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FAR
FROM OVER
Released
July 19, 2001
Singles
"Hearts Fall"
FAR FROM OVER
Well this
life�s stretched out before me
The highway shimmering with stars
The knowing glances of the runaways
That never made it this far
I can't believe she said that we can work it out
I thought that we were near the end
Gone are the days
All the trouble and the doubt
This is far from over my friend
My lover�s name is music
Well she�s held my heart so long
Tethered and pulling at the chains of disregard
What if all of this is wrong
I can't believe she said that we can work it out
I thought that we were near the end
Gone are the days
All the trouble and the doubt
This is far from over my friend
And we throw our prayers up skyward
Hoping anyone will hear
From Storyville to Broadway
This soul won�t disappear... No
Well I heard that boy in Memphis
Playing memories and dreams
The ghosts of miracles played upon the stage
And then vanishing like steam
I can't believe she said that we can work it out
I thought that we were near the end
Gone are the days
All the trouble and the doubt
This is far from over my friend
SCREAM AND WHISPER
Released
July 22, 2004
Single
"Say Anything"
FAREWELL TO TINKERBELL
Hey Tink, it's me Peter, I know it's been a long, long time
I hope you and the lost boys are doing just as fine
As that time we showed that Captain Hook and Smee a thing or two
I think you know why I'm rhyming and I hope that you're not blue
You see I'll keep you in my heart and you'll always be my friend
But I can't come back to Neverland again
You see I've found this great adventure and it's stronger than the Pan
And the path that I follow will help me be a man
And I know there will be times that I will wish for fairy's dust
You know I've found a good woman and she's cleaning up the rust
From this battered-up heart that's made of junkyard tin
But I can't come back to Neverland again
No I can't come back to Neverland again
I still want to hear the stories of treasure ships and fights
And all the daring rescues and all the full moon nights
Sprinkled with the light from stars above
And Tink you know you'll always have my everlasting love
So just clap your hands and count back down to ten
But I can't come back to Neverland again
No I can't come back to Neverland again
And the years will pass and all my hair turns gray
And I'll hear your voice while my grandkids play
And feel your mischief as they kick me in my shins
But I can't come back to Neverland again
No I can't come back to Neverland again
No I can't come back to Neverland again
No I can't come back to Neverland again
FAR
FROM OVER
Released
July 19, 2001
Singles
"Hearts Fall"
GET OUT OF THIS TOWN
It's time to get out of this town
There�s no more fun to be found
I�m rolling thunder with the top down
It�s time to get out, get out, get out
Crescent City high-life
Dancing with the devil�s wife
Just like some voodoo dream
Living on 4th and Magazine
A black rose and a chicken bone
I don�t know if I�ll make it home
Another night at Snake and Jakes
Just a little more than I can take
It�s time to get out of this town
There�s no more fun to be found
I�m rolling thunder with the top down
It�s time to get out, get out, get out
It�s time to get out of this town
There�s no more fun to be found
I�m rolling thunder with the top down
It�s time to get out, get out, get out
Lear jets and limousines
Found my way to the Vegas scene
Hit hard on a sixteen
The pit boss is getting mean
Just waiting on my car
Rolling like the Junkyard
Three days and some big scars
That's what it takes to be a rock star
It�s time to get out of this town
There�s no more fun to be found
I�m rolling thunder with the top down
It�s time to get out, get out, get out
It's time to get out of this town
There's no more fun to be found
I'm rolling thunder with the top down
It's time to get out, get out, get out
I'm falling down
I'm falling down
It�s time to get out of this town
There�s no more fun to be found
I�m rolling thunder with the top down
It's time to get out, get out, get out
MESSENGER
Released
June 15, 1999
Singles
"I Could Not Ask For
More"
GHOSTS OF JACKSON SQUARE
Ghost on the street today
Doorways of Jackson Square
In tinsel and tap shoes
Mardi Gras beads in her
hair
Down to the graveyard
She wrung out her hands
As if he will meet her
All day she stands
CHORUS
So don't leave me
And I know you're
justified
