love

Don’t think twice, it’s all right

You just kinda wasted my precious time

Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine

If you’re travelin’ in the north country fair

All I really want to do is, baby, be friends with you

Is there something I can send you from across the sea

It ain’t me, babe, no, no, no, it ain’t me, babe

The flowered bones and hidden thoughts can no longer remain still

She knows there’s no success like failure, and that failure’s no success at all

Won’t you come see me, Queen Jane?

I never asked for your crutch, now don’t ask for mine

The guilty undertaker sighs, the lonesome organ grinder cries

I want you, I want you, I want you so bad

She takes just like a woman, yes, she does

Nobody feels any pain tonight as I stand inside the rain

The judge is coming in, everybody rise

I didn’t mean to treat you so bad, you shouldn’t take it so personal

Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes

The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face

Kick your shoes off, do not fear, bring that bottle over here

Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand, and rivers that ran through ev’ry day

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed

Tonight I’ll be staying here with you

If not for you, babe, I couldn’t find the door

I hate myself for lovin’ you and the weakness that it showed

On a night like this, I sow the seeds

Something there is about you that strikes a match in me

Tough Mama, meat shakin’ on your bones

You angel you, you got me under your wing

Life is sad, life is a bust, all ya can do is do what you must

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth

It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier

Meet me in the morning, 56th and Wabasha

Come in, she said, I’ll give ya shelter from the storm

Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’, I was layin’ in bed

We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view

You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go

Isis, oh, Isis, you mystical child

No llores, my dear, don’t cry

Sara, Sara, whatever made you want to change your mind?

I’ve seen all these decoys through a needle’s eye

We better talk this over, maybe come to some kind of understanding

Precious angel, under the sun, how was I to know you’d be the one

Don’t ever have to be alone, or worry about the future

What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

I can’t play the game no more, I can’t abide by their rules

Atlantic City, two years later, under the Viaduct

Come baby, find me, come baby, remind me of where I once begun

I’ll remember you, when I’ve forgotten all the rest

You always said, “When I go, I’ll go just like I came”

If I’d thought about it, I never would have done it, I guess I would have let it slide

When the night comes falling from the sky, I hope that you’re ready to go

Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content

Most of the time, I’m clear focused all around

Seen a shooting star tonight, and I thought of you

What was it you wanted? Tell me again so I’ll know

God knows you ain’t pretty, God knows it’s true

I don’t mean trouble, please don’t put me down or get upset

Nothing around me reminds me of home, except you

Seven days, seven more days she’ll be comin’

Wallflower, wallflower, won’t you dance with me

I’m twenty miles out of town, in cold irons bound

I’m sick of love, I wish I’d never met you

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

I’m beginning to hear voices and there’s no one around

The leaves on the trees shake with irresistible appeal

We all wear the same thorny crown

Beyond here lies nothin’, nothing but the moon and stars

Forgetful heart, like a walking shadow in my brain

This dream of you, it keeps me living on

So much for tears, so much for these long and wasted years

I’m giving myself to you, I am

Oh, sister, when I come to knock on your door

One more cup of coffee for the road

A simple twist of fate

The man in me will do nearly any task

Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin’