B i o g r a p h y (by Official Press)
M. Ward. The name only lacks a couple of 19th century dates underneath and it would resemble an inscription on a Victorian tombstone. Unlike a weatherbeaten marble epitaph, however, there's plenty that's flesh and blood about Matt Ward and his hypnotic fourth LP, Transistor Radio. The highlight of Ward's 2003 in-store performance at San Francisco's Amoeba Records--a gig hastily arranged at the former Haight-Ashbury bowling alley when his Bottom Of The Hill show was canceled due to a fire next door--has totally escaped the notice of the Portland, Oregon-based singer/guitarist. A mom emerges from the sparse crowd, lugs her three-year-old son up front and plops him down at Ward's feet. The kid stands there looking up, wide-eyed and open-mouthed, for a good ten minutes. Two tiny red lights on the little boy's sneakers blink on and off in ragged counterpoint to Ward's flying fingers, racing over his acoustic guitar's fretboard like a swarm of locusts devouring a head of lettuce. His low-profile attitude even extends to the name Ward has chosen to work under. "M. Ward was a nickname I had when I was younger," says the 31-year-old singer/songwriter. “It's more to the point, more formal." Rising from the ashes of his San Luis Obispo-based combo Rodriguez (one self-titled album, produced by Grandaddy's Jason Lytle), Ward's solo career began in 2000 when Giant Sand's Howe Gelb took a shine to his music and released Ward's debut disc, Duet For Guitars #2, on Gelb's Ow Om label. End Of Amnesia, Ward's introspective 2001 sophomore effort, sounds like it was recorded in a dusty attic between ancient steamer trunks and long-forgotten dress dummies. The vocals appear almost as an afterthought. When he started singing, it was just another vehicle for the guitar, Ward says. "Guitar has always been my main passion. I feel like I'm learning over the past couple of years how to make my singing more of an instrument." Ward is at a loss to explain the origin of his singing voice, a three-pack-a-day rasp that sounds like it should come from a 75-year-old Mississippi Delta bluesman. It's as much a non sequitur as the Southern-fried vocal delivery used 40 years ago by Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty, a man who grew up just north of Oakland, Calif. "I don't smoke," Ward says. "I started recording in my parents' house when I was 16 and, not wanting to wake anybody up, you just start to sing quieter and play quieter. I think that's why my voice is so messed-up. People who only know the records think I'm really old or from the South.” Ward's spellbinding third album, 2003's Transfiguration Of Vincent (Merge), features a bigger sound than any of his previous efforts. And it ignores musical boundaries like a barefoot kid with a fishing pole hopping over a barbed-wire fence. Songs range from a fiery, Dylan/Neil Young-like "Helicopter" ("I wanted a Sun Records sound on that," he says) to "A Voice At The End Of The Line," just as fuzzy and warm as those early, moonlit Brian Wilson/Beach Boys ballads like "Your Summer Dream." Mention Brian Wilson to Ward and you've touched the man where he lives. "I remember having long discussions with (Grandaddy main cog) Jason Lytle about the Beach Boys when I lived in California," says Ward. "If there is a California myth, I think Brian Wilson single-handedly created it. In years to come his music will be looked upon as the beginning of an entirely new sound," adds Ward, who raves about seeing Wilson's recent performance of Smile at the Sydney Opera House. The very theme of Ward's fourth longplayer, Transistor Radio, finds him glancing into the rearview mirror towards a time when commercial radio was still a vital life force in America. "The idea of the record was to go back in time to when radio was brand new to me with a lot more flavors than it has now. It was interesting going to England recently and talking to people about (the late, revered U.K. disc jockey) John Peel and how the DJ who plays what he's passionate about has turned into the robot DJ who can only play what's been approved by the corporation." Like golden-age radio, itself, Ward's loving tribute to the beloved medium is stocked with wonderful songs. An intimate, acoustic-guitar instrumental version of "You Still Believe In Me," from the classic Beach Boys' work Pet Sounds, kicks off Transistor Radio (Merge), Ward's fourth solo album, in brilliant fashion. Ward makes the song his own, an old friend that you might not even recognize if you're not paying close attention. "A lot of Brian Wilson's melodies sound like classical music to me," says Ward. "I wanted to pretend that it was a classical song and play it that way." To that end, Ward bookends the Wilson gem with another entrancing guitar instrumental, J.S. Bach's "The Well Tempered Clavier" for the album's finale. "Four Hours In Washington" is a bleary-eyed tribute to sleeplessness. "I think I could make an entire record about insomnia," says Ward. There are nights, he admits, when he stares at the clock on his digital radio as the hours creep by. "I'm haunted by time passing, especially when I have things to do in the morning," he says. The song, he reveals, was inspired by sources as diverse as Bobby Lewis' ancient rocker "Tossin' And Turnin'" and Howe Gelb's crab-like Giant Sand opus "Wolfy." "Yeah, that was definitely inspired by Kris Kristofferson," admits Ward of the wellspring he tapped for Transistor Radio's "Fuel For Fire." Inspired he says by no less than "an entire century of American music. Some chord progressions are as ancient as time and, to me, that's a comforting feeling." Scratch a high school poet and an aspiring indie-rocker will probably bleed. "The germ took hold for me when I started writing bad poetry when I was 15,” Ward says, citing the Beatles, Sonic Youth and fireHOSE (the remnants of L.A. punk icons the Minutemen) as artists who stoked his pubescent fires. John King--the man responsible for the museum-like graphic look of Ward's albums and described by Ward as "somewhat of a mentor"--turned Ward on to the folk music of Elizabeth Cotten and John Fahey just as he was about to enroll in college. The curious mixture of influences has aged over time into a fine vintage all its own. Jimmy Page, Mississippi John Hurt, Neil Young, Django Reinhardt and the Smiths' Johnny Marr--Ward has plenty of time for all of them when he's looking for some fretboard buzz. But no one gets as much turntable time at the Ward pad as jazz trumpet legend/gravel-voiced vocalist Louis Armstrong. "He's been a revelation to me," says Ward. "I love the early Hot Five stuff, but I also love the more recent period where people thought he sounded too commercial. It takes me back to when I was younger, when my parents played me the Hello Dolly album. Rediscovering Louis Armstrong's music is a life-encompassing experience for me." Ward has recently joined Jim James of Kentucky-based indie-rock stalwarts My Morning Jacket and Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst for some exciting collaborative live shows with no real headliner or opener. "Conor invited Jim and me to play this Free Tibet show at Carnegie Hall and it went really well," says Ward. "The chemistry is incredible. We all have a love for simplicity in writing.” Keeping people guessing about what's coming next is a fascinating part of the game for Ward, a big fan of the unsettling films of David Lynch. "I think it's the artist's job to blur the lines," he says. "I think of all the music I listen to--Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, John Fahey--and the way they blur the lines. But, to me, their specific and unique voices come from the same place."
Birthday Blue Bayou Buckets of rain Cosmopolitan pap Cry Daydream ESP (& A Knockout Punch) Famous Dave Fearless Going Away Headed for a fall I Can Never Remember Lost The Power Love Struck October Sun Pale Blue Eyes Saturday Someday Waiting Years #1 Were you there Wild Minds
Duet For Guitars #2
Beautiful Car I was washing antique cars Working part-time for my dad after school When I got the go-ahead To pick a car and spin around the neighbourhood It was a baby blue fifty-two Roadstar It was a beautiful car That was the night I heard of the fighting And the murder of the schoolmaster's son Last year I asked him who he was afraid of And he answered "everyone" But did I even flinch a wrist Should I have tried to undo what had been done Now, that's just the way its gotta be I should never have to worry myself none It was a baby blue fifty-two Roadstar It was a beautiful car It was a beautiful car It was a beautiful car...
Fishing Boat Song From Springfield, Mass. to Concord Town I saw those lights go down In a gorge in Kansas I met my Jesus He laid me down and he said If I build you a fishing boat Would you leave everyone you know If I build you a fishing boat Would you leave everyone you know Would you be more likely to kill more time with me And then a sudden gale began to wail It set my heart like no other love Like no other love From Springfield, Mass. to Concord Town I saw my lights go down Scene From #12 Cough, cough And hacking in the hallway And he don't even cover his mouth Hack, Hack And hacking in the morning The elevator echoes his disease I think he knows I can hear him night and day I think he knows I can not live this way, oh I think he knows that I ain't sleeping I ain't sleeping I ain't... I ain't sleeping I ain't sleeping I ain't... Well, it was quiet and "Crash!" One night I heard him tumble Shaking fell a painting from a wall And here and gone The silent apartment And now there's never any disturbances at all I think he knows I can hear him night and day I think he knows I can not live this way, oh I think he knows that I ain't sleeping I ain't sleeping I ain't... I ain't sleeping I ain't sleeping I ain't... I ain't sleeping I ain't sleeping I ain't... I ain't sleeping I ain't sleeping I ain't... Good News When I forget how to cry I see you out alone at night My heart explodes in light in sky And I want to close my eyes When I forget how to give I see you out alone with him His heart explodes in light in sky And I want to close my eyes And I want to say and bring good news to you When I forget how to try I'm wide awake alone at night My heart explodes in light in sky But I have to close my eyes And I want to say and bring good news to you Look Me Over I don't need no sweets to make me happy I'm not like them babe, I won't be fooled by nothing. Whistle me out and I'll roll over Hey, look me over! My part-time job, it ain't exactly thrilling But my heart knows more and it won't be fooled by nothing Call me before I'm keeling over Hey, look me over! And I know it ain't time for me to go You don't think so! Friends won't let guys sleep up on their couches When word comes down that he stains all he touches I was too late I know, look me over It's too late I know, look me over It's too late I know, look me over But hey, look me over! Who May Be Lazy And what makes me happy And who makes me high Sure won't be around on that night And who may be lazy And he who has lied He who was last shall be first in the line So take me out dancing And sing me to sleep This could be the last night that we'll ever dream And who may be lazy And he who has lied He who was last shall be first in the line Hmmm... It Won't Happen Twice Oh, lightning may strike your poor heart tonight But it won't happen twice, my friend And all the love you deserve is coming on stormy winds And I was jealous and cruel to a young girl I knew But it wont happen twice, my friend Oh, if I get the chance I'll be braver like holy wine And disaster has riddled my body with holes But it won't happen twice, my friend It won't happen twice, my friend And I know it because I know it, child It can not happen again And a hurricane blew my bright stars away But it won't happen twice, my friend. I'm flat on my back and I'm travelling like dizzy spells All these inside fires have burned up these outside things All these inside fires have burned up these outside things But it won't happen twice, my friend It won't happen twice, my friend And I know it because I know it, child It can not happen again Oh, it won't happen twice, my friend It won't happen twice, my friend And I know it because I know it, child It can not Can not happen again He Asked Me To Be A Snake & Live Underground Oh, redemption is a pure signal It's high in the pines like a bald eagle But I've only seen it once or twice He wanted me to follow but I fell down And he asked me to be a snake and live underground I know sympathy is a pure signal It's high in the pines like a bald eagle But I've only seen it once or twice He wanted me to follow but I fell down And he asked me to be a snake And he asked me to be a snake And he asked me to be a snake and live underground Song From Debby's Stairs I know the next life gonna be a good life for me I know the next run gonna be a good one for me I made a drawing of accuracy that painted it real gorgeous I'd share it with you tonight, my friend, but I left it on the bus I left it on the school bus I know the next life gonna be a good life for me I know the next run gonna be a good one for me I remember Manzanita, a school made out of brick Underneath that black scratchboard is where I found the stick That's where I found the yardstick I know the next life gonna be a good life for me I know the next run gonna be a good one for me Gloria found a drawing of accuracy that painted it real gorgeous She leaned closely and over to me, said she found it on the bus She found it on the school bus
End of Amnesia
