Atmosphere Son Volt

tears Prairie-burnt eyes tell the hell and break through the lens Feed the buildings by the coast a flagrant dance Wounded in the world by a single twist of hate It's all over now You're headed for the atmosphere

Caryatid Easy Son Volt

"And I remember one faded summerAnd I remember the curtain callWaiting outside, watching the time flyWay you roll the diceLeaves my eyesThere is no way to hideYou live inside my mindYou playA carya...

Back Into Your World Son Volt

"Living for the momentIt flashes and fadesAnd takes you downFamiliar deserted bywaysShelf-stored memoriesLead you where you beenNo long agoAnd guess who's guessing now?Let me back into your worldAt...

Picking Up The Signal Son Volt

"We've been through the thickStraightaways afterDragged for days on endTurning away from fasterDownshifting lowReaches a point you knowBut I can't complain'cause I know you're aroundKeeping withAnd...

Left A Slide Son Volt

"Pattern doesn't matchPictures fall from their basePulling out of the racePut up the red flagMatters close at handCross over the landYou get so diffusedYou wanna kiss the groundLeave no soundTake i...

Creosote Son Volt

"Passing under barren skiesWaiting for our worlds to collide, and there you areAll aloneFeeling badInterstate movin' againBarrel through thick and thin, side by sideTo survive like creosoteBorn und...

Cemetery Savior Son Volt

"You could change your waysLiving long enough to stayBut you're leavin' before the day breaksYour proving ground is strangeYour proving ground is strangeNo pain, no need to blinkYou say it's bette...

Last Minute Shakedown Son Volt

"You're constantly defining what's leftA half-empty bottle of beerYour misses, match-upsAnd now here A weight lifted, a weight on the next Some days you don't know whyAnd high a-bove it's all clear...

Been Set Free Son Volt

I am the voice of Lilli SchullMuffled since nineteen threeWhen my lover became my murdererAnd burned the flesh off of meMy life's been a burdenNow I'm going homeI've been loaded downNow I've been s...

No More Parades Son Volt

"Don't know if your carin', truth is worth tearin' though we're miles apart.Front door leavin's the way I've been feelin' 20 days overboard.[Chorus]That's the way the hinge turns, just half way rou...

Way Down Watson Son Volt

"Put whiskey on the woundsSalt the glass and say goodbyeNo feel-good scenes to bring it backJust falling brick and broken glassWrecking-ball operatorTwenty years pulling the leverAnd these windows ...

Straightface Son Volt

"Call out your castawayYou'll wake up to carry in the new daySend 'em out from the castle on highTalk is talk, solely in your mindClaim-stake the final wordsWhat goes around is knocking at your fro...

Driving the View Son Volt

"From different levelsJust pieces togetherNever had a fallThat didn't burn with laughterLiving it downJust enough time to revelAll this talk aboutThe machine and what it meansOn the street side wal...

Medicine Hat Son Volt

"There will be droughts and days inundated Unveilings free from saturationDepartures raised with no masquerading.There will be teachers that die by their own handPundits that push headlong for aton...

Flow Son Volt

"Wasted air, breathe so lowSame old politics of showJust don't find it the same as I leave itStill in the flowStill in the flow and I'm low to the groundJust wanna bring it aboutAlready seen from t...

Dead Man's Clothes Son Volt

"Who do you answer to?No one there, just pride.Will that water mix with bloodTo make the hollow man decide?No more dead tides, or red tidesWash over in this dream.I'm going, going downtownIn a dead...

Right on Through Son Volt

"Waking brow, descending sunTo scenes that strum, still sawing awayBreak for the wayward and for the strangerWe're all in this danger, said the screed on the wall.Through it all, through it allForc...

Carry You Down Son Volt

"What has been given to this unforgiving surrounding?No contribution save an unwanted coffin.Can you share the news, the lowdown, what has happened?There's intrigue and passion of a murdering sort....

Question Son Volt

"My mind's made up to pacing across the floorNo point in staying if we're not saying warI don't mind hanging aroundWhatever now and what else can I do?It's a question of you.Thoughts careen till I ...

Streets That Time Walks Son Volt

"The beliefs from the status quo picture drop down like from a drip dispenserLeaving too many paths that lead to one-way talk with only the darknessSun breaks on a buffer-zone madness fleeing ghost...

Hanging Blue Side Son Volt

"Say hello to the blue side hanging aroundDidn't think it mattered, just a force of habitWith room to roam, the wayside heals all thats wrongDidn't think it mattered, now the writings on the wallBe...

Blind Hope Son Volt

"Spend a million dream days; shook the hand of time, served godsWaited around the display, saw no revelationNo good to go feet first, all distraction and hesitationWith a bucket for the leakage, br...

Windfall Son Volt

Now and then it keeps you runningIt never seems to dieThe trail's spent with fearNot enough living on the outsideNever seem to get far enoughStaying in between the linesHold on to what you canWaiti...

Live Free Son Volt

Looking for the right kind of live free or die...I want to see your smile through a pay phoneThe season has changedI want to see you in itThe lights that shine are caustic without you.When we're al...

Tear Stained Eye Son Volt

Walking down Main StreetGetting to know the concreteLooking for a purpose from a neon signI would meet you anywhere the western sun meets the airWe'll hit the road, never looking behindCan you deny...

