IF YOU GOTTA GO, GO NOW

(Bob Dylan)
[First released as B-Side to `Southern Rain']

Listen to me, baby
There's something that you must see
I want to be with you, boy
If you want to be with me

But if you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
or else you gotta stay all night

It's not that I'm questioning you
to take part in some kind of  quiz
It's just that I have got no watch
and you keep askin' me what time it is

But if you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
or else you gotta stay all night

I am just a poor girl, baby
trying to connect
I certainly don't want you thinkin'
that I haven't got any respect

If you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
or else you gotta stay all night

It ain't that I am wanting
anything you never gave before
It's just that I'll be sleeping soon
it'll be too dark for you to find the door

If you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
or else you gotta stay all night

LOVE'S STILL THERE

(Michael and Margo Timmins)
[First released as B-side to `Pale Sun']

Door slams, car starts, he's on the road
she's left there sitting, angry and alone
thinking what she should have said
well, maybe she should have gone to bed
Now his words are swirling around in her head

He said and she said
and they both yelled together
neither one hearing or listening to the other
Words like "You never.." and "You don't understand"
One word, then another
and then the whole thing's out of hand

But love's still there
it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared
Hang on to those feelings that you know are true
and remember that this person means everything to you

Siren screams, breaks through her dreams
she rolls to the right
She realizes that he's still lost to the night
She gets out of bed both worried and mad
She prays that he's safe, her hanger holds back the drape

But love's still there
it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared
Hang on to those feelings that you know are true
and remember that this person means everything to you

Door opens and in walks her baby
with a look on her face, says "I'm sorry"
Now's not the time or the place to play games
so you hold out your hand and he does the same

And love's still there
it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared
Hang on to those feelings that you know are true
and remember that this person means everything to you

Love's still there
it's just hiding in the dark 'cause it's scared
Hang on to those feelings that you know are true
and remember that this person means everything to you

TO LAY ME DOWN

(Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia)
[First released on the Grateful Dead tribute album "Deadicated"]

To lay me down
once more
To lay me down
With my head in sparkling clover
Let the world go by
All lost in dreaming
To lay me down
one last time
To lay me down

To be with you
once more
To be with you
with our bodies close together
Let the world go by
Like clouds a-streaming
To lay me down
once more
To lay me down

To lay me down
To lay me down
To lay me down
once more
To lay me down

To lie with you
one more
To lie with you
with our dreams entwined together
To lie beside you
my love still sleeping
to tell sweet lies
one last time
and say good-night

To lay me down
To lay me down
To lay me down
one last time
To lay me down
To lay me down
one last time
To lay me down

A FEW SIMPLE WORDS

(?)
[Previously unreleased song . Lay It Down outtake]
Transcribed by T.V.Roosmalen

What does he see in those mashed potatoes?
what secrets does he hold that can be so grin?
the silence like a canyon dividing them
he's on one side she's opposite him
trying so desperately to get his attention

she says, "honey, you're a bastard of great proportion".
he says, "darling, I plead guilty to that sin."
with potatoes half way to his mouth
he looks her in the eye and says,
"without a doubt
my love for you is all that I believe in.

"With those few simple words
her heart is sent soaring
she's able to face another day
. through the anger and the laughter
she knows that she matters
and somebody out there cares.

What does she gain by all this sulking?
what trouble can there be for one so young?
dark tension building like the clouds of a storm
her daughter's in her room and she's at the door
trying to figure what all this fuss is for.

she says, "mother, you're a witch
and I'll always hate you."
she says, "daughter, perhaps these words
you speak are true."
she quietly moves towards the bed,
look her in the eye gently says,
"but I will always believe in you."

With those few simple words
her heart is sent soaring
she's able to face another day.
through the anger and the laughter
she knows that she matters
and somebody out there cares.

what do we need to keep us going?
what do we need at the end of the day?
mysteries keep piling like dirty clothes
in the corner.
you never thought you'd give up.
but you're beginning to wonder
when through the gloom you hear
a familiar voice say....
.... a few simple words
that send your heart soaring
you're able to face another day.
through the anger and the laughter
you know that you matter
and somebody out there cares.

