| Can You Fly Tracklisting: Trying to Tell You I Don't Know Well I sold the dirt to feed the band Falling right through my hands Yes I sold the map up to the sky Falling down always Trying to wake up in your head Trying to cry with the red light on Trying to tell you I don't know Well I sold the dirt and bought the road (Written: Can you tell us just where we're going) (sung: Let me tell you right where we're going) Yes I sold the house where I Iearned to walk Falling down always Fifty bucks to use the van Trying to find your city Trying to get back my guitars Trying to tell you I don't know Well I sold the dirt for a song Bleeding on every note Yes I sold the map up to the sky Falling down always Trying to sing what I can't say Trying to throw my head away Trying to cry with the red light on Trying to tell you I don't know In the New Sunshine Now I will burn before I sing Wouldn't get too close Now I will play my shriveled song in the new sunshine Wait, better cover your bleeding heart Better cover your open eyes We can never run out again in the new sunshine I was a skinny white singer With no more time I was approached to clue you in on the new sunshine We're caught, better cover ourselves with this Better wait here for the night We can never run out again in the new sunshine Hey wait, we'll be smoking on the beach Dedicating songs Now I'd like to send this out in the new sunshine Tearing Down This Place Knock it down, take it away We've got work tearing down this place Take it away, take it away, take it away Here's the room where they lay awake Through a complicated night He was staring at the wall And she cried and cried and cried Under a roof that held the real rain out And covered up the sound He built her every wall And we have to tear it down Knock it down, take it away We've got work tearing down this place Built for a ghost, haunted by love, left to decay Knock it down, take it away We've got work tearing down this place Take it away, take it away, take it away Here's the door he would walk right out On an undecided night He was spelling out her name In the artificial lights Through this window she could see her man Staring at the town He built her every wall And we have to tear it down Knock it down, take it away We've got work tearing down this place Built for a ghost, haunted by love, left to decay Knock it down, take it away We've got work tearing down this place Take it away, take it away, take it away Remember Me I was lost up on the mountain I was lost on an empty sea I was lost down in the canyon Now I'm coming home Will you remember me Well I left town with a hardcore band Headlights shining on the beach Left my money in a Maxwell's coffee can Down by the cemetary gates When I walk into your kitchen And I hold your (sung: tiny; written: loving) face Mother dear Will you remember me I was lost up on the mountain I was lost on an empty sea I was lost down in the canyon Now I'm coming home Will you remember me Down a lawless border of here and there Not finding any way to get by Jumped a garbage floater in a dead cold night Cried under a beautiful sky When I walk into your bedrom And I look you in the eye Sister dear Will you remember me Wheels There really is a town called Hopeless On a faded map circled in blue Boy thrown bottle of highway bridge Lost men driving in circles I got wheels I followed that big sign out of here Left with a box I still cannot find A boy holding out his empty hand Young man kicking himself down an unconscious street There really is a town called Hopeless On a faded map circled in blue Young man spinnning off an icy bridge Boy drawing himself in the driver's seat I got wheels The Lucky One Walking from the bus stop Couldn't wait to get off I know I'll be the lucky one Walking through the twilight Cold Nevada twilight I know I am the lucky one On the wheels On the tabletops On the handles with my shirt off On the floor On my heels again I know I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm . . . I'm standing on the corner If I could find a dollar I know I'd be the lucky one Standing in the last light Artificial daylight I know I am the lucky one Can You Fly Can you hear me Now the wind is dead You fell from the cloud In the frozen mud Can you see me And my idiot son Down in golden light Thrown out of the dark You came down, down, down, down in a midnight flash You came down, down, down, down on a midnight storm We've all been looking at you I must know, is it true Can you fly Can you hear the wind Now the light is dead You flew from your bed Woke up on the floor Can you fly tonight From my (written: useless; sung: pointless) fence Back into the cloud Up into the wind Responsible She has gone to New York City That old suitcase holds no funny stories I packed it once on her first birthday Now that wasted shame has grown up with her The streets are slick with dew and motor oil A girl walks in and out of the morning sun A barred window reflects the cloudless sky No blue reaches those eyes She has gone to New York City Through that arch on a summer night I went there once on her first birthday Lay my burning head on the cool stone It's raining blossoms down in the concrete park A girl walks in and out of the evening shade A broken angel weeps through her spraypaint smile No tears can reach me while I know I'm not responsible I know I'm not responsible But I want somebody to lie And release me into the past And I want to know what I knew For the secret word to tell you that I know I'm not responsible I know I'm not responsible But I want somebody to lie And to lock me out of the years And I want my problem again And a secret word you will not hear Goodnight my dear, goodnight my cold little one Has your dream begun She has gone to New York City The Mortician's Daughter I used to love the mortician's daughter We drew our hearts on the dusty coffin lids I grieve tonight over this letter My tears dissolve an image in the careful ink Her father stands in the open door He's waiting for her There's a storm blowing across the lake It's late summer On the broken step is a cardboard box full of wilted flowers She whispers in my burning ear It doesn't matter I used to love the mortician's daughter We rolled in the warm grass by the boneyard fence Her skin so white The first leaves falling This long forgotten night I am there again Her father stands in the open door He's waiting for her There's a ribbon printed with last respects Blowing down the gutter The rain comes in, she drops my hand, she's turning, laughing And I used to love the mortician's daughter I used to love the mortician's daughter We drew our hearts on the dusty coffin lids There's a lonely dove out on the telephone wire I turn my head and she flies away Sincere Mister can you tell me where I've come from Looked like hell to me, took so long And it's a frustration Like I really need one And the man at the station wouldn't help me at all Help me at all They think the Yank is just a jerk Well this clown hocked his golden gloves He ran out all ripped apart Holding that solid gold heart He paid the witch for a virgin's skinny arms The warmth of her tiny voice A little choice she won't recall A thin veil she would not lift I am sincere Mister can you tell me wat to call this place I've been cheated like I've never been And it's a frustration Like I really need one And the man at the hotel's been breaking my balls Breaking my balls They think the Yank is just a jerk Well this clown hocked his golden gloves He ran out all ripped apart Holding that solid gold heart Down in Love Down inside I feel the morning It's still too dark to see Down in love I know they're laughing No more dreams for me Down to the street with an early shaking (Down in love) Down to the park but the park ain't open (Down in love) Down so far you must be joking (Down in love) No more dreams for me The day breaks down and cries a river It soaks me to my heart Down in love I know they're laughing Tearing us apart Down to the docks where the wind is blowing (Down in love) Down in the rain, cold and soaking (Down in love) Down so far you can't be broken (Down in love) No more dreams for me No more dreams for me California Thing High off the roof we rise Flying to a hand up in the sky All the bells in the city ring I'm doing my California thing It was a la, a la, a la It was a lie, a lie, a lie I'm doing my California thing It's happening My house down on the rocks The waves stood up and began to walk All the bells in the valley sing I'm doing my California thing We Will Shine Get your red dress on, we'll go out tonight Where the blue light's right, we will shine, we will shine Get your red dress on, we'll go out tonight We will shine, we will shine We will shine like the stars Winding down with the hours I will shave in my sleep I will dream in my shower I brought you here But you don't complain And I find you crying on your birthday Get your red dress on, we'll go out tonight We will shine, we will shine, we will shine When I met you when Down on what's that street How you knew my name Why I wake up there sometimes still Now I'm five days tired And I'm twenty years poor And I'm sorry about your flowers I guess I slammed them in the door Well I brought you here But you don't complain And I find you crying on your birthday Back to the main lyrics page.
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