Unreleased Songs

Jayhawks Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Say Your Prayers

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Well, I saw you walking down the street
With an air of self so incomplete
But I knew you, oh, so long ago
And your memory it still lingers on
Weeds in your garden
I'll be thinking of you
Flowers in the mud

Say your prayers, before you go to bed
My sweet baby
Say your prayers, before you go to bed
My sweet baby

Well I wish you'd make your mind up
There's a battle raging in your head
You're a ghost of all the blood you let
Pretty perfume couldn't cover up
It becomes clearer
Staring in your mirror
Trembling your bed

Say your prayers, before you go to bed
My sweet baby
Say your prayers, before you go to bed
My sweet baby

Say your prayers, before you go to bed
My sweet baby
Say your prayers, before you go to bed
My sweet baby, my sweet baby
My sweet baby, my sweet baby


2.Tampa to Tulsa

Lyricist:Tim O'reagan

{Take 3}

Tampa to Tulsa, just one layover
Thinking it over

There's a card game in the back seat
They're throwing dice in the aisle, the driver just smiles
With every mile, he's closer to the arms of the woman who loves
him
Tampa to Tulsa, one layover

Please don't ask, take my love and make it last
Please don't ask, ease my worried mind and take my hand

Picking up nothing but stock quotes, on a GI's radio
It's giving me nothing but false hope
Putting it all on the line
Tampa to Tulsa, one layover

Please don't ask, take my love and make it last
Please don't ask, ease my worried mind and take my hand

I know that you're running
But you don't know what from
Tampa to Tulsa, one layover

Please don't ask, take my love and make it last
Please don't ask, ease my worried mind and take my hand


3.Will I See You in Heaven

Lyricist:Marc Perlman

We were so close together
Yeah, you felt like a brother to me
Searching for a little bit of truth
But I found that it was living inside of you

Thought we could live forever
But there's more to life than we'll ever know
Tell me why'd you have to leave so soon
When I've got a thousand questions to ask of you

Will I see you in heaven?
Shine your light from above
With your love I am never alone
Won't you carry me, won't you carry me home?

Well, faith is the answer
Can you spare some to help guide me through
Swim across the ocean for a sign
Though you're gone, you're always going to be a friend of mine

Will I see you in heaven?
Shine your light from above
With your love I am never alone
Won't you carry me, won't you carry me?

Will I see you in heaven?
Will I see you in heaven?
With your light I am never alone
Won't you carry me, won't you carry me home?


4.Angelyne

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Here comes the weather
It's looking like another storm
If all desire
Would leave this tired boy alone

Hopes haunt me like ghost
They point their fingers
Grass grows in the cracks
Wind makes me shiver

Angelyne, forgive me
We threw it all away
You could never stand living with a man
Who could only lead you half way to love

Yeah, I tried to fake it
But you wouldn't play along
I watched you naked
Innocent and holding on

Snowflakes make your bones ache
In the winter
Your face will not fade
It will just linger

Angelyne, forgive me
We threw it all away
You could never stand living with a man
Who could only lead you half way

Angelyne, forgive me
We threw it all away
I could never fit into your plans
I'm nobody's man

Don't you tell me how to live my life
Don't you tell me how to live my life

Angelyne, forgive me
We threw it all away
You could never stand living with a man
Who could only lead you half way

Angelyne, forgive me
We threw it all away
I could never fit into your plans
I'm nobody's man


5.Madman

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Rage on, rage on, my brother
Time to lay down my arms
You know that it's wrong for me to go on
There's a madman singing down in the alley

My love waits at the window
My love waits by the door, the curtains are drawn
Who'll sound the alarm
It's the madman singing down in the alley

I'll abandon the train
From the crowd watch the parade
Of the madmen singing down in the alley

Darling, take off your makeup
Gently let down your hair
We'll stand by the grave and sip our champagne
Toast the madman singing down in the alley
Toast the madman singing down in the alley


6.You Look So Young

Lyricist:Gary Louris

You're lonesome in the morning
In the morning where you lay
Toss your head against the window
Beads form like crooked trains

You look so young
Have you ever been afraid?
You look so young
And I'm feeling so ashamed

Selfish thoughts and selfish reasons
Lead to my own demise
Once this world is taken from me
Stripped bare my soul will rise

You look so young
Have you ever been afraid?
You look so young
And I'm feeling so ashamed

When will you ever learn?
When will you ever learn?

I see familiar faces
Been down this road before
Like a steer, we're led to slaughter
Why fight? What's carved in stone?

