Tigress
When it will come around
You won’t see it coming, or hear it make a sound
But would you sing along?
& Welcome the lightning after such a long wait
Can you feel it beat here, deep down in your little chest
I know the river runs wilder in your other self
Now you can almost taste it on your sharpened jaws
and you can almost say it in your wildest prose :
« Oh looks like the mockingbirds stopped laughing at you
Hold me like a stranger till September is through »
And you will come around,
Red eyed and silenced to be running out of time
Can you see it through my eyes?
Snatches of sunrise after such a long drive
And i hear you humming that tune the one i used to know
Now you can almost sing it in your brightest tone
Can you feel that longing filling up your little breast
I know the river runs wilder in your other self
My little hometown is dying but my little tigress is wild
& I can see it in her eyes that she can never be tamed
and i can almost taste it on your sharpened jaws
and i can almost sing it in my wildest prose:
« Oh looks like the mockingbirds stopped laughing at you
Hold me like a stranger till September is through »
Actress
She walks in slowly and determined
She hands down her resignation tonight
Says “i’m not gonna waste another minute here”
Says “i’m gonna be an actress and i’m out of here “
Come a little closer so i can hear
Find a little faith in your morning fears
You show them how we do it in the hills
Make ‘em all vanish like dust in the wind
She walks in slowly and determined
She hands down her resignation tonight
Says “i’m not gonna waste another minute here”
Says “i’m gonna be an actress and i’m out of here”
Come a little closer so i can hear
Find a little faith in your morning fears
Show them how we do it in the hills
You say you’re not gonna make it, then you’re out of sight
Show a little wilderness tonight
Have a little faith in the city lights
They can’t stand it that you’re full of life
It’s a little late you could stay for the night
Crazy Ones
It’s been a long grey winter strike
Its been hard, trying to make it on your own, honey i know
Then came the sweetest summertime
We’ve been trying to get our shit together and make it out alright
Why do we always love the crazy ones, always love the crazy oh oh
It’s been a slow dive into the black
Its been hard, trying to make it on your own, honey i know
It’s been a long tunnel up to the light
We’ve been trying to get our shit together and make it out alright
Why you do we always love the crazy ones, always love the crazy oh oh
Feeling hazy like you never gonna make it on your own?
I was just about to lose my temper on the telephone
when the jealousy it burns you to the bones, yeah you know what i mean And it’s hard trying to make it your own, yeah you know what i mean
Why you do we always love the crazy ones, always pick the crazy oh oh
Why do we always love the crazy ones, always love the crazy oh oh
Sister
Sister, how can you carry the whole world on your shoulders
Sometimes, you gotta try and let it all out of your chest
Pay no mind to the hammer above your head
Still so many roads calling out your name
Sister i see challenging times, times ahead
Somehow you’re gonna have to live without that weight on your chest
Without a ten ton hammer, swinging above your head
Still so many roads calling out your name
Forget about the city where the sun don’t shine and everyone’s a mess
Forget about the memories that you’re keeping locked up, buried in the grass
Sister don’t you look back on the blue blue town you try to leave behind
Sister was it letter you wrote from outer space?
Somehow you did try to let it all out of your chest
About the ten ton hammer swinging above your head
Or the so many roads calling out your name
Or did you write from the city where the sun don’t shine and everyone’s a mess?
Is it about the memories that’re you keeping locked up buried in the grass
Did you write it from the city where the sun don’t shine and everyone’s a mess
Sister don’t you look back on the blue blue town you tried to live without
Tourists
First we walk the hills at dusk
Then we hit the backstreets
Same old faces in the dive
Should we pass our turn again
Are you living in the past, are you living in the past
Can’t stand that it’s gone
Now you’re living in the moment, you’re living it right
You crack the bottle openand you say:
« Hey, whatever turns you on I’m nothing but a stranger in town
But what if i fall down, i dont wanna i fall down in the end, ohOh
What if i fall back, i dont wanna i fall back in the end, oh »
Twenty five years in this shithole baby, it toughens you surely
Got a melancholy tendency, it runs in the family
Are you living in the past are you living in the past
You can’t stand that it’s gone
Are you up for the ride, can you handle the ride
There’s a bad moon watching
You say:
« Hey, whatever turns you on
I’m not a stranger in your arms
What if i fall back, and i don’t wanna fall back in the end oh
What if i fall back, i don’t wanna fall down in the end oh »
Leaving
Think i’m gonna have myself a treat
Get one a way ticket for the beach
How come my head it can spin so quick
I’m up to no good in a sec’
You know i’m trying to leave you but i don’t know where to start
I’ve been trying to leave you, but i don’t know where to start
Think i’m gonna have myself a treat
Get one a way ticket for the beach
How come my head it can spin so quick
I’m up to no good in a sec’
I’ve been trying to leave you, but i don’t know where to start
I’ve been trying to leave you, but i don’t know where to start
Midlife
It’s just a bad dream
I’m in the middle of a black hole
I hear you strumming your guitar again
I thought i heard you say
We’ll just be cruising down the backroads
I Couldn’t see you on that hazy night
But i thought i heard you sing:
Why don’t you step out of the moonlight?
