1.I Wanna Be Your Dog
Lyricist：David Alexander, Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, James
Osterberg
So messed up, I want you here
In my room, I want you near
'Cause now I want to be face to face
Now I lay right down in my favorite place
'Cause now I want to be your dog
Now I want to be your dog
Now I want to be your dog
Well, c'mon
Now I'm ready to close my eyes
Now I'm ready to close my mind
'Cause now I'm gonna take your hand
Now is my heart on the burning sand
'Cause now I want to be your dog
Now I want to be your dog
Now I want to be your dog
Well, c'mon
2.Screen Door
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Down here, where we're at
The weather changes that's the way it goes
Sometimes it snows when everything's wrong
Sometimes it snows but when it does, it doesn't last long
Down here, where we're at
All we do is sit out on the porch
And play our songs and nothing's wrong
Sometimes friends come around, they all sing along
Down here, where we're at
Everybody is equally poor
Down here, we don't care
We don't care what happens outside the screen door
Down here, where we're at
Sweat drips from the tip of your nose
You wear loose clothes and you try to stay cool
We all still have a lot of fun, never saw much school
Down here, where we're at
Everybody is equally poor
Down here, we don't care
We don't care what happens outside the screen door
The screen door, the screen door
3.Life Worth Livin'
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
This song is sung for anyone that's listening
This song is for the broken-spirited man
This song is for anyone left standing
After the strain of a slow, sad end
It seems everybody wants what someone else has
There's sorrow enough for all, just go in any bar and ask
With a beer in each hand and a smile in between
All around's a world grown mean
We've all had our ups and downs
It's been mostly down around here
Now this whole damn mess is becoming quite clear
Looks like we're all looking for a life worth livin'
That's why we drink ourselves to sleep
Yeah, we're all looking for a life worth livin'
That's why we pray for our souls to keep
There's nothing left now but broken pieces
Of one man's broken will to care
And in the end before all is said and done
How many others might follow him there？
This song is sung for anyone that's listening
This song is for the broken-spirited man
This song is for anyone left standing
After the strain of a slow, sad end
Midnight is comin' 'round
Still mostly down around here
Now this whole damn mess is becoming quite clear
Looks like we're all looking for a life worth livin'
That's why we drink ourselves to sleep
Yeah, we're all looking for a life worth livin'
That's why we pray for our souls to keep
4.Coalminers
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
Come, all you coalminers
Wherever you may be
And listen to the story
That I relate to thee
My name is nothing extra
But the truth to you I tell
I am a coalminer
And I'm sure, wish you well
I was born in old Kentucky
In a coal camp, born and bred
I know about old beans
Bulldog gravy and cornbread
I know how the miners work and slave
In the coalmines every day
For a dollar in the company store
For that is all they pay
Mining is the most dangerous work
In our land today
Plenty of dirty, slaving work
Very little pay
Coalminers, won't you wake up
And open your eyes and see
What this dirty capitalist system
Has done, you and me
Dear miners, they will slave you
'Til you can't work no more
And what will you get for your labor
But a dollar in the company store
A tumbledown shack to live in
Snow and rain pouring through the top
You have to pay the company rent
Your payments never stop
They take our very lifeblood
They take our children's lives
Take fathers away from children
Take husbands away from wives
Coalminers, won't you organize
Wherever you may be
And make this a land of freedom
For workers, like you and me
I am a coalminer
And I'm sure, I wish you well
Let's sink this capitalist system
To the darkest pits of hell
5.Criminals
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
We've got two kinds here
Those that bleed the blood and those that work to will it
Can't believe the big screen, there's no justice in the hall
We're all criminals waiting to be called
We've got shackles to keep the laws
Made by men who bought and sold themselves
With not a prayer to keep their powers at bay
They want us kinder and gentler at their feet
They say, 'Don't step off the sidewalk and don't cross over the
line'
But we'll serve time at night when the light begins to dim
When the smoke seems to clear you can say what you want
We're all criminals here
How many times will the teeth bite
The tongue looking for salvage in the damage that's done？
Oh, I searched for you, every place I thought I knew
Sill we're criminals looking for something to do
6.Shaky Ground
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
In memory of a miner
Who dragged himself to work
And worked himself to death, working for someone else
We follow each other around on shaky ground
His life had become to him
Worthless in many ways
An expired product off the shelf, working for someone else
We follow each other around on shaky ground
The nature of his work
Gave him a minstrel color
Twenty hours a day, little time he had for others
We follow each other around on shaky ground
Never got to see the world
He got a funeral and this miner's song
There is no right or wrong
Now it's down to the wire
Facing six feet under
Can only wonder and stare
His name was a number
7.Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
Satan, your kingdom must come down
Satan, your kingdom must come down
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Satan, your kingdom must come down
Gonna pray until they tear your kingdom down
Gonna pray until they tear your kingdom down
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Satan, your kingdom must come down
