Lyrics

The Big Oil Spill

Road trips and rumble strips

Sweet Lorraine she's got ruby red lips

She drives about in her Plymouth lord

She recently crashed her flatbed Ford

Gil Scott-Heron and his brother the Baren

They flew down south with their coke eyes glaring

And they spoke the words: "Freedom lord"

But their tongues were tied up and bleeding, lord

And I find myself in a gold mine

Three feet beneath that county line

The oil it spilled and it blackened my face

And it tore out the heart of the whole human race

Young Dorothy Jean and her sewing machine

Breaking at the corners and breaking at the seams

Glitter and gold, well she ain't that old

She looks thirty-three but she's forty, I'm told

And I find myself in a gold mine

Three feet beneath that county line

The oil it spilled and it blackened my face

And it tore out the heart of the whole human race

I find myself in a gold mine

Three feet beneath that county line

The oil it spilled and it blackened my face

And it tore out the heart of the whole human race

Road trips and rumble strips

Sweet Lorraine, she's got ruby red lips

Jasper (unreleased)

All aboard the engineman will call 

From a long and winding hallway

Boys we’re going home

To the place that we know

And we know it all too well

Huddled ‘round the yellow headlights glow

The engine steaming lowly

I put you on the phone

To realize we’re alone

And we know it all too well

I left my heart on the old moonlit street

Rolling into Jasper

Well I know that you are the one for me

And I know it all too well

The big foghorn sound will carry far

Towards the automobile car

The tires and steel were mashed

We knew it happened fast

And we knew it all too well

The ambulance arrives upon the scene

To see our deadly scene there

Laying in the Jasper oil

Knew you had to fold

Knew it all too well

I left my heart on the old moonlit street

Rolling into Jasper 

Well I know that you are the one for me

And I know it all too well

It’s time to pay the fiddler on the roof

Though we have no proof

Of his existence

We know what it is he bids us

And we know it all too well

I left my heart on the old moonlit street

Rolling into Jasper 

Well I know that you are the one for me

And I know it all too well

And I know it all too well

Texarkana Nights (unreleased)

Such a lovely night

To be murdered beneath the Texarkana light

The phantom is close 

But the same time, he’s no where in sight

Betty Joe Booker is playing on her brass saxophone

A young girl her age

Shouldn’t walk the forest all alone 

41 Oldsmobile, highway 67

From Prescott, Arkansas

All the way to heaven

Hey hey hey

Today’s the day

Ships all go down while the song of the Navy will play

Hey, Officer Ward

How much more crime can you afford?

It seems to be the case

We all live and die by the sword

The telecast at five

The anchors are all speaking jive

The Washington Post Herald said nobody gettin’ out alive

41 Oldsmobile, highway 67

From Prescott, Arkansas

All the way to heaven

Hey hey hey 

Today’s the day

The ships all go down while the song of the Navy will play

Hey hey hey

Telecast at five

The anchors are speaking jive

Washington Post Herald said ain’t nobody gettin’ out alive

41 Oldsmobile, highway 67

From Prescott, Arkansas

All the way to heaven

Hey hey hey

Today’s the day

When the band leader leads while the song of the Navy will play

1933 (unreleased)

There set Miss Elaine

At the Royal Pine Hotel

She was breaking change

When the New York Stock Exchange fell

Now it’s a quarter to three

And it’s a hard time in Pittsburgh

She got no company for 

To speak one single word

Livin’ in a poverty

In a broke down shack in 1933

Trouble I want no more 

With my love upon the floor

La la la na na

La na na na na

Hail the King Carmine

At the Bashford Manor Mall

Takin’ photographs

When the New Years ball would fall

Now it’s a quarter to two

And it’s a hard time in Pittsburgh

Riding the big caloo, Lord

In a peaceful harmony

Livin’ in a poverty

In a broke down shack in 1933

Trouble I want no more 

With my love upon the floor

La la la na na

La na na na 

La la la la

La la na na na

“Put Your Hands On Me” (unreleased)

Meet me in a quarter when the ???

Will catch our eye

Looks like I’ve been pardoned

One too many times

So keep your face up when

I’m still innocent

It won’t be so unpleasing

You don’t know where I’ve been

But my heart, it ain’t no home

I’m heading to the great unknown

Livin’ in vagrancy

So baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me-e–e

Meet me by the exit

Where the neon signs aglow

You better come fast, boy

You better come alone

Keep your eyes in check

I’ll leave you a mess

If you’ll be uncandid

I’ll love ya til you’re dead

My heart it ain’t no home

I’m headed to the great unknown

Livin’ in vagrancy

So baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me-e–e

My heart it ain’t no home

I’m headed to the great unknown

Livin’ in vagrancy

So baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me

Baby put your hands on me-e–e

Thank you (unreleased)