Color of Water I was all geared up and ready to go Bounding for to leave my mountain home with a sky of blue Between the leaves and the color of the water was green High over the sea. “Do you have to leave so soon my boy? The winter time ain't even begun….” “Well I'd stay awhile,” I turned to Say. “But the color of the water is grey and I'm going away…” Half Moon Fell the dark night and no starlight to Light the room and no half-moon. Fell an old tune under trumpets by a blue lagoon and no half-moon So Much Water Water, so much water is under the bridge Have not seen you since I was 21 And you know I was just a kid And I have oh so many friends who talk you up like your someone new Yeah but I've already gotten over you Times, times where the lamps were lit so low Well only a stranger would think its impossible to let them go And I have oh so many flashback scenes that I can calmly walk straight through And now my mind is free to walk the streets we used to walk so quietly And laid the foundation for this handful of rhymes well I have left the frustration behind my eyes "wait! Don't let your dream just walk away!" Exactly how many times have I heard that one today Yeah we have oh so many friends who like to pretend we're still in high school "water, so much water is under the bridge" Bad Dreams Oh! Every night I'm dreaming of you and we're weaving through a crowded room And I ask you to be my best friend too and then I lose you. On a steamer with a small-city band I chase you through the room again and you're gone before the next dance ends (I don't what it means) Bad Dreams But I should do what I want to do and I should dream about whoever I want to dream about But every night I'm calling out your name and every time you get away. Oh and I'm damned before I even begin but ill chase you through the room again And I'll ask you to be my best best friend and then I lose you. Archangel Tale Come with me and you'll never be the same. Come with me to the place I'm thinking of (across the bridge that keeps you form your love). Come with me but you must come alone (across the bridge that keeps you from your home) A Band of a Hundred Angels did I see & a chariot of white swung low (across the River Jordan for me) Come with me to the place your thinking of (across the bridge that keeps you from your love) And so I followed the band of angels to a shore and climbed atop a mountain high And a ray of light shown down upon the stone a saviour rolled away long ago… Flaming Heart Well I'm trying hard to pass the time but I just got more time to kill You know the flaming heart can't get his fill But the flaming heart will try and try as he will And the flaming eyes I had are gone, they went out with the thrill You know the flaming heart can't get his fill But the flaming heart will try and try as he will Oh, I got a flaming heart Oh, I got a flaming heart I gotta roll like a tire I've got a love that's mighty like a rose And the flaming stars I had are gone They burned out over the hill You know the flaming heart can't get his fill But the flaming heart will try and try as he will Oh, I got a flaming heart Oh, I got a flaming heart I gotta roll like a tire I've got a love that's mighty like a rose Carolina "Where are you going?" for the 250th time. "I'm waiting for a sign" "Well it looks like another line" And I'm walking backwards to the place where I come from But that ain't enough, no you want me to run. I used to feel like California with baby's eyes so blue Now I feel like Carolina: I split myself in two And I'm walking backwards from Chicago through Washington But that ain't enough no you want me to run. "Better watch your soul it'll leave you like a hundred bucks." My friends said “Stick to your guns” but instead I just got stuck And I'm walking backwards looking forward to getting done But that ain't enough no you want me to run From A Pirate Radio Sermon, 1989 Wise won't be wise anymore And mine won't be mine anymore And I am waiting for the day when I will finally know surrender And the weak will not be weak anymore Lost won't be lost anymore Hard won't be hard anymore And I am waiting for the day when I will finally know surrender And the weak will not be weak anymore And I'll be waiting like a stranger for a train For a headlight through the rain I don't know the day or hour But I can sense the final power Yours won't be yours anymore Theirs won't be theirs anymore I am waiting for the day when I will finally know surrender And the weak will not be weak anymore No the weak will not be weak anymore Ella For you I have travelled far and wide For to hear your lullaby Hey rock-a-bye And if you can't keep an eye on At least just leave a light on for me And I chose a star to be my guide Chose the moon to be my bride (and never die) And if you can't keep an eye on At least just leave a light on for me We are tireless fighters But we cannot make it on our own We are bareback riders We are lost on our way back home And if you can't keep an eye on At least just leave a light on for me Seashell Tale Let's go play some money on the order the horses Break the ribbon of that famous finish line And then gather up our stash, babe Find a little ranch, babe And buy a lonely little pony to ride Well I knew I was lucky When a needle came and stuck me A porcupine came and poked this cactus hide Let me finish what I start, babe Open up your heart, babe I'll sow a land of milk and honey in your mind Oh flesh and blood has found me in your arms again I see the whisper of the wind has found your hair again And though my heart said "give me refuge" In your dignity my dear All I could do is put a seashell to your ear Oh flesh and blood has found me in your arms again I see the whisper of the wind has found your hair again And though my heart said "give me refuge" In your dignity my dear All I could do is put a seashell to your ear O'Brien/O'Brien's Nocturne Well we talked about old times Like a couple of old guys And took a little walk to the old baseball diamond And along came O'Brien With a guitar in his hand Met us on the field with impeccable timing He said I got a new song to show you Though it probably ain't gonna blow your mind And the thing about O'Brien was He could always make a string buzz like it was 1989 And I remember my old car and that old girlfriend of mine It was a cracked wooden thing He said wanna talk about old strings It's been 10, 12 years since I last changed mine And it says Sears down the neck Had a little blood stain on the second fret But you know it still keeps impeccable timing And he said I got a brand new song to show you Though it probably ain't gonna blow your mind And the thing about O'Brien was He could always make a string buzz like it was still 1989 And I remember my old car and that old girlfriend of mine And that's the story about O'Brien blew my mind
Transfiguration of Vincent Vincent o'brien He only sings when he's sad and he's sad all the time So he sings the whole night through (yeah he sings in the daytime too) He only dreams when he's sad and he's sad all the time So he dreams the whole night through (yeah he dreams in the daytime too) There may be mermaids under the water There may even be a man in the moon Oh but Vince your time is runnin' out You better get yourself together soon! Out of buffalo the man Below the belt he swung And then after the bell has rung, Another cheap shot here it comes! Another cheap shot here it comes! He only laughs when he's sad and he's sad all the time So he laughs the whole night through (yeah he laughs in the daytime too) There may be mermaids under the water There may even be a man in the moon Oh but Vince your time is runnin' out I hope you get yourself together soon! I hope you get yourself together soon! Sad, sad song Oh I went to the doctor, i said doctor please, What do you do when your true love leaves? He said the hardest thing in the world to do, Is to find somebody believes in you. Make a sad, make a sad, make a sad sad sad song Make a sad, make a sad, make a sad sad song... And so i went to the whippoorwill, i said whippoorwill please, What do you do when your true love leaves? He said i only have but one trick up my sleeve, I sing it over and over 'til she comes back to me. I make a sad, make a sad, make a sad sad sad song I make a sad, make a sad, make a sad sad song... And so i went to the whale, i said killer whale please, What do you do when your true love leaves? He said i only have but one trick up my sleeve, I sing it over and over 'til she comes back to me. I make a sad, make a sad, make a sad sad sad song I make a sad, make a sad, make a sad sad song... Oh i went to my mama, i said mama please, What do you do when your true love leaves? She said the hardest thing in the world to do, Is to find somebody believes in you. Undertaker Oh love is so good When you're treated like you should be The sky goes on forever in a symphony of song. And how the water can flow Like it's streaming out a fountains And all you got to do is find a sword and a stone. And how it takes all the night Like birds of paradise like Way down in Pollyanna where the race runs wild. Oh but if you're gonna leave Better call the undertaker Take me under, undertaker Take me home. Oh just place me in a box And fasten all the locks And with a one, two throw me over the bay side bridge. 'Cause love is so good When you're treated like you should be The sea goes on forever in a symphony of song. Oh but if you're gonna leave Better call the undertaker Take me under, undertaker Take me home. Yeah if you're gonna leave Better call the undertaker Take me under, undertaker Take me home. Outta my head Oh a playful little kitten met a playful little bird, And then off with it's head, off with it's head, oh my! And a breeze met a blossom in a winter embrace And then off with it's head, off with it's head, oh my! Am I outta my head, outta my head my love? Am I outta my head or is this real life? Well you brought me from the cold bay For to sharpen up your nights And then off with my head, off with my head, oh my! Once you taught me how to crawl, and you taught me how to cry And then off with my head, off with my head, oh my! Am I outta my head, outta my head my love? Am I outta my head or is this goodbye? Am I outta my head or is this goodbye? Involuntary Have you ever been alone in the night time And you're thinking that you just don't know And that feeling grows Without control And you're thinking about a place to go But your body tells you "Stay at home" It's involuntary And when the phone has lost it's bell And the doorbell has lost it's sound You're only hearing your heart pound It's involuntary And have you ever tried to leave at the right time But the right time seems to come so slow And that feeling grows Without control And you're thinking about a place to go But your body tells you "Stay at home" It's involuntary And when the phone has lost it's bell And the doorbell has lost it's sound You're only hearing your heart pound It's involuntary Helicopter I am somewhere in this city I am climbing up a fire escape I am somewhere in this city I am climbing up a fire escape I have got to save my baby From the mess this world has made. I arrive through a window I leave through a whole in the wall I arrive through a window I leave through a whole in the wall I scramble down the stairwell With my baby, cradle and all. Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down Let us sway into the sunset, I have done all I can do in this town. Tom, violence has taken The wind out of my sails Tom, violence has taken The wind out of my sails Helicopter has taken to Breaking this dream as well. (this song was recorded before you all knew) My mind is a racing My heart is prepared somehow My mind is 'a racing My heart is prepared somehow For that searchlight come shining And find me under a cloud. Helicopter, helicopter let your long rope down Let us sway into the sunset, I have done all I can do in this town. Poor boy, minor key Poor boy Head against a pillow Fast asleep Poor girl Head against a window Lost in a dream One day they will be as giants Stronger than the sun But that day ain't yet come Wide world Wide world of sorrow Won't stand a chance Wide world Wide world of sorrow Won't stand a chance One day they will be as giants Stronger than the sun But that day ain't yet come Fool says Hey, i ain't never met anyone like you before I ain't never met anyone like you before I thought all the good ones were gone You're here to tell me i was wrong Hey, you ain't never met a fool like me before You ain't never met a fool like me before They told you all romantic fools had died I'm here to tell you that they lied You can't be always right my friend, Come on and tell me I got it wrong again! Hey, i ain't never seen anything like this before I ain't never seen anything like this before I thought all the mystery was gone You're here to tell me i was wrong You can't be always right my friend Come on and tell me i got it wrong again Hey, you ain't never met a fool like me before You ain't never met a fool like me before They told you all romantic fools had died I'm here to tell you that they lied Get to the table on time Well they called me once, and they called me twice Third time they called me was cold as ice, They say "get to the table, get to the table on time!" Better make up your mind, if you wanna get to the table on time Better get to the table, get to the table on time. And the lord of lords, he laid out a feast, He said "listen to me boys, this will be last one of these, So you better get to the table, get to the table on time." Better make up your mind, if you wanna get to the table on time Better get to the table, get to the table on time. A voice at the end of the line If all I had was just one final call Would you answer my ring Would you hear me at all Oh when I spent my life Trying to make someone mine Now all I want is a voice at the end of the line I lost my luck in a unlucky bet Could you clear my name Could you cancel my debt Oh when I spent my life, trying to make up my mind now all I want is a voice at the end of the line I spent way to much time beside myself I don't know what I was thinking about Oh but deep in my mind I am dialing your number now Dead man Dead man, dead man don't cry Dead man, dead man don't cry, don't cry When you die it ain't the end It ain't the end when you die Dead man, dead man be brave Dead man, dead man be brave, be brave You shall be saved by and by By and by you shall be saved Dead man, dead man believe Dead man, dead man believe, believe You're a free man at last At last dead man you are free Dead man, dead man don't cry Dead man, dead man don't cry, don't cry When you die it ain't the end It ain't the end when you die Let's dance ( David Bowie cover ) Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let's dance, to the song they're playin' on the radio Let's sway, while colour lights up your face Let's sway, sway through the crowd to an empty space If you say run, I'll run with you If you say hide, we'll hide Because my love for you Would break my heart in two If you should fall Into my arms And tremble like a flower Let's dance, for fear your grace should fall Let's dance, for fear tonight is all Let's sway, you could look into my eyes Let's sway, under the moonlight, this serious moonlight If you say run, I'll run with you If you say hide, we'll hide Because my love for you Would break my heart in two If you should fall Into my arms And tremble like a flower Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let's dance, to the song they're playin' on the radio Let's sway, you could look into my eyes Let's sway, under the moonlight, this serious moonlight
