Lyric Sheet


BRAND NEW BLUES My baby's gone I know, you've heard this all before Another sad song, another sorry line, Another love affair washed up on the shore CHORUS: So I've given up the paper And the five o'clock news, I've cleaned out my closet Cut back to just two pair of shoes There's only so much you can handle So much you can use I'm goin' out for some brand new blues If it wasn't for bad luck Got a familiar ring More poor me, more left all alone, More rainy days than a Portland spring (CHORUS) I've quit, been fired, Laid off, retired. Up nights pacin' With my poor heart racin' I been locked up, blocked up, Left without a muse I'm goin' out for some brand new blues (CHORUS) Been down so long Yeah everybody sing along Same old bad bets, same old regrets, Same old hole, where my heart belongs (CHORUS)	LISTENING TO VOLARE What’s the rush baby what’s the hurry Every rat in the maze wants to ring that bell Never looking up just sniff and scurry Dreaming about heaven, driving like hell Headed uptown in the mid-day crunch Up-and–at-‘em hit it hard to get ahead If you’re going to make it it’s the drive-thru lunch The microwave dinner and the unused bed But baby ther’s a better way CHORUS: I’m just gonna sit in this café I’m just gonna kill the whole damn day Let the other suckers scratch and crawl Scraping on their knees ‘til there’s nothing left to say I’ll just be sitting here, sippin my latte Staring out the window listening to Volare woaho Woahowoawoh What’s the hustle baby what’s the con What comes out of your mouth to get your foot in the door Hit the rack past midnight , up at the crack of dawn Over-achieving, over-reacting, ‘til your over-the-hill wanting more But baby there’s a better way (CHORUS) Mending fences just to play both sides Cutting in line to find your place Get the ocean view and try to turn the tide ‘til your disappear without a trace (CHORUS)	ANALYSIS Analysis, paralysis My body’s gone limp my soul turned to rot Nothing means much, I’m way out of touch My feet are cold, my brain is hot Therapy, where’s the key, I should be crying but I’m not A little white room let me dust this broom A pitcher of water and a cot CHORUS: It got tricky When I walked those burning coals A little sticky What with those life-affirming goals Now I ain’t picky No when it gets down to it Life’s okay I’m getting through it Valium and Xanex Get me off the planet I should be flying but I’m not Let’s go back to childhood Is it daddy, is it peer group Is it mommy like we thought Electro-shock, let’s check with Spock You had a perfect family You were loved a lot Why are we here, where are we now Is the end just a plot (CHORUS) Straitjacket, can’t hack it Put me on the couch, put me on the spot I was six foot seven, now I’m five foot even Can’t shit or get off the pot In to the asylum, Problems by the pile and I know I should be crying, but I’m not It just gets tougher , there ain’t no buffer I feel like I’m dying They say I’m not (CHORUS)
AINT NOTHIN' TO IT When you're caught in the crosshairs of aiming to please Bottlenecked with fear and feeling the squeeze Bouncing the checks on the bills past due Just an open casket and a public view CHORUS: If it felt good everybody'd want it If it was free everybody'd have it If it was easy everybody'd do it You see life it's so simple, ain't nothin' to it Dressed up in your Sunday best, Monday's storm is howling And the rain is popping steam Spit in the eye of the needle missing thread For the hole in your soul that's dropping dreams (CHORUS) When your glass house of opportunity Is strewn with rocks and shards What's the use of aces up your sleeve When everybody's seen your other cards (CHORUS)	THE BACK OF YOUR HAND When you give it up for gone, but you’re still digging in the mine And you’re staring out the window saying everything will be just fine In keeping with the whole affair every word seems out of line No matter which angle you get it’s polished ‘til it shines CHORUS: You take a guess where I stand Pick a number from one to two Take a look at the back of your hand Just like you know it, you know me too When you say who the hell am I living with, what just went down Where did all this come from, why are all my colors faded brown When did he change, what’s with the rage Who’s the dude with the extra roll, What’s the verse, the line, the chapter, the page (CHORUS) You just think you’re lost, I don’t know how, but I just know Like you need one of those kisses, long and slow Sometimes things ain’t what they seem, I don’t know how, I just know Like you take two sugars and a splash of cream (CHORUS)	GOING DOWN IN OLD FLAMES I like the pedal down I take the corners on two wheels I like to open it up just o see how it feels And there’ve been loves in my life I just went screaming by I tried to miss those lows by staying high It’s a roller coaster ride With a long pull to the top For one brief moment With your head in the clouds When the whole world stops CHORUS: Going down in old flames Bartender, throw me a line I’ve forgotten half their names It’s just one of those nights When I’m caught in between Where I’ve gone and what might have been So fill it to the top ‘cause I’m headed to the bottom again Fill it to the top, ‘cause I’m headed to the bottom again Sometimes the highs are worse than the lows It’s funny how expectations grow I ain’t that quick, in fact I’m a little slow But there’s one thing I know, When you get to the top, there’s only one way to go (CHORUS)
