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The Last (Detour)
Everything is so familiar
Just like it was back when
but I'm telling you Amelia
It's no time to try again
We know the future
and we know the past
If we take another deture
it will be the last
We both had memories
we traded them for junk and gin
we gave up missery
and all the good that was mixed in
We know the future
and we know the past
If we take another deture
it will be the last
Remember when we danced
out at that dock at Willow Lake
First time at you I glanced
You told me it was a big mistake
We know the future
and we know the past
If we take another deture
it will be the last
All those years to brush aside
Maybe it's not too much to try
I can't remember if you cried
Katy ( I Won't Say a Word)
Katy, where you going?
I am on your trail now
Maybe there's no knowing
Maybe your just showing how
But you aren't like the others
You take your own sweet time
All of your friends and lovers
Aren't just inside your mind
On the banks of
the Missouri
we're side by side
They're all too
in a hurry
To take this ride
Katy, tell your story
Katy, I won't say a word
You be judge and jury
I'll see that you've been heard
And when you've told your secrets
It's up to me to learn
You know what others forget
You see the twists and turns
On the banks of
the Missouri
we're side by side
They're all too
in a hurry
To take this ride
Katy, where you going?
Katy, I'm on your trail now
Maybe there's no knowing
Maybe your just showing how
But you aren't like the others
You take your own sweet time
All of your friends and lovers
Aren't just inside your mind
On the banks of
the Missouri
we're side by side
They're all too
in a hurry
To take this ride
Maybe Cain (You Got to Wonder)
Maybe Cain when he
killed his brother Able
lost his name just
to make up a fable
Warn us all don't
ask for any more
the law won't help
if you don't own the store
Maybe Able was
a thief and a cheat
got all he had
by greed and deceit
Maybe Cain was
more than just jealous
stood for his rights
just got a little zealous
Maybe Job when
he suffered so much
wouldn't have looked to heaven
for a lifeline or crutch
If those around him
had cared for him more
hope ain't a hymn that
you leave at the door
You got to wonder
whose interest is served
people going under
we all can observe
Its just a test
the mighty will say
they think the best
they deserve everyday
More Trouble (Than Anyone's Worth)
If she ever wished evil
she never spoke it to me
but if looks alone could kill
Then a dead man I'd be.
I done deeds like no man on earth
I'm worse than weeds sticking out of the turf
I'm just more trouble
than anyone's worth
Don't think for a minute
This is one of those songs
where the ones that lived in it
forgive all the wrongs
I done deeds like no man on earth
I'm worse than weeds sticking out of the turf
I'm just more trouble
than anyone's worth
But there's debts to be paid
wounds that are slow to heal
and the choices I made
holding me like concrete and steel
I done deeds like no man on earth
I'm worse than weeds sticking out of the turf
I'm just more trouble
than anyone's worth
Talking to The Stars
I don't stare at a total eclipse
And I don't care about political tricks
I don't play in a busy street,
Ain't no dismay if my tea's not sweet
We've got lives beyond these borders
There's still sounds that ain't been heard
Take your head right off your shoulders
Free your mind from what's occurred
There are endless streams of chances
They defend us our advances
Always more than they appear
We think for sure, they disappear
But there always right before us
You can't see the place you stand
Put your feet right into motion
Living life to beat the band
Just one thing I know is true
The next sunrise belongs to you
The past ain't long enough to matter
Like ashes for the wind to scatter
Forward forward, never straight
Upward onward, can't hesitate
Leaving the tracks
To follow the sun
Sitting on the stoop
Watching all the cars
Hearing all the scoop
While talking to the stars
I know pretty soon
I'm headed for one.
