"12/8 Time"

12/8 time seemed to her to be some sort of
Life of crime
With the handcuffs and the billy clubs
Coming down on me
She said rock 'n roll don't give her nothing
But bad dreams
So she planned my funeral and left me for dead
A single corpse in a double bed
But now she's standing on my front porch
She goes knock knock knock knock
Knock knock knock knock
She come a-knockin' at my door
Now she come a-knockin' at my door
And now her key it don't fit
And I'm not gonna let her in
Now she come a-knockin' at my door
Now she come a-knockin' at my door
Now her key it don't fit
I'm not gonna let her in
Well, would you lookee here
She's got a perfume bottle and her fancy clothes
And a ribbon in her hair
Well she ain't bad-lookin', and I'll give her that
But she ain't all there
And her body ain't as sexy as her underwear
Her stomach ain't big enough I suppose
To eat up all the mean words that she spoke
She gonna try to ring quiet but the doorbell's broke
She gonna hafta knock knock knock, I said
You're gonna knock knock knock
She come a-knockin' at my door
Now she come a-knockin' at my door
And now her key it don't fit
And I'm not gonna let her in
She come a-knockin' at my door
Now she come a-knockin' at my door
And now her key it don't fit
And I'm not gonna let her in
She come a knock-knock, let me in
She come a knock-knock, let me in
She come a knock-knock, let me in
I said no,
She come a knock-knock, let me in
She come a knock-knock, let me in
She come a knock-knock, please please
No no no no no
Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin
Would i ever consider to begin to let you in

"Rebecca Deville"

Last night the willows stopped weeping
And everything sat hushed and still
And while my body lay sleeping
I dreamt of rebecca deville
Now I wonder if she was a real girl
Did she die when I woke
Well i'll sleep straight through to tomorrow
And look for her till I go broke
I found myself by the highway
That i ride in all my dreams
I met her while i was hitchhiking
From england to new orleans
She rode shotgun but stayed facing me
And I laid down in the back
I fell in love somewhere near illinois
And she said she loved me right back
Anybody
Has anybody seen my little girl around
I last saw her in new orleans
I can't find her now
I stepped into the nearest twilight bar
To ask if anyone knew
The whereabouts of my rebecca deville
The bartender said that he knew
He said that just a few weeks ago
She hitched a ride out west
With a man who said he'd show her the big time
Said he would show her the best
But he stopped the car two miles down the road
And he put a gun to her head
And raped her of all that she ever had
When rebecca was found she was dead
Anybody
Has anybody seen my little girl around
I last saw her in new orleans
I can't find her now
Anybody
Has anybody seen my little girl around
I last saw her in new orleans
I can't find her now
Anybody
Has anybody seen my little girl around
I last saw her in new orleans
I can't find her now
Low doesn't even begin
To describe the shape that i am in
But you can dream in both directions
And bring the past back again
So maybe i can find her
Before heaven goes and hides her
Hope and keep her from going
Away
Well i saw her again
It was a sunday evening
She had flagged a ride
It was a lincoln continental
She was on the passenger side
She had ahold of the handle
I said rebecca don't go
He's not what he seems
I said rebecca don't go
He's not what he seems
Take my word darling
And drop out of this dream
She said
He's going to
The big city
And i'm going too
You know how that is with me
I said stop
Don't you get in the car
Don't you get in the car
'cause i won't be coming back
If you get in the back
Don't you get in the car
Don't you get in the car
'cause i won't be coming back
If you get in the back
My sweetheart
My sweetheart
I will just stay awake
Six years or maybe eight
Till I lose your memory
And all that you've meant to me
'cause i can't stand to see this
I can't stand to see this
I can't stand to see this
Well she got inside
And waved goodbye
And i watched the tail lights
They danced like candle light
And then they went out
Goodbye
My sweetheart
Goodbye
My sweetheart
Anybody
Has anybody seen my little girl around
I last saw her in new orleans
I can't find her now

"Crown"

I took the train up from illinois
I was following through on a letter you sent
I always feared that you'd be true
True to yourself to the bitter end
It just kinda happened, or so she says
She was drinking and lonely, you know the rest
And he meant nothing, he was happenstance
She says she loves me still and wants a second chance
But i don't wanna be together
I don't wanna be apart
I don't want none of this love for you honey
Deep, deep down in my heart
Where is my golden crown
That you took and passed around
There's no telling what a man might do
With a life like this when it all falls through
I don't wanna be together
I don't wanna be apart
I don't want none of this love for you honey
Deep, deep down in my heart
You were my dream come true
Can't you see what you've put me through
The love that tears me apart
Still beats deep, deep down in my heart
Deep, deep, deep down in my heart

"The Light (Part II)"

And regardless, in the evening
A light is thrown by the setting sun
It speeds along this vast familiar
And silently crosses everyone
It's the light that's changing
It's the light that's changing
It's the light that's changing
It's only the light
Across the gardens, across the schoolyards
Across the chapels where lovers have leapt
Across the table in our old kitchen
Across the cities where our future slept
It's the light that's changing
It's the light that's changing
It's the light that's changing
It's only the light
What can I do to defy you
What can I do to deny you
'cause I want no part of this breaking
This is a hurtful mistake you are making
And to me this love was true and shining
These years were real and defining
Please don't forget how much I meant to you
When you are redefined by someone new
Across what's left of these old places
Across the playgrounds where old friends play
Across the lines on familiar faces
Across the nothing that we say
It's the light that's breaking
It's the light that's breaking
It's the light that's breaking
It's only the light