YES OR NO After I've read you the riot act, baby After I've read you the bill of rights After we've gone our seperate ways After one of our usual fights I stayed up pondering The mysteries of the universe You know those questions What's it all about? What's it all worth? This ain't rocket science This ain't your SAT's There's no multiple choice to confuse you It's like true or false Just flip a coin and see It's a simple question But I've got to know Do you want to be in love Yes or no? Do you want to be in love Yes or no? I wish I knew then What it turns out that I know now It's the same old question Starts the same old row This ain't quantum physics This ain't programming the VCR There's no digital readout No three pound manual Don't insult tradition Don't consult the stars It's a simple question But I've got to know Do you want to be in love Yes or no? Do you want to be in love Yes or no?	PAYBACK'S A BITCH When you play the game and you change the rules making ‘em up as you go And you push the line ‘til it’s impossible to cross, and you’re blowin’ off markers that you owe Don’t matter if you’re the slapper, the slappee, the shooter or the shot You go to count your winnings and a knife in the back is all you got I don’t care if you did it for love, or you were hoping to get rich There’s a round trip ticket baby Payback’s a bitch Some lovers find a call to arms even though you hold them tight And sycophants can sneak right in, in the middle of the deep dark night When the good life and the lush life just becomes the life and you’re caught in the middle of a stone cold lie You look out the window, you shrug it off and say baby that’s good, that’s rich Don’t turn your back for long Payback’s a bitch Everybody in the world will take it once and be unfazed But that extra little push becomes a common grave So you can have your fun and murder while you smile And steal another’s heart and split your face in two for style But there’ll come a crawling from the inside, that’ll just become an itch You know the catch, there’ll be a scratch Payback’s a bitch You say that’ll never happen so you’re pouring out your heart It’s all close and confidential, you drop your guard Trying to get across your meaning it’s easy prey for a means to an end There’s only one heart in my chest baby, I got just one wish It’s a one time only offer, one chance, one choice, one little hitch There are two kinds of luck baby Payback’s a bitch	THEN AND THERE I wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget it But now my mind’s just a blank I had this feeling like I couldn’t get with it There’re some people I’d like to thank Started out with some good intentions and some money in the bank Now I’m just another victim of another girlish prank CHORUS: I know she doesn’t know I care she doesn’t care I’m sure there’s only one thing on her mind Can she kill me Does she dare And she’ll swear it’s out of love And you’re pretty sure it’s out of line But fair is foul ‘Cause all is fair And when she said it’s time When she said you’re mine I knew right then and there I was being oh so careful but I stepped right in it Now I can’t get it off my shoe I carry it around like some wide-eyed beginner Jumping every time my shadow says boo I’m counting up the times I came up a winner And there’s precious few I’m a hungry man but it’s TV dinner Can’t eat, cant’ fight, can’t sue (CHORUS)
DIRECTIONS You may think we're lost baby But this is the scenic route There are simple solutions at hand Call it an adventure 'Cause it'll all be moot When we get where we're going, Like I planned I know where we're going we'll get there fine I know what I'm doing, did you see that sign? No I'm not pullin' over There'll be none of that crap How do we know what they know Hand me the map. You see this town It's divided in sections Oh I know you know people You got connections But I'm drivin' the car I got the fuel injection I'll drive it straight to hell Before I ask directions Yes, I got a plan baby And it's kinda like a puzzle Gettin' there's half the fun We'll roll with the flow 'til I find you a muzzle Help me Jesus, Thy will be done I don't talk to strangers baby Go on take a nap I'm not being paranoid It could be a trap They could play me for the fool They could take me for a sap Let me say this once nice and plain