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Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (CD1)

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Lie To Me

You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on

You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on

I know you got another jockey at home
Let me be your rider till your real man comes
Whip me baby, lie like a dog
I really don't care if you do

You got to
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on

You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on

I know you got yourself a skinny ol' man
Let me be your baby, I know that I can
Slap me baby, give me all of your grief
I have no use for the truth

You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
Alright

I know you got another jockey at home
Let me be your rider till your real man comes
Whip me baby, lie like a dog
Never stop telling me lies

You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on

You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
You got to lie to me baby
Lie to me baby, move on
Lie to me baby, move on

Lowdown

She's a crooked sheriff in a real straight town
She openend the door, shake shake shake the lights go down
Clover honey and the Jimson Weed
Red leather skirt way up above her knees
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

She's a gone lost dirt road
There ain't no way back I been told
Well she's a story they all tell
She's a rebel, she's a yell
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

White heat in a cold rain
I'm a mergin here in your mergin lane
Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al

The second hand moon's shining for my gal
She's a big red flag in a mean bullpen
She'll steal it from you, sell it right back to you again
Well, she's a wild rose, she's not settled
Cold gun of ice blue metal,
Oh, my baby's lowdown

White heat in a cold rain
I'm a mergin here in your mergin lane
Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al

She's a cheap motel with a burned out sign
She'll take care of you definitely every time
She got a stolen check book and legs up to there
Singing into a hairbrush, right in front of the mirror
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

2:19

I lost everything I had in the ’29 flood
The barn was buried ‘neath a mile of mud
Now, I’ve got nothing but the whistle and the steam
My baby leaving town on the 2:19

Now there’s a fellow that’s preaching ‘bout hell and damnation
Bouncing off the walls in the Grand Central Station
I treated her bad, I treated her mean
My baby leaving town on the 2:19

I said: hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby leaving town on the 2:19

Now I’ve always been puzzled by the yin and the yang
It’ll come out in the wash, but it always leaves a stain
Sturm and Drang, the luster and the sheen
My baby leaving town on the 2:19

Lost the baby with the water, and the preacher stole the bride
Sent her out for a bottle, but when she came back inside
She didn’t have my whiskey, she didn’t have my gin
With a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin

Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

On the train you get smaller, as you get farther away
The roar covers everything you wanted to say
Was that a raindrop in the corner of your eye
Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye

I said: hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

I said: Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

I said: Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19
I said: Hey.

Fish In The Jailhouse

Peoria Johnson told Dudlow Joe
I can break out of any old jail, you know
The bars are iron, the walls are stone
All I need me is an old fish bone

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Oh boy
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

Corbina, opaleye, hammerhead shark
Steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp
Sand me one side dull, whittle the other side sharp
By Saturday night I’ll be in Central Park

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Oh boy
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

Ask Little Son Jackson, on the 44 Kid
Or Whitfield Faraday, what I did
From Yazoo city up to Rollin Fork
From Natchez to Kinosha, from New Dime to New York

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Oh boy
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

Gimme a nice totuava or a chicken of the sea
I'm gonna fashion me a fishbone skeleton key
Tell Skullion Childs I won't be late
You can bet your freedom, I'm gonna clean my plate

Fish in the jailhouse tonight
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
They’re serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
All right.

Bottom Of The World

My daddy told me, lookin' back
The best friend you'll have is a railroad track
So when I was 13 said, I'm rollin' my own,
And I'm leavin' Missouri and I'm never comin' home

And I'm lost, and I'm lost
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world

Satchel Puddin' and Lord God Mose
Sitting by the fire with a busted nose
That fresh egg yeller is too damn rare
But the white part is perfect for slickin' down your hair

And I'm lost, and I'm lost
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world

Blackjack Ruby and Nimrod Cain
The moon's the color of a coffee stain
Jesse Frank and Birdy Joe Hoaks
But who is the king of all these folks

And I'm lost, and I'm lost
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world

Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron
On telapia fish cakes and fried black swan
Razorweed onion and peacock squirell
And I dreamed all night about a beautiful girl

And I'm lost, and I'm lost
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world

Well, god's green hair is where I slept last
He balanced a diamond on a blade of grass
Now I woke me up with a cardinal bird
And when I wanna talk he hangs on every word

And I'm lost, and I'm lost
I'm lost at the bottom of the world
I'm handcuffed to the bishop and the barbershop liar
I'm lost at the bottom of the world

Lucinda

Well, they call me William the Pleaser
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
when the shadows get long I'll be dead

Now, her hair was as black as a bucket of tar
her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
Now I'll never see heaven or home

I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight
A sly grin and a bowl full of stars
Like a kid who captures a firefly
and leaves it only to die in the jar

As I kick at the clouds at my hanging
As I swing out over the crowd
I will search every face for Lucinda's
And she will go off with me down to hell

I thought I'd broke loose of Lucinda
The rain returned and so did the wind
I cast this burden on the god that's within me
and I'll leave this old world and go free

The devil dances inside empty pockets
but she never wanted money or pearls
No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda
She wasn't that kind of girl

Now I've fallen from grace for Lucinda
Whoever thought that hell be'd so low
I did well for an old tin can sailor
but she wanted the bell in my soul

I've spoken the god on the mountain
And I've swam in the Irish sea
I ate fire and drank from the Ganges
and I'll beg there for mercy for me

I thought I'd broke loose from Lucinda
the rain returned and so did the wind
I was standing outside the Whitehorse
Oh but I was afraid to go in

I heard someone pull the trigger
her breasts heaved in the moonlight again
There was a smear of gold in the window
and then I was the jewel of her sin

They call me William the Pleaser
I sold opium, fireworks and lead
Now I'm telling my troubles to strangers
when the shadows get long I'll be dead

Now her hair was a black as a bucket of tar
Skin as white as a cuttlefish bone
I left Texas to follow Lucinda
I know I'll never see heaven or home
I know I'll never see heaven or home
I know I'll never see heaven or home

Ain't Goin' Down To The Well

Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Mamma to the well, mamma to the well, mamma to the well,
mamma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Mamma to the well, mamma to the well, mamma to the well,
Mamma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down

I'm a true believer, I'm a true believer, believer
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Mamma to the well, mamma to the well, mamma to the well,
Mamma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down

If I ever get able, if I ever get able, able, to pay this debt I owe
Ain't goin' down
I ain't goin' down
Mamma to the well, mamma to the well,
Mamma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Mamma to the well, mamma to the well, mamma to the well, mamma to the well,
Mamma to the well, no more
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down
Ain't goin' down

Lord I've Been Changed

Oh I, know I've been changed
And I know I've been changed
I know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name

Well, I know I got religion,
Lord knows I'm not ashamed
Well, a holy ghost is my witness
and the angels done sign my name

Oh, I said: I know I've been changed
And I know I've been changed, yeah
Know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name

Lord knows I've been converted
Lord knows I've been redeemed
Well, you can wake me up in the midnight hour
I'm gonna tell ya just a what I seen

I said: I know I've been changed
And I know I've been changed, yeah
Know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name

Putting On The Dog

You gotta stomp, whistle and scream
You gotta wake right up in your dreams
You gotta jump, whittle and drive
And keep that feelin’ alive
You gotta kick, holler and shout
I’m gonna tell you what it’s all about
You gotta tell me that you love me
Tell me that you’re mine
We’re puttin’ on the dog tonight
We’re puttin’ on the dog tonight

We’ll be p-puttin’ on the dog tonight
Puttin’ on, puttin’ on the dog tonight
We’ll be puttin’ on the dog tonight
Well, we’ll be puttin’ on the dog tonight
Puttin’ on the dog
Puttin’ on the dog

We’ll flip, follow and fly
Just do it now and don’t ask why
You gotta strut, wiggle and slide
Let everyone know that you’re alive
You gotta crank, gallop and twist
Do it once, you’ll never resist
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you’re mine
We’re puttin’ on the dog tonight, yeah
Puttin’ on the dog tonight, all right

Well, we could go into a zuki jump
It’s rainin’, it pours
Big ol' Lincoln with the suicide doors
Tip that bottle from the brim to the dregs
You ain’t dancin’ till you cross your legs
Puttin’ on the dog tonight
We’ll be puttin’ on the dog tonight
We’ll be puttin’ on the dog tonight
Puttin’ on the dog tonight
Puttin’ on the dog
I’ll be p-puttin’ on the dog
Puttin’ on the dog
Puttin’ on the dog
Puttin’ on the dog
Puttin’ on the dog

Road To Peace

Young Abdel Madi Shabneh was only 18 years old
The youngest of 9 children, he'd never spent a nite away from home
And his mother held his photograph, up in the New York Times
You see the killing has intensified, along the road to peace

A tall thin boy with a whispy moustache, disguised as an Orthodox Jew
On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War II
And the thunderous explosion blew out windows, 200 yards away
More retribution and 17 dead, along the road to peace