RIVER WALTZ

River Song Trilogy - Part One(?)
[Previously unreleased song - Lay It Down outtake]
Transcribed by T.V.Roosmalen

I'm going to find me a dying river
and strike a deal with her I'll say.
"I'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away
to a place where your headwaters will flow
clean through to your mouth".
in return I'll request a small sanctuary
by her banks where we will live
with our small family
she will water our garden
and clean the dirt from our skin.
While the word clamours at our door
we will dance and not let them in.

and if one day we wake up to a bed dry as a bone
find our river stolen, find our sanctuary gone
we will stand and take stock and be grateful
for what we've not lost.
we will pack up our bags, pack our small family
head across the valley to where the aspen trees
shiver as they ascend-
the green hills rising to blue.
at the edge of the shopping we will turn
and bid fond ädieu".

All that I know to be true
is the touch of your hand on my skin.
one look from you can so easily soothe
all this turmoil within.
as we dance cheek to cheek
with our feet so completely
locked in a time all our own.
I stop to speak
but you gently keep me
moving in time to the song.
and in a voice that is sloppy with gin
you say, "let the world spin".

I'm going to find me a dying river
and strike a deal with her I'll say,
Ï'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away
to place where your headwaters will flow
clean through to your mouth".
in return I'll request a small sanctuary
by her banks where we will live
with our small family
she will water our garden
and clean the dirt from our skin.
while the world clamours at our door
we will dance and not let them in.

LEAVING NORMAL

(Michael Timmins)
[First released as B-side to `Anniversary Song]

It's been a long time since I've seen the high plains of Expectation
and I'm way past the lowlands and the deserts of Failure and Doubt
and the last time I passed through Satisfaction
I felt like a stranger there
Now I'm leaving Normal and I'm heading for Who Knows Where

"Excuse me mister, is that seat taken,
can I put my bag over here
You know this trip will go a whole lot smoother
if you take your hand from there
No, I'm not from around here
and my name's not Little Darling"
Why is there one in every crowd
and why do I attract them?

Funny how the smell of a Greyhound bus
now smells like a fresh start to me
and now the sounds of the steelbelts on the blacktop
is now the sounds of breaking free

But I'd trade all those cancelled tickets
for a single return fair to a station
with a loved one waiting there

I've finally learned that there's good and bad
and that a girl can do some choosing
Of that I'm glad cause this hardened face
won't take any more bruising

Yeah, and the next time I fall into another's arms
there's one thing of which I'll be certain
Yeah, you can bare the weight of another, baby
without considering it a burden

It's been a long time since I've seen the high plains of Expectation
and I'm way past the lowlands and the deserts of Failure and Doubt
and the last time I passed through Satisfaction
I felt like a stranger there
Now I'm leaving Normal and I'm heading for Who Knows Where

Now I'm leaving Normal wherever I'm heading
I don't care

THE WATER IS WIDE

(Traditional)
[First released on the soundtrack to the movie "The River Wild"]

The water is wide, I can not cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
and both shall row, my love and I

Love is gentle and love is kind
The sweetest flower when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
and fades away like morning dew

The water is wide, I can not cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
and both shall row, my love and I

and both shall row, my love and I

MY FATHER'S HOUSE

(Bruce Springsteen)
[Hidden Track - Previously unreleased song]

Last night I dreamed that I was a child
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest
before the darkness falls

I heard the wind rustling through the trees
and ghostly voices rose from the fields
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
with The Devil snappin' at my heels

I broke through the trees and there in the night
My father's house stood shining hard and bright
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
but I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms

I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
I got dressed and to that house I did ride
From out on the road, I could see it's windows shining in light

I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
I told her my story and who I'd come for
She said "I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore"

My father's house shines hard and bright
It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
Calling and calling, so cold and alone
Shining `cross this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned

THERE'S A HOUSE IN THE FOREST

(?)
[From a pediatric AIDS benefit album of lullabies;
transcription comes from a performance on a 1990 VH1 special]

There's a house in the forest
With snow all around it and a light
In a window where no light should be
'cause Baby's crying
his voice it is drifting down a hall
to his mama,
wrapped in darkness, asleep

Now Mama is waking, the time she's checking
As she leaves the side of her man
deep in sleep

In her arms now is Baby
but she can't help but worry
that in his dreams he's seeing
what no child should see

There's a house in the forest
With snow all around it and a peace
Like a blanket, covers all those who sleep

DEAD FLOWERS

(Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)
[B-Side to `Sun Comes Up...' and other singles]

Well, when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talking to some rich folk that you know
Well, I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
'cause you know I could never be alone

Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
and you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
and I won't forget to put roses on your grave

Well, when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
and another girl to take my pain away

Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
and you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
and I won't forget to put roses on your grave

Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
and you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the U.S. mail
Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
and I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave