1.You Run Away
You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away
From me
I tried to be
Your brother
You cried and
Ran for cover
I made a mess, who doesn't
I did my best
But it wasn't enough
You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away from me
You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away from me
I'll give you something you can cry about
One thing, you should try it out
Hold a mirror shoulder-high
When you're older, look you in the eye
When you're older, look you in the eye
I tried, but you tried harder
I lied, but you lied smarter
You made me guess, who was it?
I did my best but it wasn't enough
You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away from me
You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away from me
You run away (I tried to be your brother)
You could turn and stay (You cried and ran for cover)
But you run away (I made a mess who doesn't)
From me (I did my best but it wasn't enough)
2.Summertime
Saving it up
Savoring every ounce of sunlight
What comes to be, gradually
Feels like overnight
So, bundle up
And hunker down
See you on the other side
Mercury falls so
How, how do we make it though the days?
How do we not cave in, and bottom out?
Well, you have to understand that
Soon enough we'll wake up from such a daze,
thanks to all the many ways
We're all pushing through, for Summertime
We cover it up, we bottle it in,
But that won't make it feel right
Toppin' it off, rubbing it in
There's always a big mess of white
So bundle up
And hunker down
Here it comes again
Just one more round
See you on the other side
Mercury falls so
How, how do we make it though the days?
How do we not cave in, and bottom out?
Well, you have to understand that
Soon enough we'll wake up from such a daze,
thanks to all the many ways
We're all pushing through for Summertime
Our love pushing through, for Summertime
How, how do we make it though the days?
How do we not cave in, and bottom out?
Well, you have to understand that
Soon enough we'll wake up from such a daze,
thanks to all the many ways
We're all pushing through, for Summertime
3.Another Heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Soaking in another rainy day
I stopped to watch the long parade
Winding slowly through the maze
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
I lost my way in the summer breeze
I fell down to my hands and knees
And now I am searching
Through the autumn leaves
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
And here you stand in front of me
In all of the complexity
That I had mistaken for simplicity
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on ...
4.Four Seconds
Goes to show, it's not what you know
But who you know, so's you know
I can go with the flow
Build my note then throw to snow
Before the show stay low
Play it on a Dobro
Oh, I tiptoe to and fro from Ontario
My stereo's blue like the rodeo
Growing like a freak show free throw
It's just the intro
Keep dropping like dominoes
One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four
Now rewind, what'd you have in mind?
Could we unwind? I'm fine.
We can find a streamline
Recombine and intertwine
If I'm gonna headline
Tryin' to be moving all the behinds
Line to line, try to shine
Redesigned and redefined
Keeping up the spellbind
Gotta make it worth the grind
Just in time to have another close encounter of the third kind
One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four
I've been away for years and a day
You'd be thinking I'd be lonely
But I'm out here to stay
Wouldn't have it any other way
Oh flip, the light is turning orange
Coat ripped when I caught it in the door hinge
I slip when the lady in the four-inch
Bought it in a store in Germany
You wore it like a makeshift snowdrift
Had to get a gift
Saw the red shift rift
Gretta got an eyelift
Oh sure, that one's obscure
Maybe piss-poor, but I had to take a little detour
I've been away for years and a day
You'd be thinking I'd be lonely
But I'm out here to stay
Wouldn't have it any other way
One Mississippi
Two Mississippi
Three Mississippi
Four
5.On the Lookout
On the lookout
The wind stopped
We chose this spot
To begin
When we looked out
The waves crashed
Smashing our past
Moving fast
Nothing lasts
Make it last
This all will pass
Just like us
Just like this spot
Don't miss this
We've only got one shot
Hold on to this rock face
It's dried and cracked
But grab on
Don't wait long
Longing to
Look out for you
This all will pass
Just like us
Just like this spot
Don't miss this
We've only got one shot
On the lookout
On the lookout
On the lookout
On the lookout
6.Ordinary
Don't you know we lost?
