Big Head Todd And The Monsters

A little light looks through her bedroom window.
She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems,
Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets,
Her hair blowing in the breeze.
And she can't see me watching.
And I'm thinking love...

Chorus:
It's bittersweet more sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet,.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I'm older now.
I work in the city.
We live together.
But it's different from my dream.
Morning light fills the room.
I rise.
She pretends she's sleeping.
Are we everything we wanted?
And I'm thinking love...

Chorus

I know we don't talk about it.
We don't tell eachother
All the little things that we need.
We work our way around each other
As we tremble and we bleed.

Chorus

Or were you sent to save me?
I've thought too much, you won't find anything...
Worthy of redeeming
Yo he estado aqui muchas veces antes y regreso
To... break down, and cease all feeling
Burn now, what once was breathing
Reach out, and you may take my heart away
Imperfect cry, and scream in ecstasy
So what befalls the flawless?
Look what I've built, it shines so beautifully
Now watch as it destroys me
Y regreso aqui otra vez y comienzo
To... break down, and cease all feeling
Burn now, what once was breathing
Reach out, and you may take my heart away
Break down, and cease all feeling
Burn now, what once was breathing
Reach out, and you may take my heart away
I left it all behind, and never said goodbye
I left it all behind, and never said goodbye
I left it all behind, and never said goodbye
I left it all to die
I saw its birth, I watched it grow
I felt it change me
I took the life, I ate it slow
Now it consumes me
I... break down, and cease all feeling
Burn now, what once was breathing
Reach out, and you may take my heart away
Break down, and cease all feeling
Burn now, what once was breathing
Reach out, and you may take my heart away
... Heart away

He left one Tuesday morning
Didn't have any bills to pay.
Just the silver dollars in his pocket.
And the ring upon his finger.
Ann Arbor Grandfather.

Early on a Sunday morning
A deacon wipes the tar off his feet.
Drawing pictures during the sermon.
Oh yeah Grandfather, I think it's funny.
Ann Arbor Grandfather

There's a picture on a wall in Duluth.
Another Grandma has passed away.
Her children rummage through her leavings.
They put them in new boxes,
And they put the new boxes in new attics.
Ann Arbor Grandfather.

A little light looks through her bedroom window.
She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems,
Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets,
Her hair blowing in the breeze.
And she can't see me watching.
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I'm older now.
I work in the city.
We live together.
But it's different than my dream.
Morning light fills the room. I rise.
She pretends she's sleeping.
Are we everything we wanted?
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I know we don't talk about it.
We don't tell each other.
All the little things that we need.
We work our way around each other.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

Woke up this morning in a bed
In a bed of fire
People and buildings in my head,
burning there tonight

Tonight as I lay sleeping
I try to hold your hand
One eye open and dreaming
That this city
Is on fire

Tell me sweet things, it's the middle of the night
It's the middle of the night
Open my window and the room is filled
Filled with burning light.

Tonight as I lay sleeping
I try to hold your hand
One eye open and dreaming
That this city
Is on fire

Woke up this morning in a bed
In a bed of fire
People and buildings in my head,
burning there tonight

Tonight as I lay sleeping
I try to hold your hand
One eye open and dreaming
That this city
Is on fire

Should have known better...
I should have known but I...
I didn't know better.

How can you be so
So dog gone mean
How can you be so
So uptight
How can you be so
Ahhhhhh...
How can you be so
Cold blooded.

Should have known better...
I should have known but I...
I didn't know better.

How can you be so
Whoa, so (??)
How can you be so
Stone cold
How can you be so
Diabolical
How can you be so
Cold blooded.

I took dinner at seven. With a tablecloth and wine.
And my poor brother Ivan. Who could laugh but couldn't smile.
Stories filled the evening. Of his job and of his wife.
How they somehow cheated him. How they took his life.

Welcome to the wild world brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.
It rains all over the world, brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.

The evening went on and on.
Was it time to say goodbye. To all the big decisions
And dirty dishes in his life.
Yeah, get in my car, brother, have yourself a good time.
But ain't he just too lazy, to wipe the tears from his eyes.

Welcome to the wild world brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.
It rains all over the world, brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.