You look so young
Have you ever been afraid?
You look so young
And I'm feeling so ashamed

You look so young
Have you ever been afraid?
You look so young
And I'm feeling so ashamed


7.All the Right Reasons

Lyricist:Gary Louris

As I lay upon my bed I begin dreaming
How it's gonna be the day that I am free
Once I settle like the dust upon the table
But then you came along, you helped me write this song

I don't know what day it is, I can't recall the season
I don't remember how we got this far
All I know's I'm loving you for all the right reasons
My sky you'll always will be my morning star

Like a tired bird flying high across the ocean
I was outside looking in, you made me live again
From the mountains to the prairies little babies
Figures filled their heads, visions bathed in red

I don't know what day it is, I can't recall the season
I don't remember how we got this far
All I know's I'm loving you for all the right reasons
My sky you'll always will be my morning star

From the train in Manchester, England
Lightening fills the sky as I watched you wave goodbye
From the mountains to the prairies little babies
Figures filled their heads, visions bathed in red

And I don't know what day it is, I can't recall the seasons
I don't remember how we got this far
All I know's I'm loving you for all the right reasons
My sky you'll always will be my morning star


8.Tailspin

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Well, they stood prepared as you took the chair
There was no need to satisfy you
I'll be damned though I held your hand
They felt the need to crucify you

You're goin' down, baby baby
You're goin' down, baby baby

You're in a tailspin, running out of your head
You're in a tailspin, running out of your head

You're a fragile flower in it's finale hour
With no chance to taste the waters
Judge declared, 'You'll get 15 yrs
Join the lonely sons and daughters'

You're going down, baby baby
You're going down, baby baby

You're in a tailspin, running out of your head
You're in a tailspin, running out of your head

Smoke and mirrors couldn't hide your tears
Your eyes only betray you
Long trip, you lost your grip
We've all been praying for you

You're going down, baby baby
You're going down, baby baby

You're in a tailspin, running out of your head
You're in a tailspin, running out of your head

You're in a tailspin, running out of your head
You're in a tailspin, baby, running out of your head


9.Save It for a Rainy Day

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Pretty little hairdo don't do what it used to
Can't disguise the living
All the miles that you've been through

Looking like a train wreck
Wearing too much makeup
The burden that you carry
Is more than one soul could ever bear

Don't look so sad, Marina
There's another part to play
Don't look so sad, Marina
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day

You never make your mind up
Like driving with your eyes shut
Rough around the edges
Won't someone come and take you home

Waiting for a breakthrough
What will you set your mind to?
We stood outside the Chinese restaurant
In the rain

Don't look so sad, Marina
There's another part to play
Don't look so sad, Marina
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day

Don't look so sad, Marina
There's another part to play
Don't look so sad, Marina
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day
Save it for a rainy day


10.The Eyes Of SarahJane

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Warwick Hotel
I know it well
We lived a dream so sweet, so sweet

I see Philly in the snowy gloom
We could have laid there 'til afternoon
Our cut runs deep, so deep, so deep

And the eyes of Sarah Jane
I see the happy times again
And in the eyes of Sarah Jane
I see the happy times again

We couldn't sleep
Laugh 'til we weep
Then time stood still, so still, so still

Talked for hours in our bed
I fell in love with every word you said
It felt so great, so great, so great

And in the eyes of Sarah Jane
I see the happy times again
And in the eyes of Sarah Jane
I see the happy times again

People love to fall in
Love they love to fall in
People love to be amused
But you won't see me laughing
In the sadness of our ways

Those were the days
Those were the days

And in the eyes of Sarah Jane
I see the happy times again
And in the eyes of Sarah Jane
I see the happy times again


11.One Man's Problem

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Just another Saturday
Time, she keeps slipping away
Just leaving me behind
Sun is peeking through my windowpane
These eyes, they only see rain
I can't believe that she's gone

I don't expect you to see
But she's important to me, babe
I guess it's just one man's problem

I heard that she went out to celebrate
Three cheers for her brilliant escape
From the prison we were in
Cars buzzing, people rushing everywhere
I've got my world, I guess they've got theirs
Guess it's time for moving on

I don't expect you to see
But she's important to me, babe
I guess it's just one man's problem
I don't expect you to see
But she's important to me, babe
I guess it's just one man's problem

There's a sliver of a moon above our heads
Laughing at the little cares that follow us to bed

Meanwhile her bullets keep flying
I heard every word that she said
And they echo 'round my brain

I don't expect you to see
But she's important to me, babe
I guess it's just one man's problem
I don't expect you to see
But she's important to me, babe
I guess it's just one man's problem