Thank you, doctor, thank you

For all those vitamins

That help me be myself

Thank you, doctor, thank you

For all those pills you sent 

That help me be somebody else

I’ve seen the good

I’ve seen the bad 

I’ve seen the good and the bad 

I’ve seen the boys

I’ve seen the girls

I’ve seen the boys and the girls

Thank you, Jesus, thank you

For all those sermons you spoke

That helped me be a better man

Thank you, Jesus, thank you

For all those churches you built

That I just can’t stand

I’ve seen the good

I’ve seen the bad 

I’ve seen the good and the bad 

I’ve seen the boys

I’ve seen the girls

I’ve seen the boys and the girls

I’ve seen the good

I’ve seen the bad 

I’ve seen the good and the bad 

I’ve seen the boys

I’ve seen the girls

I’ve seen the boys and the girls

On the Road

I'm on the road, I'm on the road

I'm on the road and I'm sinking slowly

I bought a book, I bought a book

I bought a book, gonna read it slowly

I'm going down where nobody knows me

I'm going down where nobody knows me

I'm going down, ain't nobody gonna know me

I had a job, I had a job

I had a job had to leave behind me

I had to move, I had to move

I had to move to another city

I'm going down where nobody knows

I'm going down where nobody knows me

I'm going down, ain't nobody gonna know me

Hey there sugar mama you know what you want but I don't got it

I wish I could help you out but I cannot

Hey there boy in blue I think there's something wrong with you

I wish that I could help you out but I cannot

I'm going down where nobody knows

I'm going down where nobody knows

I'm going down, ain't nobody gonna know me I’m on the road, I'm on the road

I'm on the road and I'm sinking slowly

I bought a book, I bought a book

I bought a book, gonna read it slowly

I'm going down where nobody knows me

I'm going down where nobody knows me

I'm going down, ain't nobody gonna know me

I had a job, I had a job

I had a job had to leave behind me

I had to move, I had to move

I had to move to another city

I'm going down where nobody knows

I'm going down where nobody knows me

I'm going down, ain't nobody gonna know me

Hey there sugar mama you know what you want but I don't got it

I wish I could help you out but I cannot

Hey there boy in blue I think there's something wrong with you

I wish that I could help you out but I cannot

I'm going down where nobody knows

I'm going down where nobody knows

I'm going down, ain't nobody gonna know me

Come On, Illinois

Come on, Illinois

There's a fire in the city

We're makin' noise

You're burnin' bright and pretty

It's a long way just to make it to the borderline

Jawbone in a box

A political action committee

Take what you know

Throw it down the goddamn privy

It's a long way just to make it to the borderline

Vivian, you've been a bad girl

You took your mother's lantern

And you dropped it in the farmhouse

And you burnt down the city

Oh, you pretty young girl

Well, you never had a chance

Built a house on a drawbridge

You thought it would protect you

But the flames, they travel fast here

And they're comin' out to get ya

Oh, you pretty young girl

Well, you never had a chance

And it's a long way just to make it to the borderline

And it's a long way just to make it to the borderline

Penitentiary

I hid a batch in Frisco

I couldn't score a job

So I did the next best thing and I learned how to rob

I took that train to Houston

But I couldn't get away

From the five and dime about the time

The constable would say

Come on down

To the Penitentiary

Oh mommy the law came crashing down on me

Playing stud in the evening

In solitary night

Leon has the cigarettes and Capone has got the light

Now I'm shifting squares with a man from Arkansas

He took my rook oh lord and my kings about to fall

Come on down

To the Penitentiary

Oh mommy the law came crashing down on me

I'm calling from a pay phone

Down around Lawrence bend

I got me a pardon son

Gonna do it all again

Come on down

To the Penitentiary

Oh mommy the law came crashing down on me

Come on down

To the Penitentiary

Oh mommy the law came crashing down on me

Come on down

To the Penitentiary

Oh mommy the law came crashing down on me

Casino (Bad Things)

Dealers and the boot life

Got me hooked on freebasing

And I can't trust my government

So I looked into the other dimensions

And now, they got me doing bad things

Poker chips, chains and whips

They got me wearing red lipstick

And I can't trust no man of mine

To watch the door while I do my lines

Yeah, they got me doing bad things

I got my friends inside my pockets

Got my gin tucked in my purse

I keep my heart locked in gold

So I don't ever get hurt

And I gamble 'til the lights of the casino are gone

Holding hands and making plans

These types of things I can't understand

I put my trust in my cigarettes

And make some calls to do the rest

Yeah, they got me doing bad things

I got my friends inside my pockets

Got my gin tucked in my purse

I keep my heart locked in gold

So I don't ever get hurt

And I gamble 'til the lights of the casino are gone

You know how pretty

The lights of the city look on you

I got my friends inside my pockets

Got my gin tucked in my purse

I keep my heart locked in gold

So I don't ever get hurt

And I'll gamble 'til the lights of the casino are gone

Ludlow

Trouble would strike and the miners did the same

They balled up their fists and let their fingers point the blame

Some would work the docks down on by the River Thames

Where they spent all their money on various things

Where did all of the workmen go?

Sure ain't down in Ludlow, baby

Whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa

Mr. Trinidad he gave the union all the goods

The union used those goods up just like you knew they would

Start up your militia and you take just what you want

Boy you sneak in through the back door and you shoot them in the front

Where did all of the workmen go?

Sure ain't down in Ludlow, baby

Whoa, whoa whoa-ho whoa

Bring it down the mountain, Zarathustra

Keep your thoughts to yourself

The folks 'round here won't get used to

All those ideas on your shelf

Where did all of the workmen go?

Sure ain't down in Ludlow, baby

I said, where did all of the workmen go?

Sure ain't down in Ludlow, baby

Where did all of the workmen go?

Oh, they sure ain't down in Ludlow, baby

Where did all of the workmen go?

Sure ain't down in Ludlow, baby

Hey Rose

Hey there all you wild and pretty women where'd you go?

When the winds would blow hard and the dust would settle low

Storm is coming in so I guess you better get up and go

Back to the lonely deserts westward out of Hillsdale, Arizona

Where the girls will treat you friendly sure but only if you wanna

Steal a little ride from the riverboat captain tonight

Hey (hey, hey) there Rose

Did you think I'd come all this way in vain?

The weather's getting hotter but I start to see the light

And I think I might pull over just to stop here for the night

I see her coming up and I know she won't give me a fight

And so I start to make my move and splash my face up with some water

And she tries to put me off but then it only makes me hotter

Hey there Rose, can you spare some change for the night?

Hey (hey, hey) there Rose

Did you think I'd come all this way in vain?

And drive (drive) down to the center of a coal mine town

Wash your face and change your frame of mind

And hard (hard) times, you better stow away your nickels and your dimes

And throw a rope around a big old tree

I see her in the rear view as I start to drive away

While she wipes away the teardrops I thought I heard her say

"I think I'll be shooting you down if you won't be mine"

So I said darling don't you worry I'll be back your way again

When the sun comes 'round the mountains and the moon comes 'round the bend

Just give it a while and everything's gonna be alright

Hey (hey, hey) there Rose

Did you think I'd come all this way in vain?

And drive (drive) down to the center of a coal mine town

Wash your face and change your frame of mind

And hard (hard) times, you better stow away your nickels and your dimes

And throw a rope around a big old tree

Hey (hey, hey) there Rose

Did you think I'd come all this way in vain?

And drive (drive) down to the center of a coal mine town

Wash your face and change your frame of mind

And hard (hard) times, you better stow away your nickels and your dimes

And throw a rope around a big old tree

Krampus

I see the light shining on me

I'm coming home for the winter

I see the light shining on me

I'm coming home for the winter

I see the light shining on me

I'm coming home for the winter

I see the light shining on me

I'm coming home for the winter

I see the light shining on me

I'm coming home for the winter

I see the light shining on me

I'm coming home for the winter

I see the light shining on me

I'm coming home for dinner

Long As You're At Home

Got me and I got you

Come on hon and tell me the truth

What was I supposed to do?

What was I supposed to do?

Holding hands and killing stars

Talking jazz and walking far

Who am I supposed to be?

Who am I supposed to be?

Cause I don't mind if you tell me I'm wrong

And I don't mind if you're everything I'm not

And I'll be fine just as long as you're at home

Ah... as long as you're at home

Pick me up and put me down

Come on honey, don't fool around

Where was I supposed to be?

Where was I supposed to be?

From the words you said to me

Telling lies I can't believe

What did you expect from me?

What did you expect from me?

