A MILE DOWN THE ROAD  
 
Just a mile down the road is the place where I was born  
It’s dying and filled with grief  
It’s cased in shadows, gray with ashes  
It can’t get no relief  
Do you need a passport to go down there?  
Tell me is it safe?  
I will keep my doors all locked  
In fear for my life  
  
Just a mile down the road  
  
No one smiles, no one laughs  
No one sings a tune  
Front porches are empty and babies are hungry  
In all hours of the afternoon  
Teenagers can’t read too good  
The police don’t even care  
They’ll just arrest you and then they’ll undress you  
I hope you’ve got underwear  

Just a mile down the road  
  
I say with a frown, “Why is it so?”  
With hopes that it will change  
My ma said, “John, don’t ask questions why.  
It’ll always be the same.”  
I got to thinking and I got to wondering  
What it feels like when you die  
And how it feels for all those folks  
Who have no home tonight  
  
Just a mile down the road  
  
So I sat real long and I thought real hard  
About how good my life has been  
There are people one mile down  
Who haven’t got a thing  
My fair city has been so good  
Been kind to me, I suppose  
But people live in squalor and sell themselves for a dollar  
Just a mile down the road  
  
Just a mile down the road  
  
I wish I could fix these kinds of things  
By singing in my songs  
But these thoughts don’t work too well  
If no one sings along  
If everybody sang or hummed or yelled  
These dreams would all come true  
Because sometimes music’s all you need   
To bring the best out of you  
  
Just a mile down the road  
  
Now my story’s done, but my city’s not  
It’s got a long way to go  
Through the rain and the humid heat  
And the next day it’ll snow  
I don’t want to say farewell  
Because I’m not going far  
Today might be as dark as night  
But we always have tomorrow  
  
Just a mile down the road 
 
AGE IS JUST A NUMBER, BABY 
 
Love your leading lady 
Love her while you can 
You better hold her closely until she finds another man 
And I’m walking 
 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
Age is just a number, baby 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
 
Burn the written letters 
Baby, start a fire 
Please don’t kill the messenger because I just got hired 
And I’m trembling 
 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
Age is just a number, baby 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
 
Killing me with kindness 
Riddle me with pills 
You held me down and broke my crown, I ain’t never felt so ill 
And I’m shaking 
 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
Age is just a number, baby 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
 
Age is just a number 
Please don’t make me blue 
Age is just a number, baby, take me home with you 
Because I’m lonely 
 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
Age is just a number, baby 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
 
Age is just a number 
You and I make two 
Age is just a number, baby, I’m the one for you 
Because I love you 
 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
Age is just a number, baby 
Because people don’t like numbers any more 
 
BALLAD OF A BROKEN MAN 
 
I was sitting in a drainpipe 
Waiting for my next life 
When it didn’t come to me 
I sat in silence, crying 
 
I was feeling so shook up 
No use for to look up 
I took my eyeballs out with ease 
I didn’t need to see 
 
I’ve made a lot of mistakes 
And caused a lot of earthquakes 
I bought a stick of Elmer’s glue 
To piece back all the smoke I blew 
 
I never thought it could be true 
Or it should be true 
You never turned away from me 
But I never looked back at you 
 
I was walking down the wrong road 
Looking for to unload 
When I found what I was looking for 
I didn’t want it anymore 
 
I’ve spent all of my savings 
On stupid senseless cravings 
I didn’t know where I was 
Or how I felt before 
 
I’ve made such a mistake 
Crucified on my own stake 
I hung myself up 
To get another look at you 
 
I never said, “I love you too” 
But I loved you too 
You always kept your eye on me 
But I never watched over you 
 
I was riding in a train car 
Rolling down to somewhere far 
I knew I couldn’t see you anymore 
It’s happened way too many times before 
 
I was spitting at the rich man 
He had a bible in his right hand 
He just looked down on me 
Said my soul couldn’t be saved 
 
No one told me which way to turn 
That’s one lesson I have yet to learn 
A skinny woman once locked me in a trunk 
But then dumped me out with all the rest of her junk 
 
I always thought I lived a lie 
But I’m in disguise 
You always did provide for me 
But I never took care of you 
 
I was sleeping ‘neath a lamppost 
Face to face with my ghost 
I didn’t let it get the best of me 
It laughed and said, “Just you wait and see” 
 
I dust my self off and stumbled down the street 
No shoes, no shirt, with nothing else to eat 
My fists were clenched real tight 
Just to fend off the night 
 
I drop down to my knees and look up real high 
I couldn’t see the stars from the sky 
I looked down and saw my life inside my hands 
My name’s been written in the sand 
 
I always thought I couldn’t cry 
Until we said goodbye 
You always gave your life to me 
But I never gave mine to you 
 
BATHTUB GIN 
 
Gambling in the back room 
Rambling in the smoke plume 
Coppers in the alleyway 
Coming up the back soon 
She ask me what I wanna drink 
I ask her if she ever think 
Looked at me like she knew me 
When she walked away, she gave a wink 
 
I don’t know your name 
But please just let me in 
The liquor store’s been closed for years 
I know you got bathtub gin 
 
Drinking from a paint can 
Chasing down the mail man 
Swinging from a tree branch 
Swinging from a ceiling fan 
Learn me what I’ll never know 
Take me where I’ll never go 
You can lead a horse to water 
But you can’t tell him where the water flow 
 
I can’t see your face 
But you look just like my kin 
This potion’s got me all mixed up 
Pour me one more bathtub gin 
 
Walking on a sand dune 
Looking like a dried prune 
She says she loves my music 
But I’m always singing out of tune 
I’ll take it as a compliment 
On every single continent 
I can howl like an alley cat 
But my silence is my dominant 
 
I could never read 
But baby I can sin 
Come on over to my place 
For a world class bathtub gin 
 
Lick me like an old stamp 
Take me down to boot camp 
Whip me up back into shape 
Shake me like a leg cramp 
Slap me right upside the head 
Tell me that you wish me dead 
Chew me up and spit me out 
There’s no one that I’d rather wed 
 
Baby I can’t lose 
Because I was born to win 
So what if I’m an outlaw 
Getting rich off bathtub gin? 
 
