1.The Giant of Illinois
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie S Sparks
The giant of Illinois
Died from a blister on his toe
After the walking all day
Through the first winter's snow
Throwing bits of stale bread
To the last speckled doves
He never even felt
His shoe full of blood
Delirious with pain
His bedroom walls began to glow
And he felt himself soaring up
Through falling snow
And the sky was a woman's arms
The sky was a woman's arms
A boy with a club foot
Had sat next to him in school
Once upon a summer's day
They went wandering through the woods
They spotted a sleeping swan
On the banks of a muddy stream
And they stormed it with rocks
Till it collapsed in the reeds
They lay out on a green lawn
Full of chocolate and lemonade
But under the blue bowl
The giant was afraid
'Cause the sky was a woman's arms
The sky was a woman's arms
2.Weightless Again
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie S. Sparks
We stopped for coffee
In the redwood forest
Giant dripping leaves
Spoons of powdered cream
I wanted to kiss you
But I wasn't sure how
Like those Indians
Lost in the rain forest
Forced to drag burning wood
Wherever they went
They had all forgotten
How to start a fire
This is why people OD on pills
And jump from the
Golden Gate Bridge
Anything to feel weightless again
Those poor lost Indians
When the white man found them
Most died of TB
The rest went insane
In our motel room
You're drinking slice and gin
Reading Moby Dick
On the other bed
Remember the first time
We slept together
You said it felt like
When you learned to float
This is why people OD on pills
And jump from the
Golden Gate Bridge
Anything to feel weightless again
3.After We Shot The Grizzly
After the airship crashed
After we lost the compass
After the radio went dead
We shot and ate the horses
We marched through deadly swamps
Inside a limestone cave
I found a human skull
Yes, Mary, I found a human skull
The captain caught a fever
We tied him to a tree
We stared into the fire
And tried not to hear his screams
I killed a tiny antelope
Not scared by my approach
We turned it over dying flames
Ass we huddled in the gloam
Yes Mary, we huddled in the gloam
We built a raft from skin and bones
Only five could safely float
The others stood upon the shore
They screamed and threw sharp stones
Yes Mary, they threw the sharpest stones
But how the sea did spin us
How the waves did roar
The captain jumped into the storm
Then we were but four
One by one we chose our straws
Till only I remained
But Mary you are with me now
All around me in the waves
Yes Mary, you are in the waves
4.The Winding Corn Maze
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie S Sparks
I came to a field of green where the corn stalks grew so tall
The sunlight could not pierce to the winding path below
Round and round I went under those waving stems
I followed the shadowed path marked so faintly with her step
Down in the winding corn maze
Where the green stalks shiver in the wind
Down in the winding corn maze
Where the green stalks shiver in the wind
Such spirals spread for miles through the bending leaves
There in a swarm of bees I knelt down at her feet
And she took me to her arms in that cloud of honey bees
Whirring in their whirling as they rose on golden wings
Down in the winding corn maze
Where green stalks shiver in the wind
5.Beautiful William
One morning in May
In a milk-white convertible drove slowly away
Beautiful William with curling black hair
Gold rings on his fingers as he held to the wheel
Was he given a package by a man on the train？
We found his car by the roadside later that day
Mirrored sunglasses, roses and wine
Laid on the empty seat, as he slowly drove by
He left his lights burning, he left his perfect lawn
His automatic sprinklers about to switch on
Did he find a black glove on the cliffs by the bay？
Why would he leave us, why would he leave us this way？
He drove through the town with a smile on his face
Waving to everyone as he went on his way
Polly from Red River, Rose from Green Falls
They drove to his house and they lay on the lawn
Was he stopped in the airport by a man with a cane？
We found his car by the roadside later that day
Rose smashed his windows till the glass was all gone
Polly broke the back door and she screamed down the hall
But no answer sounded but wind flying through
As we tore up the green lawn and torched all the rooms
Did he find a white glove in the pines by the lake？
Why would he leave us, why would he leave us this way？
6.Hunter Green
Last fall I hunted white-tail deer
My dog and gun with me
I wandered to a shady grove
Where ivy grew dark green
Where ivy grew dark green
I raised my gun so carefully
And fired into the trees
Then saw it was my true love fell
In a dress of darkest green
A dress of darkest green
Her eyes reflected back the moon
As I carried her back to my car
But as I crossed the empty road
Was a dead deer in my arms
A dead deer in my arms
Next night I rowed upon the waves
To catch a leaping fish
But on the hook my lover's heart