Cause I don't mind when you tell me I'm wrong

And I don't mind if you're everything I'm not

And I'll be fine just as long as you're at home

Ah... as long as you're at home

Houston Train

Got me a postcard and a 20 dollar bill

I told you I'd meet you in Memphis if you bring me those pills

And I got high and I got dry for far too long

And the gypsy train to Houston is gonna take me along

They called me the wild card

And they called me their fool

I told them I’d bring ‘em that money if they’d get me back to you

And I got cash and I got robbed for all I own

And the gypsy train to Houston is gonna take me back home

I got clean and I got a steady job

No longer was I running from the emblems of the law

And I got clean and I got mean to the bone

And the gypsy train to Houston won't leave me alone

And the gypsy train to Houston won't leave me alone

Comin' Round Again

Well I finally got some money

And a daughter by the name of Jane

But all that money that I got

I acquired from selling cocaine

You don't where I'm going

And you don't where I've been

But when you hear the angels singing

I'll be coming 'round again

Had a couple of drinks in Memphis

Had some whiskey and some malt

But when I tried to fight the waitress

She showed me the asphalt

You don't where I'm going

And you don't where I've been

But when you hear the angels singing

I'll be coming 'round again

And when I saw my reflection

In this dame's 45

Well I turned ran in the other direction

But she fired and I died

You don't where I'm going

And you don't where I've been

But when you hear the angels singing

I'll be coming 'round again

Halfway to Hardinsburg

You got some things to say

But you never like to speak

So you grab a pen and you head out for the table

You scotch taped a note down

Of words that you wrote down

Resembling an old English fable

And you were halfway to Hardinsburg

And you were halfway to hell

When you heard the sound of the organ's bitter swell

You're modeling the fashions while you're counting up your rations

Well, girl you've got plans of your own

You're cursing the masses while you're looking through your glasses

Well, girl you ain't never going back home

And you were halfway to Hardinsburg

And you were halfway to hell

When you heard the sound of the organ's bitter swell

Mr. Moses, your front porch light's on

I've come here for your daughter and I can see that she's gone

You said she took a ring of mine to pawn

If I hurried I could catch her out on Broadway to dawn

And you were halfway to Hardinsburg

And you were halfway to hell

When you heard the sound of the organ's bitter swell

Palmyra

Oh my Palmyra

Sweeter than sugarcane

She took a Kentucky shower

In the pouring Tennessee rain

Long live Cherokee bloodline

Keeps her skin olive and tan

Oh my Palmyra

Oh my God

Tastes just like medicine

She's got a room with a balcony

At the Holiday Inn

She'll have you on up for the weekend

Fix you a Robert Roy

Oh my Palmyra

Palmyra 

Oh my Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Oh my Palmyra

Spelled out and perfectly tattooed

Was my name on the back of her hand

Oh my Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Palmyra

Sedona

The red sandstone, it fell

Right smack on top of Sedona Arabella

When John Ford said wont you hop on in?

To the stage coach baby gonna take you for a spin, oh whoa

Whoa whoa 

Well hey little Hollywood

You're gone but you're not forgot

You got the cash but your credit's no good

You flipped the script and you shot the plot

And I remember I remember when your neon used to burn so bright and pink

A Saturday night kinda pink

Well the blacklist and its hosts

He came down so swift and you drove him to the coast

We're going California but we're all out of work

I guess that's better than a grave and a hearse, oh whoa

Whoa whoa 

Hey little Hollywood

You're gone but you're not forgot

You got the cash but your credit's no good

You flipped the script and you shot the plot

And I remember I remember when your neon used to burn so bright and pink

Saturday night kinda pink

Now the devil's in a rush

And this duct tape makes you hush

Well hey there Sedona let me cut you a deal

I'm a little hungover and I may have to steal your soul, whoa oh

Well hey little Hollywood

You're gone but you're not forgot

You got the cash but your credit's no good

You flipped the script and you shot the plot

And I remember I remember when your neon used to burn so bright and pink, 

so bright and pink

Saturday night kinda pink

Otis

Oh my Otis, won't you come back down?

I’m on my way but I need a little time

Shook my soul and you saved my life

I’m on my way but I need a little time

I need some love from a Georgia man

Bang it out in Dawson

I get ‘em and I lost ‘em

Part-time preacher in the travelin’ band

That sugar on his shoulder

Oh my Otis won't you come back down?

I’m on my way but I need a little time

Shook my soul and you saved my life

I’m on my way but I need a little time

Sing me up and break my heart

Those cigarettes and coffee

Look at the man he's got me

Big old ranch keeps us apart

And that train from California

Oh my Otis, won't you come back down?

I’m on my way but I need a little time

Shook my soul and you saved my life

I’m on my way but I need a little time

Sugar in the morning you gotta get on up

Listen to the sound and you gotta get unplugged

Oh my Otis, won't you come back down?

I’m on my way but I need a little time

Shook my soul and you saved my life

I’m on my way but I need a little time

Oh my Otis, won't you come back down?

15 Years

15 Years on the county line

Love to make a man nearly lose his mind

Down in Arlington, Virginia where the lawmakers stay

A ball and chain never felt so real

Walls of stone fifty bars of steel

When the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your way

And I wish you could have seen her when the good Lord spun me round

I shoulda known better than to think they could keep a good man down

So please don't you worry

Please don't you ever come see me

Leaving out of Texas for that east coastal life 

And now I was getting married on the night to my surprise

Well judge in a cornfield tried a man

He said let him hang and no I never said 

When the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your way

And I wish you could have seen it when the good Lord spun me round

I shoulda known better than to think they could keep a good man down

So please don't you worry, no

Please don't you ever come see me

15 Years on the county line

Love to make a man nearly lose his mind

Down in Arlington, Virginia where the lawmakers stay

Ball and chain never felt so real

Walls of stone fifty bars of steel

When the warden gives me pardon darlin' I'll be coming home your way

And I wish you could have seen her when the good Lord spun me round

I shoulda known better than to think they could keep a good man down

So please don't you worry

Please don't you ever come see me

For No One

Hey that's a trip

Why don't you wait a little bit

For the acid to kick in

Learn to love

That old come down 

It’ll spread you so thin

Go and take the millions

Take the derby hats

And stick 'em up your ass

I'll take the cheap seats

For my company don't come

Served inside a glass

Old man in the sea

Doing what you were born to

Shrapnel in my knee

I can't walk and I don't care to

I met a strange bird

Her legs they were skinny

Like a child

She roamed this land

Strong willed, free

And wild

All the notables and their

Spying wives Three hipsters

Two merchants, and Kon Tiki

They saw the black dawn

Off in the midnight sky's

Man, you shoulda seen 'em

They were so down in the

Dumps that evening

Old man in the sea

Doing what you were born to

Shrapnel in my knee

I can't walk and I don't care to

I'd do it all for you

But I do it for no one

I'd sing a song for you

But I sing for no one

Black Gold

Oliver Asley Lane

He was a quarter the way insane

But he ain't to blame

‘Cause with a trust fund like that

I'd be the same

His father was the engine

And his mother was the light

She had a pension

And valued money over time

I used to see his sister

Her name was Jenny Gasoline

I used to see her picture

On the cover of a dirty magazine

But she looked best when she was mine

Sugar, don't you worry

Don't you shed a tear

They've got enough black gold

For another year

We'll just have to wait and see

If they've got enough 

If they’ve got enough 

For you and me

There's been an accident

On 23rd and Preston 

Someone got arrested

And all them brokers

They be broken in the park

And all them liquids that they're

Chokin' on is dark

Darker than a Georgia night

With a heavy heart

Sugar, don't you worry

Don't you shed a tear

They've got enough black gold

For another year

We'll just have to wait and see

If they've got enough

If they’ve got enough 

For you and

Just bought some octane

Cut my dollar in half

You should try it out sometime, monkey

There’s nothing like going way too fast

Way too fast

Sugar, don't you worry

Don't you shed a tear

They've got enough black gold

For another year

We'll just have to wait and see

If they've got enough

If they’ve got enough 

They’ve got enough 

For you and me

Honey Slider

Why would you just stand there and watch me leave?