BE MY SUGAR 
 
 
[CHORUS] 
I thought you could be my sugar 
I thought I could be your man 
I thought we could be perfect together 
Lord, I don’t understand 
 
We were floating down a stream 
In a Technicolor dream 
We were, yeah, we were 
We didn’t care about anything 
In the ecstasy it seemed 
We were, yeah, we were 
 
[CHORUS] 
 
But you were only in my mind 
Why are you so hard to find 
You are, yeah, you are 
I never thought you were the kind 
To leave a drowning man behind 
You are, yeah, you are 
 
[CHORUS] 
 
I thought I could be your lover 
And I thought you could be my queen 
But you didn’t need a savior 
No, you didn’t need a thing from me 
 
BLACK EYED BLUES 
 
This is how we think it goes 
But we know it really don’t 
All the stones you try to throw 
You’re never gonna break my bones 
 
Black-eyed blues don’t count me out 
This song’s for you, my little ray of doubt 
And I’mma go on home 
 
This is what we think we know 
But we know that we really don’t 
All the men you think you own 
They’re all going on back home 
 
Black-eyed blues, I can’t see straight 
This song’s a lie, but the truth’s gonna have to wait 
 
This is for the highs and lows 
And all the stiffs you bring back home 
This is for the ebbs and flows 
A cycle that you’ll never know 
 
Black-eyed blues, don’t sell me short 
I don’t see the game, but I know you play the sport 
 
BORN AGAIN 
I was lost but you found me 
I was in my own way but you found a way around me
I was down but you raised me 
I was drowning in self-doubt but you found a way to praise me 
And I know it seems crazy but 

You made me feel like I was born again 
You made me feel like I was born again 

I was lonely but you loved me 
I was stuck on the ground but you found a way above me 
I wouldn't listen but you told me 
I was never held but you found a way to hold me 
And I ain't gotta be lonely no more 

You made me feel like I was born again 
You made me feel like I was born again 

I was tossing in my sleep 
Babe, I couldn't count no sheep 
But when I hear your voice next to me 
Babe, you set me free you make me  wanna be 

You made me feel like I was born again 
You made me feel like I was born again 
You made me feel like our love had no end 
You made me feel like I was born again 

​
BOX OF ANGELS 
 
You told me not to sleep at night 
I only dreamed of it anyway 
You told me what was wrong was right 
I’m left handed anyway 
There was a time when love was blind 
But now it’s the first thing we see 
Box of angels, carry me 
 
It’s on the tip of everybody’s tongue 
But who will be the first to speak? 
In a room full of blind children 
Who will be the first to see? 
Now’s the time to shake your fist 
But how many fingers are left? 
My box of angels wept 
 
I was scheduled nine to five 
But I was out early everyday 
I wrote a beautiful speech 
But I didn’t know what to say 
I used to be so eloquent 
But now I’m indeterminate 
Box of angels, please repent 
 
It was impossible to say 
Things that I knew were true 
But it was easy to say 
How I felt about you 
You used to make me healthy 
Now I feel so ill 
Box of angels, fire at will 
 
Oh Jesus, please sell my soul 
I hope you got a good deal 
In a world where people are fake 
I hope the liquor is real 
I used to drink too much 
Now I drink just enough 
Box of angels, give me up 
 
 
COLOGNE AND CIGARETTES (version 1) 
 
When I’m winning I feel just like vigilante James Dean 
I got Marlboro cigarettes and my hair’s slicked mean 
Out on the highway’s where I roam 
My fire engine’s red 
You ask me if I showered, and I say “Cologne and Cigarettes” 
 
My baby’s fully loaded, she don’t screw around 
Just ask your mother, she got the best shot in town 
I do everything she wants 
Or she’ll fill me full of lead 
If you ask me how she smells, I say “Perfume and Cigarettes” 
 
My sight ain’t too good, I can’t see through the trees 
I ain’t never been to the shore to feel the breeze 
But I’m traveling all the time 
I don’t got no regrets 
You ask me what I smell like; I say “Cologne and Cigarettes” 
 
She got the hips to make a grown man sweat 
She got the lips to make a grown man forget 
She winked at me as she walked by 
And here’s what she said 
You’re how I like my men… Cologne and Cigarettes 
 
COLOGNE AND CIGARETTES (version 2) 
 
When I’m winning I feel just like Bob Dylan 
I got hand rolled cigarettes and some Bathtub Gin 
Out on the highway’s where I roam 
My fire engine’s red 
You ask me if I showered, and I say “Cologne and Cigarettes” 
 
My baby’s fully loaded, she don’t screw around 
Just ask your mother, she got the best shot in town 
I do everything she wants 
Or she’ll fill me full of lead 
If you ask me how she smells, I say “Perfume and Cigarettes” 
 
My sight ain’t too good, I can’t see through the trees 
I ain’t never been to the shore to feel the breeze 
But I’m traveling all the time 
I don’t got no regrets 
You ask me what I smell like; I say “Cologne and Cigarettes” 
 
She got the hips to make a grown man sweat 
She got the lips to make a grown man forget 
She winked at me as she walked by 
And here’s what she said 
You’re how I like my men… Cologne and Cigarettes 

COLOURS IN YOUR EYES
 
I only see blue
I only see you
Oh just the sky crashing down to the sea
I only see green
Forest and trees
Oh just the birds buzzing round with the bees
I only see pink
Give me a wink
When I look at you my heart starts to sink
I only see maize
You brighten my day
I still see your smile when the sun goes away
 
And when you smile I see colours in your eyes
 
It’s only love on a night like this
All the colours that exist
All the nights that I have missed
Your lips I haven’t kissed
 
I only see red
Lipstick in my bed
Oh girl that smile is stuck in my head
I only see mauve
The queen’s regal robes
Girl you are royalty from your head to your toes

And when you smile I see colours in your eyes
 
It’s only love on a night like this
All the colours that exist
All the nights that I have missed
Your lips I haven’t kissed
 
I only see blue
I only see you
Oh just the sky crashing down to the sea
I only see green
You and me
Oh just the birds buzzing round with the bees
 
And when you smile I see colours in your eyes
​
 
DON’T JUICE ME, BABE 
 
I once was a child 
But now I’m just a taller child 
I don’t know when I’ll be a man 
But for now I’ll just play a while 
 
Don’t juice me, babe 
I don’t play well with others 
Don’t use me, babe 
You’re acting like a jealous lover 
 
I said don’t juice me, babe 
But you always keep on trying to win 
 
I once was a poor boy 
But now I’m just a poor old man 
I don’t know when I’ll be rich 
But for now I’m just gonna do what I can 
 
Don’t squeeze me, babe 
I ain’t got nothing to give 
Don’t tease me, babe 
Just let me go on and live 
 
I said don’t juice me, babe 
But you always keep on trying to win 
 
I once loved pretty ladies 
But then I found out all their secrets 
I once let them have my heart 
But now I think I’m just gonna keep it 
 
You slay me, babe 
You look good in that dress 
You weigh on me, babe 
My heart is in a tangled mess 
 
I said don’t juice me, babe 
But you always keep on trying to win 
 
I once called out your name 
But I know you have changed it since then 
We once played love like a game 
But it don’t work like it did back then 
 
You juice me, babe 
I don’t play well with you 
You’re gonna lose me, babe 
With all the vile things you do 
 
I said don’t juice me, babe 
But you always keep on trying to win 
 
DON’T YOU GET ANY IDEAS 
 
As the days go past 
And the waves they crash 
But this youth won’t last 
But I’ll pretend for now 
 
And my mind gets numb 
And my fingers get dumb 
Soon I won’t be able to strum 
But I’ll do it while I can 
 
And my legs they shake 
And my heart it quakes 
In the land of the lakes 
It’s so cold out here 
 
Now, don’t you get cute 
Or I’ll give you the boot 
And I’ll throw you down the chute 
With no ladder 
 
Don’t you get any ideas 
You’re far too young for that 
We say we live for tomorrow 
But we want yesterday back 
 
I bought some new pants 
While traveling to France 
And I added new plants 
To my garden 
 
She whimpered and cried 
When I told her goodbye 
But she always just sighed 
When I adored her 
 
You know I’m a jerk 
When I steal all your perks 
But I constantly work 
For your children 
 
Call me Henry Ford 
A genius and a whore 
So many people I did ignore 
But I’m wealthy 
 
Don’t you get any ideas 
Pretty girls don’t have to deal with that 
They say that love is blind 
But I see you staring at those handsome men 
 
My time has come and it’s gone 
Those words I said were wrong 
But you knew that all along 
And you kept silent 
 
You could’ve been my heart 
My love the sea it parts 
Now all I have’s a shopping cart 
To shop for different women 
 
My throat is dry 
You stuck a needle in my eye 
You stuck an eyelash in my pie 
You’re so childish 
 
I’m a man of taste 
On my throne no fears to face 
While the poor folk run the race 
It’s good to be the king 
 
Don’t you get any ideas 
You don’t get paid enough for that 
Slip on a banana peel 
And break your mother’s back 
 
DORIAN GRAY HAD THE BLUES 
 
The man who had no soul 
Was the man who lost control 
But the man who never died 
 
The man who owned the world 
Was the man who wooed the girls 
But the man who never cried 
 
I once knew a great man 
A beacon in the darkest night 
Soon he’ll play the wrong hand 
And he won’t know dark from light 
 
The man who never bled 
Was the man all painted red 
But who was seen in black and white 
 
The man who never wept 
Was the man who never slept 
But the man who feared the night 
 
He once was an honest man 
Now a liar and a fake 
He left far from this land 
His life he did forsake 
His life he did forsake 
His life he did forsake 

FEEL LIKE HOME
 
I was never asked to dance 

So I didn’t dance 
But baby then you took my hand 
So I gave it a chance 

I never met a girl like you 
I never thought anyone could do what you do 

You make me feel like home
 
I didn’t know quite how to live 
So I didn’t live 
But baby then you shook my world 
I’m surely glad you did 
 
I never met a girl like you 
I never thought anyone could do what you do 
 
You make me feel like home 
 
You taught me to dance 
I felt the romance 
We just took a chance 
And now you make me feel like home  
 
You make me feel like home ​

GREEN SOCKS 
 
Oh, you keep me warm 
You’re my shelter from the storm 
You can have my heart it’s yours 
But don’t break it please 
You’re the apple of my eye 
You’re my cloudless sky 
Is it okay if I 
Marry you, babe? 
 
Green Socks 
You know that I love you a lot 
You make my heart stop 
You get my stomach tied in knots 
 
Girl, you make me weep 
Our love it never sleeps 
When I play, I play for keeps 
Do you know what you mean to me? 
When you walk I can hardly breathe 
Darling you know I’ll never leave 
I’ve got flowers up my sleeve 
Oh, I’d die for you 
 
Green Socks 
You know that I love you a lot 
You make my heart stop 
You get my stomach tied in knots 
 
You make me want to live 
But our time is sinking like a sieve 
You know there’s nothing to forgive 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
 
Green Socks 
You know that I love you a lot 
You make my heart stop 
You get my stomach tied in knots 
 
HEY, ZEUS! 
 
Baby, you can smell me 
Speeding down the pearly road 
I’ll pick you up, hop in the car 
I don’t know where to go 
I’m pretty sure Luke Skywalker 
Drove a Diesel truck 
When I get to the other side 
Baby, wish me luck 
 
[CHORUS] 
Hey, Zeus, light one up for me 
Hey, Zeus, light one up for me 
Way high in the sky 
Zeus will teach us how to fly 
Hey, Zeus, light one up for me 
 
Don’t Crimea river 
I don’t like the color Blue 
Everyone should be happy 
Sad don’t look good on you 
I’ll be thinking of you fondly 
I hope you think of me 
Let’s chop it down and light it up 
And smoke that family tree 
 
[CHORUS] 
 
The White Widow, baby 
She gone and took me away 
I was gonna leave two days ago 
But I guess I’ll leave today 
The White Widow was so beautiful 
And her words were just so kind 
She laid me down and lit one up 
And eased my troubled mind 
 
[CHORUS] 

HONEY PLEASE 

Tryna get you out on the dance floor
You ask me what should we even dance for
Let’s get all these eyes on me and you
Let’s make everybody jealous in the room
Tryna get you into the groove now
All you gotta do is 1,2 now
Everybody’s looking so jealously
Wishing that they could look like you and me


CHORUS
Honey, please
Dance with me
Honey take my hand
Let’s just fly to Neverland
Honey, please (2x)


Honey why are you so self conscious?
You’ve turned every head in that black dress
Come on let’s just show them what we’re made of
Honey what are you so afraid of?
Honey take me all through the motions
Your movements got me drunk like a potion
I swore that I just wanted to dance with you
But I think I’ll take a chance before the night’s through


CHORUS


BRIDGE
Do you got plans?
Do you got a man?
Honey would you like to get  dinner with me?
We can pour some wine up stay up talking til three
Would you come over?
Do you need a chauffeur?
Honey I can come and scoop you up
We can ride around the city and have some fun


Honey, please
Ride with me
Honey take my hand
Let’s just fly to Neverland
Honey, please (2x)

 
(I AIN’T) NEVER GOING BACK HOME 
 
When it rains it snows 
And your grass don’t grow 
And your river don’t flow 
Lovers come and they go 
In Michigan 
 
And we made some cars 
And we live in bars 
And every where’s far 
And we praise rock stars 
In Michigan 
 
I ain’t never going back home 
I ain’t never going back home 
 
And I am in your face 
When we’re at her place 
It’s not a race 
Just a faster pace 
In Michigan 
 
And Jimmy cracked corn 
Because his shoes were worn 
And his heart is torn 
His love was dead and his hate was born 
In Michigan 
 
I ain’t never going back home 
I ain’t never going back home 
 
And I hope you don’t care 
That I don’t like your hair 
And that’s why I stare 
Because there’s nothing else there 
In Michigan 
 
And we’re battered and bruised 
But rightly accused 
We’re all beaten and used 
But where else would you choose 
But Michigan? 
 
I ain’t never going back home 
I ain’t never going back home 
 
And I love your taste 
And the size of your waist 
But the ice has encased 
All the problems I’ve faced 
In Michigan 
 
And the wind it howls 
And the trolls they growl 
And the wolverines prowl 
All the chickens are fowl 
 
I ain’t never going back home 
I ain’t never going back home 
 
And we’re veering off course 
As we drink with remorse 
But the people we endorse 
They are worse than a horse 
In Michigan 
 
And the governor sighs 
As the people all cry 
And the bums they die 
Because the liquor runs dry 
In Michigan 
 
I ain’t never going back home 
I ain’t never going back home 
 
When her love is gone 
She carries on 
But she pleads for the dawn 
Because time is long 
In Michigan 
 
And your stomach churns 
With the lessons learned 
And his heart is yearns 
For the summer to burn 
In Michigan 
 
I ain’t never going back home 
I ain’t never going back home 
 
And my face is long 
And my mind was wrong 
When I wrote this song 
There’s somewhere else I do belong to 
But I’m in Michigan 
 
I guess I’ll just go back home 
I guess I’ll just go back on home, now 
I guess I’m just headed back home 
 
I CAN’T SEE YOU WITH HIM  
  
I must have lost my chance  
What am I to do? 

Should I ask forgiveness?  
Should I come running back to you?  
I wasn’t the best of men  
And I knew I’d never win  
But, darling, you could do better  
And, darling, I just can’t see you with him  
  
I was drowning in the dark  
So dark I couldn’t see you  
You turned on your light so you could come find me  
But you just drowned in it too  
I was in the worst of places   
You believed that I could win  
But, darling, I didn’t believe in you  
And, darling, I just can’t see you with him  
  
I wanted to write you a letter  
But I didn’t know what to say  
It would have made me feel so much better  
In some strange and twisted way  
Sailing away is my biggest regret  
I sink here while you swim  
But, darling, I wish I had the strength to say  
And, darling, I just can’t see you with him  
  
Darling, I wish I had the strength to say  
That, darling, I can still see you with me 
 
I KNOW HOW TO LOVE YOU 
 
I know how to love you, girl 
I know how to love you, girl 
I do 
I won’t ever leave your side 
I won’t ever leave your side 
It’s true 
 
Don’t make me wait for you no more 
Soon I’ll be walking out that door 
Soon you’ll be lying all alone 
And you’ll know that I won’t be coming home 
 
I know how to love you, boy 
I know how to love you, boy 
I do 
I’ve waited my life for you 
I’ve waited my life for you 
It’s true 
 
Don’t make me wait for you no more 
Soon I’ll be walking out that door 
Soon you’ll be lying all alone 
And you’ll know that I won’t be coming home 
 
I know how to love you, boy/girl 
I know how to love you, boy/girl 
I do 
I’ve waited my life for you 
I’ve waited my life for you 
It’s true 
 