Transistor Radio
One life away Too all the people underground Listening to the sound Of the living people walking up and down the graves Well one of them is mine I visited my Fraulein She's only one step away Too all the people underground Listening to the sound Of the living people breathing the air today Well one of them is mine I'm visiting my Fraulein She's only one breath away And I say… Too all the people underground Listening to a sound Of the living people living their lives away Well one of them is mine I visited my Fraulein She's only one life away She's only one life away Sweethearts on parade ( Louis Armstrong cover ) Oh two by two They go marching through Oh sweethearts on parade And how i cried As they passed me by Those sweethearts on parade I'd love to join them but Well they won't even look Cause it takes more than one to join the army of love So how i pine Just to fall in line With those sweethearts on parade Sweethearts on parade Sweethearts on parade Sweethearts on parade Sweethearts on parade Sweethearts on parade Hi-fi Where you gonna run to now That you ain't got space to fill What you gonna do with your time now You ain't got time to kill Where you locked in coverage falling in time And it's hot enough just to let your song go by I'm gonna give it to you If you let me give it to you Hey hey So let me turn the volume up get a little bit of hi-fi Drown out all the sirens in the back of my mind Bah bah bah ba Now you gonna settle your ties With you aint got bind to tie up Why burn your bridges? When you can blow your bridges up Where you locked in coverage falling in time And it's hot enough just to let your ideas go by I'm gonna give it to you If you let me give it to you Hey hey So let me turn the volume up get a little bit of hi-fi Drown out all the sirens in the back of my mind Let me turn the volume up get a little bit of hi-fi Drown out all the sirens in the back of my mind Now they're calling all cars from the north to the Southside Better get the east and its coming from the Westside They're calling all cars from the north to the Southside Better get the east and its coming from the Westside Fuel for fire My heart is always on the line I've travelled all kinds of places The song is always the same Got lonesome fuel for fire Got forty-fives to play at night Got books to spend with every weekend The story's always the same Got lonesome fuel for fire Fuel for fire, a bitter ending To a sweet, sweet tale Fuel for fire, the sour note inside the orchestra wail Fuel for fire, uncomfortable pauses Between famous last words Fuel for fire, a missing persons In a small, small world I dug beneath the wall of sound I ended up back where i started The song is always the same Got lonesome fuel for fire And so my heart is always on the line I've travelled all kinds of places The story's always the same Got lonesome fuel for fire Four hours in Washington Well, it's one in the morning and i can't sleep at night I hear wolves around the doorstep They're circling outside I count ‘em jumping over fences, and landing on the sheet Now, it's two in the morning and I can't fall asleep It's two in the morning and I can't fall asleep There's a wind in the willows And it's a howling down the street I hear it picking up the garbage, gonna fly it to the moon Now it's three in the morning better get some sleeping soon It's three in the morning better get some sleeping soon I'm gonna count the numbers in the counsellor's room And if I miss a beat, well, then it's off with my head Now it's four in the morning and I'm twisting in my bed It's four in the morning and I'm turning in my bed I wish i had a dream or a nightmare in my head So i drop my imagination and get some sleeping done Now it's five in the morning and I'm wishing it was one Big boat Well, he says he's got a big boat A high roller And everybody knows its name Oh, it's a big boat and it pumps up the poor boys pride Says he's got a big boat But it's just a fairy boat and that makes for a short, short ride Says he's got a big boat A wide load Enough to bring the party down Oh yeah a big boat, It ain't no carnival cruise Says he's got a big boat but it's just a fairy boat, enough to fit an extra one or two Says he's got a big boat, but it's just a fairy boat and that makes for a short, short ride Says he's got a fast boat, talk about high speed But everybody knows the truth Oh hey, a big boat Get your oars back in the water, kid Says he's got a fast boat, but it's just a fairy boat it ain't to faster than a goldfish Says he got a big boat but it's just a fairy boat and that makes for a short, short ride Paul's song Seems like everywhere i go the sky is falling And the concierges they meet you with a frown When I come to town I ain't gonna' lie to you Well, every town is all the same You say: "how does it feel to be travelling? How's it feel to live your life on a train? And the aeroplane?" Well, I ain't gonna lie to you Well, every town is all the same When you've left your heart in the Portland rain... And how I wish it was not true But i ain't gonna stand up here and lie to you I believe y'all deserve more than that And if there's one thing that I've learned Brother, you know you're gonna get burned If you don't know where your love is at How do you plan to get yourself connected Are you down with all the latest trends To keep up with friends Well, I ain't gonna' lie to you Well, every plan is all the same Seems like everywhere i go the sky is falling And the waitress says she'll meet you with a frown When I come to town I ain't gonna' lie to you Well, every town is all the same When you've left your heart in the Portland rain... Radio campaign Well i been pushed to the edge, By my head ache blues. And i got pulled by the pull of the tide. I got stripped of my soul, Standing in my shoes, Come back, come back My little peace of mind Come back, come back My little peace of mind Since the day you been gone, I cannot keep from crying. Come back, come back My little peace of mind. I sent signals and signs, From a mountainside Now I'm gonna try this old microphone light Now I'm calling out your name on this radio campaign. Come back, come back My little peace of mind. Come back, come back My little peace of mind Since the day you've been gone I cannot keep from crying. Come back, come back My little peace of mind. Here comes the sun again Kingdoms and queens they all bow down to you Ranches and ranch hands are bowing too And I'm taking off my straw hat for you, singing Here comes the sun again And the leaves on the trees they all call out your name, Chrome on the freight line shines the same, And the stars in their cars roll their tops down for you, singing Here comes the sun again Oh but if you're gonna stay, Show some mercy today Blow that breeze on my face Snow banks and drifts down the hillside for you Slides inside sandy river before the day is through And before evening falls I may find myself there too, singing Here comes the sun again, Here comes the sun again... Deep dark well Deep, dark well It's a deep, dark well It's the deepest and the darkest well that i have ever found Hear me calling you from deep down Well i had wishes, i had dreams that i could not tell So i dropped my silver dollars down that wishing well Deep, dark well It's a deep, dark well It's the deepest and the darkest well that i have ever found Hear me calling you from deep down Well I've had visions, I've had dreams that could not come true 'Cause I leaned too close, that's when i fell in to my.. Deep dark well, It's a deep dark well It's the deepest and the darkest well that i have ever found Hear me calling you from deep down
Oh take me back
( Carter Family Cover ) Oh just look where that evening sun has gone Oh just look where that evening sun has gone Gone down behind the mountain And it won't be back till morn Oh hand me that long distance phone Oh hand me that long distance phone Gonna talk to my honey All night long Oh, take me back and try me one more time Oh, take me back and try me one more time And if I don't do Then send me down the line I'll be your bird I'm not the tiger, he never had, I'm not the first hit when you got it bad. I'm not your second, I'm not your third, I'll be your bird. I'm not your Chesnutt, I'm not your Mould, I'm not your DJ on late night radio, I'll be the first one to ask where you were, I'll be your bird. Then when there's no one to care I could protect like I've always been there, I'll become your bear. I'll sing statistics, & hide the truth, I'll tell your dad anything you want me to, I'll hide your locket under the dirt, I'll be your bird. Lullaby + exile Oh a trance is a spell With a thrill wrapped up inside it And try as you might to fight it Love will get you in the end And then the sound of a bell Could sound like angels crying Or sunlight multiplying Through Virgin Mary in stained glass And then a lullaby on Broadway Could sound like an exile out on main Oh when that curtain closes You'll be back in your seat again And then the band starts the ball When the chandelier starts glowing With or without you knowing Who the partner, what the dance Oh a trance is a spell With a thrill wrapped up inside it And try as you might to fight it Love will get you in Love will get you in Love will get you in The end
Post-War
Poison cup One One One One or two won't do ‘Cause I want it all And a sip A sip A sip or a spoonful won't do No, i want it all And i hope I hope Hope you know what I'm thinking of I want all of your love I need all of your love She said "if love If love Is a poison cup Then drink it up" 'Cause a sip A sip Or a spoonful won't do Won't do nothing for you Except mess you up" And i hope I hope Hope you know what this means I'm gonna give you everything I'm gonna give you everything
To Go Home ( Daniel Johnson Cover ) Hope it be my mind won't slip Sailing on a sinking ship Into the sunset and back Dark night on a long highway Little lights in the houses say There's somebody's staying up late Oh I'll be true to you Oh yeah, you know I will And I'll be true to you forever or until I go home God it's great to be alive Takes the skin right off my hide To think I'll have to give it all up someday And if I ever treated you mean You know that it was only because I'm sorry I couldn't have you for my own Oh I'll be true to you Oh yeah, you know I will And I'll be true to you forever or until I go home I go home I, I, I, I... I go home I, I, I, I... I go home I, I, I, I... I go home God it's great to be alive Takes the skin right off my hide To think I'll have to give it all up someday
Right In The Head I hope my little brother puts a call in today I hope he don't forget where he came from I hope he never has to deal with wronging someone 'Cause I lived with many ghosts when I was younger And I will live with many ghosts until I go I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head Even if he has to wrong someone I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head Even if he has to wrong someone And I hope his guardian angel puts a gun in his hand If ever they get ambushed or pursued I hope she sticks around when he does dirty in this dirty, dirty duel he has brewed And though the names will get changed to protect the innocent He said, "I hope the names will get changed to protect me." I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head Even if he has to wrong someone I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head I hope he's right in the head Even if he has to wrong someone 'Cause I lived with many ghosts when I was younger And I will live with many ghosts until I go
Don't they love you in mysterious ways You say yeah but this is now and that was then Put a dollar into the machine and you'll remember when I know when everything feels wrong I've got some hard, hard proof in this song I'll know when everything feels right Some lucky night Some lucky night Say the money just ain't what it used to be Man how we used to tear apart this town Put a dollar into the machine and you'll remember how I know when everything feels wrong I've got some hard, hard proof in this song I'll know when everything feels right Some lucky night Some lucky night
Requiem