You always watch me leave

You swore you'd stick around and have a dance with me

You never dance with me

Won't you please be my little honey slider?

I'll leave you out to dry, I'll leave you out on the wire

Why would you get up and walk out on me?

You always walk on me

You swore you'd stick around and have a drink with me

You never drink on me

Won't you please be my little honey slider?

I'll leave you out to dry, I'll leave you out on the wire

‘Cause at the very least

I'm gonna find you

My sweet Therese

Won't you please be my little honey slider?

I'll leave you out to dry, I'll leave you out on the wire

My Cousin Greg

My cousin Greg

Well he’s a greedy son of a bitch

He's making his way

From Florida up to LA

He left the tropicana

Passed through Louisiana

He laughs hard and carries on

But he can barely stand ya

All his physicist buddies

They all wear the Snow White coats

And goggles to shield

The elements from their eyes

Greg's companion Andy

He lives his life

Vicariously through his mathematics

If you wanna live the good life

Well, you’d better stay away from the limelight

If you wanna live the good life

Well, you’d better stay away from the limelight

They call him rollin' James

He's got a heart that's made of brains

He fell in love once

And thought about it for a day

Hey Greg

Where'd you go last night

He says I don't know

But I woke up with a pocket full of loot

If you wanna live the good life

Well, you’d better stay away from the limelight

If you wanna live the good life

Well, you’d better stay away from the limelight

Hey Greg

Where'd one of your shoes go

He looked at me and said

That's not important

Please

Don't you point

Your photon ray gun at me

Ohhh 

If you wanna live the good life

Well, you’d better stay away from the limelight

If you wanna live the good life

Well, you’d better stay away from the limelight

Gasoline

Oh how you talk a big game

Remember when we waltzed in the rain

You know I am nobody's girl

I just wasn't made for no diamonds or pearls

Gasoline. It don't burn as fast as me, poor boy

Maybe I'll meet my maker on a bedroom floor

Oh with my bloodshot eyes

You'd rock me and you'd roll me through the night

Was only just then that I could see

Eyes alone and feeling so lonely

Gasoline. It don't burn as fast as me, poor boy

Maybe I'll meet my maker on a bedroom floor

Time come to tell you the truth

Tell you what you already knew

I'm a fool I'm a fool wrapped up in you

When the morning comes I'll be gone

Gasoline. It don't burn as fast as me, poor boy

Maybe I'll meet my maker on a bedroom floor

Oh lord 

Maybe I'll meet my maker on a bedroom floor

By God

By God won't you please just cut out the lights?

Suzanne won't you help me to draw the line

Between floozy women and having cigarettes and wine

Seems to be no room here for my laughter

But you never seemed to mind all those nights before

By God won't you please just cut out the lights?

But whatever you do

Won't you leave my candle burning?

Working for nickel down at the armory

Trying to support my dime lifestyle

The boss man telling me I better get it done

What a way to treat the boy who's your only son

By God won't you please just cut out the lights?

But whatever you do

Won't you leave my candle burning?

Count your money out on your own time

You stole somebody's heart my dear but it sure as hell wasn't mine

Pick your rags up off my bedroom floor

I done told you one time you're not welcome here no more

By God won't you please just cut out the lights?

But whatever you do

Won't you leave my candle burning?

By God won't you please just cut out the lights?

Say It

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you do

She like the way it move

Say it like you know it

Say it like you knew

She like the way it moves

I got eyes on you

You got eyes on me

I got eyes on you

You got eyes on me

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

'Til you believe

'Til you believe

You’re an ace in the hole

An ace in the hole

You ain't been happy for about a year

‘Cause your expectations are way up here

Shoot low. Shoot low

Oh, baby yeah

Oh, baby no

She like the way it goes

Oh, baby go

You gotta lock and load

She like the way it goes

I got eyes on you

You got eyes on me

I got eyes on you

You got eyes on me

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

'Til you believe

'Til you believe

You’re an ace in the hole

An ace in the hole

You ain't been happy for about a year

‘Cause your expectations are way up here

Shoot low. Shoot low

Get down Marie Anne

You got caught up here in the dead pan ho 

And it's back to Bowling Green

With your short blonde hair and your tight

Blue jeans

Well, I ain't the music man

That you thought I was in the marching band

You have eyes like a dame

I curse the lord for 'em but he ain't to blame

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

'Til you believe

'Til you believe

You’re an ace in the hole

An ace in the hole

You ain't been happy for about a year

‘Cause your expectations are way up here

Shoot low. Shoot low

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Say it like you mean it

Darlin'

Well, I ain't got

A kiss left to give you

‘Cause you weren't good to me

Well, I ain't got

No news left to feed you

‘Cause you weren't good to me

It's cold

It's dark

It's deep and it's wet

You ain't gonna make it

If you don't let someone in

Darlin'

Darlin'

Darlin'

Why don't you sleep at night?

The colder the heart

The warmer the gun

Shotgun Alynda

Bring me your eyes

For I wish to see like you

You're looking froze

And weathered, my dear

And your lips and your cheeks

Are turning blue

It's cold

It's dark

It's deep and it's wet

And you ain't gonna make it

If you don't let someone in

Darlin'

Darlin'

Darlin'

Why don't you sleep at night?

The colder the heart, oooh 

The warmer the gun

Darlin'

Darlin'

Darlin'

Why don't you sleep at night?

The colder the heart, yeah yeah yeah

The warmer the gun

American Bohemian (Gatlinburg Demo)

Hey!

Hey!

Hey soul sister, I see you on the streets

You just making the old men crazy

I don't know why I even came here tonight

I think my friends, they all think I'm crazy, uh

You're an American Bohemian

Cursed by them waters

They make you strange

Hey!

Uh, give it to me down low

The slow and natural is gone, oh-oh

I said, the slow and natural is gone

You're an American Bohemian

Cursed by them waters

They make you strange

Hey!

Shut your mouth! 

I'm a million years old

I'm a million years old

I'm a million years old

I'm a million years old but I hang with the in-crowd

They buy me stiff drinks to walk my brain around

And I'm hungry all over again, hungry all over again

These TV shows they got me all hungry, yeah

These vampire TV shows, they got me so goddamn hungry

You're an American Bohemian

Cursed by them waters

They make you strange, yeah

Waiting for the Night (S. Ranch Demo)

Well, little sister retro

I think you better put on your stilettos

I know these times, they can be so heavy

Gonna pick you up, you better be ready

Waiting, just waiting

Waiting, just waiting for the night to come

We've been in line forever

But we're in it together

With the sea of faces out here

Oh we've been drowning

Looking for something real

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting for the night to come

She got a sister

She got the, she got the HiFi

On the low dose

On the low dose

We ain’t gonna slip

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I’m just waiting 

Waiting, I'm just waiting for the night to come

I just wait for the night to come

I just wait for the night to come

I just wait for the night to come

I just wait for the night to come

Young Again (GH Demo)