12.Don't Let The World Get In Your Way

Lyricist:Tim O'reagan

They say you gave him up for dead
Now there's a stranger in your head
Yellow roses at your feet
Disappear in a memory of a dream

And like a flower in the spring
Left to the mercy of the seasons
Soon the past will catch you up
Stinging like a paper cut
There's only so much in your veins to bleed

Don't let the world get in your way
Make your mistakes
Go on your way

Yellow roses at your feet disappear into a dream
Fingers clench and smell of magazines
Kneeling at the altar in a church
Praying desperately that someone up there is listening

Don't let the world get in your way
Make your mistakes
Go on your way


13.Come to the River

Lyricist:Gary Louris

My harp is tuned to the mourning wind
My flute to the voice that weeps within
And I taught the widows' hearts to sing
You're such a nasty little girl

If you wanna taste the water
Gotta come to the river
If you wanna taste the water
Gotta drown, drown, drown

Turned back, had a fall from grace
Now we find each other face to face
The wells you drank from all ran dry
Now you are standing all alone

If you wanna taste the water
Gotta come to the river
If you wanna taste the water
Gotta come to the river

I hope this letter finds you well
You're such a nasty little girl

If you wanna taste the water
Gotta come to the river
If you wanna taste the water
Gotta drown, drown, drown

My harp is tuned to the mourning wind
My flute to the voice that weeps within

If you wanna taste the water
Gotta come to the river
If you wanna taste the water
Gotta come to the river

If you wanna taste the water
Gotta come to the river
If you wanna taste the water
Gotta drown, drown, drown


14.'Baby, Baby, Baby'

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Baby, baby, baby I had to move along
I took my bags, I took my car but it all went wrong
Beneath the gloom I hear the sirens whine, they sound so far
away
A darkened room, I hear you call my name, I had so much to say

I've been so faithful, I've been so true

There's a million flags flying
A million dreams that died
And I died too as twisted
Metal rained across the interchange

I've been so faithful, I've been so true

I would have run
(Baby, baby, baby)
I never saw it coming
(Baby, baby, baby)

I've been so faithful, I've been so true

I would have run
(Baby, baby, baby)
I never saw it coming
(Baby, baby, baby)
I would have run
(Baby, baby, baby)

Flying, flying, ooh
So beautiful, so beautiful you'll cry your eyes
Just like Jesus Christ, just like Jesus Christ
So beautiful, you'll cry your eyes
Just like Jesus Christ, just like Jesus Christ
So beautiful, so beautiful, so beautiful


15.(In My) Wildest Dreams

Lyricist:Bob Ezrin, Gary Louris, Marc S Perlman

When you had a brief encounter with your fortune and your fame
Well, I stood beside and watched the fans that followed
Well, I saw you from a distance and I heard them call your name
But you winked at me as if to say, 'I'm sorry'
Yeah, you winked at me as if to say, 'I'm sorry'

In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams

Now, the more I get to know you, the less that I admire
I fade as the unholy light surrounds you
Well, I'm mystified you got so high, you had so far to fall
What you don't own you beg, you steal, you borrow
What you don't own you beg, you steal, you borrow

In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams
In my wildest dreams

I never felt this close to you, I never will again
As you gaze at me from on your ivory tower
You're pretending to be happy, you're pretending to be free
As you watch the minutes slowly turn to hours
As you watch the minutes slowly turn to hours

In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams
In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams


16.Eyes Of Sarahjane

Lyricist:Gary Louris

Warwick Hotel
I know it well
We lived a dream so sweet, so sweet

I see Philly in the snowy gloom
We could have laid there 'til afternoon
Our cut runs deep, so deep, so deep

And the eyes of Sarahjane
I see the happy times again
And in the eyes of Sarahjane
I see the happy times again

We couldn't sleep
Laugh 'til we weep
Then time stood still, so still, so still

Talked for hours in our bed
I fell in love with every word you said
It felt so great, so great, so great

And in the eyes of Sarahjane
I see the happy times again
And in the eyes of Sarahjane
I see the happy times again

People love to fall in love
They love to fall in
People love to be amused

But you won't see me laughing
In the sadness of our ways
Those were the days
Those were the days

And in the eyes of Sarahjane
I see the happy times again
And in the eyes of Sarahjane
I see the happy times again


17.Stumbling Through the Dark (Reprise)

Lyricist:Gary Louris, Matthew Sweet

You're so in love, little girl
So much in love, little girl
Runnin' around in circles, why?
You know it's a crime

No less, no more than a rose
No less, no more than a rose
Try to attach a meaning
To words that you've heard

Stumbling through the dark
Seems I'm stumbling through the dark
Everybody's stumbling through the dark