Now at King George Avenue and Jaffa Road, passengers boarded bus 14A
In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Madi Shabneh
And the last thing that he said on earth was "God is great and god is good"
And he blew them all to kingdom come, upon the road to peace

Now in response to this, another kiss of death was visited upon
Yashir Tehah, Israel said is an Hamas Senior militant
Israel sent 4 choppers in, flames engulfed his white Opel
And it killed his wife and his 3-year-old child, leaving only blackened skeletons

They found a toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes,
and they waved them in front of the cameras
But Israel said they did not know that his wife and child were in the car
There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV
Neither side will ever give up their smallest right, along the road to peace

Israel launched its latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday
And two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers
Though thousands dead and wounded on both sides, most of them Middle Eastern civilians
They fill their children full of hate, to fight an old man's war and die, upon the road to peace

"And this is our land we will fight with all our force", say the Palastinians and the Jews
And each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the Resistance
If the right eye offends thee, then you must pluck it out
And Machoud Abbas and Sharon had been lost, along the road to peace

Once Kissinger said: "We have no friends, America only has interests"
And now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election
But Bush is reluctant to risk his future, with the fear of his political failures
So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press, ten thousand miles from the road to peace

In a video that they found at the home of Abdel Madi Shabneh
He held a Kalashnikov riffle, and he spoke with the voice like a boy
He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future
He told his mother he had a test that day, out along the road to peace

The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace
And tell me, why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?
And if god is great and god is good, why can't he change the hearts of men?
Well, maybe god himself is lost and needs help
Maybe god himself he needs all of our help
Maybe god himself is lost and needs help
He's out upon the road to peace

Maybe god himself is lost and needs help
Maybe god himself he needs all of our help
And he's lost upon the road to peace
And he's lost upon the road to peace
Out upon the road to peace

All The Time

You're the tree that you can't eat the fruit from
I heard horses came to ride me away
I want shade and a good place to shoot from
If it's a clock I'd be the end of the day
You know you're not the boss of me
You can lift your skirt, you can shake your hair
But I got all the time in the world

You're the ditch in the road where wheels keep spinning
You're the same dead cat, clawing its way back grinning
You know, you got a bad reputation and your nine lives way down the line
I got a jacket to put on and a hat to wear
I wouldn't waste a gallon on you out there
And I got all the time in the world

A bridge is only there for you to jump off of
And there ain't no rain clouds that are blue
I do declare my independence baby
I shot off all my fireworks for you
The river's burning and the trees are on fire
There's lots of good rubber left on these tires
And I've got all the time in the world

Baby, you're the light that won't change, that I got stuck at
You're the fan that won't work at the motel
They were all out of red so I got me a blue one
Baby, you're always using mine, why don't you get you one
I know you won't go very far, you left your blonde wig in the car
And I got all the time in the world

The Return Of Jackie And Judy

Oh-yeah, oh-yeah
Well, Jackie is a punk, and Judy is a runt
They went down to the Mudd Club
and they both got drunk
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah

Well, Jackie is a bookie, and Judy's taking loans
They both came up to New York
just to see the Ramones
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah

And oh, I don't know why she wrote that letter
I don't know why, we can't forget her, oh-no

Well, Jackie's playing hooky, Judy's playing pool
They both got caught for cutting
Now they're goin' to summer school
Oh-yeah

Now Jackie's playin' Hooky, Judy's getting rammed
They both got kicked outside
They ain't got no da da da da
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah

And oh, I don't know why she wrote that letter, oh yeah
I don't know why, we can't forget her, oh-no

Well, Jackie is a punk, and Judy is a runt
They went down to the Mudd Club
and they both got drunk
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah

Now Jackie's playing hooky, Judy's playing pool
They both got caught for cutting
Now they're goin' to summer school
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah, oh-yeah
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah, oh-yeah
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah, oh-yeah
Oh-yeah, oh-yeah, oh-yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah

Walk Away

Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain
With a little drop of poison in a red, red blood
She need a way to turn around the bend
She said, I wanna walk away and start all over again

There are things I’ve done I can’t erase
I wanna look in the mirror and see another face
I said "never", but I’m doin’ it again
I wanna walk away and start over again

No more rain, no more roses
On my way
Shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond

There’s a widower in every place
There’s a heart that’s beatin’ in every page
The beginning of it starts at the end
Well, it’s time to walk away and start over again

Weather’s murder at a hundred and three
William Ray shot Cora Belle Lee
A yellow dog knows when he has sinned
You wanna walk away and start over again

No more rain, no more roses
On my way
Shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond

Cooper told Molly the whole block’s gone
They’re dyin’ for jewelry, money, and clothes
I always get out of the trouble I’m in
I wanna walk away and start over again

I left my bible by the side of the road
Carved my initials in an old dead tree
I’m goin’ away but I’m gonna be back when
It’s time to walk away and start all over again

Oh, oh yeah
Yeah
It’s time to walk away
You gotta walk away
Gotta walk away
Just wanna walk away, yeah
I wanna walk away and start over again
I wanna walk away
Wanna walk away
Wanna walk away
Wanna walk away
Wanna walk away

Sea Of Love

Come with me, my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I’m drowning in a sea of love

Do you remember the night we met
That’s the night I knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I’m drowning in a sea of love

Come with me to the sea, yeah

Do you remember the night we met
Well, that’s the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I’m down here in the sea of love

Come with me to the sea, yeah

Oh and do you remember the night we met
That’s the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
Goin’ down here in the sea of love

Come with me to the sea, oh yeah

Do you remember the night we met
That’s the night I just knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I’m down here in the sea of love

Oh come with me to the sea, oh yeah

Come with me, my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I wanna tell you how much I love you
But I’m down here in the sea of love

Oh come with me to the sea, oh yeah

Buzz Fledderjohn

I stood on the roof, of Stuart’s old Dodge
To get a better look at the Fledderjohn’s lodge
Bait shop, pistols and ammo too
Nothing but books about World War II
Rottweiler, Doberman, a Pinkerton guard
I ain’t allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn’s yard

I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed
I said, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I seen a python swallowing a Dobermann whole
Piranha swimming in a mixing bowl

Papers full of stabbings, the sky's full of crows
She's singing in Italian while she's hanging out her clothes
Carp in the bathtub and it's raining real hard
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I said, that I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard.

Well, a sailor's ringing doorbells, the sinner's in the pew
Weather vane squeaking to the west
I seen the cliffs of Dover and the deepest ocean blue
One thing in the world I can't recommend to you

Cause I ain't allowed
I said, I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I said, I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I ain't allowed
I ain't allowed
I said, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

Rains On Me

This is how the world will be
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Forty monkeys drowning in a boiling sea
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I went down into the valley to pray
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I got drunk and I stayed all day
Everywhere I go it rains on me

Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
It rains on me

All god’s chilluns can’t you see
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Louie Lista and Marchese
Everywhere I go it rains on me
Robert Sheehan and Paul Body
Everywhere I go it rains on me
I went down to Argyle, I went down to Dix
Everywhere I go it rains on me
To get my powders and to get my fix
Everywhere I go it rains on me

Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
It rains on me

Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
Everywhere I go
It rains on me

Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (CD2)

Bend Down The Branches

The sky's as deep as it can be
Bend down the branches
Close your eyes and you will see
Bend down the branches

You're like a willow
Once you were gold
We're made for bending
Even beauty gets old
Climb the stairs they're not so steep
Bend down the branches

Close your eyes and go to sleep
Bend down the branches

You Can Never Hold Back Spring

You can never hold back spring
You can be sure, I will never stop believing
The blushing rose that will climb
Spring ahead, or fall behind
Winter dreams the same dream, every time
Baby, you can never hold back spring

And even though, you've lost your way
The world is dreaming, dreaming of spring
So close your eyes, open your heart
to the one who's dreaming of you
And, you can never hold back spring
Remember everything that spring can bring
Baby, you can never hold back spring
Baby, you can never hold back spring

Long Way Home

Well I stumbled in the darkness
I'm lost and alone
Though I said I'd go before us
And show the way back home
Is there a light up ahead
I can't hold on very long
Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home

Money's just something you throw
Off the back of a train
I got a head full of lightning
And a hat full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home

I put food on the table
And a roof over our head
But I'd trade it all tomorrow
For the highway instead
Watch your back, keep your eyes shut tight
Your love's the only thing I've ever known
But one thing's for sure pretty baby, I always take the long way home

You know I love you baby
More than the whole wide world
You are my woman
You know you are my pearl
Let's go out past the party lights
Where we can finally be alone
Come with me and we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home
Come with me, together we can take the long way home

Widow's Grove

I met you in the saddle, rode you in the dust
Held your hand to the heavens, pulled your heart to the earth
There was something that blinded me more than the mist
And the breath of the cottonwood buds lighter yet

And you rode the maypole of dance hall legs
And galloped to another's embrace
And I bit the flowers from your wrist corsage
And you waltzed too slowly, too slowly you waltzed
With that girl from Widow's Grove

