1. |
Wandering Child
03:04
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I wish I met you, further along
Gave you my older heart, still and strong
But I wouldn't have a fire like I do today
Oh it burns for you babe
Oh, you got nothing on my tendency to be led astray
Oh, it took a blindside hit to show me the right of way
When your footsteps conquer the streets
From your eyes to the soles of your feet
May my body and heart remain wild
For I'm a wandering child
I could keep an arms length, so I don't fall
I never learned to punch with my back against the wall
Oh no, I gotta let it go
And I got a feeling, deep in my bones
I can't sit still when there's a space up in the road
There's a fire coming on you in your lane
Oh it burns for you babe
Oh, you got nothing on my tendency to be led astray
Oh, it took a blindside hit to show me the right of way
When your footsteps conquer the streets
From your eyes to the soles of your feet
May my body and heart remain wild
For I'm a wandering child
And I hope to god the time ain't wrong
And I hope to god the time ain't wrong
Cause I can't be hanging on like this for long
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2. |
Blue June
02:51
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All around I see blue and brown
Traces of your skin on all the things I found
She keeps her warmth in a little jar
Rationing tastes, and it's sweet so far
And I got something of a girl back home
She sings sweet nothings through a telephone
Sometimes I think it's nothing and nothing more
A love that's gotten grand by some romantic metaphor
Oh I don't know
It's been some years since I've been calm
Is it something like a ring of smoke
Here but for a moment, then gone
And I ain't much a swimmer when the waters are rough
I keep myself from hurting when the times get tough
And I been saying hit me and I'm bound to bust
These days I got no trouble telling love from lust
Oh I don't know
It's been some years since I've been calm
Is it something like a ring of smoke
Here but for a moment, then gone
Sweet, unspoken promises I'll always sing for June
It's when the fields grown fallow that the winter comes too soon
Oftentimes she’s crossed my mind like an old familiar tune
But it's so cold that nothing grows but a flower yet to bloom
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3. |
Already Gone
03:42
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I walked out my house tonight just to hear the quiet,
Listen to the dark before I lie
Looking to the city lights burning from afar
Glowing at the bottom of the sky
I think nothing beautiful comes without a fight
Of course, there's no exception in us
I've come to love revolving doors and things that tend to shine
but you never really cared for that much
Oh, ain't it just a shame,
Ending 'bout the same way that we started out?
Oh, Comin' back around with just more jewelry,
I'm afraid that we've departed now…
You won't catch me, trains are moving too fast
What's this railcar to some bits of broken glass?
I had a box of pictures that I hid in tall grass
You won't find me cause I'm already gone
Well I used to have love,
But I was stubborn and drunk
So I squandered it
I got rid of your taste with some things in a place
Because I wanted it
Oh, ain't it just a shame,
Ending 'bout the same way that we started out?
