The Trouble Tree

Track listing:
Innocent
Down on the Moon #1
No Violins
That's What You Get
Fun Ride
Gina
Nature Boy
Bad Girl
After My Shocks
Tucumcari
Down on the Moon #2
Little Red Haired Girl
The Trouble Tree (bonus track)
Little Red Haired Girl (Remix) (bonus track)

Innocent

We're going back, I know it's true
We're going back, I wish you only knew
How innocent
This boy is innocent
He's innocent

We're going back, I know it's true
We're going back, I wish you only knew
How innocent
This boy is innocent
He's innocent

Come on

Innocent
This boy is innocent
He's innocent
Uh huh, alright
Innocent
This boy is innocent
And now he's going to prove it

You work so long
I know it's hard
You work so long
You are so innocent
And now you know, you know me well

And now you know, I wish you only knew how
Innocent
This boy is innocent
He's innocent
Uh huh, alright
Innocent
This boy is innocent
And now he's going to

Innocent
This boy is innocent
He's innocent
Uh huh, alright
Innocent
This boy is innocent
And now he's going to prove it


Down on the Moon #1

Down on the moon
I saw you again
I saw you smile
I saw you again

You were my friend
But I feel near the end
Down on the moon
I feel near the end

Calling every guy I knew
Let's go out drinking
Down on the moon
Calling every guy I see
Let's go rip it up
It's just about to get me down

Up all night, down on the moon
You can bet your life I'm down on the moon

You were my friend
But I feel near the end
Up all night
But I feel near the end

Calling every guy I knew
Let's go out drinking
Down on the moon
Calling every guy I see
Let's go rip it up
It's just about to get me down

Get me down
Get me down
Get me down
Get me down

Down on the moon
I saw you again
I saw you smile
I saw you again

You were my friend
Were my friend, were my friend
Up all night
But I feel near the end

Calling every guy I knew
Let's go out drinking
Down on the moon
Calling every guy I see
Trapped under the moon
Just like me

Calling every guy I knew
Let's go out drinking
Down on the moon
Calling every guy I see
Let's go rip it up
It's just about to get me down

Get me down (x 7)


No Violins

Here's a song, it's got everything you want
Except no violins

I can see the way you're leaning on the door
The shape you're in

You better go now cause you'll never be sad enough

Cut it out I mean it I don't even wanna hear it
No violence

Orchestrate a little extra
Don't do it like you came in

Next time you might wanna call me up

I'll see you walking down lonely street
Got the look but it's incomplete
And I don't want you to start
Playing with that cause it's nowhere near my heart
You better go now please
Please no violins

Look at me I made it baby listen can't you hear it
No violins

I can see the way you're driven on the carpet
The shape you're in

You better not come back, better not come back

Here's the door use it been great wait a minute
No violence

Conduct yourself like a human cause I'm not listening

This is the last sound
I am going to hear

I'll see you walking down lonely street
Got the look but it's incomplete
And I don't want you to start
Playing with that cause it's nowhere near my heart
You better go now please
Please no violins

I'll see you walking down lonely street
Got the look but it's incomplete
And I don't want you to start
Playing with that cause it's nowhere near my heart
You better go now please
Please no violins

Here's a song, it's got everything you want
Except no violins

I can see the way you're leaning on the door
The shape you're in

You better go now cause you'll never be sad enough

You'll never be sad enough (x 3)


That's What You Get

Too bad about your place
Well that's how the cellophane curls
I will walk back tonight
Kick through the ashes of your guitar

In a long black coat, broken shoes
I was right there and you didn't know

Too bad about your place
Well that's what you get for being hungry
I will walk back tonight
With all my beautiful friends

Too bad you can't lay down
Well that's what you get for standing up
I will walk back tonight
Kick through the ashes of your guitar

In long black coat that looks like hell
With a ring I found by the biker bar
Where the smoke is trying to get away
I was right there and you didn't know


Fun Ride

Get the boss on the telephone
Man I'm not staying around here
On this first day of spring
I saw a carnival truck

Get some clothes on for a change
Cause we're leaving in two minutes
Help me push-start the car
There's a ride, I know you're gonna love it
(Whoo!)

