1.Eagles
If you wanna fly with eagles, son
You need to learn to live like one
Look at my life and look how little I've done, done, done
If you wanna fly with eagles, son
I love you, little baby, but I've got to let you go
You've taken and you've taken till you've stopped to grow
I'll watch over you as you fly, fly, fly
But, baby, I can't be your sky
And when you see that horizon
You gotta believe in what lays beyond
And when you feel nothing but confusion
The wind against you can be used to fly on
You gotta fly, fly on
You can plan and plan or you can just do
Dig in deep and find your groove
Sing to your rhythm, sing to your pain, pain, pain
Let nobody take your voice away
I love you, little baby, but I've got to let you go
And it's hurting me worse than you will ever know
But eagles do as eagles have done
When they want to fly with eagles, son
2.Bottom Of A Hill
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix
I live at the bottom of a hill
Where it's been known to flood
I close my eyes every time it rains
I pray I never have to move my stuff
I let the grass get a little too high
So the dandelions can grow
What some call weeds, I call flowers
It's my yard to mow
Property taxes have hit the sky
It takes two paychecks and credit cards to get by
To keep my electric bill low
I turn off the AC and open up the windows
They build the houses too close
You can hear the neighbors and that's the proof
You don't have to be no Indiana Jones
To jump from roof to roof
I roll up that hill to get my pay
I roll back down at the end of the day
But I'm doing alright, I'm here with you tonight
I know where I am and where I stand in this big world
I'm doing alright without a view of the city lights
I believe I found my soul at the bottom of a hill
It's the yin and yang of the business thang
Everyone sings when the register rings
Everyone cries when the money dries up
While you and I, we talk it out
We've got more wind chimes than we have trees
More prayers than time to spend on our knees
I'm here for you, you're here for me
I say let there be no doubt
I roll up that hill to get my pay
Gonna roll back down at the end of the day
But I'm doing alright, I'm here with you tonight
I know where I am and where I stand in this big world
I'm doing alright without a view of the city lights
I believe I found my soul at the bottom of the hill
I believe I found my soul, I believe I found my soul
I believe I found my soul even at the bottom of a hill
I found my soul, yeah, I found my soul
3.No Love In Texas
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix
I can't get no love in Texas
It's just hot air and cactus
All work and taxes
Red lights and traffic
You know, I can't get no love
Wanted to be your sexy
And still be naive
Wanted to be everything and more
Each time you looked at me
I gotta tell you, I can't get no love
I wanted to be your only
Just a little bit of company
Now it's a white knuckled flight
Thinkin' â~bout your fantasies
I got a copy of fear of flying
Tucked between my knees
I can't get no love in Texas
It's just hot air and cactus
All work and taxes
Red lights and traffic
I gotta tell you, I can't get no love
Got these vampires at my window
Scratchin' on the screen
They wanna take me on a head trip
And leave behind a crime scene
You know, that's a freaky kind of love
Sometimes my soul gets junky
And I feel real funky
Like a bird in a cage or a dog on a chain
And like there's a barrel of monkeys
Swingin' through my brain
I can't get no love in Texas
It's just hot air and cactus
All work and taxes
Red lights and traffic
You know, I can't get no love
I gotta tell you, I can't get no love
You know, I can't get no love, ooh
4.The Spiritual Kind
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix
I am the spiritual kind
I keep a cross in my pocket for some peace of mind
I hold onto it when I need a little faith
When I'm lost, I find I'm the spiritual kind
I'm a little bit Catholic and a little bit Jew
I'm a little bit Baptist and Episcopal too
Some call what I say blasphemy
I'm the spiritual kind, it makes no difference to me
Everybody now, I am the spiritual kind
I keep a cross in my pocket for some peace of mind
I hold onto it when I need a little faith
When I'm lost, I find I'm the spiritual kind
Now my friend, Cathy is the spiritual kind
She jumps in her jacuzzi to clear her mind
She keeps a statue of Buddha by her hot tub
When her soul gets cold she gives his belly a rub
Now some folks say he is and some say he ain't
But for me Saint Christopher is still a saint
When I get lost he don't leave me behind
He's always been guide for the spiritual kind
Let's go now
Now Antone and Jesse are up in Heaven
Playin' in the choir with their amps on eleven
And stubb's is feedin' every angel he can find
You know it's blues and bar-b-que for the spiritual kind
The Dalai Lama says the art of happiness
Is learnin' how to live on a whole lot less
To understand it all takes an open mind
You know I'm just another student of the spiritual kind
Everybody now, I am the spiritual kind
I keep a cross in my pocket for some peace of mind
I hold onto it when I need a little faith