So there's no need for correction If the one way out involves resurrection That's what we'll be takin' Before I ask directions We're not lost We're not lost Alright we're late But we're not lost	WE COME CLOSER Just an innocent bystander Strafed by a selfish heart Soft target in a hard rain of confusion We build on ruins And buried heartache Sift through the wreckage of love and illusion CHORUS: The deeper we dig and dig and dig The deeper we dig and dig and dig Layer after layer Prayer after prayer We come We come closer Cryptic lines of the day after Tarnished by the broken trust Shards and pieces, heart and bone Sinking deeper in the dust (CHORUS) Did the rains not come Was it the heat and drought Some distant warring faction Disease or crippling doubt Lovers of the world Disappeared in a cloud of mystery (CHORUS)	JUS SUIS AMERICAIN Ahh Paris in the spring time The art, the Seine, the fine French food But you might find yourself standing at the corner of attitude and the Rue du Rude, But you stroll on in to the Brasserie And you holler garcon and you're smiling at the Maitre'd Oh we're gonna parlez Francais, And you're counting on your fingers, let's see what can I say And sure enough they start to laugh 'Cause after all you're bound to make a gaff And they start looking down their noses As only a Parisian can CHORUS: Hey buddy jus suis Americain Jus suis Americain, man Jus suis Americain I mean, it ain't like they painted the Mona Lisa In the whole damn town not a decent slice of pizza But you tour the town and the wife'll shop And you stand in line for the Eiffel top And down by the river they're selling these lousy sketches And you're trying to haggle, the missus kvetches, And you walk until you're blistered and you both need a nap And you wake up staring at the luggage knowing it ain't gonna hold half this crap All right I'll give you there's damn fine women and some mighty fine wine But I've seen EuroDisney, pal You ought to see mine (CHORUS) T-shirts from Paris Give me six of those little Eiffel towers And a half dozen of those Arc du Triumphs No give the one that lights up, lights up You only live once (CHORUS) Somehow in the face of Frenchmen I go all warm and snuggly 'Cause I know what they say and I don't want to be thought of as ugly But let me be frank, no let me be money And you can take this to the bank, left or right honey (CHORUS) T-shirts from Paris
SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN When the clouds roll in And the weather’s moving down Some people say they Feel it in their bones Right between their shoulder blades In the middle of their back Some kind of medieval torture rack almanac What was pure biology Now is meteorology Since she left without apology I get this ache that’s all my own So I don’t know what it will be I give no reason for my poison When I say hit me, hit me hard Some kind of shooter A blaster or a slammer When I say hit me again Just hand me the hammer And put it on my tab Don’t cut me off if I blab Like I’m insane CHORUS: I need a little something for the pain Sinking soul in the pouring rain Just a little something for the blame I’m right behind these losers Lining up for one more game If all this heat and heart Can turn to dust and ashes Evaporate and barely leaves a stain Who’s to say How I spend my day I need a little something for the pain The sky explodes with light Nothing but bad breaks I’m half cursed I tried to make it right It went from heartache to heartburst (CHORUS)	TELL ME Tell me a rain is coming, tell me to buy a warmer coat Tell me the market’s tumbling, tell me to get out there and vote Tell me not to panic, tell me that my seat cushion can be used to float It’s early to be this cold But you could feel it coming for a while CHORUS: I didn’t know, but now I’ve been told Still I’m holding on, Hanging on every word I’ll believe anything you tell me Tell me this time you were wrong Tell me the moon is rising, tell me it happens every fall Tell me to keep my eyes on the horizon, tell me you’ll be there when I call Tell me you’ve got me covered, that you’re back ,that you weren’t really gone at all It’s early to be this cold But you could feel it coming for a while (CHORUS) I know this world’s gone crazy, and I appreciate your views But I don’t need another reason for these constant blues I could use a clue, maybe a tip or two Tell me something helpful, tell me something to get me through Tell me it’s not over Tell me you were kidding ,you were crazed , confused It’s early to be this cold But you could feel it coming for a while (CHORUS)	WHO'S YOUR ANGEL Who’s your angel on a day like this When the rain is your and yours alone And the train just left town Your voice echoes in the dark and the leaves rattle across the ground Who’s your angel on a day like this When the blues are your best friend And all your chances need a second ‘Cause in a minute the dance ends CHORUS: Come on in baby come on under I’ll keep you warm and dry Who’s your angel when it rumbles thunder and the clouds fill the sky Come on in baby, come on under I’ll keep you warm and dry Who’s your angel on a night like this When the moon is all but gone And the bend in the road foes blind Your empty bags are waited down And nothing’s as hard as getting back up and trying (CHORUS) When all your lonely hours are spent wondering what went wrong You just need shelter, ‘til you’re feeling strong (CHORUS)