When were young

We was under the covers

We were undercut 

When we was young

We were young at heart

We was moonlight harder

Now you’re just like all of the professional girls down on 7th Avenue

And you've got a chance

A mission and push it on through

When we was young

I could see it in your eyes

You see people they don’t care if you’re a liar

When we was young

I could see it in your eyes

You’re quick as a gleam in the fire

Now you’re just like all of the professional girls down on 7th Avenue

And you've got a chance

A mission and push it on through

I wanna be young again

I wanna be young 

I wanna be young again

I wanna be young again

I wanna be young 

When we were young

We shown on the wire

Go past security in the shower

When we was young 

I could see it in your face

Where you should keep runnin’ on 

Now you’re just like all of the professional girls down on 7th Avenue

And now you've got a chance

A mission and push it on through

I wanna be young again

I wanna be young again

I wanna be young again

I wanna be young again

I wanna be young

Modern Love (S. Ranch Demo)

This modern love, addictive as it's ever been

You try to live and then you turn around and come again

I wanna redefine, redefine

I wanna redefine

What she does

You think she doesn't but she does

You think she doesn't but she does

Feel your modern love

Scary night, addicted to the distant muse

We try to leave but we’re a product of the shoegaze blues

I wanna be online, be online

I wanna be online

When she does

You think she doesn't but she does

You think she wasn't but she was

One with your modern love

She does

She does

Feel the modern love

Oh yeah she does

She does 

Feel your modern love

Never Forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

You know I never forget

I am the (elephant?)

I am the (elephant?)

Golden Age

Molly doesn't miss you

She got the spread on the college issue

You're gonna try to shame her

You start to blame her

But she’s gonna be famous

You know you gotta be famous

In this golden age

It's a golden age

I'm livin' in a mansion

On the internet

'Cause it helps me forget

But you’re driving your Camaro

Across the Westwood

Village for a kiss, babe

Just a kiss between the legs

In this golden age

It's a golden age

It's a golden age

It's a golden age

‘Cause you're a satellite

It's a golden age

It's a golden age

And you're a satellite 

Silicone sound

Burning the hours of the night away

And a retro base

From the east side move ya in right away

You're a satellite

And I'm your website

Molly doesn't miss you

She got the spread on the college issue

You gonna try to shame her

You start to blame her

But she’s gonna be famous

Oh you gotta be famous, oh 

It's a golden age

A golden age 

It's a golden age

Golden age

This Party

Everybody looks the same

When the camera fades away

But it's okay to feel so strange

If you ain't gonna show your face

It doesn't have to be this way

I know why you perceive the wave

Emotional

I'm talking you up, I know I shouldn't

But I'm talking you up

I don't wanna be at this party

I just wanna make the night move

I don't wanna be at this party

Dancing alone without you

The monster movie sky

State of mind

In your nitrogen eyes

They burning Egyptian Blue

I'm talking you up, I know I shouldn't

But I'm talking you up

I don't wanna be at this party

I just wanna make the night move

I don't wanna be at this party

Dancing alone without you

I don't wanna be at this party

Feeling kind of strange and

Everybody's gonna be dancing

I don't wanna be at this party, without you

I don't wanna be at this party

I'm feeling kind of strange and

Everybody's gonna be dancing

I don't wanna dance without you, baby

I don't wanna be at this party

I just wanna make the night move

I don't wanna be at this party

Dancing alone without you

I don't wanna be at this party

I just wanna make the night move

I don't wanna be at this party

Dancing alone without you

Strange Love

Still rolling?

Gonna do this by punching 

I see the look on your face

Down on Kent Street

With the transient low tide

Taking you for the slow ride

I swear she took me to space

The backseat of her Cabrio La Mille

She's an alpha and omega

I don't sleep anymore

The doctor said it's California voodoo

Got that California voodoo

For your hot skin

Hot skin

Hot skin workin' on the

Hot skin workin' on the weekend

You’re workin’ on the weekend, ah 

Strange love

It's a strange love

Strange love

It's a strange love

Strange love

It's a strange love

Strange love

It's a strange love

Strange love

It's a strange love

Strange love

It's a strange love

Strange love

It's a strange love

Strange love

It's the strangest love

Strange love

Strange love

Strange love

A strange love

Waiting for the Night

Well it is just a ritual 

I think you better put on your stilettos

I know these times, they can be so heavy

Gonna perk you up, you better be ready

Waiting, I’m just waiting

Waiting, I’m just waiting for the night to come

We've been in line forever

But we're in it together

With a sea of faces out here

Oh we've been drowning

Looking for something real

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting for the night to come

You got the sex drive

She got the, she got the HiFi

On the low dose

On the low dose

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

Waiting, I'm just waiting

I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

I'm just waiting for the night to come

Waiting, I'm just waiting

I'm just waiting for the night to come

I’m just waiting for the night to come

I’m just waiting for the night to come

Coast to Coast

Coast to coast

We're on the low dose

And your mother's in the suburbs

Gettin’ high on a buzz 

Ain't nobody comin' back for you and me

‘Cause honey we ain't got no political personality

We started on the floor makin’ art and shit

We started out havin’ nothing

And now it's how we envisioned it 

Coast to coast

You was the one I love the most

Do you ever feel like a ghost?

When you're starin' into your phone

You was a real girl

In a digital comfort zone

Well ain't nobody comin' back for you and me

And these guys that think your body is an economy

Whoa whoa

But little do they know that I know that it's just for me

We're goin' down to the blue line

We're goin' down to the blue line

Coast to coast

You was the one I love the most

(Coast to coast)

(Coast to coast)

(Coast to coast)

(Coast to coast)

I’m raft in the sun

I'm a raft in the sun

I float 

I take a drink from the ocean

I'm hollow inside

And I like to have fun

I'm hollow inside

And I like to have fun

Ain't nobody comin' back for you and me

And honey we ain't got no political personality

We started on the floor makin’ art and shit

We started out with nothing

And now it's how we envisioned it 

Coast to coast

You was the one I love the most

Coast to coast

You was the one I love the most

Coast to coast

Black Jaguar

Look at the things

They're so pretty

Look at the ride 

I got the black jaguar

So faded, the night

But I'll see you on the other side

All the sweet distractions

Such a sweet distraction

Cold LA night

Just my feelin’ stuck in a moment

Feels like you're dreamin'