When I'm lost, I find I'm the spiritual kind
Oh, when I'm lost, I find I'm the spiritual kind
Let's go now
5.Life's A Song
Lyricist：John Hadley, Sean Locke
Lately I've been countin' up all my days
Good and bad
I found that joy has more than doubled
All the trouble I've had
From now on I'm not gonna worry
About what might be
I know I'm part of something
A whole lot bigger than me
Life's a song, we're all singing
Life's a song that never ends
We pass it on to sons and daughters
And it starts all over again, yeah
We're all one big family
Like the stars in the sky
When we fall all the others
Shine on through the night
Life's a song, we're all singing
Life's a song that never ends
We pass it on to sons and daughters
And it starts all over again
For all the ashes on the wind
And the bones beneath the ground
Another baby's born
And this world keeps spinning 'round and 'round
Lately I've been countin' up all my days
Good and bad
I found that joy has more than doubled
All the trouble I've had
Lately I've been countin' up all my days
Good and bad
I found that joy has more than doubled
All the trouble I've had
6.Things Change
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix
Things change, things change
Yeah, things change, things change
Things changed for her when you voted for Bush
Put on a bra, put away your tie dyes
Found religion, got born again
Then let a man come between you and your friends
You swore it'd never happen but it did
'Cause things change, things change
Things changed for you when she got a nose ring
And suddenly thought she knew everything
As if how she looked made her, oh, so worldly wise
The fact is you buy National Geographic, she's been to Africa
I kind of like that dress she brought back for me
'Cause the label says 'Fits one size'
But things change, things change
Things change, that's for sure
Only the best of friends will endure
Each other when things change
Well, things changed for me
When y'all didn't call when I lost my job
Then my dog died, he was diabetic
I didn't know it till he was gone
Then both my folks were in the hospital
The same week, the week I buried my dog
And the only one who sent me a card
Was my gynecologist 'cause I missed my appointment
Things change, they sure do change
Things changed for all of us
Kids, work, health, money, this that and the other
I got so scared, I just wanted to shake under the covers
And wait in the dark with my fist drawn
Ready to slap life in the face and kick fate where it hurts
I searched all over my house for my favorite singer
She's on an unmarked tape as if her voice could bring me peace
And as if I even had a cassette player that worked anymore
There's no doubt about it, things change
Things change that's for sure
Only the best of friends will endure
Each other when things change
Things change, things change
7.Acre Of Land
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix
To grow a garden you've gotta have patience
You need to work in it everyday
Mother nature will give you the most resistance
But you can turn it into something anyway, hey
Some throw seeds and cross their fingers
And some plant what they want in a row
If my thumb was just a little bit greener
I'd have what I've been trying to grow
But I've been able to stand on my own acre of land
And when the wind blows me away
I've been able to stay, hey, hey
And some call it luck, some call it will
I've got something inside no storm can kill
Yeah, I've been through the fire, I've been through the flood
And that sun beats me down but I get back up
'Cause I've been able to stand on my own acre of land
And when the wind blows me away
I've been able
I've been able to stand on my own acre of land
And when the wind blows me away
I've been able to stay, hey
I'm able to stand up
I'm able to stay, hey 'cause I'm strong
You gotta be strong in this world
You gotta be so strong
Gotta be strong
Gotta be strong
Gotta be strong
Gotta be strong
8.Jim Thorpe's Blues
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines
One, two
One, two, three, go
The great Jim Thorpe was Indian pride
The athlete of the century was cast aside
They took his medals right out of his hand
And buried nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land
We've got high tech people with low tech souls
And dot com Wi-Fi Internet polls
We curse the wind and use the sun to tan
And bury nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land
Run Geronimo run
They're gonna seal the deal with a forked tongue
If you knew back then what we know now
You'd run Geronimo run, keep on running, yeah
We've got arrow heads, we've got beaded bags
With made in China sticker covered up by price tags
Something for nothing will one day be
Nothing for something for you and me
Nothing for something for you and me
All I know about Indian history
Is what I've seen on the TV screen
I've been a tourist, I've had my picture made
And spent a fortune on a slot machine that never paid
Nothing for something for you and me
Run Geronimo run
They're gonna seal the deal with a forked tongue
If you knew back then what we know now
You'd run Geronimo run, keep on running, yeah