Like a walk down a windy street
Like the day you get your check
I know just what you need
We can go get your little brother

It's a fun ride
It's a fun ride
It's a fun ride
But I won't guarantee you
That I won't go back again

Get inside, grab that bat
Watch your hat so it doesn't get blown away
I might stand it myself
Better let me sit next to the door baby okay

Sometimes I'm sitting in the dark
Watching you sleep, listening to the freeway
Look down and tell me you're afraid
I know that you are
I know that you'll never say
That

Pull the plug on that thing
It won't lift you fifty feet
Let the dog out in the yard
Hurry up and go to the bathroom

They better know I'm not coming in
Better things to do than fix brakes
The sun is out but I might bring my coat
I'm gonna win you a stuffed rabbit

Like a ride in a fast car
Like a windy summer night
I know the best thing
And it's better than any other

It's a fun ride
It's a fun ride
It's a fun ride
But I won't guarantee you
That I won't go back again

Here we go, it's a fun ride
If it gets too much you just let me know
Can't you see your back yard tree
Don't you see what I've been waiting for

Sometimes you're a little girl kicking your legs out
Sometimes you've got ten years on me
I don't have a whole lot for you
I guess I'm not much to your family

Best thing's when you turn around
Look back at the ground
I don't think you ought to try that
I can see the water tower
Rising like the moon over the first national bank

Sometimes you break my heart
I just wanna hold your hand but you run away
Look down and tell me you're afraid
Cause I know that you are
Like I know that you'll never say

It's a fun ride
It's a fun ride
It's a fun ride


Gina

Gina's down by the water
The water's up around Gina
All last night I was crying
Crying for my baby

Gina spent my money
I spent my money on Gina
You can say I'm lonely
Lonely for my baby

Hey I know that
Don't you lie to me
I know that
Don't you lie to me

Gina's down by the water
The water's up around Gina
All last night I was crying
Crying for my baby

Hey sit down son
I'll tell you a story about the way things was
To make you sit up in your sleep
It's kicks when you're feeling down

Sit down son
You wanna hear a joke
Well I got one
That's just how my Gina sang
That's just how my Gina sang


Nature Boy

Waiting for Nature Boy
After falling out of bed
Pressed his sentimental leaf
Look him up hand to mouth

Let me tell you about Nature Boy
And the man with the double chin
Now you be serious
Or I'll lock you down in the cellar with him

Pulled a gun on Nature Boy
Bet the planet don't spin
Piled up a door, a tree limb, a bag of cans, a bean bag

On tour with Nature Boy
Barking like a clown
Oiled and smiling
Light brown and ivory

That day I kind of grew
Gills and fins
I said, "The race that's through
Is the one I'm in"

You looked at Nature Boy
Passed out in my arms
I thought everybody knew

Let me tell you about Nature Boy
And the man with the double chin
Lost as a baby to wolves
Then through effort, frustration

Here comes Nature Boy
Would you look at him
Raised by wolves
Now he's in the Senate, President!

Let me show you courage, friend
Barking like a clown
When the moon, the clouds, the sea, the animals, even the rocks

Looking at Nature Boy
Standing in the setting sun
Looking at Nature Boy
Standing like a mannequin

That day I kind of grew
Gills and fins
I said, "The race that's through
Is the one I'm in"

You looked at Nature Boy
Passed out in my arms
I thought everybody knew

The sign said "Nature Boy
Five miles ahead'
Tall and strong
Alert to changing needs
Growing, changing
Growing fur, wings, a horn, sharp and dangerous gills,
And a third eye

Does not sleep as we know it
Long tongue, never fully concealed hooves
A scaly tail and back
And a pouch of mystery, which moves

This is the story of Nature Boy
And the man with the double chin (x 3)


Bad Girl

Well you sure can wake up early
In a thousand dollar room
With a car parked out in Jersey
Oh man you should have seen me

You get your best ideas
When you cut your head wide open
They made a bad girl, alright
They made a bad girl, alright

Bad girl (x 3)

Well you sure can wake up Sunday
With a thousand dollar headache
I was looking kinda funny
But I was not feeling funny

You get your best ideas
When you break your neck on the stairs
They made a bad girl and they made her here

Bad girl (x 2)

Well you sure can wake up hungry
In a thousand dollar room
With a top-drawer headache
And a car parked in Union City

You get your best ideas
When you cut your head wide open
They made a bad girl, alright
They made a bad girl, alright

Bad girl (x 5)


After My Shocks

In a little house
By the glowing dump
Called Oak Track
Driving down by the new beach
Is the only cure

I hang my hostages
It was pretty great

After my shocks
I feel very relaxed
After my shocks
I guess now I can get a job

They made big peace
After much trouble on the holidays
Bringing up the kid
Went so fast, strip some hair away

