1. |
Trouble in Mind
05:39
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trouble in mind / trouble in my shadow
trouble in the sky / miles of troubled gravel
trouble all around / wherever I travel
oh well, goodbye
woke up before it began to be nighttime
shadow on the floor of the fading daylight
devil-may-care but he's no friend of mine
oh well, goodbye
hole in sole of the shoes I stand in
hole in my heart but it got filled back in
works like a charm but it'll stop ticking
oh well
trouble in mind / trouble in my shadow
trouble in the sky / miles of troubled gravel
trouble all around / wherever I travel
oh well, goodbye
sun in the sky like a burned out lightbulb
alone in the cold, wounds full of salt
who gives a shit, it was coming on nightfall
oh well, goodbye
led astray by the lights at the fairground
sung along to the song of a sad clown
I wanna have fun, can't ever let my hair down
oh well
trouble in mind / trouble in my shadow
trouble in the sky / miles of troubled gravel
trouble all around / wherever I travel
oh well, goodbye
I saw the light, I got a ticket
takin' a ride up to North Michigan
gonna go see Ruth, Delton and Cricket
gonna get my head right, gonna get my licks in
gonna have answer I never need to question
I'm gonna be fine 'case I'm gonna be different
oh well
trouble in mind / trouble in my shadow
trouble in the sky / miles of troubled gravel
trouble all around / wherever I travel
oh well, goodbye
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2. |
I Go Home
03:59
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when the forest whispers
from the falling rain
when the lake is glass
waiting to break
when the road is quiet
and I can't recall which way
is my home
is my home
I have done my time wasted
wasting away
fooled to believe
there were but few hours in the day
marked myself as lost
for I was too proud to say
I go home
I go home
turning, turning over
like a rock within a wave
all my jagged edges
wear away
'till I am just another
grain of sand one day
in my home
in my home
no need to revive me
don't resuscitate
I have made my bed
and I lay in my mistakes
it may be tomorrow
or it may be today
I go home
I go home
I have hung my head low
I have hid my eyes away
walked a million miles
in the shadow of my shame
now it seems
every place I've gone to
was a gateway
to home
to my home
if I was a younger man
I would not feel this way
if I were an old man
I'd be younger than today
laughing with my memories
like the day
that they were made
in my home
in my home
laughing with my memories
like the day
that they were made
in my home
in my home
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3. |
No Good in Goodbye
05:13
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I left town just yesterday
silent in the cavalcade
my suitcase, full of rain
and a broken daisy chain
and a broken daisy chain
there's nothing good
in a goodbye
goodbye
I left town in the noonday sun
feelin' tall as old Tom Thumb
cadillacs don't last too long
on the road to oblivion
on the road to oblivion
there's nothing good
in a goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
nothing in good in a goodbye no
everything comes to go
lose your mind
just to find your soul
and mud down in the watering hole
town to town I come and go
goodbye's better than a long hello
stay away and don't get to close
play it safe and don't say hello
I don't know what I been told
angel wings are just feather and bone
broken birds can't fly home
wander 'till they can't no more
I left town with my banjo
headed where the green grass grows
where that is nobody knows
broke down on a dead-end road
broke down on a dead-end road
there's nothing good
in a goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
nothing in good in a goodbye no
everything comes to go
lose your mind
just to find your soul
and mud down in the watering hole
town to town I come and go
goodbye's better than a long hello
stay away and don't get to close
play it safe and don't say hello
I don't know what I been told
angel wings are just feather and bone
broken birds can't fly home
wander 'till they can't no more
oh, I'm feeling cold
I'm moving slow
I'm running dry
oh, nowhere to go
no-one to know
no fault but mine
found a town to start a new
no-one knows what I done or do
work all day
and the sun shines slow
lonely but for the ghosts I know
lonely but for the ghosts I know
there's nothing good
in a goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
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4. |
Highway in Wintertime
05:05
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when you're driving
down the highway
deep into wintertime
there are no leaves
left on the trees
softly strobed sunlight
the faster you go
the better the songs
on A.M radio
the sweeter
the rhythm and rhyme
the farther you feel
the more of what's ailing you
will be revealed
don't it feel so good
to smile
when you're driving away
from another mistake
deep into wintertime
driving down the highway
in wintertime
when you're driving
down the highway
deep into wintertime
in an unknown
town's motel room
lit by candlelight
for the wind and the cold
the snow-covered road
and the powerline pole
that some poor soul
did collide
I love life again
but there was a time I'd say
take me, not him
I can't hardly
stand my mind
when you're driving away
from another mistake
deep into wintertime
driving down the highway
in wintertime
when you're driving
down the highway
deep into wintertime
pull it over
to the shoulder
kill the engine
kill the lights
we walk from here
there are no more roads
down which we disappear
we must face what once caused us fright
you can't escape
some call it foolishness
some call it fate
I call it trying to get by
when your driving away
from another mistake
deep into wintertime
driving down the highway
in wintertime
driving down the highway
in wintertime
driving down the highway
in wintertime
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5. |
Now
04:19
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I heard a scream rise
and fall again
I felt the snakes move
beneath my skin
the sky was green
and the sun was black
I saw me leave
I did not come back
I was not around
I was not around, then
I drove away
with my ghost behind
I heard it say
"run but you can't hide"
while buildings burned
in the rearview mirror
I felt the heat reach
the whole way here
I was not around
I was not around, then
now
I'm trying to be found
I'm hearing every sound
I'm looking up
not down
now
now
been digging holes
off in our backyard
searching for gold
finding none so far
you watered plants
in your flower dress
if I was there
maybe I'd feel blessed
but I was not around
I was not around
I was not around, then
now
now
I'm trying to be found
I'm hearing every sound
I'm lookin up not down
even by the baying hounds
even when they soon surround
rip my throat out
I'm singing anyhow
would you like to stick around?