Gonna shout until they tear your kingdom down
Gonna shout until they tear your kingdom down
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Satan, your kingdom must come down
8.Black Eye
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
He had a black eye he was proud of
Like some of his friends
It made him feel somewhere outside
Of everything and everywhere he'd been
Like his brothers, he emptied himself and played it safe
Like their father, he wanted to remember
But he almost always forgot what he was gonna say
Black eye, black eye
When he realized that this one was here to stay
He took down all the mirrors in the hallway
And thought only of his younger face
Black eye, black eye
9.I Wish My Baby Was Born
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
I wish, I wish my baby was born
Sitting on his papa's knee
And you, poor girl, were dead and gone
Green grass growing over thee
I'm not no saint, nor I never shall be
'Til the sweet apple grows from the sour apple tree
I still hope the day will come
When you and I will walk as one
10.Sandusky
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar, Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
11.Atomic Power
Lyricist：Buddy Bain, Charles Louvin, Ira Louvin
Do you fear this man's invention
That they call atomic power？
We all in great confusion
Do we know the time or hour？
When a terrible explosion
May rain down upon our land
Leaving horrible destruction
Blotting out the works of man
Are you, are you ready
For that great atomic power？
Will you rise and meet your Savior in the air？
Will you shout or will you cry
When the fire rains from on high？
Are you ready for that great atomic power？
There is one way to escape
Be prepared to meet the Lord
When the mushroom of destruction
Falls there is a shielding sword
He will surely stand beside you
And you'll never taste of death
For your soul will fly to safety
And eternal peace and rest
Are you, are you ready
For that great atomic power？
Will you rise and meet your Savior in the air？
Will you shout or will you cry
When the fire rains from on high？
Are you ready for that great atomic power？
12.Warfare
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar, Jeffrey Scot Tweedy
My Lord told His disciples
'After I'm risen and gone
You'll meet with troubles and trials
Bear your rebukes and scorns'
'My warfare will soon be ended
My race is almost run
My warfare will soon be ended
And I'm coming home'
'You can rebuke Me all you want to
I'm traveling home to God
I'm well acquainted with the crosses
And all My ways are hard'
They say My Lord is the devil
They call His saints the same
I don't expect much more down here
Than grief and scorn and shame
God bless them holiness people
The Presbyterians too
Those good old shouting Methodists
Those praying Baptists too
And when you get to heaven
I wanna see you there
And when I say, 'Amen'
I want you to say so too
My warfare will soon be ended
My race is almost run
My warfare will soon be ended
And I'm coming home
And I'm coming home
And I'm coming home
13.Slate
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy
A worn out joke to keep the flies away carried it this far
The west side winds to keep it steady
Bury the hatchets we find could carry that heavy load
If I really thought it would matter farcical hair appears
As a blind side, clean the slate working in the halls of shame
Lay it down in full view, lay it down
What the Hell were we thinking before the fire burned out？
I can't find you now and I didn't know you then
Loneliness drinks the bitters till the cold winds warm again
It's a feel for the game mouth open wide
Screams and hollers working in the halls of shame
Lay it down in full view, lay it down
I gambled once and won, never made a dollar and beauty fades to
gray
And I pray the very best will guard her and provide the way it's
a telltale sign
When it's chairs up, and time to go working in the halls of
shame
Lay it down in full view, lay it down
14.Acuff-Rose
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
Early in the morning, sometimes late at night
Sometimes I get the feeling that every thing's alright
Early in the evening, sometimes in the day
Sometimes I get the feeling every thing's okay
Because everything cuts against the tide when you're by my side
Name me a song that everybody knows
I'll bet you it belongs to Acuff-Rose
Children in the playground, the folks in the home
Anybody anywhere who's ever been alone
Because everything cuts against the tide when I hear that sound
15.New Madrid
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
All my daydreams are disasters
She's the one think I love
Rivers burn then run backwards
For her, that's enough
They all come from New York City
They woke me up at dawn
She walked with me to the fountain
She held onto my arm
Come on, do what you did, roll me under New Madrid
Shake my baby and please bring her back
'Cause death won't even be still, caroms over the landfill
Buries us all in its broken back
There's a man of conviction
And although he's getting old
Mr. Browning has a prediction
And we've all been told
So come on back from New York City
Roll your trucks in at dawn
Walk with me to the fountain
And hold onto my arm
Come on, do what you did, roll me under New Madrid
Shake my baby and please bring her back
'Cause death won't even be still, caroms over the landfill
Buries us all in its broken back
16.The Long Cut
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
I've been searching
And you've been gone
Out looking for the shortest path
To the one that you're on
And I've already seen
All I wanna see
Come on, let's take the long cut
I think that's what we need
When we were younger
And we were strong
We felt a lot better
Than the things that we'd done
Now if it's to be, if you still believe
Come on let's take the long cut
I think that's what we need
If you wanna take the long cut
We'll get there eventually
I've been searching
And you've been gone
