1.New York, New York
Well, i shuffled through the city on the 4th of july
I had a firecracker waiting to blow
Breakin' like a rocket who makin' its way
To the cities of mexico
Lived in an apartment out on avenue a
I had a tar-hut on the corner of 10th
Had myself a lover who was finer than gold
But i've broken up and busted up since
And love don't play any games with me
Anymore like she did before
The world won't wait, so i better shake
That thing right out there through the door
Hell, i still love you, new york
Found myself a picture that would fit in the folds
Of my wallet and it stayed pretty good
Still amazed i didn't lose it on the roof of the place
When i was drunk and i was thinking of you
Every day the children they were singing their tune
Out on the streets and you could hear from inside
Used to take the subway up to houston and 3rd
I would wait for you and i'd try to hide
And love won't play any games with me
Anymore if you don't want it to
The world won't wait and i watched you shake
But honey, i don't blame you
Hell, i still love you, new york
Hell, i still love you, new york
New york
I remember christmas in the blistering cold
In a church on the upper west side
Babe, i stood their singing, i was holding your arm
You were holding my trust like a child
Found a lot of trouble out on avenue b
But i tried to keep the overhead low
Farewell to the city and the love of my life
At least we left before we had to go
And love won't play any games with you
Anymore if you want 'em to
So we better shake this old thing out the door
I'll always be thinkin' of you
I'll always love you though new york
I'll always love you though new york, new york, new york
2.Firecracker
Black birds slow and softly breaks a glass of wine
Broken bluesy whisper sing to me tonight
Well, everybody wants to go forever
I just wanna burn up hard and bright
I just wanna be your firecracker
And maybe be your baby tonight
Maybe be your baby tonight
Lady, your kicks of silence cough into your room
Kiss me slow and softly make me dream of you
Well, everybody wants to forever
I just wanna burn up hard and bright
I just wanna be your firecracker
And maybe be your baby tonight
Maybe be your baby tonight
So when does the plane go down
'cause i'm ride it till it hits the ground
Then go out with a fight
'cause i just wanna be your baby tonight
3.Answering Bell
Did i slip？ i know i stumbled
Did i trip？ 'cause i know i fell
All's i know is i'll wake up here in my clothes tomorrow
But oh, girl i wish i knew you well
But oh, girl i wish i knew you well
But i'm just sayin' hi, to your answering bell
Did i run？ i thought i was walkin'
Through your inexhaustible gale
The names are changed but the constellations
Are still fallin'
Oh girl, if you could only tell
Oh girl, if you could only tell
But i'm just sayin' hi
Let your tears fall and touch my skin
Then your thunderclouds could rage and wail
I will collect them all for you in butterfly jars
And oh girl, i'll build your wishing well
Oh girl, i'll build your wishing well
But i'm just sayin' hi, to your answering bell
Did i sleep？ 'cause i musta been dreamin'
Did i weep？ 'cause i cried like hell
All's i want is your fortress of tears to crumble
And oh girl, i'd tear 'em down myself
And oh girl, the story's they could tell
But i'm just sayin' hi
4.La Cienega Just Smiled
'ah the night...here it comes again'
It's on with the jeans, the jacket and the shirt
How'd i end up feeling so bad
For such a little girl
And i hold you close in the back of my mind
Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt
And i'm too scared to know to how i feel about you now
La cienega just smiles...'see ya around'
And i hold you close in the back of my mind
And raise my glass 'cause either way i'm dead
Neither of you really help me to sleep anymore
One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul
La cienega just smiles as it waves goodbye
'ah the night...here it comes again'
It's off with the jeans, the jacket and the shirt
How'd i end up feeling so bad
For such a little girl
And i hold you close in the back of my mind
Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt
And i'm too scared to know how i feel about you now
How i feel about you now
La cienega just smiles and says, 'i'll see you around'
5.The Rescue Blues
Everybody wants you to be special
And everybody wants you to be high
They throw you down a rope when you're in trouble, baby
Screamin', 'save me'
Then they charge you with the rescue blues
And everybody wants to see you suffer
They know that you need the pain so much
They throw you up a rope when you're too high
To cruise, baby
Lord, you lose lady
Then they charge you with the rescue blues
And everybody wants to see you fall
That's why they always love to get you high
And everybody knows you need the pain so much, lady
Well, keep in touch, baby
Just don't charge me with your rescue blues
6.Somehow, Someday
