Just a month ago It was a rainy day About today It's a sunny day The plants begin to grow

Well, king of diamonds Queen of spades You played your cards Your hand's been laid Well ace of diamonds King of spades The prize is mine You better pay money Yo...

I know the sun will come and go again The moon and stars will shine Why should I not notice? I don't know Time seems so capsulized Drifting in an aimless breeze...

I got the alehouse blues I had the jailhouse blues Little Randy just died He was a redhead punk Packed a lot of spunk They say he never cried He was pal of mine...

In the middle of an apple orchard There's a small boy Watching bees in the blossoms In the middle of an apple orchard There's two boys Climbing trees In the mid...

With your reckless wisdom And your arms baking With your eyes brittle And your heart of stone Well I think I see a weasel Come climbin' off the floor Since they...

I think The goal of life is Make a man feel like a god I know your angel moves You Fell back Like an injured animal I watched The street we were on Your angel d...

I heard the bell ring I wondered who was there There was an orange sky behind the mountain Just a silhouette of a horizon And then I was in the car Looking out ...

Babe I love you Babe I love you Sun is green Moon is white Baby I love you Look outside Genitals Baby I love you 'Cause I'm fast Baby I love you Christ is near...

Robert Robert Robert Down at the halfway house house Robert down at the halfway house He's livin' at the halfway house The halfway house You know the halfway ho...

Going off the deep end Oh honey won't you be my friend Liberty's a friend of mine Beats me to it all the time Yeah all Going off at the deep end See the mercury...

The bells sound early in the morning They sound late in the night When the skin comes tied to your phone There's no stopping the bells You said the people are o...

A dozen drops fall from your face Shaking the rain in a quiet place Shining clean a fresh new day Wakes up the world in a fragrant bouquet Listen to the sound o...

They come around Take your thing And put it in another place I smile and say it's OK I didn't care anyway I listen for a while They're no good They were just st...

His skin is stretched tight across his bones Blood running down his cheeks Children gazing at his feet Ladies he'd like to meet Lonely in that ancient street Ha...

Please do not push any buttons On this machine On what machine Wet paint Keep Out

It's gone past you, baby You're not even on my mind It's these blues I got to deal with So heavy all the time Maybe I had them before you I can't really say It'...

Let me tell you about my blues My blues have turned black Black, black, black, black And my rotting stinking flesh Black, black, black, black I couldn't stay hi...

Branded on a telephone Germans came, I wasn't home Nickel for your fortune true Dime when you reach forty-two Vertebrae all scrambled 'round Lately I have found...

With your breast in a moonbeam Foot on a stair You weep on my shoulder I feel full shackled I think you're lonely (?) I been here cause I think there's been a c...

Breathtaker, he took his toll Microphone and rock 'n roll Beat me up and take my time Run up and down my scrambled spine Early mornin', he comes up Rock'n'rolli...

Well it doesn't matter 'cause This is going all the way out If you think there's a future anywhere All the way out Whoops, I spilled the beans All the way out L...

You questioned her legs, spread on the table Vultures that prey in her bosom, cursed her questions Said she was dead anyway A virgin mild scream She wasn't dead...

When we go I'm falling down to the river I'm gonna climb another mountain I'm going down to the mountain I'm coming up from below I'm gonna climb as high as I c...

Now this one from the morning came to me The piper in his high cloud sang to me Listen, oh my brother, it's time to rise Thunder in the heavens of the sky Free ...

Caper, a caper God is one big caper Life is one big caper Life is one big caper Life one big caper Life one big caper Caper You fool with it and it fools with y...

Carnival queen All the ghosts lay by your side Moaning, groaning songs of woe Carnival queen Your hair is on fire Your arrows pierce my bones Angel, madonna You...

For today I'll smoke a cigar For today I'll play your guitar For today I'll be real nice For today I'll cut you thrice For today I'll cup your eyes For today ma...

A stick would do the trick A dog would jump all over you A mine cave in on you Jump out the window Hit the floor Tap tap tapping at your door In the moonlight b...

I ran around the corner, I stepped into a cellar Now I've tears in my eyes, I've got the ale house blues I've heard the jailhouse lose Little Randy just died Th...

Bitter tears in shades of blue I go to the Everglades for you Ride a horse into the rain Looking for a pony trail Oh got up on some kind of rail Some kind of ra...

Been eating too much Oh baby, something's wrong Been nervous enough Been thinking out loud Baby why is there a crowd Stick it over again Oh why are we here It's...

