1.Doctor Monroe
Years ago the phone rang off the hook for Dr. Monroe
But he's erased the names in his little black book, he's living
alone
Oh, you might have seen him chain-smoking on national TV
Drinking scotch on the rocks and flipping through playboy
magazines
He will not hello, invite you to his chateau in the Pyrenees
He's a real sharp shooter, good looker, smooth talker with the
ladies
He's running on high speed trains seeing visions of what he used
to have
Like a choir boy in the wings it's the death of a ladies man
Ten years ago he quit the material world
He started speaking to the sixth dimension through public
urinals
Oh, her got curious and started wearing some of Helen's clothes
He quit the firm and set up practice in his bathtub
Helen said 'darling, I'm concerned, do you think that you'll
pull through
Or should I call the doctor？'
He said 'that's what I am, you fool.'
He's running on high speed trains seeing visions of what he used
to have
Like a choir boy in the wings it's the death of a ladies man
He's got his hair slicked back and his boots laced tight and
shined
He makes a killer first impression 'cause he smells like
turpentine
Oh, he'll slide beside you and ask you for his name
He extinguishes his cigarette in your water and then gives it a
swig
'when is your stop？ Where are you getting off？'
Gee, I can't be so sure, maybe Berlin, or maybe not
He's running on high speed trains seeing visions of what he used
to have
Like a choir boy in the wings it's the death of a ladies man
When he comes in to see you he will look you straight in the eye
When he says 'voulez-vous coucher avec moi？'
Run for you life
Cause he's running on high speed trains seeing visions of what
he used to have
Like a choir boy in the wings it's the death of a ladies man
2.Everything
Since I was a child I could read the tides by the colours of the
clouds
When I grew I left in the spring and took only my piano and some
gin
But when I'm awake and I feel my head is swinning
Then when I sleep I begin to think of
Everything
Everything
Everything
Oh everything
When I was only four I found my lonely ivories and we became
fast friends
I moved to the city but I can still hear waves
I'm a break-wall and the moon is tugging my feet
But when I'm awake and I feel my head is swinning
Then when I sleep I begin to think of
Everything
Everything
Everything
Oh everything
When I'm in my baby's arms
I can still feel the pulse
Do I stay, do I go
I don't know, I don't know
But when I'm awake and I feel my head is swinning
Then when I sleep I begin to think of
Everything
Everything
Everything
Oh everything
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything...
3.Baby James
My first lover was real sweet, he made a woman out of me
But he left as quick as he came, my baby James
Mama said I was naive
'Said one day he'd pick up and leave me
But 'till then I swore I'd stay for my baby Jame
My baby's gone and I can't seem to find him
He never calls and he's real bad at writing
Oh where's my baby James
My first lover was real cruel and he knew what he was doing
He loved so good I had to stay for my baby James
Mama said I was naive
'Said one day he'd pick up and leave me.
But 'till that day I best be strong for my baby James
He's as cold as an ice box, there's nothing inside him
Just crack him open, hear the echoes holler
Where's my baby James
Oh I begged him not to go
But nothing would move him
He said he'd women to meet
And countries to topple
Before you cart me away
Tell him I'm real sorry
Oh, I love him just the same, my baby Jame
Call of f the search party there's nobody coming
My baby's gone where you never will find him
Where's my baby
Where's my baby
Bye bye baby James
4.Cabin Fever
Autumn's coming in through the yard,
Marching like a grandfather clock
The badges he wears are tattered and old
Like shredded ribbons of bright read and gold
His arms are stiff and they're sure they're in time
'Cause you can't slow a man with a pendulum down
No, you can't slow a man with a pendulum down
In autumn it's hard to keep the mood light
The puddles get deep and my umbrella was swiped
You'll find him in the strangest of places
Jangling a coffee cup outside store twenty-four
But he's not a beggar 'till the cold settles in
And he swears there's an Indian summer in him
Oh, he swears there's an Indian summer in him
Drink from this flask to put warmth in your chest and sing
around my piano
I'm settling in for the long winter months with all of the
friends I can handle
And we'll toast this death of summer months
And summer warmth
And summer love
If your heart starts feeling slow, there's a refrain I know and
I'll teach you, it goes
'when we've come down with cabin fever,
And everyone's wearing sweaters
And talking about leaving, we'll know it's time.'
Pack the car
Head out to Vermont
I'm trading Boston concrete for foliage
It always feels like I'm on my way out
Chasing seasons down but they never do budge
Oh, as soon as you're used to one season it moves
And that's all that you can count on
That's all that you can count on
When we've come down with cabin fever
And everyone's wearing sweaters
And talking about leaving we'll know it's time
5.Frankie and Annette
Frankie and Annette ran off at sixteen and it all started at a
red sox ball game
In a cracker jack box, Frankie found a ring and said 'how's
about making me a man？'
Frankie was just laid off at the store, they said
'Kid, you've got some shit to learn about selling cheese to
customers.'
