1.Listen To The Lambs
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
Listen to the lambs all a-crying,
listen to the lambs all a-crying,
listen to the lambs all a-crying,
I want to get to heaven when I die. I want to get to heaven when
I die.
2.The Gospel According To My Ol' Man
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
We could hear the gospel all around.
My dad and me leanin' 'gainst a tree with leaves falling down.
Now, daddy, he's no holy man. He never taught us how to pray.
But he saw the questions on my face.
He looked at me and I turned away.
And he said, 'Believe what you want to, believe what you can,
'cause all I ever really learned from this life of mine...
love's the only thing worth a damn.
So take it or leave it, deny or receive it,
'cause maybe it was never really ours to understand.'
And that right there's the gospel according to my ol' man.
The neighbors just put up with us.
Mrs. Jones always tried to save our souls,
with a fiery look as she held her book
and read about him calling all his little lost lambs back to the
fold.
And Daddy'd say, 'Now, Elna May, with all due respect,
Believe what you want to, believe what you can,
'cause all I ever really learned from this life of mine...
love's the only thing worth a damn.
So take it or leave it, deny or receive it,
'cause maybe it was never really ours to understand.'
And that right there's the gospel according to my ol' man.
3.Delilah Blue
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
A cigarette burns itself out in a crushed up co'cola can
ashtray.
In front of a busted up old mirror,
Delilah Blue is checking out his tired sachet.
Getting bored or just disappointed with his own reflection
he just waves it all away.
Taking to his good friend Black-Eyed Susan, he says,
'Maybe we should go out West？
Get a tan and fake the rest...
This ol' life is just a test,
just a test anyhow.'
Then back to his own reflection he says,
'Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do now？'
The night manager of the Stardest Motel is banging louder
on number seven's door, saying,
'If you two queens don't pay up for all last week, you can't
stay here no more.'
And Delilah laughs as Black-Eyed Susan says, 'Silly bitch is
such a bore.'
In a while they know she'll walk away,
it's just a drunken game she likes to play.
Besides, she knows they always pay.
They always pay somehow.
Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do now？
Chorus：
'Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do now？ What do we do now？
Magnolia memories fill my eyes and the sweet bird of youth done
flown away
but don't let anybody ever say
this old dancer never had her day
'cause this old dancer always knew we'd make it through, Delilah
Blue.'
Delilah's in the bath tub now and it's Black-Eyed Susan's turn
to ramble.
'The President of the United States is on TV
tellin' everybody the country's doin' fine.
Well, he must be talkin' 'bout some other country
cause honey, he sure as hell ain't talkin' 'bout mine.
Wish I could strut up to the White House steps in Shirley Temple
drag and sing
'Brother can you spare a dime？'
Hey, Miss D, I could always pawn that Jayne Mansfield thing.
How much cash you think that old rag'd bring？
My ruby red dress I used to wear to sing
back when they'd whistle and they'd wow.
Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do now？
CHORUS
'Does the year 2000 ever scare you 'cause it's comin' up so
fast？
This getting older thing seems to be more about just learnin'
how to last.
Flippin' through my old phone book, Delilah, all our mad, mad
friends...
we were such a cast.
What do I keep this old dog-eared thing for？
Most our friends ain't even here no more.
I'm feeling lonely as a ghost town whore left still standin' up
somehow.
Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do now？'
With a towel turban on his head,
Delilah Blue appears in the golden aura of bathroom light.
'Tell you a little secret, Susan, I learned a long, long time
ago.
It's kept me on my feet all these years, high heels too,
I got the strap marks to show.
You can take it or you can leave it, oh baby, guess I don't
really know.
But it seems to me
between the blues we cannot name
and all the rage we try to tame
we're only pawns in our own game
Try not to let it wrinkle your pretty brow.'
And just before he cuts the light,
he catches his own reflection in the mirror and smiles at the
sight.
'Try not to let it wrinkle your pretty little brow.
Oh, Delilah Blue, what do we do now？
CHORUSx2
'cause this old dancer thought she knew, we'd make it through,
oh, this old dancer thought she knew, Delilah Blue,
what do we do now？
4.Waiting In Green Velvet
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
Waiting in green velvet with a suitcase in her hand,
standing down a ways from the bus stop sign,
looking at the sky, like she was bound for the promised land,
checkin' out her watch like she was losing time.
She was checkin' out her watch like she was losing time.
Chorus：
Thought I heard her talkin' somethin' 'bout
'Rainbow lights, a psychedelic sight, it'll be here soon,
comin' down to fly us all away.
Can't you hear the roar of the distant engines from a far-off
moon？
Are you packed and ready for Judgement Day？'
So I just sat there on the bus stop bench awhile
and watched her stare into the sun.
Reminded me what my grandma said when I was just a child,
'That'll hurt your eyes, dear little one,
that'll hurt your eyes, dear little one.'
CHORUS
The bus pulled up and I got in but the girl didn't even move.
This was not the ride she was waiting for.
The bus driver just shook his head 'cause there's nothing in the
world to do
and I waved good-bye through the slowly closing door.
I just waved good-bye through the slowly closing door.
CHORUS
5.Jus' Like Brigitte Bardot
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
Neffertiti came out west in a stolen limousine.
Twenty dollars to her name and a walk like you ain't never seen.
She moved into number eight with just a bottle in her hand,
an old radio wrapped up in it's cord and no particular plan.
I watched her in the hallway. She blew me a little kiss
and said, 'Hey, baby, what's a boy like you, doin' in a place
like this？'
Then she said, 'Well, I hate to be the one to have to give you
the news,
but this world ain't nothin' but a one way ticket to the blues.'
Chorus：
Then she said, 'Baby,' she said, 'Baby...
Baby, can you help me find a soul station on this old radio？
And we can steal us a little salvation if you got no place else
to go.
Oh, baby, can you help me find a soul station？ I'm feeling kinda
low
and if you use your...use your 'magination,
baby, I dance jus' like Brigitte Bardot.'
I was sweepin' a warehouse floor 'cross town midnight to eight.
If my ship was ever comin' in, it sure was dockin' late.
Neffertiti was dancin' six nights at a club jut off the strip.
After work we'd meet for breakfast, I'd help her count up all
her tips.
She'd stuff some money in my pocket and say, 'Baby, go back
home.
Now what you tryin' to prove, boy, in this city all alone.
Then she said, 'Well, I hate to be the one to have to give you
the news,
but this world ain't nothin' but a one way ticket to the blues.'
CHORUS
Spoken：
She'd say, 'Mamma must be worried sick about you.'
She'd make me send home letters every... 'bout every month or
so.
So I'd be there writing at her kitchen table
and Neffertiti'd be dancin' to the sweet soul music playin' on
her radio.
'Mamma wants to rock you, rock you slow,
to the sweet soul music on the radio.'
CHORUS
Neffertiti came out west in a stolen limousine
6.The Song On Neffertiti's Radio(My Love)
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
A heart is fragile, baby
It can break so easily.
So, just for safe keeping, darlin',
why don't you give your heart to me？
Don't you know...
my love won't ever let you down？
My love won't ever let you down.
Trust in me, baby.
What I feel is real and true
and I just want to spend my life
idolizing you.
My love won't ever let you down.
My love won't ever let you down.
I'll never lie to you darling,
I just ain't that way.
I'll stand right by you, baby,
forever, come what may.
Lay your head on my shoulder
and dance with me real slow.
Listen to the words
of the song I'm singing low.
Don't you know.
my love won't ever let you down？
My love won't ever let you down.
7.Amsterdam
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
Well, here I am in Amsterdam as winter waves goodbye...
almost seven in the morning and I'm walking all alone
and the moon's still in the sky.
And I have to laugh just thinking how I've never found a home.
Pillows yes, to lay my head, but I've mostly been alone.
Chorus：
Oh, Amsterdam, can you tell me what kind of man I am？
A walker in the rain, a dancer in the sand, or just an insane
music man？
Oh, Amsterdam, I'm barely hanging on by a single strand.
All I really know is I don't understand.
I'm just waking up alone in Amsterdam.
A boy I see in a window there, I can't help looking in.
As someone's arms pull him back to bed, I'm thinking what a fool
I've been.
And the moon is trapped in an old canal like a madman in a cell.
And I'm thinking how I'd like to know just one place very well.
CHORUS
8.Rosie and Pauly
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
Rosie and Pauly in the back alley...
the funniest twosome that you ever did see.
Standing on a trash can, Pauly talks.
If he ain't too drunk and his words are clear
he gives the prettiest sermon you ever did hear
while Rosie wags her tail by the collection box.
When I'm low on inspiration
I go down and join the congregation.
