B i o g r a p h y (by Official site)
3 years less 3 days ago I put out my last record. The night before I spent 13 hours on a greyhound bus going from Canada to New York City for an appearance on the David Letterman show. As fate would have it, my flight was cancelled after a massive storm blew into the eastern seaboard closing all NYC airports. When I reached the border, the customs officer was quite amused by my reason for going to New York. “To perform on a late-night television show,” I said. She probably thought I was nuts, but let me get back on the bus. I later recalled someone backstage saying to me, “You know, honey, most people just cancel.” Not likely. And so a year and half began that led to some amazing times. I got to play on Austin City Limits, open for Willie Nelson, John Prine, Aimee Mann, My Morning Jacket, John Mayer and Bryan Adams. I was invited to perform at Farm Aid ( I cried when Neil Young played “Old Man”), played the Grand Old Opry (Colin wore his original Nudie Suit!), had a song in Cameron Crowe's “Elizabethtown”, toured Australia, Europe, in a van, in a tour bus, by plane, by ferry, solo and with a band…... and then home. Most people put out records more frequently than every three years, but after a long run on the road, I had some things I wanted to do. First I bought a Heintzman piano and committed the fall of 2006 to learning how to play. I worked at a winery in the spring, practiced my violin more than I have in years, gardened relentlessly, started jogging, played a few random shows, and sung on some friends' albums, including John Doe's song “Golden State” which I'm very proud of. In January 2007, I started working with Jim Scott at Plyrz studios. I wanted to work with Jim ever since I read his name on the back cover of Whiskeytown's “Strangers Almanac”. We hit it off so well mixing “Back To Me” that it was an easy decision to go back for more. A dream come true, I had to frequently pinch myself having him by my side during the making of this record. I was such an honor working with Don Heffington, Bob Glaub, Benmont Tench, and Greg Leisz, who served mainly as my band. It is always a risk recording with people who don't know you, but not in this case. “The Cheapest Key” was a song I wasn't sure was even ready to record, but after a few passes, we had the take and it remains in my mind the most fun song I've ever recorded. “Goodnight, California” is a six and a half minute song we got on the second take. It features a bass line that was played impeccably by Sebastian Steinberg, with John Guinty on Hammond. “I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory” was a song I wrote after Jim Scott overheard me singing one line I had written. He pushed me to finish it at the hotel that night, and with a little help from some wine I did. We tracked it the next morning. Most of the vocal is live off the floor, as is all of Greg Liesz's amazing pedal steel part. My mother is featured on the “oohs” in the choruses, which I threatened to take off the track when she complained about the title of “Sure As Shit”. Kevin Fox, a longtime Canadian aquaintance must be mentioned for arranging the strings, but for also letting me play in the string quartet. I also recorded with some other Canadian friends including Gary Craig (drums), Bob Packwood (keys), Justin Rutledge (vocals), Paul Reddick (harmonica) and of course, Jim Bryson and Colin Cripps. In my living room we recorded some piano, electric guitar and Jim sang on “Asking For Flowers. We had to turn off the furnace in between takes so we wouldn't hear the rumble of the boiler. My hope for this record was to play with some musicians I had not yet already. To see through a sonic vision living in my head. To commit myself to being precise as well as open-minded. To have bare-bones folk songs, but also lush instrumental pieces. Most importantly, I wanted to write songs that tell a story, be it mine or someone else's with honesty and integrity. These songs came from a very true place in my heart, perhaps the reason they took so long to write. Plus, I finally got to do my first guitar solo (it's on “Run”), which is a major accomplishment when you're married to a guitarist extraordinaire. And so now I'm looking forward to all the touring ahead, reinventing the songs as we play them live, and seeing new and familiar faces. I feel so privileged to do what I do and aspire to be great at it. I know I've rambled too long now, but if I didn't want to be great, I might as well just stay home. And I don't want to. I'd also prefer not taking the greyhound bus to Letterman anymore. Thank you.
Failer - 2003-01-14 -
Six O' Clock News One More Song the Radio Won't Like Hockey Skates The Lone Wolf 12 Bellevue Mercury Westby Maria National Steel Sweet Little Duck
In State Back to Me Pink Emerson Radio Independent Thief Old Time Sake Summerlong What Are You Waiting For Away Somewhere Else Copied Keys Good Things
5 years 100 Years From Now A Face In The Crowd Big Star Caroline Changes Harper Valley P.T.A. I Can't Give You Up Imagine I'm On Fire Injustica Juanita Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Money Talks Nagasaki Only Lie Worth Telling Only Love Can Break Your Heart Shinny Taste Of The Sun Titled Untitled Unknown Legend We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning What A Wonderful World When will I Be Loved Wildflowers Wordgamething Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
Failer
Six O'Clock News Copper on the corner and he loaded two rounds And I can't even get inside to talk you down Peter, sweet baby, where'd you get that gun You spend half your life trying to turn the other half around And I tried to come clean, but I guess it's no use Your face is all over six o'clock news They cleared the street and then they closed the schools I can't even get inside Did you lose your head when the farm went down Was is when your daddy died after he moved to town And I know your momma calls you good for nothing She says her baby is a failure and she don't want you calling And I tried to come clean, but I guess it's no use Your face is all over six o'clock news They cleared the street and then they closed the schools I can't even get inside Peter, sweet baby, there's something I need to say to you I'm gonna have your baby this coming June We could get a little place down by Gilmour Park You could do a little time and save my broken heart And I tried to come clean, but I guess it's no use Your face is all over six o'clock news They cleared the street and then they closed the schools I can't even get inside And I tried to come clean, but I guess it's no use Copper when ahead and he just shot you through Now you're lying dead on the avenue And I can't feel my broken heart And I can't feel my broken heart One More Song The Radio Won't Like Johnny little rocket star, flashing the label's credit card His name is at the door But no one knew what for Says he's got a strategy I'm a test of his sanity Wire cars and whiskey Bad debts and dirty laundry You can't even make up my mind You can't even make up my mind One more song the radio won't like Reel it in and shut your mouth Reputations are in doubt Write a hit so I can talk you up No one likes a girl who won't sober up You can't even make up my mind You can't even make up my mind One more song the radio won't like So brush your hair and straighten up Put down the drink you just got Johnny little rocket star Picked up a girl at the bar So I keep my sanity Wire cars and everything I guess that we are through The bad advice from you You can't even make up my mind You can't even make up my mind One more song the radio won't like Hockey Skates Going down in the same old town down the same street to the same bar And the same old people saying hi and I don't care Going down in the same old bar and I don't even order anymore I am so sick of consequence and the look on your face I am tired of playing defence I don't even have hockey skates You can meet me at ten thirty I won't be there I'll be gone We can talk like we are friends Going over it all again Talking about everything I am doing wrong Do you wish your nose was longer So you'd have an excuse not to see past it Do you wish the lights were brighter in the city that you live I am so sick of consequence Do you think your boys club will crumble Just because of a loud-mouthed girl Lone Wolf He was the lone wolf you could see it in his eyes The way he held his heart the way he held his lies Sometimes he's just show up outside on the porch And hour at a time like a lonely whore She was a scarecrow the way she always looked around For something she once had and never could be found Time was on her side but she never kept track All the hunters came and took her memories back Once they met inside a dirty curtained room And the rain fell down hard that day onto the tin roof She said "I've seen you before, I've been looking for you Better keep your heart close hunters are coming for you" He said "I've seen them before and I always get away 'Cause you will never stop looking and I will never stay" The lone wolf kissed her mouth like so many before Scarecrow closed her eyes and then she closed the door And the rain fell down on the tin roof when the hunters came that night Stole all of her memories killed the wolf and all his lies 12 Bellevue I'm not gonna lie Not gonna make up my mind tonight I'm not gonna pretend I cleared out of town so I could clear my head I'm not gonna smile All the shit that's happened is gonna take a while I don't want to be your friend Just take off your clothes and get into my bed And the press is after you Jumping over fences just to see who's cool And now I stand accused I put a hole in your heart Then I fed it to you I'm not gonna think About all the shit you want me to think I'm not gonna say Who I spent my time with yesterday I'm not gonna choose In the end either way I still lose I'm not gonna wait I was thinking about drinking my way through the day And the press is after you Jumping over fences just to see who's cool And now I stand accused I put a hole in your heart Then I fed it to you