They were very young to deliver one
In another state

After my shocks
I feel very relaxed
After my shocks
I guess now I can get a job

Sure it's Japanese
Walk the plank
On your knees

From my little house
I send you my best wish
Better you're out there somewhere
Than in here with me

I lost some memories
That's O.K.
Ignore all evidence
Roaming like strays
Dress like the king of my front room
In my slippers and shades

After my shocks
I feel very relaxed
After my shocks
I guess now I can get a job

After my shocks
After my shocks


Tucumcari

He was out sunning with the youth
He was seen in a damaging light
Picking popcorn from his tooth
Ordering cocktails with his eyes

She had a face like a dumped-out ashtray
Spitting out straight abuse
Vocabulary of a broken marquee
And a wit she couldn't use

Get your feet off of my dashboard
What do you think the damn thing's for
At least try to look pretty
Tonight we're going into Tucumcari

Pulled a wet bill from his shoe
Wrinkling a dignified face
By the broken heart shaped pool
In a less than enchanted state

She was off at the little girls' room
With a boy from the Trouble Tree Bar
Snapping her jeans while the radio sings
I love you just the way you are

Get your feet off of my dashboard
What do you think the damn thing's for
At least try to look pretty
Tonight we're going into Tucumcari (x 2)


Down on the Moon #2

Table for two
Down on the moon
Under the lonely stars

He's gonna go
Back to his car
Down on the moon

Walking around
Down on the moon
Under the empty park

He's just about
To let it get him
Down on the moon

She's a singer and a heart of candy
But she only knows one song
She's a singer on the moon
He's blaming everything suddenly gone wrong

For two
Dinner for one
Called everyone he knew

Let's hit the town
Let's rip it up
I'm down on the moon

Up in the park
Down on the moon
Over an empty glass

He's just about
To let it get him
Down on the moon

She's a singer and been up all night
With her song right between his ears
She's a singer on the moon
He's wondering, "How did I get up here?"

She's a singer and he's not quite listening
But whispering the words
Smiling down but he won't be looking
Up at her

Table for two please
Down on the moon
Under the lonely stars

Table for two
Down on the moon
Under the lonely stars


Little Red Haired Girl

When I was half myself
I guess I was another guy
I was gonna find my way to your world
Little red haired girl

I was not quite myself
That was some other time
You were gonna help me out, I wasn't sure
Little red haired girl

Running for the crosstown bus
Looking like another guy
I looked everywhere I know and now I'm here
Little red haired girl

Standing on a pouring street
Looking at my angry feet
I was gonna find my way to your world
Little red haired girl

I've been down to the piers
Run through the park
Been through hell
Looking for my little red haired girl

Been to the corner
Asking everybody
Looking all through my pockets
For my little red haired girl

Been to the circus
Down to the projects
All around town
Looking for my little red haired girl

Been through the summer
Run through the snow
Lost my coat
Looking for my little red haired girl

Little red haired girl (x 4)


The Trouble Tree

Up in the Trouble Tree
Drinking with Leela's ex
Up in the Trouble Tree
Fighting with Mexicans

Never been to New York
Got a brother in Galveston
Up in the Trouble Tree
Been there more than once

I'm shaking like a leaf
He looks like a very bad fruit
He's rotten through with grief
Falling out of the Trouble Tree

Up in the Trouble Tree
Talking to the banker's wife
Up in the Trouble Tree
Go to the Mexican wearing a knife

Never been to Hong Kong
Didn't make it on down to France
Been to the Trouble Tree
Ain't got enough fingers on my hands

He's out on a limb
Keeps a shotgun in his truck
You'd better stay away from him
Up in the Trouble Tree

Went to Dodge, had a fight
Got locked up overnight
Came back, went to see
Who's sitting up in the Trouble Tree


Little Red Haired Girl (Remix)

When I was half myself
I guess I was another guy
I was gonna find my way to your world
Little red haired girl

I was not quite myself
That was some other time
You were gonna help me out, I wasn't sure
Little red haired girl

Running for the crosstown bus
Looking like another guy
I looked everywhere I know and now I'm here
Little red haired girl

Standing on a pouring street
Looking at my angry feet
I was gonna find my way to your world
Little red haired girl

I've been down to the piers
Run through the park
Been through hell
Looking for my little red haired girl

Been to the corner
Asking everybody
Looking all through my pockets
For my little red haired girl

Been to the circus
Down to the projects
All around town
Looking for my little red haired girl

Been through the summer
Run through the snow
Lost my coat
Looking for my little red haired girl

Little red haired girl (x 4)

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