Carry You Down Son Volt

Can you share the news, the lowdown, what has happened? There's intrigue and passion of a murdering sort.

World Waits For You Son Volt

When the world wants right and wrong Could you break me the news If I asked you to lie Would you tell me the truth In this darkest hour A brave face will break soon The world waits for you The world waits

Been Set Free Son Volt

I am the voice of Lilli Schull Muffled since nineteen three When my lover became my murderer And burned the flesh off of me My life's been a burden Now I'm going home I've been loaded down Now I've been

Straightface Son Volt

"Call out your castaway You'll wake up to carry in the new day Send 'em out from the castle on high Talk is talk, solely in your mind Claim-stake the final words What goes around is knocking at your front

Last Minute Shakedown Son Volt

"You're constantly defining what's left A half-empty bottle of beer Your misses, match-ups And now here A weight lifted, a weight on the next Some days you don't know why And high a-bove it's all clear

Question Son Volt

It's a question of you. Thoughts careen till I can't stand up Where's the crime in a streak of bad luck?

Back Into Your World Son Volt

"Living for the moment It flashes and fades And takes you down Familiar deserted byways Shelf-stored memories Lead you where you been No long ago And guess who's guessing now?

Left A Slide Son Volt

"Pattern doesn't match Pictures fall from their base Pulling out of the race Put up the red flag Matters close at hand Cross over the land You get so diffused You wanna kiss the ground Leave no sound Take

Streets That Time Walks Son Volt

"The beliefs from the status quo picture drop down like from a drip dispenser Leaving too many paths that lead to one-way talk with only the darkness Sun breaks on a buffer-zone madness fleeing ghosts

No More Parades Son Volt

[Chorus] That's the way the hinge turns, just half way round Believe it all first, finally flickers out No mood anymore, hold up, hammer down the stake No more parades Got to know a friend with a think

Cemetery Savior Son Volt

"You could change your ways Living long enough to stay But you're leavin' before the day breaks Your proving ground is strange Your proving ground is strange No pain, no need to blink You say it's better

Way Down Watson Son Volt

Wrecking-ball operator Twenty years pulling the lever And these windows shield the cold From the weather of my soul [Chorus] And feel the heart-strings sinking fast Another treasure found, another tumbling down

Ten Second News Son Volt

When you find what matters is what you feel It arrives, and it disappears Driving down sunny 44 highway There's a beach there known for cancer waiting to happen When you're out across the county line The

Too Early Son Volt

Mileage has taken its toll Paid it with lines to show You've had your fill of asphalt Cough tremors, and smoke-filled doors Look like the habit controls you You look like you need a rest You've made it

Driving the View Son Volt

"From different levels Just pieces together Never had a fall That didn't burn with laughter Living it down Just enough time to revel All this talk about The machine and what it means On the street side

Blind Hope Son Volt

, all distraction and hesitation With a bucket for the leakage, brackish feelings to bail out Living it up on the downside, living out what's inside Taking it at full stride, taking it Here's one for you

Tear Stained Eye Son Volt

Walking down Main Street Getting to know the concrete Looking for a purpose from a neon sign I would meet you anywhere the western sun meets the air We'll hit the road, never looking behind Can you deny

Windfall Son Volt

Now and then it keeps you running It never seems to die The trail's spent with fear Not enough living on the outside Never seem to get far enough Staying in between the lines Hold on to what you can Waiting

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

Route Son Volt

Reality, it burns The way we're living is worse The pillars of inspiration are all falling down The clean-up won't work while the fallout goes on.

Afterglow 61 Son Volt

Get out from under the gun And drive down Highway 61. 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.

