Weird Tales To Call My Own
(Murphy)Blowing through my losing streak
Bought the farm on a dead end street
Nothing ever grows under your sun
Filling voids with emptiness
And driving past your old address
Loneliness two has turned into oneThey welcome you with broken arms
You know they don't mean no harm
Do they mean anything at all?You're feeling crowded by my company
You can't hate but parts of me
I know there's a new myth on your floor
Staying up in 409
The day are yours the nights are mine
Burned out everything except the doorIt's like breaking out of broken homes
They tell you they don't eat their own
Searching for one thing to call my own
To call my ownThere's a goldmine in the local scene
Get 9 lives you need 13
Paid the price landed on all fourYou used to mean the world to me
Scared to death of what that means
So we don't mean nothing at allI welcomed you with broken arms
You know I don't mean no harm
Do I mean anything at all?And they all come from broken homes
They tell you they don't eat their own
Searching for a thing to call my own
Looking Forward To Seeing You
(Johnson)Looking forward to seeing you
In the sunshine of my time
In a station off the coastline
Coming in viewLooking forward to seeing you
In that one room down the hallway
With two doorways and a window
Without a viewIt all comes in threes
I purchase six but I still got threeLooking forward to seeing you
Where the sun shines off the coastline
In a station on your time
Coming in viewLooking forward to seeing you
In that one room down the hallway
With two windows and a doorway
We can't get throughIt all comes in threes
I purchase six but I still got threeLooking forward to seeing you ...
Until You Came Along
(Louris)Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down
Don't let your feet ever touch the ground
Comfort me in times of doubt
In sweet despair, all lies and cares and a falling outChorus:
With my friends I used to follow
Nearly everybody's daughter
That's until you came along
In a bar-room patrons singing
But I just sat there drinking
That's until you came alongYour star-crossed eyes and your troubled mind
Seems you were left just for me to find
Sweet lady lay your hands in mine
Upon my face you laid it to waste by years of wine(Chorus)
Sweet lady lay your hands in mine
Upon my face you laid it to waste by years of wine(Chorus)
With my friends I used to follow
Nearly everybody's daughter
That's until you came along
But the darkness just got darker
This heart of mine got harder
That's until you came along
Lost Love
(Tweedy)Lost love in the desert
Lost love on the sea
If you can put it behind you
But it's still beyond me'Cause hearts break in the summer
Where they meet me in the spring
Broken hearts all around me
But I don't feel a thingLost love on the highway
Lost love on the phone
Lost love with a suitcase
Heading back homeWhere hearts break in the summer
And they meet in the spring
Mines still wrapped inside me
But I don't feel a thingYou're my lost love, I can't see
That you're coming back for me
You're the travel I can't find
And it's only a matter of time
Should've taken it all so hard
Should've taken it all so hardYou're my lost love ...
If I Only Had A Car
(Johnson/Louris)If I only had a car
Wouldn't be here in this bar
Trying to get to youTime takes toll, the hours I'd roll
Is it a blessing or is it a curse
Seems this love makes matters worseI'm stuck in this cafe
Lost along the way
Moving to keep strong
When I'm feeling myself burn
It don't matter let it hurt
It tells me I'm aliveWhen you saw me in California
I was lost in a dusty haze
Now that I know you
You feel so far awayIf I only had a car
Wouldn't be here in this bar
Trying to get to youAs I'm waving you goodbye
Following the line
Trying to get to youStill the echoes fill the void
Your eyes rolled in your head
As you slowly disappearedStill hard to rearrange
The distance made it strange
I'm still trying to get to youIf I only had a car
Wouldn't be here in this bar
Trying to get to you
Jane
(Louris/Perlman)She came from a wealthy family
There were walls inside the walls
She walked the widow's walk so all alone
She watched from every window
Darkened every door
Saw her reflection
On every wave that hit the shoreChorus:
Jane, why don't you give a damn ?
Jane, why don't you stay ?
Jane, why don't you give a damn ?
Jane, why don't you stay ?Wandered off into the night
One eye closed, the other blind
Reading the silver side of signs
Don't worry it's to late
Some rain don't come down straight
Everything you had, you lost before(Chorus)
And when her scattered thoughts had died
The sand upon her feet had dried
Among chandeliers and sweet perfume(Chorus)
Keys
(Johnson/Louris)She had a Nova that was tinted green
He took a Greyhound that was a bus
From the city of New Orleans
The only light that shined in their eyes
Was that of a simple screen
In one Bal Harbour bedroom apartment
With a vision and a dreamFeeling like they sunk already
Feeling like they're done
Knowing what's been done already
Has been done by everyoneDeep in Nevada they played it straight
They stayed in Reno inside a casino
With a 24 rate
The only life that shined in their eyes
Was burning like the sun
It is this sundowner hellroom confinement
Where they remained as oneFeeling like they sunk already
Feeling like they're done
Knowing what's been done already
Has been done by everyoneBack in Miami
Back in Miami, back into the sand
He took it running that was illegal
She ran a peanut stand
The only night he closed his eyes was his final one
In a one Bal Harbour bedroom apartment
Where his haziest dream begunFeeling like they sunk already
Feeling like they're done
Knowing what's been done already
Has been done by everyoneNow they're living in Miami
Trying to get down to the Keys
Is it lost, is it such a cost
When you try to aim to pleaseDown for the dirt now
They took it down for the dirt now (*7)
I Can't Keep From Talking
(Tweedy)Hey ain't it great for us to be alive
I've been lying in wait for you to come outside
I know you don't know me but I know a lot about you
You're the one who knows me better than I doWhen I get back home
I'm gonna put your records on
I play 'em way too loud and I'll sing along
I know all the words to every song
And I don't really care
But tonight you sang one wrongAnd I can't keep from talking
I can't keep from talking about you
And I just wanted to thank you
Thank you for doing what you doI wanted to tell the world a little bit about myself
Realize my feelings and put them on a shelf
Then jump out the window so you'd all know what it's about
'Cause I can't be there to help you figure it outAnd I can't keep from talking
I can't keep from talking about you
And I just wanted to thank you
Thank you for doing what you do
Reflections On Me
(Murphy)If we were just a little smarter
Wouldn't be such a fire starters
Then you wouldn't have to put me outIf times were just a little kinder
Carry you as a reminder
As is, you say you've got some doubtsYou say you're looking through me
You don't like what you see
But I swear it's only reflections on meSeeing through a two-way mirror
Looking back it's all a little clearer
Or just the line up of your lifeAll day long you put 'em through their paces
Late at night haunted by their faces
Darkness fades into the morning lightYou say you're looking through me
Scared of the things that you see
But I swear it's only reflection on meOne more time for old times, come with me
Just one last time for old times
Seeing things the same way, differentlyCould have been a little smarter
Shouldn't have been such a fire starters
Fires they always burn outYou say you're looking through me
Scared of the things that you see
But I swear it's only reflection on me
Making Waves
(Johnson)Saw your eyes light up the horizon
Just like the sun, still it's new
Bodies being hung for drying
Now there's one, guess they're throughMaking waves in the bathroom
The time it saves, it's the last roomHearing sirens on the street
Getting closer, please don't stop
Race won't be with these feet
Even closer comes the dropMaking waves in the bathroom
The time it saves, it's the last roomOoh don't leave me now (*4)
In the chair I thought you were sleeping
Your eyes rolled back, your lips blue
It was a drag to be dragging
You down the hall 'til you came toMaking waves in the bathroom
The time it saves, it's the last room(*3):
Are you in there
Hello, hello, hello
I'll be out it a whileAre you dying, hello
Ooh don't leave me now (*4).
