AIDA

she feeds pigeons from the
roof of her house
standing up against the moonlight
throwing seeds into the night
singing

aida
aida

the parents all think she's crazy
not allowed near her yard
where the eight foot weeds
seem to shoot up from the ground
she's got a grocery cart that rattles
when she walks
run away here comes the pigeon lady
and she's singing

aida
aida

aida where are you

the doors the windows all the curtains are shut
there is no sign of life during the daylight
so we sneak around
throwing rocks into her hallowed ground
making up stories about who is aida anyhow
she's locked up in a closet
she's a daughter and she lost her
she's her sister
she's her mother
she's her invisible friend
singing

aida
aida

aida my darling
yeah
yeah

everybody got excuses for me
i'm crazy i'm mean i'm a phony
if i touch you you will die
i don't care if you don't believe me
i dont' care if you want to tease me
i don't break like ice
cuz i'm looking for one person only
she's gone and i'm lonely
so leave me to my vice alright
i'm looking for one person only
she's gone and i'm lonely alright
yeah

aida
aida

aida my darling
where are you
aida
aida
aida
aida
aida
aida
aida
aida
aida

ALL FOR ME

it's time to take it easy
time to go slow
time to let my soul rest
yeah and let the clock go
I'm gonna let the clock go

hanging on my front porch
sun in my eyes
perfect iced coffee
smiling all over my insides
oh I'm smiling all over my insides

all for me
all for me
all for me
today's all for me

yeah it's one of those days off
when nothing could go wrong
it's me and my heart
just watching the world spin along
we're watching the world spin along

but all these little things seem so big
and life is moments
endings don't exist
and all I thought I knew has come undone
I know that I'm at my best when I'm dumb

and it's all for me
yeah all for me
all for me
all for me

another day slips, the stars show their light
I'm thinking it's crazy that that moon shows up every
night
do you believe that moon shows up every night
so to always live in wonder
and to always be a child
to never take for granted all the love that's in my
life
ooooh look at all the love in your life

all for me
all for me
all for me
yeah, all for me
yeah, yeah, yeah...
wooh

ALONE

When i'm up in the middle of the night
trying to figure out who's wrong and who's right
shake my brain against my heart to find
this is not at all what i had in mind

yeah yeah yeah cause i am not alone
and i must remember that i am not alone

so when the sun circles round to catch my eye
and i am hiding here behind these last minute lies
you can see all the truth the night has brought
well you can see that this is
not at all what i wanted it to be yeah
yeah yeah
well i am not alone
and i, i must remember, that i am not alone

twenty eight teeth to bite through this fear
this fear of ever seeing anything clear
(something i'm not sure) cuz i am not alone
yeah, cuz i am not alone

so you want to destroy this part of me?
this part that tricks you into thinking that i am free
well you do not know the first thing about me
you do not know, how to reach me

yeah yeah yeah cuz i am not alone
oh you know that i must remember
that i am not alone
yeah i am not alone
yeah

ANYTHING ANYWHERE

I want you
To know me
To need me
Smile when I call your name

I want you
To never
Look at
Anyone else this way

So strange
This something
We have between us
And it's not fair
If you've never
Loved this way

Anything, anywhere
I would give everything I own away
Always I will sing
Picturing you singing right back to me

I want you
To know that
I will always have you
No matter if never
Physically in my arms again
This love
Is like
Mercury
Splitting off
Endlessly
Every time I try
To nail it down

Anything, anywhere
I would give everything I own away
Always I will sing
Picturing you singing right back to me

Too bad
The best love hurts so much
But it's so good yes
The best love hurts so much

Anything, anywhere
I would give everything I own away
Always I will sing
Picturing you singing right back to me

Anything, anywhere
I would give everything I own away
Always I will sing
Picturing you singing right back to me
Sing it right back
Sing it right back
Sing it right back
Back to me
Anything ... Anywhere
Anything ... Anywhere
Anything ... Anywhere
Anything ... Anywhere

