EYES
LIKE WINDOWS Everybody's eyes are like
windows on this bustling boulevard
The children of the neighbors are wandering
down through the yard
I can't find the pantomime that's rolling like the waves
of a disco
And my heart is racing, my mind is scattered like a million flakes
of snow I met a mountain woman who erased
a few years from me life
She said we could be passionate if we didn't worry
about her becoming my wife
I said I have a home somewhere and I'll find it
if I look for long enough
She said we'd live like royalty once we settle on
some distant bluff
ROSIE
Rosie,
darlin' you're eyes are like fine china ware
Even now I can still feel the
weight of your stare
Was so many miles ago that we kissed on the stairs
Sunlight's in your eyes so you think you can go anywhere
Rosie, Rosie
Seems everybody's getting young
Except for you and me
Rosie, Rosie
It's still a mystery
Uh-oh, I'm 40 already
Everywhere
I look I get weak in the knees
We can make it if we pray And think of it as
a breeze Afternoon sun on an orange wall is all
I recall Barbeque chicken in the kitchen and
the kids play basketball
We'd sit on the steps and guide the world with our
childish hearts
You wouldn't believe me when I told you it would all fall
apart
SCRAPS
Deliver me from loneliness, greed and exile
You know I don't know what
is true
My ego gets the better of me
It's been a few years
You've
changed quite a bit
Such strange creatures over here
Always taking on
new identities
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 came from a rough neighborhood
And stepped it up for me
She's looking over her shoulder
Towards the stars
she sees 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 like me ANGEL
She looks like an angel
The brown leaves are falling
She
smells like the cold
We're deep into autumn
She seems more at home
In fall than in June
Her skin is like porcelain
She stokes the crystal moon I
THERE ARE TOO MANY THAT COULD LOVE HER I
thought she might love me
If she didn't have much else going on
Because
they always seem
To love you when they're lonely
When they've got another
Their agenda changes and they're gone
I can't
imagine not fearing
Whether she would stay or go
There are too many that could love her The moonlight
is blue upon the deck
SOUTHERN BELLE
I blew in from the North
And met a Southern Belle
I left behind the
green
I came to know her well I don't remember
tasting
All the money I let fly
I think I had a good time
I think
the time was well spent But I'll never know
Maybe I should go
And find my Southern Belle again
Down by where the river
ends YOU CAN'T GO HOME
When I left the house that August
morning
I felt like crying
There was nothing I could do
But let the
tears stream down my face
For at the foot of the river
Where my family's
home
Was born, raised, burned, and without me, dying
Was the one inescapably
haunting place
I tried to stifle the tears
I didn't know from where they
came
SWEET SUMMER SUN
That
sweet, warm summer sun
Is coming back again
Oh, that sweet, warm summer
feeling
Is coming back again When the
heavens appear
And the stars shine
Then I will take my sweet time
You thought you'd age
Like a glass of fine wine FILTHY,
ROTTEN AND WRONG
I been kicked down
Filthy, rotten and
wrong
Tragedy and temptation
They've been skinning me down
Don't tarry now
Or the thought of this will fade
Do not wonder how
Our beds will sleep when they are made Black
as the sea on colorless nights
Filthy, rotten and wrong
PUT A FLOWER OVER ME
Someday I'm gonna be gone
I'm gonna be movin' on
It was good and the run
was long
Days have passed and I sung my songs
When I go, please put a flower over me
Lay me down and let me sleep
I
don't want you to worry
But let me know you care BOATING
IN RHODE ISLAND
She always stood there in the kitchen
She
always looked so confident
She had the look of a wealthy family's
Money
well spent, with a matching scent Looking
at me so curiously
She wondered why I was hanging around this place
She
wondered why I talked so close to her face
Why I was pouring my soul out to
her without a trace
Of inhibition or apprehension
Truth is, I was feeling a little romantic
The way you do when a high sets
in
In the beginning of the high,
When you want to just reach out to the
world and pull it in
I stood outside myself and looked down
As I regained
my wits for a moment
I saw myself, looking pitiful
I was a wet speaker
With a penchant for the women
With the nice pedigree
There is that sense of wonder
That can't be put into words
I saw it in
her She crossed the room like a melody
I'd
been listening to some orchestral music
We went boating, then we went back
home
We talked it out in the kitchen ROCKING
CHAIR
Rocking chair
Rocking chair
Waiting there for
me
Rocking chair
Rocking chair
Rickety
sight to see Oh, brilliant days
All yellow
and gold
Behind the shades Sing it! Sing
it! Sing it loud
I'll sing whatever you want
You know I love to hear you
singin'
At our favorite haunts We don't need
What's so far out of reach
We can't be
The ones to lecture
Wasn't it sunny?
Isn't it funny what memories pop into your head consistently?
Look at me
I need some time to dream
I remember days that were simple Fallin' off
of high things
Landing on your feet
Fallin' to your knees
Fallin'
on your face
I'll catch you with these keys
We don't need
What's so far out of reach
We can't be the one's to lecture
BACKYARD JEB
Backyard
Jeb, he's got that guitar going
His chrome wagon's rollin' him along
It's
summer in the city, but up here it's snowin'
Mary lays her head down on the
lawn Oh, Mary
Lay your head on my chest
Tell old Jeb
That you think he's the best
Oh, release me, I've got no more to give
Oh, release me, I've learned how
to forgive
Don't you know I'm aging but I've got a life to live
So please,
please release me WISE
OLD MAN
The sky was full of hail
The streets were full of
twos
People walking tandem
Still singing the blues
I broke from my toil
I hit the avenue
And enjoy the life
I'd recently
come to rue When I met up with an old man
Who said he was from the sea
He saw I had a sailor's eye
And he came after
me He said, "I've loved once
And that's enough
misery for me
My heart is getting old now
And my bones are lazy"
He said, "It's getting dark
Tell them all I'm going away
My hour is come,
but not you, son You'll live to dance another
day" | 