The evening went on and on.
Was it time to say goodbye. To all the big decisions
And dirty dishes in his life.
Yeah, get in my car, brother. Turn the key and take a drive.
But ain't I just too lazy, to wipe the tears from my eyes.

Welcome to the wild world brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.
It rains all over the world, brother.
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain
Sometimes it's gonna rain on you.

Somewhere underneath the smoke and light
Oh the King, he sings of heaven.
Yes, he believes there's a paradise
And a band is playing there.

Outside there's a black car waiting
Filled with lovely ladies for celebration
He wipes the tears from his eyes
For all his lonely lovemaking

Oh yeah. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah babe. Whenever will you love me?

Flowers fall at his feet
Blink through the lights of suspicious minds
Oh, I know someday, you'll find your feet
I know you'll find your peace of mind

Oh, yeah. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?

Somewhere underneath the smoke and lights
Oh the King, he sings of heaven.
Yes, I'm sure there's a paradise
And brother, he is playing there.

Oh, yeah. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?
Yeah yeah yeah, babe. Whenever will you love me?

She left her father, been thirty years.
She drew some water, to dry his tears.
She said I'm sorry, I've been lonely.
I need another...
I need another...

She crossed through deserts and rivers wide.
She walked through valleys and mountains high.
She crossed the seas, through storm and night
To find a lover...
To find a lover...

Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to love you someday.
Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to
Somebody is going to love you...

She worked the night shift, to buy a dress.
She'd break her back. She'd look her best.
She'd sell her soul for tenderness.
But she's still waiting...
She's still waiting...

Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to love you someday.
Love Betsy.
Somebody is going to
Somebody is going to love you...

Driving far from home.
On a midnight radio.
Reckless and alone.
On a long black road.
The city is burning like a dream.
Like a lady smoking in the night.
And she lets out a silent scream.
So far from the morning light.

And I don't know where to go.
And I don't know where I've been.
And I don't know if I'll still be here.
When the sun rises again.
But somewhere in the distance.
There's a tower and a light.
Broadcasting a resistance.
Through the rain and through the night.

Hold me in the darkness.
Love is playing in the darkness.
On a midnight radio.

So grab your little sister.
Wake up your children and your wife.
'Cause a new train's coming mister.
Around the borders of the night.
Wavelengths of love are playing
On a midnight radio.
Through the static and the rain.
On a midnight radio.
Through the static and the rain.
On a midnight radio...

Well I rode the green across this country.
Horses lived and died to take me.
Men I killed to help me get there, further West I died to take me.
Blackened face and dirty laundry. Many days since I have eaten.
Found myself a family. Broke my back so I could feed them.

High in the wind. Standing in the sun.
We're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.
I was so much younger then. I would never ever listen.
I am so much older now. I thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in green.

Well, Elizabeth she is my lady.
Says the prayers and does the learning.
Waking up all the children.
Making love in early morning.
We took to building up the cities.
We built the churches in our cities.
Happy in the green country.
And in the green they buried me.

High in the wind. Standing in the sun.
We're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.
I was so much younger then. I would never ever listen.
I am so much older now. I thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in green.

Oh, she sang hills (?) and made me cry
Oh, she died so tender when I held you in the night.

Well, I'm dead now.
My wife Elizabeth is at my side.
I have children all around me.
I have grandchildren.
I have great grandchildren.
I have great great great grandchildren.
Too many for me to remember.
Maybe one of them is you...

High in the wind. Standing in the sun.
You're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.

You're high in the wind. Standing in the sun.
You're going to raise up the heavens.
With a shovel and a gun.

I was so much younger then. I would never ever listen.
I am so much older now. I thought that things would end up different.
Farewell, lover in
Farewell, lover in
Farewell, lover in green.

We are soul children.
Children of many colors. Walkin on a big black street
We all want different things.
We are soul children
Children of Freedom. Children of rock and roll.
Children of confusion.

Chorus:
We are running faster, reaching higher
burning in the sun.
We are reaching farther but we have lost our
Soul Children

We are soul children.
Yes I'm a brother, yes I do believe.
We are soul children. We must rise up from the deep.
We are soul children, try to feed our families and keep
our mind free.
We are soul children, looking for a leader who'll do
everything for 'me'.

Chorus

We are soul children. Yes I'm a brother.
Yes I do believe.
We are soul children. We must rise up from the deep.
We are soul children. Children of a God better than the
one on t.v.
We are soul children. We must rise up from the deep.
We can't lose our soul children.