Mercury Wanna go get high Mercury is parked outside, under the light Wanna take me to The parking lot of the old high school And it's like you said I would've turned up dead in the car And it's like you said I would've turned up dead in the car Wanna go get high Mercury is parked outside, under the light Wanna take me to The parking lot of the old high school And it's like you said I would've turned up dead in the car And it's like you said I would've turned up dead in the car Westby Got your little secret, no I will not tell You're trying to sober up in the highway motel And my hands are covered with your smell You begged me to stay and sing you a song I dance dirty for you 'Cause it turns you on And I'm a little bleeder with white pants on And if you weren't so old, I'd probably keep you If you weren't so old, I'd tell my friends But I don't think your wife would like my friends I've got a hit for everyday of the week I gave you something of mine that was so sweet And I've been holding on to it since I was sixteen You call me Danny and I call you Mable You passed out so I flicked through cable And I stole your gold watch off the bed-side table And if you weren't so old, I'd probably keep you If you weren't so old, I'd tell my friends But I don't think your wife would like my friends Maria Oh, Maria, I waited too long The phone rang three times, but you were gone Take it from me, move out on me I only weigh you down And I'm not so dumb I can take a hint Gave you 48 hours and then I split Now I'm high on the road trying to get home I want my bubble car Took the turn and drove too far I want my airplane Pop some pills to feel the same Could you make it alright Could you make it alright Oh, Maria, I waited too long The phone rang three times, but you were gone Take it from me, move out on me I only weigh you down And I'm not so dumb I can take a hint I met your new girlfriend and then I split Now I'm high on the road trying to get home I want my bubble car Took the turn and drove too far I want my airplane Pop some pills to feel the same Could you make it alright Could you make it alright And could you maybe stay the night And could you maybe National Steel What a surprise, wearing your disguise on the telephone line I know it pleased you to know I needed you and your time You play the game, not saying either way but you know Could've made it real quick, save me the guilt trip, and just said no Are you writing this all down Are you writing this all down This conversation, the alienation in your tone I've got no fucking clue from your point of view and your time zone I wouldn't have asked, saved you the task, if I weren't for real Trading a daughter and two thousand dollars For a national steel Are you writing this all down Are you writing this all down Sweet Lil' Duck Sweet little duck, I've been waiting for you Wearing my heart on my sleeve And I sleep through most days So the time goes by And I think I drink more now that ever 'Cause you've got me on your shelf and I just sit here Thinking about when everything was right And you say you don't got any answers Well, I'm tired of you not making up your mind On Tuesday, I'll be back for my things Sweet little duck, I've been waiting for you But I still wear my heart on my sleeve I'm gonna set things right I gotta job down south Don't you think about coming after me 'Cause you've got me on your shelf and I just sit here Thinking about when everything was right And you say you don't got any answers Well, I'm tired of you not making up your mind On Tuesday, I'll be back for my things
Back to Me
In State I can spot your kind a million miles away Buckle down boots and a bloodshot gaze You talk so sweet until the going gets tough The last job you pulled was never big enough Don't say you'll change after the next time You wouldn't even be yourself if you weren't telling a lie 'Cause I know where the cops hang out I know where you'll be found I know what you're all about I know when you're going down You only call me honey when we're alone Hiding at your place up on slack road You've got an answer for every little thing You can't even tell me where you've been My face couldn't make you leave it behind Maybe twenty years in state will change your mind 'Cause I know where the cops hang out I know where you'll be found I know what you're all about I know when you're going down Don't say you'll change after the next time You wouldn't even be yourself if you weren't telling a lie Maybe twenty years in state will change your mind 'Cause I know where the cops hang out I know where you'll be found I know what you're all about I know you'll never change now I know my love was good enough I know you would have shed my blood I know you can't shut me up I know when you're going down Back To Me I've got ways to make you sorry Start my life with someone else I've got ways to make you fall I'll tell you all the things that I lied about I've got ways to make you mad Laughing at the girl sitting on your lap I've got ways to make you sing my songs Ones I ain't written yet I've got lights you've never seen I've got moves I've never used I've got ways to make you come Back to me I've got ways to make you strange Drug you up and drag you home I've got ways to track you down In all of the places you like to go I've got ways to make you crazy Wear all the things you always wanted me to I've got ways to make you run My daddy is coming for you I've got lights you've never seen I've got moves I've never used I've got ways to make you come Back to me I've got ways to make you hear me just by whispering your name I've got ways to make you think you'll never be happy again I've got ways to make you see I'm so much better than before I've got ways to make you swear You won't want your old life anymore I've got lights you've never seen I've got moves I've never used I've got ways to make you come Back to me Pink Emerson Radio Painted over the walls The saddest colour of blue Posters covered in glass Favorite curbside grab Red Valentine's card Stuck on the mirror to keep Record player made of tubes Spinning Tommy by The Who There's no time to waste There's no time to wait Keys on the hook by the door For the truck sold years ago Standing guitars in the case Filling up closet space Vintage 40's wardrobe Pink Emerson radio Old lace dress I bought in the store Motorcycle boots on the floor There's no time to waste There's no time to wait Sirens up on the street Smoke is burning my eyes And the neighbours are screaming at me I can only carry one thing I can only carry one thing There's no time to waste There's no time to wait Independent Thief Gimme a bet and i'll take it I've got twenty bucks that says I'm gonna make it I've got twenty two fifty in the bank And I'd bet it all away given the chance I'm the independent thief No one's got a number on me Everybody's talking while you save this crowd They water down the drinks and the band plays too loud I don't want nothing from you All I need is just some company You're always standing there holding out for more When I'm the reason you're always shown the door I'm this city's sweet holy thunder I'm the gold of the drug you've been under I'm the good teacher that got away Button-down sweaters and black-rimmed frames I'm your get-out-of -jail-free for a year I'm the warden of your heart but I don't keep you near I don't want nothing from you All I need is just some company Old Time Sake Of all the things that you could choose to say “Baby come home with me for old time sake” “Stand by my side and flash me that smile” “Everybody is out tonight” So I called you up from god knows where Would you lie in bed if I were there Speak soft, just talk I will listen Don't you dare leave till the morning Like you always do Follow me down through the streets of the states Make up a reason not to come for old time sake Nothing in this town could ever change Except maybe new lines on your face So I called you up from god knows where Would you lie in bed if I were there Speak soft, just talk I will listen Don't you dare leave till the morning Like you always do Summerlong I know how to play this game One, two, three and I'm safe Count real slow to five You couldn't keep me around if you tried I know how to beat the rage Of my tender age Touch me once in the hall But don't look back and don't call There are some things I can hardly say You've got me feeling a brand new way Please don't let this be summerlong I used to play this game In the middle lane Pass them all on the inside And don't get caught in a lie There are some things I can hardly say You've got me feeling a brand new way Please don't let this be summerlong 'Cause I want to stay All the nights and wasted time Trying to get my head to change its mind All the talk of what it could be When it never was There are some things I can hardly say You've got me feeling a brand new way Please don't let this be summerlong Please don't let this be summerlong 'Cause I want to stay What Are You Waiting For All the things I tried Mistakes made in my old life I picked you up that night All my wrongs don't make you right Silence reminds me I'm a secret too dirty to keep And we're such a familiar sight I gave you my word and it cost your life What are you still hiding Are you even trying Why have you come, what are you waiting for All the words you had Planted seeds inside your head Just waiting on a rainy day Well I'm standing soaking and you still can't say All the dreams you had It's been years and you're still mad You say you like me in your memory You've got to be fucking kidding me What are you still hiding Are you even trying Why have you come What are you waiting for And we drive through the old neighbourhood All the corners where we stood An hour passes you don't even blink I'm writing you off and you still can't speak Why have you come What are you waiting for
Away I remember the way Driving home late Speeding all the way Alone in the rain I was rehearsing a part From down at the bar My mouth smelled like a drink We were laughing, I think I've been away Do you pick up your phone Do you check your mail Do you answer your door even if it's late? I don't know who to call I don't know who to write And I think I forgot What your face looks like I've been away Do you think that i've changed I swear I never tried Memory is a terrible thing When you use it right I was rehearsing a part From down at the bar My mouth smelled like a drink We were laughing, I think I've been away Somewhere Else ( Jim Bryson )
