Sheltered by our government's protection Or was someone just not home that day? Flip - Flop Flip - Flop Flip - Flop Flip - Flop Let's impeach the president for hijacking Our religion and using it to get elected Dividing our country into colors And still leaving black people neglected Thank God he's cracking down on steroids Since he sold his old baseball team There's lots of people looking at big trouble But of course our president is clean Thank God -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- Living with War -------- [Chorus] I'm living with war everyday I'm living with war in my heart everyday I'm living with war right now [Verse 1] And when the dawn breaks I see my fellow man And on the flat-screen we kill and we're killed again And when the night falls, I pray for peace Try to remember peace (visualize) I join the multitudes I raise my hand in peace I never bow to the laws of the thought police I take a holy vow To never kill again To never kill again [Chorus] I'm living with war in my heart I'm living with war in my heart in my mind I'm living with war right now [Verse 2] Don't take no tidal wave Don't take no mass grave Don't take no smoking gun To show how the west was won But when the curtain falls, I pray for peace Try to remember peace In the crowded streets In the big hotels In the mosques and the doors of the old museum I take a holy vow To never kill again Try to remember peace [Bridge] The rocket's red glare Bombs bursting in air Give proof through the night That our flag is still there [Chorus][x2] I'm living with war everyday I'm living with war in my heart everyday I'm living with what right now -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- Lookin’ for a Leader -------- [Verse] Looking for a leader To bring our country home Re-unite the red white and blue Before it turns to stone Looking for somebody Young enough to take it on Clean up the corruption And make the country strong Walking among our people There's someone who's straight and strong To lead us from desolation And a broken world gone wrong Someone walks among us And i hope he hears the call And maybe it's a woman Or a black man after all Yeah maybe it's Obama But he thinks that he's too young Maybe it's Colin Powell To right what he's done wrong America has a leader But he's not in the house He's waling here among us And we've got to seek him out Yeah we've got our election But corruption has a chance We got to have a clean win To regain confidence America is beautiful But she has an ugly side We're looking for a leader In this country far and wide We're looking for a leader With the great spirit on his side Someone walks among us And i hope he hears the call And maybe it's a woman Or a black man after all -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- Roger and Out -------- [Verse] Trippin' down that old Hippie Highway Got to thinkin' 'bout you again Wonderin' how it really was for you And how it happened in the end But I guess I'll never know the truth If you were really all alone We were just a couple'a kids then Livin' each and every day When we both went down to register We were laughin' all the way That's when we named it The Hippie Highway I still call it that today Roger and out good buddy I still call it that today Two Camaros racing down the road Feels just like yesterday Roger and out good buddy I feel you in the air today I know you gave for your country I feel you in the air today Roger and out good buddy -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- Shock and Awe -------- [Verse] Back in the days of shock and awe We came to liberate them all History was the cruel judge of overconfidence Back in the days of shock and awe Back in the days of "mission accomplished" Our chief was landing on the deck The sun was setting on a golden photo op Back in the days of "mission accomplished" Thousands of bodies in the ground Brought home in boxes to a trumpet's sound No one sees them coming home that way Thousands buried in the ground Thousands of children scarred for life Millions of tears for a soldier's wife Both sides are losing now Heaven takes them in Thousands of children scarred for life We had a chance to change our mind But somehow wisdom was hard to find We went with what we knew and now we can't go back But we had a chance to change our mind -------- 2006 Living with War -------- -------- The Restless Consumer -------- [Verse 1] The people have heard the news The people have spoken You may not like what they said But they weren't joking Way out on the desert sands Lies a desperate lover They call her the "Queen of Oil" So much to discover Don't need no ad machine Telling me what I need Don't need no Madison Avenue war Don't need no more boxes I can see Covered in flags but I can't see them on TV [Chorus] Don't need no more lies [x4] [Verse 2] The restless consumer flies Around the world each day With such an appetite for taste and grace People from around the world Need someone to listen We're starving and dying from our disease We need your medicine How do you pay for war And leave us dying? When you could do so much more You're not even trying Don't need no TV ad Telling me how sick I am Don't want to know how many people are like me Don't need no dizziness Don't need no nausea Don't need no side effects like diarrhea or sexual death [Chorus] Don't need no more lies[x4] [Verse 2] The restless consumer lies Asleep in her hotel With such an appetite For anything that sells A hundred voices from a hundred lands Need someone to listen People are dying here and there They don't see the world the way you do There's no mission accomplished here Just death to thousands A hundred voices from a hundred lands Cry out in unison Don't need no terror squad Don't want no damned Jihad Blowing themselves away in my hood But we don't talk to them So we don't learn from them Hate don't negotiate with good [Chorus] [Bridge] The restless consumer flies Around the world each day With such an appetite for efficiency And pace [Chorus] -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- Beautiful Bluebird -------- [Verse 1] One morning when I was riding in my old pickup truck A beautiful bluebird came flying down My eyes caught the color, as it lead me down the road Dipping and bobbing in the sun [Chorus] Beautiful bluebird, see how she flies Looks like she's always going home If heaven had a window where the sun came shining through Like a beautiful bluebird, I'd come flying back to you Beautiful bluebird, see how she flies Looks like she's always going home [Verse 2] I've never seen that blue before, except in one place And she's not here with me right now And just like a lover, I watched her fly away And that's what I remember now [Chorus] [Outro] If heaven had a window where the sun came shining through Like a beautiful bluebird, I'd come flying back to you If heaven had a window where the sun came shining through Like a beautiful bluebird, I'd come flying home to you -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- Boxcar -------- [Chorus] I'm just a passenger on this old freight train I ride the boxcar through the night I doesn't matter where I might get off I doesn't matter where I lie [Verse] I've been to cities, I've been to countries I've left a lover in many towns I don't care if I ever get back to Where I'd already been around I'm like an eagle, I like to fly high I'm like a snake, I like to lay low I'm like a black man, I'm like a white man Maybe a red man, I don't know [Chorus] -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- Dirty Old Man -------- [Chorus] I'm a dirty old man I do what I can Trying to make a living I'm a dirty old man [Verse 1] I like to get hammered On Friday night Sometimes I can't wait So Monday's alright It's a battle with the bottle I'll win it alright But I lost another round In the bar last night [Chorus] [Verse 2] Yeah, I'm going to get fired For drinking on the job Got caught with the boss' wife In the parking lot I'm going to get killed For doing this again But I just can't help it It's under my skin [Chorus] I'm a dirty old man I do what I can I'm going to get hammered And do it again [Chorus] [Verse 3] Got a bag of frozen peas I use on my knees I injured from begging And trying to please If you believe that I'm losing my fat Got a workout program And a new rubber mat [Chorus] I'm a dirty old man [Outro] It's a battle with the bottle I'll win it alright But I lost another round In the bar last night I'm a dirty old man -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- Ever After -------- [Verse] When you hear that rooster crowing In the dawn, in the dawn There's really no way of knowing What goes on, what goes on The world is full of questions Some are answered, some are not The only faith you're keeping Is the faith that you still got I love the sound of laughter And music in the air And in the ever after I know it's always there A man had many boxes And he liked them quite a lot But they would not be opened Because the value would be shot Sometimes when I go walking In the trees, in the trees That's where I do my praying In the trees, in the trees The world is full of answers Some are right, some are wrong The one that I believe in Is a wish in a song [Outro] I love to see you smiling And hear your voice so fair And in the ever after I know you're always there -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- No Hidden Path -------- [Verse 1] Sometimes when I go walking among the tall trees I feel the light coming down on me Under moon, under sun, I feel the chosen one Through the mist, come walking here with me And the leaves on the ground make a rustling sound In the wind now blowing in my face It's that cool wind again, I feel my missing friend Whose counsel I can never replace [Chorus] Show me the way And I'll follow you today Show me the way And I'll follow you today (Show me the way) No more darkness, no more wasted time (Show me the way) Let me stay here with this heart of mine And with you I feel no hidden path No hidden path, no hidden path No hidden path, no hidden path No hidden path [Verse 2] How you change, how you change And how you rearrange, everything that touches me Now you're her, now you're her She's sleeping here with me, everything that touches me Ocean sky, sea of blue, let the sand wash over you Giving all that you can give Will the Northern lights still play as we walk our distant days? Giving all that we can give [Chorus] Show me the way And I'll follow you today Show me the way And I'll follow you today (Show me the way) There's a cold wind blowing through my mind (Show me the way) But I'm holding on to the threads of time And with you I feel no hidden path No hidden path, no hidden path, no hidden path [Outro] Will the Northern lights still play as we walk our distant days? Ocean sky, sea of blue, let the sun wash over you [Outro] Ocean sky, sea of blue, let the sun wash over you[x3] -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- Ordinary People -------- Two out of work models and a fashion slave Try to dance away the Michelob night The bartender poured herself another drink While two drunks were watching the fight The champ went down and he got up again Then he went out like a light Fighting for the people But his timing wasn't right The high rolling people Taking limos in the neon light The Las Vegas people They came to see a Las Vegas fight Fighting for the people There's a man in the window with a big cigar Says everything's for sale He had a house and a boat and a railroad car The owner's got to go to jail He acquired these things from a life of crime Now he's selling them to make bail He was ripping off the people Selling guns to the underground Living off the people Skimming the top when there was no one around Trying to help the people Lose their ass for a piece of ground A patch of ground people He was dealing antiques in a hardware store But he sure had a lot to hide He had a back room full of the guns of war And a ton ammunition besides Yeah, he walked with a cane Kept a bolt on the door with five pit bulls inside Just a warning to the people In case they might try to break in at night Protection from the people He's selling safety in the darkest night Trying to help the people Get the drugs to the street all right Trying to help the people Well, it's hard to say where a man goes wrong Might be here and it might be there What starts out weak might get too strong If you can't tell foul from fair But it's hard to judge from an angry throng Of hands stretched up in the air Vigilante people Taking the law into their own hands The conscientious people Cracking down on the drug lord and his bands Government people Confiscating all the dealer's land The patch of ground people A new Rolls Royce, a company car They were racing down the street Each one was trying to make it to the gate Before employees manned the fleet The trucks full of products for the modern home Were set to roll out into the street Of ordinary people Trying to make their way to work The downtown people Some are saints and some are jerks (that's me!) That's me, everyday people Stopping for a drink on their way to work Alcoholic people Yeah, yeah Taking it one day at a time Down on the assembly line They keep putting the same things out The people today, they just ain't buying Nobody can figure it out They try like hell to build a quality in They're working hard without a doubt Ordinary people But the dollar's what it's all about Lee Iaccoca people But the customers are walking out The nose to the stone people Yeah, they look but they just don't buy The patch of ground people In a dusty town the clock struck high noon Two men stood face to face One wore black and one wore white But of fear there wasn't a trace A hundred and eighty years later Two hot rods drag through the very same place A half million people They moved in to pick up the pace A factory full of people Making parts to go to outer space A train load of people They were leaving for another place Out of town people Down at the factory they're putting new windows in The vandals made a mess of things And the homeless just walked right in Well, they worked here once and they live here now But they might work here again The ordinary people They're just living in a dream Hard working people Just don't know what it means To give up people They're just like they used to be Patch of ground people Out on the railroad track they're cleaning old number nine They're scrubbing the boiler down She really is looking fine (a beauty, that number nine!) Times'll be different soon they're going to bring her back on line Ordinary people They're going to bring the good things back Hard working people They put the business back on track The everyday people I got faith in the regular kind Patch of ground people -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- Shining Light -------- [Verse] Shining light, you always showed me You always guide me, I don't know where I'm going Show me