Well he stormed with his feet And he clapped with his hands He summoned all of his joy when he laughed It suffered all of his joy when he cried And sometimes when he got into talking Man he could rattle all day long He was a good man and now he's gone Well in war he was a tiger When it was over like a dove He summoned all of his strength in the climb It suffered all of his strength in the fall And sometimes when he got into fighting Man he could fight with you all day long He was a good man and now he's gone He put his trust in a higher power He held his power like a holy grail He summoned all of his faith in the lifting It suffered all of his faith in the fail His heart was stronger than a heavy metal bullet And that's why I dedicate this song He was a good man and now he's gone His heart was stronger than a heavy metal bullet And that's why I dedicate this song He was a good man and now he's gone Chinese translation I sailed a wild, wild sea Climbed up a tall, tall mountain I met a old, old man Beneath a weeping willow tree He said now if you got some questions Go and lay them at my feet But my time here is brief So you'll have to pick just three And I said What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart And how can a man like me remain in the light And if life is really as short as they say Then why is the night so long And then the sun went down And he sang for me this song See I once was a young fool like you Afraid to do the things That I knew I had to do So I played an escapade just like you I played an escapade just like you I sailed a wild, wild sea Climbed up a tall, tall mountain I met an old, old man He sat beneath a sapling tree He said now if you got some questions Go and lay them at my feet But my time here is brief So you'll have to pick just three And I said What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart And how can a man like me remain in the light And if life is really as short as they say Then why is the night so long And then the sun went down And he played for me this song Eyes on the prize Everything I've learned I have forgotten Everything I've forgotten looks just like new I pulled the ends out for the tie that binds To keep my promise with you With my eyes on the prize And my mind on you I put my pride on the line My whole life too Now anything you ask me for is yours Now say the word and I'll lay it at your feet I'll meet the pavements down the line somehow If you keep your promise with me With my eyes on the prize And my mind on you I put my pride on the line And my whole life too You say, take your axe and fashion me a kind of swing Walkin' blues have played a number on my feet I'll dance whatever dance you need to dance 'Cause you keep you promise with me You'll keep your promise with me You'll keep your promise You'll keep your promise You'll keep your promise with me
Magic Trick
People come, people go Sometimes without goodbye Sometimes without hello She's got one magic trick Just one and that's it Oh she disappears It's like, now you see her, now you don't You think you're gonna get to know her now, well you won't She's got one magic trick Just one and that's it Oh she disappears It's like, easy come, easy go Sometimes without goodbye Sometimes without hello She's got one magic trick Just one and that's it Oh she disappears Oh and that's it Rollercoaster You're like a rollercoaster You got heavy metal wings You could make a dead man scream You're like a rollercoaster Rollercoaster, we was the best of times Rollercoaster, we was the worst of times too Because you lift me up so high high high It's the most unbelievable ride You're like a rollercoaster You give me heavy metal dreams You can make a dead man scream You're like a rollercoaster Rollercoaster, can't find my friends on the ground Just lift me up and send me spiralling down Because you lift me up so high high high It's the most unbelievable ride You're like a rollercoaster Heavy metal wings Make a dead man scream Rollercoaster Rollercoaster Rollercoaster
Today's Undertaking A mighty voice From out the clouds To me a announce Today's undertaking He said go build a song 40 heartbeats long And sacrifice it For your love So this one comes from High above There have been other songs From out these strings But they came out wrong Don't be mistaken But this one comes from High above Yeah this one is dedicated to you
Afterword/Rag
Oh and after the lighter day I will Come to you After needing you So long Yes after the lighter day I will Come to you After needing you So long
*** Thanx a lot to Ant for this one ***
Hold Time
For Beginners When you're absolute beginners, it's a panoramic view From her majesty Mount Zion, and the kingdom is for you When you tumble upon that valley Shark or sparrow line the stairs When the arrows start descending, then they scatter everywhere On a bookshelf in Caledonia sits a map of passageways Best to stumble upon Mount Zion to behold the natural gates They say the original sinners never felt a drop of pain Until that second in the garden, then they felt it each and every day So draw back your bows, you hunters who have never felt that plain All the absolute beginners, they are safe in the shade for today When you're absolute beginners, it's a panoramic view From her majesty Mount Zion, and the kingdom is for you Never Had Nobody Like You Well, since time out of mind, I been lazy And times before that I was cruel And times before that I was lean, I was mad Honey, I ain't never had nobody like you And the times before that, well, I was crazy I saw the dark side of the moon And the stars in the sky, they never caught my eye 'Cause I ain't never had nobody like you I ain't never had nobody like you Now it's just like ABC Life's just like one two three Yeah yeah Yeah yeah Ah oh I watched my own habits die and its painful sometimes its painful in the light of the truth but you kept me fast to the light I'd like to thank you tonight Honey, I ain't never had nobody like you I ain't never had nobody like you And it's just like ABC Life's just like 123 Yeah yeah Yeah yeah Ah oh I trusted liars and thieves in my madness Honey I was wasting away in the room But now that I been through that hell I got a story to tell Honey, I ain't never had nobody like you Hmm I ain't I never had nobody like you I ain't never had nobody like you Jailbird Jailbird, jailbird, singing through the wires ‘Cause his cage is closed and he's stuck inside Said who's gonna hear my "Help me, help me" now Yeah, who's gonna hear my "Help me, help me" now Help me, help me...help me help me now Hangman, hangman, knocking on the door Says heaven can't wait to have you no more So who's gonna hear your "Help me, help me" now Help me, help me...help me, help me now Yeah, who's gonna hear your "Help me, help me" now Help me, help me...help me, help me now Better go find another best friend somehow Help me, help me...help me, help me now Help me, help me...help me, help me now Angel, angel, coming for me now On eagle's wings, down from the clouds Save my soul before they lay my whole body down Save my soul before they lay me whole body down Help me, help me...help me, help me now So there's nothing but skin and bones hiding under a dead man's clothes Six feet deep in a black box underground Help me, help me...help me, help me now Hold time You were beyond comprehension tonight But I understood I understood If only I could Hold time Hold time Hold time Words have failed me tonight, failed me tonight But you knew what I meant You knew what I meant Yeah you heard what I said The whole time The whole time Whole time And I wrote this song about it ‘Cause I didn't care about any worthless photograph Yeah I wrote this song just to remember The endless endless summer in your laugh Endless summer in your laugh Rave On Well, the little things you say and do make me want to be with you Rave on Rave on this crazy feeling I know I know it's got me reeling when you say "I love you," I say "rave on" I say "rave on," I say, "rave on" My, my, my "rave on" I say, "rave on" And the way you look when you say goodnight The way you make up when we fight Rave on Rave on this crazy feeling I know it's got me reeling when you say "I love you," I say "rave on" I say "rave on" I say "rave on" My, my, my rave on I say "rave on" I say "rave on" I say "rave on" My, my, my rave on Oh, my rave on Rave on It's a crazy feeling I know What's got me reeling So bad You're revealing your love for me Rave on Oh, rave on, tell me Tell me Tell me not to be lonely Tell me Tell me you love me only, rave on to me Oh, rave on to me Rave on I say, rave on My, my, my rave on I say, rave on My, my ,my... To Save Me He push a breath of air and he fills every sail in sight He push a breath of air and he fills every sail in sight He spin a big, blue ball and he turns the day into night And he shifts in his sleep and the earth begins to quake Yeah, he shifts in his sleep and the earth begins to quake So, how much difference could it possibly make How much effort could it possible take to save me To save me, to save me, just to save me Save me from sailing over the edge To save me, to save me, to save me, just to save me Save me from sailing over the edge And he could strike a match and your world goes up in flames Yeah, he could strike a match and your world goes up in flames He spin a big, blue ball and the night turns into day To save me, to save me, to save me, just to save me Save me from sailing over the edge One Hundred Million Years This river that we ride has always been alive Oh, my soul, one hundred million years This river that we ride will roll on when we die Oh, my soul, one hundred million years And this love, this love between you and I Is older than that burning ball of fire up in the sky And the gale that fills our sail And the lights that shine tonight have always been alive Oh, my soul, one hundred million years Yeah, the lights that shine tonight will burn on when we die Oh, my soul, one hundred million years And this love, this love between you and I Is older than that burning ball of fire up in the sky And the gale that fills our sail Yeah, this love, this love between you and I Is older than that burning ball of fire up in the sky And the gale that fills our sail Stars of Leo I was born on the first day of December That means the beginning of the end Between the last in the line of an emotional time And the patriarchal rash in the wind And I'm overwhelmed at the range of emotion I can ride in some high, lonesome sound I get so low I need a little pick-me-up I get so high I need a bring-me-down I get so high I need a bring-me-down And when I'm high above the sea of love With the stars of Leo shining Well, that's a long way to fall into the blue But it's just a matter of time until I do, yeah But now I'm under the ground in New York City I miss the water from the wells back home And that's exactly what the papers said would happen If I keep boarding crowded subways alone So I tried to surround myself with real love You know, the kind that make them wheels go 'round I get so low I need a little pick-me-up I get so high I need a bring-me-down Like when I'm high above that sea of love With the stars of Leo shining Well, that's the hardest way to fall into the blue But it's just a matter of time until I do, yeah Like when I'm high above the sea of love With the stars of Leo shining Fisher of Men He tied a feather to the hood for to get you to look And by the time you know what took you, you already took He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men And he put the thorns on the rose for to get you to bleed And by the time you know what stuck you, the pains in deep He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men He's got a lot on the line, he's a fisher of men He's a fisher of men, he's wise as a prize-fighter He's like a soul martyr, mining souls on down the great divide Aw, the fisher of men Fisher of men He's got a lot on the line And he put his name in my verses and his name in the hook Before I knew what I was cooking, it was already cooked He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men And he put his name in my chorus, and the dark before the dawn So that in my time of weakness, I'd remember it's his song He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men He's got a lot on the line, he's a fisher of men He's a fisher of men, he's as wise as a prize-fighter He's like a soul martyr, mining souls on down the great divide Always a fisher of men Fisher of men He's got a lot on the line Oh Lonesome Me ( Lucinda Williams ) Everybody's going out, having fun I'm a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how, oh, I got set free Oh lonesome me Must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues Forget about my past and find someone new I thought of everything from A to Z Oh lonesome me Oh lonesome me Oh and I bet she's not like me She's out and fancy free Dancing with other boys with other charms Oh but I still love her so Oh and brother, don't you know That I would welcome her back, right back here in these arms Bad mistake I'm making by just hanging around I know that I should have some fun and paint the town A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see Oh lonesome me Oh lonesome me Epistemology I was raised in a Catholic school, learned who to fire with and pray to I learned how to hold on from a book of old psalms And if you're trying to sing an old song and you're getting all the words wrong Well, you're just a-following along too closely in the book I learned how to keep my head from something Paul said About keeping the fruit in the spirit from the chorus down to the hook And sometimes I wonder what in God's name did I do to deserve you Oh, to deserve you ‘Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled While shooting in the dark as to what's best And finally, I found you Without ever learning how to I put the right foot in front of the left And beyond that is anybody's guess I learned how to keep my head from something Paul said About keeping the fruit in the spirit from the chorus down to the hook Oh, and sometimes I wonder what in God's name did I do to deserve you Oh, to deserve you ‘Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled While shooting in the dark as to what's best And finally, I found you without ever learning how to I put the right foot in front of the leg ‘Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled While shooting in the dark as to what's best Oh, as to what's best, as to what's best And finally, I found you Without ever learning how to I put the right foot in front of the leg And beyond that is anybody's guess Blake's View Death is just a door, Blake said it first It's just another room we enter, it's a threshold that hurts Birth is just a chorus, death is just a verse In the great song of spring that the mockingbirds sing We come and we go, a-weeping and a-wailing Our heads in the hands of the nurse Well, put your head on my shoulder, baby, tell me where it hurts You say you lost your one and only, could it get any worse I said, "Death is just a door, you'll be reunited on the other side" Birth is just a chorus, death is just a verse In the great song of spring that the mockingbirds sing We come and we go, a-weeping and a-wailing Our heads in the hands of the nurse Well, put your head on my shoulder, baby, tell me where it hurts You say you lost your one and only, could it possibly get any worse Death is just a door, you'll be reunited on the other side Yeah, death is just a door, you'll be reunited on the other side Yeah, death is just a door, you'll be reunited by and by Shangri-La Up on the sun, this time tomorrow Fly, walk, or run, but this time no sorrow First stop, Jackson, next stop, Shangri-La And I cannot wait to see the expression on the face of my sweet lord And back on the trail this time tomorrow, by foot, wheel or sail, but this time no sorrow First stop, Jackson, next stop, Shangri-La And I cannot wait to see the expression on the face of my sweet lord No, I cannot wait to hear you call my name And forget me not, this time tomorrow I gave all I got, but this time no sorrow First stop, Jackson, next stop, Shangri-La And I cannot wait to see the expression on the face of my sweet lord No, I cannot wait to hear you call my name
