Hungry Ghost
You know how you want to be treated
You know how it feels to be needed
Well I can’t fault you for loving
And wanting to be loved
But don’t look so desperate
You’re not real
You’re not here at all
Not enough, not enough
Did I hear you say enough?
Not enough, not enough
Will you ever say enough?
Not enough, not enough,
Have you ever said enough?
You know I don’t want to be around you
I’m so tired of the people that surround you
They’re only looking for limits
On what you have to give
And when you run out of giving
They wont be here
To wipe your tears
Or drink your beer
Or help you steer your car
CH
So far I can’t seem to get through
You’re so far I don’t expect to find you
We had our chance for goodbyes
But you were gone long ago
Now every word that you speak
It’s a show
You’re a hungry ghost
CH
What to Listen For
What to listen for
And when to look around
Oh these answers
Are falling to the ground
How to show your thanks
And how to sing and praise
Simple lifetimes, ordinary things
It takes a lifetime
To realize these things
When to hold your mouth
And when to shut the door
Oh these closures
Will serve you evermore
Who to tell your thoughts
And how to speak a dream
In this lifetime
We say not what we mean
It takes a lifetime to realize these things
Simple lifetimes, ordinary things
It takes a lifetime to realize these things
Lonely Journey
I don’t know if I’m in love with you
But I know this much
I’m feeling lone and blue
Won’t you take me away from here
Won’t you let me away from here
I’m on a lonely journey
I’m on a lonely journey
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
I just feel so much
I’ve lost my sense of you
Won’t you take me away from here
Won’t you let me away from here
I’m on a lonely journey
I’m on a lonely journey
To Know
I was hanging out in between
What we’re calling night and day
Having a look into see
If I could have a stay
Nothing that I saw on your face
Told me which way to go
Nothing that I heard in your voice
Tried to get me there
To know, to know, how to know...
I was laying down in the street
Waving at the clouds
I was looking down at my feet
When my luck turned around
Couldn’t you have pointed my eyes
At what I was letting go?
And couldn’t you have offered a ride
Or at least kept me in tow?
CH
I was thinking ‘bout all the things
We said we’d never do
And when I thought about all the things
That we gave into
I didn’t want to be in my head
I wanted to drive your car
Off into the big rosy red
And onward through the stars
CH
I Swear
I swear there’s an answer out there
It’s a feeling I can’t shake
It holds my heart
Keeps me awake
What I’m looking for
Is the kind of love that dares speak my name
I care for the future of my name
It’s a thought best left untold
A secret vanity of soul
What I’m looking for
Is a way off the racecourse
Hold the line,
Hold the line for me
I realize
How I want to be
‘Cause here I am
Wasting my time
Reading the lines
Nowhere to be
In this fantasy
I wear all my fear upon my face
Every time I’ve been knocked down
Or cleared the room
Without a sound
What I’m looking for
Is someone to receive me
Hold the line,
Hold the line for me
I realize
How I want to be
‘Cause here I am
Wasting my time
Reading the lines
Nowhere to be
In this fantasy
Home
Home, I don’t know where that is
Home, I don’t know what that means
I hear them laughing
I see the street light glow
Home, I left there long ago
Home, I left there in the snow
To see the waves crash
Over the rocky shore
Home, I left a note on the door
Home, I felt my feet on the floor
I walked for miles alone
I talked to no one
Home
Home
I feel the cold wind blow
I see the moon go down
Nowhere is Brighter
Nowhere is brighter then here
Nowhere is brighter
Nowhere
Will
Will’s in love with his nose
He turns his head til he’s sure the good side shows
And as he reaches for his robe
He remembers dancing all alone
In the bathroom of the bar
Gin and tonic and cocaine in his arm
And though he wanted not to cheat
At 2 o’clock he picked a boy and found his feet
That’s the way it goes
They walked a block out to his car
Couldn’t see straight or drive very far
So he dropped the boy on treat
Didn’t care to catch his name or plan to meet
And as the sun rose over Will
From his pocket he took his very last pill
As the sleep was coming on
He pulled his car into an empty parking lot
He thought to himself
That’s the way it goes
Tonight, I Know
I wanted you
To think I knew what I was doing
You wanted to
Find what makes it all worth living
So we breathe our dreams
Into the air tonight
The wind blows our hair
As we hold each other tight
The feeling only grows
Tonight, I know
I thought of you
Tried to sleep but tossed and turned
It’s been a few
But so much more to live and learn
So we breathe our dreams
Into the air tonight
The wind blows our hair
As we hold each other tight
The feeling only grows
Tonight, I know
But what can you know for sure
The Sense That I Get
I’m not worth talking to, that’s the sense that I get
I’m not worth talking to, that’s the sense that I get
But I’ll never do you no wrong
Unless you find you need a little bit
It’s not worth lying about, you either love me or you don’t
It’s not worth crying about, if you decide that you won’t
But hurry up and make up your mind
Before the door closes on us both
All along, all along all along, I believed in what we had
I’m all alone, all alone, all alone, I never dreamed it could be this bad
I’m a captive of this pain
It’s in my head where it began
I called you on the phone, you said you’re too high to speak
I called you on the phone, you said you’re too high to speak
Seems you’ve forgotten your home
And you left me feeling weak
I’m not worth talking to...
Crazy Love
I think I know just where you’ve been
When you come crawling in at night
I got a feeling I can’t win
Just before the morning light
What’s his name and where’s he from
I’ll hear that story soon enough
But for now I think I’m done
With this crazy kind of love
Don’t call me crazy
I think I know just how I want to feel
Someday maybe you’ll realize
You walked on something real
I know we said that it’s OK
For us to do this kind of thing
But now you call him every day
You’re waiting for his ring-a-ling
Slam the door and bang that drum
Rip the link right off the cuff
‘Cause for now I think I’m done
With this crazy kind of love
Don’t call me crazy
I think I know just how I want to feel
Someday maybe you’ll realize
You walked on something real
Brother
Oh my Brother
You’re my brother
But lately you’re acting more
Like my mother
I can’t drink
I can’t smoke
I can’t coke
Or I’ll go under
Way, way down under
Below our bed at night
Before the morning light
A secret garden grows
Nobody knows, nobody knows
They don’t get it
What do we see in each other
We’re too different
Too much the same
Oh my brother
You’re my brother
I want to listen to what you have to say
I want to take you in my arms
And hear about your day
Davey
Davey was a good boy all the way through
When he made a dollar he sent it home to you
He’s on a long ride, a long ride to his home
It’s a long long long long ride to his home
Davey laid his head down on a pile of leaves
He could hear the steam train whistle through the trees
He’s got a long ride, a long time til he’s home
He’s got a long long long long ride til he gets home
Davey had a bad dream, almost lost his head
Woke up craving water and clutching to his bed
He had a dark dream with spirits all around
He had a long long long long ride into town
Davey put his thumb out looking for a ride
He thought his luck had run out when something caught his eye
He’s got a long ride, now a pistol at his side
It’s a long long long long ride to his home
Davey missed his children, his wife loved him a lot
So when his next ride came along he pulled that pistol out
He done a bad thing, he took that driver’s car
Then that long long long long ride didn’t seem so far
Davey floored the car down to his Kentucky home
The driver watched the highway and dialed his cell phone
He called the cops but Davey was nearly done
With that long long long long ride to his home
Davey reached his driveway, he got to his front porch
He had to learn the hard way what the gun he’d found was worth
It killed a man before Davey’d come along
And that gun was in his hands when he got home
Davey stole the car that’s true, but he’d never hurt a man
Even with the cops right there, he took his wife by her sweet hand
Then he went along with them, they took him off to jail
Where the long long long long ride didn’t seem so bad
He’s got a long long long long ride to his home
He’s got a long long long long ride ‘til he gets home
Leg
Did you feel me move my leg
Away from you last night
I hope you didn’t think
It meant that I was right
When I said you’d never get
Inside me like you wanted
‘Cause then I couldn’t sleep
Regretting every word in my head
When will I realize
Just how good you are for me?
I will try
Not to try too hard
But just let it be
So you saw me walk right by
In the bar last night
Escaping to the back
Safely out of sight
Of the people on the stairs
A crowd that seems to know you
You were messing up my hair
When all the years that we shared returned
When will I realize
Just how good you are for me...
Stay
I want to stay
I want to go away
I’m gonna pray
‘Cause I want to know either way
If I’m gonna live
I need you to forgive
All that we didn’t say
Precious time slipped away