Well I know you’ve been doing me wrong
all summer through
Cold as winter’s dawn
You think I’m a fool for you
Well you’ve got me on this trip
Got me out of my shoes
Pulling me up the hill
Tryin’ to fool me out of rules

So Say a little prayer, for me darlin’.
Tell me that you’re free till the mornin’
We can share a dance, if it charms ya
Let me warm your heart

We’ve been on the road for so long
Your moods are off and on
You try to make me smile
I turn up the radio dial
The days are long and hot
The nights grow ever colder
So if I’m lookin’ lost
You might give me your shoulder

So Say a little prayer, for me darlin’.
Tell me that you’re free till the mornin’
We can share a dance, if it charms ya
Let me warm your heart

I took my burdened body and I sailed across the sea to visit you
We sat there staring silently; it took you much too long
To say I love you too

There’s a ghost in my pea coat screaming alcoholic anecdotes to me
She looks just like myself; I swear you are somebody else
What the hell is happening here

I’m all right; I’m okay…for now

My day is filled with blue; this time my mind has spoken true to the scene
You’re tearing out the parts trying to jump-start my heart
Get those gears moving

I took my burdened body and I threw it ‘cross the top of where you lie
Your scent reaches my heart; it gave me a little start
You’ve made me cry

I’m all right; I’m okay…for now
I’m all right; I’m okay…for now

And you’d sing la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Oh la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Blue, blue like your eyes
Blue like my mistakes, blue as the sky, yeah
Blue as the moon that came out too late
And gone too soon

Little heron on her way
Where will she journey, where will she lay
She will flow free, floating with the sea
And soar with the stars…Joanne

Warm, warm like your wings
They’re all around me making me strong
Moving steadfast through the rain
The storm never lasts

Well how, how in the hell
Am I going to make it, fly up the coast
Fly with the sea, I’m only me
I don’t understand…Joanne

You’re in Mexico, permanent vacation
Permanent sky blue as your eyes
Blue as am I

Sometimes a little heron, on my way
Where will I journey, where will I lay
I will flow free, float with the sea
And soar with the stars…Joanne

Runaway train better make your plans better run with your body
better work with your hands
Whoa, look who’s on the train now
Gonna run your soul straight into the ground

Beautiful girl, beautiful dreams
Nothing to lose, making a scene whoa, look who’s on the train now
Working for something you care nothing about
Bright young man, straight in his head
Gonna join the war for glory when he winds dead
Whoa, look who’s on the train now
Dying for something, you know nothing about

Runaway train better make your plans better run with your body
better work with your hands
Whoa, look who’s on the train now
Gonna run your soul straight into the ground

Same routine one day at a time
Never yearn for the stars unless it’s with a blind eye
Whoa, look who’s joined the train

Yearning for nothing, but somebody to blame
People giving up, dropping their dreams
For a silent mansion and security
Whoa, this train’s getting pretty thick
if it’s hard to work for, it ain’t worth it

Singin’ is wastin’
dreamin’ is chasing foolish dreams
Yearnin’ is childish
Money is man’s security

Runaway train better make your plans better run with your body
better work with your hands
Whoa, look who’s on the train now
Gonna run your soul straight into the ground

You were mine in September, but you were gone in November
You took with the winter when it started to rain
Now I’m here with all our friends and we’re burnin’ at both ends
Laughin’ and cryin’, smokin’ away the pain

With your bible by the bedside
And my banjo
Playing soft and sweet and bright

It was you on that cold night lookin’ prettier than sight
I bet the prettiest indeed
And you flew with the breeze, leaving mama on her knees
I bet…I bet that she loved me

Now it’s nine in the mornin’ and I’m here to say I’m sorry
For my words, before you touch the ground
And my train boards at ten so I best get runnin’
I’d rather see you home safe and sound

With your bible tucked in both hands
And my heartstrings
Breaking at both ends

It was you on that cold night lookin’ prettier than sight
I bet the prettiest indeed
And you flew with the breeze, leaving mama on her knees
I bet…I bet that she loved me

With your bible tucked in both hands
And my heartstrings
Breaking at both ends

It was you on that cold night lookin’ prettier than sight
I bet the prettiest indeed
And you flew with the breeze, leaving mama on her knees
I bet…I bet that she loved me