A Wasteland Companion
Clean Slate When I was a younger man I thought the pain of defeat would last forever But now I don't know What it would take to make my heart back down Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin 'Cause I only have to wait a little while Before I Get my Clean slate And somewhere in another place Who knows could be another life time Everything we gave away Returns like a seed from a fugitive tree And you only have to wait a little while Before you Find the truth, truth And I only had to wait a little while Yeah, I only had to wait a little while Yeah, I only had to wait a little while Before I Got my Clean slate Primitive Girl She's a primitive girl She says it herself She cuts to the chase Yeah like nobody else If you say "how you doing" She'll say "I'm doing well" She's a primitive girl She says it herself She's a primitive girl She don't like to boast From her natural head To her natural toes The girl's got a lot Of what they call the most Yeah she's a primitive girl 'Cause she don't like to boast Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And I'd like to think I'm a primitive guy I see the difference The difference between What I want and what I need And the primitive girl She don't need me No, she don't need me She's a primitive girl She's setting me free And her back's in the basics of philosophies She's nobody's fool I know she never was for me She's a primitive girl She's setting me free
Me And My Shadow There is a singer everyone has heard At night he turns into a mockingbird If I whistle in the dark he'll do that too I met him on the road at the close of day He talk like me, he walk this way I said mockingbird "You ain't know where the way turn" And there is a singer everybody knows He makes 'round with the late night show Shake the hand ???? the massacred is on, He turn him off the radio When he says "me and my shadow" Shoot out the lights and my shadow's gone Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Down at the bottom of the Callander Bay Find my raychad you see on me If I'm tired of two The dress he has changed that keep him roll Down at the bottom of the Callander Bay And it's one for the money, two for the show For me and my shadow Shoot out the lights and my shadow's gone Shoot out the lights and my shadow's gone There is a singer everyone has heard At night he turns into a mockingbird If I whistle in the dark he'll do that too I met him on the road today A silhouette on a black highway I said "You can have this world This world is not my own" And then he said " You can keep this world, This world is not my home" Sweetheart You're sweetheart, sweetheart You have a nice mind, baby You drove me crazy down those lane I can't explain this love I have for you I cannot take my desire for you When it starts again don't forget I love you Oh my love, take my hand we'll go walking Moonlight stars are shining in the sky Everyone I know must be jealous They don't have a love such as I Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You're sweetheart, sweetheart You have a nice smile, baby You drove me crazy down those lane Oh my love, take my hand we'll go walking Moonlight stars are shining in the sky Everyone I know must be jealous They don't have a love such as I You have a sweetheart, sweetheart You have a nice smile baby You drove me crazy down those lane I can't explain this love I have for you I cannot take my desire for you When it starts again don't forget I love you And when it starts again don't forget I love you Oh my love take my hand we'll go walking Oh my love take my hand we'll go walking Don't forget I love you Oh my love take my hand we'll go walking Oh my love take my hand we'll go walking Oh my love take my hand we'll go walking Oh my love take my hand we'll go walking I Get Ideas ( Louis Armstrong cover / ft. Zooey Deschanel ) When we're dancing And you're dangerously close to me I get ideas, I get ideas I wanna hold you So much closer than I dare do I wanna scold you 'Cause I care more than I care to Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And when you touch me With that fire in every finger I get ideas, I get ideas And after we have said goodnight And then you linger I kinda think that you get ideas too Your eyes are always saying The things you'll never say I think they could be saying That you could love me too Oh but that's the whole idea It's true Oh that lovely idea That I'm falling in love with you And when we're dancing And you're dangerously close to me Oh I get ideas, oh I get ideas I wanna hold you So much closer than I dare do I wanna scold you 'Cause I care more than I care to And when you touch me With that fire in every finger Oh I get ideas, oh I get ideas And after we have said goodnight And then you linger I kinda think that you get ideas too Your eyes are always saying The things you'll never say I think they could be saying That you could love me too Oh but that's the whole idea It's true Oh that lovely idea That I'm falling in love Falling in love, falling in love With you The First Time I Ran Away The first time I ran away I saw Faces in the dreams I heard Voices in the storm they say By the waterfall Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin The second time I ran away I saw Warriors of the train catching Tigers by the day They say 'Cause when they look at you as if you were a stranger The way they talk to you as if you were in charge By the waterfall Last time I ran away will open this with you Let me show you where to run Water falls By the waterfall
A Wasteland Companion I love my friends They know how They know when If they ring I'll answer Their call Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Oh here it comes What now Just stay Walking right up to my door I got an endless song I got to see what it all is for
Watch The Show Goodnight to all you late night tv watchers And let me say good morning to you all At the sound of my voice through this microphone line Consider that your wake up call My name is Billy R. Burroughs I'm not the man you think I am Some mistake me for a writer Some mistake me for another network man I'm the guy who has just hijacked this channel This telecast is now under my control And now that I have the chance to say what's on my mind Let me tell you tales untold Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin For thirty years I've worked here at this TV station In an editing room no one has ever seen Inserting laughter after every punch line And gasping after every scream But now I want you to give me back These years that I have wasted Staring at these television screens And now that I have your attention Let me show you what I mean 'Cause I remember back when I was in high school I never thought I'd stoop so low I thought I'd be the guy unmasking the clown Not the guy out polishing his nose So tomorrow on your way into work Who will be wearing the emperor's clothes Watch the show Watch the show Watch the show Watch the show There's a Key So I'm losing my marbles One marble at a time, it's true When I'm stuck between what we have done And what we're gonna do There's a key on my piano That I play for you And now I'm conquering an ocean One wave at a time, it's true 'Cause I can not beat the devil I'm taking on the deep, deep blue Armed with this key on my piano That I play for you Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Can you hear it Can you see the continental divide Oceans wide till you jump inside This tidal wave with me So I'm losing my marbles One marble at a time, it's true When I'm stuck between what we have done And what we're gonna do What we're gonna do There's a key on my piano That I play for you
Crawl After You I cannot be depended on to lie here And casually watch as you go waltzing by I've been shook so bad that I cannot stand to utilize my fear So I'm gonna crawl after you, tell you who I am Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I was raised by a tribe of Vegas cowboys Who claim I was born of a union of dust and wind And when I came of age, well I sailed away A pinecone on the Rio Grande Now I gotta crawl after you, tell you who I am And today is the day I caught up with you I see you walking by the cafe near Well should I stay here on this bus stop bench So strange to see you after all these years So I cannot be depended on to lie here And casually watch as you go waltzing by I've been shook so bad that I cannot stand to utilize my fear So I'm gonna crawl after you, tell you who I am Wild Goose She could fly She could float Like a plane Like a boat But now my wild goose is gone Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin She would sing in the dark Still the echo is on Now that my wild goose is gone Pure Joy Thought I was falling into a deep depression Thinking all the mystery was all gone Like I was falling into the deep of a grand canyon From the side of a mountain I was hanging on But now I'm coming up for air I see my angel on the sand She's running out to meet me In the waves of the Rio Grande And it's joy, honey, pure joy Pure joy just to see you again I thought my heart was in a rut of recession All the colors I had seen had faded into the black Like I was falling fast to the bottom of the ocean Oh and just my luck my hands were all chained up behind my back Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin But now I'm coming up for air I see my angel on the sand She's running out to meet me To save me again And it's joy, honey, pure joy Pure joy just to see you again And it's joy, honey, pure joy To see the sun coming down through the mist Yeah it's joy, honey, pure joy To feel the medicine of oxygen Fill up my lungs like this And it's joy, honey, pure joy To feel the strength of your kiss against my lips Yeah it's joy, honey pure joy Ain't no other way to say Just what this feeling is Pure joy Pure joy Pure joy
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Pirate Dial It's alright if you don't mind It's alright if you do You're still coming through On a pirate dial On a pirate dial I can hear you I can hear you copy paste is killing the internet And it's alright if they don't mind It's alright if they do You're still coming through On a pirate dial On a pirate dial And I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you I can hear you Time Won't Wait All you people going out tonight All I want is one soul to love me Pne soul to love me One soul to love me, to hold me tight 'Cause to be lonely tonight Well that would not be right With all you people going out tonight So many people don't know what they want I know what I want That's one soul to love me One soul to love me Just one soul to love me, to hold me tight copy paste is killing the internet 'Cause to be lonely tonight Well that would not be right With all you people going out tonight Time won't wait for you Time won't wait for me to make to wait for you Yeah it's true Time won't wait for you Oh time won't wait for me to make to wait for you Yeah it's true Everybody got someone to love All I want is one soul to love me Just one soul to love me Just one soul to love me, to hold me tight 'Cause to be lonely tonight Well that would not be right With all you people going out tonight Yeah with all you people going out tonight Yeah with all you people going out tonight Yeah with all you people Confession Anybody got a load that they need lifted Anybody got a pain in their heart There's a place you can hide When they're conspiring against you Confession Somebody need a body to save the day Somebody made love, it goes all the way There's a place you can go Where I know they'll never find you Confession copy paste is killing the internet Confession, of tthe motherlode Confession, to a virgin ghost Admission, of forces you know Admission, of ones you don't Anybody missed the train that left at the station Anybody lose a ticket stub or go home There's a place you can go When you wander too far from home, yeah Confession Confession, of the mother lode Confession, to a virgin ghost Admission, of forces you know Admission, of ones you don't Confession, of the mother lode Confession, to a virgin ghost Submission, you wanna get back home Admission, you can't do it alone Confession A higher force that lives Confession You don't know what it is Admission But you know it's true Admit that It don't come from you Yeah! I'm Listening (Child's Theme) They won't say it plainly If it's me, should it all I know 'cause I'm listening My ear to the wall I'm listening I'm listening Those who know, they ain't talking The ones who are talking, they don't know When it starts into switching I'll be the first one to know copy paste is killing the internet Why, 'cause I'm listening Yeah I'm listening I'm listening, I'm listening I'm listening To you I'm listening I'm listening I hear it all In the still of the evening In the den of the day I know what you're thinking 'Cause I hear what you say Yeah I'm listening, I'm