Route Son Volt

Reality, it burnsThe way we're living is worseThe pillars of inspiration are all falling downThe clean-up won't work while the fallout goes on.And it's now or never, too close to the latterWe're al...

Ten Second News Son Volt

When you find what matters is what you feelIt arrives, and it disappearsDriving down sunny 44 highwayThere's a beach there known for cancer waiting to happenWhen you're out across the county lineTh...

Drown Son Volt

Sky cracks open, walls falling to the floorJust as well to keep it, a guessing game in storeYou're with me now, will be againAll other points in betweenAnd the cruel, cruel morningsHave turned to d...

Loose String Son Volt

One-way streets and square oneThe answers don't come from any one directionNot a care in the world, no better way to goIt's fine here, watching it go downHalf the trouble's in the askingAnd I know ...

Out of the Picture Son Volt

You may be quite sure you know where you're goingBut sooner or later you're out of the pictureToo many lost names, too many rules to the gameBetter find a focus or you're out of the pictureSomewher...

Catching on Son Volt

Can't find a reasonCan't find a wayGuess it's not you and meOnly dogs have their dayAnother case of words that meltIt's not a question of rightNightmares in broad daylightSeason crash, season burnY...

Too Early Son Volt

Mileage has taken its tollPaid it with lines to showYou've had your fill of asphaltCough tremors, and smoke-filled doorsLook like the habit controls youYou look like you need a restYou've made it t...

Bandages & Scars Son Volt

Can't taste holy waterCan't find it in a wellBeen doing a lot of thinkingThinking about hellThinking about the ozoneThinking about leadThinking about the futureAnd what to do thenThe words of Woody...

Afterglow 61 Son Volt

Hannibal's son saw the Gold Rush, Saw the Civil War done, Then settled down some On Highway 61. There's no reason to feel downhearted. There's music in the wheels. There to be found.

Jet Pilot Son Volt

Jet pilot for the day, washed his sins away Loves to see the rangers play His daddy has a job in Washington Wants to raise a Harvard son Junior liked to let his hair down Only trouble is word gets around

Ipecac Son Volt

Happy hair with fashion eyeClimbed up the Ivory TowerJust forgot what the game was forJust forgot what the game was forSing the streets of silenceHave to fight the wayFrom the bone cook up the morn...

Who Son Volt

A mobile means to make the timeA whirlwind half mast the sensesShaking your own brand of rhymeShaking your own brand of rhymeOn wide avenues the air moves the soundCruising aroundWho makes the minu...

Endless War Son Volt

Brought up in the neighborhood of restlessnessBrought up in the neighborhood without dreamsBrought up in the neighborhood around deathWe all discover the right time to open our eyesStill trying to ...

Medication Son Volt

Living on medicationDon't wanna know what I've donePlace to place, on the runLiving on medicationLiving on medicationWanted to slow the world downMake a break concentrate onDifferent solutionRealiz...

6 String Belief Son Volt

Written about to deathAround for another breathThe cops will runThe masses will flowKilled by consolidationKilled by saturationThe underground will correctWith reaction rebellionRock and roll aroun...

Gramophone Son Volt

Three generations can't be wrongRoll around roll around with their favorite songsVinyl disc with power to hypnotizeVisions of blues and jump and jiveColors in sound jump outSitting by the gramophon...

Chaos Streams Son Volt

The faces we carried broke apartBelieve in the powered distance fadeFrom the dying dust a marauding shineFor the shedded skin and soulSmile upon the chaos streamsTurning point calm awaits youStop r...

World Waits For You Son Volt

When the world wants right and wrongCould you break me the newsIf I asked you to lieWould you tell me the truthIn this darkest hourA brave face will break soonThe world waits for youThe world waits...

I Don't Need No Fancy Shit (Bonus Track) Atmosphere

would be sittin' on a lot more crop He did such a bad job at bein' a bad cop That its obvious to me that the reason that he robbed him was Sidney Sid was a sick kid that needed a kidney The grandson, son

Cuando Limpia El Humo Atmosphere

When you burst, it won't be an accident It'll be a worldwide web of heads takin' this shit back again (6-1-2) Now find the emergency exits 'Cause I'ma snap a spine to make an example of the skeptics (Atmosphere

Good Daddy Atmosphere

baby's hands are the evidence of purity Thinking back to the day baby came And how it changed the whole game, things ain't the same Daddy had to stop running it crazy Keep his ass in the home with the son

Multiples Reprise Atmosphere

See now it's simple, call me "son", I'll refer to you as "surrogate" The turntables turn cause you was tugging on your tunicate Underwent the upset and made your whole unit urine In the vents, sprayed

Cats Van Bags Atmosphere

big bullet hole [Brother Ali] Shoot through it as a union, with the best of my crew Bumpin melodies and memories too, my heads killin me, ohh Stomach empty, my bladder is full Two years old son

Guarantees Atmosphere

now we making competition instead of sticking together can't save, no nest egging in fact this nest in rented, infact the rent is late, wait the money aint here, the raise ain't coming it's just me, my son

Less One Atmosphere

that from his drunk old man Heavy-fisted bag of piss used to throw those hands That's why he never goes easy on kids He's got his own kids now, he knows exactly how it is Now last week he caught his son