now, I'm waiting to see you I'm waiting to feel you around me again Show me your love, show me your kind love Share your compassion, let me feel mine Shed your light all around me Now that you've found me and I've found you [Chorus][x2] Shining light, what will you show me now? What can I bring to you to stand in your glow? Shining light, when will you show your love? When can I see you and stand in your glow? Shed your light, show your love [x3] [Outro] Shed your light, show your love Shed your light, shed your light -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- Spirit Road -------- [Verse 1] There's a long highway in your mind The spirit road that you must find To get you home to peace again Where you belong my love lost friend When you're alone, you cheat yourself You paint yourself in a dark, dark place You get your shoes and get your hat Get out of here, while you still can There's nothing right that you can say You keep on talking anyway And everyone seems to turn on you There's nothing right that you can ever do [Chorus] Spirit road Spirit road Spirit road Spirit road [Verse 2] Now you're on that long highway in your mind The spirit road that you had to find You're headed home to peace again Where you belong my love lost friend You stop to eat, you start to drink But you don't stop and you don't think You lost your keys, you're on your knees You're on your back and looking up in the trees And the night swirls for a little girl A speck of dust in the giant world There's a spirit road that you must find A long highway in your mind [Chorus] [Verse 3] There's a long highway in your mind The spirit road that you must find To get you home to peace again Where you belong my love lost friend Don't feed that snake that turns on you You starve it out, that's what you do And it makes you lie, it makes you cheat It steals your shoes and cuts your feet The snake keeps feeding through the night You lose your soul without a fight There's nothing right that you can say You keep on talking anyway There's a long highway in your mind (Spirit road, spirit road) The spirit road that you must find (Spirit road) Peace again, peace again (Spirit road) A long highway in your mind The spirit road that you must find To get you home to peace again Where you belong my love lost friend When you're alone, you cheat yourself You paint yourself in a dark, dark place Get your hat, get your shoes Get out of here while you can still choose [Chorus][x2] -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- The Believer -------- [Verse 1] I'm just a believer, babe And those dreams of mine You see, they just keep on coming In a long, long line Oh yeah, I'm a believer Like that songbird singing Whether it's red or blue Just like those church bells ringing I'm keeping my faith in you [Chorus] (I believe in you) Oh yeah, I'm a believer (I believe in you) Oh yeah, I believe in you [Verse 2] And though the seas may rise Until they do I keep doing the things I'm doing And believe in you I'm making the change I'm keeping my faith in you [Chorus] [Verse 3] Sure is a windy road That I walk with you Look how the trees are bending Their leaves are falling too [Chorus] [Bridge] I remember my mama saying I want to be On this windy road For eternity I'm making the change I'm keeping my faith in you [Chorus] [Outro] Oh yeah, I'm the believer Oh yeah -------- 2007 Chrome Dreams II -------- -------- The Way -------- [Chorus] The way, we know the way We've seen the way, we'll show the way To get you back home To the peace where you belong If you're lost and think you can't be found We know the way, we've got the way We'll lead the way to get you back home To the peace where you belong The way, we know the way We've got the way, we'll share the way To bring you back home To the peace where you belong [Verse 1] So many lost highways used to lead home But now they seem used up and gone They sure had the magic when they were first found But not this road, this road has never been closed It's still brand new [Chorus] The way, we know the way We've seen the way, we'll show the way To bring you back home To the peace where you belong If you're lost and think you can't be found We know the way, we've got the way We'll lead the way to get you back home To the peace where you belong Where you belong, where you belong Where you belong, we know the way To get you back home To the peace where you belong [Verse 2] When faceless and anonymous Come to beat down your door And say you're all washed up and done You can just say they have nothing In store to touch this soul Because they just don't know They just don't know the way [Chorus] The way, we know the way We've seen the way, we'll show the way To get you back home To the peace where you belong The way, we got the way We know the way, we'll lead the way To get you back home To the peace where you belong If you're lost and think you can't be found We know the way, we've found the way We'll share the way to get you back home To the peace where you belong [Outro] The way, we know the way We've seen the way, we'll show the way To get you back home To the peace where you belong -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Cough Up the Bucks -------- [Chorus 1] (Cough up the bucks)[x8] [Chorus 2] Where did all the money go Where did all the cash flow Where did all the money go [Chorus 1] [Chorus 3] (Cough up the bucks)[x2] It's all about my car (Cough up the bucks)[x2] And my girl It's all about my world, my world [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] Where did all the money go Where did all the cash flow Where did all the revenue stay [Chorus 1] [Chorus 3] (Cough up the bucks)[x2] It's all about my girl (Cough up the bucks)[x2] And my dream It's all about my world, my world [Chorus 1][x2] -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Fork in the Road -------- [Verse 1] Got a pot belly It's not too big Gets in my way When I'm driving my rig Driving this country In a big old rig Things I've seen Mean a lot Friend has a pickup Drives his kid to school Then he takes his wife To beauty school Now she's doing nails Going get a job Got a good teacher There's a fork in the road ahead I don't know which way I'm going to turn There's a fork in the road ahead About this year We salute the troops They're all still there In a fucking war It's no good Whose idea was that? I've got hope But you can't eat hope I'm not done Not giving up Not cashing in Too late [Chorus] There's a bailout coming but it's not for me It's for all those creeps watching tickers on TV There's a bailout coming but it's not for me [Verse 2] I'm a big rock star My sales have tanked But I still got you Thanks Download this Sounds like shit Keep on blogging Until the power goes out Your battery's dead Twist and shout On the radio Those were the days Bring them back [Chorus] There's a bailout coming but it's not for you It's for all those creeps hiding what they do There's a bailout coming but it's not for you Bailout coming but it's not for you [Verse 3] Got my flat screen Got it repo would now They picked it up Left a hole in the wall Last Saturday Missed the Raider's game [Outro] There's a bailout coming but it's not for you[x2] It's for all those creeps hiding what they do -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Fuel Line -------- [Verse 1] Her engine's running and the fuel is clean She only uses it cause she's a machine She don't use much though, just to get around [Chorus 1] (Keep filling that fuel line) (Keep filling that old fuel line) (Keep filling that fuel line) (Keep filling that old fuel line) [Verse 2] The awesome power of electricity Stored for you in a massive battery She don't use much though, that's smart for a car [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] Fill her up![X4] [Verse 3] The world is ready for a whole new game Some old-timers wanna stay the same They like to advertise how clean and green they are [Chorus 1] [Verse 4] But she don't listen to what they say She burned the mess they clean(?) instead She don't use much though, that's smart for a car [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2][X4] [Verse 5] She's not the car that she used to be Keep ready for you, and she's ready for me Into the future that's her destiny [Chorus 1][X2] -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Get Behind the Wheel -------- [Verse 1] You know she needs attention So take her for a ride (You gotta get behind the wheel) She loves to go around anywhere (In the morning and drive) Anytime that you decide [Chorus] (You gotta get behind the wheel) In the morning and drive You gotta get behind the wheel [Verse 2] You know she loves those long slow curves So take her for a spin (You gotta get behind the wheel) She always wants to please you (In the morning and drive) No matter what shape your in [Chorus][x2] [Verse 3] You know she takes a little care She's always looking good (You gotta get behind the wheel) Pull over and put the top down (In the morning and drive) Check out what's under the hood [Chorus][x2] -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Hit the Road -------- [Verse 1] She looks so beautiful, with the top down Let's jump inside and take a trip to town (Let's hit the road) Let's make some miles and spend a little time (And go to town) And when we get there we'll stop our only dime [Chorus] (Let's hit the road) And go to town[x2] [Verse 2] On the freeway in the middle of the commute Bumper to bumper in a giant cloud of fumes From city to city everyone is on the move (And go to town) Try to find the energy to stay in the groove [Chorus] [Verse 3] When I'm rolling on those big round wheels Puts me in heaven that's exactly how I feel Just jump inside and turn the key Your satisfaction is guaranteed [Chorus] [Bridge] Someone's trying to find the peoples fuel No fear of failure for that crazy fool [Outro] (Let's hit the road) -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Johnny Magic -------- [Verse 1] Johnny Magic has a way with metal Has a way with machines One day in a garage far away He met destiny In the form of a heavy metal Continental She was born to run on a Proud Highway Then the whole world started running out of money People losing their jobs Right here in Wichita [Chorus] Wichita The home of the heavy metal Continental Where the Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic [Verse 2] She burst from the garage in a blaze of silence Disappearing down Douglas at lightning speed She was gone before the garage door was down [Chorus] [Verse 3] Wichita The home of the heavy metal Continental She was born to run on a Proud Highway Now she goes long range on domestic green fuel 100 miles per gallon is the Continental Rule Out on the Kansas two-lane flats near Wichita [Chorus] [Verse 4] The Motor-Head Messiah went to Washington To show them what he'd done The senators and congressmen came down In Washington And they rode in the heavy metal Continental She was born to run on a Proud Highway Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic [X2] Wichita The Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in Wichita (repeats until fade) -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Just Singing a Song -------- [Chorus] You can play my guitar See it where it will go Send this song to a distant star While the rhythm explodes Just singing a song won't change the world [Verse] You can ride in my car See how it rolls Feel the new energy As it quietly rolls Just singing a song won't change the world[X3] You can sing about change While you're making your own You can be what you try to say While the big wheel rolls Just singing a song won't change the world[X3] [Chorus] -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Light a Candle -------- [Verse 1] Instead of cursing the darkness Light a candle for where we're going There's something ahead, worth fighting for [Chorus 1] When the light of time is on us You will see our moment come And the living soul inside will carry on [Chorus 2] It's a chance to give new meaning to every move we make In the cavern, in the cave, where we come from [Verse 2] When the light of dawn is on us We will see what we can be And the ancient ones can sleep an easy sleep In the hallways of the ages, on the road to history What we do now will always be with us [Chorus 2] [Verse 3] Instead of cursing the darkness Light a candle for where we're going There's something ahead, worth looking for [Chorus 1] [Outro][x2] Light a candle in the darkness So others might see ahead Light a candle in the darkness, when you go -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- Off the Road -------- [Verse 1] When the day is done And the sun is sinking low When you've see the light When you've been most everywhere [Bridge] You go[x2] When the traffic's slow Break lines lined up for miles and miles [Chorus] And you know the end is not in sight You can never take your eyes Off the road[Xx2] [Verse 2] When you're all alone And you've been driving through the night [Chorus] -------- 2009 Fork in the Road -------- -------- When Worlds Collide -------- [Verse 1] Taking a trip across the USA Gonna meet a lot of people along the way From far and Wide Floating along on the Rio Grande Coca Cola in my hand In the promise Land Living my days in the old jail cell Somehow life just goes to hell With one bad hand [Chorus] Love is love Hate is hate Now is now And late it late Truth is fiction Truth is lies Strange things happen When worlds collide Strange things happen When worlds collide [Verse 2] Cruising down Route 66 Where the guys and gals Used to get their kicks In the old days Running low on the people's fuel Riding in something that's really cool On the proud highway Living my days in an old jail cell Somehow things just go to hell When worlds collide [Chorus] Black is black White is white Wrong is wrong And wrong is right Truth is fiction Truth is lies Strange things happen When worlds collide Strange things happen When worlds collide [Chorus] [Outro] Strange things happen[x3] -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Angry World -------- Some see life as a broken promise Some see life as an endless fight They think they live in the age of darkness They think they live in the age of Light It's an angry world And everything is gonna be all right Yeah it's an angry world Yeah it's an angry world Some see life as hope eternal Some see life as a business plan Some will go to hell's inferno For screwing up their life in freedom land It's an angry world For the business man and the fisher man It's an angry world And no doubt everything will go as planned Yeah it's an angry world Yeah it's an angry world -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Hitchhiker -------- When I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you But you needed me to ease the load And for conversation too Or did you just pass on through You didn't see me in Toronto When I first tried out some hash Smoked through a pen and I'd do it again