ASKING FOR LOVE

well she has got, a pretty face
and everybody in here
wants to know her name
so, she sits down
the bartender buys her round
says "whatcha doin' in this town?"
"whatcha doin' in this town?"

hey there's a woman in the bar
who's got the power now yeah!
numbers are flying
spinning around
all the boys are trying
her fingers are grippin'
and the bar is slippin'
but one by one
the boys comes asking for love

hey wait a minute
what makes you think
you're what i'm here for
i came here to drink
oh c'mon i've heard those words before
but i ain't your small town
you're small town whore

hey there's a woman in the bar
who's got the power now yeah!
numbers are flying
spinning around
all the boys are trying
her fingers are grippin'
and the bar is slippin'
but one by one
the boys comes asking for love

hey there's a woman in the bar
who's got the power now yeah!
numbers are flying
spinning around
all the boys are trying
her fingers are grippin'
and the bar is slippin'
but one by one
the boys comes asking for love

BACK IN LOVE

whatcha gonna do now
that you've seen the real me
crying out my eyes for you
trying to hold on to some sanity
yeah I clean up real nice
smile ear to ear
but I'm packing a thousand watts
in case I need to see my way clear out of here

in and out
back in love
I'm always in and out and back in love with you babe
in and out
back in love
always in and out and back in love with you babe

so whatcha gonna do now
that you've seen the real me
crying out my eyes for you
trying to hold on to some sanity
yeah whatcha gonna do now
love me for the rest of my life
love me till I'm strong enough
love me for the both of us
come on can you love me for the both of us

in and out
back in love
I'm always in and out and back in love with you babe
in and out
I'm back in love
always in and out and back in love

everybody
all together now
tell me your stories one by one
I wanna hear who's been there and back again
I wanna know has anybody ever won against love
has anybody ever won

yeah
in and out
back in love
I'm always in and out and back in love with you babe
in and out
back in love
I'm always in and out and back in love, love with you
baby
I'm in love with you baby

*scat INTERLUDE*

in and out
back in love
I'm always in and out and back in love with you babe
in and out
I'm back in love
I'm always in and out and back in love

BAD BAD GIRL

Well I felt something
Yeah something in the air
Like I'm in big trouble
Or you're in town
Cause my insides
Have been magnified
Five times my soul is dirty
I've been a bad bad girl

I want to take it all off
And my skin's too tight
And my head is full of what you fed me last night

You said nothing good
Ever comes when I call
That I'm headed for failure
And I should graciously take my fall
Ya I'm the horse I'm kicking
I'm the lie I'm thinking
I am the drink I'm drinking
And this is the love I'm making

You have given me
Fuel and I'm gunna burn
This bridge we built
I don't need it anymore
Cause I'm a wicked good swimmer
Watch me dive

So drawn to turmoil
So eager to fix
If you're lost and hopeless
I'm gunna fall in love with it

It must come from somewhere
Or I'm just out of luck
Cause I attract disaster
Like I've got a neon sign
And it's blinking through my forehead
And it reads "take me for a ride"

You said nothing good
Ever comes when I call
That I'm headed for failure
And I should graciously take my fall
Ya I'm the horse I'm kicking
I'm the lie I'm thinking
I am the drink I'm drinking
And this is the love I'm making

You have given me
Fuel and I'm gunna burn
This bridge we built
I don't need it anymore
Cause I'm a wicked good swimmer
Watch me dive

You said nothing good
Ever comes when I call
That I'm headed for failure
And I should graciously take my fall
Ya I'm the horse I'm kicking
I'm the lie I'm thinking
I am the drink I'm drinking
And this is the love I'm making

This ride has cost me
More than a dollar amount
This ride has cost me
A love that counts
This ride has cost me
A love that counts

But I felt something
Yeah something in the air
I think I'm in trouble
Or you're in town

So now what of her
The girl in the wings
She's been living her life
While I've been off making a mess of things
Will I ever be able
To make all these wrongs right
Will she forgive me?
Will she forgive me?
Will you forgive me?

