Tracklisting

1. I Don’t Wanna Waste Your Time
2. Trouble
3. I’m On A Roll
4. Nothing Is Innocent
5. The Trumpet Child
6. Entertaining Thoughts
7. Who’m I Kiddin’ But Me
8. Let’s Spend The Day In Bed
9. Desperate For Love
10. Don’t Wait For Tom
11. If A Song Could Be President

Lyrics

I Don’t Wanna Waste Your Time

I don’t wanna waste your time
With music you don’t need
Why should I autograph the book
That you won’t even read
I’ve got a different scar for every song
And blood left still to bleed
But I don’t wanna waste your time
With music you don’t need

I don’t wanna waste good wine
If you won’t stick around
I love to laugh but I’m more than just
Your alcoholic clown
I won’t pray this prayer with you
Unless we both kneel down
I don’t wanna waste good wine
If you won’t stick around

Come on lighten up
Let me fill your cup
I’m just trying to imagine a situation
Where we might have a real conversation

But I don’t wanna waste the words
That you don’t seem to need
When it comes to wanting what’s real
There’s no such thing as greed
I hope this night puts down deep roots
I hope we plant a seed
‘Cause I don’t wanna waste your time
With music you don’t need

Trouble

If you came to make some trouble
Better make it good
Your sexy cocktail hour stubble
Is doing what it should
Looks may be sweet and subtle
I think it’s trouble honey
I think it’s good
If you came to make trouble
Make me a double honey
I think it’s good

Novices have expectations
‘Cause they think they should
Experts have their revelations
Like they knew they would
What may seem complicated
Is overstated downright misunderstood
Love will not be outdated
Maybe placated but it’s got to be good

We’re so precarious with semantics
I think this could be trouble
I think it’s trouble honey
I think it’s good
If you came to make trouble
Make me a double honey
I think it’s good

What may seem complicated
Is overstated downright misunderstood
Love will not be outdated
Maybe placated but it’s got to be good
We’re far too serious
I think we could be
Such nefarious pyromantics

I’m On A Roll

Black flamenco shoes
Dahlias in my hair
Garters on my stockings
The sidewalk bends to stare
I’m on a roll

Ambition may be blind
Diamonds come from coal
You provide the rhythm babe
I’ll provide the soul
I’m on a roll

This oyster is my world
My oyster’s got a pearl
This ain’t no dress rehearsal
I’m a very lucky girl
I’m on a roll

Tastes sweet on my lips
Tender on my tongue
All the road’s ahead of me
Oh the night is young
I’m on a roll

I’m on a roll
Just like I oughta
I’m on a roll
I can’t be bothered
I’m on a roll
I want the whole enchilada
I’m on a roll

Baby’s got his bullhorn
Confetti’s in the air
We’re shakin’ up Show Ponies
‘Cause we haven’t got a care
I’m on a roll

I’m on a roll
Just like I oughta
I’m on a roll
I can’t be bothered
I’m on a roll
Cincinnati to Ensenada
I’m on a roll
From the thrift store to Prada
I’m on a roll
La de dah…

Nothing Is Innocent

We’d wake the dead
With voices in our head
We’ve gotten used to ignoring the truth

We close our eyes
And breathe and eat the lies
That tell us we’re so much better than you

Silence is loud
Humility is so proud
Nothing is innocent now

All the king’s men
Will serve scrambled eggs again
When white-washed walls come crashing down

We’ll blink and nod
And say, How odd
And wonder why old friends don’t come around

Silence is loud
Humility is so proud
Nothing is innocent now

The acid rain
We fear the pain
Will blister and burn the skin

But what is more
The fear we bore
Will eat us alive from within

Silence is loud
Humility is so proud
Nothing is innocent now

For you and me
In the land of the free
Is anything innocent now?

the Trumpet Child

The trumpet child will blow his horn
Will blast the sky till it’s reborn
With Gabriel’s power and Satchmo’s grace
He will surprise the human race

The trumpet he will use to blow
Is being fashioned out of fire
The mouthpiece is a glowing coal
The bell a burst of wild desire