I pulled from briny depths
I pulled from briny depths
As I lay her cold corpse down
In the bottom of my boat
It was a jumping fish
Caught in my nets and rope
Caught in my nets and rope
Third night I spied a wild boar
Charging madly through the trees
But I raised not my gun to her
Just let her come to me
Just let her run to me
And as I fell in mossy ferns
As her teeth grabbed hold of me
It was the lips of my true love
That kissed me dark and green
Kissed me dark and green
7.Cathedrals
Lyricist：Andy Clark, Jerry Williams
The cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceship
Like the hand of God falling from the sky
A thousand stone-carved saints hang like icicles
But icicles don't take a thousand years to die
And everyone who ever worked on that cathedral
Or even spent a moment walking by
Everyone of us are swept away like breadcrumbs
So what comfort does it bring, soaring towers left behind
There's a fiberglass castle in Wisconsin
Where kids race go-karts around a moat
Once we went up there in December
When every water slide and fudge shop was closed
Hoping to find love under the ice machine
All we did was drink in an empty bar
But stumbling, drunk, we crawled back to our motel room
I fell against you and felt your beating heart
Snow was slowly falling on the ice machine
And the moon shone hazy through the pines
But there were lounge chairs thrown into the empty pool
And a dog chained to a tree barking at the sky
8.Down in the Ground
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
I am not afraid when you call me down
Down the basement steps under the house
Down, down in the ground
White cows are limping, the black dogs bark
Crickets are screaming, smoke in the barn
Just like a field snake eating a mouse
Just like a blue gill, hook through its mouth
Down, down in the ground
Cry for the toy trains lost in the snow
Cry for the dead deer surrounded by crows
You call me softly down in the dark
Down where the red worms circle like sharks
Down, down in the ground
Under the black mud in your quiet house
You have prepared my place to lie down
A house in the rock where sorrows drown
Old man or baby make no more sound
Down, down in the ground
9.My Ghost
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
My ghost drives around with a bag of dead fish
Falling neutrinos drift through the trees
He staggers and reels, runs up credit card bills
And clogs up the toilet with bottles of pills
Here in the bipolar ward
If you shower you get a gold star
But I'm not going far till the Haldol kicks in
Until then, until then
I'm strapped to this fucking twin bed
And I won't get any cookies or tea
Till I stop quoting Nietzsche
And brush my teeth and comb my hair
Days pass slow in slippers and robe
But my ghost still bangs on the roof
Like John the Baptist in the rain
While the nurses play Crazy Eights
10.Last Night I Went Out Walking
Lyricist：Brett Sparks
Last night I went out walking out on the edge of town
Not going no place special, only wandering around
I came upon a river, I thought about what you said
And couldn't stop it flowing and running through my head
You said that I'd been changing and never seemed to laugh
But I can't recall the last time you smiled
And it's tearing me in half, I want to run and tell you
The thoughts that are in my head
But I don't think, that you'd believe a single word I said
The river's water runs so cool it calms my burning skin
It takes away my aching thoughts and cleanses all my sin
So let it flow on, take me down, to sleep that quiet sleep
And roll my body back to you, my love you may always keep
11.My Sister's Tiny Hands
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
We came in this world together
Legs wrapped 'round each other
My cheek against my sister's
We were born like tangled vine
We lived along the river
Where the black clouds never lingered
The sunlight spread like honey
Through my sister's tiny hands
But while picking sour apples
In the wild waving grasses
Sister stumbled in the brier
And was bitten by a snake
Every creature casts a shadow
Under the sun's golden finger
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
Some shadows are dragged along
Alone, I took to drinking
Bottles of cheap whiskey
And staggering through the back woods
Killing snakes with a sharpened stick
But still I heard her laughing
In the wild waving grasses
Still her tiny hands went splashing
At the river's sparkling shore
So I took my rusty gas can
And an old iron shovel
I set the woods to burning
And choked the river up with stones
Every creature casts a shadow
Under the sun's golden finger
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
Some shadows are dragged along
12.Bury Me Here
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
Down that foggy road slow centipedes crawl
Plump blackberries fall, and the ground is dark as blood
Down that foggy road the moon burns red as flame
Weeds snap in the rain, dogs are dragged off in the flood
Bury me here in the silvery mist
Bury me here with the spiders and fish.