Think ahead before you open your mouth
I might be thinking it through.
Gonna pack my things and catch a train headed south.
Or step right out of my car, into the
Rain drippin' down my fingers,
Into my eyes, you won't see me cryin' but,
What will you do when I am gone.

I creep slowly out of my bed,
Take one final look at you.
To empty out all those sweet memories from my head.
How did I ever end up playing your fool but,
I'm on a train bound for glory,
Goin' klickity klack klickity klack
Away from you but
What will you do, when I am gone?

How the hell you ever get to be so damn cool?
Suck down my money and throw my love away.
How the hell did you ever get to be so damn slick?
You'll come slidin' slidin' down one day but,
I'm on a train bound for glory.
Goin' klickity klack klickity klack
Away from you but,
What will you do when I am gone?

Vincent of Jersey.
He's wearing a red and white t-shirt.
He's loving the ladies upon his floor.
A bottle of brandy, a hard box of Camels.
Waiting for love to come knocking on his door.

And he says something like ...
Someday somebody's gonna love me
Someday it's me they're looking for
Somewhere I know somebody wants me 'cause I'm...

Vincent of Jersey.

We keep each other in the air
And from there we're afraid of falling down
She don't believe I really care
Oh, she'll be runnin' as soon as we reach the ground
But her angel leads me on
'Til I find her lovin' arms

Just when I think it's safe to doubt
I turn about and find I've been left behind
There's only so long I can go without
Like a fool I shout instead of cryin'
But her angel leads me on
'Til I find her lovin' arms

A home sinking in the sand
It hurts to understand where I went wrong
So I'll believe with an empty hand
I'll receive at last what I can't own
But her angel leads me on
'Til I find her lovin' arms

And all of these chains; a sweet caress
And all of my weight was tenderness
Every time we had it put to bed
Oh, the tables are turning 'round and
I'm in it again

Now it's the ending of our second chance
And there's no telling where we're gonna go
Save what I was spending at the circus and
Save everything I can before
I'm blown away

Every time you had it put to bed
The reason I initially believed
I finally found someone certain and
He left a flower inside of you
Only for me to see

As I was walking by the muddy river
I was touched by a hand
I was laid over in a strange land

As I looked to take myself a silver
Beneath the moonlight still lay a-bare
Barely unnoticed, bury my head in her soft hair

Greyhound roll on, get on and get me a ride

You made me feel good outside
You were a good public affair
Everybody knew there was nothin' goin' on

Greyhound roll on, get on and get me a ride

Won't you tell me in the morning
Of the kisses that you left me in my sleep

Of all the thunder and the stormin'
Of all the racket in the street

Chorus:
And if the sun should open wide
Your eyes to find another day
And I'll never take you back
If you can't find your own way

I want to tell you in the morning
Of the demons that I killed in my dreams
And should the devil take me now, here's a warnin'
Ah, hell can't come between you and me

Chorus

I work on a wreckin' wall
Just off the liquor tracks
Onto the shaky ground
Oh, I'm fallin' down
Hey, I'm ridin'

A fool to confide
Hey, Eddie watch your name
Let that lady be your guide
Oh, she's comin' round
Hey, I'm flyin'

When the sleep gets in your eyes
I'll be on Kensington Line
And I'll run my hundred miles
Hey, don't you follow me tonight

I didn't like the look I see
Runnin' in the autumn leaves
Hasn't got a brain or peeve
Oh, the walls are closin' in
Hey, I'm headed out of here
Oh, I never meant to leave you cryin'

Awaiting my treasure drifting ashore
When from the galleys we're set free
And I'll never give you more
Than the time that we save
Magdelina I forgave
And I will feel everything

There are bridges burning here and we have
to keep below
Lest the guns should overtake us and let out
the final blow
A deserter I'll be hung, though ever battle I had won
And I won't feel anything

Hey Magdelina, there is only now to lay aside
All the bad dreams of your past have been
lost in the fire
Remember, soon I'll be back to bathe in your smile
And touch a long time indeed

If the flower should lose her green
And the cold never turn to spring
Show me, show me where I'm imagining
All the things I haven't learned to see
Breaker, please...
Oh, I lost my loving mind, and found it again
If my mind should take me down below
Black and white blood should lifeless flow
Remind my heart that you're listening
Break my neck and I'll hear you sing
Breaker, please...
Oh, I've lost my loving mind, and found it again
In the universe without you and me
Love carries on at twice the speed
Blows behind us and wrecks everything
Break my neck and I'm lost in the breeze
Breaker, please...

Lone and alone she lies, poor miss
Five flights from earth and one from heaven
Dark hair and eyes, she tries hard not to cry
But still alone she lies

And I never knew the reasons
There ain't no lover in your bed
but lady you were always some kind
Of woman to me

There ain't no gardens for my poor miss
There ain't no sunshine in April's spring
Just four dark walls, and light comes shadowly
Ah, poor miss, ah me!

And I still remember the sunlight on your face
Lady you were always some kind
Of woman to me

Ah, soon she will wake
When love is the air she breathes
Hurry into her please
Alight again
And take what we reap
A harvest abounding
The trumpets are sounding
A beautiful name
From shadowlands we run
A flicker and they're done
Away
And the wine that she keeps saving the best for me
We're only blessed you see
If we believed
In something unseen
Felt by remembering
A wait, and a hoping in
The time to receive
From shadowlands we run
A flicker and they're done
Away
The mountains will rock
And crumble into the seas
And all of the saints will be
Marching home
The cities will stop
Oh, and they'll sell their kings
Oh, and they'll kill their queens
On no
From shadowlands we run
A flicker and they're done
Away

Angry hands upon the wheel turn slow
Without a star the water turns to stone
Here I stand by lovely strategem
When love is gone I'll invent again

Lady in Ashes, Forget her name
Her beauty was matchless, her nature untame

And by now her face is far below
Still beneath the desert rivers flow
Take the sand in empty hand and then
Blow away and bring her back again

And if you ask it, dear one plays again
Her beauty was matchless, her nature untame

Deathless hand in land where devils roam
who with a switchblade cut the head of hope
It's time to exchange the evil, blow by blow
Without a star the water turns to stone

If time is our master, then I'm lost again
her beauty was matchless, her nature untame

She's running on clean power
She's wound up at the hip
"Wearing Only Flowers" came in 27 to 1
I'd love a drink of water
Take a little kiss
Find a lovely lady - step inside, take a sip

Atlanta turn around and love
Will come back to you

His elements are shaking
She's wounded at the wrist
Person of the hour, the only way she knows how to make it
I know I'll get over
Two months maybe less
I left undiscovered - saw her undress

Atlanta don't look so surprised
We belong to life

After ten years taken
Accidentally meetin'
Realize we were mistaken
Oh yes, we arrive late again
Fix a little breakfast
Time for gettin' married
"Wearing Only Flowers" came in 27 to 1

Atlanta don't look so surprised
Sometimes love will make you wise up
Atlanta close your eyes and I will belong to you

A little light looks through her bedroom window.
She dances and I dream, she's not so far as she seems,
Of brighter meadows, melting sunsets,
Her hair blowing in the breeze.
And she can't see me watching.
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I'm older now.
I work in the city.
We live together.
But it's different than my dream.
Morning light fills the room. I rise.
She pretends she's sleeping.
Are we everything we wanted?
And I'm thinking love...
Love...
Love...
Love...

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

I know we don't talk about it.
We don't tell each other.
All the little things that we need.
We work our way around each other.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.
As we tremble and we
As we tremble and we bleed.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

It's bittersweet
More sweet than bitter,
Bitter than sweet.
It's a bittersweet surrender.

Fields are white in snowy spring and I can't remember
The last time that I've seen her
The highway is still cold and wet and I can't forget
The way I had to leave her
And every passing day, she flickers and she fades
Is someone to catch her when she falls from the heavens?

And I'll love her yet, though she has done me wrong
And I'll bring her back, though she has been long gone
And I'll always be her
Broken hearted savior

And every heavy night
Takes out the little life that's left within her
Every man she gives her love, he takes it
And leaves her with a dinner
Our love was once a flame, now I'm just a forgotten name
Am I the only one to blame for ever loving her?