listening I'm listening, I'm listening I'm listening, I'm listening I hear it all I hear it all I hear it all Girl from Conejo Valley Slow bring winter heart First name Ralo Walks on good behaviour from his self And my old girlfriend used to not to But now knows him well Slow-thinkin' Lincoln Nicknamed needles Used to call me deep down from his little corner of hell And my old girlfriend Used to not to but now knows him well copy paste is killing the internet So I say Helicopter, throw me a line 'Cause the girl from Conejo Valley Used to be mine Motorcycle wilson Last name's a mystery Charges for rides in his sidecar seat And my old girlfriend Used to not to but now rides for free So I say Helicopter, throw me a line The girl from Conejo Valley Used to be mine Helicopter, throw me a line 'Cause the girl from Conejo Valley Used to be mine Slow Driving Man This is a song about a slow driving man And I'm about to sing it just as slow as I can No one to pick up, no one to let down This is a song about a slow drive And a good friend gone in a flash copy paste is killing the internet Hear the news about the car crash last night Now they want me to drive out and to meet them at the crash site And I'm a one day on the road, I got a miracle a mile ago This is a song about a slow drive And I think I can drive slower than you can No one to pick up, no one to let down This is a song about a slow drive You're So Good to Me You're kind of small and you're such a ball I'm glad you're mine You're so good to me How come you are You hold my hand when you understand That I get in a bad mood You're so good to me And I love it, love it, yeah You're my baby, oh yeah Don't mean maybe, oh no copy paste is killing the internet I know your eyes aren't on other guys When we're apart You're so good to me How come you are And every night you hold me so tight When I kiss you goodbye You're so good to me And I love it, love it, yeah You're my baby, oh yeah Don't mean maybe, oh, oh Temptation Temptation, step up to the mic Temptation knows just what you like Temptation's eyes explode and flash like falling stars Temptation's talking to my heart Temptation won't give you a chance Temptation wants to see if you can dance Temptation won't take 'no' for anyone's response Temptation infiltrates your song The last time I tried to leave this club I said, "I can't dance no more" Temptation dragged me right across the floor copy paste is killing the internet The last time I tried to leave this club I said, "I can't dance no more" Temptation dragged me right across the floor Temptation, step up to the mic Temptation knows just what you like Temptation's eyes explode and flash like falling stars Temptation's talking to my heart Temptation's talking to my heart Temptation's talking to my heart Temptation's talking to my heart Phenomenon If you can't talk to you friends about it To a stranger it's strictly taboo But you know what you believe and if somebody ever asks you all You tell 'em it's the truth That's how I believe in you, and I believe that I do Not 'cause somebody told me not to Or cause somebody told me to No, I just believe in you, and I believe in you so long It's phenomenon, it's phenomenon It's phenomenon, it's phenomenon It's phenomenon and it goes on and on, it's true So finders find it like a secret Keepers keep it that way too But believe what you believe And if somebody second guess you all You tell 'em it's the truth copy paste is killing the internet That's how I believe in you, and I believe that I do Not cause somebody told me not to Or cause somebody told me to No, I just believe in you, and I believe in you so strong It's phenomenon, it's phenomenon it's phenomenon, oh, it's phenomenon it's phenomenon and it goes on and on, it's true, I do It's phenomenon, it's phenomenon it's phenomenon, oh, it's phenomenon it's phenomenon and it goes on and on, it's true If you can't talk to you friends about it To a stranger it's strictly taboo Little Baby Everything's old in the world except for the baby Little baby, oh little baby Nothing's sung as it's seen except for the baby Little baby, oh little baby And I say, child, be my teacher Would you could you, maybe yeah Little baby, oh little baby And everyone's too big to cry except for the baby Little baby, oh little baby And everyone knows how to lie except for the baby Little baby, oh little baby And I say, child, be my teacher Would you could you, maybe yeah Little baby, oh little baby copy paste is killing the internet So I said, talk to me baby Talk to me baby, talk to me baby Oh talk to me baby Talk to me baby Tell me everything's all right So I say, child, be my teacher Would you could you, maybe yeah Little baby, oh little baby Little baby, oh little baby Little baby, oh little baby Little baby, oh little baby I'm Going Higher I'm going higher someday Although it may not look that way Though today they don't believe me One day he's gonna take me Trust me, Lord, I'm going higher someday I said I'm going higher someday Although it may not look that way Though today they just might break me One day he's gonna take me And lift me higher, lift me higher, lift me higher So that I can see the dawn shines beyond my darkest days copy paste is killing the internet Yeah, I'm going higher someday Although it may not look that way Though today they may police me One day he's gonna release me Yeah lift me higher, lift me higher, lift me higher So that I can see the dawn shines beyond my darker days Yeah lift me higher, lift me higher, lift me higher So that I can see the dawn shines beyond my darkest days
Shark Tommy is a Tiger Shark Lives in the Bengal Sea By day he's a music manager Once he even managed me He wears a heavy, heavy coat all day So the world can't see his fins Or where the bald beast with the big teeth ends And the businessman begins But the businessman begins within Yeah, the businessman begins within First time I met that monster I thought he was just a normal guy Until one night on a granite's pier I saw his darker side Yeah, behind the seaside tavern With a half moon in his eyes He drank some kind of potion And metamorphasized Yeah, his eyes got big, his teeth grew sharp His skin turned a cold blue gray I watched as he grew to twice his size And then jumped into a wave So I hollered out to the waitress Yeah, I almost gave away the truth But I lost my nerve I said "Bring me the bill" And I settled Tommy's too Tommy is a Tiger Shark Lives in the Bengal Sea And by day he's a music manager Once he even managed me
Bobby I was walking through the forest Having some fun When I saw that New York critic All slumped over a stump, yeah All of my friends had a swinging axe to grind They [inaudible] themselves about who should be the first in line 'Cause you made a living off dying to a-chop us down Better turn your head, old man Bobby, 'cause it's your turn now I said, Now wait a minute my friends now now not so fast Ain't there some kind of better way for us to get back? Let's give him a guitar and see if he can write a song And if he gets an F well I guess that'll be his swan song 'Cause you made a living off dying to chop us down Better turn your head, old man Bobby, 'cause it's your turn now You're just a critic in a critical time (old man Bobby) And I know that your head's on the line (old man Bobby) Well listen Bobby now I've got a new song That you ain't gonna like You're just a critic in a critical time (old man Bobby) And I know that your head's on the line (old man Bobby) Oh but Bobby listen I got a new song That's gonna blow your mind Hendrix was there with his axe in the air He said, "Fight like a bomber now" (fight like a bomber now) McCartney was there with his axe in the air He said, "We can't work it out" (we can't work it out) Thurston was there with his axe in the air Saying, "Expressway to your skull" (expressway) But Lennon was the hero of the working class He set down his guitar and he picked up an axe And he sang, "Instant karma, Bobby, ain't it coming down fast?"
MIGRATION STORIES
Migration Of Souls Sailing on past Space and time That's how I'll get back to you Sailing on past Space and time That's how I'll get back to you From the real sure To the future Taking my footprint Past the sunset From the real To the astral That's how I'll get back That's how I'll get back That's how I'll get back to you Sailing on past Space and time That's That's how I'll get back to you
Heaven's Nail and Hammer In the night With voices low, low, low And all the cars Are off the road That’s when heaven's nail and hammer Starts nailing holes in the sky I see heaven, heaven, heaven Through the holes I see heaven’s nail and hammer Nailing holes in the sky I see heaven, heaven, heaven Through the holes Now on with the show I see Slow Down Jo Who died long ago I'm still down here with the old man Jo, Jo We’ll see heaven’s nail and hammer Nailing holes in the sky We’ll see heaven, heaven, heaven Through the holes We’ll see heaven’s nail and hammer Nailing holes in the sky We’ll see heaven, heaven, heaven Through the holes Now when this show is through You get a hard hat Silver hammer and steel toe boots And if you’re lucky, if you’re lucky you join That heavenly crew Look up there, little kid Way up there, little kid And see if I do Join that heaven's nail and hammer Nailing holes in the sky Heaven, heaven, heaven Through the holes You’ll see heaven’s nail and hammer Nailing holes in the sky You’ll see heaven, heaven, heaven Through the holes
Coyote Mary's Traveling Show Shut the door on yesterday Bring down the lightning in a jar Proud Mary wheels so proudly rolling Long after daytime ends How do you like to celebrate Now this fire is embers and ash? Blue heron echo down the motorway Says “Can we make this night last?” Every traveling show Needs a host with the most Who can conjure a bed from a couch “If its a wrestling pin That the worlds got you in You'd better have yourself a friend When your lights go out” “Tomorrows outta my range Here now’s all there's to know We shut the door on yesterday Here at this traveling show”
Independent Man When I’m not home with you Find me on the phone with you Saying “I need you bad” Like Major Tom without you Way too far gone without you Cause I need you so bad I need you so, so bad So bad that I can’t understand What I meant when I said "I’m your independent man" Can’t get high without you Won’t get by without you Cause I need you bad Way too far gone without you Cause I need you so bad I need you so, so bad So bad that I can’t understand What I meant when I said "I’m your independent man" Unreal City All my life my heart in search of what Well who can say the words In a dream I hitched a helicopter ride I saw the big one strike And the forest slide into some kind of Continent divide (And so) Anywhere the sun strikes the pavement Anywhere there's feet on the street I feel the most in the moment I found peace in the Unreal City Unreal City, yes man Unreal City Unreal City Where the big one sleeps tonight On the metro page in search of when and where And who can say the words In a dream I saw the final tidal wave Yeah I saw the big one break And the forest start into some kind of Continental shake (And so) Anywhere the sun strikes the pavement Anywhere there's feet on the street I feel the most in the moment I found peace in the Unreal City Unreal City, yes man Unreal City Unreal City Where the big one sleeps tonight Now anywhere the rain strikes the pavement Anywhere there's feet on the street I feel the most in the moment I found peace in the Unreal City Unreal City, yes man Unreal City Unreal City Where the big one sleeps tonight Unreal City Unreal City Unreal City Unreal City Unreal City Unreal City
Real Silence Silence Real silence That is all stars can say And tonight it’s radiating Downward Silence Real silence Is the only strike These mission bells Will get tonight And if yesterday was bombs away Pray tonight we find the antidote Where silence, real silence Explodes And if yesterday was bombs away Pray tonight we find the antidote Where silence, real silence Silence, real silence Silence, real silence Explodes
Along The Santa Fe Trail Angels come to paint the desert nightly When the moon is beaming brightly Along the Santa Fe Trail Stardust scattered all along the highway On a rainbow-colored skyway Along the Santa Fe Trail Beside you I'm riding every hill and dale Wide shadows hide you Just like a pretty purple veil Thereby hangs a tale I found you And the mountains that surround you Are the walls I built around you Along the Santa Fe Trail Beside you I'm riding every hill and dale Wide shadows hide you Just like a pretty purple veil Thereby hangs a tale I found you And the mountains that surround you Are the walls I built around you Along the Santa Fe Trail (along the Santa Fe Trail, along the Santa Fe Trail) I found you along the Santa Fe Trail (along the Santa Fe Trail, along the Santa Fe Trail) I found you along the Santa Fe Trail (along the Santa Fe Trail, along the Santa Fe Trail) Chamber Music Opening your heart One chamber left to go That’s the one the music knows The one the music knows Baby hold on tight Baby don’t let go To the world the world don’t know The world the world don’t know Sole mio Cantobo mihi Sole mio Cantobo mihi Sole mio Cantobo mihi Sole mio Cantobo mihi Cantobo mihi Baby hold on tight One chamber left to go That’s the one the music knows The one the music knows The one The one Torch Up on the rooftops trying to jump across Schoolyard blacktop and looking down Westcote and I and cypress runes Steps on the gravel the only sound And when I look down "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" She said, "Between you and me and the lamp-post We can be anyone you wanna be now the leap is through" When I thought that she was gone She took my by the arm and said "Even you can take the soul where you want it to" And I'm living proof "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" "Heart beats in rhythm to its own" "Heart beats in rhythm to its own"