But I didn't have the cash I didn't have the cash Then I tried amphetamines And my head was in a glass Taped underneath the speedometer wires Of my 48 Buick's dash But I knew that wouldn't last Then came California Where I first saw open water In the land of opportunity I knew I was getting hotter I knew I was getting hotter But the neon lights And the endless nights They took me by surprise The doctor gave me valium But I still couldn't close my eyes I still couldn't close my eyes Then came paranoia And it ran away with me I couldn't sign my autograph Or appear on TV Or see or be seen Living in the country Looked good to me Smoking grass while the summer passed In a real organic scene Where everything was green Then we had a kid and we split apart I was living on the road And a little cocaine went a long, long way To ease that different load And my head did explode My head did explode I thought I was an Aztec Or a runner in Peru I would build such beautiful buildings To house the chosen few Like an Inca from Peru Now many years have come and gone Like friends and enemies I tried to leave my past behind But it's catching up with me It's catching up with me I don't know how I'm standing here Living my life I'm thankful for my children And my faithful wife -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Love and War -------- [Verse] When I sing about love and war I don't really know what I'm saying I've been in love and I've seen a lot of war Seen a lot of people praying They pray to Allah and they prey to the lord But mostly they pray about love and war Pray about love and war I've seen a lot of young men go to war And leave a lot of young brides waiting I've watched them try to explain it to their kids And seen a lot of them failing They tried to tell them and they tried to explain Why Daddy won't ever come home again Daddy won't ever come home again I said a lot of things that I can't take back But I don't really know if I want to There've been songs about love I sang songs about war Since the backstreets of Toronto I sang for justice and I hit a bad chord But I still try to sing about love and war Sing about love and war The saddest thing in the whole wide world Is to break the heart of your lover I made a mistake and I did it again And we struggled to recover Then I sang in anger, hit another bad chord But I still try to sing about love and war I've been in love and I've seen a lot of war Seen a lot of people praying They pray to Allah and they prey to the lord But mostly they pray about love and war Pray about love and war -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Peaceful Valley Boulevard -------- [Verse] One day shots rang across the peaceful valley God was crying tears that fell like rain Before the railroad came from Kansas City And the bullets hit the bison from the train First shots rang across the peaceful valley And the white man laid his foot upon the plain The wagon train rolled through the dusty canyon The settlers full of wonder as they crossed A gentle creek where two old oaks were standing Before the west was won there was a cost A rain of fire came down upon the wagons A mother screamed and every soul was lost Change hit the country like a thunderstorm Ancient rivers soon began to boil People rushed like water to California At first they came for gold and then for oil Fortunes were made and lost in lifetimes Mother earth took poison in her soil An Electra Cruiser coasted towards the exit And turned on Peaceful Valley Boulevard "People make the difference" read a billboard Above a long line of idling cars Who'll be the one to lead this world Who'll be the beacon in the night Who'll be the one to lead this world Who'll be the beacon in the night Who'll be the one to lead the nations And protect God's creations A polar bear was drifting on an ice floe Sun beating down from the sky Politicians gathered for a summit And came away with nothing to decide Storms thundered on, his tears of falling rain A child was born and wondered why -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Rumblin' -------- [Chorus] I feel the rumbling in her ground I feel the rumbling I feel the rumbling in her ground I feel the rumbling [Verse] When will I learn how to listen? When will I learn how to feel? When will I learn how to give back?[X2] When will I learn how to heal? I can feel the weather changing I can see it all around, all around Can't you feel that new wind blowing? Don't you recognize that sound that sound, that sound? And the earth is slowly spinning, spinning slowly, slowly changing I feel something in the air [Chorus][X2] [Outro] When will I learn?[X2] When will I learn how to give back?[X2] When will I learn how to heal? -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Sign of Love -------- [Verse 1] When we go for a little walk Out on the land When we're just walking and holding hands You can take it as a sign of love When the winds of fate Keep blowing and we both understand [Chorus] Sign of love It's a sign of love Sign of love[X2] [Verse 2] When we both have silver hair And a little less time But there still are roses on the vine You can take it as a sign of love When I look at you When I'm looking at you for a long, long time [Chorus] [Verse 3] When I first saw you You were just a girl And I was a man While the music played I watched you dance [Chorus] -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Someone's Gonna Rescue You -------- [Verse] Somewhere in the rays of sunshine, you find the dark Somehow when you see the spark, it burns your heart Someone's gonna rescue you and bring you back I see you standing there, I hear you call And when you look at me, you don't see it all Someone's gonna rescue you before you fall No one can do the things you do Someone can save you You're scared of the way it goes sometimes in the night When it gets the best of you, you put up a fight Someone's gonna rescue you and make it right Someone's gonna rescue you[X3] -------- 2010 Le Noise -------- -------- Walk with Me -------- [Verse] I feel your love I feel your strong love I feel the patience among conditional love I feel a strength I feel your faith in me I'll never let you down no matter what you do If you just walk with me and let me walk with you I'm on this journey I don't wanna walk alone Walk with me[x4] Walk with me Shine me a light Walk with me[x2] I lost some people I was traveling with I missed a soul in the old friendship -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Clementine -------- [Verse 1] In a cavern, in a canyon Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner forty niner And his daughter clementine Light she was and like a fairy And her shoes were number nine Herring boxes, without topses Sandals were for clementine [Chorus] Clementine! Clementine! Oh my darling, clementine! [Verse 2] Drove she ducklings to the water Every morning just at nine Hit her foot against a splinter Fell into the foaming brine Ruby lips above the water Blowing bubbles, soft and fine But, alas, i was no swimmer So i lost my clementine [Chorus] [Verse 3] Then the miner forty niner Soon began to peak and pine Thought he ought'er join his daughter Now he's with his clementine In my dreams she still does haunt me Robed in garments soaked in brine Though in life i used to hug her In death i draw the line [Chorus] [Bridge] How i missed her! How i missed her How i missed my clementine So i kissed her little sister I forgot my clementine [Chorus] -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Gallows Pole -------- [Verse 1] Father, did you bring me the silver Father, did you bring me the gold? What did you bring me, dear father Keep me from the gallows pole? [Chorus] Yeah, what did you? Yeah, what did you? What did you bring me, keep me from the gallows pole? [Verse 2] Mother, did you bring me the silver Mother, did you bring me the gold? What did you bring me, dear mother Keep me from the gallows pole? [Chorus] [Verse 3] Son, i brought you some silver Son, i brought you some gold Son, i brought you a little of everything Keep you from the gallows pole [Chorus] Yeah, i brought it Yeah, i brought it I brought you, keep you from the gallows pole [Verse 4] Wife, did you bring me the silver Wife, did you bring me the gold? What did you bring me, dear wifey Save me from the gallows pole? [Chorus] [Verse 5] Friends, did you bring me the silver Friends, did you bring me the gold? What did you bring me, my dear friends Keep me from the gallows pole? [Chorus] -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Get a Job -------- [Chorus] Yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip, bmm Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na [Verse 1] Well every morning about this time (sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na) She gets me out of bed, a-crying get a job (sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na) After breakfast everyday she throws the want ads right my way And never fails to say - get a job [Chorus] [Verse 2] Lord, and when i get the paper i read it through and through I, my girl never fail to see if there is any work for me... I got to go back to the house, hear that woman's mouth Preaching and a crying, tell me that i'm lying about a job That i never could find [Chorus] [Verse 3] Lord, and when i get the paper i read it through and through I, my girl never fail to see if there is any work for me... When i go back to the house, i hear that woman's mouth Preaching and a crying, tell me that i'm lying about a job That i never could find [Chorus] [Verse 4] When i get the paper i read it through and through I, my girl never fail to see if there is any work for me... When i go back to the house, i hear that woman's mouth Preaching and a crying, tell me that i'm lying about a job That i never could find [Chorus] [Outro] Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- God Save the Queen -------- [Verse] God save our gracious queen Long live our noble queen God save the queen Send her victorious Happy and glorious Long to reign over us God save the queen O lord, our god, arise Scatter her enemies And make them fall Confound their politics Frustrate their knavish tricks On thee our hopes we fix God save the queen Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour Long may she reign May she defend our laws And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice God save the queen From every latent foe From the assassins blow God save the queen! O'er her thine arm extend For britain's sake defend Our mother, prince, and friend God save the queen! -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- High Flyin' Bird -------- [Verse 1] There's a high flying bird, flying way up in the sky And I wonder if she looks down, as she goes on by? Well, she's flying so freely in the sky [Chorus] Lord, look at me here I'm rooted like a tree here Got those sit-down can't cry Oh lord, gonna die blues [Verse 2] Well the sun it comes up and lights up the day And when she gets tired, she gets flies upon her way From the east to the west she goes down every day [Chorus] Lord, look at me here I'm rooted like a tree here Got those sit-down, can't cry Oh lord, gonna die blues [Verse 3] Now I once knew a man Lord, he worked in the mine Well he never saw the sun But then he never stopped trying And then one day that old man He up and he died, yeah he up and he died He up and he died Well he wanted to fly But the only way to fly was to die Lord, I'm gonna die Lord, I'm gonna die Well there's a high flying bird, way up in the sky I wonder if she looks down as she goes on by? She's flying so freely in the sky, hey [Chorus] [Outro] Got those sit-down, can't cry Oh, lord, gonna die blues, hey hey -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Jesus' Chariot (She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain) -------- She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes She'll be coming round the mountain She'll be coming round the mountain She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes She'll be driving six white horses when she comes She'll be driving six white horses when she comes She'll be driving six white horses She'll be driving six white horses She'll be driving six white horses when she comes Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes Oh, we'll all go out to meet her Oh, we'll all go out to meet her We'll all go out to meet her when she comes She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes She'll be wearing red pajamas She'll be wearing red pajamas She'll be wearing red pajamas when she comes She will have to sleep with grandma when she comes She will have to sleep with grandma when she comes She will have to sleep with grandma She will have to sleep with grandma She will have to sleep with grandma when she comes Well all sing Halleluiah when she comes Well all sing Halleluiah when she comes Well all sing Halleluiah Well all sing Halleluiah Well all sing Halleluiah when she comes -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Oh Susannah -------- [Verse 1] I had a dream the other night Everything was still I dreamed I saw Susannah She was coming down the hill [Chorus] Oh, oh, oh, Susannah Don't you cry for me (oh Susannah, oh Susannah) Because I come from Alabama with my b-a-n-j-o on my knee (oh susannah, oh susannah) [Verse 2] Buckwheat cake was in her mouth The tear was in her eye Says I'm coming from the south Susannah don't you cry [Chorus] [Verse 3] Rained all night the day I left The weather it was dry Sun so hot I froze to death Susannah don't you cry [Chorus] [Verse 4] I had a dream the other night Everything was still I dreamed I saw Susannah She was coming down the hill [Chorus] [Bridge] Well I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana My true love for to see [Outro] Oh, oh, oh, Susannah Don't you cry for me (oh Susannah, oh Susannah) Because I come from Alabama with my b-a-n-j-o on my knee (Oh Susannah, oh Susannah) Yeah, I come from Alabama with my b-a-n-j-o on my knee (Oh Susannah, oh Susannah) Yeah, I come from Alabama with my b-a-n-j-o on my knee I come from Alabama with my b-a-n-j-o on my knee (Oh Susannah, oh Susannah) I come from Alabama with my b-a-n-j-o on my knee -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- This Land Is Your Land -------- [Chorus] This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me [Verse 1] As I was walking a ribbon of highway I saw above me an endless skyway I saw below me a golden valley This land was made for you and me [Chorus] [Verse 2] I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts And all around me a voice was sounding This land was made for you and me [Chorus] [Verse 3] The sun comes shining as i was strolling The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The fog was lifting a voice come chanting This land was made for you and me [Chorus] [Verse 4] As i was walking - i saw a sign there And that sign said - no tress passing But on the other side... It didn't say nothing! Now