The great Jim Thorpe was Indian pride
The athlete of the century was cast aside
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
It's anybody's guess who we can trust
Now it's the guys in ties who will shake your hand
And bury nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land
Run Geronimo run
They're gonna seal the deal with a forked tongue
If you knew back then what we know now
You'd run Geronimo run, keep on running, keep on running, yeah
9.Soul Of My Soul
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines
The river knows how high the water will rise
The wind knows just where the fire will go
You know me just as well better than I know myself
Stay, don't walk away
Stay, don't walk away
Forgive my faults, sometimes I can shake the ground
Follow my life my weakness is easily found
Soul of my soul, skin of my skin
I breathe you out, I breathe you in
Stay, don't walk away
Stay, don't walk away
The river knows how high the water will rise
The wind knows just where the fire will go
You know me better than anybody else
You know me better than I know myself
You know me, you know me
Stay, don't walk away
Stay, don't walk away
Stay
Stay, don't walk away
10.If I Had A Daughter
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines
If I had a daughter, I'd tell her that the first breath of life
is the easiest
From then on it takes years of practice
'Cause if you know how to keep air in your lungs
Then you'll survive when fate tackles you
Rubs your face in the Astroturf and grinds its cleats into your
back
I'd tell her that it's better to be out there
On the field of life takin' hits and makin' touchdowns
Than bitchin' about the game in the bleachers
If I had a daughter, I'd teach her how to face life
And its peaks and valleys with grit, modesty, hope, compassion
and love
I'd want her to accept herself
I'd want her to watch the stars instead of her weight
Love her body, feed her soul, dance with her curves
See those blue veins as a masterpiece
Howl at the moon instead of her hair and to live inside out
If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, I'd teach her to hold
Her head high and strut through this world
As a more than instead of a less than
She'd trust her voice, speak her mind and seek the truth
'Cause if it talks like a duck and walks like a duck
Then yes, it might be a skunk
If I had a daughter, she'd know that gay or straight
Pin-striped or polka-dotted, tye-dyed or solid
Straight-laced or bent, she'd have my acceptance
And blessing in regards to whomever she gave her heart to
If I had a daughter, I'd give her a compass
So if she was lost she could find her way back to reality
And when her soul hit the low notes and her heart was a kick
drum
I'd teach her how to turn it into song
If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, I'd want her to be willing
To venture into the great unknown
But I'd make sure she had the blueprints to build her own
universe
If I had a daughter, I would carry her with me
In every breath of every moment
I would wake with her name on my lips
And go to bed with her dreams in my heart if I had a daughter
If I had a daughter, if I had a daughter
11.Mood Swing
Lyricist：Terri Ann Hendrix, Lloyd Maines
Anita O'Day died yesterday
'Stop, The Red Light's On'
Stanley, you said that the lady could play
With a word and make it a song
My head was spinnin' along with your records
I had too much homemade wine
From Ella Fitzgerald to Nina Simone
You made your music mine
Sing, sing, sing, sing
Everybody start to sing
Now you're singin' with a swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing
Everybody start to swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing
Now you're swingin' while you sing
I took to the stage like a match to a page
I bought every songbook I could find
I was Wildcat Kelley in 'Don't Fence Me In'
Singin' Cole Porter and 'Ridin' High'
My head was spinnin' along with the records
I played them just to unwind
From Hoagy Carmichael to Duke Ellington
I tool the 'A Train' to clear up my mind
Sing, sing, sing, sing
Everybody start to sing
Now you're singin' with a swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing
Everybody start to swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing
Now you're swingin' while you sing
Betty Carter on the outside of the field
You gotta run the red lights and never yield
Honk your horn and improvise with knives and spoons
Spike Jones made a masterpiece out of a cartoon
Chet Baker, John Coltrane
Straight up on the rocks with nicotine stains
The Rat Pack, Vegas, and Keely Smith
Louis Prima wrote this song, now here it is
Sing, sing, sing, sing
Everybody start to sing
Now you're singin' with a swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing
Everybody start to swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing
Now you're swingin' while you sing
Anita O'Day died yesterday
'Stop, The Red Light's On'
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
I'm more than satisfied
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
Hold it
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
