Wanderlieder wanderlust
Railroad path mostly rust
Little towns turned to dust
Before my eyes

Give it to the great plains
Leave it for the wind and the rains

Hill and valley walk the wash
Many miles have I crossed
Main street gone and dance hall lost
to the view

A hundred fallen houses have I seen out here
Everybody disappears
Eventuality is clear
There's nothing new

Give it to the great plains
Leave it for the wind and the rains
Turn it over to something I can't explain
Give it to the great plains

Fight back a sentimental ache
It was always meant to break
There is nothing these great plains can't take
or take away

Water tower far away
Green turns gold, gold turns gray
What a lonely thing to say
Way out here

Give it to the great plains
Leave it for the wind and the rains
Turn it over to something I can't explain
Give it to the great plains

I used to breeze, used to dance
Used to glide through life
But these days I'm just scraping by
I used to sing, used to care, used to try
But these days I'm just scraping by

You can't give me enough rope to hang em on
Those times were good but gone
I know I can't be the the only one
Those times were good but gone
So long

I used to feel, used to laugh, used to cry
But these days I'm just scraping by
I used to wish, used to hope with all my might
But these days I'm just scraping by

Taking so much flak cause I'm
Over the target, I'm
Falling back at the speed of light
These day's I'm just scraping by

You can't give me enough rope to hang em on
Those times were good but gone
I know I can't be the the only one
Those times were good but gone
So long

I used to breeze, used to dance
Used to glide through life
But these day's I'm just scraping by
I used to sing, used to care, used to try
But these days I'm just scraping by

Embattled on all ends and I'm wearing thin
These day's I'm just scraping by
I don't mean to make a fuss
but I'm making it, if just

Found a place
Heart of a hedge maze
Somewhere inside my mind
And I can go and visit
Just not whenever I want
Only by surprise

It's a castle in the clouds
And I'm not coming down
It's a memory
of tomorrow coming to me

I'm a weeping willow
I cast long shadows
When the sun is in the west or in the east
I raise an arm to meet it
Swaying in the breeze
As the grass grows around my feet

Ooooh silly dream
I don't know what it means
It must be real
This fuzzy way I feel

Waking on a beach
The sound of surf and sea
The tide rolling in around me
Living out my story
Just laughing and dancing
Bouncing to those magical beats

I just want to fall into
A field of De Ja Vu
The vibe so vulnerable
I just want to take part in
That secret garden
Aesthetic of long ago

It's a castle in the clouds
And I'm not coming down
It's a memory
of tomorrow coming to me

I ain't giving up now
Ain't no way now how
We've come so far
And tried so hard
And I ain't giving up now

I ain't throwing in the towel
Ain't no easy way out
If it's worth the pride
Then it's worth the fight
And I ain't giving up now

If I do
It'll be because we're through
Not because of you
I know that I've got limits
But I ain't giving up now

I know the way it's gonna sound
But I'm just saying what I've found
If it's up to me
To let this be
Then I ain't giving up now

No I ain't going underground
But I ain't waving it around
We may agree
To disagree
But I ain't giving up now

Then If I do
It'll be because we're through
Not because of you
I know that I've got limits
I know that it takes time
I know you've got problems
And you know I've got mine
But it just takes some patience
And a little bit of trying
Just a touch of common sense
And the will to compromise
To reach that common goal
To get on down the line
Cause I know where you're headin'
And you know where to find me
Just give me a reason
Just give me a sign some how
I know that I've got limits
But I ain't giving up now

Midwestern girl
Do you remember when
You lived next door?
We were summer friends
Midwestern girl
Let's go play outside
Under the sun
There's so much trouble we could find

Way back then
It was us
We could talk in just the right way
Never asking why
We were kids on the roof
Laughing till the moon was raising
Then summer passed us by

Midwestern girl
You've been gone a while
Where did you go
You lost that summer smile
Midwestern girl
The one who came back home
Was not the same
The magic was gone

Way back then
It was us
We could talk in just the right way
Never asking why
We were kids on the roof
Laughing till the moon was raising
Then summer passed us by

Way back then I remember
Loving you all summer
Till day turned I to night
We were kids on the loose
Just howling at the moon
Didn't notice that time
Had passed us by