OPPOSITES ATTRACT She was dressed to impress For a round of pressin' flesh Turning heads, stopping hearts Wearing something French Swearing something Spanish He was shooting pool, her eyes were shooting darts Straight from New York City Living down an uptown rep She came sliding through the swinging doors Trouble in every step He was trying hard to fight it Not to blow his cool But from the moment that she saw him She was taking him to school CHORUS: Readin' his mind like Writing on the wall It was simple mathematics Physics that he'd fall E=MC squared Square pegs don't fit round It was opposites attract Opposites attract and what goes up comes down Hanging out without the hangups He'd said no a thousand times He was beating the odds and abiding the laws His shoes were Italian His blues were St. Louis He was without guile, she seemed without flaws A Midwest boy in middle management out West Thought he knew the answers, seen a copy of the test He couldn't seem to fight it He must've lost his cool From the moment that she saw him she was taking him to school (CHORUS) Like pieces of a puzzle Off the elemental chart H to his O She was soul to his heart The air was getting thin His head was feeling light She was there to the rescue Saying, "Tonight's the night You're not going to get lucky This is natural law From this moment on I'm at your beck and call Don't try to fight it, don't be a fool Just sit back relax while I take you to school" (CHORUS)	STRONG STUFF They stopped at the prairie, when they could have walked right up to the sky Nothin’ but slow rollin’ nothin’ They never questioned, they never knew, they never asked why You could walk a hundred miles and the horizon would never change The world came wireless on the wind And the sky would go black in the blink of an eye Down to the cellar everybody in CHORUS: It took strong stuff, muscle and will Strong stuff for soul survival If it was strong stuff every now and then he’d take a pull It took strong stuff to see the glass half full To the top of the door the drifts piled high The constant howl to the bottom of the spine Hellfire had ‘em, coming up through the floor Outside snowblind and twenty below (CHORUS) Somewhere, anywhere, where these winds don’t blow We’ll sit down and talk about God’s plan You know a sky this big takes it’s toll on a man But life ain’t easy, anywhere you go If I taught you one thing, you’d better damn well know It takes (CHORUS)	THAT SONG AGAIN Her clothes weren’t too stylish She was looking just divorced The smile frozen on her face Looked a little bit forced She’d never been a wallflower She was queen of her prom But there she was looking awkward On a date with her mom It’s tough to jump back in the water When you’re feeling like you’ve drowned It’s tough to be a lady in waiting When you’ve always worn the crown It’s tough trying to be tough When you’ve never been that strong But it’s tougher when you’re asked to dance And it happens to be that song CHORUS: It’s that song again she’s heard it every night It’s that song again it used to make thing’s all all right It’s that song again now it only makes her cry It’s that song again if you ask her to dance she’ll answer why Reminds me of a song I used to sing Of a girl I use to know There was a time when it got so bad She wouldn’t listen to the radio, she gave away her radio For fear of hearing it one more time What it took was a lot of faith and a little time There were days when the going got tough She’d always say I’ve got to be going So you’ve got to hang tough girl ‘Cause there’ll be days when your hurt will be showing Like it isn’t tough enough, With all the things that can go wrong Just when you feel like dancing It happens to be that song (CHORUS) Why tell me why should I dance with you Tell me what am I going to do (CHORUS)