I am more than satisfied
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
Hold it
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
I am more than satisfied
â~Thanks For The Boogie Ride'
Hold it
12.One Way
Lyricist：Terri Ann Hendrix, Lloyd Wayne Maines
One way is the only way you see things
It's your way or not at all
And I'm feeling like a fool for feeling
That I could light you up inside
Your closed and locked up for the evening
I see your shadow behind the blinds
And I'm feeling like a fool for feeling
That I could open up your mind
As I walk away I see
Reality
Has caught up with me
You open my heart and you swim inside me
You open my soul and your blood runs through me
You're to wrapped up in yourself to see
How it hurts me when you push me away
The only way out is the same way I came in
I'll reach inside and I'll pull myself through
I'm just another fool who tried, I'm just another fool who tried
To open you up inside, I give up 'cause I'm tired of trying
As I walk away I see
Reality
Has caught up with me
Reality
Has caught up with me
One way
Is the only way you see things
It's your way or not at all
Not at all
13.What Is The Color Of The Soul
Lyricist：Jimmy Driftwood
Tell me, tell me if you can
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Black or yellow, white or tan
What is the color of the soul of a man？
My grandma said I was a silly goose
For asking questions when there ain't no use
I cannot tell you the reason why
But I'll keep askin' till I die
Tell me, tell me if you can
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Black or yellow, white or tan
What is the color of the soul of a man？
A blue man sat in a green man's pew
The green man said, 'You, rascal, you'
They beat each other on the head
They fought each other till the smart man said
Tell me, tell me if you can
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Black or yellow, white or tan
What is the color of the soul of a man？
I know some people who are chicken-fried
Something crawled up in their hearts and died
All that's left in them are sticks and stones
And their words can chew you to the bone
Tell me, tell me if you can
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Black or yellow, white or tan
What is the color of the soul of a man？
A red man married a snow white maid
And all their kids are a copper shade
You know it puzzles me both day and night
Will their children's souls be red or white？
Tell me, tell me if you can
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Black or yellow, white or tan
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Tell me, tell me if you can
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Black or yellow, white or tan
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Tell me, tell me if you can
What is the color of the soul of a man？
Black or yellow, white or tan
What is the color of the soul of a man？
14.Two Dollar Shoes
Lyricist：Lamont Dozier, Debbie Gibson
She wiped her hands on her apron
And she put 'em on her hips
And gossiped till she turned blue
As I was walkin' by in my two dollar shoes
I got my two dollar
My two dollar, my two dollar shoes
There are those that call some cheap
As if they was fine wine
Me, I got my two dollar shoes
And god don't seem to mind about my
Two dollar, my two dollar shoes
When I got 'em
My friends said take 'em back
You ain't normal, you don't fit in
Lookin' like that in those two dollar shoes
All I gotta say is if the shoe fits
And you want to wear it
You gotta lace them up and strut your stuff
Even if some care if
You got two dollar
Two dollar, two dollar shoes
15.Moon On The Water
Lyricist：James Klein, Peggy Sendars
It's hard to see, see in the darkness
Hard to find, find your way home
And if there is no home when you get there
It is hard to reach your way out of being alone
This canyon has an echo like the hollow in my heart
And the wind has a sigh like the soft in a cry
And if I am just the bitter in a woman growing wise
Oh moon on the water help me to rise
Hope is to the flame like kinder is to romance
Or the candle inside the dreamer
That lights their eyes, no one can see me
I've grown cold as ashes, burnt out and tired
As the fade of the sky
16.Joy Or Sorrow
Lyricist：Lloyd Maines , Terri Hendrix
Without doubt and without fear
You need to find some comfort here
A little hope to help you cope
When what you need is nowhere near
Make your mark unto these years
Shape your world with salt and tears
Carry on when your will has gone
Be it joy or sorrow
Given time, given faith
Given courage to embrace
Changes as they each take place
Be it joy or sorrow
Grab this earth just like a wheel
You'll eat some dirt as you get the feel
May you keep it sane and keep it real
Be it joy or sorrow
Given time, given faith
Given courage to embrace
Changes as they each take place
Be it joy or sorrow
Amid the noise amid the haste
May your soul take root in open space
Rise above your worries with truth and grace
Be it joy or sorrow
17.Clicker
Lyricist：Lloyd Maines , Terri Hendrix
Springer's on TV again talkin' with the Ku Klux Klan
Got the clicker in my hand I need to get a life
