Sometimes I think of you
Everyone's gonna look at me, confounded by my decency
Leave for the country let the day begin
Well we've all been through it, thinking times are tough
You can scrutinize my actions, you can break me into fractions, you can
I'm you, you're me
It's a funny kind of feeling, it's got me to the core
In a box, by the door
I met a girl that I dreamed about for years
Momma ran off with a man from town
I thought we'd always be together
Last Call
It's a late night in this town
In a black and far off corner of my mind
It happens oh so fast
If I closed my eyes, it would all go by
The strangest freaky thing that ever passed that night
In a big block dodge
It was two lanes wide
We wrestled with the heat and let the radio drive
There was something in the air
More deadly than fire
I picked up the key, the hotel clerk knew I lied
He said, stop, take a look around
Everybody see what's going down
Stop, take a look around
Everybody see what's going down
It was a night I will forget
And I don't remember why
All she was wearin' was something I'd seen
From a late night show on cable TV
Where'd the ring go, that he got you
Would he know the way you felt
It's just one fling, before the bells ring
Don't hit below the belt
Ahh, take a look around
Cause the truth that you might be running from
Is bigger than a river called the Amazon
It is a night you may regret
Just don't ask me why
Bless me father for I have sinned
Can you get me out of this mess I'm in
Sometimes I think of you
It happens oh so fast
If I closed my eyes, it would all go by
The strangest freaky thing that ever passed bye bye
Where's the time go, where's the love go
When you live out a fantasy
The sun will shine, you can brush it off
And say it never happened to me
Ahh, take a look around
Cause the truth that you might be runnin' from
Is bigger than a river called the Amazon.
It's big as an explosion called the atom bomb
Courtney
I've got no tales of personal tragedy
Everyone's gonna know my name, they'll talk about my new found fame
Alluding to my functional family
She said she liked a simple melody
She brought me onstage for a bow
I stood there laughing all I said was wow
Courtney loves me now
Now my friends they all want to know, is this for real or is it just a show
They're taking bets on when I'm history
All her friends are gonna tell her things, shared apartments, diamond rings
And how that car phone's an absolute necessity
She said she liked the way I kissed her cheek
She brought me upstairs, grabbed a towel
I stood there laughing all I said was wow
Courtney loves me now
Courtney's fond of telling me, I'm everything she used to be
Bridget Fonda's telling her, let's go for steaks baby, you could wear your fur
Then I'll ask to have her hand, and hold it as she quits the band
She whispers playfully you can open up for me
Buy a house, maybe hit the road, share a joint, maybe share the load
And laugh about our plans they're history
She said she liked the way I licked her feet
She brought me upstairs, showed me how
I stood there laughing all I said was wow
Courtney loves me now
Mercury
I carry my share of original sin
I'm writing you a letter from a telephone
Sign it messenger man in the great unknown
And I wanna be like Mercury
With the wind blowin' through my hair
Swim up the river to the cedar trees
Follow the sun and catch a nice cool breeze
Bicycle trail only runs so far
This is a place you can't get by car
And I wanna be like Mercury
With the wind blowin' through my hair
Walk through the woods on a moonlit night
I carry a compass and a small flashlight
Deliver my message in a mason jar
Planting my seeds they're growing star to star
And I wanna be like Mercury
With the wind blowin' through my hair
And I'll see you through it, when you've had enough
And I'll be beside you, many feelings the same
Give back the ruin, give back the rain
Well we've both felt lovely, things are going our way
May you rise above me, may you have your day
And I'll be proud of you, when I call out your name
Give back the ruin, give back the rain
And you know it's the only bridge I know that's still above water
I'm praying my insurance is gonna pay
And you know it's the only road I know that's still above water
I'm praying my family is gonna stay
Well we've both been better, or worse I suppose
And I got your letter, and I washed your clothes
And I'll be right with you, every step of the way
Give back the ruin, give back the rain
And I'll be proud of you, when I call out your name
Give back the ruin, give back the rain
walk away
You can polarize my friends, destroy the letters that I send or you can run
away
You can terrorize my neighbors with your Mr. Hyde behavior, you can drink away
You can exorcise your demons, bite and scratch and kick and scream, you can
act away
And if you ever open your eyes, you won't find me standing in line
You can cauterize my feelings with your flaming tongue leave me reeling you
can talk away
You can compromise my passion, call me fake and call me fashion, you can
write away
You can rationalize a purchase with my money and say it's worth it
You can tear me up or tie me down and kick me on the ground
And if you ever open your eyes, you won't find me standing in line
Caroline, it's a waste of time
Don't you want me to come back Caroline?
Don't you want me to fly back Caroline?