I used to look for you out in the daylight I took highways and sidestreets and back lanes Slept under open skies Life can be cruel Life can be sweet if I want it to be This town that I once called home I just can't hold on to It's got bus stops and strip malls and people I would never even talk to She said life can be cruel But life is so sweet 'Cause I let it be Everybody out here They wanna live somewhere else I wish I could find a place And stay there by myself Bit by bit I swear I think I'm losing All this city's confidence Copied Keys This is not my town and it will never be This is our apartment filled with your things This is your life, I get copied keys Try and force a little smile hold it a little while for you These are your old streets and you know them well One way shortcuts all the way downtown But your favorite find is just my secondhand secret Try and hide a little pain for the things I can't explain to you These are your good friends and I like them fine 'Cause they are your past and your present time But would you even be the same if you left them behind All the things I used to be All the things I miss of me for you These are your good friends and I like them fine These are your old streets and you know them well This is not my town and it will never be And it will never be..... Ours. Good Things I've got a long, long list of things That no one needs to see Desk drawers filled with picture frames Postcards tucked in underneath We were only young when we moved away It went on and on for years You fell in love and now you live in the city I'm my own company out here Don't get down Good things come when you stop waiting around Good things come when you stop looking Don't get down You've just got to stop looking There are some things that I believe Like if you've got nothing you've still got your family And when you are no one you're still the king And there's not a dollar enough in the world to Make you sing So don't get down Good things come when you stop waiting around Good things come when you stop looking Don't get down You've just got to stop looking There are some things I used to be Won't you find the will just to remind me Because you are so safe inside my memory And the scar underneath my knee
Asking For Flowers
Buffalo The summer months left me alone But the fall rolled in on the back of a storm In the night you and I drove Have you ever seen lightning and snow? All these weeks without a note It's like a ticking clock Every time that you phone I've run aground truth be told And when it comes to me I'll let you know Don't be like that Just my luck an Irish rose In a drinking hole I'd played a thousand one shows What you need is to just go home And when it comes to you Don't leave it alone Don't be like that Up ahead the roads were closed And the Gennys ran most of Buffalo The customs man at border control Said yes you can go But you won't make it home Don't be like that The Cheapest Key A is for all the times I bit my tongue B is for bullshit and you fed me some C is for charity and now you're mine D is for dollars but you're counting dimes E is the exit sign backstage at shows F is my favourite letter, as you know G is for God loves a patient man Who spends his days living in ego-land You always write it in the cheapest key You always blame it on the cheapest key You always play me in the cheapest key They say the start's always the hardest part But like you know, baby, I'm all warmed up Sometimes I want to shout your name out loud And let them in on what you're all about You always write it in the cheapest key You always blame it on the cheapest key You always play me in the cheapest key Don't write me off Here comes my softer side And there it goes ‘Cause i've been on the road too long to sympathize With what you think you're owed You always write it in the cheapest key You always blame it on the cheapest key You always play me in the cheapest key Asking For Flowers It's complicated Technically I'm certified A walking declaration Of everything I couldn't get right Time is just an anchor But 7 years I think I'm right Now you've changed your number It's like a noose around my life Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every penny I put away Asking for flowers Is like asking you to be nice Don't tell me you're too tired 10 years i've been working nights My life is like a picture left Out too long in the sun Now I'm trying to remember all The faces of the names i've loved And all that's left of me now is A cigarette burning bright And a fading memory of all the things I tried to get right Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every penny I put away Asking for flowers Is like asking you to be nice Don't tell me you're too tired 10 years i've been working nights Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every bill I went and paid Every card I signed my name Every time I poured my heart out Every threat you made to move out Every cruel word you let just slip out Every cruel word you let just slip out Alicia Ross I am a girl with a forgettable face No matter my colour, no matter my name At work there is a boy and he treats me well My old friends from high school, I see them around August is here I can't believe how fast Soon there will be winter and snow on the ground Maybe by then I could get my own place Closer to the city if that's ok But Mamma, can you hear me? As I dragged on my day's last cigarette He pulled me so hard off my Very own back door steps And he laid me in his garden All the years i've watched him tend And then he took me, Mamma So I could never tell you about it Inside of this moment there are Things I wish I could know Like my ring size, your ring size, And the hour I was born My dad's middle name, your favourite song Was your darkest day as dark as this one? Mamma, can you hear me? As I dragged on my day's last cigarette He pulled me so hard off my very own back door steps And he laid me in his garden All the years i've watched him tend He took me, Mamma So I could never tell you about it Now I'm a girl who's face they'll never forget I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory Blazing a trail to the southern cities From the streets of our hometown Basement bars we played from the heart In the company of our friends If I write down these memories That I have saved away Photographs of the years that passed Inside my little brain You're cool and cred like Fogerty I'm Elvis Presley in the 70's You're Chateauneuf, I'm Yellow Label You're the buffet I'm just the table I'm a Ford Tempo you're a Maserati You're the Great One, I'm Marty mcsorley You're the Concorde, I'm economy I make the dough but you get the glory Big fish small pond and some cover songs We sang along the way We used to midnight run to the Vesta Lunch Cheeseburgers and chocolate shakes Once I got drunk with Jeff I told him I was in love with you But I love you like a brother So at least half of it was true You're cool and cred like Fogerty I'm Elvis Presley in the seventies You're Chateauneuf, I'm Yellow Label You're the buffet I'm just the table I'm a Dodge Sparkle, you're a Lamborghini You're the Great One, I'm Marty mcsorley You're the Concorde, I'm economy I make the dough, but you get the glory If I write down these memories That I have saved away Photographs of the years that passed Inside my little brain I'm sure it's been said in the finer print You make me look legitimate Heavy rotation on the CBC Whatever in hell that really means You're cool and cred like Fogerty I'm Elvis Presley in the 70's You're the Concorde I'm economy I make the dough, but you get the glory Oil Man's War Bobby wished he was from the past He said those cars they used to drive were the best I know that I'm a simple man Even my dreams I deserve to have Annabel had plans of her own She said there's no way in hell I'm going home Mamma says she always knows best God love her, but her life is a mess I won't change my mind So keep your hand on my thigh tonight When we get up north We'll buy us a store I won't fight in an oil man's war Bobby bought a brand new suit From his neighbour bought round toe shoes Stuffed the money down in his socks On his way he bought a wrist corsage Annie was scared to death She'd never once in her life laid with a man But she knew it was his only chance She bought a white dress second hand I won't change my mind Keep your hand on my thigh tonight When we get up north We'll buy us a store I won't fight in an oil man's war You can't say it's just a matter of pride I've been living here since I was a child And now I'm just a simple man But even my dreams I deserve to have I won't change my mind Keep your hand on my thigh tonight When we get up north We'll buy us a store Live upstairs after the kids are born And I'm not gonna die So keep your hand on my thigh tonight 'Cause when we get up north we'll buy us a store I won't fight in an oil man's war I won't fight in an oil man's war Sure As Shit Choosing my words carefully Has never been my strength I've been known to be vague And often pointless But you sure as shit know me Better than anybody else And for that in my heart I am hopeful So I helped you pack your bags And I folded up your snap shirts When you come back It will already be the winter If you look at other girls Working out in the nighttime I don't mind but I don't want to know it And these years that I have known you It's gone and blurred my sense of time Now I can hardly even recall What came before this Letters left on pillows Messages left on phones Postcards in the mail When we sent them Cobwebs all collected Paintings on the walls Lounging around all day In a hot pink chenille housecoat And the secrets that I whispered In your ear while you were sleeping You can call to mind when you're Out in the world without me Oh the denim king I sure as shit do love you And I cuss because I mean it And for that in my heart I am hopeful And these words that I chose I was so careful Run Oh, my child 30 years today You came into my life And everything changed If there's one thing I tried to teach you Girl, don't you waste your time Come this September You'll be somebody's wife I won't paint a picture