Chorus：
Come on, Pauly, come and save my soul.
Everybody's tryin' but you never do know
and it sure feels good to say, 'Amen.
' Come on, Pauly, come and save my soul.
It's driving me crazy and I'm losing control
but you always help me get it back together again.
Neffertiti and the girls are there fanning themselves on Eddie's
back stair.
Pauly always sets their souls on fire.
Movin' and shakin' and wavin' their hands,
raisin' their voices to a far-away land,
they start in singing like a great big choir.
With harmonies that sound so sweet
you forget all about the trash beneath your feet.
CHORUS
Call him a Messiah,
or just another clown,
but somethin' about the trash can prophet
always leads me to a higher ground.
CHORUS
9.Take It On Faith
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
Hey, I didn't mean a thing I said last night.
I swear I didn't mean a word I used.
You don't have to listen, baby. You have every right
to feel that heart of yours has been abused.
I know I've used up all my chances a long, long time ago
and I really don't deserve to call you mine,
but, if I told you that I loved you,
could I lay back down beside you？
Could you take it on faith one more time？
Look at me I'm crying... imagine me crying.
Well, it's time I learned to anyway,
'cause if you're really set on one of us leaving,
I guess there's really nothing left to say.
It seems like such a shame,
but baby, I could never blame you, baby,
for leaving this old story far behind
and if I told that I love you,
could I lay back down beside you？
Could you take it on faith one more time？
I know I promised to you before
I wouldn't do anything to hurt you no more
If I could take it all back and start again...
take it all back well maybe then,
I could tell you that I love you.
I could lay back down beside you.
I could tell you that I love you, lay back down beside you.
If I told you that I love, could I lay back down beside you？
Could you take me on faith one more time？
10.The Pearl
Lyrics：Joshua Kadison
Music：Joshua Kadison
Based on a Mexican folk legend and inspired by John Steinbeck's
novella 'The Pearl'
There was a Pearl at the bottom of the sea.
He was a diver like you and me
from a little village built on the sand
where the people had nothing but faith in the Lord's hand.
In the far-away near, the Pearl was always there,
floating like a dream or like a storm in the air...
and the Pearl grew bigger on the people's despair.
When the divers went to dive they prayed the same sad prayer.
'Oh, God, help me find it this time.
When I hold it to the light, how the Pearl will shine.'
Early one morning, fates changed everything,
Zandro's baby boy felt the scorpion's sting.
The town doctor just sent them away,
'Poor people like you got no money to pay.'
In Maya's arms, her baby just cried,
while Zandro heard the Pearl's song pounding louder inside.
Into his boat he put his wife and child
and paddled out into the ocean wild.
'Oh, God, help me find it this time.
When I hold it to the light, how the Pearl will shine.
Help me Lord, help me Lord, help me Lord, help me.'
When he held it to the light the great Pearl did shine.
Evil on evil, sin on sin...
the whole town's hunger started closin in.
The priest came from the churchyard to show his deep concern.
The doctor came to visit, now there was money to be earned.
His child got better despite the doctor's pills
whose plan it was to fake him sick, then pretend to heal his
ills.
And Maya said, 'Let's throw this pearl back to sea.
I do believe it's wicked, it'll curse our family.'
Oh, God, Zandro couldn't see the sign.
When he held it to the light the Great Pearl did shine.
Shimmering, glistening, glimmering, glowing.
When he held it to the light, the Great Pearl did shine.
With knives they came to steal his precious prize.
Zandro killed beneath the starless sky.
With blood-stains on his hands they had to flee,
but some crushed his boat, so they couldn't go by sea.
They fled into the mountains by moonlight.
Three hunters close behind them through the night.
Then high up on a rocky mountain side,
Zandro found a cave for his family to hide.
He spied the hunters camp and wainted 'til they slept.
With his knife strapped to his back, down the rocks he crept.
Silently for hours, 'til he was almost there,
then just before Zandro planned to leap into the air,
high up on the mountain his child made a sound.
A gun went off, the song of eveil echoed all around.
Oh, Zandro killed the hunters
but it was all to late.
One bullet in the darkness
sealed his child's fate.
Maya took her baby down to the sea
with Zandro by her side, not beleiving such a thing could be...
that his child would never waken fro his sleep.
Then Zandro threw the Pearl with all his might
and gave it back to the deep.
There was a Pearl at the bottom of the sea.
He was a diver like you and me...
| 