And I'll love her yet, though she has done me wrong
And I'll bring her back, though she has been long gone
And I'll always be her
Broken hearted savior

Turn around for something better
Children give up don't you ever
Remember that the devil's clever

Brother John, where are you, why are you sleeping?
Brother John, why are you, where are you sleeping?

Take the light into your room
Cast a candle on your doom
Your master he is coming home soon

Brother John, how are you, why are you sleeping?
Brother John, why are you, why are you sleeping?

May your awakening be near
Heaven could be any place
Why not here?
Why not here?
Why not here?
Why not here?

Brother John, how are you, how are you sleeping?
Brother John, how are you, how are you sleeping?
Brother John, how are you, how are you sleeping?
Brother John, how are you, why are you sleeping?

It seems to me, you and me,
Are chasing something, yeah.
What it is does anybody here want to know?
It seems to you, you and me,
Are forgetting something, yeah,
When love is so easily forgotten.

And if I pick you up will you drag me down?
If I run to you will you turn around?
Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

It seems to me, you and me
Are being chased by something, yeah.
What it is has anybody here apprehended?
It seems to me, you and me
Are terrified of nothing,
When nothing is the reason we are here.
Oh, nothing at all.

And if I cry to you, will you laugh me down?
But I'm asking you to turn around.
Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

You are the only one I want
You are the only one I want
You are the only one I want
You are, you are, you are, you are, you are, you are

And if I cry to you, will you laugh me down?
But I'm asking you to turn around.
Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

Rise and fall turn the wheel 'cause all life is
Is really just a circle.

New York lady slips underneath the dim trumpet light.
Come from a land she's never known.
She sees in her future castles burning bright,
But she's got no place to go.
And if you should ever speak with her,
Keep your promises to a whisper.

She is listening, she is listening
She hears everything, she hears everything
Into the air, and disappears,
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.

She wonders why everything ain't right
For all the people down here below.
Hey, sister where's your life?
Brother, where's your home?
And if you should ever speak with her,
Keep your promises to a whisper.

She is listening, she is listening
She hears everything, she hears everything
Into the air, and disappears,
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.

There's a whisper inside every broken heart.
A frail, frail dream.
Which runs through the traffic and plays a part.
Sweet love through eternity.
And if you should ever speak with her,
Keep your promises to a whisper.

She is listening, she is listening
She hears everything, she hears everything
Into the air, and disappears,
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.
Into the evening, forgotten in her lonely soul.

This is the midnight radio one
As music in the moonlit starry night
Beneath this purple haze our common dark
The heavens obscure, starlight travels into infinity
Yet we only see it when the night is black.
This is the question the brothers and sisters fear;
What is the color of the soul?
Said Buddha, Jesus, Plato, and the poets of Old,
That evening is the color of the soul.
We hide ourselves in artificial light
We think ourselves safe and outta sight.
You have a million dollars still
Enough money to build a city on every hill.
Work hard brother,
Love alone will pay your bill.
Look good sister,
Love alone will pay your bill.
Die rich,
Love alone will pay your bill
And evening is still the color of the soul.

You can turn back the tide
Of the cold tears from your eyes
The pangs of wounded pride you hold me

Did someone do you wrong, yeah
Good lovin's as good as gone, yeah
Maybe you ain't as strong as you wanna be

It's alright if you don't wanna go home
It's alright if you don't wanna be alone
It's alright if you don't wanna go home
I understand, I understand, I understand

Nothin' stays if it's gotta go now
You can't get water from a stone now
Sometimes you gotta think about the things you're gonna love
You can point the finger at him
You can say you're sufferin' for a sin
Somehow a never was never was yet enough

It's alright if you don't wanna go home
It's alright if you don't wanna be alone
It's alright if you don't wanna go home
I understand, I understand, I understand

When the morning comes you get yourself together
To face another day
When the day is done and you ain't feelin' good
You come walkin' my way

Now that you're doin' alright
You're pretty much outta sight
I don't hear you knockin' 'round my door anymore
I'm glad to hear you're doin' well
But I know that time will tell
Only when you're broken down, is that what friends are for?

It's alright if you just wanna go home
It's alright if you just wanna be alone
It's alright if you just wanna go home
I understand, I understand, I understand

Ain't no getting up again, she gonna bring you down.
Love gone up and jump again, turn it all around.
I'm goin' to the liquor store, to get some peace of mind.
Something I ain't done before, I can't seem to find.

Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
Give to me, a place in paradise.
Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
And never never never leave me.

Never never never leave me.

Sister I am suffering, a single desire.
Hell is the shadow cast from a soul on fire.

Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
Give to me, a place in paradise.
Hold me please, Sister Sweetly
Never never never leave me.
Never never never leave me.

Never never never leave me.
Never never never leave me.
Never never never leave me.

And a soul for every cowboy
And a star to guide him home
And an angel to bring him
A song to sing when he's alone

For the night is far from over
And the storm is coming on
And the wind is blowing colder
And he's very far from home

When hell falls cold and wet
His heart soon forgets
That ever he was loved or wanted to be loved

When hell falls cold and wet
His heart soon forgets
That ever he was loved or wanted to be loved

And a soul for every cowboy
And a star to guide him home
And an angel to bring him
A song to sing when he's alone

He sits beside her in the evening.
She turns and asks him for a light.
He worked so hard so he'd be something.
Just what it was she never knew.
Just what it was she never knew.

He lays beside her as she's sleeping.
She asks if everything's alright.
Is there a secret he's been keeping?
She doesn't know anything he says.
He doesn't feel anything she says.

I've been waiting for too long for love like this
For love like this
To let it slip away.
I've been waiting for your tender kiss
Your tender kiss

She says "I just might leave tomorrow."
He says "Tomorrow never comes."
So we'll just learn to love our sorrow.
I'll love you tender as you're sleeping.
I'll love you bitter through the day.

He's an American boy with his hair combed back
He's gonna buy himself a nice new car
He's gonna marry one of them pretty cookin' wives
and die alone in a big old house
Oh, he was an American boy

He's gonna get a job that pays real well
Go on vacation every year
Have a fine young boy for the N.F.L.
All without having to shed a tear.
Oh, he was an American boy

Yeah, the American boy is older now
He's been shortened by the weight on his back
He finally takes a look around to see.
There were a lot of other things that he could have been.
Oh, he was an American boy.

As we walk through the streets of another
Mayberry dead leaves blow
Into the windows and crackle underneath our feet
And as I look into the distance
Streets and cars carry the sunshine
Over the rainbow
Into my back yard

Clotheslines, anthills and people
Who think they work hard at life just because
They never ever miss a day.
They can tell you nothin' about everything
And he's a good boy isn't he
Wants to be just like everyone he loves

In another Mayberry you'll love the fashions
All forgotten
In another Mayberry the milk's gone rotten
And all the wells have dried

Did we leave something behind
The river there's a house
The radio's playing but no one lives inside.

... It's just a memory of a dream
I'll be with you once more under the stars ...

When I was walking by the blue water
I was thinking about you
By the water you can think forever
By the water so deep and blue
By the blue water.

When I was dreaming by the blue water
I was dreaming about you
Yes I dreamed we would love for ever
By the water so deep and blue
By the blue water

We gonna run. We gonna run away
She's been lookin' at me
She's been thinkin' 'bout nobody but me

When I was swimming in the blue water
I remembered the truth
You didn't want me to be your lover
That's why the water is so deep and blue
By the blue water.

Annie don't you run away
I won't leave you behind
Just you wait one longer day
Just you ease your mind
Annie don't you run away

Annie don't you cry
I won't let you down
I never meant to say goodbye
To this love I found
Annie don't you cry

Said I've been gone for too long
And I've been too far away
It'll seem like I've never gone
Hey Annie, don't stop waiting

Annie don't you lose your heart
I won't leave you behind
I loved you from the start
Just you ease your mind
Annie, don't you lose your heart.

Hey Annie, don't stop waiting

(Based on the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae)

In Flanders Fields where the poppies blow
Between the crosses row by row.
To mark our places and in the sky
The larks go bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amongst the guns below

From Flanders Fields
We will come running home
From Flanders Fields
We will rise up singing
We will rise up.

We were together short days ago
Breathed the air saw the sunset glow
Loved and were loved but now we lie
In Flanders Fields I hear her cry.
In Flanders Fields I hear her cry.

From Flanders Fields
We will come running home
From Flanders Fields
We will rise up singing
We will rise up.

Take up your quarrel with the foe
To you from flailing hands we throw
The torch be yours so hold it high.
We will not sleep though we lie.
We will not sleep though we lie.