Out looking for the shortest path
To the one that you're on
Now if it's to be, if you still believe
Come on let's take the long cut
I think that's what we need
We've been in a deep rut
And it's been killing me
If you wanna take the long cut
We'll get there eventually
Eventually
Eventually
17.Give Back the Key to My Heart
Lyricist：Doug Sahm
Take my picture off the wall
It don't matter to me at all
Said I was headed for a fall
But you wanted me to crawl
Give back my TV
It don't mean that much to me
While you're giving back my things
Give me back the key to my heart
Give back the key to my heart
Give back the key to my heart
And let my love flow like a river
Straight into your heart, dear
Well, you say I was the one
To blame for the wrong that's been done
Well, you got a friend named Cocaine
And to me he is to blame
He has drained life from your face
He has taken my place
While you're alone in San Antone
Give me back the key to my heart
Give back the key to my heart
Give back the key to my heart
And let my love flow like a river
Straight into your heart, dear
18.Chickamauga
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy
Never leave on your own
Where you're from and where you're going
I know these things like I know you hate me now
Catch yourself in mid-air thinking
Your dreams can never be bought
I couldn't help you then and I guess I can't help you now
When jousting is for pleasure
And pleasure is way out of hand
The time is right for getting out while we still can
Chickamauga's where I've been
Solitude is where I'm bound
I don't ever wanna taste these tears again
I don't ever wanna taste these tears again
Appalachian, so patient
The lessons we've traveled
As soon as we're out, we're kicking our way back in
Fighting fire with unlit matches
From our respective trenches
No authority can clean up this mess we're in
A miracle might point the way
To solutions we're after
And avert our chronic impending disaster
Chickamauga's where I've been
Solitude is where I'm bound
I don't ever wanna taste these tears again
19.True to Life
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
I can only sing it loud
Always try to sing it clear
What the hell are we all doing here
Making too much of nothing
Or creating one unholy mess
An unfair study in survival, I guess
But it always comes down to
What to do when it's all around you
And this tight wire act leaving us here for
Dead to news of the world and liquor piles up ahead
Dodging those with words of power forever on their breath
When the quality of life gets tripped up and strangled like
death
It seems it's getting harder out there
Especially without time enough to see
True to life is another hangover
True to life is more and more politics
True to life is always having to look over your shoulder
True to life is assembly-line sickness
But it always comes down to
What to do when it's all around you
And this tight wire act leaving us here for
Dead to news of the world and liquor piles up ahead
Dodging those with words of power forever on their breath
When the quality of life gets tripped up and strangled like
death
It seems it's getting harder out there
Especially without time enough to see
20.Outdone
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Everything's fine for now, no one's really laughin'
Everything's just all right, or is it now
Turn up to the round, but keep movin' on
We can cut the cord now, just draggin' along
Now there's too many people tryin' too hard
Not to be outdone
They follow close behind their proud
Smokin' gun
Some people mean whether to pay them any mind
Some people turn to tomorrow and some a bottle of wine
Remember back when there could be no wrong
Well It's different for everyone, until it's gone
Now there's too many people tryin' too hard
Not to be outdone
They follow close behind their proud
Smokin' gun
Things are breakin' down
Not deal that stuff
Think it over again
Dreams come and go bu' one thing remains
In the back of your mind, it won't go away
Saying, 'Take a look around and tell me everything's just fine
From what I can see now, we'd be fools or lyin''
Now there's too many people tryin' too hard
Not to be outdone
They follow close behind their proud
Smokin' gun
They say take a leave from the common view
First look around past the college grounds
Where people aware of more than themselves, they'd care
21.Flatness
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Beer makes you weary
But you need something to get along
You stare at the flatness
Beside the dark home
They'll not hear you whisper
This isn't where it ends
Your hand holds a bottle
That has become your last and only friend
I've lost all hope
There's hope for you
If not just in the possibility
Of a better next day
If not just in the simple fact
There's no other way
You lie on that couch
And try to dream once more
But your only goal is to sleep
Until the news is over
And outside the leaves are all changing
But you drink to forget
Someone you once met
Stands blocking the bright orange sunset
I've lost all hope
There's hope for you
If not just in the possibility
Of a better next day
If not just in the simple fact
There's no other way
So open up those curtains
And drink up the daylight
Just by the brightness
Open your doors wide
'Cause things don't get better
But some people do
There's darkness in this life
But the brighter side we also may view
There's darkness in this life
But the brighter side we also may view
22.So Called Friend
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Never again, so called friend leave you, sick and dry
This friend has a name knows gutter and shame
So called friend of you and I
Oh break so, the long term goals I leave this friend behind
He knows what I lack is a place under sack
For every other tie that binds
This last night on the town might be your last fun time out
And you think to yourself there must be a better way
Than the same routine for more than once, you pay
More than once, you pay