The trumpet child will riff on love
Thelonious notes from up above
He’ll improvise a kingdom come
Accompanied by a different drum

The trumpet child will banquet here
Until the lost are truly found
A thousand days, a thousand years
Nobody knows for sure how long

The rich forget about their gold
The meek and mild are strangely bold
A lion lies beside a lamb
And licks a murderer’s outstretched hand

The trumpet child will lift a glass
His bride now leaning in at last
His final aim to fill with joy
The earth that man all but destroyed

Entertaining Thoughts

I’ve been entertaining thoughts
Of what I wanna say to you
I’ve been entertaining thoughts
Of what I’m gonna do
I’ve been saving what I got
And wondering who to give it to
I’ve been entertaining thoughts all over you

The way this works is so mysterious
If it gets much worse it’s called delirious
If I were mad I would be furious
But this could be so much more than
Just another euphemism for...

I’ve been entertaining thoughts
Of what I wanna say to you
I’ve been entertaining thoughts
Of what I’m gonna do
I’ve been saving what I got
And wondering who to give it to
I’ve been entertaining thoughts all over you

You smoke your cigarette
And wonder if it’s happened yet
The heavens slowly part and you ascend
I wish that I could say that I’ll have no regrets
But I may have one of two
Or three or four more than you...

You will never even know
Till it hits you fool
Ooh, but I’m entertaining thoughts
All over you

Who’m I Kiddin’ But Me

Walk into the room with that curious grin
Ain’t nobody need to know the actual shape I’m in
But oh, who’m I kiddin’ but me

Call you on the phone, I got nothin’ to say
Put my lips a little closer and stand there anyway
‘Cause oh, who’m I kiddin’ but me

I hang from my desire
Like a rope swing from a tree
I kick a little higher
Singin’ I Shall Be Released
But oh, who’m I kiddin’ but me

The devil’s in the details

Call you on the phone, I got nothin’ to say
Put my lips a little closer and stand there anyway
‘Cause oh, who’m I kiddin’ but me

You smell like sweet magnolias
And Pentecostal residue
I’d like to get to know ya
And shake the holy fire right out of you
But oh, who’m I kiddin’ but me

The devil’s in the details

Let’s Spend The Day In Bed

Let’s spend the day in bed
Yeah that’s what I said
Let’s lie down draw the shades
Ditch the plans we made
Rest your lovely bones
And just stay home

Turn off the telephone
Picnic on the sheets
Toss the dogs some treats
Rub each other’s feet
We’re not ashamed
Of a little lazy love
Till we’re through
I’m gonna spend the day in bed with you

Let’s spend the day in bed
On our very own bed spread
A pajama holiday
Catch a black and white matinee
Spoon-feed these new daydreams
And just stay home

We’ll read Shel Silverstein
Where The Sidewalk Ends
Smile about old friends
Try to comprehend
One single day
No work and only play
Kick off your shoes
I’m gonna spend the day in bed with you

When life’s a drag we’ll get stoned on love
Stoned on love
Just stay home

We need a groove that’s all our own
And we’ll get stoned
Just stay home
We’ll get stoned on love
Stoned on love

Let’s spend the day in bed
Forget all that I said
We’ll eat your favorite pie
Ice cream on the side
Lie here a la mode
And just stay home

Desperate For Love

Are you feelin’
A little desperate
Get on your knees
And confess it
Honey please
Don’t second guess it
You’re desperate
For love

Is this just
A little fling
Or is it about
A little bling bling
Either way
You feel the sting sting
You’re desperate
For love

It might only take a kiss
For the plot to take a twist
That you hadn’t counted on

Just a tiny little minute
But eternity will be in it
If you turn me on

Red wine on my lips
Got this black silk slip on my hips
The kitchen faucet just drips and drips
You’re desperate for love

Don’t Wait For Tom

He’s got the hands of a blind piano player
He’s got a feel for the dark like a soothsayer
He takes a little bow and tips his fedora
Shouts like he’s gonna save Sodom and Gomorrah

Workin’ for the circus X railroad bum
Carnival barker for kingdom dot come
Dusty ol’ Gibson opposable thumb
Bangs out the rhythm on a 50-gallon drum

Don’t wait for Tom
Tom’s long gone
He’s already moved on
Don’t wait for Tom
I saw an ol’ ’55 Buick
Just before dawn
I said, Hey, hey Tom
The sun’s comin’ up
You got your wipers on

Are you tryna make it rain again?
Are you tryna make it rain again?
Is it rainin’ just around your bend?
Are you tryna make it rain again?