Everyone looks double dumb Backwoods moonshine low rent scum
Highlight of my night at home I need to get a life
Someone asked me 10 years ago
'Where will you be 10 years from now？'
I said 'I didn't know', I need to get a life
Now we're on to Real TV videos of tragedies
Caught on tape for all to see for those that need a life
Watcha gunna do when they come for you
Bad Boys, Bad Boys watcha gunna do
Mouth breathers get a clue and need to get a life
Someone asked me 10 years ago
'Where will you be 10 years from now？'
I said, 'I didn't know', I need to get a life
You can change the channel you can change the scene
I tell myself this everyday in front of my TV screen
Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
Got the clicker in my hand
Changing channels once again
You can buy religion you can buy a life
If you send them money they'll pray for you
True believers faint on cue
I believe God is free for those that need a life
Next stop is 1-900, call a girl tonight
Blond or black they talk back to those that need a life
I need a life I need a clue, an infomercial with a lil' glue
Something I can stick to to claim I have a life
Someone asked me 10 years ago
'Where will you be 10 years from now？'
I said 'I didn't know', I need to get a life
Someone asked me 10 years ago
'Where will you be 10 years from now？'
I said 'I didn't know', I need to get a life
Springer's on TV again, with who did who with who's best friend
I got the clicker in my hand
I need to get a life, I need to get a life
What could be sicker than me with my clicker？
18.I Found the Lions
Lyricist：Lloyd Maines , Terri Hendrix
I found the lions, I escaped their jaws
I kept a few of their teeth
But I let them keep their claws
I found the lions or maybe they found me
Could have been bad luck
Or it could have been my destiny
I played dead but my pulse was too loud
The hyenas giggled as the lions formed a crowd
I played dead, the buzzards in the tree
Waited for the lions to make a meal out of me
Don't mess with the mighty, mighty jungle
Swim through the ocean
Eat the fish in the sea
Don't mess with the mighty, mighty jungle
Because where you find the lions
You will find me
I found the lions, I fell into their lair
No one was there to help me
No one was there to care
I found the lions or maybe they found me
When you stumble in the jungle
It is all a mystery, I played dead
They tossed me around
I kept one eye on the buzzards
And the other on the ground
I played dead, my blood turned thin
The hyenas giggled as the lions closed in
Out of me, out of me
You'll get a little grub, a little bit of skin
And a bone for the cub
No monkey no beast, no dinner no feast
No flood of blood to say the least
Out of me, out of me
You'll come to find
I'm the king of your state of mind
Out of me, out of me, out of me you'll get
All that you will come to regret
19.Spinning Off
Lyricist：Lloyd Maines , Terri Hendrix
It's hard to play the role when you're feeling bizarre
Hard to stay grounded when you're seeing stars
I'm spinning off and I don't know how to land
I held my temper until it burned my hands
I flew off the handle, now nothing stands
I'm spinning off and I don't know how to land
Take me, take me down
Take me down or lift up the ground
I'm spinning off and I don't know how to land
I went outside and gave the world a toss
I shook out my change and I counted the loss
Did you take it or did I give you a hand？
The hard way is how I've learned
I have little to show for what Ive earned
I'm spinning off and I don't know how to land
I'm spinning off high above the flames
I've lowered myself to the level of the games
Nothing turned out like I planned
I've been putting out fires all over town
What took me years to build is all coming down
I'm spinning off and I don't know how to land
Take it easy, I've taken all I can
I'm spinning off and I don't know how to land
20.Sister's Song
Lyricist：Terri Hendrix
You had the left side and I had the right
With a line down the middle so we wouldn't fight
Two sisters sharing a room
With desk in the middle of two twin beds
I listened to every word you said
And when I couldn't face the world
I faced you instead
I saw me it pulled me through when
I saw me it pulled me through when
I saw me from your point of view
We twirled around in the breeze
The years turned faster than the leaves
The seasons stopped when you left home
I remember that first night
I was so alone I kept on the lights
And stood in a half empty room
On the line you had drawn
When life picked me up and spun me around
You never stopped and judged
You showed me that the way through
Was to do the best I could
Did you know that every holiday
When relatives mixed up our names
I smiled to myself and pretended I was you
When you were around there were so many words
I never knew how to say, I've got to let you know
I said them all in my own way
21.Nightwolves
Lyricist：Glen Fukunaga, Terri Hendrix
Where do you go to get your kicks
When the sun sets low across the sticks？
What do you take to get your fix
And leave it in the rear view？
It's in the rear view left behind
You don't look back for peace of mind