Sunk so low, we just called it off
How an ordinary moment gets tossed
A more than ordinary woman's the cost
Thought I understood
Fought to buy the whole neighborhood
You ought to try, 'I told you so', it feels good
Bought it high, and sold as low as I could
Believe me
Believe me
Believe me
Believe me
It's come undone
Done
It's come undone
Done
Have another look, another look around
Have another look around
Have another look, another look around
Have another look around
I can't stay too long
Can only play a handful of songs
How a melody can make up your mind
Take a memory and leave it behind
Believe me
Believe me
Believe me
Believe me
It's come undone
Done
It's come undone
Done
It's come undone
Done
It's come undone
Done
7.I Have Learned
No, don't know everything
There's known unknowns
Too long just wondering
Lazybones
Spare me the parlor tricks
That impress your fans
Waving your candlesticks
In your burned hands
I have learned to live with livin' with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade
I don't think you're comfortable
Until you're not
When things get wonderful
You get hot
Can you forgive me for
What I had to do?
I'd use a metaphor
But I'm done with you
I have learned to live with living with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade
Same sun
Same fun
Whole new World
I have learned to live with livin' with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade
I have learned to live with livin' with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade
8.Every Subway Car
My backpack was faded black
But now it's all blue
It looks whack, but it's compact
And works like brand new
I had found an old Greyhound
But it wasn't my scene
I'm underground at the turnaround
And this one is pristine
Warehouses above
All I'm thinking of
You gave your heart to me
Soon the world will see
Our graffiti love
Spray paint on my glove
They'll wonder who you are
On every subway car
I'm on my own, I'm Sly Stallone
I did it for you
I've outgrown my wings, and flown
Into something brand new
I show restraint, I'm the Patron Saint
Of urban gardens in bloom
If I don't faint ingesting paint
Breathing all of these fumes
Warehouses above
All I'm thinking of
You gave your heart to me
Soon the world will see
Our graffiti love
Spray paint on my glove
They'll wonder who you are
On every subway car
On every subway car you look amazing
While streaming out of bars their glasses raising
Systemically refused
Then chemically removed
Warehouses above
All I'm thinking of
You gave your heart to me
Soon the world will see
Our graffiti love
Spray paint on my glove
They'll wonder who you are
On every subway car
Our grafitti love
On every subway car
Our grafitti love
On every subway car
9.Jerome
When you walk in Jerome
You never walk alone
'Cause the ghosts dance all around you
All around you, in Jerome
Take the Bloody Basin Road
Through Black Water Canyon
Up the twisted road
To Mingus Mountain
Then you'll know you are home
In the ghost town called Jerome
Where the ghosts dance all around you
All around you, in Jerome
Bar brawlers and drifters
Gamblers and gun fighters
Ladies of the evening, and copper miners
They kept the jailhouse filled
'til it rolled down the hill
So, when you walk in Jerome
You'll never walk alone
'Cause the ghosts dance all around you
All around you, in Jerome
They're all around you, in Jerome
10.How Long
So, give it up for anger
It makes us strong
I maybe just meant to thank her
strong and wrong
Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long
We never discuss the notches
We just fight away
Even a busted watch is right twice a day
Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long
Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long
I know you know how it feels
I know you know it's for reals
I know you know I know you...