Sittin’ in a corner with his pet muskrat
Tossin’ his cards into an old man’s hat
He grins at the girls and they always grin back
He bets an old waltz he could get ‘em in the sack

He makes his own music from the bell of a ‘bone
A waitress’s falsie and a railroad phone
Bobs on his knees to an old tarantella
South of the border he stole it from a fella

Don’t wait for Tom…

He wears a tuxedo made of sackcloth and ashes
Has a tattoo of a girl who can bat her eyelashes
Down on the river he was fishin’ with a sword
He knocked off John the Baptist for a word from the Lord

He takes his coffee with the blood of a turnip
Blushes his cheeks with an Amsterdam tulip
Choppin’ up a rooster for a pullet surprise
If the gravy don’t getcha he’ll getcha with his eyes

Hey Tom

If A Song Could Be President

If a song could be president
We’d hum on Election Day
The gospel choir would start to sway
And we’d all have a part to play

The first lady would free her hips
Pull a microphone to her lips
Break our hearts with Rhythm and Blues
Steve Earle would anchor the news

We’d vote for a melody
Pass it around on an MP3
All our best foreign policy
Would be built on harmony

If a song could be president
We’d fly a jukebox to the moon
All our founding fathers’ 45’s
Lightnin’ Hopkins and Patsy Cline
If a song could be president

If a song could be president
We could all add another verse
Life would teach us to rehearse
Till we found a key change

Break out of this minor key
Half-truths and hypocrisy
We wouldn’t need an underachiever-in-chief
If a song could be president

We’d make Neil Young a Senator
Even though he came from Canada
Emmylou would be Ambassador
World leaders would listen to her

They would show us where our country went wrong
Strum their guitars on the White House lawn
John Prine would run the FBI
All the criminals would laugh and cry
If a song could be president

Tracklisting

1. All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue
2. Darlin’ (Christmas Is Coming)
3. White Horse
4. Little Town
5. New Redemption Song
6. Goodbye Charles
7. Snowed In With You
8. North Pole Man
9. Here It Is
10. One Olive Jingle
11. Snow Angel
12. We’re Gonna Pull Through

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. I Want You To Be My Love
2. Fever
3. Failed Christian (Ash Wednesday Mix)
4. Long Lost Brother
5. Everybody Wants To Feel Like You
6. Jesus In New Orleans
7. Anything At All
8. North Pole Man
9. Little Did I Know
10. Orphan Girl
11. Baby It's Cold Outside
12. Hush Now (Tipsy Gypsy Mix)
13. OtR: Off the Rails

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Last Night On Earth Again
2. If Nothing Else
3. Suitcase
4. Give Me Strength
5. Latter Days
6. The World Can Wait
7. Show Me
8. Born
9. All I Need Is Everything
10. Ohio
11. Sleep Baby Jane
12. How Does It Feel? (To Be On My Mind)
13. Lookin' Forward (Live)
14. Within Without
15. Like A Radio

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Faithfully Dangerous
2. Spark
3. Born
4. Lookin' Forward
5. Drunkard's Prayer
6. White Horse
7. Etcetera Whatever
8. Fever
9. Son of a Preacher Man
10. Moondance
11. My Love is a Fever Again
12. Paper Moon

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. I Want You To Be My Love
2. Born
3. Drunkard’s Prayer
4. Bluer
5. Spark
6. Hush Now (Stella’s Tarantella)
7. Lookin’ Forward
8. Little Did I Know
9. Who Will Guard The Door
10. Firefly
11. My Funny Valentine

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Spinning
2. Show Me
3. She
4. Nobody #1
5. Suitcase
6. Lifelong Sunshine
7. Ohio
8. All I Need Is Everything
9. The World Can Wait
10. When I Go
11. B.P.D.
12. Cruel and Pretty
13. Changes Come