that side was made for you and me! [Chorus] [Verse 5] In the squares of the city - in the shadow of the steeple Near the relief office - i see my people And some are grumbling and some are wondering If this land's still made for you and me [Chorus][x2] -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Tom Dula -------- [Chorus] Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die [Verse 1] I met her on the mountain There I took her life Met her on the mountain Stabbed her with my knife [Chorus] [Verse 2] This time tomorrow Reckon where i'll be Hadn't a-been for Grayson I'd a-been in Tennessee [Chorus x2] [Verse 3] This time tomorrow Reckon where I'll be Down in some lonesome valley Hanging from a white oak tree [Chorus][x2] [Outro] Poor boy, you're bound to die[x3] -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Travel On -------- [Chorus] I've laid around and played around This old town too long Summer's almost gone Yes, winter's coming on I've laid around and played around This old town too long And i feel like i gotta travel on [x2] [Verse 1] Poppa writes to johnny But johnny can't come home Johnny can't come home No, johnny can't come home Poppa writes to johnny But johnny can't come home Cause he's been in the war too long [Chorus] [Verse 2] High sheriff and police riding after me Riding after me, yes, coming after me High sheriff and police coming after me And i fee like i gotta travel on [Chorus] [Verse 3] Want to see my honey Want to see her bad Want to see her bad Oh, want to see her bad Want to see my honey Want to see her bad She's the best girl This poor boy ever had [Chorus] -------- 2012 Americana -------- -------- Wayfarin' Stranger -------- [Verse 1] I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger I'm traveling through this world of woe Yet there's no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright land to which i go [Chorus] I'm going there to see my mother I'm going there no more to roam I'm only going over jordan I'm only going over home [Verse 2] I know dark clouds will gather around me I know my way is rough and steep Yet golden fields lie just before me Where god's redeemed shall ever sleep [Chorus] I'm going there to see my father He said he'd meet me when i come I'm only going over jordan I'm only going over home [Verse 3] I want to wear a crown of glory When i get home to that good land I want to shout salvation's story In concert with the blood-washed band [Chorus] I'm going there to meet my saviour To sing his praise forever more I'm just a going over jordan I'm just a going over home -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- Born in Ontario -------- You might see me down in Alabama Or Baton Rouge, down in Louisiana I might make it up to Detroit City Where people work hard and life is gritty It don't really matter where I am It's what I do, it's what I can This old world has been good to me So I try to give back and I want to be free I was born in Ontario I was born in Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Ontario I still like to sing a happy song Once in a while and things go wrong I pick up a pen, scribble on a page Try to make sense of my inner rage One cold winter we went down south With daddy's typewriter for a couple of months (Chorus) I was born in Ontario Where the black fly bites And the green grass grows That's where I learned most of what I know Because you don't learn much When you start to get old I left home at a tender young age 'Cause mom and daddy never liked to stay In any one place for very long We just kept moving, moving on (Chorus) -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- Driftin' Back -------- Hey now now, hey now now I'm drifting back Hey now now, hey now now I'm drifting back Dreaming about the way things sound now Write about them in my book Worry that you can't hear me now And feel the time I took To help you feel this feeling Let you ride along Dreaming about the way you feel now When you hear my song I'm drifting back (x8) In my meditation I block out all my thoughts When they come back I push them out Like Jesus had a rock They pushed in front of this cave now They rolled across the ground Hey now now, hey now now They rolled across the ground (Chorus x9) Here's how I got my mantra Gave them thirty five bucks now Gave it to the Maharishi It went to the organization Excuse my religion Dreaming bout the way things feel now Write it in my book Blocking out all the thoughts now (Chorus x4) Hey now now, hey now now I'm drifting back Hey now now, hey now now I'm drifting back I'm drifting back I used to dig Picasso I used to dig Picasso Hey now now, hey now now I used to dig Picasso Then the big tech giant came along And turned him into wallpaper Hey now now, hey now now I used to dig Picasso (Chorus x4) Don't want my mp3 Don't want my mp3 (Chorus x5) When you hear my song now You only get five percent You used to get it all You used to get it all Blocking out my anger Blocking out my thoughts Blocking out my anger now Blocking out my thoughts (Chorus x12) Going to get me a hip hop haircut Going to get a hip hop haircut Going to get a hip hop haircut Hey now now, hey now now Hey now now, hey now now Blocking out my anger Finding my religion I might be a Pagan (Chorus x4) -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- For the Love of Man -------- For the love of man Who could understand what goes on What is right and what is wrong Why the angels cry, and the heavens sigh When a child is born to live But not like you or I Let the angels ring the bells In the holy halls May they hear the voice that calls to them For the love of man, who will understand It's alright I know it's alright Down the dusty road To the forest church. Let me wander there Let me wonder why On the ocean wave. In the billowing sky Let me wander there Let me wonder why Let the angels ring the bells In the holy halls May they hear the voice that calls to them For the love of man, who will understand It's alright But I wonder why I wonder why I wonder why -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- Psychedelic Pill (Alternate Mix) -------- Party girl's got her shiny dress on look at those party moves She's lookin' for a good time She loves to dance and she loves the action wherever the party goes She's lookin' for a good time You're never gonna see a tear in her eye never see her break a frown She's lookin' for a good time The way she dances makes my world stand still and she's spinning in the sky Every move is like a psychedelic pill from a doctor I can't find I can't find, I can't find Lookin' for a good time (lookin' for a good time) (Just lookin' good time) Lookin' for a good time (Just lookin' for good time) (Just lookin' for good time) Lookin' for a good time (lookin' for good times) -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- Psychedelic Pill -------- Party girl's got her shiny dress on Look at those party moves She's looking for a good time She loves to dance and she loves the action Wherever the party goes (Chorus) You're never going to see a tear in her eye Never see her break a frown (Chorus) The way she dances makes my world stand still And she's spinning in the sky Every move is like a psychedelic pill From a doctor I can't buy (Chorus x6) -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- Ramada Inn -------- So many years now together? All those good times, ups and downs So many joys raising up those kids Well they've moved on now, out of town So many times she tried So many times she cried Every morning comes the sun And they both rise into the day Holding on to what they've done She loves him so She loves him so She loves him so She does what she has to She loves him so (x3) She does what she needs to In a Ramada Inn near the grapevine They stop to rest for the night Traveling down south looking for good times Visiting old friends feels right People they haven't seen him forever Since high school, Santa Jose times Restaurant food and the bottle Had a few drinks Now they're feeling fine Every morning comes the sun And they both rise to the day Holding on to what they've done (Chorus) Seem like lately things are changing Seems like lately things are going south A few drinks now and she hardly knows him He just looks away and he checks out And when she says it's time for him to do something Maybe talk to his old friends who gave it up He just pours himself another tall one Closes his eyes and says that's enough Every morning comes the sun And they both rise to the day Holding on to what they've done (Chorus) Every morning comes the sun And they both rise to the day Holding on to what they've done (Chorus) -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- She's Always Dancing -------- She wants to live without ties to bind her down She wants to dance with her body left at ground She wants to spin, and she lives in her own world She wants to dream like she was a little girl She's always dancing [x5] Now and forever From palm to palm From hand to hand Floating in the air she looks to find him there (Chorus) Out on the edge That's when she gives That's where she lives Floating in the smoke She says it gives her hope She has the fire [x5] But it's burning out From hand to hand From palm to palm Floating in the air, she tries to hold it there She wants to spin, and she lives in her own world She wants to dream like she was a little girl She's always dancing She wants to live without ties to bind her down She's always dancing She wants to dance with her body left at ground She's always dancing (x4) Now and forever -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- Twisted Road -------- First time I heard "Like A Rolling Stone" I felt that magic and took it home Gave it a twist and made it mine But nothing was as good as the very first time Poetry rolling off his tongue Like Hank Williams chewing bubble gum Asking me, "How does it feel?" First time I heard "Like A Rolling Stone" I felt that magic and took it home Walking with the devil on a twisted road Listening to the Dead on the radio That old time music used to soothe my soul If I ever get home I'm going to let the good times roll Let the good times roll Flying down a road in a dream of mine To a late tour, through a state of mind Singing in the place where I first saw Roy Playing that place gave me so much joy Brand new tune with familiar chords Flashbulbs popping at the stage door All the time, looking for something new Singing in the place where I first saw Roy Playing that place gave me so much joy (Chorus x2) -------- 2012 Psychedelic Pill -------- -------- Walk Like a Giant -------- I used to walk like a giant on the land Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream I wanna walk like a giant I wanna walk like a giant on the land Me and some of my friends We were gonna save the world We were trying to make it better We were ready to save the world But then the weather changed And the white got stained And it fell apart And it breaks my heart But think about how close we came I wanna walk like a giant on the land I wanna walk like a giant on the land Tried to head for long and straight We were riding on the desert wind We were pulling in the spiritual Riding on the desert wind We could see it in the distance Getting closer every minute We saw the lights and spiritual shining Getting closer every minute Then we skipped the rails And we started to fail And we folded up And it's not enough Think about how close we came I wanna walk like a giant on the land I wanna walk like a giant on the land Whenever I see the big fire coming Coming to burn down all my ideas I try to hold on to my thinking And remember how it feels When I'm looking right in your eyes And hearing your happy laughter When I'm seeing your blue eyes shining And hear your happy laughter So the moment came And the big sky rained And it put out the fire Except in my desire When I think about how good it feels I wanna walk like a giant on the land I wanna walk like a giant on the land I used to walk like a giant on the land Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream I wanna walk like a giant I wanna walk like a giant on the land -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- A Letter Home Intro -------- Hi mom! Hey, it’s great to be able to talk to you Ah, I haven’t been able to talk to you in really a long time And ah, my friend Jack has got this box that I can talk to you from So I’d like to be able to send you this message And tell you how much I love you and also tell you That I think you should start talking to daddy again Since you’re both there together there’s no reason not to talk And also, um, you know how we used to watch the weather all the time On TV, and we used to know what was happening, ah, you know up there in Winnipeg And ah, well I met this guy named Al and he’s, um, he’s the weatherman now for the whole planet If you can imagine that, and ah, he’s uh, sometime’s not popular because, uh This is very strange but, you know people turn on the weatherman When the weather is gonna be bad, they actually turn on the weatherman And uh, say bad things about him and put him down So, so uh, things haven’t been that great lately, uh You know, day by day is really good, uh, you know most of the time But every once in a while all hell breaks loose, mom And the whole thing is just like nothing I’ve ever seen before And it, it seems to be happening everywhere So ah, you know if you’re in there, everywhere all the time All around the whole globe, around earth So you know, even though Al’s forecasts are good he gets in trouble So ah, you know I always know we used to watch the weather forecast together So I thought I’d tell you about that and ah, I miss you And I know that ah, I-I know that ah, you know I’d like you to say hello to Ben for me Ah and, tell him that you know that I’ll be around, ah, I’ll be there eventually Ah, not for a while though, I still have a lot of work to do here And ah, and so I love you, and ah I hope eveybody’s feeling good up there And don’t forget to talk to daddy, bye! -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- Changes -------- Sit by my side, come as close as the air Share in a memory of gray Wander in my words, dream about the pictures That I play of changes Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall To brown and to yellow they fade And then they have to die, trapped within The circle time parade of changes Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind Visions of shadows that shine One day I returned and found that they were Victims of the vines of changes The world's spinning madly, it drifts in the dark Swings through a hollow of haze A race around the stars, a journey through The universe ablaze with changes Moments of magic will glow in the night Fears of the forest are all gone But when the morning breaks they're swept away by Golden drops of dawn, of changes Passions will part to a strange melody As fires will sometimes burn cold Like petals in