I want to tell you something
That i should've, long ago
I wish that you and i had those kids
Maybe bought us that home
I wish that we were stumbling fast
Down on irving and 14th street
I wish that we were still in your room
In your bed and you were holding me
'cause there ain't no way i'll ever stop from lovin' you now
There ain't no way i'll ever stop from lovin' you now
No there ain't no way and i'm gonna try and show you somehow
Somehow, and i'm gonna someday
I dreamt that you and i were still young
Laughing like little kids
I'll never know just how bad it hurt
Or what i did
I wish that we were stumbling fast
Down on irving and 6th
I wish we were still making plans
But now, there's nothing to fix
But there ain't no way i'll ever stop from lovin' you now
There ain't no way i'll ever stop from lovin' you now
No, there ain't no way and i'm gonna try and show you somehow
Somehow, and i'm gonna someday
Someday...someday
Ah honey, someday
7.When The Stars Go Blue
Dancin' where the stars go blue
Dancin' where the evening fell
Dancin' in your wooden shoes
In a wedding gown
Dancin' out on 7th street
Dancin' through the underground
Dancin' little marionette
Are you happy now？
Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when you're blue
Where do you go when you're lonely
I'll follow you
When the stars go blue
Laughing with your pretty mouth
Laughing with your broken eyes
Laughing with your lover's tongue
In a lullaby
Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when you're blue
Where do you go when you're lonely
I'll follow you
When the stars go blue
The stars go blue, stars go blue
8.Nobody Girl
Well, the night makes moves
And it shatters like broken glass
Better play it cool... better let it pass
Have you been screening your smokes？
And whispers in an all night bar
Better off as the fool
Than the owner of that kind of heart
They don't know you anyway
They don't know you and they don't watch you walk away
Just a nobody girl
With a radar to the scene
When the emptiness finds you
You find all the numbers you need
Say you follow your heart
Well, honey you're just being lost
Say you follow your gut
Well, how much would it cost？
They don't know you anyway
They don't know you
And they don't watch you walk away
You're nobody, girl
You're nobody, girl
You're a nobody, girl
The night plays games
And the people they come and go
Well, they trade in their pieces
For a late-night ride on your rodeo
If your horses could talk,
I wonder if they would complain
I know you're rested and ready
They've been going nowhere for days
They don't know you anyway
They don't know you,
They don't even mind the weight
Nobody, girl
You're nobody, girl
Nobody, girl
9.Sylvia Plath
I wish i had a sylvia plath
Busted tooth and a smile
And cigarette ashes in her drink
The kind that goes out and then sleeps for a week
The kind that goes out on her
To give me a reason, for well, i dunno
And maybe she'd take me to france
Or maybe to spain and she'd ask me to dance
In a mansion on the top of a hill
She'd ash on the carpets
And slip me a pill
Then she'd get pretty loaded on gin
And maybe she'd give me a bath
How i wish i had a sylvia plath
And she and i would sleep on a boat
And swim in the sea without clothes
With rain falling fast on the sea
While she was swimming away, she'd be winking at me
Telling me it would all be okay
Out on the horizon and fading away
And i'd swim to the boat and i'd laugh
I gotta get me a sylvia plath
And maybe she'd take me to france
Or maybe to spain and she'd ask me to dance
In a mansion on the top of a hill
She'd ash on the carpets
And slip me a pill
Then she'd get pretty loaded on gin
And maybe she'd give me a bath
How i wish i had a sylvia plath
I wish i had a sylvia plath
10.Enemy Fire
Enemy fire
Enemy blanks
Enemy colored roses
Red colored tanks
It's too late baby
Baby, it's too late
Learn how to change
And maybe i could stay
Enemy fire
Enemy planes
Enemy roses and red colored chains
It's too late baby
Baby, it's too late
Learn how to change
And maybe i could stay
Um... no
11.Gonna Make You Love Me
Riot on the streets, the touch beneath the sheets
It's only gonna make me love you more
The cops they got the guns, the night destroys the sun
It's only gonna make me love you more
This old world, well, it was mine to take
Faith can keep you warm, but i'll teach you how to shake
And i'll come to you like a little girl
It's only gonna make me love you more
Moonlight on the beach, sweet amphetamines
It's only gonna make you love me more
Bottles and the cans, the idiots go dance
It's only gonna make me love you more
This old world, well, it was mine to take
Faith can keep you warm, but i'll teach you how to shake
And i'll come to you like a little girl
It's only gonna make me love you more
They say love is hell,
But i've only been laughin' ever since i fell
It's only gonna make me love you more
The lord will have his way but i'm just a call away
