Rodney Crowell

Beautiful despair is hearing Dylan
When you're drunk at 3 a.m.
Knowing that the chances are
No matter what you'll never write like him

Oh, brother

Beautiful despair is why you lean
Into this world without restraint
'Cause somewhere out before you
Lies the masterpiece you'd sell your soul to paint

Oh, brother
What do we laugh or cry

Beautiful despair
Beautiful despair

Beautiful despair is slouching forward
Toward a past you might regret
All to suck the marrow out
Of every magic moment that you get

Beautiful despair is playing safe
When you were once a rebel child
Knowing that tomorrow comes
And all you've done is last another mile

Oh, brother
Oh, dear brother
Oh, my brother
What shall we drink or dry?

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We ran into trouble scamming for oil
The whole Middle East is coming to a boil
It's the Muslims and Kurds, Bedouin herds
Palestinians and Arabs and Jews in the news

It's too much to keep up with, it'll jangle your head
The whole situation's running way in the red

I said, don't get me started
I'll like as not bend your ear
Don't get me started
I just wanna make one thing clear

I was born in America and I'm proud of that fact
I wish the rest of the world would get off our back
But these slick politicians, man, you've got to admit
Seems as crazy as bedbugs and they don't give one whit

About the man on the street with his back to the wall
Who can't find a quarter for to make a phone call
Meanwhile back in Washington, the champagne will flow
Tell that to the homeless man with nowhere to go

I said, don't get me started
I came into this bar to unwind
Don't get me started
I'll like as not speak my mind

The rich corporations have turned a deaf ear
They don't care who goes hungry, they've made that much clear
You see the trouble with people is we wanna believe
But they can't turn a profit without tricks up their sleeve

It's the roofers and truckers, the working class suckers
The firemen and teachers, the soldiers and preachers
Who shoulder the blows, it comes and it goes
A six trillion dollar debt, you pay through the nose

I said, don't get me started
I'm a drag when I've had a few drinks
And don't get me started
I don't care what anyone thinks
'Cause it makes me angry

East Timor's genocide to the core
The Indonesian legions come and give 'em what for
When the Coalition Army doesn't come to your aid
You might as well face it, there's no money to be made

I had a dream last night, I was secretary of defense
And I came to the conclusion, war doesn't make any sense, yeah
But nobody heard me when I tried to rescind it
There were too many people that just didn't want to end it

I said, don't get me started
You never know when I might stop
Don't get me started
We both need to just let this thing drop

Don't get me started
Don't get me started, not now
Don't get me started
'Cause it make me angry

Oh Mother, oh Father
In our time of fear
Grant us the wisdom
Your message for to hear

Send down Your angel band
To fill Your hearts with power
Oh Mother, oh Father
In our darkest hour

Ignorance is the enemy
And it fills your head with lies
It's the kind of bliss that can make you miss
The very truth before your eyes

It's not who's right or wrong
Weak or strong, black or white you see
Ignorance is the enemy
And it's keeping you from me

Forgive me all my pettiness
Forgive me all my greed
Forgive me for I know not how
To live this life I lead

Ignorance is the enemy
Let's set the record straight
If history must repeat itself
Why worry while you wait

It's a perfect blue and beautiful world
You treat with such disdain
Ignorance is the enemy
And It can only bring you pain

Forgive me all my vanity
Forgive me my conceit
Forgive me when I'm crawling
Like a beggar at Your feet

Ignorance is the enemy
And it wields a mighty sword
It can cut you down in a blaze of glory
It can nail you to a board

If mercy and compassion only had a chance
It could fill these holes we've dug
But ignorance is the enemy
And it's working like a drug

Oh Mother, oh Father
In our time of fear
Grant us the wisdom
Your message for to hear

Send down Your angel band
To fill our hearts with power
Oh Mother, oh Father
In our darkest hour

I've been up all night and the night before my teeth are dirty my eyes are sore
There was good time had by all accounts we've been drinking to you in tall amounts I guess we had a little trouble in the hotel bar
Some hometown bubba went a little too far
He said he don't like Catholics he don't like Jews
He don't like me and he don't like you
Say you love me say you need me say you want me don't disappoint me
Say it say it say it say it
I've got ten good years left in my legs some day baby I won't have to beg
The first thing to go is not your mind you have known that for a long long time
You've got the Irish eyes and the Irish lips from your head down to your fingertips
Poetry in your kiss and your hand poetry anywhere that you stand
Come on and say you love me say you need me say you want me don't disappoint me Say it say it say it say it
Speak your mind darlin' state your case baby
Lay it on the line sugar cut to the chase maybe
Say it in your own words don't be proud
If it's something that you want to get heard
You've got to say it to me right out loud
Say it say it say it say it