Oh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be

Near the breath of a swallow, petals dropped as you fell
And you grabbed then shyly held me, against the stone cold well
In your hand was a glass, you held the ice against the night
And it dripped and it sparkled and I laughed a wish

Before it all slipped down the dark tunneled well
I heard it melt quietly and I looked at you
Bent to the earth with just one pleading wish
Your skirts brushed to the furious pounding

Oh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be

I hid in the elm and raised the bough, that hung even with your neck
And I chased you and drowned you, there deep in the well
And when your mouth was full and wet, I swallowed all your reckless fate
And with your last breath, you moaned too drunk to wake

Oh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be

Little Drop Of Poison

I like my town with a little drop of poison
Nobody knows, they’re lining up to go insane
I’m all alone, I smoke my friends down to the filter
But I feel much cleaner after it rains

And she left in the fall, that’s her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison

Did the devil make the world while god was sleeping?
You’ll never get a wish from a bone
Another long goodbye and a hundred sailors
That deep blue sky is my home

And she left in the fall, that’s her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison

Well, the rat always knows when he’s in with weasels
Here you loose a little every day
Well, I remember when a million was a million
They all have ways to make you pay

And she left in the fall, that’s her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison
And she left in the fall, that’s her picture on the wall
She always had that little drop of poison

Shiny Things

The things a crow puts in his nest
They are always things he finds that shine best
Somehow he'll find
A shiny dime
A silver twine
From a Valentine
The crows all bring
Them shiny things

Leave me alone you big ol' moon
The light you cast is just a liar
You're like the crows
'Cause if it glows
You're dressed to go
You guessed I know
You'll always bring
Them shiny things

We'll, I'm not dancing here tonight
But things are bound to turn around
The only thing
I want that shines
is to be king
there in your eyes
To be your only
Shiny thing

World Keeps Turning

On our anniversary
There'll be someone else where you used to be
The world don't care and yet it clings to me
And the moon is gold and silvery

Who knows where the sidewalk ends
Well, the road will turn and the road will bend
They always say: he marks the sparrow's fall
How can anyone believe it all

Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

We broke the bank and we tore up the place
And we disappeared, oh without a trace
Now the sun it falls into the sea
I know I'm the only one for me

I was so green and the dress you wore was yellow
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The sun is down and the moon is in the meadow
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

Put a hat on your head
Will you paint the whole damn town red with me

Well, the band has stopped playing but we keep dancing
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
On his hand he wore the ring of another
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning
The world keeps turning, the world keeps turning

Tell It To Me

They say you’re seeing someone, you’re wearing his ring
They say you laughed when you heard my name
They say he takes you dancing, he holds you so near
They say he’ll buy you anything
Tell me am I foolish, I don’t believe these stories
And I’ll be coming home soon

Louise, Louise, if it’s true
Tell it to me

I know, you will not see me, but I know you have a daughter
And I hear she has my eyes
They say she calls him "father", and he’s proud of her
And even believes all of your lies
But for all your faithless beauty, I'd give all my tomorrows
And if you’re still thinking of me
Louise, Louise, if it’s true
Tell it to me

Oh Louise, Louise, if it’s true
Tell it to me
Oh Louise, Louise, if it’s true
Tell it to me

Never Let Go

Well, ring the bell backwards and bury the axe
Fall down on your knees in the dirt
I’m tied to the mast between water and wind
Believe me, you’ll never get hurt
Now the ring’s in the pawnshop, the rain’s in the hole
Down at the Five Points I stand
I’ll loose everything
But I won’t let go of your hand

Now, Peter denied and Judas betrayed
I’ll pay with the roll of the drum
And the wind will tell the turn from the wheel
And the watchman's making his rounds
Well, you leave me hanging by the skin of my teeth
I’ve only got one leg to stand
You can send me to hell
But I’ll never let go of your hand

Swing from a rope on a cross-legged tree
Signed with the one-eyed Jack’s blood
From Temple and Union, to Weyley and Grand
Walking back home in the mud

Now, I must make my best of the only way home
Marley deals only in stones
I’m lost on the midway, I’m reckless in your eyes
Just give me a couple more throws
I’ll dare you to dine with the cross-legged knights
Dare me to jump and I will
I’ll fall from your grace
But I’ll never let go of your hand
I’ll never let go of your hand
I’ll never let go of your hand

Fannin Street

There's a crooked street in Houston town,
It's a well worn path I've followed down
Now there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train,
And I wished I'd listened to the words you said.

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Oh, yeah
You'll be lost and never found
you can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street

Once I held you in my arms, I was sure
Til I took that silent step through the gilded door
But the desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar
Now I know that this is where the sidewalk ends.

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
You'll be lost and never found
you can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street

When I was young I thought only of getting out
I said good-bye to my street, good-bye to my house
Give a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard,
And I rue the day that I stepped off this train.

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Oh, yeah
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street.

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Cause tou'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street

Little Man

As sure as fire will burn
There's one thing you will learn
Is things you have cherished
Are things that you have earned
Luck is when opportunity
Meets with preparation
And the same is true for every generation

Little man
As you climb on my knee
the whole future lies in thee
Little man

Little man
Never hurry, take it slow
Things worth-while need time to grow
Little man

Don't look back
There are things that might distract
Move ahead towards your goal
And the answers will unfold

Little man
Love is always in the air
It is there for those who care
Little man

Don't look back
There are things that might distract
Move ahead towards your goal
And the answers will unfold

Little man
Love is always in the air
It is there for those who care
Little man

Little man
Little man
Little man

It's Over

I must have brought the bad weather with me
The sky's the colour of lead
All you've left me was a feather
On an unmade bed

It's always me whenever there's trouble
The world does nothing but turn
And the ring it fell off my finger
I guess I'll never learn

And it's over, it's over, it's over
I'm getting dressed in the dark
Our story ends before it begins
I always confess to everyone's sins
The nail gets hammered down
And it's over, let it go

So don't go and make a big deal out of nothing
It's just a storm on a dime
And I've always found there's nothing
that money can not buy
I've already gone to the place that I'm going
There's no place left to fall
And there's something to be said
About saying nothing at all

Cause baby then it's over, and it's over
It's done forgotten and through
Story ends before it begins
I always confess to everyone's sins
The nail gets hammered down
And it's over, let it go

You got to let me go
I wanna let it go
I wanna let it go
I wanna let you go
I want to let you go

If I Have To Go

And if I have to go, will you remember me
Will you find someone else, while I'm away
There's nothing for me, in this world full of strangers
It's all someone else's idea
I don't belong here, and you can't go with me
You'll only slow me down

Until I send for you, don't wear your hair that way
If you cannot be true, I'll understand
Tell all the others, you'll hold in your arms
That I said I'd come back for you
I'll leave my jacket to keep you warm
That's all that I can do

And if I have to go, will you remember me
Will you find someone else, while I'm away

Goodnight Irene

Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams

Last Saturday night I got married
Me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife are parted
I'm gonna take me a little stroll uptown

Oh, Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams

Oh, sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown

Oh, Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams

Well I love Irene, god knows I do
I'll love her till the sea runs dry
If she ever loves another
Someone'll take morphine and die

Oh, Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams

Stop your rambling, stop your gambling
Stop staying out late at night
Go home to your wife and your family
Sit down by the firelight

(Everybody!)

Oh, Irene. goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Oh, goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams

Oh, goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene, Irene goodnight
Oh, goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll get you in my dreams

(Goodnight!)

The Fall Of Troy

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs
Nothing wants to die
Evelyn James they killed in a game
With guns too big for their hands
Just off St. Charles in no man's land
And you'll have to find your own way home, boys
You'll have to find your own way home

The oldest was Troy, an eighteen year old boy
Shot dead in March in a robbery
His brother started out to hell and to ruin
Troy's killer was never caught, they say
Young Nick, he just went bad that day
Now he'll have to find his own way home, boys
He'll have to find his own way home

Why cook dinner, why make my bed
Why come home at all
Out the door and through the woods
There's a world where nothing grows

It's hard to say grace and to sit in the place
Of someone missing at the table
Mom's hair sprayed tight and her face in her hands
Watching TV for answers to me
After all she's only human
And she's trying to find her own way home, boys
She's trying to find her own way home

My legs ache
My heart is sore
The well is full of pennies

Take Care Of All Of My Children

Oh, take care of all my children
Don't let 'em wander and roam
Oh, take care of all of my children
For I don't know when I'm comin' back home

You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
Nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord

Oh, keep them together at the sundown
Safe from the devil's hand
You gotta make them a pillow on the hard ground
I'll be goin' up to Beaula Land

You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
And nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord

Oh, remember you never trust the devil
Stay clear of Lucifer's hand
Oh, and don't let 'em wander in the meadow
Or you'll wind up in the fryin' pan

You can put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
And nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord

Put all of my possessions here in Jesus' name
And nail a sign on the door
Bright and early Sunday morning with my walking cane
I'm going up to see my lord

