1.Times Like These
A young girl give me a good luck charm.
Put a snake on my neck and a bird on my arm.
Got one good leg 'cause the other went South.
Got a brand new crutch and a brand new mouth.
I got a sheriff's name branded where I should
have kept clean.
If you get too close you're going to know what I
mean.
And I know when I'm old the only runnin' gonna
come.
Away from lips and the fork of my tongue.
It only gets to me in times like these.
And times like these are getting to me.
Put your hand in the oven there's a heaven
inside.
It burns straight through but the devil don't
mind.
Because he takes what he wants and he finds what
you hide.
And it will buy you a place on the Lower East
Side.
I rolled a number last night and I walked in my
sleep.
I could feel all the nerves in the tips of my
teeth.
As they crumbled into dust and washed into the
sea.
Finally shut my mouth so I could hear myself
think.
It only gets to me in times like these.
It only gets to me in times like these.
It only gets to me in times like these.
And times like these are getting to me.
2.Needle Can't Burn(What The Needle Can't Find)
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
starin' at a man, Looking down a line
what's he say？ 'Not my style'
Just a stylized version of an obsolete file
I don't want to spend the rest of my time
lookin' for the words I'm never going to find
You read them in a book and apply them to your life
but how can I be as pretty as she writes？
I know I'm all right. Because
the needle can't burn what the needle can't find
She don't want to spend the rest of her heart
waste it on a job, and never get a start
Part of her says she should be herself
and part of her says she should be with someone else
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
looking for a girl I'm never gonna find.
Starin' back at me when I come home at night
but how can she be as pretty as I write？
It will be hard, but I know I'm all right,
because the needle can't burn
what the needle can't find
And the money won't save what the money can't buy
And part of me is safe
And part of me is lies
So be mine tonight.
3.Oven
Get down and pray to the oven
She thinks that god is there, in there
Do you see Sylvia in the oven？
Colossal Fact, Daddy's ex don't let you read.
Here's what she sees.
In the end her only friend, keeps herself wide
open
looks into a higher ground
What did husband say was found？
She found - a daughter going on with her life
I can't juggle this
I can't juggle this
I can't juggle this
When it slips she says：
This Kansas wheat won't break me
and another drink won't take me
I can make it if you can
Strip it down wide open still
Was your head caught in that pill？
Was your life one big regret？
The smartest man she ever met
was not buried or put up on a cross
And she thinks it's over, still
if that light won't go on
There's no hope in life at all
if the oven won't burn
This Kansas wheat won't break us
and another drink won't make us free
The oven's wide open, hold your breath and see.
Hold your breath and see . . .
4.Home Stretch
Yeah you in your mother's new shoes
bet you like them as much as her blues
Don't tell anyone - but I plan to move
the first time you look away
Tell me the new apron strings
taste to you, yes
my pretty young things
You tell me that hatred is king
(It's to the weak and the manor born)
Like a trick that you've fallen for,
you recognize me because：
there's only one sound to love
Bye bye Bye bye Bye baby Good
Bye bye Bye bye Bye baby Good
Bye bye Bye bye Bye baby Good-bye
Tell me you in your mother's new shoes
bet you like them as much as her blues
Don't tell anyone, but I'm born to move
like the first star you ever saw.
Tell me the new apron strings
trace to you, yeah.
My pitied young things
I tell you that love can be king
(It's to the meek and the manner born).
But like a trick that you've fallen for
you recognize me because：
there's only one sound to love
5.Houdini's Angels
Do you think that people get tired of themselves？
Is that why the T.V.'s on all the time？
It don't take much to get it right back on track,
but it won't fall from the sky right into your
lap.
I've made the most of Luck.
You get a brand new chance
in a brand new town.
And if I don't read what they wrote about me,
I might turn you on to something I've found：
Silence. Priceless. Silence.
The only way we talk.
What if people get everything they expect？
What becomes of hope？
I'll bet she's a nervous wreck.
What's the genius in a cushion on your couch？
You better find yourself something that drags you
out.
I've made the most of Love.
You get a brand new chance in a brand new town.
And if I don't hear what they whisper about me,
I might turn you on to something I've found：
Silence. Priceless. Silence.
The only way we talk.
6.I Could Be Wrong
My good looks won't save my kids
from their dad's predicament.
They won't see my face like this
see my face as a shadow
I could be wrong
or I could be strong
The penny-rate my love collects
could set your ass on fire
Instead of praying thankful hallelujahs
on the wire
You turn on your radio regardless
as you start your car
But baby don't believe it
when he tells you who you are
He could be wrong and
you could be strong
You're finding out you're selfish
because you like your happiness
Don't sacrifice it to the average
Keep it for yourself
They'll buy your butterflies
and price them down
to clean the racks
Until a kid like you
can buy them back
I could be wrong
or I could be strong
7.Honey Of Generation
What's your mother say？
'You never listen to me'
I know you want back in
you don't get it for free
You better read the book, and
hear what they say
Best learn the rules
and sit up straight
What's your daddy say？
'You never listen to me'
I know you're trying hard
you don't get a reprieve
Did you read good book？
Did you bid good time？
Did you push ahead？
Bet you stood the line.
Liquid used to surround me
my freedom- swimming and drowning
Today we throw it up for sale.
