Some call her quiet, others call her just plain weird
We hooked up in England days before she disappeared
Well love has a way of crushing those I’ve known
I thought I was strong, I wanted her to maintain control

In her altitude

These stones can’t wake her, hear them tick my window pane
Her lights burn bright, can’t she recognize my name
Well you’re not the first to show me your scars of war
Go ahead shatter the glass, imagine what I’ll use it for

In her altitudes
Miles beyond you
Altitudes

I visit her father silent in his wheel chair
Told him I knew what he’d done to her sophomore year
“Well someday sir, the dreamers will cage the ghost”
Pressing my face into the hollow of her throat
Oh everybody knows by now
You’re never going to pin her down

In her altitude
Miles beyond you
My circles confound you
Altitudes
Miles beyond you
Oh I’ll never amount to much
Altitude
Altitudes
I’m in my altitudes

Flowers For The Lady

Say waiter, can I have a flower for the baby?
It’s not her birthday or anniversary
Say waiter well can I have a flower for my baby?
Cause she’s the girl that’s right by me

I want a limo that runs on hot toddies
‘Cause I’m blowing my last dime right
There better be room for something kind of naughty ‘Cause the girl loves how this poor boy provides

Say waiter can I have a flower for the baby?
Pluck one off of that old Maitre d’
Say waiter well can I have a flower for my baby?
‘Cause she’s the only girl that’s right for me.

I want a limo that runs on hot toddies
‘Cause I’m blowing my last dime right
There better be leg room for something kind of naughty
‘Cause the girl loves this here poor boy provides

Say waiter well can I have a flower for my baby?
Hey, it’s not the 14th of February
Say waiter well can I have a flower for my baby?
‘Cause she’s the only girl these eys can, the only girl I, the only one I need.

Who Blew Out The Sun?

Who blew out the sun
Shinned up a ladder and snuffed out the life giving one
Can’t you comprehend the magnitude
When you blew out the sun

Who pulls down the clouds
Drags them down hissing and kicking to die on the ground
Why oh why do I confide in you
When you blew out the sun

Why am I so blind as to abide you
Beauty belies you hides every wound
Towards the night we glide me tied behind you
Drawn towards the light of lost afternoons

Who punched out the moon
Picked up a stone and plucked the old bird in the eye
Why oh why do I withstand your vicissitudes
When you blew out the sun
You blew out the sun

Ella

You kiss my neck and it feels sweet
A thousand circles draw complete
And deep inside this painful world
A love endures
And baby don’t you touch ground

Our paths were never very clear
Our motives might have been impure
After all this time a love endures
Remember surely
I’ll be there when you’re down
Yeah and baby don’t you touch ground

Cable cars, Manhattan bars, where Sundays last forever
The things that made us sad seem far away

Yeah and baby don’t you touch ground

Flatboard schemes, new human beings, remember once I said never
The things that made us sad seem far away

And so we go following dreams
For good or worse or in between
And who’d have thought that with one little girl
We could change our world
And baby don’t you touch ground
Yeah, Ella don’t you touch ground, Winston too
Yeah baby don’t you touch ground
Yeah I’ll be here when you’re down

Drink Up

These are the days
These are the good ones
After this it’s all down hill
I got a raise
But something smells rotten
All good
Till you can’t pay the bill
Don’t know what this has to do with drinking
Hooking up, that’s all I want to do
But that old song’s got me thinking
Drink up ah-ah, all your sorrow
Drink up ah-ah, it’s almost tomorrow
Drink up ah-ah, time is borrowed
Drink up tomorrow we’re through

I’ve heard it said
I’vesSeen it written
You can’t stand still on no moving train
The seats are soft
The cabin’s air conditioned
You can’t feel
The wind or the rain
You ride along laughing and drinking
Hooking up with whoever you do
But the train you’re on’s a ship that’s sinking
Drink up ah-ah, all your sorrow
Drink up ah-ah, it’s almost tomorrow
Drink up ah-ah, time is borrowed
Drink up tomorrow we’re through

These are the days
Of ones and zeros
After this there’s nothing new
Of all the ways
I could’ve been your hero
Tonight’s the best I’ll do
I’ll figure out what this has to do with drinking
Hooking up when those days are through
As the harsh truth starts to sink in
Drink up ah-ah, all your sorrow
Drink up ah-ah, it’s almost tomorrow
Drink up ah-ah, time is borrowed
Drink up tomorrow we’re through

