Selkie Bride
She showed me her pity
lucky me
in a storm, so bad
the worst of the Autumn
she came from the bottom of the sea
please won't you stay awhile
give me your coat
then we'll fall in love in my boat
you'll be my selkie bride
please give me no denial
i promise i give
i'll forsake the life that i live
now your by my side
if you return again
ill be the saddest man
my lips will burn your skin
if you return again
please dont return again
please dont return again
please dont return again
human form she hides
in crescent city
she showed me her pity
lucky me
on that day, so sad
breezy and sunny
she melted like honey in the sea
I Burn Today
I knew a girl
with sad blue eyes
put out the feast
I lost my psychic prize
I did forget
what the tarot maid did say
I burn today
I burn today
our house was filled
with many birds
she said to me I can understand their words
the land will shake, so run away
(chorus)
I burn today
I burn today
yesterday I will burn
for the times
I did not learn
she said have fun
its time has come
hold my heart strings
and have yourself a strum
no, nevermore
this song will we play
I burn today eh
I burn today
and as I drank
in old Paris
she lay her cards
just to see what she would see
down by the water you'll find your happy days
(chorus)
I ran so fast
into the north
no snow on me
and so he said thenceforth,
I let snow fall
on frozen yesterday
I burn today
I burn today
and if my head
is hanging down
I feel her arms
and her legs are all around
and we make love
beside the waterway
(chorus)
behold the rose
of Jericho
how many lives
I really do not know
though with the rain
I know it will return
today I burn
today I burn
Lone Child
I don't like you much
I am like a wolf
I'm not full of your hate
I'm full of my grace
See here my face
I am a king
See the empty stage
See there's nothing there
Save your ounce of despair
Your once wasted air
Your devil-may-care poisonings
Lone child, born wild
No childish things
Lone child, born wild
No tribal strings
I'll be moving on, creeping off the stage
I'll be tearing you out, tearing you down
I'm growling now in the wings
Lone child, born wild
No childish things
Lone child, born wild
No tribal strings
Another Velvet Nightmare
Today i felt my heart
Slide into my belly
so i puked it up with liquor
and i slept right where i laid
and i dreamed the backs of cars
for the faces were not telling
for i never have felt sicker
and i do not want to wait
here comes another nightmare
of you again
another velvet nightmare
come true again
oh i shouldve see it coming
oh please dont let it end
my nightmare of you
again
no i never would have come here
but my eyes they woudnt focus
so i took my last three dollars
and spent it on a drink
i had visions of you dear
but they floated without notice
all these truckers do is holler
till this trucker can not think
???
???
it seems your blue eyes listen
here comes another nightmare
of you again
another velvet nightmare
come true again
oh i shouldve seen it coming
oh please dont let it end
my nightmare of you again
Dark End Of The Street
At the dark end of the street
That's where we always meet
Hiding in shadows where we don't belong
Living in darkness to hide our wrong
You and me, at the dark end of the street
Just you and me
I know that time is gonna take its toll
We're gonna pay for the love that we stole
Ah it's a sin and we know that it's wrong
Ah but our love keeps coming on strong
You and me, at the dark end of the street
Just you and me
They're gonna find us
They're gonna find us
They're gonna find us someday
We'll steal away to the dark end of the street
Just you and me
If you take a walk downtown
And you find some time to look around
If you should see me and I walk on by
Oh darling please don't cry
Tonight we'll meet
At the dark end of the street
Just you and me
Oh you and me
Go Find Your Saint
Had no life, I was feeling like some kind
of unfinished project
I had a friend John, he said let me turn you on to the saint
of Inanimate Objects
Go find, go find your saint
Pill by pill a miracle occurred
The whole world got better
How I prayed until I said the words I knew would upset her
She said off your knees and don't tarry I ain't gonna be
what I ain't
Go find, go find your saint
Go find, go find your saint
I packed my bags
I never did look back
But I'm glad that I met her
Go find, go find your saint
Go find, go find your saint
Go find, go find your saint
Go find, go find your saint
the union was gone but I sang my songs at
the Hall of the Felled Tree
Under the charm of the Saint's folded arms well I hope she
can help me
Song Of The Shrimp
(Elvis Presley cover)
I saw three shrimp in the water, two were
old and gray
I swam a little bit closer and .. I heard the third one
say
Goodbye mama shrimp, papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
He showed his mama and papa, the shrimp newspaper
he read
An invitation to all the shrimp and this is what it said
Free ride, New Orleans, stay in grand hotel
Big Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
Big Creole gal who help you come out of your shell
If I should live to be ninety, I will never
forget
The little shrimp and the song he sang as he jumped into
the net
Goodbye mama shrimp, papa shake my hand
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to
Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian'
Strange Goodbye
i used to walk in a big black cloud
you came along and you led me out
a nest of demons
bled on my chest
you picked me up and you layed them to rest
its a pain to be sure
we were aiming so high its so strange to be saying goodbye
we saw the world from an automobile
saw the best views over ten thousand meals
funny how an evening turns into years
funny how were laughing through all of these tears
its a pain to be sure