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Hoagy Carmichael) Well, I get along without you very well Of course I do Except when soft rains fall And drip from leaves, then I recall The thrill of being sheltered in you arms Of course I do But I've forgotten you very well Yeah, I've forgotten you just like I should Of course I have Except to hear your name or someone's laugh That is the same But I've forgotten you just like I should What a guy, what a fool, what a fool am I To think my breaking heart could kid the moon What's in store, should I phone once more No, it's best, it's best that I stick to my tune 'Cause I get along without you very well Yeah, of course I do Except perhaps in spring, but I should never Never think of spring For that would surely break my heart in two
For Heaven's Sake (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards & Donald Meyer) For heaven's sake, let's fall in love It's no mistake to call it love An angel's holding hands with me How heavenly heaven can be And here is romance for us to try Here is the chance we can't deny While heaven's giving us the break Let's fall in love For heaven's sake Now don't say a word, my darling Don't break the spell like this Just hold me tight, we're alone in the night And heaven is here with a kiss yeah This pair of eyes can see a star So paradise can't be so far Since heaven's what we're dreaming of Let's fall in love Let's fall in love Let's fall in love For heaven's sake
Easy To Remember (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart) Each little moment Is clear before me And though it brings me regret It's easy to remember But so hard to forget And I can still hear you whisper I'll always love you I know it's over and yet It's easy to remember But so hard to forget So I must dream To have you here beside me Memory holds me tight And I'd rather dream Than have that lonely feeling Stealing through the night And your sweet expression The smile you gave me The way you looked when we met But it's easy to remember It's so hard to forget You've Changed (Bill Carey & Carl Fischer) You've changed That sparkle in your eyes is gone Your smile is just a careless yawn It's all over now You've changed You've changed Your kisses now are so blase You're bored with life in every way You're breaking my heart You've changed You've forgotten the words "I love you" And each memory that we've shared You ignore every star above you I can't realize you ever cared You've changed You're not the angel I once knew No need to tell me that we're through It's all over now Yes, it's all over now It's all over now You've changed You've changed Violets For Your Furs (Matt Dennis & Tom Adair) The snow drifted down on the flowers Melted where they lay The snow looked like dew and the blossom As on a summer day I brought you violets for your furs And it was spring for a while, remember I brought you violets for your furs And there was April in that December You smiled at me so sweetly Since then one thought occurs Yeah, we fell in love completely The day I brought you violets for your furs I brought you violets for your furs And there was blue in the wintry sky I pinned my violets to your furs And I gave a lift to the crowd passing by You smiled at me so sweetly Till then one thought occurs That we fell in love completely On the day I brought you violets for your furs For All We Know (Fred Coots & Sam M. Lewis) For all we know We may never meet again Before we go Make this moment sweet again We won't say goodbye Until the last minute I'll hold out my hand And my heart will be in it For all we know This may only be a dream We come and go Like a ripple on the stream So love me tonight Tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come For all we know But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke) Love is funny or it's sad Or it's quiet or it's mad It's a good thing or it's bad But beautiful Beautiful to take a chance and if you fall, you fall And I'm thinking I wouldn't mind at all Love is tearful or it's gay It's a problem or it's play It's a heartache either way But beautiful Yeah I'm thinking that if you were mine I'd, I'd never let you go And that would be but beautiful, I know
All The Way (Frank Sinatra cover) When somebody loves you It's no good unless they love you All the way Through the good or lean year All the in-between year Come what may And taller than the tallest tree is That's how it's gotta feel And deeper than the deep blue sea is That's how it feels when it's real Now when somebody needs you It's no good unless they need you All the way And happy to be near you Need someone to cheer you Come what may Now who knows where the road may lead us Only a fool would say But if you let me love you That's for sure I'm gonna love you All the way All the way I'm A Fool To Want You (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf &Joel Herron) I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want you To want a love that can't be true A love that's there for others too I'm a fool to hold you Such a fool to hold you To seek a kiss not mine alone To share a kiss that devil has known Time and time again I said I'd leave you Time and time again I went away But then would come the time when I would need you And once again these words I have to say Take me back, I need you Oh pity me, I need you And I know it's wrong, it must be wrong But right or wrong, I can't get along Without you I'll Be Around (Alec Wilder) I'll be around No matter how You treat me now Your latest love Can never last And when it's past I'll be around When he's gone And when things go wrong Maybe you'll see You are meant for me Then I'll be around From now on You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye & Gene de Paul) You don't know what love is Until you've learned the meaning of the blues Until you've loved a love you had to lose You don't know what love is You don't know how lips hurt Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost You don't know what love is Do you know how lost hearts fear And the thought of reminiscing And how lips that taste the tear Lose the taste for kissing You don't know how hearts burn For love that cannot live yet never dies Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes You don't know what love is
SUPERNATURAL THING Lifeline Met my future self in the mirror He said, "Only you can save us now" So I'll say it out loud In a crowded room At the top of my lungs "I want you to know I love you so But I need you to be a lifeline for me And if you could be a lifeline for me I'll be a lifeline for you someday, you'll see And I won't let go" I won't let go And I won't let go Hanging off the edge of a canyon Or maybe you just can't seem to climb out of bed I'll say it again In the lion's den Of your daddy's house "I want you to know I love you so And I need you to be a lifeline for me I need you to be a lifeline for me And if you could be a life line for me I'll be a lifeline for you someday, you'll see And I won't let go" I won't let go And I won't let go And I won't let go I won't let go, no, I won't let go I won't, I won't let go I won't, I won't let go
Too Young To Die (Featuring First Aid Kit) Remember running with a homemade transistor into the nowhere of the night And picking up transmissions in a code from a host of foreign satellites It said, "Teach a kid guitar, he'll be broke for the rest of his life But too young to die" I first heard that from an old guy "I'm too young to die" It's spray-painted on the half-pipe "Too young to die" It's sailing, sometimes failing, that's the only way, the only way to fly Crying, sometimes wailing, that's the only way that we learn how to try With my face down in the mat, the champ says, "Are you too old to fight Or too young to die" First heard that from an old guy "I'm too young to die" Cacti blooming up the hillside Too young to die So if you're feeling like King Kong at the end of his do-or-die And hearing voices of a girl against the engines of a kamikaze flight As he held her to his chest, do you remember the words that she cried She said, "You're too young to die And too young to die, am I" Too young to die And too young to die, am I" Too young to die Supernatural Thing Last night, a supernatural thing A smoke with Elvis You wanna say it was a dream Well, I think I would have known So I bring a message from the king On this new morning "You can go anywhere you please" Outside the smoking car I met A man stepping off a platform "My pathway's lost", I said "Where say I should go" He said, "Go anywhere you please" Looking up at the morning "You can go anywhere you please" So I bring a message from the king On this new morning "You can go anywhere you please" Something you cannot apprehend Is on your conscience When you feel the line is growing thin Between beautiful and strange I bring a message from the king On this new morning "You can go anywhere you please" Bring a message from the king "You can go anywhere you please" Tell you a supernatural thing "You can go anywhere you please" Tell you a supernatural thing "You can go anywhere you please" New Kerrang (Featuring Scott McMicken) Well, she takes a stick And she makes a fist And she shakes her wrist And that old drum kit makes a bang Then she stops She says somethings off Snare don't pop Cymbals don't kerrang Out with the old And in with the new kerrang Twenty-one Having fun Everyone Ever come to play Now that she's got A new degree No time for me Unless I got a play that pays And I'm the same old way Out with the old And in with the new kerrang Well, she said, "Give me one reason that I should come over" The king just called and he wants to commission a chauffeur He's gonna pay us twice oh to take that ride So let's go Out with the old And in with the new kerrang Well, she might have thought That I blew my top But I still just got just one more thing I gotta say Because if this is love Then it's not like drums and Something you just gotta Zip it up and throw away No, it regenerates Out with the new and in with the old In on the tumble and out on a roll Out with the new and in with the old kerrang
Dedication hour (feat. Neko Case & Gabriel Kahane) This one goes straight to my head Radio see through, it's true It's dedication hour This one's dedicated to you All you hear is all I am Just a clue as to who, who I'll be It's dedication hour When you dedicated I knew we made it 'Cause you sent out this one to me This groove goes straight to my head So pour me one more red And I'll make the next one blue And I'll dedicate it to you Engine 5 (feat. First Aid Kit) When you blown out on the freeway And your wheels have rolled away And you're crawling from the wreckage And your world's gone up in flames Signal out to station Station, signal out to me Can you hear my siren wailing I come to peel you off the street Engine 5 rising up the 101 Highway to the sun Stay with me on the radio Yeah, Engine 5 rising up the 101 Highway to the sun Stay with me on the radio, yeah When there's panic on your shoulder And no feeling in your feet See my number 5 in gold and Look to the light Look to the light Signal out to station Station, signal out to me Can't you hear my siren wailing I come to peel you off the street Engine 5 rising up the 101 Highway to the sun Stay with me on the radio Yeah, Engine 5 rising up the 101 Highway to the sun Stay with me on the radio Yeah, Engine 5 rising up the 101 Highway to the sun Stay with me on the radio Yeah, Engine 5 rising up the 101 Highway to the sun Stay with me on the radio Mr. dixon (feat. Shovels & Rope) Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote He take the words from out the sound He twist them all around Now he's making the claim The compositions are his But they're not his No, they belong to the song Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Now come on, you did not find that in your imagination I met the gambler, he was just blowing smoke No, you found it in your record collection Say it belongs to the song Mr. Dixon wrote Look at him waving to the crowd Pretty soon they'll find him out Look at the sky now, it's starting to rain Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote Mr. Dixon wrote For good She said she's happy that she found me She wraps her arms around me I'm thinking one more kiss like this And that will be the one that drowns me for good Hmm, for good And a thriller for a day A killer for a night Hard to say goodbye When you know that it's goodbye for good For good Hmm, yeah She put her hand in mine The other on her hip Said, "If we gonna dance forever I'ma show you how to dance like this" And then one mile down Two miles, three Saw the deepest shade of blue ever a man did see And it was goodbye For goodbye Story of an artist Listen up and I'll tell a story About an artist growing old Some will try for fame and glory And others aren't so bold And everyone, and friends and family Saying, "Hey, go get a job Why do you only do that only And why are you so odd?" They say "We don't really like what you do We don't think anyone ever will We think you have a problem And this problem's made you ill" The artist walks among the flowers Appreciating the sun He's out there all his waking hours Oh, and who's to say he's wrong But the artist walks alone And someone says behind his back "He's got some gall to call himself that "He doesn't even know where he's at" So, listen up and I'll tell a story About an artist growing old Some will try for fame and glory Others just like to watch the world, uh-huh
Non Albums Tracks
Birthday (The Sugarcubes cover) She lives in this house over there Has her world outside it Scrapples in the earth with her fingers and her mouth She's five years old Today is her birthday They're smoking cigars A chain of flowers comes down Down, down, down, down... She's threading worms on a string Keeps spiders in her pocket Collects fly wings in a jar Scrubs horse flies and pinches them on a line She has one friend He lives next door They're listening to the weather And he knows how many freckles she's got She scratches his beard She's painting huge books And glues them together They saw a big raven It glided down the sky She touched it Today is her birthday They're smoking cigar The chain of flowers come down Down, down, down, down...