Down that foggy road black bears crawl to sleep
Tree sap slowly seeps and the sunrise never comes
13.Stalled
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
Falling snow spun above the road
Winding through the dark woods
Where my pickup stalled
Falling snow hissing through the air
Painting my windows
White till the trees disappeared
Even though I started to feel cold
And I was far from town
I just sat there in the dark
14.Where the Birch Trees Lean
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
Now that there are green sprouts, pushing through dead leaves
And fat yellow jackets float on the breeze
The waves kiss the shore and the air is warm
But, birch trees are falling now that you are gone
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs where the birch trees lean
Once I kissed your apple lips high above the sea
A year ago it was since the last clover grew, under creaking
birch trees
I would wait for you, we kissed in the salt air beneath the
leaning trees
White slender branches bent to the sea
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs where the birch trees lean
Now who will kiss your apple lips under the salty sea？
15.I Fell
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
Last night, I went out walking
Out on the edge of town
Not going no place special
Only wandering around
I came upon a river
I thought about what you said
And couldn't stop it flowing
And running through my head
You said that I've been changing
And never seemed to laugh
But I can't recall the last time you smiled
And it's tearing me in half
I want to run and tell you
The thoughts that are in my head
But I don't think that you'd believe
A single word I said
The river's water runs so cool
It calms my burning skin
It takes away my aching thoughts
And cleanses all my sin
So, let it flow on, take me down
To sleep that quiet sleep
And roll my body back to you
My love you may always keep
16.The Woman Downstairs
Lyricist：Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks
Chicago is where the woman downstairs
Starved herself to death last summer
Her boyfriend Ted ate hot dogs
And wept with the gray rats out on the fire escape
In a thrift store chair I drank cases of beer
And dreamed of lying down on the el tracks
The trains roared by under smoke-gray skies
Lake Michigan rose and fell like a bird
And when the wind screamed up Ashland Avenue
The corner bars were full by noon
And the old stew bums sliding down their stools
Ate boiled eggs and fed beer to the dogs
The woman downstairs lost all her hair
And wore a beret in the laundry room
I borrowed her soap and bought her a Coke
But she left it on a dryer
She died in June weighing 82
Her boyfriend went back to New York
The cops wandered through her dusty rooms
One of them stole her TV
17.Cold, Cold, Cold,
Out on highway five, there's a field
Where sometimes at night people disappear
That's the only road that takes me home
Across the open prairie and the drifting snow
Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows
I was halfway there, one frozen dawn
When she appeared at the side of the road
A woman weeping n the frozen snow
Her black hair flying across the empty road
Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows
I pulled to the shoulder and she fell to the snow
But when I stepped from my car in the cold wind's blow
She drifted away in the swirling cold
Down through the fields and their frozen rows
Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows
But I heard her howl and I heard her moan
And she called my name in the swirling snow
But when I turned to run back to my car
There was nothing waiting but her frozen arms
Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows
18.All The Time In Airports
I see you all the time in airports
In the windows of the shuttle trains
Flashing past between the terminals
Below the rising planes
And as I pull my shoes off
Put my coins in the plastic tray
I see you past the X-ray machine
Just a hundred feet away
In the lines of people waiting
At the frozen yogurt stand
Or running down the moving walkway
Dragging a rolling bag
I see you all the time in airports
Just a hundred feet away
I see you flipping through the pages
Of books by millionaires
Who found that Jesus Christ could guide them
Into tripling their sales
Late at night in airports
The cages pulled across the stores
And early in the morning
When they drive the waxer across the floor
I see you sitting on your suitcase
I see you sleeping in a chair
But each time I get too close
You always disappear
I see you all the time in airports
Just a hundred feet away
19.Peace In The Valley Once Again
When they closed the last shopping mall
Crickets sang in crumbling walls
Termites ate through the doors
And rabbits hopped along the floors
The empty shelves swarmed with bees
Cash machines sprouted weeds
Lizards crawled the parking lot
Swallows flew the empty shops
And there was peace in the valley
Once again
Plants grew up the mannequin
Leaving him with leafy skin
Clear plastic eyes fell to the floor
And were carried off by wild boars
All the mirrors cracked in half
When wild horses galloped past
And morning doves built their nests
On the escalator steps
And there was peace in the valley
Once again
And there was peace in the valley
Once again
20.Gravity
There's a blind man who hears angels
He hears them whispering in sacked potatoes
And from the curly leaves of blooming pants
And in the winding tracks of crawling ants
He stands outside, under the sky
Listening to starlight drifting by
Because gravity is not the only force at work
In this world
Just like gypsy moths and firebugs
Circle around a shining bulb
The blind man dreams of drifting away
Into the darkness of outer space
And when he walks the city streets
He sprinkles the sidewalks with apple seeds
Because gravity is not the only force at work
In this world
21.I Know You Are There
When the rope of death strangles
And dark waters roar and foam
When fear and trembling hold me
And the slimy grip pulls down
I know you are there
When the pale starlight is fading
And sorrow fills my heart
When dewdrops fall so sweetly
On the green green grass at dawn
I know you are there
I know you are there
I know you are there
When black fish swim ponds of silver
Where jade water lilies grow
When devils dance around me
And the flames of madness grow
I know you are there
When the softly calling bluebirds
Drift through the lazy clouds
When white owls circle screaming
And gravel fills my mouth
I know you are there
I know you are there
I know you are there
I know you are there
I know you are there
I know you are there
22.Birds You Cannot See
There are birds in the darkness
That douse electrical fires
Flaring up in nursing homes
And the bedrooms of blind men
Birds you cannot see
There are birds in the darkness
That nest in wooden crutches
Eye patches and bandages
Broken spinal columns, pots of withered plants
Birds you cannot see
Filling every tree
Falling out of closets
And perched on the hands of dying men
There are birds in the darkness
That lead lost dogs off highways
Steer boats past icebergs
Save children stuck in wells
Birds you cannot see
There are birds in the darkness
Seen by those with tumors
Circling common light bulbs
With blue feathered halos
And the sound of rain
Birds you cannot see
Filling every tree
Falling out of closets
And perched on the hands of dying men
23.So Long
So long to my dog Snickers
Who ate Christmas tinsel
So long to Mr. Whiskers
Who jumped out of a window
And to the family of gerbils
Who chewed out of the cage
And the little brown rabbit
I ran over by mistake
So long, so long
I'll see you on the other side
So long, so long
I'll see you on the other side
So long to the goldfish
Who ate each other's tails
So long to the chipmunk
Trapped under the stairs
So long to the rosebush
I never watered
And to whatever was inside
That hole that I raked over
So long, so long
I'll see you on the other side
So long, so long
I'll see you on the other side
So long to the seagull
I hit with a rock
So long to the squirrel
I accidentally shot
And to everything I burned
With a magnifying glass
That long lonely summer
When I was only ten
So long, so long
I'll see you on the other side
