1.
Gypsy Wind
2. September
3. MIss Mighty
4. When The Rooster Crows
5.
Daisy Don't You Know
6. Biding My Time Again
7. Drugstore Love
8. A Brand
New Feast
9. Let's Remember
10. Along the Way GYPSY WIND She
turns her collar up
And she shuffles away
Her warm breathe it steams
In
a seamless way In the foggy dim of evening
On the seaside slope
She
recalls some glimpse of love
And some semblance of hope She's sick of
trying to stay afloat
She won't bother rockin' the boat
She's had enough
She
knows what's gonna come It's gonna be a cold gypsy wind
And the storm
front's rollin' in
It's another hard mornin' comin'
And doesn't really know
anyone
Or hold anything The clouds whirl around
As she dreams of
sailin' away
The height's brought her
Too close to her fears She's
shakin' up on the ledge
And all pain has left her head
And she's overcome,
all too soon
By the smallness of her years She looks out to the sea
Says,
"Lord, come rescue me
I want to see how it feels
To fall endlessly… And
she's gone on a gypsy wind
And, sure enough, the storm is here again
No
more lonely mornings, they've come to an end
And for this broken world
She
hasn't left a thing SEPTEMBER When the steel rims crack and
the summer's slippin away from you
And the mornings glide in on the wings of
an autumn dew Well, it seems that we've come apart like an untied bow
You
taught me more about lovin' than I ever wanted to know But it's OK when
the rain falls on the snow in September
And the white night chills me to my
very ember September
Blowin' down the halls of the cathedral
Shinin'
light on all that is not evil
Letting me know how to begin
September
Letting
me know I've got a savior
Autumn lets me know it's not a sin
To start all
over again I remember rollin' down the highway like a cannon ball run
I
remember the first time I saw Nashville, I don't think I've ever felt so young Well
we can't escape livin', no matter how hard we try
But we can shake it off when
the August Mustang slips away and dies But it's OK September
Blowin'
down the halls of the cathedral
Shinin' light on all that is not evil
Letting
me know how to begin
September
Givin' me four weeks for good behavior
Autumn
lets me know it's not a sin
To start all over again Sail on through those
golden days, keep shinin' like the sun
Your time will be through before your
song will be sung But golden luster is so hard to hold on to
September's
gonna carry me, you now I'm not through
I'm just a different hue September
Blowin'
down the halls of the cathedral
Shinin' light on all that is not evil
Letting
me know how to begin
September
Givin' me four weeks for good behavior
Autumn
lets me know it's not a sin
To start all over again MISS MIGHTY I
met you on some stormy evening
You were running from the people who loved you
You
told me about Verlaine
And crazy, crazy days
Spent out on some distant avenue But
hold up, Miss Mighty
Your world won't let me in
The heavens crumble just
outside your door
So give up, Miss Mighty
Have some time for an old friend
Just
one night, not one hour more I guess the weather is warm in California
I
guess you found your way like you said you would
But why not fondly gaze on
some clearer, simpler days?
I think that ragged age was plenty good enough But
hold up, Miss Mighty
Your world won't let me in
The heavens crumble just
outside your door
So give up, Miss Mighty
Have some time for an old friend
Just
one night, not one hour more Hold up, Miss Mighty
Shake your blues off
Just
one night, not one hour more WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWS Hey now,
you don't know
What's gonna come when the rooster crows
You throw it all
away on love Daddy's on the porch steps
Screamin', "Life's not over
yet!"
His gut is getting' bigger like an aged marine
And you know
Hey,
his ship's pullin' in
He's been to hell and back again
Wants to know whether
there's any passion left for him Hey now, the lawn is green
It's smokin'
hot down in New Orleans
Where the black girls run barefoot in the dust
Hey
now, the black men sneeze
With the chessboard balanced on their knees
They're
content to smile and not make a fuss Hey now, he didn't know
What would
come when he crossed the row
Wedding bells put his life on the right track Hey
now, years are gone
He's war-torn and wants to move on
But married life's
gone and done it to him
And you know sometimes it's hard
Daddy's on the
back steps
Screamin', "Life's not over yet!"
Seems like the age
is havin' it's way with him Hey now, he's goin' gold
50 years in the
December cold
It's midlife and he's crawlin' over the hill
Hey now, il fait
beau temps
What's not here now is forever lost
He swallows his fortune just
like a pill He remembered how the death smelled
In the fog of war and
the flying shells
Whistling past the waves and the white, speckled sands of
the lagoon He wanted some island girl
To take his blue blood for a whirl
He
had a rich buddy or two
It mattered not that his blood was blue
Till the
enemy fire spilled his blood out, gushing crimson-maroon Hey now, he didn't
know
What would come when the foghorn blows
And whisks him away to some
foreign land
Hey now, you don't know
What's gonna come when the rooster
crows
But you can never make sense of experience Daddy's on the back
steps
Screamin', "Life's not over yet!"
He ain't gonna let age
have his way with him OH DAISY, DON'T YOU KNOW? There's the
reticent woman
With her reminiscent man
Recalling the vague, beautiful images
Of
being drunken on the sand And in the clubs and the cafes
La Belle Vie!
Vite, Vite my man
Consumed in the mystique of the dotted nighttime
And the
water's soothing hand Oh Daisy, don't you know the hour is near?
When
we've got to pack up our bags and get out of here How she looks like an
angel
'Neath the brown leaves a fallin'
She smells like the outdoors comin'
inside
Off a deep, autumn wind She's bundled up tight
'Neath the smoggy
New York lights
And she says,
"Hey, do you remember those delightful,
drunken nights?" Oh Daisy, don't you know the hour is near?
When
we've got to pack up our bags and get out of here She's stumblin' on the
avenue
Envisioning that wide, foreign sea
She's lost in the pizzicato strings
That
played such a spare melody He says, "It was splendid back then
The
wretched charm of this place is wearing thin
Let's get on with this
Let's
be expatriates again" Oh Daisy, don't you know our departing hour is
near?
Those days when we were young and bold are so far away from here BIDING
MY TIME AGAIN She walks on broken glass
Through half-deserted streets
I
can tell her by the surly
Company she keeps And love is holding, folding
under you I'm biding my time once again
I'm biding my time once again
I'm
biding my time once again
I'm biding my time once again You always seem
to have a
Flower in your ear
Your grandma's dress
And your hippie veneer You're
young and stupid, take a look in the mirror
You're just like a skeleton, take
a look in the mirror I'm biding my time once again
I'm biding my time
once again
I'm biding my time once again
I'm biding my time once again DRUGSTORE
LOVE When those brilliant skies used to rip the fear from me
And
it seems for a moment that distances were clear to see
But you know time slips
away so easily
And when I see you, you float by so weightlessly I'm breakin'
down on my knees
Time stole my little victories
All the hours are swept
aside
Time is stealin' my midnight ride But who can you harass
When
you're lyin' on the green, green grass?
Drugstore love is not in vain Times
were such that I could not fill up my cup
And it didn't matter that what I
did was never good enough
We needed some place to hide, to forever hide away
But
I'm afraid we can't hold onto those dimestore days You say, "You're
free
As the lonely day is long
You're free
To finally sing your song" Love
will come to pass
When you're lyin' on the green, green grass
Drugstore
love ain't for keeps
But it's not in vain Drugstore love
Drugstore
love
Drugstore love
Drugstore love
Now the rain has set in and we're
gettin' older
And it's rare that I look over my shoulder
But when I'm lyin'
on my back lookin' at the stars I recall the spell that we were under
And I
recall the smell and the sighs and the nights of wonder But the nights seem
shorter and the air seems to have grown colder
And I wished that I had been
stronger, oh I wish I had been bolder I'm breakin' down on my knees
Oh,
time is such a pitiless, relentless tease
Can't help thinkin' that God is wrong
Time
is playin' its funeral song Love will come to pass
And who can you harass?
But
for now we're lyin' on the green, green grass
And I say Drugstore love ain't
in vain
It ain't for keeps
It ain't for keeps
But it ain't in vain BRAND
NEW FEAST Well, all roads take you home
Running never changes being
alone
You ran to Rome, you ran to the East
You were runnin', tryin' to move
this feast On a tragic night you bid goodbye
All those memories of old
You
imagined a brand new night under a Spanish sky
You imagined all the exotic
ports of call about which you'd been told Well, keep on smiling
And keep
on dancing
I always knew you'd turn out all right in the end
Everywhere
you go
Everyone you meet
Every day is a brand new feast You walked
around an old Roman town
You saw the floor of Luca as the walls crept up around
But
you were dreamin' of a sweet Taquita swept with rain
On some Mediterranean
terrain You ate well and you just can't tell
Where you'll end up come
next fall
But to have been lucky enough to live this as a young man
It's
a brand new feast after all Well, keep on smiling
And keep on dancing
I
always knew you'd turn out all right in the end
Everywhere you go
Everyone
you meet
Every day is a brand new feast This is what I am
No longer
a young man
Always look both ways
And I we can dine together when we can Well,
keep on smiling
And keep on dancing
With the faith that you'll turn out
all right in the end
Everywhere you go
Everyone you meet
Every day is
a brand new feast LET'S REMEMBER I'll walk ahead of you
I'll
tell you things that you already knew
We'll walk hand in hand
Darlin' then
you'll understand Everything you've ever wondered about
All the lamplight
images, all the wild streams flowing under
Bridges by the wild oak trees
Grab
a hold of me I'm right where I want to be In a field of tall grass
All
innocence comes skating past
Grab a hold of it
When it pays you a visit Let's
remember
Let's remember Walkin' down the road on a green and blue day
All
your worries melt away
In the hot, hot, hot sun
These streets don't remember
anyone But they belong to us
Let's kick our feet up
Let's kick up
a fuss When in the midnight hour
We're dancing
Outside the breeze
is blowin'
The lamplight dancin'
Sweet, sweet romancin' I'll walk
you home
In the warm night Let's remember
Let's remember Wash
your face in the stream
Wash your worries clean
Pack your bags and let's
go
I tell you things you already know Let's remember who you wanted to
be
Let's remember what we wanted to see Let's remember
Let's remember ALONG
THE WAY I. The moon it glared down on us
My old friend and
I
We stood out on the lookout
Telling each other lies "I'll make
my fortune early
Then move to paradise
And live on sweet rum and the beach
And
there I'll love life" But the smell of rum did already rankle
I
could smell it on his breathe
And his passion for connecting with wasn't there
Would
haunt him till his death Well friend, you know your dreams will
Shimmer
in your eyes till your dyin' day
But the beach it calls you and me
And I'll
meet you along the way II. A new friend of mine and I we sat
And
studied the marketplace
We been brought together
By a zeal for the rat
race The maroon logs and navy blue books
Called from the bookshelf
And
bade the students well
We were wretches, consumed in ourselves When the
books have proven barren
Or scored us wealthy pay
We'll be closer to what
we're after
And I'll meet you along the way III. Her hair was strange
and lovely
And brown above her eyes
She'd look over my shoulder
To the
other white-suited guys I'd known her for some time now
And wanted her
as my own
She didn't wear the forlorn look of a life that
All the other
girls with her beauty had known She said she couldn't love me
I wasn't
going in her direction
I seemed like I swung a speckled axe
She was lookin'
for moral perfection I said you know, our fathers both sleep
Beneath
the same sun's ignorant rays
And we'll always live close by the same old Jesuit
road
I'll meet you along the way IV. When I met her again she was
thin
And young and full of life
Her body ripe for the pluckin'
Deemed
fit to be someone's wife The days when she would shun me
And pass me
by without a hesitation
Were gone as age had set in
And her old friends
had fallen out and left the station There will be more shifty people
But
don't let that guilty conscience weigh
You down, cause I know you think you
screwed up when you lost me somewhere down the line
But I'll meet you along
the way V. Two friends they moved swiftly
Toward each other's
side
Two kindred souls, two broken molds
Two pairs of eyes so wide They
joked and played their lives out
And drank and made their nights long
They
knew they'd be on top someday
When the A&R man heard their song One
always felt that life had dealt him
Something quite unique
Everyday after
he was born healthy
He was pushing for his peak As this day ends the
boy hasn't
Achieved new heights on his own parlay
But the other boy is
there to lean on
To meet him along the way VI. Two hearts they
rushed together
On a frenzied, formal eve
Among the spotlight dancers
He
took her side and could not leave The boy, a dreamer, poured his soul
Out
to the girl immediately
They thought that nothing could keep
This infant
love affair from flowing free But time rolled on and, as it does,
Showed
them all was not so rosy
She said, "I may seem like a character from your
favorite book
But I'm not when you get to know me" She said, "I
loved you once
But I'm afraid I cannot stay
Still, the road's gonna get
rocky and I'm offering, if you want,
To meet you along the way" VII. We
all take separate paths
We scatter like the fountain spray
But we'll all
go down the same stream
And we'll meet up along the way
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