“dont let them tell you the future’s electric
cause gasolines not measured in metric.”
-The Big Three Killed My Baby
Yeah you’re pretty good looking for a girl
your eyes are wide open
and your thoughts have been stolen by the boys
who took you out and bought you everything you
want now
-You’re Pretty Good Looking for a Girl
Find a canary
a bird to bring my message home
carry my obituary
my coffin doesnt have a phone
-Hello Operator
The motion of her tiny hands
and the quiver of her bones below
are the signs of a girl alone
and tell you everything
you need to know
-Truth Doesn’t Make a Noise
Soft hair and a velvet tongue
I want to give you what you give to me
and every breath that is in your lungs
is a tiny little gift to me
-Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
these two sides of my brain
need to have a meeting
can’t think of anything to do
my left brain knows that
all love is fleeting
-Fell in Love with a Girl
Well I’m sorry but I’m not
interested in gold mines,
oil wells, shipping or real estate
what would I liked to have been?
everything you hate
-The Union Forever
300 people living out in
west virginia have no idea
of all these thoughts that lie
within you but now
-This Protector
You’ve got her in your pocket
And there’s no way out now
Put it in the safe and lock it
’cause it’s at home sweet home
-You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket
Don’t you remember?
You told me in December
That a boy is not a man
Until he makes a stand
Will, I’m not a genius
But maybe you’ll remember this
I never said I wanted to be a man
-The Air Near My Fingers
Don’t even need a drink of water
To make the headache go away
Give me sugar pill
And watch me just rattle
Down the street
-Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
Jack it’s too bad about the way you look
You know I gave that horse a carrot
So he’d break your foot
Will the two of you cut it out
And tell ‘em what it’s really all about
-Well It’s True That We Love One Another
Forever, just the word that she said that means never
To be with another together
-Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)
Well, let’s do it, let’s get on a plane and just do it
Like the birds and the bees and get to it
-Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)
She’s been singing it all along
But you were hearin’ a different song
-The Denial Twist
‘Cause everyone that’s under your shoe
And every bird and bee in the jungle, too
And everything in the ocean blue
They just happen to know exactly what to do
So why don’t you?
-Instinct Blues
White Americans, what?
Nothing better to do?
Why don’t you kick yourself out
You’re an immigrant too.
-Icky Thump
Well there’s three people
In the mirror
And I’m wondering
Which one of them I should choose.
-300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
Look another way girl I’m telling ya
God gave seven minutes right to ya.
And your mother put her money into platinum
So that you wouldn’t have to pay
Attention.
-Bone Broke
And there was a time when all I wanted was my
Ice cream colder, and a little cream soda
Oh well, oh well
And a wooden box, and an alley full of rocks
was all I had to care about
Oh well, oh well, oh well
But now my mind is filled with rubber tires
And forest fires
And whether I’m a liar
And lots of other situations where I don’t know
What to do at which time God screams to me
“there’s nothing left for me to tell you.”
-Little Cream Soda
I dig your little laugh
And I’m loving your quick wit
I even love it when you’re faking it
-I’m Slowly Turning Into You
I ain’t saying I’m innocent
In fact, the reverse
But if you’re headed to the grave
You don’t blame the hearse.
-Effect and Cause