It's only gonna make you love me more
This old world, well, it was mine to take
Faith can keep you warm, but i'll teach you how to shake
And i'll come to you like a little girl
It's only gonna make me love you more
12.Wild Flowers
Poor girl, no ma
Nothing much to speak of but a rough diamond
Sleep now and your angels will come, dear
Poor matilda
Handcuffed to the wheel
And steering wildly
Through love's fields, so blindly
Forever only takes its toll on some
But, tonight you're sleeping alone without him
Tonight you're sleeping alone without him
And everything went up in smoke like wildflowers
Wildflowers, dear
Poor girl, lonely
Shuffles through the parade
Of a sleepless circus serenade
Hold on, dear
Poor girl, no ma
Sister steals her a coat
For the windless breezes
Sleep now and jesus will come, dear
Forever only takes it's toll on some
But, tonight you're sleeping alone without him
Tonight you're sleeping alone without him
And everything went up in smoke like wild flowers
Wildflowers, dear
13.Harder Now That It's Over
They slapped 'em on you
Where that bracelet used to be
You know the one i bought you in phoenix
Where they sell old jewelry
I was trying to make you angry
But i didn't feed you to the cops
When i threw that drink in that guy's face
It was just to piss you off
'cause honey it's over
It's harder now that it's over
It's harder now that it's over
Now that the cuffs are off
And you're free
You're free with a history
I heard your wrists got bruised
Must've felt just like old times
I wish you would've grabbed the gun
And shot me 'cause i died
And i'm nothing now without you
Yeah, i'm less than nothing now
I'm the one between the bars and lost forever now
'cause it's over now
It's harder now that it's over
It's harder now that it's over
Now that the cuffs are off
And you're free
You're free with a history
Free with a history
You're free
Free with a history
I'm sorry
14.Touch, Feel ＆ Lose
I knew i was never gonna talk to you tomorrow
And oh, the birds how they sing
If you were a bird could you sing me a song of sorrow
'cause all i know from you is grief
But i never wanted to be your rolling train
I never wanted to be your dancin' shoes
I just wanted you to love me
I just wanted you to love me
Touch, feel ＆ lose
And cry, cry, cry
I thought maybe i could be some kind of shelter
But oh, your storm how it raged
You know your kisses, they like lightnin' and thunder
And your smile is sweet and come down like rain
I never wanted to be your dancin' shoes
I just wanted you to love me
I just wanted you to love me
Touch, feel ＆ lose
And cry, cry, cry
I just wanted you to love me, honey
Cry, cry, cry
15.Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues
Sweet talkin' johnny push a john quicker than he spit
Street walkin' tin with a crooked crown waitin' for it
There she goes
She born in boston but the amtrak took her away
She lives in brooklyn but she works outta queens in the
Black limousines, money in the bank
Black limousines, money in the bank
Send it home
Tina toledo got a kid that lives with her ma
She takes the subway after school, makes up her face, changes
clothes
There she goes
She feels the rain coming down on washington square
She gives the cops on the beat a little discount
And then, then, then it's
Black limousines, money in the bank
Black limousines, money in the bank
Wend it home
Hard on the knees, money in the bag
Hard on the knees, money in the bag
Send it home for medical school
Rock herself to sleep with the rhythm of the rain
Beating like the be against the window frame
Of her hotel room
Rock herself to sleep with the tunes on the dash
Don't take no credit cards, she takes cash
Says, 'money, money, money in the bank
Money, money, money in the bank
Money, money, money in the bank
Money, money, money in the bank
It ain't no easy life but it pays pretty good,
Keeps her out of the cold
It ain't no easy life
But it's silver and gold
Silver, silver, silver and gold
Tina toledo's street walkin' blues
Street walkin', wtreet walkin' blues
16.Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd.
It's happening baby
They're putting up the chairs
Zaking the money
And all we can do is pray
Pray for tomorrow
So close your eyes
So close your mouth
And do this all in time to the music
That screams like a child in the back of your mind
In a clown's saloon
So goodnight hollywood blvd, goodnight,
See ya soon
Goodnight hollywood blvd, see you sometime
Yeah, right
Run away baby
Back to your lonely house
You wanted the honey
But you were only just stinging yourself
It's hard to watch
So close your eyes
And i close your mouth
And i do this all in time to the music
That dance like fools set on fire
Flailing their arms in a room full of whores
So goodnight hollywood blvd, goodnight,
See ya soon
Goodnight hollywood blvd, see you sometime
Yeah, right
Yeah, right
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