So don't leave me
'Cause a part of you in me
died
We wish ourselves
beautiful
We cry in the night
And it's not the love you
feared
But the fall from the
height
My personal ledges
Afraid to look down
My crepe paper bridges
Enough water to drown
Chorus
And I see the lonely souls
~ Searchin'
But before the heartbreak
rose
Draw the curtain
I'm a ghost on the streets
today
Surrounded by eyes
I feel them peer through
me
And my harlequin disguise
If it makes you feel
better
Come join me the while
And there's love in these
open arms
Some love in my spirits'
smiles
Chorus
MESSENGER
Released
June 15, 1999
Singles
"I Could Not Ask For
More"
GO BE YOUNG
Perfumed and smoky
She swears that she knows
me
She's falling down drunk
again
I say she's mistaken
She's visibly shaken
Emotions all drowned in
gin
She said I used to be
beautiful
But now it's all gone
I let my dreams slip away
from me
That's where it went wrong
CHORUS
Go be young, go be free
Follow your heart where it
leads you
Don't end up like me
The Indian in the
guardhouse used to spin me yarns
Stories of canyons and
Boston in winter
And losing his family's
farms
He said I've outlived my
three sons, they died in three wars
I laughed and I cried
while they lived and they died
And I know that they
deserve more
Chorus
Perfumed and smoky She
swears that she knows me
I'm falling down drunk
again
I say she's mistaken
She's visibly shaken
Emotions all drowned in
gin
I say I used to be
powerful
But now it's all gone
I let my dreams take
control of me
That's where it went wrong
Chorus
SCREAM
& WHISPER
Released
July 22, 2004
Single
"Say Anything"
GOOD ENOUGH
When footsteps from
that Sunday march faded out into the dark
The melody blows in to ease the pain
Two thousand years and we're still here fighting over the
same old fear
The muddy steps of hate can't stand this rain
I'll stand up on this stage as if it was my altar
I'll face down all the rage and no, I will not falter
Say I'm good enough to play but not good enough to stay
In your heart
The mat on the floor says welcome, the sign on the door says
no
Says 'No coloreds allowed unless you're playing in the show'
Well I've never seen a color except the ones up in the sky
When I see this kind of hatred I die a little inside
I'll stand up on this stage as if it was altar
I'll face down all this rage and no, I will not falter
Say I'm good enough to play but not good enough to stay
And when you finish your song boy you've got to be on your
way
But if I'm good enough to play then I'm good enough to stay
In your heart
This one's for the Godfather, Duke, Ella, and the Count
And for all those who fought their way here no matter the
amount
For all of God's children walking through dumpsters in the
back
Had to finish their show and leave just because their skin
was black
They stood up on the stage as if it was their altar
They faced down all the rage and no, they did not falter
They were good enough to play but not good enough to stay
And when they finished their songs boy they had to be on
their way
They were good enough to play and somehow they've always
stayed
In our hearts
And if I'm good enough to play then we've got to find the
space
In our hearts
LOST IN AMERICA
Released
April 11, 2006
Single
"Gramercy Park Hotel"
GRAMERCY PARK HOTEL
Ol' babe ruth, he was a drunker
just like me
He lived it high, and he lived it low
Staggerd down the New York streets
They through him out the pub, when he raise a little too
much hell
And then he lay his big fat head down at the
Gramercy park hotel
The gramercy park hotel
All of these hit men, look like organ grinders to me
Rock start on golden chains lil' monkey dancin' round their
feet
Well give me lil' hat lil' vest and lil' monkey bell
And send my banana's baby to the
Gramercy park hotel
The Gramercy Park Hotel
And all the publicts sing
La di da di da La di da di da La di da di da
La di da di da La di da di da La di da di da
La di da di da La di da di da La di da di da
And its so far gone
And its so far gone
Maybe this just a beggars life, and mabe its all dream
Maybe its just about kindess I should forget all my silly
schemes
Maybe I'm just a fool, my fool shoes fit so well
Snuggle up in my big fool blanket at the
Gramercy Park Hotel
The Gramercy Park Hotel
The Gramercy Park Hotel
The Gramercy Park Hotel
And all the Publicts sing
La di da di da La di da di da La di da di da
La di da di da La di da di da La di da di
da.
MISGUIDED ROSES
Released
June 24, 1997
Singles
"See the Sky Again"
"I'll Be"
GRIND ME IN THE GEARS
I'm holding my last
breath
It's burning in my lungs
Clenching up my eyes
Bloody up my tongue
For the words that might escape
Are ringing in my ears
Grinds me to a pulp
Grind me in the gears
My frozen spirit aches
I slip another day
Start to lose my grip
Find another way
For the life that might escape
Has been echoing for years
Grinds me to a pulp
Grind me in the gears
I've seen all the faces
They mirror me
And I've felt the tearing � tearing of the teeth
I've given up my ghosts
Barely breathe your name
Offer up myself
Pray you'll do the same
For the love that might escape
Well that's the biggest fear
Grinds me to a pulp
Grinds me in the gears
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
Released
August 15, 1995
Singles
"Solitude"
GUINEVERE
After all the corridors
are darkened
When the royal crown is off your head
To your chambers I will creep not a word we will speak
Just love me while the fire light dances 'round the bed
Well there is danger in this passion
Because the king can never never know
And on my blood I've sworn my allegiance
So I'll leave you when the sunlight comes and beckons me to go
And the silver shine is tarnished from my armor
And in battle I am paralyzed with fear
And this poison in my soul is the love we'll never know
And it finds me playing Lancelot to your Guinevere
Well and Guinevere is sly enough to steal a little taste
And her laughter it peals into the night
Oh but forbidden fruit always stays sticky on your face
And without virtue I'm worthless in a fight
Stealing little glances at the table
I feel that this is theatre in the round
But far away chasing s in the meadow
Your love like wind, blows right by and sweeps me off the ground
Your love sweeps me off the ground
Well now it sweeps me off the the ground
And the silver shine is tarnished from my armor
And in battle I am paralyzed with fear
And this poison in my soul is the love we'll never know
And it finds me playing Lancelot to your Guinevere
FAR FROM OVER
Released
July 19, 2001
Singles
"Hearts Fall"
HEARTS FALL
And the hearts fall in the right places
And the hearts fall in the right places
Pin feathers, dusty old wings
Living all my crazy never-land dreams
And I feel her trying when we�re apart
And I feel like dying
God don�t let me break her heart
God don�t let me break her heart
God don�t let me break her heart
And the hearts fall in the right places
And the hearts fall in the right places
And how she loves me, I don�t understand
And if time won�t change me, perhaps she can
And I feel her trying when we�re apart
And I feel like dying
God don�t let me break her heart
God don�t let me break her heart
God don�t let me break her heart
My selfish anger and I just run away
But a perfect heart always makes me stay
God don�t let me break her heart
God don�t let me break her heart
God don�t let me break her heart
And the hearts fall in the right places
And the hearts fall in the right places
And the hearts fall in the right places
And the hearts fall in the right places
And the hearts fall in the right places
And the hearts fall in the right places
MISGUIDED ROSES
Released
June 24, 1997
Singles
"See the Sky Again"
"I'll Be"
HOLY CITY
Midnight in the Holy City
playground for restless souls
Graveyards for the sons of Ft. Sumpter
And the ghostly daughters
Wait for their boys to come home
Moonlight in the Holy City
So thick it warms the air
Burned my heart on a sweet southern flame
Like a hug from your mama saying it will be OK
Spilt my blood, in the Holy City
Seen the flood of a thousand rains
I ran away from the Holy City
Heard the spirits in the steeple singing
you'll be back again
Sunrise in the Holy City
The kings and queens shuffle by
I'm born here of my own ashes
Just lay me down here when I die
Spilt my blood, in the Holy City
Seen the flood of a thousand rains
I ran away from the Holy City
Heard the spirits in the steeple singing
you'll be back again
I've seen visions
Lord I've seen visions
Hanging in the summer sky
I fell in love, lost my heart
Laughed until I cried
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SCREAM
& WHISPER
Released
Released:
July 22, 2004
Single:
"Say Anything"
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT TO ME?
The air that you breathe it must be
poisoned
And you're dressed up in your best disguise
And I don't want to hear what you have to say
It's there in your eyes when you look away
These beautiful words are turning into lies
[Chorus:]
How can you say that to me
The light that still shines is just an illusion
It's just a memory from a burned out star
Its promise has come from so far away
It's fighting through sadness and years of decay
And it's a wonder it ever made it this far
[Chorus]
After all of those secrets you let me believe
There's no rose petal air, there's just thorns when I breathe
Oh now how can you say that
It's not this silence that screams in my mind
Each day I feel like I'm falling behind
Living in shadows, still getting burned
When will I ever learn
[Chorus]
After all those secrets you let me believe
There's no rose petal air, there's just thorns when I breathe
How can you say that to me
MISGUIDED ROSES
Released
June 24, 1997
Singles
"See the Sky Again"
"I'll Be"
HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS
I'm a hack driver in New York City
I've got seven kids on the Lower East Side
I'm not a strong man, I'm not very pretty
But in rush hour hell you should see me drive
I'm a dressmaker in Louisiana
Stick my finger ain't that a shame
People come to haggle and paw on my artwork
But no two of my dresses are ever the same
How strange it seems to be me
If tomorrow I opened my eyes
And found myself somewhere else
I wonder who I'd be
I'm the house man at a place called The Exit
The last band I heard bored me to tears
But every so often I hear one that moves me
Love for the music is what keeps me here
How strange it seems to be me
If tomorrow I opened my eyes
And found myself somewhere else
I wonder who I'd be
I'm a rich man
I ain't talking 'bout money
I'm blues singer at the Eight by Ten
You go out searching for some grand tomorrow
Don't worry 'bout me just drop by now and then
How strange it seems to be me
If tomorrow I opened my eyes
And found myself somewhere else
I wonder who I'd be
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