Had passed us by
Midwestern girl

From the crest
Of the tallest hill I can find
I survey
The land flowing out below
The sky is clear
The sun is kind
Trees are green
The prairie yellow

The path that leads
From the point I stand
May lead anywhere
Even back to here

From the step
I take to mark the start
There is a pace
That I feel I can meet
If I clear my eyes
And ready my heart
The second step
Leads to shuffled feet

The path that leads
From the point I stand
May lead anywhere
Even back to here

The things I see
As I stroll on my way
Change my view
Of the world I walk
The leading trees
The wild waving hay
Solemn shrubs
Under eaves of rock

The path that leads
From the point I stand
May lead anywhere
Even back to here

The sounds that spring
from the land a by
like a crickling
stream that courses on
the leaves in the air
rustle and sigh
their thought are spread
by the wind like songs

The path that leads
From the point I stand
May lead anywhere
Even back to here
The road I walk
Is my way home
It may lead anywhere
Even back
To here

Stuck in your planet once again
Had another famous crash landing
Didn't even get it fixed before I went
Just took off from the last one

Should probably have a ship tech look at it
Computer's saying that the booster has no lift
Some kind of problem with the fuel line or the mix
I hope it's not a bad one

But whilst I am here
I just want to say Hi
I could get a lift over
If you wouldn't mind

I just want to see your face
You could invite me to your place
I promise to behave
Better than last time

Ship tech says I'll be here for a week
Something about the Xenon sprung a leak
I don't have a clue about these things
Just doing what they told me

So I'll be at the hotel for a short
Booked into the one I could afford
On the other side of your spaceport
I hope it's not a bad one

But whilst I am here
I just want to say Hi
I could get a lift over
If you wouldn't mind

I just want to see your face
You could invite me to your place
I promise to behave
Better than last time

I know you're happy where you're at
I should just leave it at that
Are you still taking care of our cat
I really miss her

I'm not as desperate as I seem
Perhaps it's all just been a dream
I hate speaking to your machine
That means it's over

I felt the rain again
Running down my chin
Screamed to the world again
That I am not afraid
So leave me a lone

We will never be the same
I could see it on your face
Even then

Crawled to my bed again
I think it’s sinking in
You had your big scene
And exited stage right
Step away from the spotlight

We will never be the same
I could see it on your face
All the shame
My disgrace
You can't take it back
And I'd never replace it
Even then

The morning sun
Or a clear starry night
Neither touch the sight
Of seeing your eyes
For the first time
In a couple of years
I couldn't fight the tears
When you arrived

And it's still there
It's buried in the grain
Of who I am
It's still there
It's buried in the grain

The morning sky
Lights my eyes
I finally recognize
What home is
It's not a certain place
It's not a certain time
Bun an actual surprise
You've let go this

And it's still there
It's buried in the grain
Of who I am
It's still there
It's buried in the grain

And it's growing deeper
As I grow older
And I can feel it sinking
Into the layers

The morning sun
Or a clear starry night
Neither touch the sight
Of seeing your eyes

And it's still there
It's buried in the grain
Of who I am
It's still there
It's buried in the grain
And sinking further every day
It's still there
It's buried in the grain

Waiting for you
Waiting for you
What in the world can a lonely boy do
I'm stuck in a room
Stuck in a room
Looking everywhere for an open view
And I don't even know
What I'm waiting for
Or where to look for sure

It keeps me up at night
Trying to figure out
How to put things right
Something I chose long ago out of spite
A world that I saw different
And took it out on you
I never meant to

Waiting for you
Waiting for you
What in the world can a lonely boy do
I'm stuck in a room
Stuck in a room
Looking everywhere for an open view
And I don't even know
What I'm waiting for
Or where to look for sure

The world is in the way
Of me and you
Can't you understand
What it's putting us through
I wish that I could fix until there's nothing
Left oh broken left
Here I am holding my breath

It keeps me up at night
Trying to figure out
How to put things right
Something I chose long ago out of spite
A world that I saw different

The world is in the way
Of me and you
Can't you understand
What it's putting us through
I wish that I could fix until there's nothing
Left oh broken left
Here I am holding my breath

