Fastball--All the Pain Money Can Buy

THE WAY

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They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever
Knowing the way?

They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
When they car broke down they started walking 
Where were they going without ever
Knowing the way?

CHORUS:
Anyone could see the road that they walk on 
Is paved with gold
It's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and grey
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they don't really care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today

Their children woke up
And they couldn't find them
They left before they sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever
Knowing the way?

REPEAT CHORUS

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REPEAT CHORUS


FIRE ESCAPE

Well I don't wanna be President
Superman or Clark Kent
I don't wanna walk 'round in their shoes

'Cause I don't know who's side I'm on
I don't know my right from wrong
I don't know where I'm going to
I don't know about you

I'll be the rain falling on your fire escape
And I may not be the man you want me to
I can be myself, how 'bout you?

I don't wanna make you mad
I don't wanna meet your dad
I don't wanna be your dream come true

'Cause I don't know just what I've found
I don't know my sky from ground
I don't know where I'm going to
I don't know about you

I'll be the rain falling on your fire escape
And I may not be the man you want me to
I can be myself, how 'bout you?

I'll be the rain falling on your fire escape
And I may not be the man you want me to 
I can be myself, how 'bout you?
I can be myself, how 'bout you?
I can be myself
How 'bout you?


BETTER THAN IT WAS

Once I had it all planned out
My dirty fingers moved about
To make a mess of everything around me
I don't claim to know my way
I still run in circles every day
Running around half blind
Life can be unkind
But it's better than it was
I complain very little because
It's better than it was

I get to remembering
We had a lot more money then
To make a mess of everything around us
Now the money comes and goes a bit faster
Than my confidence grows
Everybody knows
There ain't nothing new about money woes

It's better than we ever could have
Wished it to before
It was bad a while ago
Better this I know

It's better than it was


WHICH WAY TO THE TOP?

Where did you leave your baby
Bleeding in her bed
Her ghost has come to stay
Oh, you can try, you can't chase her away

In the bar we sit like blackbirds
With our broken wings
Like clocks with out their springs
Just like time doesn't mean anything

Won't you tell me which way to the top?
You know that I can't stay
Down here

We used to ride around in a broken down old car
But now I'm changing trains
Oh, and I'll hit all the notes in between

Mom and Dad are fast asleep now
But I'll be wide awake
A surfer in the break
Oh, just waiting for the perfect wave
And a place in the shade

Won't you tell me which way to the top?
You know that I can't stay
Down here

You better get it now while
The getting's good
Get it now while it's happening 
You better get it now while
The getting's good
Get it now while it's happening

Won't you tell me
Which way to the top?
You know that I can't stay
Down here

Won't you tell me
Which way to the top?
You know that I can't stay
Down here


SOONER OR LATER

I'm gonna get under your skin
Sooner or later
I'll find the key that lets me in
Sooner or later
Yeah cause you just can't keep me down 
Yeah cause you just can't keep me down
I'm gonna take my time all right
Sooner or later
You gonna let me treat you right
Sooner or later
Yeah cause you just can't keep me down
Oh if you'd only give me
Time
Is really all that I need
To push it through
To make you see
I'll make you see
I'm gonna take my time all right 
Sooner or later
You gonna let me treat you right
Sooner or later
Yeah cause you just can't keep me down 
Oh if you'd only give me
Time
Is really all that I need
To push it through
To make you see
I'll make you see
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later


WARM FUZZY FEELING

I got a warm fuzzy feeling
When I saw you on TV
You were wearing a piece of me
And it breaks my heart to look around
And see the unimpressed
Who can't believe the emperor is dressed

Turn on my TV
I want to check some action
If you got no video
Well then folks don't want to know
But with you up there to light the way
I can wear a smile as I survey
The faces in the dark
Waiting for you to hit one out of the park

We notice every tiny little detail
Every word we read we'll take to heart
But we never really understand
Until we realize
There are no lies
When you see that look in their eyes

What are we gonna use to fill the empty spaces?
When you see her in the crowd
Will you make your mama proud?
She can turn around and see the faces
Staring at her son
Climbing his way up to #1


SLOW DRAG

Slow drag off a cigarette
Slow drag and I'm lying in my bed
All the world is sleeping like a baby tonight
I wanna lay you down
In the ground.  Allright.

Slow drag and I can't get up now 
Slow drag.  You've been messing with my mind
All the world is sleeping like a baby tonight
I wanna see you dead
Laying in the muddy ground

You're noting to me
Nothing to me
Noting to me no more


G. O. D.

I've been thinking about the good old days
Decorated in a candy glaze
Each pretty ink blot panel
Tells a different tale
Each photo on the mantle
Sweet memories that never will go stale

I've been climbing up the walls again
Living with a memory that might have been
So pick me up on a weekday night
We could get together and ride around in
The black and white

I've been thinking about the good old days
My silly clothes and my silly ways
Each drunken drugstore purchase
Each chemical advance
Seven days a weekend
Every day the same old dizzy dance


CHARLIE THE METHADONE MAN

Living to get his freak on
Sporting his leopard skin thong
Charlie the Methadone Man
Plays Sunday night in a rock and roll band
Charlie the metronome, the methadone man

Patience - the name of the game
Waiting on Dr. Kinkaid
Charlie the Methadone Man
Fills out the papers just as fast as he can
Charlie the methadone, the methadone man

When you're all alone
And you got nowhere to go
Better take it slow
Oh you get so tired of where you are

Kicking his lonely lit brain
Drinking to try and stay sane
Charlie the Methadone Man
Chases his tail just as fast as he can
Charlie the methadone, the methadone man


OUT OF MY HEAD

Sometimes I feel
Like I am drunk behind the wheel
The wheel of possibility
However it may roll
Give it a spin
See if you can somehow factor in
You know there's always more than one way
To say exactly what you mean to say

Was I out of my head?  Was I out of my mind?
How could I have ever been so blind?
I was waiting for an indication
It was hard to find
Don't matter what I say only what I do
I never mean to do bad things to you
So quiet but I finally woke up
If you're sad then it's time you spoke up too


DAMAGED GOODS

Try to stop the world spinning round
My phone bill will tell you she lives out of town
It's been a long, long, time but still I dream
Of warm sunny days on 12th and Lorraine
I wish you were here right now…but then

I know I should just leave you alone

The earth moved under me
I pushed her away with the things I'd say
God's face grew
Earthquake size
And I can't cross our great divide
I wanna live inside…but

I know I should just leave you alone


NOWHERE ROAD

There's trouble on the subway
There's something on the track
There's a dead-end waiting and
We can't go back
So take it to the highway
Head back and open wide
Step right up and take a nowhere ride

It's a nowhere road
It's a nowhere road
No matter where it goes it's a
Nowhere road
It's a nowhere road and I'm tired
It's a nowhere job and I'm fired
It don't matter what they say
You can't get there going this way

From L.A. to Miami
And all the points in between
Look outside you get the same old scene
You take it to the highway
You travel far and wide
Caterpillars carving up the country side

It's a nowhere road
It's a nowhere road
No matter where it goes it's a
Nowhere road
It's a nowhere road and I'm tired
It's a nowhere job and I'm fired
It don't matter what they say
You can't get there going this way

It's a nowhere road and I'm tired
It's a nowhere road and I'm tired
It's a nowhere road and I'm tired
It's a nowhere road and I'm tired

It's a nowhere road and I'm tired


SWEETWATER, TEXAS

It ain't as easy as it looks
To grow flowers in the dirt
All of my friends are living underground

Put away your wedding ring
Out on highway 63
Let all your worries
Take their place in line

They love to tear you down
Living in sweet soul town
Fall into the sound

A place to hide and room to move
My electric boogaloo
Don't you worry
The circus is in town

They love to tear you down
Living in this sweet soul town
Fall into the sound