You can scrutinize my actions, you can break me into fractions, you can
walk away
You can idolize your drum machine, say the Beatles suck and dis the King
and walk away
You can finalize the ending, break the rules that you've been bending
You can find a brand new lover, run away and then discover
You can't outrun your actions, you can't get no satisfaction
And if you ever open your eyes, you won't find me standing in line
Caroline, it's a waste of time
You can't run from a lack of mystery
Please just go away
I'm right, you're wrong
You can't hide in a place you don't belong
Please just go away
And I'll never let you
Never let you down
I'm through, you're free
It's head first in the lap of luxury
Please just go away
Alright, you're dead wrong
You can't run, you can't drag me along
Please just go away
And I'll never let you
Never let you down
Fine you're gone away, tell me one more day
I know you're gonna stay, you ask if there's a way
I'm you, you're me
You can't run, you can't stay pissed at me
Please don't go away
And I'll never let you
Never let you down
She's dripping from the ceiling, I'm lying naked on the floor
She's soaking in my skin now, just like the summer's ray
She's swimming in the gene pool and I'm in her DNA
(Tell me that you want me, tell me that you care)
Nothing else much matters
(Tell me all your secrets, tell me all your fears)
As if it even should
(There's something I gotta tell you, something you should know)
No one else is watching
We'll be fatal to feel this good
They're sampling my blood for anything that they can find
And our friends in conversation say I never was the kind
(Tell me that you love me, tell me that you care)
Nothing else much matters
(Tell me that you notice the flowers in my hair)
As if it even should
(There's something I gotta tell you, something you should know)
No one else is watching
We'll be fatal to feel this good
Honey this is something I've never said before, they're words you won't
soon forget
Honey this is something I've never done before, so fragile lest we forget,
we forget
It's a funny kind of feeling, I'm up against the wall
She's looking up to heaven and I'm heading for a fall
I keep a letter you sent before
It says keep, your head up high
I'll think about you while you drive
And when you get up on that stage you will arrive
A collect phone call, the lobby's bare
It's a call to know I care
It's a postcard in the mail
To let you know I haven't failed
And if I miss one day it's been a long, long trail
Welcome to my world
I'm coming home.
And in this hotel lobby
You leave me alone
Will you be there when I return
It's been a question of some concern
And who's to say, what's less or more
Oh, I'll be waiting at your door
And when I see you, I'll know what I've waited for
It's the way we see the world
There's other ways we can't afford
From town to town, we're sometimes late
You hurry up and then you wait
And when it rains you just can't stand out at the gate
Dreamed I'd have no fears, a place to stay
Believe me when I say she had some plans for me
But all the plans she had for me will never be
One day in my life
One day in my life
One day I won't be coming home to you
One day in my life
She had some things for sure that she would want of me
And all the things she wants of me can never be
And as for me I never ask more than I need
But one day, I will ask to be free
One day in my life
One day in my life
One day I won't be coming home to you
One day in my life
She reminds me of the things I couldn't be
Or if I could, it just would not be me
Don't get me wrong it's part of life, it's just a game
They call it Kooties maybe Twister, roll away
Please, please where did he go? Why did he leave?
She said sometimes I'm just a little hard to please
If you see me on the corner I am free
One foot on the bus and off the trampoline
One day in my life
One day in my life
One day I won't be coming home to you
One day in my life
One day in my life
Daddy came home, found the note, got drunk and fell down
Jessie was crying, no tears would be saved
I couldn't take it so I started pining straight for the grave
I should've told you that night that we slept in the car
I would've told you but I never saw us getting this far
I met a man in a suit, he said he'd give me a job
I wouldn't have to pay taxes and I wouldn't have to rob
Man it was easy, all I had to do was drive
I didn't care what was in the suitcase, it felt good to be alive
I should've told you that night that we slept in the car
I would've told but I never saw us getting this far
I know I've been hard on you baby
Momma should've known that you can't grow up alone
And we will be together someday maybe
There's no place called home
Something was funny, the whole deal kind of strange
I could hear Momma saying son you're Daddy ain't never gonna change
I was down in an instant, just a big flash of light
Undercover lie bleeding, I guess I put up a fight
I should've told you that night we made love on the bar
I would've told you but I never saw us getting this far
I know I've been hard on you baby
Momma should've known that you can't grow up alone
And we will be together someday maybe
There's no place called home
Everything Has Changed
We'd sit around and drink black coffee
Talkin' 'bout the people we had been
We traveled through the childhood memories
You showed me scars from the bars of monkey
Smiling as your eyes reflected me
Now everything has changed
Your street, your hair, your name
My world is rearranged
'Cause everything has, everything has changed
I woke up on a winter Wednesday
I read the note that you had left me
You found another friend to help you through
For years I tried to put you under
The memories made me run for cover
I'd see your face in everything I'd do
Well I was wrong
You never felt the same
And now you've gone
Away... away
The days of wine and roses tasted
I think of all the time I've wasted
Wanderin' through a past that could have been
I know that nothing lasts forever
Best times are the ones remembered
Thankful for the days that I have seen
Everything has changed.
It's time to move on
And our time, it came and went
Find your coat, find your keys
Find the man of your dreams
And how much money he spent
So set down your drink
You've had more than you should
Your last chance has just come and gone
Well she's gone for the door
And she looks all alone
Let me know what she looks like at dawn
Last call, again
Last call, do you know where you're going
Last call, again
There are lovers and fighters
at 2:00 AM
A big girl named Carol,
Well she just left with Jim
And it's hard sometimes
To make up your mind
They're out in the lot
And she's going down on him
So roll your leg over
Take the bow not the stern
And pray before you begin
'Cause this date's not your mate
And it's not where you're going
But more like where they've been
Slip a beer in your coat
Keep your arms to your side
'Cause going home,
That's a pretty good drive
Keep it under the dash
And watch who you pass
For your first DWI
Cigarette
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and bad trips
In an isolated corner of the box
There's a trap door covered up with dirt and rocks
It opens to the stairs that lead down to the crypt
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last step
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette
On a dark and lonely road in my hometown
Stands a house that long ago should've been torn down
It reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and bad debt
On a weather beaten transom in the house
Walks a friend of mine that I call the old king mouse
He dances in the moonlight and sleeps out on the steps
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when they've paid their last regrets?
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette
In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and the Fayette County Fair
And it reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and big hair
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when the devil starts to sweat?
Do you know what you get?
A cigarette