1.Like A Rembrandt
Get a load of that with the snakeskins on
Looks like a refugee from a headbangin' song
Sweet july evening seems all the world we've ever known
Is here at the breaker shakin' them restless bones
Brown baggin' as the music's draggin'
On a cheap cassette machine
Honey, i know no matter where we go
We're gonna keep us a piece of this routine
Chorus
It's like a rembrandt
A one of a kind in a shades-of-grey world
Like a rembrandt, baby
A genuine find in a come and go swirl
World's in the moonlight, there's diamonds in the coal
Layin' on my hood we're runnin' soul in soul
Yellin' out my name i think i know who that was
This moment's got me higher than a black coffee buzz
Come on, girl, you can call your boss
And fake a case of the flu
You and me, we can cast some shadows
In that nightlight your mama left on for you
Chorus
Drinkin' domestic on a night as majestic
As a true hell raiser's bliss
Every workin' day they take a little more away
But they don't know of a social affair as redeeming as this
Same tapes as last week, that makes 'em cool
Same grooves, same times, drives the social tool
If this here is heaven than the saints are reelin'
Some of them crawlin' on a tall grass ceilin'
Honey, if life don't give us any more
It gave us a season
To groove 'neath the stars at the number 9 breaker
Not askin' for answers or reasons
Chorus
2.Back Where We Came From(The Na Na Song)
A lot of folks do well enough leavin' well enough alone
But that was never true for me and you
Livin' like the characters in 'like a rolling stone'
Confirming things that we already knew
You were young and pretty - me, well, i was young
Leastways young enough not to need a reason
I was for the memories and you were for the fun
And we were both just fillin' up the season
With no dreams and no plans and no schemes
Somehow here we are again
Chorus
Na na na na na na
We're ending up back where we came from
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
We're ending up back where we came from
Na na na na na na na
We had beer and 'jack' and kerouak and weekends on the fringe
And lots of time to think about tomorrow
But it seems our little bivouac was more than just a binge
Sometimes you end up keeping what you borrow
With no dreams and no plans and no schemes
Somehow here we are again
Chorus
3.Just One Moment
Hypocrisy as it oughta be, that's called good business
Sometimes it really bothers me how i got in this
Took this job a-thinkin' i'd be movin' up some day
Been too busy drinkin' to be carin' either way
The wife she ain't been workin' 'cause her time is growing near
But the irs ain't takin' no sabbaticals this year
Working on commission against weekly guarantees
This soldier's on a mission but it ain't for charity
Chorus
Give me just one moment with the wheel between my hands
Just one moment, i'll make you understand
Don't confuse all the games you lose with failing as a man
Just one moment, i'll show you who i am
Went in to see the boss man to ask him for a raise
Never did quite understand all the reasons that he gave
His 8' x 10' of jesus had turned it's back to me
I guess mortal man can't comprehend that dense morality
So i bought my wife some roses and i tied them with a bow
Called the boss up at 3 am and i told him where to go
Now we're driving down the highway back to where we first began
With me back in the driver's seat and her holding my hand
Chorus
4.The Real Thing
They met up in rockport
Where the moon rose early and the days were short
And the miles between were still too many to mention
The blue ridge rides at starfall
Oh, the epic scope of it all
Those days before the double-edged blade of contention
Chorus
Sometimes passion's like a cigarette
Burning clean out 'fore it really takes wing
But you always fly high for a little while
When you think you've got the real thing
He moved in for the long haul
The '81 hog, the guitar and all
They got an apartment, a conversation piece
But the big spark dimmed substantial
You know it's always financials
That give the portrait of happiness its nasty crease
Chorus
Sometimes they'd find common ground
Some days he'd run to where he couldn't be found
A ride in the pines can truly inspire
The need for a soul to come clean from a waning desire
He laid there deciding
What side of a man should come out of hiding
While she laid there, the key to his conventions
She had brought some changes
But how could he pretend with all these empty pages
And the miles to go, still too many to mention
Chorus
Do you think you got the real thing
5.Heaven On Earth
Chorus
Heaven on earth, for worse or for better
Some say paradise is nice but you can't make it last forever
Heaven on earth, now i just can't see
How i can ever find another reason to be
Mama's in the kitchen talkin' on the phone
She never could get used to having dinner alone
It's been eleven months since he passed away
But she can't bring herself to pack his things away
She said, 'what i'm needin' inside no one on earth can provide'
Chorus
Nights of conversation 'round the kitchen table
With advice from knowing children she raised from the cradle
Everybody tells her she should just resign
To the things that she's been through a thousand times in her
mind
She said, 'what i'm needin' inside no one on earth can provide'
Chorus
Maybe he got tired, maybe he got bored
Maybe the old man just didn't care anymore
No matter what the reason she does what she can
To be the lovin' wife who always understands
Chorus
6.Interlude： Badlee Rap
7.Next Big Thing
The kings of america were falling out of fashion
The system systematically was shooting out their lights
Driven to the level of paparazzi comers
They bid the public an ugly goodnight
Well, the shaved and depraved
The concealed and the well-healed
The maintained and the drained
The walking dead and the well-read
All have a stake in the model and the make
Of the latest star attractions
Chorus
Can you tell us who's the next big thing
Can you tell us who's the next big thing
We know they ain't gonna last
But it's always a blast to devour every second
The girl in the pressure cooker's losing her mystique now
The brains at the star say she's dying by degrees
With tales of self abuse and a criminal citation
Her sun is setting in the hollywood sea
Well, the ares and the ain'ts
The gratified and the fried
The diseased and the pleased
The endowed and the street crowd
All want a piece of the latest release
To stroke the head of their condition
Chorus
8.Dirty Neon Times
I thought i felt her ghost again last night
And i kept a fire burning through the morning light
You, early morning diner on the neon range
You, you drove away as it began to rain
Twenty months of feedin' off original sin
Ain't shut the door blown open by what should have been
Chorus
And time's been like a dog that begs
And i find it's needin' to be fed
Guardian angel rise, pull me out of my disguise
And shut the door behind on the dirty neon times
I became an island on a social sea
And i let someone take my shores occasionally
Wine, good weed and cigarettes assured they'd leave
Fine, fine women all but i could not receive
Twenty months of feedin' off original sin
Ain't shut the door blown open by what should've been
Chorus
'cause to condemn her now don't make no sense at all
Like taxis in the backwoods, like striptease at the mall
You hit a wall
Chorus
9.Spending My Inheritance
I was just a young boy, barely 17
A regular poster child for the american dream
I spent some time in college, tried to learn that system well
Left a problem drinker and cynical as hell
Chorus
They say there's two kinds of people
Those who have and those who don't
Some of us will benefit
And there's some of us that won't
Some people spend a lifetime
Trying to get over that fence
But i'm just on the corner
Spending my inheritance
I guess old father time's put on one hell of a show
'cause the older that i get it seems the less i know
I found the road to riches was just a private drive
Owned by politicians waving from inside
Chorus
There's nothing wrong with me still i have to wonder why
Another day, another family tree lifts it's branches to the sky
Dined on good intentions, nearly starved to death
I gave the world my last two cents and now i live on what is
left
There's never any medals, there isn't much reward
You gotta find your peace of mind in what you can afford
Chorus
Well i'm back where i started, spending my inheritance
10.Sister Shirley
Everyone that should has got their dark glasses on
But it's not as warm as i expected
I've paraded your photo through san mateo
Dreamin' '86 was resurrected
Chorus
And some thought they'd seen you, sister shirley
I swear i saw you meeting them
With better clothes and a different smile
Where on earth should i begin
Northern california's got that brochure appeal
But where's the wine that you poeticized
Nineteen and pregnant and hatin' the means
You responded to your thought dream cries
Chorus
Sun affirms the bayshore freeway, the moon burns bright in
burlingame
Two weeks straight our daily bread's conclusions turn the same
Face me if and when i face you, black and white, how we embrace
you
We love you and we hate you
Chorus
What's your name now, sister shirley
Did you run to better ground
11.Mystery Girl
She probably still keeps herself inside herself
Her head it ruled her heart with a tune i'll never hear
Summer, like self-portraits we were hit or miss
Never the same hues twice
The second layer's applied before the first one's were even
rendered
I guess her wall's still high and wide
With the writing on the inside
Its meaning's reapplied to who's in fashion
Chorus
Time's a perfect crime for a mystery girl
The veil distorts the rhyme for a mystery girl
Somewhere tonight a lonely shadow's painting in the rain
And most of what is captured will be in vain
You try to keep away the dogs of memory
The hungry and the restless ones just come at different angles
A cigarette at midnight in a slow, dark room
And they're scratchin' at your door
The corner of your mind you pared to eloquence now rambles
And the rain sounds like a freight train
Don't it always come the same
When your hunger meets the pain of her resilience
Chorus
I guess her wall's still high and wide
With the writing on the inside
Its meaning's reapplied to who's in fashion
Chorus
12.Road To Paradise
Janie got a present late one christmas day
Immaculate conception one could hardly say
She took her little baby and all her daddy's cash
The guilt stayed forever but the money didn't last
Chorus
Tell me no more secrets
Tell me no more lies
When the road you thought you were on
Ain't the road to paradise
She said, 'what's so lonely about being alone
I've got this little boy that i can call my own'
'tomorrow,' she said, 'we're gonna start a new life'
She stared out the window and she turned out the light
Chorus
Paradise
It's funny it ain't much like...
Leave that girl alone to live her life
She's been around enough to know what's wrong or right
You don't gotta tell her
You don't gotta tell her it's alright
Janie got pregnant she was the queen of our class
Hot little romance but it didn't last
Last time i saw her it was thanksgiving day
She was trading in her food stamps at the iga
Chorus
13.Diamonds In The Coal
My name is jackson jameson, a coal miner by trade
From a part of pennsylvania even jesus couldn't save
With towns named after indian chiefs and union army generals
It's nowhere in particular but everywhere in general
History says americans, we have the right to choose
But they never mention those of us whose opinions aren't used
Well, the big flood came in '72 and tore the railroad bridges
down
Washed away our only means of getting shipments out of town
And the government won't subsidize rebuilding the central line
So there's barroom fights and anthracite and loads of extra time
History says americans, we have the right to choose
But they never mention those of us whose opinions aren't used
Chorus
There's diamonds in the coal everybody ignores
A man never finds what he ain't looking for
A tree only grows if you nurture the seed
There's too many gems this world doesn't need
The people left like rainwater flowing through an open drain
But here i sit too proud to admit and too damn old to change
Now, the monuments at gettysburg keep the tourists going there
But we died too slow and quietly for anyone to care
History says americans, we have the right to choose
But they never mention those of us whose opinions aren't used
Chorus
| 