Don’t make me wait for you no more 
Soon I’ll be walking out that door 
Soon you’ll be lying all alone 
And you’ll know that I won’t be coming home 
 
*Whistle Verse* 
 
Don’t make me wait for you no more 
Soon I’ll be walking out that door 
Soon you’ll be lying all alone 
And you’ll know that I won’t be coming home 
 
I WALKED AWAY 
 
There are some things I adore 
There are some things I abhor 
There are some things we can’t ignore 
Anymore 
 
I don’t follow your rules 
I'm not impressed by your jewels 
They don't teach these lessons in school 
Don’t be a fool 
 
The vacuum it sucks 
And the wind it does blow 
You say, “What’s up?” 
And the sky says hello
And the situation was queer 
But I was still feeling gay 
So I stomped out my fag 
And I walked, I just walked away

 
Somebody called me a red Communist 
For saying everybody's got the same right to live 
They put up their fists so I gave ‘em a kiss 
Don’t get sick 
 
You say he’s retarded and I ask, for what reason? 
Can he not read or write? Can he not tell the seasons? 
How can you sit here with nothing to believe in? 
I’m leaving 
 
The vacuum it sucks 
And the wind it does blow 
You say, “What’s up?” 
And the sky says hello
And the situation was queer 
But I was still feeling gay 
So I stomped out my fag 
And I walked, I just walked away
 
I gave you my love but you twisted my arm 
I gave you my heart but, baby, you caused me harm 
So I left for the city while you died on the farm 
You lost your charm 
 
We all want to live but you make us die 
So I’ll rise from the grave and I'll spit in your eye 
This is the last time you will ever tell a lie 
Goodbye 
 
The vacuum it sucks 
And the wind it does blow 
You say, “What’s up?” 
And the sky says hello
And the situation was queer 
But I was still feeling gay 
So I stomped out my fag 
And I walked, I just walked away
 
 (IF ONLY YOU KNEW) I’D BE GOOD TO YOU 
 
Oh! Darling 
I got my eye on you 
Oh! Baby 
Come here and take away my blues 
And then tell me of my failures 
And all I have to lose 
 
If only you knew, that I’d be good to you 
 
Oh! Honey 
Look at me now 
Oh! Sugar 
I’m the biggest thing in town 
Then tell me I’m insignificant 
And kick me twice while I’m down 
 
If only you knew, that I’d be good to you 
 
Oh! Mama 
Take a walk in my shoes 
Oh! Mama 
See what it feels like to have the blues 
And I knew you didn’t like it 
But of course you acted cool 
 
If only you knew, that I’d be good to you 
 
Oh! Lordy 
Give me a smoke 
Oh! Lordy 
My life is quite the joke 
I’ve made a lot of money 
But I always come out broke 
 
If only you knew, that I’d be good to you 
 
JESUS WAS  
  
Jesus was a mighty man amongst the men  
Jesus was a mighty man amongst the men  
They say you only live once  
But he done come back up again  
  
Jesus stood right up for the people lying on the ground  
Jesus did pick people up when they were down  
Jesus was a thin man  
But his impact weighed a million pounds  
  
Jesus was a poor man, but he didn’t take nothing for free  
Jesus was a poor man, but he didn’t take nothing for free  
Most people don’t really love Jesus  
They just love looking down on me  
  
Jesus don’t care if you’re white or black or green  
Jesus don’t care if you’re gay, straight, or in between  
Jesus was not like other men  
He don’t judge on you and me  

LOVE YOURSELF

You don’t need to be no hero

You don’t need to be no dancing queen

Baby you are perfect just the way you are

Nobody should tell you differently


You don’t need to be no model
Up in all the magazines
Baby you are beautiful just the way you are
With no changes necessary


Starting today
Don’t listen to what they say

You are perfect anyway


All you gotta do is love yourself (2x)

Darling it’s free
Just take it from me

All you gotta do is love yourself


You don’t need to be no actress
Up in all the movie screens
Baby you are special just the way you are
Don’t give in to pressures of society


PC
CHORUS


BRIDGE

Love, love, love
Love yourself


CHORUS

OUR LAST WORDS 
 
Girl I love you 
​More than you’ll ever know 
And girl I need you 
More than you’ll ever know 
I don’t think of anyone else at all  
 
Say I love you before you leave 
In case you don’t come back to me 
Say I love you before you leave 
I want our last words to say it all 
 
Girl you make me 
Better than you’ll ever know 
And girl you make me 
The best man I’ve ever known 
I can’t think of who I’d’ve been at all  


 
PAPER TOWN 
 
[CHORUS] 
You won’t find me on a map 
I won’t be there when you check 
I’m just a paper town 
And I’m nowhere to be found 
 
From city to city 
From town to town 
You think that you’ve seen me 
But I’m never around 
From country to country 
From state to state 
You thought you saw me 
But you were too late 
 
[CHORUS] 
 
From county to county 
From home to home 
You think we were meant to be 
But you’ve never been more alone 
From continent to continent 
Around the world and back again 
You think that you have found me 
But I’m as transparent as your sins 
 
[CHORUS] 
 
PATCH UP MY HEART 
 
Live me my love 
Love me my life 
I promise one day 
I’ll make you my wife 
It was then that I knew 
I fell from the start 
That you were the girl 
To patch up my heart 
 
Quell all my fears 
Quench all my thirsts 
You were the girl 
To make me bleed first 
No matter the time 
Or distance apart 
You were the girl 
To patch up my heart 
 
When life’s got me down 
All broken and blue 
It doesn’t last long 
Cause I know I got you 
Baby, you really are 
A true work of art 
You are the one 
To patch up my heart 
 
Time always ends 
Like all good things do 
But I felt so lucky 
To spend it with you 
I may not be handsome 
I may not be smart 
But you were the girl 
To patch up my heart 

PICTURE PERFECT

I see you on a screen
In between reality
I see you from afar
I think I know who you are
You look beautiful
I just can’t get enough
I want you with me, dear
I wish you could be here