Today we're giving it away
It's the Honey of Generation
makes you forget where you came from.
It's the Honey of Generation
and it's yours...
8.Lucky
Mean Mr. Mustard says he's bored
of life in The District.
Can't afford the French Quarter high
says it gets old real quick
and he pales up next to me
scrawled on the pavement
It says： Son, time is all the Luck
you need.
And if I stay Lucky then my tongue
will stay tied, and I won't betray
the things that I hide.
There's not enough years underneath
this belt, for me to admit the way
that I felt.
Mean Mr. Mustard says don't be
the wave that crashes
From a sea of discontent, he says
he's wrestled with that blanket...
It leaves you cold and wet
any way you stretch it
Divine apathy! Disease of my youth
watch that you don't catch it.
9.Player Piano
Play me like a player piano
roll me from the corners
of your dark and dusty shadows
Like a player piano,
I sit useless
most of the time
The bar gets darker
it swallows up the scarlet
The barkeep's looking thin
We sit together
until only the piano
of the player remains
Tell me why you won't keep it
Tie me up in a shoe-string box
She don't keep it if
she don't need it
Get me out of the deep end
my legs are dangling over the roof
The room gets brighter
when I can see inside her
when I can turn the switch
But she's so together
I can do the damage and
she can manage the flames
10.What Angry Blue？
I know how the good wind blows
and it gives me my time
Don't let them drag your hatred off the line
I know how the anger goes so I bury mine
You know they had me working overtime
I want no part of your blackheart causes
empty speeches
broken promise
I know how the anger flows so I carried time
Don't let them drag the needle through your dime
I know how the hatred goes so I buried mine
Lucky seven Lucky rolls the dice
Yeah that's right.
I want no part of your blackheart causes.
All this preaching and still no progress
What angry blue has got into you？
11.This Evening's Great Excuse
Time will pack a bag on you, my love
organize, re-organize your Luck
Pretty face, a pretty smile,
a pretty shame you can't defile
The message you have made for them to see
And it will be
And it will be
H Y P O C R I S Y HYPOCRISY
This evening's great excuse is this：
To make your peace.
And make a list
of everything that's trivial and wide
Handshake man, how could you be？
A sweeter, softer, gentler king
Spread out for every queen to see
And it will be
And it will be
H Y P O C R I S Y HYPOCRISY
12.RockCrown
Well I haven't seen a doctor
since I can't remember when
But she tells me I've been a talker
since 1976
We went up to the lake and I, I remember
this： my family secret
Pits in my skin where I let you in
This RockCrown never let you down
I'm a season in Hell- 20 years
from showing up, down on your scene
without a semblance of what I've seen
Tell me what I've seen
Tell me what I've seen
Enough to make this young man
Filthy. Filthy. Clean...
Pits in my skin where I let you in
This RockCrown never let you down
13.Gone Away
It's not the clothes that she borrows
just call me out - you know I'll follow
Back thru the backdoor into June
Luck will sleep the October June
Sometimes in deep thought I'm 31
she's wanting kids
sounds like fun,
I'll teach them to sing along
sure beats the end of a smoking gun
And I know that god exists
because I feel him sometimes
when she takes up the sheets
or my telephone lines, but
when I'm home she says：
'Baby you're a lie...'
'You're not really here.'
'You've gone away...'
14.People Like New
Yeah the roads are right tonite
they are twisting
My mouth is dry - like cool air inside
And maybe I worry
do things in a hurry
and follow the dust
of people like new
There's people like me
and there's people like you
Yeah the roads are right tonite
they are turning
I know that deep inside the pines
an answer is lurking
And maybe I worry
do things in a hurry
and follow the dust
of people like new
There's people like me
and there's people like new
15.Make Up Your Mind
Oh yeah
she says：we can't tell them
Oh yeah
she wants up front
I can't do that
Oh yeah
She's got backup
Boyfriend and I'm him
When you gonna' make up your mind？
When you gonna' make up your mind？
When you gonna' make up your mind？
Because you know that I have made up mine
16.Needle Can Burn(What The Needle Can Find)
17.Houdini Angels
Do you think that people get tired of themselves？
Is that why the t.v. on all the time？
It don take much to get it right back on track,
But it won fall from the sky right into your lap.
I e made the most of luck.
You get a brand new chance
In a brand new town.
And if i don read what they wrote about me,
I might turn you on to something i e found：
Silence. priceless. silence.
The only way we talk.
What if people get everything they expect？
What becomes of hope？
I l bet she a nervous wreck.
What the genius in a cushion on your couch？
You better find yourself something that drags you out.
I e made the most of love.
You get a brand new chance in a brand new town.
And if i don hear what they whisper about me,
I might turn you on to something i e found：
Silence. priceless. silence.
The only way we talk.
18.This Evening Great Excuse
Time will pack a bag on you, my love
Organize, re-organize your luck
Pretty face, a pretty smile,
A pretty shame you can defile
The message you have made for them to see
And it will be
And it will be
H y p o c r i s y hypocrisy
This evening great excuse is this：
To make your peace.
And make a list
Of everything that trivial and wide
Handshake man, how could you be？
A sweeter, softer, gentler king
Spread out for every queen to see
And it will be
And it will be
H y p o c r i s y hypocrisy
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