Down There By The Train

There's a place I know, where the train goes slow
Where the sinners can be washed in the blood of the lamb
There's a river by the trestle down by Sinner's Grove
Down where the Willow and the Dogwood grows

Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train
Goes slow

You can hear the whistle, you can hear the bell
From the halls of heaven to the gates of hell
And there's room for the foresaken if you're there on time
You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your crimes

Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train
Goes slow

There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist
And I know that your name will be on that list
There's no eye for an eye, there's no tooth for a tooth
I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth

Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train
Goes slow

So, if you live in darkness, if you live in shame
All of the passengers will be treated the same
And, old Humpty Jackson and Gyp the Blood will sing
And Charlie Witman is on the Dillinger's wings

Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train
Goes slow

If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith
I know you will be cared for and I know you will be safe
And all the shameful and all of the whores
And even the soldier who pierced the heart of the lord

Is down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train
Goes slow

Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a prayer
I've never given of myself, and I''ve never truly cared
And I've hurt the ones who loved me and I'm still raising Cain
And I've taken the low road and if you've done the same

Meet me down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train
Goes slow

Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train
Goes slow
Down there where the train
Goes slow

Danny Says

Danny says we gotta go
Gotta go to Idaho
But we can't go surfin' 'cause it's 20 below

Sound check's at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow

Baby, oho-ho-ho, we got nowhere to go
And it may sound funny, but it's true

Hangin' out in 100 B
Watching Get Smart on TV
Thinkin' about you and me and you and me

Hangin' out in L.A. and there's nowhere to go
It ain't Christmas if there ain't no snow
Listening to Sheena on the radio
Oh-ho oh-ho

Sound check's at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
And I can't wait to be with you tomorrow

Sound check's at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
And I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
Tomorrow

Jayne's Blue Wish

The sky holds all our wishes
The dish ran away with the spoon
Chimney smoke ties the roofs to the sky
There's a hole over head
But it's only the moon

Will there ever be a tree
Grown from the seeds I've sown
Life is a path lit only by the light of those I've loved
By the light of those I love

Life's a path lit only by
The light of those I've loved
By the light of those I love

Young At Heart

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you're young at heart
For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on its way

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart
And as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Think of all you've derived out of being alive
Then this is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart
Or as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Think of all you've derived out of being alive
Then this is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart
If you are among the very young at heart

Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (CD3)

What Keeps Mankind Alive

You gentlemen who think you have a mission
To purge us of the seven deadly sins
Should first sort out the basic food position
Then start your preaching, that’s where it begins

You lot, who preach restraint and watch your waist as well
Should learn, for once, the way the world is run
However much you twist, or whatever lies that you tell
Food is the first thing, morals follow on

So first make sure that those who are now starving
Get proper helpings, when we all start carving
What keeps mankind alive

What keeps mankind alive the fact that millions
Are daily tortured, stifled, punished, silenced and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
And for once you must try not to shirk the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts

Children's Story

Once upon a time there was a poor child,
With no father and no mother
And everything was dead
And no one was left in the whole world
Everything was dead

And the child went on search, day and night
And since nobody was left on the earth,
He wanted to go up into the heavens
And the moon was looking at him so friendly
And when he finally got to the moon,
The moon was a piece of rotten wood

And then he went to the sun
And when he got there, the sun was a wilted sunflower
And when he got to the stars, they were little golden flies.
Stuck up there, like the shrike sticks 'em on a blackthorn

And when he wanted to go back, down to earth,
The earth was an overturned piss pot
And he was all alone, and he sat down and he cried
And he is there till this day
All alone…

Okay, there's your story!
Night-night!

Heigh-Ho

Well, we dig dig dig
Well, we dig in our mine the whole day through
Dig dig dig, that is what we like to do
And it ain't no trick to get rich quick
If you dig dig dig, with a shovel and a pick
Dig dig dig, the whole day through
Got to dig dig dig, it's what we like to do
In our mine, in our mine
Where a million diamonds shine
We got to dig dig dig, from the morning till the night
Dig dig dig up everything in sight
We got to dig dig dig, in our mine, in our mine
Dig up diamonds by the score
A thousand rubies, sometimes more
But we don't know what we are diggin' for

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It's off to work we go
We keep on singing all day long
Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
Got to make your troubles go
Well, you keep on singing all day long
Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho

Army Ants

The Whirligig Beetles are wary and fast with an organ to detect the ripples.
The Arachnid Moths lay their eggs inside other insects along the borders of fields or roads in clusters of white cocoons.
The Ribbed Pine Borer is a longhorn beetle, their antenna's are half the length of their body and they feed on dead red pine.
Robber Flies, with their immobile heads, inject a paralyzing fluid into their prey that they snatch from life in mid-air.
The Snow Flea's mode of locomotion, strange and odd, with a spiny tail mechanism with hooks and a protracted tube from the abdomen to enable moisture absorption.

The female Praying Mantis devours the male while they are mating. The male sometimes continues copulating even after the female has bitten off his head and part of his upper torso.
Every night wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem and, with legs dangling, they fall asleep.

If one places a minute amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
The Bombardier Beetle, when disturbed, defends itself by emitting a series of explosions, sometimes setting off 4 or 5 reports in succession. The noises sound like miniature popgun blasts and are accompanied by a cloud of reddish coloured vile smelling fluid.
It is commonly known that ants keep slaves. Certain species, the so-called Sanguinary Ants in particular, will raid the nests of other ant tribes and kill the queen and then kidnap many of the workers. The workers are brought back to the captor's hive where they are coerced into performing menial tasks.

And as we discussed last semester, the Army Ants will leave nothing but your bones.
Perhaps you've encountered some of these insects in your communities, displaying both their predatory and defense characteristics, while imbedded within the walls of flesh and passing for, what is most commonly recognized... as human.

Books Of Moses

Books of Moses, bringing stone news
Wet in the water, weeping in the sun
Books of Moses, got some splinters, didn’t you
Books of Moses, brought me right here back to you

Flaming heart, ain’t it sweet
Lighting the world at your feet
Books of Moses, myth and truth
Books of Moses, bring me back to you

Hero’s welcome, there stands your king
Where the serpent shudders, and the angels sing
Books of Moses, happening again
Yes, he knows us.
Well, welcome him, your friend

Books of Moses, bringing stone news
Wet is the water, blood covering the sun
Books of Moses, myth and truth
Books of Moses, bring me back to you

Two Sisters

There was an old woman, lived by the seashore
Bow and balance me
There was an old woman, lived by the seashore
A number of daughters: one, two, three, four
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

There was a young man come there to see them
Bow and balance me
There was a young man come there to see them
and the oldest one got stuck on him
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

He bought the youngest a beaver hat
Bow and balance me
He bought the youngest a beaver hat
and the oldest one got mad at that
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

Oh, sister oh, sister let's walk the seashore
Bow and balance me
Oh, sister oh, sister let's walk the seashore
and see the ships as they're sailing on
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

While these two sisters were walking the shore
Bow and balance me
While these two sisters were walking the shore
the oldest pushed the youngest o'er
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

Oh, sister oh, sister please lend me your hand
Bow and balance me
Oh, sister oh, sister please lend me your hand
and you will have Willy and all of his land
And then I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

I'll never, I'll never will lend you my hand
Bow and balance me
I'll never, I'll never will lend you my hand
but I'll have Willy and all of his land
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

Some time she swam and some time she swam
Bow and balance me
Some time she sank and some time she swam
untill she came to the old mill dam
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

The miller, he got his fishinghook
Bow and balance me
The miller, he got his fishinghook
and fished that maiden out of the brook
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

Oh, miller oh, miller here's five gold rings
Bow and balance me
Oh, miller oh, miller here's five gold rings
to push the maiden in again
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

The miller received those five gold rings
Bow and balance me
The miller received those five gold rings
and pushed that maiden in again
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

The miller was hung in the old mill gate
Bow and balance me
The miller was hung in the old mill gate
for drowning little sister Kate
And I'll be true to my love
If my love will be true to me

First Kiss

She drove a big ol’ Lincoln with suicide doors
And a sewing machine in the back
And a light bulb that looked like an alligator egg
Was mounted up front on the hood

And she had an Easter bonnet that had been signed by Tennessee Ernie Ford
And she always had saw dust in her hair
And she cut two holes in the back of her dress
And she had these scapular wings
that were covered with feathers and electrical tape
And when she got good and drunk
She would sing about Elkheart, Indiana
Where the wind is strong and folks mind their own business

And she had at least a hundred old baseballs that she’d taken from kids
And she collected bones of all kinds
And she lived in a trailer under a bridge
And she made her own whiskey and gave cigarettes to kids
And she’d been struck by lightning seven or eight times
And she hated the mention of rain

And she made up her own language
And she wore rubber boots
And she could fix anything with string
And her lips were like cherries
And she was stronger than any man
And she smelled like gasoline and Rootbeer Fizz
And she put mud on a bee sting I got at the creek
And she gave me my very first kiss
And she gave me my very first kiss

Talking 'bout my little Kathleen
She's just a fine young thing
Someday she'll wear my ring
My little Kathleen

Dog Door

Well this is me ...?...
...?... old ...?...
I could be a shopkeeper
We'll call 'em ...?...