Blue Bayou ( Norah Jones featuring M. Ward ) I feel so bad I got a worried mind I'm so lonesome all the time Since I left my baby behind On Blue Bayou Saving nickels saving dimes Working til the sun don't shine Looking forward to happier times On Blue Bayou I'm going back someday Come what may To Blue Bayou Where you sleep all day And the catfish play On Blue Bayou Where those fishing boats With their sails afloat If I could only see That familiar sunrise Through sleepy eyes How happy I'd be Maybe I'll go back there again Maybe I'll see some of my friends Maybe I'll be happy again On Blue Bayou Saving nickels saving dimes Working til the sun don't shine Looking forward to happier times On Blue Bayou I'm going back someday Come what may To Blue Bayou Where the folks are fine And the world is mine On Blue Bayou Oh that boy of mine By my side The silver moon And the evening tide Oh some sweet day Gonna take away This hurting inside Oh I'll never be blue My dreams come true On Blue Bayou
Buckets Of Rain
( Bob Dylan cover / M. Ward & Beth Orton / Live in Australia 10-05-04 ) M. Ward : Buckets of rain, buckets of tears Got all them buckets coming out of my ears Buckets of moonbeams in my hand He got all the love, honey I can stand Beth Orton : I been meek, hard like an oak I seen pretty people disappear like smoke Friends will arrive, friends will disappear If you want me, honey baby I'll be here M. Ward : I like the smile on your fingertips I like the way that you move your lips I like the cool way you look at me Everything about you is bringing me misery Beth Orton : Little red wagon, little red bike I ain't no monkey but I know what I like I like the way you love me strong and slow I'm taking you with me, honey baby Where I go Beth Orton & M. Ward : Life is sad, life is a bust All you can do is do what you must You do what you must do and you do it well I'll do it for you, honey baby Can't you tell
Cosmopolitan pap
( To Go Home EP )
Maybe later on it'll be quiet Maybe later on it'll be cool Maybe later on When everyone is gone We can tell it like it is to each other Idiot wind blowing in through the front door Idiot wind blowing in from the back Idiot wind blowing in from every crevice, every crack Anybody wanna tell it like it is to each other Like you would to a sister or a brother And cut this cosmopolitan pap Rumor coming in from the underbelly of the east coast Rumor going out from the dirty mouths out west They're sucking it in and spitting it out and 'a sticking out their chests Anybody wanna tell it like it is to each other Like you would to a sister or a brother And cut this cosmopolitan pap And cut this cosmopolitan pap
Cry (Godley & Creme cover / Feat. Folk Bitch Trio / For Beginners: The Best Of M. Ward compilation) You don't know how to ease my pain, you don't know You don't know how to ease my pain You don't know what the sound is, darling That's the sound of my tears falling or is it the rain You don't know how to play the game And you cheat and you lie You don't even know how to say goodbye You make me wanna cry You make me wanna cry You don't know what the sound is, darling That's the sound of my tears falling And if you can't hear any voices crying, then That's the sound of our love dying Now here comes the rain Yeah here comes the rain You don't know how to play the game And you cheat and you lie You don't even know how to say goodbye You make me wanna cry You make me wanna cry You make me wanna cry This is the last time (cry) You have already made me cry (cry) Cry, cry, cry, cry
Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful cover / M. Ward feat. Alia Farah) What a day for a daydream What a day for a daydreaming, boy And I'm lost in a daydream Dreaming 'bout my bundle of joy And even if time ain't really on my side It's one of those days for taking a walk outside I'm blowing the day to take a walk in the sun And fall on my face on someone's new-mown lawn I've been having a sweet dream I've been dreaming since I woke up today It's starring me and my sweet dream 'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way And even if time is passing me by a lot I couldn't care less about the dues you say I got Tomorrow I'll pay the dues for dropping my load A pie in the face for being a sleepy bull dog What a day for a daydream Custom-made for a daydreaming, boy And I'm lost in a daydream Dreaming 'bout my bundle of joy And you can be sure that if you're feeling right Daydream will last until the end of the night Tomorrow at breakfast you may pick up your ears Or you may be dreaming for a thousand years
ESP (& A Knockout Punch) ( Live Music & The Voices of Strangers ) ESP, ESP & a knockout punch Means she knows what she wants when a notion arrives In the back of your eyes, your heart could start sinking Wanna know what she's thinking. ESP, ESP & a flashback scene, figured out what she means When she says she arrives, like the fall of the night & the bright stars winking I know what she's thinking ESP, ESP think I got what she got When we came to this spot & in the thick of the brush Deeply in love, her heart started speaking I know what she's thinking
Famous Dave ('End Of Amnesia' Out-take) This is a song about my brother Dave Oh! famous, famous Dave, who took my play Who stole my notes when I thought I could trust you, Dave Famous, famous Dave, who took my play & stripped my script when I thought that I could trust you, Dave Now I hear your out in London town, calling everyone around saying 'Hi, my name is Dave & I have got a play'. No you don't Dave. Oh this is a song about my brother Dave. Oh! famous, famous Dave, who took my play, who ?? when I thought I could trust you, Dave Oh! famous, famous Dave, who took my play, who stole my notes from under my nose, didn't you Dave. Now I hear your out in Paris town, calling everyone around saying 'Hi, my name is Dave & I have got a play'. No you don't Dave! This is a song about my brother Dave. Fearless ( Mark Eitzel / Come On Beautiful : Songs Of The American Music Club ) Lost again, lost again I closed my eyes and kept on going Now I'm gone and nothing's gonna endure Unless I love you even more Found again, am I found again By your hands, my home is in your hands But that's a touch I don't deserve anymore Unless I love you even more A stubborn heart can stay broken forever But someday the tightrope's gonna break Will I fall into a cool cool river Or will I fall into a frozen lake Saved again, am I saved again By your eyes, the tears in your eyes Your tears are the only thing that makes me sure I've got to love you even more And your tears are the only thing that'll endure Unless I love you even more Going Away ( Scene from #12 EP ) I traded in a good friend for this song Knowing full well it would just hurt me along the way You wanna know how I need you, ok You wanna know how I know that I need ya, well ok. Oh, the fear of going under is going away. I traded in a diction(?) for this song, I wrapped myself in a blanket and walked away You wanna know how I need you, ok. You wanna know how I know that I need ya, well ok. Oh, the fear of going under is going away Traded everything love, for this song Knowing full well it would just hurt me along the way You wanna know how I need you, ok. You wanna know how I know that I need you, well ok. Oh, the fear of going under is going away
Headed for a fall ( To Go Home EP / Jimmie Dale Gilmore Cover) You may be peeking in your mailbox You may be waitin' for a call There might be only stars to see If you're not waiting there for me I believe you're headed for a fall You may be staring in your mirror Crying while you put your make-up on Where you're gonna go tonight To find the thing that makes it right What will you do when you find it's gone Don't put your dreams way up there in the clouds I don't think that's what it's all about You can't get much hight when you're so above it all I'll be waiting here when you hit bottom I believe you're headed for a fall We'll have days together in the sunshine Autumn's twilight winter's darkness too Darling I will hold you, my love will enfold you You need me now, just like I need you Don't put your dreams way up there in the clouds I don't think that's what it's all about You can't get much hight when you're so above it all I'll be waiting here when you hit bottom I believe you're headed for a fall I believe you're headed for a fall... I Can Never Remember ( End Of Amnesia Bonus Track ) I can never remember, i can never forget And those are two hard rocks to be between Put your hands together if you now what I mean And it feels like a dream but it's only just a feeling Well I'm thinking that you're knowing what I mean. Lost The Power
( End Of Amnesia Bonus Track ) I was hoping to rise At an early hour The dream was only beginning But I lost the power To be woken from sleep that is one thing to be torn from a dream is another
Love Struck (Dr. Dog feat. M. Ward / Dr. Dog LP) Yeah we've got it, we've got it Yeah we've got, we've got tonight, we've got eternity You got me taking my time We took a look and we was guaranteed You've got the rest of my life You've got the rest of my life And I can't believe that you came to me in the great big sea where the lightning strikes And I can't get over how we met on another plane in a silhouette Well, I could never turn my back on you No, I could never tell you lies Split decisions and I never knew You've got me making up my mind You've got me making up my mind And I can't believe that you came to me in the great big sea where the lightning strikes And I can't get over how we met on another plane in a silhouette Thinking about you and it's only good Yeah I got everything in mind You and me, we turning into us Now I know that I'm alive Now I know that I'm alive And I can't believe that you came to me in the great big sea where the lightning strikes, yeah And I can't get over how we met on another plane in a silhouette
October Sun (Oisin Leech feat. Steve Gunn, M. Ward & Tony Garnier) I was far from my mind I was so far behind With the Autumn light in my eyes I was rolling home Adrift and alone Late for the day like a skimming stone October sun What have you done You'd make a fool of each and everyone October sun Where will you run now that you've Broken rank with each and everyone Like the reeds on the hill Feel the wind coming in I'm closer now than I've ever been October sun What have you done You've make a fool of each and everyone October sun Where will you run now that you've Turned your back to go again Turned the way to go again Turned your back to abandon each and everyone Pale Blue Eyes ( Lou Reed / Live Music & The Voices of Strangers ) Sometimes I feel so happy sometimes I feel so sad Sometimes I feel so happy but mostly you just make me mad Baby, you just make me mad Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Thought of you as my mountain top thought of you as my peak A thought of you as everything I've had, but couldn't keep I've had, but couldn't keep Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes Skip a life completely stuff it in a cup They said, Money is like us in time it lies, but can't stand up Down for you is up Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes It was good what we did yesterday and I'd do it once again The fact that you are married only proves you're my best friend But it's truly, truly a sin Linger on your pale blue eyes Linger on your pale blue eyes If I could make the world as pure and strange as what I see I'd put you in a mirror I'd put in front of me I'd put in front of me Linger on your pale blue eyes (repeat) Saturday ( Yo La Tengo / Live Music & The Voices of Strangers ) The room was filled with talk For anyone listening I found a spot by the door with no one around Let my mind go out of tune I kept a smile on my face For anyone looking Tried to turn away questions Before being asked Let my mind go out of tune, out of tune I was engrossed in the film Without really watching Said "Who's the guy with the gun?" As if I was involved Let my mind go out of tune, out of tune Someday ( Louis Armstrong / Live Music & The Voices of Strangers ) Someday, you'll be sorry, way you treated me was wrong I was the one who taught you all you know Your friends have told you to make me sing another song So Good luck, may be with you, may your future you won't fear, dear There won't be another to treat you like a brother, someday you'll be sorry dear There won't be another to treat you like a brother, someday you'll be sorry dear Good luck, may be with you, may your future you won't fear, dear. There won't be another to treat you like a brother, someday you'll be sorry dear. Someday you'll be sorry dear. Waiting Years #1 ( Duet For Guitars #2 Bonus Track ) Oh I've been waiting years now for this love Now it's coming down in floods I'm too deep in it Oh Christmas time and Valentines were over And birthdays come and they only bring cold weather And in my heart Oh I know that the mystery is gone And it ain't safe to hold on But I celebrate myself when I get home By turning in before the sun starts setting And in my heart Oh I know that the mystery is gone And it ain't safe to hold on Were you there
( Duet For Guitars #2 Bonus Track ) Well, were you there my good man When the river called The Colorado made the canyon they call Grand Believe me now, my good man. I was there, but now here I am Well, were you there my good man When the watery volcano exploded into land Believe me now, my good man I was there, but now here I am And were you there my good man When the weather became water and then washed ashore the sand Believe me now, my good man I was there, but now here I am Well, will you be there my good man When the sun is finally smothered out with his mighty right hand Believe me now, my good man I'll be there, but now here I am Wild Minds
( Scene from #12 EP ) Some women wait for Jesus Some women wait for John Some women wait in the USA Some seal their lips for all Babylon Some women wait for Peter Some women wait for Paul Some women wait for Tom Dick or Harry Some women don't wait at all Once I was fooled by beauty Once I was fooled by cool Once I was fooled by a child of 2 & 20 Once I was even fooled by a fool Some women don't wait for no comet(?) Some women will wait for all time Some women will wait for sun to finally black out Some women just need a little moonshine To set of their wild wild minds.