we sure gave it a try
its a shame to be sayin goodbye
oh my darlin should we have one more dance
a prayer to the rain gods to give one more chance
the water will cleanse as we spin on the plain
take us to the ocean to find love again
its a pain to be sure
we were aiming so high
its so strange to be sayin goodbye
its a pain that endures
we sure gave it a try
its so strange to be saying goodbye
Sunny Sunday Mill Valley Groove
Day
(Doug Sahm cover)
When there's nothing left to say
And all the clouds have faded away
And my mind wanders out there across the bay
Just to be there in the mornin'
With the sun comin through the trees
Well you know there ain't no place I'd rather be
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
You can feel the magic in the air
And when it's over and the clover has left the mountainside
You'll be king of what you survive
(Then they go) La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La
(One more) Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove
Day
You will have a wonderful time up there
Yeah, when it's over and the clover has left the mountainside
You'll be king of what you survive
La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La
Honeycomb
The old churchyard
is where i faded
she watched me while
i fell unaided
and in my time when god's army came and got me
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
cherry-brown
lips of maple
olive creams
her eyes and face were
and in that town as i walk as a deserter
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
dance for god
dance for mating
the ritual of her figure eighting
and in my mind as i fly above the churchyard
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
i could not find my honeycomb
My Life Is In Storage
I had a castle
I had no hastles
Now tears are tassles
Your sure to know it
Just when you blow it
When you can store it
My life is in storage
My life is in storage
uh huh
Come take a voyage
To personal storage
and we will forage
leashes for my hounds
my tools for my grounds
speakers for my sounds
My life is in storage
My life is in storage
Here are the pictures
of Herman fixtures
Now theyre just pictures
Lying in this stack
Baking in this shack
of things i cant get back
My life is in storage
My life is in storage
What life has become
Stored here for his son
hold on i feel dumb
? ? ? ?
i paid him in his fee
now arent we ? ? ?
My life is in storage
MY life is in storage
I believe in your perfect face
I believe in your place in the sun
Can we leave now, this dusty space
Can we have a little fun
I was standing at the podium
Though I was a little drunk
To the docking not a ? ? ?
I delivered my funk
You were standing at the edge of the light
Trying not to be too impressed
I was trying for the sake of the night
Not to be too depressed
I called you on the telephone
From a hotel in Beverly Hills
You know I was scared to call
You was givin me thrills
I believe in your perfect face
I believe in your place in the sun
Can we leave now this dusty space
Can we have a little fun
Atom In My Heart
Is there a place that you can't go back to?
Is there a town you can't even enter
Maybe there are whole states you don't even wanna pass through.
now you're feeling down your a weekly renter
Is your mind gone?
Are you dog tired?
Do you feel like it can't get no worse?
I'm a big guy, can we try this?
I will be the whole universe
and you'll be the center
You'll burn inside me like a star
An atom in my heart
An atom in my heart
Is your mind gone?
Are you dog tired?
Do you feel like it can't get no worse?
I'm a big guy, can we try this?
I will be the whole universe
and you'll be the center
You'll burn inside me like a star
An atom in my heart
An atom in my heart
I know a place, yeah it was made for you
The earth is warm
And the sky is tender
Violet
Violet, Violet
Violet's the color for me
Halfway between blood and the sky
Everything I want to see
Violet, Violet
Violet's the chakra for me
in the key of B at the top of her head
Seeking divinity
On my way to another place
I stop long enough to breathe
Violet, Violet
Violet's the flower for me
the ancient Greek symbol of love
Flower of fertility
Flower of fertility
Sing For Joy
Georgie Porgie used to get real high
He used to kiss the world til he made her cry
He was under the bottles command
But last winter he got it together
And happiness came with the warmer weather
Layin across all the land
He had a love and she liked to drink
She got it together but you know what I think
I think she was still feelin glum
She got a gun and she shot him in the head
She shot herself and so they were wed
As the air conditioner hummed
Sing for joy
Sing for laughs
Sing for joy
Sing for joy
If nothin else
Sing for joy
Mama killed her pumpkin
She thought it was a sweet
She put it on the table but it was still meat
She forgot the sugar again
Daddy came home
She had tears in her eyes
He said Gimme grilled cheese and paper bag french fries
See he forgot the sugar again
We had a wonder seven years out west
It wasn't exactly the wildnerness
But I felt like it is real light
Mama is a gypsy she'll never find uptown
Daddy went to sea but the boat went down
And the flames shot into the night
Sing for joy
Sing for laughs
Sing for joy
Sing for joy
If nothin else
Sing for joy
I know a girl who lives on a hill
I don't know if her sister will
But I was thinkin about her best friend
Oh listen to me I'm a desperate boy
I think I better have a sing for joy
And I think this has just got to end
I'll getaway in my getaway car
Every now and then I'll send my regards
From a payphone down in the flats
I'm sorry for the love I'm sorry for the
pain
I'll say I'm sorry baby again and again
I'm sorry we're joinin the stats
Sing for joy
Sing for laughs
Sing for joy
Sing for joy
If nothin else
Sing for joy
