1. FIRE DOWN IN OUR SOULS              

Warm September sun
Floating in the haze
That’s the way I feel 
Thinking about you

Now that I can see
Everything you are
Never want to be
Living without you

Tell me your love is true
That’s all I want from you
And when the world goes cold
We got a fire down 
Fire down in our souls

Down the well worn path 
The same one every day
How can it be new     
Just walking together    

Once I had a dream
How could it be real          
Thought that I would be      
Lonely forever              

Tell me your love is true
That’s all I want from you
And when the world goes cold
We’ll build a fire down 
Fire down in our souls

Someday everything is wrong
And the will to carry on leaves you
You can’t think the pain away
And I can’t find a thing to say 
But I’ll be with you

Tell me your love is true
That’s all I want from you
And when the world goes cold
We got a fire down 
Fire down in our souls

2. WE HAD IT All THE TIME

Angry at the leaves falling everywhere
Piling up and burying 
Angry at the sun burning my life away

Angry at the night for being so long
Full of gnawing questions             
Angry at dawn for being so far away

Chorus:
We had it all the time
We had it all the time 
We had it all the time
We had it all the time

Angry at the couples arm in arm
Carefree and laughing
Angry at the way life rolled out for them    

Whatever happened to the shining days
Full of love and treasure
Put ‘em in a room keep the lights turned down

Chorus

Angry at the wind for blowin my way
Tryin’ to unnerve me      
How’s it gonna feel to have some peace in here

Love’s just an insect buzzin ‘round the room
I can’t seem to catch him
Here’s a little thought that keeps me up at night

Chorus

3. THROW MY CANE AWAY

Hey, Mac, I can’t believe it’s you    
On this big city street out of the blue 
Last time I saw you we were both goin’ down slow

Hey, Johnny, it’s good to see you too
It’s been a hard road but if you wanna know the truth
I feel so good I’m gonna throw my cane away

Chorus:
Throw my cane
Throw my cane away
Feel so good I’m gonna throw my cane away

I saw your boy in the elevator
Look like he slept in his clothes
Johnny, ain’t you glad 
We don’t live like that no more

I remember we were always runnin’ rough
You know things are better without all that stuff
I feel so good I’m gonna throw my cane away, yeah

Chorus:
Throw my cane
Throw my cane away
Feel so good I’m gonna
Throw my cane away

Mac, I wish I could stay here and talk 
But you know I’m just a ghost
You find out it’s a sweet old world 
After you’re gone

Johnny, I figured I was talkin’ to a ghost
‘Cause I heard you went back out and you overdosed
I hope someday you get to throw that cane away, yeah

Chorus:
Throw your cane
Throw that cane away
Hope you feel so good you’re gonna
Throw that cane away

Alright, Mac, I really got to go
I’m gone leave it to you to carry on
Maybe I’m just whistlin’ 
But I’m glad you were listenin’ to me

Hey, Johnny, I’m still the Gris Gris Man
Gonna keep my mojo as long as I can
I love you podner now look out I’m gone throw my cane away

Chorus:
Throw my cane
Throw my cane away
I feel so good I’m gone throw my cane away

4. DOWN IN THE WILDERNESS

Nothin’ but the birds
Laughin’ in the trees
Nothin’ but the blinking stars 
So far away

The world is cruel enough
It don’t need my help today
Smile sticker on my mirror
Glad I didn’t break the glass today
Let me say a prayer and I’m on my way

Whoa whoa whoa
Down in the wilderness

I’m a lonely man
I don’t want to be so cold
There’s a stone in my heart
‘Bout a million years old

Think I’m goin’ downtown
Where the people run free 
And the lights stay on forever  
Do you ever feel the undertow
In the middle of the night when you just let go?

Whoa whoa whoa
Down in the wilderness 

5. THE CIRCUS

All the leaves are changing
And the days are winding down
I’m driving by the fairgrounds
The circus is in town

You can know that winter’s coming
You can feel it in your hands
There’s a certain kind of aching
That slays you where you stand

People I’m not worried 
Everything must end
I’m clearing out the old days 
Let some new days in

I was feelin’ kinda lonesome
In a thousand different ways
Caught up in a daydream 
Filled with yesterdays

Today I’m startin’ over
I’m giving up my plans
Let the leaves come down around me
I’m holding out my hands

People I’m not worried 
Everything must end
Clearing out the old things    
Let the new things in

People I’m not worried 
Everything must end
I’m clearing out the old days 
Let some new days in