She got a six foot pitchfork
I see the wrecking-ball
Back over here together
She got me here with or without

She got me coming through the dog door
She got me coming through the dog door

I said: pitchfork
Oh, step-ladders

You oughta walk away
but you can't ...?...
...?... stairs
She got me gone back here
But don't sit there
She let me keep the deck-chair

She got me coming through the dog door
She got me coming through the dog door

Pitchfork (pitchfork)
Crowbar (crowbar)
Clawhammer (clawhammer)
Hot tar (hot tar)

She got me through her middle name
But she can make it rain
She got a small-town chill
and she's starving in the belly wheel

She got me coming through the dog door
She got me coming through the dog door

Pitchfork (pitchfork)
Crowbar (crowbar)
Clawhammer (clawhammer)
Hot tar (hot tar)

Nirvana

Not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose,
He was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the way to somewhere.
And it began to snow.

And the bus stopped at a little café in the hills and the passengers entered.
And he sat at the counter with the others, and he ordered, the food arrived.
And the meal was particularly good.
And the coffee.

The waitress was unlike the women he had known.
She was unaffected, and there was a natural humor which came from her.
And the fry cook said crazy things.
And the dishwasher in back laughed a good clean pleasant laugh.

And the young man watched the snow through the window.
And he wanted to stay in that café forever.
The curious feeling swam through him that everything was beautiful there.
And it would always stay beautiful there.

And then the bus driver told the passengers that it was time to board.
And the young man thought: "I'll just stay here, I'll just stay here."
And then he rose and he followed the others into the bus.
He found his seat and looked at the café through the window.
And then the bus moved off, down a curve, downward, out of the hills.

And the young man looked straight forward.
And he heard the other passengers speaking of other things,
Or they were reading or trying to sleep.
And they hadn't noticed the magic.
And the young man put his head to one side,
Closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep.

There was nothing else to do,
Just to listen to the sound of the engine,
And the sound of the tires
In the snow.

On The Road

I left New York nineteen forty-nine
To go across the country, without a dad-blame dime
Montana in the cold cold fall
Found my father in a gamblin’ hall

Father, father, where have you been
I’ve been in the world since I was only ten
‘Don’t worry about me, I’m about to die of the pleurisy
Cross the Mississippi, cross the Tennessee
Cross the Niagara, home I’ll never be
Home in old Medora, home in ol’ Truckee
Apalachicola, home I’ll never be

Better or for worse, and thick and thin
Well, I’ve been married to the little woman
God loved me, just like I loved him
I want you to do just the same for him
Oh, the worms eat away
But don’t worry, watch the wind
Oh, the worms eat away
But don’t worry, watch the wind
Oh, the worms eat away
But don’t worry, watch the wind

So I left Montana on an old freight train
The night my father died in the cold cold rain
Rode to Opelousas, rode to Wounded Knee
Rode to Ogallala, home I’ll never be
Home in old Medora, home in ol’ Truckee
Apalachicola, home I’ll never be
Home I’ll never be
Home I’ll never be

Poor Little Lamb

Poor little lamb, now his fleece is all cold
Wakes up in the morning alone
Poor little lamb knows what’s coming
Life is an empty cup

Poor little lamb, watch your shoulder
Coyote’s waiting out there
Nobody will get any older
If we don’t find a way out of here

So let’s go on a bummer this summer
Where we won’t have to be afraid
The world will be on a hummer, boys
And we’ll laugh and we’ll drink lemonade

Altar Boy

He’s an ol' altar boy
Lying out there in the street
He’s an ol' alter boy
Bound up in leather and chains
That’s why I’m feeling so blue
I'm an old altar boy
What about you

Now, I can order in Latin
Make ‘em au gratin, Joe
I’m an old altar boy
That’s why I’m so depressed
I never got the rest of the dream
Just the ritual
Now I’m habitual
Majoring in crimes that are unspeakable
Cause I’m an old altar boy
That’s what happened to me.

I'm an old altar boy
He’s hoping he can meet a woman dressed like a nun
He knows there’s got to be some around here
Drinking across from the church
A little Father Cribari wine
On a Sunday morn' time.

I'm an old altar boy.
Why is he winking at this time in his life?
He never took a wife, cause he’s an old altar boy
Oh, yeah...
What about you

The Pontiac

Well, let’s see... we had the eh Fairlane. Then the u-joints went out on that,
and the bushings. And then your mother wanted to trade it in on the Tornado,
so we got the Tornado. God, I hated the color of that sonufa bitch! And
the dog destroyed the upholstery on the Ford. Boy, that was long before you
were born. We called it the Yellowbird, two-door, three on the tree. Tight
little mother. Threw a rod, sold it to Jacobs for a hundred dollar

Now the special eh... four-holer, you’ve never seen body panels line up
like that. Overhead cam, dual exhaust. You know I had... let’s see I had...
four Buicks, loved 'em all

Now your Uncle Emmet, well he drives a Thunderbird, it used to belong to your Aunt Evelyn.
Well, she ruined it, drove it to Indiana with no gear oil. That
was the end of that! Sold that Cadillac to your mom. Your mom loved that
Caddy. Independent rear suspension, Landau top, good tires. Gas hog. I swear
it had the power to repair itself

I loved the Olds... Dan Steele used to give ‘em to me at a discount. Showroom
models and that. And then there was the Pontiac and...

God, I loved that Pontiac.
Well, it was kind of an oxblood god
But It handled so beautifully.
Yeah, I miss that car.
Well, that was a long time ago
A long time ago

Spidey's Wild Ride

The smoke from the battle fish and the rain soaked through
And the wheelman left the shore
And barns tumbled and silos flew across fifteen miles bad road tar
And big Bull Trometer hung on to the side
And the pig dogs trembled on Spidey's wild ride

And big John Jizom from downtown Chizom
Flew away with old mrs. Storm
And they found Bird Lundy neath a keg of nails crooked as a dog's hind leg
Keeping warm after twenty-nine days on hard assed bread
He drilled to the big outside and clung like a tick to his waterfront
Life mooned and clouded, blued and skied
And all the clocks blew up on Spidey's wild ride

And the hills stood up in a great big 3
And left me whipped by the forces that were inside me
Loud as the ocean, cold as a desk, red as the water on the river of flesh
And he was sewing up his pants while he was shoeing a mule
And he was bucking a head wind gale
But the crooked ass beauty was trapped to the side
And he shook on Spidey's wild ride

And all the statue ass makers, and the uprooted trees
And I shouted way up to where the rabbit digs his hole
And the wheelman, the jockeys the landlords and thee
Were bucking a head wind south
And with nine lives spent, he landed on his rent
Composed with a steele head salmon in his mouth
And I never did see another day outside
'Cause I'd had enough travel on Spidey's wild ride

King Kong

They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the King

They came to his island
And they brought her with them
They wanted to get his picture
But they were surprised by his enormous size

And when he saw the woman
He took her without question
Because after all
He was the King

And he loved the woman
He loved the way she looked
And she wouldn’t stop screaming

But he loved the woman
And he fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex
And it was a bloody battle
But he fought it for his woman

And he climbed up a mountain
And he looked around
Some kind of forest
With all these dinosaurs

And he stripped his woman
He stripped her bare
But there was a pterodactyl
There!

And then a hero
Came and took his woman
And they fell off the mountain
Into some water

And then later
He came looking for his woman
But they were waiting
And they threw a bomb

And they tied him
And took him across the ocean
And they chained him
And put him in the show

And when he saw his woman
He broke loose
And everyone fled in terror
And he was looking for her

And he overtook a train
And he was looking in the street
And then he found her in her apartment

And he climbed up the Empire State building
It was like a phallic symbol
And he took his woman
To the top of that towering temple

And he climbed up and looked around
Some kind of city
With all those skyscrapers
And all the cars

Just him and his screaming woman
And they were finally alone
He loved his woman
You could see it in his eyes
His great big eyes

He loved his woman
From the moment that he saw her
He was all choked up inside

But when the airplanes came
He was soon to die
But he hung on long enough to set his woman down
And make sure that she was safe

And as the bullets pierced
He looked at her so sincere
Before he fell
Because he loved his woman

And they shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the King

Who killed the monkey
‘Twas beauty that killed the beast

And Willis O’Brien died
A tragic death
There wasn’t much
That he had left

And Ray Harryhousen said
That when Willis died
That’s when the King was really dead

They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the King

On The Road

I left New York nineteen forty-nine
To go across the country, without a dad-blame dime
Montana in the cold cold fall
Found my father in a gamblin’ hall

