Straighter Than Joe Namath
All night, watching the fireworks go off, under the blankets.
All night, throwing the ball on the lawn.
She could throw a spiral straighter than Joe Namath, straighter than Joe Namath. (repeat)
Sometimes, I look across the land, and I want to cry.
But if, you told me I'd have to leave this place, I'd rather die.
I'd rather die. (repeat)
All night, watching the fireworks go off, under the blankets.
All night, throwing the ball on the lawn.
She could throw a spiral, straighter than Joe Namath, straighter than Joe Namath. (repeat)
All night, watching the fireworks go off, under the blankets.
All night, throwing the ball on the lawn.
She could throw a spiral straighter than Joe Namath, straighter than Joe Namath. (repeat)
Sometimes, I look across the land, and I want to cry.
But if, you told me I'd have to leave this place, I'd rather die.
I'd rather die. (repeat)
All night, watching the fireworks go off, under the blankets.
All night, throwing the ball on the lawn.
She could throw a spiral, straighter than Joe Namath, straighter than Joe Namath. (repeat)
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Service Please. Bring it to me. Bring it to me. Service Please. Bring it to me. Bring it to me.
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Hot Chick Singer. Looking for a band. Hot Chick Singer, wound up with a man, wound up with a man.
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Five stars, ten out of ten, I would repeat this experience again. Five stars.
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Service Please. Bring it to me. (repeat)
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Service Please. Bring it to me. Bring it to me. Service Please. Bring it to me. Bring it to me.
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Hot Chick Singer. Looking for a band. Hot Chick Singer, wound up with a man, wound up with a man.
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Five stars, ten out of ten, I would repeat this experience again. Five stars.
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Service Please. Bring it to me. (repeat)
Hibiscus (lyrics taken from an old folk song, rearranged)
Well all you young, and tender ladies, careful how, you court young men.
They're like a star, on a summer's morning, first appear, and then they're gone. They're gone.
They'll tell you, some lovin' story. They'll tell you, some far flung lie. Then they'll go and court another,
for that girl, pass you by.
I wish I was some little sparrow, I had wings, I'd fly so high.
Well I'd hie away to where my heart's true lover sat,
when they's talkin' I'd be by.
But as I am, no little sparrow, ain't got wings, so I can't fly.
Well I'll hide away in some lonesome valley, lonesome valley, weep and pass, my troubles by.
Well all you young, and tender ladies, careful how, you court young men.
They're like a star, on a summer's morning, first appear, and then they're gone.
Well all you young, and tender ladies, careful how, you court young men.
They're like a star, on a summer's morning, first appear, and then they're gone. They're gone.
They'll tell you, some lovin' story. They'll tell you, some far flung lie. Then they'll go and court another,
for that girl, pass you by.
I wish I was some little sparrow, I had wings, I'd fly so high.
Well I'd hie away to where my heart's true lover sat,
when they's talkin' I'd be by.
But as I am, no little sparrow, ain't got wings, so I can't fly.
Well I'll hide away in some lonesome valley, lonesome valley, weep and pass, my troubles by.
Well all you young, and tender ladies, careful how, you court young men.
They're like a star, on a summer's morning, first appear, and then they're gone.
Elegy
Glass brass camelias... Winter murmurations... Black and blue... Carnival canvas faces painted, money moves.
Solve for y, solve for y, surrounded by family, dead at 69. Solve for y, solve for y, surrounded by family, dead at 69
Train signatures... Spark stone paths... Mary Jane... All of the eagles, dive bomb the capital, we're all insane.
Solve for y, solve for y, surrounded by family, dead at 69. Solve for y, solve for y, surrounded by family, dead at 69
Oo-oooh....The square on the wall, will never set you free. The square on the wall.... repeat Listen to me.
Solve for y, solve for y, surrounded by family, dead at 69. Solve for y, solve for y, surrounded by family, dead at 69
Hebamashundi... Oh-da-ley.
Jamie (see also; featured video)
Jamie came to me on a southbound train, with some ugly scars, and a new last name.
I knew in my heart she'd seen some terrible things. First chance she gets, she gonna pawn those rings. (repeat)
First thing I asked her was where she been, and she said she discovered a new kind of sin, not the kind of creeping greed that make you count your pay, but the kind where you give too much power away. (repeat)
Then she laid it out, laid it all on the line. She was drunk by then on good red wine.
She said I don't need a man like you to make things right, but I could really use a place to stay the night (repeat)
(lost verse for some future version)
Woke up in the morning feeling cold and drunk, lid laying open of my steamer trunk.
She took my old jacket and some money for gas, but I couldn't get mad cuz I could understand. (repeat)
The Rain
New mother, well she stops in just for a peek,
and she soothes her racing heart, just watching him sleep.
How could anybody, so beautiful, be so small.
She's a liar, when she says she won't let him change or grow up at all.
You can't outrun the rain. (repeat)
Two lovers, at the age of 17.
Well they held on, to each other, through the years lean and green.
Three happy children later the wall paper peels in the powder room.
Well the morning comes, when he calls out to her but she can't answer him.
You can't outrun the rain. (repeat)
Well the morning comings when he calls out to her, but she can't answer him.
You can't outrun the rain. (repeat)
New mother, well she stops in just for a peek,
and she soothes her racing heart, just watching him sleep.
How could anybody, so beautiful, be so small.
She's a liar, when she says she won't let him change or grow up at all.
You can't outrun the rain. (repeat)
Two lovers, at the age of 17.
Well they held on, to each other, through the years lean and green.
Three happy children later the wall paper peels in the powder room.
Well the morning comes, when he calls out to her but she can't answer him.
You can't outrun the rain. (repeat)
Well the morning comings when he calls out to her, but she can't answer him.
You can't outrun the rain. (repeat)