1.Cats And Dogs
Somewhere underneath*
The floorboard
I will sweep my garden
Underneath the cupboard
Lives a mouse
And he discovered
There was nothing there
Nothin' there to discover
Fallin' from the sky
There are raindrops in my eyes
And my thoughts are diggin' in the backyard
My roots have grown but I don't know where they are
Don't know where they are
I don't know where they are
My roots have grown but I don't know where they are
Cats and dogs and rooster calls
Telephones and pay phone stalls
They take away
The lonely days
For now
They take away
The lonely days
For now
2.Coeur D'Alene
Windblown whispers wind naked down the corridor*
Thoughts leavin' my head, they twist through yours
What will become of these gestures that we made
I've given up my Bible, you moved out of state
Wearily waitin' on the wastin' of his days
A sad son's smoldering soul
Give you three bucks for your sympathy and another for a
cigarette
The interaction feels so cold
Oh the songs people will sing for home
And for the ones that have been gone for too long
But oh the things people will do for the ones that they love
We're only here to find the love that lingers after
The moment
So kiss me in the back room where the music plays
I know that it's not over
But oh the songs people will sing for home
And for the ones that have been gone for too long
Oh the things people will do for the ones that they love
Break down the corridors
La-da-da, da-da-da da da
Break down the corridors
La-da-da, da-da-da da
Messes that I haven't tried to clean up in a while
You're in my soul now
You've gotta waste away with me
My mind's made up, I'm stayin' here with you
There's no use knowin'
Which way the wind is blowin'
My mind's made up, I'm doin' this, I'm doin' this with you
There's no use knowin'
Which way the wind is blowin'
My mind's made up, I'm doin' this, I'm doin' this
You're in my soul now
You've gotta waste away with me
3.Ghosts
Boys in the street are talkin' about leavin', they're leavin'*
Lookin' for places to go
Boys in the street are talkin' about leavin', they're leavin'
Lookin' for places to go
Andy built his coffin down in Carolina
Told me he was runnin' from somethin'
But I think he's just out chasin' girls
When Mary moved all of her shit to Chicago
Her mother made sure that she left with her Bible but
You won't find her face on Sundays
Du du du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du
Du du du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du
All my friends are talkin' about leavin', about leavin'
But all my friends are sittin' in their graves
All my friends are talkin' about leavin', about leavin'
But all my friends are sittin' in their graves
Is it any wonder why we all leave home?
People say, 'I knew you when you were six years old'
And you say, 'But I've changed, I've changed, I've changed, I've
changed.'
Mom and Dad, if only you could see me now
Been here for a year and now I own this town
Cause I've changed, I've changed, I've changed, I've changed.
Du du du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du
Du du du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du
All my friends are talkin' about leavin', about leavin'
But all my friends are sittin' in their graves
All my friends are talkin' about leavin', about leavin'
But all my friends are sittin' in their graves
One day we'll all be ghosts
Trippin' around in someone else's home
One day we'll all be ghosts, ghosts, ghosts
Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts
One day we'll all be found
No longer lost, we're just hangin' around
One day we'll all be found, found, found,
Found, found, found
Ba-dap, ba-dap ba ba-da-da,
Ba-dap, ba-dap ba ba-da-da,
Ba-dap, ba-dap ba ba-da-da,
Ba-da
Ba-dap, ba-dap ba ba-da-da,
Ba-dap, ba-dap ba ba-da-da,
Ba-dap, ba-dap ba ba-da-da,
Ba-da
4.Down In The Valley
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Call it one drink too many
Call it pride of a man
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
We do it over and over and over again
We do it over and over and over again
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
I know there's California, Oklahoma
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
Down in the valley with
Whiskey rivers
These are the places you will find me hidin'
These are the places I will always go
These are the places I will always go
I am on my way
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where I started
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
One more for the stars and their eyes in the walls
I hail your face and then, I saw you standing out
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
You saw me crossing the valley and you came in
Look at the sign on the door and it reads to me
Just like the grass and the sign when you walked in
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
I am on my way
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where I started
California, Oklahoma
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
Down in the valley with
Whiskey rivers
These are the places you will find me hidin'
These are the places I will always go
These are the places I will always go
