1. |
Big City, Small World
03:02
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I had a dream about you last night
Remember the day we said we wouldn’t fight
You’d cut your wrist cause I ran away
Living the nightmare, we used to say
I think of the time we made love in the mud
For the last time before I went away
I’m thinking about what you used to say
That I would regret moving away
Big city, small world
Big city, small world
Big city, small world
Big city, small world
I saw some kids in the park today
Holding each other so the world can’t get away
Skyscrapers into a cloudless blue
Down in the subway looking for food
We were both born in a one-gator town
Out on the edge of some shaky ground
Always forget the truth of our selves
And going around trying to be someone else
Big city, small world
Big city, small world
Big city, small world
Big city, small world
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2. |
Seven Lives
07:22
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You know I wasn’t gonna come,
But I decided to come
Cause it’s been a while since I’ve seen you
Back when you helped save my life
When you helped saved my life
Seven lives
That’s what you said to me
Seven lives
When everyone is fast asleep
I’m walking out the door
Past the place you used to live
To the place we used to go
Before you lost your life
That’s what she told you,
Seven lives
He was the flower, she was the bee
In Dalton, Georgia
from the train I could see the family tree
In Dalton, Georgia
That’s what she told you,
Seven lives
I was a fish inside of a fish
Ended up in Tarshish
A stranger took me in at night
And saved my life
That’s what she told you,
Seven lives
On a visit to Saint Brendan’s Isle,
Nothing around for a thousand miles
Deep within, I found a place
I’ve never seen on the Earth’s face
That’s what she told you,
Seven lives
Circling up and around the Sun
A bunch of stuff that once was one
Moving in and through your brain
Just enough to keep you sane
That’s what she told you,
Seven lives
So, so, Sophia
So, so, Sophia
So, so, Sophia
So, So, Sophia
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3. |
Demolition Man
04:01
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They call me Demolition Man
Because they know I can be difficult
Sometimes
They call me Demolition Man
Because they know I can be difficult
Wasn’t always
But I would do anything
Not to blow this world
Into smithereens
And I would do anything
Not to blow this world
Into smithereens
They call me Demolition Man
Because they know I can be difficult
Sometimes
They call me Demolition Man
Because they know I can be difficult
Wasn’t always
But I would do anything
Not to blow this world
Into smithereens
And I would do anything
Not to blow this world
Into smithereens
I would do anything
Anything
Anything
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4. |
The Omega Point
04:26
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Teilhard de Chardin
Phenomenon of man
Teilhard de Chardin
The future of man
Teilhard de Chardin
The verticil of man
Teilhard de Chardin
The consciousness of man
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
We’re moving to
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
We’re moving to
The Omega Point
Teilhard de Chardin
The neogenesis of man
Teilhard de Chardin
The ramification of man
Teilhard de Chardin
The hominization of man
Teilhard de Chardin
Collective consciousness of man
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
We’re moving to
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
We’re moving to
The Omega Point
Psychic zones
The proliferation of man
Extrapolation
The involution of man
Cosmic vortex
The inner phylum of man
Teilhard de Chardin
The phenomenon of man
Psychic zones
The cosmic nature of man
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
The Omega Point
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5. |
This Side of the River
03:18
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Mackenzie and me up in a tree
At Noah’s farm
A quarter to three I ran into Lee
Out in a pasture
When are you coming back to this side of the river?
I’m on a riverboat to Clarksdale
They found me in a ditch
They asked me where I was headed
I said to see the witch
When are you coming back to this side of the river?
I’ve got a friend in Memphis
Who’s doing good
I knew someone in St. Paul
Made of wood
When are you coming back to this side of the river?
Charley Patton and Skip James
Tommy Johnson and the gang
These were no friends of mine
But I listen to them some of the time
When are you coming back to this side of the river?
The Kingfish in Baton Rouge
From St. Louis to Natchez snakes move
When Andrew Jackson came on down
Highlanders all around
When are you coming back to this side of the river?
In Ward’s Creek past Lady of the Lake
Dinosaur bones under the Interstate
Where Patti-cakes baked your heart into
Angel cake with devil’s food
When are you coming back to this side of the river?
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6. |
Dr. Solitude
02:48
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Dusting my broom
Climbing a wall
Shaving my head
It’s not that I wanted to be alone,
Dr. Solitude
A fly on the wall
Staring at me
A broken mirror above a sink
What do they see?
Dr. Solitude
A bed of clothes on the floor
Nothing’s clean anymore
The telephone rings
Could it finally be,
Dr. Solitude?
Rats are playing in the trash
A neighbor’s listening to the Clash
Last night a tarantula moved in
While I was dreaming of a long, lost friend
Named Dr. Solitude
The clock stopped at one
I was woken by a gun
Then a siren far off calling to me
Coming closer, will it finally be
Dr. Solitude
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7. |
The Deep End
04:05
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You and I were down by the sea
The turtles were laughing
Our daughter and son were playing in the shallows
While I was reading a book about French gallows
It’s a mystery to me how we didn’t see you swimming
Toward the deep end
Up in this tree
There lived a bird
A sweeter song no one has heard
The neighbors' kid got a gun for his birthday
And he shot that bird on the 13th of May
My dad planted that tree
When he looked a lot like me
Now the bird’s floating in the deep end
It’s that time in life
When you’re living on a knife
It got ugly and we let it slice
Us in two, we weren’t ready for the stew
It got to boiling and what was I to do?
It’s a nightmare to see you all
Wild and free
While I’m sinking in the deep end
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8. |
Magic Times
02:48
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Today is magic
Oh God, I love you too
Just when I thought I was done in
The road it starts to bend
Magic,
Those were magic times
Magic,
Those were magic times
Today was magic
Oh girl, I love you too
I think about the day we met
I never will forget
Magic,
Those were magic times
Magic,
Those were magic times
Magic,
Those were magic times
Magic,
Those were magic times
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9. |
Camelback on the Wood
02:43
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It’s these pieces of me
Floating through time
When we’re on the line
It sometimes confuses me
In the Hills of Ali
The trip we didn’t see
You lost your mind
I’m still taping it together
Camelback on the Wood
Camelback on the Wood
Camelback on the Wood
Camelback on the Wood
There are pieces of me
All over this town
But underground
No one remembers me
The closet you found
Was safe and round
It hovered nicely
Over the cemetery
Camelback on the Wood
Camelback on the Wood
Camelback on the Wood
Camelback on the Wood
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10. |
The Dead Sea
05:07
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Your heart is a dove
Back from the sea
On wings you fly down
With the branch of a tree
In the temples of Jerusalem
You were so sweet
But on the train to Berlin
It’s like you wouldn’t talk to me
Your heart is a dove
Back from the sea
On wings you fly down
With the branch of a tree
Way out in the wilderness
I met the Adversary in me
Lights came from a distant place
Across the Dead Sea
Your heart is a dove
Back from the sea
On wings you fly down
With the branch of a tree
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