When you had a brief encounter with your fortune and your fame Well, I stood beside and watched the fans that followed I saw you from a distance And I heard the...

Pick up the pieces and pack up your mind You don't ask for what you have to find Many people rolling out to sea Let loose those floodgates That have held you ba...

As I lay upon my bed, I begin dreaming Of how it's gonna be the day that I am free Once I settle like the dust upon the table But then you came along You helped...

Here comes the weather It's looking like another storm If all desire Would leave this tired boy alone Hopes haunt me like ghosts They point their fingers Grass...

(Olson/Louris) Jane don't cry your daddy'll be all right Jane don't cry your daddy'll be all right he's there with you how do I know I walk with him supper will...

(Mark Farner) I'm in love with the girl that I'm talking about I'm in love with the girl that I can't live without I'm in love but I sure picked a bad time to b...

Behind bars The color of the sun will break this heart of mine Behind bars Midnight in a jail, nothing seems right And I know the shame you suffered The night I...

I'm flat-busted Wild-eyed and free I couldn't get arrested if I tried A has-been at a mere thirty-five Straight, honest, forthright and true Great expectations ...

where have all my friends gone they've all disappeared turned around maybe one day you're all that was there stood by on believing stood by on my own always tho...

Walk me to the bus Tell me it's all right Talk a man out of the first drink and drive Rock away my terror After I burn my place down But you know The years make...

Verse: Baby, oh baby Tell the man at the ticket stand That you?ve changed your mind Them know you certainly about Think about flying If you leave me now You kno...

Gonna build a fire Lead the choir in my song As I climb the walls Walk the halls to be strong Once, it was around my schoolboy days New lines were drawn and ru...

(Olson/Louris) God of the rich man ain't the God for the poor God men and the state hospital is closed and wouldn't you know winos and office girls in the park ...

My harp is tuned to the mourning wind My flute to the voice that weeps within And I taught the widows' hearts to sing You're such a nasty little girl If you wa...

this crumpled dollar bill in my back pocket reminds me I had twenty what somebody said to someone you think that worries him laid out on the newsstands read the...

(Olson/Louris) it's taken you so long, where can you be I would have laid my life down for you nothing seems real, nothing seems real now that you're gone have ...

go to sleep, my dead end angel say good-night dear precious one for I know you're empty-handed and all the police carry guns whisper to me in the morning and I'...

They say you gave him up for dead Now there's a stranger in your head Yellow roses at your feet Disappear in a memory of a dream And like a flower in the Spring...

Warwick Hotel I know it well We lived a dream so sweet, so sweet I see Philly in the snowy gloom We could have laid there 'til afternoon Our cut runs deep, so ...

Walking home so early I hardly trust my eyes Feel your presence with me I feel your warmth inside One day forwards, backwards I fall Into your arms Find a landi...

Billy was a vampire carving out an empire Strolling Pirates' alley in the middle of thenight Buy a round of cocktails Spinning sordid fables in the twilight Tha...

I could take a hint from you I could take a little hint from you And I'd run away I'd run away with you baby You said a couple things to me You said a couple t...

The world never ends It's only the beginning And we can't pretend To discover it's meaning We talked for hours at a time Then I came to my senses You're more t...

Walk around the world Feel the destruction I read all about it I know all the headlines And I say to myself, "what a lucky man! Glad I'm alive, I can go where I...

Before the first light Hits the floor Dying on some wind So afraid of losing you So I may change There's no one there Tell you how to live Not knowing where yo...

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Performed by The Jayhawks Written by Louris - Rhodes The world never ends Its only the beginning And we can't pretend To discover it...

I heard you bragging 'bout the boys you took Are you a victim or a small-time crook Or justa little fool You know, you know it's up to you You're no princess yo...

I heard you bragging bout the boys you took Are you a victim or a small-time crook Or just a little fool You know, you know its up to you Youre no princess, yo...

I'm putting jesus right in the driver's seat I'm putting jesus right in the driver's seat Lord help me jesus to guide me through these streets I'm gonna turn m...

Quentin taught me how to fish And how to hold the gun Said that what you're hunting down Is everything you love Folks run fast, so does life And that's the way ...

I don?t have to warn ya Black clouds are coming Go out, get a hand gun Walk the streets of houston Headlines to the west Skylines falling down I walked out thi...

I walked the last mile home In this heart was born a shame Loving you no longer No matter what I tried The feeling shared tonite keeps coming back to mind I?ll...

l don't know Lightning could strike l've gotta go - Yeah Listen, did l say something wrong ? No ? - No - No No lt was-- - Sure ? lt was so right, it scares ...

What kind of song would you give If you had a song to give What kind of life would you live If you had a life to live Would you wanna make something good, that ...

Rage on, rage on my brother Time to lay down my arms You know that it's wrong for me to go on There's a madman singing down in the alley My love waits at the w...

He was only six years old When that old killer died Put him down in a great big hole And I fill it up all the time See the building rise into the sky Parking me...

He's only six years old, that old Killer died Put him down in a great big hole, I fill it up all the time See the buildings rise up to the sky, parking meters, ...

(Olson/Louris) sounds like a field being painted in the delta sun songs from the book of life for everyone Miss Williams' guitar Miss Williams' guitar I remembe...

Sounds like a field being painted in the delta sun Songs from the book of life for everyone Chorus: Miss williams? guitar Miss williams? guitar I remember watc...

Mister, Mister Wilson Humble and brave, empty of hate On your best behavior You can be sure, I won't ignore you No one knows you quite like I do You're so brand...

left his day job behind every fool dies trying to give his back kicked around on the burn like a child I scolded for broken toys can you help me to find Nevada...