CHORUS
You’re picture perfect but I wish I was there with you


I see you in photographs
Images of you make my heart beat fast
Oh how I wanna touch your skin
If only I could say how I’m feeling
You look beautiful
Honey I gotta let you know
I want you with me, dear
I wish you could be here


CHORUS


BRIDGE
Honey, I can’t stand
To be so far away
I just want you here
Next to me
Honey come on home
Back where you belong
So we can fit together
In the frame


CHORUS

 
RAMBLIN’ BLUES 
 
I was sitting on my porch 
Smoking my cigarette 
Yes, I was sitting on my porch 
And I was smoking my cigarette 
Oh these girls were chasing me 
But they haven’t found me yet 
 
So I went to New York City 
Oh, I was looking for a change 
Oh, I went to New York City 
Yes, I was looking for a change 
I really needed somewhere 
Nobody knows my name 
 
I rambled on the backstreets 
Just trying to make my way 
Oh, I rambled on the backstreets 
Just trying to make my way 
But I didn’t make it nowhere 
My dreams just died away 
 
So I went on out to Kansas 
To find my home out on the range 
Oh, I went on out to Kansas 
To find my home out on the range 
I’ve had enough of New York City 
That jungle took me kind of strange 
 
SAY YOU LOVED ME 
 
You don’t know what you do to me 
You make me feel 
Like I’m alone 
You, oh, darling you tangle me 
You mangle me 
And you kiss my bones 
I just wish I could breathe with you 
And speak with you 
And laugh in the sun 
I know you’re no good for me 
I just wish you could see 
That you weren’t the one 
 
[CHORUS] 
Please say that you loved me 
Please say that you loved me 
If just for a day, say that you loved me 
 
You took me and shot me down 
Dragged me around 
All through the mud 
You told me that I could fly 
So high in the sky 
Then dropped me with a thud 
I thought I could believe in you 
But you made me bleed with you 
Until I was dead 
I don’t have no more blood to give 
Just let me live 
And get out of my head 
 
[CHORUS] 
[CHORUS] 

SET ME FREE
 
I am bold
I’m uncontrolled
If you want me
You gotta set me free
I am wild
I’m your lover, child
If you want me
You gotta set me free
 
You gotta set me free
 
I’m not insane
There’s nothing wrong with my brain
If you want me
You gotta set me free
I am wild
I’m your lover, child
If you want me
You gotta set me free
 
You gotta set me free
 
I didn’t get to where I am by following the rules
I followed my heart I was nobody’s fool
I followed my heart wherever it took me
I followed my heart and babe it set me free
 
You gotta set me free
 

 
SHE COMES SPORADIC 
 
Who are you now, my darling babe? 
If I know you, your soul can’t be saved 
If I could say, you’ve changed for the worst 
So I won’t say, because you’ve changed for the worst 
 
What will you do, my little tangerine? 
If I know you, you’ll turn yourself green 
If I could tell, you’re so jealous of me 
So I won’t tell, because you’re jealous of me 
 
Where are you now, my darling dear? 
If I know you, you’re far away from here 
If I could guess, you’ll never come back 
So I won’t guess because you’ll never come back 
 
When will you live, my darling sweet pea? 
If I know you, you’ll die ‘fore we see 
If I can tell, you can see it in your eyes 
Believe me, we can tell, you’ll never come alive 
 
Why do you do what you do, baby blue? 
If I know you, your garden never grew 
If I could speak, I would tell you the truth 
But I can’t speak, so I’ll leave it to you 
But I can’t speak, so I’ll leave it to you 
But I can’t speak, so I’ll leave it to you 
 
SHE SAID 
 
She said she found Jesus 
I asked where she found him 
He’s been dead for two thousand of years 
 
She said he’s inside you 
I said there’s no room here 
My body’s too full of fear 
 
She said she’ll start living 
I asked when she died 
She said it’s a figure of speech 
 
She said she got healthy 
Girl, I don’t believe you 
She said I don’t practice, I preach 

She said, she said 
Just like the Beatles said she said 
Only now I know what they meant
 
She said she loves women 
I asked in what manner 
She said she’s a staunch feminist 
 
I told her she can’t just 
Switch teams on me 
How many women have you kissed? 
 
She said she’d quit talking 
I told her she’s crazy 
It’s your favorite punishment 
 
She told me she’d love me 
If I wasn’t so honest 
What a lovely sentiment 
 
She said, she said 
Just like the Beatles said she said 
Only now I know what they meant 
 
SHINE ON ME

VI
Baby you got energy
You shine so bright that nobody can see
Baby keep on shining ’til you’re through
Don’t let anybody tell you what to do

PC
You are a light
Baby shine on me
Baby shine so bright
For the whole world to see

CHORUS
Shine on me
Shine on me
Baby
Shine on me

VII
Baby you’re a shining star
Don’t let anybody tell you who you are
Baby you’re gonna go far
Baby come on lead me through the dark

PC
CHORUS

BRIDGE
Baby you are blinding me
With your perfect energy

CHORUS

SHOW ME WHAT TO DO

VI
I don’t know the first thing about
Talking to you or asking you out
I wish I knew
What you wanted me to do
Should I introduce myself?
Or should I play it cool?