You wanted my soul but I gave you my heart
You weren’t a fool; no you were too damn smart
So you took your bike and rode across the country
Telling me of good times to get back at me

Maybe there’s time, time, time
Maybe there’s time
Baby don’t cry, cry, cry
Don’t be a baby and cry

Getting ready for a girl, I’ll call her Stella Mae
I left Georgetown; mama said I couldn’t stay
Hair pulled up, head bowed down, we went looking for you
Soon I would learn the truth much too soon

Maybe there’s time, time, time
Maybe there’s time
Baby don’t cry, cry, cry
Don’t be a baby and cry

Someday I’ll tell her you loved to fish and sail
Maybe she’ll look like you did, or love those wishing wells
Maybe she’ll cross the country to spite me
Maybe she’ll race her bike with the moon like you used to do with me

Maybe there’s time, time, time
Maybe there’s time
Baby don’t cry, cry, cry
Don’t be a baby and cry

If you turn away, turn from me.
It will be the day I start to weep
For my love is gone, gone, gone…sure as hellfire
Light up my bones, bones, bones…you’re my only desire

If there comes a day I should leave you
I can only pray you won’t believe it’s true
Follow me down, down, down…into the dirt
For that’s all I am, I was born to hold you on this earth

Love of mine, our love will never die
I will find a way for us to survive
If you leave me here to stand on my own
Still I will see you through so you are not alone

If I were a tree you would hold me
Every hour of the day branches enfolding me
Your wooden heart next to mine…intertwine
You make me feel so fine

Love of mine, our love will never die
I will find a way for us to survive
If you leave me here to stand on my own
Still I will see you through so you are not alone

If you leave me here, to stand on my own
Still I’ll see you through so you are not alone
You can run to me, I will be your rock
I will be your love, I will be your stone

Love of mine, our love will never die
I will find a way for us to survive
If you leave me here to stand on my own
Still I will see you through so you are not alone

…So you are not alone

I’m a mess and I know it, and I know it
I would die for you
And I’ve cried too far and few

I’m in a dress and I know it, and I know it
Pale yellow and bright and you’ll die
If you see me tonight

In the cold evenin’ I would reach for you
In the cold evenin’ you would reach for me
I’m in your grasp, cold and lonely
So take me fast

I’m just a girl and I know it, and I know it
Heart sang like a song but I fell so fast
Struggled to sing along

In the cold evenin’ I would sing for you
In the cold evenin’ you would sing for me
I’m in your grasp, cold and lonely
So take me fast

Take me down to the water
See me standing there…how I hate you
Further and further down
How I long to taste you
Further and further down
How you know me
Further and further still
How you abused me

You think you know me, you think you do
You think you know me, well you’re a fool
I can be cruel, I can be cold
Better watch your step, cuz’ I am bold

Think you can read me, like the back of your hand?
well I’m not a child, you better stand back
don’t know what you’re smug about
Drop you like a dime on my way out

Don’t take me for a ride, don’t take me for a fool
You think that I have cried, got some news for you
I can be cruel, I can be cold
Better watch your step, cuz’ I am bold
So push me one more time I’ll unfold

You think you want me in your arms
well I’m not a trophy, I can do real live harm
I’m not a silly girl, you’ve got to find your own way
Into the world

Don’t take me for a ride, don’t take me for a fool
You think that I have cried, got some news for you
I can be cruel, I can be cold
Better watch your step, cuz’ I am bold
So push me one more time I’ll unfold

She had a heart of gold, pretty little thing
so her mama told her, Girl go put on that ring

Mama no, mama knows what’s best for me
Mama no, mama knows everything
Mama sees, mama hears me cry
Mama don’t shed a tear I wonder why
Mama no

The house of the lord, dress laced in white
The girl did not implore her Mama, she put up no fight

Mama no, mama knows what’s best for me
Mama no, mama knows everything
Mama sees, mama hears me cry
Mama don’t shed a tear I wonder why
Mama no

Day fell to night, Mama went home.
So he used his right, on her mind, body and soul

Mama no, mama knows what’s best for me
Mama no, mama knows everything
Mama sees, mama hears me cry
Mama don’t shed a tear I wonder why

She couldn’t take no more
so he held her on the floor
She put up her fight
Mama’s baby died that night

Mama no, mama knows what’s best for me
Mama no, mama knows everything
Mama sees, mama hears me cry
Mama don’t shed a tear I wonder why