Give to me my time and money
Give to me my milk and honey
Give to me my self respect
Golden chains around my neck

Give to me my super model
Corporate jet and champagne bottle
Get me out there on the town
Let me spread my wealth around

I could learn to love this life I lead
But just don't take away the things I need

I feel rosy in the pink
So just don't make me stop and think
All those dark thoughts in my head
Seem like better left unsaid

Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)

Give to me my latest fashion
Make my lover burn with passion
Give to me my charm and wit
Keep my body young and fit

Give to me my haute couture
Give the world a cancer cure
Serve my breakfast au frescoe
Let the wine and liquor flow

I can search for truth some other time
But right now I just wanna get what's mine

Let the gangsters rule the street
While teachers try to make ends meet
I despise all bleeding hearts
I don't patronize the arts

Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Right now

I don't understand what it is you're trying to sell
Or what it is you're trying to tell me
You're tryin' to get me to show some compassion
Man, that's so outta fashion

Give to me my Aspen winter
Sorry 'bout the World Trade Center
I can't help the ones in need
I've got my own mouth to feed

Give to me my Playboy Channel
Killer weed and sheets of flannel
Lay me down upon my bed
With pleasant dreams to fill my head

Just look at what this world is coming to
And there ain't one damn thing that I can do

I don't have a leg to stand on
I don't have a net to land on
I don't have the base of power
I don't have the extra hour

Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me right now
(Give it, give it, give it, give it, give it, give it)

Give to me my tax cut outsource
Build me my own private golf course
The Dixie Chicks can kiss my ass
But I still need that backstage pass

Give to me my Nasdaq numbers
Intel shares and E-trade blunders
Soldiers to defend my freedom
And a script for Valium if I need em?

And give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)
Give it to me right now
(Give it, give it, give it, give it)

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You don't have to be rich
I don't have to be drunk in a ditch
You don't have to be the top of your class
I don't have to have wavers of brass

You don't have to be cute
I don't have to look good in a suit
You don't have to have a dog in his race
I don't have to have an egg on my face

The outsider is watching your back
The outsider cut me some slack
The outsider just a little off keel
The outsider is something you feel

I don't have to be straight
You don't have to be something I hate
I don't have to be white as a ghost
You don't have to be dumb as a post

I don't have to be hip
You don't have to start losin' your grip
I don't have to be right if you're wrong
You don't have to be weak if I'm strong

The outsider like a coat when you're cold
The outsider like a friend when you're old
The outsider a little devil may care
The outsider it's just something that's there

You don't wanna be a saint
I don't wanna be something I ain't
First you get a little long in the tooth
Next you're tryin' to find a fountain of youth

It's a pain in the butt
But that's the trouble when you're stuck in a rut
We don't have to find a permanent bliss
But we've got to do better than this

The outsider like a stone you don't throw
The outsider like a bomb you don't blow
The outsider like a mountain don't move
The outsider you've got nothin' to prove

There were trains
And we out-run 'em
There were songs
And we out-sung 'em
There were brighter days never ending
There was time
And we were burnin'
There were rhymes
And we were learnin'
There was all the love two hearts could hold

And after all this time
You're always on my mind
Hey I could never let it end
'Cause my heart takes so long to mend
The dream that keeps your hopes alive
The lonely nights you hold inside
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still want you

There was rain
That we outlasted
There was pain
But we got past it
There were last goodbyes still left unspoken
There were ways I should have thrilled you
There were days I could have killed you
You're the only love my life has known

And after all this time
You're always on my mind
Hey I could never let you go
A broken heart that heals so slow
Could never beat for someone new
While you're alive and I am too
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still miss you

And I could never let it in
'Cause my heart takes so long to mend
The dream that keeps your hopes alive
The lonely nights you hold inside
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still want you
Hey after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still love you

The sun is comin' up and I'm just goin' down
Everywhere I look the world keeps turnin' 'round
Though I said, I never would be satisfied
Oh baby, I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried

Sometimes I get lost out on this sad old town
And every bridge I cross just turns me upside down
And every stumbling step I take back to your side
It hurts my pride I couldn't leave you if I tried