So long, so long
I'll see you on the other side
24.Passenger Pigeons
Ever since you moved out I've been living in the park
I'd rather talk to the wind than an empty apartment
And I wish I could forget how a billion birds flew in
My hollow dying heart, the first time I touched your arm
Once there were a billion passenger pigeons
So many flew by, they darkened the sky
But they were clubbed and shot
Netted, gassed and burned
Until there was nothing left but vines of empty nests
I can't believe how easily a billion birds can disappear
The park is empty now, it's so cold out
And all the paddle boats are covered up with snow
Once again it's dark, the electric lights snap on
But I'm still sitting here drinking frozen beer
And throwing potato chips into the white snow drifts
Just in case a bird decides to fly through hinter night
I can't believe how easily a billion birds can disappear
Oh, I can't believe how easily a billion birds can disappear
25.A Dark Eye
In the parking lot where I waited alone
A white bird sat sleeping on the broken pay phone
And up came a black beetle dragging off a green fly
Underneath a parked car and then out of sight
And I felt a dark eye turn its gaze upon me
As if the earth, the earth could see
A dark eye, a dark eye, a dark eye fell on me
In that parking lot where a prairie once grew
And through the tall grass, the buffalo flew
I heard something crying way down below
Where the sewer lines snake around Indian bones
In that parking lot, cars baked in the sun
And somewhere down the road, the pop of a gun
I watched a red ant crawl up my shin
And I felt so sad until it bit my skin
A dark eye, a dark eye, a dark eye fell on me
26.There Is A Sound
There is a sound like breaking glass
When water falls on dying grass
There is a sound sung by the sea
And plastic bags caught in trees
There is a sound all buildings cry
Right before the morning light
The quiet sound that's left behind
When airplanes fall from the sky
It sleeps inside flourescent lights
In waiting rooms painted white
And late at night when you're asleep
It follows you in your dreams
27.The White Dog
Last night my window opened
In the cold winter breeze
And from the dark forest
A white dog stared in at me
He sat in the branches
With his glowing yellow eyes
And softly he growled
In the shaking black pines
White dog, white dog
Tell me where's the door
Across the lake of fire
To the silver shore
I fell from my window
In the swirling black breeze
Into the dark forest
And the ice covered leaves
Down, down through the branches
Through the white waving trees
Down, down I fell
Into the mouth of the sea
White dog, white dog
Tell me where's the door
Across the lake of fire
To the silver shore
28.The Snow White Diner
I am eating hash browns in the snow white diner
Outside cars are honking, flashing lights on the bridge
They're pulling a car out from the bottom of the frozen lake
A woman drove her Saturn into the black water
Killed herself and her two kids, strapped in the backseat
She'd lost her job and didn't want her kids to be poor
The diner is noisy, black coffee and sugar, baskets of dinner
rolls
Outside the crowd is growing, waiting by the draw bridge
Hoping to see the dead ones face
In the booth next to me
There are two old women eating liver and onions
And they're laughing to loud and banging the table top
But then I see that they're deaf
I don't know why they're laughing
Maybe the worlds much nicer when you can't hear the cars
They make me feel better like I'm drunk on a plane
And have forgotten I'm afraid to fly
29.All The Tv's In Town
You can't see the stars
Above the city skyline
But sometimes the air shines like gold
Under the yellow street lights
The psychotics in the park
Howling up at the sky
And the silent airplanes
Slowly drifting by
Sometimes it all seems to glow
As bright as the lights
From all the tvs in town
But when I wake up scared
In those still summer nights
When the air hangs like snakes
Around flashing neon signs
It seems like there's nothing
Along these broken roads
But blinking lights on creaking metal poles
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