Butt full lead, stuck in your web captive by the stream
Thoughts in your head the minute I sped
You still had time to dream
This last night on the town might be your last fun time out
And you smile at things and wave goodbye
More excuses, never even try as you wave goodbye
Forget what I said, your friend's not dead
He's only gone for a while come back to that crack
Between what's white and what's black
Give you one last smile
This last night on the town might be your last fun time out
And now you think to yourself there must be a better way
Than the same routine more than once, you pay
More than once, you pay
23.Graveyard Shift
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Hometown same town blues
Same old walls closing in, oh what a life a mess can be
I'm sitting here thinking of you, won't you give few thoughts to
me
Well time won't wait, better open the gate
Get up and start, needs to be done
It's winding down, there's much you missed
Working on that graveyard shift
Well I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
What I see is true I could learn to believe, can't look away
Powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away
Some say a land of paradise
Some say a land of pain
Well which side are you looking from
Some people have it all and some want to gain
Well a man in tie burgers out for breakin' his twenty dollar
bill
There's plenty of reasons in this world
To put it along or stand and still
But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
What I see is true I could learn to believe, can't look away
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away
There's too much time spent looking for a reason
It's the simple ones beat the most truth, oh what a life a mess
can be
I'm sitting here thinking of you, won't you give few thoughts to
me
Well time won't wait better open the gate
Get up and start what needs to be done
It's running down, there's much you missed
Working on that graveyard shift
But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
What I see is true I could learn to believe, can't look away
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away
24.Before I Break
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
On liquor I spent my last dime
Sunday mornin', eight a.m.
Just cursin' myself again
Drinkin' like each one might be my last
Blurred memories of makin' toasts
To the cheapest beer and talk show hosts
Funny then but that's fadin' fast
Here's to wakin' up at night
Half drunk in a ditch by the side of the road
You're still thinkin' that you can't go on like this
Headed for a break down
You keep sayin' thanks for tomorrow, 'cause I can't live
Thanks for tomorrow, 'cause I've had enough
Well, it'd do me just fine to make it through the night
On liquor I spent my last dime
A worried man drinks a healthy drink
But he drinks nine or ten
Until he's done
Then he'll tell you his life story
But he won't stop until
He's told to you and everyone
Well here's to wakin' up at night
Half drunk in a ditch by the side of the road
You're still thinkin' that you can't go on like this
Before I break down
You keep sayin' thanks for tomorrow, 'cause I can't live
Thanks for tomorrow, 'cause I've had enough
Well, it'd do me just fine to make it through the night
On liquor I spent my last dime
Blurred memories of makin' toasts
To the cheapest beer and talk show hosts
Funny then, but that's fadin' fast
Here's to wakin' up at night
Half drunk in a ditch by the side of the road
You're still thinkin' that you can't go on like this
Before I break down
You keep sayin' thanks for tomorrow, 'cause I can't live
Thanks for tomorrow, 'cause I've had enough
Well, it'd do me just fine to make it through the night
On liquor I spent my last dime
25.No Depression
Lyricist：A P Carter
Oh fear the hearts of men are failing
These our latter days we know
The great depression now is spreading
God's word declared it would be so
I'm going where there's no depression
To a better land that's free from care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home's in Heaven, I'm going there
In this dark hour, midnight nearing
The tribulation time will come
The storms will hurl the midnight fear
And sweep lost millions to their doom
I'm going where there's no depression
To a better land that's free from care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home's in Heaven, I'm going there
I'm going where there's no depression
To a better land that's free from care
I'll leave this world, toil and trouble
Home's in Heaven, I'm going there
I'm going where there's no depression
To a better land that's free from care
I'll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home's in Heaven, I'm going there
26.Whiskey Bottle
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Persuaded, paraded, enebriated, and down
Still aware of everything life carries on without
'Cause there's one too many faces with dollar sign smiles
I got to find the shortest path to the bar for a while
A long way from happiness in a three hour away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus, not forever, just for now
Not forever, just for now
There's a trouble around, it's never far away
The same trouble's been around for a life and a day
Oh I can't forget the sound, 'cause it's here to stay
The sound of people chasing money and money getting away
A long way from happiness in a three hour away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus, not forever, just for now
Not forever, just for now
In between the dirt disgust there must be
Some air to breathe and something to believe
Liquor and guns, the sign says quite plain
Somehow life goes on in a place so insane
A long way from happiness in a three hour away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus, not forever, just for now
Not forever, just for now
27.We've Been Had
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
There's a guitar leaning on a Marshall stack
