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Well, it's back to the battle today.
But I wouldn't have it any other way.
Cause tonight we'll be crazy as kooks.
I'm dancing, grooving. This lovely wooden floor.
The tom-toms are beating on. Eyes are so sore.
There is still sand in my suitcase.
There is still salt in my teeth.
I kissed her in the window.
She covered up her face.
She's pretty, Sherry.
But I'm far, far too late.
Someone said, man, let's take a drive.
So here I am. So here I am.
I crashed up a party, nickels and dimes,
A handful of strangers, all friends of mine.
I know that you're married, rings on your hand.
So I didn't stay 'til the end.
I don't need a Christmas card.
You don't need to write.
Last Christmas was black and blue, but this year is white.
The void repeats, repeats a sound so deep in my head.
Goodnight. Keep your shirt on. You can leave the way you came.
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All the windows are glowing
The branches bending low
The skyline is swinging
Rocking back and forth
Walking down this dirt road
Watching at the sky
It’s all I can do
It’s all I can do
All the years keep rolling
The decades flying by
But ahh, the days are long
So here’s one to the pigeons
The tugboats on the river
Here’s one to you
For walking in my shoes, ah
Oh, you know I’d never leave you
No matter how hard I try
You know I’d never leave you
And that’s just how it is
Oh, everybody sees right through
Oh, the static
That is, dear, everyone but you
Oh, it’s funny to think it through
Everybody... that is, dear, everyone but you
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Oh I'm still living
at the old address
I'm waiting on the weather
that I know will pass
I know that it's true
It's gonna be a good year
Out of the darkness
and into the fire
I tell you I love ya
yeah my heart's in the strangest place
that's how it started
and that's how it ends
Yeah I know you're with me
it's a point of pride.
And it's louder than lightening
in this room of mine
Oh I'm just like you
I'm????? at bad news
And I never will
We won by a landslide
our troubles are over
My sister's are married
to all my friends
That's how it started
You took your sweet time
And I'll wait right by
on my broke wing
till all the bad dreams
make me sad.
So it's all over
Yeah it's all over anyhow
You took your sweet time
and finally I open my eyes.
My friends and my family
they're all asking me
how long will you ramble?
Well how long can you stay with me?
Snow is still falling
??????????
So I'll see you in the New Year
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Eugene, I’m lost
The world as we know it is round
Well, I’ve traveled so far and I’m worn
And I’ve lived in a suitcase for too long
Eugene, I’m lost
The whole world around us is too small
Seven years of holidays
Cafes, bars and sunny days
We ran around, banged our heads
Never felt no pain
I hope we’ll find our peace someday
Until then these wild nights are no fun
My old friend
My old friend
Oh, someday when this darkness fades
We’ll wed our girls and move away
We’ll buy some land and build us homes
And no more will we stray
I’ve traveled so far
I’m done
Eugene, I’m lost
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Many nights, dwindle by
Midnight moon's on the rise
My heavy head's gone light
So I’ll go home and sleep tonight
I’m walking tonight about as far as I can go
I listen to that song by the Moonglows
Here’s to you and the stars above
The half-moon in your pretty eyes
And here’s to you and the setting sun
The barmen and their sorry songs
I’ll be drunk before too long
And I’ll keep up this sappy talk
This letter does it all
It's too much to enclose
These postcards from tiny islands
do more than you know
So here’s to you and the ground below
The glass ball in the empty sky
I’m walking tonight about as far as I can go
The marble (were stone in me?)
The midnight moon is up
This letter does it all
It’s too much to enclose
I feel so easy now
Everything is working out
Oh, holidays are flying by
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The red moon is rising behind you
The ocean is pounding away
I held up a light to the smoke
But the wind blows, blows it away
And the night is cold
And the clouds go by
Tomorrow morning
I hope to be home by your side
The riptide is pulling me under
I’m drifting, drifting away
Tomorrow the sun will be brighter
The water will rise and wash us away
The stars are cold
And the air is bright
And I see you now
And you shine like the steel on my knife
The darkness is wrapped all around me tonight
I miss you
I miss you
There’s no one else
I do
I do
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You are the morning
I am the night
I was the only one left at the right time
And only I still call you mine
Only I'm still hanging on
Blown by strong wind, but it/here we fear (?)
All that you said to me is still so very clear
So take my hand
The players in the band
They can always find
Always find some number that we know
You’ll miss me when I’m gone
But the happy music will carry on
You are the morning
I am the night
I was the only one left at the right time
And only I still call you mine
Only I'm still hanging on
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I’ll see you tonight down at Sophia’s place
It’s always a good time
The polished mohogany
Gin and cigars
Yeah, come on then
Hey, Leah
Am I getting through
It’s one more silver lining for the weekend
Hey, we're here
Am I getting through
The candles in your eyes are still burning
The next time I see you at Sophia’s place
We’ll fall right back in line
They’ll tilt up your glass
And they'll miss a beer
Well, c’mon then and be a good friend
Hey, Leah
(???)
There’s one more silver lining
So c’mon then and be a good friend
Hey, Leah
Am I getting through
Your shining eyes are brighter (than/in) the moonlight
Every bone in my body
Broken one time or two
Every hour of the long day
Rather spend with you
Every year that I’m living
Got to stick by your side
Sun goes down
Moon comes up
Sky is black and blue
Here I stand
Honey, with you
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Oh, bad luck, bad luck
You’ve come for me
And the day’s only getting shorter
When you come, come along in the evening
Then leave me in the middle of the night
Take me tonight as I am
Leave me the way I was found
Oh, moonlight
Oh, moonlight
Help me sleep
There’s far too much weight on my mind
The stars in the night sky
They worry me
Oh, shadows to my left, to my right
Oh, and tomorrow we’ll rise
And the sky will be bright
Long time
Ahead of us
Good luck 'round every turn
Now that I got you
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You keep replaying through the days
That have brought you to this place
You shine your shoes and shave your face
Throw on a suit
You used to be some kind of joke
And all the depths you’ve come to know
You wandered down an open road and you kept going
What happened to you
What happened to you
What happened to you
At just a quarter past the hour
Chatting up some friends of yours
You were standing side by side under the moon
Eleven sparrows on the line
A hundred fireflies outside
Your tired eyes were open wide and you kept going
What happened to you
What happened to you
What happened to you
Eleven blackbirds in the sky
A hundred fireflies for miles
Your tired eyes were open wide
What could you do
You keep replaying through the days
That have brought you to this place
You wandered down an open road and you kept going
What happened to you
What happened to you
What happened to you
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The news is all good
And I’m flying higher
I’m back on my own
Don’t worry about me
I got no more baggage
I threw all my old things away
I got your letter
Thanks for the offer
I really don’t need a thing
Open the door in front of me
The sun is now shining down on me
Meet me as soon as you can
Bring me the money you owe for me
I’m taking my head out of the sand
Oh, maybe I’ll go see the world
There’s plenty of places to see
Voices I never have heard
Look at the way it ought to be
Oh, I’m all alone
Oh, I’m all alone
I know you're still listening to me
Isn’t a lot as far as I see
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Drive on drive on
The highway bright and long
The river's overflowing
The house's burning down
Drive on drive on
The engines on the lawn
We kiss goodbye and drink up
Some hours before the dawn
We kiss goodbye and drink up
I'll miss you when you're gone
So throw me a line
Throw me a line
My heart's underneath
Aside on our feet
The windows are shaking
And so are my bones
The worlds going round
Throw me a rope
A trumpet and a trombone
Still echoing in the hall
And bells ringing out at dawn
So hang on to me
Hang on to me
The world's going round
And time's coming round
The headlights are swinging all over the lawn
So throw me a rope
Throw me a rope
I knew you when i was young
The loveliest girl in town
I wish you were still around
I waited a long time
I bore you
I waited a long time
I lost you
I was sleeping in the backseat
When I got home
I was finally reminded
I lost you
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if only it were true
i'd go with you
if only it were true
i'd say i do
and all the things that we do
i could face today
and now, you love me too (???)
if only it were true
my head is all full of dreams
it's nothin' new
but maybe dreamin' is all
a man can do
so don't come callin' for me
cause baby my dream ain't through
and when, when i've had enough
oh, well then i'll die in dreams of you
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