Of what you want to see Love is the harder times Take it from me I would run down the lane And into the night Run so fast I swear my feet would fly Run from my babies asleep in their beds Run from my lover and my best friend And back again All of this courage I've tried so hard to hold on to Ever since that day You and your brother left for school They say just over that hill The fog rolled in Come quick doctor We think somebody's been killed I have been a healer Of other people's pain I know sometimes you don't like The ways i've changed But the smell of the world came into my lungs The sound of the gravel when my legs went numb And my heart nearly burst right out of my chest And it felt so good to know I wasn't dead Oh Canada Oh Canada I stand on guard for a lot But just last week a white girl was shot Outside a shopping mall Yeah, it's written in the press That your sweet little town Has lost its innocence It's not the year of the gun We don't say it out loud There are no headlines When a black girl dies It's not the lack of a sense It's called ambivalence All still in their lanes Under rush hour lights There's one head to a car But you act so surprised When the snow don't come You can't swim in the lakes Now it's hotter than hell In a bed you won't make It's not the lack of a sense It's called ambivalence Up on the hill Is the best real estate Just to get in You have to sell off your faith ‘Cause in the valley below There is crack and young girls But you don't have to believe What stays out of your world Scared at night As a child I would wake at night I was scared, but I kept real quiet Shadows on the walls moving in on me Underneath my sheets I could barely breathe Your room was only just across the hall All it would have taken was a single call Maybe sometimes you've got to trust yourself Not to scream out loud and run like hell Believe me All the days you're unsure Believe in me I don't want to anymore In the dark Picture me in your mind And i'll lay with you You don't have to be scared at night As a young man you were shooting rats By accident you hit the farmyard cat He ran for the fields and Came back the next day You had blown out his eye And you could see his brain Your dad said "Boy, there are some things in life. You don't want to do but you know is right. So take him out back and finish him off." You got your gun off the shelf It only took one shot Believe me All the days you're unsure Believe in me I don't want to anymore In the dark Picture me in your mind And i'll lay with you So you don't have to be scared at night I flew to Winnipeg on your final day They said that you waited until I came We sang your favourite hymns And we held your hand You took your final breath and that was that But I'd never seen a person die before I tried so hard not to cry, you know Maybe sometimes we've got to trust ourselves That when you die you go someplace else Believe me All the days you're unsure Believe in me I don't want to anymore In the dark Picture me in your mind And i'll lay with you So you don't have to be scared at night You don't have to be scared at night You don't have to be scared at night Goodnight, California You know what I wish? It was just you and me Sitting in this corner bar You can tell me how you are I'm not going to lie Or anything You don't even have to speak If you keep looking at me I could go all night But they're turning up the lights It would be so easy To do or say anything But I'm not going to lie Or anything I won't let you in my heart But you are always on my mind Lazy Eye ( I-tunes Bonus Track ) I've got my heart in a box Under the bed where it's cold and it's dark And i've got my soul in my shoes Walking on myself just to get to you And i've got a lazy eye But don't think I don't see you passing me by And i've got some time on my hands If you lived like I do, you would understand I've got a lie in my mouth A secret that I just can't talk about I've got a thirsty lip Pour me a drink of your sweetest kiss And i've got a lonely ear I wake up at night and pretend you were here I've got a reason to hope ‘Cause you haven't said yet that you don't
Voyageur
Empty Threat The hottest days of the summer They brought us here together You know it's true But this cold out's getting warmer Maybe come September I will feel brand new I'm moving to America Moving to America Moving to America It's an empty threat In the city I once said never I'm learning to say never never never ever 'Cause now I'm its favourite flower I'm blooming through the concrete cracks of this condo tower Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I'm moving to America Moving to America Moving to America It's an empty threat I'm moving to America Moving to America Moving to America It's an empty threat Over the coast of ours My bluff met thunder showers I hit my head until it bled I pressed reset, goddamnit I'm moving to America Moving to America Moving to America It's an empty threat I'm moving to America Moving to America Moving to America It's an empty threat I'm moving to America Moving to America Moving to America It's an empty threat The hottest days of the summer They brought us here together You know it's true Chameleon / Comedian I know your heart It is a sacred thing And you're a comedian You hide behind your funny face Every time, every time Out of the shadows Out of the cameras and the lights You're a chameleon And you hide behind your darker side Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Everytime, everytime I don't need a punch line I don't need a punch line Everybody's watching The way that our seal could not change I'll be a medium For everything you wanted to say 'Cause out of the shadows Out of the cameras and the lights I'm a chameleon I just hide behind the songs I write See me smile It's not for a funny joke See me smile It's not for a funny joke It's for Everytime, everytime I don't need a I don't need a punch line Everytime, everytime I don't need a punch line See me smile It's not for a funny joke See me smile It's not for a funny joke It's for Everytime, everytime I don't need a punch line I don't need a punch line Everytime, everytime I don't need a punch line I don't need a punch line Everytime, everytime I don't need a punch line (I don't need, I don't need, I don't need) Everytime, everytime A Soft Place To Land Calling it quits You think this is easy I swear I hurt You call in the jury Call it a catch Without any strings attached Well I'm looking for a soft place to land The forest floor The palms of your hands I'm looking for a soft place to land Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I call it an ace You've gotta believe me But you're calling me names And not to my face But you're calling my spade A bluff without calling it off I'm looking for a soft place to land The forest floor The palms of your hands I'm looking for a soft place to land Call me in the night I don't mind I don't care I can't sleep Call me in the day In my car On my way Call me by my name All I want is to hear you say I'm looking for a soft place to land The forest floor The palms of your hands I'm looking for a soft place to land The forest floor The palms of your hands The palms of your hands The palms of your hands Change The Sheets My love took a ride on a red-eye plane Going home and we're never gonna feel the same Change this feeling under my feet Change the sheets and then change me My love is a stockpile of broken wills Like Santa Fe, margaritas and sleeping pills I want to lie in the cracks of this lonely road I can fill in the blanks every time you don't phone Here is the truth, I swear it used to be fun Go and get her, run, run, run, run Change this feeling under my feet Change the sheets and then change me Won't you change this feeling under my feet Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I wanna lie in the cracks of this lonely road I can fill in the blanks for every time you don't phone Here is the truth I swear I was fun Go ahead run, run, run, run, run, run, run Change this feeling under my feet Would you change the sheets and then change me Change this feeling under my feet 'Cause here is the truth, I swear I was fun Go ahead run, run, run, run, run, run Go ahead run, run, run, run, run, run House Full Of Empty Rooms One, two, three, four You don't talk to me Not the way that you used to Maybe I don't deserve In a way that makes you think I do I've been wondering About what we're gonna do A house full of empty rooms You don't kiss me Not the way that I wish you would Baby I don't look at you In a way that makes you think you should So I've been thinking About how it's gonna be Years are getting a piece Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin And I'm far from perfect And I'm far from anything But I swear that when we started I used to make you happy But I don't know you Not the way that I thought I did Maybe you don't know me And you don't wanna be the first to say I've been wondering about what we gonna do And I've been wondering about what we gonna do A house full of empty rooms A house full of empty rooms Mint The taste of mint You were a field of it Why I couldn't say no To the taste of it God knows I want to God knows I need to God doesn't know you like I do You're the taste of mint Under a midnight flirt And why I couldn't just go And try to sleep on it Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin God knows I want to God knows I need to God doesn't know you like I do And I do, sha la la la la I do, sha la la la la la And it's like, you haven't said Nothing could, could have replaced Lord knows I tried, to be true God knows I want to God doesn't know you like I do And I do, sha la la la la I do, sha la la la la la And I do, sha la la la la I do, sha la la la la la Sha la la la la la... Sidecar Wake up, wake up, wake up I wanna take you To all the places I thought we could I was feeling so lost for so long I was feeling so lost for so long I didn't know what to do Sit up, sit up, sit up I went and made you Breakfast in bed, coffee and juice Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I was feeling so lost for so long You were feeling so lost for so long We didn't know what to do You and I will be sidecars There to chase down the hard stuff There to chase