1.Allison Road
(robin wilson)
I've lost my mind on what i'd find
And all of the pressure that i left behind
On allison road
Fools in the rain if the sun gets through
Fire's in the heaven of the eyes i knew
On allison road
Dark clouds file in when the moon is near
Birds fly by a.m. in her bedroom stare
There was no tellin' what i might find
I couldn't see i was lost at the time...
Yeah i didn't know i was lost at the time
On allison road
So she fills up her sails with my wasted breath
And each one's more wasted than the other you can bet
On allison road
Now i can't hide so why not drive
I know i want to love her but i can't decide
On allison road
I didn't know i was lost at the time
So i went looking for an exit sign
All i wanted to find tonight...
2.As Long As It Matters
(phillip rhodes, jesse valenzuela, robin wilson)
How can i find something
That two can take
Without stumbling as we
Walk into our future's wake
I'm like a broken record
That you can play
Repeating as if it matters
Everything i want to say
I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now
Forget that time
It's nothing we touch and see
All this is fine
Even as it crashes down on me
I'm looking around
There's nothing that i could want
More than to tell you
There's no more than we've already got
I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now...
Forget that our time is almost up i'll be all right...
3.Cajun Song
Well, she's leaving today i do know so far away
I'm feeling so blue and it shows in every single way
Once that girl she was mine for such a short time
We used to spend every night now all i do is cry
They say you can't miss something you've never had
So tell me why
Why i could feel so bad...
We used to walk down the path just like lovers do
She'd hold my hand and we'd laugh
I'd stare in her eyes they were blue
Once that girl she was mine for such a short time
We used to spend every night now all i do is cry
They say you can't miss something that you've never had
So tell me why
Why i could feel so bad...
4.Day Job
(scott johnson, bill leen, phillip rhodes, jesse valenzuela,
robin wilson)
Well we've been here once before
And we've stuck it out for more
When we come around we'll settle down
The cracks below the floor
Has it been eleven years
Since i've stood here with my peers
And we started out to conquer doubt and frisbee
I should've been a whole lot farther
I'm never going back to college
For just one good day job
You're not missing much for sure
Only everything that's yours
And at times it fails and we're full sail in the gutter
Is this home 'cause i forgot
If it is then thanks a lot
'cause i can't pretend to know one end from the other
I should've been a whole lot farther
I'm never going back to college
For just one good day job
You're not missing much for sure
Only everything that's yours
At times it fails and we're full sail in the gutter
Is this home 'cause i forgot
If it is then thanks a lot
'cause i can't pretend to know one end from the other
I should've been a whole lot farther
I'm never going back to college
For just one good day job...
5.Follow You Down
(scott johnson, bill leen, phillip rhodes, jesse valenzuela,
robin wilson)
Did you see the sky
I think it means that we've been lost
Maybe one less time is all we need
I can't really help it if my tongue's all tied in knots
Jumping off a bridge, it's just the farthest that i've ever been
Anywhere you go, i'll follow you down
Anyplace but those i know by heart
Anywhere you go, i'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far
I know we're headed somewhere, i can see how far we've come
But still i can't remember anything
Let's not do the wrong thing and i'll swear it might be fun
It's a long way down when all the knots we've tied have come
undone
Anywhere you go, i'll follow you down
Anyplace but those i know by heart
Anywhere you go, i'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far
How you gonna ever find your place
Running in an artificial pace
Are they gonna find us lying face down in the sand
So what the hell now, we've already been forever damned
Anywhere you go i'll follow you down...
6.Found Out About You
All last summer in case you don't recall
I was yours and you were mine forget it all
Is there a line that i could write
Sad enough to make you cry
All the lines you wrote to me were lies
The months roll past the love that you struck dead
Did you love me only in my head？
Things you said and did to me
Seemed to come so easily
The love i thought i'd won you give for free
Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
Rumors follow everywhere you go
Like when you left and i was last to know
You're famous now and there's no doubt
In all the places you hang out
They know your name and know what you're about
Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
Street lights blink on through the car window
I get the time too often on am radio
You know it's all i think about
I write your name drive past your house
Your boyfriend's over i watch your light go out
Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights out in the school yard
I found out about you
7.Hey Jealousy
(doug hopkins)
Tell me do you think it'd be all right
If i could just crash here tonight
You can see i'm in no shape for driving
And anyway i've got no place to go
And you know it might not be that bad
You were the best i'd ever had
If i hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might not be alone
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found
To take its place...hey jealousy
And you can trust me not to think
And not to sleep around
If you don't expect too much from me
You might not be let down
Cause all i really want is to be with you
Feeling like i matter too
If i hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might be here with you
Tomorrow we can drive around this town
And let the cops chase us around
The past is gone but something might be found
To take its place...hey jealousy
She took my heart
There's only one thing i couldn't start
8.Just South Of Nowhere
(jesse valenzuela)
Meet me out past the cottonwoods where we ran as kids
Straight out past the cemetery where the river turns to ditch
This car i'm driving can't drive me fast enough
Thirty miles of potholed roads got me shaking like a drunk
Straight back far away a long ways from here
Just south of nowhere
Static on the radio gave out five miles back
And i'm singing some old marshalls song just for laughs
My head aches from cigarettes my eyes are edged with sleep
Meet out past the muddy ditch beneath the palos verdes trees
Straight back far away a long ways from here
Just south of nowhere
Monday morning takes me back to where i have to be
Full of half assed-promises this shit just ain't for me
Meet me out past the cottonwoods where we ran as kids
Straight out past the cemetery where the river turns to ditch
Straight back far away a long ways from here
Just south of nowhere...