You uncurl just as I wind
Up with the night wolves
They come to me with yellow eyes
As the moon touches the sky
What do you do to ignore their cries
And leave it in the rear view？
It's in the rear view, kicking up dust
You let it go and you adjust
As for me, I'll be up with the night wolves
I spend every day half asleep
Every night, I'm up counting sheep
The flock is mine and mine to keep
I'm up with the night wolves
The tick of the clock the pains and the aches
The unpaid bills and the past mistakes
The cold of the night is coming through
I can't leave it in the rear view
The images won't let me be
What you don't notice I can see
As you rest you'll find me
Up with the night wolves
22.It's A Given
Lyricist：Lloyd Maines , Terri Hendrix
Everything in motion between the moon and the ocean
Stops when I hear your name
My head is in line with my heart this time
And my body feels the same
Every time I see your face my world falls into place
And my thoughts take flight
Tell me that you feel, tell me that you feel
Tell me that you feel the way I do tonight
It's a given
It's a given
It's a given
Don't you take it away
Every single color fades into the other
Every time that we say goodbye
You're my compass in the dark
You guide my heart as my dreams solidify
Don't you ever doubt that I could do without you
Yeah, our deal is still on
Tell me that you feel, tell me that you feel
Tell me that you feel the way I have all along
Calling, I'm calling your name
Although I know you're nowhere in sight
I feel you just the same
Even though you are not with me
I feel you tonight
Everything in motion between the moon and the ocean
Stops when I hear your name
My head is in line with my heart this time
My body feels, my body feels the same
23.From Another Planet
Lyricist：Lloyd Maines , Terri Hendrix
Janet from another planet, says Johnny can
Make a big comeback from Johnny land
When the rabbit ears work on the TV set
They settle for the only channel they can get
Rosanne from another land, says Dan's fridge
Has photos of his folks and his two kids
She gave him a glossy 5x7
He stuck a magnet on her face and put her photo on the oven
This whole world is round like a ball
You either roll with it or don't roll at all
90 miles an hour just to get home
I go 90 miles an hour just to sleep alone
June from the moon was FFA
She put on her blue coat every day
She'd take it off for a roll in the hay
Now she's OA and single at the PTA
Bobby Joe from San Angelo
Owns a chicken fry diner in the Stop-N-Go
It's the last stop on this galaxy
And the only thing the truckers want is the coffee free
From another planet, from another planet
We want a taste of what ain't ready yet
Under the lid steaming in a pot
It will burn your tongue when it's young and hot
From another planet off Sycamore Street
We drink wine in paper cups and stare at our feet
We've been the flat, we've been the spare
And the fifth wheel on a ride we call solitaire
I sleep alone because my heart has turned to granite
I sleep alone because I'm from another planet
24.Sister's Apartment
Sister's movin' into
Your sister's apartment
Dad, he's upset and Mama's a-cryin'
Dogs are barkin' at the wind
Trees are bendin' with this
Storm rollin' in
Neighbors are a-gossipin'
Kids at school are gigglin'
'Cause sister's movin' into
Your sister's apartment
Sister's movin' into your
Sister's apartment
She's tired of the lyin'
She's tired of the hidin'
All hell is breakin' loose
Mama took me to a doctor
To check if I was one too
Neighbors are a gossipin'
Kids at school are gigglin'
'Cause sister's movin' into
Your sister's apartment
Sister's movin' into your
Sister's apartment
Sister's movin' into your
Sister's apartment
I'll tell you once I'll tell you again
Tell you one more time and maybe
Somethin' will sink in
Neighbors are a gossipin'
Kids at school are gigglin'
'Cause sister's movin into
Your sister's apartment
What do, what do, what do we do？
What do, what do, what do we do？
Tell me, tell me what do we do？
25.Hole In My Pocket
I'm living on the outside, now I'm looking in
I've been feeling like a window
Sometimes I break just like a window
Love is just this liquid open like a river
I've been reachin' for this ocean
And I'm breakin' before I see the waves
Show me ways to save my soul
Show me ways to save my soul
I've got a hole in my pocket
Where it all slips away
Where it all slips away
Where has my head been
Since this needle took a spin
And the stitch out of my thoughts when
I had my life in place I'm livin' on the outside
And I'm lookin' in I can't get it together again
You've gotta show me, gotta show me
Gotta show me the way
Show me ways to save my soul
Show me ways to save my soul
I've got a hole in my pocket
Where it all slips away
Where it all slips away
Hole in my pocket
Hole in my pocket
I've got a hole in my pocket
Where it all slips away
Where it all slips away
There is less and less inside of me
A little bit less and a little bit less with each day
Oh wrap me up hide me
There's gotta be something left
Oh something I can save
26.The Know How
Car needs an oil change
Bedroom needs a coat of paint
My mind needs a scene change