Father, father, where have you been
I’ve been in the world since I was only ten
‘Don’t worry about me, I’m about to die of the pleurisy
Cross the Mississippi, cross the Tennessee
Cross the Niagara, home I’ll never be
Home in old Medora, home in ol’ Truckee
Apalachicola, home I’ll never be

Better or for worse, and thick and thin
Well, I’ve been married to the little woman
God loved me, just like I loved him
I want you to do just the same for him
Oh, the worms eat away
But don’t worry, watch the wind
Oh, the worms eat away
But don’t worry, watch the wind
Oh, the worms eat away
But don’t worry, watch the wind

So I left Montana on an old freight train
The night my father died in the cold cold rain
Rode to Opelousas, rode to Wounded Knee
Rode to Ogallala, home I’ll never be
Home in old Medora, home in ol’ Truckee
Apalachicola, home I’ll never be
Home I’ll never be
Home I’ll never be

Dog Treat

Thanks, uh... You know uh, this is weird uh... Most of us have dogs, alright? (applause) I don't know if it's a local thing where I live, or if it's everywhere, and I'm checking it with you because uh, I don't get in the area that often and I'm just checking to see if... There's a new kind of a dog treat. And uh (where I live) and they're available in the pet store and for the longest time I just thought that it was some kind of a prank. Or uh... I wasn't really sure what it was, until I read the label on the back and it said "Bull Penis" (laughter). I was a little shocked! I know you can get just about ANYTHING in this world. You can get a whale's pancreas if you'd want one! I can get you one! (laughter) But com'on, a bull's penis! How busy they were their whole lives. And they throw it to a dog, like that, for a snack! (laughter) Now, are they available here in the Los Angeles area? They are, aren't they? Doesn't that make you a little weazy? Makes you wanna live a long time. And on the back, on the bottom it said: "100% natural"! I mean... that's the part that really got me. And it said: "A Real Meat Snack". There's just no dignity in that. Uh, anyway... The other thing is that they're 36 inches long! (laughter). They're so long they had to cut them into bite-size portions. And then they take two of them and braid them together. I know, I know! I never want it done. But uh... This is a song written for Gregory Peck for his dating my mom... That's a lie!

Missing My Son

I was in a line at the supermarket the other day, and uhm... y'know, I had all my things on the little conveyor belt there. And uh... there's a gal in front of me that is uh.. well, she's staring at me and I'm getting a little nervous and uh, she continues to stare at me. And I uh, I keep looking the other way. And then, finally she comes over closer to me and she says: "I apologise for staring, that must have been annoying. I, I... You look so much like my son, who died. I just can't take my eyes off you." And she precedes to go into her purse and she pulls out a photograph of her son who'd died. And uh, he looks absolutely nothing like me. In fact he's... Chinese. Uh... anyway, we chatted a little bit. And uh, she says: "I'm sorry, I have to ask you. Would you mind, as I leave the supermarket here, would you mind saying "Goodbye mom" to me? I, I know it's a strange request but I haven't heard my son saying "Goodbye mom" to me, and "So long" and it would mean so much to me to hear it. And uh, if you don't mind I... " And I said: "Well, you know, okay, yeah, sure. Eh.. uh... I can say that." And, and so, she uh gets her groceries all checked out. And uh, as she's going out the door she waves at me and she hollers across the store: "Goodbye son!" And I look up and I wave and I say: "Goodbye mom!" And then she goes, and uh... So I get my few things there, on the conveyor belt and the checker checks out my things. And uh, and he gives me the total and he says: "That'll be four hundred and seventy nine dollars." Uh... and I said: "Well, how is that possible! I've only got a little tuna fish, and uh some skimmed milk, and uh mustard and a loaf of bread..." He goes: "Well, well you're also paying for the groceries for your mother. She uh, told me you'd take care of the bill for her." And I said: "Well, wait a minute! That's not my mother!" And he says: "Well I distinctly heard her say as she left the store "Bye son!" and you said "Bye mom!" and so what are you trying to say here, uh..." I said: "Well, JESUS!" And I looked out into the parking lot and she was just getting into her car. And I ran out there. And she was just closing the door, and she had a little bit of her leg sticking out of the door and she was pulling away and I grabbed her leg and I started PULLING it! Just the way... I'm pulling yours...

Non Albums Tracks

2.19

Wicked Grin - John Hammond

I lost everything I had in the ’29 flood
The barn was buried ‘neath a mile of mud
Now I’m down to nothing but the whistle and the steam
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

I said, hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

Now there’s a fellow that’s preaching ‘bout hell and damnation
Bouncing off the walls of the Grand Central Station
I treated her bad, I treated her mean
Baby leaving town on the 2:19

I said, hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, I don’t know what to do
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

Now I’ve always been puzzled by the yin and the yang
It’ll come out in the wash but it always leaves a stain
Sturm and Drang, the luster and the sheen
My baby’s leaving town on the...

Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I will remember you
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

Lost the baby with the water and the preacher stole the bride
Sent her out for a bottle but when she came back inside
She didn’t have my whiskey, didn’t have my gin
With a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin

I said, hey, hey, I will remember you
Yeah baby, I will remember you
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

On the train you get smaller as you get farther away
The roar covers everything you wanted to say
Was that a raindrop or a tear in your eye?
Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye?

Hey, hey, I will remember you
Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do
Oh baby
My baby’s leaving town on the 2:19

I will remember you
I don’t know what to do, baby

Adios Lounge

Beautiful Mess - Thelonious Monster

I know an oldtimer
Just a nickel-and-dimer
At the bar down the Adios Lounge
And for whiskey and smokes
Recites poems and jokes
But he's not just your average clown
And he's entertaining nightly
Down the Adios Lounge
And he puts it politely
But he does lay it down

Now I lie here alone in my bed
With these words running wild in my head
He said...

Don't let nobody go there for you
Don't be satisfied with a second-hand life
Don't let nobody stifle or bore you
Handle your troubles or take on your strife
Don't let nobody live your life for you
Not your friends, not your kids, no not even your wife
If you want to know where the rainbow ends
It's you who´ve got to go there and find it my friend

So I'm going back down
To the Adios Lounge
Where there's no one to wait up for me
I hope he's still around
Oh, that crazy old scrounge
To tell us how things ought to be
He said...

Don't let nobody go there for you
Don't be satisfied with a second-hand life
Don't let nobody stifle or bore you
Handle your troubles or take on your strife
Don't let nobody live your life for you
Not your friends, not your kids, no not even your wife
If you want to know where the rainbow ends
It's you who've got to go there and find it my friend

So I buy him more drinks
Just to hear what he thinks
Oh, it's worth it to see him almost smile
It's worth feeling free for a while
At the bar down the Adios Lounge
At the bar down the Adios Lounge
At the bar down the Adios Lounge

Annie's Back In Town

Paradise Alley Soundtrack

In the evening he stumbles home with his tie undone
And as the moon sweeps 7th Avenue as usual
You lie awake at night
You remember when
Now that Annie's back in town

Well I know why you're drinking
I know your alibi
Don't make up excuses
For those are tears in your eyes
And you're falling back in love again
Now that Annie's back in town

And it came down through the grapevine
It put your business on the street
I hear you've been hanging out 'til dawn
In some lunch room
Well you thought you've gotten over her
But that was 'til you found
That Annie's back in town

And all the corner boys are trouble makers
And the sailors are all fools
You know it seems like some things round here
I guess they'll never change
Oh but it's always good for business
Guess we'll be seeing you around
Now that Annie's back in town

Apartment For Rent

A Nickel's Worth Of Dreams Bootleg

Well, it ain't no use, it ain't no good
And there's too many ghosts in this neighborhood
A quaint little walk up is bringing me down
I have to find another crib on the other side of town

The old Murphey bed and the empty chest of drawers
And a little dinette set, I'll stroll across the floor
And the trash cans in the alley, well they're rattlin' and sayin'
That there's an apartment for rent
On a rainy September day

Apartment for rent
Furnished with blue lights, baby
Apartment for rent
And the market's open all night
Well you see, I'm sweeping out the cobwebs
The lady she got away
There's an apartment for rent
On a rainy September day

Well, I'm pouring over the classified section
You see, she's lost all her affection for me
I was drinking and smoking
I was staying out all night long
When you needed me here with you at home

There's an apartment for rent
Furnished with blue lights baby
Apartment for rent
And the market's open all night
Yeah, I've been sweeping up the cobwebs
The lady got away
There's an apartment for rent
There's an apartment for rent
There's an apartment for rent
On a rainy September day
Apartment for rent

Back In The Good Old World (Gypsy)

Night on earth Soundtrack

When I was a boy, the moon was pearl the sun a yellow gold
When I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down
But now that I have gone from here there's no place I'd rather be
Than to float my chances on the tide Back in the good old world
On October's last I'll fly back home rolling down winding way
Scare crows are all dressed in rags out at the edge of the field I lay
And all I've got's a pocket full of flowers on my grave
Oh but summer is gone I remember it best
Back in the good old world
And all I've got's a pocket full of flowers on my grave
Oh but summer is gone and I remember it best
Back in the good old world