Oh, Comin' back around with just more jewelry,
I'm afraid that we've departed now…
I walked out my house tonight just to hear the quiet,
Listen to the dark before I lie
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4. |
Mayday
02:40
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Start by saying I'm a couple years too late
Not the reunion I was planning on
Now I just came to give my regards and keep my faith
Let go of your words that I've been hanging on
Oh, I've been setting fire to my bed sheets
Oh, don't you twist your tongue just to protect me
Just scream, “Mayday, we're going down"
Now I must say you've had my mind in quite the wreck
And I deceived you with false virtue
Now I am sitting like a gambler in his debt
Counting all the ways that I would hurt you
Oh, I've been setting fire to my bed sheets
Oh, don't you twist your tongue just to protect me
Just scream, “Mayday, we're going down"
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5. |
Speak Too Soon
02:53
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Came my way on a summer day
Flying out of broken soil
Safe to say that you blinded me
I saw you when my sight was sore
Met your lips in the dead of night
And took you on the kitchen floor
Good god, I got it bad for you babe
Guess I don’t know anything about it
Guess I thought you were preaching to an empty room
And I’ll tell you how I feel but I don’t want to speak too soon
So I just pray it’s all true
Well you don’t know much about me
I’ll explain it as best I can
I’m afraid of getting rich just to find out
It was only fools gold in my pan
Time is wasted on a boy who’s faking
Pretending just to be a man
Good god, I got it bad for you babe
Guess I don’t know anything about it
Guess I thought you were preaching to an empty room
And I’ll tell you how I feel but I don’t want to speak too soon
So I just pray it’s all true
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6. |
Rolling Stone
01:57
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I wanna be a rolling stone
Rolling ‘til the land don't touch the sky
Taken on my way by the wind that blows
Sailing to the sun for a thousand miles
I’m the right taste to the wrong bite
I'm a lover mostly when the time is right
I’m my own rule
I'm a coward, I'm a fool
I'm a builder but I cannot tear apart
Curse my stubborn heart
Momma did you hear I'm coming home
I'd love to find a place where I can lay
The well’s run dry
The gardens overgrown
I’ll help as best I can before July
I’m a phone ring on a cold night
I'm the wrong choices never worth the fight
I’m a hard rain
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I'm the wise words I only took in part
Curse my stubborn heart
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7. |
Paul Simon
03:51
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I'll apologize but I’ll try to make it unclear
And I love this city but I'm really not from here
Now I gotta leave this town as a washed up stuntman
In a beat up coupe I imagine is a mustang
There's a voice in my head singing out turn it around
But I'm on a highway honey tearing up the Eastbound
There's a man out there smiling like a dying king
Laughing at my soul, searching for anything
And I’ve got mine
I am a rock, I am an isle
And I got mine
I'm shaking ground, I'm faking found
In my little town
These days I'm searching for the great unknown
Wondering if Paul Simon ever had it good alone
Find me a place that can make a couple tables turn
That’s warm all winter with a couple more bridges to burn
And I am a child yet I've got to let my spirit roam
A few more years before I’ll hitch a ride home
I’ve got bones to break and miles to go alone
One day I’ll start writing like I’m Leonard Cohen
And I’ve got mine
I am a rock, I am an isle
And I got mine
I'm shaking ground, I'm faking found
In my little town
I'm still tall and made of stone
But I still can't rest on my own
I'm still tall and made of stone
But I still can't rest on my own
I'm on my own
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8. |
Undercover
03:37
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I paint a picture just to cover
The hole in the wall
Now you got me by my heartstrings
And you're pulling me around with them all
You're not lost
Your thoughts are just undercover
How can you love one drug and hate all the others
When you get so high
It's hard to look back down
And you can't hear a sound
What’s pain but a couple of fools
Up in orbit drunken on the moment
When the fog starts rolling in patience grows thin
Back to where it all began
You're not lost
Your thoughts are just undercover
How can you love one drug and hate all the others
When you get so high
It's hard to look back down
And you can't hear a sound
You're not lost
Your thoughts are just undercover
How can you love one drug and hate all the others
When you get so high
It's hard to look back down
And you can't hear a sound
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9. |
Heart Attack
04:20
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I stepped back just to frame it
And I didn't know too much
Narrowed my eyes, tried to cut through lies
I was losing touch
Darlin’ I didn't know nothing
Hit like a head full of wine
Came like a curse, I was down in the first
You didn't use your right
Oh my, you just gotta take a piece of me
Try to tease out the other side
Cause darlin’ I just see you've been so sweet to me
I've been waiting on the day all night
Would it kill you for some peace of mind?
Would you take me and not look back?
Good gracious, you're a heart attack
We were something like a movie
But she was more of a show
Spread roots wide in the back of my eyes
And she never let it slow
I had my hand full of aces
Ran her fingers down the back of my neck
I stepped back when she laid down that Jack
I was losing breath
Oh my, you just gotta take a piece of me
Try to tease out the other side
Cause darlin’ I just see you've been so sweet to me
I've been waiting on the day all night
Would it kill you for some peace of mind?
Would you take me and not look back?
Good gracious, you're a heart attack
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