I'm sick of where I've been
I'm in front of the TV
Spittin' out sunflower seeds
Hidin' from the landlord
Who's comin' for my rent
I'm all out of money
And I'm all out of time
I'm all out of patience right now
And I'd get it together
If I could but I just don't know how
There was nothin' in the brochure
To warn me of the danger
I'd have on this adventure
When I got out of my bed
My landlord's knockin'
Knockin' like an engine
Rockin' like the pistons
Inside of my head
Every stray can find his way back
If he's got a road map
I'll stop and get directions
Or I just might disappear
There's got to be a better stop
Than livin' life through a pawn shop
I've got somethin' inside of me
And nothin' left here
27.Wallet
Bend like a willow, flow like a reed
Live like a bird, change like a leaf
And keep my name on your mind
And my number in your wallet
For when you got the time
I gotta yard without a fence
A heart you can hold your body against
So keep my name on your mind
And my number in your wallet
For when you got the time
Need, need, need, I've got a need to be wanted
And a need to be free
Need, need, need, I've got a need to be wanted
And a need to be free
You gotta live with passion
Love with the same
Hold the key to all your chains
And keep my name on your mind
And my number in your wallet
For when you got the time
You've got to own your own universe
Roll in the grass and kiss this earth
And keep my name on your mind
And my number in your wallet
For when you got the time
Need, need, need, I've got a need to be wanted
And a need to be free
Need, need, need, I've got a need to be wanted
And a need to be free
28.The Ring
When we were kids
We'd lay awake at night
And listen to my mom and dad talk
About money when times were tight
My mom would raise her voice
My dad wouldn't say a thing
He'd walk outside, turn on his workshop light
And he'd work on a ring
My dad earned the soldier's medal
And the Purple Heart in Vietnam
He learned how to make jewelry
To ease his mind on the ship back home
The war left him changed
He never said a thing
Every time he thought about it
He'd work on the ring
For my mother, he made a ring
For my mother, he'd do most anything
A quiet man with words unspoken
Proved his love could not be broken
Out of a half dollar
My father made my mom a ring
We watched him through the window
As he worked one afternoon
He held the silver half dollar in his hand
As he tapped the edges with a spoon
When I asked my dad if he was mad
He never said a thing
It seemed to ease his troubled mind
As he worked on the ring
For my mother he made a ring
For my mother he'd do most anything
A quiet man with words unspoken
Proved his love could not be broken
Out of a half dollar
My father made my mom a ring
Every holiday we gather round the table
As my dad prays
And when we close our eyes
Sometimes I think my dad cries
And those words left unspoken
I've come to understand
What's kept our family together
Is worn on my mother's hand
For my mother he made a ring
For my mother he'd do most anything
A quiet man with words unspoken
Proved his love could not be broken
Out of a half dollar
My father made my mom a ring
Out of a half dollar
My father made my mom a ring
29.Flowers
He talks in flowers, says he misses me
But he's too busy to see me
My thoughts on this matter are that
He talks in flowers and it feels like thorns
He talks in bouquets
I drink it up like a Cabernet
He knows when to call and just what to say
He talks in flowers and it feels like thorns
He takes me for a ride
Plucks my heart off my sleeve
Rips it up and throws it aside
Rips it up and throws it aside
Aside, aside, aside, aside
And it feels like thorns
Oh, he talks in flowers
It's someday this and someday that
The days roll in and the days roll past
He talks in flowers and it feels like thorns
30.My Own Place
I want a vintage bathtub with a circular curtain rod
Make it porcelain with brass claw feet
I want a shower that gushes a toilet that flushes
And I think I need a sink that doesn't leak
I want central air and central heat
In a good neighborhood on a good li'l street
Don't want no crack in my foundation
Or my neighbors doing crack
Make it everything I have and everything I lack
When this whole world is in my face
I wanna shut the door and hide in my own place
I want instant credit give it to me, honey
How am I gonna get it if you don't loan me the money
How am I gonna get it my American dream
If you give me the ice and you keep the cream
Your concrete world has gotta cut me some slack
I gotta climb out from between the cracks
With your interest rates this high, high, high
How am I ever gonna own what I buy
I want kitchen tile and hardwood floors
A brand new roof and a wrap around porch
I want a wooden deck underneath some trees
On a hill with a view, I wanna do what I please
Your concrete world has gotta rise from the dead
I gotta wake up in my own place in my own bed
With all the doors unlocked with all the windows open
With not a, not a care, not a, not a care
Not a, not a care inside of my head
Oh here I am, you have to have been here to understand
You have to have been here and done this to see