Well, I could not walk away no matter what I say
I won't be leaving believe it or don't
You're all that I want

Tears may fall but after all is said and done
Darlin' please believe me you're the only one
And I'll admit mistakes I've made me realize
Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried

I won't be leaving you no matter what I do
I'm gonna see it through 'til the end
And do it again

Years may come and friends may go but that's okay
Darlin' you're the only one I need to stay
And I know I said, I never would be satisfied
Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried
I couldn't leave you if I tried

When you're the last one to know
What everybody knows
Shame falls down

When you're the last one to see
What everybody sees
Shame falls down like rain falls down

Life is messy
It's starting to repress me
Time and time again
I think I'm gonna win
And it blows up in my face

When your last hope is gone
And you're feelin' so unable
Shame falls down

When your heart won't open up
And there's love left on the table
Fame falls down
Like rain falls down

Life is messy
It's starting to distress me
They sell it in the press
They smell it on your breath
But you keep on comin' clean
Life is messy

I don't wanna go back home
The streets are lined in rubble
A heart that's made of stone
Can lead you into trouble

Life is messy
It's trying to depress me
They can kick you in the nuts
They can hit you where it hurts
Don't get down on your knees

Life is messy
I feel like Elvis Presley
At a very early age
They put you in a cage
And they push you out on stage
Life is messy

Now baby, pull the covers back over my head
I don't want to get up out of this bed
I don't want to drag it on off to work
That big boss man is really a jerk

We've been lovin' all night, just about thrilled me
Everything right, hope it don't kill me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night, hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night, yeah

Now baby, you're as pretty as a fresh cut flower
And when you show me how you love me in the wee small hours
While everybody's sleeping on around this town
Lovin' all night makes the world go round

We've been lovin' all night, just about send me
Everything right, hope it don't bend me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night, hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night, yeah

Ain't no use talkin' when you're lookin' so fine
When you're movin' your body up close to mine
We've been rockin' with a rhythm of a beat our own
Baby, I'm gonna love you 'til the cows come home

We've been lovin' all night, just about hit me
Everything right, hope it don't get me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night, feeling all right
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night
We've been lovin' all night, hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night, yeah

We've been lovin' all night, lovin' all night, yeah
Lovin' all night, lovin' all night, yeah
Lovin' all night, lovin' all night, yeah

Well the bus pulled away
In a roaring black cloud
Well I stood in the road
And Honey I hollered right out loud

Hey darling I love ya.
Hey bus driver woe!
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
She's crazy for leaving!

I told her so!
And the boys at the bus stop just said "man, let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving.
I told her so!

But you can't stop a women when she's out of control
So I punched out my truck on a telephone pole!
No. she never looked back she just said "go driver go!"
Well I know I could a caught her

But I ran outta luck!
She was long on to Lufkin by the time they cut me out of my truck
She's crazy for leaving.
I told her so!

And the boys at the bus stop just said "man, let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving I told her so.
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
So I kicked and I cussed that old East Texas road

I throw'd rocks at my truck, which had busted my nose
Ya add insult to injury and what do ya get?
Ya get a bus stop of honkies that don't ever forget!
She's crazy for leaving I told her so.

And the bus depot lady just said "Hun, just let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving I told her so!
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
No, you can't stop a women when she's out of control.

Ya know, she's probably already to Little Rock.

Sometimes there's heartaches and teardrops will fall
Good years and bad years, we live through it all
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me

Sometimes it's diamonds and sometimes it's dirt
Sometimes it's magic and sometimes it's work
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', your saving the last waltz for me

Someday we're gonna sail away
Somehow we're gonna fly
Someway we'll see the light of day
Shine on high

After the harvest when winter is near
The last fiddle playin' is all I can hear
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me

Someday, someway, ooh, ooh

You lay there fighting for each breath
While angels hovered 'round your bed
With open arms like God's own smile
They led you to the light

What a battle you have won
And now your journey has begun
To the land where spirits fly
And your soul will never die

So travel lightly in my heart
You and I will never part
And far beyond this world we see
There's a place for you and me

And I thank my lucky stars
We had a chance to heal our scars
Now I don't have to hang my head
Over things I wish I'd said

So here am I your only son
I'm thinking back on work we've done
You were strong and I was young
Man we had our fights

And everything I felt for you
Has been turned to something new
And this is love I feel today
It will never go away

So travel lightly in my heart
You and I will never part
Far beyond this world we see
There's a place for you and me