the wind, we're puppets to the silver Strings of souls, of changes Your tears will be trembling, now we're somewhere else One last cup of wine we'll pour And I'll kiss you one more time, and leave you on The rolling river shores of changes -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- Crazy -------- [Verse 1] Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue [Verse 2] I knew, you'd love me as long as you wanted And then someday, you'd leave me for somebody new [Verse 3] Worry, why do I let myself worry? Wondering, what in the world did I do? [Chorus] Crazy, for thinking that my love could hold you I'm crazy for trying, I'm crazy for crying I'm crazy for loving you I'm crazy for crying, I'm crazy for trying I'm crazy for loving you -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- Early Morning Rain -------- In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand And an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand I'm a long way from home and I miss my loved ones so In the early morning rain with no place to go Out on runway number nine a 707 set to go And I'm stuck here in the ground where the cold wind blows And the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast Yeah, there she goes, my friend, she's be going down at last Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver wing on high She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly There the morning rain don't fall where the sun always shines She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me 'Cause I'm stuck here on the ground, cold and drunk as I can be You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- Girl from the North Country -------- If you're traveling in the north country fair Where the wind hits heavy on the borderline Remember me to the one who lives there For she once was a true love of mine If you go where the snowflakes storm When the rivers freeze and the summer ends Please see for me she has a coat so warm To keep her from the howling winds Please see for me if her hair hangs long If it rolls and flows all down her breast Please see for me if her hair's hanging long That's the way I remember her best I'm wondering if she remembers me at all Many times I've often prayed In the darkness of my night In the brightness of my day If you're traveling in the north country fair Where the wind hits heavy on the borderline Remember me to the one who lives there For she once was a true love of mine -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- I Wonder If I Care as Much -------- I wonder if I care as much As I did before Last night I cried myself to sleep For the one that makes me weep I dried my eyes to greet the day And wondered why I had to pay The tears that I have shed by day Give relief and wash away The memory of the night before I wonder if I'll suffer more I wonder if I care as much As I did before My pride is made to say forgive And take the blame for what you did It's your mistakes I'm thinkin' of I wonder if I'm still in love My heart can't thrive on misery My life it has no destiny When things get more Than I can bear I ask myself "Do I still care?" I wonder if I care as much As I did before -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- If You Could Read My Mind -------- If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see If I could read your mind, love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind the drugstores sells When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take I'd walk away like a movie star Who gets burned in a three-way script Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now, love, let's be real I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong The feelin's gone and I just can't get it back If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- My Hometown -------- I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town He'd tousle my hair and say, son, take a good look around This is your hometown Your hometown This is your hometown This is your hometown In '65, tension was running high at my high school There was a lot of fights between blacks and whites, there was nothing you could do Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the backseat there was a gun Words were passed, in a shotgun blast troubled times had come To my hometown My hometown My hometown My hometown Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks Foreman says, these jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back To your hometown Your hometown Your hometown Your hometown Last night me and Kate, laid in bed, talking about getting out Packing up our bags, and maybe heading south I'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now Last night, I sat him up behind the wheel and said, son, take a good look around This is your hometown -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- Needle of Death -------- When sadness fills your heart Sorrow hides the longing to be free When things go wrong each day You fix your mind to escape your misery Your troubled young life Had made you turn To the needle of death How strange, your happy words Have ceased to bring a smile from everyone How tears have filled the eyes Of friends that you once walked among Your troubled young life Had made you turn To the needle of death One grain of pure white snow Dissolved in blood spread quickly to your brain In peace your mind withdraws Your death so near your soul can't feel no pain Your troubled young life Has made you turn To the needle of death Your mother stands a-cryin' While to the earth your body's slowly cast Your father stands in silence Caressing every young dream of the past And your troubled young life Had made you turn To the needle of death Through ages, man's desires To free his mind, to releave his very soul Has proved to all who live That death itself is freedom for evermore And your troubled young life Had make you turn To the needle of death And your troubled young life Had make you turn To the needle of death -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- On the Road Again -------- On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends I just can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Goin' places that I've never been Seein' things I may never see again And I just can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway We're the best of friends Insisting that the world be turnin' our way And our way Is on the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again Life I love is makin' music with my friends I just can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Goin' places that I never see again Seein' things I never see again Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway I just can't wait to get on the road again -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- Reason to Believe -------- If I listen long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing, that you lied, straight-faced While I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it hard to live Without, somebody else Someone like you, makes it easy to give Never thinking of myself If I gave you time to change my mind I'd find a way to leave the past behind Knowing how you lied, straight-faced Well I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it hard to live Without, somebody else -------- 2014 A Letter Home -------- -------- Since I Met You Baby -------- Since I met you baby my whole life has changed Since I met you baby my whole life has changed And my friends all tell me that I am not the same I don't need nobody to tell my troubles to Well, I don't need nobody to tell my troubles to 'Cause since I met you baby all I need is you Since I met you baby I'm a happy man Yeah, since I met you baby I'm a happy man I'm gonna try to please you in every way I can -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- All Those Dreams (Orchestral) -------- [Verse 1] When the morning comes and you’re still sleeping With all those dreams in your pretty head I light a fire while the sun comes creeping All across the meadow bed The old clock has stopped, no longer ticking No longer counting every second [Verse 2] Out by the car our snowman's melting Nothing can bring him back now His smile a twig and his nose a cucumber His eyes two pine cones looking out We got pictures of him like little kids laughing In the snow we were walking hand in hand [Bridge] We went looking for a big surprise And we found before our eyes Two white elk grazing on the green Then we heard the honkers coming Landing on the lake of summer Nesting there and waiting for a dream [Verse 1] When the morning comes and you’re still sleeping With all those dreams in your pretty head I'll light a fire and the sun comes creeping All across the meadow bed -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- Glimmer (Orchestral) -------- [Verse 1] When I’m riding down the road in my car travelin' without you I can still see you sittin’ there, right by my side With the headlights of the oncoming cars flashin' in the windshield There’s a glimmer of everything that I once saw in you [Bridge] Tough love can leave you almost alone But new love brings back everything to you All the feelings in your heart come re-awakened [Verse 2] Like a forest without leaves on it’s trees standing in the desert Like the light that still leaks through when you close the door Like the changes in our life that hits so hard that day I couldn’t find you There’s a glimmer of everything good that once came before [Bridge] Tough love can leave you almost alone But new love brings back everything to you All the feelings in your heart come re-awakened [Outro] And there’s a glimmer of everything good that once came before There’s still a glimmer of everything that I first saw in you -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- I Want to Drive My Car (Band) -------- -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- I'm Glad I Found You (Orchestral) -------- -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- Like You Used to Do (Band) -------- -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- Plastic Flowers (Orchestral) -------- [Verse 1] In the summertime we met to see a threat That came to harm something we both loved And as the hours passed We talked until at last it came a time to part [Chorus] I was doin' well and I thought she liked my style I had no business feeling like that but it lasted quite a while I got my promises made but before the timeless father I showed plastic flowers to mother nature's daughter [Post Chorus] She held the vase, her misty gaze brought them to life I was amazed, she looked at me with a tear in her eye [Verse 2] We went to give our thanks along the riverbanks And watched the water flow as it rolled along She scooped some river sand and held it in her hand And sang a little song We saw the water lines left there from ancient times I watched the sand falling through her fingers On the shore, so dry [Chorus] I was doin' well, I thought she liked my style I had no business feeling like that but it lasted quite a while I got my promises made but before the timeless father I showed plastic flowers to mother nature's daughter -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- Say Hello to Chicago (Big Band) -------- [Verse 1] When the blues moved north to Chicago they came And I caught some myself in this blind alley and rain Close to the L with its clattering train Near an ornate theater where I soon will be playing Soon will be playing I soon will be playing Soon will be playing [Verse 2] So I said hello for you, when I saw a stylish girl Walking by on the sidewalk with her hair all in a swirl From the wind that was growing at the end of the day And I wondered what would be coming my way Oh what's coming my way What's coming my way Coming my way [Verse 3] You know I been to Chicago, I was here once before And the rain kept on pounding outside that stage door I was singing and drinking with love in my heart I was younger and stronger while life played it’s part Life played it’s part Whoa, life played it’s part Life played it’s part [Guitar Solo] [Verse 4] Let us not be strangers if we come to know Things about each other that come and they go As friendship is everything if love is to last And I have my guard down and love passes fast Love passes fast Love passes fast Oh, love passes fast, yeah [Outro] Say hello to Chicago Say hello Say hello to Chicago -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- Tumbleweed (Orchestral) -------- [Verse 1] Tumbleweed Your inner beauty is a peace sign to me Life is full of little tricks and We can always pick up sticks and build again That’s what we do [Verse 2] Harmony The way we hold on when we tumble through the night Life is full of strange delights and In the darkness we find lights to make our way Back home again [Bridge] Tumbleweed I’m baring my soul to you Tumbleweed It’s all that I’ve got that’s true [Verse 3] Bite me now With your confusion, your happiness and delight It will only hurt a moment Then it’s gone and you can see there’s nothing left To leave a mark [Verse 4] Animal Care for your kind, in the way you always do When the flower moon is shining It’s eclipse and your lips smiling comfort me And I comfort you [Outro] Tumbleweed Your inner beauty is a peace sign to me -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- When I Watch You Sleeping (Orchestral) -------- -------- 2014 Storytone -------- -------- Who's Gonna Stand Up? (Orchestral) -------- -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- A New Day for Love -------- [Chorus] It's a new day for the planet It's a new day for the sun To shine down on what we're doing It's a new day for love [Verse 1] It's a bad day to do nothing With so many people needing our help To keep their lands away from the greedy Who only plunder for themselves [Bridge] All the people in the whole wide world Nobody matters but you and me When it comes to protecting our precious gifts [Verse 3] (It's a new day) A fixing from the movies (It's a fixing) Where the gunslinger rides away (It's a fixing) Outside of town past the needy (It's a fixing) And the rows of soldiers friends [Verse 4] (It's a new day) They fought the wars we thought we needed (It's a new day) They never asked us for a thing (It's a new day) And we believed in what we were doing (It's a new day) But the earth is giving way [Bridge] Of all the feelings in the whole wide world I can't begin to do or say Anything but protect our precious gift [Chorus] It's a new day for the planet It's a new day for the sun To shine down on what we're doing It's a new day for love [Outro] It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love It's a new day for love -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop -------- [Verse 1] If you don't like a rock star bucks a coffee shop Well you better change your station, cause that ain't all that we got Yeah I want a cup of coffee but I don't want a GMO I'd like to start my