(Olson/Louris) the ones you left behind are stuck in line you've never been deprived of a smile or a time didn't you feel so wise for a while didn't you feel th...

Just another Saturday Time, she keeps slipping away Just leaving me behind Sun is peeking through my windowpane These eyes, they only see rain I can't believe ...

(Olson/Louris) left running you said you were flying left running you said you were cold any statue you can name like the ones that I fell for I've been looking...

CHORUS: Poor little fish, swimming in the water Hide behind the cottails of your father I've been alone so long I thought I'd never last Stuck up on a shelf lik...

Baby close the door, The only one you know, The footsteps you keep wandering on and on. The pouring rain at dawn. Set yourself at ease, You're always on my min...

(Olson/Louris) pray for me that I may keep faithful to you in my time beloved it is mourn deeper yellow than the corn lovers work as children play beloved it is...

(Olson/Louris) keep my real light shining keep my real light shining you were there to walk the miles then you went away look at all the ways we've been and how...

If I listen long enough to you I find a way to believe it?s all true One that your lash try face while I cry Still I look to find a reason to believe Chorus: S...

his jaw crawed and tobacco dripped down his chin his face settled on the neon lights reflected in his face settled on the neon lights reflected in red firecrack...

(Olson/Louris/Perlman) How could I walk so lonesome How could I aim so wrong All the time you pardoned You held me when I was young And you caught me when I fel...

Pretty little hairdo don't do what it used to Can't disguise the living All the miles that you've been through Looking like a train wreck Wearing too much make...

(Olson/Louris) he never left a trace they only found a note take the past nine years back from where they came people call that suicide but I see him on the str...

you came and you gave without taking the best was yet to come I know for I was forsaken and so I kept my fingers crossed to win at any cost the sound of water f...

She walks in so many ways, She wanders lone in the shade, She shakes herself in the dust, Whispers all things will be silence. She turns but seldom is seen, Clo...

Hitchhicked back from blue earth She's not alone anymore Shooting pool like before That's too bad Lost my bus fare back She's not alone anymore Hanging on like ...

The warden led a prisoner Down the hallway to his doom And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest Then I heard him tell the warden There?s a song my mama s...

there are so many times I swear I hear them fighting down the stairs in Sioux City please don't let her find this dark and dingy room Sioux City here tonight I ...

(Olson/Louris) sister cry what you needed bought yourself things you could not use could be some man will come along and claim you could be you'll wind up in an...

Yeah, up there?s a sixpack on the dashboard tonight I get lonesome most of the time I get to thinking about you most of the time Yeah, there?s some heartache i...

Sunshine stealing stage time From the moon and stars above She said leave me alone I said take me home Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground Now the blue h...

It's a matter of time Till I fall In the middle of the town There stands a tall brick wall In the middle of a dream Where time plays in between The sound lies r...

I've been getting by I've got no cross to bear But I'm still getting there You've got me down on my knees Begging you please don't leave Let me be nice to you Y...

I crashed in the jungle While trying to keep a date With my little girl Who was back in the states I was stranded in the jungle Afraid and alone Trying to figu...

(Gary Louris/Matthew Sweet) You're so in love little girl So much in love little girl Running around in circles, why? You know it's a crime No less no more th...

Well, they stood prepared as you took the chair There was no need to satisfy you I'll be damned though I held your hand they felt the need to crucify you You'r...

(louris, olson) pedal blue music/warner-tamerlane publishing corp bmi Day is done, night is returning Icy black, the muddy waters I?ve got to know, won?t you p...

day is done, night is returning icy black the muddy waters I've got to know, won't you please tell me sinking like a stone, the icy waters each night when I go...

Thinking it over There's a card game in the back seat They're throwing dice in the aisle And the driver just smiles With every mile he's closer to the arms Of t...

(Olson/Louris) it all started one day it came out of the blue everybody was talking about the bad things their mams and dads were doing ten little kids on the s...

in the Baltimore daily newspaper miracles really happen that way now you know me much better than any and that is why I can call you my friend call you my frien...

The liquor store came first And drove my baby from my arms It was all a game that led me down that road The liquor store came first The liquor store came first...

Won't you take my hand Won't you be my friend Take my advice, go away When the days get short and the chips are down Will you be there, will you stick around An...

Took her pills and her magazines Left her lying in her misery He was locked up in his room Colored pinwheels as the sirens wine down the avenue CHORUS: Think ab...

Hands are weary, eyes stay closed Women like these, who break in Chorus: I wanna see you, tomorrow the green grass Oh my love, who stands by you, when I call ...

It's a tried and true love, not the jealous kind It's a black and blue love Honey, where ya been since ya been mine? Chorus: Tried and true love Tried and true...

It's a tried and true love, not the jealous kind It's a black and blue love Honey, where ya been since ya been mine? Chorus: Tried and true love Tried and true...

Trouble that's what we had And everything that goes around Comes around in a bittersweet lament Well me heart's already broken down Looking for a sweeter sound ...

talking to the trees I could miss you after what went down if false love could lie by you while I'm swinging low I could steal downtown making some sweet time t...

(Olson/Louris) well I know your name takes you back from where you came your words they show sometimes it's real to be alone so real to be alone I'll survive it...

I was waiting for the sun then I walked on home alone what I didn't know was he was waiting for you to fall so I never made amends for the sake of no one else ...

You and I've been this road together And every now and then you've lost your way But I've been run before You opened up my door But you crawled back home again ...

will I be married to the first girl I see coming down the road will I lay dying along the highway where the tall trees grow trees above me know that I'm below s...

We were so close together Yeah, you felt like a brother to me Searching for a little bit of truth But I found that it was living inside of you Thought we could...

You're lonesome in the morning In the morning where you lay Toss your head against the window Beads form like crooked trains You look so young Have you ever be...