so don't say it
That's what it takes to go there
On and on
You make a good case for nowhere
So that's where I've gone
Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long
Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long
Don't say when
Don't say where
Don't say how long
11.Golden Boy
Hey, Golden Boy
Don't let the darkness in to take you away from yourself
Nobody else, there's nobody left to make you run
Somebody new, maybe it's you
Only bereft of meaning
One of these days
You're gonna wake up wondering how it went down
Then in a daze
You're gonna make up something,
and wallow around in your room
Maybe it's soon
Or maybe it won't be for some time
I hope you'll be, thinking of me
And I hope you won't be lonely
Hang your head
But don't let your hair fall out
Just hang your hat
At somebody else's house
Game, set, and match
I'll have to give that to you
You are the man
Wait, there's a catch
Everyone sees right through you
But that was the plan all along
Tell me I'm wrong
Tell me you wanted something else
You entered the code
That made you explode
Now I hope you won't be lonely anymore
Hang your head
But don't let your hair fall out
Hang your hat
At somebody else's house
No, no, no, you're not a quitter
So, don't, don't, don't, don't you be bitter
Go, go, go where you glitter away
Hang your head
But don't let your hair fall out
Just hang your hat
At somebody else's house
Hang your head
But don't let your hair fall out
Just hang your hat
At somebody else's house
Somebody else's house
Somebody else's house
12.I Saw It
I saw
I saw it
We all did
It hurt
I heard it
We all hid
You took what we all hide
We all hide from
The hooks went right inside
That's where they hung
In the park
By the playground
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
I won't let you down
You weighed and waited
You kept steady
You'd count, and recount it
Now you're ready
You took what we all hide
We all hide from
The hooks went right inside
Then the feeling numbs
You think you deserve it
I won't stand and observe it
From this point on
We won't allow this, brother
If we don't end this now
There'll be others
13.The Love We're in
Why aren't we making the love we're in?
It could be the last time
You never want to throw that away
So, why aren't we making the love we're in?
Less heart to heart, and more brain to brain
If you're feeling tender, I'm Novocain
Lets crash the party, I'll crash the plane
Why aren't we making the love we're in?
It could be the last time
You never want to throw that away
So, why aren't we making the love we're in?
Even a beggar must have to choose.
They say you shouldn't wager more than you can lose
So, make mine a double, just hold the booze
Why aren't we making the love we're in?
It could be the last time
You never want to throw that away.
So, why aren't we making the love we're in?
Anyone can make it but we're in, in
Some will even fake it but we're in, in
Why don't we just make the love we're in?
Why don't we just make the love we're in?
14.Watching the Northern Lights
Floating like a dream cloud above the lake
Drifting in and out of sight
Forty Miles above us
Watching the Northern Lights ...
In the true northern darkness
Far from the sleeping towns
We lay there in the silence
Young and free, half asleep, spellbound
Watching the Northern Lights ...
In my mind after all this time
The memory is still clear
All I find I leave behind
The song is my souvenir
Watching the Northern Lights ...
15.Another Heartbreak (Acoustic Version)
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Soaking in another rainy day
I stopped to watch the long parade
Winding slowly through the maze
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
I lost my way in the summer breeze
I fell down to my hands and knees
And now I am searching
Through the autumn leaves
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
And here you stand in front of me
In all of the complexity
That I had mistaken for simplicity
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on ...
16.Four Seconds (Acoustic Version)
Goes to show, it's not what you know
But who you know, so's you know
I can go with the flow
Build my note then throw to snow
Before the show stay low
Play it on a Dobro
Oh, I tiptoe to and fro from Ontario
My stereo's blue like the rodeo
Growing like a freak show free throw
It's just the intro
Keep dropping like dominoes
One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four
Now rewind, what'd you have in mind?
Could we unwind? I'm fine.
We can find a streamline
Recombine and intertwine
If I'm gonna headline
Tryin' to be moving all the behinds
Line to line, try to shine
Redesigned and redefined
Keeping up the spellbind
Gotta make it worth the grind
Just in time to have another close encounter of the third kind
One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four
I've been away for years and a day
You'd be thinking I'd be lonely
But I'm out here to stay
Wouldn't have it any other way
Oh flip, the light is turning orange
Coat ripped when I caught it in the door hinge
I slip when the lady in the four-inch
Bought it in a store in Germany
You wore it like a makeshift snowdrift
Had to get a gift
Saw the red shift rift
Gretta got an eyelift
Oh sure, that one's obscure
Maybe piss-poor, but I had to take a little detour
I've been away for years and a day
You'd be thinking I'd be lonely
But I'm out here to stay
Wouldn't have it any other way
One Mississippi
Two Mississippi
Three Mississippi
Four
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