PC
I’ve had a couple of drinks
And I’m on the brink
Of asking you to dance
No matter what you think
You could say no
But I won’t ever know
So I walk up to you
And take a deep breath
And this is how it goes

CHORUS
I wanna move the way you move
I wanna do what you want to
I wanna dance the whole night through
Just show me what to do (2x)

VII
You tell me most guys don’t know the first thing about
Talking to you or asking you out
They think they know
How to get you on the floor
But you tell me right now
You’ve turned them all down

PC
You say they do it all the same
Like you’re something to be overcame
You want them to look you in your eye
And ask you for your name
Well I don’t play games
Hello what’s your name?
My name is Zander
I’m not a great dancer
But I’d also like to say

CHORUS

​BRIDGE
You gotta show me 
Show me (x3)

CHORUS

SIMMER DOWN, MAMA 
 
Simmer down, mama 
Please don’t make a stew 
I already ate and it’s getting late 
I just wanna make love to you 
 
Simmer down, mama 
You’ve got expensive taste 
Kick a can and love your man 
You ain’t got no time to waste 
 
Simmer down so you don’t boil 
Like the coastal birds all drenched in oil 
 
I see you on your high horse 
Riding all over town 
Wave your hand to start the band 
And to wake up all the clowns 
 
No need to lock your door 
Because I stole your key 
Ride the wave, don’t be afraid 
Just don’t wait up for me 
 
Simmer down so you don’t boil 
Like the coastal birds all drenched in oil 
 
Simmer down, mama 
Get your heart out of its cage 
Clean your gloves and feed your doves 
And start acting your age 
 
Simmer down so you don’t boil 
Like the coastal birds all drenched in oil 
 
Simmer down so you don’t sizzle 
Your hair’s all turning red just like Ms. Frizzle 

SOMETHING SPECIAL

Don't stop believing that you could be
Don't stop believing that you should be 
Don't stop believing that you will be
Something special

You might feel down
Low to the ground
You might feel misunderstood
But reach inside
And then you'll find
It just starts with a little good

[CHORUS]

You might feel low
Like you got nowhere to go
Feel like you don't got a home
But reach deep down
And look around
Yeah you can make it on your own

[CHORUS]

You're something special
You're a work of art
Believe in yourself
And reach for the stars
You're something special
You're a sight to see
Reach for the moon 
And the galaxy 

​[CHORUS]
 
STRAWBERRY IRISH CURLS  
  
The day it seems  
Lasts forever to me  
The time grows as long as my face  
I’ve spent these ten years  
On a ship out at sea  
My lips they do yearn for your taste  
  
I could’ve had my fair share of fine lovers  
I’ve seen them from all o’er the world  
But I sit in despair  
Because nothing compares  
To your strawberry Irish curls  
  
The night it seems  
Has grown darker to me  
There is no moon or light to be found  
The ocean it seems  
Is so endless to me  
And there’s no hope of running aground  
  
I could’ve had my fair share of fine lovers  
I’ve seen them from all o’er the world  
But I sit in despair  
Because nothing compares  
To your strawberry Irish curls  
  
My heart you could say  
Has been stored up away  
I locked it up and swallowed the key  
As I sit here  
My head full of fear  
That you’ll never come back to me  
  
I could’ve had my fair share of fine lovers  
I’ve seen them from all o’er the world  
But I sit in despair  
Because nothing compares  
To your strawberry Irish curls  
  
The world could be  
Such a great beauty  
If I wasn’t so focused on you  
I’ve been everywhere  
And seen everything  
But it’s empty with a love that ain’t true  
  
I could’ve had my fair share of fine lovers  
I’ve seen them from all o’er the world  
But I sit in despair  
Because nothing compares  
To your strawberry Irish curls  
 
SWEETER THAN MY SOLITUDE 
 
I once waited for love 
Thinking it would come to me 
It was then I realized 
Love isn’t for free 
After that I suffered 
Looking for love high and low 
But I never found it 
No matter where I go 
I know you’re only trying to help 
And I don’t mean to be rude 
But I’ll only have you 
If you’re sweeter than my solitude 
 
I once was a man 
But now I’m just a boy 
I once built you up 
Now I only destroy 
And the wrecking ball comes down 
I think that you should go 
Before you become rubble 
And get buried ‘neath the snow 
I once called you a friend 
But I always thought you were crude 
Because I’ll only have you 
If you’re sweeter than my solitude 
 
I once played the game 
But I forgot the rules 
With thoughts that I could make it 
And never finish school 
But the executioner comes down 
And tells me what to say before I go 
All he says is repeat after me 
“You love someone you’ll never know” 
I just looked him in the eye 
I wanted to say something lude 
I won’t ever find nobody 
Sweeter than my solitude 
 
I wish I was Jack or Jim 
To live where the lovely rivers flow 
But I am from the Midwest 
With nowhere else to go 
But my life flashed before my eyes 
What it said I don’t know 
But it was disturbing 
And dashed all my hopes 
On the street I met a girl 
She was quite the prude 
I’ll only have you 
If you’re sweeter than my solitude 
 
THE GREAT  
  
I conquered the world  
Whatcha gonna do?  
I conquered the universe and the galaxy too  
I am the greatest  
Soon you’re gonna see  
I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee  
Like Muhammad Ali  
  
I am the greatest  
  
You won’t even see me  
I’m already gone  
Rising to the heavens on the chariot I’m on  
I ride around the world  
Cloaked in my disguise  
Conquering these cities with blood in my eyes  
You’ll meet your demise  
  
I am the greatest  
 
THERE AIN’T NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND ME 
 
I am the poor man sitting on the ground 
You are the rich man sitting on the town 
I set up my cross and you burned it right down 
 
You are the fat man lying through his teeth 
I am the young man dying underneath 
I tried to see the show but you sat in my seat 
Now I know there ain’t no difference between you and me 
I just sit a little straighter 
 
I am the ugly man, the last one on the list 
You are the handsome man, the first one to get kissed 
I thought I found my lover, but you’re the only one she missed 
Now I know there ain’t no difference between you and me 
I just speak a little clearer 
 
Now I know there ain’t no difference between you and me 
I just dress a little better ​

WATCH YOUR BODY SING
 
Well I walked into a bar
I didn’t have to look real far
When I saw you standing on your own
I caught you out of the corner of my eye
And your body got me high
I can’t wait to get you home
Well I asked your for a drink
And she said “Honey what you think?”
Bartender fill them up
And then we got to talking
And my heart jumped off the deep end
Babe you got a hold on me
 