down the hard stuff Wait up, wait up You let me show you All of the monsters I was holding on to So get up, get up, get up It's gonna be good ‘Cause you all know what nothing Nothing no one owes you You were feeling so lost for so long I was feeling so lost for so long You were feeling so lost for so long We didn't know what to do You and I will be sidecars There to chase down the hard stuff with you There to chase down You and I will be sidecars There to chase down the hard stuff with you There to chase down the hard stuff Pink Champagne Top it up, a white carnation I borrow my mother's clutch Thinking the grass could be greener, at last Now that I'm all grown up But expectation and idle'll be the death of me In a dress to kill and a glass to fill I wasn't ready but I didn't fight Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Pink champagne tastes the same I don't want to feel this way Looking back, it was such a dumb idea Five girls in the same-colored dress Book a honeymoon and find yourself thinking My life is a perfect mess 'Cause when you're far from the phone I start feeling at home where I am Thinking the grass would be greener, at last If I were on my own Pink champagne tastes the same I don't want to feel this I don't want to feel this way Everybody's saying "if I were you" Cause now you're such a good judge When it comes to love And everybody's thinking they know me and you Oh, I can be cruel So can you Pink champagne tastes the same And I don't want to feel this I don't want to feel this I don't want to feel this way Pink champagne tastes the same I don't want to feel this I don't want to feel this I don't want to feel this way Going To Hell Get out a map, carve out a path Highlight it in fluorescent yellow From the mountain pass to the prairie grass Anywhere you'll go I'll follow And if we don't speak after you leave I'll look to the sky for smoke signals If I fall behind, could you leave me a sign Breadcrumbs in the shape of an arrow Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin See I'm going to hell In a basket I made It's woven from the letters And it spells your name When the weather breaks we can sail the great lakes I'll make a white flag from your pillow Plug the holes of your leaky boat Use your t-shirt for material See I'm going to hell In a basket I made It's woven from the letters And it spells your name I'm going to hell I'm going to hell I'm going to hell I will let go when your leaky boat reaches the shore I will let you know when the map says you're in anymore See I'm going to hell In a basket I made Woven from the letters And it spells your name I'm going to hell I'm going to hell I'm going to hell I will see you there I will see you there I will see you there For The Record My blood is thick but it still runs Every time I was taught to bite my tongue It's been years and the letters they still come Still come Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin So hang, hang me up on your cross For the record, I only wanted to sing songs Hang me out to die in the sun For the record, I only wanted to sing songs Raise me up when I was number one Make a story of, of a story that was spun Strong enough to carry both my sons My blood is thick but it still runs So hang, hang me up on your cross For the record, I only wanted to sing songs Hang me out to die in the sun For the record, I only wanted to sing songs Hang, hang me up on your cross For the record, I only wanted to sing songs Hang, hang me up on your cross For the record, I only wanted to sing songs Record
Total Freedom
Glenfern When I go walking in my neighborhood I wonder how I even got here It seems so long since those Hamilton days And the first house we bought together And the online street view used to crack me up It was you standing in your slippers On the front porch with the siamese cat But it's not up there anymore And I, I will always be thankful for it I was so lucky to be under your wing But I think I went and outgrew 'em Now when I find myself looking back I think of all the cool shit that happened Like, we had a tour bus with a bed in the back We bought a rock and roll dream it was total crap, well We toured the world and we played on TV We met some of our heroes, it almost killed me And I, I will always be thankful for it And I, I will always be thankful for it I guess some things we should have said 'Cause it was too late when we did like You changed too much, you didn't change And I am sorry for everything For everything Early days we were playing the Horseshoe And I was drinking too much whiskey You always knew how to set me straight Even though I didn't want to hear it And I, I will always be thankful for it And I, I will always be thankful for it I will always be thankful for it And I, I will always be thankful for it Hard On Everyone Everything in this house breaks What wouldn't under the weight Everything in this house goes away You're going to fix it Or so you say Everything in this house wants to breathe The words that get twisted up when you speak 'Cause there's something to be said about being strong Well, there's something to be said about never being wrong You're so hard on me Why would you want to be Am I not the one you love You're so hard on everyone You're so hard on me Why would you want to be Am I not the one you love You're so hard on everyone Everything in this house is afraid What wouldn't be under your weight I believed all the things you claim to know And you treat me like a lie you use When you lose control And everything in this house goes away A story line that was bound to break 'Cause you can't wrap it up in a pretty bow And then take your gifts back when all the cracks start to show You're so hard on me Why would you want to be Am I not the one you love You're so hard on everyone You're so hard on me Why would I let you be Am I not the one you love You're so hard on everyone Everyone Hard on everyone Birds On A Feeder Come on, spring, won't you show yourself to me The light is changing and the fire's out I kept it going till the orange glow Became the rising sun on my bedroom floor I got birds on a feeder I got dogs and they're sleeping I got total freedom No one to need Come on, snow, you know I love your cold I'm still hiding under all your layers of clothes And I'm dying for you to touch my skin It's been so long, but I'm staying in I got birds on a feeder I got dogs and they're sleeping I got total freedom No one to need me Come on, feelings, won't you go away For just one season you could take a break 'Cause after when we were lying there It felt so good that I got scared I got birds on a feeder I got dogs and they're sleeping I got total freedom No one to need No one to Simple Math All these people in my life Come in and out like a kite Just bobbing like a breeze in a changing wind That's just the way it is Numbers never were my strength And I barely got a passing grade You teach me Love is simple math I don't care how old we get I'm just one and you're one and we're two together I'm okay being friends forever You and I were only eight Growing up on the same street Just bobbing like a breeze in a changing wind When you're just a kid Everything and nothing changes And now your girls are the same age You teach me Love is simple math I don't care how old we get I'm just one and you're one and we're two together I'm okay being friends forever Safety pins to taper our jeans We were raising hell in the back seat Building forts in cedar trees Ice cream banana seats Running wild in our bare feet Everything and nothing changes And now we are our mother's age And love is simple math I don't care how old we get I'm just one and you're one and we're two together I'm okay being friends forever Love is simple math And I can be a total pain in the ass But I'm just one and you're one and we're two together I'm okay being friends forever Options Open I love you so much, everything You do, you say, you speak, you wear, it just works for me But I blame it on the weekly flyer That took me down to Crappy Tire 'Cause you were smiling when I looked up I guess we'll always have a parking lot For thirty nine years I've been keeping my options open I've been keeping my options open There were some things behind me An open door I did not close when I was lonely But I swore I wouldn't go near you with a ten-foot pole It's not my fault that I wasn't sure But I'm holding up a mirror, we look so sweet You make me stronger, I'm wanting for nothing For thirty nine years I've been keeping my options open I've been keeping my For thirty nine years I've been keeping my options open And you don't have to say it 'Cause nobody's harder on me than me And if you don't believe it Then there's nothing I can say But I was in this with you I want it, don't you want it too For thirty nine years I've been keeping my options open For thirty nine years I've been keeping my options open I've been keeping my For thirty nine years I've been keeping my options open I've been keeping my Feelings Fade Here's a moving target Now take your shot I was never going to hit it You knew it all along I get it Feelings fade, you wouldn't be the first Not knowing it hurts worse A broken arrow Almost hit my arm I guess cupid's on vacation It went right through my heart And I could teach you five words to close a door I don't love you anymore Did your feelings fade Did your feelings fade Did your feelings fade And you just can't say it That your feelings had faded Did your feelings fade Did your feelings fade And you just can't say I found a trail of breadcrumbs They led me straight to you You said you didn't leave them I know that isn't true 'Cause you took me to a house where you wanted to live Tell me about a place where your parents met Take me to your friends and then take it back Did your feelings fade Did your feelings fade Did your feelings fade And you just can't say it That your feelings had faded Did your feelings fade Did your feelings fade And you just can't say Fools Ride Love is blind Whoever bought that line must be a real sucker They made a movie about someone else A warning sign but I went out There's a run in the rug, a pull in my sweater Something true was in that letter Loose ends you never tied Now I know it was all a lie 'Cause you know