"Empire Builder"

All day, everyday
I swing my hammer to the metal on the northern railway
Always a movie playing in my head
A million movies starring you and me
Moonshine every night
Eating supper by the fire out in the clear moonlight
Ankles crossed, hands behind my head
Telling stories, singing songs about the west
I'm always thinking of you
Staring off down the railroad line
One sweet day i will see you
But i'll swing the hammer until
The empire builder brings me home
For two months and two odd weeks
Sometimes days go by in which nobody speaks
From illinois to washington
There ain't nothing but the hammer to the rail
One day when this track runs through
I'm gonna buy a new suit and come looking for you
Care free, you and me
We'll take the empire builder to the sea
And i'm always thinking of you
Staring off down the railroad line
One sweet day i will see you
But i'll swing the hammer until
The empire builder brings me home

"Fourteen Pictures"

There you said it, it slipped out
Now it's out there and i'm filled with doubt
Please say something to let me back in
What are you saying, what are you saying
This conversation is a mountainside
It's a long way down and there's no place to hide
When we started up it didn't look this high
What are you saying, what are you saying
My hands are sweating on the countertop
I'm looking at you and i, i can't stop
Looking for something that was just right here
What are you saying, what are you saying
Stuck in a dream, is it the only one
Forever ending, never done
We're still talking but it's a memory
What are you saying, what are you saying
Fourteen pictures on the freezer door
Fourteen pictures and there'll be no more
Little magnets hold up a family
What are you saying, what are you saying
I'm sleeping i'm dreaming , i'm ten feet tall
I'm dreaming, i'm dreaming you up against the wall
Louder, louder then silently
What are you saying, what are you saying to me

"Lemon Grove Avenue"

If i have my way
I'm never gonna leave lemon grove avenue
Where the summer breeze
Blows through the windows in the afternoon
And all the stars come out at night
And there's a boat out on the sea
And there's a bird up in my tree
And there's a feeling in my heart
I can't explain, i'm coming home, i'm coming home, yeah
Yeah, i'm on my way, i'm on my way

"Keepin' It Real"

It was bound to happen and it happened today
Life turned to us to say "i'm about to go your way"
And it's a simple situation now that we became us
There ain't no rust on the happiness bus
And it's wednesday, thursday, my day, friday
Saturday, sunday, all the rest are fun days
From now on until the very end
Never gonna spend another day without you again
Here's the proof, i'm telling the truth and it's
Oh yes, my oh my, the earth shakes when you walk by
It's a fairy tale that we made true
I can't believe that i found you
And it's oh yes, my oh my
People turn and look when we walk by
It's a big fat love we feel in our hearts
We're keepin it, keepin it, keepin it real
Now the sun is going down over our troubled times
We can free our minds and leave it all behind and
It's a common stipulation that there ain't no hope
But there's a tire swing baby on the end of our rope
And it's wednesday, thursday, my day, friday
Saturday, sunday, all the rest are fun days
From now on until the very end
Never gonna spend another day without you again
Here's the proof, i'm telling the truth and it's
Oh yes, my oh my, the earth shakes when you walk by
It's a fairy tale that we made true
I can't believe that i found you
And it's oh yes, my oh my
People turn and look when we walk by
It's a big fat love we feel in our hearts
We're keepin it, keepin it, keepin it real

"Ballad Of Paul And Sheila"

October morning, little plane on the forest floor
Up on the tv between a rerun and another war
Here in a hotel, trying to make some sense of this
Two thousand miles from my family in minneapolis
Hey senator, i wanna say
All the things you fought for did not die here today
Hey senator, i'm gonna do
All the things i can to live my life more like you lived
A story of a love undivided for thirty-nine years
Strong when it counted through the hard times and the fears
Together forever, that was always what it was about
No hesitation, there was never any doubt
Hey hey sheila, i want to say
All the things you fought for did not die here today
Hey hey sheila, i'm gonna do
All the things i can to live my life more like you
Hey senator, i wanna say
All the things you fought for did not die here today
Hey hey sheila, i'm gonna do
All the things i can to live my life more like you

"Southern Cross"

I woke up at 4:35 still jet lagged from another plane ride
And opened my window over bondi beach
Where all the stars seemed out of reach
And recognized none but the southern cross
Sitting on my bed with the light turned off
Till i found a sweet song on the little clock radio and it made me cry
Singing have some faith, have some faith
And i don't know what i want but i know where i want to be
And everywhere i go, i wish you were here with me
Stars hang on tiny strings, my dreams are made of memories
Once everything made sense, now i get so alone that i can't sleep
Will somebody please tell me if this is where i'm supposed to be
Bottles on the table and socks on the floor
Trying to remember what i started this for
When a surfer friend of mine came and picked me up
And we paddled out as the sun was coming up
Talking about how everybody has to find
Something that gives them the strength to be alive
And out laying on our boards in the southern hemisphere, he said to me
Gotta have some faith, have some faith
And i don't know what i want but i know where i want to be
And everywhere i go, i wish you were here with me
Stars hang on tiny strings, my dreams are made of memories
Once everything made sense, now i get so alone that i can't sleep
Will somebody please tell me if this is where i'm supposed to be