If you're not wrapping it in cellophane you're writing it
It's all about your fifteen seconds
And it's all about walking away from the wreck
It's all about assembling a life from what's left on the streets
Hubcap coffee cups and broken love seats
They took off on the road in fraudulent car
Held a cashier at gunpoint in a Cumberland farms
Got married by a guy who was impersonating a judge
And for twenty-five dollars did house-calls
It's all about your fifteen seconds
And it's all about walking away from the wreck
It's all about assembling a life from what's left on the streets
Hubcap coffee cups and broken love seats
Maybe I'll buy you a little house down on Grasshopper Street
Nine to five behind a pavoni machine
Then I'll know you up with a little baby
And we'll name him Martinez
They got caught by the cops when they got to Columbus
'Kids, who is it that put you up to this？'
Frankie said it was fate, Annette said it was love
'Book 'em danno, we got our front page
It's all about your fifteen seconds
And it's all about walking away from the wreck
It's all about assembling a life from what's left on the streets
Hubcap coffee cups and broken love seats
Hubcap coffee cups and broken love seats
Oh, hubcap coffee cups and broken love seats
6.The Coffee Beanery
The coffee beanery was about to explode
Or was it a field
Nobody knows
Nobody saw it coming
But for days
The forecast predicted frost
The TV's radiated ice
The Toyota became a baked Alaska
And if we took out our spoons
The windshield wipers scraping beneath
A little work for dessert
If every course would put up a good fight first
All that you build will probably fall someday
Then you'll be left with only Polaroids
So, what I want to know is when the sky caves in
Who's gonna pick up the pieces then
The signs, they were all there before
A blink of barrette the waves crashing down on the colonials
Everybody said 'don't get caught, darling, you gonna end up in a
Folgers tin'
But even they liked the storm
And they drive me batty when they say things like that
'Cause you know I've heard the stories, too
Oh I've heard the wives' tale
Where Polly at a load of stale reunion bread
And got killed by one of her seven Siamese cats
Never did want an American short-hair 'cause they've got bones
to pick
All that you build will probably fall someday
Then you'll be left with only Polaroids
So, what I want to know is when the sky caves in
Who's gonna pick up the pieces then
I had a dream about Helena where she was strumming her cello
like it was a banjo
We got drunk and danced in the sand dunes 'till she said
'Why don't we go and see about that parade？'
And James with his beard which is down to his knees, is
Probably in Asia chewing on a coil of ginseng and he's
Writing me every week about the big beautiful world
I kind of want to be a part of it.
All that you build will probably fall someday
Then you'll be left with only Polaroids
So, what I want to know is when the sky caves in
Who's gonna pick up the pieces then
7.Embroidery
Since I was a girl, I've been good at embroidery
I finished up my finishing school in Switzerland
Then I escaped to Evian, wound my car down the alps, lived only
on apricots
Picked by the side of the road
In vevey I lived with two spinsters who spoke only french
But mostly bickered
They fed me strawberry wine
I sat in my room writing you lines on doilies
They all said the same thing
I wish you were here
The lights on Lake Geneva are a sight for sore eyes
They turn the water into glass
I could step on it and be in Lausanne
Then I'd be just miles from you, maybe I'd see you in line at
the shooting booths
Maybe you'd buy me an ice cream cone
But if you look you'll see my initials stitched inside your left
breast pocket
The one you keep your handkerchief in
The one closest to you heart
Since I was a girl I've been good at embroidery
Since I was a girl I've been good at embroidery
But no needlepoint will bring you
Across this continental divide
Across the Atlantic ocean to where I am now
8.Fat Old Man
You've moved off to Seattle
You go down yo the bar every day
This morning you woke up in the park
Wearing only a tiny straw hat
You've got a mad dog with a bad leg
And a comb full of rotten teeth
But the days get longer you don't get no younger
And nobody's calling for you
Keep moving on
You're chewing aspirin like M＆Ms
Anything to dull the pain
But the doctor says it's nothing that a little courage wouldn't
fix.
So they put you up on morphine and they strap you to the bed
Saying Darling, it's just a bad dream, it'll be over soon
Keeps moving on
Oh nobody
Nobody feels like fighting
You've unplugged all the phone lines
And changed the locks on the doors
You've been wearing suits and collared shirts
And you've changed your name to Carlos
You take up with a lady
The kind that wears perfume
And she likes the sound of your name
When it's following after hers
Keep moving on
Then she tells you there's a child
And he's three months along
She's been dying to tell you
'Cause she thinks he'll have your nose
You call her up the next day
It was St. valentine's
And you wanted to know about the hometown
And see if it was standing
And it keeps moving on
'Cause nobody
Nobody feels like fighting
The LeCalire boy died in a fire
The town gathered by the harbor's edge
And sure enough when the flames died down the boat almost sunk
The next day the sea was quiet
The tide came in, then moved out
That's just one way of saying
Nothing changes when you're gone
It keeps moving on
9.Stationary
10.Tundra
11.All Or Nothing
12.The La La Song
Knowing you makes all the difference
Don't it darling
Knowing all your if's and why's
Your when's and how's
December comes in as a short procession
A little punctured, a little heartbroken
But not forever and not for long
In New York, the vagabonds have fled
To your dusty wings
The play bill tramps are
Starving for a little warmth
It seems I've help my arms like this for ages
But I am done waiting, I am lowering them down
Like a white flag, like a sail
It's Clementine season, my peach, my little
You are gone, but now I like all my parts
It's funny how when we're whole, we feel hollow
It's funny, I like me best with a broken heart
So, when winter started to thaw
You may be tempted to come around
And it's likely to be too late
La la la...
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