A north wind howls
Howls at a full fowl moon
A moon that burns
Burns in it's waxing waves
I breathe it deep

The waves of light
Crash on a pupil beach
the grains of sight
separate the divide
I breathe it deep

Sharp and cold
It takes it's hold
It rips its way into your bones
That cold north wind that cold north wind
Rips its way into your bones
I breathe it deep

The division
Feeds on my breaking will
Rage inside me
Burning my self control

Sharp and cold
It takes it's hold
It rips its way into your bones
That cold north wind that cold north wind
Rips its way into your bones
I breathe it deepSharp and cold
It takes it's hold
It rips its way into your bones
That cold north wind that cold north wind
Rips its way into your bones
I breathe it deep

Once I hit that open road
I knew there'd be no going home
There would be no looking back
Wherever I was at

Once I hit that open road
Knew that I was gonna stay
However far away
Ain't no looking back

It's like starting over
And over again
Back to square one
Back on the mend
Back on the mat
Counting to ten
It's like starting over
Again

This old road I'm riding on
You know we get along
From here there is nowhere
I'm too far from

Wish that I could understand
Accepting that I never can
If it's as simple as you say
Then I wasted every day

It's like starting over
And over again
Back to square one
Back on the mend
Back on the mat
Counting to ten
It's like starting over
Again

What an ending
A new beginning
Sprang from nowhere
I can say
But I wasn't looking
And you saw it coming
From no less than a mile away

Once I hit that open road
I knew there'd be no going home
There would be no going back
Wherever I was at

It's like starting over
Every day
It's like starting over
Come what may
Back on the road
Back on my own
It's like starting over
Again

Gotta breakaway tonight
Away tonight
Come on, Come on, Come on
Gotta breakaway

Caught up in a space lane
Like I'm one bad decision away
I can't tell what I'm trying to say
Spinnin'

Like a weather vane
But it aint like me to complain
So all the same

Gotta breakaway tonight
Away tonight
Come on, Come on, Come on
Gotta breakaway

Gotta breakaway tonight
Away tonight
Come on, Come on, Come on
Gotta breakaway

(Message)

Feelin' unimportant
Even though I know it just the way that I get
And it's best if I try to forget
It's true
Cause nothin' is for certain
Maybe I'm just wasting all the chances I can
Or the changes leave me feeling like I want to get moving again

Gotta breakaway tonight
Away tonight
Come on, Come on, Come on
Gotta breakaway

Gotta breakaway tonight
Away tonight
Come on, Come on, Come on
Gotta breakaway

Come on, Come on, Come on
Gotta breakaway

Come on, Come on, Come on
Gotta breakaway

Come on, Come on, Come on

Maybe next year
We'll record these songs
We wrote years ago
Didn't think it'd take so long to make a record
Then the songs they just kept getting better

Maybe next year
We'll pick the best of them
Rehearse them up a bit
Try to take them in and make a record
Unless we write us something better.

Something happened along the way
Then we lost another day
So here we are now
In this devious future
It takes so much longer

Maybe next year
We'll take the record out
Show it off a bit
Just like we did when we were younger
Before the songs got any better

Something happened along the way
Then we lost another day
So here we are now
In this devious future
It keeps getting shorter

Maybe next year
With the rest of these songs
We wrote years ago
We'll try to follow up that other record
And keep on writing something better

Something happened along the way
Then we lost another day
So here we are now
In this devious future
I feel so much older
Time goes so much faster
What we're we after

Do you remember us
More than friends
How could I forget
Do you remember us
Holding hands
As the sun set

It’s not coming back
It’s all over with
It’s not coming back
But how could I forget
How could I forget

Do you still reminisce
Like you did then
How could I forget
All the whispered words
Against the wind
The most important

Is not coming back
It’s all over with
It’s not coming back
I better let this sit
It’s not coming back
I may comprehend
But how could I forget
How could I forget

Before I go
All in
I'd like to know
What it means

For me to be
In love again
For me to be
In love

Cause honey if its true
What can I do

Before I start
Over again
Please tell my heart
How it ends

I know that's unreasonable
But all the same
I need to know
That it's safe

For me to be
In love again
For me to be
In love

Take a chance on me
And I'll trust in you
If you say it's true
I'm

All In

It's a sad day
To waste away
And a sad thought I ponder
Figurines dancing
In the rain
Little fists of wonder
And Emily sits and
Taps her toes
To the sound of her heart breaking
But somehow
She's always been
There for me

Emily says she loves me
But no the way you think
And somehow
We're running on the brink
Of destruction
And I hold her smithereens
In the palm of my grasp
Gotta put them back together

It doesn't feel much
Like a Monday
Doesn't feel like afternoon
Doesn't mean
I wanna be here
Doesn't mean I wanna go
And I hope it's still
Raining outside
It's always so cold in here
Yeah it's always
So Cold
So Quiet, So Weird, So Queer

Emily says she loves me
But no the way you think
And somehow
We're running on the brink
Of destruction
And I hold her smithereens
In the palm of my grasp
Gotta put them back together

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Was a time
When we were young
Never thought that life would change
And now
It seems
We will never be the same

If you go
Don't be a stranger
I don't want to lose a friend
The you I know
Is slow to anger
Don't say we'll never meet again

Here we are
At the door
Our lives in our hands
And how
We got here
I will never under stand

Was a time when you and I
Would not believe
We'd ever see the need to part

But here we are alone together
Suffering like victims of a broken heart

If you go
Don't be a stranger
I don't want to lose a friend
The you I know
Is slow to anger
Don't say we'll never meet again
If you go
Don't be a stranger
I don't want to lose a friend
We both know
This is stupid
We know it can't go back again

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When gas was at it’s highest
I was at my lowest
Internal combustion blues
I had no place to go
I had no way to get there
Save for these two tired shoes

If the going got tough I got gone
The road was enough to depend on
And everywhere I went, I saw automobiles
Endlessly spinning their wheels

When shoes were wearing thin
I had thought of giving in
Internal combustion blues
Had I a place to go,
I knew that I could get there
On the back of these two dollar shoes

If the road got too rough I could lie down
Walking from small town to small town
And everyone who stopped, and offered a ride
Should know I was laughing inside

So drive them old sedans
Them pick up trucks and vans
S U V’s too many to choose
But they’re gonna cost you trouble
And gas is gonna cost you double
Internal combustion blues

Throw away the keys to your automobile
Vow to never get behind the wheel
Again, if you can
It’s just good advise from a friend

They’re death traps don’t you know
If you don’t I just told you so
Internal combustion blues
And anyplace you go
You’re better off to get there
On the back of a good pair of shoes

Throw away the keys to your automobile
Vow to never get behind the wheel
Again, if you can
It’s just good advise from a friend

Come on now
Internal combustion blues
I said come on (one and all) right now

Internal combustion blues

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lyrics
Junebug buzzing at the window
Put the light out
Junebug buzzing at the window
Put the light out
She aint scared of the darkness
Put the light out
Put the light out

Firefly flicker in the backyard
Put the light out
Firefly flicker in the backyard
Put the light out
They aint scared of the darkness
Put the light out
Put the light out

Cause its gonna be a long night
Its gonna be a long ole night

Little bird sleeping in a coalmine
Put the light out
Little bird sleeping in a coalmine
Put the light out
We aint scared of the darkness
Put the light out
Put the light out

Cause its gonna be a long night
And I cant sleep at all
Its gonna be a long ole night
I been waiting for the call
I been waiting for the fall
and I can risk it all
But I cant sleep at all

Sickle moon says
you're sleeping like a princess
in the darkness
like a statue
waiting in the forest
for a waking kiss

playing at a weakness
roses on a white dress
I remember nothing less

sickle moon says
listen to the voices
as a witness
of a story
spoke in verses
with a message

playing at a weakness
behind glass
I remember nothing less

Ooooh
what the sickle moon says
Ooooh

Sickle moon says
you're sleeping like a princess
as the moments pass
And a hero
on white horses
Will be there at last

playing at a promise
roses on a white dress
breaking through the magic
behind glass
brush hair from cheek and
The lightest kiss
I remember nothing less

sickle moon says
just watch the eyelids
as they open
be the visage
to first sets sight on
in the moment

waiting with a promise
a wreath and a white dress
a field of roses
Can Ka No Rey
This happy ending
ours at last

I remember nothing less

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