YOU ARE MY HEART Countless times I've said I love you Somehow the words just don't seem right I don't know why they came to mean so much 'cause though they say a lot, they never say enough I know you wont believe me, 'cause I've lied to you before But baby you're my reason, you're what I'm living for CHORUS: You are my heart The finish and the start of me I know sometimes it's hard to see Just what you are to me You are my soul Complete and whole of me I'm on my knees It's not much to offer, but this is me Sometimes sweet nothings mean just that Sometimes I keep the truth just beneath my hat I know you know it can't you feel it too It's all around us baby, check in your shoe I've told some whoppers, some big ones in my day So I know you won't believe it, but all I've got to say (is) (CHORUS) Now I've had my say, now I'll say my prayers The obligatory trip as I head on up the stairs I know sometimes I talk around in circles, baby From white to black,trite to pat, This and that, fiction, fact, Baby what I'm driving at (CHORUS)	THCK-HEADED AND THIN-SKINNED Life has a way of catching up with you You can bet, but you can’t bet when Living a life of little consequences Thinking that it’s never gonna end The simplest things get complicated The twitch of an eye so magnified Even when he’s trying to tell the truth Every line’s like a line he’s lied CHORUS: Trick minded in an ill wind Taking all comers, and taken in Trying to maintain, looking to blame He remains, Thick-headed and thin-skinned Traveling alone might do him some good Give a little help to soothe a swollen head We get what we deserve, or what we ask for He gets up checks the weather he goes back to bed (CHORUS) Nobody’s talking, it’s tight lipped and uptight Nobody’s walking, or willing to not be right All the love she’s given, and he ain’t giving in He remains myopic and horn-rimmed Just sinned, with a twisted grin Back to the matt, neatly pinned Trying to maintain, looking to blame He remains Thick-headed and thin-skinned	YOU THE ONE Up with the sun and everything is right It’s the same this morning as it was last night You the one, baby, you the one Don’t ant to get up don’t know about you Let’s just stay here and do what we do You the one, baby, you the one CHORUS: You the one I love You’re too too fine Three words come to mind Forever and ever and all time You the one Don’t look any more those days are through Since we locked eyes it’s been only you You the one, baby you the one We’ll make it up as we go and we can’t go wrong I’m letting everybody know right here in this song You the one baby you the one (CHORUS) There’s only one star in the sky and it’s burning hot I don’t mind being simple-minded, I’ve got just one thought All the other fish in the sea must of got caught I just want to take a little dip with the one I’ve got
MAGIC Let's have a volunteer, from right up front right here To assist my assistant, would you be so kind She put him in a box and said," You've done your part," That was the last he saw her, Sleight of hand, slight of heart I don't suffer fools gladly But this fool had suffered badly He'd lost his way, his wallet, and his mind She picked his pocket, escaped in the dark Nothin' up her sleeve, nothin' in her heart He was rollin' quarters 'cross his knuckles And mumblin' in his beer "This is the only trick I know, But I'm learning how to disappear. I knew she was fakin' But I'm an amateur And these were pros. I know when I've been taken, But hell I guess it's no skin off my nose, My belief in magic is unshaken It's illusion I oppose." (REPEAT)	LIFT ME UP He held me up, he held my hand He held the compass, he held the wheel He told me once, he told me a thousand times It was okay to feel He taught me baseball, he taught me pool How to play the ponies, and the golden rule And as my stride lengthened, and some crowd beckoned… I reckon it’s a fool Who’s not afraid to go, ‘cause let’s face it nobody knows And those angels aren’t talking, they’re just walking around Wings beneath their topcoats, mouths wired shut It feels like I’m falling, somebody’s calling, Lift me up show me the view Lift me up, sing me a song or two Lift me up, I want to wee the wide open spaces meet the big blue sky Lift me up child, this is goodbye He filled the room, he’d fool us now and then He’d fix it when it broke, he fought the fight time and again Lift me up show me the view Lift me up , and tell a joke or two I want to laugh ‘til I cry Lift me up child, this is goodbye	BLIND LOVIN' THE BLIND Crippled up, but dancing, losing track of time Right there by the roadside Huddled from the cold, counting all the passers by Cat had my tongue, it flew out of my mind She’d posted notes of warning I’m leaning back against the sign There’s no run in my legs There’s no rain since long already Standing by the highway What did I say CHORUS: I don’t want to be lonely But you want your space How can the only love of my life Be so blind these days Long distance operations Wires crossed and shorted out The fall will probably kill you Unless you finally fly The rest became a stop Never started up again Got to feeling why try But pulling up these bootstraps Getting off the mat is all that matters Standing by the highway What did I say (CHORUS) Looking back, when I thought things were looking up I see we’d fallen on hard times My crystal ball must have missed it all When I saw the future I saw hers and mine Here I stand hat in hand The blind lovin’ the blind (CHORUS)
THERE IT IS IN YOUR EYES There was a time When everybody’d tease me They’d laugh and they'd call me names That may sound bad But believe me it was easy Compared to this silly game CHORUS: I must have said this is over A million times And I like to keep my word It’s a thing of mine So even though I know what’s coming, All your sweet talk and your lies Still every time I try to walk away There it is in your eyes I say it’s all wrong And I’m right You’re nothing but trouble I’m nothing but a fool I say I can’t stand it ‘Cause it can’t be understood How I’m this heartache waiting to happen When I’ve done everything I could (CHORUS)	ALBERT Down on the platform ,past the turnstiles Turning while you’re spurning style The train moves what happens to the rules People start leaping on the whisper of hope The faith of fools CHORUS: And it all comes down to Albert Albeit confusing I think it’s all we’ve got The size of space and the shape of time It’s where you stand and how you see it See it’s easy and then again not The doors slam shut and the tracks spark The beginnings of a flame. the beginnings of the game Who’d be winning if it came to that Slap knuckles to palm, the keys in the lock You find you’re sliding down the street In the shadow of your hat (CHORUS) Go ahead and fly.,if you try and break it down you’ll cry ‘cause the closer you look, the less you can explain When love gets in somehow you step out in the rain (CHORUS)	WASTIN' MY RHYMES Doesn’t matter what dreams come true Doesn’t matter which one shatter It’s getting hard to make this puzzle fit Hard to get a laugh in all this chatter And it doesn’t make much difference despite what folks suspect Last time I checked, these words don’t have much effect But I’m grinding away crunching the letters Adding up the losses like all the other debtors In hock to their necks to one of those train wrecks We call love CHORUS: So we’re at it again Me the paper and the pen ‘Cause sometimes it’s just all you’ve got And it’s a pity, but it’s fitting, This song’s for her, it was my best shot If it goes on the radio if it ends up in the bottom drawer It’s all because of you pretty crimes Wasting my breath, wasting my rhymes Am I wasting my breath, wasting my rhymes Rack ‘em up, and back ‘em, up line ‘em in a row Little words a tumbling, stumbling as they go With any luck you’ll make up more And she’ll quote them back to you and ask "Are they really just for her?" Run her fingers through her hair and purr She’s oh so flattered, but unsure Just who she loves (CHORUS) If she new how many days ticked away If she was even barely awake She might hear I’ve got something to say She might not think it was all for her sake If she wasn’t so strung out on herself She might stop pretending I’m somebody else (CHORUS)
ALL THE NEVERS She was no rookie And I’ve been ‘round the block We both came with baggage We kept it tightly locked It was early in the whirlwind But she pulled out all the stops All the only you forevers You know the way love talks She said she’d never met a guy like me She never felt this way before Said she’d never love another Goes to show you never know CHORUS: ‘Cause all the nevers never happened And forever’s gone for good Somehow the end of time Came a little sooner than it should And all the only’s simply faded All the always all fall down If all the nevers never happen Hope I never see her around I don’t know when negotiations stalled But it was somewhere around "I never said that" Now I can’t remember it at all But I think it was the first time She said "I’m never coming back" Nursery rhymes and fairy tales They seem to take ahold All the once upon a times In the land of never we were told (CHORUS)	BABY I'M BACK Baby I’m back tell me what’s new Baby I’m back tell me what’s new I’m looking for a new life baby how about you Baby I’m back it must be forty below in hell Baby I’m back it must be forty below in hell I got the knife out of my back baby, now only time will tell I know you said you’d love me ‘til the day I died But I never figured you for the trigger somehow, I don’t know why I know you’ve heard those stories ‘bout me having burgers with the king This ain’t no tabloid trash baby this is the real thing Baby I’m back let me tell you where I’ve been Baby I’m back let me tell you where I’ve been I crossed the wide wide ocean just to see you again Baby I’m back tell me what’s new Baby I’m back tell me what’s new I’m looking for a new life baby, how about you	WATCH YOUR STEP Crawling down Victory Boulevard baking I lost my freon It just went pouring out on to the street Like every other liquid part of me All gone The only breeze was her lips were moving All the while Said she had the blues Didn’t want to reconcile And you think you know somebody You know what’s true You know black form white You know the right thing to do And you look her in the eye And she’s holding you heart In the palm of her hand CHORUS: Watch your step I wouldn’t want you to fall You’ve got to call for help Or how am I to know You know I would’ve bet But the more I learn the less I know Watch your step I wouldn’t want you to fall In the heat of the heart of Van Nuys She said she just now realized That she’d been faking I said ain’t imagination a wonderful thing I too can play that game ‘Cause I’ve been taken By little men in my backyard In the middle of the night They cut me open, pulled it out still beating It still gives me quite a fright And you look her in the eye And she’s holding your heart in the palm of her hand (CHORUS) Careful not to stumble Wouldn’t want to drop the ball So there’s another summer Here it is fall (CHORUS)
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK Like storm clouds gathering When the winds blow cold I know that silent treatment's coming And it's sure gettin' old Where's that volume Where's that radio If you're just gonna sit there baby I'll just rock and roll Don't want to hear myself think Don't want to hear my heart pound This quiet is gonna break my eardrums This silence like a wall of sound CHORUS: Save your breath Don't wanna know what I've been missin' If you don't want to talk I don't want to listen If you don't to talk I don't to listen I don't need the small talk i can feel it in my bones Let's skip the chit-chat It's a big one coming on Hit that volume Hit that radio If your just gonna sit there baby I'll just rock and roll I don't want to hear where you were I don't to hear my heart pound Don't need to know what you've been doin' 'Cause baby it ain't the silent treatment Everywhere in town (CHORUS) Baby I get the picture, it's worth a thousand words It's quiet, too quiet It's gettin' on my nerves Don't bother to move your lips, don't crack a smile I wouldn't want to break this silence I wouldn't want to strip you of your style (CHORUS)	HEAVEN KNOWS There’s a better place, they say, And everybody has to face the day When they meet their maker I’m gonna have a few things to say about love Like what were you thinking of? Maybe a few questions about women in general Why they’re so mysterious and we men are all confused CHORUS: Heaven knows So it goes man so it goes I ask everybody I know, they tell me Heaven knows If God’s such a big shot Such a know it all Let’s give him a big shot Of sodium pentethol and make him talk Ask him why she walked Ask him where she is Ask him if he cares Ask him what he’s heard He sure ain’t heard my prayers (CHORUS) There’s some things you never ask, There’s some things you never learn Everybody’s got a past, everybody gets their turn When I get mine I suppose What I’m gonna hear is (CHORUS)	HERE WE STAND The days were getting shorter, I hadn’t thought much about it Summer was just over like yesterday We lit up the sky on the fourth of July We were lazy, hazy, crazy through Labor day (B) And then with no reason, No right, Over and over on the TV the breeze carries the dust into the night You got to hold me close baby ‘cause I’m not thinking right I can’t speak what’s going through my brain tonight CHORUS: Take my hand Here’s my heart Here I stand Here’s my love It’s who I am Who we are From now on Here we stand For those who are gone Nice place to visit, nowhere to live Take a bite of the apple and you’re angry and loud That’s ‘cause that’s where the heart beats, where the blood runs thick Greatest city in the whole wide world, it makes you proud (B) (CHORUS) Everybody gets a God, Everybody gets a chance It’s not perfect, but what is It’s mixed up and messed up That’s freedom’s circumstance The question now is how do we forgive Our faith in man is our defense The pot gets richer the more it’s stirred Our hope’s in all our colors, all our children, all our difference I give my word (CHORUS)
FISHING FOR THE MOON Sometimes I’m gone before you know it Sometimes I’m gone too long When I come back you say I’ve blown it You may be right, you may be wrong CHORUS: But I used to say I love you And I used to call you mine And I used to call this home That was before the time I used to have to go out walking I used to use you to dance to my own tune Now by all the water underneath these blackened bridges I’m fishing for the moon Fishing for the moon Fishing for the moon Sometimes it’s just crazy To go searching for the source Up the river to the heart Up the river in the dark Mud-splattered, up and out Half flattered, still filled with doubt When I throw out this line: "Where were you when all this happened?" (CHORUS) All the schooling in the world Just to fool myself You say I’ve always known You say I’ve never left You could be right You could be right (CHORUS)	A BITE OF YOURS Another tombstone in the graveyard shift I sleep past noon People say my day is coming Man I hope it comes soon ‘Til then I’ll hold on Hold on tight To all that I love with all my might