Drink up, all your sorrow
Drink up, it’s almost tomorrow
Drink up, time is borrowed
Drink up tomorrow we’re through

Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’ve been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’m going back to find some peace of mind

L.A. is a great big freeway
Put a hundred down and buy a car
In a week, maybe two, they’ll make you a star
Weeks turn into years. how quick they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas

You can really breathe in San Jose
They’ve got a lot of space and there’ll be a place where I can stay
I was born and raised in San Jose
I’m going back to find some peace of mind

Fame and fortune is a magnet
It can pull you far away from home
With a dream in your heart you’re never alone
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
And there you are without a friend
You pack your car and ride away

I’ve got lots of friends in San Jose
Do you know the way to San Jose?

Tokyo Arbor

Sunshine, looks like the clouds gave us a break
Dream light, you’re going to burn me with your face
Just another night before days begin to crawl
Just another night before snow banks decorate this house

Another winter time on Tokyo Arbor
To change your ways

Flagstone you’ve got a moss for every mood
Jasmine I’m going to breathe you till I’m bruised
Just another night before days begin to crawl
Just another night before tragedy decorates this house

Another winter time on Tokyo Arbor
Twin waterfalls split the icy jade
Snow falls vanish into blackened water
Another year I’ll wait for you to change your ways

Feline
Supine
In the shade a sundial frowns
Are you going to change things?
Or treat me strangely?
‘Cause it’s going to snow until I drown

Another winter time on Tokyo Arbor
Twin waterfalls split the icy jade
Snow flakes vanish into blackened water
Another year I’ll wait for you to change your ways

Erase Me

Don’t drop by. I’ll be wasted
And I’ll get mean. You don’t want to see that again
You carved a number in the arm of my imagination

So I was too quick to rip out a page of history
But it’s a little sick, the way you tore me to confetti
Weep not for me as I burn all we created

But you, you can’t erase me
Songs of love fall on deaf ears wasted
You might think you found my replacement
But you, you can’t erase me…

These four thin walls keep me deep in isolation
They watch me bleed, while you’re out walking some new best friend
I’ll die laughing in the hall outside his coronation

But you, you can’t erase me
Songs of love fall on deaf ears wasted
You might think you found my replacement
But you, you can’t erase me…

On My Way

Everything I own is all aboard
Turn off the light slide the key underneathe the door
I look at you, you look at me, we look around and then we realize
There’s nothing left to do

I’m on my way
I’m on my way
Really on my way, somewhere

No one said a word until the parking lot
Take good care of yourself you’re all you got
I said goodbye and so did you when no one moved we looked into each others eyes
And seeing what we see

I’m on my way
Really on my way
Really on my way
Somewhere
No you won’t go there
But I can’t stay here

You say I never asked you to
Why ask when I already knew
I look at you you look at me we couldn’t see the sky we’re standing in
Still here we are

I’m on my way
Really on my way
Really on my way
Somewhere
Somewhere
No you won’t go there
But I can’t stay here
No you won’t go there
But I can’t stay here

Cut Your Groove

I never made a threat I can’t keep
I didn’t talk tough to hear myself speak
I said what I feel was real
And that’s all

So don’t be frightened when you acquiesce
When we plant the bomb in your dress
Searching for a fuse we can use
To blow minds

I’m gonna cut your groove right on time
I’m gonna cut your groove every time
I come on like clockwork girl
With a word I’ll change your world
If I cut your groove you’re gonna move right now

To people never doing what they say
Who sleep at night thinking that’s OK
Thinking we’re fooled. It’s not cool
That’s all

So don’t be shy when I’m behind your lines
Feeling things nobody finds
Those things about you we can use
To feel good

I’m gonna cut your groove right on time
I’m gonna cut your groove every time
I come on like clockwork girl
Without a word I’ll change your world
If I cut your groove you’re gonna move right now

I’m gonna cut your groove right on time
I’m gonna cut your groove baby every time
I come on like clockwork girl
Without a word I’ll smoke your world
If I cut your groove you’re gonna move right now…