And I thank the moon and stars
We had a chance to heal our scars
Now I don't have to hang my head
Over things I wish I'd said

I don't have to hide my tears
I don't have to drown my fears
And I don't have to hang my head
Over things I wish I'd said

No, I don't have to live in dread
Over things I wish I'd said

A man stumbles home from a lost weekend-it's not for me to judge
Woman gets stoned on Valium and gin-it's not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge the rhyme or reason if its something I don't understand
It's not for me to judge what someone else does
There's a reason why so many people cry-it's not for me to judge
A man writes a book and we call him a prophet-it's not for me to judge
If presidents and preachers put it all in there pockets its not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge that truth is a picture
We develop while we learn how to crawl
It's not for me to judge what someone else does
There's a time and place we've all gotta face-but it's not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge-it's not for me to judge
We've got cable-but we're not able-to see the truth and our bitter youth
Think they know the game-man it's so insane-ah, but it's not for me to judge
If a man believes in ghosts and spirits-it's not for me to judge
Woman believes she can walk on water, babe-it's not for me to judge
It's not for me to judge why darkness remains in a world so full of light
It's not for me to judge the pace every race
Will replace the doubt in their lives
It's not for me to judge who's stuck in the mud-but talking out of turn
We've all gotta learn-That it's not for me to judge

When you're the last one to know
What everybody knows
Shame falls down

When you're the last one to see
What everybody sees
Shame falls down like rain falls down

Life is messy
It's starting to repress me
Time and time again
I think I'm gonna win
And it blows up in my face

When your last hope is gone
And you're feelin' so unable
Shame falls down

When your heart won't open up
And there's love left on the table
Fame falls down
Like rain falls down

Life is messy
It's starting to distress me
They sell it in the press
They smell it on your breath
But you keep on comin' clean
Life is messy

I don't wanna go back home
The streets are lined in rubble
A heart that's made of stone
Can lead you into trouble

Life is messy
It's trying to depress me
They can kick you in the nuts
They can hit you where it hurts
Don't get down on your knees

Life is messy
I feel like Elvis Presley
At a very early age
They put you in a cage
And they push you out on stage
Life is messy

Now baby, pull the covers back over my head
I don't want to get up out of this bed
I don't want to drag it on off to work
That big boss man is really a jerk

We've been lovin' all night, just about thrilled me
Everything right, hope it don't kill me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night, hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night, yeah

Now baby, you're as pretty as a fresh cut flower
And when you show me how you love me in the wee small hours
While everybody's sleeping on around this town
Lovin' all night makes the world go round

We've been lovin' all night, just about send me
Everything right, hope it don't bend me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night, hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night, yeah

Ain't no use talkin' when you're lookin' so fine
When you're movin' your body up close to mine
We've been rockin' with a rhythm of a beat our own
Baby, I'm gonna love you 'til the cows come home

We've been lovin' all night, just about hit me
Everything right, hope it don't get me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night, feeling all right
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night
We've been lovin' all night, hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, been lovin' all night, yeah

We've been lovin' all night, lovin' all night, yeah
Lovin' all night, lovin' all night, yeah
Lovin' all night, lovin' all night, yeah

I'll give you the best I can give you, baby
That's all I can give
We'll live it the best we can live it, baby
As long as we live

What kind of love never turns you down
What kind of love lifts you off the ground
Turns your life around
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
And the driving rain

What kind of love runs through your heart with
A pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love
Only this love that I have

I'll show you the best I can show you, baby
That's all I can show you
I'll know you the best I can know you baby
As long as I know you

What kind of love never turns away
What kind of love never makes you pay
Hears you when you pray
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
And the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
A pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love
Only this love that I have

This love I know is all I have
This love I have is all I know
So I won't let go

What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
And the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
A pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love only this love that I have
What kind of love only this love that I have

There were trains
And we out-run 'em
There were songs
And we out-sung 'em
There were brighter days never ending
There was time
And we were burnin'
There were rhymes
And we were learnin'
There was all the love two hearts could hold

And after all this time
You're always on my mind
Hey I could never let it end
'Cause my heart takes so long to mend
The dream that keeps your hopes alive
The lonely nights you hold inside
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still want you

There was rain
That we outlasted
There was pain
But we got past it
There were last goodbyes still left unspoken
There were ways I should have thrilled you
There were days I could have killed you
You're the only love my life has known

