ALTERNATE VERSIONS/LYRICS FOR STUDIOS SONGS
Black (St. Petersburg, Florida 29 March 94)
Brain Of J (Salt Lake City, Utah  2 Nov 95)
Brain Of J ("Wishlist" B-side)
Elderly Woman ("Go" B-side)
Habit (Denver, Colorado  19 June 95)
Long Road (Live Date Unknown)
Lukin (Melbourne, Australia 17 March 95)
Porch (MTV Unplugged)
Porch (St. Petersburg, Florida 29 March 94)
Porch (Melbourne, Australia 17 March 95)
Yellow Ledbetter (Bridge Benefit San Francisco, CA  Oct.1994)
 
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BLACK (Live From St. Petersburg, FL.  29 March 94)

Hey...oooh...
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Laid spread out before me, as her body once did yeah
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun yeah
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
Ooh and all I taught her was everything..that's all
Ooh I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
Oh I can feel their laughter, oh, so why do I sear ?
Oh, and all I....
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
Of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be...yeah...

Uh huh...uh huh...ooh...
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine...
Why...oh...oh...yeah

Do do do do, do do do  (8x)
If you love, if you love someone...let 'em be free
Let 'em be free...Let them be free
You don't belong to me  (3x)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh
Yeah...yeah...oh...oh...oh

Do do do do, do do do


BRAIN OF J (Live From Salt Lake City, Utah.  2 Nov 95)

Oh, who's got the brain, of J.F.K.?
Pull it off and on...
Oh, Jackie O, how we feel for you now...

Whole world will be different then,   }  (2x)
Go to hell if you don't believe it... }

Oh, monkey see, monkey do, play the fucking fool
Oh, give it all, give it back to me now...

Whole world will be different then,   }  (2x)
Go to hell if you don't believe it.   }

I get high
Then you take from me...
So difference aside...

Whole world will be different then,   }  (3x)
Go to hell if you don't believe it... }

Whole world will be fucking different then,
Go to fucking hell if you don't believe it...


BRAIN OF J ("Wishlist" B-side  Live From Melbourne Park, Australia.  5 March 98)

Who's got the brain of JFK?
What's it mean to us now?...Oh
Pause, clear your soul
I can tell ya, this is no lie

The whole world will be different soon } (2x)
The whole world will be relieved       }

You, you've been taught, whipped into shape
Now they've got you in line
Stand behind the stripe, there will be order
So give it good mind, there

The whole world will be different soon } (2x)
The whole world will be relieved       }

And by name

The name they gave me
The name I'm letting go

The whole world will be different soon } (3x)
The whole world will be relieved       }

The whole world will be different...oh...


ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN (Earlier Version)

I seem to recognize your face
Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Lifetimes are catching up with me
All these changes taking place, I wish I'd seen the place
But no one's ever taken me
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...  (2x)

I swear I recognize your breath
Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
Of course you can't see me, for I'm not my former
It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf
I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate
Perhaps that's what no one wants to see
I just want to scream...hello...
My god its been so long, never dreamed you'd return
But now here you are, and here I am
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...  (2x)
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...  (3x)
Hearts and thoughts they fade...


HABIT (Live From Denver, Colorado.  19 June 95)

See it happen to a couple of friends
See it happen and it reminds me of them
Take it out, for what's an obvious fall
Just to see what all the fuss is about
I've told you why, don't you wait
I've told you why...

I got a habit as I sing to you
I've got a habit and it's long overdue
I don't want a habit, like I don't want a friend
I'm so happy with my rightous self
I've told you why, don't you wait
I've told you why...

Never thought you'd ever...  (3x)
Never thought you...  (2x)
Never thought you'd ever...  (3x)
Never thought you...
Never thought you'd ever...  (5x)

Speakin' as a child of the 90's

Never thought you'd ever...  (3x)
Never thought you...  (2x)
Never thought you...  (3x)


LONG ROAD (Live Date Unknown)

Can I wait for so long?
I cannot say
Oh, the precious moments...
Cannot stay
It's not like winds have fallen...
I cannot say
Without you something's missing...
I cannot say

Oh, the hands of dawn in his heart
And their face is falling down
Down, down, down...

I have wished for so long...
Now I wish for you again

Will I walk the long road?
I cannot say
There's no need to say goodbye

Oh, the pressure's building
All the memories going round
Round, round, round...