You look just like I expected you would Absolute knock-out, knock-down I'm dead I'm crawling at the feet of you I'm on the floor And I like bein' here Hello, yo...

There's a secret in your hair And it's wishing to be where And so it seems I'll have my dreams to give you And now I think I'll close my eyes To be the one you ...

I want to thank you For letting me know The difference between Wearing old clothes And wearing new clothes And just when Each type of clothes Needs to be worn N...

Well this here's the date and year Collection Again, it's the date and year Collection And well, to understand You'll have to leave your new (?) man On the day ...

Take off all your leather and steel Come over here and let me feel All the good things you do for me I'm lost without you I'm so lost without you I come upon yo...

Fear Jesus Christ Ah, don't fear what you have to do He didn't fear what he had to do I'll give it back tomorrow I'll give it back, all your sorrow For what it'...

Well I read about your bargain basement At the corner of the street And about the strangers fawning At the sidewalk and your feet While running, try to meet me ...

You took out my eye And I wonder why Are you the same birth You're not me I can't see the sun Moving July, the babies on the floor I'm not saying anymore For yo...

I couldn't be a reader I had to write the words I couldn't be a dancer I had to pull the string Hey, I wouldn't treat you nice Hey, you'd have to pay the price ...

Make (?) me with it (?) It's all a game of Sunday fortune In your eye Crack a smile Fortune frowns on your bad heart Can you bless them, will you With a curse o...

[woman:] Give me just what you have Give me just what you have to offer I'm comin' on through I'm tasting the blue I'm tasting the green I'm tasting ??? Standi...

As a matter of fact It's the way that you act It's a matter of (ways?) It's customary It was the real (pie?) I got it all in my eye She told me she wanted to ho...

Dance The dance of death For it is there that you will live Dance Dance Dance the dance of death For it is there that you will live Dance Dance Dance the dance ...

Without your kiss I don't want to live I'll stay forever In the darkness you give It's just that I consider it my due For all the transgressions I made against ...

I always had a bloody lip, always Those Cadillacs just float over the road They don't even know the road is there How is it they know me well in the wine store ...

Well if the moon don't getcha tonight If the graveyard's still in sight If you're moving a little too fast Just slow down, put a stop on your nerves Use a blott...

And now I don't know if what I did Was wrong or right I believe you and I don't But I believe you One of those other men he said It was very good So I got secon...

Well, do you want me Here I am Well, do you want me Here I am I'm in your world And you're in mine You got one side I got the other You're in my world And I'm i...

Oh please don't be so mean Oh please don't be so mean I admit I was wrong I deserve anything that comes But please don't be so mean Oh please don't be so mean O...

You lost this time It was a minor theft So don't get upset There's a lot more to come You know you're the one That's been makin' all those telephone calls It's ...

Oh Lord help me to understand what's goin' on in this world All people doing different things different ways Some don't seem to care, I don't know if I care I d...

I've got blues for you baby I've got blues all up and down And when you come to see me I'll be wearing a frown I can't be happy It's got so I don't wanna be Jus...

Oblique Oblique Mystique We was creamin' 'em down at the ball park And we pitched a little down at the ball park Aw, with Jerry and Lucas and oh yeah Down at th...

Who you kidding, ain't yourself You've been lying on the second shelf Burning a tire, how fortunate Can't you mix it up better than that Lazy crazy, living a li...

We can't deny there are spirits in this house You shut the door, the wind closes two more I laugh a dark laugh, you smile and think about it You'll come again I...

And we'll all wake up in the morning Ink spots on your feet You know you been walking down the pages Of a mysterious dream But though you did not understand Tha...

I just missed the boat The one sailing through your heart That unknown port That mysterious sea The wharf is long and lonely The ship is out of sight The sinkin...

Won't you get along Won't you get along Won't you get along Won't you get along Won't you get along Won't you get along Won't you get along Won't you get along

You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it's not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin' down...

You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it's not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin' down...

You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it's not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin' down...

You sure are cool, a European jewel I dig you most A letter came, it's not the same The ink was blue A relative stopped by to say he saw you, hey A walkin' down...

When I live I will die When I die I will live Oh when I live I will live When I die I will die

Hold me, hold me, let me stay with you And be hauled (?) in your presence I will stay forever I will never go I'm creeping, crawling, begging at your feet I hav...

Ezekiel I don't know your name But I'm going to find a way Ezekiel I heard you say That you are with me anyway Take my time Ezekiel I don't know your name But I...

