BRING ME DOWN

you need more love than Jesus you say without a smile you can talk your talk but you can't walk my mile your poetic philosophy well, it's not worth a damn this is the real world, boy, and you just ain't a man you tell me... Now I'm on Nicollette Under a grey midwestern sky Thinking about what you said How my well has run dry If I'm a hypocrite then It's from the company I keep I'm just a mirror So don't you look too deep You tell me... Oh, you bring me down.

Is there mercy in this God-forsaken age You talk of peace but Your eyes are filled with rage Four steps forward then You're taking nine steps back Tell me now, woman, What is it you lack? You bring me down. Here we are in the church of your desire a paper altar with you afraid of fire so here are the keys to the kingdom of all you see say what you want but now I will be free Oh, you bring me down.

I'LL WAIT

Sitting at the table And I smoke another cigarette Another final cigarette I guess Staring past the paper As the clouds fill up my window Another day will come and go I guess Was it something that I said In a place I once belonged I'm so sorry if I hurt you Where did I go wrong? I'll wait for you I'll stay here for you I'm here for you now. Sitting on a North bound train With no real direction Another day had come and gone I guess

Sifting through the letters And the photographs of yesterday I guess I'll find my way back home Again Was it something that you said In a place you once belonged Well I'm so sorry if I hurt you Where did I go wrong? I'll wait for you I'll stay here for you I'm here for you now. Was it something that you said In a place I once belonged I'm so sorry if I hurt you Where did I go wrong? I'll wait for you I'll stay here for you I'm here for you now.

SEASON TO COME

You say that it's over I don't say anything at all I just stand there with a photograph That was on the wall And I hear your car door From three lifetimes away My ashtray is full Before I know what to say (You said to me...) The shadows are dancing On the walls from the TV screen Outside I hear the children laugh And the sirens scream

And this room is so empty As this bottle comes undone I see the leaves outside of Season to come The season yet to come (You said to me...) You were a beauty Beyond every falling star But how far will you fall Before you fall too far (You said to me... You said...)

BETWEEN HELL AND REASON

You say you're sorry as I walk past your stare. I say, "I'm leavin'" Because, Honey, I don't care You're just a little boy Who got his toys taken away And I'll tell you this time I ain't gonna stay Because between hell and reason That's where I live my life. When I was born My daddy cried. He said, "This girl Will be the end of my life. She'll make the mighty fall and The rich man beg And out of all ways She'll choose her own way in the end Because between hell and reason That's how she'll live her life."

Now I'm a woman The best you've ever seen I want respect Because I ain't gonna bleed I've got love Like you've never seen And I've got treasures That I ain't gonna let you see If you need a reason That's how I live my life. Don't you tell me What I said was wrong And don't you tell me How to sing my song I won't apologize For one single word And I'll tell you baby this time I'm gone for good Between hell and reason That's how I live my life.

CHEMICAL THERAPY

It's 30 stairs to your room A thousand prayers forgotten soon The weight of life upon my face You're so asleep My saving grace My roses red Your sheet so quiet A weary face your angel's smile The sounds that keep the dreams you save I will hold All that's washed away I will hold All that's washed away I wear this smile for you My best smile for you Tell you every little thing So you can dance and I will sing About every little lie

Why always must I try to find you and I will find you Try to find you and I will find you I touch your hand Your precious skin Love's reflex how to begin To trace a life as deep as yours Why are we left always wanting more? (chorus) It's thirty stairs To my room A thousand hopes falling soon In between both day and night I hide every little lie I hide every little lie. (chorus) I will find you

MYSTICAL ROSE

Mystical Rose sits at the table At the diner where she Talked about love Stares at the cars With a spoon in her hand And hears the voice from above "Daughter be not forsaken in this world of cold and fear above all these I have chosen you to keep my voice so near. From the moment that I heard you Crawling in your darkest night From the farthest corner of your tiny room I have kept you in my sight." Mystical Rose walks down 3rd St. Her head is bowed in the rain. Stares at her feet Wipes the blood from her lip As they call her out by name. "Child we haven't seen you here in far, far too long. You were the best we've ever had The best we've ever sold.

Now you can name the price for just one night and you'll never want again and don't you think you're not one of us You'll be back here in the end!" Mystical Rose lights the candle That she keeps in a drawer by her bed Says her prayers to God Till all of her tears have been shed "Father have you forgotten the weight of memory? What have I lost? What have I gained To sleep in here alone? My soul is strong but My flesh is weak Won't you please come take me home?"

THE RIVER TONIGHT

Let's go to the river tonight Find a place to sleep Maybe find an open door Let's go watch the stars spin round the sky Let the center of the heavens Be both you and I Seems like yesterday we were just ten years old And every season had a game to play As we walked home every day from school Kickin' leaves and laughing all the way. Tell me there's no stone upon your back Tell me that you're free and I believe I can stay Tell me everything will be okay Tell me you won't leave like they did yesterday

And I hear a voice call from Way deep inside Selling me memories of people that I knew Some that I love that faded in time Like the first taste of wine On a warm summer's night Seems like yesterday we were just ten years old And every season had a game to play As we walked home every day from school Kickin' leaves and laughing all the way. Let's go to the river tonight Seems like I've got nothing left to say So I'll close my eyes And find some sleep here tonight.

FOR YOU, MY FRIENDS

This is for you, my friend For all you gave and I will not pretend That all's been left unsaid So here I am Standing at your door So in love with you My friend. You and I in the sweet summer heat The road was closed We played out in the street We've been together for so many years I just want you to know I thank God you're still right here. There you were The prettiest girl I'd meet Talked about love in your front seat You saved my soul when I thought I would drown I just want you to know You're the best I've ever found

You and I gonna take on the world A couple of guitars and A thousand angry words Seen so many of our dreams come and die I just want you to know I thank God you're still alive. Don't you think that there's Nothing left to say This life's so full and There's so much we give away We trade our souls for a pocket full of tears I just want you to know I'm wide awake and I'm Still right here. This is for you, my friends. For all you gave and I will not pretend That all's been left unsaid So here I am Standing at your door, So in love with you My friends.

CRYPTIC

Paint me a circle I'll give you a ring A circle unbroken Your bird will not sing Deny me with your eyes I'm down on my knees In a river of shadows With the second birth of Eve You say you're a dancer A teacher, a bride To a history of memories that You cannot deny When I play the joker You call me a thief How beautiful the dervish In the with you sleeps Now these blessings Are burdens This language I'm losing control It's all the same to you (my heart it protects) It's all the same to me (a sorrow so deep) It's all the same to you (my heart has religion) It's all the same to me (with no stone to throw) deny your people deny your god it's a monkey with a tin cup a cane by the door if words were willows crying in shame could you save all the dreams you regretted away

these threads that connect us will break before dawn It's all the same to you (my heart it protects) It's all the same to me (a sorrow so deep) It's all the same to you (in your pool of shame) It's all the same to me (I watch you drown) I'm leaving here this time I'll never return To the tree of excuses Whose branches you burn And crawl with an anger Only the ocean can hold The tide is rising There's nowhere to go It's all the same to you (my heart it protects) It's all the same to me (a sorrow so deep) It's all the same to you (my heart has religion) It's all the same to me I'm leaving here this time And I'll never return To the tree of excuses Whose branches you burn I'm leaving here this time But not on my knees From the river of shadows With the second birth of Eve But Could you Hold me... It's all the same to you