So you know heartbreak, so you’ve got stories
Well I’ve got stories too, boo hoo and all that
So you know broken, he’s an old friend of mine
He suits me just fine ‘cause I think I’m broken too

You ask me why I should work so hard
Just to fall so far down
I say friend there may be a time
I will rise above the ground

Oh, flyin’…not just safe and sound

I heard you’ve been achin’, well I’ve been achin’ too
Feelin’ so lost, feelin’ so blue, boo hoo and all that

You ask me why I should work so hard
Just to fall so far down
I say friend there may be a time
I will rise above the ground
Oh, flyin’…not just safe and sound

Just because I know the dark better than the light
Oh, I’ll shine when my time is right

So you know heartbreak, so you’ve got stories
Well I’ve got stories too, boo hoo and all that
But I know hope, she’s a pretty pretty girl
Brighten up my world when I give her a chance

You ask me why I should work so hard
Just to fall so far down
I say friend there may be a time
I will rise above the ground
Oh, flyin’…not just safe and sound

I’d be soft, I’d be sweet, I’d be everything you need
I’d be your Green Eyed Girl
I’d be yours, you’d be mine, It’d be simple all the time
I’d be your Green Eyed Girl

Now I’m nothing special, and you’re nothing new
and we go together, us two

You’d be strong and warm, shelter me from the storm
I’d be your Green Eyed Girl
It’d be right, it’d be true, go together like sun and moon
I’d be your Green Eyed Girl

Now I’m nothing special, and you’re nothing new
and we go together, us two

You handed me a ski mask and you said that we were going to rob a bank
And we were on our way until you pulled us into the lake and we sank
And then you pulled me out, and then I realized
That robbing up and bank, we’d never compromise
and we’d fight over money, you’d never call me honey, so I left

And you said go, get on the train
I will wait for you
Go, get on the train
I will wait for you

We met up back in Santa Fe and then you’d said you’d wanna run away with me
So then we packed my bags and things and furniture and TV screens and left our house and tree
And then we pulled away, away from Santa Fe
And then I realized I’d have to cook food every day
I don’t know how to cook, You’d have to cook for me, so I left

And you said go, get on the train
I will wait for you
Go, get on the train
I will wait for you

We met up again in my dream and you said things move faster than they seem
And then I looked in the mirror and realized I looked younger in the dream
So then I ran to you, and told you I was ready
You made me feel so safe, so safe and Oh so steady
Then you said you were scared of us losing all our hair, so you ran

And I said go, get on the train
I will wait for you
Go, get on the train
I will wait for you

Go, get on the train
I will wait for you
Go, get on the train
I will wait for you

I grew up on the outskirts of town
I was young, wanted to go out of bounds
Then a man touched my soul, a man made me feel whole
a man asked me to leave home

Cuz’ all that I saw were the cracks on the wall
and the pavement of paper skidded to a halt
we were craving an adventure, our bodies were aching
for feet on the ground, get me lost, throw me down
burn me up, let me out in the sun
Thirsty to be someone

I gained age on the side of the shore
I could swim but was fishin’ for more
Then my man spoke to me, baby it’s time to leave
by April, we were packing for three

Cuz’ all that we saw were the cracks on the walls
and the pavement of paper skidded to a halt
we were craving an adventure, our bodies were aching
for feet on the ground, get me lost, throw me down
burn me up, let me out in the sun
Thirsty, me my man and my baby
On the run

I grew old, tired I became
Of the years playin’ the same game
Then my man whispered dear
you have nothing to fear
All of us die and some of us live lives
And thank heaven I found you on the outskirts of town
you were craving an adventure
your body were achin’
for feet on the ground get us lost throw us down
burn me up, let me out in the sun
Thirsty to be
Someone

Road’s been blocked off and we’re lost
ten days ago, I told you to stop
you would not halt, nor would you steer
so now we’re here

Rain starts to fall on our backs
Ten days ago we were moving too fast
you would not take, nor would I give
So now we live

If you’d just listen to me
Hold me too close as close as can be
You’ll never drown, drown in this rain
Pull me along and I won’t complain
If you’d just listen to me
we could recover from this disease
same paper routes, same paper planes
now let us escape from this rain

The world is of cheap fixed attire
father said not, for he is a liar
Ten days ago my heart did not ache, I need a break
I miss your belated laughs
from all of the jokes I told much too fast
you would not take nor would I give
So now we live