From Flanders Fields
We will come running home
From Flanders Fields
We will rise up singing
We will rise up.

(based on the play "Geography of a Horse Dreamer" by Sam Shepard)

Old man put down your bottle, go and tidy up your room
the t.v. is broken. There ain't no room, there ain't no food.
There ain't no air only cigarettes and it's
time to tell us something

And he turns with his eyes wide open and bleedin'
and cryin' tell us what did you see
in the neon in the halflight
did you dream us a number
did you dream us a winner
tell us what did you
dream?

Don't pretend like you don't love us really you're a
part of it all goin'
bad and money
you'll get a little
maybe you can take a walk outside,
breathe the air
see what it's like to be
alive.

And he turns and he wonders what city he is in
in a motel on some highway
with bruises on his skin
in the neon in the halflight did you dream us a number did you dream
us a winner, tell us what did you dream?
and he turns and he smiles and he makes them wonder
he say's I'll give you a number he say's I'll give you
a dream
It ain't Jersey it ain't Lilly it ain't no bloody mare or queen
that keeps on comin' in to keep us in this hell that
we're in.

She lives on the third floor.
she has three children to feed.
I'll give you her number, you can call her and ask her
If she remembers me.

The city is spread
Reach to the heavens
This cloud cover breathing soft and rain
Yes I'm good looking
Yes I have money
Don't it count for nothing over there.
The snow falls dirty
We watch our blue t.v.
Educated in monotony
The rains won't let me see
The acid falling from the sky
The bloody tears in your eyes.

This is my hymn
It's the only one I know
This is my hymn
I lift it up to you.

My heart can't quite reach to the heavens
Lyin' face down in unbelief
Love or money can't fill it up
This empty space that keeps running deep
Is it true you love me
You're the only one I need
One sweet flower of ease in the bitterest Hell
Is your voice to me
Whisper your love gentle
Could you really love me
Never disappointed, disenchanted
In me you believe
I will lie down waitin',
I will cry waitin',
I will work waitin',
Waitin' for your love.

This is my hymn
It's the only one I know
This is my hymn
I'm screamin' out to you.

I know I might have let you down
I know it's hard to turn around
But can't you just take one look at me
Before you leave me dyin'?
I know I might have done you wrong
I might have taken all and left you none
But do you blame me for living
Honey nothin' lives forever
I will carry you

Can you trust can you believe
Life ain't what it made me to be
I'm just a little shaken up
I'm just a little lonely
When you can't walk when you can't sleep
'Cause life get hard, things get bleak
Just come my way knockin'
Baby I ain't goin' nowhere
I will carry you

I dreamed once of different streets
A better place for you and me
We were laughin' and talkin'
Sunlight filled the room
Now when I look behind your eyes
No my dream it ain't a lie
Or some story that we heard
When no one else was listening
I will carry you

Last night I woke I was somewhere sleeping
In a strange woman's bed
With my head still ringin'
Sometimes it's the wicked thunder
The wine and women take you under
She'll laugh at you and smile at you
Leave you to wake and feel it

All comes down
It all comes down sometimes

Last night I woke I forgot my sweet dreamin'
My head against the window
Watch the highway lines streamin'
Are there numbers to go with every place
A name to go with every face
but never a one to call my own
Ain't it nice to be a rollin' stone it

All comes down
It all comes down sometime

Last night I woke I heard some woman screamin'
Wavin' her arms yeah she loves me for singing
A song to keep it all inside
Sing you're so pretty and it's all right
The pride and rhythm make it better and bittersweeet
When love can't keep it

All comes down
It all comes down sometime

If ever you are walkin' down the lonely street
No one to lean on
No one to help you on
Cars and buildings so high
Disparity so wide
The only dreams we can see
Are the ones on the TV

If you need somebody,
If you need,
If you grieve,
I'm your sole salvation

The city is on fire
Can't you see these streets emptied in ashes, witless
made afraid
made expatriates
made youth of idle science and unbelief
so far from my brother
passin' down the street

Broken in a tall black street of rain and inhumanity
without shelter
white or pride
or even just the little things
Will you come for me?
sittin' in the summer sun
thinkin' you would remember me
Are there too many good deeds done
In your world of sweet serenity?