New Town
I thought I would send you
The last song I wrote
I thought I’d recommend you
With six words that I wrote
The last time I saw you
Was I don’t know when
That’s when I knew you
In all places I’d been
Just look around
You’re living in the new town
All the faces seem like they’re underground
Hey listen can you hear me
Just because you’re near me
Let’s pretend there’s a good chance
Yes and then we’ll try romance
It’s not the same as it was before
But that don’t change it anymore

Steal Away Home
Steal away, steal away
Steal away, steal away home
I ain’t got a-long to stay here
Steal away, steal away
Steal away, steal away home
My Lord he calls me
He calls me by the thunder
The trumpet sounds within my soul
I ain’t got long to stay here
Steal away, steal away
Steal away, steal away home
I ain’t got long to stay here
Steal away, steal away
Steal away, steal away home
I ain’t got long to stay here
Steal away, steal away
Steal away, steal away home
Green trees are bendin’
Poles in the sand are tremblin’
The trumpet sounds within my soul
I ain’t got long to stay here
Oh Lord I ain’t got long to stay here

You Standing There
When the sinner wakes
The priests are piling in the hay
A little song sung away
Guess who’s been after you
Guess who’s before you
Season turning, looks like when
We’ll be coming back again
We’ll be coming back again
Light has come remembering
You standing there in that thing
Busted out again until the dawn
Comes creeping across the meadow lawn
And time and space around you are gone
You’re looking into blackest night
Your fortune, love, has not gone away
It’s here to stay

Desert Voice
Well if the moon don’t getcha tonight
If the graveyard’s still in sight
If you’re moving a little too fast
Just slow down, put a stop on your nerves
Use a blotter for your energy
And you’ll see that it’s been 110 degrees
And the sunspots you’re knowing
Carrying the dreams away
You can take a louder voice
In the desert
Is crying out your name
And you ain’t getting younger
And you ain’t getting older
Your shoes just freeze the same
And it looks like
You just like that name
You just like that name

Let Me Hear the Words You Say
Your foot’s a-getting colder
Look over your shoulder
The one you are seeing
That’s what you never knew
Hey, please Mom, I’m aching
My feet and my legs are
Beginning to groan
And a-look what I’m after
Some God way away
I scream out your name, God
I scream out your name
Let me hear the words you say
I’m just a poor boy anyway
Hey girl can you see him
Hey you do you know
I’m sending it to you
The gift I never gave
And shiny it was — brook trout
Oh that’s what you never knew

The Real You
When I was nine
I wanted a real gun
They gave me an air gun
When I was 25
I wanted you
You gave me a stone
Who are they — and who are you?
Oh, when I was nine
I wanted a real gun
They gave me an air gun
Then I wanted the real you
And you are hiding again

It Would Only Be Action
Oh please don’t ask me
Not again — it wouldn’t work
It would be a paragraph or somethin’
It would only be action
I know things
I must get out
Oh but I’m weak — doin’ fine
Getting better all the time
Waste away, look at that
I’ll bet you thought
I’ll bet you thought
Okay, you want some real action
Well you can’t have it
“Oh yes,” you say, “I know but...”
You don’t know what I say
You’re too busy reeling around
I couldn’t even end at this
Cause everything is such a fuss

Look At It
I just want to be real
And if this life ends soon
I’m done
Crush crush crush crush
I don’t hurt you now — I don’t
Oh now, you don’t a-have to wait
Just look around the open gate
She always looks at me so strange
Oh she looked at me so strange
But how did she get there
I don’t know I just saw her stare

Time Will Come
Blinka blinka blinka blinka
Do do do it
Do do do it
Do do do it fine
Do it fine
Do it fine
Then you’ll agree
That later you’ll be here
I’m hoping it’s true
I’m so sad
We’re so bad
Not even real
Time will come
If a-you hope
All will be fine
Because you
Must go too
Now goodbye

What You Are
Sittin’ here thinkin’ about
What I got to do
Sittin’ here tryin’ to think
Where do my talents lie
Yes I’m sittin’ here thinkin’
What am I supposed to be
What does it mean that I’m livin’
What will it mean when I die
And how about you there
Do you know what you are
No matter who you are there
You must get the point
I came to ask you
Just who you think you are