how to spend my money You know how to spin a story You know how to take me for a fool's ride in the country Love at first sight Who ever bought that line wasn't listening To the first thing you ever said to me about retiring 'Cause the bill I paid for my birthday dinner The bill I paid every winter Boxes and bills on the basement floor I don't believe you anymore 'Cause you know how to spend my money You know how to spin a story You know how to take me for a fool's ride in the country Love saves the day Here comes the red flag flying in the shit parade A warning sign that I Ignored Signed my good name to a house you can't afford There's a run in the rug, a pull in my sweater Something true was in that letter Loose ends you never tied Now I know it was all a lie And you know how to spend my money You know how to spin a story You know how to take me for a fool's ride in the country And everything you ever said was half true Ashes To Ashes Ashes to ashes, I'm just dust All the animals that I've loved Will die some day and so will I I get scared to say goodbye Ashes to ashes, I'm just mad That someone like you was taken like that And no one in this room could say We'll feel better if we pray 'Cause the line out where the sea meets sky is Where your soul goes when you die The world isn't flat, God is not in the clouds Everything in this world comes around Ashes to ashes when I'm done You don't have to tell anyone 'Cause all these feelings will be enough All the animals that I've loved 'Cause the line out where the sea meets sky is Where your soul goes when you die The world isn't flat, God is not in the clouds Everything in this world comes around And the line out where the sea meets sky is Where I'll find you when I die Ashes to ashes, I'm just dust Everything in this world comes around Who Rescued Who I picked you up on the other side of the river Dogs and alcohol, they go so good together You really were so sweet, immediately Charm me with your skin and bones Hop in the back seat, here we go Under the little catalpa tree Is where I put you With a rock that says your name I had made for ya And now my favorite thing to say Is who rescued who Who rescued who Who rescued who I picked up this habit I'm just trying to lose Called courage in a glass that helps me keep up with you 'Cause when we walk down the street, everybody Would stop and say, oh boy, aren't you so sweet And I felt that too Under the little catalpa tree Is where I put you With a rock that says your name I had made for ya And now my favorite thing to say Is who rescued who Who rescued who Who rescued who Take It With You When You Go I don't want this anymore, this thing Heavy on my shoulders like the summer rain I don't want it anymore, the hurt That lives under the bed in the smell of your shirt Take it with you when you go so far Take it with you when you go, go far Take it with you when you go I don't want it anymore, these thoughts The seasons ahead that will not be ours I don't want it anymore, your words Playing in my head like a broken record I don't want it anymore, this picture 'Cause every hour is a day I couldn't feel stiller Take it with you when you go so far Take it with you when you go so far Take it with you when you go More Don't you feel it anymore Don't you say it anymore Don't you think it anymore Now I know I loved you more 'Cause you're just a picture in my wallet that I can't tear up Take it with you when you go so far Take it with you when you go so far Take it with you when you go Take it with you when you go Take it with you when you go Take it with you when you go
Non Albums Tracks
5 Years ( Building 55 EP ) Well I stayed five years too long in this town And you stayed five years too long 'cause you are proud And you spent the best years of your life in a basement bar Baby, I am leaving and I am taking your guitar Do you ever wonder what you could have been If only you could have stopped drinking Couldn't even keep the good ones you had Couldn't even keep the good life you had No this is not, not about you this time It's not about you this time You just sit on your ass getting wasted Take advantage of my patience Take advantage of my patience And I am done being patient And on a late night phonecalls to say Baby I am really wanted, but I can't change And no messages in the world can make me stay Baby it is you who can never change And no this is not, not about you this time It's not about you this time You just sit on your ass getting wasted And you take advantage of my patience Take advantage of my patience And I really need, may your jaw drop tonight You can't even tell me you think I am [lower] You are sitting on your ass getting wasted Take advantage of my patience And I am done being patient And I am done being patient Do you ever wonder what you could have been If only you could have stopped drinking Spent the best years of your life in a basement bar Baby, I am leaving and I am taking your guitar And you sit on your ass getting wasted Take advantage of my patience
100 Years From Now
( The Byrds Cover / Live ) One hundred years from this day Will the people still feel this way And still say The things that they're saying right now Everyone said I'd hurt you They said that I'd desert you If I go away You know I'm gonna get back somehow Nobody knows What kind of trouble we're in Nobody seems to think It all might happen again One hundred years from this time Will anybody change their minds And find out One thing or two about life People are always talking You know they're always talking Everybody's so wrong That I know it's gonna work out right Nobody knows What kind of trouble we're in Nobody seems to think It all might happen again
A Face In The Crowd ( Tom Petty Cover / Back To Me EP ) Before all of this Ever went down In another place And another town You were just A face in the crowd And you were just A face in the crowd Out in the street Walking around A face in the crowd Out of a dream Out of the sky Into my heart And into my life You were just A face in the crowd And you were just A face in the crowd Out in the street Thinking out loud A face in the crowd
Big Star
( Building 55 EP ) And your long black coat laying on the floor And your boots and your other things And your face and your mouth and And your voice Get out of this town, it only gets you down Make you old like me Get out of this town, 'Cause baby you could have everything Oh, and I am waiting [it out] and I am waiting, [it out] I am waiting [it out] Almost out the door and you pick up my silver tone And you sing And your face and your mouth and your voice Give me a guitar Make me a big star in waiting Give me a guitar Make me a big star in waiting Oh, and I am waiting Oh, and I am waiting [it out] Oh, and you are leaving Oh, I sing like you Make this whole room shake Oh, I sing like you Make this whole room shake
Caroline
( Concrete Blonde Cover / Live ) I hear you're driving Someone else's car now She said you came and Took your stuff away All the poetry, and the trunk You kept your life in I knew that it would Come to that someday Like a sad hallucination When I opened up my eyes The train had passed the station And you were trapped inside Yet I never wonder where you went, I only wonder why I wonder why Oh Caroline Oh, whoa-oh Caroline Oh, oh Caroline Whoa whoa whoa, Caroline Well I hear you're using someone else's number She said she saw you in the store today It doesn't matter whose address You're listed under I only know they'll never make you stay Like a memory in motion You were only passing through That is all you've ever known of life That's all you'll ever do There's a dream I have where I sail away Looking back I wave at you And I wave goodbye Oh Caroline Oh, oh whoa oh, Caroline Oh, oh Caroline Oh In another life I see you As an angel flying high And the hands of time will free you You will cast your chains aside And the dawn will come and kiss away Every tear that's ever fallen From your eyes Behind those eyes I wonder Oh, Caroline... oh, oh, oh Oh, oh... Caroline Sometimes I wonder Oh... Caroline Sometimes I Sometimes I wonder
Changes
( Black Sabbath Cover / Live ) I feel unhappy I feel so sad I lost the best friend That I ever had She was my woman I loved her so But it's too late now I've let her go I'm going through changes I'm going through changes We shared the years We shared each day In love together We found a way But soon the world Had it's evil way My heart was blinded Love went astray I'm going through changes I'm going through changes It took so long To realize That I can still hear Her last goodbyes Now all my days Are filled with tears Wish I could go back And change these years I'm going through changes I'm going through changes
Harper Valley P.T.A. ( Jeannie C. Riley Cover / Live ) I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley junior high Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play She said, "mom, I got a note here from the Harper Valley p.t.a." The note said, "Mrs. Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high It's reported you've been drinking and a-runnin' 'round with men and going wild And we don't believe you ought to be bringing up your little girl this way" It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley p.t.a. Well, it happened that the p.t.a. was gonna meet that very afternoon They were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room And as she walked up to the blackboard, I still recall the words she had to say She said, "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley p.t.a." Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a date Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away And Mr. Baker, can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town? And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down? Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath, you'll find she's had a little nip of gin Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit Well, this is just a little peyton place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites No i wouldn't put you on because it really did, it happened just this way The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley p.t.a. The day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley p.t.a.