Used to sound like the sun on the horizon, now I think we've
been had
There's a young girl screaming all the way in the back
Poor kid, she never saw it coming, now she knows she's been had
Watching the label spinning on my turntable
There's no call waiting in my headphones
And every star that shines in the back of my mind
Is just waiting for it's cover to be blown
There's an eardrum bleeding, yeah it's in my head
How could I still be so in love when I know we've been had？
Republicans and Democrats can't give you the facts
Your parents won't tell you 'til you're grown
Every star that shines in the back of your mind
Is just waiting for it's cover to be blown
Flashing the badges, just like the law of averages
Nobody likes 'em, where they're from？
And every star that hides on the back of the bus
Is just waiting for it's cover to be blown
28.D. Boon
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Do you remember, remember D.Boon？
Part of what he was is a part of me now
And if you think back, where would he be？
Where would I be if time had allowed？
This isn't written for any one man
It's about me
This isn't written for anyone alive
Just the songs that he sang
I've been told
That it's a waste of time
Well, so what
Will it be worth mine？
And if Managua's bullets don't fly
Young men still would die for glory
Or for their countries
It's just me and Jay
Playing our guitars along with it all
This isn't written for any one man
It's about me
This isn't written for anyone alive
Just the songs that he sang
And I'm not old
So I've got nothing but time to waste
Will it be worth mine？
29.High Water
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy
Try to face up to the blinding sun
Racing for the final word to come
Facing up, it's hard to stay devout
I can see the sand and it's running out
And it's running out
We quote each other only when we're wrong
We tear out the threads and move along
We can't seem to find common ground
I can see the sand and it's running out
It was only circumstances
But it's the difference, it gets in the way
No race is run in this direction
You can't break even
You can't even quit the game
The current drags to the bottom
A hemorrhage that moves us around
It pulls and beckons in a strong direction
High water forever bringing us down
I can see the sand and it's running out
And it's running out
It was only circumstances
But it's the difference, it's in the way
No race is run in this direction
You can't break even
You can't even quit the game
30.Still Be Around
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
I don't see you through the windshield
I don't see you in faces looking back at me
Alcohol doesn't have much that matters to say
Can't imagine where you and time to kill will stay
When the Bible is a bottle and the hardwood floor is home
When morning comes twice a day or not at all
If I break in two, will you put me back together？
When this puzzle's figured out, will you still be around？
To say, you've just been there walking the line upside down
Walked and breathed many a cancerous mile
Where the bat of an eye is too slow to beat the coffin
And they won't tell it on the TV, they can't say it on the radio
They pay to move it off the shelf and into our minds
Till you can't tell the truth when it's right in front of your
eyes
When the Bible is a bottle, the hardwood floor is home
When morning comes twice a day or not at all
If I break in two, will you put me back together？
When this puzzle's figured out, will you still be around？
To say, just been there walking the line upside down
31.Moonshiner (live 1／24／93)
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar, Traditional, Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
Well, I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
And I spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
And I go to some hollow
And set up my still
If whiskey don't kill me
Lord, I don't know what will
And I go to some bar room
To drink with my friends
Where the women they can't follow
To see what I spend
God bless them pretty women
I wish that they were mine
With breath as sweet as
The dew on the vine
Let me eat when I'm hungry
Let me drink when I'm dry
Two dollars when I'm hard up
Religion when I die
And the whole world is a bottle
And life is but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
Lord, it sure ain't worth a damn
32.Atomic Power (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo)
Lyricist：Buddy Bain, Charles Louvin, Ira Louvin
Do you fear this man's invention
That they call atomic power？
We all in great confusion
Do we know the time or hour？
When a terrible explosion
May rain down upon our land
Leavin' horrible destruction
Blottin' out the works of man
Are you, are you ready
For that great atomic power？
Will you rise and meet your savior in the air？
Will you shout or will you cry
When the fire rains from on high？
Are you ready for that great atomic power？
There is one way to escape
And be prepared to meet the Lord
When the mushroom of destruction falls
There is a shieldin' sword
He will surely stand beside you
And you'll never taste of death
For your soul will fly to safety
And eternal peace and rest
Are you, are you ready
For that great atomic power？
Will you rise and meet your savior in the air？
Will you shout or will you cry
When the fire rains from on high？
Are you ready for that great atomic power？
33.Grindstone (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo)
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar
If you find yourself standing
At the end of your line
Looking for a piece of something
Maybe a piece of mind
Fed up, lost and run down
Nowhere to hold on
Tired of, take your place at the end
We'll get to you one by one
No light ever shines
Dead end tears that dry
And maybe a waste of words and time
But never a waste of life
Every hour will be spent
Filling a quota, just getting along
Handcuffs hurt worse
When you've done nothing wrong
No thanks to the treadmill
No thanks to the grindstone
There's plenty of dissent from
These rungs below
The swinging clockwork of destruction
Hanging low over our heads
Staying in the form of a smokestack cloud
Or a slow walking death
No light ever shines
Dead end tears that dry
Maybe a waste of words and time
But never a waste of life
34.Steal the Crumbs
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy
Sidetracked down the middle
Never saw it coming, what a surprise
It's been a wonder
Electricity tells a story
It's a sound getting near as fear is watching you
It's watching you close
You can fight it both arms swinging
Or try to wash it away
Pay up to the echoes of okay
No more, no more will I see you
No more will I see you
No more will I see you
You've schemed more than you have
You've borrowed more than you know
Better to steal the crumbs, makes it easier to go
Paralyzed by conscience
Looking for an opening
Apathy as your vocal cords cut out
Never thought once to ask, 'How's the temperature？'
Too busy with the finer points
Of each struggle we're after
No more, no more will I see you
No more will I see you
No more will I see you
So long since I've seen you
Haven't we both been living the high life
It flows on the bottom
No more, no more will I see you
No more will I see you
No more will I see you
35.Moonshiner
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar, Traditional, Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
I am a moonshiner for seventeen long years
An' I spent all my money on whiskey and beer
An' I go to some hollow and set up my still
If whiskey don't kill me, Lord I don't know what will
An' I go to some barroom to drink with my friends
Where the women they can't follow to see what I spend
God bless them pretty women, I wish they was mine
With breath as sweet as the dew on the vine
Let me eat when I am hungry, let me drink when I'm dry
Two dollars when I'm hard up, religion when I die
The whole world is a bottle and life is but a dram
When the bottle gets empty, Lord it sure ain't worth a damn
36.Postcard
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Lost sight of ground, never been so down
Nothing here to stand on
It's a war-weary road another faceless tombstone
Nothing here to stand on
Turn to face the wind may never get out
Forever caught in a spin, no better place to begin
Can't find the phone, can't hear to listen
Can't take along what we're missing
Just as well to write this postcard from Helland
The bar clock says three a.m
Fallout shelter sign above the door
In other words, don't come here anymore
Too many miles between I heard a dead man scream
Nothing here to stand on
Each and every step reeling out more or less
Nothing here to stand on
I turn to face the wind may never get out
Forever caught in a spin no better place to begin
I turn to face the wind may never get out
Forever caught in a spin no better place to begin
Tried to stay, tried to run
There's never been enough reason to believe in anyone
This trickle-down theory has left all these pockets empty
And the bar clock says three a.m.
Fallout shelter sign above the door
In other words, don't come here anymore
37.Fatal Wound
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
Don't the lights look empty
When the streets are bare
Almost as empty
As the look you give me
When I'm the only one
And it's a long one
So it brings you down
So you have nowhere else to go
And nothing to do
So you hang around, hang around
You wait around until
You've received that fatal wound
Columns of sunlight
And glorious cities
Oceans of opportunity
And all your decisions
Seem ancient
You wait around until
You've received that fatal wound
38.Wherever
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
When you get back from wherever
Let me know what it's like
And I'll tell you, I'll tell you
What it's like to watch you go
You say, â½Hey, what's that meanâ
Make it sound so simple
And you say, â½Hey, what's that meanâ
Don't make it sound so simple
So don't even try 'cuz this is your day
Even the sky might go your way
You know I'll get by, just bein' okay
So good tonight, but this is your day
When you get back from, who cares
I really
When you get back from, wherever
You sure let me know
39.No Sense in Lovin'
Lyricist：Jeffrey Scott Tweedy
I don't know what you've been through
You might think that I don't care
But I do
And I've tried to understand
I've tried to understand your abuse
But you've got no excuse
And there's no use in lovin'
Anyone who hates them self
You keep coming back
So I hold you for a little while
But I always go
When I can't take your sad smile
'Cause I can't stand it
When you get so intense
And it's all a part of our bad inheritance
And there's no sense in lovin'
Anyone
Won't you come back for a while
You could see exactly
What you've always meant to me
But you don't wanna know
You don't wanna know
And you don't know what I've been through
And if I think that you don't care
You probably do
And there's no sense in lovin'
Anyone who hates them self
40.If That's Alright (demo- fast acoustic)
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Every day is dreamlike, it seems like
In every way and that's why
When I look back on my life
It's like a slide show out of focus
And as the carousel goes 'round
The slides are upside down
There's nothing to make out or even notice
When will it all become concrete wouldn't that be sweet？
To know where you stand but until then
It's a slide show, that you're yawning through
Or even sleeping
And as the carousel goes 'round
The slides are upside down
There's nothing to make out or even notice
And if that's alright, then it's alright
If that's alright, then it's alright
And if that's alright, then I wanna hear you say it
If that's alright, then it's alright
If that's alright, then it's alright
And if that's alright, then I gotta hear you say it now
41.Looking For A Way Out (demo-fast)
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
When you find you can't somehow
Make it like all the rest
You won't need to scrounge
Around for someone else
Torn between the unknown
And the place that you call home
And the life you want
But have never known
There was a time
You could put it out of your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time
That time is gone
What has a life of fifty years
In this town done for you
Except to earn your name
Place on a barstool
You spent your whole life in this county
You've never been out of state
You say, you're gonna
Make it out before it's too late
There was a time
You could put it out of your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time
That time is gone
There was a time when nothing seemed
To make much sense
That's turned more intense
And all the crutches you've kept around
Now are nowhere to be found
Remember when you didn't have
To look ahead or behind you
There was always something
Right there to do
But now it's life in some kind
Of trap looking for a way out
Well, you keep moving on
That's what it's all about
There was a time
You could put it out of your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time
That time is gone
42.Watch Me Fall
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
Some folks find
That their role in life
Is to fail
At everything they try
While other folks see
But not like me
There's one thing
That they're damn good at
To gather around you all
Come around and see
Those who stand tall
Why don't you please watch me fall？
The hole is wide
And it's there to divide
It's no one's fault
But it's put there by design
And there's a bridge yet to build
As many men have willed
It stands the weight
Of all those who wish to pass
Gather around you all
Come around and see
Those who stand tall
Why don't you please watch me fall？
43.Looking for a Way Out (Demo)
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
When you find you can't somehow make it like all the rest
Won't need to scrounge around for someone else
Torn between the unknown and the place that you call home
And the life you want but have never known
There was a time you could put it out of your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time, that time is gone
What has a life of fifty years in this town done for you
Except to earn your name and place on a barstool
You've spent your whole life in this county
You've never been out of state
You say you're gonna make it out before it's too late
There was a time you could put it out of your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time, that time is gone
There was a time when nothing seemed
To make much sense, that's turned more intense
And all the crutches you've kept around
Now are nowhere to be found
Remember when you didn't have to look ahead or behind you
There was always something right there to do
But now it's life in some kind of trap, looking for a way out
Well, you keep moving on, that's what it's all about
There was a time you could put it out of your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time, that time is gone
44.Effigy
Lyricist：John Fogerty
Last night I saw a fire burnin'
On the palace lawn
O'er the land, the humble subjects watched
In mixed emotion
Who is burnin'？ Who is burnin'？
Effigy
Who is burnin'？ Who is burnin'？
Effigy
Last night I saw the fire spreadin'
To the palace door
Silent majority weren't keepin'
Quiet anymore
Who is burnin'？ Who is burnin'？
Effigy
Who is burnin'？ Who is burnin'？
Effigy
Last night I saw the fire spreadin'
To the country side
In the mornin' few were left
To watch the ashes die
Who is burnin'？ Who is burnin'？
Effigy
Who is burnin'？ Who is burnin'？
Effigy
Why？ Why？ Why？
Effigy
45.Fifteen Keys
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy
Watch it separate in two
Whatever the day wants it to
Findin' out that the worst is true
Findin' out that it can escape you
Slings and arrows completes the score
Always leavin', wantin' more
And I try to throw it away
Silver spikes and mace
Displayed in your eyes
Fearlessness, cannot fathom
What's on your mind？
Been there, no luck at all
Nothin' left to lose
Been there, no luck at all
Nothin' left to lose
I've been there
'Danger', 'Slow' sign ahead
Exhaust fumes, Thin Lizzy instead
Left all pressin' cares all along the road
Fifteen keys, but where do they go？
Slings and arrows completes the score
Always leavin', wantin' more
And I try to throw it away
Strings that pull, strings that bend
This song and dance never ends
46.Watch Me Fall (Demo)
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
Well, some folks find
Their goal in life
It is to fail
At everything they try
While other folks see
They're not like me
There's one thing
That they're damn good at
So gather around you all
Come along and see
Those who stand tall
Why don't you please watch me fall？
The hole is wide
It is there to divide
It's no one's fault
It was put there by design
And there's a bridge yet to build
As many men have willed
That can stand the weight
Of all those who wish to pass
So gather around you all
Come along and see
Those who stand tall
Why don't you please watch me fall？
47.Looking for a Way Out (Acoustic Version)
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
When you find you can't somehow make it like all the rest
You won't need to scrounge around for someone else
Torn between the unknown and the place that you call home
And the life you want but have never known
There was a time
You could put it out your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time, that time is gone
So tell me, fifty years in this town, what's done for you？
Except to earn your name, a place on a barstool
You spent your whole life in this county, you've never been out
of state
You say you're gonna make it out before it's too late
There was a time
You could put it out your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time, that time is gone
There was a time when nothing seemed to make much sense
Now, that's turned more intense