day off without helping Monsanto [Chorus] Mon-san-to Let our farmers grow What they want to grow [Verse 2] From the fields of Nebraska, to the banks of the Ohio Farmers won't be free to grow what they wanna grow If corporate control takes over the American farm With fascist politicians and chemical giants walking arm in arm [Chorus] Mon-san-to Let our farmers grow What they want to grow [Verse 3] When the people of Vermont voted to label food with GMOs So that they could find out what was in what the farmer grows Monsanto and Starbucks through the Grocery Manufacturers Alliance Sued the state of Vermont to overturn the peoples will [Chorus 2] Mon-san-to (and Starbucks) Mothers want to know What they feed their children [Chorus] Mon-san-to Let our farmers grow What they want to grow -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- Big Box -------- [Verse 1] Plunderco got in money trouble had to break the law Had to balance the fine against the benefit to all Made a business decision to pay the fine and break the law Too big to fail, too rich for jail [Verse 2] They can live with that so why can't we? After all they're just like you and me They cast their votes and no one gets excited Because they are Citizens United [Verse 3] In the streets of the Capitol, corporations are taking control Democracy crushed at their feet Money flows free from the sky to those who come along Some way, somehow, we will prevail, but now [Bridge 1] How can we regain our freedom Lost by our own laws we must abide When will we take back our freedom To choose the way we live and die [Verse 4] Main Street's boarded up now the whole town's asleep The mom 'n pop got boarded up in the small business retreat Display windows and broken glass, not a car on the street Out at the big box store people lined up for more [Bridge 2] People working part-time at Walmart Never get the benefits for sure Might not make it to full time at Walmart Still standing by for the call to work [Verse 6] Corporations have feelings, corporations have soul That's why they're like people just harder to control They don't want to fall, so when they fall, they fall on you Too big to fail, too rich for jail [Outro] From the capital to the boarded-up main streets Big Business is there at every turn From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear, to the TV screen From the air we breathe to the fuel we burn -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- If I Don't Know -------- [Verse 1] If I don't know what I'm doin' And all my big ideas fail Like building a dam against the water so the river dies The veins, Earth's blood [Verse 2] And if I don't know what I'm sayin' And all the world's dreams come true Like finding oil and shooting poison in the ground The veins, Earth's blood [Verse 3] And if the melodies stay pretty And the songs are not too long I'll try to find a way to get them back to you The veins, the Earth's blood [Outro] The veins, Earth's blood The veins, Earth's blood The veins, Earth's blood The veins, Earth's blood -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- Monsanto Years -------- [Verse 1] You never know what the future holds in the shallow soil of Monsanto, Monsanto The moon is full and the seeds are sown while the farmer toils for Monsanto, Monsanto When these seeds rise they're ready for the pesticide And Roundup comes and brings the poison tide of Monsanto, Monsanto [Verse 2] The farmer knows he's got to grow what he can sell, Monsanto, Monsanto So he signs a deal for GMOs that makes life hell with Monsanto, Monsanto Every year he buys the patented seeds Poison-ready they're what the corporation needs, Monsanto [Verse 3] When you shop for your daily bread and walk the aisles of Safeway, Safeway Find the package to catch your eye that makes you smile at Safeway, at Safeway Choose a picture of an old red barn on a field of green With the farmer and his wife and children to complete the scene at Safeway, at Safeway [Verse 4] Dreams of the past come flooding back to the farmer's mind, his mother and father Family seeds they used to save were gifts from God, not Monsanto, Monsanto Their own child grows ill near the poisoned crops While they work on, they can't find an easy way to stop, Monsanto, Monsanto [Bridge - solo guitar] [Verse 5] Don't care now what the Bible said so long ago not Monsanto, Monsanto Give us this day our daily bread and let us not go with Monsanto, Monsanto The seeds of life are not what they once were Mother Nature and God don't own them anymore -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- People Want to Hear About Love -------- [Verse 1] People want to hear songs of love People want to hear about love Don't talk about the Chevron millions going to the pipeline politicians People want to hear about love Don't talk about all the beautiful fish in the deep blue sea, dyin' People want to hear about love [Chorus] People want to hear about love now If it will make them feel all right People want to hear about love People want to hear People want to hear about love [Verse 2] Don't talk about the corporations hijacking all your rights People want to hear about love Don't mention world poverty, talk about global love People want to hear about love [Chorus] People want to hear about love now If it will make them feel all right People want to hear about love People want to hear People want to hear about love [Guitar solo] [Verse 3] Don't say that Citizens United has killed democracy People want to hear about love Don't say pesticides are causing autistic children People want to hear about love Don't say people don't vote because they don't trust the candidates People want to hear about love [Outro] People want to hear People want to hear People want to hear about love People want to hear about love People want to hear People want to hear about love People want to hear about love People want to hear People want to hear about love -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- Rules of Change -------- [Verse 1] No one owns the sacred seed No man's law can change that Seeds have floated, birds have flown Seeds have traveled far from home Seeds have floated, birds have flown Seeds have traveled far from home Seeds are life that can't be owned, not even by Monsanto People must be free to grow [Verse 2] Out of balance money grows Corporations take control Halls of justice got this wrong Life cannot be owned Halls of justice leave a hollow ring inside When I try to forget Things I know that no one knows but me Wrong side of right, right side of wrong [Verse 3] Halls of justice, rules of change Rolling by in front of me Human people feeling strange Things happening in front of them Human people feeling strange Things happening In front of them Wrong side of right, right side of wrong -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- Wolf Moon -------- [Chorus 1] Wolf moon, thank you for rising Big sky I'm grateful for your parting clouds I know some hearts were broken Big crows still fly in your sky [Verse 1] Herds of elk roam upon your meadows And your eagle soars across my eyes While you withstand the thoughtless plundering [Chorus 2] Wolf moon, keep on shining Your days rolling by and timeless grace Your heart just keeps on beating Inside the beauty, of this place [Verse 2] Less fish swimming in your ocean Old ice floating in your sea Still you hold against the constant plundering Wolf moon [Chorus 1 (truncated)] Wolf moon, thank you for rising Big sky I'm grateful for your parting clouds [Verse 3] Seeds of life, your golden fields of wings Windy fields of barley, at your feet While you endure the thoughtless plundering -------- 2015 The Monsanto Years -------- -------- Workin' Man -------- [Verse 1] A working man in Indiana traveled from farm to farm Cleanin' seeds and talkin' weather, worked ninety farms Got to know the farmers, knew all of their kids Out in the country, that was '96 [Verse 2] His life was good and steady clean seeds were cash Next year the farmers weren't ready, the times were changing fast Supreme Court in session made a new law GMO seeds and patents had a fatal flaw [Chorus 1] Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas formerly worked for Monsanto Well I don't know you but I do know who I am [Verse 3] One summer morning just around dawn Four men with briefcases were on the working man's lawn We're gonna to sue you, take you to court For patent infringement, and the criminals you support [Verse 4] We're from Monsanto, we own the seeds Give us the names of the farmers you seek You're gonna need big money to stand your ground We're gonna bury you, how does that sound? [Chorus 2] Working man lost all his friends, his business too Well I don't know you but I do know who I am [Verse 5] Now times have changed, things are picking up The wheels are rolling again on the old seed truck The cleaner's coming back have taken back the land They don't care the cost, they're gonna take a stand [Outro] Well I don't know you but I do know who I am Well I don't know you but I do know who I am -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- Can't Stop Workin' -------- Well I can't stop working 'Cause I like to work When nothing else is going on It's bad for the body But it's good for the soul Might even keep you breathing When you lose control Can't stop working Can't stop working Where've I been For all these years I thought I knew you better Come on down to the edge of the sea today And write a letter there in the sand Forgiveness Forgiveness I can't stop working Well I can't stop working 'Cause I like to work When nothing else is going on It's bad for the body But it's good for the soul Might even keep me breathing When I lose control Can't stop working Can't stop working I might take some time off I can't stop working Might take time off for forgiveness Forgiveness I can't stop working -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- Glass Accident -------- Woke up this morning To a glass accident Glass fell in love with the floor Too many pieces there for me to clean up So I left a warning message by the door "Danger" on a scary skulls and crossbones A piece of paper on the floor Covered broken pieces of a love dream lingering there That could do some damage for ever more Just imagine what could go wrong And how some lives could change forever If you're not careful how you handle delicate things But now is better than never There was a lingering hope That made it through the dark night And threatened everything thereafter A hope that was confusing Looking like a bright light Blinding you forever with its power Woke up this morning to a glass accident Glass fell in love with the floor Too many pieces there for me to clean up So I left a warning message by the door -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- Indian Givers -------- [Verse 1] There's a battle raging on the sacred land Our brothers and sisters had to take a stand Against us now for what we all been doing On the sacred land there's a battle brewing [Chorus] I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news [Verse 2] Now it's been about 500 years We keep taking what we gave away Just like what we call Indian givers It makes you sick and gives you shivers [Chorus] I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news [Verse 3] Big money going backwards and ripping the soil Where graves are scattered and blood was boiled When all who look can see the truth But they just move on and keep their groove [Chorus] I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news [Verse 4] Saw Happy locked to the big machine They had to cut him loose and you know what that means That's when Happy went to jail Behind big money justice always fails [Chorus] I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news [Verse 5] Bring back the days when good was good Lose these imposters in our neighborhood Across our farms and through our waters All at the cost of our sons and squaw daughters Yeah our brave sons and daughters We're all here together fighting poison waters Standing against the evil way That's what we have at the end of day [Chorus] I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news I wish somebody would share the news -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- John Oaks -------- John Oaks is in the neighborhood Protecting all the trees He's the master of irrigation And he knows what he sees Great farmers watering everywhere Pipes running where they please John sees his laws are broken Trees drowning where they breathe Now John used to be a mellow man Drinking chai and smoking weed Ain't no one in the county Ever seen what he seen John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks Old John rides in his pickup With rakes and friends in the back Workers he takes with him Then he drives them all back To protect them from the politicians Using them to get ahead Preying on the people Trying to get inside their heads John Oaks is really stand up He won't take shit lying down He calls it like he sees it And he puts his money down John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks One day at the demonstration John Oaks was standing up He arrive there at the location In his old pickup truck Took a rake in his hand And his workers by his side Stood there waiting for his turn To speak and turn the tide When he found himself surrounded By police everywhere They tried to take his workers to jail When he grabbed one by his hair John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks Shots rang out and people yelled As the police took control Shot a black man right where he fell With a sniper on the knoll John Oaks saw law and order Was leading him astray Tried to get back in his pickup With his workers to get away That's when the police moved in And stood there in his way John started up his pickup And that was his last day John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks They said he had a pistol When the old pickup backfired And there shot him there behind the wheel And then John Oaks expired The workers grabbed the rakes And that's all that I can say They went to the cemetery And they stay there to this day John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks John Oaks -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- My New Robot -------- It's a lonely cup of coffee 'Cause my baby's gone Someone has to work I know that's true Carpenters bring ladders I bring love to you Their working day beginning under skies of blue Is just now getting started And I'm sitting under a tree Singing a song and thinking of you My life has been so lucky The package has arrived I got my new robot from Amazon.com Unpacking it now I have a sense of pride I'm going online to program it for you -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- My Pledge (Ft. Jim Keltner & Paul Bushnell) -------- "My Pledge" If it please the court I've had a lot to say And it's not always been true Standing here before you, judge I make my pledge of truth to