And after all this time
You're always on my mind
Hey I could never let you go
A broken heart that heals so slow
Could never beat for someone new
While you're alive and I am too
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still miss you

And I could never let it in
'Cause my heart takes so long to mend
The dream that keeps your hopes alive
The lonely nights you hold inside
And after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still want you
Hey after all this time
You're always on my mind
I still love you

Oh, darlin', you say that I blew your life away
But I can tell you, you're gonna get it back someday
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it in the bag, I'll bring it home to you

Sugar, I wanna make it nice for you
Yeah darlin', I'll bring it overnight to you
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it in the bag, I'll bring it home to you

Honey, I wanna give it all I can
Yeah woman, I'm gonna be a better man
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it in the bag, I'll bring it home to you

Lord I know you've got your own world
And you look good, I done you wrong, girl
But I want you to love me like you did before

And Lord I know you've got your own dream
Don't I know I've done a wrong thing
But I want you to love me like you did before

I can tell you I'm gonna give it all I can
Woah, now woman, I'm gonna be a better man
I've got a brand new rag, it ain't the same old rag
I've got it the the bag, I'll bring it home to you

It ain't the same old me, you've gonna have to see
I'll bring it home to you, I'll bring it home to you
I'll bring it home to you, I'm comin' home to you

Well, we can sit right down
And we can cry, cry, cry
Or we can pack it up
And go get high, high, high

You know you're crazy, baby
That's all I want from you

Well, we can lay around
In this house all day
Or we can pack it up
And make a getaway

Now you're a good time momma
And I'm daddy good time too
You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm crazy about you

You know I've been all around
This hard rockin' world
And I've never seen a thing
Like you in it, girl

Now you're a high flyin' momma
And I want to ride with you, indeed I do
You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm damn sure crazy about you

Whoa, one time

You know I bounced all around
In this big rubber ball
Before I met you baby
I did not have no fun at all

And now I'm crazy, baby
And I've learned it all from you

You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm crazy about you
You know you're crazy, baby
And I'm damn sure crazy about you

Aw, let's go

The sun is comin' up and I'm just goin' down
Everywhere I look the world keeps turnin' 'round
Though I said, I never would be satisfied
Oh baby, I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried

Sometimes I get lost out on this sad old town
And every bridge I cross just turns me upside down
And every stumbling step I take back to your side
It hurts my pride I couldn't leave you if I tried

Well, I could not walk away no matter what I say
I won't be leaving believe it or don't
You're all that I want

Tears may fall but after all is said and done
Darlin' please believe me you're the only one
And I'll admit mistakes I've made me realize
Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried

I won't be leaving you no matter what I do
I'm gonna see it through 'til the end
And do it again

Years may come and friends may go but that's okay
Darlin' you're the only one I need to stay
And I know I said, I never would be satisfied
Baby I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried
I couldn't leave you if I tried

Well the bus pulled away
In a roaring black cloud
Well I stood in the road
And Honey I hollered right out loud

Hey darling I love ya.
Hey bus driver woe!
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
She's crazy for leaving!

I told her so!
And the boys at the bus stop just said "man, let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving.
I told her so!

But you can't stop a women when she's out of control
So I punched out my truck on a telephone pole!
No. she never looked back she just said "go driver go!"
Well I know I could a caught her

But I ran outta luck!
She was long on to Lufkin by the time they cut me out of my truck
She's crazy for leaving.
I told her so!

And the boys at the bus stop just said "man, let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving I told her so.
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
So I kicked and I cussed that old East Texas road

I throw'd rocks at my truck, which had busted my nose
Ya add insult to injury and what do ya get?
Ya get a bus stop of honkies that don't ever forget!
She's crazy for leaving I told her so.

And the bus depot lady just said "Hun, just let her go!"
She's crazy for leaving I told her so!
But you can't stop a women when she's out of control.
No, you can't stop a women when she's out of control.

Ya know, she's probably already to Little Rock.

Sometimes there's heartaches and teardrops will fall
Good years and bad years, we live through it all
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me

Sometimes it's diamonds and sometimes it's dirt
Sometimes it's magic and sometimes it's work
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', your saving the last waltz for me

Someday we're gonna sail away
Somehow we're gonna fly
Someway we'll see the light of day
Shine on high

After the harvest when winter is near
The last fiddle playin' is all I can hear
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me
There's no easy answer to the trouble I see
But I'm happy just knowin', you're saving the last waltz for me

Someday, someway, ooh, ooh

We don't want to say goodbye.
We don't want to feel that empty.
But it's time to face the dawn head on.
Then there's something in the wind when the days go getting shorter
And the nights run cold and clear
Down here.