He wouldn't even look into my eyes He wouldn't even know my name I seen him several hundred times He wouldn't even look into my eyes He must be blind He wouldn'...

This is the time When I can't drink it right This is the time When I'm not feeling fine The journey is over, I'm falling down deep I have no more promises to ke...

Don't you know that I love you Stop making me sad You're the meanest little woman That I ever had Please say that you love me Stop making me blue You're the cut...

Thanks for all the thoughts Came rolling in on feathered drums I've been in jail before Been let out too Oh I am sure of where I am Clouds came floating by Have...

I don't show nothing to nobody You got to steal from me I played your game You got to change your ways You got to be real good I'll make myself better Just need...

First awake moment Joy, sorrow Pain, lifeline Slam Second sight Sixth image God fear Third light Marriage sight Key And they were ??? beauty On what I have held...

Everything's so restless The wind has come again Blowing me so far I think I see a star First you think your fortune's lovely And you fly out through the door G...

Sometimes I wonder if I've even got a song But you can always sing the fishing blues And all that time there ain't no news Just see how long that you can't wait...

Gotta go quick ending absurd Who says the vision is nearly blurred Fingers fingers fingers fingers It's the end this time I know Blow breeze, the air is heavy H...

I saw him winging around He was a big buzzing fly He took me to his home It was a spider web I said, no not this time I looked around the corner Saw a car light...

For today I'll smoke a cigar For today I'll play your guitar For today I'll be real nice For today I'll cut you thrice For today I'll cup your eyes For today ma...

I know I don't have much to say Mmmmmm I don't have much to show But I'm waiting I'm waiting I don't have much to show But I know, I know you You're waiting too...

You know evil, know it well The tree gave up its fruit at once Ah! My hand it burns Scarred with these prints They will live when I die, that is a fact The bloo...

Just drifting down A morning town With stacks (slats?) of wood And chicken wire Took poaching egg A wedding cake Passed by the way I heard it say That you were ...

The days were all the same, whirling The nights were off shades Standing picturesque She stood and sat, moving her body Clothed, dangling It was all there was A...

I thought I told you Not to be so nice I thought I'd hold you Just once or twice But you stayed around All this time If I didn't go You'd probably have changed ...

She picked me from the crowd She told her girlfriends about it They told me she liked me And asked me if I liked her I said that I did Somebody asked her to dan...

I shouldn't feel so sad It was all I had I should be glad Coming into Atlanta Big wheels turning Talk about negroes Talk about the fruit Georgia peaches Scuttli...

By the sea by the sea In a Point Judith diary I Found many rocks all pretty colors I found waves that split the sound Of a silent summer's day And oh the smell ...

Well my hands are tired, Oh my hands are tired And I, as I need to see, I can't find You want something, dear, I can't provide Find me on the corner, ???? So c...

They threw it down To the other You should be proud You've been up so long You'll never be down I saw you standing there With a smile in your hair We're coming ...

God came between us He brought a huge sun He brought the black night We know no other way God came between us The line made us all blind, made us blind Who do y...

Oh jeez You got me hollering please Where does it all come from anyway Do I really want this to stay It must have been right I'm a fool Are you gonna be here wh...

I'm going away my darling I'll send you my address A black cat crossed my path And I'm nervous at the sound Sun will greet me in the morning Wind will meet me i...

Now I got time to wait awhile Before I walk that faithful mile And so I sit beside a window So I can see which way the winds blow It's a promised land you hold ...

(Jandek, with woman repeating after and occasionally before him) We are here in earth, in life, in sky, in magic, in rain, in love, in fire, in celebration We a...

It's only that I forget how to look at things In green and yellow of the world outside The faces of the people in the shadows It's not only that I could not pra...

Green dreams in the springtime April dreams that bloom in May Green dream's better than gray Come all the colors that bloom in May The earth wakes up But you're...

Gretchen, Gretchen I've been fetchin' Some shiny fish From the sea The sea Down in Galilee

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha And now you want a fortune too Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha You think you'll ever be untrue? Ha ha ha You think you'll ever be untrue? Ha ha ...

[woman] Let us have a hand for Harry Idle [Jandek] A hand [woman] He was peace and older days [Jandek] A hand, a hand, a hand for Harry Idle [Jandek] Ho ho ho h...

I see it says Pitchstone Plateau Before I had a chance to shut the door Helena you held no lies Stolen from my youthful eyes Captured in your fleeting past Time...

Hey mister can you tell me Is there a knife stuck in your face Have matchbook covers been your mirrors Do you feel your hand in your own pocket Hey mister do yo...