White Shell Road
(Louris)The wheels are spinning inside of my head
The wheels are spinning inside of my head
They don't know, they don't knowThe leaves listen to what I say
The leaves listen to what I say
They don't know, they don't know
It's a stab in the darkThe light slept on the riverbed
The light slept on the riverbed
Slipped into the shadows
And landed like a figureheadThe moral night is the darkest night
The moral night is the darkest night
They don't know, they don't knowI cut my feet on the white shell road
I cut my feet on the white shell road
They don't know, they don't know
It's a stab in the darkThe light slept on the riverbed
The light slept on the riverbed
Slipped into the shadows
And landed like a figureheadThen I saw her running
Down, down in the garden
Her hair was flowing round and brown
Tumbled and stumbled to the ground and diedThe leaves listen to what I say
The leaves listen to what I say
They don't know, they don't knowI cut my feet on the white shell road
I cut my feet on the white shell road
They don't know, they don't know
It's a stab in the darkThe light slept on the riverbed
The light slept on the riverbed
Slipped into the shadows
And landed like a figureheadThey don't know ...
It's a stab in the dark....
Please Tell My Brothers
(Tweedy)Please tell my brothers I love them still
Over the mountains on their phone bill
I should call more often, but they know I never will
Please tell my brothers I love them stillPlease tell my sister I miss her too
My nieces and nephews and their swimming pools
When I think about her, her skies are blue
Please tell my sister I miss her tooPlease tell my father I love him still
Forget the railroad and all those bills
Head for the cooler and drink your fill
Please tell my father I love him stillListen dear mother, I miss you the most
And as I travel from coast to coast
I feel your love and I feel your ghost
Listen dear mother I miss you the most
Listen dear mother I miss you the most
Fear Of Falling
(Stephens/Louris/Tweedy)I am not a shadow, I am flesh and blood
Meet me in the middle If you think you could
If you think you couldIf I'm walking in the dark, I'm whispering
If I'm walking in the dark, I'm whispering
Follow my whisper
And I will see you throughIf I make three wishes, one is not to fall
The other two will follow beyond the wallIf the world spins faster, on my knees I crawl
If the world spins faster, on my knees I crawl
On my knees I crawl
Straight on back to youIf I make three wishes, one is not to fall
The other two will follow beyond the wallI am not a shadow, I am flesh and blood
Meet me in the middle if you think you could
If you think you could
I will see you through
If you think you could
I will see you through
All The Same To Me
(Sparks/Tweedy)Met a man on a train near Santa Fe
Who was dead a minute as a child
Fell off a dock
He couldn't swim and his heart stopped
A gold snake slid from the sky
And swallowed him up
He disappeared inside
He disappeared insideThe train stopped in a field of oil wells
A blind girl needed help getting on
The man was drunk from a flask half full of rum
I shook my head
When he offered me some
"Que sera" he said and took another swing
The train roared up a hill of sickly pines
A small boy chased a ball up the aisle
As the black mouth of a tunnel swallowed us up
We disappeared inside
We disappeared inside(Here we go)
Jennifer Save Me
(Louris/Johnson)(Okay, that's the speed
It's that weird?)Jennifer save me, Jennifer save me
I'm sick of all the faces
Staring back as if to say
I know that you're half-crazy
But I wish you would go all the wayI'm driving your friend's car
'Cause I ain't got my own
And if I leave today, see you tomorrow
And if I leave today, see you tomorrowIt's time to face the music
But they never taught me how to dance
I'd give you everything I've got
If you'd only give me half the chanceI'm driving your friend's car
'Cause I ain't got my own
And if I leave today, see you tomorrow
And if I leave today, see you tomorrowJennifer save me, Jennifer save me
Need not fight for sunlight
The ashes and the elms grow tall
Fences bent gunmetal sunlight
Wrapped from here to MontrealI'm driving your friend's car
'Cause I ain't got my own
And if I leave today, see you tomorrow
And if I leave today, see you tomorrowJennifer save me ...
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