Lyrics

Tracklisting

Disc One

1. B.P.D.
2. What I'll Remember Most
3. Show Me
4. Jesus In New Orleans
5. Ohio
6. Suitcase
7. Anything At All
8. Professional Daydreamer
9. Lifelong Fling
10. Changes Come

Disc Two

1. Long Lost Brother
2. She
3. Nobody Number One
4. Cruel and Pretty
5. Remind Us
6. How Long Have You Been Stoned
7. When You Say Love
8. Fool
9. Hometown Boy
10. Bothered

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Spinning
2. Toledo
3. If Nothing Else (Beatbox Mix)
4. Toledo (Instrumental)
5. Green-Clouded Swallowtail (Version 1.0)
6. I Let It Go
7. Give Me Strength (Acoustic)
8. I Radio Heaven (Original Demo)
9. Goodbye Strings
10. Fairpoint Diary (Original Demo)
11. It's Never Quite What It Seems (Nashville)
12. Happy and Free
13. Helpless (Live)

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. The World Can Wait
2. If Nothing Else
3. Give Me Strength
4. Fairpoint Diary
5. I Radio Heaven
6. Little Blue River/In The Garden
7. Goodbye (This Is Not Goodbye)
8. Whatever You Say
9. The Body Is A Stairway Of Skin
10. Moth
11. When I Go

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Latter Days
2. All I Need Is Everything
3. Etcetera Whatever
4. I Will Not Eat The Darkness
5. Faithfully Dangerous
6. The Seahorse
7. Everyman's Daughter
8. Poughkeepsie
9. Willoughby
10. It's Never Quite What It Seems
11. Happy To Be So
12. Go Down Easy

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Like A Radio
2. Ruby Tuesday
3. Mary’s Waltz
4. Blackbird
5. Moth
6. Jack’s Valentine
7. Circle of Quiet
8. Anyway
9. My Love is A Fever
10. I Will Remember

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. The People Here Are Not Shy
2. Hej (I Do)
3. My Love Is A Fever (Live)
4. Within Without (rough mix)
5. (An American DeeJay)
6. Last Night
7. Murder
8. Dead Weight
9. Bothered
10. All I Need Is Everything (chamber music mix)
11. Lucy
12. Miles
13. (Polish DeeJay)
14. If I'm Drowning (Live)

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. The First Noel
2. Silent Night
3. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
4. Greensleeves
5. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
6. Coal Train
7. Thank You My Angel
8. Mary's Waltz
9. Up North Here Where The Stars... 1945
10. Silent Night (duet)
11. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
12. Amelia's Last
13. A Little Lower Than The Angels

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Latter Days
2. All I Need Is Everything
3. Etcetera Whatever
4. I Will Not Eat The Darkness
5. Faithfully Dangerous
6. The Seahorse
7. Everyman's Daughter
8. Poughkeepsie
9. Willoughby
10. It's Never Quite What It Seems
11. Happy To Be So
12. Go Down Easy

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Happy With Myself?
2. Within Without
3. Should
4. Conjectures Of A Guilty Bystander
5. Melancholy Room
6. Sleep Baby Jane
7. Daddy Untwisted
8. Birds
9. June
10. My Love Is A Fever
11. Falling (Death Of A Tree)

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Jacksie
2. I've Been Slipping
3. How Does It Feel (To Be On My Mind)
4. HDIF (Reprise)
5. Sister
6. Il Est Dans Mon Poche
7. Flanders Fields
8. Little Genius
9. Lullabye
10. Circle Of Quiet
11. I Painted My Name
12. Rhapsodie
13. Grey Monologue

Lyrics

Tracklisting

1. Eyes Wide Open
2. Someday
3. Like A Radio
4. Iron Curtain
5. Cast Me Away
6. And Can It Be
7. Gentle Wounds
8. L.A.R. Reprise
9. If I'm Drowning
10. Sea And Sky
11. Fly Dance
12. Paul And Virginia
13. Ubiquitous Hands
14. The Genius Of Water

Lyrics