9.Mrs. Rita
(jesse valenzuela, jim swafford)
You can see it in her letters
On the paper with her pen
Her response is getting stronger
I think she's coming round again
Tell me mrs. rita
What's it say in my tarot
Read my palm and tell me
Why do lovers come and go
Is she coming round for me once again
Around or was that just the end
I just hope she's coming round again
I've been keeping myself busy
With my books and with my tapes
Every day's much better
Since i've slowed my drinking pace
There's no swimming in the bottle
It's just someplace we all drown
I lost myself in sorrow
Lost my confidence in doubt
Is she coming 'round for me once again
Around or was that just the end
I just hope she's coming round again
Get in the car and drive through town
Down the block and back around
Pretending that she's there with me we drive
Gone forever...
My patience keeps me plaintive
My high hopes keep me alone
My lover's will is shaken
I wish she would just come home
So tell me mrs. rita
What's it say in my tarot
Read my palm and tell me
Why do lovers come and go
Is she coming round for me once again
Around or was that just the end
I just hope she's coming round again
10.Not Only Numb
(phillip rhodes, robin wilson)
Looking all around the room i see the clutter in the gloom
I'm not only back, i'm not only numb
Changing shades within the evening
In a day then i'll be leaving
I'm not only back, i'm not only numb
When the air at home is thin
Getting out then looking in
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows
It ain't awful hard to tell
What it's like, my little hell
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows
I'm now familiar with the tone i hear in bed when i'm alone
I'm not only back, i'm not only numb
In the shade below the eaves
Think i could chain smoke anything
I'm not only back, i'm not only numb
When the air at home is thin
Getting out, then looking in
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows
It ain't awful hard to tell
What it's like, my little hell
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows
She knows, she knows, she knows
She sees all the cars around the parking lots of bars we've
played and stayed
Started laughing, looking down upon the bed that we've made
We've made, we've made, we've made
She sees all the cars around the parking lots of bars we've
played and stayed
Started laughing, looking falling down across the bed that we've
made
We've made, we've made, we've made
The air at home is thin
When getting out, then looking in
I'm not only back, i'm not only numb
Changing shades within the evening
In a day, then i'll be leaving
I'm not only back, i'm not only numb...
11.Pieces Of The Night
(doug hopkins)
Is it any wonder that the stars just don't rush by
When you're only doin' 60 through this oh-so-vacant night
But it's lacking something big this time
What the hell did you expect to find
Aphrodite on a barstool by your side
Twelfth night we go
After something everyone should know
Somewhere in the distance out of sight...
Then i saw： gin mill rainfall
What do you remember if at all
Only pieces of the night...
And is it any wonder in the middle of the crowd
If you let your feet get trampled on
When the music is that loud
But you wanted to be where you are
But it looked much better from afar
A hillside in shadow
Between the people and the stars
Twelfth night we go
After something everyone should know
Somewhere in the distance out of sight...
Then i saw： gin mill rainfall
What do you remember if at all
Only pieces of the night...
It seems so distant
But still only half the night away
Where notions between your questions come too
Is it any wonder where
The pieces of the night have been...
12.Til I Hear It From You
(jesse valenzuela, robin wilson, marshall crenshaw)
I didn't ask
They shouldn't have told me
At first i'd laugh, but now
It's sinking in fast
Whatever they've sold me
Well baby i don't want to take advice from fools
I'll just figure everything is cool
Until i hear it from you
It gets hard
The memory's faded
Who gets what they say
It's likely they're just jealous and jaded
Well maybe i don't want to take advice from fools
I'll just figure everything is cool
Until i hear it from you
Until i hear it from you
I can't let it get me off
Or break up my train of thought
As far as i know, nothing's wrong
Until i hear it from you
Still thinking about not living without it
Outside looking in
Til we're talking about it, not stepping around it
Maybe i don't want to take advice from fools
I'll just figure everything is cool
Until i hear it from you...
13.Until I Fall Away
i want to tell if i am or am not myself
It's hard to know
How far or if at all could go
I've waited far too long
For something i forgot was wrong
I don't know all the answers
I think that i'll find
Or have it within the time
But it's all that i'll have in mind
Until i fall away
I won't keep you waiting long
Until i fall away
I don't know what to do anymore
Until i fall away
My fear pretend that i'll never be in love again
It's real to me but not like these fools
And not like this scene
I won't find or have it within the time
If it's all rusted and fade
In the spot where we fell
Where i thought i'd left behind
It's loose now but we could try
Until i fall away
I won't keep you waiting long
Until i fall away
I don't know what to do anymore
Until i fall away...
When there's no good answers
And no new questions
Another personal disaster
There's nowhere to go but down...
14.Whitewash
(bill leen, robin wilson)
This night never happened
If it's all right with you
Not a word of our weakness
So much as a clue
There's a place outside
I'm glad to play no part
The fairest arms can tally up the faintest stars
Wash away my weekend
Shatter my sight
C'mon sweet amnesia
You're needed here tonight
Take a seat in the shadows
Forget it as it goes
Dissipate in the morning air
All you know
If you find out
You'll find every lie you might
I was nowhere near last night
Whitewash everything in sight
These suspicions have been long drained dry
Our persistence holds them here
A maze of bars and rented rooms remain
Enough to make you almost look away
This night never happened
If it's all right with you
Another for the collection of things we didn't do
That private party is over
Thank god we get new starts
The fairest arms still tally up the faintest stars
When it comes down
In a clear and certain light
I was nowhere near last night
I was nowhere near last night
Whitewash everything in sight...
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