I Can't Give You Up ( Live ) I fell for you, it's sad but true It just won't lit up (?) You're such a tease when I touch the keys I can't give you up And all these roads should lead me home Somehow I always get lost Don't touch my face in a public place You never know when to stop Still I can't give you up No, I can't give you up When I get old, when the heart explode From years of feeling too much And when I die they'll say I never gave you up Well, it just won't lit up (?) And I can't give you up
Imagine ( John Lennon Cover / Live ) Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today, ah-ha Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You, may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can Nothing to kill or die for A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You, you may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one
I'm On Fire
( Bruce Springsteen / Live ) Hey little girl is your daddy home Did he go away and leave you all alone I got a bad desire I'm on fire Tell me now baby is he good to you Can he do to you the things that I do I can take you higher I'm on fire Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my soul At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the Middle of my head Only you can cool my desire I'm on fire
Injustica
( Building 55 EP ) Injustica, how can you know, I mean it's so plain to me Injustica, get you that brass ring, and you'll be complete Injustica, how can you know, I mean I feel so much Injustica, think our minds could change, if we didn't want Injustica, people make mistakes, so I'm asking you again Injustica, I wasn't talking crazy with that “let's just be friends” Injustica, I am burning and might fall for you, drunkenly Injustica, don't know how you're feeling, this just kills me And my eyes are the reference of you And my mouth is reverent for you And my patience is an article of my time Me, my own mind Me, my own mind Me, my own mind Me, my own mind And I am Injustica, I have gone and injusticed you again And I am Injustica, I wasn't talking crazy with that “let's just be friends” And I am Injustica, and I'm not complete with your brass ring And I am Injustica, and you resent me 'cause I say no And my eyes are not the reference of you And my mouth is not reverent for you And my patience is an article of my time This is me, my own mind Me, my own mind Me, my own mind Me, my own mind Me, my own mind Injustica, people make mistakes, so I'm asking you again
*** Thanx a lot to Jim for this one ***
Juanita
( Gram Parsons Cover / Live ) No affection were the words That stuck on my mind When she walked out on me For the very last time Oh, mama, sweet mama Can you tell me what to say I don't know what I've done To be treated this way In a cold dirty room That's where I found myself With a bottle of wine And some pills on the shelf Oh, mama, sweet mama Can you tell me what to say I don't know what I've done And I'm feeling so ashamed Then an angel appeared She was just seventeen In a dirty old gown With a conscience so clean Oh, mama, sweet mama Can you tell me what to say She's brought back the life That I once threw away She's brought back the life That I once threw away
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
( Traditional / Live ) Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Ain't no telling just how fur I'll go I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee Get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee I told you I's a-commin' soon, you'd better look for me Honey, I can't lay down on your bed You know that I can't lay down on your bed Yes, you know that I can't lay down 'cross your pretty bed 'Cause my good woman she might kill me dead And don't you let my good gal catch you here No don't you let my good gal catch you here Doo, she might shoot you, cut and stump you too Ain't no tellin' what o' she might do Ooh, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know Now the way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Thinking goin' turn over, tryin' sleepin' on my side Ooh , make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know (Make that pallet, honey)
Money Talks
( AC/DC Cover / Live From The Bowery Ballroom EP ) Tailored suits, chauffeured cars Fine hotels and big cigars Up for grabs, up for a price Where the red-hot girls Keep on dancing through the night The claim is on you The sights are on me So what do you do That's guaranteed Hey little girl You want it all The furs and the diamonds The painting on the wall C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk! C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk! A French maid, foreign chef A big house with king-size bed You had enough You ship them out When the dollar's up, down, You better buy the pound! The claim is on you The sights are on me So what do you do That's guaranteed Hey little girl You want it all You hustle and you deal You steal from us all! C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk! C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk! The claim is on you The sights are on me So what do you do That's guaranteed Hey little girl You want it all You hustle and you deal And you steal from us all! C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk! C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk! C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk! C'mon, c'mon! Love me for the money! C'mon, c'mon! Listen to the moneytalk!
Nagasaki
( Building 55 EP ) Here's a riddle to the answer Anything I cannot hide Head is clumsy, heart is open And only dust and dirt inside And I am screaming, not with my mouth Not even asking all that much Well, I can't set our lazy limelights 'Cause I've been bastardized enough If I can't be your Nagasaki You should please just leave me alone 'Cause my good sir Hiroshima And I think I might explode And if no man can be an island Maybe I will be that no man Little floater in the bathtub I'm half asleep, to weak to stand And here's the riddle to your answer And the sum of human fear Well, I can't drop bombs on my hierarchy When what I have just disappears If I can't be your Nagasaki You should please just leave me alone 'Cause my good sir Hiroshima And I think I might explode I can't be your Nagasaki You should please just leave me alone 'Cause my good sir Hiroshima And I think I might explode I think I might explode
Only Lie Worth Telling (Paul Westerberg) Call me when your arms are empty That's the only way it can be Call me when you're full of pretty lies Call me when your eyes are empty And open all night You lied enough Open wide enough To drive a truck straight through Only lie worth telling Is I'm in love with you Only lie worth telling Is I'm in love with you Call me when you think you're leaving Hope you know you're not deceiving me Again just like you think you should Call me when your arms are empty And open all night You lied enough Open wide enough To drive a truck straight through Only lie worth telling Is I'm in love with you Only lie worth telling Is I'm in love with you If you need someone To tell everything you've done Then lie to me I'm the one who can attempt to be your friend If you need someone To tell everything you've done Then lie to me I'm the one who can still pretend Call me when your eyes are empty And open all night You lied enough Open wide enough To drive a truck straight like a knife Only lie worth telling Is I'm in love with you I'm the only lie worth telling I'm in love with you Only lie worth telling I'm the only lie worth telling
Only Love Can Break Your Heart ( Neil Young Cover / Live ) When you were young and on your own How did it feel to be alone? I was always thinking of games that I was playing Trying to make the best of my time 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? I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Someone should call him and see if he can come out Try to lose the down that he's found 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? I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart
Shinny ( Live 2003 ) Oh, I wish I had a hockey rink right outside the house You could come on over and just show me how To hold on proper to my hockey stick And skate backwards real fast And I wish I had a hockey rink right outside the house And I wish I had a ticket for every season and every year We would take the bus on down 'cause we'd had to many beers Wear the jerseys of the visiting team And make a lot of noise for Mats Sundin And I wish I had a ticket for every season and every year And I wish I could play shinny ["Let me explain the word shinny, Because only Canadians know what shinny is Shinny is, it's basically when you go out And play on the ice with your friends And neighbours and there's no equipment And you have a no hitting rule Because it's all fun and games And you're just playing with your buddies But I think they call it shinny in Canada because Everyone ends up at the hospital Because they've all got in fights"] And I wish I could play shinny better than anyone And get my skates sharpened every week, put my game face on And spend two minutes in the penalty box As I cross-checked your sorry ass after you broke my heart And I wish I could play shinny better than anyone And I wish I had a ticket for every season and every year Oh, I wish I had a hockey rink right outside the house
Taste Of The Sun ( Eddie's Mix Tape Vol. 4 ) Some things in this town never change I can see you in Ted's by the end of the day Drinking off your face each and every way And you wanna know why I'll never stay All the times I wondered about you I call home and nothing's new Maybe when the day is done I'll be back home with the taste of the sun Everybody's gotta look away sometimes I've still got some mountains to climb Weeks pass and months pass me away Finally made a home out of this old place I can tell you that I like it better on my own But I don't think it's what you want to hear All the things you said I'd lose I'm not sure that's even true Maybe when the day is done I'll be back home with the taste of the sun Everybody's gotta look away sometimes I've still got some mountains to climb You just sit around and count the days I'm gone You should know better than to wait that long And maybe when the day is done I'll be back home with the taste of the sun Everybody's gotta look away sometimes I've still got some mountains to climb Maybe when the day is done I'll be back home with the taste of the sun Everybody's gotta look away sometimes I've still got some mountains I've still got some mountains I've still got some mountains to climb
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( Building 55 EP ) You think I don't see you snaring at me From across your favorite bar And I know you figured whose who and that you probably do You think you are the local rock star Well I'll continue to play just as long as it takes 'Til i get through my set, I'll try not to play too loud So you can talk to all the important people That you know without shouting 'Cause I tend to play too loud Think before you speak to me 'cause I might cut you off Walk out that door so that hot air can cool off And you'll say who's the bitch And why'd you talk to me like that Didn't she recognize my face Didn't she know how important I am well important I am Everyone who is cool seems to adore you You've got more buzz than the bees Now you're flying higher little baby star Why don't you get up there Show us what it is that you do I hope you can play for all the talking that you do And famous but for their efforts So many those are ready Fighting claw away to the top We try to stay composed and we try not to mess up Pretty highlighted hair up Well fame and wealth they go together They seem to hold each other hand in hand And I think that's the one thing Think that's the one thing You just don't understand now Everyone who is cool seems to adore you You've got more buzz than the bees Now you're flying higher little baby star Why don't you get up there Your brand new shiny brand name guitar Just with the exception of your hair You've not impressed me so far So you can judge us little bees from over there You think that I wanna hang with you I can dress like beautiful people too Tomorrow morning you'll wake up in your bed And you'll have bad hair and you'll have doggy breath And tomorrow morning you'll just look like everybody Everybody else Everyone who is cool seems to adore you You've got more buzz than the bees Now you're flying higher than a little baby star Why don't you get up there With your brand new shiny brand name guitar Just with the exception of your hair You've not impressed me so far You think I don't see you snaring at me From across your favorite bar
Unknown Legend ( Neil Young Cover / Kcrw Live ) She used to work in a diner I never saw a woman look finer And I used to order just to watch her Walk across the floor She grew up in a small town She never put her roots down And daddy always kept movin' so she did too Somewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair Flyin' in the wind She's been runnin' half her life The chrome and steel she rides Collidin' with the very air that she breathes The air that she breathes You know it ain't easy You got to hold on She was an unknown legend in her time Now she's dressin' two kids Lookin' for a magic kiss She gets the far-away look in her eyes Somewhere on a desert highway She rides a Harley-Davidson Her long blonde hair Flyin' in the wind She's been runnin' half her life The chrome and steel she rides Collidin' with the very air that she breathes The air that she breathes She used to work in a diner I never saw a woman look finer
We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning ( Return To Sin City - A Tribute To Gram Parsons ) We know it's wrong to let this fire burn between us We've got to stop this wild desire in you and in me So we'll let the flame burn once again until the thrill is gone Then we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning We're two people caught up in the flame that has to die out soon I didn't mean to start this fire and neither did you So tonight when you hold me tight we'll let the fire burn on And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning Each time when we meet we both agree that it's for the last time But out of your arms I'm out of my mind So we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning We're two people caught up in the flame that has to die out soon I didn't mean to start this fire and neither did you So tonight when you hold me tight we'll let the fire burn on And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning Yes we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning And we'll sweep out the ashes We'll sweep out the ashes We'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
What A Wonderful World ( Otis Redding / Live ) I don't know much about the history now Don't know much about biology Don't much about the science book Don't know much about the french I took All I do know is I love you now And I wonder if you love me, too Ooh what a wonderful world this could be I don't know much about geography now Don't know much about Trigonometry now Don't know much about the algebra Don't know what a slide rule is for But I do know one and one is two now And I wonder if you love me, too Ooh what a wonderful world this could be I don't claim to be "a" student But that's what I'm trying to be But by being an "a" student, baby Looks like I could win your love for me Don't know much about the history now Don't know much about biology I don't much about the science book now Don't know much about the good french i took All I do know is I love you now And I wonder if you love me, too Ooh what a wonderful world this could be I don't claim to be "a" student But that's what I'm trying to be But if I have to be an "a" student, baby I'm gonna win your love for me I don't know much about geography now Don't know much about trigonometry Don't know much about the algebra now Don't know what a good slide rule is for But I do know one and one is two now And I wonder if you love me, too Ooh what a wonderful world this could be Good lord, I been trying I been trying, I been trying...
When will I Be Loved ( The Everly Brothers Cover / Live ) I've been cheated Been mistreated When will I be loved I've been put down I've been pushed 'round When will I be loved When I find a new man That I want for mine He always breaks my heart in two It happens every time I've been made blue I've been lied to When will I be loved When I find a new man That I want for mine He always breaks my heart in two It happens every time Oh, I've been cheated Been mistreated When will I be loved When will I be loved Tell me, when will I be loved
Wildflowers
( Dolly Parton / Live ) The hills were alive with wildflowers And I was as wild, even wilder than they For at least I could run, they just died in the sun And I refused to just wither in place Just a wild mountain rose, needing freedom to grow So I ran fearing not where I'd go When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow And the flowers I knew in the fields where I grew Were content to be lost in the crowd They were common and close, I had no room for growth I wanted so much to branch out I uprooted myself from home ground and left Took my dreams and I took to the road When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right In a garden so different from me I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone So the garden, one day, set me free Hitched a ride with the wind and since he was my friend I just let him decide where we'd go When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow
Wordgamething
( Building 55 EP ) And I am done waiting Say what you have to say 'Cause our time is running out And this whole wordgamething is lame The winter is coming It's gonna be cold this year in Ontario And I am leaving for Japan I hear there is no snow in Tokyo And I can hear the clock ticking Down to the countdown But I am a comparison 'Cause I'm not the one who touched you first And I feel like I've been kicked in the gut And I am on the ground Had a dream about you last night You were in my place and I was sitting down And you stood behind me not saying nothing You just smelled my neck God had to leave Not saying anything Wishing you could find the courage to stay Just once And I am done waiting I am walking away 'Cause we are both drunk And I swear it is almost morning
Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You ( John Prine Cover / Live ) Oh I get drunk most every night Seems like all we do is fight The more I drink The less I feel blue Sometimes I feel like an awful fool Spendin' my life on an old bar stool And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you If this date were to be our last I'd never sit down this glass It'd take all the booze in the world To forget you You've left my heart a vacant lot I'll fill it with another shot And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you Looks like I had my fill Guess I better pay my bill When I started out I only meant to have a few Someone just said that you left town I better get a double round And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you