6 String Belief Son Volt

six string belief The declaration framed the states Revolution sets the course straight It was necessary then And it's necessary now Corruption in the system A grass roots insurrection Could bring them down

Hanging Blue Side Son Volt

sidetracked blind Different point of view from far away Sidetracked blind, strung out Just living between the lines The blues have shown and kidnapped your heart away Didn't think it would happen, now I know you

Loose String Son Volt

One-way streets and square one The answers don't come from any one direction Not a care in the world, no better way to go It's fine here, watching it go down Half the trouble's in the asking And I know

Medication Son Volt

Living on medication Don't wanna know what I've done Place to place, on the run Living on medication Living on medication Wanted to slow the world down Make a break concentrate on Different solution Realization

Flow Son Volt

Still in the flow Still in the flow and I'm low to the ground All control is out, spinning A new beginning, tracking and finding Look what we have Talks resumed, strike avoided Political mood winding down

Catching on Son Volt

Can't find a reason Can't find a way Guess it's not you and me Only dogs have their day Another case of words that melt It's not a question of right Nightmares in broad daylight Season crash, season burn

Caryatid Easy Son Volt

"And I remember one faded summer And I remember the curtain call Waiting outside, watching the time fly Way you roll the dice Leaves my eyes There is no way to hide You live inside my mind You play A caryatid

Live Free Son Volt

I want to see your smile through a pay phone The season has changed I want to see you in it The lights that shine are caustic without you.

Creosote Son Volt

"Passing under barren skies Waiting for our worlds to collide, and there you are All alone Feeling bad Interstate movin' again Barrel through thick and thin, side by side To survive like creosote Born

Chaos Streams Son Volt

The faces we carried broke apart Believe in the powered distance fade From the dying dust a marauding shine For the shedded skin and soul Smile upon the chaos streams Turning point calm awaits you Stop

Out of the Picture Son Volt

You may be quite sure you know where you're going But sooner or later you're out of the picture Too many lost names, too many rules to the game Better find a focus or you're out of the picture Somewhere

Picking Up The Signal Son Volt

"We've been through the thick Straightaways after Dragged for days on end Turning away from faster Downshifting low Reaches a point you know But I can't complain 'cause I know you're around Keeping with

Dead Man's Clothes Son Volt

"Who do you answer to? No one there, just pride. Will that water mix with blood To make the hollow man decide? No more dead tides, or red tides Wash over in this dream.

Drown Son Volt

close now to change it Fool's gold is lighter anyway When in doubt, move on, no need to sort it out You're with me now, will be again All other points in between And I want to find the right side of you

Who Son Volt

mast the senses Shaking your own brand of rhyme Shaking your own brand of rhyme On wide avenues the air moves the sound Cruising around Who makes the minutes move The postmeridian new Who Who else but you

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...

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...

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...

Atmosphere Son Volt

Love is the pavementWith spit in your heartSlow diamond's no laughterSweep the hellhound trailTranslate the facesWash off the dustSmoke plume twilightAmerican tearsPrairie-burnt eyes tell the hell ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Dog Eat Dog 220 Volt

Offering a finger Stepping back without an arm Checking every corner Of your own front lawn Oh, take a look around it's dog eat dog Never show a weakness Got to do the best you can Barking keeps the distance

Eye To Eye 220 Volt

Playing with my torment heart I know the games you like Lead me to the precious part And then turn out the light Anybody, anybody there My body's anybody there My body's taking off My mind is going nowhere

Dangerous 220 Volt

It's nearly midnight, my favorite hour Beginning to feel the raging power Making me d the things That I've been missing Like when I'm lonely, weary or down I take any wheels and head out of town Away from

Live It Up 220 Volt

time Girl you're really getting old Drop that mask you're wearing Roll, roll over and go Taking everybody home Your body's gonna party alright Taking everybody home Turn the music up, live it up Tear down

TWELVE VOLT MAN Jimmy Buffett

might turn some heads Sometimes I may get alittle drastic Sometimes I just let my feelings show Sometimes I may be a bit sarcastic Most times that's the way the story goes Now I know this Joe down

I'm On Fire 220 Volt

"In the absence of a working brain My mind on vacation, must've been insane A fool for love I kissed my life goodbye At the wedding the word was spread around A memorable occasion, watch a man go down

Carry You Letter Kills

You're thinking that's the price you pay, For waking up a little late. I got a chance and danced away. I'm sick of trying to find a way, RIGHT NOW And running out of words to say.