You said nothing good
Ever comes when I call
That I'm headed for failure
And I should graciously take my fall
Ya I'm the horse I'm kicking
I am the lie I'm thinking
I am the drink I'm drinking
And I am the love I'm making

Cause I feel something
Something in the air
I think I'm in trouble
Or you're in town
You're in town
You're in town

BAD HABIT

I won't ever let you go
I can wait here forever
Some people call it an attribute
My ability to never waiver

Cuz every day I think about you
Every day I send you telepathic thoughts

Cuz I'm trying to make you think of me
And I think sometimes you are
Thinking about me
Oh it makes you mad
(I know, baby)
But making you mad gets me off

So call and my drunken self to be call you. (?)
To wallow in your scent I just flip that switch in my
head
I close my eyes to visualize the way you looked at me
And ever since that day I knew I'd never leave.

Cuz I'm trying to make you think of me
And I think sometimes you are
Thinking about me
Oh it's making you mad
(Making you mad, making you mad, making you mad)
But making you mad kind of gets me off

Cuz it's a life life life life life life sentence
One hundred percent obsession
You are in my brain
I am your dog on a chain
I am a bad habit
I'm a loner living on my own planet
Let me give you a little advice
Stay the hell away from me

Cuz I'm trying to make you think of me
And I think sometimes you are
Thinking about me
Oh its making you mad
(Isn't it baby, making you mad?)
Making you mad is all i got now.
It's all i got now to get me off.
It's all I got to get me off.

Cuz I won't ever let you go
I can wait here forever
(I'm your dog on a chain)
I won't ever let you go
(She aint gonna let you go, baby)
(She gonna wait here forever.)

BEIJING

I'm digging a hole
In my back yard
I hit rock and sprung water
I dove in
And Ended up in Beijing
Stole me a bike
Joined up with the monks
Because silence
Is worth more these days
Oh Than AOL Time Warner
Or Martha Stewart stocks


If you can get it
Grab as much as you can
And hide it in your basement
For the next disaster
Silence for the next disaster

Oh and my guitar
Sounds so good
Because I can't tell you why
And if distance makes the heart grow fonder
Then oh look at you and I yea
Look at you and I

If you can get it
Grab as much as you can
And hide it in your basement
For the next disaster
A little perfection
During your disaster

So bring me down
To where I can't see
I'll pray for some medicine
Explain to you I'm lost
You said you're not lost you're free
You said you're free baby
You're free
You said you're free

If you can get it
Grab as much as you can
Hide it in your basement
For the next disaster
Yea during your disasters

I'm digging a hole yea I'm digging a hole

BLACK TORNADO

I been speaking later and later in the day
Most days I don't talk 'til maybe 8 o'clock at night
It keeps me whole
It keeps me holy
It keeps me way up in the mountains even when I'm on
the road
It keeps me coming up for air
Keeps me airing out some come
It keeps me cool

And everyplace I go is one less place I could call home
And every girl I kiss, well I just cross her off my
list
I don't go far
I just go crazy
I buried all of my old clothes out in some field in
West Des Moines
And if you judge me tonight
Judge me by the songs I write
That's who I am to you

And there's a Black Tornado
Black Tornado
Spinning around in my body sometimes
Black Tornado
Black Tornado
Spinning around in my body sometimes

And I could do tonight with something soft and warm and
furry
But that ain't likely to occur in southcentral Missouri
It's a day off
It's an off-day
It's a Budweiser, Budgetel, Bukowski kind of night
All I got's what's on my back
Guitar and a backpack
My soul is intact

And there's a Black Tornado. . . .

And everything is changing faster than I can describe
All I really know to do is grab the wheel and drive
I look for love
And some adventure
And I try not to let my own breathing scare me off the
road
There is a tombstone
Of my father I visit sometimes

And there's a Black Tornado...