Cinnamon (Summer Girl)
She stands as in a dream, by an old seawall
She's often seen wearing, not a thing at all
The air she breathes and
the sea she was swimming in
Carressed the skin
of the girl called Cinnamin
She's of an age from a different time
With sugar mountains only she could climb
The sunlight in her eyes was shimmering
wish I could fly
with the girl called Cinnamin
Where tell me where
does such an angel dwell?
sun, sea and air
and every star that ever fell
They all love Cinnamin
Every summer she's alone on this beach
I get so close but I know I can never reach
I swear it's true
To this dream I'm not giving in
But what is true is
we all long for Cinnamin
Every morning I sing comes a time
The harvest moon comes along just to change my mind
He casts his shadows
for Cinnamin
Where tell me where
does such an angel dwell?
sun, sea and air
and every star that ever fell
They all love Cinnamin
Socra-Tease
I was wondering in the desert
I was searching for a sign
So I buttoned up my shirt
And got myself in line
When I saw her picture
plastered on the wall
She said give me all you money
And I'll give you my all.
She said I got a name
that no one here knows
I stay on my game
And put on a show
But at night I go home
study philosophy
And you can call me Socratease.
We were well past Plato
As she pealed off her shirt
From Augustine to Aquinas
She worked out of her skirt
She asked if I defended
Existential philosophy
I guessed that it depended
On what you want to see.
She said I got a name
that no one here knows
I stay on my game
And put on a show
But at night I
study philosophy
And you can call me Socratease.
Monday Blues
Got two cars with sort term tires.
Got three lamps with exposed wires
Got four loaves of old moldy bread.
Got five days left till the weekend instead.
It'sMonday morning and I get so tired
Tellin myself, you're gonna get fired
Why do we have to work so much
For so many people so out of touch?
We pay our taxes they go up in smoke
They treat our money like its some kind of joke
Why did I ever read the Sunday News?
I always end up with the Monday Blues.
Got two socks that don't make a match
Got three keys that don't fit any latch
Got four cans of half empty beer
Got five days left till the weekend gets here
(Repeat Chorus)
Got two years still to pay on my car
Got three more on the one in the yard
Got four times more going out than's coming in
(Repeat Chorus)
Love Quake (Earth Shake)
That big bad moon
like a lighthouse keep
lighting up our room
while we sleep
Thought I was dreaming
when I saw that eerie glow
everything was seeming
to be in a motion slow
The bed was a shaking
like a rattlesnake
the sound it was making
was just enough to make
A sane man crazy
or a crazy man sane
my memory gets hazy
but I'll try to explain
I'm in love
I swear I'm in Love
The earth is quakeing
and the stars move round above
What happened then
I can't comprehend
The room stated swayin
like a top that's reached it's end
You looked at me
and said did you feel that?
It was plain enough to see
that my dog had found a cat
We looked outside
there was nobody stiring
there was no place to hide
That moon was still a bluring
the line between
night time and the day
I started saying what I mean
and meaning what I say
I'm in love
I swear I'm in Love
The earth is quakeing
and the stars move round above
River Town
I used to live
In this river town
85 people, give or
take who's hangin round
This guy named Jim
owned this little bar
You all can come in
don't care who you are
The river is calling
calling to me
The leaves are falling
each one set free
I think I'll walk around
see if Fritz the mayor
still feelin down
Still got that hollow stare
He taking it hard
Scratchin his head
1st time since the war
nightmares of the dead
The river is calling
calling to me
The leaves are falling
each one set free
Neighbor kid sleeping
in a stranger's bed
heard the floor creeking
Freeze somebody said
Reflexes made him
jump up instead
Narcs gunnin for Jim
shot him in the head
The river is calling
calling to me
The leaves are falling
each one set free
They asked questions later
It was a bad mistake
the investegator
had excuses to make
None of them mattered
down at the riverside
the fall leaves scattered
watched an eagle glide
The river is calling
calling to me
The leaves are falling
each one set free
The river's rising
come out of the rain
my friends advising
your acting insane
I still remember
how can I forget
like a glowing ember
that ain't gone out yet
The river is calling
calling to me
The leaves are falling
each one set free
Ole Jim had it coming
Stole my baby away
Feds wanted something
So I pointed his way
Day and night crying
Won't bring back his son
Ain't no use trying
What's done is done.