I wanna watch your body sing my favorite song
And I don’t know a thing
But I know how to sing along
Ba Da Da Da
Ba Da Da Da
 
We were moving, we were grooving
We were doing what lovers do
We were dancing and romancing
And I took a little chance
And asked if I could go home with you
You said I thought you’d never ask
But there’s some things in my past
I said it doesn’t matter to me
I said girl I can be yours
Through your battles and your wars
Oh baby let me set you free
 
I wanna watch your body sing my favorite song
And I don’t know a thing
But I know how to sing along
Ba Da Da Da
Ba Da Da Da
 
When the two of us are alone
I was looking for your heart to hold
You gave me everything you had
Please don’t take it back
 
I wanna watch your body sing my favorite song
And I don’t know a thing
But I know how to sing along
Ba Da Da Da
Ba Da Da Da
 

 
WINDS OF CHANGE 
 
If no one had a dream then Martin Luther King 
Would be another black man in Georgia 
If no one spoke their mind then they won’t ever find 
What they’re looking for 
 
You ask what I wanna do and if I told you the truth 
You’d wish you never asked 
I don’t want your grief so please just make it brief 
I ain’t got no time for your tears 
 
The winds of change ain’t blowin’ your way 
They are blowin’ mine 
 
If I lived like you I’d be crying too 
I have a sickness called common sense 
If you looked to the sky, would you think to ask why 
You act just like them? 
 
When you’re walking down the road will you look before you go? 
Or will you just start walking down? 
When you’re trying to sound smart, will you think before you depart? 
Or will you just start talking out? 
 
The winds of change ain’t blowin’ your way 
They are blowin’ mine 
 
If I owned a car I would drive it very far 
I’d put the pedal down 
If I were a lover I wouldn’t hide beneath the covers 
I would stand up and shout it out 
 
I don’t mean to be green but your speech is obscene 
Is it really in God you trust? 
I believe in myself not the trophies on your shelf 
Self-esteem doesn’t rust 
 
The winds of change ain’t blowin’ your way 
They are blowin’ mine 

YOGA POSES
 
Girl you are so flexible
I’ve seen you in the studio
From across the room
You’re so inspirational
There are so many things I need to know
From you
See you in your yoga pants
Girl it makes me want to dance
With you
I’ve been waiting for my chance
Working on my warrior stance
Ooh ooh
 
Honey why don’t you come over
We could do some yoga poses
Downward dog and half bound lotus
Honey why don’t you come over
We could do some yoga poses
Meditate with our eyes closed
 
Girl you are one of a kind
Can I take you out some time?
I’ve been working up the nerve
To take you out for some dessert
But nothing could be sweeter than you
 
Honey why don’t you come over
We could do some yoga poses
Downward dog and half bound lotus
Honey why don’t you come over
We could do some yoga poses
Meditate with our eyes closed
 
Break it down now
 
Honey why don’t you come over
We could do some yoga poses
Downward dog and half bound lotus
Honey why don’t you come over
We could do some yoga poses
Meditate with our eyes closed
 
YOU HAVE LET US DOWN, MY FRIEND  
  
From the beginning to the end  
You will sing off key  
I don’t envy you, my friend  
For creating misery  
  
You have run us dry  
Drying all from thirst  
You have let us down  
Putting yourself first  
  
From alpha to omega  
You have let us down, my friend  
  
I once had a home  
But now the lock don’t fit my key  
Now I’m on the road  
Riddled with defeat  
  
As you sit on your throne  
Singing out of key  
I sit on my hands  
Dying in the street  
  
From alpha to omega  
You have let us down, my friend  
  
Break it brick by brick  
Bring the whole world down  
As I lay beneath the tide  
In hopes that I will drown  
  
You call yourself a saint  
I call you a pro  
You think that you can stay right here  
But man, you gotta go  
 
From alpha to omega  
You have let us down, my friend  
  
Semi automatic  
My brain has some control  
But you still pointed your finger  
And shot me full of holes  
  
We lay the fallen down  
Bloody on the rocks  
We asked you for a shovel  
But your door is always locked  
  
From alpha to omega  
You have let us down, again  
 
YOU REMIND ME OF A GIRL THAT I ONCE KNEW  
  
I once knew a girl in my hometown  
She looked a lot like you  
Are you quite sure that you’re not her?   
I don’t believe that’s true  
  
I left my home when I was young  
The only time I could go  
I told her that when I’m rich I’ll return  
She said, “Darling, no you won’t”  
  
You remind me of a girl that I once knew  
  
I still remember that rainy day  
Saddest I’ve ever seen  
I still can’t forget that soft, sweet face  
Even with all the places I’ve been  
  
You’ve got a smile that I’ve seen somewhere  
Honest and joyful and soft  
It’s a smile I feel I’ve seen somewhere  
Somewhere way far off  
  
You remind me of a girl that I once knew  
  
When your hand is inside my hand  
I feel like I have grown  
When your lips they touch my lips  
I feel like I am home  
  
I’ve fallen in love about a million times  
But none of them were true  
I fell in love with her way back then  
But maybe, just maybe, I was falling in love with you  
  
You remind me of a girl that I once knew  
 
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I’ve been gone a long, long time 
I wanted to come home 
But I didn’t know how to break free 
From the life I chose 
And then there came a day 
Everything was taken away 
It was then I knew 
I had to come home to you 
 
I’ve been less than good 
For the last couple of years 
I couldn’t find a way to grapple with 
All of my nightmares and fears 
And then there came a day 
Everything was taken away 
It was then I knew 
I had to come home to you 
 
I put you to the side 
Without knowing that I did 
I took you for granted 
In all my selfishness 
And then there came a day 
Everything was taken away 
It was then I knew 
I had to come home to you