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
5.Rivers And Roads
A year from now we'll all be gone*
All our friends will move away
And they're goin' to better places
But our friends will be gone away
Nothin' is as it has been
And I miss your face like hell
And I guess it's just as well
But I miss your face like hell
Been talkin' 'bout the way things change
And my family lives in a different state
If you don't know what to make of this
Then we will not relate
So if you don't know what to make of this
Then we will not relate
Rivers and roads
Rivers and roads
Rivers 'til I meet you
6.Honey Come Home
Honey come home*
my stubborn ways are behind me now
They're behind me now
And there's nothing here
that will not break down
like you never did
The kids say hello
to us in our separate homes
Darling please come home
I've cleaned out the fridge
Wiped the counters off
And put away my clothes
Do you remember every block
Every minute of every walk we used to take
We were young so many years ago
And I think of all this time
that we have wasted with all our fighting and I cry
Just want to die with the one I love beside me
Someday,' you said,
Someday you will miss my head
lying next to yours
in our marriage bed
Do you remember every block
Every minute of every walk we used to take
We were young so many years ago
Oh God I love my vices but they?ve taken me to places
That I never thought I?d go and I am ready to be home
And I think of every spark every whisper in the dark, now it?s
time
Just wanna die with the one I love
Just wanna die with the one I love
Just wanna die with the one I love
Just wanna die with the one I love beside me
Love love love
Honey come home
My stubborn ways are behind me now
7.Lost In My Mind
Put your dreams away for now*
I won't see you for some time
I am lost in my mind
I get lost in my mind
Momma once told me
You're already home where you feel love
I am lost in my mind
I get lost in my mind
Oh my brother
Your wisdom is all that I need
Oh my brother
Don't you worry 'bout me
Don't you worry
Don't you worry
Don't worry about me
How's that bricklayin' coming
How's your engine running
Is that bridge getting built
Are your hands getting filled
Won't you tell me my brother
Cause there are stars up above
We can start moving forward
How?s that bricklayin? coming
How?s your engine running
Is that bridge getting built
Are your hands getting filled
Won?t you tell me my brother
Cause there are stars up above
We can start moving forward
Lost in my mind
Lost in my mind
Oh I get Lost in my mind
Lost, I get lost, I get lost in my mind
Lost in my mind
Yes I get lost in my mind
Lost, I get lost, I get lost
Oh I get lost
Oh I get
8.Winter Song
Tell me somethin', give me hope for the night*
We don't know how we feel
We're just prayin' that we're doin' this right
Though that's not the way it seems
Summer gone, now winter's on its way
I will miss the days we had
The days we had
I will miss the days we had
The days we had
Oh, I'll miss the days we had
Loving, leaving, it's too late for this now
Such esteem for each has gone
Has time driven our season away?
Cause that's the way it seems
In the world of the speech that is new
I'll be back again to stay
Again to stay
I'll be back again to stay
Again to stay
I'll be back again to stay
9.Sounds Like Hallelujah
I'm just waiting on the sun*
To close his eyes and call the night
So we can put all our differences aside
I'm just waiting on the moon
With all the stars and all it's gloom
We can watch it fall right back into place
So I won't keep myself around
Just to keep you warm
Momma don't put no gun in my hand
I don't wanna end up like these men
Momma don't put no gun in my hand
I don't wanna end up like these men
I'm not walking away
I'm just hearing what you're saying
For the first time
Sounds like hallelujah for the first time
For the first time
Sounds like hallelujah for the first time
And I'll miss you someday
I'll miss you someday
I'll miss you someday
I'll miss you someday
I'll miss you someday
I'll miss you
I'm not walking away
I'm just hearing what you're saying
For the first time
Sounds like hallelujah for the first time
For the first time
I'm singing hallelujah for the first time
10.Heaven Go Easy On Me
Guys, what are we doing*
Can't live this way forever
Gotta make ourselves some money
Or be thrown out with the bathwater
My sister and my brother
Look to me for answers
And our fathers and our mothers
Wanna know they raised us right
Wanna know they raised us right
Isn't that the good life is a simple one
(backup) Sittin' in the yard watchin' the leaves go by
Reading good books and playing songs
Watching the wind blow through your front yard
Don't follow your head
Follow your heart
While you're sitting all alone in your room on your bed
And your windows are open but you won't go out, no
Heaven go easy on me
While you're sitting all alone in your room on your bed
And your windows are open but you won't go out, no
Heaven go easy on me
It's damn good to have met you
I hope that you stay
We're well on our way (2x)
All things must end darling (2x)
Heaven go easy on me
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