We'll take each new day to give what we need to do our part
While were learning how to live
With a lifelong broken heart.

And we never will forget.
It's a privilege to remember.
The sound of days gone past will last.
We can see you in the stars
Come some vivid night in November
And with the last few leaves that fall,
Recal.l

Surely, each new day will give
What we need to do our part
To keep learning how to live
With a lifelong broken heart.

Oh, you beautiful one,
So clearly a gift.
Life had designs of its own
To set you adrift.

So go lightly where you must,
Travel soft upon new wings.
You will never be alone.
Go on.
When we cannot understand,
When we cannot find new meaning,
We'll seek out the ones you loved
And love.

Taking each new day to give
What we need to do our part.
We'll keep learning how to live
With a lifelong broken heart.
We're just learning how to live
With a lifelong broken heart.

I don't want to wind up bitter lost inside a silent rage
Or become like Rilke's panther out here locked up in a cage
The old man
I've been talkin' to has cotton in his ears
But then who am I to blame him I've had mine stopped up for years
Singing come on funny feeling

L.A. out my windshield's one big Armageddon sprawl
Planting palm trees in the desert makes no sense to me at all
In a science fiction world where walkin' wounded leave their mark
I just took my place among them trying to find a place to park
Singing come on funny feeling

The funny feeling comes when you're in love with everyone
And all your races have been run or laid to rest
Get this freakin' anvil off my chest
Come on funny feeling

The funny feeling knows the way the whole thing comes and goes
Make's you stop and smell the roses if your smart
Get this freakin' anvil off my heart

It's not like I'm not blessed with something special in my world
Just around the next dark corner there's a blue eyed dancing girl
Who loves me like tomorrow comes with everything I need
I just have to pay attention where this road I'm on might lead
I'm singing come on funny feeling

The funny feeling knows the truth the eye for eye & tooth for tooth
It's something way back in your youth you should not second guess
The funny feeling never lies it's there to open up your eyes
Make you stop and realize you're blessed
So get this friggin' anvil off my chest
Come on funny feeling

I could shed my skin and in the blink of an eye,
I could fly, fly, fly.
Tie my dreams up in a sack and lay my head down on the track,
And die, die, die.
My life's been so sweet I just can't stand it.
I must admit I've made out like a bandit.

Last night's conversation with a real good friend of mine,
Drinkin' wine, wine, wine.
Said fifty years of livin' and your worst mistakes forgiven,
Just take time, time, time.
One man's lust for life brings world reknown,
And the next guy can't get two feet off the ground.
He's Earthbound.

Earthbound; hear the wind through the tops of the trees.
Earthbound; summer sun nearly ninety degrees.
Earthbound; big 'ol moon sinkin' down, think I might stick around.
I'm Earthbound.

I knew love once way back when--she had almond eyes and olive skin,
And long black hair.
She was Irish-Spanish mix-breed, I was southeast Texas hayseed,
We were almost there.
Her daddy did not like my kind around.
The true love took the next train out of town.
Earthbound.

Earthbound; where there's fathers and daughters in pain.
Earthbound; mama's boy walkin' home in the rain.
Earthbound; like a ship run aground, think I might stick around.
I'm Earthbound.

With each new day that passes I'm in need of thicker glasses,
But it's all okay.
Some day I'll be leavin', but I just can't help believin'
That it's not today. (hey)
Every golden moment I have found I've done my best to run right in the ground.
Earthbound.

Earthbound; see the sky big and beautiful blue.
Earthbound; fallen angels come calling for you.
Earthbound; keepin' close to the ground, think I might stick around.
Earthbound; Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Mary Karr
Earthbound; Walter Cronkite, Seamus Heaney, Ringo Starr
Earthbound; the Dalai Lama and Charlie Brown make me wanna stick around.
I'm Earthbound.

Cool as a rule you don't learn in no school
You can't brown nose the teacher from a dunce hat stool
It's the hum and the rhythm of the birds and the bees
The momma's and the poppa's and the monkeys in the trees
It's the brothers and the sisters living life on the street
Play a hunch pull the punch and you'll never get beat
By the junk food tattooed white dude true blued
Honky with an attitude coming unglued

Fate's right hand...I don't understand at all

Billy loves women like a junkie loves dope
Give him just enough rope the monkey's gon' choke
She's a Bill Blass combo maxed out mambo
D.K.N.Y. caught him in a lie
Ken Starr word man were talking absurd
Spending forty million dollars just to give the man a bird
He's a king she's a queen so the rap won't stick
Get it on with a rubber and you won't get sick

Fate's right hand...I don't understand at all

Redrum dot com dim sum smart bombs
Double cappuccino and a heart like a tom tom
Ozone long gone that's it I quit
Natural inclination says enough of this_____
Brat pack black jack heart attack crack
We need another news channel like a hole in the back
There's a one eight-seven on the four-o-five
And we all go to heaven on a hard disk drive

Fate's right hand...I don't under stand at all

Hard rain fish seine hurricane Jane
Don't forget about Carla when you're talkin' about poon tang
Slow song on the bone rec hall dance
Double date Debbie with a pole in my pants
First comes love like it always did
Or we wouldn't be talkin' 'bout The Houston kid
Po-dunk piss-chunk old dead skunk drunk
Trot/line Freddy's got his dogs in the trunk
Fate's right hand...I don't under stand at all
Fate's right hand...man I don't under stand at all

To make the world a better place like dreamers often will
We left our bed of roses to push that rock up hill
The way we went about our task proved destined for to fail
Who we thought we were don't ask there's no way you can tell

It's a different world now to say the least
The sun comes up from in the west and sets down in the east
The stars are out there shining but just where we can not say
It's different world now like night and day

In the name of self defense we built bombs to prove a point
And we'd drop them on our neighbors when their nose got out of joint
To sell the same hamburger rain forests had to go
Hell we don't need no air to breathe but just don't tell us no

It's a different world now without a doubt
The raindrops fall to Heaven and the tides go rolling out
The rivers flow like powdered milk and the wind blows with a wheeze
It's a different world now there are no trees

I take a look around and I see ice caps in your eyes
Desert where the swamp should beneath cold black canvas skies
I take a look around and I see crossbones on a rose
How we let this come to be seems no one really knows

In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage
Said flash your soft white belly child but just don't act your age
Sell sex like cotton candy to young and old alike
When you've outlived the fantasy girl you can take a hike

It's a different world now but what to do
We had our fifteen minutes and we blew it right on cue
We used up mother nature like a twenty dollar whore
It's a different world now there ain't no more

Ridin' Out The Storm Lyrics
The New York City winter comes in cold grey sheets of steel
The numbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel
Alcohol and sterno turns a doorway to a bed

And the ghost of who he might have been lives on inside his head
In a canyon made of brownstone on a sidewalk icy black
He wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness in tact
A man of many mansions in a cardboard box replete

He lies sleeping with an angel while his heart pretends to beat
The wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air
Midst the Sunday times and coffee grinds and wino's in Times Square
Five flights up on Easy Street you know she's safe and warm

Way down low neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm
I offered him my winter coat politely he refused
Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use
He said I don't need pity for these choices are my own

He bowed his head just slightly and quietly moved along
Its not like he's a victim of the homeless life he stalks
Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks
Riding out the storm means yesterday's already spent

Tomorrow don't mean nothing it won't even make a dent

The hour is early
The whole world is quiet
A beautiful morning's about to ignite
I'm ready for danger
I'm ready for fire
I'm ready for something to lift me up higher
Life's been good, I guess
My ragged old heart's been blessed
With so much more than meets the eye
I've got a past I won't soon forget
You ain't seen nothing yet
I'm still learning how to fly
It's the dreams that die hard
With old habits to break
You can't let down your guard
When there's so much at stake
I'm halfway to heaven, halfway to hell
But I might roll a seven
You never can tell
Life's been good it's true
When I'm feeling just like new
The same old rules need not apply
I've got a past full of sticks and stones
And a good feeling in my bones
I'm still learning how to fly
I wanna go faster
I don't wanna slow down
I don't wanna get off of this merrygoround
I wanna be reckless
I wanna be vain
I wanna make love like a runaway train
Life's been good I said
I'm 10,000 miles ahead
The day I rest is the day I die
I've got a past like a broken wing
But you ain't seen anything
I'm still learning how to fly
I'm still learning how to fly

There's a man in me
He's cold and he's hard
He's got an eye for deception
He's always on guard

He's swimming in concrete
Drowning in fear
And he keeps it all locked in his heart