I have wished for so long...
Now I wish for you again

And the wind keeps blowin'
And the sky keeps turning grey
And the sun is set
The sun won't never rise again

I have wished for so long ...
Now I wish for you again

I have wished for so long...
Now I wish for you today

Will I walk the long road?  (3x)
 


LUKIN (Live From Melbourne Park, Australia.  17 March 95)

I see them suffer
I see my world, my fuckin' home
I'd never leave you, never leave you, run away from home
I never thought I'd never change my mind away from home
I'm going to leave right now
I'm leanin' on the weight alone

Oh, I love Lukin  (2x)
I love Lukin
Lookin' for some proof
Is that how my life is run?

I see myself up
I leave it on the wave alone
I'd never leave you, never take my world, my fuckin' home
I never thought that I could take my world away from home
I can't deny it
I can't control myself


PORCH (Live. MTV Unplugged  Chelsea Studios 16 March 92)

What the fuck is this world..
Running to, you didn't..
Leave a message, at least I..
Could have learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield, this could..
Be my time, by your
Would you hit me? Would you?
Would you hit me? Oh oh oh yeah daddy
Oh oh oh ah

All the bills go by, and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle, there ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home
Ain't indicative of my place
Left the porch  (2x)
Oh oh oh yeah

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, lie beside me
I just need to say...

There's something
There's something I don't mind
There's a choice, in my time
I don't see, changing now
I could die, to make a change for it
There is something in this picture
I know how I want to dress
How I want to live
How I want to choose
hey hey yeah hey yeah
yeah (5x)
whoa

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say
I could not take a just one day
I know when I could not ever touch you
Hold you...feel you...in my arms...never again yeah...
Yeah...  (13x)


PORCH (Live From St. Petersburg, FL.  29 March 94)

What the fuck is this world..
Running to, you didn't..
Leave a message, at least I..
Could have learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield, this could..
Be my time, by your
Would you hit me? (2x)
Oh oh oh yeah, yeah
Oh oh oh whoa

All the bills go by, and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle, there ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home
Ain't indicative of my place
Left the porch  (2x)
Oh oh oh yeah

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say...

You fuck with me, I fuck with you
What else can I say?...
You fuck with me, I fuck with you
What else can I do?...
You fuck with me, I fuck with you
What else, what the fuck, can I do?...
You fuck with me, I fuck with you
What the fuck do you want me to do?...oh
I said...I said...oh...oh...whoa...oh...oh...yeah

Fuck 'em, just to see the look on their face   }
I fuck 'em just to see the look on their face  } (5x)
Thank 'em, just to see the look on their face
I thank 'em just to see the look on their face
Fuck 'em, just to see the look on their face   }
I fuck 'em just to see the look on their face  } (3x)
Fuck 'em   (8x)
Fuck with me, I fuck with you
What else can I do?...

Oh...oh...oh...whoa oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah....oh
Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say
I could not take a just one day
I know when I would not ever touch you
Hold you...feel you...in my arms...never again yeah...
Yeah yeah yeah  (11x)
Yeah...  
Oh


PORCH (Live From Melbourne Park, Australia.  17 March 95)

What the fuck is this world..
Running to, you didn't..
Leave a message, at least I..
Could have learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield, this could..
Be my time, by your
Would you hit me? (2x)
Oh oh oh yeah, yeah
Oh oh oh whoa

All the bills go by, and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle, there ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home
Ain't indicative of my place
Left the porch  (2x)
Oh oh oh yeah

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say...

I heard it said...
I heard it said...
For the ultimate thrill
You gotta pay, the ultimate price...

I don't know if that's right
I don't know if that's right

But I just might try...
I just might try...
I just might, just might, just might, just might...try

I heard it said

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, oh beside me
I just need to say
I could not take a just one day
I know when I would not ever touch you
Hold you...feel you...in my arms...never again yeah...
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah...  (8x)
Oh


YELLOW LEDBETTER (Live From Bridge Benefit San Francisco, CA.  Oct 94)

On the porchside, on a porch a letter sat
It said I don't, ever wanna feel it again
On the porchside, on the burnt side, letter said
I don't care, if I wanna leave it again

On the wayside, wanna wish it all away
Oh and I fall and I tell you that I don't ever ever wanna see her again
On the coarse side of the front side, letter said
I don't, I don't know whether was the box or the bag

Oh yeah, can you see them?...
Out on the porch, but they don't wave
I see them, round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know...
I don't wanna stay

On the wayside, wanna wish it all away, yeah
Oh and I call and I say, let us know that he'll never want to see her again
On the front side, of this yellow letter said...
I don't, I don't know whether was the box or the bag

Oh yeah, can you see them?...
Oh round the porch...
But they don't wave
I see them, round the front way, yeah
And I know and I know, I don't want to stay at all
I don't wanna stay, I don't wanna stay ye-eee
I don't wanna stay oh no
Oh oh oh oh oh oh...(2x) 1