you The waves came over the bow The decks awash with running green and foam Back there at the wheel I was terrified Next day we first saw home My relatives came over on the Mayflower Landed on the shore almost alone Now that damn traffic today is terrible And everywhere I look I see people alone Alone with their heads looking in their hands Lost in the conversation stare Walking with their eyes looking at the screen Talking like they were really there I'm lost in this new generation Left me behind it seems Listening to the shadow of Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze", sounding like TV I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street Both asleep and dead it may seem He didn't even move there on the sidewalk I stood there staring in a dream She came along in her uniform Stood moving me away with a gentle hand Dressed in white like a nightingale Her name was Florence, Florence of the Land (I knew I'd seen her somewhere) I knew I'd seen her somewhere But she was busy with him gone She came with three different brothers Abraham, Martin and John I heard a song about that once And I never knew what it meant Three stars died in a plane one night Rock and Roll, the message that was sent I couldn't wrap my head around it Didn't know what it meant Standing there on that sandy beach Watching it turn to cement Now I don't see all the colors And I might miss some of their beauty But I do see what I see And I want to do my duty Enlisted in the Navy at the corner store They had a recruiting booth I covered my heart and raised my hand And swore it was the truth That's my pledge That's my pledge That's my pledge, judge That's my pledge -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- Peace Trail -------- [Verse 1] Up in the rainbow, teepee sky No one's looking down on you or I That's just a mirror in your eye Ain't taken my last hit yet I know that things are different now (I see the same old signs But something new is growing) Don't think I'll cash it in yet Don't think I'll put down my last bet (I'm gonna keep my hand in Because something new is growing) [Chorus 1] Think I'll hit the Peace Trail Take a trip back home to my old town 'Cause everyone back there says Something new is growing [Verse 2] Up in the rainbow, teepee sky No one's looking down on you or I It's just a mirror in our eye If I believe in someone I have to believe in myself (I have to take good care When something new is growing) The world is full of changes Sometimes all these changes make me sad (But I keep planting seeds Till something new is growing) [Chorus 2] I think I'll hit the Peace Trail I know that treasure takes its time (I have to take good care When something new is growing) I think I'll hit the Peace Trail I think I like my chances now (I have to take good care When something new is growing) I think I'll hit the Peace Trail I think I'll hit the Peace Trail now Because something new is growing -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- Show Me -------- Do you see people being led, by the righteous hands? Taking care of everyone like they run a piece of land; Show me Show me Show me Show me Do you see people's lives being lost on the sacred land? In the battle over water being fought, for the baby's hand; Show Me Show Me Show Me Show Me When the women of the world are free to stand up for themselves And the promises made, stop gathering dust on the shelf; Show Me Show Me Show Me Show Me Well, I hear ya out there when you say what you have to say I know how you feel, cause that's what made me this way When heaven on Earth is improved by the hand of man And people everywhere get together and join their hands; Show Me Show Me Show Me Show Me Show Me (Harmonica solo) Show Me Show Me -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders -------- Terrorist suicide hang gliders In the sky above you can't see Hidden there in the darkness Behind the reasons that you're free I got news along the way That I bring to you with sorrow I never knew 'till yesterday My life would end tomorrow I think I know who to blame It's all those people with funny names Moving in to our neighborhood How can I tell if they're bad or good? Terrorist suicide hang gliders In the sky above you can't see Hidden there in the darkness Behind the reasons that you're free -------- 2016 Peace Trail -------- -------- Texas Rangers -------- [?] see things, when they show you What they want you to know Watch what you don't see, on the TV When they hide the truth Feel, how it hurts you When the truth hides, behind the scenes Cry, from the broken - hearted melody That you hear in your dreams [?] meets a runaway Can you catch him? It's not in your hands Slow, easy does it, when you find out, what deception means Try, try to change it Cause it hurts you And it holds back your dreams Dreams of the New World Evolution of the species to survive, truth that screams: Call, in the darkness For the moment, a clear thinking joy Laugh, when you find out, that the story that's spoken, has broken like a toy Lost, in the sandbox Just left there, for no one to enjoy Found, by the police Who killed him, where filmed on the phone Texas Rangers, had to ride in, to the rescue of all that's well and good Texas Rangers, in pickups, painted silver, with bulldogs on the hood Texas Rangers, come to save you, come to rescue the bad and the good Texas Rangers, on the free way, and in your neighborhood Texas Rangers Texas Rangers Texas Rangers Texas Rangers -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Almost Always -------- Lately I been thinking Bout the changing world Trying to fit in pieces of dreams Just trying to add it up Figure out what it means When a lost planet comes tumbling home Does it have to have a beard To break free from what is here And continue to pick up those pieces of dreams And I'm living with a gameshow host Who has to brag and has to boast I'm tearing down the things that I hold dear While the day is with us And the birds are near Singing in the sun, basking in its light As it just risen Through the fogs of fear Can I take a minute to do what's right Before that starts me thinking Distracting me again Do I have something to say? Maybe just a feeling That things are bound to change Or just that crazy searchlight Lighting someone's way I'm not gonna work it out Right here and right now I got some things to do, got some calls to make Hear that crazy little bird Calling out its song Standing out on a limb almost too long Staying out 'til it's May She answers every time She answers every time Every time Almost always -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Already Great -------- [Verse 1] I'm Canadian by the way And I love the USA I love this way of life The freedom to act And the freedom to say [Chorus] Already great You're already great You're the promised land You're the helping hand [Verse 2] Woke up this morning Thinking about you and your new deal Tried to put myself in your shoes Tried to feel how you feel [Chorus] Already great You're already great You're the promised land You're the helping hand [Bridge] No wall No ban No fascist USA No wall No ban No fascist USA No wall No ban… [Verse 3] Not my words That’s just you the other day out on that street (My American friend) You’re looking at one of the lucky ones Came here from there to be free Got to chase the life with Freedom land Got to play my part in God’s plan (My American friend) [Chorus] Already great You're already great You're the promised land You're the helping hand [Outro] No wall No ban No fascist USA No wall No ban No fascist USA No wall No ban No fascist USA No wall No ban No fascist USA [Guitar Solo] Whose streets? Our streets (x19) -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Carnival -------- In a smoky tent I approached his loudness Step by step up the long stairway And looked into the barrel at Evel Knievel's greatgrandfather Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival He was flying by in a silver jacket He rode there in the barrel wall rocket Securely held by centrifugal forces Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Every time he touched the edge With the gas pipe gulp of the fumes in my lungs and melt my mind Exploding Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Flying through the air With the greatest of ease The daring young lady In the greatest show on earth The giant wheel turned in the sky Its colors splashed in my eyes The barkers calling to me on the midway Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival I held the picture in my eye From a photo booth near by With a girl so lovely I loved hear dearly at the time Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival She had the sugar in her eyes I was totally mesmerized As we walked together towards the big tower Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Flying through the air With the greatest of ease The daring young lady In the greatest show on earth Aside the girl of flaming red hair Later that day I returned there Perhaps the devil himself had been the father Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Then we consumed the giant midway Taking it in 'til it threw us away Yes, we wandered among the crowds of circus goers, circus goers Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Eating fire and swallowing snakes A potpourri of nature's mistakes On display at the tent of the bearded ladies Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Riding through the night With the greatest of ease The daring young lady In the greatest show on earth We were grinding to the human beast There was nothing safe about it Nothing was right and nothing was wrong on the midway Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival I do resent Too much time was spent In the tent of the strange elephant of enlightenment My mind was free My thoughts were pure How much good could a man endure As he made his way towards the big tower Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Flying through the air With the greatest of ease The daring young lady In the greatest show on earth Grinding through the night To the human beat There's nothing safe about it Nothing safe about the greatest show on earth Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival Carnival, carnival, carnival, carnival -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Change of Heart -------- Talk to the people They know the truth Time don't mean nothing It's the ways that you choose To go on living inside your house Or move a mountain, an elephant or a mouse Instead of stayin and dying inside Sometimes you move Sometimes you ride away Don't tell no stories Don't tell no lies Not even the ones you already tried Not proud of lies Nothing is saved Just a road to nowhere, your name engraved They pick up on you As you pick up on them Just cause they're birds don't mean you can't fly So don't be sorry The pastor touched my hand Here on the church steps I was 9 or 10 I had a change of heart Was a change of heart A change of heart Life is confusing Love is time bent Hate is not worth using Even as cement To build your walls That you hide behind And not see over and it blows your mind There's hate there now That never was Love is waiting just because of you cuz There's nothing sacred A blind man said I see your feelings inside my head I can't predict it, what happens next I love a future I don't expect You fortune tellers You take my hand See what's there It's sifting sands I had a change of heart It was a change of heart Just a change of heart I was the ocean Washed up here I'm your emotions I'm your fresh beard So drink me up and laugh away And let's all continue on another day Maybe tomorrow our ship will come in And we'll set the sails for oblivion Not so fast Let's not give up Let's don't be angry And spill the cup Well we're still drinking And I'm feeling so high My eyes are waterlogged, let's give it a try Come on baby, I'm ready to rock Give me all you've got And then let's talk It's a change of heart I had a change of heart Just a change of heart -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Children of Destiny -------- Stand up for what you believe Resist the powers that be Preserve the land and save the seas For the children of destiny The children of you and me Should goodness ever lose And evil steal the day Should happy sing the blues And peace would fade away What would you do? What would you say? How would you act on that blue day? Stand up for what you believe Resist the powers that be Preserve the ways of democracy So the children can be free The children of destiny When money matters most And war is good for gain The capitol is yours The people feel the pain They feel the pain They walk the streets While the bombs fall in the rain The children hide Somewhere inside While the bombs fall in the rain Stand up for what you believe Resist the powers that be Preserve the land and save the seas For the children of destiny The children of destiny -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Diggin' a Hole -------- I'm diggin' a hole (I'm diggin' a hole) I'm diggin' a hole (I'm diggin' a hole) I'm diggin' a hole (I'm diggin' a hole) Right now Oh (Oh) Woah (Woah) My grandchildren (My grandchildren) My grandchildren (My grandchildren) My grandchildren (My grandchildren) Woah Woah (Woah) Oh yeah Woah (Woah) Woah I a need a long rope (I a need a long rope) I a need a long rope (I a need a long rope) I a need a long rope (I a need a long rope) My grandchildren Woah (Woah) Woah (Woah) Woah I'm a worried man (I'm a worried man) I'm a worried man (I'm a worried man) I'm a worried man (I'm a worried man) Right now I'm a worried man Woah (Woah) Woah (Woah) Woah I'm diggin' a hole (I'm diggin' a hole) I'm diggin' a hole (I'm diggin' a hole) I'm diggin' a hole (I'm diggin' a hole) Right now Oh (Oh) Woah (Woah) -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Fly by Night Deal -------- One, two, three, four! This ain't no fly by night deal Sure no one knows what is real This ain't no fly by night deal Ram it here and shove it there Study all the questions and fill in what you can Try to be nice and be sincere Even though your blood is boiling in here Cause no one sees what's getting lost Hitting things in the forest have a cost It's just too high, and it's just two deer So move those animals out of here How do you feel about tomorrow What happened yesterday, the time you borrowed To be here today and celebrate, celebrate Cause it's not too late This ain't no fly by night deal Sure no one knows what is real Ram it here and shove it there Study all the questions and fill in what you can Try to be nice and be sincere Even though your blood is boiling in here Cause no more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more Hitting things in the forest have a cost It's just too high, and it's just two deer So move those animals out of here Move 'em out, move 'em out, move 'em out, move 'em out This ain't no fly by night deal This ain't