6. COME ON

Old man walking on the side of the road--come on
Four in the morning 
It’s a heavy load…come on  
Mister where you goin ‘fore the sun come up? 
Ain’t got nothin’ but I’ve had enough, yeah

Come on     
Everybody walkin’…come on

Young man waitin’ at the liquor store         
Six in the mornin’ and you’re ready to go
Mister what you ridin’ in a one horse town?   
I’m just chasin’ that high around  

Come on  
Everybody ridin’…come on
Come on
Everybody runnin’…come on

Blackjack Sally on a losing streak
Tip Toe Johnny make the floor board creak
Missy why you got to keep a low profile?
You gonna feel better honey after while, yes, yes

Better come on
Everybody runnin’…come on
Yeah, better come on
You better come on
Get on the horse…come on
Everybody ridin’…come on

7. ‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND THE SUN
Speeding along the freeway to the grind
Trying to change the channel in my mind
What will I do someday 
When this ragged car fills up with light?

Diggin’ a hole to china in my spare time
Nobody tells me different ‘cause I’m fine
What will I do someday
When I come out on the other side?

Chorus:
‘Round and ‘round the sun we go
Barely hangin’ on you know
Don’t wanna see your loved ones slip away
All we know is here we are
Tethered to a blazing star
Reeling in the light another day

You got the buried treasure you can’t find
So much love and pleasure that’s built up inside
What if you only knew 
How much everybody treasures you?

Chorus

Walked into a rainbow yesterday
Couldn’t make the colors go away
What am I gonna do
If this world is sweeter than I knew?

Chorus

8. SOMEWHERE IN THE SKY

The sun is shining bright today
Forgot that it could be this way
Covered up in dark so long
We didn’t recognize the light

The mind is such a clever thing
No end to all the fear it brings
Rise up with your saints tonight
And come back down to me

Chorus:
Somewhere in the sky
There’s a star we named for you
Back when we could fly
And there was nothing we couldn’t do
Take it as a sign 
That it’s still burning true
Somewhere in the sky

The rooftop was a quiet place
The nagging world could never take
Turns out there’s no fire escape
And we were meant to fly

A million kisses can’t be wrong
It’s time to sing a different song
There’s room for every lovin’ soul
That ever walked this earth

Chorus

9. WILL I EVER SEE THE DAY

Will I ever see the day
When we will stand
up in the sun
Raise up our hands together
Let our voices sound like one

Will I ever see the sky
When the stars are shining bright
Will I open up my eyes
Will I hear, will I hear, will I hear my call tonight

Chorus:
We’re not too far gone
We’re not here alone
We’re just standing in line
Waiting for the day to come

Will our spirit will return
And the light that we had forgotten
Will again, will again, will again begin to burn

Chorus

Dreams we had so long ago
What do they mean today
The heavy world has weighed us down
But we dream on anyway

Will we ever live the way
That we’re all supposed to live
Will we sing ourselves the song
That will move us all along

Will we ever have the scar
That will show us what is pain
Will we ever laugh the laughter 
That was here, that was here, that was here all the time

10. EVERYTHING IS STOLEN

When you’re down in Mobile
Man, you got nowhere to go but up
Everybody that you know around you
Tryin’ to do their best to use you up

Now, little brother boy, what is it that you done
Said you wanna throw your lasso 
Around the bucking sun

You don’t learn your lesson
They can’t make you pay
Turn your pockets inside out
Everything is stolen anyway

Daddy’s in Chicago 
Mama’s runnin, wild in Tennessee
It’s uphill to Atlanta  
Uphill to the ones who care for me

I’m leaving out this morning
Don’t care where I go
Somewhere they can’t find me 
With a bill that I don’t owe

You walk a thousand miles 
Around the barren yard
You won’t find no treasure
Everything is stolen anyway

When I have my own child
I won’t run ‘em down or leave him cryin’
I’ll stay when I don’t want to
I’ll stand up to the dark or die tryin’

They found me in the chapel
A bright and lonely day        
I gave my pain to heaven
Everything is stolen anyway

But, I’m tryin’ tryin’ to do my best
But it ain’t enough
Well, I’m goin’ to the chapel
Tryin’ I’m tryin’ 
I’m givin’ my pain away

11. WORRIED ABOUT MONEY

Yellow light streams from my reading lamp
It’s a storm of photons so they say
Clouds of mystery flows up from the pages  
And I worry about money

In the oak tree there’s a river
And it flows out to the sky so they say
And sky is never ending 
And I worry about money

The dreaming door stands open
And the ghost light shines
While the rays of god blow through me
And I worry about money