Cause every morning sure as the sun comes up Somebody’s going to be in your face saying You know what kid you ain’t that tough CHORUS: Maybe I’ll just have a bite of yours Maybe I’ll just have a bit e of yours Maybe I’ll just have a bite of yours Maybe I’ll just have a bite of yours Someday you meet that certain someone And it always starts the same Your both on best behavior saving up for the final game She’ll say I’ll just have a salad No thanks I’m fine Now you go on ahead don’t you pay me no mind As time rolls on, sure as the sky is blue She’s gonna be hungry some night she’s gonna want something and she’ll know just what to do (CHORUS) Soon as you lay claim, Soon as you own Scrape it together and you clean the bone You think that it’s yours and yours alone No matter what occurs Up steps somebody saying (CHORUS)
WILL YOU BE MINE Mark my words Write this down I’m gonna be saying I told you so All over town So put it where you can see it Slap it on the ‘fridge You say we’ve got a gap between us Go ahead on baby build a bridge I want to see it when it’s done CHORUS: Here comes the big one baby It’s big enough for two As questions go there might be bigger but this’ll do Can we make it Can we still stay blind Can we laugh when we feel like crying Can we let go over and over through time Will you be, would you be Will you be mine So that’s my query Straight as I can be The simple skinny A little slice of me You never thought I’d do it You never thought I’d ask Just not up to it Not equal to the task But that’s my story that’s my part It’s a little stroll down to the bottom of my heart I’m not sure I’ve ever been (CHORUS)	WHERE ARE YOU NOW Hardly a sound on Sunday, Saint Germaine So I write another letter and I listen to the rain I’m always cold, I forgot to pack my sweater I want to hold hands like all the young lovers I want to be like all the others Where are you now CHORUS: The bend in your back, the curve of your arm All the art in Paris seems to have it wrong Where are you now I’m waking up and you’re going to bed, one endless graveyard shift My neck is sore and my eyes are red, maybe I’ll go shopping and pick you up a gift Or scrawl another postcard back. Where’d we leave off? It’s getting hard to keep track Where are you now (CHORUS) Too many cafes in too many cafes, I walk and I just keep walking Montparnasse, across to the Champs Elysee It keeps raining It’s springtime in Paris I’m not complaining Where are you now
IT COULDN'T HURT Some say take a trip Some say stay inside You'll just want to be by yourself Some take to the bottle Some take to chance Some take off with somebody else Maybe a hobby Maybe a pet A trip to the pharmacy desk Maybe I'll call up my favorite deejay Make a special request CHORUS: Maybe I'll climb that mountain Maybe spend some time in church You know I've never put much faith in prayer But maybe it couldn't hurt It couldn't hurt It couldn't hurt Face to face, eye to eye Just let fly with the stone cold truth I can't believe myself I'm such a jerk In the name of love I thought it couldn't hurt It couldn't hurt It couldn't hurt They say everybody needs help They say you got to dig down in the dirt They say you've got to swallow selfish pride You know what I always say baby, it couldn't hurt It couldn't hurt It couldn't hurt (CHORUS)	WHY BABY WHY Seems like there’s gray skies hiding my blues It’s been raining since the day you said goodbye There ain’t a memory I can use All I do is wonder why baby why Look up ahead and all I see is road Too much coffee in the morning, red wine at night There’s clouds in my corner, this winter’s never over There’s a hurricane in my heart and the river’s running high All I do is wonder why baby why When did it leave, where did it go, how did it happen What did I say , who left who, I don’t mean to pry But baby why baby why
JUST ANOTHER PRISONER Save it pal, I don't want to hear it Just another sob story There's a long and hungry line Everybody's got to lose something now and then And frankly I just haven't got the time Try talk radio, rent a friend It's all the same to me Get a therapist, get a knife And cut that bloody thing right off your sleeve Take a powder, take a number Get a dog, get a life CHORUS: Backbone broken in a head-on crash With a reckless lover Now he's traipsing 'round in a trance The streets are full of walking wounded Just another prisoner Beggin' for another chance Don't start I got to be someplace Don't even give me the set-up And for God's sake don't ask why I don't to be rude But I'm out of here, I'm gone Aw come on man don't cry (CHORUS) They'll talk your ear off They'll cry their hearts out They'll tell you they were taken in And they ask you "Hey, what's up?" Then they let you put your fork down They smile then it begins (CHORUS)		All Lyrics © Gregg Lee Henry Published by Hank's Cat Music (ASCAP) Web Design: Daryl Anderson Hosting: www.orly.net