This man is a tyrant, a fault finding hack
You can't tell him nothing
There's no turning back
He leaves blood on the highway
And scattered debris

He crawls from the wreckage
But he still doesn't see
He's alive, the man is jive

There's a man in the mirror
I don't like his looks
His teeth, they are crooked
His hands are like hooks

He speaks four letter language
Because his mind is so small
His voice is like venom, I don't like him at all
God, I gotta get away from the man in me

She says, "What are you afraid of?
There's no need to judge
You know I can help you
But you won't even budge"

Pretty flowers surround you
But all you can smell is a rat
She says, "Why do you insist
On your head in the sand?
Building walls all around you
You don't understand
These ways are outmoded"

But all you can change is your hat
The man in me don't wanna
Know nothing about that

There's a man in the closet
He wants to come out
He wants to be noticed
But he's so filled with doubt

He wants to be well known and famous
But he's so filled with pride
The keys to his fortune stay locked up inside
Can it be the man in me?

She says, "Now what are you afraid of?
There's nothing to fear
You want me to help
But you won't let me near"

In your heart you can hear me
But all you believe are your eyes
Tell me why you're convinced
That a fist in your face is all you deserve

From love you've misplaced
The truth is salvation
But all you believe in are lies
The man in me wants to believe
But he won't even try

There's man in me
And he's so full of hate
He's so misdirected
He thinks it's too late

Pours salt on the wounds
Only time wants to heal
He's dying inside
And he don't wanna feel anything
The man is strange

This Too Will Pass Lyrics
When the winds of change hit hard and knock you off your guard
And you find out there's a serpent in the grass
Though forked tongues might speak if truth is what you seek

This too will pass
When your all tied up in knots and your friends are taking shots
And the sun comes up and kicks you in the ass
When your stumbling down the aisle and you feel like you're on trial

This too will pass
Sometimes you've gotta go down the middle of the road
Where compromise puts speed bumps in your path
If you know what you won't let no one say you don't

This too will pass
Sometimes you gotta crawl through the middle of it all
But don't compromise your heart for something crass
When everything you do just feels like nothing new

This too will pass
When your all locked up in pain be careful who you blame
This too will pass

It's time to go inward, take a look at myself
Time to make the most of the time that I've got left
Prison bars imagined are no less solid steel

Time to go inward would you believe that I'm afraid
To stare down the barrel of the choices that I've have made
The ghost of bad decisions
Make mountains out of everything I feel

Outside my window the wind weaves a path through the trees
The moon takes a shine to the shadows that fall on the leaves

It's time to go inward, hmm
I don't know if I can do it after all that I've become
I've been a fool for money
But it's vanity that always leaves me flat

It's time to go inward, man I hope I have the nerve
To take an inventory of the causes that I serve
They say a man without a conscience
Is like a man without a country or somethin' like that

It's time to go inward, time to be still
If I don't do it now I don't believe I ever will
My mind is like a chatterbox
Whose noise pollutes the pathways to my soul

Time to go inward, time to get a grip
Time to put an end to one long bad acid trip
I'm all out of excuses now
For the way I've let my choices take a toll

Jesus and Buddha and Krishna and Minnie Pearl knew
To do unto others the things you want done unto you

It's time to go inward and take a look at me
Try to make some sense of life's illusions that I see
And try to solve the riddle
Of what it is I have to offer to this world

D
Who wouldn't notice the fire in your eyes
A D
Or the bitter directions of impending goodbyes

I'm fallen and folded I'm wilted in place
A D
At the sight of you standing with streaks down your face
Em A
You got your heartbroke running from the reason
Em A
Heartbroke don't give up on believing in me
Em A D
Heartbroke who kept me from leaving with my heartbroke
D
Pride is a bitch and a bore when you're lonely
A D
Sheer madness prevails upon reason to yield

But all is not lost it is only mistaken
A D
That's small consolation but I know just how you feel
Em A
You got your heartbroke running from the reason
Em A
Heartbroke don't give up on believing in me
Em A D
Heartbroke who kept me from leaving with my heartbroke

SOLO

D
Well nobody said it was going to be easy
A D
We all have our weak side that need a softer touch
D
But nobody said that it wouldn't be worth it
A D
The human condition continues as such
Em A
You got your heartbroke running from the reason
Em A
Heartbroke don't give up on believing in me
Em A D
Heartbroke who kept me from leaving with my heartbroke