That I need a payday I need a windfall
I need to get the key to my own place my own place
I wanna shut the door and hide in my own place
31.Wind Me Up
All's I've got's is my P.O. box
It's on the corner of Lavaca and Ninth
I do a little and the little I do
Is enough for me to keep my vice
Oh, wind me up and watch me go, I'm gone
Wind, wind, wind me up
Watch, watch, watch me go
Wind, wind, wind me up
Watch, watch, watch me go
Wind me up and watch me go
Baby, I'm gone
All's I left was a pile of debts
And a man he would not work
I said didn't your mama raise you right？
Baby, you always been a jerk
What a jerk
Wind me up and watch me go, I'm gone
And all's I left was a sleepyhead
One light town by the bay
I stuck out my thumb when I was done
Listening to what that town had to say
Gossip, gossip, nothin' but gossip
I check my mail on Monday morning
P.O. box key in hand
I check my mail for bills
For catalogs and for contraband
Wind me up and watch me go, I'm gone
32.Gravity
Free fall off the mountain, free fall into space
The world spins by as I fly off into another state
Why do we crash into the blue？
Why does a high never last into the blue？
All you have to blame it on is gravity in you
In me, in me
I dreamed I was a satellite doing circles 'round the earth
I woke to find myself entwined in a blanket of dirt
Why do we crash into the blue？
Why does a high never last into the blue？
All you have to blame it on is gravity in you
I have a lot of gravity in me
All you have to blame it on is gravity in you
I have a lot of gravity in me
Mayday, I'm coming down, mayday, I'm gonna crash
I wake in bed in a cold sweat
And think of all these prayers I should have asked
Why do we crash into the blue？
Why does a high never last into the blue？
All you have to blame it on is gravity in you
I have a lot of gravity in me
All you have to blame it on is gravity in you
I have a lot of gravity in me, why？ Why？
33.Places In Between
Sweet, sweet Betty with the big blond hair
And the dark brown roots
Always has her bright pink lipstick goin'
With a li'l bit showing on her left front tooth
Sweet, sweet Betty meets me at the bar
On the corner of 11th and Green
To talk about politics and lunatics
And places in between
Lil' Jenn has her world in a swirl
'Cause she fell in love with a coffee girl
Fell in love at the corner cafe
With a 20 year old who swings both ways
Lil' Jenn meets me at the bar
On the corner of 11th and Green
To talk about politics and lunatics
And places in between
There are places in between
I been here going on 10 years
I told him all of my dreams
He said he'd buy me a flat in New York City
Debbie dates a millionaire
She capped her teeth and dyed her hair
Betty and Jenn and me all swear
She's never paid her tab
There is no choice if you know what I mean
The only game in town we got is this scene
Someday we say we'll make a getaway
In a limo and not a cab
Sweet, sweet Betty can smoke
And eat and talk at the same time
She's doing hair and makeup at Claire's
And says if I did I'd fit in fine
There's something in a town this small
That I find way too tall
I fear I'll get stuck here
'Cause I can't climb
34.Consider Me
Do I kiss you like you need to be kissed？
Miss you like you need to be missed？
If I do I need you to consider me
If it's all about you baby, let me go
You've been around me long enough to know
I need you to consider me
I hold you like I need you to hold me
I know what that's worth
For the tide shall take back those not grounded
Faithfully to this earth
I call you like I need you to call me
I do what I say, I show up on time
You back out on me every day
Every single day
We go around and around again
We return where we begin
If the opposite of what you say is true
What am I to you？
35.Stones
Lisa Byers sells jewelry on the corner
Her jewlry is made out of various stones
They are wrapped in silver
Hung on strips of leather
She says stones hold it all together
But I swear they keep me alone
With my heart and these stones
Lisa Byers say I live life fast and hard
And if I were to slow down I could stop and skip some stones
And if I were to skip some stones across the water
I would see why I'm bothered and alone
Wrapped in silver on a strip of leather
Around my neck I wear my gift
It brings me peace
It brings me comfort and I wear my stones close
As I learn how to live
You have to play from the heart
Sing from the heart
Live from the heart
Love from the heart
With these stones
36.Last
look at the smoke climbing the bar smoke so thick i can't see
where you are as if i can see where you are look at the band
rubbin their eyes and the couples rubbin' in the candle light
looks like the last dance tonight looks like the last dance and
i'm still feelin' the last dance i say i'm feelin' blue the last
dance and i'm still feelin' tonight and here i am in a size too
small in a crowd too large on a stool too tall as if i could
forget my sins in this glass of ice with a drop of gin i say i'm
feelin' like an apple on a peach tree nobody wants to take a
bite out of me looks like the last dance tonight
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