LET ME LOVE YOU Lost in a kiss in a car Pushing for the one that you think you are I left you howling for a dream It ain’t what it seems Let me love you Hold me tight Let me love you Let it rise above you Table, chair, solid oak She leaves me wanting more I rode the Greyhound And ended up at her door Let me love you Hold me tight Let me love you Let it rise above you Didn’t aim at perfection Aimed at finding truth Sitting in San Diego With my guitar, feet kicked up on the roof Let me love you Hold me tight Let me love you Let me love you tonight Candles in the windows Frost on the trees You need to be warm So don’t forget me Let me love you Hold me tight Let me love you It’ll be alright Let it rise above you It’ll be alright

LOUISE, SAY GOODBYE I know it’d be easy if I could just break away from this same old swing set, these same old trees but in my heart, I know I’ll stay. Got to move, got to open my eyes when that part of me dies. Open up your eyes. It’s so beautiful, wonderful. Something you’ve never seen before. Swinging on a swing set. So young, so innocent. Would you know it was beautiful if it never came to an end? I’ll hold on to my tune as the light fills the room, you’re gonna be beautiful soon. Kickin’ around the neighborhood. Remember when you were up to no good. Runnin’, playin’, singin’. In the distance, bells were ringin’. Ring those bells, ring those bells. Let’s remember ourselves. Louise, say Goodbye. Those beautiful days are gone. But something strange and different will come. Everything in front, all that passed behind. I think I’ll find my dreams down on Hollywood and Vine. Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up your guitar and play. Create tomorrow and sing for yesterday. You got those flowers all around you. You got ribbons in your hair. I think we could grow old together. I know it’s now or never. We dream of who we wanted to be. We dream of who we were to each other. All the days that pass into reverie. Frosty windows, frosty days. Catchin’ a train to New York. Wish I was in San Diego, where the ocean seems to touch your eyes so slow – so mellow like gold. Let’s go where the air is light. Where there is music. Music, movin’ your hips. I think I could kiss your lips. Dirty old streets. Give me my winter coat. Give me some time alone. To wander through the snow and sleet. I think I’ll figure it out. Why you don’t remember all the things I remember. When snowy December chills me to my soul. To my very ember. Louise, say Goodbye. Those beautiful days are gone. But something strange and different will come. When you’re caught between the chords of a song. The triumphant strain brings me back home again. Ring them bells, ring them loud. Say goodbye, say hello. Ring them bells. Let us remember ourselves. Just put your dusty old boot heel upon the first stair. Catch a train. You’ll go far away, in the great open spaces. Spread your wings. You’re going away. Kickin’ around the ideas of your younger years. Something you learned so long ago. Before you knew how to know. You’re going out into a night of deep black. The night is out of whack. And I know you’re not coming back. Sometimes it feels so good to be hopelessly alone. But all I’m after is trying to find someone who’s been alone. Louise, say Goodbye. Those beautiful days are gone. But something strange and different will come.

BAJA BLUES I think I’ll pack up some wine And some flowers so sweet and pure I’ll gather up my good intentions And run swiftly out that door I know I won’t need them on the other side But you never can be sure Take me downtown, baby you know That darkened sky’s descendin’ down on me Oh, desert train keeps rollin’ you know Like the waves of the sea Goodbye Baja Hello eternity I won’t need them on the other side The sun’s going down you see Take me downtown, baby you know That darkened skies descend down on me Take me downtown, baby you know That darkened skies descend down on me

THE DEVIL IS LAUGHING I learned it young and I learned it good The devil is coming, the devil is coming I don’t see a way to turn I should The devil is laughing, the devil is laughing I’m down and broke and busted see It’s infected me, it’s infected me Don’t see a way to turn I should The devil is laughing, the devil is laughing I’ve lost my love for what I know truthfully All this misery, all this misery I work hard to live by the book of dreams It speaks to me, it speaks to me There is light in the sky, red ‘neath my feet I lost loved ones and dreams on the street Put a pitchfork through the hail and sleet The devil is laughing, yes he’s laughing at me There is happiness ‘neath a shady tree And a light to inspire on my childhood street But long ago the light left me The light left me, the light left me For a brief moment I saw the sea Filling up with blue, covered with gold and green And the sun was shining, I started to see But the light left me, the light left me Now I know the song and I can’t change the key I hear the sound each time I try to alter my destiny The devil is laughing, the devil is laughing The devil is laughing, the devil is laughing The devil is laughing, the devil is laughing The devil is laughing, the devil is laughing The devil is laughing, the devil is laughing

WHAT WAS SHE THINKIN’? Beautiful girls, babes, ambling in the barrio Simple melodies playin’ on the stereo I get some coffee, I get some tea I see those big boys, stirrin’ up mystery (Who?) What was she thinkin’ when she fell for him? What was she thinkin’ when she gave her heart away? What was she thinkin’ when she fell for him? I’m tired of seeing girls like her Go to guys like him The evening falls, the kegs are tapped The angles are jutted, the angles lack Someone tried to attack from the back He got chased out with a baseball bat What was she thinkin’ when she fell for him? What was she thinkin’ when she gave her heart away? What was she thinkin’ when she fell for him? I’m tired of seeing girls like her Go to guys like him Beauty is skin deep There’s no objective way to define a creep I guess bodies connect and talk is cheap But still, I mean, really Can she be serious? What was she thinkin’ when she fell for him? What was she thinkin’ when she gave her heart away? What was she thinkin’ when she fell for him? I’m tired of seeing girls like her Go to guys like him

THE SUN NEVER SAYS GOODBYE The night is dark, the day is light The street is full of cracks You were lonely and exercising With the wind at your back I held you in my arms Before you started to cry But the sun never says goodbye No the sun never says goodbye I focused on a drainpipe You focused on the grass Water trickles through the streets And you forgot to ask We felt silent and important But we didn’t even try The sun never says goodbye No, the sun never says goodbye Run a thousand lights and fold While the day goes whizzing past If you are the first today Tomorrow you will be last Stack up all your decisions And tell me why each one had to die The sun never says goodbye No the sun never says goodbye

BHY KRACKE We all love our favorite park Rainier beer and dungarees Meet you over there after dark Over at Bhy Kracke White hats and well-worn fleece Camel packs and the ringer tees Drunk chicks and keg parties Over at Bhy Kracke Far from your folks Far from responsibilities Hop in your daddy’s car It’s not that far Over at Bhy Kracke Potato chips and fresh pep sticks People standing in the street 20 bucks for one of these Over at Bhy Kracke Make noise at 1am Make out behind the trees Cops are bustin’ it up again Over at Bhy Kracke Far from your folks Far from responsibilities Hop in your daddy’s car It’s not that far Over at Bhy Kracke All the Catholic, high school kids All the future college grads Need a place to get away A light to see Over at Bhy Kracke We might move away someday But in our hearts there will always be That late night get away Over at Bhy Kracke Far from your folks Far from responsibilities Hop in your daddy’s car It’s not that far Over at Bhy Kracke Far from your folks Far from responsibilities Hop in your daddy’s car It’s not that far Over at Bhy Kracke Where we could just be free

FALLING INTO BLUE “Meet me down at the café” She said as she combed her hair I said, “I’ve got to work again So I’m afraid I won’t be there” She said, “I’m meeting Joe and Shelia To help them get through their exams They are always so difficult When they are busy making plans So I won’t see you” She said and closed the door The sun is going down On this sleepy, coastal town I was born when I first met you Now the grave is in the ground I’m rootless and exposed But I still feel the same for you It’s all we need, fade to black I’m falling into blue I put my hand on her arm When I met her the next day My mind was like a cloud And she was the sunlight through the gray Your man has other colors And he has a diamond ring But I know he’s not my brother Still, we love the same thing And that is you I said and squeezed her hand The sun is going down On this sleepy, coastal town I was born when I first met you Now the grave is in the ground I’m rootless and exposed But I still feel the same for you It’s all we need, fade to black I’m falling into blue In the distance a dog barked The grass was freshly cut She took a sip of coffee What she said kicked me in the gut She said, “You are so fragile And I do not really know Why I want him, since he’s not you But with him, I have to go So I’m leaving” She said and grabbed her keys The sun is going down On this sleepy, coastal town I was born when I first met you Now the grave is in the ground I’m rootless and exposed But I still feel the same for you It’s all we need, fade to black I’m falling into blue

EASY AND WONDERFUL Our nights are gonna be lovely Our days are gonna be warm Come away from all your troubles Come in from the storm She said it’ll all be easy And wonderful from now until the end When our worlds come to a hush All the colors begin to blend She reminded me of pictures From the 1920s Talkin’ about romance Talkin’ about romance She said it’ll all be easy And wonderful from now until the end (When our worlds come to a hush) All the colors begin to blend I looked at her with watered eyes And said only my piece quickly I said life hasn’t been tough enough To inspire a loafer (someone) like me She said it’ll all be easy And wonderful from now until the end (When our worlds come to a hush) All the colors begin to blend Bridge: She came from a rough neighborhood And stepped it up for me She’s looking over her shoulder Towards the stars she sees She said it’ll all be easy And wonderful from now until the end (When our worlds come to a hush) All the colors begin to blend

BETWEEN THE BRIDGES I crossed a bridge six feet wide And met an old man by a tree He was waiting there for me He did not hide I said, “Why?” and he sighed He said, “You crossed the bridge alone You have the answer deep inside “The road is wide with a bridge in between And the path is as rough as you allow it to be When life gets too hard and you have to be strong Just hold your head up high because the journey is long” I crossed a bridge fifty feet wide And saw a young man by a car He had stumbled from the bar To get a ride I said, “Why?” and he cried “I have been looking for the answer But the answer, I know, is inside “The road is wide with a bridge in between And the path is as rough as you allow it to be When life gets too hard and you have to be strong Just hold your head up high because the journey is long” I crossed a bridge fifteen feet wide I came to find nobody there No one was waiting on the other side I’ll say, “Why?” up to the sky And when something blocks my way I’ll remember brighter days come by and by “The road is wide with a bridge in between And the path is as rough as you allow it to be When life gets too hard and you have to be strong Just hold your head up high because the journey is long”