no fly by night deal -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Forever -------- Earth is like a church without a preacher The people have to pray for themselves Animals and birds cannot help them Trees and plants have nothing new to say Planets are just bumbles, floating carelessly Streets lined up with boxes, so it seems Lined up there forever by their buildings Standing in the way of children's dreams So I made my way down this highway Stopping now to rest and then to eat Trying not to damage that that's in my way Lookin' for a way to be complete That's how it ends in the beginning That's how I plan to say goodbye Leavin' bells just as they were ringing I'm not trying to make something die My friend Al got the message Sent it down that street with the boxes on Lined up there forever, filled with thinkers Working on solutions here and gone I really want to make a difference Trying now to help him with the work Originating in the heart of something Worth keeping in the soul when it gets hurt As we keep on building roads of boxes To think inside of what we will With increasing distance from the foxes From the wolves and whip-poor-wills And from the crows And all the sea creatures Mermaids and the galleons of war Crossing over onto waves of fortunes To finally crash upon the shore Upon the shore Upon the shore On the shore On the shore On the shore Rescued there by primitive tribesman Living in round triangles forevermore Never ever in a straight line And always on the road to Heaven's door Will the clouds and the rains come in torrents And will the winds blow forever On the shore Over the dry land between the castles Or the herds of horses grazing on the clover Earth is like a church without a preacher Without a preacher Earth is like a church without a preacher Without a preacher Earth is like a church Earth is like a church Earth is like a church -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- Stand Tall -------- Stand tall for earth Long may our planet live Together we can win As long as you and I Stand tall Stand tall Some say it's the era of sedition Our way of life turning upside down Old ideas put out on exhibition Like criminals paraded through the town You can turn with me We can face this foe Wherever you go Whatever you do We win when you and I Stand tall Stand tall Stand tall for earth Long may our planet live Together we can win As long as you and I Stand tall Stand tall For a woman's right to be equal Doing all that she was born to do Let earth become a rainbow of people Blending all the colors as they choose It's the dawn of our day The light of our way Wherever you go Whatever you do We win when you and I Stand tall Stand tall Stand tall Stand tall The boy king don't believe in science It goes against the big money truth His playpen is full of deniers They'll flush our future down the tubes Don't you get me wrong 'Cause we got to be strong Wherever we go Whatever we do We win when you and I Stand tall Stand tall Stand tall Stand tall -------- 2017 The Visitor -------- -------- When Bad Got Good -------- Lock him up Lock him up Lock him up Lock him up Lock him up Rolling like a double-wide Right in the slow lane Looking for a floor model Something relatively safe When bad got good (when bad got good) He lies, you lie Lock him up Lock him up He lies, you lie Lock him up He lies, you lie Lock him up [etc] No belief in the liar in chief Lock him up He lies, you lie Lock him up He lies, you lie [continue through fade out] -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Eternity -------- [Verse 1] Woke up this morning in a house of love The birds were singing in the sky above The dogs were barking and the deer were free And we were living in a house of love [Chorus 1] Woke up this morning in a house of love Oh, fortunately I hope we're living in a house of love For eternity [Post Chorus] (Click, clack, clickity-clack, ooh) Eternity (Click, clack, clickity-clack, ooh) Eternity (Click, clack, clickity-clack, ooh) Eternity [Verse 2] Then we were ridin' in my old car Along the coast and under the stars Your hair was blowing and the top was down And we were heading to my hometown [Chorus 2] We kept rolling 'cause you can't go back Got stopped at the railroad track The train of love was rolling by I reached over and touched your hand Waitin' on the train of love -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Green Is Blue -------- [Verse 1] We watch the old news, distracted As they talked on and on in the usual way About the latest lies, deceptions We saw tomorrow, we long for a better day [Chorus 1] And I know why green is blue There's so much we didn't do Oh, I know why green is blue [Verse 2] We heard the warning calls, ignored them We watched the weather change, we saw the fires and floods We saw the people rise, divided We fought each other while we lost our coveted prize [Chorus 2] There's so much we didn't do That we knew we had to do And we know why green is blue [Bridge] We watched the species die, we saw the coral turning We watched the oceans rise [Verse 3] We saw the pod of whales lay bloated On the shore where they baked, but we missed that sign We saw the polar bear, she floated On a piece of ice from another time [Outro] So I know -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Help Me Lose My Mind -------- [Verse 1] Nothing bothers me 'cause I'm so happy Might look like it does, but that means nothing I got a face that gets me in trouble I got a voice that does its damage But I'm rescued now and this is all in my head I gotta win somehow and lose this mind instead It's always working on finding my weakness How I was made to feel and can't forget, can't forget Can't forget, can't forget [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] I try to make my way past this moment Move along 'til I'm new again I got my history that won't be leaving I gotta get somewhere where that’s not me I gotta find a new television Got to find a new display system To make the sky look like the Earth is flattened I gotta get someone to sort this out, out for me Out for me, out for me [Chorus] Won't someone help me lose my mind? Won't someone help me lose my mind? Won't someone help me lose my mind? [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2 excerpt] I gotta find myself a new television Gotta get a new display system Make the sky look like the Earth is flattened I gotta get someone to sort this out for me Out for me Out for me, out for me [Chorus] Won't someone help me lose my mind? Won't someone help me lose my mind? Won't someone help me lose my mind? -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- I Do -------- [Verse 1] Show me that garden in the sun that you saw Let me see the flowers and the bees before they fall I know that you says they'll always be there I know you're not worried and I know you care And I know you ask all the same questions I do I do I do [Verse 2] Show me that flock of birds that filled the sky Let me see the way they block the sun from my eye I know you said they'd always be there I know you're not worried, I know you care I know you ask all the same questions I do I do I do [Chorus] Why do I believe in you? Why do I believe in you? Why do I believe in you? [Verse 3] Show me that water in the stream that you saw Let me see the sparkling clean and the fish swimming on I know you said they'll always be there I know you're not worried and I know you care I know you ask all the same questions I do I do I do I do [Verse 4] Thanks for making all this happen again We're gonna do it just like we did back then I know that you said you'd always be there And I know you're not worried, and I know you care I know you ask all the same questions I do I do I do I do [Chorus] Why do I believe in you? Why do I believe in you? Why do I believe in you? -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Milky Way -------- [Verse 1] She was lookin' like a friend of mine The first time I saw her face I was approaching at the end of the line The first time I ever saw her smile at me that way [Chorus] I was sailing in the Milky Way Losing track of memories that weren't that day Right by her side As the stars flew by I did collide with memory But somehow I survived And became free [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] She was walking like she knew Where she was going Walking like she knew She was walking right up to me [Chorus] I was sailing in the Milky Way Losing track of memories that weren't that day Right by her side As the stars flew by I did collide with memory But somehow I survived And became free [Bridge] The starry night with no moonshine The day without a cloud A long ladder but no one climbing A stranger in the crowd [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] There's a mermaid in the Milky Way With an ocean liner There's no moon tonight so you might see her And her ocean liner Up in the stars [Chorus] I was sailing in the Milky Way Losing track of memories that weren't that day Right by her side As the stars flew by I did collide with memory But somehow I survived And became free -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Olden Days -------- [Verse 1] Where have you been, my long-lost friend? We haven't talked since way back when And how is life with your new love I hope she's something from above Something happened yesterday I need to talk to you Now I'm finding out you moved away I'm reaching out to you today [Verse 2] I saw you walking in the past You said your love would always last Then I saw you all alone Said your heart had turned to stone Nothing matters anyway I thought I heard her say to you Nothing matters anyway Then she walked away from you [Bridge] There was laughter in the air The children all were there Playing in the warming sun Counting dreamers, one-by-one [Verse 3] I'm living in the olden days I found my friends along the way Some are here with me right now Some have disappeared somehow Where did all the people go? Why did they fade away from me? They meant so much to me and now I know That they're here to stay in my heart -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Rainbow of Colors -------- [Chorus] There's a rainbow of colors In the old USA No one's gonna whitewash Those colors away [Verse 1] Now I know some might tell me That there's not room for all And they should just go back To the places they fall Where their lives lie there broken With no chance left at all And the leaders have spoken On that side of the wall [Chorus] There's a rainbow of colors In the old USA No one's gonna whitewash Those colors away [Verse 2] But this I can tell you We the people are strong And we know that our brothers And our sisters in song Will always sing with us And will always be strong When the people have spoken And the walls are all gone [Chorus] There's a rainbow of colors In the old USA No one's gonna whitewash Those colors away -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- She Showed Me Love -------- [Verse 1] You might say I'm an old white guy I'm an old white guy You might say that [Pre-Chorus 1] If I tell you what I see (What I see) You might not believe me (What I see) I saw old white guys trying to kill mother nature (What I see) Who they disparage I saw old white guys trying to kill mother nature [Chorus] (She showed me love) And I know she has a way with things (She showed me love) And now I see the light that brings (She showed me love) [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] You might say I'm a few bricks short of a load I'm a few bricks, I'm a few bricks short of a load You might say that [Pre-Chorus 2] If I tell you where I've been (Where I've been) You might think I've lost my mind (Where I've been) I saw young folks fighting to save mother nature (Where I've been) I saw them standing (Where I've been) I saw them standing for themselves I saw young folks fighting to save mother nature [Chorus] (She showed me love) And I know she has a way with things (She showed me love) And now I see the light that brings (She showed me love) [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] You might say I've been down a few roads I've been down a few roads You might say that [Pre-Chorus 3] If I tell you what I see (What I've seen) You might not believe me (What I've seen) 'Cause I saw mother nature pushing Earth in a baby carriage In a baby carriage I saw mother nature pushing Earth in a baby carriage [Refrain] (She showed me love) (She showed me love) (She showed me love) -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Shut It Down -------- [Verse 1] (Have to shut the whole system down) (Have to shut the whole system down) People tryin' to save this earth From an ugly death (Have to shut the whole system down) People tryin' to live Working in a world of meat factories (Have to shut the whole system down) All around the planet There's a blindness that just can't see (Have to shut the whole system down) They're all wearing climate change As cool as they can be [Chorus] (Have to shut the whole system down) Shut it down, shut it down Shut it down, shut it down [Verse 2] (Have to shut the whole system down) That's the only way we can all be free (Have to shut the whole system down) Start again and build it for eternity (Have to shut the whole system down) What about the animals? What about the birds and bees? (Have to shut the whole system down) What about the bookshelves? What about the history? [Chorus] (Have to shut the whole system down) Shut it down, shut it down Shut it down, shut it down [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Shut it down, shut it down Shut it down, shut it down [Verse 3] (Have to shut the whole system down) When I look at the future I see hope for you and me (Have to shut the whole system down) Working, working for eternity Work it now (Have to shut the whole system down) When I look at the future I see hope for you and me (Have to shut the whole system down) Working for eternity [Outro] Gonna shut the whole system down Got to shut the whole system down Got to shut the whole system down -------- 2019 Colorado -------- -------- Think of Me -------- [Verse 1] When you see those geese in the sky, think of me I can spread my wings and fly just like them And I can gallop across your open prairie While I dive below your deepest sea Think of me [Verse 2] I'm gonna live long and I'm happy to report it back to you It's a window world and I saw a sign on the highway too As I flew over the wires and observed you livin' Like you haven't had the chance to do Think of me [Verse 3] Well, I've got to finish up and get out of here right now I can slither in the ditches and cross below the roads But when you cross your heart and you hope to die And your dreams come tumbling down Think of me Think of me, think of me [Verse 1] When you see those geese in the sky, think of me I can spread my wings and fly just like them I can gallop across your open prairie While I dive below your deepest sea Think of me Think of me, think of me