And all the crutches you've kept around
Now, are nowhere to be found
Remember when you didn't have to look ahead or behind you
There was always something right there to do
But now it's life in some kind of trap, looking for a way out
We keep moving on that's what it's all about
There was a time
You could put it out your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time, that time is gone
48.Wipe the Clock
Lyricist：Jay Stuart Farrar, Jeffrey Tweedy
Hunted down
Someone said, 'No story, no gain'
Wipe the clock right now
I despise what you crave
I remember you
When you wore a different face
Never heard a story of anyone
Who drove the blacktop insane
Leanin' on a stoplight
Waitin' for eventual change
Once it matter, right now
It's not so easy to gage
Every time
That you ask for more
It's the sound that makes
The colors go blind
And everything comes in three's
But your face shows two
Lost in the watershed
Way out of tune
Ain't it hard
When the spirit doesn't catch you？
Gravity's the winner
And it weighs you down
It weighs you down
49.Whiskey Bottle (live)
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Persuaded, paraded, inebriated and down
Still aware of everything, life carries on without
'Cause there's one, too many faces with dollar sign smiles
Got to find the shortest path to the bar for a while
A long way from happiness
In a three-hour-away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus
Not forever, but just for now
Well, not forever, but just for now
There's a trouble around, it's never far away
The same trouble's been around for a life and a day
Well, I can't forget the sound, 'cause it's here to stay
The sound of people chasing money and money getting away
A long way from happiness
In a three-hour-away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus
Not forever, but just for now
Well, not forever, but just for now
In between the dirt and disgust there must be
Some air to breathe and something to believe
Well, liquor and guns, the sign says quite plain
Somehow life goes on in a place so insane
A long way from happiness
In a three-hour-away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus
Not forever, but just for now
Well, not forever, but just for now
50.Fall Down Easy
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Disengaged, we're forsaken now communication does suffer
The moral stare of big brother not a chance, no compromise
Battling the barrier of belief not to try anymore
Don't want to murder the only memory or hide
Try to accept that it's all worth while
When you've been disengaged, severed from any world that's mine
You can hang the blame on the wall
It'll be a frame around us all deluged by stickers and
billboards
The conversation turns to war, never thought it would come down
To this it seems every person for them self
Don't want to murder the only memory or hide
Try to accept that it's all worth while
When you've been disengaged, severed and forsaken
When you've been disengaged, severed from any world that's mine
More and more makes a hunger for less
You get hurt when you touch the bright lights burning
When you're high you can fall down easy
Too many years spent trigger happy at times
I feel betrayed I feel that I've been wronged
Suspended in all disbelief until it seems it just can't go on
51.Cold Shoulder
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Mike Heidorn, Jeff Tweedy
Doesn't matter what you've said
Or what you've done
When you've lost your head
You're looking for a new one
Your Heaven looks just like my Hell
Beautiful as far as I can tell
But your Heaven looks just like my Hell
Just as I drown
Then you say it's real
So I hold myself down
'Cause I like the way it feels
Your Heaven looks just like my Hell
Beautiful as far as I can tell
But your Heaven looks just like my Hell
How could I have ever needed
Such a cold heart to count on？
And how could I have ever wanted
Such a cold shoulder to cry on？
52.Factory Belt
Lyricist：Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Mike Heidorn
What's funny how it all works out
Mad men in suits walkin' about
Like to change your point of view, someday
But I feel my patience slippin' away
Looks like it's time to lay this burden down
Stop messin' around
Don't wanna go to the grave without a sound
Give this whole place a rest
Not to ride on a factory belt
Not to ride on factory belt
When you do all you can, just get by
With poison all around
Needs no disguise
You can see it on faces
Parcel to the door
You know there ain't no chance our respect is no more
Looks like it's time to lay this burden down
Stop messin' around
Don't wanna hurry to grave in the ground
Give this whole place a rest
Not to ride on a factory belt
Not to ride on factory belt
What's funny how it all works out
Mad men in suits walkin' about
It gets in your head
Looks like it's time to lay this burden down
Stop messin' around
No wanna go to grave without a sound
Give this whole place a rest
Not to ride on a factory belt
Not to ride on a factory belt
53.Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way？
Lyricist：Waylon Jennings
Lord, it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar
Where do we take it from here？
Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars
It's been the same way for years
We need to change
Somebody told me when I came to Nashville
Son, you finally got it made
Old Hank made it here, we're all sure that you will
But I don't think Hank done it this way
No, I don't think Hank done it this way
Ten years down the road, one night stands
Speeding my young life away
Singing my song, none of them wanna hear us
And I don't think Hank could've done 'em this way
I don't think Hank done 'em this way
I've seen the world with a five piece band
Staring at the back side of me
Tell me one more time just so I'll understand
Are you sure Hank done 'em this way？
Are you sure Hank done 'em this way？
Hey, we need to change
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