If you’d just listen to me
Hold me too close as close as can be
You’ll never drown, drown in this rain
Pull me along and I won’t complain
If you’d just listen to me
we could recover from this disease
same paper routes, same paper planes
now let us escape from this rain

Road’s been blocked off and I’m tired
tired of feeling expired
Ten days ago my heart did not ache
I need a break

Road’s been blocked off and I’m tired
Tired of feeling expired
Ten days ago you’d hold my hand
I don’t understand

On the sunny side, where I know you’ll be
smiling, waiting for me
On the sunny side, Where I’ll see your face
young bright ready for our first embrace
and since My childhood
I’ve never felt so lost
Since you’ve left for good
I feel we’re still in touch

Cuz’ heaven ain’t so far when we’re sitting in the sun
counting all the cars on the run
But heaven’s miles away when I’m alone every day
Your soul’s flying free
My soul’s held by gravity

On that sunny side, Where we’ll meet again
hand in hand when I come home
On that sunny side, Where I know you’ll be
smiling, waiting for me
and since My childhood
I’ve never felt so lost
Since you’ve left for good
I feel we’re still in touch

Cuz’ heaven ain’t so far when we’re sitting in the sun
counting all the cars on the run
But heaven’s miles away when I’m alone every day
Your soul’s flying free
My soul’s held by gravity

I was stupid being human with my selfish thoughts
wanting you for myself
summer took you back my heart in knots
now I know your soul was needed by somebody else
On that sunny side

On the sunny side, where I know you’ll be smiling waiting for me
On the sunny side, I’ll sing songs of old that I know you love
when I come home
On that sunny side

I packed my bags, on my way
To the ocean, or Santa Fe
I just cant take this, anymore
It’s time I leave here
time to hit the road

Well I’m leavin’
Whoa, now
I don’t believe in
This town

Familiar places, fade away
Familiar faces, drop in someday
It’s time I move on, I can’t walk the line
It’s time I start new
time to start my life

Well I’m leavin’
Whoa, now
I don’t believe in
This town

I’m afloat at Sea
You’re somewhere without me
I’m walking on water
You say walking in the sand is harder

Well I’m Free, I’m free I’m free
Swimming in the breeze
I’m Free, I’m free, I’m free
So you can just
Let go of me

I can walk all by myself
You need somebody else
You’re trying to take my thunder
But you won’t, you won’t, pull me under

Cuz I’m Free, I’m free I’m free
Swimming in the breeze
I’m Free, I’m free, I’m free
So you can just
Let go of me

I pondered, what it’s like to be with you
I wondered what you would do
I noticed I never needed anyone
or anything
Except for me

Cuz I’m Free, I’m free I’m free
Swimming in the breeze
I’m Free, I’m free, I’m free
So you can just
Let go of me

I want to sing, about real things
About the trees, the dew the water and land
I wanna dance with my own feet
My body sways but the moves just aren’t planned

Well it’s hard to feel real, yes it’s hard to be true
When inspired to think, oh the things one can do

Show me your Earth
Show me your heart
Let me rebirth so that I can start
Start to relive
Start to release
The music I give for the Birds and the trees

I wanna play with an artist’s hands
ones that are mine to spin and create
I want to walk in silence
with nothing but the birds and waves

But it’s hard to feel real, yes it’s hard to be true
When inspired to think, oh the things one can do

Show me your Earth
Show me your heart
Let me rebirth so that I can start
Start to relive
Start to release
The music I give for the Birds and the trees

I wish you’d take my hand
play with my hair
I wish you’d wait for me
when I’m unaware

I wish you’d lay your head
and think of what could be
I wish you’d smile
when you think of me

The Way I do

I wish you’d take my hand
I wish you’d play with my hair
Whoa, the way I do

I wish you’d yearn for me
when the nights are cold
I wish you’d hope for someone
someone you can hold

The Way I do

Left my shoes on your doorstep
Hoping you would remember me
Painted blue on your window
Hoping your wind would capture me

Whoa, Whoa

I unraveled so you would tie them
once I find your door
Painted green on window
Barefoot grass no more

Whoa, Whoa

From the sand to the water
Barefoot onto land
And some morn you will find me
Untied shoes in hand

Whoa, Whoa