It's only real in the middle of the blackness

I got a feelin' that there’s beauty in this madness

I’ve come to tell it 

Baby, ain’t nothin’ stop

All the sweet distraction

I got a black Jaguar 

Such a sweet distraction

Don’t you know, know that 

I got a black Jaguar 

It's such a

It's such a sweet distraction

Don’t you know, know that 

I got the black Jaguar 

Young Again  

When we were young

We were young at heart

We would dance in the darkness

When we were young

We got caught in the rays 

There ain't no way we're keepin’ up that pace

Those Friday night Midwest lights 

They sure made you look foolish

And you ain’t yourself without the coolness

And now you're just a girl 

And professional girls don’t sit at their loom

You got a chance mission

Then I push on through 

I wanna be young again

Wanna be young again

Wanna be young again

Wanna be young

Wanna be young 

Modern Love   

This modern love

Addicted as it's ever been

But try to leave and then 

You turn around and come again

I wanna redefine, redefine

I wanna redefine

What she does

You think she doesn't but she does

You think she doesn't but she does

Feel your modern love

The moonlight

Changing up your point of view

You try to leave but you're a product of the shoegaze blues

I wanna be online, be online

I wanna be online

When she does

You think she doesn't but she does

You thought she wasn't but she was

One with the modern love

Oh yes she was

Hope she does

You think she doesn't but she does

You think she doesn't but she does

Feel your, feel your, feel your modern love

Oh yes, she does 

You think she doesn't but she does

You think she doesn't but she does

Feel your modern love

World Leader

Close my eyes in your apartment

Paint a picture in the dust

I can smell all the pheromones here

They’re makin’ me restless 

But I call you out

Call you out

‘Cause you ain't gonna stick around

And you ain't gonna stick around

I'm a world leader

I'm a world leader

Come back

Come back over here

I'm a world leader

I didn't think it would get to this point

I thought you’d stick around

Only come to realize it's too late to apologize

Your mask, your makeup, was it your cryin’ eyes?

I'm a world leader

I'm a world leader

Come back

Come back over here

I'm a world leader

Help me out

Help me out

Help me out

Help me out

I'm a world leader

I'm a world leader

Come back

Come back over here

I'm a world leader

Come back

Come back

World leader 

Come back

Come back

World leader 

Come back

Come back

World leader 

Come back

Come back

World leader 

I'm a world leader

Come back

Come back over here

Come back

Come back over here

Come back

Come back over here

I'm a world leader

Come back

Come back over here

Talk of the Town

Talk

You're the talk of the town

No one knew you last week

Now you're all anyone's talkin’ about

Talk

You talk too loud

And now you're walkin’ down high street

Actin’ like someone sold you out

So best believe you me

Your new publicity

I was there until three in the morning

By four you'd up and ran

Off to see the man

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round, 'round

You're the talk of the town

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round, 'round

You're the talk of the town

Talk till you're all talked out

Well, I can't understand a single word

That's comin’ out of your mouth

Talk

But don't talk to me

You better find a new city

Find a new slot

Get married to a man

With a government job

Well, you won't see me

No, you won't see me

I was there till three in the morning

By four you'd up and ran off to see the man

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round, 'round

You're the talk of the town

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round, 'round

You're the talk of the town

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round, 'round

You're the talk of the town

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round

Hangin' 'round, 'round

You're the talk of the town

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never, never, never, never

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never, never, never, never

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never, never, never, never

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never 'round

Lately you're never, never, never, never

Shane's Song

Could you believe it?

I gave you up for them 

You don't know you're losing

Until you've lost a friend

You don't know you're lost

Until you're found

And in a different song

In a different light

You'd still be alright

And in a perfect world

In a perfect life

You'd still be mine

Until then I'm stuck

Lost in passing time

I drink to forget her

But she's stuck inside my dreams

I smoke to remember, oh

That life ain't as it seems

You don't know you're blind

Until you've seen

And in a different song

In a different light

You'd still be alright

And in a perfect world

In a perfect life

You'd still be mine

Until then I'm stuck

Lost in passing time

Some Paradise

Don't that sky look angry

And don't that sea look mean

I've been living on angles

Like you wouldn't believe

Strong hands, Julianne

Don't let the diesel reach the sea

Because it's only you and me

I lost sight of the land tonight

And I don't even know the tide

Some paradise when the fog light leads your eyes

Silver manta rays

Only bird in the ocean

It really softens your gaze

When the current was flowing

Safety lines, friends of mine

Nets to catch my mind

Before I lose it

Well it's only adding to it

I lost sight of the land tonight

And I don't even know the tide

Some paradise when the fog light leads your eyes

All aboard, Captain George

Looks like this time we really done it

And you know I ain't above it

I lost sight of the land tonight

And I don't even know the tide

Some paradise when the fog lights lead your eyes

Southside (unreleased)

Watch her sit pretty then walk out your wonderful lie

She knows I'm a fool now and blankets me with all her lies

People watch closely with eyes full of awe

Boys are on fire and high in the bathroom stall

I live on the third floor of the Southside Inn

It takes one to know one, here’s to looking at you kid

And there's hope in the bottle that youl, 

that you'll come tomorrow too

Charles from the school house releases the children at five

But the hole in his arm now is all he needs to feel alive

The town is a glow with both lights red and blue

You’re passed out in the toolshed now everyone is looking for you

I live on the third floor of the Southside Inn

It takes one to know one, here’s to looking at you kid

And there's hope in the bottle that you, 

that you'll come tomorrow too

She always said to me I had a worrying mind

I have to explain to her, I told her ahead of the time

But when the thought became clearer that I should've gone

The smell of her perfume was all that she left on

I live on the third floor of the Southside Inn

It takes one to know one, here’s to looking at you kid

And there's hope in the bottle that you, 

you'll come tomorrow too

And I'm drunk like your father

And I'll, I'll beat your sister too

Sun In The Valley (unreleased)

Well I got caught in a nightmare

Can't remember what it was

I had a vision of myself there

and it all began to rust

The sun's coming up in the valley

I was told it wasn't gonna be that way

Turn your caps for the rally

I was starting to think that things were gonna be the same

 

The wheels touched down on the airstrip

the tower lights dancin’ around

And notice how that love got on a coin flip

what goes up must come down

 

The sun's coming up in the valley

I was told it wasn't gonna be that way

Turn your caps for the rally

I was starting to think that things were gonna be the same

 

We got going the next day

I could feel it in my blood

I asked her what you think

And she said about what, babe

 

The sun's coming up in the valley

I was told it wasn't gonna be that way

Turn your caps for the rally

I was starting to think that things were gonna be the same

Game Show (unreleased)

You dear momma bound up by a chain

Wrapped up all-around your tiny waist

The other ends tied up to a telephone pole

Got nobody left to call, stuck at the old game show

 

A local goddess never tells the truth

Striking fast the movements stay loose

Reminisce were the glory days of a time long ago

She spins the wheel in stiletto heels on the old game show

 

There's a man who claims he's a Gemini

He's six foot six he's bigger than you and I

He ain't the sharpest tool in the shed but he does the hammer throw

He won the world and he won the girl on the old game show

 

Mommas in the kitchen cookin' up a batch of sexy lays

I know that she love me but she hate my charmin’ ways

But she never went to college, so she's gotta have a lot to say

 

So please flip the switch before you leave

Nothing here is left to my mystery

Tried to forget what happened here and all the things you know

The lights go down and the curtains close on the old game show

Locomotive Midnight (unreleased)

Look at all the rich kids, with their silver coin and all

We'll pull ‘em from their pocket and put ‘em in your bra

Ya speed into the city, in your rusty old New Yorker

Did you know I like to gamble, did you know I was a lover

 

And I love you good, and I love you right

And I love you on this here locomotive midnight

 

Your apartments in the valley, with the druggys and the freaks

They're gettin’ high on morphines, staying high for weeks

You've always been a dreamer, but you never get to sleep

Hustlin' the train stops, selling yourself for cheap

 

And I love you good, and I love you right

And I love you on this here locomotive midnight

And I love you fast, and I love you more

And I love you on this here dining room floor

Jackie (unreleased)

Said goodbye from the megabus 

New York’s wasn’t too good to us

Still see your face in the cold air

Snowflakes parachute to your hair

Got rid of your number, phone too

Figure if I had ‘em, I’d call ya

Talk to you, talk to you there too

And if I don’t and I’d still wish you was mine

Jackie baby, would you call me?

Oh Jackie baby, would you call me on the warm line?

Got a little place now down in San Fernando

18 acres and I’m all alone

All my friends think I’m crazy

Maybe I am, maybe I am

Talk to you, talk to you there

And if I don’t, I’d still wish you was mine

Jackie baby, would you call me?

Jackie baby, would you call me?

Oh oh oh, Jackie baby, would you call me on the warm line?

Good For You

Chartreuse and chandeliers

Fancy that, seeing you out here

Let's get to going soon

Cause the distant sound

Is upstairs, loud and booming

Yeah, we better get moving

Heartbreak hotel

White lies and fare thee wells

I know my blinds are down

And it's getting dark now

But somehow we're all smiling

Beats the hell out of crying

Goodbye old Kentucky

Don't fly where you can't be found

Here's to all that money

You can't take to the underground

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

Race on the stereo

Had a drink and episode

They're in the starting gate

Here they come

100 to 1 in the fast lane

Everybody knows that he breaks late

Goodbye old Kentucky

Don't fly where you can't be found

Here's to all that money

You can't take to the underground

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

Southbound Seattle Slew

It don't matter what you do

You want a whole lot

And that's okay, too

But if you want nothing at all

Well then good for you, hallelujah

More power to ya

Goodbye old Kentucky

Don't fly where you can't be found

Here's to all that money

You can't take to the underground

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

What a night, what a night

What a night, what a night, babe

Miracle Mile

Sweet Dionysus

She never really liked us

Hangs on and stays too long

And then supplies us all with vices

Sweet Pasadena

Sure would like to see ya

After a drink or two

Her engine's humming sweeter

I drove a miracle mile

I drove a miracle mile

It's cold in San Fernando

But only for a little while

Hey ma, don't ya be sad

I never knew nothing

But I got more than I owe

Mister Arkansas

He's gonna kill us all

A gold chain, an open flame

And a can of aerosol

I'm going down the river

Sweet Mary Queen

All eyes are fixed upon

Her Dixieland machine

I drove a miracle mile

I drove a miracle mile

It's cold in San Fernando

But only for a little while

Hey ma, don't ya be sad

I never knew nothing

But I got more than I owe

Hey ma, oh don't ya be mad

I'm coming up light in my right hand

But I got more than I owe

Make It To Midnight

High beams bend at night

The evergreens out of sight

The parking lot stars, chrome as they are

They fade to black and white

Be careful out in the shadows

'Cause the phantom moves in the night

And now we got it right

'Cause you and me, babe

We're under red, red skies

We got to make it to midnight

Some get high, some grow tired

And some go "Ooh lie lie"

You left your old family ties

Kept your mother's menthol eyes

The summer dove was underloved

And she's naked by design

Graffiti on the overpass

Mowing down the power lines

And now we got it right

'Cause you and me, babe

We're under red, red skies

We got to make it to midnight

Some get high, some grow tired

And some go "Ooh lie lie"

Now we got it right

'Cause you and me, babe

We're under red, red skies

We got to make it to midnight

Out there under a full moon light

And I'm a werewolf 'til dawn

Something about all the drugs I'm on

You gotta make it to midnight

Some get high, some grow tired

And some go "Ooh lie lie"

McKenzie

McKenzie

I only see you when it's dark out

And these streets grow faces

With lights from bodegas

I used to kiss you on the harbor

Where all the ships roam in

There must be something in the water

That leads to romancing

Here comes the car key throw

Ice on the window

I was aiming to drive you home

Slept on the sofa the night

The Hudson froze

McKenzie

I met you when you was a waitress

I can't remember what I said

But I was long-winded

I like how you can make a dollar

Stretch a real long way

I knew you when you got started

At a minimum wage

Here comes the car key throw

Ice on the window

I was aiming to drive you home

Slept on the sofa the night

The Hudson froze

Everybody's coming over

To smoke and go nowhere

Once a steady conversation

Just a bunch of hot air

I don't think you listen

I don't think you listen at all

I don't think you listen

I liked you ever since I saw ya

Here comes the car key throw

Ice on the window

I was aiming to drive you home

Slept on the sofa the night

The Hudson froze

Cool Jam

Don't you wish you was a beauty queen

Bad breaks arriving in a limousine

Just take the back seat, Jack

It'll be alright

That's where the others and the lovers hide

This lonely star

It don't flame like it used to, honey

This love of ours

It don't burn like it used to

Used to see her down at the Alamo

Selling loosies at the Kum & Go

Cinderella's in a bind again

Come tomorrow she'll be just fine again

This lonely star

It don't flame like it used to, honey

This love of ours

It don't burn like it used to

Mother Nature's an American

Took the kids and split in a minivan

Let's meet at Billy Joe's at 7:45

Ain't no heaven when you're having a good time

This lonely star

It don't flame like it used to, honey

This love of ours

It don't burn like it used to

This lonely star

It don't flame like it used to, honey

This love of ours

It don't burn like it used to

Jackson

There's no sense in knowing

When the bullets will bite ya

I must have had some good fortune

And drank with a messiah

But cheers to the atmosphere

From which I fell

It's big, wide, and vast here

Strange as all hell

A city and its towers

Climb up and grow outward, babe

All while we wait for the midnight hour

That's when the stardust

Struck before the lights went out

One more night in Jackson

And one more kiss right now

They say the soul is a-searching

For one just like itself

But when the whole wide world burns out

There won't be anyone else

So take it off in the sunshine

And put it on when it's storming

Take it off in the nighttime

And put it back on in the morning

A city and its towers

Climb up and grow outward, babe

All while we wait for the midnight hour

That's when the stardust

Struck before the lights went out

One more night in Jackson

And one more kiss right now

Whoever's in charge here

Is just so damn rich

Eccentric and foolish

But just so damn rich

They carry fancy belongings

And have a look on their face

Like everything is disposable

And easily replaced

A city and its towers

Climb up and grow outward, babe

All while we wait for the midnight hour

That's when the stardust

Struck before the lights went out

One more night in Jackson

And one more kiss right now

One more night in Jackson

And one more kiss right now

One more night in Jackson, babe

And one more kiss right now

Goodbye

I guess she left and took the high road

Never did get too far

Left me lonesome in the moonlight

And shining in the rearview like a star

She claimed to fly UFOs at night

Call you up the next day

Talking at the speed of light

Oh, goodbye

Goodbye, love

All that's left inside my mind

She put a bounce into the two-step

A swing into a slow dance all the same

Turned her thoughts into objects

Turned the rest of us insane

She seemed to like

Half red and white

Pharmaceutical doses

Instead of roses

Goodbye

Goodbye, love

All that's left inside my mind

Doesn't matter much to me

I do just fine when I'm all alone

Whatever will be they say will be

So you better get used to the great unknown

She claimed to fly UFOs at night

Call you up the next day

Talking at the speed of light

Oh, goodbye

Goodbye, love

All that's left inside my mind

Goodbye, oh

Goodbye, love

See you on the other side

Ride Or Die

Passed the mansions

They're throwing plastic

Wasted hairbands

Unsnapped elastic

Whoa, baby

Ride or die

We're going nowhere

Hear the airwaves

They're pushing through the static

Hitting speedways

And fighting through the traffic

Oh, baby

Ride or die

We're going nowhere

And how many nights

Must we have to spend here

Without you hanging around

I'm holding on but I'm upside down

For the night

Lord knows we ain't alright

Without you hanging around

All the vampires

Dug deep in the craters

Taking kickbacks

And doing dirty favors

Oh, baby

Ride or die

We're going nowhere

How many nights

Must we have to spend here

Without you hanging around

I'm holding on but I'm upside down

For the night

Lord knows we ain't alright

Without you hanging around

I'm holding on but I'm upside down

For the night

Lord knows we ain't alright

Without you hanging around

Ohio

Mommy's working late

And Daddy's out of state

I make black bike tire marks on the concrete

There ain't no time on Baker Street

Ohio

Same old lies

Still remind you

Of a place you used to know

In Ohio

A diamond in the sun

I watch her shining from my bedroom

I can almost hear her say

"The times were good

'Til the time they went away"

Ohio

The same old signs

Flash and shine and

Then pale in an afterglow

In Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Press my luck

My feet got stuck

And I danced in an undertow

In Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Don't kill my Ohio

Las Vegas

You're back in town for the heat

It feels just like you're seventeen

Maybe you could get a lift

From the uptown boys

You used to run with

You wore makeup for three days straight

Half a Xanax for the holidays

By the look on your face

You're rolling eights the hard way

We came here to win

We didn't come for the entertainment

Whoa

I believe

I believe in Las Vegas

The city of plastic

So real it's dangerous

Back out here on the street

The hotlines are all out of reach

I beg your pardon I was leaving

On account of my Lady Luck's gone away

Are you up?

Why you grinning?

Now I'm listening to the stories that you're spinning

About how you got burned when the tables turned cold

We came here to win

We didn't come for the entertainment

I believe

I believe in Las Vegas

The city of plastic

So real it's dangerous

Summer ends and you're sticking around

And just like Elvis you came crashing down

By the look on your face

You was a little bit loaded

We came here to win

We didn't come for the entertainment

Whoa

I believe

I believe in Las Vegas

The city of plastic

So real it's dangerous

I believe

I believe in Las Vegas

The city of plastic

So real it's dangerous

So real it could save us

Unknown name - Heavy Eyes? (unreleased)

Suitcase I sleep to touch down

Ta ta bye bye

I sit empty eyes

TV lights up your skin blue legs

King of the jungle

Grew up on the on the way on the way

Welcome to the heat

Burns out here fahrenheit

She’s more than welcome to it

I’m burning out 

And I’ll see you later

I’m burning out

See you later

Nightlife (unreleased)

Wouldn’t you know it

Someone left the stars on

Hell, it looks just like you said it would

Out on the skyline

You saw coke bottle blue lightning

Ain’t it funny how she flickers out

Flickers in again

I’m working on Friday

Big ????

Stick around for the weekend

Honey, can you dig it?

Call this the nightlife

Still romantic

Still out there crying

Hell, I think your car is still out in the parking lot

Sure is a long way

Mile they fly by 

Way back baby

Hey!

I’m working on Friday

Big ????

Stick around for the weekend

Honey, can you dig it?

You call this the nightlife

Blue Bird (unreleased)

All I see

Is Tennessee

??? anyway hasta luego

In the backseat of a Chrysler

Longing my blue bird

I held you just a little too long

Now my heart is breaking

When I remember your song

When my town

Isn’t your town

Anymore

Far too high

To go to the store

How long must I wait it out until I get my feet back

Darlin’, my blue bird

Held you just a little too long

Now my heart is aching

When I remember your song

All I see 

Is Tennessee

My darlin’

Bye bye blue bird 

Held you just a little too long

Now my heart is breaking 

When I remember your song

My town isn’t your town anymore

Tiger Blood (unreleased)

Come on let it out now

Turn a thought into a whisper

Pushing comes to shoving

Spit turns to vapor

I’ve been wondering where my mind went

I think it’s down between the Earth and the pavement

And before you get to stealing

Remember heartbreaks, honey, they don’t cost a thing

Friday nights come

What we're made of 

Veins of ice and tiger blood

Come on let it out now

I hope you will remember 

That you’re childlike and careless

Blowing dandelion heads off

I’ve been wondering where my mind went

I think it’s down between the Earth and the pavement

And before you get to stealing

Remember heart breaks, honey, they don’t cost a thing

Friday nights come

What we're made of 

Veins of ice and tiger blood

Take me back to Lex! 

???

I’ll be there in a second! 

???

I said take me back to Lex! 

???

I’ll be there in a second! 

???

Come on let it out now!

Turn a thought into a whisper

??? ??? ???

And I hope you will remember

I’ve been wondering where my mind went

I think it’s down between the Earth and the pavement

And before you get to stealin’

Remember heart breaks, honey, they don’t cost a thing

Friday night’s come

What we're made of

Veins of ice and tiger blood

Veins of ice and tiger blood

Roadhouse (unreleased)

Off to the city, to get my 350

And buy some things that I can’t afford

Here comes the rollout

I hope we get paid out
So I don’t have to work anymore

And I can do whatever I want

One day you’ll show up and I won’t be there

I’ll be at the roadhouse

Slept in the forest

Got lines on my shoulders 

Reach for the weeds at the bottom

The girls in the alleycat

We’d all throw at our eyes

Write poems on the bathroom stall

I won’t understand them at all

One day you show up and I won’t be there

I’ll be at the roadhouse

Bible Belt Intro (unreleased)

Ohhh, you caught me at a bad time, baby

Ohhh, you caught me at a bad time, baby

Caught me when I'm wrong, judge me when I'm ???

Ohhh, you caught me at a bad time, baby

Hard Being Lovers aka Know It Hurts (unreleased)

Prophecies and small town talk

Toes touches the room gets dark

The sun was shining but it burned my face

Clouds shift, damn perfume fate

The good, the clean, spiteful things

We both did and didn’t mean

Half-hearted sorrys 

What could we do?

What could be done?

What was said was said
Was it so wrong?

Sometimes, it’s hard being lovers

I know it hurts, I know it hurts baby

Pour a drink and drink it in

Cracked and now I cut my lips

The blood, the coffee, the sugar rush

You know it’s never going to be enough

Sometimes, it’s hard being lovers

I know it hurts, I know it hurts

It’s hard to say where all the good things went

The poison spreads and the honey drips

There was a moment, there was a line

There was a knife we twisted

And say good night

Sometimes, it’s hard being lovers

I know it hurts, I know it hurts baby

I know it hurts, I know it hurts babe