Why don’t you turn around and try
You look so lonely you could use a friend
You look so lonely again
It’s just the passing of the time friend
It’s just the passing of the time
It’s just the passing of the time
It’s just a bad dreamjust a mid-life crisis
I couldn’t see it, we’ve been drifting
So far off the beaten tracks
Said we’ll be cruising down the backstreets
I Couldn’t see you on that hazy night
But i thought i heard you sing:
Why don’t you step out of the moonlight?
Why don’t you turn around and try
You look so lonely you could use a friend
You look so lonely again
It’s just the passing of the time friend
You look so lonely again
You look so lonely you could use a friend
You look so lonely again
It’s just the passing of the time friend
It’s just the passing of the time
Pretty mess
Man, i gotta get it off my chest
I know it sounds a little crazy
But we are such a pretty mess
I woke up on the outside looking in
Contemplated the scenery
And it was such a pretty mess
You should see where i grew up to get the picture
You would be amazed there still is something to burn
So I dont mind if i get caught up in the fire
Man, i have to let it off my chest
I never saw that one coming
But i’m happy that i’m back in town
Storm’s around, and it’s chilling up the air
Contemplated the scenery
And it was such a pretty mess
You should see where i grew up to get the picture
You’d be amazed there still is something to burn
So I dont mind if i get caught up in the fire
You gotta let it burn, you gotta let it do harm
Cruising around with the skeleton friends
Knowing there is no cure for childhood
Saturday
What a drag it is to meet you there
You think you’re through with coming back where you started?
What a mess you made with all that hair
It feels like yesterday and i’m not even joking
God i’d hate to die alone here, on a Saturday
God i’d hate to die alone here, on a Saturday
And so the joy was quickly moved aside
Some drunken poets on the riverside fighting
And you think it’s just a bloodless crimebut in the end it might be just what you’re seeking
God i’d hate to die alone here on a saturday
I would hope for anything else, why not a brighter day…
God i’d hate to die alone here on a Saturday
God i’d hate to die alone here on a Saturday
Black dog
Should i take three blues in the morning
I am always a little careful on the chemical way
But at least i know where i’m going
it started when i took you for granted
it started when i almost liked it to be lost in the hay
I didn’t know where i was headed
I thought i saw a black dog on my way
it’s been roaming around my place and it dont feel safe
3.35 in the morning
Can’t get a shut-eye, should i try it a whole different way
I seem to just can’t stand myself today
it started when i took you for granted
it started when i almost liked it to be lost in the hay
If you think i know where i’m headed
I thought i saw a black dog on my way
Lately it’s been coming every day
Would you let me in, it’d be a breather in my day
It’s a stormy one and i was not prepared for this tonight
If you just let me in, i wanna try it right, i don’t ever wanna feel the letting go again
Come morning, and the promise of a new day
Passed out on the floor i feel ready for another try
Guess it’s still not my turn today
it started when i took you for granted
it started when i almost liked it to be lost in the hay
if you think i know where i’m headed
I thought i saw a black dog on my way
it’s been roaming around my place and i dont feel great
I thought i’d see you coming back someday
It’s been ten years and still counting, my old love
Dreamchaser
I’ll skip the part when i lost track of it
I couldn’t see you in the shade
Isn’t it silly, i see through you
But i know so little of myself
And your skin tasted like gasoline
If if i recall, mornings were looking shiny and bright
Oh but the dream that i was chasing
It formed a circle in my head
The light it shone, and then the shape of it
Got me a little overwhelmed
I was on the outside looking in
I could only see in black and white like a cat
And the drugs they were just kicking in
And the birds they were just standing still in the pines
Till they came crashing on my window
Like a suicide squad
Came across a bunch of sparrows
They were just headed for the bay
Isnt is strange i fear tomorrows
But i care so little for today
And the drugs they started kicking in
And the birds they were just standing still in the pines
Then like the dream that i was chasing they went out for a ride
Friends
All the friends i had in town are either dead or crazy or departed
All the friends i had in town are either dead or crazy or departed
And then there’s you, shining black & green, golden red and still above it
And then there’s you, looking bright and clear, and unprecedent-unprecedented
All the girls i knew in town, are either worried, married or alcoholic
All the girls i knew in town, are either worried, married or alcoholic
And then there’s you, shining black & green, golden red and still above it
And then there’s you, looking bright and clear, and unprecedent-unprecedented
All the friends i had in town are either dead, or crazy, or departed