we can stare the devil down
you and I could paint the town
hey, on me
have another round
bought a telescope
in a junkshop
and through the lens
saw where we'd end up
someplace where pines stand
and give us shade
to be alive
even when we feel
afraid
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6. |
Devil's Mouth Blues
07:06
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in my last day in the city
didn't play guitar once
just looked out the window
dead grass in the summer sun
piles of empty pages
spread like fallen leaves
everyone a failure
couldn't bring myself to read
when did I do all this living?
where'd all this junk come from?
half-read books and dirty looks
from the mirror I hung
items that define us
end up in a garbage can
bodies that confine us
six feet down in land
help me oh help me
help my understand
why the righteous path
has a sign that says "dead end"
tell me oh tell me
what do we do now
fallen from the angel's arms
to the devil's mouth
fallen from the angel's arms
to the devils mouth
well I built myself a palace
way deep in my head
the palace had a courtyard
nobody but me went
now, the palace is on fire
ghosts are roaming free
courtyard's overcrowded
even when it's just me
I feel all unraveled, now
days like minuets tick
everybody's hiding out
trying not to get sick
when I talk I babble
I can't recall my name
paranoid and poison
flowing through my veins
help me oh help me
help my understand
why the righteous path
has a sign that says "dead end"
tell me oh tell me
what do we do now
fallen from the angel's arms
to the devil's mouth
fallen from the angel's arms
to the devils mouth
in my last day in the city
didn't sing a song
did not dream a dream
farewell and so long
a golden apple dangles
from a dying tree
silhouetted by a sun
too dark to see
help me oh help me
help my understand
why the righteous path
has a sign that says "dead end"
tell me oh tell me
what do we do now
fallen from the angel's arms
to the devil's mouth
fallen from the angel's arms
to the devils mouth
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7. |
After the End
05:16
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storm rolling
four horses
swarm locusts
no warning
start running
drum drumming
red water
sick laughter
after
after
after the end
sky burning
stomach turning
rat scratching
shadow casting
mamma crying
daddy dying
brother long gone
sister all gone wrong
after
after
after the end
black meadow
nightshade and nettle
smoked eyelids
long silence
after
after
after the end
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8. |
Beyond Midnight
05:46
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there are many ways
one can say goodbye
see the sun go down
and simply follow
close behind
on your way through
beyond midnight
on your way through
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
in a fever dream
or seen by second sight
at the end of everything
I saw you fade to white
and walk alone
beyond midnight
and walk alone
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
go and walk your valleys
find mountains to climb
get lost down dark alleys
and die a thousand times
worry on what shall be
and lose your goddamn mind
on your way through
beyond midnight
on your way through
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
through the garden gate
we walked and lost the time
endless blue bush flowers rising
like the ocean tide
and they were called
beyond midnight
and they were called
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
and we spoke in the cold
but our words got frost bite
so we held our tongues
and let the flames of firelight
lead us away
beyond midnight
lead us away
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
go and walk your valleys
find mountains to climb
get lost down dark alleys
and die a thousand times
worry on what shall be
and lose your goddamn mind
on your way through
beyond midnight
on your way through
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
oh, but I was there too long
all hurt and hollow-eyed
mined for golden hymns
I thought were buried deep inside
somewhere below
beyond midnight
somewhere below
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
so I'll be on my way
with other fish to fry
last thing that I'll say is heaven
ain't up in the sky
it's over here
beyond midnight
it's over here
beyond midnight
ain't life like a slow train
passing by
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