Velvety
out on the Eisenhower, well, I lost my speed
| just a little bit south of a town called Weed | I heard
her voice and I had to stop
she called me on to that mountain top
I’m a poor soul lost in the shady trees
I was going to die I was going to freeze
when she touched me
she was velvety
she’s a cat of a creature, don’t care, she’s
Velvety
she makes the strangest sounds
she was an island girl of the ancient line
when the whole damn thing sank into the brine
her true lover from her was torn
she packed it up to Californ’
then she met me
she’s Velvety
she’s a cat of a creature, don’t care, she’s
Velvety
she makes the strangest sounds
out on the Eisenhower, well, I lost my speed
just a little bit south of a town called Weed
I met Velvety
my Velvety
I like that lemur I lick it that’s Velvety
she makes a pretty sound Out of State maybe I’ll fly
wander some ocean
maybe hitchhike
to a place way out of state
once there was love
now there is nothing
I wasn’t enough
you put another one on your plate
I can’t come around down here not with you
and I won’t hang around in vain
I can’t come around down here not with you
and I won’t be coming here again
I can’t stand the pain
you say I should try
forgive all your lies
you say I belong
but you’re wrong
you’re wrong
Out of State
Maybe I'll fly
Wander some ocean
Maybe hitch-hike
To a place way out of state
Once there was love
Now there is nothing
I wasn't enough
You put another one on your plate
I can't come around down here
Not with you
And I won't hang around in vain
I can't come around down here
Not with you
And I won't be coming here again
I can't stand the pain
You say I should try
Forgive all your lies
You say I belong
But you're wrong
You're wrong
I can't come around down here
Not with you
And I won't hang around in vain
I can't come around down here
Not with you
And I won't be coming here again
I can't stand the pain
His Kingly Cave
he wants an altered state inside the mansion
walls
she says she’d rather wait, yeah, for evening to fall
but still the cap they ate and with a drink they chased
the ghost that called
they went to celebrate they went to have a ball
everyone gathered at the gates but it wasn’t good
at all
the sky was turning grey they laughed at their mistake as
their skin began to crawl
hey but it’s too late for to go back now
they closed the gates and the scene was set
enter into his kingly cave
don’t worry the leopards won’t bite you
wipe that big tear away
see they got jumpsuit on a headless cast
polished jewels under two inch glass
and bullets holes in Vernon’s room out back
don’t worry the posse won’t shoot you
no more crying today
he’s tripping over graves
as rain begins to fall
and finally they escape when the shuttle bus is called
the mourners now abate
as one begins to say
I scream I scream for all
hey but it’s too late for to go back now
it’s too late for to go back now
enter into his kingly cave
San Antonio, TX
motel alone decor perplexes
ringing in my ear and now the phone
in San Antone the State of Texas
hearing you my dear I’m all alone
put me in the cab I’m flying away
I’m glad to say I’m finally leaving here
putting down the flaps I’m getting off
just two more stops the skies are very clear
I’m sitting in the back I’m flying away
I’m flying away I’m flying away
she had a dream call it a vision
he’d given her a little silver tool
and now it seems that day has risen
I’m bringing you your supernatural jewel
The Alamo I’ve never seen it
maybe I’ll go there but I don’t know
and if I go well I won’t see it
thousand mile stare will take home Bartholomew Bartholomew
how’d you end up in the coffee?
Bartholmew
were you going down in flames?
was it a girl?
and did I hear you call her softly?
no, this world of lunacy made me insane
once I lay beside a stream
and I looked into it
a dandelion next to me
and then I blew it
my life was scattered in the breeze
I lay me down
won’t you stop it with your talking?
they closed the town
won’t you let me go to sleep?
Bartholomew
I’m so sorry for my squawking
Bartholomew
I’ll let you go to sleep
and I will I lay beside a stream
and I’ll look into it
a dandelion next to me
and then I’ll blow it
and watch it scatter in the breeze
Bartholomew
Modern Age
well, I found a road and off I sped
I met a man with no little toe and a real big head
though I did not speak somehow I said
where are you from? he said the modern age
and where are you from? I said the modern age
on the the shore by the sea that was still lathering
I met a man in the business of hunting and gathering
somehow we understood each other’s blathering
and he said where are you from? I said the modern age
and where are you from? he said the modern age
stopped at a light in my car
I ask the next car how they are
they say that we are fine and how are you?
I say that I am fine and thank you
I’m feeling fine in the modern age
driving around in the modern age
driving around in the modern age
Are You Headed My Way?
well, it seems about my whole life
I’ve been kind of depressed
I think I like the concept
but it sure is a mess
are you headed my way?
are you headed my way?
are you headed my way to the golden land?
are you headed my way?
are you headed my way?
well, maybe there we will understand
are you headed my way?
my brain got washed
what I’ve got to debunk
so I got another bag
and I threw it in the trunk
this town is for the birds
and they’ve been squawking at me
I’ve got to fly away
because I’ve got to be free
I’ll be your honey love
you’ll be my turkish delight
a blast across the bean
and we can drive all night
and if it don’t go just like we planned
well, maybe there we will understand
Heloise
she’s been crying so long
I hear her starting to pray
every once in a while I want you
every once in a while
hear me oh, God
I’m still down at the convent
they sent you far away
they took your only boy
you will get used to me
welcome to your new joy
down here serving the priests
Heloise
The Scene
your wine it tastes so sweet
but it’s no affaire d’amour
I can hear the ghosts of 14th St.
as they are running out the door
can’t you see you have no connections
it’s plain to see you have no connections
you’re oblivious to me
as you climb out of the top of some truck limousine
still filming your scene
you’re talking way too loud
but there is nothing to exchange
you prefer to dine with your own crowd
out there grazing on the range
oh can’t you see you have no connections
it’s plain to see you have no connections
no connections
it’s plain to see you have no connections
you’re oblivious to me
now you’re talking in the dark through my favorite
scene
my favorite scene
Whiskey In Your Shoes
my friend is speechless
will you give him some wine?
he lost his own son
at the drag racing line
oh please tell us bartender
what can he do?
cry some tears for your water
and pour whiskey in your shoes
nothing to do about it first you grab it
then you lift it then you pour it down
nothing to do about it first you grab it
then you lift it then you pour it down
got divorce papers
and we put down the ink
so tonight I won’t be having my usual drink
hey there bartender
can you make me something new?
cry some tears for your water
I’ll pour whiskey in your shoes
hey there bartender
can I owe you the cash?
‘cause the end of the world
well it came in a flash
and I know that tomorrow
I’ll have some new excuse
to cry tears for my water
and pour whiskey in my shoes
Fields of Marigold
not for sugar not spice
not for fool’s paradise
not for giving advice
not for saving a soul
there’s no reason for some
now I’m getting numb
now that moment has come
hey how about a drum roll
for the Fields of Marigold?
goodbye I’m blowing a kiss to you
so long wonderful being you
goodnight we’ll soon be sleeping on the Fields of
Marigold
is it time to get up?
now you’re breaking up
though I know we are tough
I thought we’d lose control
and end up in the
freezing cold