The river is calling
calling to me
The leaves are falling
each one set free
Somebody Elses Problem Now
Put us on this planet
And set it turning
Sits there like granite
Says that ought to learn'em
But we proved resilient
Called out for more
I ain't brilliant
But I know for sure
We've got to be
Someone's problem now
It's not for me to wonder why
I know the buck has to stop in the sky
It's not for me to know where and how
It's someone else's problem now.
Quarks and neutrinos
For company
Sits there in a black hole
Cloaked in secrecy
We go round and round
and do our best
Round and round
and never rest
But there aint no path
to be found
It's not for me to wonder why
I know the buck has to stop in the sky
It's not for me to know where and how
It's someone else's problem now.
The Hal and Lula Trail
He was a polyester preacher,
from a bootheel baptist town.
She was a fallen angel
on the spiritual rebound
When Hal first met Lula,
he was preachin on the wages of sin.
She left her job in the topless bar,
and went off to follow him.
On the Hal and Lula Trail,
On the Hal and Lula Trail
Truth and Justice will prevail
On the Hal and Lula,
On the Hal and Lula
On the Hal and Lula Trail
Well the Lord helps those that help themselves
they would often say.
and praise the Lord if tons of wealth,
didn't come their way.
So I guess it was a shock,
on that sunny summer day
when the faithfull found the church doors locked
and watchedthe caddy speed away.
Chorus: (repeat)
So if you think that this is the end
of our little tale
you better pay a visit friend
to the Hazard county jail
For it was Hal's ambition
to be seen on TV
but America's most wanted was
bad publicity
Chorus: (repeat)
Smiling Jack (and the Lonesome Queen)
Smiling Jack
and the lonesome Queen
Put their hands on the table
betwixt and between
A pair of Aces
in a house of Kings
plotting their revenge
while the chorus sings
There aint no better
time than here and now
Watching
Waiting
Hesitating
Hoping
Dreaming
Interveaning
There aint no better
time than here and now
Jack glanced the table
with his one one good eye
The Queen's face flushed
and she wondered why
The pair of Aces
in the house of Kings
decided not to fold
and the chorus sings
There aint no better
time than here and now
Watching
Waiting
Hesitating
Hoping
Dreaming
Interveaning
There aint no better
time than here and now
Jack raised the bet
the Queen called his bluff
The Aces beat a path
and things got rough
The Kings got their guns
Jack pulled his sword
The Queen took the money
and left without a word
There aint no better
time than here and now
Watching
Waiting
Hesitating
Hoping
Dreaming
Interveaning
There aint no better
time than here and now
Pointless Dot / Shake You Up
The candle flickers and the curtain sways
but the windows are all closed
There's no one quicker than me to say
Its just like she proposed
She said I'm gonna shake you up
I'm gonna stir your pot
Your life it seems like such a rut
Your just like a pointless dot.
Since that day she came to town
My life's forever changed
She turned my worl upside down
and left me rearranged.
She said I'm gonna shake you up
I'm gonna stir your pot
Your life it seems like such a rut
Your just like a pointless dot.
I used to wonder what it meant
but now I don't have time
I used to worry where it went
and if it was a crime
To feel the sun
when there's so much rain
to let the bad news slide
she slipped a seed inside my brain
showed me the other side
Take Your Pick
Its a bad time in history
One that we'll regret
One will wish the history books
Would somehow just forget
And it really ain't no mystery
How we got into this mess
Religion in the government
My first and second guess
Catholic, Hindu, Baptist, Muslim
You can take your pick
Any of the World's Religions
Surely do the trick
They'd all be just fine with me
If they'd just leave us alone
Stay out of the government
And stay out of our homes.
They all claim to love Jesus
Each and every one
But I can't picture Jesus
With an automatic gun
Churches, temples, holy books
They're all within your rights
Just don't give me no dirty looks
Or involve me in your fights
Catholic, Hindu, Baptist, Muslim
You can take your pick
Any of the World's Religions
Surely do the trick
They'd all be just fine with me
If they'd just leave us alone
Stay out of the government
And stay out of our homes.
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