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Party of Four! EP
Boy Of Mine (Part I)
Saw that boy of mine down at the snowball stand
sack of sorrows on his back pack of Camels in his hand
He said "Tonight we're gonna party at Grandmom's house"
I said "That place is long gone and all your friends have left town;
Didn't you know you were the only one hangin' around
Saw that boy of mine down at the flea market
looking for a pair of crutches for an art project
I said "Boy, someday you may want that hope you're mockin' now"
He said "Dad who are you to be preachin' to me anyhow?
I've heard your songs and I know what they're about
Saw that boy of mine down at the county jail
He said "Old man were you the one that paid my bail?
I said "You're jokin' boy! You know that I'm broke as sin
and if you don't want to go a' gettin' locked up again
boy go and find your own life to live!"
E or X
A white cat waved from the counter
I gave your mom thirty dollars
The city is where she said we should spend the week
'cause anything that happens happens too slow here
Well we got lost and ended up passin'
the blue house that I grew up in
I'm not really sure if you had a face before
but out front of that old house I know you had a head
You took me to your friend's house
You went upstairs and left me on his couch
where I'm not sure I stayed for a decade or a day
you lose track of time allot when you live in the past
I asked your friend what you were doing
He said "e or x or something"
Had you never touched me I could'a left ya in those sheets
Now how am I gonna tell your mom you're never coming home
Boy Of Mine (Part II)
Saw that boy of mine waitin' down at the pier
He said "Dad any minute now the future will be here"
I said "Boy it really hurts meto watch you livin' this way
I mean I know that I have gotta let you make mistakes
but there are better ways to throw your life away"
Saw that boy of mine down at the wishin' well
He said "What happened to you old man you look like hell"
I said "Son, this is what happiness will do to you;
don't go a' followin' your heart or you'll die a rich man too
and I want a better life for you"
I Don't Even Own A Reverb Pedal!
I'm so happy to be here with all 'yall
in this little hole in the wall
Everybody raise the roof with a hundred-fifty proof yee-haaw!
and I'm a put it all out there on this one
for all a'yall' old time children
oh it's a gettin' late
and now friends I'm afraid
I done gone and overstayed my welcome
and I don't know how much longer
I can go on pretending that I still belong here
I'm a'gonna leave a ransom note
after I done stold this show
'though my only demand is to see 'yall again sometime
I don't know how much longer
I can go on pretending that I still belong here
and you know these gigs are never payin'
so it's back to work tomorrow morning
the trouble friends is I'm makin' a livin'
but I don't feel like I'm livin' at all
and I don't know how much longer
I can go on pretending that I still belong here
I'm so happy to be here with all 'yall
in this little hole in the wall
Everybody raise the roof with a hundred-fifty proof yee-haaw!
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"There's no garden at the Wayside Inn!" Lyrics
Where Dreams Go (When They Don’t Come True)
We made up a game when we were very young
I said "Let's play for keeps", you said "Let's just play for fun"
and we danced with each other's shadows until the sun went down
then you went away to school and I moved to Chinatown
I always knew I'd end up here with you
where dreams go when they don't come true
Now here you are in Java Mama's stealin' glances at me
If you don't know what you're lookin' for you're in good company
Sometimes I don't mind singin’ to the walls
I could confess to murder here and you'd all still applaud
I always knew I'd end up here with you
where dreams go when they don't come true
I'll teach you the violin if you'll teach me the kazoo
I couldn't change for my savior but I'm sure I could change for you
You're tryin' to buy a salesman's lies with small talk and praises
I'm starvin' for attention in front of all these hungry faces
I'll play along if you want to pretend we never met
and if your pity is all you'll give me now I guess I'll take what I can get
I always knew I'd end up here with you
where dreams go when they don't come true
I'll take you to that graveyard if you'll take me to your room
I may deceive the dead but I'd never pull one over on you
I'm still sittin' at the crossroads listenin’ to the gunfire in the glade
tryin' to change my tune I never liked it anyway
I'm not sayin' all this to hurt you that's never been my intention
I just want you to know the truth even if it means my salvation
I always knew I'd end up here with you
where dreams go when they don't come true
The Right Time To Let Go
Maybe what I believed was love was somethin' more like immaturity
Maybe the you I held on to was not the same girl that said goodbye to me
The plains shine in the winter sun it blinds your eyes but doesn't melt the snow
and I'm still waitin' for the right time to let go
Maybe what I believed was art was something more like infidelity
Though I stand before a sunset I'm painting the same old cemetery
and the same dead bride's alluring face is on every canvas in my studio
and I'm still waitin' for the right time to let go
Maybe what I believed was pride was something more like insecurity
Everywhere I go why is everyone talkin' about me?
I'll give your courtesy another name and let you sit beside me on my throne
while I'm still waitin' for the right time to let go
Maybe what I believed was faith was somethin' more like insincerity
I've broken every promise to the shepherd that still lets me tend his sheep
I met a fisherman who asked me if I'd follow him and sell everything I own
but I'm still waitin' for the right time to let go
yea I'm still waitin' for the right time to let go
Your Captor or The One To Set You Free
How can I explain all these thoughts of mine?
Is this just what it's like to be a man?
Sometimes I understand myself too well,
sometimes I don't know who I am
Who am I gonna be? Who am I gonna be?
your captor or the one to set you free?
Will I be the one to abandon you?
Will I give your childhood away?
Will I clean your wounds and show you that there's good in the world
or is that what you are gonna do for me?
Who am I gonna be? Who am I gonna be?
your captor or the one to set you free?
In the room where you watched your best friend die
I wrote our initials on the wall
Sometimes you make me feel like I could change the world
sometimes you make me feel like there's no hope at all
Who am I gonna be? Who am I gonna be?
your captor or the one to set you free?
What do I see now when I look at you?
and is it something that I could admit?
Will I be the one to put the price tag on your past
or just another lonely drunk who's gonna buy it?
Who am I gonna be? Who am I gonna be?
your captor or the one to set you free?
Who am I gonna be? Who am I gonna be?
your captor or the one to set you free?
Annie Le
No I haven't seen Annie but last night I was told
she went to work Tuesday morning and never came home
now missin' person posters are goin' up all over town
and my bride to be is nowhere to be found
They wrote "Annie we hope you're ok!" on a sign outside her laboratory
and they're lightin' candles and leavin' flowers by a picture on the corner of Amistad street
No I haven't seen Annie and why are you askin' me?
I mop the floors in her lab and keep the mouse cages clean
I'm not sure if that girl even knows who I am
I ain't no Ivy League grad student I'm just a custodian
They wrote "Annie we hope you're ok!" on a sign outside her laboratory
and they're lightin' candles and leavin' flowers by a picture on the corner of Amistad street
Yes I've seen Annie she was just on T. V.
They said she was strangled in her laboratory
The police found her body on her wedding day
now they're going to Cromwell and surrounding the Super 8
They wrote "Annie we hope you're ok!" on a sign outside her laboratory
and they're lightin' candles and leavin' flowers by a picture on the corner of Amistad street
Edward
I dreamed about Edward last night
up on his podium on the field at Fallston High
The sky was turning gray as the band come across the track
One summer we ran away and only one of us came back
He sat next to me in the stands
and we're reminiscing like we're just two old friends
He talks about the past like it didn't matter much
I guess he still don't know what really happened between us
I dreamed about Edward last night
sittin' alone up in the stands at Fallston High
I ain't some deadbeat dad pretending I'm part of his life
I'm just takin' advantage of my visitation rights
Condolences
What am I to say to the father at the grave of the son he'll never know
all that comes to mind are a bunch of worn-out lines
as I stare at the blank headstone
Maybe I should say "He's in a better place" or should I just say "I'm sorry"
What am I to say to the mother at the grave of the son she'll never know
she eases her mind with a comforting lie
that she don't really believe and it shows
Maybe I should say "He's in a better place" or should I just say "I'm sorry"
Maybe I should say "He's in a better place" or should I just say "I'm sorry"
or should I just say "I'm sorry"
should I just say "I'm sorry"
maybe I'll just say "I'm sorry"
The Lonely World's Song
Your flickering candle cast your confession upon the congregation that sat enthralled
as you sobbed your tale wet with tears and regrets
of when you danced to the lonely world's song
when you danced to the lonely world's song
You walked all the way here from the garden of Eden
where you left your lover in his grave
you offered him you inheritance but he built his own mansion at
the bottom of a boiling lake
yea at the bottom of a boiling lake
There's guilt in your heart and blood on your hands
there's a widower standing in the tide
Although one dream is dead tomorrow you'll wed
another groom willing to give up his life
yea another groom willing to give up his life
Now the chapel is empty, your candles burned down
you're no longer sure where you belong
but you were as innocent and naive as Adam and Eve
when you danced to the lonely world's song
when you danced to the lonely world's song
yea when you danced to the lonely world's song
A Song Somewhere
The old folks are in the livin' room going broke
The kids are in the basement takin' off their clothes
I'm in the kitchen talkin' to you
'bout what your cookin' and the Khmer Rouge
Isn't there a song somewhere
where we could be alone
where we could be alone
Do I look alright hangin' on your wall?
What do you think a night like this might go for?
Would you be angry if you knew I stole
A song that you didn't know that you wrote
Isn't there a song somewhere
where we could be alone
where we could be alone
Now it's you that's hangin' 'round my house
and I'm still putting words in your mouth
Now your thoughts are more mine than yours
hope you never find out what I used them for
Isn't there a song somewhere
where we could be alone
where we could be alone
April 17th People
I used to wear a black shirt with your picture on the front
I used to read your diary the book of Exodus
but now my interests have condemned me now my hands and feet are bound
The same soldiers I cheered on this morning just burned my house down
I'd be lyin' if I told you I never fired a gun
and you know the wars not over yet so don't go around sayin' we won
My diary is buried 'neath the rubble that was my home
I've seen these graves on the television but now I'm the one diggin' the holes
How can you still deny the children starving in the streets
Why return us to our past just to destroy our history?
I sat quietly through your lectures and as you killed all my friends
but when the spring swallow sings we'll raise our red flags again
Shore
Notes and drawings, school bell still ringin'
Love is my home away from home now
After all these years I just dreamed of that shore of ours
No one showed up to watch the town burn
I just went through your pockets and rode my bike home
After all these years I just dreamed of that shore of ours
Washed out, adrift with the wreckage
unrequited love finds something to hold on to at last
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