The men who proceeded us here
Left only questions and fears
The vanity formed by beauty lies
You know it's a crime

Stumbling through the dark
Seems I'm stumbling through the dark
Everybody's stumbling through the dark

Stumbling through the dark
Seems I'm stumbling through the dark
Everybody's stumbling through the dark


18.Let The Last Night Be The Longest (Lonesome Memory)

Lyricist:Gary Michael Louris, Mark Olson

I walked the last mile home
In this heart was born the shame
Loving you no longer
No matter what I tried
The fear we shared tonight
Keeps coming back to mind

I'll find an old barroom
Settle in for good
Forget about the past close behind me
No matter what I tried
The fear we shared tonight
Keeps coming back to mind

Westbound train is leaving
Darling, can't you see?
Let the last night be the longest
In a lonesome memory

I walked the last mile home
In this heart was born the shame
Loving you no longer
No matter what I tried
The fear we shared tonight
Keeps coming back to mind

Sun up in the Midwest
Darling, can't you see
Let the last night be the longest
In a lonesome memory

Oh, the westbound train is leaving
Darling, can't you see?
Let the last night be the longest
In a lonesome memory

I'll find an old barroom
Settle in for good
Forget about the past close behind me
No matter what I tried
The fear we shared tonight
Keeps coming back to mind

Sun up in the Midwest
Darling, can't you see
Let the last night be the longest
In a lonesome memory
Let the last night be the longest
In a lonesome memory


19.Wildest Dreams

Lyricist:Robert Ezrin, Gary Michael Louris, Marc Perlman

When you had a brief encounter with your fortune and your fame
Well, I stood beside and watched the fans that followed
I saw you from a distance
And I heard them call your name
But you winked at me as if to say, I'm sorry
Yeah, you winked at me as if to say, I'm sorry

In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams

The more I get to know you, the less that I admire
I fade as the unholy light surrounds you
Well, I'm mystified you got so high
You had so far to fall
What you don't own you beg, you steal, you borrow
What you don't own you beg, you steal, you borrow

In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams
In my wildest dreams

I never felt this close to you, I never will again
As you gaze at me from on your ivory tower
You're pretending to be happy
You're pretending to be free
As you watch the minutes slowly turn to hours
As you watch the minutes slowly turn to hours

In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams
In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams


20.Lights

Lyricist:Victoria Williams

What kind of song would you give if you had a song to give?
What kind of life would you live if you had a life to live?
Would you wanna make something good that you could look on?
Give you lots of pleasure, yeah you would

What about this thing that you gave? What if it weren't quite
perfect?
What about if it was something bad about it?
Would you love it just the same? Would you still care about it?

The lights on the city looks so good almost like
Somebody thought they would, thought they would

What kind of song would you sing if you had a song to sing?
What kind of life would you live if you had a life to live?
Would you wanna make something good that you could look on?
Give you lots of pleasure, yeah you would

The lights on the city looks so good almost like
Somebody thought they would, thought they would

What about this thing that you gave? What if it weren't quite
perfect?
What about if it was something bad about it?
Would you love it just the same? Would you still care about it?

The lights on the city looks so good
Almost like somebody thought they would
The lights on the city looks so good almost like
Somebody thought they would, thought they would


21.Six Pack On The Dahboard

Yeah, up there's a six-pack
On the dashboard tonight
I get lonesome most of the time
I get to thinking about you most of the time

Yeah, there's some heartache
In this beer joint tonight
I get lonesome most of the time
I get to thinking about you most all the time

A straight face can't hide
A straight face can't hide

A straight face can't hide
A straight face can't hide

Yeah, up there's a six-pack
On the dashboard tonight
I get lonesome most of the time
I get to thinking about you most of the time

A straight face can't hide
A straight face can't hide

A straight face can't hide
A straight face can't hide

A straight face can't hide
A straight face can't hide

A straight face can't hide
A straight face can't hide


22.(I'm Not In) Prison

Lyricist:Mark Olson

Walk around in a world
Filled with destruction
I read all about it
Know all the headlines

And I say to myself
What a lucky man
Glad I'm alive
I can go where I can

I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison
No, I'm not in prison, yeah

Walked around in a world
Filled with deceit
I see all the trash lying
There at my feet

And I say to myself
What a lucky man
Glad I'm alive
I can go where I can

I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison
No, I'm not in prison, yeah

And I say to myself
What a lucky man
Glad I'm alive
I can go where I can

I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison

No, I'm not in prison
I'm not in prison
Yeah, I'm not in prison
No, I'm not in prison, yeah