Bend Down The Branches

Bunny Soundtrack

The sky's as deep as it can be
Bend down the branches
Close your eyes and you will see
Bend down the branches

You're like a willow
Once you were gold
We're made for bending
Even beauty gets old
Climb the stairs they're not so steep
Bend down the branches

Close your eyes and go to sleep
Bend down the branches

Big Face Money

Hold On - Single

When the show is over and the work is through
I want the big face money

I’ll get all that cash and bring it home to you
I’ll get the big face money

I’ll get the big face money
I want the big face money
I’ll get the big face money

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Ironweed Sountrack

On the big rock candy mountain
The cops have wooden legs
Bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft boiled eggs

On the big rock candy mountain
Never change your socks
Little streams of alcohol
Go trickling down the rocks

Oh I wanna go
Where the wind don't blow
On the big rock candy mountain

On the big rock candy mountain
It's a land that's fair and bright
Handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night

Oh I wanna go
Where the wind don't blow

Blue Skies

Heart Of Saturday Night Sessions

Blue skies over my head
Give me another reason to get out of bed
Blue skies as there shining in my face
Gonna give me another woman to take her place

Ain't got no money, the cupboards are bare
No cigarettes and the kids got nothing to wear
She walked out without a word
And now the only sound left is a kind of sweet morning bird

singing, blue skies over my head
Give me another reason to get out of bed
Blue skies as there shining in my face
Gonna give me another woman to take her place

That woman stuck by me through thick and through thin
I was cold and hungry well she smiled at me
But she wanted those fine things, those nights on the town
It looks to me like she let me down

Blue skies over my head
Gotta give me another reason to get out of bed
Blue skies as there shining in my face
Gotta give me another woman to take her place
Gotta give me another woman to take her place

Books Of Moses More Oar

Tribute To The Alexander "Skip" Spence

Books of Moses, bringing stone news
Wet in the water, weeping in the sun
Books of Moses, got some splinters didn’t you
Books of Moses, brought me right here back to you

Flaming heart, ain’t it sweet
Lighting the world at your feet
Books of Moses, myth and truth
Books of Moses, bring me back to you

Hero’s welcome, there stands your king
Where the serpent shudders and the angels sing
Books of Moses, happening again
Yes he knows us
Well welcome him, your friend

Books of Moses, bringing stone news
Wet is the water, blood covering the sun
Books of Moses, myth and truth
Books of Moses, bring me back to you

Bronx Lullabye/Smugglers Waltz

Poetry In Motion documentary

Daggers of moonlight
Murder the sheets
And the stink of a four dollar room
And Daddy's gone a hunting
For a dime bag schoolboy
Tied up with a yellow balloon

So hush little baby, Daddy must go
I cover you up with a blanket of snow
By the time I make Jersey
You'll be in heaven
In a pretty blue shoe box I know

So sing a song of ten grand
With a pocket full of dough
And I can't take you to Baltimore
Wake God up in Heaven
Have him look down below
There's a little lost angel
Blooming in the snow

Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

Brother Can You Spare A Dime

They used to tell me I was building a dream
And so I followed the mob
When there was earth to plow or guns to bear
I was always there, right there on the job

They used to tell me I was building a dream
With peace and glory ahead
Why should I be standing in line
Just waiting for bread

Once I built a railroad, I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad and now it’s done
Buddy can you spare a dime?

Once I built a tower way up to the sun
With bricks and mortar and lime
Once I built a railroad and now it’s done
Brother can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum
Half a million boots went slogging through hell
I was the kid with the drum

Oh say, don’t you remember?
You called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say, don’t you remember? I was your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Say, don’t you remember?
You called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say, don’t you remember? I was your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Buzz Fledderjohn

Hold On - Single

I stood on the roof, stood till dark
To get a better look at the Fledderjohns' lawn
Big sharp pistols, ammo too
Nothing but books about World War II
Rottweiler, Dobermann, a Pinkerton guard
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed
I said, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I seen a python swallowing a Dobermann whole
Piranhas swimming in a mixing bowl
Buzz Fledderjohn

Paper's full of stabbings, the sky's full of crows
She's singing in Italian while she's hanging out her clothes
Carp in the bathtub and it's raining real hard
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I said that I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

Well, the sailor's ringing doorbells, the sinner's in the pew
Weathervane's squeaking to the west
I seen the cliffs of Dover and the deepest ocean blue
One thing in the world I can't recommend to you

Because I ain't allowed
I said, I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I said, I ain't allowed
No, I ain't allowed
I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

I ain't allowed
I ain't allowed
I said, I ain't allowed in Buzz Fledderjohn's yard

Candy Apple Red

( One from the Heart OST )

I don't care if she never comes back
Singing candy apple red
I'll never fall in love again, that's for sure
Singing candy apple red
I'm gonna drink just like a son of a bitch
Singing candy apple red
And drive my car into a drainage ditch
Singing candy apple red

*** Thanx a lot to Micah for this one ***

Coattails Of A Dead Man

Antipop - Primus

One two three
Well he wasn't lookin' for fanfare or fame
But it all came around just the same
He then met a girl with desire in her eye
He gave her love, she took his name

The times they were good, the times they were bad
Most times it was just in between
The hard pill he swallowed was the times that they had
She put on display for all to be seen

Some find their solace in work or the Lord
She was quite content in her dream
When his eyes they burned from the bright lime light
He found comfort in the bottle of ol' Jimmy Beam

One day from the depths of his deep darkened hole
He reached out for somethin' to feel
She offered back nothin' but lack of respect
So he let himself out with two barrels of steel

She cried in the day she cried in the night
She cried loudest when someone was near
Whether crying for him or she cried for herself
The bigger the camera the bigger the tear

Most folks agree she was living a hell
And publicly she showed her pain
And never once was there a thought for herself
And the ever growing slices of fortune and fame

Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride
On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride
On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride
On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride she'll ride high

Date To Church

Just Say Mao - The Replacements

Take you ?
On a, a little date to church
Take you and it hurt
On a, a little date to church, yeah

La la la la la
La la la la
Yeah, gimme one more
La la la la la
La la la la

Take your partner fast
I'm going to Leavenworth, Mass
Come on, it can't hurt
We're on a, a little date to church

Come on sing
La la la la la
La la la la
La la la la la
La la la la

Old Satan's looking out for you
He'll get you by and my it’s true
Oh, we haven't much time alive
Ah

Sitting in a pew
Well ain't we the chosen few?
It might not help, but it can't hurt
On a, a little date to church

La la la la la
La la la la
La la la la la
La la la la

Deliver us, Reverend
Deliver us
What's that?

Tell me Heaven’s there
I got down on my knees
Tell me Heaven’s there

On a little date to church
On a little date to church
On a little date to church

Diamond In Your Mind

Don't Give Up On Me - Solomon Burke

I shook the hand of the president and the pope in Rome
I've been to parties where I've had to be flown
They said everything was sacred, nothing was profane
And money was something that you throw off the back of trains

Oh always keep a diamond in your mind
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Steam of the gravy with little fried pearls
Floating like a necklace on a beautiful girl
Johan says thanks to the food and land
And oh so ever grateful for God's on my hands

Oh always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

She's got the milk of human kindness and the fat of the lamb
Scared like a baby, well she drives like a man
She lives outside of Natchez where she operates a crane
She's like a wrecking ball no longer connected to the chain

Oh Zerelda Samuel said she almost never prayed
Said she lost her right arm, blown off in a Pinkerton raid
Then they lashed her to a windmill with old 3-fingered Dave
Now she's 102 drinking mint juleps in the shade

Everybody, always keep a diamond in your mind
You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
Wherever you may wander
Wherever you may roam
Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind

Dog Door

It's a Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse

Oh mother I want a dog
I want a little dog
I saw a little dog
His name is happy

Well this is me ...
... old ...
I could be a shopkeeper
We’ll call ’em ...

She got a six foot pitchfork
I see the wrecking-ball
Back over here together
She got me here with or without

She got me coming through the dog door
She got me coming through the dog door

I said pitchfork
Oh step-ladders

You oughta walk away
But you can’t ...
... stairs
She got me gone back here
But don’t sit there
She let me keep the deck-chair

She got me coming through the dog door
She got me coming through the dog door

Pitchfork (pitchfork)
Crowbar (crowbar)
Clawhammer (clawhammer)
Hot tar (hot tar)

She got me through her middle name
But she can make it rain
She got a small-town chill
And she’s starving in the belly wheel

She got me coming through the dog door
She got me coming through the dog door

Pitchfork (pitchfork)
Crowbar (crowbar)
Clawhammer (clawhammer)
Hot tar (hot tar)

Do You Know What I Idi Amin

Extremely Cool - Chuck E. Weiss

Four blocks back I flipped my sack down
At Roscoe's for some fatback
Sheila Schwartz's sister Shomoe shucks schmeckels
At the seashore on Shaboose

Do you know what I Idi Amin Amin
Do you know what I Idi Amin
Do you know what I Idi Amin Amin
Do you know what I Idi Amin

? kitten sitting on the stoop
He's a Manhattan ? and looking so cute
Vladimir Tittler was a hoo-hoo of a man
His dad is on his back and his mama's eating spam

Do you know what I Idi Amin Amin
Do you know what I Idi Amin
Do you know what I Idi Amin Amin
Do you know what I Idi Amin

Shark Skin Charles and Water Melon Head
Woke up this morning with weevils in their bed
And Hazel climbs the stairs, cause she don't give a damn
I'm gonna eat all the mighty fine pudding that I can

Down There By The Train

American Recordings - Johnny Cash

There's a place I know where the train goes slow
Where the sinner can be washed in the blood of the lamb
There's a river by the trestle down by sinner's grove
Down where the willow and the dogwood grow

You can hear the whistle, you can hear the bell
From the halls of heaven to the gates of hell
And there's room for the forsaken if you're there on time
You'll be washed of all your sins and all of your crimes
If you're down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow

There's a golden moon that shines up through the mist
And I know that your name can be on that list
There's no eye for an eye, there's no tooth for a tooth
I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth
He was down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
He was down there where the train goes slow

If you've lost all your hope, if you've lost all your faith
I know you can be cared for and I know you can be safe
And all the shamefuls and all of the whores
And even the soldier who pierced the side of the Lord
Is down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow

Well, I've never asked forgiveness and I've never said a prayer
Never given of myself, never truly cared
I've left the ones who loved me and I'm still raising Cain
I've taken the low road and if you've done the same
Meet me down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow

Meet me down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there by the train
Down there where the train goes slow

Downtown Train

NME Big Four

Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
I climb through the window and down to the street
And I'm shining like a new dime
The downtown trains are full with all of those Brooklyn girls
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds

Well you wave your hand and they scatter like crows
They have nothing that will ever capture your heart
They're just thorns without the rose
Be careful of them in the dark
Oh, if I was the one you chose to be your only one
Oh baby can't you hear me now, can't you hear me now

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Every night it's just the same, you leave me lonely now

I know your window and I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light at the four-way
You watch them as they fall, oh baby they all have heart attacks
They stay at the carnival, but they'll never win you back

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Where every night, every night it's just the same, oh baby
Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
All of my dreams they fall like rain, oh baby on a downtown train

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Where every night, every night it's just the same, oh baby
Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
All of my dreams just fall like rain, all on a downtown train
All on a downtown train, all on a downtown train
All on a downtown train, a downtown train

Empty Pockets

Live at Montreal Jazz Festival, 3rd July 1981

All I've got is empty pockets now

As I slow down Purple Avenues
To march around in April's shoes
Weathervanes remind
Of the summertimes that I've left behind

All the money's gone for Auld Lang Syne
I spent on eastern standard time
What happened to my roll
September fell right through the hole
All I've got is empty pockets now

Oh why does August try so hard
To hoist me on my own petard
I've learned one thing from losing her
That an ounce of prevention's worth a pound of cure

The shadows fall, I cannot thread
The tenor of the things you said
All that's left is flesh and bone
The lights are on but no one's home
All I've got is empty pockets now

I spill myself another drink
I count the whiskers in the sink
The orchestra is blind
But I've never been the worrying kind

Subsequently and furthermore
I'll sleep right here on the draining board
I will never be paroled
I like to drink them while they're cold
All I've got is empty pockets now

Fall Of Troy

The Dead Man Walking Soundtrack

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs
Nothing wants to die
Evelyn James they killed in a game
With guns too big for their hands
Just off St. Charles in No-Mans Land
And you'll have to find your own way home, boys
You'll have to find your own way home

The oldest was Troy, an eighteen year-old boy
Shot dead in March with a robbery
His brother started out to hell and to ruin
Troy's killer was never caught they say
Young nick he just went bad that day
Now he'll have to find his own way home, boys
He'll have to find his own way home

Why cook dinner?
Why make my bed?
Why come home at all?
Out the door and through the woods
There is a world where nothing grows

It's hard to say grace and to sit in the place
Of someone missing at the table
Mom's hair sprayed tight
And her face in her hands
Watching TV for answers to me
After all she's only human
And she's trying to find her own way home, boys
She's trying to find her own way home

My legs ache
My heart is sore
The well is full of pennies

Falling Down

Big Time LP - Live Compilation

I have come 500 miles just to see a halo
Come from St. Petersburg, Scarlett and me
Well I open my eyes, I was blind as can be
When you give a man luck, he must fall in the sea
And she wants you to steal and get caught
For she loves you for all that you are not
When you're falling down, falling down
When you're falling down, falling down, falling down

You forget all the roses, don't come around on Sunday
She's not gonna choose you for standing so tall
Go on and take a swig of that poison and like it
And don't ask for silverware, don't ask for nothing
Go on and put your ear to the ground
You know you will be hearing that sound......falling down.
You're falling down, falling down
Falling down, Falling down, falling down

When you're falling down, falling down, falling down


Go on down and see that wrecking ball come swinging on along
Everyone knew that hotel was a goner
They broke all the windows, they took all the door knobs
And they hauled it away in a couple of days
Now someone yell timber and take off your hat
It's a lot smaller down here on the ground
You're falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down

Someone's falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
 

Fannin Street

Wicked Grin - John Hammond

There's a crooked street in Houston town
It's a well born path I've traveled down
Now there's ruin in my name, I wish I never got off the train
I wished I'd listened to the words you said

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street

Once I held you in my arms, I was sure
But I took that silent stare through the guilded door
The desire to have much more, all the glitter and the roar
I know this is where the sidewalk ends

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street

When I was young I thought only of getting out
I said goodbye to my street, goodbye to my house
Give a man gin, give a man cards, give an inch he takes a yard
And I rue the day that I stepped off this train

Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
Don't go down to Fannin Street
You'll be lost and never found
You can never turn around
Don't go down to Fannin Street

Filipino Box Spring Hog

Born To Choose compilation

I hung on the Mary's stump
I danced with a soldier's glee
With a rum-soaked crook and a big fat laugh
I spent my last dollar on thee
I saw Bill Bones, I gave him a yell
Kehoe spiked the nog
With a chain link fence and a scrap iron jaw
We're cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog

Old John broken and Jack the queer
Bought a rabbit in a crawfish bag
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie
Worse brought nothin' but a bulletproof vest
And her criminal underwire bra
I was naked to the waist
With my fierce black hound
And we're cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog

Spider rode in from Hollister Berm
With a one-eyed stolen mare
Donned himself with chicken fat
Sawing on a jawbone violin there
Livin' is easier than falling off a log
When you're cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog

Dig a big pit in a dirty alley road
Fill it with a Madrone bag
Stinks like hell and the neighbors complain
Don't give a hoot what they say
Turn that hog, turn him over nice
Baste him with a sweeping broom
You gotta swat them flies and chain up the dogs
When your cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog

Jerk meat possum with grapes and figs
old Brown Betty in a yellow wig
T'aint the mince meat filagree
T'aint the turkey neck stew
T'aint them brulee okra seeds
Though she made them special for you
Worse just won a prize for her Bottom Black Pie
The beans got thrown to the dogs.
Ja-he-se-us Christ, I can always make room
When they're cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog

Good Old World (Waltz)

Night on Earth Soundtrack

When I was a boy, the moon was a pearl the sun a yellow gold
But when I was a man, the wind blew cold the hills were upside down
But now that I have gone from here there's no place I'd rather be
Than to float my chances on the tide back in the good old world
On October's last, I'll fly back home rolling down winding way
And all I've got's a pocket full of flowers on my grave
But now summer is gone I remember it best back in the good old world
I remember when, she held my hand we walked home alone in the rain
How pretty her mouth, how soft her hair nothing can be the same
And there's a rose upon her breast where I long to lay my head
And her hair was so yellow and the wine was so red back in the good old world
And there's a rose upon her breast where I long to lay my head
And her hair was so yellow and the wine is so red back in the good old world

Heigh Ho! (The Dwarfs' Marching Song)

Stay Awake - Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films

Well, we dig dig dig
Well, we dig in our mine the whole day through
Dig dig dig, that is what we like to do
And it ain't no trick to get rich quick
If you dig dig dig, with a shovel and a pick
Dig dig dig, the whole day through
Got to dig dig dig, it's what we like to do in our mine, in our mine
Where a million diamonds shine
We got to dig dig dig, from the morning till the night
Dig dig dig up everything in sight
We got to dig dig dig, in our mine, in our mine
Dig up diamonds by the score
A thousand rubies, sometimes more
But we don't know what we are diggin' for, yeah

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
It's off to work we go
We keep on singing all day long
Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
Got to make your troubles go
Well, you keep on singing all day long
Heigh-ho

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho