You know I want your lovin'.
Why play so hard to get? You know you really want me.
You know you can't forget
The night we held each other's hands,
While that drunk Irish quartet
Sang "Blue Eyes Cryin".
And that sad refrain
Sparked a night I won't regret.

We walked into the Full Moon Pub
Hand in hand and arm in arm.
You challenged me to a game of darts
And you aimed straight for my heart.
I fell for your bright blue eyes.
I fell for all your charms.
And when the juke box played
"Blue Eyes Cryin"
That's when I fell apart.

Now I wait so patiently,
Like a friend outside your door;
Like a hobo striking matchsticks
To light the flame you knew before;
Like a dancer twirling silently
Trying to call you to the floor;
Like a priest fasting at the temple With the key you're looking for.

Some people love like bankers:
You must first make a deposit,
Before you can earn their trust,
Before you can get their interest.
Me I spill it freely,
There's always room for another guest.
And when the Irish girl
Strummed her harp
I saw you and then I lost it.

So why run off to the city?
Why lose yourself in the lights?
The constable has quite a levy
That'll lock your soul up tight.
Just so you know, I'm always here
Morning, noon or night.
And the Irish girl
Has promised me
"Blue Eyes Cryin" will be sung tonight.

Song inspired by Hafiz' poem "Where Dolphins Dance", translated by Daniel Ladinsky from the collection of Hafiz' poems, "The Subject Tonight Is Love."

Sweet Jesus lead me out of these blues.
Swing low, sweet chariot, where are you?
Haunted by demons who rise to accuse.
Sins of the father - now the son pays the dues . . .

Make that harmonica lament and moan.
Make like Ulysses lonely for home.
Failed all my trials. 'Fraid the seeds I have sown . . . Eaten by birds . . . lost among stones . . .

If you had to choose, I wouldn't choose me.
If you needed saving, hope someone's closer to you than me.
Don't depend on me . . .

Sweet Jesus help these blues go away.
I'm a scarecrow all dressed in rags
From the wardrobe of Dorian Gray.
Put on some new threads, let go of these chains . . .

I prayed to Jesus, "Jesus, I pray,
Satan done my soul waylaid.
He seduced me into a life of sin.
Jesus, look at the trouble I'm in.
Jesus, look at the trouble I'm in."

Jesus said, "Guess who just was at my backdoor?

Why Satan was here just a minute before.
And he lodged a complaint himself."
He said, "That boy don't need my help."
He said, "That boy make his trouble himself."
"He don't need me around!"

Inspired by "The Conference Of The Birds" by Farid ad-Din Attar

I sing this song in a whisper,
'Cause it's four o'clock in the morning y'all.
I don't want to wake the neighbors.
I don't want no more trouble now.

Let me sing about my loving,
And though I sing in a hushed tone,
I love you when I'm breathing.
I'll love you when I'm ashes, dirt and bone.

Here in the silence of the darkness,
With the echoes of our shouting in
my ears,

Love needn't leave you lonely.
Let me free you from your cares.
You wanna feel good. I wanna take you there.

When you’re twenty-five cents shy of a whiskey jug,
And you have no roof over your head,
And you can’t tell the water from the blood,
And Jaded Minstrels steal into your head.
When the wind bites and clouds are
And you see the fog will never lift,
But you wish you could at least see the ship’s stern,
But to see means your lantern,
To see means your lantern must be lit.

When you’re so caught up in the situation,
That your mind is blind to sight and sound,
And your excitement turns to desperation,
Then you’ll know what I’m on about.
When the cars file by in a funeral train,
As you kneel where the Prophets once stood,
But your Guide is revealed to be a Blind Man,
And your friends, they’re all lepers,
Your friends, they’re all lepers made of wood.

When you’ve fenced in the Truth with barbed wire
And the Jaded Minstrels dance and draw near.
So you swear it’s time for a revelation,
Even though it’s what you’ve always feared.
When it doesn’t matter if the pain’s good or evil,
‘Cause you want to bleed, but you don’t know how.
And there’s a Man in the wilderness calling you,
And you see with your own eyes,
You see with your own eyes He was there then and now.

Then we can talk about victim’s extremes.
We can talk about loving your neighbor.
We can talk about prisons in your mind.
We can talk about blood on the snow.
We can talk about hanging around.
We can talk about moving on.
We can talk about prolonging the fight.
We can talk about blood on the snow -
Or we can talk about you,
Talk about you,
Talk about you,
Talk about you.

Hey baby, won't you be my friend?
If we start this way, it might never end.
C'mon! I've takin' a shine to you.
We'll walk on down
To the Porter Town Hall,
Swing your partner,
And have a ball.
Hay babe, I want to be friends with you.

Hey babe, won't you be my pal.
If we can hang out, you just may be my gal.
And who knows, I may be the man for you.
You buy me a beer.
I'll buy you two.
You fix my flat.
I'll tie your shoe.
Hey babe, I want to be friends with you.

I don't want to come on too strong,
And I don't want to be used.
I'm not lookin' for a flash of hope in the night.
I want a lover, a lover who can be my friend,
Who could start a love that will not end.

Hey baby, we can talk all night,
No need to sort it out or make it right.
We'll talk about our dreams and fears and blues.
And won't the sun be surprised
When he shows up,
And sees us still here
Laughing it up.
Hey babe, I want be friends with you.
No I ain't afraid, I want to be friends with you.
We just might have it made, I want to be friends with you.
Pass that bottle my way, I want to be friends with you.

Bartender, pour my whiskey.
Scotty, light my smoke.
Somebody crack a window.
I think I'm gonna choke.
There's something in the air.
Poison's what I breathe.
Somebody slide me a chair.
My little girl just lied to me.
And I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me.
Lord, I tremble so inside.
My little girl just lied to me.

Don't say I'm goin' crazy.
Don't say I'm goin' mad.
Just like my old lady
When we were deserted by my dad.
She took to poppin' pills
And Tanqueray with a lemon squeeze.
She took to a mean old preacher
Who'd tar the shit out of me.
And I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me,
"Lord, I tremble so inside.
I can't believe what's become of me."

My baby come home with the dawn
Barefoot up the walk,
Carryin' her shoes by the straps,
A little stutter in her talk.
She said she'd been with a friend
Who had to blow a little steam.
They talked over gin and smokes,
Danced downtown at Lee's.
But I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me.
Lord, I tremble so inside,
My baby ain't true to me.

I don't know what to do.
I don't know where to go.
I don't know what to feel,
Don't trust the anger in my soul.
I don't know where to start.
I don't know what to say.
I don't know if I've done somethin'
That's driven her away.

But I could see it in her eyes
When she said what she said to me.
Lord, I tremble so inside,
I can't live if my baby's leavin' me.

Another sun is setting.
It's dark and I'm alone.
I wander from room to room
In this place we once called home.
Hey, I know I'll never know,
But why, why'd you have to go?

The moon is rising
But it's lost among the clouds.
The streetlights shine weakly
And threaten to go out.
I watch through the window waiting for a sign,
But there's no answer to my prayer that you'll come home tonight.

Won't you see me tonight?
Why'd you go away?
I'm afraid to say, honestly,
It was because of me.
Won't you see me tonight?
Why'd you go away?
Won't you come home? I'm so alone.
I need your company.

Here's where we made love on the floor.
Here's where we'd spoon 'til dawn.
Here's where we'd cook and eat our dinner.
Here's where we stretched on the lawn.
Now I just stare at my food and I drink 'til morning comes.
I miss you baby. I miss myself. I've never been good alone.

Walkin' in the pleasant sun,
A sweaty jacket hangin' over your arm.
You drag your feet your eyes are glued to mine,
As I try to make the best and sweat in time.
But I stop having all my fun,
When I see you're about, about to run.
Yes, you're becoming quite undone,
As you try to beat the heat of the sun.
Do-do-n-da-do-do Shava-la-n-da-da Do-do-do-do

Walkin' in the gentle rain,
My back is cooled by the spreading stain.
As endless clouds roll down o'er me,
I roll along with 'em. My joy is I'm free.
But what hurts me is your pain,
As you stand alone, alone in the rain,
A newspaper pasted to your face,
As you try to remain unchanged.
Do-do-n-da-do-do Shava-la-n-da-da Do-do-do-do

And when it goes to hell in a hand basket,
Take my hand. We won't let it.
Together we'll both forget it.
Jump in the pool! You won't regret it!

Walkin' in the cool breeze,
You tighten your collar. The wind blows through the trees.
I let the wind blow me where it will,
'Cause when I try fight it blows harder still.
When I stand tall it brings me to my knees,
And when I lie down it never hears my screams,
But when I walk with it, it's a summer breeze,
So I try to let it take me where there's more to see.
Do-do-n-da-do-do Shava-la-n-da-da Do-do-do-do

Caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea,
Take my hand, I'll show you what I've seen.
We'll let the rain and the sun and the breeze,
Be the path that leads us closer to free.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I'm found.
I was blind but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fear relieved.
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come.
And it's grace that brought me safe this far
And it's grace that'll lead me home.

Now when we've been there ten thousand years,
All bright and shiny, All bright and shiny, just like the sun,
We've no less days to sing our God's praise,
Then when we first begun.